Official Film Discussion and Last Movie You Watched

[Samoan-Z]

Ironman - nothing to get he is badass, but always watch after the credits and he meets Colonel Nick Fury to join the Avengers!

 

[Line]

Donnie Darko

Very interesting movie. Perhaps I am truly stupid but I find no "deep" perception of the film, I mean for me its meaning and conclusion are very understandable and not extraordinary at all. I say this because a lot of people have told me "you need to watch it many times to understand its true meaning"

Am I missing something ? (two universes were created, he ended up terminating one going back to the other and choosing to die to save the girl)

You're not very far off at all. I'll never understand the praise for this film.

 

[Chesticles]

Why was my post deleted?

EDIT: Never mind, my computer messed up. Disregard.

 

[thedon]

i watched the usual suspects again...love that movie....braveheart and usual suspects are the 2 best from 95'

 

[Tonyk212000]

i watched the usual suspects again...love that movie....braveheart and usual suspects are the 2 best from 95'

You know i have always wanted to see that movie but read about the ending and the twist at the end so the whole movie is pretty much ruined for me :crymeariver:

 

[thedon]

that sucks that it was ruined for you because it is one of my favourites...great cast in it too

 

[Tonyk212000]

that sucks that it was ruined for you because it is one of my favourites...great cast in it too

 

[thedon]

just saw an commercial for max payne...mark wahlberg...i can see it, love the video game

 

[Samoan-Z]

just saw an commercial for max payne...mark wahlberg...i can see it, love the video game

Damn i can definitely see him as Max Payne and yes very awesome game practically the father of "bullet time" and set a niche for other gaming creators.

 

[Line]

Wow. The new Indiana Jones movie is fucking terrible.

 

[Duality]

thought i'd give apocalypse now a shot since it's a classic and all. couldn't stand it. convuleted as hell and boring as shit.

 

[Line]

thought i'd give apocalypse now a shot since it's a classic and all. couldn't stand it. convuleted as hell and boring as shit.

 

[Chesticles]

I'm downloading the strangers now, any good anyone?

 

[Line]

I'm downloading the strangers now, any good anyone?

I haven't heard the best things.

 

[El Freako]

I saw Tropic Thunder on the weekend. Pretty damn funny, Tom Cruise made me piss myself. That's saying something too, I hate Tom Cruise.

7.5/10

 

[Duality]

ahahaha i stared at it for a second before i got it.


but can you please explain to me why that movie was supposed to be good? my brother, who is reading the book right now, felt the same. convuleted, tedious, and just plain boring.

 

[Tonyk212000]

!!

ahahaha i stared at it for a second before i got it.


but can you please explain to me why that movie was supposed to be good? my brother, who is reading the book right now, felt the same. convuleted, tedious, and just plain boring.

I thought the movie was really good dude! Your Bro will like the book if he is really smart when it comes to english. Probably the toughest book I have ever read, very difficult read.

 

[Duality]

I thought the movie was really good dude! Your Bro will like the book if he is really smart when it comes to english. Probably the toughest book I have ever read, very difficult read.

he's just smart when it comes to everything, and he hasn't finished it yet but he is telling me exactly what you're telling me, difficult read.

i guess i'm in the minority here, but man i just couldn't get into it. it never riveted me or really made me interested. and call me stupid but sometimes i got a little lost in the story line. i found saving private ryan to be much better.

 

[Tonyk212000]

he's just smart when it comes to everything, and he hasn't finished it yet but he is telling me exactly what you're telling me, difficult read.

i guess i'm in the minority here, but man i just couldn't get into it. it never riveted me or really made me interested. and call me stupid but sometimes i got a little lost in the story line. i found saving private ryan to be much better.

No its cool about getting lost. I read it for AP english (definitely got lost while reading it) and then we watched the movie and still got lost. After each chapter or so my teacher kind of went over it to help us so that made it more interesting. If he is on his own trying to comprehend it then yeah he will find it boring.

 

[Line]

But can you please explain to me why that movie was supposed to be good? my brother, who is reading the book right now, felt the same. convuleted, tedious, and just plain boring.

I'm not sure what you mean by it being convoluted. I'm guessing you mean thematically, and I can see what you're saying but Apocalypse Now is a film that works outside of the typical confines which plague American cinema. It's willing to use the words of its characters not only as a narrative vehicle but also as an introspective means to venture deeper into the film's soul. Much of what is talked about in the form of speeches are actually important movements that question the appropriateness of murder even when commanded, and the maddening effects that violence has on one's spirit. Of course, the genius of said topics, at least in terms of the film's execution of them, is how closely they parallel the situation in Vietnam at the time. It takes the broad scope of "Is what we're doing right" and interjects it into a singular being: Captain Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen). His struggle is not meant to depict the average Vietnam officer but that of the entire army. His eventual shift in personality is due to the overwhelming pressures and moral dilemmas forced upon him by so many outside sources. Director Francis Ford Coppola used a similar motif in The Godfather, making the Corleone family a metaphor for US capitalism. It's something few American filmmakers dare attempt, let alone pull off with such great attention to detail.

I'd be amiss to not say anything about the beautiful photography of the film, as it remains one of the best ever shot. They endured so many hardships while making the film that Coppola almost lost his mind. This isn't to say that struggle in any way effects the objective value of the film (or this and Eraserhead would likely be the two best of all time) but it gives the viewer a certain appreciation for what the filmmakers had gone through to produce this. Their efforts, in my opinion, show in every frame. It features some of the greatest imagery ever put to cinema and is one of the best examples of blending craft with intellectualism that I can think of.

There's a lot more going on thematically but these are the main points. Hopefully it sheds some light on the picture.

Also, if you're watching the Redux version, don't. It has unnecessary scenes. The original is the better cut.