Movie What's the last movie you saw? (4)

[TheFreshBanana]

Yeah nah **** this shit. I'm chucking on something light hearted and going to bed

 

[CasuallyDressed]

Just started watching the butterfly effect....

Wtf is this a horror film? Because I DONT watch scary films... let alone 3am before bed...

Great movie!

 

[DIG]

Saw Interstellar vmax last night.

Amazing in parts, inconsistent in others - the Dr Mann subplot was ordinary I thought but then the whole movie tied together so superbly at the end. Loved the interplay between McConaughey and Slick.

Found it hard to rate...7.5? Nah 8/10.

 

[hayes]

X-Men - 8/10

X-Men 2 - 9/10

Watched them both this morning....for the first time. Yes you read that right.

 

[Roobs321]

Is Nightcrawler out yet?

Australia's first screening was a member only screening at the Canberra International Film Festival. I don't think it comes out for another 2 weeks here.

 

[rumply]

X-Men - 8/10

X-Men 2 - 9/10

Watched them both this morning....for the first time. Yes you read that right.

I confess to not having seen any of them yet, one of these days

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Enemy (2013)

I'll be honest, I didn't get it. So not going to give it a score.

 

[Cruyff14]

Book Thief

Brilliant film. Superbly written, great story, would definitely watch again. Great movie.

 

[bok_party]

Enemy (2013)

I'll be honest, I didn't get it. So not going to give it a score.

Do some reading up on it. It will help you enjoy it.

 

[Sylvia Saint]

Do some reading up on it. It will help you enjoy it.

Yeah, I saw a couple of YouTube videos that had a go at explaining the movie. Makes a bit more sense now, but still a very confusing and odd plot. Not really my cup of tea, but Gyllenhaall's acting and the creepy soundtrack were both top notch.

 

[Magpiespower]

Twilight: New Moon

If my supernatural life were to be this dreary, I'd rather stay human.

Don't get what all those vampires and werewolves see in Bella.

She's no Sookie Stackhouse, that's for sure...

 

[Roobs321]

Mr. Turner
9/10

I wasn't a big fan of Enemy either, for me it was a solid 7/10 at best. I could see what it was going for, but its a personal film that will naturally connect more with some and be more easily dismissed by others. There were aspects of it like the overbearing tone that just felt a little forced to me.

 

[HARKER]

Enemy (2013)

I'll be honest, I didn't get it. So not going to give it a score.

Haven't been this tense in a movie for some time.

Absolutely loved it and again shows up Villeneuve to be a star director.

 

[peternorth]

That rape scene in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is 100% disturbing.

I feel violated just watching it.

the concentration on naomis face was horrifying. her screams bring a chill up spine. gutteral, throaty, anguish, then a realisation there was nothing she could do to stop it. then the aftereffect, disgusting.

I agree, bad, try watching the rape scene from "Irreversible" - worse.

heard about it, dont think ill make a point to view it.

Twilight: New Moon

If my supernatural life were to be this dreary, I'd rather stay human.

Don't get what all those vampires and werewolves see in Bella.

She's no Sookie Stackhouse, that's for sure...

 

[Financialpanther]

Elizabethtown is a great film.

 

[Cruyff14]

I quite enjoyed that film.

 

[Financialpanther]

I quite enjoyed that film.

Fair enough - personally I thought it was complete excrement (but opinions be opinions).

 

[Cruyff14]

Fair enough - personally I thought it was complete excrement (but opinions be opinions).

I haven't watched it for a few years, but at the time I quite enjoyed the story. Boy got the girl etc.

But yes, each to their own. I am sure you like films I loathe

 

[HARKER]

One other thing with Enemy that no-one had mentioned (to the best of my knowledge) is that when Anthony was at the club and put his hands to his face, I think it to be the intentional........

Spoiler: look

that his hands/fingers showed up a definite "W" ... representing woman/wife

Being early in the film, I thought it may have meant something and now I'm confident it did...............but I may be wrong also.

 

[Cruyff14]

I tried watching that movie and turned it off. Hard to get into and just didn't like it.

 

[djrossie16]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) - Masterpiece. 9.5/10

 

[phantom13]

Lucy - Dont get the hate. ScarJo was good, well filmed, it got a little outrageous at the end but overall i enjoyed it. I guess if you went in expecting a high concept sci-fi masterpiece it would have been disappointing. 7.5/10

 

[Shell]

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heard about it, dont think ill make a point to view it.

