Angelica Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Scream 4 is about the only decent thing out at the moment.At the multiplex, more or less. Though Water for Elephants is so intensely old Hollywood and therefore fresh and uncommon (please note I didnt say it was*good*), that it's sort of worth seeing. Genuine film buffs with an art house at their disposal should get out to Bill Cunningham: New York and Meek's Cutoff immediately, they are easily the best films of the year so far, and will probably remain so until fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Watching as much of "The American" as I can before going out to dinner.I've heard negative things but when you see a naked girl and George Clooney with a beard in the first two minutes it can't be that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 London Boulevard. Not I can be bothered to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon87 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Watching Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) right now. Intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Watching Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves) right now. Intense.Di Sica right? Fuckin class in a glass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 You Can't Get Away With Murder - Humphrey Bogart plays a small time hood who this local Hells Kitchen kid looks up to even though his honest hardworking sister and her boyfriend tell the kid he's headed for trouble. Anyway one day him and Bogie get screwed for knocking over this store (although the kid was the lookout) and killing the shopkeeper using his sisters boyfriends gun, who gets sent up the road for life on a murder charge while they get away with 1 to 5 for robbing a local gas station...then the kids conscience kicks in, classic BogartThe Big Shot - Bogart plays a washed up old hood on his third strike who gets roped into knocking over an armoured truck with a bunch of guys, decides not to go on account of an old flame who it turns out is now the wife of the guy who set up the armoured truck robbery who is a big time attourney.Conflict - Humphrey Bogart plays a guy who fancies his wifes younger sister so he kills her (his wife) but it don't all go as smoothly as he'd hoped.One Fatal Hour - Bogart works for a radio station who are doing a radio serial about a woman who was exonnerated for the murder of her husband and is now living under a different name with her new husband. However it turns out that her daughter is about to get married to some high society guy and this radio serial going out will blow the lid of the murderer womans secret and fuck up the marriage and a lot of lives besides. Social conscience flick, pretty good performance too from the one of the few Americans that had guts enough to stand up to HUAC.The Great O Malley - O Malley is this rule crazy over zealous headstrong cop that sort of triggers a chain of events that cause a good man (Bogart) to rob a store. Bogie is sent to jail while O Malley happens upon Bogies family who are struggling to make ends meet while he's doing his 2 to 10 stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Flubber. But couldn't finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wuthering Heights - Laurence Olivier...one of the greatest movies i've ever seen and one of the most well photographed. Wasn't Greg Tolland in on Citizen Kane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wasn't Greg Tolland in on Citizen Kane?If you mean did He photograph it, yes he did.He called working on Citizen Kane "the most exciting professional adventure of my career." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wasn't Greg Tolland in on Citizen Kane?If you mean did He photograph it, yes he did.He called working on Citizen Kane "the most exciting professional adventure of my career."Thought i recognised it on the credits of Wuthering Heights. Yeah, he photographed WH too. Wasn't there a big thing over like is he more responsible for it than Welles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Wasn't Greg Tolland in on Citizen Kane?If you mean did He photograph it, yes he did.He called working on Citizen Kane "the most exciting professional adventure of my career."Thought i recognised it on the credits of Wuthering Heights. Yeah, he photographed WH too. Wasn't there a big thing over like is he more responsible for it than Welles?Not sure if is was a big thing but many including historians believe Citizen Kane's visual brilliance was due to the contributions of Toland, not Welles.It's a hard one to figure out. I was really into Mise-en-scène and lighting techniques in film for a while and Citizen Kane would come up in all aspects of film because it was innovative and ahead of it's time. If a debate would arise about who was the real visionary behind Citizen Kane Toland fans would usually come out on top because Welles fans maintain that the visual style of Kane is similar to many of Welles' other films, so it should be considered the Welles work. Nevertheless, the Welles movies that most resemble Citizen Kane (The Magnificent Ambersons, The Stranger, Touch of Evil) were shot by Toland's collaborators, Russell Metty and Stanley Cortez.Before his death Welles acknowledged that "Toland was advising him on camera placement and lighting effects secretly so the young director would not be embarrassed in front of the highly experienced crew".I'm not taking away from Orson Welles genius but he had a lot of help on Citizen Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 It's a hard one to figure out. I was really into Mise-en-scène and lighting techniques in film for a while God bless you for saying that cuz i think that is basically the heart and soul of cinema, that IS