The Movie Topic (films recently watched, general discussion, etc)

[blixa]

watched the big lebowski this morning. my first time. brilliant film.

[theis]

watched the big lebowski this morning. my first time. brilliant film.

<3

[bright lights, big city]

watched the big lebowski this morning. my first time. brilliant film.

and i fall back in love with you.

[Crazylegs]

Most hilarious and quotable movie ever made.

Donny: "They posted the next round of the tournament"
Walter: "Donny shut the ff... when do we play?"

[BillyNo.9]

Only just watched Training Day and Law Abiding Citizen. Both films where fucking awesome. Ethan Hawke's acting was a little unconvincing at times, but whatever.
The shanking scene in Law Abiding Citizen was insane. If I had to get my jugular stabbed 20 times I'd have it done to Engine No.9. The film reminded me of se7en shitloads with all of the pre meditated stuff. It's like if Brad Pitt's character from se7en turned Jon Doe.

[blixa]

watching a serious man this afternoon.

[chick de la lynch]

You will love all the Jewish-y goodness it has to offer.

[bright lights, big city]

Michael Stuhlbarg is awesome.

[blixa]

i was so happy when sy ableman died. poor arthur gopnik.

[blixa]

watched wayne's world. so fucking funny.

[Corleone]

Going to watch blade runner for the first time this weekend. Will my parents like it?

[BillyNo.9]

Memento. Mind = Blown.

[Inkblades]

Nolan's best film, IMO.

[RoyalDeftonicBoy]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by David Fincher

Fucking sick and great.The acting by Mara was great and the music by Trent was spot on =D film of the year

[defskull]

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a huge dismissive wank.

[one weak]

Why dismissive? Not the greatest movie ever, or even this year, but it's better than most even if only by effort.

edit: I guess I'll just keep going here as I was thinking of writing a little review anyway.

I liked GWTDT, like I said because I think that Fincher gave the literature a very good visual. Fincher did a great job with the rape scenes, and if you watch carefully he adds his stylistic se7en-esque doomy camera work and look to these scenes. The cons to this movie present themselves mostly within the editing and pacing of the meat of the story.  The parallel editing back and forth, and back and forth between Lisbeth story and Harriet mystery (before lisbeth takes the case, and towards the end) is boring at times. I guess I can forgive this because I understand that staying true to the bulk of this mystery was going to mean a lot of seemingly useless setup dialogue etc. that works a hell of a lot better in literature than visuals in a film. And, the things that were omitted from the story (ie: michael's romance with the other vanger woman) I thought were best left out with everything else going on. Lastly, my small issues with Daniel Craig's blomqvist were more than made up for with Mara's performance. Be neat if she won an Oscar for this role....what a transformation.

just my take....

[chick de la lynch]

I have been hearing reviews that it's great and reviews that it missed the mark. I've been wary about checking it out in theaters. I think I'm going to wait until Netflix. I don't want to waste my money if it ends up being a disappointment. I'm reading the books right now and I've seen the original. That should keep me occupied until it's on DVD.

[defskull]

Just wait for Netflix. I haven't read the book but I saw the Swedish original coming in. To me, the story is an average murder mystery that happens to have anti-social character that gets raped/takes revenge. It's not that great to begin with. David Fincher pretty much remade the original shot for shot (more or less). There were some differences but they weren't significant enough to warrant much interest. I thought he was going to infuse some energy into it like the trailer and opening title sequence suggested.

It was not a bad movie...per say, it was just there. I knew everything that was going to happen, it just happened to look a little bit nicer. Therefore, dismissive wank.

[blixa]

watched happiness. it made me feel better about my life.

[chick de la lynch]

Todd Solondz does a great job of depressing the crap out of you. Happiness is one of my favorites by him.