What Was The Last Movie You Watched

[Incognito]

Almost Famous

Once again, another film I had sat on for years but never watched. Pretty well-written, not too trite, although I was a bit taken back by William's extreme maturity for a 15-year-old with groupies around him at all times.

[skizzbot]

The Pianist was a great movie... I watched it for the first time a couple months back not really knowing what it was about at all. Wow. I was impressed.

[Sheepy]

Went ahead and rented 3 movies for tonight but only got through 2.

Wanted (2008)

Yup. I pretty much agree with what's already been said. Kinda crappy (even the actiony parts).

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

I forgot how much I love this movie. It's just a really cute movie with some incredibly funny parts as well. Just very fun and made me happier tonight =)

[standardman]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

It's funny, I somewhat agree about the list, but there's anomolies there.

Like Citizen Kane, Sunset Blvd, The Pianist, Amadeus - these aren't really "geek" movies. So yes, a lot is angled toward them, but I think there is some validity, but for certain things... not as much.

And really, if it's that much toward geeks, and geeks loved the comic - then why would they love the movie so much?

onto Moore, I have no respect for him these days, honestly. He's writing crap and is selling these franchises like they were nothing. I believe I read a quote where he said "I know they'll suck, but they pay me so much money for them" - obviously there was more to it than that, but still. Really? If you're going to get your back up about how they're ruining your works, THEN WHY SELL THEM!??!

Of course there are some greats on the list but I was talking more about silliness like voting down Shawshank and Godfather to make Dark Knight number one. Can't take a top list seriously after that.

These tend to be the kind of people who can't wait for the next Michael Bay movie and think Rorschach is a cool badass. Take a look at the imdb forums for a minute and tell me you value these people's opinions, they're on par with youtube comments.

Moore's attitude used to be that these things are seperate from his book but he recently washed his hands of adaptations, giving all the money to the artist and telling them not to put his name on it. He didn't make a penny from the V for Vendetta or Watchmen movies, nor did he watch them and often talks about why.

Writing crap? What books are you reading?

Originally Posted by Bebe

Watchmen!

Liked it ok, but it was too long, the first half was a little boring, and the violence was a little

Yeah, (spoilers) that alley scene in particular, what the hell?

[iheartnihilism]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

Re: Persopolis... interesting. I felt the translation to screen was fantastic. The scenes of her as a child and, especially, the "fart" scene in the emptied supermarket were very engrossing. The rest of the movie worked well for me because of the simple fact that it made her seem like less self-righteous than she did in the book version.

Same here. I don't get why everyone's all "meh" on it. I'd forgotten about this but now it's right up there with sin city for truest adaptation.

[andsoitgoes]

Originally Posted by standardman

Of course there are some greats on the list but I was talking more about silliness like voting down Shawshank and Godfather to make Dark Knight number one. Can't take a top list seriously after that.

These tend to be the kind of people who can't wait for the next Michael Bay movie and think Rorschach is a cool badass. Take a look at the imdb forums for a minute and tell me you value these people's opinions, they're on par with youtube comments.

Moore's attitude used to be that these things are seperate from his book but he recently washed his hands of adaptations, giving all the money to the artist and telling them not to put his name on it. He didn't make a penny from the V for Vendetta or Watchmen movies, nor did he watch them and often talks about why.

Writing crap? What books are you reading?

Regarding IMDB - You do realize that most mindless action movies are not IN the top 250, especially nothing that Michael Bay directed. Eesh.

And the forums there are different than the ratings. Yes, the whole Dark Knight debacle was a bit stupid, but that can happen anywhere that user ratings take place. It could be a lot worse, and it's still evened out.

I think Swamp Thing, Tom Strong - very, VERY overrated. Not bad, but eh. And yeah, I know Swamp Thing was from a while ago - so that doesn't count in current readings.

Promethia is eh, too. All my opinions, of course. I thought he'd done more - but I s'pose not.

