Whitechapel - At the Movies: January through March Wed, 22 May 2013 05:49:21 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346175#Comment_346175 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346175#Comment_346175 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:53:37 -0800 StefanJ
I haven't seen any movies so far this year, but hope to play catch-up before some of the blockbuster type flicks (Django, Skyfall) leave the theaters. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346503#Comment_346503 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346503#Comment_346503 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:02:02 -0800 William Joseph Dunn Pacific Rim trailer! HELL YES!!!:

http://geektyrant.com/news/2013/1/7/pacific-rim-awesome-ces-trailer-with-new-footage.html


Also the first 6 minutes of Evangelion 3.0:

]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346532#Comment_346532 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346532#Comment_346532 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:03:07 -0800 phill_sea 1. Cemented my love for Christoph Waltz
2. Proved Inglorious Basterds wasn't a fluke and that Tarantino is, in demonstrable terms, continuing to improve as a movie maker. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346577#Comment_346577 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346577#Comment_346577 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:28:46 -0800 InvincibleM
I can't wait to watch Evangelion 3.0. That opening has some very nice animation. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346581#Comment_346581 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346581#Comment_346581 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 11:42:21 -0800 William Joseph Dunn
Also, Otomo has a new short coming out!:


]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346811#Comment_346811 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346811#Comment_346811 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:10:19 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
The latter was the better film.

I'll be posting something more on both of these soon but for the moment, here's the skinny:

The Hobbit - 2.7 out of 5
Wreck It Ralph - 3.8 out of 5 ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346992#Comment_346992 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346992#Comment_346992 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:34:52 -0800 Osmosis Dredd DVD. Has anyone else got this? I was really disappointed with the quality of the conversion. The frames are chopped off at the sides, so shots I remember from the cinema are cropped down - losing quite a lot of detail and making the framing of some shots look dumb. Also, obviously a DVD isn't going to look as good as a digital 3D theatre projection, but this copy seemed washed out, over saturated, very noisy. Is this just a duff DVD conversion? Can anyone with the BR comment? ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346998#Comment_346998 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=346998#Comment_346998 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:00:20 -0800 city creed Cloud Atlas criminally overlooked in oscar nominations, in my humble.
Silver Linings Playbook hugely overrated hackjob of a story, somewhat validated only by the spellbinding Ms Lawrence's performance. Ok, Cooper's not bad either. My feelings about this movie are actually largely summed up by filmcrithulk. The third paragraph where he discusses its inconsistent sense of its own "movie-ness" hits it square.

I reckon with Cloud Atlas, Lincoln and Django, there is a distinct theme of liberation emerging in Hollywood movies in the latter part of 2012. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347010#Comment_347010 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347010#Comment_347010 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:19:45 -0800 DavidLejeune
I think there are some issues with the pressing, though. When I bought it initially the disc wouldn't read at all, so I exchanged it and that one worked, but there were some weird sound synch issues that I was able to sort out myself. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347021#Comment_347021 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347021#Comment_347021 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:25:39 -0800 Foamhead ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347035#Comment_347035 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347035#Comment_347035 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:44:35 -0800 Osmosis
I'm interested now.

If you look at the trailer ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w ), at 1.32 - the DVD copy I have crops this frame so that Ma-Ma's face is only visible from the right of, say, the top of the "V" of her scar. The other time I really noticed was when Dredd and Anderson are about to raid the first stash room and a kid comes out of his front door - Anderson, on the right of frame, shakes her head at him to get back inside. This was cropped down so that the back of Thirlby's head was visible and you could see her hair move, but not the action of the head shaking. Is your version cropped like this?

I'm also amazed at the clarity and colour of the HD trailer compared to the version I watched last night! ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347348#Comment_347348 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347348#Comment_347348 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:07:18 -0800 TF
Bits of it are fantastic.

Bits of it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347366#Comment_347366 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347366#Comment_347366 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:40:53 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
[And not so skinny as three small sentences - I want a paragraph at least, please. Otherwise - see me after class.] ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347369#Comment_347369 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347369#Comment_347369 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:40:20 -0800 texture
My girlfriend, who loves musicals, says that the barricade wasn't big enough (it worked for me). To get to the good bits - Hathaway's one big number (yup, the SuBo one) is just a devastating five minutes of cinema. If you don't find the song and the five minutes that precede it emotionally harrowing, then I'm not sure what's wrong with you. Bear in mind I thought musicals were all la-di-dah, sing-what-you're-doing nonsense - shit songs in the way of a good story. But this one scene reeled me in... everything I usually detest about musicals was fantastic. Not going to lie, when Hathaway breaks down mid-song, I had a lump in my throat.

