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« Reply #6345 on: October 30, 2009, 08:26:37 PM » |
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No, the Frighteners is supposed to take place in Middle America, but it's clearly filmed in NZ.
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« Reply #6346 on: October 30, 2009, 08:57:23 PM » |
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No, the Frighteners is supposed to take place in Middle America, but it's clearly filmed in NZ.
That's hilarious. I was iffy about it cuz I heard so many mediocre-to-bad reviews for it, but now I def hafta see it. Somewhat related, I couldn't figure out where "Where The Wild Things Are" was filmed. It didn't look like anywhere I could place in America (Maine was my only guess and that was a stretch). Sure enough, filmed in Australia. Just finished watching Moon. I've heard extraordinary reviews for this, making Best Of (So Far) lists. "2001" is my 3rd favorite movie of all time too, and I'll watch anything that attempts to come close to it ("Sunshine", "Solaris", etc.). I thought it was good, but not great. My biggest issue is that It definitely feels like a short story stretched to 90mins; it could've been just the first act of a bigger movie. The first half hour and last 10mins are the best (and of course Sam Rockwell's performance). And the special effects are top-notch, esp for such a small movie. This movie will have its fans who will find it to be one of the best sci-fi's ever. Worth watching, yeah, but not worthy of such hyperbole in my book. Still, 7/10 for something that feels like you'd wander into at a film festival. I've heard complaints that audiences deserved to have this open wider. Films like that exist, but I don't think it's a good example of that here. It def would lose money as a mainstream release. I can't imagine taking a date, the whole family, or a big group of friends to see this. Art/indie film lovers and sci-fi fans will enjoy it. Your goes-to-see-a-movie-three-times-a-year people would find it to be the most boring movie they'd ever seen. Oh! Avoid any plot reviews for "Moon" (even the trailer if you want that extra surprise). The less you know, the more you will be sucked into the story (well, maybe the first half hour). One bit o' trivia: The director/writer is Duncan Jones whose father is... David Bowie. Which reminds me of: <![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/f4zV4pJ8MwM&hl=en&fs=1&" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/f4zV4pJ8MwM&hl=en&fs=1&</a>]]> |
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« Reply #6347 on: October 30, 2009, 09:38:55 PM » |
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Frighteners does have one of the bigger theme shifts of any movie I've seen, manages to hurdle it really well though. Amazon Women on the Moon - still awesome
Eden Lake - WOW, such an intense and unsettling movieWell bugger then.  Any good movies from NZ in general that might not have received much attention outside of NZ? Not really, their movie industry is in worse shape than ours. Although when they DO make a movie it seems to be better. |
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« Reply #6348 on: October 30, 2009, 09:39:31 PM » |
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After YF, I watched Nightmare Before Christmas,followed by Bedazzled (1967). Goddamn Peter Boyle and Dudley Moore were magnificent together.
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« Reply #6349 on: October 30, 2009, 09:42:27 PM » |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Where to begin...first off, the animation is so incredible to look at. It's just amazing to think what must have gone into making this type of film and to do it with that kind of ease that comes off when you're watching it makes you appreciate it even more than usual. The plot is fun and in the first couple of minutes sets up the story for the most part. The voice acting is top notch with some really big actors who you don't normally see doing animated films but their voices (namely Clooney) are extremely welcoming and great to listen to. Another thing that I really loved in it was just the way the animals acted. They essentially are just humans in animal bodies but it works here and is really funny at the same time. But once again the film's strongest aspect is that spectacular animation. It's the perfect kind of thing to build a film around and Anderson did it as good as anyone can with some truly beautiful shots scattered throughout (thinking about the wolf and waterfall scenes). Fantastic Mr. Fox is not only one of the best films of the year but has overtaken Rushmore as my favorite Wes Anderson movie. Go see this.
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« Reply #6350 on: October 31, 2009, 12:02:05 AM » |
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Fantastic Mr. Fox
Where to begin...first off, the animation is so incredible to look at. It's just amazing to think what must have gone into making this type of film and to do it with that kind of ease that comes off when you're watching it makes you appreciate it even more than usual. The plot is fun and in the first couple of minutes sets up the story for the most part. The voice acting is top notch with some really big actors who you don't normally see doing animated films but their voices (namely Clooney) are extremely welcoming and great to listen to. Another thing that I really loved in it was just the way the animals acted. They essentially are just humans in animal bodies but it works here and is really funny at the same time. But once again the film's strongest aspect is that spectacular animation. It's the perfect kind of thing to build a film around and Anderson did it as good as anyone can with some truly beautiful shots scattered throughout (thinking about the wolf and waterfall scenes). Fantastic Mr. Fox is not only one of the best films of the year but has overtaken Rushmore as my favorite Wes Anderson movie. Go see this.
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« Reply #6351 on: October 31, 2009, 05:22:56 AM » |
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Goddamn Peter Boyle and Dudley Moore were magnificent together. Almost as good as Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in fact.  |
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« Reply #6352 on: October 31, 2009, 06:21:02 AM » |
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Arsenic and old Lace.
Everyone is perfect in this movie and everything from the direction to the lighting is perfect. This is one of my favorite films,I never get tired of watching it.
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« Reply #6353 on: October 31, 2009, 10:36:30 AM » |
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Goddamn Peter Boyle and Dudley Moore were magnificent together. Almost as good as Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in fact. Well, fuck. I'd had 8 beers by the time I posted that, AND had watched Young Frankenstein earlier. |
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« Reply #6354 on: October 31, 2009, 09:59:31 PM » |
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Mother (Madeo) the newest film from Joon-ho Bong (The Host).
