Oh duh. Don't know why I decoded Moonrise Kingdom when I read BR.

Speaking to the verisimilitude of WA movies, I like that his visual style reveals worlds very foreign to mine that I still get a sense of nostalgia.

The best analogy I can make is, I was a pretty misbehaving toddler/child, so around the holidays, I'd get in trouble and my punishment was I didn't get to watch the Rankin-Bass/Charlie Brown holiday specials. Then when I got to school, mom gave the TV to goodwill. But I share in my generation's nostalgia for those specials nonetheless.

So yes, MRK's depiction of scouting bears no resemblance to mine, but it somehow still looks like one I would have enjoyed in that family/cultural situation.

i'm not a huge Wes fan, but I love FMF. My wife doesn't like it, but our 3 year old is glued to the TV whenever I put it on.

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GODRILLA IS COMING GODRILLA IS COMING !!!!!!

You spelled it wrong... :facepalm:

You me and Godzirra.

The Machinist was boring as ****.

The Fighter was pretty good.

American Psycho wasn't terrible. Was it supposed to be a comedy? Some of it was pretty damn funny.

Too much hype surrounding American Hustle, it was boring and dry. Leo killed Bale for the best actor.

I can't get into it after watching the Trailer. Doesn't make me want to watch the movie.

Blackfish was damn good documentary. Any other documentary recommendations?

The Cove
The Imposter
Restrepo
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

Just a few I've enjoyed on Netflix. (Looks like only The Imposter and Restrepo are still streaming. Both are great.)

Nightmare Factory is a must watch.

McConaughey needs to win for Dallas Buyers Club. Hands down.

Thank you kind sir.

I have to go with Leo and I'm not a huge fan of his.

What's it about?

"An inside look at the world of Hollywood special effects and the company paving the way, KNB effects."

It showcases a lot of Greg Nicotero's work -- known for The Walking Dead, Sin City, Final Destination, Original Dawn of the Dead and Dusk 'Til Dawn.

On Netflix?

Yessir.

"Now you see me"

Holy **** that was dumb. Eisenberg is a hack. Ruffalo was awful.


"Take this Waltz"

Depressing as shit

Crystal Fairy and the Magical Cactus was better than I thought it'd be. Best I've seen from Cera

Somebody please explain Memento for me. I just watched it and I'm like WTF just happened.

I've tried to watch Memento at least five times and can never get more than 10 minutes into it without losing interest..

Memento is great.

Explain the ending lol. I'm still lost.

Basically his wife didn't believe he had the condition and tests him with the insulin injection and dies. (Shades of Inception). However Guy Pearce is convinced there is still a killer out there and eventually does track one down. But he ends up forgetting this as well and still is obsessed on finding the killer. Joey Pants basically takes advantage of his condition by leading him on. Pearce figures this out and tricks himself into thinking that Pants is the killer when he starts remembering again. That's a pretty rudimentary explanation.

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is very entertaining, yet a little disturbing.

The act of killing.

You'll be extremely thankful you're a first world citizen.

Has anybody seen Nebraska? Scale 1 to 10 and what kind of movie is it. No spoilers please

Blackfish? What is that? Is that a Tyler Perry series about a school of fish?

About a 6. Some funny lines and scenes but the movie as whole is pretty meh

Also, during one of his flashbacks, for a couple of frames, Pearce is the bald guy with the same condition. *Shades of FIght Club* So you are correct on how his wife dies.

Agree 100%. Find the "Everything wrong with 'Now you see me'" on youtube. It nails how convoluted the ending is.

It's about SeaWorld and how corrupt they really are.

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Gonna see this tomorrow.

I wonder if he sings Achey Breakey Heart in the middle of it-lol

And so they're racist against blackfish? Is Kanye West offended yet?

Holy crap. "Killer Joe" is pretty ****ed up.

I'll never look at a chicken drumstick in quite the same way.

Silver Lingings Playbook was pretty good. Bradley Cooper was awesome and I would marry Jennifer Lawrence. She's so ****ing hott. Funny movie.

She's a great actress.

There's a part in the movie where she tells Bradley Cooper "If you wanna **** me just make sure the lights are off"

The way she said it was sexy.

I love that movie.

She's talented. It seems effortless.

Kinda like the female version of Jack Nicholson.

It is kinda a bummer that Lawrence has wasted a bulk of her career so far on a lame horror movie and the hunger games trilogy.

Lol what? She's just getting started.

Deliver us from Evil (an absolutely spooky but well done piece on a pedophile priest)
Food, Inc. (I've heard mixed reaction based on your opinion about how food is made)
Select 30 for 30's
Hoop Dreams (oldie but a goodie)
The Thin Blue Line (same... oldie but a classic)
Bully (pretty well known documentary following the lives of kids who are bullied)
Restrepo (war documentary)
Dear Zachary (some like it, some think the creator has a bit of an agenda he's pushing)
Best Worst Movie (documentary about the making of Troll 2, generally believed to be the worst movie ever made)
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Undefeated (inspirational football movie)


Some good ones not on Instant too. My favorite was "God Grew Tired of us." Really good documentary about the Lost Boys of Sudan

Read some online views on this. There are a million different layers that go on with the movie. It's also interesting to watch if you skip around in the exact order.

