The thread for movies that aren't going to get their own thread but are still in theaters

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

I freely admit I haven't had the chance to see Wolf yet (might tonight, its a lot of time to block out), but I find this recent trend of demanding solemn moralizing from movies purportedly for thinking adults really troubling. All our blockbusters are already lowest common denominator.

Do you really think that's what critics of the movie want. It's not what I want. I just reserve the right to say that I felt like it was a terrible movie because it seemed to laugh with the criminals. I reserve that right as a patron of art to say, "I think this art sucks".

I watched "Blue is the Warmest Color" and thought it was fine even though others with different morality would find it too ambiguous. Last year "Zero Dark Thirty" received similar criticism. People taking it to task for being ambiguous about torture. That movie was dark and borderline fascistic. Yet I found it interesting and compelling, even if it horrified me.

So while I agree that that trend in movie criticism is disturbing it's not my perspective. I just thought there was little redeemable in HOW things were portrayed in "The Wolf of Wall Street".

DSGamer wrote:

Do you really think that's what critics of the movie want. It's not what I want. I just reserve the right to say that I felt like it was a terrible movie because it seemed to laugh with the criminals. I reserve that right as a patron of art to say, "I think this art sucks".

Sorry, I wanted to do both of us e favor of seeing the film before replying further. And, yes, I do think that's what many want--someone in the film to intone "This is wrong." I appreciated that Wolf never wasted my time having, say, Kyle Chandler lecturing me about how these self-evidently wrong and absurd people are wrong and absurd--the wordless scene of him in the subway with the other people who don't have helicopters did that job well enough, while respecting my intelligence. And honestly, I have a real hard time swallowing the idea, given the Quaalude scene, that the film was laughing with DiCaprio flopping around like a drunk jellyfish, or observing that a drug dealer being pawed at by prostitutes died at the same age as Mozart.

I'm a little baffled you jumped straight to passive-aggressively painting me as some sort of censor--I certainly don't have any power to do so, and I reserve my right as a patron of art to say "Your criticisms are faulty and a bit troubling."

ClockworkHouse wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

Saw 'Her' this weekend.

Bleh. The movie had so much going for it aside from the actual story. Fantastic, imaginative and convincing near-future L.A. Great cinematography and soundtrack. Acting was really good too.

But that story.

Started rolling my eyes about 20 minutes in and by the end they just about rolled out of my head.

That's sort of been my reaction to every Spike Jonze movie and why I'm not really interested in Her.

Maybe this is because I've always been an overly emotional romantic type and I'm coming off a breakup, but I was transfixed from start to finish. Unrelated note: I'd like to talk to you about something either via PM or IRC.

My first Jonze film, for what it's worth.

Blind_Evil wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

Saw 'Her' this weekend.

Bleh. The movie had so much going for it aside from the actual story. Fantastic, imaginative and convincing near-future L.A. Great cinematography and soundtrack. Acting was really good too.

But that story.

Started rolling my eyes about 20 minutes in and by the end they just about rolled out of my head.

That's sort of been my reaction to every Spike Jonze movie and why I'm not really interested in Her.

Maybe this is because I've always been an overly emotional romantic type and I'm coming off a breakup, but I was transfixed from start to finish. Unrelated note: I'd like to talk to you about something either via PM or IRC.

My first Jonze film, for what it's worth.

Same here. I loved it. Beautiful (visually), evocative and sad. The whole thing about growing apart... my wife basically asked me to guarantee that wouldn't happen after we left the theater.

DSGamer wrote:
Blind_Evil wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:
Aaron D. wrote:

Saw 'Her' this weekend.

Bleh. The movie had so much going for it aside from the actual story. Fantastic, imaginative and convincing near-future L.A. Great cinematography and soundtrack. Acting was really good too.

But that story.

Started rolling my eyes about 20 minutes in and by the end they just about rolled out of my head.

That's sort of been my reaction to every Spike Jonze movie and why I'm not really interested in Her.

Maybe this is because I've always been an overly emotional romantic type and I'm coming off a breakup, but I was transfixed from start to finish. Unrelated note: I'd like to talk to you about something either via PM or IRC.

My first Jonze film, for what it's worth.

Same here. I loved it. Beautiful (visually), evocative and sad. The whole thing about growing apart... my wife basically asked me to guarantee that wouldn't happen after we left the theater.

I really liked the movie. I really liked how it didn't go into evil AI wants to take over the world and destroy all humans like pretty much every movie with AI. I found it refreshing on many levels. The movie wasn't perfect, but the problems I had with it weren't that important to me.

Does this seem like a film likely to appear on Netflix? I heard about it a bit on the Quarter to Three Movie podcast and am curious about it now.

I don't really follow how Netflix stuff goes. Do they usually take a while to get the high-profile Oscar-level stuff? In my browsing, I haven't seen things like The Artist, The King's Speech, Argo, Black Swan, or The Wrestler so my instinct is no.