Anyway - He may not have gotten tons of money from this adaptation, but he got an assload of money when he sold the initial rights to DC. So the fact that he turned all the money away here doesn't make him righteous, it just makes him a martyr.

Honestly, I think that's what makes me upset. I think he's high on himself, and he needs to be taken down a peg. He's written some amazing works, don't get me wrong, but he thinks he's gods gift to everything and he strikes me as the biggest douche.

[hellbent]

i used to love IMDB, but after i realized that the ratings could be gamed and yes, some of the morons on the forums on IMDB, i use metacritic and RT more.

looking at the watchmen comic book, i see lots of things are shot for shot. somethings were amplified - the alley fight is almost shot for shot, it just shows more broken bones and stuff then the comic dared. call it violence inflation.

i have to ask the people who read the comic and didnt like the movie how the movie could have been improved (aside from the music and extended sex scene)

[standardman]

Originally Posted by andsoitgoes

Regarding IMDB - You do realize that most mindless action movies are not IN the top 250, especially nothing that Michael Bay directed. Eesh.

Those were two separate points, my point concerning the top list is that it's geek skewered because it's a toplist voted by people who visit imdb regularly.

And the forums there are different than the ratings. Yes, the whole Dark Knight debacle was a bit stupid, but that can happen anywhere that user ratings take place. It could be a lot worse, and it's still evened out.

Yeah but it's a sampling of people who visit it regularly and are part of that community.

I think Swamp Thing, Tom Strong - very, VERY overrated. Not bad, but eh. And yeah, I know Swamp Thing was from a while ago - so that doesn't count in current readings.

Promethia is eh, too. All my opinions, of course. I thought he'd done more - but I s'pose not.

Like you said, that's your opinion and we differ.

Anyway - He may not have gotten tons of money from this adaptation, but he got an assload of money when he sold the initial rights to DC. So the fact that he turned all the money away here doesn't make him righteous, it just makes him a martyr.

Honestly, I think that's what makes me upset. I think he's high on himself, and he needs to be taken down a peg. He's written some amazing works, don't get me wrong, but he thinks he's gods gift to everything and he strikes me as the biggest douche.

His main falling out with DC was over rights including these that DC essentially screwed him out of. The deal was that all rights would revert back to Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons after the book went out of print. The book never went out of print in over 20 years, he never had those rights to auction off and so never made money from them.

He's definitely a man with an ego but he wrote some damn good comics and did get royally screwed.

[Draconis]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

[standardman]

Went to a Spanish & Latin film festival with my awesome girlfriend

Sleep Dealer
Been excited about this one since I saw the trailer six months or so ago and it felt much like a Mexican Neuromancer (I won't spoil why, but if you like Neuromancer, give it a look). It has an interesting visual style and I was constantly wowed by what they squeezed out of the budget. Guillermo del Toro called it 'unique...highly inventive' - high praise.




El Ultimo Truco- Emilio Ruiz del Rio
Documentary focusing on visual effect artist Emilio Ruiz del Río. His work is astounding and he was an interesting man with interesting friends, colleges and admirers (when Ray Harryhausen and Guillermo del Toro look up to you, you are a talented guy).

While, I recommend that anyone interested in the visual effects or filmmaking watch it, there were a few too many 'reveals'.



LT22 Radio La Colifata
Documentary on a radio show produced entirely by patients at a Buenos Aires psychiatric hospital. There's a lot to like here - it's a film with clear affection for it's subjects and will make you question your perception or sanity and madness.

Unfortunately, it goes on for far too long and lacks cohesion. Sure enough, at the Q&A that followed, the director talked about the many years he spent shooting it and the hundreds of hours of footage he had to edit. I understand that it's hard to be brutal and edit down after spending so much time and having so much footage but it still needed it.




Tres días
An odd one. When the film starts you think it's about knowing the world will end in 72 hours and that film is pretty interesting but it decays into a slasher film where the world ending is used as a deus ex machina and nothing much else.

Still, it has terrific production values, is very well shot and the cast give uniformly good performances, just don't expect to leave uplifted.