General Movie Thread

[wood and iron]

I saw Paul last night. The trailers are very misleading, as reported. Paul, the character, mostly avoids Poochie-style annoyingness. It is a worthy gap filler between true Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg written masterpieces.

[fonpr]

I saw Paul last night. The trailers are very misleading, as reported. Paul, the character, mostly avoids Poochie-style annoyingness. It is a worthy gap filler between true Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg written masterpieces.

Winter's Bore?

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I saw Paul last night.

Well why didn't you say hi?

[dave from knoxville]

I saw Paul last night.

Well why didn't you say hi?

Because then you would know where he hides. (She?)

[wood and iron]

I am both a male and a master at secreting myself away, and thus would never dream of revealing my location!

[Steve of Bloomington]

I saw Paul last night. The trailers are very misleading, as reported. Paul, the character, mostly avoids Poochie-style annoyingness. It is a worthy gap filler between true Edgar Wright/Simon Pegg written masterpieces.

Winter's Bore?

From Russia With the Winter's Love Bone

[JonFromMaplewood]

Watched F Is For Fake.  Should have been called P is for Perv.  The movie lingers on a young woman's posterior and other parts for a lot longer than it needed to in order to make its point.  Silly images of Picasso staring through some blinds at her could not elevate or justify it in my opinion.  I could practically see Orson drooling on his black coat yelling "Change into this, sweetheart, and let's take it again" twenty-eight times.

But the line "Take this away and bring me the steak au poivre" was worth the whole thing.


Also, I know I'm late to this game, but I saw Restrepo last night and thought it was excellent.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I thought F for Fake did a great job documenting the last days of the kind of coolness that Welles represented.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I thought F for Fake did a great job documenting the last days of the kind of coolness that Welles represented.

I guess, but I found his regaling of friends over wine and gout-sized plates of food nauseating.

That being said, the subject of the movie was fascinating and seemed like a definite inspiration for Exit Through the Gift Shop.

[Matt]

I saw PAUL on Sunday. What a disaster. I didn't laugh once, although Jeffrey Tambor killed it, as usual.

[Yannick]

I saw SuckerPunch and while its a pretty flawed film, I like that Zack Snyder gets a lot of WB money to make a movie that says "If you enjoy this on a surface level, you are a creep".

[wood and iron]

The film received a PG-13 rating. To avoid an R rating, a love scene was cut. Browning said, "I had a very tame and mild love scene with Jon Hamm... I think it's great for this young girl to actually take control of her own sexuality." She added, "[The MPAA] got Zack to edit the scene and make it look less like she's into it. Zack said he edited it down to the point where it looked like he was taking advantage of her. That's the only way he could get a PG-13 [rating] and he said, 'I don't want to send that message.'"

(from Wikipedia)

Apparently, Snyder isn't as big of a creep as the MPAA.

[Yannick]

The film received a PG-13 rating. To avoid an R rating, a love scene was cut. Browning said, "I had a very tame and mild love scene with Jon Hamm... I think it's great for this young girl to actually take control of her own sexuality." She added, "[The MPAA] got Zack to edit the scene and make it look less like she's into it. Zack said he edited it down to the point where it looked like he was taking advantage of her. That's the only way he could get a PG-13 [rating] and he said, 'I don't want to send that message.'"

(from Wikipedia)

Apparently, Snyder isn't as big of a creep as the MPAA.

Wow! That the MPAA wanted him to cut the scene that way is incredibly creepy, especially considering how the rest of the movie goes.

[jbissell]

I saw PAUL on Sunday. What a disaster. I didn't laugh once, although Jeffrey Tambor killed it, as usual.

I didn't think it was a disaster. I agree that it wasn't all that funny, but it was far too pleasant to be a disaster. Pegg and Frost have great chemistry. Wiig was actually restrained, at least for her. Plus it was nice to see Joe Lo Truglio have a substantial role.

[Hugman 3.0]

I'm watching Sam Seder's comedy time capsule Who's The Caboose.  It's actually pretty funny and super interesting to see so many great comedians 15 years ago.  Jon Benjamin is particularly good.

Edit- Oh, and it's available on Netflix streaming. Cheapos unite!