It is pretty brutal, and a lot of the violence is casual. I can see why some people would find it unacceptable.
For me, it has its merits. We live in a civilized society, and yet within this, and among civilized people as well, there is violence, often brutal, casual. I have been the victim of this plenty. To overcome it we must understand it, and to understand it, we must turn and look at it. What is it like? Why do they do it? We have to feel it, immerse ourselves in it to be really moved by it. I don't think there's much risk in copycatting it or being desensitized by it. Apart from the understanding and highlighting, it is also quite soothing, for those who have been on the wrong end of it, to see how ridiculous, childish, and 'funny' this behaviour actually is. It's not funny that people are killed in horrifying circumstances. But the act itself, and the mind of the perpetrator, those are funny, in their buffoonish ridiculousness. I remember just a few years back, someone (a seriously 'civilized person) managed (blush) to smash a door in that I was trying to keep shut (they weren't 'getting their own way). Once they had forced it open, they pulled a 6-inch blade from their pocket, and held it at my chest. Before that, it was truncheons, and fists. It's not a nice place to be, knowing your life is in their hands. But movies like this, they go a long way to making having to carry these memories possible. Not looking for sympathy lol, just saying what it does for me.

You review on next projection? That's pretty cool. I heard about escape from tomorrow from the guys at WhatTheFlick and it interests me quite a bit, but they gave it a bad review and this has made me a lot more hesitant. Is there anything in it for someone with little interest in horrors (I do like a good thriller though).

I was ready to press 'play' but the low IMDB rating put me off. I'm half way through it now. It's one of those 'Got a low imdb rating because it would go over the heads of most people, it isn't fodder for the masses, and in a really good way. I'm really loving it so far. People who really dig things like Independence Day always gonna hate this, because it is boring on that level. But you're not watching it for that level.

I'm not into Horrors either, they don't really do it for me, maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.
Loved 'Cabin in the Woods' though. omg...

Aye it was turd. James Nesbitt should have been no where near it. Annoying ****.

escape from tomorrow looks and sounds awful but after reading about it i want to see it anyways.

Yes I've been writing there since January of this year. It's opened a lot of doors.

There is something in there if you aren't into horror films. It's interesting to watch the lead character lose his mind in Disney World. It's much funnier than I was expecting.

The Comedians of Comedy
Documentary following the comedians Zach Galifianakis, Brian Posehn, Patton Oswalt and Maria Bamford as they go on tour together.

Honestly, while watching it I thought to myself 'this isn't that good'. However I'm a massive comedy nerd and a fan of the comedians so did enjoy it.

I'd recommend it if you are a comedy fan and like listening to podcasts such as WTF or The Nerdist. If not I'd probably give it a miss.

Guess I should check that one out.

Byzantium 75/100 - rather good take on the vampire story, with the vampires here being lonely, incomplete souls who seem ever wandering and never fulfilled. Shades of Let The Right One In, Interview with the Vampire and Daughters of Darkness pervade. A classy one.

How many movies do you watch per day?

311 so far this year. I actually watched 2 today, Byzantium, and Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child. I nearly watched The Apartment (1960) too, but ran out of time, so that's tomorrow.

Here's the playlist of the year so far on imdb:

http://www.imdb.com/user/ur45138135/...ists=watchlist

That's not a lot...although it seems like you see like 5 a day.

Im probably around 50 or something but I am not a big movie fan.

One a day is a good rate, kudos Diebitter, I wish I had the attention span for it (and the time).

Just went through the list. If you had to classify your 10 personal favorites this year?

from that list, the top 10 are:

A Matter of Life and Death
Skyfall
The Innocents
Dredd
Young Frankenstein
Django Unchained
Pans Labyrinth
Black Swan
Casablanca
Dark Knight Returns 1+2

I'm surprised that an avid Bond fan like yourself rates Skyfall so highly. Not because it's not a good film, but mos of the Bond fans I've spoken to hate the newer films, especially Skyfall, they see them as abominations and detractions from classic Bond. I personally think that's a snobby way of looking at it but whatever.

Skyfall in the top 10. Lel. Wow. Top lels. Almost as unforgivable as Django Unchained. I stand by every other pick tho

Biggest surprises in terms of being so much better than I expected were The Innocents, the Straw Dogs remake, and The Sadist (1960) where Arch Hall Jr - who I've never seen display any acting abilities at all - turns in a rather fine performance as a teen psychopath.

I did explain at length why I think Skyfall is so good in the James Bond thread. It's a longass post.

Good Skyfall review. While I am not a James Bond, I really enjoyed this movie and believe Sam Mendes contributed greatly to this franchise.

Thx for the review.

Lol at picking these two and not Dredd.

Amazing review of Skyfall DB. I don't think I could have gotten that much out of the story being that I'm a boorish American. I'm tempted to watch it again now having read your post. Overall I thought Skyfall was really good, and just a few steps behind Casino Royale. The only thing I absolutely didn't like about Skyfall was

I watched The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on TCM yesterday. What a strange strange movie, more evidence of the greatness of 70's cinema. For a seemingly staid movie, this is truly bizarre. Maggie Smith won a Best Actress Oscar for this.

BGP,

You wrong fo dat. Dredd was amazing. Love Skyfall, sure, but I put it above Skyfall because as much as I enjoyed Skyfall, I had plenty of complaints, whereas with Dredd I had none.

For those who saw Gravity in 3D - is it actually worth it to see in 3D (i.e., the 3D actually added something instead of being just a money-making gimmick)?

2nd must see in 3D film ever made.