I've seen it. Pretty disturbing, the movie stayed "in my head" for days afterwards, and I've never felt the same walking thru train underpasses since.

Yeah it was great! Lots of fun for everyone, See it PN.

 

[RICHOLEGEND12]

Nolan's deficiencies as a filmmaker have never been more fully exposed as they are here. His worst film, his first genuine dud, and while it is currently regarded as a divisive film, I suspect that attitudes towards this film will only degenerate in years to come. When aiming for the stars, don't ever forget the basics, and ultimately Nolan will have to live with that.

The screenplay is frankly terrible, it's an absolute train wreck. Nolan’s obnoxious handling of multiple physical and time settings, and attempts at profound sentimentality, completely implodes all the goodwill of the film. I cringed several times and even contemplated walking out at one point. The amount of unnecessary expository dialogue, which wasn't a significant problem for me in his previous efforts, absolutely killed the narrative flow. The dual concerns of mission and relativity drama are also imbalanced, often forced to eat each other alive, negating all care factor. The space narrative is drained of all its flow, rendering the planets devoid of interest. Due to all this irritation, moments like the biased interests of Cooper and Brand, the repeated quotes of Dr Brand, and the deception of Mann, will be the tipping point for certain viewers. His emerging trademark of ratcheting up climactic moments with incessant narrative jumps has also never felt more inappropriate. In force feeding his narrative into unnecessary levels of obesity, audience interest falls flat. Ultimately, only 1-2 characters really resonate at all with the audience, whilst the rest remain half-baked. Some solid acting from the core players can only paint over so many cracks.

Nolan has always gravitated towards film worlds that are a little off kilter and are pieced together like a puzzle, as well as delving into the greyed areas of interesting moral questions. Interstellar is not without merit, and has a lot of neat ideas. The opening first act before heading into space was mostly solid, creating an interesting near-future world which is thankfully not overwritten. The rewriting of the history of the Apollo missions was a nice touch that sums up the nature of this particular setting. The entrance of Casey Affleck is a powerful moment of cinema. The Glass-esque Zimmer score is well-pitched. And it is certainly a thrill to see physics come to life on the big screen in such a manner. Interstellar is not a complete disaster, there is enough merit here to praise certain aspects of its film making.

However, those sections of the audience who appreciate the art of storytelling will be intensely aggravated by this film. There is a fundamental disregard for tasteful aspects of film craft here that really rubbed me the wrong way. The handling of the narrative is so significantly flawed as to completely undo all other attempts at something special. In trying to pull off hard sci-fi at the same time as Spielbergian blockbuster, he fails miserably. Far from stellar.

Interstellar does provide an element of genre clarity. It is problematic enough to scare you away from ever wanting to see another film about saving Earth/the human race ever again. There are not many film classics that explicitly concern themselves with that narrative device crutch, it is a cursed plateau. Something like Gravity was wise enough to steer clear of it.

Each to their own I guess. I'm a big fan of the "art of storytelling" and loved this film. I don't see this film in the same vein of a Spielbergian blockbuster at all, which frankly isn't my type of movie to begin with. When I think of them I think of Jaws, ET, Indiana Jones, Saving private Ryan (Well I'll admit I quite like the first Jaws). I don't think this is what Nolan was trying to achieve at all. Conversely I'd more closely compare to it a film which is often talked about along with Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan (Both being ww2 films for the same year) ,though completely different films, the Thin Red line. Both the thin Red line and Interstellar are films which have hung around in my thoughts a few days after watching them, which rarely happens.

I went into the movie expecting to be let down, I saw the trailer for this months ago, and was looking forward to seeing it since, usually when that happens it's a let down. Prime example the Hobbit. I wasn't let down at all.

 

[Roobs321]

I'm not really all that into the Spielberg blockbusters either (it was more of an offhand comment than something integral to my review). You expanded a tiny part of my review into something bigger than it is.

Nevertheless Nolan has spoken of the inspiration those types of films had over his film (among others), and there are certainly elements of the film which harkened back to them (although I wouldn't describe Saving Private Ryan as a Spielbergian blockbuster of the classic mold).