I could have sworn The King's Speech showed up on there at one point. Is Her going to be high-profile Oscar level stuff? The premise sounded more niche to me, and not the sort of thing that the Academy typically rewards.

It'll be nominated for Best Picture, but a win seems far-fetched. I'd have to see the list once it comes out, but off the top of my head it was my favorite movie of 2013 (even if I didn't see it til yesterday).

12 Years a Slave seems likely, it didn't really do anything for me.

ccesarano wrote:

I could have sworn The King's Speech showed up on there at one point. Is Her going to be high-profile Oscar level stuff? The premise sounded more niche to me, and not the sort of thing that the Academy typically rewards.

The King's Speech and The Artist were both on Netflix at one point.

Blind_Evil wrote:

It'll be nominated for Best Picture, but a win seems far-fetched. I'd have to see the list once it comes out, but off the top of my head it was my favorite movie of 2013 (even if I didn't see it til yesterday).

12 Years a Slave seems likely, it didn't really do anything for me.

Nothing. Not one thing. For real?

Now that I think on it, I guess Canadian superiority is rather obvious...

mr_n00b wrote:
Blind_Evil wrote:

It'll be nominated for Best Picture, but a win seems far-fetched. I'd have to see the list once it comes out, but off the top of my head it was my favorite movie of 2013 (even if I didn't see it til yesterday).

12 Years a Slave seems likely, it didn't really do anything for me.

Nothing. Not one thing. For real?

Now that I think on it, I guess Canadian superiority is rather obvious...

I mean I can tell it's well-enough made, but I've dealt with racism in life and the history of slavery enough (because of where and how I was raised) that it didn't really show me or make me feel anything new.

Blind_Evil wrote:
mr_n00b wrote:
Blind_Evil wrote:

It'll be nominated for Best Picture, but a win seems far-fetched. I'd have to see the list once it comes out, but off the top of my head it was my favorite movie of 2013 (even if I didn't see it til yesterday).

12 Years a Slave seems likely, it didn't really do anything for me.

Nothing. Not one thing. For real?

Now that I think on it, I guess Canadian superiority is rather obvious...

I mean I can tell it's well-enough made, but I've dealt with racism in life and the history of slavery enough (because of where and how I was raised) that it didn't really show me or make me feel anything new.

Same (wow, we're on quite a streak of agreeing with each other in multiple threads). I thought it was well acted, well made. I felt pretty depressed as I watched it, but I already knew slavery was bad. I thought it depicted some of the details well. Some things maybe people didn't know, like the hierarchies. That slaves weren't necessarily holding hands and singing songs all the time, but rather each person was a person, an individual trying to survive. I thought the movie did a good job of reminding us of that. Alfie Woodard's character was particularly interesting in that respect.

But it didn't really move me emotionally. It wasn't the gut punch I was expecting. "Her" was more of an emotional gut punch. As was "Blue is the Warmest Color".

Vampire Academy. At first I thought, you gotta be kidding me, then I realized that if you put that same plot in an anime, I might watch it.

Apparently there's going to be a Sly Cooper film in 2016. Don't know why it'll take that long based on the trailer, though I suppose that could just be a sort of test-reel in order to get approval from Sony (and Sucker Punch?).

Didn't get to watch the trailer with audio, but it looks pretty well put together and fun.

Just got back from The Lego Movie. Everything was awesome!

Seriously, it was a lot of fun. If you like Legos or the Lego video games, you will really enjoy it. We saw it in a theater full of kids, which made it even more fun.

No longer in theaters but I just watched American Hustle last night. I enjoyed it, but holy hell I've never seen Amy Adams so hot.

Yeah Hustle was great, should have won best picture.

Nevin73 wrote:

No longer in theaters but I just watched American Hustle last night. I enjoyed it, but holy hell I've never seen Amy Adams so hot.

Or Jennifer Lawrence. Wow. just... Wow.

Nevin73 wrote:

No longer in theaters but I just watched American Hustle last night. I enjoyed it, but holy hell I've never seen Amy Adams so hot.

I don't think she had a scene in the movie where she wasn't showing cleavage to her navel.

Spoiler:

Not that I'm complaining.

I watched it just for her.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

I watched it just for her.

Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, or because Yellek made you? Now I'm confused.

Demosthenes wrote:

Now I'm confused.

It is your natural state of being.

Posting here cause I can't find the thread Master Splinter will be voiced by Tony Shalhoub! Whoo! The chances of me seeing it have increased (Danny Woodburn, dwarf from Seinfeld, still does the physical movements).

Quintin_Stone wrote:
Demosthenes wrote:

Now I'm confused.

It is your natural state of being.

Says who?

Goodjer

That's definitive. Goodjer would know.

Goodjer only knows how to call Asz a jerk and make up URLs that go nowhere.

Quintin_Stone wrote:

Goodjer

Also: Demo's tag.

Watched Only Lovers Left Alive last night. Quirky, moody, beautifully acted vampire movie by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston. Would definitely recommend it.