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very interesting documentary, really bizarre story, and very well done documentary
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summerloud
Austria1201 Posts
the imposter very interesting documentary, really bizarre story, and very well done documentary 7/10 | ||
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Grettin
42411 Posts
On February 10 2013 07:37 summerloud wrote: just saw this: the imposter very interesting documentary, really bizarre story, and very well done documentary 7/10 Holy shit. At one point, i was almost sure that at the end of the documentary, they would explain that he had had a concussion or something and memory loss and was in fact the real Nicholas, but didn't know it himself. Sounds Hollywoody, but i was certain that was the case. Very well made and what a crazy story. I'll conclude by saying, fuck Frederic Bourdin. What an asshole. | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/G7VYWCu.jpg) A very, very well done movie. An ex-convict helps out a disabled man. Doesn't sound very interesting, but they prove you wrong again and again with its sense of humor and depth of emotions. There's not really much else to say, but watch it if you can! I definitely loved it. Looper (2012) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/88cTcuW.jpg) I liked the movie overall, but it had a few plot holes of which I won't divulge into without spoiling anything. Basically, there are "assassins" who are paid to kill people from the future. Though everything goes wrong if you let one escape. The story unfolds into an action-packed movie that's quite enjoyable. Seven Psychopaths (2012) + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Zvm36EX.jpg) I watched this one after seeing the trailer on Youtube, with quite a few comments explaining the trailer didn't do the movie any justice. Turns out, it did and didn't. I was half-expecting a comedy/action movie, but ended up with a mess of randomness. There are notable scenes which redeem the movie, but overall it felt haphazard. I watched all three movies in a row. Damn, I love my university's theater. Free admission, you can bring your own food/beverages, and awesome movies. I'm going to watch Wreck It Ralph tomorrow and Life of Pi this upcoming Friday. Hopefully they're as good as everyone makes them out to be! | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On February 10 2013 11:29 Sovano wrote: The Intouchables (2011) + Show Spoiler + A very, very well done movie. An ex-convict helps out a disabled man. Doesn't sound very interesting, but they prove you wrong again and again with its sense of humor and depth of emotions. There's not really much else to say, but watch it if you can! I definitely loved it. I watched all three movies in a row. Damn, I love my university's theater. Free admission, you can bring your own food/beverages, and awesome movies. I'm going to watch Wreck It Ralph tomorrow and Life of Pi this upcoming Friday. Hopefully they're as good as everyone makes them out to be! I actually felt that the Intouchables was too exaggerated and that detracted from the feeling I got from the movie. I don't like my emotions being manipulated by lies. | ||
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Sovano
United States1503 Posts
On February 10 2013 11:37 obesechicken13 wrote: I actually felt that the Intouchables was too exaggerated and that detracted from the feeling I got from the movie. I don't like my emotions being manipulated by lies. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Although, what part seemed exaggerated to you? | ||
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paradox719
United States30 Posts
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MooMooMugi
United States10531 Posts
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.filmlinks4u.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Deep-Water-2006.jpg) Deep Water 9/10 A documentary about a middle-aged British man who decides to build his own yacht and go on a yacht race around the world. Extremely well done, from the biographical bit in the beginning of donald crowhurst to the depiction of the race itself. I was expecting a very different ending thanks to hollywood that loves this classic underdog setup. I'd highly recommend it to anyone, regardless of whether you like documentaries. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
On February 10 2013 12:07 Sovano wrote: Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Although, what part seemed exaggerated to you? Pretty much all of it. It's hard to prove my point without video evidence so the dance scene is good evidence. No one just dances like that in real life. And high class people most certainly don't just do what they did in the scene either. A film where a high school teacher gets a group of his students really motivated about their lives through hard work and sacrifice would make a lot of people feel good too, but it'd be unrealistic, and slightly overdone. Just to give an example of how this movie exaggerates everything, the person Driss is based off of is actually very light skinned. French Hollywood just thought it'd be more interesting if Driss were darker skinned. | ||
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TheRabidDeer
United States3806 Posts
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
Cloud Atlas: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/Cloud-Atlas-poster-movie.jpg) End of Watch: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.impawards.com/2012/posters/end_of_watch_ver3.jpg) TPB AFK: + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://cdn.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tpb-afk-poster.jpeg) I enjoyed all three very much! | ||
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EpiK
Korea (South)5757 Posts
I just watched End of Watch as well. I normally don't like the cloverfield-esque style of filming (with handheld camera) but it was executed really well here. The characters were all so real and likable enough that I didn't mind that the plot didn't actually get moving until half-way through the movie. I could watch a whole movie that was just a series of slice-of-life events of the two leads. Great flick for sure. | ||
