I've never seen anyone texting because of that. My tolerance for certain behaviors is high too. A baby who is only making a little bit of noise doesn't bother me although why is a baby in attendance, lol. That's a rare one.

Talking is almost completely intolerable and that was an issue for me a few months ago for I can't remember what. I don't mind people chiming in at certain moments in a movie. An instance off the top of my head is from Flight where Denzel falls off the wagon and several people in the audience were saying out loud DON'T DO IT which I thought was charming more than distracting. Same can be said for those moments in a horror movie. It depends on the movie, some of them are better with a small amount of audience participation. Comedies are obvious and I mean laughter here mostly.. Django Unchained is a movie where I saw it twice in the theater and both times the audience roared throughout it. When you watch at home its not the same

Both of my examples here were filled with moments where the creators intended these reactions. It doesn't apply to every movie but I'd say most of them it does; movies designed for sustained silence are often dull affairs. Not all of them. I definitely prefer watching with an audience.

The Purge is one of those high concept movies that doesn't follow through on the execution of its own internal logic in any fashion. There's a dark satirical horror movie you could make using the concept of an America where criminal activity is allowed and encouraged for one night a year. The movie isn't terribly interested in doing anything with the premise and it sucks. It's not scary. It's not funny. It's not dramatic. Poor Ethan Hawke actually puts forth a quality performance here, lol. Watch You're Next instead, that's a great movie. 3/10

The Raid 2 if you guys miss this theatrically I have zero respect for you. The action shames every action movie in the last five years or more.

The tracking shots are on another level. The stunts look insane.

Gareth Evans is a breath of fresh air. Best working action filmmaker? He presents a strong argument.

Better then the first? Cause I loved that one.

I missed the first one, can the second be watched standalone or do I need to catchup?

Spoilers: everyone died, except this one guy. Well, maybe someone else I don't remember.

I'd recommend watching the first to get used to Evans' style. Not a ton of backstory transitioned to the second. And yes it's far better than the first and I loved the first .

Went to The Grand Budapest Hotel the other night. My friend, who's really a movie person, told me that Wes Anderson makes these quirky movies with a certain style.

While not really my thing, I rather enjoyed it. For a true movie person, it's probably really great. For a movies-as-entertainment person such as myself, still really enjoyable.

i remember watching like 10 minutes of the raid and didnt get into it for w/e reason but im a huge fan of those ridiculous John Woo action movies (hardboiled comes to my mind . ) so ill give it another try /

10 minutes? Did you get to see any action sequences at all? Cause it damn near doesn't stop once it starts.

Robocop.solid 7 maybe 8. Still holds up.

the grumpy dad from "that 70s show" is a legit gangster..

think it was late at night , still have it so ill prob watch it soon .

Yeah, jump on that as soon as you're able to.

I thought this was about as entertaining as it gets!

I thought the first Raid was awful, am I the only one? One over-the-top action scene after another with a story as weak and palatable as dishwater. Dredd was a similar gunfight-in-an-officeblock concept and about 10 times as good.

First Raid was amazing. Can't wait to see part 2.

Onibaba

4.5/5



An amazing exploration of sensuality, war, death and sex with a lot of heavy symbolism - a big dark hole down which men disappear forever; a large white tree that a woman wraps herself around in a massive fit of sexual frustration; long grass whispering and hiding all sorts of amoral behaviour; becoming something other than human when you only live to indulge the senses.

This film joins my small list of movies that I believe are actually film versions of primal nightmares. The other films in the list are Repulsion (the ultimate single woman's nightmare); Rosemary's Baby ( the ultimate married woman's nightmare); and Deliverance (the ultimate men being afraid of other men nightmare). This I think is the ultimate 'woman as death' nightmare, where the women both figuratively and in one case literally feed on their victims.

The sound design of the hissing grass, the bombastic music at tense or dramatic times, and that dark, dark hole (Ringu was surely referencing this movie), and the thoroughly amoral tone (sweating, naked bodies, constant whispering grass) about war as a way to live, profiting only by death and looting the dead.

Loved this movie, will be watching again and again over the years. It might even be a 5/5, I need to think about it some more.

^ NICE!

love it!

The ghost scene in Kwaidan can be considered a MUST SEE also.

I just want to leave this here...

Howard Hawks was a production and directorial Genius...

that is all.

I will be watching that in the next few weeks.

Stalker: 7/10

I'll probably rank it higher over time because it's still stuck in my mind, and any film that lasts with you is generally excellent imo. Maybe I was spoiled by Tarkovsky but I liked Solaris and Andrei Rublev much better. Andrei Rublev definitely his GOAT movie, and just a flat out GOAT film.

Stalker is a post apocalyptic scifi about a band of guy who are trying to sneak into The Zone. The Zone is a mysterious place that might provide the protagonists some kind of relief from the wasteland world they live in.


Couple I forgot to post ITT form a while ago:

Aguirre, the Wrath of God: 9/10

Man this film gives me the creeps. It's set during the time when the Spaniards were killing everyone off in the Americas. It's about a group of people/soldiers going down river to find gold. Klaus Kinski plays the main role Aguirre, and I'm pretty sure he might have been insane IRL or something because that performance was ridiculous. The whole film has a documentary feel. Dark, relentless, aggressive.

Blue: 8.5/10

Juliette Binoche struggles with an unexpected tragedy. A very heavy film that does not make you feel too helpless or sad towards the end. I'm not sure what else to say about this film since I'm poor with words. I got the next two films in the series in my Netflix queue.

Anchorman 2: 5/10

This film starts on solid as **** for the first hour but then goes off on a completely random tangent and never recovers. They tried to fit way too much into it.

Side note:

Come and See: 10/10

I'v seen this film once, about 2.5 year ago and I remember it like it was yesterday. Well last week I decided to watch the first 7 minutes or so, just because I love the opening scene but didn't have to time for a full rewatch. Anyway ,I concluded that after ~14 years of having 2001: A Space Odyssey ranked as my favorite film, it has succumbed to Come and See. I'm always a bit sad that it doesn't get the recognition other foreign films get.

Come and See (I think the literal translation would actually be "Go and Look" is about a kid/teenager's perspective of German forces penetrating Russia during WWII. To summarize it, it's basically a kid's adventure inside a nightmare.

Come and See is like watching real war.

Some screen shots of Come and See:

ty for these recs.
haven't heard of either and both look right up my alley.