What were the last movies you watched?

[McTenzington]

Outrage

Not one of Kitano's best. The pacing is off, and editing style expects us to jump past what should be some glaring plot holes, but the film still has his deadpan sensibilities and I like that it lacked some of his sentimentalism that he tends to pump iinto his pictures.


Old and New

Having seen all of Eisenstein's work now, I can say that this one falls into the bottom of his filmography. It's energetic and it looks pretty, but it's too long and it's tough to really care about what's going on in the film. Essentially, it's just a propaganda piece about collectivism. Watch Dovzhenko's Earth if you want a masterpiece on the subject.


Certified Copy

That was great! I was a little hesitant about Kiarostami making a film outside of Iran, but this might be his most intricate and well thought out since Close Up. I enjoyed this a lot.

[clashcityrocker10]

So you're not a fan of the Hostel series I take it.

Couldn't tell you. When I say that I can't watch movies heavily revolving around gore, I mean I'd probably faint if I do, so I don't watch them. Nothing to do with the film's quality, though I've heard from enough people that the "gore horror" genre is built around just cramming as much as you can to disgust viewers into the film to surmise I probably wouldn't like them anyways.

[DaiquiriDack]

Couldn't tell you. When I say that I can't watch movies heavily revolving around gore, I mean I'd probably faint if I do, so I don't watch them. Nothing to do with the film's quality, though I've heard from enough people that the "gore horror" genre is built around just cramming as much as you can to disgust viewers into the film to surmise I probably wouldn't like them anyways.

I'm happy I'm not the only one who feels this way. I didn't have much of a problem with gore in, say, Kick-Ass or Inglourious Basterds (although I admit closing my eyes at the big money shot), since those were action movies upon which the gore was a garnish. (A more potent garnish, than say, your average shoot 'em up, but a garnish nonetheless.) I like hot sauce on my wings, too, but I wouldn't wanna pour myself a glass.

I'm not good with gore in horror, because it's made to upset or terrorize you instead of to feel cathartic (the usual case with action flicks), and I can do gore in comedy if the gore itself is supposed to be part of the action or the drama (i.e., In Bruges), but not if you're supposed to laugh at the gross stuff itself (is Braindead a good example? I wouldn't know. But it's a comedy I won't see 'cause of the gore.) And then there's the gorn. If a horror flick with a heavy emphasis on gore is like drinking a glass of hot sauce, the Hostels and Saws are like using it as a personal lubricant. I'll pass.

[McTenzington]

It all depends how gore is used, really. Now that it's all been put out there (Heads being cracked open, disembowelment etc), there needs to be something that ties it into filmic reality for a strong impact, now the viewer is expecting a cutaway of a practical (or now CGI) effect. I've always been in the less is more camp, but gruesome violence does have a place in films.

Peckinpah was really one of the first people to use blood squibs excessively, shot women, killed off heroes brutally, and in a way, the violence was what the films were about. They were commentative. If you look at the most infamous acts of violence in the past 10-15 years like the knife fight in Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, or the rape in Noe's Irreversible, they're exceptionally well mounted sequences that are both unflinching without being gratuitous. There's a balance to be had here, but we can't make films that are essentially gore effects, as it pulls in people for the wrong reasons. Or if you do make films for that reason, make the viewer ask why they're there in the first place. Make these people think.

[Lawdog1521]

I'm not a fan of films that heavily use suck. That's why I'm not a fan of the Hostile or Human Centipede series.

Eli Roth is a horrible writer and a mediocre director. Tom Six is amazing in the fact that he has even less talent than Roth.

[CloudWolf]

Tom Six is amazing in the fact that he has even less talent than Roth.

I simply can't take Tom Six serious after I learned he's the guy behind the movie "I <3 Dries". You guys probably never heard of it (except for perhaps Der_Lex), but it's basically a movie about a fat woman who kidnaps Dries Roelvink (a very, very bad Dutch singer) to milk his sperm. It's exactly as terrible as you imagine a movie with that premise could be.

[exploder]

A-Team - 8/10
Live Free Or Die Hard - 9.5/10

[topdrawer]

the muppets

it was really good. i wasn't even a fan of the muppets when i was little but i watched it and it really harped on nostalgia. i can't believe the man or muppet song won an oscar, i thought it was stupid. Pictures In My Head was a way better song imo

Dream House

- it was stupid.

[soup567]

The Graduate - 7.5/10

The Adventures of Robin Hood - 8/10

A Bridge Too Far - 9.5/10

[topperharley]

Couples Retreat. Funny stuff.