bmags Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 18, 2015 -> 09:05 AM) Did anyone see Birdman? I saw it last night. Thoughts? I liked it a lot. Loved the energy the drumming gave it. Loved Ed Norton's scenes, almost every one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Obvious Child 4/5 Night at the Museum 3 2.75/5 Leviathan 4.5/5 The Seventh Son 1.75/5 Pride 4.25/5 The Two Faces of January 3.75/5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) Kyle served four tours and the movie is set up alternating his home life and his tours. I read his book, followed all the media coverage and was pretty disappointed with the movie. I definitely would have been more into it if I had no foreknowledge of the character they were basing it off of. He was basically a hardass Texan who compulsively lied. They pick Cooper, who I thought was way too soft to accurately portray Kyle, and made him a southern gent who was entirely likable in every respect. That being said, a lot of the war scenes were captivating and it was, at the least, entertaining but another movie where "based on a real story" is really stretch. Jesse Ventura is the only one of his lies that actually caught up to him. A lot of his other lies didn't involve names so few people had any vesting interest to call him out. Kyle seemed to be born a narcissist who, understandably so, had more trouble with his grasp on reality after returning home. a great opinion. couldn't have said it better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 02:55 PM) I liked it a lot. Loved the energy the drumming gave it. Loved Ed Norton's scenes, almost every one of them. dang, i was gong to see some other movie, but i think i going to see it today. mondays are 1/2 price days here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Grand Budapest Hotel was great. Toes the line well between funny/witty/weird (e.g., The Royal Tenenbaums) and over the top and dumb (e.g., The Life Aquatic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenksismyhero Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 03:51 AM) http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/business...p-news&_r=0 More on the why the Oscars omission of Selma matters from a former NY Times film reporter/reviewer Birdman is definitely the most original/creative movie of the year. It might not be the best movie (I'm still going with Selma over Boyhood even though Boyhood's going to win the Oscar next month) but it's packed with a trio of great performances from Keaton, Norton and Emma Stone. This reaction is just strange to me give that a year ago this issue was supposedly put to bed when The Black Movie and The Black Director/Writer and The Black Actress and The Black Actor were all nominated and/or won at the Oscars. How'd the Academy go from being not so racist to racist again in 12 months? Should The Black Movie of every year be nominated just because? I mean this movie very well may be deserving and they could have gotten screwed out of a nomination, but a lot of movies are. I hate when people just scream "because racism." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) This reaction is just strange to me give that a year ago this issue was supposedly put to bed when The Black Movie and The Black Director/Writer and The Black Actress and The Black Actor were all nominated and/or won at the Oscars. How'd the Academy go from being not so racist to racist again in 12 months? Should The Black Movie of every year be nominated just because? I mean this movie very well may be deserving and they could have gotten screwed out of a nomination, but a lot of movies are. I hate when people just scream "because racism." It's almost like saying that there better be a black guy in the top 5 of the AL/NL CY/MVP voting, or else the voters aren't doing their part to ease racial tensions. If they didn't think a person was top 5 for the year, they simply didn't think they were top 5. Race should have nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 01:07 PM) It's almost like saying that there better be a black guy in the top 5 of the AL/NL CY/MVP voting, or else the voters aren't doing their part to ease racial tensions. If they didn't think a person was top 5 for the year, they simply didn't think they were top 5. Race should have nothing to do with it. But if you've got 2 racial minorities who are in the top 4 in ERA, wins, and fWAR, for example, and they don't wind up in the top 8 in cy young voting, you do start to wonder why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) oops Edited January 19, 2015 by LDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Jimmy0 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Probably late to the party but Boyhood was exceptional. A really cool idea that was probably pretty tough to pull off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 03:55 PM) I liked it a lot. Loved the energy the drumming gave it. Loved Ed Norton's scenes, almost every one of them. oh man, i was pissed, the movie threater down here removed the movie after 1 weekend. but i saw it anyway. thanks to d/l programs. ok here is my take. this movie reminded me of the late 50's early 60's indie movie the C movies. great actors that