Jackman, throughout, is fantastic, although his (very natural) vibrato is going to annoy some people. The chap playing Marius had one of those weird tenor foghorn voices, but nailed his big solo number as convincingly as Hathaway and Jackman did theirs. So yeah, all in all, I was kind of blown away by Les Mis. I expected to hate it like I hate all other musicals (Tommy made me physically ill, Rocky Horror makes me want to punch things violently). But the language of the songs, the pitch-dark subject matter, the intimate, emotional performances, inventive set design and sense of scale really worked for me. Not even Crowe's am-dram performance could spoil it. 8/10

In other movie-related nonsense, I attempted to re-watch The Dark Knight Rises yesterday and gave up half-way through. That film is an insult to the two that went before it. Not even Bane's comedy accent and a heavy dose of weed could keep me engaged. In particular, Alfred's dialogue reeks, full of crap exposition and cheesy rhetoric. The plot is mince. The last 30 mins or so are good, but I couldn't face the Pit scenes. I'd already sat through an hour and ten minutes of waffle, and knowing that was coming was like water torture. One of those rare occasions when home viewing was worse than the cinema. 3/10.

Dredd however. Perfect 10. What a movie! I'll report back on Zero Dark Thirty. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347370#Comment_347370 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347370#Comment_347370 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 06:23:52 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
I too hate stage musicals [but I'm a sucker for a good film one] so this has pushed me into the "Yeah, I'll watch it" category.

I also rewatched Dredd recently [BlueRay at a friends for the ongoing version questions] and it's still killer. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347372#Comment_347372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347372#Comment_347372 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 07:06:12 -0800 texture At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347375#Comment_347375 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347375#Comment_347375 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:54:36 -0800 TF
I'd agree with Bram's Girlfriend on the size of the barricade not being big enough but to me that's part of a bigger problem: the film mixes aesthetics somewhat unconvincingly.

We go from locations to realistic sets to "stage-y" sets to obvious green screen work. The colour pallet changes in the same way; aping revolutionary paintings then going for something more naturalistic. Using historic costumes then stage costumes. Realistic elements change to something almost expressionistic.

Some of these choices are excellent - I loved the right in the face with a wide angled lens close ups for the solo's. Hathaway's "I Dreamed a Dream" is done like this and you just get EVERYTHING and it's fabulous. The actors look right down the lens in these moments and while it's jarring in places it just feels SO SO right.

But the aesthetic differences make the movie feel long as there isn't a solid rhythm to the thing. Within the close ups or mid shots the vocals arrangements have been changed, I assume, to how they must play on stage. They're quieter here - more intimate - which is fine and a clever use of le cinema but it brings the energy of theses songs down and makes the pace of the film drag.

The movie is worth a watch because they really went for it and has more impressive, interesting and emotional moments than your average film - just have a coffee first and maybe not the big coke 'cause you will have to pee. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347378#Comment_347378 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347378#Comment_347378 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:12:10 -0800 Steve Toase At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347386#Comment_347386 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347386#Comment_347386 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:50:22 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347417#Comment_347417 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347417#Comment_347417 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:02:16 -0800 William Joseph Dunn At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347418#Comment_347418 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347418#Comment_347418 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:14:55 -0800 allana
In other news, I watched Looper yesterday and thought it was great. Good gore, decent pacing. Who gives a shit if the science sucks, time-travel science always sucks. How cool was it when that guy's fingers just start disappearing? Loved it. Also that TK kid was freaky-amazing. I want sequels; it's a cool universe. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347419#Comment_347419 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347419#Comment_347419 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:38:30 -0800 Mercer Finn At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347420#Comment_347420 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347420#Comment_347420 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:46:09 -0800 Alastair i knew that
as soon as King Schultz killed Candie and there was still NEARLY an hour left to go that everything this film had for me was over
and i wanted to leave. but i never do in case i miss something amazing.

I fully expect to be in the minority on this as i've been getting abuse about it ever since but i think Tarantino has really lost his way and everyone is too up his arse to see it.

OH and i have the DREDD blu-ray and its a fantastic if flawed film, really my movie of 2012. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347459#Comment_347459 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347459#Comment_347459 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:32:01 -0800 flecky
Django Unchained was just what I thought it would be like, and went on too long for me. Personally, I think Tarantino was at his best with Reservior Dogs. I agree with Alastair, though, that Waltz was good in it.

The Hobbit - I had to go with the folks from rehab, and I went in cynical as hell. I really wasn't in the mood for dwarves and all that stuff, but after about 45 minutes I found myself enjoying it. Some dodgy CGI, though.

Jack Reacher - The sort of film I wouldn't want to watch again. Tom Cruise trying to be a hard bastard, a plot that I couldn't be even bothered to really understand. Sadly, the best thing in it was a nice rack on Cruise's co-star.

