Movies Discussion Thread V1: Ratings and Opinions

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
^^^ My Sassy Girl and The Classic are two all time great Korean movies. As recommended by T, one should start watching Korean movies with these two movies. Then you can add The Marathon and A Moment To Remember to the start. After that, there is a world to explore!

Thanx for mentioning those two.....I'll sure check them out.....

I'm feeling like watching it again.....last night when I've finished watching it, I thought of getting it again.....but somehow controlled myself as I think continuous viewing of a movie may spoil my feeling to it....

(But, I would still place 3-Iron as my no1, it has spell bounded me)

But I wonder is it North Korea or South Korea which has these beautiful set of storytellers :rolleyes:
 

a_medico

Chillum Baba
Kaminey - Was an average movie for me. Can't watch it twice. More like watching any Guy Ritchie movie. But Vishal Bharadwaj still remains one of my fav directors.

But how do u watch these movies? With english subtitles? Or u know korean?
With English subs, obviously!!!

I even watch English movies preferably with English subtitles for better comprehension!
 

rohan_mhtr

Most wanted
At the first Support Group Meeting I think.....Or at the office...........he appeared 6 times before the airport scene....... for 1 frame though
Wow i have watched it for more then 15 times i think but have never realized this cos most of the time i start watching from the car scene , this is from where it starts rocking .
Ok started the movie watching closely for tyler .
 

Anorion

Sith Lord
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^Hmmm... Loved the "Never Compromise" line. The movie showed Nite Owl better than the comics though, so ended up liking Nite Owl a lot more than the comic version, where Rorschach was my favorite.
Didn't like the changed ending though.
 

Ethan_Hunt

Aspiring Novelist
^Hmmm... Loved the "Never Compromise" line. The movie showed Nite Owl better than the comics though, so ended up liking Nite Owl a lot more than the comic version, where Rorschach was my favorite.
Didn't like the changed ending though.
I didn't really find any intensity in Night Owl's role in the whole movie. All he did was comfort Silk Spectre, have sex with her & a few dialogues here and there. On the flipside, Rorschach was simply bad ass. He did what he felt was right, punish criminals in the way they were supposed to be and most of all, had more impact in his role. If you look at the way he explains his situation to the psychiatrist in the prison, it has a very graphic, but realistic detail as to why he was made to be such a person.
 

Anorion

Sith Lord
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@Ethan_Hunt... The role of Nite Owl is very different in the comics, where he does exactly what you said he does in the movie. The small scenes in the movie where he is talking to the previous Nite Owl, and when he is talking to Ms. Jupiter in his basement show a much deeper char than what is shown in the comics, which is why I liked the movie.

***Spoiler Alert for Watchmen***
On the other hand, Dr. Manhatten took the blame for the entire strange explosion thingy in the movie, which was a bad move acc. to me. In the comics, there are no bombs in all the cities in the world, instead, a giant serpentine creature's body just goes through all the buildings and people in New York. The devastation in the comics is depicted in an amazing way, and it would have looked much much better on the big screen. The plot twist that deviated from the comics is in itself, something brilliant, that tied up the loose ends of the plot as well as the original storyline. However, there was this whole thing about a pirate story running parallel to the main story, which was shown only as a fleeting glance in the movie (the black kid reading a comic book, showed the pirate story). Also, the movie does not clearly explain why the mutated Lynx had to explode along with Manhatten. The comics themselves are very cinematic, with panes having something akin to transitions, if you read them, you'll understand what I am talking about. This was not carried over to the big screen. However, the "time" sequence of Dr. Manhatten came out pretty well, better than the sequence in the comics, and certain touches of Rorschach (asking the police what his face looked like) were brilliant. Rorschach is something that I admire in the comics, and his aura from the comics carried over to the big screen... making him one of the most celebrated chars of the previous year, but the movie made me really wake up to the brilliance of the other chars that I totally missed out on, the older Nite Owl, the older Ms. Jupiter, and Ozymandias, and of course, the Comedian.
 

asingh

Aspiring Novelist
Just saw this thread..nice...my top recommendations.

Must see:

1. BladeRunner. (Great cyberpunk. Best of Ridley Scott)
2. Requim for a Dream (psychedelic drug addict(s) autobiography - Dev D copied the hallucination scenes from here)
3. American History X (bite the curb...!...graphically violent)
4. Old Boy (Korean with subtitles - excellent story).
5. Tale of 2 Sisters (Korean with subtitles - mysterious horror movie)

The After-rans:

1. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly (Sergio Leone+Clint Eastwood+3 hours of spaghetti western action)
2. Red Cliff (Strategy and Han Dynasty history -- John Woo redeems himself)
3. Escape from New York (One eyed Kurt Russell is the dark Snake Pliskin. John Carpenter directs).
4. Hellraiser (Cliver Barker shows us Cenobites and Pinhead Star)
5. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino inter weaves 5 different story threads)
 

eggman

I have Yolks not Brains!
ADAPTATION. - 9.5/10 . By far the smartest script I've seen in a movie!!This is the second time I'm watching it and I can't understand how Charlie Kaufman (main character as well as The screenplay writer) comes with stuff like that!! Totally mind blowing
 

rhitwick

Democracy is a myth
ADAPTATION. - 9.5/10 . By far the smartest script I've seen in a movie!!This is the second time I'm watching it and I can't understand how Charlie Kaufman (main character as well as The screenplay writer) comes with stuff like that!! Totally mind blowing

Ya, he always comes up with such brainfcuk movies.
I guess u've seen "Being John Malkovich" of him...

b/w, in this (Adaptation) Nicholas cage did a very good job.


Ice Age3 6.5/10

So, so...
Its only 84 minutes movie, but seemed soooooo long........... felt never ending
 
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