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OK I watched the mafia movie
My accuracy in guessing was 66.7% (2/3) with 18% (2/11) odds of getting it right. Happy w/that. Also guessed in which order people would die mostly correctly.
It was interesting. The subtitles were excruciating though, especially after about 50 minutes when it began delaying more and mooore and you had to remember who was saying what because it would show at the wrong time lol
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) - {Man, something is just off in thisPre-Teen Comedy. The jokes are uninspired, the performances range from acceptable to irritating. Don't recommend.
Animal Farm (1954) - {This is so much straight upPropagandathat it's literally CIA funded. The consequences of marxism are explored in a very one-sided movie.}
Yellow Submarine (1968) - {I know it's iconic and legendary, but thisFantasy Musicaljust felt really forced. And the voice acting was horrible.}
Waking Life (2001) - {Docufiction. A series of sorta connected (sometimes) ramblings on the nature of dreams and reality and philosophy. Filmed to rotoscope. Fun.}
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) - {AFantasy Film. It feels like they were going for "epic!" but it wasn't. As much as the kids are told that they are necessary, only one of them really does something heroic. Bleah.}
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Yeah. The mafia parts were the best because it seemed like actual mafia arguments (though somewhat naive). Then there are 15 minute kinda dull death sequences. The order of death was pretty easy. (Oh, we know that character's story? Ok, bye.)In post 26, zakk wrote:My accuracy in guessing was 66.7% (2/3) with 18% (2/11) odds of getting it right. Happy w/that. Also guessed in which order people would die mostly correctly.
It was interesting. The subtitles were excruciating though, especially after about 50 minutes when it began delaying more and mooore and you had to remember who was saying what because it would show at the wrong time lol
Those subtitles are really rough. I wish I know Russian.Occasionally intellectually honest
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For Conspiracy Thriller (aka Paranoid Thriller) or it might fit in other categories watch Identity, the 2003 film staring John Cusack and Ray Liotta if you haven't seen it before.Of all tyrannies,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Yeah I feel like if you take away a few of the gimmicks and revamp the story a bit a really good movie could be made out of this, as long as it was planned out pretty meticulously and wasn't so predictableIn post 29, Kublai Khan wrote:
Yeah. The mafia parts were the best because it seemed like actual mafia arguments (though somewhat naive). Then there are 15 minute kinda dull death sequences. The order of death was pretty easy. (Oh, we know that character's story? Ok, bye.)In post 26, zakk wrote:My accuracy in guessing was 66.7% (2/3) with 18% (2/11) odds of getting it right. Happy w/that. Also guessed in which order people would die mostly correctly.
It was interesting. The subtitles were excruciating though, especially after about 50 minutes when it began delaying more and mooore and you had to remember who was saying what because it would show at the wrong time lol
Those subtitles are really rough. I wish I know Russian.
i would be down to write something like that, actually. i'd have trouble finding a setting which would lend itself to that specific type of dialogue though, which is why my suspension of disbelief for "ridiculously contrived dystopian future reality TV game show" was pretty manageable... because i couldn't immediately think of something more applicable to the necessary dialogue situations, off-hand
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sweet. i like prison moviesIn post 31, Empire wrote:For "Prison", would strongly recommend "A Prophet". You won't regret. Saw it a couple of weeks ago and it was seriously awesome.
some of my other favorites are:
- Escape Plan (bc sly and arnie yo)
- Dog Pound (juvy, but yea)
- The Great Escape
- Con Air
- Face/Off
- The Rock (yeaahhhhhh okay I like Nic Cage)
- Count of Monte Cristo (prison part)
- Watchmen (prison part)
also, a quick google tells me that A Prophet is French
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I think the last castle was a pretty good prison movie but *shrugz*Of all tyrannies,a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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I've seen it already. It was good, but then kinda lost me whenIn post 30, Nero Cain wrote:For Conspiracy Thriller (aka Paranoid Thriller) or it might fit in other categories watch Identity, the 2003 film staring John Cusack and Ray Liotta if you haven't seen it before.that guy died after a whole baseball bat was shoved down his throat. That was just silly.
