The "What Film(s) Did You Watch Today" Thread

[Guest Iron Nick]

Shining: 94%

 

Reservoir Dogs: 97%

[BlackFlagg 0]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 9/10

[nogoodnick 0]

Saving Silverman 5.5/10

GI Jane 6/10

[Youth N Asia 0]

How can you rate a movie on a scale of 100? What makes a movie a 92 instead of a 91 or 93?

[Guest Iron Nick]

How can you rate a movie on a scale of 100? What makes a movie a 92 instead of a 91 or 93?

I think it's more accurate than /10 and * ratings... and there's a lot of factors going into play (pure enjoyement, acting, story, music, dialogue, etc., etc.).

[Insane Bump Machine 0]

The Big Swindle ***1/2

nice con movie with some really good actors and a great look. The plot was nothing special though.

[Mole 0]

Mystic River - A

Cadet Kelly - B-

Stuck On You - C+

[nogoodnick 0]

Currently watching Bad Boys 8/10

[Youth N Asia 0]

I don't think you can be more accurate on that scale. It's easier to tell an 8 from an 8.5...but a 80 from an 81?

 

I know this shouldn't bug me as much as it does.

[BlackFlagg 0]

Heat - 9/10

[godthedog 0]

I don't think you can be more accurate on that scale. It's easier to tell an 8 from an 8.5...but a 80 from an 81?

 

I know this shouldn't bug me as much as it does.

rating movies on any scale in general has come to irk me a little. the vast majority of people in this country seem to have come to think about movies in terms of rating them, and movies are a hell of a lot more complex than suiting to conform to a standardized rating. i frankly don't even see why a 9/10 movie vs. an 8/10 movie would be worth talking about. while everything in a movie does affect one's enjoyment of it, it just can't be summed up like that. i can argue why 'citizen kane' is a better movie than 'spider-man', but i have no idea if 'kane' should be a 10/10 or 'spider-man' should be a 7/10, and i don't really care. i think they're a lazy shortcut of trying to sum up a movie without wanting to really say anything about what you thought about it & why, and you end up with posts like:

 

"goodfellas: 9/10

the doom generation: 4/10"

 

this gives me a VERY general idea of how much so-and-so liked a certain movie, but it doesn't tell me what they really thought about it. 'goodfellas' would get a 9/10 for far different reasons than, say, 'spider-man 2' would get a 9/10, and i get no hint at why one is as good as the other.

[Aero 0]

I watched some bad movies yesterday...

 

The Sweetest Thing (1/10)

Ready to Rumble (2/10)

[Insane Bump Machine 0]

Touching The Void ****1/2

 

incredible. Probably the most exilharating documentary ever. Hopefully I'll be able to see it in an IMAX theater someday.

[BlackFlagg 0]

Timeline - 6/10

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Barbershop 2 - 6/10

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A Streetcar Named Desire - 8/10

[Youth N Asia 0]

Anchorman

 

6.5 out of 10.

 

I'd give the first half of the movie a 5, cause it wasn't that funny.

And the second half an 8...cause it was very funny.

[Guest Anticrombie]

I agree completely with godthedog about movie ratings.

 

I saw The Triplets Of Belleville, and it was interesting to say the least. Not much dialogue instead the facial expressions and body movements do the talking (very much like something one would see from Buster Keaton).

 

It's weird in a postmodern sense, but I felt that was one of the film's most endearing qualities.

 

Also, echoing godthedogs sentiment, I really don't know what to accurately rate the film other then to say I liked it...maybe even loved it...I don't know...watch it.

 

One other thing, does anybody think that maybe this thread deserves to pinned?

[godthedog 0]

only if the "dvd collections" thread gets unpinned. don't want this to be like the DVDR board where you have to scroll down a page just to get past the pinned threads.

 

always been curious about 'triumph of the will', so i finally took the time to watch it all the way through last night. i was ready to be all challenged & morally repulsed and shit, but instead i got about 15 minutes of fascinating stuff and 90 minutes of boredom. confirms my theory, formed after watching 'the blue light' a couple years ago, that beyond getting great shots, leni riefenstahl had no clue how to put a movie together. i will have a LOT more to say about this interminable piece of crap later.

[BlackFlagg 0]

Alien Resurrection - 6/10

[spiny norman 0]

I saw Twelve Monkeys and Brazil.

 

I really liked them both, though I'd say Brazil that bit more. I'm not sure what I'd give them out of ten to be honest, probably both a nine, but I think they're hard to place on a scale.

 

My one fault with Brazil is the woman who played Jill. She can't act. That was terrible casting. I've heard that Madonna was considered for playing the part, and I do believe she would have done better. That's how terrible I thought she was.

 

The one problem I had with both films (but moreso with Twelve Monkeys than Brazil) is I could predict the ending from an early stage.

 

In Twelve Monkeys, by about the time *SPOILERS*Bruce Willis sees Brad Pitt in his flashback did I figure out this was a red herring and that Bruce Willis was seeing himself having died. *END SPOILERS*

 

With Brazil *SPOILERS*the moment Michael Palin was shot I knew that this was the delusion of Johnathon Pryce. *END SPOILERS*

 

I did really enjoy both movies (and their complexities), but for all the red herrings in them I found their endings a tad predictable.

 

Terry Gilliam's three directorial best:

 

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

Brazil (1985)

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

 

So does that mean his film out next year (The Brothers Grimm, I think it is called) will join this list?

[BlackFlagg 0]

Dogma - 9.5/10

[Youth N Asia 0]

Another thing on Anchorman...Steve Carell completly stole the movie. Will was good, but Steve was great.

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Jackass The Movie - 8/10

[Insane Bump Machine 0]

Honey - ***

 

Not as bad as I thought it would be, but ultimately just another dance flick.

[godthedog 0]

what i remember seeing in the last month, not including 'triumph of the will':

 

salesman

shadow of a doubt

passion

to have and to have not

through a glass darkly

kwaidan

stolen kisses

stagecoach

seconds

as tears go by

anchorman

fahrenheit 9/11

grey gardens

roger and me

land without bread

film

a streetcar named desire

good morning

happy times

[ArkhamGlobe 0]

I decided to rewatch Lost Highway for the first time in several years. Man, I had almost forgotten just how awesome this film is. The first 40 minutes are quite possibly the best in Lynch's entire oeuvre.

[Mole 0]

Men in Black 2 - C+

[godthedog 0]

I decided to rewatch Lost Highway for the first time in several years. Man, I had almost forgotten just how awesome this film is. The first 40 minutes are quite possibly the best in Lynch's entire oeuvre.

one of my favorite films of the 90s. so many great moments, especially the siren scene in the desert. i have great high school memories of watching it with my best friend till 2 in the morning, then trying to figure out what it meant till 3:30.

 

and now i'm going to be the best man at his wedding in two weeks.

 

god damn i feel old.

 

just watched 'the station agent'. very good movie up until the last 15 minutes or so when it tries too hard to be dramatic, but the rest of it was nice. especially the first half hour or so, which was pitch-perfect.

[BlackFlagg 0]

The Butterfly Effect - 8/10