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Re: Movies: Any movie buffs?
« Reply #725 on: December 17, 2015, 02:00:31 pm »
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Re: Movies: Any movie buffs?
« Reply #726 on: December 20, 2015, 09:59:10 pm »
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I just saw Victoria. It's unfreakingbelievable, absolutely amazing. One of the most thrilling movies I've ever seen.

I just watched the movie based on remembering this comment from skimming the thread.

I'm a bit confused about Victoria's character, and the "harmless" part of the movie stretched on for maybe a bit longer than I'd have liked, but otherwise it was pretty great. I value credibility highly in movies, so that's a big plus.

The style just makes me wonder why there aren't more movies out there with fewer cuts.

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« Reply #727 on: December 21, 2015, 12:21:25 am »
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I just saw Victoria. It's unfreakingbelievable, absolutely amazing. One of the most thrilling movies I've ever seen.
The style just makes me wonder why there aren't more movies out there with fewer cuts.

This. Movies that hold shots but aren't boring get points in my book. Very tricky to do, but it's so much better than tons of cuts.
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« Reply #728 on: December 21, 2015, 07:21:58 am »
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I just saw Victoria. It's unfreakingbelievable, absolutely amazing. One of the most thrilling movies I've ever seen.

I just watched the movie based on remembering this comment from skimming the thread.

I'm a bit confused about Victoria's character, and the "harmless" part of the movie stretched on for maybe a bit longer than I'd have liked, but otherwise it was pretty great. I value credibility highly in movies, so that's a big plus.

The style just makes me wonder why there aren't more movies out there with fewer cuts.

Sweet, glad you liked it. I loved the first half (especially the piano scene), but it really is two different movies in a way. I do agree that it gets a bit long by the end.

I think the first part makes it pretty clear who Victoria is and why she does what she does afterwards : she's just completely lost and looking for a purpose in her life. She's also attracted to Whatshisname, but I think her main motivation for helping him is that she's looking for something to fill her life.
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« Reply #729 on: December 21, 2015, 08:40:58 am »
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Sweet, glad you liked it. I loved the first half (especially the piano scene), but it really is two different movies in a way. I do agree that it gets a bit long by the end.

I think the first part makes it pretty clear who Victoria is and why she does what she does afterwards : she's just completely lost and looking for a purpose in her life. She's also attracted to Whatshisname, but I think her main motivation for helping him is that she's looking for something to fill her life.

Ah, I see. I sort of thought, okay she's never had any real friends, so the contact to this guy is special to her, but that neither explained why she almost jumped off the roof, nor why she was suddenly okay with a bank robbery when she previously objected to stealing from a store. that's a pretty big commitment, when she has really no obligation to.

It all makes more sense if you replace 'never had any friends' with 'never had any purpose'.

I kept expecting the roof scene to foreshadow a suicide in the end, but that would've been much worse of an ending.

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Re: Movies: Any movie buffs?
« Reply #730 on: December 21, 2015, 02:38:57 pm »
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Has anyone watched Anomalisa yet? I'm very much looking forward to the release in my country
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« Reply #731 on: December 21, 2015, 04:07:37 pm »
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Has anyone watched Anomalisa yet? I'm very much looking forward to the release in my country

Never heard of it before, but the reviews are all great. I should maybe watch it too.
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« Reply #732 on: December 21, 2015, 09:52:31 pm »
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Has anyone watched Anomalisa yet? I'm very much looking forward to the release in my country

Never heard of it before, but the reviews are all great. I should maybe watch it too.

Have you seen other movies with Kaufman as director/screenwriter? If not, I envy you.
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« Reply #733 on: December 22, 2015, 12:14:58 am »
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Has anyone watched Anomalisa yet? I'm very much looking forward to the release in my country

Never heard of it before, but the reviews are all great. I should maybe watch it too.

Have you seen other movies with Kaufman as director/screenwriter? If not, I envy you.

I haven't, but Being John Malkovich has been on my "to watch" list for a while.
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« Reply #734 on: December 22, 2015, 04:07:36 pm »
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Has anyone watched Anomalisa yet? I'm very much looking forward to the release in my country

Never heard of it before, but the reviews are all great. I should maybe watch it too.

Have you seen other movies with Kaufman as director/screenwriter? If not, I envy you.

