On February 01 2013 15:42 snotboogie wrote: Has anyone gone to watch a movie (in a theatre) by themselves? Zero Dark Thirty just released in Australia and I'm interested in the subject (been reading a lot about terrorism etc in the past few months) and I want to watch it ASAP... but it would mean watching by myself.
Is that weird? Is that something people do?
I've always gone to movies by myself. I can't imagine going with other people, seems awkward. Movies are supposed to be an immersive experience and having someone else beside me will probably kill it. That's just me though.
That is interesting. If you go with other people that love movies, its a great experience. Before the movie you chat about whatever, during the movie you just enjoy the movie, then after the movie you have people to discuss the movie with while it is fresh in your mind.
This movie does some things very well. The opening, the title sequence, the cinematography, the casting... All very good. However, much of this is ruined by the fact that most of the movie makes absolutely no sense.
Right up until they catch Silva, things are going pretty well. There are some dire circumstances being orchestrated by some mysterious, powerful villain, and Bond has to come back from the dead to stop him. Ok.
Silva wants to torment M a bit, then talk to her once and then kill her. So his plan is to to intentionally get caught, have his laptop hack the network and then somehow kill a bunch of armed guards despite the fact that he was no weapon. Since he earlier blew up M6's headquarters, he's forced them underground, so he can now go on the subway, somehow acquire a police uniform, and then barely escape from Bond to get to the exact place where he knows a train will be coming at that exact time so he can blow up the ceiling and have the train fall on Bond. Then he goes to where M is having her hearing and tries to kill her.
Earlier in the movie, Bond breaks into M's house and surprises her with his presence. There are other people on the subway as well; they just walked in there. There are also other people in the court room; they too just walked in there. Apparently all the company cars are traced, so a skilled hacker could find her location at any time. There are literally dozens of ways that he could have just found her and kidnapped her, and then if he really wanted to, lure Bond there as well to save her.
Then later he dies from a knife being thrown at his back. Bond gets shot in the chest, then shot by a sniper rifle while fighting someone on top of a train on a bridge, falling a huge distance and then falling over a waterfall. But Silva gets killed in a few seconds by a knife thrown at his back. Ok.
I just watched this movie on netflix, not knowing much about it. I heard it was very good, but i was under the impression that it was a typical action/fighting revenge movie, with a good plot (A la "Ip Man"), what i got was...
Wow. I don't think I was ready for that. I'm just sitting here thinking about it, and I'm not even sure if I loved or hated the movie, it was just so crazy.
Oh but it has a great soundtrack! That much I know!
Just finished watching Argo, wow sooooo good. Ben Affleck never dissapoints me. Hes so fucking talented, The Town was great also, you guys should check that out if you haven't.
I think I already mentioned that i saw DREDD and The Perks Of Being A Wildflower, they were both amazing also, definitely watch them. Now im about to watch that MOON one u guys mentioned, hopefully its good, then ill probably watch The Descendants with George Clooney. Also, theres something about good spy movies i love. I wanna give tinker tailor soldier a shot, if anyone knows some spy movies pls let me know. Not old ones, and no james bond.
I watched Les Misérables recently, pretty good movie!
I really really enjoy the book, but I've seen the musical and didn't like it that much. I also didn't like the movie that much, but it was still pretty good :> it definitely begins to feel like it drags a bit, as there's not much to capture the attention, the plot becomes sort of predictable with the pace at which they're going, and they still don't seem to spend enough time on certain parts. Still a good movie though, especially if you don't know the story.
On February 03 2013 14:43 Aerisky wrote: I watched Les Misérables recently, pretty good movie!
I really really enjoy the book, but I've seen the musical and didn't like it that much. I also didn't like the movie that much, but it was still pretty good :> it definitely begins to feel like it drags a bit, as there's not much to capture the attention, the plot becomes sort of predictable with the pace at which they're going, and they still don't seem to spend enough time on certain parts. Still a good movie though, especially if you don't know the story.
I finally saw it myself. You say the plot is predictable when you've read the book and seen the musical. I'm dumbfounded. I'm going to assume you read the novel first, went to the musical and then saw this movie. Have you seen the other movie adaptations as well?
Any who, I'll tell you what I didn't like. The stupid camera with all the close-ups on their faces, which tracked them everywhere. It was nauseating after a while as they overused the device. At least most award shows/academies got it right by not nominating Tom Hooper for best director. I thought Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter weren't that great as the Thénardier lot, which is odd because normally I love the two clowns. I thought everyone else did an exceptional job.
