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Post by AllenSmithee on Jan 17, 2012 12:15:13 GMT -5
I saw A Dangerous Method last night. As usual, Cronenberg is a fabulous director and actor director -- not to mention the mise en scene being hilariously good -- and Howard Shore produces a great score.
There are so many details to match the themes and backstories, whether it be of the setting or a character -- pay attention to things people smoke, for one.
One of the best parts is the undeniable symbolism (Jung) vs step by step analysis (Freud) that both pervade and prevail throughout the film -- interesting too is that, in many cases, Jung and Freud have their philosophies reversed on the DL, such as Freud's fear of a legacy lost and finding Jung as a symbolic offspring, and a friend. Jung never gets it and is too young and brash to see the value of the people around him and Fassbender acts it perfectly. The amount of people who care about him are there but he's too busy thinking about the cosmos and the correlations to catch the value of these things (which is nicely shown in how much Jung enjoys the outdoors and his boat and all that and Freud is indoors much more of the time)
It is just so damn well written. Like, when Jung mentions that he thinks the sexual interpretations should be toned down or euphemized and Freud is adamant against that and later Jung is eating dinner with Freud and Freud's family, talking about this sex and stuff and Freud makes a sarcastic remark about not "restrain[ing] yourself", which first is believed to be about the amount of food Jung is taking and then there is this hilarious panning shot of Freud's family.
A few super cool things:
- Neither of them believe in coincidence, however their grounds for this are entirely similar but semantically inoperable.
- They both have effectively the same practice of getting a patient to the point where they can realize themselves, but again, the semantics are inoperable together.
And, of course, like in any film, or literature, it is possible to break it down to their being an id, ego, and super-ego character but here, unless someone making the film is a super-idiot, it is necessary. Hampton adapted his own script for his play "The Talking Cure" with Cronenberg so well, so well.
Fuckin' auteurs, I'm telling you.
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Post by lailmith on Feb 5, 2012 5:55:51 GMT -5
Tales of Vesperia First Strike
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Post by lailmith on Feb 5, 2012 7:50:00 GMT -5
Just watched
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
I can't really remember when was the last time I watched a movie as boring as this one. Maybe I should mark this day for future boring references.. Only thing that was really worth something in this movie was probably the soundtrack which provided some good tracks here and there (closing the eyes only to listen to soundtrack worked well to make some parts better, as boring movie can kill part of the music too).
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Post by Gamemusicfreak on Apr 8, 2012 20:00:35 GMT -5
Watched Transylvania 6-5000 for the millionth time today. One of my favorite movies ever! We watched it regularly growing up.
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Post by Mutagene on Apr 20, 2012 2:56:25 GMT -5
God Bless America.
It's depressing how real this movie is.
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Post by Ranzor on Apr 30, 2012 1:59:24 GMT -5
The Avengers!
What a great flick.
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Post by Gamemusicfreak on May 2, 2012 11:17:14 GMT -5
Watched Iron Man 2. I still have to see Thor and Captain America next before seeing the Avengers this weekend.
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Post by reymon698 on May 6, 2012 22:37:28 GMT -5
Well, watched The Avengers yesterday, and the word "Amazing" doesnt even begin to describe it
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Post by schlagwerk on May 7, 2012 13:49:23 GMT -5
Avengers
Loki vs Hulk
Dat first stinger during the credits
Dat second stinger after the credits
I think that covers the most amazing parts
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Post by Gamemusicfreak on May 11, 2012 17:25:50 GMT -5
Avengers rules!
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2012 21:01:32 GMT -5
I agree, that was a good film no doubt. I would gladly watch Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan any day.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Jun 14, 2012 14:00:20 GMT -5
Count of Monte Cristo. Again. (seen it over a dozen times--took a few dates to it when it was in theaters it's so good) It's even one of my favorites despite how much it Hollywoods from the inspiration. Famous Quotations: Jacopo: What do you want to buy? Edmund: Revenge Jacopo: Okay, revenge. Who? Edmund: |
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Post by Red Hairdo on Jun 14, 2012 22:32:06 GMT -5
Count of Monte Cristo is fabulous. I have seen the movie and Gankoutsou, and have acquired the full version of the book as well, split into two volumes (although translated; It isn't in the original French). Not saying I agree with the count's logic, but it's still an incredible story. P.S.: Albert's seiyuu in Gankoutsou is Jun Fukuyama!  (Same guy who voiced Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee). Also known for voicing Zero in Code Geass, although I didn't like his performance as much in that, but I still found it good. |
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Post by Ghaleon on Jun 15, 2012 4:00:36 GMT -5
For me, that would be Ink. Its an interesting exploration of the human mind, conscious and subconscious alike. At times it felt like the audio levels shifted too much to actually make out words clearly, but the film was fantastic regardless.