wanted to make their kind of movie. i continuous shot, no stopping, a lot of improvising kind of film like Orson Welles, Burt Lancaster and John Cassavetes made. dark black and white film that was made in 10-20 days. acting it reminded me of Glengarry Glen Ross plot with the whole ensembe doing a great jjob of acting. i really hope they all do well in the critics review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 11:32 AM) This reaction is just strange to me give that a year ago this issue was supposedly put to bed when The Black Movie and The Black Director/Writer and The Black Actress and The Black Actor were all nominated and/or won at the Oscars. How'd the Academy go from being not so racist to racist again in 12 months? Should The Black Movie of every year be nominated just because? I mean this movie very well may be deserving and they could have gotten screwed out of a nomination, but a lot of movies are. I hate when people just scream "because racism." That's one of the main points of the criticism. That the Academy just "checks off boxes" and then returns to the good 'ol boys network. A female director wins for The Hurt Locker, the first time ever, then there's less pressure to nominate other women in the future (like Zero Dark Thirty, which wasn't nearly the film Selma is IMO). In this case, the same director, James Cameron's ex. In all honesty, I think the biggest thing that hurt Selma was not getting all the screening copies out in time...making it very hard to vote for a movie you've yet to see, no matter the universal praise of the Metacritic or rottentomatoes ratings. I like that the Academy isn't rewarding so-so films like Cake and Big Eyes with nominations for Aniston and Amy Adams. On the other hand, they seem to be giving Julianne Moore a lifetime achievement award for Still Alice, because I've seen better (and lower-budgeted) overall films on Lifetime. Probably the biggest injustices this Oscar season are for Selma's director and The Lego Movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 12:53 PM) But if you've got 2 racial minorities who are in the top 4 in ERA, wins, and fWAR, for example, and they don't wind up in the top 8 in cy young voting, you do start to wonder why. How do you prove that, though? That's your personal opinion. If these professional acting critics didn't think it was top 5, I'll believe them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 09:30 PM) How do you prove that, though? That's your personal opinion. If these professional acting critics didn't think it was top 5, I'll believe them. They're not critics, with a few notable exceptions. When you hear statistics like that, you start to wonder about all the nominations for American Sniper, for example. And no club in the United States — over the last several years, the Academy has been around 93 percent white, 76 percent male and an average of 63 years old — is in more need of new blood than Hollywood. from nytimes.com article earlier cited Edited January 20, 2015 by caulfield12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milkman delivers Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 19, 2015 -> 09:38 PM) They're not critics, with a few notable exceptions. When you hear statistics like that, you start to wonder about all the nominations for American Sniper, for example. And no club in the United States — over the last several years, the Academy has been around 93 percent white, 76 percent male and an average of 63 years old — is in more need of new blood than Hollywood. from nytimes.com article earlier cited Film industry people, either way. I'm trusting their opinion on it. It's ludicrous to force nominations to meet a quota. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 "Frank" with Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal has to be the weirdest, yet strangely compelling movie ever made about a band. For 85% of the movie, Fassbender's wearing a giant head like Big Boy mashed together with the old Astros logo. Everyone in the movie is mentally ill except for the main protagonist. It also captures the idea of "pure music" coming into conflict with commercialization/Twitter/social media universe and the SXSW music festival. I don't know how to describe it, but it's got a 92% rating at Metacritic and it's just a really cool original movie. Another one, Harry Potter and Zoe Kazan in "What If," which some critics are claiming is a better romantic comedy than 500 Days of Summer. Definitely worth a viewing. Now on to IDA, a Polish film which has won a lot of accolades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I have had a crush on Zoe Kazan since Ruby Sparks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 http://www.movieinsider.com/m13053/unfriended/ Will tech-based thrillers or horror movies become the next big thing? Tales of Mystery, a co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland, uses the popular WeChat app as the basis for a thriller. If the film succeeds financially, it could usher in more tech-based fright flicks. In North America, the sub-genre is starting to gain more ground thanks to Unfriended, a thriller about teens who are haunted by a dead girl over a Skype group chat. The first trailer for