Which Good Movie Have You Seen Recently?

[Some Rogue]

Her

Other than everyone being dressed like hipster douches, it was a really good movie.

[leifastagsweed]

Her

Other than everyone being dressed like hipster douches, it was a really good movie.

I dig ScarJo and I love Joaquin so hard, I would do almost anything for him...and did, watching this movie. I wanted to blow giant chunks. Horrible, horrible thing.

[Allereli]

Birdman was such a mindfuck

Every so often Michael Keaton comes out of nowhere and kills it and goes back into obscurity. Why is he not given more parts? Norton was amazing, too.

[Back]

Birdman was such a mindfuck

Every so often Michael Keaton comes out of nowhere and kills it and goes back into obscurity. Why is he not given more parts? Norton was amazing, too.

Keaton and Norton both do that. Keaton, and Oldman, made the Robocop remake watchable.

[Warriorbird]

Birdman was such a mindfuck

Every so often Michael Keaton comes out of nowhere and kills it and goes back into obscurity. Why is he not given more parts? Norton was amazing, too.

Endlessly great film.

[Androidpk]

Never heard of it. Until now.

[Allereli]

Never heard of it. Until now.

it was playing in art houses for about a month, and it finally got into theaters with comfortable seats this weekend I think.

7077

these recliners were almost too comfortable

[Methais]

it was playing in art houses for about a month, and it finally got into theaters with comfortable seats this weekend I think.

7077

these recliners were almost too comfortable

Reported to the feds for piracy.

[Warriorbird]

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

[Nilandia]

Jealous! That's on my list of movies to try to see, but right now it's only in New York and LA. How was it?

[Warriorbird]

Jealous! That's on my list of movies to try to see, but right now it's only in New York and LA. How was it?

Rather disturbing from the male perspective. Impeccably shot. Unusual.

[Back]

Watched Sin City A Dame To Kill For. Corny as heck sometimes, thats Frank Miller. Rodriguez stays true to it though so thats pretty cool. He also really captures the look... stunning black and white with a touch of color Miller used. The Dame's swimming in the pool scenes were outstanding.

It was kinda jarring to see Brosnan replace Owen but sort of explains the whole new face thing. Good to see Willis and damn Alba is the hottest thing on the planet.

A close second is Rosario Dawson. Then Miho.

The Dame was hot as hell too. I like the way Rodriguez captured the crazy in everyone's eyes. Miller spun up some deeply fucked up shit in a beautiful medium and Rodriguez and the actors kept true to it. Not as good as the first one but worth watching for the fan of both the comic and the first movie.

Was the diner waitress Lady Gaga?

[subzero]

Was the diner waitress Lady Gaga?

They've got these things called 'credits' after the flick... also IMDB. Google is kinda neat, too.

[Back]

They've got these things called 'credits' after the flick... also IMDB. Google is kinda neat, too.

Spoiler alert!

Yeesh.

[Some Rogue]

The Intouchables.

Surprisingly good for being made by a bunch of Frogs.

[Ker_Thwap]

Knights of Badassdom. So horrible and campy it was entertaining. It was hard to decide whether to post this under the good movies or bad movies. Probably worth seeing for this community however.

[Tisket]

An Australian flick called The Babadook is a fucking frightening movie. See it.

[Androidpk]

I'm not sure I would call it a good movie but I finally watched The Deer Hunter for the first time.

1. Really weird and awkward movie.
2. Meryl Streep was really pretty when she was younger.

[subzero]

Knights of Badassdom. So horrible and campy it was entertaining. It was hard to decide whether to post this under the good movies or bad movies. Probably worth seeing for this community however.

I thought it was pretty funny. Obviously not a movie you're going to take seriously, but it was entertaining.

[Allereli]

The General's Daughter

[Latrinsorm]

An Australian flick called The Babadook is a fucking frightening movie. See it.That's a negatory, good buddy.
I'm not sure I would call it a good movie but I finally watched The Deer Hunter for the first time.

1. Really weird and awkward movie.Indeed. Worth watching, though.
2. Meryl Streep was really pretty when she was younger.When 65 years you reach, look as good, you will not.

[Androidpk]

She's still a fine looking lady. I only said that because it's the first time I've ever seen her younger version.

[Archigeek]

I think that was her first movie role. I like that movie. The US setting is pretty great, and some fine acting.

[Tisket]

That's a negatory, good buddy.

Your loss. It's worth it. Although I do admit being a little confused by the ending.

[Androidpk]

Hackers. So incredibly dumb that it was hard not to watch.

[Androidpk]

Battle of the Five Armies. A good finish to the Hobbit trilogy.

[FlayedAngel]

An Australian flick called The Babadook is a fucking frightening movie. See it.
Hah, I think we share a similar taste in movies. Best horror movie I've seen in years, yeah... total mind fuck, and incredibly well-done. STEP IT UP, 'MURICA.



Knights of Badassdom. So horrible and campy it was entertaining. It was hard to decide whether to post this under the good movies or bad movies. Probably worth seeing for this community however.
Totally agree, and I enjoyed it... more Peter Dinklage can't be a bad thing in my book. Fun and campy in the way movies like The Gamers are, overall.

[FlayedAngel]

Your loss. It's worth it. Although I do admit being a little confused by the ending.
Totally is, unless you're my better half and refuse to watch horror films... hah.

I loved the ambiguity of the ending... did you pick up on the couple of details that, uh -- not to be Spoiler McSpoilson, but... sort of undermined the fundamental nature of the ending's reality?

Also, that children's book -- especially the "revised" version -- is fucking creeeeepytown.

[Tisket]

Totally is, unless you're my better half and refuse to watch horror films... hah.

I loved the ambiguity of the ending... did you pick up on the couple of details that, uh -- not to be Spoiler McSpoilson, but... sort of undermined the fundamental nature of the ending's reality?

Also, that children's book -- especially the "revised" version -- is fucking creeeeepytown.

Other than the most obvious one, I don't know? It's so hard to talk about it without giving something away!

[Nilandia]

Saw Only Lovers Left Alive a couple days ago. Slow-paced, but not in a bad way, and a fantastic look at how creatures who don't age cope with eternity. Absolutely loved it, and made me want to play tabletop Vampire again.

Interstellar was gorgeous and entertaining, though my skin crawled when they started foisting the "maybe love is the most powerful force in the universe" line on me. The last half hour was also really mystifying.

[subzero]

I thought it was pretty funny. Obviously not a movie you're going to take seriously, but it was entertaining.

"you're obviously impaired"

Many movies are enhanced with impairedness. You certainly wouldn't recommend watching said movie while unimpaired, would you?

