The Drunken Film Suite - rate the last film you watched (out of ten)

# 24 Jun, 2013 19:48
Jason	CharlesWelles Jason I highly recommend Thunderheart if you have not seen it yet. I watched it back in 93/94 when it came out and every few years since then. Never gets old and is a great movie about a scandal with the FBI on an Indian Res in South Dakota. Stars Val Kilmer as a quarter Indian “Native American Representative” investigating a murder. As the old man says, “Come inside and watch TV”. You have to watch this movie. That is a solid movie. You should check out the doc about the story of what it is loosely based on, Incident at Oglala. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104504/ Watched it a few weeks back. 7/10 I would recommend Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. Super raw, great watch. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728196/ 9/10 I have seen Incident at Oglala, very good for those like us with an interest in the subject. The book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse is also based on this subject though I have not read it yet. I have Hara-Kiri in my Netflix queue but have not watched it yet, perhaps next… quote

# 24 Jun, 2013 19:48

CharlesWelles
Jason
I highly recommend Thunderheart if you have not seen it yet. I watched it back in 93/94 when it came out and every few years since then. Never gets old and is a great movie about a scandal with the FBI on an Indian Res in South Dakota. Stars Val Kilmer as a quarter Indian “Native American Representative” investigating a murder. As the old man says, “Come inside and watch TV”. You have to watch this movie.

That is a solid movie. You should check out the doc about the story of what it is loosely based on, Incident at Oglala. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104504/ Watched it a few weeks back. 7/10

I would recommend Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. Super raw, great watch. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728196/ 9/10

I have seen Incident at Oglala, very good for those like us with an interest in the subject. The book In the Spirit of Crazy Horse is also based on this subject though I have not read it yet.

I have Hara-Kiri in my Netflix queue but have not watched it yet, perhaps next…

# 24 Jun, 2013 20:43
CharlesWelles	@Jason yeah, it is a solid watch. I would love to hear what you think about it. It had elements that reminded me of Rashomon. Great pacing, great acting, overall solid period samurai flick. quote

# 25 Jun, 2013 19:18
monkeychoke	Hard Eight - 8/10 Really enjoyed this, I was quietly expecting more gambling, but it didn't need it. Recommended. quote

# 25 Jun, 2013 19:21
monkeychoke	Khan Synecdoche, New York I cried the second time. 10/10 10?! A fucking ten…..no, sorry boring as fuck out of ten …..it's ok, at least they thought it through, vastly over-rated. I'd give it a 4/10 quote

# 28 Jun, 2013 11:25
Khan	monkeychoke Khan Synecdoche, New York I cried the second time. 10/10 10?! A fucking ten…..no, sorry boring as fuck out of ten …..it's ok, at least they thought it through, vastly over-rated. I'd give it a 4/10 Maybe more explosions next time? It's ok, I didnt like Inception and people loved that movie. If you watch synecdoche just as a sequence of events, it is boring. What it says about dementia (which if you've watched someone you love go insane) makes it a one of a kind flick. It puts you in the shoes of the person loosing touch with you. Sorry you didnt enjoy. quote

# 28 Jun, 2013 11:25

Khan

monkeychoke
Khan
Synecdoche, New York

I cried the second time.

10/10

10?! A fucking ten…..no, sorry

boring as fuck out of ten …..it's ok, at least they thought it through, vastly over-rated. I'd give it a 4/10

Maybe more explosions next time? It's ok, I didnt like Inception and people loved that movie. If you watch synecdoche just as a sequence of events, it is boring. What it says about dementia (which if you've watched someone you love go insane) makes it a one of a kind flick. It puts you in the shoes of the person loosing touch with you. Sorry you didnt enjoy.

# 28 Jun, 2013 11:35
monkeychoke	Khan monkeychoke Khan Synecdoche, New York I cried the second time. 10/10 10?! A fucking ten…..no, sorry boring as fuck out of ten …..it's ok, at least they thought it through, vastly over-rated. I'd give it a 4/10 Maybe more explosions next time? It's ok, I didnt like Inception and people loved that movie. If you watch synecdoche just a sequence of events, it is boring. What it says about dementia (which if you've watched someone you love go insane) makes it is a one of a kind flick. It puts you in the shoes of the person loosing touch with you. Sorry you didnt enjoy. Don't get snarky. And yes I have seen people go both insane, and lose all memories. It's vastly overrated by pseudo-intellects who want to appear to be deep. It isn't that deep a film, it's just fucking boring. PS: La Haine - 8/10 quote

# 28 Jun, 2013 11:35

monkeychoke

Khan
monkeychoke
Khan
Synecdoche, New York

I cried the second time.

