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authentiq said:
Children of Men - 9/10

I've forgotten how overlooked this movie was. Cuaron is the only director I trust as much as Nolan at this point.
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Cuaron is excellent. His recent track record has been damn good. Children of Men, Prisoner of Azkaban(best Harry Potter movie), and Y tu mama tambien.

What about the Coen Brothers or Paul Thomas Anderson?
 
authentiq said:
Children of Men - 9/10

I've forgotten how overlooked this movie was. Cuaron is the only director I trust as much as Nolan at this point.
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GREAT movie. I think I will watch it again tonight.

Da_O said:
Cuaron is excellent. His recent track record has been damn good. Children of Men, Prisoner of Azkaban(best Harry Potter movie), and Y tu mama tambien.

What about the Coen Brothers or Paul Thomas Anderson?
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Or Uwe Boll?

In all seriousness, Y Tu Mama Tambien was a trip. I had no idea what I was getting into when I watched it. Good movie.

tlongII said:
The Losers 6.5/10. I like to look at Zoe Saldana.
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I was tempted to watch this for the sole purpose of watching Stringer Bell cracking skulls, but thus far have held out.
 
Da_O said:
What about the Coen Brothers or Paul Thomas Anderson?
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PT Anderson is an amazing director too. Boogie Nights is really, really good, and Magnolia is a trip. Tom Cruise was quite good in that movie.
 
Da_O said:
Cuaron is excellent. His recent track record has been damn good. Children of Men, Prisoner of Azkaban(best Harry Potter movie), and Y tu mama tambien.

What about the Coen Brothers or Paul Thomas Anderson?
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Don't forget Paris, Je T'aime ;)

I'd go with the Coen brothers simply because I feel like Anderson got lucky with a few movies. For instance, There Will Be Blood was a good movie, but DD Lewis' character study made that film, not so much with how Anderson brought it forth. Great director, but i'd go with the Coen brothers.

Plus Raising Arizona is so underrated it's funny (irony?)
 
authentiq said:
Don't forget Paris, Je T'aime ;)

I'd go with the Coen brothers simply because I feel like Anderson got lucky with a few movies. For instance, There Will Be Blood was a good movie, but DD Lewis' character study made that film, not so much with how Anderson brought it forth. Great director, but i'd go with the Coen brothers.

Plus Raising Arizona is so underrated it's funny (irony?)
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Cuaron only directed a segment of Paris, Te' Jaime, along with the Coen Brothers and many other notable directors. But yes, another great credit to his name.

Yeah, Raising Arizona is a classic. Half of the Coen Brother's collection you'd be hard pressed to find a normal person that has seen any of them. Films like Blood Simple, Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, and The Man Who Wasn't There are all good in their own right.

The Coen Brothers are probably better directors, I was just asking if you trust either of those two. As for how There Will Be Blood was done, I think it was both Anderson's directing and Lewis' acting that make it a masterpiece. Each scene is masterfully crafted and perfectly paced, Lewis is the cherry on top. I thought it should have won Best Picture over No Country For Old Men, but the Coen Brothers have deserved the Oscar for sometime. At least 'No Country' was a good movie unlike some other Best Picture winners.

Let's not forget that Anderson also had some other terrific films(Magnolia, Hard Eight, Punch-Drunk Love, and Boogie Nights) that often get overlooked.
 
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Directors I trust:
Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coen Brothers
Alfonso Cuaron
Michael Haneke
Joon-Ho Bong
Guillermo Del Toro(For the most part)
Chan-wook Park
Werner Herzog
Sofia Coppola
Wes Anderson(Also for the most part)
Christopher Nolan
Hayao Miyazaki
Quentin Tarantino
Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Darren Aronofsky
David Lynch
 
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24 Hour Party People - 7.5/10. A nice recap of Madchester.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing Dinner for Schmucks. I think it's going to be hilarious.
 
Toy Story 3- 8/10 really good film and great story

Inception- 9/10 GREAT movie, even with all the hype around it, it still managed to live up. knocking it down a point because i thought it dragged a little after the first 45 minutes but the last 75 minutes was some of the best in movie history.

Hot Tub Time Machine- 3/10 and i think i'm being generous. what a pile of shit that was. i know they were high when making this, and spent all of 15 minutes on the script but i don't think i laughed out loud once. if you are going to go the way of caddyshack and not have much of a story, you better bring the laughs, this one did not.
 
