City of God - 8/10

To me it was your usual drug/gang/violence movie except for the haunting aspect of the kids rising up and also being used by the older guys.

Very entertaining but didn't really do anything special for me. Maybe I've been watching too much of this genre lately.

Filmspotting, the movie forum I mod, votes every year on the best films of the year. This is the results of this years votes (55 voters this year).



Best Picture
* * The Social Network — 32.7%
* * Black Swan — 18.5%
* * Winter's Bone — 18.4%
* * Toy Story 3 — 17.3%
* * Inception — 13.2%

Best Director
* * David Fincher, The Social Network — 33.9%
* * Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan — 24.5%
* * Christopher Nolan, Inception — 17.1%
* * Banksy, Exit Through the Gift Shop — 14.2%
* * Debra Granik, Winter's Bone — 10.3%

Best Original Screenplay
* * Efthymis Filippou and Giorgos Lanthimos, Dogtooth — 36.6%
* * Christopher Nolan, Inception — 27.3%
* * Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg, The Kids Are All Right — 17.4%
* * David Seidler, The King's Speech — 12.8%
* * Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, and John McLaughlin, Black Swan — 5.9%

Best Adapted Screenplay
* * Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network (from the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich) — 52.9%
* * Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Winter's Bone (from the novel by Daniel Woodrell) — 16.8%
* * Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (from the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley) — 12.1%
* * Joel and Ethan Coen, True Grit (from the novel by Charles Portis) — 10.4%
* * Michael Arndt, Toy Story 3 (from characters previously appearing in Toy Story and Toy Story 2) — 7.8%

Best Actor
* *James Franco, 127 Hours — 28.3%
* * Colin Firth, A Single Man — 23.6%
* * Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network — 21.2%
* * Colin Firth, The King's Speech — 18.0%
* * Tahar Rahim, A Prophet — 9.0%

Best Actress
* * Kim Hye-ja, Mother — 28.1%
* * Natalie Portman, Black Swan — 26.5%
* * Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine — 22.4%
* * Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone — 11.9%
* * Hailee Steinfield, True Grit — 11.1%

Best Supporting Actor
* * John Hawkes, Winter's Bone — 44.4%
* * Christian Bale, The Fighter — 22.0%
* * Niels Arestrup, A Prophet — 18.4%
* * Mark Ruffalo, The Kids Are All Right — 9.2%
* * Geoffrey Rush, The King's Speech — 6.0%

Best Supporting Actress
* * Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom — 41.3%
* * Helena Bonham Carter, The King's Speech — 17.3%
* * Dale Dickey, Winter's Bone — 14.7%
* * Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass — 13.5%
* * Mila Kunis, Black Swan — 13.3%

Best Ensemble Cast
* * The Social Network — 34.4%
* * True Grit — 29.0%
* * Winter's Bone — 18.0%
* * The Kids Are All Right — 12.1%
* * Inception — 6.5%

Best Non-English Language Film
* * Mother — 40.1%
* * A Prophet — 25.6%
* * Dogtooth — 12.6%
* * The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — 10.9%
* * Micmacs — 10.8%

Best Animated Film
* *Toy Story 3 — 34.2%
* * The Illusionist — 33.9%
* * Mary and Max — 21.2%
* * The Secret of Kells — 6.3%
* * How to Train Your Dragon — 4.4%

Best Documentary
* * Exit Through the Gift Shop — 33.0%
* * The Beaches of Agnes — 25.8%
* * La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet — 23.1%
* * Restrepo — 10.3%
* * The Two Escobars — 7.8%

Best Editing
* *Andrew Weisblum, Black Swan — 26.5%
* * Lee Smith, Inception — 26.4%
* * Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — 22.2%
* * Jon Harris, 127 Hours — 15.9%
* * Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Social Network — 9.0%

Best Sound
* * Ken Ishii, Dominick Tavella, and Craig Henighan, Black Swan — 42.3%
* * Greg Chapman, Chris Burdon, Doug Cooper, and James Boyle, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — 25.0%
* * Ed Novick, Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, and Richard King, Inception — 17.4%
* * Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Steven C Laneri, Douglas Cameron, and Glenn Freemantle, 127 Hours — 7.8%
* * Mark Weingarten, David Parker, Michael Semanick, and Ren Klyce, The Social Network — 7.5%

