Author Topic: Movies.2012.TheList. (Read 10882 times)

adam background · « **Reply #25 on:** January 03, 2012, 11:05:55 PM »

Even at two and half hours Girl With the Dragon Tattoo felt rushed. Having read the book and not seen the Swedish version, I was a bit biased but...

I wondered at some of the changes they made to streamline a fairly ponderous cast. The performances were competent but each scene felt rushed and perfunctory, the delivery of lines felt very muddled at times, especially at the beginning. A large portion of the book relies on the building of characters and their relationship with one another.

Most of that was stripped away for the sake of time and it weakened the story's impact emotionally and narratively. It was tight, too tight, with very little left to set a tone, instead relying heavily on the score to set a mood. It was a poor compromise.

Still, if I had never read the book I don't know what my feelings would have been. It was ok, but probably the weakest Fincher movie I've seen personally.

Grath · « **Reply #26 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:41:26 AM »

1. Insiduous - This was pretty stupid. I came out of my room to talk to Chadd about how stupid it was. I was all "Hey, did you see that Insiduous movie?" And he was all "Yeah, how great was it?" Needless to say, that conversation didn't really go anywhere.
2. Final Destination 5 - I guess the "twist" towards the end was cute. I think I've seen all these, but I'm not really sure. This was passable in the sense that all the rest of them are.
3. Super 8 - This was kinda all over the place. Mostly, it's just a shame they ruined a cute movie about two kids that like each other by combining it with a boring movie about a boring alien.
4. Moneyball - I really liked this. It was cheap and calculating, emotionally, but it definitely worked.
5. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - This was pretty dumb. I'd never heard of it. The little girl in it did a good job, and I was kinda entertained, but I don't really get what they were going for here.

adam background · « **Reply #27 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:43:42 AM »

FINALLY someone agrees that Insidious wasn't the greatest horror movie of our lifetime.

Noah WK · « **Reply #28 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:45:05 AM »

1. The Sitter
2. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
3. Slapshot
4. Home Alone

Halloween_House · « **Reply #29 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:45:14 AM »

Is anybody claiming that?

I feel like most of us were just surprised at how good it turned out given the predictability and lameness of similar films with similar premises.

Grath · « **Reply #30 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:49:38 AM »

Quote from: adam background on January 04, 2012, 10:43:42 AM

FINALLY someone agrees that Insidious wasn't the greatest horror movie of our lifetime.

I was really, really surprised to find out afterwards that people thought it was really good.

adam background · « **Reply #31 on:** January 04, 2012, 11:15:46 AM »

Quote from: Halloween_House on January 04, 2012, 10:45:14 AM

Is anybody claiming that?

I feel like most of us were just surprised at how good it turned out given the predictability and lameness of similar films with similar premises.

I felt that this film dealt with the premise in a predictable and lame manner, and was only slightly good throughout the first two acts. The acting was terrible, and third act was corny as hell.

I would rather watch Paranormal Activity 3 even.

Grath · « **Reply #32 on:** January 04, 2012, 11:27:38 AM »

I thought the introduction of the "wacky" ghost hunters kinda tossed the whole mood out the window. I mean, I wasn't really enjoying it all that much before that, but I thought that was a really, really bizaare choice.

Elliott · « **Reply #33 on:** January 04, 2012, 02:00:48 PM »

So far I've watched:
Attack The Block: Ruled
Wake Wood: Like a cross between The Wicker Man and Pet Semetary. Ruled
The Woman: Super fucked up. Ruled

eloy · « **Reply #34 on:** January 04, 2012, 02:39:03 PM »

REX, PAT, CARLA, CHADD, OTHER HORROR NERDS: WATCH THE INNKEEPERS. STAT.

rex · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2012, 06:22:10 PM »

Its on the list now. Is it torrentable?

Melancholia was the worst. I cant believe I watched all of it. Ugh.

Dream Homes is amazing. Korean sort of revenge film...revenge on shitty rich people. Gory and fun.

