movies

[Radbird]

Iran plans a movie response to 'Argo'

[MrSaigon]

The Impossible is too dull. Best preview I saw last year for sure, but the movie is boring. The reunion scene is amazing, though. And that kid is fantastic in it. Hard not to think of Christian Bale in that Spielberg movie I can't remember the name of. Similar role well acted. As much as the academy likes kids, I'm surprised he wasn't nominated for an Oscar. Not bad but fit for fast forward.

[Vidor]

On the set of "The Canyons", Lindsay Lohan pisses people off

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magaz ... d=all&_r=0

[cardinalkarp]

Watched the first DVD of the Paradise Lost documentary. While it has been interesting, it's not quite as good as I was hoping. I'm hoping the second DVD which I believe goes into how they were falsely accused gets better.

Another thing, I swear to god if I didn't already know that this took place in the mid to early 90's I would have been convinced this took place in the 70's. No offense to West Memphis, Arkansas...but wow, just wow....that place looks like it was in a time warp.

[Radbird]

On the set of "The Canyons", Lindsay Lohan pisses people off

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/magaz ... d=all&_r=0

That was a long read, but interesting. Man, is she messed up.

[ghostrunner]

This was pretty cool:

http://www.cracked.com/article_20173_6- ... movie.html

[thrill]

Zero Dark Thirty was GREAT.

The assault on the compound was the best filmed military maneuver in any movie I've ever seen. Kathryn Bigelow is the master of setting the stakes of her films and the beginning with a blank screen and audio of 911 calls from the WTC was harrowing. I tear'd up and almost kicked the guy in front of me in the back of the head for whispering the whole time. Disrespectful, but that's the kind of "this isn't a documentary but I want you to feel like it is" stakes she's so great at setting.

[lukethedrifter]

Compliance is a really, really good movie, and is pretty much guaranteed to make you feel uncomfortable. I can't imagine a movie like that getting an Oscar nomination but it deserves one.

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http://www.npr.org/2013/01/12/169064986 ... n=20130112

[JackofDiamonds]

Zero Dark Thirty was GREAT.

The assault on the compound was the best filmed military maneuver in any movie I've ever seen. Kathryn Bigelow is the master of setting the stakes of her films and the beginning with a blank screen and audio of 911 calls from the WTC was harrowing. I tear'd up and almost kicked the guy in front of me in the back of the head for whispering the whole time. Disrespectful, but that's the kind of "this isn't a documentary but I want you to feel like it is" stakes she's so great at setting.

++ though my audience didn't whisper. I can see where some critics are uncomfortable with the movie's take on torture. While she doesn't outright promote it, she implies that a lot of useful information was gathered from it.

[SHOW]

not to mention her implication that the money/power approach leads to you being blown up

[cardsfansince82]

Into the Abyss is a Werner Herzog documentary about death row in Texas. The movie doesn't really do anything to further the capital punishment discussion despite Herzog making his own opinion evident a couple times. That said, I found most of the interview subjects fascinating. If you dig true crime murder stories like I do, I would definitely recommend the movie.