On February 04 2015 20:06 govie wrote: Taken 3 IMDB rank is too low imo. Yes you could debate that its better to not digg up this taken-concept, but the movie was pretty watchable and didnt bore me at all, my rating 7.0 for a descent movie.
If you like the Taken movies, or really mostly the first one, check out the Equalizer. Its like Taken, but with a black guy. And instead of an annoying daughter is a Russian prostitute and a fat Mexican security guard.
Enemy. This is one of those movies that goes in the "wtf" categories. I think that I liked this movie... although not much really happens. A lot of it goes unexplained and you're left to discern most of it for yourself. The last 10 seconds are maybe the most what the fuck moments of any movie in the history of film (and I say this even after having seen Eraserhead). Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is respectable and he does a good job handling the dualism of his role. This film isn't much of a thriller, it doesn't have much action, and there's almost no horror in the film, but it somehow combines all of this into an unlikely psychological thriller. It deserves a 6.5/10 for its attempt, but I feel that it falls short in the sense that its symbolism is pretty superficial/arbitrary. Obviously movie spoilers ahead.
It seems from what I've quickly glanced at that a lot of the symbolism in the movie is references to spiders and the domineering nature of society. Adam doesn't realize that he's entrapped in Anthony's (or society's) web until it's too late, when he realizes that his doppleganger's wife isn't quite what she seems.
While I was watching the movie, I began to think that both Anthony and Adam are the same person and each represents a separate set of traits. Adam the reserved intellectual who's not as aggressive as his counterpart, yet still plotting and possibly evil (for reference, the scene where he tries to rape his girlfriend). Anthony is more aggressive and ambitious, but he only seems more clever superficially. He conceives a pretty poor plan (Adam's girlfriend noticed the mark of the ring because of his lack of preparation), but his aggression made it possible for him to be more "successful" in terms of how much money he's made and how his life has turned out.
However, I don't really believe that this is the case. I think that it's more likely that they're separate people who just represent opposing ideologies. I'm not sure if the movie is supposed to have a negative feel to it, but I'm not sure exactly what the message is. Is it that totalitarian governments are unavoidable and that we're all flies waiting to be trapped? Or is it that we all have a more sinister nature to our beings that we don't all realize? I think that there are a lot of interesting angles to view the movie, but the movie's length (and cliffhanger ending) render any analysis pure speculation rather than actual analysis.
If you have an hour and a half to kill sometime, it's worth a watch. Not a fantastic movie, but not the worst I've seen either. However, it seems confused about what it's trying to actual say with its message and I'm not sure there even is a message to the movie (although the quote at the beginning would seem to suggest that there is one).
Well, up until the last bit. So the crazy Korean guy killed all of humanity just to prove a point? Just to prove that the last two surviving humans will be eaten by a polar bear before they freeze to death? Should have done less drugs.
Trainspotting is a strange movie. I would like to say that I enjoyed it, but that's not really how I felt watching it. It wasn't as depressing as Requiem for a Dream or as disturbing as some of the other movies I've seen, but it has a lot of dark humor and very off-putting scenes. Ewan McGregor turned in a great performance in this film, but it's still strange. I think I still need time to reflect on it though, haha.
I watch Trainspotting as a comedy more than anything, reading the book helps though it is all in Scottish vernacular which can be tough. I wouldn't say it is a case of the book being better than the movie because Irving Welsh isn't the best writer ever, but they help one another a great deal.
See the Google preview for what I mean by the Scottish vernacular. Filth was written the same way, which was adapted into a film that is on Netflix in the states now. Not as good as TS by any stretch but entertaining enough.
I have been leaning toward the theory that Anthony and Adam are in fact the same person. That Adam is Anthony after the car accident and possible separation from his wife. I love the theory that this movie is not in chronological order and goes something like this.
Anthony is cheating on his wife and after the car accident with his mistress he cant hide it anymore. (maybe where the scar comes from)
The accident was 6 months ago the same amount of time his wife has been pregnant.
This overload of commitment might of caused Anthony to develop a second personality.
Anthony had not been seen at his talent agency for 6 months. (possibly because he has been Adam working as a professor.)
