Conquer Club

Ok, talk about movies other than 300 that are in theaters now and that you've recently seen or that you'd like to see.

I just watched THE LIVES OF OTHERS yesterday. It was phenomenal. Much, much better than any of the movies nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. I didn't expect the ending to pan out like it did, but it was perfect. Watching and contemplating this movie made me decide that other than the US, of course, Germany is the country that's making the most really good movies these days.

Unfortunately this is the time of year when studios release all their trash, like 300 and Ghost Rider. However, there are still a few leftovers out that I want to see: Letters to Iwo Jima, Notes on a Scandal, The Last King of Scotland (which just now and FINALLY came out in my town). Reign Over Me maybe looks OK.

Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

vtmarik wrote:Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

Also, I hate Nicholas Cage.

btownmeggy wrote:Also, I hate Nicholas Cage.

O cmon. Tell me that Face Off was not the best movie ever made.

btownmeggy wrote:I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

Also, I hate Nicholas Cage.

So do I, but he did it. He was Johnny Blaze.

And how can you go on calling a movie trash when you haven't seen it yet. Go see the movie, then talk about it.

Personally, I'm gonna go see 300 as soon as possible.

btownmeggy wrote:

vtmarik wrote:Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

Also, I hate Nicholas Cage.

yes nick cage is such a doosh

I mean, even the washed up old actors like tim allen and john travolta (wild hogs also sucks) are better then him, AT LEAST THEY HAD A PEAK IN THEIR CAREER

vtmarik wrote:Personally, I'm gonna go see 300 as soon as possible.

ya, do that

blades of glory

Ghost Rider is AWESOME

btownmeggy wrote:Watching and contemplating this movie made me decide that other than the US, of course, Germany is the country that's making the most really good movies these days.

The US? Pffft, that's a bold assertion. The best TV, maybe, but films? I don't know about Germany, although I am waiting for The Lives Of Others to come out on DVD, but personally I think South Korea has made the best films in the world in the last 5 years. Don't get me started, mind, 'cos I'll bang on forever about South Korean films.


Anyway, I only ever watch films that are subtitled in the cinema - I just watched Apocalypto. Half-decent movie, as far as it went, but as I didn't know much about it before I went in, I was surprised to find out afterwards that the civilisation in it were the Mayans, and not the Aztecs. I'd always assumed the Mayans were in steep decline by the time the conquistadores arrived, but no, thanks to Mel Gibson, I've been corrected on that.

Stopper wrote:

btownmeggy wrote:Watching and contemplating this movie made me decide that other than the US, of course, Germany is the country that's making the most really good movies these days.

The US? Pffft, that's a bold assertion. The best TV, maybe, but films? I don't know about Germany, although I am waiting for The Lives Of Others to come out on DVD, but personally I think South Korea has made the best films in the world in the last 5 years. Don't get me started, mind, 'cos I'll bang on forever about South Korean films.


Anyway, I only ever watch films that are subtitled in the cinema - I just watched Apocalypto. Half-decent movie, as far as it went, but as I didn't know much about it before I went in, I was surprised to find out afterwards that the civilisation in it were the Mayans, and not the Aztecs. I'd always assumed the Mayans were in steep decline by the time the conquistadores arrived, but no, thanks to Mel Gibson, I've been corrected on that.

Me too - BIG fan of S Korean cinema! Especially Kim Ki Duk - i think Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter And Spring is my favourite so far. Old Boy comes a close second. Watched Lady Vengeance finally the other night and that was great too.

But as for paying money to watch the violent fantasies of an anti-semitic wino: no thanks.

EDIT: before i got carried away by stopper's SK fetish, i was going to say somethign about Inside Empire - anyone seen it? Thoughts?

Just seen The Departed lately. Was very disappointed. It started out great, up to the middle, when it got really far fetched, and LONG ffs - it's 150 minutes long. If you thought about seeing it, I suggest you either download it or wait for the DVD edition.

heavycola wrote:Me too - BIG fan of S Korean cinema! Especially Kim Ki Duk - i think Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter And Spring is my favourite so far. Old Boy comes a close second. Watched Lady Vengeance finally the other night and that was great too.

Yowzer! And I thought I was the only one! That Kim - you either love his films or you hate them. Or you're puzzled by them. I really liked 3-Iron - I could see (what I think is) the point of that - it details the life of an outsider, and in a highly original way. But while Spring, Summer... was beautiful to look at (and the little boy's laugh when he was mistreating the animals was infectious) - I'm damned if I could work out what it was about. I've yet to see Bad Guy, The Coast Guard and Samaritan Girls - they have been sitting at the top of my DVD rental list for MONTHS - but I don't know if I would recommend Address Unknown, BTW.

Oh, if you like Oldboy & Lady Vengeance, then you should see the first one as well - it's less polished than the other two, but just as good.

heavycola wrote:But as for paying money to watch the violent fantasies of an anti-semitic wino: no thanks.

I only watched it to see if I could find a anti-semitic subtext. I'm not too sure if there is one, unfortunately - although I know people have tied themselves into loops to try to assert that there is one...

Aegnor wrote:Just seen The Departed lately. Was very disappointed. It started out great, up to the middle, when it got really far fetched, and LONG ffs - it's 150 minutes long. If you thought about seeing it, I suggest you either download it or wait for the DVD edition.

Have you seen Infernal Affairs? I haven't seen The Departed, but I doubt Infernal Affairs would disappoint anyone, if you like a good, intelligent thriller.

