movies

[go birds]

why not me? i can watch a movie and give an opinion

you see the guest yet braj?

[Jocephus]

no but i just saw heat

[go birds]

Heat is a classic. And speaking of Heat, theyve been playing it alot lately on IFC so i watched it recently and finally was able to find where AKON sampled the intro to the following song:

It was at that moment of clarity that i was finally able to move on with my life.

/cool story bro

[Jocephus]

i lied, i haven't seen heat

[TimeForGuinness]

Goddamn, I love Heat

[The Third Man]

JL or 3M did you catch THE GUEST yet? I saw it's finally available to rent so im looking forward to watching it this weekend.

Yeah, it's really good though ironically (given my tastes) I preferred You're Next.

[mikechamp]

I watched all but the first 15 minutes of "Ender's Game" a few days ago. I wouldn't watch it again, nor would I recommend it.

[Vidor]

Watching "You Can't Take It With You", and I've come to the conclusion that Lionel Barrymore's character is a douchebag. The "do what you want to do" moral is complete crap--if everyone did what they wanted to do, society would ground to a halt because no one would do the dirty jobs. Not to mention that not paying your taxes because you don't see what's in it for you is complete douchebaggery.

Back to the "Oscar got it wrong" topic from several pages ago--there were better choices for Best Picture of 1938. "The Grand Illusion" would have been best, although a film in French even getting nominated was a goddamn miracle. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" featured Errol Flynn at his peak, and gorgeous Technicolor.

Among other films, "Bringing up Baby" and "The Lady Vanishes" would have been better picks

[33anda3rd]

I never thought much on 1938, but yeah, that's a rich year for films. Perhaps even back then Oscar was a self-congratulatory industry back-slap for an ok populist film, while the others from the year needed time to be better appreciated. Bringing Up Baby was on TMC a couple nights ago and I was just utterly stuck to the screen, unable to go to bed even though I needed to. Such an amazing movie.

[Vidor]

I feel a little bad criticizing "You Can't Take It With You", because the list of comedies that have won Oscars is pretty goddamn short. That one, "Annie Hall"...man, that might be it.