What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

[Snowqueen]

I saw Lawless; it’s a good movie. I like the performances of Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce. 7/10

[MorpheusSandman]

The Nameless (1999; Jaume Balagueró) - 4/10

A decent exercise in atmospheric horror, but that's about it. It's somewhat reminiscent of Fincher's vastly superior Se7en.

[Alexander III]

On a small side note has anyone seen Django? I saw it and loved it, but I would like to hear diverse opinions on it.

[kelby_lake]

Les Miserables- Good take on the musical, but the musical's the thing here (8/10)

[MorpheusSandman]

All the King's Men (1949; Robert Rossen) - 8.5/10

Probably the best film on politics ever that feels as relevant today as ever. The writing is razor sharp, with characters that distinctively evolve over the course of the film. As they evolve, so do our allegiances, eventually ending in something approaching chaos where we don't know what to think. A powerful depiction about how political ambition can ruin even the most decent and honest souls. Rossen's gritty direction is also a great boon for the film, as he brings the same kind of hard-nosed edge he did on the best of all the classic boxing films, Body and Soul.

On a small side note has anyone seen Django? I saw it and loved it, but I would like to hear diverse opinions on it.

I almost never go to the theaters to watch films. Their prices are outrageous when I can rent movies for about $1 on Netflix. Saving up for a good home theater is a much better investment.

[Emil Miller]

All the King's Men (1949; Robert Rossen) - 8.5/10

Probably the best film on politics ever that feels as relevant today as ever. The writing is razor sharp, with characters that distinctively evolve over the course of the film. As they evolve, so do our allegiances, eventually ending in something approaching chaos where we don't know what to think. A powerful depiction about how political ambition can ruin even the most decent and honest souls. Rossen's gritty direction is also a great boon for the film, as he brings the same kind of hard-nosed edge he did on the best of all the classic boxing films, Body and Soul.

Broderick Crawford turns in a great performance as Willie Stark and the film makes for gripping viewing. It's far better than the book, which I reviewed on the forum a short while ago. The John Ireland and Mercedes McCambridge characters are completely different to those in the novel where the central character is the narrator rather than Stark, who is obviously based on the real life Huey Long .

[MorpheusSandman]

Yeah, I forgot to mention the performances, and Crawford is superb.

Dov'è la libertà...? (1954; Roberto Rossellini) - 7.5/10

A charming surprise of a virtually unknown Rossellini film. Most everyone that knew him spoke of his light-hearted humor, but that side rarely came through in his films, which evolved from the dark neo-realism of his early days to the more restrained, subtle, and formal films of his later historical films. This, however, is a comic social satire of a Swiftian nature about a man who's released from prison after 20 years whom gains his freedom only to find that the outside world has degenerated beyond all recognition to the point he breaks back into prison! It has a wonderful lead performance by Toto, Italy's answer to Chaplin and Keaton, with a very light touch by Rossellini in the direction.

Amore e Rabbia (1969; Bellochio, Bertolucci, Pasolini, Godard, Lizzani)

An anthology of 5 short films by the above directors, only one of which is worthwhile: Godard's L'Amore (8/10 rating), which is a perfect condensation of everything that makes Godard great--a bit of poetry, politics, philosophy, film, humor, and Brecht combined with an utterly singular, distinctive, gorgeous visual eye for composition and "ear" for editing rhythms. Lizzani's L'indifferenza (4/10) is a dull, badly shot, on-the-nose depiction of people's indifference to the tragedies around them; Bellochio's Discutiamo, discutiamo (3/10) is a bunch of intellectual talking heads discussing society and politics with nothing cinematic about it; Pasolini's La sequenza del fiore di carta (5/10) is a pseudo-poetic depiction of innocent ignorance, depicted by an oblivious character walking happily down the street, juxatposed with the "knowledge" of the horrors of society around them with voiceovers discussing how anyone can remain innocent in such a society. Bertolucci's Agonia (6/10) is a rarely filmed example of Living Theater, an avant-garde theater movement that's either challenging and exhilarating in its abstract, expressive rawness, or hopelessly silly and pretentious. I actually found it rather interesting, but too overlong, and a bit too obviously symbolic of the Catholic Church's indifference to the suffering of the Italian people (I guessed from the beginning the old man was going to be a Papal figure). Ultimately, this collection is worth it for Godard completists, but that's about it.