[Allereli]

The Theory of Everything

Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones are excellent

[Back]

Darrel from Walking Dead was in Blade II! Scud.

[Fallen]

The last of the Hobbit movies. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Could they have cut one movie out of the trilogy and been stronger for it? Definitely, but most of the third would still be included.

[Latrinsorm]

Repo Men. Fairly predictable but still worth it.

[Archigeek]

Repo Men. Fairly predictable but still worth it.

You're reminding me how much I enjoyed Repo Man years ago.


Duke, let's go do some crimes. Yeah. Let's go get sushi and not pay.

[Allereli]

Really enjoyed Begin Again. $0.99 rental on Amazon right now

[Androidpk]

Django Unchained - Could have been shorter but Christoph Waltz was perfect.

WWZ - Not as bad as I thought it would be. Special effects were shitty.

[Allereli]

Django Unchained - Could have been shorter but Christoph Waltz was perfect.

Agree, it really didn't need the 4th act, it seems longer than both Kill Bills put together.

[Fallen]

Did anyone watch Inherent Vice, or have plans to watch it this weekend? I'm on the fence about going. Just dropped a shit ton already to see The Hobbit, but the comparisons to The Big Lebowski are enticing. They're calling it a new genre, "Slacker Noir".

[Gelston]

Did anyone watch Inherent Vice, or have plans to watch it this weekend? I'm on the fence about going. Just dropped a shit ton already to see The Hobbit, but the comparisons to The Big Lebowski are enticing. They're calling it a new genre, "Slacker Noir".

Only a shit ton? If it had been a metric fuck ton, then I'd say you spent too much, but a shit ton isn't too bad.

[Fallen]

Only a shit ton? If it had been a metric fuck ton, then I'd say you spent too much, but a shit ton isn't too bad.

38 dollars for 2 tickets qualifies as a shit ton in my book. I don't fuck with the metric system as I am not a socialist, like SOME people.

[Parkbandit]

38 dollars for 2 tickets qualifies as a shit ton in my book. I don't fuck with the metric system as I am not a socialist, like SOME people.

Yea.. went to the movies last night and dropped $60 for 2 people. $20 for the tickets and $40 for the beers/wine to get me through a shitty movie.

[Fallen]

Yea.. went to the movies last night and dropped $60 for 2 people. $20 for the tickets and $40 for the beers/wine to get me through a shitty movie.

lol. Still jealous you have one of those classy theaters that serve drinks. Regal has great screens/sound, but no such luck on the food/spirits/seating front.

[Latrinsorm]

Never buy alcohol on premises, sheesh. Noob.

eta: Intended for PB, but it technically applies to Fallen too so I'm leaving it quoteless.

[Fallen]

Never buy alcohol on premises, sheesh. Noob.

eta: Intended for PB, but it technically applies to Fallen too so I'm leaving it quoteless.

Pregaming typically means driving drunk or having a DD, and i'm not one of the poors who needs to smuggle in their own food/drinks into a theater.

[Tenlaar]

38 dollars for 2 tickets qualifies as a shit ton in my book.

i'm not one of the poors

Well which is it?

[Latrinsorm]

Pregaming typically means driving drunk or having a DD, and i'm not one of the poors who needs to smuggle in their own food/drinks into a theater.1%er! This guy's a 1%er!!
Well which is it?Oh. Strike that.
Pregaming typically means driving drunk or having a DD, and i'm not one of the poors who needs to smuggle in their own food/drinks into a theater.Self-hating 99%er! This guy's a self-hating 99%er!!

[Warriorbird]

I just sneak in alcohol to Regal (former movie theater manager).

[Gelston]

I just sneak in alcohol to Regal (former movie theater manager).

Confirmed, Warriorbird is a teenager.

[Warriorbird]

Confirmed, Warriorbird is a teenager.

It's funny. I did get mistaken for a student by a county administrator once.

I mainly just object to no proper theaters with alcohol in the area. I miss the great Wisconsin, North Carolina, Louisiana theaters that had it.

[Gelston]

It's funny. I did get mistaken for a student by a county administrator once.

I mainly just object to no proper theaters with alcohol in the area. I miss the great Wisconsin, North Carolina, Louisiana theaters that had it.

We don't have any theaters like that here in Caddo or Bossier Parish.

[Gelston]

I've heard of some theaters where they actually serve steak and all that, like it is a restaurant and everything. I'd like to go to one of those.

[Warriorbird]

We don't have any theaters like that here in Caddo or Bossier Parish.

Yeah, more a BR or New Orleans sort of thing. Might be one in Lafayette too.


I've heard of some theaters where they actually serve steak and all that, like it is a restaurant and everything. I'd like to go to one of those.

There's a fantastic one of those in North Carolina... and a few in Wisconsin too. I still miss them. Just theaters with alcohol from what I remember in Louisiana.

[Gizmo]

I've heard of some theaters where they actually serve steak and all that, like it is a restaurant and everything. I'd like to go to one of those.

We have one near me, that I finally went to a few years back, called the Movie Tavern. They have numerous locations across the states

They have a full bar in the theater, as well as reclining leather chairs in the actual movie screening room that has swivel trays. You order food thru the press of a button while watching the movie or before it begins and the waiters bring it all to you.

http://www.movietavern.com/

While they don't serve steak..They have some nice items on there and the experience is neat.

[Gelston]

I just looked it up, and apparently some AMCs do it...

https://www.amctheatres.com/food-and-drink/dine-in

Next time I'm in Dallas I need to hit the Grapevine Mills Mall.

[Warriorbird]

I just looked it up, and apparently some AMCs do it...

https://www.amctheatres.com/food-and-drink/dine-in

Next time I'm in Dallas I need to hit the Grapevine Mills Mall.

I do believe I've been to and enjoyed the Movie Tavern in Covington, too. Gizmo reminded me.

[Gelston]

I do believe I've been to and enjoyed the Movie Tavern in Covington, too. Gizmo reminded me.

What I like about the theaters I've been to in Texas, is that they have assigned seating. I love assigned seating in theaters.

[Fallen]

Well which is it?

I make enough to afford it, but not so much that i'm incapable of noticing the high price.

[Warriorbird]

What I like about the theaters I've been to in Texas, is that they have assigned seating. I love assigned seating in theaters.

I love that too. Had it my entire junior year abroad in Budapest.

[Parkbandit]

Well which is it?

They aren't mutually exclusive.

[Androidpk]

Finally saw Catching Fire. Great flick.

[Allereli]

Managed to enjoy Boyhood and Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit through my splitting headache yesterday

[Gelston]

Managed to enjoy Boyhood and Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit through my splitting headache yesterday

Watching Shadow Recruit right now actually... Because I noticed it is free now on Prime.

