Thelogan Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Followed by Less good, but I was well out of it by then. It was my 'Cannibal Cannibus Wednesday'. That felt a lot cleverer at the time. It just occurred to me that Dahmer there is playing Hawkeye, and I found that odd enough to warrant a mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Weekend Trifecta of Win! Friday: Captain America -- Marvel is on fire! Just what I hoped for--a great WWII action film! Thor blended in well and the Avengers teaser was well worth the post-credit wait. Saturday: Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows pt. 2 -- thought it was a bit heavy handed on the "trio" imagery at the end and despite having an anti-climactic finale to the final battle--it was a not only a good HP film, but a damned good action film at that. Sunday: Transcendent Man --see it on Netflix streaming now. Wonderful documentary about technology and it's interaction w/ man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 (edited) i saw that a little while back too. i like that they put his prediction of the singularity in the context of his fear of death and missing his father. his prediction is like a giant projection of his psyche. very interesting. i wonder if it was just edited that way or if he's really that preoccupied with death. his pill regimen alone is incredible. Edited July 27, 2011 by La Lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I haven't seen the film yet, but every interview I've read, he really is that preoccupied with death, particularly his father. One issue I have with his eternal life through download theory is that it's only eternal life as far as everyone else is concerned. As far as you're concerned, you're still dead. If you perfectly upload my consciousness into a construct, to that new being it would indeed feel like it's me and all, but if it and me can theoretically exist simultaneously, I'm not really being transferred. I'm being copied. I'm still going to die. Not that it wouldn't be potentially beneficial for humanity and all, but it doesn't solve the problem for anyone except for the people that don't want to let you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 Se7en (for the first time, shock and horror), Fight Club and Zodiac. Been in a bit of a Fincher mood lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Drive Angry. it was stupid as hell but thats what made it fun to watcha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 Re-watched Swimming With Sharks for the first time in over a decade. Spacey's dickish movie executive was not as funny as I remembered. Also, his Mossimo hat brought back some memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Birdemic.... well the first half. once it gets to the actual birdocalypse the incessant cawing made me turn this fucker off. Still though, the awfulness of the movie up to that point was a hoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I fucking knew it. You logged in under the wrong account, sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Lindsay Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 (edited) I haven't seen the film yet, but every interview I've read, he really is that preoccupied with death, particularly his father. One issue I have with his eternal life through download theory is that it's only eternal life as far as everyone else is concerned. As far as you're concerned, you're still dead. If you perfectly upload my consciousness into a construct, to that new being it would indeed feel like it's me and all, but if it and me can theoretically exist simultaneously, I'm not really being transferred. I'm being copied. I'm still going to die. Not that it wouldn't be potentially beneficial for humanity and all, but it doesn't solve the problem for anyone except for the people that don't want to let you go. yeah, the logistics of it all don't seem realistic. aside from what you mentioned, it also sounded like it'd be a pretty boring "existance." it makes me really sad for him though because i really don't think he'll live long enough to see anything even remotely close to this become feasible. and this seems to be the giant thing he's decided to hang his hat on. he's like tesla and this is his pigeon. Edited July 30, 2011 by La Lindsay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 I fucking knew it. You logged in under the wrong account, sir. If that were the case, then my post would have contained at least triple the puns. I would have been a fool NOT to use that one. Mr. Shalit was there in spirit to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes! Damn good summer flick. Probably the best thing to come out all summer. To use a Shalitism- It was Apetastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 (edited) Rise of the Planet of the Apes! Damn good summer flick. Probably the best thing to come out all summer. To use a Shalitism- It was Apetastic! Not to ape your praise, but I can't help but thump my chest in agreement. This film had me going bananas with excitement from start to