28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**D_Davis** · 03-13-2012, 12:29 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

If you've seen Taking of Pelham 123 and Unstoppable, the comparisons seem pretty clear to me. Granted, To's takes are longer, but still. Breaking News is a much closer companion to Tony's work, though.

I've never gotten a Tony Scott feeling from a Johnny To film. To's style is practical glacial compared to Scott's. To is almost a minimalist, and Scott is pretty extreme.

**Raiders** · 03-13-2012, 12:40 AM

Quoting Irish (view post)

I love this movie. It's a grad student's wet dream. The only thing (and it's a big thing) that comes close to throwing it over is the lead actress. She's awful in most movies, but that fake, awful sounding accent puts this "performance" in a class by itself.

Everything else? Top flight.

Paltrow? I don't know, maybe she has just been getting better, but I can name a whole handful of performances from her I quite love.

**Sven** · 03-13-2012, 12:47 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

Uh, you're the one who was policing.

How is this:

He doesn't strike me as very assholish, B.Side. Mutilation seems harsh.

policing? And how is it that you don't see the irony in your policing of my thoroughly non-policing observation?

**Spinal** · 03-13-2012, 12:48 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

No, he sounds like a fucking moron.

Yeah, he really doesn't demonstrate an ability to accept the film on it's own terms.

When you write something like this ...

Hollywood, can you please challenge his pretentiousness.

... I have no trouble with someone calling you an asshole.

**Derek** · 03-13-2012, 12:56 AM

Quoting Sven (view post)

How is this:

policing? And how is it that you don't see the irony in your policing of my thoroughly non-policing observation?

"Mutilation seems harsh,", ie you telling B-side to question his words so as to be more accepting or PC. It's akin to someone responding to "I hate that movie!" with "Really, hate? Isn't that a bit of a strong reaction to a movie?" It's annoying.

**Sven** · 03-13-2012, 01:10 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

"Mutilation seems harsh,", ie you telling B-side to question his words so as to be more accepting or PC. It's akin to someone responding to "I hate that movie!" with "Really, hate? Isn't that a bit of a strong reaction to a movie?" It's annoying.

You're reading so much into it. I endorse the use of "mutilating" in this context, and am not demanding a word withdrawal. I'm saying that mutilating a moron blogger seems harsh given that his only crime of assholery is his endorsement of Hollywood and duncelike way of expressing his opinion. Relax, Jack. I aint no cop.

**Spinal** · 03-13-2012, 01:15 AM

It's a fair point. 'Ignore this asshole' might be better advice.

**Raiders** · 03-13-2012, 01:19 AM

Quoting Spinal (view post)

It's a fair point. 'Ignore this asshole' might be better advice.

True, but Derek does have some good posts I would hate to miss.

**Spinal** · 03-13-2012, 01:22 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

True, but Derek does have some good posts I would hate to miss.

:lol: True.

**Derek** · 03-13-2012, 01:27 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

True, but Derek does have some good posts I would hate to miss.

Touché. :lol:

**MadMan** · 03-13-2012, 01:50 AM

I like Derek, despite that whole "I'm a Broncos" fan thing

**Irish** · 03-13-2012, 02:07 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

Paltrow? I don't know, maybe she has just been getting better, but I can name a whole handful of performances from her I quite love.

I've never thought she deserved all the accolades. She seems a perfectly generic starlet type, who has mostly gotten by on looks & pedigree.

In Shakespeare, though, that accent is atrocious. It takes me out of the picture every time.

**Watashi** · 03-13-2012, 02:10 AM

It seems Irish has a knack of forgetting major actor's names even though imdb is just a click away,

**MadMan** · 03-13-2012, 02:11 AM

Quoting Watashi (view post)

It seems Irish has a knack of forgetting major actor's names even though imdb is just a click away,

Nah he's just as lazy as I am :P

**B-side** · 03-13-2012, 03:19 AM

I feel like an adopted child caught between feuding parents. The columnist seems like a perfectly decent gentleman in that he pays his taxes and doesn't molest small children (yet), but he's still an asshole because he wrote a column that made me roll my eyes a few dozen times. That is my justification.

**soitgoes...** · 03-13-2012, 05:55 AM

I watched Outside Satan last night, and I really have no idea what to make of it. Beautiful? Undeniably, but I can't help but think that Dumont going even more minimalist is a direction I don't wish to see his career head towards. Then again I'm not entirely sure what Dumont is trying to say in this film. It's my least favorite film of his so far, still good, but not nearly on par with the others. That said, it took a few days for Hadewijch to grow on me, so maybe that's what this one needs.

**B-side** · 03-13-2012, 07:01 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

I watched Outside Satan last night, and I really have no idea what to make of it. Beautiful? Undeniably, but I can't help but think that Dumont going even more minimalist is a direction I don't wish to see his career head towards. Then again I'm not entirely sure what Dumont is trying to say in this film. It's my least favorite film of his so far, still good, but not nearly on par with the others. That said, it took a few days for Hadewijch to grow on me, so maybe that's what this one needs.

The entire film is pretty clearly a thinly veiled condemnation of Obama's fascist agenda.

**soitgoes...** · 03-13-2012, 08:51 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

The entire film is pretty clearly a thinly veiled condemnation of Obama's fascist agenda.

Well yeah, of course it's got that going for it, but I mean, what's going on with the rest of the film? You know, the parts that have nothing to do do with Obama and his qrazy fascist policies.

**Qrazy** · 03-13-2012, 04:34 PM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

Well yeah, of course it's got that going for it, but I mean, what's going on with the rest of the film? You know, the parts that have nothing to do do with Obama and his qrazy fascist policies.

Just trying to up my search count?

**Idioteque Stalker** · 03-13-2012, 05:00 PM

Somewhat grateful to a professor for showing Window Water Baby Moving in class today. Bold, honest, and beautiful, just as I assumed--but nevertheless I was absolutely fine with never watching it. Suffice to say, I didn't need my second coffee this morning.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 03-13-2012, 08:51 PM

Quoting Idioteque Stalker (view post)

Somewhat grateful to a professor for showing Window Water Baby Moving in class today. Bold, honest, and beautiful, just as I assumed--but nevertheless I was absolutely fine with never watching it. Suffice to say, I didn't need my second coffee this morning.

Nice.

Our professor didn't tell us what we were about to watch. Seeing the head crowning and the placenta spilling out was a bit much for me.

**Irish** · 03-14-2012, 01:20 AM

Am I getting bad search results or is there really no thread for Jason Reitman's Young Adult?

**Boner M** · 03-14-2012, 02:59 AM

Finally watched Total Recall last night... I guess you had to be there at the time. The best parts I'd already seen in gif/meme form.

**Qrazy** · 03-14-2012, 03:05 AM

Quoting Boner M (view post)

Finally watched Total Recall last night... I guess you had to be there at the time. The best parts I'd already seen in gif/meme form.

American Verhoeven is pretty bad. Turkish Delight and Soldier of Orange for the win.

**Boner M** · 03-14-2012, 03:11 AM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

American Verhoeven is pretty bad. Turkish Delight and Soldier of Orange for the win.

Haven't actually seen any of his Dutch stuff aside from the The 4th Man and Black Book which were both kinda eh. I love Showgirls, Starship Troopers and Robocop but I'm less keen when he's not being overtly satirical.

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