The Movie Thread

[555-04Q2]

I wouldn't call myself particularly a Riddick aficionado, but I enjoyed Pitch Black and while The Chronicles of Riddick wasn't great, the attempt to create a grand sweeping fantasy mythology deserves a nod for the effort at least. I saw the new Riddick in the cinema last week and I enjoyed it too. Tying continuity into the story beyond just references through the Jones character was smartly done, and while the CG backdrops were a bit ropey in a few places I'd say that it's well put-together as a solid action flick.

I'm a massive Riddick fan. Pitch Black is still the best of the three movies IMO as it was original and was shot with a tiny budget plus it introduced Vin Diesel to the world, but I really enjoyed the new Riddick movie. They did a great job with a smallish budget and even at 45 odd, Vin Diesel is still a badass mofo!

[BleAivano]

Just saw the movie about Terri Hooley called Good Vibrations.
A really good movie if you are a music fan and particular if you like punk.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1920945/

[gadjo_dilo]

La vie d'Adele/Blue is the warmest color by Abdellatif Kechiche, this year's Palme d'or at Cannes film festival. Wonderful movie about life, love, sexuality with a fantastic actress (Adele Exarchopoulos). This movie is worth watching if only for following her face expression. She acts so natural that the movie looks like a slice of life.
Fair to say the sex scenes (between two girls!!!!!) are too explicit and kinda embarrassing (at least for an old moralist like me ).
A movie I strongly recommend.

[gadjo_dilo]

Never been a huge fan of Lars von Trier's movies ( except for Melancholia - I use to say it's a feast for the eyes). Always depressive and involving unhappy women.
But the old cinephile in me won and sent me to watch his latest release Nymphomaniac - Volume I. More for the controversy's sake. From the beginning we were warned that Mr von Trier hasn't agreed with this version which was censored for the large audience. Only the luckiest who get to see the movie in festivals ( like Golden Bear - Berlin ) will see the so called director's cut.
It's not a porn movie ( as it was suggested even by the author ) and it's not boring at all. An erotic saga of a 50 y.o. woman who sees herself as nymphomaniac and is confessing to an old guy who sees sense in every of her actions and tries to make her understand she's not the bad person she thinks she is (where in real life have I seen a similar situation? ).
Anyway I'm determined to go also to Nymphomaniac - Volume II to see the rest of the story and one of my fav actors ( Willem Dafoe).
And it's fair to say I was shocked (again???!!!??). Never thought the "cinematography language" will go so far.

[gadjo_dilo]

As promised, watched Nymphomaniac part II. With a bit of luck as it was almost banned from the screens by our vigilent National Council of Audiovisual. Joe's sexual crusade is continuing, marked by a hard psychic tension. Whether you like it or not Lars con Trier is an artist.

Willem Dafoe appeared for about 5 min. He still has interesting features but oh my God, his face has become so dusky.......

P.S. Looks like I'm the only one who's still going to the movies.

[BleAivano]

P.S. Looks like I'm the only one who's still going to the movies.

I don't really go to the cinema that often anymore.

The cinema in the city where I live have a very poor standard both in general and
when it comes to picture quality/size and audio quality.

[gadjo_dilo]

The cinema in the city where I live have a very poor standard both in general and
when it comes to picture quality/size and audio quality.

I know what you mean. My fav cinema is closed these days so I had to go to another. I was supposed to watch an art movie but I couldn't concentrate as they were doing repairs on the hall and made a terrible noise + workers were shouting all the time. It was freezing cold and I trembled for 2 hours even if I stayed with my coat on and a thick scarf around my neck. It's a shame because It's the biggest cinema in the country and the place for official premiers. Last but not least I was charged 10 lei although I've read on their website that the ticket for the first show is 8 lei.

[BleAivano]

Also in Sweden the cinemas almost always only shows "Hollywood" and big budget British movies.
hardly any independent movies or anything. And usually in my city you're lucky if the show any big movies at all.

The problem is the SF Bio and their sub company Svenska Bio have a monopoly in Sweden so they don't
have to do anything to improve themselves.

[gadjo_dilo]

Then I'm lucky to have in the neighbourhood a cinema that never shows Hollywood big budget movies. Most movies are European, distributed by Independenta Film, many of them were presented at the biggest European film festivals. Sometimes it hosts festivals or a week dedicated to a certain director or national cinematography. The most important thing is that there I may watch great Romanian movies. Unfortunately it's closed for a month.

[gadjo_dilo]

Well, after 10 months of (unwanted! ) abstinence I managed to go again to the movies. ( Fair to say that I was invited to go and for nothing in the world I would have turned off the offer). Wanted to see a Romanian set of 4 short movies called Short/4-Stories of black heart. In good Romanian tradition we went to the cinema just to find out that the schedule was modyfied and instead of that movie it was Woody Allen's Magic in the moonlight. Decided to stay, we were only 4 people in the cinema - at less than 3 it couldn't be broadcasted. . Anyway, it was like a private thing just for us. . The movie was good - a romantic comedy. Nice to see again that love is unpredictable and that even a knowledgeable man can be touched by ( what he thought it could be ) real magic.
Then the stubborn Taurus I am, decided we should also go to that Romanian film. It was interesting but not a masterpiece, just 4 stories produced by 4 different directors and producers having in common death. Death is seen in different ways: with a dose of tragedy, with humour, with indifference.....