finish. Personally, I hope the fantastically fine filmmakers don't automatically swing into yet another re-make of the 1968 Heston film. Even though I liked the Burton "re-imagining" (Please don't fling feces at me!), I'd much rather see a "Caesar: Year One" type of film. Franco fileded a fine performance, but go-to mo-cap guru Andy Serkis gave a three ring show as the deadliest ape to hit cinema screens since Kong. Shalit4Life Edited August 7, 2011 by Mr. Hakujin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genroh Posted August 7, 2011 Share Posted August 7, 2011 (edited) Ether you love or hate this movie, but you have to see it at least once in your life. Edited August 8, 2011 by Genroh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Lumet ftw. Awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 Even though I liked the Burton "re-imagining" gonna pretend you didn't type that and +1 that post anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 8, 2011 Share Posted August 8, 2011 I like to imagine the pitch for Burton's Apes went like this. Burton: So I wanted to make a planet of the Apes movie. Studio Guy: Oh, so what are you going to do to make this movie relevant and stand out from the original. Burton: More apes. Studio Guy: What sort of social commentaries are you hoping to tackle? Burton: Apes. Also maybe that war is bad or something. Can I make one of the apes hate his dad? Studio Guy: Probably not. Maybe you could do something on evolution or religion or-(interrupted as Burton jumps on desk) Burton: APES APES APES APES APES THE FUCKING ENDING ISNT GOING TO MAKE SENSE AT ALL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aartemys Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I loved every second of this movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I loved every second of this movie...topless Gosling Amended for truthiness. I'm reluctant to see this as there's no topless Emma Stone--who is in like every other movie these days. None of which show her naked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexorcist Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 If proof were still needed that human beings are all but irrelevant to the Hollywood blockbuster, Rise of the Planet of the Apes provides it in spades. (And not just because one of its stars is Freida Pinto, an actress making a career of cardboard thespianism.) Constructed around the reliable premise that if you slather on the spectacle, audiences won't notice the script's idiocies — otherwise known as the Avatar effect — this so-called origin picture is no more than a narrative outline padded with moderately special effects, a teaser for the sequels that will surely follow. A creature feature of disappointing stupidity — what woman in her right mind would date a guy joined at the hip to a giant leashed ape? — Rise of the Planet of the Apes replaces the sociopolitical underpinnings of the original film and its sequels with a limp warning about the evils of animal testing. Those early movies may look cheesy now, but the guys in the monkey suits at least gave Charlton Heston something solid to respond to. The stars of this incarnation, like the sick chimps of 28 Days Later, are just barreling balls of unspecified quadruped fury, swarming over the Golden Gate Bridge and tossing manhole covers like discuses. For all we know they could be protesting the lack of primate roles on network television. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Oh hai Jeannette Catsoulis! http://www.kqed.org/arts/movies/article.jsp?essid=63558 http://www.npr.org/2011/08/05/138900595/rise-welcomes-earths-new-ape-overlords Edited August 12, 2011 by the division of joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Is Rexorcist just someone here, a regular poster, just fuckin' about? Seriously. Also, the gf & I saw CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. We both thought it was a pretty crazy, stupid, movie. Horrible pun aside, the Gosling Carrell scenes were OK, but the characters in this movie were living in a complete Hollywood universe. Rise of the Planet of the Apes had a more plausible plot and characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Super 8 With its night skies filled with mystery, its kids racing around town on bicycles and its flashlights forming visible beams in the air, "Super 8" has the visual signatures of an early Spielberg movie. Its earnest young heroes stumble upon an awesome mystery and try to investigate it themselves. And as an Ohio town experiences frightening events, we feel poised between "The Goonies" and a 1950s sci-fi film with the characters lined up side by side and looking in alarm at an awesome sight. The associations are deliberate. Steven Spielberg produced the film, and its director, J.J. Abrams, worked in lowly roles on early Spielberg movies before going on to make "Mission Impossible III" (2006) and "Star Trek" (2009) — and produce "Lost" on TV. What they're trying to do is evoke the innocence of an “E.T.” while introducing a more recent level of special effects. There are