General Movie Thread

[Paul DeLouisiana]

I saw Tree of Life today. I enjoyed it, though my enjoyment was somewhat marred by the elderly couple who chose to sit next to me in a non-crowded theater and, clearly having no idea what kind of movie they'd chosen, spent the entire running time loudly asking each other questions and generally trying to explain the film to each other.

Advice: stay away from those Sunday features. My viewing of Another Year came with the added feature of an old man saying "Eh I can't understand 'em!" every five minutes. One of the signs of aging is going into all the movies you see knowing nothing but the title.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

And Days of Heaven is wonderful.

I'm gonna have to hand over my paycheck to itunes because of you people. I love and hate apple at the same time. Hopefully if I get to move back to my hometown on a more permanent basis, I can hand over my money to the small independent business that keeps good movies in stock. That would make me much happier.

Do you say this because you buy movies from Itunes? I don't get it.

[SJK]

And Days of Heaven is wonderful.

I'm gonna have to hand over my paycheck to itunes because of you people. I love and hate apple at the same time. Hopefully if I get to move back to my hometown on a more permanent basis, I can hand over my money to the small independent business that keeps good movies in stock. That would make me much happier.

Do you say this because you buy movies from Itunes? I don't get it.

Yes. I am living far away from home. A lot of films that I might like to see are not available, itunes turns out to be the best source for watching films. Renting or in some cases buying them is the only option. It's the controlled experience of buying films through apple, you can only watch them on your computer or you have to buy apple tv. I should have been clearer. Also, I love getting movie recommendations from the people that post on this forum/thread. I guess that was the main point.

[jbissell]

Saw Submarine last week and really enjoyed it. Especially Paddy Considine.

Also saw Midnight in Paris. It was fine, but perfectly forgettable. I don't get all the glowing reviews it seems to be getting.

[cavorting with nudists]

Also saw Midnight in Paris. It was fine, but perfectly forgettable. I don't get all the glowing reviews it seems to be getting.

It's because it is pitched perfectly at reviewers' most flattering self-perceptions.  It's designed to make you feel smart and tasteful for liking it, even if you haven't cracked a book written during the 1920's since college. (Not that I've seen it, I can just tell.  That's what Woody Allen does.)

[dave from knoxville]

Also saw Midnight in Paris. It was fine, but perfectly forgettable. I don't get all the glowing reviews it seems to be getting.

It's because it is pitched perfectly at reviewers' most flattering self-perceptions.  It's designed to make you feel smart and tasteful for liking it, even if you haven't cracked a book written during the 1920's since college. (Not that I've seen it, I can just tell.  That's what Woody Allen does.)

In other words, he writes his age and background. I am thankful he's not writing films about what's the matter with kids today. One of my favorite Tom quotes: it's not FOR you.

[crumbum]

I saw Tree of Life today. I enjoyed it, though my enjoyment was somewhat marred by the elderly couple who chose to sit next to me in a non-crowded theater and, clearly having no idea what kind of movie they'd chosen, spent the entire running time loudly asking each other questions and generally trying to explain the film to each other.

Advice: stay away from those Sunday features. My viewing of Another Year came with the added feature of an old man saying "Eh I can't understand 'em!" every five minutes. One of the signs of aging is going into all the movies you see knowing nothing but the title.

A couple of years ago I went to an highly acclaimed art film on a Sunday evening and the theater turned out to be jam packed. As the previews ended there was an abnormally long pause before the first reel started up, long enough for the doddering old man sitting behind me to say to his near-deaf wife, 'ready or not, here it comes!' -- only to be forced by her irritated 'WHA??!?' to repeat himself louder and louder until on the third try he was yelling it to the whole theater.

The movie was The White Ribbon, which in retrospect made his exclamation rather poignant.

[Chris L]

There's a certain theater here where I get those old people every screening. When I saw Black Swan there was a guy near me who, during the scene where the old man is leering at Portman on the subway, loudly announced "That's me!" to be hilarious.  Then the old man on-screen started fiddling with himself and the guy lamely clarified "that's not me."

[cavorting with nudists]

In other words, he writes his age and background. I am thankful he's not writing films about what's the matter with kids today. One of my favorite Tom quotes: it's not FOR you.

Well, but it kinda is.  When Tom says that, he doesn't mean "You don't LIKE it;" he means there's no reason to expect to like something pitched at a demographic radically different from your own.  I'm a New Yorker in my 50s with some graduate education and as much nostalgia for past bohemias as anyone; Add "Jewish" into the mix and I could hardly be more perfect for Allen's target audience.  Unfortunately, I think all his films are, on some level, about what's the matter with everyone who isn't like him.  And I'm not sure which is worse: writing films about what's the matter with kids today, or writing films about how kids like Scarlett Johanson or Evan Rachel Wood are right on his sexual wavelength.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

There's a certain theater here where I get those old people every screening. When I saw Black Swan there was a guy near me who, during the scene where the old man is leering at Portman on the subway, loudly announced "That's me!" to be hilarious.  Then the old man on-screen started fiddling with himself and the guy lamely clarified "that's not me."

That's almost funny enough to be excusable. I was listening to an Aerial View about people talking at movies and shows and we just have to accept that we are in the minority. So I have to just deal with the jerk standing up at the end of Meeks Cutoff and yelling "What a joke!" or the hipster jerk before "Exit Throught the Gift Shop" loudly telling his friend "I can't believe all these old people are here to see a Banksy movie!"

Anyone seen Super 8? I might see it Sunday.

[dave from knoxville]

In other words, he writes his age and background. I am thankful he's not writing films about what's the matter with kids today. One of my favorite Tom quotes: it's not FOR you.

Well, but it kinda is.  When Tom says that, he doesn't mean "You don't LIKE it;" he means there's no reason to expect to like something pitched at a demographic radically different from your own.  I'm a New Yorker in my 50s with some graduate education and as much nostalgia for past bohemias as anyone; Add "Jewish" into the mix and I could hardly be more perfect for Allen's target audience.  Unfortunately, I think all his films are, on some level, about what's the matter with everyone who isn't like him.  And I'm not sure which is worse: writing films about what's the matter with kids today, or writing films about how kids like Scarlett Johanson or Evan Rachel Wood are right on his sexual wavelength.

My apologies, cwn, you aren't nearly as young as I had guessed.

[Joe Rogaine]

Forget the Zookeeper has anybody seen this?

[buffcoat]

Forget the Zookeeper has anybody seen this?

I have no idea what that movie is BUT I'm guessing...


Tom Cruise IS... DANZIG (Cue crashing music.  "Mothelll... tell your chirrdren nawt to wawk mah weigggh...")

[buffcoat]

Actually, I IMDBed it and it's better than that.


A small-town girl arrives in Hollywood at the height of the 1980s rock-music scene.


















Here she is:

[Chris L]

Cruise is a little too tall to portray Danzig.