Columbiana was ridiculous, but good.

Marcia Marcy May Martha or whatever its called was nowhere as good as I hoped. Meh. Slow moving and not much happens. They could have taken the commune further, too. Oh well.

Rex.

ChaddDerkins · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:01:23 PM »

I loved both Inception and Melancholia. They're two of my favorite movies of the year. I was SHOCKED by Insidious. I thought it was the type of horror movie that just doesn't happen in the mainstream anymore.... monsters and demons presented in a non-ironic fashion, scary as fuck, and not super self-aware. I loved it.

Shotzi... · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:03:29 PM »

I loved House of the Devil but have read some awful stuff about The Innkeepers. You'd better be right, Eloy, or I'll do absolutely nothing about it.

eloy · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:03:50 PM »

Quote from: rex on January 04, 2012, 06:22:10 PM

Its on the list now. Is it torrentable?

http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6926516/The.Innkeepers.2011.HDRIP.Xvid-BHRG

DO IT!

eloy · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:04:22 PM »

Quote from: Shotzi... on January 04, 2012, 07:03:29 PM

I loved House of the Devil but have read some awful stuff about The Innkeepers. You'd better be right, Eloy, or I'll do absolutely nothing about it.

haha i LOVED Innkeepers.

ChaddDerkins · « **Reply #40 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:05:07 PM »

So it's made by the same guy as House of the Devil? I loved that movie to death, so I will probably check this one out asap.

eloy · « **Reply #41 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:10:04 PM »

Quote from: ChaddDerkins on January 04, 2012, 07:05:07 PM

So it's made by the same guy as House of the Devil? I loved that movie to death, so I will probably check this one out asap.

yeah it's his new movie and it RULES!

rex · « **Reply #42 on:** January 04, 2012, 07:13:44 PM »

Oooooh. The new Ti West movie. Gotcha. Im stoked to see it now. I love the Roost and Hoouse of the Devil and enjoyed Cabin Fever 2 way more than I thought I would. Legit.

Melancholia was all the worst rich white people doing the worst rich white things and being unimaginable assholes to each other. I hated all those people.

Rex.

ChaddDerkins · « **Reply #43 on:** January 04, 2012, 09:14:40 PM »

Downloading that shit now!

l00ka · « **Reply #44 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:29:22 PM »

Quote from: Grath on January 04, 2012, 10:41:26 AM

5. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark - This was pretty dumb. I'd never heard of it. The little girl in it did a good job, and I was kinda entertained, but I don't really get what they were going for here.

we watched this and i fell asleep (or i mebbe even went to sleep) like an hour or so into the movie. it just plain sucked ass (and i never bothered to finish it) and yeah, i totally agree with grath here, i tototally don't get what they wanted to achieve with it...

l00ka · « **Reply #45 on:** January 04, 2012, 10:49:08 PM »

iranian movies, anyone? well, it's got s surprisingly high score on imdb and i kinda wanna watch it...but i'm not really sure and stuff:

Jodaeiye Nader az Simin (2011) (A Separation)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1832382/

Elliott · « **Reply #46 on:** January 05, 2012, 02:29:43 AM »

I watched CHUD tonight! It ruled!

gabe · « **Reply #47 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:19:27 AM »

Saw Shame last night. I guess the movie did a good enough job depicting the empty life of a sex addict, in that it made even a threesome look bland.

Seeing a sneak preview of The Devil Inside tonight, I predict it will be terrible.

rex · « **Reply #48 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:25:33 AM »

Yeah, we're going to see the Devil Inside tonight, too. Stoked.

rex.

gabe · « **Reply #49 on:** January 05, 2012, 10:27:38 AM »

Quote from: rex on January 05, 2012, 10:25:33 AM

Yeah, we're going to see the Devil Inside tonight, too. Stoked.

rex.

Just found out that B-REAL is in this. Ughhhh.