Recommend (or don't) a movie thread v2

[Yamer]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

^I've seen that before. The Mother Theresa argument from the bishop is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard and it actually makes the point for the secular social worker being a superior person to a religious person.

Muggeridge is so profoundly jealous of the troupe's grasp on satire and comedy that he just seethes through the whole debate.

Watching Palin get increasingly frustrated at someone he respected being so utterly disrespectful and dismissive was a little bit heartbreaking. Meanwhile, Cleese just pokes right back.

[sketchyt]

Originally Posted by direwolf

Underrated movie IMO. And it's dark as hell. Cage was very low-key in that role and I thought he was quite good. Phoenix makes a great sidekick, and Gandolfini and Stormare are both terrific playing reprehensible scumbags. Solid flick!

The one thing I hated/loved about this movie is that there was no real kumbaya ending. The topic didn't deserve one. It was clever in that, yes, there was the 'bad guy' who gets his comeuppance in the traditional sense but it's so incredibly unsettling. The last couple sentences in the dialogue by Hannibal Lecter's doctor really hits the point home for me:

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Locke

So I watched the Fantastic 4...and it was just 3.6 Roentgen.

It was okay. Kind of? Its like the set designer was the only one who GAF about this movie.

The acting...wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, it was just kind of there.

The story? Just...kind of there. It is, by all accounts a film that was made and it exists but I dont think I've been that bored by a movie since Eternals.

You could tell from the trailer that this movie only exists because of corporate calculus.

They keep trying to make FF work and it never does, because it's an extremely dated franchise. You can't even really update it, because unlike with most other superhero groups, the makeup of this group is pretty close to being written in stone for all time.

[Engine09]

Paul Thomas Anderson is one of my favorite directors but the "Battle" trailers don't have be excited in the least, the advance reviews are very good so chances are that I'll be pleasantly surprised.

Any one catching this today?

[photon]

I went and saw it and I guess my response is "everything in this seems really well done I should probably really like this" combined with "I don't get it".

Sean Penn tho deserves an award for that movie.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by photon

I went and saw it and I guess my response is "everything in this seems really well done I should probably really like this" combined with "I don't get it".

Sean Penn tho deserves an award for that movie.

Saw it today. I ####ing loved it. Incredibly well executed from a technical standpoint. Performances are really strong from everyone. I particularly liked Leo and Penn.

To me, it's part allegory of the current state of the U.S., and in this story there are no real heroes, just different levels of villain. Like the protagonists aren't really great people, but they're less villainous than Penn's character and his ilk, who are less villainous than the other group that I will not name for fear of spoilers.

Really intense almost the whole way through. P.T. Anderson has become exceptional at building tension through film craft. I wouldn't even say there's a ton of action in this movie, but it feels like there's a lot more because of how he makes each scene.

Well worth the watch. 9/10.

[Huntingwhale]

Holy ####, Weapons was awesome!