28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**Derek** · 06-25-2009, 05:52 AM

Fuck you, Michael Bay.

But really, welcome back, buddy. This is the Michael Bay I love to hate. Nothing bad or mediocre, just balls-to-wall, fully accelerated suckitude that I've not had the pleasure of encountering for some time now.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 06:00 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Fuck you, Michael Bay.

But really, welcome back, buddy. This is the Michael Bay I love to hate. Nothing bad or mediocre, just balls-to-wall, fully accelerated suckitude that I've not had the pleasure of encountering for some time now.

Why did you watch this?

**origami_mustache** · 06-25-2009, 06:04 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Fuck you, Michael Bay.

But really, welcome back, buddy. This is the Michael Bay I love to hate. Nothing bad or mediocre, just balls-to-wall, fully accelerated suckitude that I've not had the pleasure of encountering for some time now.

You didn't see the first Transformers?

**Derek** · 06-25-2009, 06:16 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

Why did you watch this?

Went to see it with a couple guys from work.

Quoting origami_mustache (view post)

You didn't see the first Transformers?

I did. It was bad, but not nearly as awful as this one.

**lovejuice** · 06-25-2009, 06:19 AM

Quoting number8 (view post)

High five. That movie is wretched.

Try being in Asia when it came out. It was akin to Twilight.

third you and 8. Ji-hyun became every straight boy's fantasy after this which's simply beyond me. the prequel is not any better.

**B-side** · 06-25-2009, 06:55 AM

This may have been posted already somewhere, but Antichrist has an official US release date of October 23rd. Those of us with On-Demand get it 2 days early.

**origami_mustache** · 06-25-2009, 07:03 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Went to see it with a couple guys from work.

I did. It was bad, but not nearly as awful as this one.

woooooow...that kind of suckitude is hard to fathom.

**Spinal** · 06-25-2009, 07:17 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

This may have been posted already somewhere, but Antichrist has an official US release date of October 23rd. Those of us with On-Demand get it 2 days early.

OK. Four months. I can do that.

Also, Antichrist is being turned into a video game?

**B-side** · 06-25-2009, 07:21 AM

Quoting Spinal (view post)

OK. Four months. I can do that.

Also, Antichrist is being turned into a video game?

Yeah, I saw that. I lol'd at first, but reading some details has me kinda looking forward to it.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 07:21 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

Yeah, I saw that. I lol'd at first, but reading some details has me kinda looking forward to it.

It probably won't be released in the US.

**B-side** · 06-25-2009, 07:23 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

It probably won't be released in the US.

Ooh. Yeah. You have a point. Way to deflate me, Clipper. Way to go.:sad:

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 07:27 AM

PROS and CONS of why I should or shouldn't go watch Winter Light right now:

PRO
+ If I watch it now, I can send it back to Netflix and get Waltz With Bashir and Innocence for the weekend.
+ It's only 80 minutes, so it's not too big of a time commitment.
+ Supposedly, it's a masterpiece.
+ I want to watch this movie.

CON
- I'm a little bit tired.
- I haven't been sleeping well lately.
- I kind of wanted to listen to the commentary track with Tony Rayns; I guess I still could, but I probably wouldn't listen to it fully.

**soitgoes...** · 06-25-2009, 08:13 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

PROS and CONS of why I should or shouldn't go watch Winter Light right now:

PRO
+ If I watch it now, I can send it back to Netflix and get Waltz With Bashir and Innocence for the weekend.
+ It's only 80 minutes, so it's not too big of a time commitment.
+ Supposedly, it's a masterpiece.
+ I want to watch this movie.

CON
- I'm a little bit tired.
- I haven't been sleeping well lately.
- I kind of wanted to listen to the commentary track with Tony Rayns; I guess I still could, but I probably wouldn't listen to it fully.

PRO
+ It is one of the best films ever, and is the best film of perhaps the best filmmaker who ever lived.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 08:15 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

PRO
+ It is one of the best films ever, and is the best film of perhaps the best filmmaker who ever lived.

Yeah, I don't think I want to watch it tonight. I should probably be basically wide awake and I'm not.

**soitgoes...** · 06-25-2009, 08:18 AM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

Hey, someone recommend me Tokyo crime Yakuza movies. I've seen some of Johnnie To's stuff (Breaking News and Election) and wasn't really overly impressed, but I'd try more.

Sympathy for the Underdog is Fukasaku's masterpiece I'd imagine. It takes place on Okinawa, not Tokyo, so I'm not sure if that would meet your requirement. FWIW it is probably my third favorite yakuza film after Exiled and Violent Cop.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 08:22 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

Sympathy for the Underdog is Fukasaku's masterpiece I'd imagine. It takes place on Okinawa, not Tokyo, so I'm not sure if that would meet your requirement. FWIW it is probably my third favorite yakuza film after Exiled and Violent Cop.