Best Score
* *Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Social Network — 37.1%
* * Clint Mansell, Black Swan — 24.9%
* * Daft Punk, TRON: Legacy — 21.8%
* * Hans Zimmer, Inception — 10.0%
* * Carter Burwell, True Grit — 6.2%

Best Soundtrack
* * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — 43.2%
* * Greenberg — 25.3%
* * Shutter Island — 16.7%
* * Kick-Ass — 8.4%
* * Winter's Bone — 6.4%

Best Cinematography
* * Adam Kimmel, Never Let Me Go — 32.5%
* * Matthew Libatique, Black Swan — 32.4%
* * Robert Richardson, Shutter Island — 17.8%
* * Roger Deakins, True Grit — 15.4%
* * Wally Pfister, Inception — 1.9%

Best Art Direction
* * Marcus Rowland and Odetta Stoddard, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — 25.8%
* * Jean-Andre Carriere, Kikuo Ohta, and Marc Caro, Enter the Void — 24.7%
* * Thérèse DePrez and Tora Peterson, Black Swan — 18.6%
* * Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo, Shutter Island — 15.6%
* * Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat, Inception — 15.3%

Best Visual Effects
* * Inception — 35.4%
* * Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — 24.8%
* * TRON: Legacy — 18.2%
* * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 — 13.3%
* * Black Swan — 8.4%

Best Surprise
* *Exit Through the Gift Shop — 29.6%
* * Animal Kingdom — 24.5%
* * Easy A — 20.2%
* * How to Train Your Dragon — 17.8%
* * Cyrus — 7.9%

Best Debut Feature
* * Four Lions (directed by Christopher Morris) — 25.5%
* * Exit Through the Gift Shop (directed by Banksy) — 22.6%
* * Animal Kingdom (directed by David Michôd) — 21.0%
* * Toy Story 3 (directed by Lee Unkrich) — 16.3%
* * The Secret of Kells (directed by Tomm Moore) — 14.6%

Best Scene (Dramatic)
* * Dancing the Black Swan, Black Swan — 32.4%
* * The Incinerator, Toy Story 3 — 22.5%
* * A Father's Hands, Winter's Bone — 18.3%
* * Shifting Gravity Fight, Inception — 15.0%
* * Breakup, The Social Network — 11.8%

Best Scene (Comedic)
* * 12 Bottles of Bleach, Four Lions — 35.8%
* * Sex Scene, MacGruber — 28.2%
* * A Chance Encounter with a Medicine Man, True Grit — 13.3%
* * Mr. Tortilla Head, Toy Story 3 — 12.1%
* * Bulletproof Vest Test, Kick-Ass — 10.6%

Best Shot
* *Final Shot, Mother — 33.9%
* * The Soccer Scene, The Secret in Their Eyes — 23.0%
* * Transformation, Black Swan — 19.3%
* * Hallway Fight, Inception — 17.8%
* * Teardrop Sitting in His Truck, Winter's Bone — 6.0%

Best Line
* * "I used to encourage everyone I met to make art, or used to think that everyone should do it.
* * * I don't really do that so much anymore.", Exit Through the Gift Shop — 33.9%
* * "Cinema is my home. I think I've always lived in it.", The Beaches of Agnes — 25.2%
* * "TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT ME TO F—K!!", MacGruber — 18.2%
* * "I'm six-five, two-twenty, and there's two of me.", The Social Network — 14.0%
* * "I was even going to steal a kiss despite you being young, feverish, and not considerably attractive.", True Grit — 8.7%

Wow City of God is one of my favorites.


Gangs of New York was an ok watch, but I was more than ready for the film to end by the time it did end. I'd never watch it again either.



Finally got around to watching the Wrestler, and I think someone in this thread said that the plot was fairly predictable but the way the movie was shot made the movie great. Have to agree with that.

By far my favorite part was

Apparently I need to see Scott Pilgrim vs the World, I remember thinking it looked pretty bad when I saw a preview for it though.