More importantly, Christopher Nolan has a TON of easter eggs in here. For example... there is a really, really quick flash where Sammy Jankis is sitting in a chair and you see Guy Pearce sitting in the chair. Another where Guy Pearce has a tattoo very early on that shows he knew all along. Kind of fun to rewatch when you remember these subtle things.

Bulk of her career? She's 23.

Killer Joe was pretty good.

Thomas Haden Church was hilarious.

*sigh* a bulk of her career so far.

Winter's Bone was a good movie. She was nominated for best actress.

She won best actress for her role in Silver Linings playbook. Very good movie.

American Hustle, best supporting actress nomination. Very good movie.

You were saying?...

You have to be sarcastic.

Told ya

Lawrence has done some shitty roles in addition to her awesomeness. that is all I am saying.

You mean like most actors who have had success?

Of course. That's how most careers start. Entertainment business or not. You don't get the greatest gigs when you start off.
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Her performances in Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle were very overrated IMO. She's very hot and a good actress but none of her performances that I've seen her in have been Oscar worthy IMO.

:facepalm:

you have to admit, it is a bit of a head scratcher why she did House at the End of the Street and The Devil you Know after Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook.

Facepalm if you want, but I totally agree. Silver Linings Playbook was a mess and her performance was weak and unconvincing. Her part in American Hustle was flat and forgettable, outdone and overshadowed by Amy Adams.

Contracts. Any actors first contract usually has a multi-picture obligation and if they hit big with something else with a ton of work left on the obligation meter, it is better to knock the shit out in a hurry. Those crap movies shoot in about 3 weeks and have very little required in terms of promotional needs to take up their now very valuable time. It is just a way for the people that gave the kid the break to reap some benefit of the stardom. Is it fair, maybe, maybe not.

I wouldn't go as far as call her performances weak but people fawn over Jennifer Lawrence like she's a young Meryl Streep. She's not.

Its crazy that some people are actually mad she didn't win the supporting actress Oscar over Lupita Nyongo.
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HATES was filmed a couple of years before and finally released after she became a hit. The Devil You Know was filmed in 2005 and only released in 2013.

Anybody that actually watched American Hustle and thought Lawrence deserved shit for her role is delusional.

I get that she's the "it" girl and I like her well enough, but there was nothing about her performance that suggested it was Oscar worthy.

Confession: I've never seen Jennifer Lawrence in anything, except X-Men. She seems wholly unremarkable.

Wow, really? You're missing some good movies, even if you're not seeing them for JLaw. Winter's Bone, American Hustle, Hunger Games 1 & 2, and Silver Linings Playbook are all good to excellent.

I've only seen her in the first Hunger Games and Winter's Bone.

I've seen her in most of the movies FMB! mentioned (minus American Hustle and HG2) and I don't think she lives up to the ChiefsPlanet hype either.

LMAO

I haven't seen her in American Hustle.

I wasn't a big fan of Silver Linings Playbook. But not sure how you can walk out of that movie and not think she was absolutely convincingly batshit crazy. Contrast that with Winter's Bone where she plays a really subdued character. Nice to see an up and coming actress with that kind of range.

I think what I've liked about her so far is there are no gimmicks. It feels effortless. Maybe that's why her acting can seem too simple for some.

I really enjoyed her in Winter's Bone. Thought she did well in that. But I honestly thought her role in Silver Linings Playbook was unconvincing.

She does seem very honest about herself. I want to hump her in real life, and think she'd be one of very few celebs that would be really fun to hang out with. I get that she puts a lot into her characters. I just thought that SLP and American Hustle were 2 of her weakest roles.

To each his own Fish, but your assessment of her in SLP is ludicrous. She freakin won the Oscar, dude.

Meh. I've never put much into celeb popularity awards.

If the Oscar were a popularity award, Leo DiCaprio would have several.

If there is anyone on this board that I completely respect when it comes to movies it is FMB. However, I have to ask, you liked the Hunger Games? I thought they were a mess, especially the first one.

Thanks for the compliment.

Enjoyable, yes. Groundbreaking or remarkable, no. The 2nd was better than the first. I haven't watched either of them since seeing them in the theater, and probably won't.

Don Jon.

I don't understand what I was supposed to fake away from this movie.

Heh.... It has a 81% rating on rotten tomatoes. That's why I don't really trust ratings on that site.
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yeah, very odd movie for those ratings.

Watched Enders Game. Not bad but had a lot of plot holes and nonsensical things.

Also finished Gravity. While its a good movie, its also overrated imo. If it wasn't for the fact that the visuals are eye porn, it wouldn't that good of a movie.
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You don't understand art.

Exactly what I thought.