EPT/artsy
kind of slow at the beginning
story is almost nonexistent so don't expect anything to actually happen
eXistenZ 7.5/10
scifi, lot of plot twists and messing with reality
bioport weirdness
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Czech Republic434 Posts
/artsy kind of slow at the beginning story is almost nonexistent so don't expect anything to actually happen eXistenZ 7.5/10 scifi, lot of plot twists and messing with reality bioport weirdness | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Too much music. Reddit recently had a lot of advertising for the movie so I decided to see it online. Not as good as Tangled or How to Train Your Dragon | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On November 01 2013 03:54 ffswowsucks wrote: Europa Report as a top movie... Some people's taste is really really different. And this comes from a guy that saw it with 5 other people sharing the same opinion, garbage. As for a top movie this year, people need to go check Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen. Yeah I agree with you. I'm not sure what is up with the Europa Report hype in this thread but I thought it was abysmal. | ||
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9651 Posts
On December 28 2013 08:29 obesechicken13 wrote: Frozen Too much music. Reddit recently had a lot of advertising for the movie so I decided to see it online. Not as good as Tangled or How to Train Your Dragon I went to watch this the other day and really enjoyed it. Its got all the nice computer graphics and modern characters, but at heart its an old school disney film. On December 28 2013 10:06 c0ldfusion wrote: Yeah I agree with you. I'm not sure what is up with the Europa Report hype in this thread but I thought it was abysmal. I also enjoyed Europa Report. I wouldn't put it at the top of the years movies, but it had good atmosphere and was a pretty good movie IMO. | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
It has become hard to find good korean thrillers/criminal stuff lately, :/ Tokyo Sonata's (2008) take on humans feels like Kafka's. Very much like so. imo. | ||
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
On October 27 2013 10:15 Manit0u wrote: ![[image loading]](http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTUxMzU5NjM3Ml5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMTc1OTcxMDE@._V1._SX540_SY800_.jpg) Man of Tai Chi Amazing. Definitely one of the best Kung Fu movies ever. ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/83/Man_of_Tai_Chi.jpg/220px-Man_of_Tai_Chi.jpg) Adding new image link. lol directorial debut of Keanu Reeves. It was actually decently enough directed. Keanu's acting though, hasn't evolved much over the years. Anyway, overall it was entertaining but forgettable. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19349 Posts
On December 28 2013 11:49 Ryndika wrote: Finished "The Unjust" ah I just love korean criminal movies. This ending was very entertaining. It has become hard to find good korean thrillers/criminal stuff lately, :/ Tokyo Sonata's (2008) take on humans feels like Kafka's. Very much like so. imo. have your tried New World? | ||
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
Ofcourse, amazing movie.  Watching "Confessions" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590089/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 atm, heh, i wonder if there is this kind of more grim high school movies. Pacing is a bit odd but refreshing. "All About Lili Chou Chou" fits in that category aswell. | ||
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porkRaven
United States953 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
On December 31 2013 00:15 SwatRaven wrote:Could the movies of that time be so bad (as I've been told) that Citizen Kane was an instant classic? LOL, joke of the day. To stay factual, I'll just say that every Orson Welles movie but one (the Lady of Shanghai) lost money when it was screened. The revolutionnary elements of Citizen Kane are often very much overstated : I think more or less every camera and montage technique had been used before, though very rarely at the same time and with such mastery (I think only in late silent period we can see something close). The narrative formula wasn't new either (Carné's Daybreak predate Welles début by two years, this is the oldest example I know of). Similarly, I can't help but feel CK is not at all the greatest movie of all time, not even Orson Welles' best. That being said, I'd still rate it at least 8.5/10 : a great part of the imagery is absolutely haunting (the introduction scene is simply breathtaking imo), and I think you vastly underestimate its polemic power. A lot of what makes America is right there on screen, and it's certainly a reason for the film's enduring success (another one probably being Welles' personality, but that's another story). Every part of it was certainly copied, which might be partly why you felt so familiar with it, but, to caricature very often people who really didn't like Citizen Kane are people who are only familiar with recent and relatively easy to digest cinema, and who plunge into the movie just after they discovered Stanly Kubrick was a pretty awesome dude. Their disapointment is thus fairly unsurprising. | ||