I finally got to see Chronicle on DVD, and I love that bastard. It cheered me up no-end.

Tomorrow I'm gonna sneak out from here and see Zero Dark Thirty. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347464#Comment_347464 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347464#Comment_347464 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:28:41 -0800 Steve Toase In the original book it always felt that Max took an otherworldly tint back with him, where as in Jonze's version it felt that the Wild Things absorbed Max's humanity.
It was still a beautiful film and I thought the non Wild Things sections were very well shot too, I'll just watch it with the sound down next time :). ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347469#Comment_347469 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347469#Comment_347469 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:15:51 -0800 vandalhandle
Really enjoyed West of Memphis, it wasn't something i followed closely ( i watched paradise lost during my teens ) and was glued to my TV for the two and a half hours of this doc.

'Hitchcock' was an ok movie, nothing spectacular just a fun popcorn movie, being a hitchcock fan helps.

and The Hobbit is in need of an hour of trimming. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347479#Comment_347479 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347479#Comment_347479 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:56:01 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347483#Comment_347483 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347483#Comment_347483 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:12:58 -0800 William Joseph Dunn At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347488#Comment_347488 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347488#Comment_347488 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:48:36 -0800 cjkoger
Edited for poor, sleepy English. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347518#Comment_347518 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347518#Comment_347518 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:10:41 -0800 TF I find Tarantino's films to be cowardly.

That's a lovely way to put it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347531#Comment_347531 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347531#Comment_347531 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:21:53 -0800 texture
Christoph Waltz' fantastic dialogue and performance in Django, which completely goes against the notion that Tarantino can only write dialogue with the words shit, fuck and motherfucker in. If we could have a whole movie of Tarantino directing a story where nothing much happens, but actors like Waltz are given long scenes in which to monologue and interact, he would be among the greatest film-makers working today. But it would tank at the box office. So he's fucking with us - giving us the schlock he thinks we crave, in the form of bloated sub-par kung fu, impossible revenge fantasies and '70s pastiche. I wanted tarantino to be Jim Jarmusch, not Roger Corman, if that makes any sense.

Watch Reservoir Dogs, Magnulus - if nothing else, it is one of my favourite 'boiler room' movies, where the tension is created and sustained by the (mostly) single location, and the tension between the characters. It blows me away every time I see it because it's small, stage-y and all about acting and dialogue. For me, it's up there with Glen Garry Glen Ross and Twelve Angry Men as a stunning ensemble cast movie with a heavy theatrical vibe.

For the record, I enjoyed Django, although i agree the movie was over when Waltz's character died, and Jamie Foxx's character was far too perfect. It could have done with losing a few scenes (the ones with Tarantino in) and the soundtrack was alternately horrific and hilarious. But it was very enjoyable overall, mainly because of Waltz, who is just utterly magnetic and watchable. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347533#Comment_347533 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347533#Comment_347533 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:20:59 -0800 TF At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347536#Comment_347536 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347536#Comment_347536 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:33:07 -0800 William Joseph Dunn "I wanted tarantino to be Jim Jarmusch, not Roger Corman, if that makes any sense."


I sometimes wonder if Tarantino is going for Sam Peckinpah and only puts the violence of a Peckinpah film and forgets to put the humanity in it. Even as fucked up as "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" is, there is still a humanity to it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347545#Comment_347545 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347545#Comment_347545 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:08:47 -0800 texture At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347547#Comment_347547 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347547#Comment_347547 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:34:27 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347553#Comment_347553 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347553#Comment_347553 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:32:03 -0800 InvincibleM
I like his movies. I think they're good.

They're big and bold and silly. Sometimes I'll sit down at home with a quiet drama and I'll really enjoy it.

and other times, I want to see Lucy Liu get the top of her head cut off by a single slice of a samurai sword.

I think the scene which is the definitive like it or not moment for Taratino's 'genre' works is the part in Kill Bill where he goes to see the sword maker in the Sushi shop, and instead of saying "Bill" he writes in the fog of the window with his finger. It's silly as all hell but I can't get over how much I love it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347557#Comment_347557 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347557#Comment_347557 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:42:54 -0800 Magnulus I don't mind big and bold and silly. I do mind Tarantino. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347565#Comment_347565 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347565#Comment_347565 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:01:24 -0800 InvincibleM
]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347573#Comment_347573 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347573#Comment_347573 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:13:25 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
Since I've no time to do that anytime soon, here'll do =p

I jest, this is probably better than a pub because we wont all be getting progressively more aggressive about our point as the discussion goes on.

Niall says:

Tarantino hates violence.
He's only shoving it down our throats to make us reexamine our cinematic tastes - e.g. the penultiate cinema
mowing down
scene in inglorious Basterds.