Toy Story 3- 9/10 I actually almost started crying lol

Prince of Persia- 6/10 I wasn't really expecting much and that's what i got

Salt 7.5/10- I thought it was a fun movie and a little more gory and intense than i thought it would be. Can't go wrong with that
 
180 Degrees South

10/10 for me just because I read a book about it, The Founder of Patagonia Clothing Co
 
authentiq said:
The Diving Bell & the Butterfly - 10/10. This is why I love movies.
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Oh a very stylishly shot film. Heart warming of course.

There Will Be Blood was great, but I thought the ending was somewhat arbitrary. I'd give it a 8/10.
 
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Ronan said:
What about RocknRolla (same director)?
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I thought it was entertaining but not on the same level as Snatch. Better than Revolver, though.
 
Ronan said:
What about RocknRolla (same director)?
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I thought it was decent but nowhere near as good as Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch.

Layer Cake was directed by Matthew Vaughn, who also directed Kick-Ass. I just watched that the other day and it was pretty entertaining. I'd say 7/10.
 
Uganda's First Action Movie Trailer 11/10

I know it's just a trailer but it's friggin' awesome!
 
Finally saw Silence of the Lambs 9.5/10

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again!
 
Just saw "Moon". I liked it, 7.5/10, but there was one glaring plot hole in my opinion.

**spoiler** (highlight to see) When it's discovered that the guy is a clone, and the whole process is revealed that the guy is just incinerated at the end of his tour of duty rather than sent home, wouldn't the media be interested in the "only guy on the moon" sending them all of their fuel? It's only the most important operation in the whole world that for some reason only one guy ever does. He never returns to Earth, so that would reek of conspiracy.
 
Entity said:
Just saw "Moon". I liked it, 7.5/10, but there was one glaring plot hole in my opinion.

**spoiler** (highlight to see) When it's discovered that the guy is a clone, and the whole process is revealed that the guy is just incinerated at the end of his tour of duty rather than sent home, wouldn't the media be interested in the "only guy on the moon" sending them all of their fuel? It's only the most important operation in the whole world that for some reason only one guy ever does. He never returns to Earth, so that would reek of conspiracy.
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**spoiler** Do they even know he's there? Because the real person that isn't a clone is actually on earth, right?
 
VanillaGorilla said:
**spoiler** Do they even know he's there? Because the real person that isn't a clone is actually on earth, right?
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"Moon" **spoiler** They might not, and they might have an elaborate story about how its all done with robotics after the original guy left, and since the media can't get there and probably can't get any information about the far side of the moon, they might just have to go along with the company's story. But they didn't really talk about that. There's an apparent need for the guy to be there, but with the way the AI assistant was deftly able to repair the "gas leak", and with how quickly the team got up there to "right things" when the big harvester was broke down, I would think the cloning process, life support, and whatever they use to keep the clones in stasis would much more expensive than just having an automated process of bringing the Helium-3 back from the harvester to the launch pod. Speaking of the launch pod, is it supposed to be made for bringing more than just the Helium-3 back since it can fit a whole person and account for the weight? And since the man survived the descent, I'm assuming it doesn't accelerate or decelerate or make turns that would be lethal to a human being? And shouldn't that pod go straight to the company? Wouldn't they discover him and kill him on sight?
 
Finally watched the Boondock Saints: 8.5/10 offbeat, funny and brutal all at the same time
Inception: 9/10 Nice mind bender, and I thought Nolan did a really nice job of maintaining tension in the last act where he kept jumping back and forth between dream layers
 
1945, "Detour"
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The film is told as one long flashback, and begins around the actual ending. We feel for the protagonist, and love to hate the Femme Fatale. Edward G. Ulmer directs with precision and has a keen eye for how to set mood and evoke feelings of desperation. The tone is amazingly consistent, and the moodiness is archetypal Noir. The film is direct and to the point, not wasting time and only lasting 67 minutes.

See this if you can, you probebly won't regret it. The ending is blunt, and sums up the film in, i think, perfect fashion.

9/10
 
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Kick-Ass

7/10 Eh. Maybe it was just too hyped for me? Had its moments, though.
 
I rented The White Ribbon for tonight. Hope it's good.

Recently watched The Ghostwriter. Not too bad. Maybe 8/10.
 
ABM said:
I rented The White Ribbon for tonight. Hope it's good.

Recently watched The Ghostwriter. Not too bad. Maybe 8/10.
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It's great, but it's not for everyone. Very slow paced.
 
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