10/10

10?! A fucking ten…..no, sorry

boring as fuck out of ten …..it's ok, at least they thought it through, vastly over-rated. I'd give it a 4/10
Maybe more explosions next time? It's ok, I didnt like Inception and people loved that movie. If you watch synecdoche just a sequence of events, it is boring. What it says about dementia (which if you've watched someone you love go insane) makes it is a one of a kind flick. It puts you in the shoes of the person loosing touch with you. Sorry you didnt enjoy.

Don't get snarky. And yes I have seen people go both insane, and lose all memories. It's vastly overrated by pseudo-intellects who want to appear to be deep. It isn't that deep a film, it's just fucking boring.

PS:

La Haine - 8/10

# 28 Jun, 2013 12:20
Khan	monkeychoke Don't get snarky. And yes I have seen people go both insane, and lose all memories. It's vastly overrated by pseudo-intellects who want to appear to be deep. It isn't that deep a film, it's just fucking boring. It's perceived deepness or level of excitement is all up to you. What makes you think it portrays itself as “intellectual”? Are you saying I am a pseudo-intellectual because I rated it above what you think it should be rated? That seems rather pretentious. It's relativity to my personal experience and perspective is what made the movie enjoyable for me. I saw La Haine years ago. I think it's safe to say we don't enjoy the same movies. To each his own. quote

# 28 Jun, 2013 12:20

Khan

monkeychoke
Don't get snarky. And yes I have seen people go both insane, and lose all memories. It's vastly overrated by pseudo-intellects who want to appear to be deep. It isn't that deep a film, it's just fucking boring.

It's perceived deepness or level of excitement is all up to you. What makes you think it portrays itself as “intellectual”? Are you saying I am a pseudo-intellectual because I rated it above what you think it should be rated? That seems rather pretentious.

It's relativity to my personal experience and perspective is what made the movie enjoyable for me. I saw La Haine years ago. I think it's safe to say we don't enjoy the same movies. To each his own.

# 09 Jul, 2013 04:14
richimon	As promised, Rich's Man of Steel Review!!! Now I will admit that the saving the shuttle carrying jumbo jet before it crashed into my own beloved, if wildly digitally altered, Dodger Stadium was a tasty bit of film making, but other than that, the debacle that was 2006's painfully boring and massively disappointing Superman Returns, left Warner Bros wondering what to do with Superman and they spent over half a decade with many a movie maker pondering what to do now. A not so quick aside, I was doing premier coverage for the premiere of Superman Returns, which involves interviewing all the stars as they stroll the red (in this case Platinum) carpet to get sweet sound bites that we immediately broadcast out to the world so that Good Morning Des Moines can have fresh sound for their Hollywood minute segment on their morning show. Everyone with the film was there. Kevin Spacey seemed like he may have had a few adult beverages before he smiled his way up the carpet. Brandon Routh looked dapper in his expensive suit and Kate Bosworth (who was a delight in her tiny blue bikini in the much forgotten but pretty decent Blue Crush) looked like one of those starving kids on the Feed the Children commercials on late night TV, in desperate need of a sandwich or at least some tasty movie popcorn. To make an already too long aside short, “the other son of Jor-El” himself, Shaquille O'Neal has been flown out from Miami to walk the Platinum (don't ask) carpet, fresh from his NBA Championship victory in Miami the night before. Shaq was great (and very tall). He had a nice smile for everyone, great silly soundbites for all the crews and seemed genuinely happy to be there. I'm sure the six figure check (reportedly in the upper 3/4s area of six figures) and a trip on a private WB jet had a lot to do with that smile. As the film was wrapping up and our fresh collection of sound bites already disseminated to the planet via satellite, we were asked to go down and get some reaction from Shaq. We found him making his way out of the theater, he is really hard to miss and asked politely what he had thought of the film. He leaned over toward the mic and if my memory is not mistaken (which it often is) a small tear in his eye said, “I think I've done all I'll be doing for Warner Brothers today,” and headed out into the twilight. In the time since it has been easy to find that Shaq and my disappointment in Bryan Singers terrible Superman movie was something that had been shared by many. Luckily for all of us, some smart person (maybe freshly removed WB head Jeff Robinov) put Zach Snyder as director together with modern day cinematic genius Chris Nolan as producer to take a swing at the Superman franchise and this summer's movie-palooza is all the better for it. I have been excited about Man of Steel since the first arty teasers came out around Superbowl time. I have to say that I loved it. Everything about it was of a truly epic scale. Starting out on a newly imagined Krypton in the midst of a terrible civil war and at the brink of destruction gave the whole film a fresh feeling of something new. The idea of Lois Lane chasing the mysterious“ghost” who saved folks from certain doom and then vanished was a great way to unveil the new universe while telling a ton of back story in flashback worked really well. The entire planet in peril at the hands of a most twisted and evil General Zod (way to go Michael Shannon) and company was light years better than Superman fighting a giant chunk of Kryptonite. Both Pa Kent and Pa Jor-El were fantastic as fathers who wanted their powerful son to use his amazing abilities to guide us silly humans along to a better way of life. Lets make a deal to never do any more age makeup to my childhood crush Diane Lane, real time is doing enough already. The history of Krypton done in Silver Age comic style animations was a thing of beauty but, to hear and feel the collective swoon of the lady folk in the audience when Henry Cavill's hairy, extra manly chest is revealed (while he is on fire no less), we can be sure that we have a hit on our hands and that “manscaping” razors will soon be in the bargain bin at Target. Nifty storytelling, great effects and our hero as the untrusted outsider all blend together into a tasty summer treat. Now I can agree that we could have pulled a good five minutes of destruction out of the movie. My inner editor would have cut a good chunk of the Smallville fight with the uber-hot Faora-Ul (actress Antje Traue) as well a chunk of the final Zod Metropolis destruct-a-thon. I did hear some whining about all the people who must have died while Superman was doing his level best to try to save the planet from an enemy that has plainly stated, “For every human you save, we will kill a million more,” that is going to tie up your day a little bit. There are some who felt for him to let even one of us bloated sacks of protoplasm to get splatted was evidence of Super- man failing at his job. To this I must say NAY!! When confronted with an incredibly powerful enemy that is hell-bent on the destruction of the human race, Superman is not going to have the time to rescue every kitten out of every tree for a little while and if a few of us bite it because he is busy disconnecting the gravity smasher on the other side of the planet, well shit happens. Overall, I thought it was a great flick that has me looking forward to what this crew intends to cook up for Sup in the future. Not sure what the haters were expecting, for me, the Man of Steel was really super, man!!! I'll have some fresh opinions on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim mid July, I so hope it rocks!!! Rich quote