I haven't heard of three of those documentaries either, which I'll need to check out.

Thanks for posting it.

I hated Scott Pilgram but a lot of people love it.

I agree with the praise given to Scott Pilgrim in those categories. It was very well adapted. As for whether or not that means you should watch it, I'd like to say it's a crap film, but you may be its target demographic.

Unlikely as Cera can't act and the trailer looked atrocious, but still might try it out.

Ah! Well then I look forward to your TR

Wow, still no love for The American. Nice Cinematography win for Never Let Me Go, though.

Saw The Princess Comes Across yesterday, with Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray. Lombard plays a Brooklyn gal pretending to be to be some sort of Swedish princess, in order to get a free ride on a ship form Europe to USA and a Hollywood contract to boot; while MacMurray plays some sort of a band leader, who gets to liking her and wises up to her con. On top of it there are some police detectives aboard, a murderer is loose and the suspicion falls on Lombard threatening to ruin her deception. All together this was a pretty silly and convoluted story, that was hard to take very seriously, but at times it was pretty enjoyable. Carole Lombard does a great Greta Garbo imitation, but unfortunately the script is a bit weak and it doesn't have as much fun with her character as it could have. A lot of things happen, some people get blackmailed, others die, Fred and Carole fall in love and murders get solved. The story is a bit weak, but Lombard and her luminous personality make this worth watching. C+

Nanook of the north is always extremely well sighted and recommended by knowledgeable film addicts. that's a nice choice there

And was the inspiration of this beautiful thing:

Scott of The Antarctic

to those who enjoyed city of god: there is another another movie i watched last night called 'sin nombre', a foreign film involving immigration to the U.S. and ms-13. it was quite enjoyable and very gritty.



check it out. it's also on netflix instant watch.

as well as this old diddy:



FZ was such a badarse!

Tremaine and Knoxville produced the documentary , pretty wild family , felt really bad for them at times.

I watched Unstoppable today with my roommate. It was your typical ridiculously implausible, silly, cliche-ridden action movie (but as always, it was still entertaining).

However, one thing I couldn't get past was the camera work. It was just non-stop panning around the actors and zooming in on their faces. Every scene: pan zoom pan zoom pan zoom pan zoom pan pan pan shakycam pan zoom shakycam zoom pan pan zoom pan zoom pan zoom shakycam pan zoom pan pan pan MOTHER****ING PANNING SHOT pan pan pan pan pan zoom zoom zoom zoom zoom pan pan pan pan pan pan SDKJSAPOIJUSTKILLMEALREADYASJDKLKSJKDLS ridiculous over the top laughter then credits

You are one to talk with that panning avatar, Brokedonk

it's panning for comedic effect, not just because the tracks the camera is on lost their brakes and are careening out of control

I'll Pan Pocahontas... I mean Avatar.

I saw an interview with Denzel and he was asked 'so this is based on true events, right?' and he just started laughing and finally said 'verrry loosely...'

Easy A - Witty high school flick that pays a lot of homage to 80's teen movies by way of The Scarlett Letter, but not the one with Demi Moore. Heh. A few minor gripes, maybe more than a few, but enjoyable overall. 7/10

Frownland - I rarely turn movies off (I made it 45m), even if I hate them. A man can only take so much, however. I can't remember how I came to rent this movie. Seems to be an exercise in annoying the audience. Well, bravo. 1/10

Machine Girl

Ami is captured by the clan. They torture her and hack her arm right off. Ami escapes, barely alive, and is taken in by the owners of a machine shop who build her a customized, bullet-spewing arm. From that point, the quest for revenge is on in earnest.

OK?

Sounds uhhh I can't tell. Possibly entertaining.

Anyone seen Hall Pass yet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvqbOPX3wBs

Looks as thought it could be a decent comedy, from the Farrely brothers who used to make a few decent movies (Dumb and Dumber, Something about Mary, Kingpin)

Starring Leon off Curb your Enthusiasm
Kelly Bundy
Steven Merchant (off Extras, co-creator of Extras and The Office)
Pam off the Office
Owen Wilson

With a cast like that it can't go too wrong?