really two movies here, one about the world of the kids and one about the expectations of the audience, and "Super 8" leads a charmed life until the second story takes command. Set in the 1970s, it opens with its 12-year-old hero, Joe Lamb (Joel Courtney), helping his intense friend Charles (Riley Griffiths) make an 8mm zombie movie for a local film festival. This of course must be done in secret, not so much because parents would forbid it, but because it's fun to operate with stealth. Besotted by stories of other young directors (no doubt including Spielberg), they scout locations, improvise costumes and energetically apply zombie makeup. In this they are greatly assisted by 14-year-old Alice (Elle Fanning), who not only plays the zombie mother but just as important, sneaks out with her father's car to drive them all to a midnight shoot at the local train station. A great opportunity develops when a train comes rumbling out of the night. "Action!" Charles shouts, and Joe and Alice try to perform their dialogue as the train rumbles past. Then a pickup truck appears, racing on the tracks toward the train. The train wreck goes on and on and on, tossing railroad cars around like dominoes. You would think a freight car loaded with heavy metals couldn't fly very high into the sky, but you'd be wrong. This is a sensationally good action sequence, up there with the airplane crash in "Knowing." Yes, something ominous is happening, but I'd better not say what. Part of the delicious fun of the film is the way it toys with portents. For example, Joe's dog disappears. He tacks up a card on a notice board. We see that countless dogs have disappeared. Later, there's a map of where missing dogs have been found. The dots form a ring around the city. All the dogs ran out of town. This moment reminded me of the great shot in "The Thing" (1952), when the scientists stood on the outline of something in the Antarctic ice and when Howard Hawks' camera drew back, we saw they were in a circle. Meanwhile, human elements come into play. Joe's mother was killed not long ago in an accident at the steel mill. He mourns her. His father, Deputy Sheriff Jack Lamb (Kyle Chandler). has grown distant and depressive. Joe begins to bond with Alice, who is two years older but sympathetic and nice. There's an oddly touching scene where he helps her with her zombie makeup. It is a requirement of these films that adults be largely absent. The kids get involved up to their necks, but the grown-ups seem slow to realize strange things are happening. Here, the mystery centers on the cargo of the cars in the train wreck, and on the sudden materialization of U.S. Air Force investigators and troops in town. If we don't instinctively know it from this movie, we know it from a dozen earlier ones: The authorities are trying to cover up something frightening, and the kids are on the case. During the first hour of "Super 8," I was elated by how good it was. It was like seeing a lost early Spielberg classic. Then something started to slip. The key relationship of Alice and her troubled father Louis (Ron Eldard) went through an arbitrary U-turn. Joe's own father seemed to sway with the requirements of the plot. The presentation of the threat was done with obscure and unconvincing special effects. We want the human stories and the danger to mesh perfectly, and they seem to slip past one another. All the same, "Super 8" is a wonderful film, nostalgia not for a time but for a style of filmmaking, when shell-shocked young audiences were told a story and not pounded over the head with aggressive action. Abrams treats early adolescence with tenderness and affection. He uses his camera to accumulate emotion. He has the rural town locations right. And he does an especially good job with Joe, Alice, Charles and their friends, especially Cary (Ryan Lee). You know how a lot of heist and action movies have an explosives expert? Cary is the kid who is always playing with matches and fireworks. There was always some kid like that in school. The grown-ups said if he kept on like that he'd blow off a finger. We were rather grateful for the suspense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thelogan Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Well said! You should do this for a living. My favorite part was when you still had a jaw. I like that in a movie critic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the division of joy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 (edited) Fantastically well played, sir. +1'd But nah, I quite liked Super 8, the gfx in it were great, but I felt the ending a little bit rushed and cobbled together, but for the most part, I felt it a very well put together piece of movie, and for a movie that was rather child actor-centric, I didn't really want to harm any of them all that much. As a PS, I can only assume when Haku sees that post, he'll have a lengthy masturbatory session over it. Edited August 14, 2011 by the division of joy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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