# 09 Jul, 2013 04:14

richimon

As promised, Rich's Man of Steel Review!!!

Now I will admit that the saving the shuttle carrying jumbo jet before it crashed into my own beloved, if
wildly digitally altered, Dodger Stadium was a tasty bit of film making, but other than that, the debacle that was
2006's painfully boring and massively disappointing Superman Returns, left Warner Bros wondering what to do with
Superman and they spent over half a decade with many a movie maker pondering what to do now.
A not so quick aside, I was doing premier coverage for the premiere of Superman Returns, which involves interviewing all the
stars as they stroll the red (in this case Platinum) carpet to get sweet sound bites that we immediately broadcast out to the world so that Good Morning Des Moines can have fresh sound for their Hollywood minute segment on their morning show. Everyone with the
film was there. Kevin Spacey seemed like he may have had a few adult beverages before he smiled his way up the carpet.
Brandon Routh looked dapper in his expensive suit and Kate Bosworth (who was a delight in her tiny blue bikini in the much
forgotten but pretty decent Blue Crush) looked like one of those starving kids on the Feed the Children commercials on late
night TV, in desperate need of a sandwich or at least some tasty movie popcorn. To make an already too long aside short,
“the other son of Jor-El” himself, Shaquille O'Neal has been flown out from Miami to walk the Platinum (don't ask) carpet, fresh
from his NBA Championship victory in Miami the night before. Shaq was great (and very tall). He had a nice smile for everyone,
great silly soundbites for all the crews and seemed genuinely happy to be there. I'm sure the six figure check (reportedly in the
upper 3/4s area of six figures) and a trip on a private WB jet had a lot to do with that smile.
As the film was wrapping up and our fresh collection of sound bites already disseminated to the planet via satellite, we
were asked to go down and get some reaction from Shaq. We found him making his way out of the theater, he is really hard to
miss and asked politely what he had thought of the film. He leaned over toward the mic and if my memory is not mistaken (which
it often is) a small tear in his eye said, “I think I've done all I'll be doing for Warner Brothers today,” and headed out into the twilight.
In the time since it has been easy to find that Shaq and my disappointment in Bryan Singers terrible Superman movie
was something that had been shared by many.
Luckily for all of us, some smart person (maybe freshly removed WB head Jeff Robinov) put Zach Snyder as director
together with modern day cinematic genius Chris Nolan as producer to take a swing at the Superman franchise and this
summer's movie-palooza is all the better for it. I have been excited about Man of Steel since the first arty teasers came out
around Superbowl time.