Ooo.. Actually I just check off Prison. I watched Bronson (2006). A strange movie with Tom Hardy playing the titular "most violent prisoner in Britain".In post 31, Empire wrote:For "Prison", would strongly recommend "A Prophet". You won't regret. Saw it a couple of weeks ago and it was seriously awesome.Occasionally intellectually honest
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Bronson (2006) - The aformentionedPrisonmovie. Tom Hardy does a great job as Bronson, but the budget was low and all the cool stuff is implied. A better story could be told.
Robot Monster (1953) - A regular on most "Worst Movie" lists. I watched the MST3K version of this sillyAlien Invasionmovie. The villain is a guy in a gorilla suit with a fishbowl for a head.
The Giver (2014) - A young adultSci-Fi Thrillernovel adaptation. Failed to impress. Stole a lot from Pleasantville with it's B&W to color gimmick.
Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom {aka The Good The Bad The Weird} (2008) - Fucking awesome Korean remake of Leone's The Good The Bad The Ugly. This is full of great characters and awesome shootouts. Highly recommend thisComedy Western.
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) - The acting is pretty bad, but it's pretty classicSurvivalfilm as an insane Count hunts down people for sport. Odd fact: the villain was a black guy trying to pass as a legitimate white guy. One of the first instances of "whiteface".
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Død snø [aka Dead Snow] (2009) - A NorwegianHorror Comedy. A bunch of students are able to defeat zombies. Wait, correct that, Nazi zombies.
Bernie (2011) - Damn. What a fun movie. Jack Black just gives a weirdly charismatic performance in thisSmall-town Lifemovie.
Common (2014) - A BBC tvCourtroom or Crime Dramasmovie about the issues with charging people with the "Joint Enterprise Law". The story and writing are tv movie quality, but some of the actors (especially the moms) do pretty well.
Circle (2015) - APsychological Thrillerwhere 50 people are inexplicably put in a room and made to kill each other. If you don't mind the inexplicable contrived setup, it's not bad.
Las brujas de Zugarramurdi [aka Witching & Bitching] (2013) - A pretty crazyWitchcraftmovie. Super sexist message, though. Hard to cheer on a misogynist hero.
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- Stag Night of the Dead (2010) - Absolutely horrible low-budget British Zombie Comedy
- Shootout at Lokhandwala (2007) - I was kinda hoping for Bollywood craziness, but it was straightforward melodramatic Cop Actionwith was in bad need of a good editor to cut unneeded and bloated scenes.
- American Pie (1999) - Sex Comedy- The first half is really cringy stuff. The second half kinda holds up.
- Dead in Tombstone (2013) - A ridiculous Shoot-outwestern. Like the Crow, but in Tombstone, AZ. Actually a great bad movie to watch with friends because the director is so bored he has to throw ten crazy angles and 5 slow-motion moments into every scene. Danny Trejo, Mickey Rourke, and Anthony Michael Hall ham it up.
- Spotlight (2015) - Damn. Really good Investigative Reportingmovie. Deserves it's Oscar.
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- An Affair to Remember (1957) - Romantic Drama - Overlong and Cary Grant looked way too old for the part, but really good overall.
- Any Day Now (2012) - Gay and Lesbian - Alan Cummings did a great job. Too bad the movie doesn't really justify it.
- The Wild One (1953) - Outlaw Biker Films - I feel let down. This was okay to good. Felt massively over-hyped for some reason.
- The Magdalene Sisters (2002) - "Fallen" Women - Powerful. Good. Second really good anti-Catholic movie I've watched recently.
- Catch-22 (1970) - War Comedies - Lots of good performances, but the sum isn't greater than the parts.
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I blame the AFI. There's always that black & white shot of Brando on a bike as he is considered one the greatest actors of all time, but really I thought his performance was pretty flat. Maybe it's a generation gap problem.In post 41, Majiffy wrote:I enjoyed The Wild One. But there are probably better Outlaw Biker films.