[Androidpk]

Managed to enjoy Boyhood and Jack Ryan:Shadow Recruit through my splitting headache yesterday

Watched the latter a couple of weeks ago and loved it. Hope to see more of Chris Pine as Jack Ryan in the future. Kevin Costner was fantastic, too.

[Androidpk]

Watched Ironclad earlier. Was expecting a total cheese fest but it was actually pretty entertaining (and totally gory.) Also Kate Mara is ridiculously hot.

[subzero]

Watched Ironclad earlier. Was expecting a total cheese fest but it was actually pretty entertaining (and totally gory.) Also Kate Mara is ridiculously hot.

Ew. The first one was passable, but I don't think I bothered to finish the second one.

[Warriorbird]

Watched the latter a couple of weeks ago and loved it. Hope to see more of Chris Pine as Jack Ryan in the future. Kevin Costner was fantastic, too.

Didn't make enough. Chris Pine apologized to the fans.

[Androidpk]

Ew. The first one was passable, but I don't think I bothered to finish the second one.

Wut

[Androidpk]

Didn't make enough. Chris Pine apologized to the fans.

Wut?? It made over $135m on a $60m budget.

[Warriorbird]

Wut?? It made over $135m on a $60m budget.

You miss advertising and the comparison to other films.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/chris-pine-deeply-regrets-not-getting-jack-ryan-right-1201388184/

[Androidpk]

You miss advertising and the comparison to other films.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/chris-pine-deeply-regrets-not-getting-jack-ryan-right-1201388184/

I'm a huge Tom Clancy fan and I think this was the best Jack Ryan movie yet.

[subzero]

Wut


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPHuE5pDlEs

[Gelston]

I'm a huge Tom Clancy fan and I think this was the best Jack Ryan movie yet.

Ehhh.... No.

[Androidpk]

Ehhh.... No.

You can't deny me my opinion.

[Gelston]

You can't deny me my opinion.

I can and I will.

[Androidpk]

I can and I will.

http://i.lvme.me/r0bhuw1.jpg

[Back]

Has anyone seen the equalizer with Denzel?

[Androidpk]

Has anyone seen the equalizer with Denzel?

On a future timeline I have.

[Gelston]

http://i.lvme.me/r0bhuw1.jpg

AND THEN THEY DO HAVE POWER THERE.

[Latrinsorm]

Has anyone seen the equalizer with Denzel?Yes. I would say that it does not belong in this thread, but it does not belong in the other either.

[Warriorbird]

Yes. I would say that it does not belong in this thread, but it does not belong in the other either.

A "Which Movie That Isn't Good or Bad Have You Seen Recently?" thread?

[Fallen]

That would best fit the indifferent thread.

[Ker_Thwap]

Has anyone seen the equalizer with Denzel?

Yes, it was fairly terrible. They could have replaced the aging, pudgy Denzel with a sack of potatoes half way through the movie and no one would have noticed. Plot holes, predictability, aging actor doing improbable things.

[SHAFT]

Yes, it was fairly terrible. They could have replaced the aging, pudgy Denzel with a sack of potatoes half way through the movie and no one would have noticed. Plot holes, predictability, aging actor doing improbable things.

He hasn't made a good movie since inside man.

[Warriorbird]

That would best fit the indifferent thread.

Yeah. I was indifferent to the Equalizer. John Wick I quite enjoyed.

[Fallen]

He hasn't made a good movie since inside man.

American Gangster and The Book of Eli were fairly popular. I haven't seen them, but I had to IMDB to make sure you weren't insinuating Man on Fire was not a good movie.

[Fallen]

Yeah. I was indifferent to the Equalizer. John Wick I quite enjoyed.

John Wick was awesome. Great shoot-em-up.

[Androidpk]

I enjoyed Book of Eli, Unstoppable and Safe House.

[Warriorbird]

American Gangster and The Book of Eli were fairly popular. I haven't seen them, but I had to IMDB to make sure you weren't insinuating Man on Fire was not a good movie.

I liked 2 Guns, but I was a fan of the comic.


John Wick was awesome. Great shoot-em-up.

I'm looking forward to the sequel.

[JackWhisper]

I enjoyed Book of Eli, Unstoppable and Safe House.

Haven't seen Unstoppable.
Safe house was pretty damn good.
And I absolutely *HATED* Book of Eli. I donno, just didn't feel like a good movie to me.

[leifastagsweed]

To Be Takei (www.tobetakei.com/)

[Tisket]

I don't know if it's been mentioned yet (probably has been since the movie's been out for a while) but I'm really enjoying Lucy. About halfway through it now, up to the part where she dissolves in the airplane restroom.

[Tisket]

Blech @ the ending of Lucy. Lame.

[Androidpk]

I'm pretty sure you are the first to mention that movie.

[Gelston]

Blech @ the ending of Lucy. Lame.

So does it no longer belong here?

[Tisket]

I guess not. It's too much work to delete and make another post in the bad movie thread though.

[subzero]

So does it no longer belong here?

I thought it was alright, but it isn't exactly something you haven't seen before.

[Tisket]

What sub said...it's neither good nor bad really. Coulda been better, coulda been worse.

[Gelston]

What sub said...it's neither good nor bad really. Coulda been better, coulda been worse.

You son of a bitch. There is a thread for that.

[Tisket]

hahaha, Gelly is making me laugh a lot tonight.

[Ker_Thwap]

hahaha, Gelly is making me laugh a lot tonight.

Are you drunk too?

[Gelston]

Are you drunk too?

I'm about to be drunk in about 20 minutes when I leave to go to the bar to get there fashionably at 10 PM.

[JackWhisper]

To arrive fashionably at a bar, someone has to first care if you show up early or late.

[Gelston]

To arrive fashionably at a bar, someone has to first care if you show up early or late.

I agree. See prior statement.

[Ker_Thwap]

To arrive fashionably at a bar, someone has to first care if you show up early or late.

You think the bartender doesn't care? He's got bill to pay!

[Allereli]

Tim's Vermeer

Penn of Penn & Teller produced. Penn's friend, Tim, was an inexperienced painter who wanted to see if he could use methods similar to what Vermeer used to paint a copy of The Music Lesson. They make a documentary. Tim looks like he's about to go bat shit crazy when he's done.

[Fallen]

The Cell. Yes, the acting/script is ... But the costuming, sets and settings are amazing.

[Back]

The Cell. Yes, the acting/script is ... But the costuming, sets and settings are amazing.

Love The Cell. J-Lo and Vince Vaahn in a tripy psycho killer movie.

[Back]

Yes. I would say that it does not belong in this thread, but it does not belong in the other either.

Yes, it was good and really bad. So many cliches... good fight scenes and I don't want to give away spoilers. But the thing that made me laugh was the home depot thing.