I say, Haneke does this already [in Funny Games especially but also in his earlier Idiot-like stuff] better but it's possible that Tarantino does it too...

...maybe? ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347574#Comment_347574 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347574#Comment_347574 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:30:48 -0800 vandalhandle
I regard True Romance as the best he was written, and Reservoir Dogs as the best he's directed, which in my opinion puts his best 20 years in the past, and the influence on Dogs of Rashoman is clear which is why i think that in the early-mid nineties he could get away with these very clear homages, which are nice when subtle ( the Vertigo shot in Europa, only lasts a few frames but is effective ). and looking east for influence and not have it be noticed straight away, in the modern age, rumour sites and blogs would have the comparisons in an article titled to get hits.

And the shock is gone, i disliked the over use of the N word in Django, it didn't shock me i just disliked it, but not as much as i disliked the use of contemporary music.

The movies of recent years that have stuck with me in the way Reservoir Dogs has are A Bittersweet Life and Oldboy/Lady Vengeance. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347600#Comment_347600 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347600#Comment_347600 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:53:56 -0800 TF reexamine our cinematic tastes

He said of the ear cutting scene in Reservoir Dogs that that was his intention - that you got to enjoy the bastard comedy, his song and dance - and then something horrible happened. But you don't see it; the camera pans away to make the moment more effective.

I think anything else is just blood and guts "fun" for him; no different than a Michael Bay explosion. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347612#Comment_347612 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347612#Comment_347612 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:29:28 -0800 razrangel Django last night. I'm terrible about getting to the movies regularly but I enjoy Tarantino so when I got a chance to pick what to see that's where I went. To me this whole examination of Tarantino, the back and forth, and the wide range in appreciation is part of the interest I have in his movies. He does make flawed films...but flawed films that I typically enjoy.

Interestingly, @Ben G, in college I wrote an entire paper on Pulp fiction and how Tarantino's statement is that violence breeds violence until it just goes off the rails. (I haven't gotten to see Bastards but I will at some point; so I didn't read your spoiler - and thanks for hiding it!)

@Mags - Reservoir Dogs! Tim Roth with an American accent which I thought was natural!!

It's hard to pinpoint what I like about Tarantino/Django outside of the conversation. The musical choices were occasionally so jarring that I couldn't hate them because they just shocked me. The sudden tight closeups of the major characters kept bringing me back to stylistic choices over artistic ones which made it all work when it the whole thing comes down to two guys being super badass. Oddly, though, I actually usually like DiCaprio but felt that half of his performance - the first major scene - was not so great, that he was just filling out the space and making faces...but then he settled in for me, or I settled and worked out where he was coming from. I don't know exactly know. Like I said, I'm in the camp that likes DiCaprio as a talented actor.

I'm in awe of Samuel Jackson and hope someone asked him about prep work and how he found in himself what he needed to play Steven, because it couldn't have been easy.

LOVED Christoph Waltz. LOVED HIM. Very much enjoyed Jamie Foxx though I think sometimes he struggled (artistically) between being a superhero and being a guy riddled with fury and pain.
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Recently also watched Life of Pi because @Magnulus wanted to and who's going to turn down a pretty Norwegian inviting you to see a movie you know nothing about? I rather enjoyed it and gave me a lot of food for thought as comes to mysteries, stories (narratives) and religion. I think I'll get the DVD when it comes out and show it to my dad.


Let's see... I think the only other film I watched this month was Les Miserables. I wasn't expecting much and I wasn't disappointed. It was a grand spectacle, so the big screen is the right place to check it out. Everyone is right on praising the shit out of Anne Hathaway and condemning Russell Crowe (though why anyone is surprised that Crowe didn't really bother with acting is beyond me). Left out of the cheers is Samantha Barks as Eponine. Granted she's been playing Eponine for five years so she had better have it down, but damn did that girl break my heart...and I was expecting it!!

When I was in high school Les Mis was the huge monster Broadway hit. I never got to see it but I saw video of several parts of the performance and freaking EVERY girl thought they were Eponine. I learned the song "On My Own" in high school, not for choir, not because I had the soundtrack, but just by listening to girls in the hallway in in class because it was fucking inescapable. So it was ...a strange kind of pleasure to find I could recall all the words when I was in the theatre. (Yes I can be very obnoxious to sit next to sometimes. I try not to be. But occasionally fail.)

The revolutionary lads were well done, though I must say I had trouble keeping them all straight in my head. I didn't see the original but I did read the book way back when...the streamlining for the sake of musical got me all confused on who was who.

