28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**Rowland** · 09-19-2010, 08:50 PM

Quoting Skitch (view post)

So after my rantings about the awfulness of Prince Of Persia, my buddy waited for dvd. Now all I'm hearing is how wrong I was and what a fun summer movie it was.

I hated it with a passion. What a piece of shit.

I didn't think it was that bad at all, especially as this summer's blockbusters have been concerned. *shrug*

**Spaceman Spiff** · 09-20-2010, 12:01 AM

Where exactly is Tommy Wiseau from? His wiki says that he was born in New Orleans and lived in France "a long time ago", but his accent is clearly not french.

I'm watching The Room for the first time at the moment. It's not all that funny, just really incompetent. Okay, Wiseau's "laugh" is kinda funny.

**megladon8** · 09-20-2010, 12:06 AM

I have a feeling Wiseau's accent is fabricated.

**Philosophe_rouge** · 09-20-2010, 12:40 AM

prince of persia was abysmal.

Winston* · 09-20-2010, 03:43 AM

Watched my first full movie on VHS today in probably more than half a decade. Very exciting, got to rewind it and everything.

**Spaceman Spiff** · 09-20-2010, 03:45 AM

I watch VHS all the time.

**Qrazy** · 09-20-2010, 04:25 AM

Quoting StanleyK (view post)

I liked A Man Escaped, but I think I would've liked it a lot more without the voice-over. Do we really need to be told everything that's happening on-screen?

"Dumbo: Zero"

Dude just ignore the racism.

**Qrazy** · 09-20-2010, 04:29 AM

Quoting endingcredits (view post)

I watched L'eclisse (Antonioni, 1962) last night. It's form of modernism didn't really resonate with me. Instead, it came across as standoffish and was too emotionally bare to be engrossing. Twice I snoozed through the middle and had to rewind. There were bits of the film I enjoyed, e.g., the stock market scene, and the last five or so minutes were brilliant, but the whole of it was meh.

I'm a big fan of the film. The best part for me was when she watches the poles rattling at night. Beautiful moment. I think you'd probably prefer La Notte, it was my favorite form him for a while, although now I think I value each film in the 'trilogy' about the same but for varying reasons.

**B-side** · 09-20-2010, 04:32 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

Dude just ignore the racism.

You keep saying this, but it's difficult when you keep doing monkey impressions every time you see a black character on screen. It's especially embarrassing in the theater.

**Qrazy** · 09-20-2010, 04:36 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

You keep saying this, but it's difficult when you keep doing monkey impressions every time you see a black character on screen. It's especially embarrassing in the theater.

Oh what, so now it's racist to go to the theater wearing black face? Whatever dude.

**B-side** · 09-20-2010, 04:41 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

Oh what, so now it's racist to go to the theater wearing black face? Whatever dude.

It wouldn't be as bad if you weren't speaking your strange version of jive in the meantime.

**endingcredits** · 09-20-2010, 04:53 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

The best part for me was when she watches the poles rattling at night. Beautiful moment. I think you'd probably prefer La Notte, it was my favorite form him for a while, although now I think I value each film in the 'trilogy' about the same but for varying reasons.

I don't remember that at all. Either I didn't think it was that good or I wasn't awake for it and didn't rewind all the way back (most likely the latter). I ripped the dvd, so I'll go back to this after seeing the others in the 'trilogy'.

**Philosophe_rouge** · 09-20-2010, 06:12 AM

I find the more I see of antonioni, the more i love him. My first experience with him as indifference, my second was mild interest, by the third... i was completely entranced. I've revisited most of his work since and it all hits me like a truck, in the best possible way. I just rewatched L'Eclisse... god it gets me.

**Chac Mool** · 09-20-2010, 11:19 AM

Quoting Spinal (view post)

I'm not sure how a director could intend a delayed reaction. I think most of them want you to experience something significant in the moment. That said, I think there is definitely something utterly beautiful about the film's tragic elements and the central character's journey that lingers long after the film is over. Personally, I found it tense and emotional as I was watching it, but at least it worked on you eventually.

I was thinking more in terms of instant gratification versus subtle but long-lasting impression. Many big-budget movies go for the instant stuff, trying to wow with intensity over quality. I fully admit to being caught in the moment, but the taste usually leaves the moment I step out of the theatres. Looking over some of my favorite classic movies, my reaction while watching them is more tempered, but their flavours and concerns are more insinuating, lasting long after the credits have rolled.

(That being said, my absolute favorites have both...).

**Dukefrukem** · 09-20-2010, 12:19 PM

Quoting Philosophe_rouge (view post)

prince of persia was abysmal.

hehe wasn't it?

**Grouchy** · 09-20-2010, 12:39 PM

I watched the G.I. Joe movie yesterday and, I gotta admit, I enjoyed myself. Weed is great for lowering standards.

**Dukefrukem** · 09-20-2010, 12:46 PM

Quoting Grouchy (view post)

I watched the G.I. Joe movie yesterday and, I gotta admit, I enjoyed myself. Weed is great for lowering standards.

It's fun isn't it? you know what you're gonna get with Sommers. It's a perfectly adapted G I Joe movie with the perfect amount of ninjas. It also breaks the chain of bad CGI usage in a Sommers movie.

**Grouchy** · 09-20-2010, 12:55 PM

Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)

It also breaks the chain of bad CGI usage in a Sommers movie.

I was agreeing with you totally until this - the CGI is pretty poor.

But then again, I tend to see any movie that uses CGI permanently as fake-looking.

**Dukefrukem** · 09-20-2010, 01:24 PM

Quoting Grouchy (view post)

I was agreeing with you totally until this - the CGI is pretty poor.

But then again, I tend to see any movie that uses CGI permanently as fake-looking.

The only poor CGI scene I can remember is the Eiffel Tower. The rest of the slow mo CGI shots are pretty convincing. I'm also comparing this to the CGI Mummy. CGI snake monster in Deep Rising and CGI in Van Helsing. Out of all those movies, G I Joe is the best.

**Skitch** · 09-20-2010, 03:31 PM

Hating on Prince of Persia, and loving on G.I. Joe. I love you guys. Thanks for making me feel better on a monday morning.

**Irish** · 09-20-2010, 06:55 PM

Has anyone seen Zhang Yimou's "A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop"? This is his remake of the Coen Bros "Blood Simple."

I was underwhelmed. The tone was all off. In one moment he's going for big slapstick comedy and the next moment contains gruesome, detailed violence. And the pacing was for shit.

Helluva difference from the guy who did Raise the Red Lantern and Qiu Ju all those years ago.

**Morris Schæffer** · 09-20-2010, 07:13 PM

I was checking out site blu-ray.com and came across this picture.

Yeah, that's actually not Jason Bourne.

**D_Davis** · 09-20-2010, 07:17 PM

Quoting Grouchy (view post)

I watched the G.I. Joe movie yesterday and, I gotta admit, I enjoyed myself. Weed is great for lowering standards.

I had a blast watching GI Joe. +++++Tons of Fun +++++++Would Watch Again.

**number8** · 09-20-2010, 07:19 PM

I love Keanu Reeves' Herzog impression here, regarding him directing Bill & Ted 3.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/164...17/story.jhtml

**MadMan** · 09-20-2010, 08:40 PM

Quoting number8 (view post)

I love Keanu Reeves' Herzog impression here, regarding him directing Bill & Ted 3.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/164...17/story.jhtml

That's hilarious. And of course I would go see a Bill and Ted 3 if it ever gets made. WYLD STALLYNS!

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