[Archigeek]

The Cell. Yes, the acting/script is ... But the costuming, sets and settings are amazing.

Agreed. Fantastic costumes and setting.

[Androidpk]

V/H/S 2. Overall it was an okay movie but the one segment that takes place in Indonesia was downright scary. Loved it.

[Allereli]

Saw The Imitation Game after work. heart breaking what they did to him

[Allereli]

The Best Years of Our Lives

Saw the 2nd half as part of TCM 31 days of Oscar. Even half paying attention bc I was hunting it was interesting, check out the story of Harold Russell, the actor who played Homer Parrish. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751174/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[leifastagsweed]

Take This Waltz - it wasn't a fantastic movie and most of the time I was pissed off on behalf of Seth Rogen, but this scene...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eezCOhrRhw

Fluster, fluster, fluster
Squirm, squirm, squirm
/hyperventilation

[Ker_Thwap]

Take This Waltz - it wasn't a fantastic movie and most of the time I was pissed off on behalf of Seth Rogen, but this scene...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eezCOhrRhw

Fluster, fluster, fluster
Squirm, squirm, squirm
/hyperventilation

Needs more cowbell, and explosions, and less camera angle switches, especially during her shrugs, I was trying to match her shrugs between camera angle switches and ignoring whatever they were babbling about. I know, I suck at movies.

[leifastagsweed]

Needs more cowbell, and explosions, and less camera angle switches, especially during her shrugs, I was trying to match her shrugs between camera angle switches and ignoring whatever they were babbling about. I know, I suck at movies.

I'm sorry, was there a 'her' that I missed somewhere? :P

Second best fantasy moment:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJUXGPz3Zz4

[Ker_Thwap]

I'm sorry, was there a 'her' that I missed somewhere? :P

Second best fantasy moment:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJUXGPz3Zz4

Much better! Buggles, spinning, action! No weak mushy dialogue. Still obvious that they filmed ten cuts and put together clips from each one. Too many emotional shifts within one song. No man alive wouldn't have done the standard "arms in the air transitioning to arm around her" move. Sharp elbows, would not watch.

[leifastagsweed]

Much better! Buggles, spinning, action! No weak mushy dialogue. Still obvious that they filmed ten cuts and put together clips from each one. Too many emotional shifts within one song. No man alive wouldn't have done the standard "arms in the air transitioning to arm around her" move. Sharp elbows, would not watch.

Let me just help you out a little Thwap,

THIS WAS AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE DRAMATIC QUALITY FILM CRITIQUE 101, SON. THIS WAS A DISPLAY OF CHICK PORN. LRN2READ.

[Ker_Thwap]

Let me just help you out a little Thwap,

THIS WAS AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE DRAMATIC QUALITY FILM CRITIQUE 101, SON. THIS WAS A DISPLAY OF CHICK PORN. LRN2READ.

Psst, I know. I was being deliberately obtuse. It's a male response to chick flicks.

[Latrinsorm]

Psst, I know. I was being deliberately obtuse. It's a male response to chick flicks.I don't have that response.

...oh, right. :(

[leifastagsweed]

Psst, I know. I was being deliberately obtuse. It's a male response to chick flicks.

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-45EXeAwcdw8/VIAzrXABAhI/AAAAAAAAIbA/ZISxRFYEV7g/tumblr_mmk2fctxrK1qkjkwao3_250_thumb.gif?imgmax=80 0

[Androidpk]

Wolf of Wall Street.

[leifastagsweed]

Wolf of Wall Street....is drivel.

FTFY / sry wrong thread!

[Ker_Thwap]

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-45EXeAwcdw8/VIAzrXABAhI/AAAAAAAAIbA/ZISxRFYEV7g/tumblr_mmk2fctxrK1qkjkwao3_250_thumb.gif?imgmax=80 0

Hey, I'm not some kind of PB internet relationship wrecker!

[Ker_Thwap]

I don't have that response.

...oh, right. :(

It's alright buddy, you can still play in the boys only tree fort.

[Parkbandit]

Hey, I'm not some kind of PB internet relationship wrecker!

You're the PK kind???

Scumbag Alert!

[Drinin]

Edge of Tomorrow. I watched it thinking it would be horrible and was pleasantly surprised.

[leifastagsweed]

Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Patrick Warburton owns as Agamemnon!

http://38.media.tumblr.com/3dbd545403d3a4b640783caeb9f9fb3d/tumblr_n9g8conOt41rlw181o3_500.gif

[Parkbandit]

Edge of Tomorrow. I watched it thinking it would be horrible and was pleasantly surprised.

Ditto.

I think expectations certainly play a role in how you feel about a movie after watching it.

[Bregus]

Woochi


"Woochi" begins in the Chosun Dynasty in 1509 and involves a trio of Taoist wizards, a magician named Jeon Woo Chi (Dong-won Kang) and his dog turned man, a corrupt king, evil goblins, and a prophetic pipe everyone is after. Eventually Jeon Woo Chi becomes sealed inside an ancient scroll for a crime he did not commit. Jumping ahead to the year 2009, the wizards are called out of peaceful retirement as goblins start appearing in modern Korea to wreak havoc all around. The trio call on Jeon Woo Chi, who is released from his ancient scroll entrapment, in to save the day. Problem is Jeon Woo Chi, a kind of anti-superhero, becomes more interested in sight-seeing and womanizing in modern day Korea.

This is an awesome movie. It's on Netflix, go add it to your queue!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgjbs1-7zyc

[Archigeek]

Ditto.

I think expectations certainly play a role in how you feel about a movie after watching it.

Agreed as well. I liked the movie. My only complaint is that I felt the Tom Cruise character should have stayed dead in the end.

[Parkbandit]

Agreed as well. I liked the movie. My only complaint is that I felt the Tom Cruise character should have stayed dead in the end.

I actually liked how it ended... but then again I'm a sucker for a happy ending.

[Wenchi976]

Icepiercer

[Androidpk]

Icepiercer

Snowpiercer?

[Wenchi976]

Best Sci-fi I've seen in a while. Edge of tomorrow was good, but this takes the cake for me.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snowpiercer/

[Androidpk]

I watched it. Wasn't impressed :|

[TheLastShamurai]

Best Sci-fi I've seen in a while. Edge of tomorrow was good, but this takes the cake for me.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/snowpiercer/

Do you know why I hate Wilford...?

[Androidpk]

Do you know why I hate Wilford...?

Elijah Wood?

[JackWhisper]

Ted > Wilford

[Androidpk]

Woochi



This is an awesome movie. It's on Netflix, go add it to your queue!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgjbs1-7zyc


Trying to watch this now. Not sure I'll be able to finish it.