In the end though... it's merely alright. Because I enjoy musicals, but quickly outgrew spectacle like Les Miz in favor of Sondheim and Assassins or Into the Woods (or, ok, Sweeney Todd, though don't get me started on what a disappointment that movie was)... and once I got to college and discovered Brecht, well screw it. Threepenny Opera trumps all. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347661#Comment_347661 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347661#Comment_347661 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:22:46 -0800 johnjones High Noon. Gary Cooper's character spends most of the movie trying to get the townspeople to help save his ass and then refuse. So he goes ahead and kills the bad guys anyway (with an assist from his screen wife). How does this guy who spends the whole movie going "Help me or I'll die!" suddenly gain the mojo? Because that's how these movies work.

How does Django, a slave who'd probably never touched a gun before the first time he shot one, become an expert gunfighter? I dunno. How do John Wayne's and Clint Eastwood's characters? Why is Django so capable? Because he's a black Rooster Cogburn or Josey Wales and that's good enough for me. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347667#Comment_347667 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347667#Comment_347667 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:15:06 -0800 D.J. At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347683#Comment_347683 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347683#Comment_347683 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:55:27 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai Amour last night for the first time as my, now, local cinema wanted to show it again because they thought it 'one of the most important pieces of cinema from 2012...if not of the last 50 years' and goddam were they right.

I'm typing up a blog post on it because the whole thing rings in my head as one of the most poignant, beautiful, and unrelenting depictions of the true nature of being human, being dignified, and being honestly loving since Beckett.

Fuck it, I'll tell you now - I think that if Beckett had lived to make more films and began to understand the nature of filmmaking properly, he would have made this film.

{ETA} I forgot to mention, Sony have made the entire screenplay *free* to download though I've only found the English version so far. That's here. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347705#Comment_347705 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347705#Comment_347705 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 08:15:38 -0800 Birds_Use_Stars
My personal understanding of Tarantnino is that his movies are made in a state of tension between a consuming love of goofy genre movie violence, but with an adult understanding of what violence really is, and what it really does to a person. Characters are killed off or wounded with comedic timing on a regular basis, like they would in a shlochy genre film, but Tarantino doesn't let the viewer get off that easily. He forces you to look at the corpse, or watch the character die, and it's generally not very pleasant. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347810#Comment_347810 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347810#Comment_347810 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:07:20 -0800 Foamhead Extended Super Bowl Spot

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The first two thirds or so weren't bad. After what I assumed was the climax -- the barricades -- things just kind of dragged. Painful sentimental stuff.

But I felt justified in seeing the film because I finally got to hear, and comprehend in-context, the song "Master of the House." See, I lived on Long Island until fifteen years ago. TV there ran ads for the "Les Mis" musical for its whole run. The ad featured a few seconds of "Master of the House," sung a big to quick to really pick up lyrics. They made a joke of this in an excellent episode of "Seinfeld." . . . "Master of the House, La-la-la-la-la!" ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347825#Comment_347825 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347825#Comment_347825 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 02:16:04 -0800 aike THIS

just because it looks like badass popcorn cheeze. Deep ongoing food for thought... I think not... medieval ratchetpunk action flick? Absolutely. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347846#Comment_347846 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347846#Comment_347846 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:11:40 -0800 William Joseph Dunn
http://collider.com/pacific-rim-reviews-images/

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And Pacific Rim - you know as soon as someone called it Godzilla versus mecha I was all over it!! ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347869#Comment_347869 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347869#Comment_347869 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:08:11 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347870#Comment_347870 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347870#Comment_347870 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 04:19:04 -0800 Finagle At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347872#Comment_347872 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347872#Comment_347872 Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:43:55 -0800 curb At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347949#Comment_347949 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347949#Comment_347949 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:21:10 -0800 Steve Toase At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347971#Comment_347971 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347971#Comment_347971 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:43:31 -0800 Stoto
Got round to watching This is England the other night. Shane Meadows' portrayal of small-town thuggery really gives me the willies. Love it.

Recently saw The Sessions. I'd recommend it because the plot is pretty unique but it didn't provoke a whole lot of emotion from me. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347976#Comment_347976 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347976#Comment_347976 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 05:36:53 -0800 curb
Speaking of things Shane Meadows/Paddy Consadine related - Dead Man's Shoes put the willies up me something good. I thought the film was excellent, but have no desire to watch it again. Brrr... ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347980#Comment_347980 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347980#Comment_347980 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:34:36 -0800 Steve Toase
Dead Man's Shoes is one of my favourite films, and introduced me to Bonnie 'Prince' Billy. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347997#Comment_347997 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=347997#Comment_347997 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:55:54 -0800 Miranda's Eyes
Kutcher himself showed up after the screening to answer some questions and have his picture taken with audience members. I'm afraid my reaction to his presence was a "meh." ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348007#Comment_348007 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348007#Comment_348007 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:58:07 -0800 razrangel
Heh ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348151#Comment_348151 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348151#Comment_348151 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:31:44 -0800 Flabyo
Lovely film.

