General Movie Thread

[JonFromMaplewood]

I could have done without the Sid character though.

Yeh overall I didn't care for him much either but I think the scene with him and Clooney was very necessary. I thought the whole thing was done really well. I didn't feel like I was being taken advantage of like I sometimes do in movies that are overtly sad.

The character of Sid was worth it for me just because it allows Robert Forster to deliver the line "There you are again."

[roubaix]

Recently saw Boxer's Omen, I loved it!  Plenty of WTF moments with similarities to Hausau and The Holy Mountain.

[hardweek]

Boy is worth checking out. Excellent coming of age story set in 80s New Zealand (and, no, there is no Flying Nun on the soundtrack).

Trailer:
http://youtu.be/Qpu0p5ldDS4

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Fair enough.  My apologies.

Sorry if i spoiled anything for you,  but its really not a bad movie.

I thought it was only okay and I think we are all avoiding the obvious by not pointing out that Martha has SPOILER!!! AMAZING BREASTS!

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Does anyone know why the name Marlene is at the end of the title? I mentioned if it was mentioned in the movie.

ps- up until just now I didn't realize that was Mary-Kate and Ashleys sister. She has guts taking that role and totally removing herself from their shadow.

[Kormod]

She definitely resembles her sisters, so much so that I thought she was one of the Olsen twins (or both of them, playing the same character, à la Full House) for the first ten minutes of the movie. As for the nude scenes, we can only hope that Martha Marcy May Marlene will satisfy all the slobs who were clamoring for the Olsen twins to pose for Playboy.

[Chris L]

Does anyone know why the name Marlene is at the end of the title? I mentioned if it was mentioned in the movie.

"Marlene Lewis" and "Michael Lewis" were the names they were told to give when they answer the phone.  You can see the instructions written on the wall above the phone in one scene.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Does anyone know why the name Marlene is at the end of the title? I mentioned if it was mentioned in the movie.

"Marlene Lewis" and "Michael Lewis" were the names they were told to give when they answer the phone.  You can see the instructions written on the wall above the phone in one scene.

Oh right, thanks.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Anyone else see We Need To Talk About Kevin? I didn't like it at all. It contains the most pussy young terrorist ever.

[jbissell]

Anyone else see We Need To Talk About Kevin? I didn't like it at all. It contains the most pussy young terrorist ever.

I liked it quite a bit, although not as much as Ramsay's other work. Kevin is horribly one-dimensional and terribly annoying but because we're seeing him through Tilda Swinton's memories I thought it worked. Not enough John C Reilly either.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

Tomboy was really good. Some of the cutest little French kids you'll ever see.

[AllisonLeGnome]

Tomboy was really good. Some of the cutest little French kids you'll ever see.

That movie was one of the only bright spots of a generally awful contemporary French cinema class I took last year.

[Zach mond]

im loving the truth about kevin. on my third day watching it. spread it out a bib you kno.  its told in an awesome artistic non linear cool way and each scene soap far has been cool. ON CINEMA (grabe podcas)  yea its pretty great. master bat ion scene kevins faze is terrifying.  (ala bobby leland from twin pea)   Morvern Callar  dissa good 1  an dont forget the lil film that bood fargo 2

[wood and iron]

13 Assassins was fantastic. Takashi Miike is a very talented man.

The movie starts out like a Kurosawa historical samurai epic and then by the end, it goes over the top but not in an out of control way. The last 5 minutes kind of drug on, but oh well.

[crumbum]

Last night I watched Carroll Ballard's The Black Stallion. I have to agree with Pauline Kael, who called it 'the greatest children's movie ever made' -- and I'd add it's one of the most lyrical movies for grown ups ever made to boot. For the entire last twenty minutes I was choking back tears. Although it may come off as overly sentimental to some, I think anyone who liked The Tree Of Life would have to appreciate the way Ballard uses impressionistic montages (and unusual musical cues) to convey a great deal of emotion from a child's point of view.