What movies have you seen recently?

[BlueNGold]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

1977 isn't not old for cinema. Plenty of great films from the 30s to the 60s.

SPTO agrees with this statement.

[Cabke]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

1977 isn't not old for cinema. Plenty of great films from the 30s to the 60s.

Yeah, just look at SPTO's post history in this thread.

But there are so many great films from that era. Anything Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Casablanca are all some of my favorites. Not to mention the great Christmas movies from that era too.

EDIT:
God damnit BNG

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Not to mention the westerns to samurai to westerns cycle.

[Bellsprout]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope!

Man, I can't believe i've been on this earth for 23 years and never attempted to watch any of these movies. I always thought they were weird and the people watching them were weirder but for a movie made in 1977 it wasn't bad at all. I usually have issues staying interested in movies so old but I really enjoyed this. I'm moving on to episode 5 right now!!

EDIT:

Hammered out Episode 5... wowwww! Breakfast than episode 6 lol.. one month after graduation and no job.. plenty of time for star wars lol

Empire is easily the best one in the series.

Also, don't bother going back to watch the prequels. They'll just leave you bitter and angry. Except for Episode 3 which is pretty good, I suppose.

[SPTO]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Going back to the oldies with:

Of Mice and Men (1939)

This was truly one of the great movies of all time. I was really captivated by the performance of Lon Chaney Jr. as Lenny and Burgess Meredith had a very good turn as George. The actual story kinda meandered a bit but there are a ton of great scenes especially the scene when Candy's dog is put down which was really emotional but it was done in a very palpable and understated manner.

I'm thinking of taking a look at the '92 version for comparison.

4 stars

[areobee401]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Going back to the oldies with:

Of Mice and Men (1939)

This was truly one of the great movies of all time. I was really captivated by the performance of Lon Chaney Jr. as Lenny and Burgess Meredith had a very good turn as George. The actual story kinda meandered a bit but there are a ton of great scenes especially the scene when Candy's dog is put down which was really emotional but it was done in a very palpable and understated manner.

I'm thinking of taking a look at the '92 version for comparison.

4 stars

The 92 version doesn't even come close to this one.

[Mo]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Going back to the oldies with:

Of Mice and Men (1939)

This was truly one of the great movies of all time. I was really captivated by the performance of Lon Chaney Jr. as Lenny and Burgess Meredith had a very good turn as George. The actual story kinda meandered a bit but there are a ton of great scenes especially the scene when Candy's dog is put down which was really emotional but it was done in a very palpable and understated manner.

I'm thinking of taking a look at the '92 version for comparison.

4 stars

Which is code for, the GF is no more.

[SPTO]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

The 92 version doesn't even come close to this one.

Thanks for the warning.

Which is code for, the GF is no more.

Nope just means I'm not seeing her til the weekend after the SB.

[rdub78]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Bigger, Stronger, Faster.

It's a documentary about steroid use in sports and the win at all cost culture we live in.

Pretty good and informative. I like it.

I'd give it 7/10.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/

[DJ]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Bigger, Stronger, Faster.

It's a documentary about steroid use in sports and the win at all cost culture we live in.

Pretty good and informative. I like it.

I'd give it 7/10.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1151309/

That was good. I liked that Bell was able to show both sides of the steroids story, and shot down some of the general media misconceptions when it comes to anabolic steroids.

[rdub78]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Yep. Sad his brother died not too long after the movie.

[DJ]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Empire is easily the best one in the series.

Also, don't bother going back to watch the prequels. They'll just leave you bitter and angry. Except for Episode 3 which is pretty good, I suppose.

Phantom Menance has to be one of the biggest disappointments in my life. If I could go back in time, I would walk out of the movie theatre. Back then, I kept hoping that somehow the movie would turn and become good, but it never happened.

Episode III is decent, especially the 2nd half.

[Bellsprout]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Citizen Kane: This is an odd stance, but I can TOTALLY see why this is generally regarded as the best movie ever made... but I also thought it was only okay.

Like, I can tell that it's fantastically done from a narrative and technical perspective and that it was totally ahead of it's time, but my personal emotions towards it? Meh. Orson Welles was awesome in his role, he owned every scene, but I don't know, it didn't grab me. I was interested and engaged, but it didn't like blow my mind.

It's like going to a museum and looking at art. I can acknowledge the insane amount of skill and the quality of the piece, yet at the same time that piece isn't really for me, you know?

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

Citizen Kane: This is an odd stance, but I can TOTALLY see why this is generally regarded as the best movie ever made... but I also thought it was only okay.