Adam going to see his mother also leads me to believe they are the same person. His mother tell him she got blueberry's for him and Adam reply's he does not like them, (we know Anthony loved them). She is glad he gave up on his silly acting career, and comments on him being loose with women. When Adam is waiting for Anthony's wife at there apartment, his wife is startled thinking he was still at his mothers. Adams is confused by this because he was just at his own mothers house, (really Anthony's Mother).
The spiders might be symbolism to Anthony's fear of women controlling his freedoms. And why the spiders where shown either in place of a women or after a scene with one like his mother.
In one of the last scenes where Anthony's wife asks him to stay, it sounds like she knows its not him. I think in reality they have just been separated for awhile now and the scene of the car crash is really just Anthony's memory of the incident. He cry's in remorse and says sorry to his wife for all that he had put her though and she asks her husband/ex to stay with her.
The next scene he see's the new key and wants to go back to his old ways going back to the "club". This instantly reminds him he's not free when he see's his wife as a spider. once again "trapped" in commitment.
Its all just a theory of course and that's why I love films like this!
Tigerland - Very good film about Army recruits training for the Vietnam war. About as different as any war film there are, but the acting is good and the tension and stress felt by the characters feel real.
We need to talk about Kevin - grim film about being a mother to a psychopath. Interesting thing is I read that recent studies in UK determined that maybe psychopaths can be treated early on in childhood so I kept trying to see what or even if Tilda Swinton should've or could've done to handle the problem.
Trainspotting is a strange movie. I would like to say that I enjoyed it, but that's not really how I felt watching it. It wasn't as depressing as Requiem for a Dream or as disturbing as some of the other movies I've seen, but it has a lot of dark humor and very off-putting scenes. Ewan McGregor turned in a great performance in this film, but it's still strange. I think I still need time to reflect on it though, haha.
I watch Trainspotting as a comedy more than anything, reading the book helps though it is all in Scottish vernacular which can be tough. I wouldn't say it is a case of the book being better than the movie because Irving Welsh isn't the best writer ever, but they help one another a great deal.
See the Google preview for what I mean by the Scottish vernacular. Filth was written the same way, which was adapted into a film that is on Netflix in the states now. Not as good as TS by any stretch but entertaining enough.
I dunno if you're an Irvine Welsh fan (I didn't know who he was until I saw Trainspotting), but he just did an AMA on Reddit here, if you're interested.
I thought Trainspotting worked best as a comedy with some darker aspects to it, but I still thought it was pretty dark. Not the darkest movie about drug addicts I've ever seen, but... + Show Spoiler +
the scene where Ewan McGregor is detoxing was pretty dark as well as the scene where they find Tommy. Basically any scene with the baby in it was depressing as hell also.
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On February 11 2015 02:51 Dizmaul wrote: Just watched the Enemy and damn I really liked it, thanks for the recommendation!!
Here is the theory that makes the most sense to me so far.
I have been leaning toward the theory that Anthony and Adam are in fact the same person. That Adam is Anthony after the car accident and possible separation from his wife. I love the theory that this movie is not in chronological order and goes something like this.
Anthony is cheating on his wife and after the car accident with his mistress he cant hide it anymore. (maybe where the scar comes from)
The accident was 6 months ago the same amount of time his wife has been pregnant.
This overload of commitment might of caused Anthony to develop a second personality.
Anthony had not been seen at his talent agency for 6 months. (possibly because he has been Adam working as a professor.)
Adam going to see his mother also leads me to believe they are the same person. His mother tell him she got blueberry's for him and Adam reply's he does not like them, (we know Anthony loved them). She is glad he gave up on his silly acting career, and comments on him being loose with women. When Adam is waiting for Anthony's wife at there apartment, his wife is startled thinking he was still at his mothers. Adams is confused by this because he was just at his own mothers house, (really Anthony's Mother).
The spiders might be symbolism to Anthony's fear of women controlling his freedoms. And why the spiders where shown either in place of a women or after a scene with one like his mother.
In one of the last scenes where Anthony's wife asks him to stay, it sounds like she knows its not him. I think in reality they have just been separated for awhile now and the scene of the car crash is really just Anthony's memory of the incident. He cry's in remorse and says sorry to his wife for all that he had put her though and she asks her husband/ex to stay with her.
The next scene he see's the new key and wants to go back to his old ways going back to the "club". This instantly reminds him he's not free when he see's his wife as a spider. once again "trapped" in commitment.
Its all just a theory of course and that's why I love films like this!