[Silvean]

Watched The Tale of Princess Kaguya today. It's extraordinary.

http://static.rogerebert.com/uploads/review/primary_image/reviews/the-tale-of-princess-kaguya-2014/hero_TheTaleOfPrincessKaguya-2014-1.jpg

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_tale_of_the_princess_kaguya/

[Gelston]

Ted > Wilford

Incorrect.

[Archigeek]

Saw St Vincent and Predestination tonight. Predestination was weird but done pretty well. St Vincent was great.

[Back]

Big Hero 6. Entertaining, fun, imaginative, innovative, stylish, heart-warming, super cool! Plus a comic nerd's fantasy guest cameo.

[Allereli]

I watched Star Trek IV in honor of Leonard Nimoy tonight. It's on Netflix.

[Warriorbird]

Big Hero 6. Entertaining, fun, imaginative, innovative, stylish, heart-warming, super cool! Plus a comic nerd's fantasy guest cameo.

It's a pretty solid comic too.

[Lord Orbstar]

I liked the Kingsman.

[Androidpk]

The Robocop reboot.

[Tisket]

Big Hero 6. Entertaining, fun, imaginative, innovative, stylish, heart-warming, super cool! Plus a comic nerd's fantasy guest cameo.

Watched it with the kids last night. Enjoyable.

[Back]

The Robocop reboot.

As a big fan of the original I did like the remake.

Having said that I am sick of remakes.

[Androidpk]

As a fan of the original, too, I have to say I liked the reboot even more.

[Taernath]

As a fan of the original, too, I have to say I liked the reboot even more.

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[Androidpk]

http://natandgav.moonfruit.com/communities/2/004/012/424/322/images/4609129583.png


http://media.giphy.com/media/QBjH0bEtlZheg/giphy.gif

[Latrinsorm]

Isn't anyone going to ask you what's the deal with the glasses?

[Androidpk]

Isn't anyone going to ask you what's the deal with the glasses?

Do people question why the sun shines? Or why the day after today is always tomorrow and not yesterday? No. You don't question David Tennant.

[Latrinsorm]

...it's a quote from that episode. SHEESH.

[Androidpk]

...it's a quote from that episode. SHEESH.

Mine is a quote too!

[Androidpk]

Zero Dark Thirty. I really enjoyed the surprise ending. I want expecting them to find Bin Laden let alone kill him.

[Fallen]

Aliens. I forgot how awesome this movie was.

[Astray]

Aliens. I forgot how awesome this movie was.

I bought all the movies on Amazon recently. Totally worth it.

[Androidpk]

Aliens. I forgot how awesome this movie was.

1. How could you forget??

2. What are your thoughts on the direct sequel to that movie?

[Fallen]

1. Psychosis

2. Extremely optimistic, given the director's thoughts on Alien: Isolation.

[Androidpk]

1. Psychosis

2. Extremely optimistic, given the director's thoughts on Alien: Isolation.

What did he say about Isolation?

[Candor]

Aliens. I forgot how awesome this movie was.

One of the best movies ever made IMHO. Excellently done, especially given that it was produced in 1985-86.

[Fallen]

What did he say about Isolation?

http://www.pcgamer.com/alien-director-neill-blomkamp-says-alien-isolation-got-it-so-perfect/

[Androidpk]

Sounds like he wants to get Weaver and Biehn for this movie..

/nerdgasm

[Drinin]

Aliens. I forgot how awesome this movie was.


My favorite movie. Anytime I catch it on I can't turn away. I used to be able to quote damn near the entire movie . . . hell I probably still can.

[JackWhisper]

My favorite movie. Anytime I catch it on I can't turn away. I used to be able to quote damn near the entire movie . . . hell I probably still can.

What do you mean THEY cut the power?! How could they cut the power man THEY'RE ANIMALS!

[Androidpk]

The Double. Brilliant movie. Artistic genius.

[Dayko]

Jack Reacher. Tom Cruise never disappoints me when it comes to action movies like this.

[Latrinsorm]

Dark Knight Rises

And it struck me that Batman is really the only true trilogy since Back to the Future. Every other so-called trilogy is one story followed by a two-part story (Matrix, then Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions; Pirates, then Pirates Chest and World's End), late-coming cash grabs (Terminator), unrelated stories (X-Men or Indiana Jones), or Lord of the Rings which was originally two stories before being repartitioned into NTFS. Batman had three distinct but related stories, and they had clever threads tying them in: Scarecrow cropping up in the second and third movie, for instance.

It's even more impressive because like Back to the Future they had cast turnover to deal with (Marty's girlfriend, Bruce's girlfriend). Great job Nolan.

[tyrant-201]

Lord of the Rings isn't a trilogy? All three movies are named after the titles of their respective books.

[Latrinsorm]

Tolkein wrote it as two books. It was later published as three. It also doesn't have three distinct stories, but one undifferentiated narrative. You could make it any number of books you wanted, where Back to the Future and Batman have discrete stories to tell that would suffer from being chopped up that way.

[JackWhisper]

Jack Reacher. Tom Cruise never disappoints me when it comes to action movies like this.

You. Have never. Read the books.

Also, Tom Cruise was absolutely the WORST person to pick to play Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is approximately 6 and a half feet tall and weighs 250lbs, among other specified body traits that Cruise does not match.

They butchered the snot out of this film. For once, I watched the movie, said it was great, THEN read the books. Then watched the film again, and almost cried. =(.

[Taernath]

Tolkein wrote it as two books. It was later published as three. It also doesn't have three distinct stories, but one undifferentiated narrative. You could make it any number of books you wanted, where Back to the Future and Batman have discrete stories to tell that would suffer from being chopped up that way.

Trilogies don't have to have distinct stories. I would say the presentation of the material determines whether or not it's a trilogy rather that it's subject matter..




Also, Tom Cruise was absolutely the WORST person to pick to play Jack Reacher. Jack Reacher is approximately 6 and a half feet tall and weighs 250lbs, among other specified body traits that Cruise does not match.

They say the camera adds 11 inches.

[JackWhisper]

They say the camera adds 11 inches.

In cinema? Or porn?

[Taernath]

In cinema? Or porn?

Yes.

[JackWhisper]

Yes.

Hah!

[Fallen]

Big Trouble in Little China. So unbelievably bad that it becomes unfathomably awesome.

Seriously.

Don't attempt to fathom it.

[JackWhisper]

Big Trouble in Little China. So unbelievably bad that it becomes unfathomably awesome.

Seriously.

Don't attempt to fathom it.


LOL I remember watching that as a kid. Awesome!

Then I remember watching it 3 years ago... and the first thing I said was..