I haven't, but Being John Malkovich has been on my "to watch" list for a while.

I hadn't heard of Anomalisa until just now. But I've seen all other Kaufman things (I think). Just recently finally saw Synecdoche, New York. I thought it was a masterpiece; almost came here to post about it.

I love Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine as well.
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Re: Movies: Any movie buffs?
« Reply #735 on: December 22, 2015, 04:15:13 pm »
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I love Being John Malkovich

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« Reply #736 on: December 22, 2015, 04:18:51 pm »
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I've seen all Charlie Kaufman movies beside of Human Nature.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation are both great and all other movies are good.
I'm stoked for Anomalisa. It has a great IMDB rating so far.

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Re: Movies: Any movie buffs?
« Reply #737 on: December 22, 2015, 04:20:47 pm »
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I watched Oldboy last week (the original Korean one).  Man, it's pretty amazing.
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« Reply #738 on: December 22, 2015, 04:52:54 pm »
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Being John Malkovich is actually my favorite movie to this day. You should watch it.

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« Reply #739 on: December 22, 2015, 05:05:41 pm »
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I watched Oldboy last week (the original Korean one).  Man, it's pretty amazing.

One of about 4 movies that has left me in my seat in stunned silence for several minutes after it ended.
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« Reply #740 on: December 22, 2015, 05:11:02 pm »
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Glad to see more Kaufman fans on here!

I agree with Synecdoche, NY being a masterpiece. But I needed a second watch to even begin to fathom its depth. There is also a great series by Yourmoviesucks on Youtube on it. It's a shame it failed commercially.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is almost on par with Snecdoche in my opinion. A well deserved Oscar for sure. These two are definitely in my top 5 of favourite movies so far.

Malkovich and Adaption are also pretty great in my opinion, with Human Nature a bit behind.

And I blame Clooney for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
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« Reply #741 on: December 22, 2015, 05:12:47 pm »
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I watched Oldboy last week (the original Korean one).  Man, it's pretty amazing.
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« Reply #742 on: December 22, 2015, 06:05:53 pm »
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And I blame Clooney for Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is one of my favourite movies. It might just be that its Kaufman and Sam Rockwell at the same time though.
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« Reply #743 on: December 22, 2015, 06:41:17 pm »
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It's not bad, but I would have loved to see Kaufmans original script
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« Reply #744 on: December 22, 2015, 07:10:40 pm »
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I watched Oldboy last week (the original Korean one).  Man, it's pretty amazing.

There's a non-Korean one ?

Also, yes.
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« Reply #745 on: December 22, 2015, 08:20:24 pm »
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I watched Oldboy last week (the original Korean one).  Man, it's pretty amazing.

There's a non-Korean one ?

Also, yes.

There's a junky american remake. Also an India film remake.
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« Reply #746 on: December 22, 2015, 09:33:39 pm »
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It might just be that its Kaufman and Sam Rockwell at the same time though.

Whhaaa? Why have I not seen this movie??
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« Reply #747 on: December 23, 2015, 12:07:10 am »
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It might just be that its Kaufman and Sam Rockwell at the same time though.

Whhaaa? Why have I not seen this movie??

I dunno? I think it's really good. It's based on the autobiography of the guy who hosted The Gong Show, which people think is probably a work of fiction... probably.
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« Reply #748 on: December 28, 2015, 06:29:00 am »
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It might just be that its Kaufman and Sam Rockwell at the same time though.

Whhaaa? Why have I not seen this movie??

I dunno? I think it's really good. It's based on the autobiography of the guy who hosted The Gong Show, which people think is probably a work of fiction... probably.

Sam Rockwell hasn't done anything worth watching since Galaxy Quest.  Man I hate that guy.
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« Reply #749 on: December 28, 2015, 07:14:19 am »
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It might just be that its Kaufman and Sam Rockwell at the same time though.

Whhaaa? Why have I not seen this movie??

I dunno? I think it's really good. It's based on the autobiography of the guy who hosted The Gong Show, which people think is probably a work of fiction... probably.

Sam Rockwell hasn't done anything worth watching since Galaxy Quest.  Man I hate that guy.

Whoa, he is amazing in Moon. Have you not seen it? It's great.
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