[qimissung]

All the King's Men (1949; Robert Rossen) - 8.5/10

Probably the best film on politics ever that feels as relevant today as ever. The writing is razor sharp, with characters that distinctively evolve over the course of the film. As they evolve, so do our allegiances, eventually ending in something approaching chaos where we don't know what to think. A powerful depiction about how political ambition can ruin even the most decent and honest souls. Rossen's gritty direction is also a great boon for the film, as he brings the same kind of hard-nosed edge he did on the best of all the classic boxing films, Body and Soul.

I almost never go to the theaters to watch films. Their prices are outrageous when I can rent movies for about $1 on Netflix. Saving up for a good home theater is a much better investment.

Yes, it is expensive; and home theaters are also nice-I've attended a few showings at one. But I do like the movie going experience, the theater, the dark, all the people. It's manageable if you don't get too much at the concession stand. That's the real money pit.

Zero Dark Thirty. 10/10 I loved it. I found it compelling and I thought Jessica Chastain did an outstanding job.

[MorpheusSandman]

Empire of Passion (1978; Nagisa Oshima) - 8/10

Frequently cited as a companion film to Oshima's controversial, revolutionary In The Realm of the Senses, Empire is a much more conventional film that blends elements of noir, romance, horror, and Japanese folktales. The basic story will be familiar to anyone who's seen any of the Postman Always Rings Twice adaptations (a woman and her lover plot to kill her husband), but Oshima takes this basic premise farther by depicting the downward spiral of guilt and obsession that manifest in ghostly visions and other nightmares. The film lacks the explicit sex of Senses, but is just as sensual, especially thanks to the ravishingly gorgeous natural cinematography. Perhaps it's not as provocative as Senses, but it certainly makes up for it in a palpable, atmospheric aesthetic.

[Snowqueen]

I saw The Dark Night Rises. It wasn’t as good as I expected it to be. 6/10

[sadparadise]

Lincoln 10/10, my wife thought it was the best work Daniel Day Lewis has done to date. However, I thought the movie to be fantastic but I liked Daniel Day Lewis better in There Will BE Blood.

[MorpheusSandman]

The Lady and the Beard (1931; Yasujiro Ozu) - 5/10 & Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1933; Yasujiro Ozu) - 7/10

Two early films from the master. TLATB is a a conventional student comedy, little different than Ozu's other early films in this genre. Dreams of Youth, however, shows the beginnings of his mature style. While it's not a masterpiece on the level of I Was Born But... made the same year, it still has Ozu's trademark blend of levity and wistful poignancy.

Hobson's Choice (1954; David Lean) - 9/10

Superb comedy by David Lean with Charles Laughton chewing the scenery as a blustering, alcoholic owner of a shoe store in Victorian England that he runs with his three daughters, and a meek, soft-spoken master craftsman played by John Mills. Brenda De Banzie is the eldest daughter that finally has the nerve to stand up to him by getting married to Mills and opening her own store. Everything is top-notch here, including the proto-feminist themes and Lean's superior direction. Highlights include a drunk Laughton trying to step on the moon reflected in the city street puddles, and the protracted wedding night of the confident Banzie and petrified Mills.

Sleep Tight (2011; Juame Belaguero) - 7.5/10

Excellent modern thriller about a miserable hotel concierge who makes it his life's mission to make others unhappy, including a bubbly female tenant whose room he starts sneaking into every night and drugging her with chloroform. Much like Psycho, it's a thriller that intelligently manipulates our sympathies until we're actually rooting for the creepy protagonist to get away with it. The scene that finds him trapped in the room after the woman's boyfriend stays the night is a highlight.

Boy Meets Girl (1984; Leos Carax) - 6.5/10

As in Carax's Lovers on the Bridge, an abundance of cinematic stylization takes precedence over story and characters, but here it too often borders on being labored and dull.

Or (My Treasure) (2005; Karen Yedaya) - 7/10

A simultaneously sweet and brutally sad film about a teenager girl that does everything possible to earn money to prevent her mother from keeping on as a prostitute. The film is shot in static frames that reminds one of Ozu, and like his films there is a kind of voyeuristic level of observation here. The two actors, mother and daughter, are excellent, and their jovial interactions are a highlight, though the film drags a bit when things start taking the inevitable turn for the worse.

[Alexander III]

[b]

I almost never go to the theaters to watch films. Their prices are outrageous when I can rent movies for about $1 on Netflix. Saving up for a good home theater is a much better investment.

http://www.1channel.ch/watch-2736970-Django-Unchained

Use the putlocker link, it is dvd quality. No need to thank me.

[MorpheusSandman]

No blu-ray, no extras, no thanks. I can wait.

[Corona]

The Servant - Joseph Losey 8.5