I have to say that I loved it. Everything about it was of a truly epic scale. Starting out on a newly imagined Krypton in the
midst of a terrible civil war and at the brink of destruction gave the whole film a fresh feeling of something new. The idea of
Lois Lane chasing the mysterious“ghost” who saved folks from certain doom and then vanished was a great way to unveil the
new universe while telling a ton of back story in flashback worked really well. The entire planet in peril at the hands of a most
twisted and evil General Zod (way to go Michael Shannon) and company was light years better than Superman fighting a giant
chunk of Kryptonite. Both Pa Kent and Pa Jor-El were fantastic as fathers who wanted their powerful son to use his amazing abilities
to guide us silly humans along to a better way of life. Lets make a deal to never do any more age makeup to my childhood
crush Diane Lane, real time is doing enough already. The history of Krypton done in Silver Age comic style animations was a
thing of beauty but, to hear and feel the collective swoon of the lady folk in the audience when Henry Cavill's hairy, extra manly
chest is revealed (while he is on fire no less), we can be sure that we have a hit on our hands and that “manscaping” razors
will soon be in the bargain bin at Target.
Nifty storytelling, great effects and our hero as the untrusted outsider all blend together into a tasty summer treat. Now I can
agree that we could have pulled a good five minutes of destruction out of the movie. My inner editor would have cut a good chunk
of the Smallville fight with the uber-hot Faora-Ul (actress Antje Traue) as well a chunk of the final Zod Metropolis destruct-a-thon.
I did hear some whining about all the people who must have died while Superman was doing his level best to try to save the
planet from an enemy that has plainly stated, “For every human you save, we will kill a million more,” that is going to tie up your day a little bit. There are some who felt for him to let even one of us bloated sacks of protoplasm to get splatted was evidence of Super-
man failing at his job. To this I must say NAY!! When confronted with an incredibly powerful enemy that is hell-bent on the
destruction of the human race, Superman is not going to have the time to rescue every kitten out of every tree for a little while and
if a few of us bite it because he is busy disconnecting the gravity smasher on the other side of the planet, well shit happens.

Overall, I thought it was a great flick that has me looking forward to what this crew intends to cook up for Sup in the future. Not sure
what the haters were expecting, for me, the Man of Steel was really super, man!!!

I'll have some fresh opinions on Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim mid July, I so hope it rocks!!!

Rich

# 09 Jul, 2013 04:14
richimon	I love going to the movies. quote

# 15 Jul, 2013 01:51
JokerJSK	PACIFIC RIM. Wow, fun movie. Imax 3D a must. 4.5 out of 5. Know what makes a bacon burger better? Cheese, and this movie has really good cheese. Dialogue, acting, action, you can smell the Japanese monster movie inspiration. Giant robots vs giant monsters, can't go wrong. Heard a critic say, Anyone that hated Transformers for the action being too upclose, you will LOVE Pacific Rim. Agreed, the action is amazing. Ron Perlman, as little scene time as he has, can't go wrong when he teams up with del Toro. The Drift is really cool. The negs. During an action scene a breather turned into a bit of a yawner. It cost the movie another quarter point. Scientist, one of the bad guys from Dark Knight Rises, annoying but necessary. At 2h17min, a bit long fon't you think. I went to see the action though, and boy does that make sitting through any amount of dialogue possible. I really needed to get a soda refill. I didn't end up going to get it, afraid I would miss something. quote

# 15 Jul, 2013 01:51

JokerJSK

PACIFIC RIM. Wow, fun movie. Imax 3D a must. 4.5 out of 5. Know what makes a bacon burger better? Cheese, and this movie has really good cheese. Dialogue, acting, action, you can smell the Japanese monster movie inspiration. Giant robots vs giant monsters, can't go wrong. Heard a critic say, Anyone that hated Transformers for the action being too upclose, you will LOVE Pacific Rim. Agreed, the action is amazing. Ron Perlman, as little scene time as he has, can't go wrong when he teams up with del Toro. The Drift is really cool.

The negs. During an action scene a breather turned into a bit of a yawner. It cost the movie another quarter point. Scientist, one of the bad guys from Dark Knight Rises, annoying but necessary. At 2h17min, a bit long fon't you think. I went to see the action though, and boy does that make sitting through any amount of dialogue possible. I really needed to get a soda refill. I didn't end up going to get it, afraid I would miss something.