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I really like this one too. Did you notice that Netflix has this listed under "Romantic" movies? WTF! (And this is the first time I've ever used WTF in over 10,000 posts.)

1. The simple fact that Netflix has it at all is remarkable and good, so they could list it under Children's Holiday Stories and I would be OK with it.

2. The fact that a post of mine in any way provoked a "WTF" from John Cole means that my work here is done.

02-16-2013 , 01:05 PM

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Jeedz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Dude_Abides

Anyone seen the Stoning of Soraya M? Thought about watching on NF but read reviews and not sure was ready for something quite that heavy - any reviews?

TDA

Very powerful film, it is good, but it is heavy.

Also, I don't like the political agenda behind it, but then I am a whiny left liberal douche.

02-16-2013 , 01:54 PM

#20378

MSchu18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Siculamente

Whale Rider still doesn't disappoint even after like the 5th viewing. it's definitely one of my favorites.

at least one good post on this page!

02-16-2013 , 03:46 PM

#20379

eyebooger

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 58,684

If any of TLDR's cinemaphiles want to take a shot at Oscar predictions, I'm running a prediction/sheep game over in POG.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/59...sheep-1300963/

02-16-2013 , 03:49 PM

#20380

Wain Man

adept

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Don't know if I posted about it but I watched The Master awhile back and it was really, really good. One of the best of 2012.

Watched recently Now is good which is a really effective tearjerker with Dakota Fanning and Paddy Considine.

02-16-2013 , 04:37 PM

#20381

John Cole

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MSchu18

at least one good post on this page!

Be careful, Rushmore is getting upset.

02-16-2013 , 04:39 PM

#20382

John Cole

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Just in case any of you are dying to see Michael Snow's La Region Centrale, it's available in its entirety on Youtube.

02-16-2013 , 04:47 PM

#20383

Rushmore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MSchu18

at least one good post on this page!

And that's not the one.

Just kidding. It's true, I'm slippin. I don't sleep anymore.

02-16-2013 , 05:34 PM

#20384

MSchu18

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Originally Posted by sixfour

Die Hard 5. Liquid AIDS

this one qualifies for a good post... but I can not independently confirm or deny it's legitimacy.

Dude... whatever you do, don't ban hammer me... just tell me to snap too and I will comply.

02-16-2013 , 06:48 PM

#20385

Dominic

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Quote:

Originally Posted by John Cole

Just in case any of you are dying to see Michael Snow's La Region Centrale, it's available in its entirety on Youtube.

Is this the one about the camera on the mountain that someone inadvertently left on?

I just remember someone's great comment about the DVD extras for that in one of our drafts....something about "BUG BUG BUG!" Had me rolling.

02-16-2013 , 08:01 PM

#20386

arr9dina

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just watched a movie called skew. i did not get it.
any one care to enlighten me please? i mean wtf?

Last edited by arr9dina; 02-16-2013 at 08:11 PM.

02-16-2013 , 08:32 PM

#20387

vixticator

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeedz

Very powerful film, it is good, but it is heavy.

Also, I don't like the political agenda behind it, but then I am a whiny left liberal douche.

It's a bit heavy handed, but I mean it happens right?

02-16-2013 , 09:11 PM

#20388

Frank Sobotka

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Just finished an Oscar screener of The Master. I am a massive PTA fanboy and don't know how I feel about yet without a second viewing. That said the cinematography was phenomenal. I guess he used someone else for the first time in his career due to a scheduling conflict.

02-16-2013 , 09:37 PM

#20389

Rushmore

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank Sobotka

Isn't it always amazing? I mean, good lord, look at Magnolia and Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. Surely this qualifies as amazing cinematography, no?

02-17-2013 , 01:40 AM

#20390

John Cole

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Dominic

Hell, I took it in the first round of the '70s draft and sniped Clovis who thought it would fall to the last round. Perhaps the worst first round pick after Eddie Izzard.

Kudzu imagined a DVD commentary with someone saying, "A rock. A bush. BUGBUGBUG!"

02-17-2013 , 02:54 AM

#20391

bearz

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Warm Bodies was super terrible and cheesy imo.

How did it get such high reviews on Rotten Tomatoes?

02-17-2013 , 04:37 AM

#20392

SimpleSam

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The Criterion Collection is streaming for free on hulu for another couple of days. So much good stuff that I don't know where to start.

http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

02-17-2013 , 10:44 AM

#20393

MSchu18

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Originally Posted by SimpleSam

The Criterion Collection is streaming for free on hulu for another couple of days. So much good stuff that I don't know where to start.

http://www.hulu.com/movies/criterion

Oh nice... to bad I own all those already

although they have not released that Zatoichi as yet on BD

02-17-2013 , 12:10 PM

#20394

electricladylnd

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Primer - 2 tech guys accidently make a time machine while trying to invent something else and then the pros and cons of using that machine. It is low budget but I thought it was pretty damn good, it got a little complicated/confusing towards the end but I think repeated viewings would help that out.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 - Not being a fan of Uma Thurman had put these way down on my QT list but watching them again, she didn't bother me at all and the movies are fantastic and very, very enjoyable. I have watched them multiple times the past week and they are great.

02-17-2013 , 12:17 PM

#20395

Jeedz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vixticator

It's a bit heavy handed, but I mean it happens right?

Is that a stoning joke

02-17-2013 , 01:58 PM

#20396

MSchu18

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Originally Posted by electricladylnd

Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2 - Not being a fan of Uma Thurman had put these way down on my QT list but watching them again, she didn't bother me at all and the movies are fantastic and very, very enjoyable. I have watched them multiple times the past week and they are great.

since it's really one movie, I am waiting for the directors cut where it's all non stop kill bill for five hours.

02-17-2013 , 02:23 PM

#20397

thethethe

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Untouchable - French drama/comedy based on the true story of a wealthy quadriplegic who hires a streetwise ex-con as his helper.
Heart-warming and genuinely very funny in parts, I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.

02-17-2013 , 02:47 PM

#20398

chum33

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saw Insidious recently, probably my favourite horror flick since The Ring. The end is a little exaggerated for my taste but it is a horror movie after all. Overall I enjoyed it, worth a watch imo - 8/10

02-17-2013 , 03:23 PM

#20399

diebitter

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Quote:

Originally Posted by chum33

I felt the first half was great, second half passable. Whilst they didn't open the metaphorical door to the bogeyman, it worked well, but it didn't maintain the same quality once the door was open.

02-17-2013 , 03:37 PM

#20400

Jackitos

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Quote:

Originally Posted by diebitter

I felt the first half was great, second half passable. Whilst they didn't open the metaphorical door to the bogeyman, it worked well, but it didn't maintain the same quality once the door was open.

Confirmed. I was thoroughly interested in this movie until the whole "he's a traveler" thing started. The lady in the pictures with the dad literally gave me the chills though.

Unrelated note: is Sinister worth watching?

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