Captiv8
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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I just watched Silent House with the gf. First off, if you got queasy or complained about the camera work in Blair Witch or Cloverfield, move on. This was shot to imply one continuous take and unfolds in real time, which is really novel and fresh (even though Hitchcock did something similar decades ago). So you have something like a documentary occurring primarily in a house, in which some creepy shit is going down. Aaand there's a neat little twist, which may or may not be predictable to you depending on how much attention you pay. From the reviews I've read people either seem to really enjoy or really hate this film. One amateur critic even felt compelled to write that the filmmakers were "worse thsn Hitler," which is clearly hyberlole. They are incredibly wrong. Check this out. |
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Brynjar
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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Location: Rivertown |
Yeah Hitchcock did it with Rope but it was like watching play for the most part because it was only set in two rooms. I haven't seen it but from what my friends have told me is that the movie is ok/fine but it gets so much hate because its nothing like Silent Hill except the name. |
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Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:07 pm |
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Captiv8
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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Why does everyone get this movie confused with Silent Hill? Silent House is clearly a dual metaphor for both the impetus and conclusion of the movie. The more I think about the latter movie, the more I like it. Even the fact that I'm still playing through it in my mind today is a sign of its quality. Also, in many ways this movie had me thinking of The Strangers up until about the midway point. Then it became clear what was really happening. Finally, Elizabeth Olsen was phenomenal in her role, which is to say she carried the film (by design) like a pro. |
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Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:49 am |
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Neuro
A champion of Kurtis SP
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just watched the trailer for that one too, good recommends , hey cap and everyone else ,where do get movies to watch now? mail order? do you just buy them, do you have a cool video store where you live to rent? where i live theres no more rental stores, only shitty red boxes/ and shitty blockbuster boxes, then there's of course netflix but you know how their stream selection goes, its really not that impressive , even though there are some gems scattered within rarely, movies are becoming like mainstream music now, being force fed all the bullshit |
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Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:09 am |
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ecapataz
Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 1946
Location: Bonn, Germany |
Neuro wrote:
just watched the trailer for that one too, good recommends , hey cap and everyone else ,where do get movies to watch now? mail order? do you just buy them, do you have a cool video store where you live to rent? where i live theres no more rental stores, only shitty red boxes/ and shitty blockbuster boxes, then there's of course netflix but you know how their stream selection goes, its really not that impressive , even though there are some gems scattered within rarely, movies are becoming like mainstream music now, being force fed all the bullshit
bit torrents |
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Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:06 pm |
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mzehe916
Joined: 04 Aug 2006
Posts: 4524
Location: Switzerland |
ecapataz wrote:
Neuro wrote:
just watched the trailer for that one too, good recommends , hey cap and everyone else ,where do get movies to watch now? mail order? do you just buy them, do you have a cool video store where you live to rent? where i live theres no more rental stores, only shitty red boxes/ and shitty blockbuster boxes, then there's of course netflix but you know how their stream selection goes, its really not that impressive , even though there are some gems scattered within rarely, movies are becoming like mainstream music now, being force fed all the bullshit
bit torrents
You aren't scared to do that in Germany? I know two people who received letters asking for money due to illegal downloading. And I thought I once read that Germany was the 2nd highest prosecuting country in regards to that. |
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Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:23 am |
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Brynjar
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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Location: Rivertown |
SPOILERS FOR THE TOTAL RECALL REAMAKE
I saw Total Recall (the remake) last night, it's ok just like the Arnold version but in a different way. It's kinda weird reading the reviews for this thing. Many of them are calling it a close remake of the 1990 version without the weirdness and one-liners + they don't go to Mars. How is that a close remake -_-?
Also rewatched Crimson Tide and it's still great. Submarine films maybe my fav. war sub-genre. |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:52 am |
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Neuro
A champion of Kurtis SP
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its not possible to spoil a total recall remake, were there any cool aliens, alien people , creatures at all? like the original? was bryan cranston a badass villain?
they dont go to mars at all? meh
been meaning to see this, i hope i catch it before its out of rotation |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:46 am |
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Sarcastro
Joined: 27 Sep 2002
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Total Recall blew. It took all the fun out of the movie and replaced it with awful action scenes.
No aliens, no cool creatures, just robot swat teams and a really hot 3-titted chick for 5 seconds. Save your money, google the still image. |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:10 am |
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Mark in Minnesota
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
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I liked Total Recall a lot. I also think the first one has aged really badly. |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:37 am |
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Brynjar
Joined: 12 Dec 2006
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Sarcastro
What do you what out of a remake?
I personally hate when they are basically version 2.0
and let's not kid ourselves, the action in the 1990 version was Three Stooges level at points.
"Embedding disabled by request" smh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KtHhIePpZg |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:32 pm |
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Neuro
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 12:53 pm |
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Flossin
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From what I heard that new "Total Recall" movie isn't really a remake at all. Isn't it supposed to be a movie adaptation of "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale", but with the "Total Recall" title because that one sounds better and people are familiar with it... The Philip K. Dick book that both Total Recalls were "based on" apparently didn't take place on Mars at all, so the new one isn't remaking the old movie, it's just another adaptation but with the same title... ? |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:42 pm |
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Sarcastro
Joined: 27 Sep 2002
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All that shit is irrelevant, it was a bad action movie by today's standards. It wasn't actiony enough to stand alone on that, it wasn't funny, it wasn't deep or thought provoking, it was just cookie cutter, poorly put together not quite a blockbuster movie that tried to coast on its stars.
Maybe Arnold's star power was just big enough to carry the original or maybe if I was younger I'd feel the same way about this movie, but I doubt it because nothing about it stood out. I saw it 3 weeks ago and I can barely remember any of it right now, it wasn't memorable at all. |
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Wed Aug 22, 2012 2:01 pm |
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Mark in Minnesota
Joined: 02 Jan 2004
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My experience was very different. The movie did a very good job of encouraging the audience to question whether or not the things we saw playing out on screen were actually happening. Colin Farrell's surprise at his own combat skills worked well into that. A more credible action star could not have delivered such credible skepticism about his own capabilities and history. An ordinary man struggling with whether or not he believes his own gradually discovered mythology.
We got a squalid, dystopian future with a thoughtful narrative on what we can trust when we no longer believe our own memories. I thought the futuristic technology effects were eerie without being unbelievable. The cellphone implant in particular was awesome, and compressed a lot of ambivalence about the subject into a relatively short on-screen sequence.
In short: I liked the script. I liked the acting. I liked the visuals. The film packed in enough of what Rudy Rucker likes to call "eyeball kicks" to satisfy my expectations for a Dick adaptation and for a film titled "Total Recall." It won't be one of my favorite films for the year but I think it accomplished almost everything it set out to accomplish and I think that it's a film that science fiction and action fans can easily enjoy if they approach it with the right frame of mind. |
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