I watched the remake of the supposed McPherson family abduction, from a 'found footage' POV.

It was like Paranormal Activity with aliens.

Unlike PA, however, I did find it fucking terrifying.

Just saw Scott Pilgrim.

I hated it.

Oh God I hated it.

Why? :(

Because it was shit and unfunny and every character was intensely unlikeable.

Well you got me there. I liked it though.

I loved it. But I concede it's not a film for everyone. You have to have a strong liking for absurdity.

I disliked the characters, but I also greatly disliked the annoying retro videogame hipster bullshit.

I was happy to see it was a failure~

I am not sad to admit I feel the same way as both WoF and Strike Witch, though to a lesser extent. I didn't hate it, it was just royally meh. And as I said when the movie was previously discussed, I have an antipathy for Michael Cera.

I'm watching Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital on my computer. Before you elitist twats get up in arms; Yes, I have seen the original Lars Von Trier series "Riget". I find the two far too different to really compare them on a stylistic level however. I'm actually watching it as part of a character study jag I'm on.

I like absurdity done well.

I also like referencing done well.

And humour done well.

And direction done well.

And dialogue done well.

Scott Pilgrim had none of these things. I did not laugh once.

On a movie-related note; they've made a Paranormal Activity 3.
And oh boy, it comes complete with J-horror rip-off ghost girl. The ambiguity of the antagonist's appearance/motivation was the original film's only saving grace.

I get the impression that PA is going to become the next "Saw". They'll release a new one every Halloween for a decade and milk that teat 'till it's dry and withered.

Well it's not like they cost much to make. I bet if they put their minds to it you could get two or three a month.

Don't give them any ideas.

The Doctor Who season finale.


It was actually kind of clever.

Damned if it didn't actually satisfy me though. Now I'm back to waiting.

I liked Scott Pilgrim, It was just a bit of fun. You can't take it seriouly as a film however.

Doctor Who was okay last night, It wasn't the best episode. Actually, wasn't a great series overall in my opinion.

I miss Tennent..

Just saw Attack The Block. Goddamn, that's one of my favourite movies now. Was really good in my opinion. The only bad thing was the bizarre South-London -accents. "Dat's an alien bruv! Believeh me!" Ugh... But yeah, if you can get past that, you'll probably find it pretty damn enjoying. It's basically a sci-fi/action/comedy movie.

Here's the trailer if you're interested:

I thought Doctor Who was okay. As for the season overall, there certainly were a few good episodes, but put together it doesn't feel like it added up to very much.

That said, I liked Matt Smith as the Doctor more and more as the season progressed.

So, I watched another movie today. Take Me Home Tonight, it was a... romantic comedy I'd say. Only watched it because it had Topher Grace in it. Wasn't really expecting anything from it to be honest, but it was alright.

Next I'll probably watch Enter The Void. Seems really interesting.

Doctor Who. I saw it coming.

Actually, I didn't expect them to do it, but it is the plan I had come up with to cheat destiny. I'm an old hat at fixing the outcomes of prophecies.

I felt a little bit cheated in that they cut the scene of the Doctor asking the Tesselector for help until the end. Makes sense for the plot, but it made me think that I was wrong.

Who here hadn't worked out what the Question was? And who was expecting "seven times nine"?

I though the question was on the lines of 'Who is the Doctor' :tard:

I loved a bit when he escaped through the cellar window

Oddly enough, I didn't like Scott Pilgrim because it wasn't obscure enough. It's like they wanted to make a movie about gamer culture, but then copped out and made it mainstream.

I was being a hipster before it was cool.

I get what you mean. It's like they were scared to reference anything in particular so they just had random Mario and Zelda stuff and then generic computer game cliches.

At the end where he kills the final Evil Ex and gets 7,000,000 points for it, I would have at least smiled if it were 9001. It's a cheap laugh, but it required a little more thought than just adding three more zeros.

Ignoring the number of zeros, it had to be a multiple of 7 to be consistent with the reward scheme up until that point.

I didn't. I kept thinking that he would go back and create another ganger.

Couldn't you guys just make a Dr. Who thread?

But conversation is sporadic on it, since it's over now anyway.

The movie was ok... I mean it was a flashy, more game-like lovestory...


But in all honesty I never saw a point to all the flashyness... The gamer-references.

Like I don't feel the movie explains whether its because the world just IS that way, or it's all happening in this dude's head cos he represents someone who played too many games.


Maybe I just don't get it x_x

Flashyness is ok... But it loses points in actually providing a purpose for it all.

I'm curious; have you seen/did you like Speed Racer? Because that's another film that in my opinion has all of the above, but tends to really divide people.

Speed Racer's races looked pretty cool.

Anything that wasn't racing was just disgustingly bad though.

I love all the nerds hatin' Scott Pilgrim. Stop getting mad about fucking video games and enjoy the sheer silliness of it. Yeah, the only likeable character was the guitarist from the band, but you're a soulless dredge if you didn't like the Vegan Police or Scott yelping in pain at the sudden sunlight.

And really, a 9001 joke? Fuck off out of my cinema.

Also I've just now realized that Scott Pilgrim was directed by the same guy who did Shaun of the Dead. Another movie I really didn't like that everyone else goes nuts over.

Still need to see Hot Fuzz though. I don't have very high expectations.

I did enjoy both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. Scott Pilgrim was an anomaly for me.

You didn't like Shaun of the Dead? Man.

Shaun of the Dead was brilliant, Hot Fuzz was good but not as good.

Hot Fuzz had a pretty slow start, but it was good, yeah.

I liked how both films had their 'jumping fence' scenes.

Hot Fuzz's version was funnier.

anyone seen Gummo ?
wow what a movie...

http://www.harmony-korine.com/gifs/f...soundtrack.jpg

50/50

It was really good, and funny too. I didn't think it would make me laugh as much as it did either. I thought it would be more of a drama from the trailers, but I found it funnier than a lot of comedies that were released over the summer. It also handled the serious stuff really well as well. There was one part that I felt the film could have benefited from being longer, but its really just nitpicking on my part. The final 20 or so minutes of the movie hit you really hard and fast, and its just great seeing such a perfect implementation of what the movie wanted you to feel at any given moment. I recommend it to everyone.

People not liking Scott Pilgrim or Shaun of the Dead? But they're among some of the better movies to come out within the last few years! To each their own I guess, but you've got to have some odd tastes to not find either of those enjoyable, IMO.

The guy who played Scott Pilgrim in the movie has been quoted saying "... that Scott, in his mind, is the star of his own movie. This movie is, in a way, existing in his own mind. This is his weird perception of the world around him." So maybe you did get it right. :)