Like, I can tell that it's fantastically done from a narrative and technical perspective and that it was totally ahead of it's time, but my personal emotions towards it? Meh. Orson Welles was awesome in his role, he owned every scene, but I don't know, it didn't grab me. I was interested and engaged, but it didn't like blow my mind.

It's like going to a museum and looking at art. I can acknowledge the insane amount of skill and the quality of the piece, yet at the same time that piece isn't really for me, you know?

I've found the more movies of that generation I watch the better Citizen Kane becomes. So much of it has become so ingrained in television and film that we're already acquainted with it even without watching the film itself.

[goh]

Re: What movies have you seen recently?

I always thought they were weird and the people watching them were weirder but for a movie made in 1977 it wasn't bad at all.

Somebody get this man TCM!

I watched Scott Pilgrim vs. the World again.
I still have no idea if it's the best thing ever or worst thing ever. Though Kieran Culkin and Anna Kendrick were just as a great the second time and that's pretty rare. Noticed a lot more of the subtle stuff too.

Just to steal a list of them...

Spoiler

0: Scott. Drinks Coke Zero and wears a shirt with "Zero" on it. Gideon refers to him by saying "you're zero, you're nothing!" in the final fight.

1: Matthew Patel. Identifies himself as "first", has his one eye covered by his emover, keeps pointing with one finger. Has a single chevron on his sleeve. Poses with one arm in the air, looking like the number one. Wallace also refers to him as "It's that one guy!"

1 1/2. Ramona claims that she went out with Matthew Patel (#1) for "a week and a half". Her next boyfriend was Lucas Lee (#2). She dyes her hair a different color every week and a half.

2: Lucas Lee. Just prior to his scene, Scott and Ramona pass two "X crossing" signs, and a crosswalk sign that counts down from 2. During the scene proper, the number appears on a prop car, as a tattoo on his neck, and on a trailer. Lee notes that Scott must be "seeing double," and that it will take "two minutes... to kick your ***" (which he says twice). Lee punches Scott twice to knock him out before the fight. The woman who sprays Lee's fist does so twice. Lee's ringtone is two beeps. Wallace notes that the stunt doubles get Lee's "sloppy seconds." Lee points at Scott with two fingers, and has two X's on his belt buckle. "2" is tattooed on his neck. In the "Cold Call" film-within-the-film we see, Lee's character refers to the two clicks his opponent will hear. Ramona dated Lucas in the 9th grade, two years after Patel. Lee claims there are "like, two hundred steps" on the grind rail. Before facing Lee, Scott learns the bassline to Final Fantasy II.

3: Todd Ingram. The Clash At Demonhead has 3 members. Wears the number on his shirt; has three stripes on each sleeve; has three stripes on each wristband; there's a particularly noticeable three on the wall of the dressing room; hurls Scott through three walls; Scott is thrown into a number of garbage cans with multiple 3's spray-painted on them; the words "Bass Battle" flash three times on screen; both Scott and Todd one-up each other three times before the end of the bass battle. Envy wears a shirt with three stripes as well. Also had three strikes against Vegan Law.

4: Roxy Richter. The fight takes place in a club simply called "4". The club itself is full of four-bulb light fixtures. Also, instead of being called "Roxie" like in the books, her name was changed to "Roxy" to have four letters. Her battle(s) with Scott is in four parts (in the snow, versus Ramona alone, versus Ramona-Scott, and versus Scott alone). The two girls are/were bisexual (2x2). The DVD trivia track points out she has four tears in her lace tights. Additionally the floor, disco ball, and Roxy's weapon are comprised of squares.

4 1/2. Scott is wearing a t-shirt featuring the Fantastic Four's "4" logo with an additional "1/2" doodled on it, halfway between battles 4 and 5.

5 & 6: Katayanagi Twins. One twin has five studs in the shape of a starburst on his costume; the other has six. Also combined: the Twins turn the dial on their music Up to Eleven (though the numbers are in Japanese).The first two notes they play on their keyboards are an E (the fifth letter after A) and a Bb, a tritone (or 6 half-steps) above E. Additionally their names and last name start with K, the eleventh letter of the alphabet.

7: Gideon Graves. G is the seventh letter of the alphabet. The Chaos Theatre is introduced on-screen as "level 7." The second run scene is filled with bonus points and multipliers that use the number 7. Gideon becomes upset that his swallowed gum will be in his system for 7 years. Gideon activates a x7 multiplier when he summons his digi-tana and gets x7 bonuses to his 'stats'.