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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 23, 2012 16:28:44 GMT -5
Brave.
I thought it was just okay and not particularly clever for a Pixar movie, but my friend loved it. YMMV, I guess.
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Post by Captain Zelar on Jun 23, 2012 17:31:20 GMT -5
Groundhogs Day.
Awesome movie.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jul 7, 2012 3:45:57 GMT -5
Pink Floyd's the Wall and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, one after the other.
Brain melting from the eccentricity of it all? Definitely. Was it fantastic anyway? Also definitely.
We tried watching the Yellow Submarine afterward, but it didn't work out, sadly.
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Post by hikarihanazono on Jul 7, 2012 13:40:22 GMT -5
Tales of Vesperia First Strike I'm such a loner. I watched it three times already with my friends.
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Post by sukotsuto on Jul 24, 2012 23:43:36 GMT -5
Office Space
I watched it because I saw that it was directed by Mike Judge (of King of the HIll and Beavis & Butthead). Not too exciting, but I did like it, since I can relate on how much I dislike working in office environments.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jul 25, 2012 2:27:56 GMT -5
Being John Malkovich.
Second time. Would watch for a third.
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Post by Captain Zelar on Aug 25, 2012 20:06:11 GMT -5
Thanks to Netflix, I just watched Planet of the Apes for the first time.
I can see why it's considered a great film, especially considering how old it is.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Sept 24, 2012 0:26:44 GMT -5
I went to see a theatre screening of Cloverfield at a museum today with some friends. Pretty good movie.
It was the second time seeing it for both my roommate and me (we saw it together in theatres when it came out in 2008, in fact), and neither of us could remember the narrator being so absolutely f*cking annoying last time. If I had been a character in the movie, I think I would have happily chucked him off that skyscraper they climb to save Rob's fling.
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Post by Umbra on Sept 25, 2012 0:56:55 GMT -5
The new Sherlock Holmes.
I'd say it was a decent movie, although it's really hard to follow Holmes' quick deductions (it goes by so fast). I had to put the subtitles on because I couldn't keep up with the plot. I liked the cast of the movie, with the exception of Watson, who I think was portrayed more as a douche than a sidekick.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Sept 30, 2012 12:29:45 GMT -5
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as well as the Breakfast Club.
I actively disliked the former. The latter movie was well-made and objectively speaking a good movie, but it still wasn't really my cup of tea (if that makes sense).
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Post by sukotsuto on Feb 2, 2013 20:33:18 GMT -5
I watched this documentary "Otaku" in netflix (NSFW in a lot of parts).
Relatively basic presentation for a documentary, since it was made in the early 90s, but it made me nostalgic for 90s anime, games, and cheesy j-pop idol music.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Mar 9, 2013 3:21:03 GMT -5
A Town Called Panic, a Belgian stop-motion film.
I can't remember the last time I watched such a ridiculous film. It was a ton of fun. I'd recommend the film to anyone.
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Post by Hiro the Half-Elf on Mar 10, 2013 13:49:49 GMT -5
The first of the two Robert Downey Sherlock Holmes movies, and Inception.
I didn't like the former at all. Didn't like RD's performance as Sherlock or Jude Law as Watson (mostly because he was written pretty poorly- he rather looks the part, apart from being way taller than his counterpart). Cinematography was poor and the 'sets' looked ugly- actually, the whole movie looked really, really ugly. Costumes were generally pretty poor, too (notable offenders included the dinner scene, but a lot of Sherlock's outfits made RD look kinda fat), but maybe Jeremy Brett Sherlock has me spoiled on really good Victorian costume and set. But maybe on the other hand we should also aspire to a higher standard.
I got into a shouting match with my roommate about the merits of this movie and then he brought us upstairs to show us a third-person cover shooter Harry Potter game and gush about it (which isn't entirely relevant, but I think it shows my opinion on -his- opinion).
Inception was pretty okay. Acting was decent, writing was decent, choreography in certain scenes was fantastic (specifically the twisting hallway scene). It was a lot more straightforward than everyone kept telling me, though : X. As far as similar movies go, I preferred Shutter Island and Paprika.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Mar 10, 2013 19:09:54 GMT -5
Cauwboy, an amazing and very touching Dutch film.
All this month, the New York International Children's Film Festival has been screening movies. I had meant to buy tickets for an animated film about wolf-children, but I didn't read carefully and ended up accidentally buying tickets to a film called Cauwboy instead. Sales were final, so I decided what the hell and went to see it anyway.
It ended up being an excellent movie. The entire premise is about this 10-year-old boy who finds and raises an injured baby jackdaw as he struggles with the death of his mother, reconnecting with his grief-riddled father, and finding a sense of purpose in life. It was hauntingly sad, yet incredibly relateable. Even though not all of the characters were likable, you got where everyone was coming from. I'm not a particularly fuzzy person, but that kid and the bird did pull on my heart strings. The film was simple and slow, but it was perfect that way. So much said that was never spoken at all.
Amazing movie, really. I wasn't expecting it to be so good.
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Post by sukotsuto on Mar 10, 2013 19:41:11 GMT -5
Colin Quinn: Long Story Short
Instantly my favorite standup act ever in all aspects, and how they were able to segway a certain level of production into this standup comedy act/broadway one man show. I would instantly recommend this to anyone, especially to those who get bored from your regular world history class. Now available in netflix and youtube!
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