movies

[heyzeus]

Watched Exit Through the Gift Shop last night. Really fun, whether it's real or not.

it's a ton of fun. Consensus in the articles I read are that it was not, but that hardly matters to the satire Banksy created.

[MrSaigon]

Some people will hate it for sure, but I thoroughly enjoyed Scott Pilgrim. I feel like it slowed down toward the end, but very entertaining. I do hate Michael Cera for sure, however.

[themiddle54]

brian stack, a hilarious writer/performer on conan's shows has a facebook post recommending "winters bone"

so theres that

Oh man, "Winter's Bone" is terrific. One of my favorite movies this year. The young woman who plays the lead really nails it. Great script, and that rare Ozarks-set movie that gives a lot of dignity to the people who live there instead of talking down to them.

[JL21]

Some people will hate it for sure, but I thoroughly enjoyed Scott Pilgrim. I feel like it slowed down toward the end, but very entertaining. I do hate Michael Cera for sure, however.

The fact that I liked that movie quite a bit, even as it was filled to the brim with at-his-aw-shucksiest-worst Cera, is evidence of why I heart Edgar Wright so much. He has to be the only director around that could make me enjoy a movie with that [expletive] dingleberry in it.

[G. Keenan]

Some people will hate it for sure, but I thoroughly enjoyed Scott Pilgrim. I feel like it slowed down toward the end, but very entertaining. I do hate Michael Cera for sure, however.

The fact that I liked that movie quite a bit, even as it was filled to the brim with at-his-aw-shucksiest-worst Cera, is evidence of why I heart Edgar Wright so much. He has to be the only director around that could make me enjoy a movie with that [expletive] dingleberry in it.

The previews made Scott Pilgrim look like a lame teen romantic comedy so I never saw it but I think every single person I know who saw it really liked it so I should probably check it out.

[JL21]

I saw an interview with Wright where he said Scott Pilgrim is what would come out if a 13 year old's head exploded. Between the video games and sexual angst and kung fu fighting and [expletive], I thought it was a pretty apt description.

[clevername]

Scott Pilgrim was one of my favorite movies of the year.

This weekend I've seen Black Swan and True Grit. A truly excellent end to the year.

[G. Keenan]

I just saw Tron and I have some questions because I saw it dubbed in Spanish and didn't understand everything.

What happens to your body when you're inside the network? I assume that it somehow leaves the real world and gets reassembled in the network, otherwise they would have found Jeff Bridges body when he went missing, or his son would have found a skeleton in that basement. Likewise, I guess the programs can leave the network and somehow get a physical body in the real world, or how else did that hot chick get out of the network and onto the back of that motorcycle to watch the sun rise?

[JL21]

NSFW, language, I guess...

HULK WATCHED TRANSFORMERS 2 FOR YOU [expletive]

A sample:

1:10 – [expletive] YOU MICHAEL BAY. HULK GOING TO SMASH YOUR ASS.

1:11 – WHY THERE AN AUSSIE GUY IN THE US ARMY?

1:12 – WHY MEGAN FOX’S LIPS ALWAYS CRAZY RED?

1:13 – SKIDZ OR MUDFLAP: “WE DON’T DO MUCH READING.” [FACEPALM]

1:14 – OH GOD JOHN TURTURRO YOU’RE RETURNED TO THIS? REMEMBER WHEN COEN BROS USE TO CAST YOU IN THEIR MOVIES?

1:16 – AT LEAST TURTURRO ALSO SEEM TO KNOW WHAT MOVIE HE IN

1:19 – WAIT, WHY TURTURRO IN A THONG? “I WEAR WHATEVER THE [expletive]”…

1:19 – TRANSFORMERS 2: WHATEVER THE [expletive]

1:20 – HULK NEED ANOTHER DRINK

[thrill]

I saw Tron, True Grit and Black Swan over my holiday break.

Tron - Adequately entertaining. Cool in 3D. I have zero interest in ever seeing it again.
True Grit - Master film makers tackling a genre flawlessly. I would prefer they tell a story that I haven't already been told because I'm such a huge fan of the Coen's work, but I'll take whatever they give us and be grateful. Probably slow for some, but visually appealing, fantastically acted and a solid, down to earth western.
Black Swan - The best movie I've seen in a while. Totally absorbing, psychologically intense and incredibly directed. The line between fantasy and reality completely [expletive] with you until the credits roll. Absolutely loved this movie.