Watched Enter the Void then came here to see if everyone else thought it was terrible.

Really wish I'd done those two in reverse.

the booth scene is one of the most emotionally powerful ever caught on film.

It's not terrible, it is totally unwatchable. It is the cinematic equivalent of Alcatraz's famous "hole".

I can't believe Ive never seen this film before Last Night.

RocknRolla

Guy Ritchie writing and directing. Its another British Gangster film with some well known actors such as Gerard Butler, Jeremy Piven and Idris Elba among others. Was pretty enjoyable.

Some really funny scenes.

Was this a well known film because Id never heard about it before?

^^ I liked RocknRolla.It was very entertaining.Just be sure to never watch Revolver from Guy Ritchie!

Guy Ritchie makes movies?

Hmmmmm!

I dont get it

lol... I am just being facetious.

I can not stand his movies(I've tried to watch one or two), but I do understand they make money.

You dont like Snatch?

eh... it was aight. I did enjoy snatch okay, but the others are OMG

Oscar noms came out. There's already a thread in oot. I'll just throw the noms in here in case some people don't venture over to the dark side.

Best Picture
"Inception"
"The King's Speech"
"Black Swan"
"The Social Network"
"The Kids Are All Right"
"True Grit"
"The Fighter"
"127 Hours"
"Toy Story 3"
"Winter's Bone"

Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, "Black Swan"
Tom Hooper, "The King's Speech"
David Fincher, "The Social Network"
David O. Russell, "The Fighter"
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, "True

Best Actor
Colin Firth, "The King's Speech"
James Franco, "127 Hours"
Jesse Eisenberg, "The Social Network"
Jeff Bridges, "True Grit"
Javier Bardem, "Biutiful"

Best Actress
Natalie Portman, "Black Swan"
Annette Bening, "The Kids Are All Right"
Nicole Kidman, "Rabbit Hole"
Jennifer Lawrence, "Winter's Bone"
Michelle Williams, "Blue Valentine"

Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, "The Fighter"
Jeremy Renner, "The Town"
Geoffrey Rush, "The King's Speech"
Mark Ruffalo, "The Kids Are All Right"
John Hawkes, "Winter's Bone"

Best Supporting Actress
Melissa Leo, "The Fighter"
Amy Adams, "The Fighter"
Hailee Steinfeld, "True Grit"
Helena Bonham Carter, "The King's Speech"
Jacki Weaver, "Animal Kingdom"

Animated Feature
"Toy Story 3"
"How To Train Your Dragon"
"The Illusionist"

Achievement in visual effects
Alice in Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Hereafter
Inception
Iron Man 2

Adapted screenplay
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

Original screenplay
Another Year
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
The King's Speech

Art Direction
Alice In Wonderland
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit

Cinematography
Black Swan
Inception
King's Speech
Social Network
True Grit

Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland
I Am Love
The King's Speech
The Tempest
True Grit

Documentary Feature
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Gasland
Inside Job
Restrepo
Waste Land

Documentary Short
Killing in the Name
Poster Girl
Strangers No More
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Quigong

Editing
Black Swan
The Fighter
The King's Speech
The Social Network
127 Hours

Foreign Language Film
Biutiful
Dogtooth
In a Better World
Incendies
Outside the Law

Makeup
“Barney's Version”
“The Way Back”
“The Wolfman”

Music (Original Score)
“How to Train Your Dragon”
“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
“127 Hours”
“The Social Network”

Music (Original Song)
“Coming Home” from “Country Strong”
“I See the Light” from “Tangled”
“If I Rise” from “127 Hours”
“We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3"

Short Film (Animated)
“Day & Night” Teddy Newton
“The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
“Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe
“The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann
“Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)
“The Confession” Tanel Toom
“The Crush” Michael Creagh
“God of Love” Luke Matheny
“Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt
“Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing
“Inception”
“Toy Story 3”
“Tron: Legacy”
“True Grit”
“Unstoppable”

Sound Mixing
“Inception”
“The King's Speech”
"Salt"
“The Social Network”
“True Grit”

Jackpot!

hehehe

Is there a reason why Animated Feature and Make-up only have 3 nominations? The fact that Best Picture is 10 nominations again sets a precedence that they don't have a problem with nominating things to add to marketing even if they might not deserve to be there.

meh...no real surprises. Glad to see John Hawkes get a nom, tho. Nolan not getting a directing nod is ridiculous.

Dom,

The new edition of the film book I use has an analysis of The Prestige in the chapter on sound. Although I usually show A Man Escaped, something by Tati, or The Conversation, do you think this would be a good one to show in class? I haven't seen it.

Hmmm...I really like the movie, but I'v never thought of the sound design in it...that must mean it worked!

Yeah, I think that would be a good film to use. Blade Runner is another, of course.

Lawrence of Arabia is an excellent one for sound analysis too.

DB,

I have to contend with the class time, which is only two and a half hours. That, and bladder time, too. Too bad, since that keep me from showing Lawrence of Arabia and Magnolia, two I'd love to show to a class.

I think I'd use Blade Runner to illustrate mis-en-scene, though, but perhaps I haven't studied the movie's sound design enough.

I watched Nolan's Insomnia the other night, and the sound is terrific in that one too, but I have the feeling the original is much better for some reason.

You mean you show films in class, sort of like a gym teacher filling in as a substitute?

The original is indeed much better.

I'd love to hear about you doing sound design on Eraserhead with your class, JC

Have you listened to the uncompressed version of the movie Sunshine?

it's quite good.

Dogtooth - Uhm, erm. Well okay. Imagine if Lars von Trier remade M Night Shyamalan's The Village and you're on the right track. There are some amusing scenes, but too weird for me. 5/10

The Young Victoria has some gorgeous costumes, set design, all the peripheral stuff is excellent but the characters failed to engage me. Just seems like an excuse to make a lavish period piece. 7/10

Count Yorga, Vampire sucks. Basically. 3/10

Raising Victor Vargas follows this libidinous young man searching for love and dealing with his siblings and frustrated grandmother trying to take care of them all. I liked it quite a bit, would recommend. 8/10

Jonah Hex isn't as bad as I expected, they must've edited the hell out of it because essential parts of the story seem to be missing. Nevertheless, it's occasionally entertaining. 5/10