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Film Thread.
I thought a trio of themed threads about other entertainment media might be good. If you're not interested, please just ignore the thread and pick some threads that interest you from here: http://celephais.net/board/view_all_threads.php

Anyway, discuss films...
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omg this http://io9.com/#!animation/5798057

Goryish and violent. Thumbs up, and I'm half way through it. (you may have to remove the #! and change it with something else) 
 
links to that website never work for me. :S 
 
wow, fucked up. i clicked it a second time and it worked... heh 
Zwiffle 
I followed your link and got a video of a spider fighting with an ant. Then the spider gets attacked by another, bigger spider. Quite cool. Not sure thats what u intended? 
That's Not It 
or at least not what i got. try copy and pasting the link instead of clicking it & you get something cheeseburger related 
I Seem To Be Alternating 
between watching excellent movies and utter crap.

Get Him to the Greek definitely falls into the latter category. Initial 10 min are decent, than it's rubbish for about 90. 
Planet Earth 
I'm not a huge documentary person but the footage they have on this show is incredible! 
True 
Pretty fucking amazing. Especially the deep sea episode. 
 
Thor wasn't that bad, for an action movie. I thought it was going be shit from the previews I saw. 
Drew 
not up to that one yet, so far the Mountains and Ice Worlds episodes have really got my attention as well as the Fresh Water one. 
I Wathed Touching The Void 
For the first time last week. What an amazing piece of film that is aswell. Jaw dropping. I had to watch it twice. That mountain is the coolest most scariest mountain evar! 
Tron Legacsy 
seriously, wtf?

I havent seen the first but I doubt that would make this seem any more logical. Utter gibberish of a plot, some very nifty effects sequences and a suitable score from Daft Punk.

But at the end of it all, wtf is all that came to mind. 
 
The king's speech
I did not expect to like it at all and instead I got the most wonderful movie I've seen this year (unless I am forgetting something). Very likable characters, a to me interesting story that was exciting and full of strong tension all the way. Some minor annoyances but I won't mention them wo noone gives them involuntary attention. 
The Spirit 
why is this so hated? I thought it was quite fun with its campy parody style. 
Tron Legacy 
It's weird for sure. Seems pretty disjointed. Maybe the tone is a little off also. It possibly is taking itself a little too seriously, because when it gets to the bit when -- SPOILER(?) SPOILER(?) HONESTLY WHO CARES -- hot Tron assassin girl steps out of the computer and turns from lines of code into a real flesh and blood person, it just seems absolutely ludicrous. Nowhere near campy and fun enough for that kind of thing to pass by unchallenged. This isn't Weird Science, I wish it was. 
The Spirit 
didn't hate it or anything, but sometimes it was just really weird to be funny (if it was supposed to be) and there was the general sense that it was imitating sin city.

just my impression, of course. 
Necros 
it definitely imitates Sin City visually but I dont think the tone is the same at all. Sin City was kind of like hyper noir, this was definitely in the parody mould. And it does get weird funny, but I liked that part :)

Unlike what I just finished, Scott Pilgrim, I dont think I 'got' this at all. Possibly the worst movie I've seen in a long time. 
Source Code. 
From the trailer I described it as "Groundhog Day meets Speed meets The Matrix". And watching it it was pretty much Groundhog Day meets Speed meets The Matrix. Cool film I liked it a lot. Just nicely done and interesting how it pans out. Manages to do a lot with very little (a train, a small room, a science lab, and 5 main characters), the army girl is cool, and the feelgood ending is pretty nice too. Could have been slicker in places and possibly deeper but still good. 
Yeah 
I dug that movie (Source Code). You could go cross-eyed permanently if you spend too long thinking about the plot. Which I like!

I watched a movie called:

Enter The Void

Fucking wierd movie. Most of it is filmed from the perspective of a dead dude's spirit, and its kinda set in Hong Kong, ergo there is a lot of dirty sex and drugs and violence in it. But it's definately a 'different' take on a movie to the norm......... 
Ricky 
I though it was Japan? I have that in my pile, should get around to that.

So on my last day off before going back to work, I saw Greenberg and Mother and Child.

The former is a dramedy with Ben Stiller playing a neurotic a-hole trying to sort out his life. It's by Noah Baumbach so if you've seen Squid and the Whale or Margot at the Wedding, you know what to expect. Finely etched characters but pretty uncomfortabel viewing.

The latter is one of the great films of last year with excellent writing (albeit with a few obvious contrivances) and even better actign from Annette Bening, Naomi Watts and Samuel L Jackson. 
Enter The Void 
Japan. It's from Gaspar No�, go figure. Pretty psychedelic in parts. But also an hour too long for what it's worth. And the number of sex scenes seemed excessive. 
God I Hate It When They Get Excessive 
oh look it's on Amazon 
This Looks Fun. 
The Chaperone 
I actually like this movie. 
Ricky Mentioned 
the korean action/thriller The Man From Nowehere a while back.

Finally saw it and its a simple, predictable, but stylish and solid genre flick with terrific action sequences and some nice regular black humour. Dont expect anything more and you'll have a very good time. 7/10


Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours on the other hand is a film that slowly creeps up on you and then full on hits you in the gut in its final scenes, a meditative, unsentimental look at family, death and memories that is just a treat to watch. 8/10 
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