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Post by Puggalo4Lyfe on Feb 7, 2015 9:20:32 GMT
oh my god that was a good movie
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Feb 7, 2015 13:13:53 GMT
i just watched it myself, billy-goating great
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Post by i'm very angry on Feb 8, 2015 11:24:38 GMT
I watched nightcrawler it was alright i guess
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Post by t'tool on Feb 8, 2015 11:34:11 GMT
The Wind Rises and Princess Kaguya were pretty boring
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Post by Russ on Feb 8, 2015 11:50:36 GMT
watched equalizer yesterday with a friend
yeah, no. wasnt great
just found it boring
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Feb 8, 2015 12:53:57 GMT
i cant stop thinking about the ending of whiplash, that was so good
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Post by allen on Feb 8, 2015 15:03:12 GMT
wow i just wrote out a big post about the movie and then the forum stalled so i lost it billy-goat here is a condensed and less good version birdman either 1) lives in a universe where the ending makes literal sense (he has superpowers, end of story) or 2) lives in a universe like ours (where the ending is just a mundane realization but because of movie magic we perceive it as superpowers). in either case the realization is that he has worth as a person which is why his daughter sees his powers at the end. either because theyre literally there or because it's a metaphor. or w/e. i think it's the second one. taxi driver comparison: the reason i disagree with the taxi driver comparison is because i think the end of taxi driver is similar to point #1 stated above. it isnt that travis is dead, he just lives in a different world than us. i mean like- over the course of the movie we are led to believe he is a nut who thinks a rebellious reckoning is going to elevate him. and in our real world it wouldnt, in our real world he is crazy. his sort of dissonance would not be rewarded in our (real) world. but him, and betsy and sport and iris, live in a world that rewards dissonance. and so when he does act on his plan he is rewarded. because it's dissonant as well. it isn't what you expect. No, the writer of Taxi Driver is on record as the ending all happening in Travis' head. He's delusional.
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Post by allen on Feb 8, 2015 15:21:10 GMT
I saw a lot of movies this year.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier was one of the best superhero movies ever. I had no expectations, since Cap is mostly boring in modern times. I knew it was based on the really good Brubaker run, but kind of expected them to billy-goat it up. They did not.
Guardians of the Galaxy was the surprise for me. I wanted to hate it, because people were gettinf excited like they read the comic and loved it. No one read that billy-goating comic. It was trash. Movie rocked, though.
Interstellar is simultaneously over-hyped and underrated. It's really good and worth everyone's time. Not sure if it quite did what it was trying to do, but is still great.
Of the Oscar movies, I really loved American Sniper. It wasn't rah-rah America bullshit. It was tense, it was an amazing war film, and probably the best thing Eastwood has done since Unforgiven. I do not care what the actual guy was like. Does not affect this movie being great.
The Imitation Game I could say so much about. Alan Turing's story has always fascinated me, and Cumberbatch played him amazingly. It's a beautiful film.
Foxcatcher I loved. Channing Tatums performance was amazing.
Boyhood was fantastic and officially the only Linklater movie that I think is worthwhile.
Birdman was great. Got nothing more to add to the positive things already said, but might actually have been my favorite this year.
The Theory of Everything is necessary viewing. It's a great biopic. Feels a little long at times, but is ultimately great. Fantastic acting.
Grand Budapest Hotel was a good time. I love Fiennes, but I feel like I've outgrown Wes Anderson's style. I still liked it very much.
Probably missing something. I stll intend to see Selma, Whiplash, Inherent Vice, A Most Violent Year, Nightcrawler, Snowpiercer, and John Wick.
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Post by t'tool on Feb 8, 2015 15:31:36 GMT
Wow billy-goat Whiplash was great
I'd think a simple story about a kid learning to drum to be totally boring and predictable but it's incredibly intense and well-acted. The emotions and coming-of-age aspects are all appropriately realistic and never melodramatic or full of itself.
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Post by Benjaman on Feb 8, 2015 16:18:20 GMT
wow i just wrote out a big post about the movie and then the forum stalled so i lost it billy-goat here is a condensed and less good version birdman either 1) lives in a universe where the ending makes literal sense (he has superpowers, end of story) or 2) lives in a universe like ours (where the ending is just a mundane realization but because of movie magic we perceive it as superpowers). in either case the realization is that he has worth as a person which is why his daughter sees his powers at the end. either because theyre literally there or because it's a metaphor. or w/e. i think it's the second one. taxi driver comparison: the reason i disagree with the taxi driver comparison is because i think the end of taxi driver is similar to point #1 stated above. it isnt that travis is dead, he just lives in a different world than us. i mean like- over the course of the movie we are led to believe he is a nut who thinks a rebellious reckoning is going to elevate him. and in our real world it wouldnt, in our real world he is crazy. his sort of dissonance would not be rewarded in our (real) world. but him, and betsy and sport and iris, live in a world that rewards dissonance. and so when he does act on his plan he is rewarded. because it's dissonant as well. it isn't what you expect. No, the writer of Taxi Driver is on record as the ending all happening in Travis' head. He's delusional. When asked on the website Reddit about the film's ending, Schrader said that it was not to be taken as a dream sequence, but that he envisioned it as returning to the beginning of the film—as if the last frame "could be spliced to the first frame, and the movie started all over again."[24] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver#Interpretationsi mean, tbh i think they just did it because it was a cool ending. i dont think they had a master plan, but my explanation is sort of a way of saying "this works as a cool ending because..."
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Post by allen on Feb 8, 2015 16:30:00 GMT
I could have sworn I read where he said that. Maybe Scorcese said it? Either way, I'm with you on it just being a cool ending. It's left a bit open to interpretation. Personally, I kinda like the idea of him just living it in his head, since the guy is clearly delusional otherwise.
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Post by Special Agent Dr. Dana Scully on Feb 8, 2015 16:59:48 GMT
you dont like before sunrise/etc.? what!
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Post by zztopsfirstalbum on Feb 8, 2015 19:35:18 GMT
Scorsese has a notable interest in the Powell brothers who would often blend dream sequences into their films seamlessly. Drifted in and out of reality without anything to differentiate. Scorsese talks about this in some history of film doc I saw.
Edit: Not Powell brothers but a film making duo of Michael Powell and some other dude. Called The Archers. srry for incorrect
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Post by allen on Feb 8, 2015 20:39:56 GMT
you dont like before sunrise/etc.? what! I dunno. Saw the first one and it bored me. Though I was 18 and just trying to see something else by the Slacker dude. Might need to revisit them.
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Post by Puggalo4Lyfe on Feb 8, 2015 20:41:11 GMT
i cant stop thinking about the ending of whiplash, that was so good I'm probably going to watch it again tonight just for the god damn music.
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