Even if we did have to wait months for it over here... ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348172#Comment_348172 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348172#Comment_348172 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:46:01 -0800 StefanJ flashbacks from Cloud Atlas.

This will be one of the very few movies I buy on Blu-Ray this year. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348354#Comment_348354 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348354#Comment_348354 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:44:17 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
It's quite brave filmmaking, really - it sticks to the structure of the book, almost relies on the score of the film and your awareness of the actors playing different roles to carry you through. It had a great potential to fail utterly but it didn't, I think.

It's not perfect, not by a long shot, but I'd like to see it again.

I have the feeling that teenage audiences might understand it better than some older audiences: I've read the book and the philosophies surrounding it so I understand it but it also has a much more contemporary networked-culture underlying its other philosophies that younger audiences are more immersed in.

Interesting if only to see Ben Wishaw as a woman.

I really enjoyed Wishaw's performance as Frobisher and always felt Frobisher to be on of the more interesting characters in the book way back when I read it in 2000 and 2004.
For anyone who has read the book, they do indeed cut large swathes out but rightfully so [no replacement fingers necessary in New Seoul, etc] and it makes it cinematic but cinematic in waves - some of my friends didn't get it and some didn't feel pulled along enough to go with it.

I'd love to hear more thoughts on this and am looking forward to the critical reviews. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348356#Comment_348356 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348356#Comment_348356 Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:43:27 -0800 Foamhead still digesting it. Hadn't read the book beforehand (although it's now on The List) and, frankly, wasn't expecting much from the movie after catching one too many negative reviews.

Not going to try and evaluate how well its interconnected stories did or didn't work just because I want to see it again before that. The sudden era-switching threw me at first but that's probably more down to me not paying close enough attention. As much as I really liked The Ghastly Ordeal of Timothy Cavendish narrative...plot...bits...I'm with you in that the Letters from Zedelghem/Frobisher arc is the one which seems to have stayed with me the most - and not only because I had to Wikipedia Ben Wilshaw to remind myself what I'd seen him in before.

Nothing fell flat, became tedious or bewildered me; which is all the more surprising considering its near 3 hour run-time. Maybe its constantly shifting emphasis is the perfect way to appeal to the ADHD Generation? The action sequences felt a little out of place, to be honest. I don't know how or if these were translated from the book but they struck me as The Wachowskis giving an obligatory and gratuitous nod to their earlier films.

The ending(s) mostly got a tad too schmaltzy for my tastes but, as innovative and experimental as it felt like it was trying to be, it's still a "big" Hollywood movie after all, so not really surprising.

Performances: accents aside (because, overall, they never got too jarring), I'm usually not a fan of either Halle Berry or Hugh Grant but they both did really well...hell, everyone did but, along with Christoph Waltz, Hugo Weaving's one of those actors who'd make reading the yellow pages entertaining.

Lastly and superficially, I don't remember a single scene which wasn't breathtakingly pretty to look at and each story was strong and intriguing enough to have made a good movie in its own right.

Anyway, that's my two cents' worth. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348448#Comment_348448 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348448#Comment_348448 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:32:33 -0800 J.Brennan Before the movie there was THIS Watching the youtube version, I still got a thrill. But up on a giant IMAX screen, the second those strings kicked in I felt like I was 12 again, jaw dropped, wide-eyed and in awe. Normally I loathe 3D, but ...that film was made to be seen on massive screens. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348477#Comment_348477 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348477#Comment_348477 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:18:49 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
I've heard word that there's a good version online so I may be watching that again sooner than I thought...[not that I'd ever do such a thing as to not question where a source comes from - of course, [of course, of course] - but a friend has already told me he's downloaded it.] ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348481#Comment_348481 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348481#Comment_348481 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:57:59 -0800 Foamhead
Jurassic Park 3D: Jesus. I was a "grown up" (well, 24) when I first saw it and, 20 years later, that wide-angle "Welcome to Jurassic Park" reveal scene still gives me goosebumps. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348537#Comment_348537 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348537#Comment_348537 Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:44:51 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai
Man - that is really, truly some awful filmmaking. I was really kinda shocked - my favourite critic [Mark Kermode] loved it and it's a stinking pile of pan-splattering shite.

Four solid performances [from Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Samantha Barker, and Aaron Tveit] does not a good film make, Mr Hooper - sloppy work, sir. Very sloppy work.