That's a pretty good explanation. I read an explanation very similar on Reddit, and I'm glad you liked my recommendation. It was a good movie in my opinion. After reflecting on it, I'd say that the movie is a solid 7 or 7.5/10.
Maybe I'm just dense, but I feel like the movie failed to make a huge statement about society as a whole. Instead, I feel like it was almost a character study. I feel like the movie could've explored deeper themes and the spider metaphor was quite clever, but I wish it had been implemented slightly differently. It was a clever movie though, and Jake Gyllenhaal put out a spectacular performance in my opinion. I think the part of the movie that makes it somewhat eerie is that you can't tell if Adam has a mental disease, lives out his fantasies, or if he's living in a strange place. I think that's part of what makes the movie so intriguing, but frustrating at the same time. I would like to rewatch the movie eventually and try to figure out what the actual timeline of events (if there is one) is.
Trainspotting is a strange movie. I would like to say that I enjoyed it, but that's not really how I felt watching it. It wasn't as depressing as Requiem for a Dream or as disturbing as some of the other movies I've seen, but it has a lot of dark humor and very off-putting scenes. Ewan McGregor turned in a great performance in this film, but it's still strange. I think I still need time to reflect on it though, haha.
I watch Trainspotting as a comedy more than anything, reading the book helps though it is all in Scottish vernacular which can be tough. I wouldn't say it is a case of the book being better than the movie because Irving Welsh isn't the best writer ever, but they help one another a great deal.
See the Google preview for what I mean by the Scottish vernacular. Filth was written the same way, which was adapted into a film that is on Netflix in the states now. Not as good as TS by any stretch but entertaining enough.
I dunno if you're an Irvine Welsh fan (I didn't know who he was until I saw Trainspotting), but he just did an AMA on Reddit here, if you're interested.
I thought Trainspotting worked best as a comedy with some darker aspects to it, but I still thought it was pretty dark. Not the darkest movie about drug addicts I've ever seen, but... + Show Spoiler +
the scene where Ewan McGregor is detoxing was pretty dark as well as the scene where they find Tommy. Basically any scene with the baby in it was depressing as hell also.
I have been leaning toward the theory that Anthony and Adam are in fact the same person. That Adam is Anthony after the car accident and possible separation from his wife. I love the theory that this movie is not in chronological order and goes something like this.
Anthony is cheating on his wife and after the car accident with his mistress he cant hide it anymore. (maybe where the scar comes from)
The accident was 6 months ago the same amount of time his wife has been pregnant.
This overload of commitment might of caused Anthony to develop a second personality.
Anthony had not been seen at his talent agency for 6 months. (possibly because he has been Adam working as a professor.)
Adam going to see his mother also leads me to believe they are the same person. His mother tell him she got blueberry's for him and Adam reply's he does not like them, (we know Anthony loved them). She is glad he gave up on his silly acting career, and comments on him being loose with women. When Adam is waiting for Anthony's wife at there apartment, his wife is startled thinking he was still at his mothers. Adams is confused by this because he was just at his own mothers house, (really Anthony's Mother).
The spiders might be symbolism to Anthony's fear of women controlling his freedoms. And why the spiders where shown either in place of a women or after a scene with one like his mother.
In one of the last scenes where Anthony's wife asks him to stay, it sounds like she knows its not him. I think in reality they have just been separated for awhile now and the scene of the car crash is really just Anthony's memory of the incident. He cry's in remorse and says sorry to his wife for all that he had put her though and she asks her husband/ex to stay with her.
The next scene he see's the new key and wants to go back to his old ways going back to the "club". This instantly reminds him he's not free when he see's his wife as a spider. once again "trapped" in commitment.
Its all just a theory of course and that's why I love films like this!
That's a pretty good explanation. I read an explanation very similar on Reddit, and I'm glad you liked my recommendation. It was a good movie in my opinion. After reflecting on it, I'd say that the movie is a solid 7 or 7.5/10.
Maybe I'm just dense, but I feel like the movie failed to make a huge statement about society as a whole. Instead, I feel like it was almost a character study. I feel like the movie could've explored deeper themes and the spider metaphor was quite clever, but I wish it had been implemented slightly differently. It was a clever movie though, and Jake Gyllenhaal put out a spectacular performance in my opinion. I think the part of the movie that makes it somewhat eerie is that you can't tell if Adam has a mental disease, lives out his fantasies, or if he's living in a strange place. I think that's part of what makes the movie so intriguing, but frustrating at the same time. I would like to rewatch the movie eventually and try to figure out what the actual timeline of events (if there is one) is.
