I Have Just Seen... VI -

Mr. Bungle · #**781** 02-02-2013, 07:32 PM

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I saw Django Unchained. It was the first Tarantino movie I've sat down and watched the whole way through.

I liked it. A lot.

You need to watch Resevoir Dogs.

AlexFili · #**782** 02-03-2013, 12:10 AM

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I saw Django Unchained. It was the first Tarantino movie I've sat down and watched the whole way through.

I liked it. A lot.

I just saw Django Unchained yesterday... Man it blew my mind! I loved the scene with the hooded men on horses and the arguments they had "Oh no, I think I just made it worse".

By far the funniest moments were with Samuel L Jackson's character, the audience cracked up everytime he spoke. Christoph Waltz is amazing as Shultz and Jamie Foxx did a great job as Django. DiCaprio was another highlight, and there were many great characters in this film.

I liked the action very much, it was meant to be over-the-top and it was very intense. The soundtrack was good and I liked the long sweeping shots of the desert and snowy areas. Can't wait to watch it again!

Manco · #**783** 02-03-2013, 07:46 AM

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You need to watch Resevoir Dogs.

I probably do. The friend I went to see Django with loves that movie, so I’m probably going to get strongarmed into it sooner or later.

Nepsotic · #**784** 02-05-2013, 03:45 AM

I wated Django with my brother, it's awesome. My brother also said I should watch Resevoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Django is the only Tarantino film I've watched aside from "From Dusk Til' Dawn" and that film is fucking amazing.

In other news, I've watched the first 6 episodes of American Horror Story: Asylum. It's still great, and much scarier than the first season, but it isn't as good.

Ridg3 · #**785** 02-05-2013, 07:51 AM

AHS:Asylum was good to begin with, got a bit confusing with the amount of separate stories that took within the thirteen but they managed to tie them up pretty well and the last two episodes are, by far, the best in the season.

Just wait for the Name Game episode.

Bullet Magnet · #**786** 02-05-2013, 09:55 AM

Just saw the World War Z trailer

They appear to have taken the title of the book and nothing else.

Manco · #**787** 02-05-2013, 10:33 AM

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Django is the only Tarantino film I've watched aside from "From Dusk Til' Dawn" and that film is fucking amazing.

Huh, that's a Tarantino movie too? Guess I've watched two then.

Wings of Fire · #**788** 02-05-2013, 10:39 AM

Written by Tarentino. Not directed.

Nepsotic · #**789** 02-05-2013, 11:00 AM

Yeah, he did the screenplay.
"Don't try to run, because I've got six Little friends, and they can all run faster than you can". Tarantino's dialogue is fucking amazing.

Crashpunk · #**790** 02-08-2013, 05:57 AM

I just saw Taken. I really wish I saw this film a lot sooner because holy crap, It was fantastic.

What I loved about it was it fast paced and really well edited. The action in my opinion was seamless and was extremely fun to watch. The plot was also really good too, despite a few plot holes. (Why didn't he get his daughter's friend out of that house?)

But in anycase, I loved it. I'm pretty sure a lot of people have already seen it (I'm always late when it comes to films). But if you haven't, I would recommend it.

OANST · #**791** 02-08-2013, 07:34 AM

Can you remove that quote from your sig, please? False advertising.

Josh · #**792** 02-08-2013, 08:14 AM

I watched an eastern European film called Suicide Room. I kinda wish my friend had told me about the cutting in it because that was uncomfortable

But yeah overall it was a good film and I feel sorry for the main character because his parents are shit and his only friend is some manipulative emo chick, who he met on a second life type game, that makes his situation worse. poor bby

MeechMunchie · #**793** 02-08-2013, 09:16 AM

I watched The Matrix. Still pretty damned good.

Dynamithix · #**794** 02-08-2013, 09:37 AM

I watched the first hour of Matrix a while ago, then I just didn't want to watch it anymore. It's boring.