Stopper wrote:

btownmeggy wrote:Watching and contemplating this movie made me decide that other than the US, of course, Germany is the country that's making the most really good movies these days.

The US? Pffft, that's a bold assertion. The best TV, maybe, but films?

I was hoping that would rile people. Especially how I included the "of course".

I'd always assumed the Mayans were in steep decline by the time the conquistadores arrived, but no, thanks to Mel Gibson, I've been corrected on that.

Ha, yes. Anyway, I, too, was watching it very carefully for all sorts of things that would offend me, not just anti-semitism. I wasn't offended at all by Apocalypto. In fact, I liked it quite a bit, thought many of my Latin American colleagues had much disparaged it to me before I went to go see it, saying that it maligned Mayans. I didn't think it did.

heavycola wrote:But as for paying money to watch the violent fantasies of an anti-semitic wino: no thanks.

What've you got against winos? Hmm?

btownmeggy wrote:

vtmarik wrote:Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

I've never actually had a conversation with you, but you sound SO STUPID.

c wut i did thar?


But back on topic, I recently saw Black Snake Moan as well as 300, both of which I would argue are the best films out in American cinemas at the current moment. Admittedly, there has been a saddening lack in decent films of late, case in point being The Departed is based off of a Hong Kong film titled Infernal Affairs, and went on to get an Oscar for completely unoriginal work.

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:

btownmeggy wrote:

vtmarik wrote:Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

I've never actually had a conversation with you, but you sound SO STUPID.

I've never actually had a conversation with you, but you sound like a jerk.

btownmeggy wrote:

heavycola wrote:But as for paying money to watch the violent fantasies of an anti-semitic wino: no thanks.

What've you got against winos? Hmm?

Depends entirely on the quality of the alcohol.

btownmeggy wrote:

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:

btownmeggy wrote:

vtmarik wrote:Ghost Rider? Trash?

That movie was one of the best I've seen in recent months, it was awesome! Sure, the cover of "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Spiderbait was incredibly blowful, but the movie itself was very good. I was surprised that Nick Cage could do it.

I haven't seen it, but it looks SO STUPID.

I've never actually had a conversation with you, but you sound SO STUPID.

I've never actually had a conversation with you, but you sound like a jerk.

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I wasn't calling you stupid, but rather that saying that a movie sucks or is stupid even though you have not seen it is possibly the dumbest thing you could say.

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:I wasn't calling you stupid, but rather that saying that a movie sucks or is stupid even though you have not seen it is possibly the dumbest thing you could say.

But I was calling you a jerk. Which you often seem to be.

Also, do you earnestly think that's the dumbest thing that could be said in the realm of human communication?? Have you HONESTLY never judged a book by its cover? Have you seriously never said to yourself, "I don't think I'll go see that movie, because it doesn't look like a film I'd enjoy"?

btownmeggy wrote:

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:I wasn't calling you stupid, but rather that saying that a movie sucks or is stupid even though you have not seen it is possibly the dumbest thing you could say.

But I was calling you a jerk. Which you often seem to be.

Oh, well, in that case, go f*ck yourself. I've been pretty reserved about it, but you seem to me to be the most pretentious, stuck up bitch on the forum.

Also, do you earnestly think that's the dumbest thing that could be said in the realm of human communication??

I'll admit I probably haven't heard every stupid said phrase uttered, but that doesn't stop me from knowing a stupid comment, or from me ranking it as incredibly stupid.

I have read your comments, and sometimes they strike me as original or intelligent. Honestly, it comes as a shock that you would write something as unintelligent as that.

Have you HONESTLY never judged a book by its cover? Have you seriously never said to yourself, "I don't think I'll go see that movie, because it doesn't look like a film I'd enjoy"?

Actually, I make it a habit to purchase books after reading the synopsis given, as well as see most of the films available in the theater. Admittedly, I mostly stay away from the kiddie films (notable exceptions being Chicken Little, Shrek, and a few others), as I know that they will not peak my interests (lack of complicated, adult oriented, or intelligent plot) and I usually know what I'll get when I read a review of it in the local paper.

Please don't be so insulting as to argue that you know how I live my life. As I stated before, I don't like you, but that doesn't stop me from thinking you're intelligent, and your above insinuations is what I would argue, beneath your intelligence.

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:Oh, well, in that case, go f*ck yourself.

Blah blah blah blah.

btownmeggy wrote:

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:Oh, well, in that case, go f*ck yourself.

Blah blah blah blah.

You're no better than the other trolls.

Reno 911!: Miami...

I'm not sure if I want to see it. I like the TV show pretty well. I loved The State even more. However, my two favoritest comedy TV shows, Strangers with Candy and Da Ali G Show, turned out to be rather disappointing movies.

I'll wait for the DVD, probably.

Jesse, Bad Boy wrote:You're no better than the other trolls.

What are you talking about. She is WAY better than I am. She is also WAY better than Ron, but that's not saying much.

Shut up and talk about movies...

Saw The Last King of Scotland the other week and it really was brilliant. A brilliant and shocking portrayal of the character the human side of a brutal dictator.

Also last night was forced to go see Music And Lyrics featuring Hugh Grant...(Girlfriends turn to choose)... Biggest load of crap I've ever seen. Was bad even for a Hugh Grant film...(and yes, I have been known to have a little chuckle to the occasional rom-com).

Still waiting for a chance to see Pan's Labyrinth (only shows at 11:30 now and I've been busy with work the last couple weeks).