The film presents such a mixed bag of emotions that you don't really know what to think or even say when the movie is over with. And believe me, you'll be wondering what's going on after the end and even the start. That being said, it's a brilliantly done murder mystery that has some really interesting twists and turns throughout. Kim Hye-ja really leads this cast in a superb performance as the mother of a (what seems like mentally challenged) son. In the first 30 minutes of the movie the main focus is on the son but drastically changes when he is arrested for the murder of a school girl one night. Mother is a wonderful film to look at but the real centerpieces of this movie are the actors and they all shine.
It's hard to find a good murder mystery movie in a time where action films reign dominant but who knew that such a great one would come from a director whose most famous credit belonged to a monster movie. This Korean who done serves as a wonderful character study that mixes and matches genres from all over the place but in the end, somehow, Joon-ho Bong makes it work. You'll be wondering why this happened and if that part is really true but all of that makes Mother a really engrossing film and seems a worthy candidate for Korea's foreign-language Oscar entry.
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« Reply #6355 on: October 31, 2009, 10:14:31 PM » |
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Well, I've been watching horror-themed Rifftrax all day. So far, I've seen:
Saw
Love the interplay between Bill and Kevin on this one. "Shoot him in the head" was my favorite running gag.
House on Haunted Hill
My favorite of the Legend Films 3 Riffers releases, I find this one enjoyable from start to finish. this time through, in addition to recognizing the Chihuahua song, I also noticed that Kevin was singing "Poker Face" as well. Thank you South Park!
ICWXP: Bloody House of Frankenstein
Enjoy this riff as well. Some of the host segments needed a tad more work (not the talking car one though) but the riffing is pretty good all throughout the horrendous movie.
Troll 2
Oy. This film. This is the first time that I've rewatched it since the initial release, and I had forgotten how atrocious the acting in this thing was. Lowtax did okay. He wasn't the best guest riffer, but I liked him more than some of the other guests. But the film itself is just drainingly bad. I'd gladly watch TF2 a dozen times before I watch troll 2 again.
Halloween
A great riff of a great horror film. Yep, it's a little dated, but it's still a very effective horror film. And Mike and Kevin's riffing is top rate on this one.
The Grudge
I keep trying to rewatch this one, but my disc went bad at around the half hour mark, and I keep forgetting that fact. So I remastered it and I'm good to go. I greatly enjoy this riff, and after watching a pair of American Japanese horror film remakes yesterday, I found this to be incredibly cathartic. Love the Lost interchange as well.
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« Reply #6356 on: November 01, 2009, 05:17:47 PM » |
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Shadow of a Doubt
Love this movie to pieces. Joseph Cotten rocks. So does Thorton WIlder.
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« Reply #6357 on: November 01, 2009, 11:59:44 PM » |
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Police, Adjective
Corneliu Porumboiu's newest film is one that will really test your patience. If you're someone who likes things to happen often in their movies this might not be for you. Like 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, another Romanian film to come out in recent years, Police, Adjective is set up to have many, many long scenes that make the audience feel as if they're watching a documentary rather than a movie. Scenes can go on for as long as five to six minutes (and there are quite a few) without any dialogue at all.
That part of the film is one of the most interesting aspects but also, in a way, hurts it. It's one thing to have these kind of scenes every once in a while but to have the movie filled with it and include scenes that other filmmakers wouldn't even film, it kind of holds it down.
Negative aspects aside, Porumboiu has created a very engrossing story that really drew me in. The entire movie makes the audience question themselves and wonder what they would do if in Cristi's role, which is a hard thing to do effectively but Porumboiu is able to do it very well. Though a lot of the film is held back by some (what seems like) unnecessary scenes, it does have its fair share of funny and interesting scenes. Check out Police, Adjective if you have the patience and see one very talented director.
The White Ribbon
I was really looking forward to The White Ribbon when I first heard that it won the coveted Palme d'Or. The last two winners have been big standout pieces in the last two years of foreign films that I've seen (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days and The Class) and Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon is another one that was very deserving of it.
Narrated by the school teacher of the town (Christian Friedel who is 31 when the film takes place but sounds to be in his 70s or 80s when narrating), he begins the story by telling us about the strange events that occurred during a one year. Having this character who seems to be on the outskirts of all the activity in the film (except for the end) makes for an interesting viewpoint of the movie.
In an interview with Haneke, he explained that The White Ribbon is about "the origin of every type of terrorism, be it of political or religious nature." and you can clearly see that in the actions that take place throughout the movie. Though the movie can get confusing at times due to all of the townspeople serving as supporting characters and getting scenes as well, there are usually always people in the film that you have your eye on. Scenes that are cringe worthy (though there are few) are presented but there are also sweet and funny scenes between the school teacher and Eva or just viewing the children's behaviors.
The film is presented in black and white and is stunning to look at. From the opening shot that is quite gruesome to the ending of the film, the one big standout in the movie is the beautiful presentation that Haneke has delivered with The White Ribbon. The acting on all accounts, from all of the children, which there are a lot of, to the adults are all played wonderfully and completely believable. The movie never felt long but rather took a hold of me from the opening and held on until the climactic near final scene between two pivotal characters to try and find out who really has been committing these horrible crimes.
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« Reply #6358 on: November 02, 2009, 07:35:36 AM » |
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Titanic with the riff.. Fan bloody tastic good time
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« Reply #6359 on: November 02, 2009, 03:11:05 PM » |
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Titanic with the riff.. Fan bloody tastic good time
really? ahhhhh it's so hard to resist, but I hate Titanic----aaaaack! Is it the Three Amigos doing the riff? |
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