"HOLY SHIT! THAT'S THE SLUT FROM SEX AND THE CITY! HAH!"

[Androidpk]

Big Trouble in Little China. So unbelievably bad that it becomes unfathomably awesome.

Seriously.

Don't attempt to fathom it.

I never get enough of this movie. One of the greatest things to have come out of the 80's

[Androidpk]

Max Payne. Looove it. The only good videogame movie adaptation as far as I'm concerned.

[Warriorbird]

Neither a Max Payne movie or a good movie IMO.

[Fallen]

Max Payne. Looove it. The only good videogame movie adaptation as far as I'm concerned.

The first Resident Evil and the first Silent Hill were both pretty good.

[Androidpk]

Neither a Max Payne movie or a good movie IMO.

Lies and slander.

[Warriorbird]

Lies and slander.

The film is rated PG-13.

[Androidpk]

The first Resident Evil and the first Silent Hill were both pretty good.

I liked Silent Hill.

[Androidpk]

The film is rated PG-13.

Irrelevant.

[Warriorbird]

Irrelevant.

A huge part of the reason why it was so terrible.

[Androidpk]

A huge part of the reason why it was so terrible.

What more did you want? More profane language? Tits? Gore?

[Warriorbird]

What more did you want? More profane language? Tits? Gore?

Did you play any of the games?

[Fallen]

Sin City was closer to Max Payne than Max Payne.

That being said, I still enjoyed the movie for what it was.

[Androidpk]

Did you play any of the games?

Yes, religiously. It's one of my favorite PC series. The only thing that was cut to bring it from an R rating to a PG-13 was some blood. That's it. It's put back in the unrated version.

[Warriorbird]

Yes, religiously. It's one of my favorite PC series. The only thing that was cut to bring it from an R rating to a PG-13 was some blood. That's it. It's put back in the unrated version.

Then I don't get why you like it so much. The games are visceral, intense, and artful. The stories are pretty damn great for a shooter. The movie wasn't any of those things and they butchered the story.

[Androidpk]

Visceral maybe not as much but I thougbt it was intense and definitely artful. I would love another movie with Wahlberg and Kunis.

[Warriorbird]

Visceral maybe not as much but I thougbt it was intense and definitely artful. I would love another movie with Wahlberg and Kunis.

I've got no problem with the two of them. I definitely had issues with the script/direction. A faithful to the games set of films with them as Max/Mona could've been great.

At the least we'll get Max Payne 4 reportedly.

[Fallen]

Really? Hadn't heard about a MP4. 3 was awesome. Loved the last shootout in the airport.

[Androidpk]

I didn't know about that either. Awesome. I especially liked the soundtrack for 3.

[Warriorbird]

Really? Hadn't heard about a MP4. 3 was awesome. Loved the last shootout in the airport.

Yeah, there's speculation they're gonna put it on the next RAGE engine after they bring 3 to Xbox One/PS4.


I didn't know about that either. Awesome. I especially liked the soundtrack for 3.

It was fantastic.

[Fallen]

I heard it didn't do great for how much it cost to make.

[Warriorbird]

I heard it didn't do great for how much it cost to make.

Rockstar seems to think it was held back by not showing up on the new console gen.

[Allereli]

Insurgent

Theo James in IMAX 3D :)

[Silvean]

What We Do in the Shadows is hilarious.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgTY0Lx4--I

[Androidpk]

The Big Lebowski.

[Ker_Thwap]

I just bought Blade Runner on DVD, I have no idea if it's a version with the narration or not.

[Androidpk]

Winter Soldier and Edge of Tomorrow.

[Atlanteax]

Anyone seen it yet?

Fast & Furious 7 did *huge* at the boxoffice, but apparently has very poor reviews (generally centered around 'recycled material'), and speculation that it has only done as well as it did because of Paul Walker's death.

[AnticorRifling]

John Wick.

[Warriorbird]

Anyone seen it yet?

Fast & Furious 7 did *huge* at the boxoffice, but apparently has very poor reviews (generally centered around 'recycled material'), and speculation that it has only done as well as it did because of Paul Walker's death.

The reviews seem okay. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furious_7/

If it's better than 2 I'll be entertained.

[Fallen]

Anyone seen it yet?

Fast & Furious 7 did *huge* at the boxoffice, but apparently has very poor reviews (generally centered around 'recycled material'), and speculation that it has only done as well as it did because of Paul Walker's death.

Watched it last night. If you liked the first 6, you'll like the 7th.

Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.

[Archigeek]

I watched FF7 Saturday night. It was campy and largely unbelievable, but still entertaining: apparently people don't bleed in Fast and Furious land, and you can hit them with an upper cut hard enough to lift their feet off the ground and they get up and hit you back. Add about 20 more absurd things to that list and there you have it, a Fast and Furious movie. If you know what you're in for, and can accept that this is all you will be getting, you will be entertained. If your expectations are that it will have a good plot and acting, you'll be disappointed.

[Bregus]

Robot & Frank on Netflix. Frank Langella was amazing. Really cute story and a good score.


Set in the near future, Frank, a retired cat burglar, has two grown kids who are concerned he can no longer live alone. They are tempted to place him in a nursing home until Frank's son chooses a different option: against the old man's wishes, he buys Frank a walking, talking humanoid robot programmed to improve his physical and mental health. What follows is an often hilarious and somewhat heartbreaking story about finding friends and family in the most unexpected places.

http://blog.burnsfilmcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Robot-and-Frank-2012.jpg

[Viekn]

Robot & Frank on Netflix. Frank Langella was amazing. Really cute story and a good score.



http://blog.burnsfilmcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Robot-and-Frank-2012.jpg

I agree. Was definitely better than I thought it was going to be.

[Jhynnifer]

Robot & Frank on Netflix. Frank Langella was amazing. Really cute story and a good score.



http://blog.burnsfilmcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Robot-and-Frank-2012.jpg


I've kind of wanted to see this, now I will.


Zero Theorum.

If you like Christoph Waltz, do it.... even if you're so-so, watch it.

[Allereli]

Zero Theorum.

If you like Christoph Waltz, do it.... even if you're so-so, watch it.

Can't wait to see him in the next Bond movie.

[Viekn]

I've kind of wanted to see this, now I will.


Zero Theorum.

If you like Christoph Waltz, do it.... even if you're so-so, watch it.

Thanks for the recommendation. Christoph is the shit, so definitely going to watch it.

Edit: Just watched the trailer. Holy shit.

[Viekn]

Just saw this on IMDB as well...http://www.imdb.com/news/ni58479433?ref_=hm_nw_tp1

Olivia Wilde (want to touch the hiney!) and Garret Hedlund back for Tron3. I thought the remake with them was pretty good.