Poor show. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348732#Comment_348732 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348732#Comment_348732 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:05:16 -0800 Miranda's Eyes
This installment proved a mixed bag. It was interesting seeing what's happened to an intelligent man who also seemed to suffer from mental illness, or another subject whose news of losing her job felt like a visceral punch to the gut. Thanks to the acceptance of reality shows, one or two of the subjects even came across as triying to turn their moment in the documentary into self-promotion vehicles. But I'm still glad I watched the whole thing, and wonder what will happen when the subjects reach 63. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348779#Comment_348779 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348779#Comment_348779 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:52:33 -0800 city creed I loved Cloud Atlas for its insane bravura and utter guilelessness. It's a strange and wonderful beast. But...
I get that no adaptation of a novel is going to be perfect but I do think they made some distinctly odd choices.
The wrap-up of the Adam Ewing story in particular felt uncomfortably forced. Plus, although I got that little thrill of recognition at seeing many familiar Glasgow locations, I was non-plussed at best by the unexpectedly lazy stereotype of violent Scottish drunks. Oh, Hollywood. I'd stab you, but it's happy hour. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348895#Comment_348895 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348895#Comment_348895 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 04:19:59 -0800 TF
The actors sell the Bard's jokes well and the there's loads of really well staged physical comedy (I laughed a lot)

It has a great energy - Joss' songs and score are quite accomplished...

It's just lovely! ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348901#Comment_348901 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=348901#Comment_348901 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 06:57:49 -0800 vandalhandle At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349098#Comment_349098 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349098#Comment_349098 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:39:20 -0800 Osmosis


(I saw it via Andy Diggle on Twitter, but it's doubtless doing the rounds elsewhere.) ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349100#Comment_349100 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349100#Comment_349100 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:24:09 -0800 johnjones
I plan to see that. Apparently it was written by Wentworth Miller from Prison Break. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349139#Comment_349139 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349139#Comment_349139 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:26:16 -0800 manglr
Good news on Stoker - looking forward to that immensely. Park Chan-wook rarely has a misstep and even when he does, it's usually really interesting. Probably my favorite director working these days. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349142#Comment_349142 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349142#Comment_349142 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:32:41 -0800 vandalhandle
@manglr probably the same here, i always check out what he and Kim Jee Woon do ( I'm gonna pretend 'The Last Stand' doesn't exist ), but Park Chan Wook is a master of composition every shot is beautiful. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349157#Comment_349157 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349157#Comment_349157 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:54:36 -0800 manglr At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349163#Comment_349163 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349163#Comment_349163 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:34:26 -0800 vandalhandle At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349183#Comment_349183 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349183#Comment_349183 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:13:02 -0800 Osmosis


ETA: Nick Nolte? Michael Chiklis? TEXAS ACCENT? ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349236#Comment_349236 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349236#Comment_349236 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:39:04 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349275#Comment_349275 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349275#Comment_349275 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:28:13 -0800 cjkoger At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349295#Comment_349295 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349295#Comment_349295 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:14:49 -0800 vandalhandle
It was at an arthouse cinema overrun with hipsters and of course the crowd was just as entertaining as the movie, five minutes in girl behind me stands up and says to her male friend "no way am i watching a fucking reading movie" i guess she left her reading hipster glasses with lenses at home, and another girl ran out during the squid scene never to return.

Oldboy ten years on and still finishing with less of an audience then when it started. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349310#Comment_349310 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349310#Comment_349310 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:19:14 -0800 manglr
Oh if I only had a dollar for every time I've seen that sad ass excuse to avoid foreign films. I wonder if Americans are that incapable of reading comprehension. And part of me is scared to learn the answer to the query.

But then I'm biased, more than half of my DVD collection is in Chinese, Korean, or any other number of languages. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349311#Comment_349311 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349311#Comment_349311 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:54:39 -0800 Flabyo
At least a dozen people left when they realised it was subtitled. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349314#Comment_349314 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349314#Comment_349314 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:15:42 -0800 vandalhandle
@Flabyo, the mainstream multi screen cinema's in ireland have signs up at the ticket kiosk and around the lobby saying when a movie is subtitled, guess the arthouse cinema's need to start doing the same

and on another note I've watched 'The Raid' subtitled and dubbed, i don't recall the subtitled script having the word fuck in every sentence. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349321#Comment_349321 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349321#Comment_349321 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 10:03:13 -0800 Steve Toase
On that subject there was an interesting article on this at the BBC the other day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21523643

