28 Film Discussion Threads Later

[Raiders]

Since it's disappearing from Netflix on the 5th, I finally got around to Shane Meadows's Dead Man's Shoes. Fairly typical narratively, but there's so many little idiosyncratic details and expansions that the film goes far beyond its gangster revenge label. Wonderful stuff. Love how deceptive the opening is once it's all considered together...

Yep, it's sensational. I wish Meadows would get back to making films and away from the This is England TV series.

[Dukefrukem]

Question for MC:

What are you guys doing with your DVD/Blu-ray/CD cases? Do you have them stored in a sleeve? Or a booklet and throw away the cases? I need ideas and options.

[MadMan]

I keep my DVDs in their cases. It presents a storage problem I will have to deal with it eventually.

[Ezee E]

I keep my DVDs in their cases. It presents a storage problem I will have to deal with it eventually.

Probably the most annoying thing to move for me. I know furniture and beds are heavy, but these few boxes seem tedious each time. Don't know why. That's also why I got rid of all my books a while ago.

[MadMan]

I have too many books CDs and movies. I might have to get rid of a lot of them if I ever move out of state.

[Watashi]

It's been awhile. We need another Armond pile-up.

Oh Armond.

[Ezee E]

It's been awhile. We need another Armond pile-up.

Oh Armond.

I figured he was fired.

[baby doll]

To be fair, Steve McQueen is the son of former Village Voice critic Georgia Brown, so there's a whole history there.

[baby doll]

Living in China, I have to keep all my DVDs hidden in my ass-hole so that the gooks don't get their hands on them.

[Spun Lepton]

It's been awhile. We need another Armond pile-up.

Oh Armond.

His site must be losing traffic. Nothing works to get them clicks like being a dick in public.

[Spun Lepton]

I was reading White's profile on Wikipedia and came across this gem, which probably explains why he's such a troll.

White has been an outspoken opponent of online film criticism, which he associates with "amateurism, gossip [and] cliques" rather than the "education, expertise [and] experience" he attributes to professional film criticism. He has also stated his opinion that "there should be no film critics younger than 30" since they would lack the necessary scholarship and life experience.

[MadMan]

Having recently bought George Washington on Criterion, I enjoyed White's essay on the film. It was well written, very articulated, and summed up why the film is great better than I probably ever could. However in a world where everyone can be a critic thanks to the Internet being an actual professional and not a troll doesn't get you anywhere apparently. Roger Ebert was lucky that he started out early and to built up his reputation before the Internet, except that doesn't count really if you think about it...

[Izzy Black]

There are many successful professional film critics that aren't trolls.

[Grouchy]

All I have to say is, it takes balls of steel or a complete ignorance of reality to heckle Robert De Niro. Not only you look like a fool, but he sounds to me like a man who'd rather kick your teeth in than take even the least amount of shit from you.

[MadMan]

There are many successful professional film critics that aren't trolls.

I know. That post was supposed to be condemning White instead of even remotely defending him.

[Boner M]

I was reading White's profile on Wikipedia and came across this gem, which probably explains why he's such a troll.

I'm a film critic under 30 and even I agree that there should be no film critics under 30.

[Spun Lepton]

Hey, everybody! Want to feel miserable? Well, The Road has you covered.

[Dukefrukem]

Hey, everybody! Want to feel miserable? Well, The Road has you covered.

I just watched this a few weeks ago myself. I had the same reaction. Do you consider this the message of the movie? I try and rate films on how the movie want's to be perceived versus what I actually feel during the viewing. If both match, then I consider that a successful project. My question is, why I would want to feel this way during a movie? What's the point? Is there a message lost?

[Spun Lepton]

I just watched this a few weeks ago myself. I had the same reaction. Do you consider this the message of the movie? I try and rate films on how the movie want's to be perceived versus what I actually feel during the viewing. If both match, then I consider that a successful project. My question is, why I would want to feel this way during a movie? What's the point? Is there a message lost?

Maybe that there is hope in an otherwise hopeless world? It's a tough call. The movie mirrored the book pretty damn well, with the exception of the Mother's added scenes. She had maybe a page's worth of time at the beginning of the book, and that was it.

The scene where the Dad made the Thief strip off his clothes was absolutely heartwrenching, even more-so than it was in the book. I can only attribute it to Williamson's performance. I felt horrible ... horrible ... for that man.

[Ezee E]

The movie doesn't have the intense feeling as the book. It does nail everything else, but the visceral feel in that book is something I've only come across a few other times ever.

[Dukefrukem]

Maybe that there is hope in an otherwise hopeless world? It's a tough call. The movie mirrored the book pretty damn well, with the exception of the Mother's added scenes. She had maybe a page's worth of time at the beginning of the book, and that was it.

The scene where the Dad made the Thief strip off his clothes was absolutely heartwrenching, even more-so than it was in the book. I can only attribute it to Williamson's performance. I felt horrible ... horrible ... for that man.

I think the worst thing for me while watching this movie was how many times the father put a gun to this son's head. And they never spoke about it ...

[Dukefrukem]

It is so fucking frustrating when someone at work asks for a movie recommendation. You give them one. And they come back and say they stopped watching it after 30 minutes because it was so bad. Are we seriously fucking that impatient? Why even bother watching anything if you're going to half ass your hobby?

[Spun Lepton]

What was recommended? Did they have specific requests?

[Dukefrukem]

A "2013 Sci-fi Film". I provided: The Colony

http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showth...ghlight=Colony

[Spun Lepton]

If you suggested I watch it and then compared it to Equilibrium, I would not have watched it. Did not like Equilibrium. Jus' sayin'.