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Sept 17, 2015 9:47:19 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 17, 2015 9:47:19 GMT -7
I did not watch one last night. i watched Eureka. two episodes left
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Sept 17, 2015 9:52:07 GMT -7
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Post by ragedoses on Sept 17, 2015 9:52:07 GMT -7
I havent seen any great movies recently
just kinda waiting for Poltergeist on ondemand. its already there but not for rent
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Sept 17, 2015 11:47:09 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Sept 17, 2015 11:47:09 GMT -7
this week I watched Happy Valley, the most recent Amir Bar-Lev documentary. really really good examination (without judgment--as any good documentary will be) of the mob mentality--both mob mentalities--the one that drove the PSU crowd to claim a sort of unfair victimization, and the one that brought together hoards of folks to blame the PSU community over and above Sandusky and the administration. not just about football and not just about crimes against children and not just about media power--there's a lot going on there.
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Sept 21, 2015 6:36:21 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 21, 2015 6:36:21 GMT -7
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Sept 21, 2015 6:38:09 GMT -7
Post by lerner on Sept 21, 2015 6:38:09 GMT -7
last night we watched a shitty cop movie with sandra bullock and that fatish (sorry) comedian chick...
was bad...
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Sept 21, 2015 6:41:24 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 21, 2015 6:41:24 GMT -7
watched this Sat night dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Just-Before-I-Go/70309688?trkid=190393i liked it. some real funny parts though i fell a sleep before the end Courteney Cox makes her directorial bow with this darkly comic feature about Ted Morgan, a man contemplating suicide -- but not before revisiting his hometown Seann William Scott stars. |
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Sept 21, 2015 7:38:38 GMT -7
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Post by ragedoses on Sept 21, 2015 7:38:38 GMT -7
i saw that at red box. thought about it but didnt get it
i saw Black Mass this weekend and honestly id give it like a 5/10 at best. it was pretty boring and really only focused on the fact that whitey was an FBI informant. it was really just about the relationship btwn him and the FBI. like yeah there were other parts too but this was the main focus
i will never watch that movie again. it coulda been so much better. had so much potential but just ended up being pretty bad
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Sept 21, 2015 8:02:52 GMT -7
Post by chickenpoop on Sept 21, 2015 8:02:52 GMT -7
The last movie I watched was Boyhood. I got pretty bored at the end and I was just wishing it would end.
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Sept 21, 2015 8:30:51 GMT -7
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Post by ragedoses on Sept 21, 2015 8:30:51 GMT -7
The last movie I watched was Boyhood. I got pretty bored at the end and I was just wishing it would end. yeah that movie was kinda gimmicky. people wouldnt give a shit about that movie if it wasnt shot over like a 12 yea span like it woulda just been this stupid boring movie that was way too long |
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Sept 21, 2015 9:28:51 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Sept 21, 2015 9:28:51 GMT -7
just because a filmmaker does something innovative does not make said innovative technique a "gimmick." In other words, nobody had done what Linklater did with Boyhood before, but that makes it original, and it was brilliant. to call it a gimmick is to say that any film that doesnt' follow a repetitive formula is not an honest narrative film, so even Citizen Kane is off limits by that logic.
But, Rage I agree in one sense. If Boyhood had not been shot over 12 years, then people wouldn't care about it--that's true. Problem being: if it had not been shot over 12 years, it wouldn't exist at all. that was the entire point: Mason's changes over the years. If they had tried to develop those same changes and shot the actors over the course of three months, it would have come off completely absurd, so I agree but I also dont' really get your point, other than you didn't personally like the movie (which doesn't surprise me even a little TBH).