Interestingly all of Schwarzenegger's films are dubbed into German by someone else because his Austrian accent doesn't suit the characters he plays. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349354#Comment_349354 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349354#Comment_349354 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:31:16 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349367#Comment_349367 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349367#Comment_349367 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:58:32 -0800 Flabyo
I have to turn subtitles off in videogames that are in English (I understand why they default to on) because I read so quickly that it ruins the experience. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349370#Comment_349370 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349370#Comment_349370 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:29:27 -0800 D.J. At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349371#Comment_349371 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349371#Comment_349371 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:35:11 -0800 razrangel At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349372#Comment_349372 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349372#Comment_349372 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:39:01 -0800 Magnulus At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349375#Comment_349375 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349375#Comment_349375 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:13:44 -0800 Flabyo
But I'd never walk out of a movie because it turns out to be subbed and I wasn't expecting it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349381#Comment_349381 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349381#Comment_349381 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:42:57 -0800 manglr
But ANYWAY...back from seeing 'Stoker'. Awesome. Probably Park Chan Wook's best since 'Lady Vengeance'. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349406#Comment_349406 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349406#Comment_349406 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 08:25:40 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai To The Wonder.

Intended to go see it the other week; on the way to the cinema I ran into someone and never got there.
I felt guilty and so now I must go to the confession booth at Malik's feet.

Time to go back to church. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349408#Comment_349408 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349408#Comment_349408 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 09:39:05 -0800 Steve Toase La Cabina ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349413#Comment_349413 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349413#Comment_349413 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:42:55 -0800 Oxbrow At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349427#Comment_349427 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349427#Comment_349427 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:32:12 -0800 trini_naenae At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349459#Comment_349459 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349459#Comment_349459 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:45:29 -0800 Ben Gwalchmai To The Wonder alternates between subtitles. When necessary and when not for an English speaking audience.

In short, it's beautiful.

I don't think it's about love, directly; I think it's about faith and finding a land that's fruitful.

As with all Malik's recent films, it's also about place, about place and time, about one's place and finding peace through either a softness of life or an abundance of life and knowing which makes you your best when it brings you an equilibrium of all the things you are.

But mainly faith, how difficult it can be, and how difficult it can be having faith in love. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349959#Comment_349959 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349959#Comment_349959 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:16:02 -0700 oldhat
Absolutely loved it. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349973#Comment_349973 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349973#Comment_349973 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:55:16 -0700 Flabyo At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349980#Comment_349980 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349980#Comment_349980 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:26:14 -0700 imaginarypeople Tale of Two Sisters - This is probably one of the best if not the best horror movie I have ever seen. There are so many twists it requires a couple watch throughs to really enjoy it.
Martyrs - This is the most graphic, violent movie I have seen. I actually had to stop in the middle and come back to it cause I felt slightly sick. I am glad I finished it though cause it had one doozy of an ending. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349984#Comment_349984 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=349984#Comment_349984 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:17:52 -0700 texture At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350000#Comment_350000 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350000#Comment_350000 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:26:15 -0700 vandalhandle
Martyrs I love, one of two movies( Audition being the other ) that have made me uncomfortable which watching and almost hitting stop, it does what very few horror movies can do and that's make me care about the characters, and that ending is a strong one. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350037#Comment_350037 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350037#Comment_350037 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:40:36 -0700 imaginarypeople Audition is a movie I keep meaning to see as well. But is it more or less unsettling than Martyrs?
Has anyone seen the 2 Three Extremes films I remember there being a couple good stories between the two of them. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350046#Comment_350046 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350046#Comment_350046 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 18:47:14 -0700 manglr
If you can handle more extreme French stuff, you might check out 'Inside'...which is every bit as intense and gory as Martyrs. My wife couldn't handle it, and I was squirming during it. And I don't squirm easily.

If you're looking for more quality Korean crime film, you might check out 'Chaser' and 'Yellow Sea'. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350047#Comment_350047 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350047#Comment_350047 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:36:05 -0700 imaginarypeople Theres a Korean movie called Mother that was really good also. It has twists in it similar to Oldboy, and the endings are somewhat similar as well. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350062#Comment_350062 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350062#Comment_350062 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:20:12 -0700 Steve Toase
It seemed to me, as an outsider, to show how the military-industrial complex focuses on symbols and the whole series of events starting from 9/11 was a comic book narrative where the superhero didn't turn up and the super villian need to be vanquished. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350068#Comment_350068 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350068#Comment_350068 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 06:22:07 -0700 vandalhandle
Last night I watched Rampart slow constant pace to it, great cast especially in some minor roles, worth a watch. ]]> At the Movies: January through March http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350083#Comment_350083 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10949&Focus=350083#Comment_350083 Sat, 16 Mar 2013 12:45:29 -0700 Ben Gwalchmai
I saw Side Effects the other day and really enjoyed it. Soderbergh back on form and even though he'l never reach the Baudrillardian heights of his early stuff, this was good. My only thought was it could do with shaving 20 minutes...I just wasn't sure where. ]]>