Fixed that for ya. It seems that Terrence Malick's films are either loved or loathed by those that watch them. Either they're the deepest, most meaningful and beautiful pieces of artistic expression, or they're pretentious incomprehensible crap.
I watched The Thin Red Line a few years ago and couldn't even stay awake so I just avoid all of his movies now; they're not for me.
The series is set in an alternative present, where the world is split by three superpowers: Britannia, The Chineses Federation, and the European Universe (EU). The story takes place after the Holy Britannian Empire's conquest of Japan, after which Britannia effectively strips Japan and its citizens of all rights and freedoms, and renames the country Area 11 with its citizens referred to as elevens.
The series' protagonist Lelouch Lamperouge is an intellectual, exiled Britannian prince who was sent as a hostage to Japan, along with his sister Nunnally, by his father, Emperor Charles zi Britannia, after his mother was murdered. He then vows to obliterate Britannia. Seven years later, Lelouch meets a girl known as C.C. who, in order to save his life, makes a contract with him. Lelouch then gains a power called Geass which allows him to absolutely command anyone to do what he wants, bending their will to live, fight, die, and follow orders – though only if he has direct eye contact with his target. With this new power and his natural intelligence, Lelouch sets out to find the person who killed his mother, and to make a better world for his sister, Nunnally.
I now have a new record: 3 minutes.
Disaster Movie.
Can anyone tell me if I missed some tits or ass?
In the Loop - 8/10:
British political black comedy/satire. I'm pretty sure this has been reviewed a number of times here, and I believe it's well liked. I was tempted to turn it off during the first five minutes, I didn't like how it started. It seemed like the humor was based on the ranting obscene insults that weren't funny at all, with a couple lame sarcastic remarks. There were a few of these "jokes" throughout the movie, but there were also some real funny scenarios as well. The movie has a nice large cast and some good characters. Maybe a bit too many, but still solid.
Hud - 8.5/10:
Paul Newman stars as heavily drinking, sleeps with married women, Hud. The story revolves around Hud, his father, and his nephew who work on their cattle ranch. Sick cows force them to work together and Hud clashes with his father.
It's not Newman's best movie, but it is a pretty great and somewhat different performance for him. Patricia Neal is beautifully wonderful
One, Two, Three - 9/10:
Billy Wilder directed, James Cagney starring. It's a story of a Coca-Cola executive in West Berlin near the border of East Berlin. He is soon given the task of looking after the daughter of his boss who comes to visit. This is a comedy of the screwball variety, mostly based on East/West capitalist/communist humor. It's a friggin riot. More than a laugh a minute. Very funny stuff
The Hangover - 3/10
I like sitcoms so I'm not totally against comedies but this was downright STUPID. Maybe it's the idea of drunk fucks doing stupid shit that I find more... how do I word it - STUPID than funny. Despite the title, I thought it would be deeper than that but... nope. No more comedy movies. I'm more pissed that I wasted days (Netflix) with this. Has a movie ever made you angry?
The Hangover - 3/10
I like sitcoms so I'm not totally against comedies but this was downright STUPID. Maybe it's the idea of drunk fucks doing stupid shit that I find more... how do I word it - STUPID than funny. Despite the title, I thought it would be deeper than that but... nope. No more comedy movies. I'm more pissed that I wasted days (Netflix) with this. Has a movie ever made you angry?
Anyone see Safe House yet?
DAMN!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1213644/
24th worst movie EVER!
Wish I'd known that before I put it in my queue.
Moneyball - 9/10
If you're a fan of baseball (and not even necessarily down to the statistical analysis level) like I am, you will love it. While they don't really get much into the weeds with the nerdy sabermetrics other than On Base Percentage (really what made Billy Beane famous in the first place) and some Slugging % (the big brother of the modern and widely used ISO stat to analyze power), it did somewhat show how that mindset revolutionized scouting today and how valuable having a "good eye" (even if you can't hit) is.
Pitt's character was pretty good although they did cheese up the plot a little by saying he didn't watch the games (totally unrealistic). Jonah Hill did a decent job as well, although I thought Pitt (Billy Beane) should have had a little more input into tweaking the computer program because they made it seem like he didn't really contribute much and that it was all Hill's (Assistant GM based on Paul DePodesta) computer algorithm that did all of the work and Pitt was just along for the ride. For example, Billy Beane had other great analytical ideas such as never drafting/signing high school players over college players which were never explored by the film.
Overall, if you're a baseball fan then this is a well done movie and I can understand that some cheesiness had to be added to enhance the story and get the general populace to actually care about Pitt's character Billy Beane: the GM of an underdog team who didn't have a snowball's chance in hell (or so people thought) of competing with big market titans like New York or Boston until he gained the edge through thinking out of the box and using some new math to quantify baseball talent.
I like baseball and I enjoyed the details in the actual baseball parts of the film, it was all of the flashbacks and family crap that killed me. Ruined the film for me; it needed more baseball, less other crap.
KT
I like baseball and I enjoyed the details in the actual baseball parts of the film, it was all of the flashbacks and family crap that killed me. Ruined the film for me; it needed more baseball, less other crap.
But see then you'd only get baseball fans in the theaters. My wife enjoyed the movie and she HATES baseball!
I agree that the family crap really hurt the film - it was fictitious and it was tacked on as a superficial layer, but like Astro said, it was probably necessary to get the chicks in the seats.
Shaolin Soccer - 8.5/10
Wow! This movie is fun. I watched the dubbed version on netflix, but they managed to do a pretty good of voice dubbing. It has got crazy special effects that look dated, but that does not stop you, in any way, from having fun. The interesting thing about this movie is it is cheesy, there is no scope for acting.. and yet they managed to make this movie an absolute riot. The thing I like about this movie is that they spent a lot of time getting the viewers connect with the characters.. the soccer part only makes up for 1/3rd of the film.
Elite Squad: The enemy within - 9/10
A crime/political drama, based in Brazil, that is absolutely fantastic. This is actually a sequel to Elite squad.. which I haven't see, but it does not take long before you come to grips with the story. This movies revolves around Mr. Nascimento.. a Captain of BOPE.. who gets promoted as the undersecretary of intelligence. The director manages to blend the elements of action, thrills, drama and plot twists with absolute perfection and fluidity.. also a special mention to the editing department of the movie..who have done an excellent job. If you haven't watched this one yet, make sure you spare some time for it.
I hope you dont meant part 1. Ive never heard of anyone not liking this movie. Even critics who typically hate comedy movies loved this one.
Have you seen Kung-Fu Hustle from the same guy? I like that one even more than Shaolin Soccer and even his kids film CJ7 is pretty fun.
Funny!! :biggrin:
This could be true. I never saw The Thin Red Line, but The New World bored me stiff and I typically enjoy period pieces. Conversely, I always seem to find Darren Aronofsky pictures monumentally moving and Neil Marshall movies ridiculously entertaining. We might all have our preferred niche.