OANST · #**795** 02-08-2013, 09:43 AM

It's also bad. Boring and bad.

Vyrien · #**796** 02-08-2013, 09:49 AM

Watch the last one, the first is a priceless gem by comparison.

OANST · #**797** 02-08-2013, 10:30 AM

No, thanks.

Mr. Bungle · #**798** 02-08-2013, 10:35 AM

First one was boring and silly, never had any desire to watch the sequels.

Wings of Fire · #**799** 02-08-2013, 10:43 AM

There's many things I would call the first Matrix film, but I don't think 'boring' is one of them.

Nepsotic · #**800** 02-08-2013, 10:50 AM

It has a cool name.

MeechMunchie · #**801** 02-08-2013, 10:55 AM

I could go into the reasons why I think it's great without using the word "action" once. But you're all too set in your ways to make that kind of thing worth the effort.

Not to say anyone here is close-minded, but someone who rates films in terms of X and Y will never be convinced by the quality of Z.

Wings of Fire · #**802** 02-08-2013, 10:56 AM

I'd rather hear why it's great without you using blatant lies like 'philosophical' 'intelligent' or 'thought provoking'.

MeechMunchie · #**803** 02-08-2013, 11:14 AM

Hey, come on. It may be diluted by endless fight scenes, but some genuine creativity and symbolism went into that film. Would you accept "clever"?

The idea may be an old one, explored in more depth elsewhere, but it's the way it's communicated that I like. The colour filters, the human programs, the way it's always raining when the Matrix is weakened. Besides, presenting abstract concepts in a means digestible to the everyman is an achievement in itself.

But no, a slick sci-fi heist movie with flying robot squid is not going to get my noggin searing with existential confusion, basically because it is so outlandishly fictional. Plenty of equally entertaining films like The Truman Show challenge our perception of reality without departing too far from the realms of possibility.

And that's fine. Because The Matrix isn't a philosophy film. The focus has always been on the battle against the machines. The actual "illusion world" is basically a set-up for "what if everything the world wanted to kill you". It's a war film, basically. It should be praised and criticised as such.

Wings of Fire · #**804** 02-08-2013, 11:22 AM

I have no problem with the action scenes. It is, at the very least, a passable action movie.

I thought it was clever when I was, what? Ten? I think the second and third movies had the potential to be smarter, but they had at least as many stupid things and cliches as they had clever bits, and mashed it into an almost incoherent narrative.

Sekto Springs · #**805** 02-08-2013, 11:23 AM

I don't really have any real qualms with The Matrix, yet I have no desire to watch it ever again.

MeechMunchie · #**806** 02-08-2013, 11:44 AM

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I thought it was clever when I was, what? Ten?

If I'm not allowed to find The Matrix clever you're not allowed to find Memento clever. You are one of the people who loves Memento, right?

Sure, they're both gimmicky, but at least The Matrix has an entertaining story to back it up. It's definitely more an action film that wanted to try and have a cerebral element than vice versa. That's what the Wachowskis do.

Note I said "story", not "script". There are a few problems with characterisation, and I can live with that.

Wings of Fire · #**807** 02-08-2013, 11:52 AM

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Sure, they're both gimmicky, but at least The Matrix has an entertaining story to back it up.

That's disputable. You also can't really compare them like that. The Matrix is a high concept faux-philosophical action movie, while Memento is a low concept emotional mystery/thriller.

Also I think using the word 'gimmick' to describe the way Memento was directed is horrendously reductive, but that's another argument. One I think we've already had.

MeechMunchie · #**808** 02-08-2013, 11:53 AM

I certainly have no desire to have it again.

OANST · #**809** 02-08-2013, 11:55 AM

FIGHT!

MeechMunchie · #**810** 02-08-2013, 12:20 PM

I'm disappointed. I saw you'd posted here and thought, "Oh good, it's OANST here to tell us what art is again".