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Sept 22, 2015 7:46:23 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 22, 2015 7:46:23 GMT -7
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Sept 22, 2015 9:05:20 GMT -7
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Post by ragedoses on Sept 22, 2015 9:05:20 GMT -7
just because a filmmaker does something innovative does not make said innovative technique a "gimmick." In other words, nobody had done what Linklater did with Boyhood before, but that makes it original, and it was brilliant. to call it a gimmick is to say that any film that doesnt' follow a repetitive formula is not an honest narrative film, so even Citizen Kane is off limits by that logic. But, Rage I agree in one sense. If Boyhood had not been shot over 12 years, then people wouldn't care about it--that's true. Problem being: if it had not been shot over 12 years, it wouldn't exist at all. that was the entire point: Mason's changes over the years. If they had tried to develop those same changes and shot the actors over the course of three months, it would have come off completely absurd, so I agree but I also dont' really get your point, other than you didn't personally like the movie (which doesn't surprise me even a little TBH). yeah but literally thousands of movies do the same character at diff ages. boyhood was a gimmick imo. quickly forgotten. no reason to ever see that movie again |
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Post by saulgoodman on Sept 24, 2015 8:04:24 GMT -7
That's not really accurate about a lot of movies doing what Boyhood did, Rage--I mean I guess, sure, thousands of movies have something like what Love and Mercy had: 1 actor playing a character at 1 point and another playing the character 20 years later or so, but to go through subtle, incremental changes--that was unique, and every unique technique can look like a gimmick superficially. Don't get me wrong: if you didn't like it, I ain't trying to change your mind, but I sure didn't find it forgettable.
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Sept 24, 2015 8:10:09 GMT -7
Post by lordkundalini on Sept 24, 2015 8:10:09 GMT -7
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Sept 24, 2015 8:20:18 GMT -7
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Post by ragedoses on Sept 24, 2015 8:20:18 GMT -7
That's not really accurate about a lot of movies doing what Boyhood did, Rage--I mean I guess, sure, thousands of movies have something like what Love and Mercy had: 1 actor playing a character at 1 point and another playing the character 20 years later or so, but to go through subtle, incremental changes--that was unique, and every unique technique can look like a gimmick superficially. Don't get me wrong: if you didn't like it, I ain't trying to change your mind, but I sure didn't find it forgettable. i mean it was like a semi alright movie but the only reason anyone watched it in the first place was cuz it was shot over a 12 year period and they pretty much advertised it that way. to me, thats gimmicky if they made the same movie but with diff (but similar looking) people, i dont think many people woulda watched it. probly woulda been some movie on netflix |
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Sept 24, 2015 8:24:05 GMT -7
Post by saulgoodman on Sept 24, 2015 8:24:05 GMT -7
I am not sure many people did watch it. it was certainly no blockbuster.
I guess I come back to the same point: Linklater couldn't have shot it with different actors and maintained the same temporal pace of development--the technique and the storytelling are 1 in the same for Boyhood.
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Post by Don Swifty on Sept 24, 2015 8:38:21 GMT -7
Have the DVD of 'Boyhood' but haven't watched it yet. I got it primarily because I like Linklater as a director. The concept is interesting to me because a lot happens over twelve years. Of course with the characters in the story, but with the director and actors playing those characters. Like any artist, directors and actors tend to change up how they go about doing what they do. As an artist when you change your technique it can be difficult, or at least challenging, to go back and do something in a way you no longer continue to work. Switch from playing a 4 string bass to a 6 string and then go back several years later and play the 4 string. You're working with an old, more limited palette. I'm mostly curious about how Linklater handles the continuity of tone.
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Sept 24, 2015 8:47:34 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2015 8:47:34 GMT -7
Watched a great movie on NETFLIX last night called the Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, the story was about a very youung kid living in the projects of LA. He befriended this kid named Pete through his struggles at home.
The theme of the movie or moral, which is kindof a mix of sorrow/tragic comedy and reality and is mirrored in the movie title, shows how people can't prevent the inevidable which sucks.
In this specific case the Inevidable Defeat of Mister and Pete represented the "defeat" of Mister and Pete's bond and friendship, which Mister at a very young age seemed to understand before it happened.
It's a great movie, for me the movie is An A with a combo of it's great story, writing, inspiration, and the acting was great especially for what I think may be an indipendent film that had soem young actors.
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Sept 24, 2015 10:23:16 GMT -7
Post by EddieBlake on Sept 24, 2015 10:23:16 GMT -7
Watched The Big Sleep in class last night. Pretty cool movie.
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Post by Don Swifty on Sept 24, 2015 12:37:23 GMT -7
The Big Sleep is most excellent. Check out Altman's 'The Long Goodbye' from the early 70's with Elliott Gould as (a then modern day) Phillip Marlowe. Same writer, I believe.
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