I'm sure there are plenty of more fun biker movies out there.
Oh, and I just watched Revolver. I'm not sure if it was Uk or USA because it was the Swedish version. (dialogue set to english, but the interstitial quotes were in Swedish). I'm still kinda processing it and there's no direct category for it (plus I filled up Psychological Thriller). But I think it fulfills the generic category of "Crime Film" but maybe "Caper" is the better way to go since it's essentiallyone giant metaphorical (soul?) caper(if I understood it right).Occasionally intellectually honest
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- Revolver (2005) - Caper Stories - Good, but a little try-hard. Like, the Rule 1 thing was repeated so many times like Guy Ritchie saying "Get it?" over and over and it's like "yeah, Guy. Just let me watch the movie I'll get it if the ending ties it together nicely."
- Meatballs (1979) - Teen/Teen Sex Comedies - Surprisingly innocent/realistic movie. Like, the movie opens with the nerdy counselor ("Spaz") having a crush and talking about wanting to sleep with a hot female counselor. And by the end of the movie, they had held hands and spent some time together and it's considered a victory. Plus Bill Murray really steals the movie from a bunch of unknowns.
- Song of the Sea (2014) - Fantasy Drama - Same director/writer as the Secret of Kells. It's not super great, but I really like the fact that old Celtic folklore is being kept alive.
- Fritz the Cat (1972) - Social Problem Film, Social Commentaries - Oh, such gratuitous cartoon sex/nudity/drugs/violence. Still, it's right at the tail end of the 60s and is a really bitter and cynical movie. Interesting in it's commentary.
- Salinui chueok (aka Memories of Murder) (2003) - Mystery - Really amazingly well-made film. Certain cultural/generational differences were weird (80's Korean cops basically just beat people up until they confessed). But the director had obviously done his homework in the mystery genre.
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YesIn post 42, Kublai Khan wrote: Oh, and I just watched Revolver. I'm not sure if it was Uk or USA because it was the Swedish version. (dialogue set to english, but the interstitial quotes were in Swedish). I'm still kinda processing it and there's no direct category for it (plus I filled up Psychological Thriller). But I think it fulfills the generic category of "Crime Film" but maybe "Caper" is the better way to go since it's essentiallyone giant metaphorical (soul?) caper(if I understood it right).
If it endedin a swimming pool room with a suicideit was the US version, the editing was shitty and it was very in-your-face. Also it spoiled the whole point of the main character's arc.Only playing in games at personal moderator and/or 50%+ playerlist request.
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Am I the only person that thinks that the defendant in 12 angry men is super fricken guilty and the whole thing isSpoiler: I guess this is a spoiler but I mean the movie is old and you know this is going to happen from the beginning and it doesn't even clearly state that this does happenPredictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place.
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- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Swashbuckler - Entertainingly forgettable.
- Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) - Buddy Cop - Holy shit this is a crazy nutball movie. Good for a bad movie night.
- Starsky & Hutch (2004) - Action or Adventure Comedy - I never watched the show it's based on. Kinda meh by itself.
- Bridesmaids (2011) - Women's Friendship - Just kinda didn't like the main character. Couldn't identify and ended up feeling like I wasn't the intended audience.
- Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) - Blockbusters - Plot is a definite re-hash, but some punctuated moments of really good cinematography really made me smile.
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- Shaun the Sheep (2015) - Family Comedy - Fun. Great cheeky British gags and just the right amount of heart-warming. Whole family liked it.
- Stake Land (2010) - Vampires - Interesting low budget road movie in a post-apocalyptic America with savage vampires.
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942) - B-Western - Action, acting, and plot were all pretty poor. But the version I watched was of an old warped film which gave the whole thing a psychedelic undertone which was pretty cool.
- Dead Poets Society (1989) - Inspirational - It still holds up well. The fact that they find Keating responsible for the death instead of their own inflexibility is spot-on.
- Gothic (1986) - Gothic - Spot-on for the category. Really weird take on the infamous storytelling night that yielded Mary Shelley's Frankenstein book. Strap in for really weird imagery.
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