Oh yeah, I don't really care where it takes place (although Tokyo is a great setting due to its lights and structures and stuff). I'll keep those in mind.

**Boner M** · 06-25-2009, 02:21 PM

weekend

Thirst
The Hangover
Comanche Station
Innocents With Dirty Hands
Cop au vin

**number8** · 06-25-2009, 02:46 PM

Exiled is not a yakuza film. :sad:

**D_Davis** · 06-25-2009, 04:38 PM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

Hey, someone recommend me Tokyo crime Yakuza movies. I've seen some of Johnnie To's stuff (Breaking News and Election) and wasn't really overly impressed, but I'd try more.

To is my 2nd favorite director, but he's definitely not for everyone.

I'll second Qrazy's recs of The Mission and Exiled. These are his two best films. The Mission is often cited by fans and critics as being one of the best HK crime films ever made, and it is. If you don't like these two films there is a very good chance that you just won't get along with To.

If you do like them, I'd also suggest:

PTU
Where a Good Man Goes
Throwdown
Running Out of Time
A Hero Never Dies

While all are not necessarily triad films, they do deal with the criminal element.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 09:22 PM

Okay, I'll put The Mission towards the top of my queue for now.

**D_Davis** · 06-25-2009, 09:26 PM

Quoting Clipper Ship Captain (view post)

Okay, I'll put The Mission towards the top of my queue for now.

Be forewarned: the DVD transfer is terrible. Absolutely the worst I've ever seen; I've seen better pictures on a VHS tape. Why a film so highly regarded hasn't even been remastered is a complete and total mystery to me.

**Stay Puft** · 06-25-2009, 09:36 PM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

Yeah, I saw that. I lol'd at first, but reading some details has me kinda looking forward to it.

Apparently a Myst clone? I'd play it.

On that note, where's a good place to start for Trier? The last time I was at my local video store I noticed copies of both Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark. All the Antichrist talk lately around Cannes, etc., got me interested in finally checking out his work.

**MacGuffin** · 06-25-2009, 09:38 PM

Quoting Daniel Davis

Be forewarned: the DVD transfer is terrible. Absolutely the worst I've ever seen; I've seen better pictures on a VHS tape. Why a film so highly regarded hasn't even been remastered is a complete and total mystery to me.

Wow, should I just hold off until someone releases a better transfer?

Quoting Stay Puft (view post)

Apparently a Myst clone? I'd play it.

On that note, where's a good place to start for Trier? The last time I was at my local video store I noticed copies of both Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark. All the Antichrist talk lately around Cannes, etc., got me interested in finally checking out his work.

While I haven't seen all of his movies, I'd probably say go from Breaking the Waves to Dogville.

**Stay Puft** · 06-25-2009, 09:43 PM

TIFF 09 site went live a couple days ago and the first batch of films have been announced:

Masters

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl Manoel de Oliveira, France/Portugal/Spain
Les Herbes Folles Alain Resnais, France
Air Doll Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japan

Visions

Face Tsai Ming-liang, France/Taiwan/The Netherlands/Belgium
Independencia Raya Martin, France
Irène Alain Cavalier, France
Karaoke Chris Chong Chan Fui, Malaysia
Nymph Pen-Ek Ratanaruang,Thailand
To Die Like a Man João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal/France

Vanguard

Fish Tank Andrea Arnold, United Kingdom

Discovery

Gigante Adrian Biniez, Uruguay/Germany/Argentina/The Netherlands
The Happiest Girl in the World Radu Jude, Romania/The Netherlands
Kelin Ermek Tursunov, Kazakhstan
La Pivellina Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel, Austria/Italy
Samson and Delilah Warwick Thornton, Australia
Should I Really Do It Ismail Necmi, Turkey

Contemporary World Cinema

Eyes Wide Open Haim Tabakman, Israel
Huacho Alejandro Fernandez Almendras, Chile
Like You Know It All Hong Sang-soo, Republic of Korea
Lourdes Jessica Hausner, Austria/France/Germany
Men on the Bridge Asli Özge, Germany/Turkey/The Netherlands
Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
The Time that Remains Elia Suleiman, France/Belgium/Italy
The Wind Journeys Ciro Guerra, Colombia

**Stay Puft** · 06-25-2009, 09:44 PM

Probably posting for my own benefit because I'm super excited. So far the only announcements concern films picked up from other festivals (lots of Cannes stuff there, obviously).

Oliveira is 101 years old.

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