It is bleak humor to be fair, but it works so much better than straight drama.
On February 10 2015 10:08 zatic wrote: Watched Snowpiercer - it was really, really cool. I love movies that bring you in even if the plot is completely unrealistic at every point.
Well, up until the last bit. So the crazy Korean guy killed all of humanity just to prove a point? Just to prove that the last two surviving humans will be eaten by a polar bear before they freeze to death? Should have done less drugs.
some are too obsess with playing the power struggle game and their schemes, everyone is fighting for themselves or their own group. The only one who truly make the difference and save the "world" will be the one who looks beyond it, one that still looks outside of class struggle
Finished watching most of the oscar nominated movies over the last 3 weekends, Really enjoyed birdman and imitation game, whiplash I really disliked the main character but it was quite riveting, didn't really see why foxcatcher was a movie (though the acting was quite good), grand budapest was so weird but very cool, theory of everything was a cute story
Movie sucked. I basically only saw it because of the directors (Wachowski brothers(even though one is a women now)). Loved all their previous works but this storyline and plot was just bad... Visuals were amazing and the movie was done well in 3d. But don't expect anything else. Gave it 5 stars because visually it was good and there was a good ass shot of a hot chick.
Zooper, so you believe it wasn't the fault of the directors, but rather that the script let it down? I hate when that happens, and it seems to be happening a lot lately.
I recently saw The Plague Dogs.
Given it's an animated movie, I was surprised by how fucking dark the plot was. Trying to avoid spoilers, there are two dogs that escape from a research laboratory. The movie follows these dogs in the time after they managed to escape.
There were some great points to this movie - for example, I enjoyed the ending a lot, despite it being somewhat anticlimactic.
However, the animation leaves something to be desired(this movie is about 33 years old, now). Some of the voices aren't that well done. Overall, it was definitely a movie that I'd recommend.
On February 12 2015 11:19 WarSame wrote: Zooper, so you believe it wasn't the fault of the directors, but rather that the script let it down? I hate when that happens, and it seems to be happening a lot lately.
I recently saw The Plague Dogs.
Given it's an animated movie, I was surprised by how fucking dark the plot was. Trying to avoid spoilers, there are two dogs that escape from a research laboratory. The movie follows these dogs in the time after they managed to escape.
There were some great points to this movie - for example, I enjoyed the ending a lot, despite it being somewhat anticlimactic.
However, the animation leaves something to be desired(this movie is about 33 years old, now). Some of the voices aren't that well done. Overall, it was definitely a movie that I'd recommend.
Unsure if you are being sarcastic with me or not but no. I don't know enough about the behind the scenes of this movie to give an educated answer as to whether the script was bad or the directing was bad, could be both, could just be one.
On February 12 2015 11:19 WarSame wrote: Zooper, so you believe it wasn't the fault of the directors, but rather that the script let it down? I hate when that happens, and it seems to be happening a lot lately.
I recently saw The Plague Dogs.
Given it's an animated movie, I was surprised by how fucking dark the plot was. Trying to avoid spoilers, there are two dogs that escape from a research laboratory. The movie follows these dogs in the time after they managed to escape.
There were some great points to this movie - for example, I enjoyed the ending a lot, despite it being somewhat anticlimactic.
However, the animation leaves something to be desired(this movie is about 33 years old, now). Some of the voices aren't that well done. Overall, it was definitely a movie that I'd recommend.
Unsure if you are being sarcastic with me or not but no. I don't know enough about the behind the scenes of this movie to give an educated answer as to whether the script was bad or the directing was bad, could be both, could just be one.
I just saw Coherence. It's pretty good (free if you have Amazon Prime) and has an interesting plot. The characters feel a bit flat though, and the acting isn't spectacular. However, the concept is pretty interesting and there's enough in other aspects of the film that it's worth a watch. I will probably watch Primer as my next sci-fi movie, since I've heard it's very similar and has a better executed premise. The thing that's nice about Coherence is that it's not particularly long (about an hour and a half) and it has enough keeping you waiting that you will enjoy the movie. Its one major pitfall is that the plot is pretty predictable once they reveal the major twist.
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