On February 03 2013 14:43 Aerisky wrote: I watched Les Misérables recently, pretty good movie!
I really really enjoy the book, but I've seen the musical and didn't like it that much. I also didn't like the movie that much, but it was still pretty good :> it definitely begins to feel like it drags a bit, as there's not much to capture the attention, the plot becomes sort of predictable with the pace at which they're going, and they still don't seem to spend enough time on certain parts. Still a good movie though, especially if you don't know the story.
I finally saw it myself. You say the plot is predictable when you've read the book and seen the musical. I'm dumbfounded. I'm going to assume you read the novel first, went to the musical and then saw this movie. Have you seen the other movie adaptations as well?
Any who, I'll tell you what I didn't like. The stupid camera with all the close-ups on their faces, which tracked them everywhere. It was nauseating after a while as they overused the device. At least most award shows/academies got it right by not nominating Tom Hooper for best director. I thought Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter weren't that great as the Thénardier lot, which is odd because normally I love the two clowns. I thought everyone else did an exceptional job.
Yeah agreed with your take on it, everything except the close-ups, towards which I was basically neutral.
And erm, yeah, "predictable" probably wasn't the right choice of words haha, I mean duh I already know what the story is. I've seen the musical once and hadn't watched a a Les Mis movie before that, though. I guess what I was getting at is that the story felt very boring/unexciting, and that the developments (which, of course, I know from having seen the musical and read the book) weren't done well enough not to feel trite; also, I guess I'd say that for someone who saw it for the first time, the movie would probably be predictable, but I wouldn't know . For what it's worth, it had been something like 6 years since I saw the musical, so it wasn't fresh in my mind.
Some people thought Russell Crowe was a terrible singer, but I really thought he played a good Javert, and I actually didn't mind his singing much. He's obviously not a fantastic singer, but I still liked his singing anyway :D
One of the smartest movies in recent years. I think it was even better than Thank You For Smoking in portraying the modern marketing (it was quite disturbing even). It starts slow but boy is it worth it.
You've gotta be trolling with this. 10% on RT, "the worst of the worst" and "makes absolutely no sense". Got me all excited too cause I loved TYFS
I didn't like Silver Linings Playbook, Moonrise Kingdom and Life of Pi. Argo was OK for a movie based on a true story, but still not oscar worthy imho. Cloud Atlas was probably the best film of the year.
On February 03 2013 14:43 Aerisky wrote: I watched Les Misérables recently, pretty good movie!
I really really enjoy the book, but I've seen the musical and didn't like it that much. I also didn't like the movie that much, but it was still pretty good :> it definitely begins to feel like it drags a bit, as there's not much to capture the attention, the plot becomes sort of predictable with the pace at which they're going, and they still don't seem to spend enough time on certain parts. Still a good movie though, especially if you don't know the story.
I finally saw it myself. You say the plot is predictable when you've read the book and seen the musical. I'm dumbfounded. I'm going to assume you read the novel first, went to the musical and then saw this movie. Have you seen the other movie adaptations as well?
Any who, I'll tell you what I didn't like. The stupid camera with all the close-ups on their faces, which tracked them everywhere. It was nauseating after a while as they overused the device. At least most award shows/academies got it right by not nominating Tom Hooper for best director. I thought Sacha Baron Cohen & Helena Bonham Carter weren't that great as the Thénardier lot, which is odd because normally I love the two clowns. I thought everyone else did an exceptional job.
Yeah agreed with your take on it, everything except the close-ups, towards which I was basically neutral.
And erm, yeah, "predictable" probably wasn't the right choice of words haha, I mean duh I already know what the story is. I've seen the musical once and hadn't watched a a Les Mis movie before that, though. I guess what I was getting at is that the story felt very boring/unexciting, and that the developments (which, of course, I know from having seen the musical and read the book) weren't done well enough not to feel trite; also, I guess I'd say that for someone who saw it for the first time, the movie would probably be predictable, but I wouldn't know . For what it's worth, it had been something like 6 years since I saw the musical, so it wasn't fresh in my mind.
Some people thought Russell Crowe was a terrible singer, but I really thought he played a good Javert, and I actually didn't mind his singing much. He's obviously not a fantastic singer, but I still liked his singing anyway :D
Weird, I was thinking the exact same thing for Russell Crowe. That's what happens when you cast actors for such roles and it happens a lot when you make the transition from musical to film.
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. For what it's worth, it had been something like 6 years since I saw the musical, so it wasn't fresh in my mind.
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