[Warriorbird]

Watched it last night. If you liked the first 6, you'll like the 7th.

Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.

With belief in physics suspended this was actually rather fun.

[Candor]

With belief in physics suspended this was actually rather fun.

I gave up on physics as a kid while watching Roadrunner cartoons :)

[leifastagsweed]

Last night, I saw a premier showing of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. Fucking intense, heavy, emotional, and raw.

[Allereli]

tip for Avengers: you can leave after the one and only credit scene

[SHAFT]

Last night, I saw a premier showing of Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. Fucking intense, heavy, emotional, and raw.

really looking forward to this. It's set to record.

[Back]

The Professional. One of my top ten timeless movies. Leon the badass Italian assassin taking in a stray girl who wants to learn the profession.

Really well filmed.

[Archigeek]

The Professional. One of my top ten timeless movies. Leon the badass Italian assassin taking in a stray girl who wants to learn the profession.

Really well filmed.

I do like that movie. It's not a great movie, but it's a good story well told.

[Thondalar]

Goodfellas.


Ok, ok, not exactly a new movie, and I've seen it before, but...well, it's a good movie I've seen recently.

Watched it on IFC at 3am the other night for no good reason. IFC is cool because they don't edit anything, but you still have commercial breaks which kinda sucks.

I think we should all watch the classics again, now and then.

[Thondalar]

Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.

Willing suspension of disbelief is the key to a lot of life's greatest pleasures.

[Velfi]

I do like that movie. It's not a great movie, but it's a good story well told.

Wat.

[Tisket]

Goodfellas.


Ok, ok, not exactly a new movie, and I've seen it before, but...well, it's a good movie I've seen recently.

Watched it on IFC at 3am the other night for no good reason. IFC is cool because they don't edit anything, but you still have commercial breaks which kinda sucks.

I think we should all watch the classics again, now and then.

I just watched The Godfather last week. I hate to admit it but it's one of those movies I never actually watched before and yet, somehow, I always felt like I had already seen it. If someone had asked me if I'd seen it, I'd have answered in the affirmative anyway. So when I sat down to it last weekend, I thought I was just rewatching a classic.

I guess it won't be a news flash to anyone but, FANTASTIC movie.

[Latrinsorm]

I just watched The Godfather last week. I hate to admit it but it's one of those movies I never actually watched before and yet, somehow, I always felt like I had already seen it. If someone had asked me if I'd seen it, I'd have answered in the affirmative anyway. So when I sat down to it last weekend, I thought I was just rewatching a classic.

I guess it won't be a news flash to anyone but, FANTASTIC movie.I recently watched it for the first time too and my main takeaway was that it could have been better with better editing. Just a lot of extraneous scenes. eta: It was good and I recommend seeing it although you and I are probably the last two people in the world who hadn't, but it didn't meet the hype for me.

[Archigeek]

I recently watched it for the first time too and my main takeaway was that it could have been better with better editing. Just a lot of extraneous scenes. eta: It was good and I recommend seeing it although you and I are probably the last two people in the world who hadn't, but it didn't meet the hype for me.

Loved both I and II. Great movies.

[Viekn]

I recently watched it for the first time too and my main takeaway was that it could have been better with better editing. Just a lot of extraneous scenes. eta: It was good and I recommend seeing it although you and I are probably the last two people in the world who hadn't, but it didn't meet the hype for me.

Those extraneous scenes end up being important to the overall story. I've ended up having to Google the meaning of some of them so I better understood other events.

[Wesley]

I actually only just saw The Godfather too. It's one of those ones where if you're just into your 30s, you were too young to have seen it when it was super culturally relevant still in the late 70s and early 80s. I've seen kids in their 20s today who have no idea who Indiana Jones is, for example. At any rate, I agree, great movie obviously. For whatever reason though, I enjoyed Goodfellas and Casino more (the reason last week I sought out the Godfather upon realizing that I'd never actually seen it). Maybe it's that the actors in it are the ones I grew up with. The stories were both good, obviously.

[Wrathbringer]

I just watched The Godfather last week. I hate to admit it but it's one of those movies I never actually watched before and yet, somehow, I always felt like I had already seen it. If someone had asked me if I'd seen it, I'd have answered in the affirmative anyway...

So you're a liar...? I'm shocked.

[Tisket]

So you're a liar...? I'm shocked.

Well I'm hardly surprised that is all that someone of your minuscule intellect and imagination took away from my post.

[Latrinsorm]

Those extraneous scenes end up being important to the overall story. I've ended up having to Google the meaning of some of them so I better understood other events.There's a scene in part 1 where Michael walks through a hotel lobby while nothing happens. I defy you to explain how it has anything to do with anything. I will also claim the entire Apollonia sequence could be removed without any effect on the story, but I'll start with us watching Michael walk across a lobby for no reason whatsoever.

[Archigeek]

There's a scene in part 1 where Michael walks through a hotel lobby while nothing happens. I defy you to explain how it has anything to do with anything. I will also claim the entire Apollonia sequence could be removed without any effect on the story, but I'll start with us watching Michael walk across a lobby for no reason whatsoever.

I promise not to disparage you for watching that movie again.

[SHAFT]

There's a scene in part 1 where Michael walks through a hotel lobby while nothing happens. I defy you to explain how it has anything to do with anything. I will also claim the entire Apollonia sequence could be removed without any effect on the story, but I'll start with us watching Michael walk across a lobby for no reason whatsoever.

It was an excuse to get Apollonia naked! So you'd have Michael jet off to Italy after the sollazzo murder and then just appear a few years later confronting Kay? Apollonia was a part of his journey to Italy. Her story also showed how dangerous that life could be, to not trust anyone.

[Tisket]

There's a scene in part 1 where Michael walks through a hotel lobby while nothing happens. I defy you to explain how it has anything to do with anything. I will also claim the entire Apollonia sequence could be removed without any effect on the story, but I'll start with us watching Michael walk across a lobby for no reason whatsoever.

I don't know, I think the small scenes and the killing of his wife, and the other Italy scenes were important ingredients to the movie as a whole. The entire story is one of an idealistic, decent man who turns into the most ruthless of killers. That doesn't happen in a vacuum. A complex backstory is necessary to make something like that believable and it's not something that can (or should) be told swiftly.

[Warriorbird]

There's a scene in part 1 where Michael walks through a hotel lobby while nothing happens. I defy you to explain how it has anything to do with anything. I will also claim the entire Apollonia sequence could be removed without any effect on the story, but I'll start with us watching Michael walk across a lobby for no reason whatsoever.

Much of silent cinema was conducted through people moving from place to place. It can convey quite a lot.

