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The Avengers: Age of Ultron - It was good. No spoilers. :)

The Cobbler - The premise had a lot of potential, and Adam Sandler wasn't up to his goofball antics, but the movie went absolutely nowhere. Wouldn't recommend this one.
 
Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
Lonely, deranged puppet-master designs a machine that shrinks people.
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Funny part in this film is when they're at the drive-in, the film The Amazing Colossal Man is playing on screen.

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I watched the Avengers this weekend. Pretty good. I'm not so sure it was as good as the first one, though. We enjoyed it!
 
In honor of #MayThe4thBeWithYou, I'm watching Star Wars tonight. My favorite episode is The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
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Just finished another Studio Ghibli movie - When Marnie Was There. Definitely my favourite so far. That studio has a way of bringing human emotions into their animation. Beautifully made as all their movies.
 
Huntn said:
Episode 4 is my favorite as I saw it 4 times in the theater on initial release. :)
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Stealth bragging. :D


Saw Blue Velvet with the girls, no idea why they expected it to go down the soft entertainment route...the knew Lynch. Awesome movie, can get a bit disturbing but Kyle is just lovable and it's half as confusing as the other Lynch works. Saw it maybe five times already, will do again. :D
 
Watched Spirited Away last yesterday with the family. Although another strange tail, probably one of my favourite Studio Ghibli films so far. My daughter certinly enjoyed it.
 
Apple fanboy said:
Watched Spirited Away last yesterday with the family. Although another strange tail, probably one of my favourite Studio Ghibli films so far. My daughter certinly enjoyed it.
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I loved it as well! Great movie, great studio!

There is a disturbing sub-text about this movie (My Neighbour Totoro as well..) which gets a bit lost within the translation I guess. You can google it if you're interested.

I don't mind it at all though, if all it makes it even better imo. Most - if not all - fairy tales can be read with a disturbing sub-text as an adult while being scary for a different reason when a child.
 
twietee said:
There is a disturbing sub-text about this movie (My Neighbour Totoro as well..) which gets a bit lost within the translation I guess. You can google it if you're interested.
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That theory was refuted by Studio Ghibli

The Totoro as the God of Death theory isn’t new—but it’s a theory that will not die. Since it continues to attract attraction and discussion online, Japanese site Byoukan Sunday pointed out that Studio Ghibli, the studio that created Totoro, already struck down these theories a few years back.

“Everyone, do not worry,” read the Studio Ghibli statement. “There’s absolutely no truth or configuration that Totoro is the God of Death or that Mei is dead in My Neighbor Totoro.”

Continuing, Studio Ghibli addressed the issue regarding the lack of shadow surrounding both Satsuki and Mei in the film’s ending. This was because, according to Studio Ghibli, the film’s animators decided that shadows were not necessary in this scene. “We really don’t want people to believe this rumor,” the studio added.

Art is not finished when the artist says it is. Art must be viewed and interpreted by an audience. Sometimes it’s correctly interpreted and sometimes it’s not—that’s for the audience to decide.
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obeygiant said:
That theory was refuted by Studio Ghibli
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Doesn't matter to me. It's still an intersting theory and I'm looking forward to watch it again.

And you quoted it yourself: "Art is not finished when the artist says it is. Art must be viewed and interpreted by an audience. Sometimes it’s correctly interpreted and sometimes it’s not—that’s for the audience to decide."
 
Rushmore

I've just got done watching Rushmore (1998) by Wes Anderson. It was surprisingly good film and highly recommended to anyone who likes quirky films. (plus it starred Bill Murray)

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obeygiant said:
Anyone going to see Ex Machina?
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kazmac said:
If Ex Machina is still playing the 2nd weekend in May, I'm going to go. Things have been rough here so...

but lately catching up on some old school Martial Arts movies. I need some hopeful and fun movies and these fit the bill nicely.

I'm finding I enjoy these even more now than I did when a local station ran them every weekend decades ago. It's kind of the way I felt when I discovered spaghetti westerns. I've always enjoyed Martial arts movies but never knew anyone except the really big names.
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That movie was incredible. Saw it at SXSW. I still keep thinking about it constantly.
 
Last night on TCM they had their Friday Night Spotlight on Film Noir and Orson Welles. I watched one film last night and recorded the rest to watch this weekend.

Had Orson Welles not passed away in 1985, he would have been 100 years old this week.

Touch of Evil (1958)
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town.
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Mr. Arkadin (1955)
An American adventurer investigates the past of mysterious tycoon Arkadin...placing himself in grave danger.
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
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Journey Into Fear (1943)
A Navy engineer, returning to the U.S. with his wife from a conference, finds himself pursued by Nazi agents, who are out to kill him. Without a word to his wife, he flees the hotel the couple is staying in and boards a ship, only to find, after the ship sails, that the agents have followed him.
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I just re-watched Primer, after some provocation in another thread. Damn that movie is complex... Apparently there are massive charts online trying to explain the actual timeline. Anyone here seen that? It is required material to any sci-fi/indy/mind-bender enthusiast.
 
zmunkz said:
I just re-watched Primer, after some provocation in another thread. Damn that movie is complex... Apparently there are massive charts online trying to explain the actual timeline. Anyone here seen that? It is required material to any sci-fi/indy/mind-bender enthusiast.
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Yep. It's excellent, and well executed with such a small budget. Definitely a "must see" like you said (the charts you mentioned are really fun, you should track them down - there's some equally compelling diagrams for Inception).

In the same [sub] genre I'd also recommend Timecrimes (it's Spanish, so does require subtitles unless you happen to be fluent)

I've been meaning to watch Predestination with Ethan Hawke, has pretty solid reviews, and I really dig on time travel (it's based on a Heinlein short story, All You Zombies)
 
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D.T. said:
Yep. It's excellent, and well executed with such a small budget. Definitely a "must see" like you said (the charts you mentioned are really fun, you should track them down - there's some equally compelling diagrams for Inception).

In the same [sub] genre I'd also recommend Timecrimes (it's Spanish, so does require subtitles unless you happen to be fluent)

I've been meaning to watch Predestination with Ethan Hawke, has pretty solid reviews, and I really dig on time travel (it's based on a Heinlein short story, All You Zombies)
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Agree re: Timecrimes... I found that one on netflix, definitely worth dealing with subtitles ( which normally discourages me ). I'm going to have to check out Pedestrian, I haven't heard of it before.
 
Age Of Ultron. These movies are just getting plain silly now.

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diazj3 said:
American Sniper... Just 20 minutes into it... already sick of this pos propaganda crap...

Even worse than The Hurt Locker or Zero Dark Thirty....

Really sucks...
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Reality isn't propaganda. You realize this right? You DO have an education and know what propaganda is, right? You have just posted THE stupidest, most asinine comment ever.
 
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