What was the last movie you've seen?

Talk about just about anything else that is non-gaming here, but keep it clean
User avatar
Luke
Next-Gen
Posts: 21076
Joined: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:39 am

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Luke »

Stark wrote: That movie does look entertaining! I just saw the trailer yesterday.
Probably will have to wait until tomorrow to watch it, but I agree that it looks nothing short of at least interesting. I loved Shaun of the Dead, especially the ending where
Shaun keeps his best friend "alive". I know a few friends I would "save" during a zombie apocalypse.
Telling a story from a Zombie's (not rob zombie) point of view in a movie had to be a challenge.
dsheinem
Next-Gen
Posts: 23184
Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:56 pm
Contact:

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by dsheinem »

Ack wrote:Image

So I watched a classic yesterday. Screw all the remakes, the sequels, the updated sequels, the 3D sequels, the...hell, you get the idea. The original is still disturbing in its "what the fuck" kind of way, with Leatherface, his crazy brother, and their bizarre family hacking up people for food and fun and then using them for decorations, couches, lamps, chandeliers, or whatever else they like. Though admittedly, as twisted as it is, it's also not very gory.
Fucking A! What a great film that holds up after all these years. A bona fide masterpiece with few peers in the genre.
User avatar
Ack
Moderator
Posts: 22574
Joined: Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:26 pm
Location: Atlanta, GA

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Ack »

dsheinem wrote:
Ack wrote:Image

So I watched a classic yesterday. Screw all the remakes, the sequels, the updated sequels, the 3D sequels, the...hell, you get the idea. The original is still disturbing in its "what the fuck" kind of way, with Leatherface, his crazy brother, and their bizarre family hacking up people for food and fun and then using them for decorations, couches, lamps, chandeliers, or whatever else they like. Though admittedly, as twisted as it is, it's also not very gory.
Fucking A! What a great film that holds up after all these years. A bona fide masterpiece with few peers in the genre.
Exactly. It's such a twisted film, yet it manages to pull it off without showing me bodies getting mutilated or focusing on its gore when something nasty happens. For instance, the chick on a meat hook? It focuses on her trying to hold herself up and the blood dripping into the bucket, but it doesn't actually show the hook going in. And the death spasms made for far more sickening sequences than seeing fake arms getting lobbed off as would happen in many of today's gorefests.
Image
User avatar
J T
Next-Gen
Posts: 12417
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2009 6:21 pm
Location: Seattle

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by J T »

Every year on New Year's Eve I watch 200 Cigarettes.
My contributions to the Racketboy site:
Browser Games ... Free PC Games ... Mixtapes ... Doujin Games ... SotC Poetry
User avatar
Blu
Next-Gen
Posts: 2807
Joined: Sat Mar 03, 2012 1:09 pm
Location: Michigan

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Blu »

What was everyone's opinion of Django Unchained? I liked it as much, if not more than Inglorious Basterds. Probably my favorite movie of 2012. I can see why it drew criticism for gratuitous use of the n-word, but Tarantino has a good way of using such language to create grounds for social commentary. Foxx, Jackson, Waltz, and DiCaprio were nothing but amazing. Waltz made this movie for me; give him another academy award.
User avatar
Luke
Next-Gen
Posts: 21076
Joined: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:39 am

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Luke »

dsheinem wrote: Fucking A!
It's great because it's bonkers, yet the events could actually take place. The first time my wife saw TCM it scared the hell out of her, and the next day her school cafeteria served bbq sandwiches. She didn't eat lunch that day.
J T wrote:Every year on New Year's Eve I watch 200 Cigarettes.
Great movie, but not enough Ricci and too much Jay Mohr.
Blu wrote:What was everyone's opinion of Django Unchained?
Possibly in my top 20 movies 2012, but not in my top ten. For one, it is NOT a spaghetti western and when people call it one it makes me ball my fists.

Waltz is amazing, and everyone gives a great performance but the movie could have been edited down to two hours. Some scenes simply overstay their welcome. Like Basterds, I have no interest in seeing Unchained again which says a lot. With DOGS and FICTION I walked out of the theater wanting to run back in.

It's still a great movie, but not one of QT's best.
User avatar
KillerJuan77
Next-Gen
Posts: 1432
Joined: Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:01 am

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by KillerJuan77 »

Berberian Sound Studio

Image

It looks and sounds amazing but it's not that deep plot wise. It's worth watching though.

Ugh... the horror charnel is down, I seriously miss my Cinemageddon account :? .
Image
User avatar
prfsnl_gmr
Next-Gen
Posts: 12411
Joined: Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:26 pm
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by prfsnl_gmr »

My wife and I watched Bernie (2011) last night. It was great, and it is now my favorite Richard Linklater film (beating out Dazed and Confused (1993)) and my favorite Jack Black film (beating out....well...looking at his filmography...I'll just say that he is amazing in the title role, and I would love to see him get an Oscar nod for his performance).
Forlorn Drifter
Next-Gen
Posts: 5166
Joined: Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:02 pm
Location: Central Texas

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Forlorn Drifter »

Blu wrote:What was everyone's opinion of Django Unchained? I liked it as much, if not more than Inglorious Basterds. Probably my favorite movie of 2012. I can see why it drew criticism for gratuitous use of the n-word, but Tarantino has a good way of using such language to create grounds for social commentary. Foxx, Jackson, Waltz, and DiCaprio were nothing but amazing. Waltz made this movie for me; give him another academy award.
I really liked it.

I don't really see what Luke is saying about some scenes overstaying their welcome; I felt everything was of appropriate pace, and stayed long enough to get the point. (In some cases, the point was to offend/aggravate you.)
ninjainspandex wrote:Maybe I'm just a pervert
PSN: Green-Whiskey
Owned Consoles: GameCube, N64, PS3, PS4, GBASP
Pulsar_t
Next-Gen
Posts: 5935
Joined: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:38 am

Re: What was the last movie you've seen?

Post by Pulsar_t »

KillerJuan77 wrote:Berberian Sound Studio
A lead by Toby Jones? Awesome.. but this film was a bit more obscure than it should have. Queued for later viewing all the same.

Image
Knight and Day

Or as I like to call it: Mission Impossible: Isn't Cameron Diaz Looking Too Old for This Shit?
Thy ban hammer shalt strike Image
Post Reply