[quote=“Lindberg, post:94, topic:2027”]Not wise to drink a lot of beer in a theater
You’ll need to go to the bathroom a dozen times before the movie is over ;)[/quote]
And if you think of the morality you will annoy people when you scream something liked
HMWAAWWHHHHHHH…I remwb -hick- ewrr whennnwwwww
2012 (Emmerich/08)
Roland Emmerich’s new end-of-the-world blockbuster follows a group of people trying to survive the destruction of the Earth, as foretold by the Mayans. That’s about it for plot, and it is plainly clear that the director isn’t really interested in the plotline and more in Apocalyptic setpieces, like California falling into the sea. One of the things I like about this movie is that Emmerich shows you what he did with his $260 odd-million budget by putting the destruction of citys right up on to screen. If there is one thing you can about the film, it is that he at least didn’t squander the cash he was given. The actors, John Cusack, Danny Glover and Woody Harrelson, preform the best they could, knowing that they will be upstaged by the fantastic special effects. If this doesn’t win Best Special Effects at the Acadamy Awards, I don’t know what will. Of course, on the downside, the screenplay is ever so silly, but who cares? When you go to see this movie, you know what you are going to get, and director Roland Emmerich gives you it with glee. 3/5.
Black Dynamite
Had a blast with this one. Highly recommend that anyone who has the opportunity to see in a theater do so… Pretty authentic seventies/blaxploitation feel. Even shot on Super 16 Color Reversal Kodak film stock, so it actually looks like the real thing… there even appears to be some stock footage spliced in.
The local theater had some free posters, so I grabbed one. Pretty cool because I was thinking the poster was cool earlier today.
The film maker’s love for this genre really showed here… I think for the most part, he got it dead on. It played almost like a highlight reel of everything that’s great about these films, avoiding the boring sections the original films tended to go off on.
Great film for the theater, especially for someone like me who never got to see anything like this on the big screen.
Stella (2008, France)
This film was received well at several film festivals (standing ovation in Venice) and on IMDB most reactions are very positive too. I thought it was very predictable.
It’s about a 11 year old girl who grows up in the bar of her parents, by consequence she knows everything about playing cards, drinking beer, swearing and all other things you do or hear in a bar, but she feels terrible lost in school. But of course this all changes when she befriends a jewish girl from Argentine descent.
The acting of the two girls is marvellous and there are a few incisive moments, but not enough. This is a well-meant movie, one with a positive message (which partly explains the positive reactions), but good intentions don’t make a good movie.
[quote=“autephex, post:103, topic:2027”]Black Dynamite
…The local theater had some free posters, so I grabbed one. Pretty cool because I was thinking the poster was cool earlier today.[/quote]
That sounds cool. Could you please post the movie poster? Thanks.
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:104, topic:2027”]Stella (2008, France)
…on IMDB most reactions are very positive too. I thought it was very predictable.[/quote]
It just goes to show that you can never fully trust IMDb!
Very nice. It could almost have been a movie from the seventies but time-warped to here. Thank you for posting it.
I thougt it was a 70’s movie untill I saw this was the cinema thread! And the address of course.
Scott Sanders (the director) really did a good job with it. When watching, if you can just make yourself forget its a new film that’s imitating an old genre, then it becomes right at home. Its more humorous than the classics, but really only because it is intentionally doing the the same things those films did.
I was very impressed that it delivered on what it advertised… after many disappointments with filmmakers claiming inspiration from a genre, only to not deliver any of the classic genre characterstics
Also impressed with the use of Super 16 Color Reversal Kodak film stock… the extra mile that most directors couldn’t be bothered with… even the recent “grindhouse” efforts with their big budgets made use of fake film filters
And then also the use of stock footage, when most directors today take themselve’s too seriously to do something like this
A device that filmakers still use. Watching some cheap modern films, you can see that they always use the same opening shots of cities.
Well, these stock footage scenes I’m referring to are a bit more… obvious
Example, there is a scene where a baddie is driving a car and then he drives off a cliff- in a completely different car
[quote=“autephex, post:112, topic:2027”]Well, these stock footage scenes I’m referring to are a bit more… obvious
Example, there is a scene where a baddie is driving a car and then he drives off a cliff- in a completely different car[/quote]
This sounds like it was done on purpose.
Of course it was done on purpose…
Law Abiding Citzen
A solid Revenge Thriller with Gerald Butler (who seems to become the new Hero in Hollywood). He had some great lines as vengeance taken engineer. The first half of the movie was better but at the second half the story started to get more and more implausible. At least the US justice system was a bit criticized. I fell asleep during the final but it wasn’t the fault of the movie. (A friend told me what was happening). I missed somehow the big surprise (we call it in German Aha-Effect) at the end. Nevertheless it was entertaining enough. 
This time I had my beer before going to cinema! 
Will anybody here be going to see James Cameron’s Avatar? I will be, if only to see if Cameron has returned to form after Titanic. Who know’s, it could be as good as Terminator 2: Judgement Day.
That will be a solid no from me.
The last Cameron film I had any time for was The Abyss and I won’t be parting with any cash to see him self indulge in 3D.
On the bright side, it’s his money and not the bank’s.
It’s not his money I’m worried about being wasted though. It’s mine.
Something that can be avoided by not going to see it. Look’s like I’m going to be wasting mine then!