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Ashcroft
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Jan 28, 2012 - 09:26am PT
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Inglorius Basterds. What a lousy movie. Evidence (if it were needed) that Quentin Tarentino has cinematic talent, but nothing to say. His schtick is to turn sadism into comedy. Maybe the first time I saw him do it I thought he was being edgy or challenging my definitions of genre, but now it's just tired. He's a one trick pony. One of his characters entertains his comrades by beating in people's heads with a baseball bat. That's not clever or original. In fact, it's kind of disturbing. I guess the audience is supposed to feel better about it because the victims are Nazis. I wouldn't have believed that it was possible to make a movie about World War Two that had absolutely nothing substantive to say about war, Nazis, art, or human nature, but Tarantino has found a way. What a waste.
At the other end of the spectrum, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. I liked the Gary Oldman movie so much I went back to find the BBC series with Alec Guinness. Both excellent in their way. For all the tragedy (and near-tragedy) of the Cold War, it provided an excellent backdrop for John le Carre's bleak explorations of international intrigue.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jan 28, 2012 - 12:01pm PT
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Wayno, if you like the Russians, check out 'The Forty first', as well as the classic Eisenstein movies.If you haven't already
Bigbrother style edit; as soon as typed the above and returned to the main apge, there was a banner add of the SF Opera, 'Onegin"-based ona a story in an Eisenstein movie....
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Leggs
Sport climber
Home Sweet Home, Tucson AZ
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Jan 29, 2012 - 11:25am PT
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Went and saw "The Skin I Live In" (Spanish: La piel que habito),written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Trip.Out.
Gotta love The Loft Cinema in the desert.
Later this week, a screening of "Citizen Kane"
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2012 - 11:14pm PT
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watched "The Descendants"
very nice movie
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Jan 30, 2012 - 11:26pm PT
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Being There
"I like to watch"
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 30, 2012 - 11:30pm PT
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peter sellers best ^^^( I like it more then dr. strangelove, i know BLASPHEMY ON STUPIDTACO.)
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jan 31, 2012 - 12:56am PT
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Jay, decided to roll with what I got. Putting new tires on it this week, figured out my tranny problems are cold weather only and a temp-related logic loop thing, should get another year or two out of her.
Watched "Margin Call" last night, w/ Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore. Not bad, not really recommended.
Company Men w/ tommy lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Craig T nelson, etc was pretty good.
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philo
Trad climber
Somewhere halfway over the rainbow
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Jan 31, 2012 - 01:04am PT
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Just finished watching Monty Python's Life of Brian. What a hoot!
The Christian neo-fundies should watch it. Hahahahaha.
Always look on the bright side of life.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Feb 12, 2012 - 12:31am PT
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Commandos Strike at Dawn.
Early 40's production w/Paul Muni.
Norwegians vs Nazis, filmed in Vancouver.
Good stuff.
One Of Our Aircraft is Missing,
a Pressburger/Powell production,
Very well done. Also early 40's.
(dvr day yay)
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Ed Hartouni
Trad climber
Livermore, CA
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Feb 12, 2012 - 12:45am PT
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Public Speaking
absolutely great movie...
best scene, Lebowitz talking at the Book Awards 2006,
"they've just formed the Iraq Study Group.
Let's think about this, say you're in school and you're getting ready to study for that math test.
When would a good time be to study? Before the test? or three years after the test?"
Anyway, I find her an amazing intellect.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:03am PT
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Just saw "The Artist". That took some vision. Boy, does the camera love
that girl's face and Mssr Dujardin's too. Great photography and soundtrack.
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onyourleft
climber
Smog Angeles
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:21am PT
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Thanks to the Cerro Torre thread, I finally watched "Scream of Stone" by Werner Herzog.
Very bizarre film with many leaps of logic and disconnects in the dialog.
Both Hans Kammerlander and Stefan Glowacz play major roles in the movie.
The acting and directing is as ham-handed as anything I've been subjected to in a goodly while.
But, the scenery! Oh the scenery!!!
They apparently choppered climber/stunt-doubles to the summit of the Torre for the climactic, and ridiculously unbelievable final scene.
Filmed in 1990, I wonder what the locals felt about having their wilderness invaded by a film crew in whirlybirds.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:24am PT
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Watchman, wtf?
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:53am PT
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Harold and Kumar's Christmas movie...
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Ihateplastic
Trad climber
It ain't El Cap, Oregon
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Feb 12, 2012 - 01:57am PT
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Last night SAFEHOUSE at the cinema. Pretty good. Denzel is someone you can count on. Ryan Reynolds is great at comedy but fully believable here.
Tonight we rented THE DOUBLE with Richard Gere and Topher Grace. Predictable but not horrid.
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JOEY.F
Gym climber
It's not rocket surgery
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Feb 15, 2012 - 10:22pm PT
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It was mentioned upthread by Murcy, but just watched The Train with Burt Lancaster. Gripping, and dang, he did his own stunts as well...good stuff.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 15, 2012 - 11:24pm PT
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tower heist...it's aight
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dee ee
Mountain climber
citizen of planet Earth
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Feb 16, 2012 - 07:48pm PT
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Later tonight we have "The Big Year" to see.
I just read the book, with that cast it can't lose.
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