Unfriended generated a ton of online buzz last week. http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/news/2...ies-set-to-rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 02:39 AM) http://www.movieinsider.com/m13053/unfriended/ Will tech-based thrillers or horror movies become the next big thing? Tales of Mystery, a co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland, uses the popular WeChat app as the basis for a thriller. If the film succeeds financially, it could usher in more tech-based fright flicks. In North America, the sub-genre is starting to gain more ground thanks to Unfriended, a thriller about teens who are haunted by a dead girl over a Skype group chat. The first trailer for Unfriended generated a ton of online buzz last week. http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/news/2...ies-set-to-rule when it comes to judging movies, i am totally weird in this area, so i usually have to see them myself. some movies i find great all for different reasons than most will think about. so this one, i really have to go and see it. i have no imagination to fall back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 01:46 PM) "Frank" with Michael Fassbender and Maggie Gyllenhaal has to be the weirdest, yet strangely compelling movie ever made about a band. For 85% of the movie, Fassbender's wearing a giant head like Big Boy mashed together with the old Astros logo. Everyone in the movie is mentally ill except for the main protagonist. It also captures the idea of "pure music" coming into conflict with commercialization/Twitter/social media universe and the SXSW music festival. I don't know how to describe it, but it's got a 92% rating at Metacritic and it's just a really cool original movie. Another one, Harry Potter and Zoe Kazan in "What If," which some critics are claiming is a better romantic comedy than 500 Days of Summer. Definitely worth a viewing. Now on to IDA, a Polish film which has won a lot of accolades. i like watching foreign movies, sometimes the subtitles gets a little annoying b/c it is too fast. i just saw a russian movie called the Admiral. great movie, a true account of this person in real life. the actress in it is absolutely gorgeous. i had to read up on him in Wikipedia. you can see it on youtube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 21, 2015 -> 07:39 PM) http://www.movieinsider.com/m13053/unfriended/ Will tech-based thrillers or horror movies become the next big thing? Tales of Mystery, a co-production between Hong Kong and the mainland, uses the popular WeChat app as the basis for a thriller. If the film succeeds financially, it could usher in more tech-based fright flicks. In North America, the sub-genre is starting to gain more ground thanks to Unfriended, a thriller about teens who are haunted by a dead girl over a Skype group chat. The first trailer for Unfriended generated a ton of online buzz last week. http://pro.boxoffice.com/statistics/news/2...ies-set-to-rule its not like its a new thing. AI taking control and destroying humanity has been a theme for quite some time. 2001, Terminator, War Games, Lawnmower Man, I, Robot, Alien, Aliens. There are so many of them, Trancendence and the chat horror movie arent much different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 12:24 PM) its not like its a new thing. AI taking control and destroying humanity has been a theme for quite some time. 2001, Terminator, War Games, Lawnmower Man, I, Robot, Alien, Aliens. There are so many of them, Trancendence and the chat horror movie arent much different yeah i was going to go with arnold's movie.... but i wasn't sure if this was the same thing being mention. i was a little lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 22, 2015 -> 06:24 AM) its not like its a new thing. AI taking control and destroying humanity has been a theme for quite some time. 2001, Terminator, War Games, Lawnmower Man, I, Robot, Alien, Aliens. There are so many of them, Trancendence and the chat horror movie arent much different Sneakers (not so much horror), Ghost in the Machine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDF Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 needed to get out so i went to movies. not being in chi is killing me. so next to chi sports teams, except for the northsiders, i went to my 2 favorite thing. movies. saw Whiplash it was absolutely a great movie. great acting and the music.... wow. no wonder there is a lot of talk of awards for the teacher. the soundtrack is great. now for the disclaimer. if you do not like jazz, this is jazz as you never heard play. well at least give it a try. i wish i can say more, but yous guys need to experience it. listen to the horms and the drums. here is a little youtube from a favorite of mine in jazz. great piano and drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caulfield12 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Birdman and Eddie Remayne (Theory of Everything/Hawking biopic) win honors at SAG Awards. Only one thing is for sure at this point, both JK Simmons and Julianne Moore will win Oscars for Whiplash and Still Alice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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