Just like in the book, I believe the Apollonia scenes are about escape and the futility of it.

[Latrinsorm]

It was an excuse to get Apollonia naked! So you'd have Michael jet off to Italy after the sollazzo murder and then just appear a few years later confronting Kay? Apollonia was a part of his journey to Italy. Her story also showed how dangerous that life could be, to not trust anyone.But the whole point of the Sollazzo murder was that the invincible Don had an attempt made on his life. There could be no greater illustration of how dangerous the life was, and if anything the point was belabored by the brutal execution of Sonny. No need to spend half an hour on the death of a random Italian woman.
I don't know, I think the small scenes and the killing of his wife, and the other Italy scenes were important ingredients to the movie as a whole. The entire story is one of an idealistic, decent man who turns into the most ruthless of killers. That doesn't happen in a vacuum. A complex backstory is necessary to make something like that believable and it's not something that can (or should) be told swiftly.He murdered two people in cold blood before he left, and makes a point of saying it's not for revenge but "just business". That's the most ruthless his character ever is, no?
Much of silent cinema was conducted with people moving from place to place.And they lost, Ernesto.
Just like in the book, I believe the Apollonia scenes are about escape and the futility of it.Escape is only demonstrably futile when he returns stateside... so why explicate the interlude?

[Androidpk]

Speaking of silent cinema I finally saw Nosferatu.

[Warriorbird]

Escape is only demonstrably futile when he returns stateside... so why explicate the interlude?

It's to speak to the allure and romance of an American Italian going back to Italy. It makes the door slam shut even harder.

[Tisket]

He murdered two people in cold blood before he left, and makes a point of saying it's not for revenge but "just business". That's the most ruthless his character ever is, no?

I would posit that he was able to justify those two deaths to himself as necessary to defend his family from an imminent threat and most emphatically not "just business." I felt he only said it was in order to reassure the others who weren't sure he, the college boy, was up to it. I just think the movie would have suffered and been a lessened experience without that interlude in Italy.

Anyway, I wish someone who has read the book would chime in.

[Latrinsorm]

Thinking on it more, does he ever personally kill anyone else, or is it always delegated? It could count as evidence for either theory, I'm just curious what other people remember.
I would posit that he was able to justify those two deaths to himself as necessary to defend his family from an imminent threat and most emphatically not "just business." I felt he only said it was in order to reassure the others who weren't sure he, the college boy, was up to it. I just think the movie would have suffered and been a lessened experience without that interlude in Italy.

Anyway, I wish someone who has read the book would chime in.Was there an imminent threat, though? I remember the pretense of the meeting as making peace between the families. If he played it straight his family would have lost prestige but that's an entirely different ball of wax, altogether.

[Tisket]

Thinking on it more, does he ever personally kill anyone else, or is it always delegated? It could count as evidence for either theory, I'm just curious what other people remember.Was there an imminent threat, though? I remember the pretense of the meeting as making peace between the families. If he played it straight his family would have lost prestige but that's an entirely different ball of wax, altogether.

This movie is nuanced on so many levels that you can't judge it by current Hollywood standards for dramatic movies. Sure, it had meandering moments but so does life. There would have been nothing gained and much lost by condensing those moments.

[Tisket]

Was there an imminent threat, though? I remember the pretense of the meeting as making peace between the families. If he played it straight his family would have lost prestige but that's an entirely different ball of wax, altogether.

Solozzo had to die or his father would never have been safe so yeah, definitely imminent threat.

edit: also, he was a decorated military man who had seen combat so presumably this wasn't the first time he'd killed.

[Thondalar]

This movie is nuanced on so many levels that you can't judge it by current Hollywood standards for dramatic movies. Sure, it had meandering moments but so does life. There would have been nothing gained and much lost by condensing those moments.

I'm going to need you to present some sort of peer-reviewed study to back up these obnoxious claims.

[Latrinsorm]

This movie is nuanced on so many levels that you can't judge it by current Hollywood standards for dramatic movies. Sure, it had meandering moments but so does life. There would have been nothing gained and much lost by condensing those moments.I can do nuance, just tell me what specifically the nuance was. None of the events of the Italy interlude are ever mentioned again, none of them have any bearing on character development, it comes off as more of a dream sequence than anything else. There's plenty of stuff that goes on stateside while Michael is away to show the passage of time. "Look how they massacred my boy." Plenty!
Solozzo had to die or his father would never have been safe so yeah, definitely imminent threat.No Mafioso is ever safe, no person is ever safe, but Sollozzo would have no pressing reason to kill the Don if the families made peace. Sollozzo's whole motivation was that the Don wouldn't use his influence to help Sollozzo, if the Don relented then Sollozzo only benefits while the Don is alive.
edit: also, he was a decorated military man who had seen combat so presumably this wasn't the first time he'd killed.As Sonny said, there's a big difference between military combat and cold blooded assassination. It's the only time we ever see Michael kill someone with his own hands, and he shows absolutely no remorse at doing so. Surely that's the moment he becomes a killer?

[Tisket]

I can do nuance, just tell me what specifically the nuance was. None of the events of the Italy interlude are ever mentioned again, none of them have any bearing on character development, it comes off as more of a dream sequence than anything else. There's plenty of stuff that goes on stateside while Michael is away to show the passage of time. "Look how they massacred my boy." Plenty!

And what's wrong with dream sequences? A soft, dreamy moment adds to the drama and vividness of the resulting harsh and violent moment. It needs no reason beyond that to exist in a movie.


No Mafioso is ever safe, no person is ever safe, but Sollozzo would have no pressing reason to kill the Don if the families made peace. Sollozzo's whole motivation was that the Don wouldn't use his influence to help Sollozzo, if the Don relented then Sollozzo only benefits while the Don is alive.

I didn't say it was the most logical decision but it was a very human one. The Don: almost dead. Michael: almost dead father, broken jaw. Those would be things not so easily forgotten. How long before the rancor and animosity flared up again? Not very long, especially when you have a hot head like Sonny around. Better to cut it out at the root and cauterize the wound.


As Sonny said, there's a big difference between military combat and cold blooded assassination. It's the only time we ever see Michael kill someone with his own hands, and he shows absolutely no remorse at doing so. Surely that's the moment he becomes a killer?

The way I saw it was the killing in the cafe showed the birth of a two bit hoodlum. The death of his wife is what set him on the path to becoming THE Hoodlum. We needed to see what might have been in order to fully grasp this transformation.

Listen, it's easy to forget that this movie was the first of it's kind. There were prior movies that had gangsters in them but this was the first time a movie showed the gangster as more than two dimensional. And we can nitpick because we have become jaded by the gangster movies that followed but let's not forget that those movies owe an enormous debt to The Godfather.