the movie, 24 frames per seconds and each frame is like a fucking painting, like a piece of art, ALL good directors understand this, you just became one of my forum top 10 people man (or woman, i'm not sure which ). It's worth noting to, as a follow on to your comments about Toland that there's a lot in the visuals of Wuthering Heights that are comparable to Citizen Kane, in many ways, depending on their degree of freedom, the DP is the fucking artist of the piece, the composer, the motherfucker that puts the shit together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 It's a hard one to figure out. I was really into Mise-en-scène and lighting techniques in film for a while It's worth noting to, as a follow on to your comments about Toland that there's a lot in the visuals of Wuthering Heights that are comparable to Citizen Kane,Very true. If any budding filmaker wants a crash course in cinematography just stick on Citizen Kane and Wuthering Heights. I love the urban legen that Orson Welles spent a weekend with Gregg Toland and learned everything there is to know about cinematography lolNice to find another guy who appreciates the work of the "fastest camerman alive", well when he was alive.Also, required reading on this topic would be "The making of Citizen Kane" By Robert L. Carringer. A whole chapter is devoted to the cinematography. Great insight into the relationship between Welles and Toland and how they came together.Not quite sure if it's still in print, I picked mine up at a used bookshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 It's a hard one to figure out. I was really into Mise-en-scène and lighting techniques in film for a while It's worth noting to, as a follow on to your comments about Toland that there's a lot in the visuals of Wuthering Heights that are comparable to Citizen Kane,Very true. If any budding filmaker wants a crash course in cinematography just stick on Citizen Kane and Wuthering Heights. I love the urban legen that Orson Welles spent a weekend with Gregg Toland and learned everything there is to know about cinematography lolNice to find another guy who appreciates the work of the "fastest camerman alive", well when he was alive.Also, required reading on this topic would be "The making of Citizen Kane" By Robert L. Carringer. A whole chapter is devoted to the cinematography. Great insight into the relationship between Welles and Toland and how they came together.Not quite sure if it's still in print, I picked mine up at a used bookshopFunnily enough i actually read that at about the same time i first heard of Greg Toland and just chewed through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerage5 Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Saw Machete for the first time last week. It blew my mind, it sucked, but was still legitimately awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Watching as much of "The American" as I can before going out to dinner.I've heard negative things but when you see a naked girl and George Clooney with a beard in the first two minutes it can't be that bad.A friend of mine said it was a stupid movie. But idk.. I also watched bangkok knockout. Bad ass action movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 A friend of mine said it was a stupid movie.It is. It was a victim of terrible marketing but the film itself is an overblown attempt to be something intelligent when it really isn't.Watched The Way Back. Beautiful scenery and cinematography but edited together poorly. Seems to jump through a lot of pivotal scenes and the majority of the characters aren't developed at all. Nice to look at though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 High Plains DrifterI've never seen it (I've been meaning to) but I have to say: that has got to be the coolest movie title ever concieved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelinrocksnexttognr Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Tony jaa is to be working on "Tom yum goong 2" and word is that he is in talks to work with Sammo Hung on a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Youth In Revolt- Starts incredibly slow, gets into it a bit as it goes on. It was ok, another typical Michael Cera character though. Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Watching as much of "The American" as I can before going out to dinner.I've heard negative things but when you see a naked girl and George Clooney with a beard in the first two minutes it can't be that bad.A friend of mine said it was a stupid movie. But idk.. I also watched bangkok knockout. Bad ass action movie!I thought it was good, much better than expected. Nice chill out film with some good action.Sucked he died at the end though. Wanted a happy ending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Pale Rider. Another classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC185 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Couple of people made me watch Thor last night. The sort of film some of my mates love for some reason.I thought it was awful. Not even entertaining in a mindless sort of a way. Just dull and pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Couple of people made me watch Thor last night. The sort of film some of my mates love for some reason.I thought it was awful. Not even entertaining in a mindless sort of a way. Just dull and pointless.The previews havent done anything for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axl_on_drums Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Saw The Fast Five tonight with bunch of friends, both the guys and the girls loved it. 10/10 movie, something for everyone, just a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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