If you haven't seen it yet, i'd highly suggest you do so. But keep an open mind when you do, as it was an independent film. Its quality however, was far, far above the usual. Such an amazing amazing movie.
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Post by Ascended Mermaid on Jun 15, 2012 10:57:04 GMT -5
I watched Ink either last year or the year before, and I thought it was pretty good as well. I will admit though that I found the movie a little confusing, mainly because I'm nitpicky when it comes to order of events. "So wait, this happened, which caused that to happen, and now... wait, what?! How does that work?!"
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Post by Mutagene on Jun 15, 2012 16:09:09 GMT -5
Black Dynamite.
It hurts to laugh.
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Post by Raison D'etritus on Jun 20, 2012 11:15:43 GMT -5
Count of Monte Cristo is fabulous. I have seen the movie and Gankoutsou, and have acquired the full version of the book as well, split into two volumes (although translated; It isn't in the original French). Not saying I agree with the count's logic, but it's still an incredible story. P.S.: Albert's seiyuu in Gankoutsou is Jun Fukuyama! (Same guy who voiced Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee). Also known for voicing Zero in Code Geass, although I didn't like his performance as much in that, but I still found it good. As for Gankoutsou, while I loved it, the strange blue screen animation style turned me off, and even by the end I never quite got used to it. I honestly think that' s the only thing that kept it from being one of my favorites. I did really like the way it was narrated from Albert's perspective. As for th ecount' sthinking, I'm, unsurprisingly, aligned with him. Far as I'm concerned, ust as that "God will give me justice," was faded, with a choice of no justice or man-made, you take the choice that's better than allowing evil to prosper (only thing necessary for evil to prosper is for the Count of Monte Cristo to do nothing). I also suppor the death penalty for murderers, and I feel that a forum without moderation would fall to trolldom. As the Japanese saying goes, "the sword that slays evil is the life-giving sword." Being Matt Damon one of my favorite actors and that he starred in a satirical comedy film, I though the idea of watching The Informant! a must. I feel completely trolled. First of all, I didn´t find the film exactly a satirical comedy: the main character had plenty of unnecessary soliloques (with the comment about burusera being one of the very few ones that caught my attention), dealing with situations that couldn´t be called a joke and some of the music played in extremely unfitting situations that it wasn´t funny at all. Secondly, during the entire film there are plenty of plot twists and revelations regarding the protagonist that you can´t help but get mad about him, since it completely deceived and lied to everyone!! In fact, at the final scene before the closing I facepalmed out of exasperation... -_-
Finally, his persona would never stop reminding me of a personal situation of mine I´m currently dealing with, making the experience much more uncomfortable than it should have been. I watched this with the intention of forgetting reality and my problems for a couple of hours, not for the opossite, DARN!!  The actor sure did an excellent performance representing a character with a mental instability that you can´t tell if he is to be trusted or not, but frankly, this should be one of my least favorites films I have ever watched (considerating I barely watch films). Seriously, there are way much better done satirical movies out there, like Thanks for Smoking, if you want an example.  It really is surprising how similar our tastes were. Even the underlined part fit. Gotta check out Thanks for Smoking soon. |
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Post by reymon698 on Jul 8, 2012 22:20:58 GMT -5
Should come here more often, anyway, just stoping by to say,"THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN" WAS AWESOME.
i liked Sam Raimi´s movies, but peter lacked his joker attitude and i liked the fact that the Lizard was FIRST than Norman Osborn and that it was Gwen Stacy first and not Mary Jane, i liked Raimi´s movies, but this was more like the comic and for some reason, i never actually liked Tobey Mcguire so much as Spider-man.
If you havent watched it yet, go. Is total recomendation.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2012 13:10:53 GMT -5
The Amazing SpiderMan was actually an enjoyable movie. Peter Parker gets bitten by a spider and turns into batman.
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Post by reymon698 on Jul 30, 2012 18:45:42 GMT -5
And now that you remindede me Batman i must say that last one too.
Bane is awesome, not the same mexican guy from the comics (He sounds arabic) but is awesome and not that horrible brute venom-dependant from "Batman & Robin"
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(Same guy who voiced Roy in Super Smash Bros. Melee). Also known for voicing Zero in Code Geass, although I didn't like his performance as much in that, but I still found it good.