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Sumahi
Guam5609 Posts
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Apocnow.jpg) A terribly well done depressing movie. It was amazing, but i'm probably never going to watch it again. Heavy stuff, I would recommend watching it only if you're in the mood to handle it. And if you've read heart of darkness, you should definitely watch this. Its similar enough to be interesting, while different enough to keep you on edge. 9 /10 Pretty fucked up. Pretty fucking good. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
A retired couple visits their children living in Tokyo. Said children have trouble taking care of them. I must say that I don't really understand the status of this movie near the very top or at the top of many very serious classments (for instance 3rd in the Sight and Sound poll which I find pretty good in general). While both directing and acting are very good (the use of camera height is extremely smart and works perfectly, excellent cut and framing...), I found the subject not only a bit dull, but also very conservative, accusing the younger generation in a subtle but pretty clear way of being just a bunch of egoist. I fear I don't recognize myself in Ozu's vision of the conflict of generation. Perhaps it will change with age, but I kinda doubt it. 6/10 Lincoln (Steven Spielberg) The last months of Lincoln's life and his struggle to pass an amendment outlawing slavery. First of all, I must say that as a non american I knew little about the period, and I think the subject was extremely interesting and the movie did an excellent job explaining the politics of the time. The portrayal of Lincoln was really interesting, a great man with his flaws, but the best character for me was Tommy Lee Jones'. The photo was really beautiful except at one or two place where it was corny, but excellent work from the director of photography I must say. Now onto what's shaky. Spielberg chose in my opinion too solemn a tone and his direction his really academic, making all this a chore to go through at times. In the same vein, Williams' music was alas extremely pompous and annoying. Finally I have a huge problem with the way actors were directed. Being sober is not synonymous with being a genious, even though it is a good path to get and Oscar. Daniel Day-Lewis (whom I deeply respect) has this problem, but the worse is Sally Field, making all the domestic scenes nigh unbearable. Overall I'd advice to see it because it was really interesting, but more for the scenario than for the movie in itself. 6/10 Gilda (Charles Vidor) Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) meets in Buenos Aires Ballin Mundson (George Macready) the rich director of an illegal casino. Ballin hires Johnny, and everything goes very well for the two until Ballin suddenly marries Gilda (Rita Hayworth), whom Johnny obviously knows and hates. Wow, absolutely stunning movie, maybe the best film noir I've seen. The love triangle between the three main characters is a sight to behold, its complexity is incredible, such a strange mix of love and hate, including the relationship between the two males, wich doesn't seem that innocent. The three actors are impeccable, but Rita Hayworth simply is the best, she's so stunningly erotic and ambivalent... There's also a very funny and interesting secondary character, a philosophising washroom attendant. Now that's a good study of characters  9.5/10 | ||
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On February 12 2013 04:06 farvacola wrote: To be fair, Corum, you probably ought to try and get a sense for the historical character of both Lincoln and Mary Todd before judging their direction/acting too dramatically. To say that they were both incredibly unique and strange people is a drastic understatement. I'm 99% sure that wouldn't change anything about my opinion Edit : unless you bring me out a video of those two guys acting like that in real life. Edit2 : and then again, I'm pretty sure I would maintain my stance. | ||
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HaRuHi
1220 Posts
Summary: The Movie is about Frank, who runs Amok. His Motivation and core of the Movie is the Question "Why do we live in a civilisation, if we don't act civilized?", which is rediculous, considering he is a homocidal maniac. Expierience: I was afraid that the trailer already showed all of the best scenes. Happily it did not. It showed some, about one third I'd say, but there are even more offensive scences in it and some jokes that are just too long to fit in the trailer. This movie had me laughing hard at times, not tearing up, more like totally cracking up in shock of the hilariousness of some of it scenes+ Show Spoiler + I almost died when Frank said "No, I want him to suffer." The Problem: "What, we are platonic runners amok?". While the movie has to have a light touch during all the violent scenes to make it bearable, it stays too light during the filler moments. Sadly this is what they are, filler moments. All the calm passages between the ridiculousness of the situations, especially in the second half is dissapointing, there could have been much more character developement, but we only scratch the surface of the main cast. Since all these scences take so much pace out of the movie yet add little to it, while wasting a lot of good potential to really get me involved, they turn a funtastic movie mediocre. 4/10, if you like the trailer, are hard to offend and have times on your hand. | ||
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Mortal
2943 Posts
Not entirely sure how people found this to be so confusing (maybe the same way people spew "OH MY GOD INCEPTION SOOO DEEP" ?). I found it entertaining and an enjoyable ride on the whole. Not the best of the genre, but definitely not the worst. The fact that it was filmed so simply and on such a low budget did help me appreciate the charm of it. | ||
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