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porkRaven
United States953 Posts
On December 31 2013 00:46 corumjhaelen wrote: LOL, joke of the day. To stay factual, I'll just say that every Orson Welles movie but one (the Lady of Shanghai) lost money when it was screened. The revolutionnary elements of Citizen Kane are often very much overstated : I think more or less every camera and montage technique had been used before, though very rarely at the same time and with such mastery (I think only in late silent period we can see something close). The narrative formula wasn't new either (Carné's Daybreak predate Welles début by two years, this is the oldest example I know of). Similarly, I can't help but feel CK is not at all the greatest movie of all time, not even Orson Welles' best. That being said, I'd still rate it at least 8.5/10 : a great part of the imagery is absolutely haunting (the introduction scene is simply breathtaking imo), and I think you vastly underestimate its polemic power. A lot of what makes America is right there on screen, and it's certainly a reason for the film's enduring success (another one probably being Welles' personality, but that's another story). Every part of it was certainly copied, which might be partly why you felt so familiar with it, but, to caricature very often people who really didn't like Citizen Kane are people who are only familiar with recent and relatively easy to digest cinema, and who plunge into the movie just after they discovered Stanly Kubrick was a pretty awesome dude. Their deception is this fairly unsurprising. Thanks for the reply. I think I misunderstood what someone told me about how people reacted to the movie when it came out (he saw it when it did), or perhaps time and emphasis on the revolutionary elements in the medias have skewed his memories. I must have missed or underestimated it, I may have been a bit cynical towards it as well. I have seen half of one of Stanely Kubricks movies lol. I'll have to rewatch it with a different mindset and look for elements I sorely missed. Edit: I wish I would have written my half review right after watching so I could use more examples to discuss. | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
I probably sounded even more pretentious than usual than in the last post, but it's partially because of the months I spent on r/movies where every other day I read a post who sounded like "I saw Citizen Kane and it was so bad, DAE old movie suck/movie critics are old pretentious farts". But my advice would be not to care too much about this movie in particular, and try to discover other things in cinema. There are tons of very different old movies, if you come with an open mind, I'm sure you can find some stuff you like more, and get more familiar with what are many different languages you might not be used to. An, after all, Bergman didn't like it either  And it's a pretty brainy movie (I'm not sure of the correct adjective, what I mean is that it speaks more to the brain than to the heart, not that it requires a great intelligence to get), so it's not the easiest movie to love. | ||
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
Also, I just saw Top Gun for the first time. I had modest expectations going into it, because I don't really like 80s movies, but it turned out to be a really enjoyable film. And now i've been singing Danger Zone for the past few days. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5710 Posts
Best Disney movie I have ever seen I think. It had me laughing, it had me singing, it made me feel sad and it made me want to be a princess. Plot was predictable but it was amazing nonetheless. Btw I'm 23yr and a guy and I saw it with a buddy. | ||
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
Pretty good action film about the crusades. I'd rather not spoil anything but I'm kind of surprised it wasn't more popular. Obviously the movie did not have the budget of something like lord of the rings but the director knew that. If you liked Braveheart or LotR you should like this. | ||
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DannyJ
United States5110 Posts
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icystorage
Jollibee19349 Posts
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c0ldfusion
United States8293 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/2e/Oblivion2013Poster.jpg/220px-Oblivion2013Poster.jpg) Good movie. | ||
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
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VayneAuthority
United States8983 Posts
On January 03 2014 05:49 Mothra wrote: Anchorman 2 was painfully unfunny. Too bad because there was a lot of acting talent in it. I love Will Farrell but the material he had to work with was embarrassing. was pretty much the same as the first one, don't know why you expected any different lol. with that said, it was alright, nothing special and not terrible. in b4 how good the first one was when they are literally the same | ||
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