Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 338

Snowflake · 06-17-2008, 12:13 PM

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Finally saw Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Great film that I found hard to watch. Two hapless brothers (Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke) hatch an ill-advised crime scheme that results in both their lives getting progressively and excruciately destroyed. Great performances and a good script, a lot of time shifting (which I love), and it was wonderfully directed by the not-dead-yet Sidney Lumet.

Sh*t - I cannot read, obviously, nevermind...

Ghoulish Delight · 06-18-2008, 07:56 AM

Watched Crank last night. I was prepared for a stupid popcorn movie. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it much more than that.

Someone set out to make a live action video game, and they nailed it. This is an absolutely archetypal video game plot from beginning to end. They committed to it 100%.

Unfortunately it does suffer from a really poorly written love interest with an even worse actress. It wouldn't have been so bad, but there's a huge chunk of movie that gets completely dragged down by her. It definitely hurts the overall movie.

But if you're in the mood for highly stylized, ultra-cartoony action, it's a good ride.

Alex · 06-18-2008, 08:43 AM

Apparently I mostly agree. Though two years on all I remember is the premise of the movie and the public sex scene in front of the tour bus.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-18-2008, 08:50 AM

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Apparently I mostly agree. Though two years on all I remember is the premise of the movie and the public sex scene in front of the tour bux.

What's really bizarre is that one of the DVD "extras" is a "Family Friendly Audio" track.

The audio is the most family friendly part of the movie. No amount of bleeping is going to cover the murders, boobs, drug use, consensual public rape, and blatant disregard for the law.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 06-18-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Watched Crank last night. I was prepared for a stupid popcorn movie. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it much more than that.

Someone set out to make a live action video game, and they nailed it. This is an absolutely archetypal video game plot from beginning to end. They committed to it 100%.

Unfortunately it does suffer from a really poorly written love interest with an even worse actress. It wouldn't have been so bad, but there's a huge chunk of movie that gets completely dragged down by her. It definitely hurts the overall movie.

But if you're in the mood for highly stylized, ultra-cartoony action, it's a good ride.

I say it loudly and proudly: I LOVED CRANK! A friend dragged me into the theater practically kicking and screaming. "Really, Colleen? Really?!" I think I laughed the entire movie, not at it...with it. So much fun.

I didn't mind the love interest. I minded even less one of the most balls out hilarious sex scenes I've ever seen on film. Sweet mercy, it was funny.

innerSpaceman · 06-18-2008, 12:12 PM

Convinced. Queued.

Eliza Hodgkins 1812 · 06-18-2008, 01:13 PM

Finally got around to watching Cloverfield. I can say with a certain amount of certainty that I would have hated the movie if I'd seen it in theaters because it would have made me stick to my stomach. I am very glad that I watched it on TV, because I really loved how it was made. A nice contemporary homage to H.P. Lovecraft told from the victims perspective. I was expecting it to be a montage of various video footage taken during the time of the attack, so the continuity was unexpected but not disappointing. It's different but in the same class of film as The Host, I think. And as was the filmmakers' intent, I'm glad we have a monster of our own here in the States. Fun, fun.

Ghoulish Delight · 06-18-2008, 01:16 PM

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I didn't mind the love interest. I minded even less one of the most balls out hilarious sex scenes I've ever seen on film. Sweet mercy, it was funny.

The sex scene certainly helped soften the blow, so to speak, but the first few scenes with her sucked the air right out of the movie. Other than that, I was completely onboard.

innerSpaceman · 06-18-2008, 01:17 PM

And to bounce back and forth, one of my favorite things about seeing Cloverfield in a theater was the huge, headless Statue of Liberty set up in the Chinese Theater forecourt ... which, from the far northwest corner, you could line-up perfectly with the giant movie billboard atop a building across the street.

TeeHee.

SzczerbiakManiac · 06-18-2008, 02:16 PM

The funniest sex scene I ever saw was in the Jeff Goldblum movie The Tall Guy. He and Emma Thompson wreak havoc on that bedroom!

06-18-2008, 07:56 AM	#3372
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Watched Crank last night. I was prepared for a stupid popcorn movie. Surprisingly, I enjoyed it much more than that. Someone set out to make a live action video game, and they nailed it. This is an absolutely archetypal video game plot from beginning to end. They committed to it 100%. Unfortunately it does suffer from a really poorly written love interest with an even worse actress. It wouldn't have been so bad, but there's a huge chunk of movie that gets completely dragged down by her. It definitely hurts the overall movie. But if you're in the mood for highly stylized, ultra-cartoony action, it's a good ride. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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06-18-2008, 08:43 AM	#3373
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Apparently I mostly agree. Though two years on all I remember is the premise of the movie and the public sex scene in front of the tour bus. Last edited by Alex : 06-18-2008 at 09:05 AM.
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06-18-2008, 12:12 PM	#3376
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Convinced. Queued.
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06-18-2008, 01:13 PM	#3377
Eliza Hodgkins 1812 Sputnik Sweetheart Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Long Beach Posts: 2,685	Finally got around to watching Cloverfield. I can say with a certain amount of certainty that I would have hated the movie if I'd seen it in theaters because it would have made me stick to my stomach. I am very glad that I watched it on TV, because I really loved how it was made. A nice contemporary homage to H.P. Lovecraft told from the victims perspective. I was expecting it to be a montage of various video footage taken during the time of the attack, so the continuity was unexpected but not disappointing. It's different but in the same class of film as The Host, I think. And as was the filmmakers' intent, I'm glad we have a monster of our own here in the States. Fun, fun.
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06-18-2008, 01:17 PM	#3379
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	And to bounce back and forth, one of my favorite things about seeing Cloverfield in a theater was the huge, headless Statue of Liberty set up in the Chinese Theater forecourt ... which, from the far northwest corner, you could line-up perfectly with the giant movie billboard atop a building across the street. TeeHee.
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06-18-2008, 02:16 PM	#3380
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	The funniest sex scene I ever saw was in the Jeff Goldblum movie The Tall Guy. He and Emma Thompson wreak havoc on that bedroom! __________________
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