The Movie House - Part 4

I like things being open ended. If I see the director's cut and hear that this was meant to be just his hallucination and he actually died right at the spot and all of the later events didn't really happen. Then that won't go down well with me personally.

Come to think of it, I think I watched the director's cut first time out.

Can't bring myself to watch it, although seeing posts like this might tempt me one night.

May feel dirty and ashamed afterwards.

Vibe wrote:For some reason unknown to me I watched Divergent...And I liked it...And I hate myself for it...But I like it

It's usually the sh*t I despise.But the story and concept were very good and tricked my brain.

Watched it with my gf (against my will) and kinda felt the same. Similar to the giver, it knew its target audience and certainly appealed to the teen (specifically girls) group, it was cheesy as hell sometimes, fairly predictable etc.

Still, I found myself not hating it. As you said, story and concept were not bad at all, which saved the movie for me. I wouldn't say I liked it, but it wasn't a bad movie.

What's so wrong about Divergent?

Divergent wasn't that bad, but it didn't have the substance of the Hunger Games, which drove a much deeper narrative and (for me, at least) provoked a lot more thinking.

Divergent's your typical Dystopian YA story. A strength and a weakness in equal measure.

going to two movies at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) on friday.

first: "Escobar: Paradise Lost" to watch the legend

then Pawn Sacrifice...with main man, Sepi lookalike Tobey Maguire playing the role of legendary Bobby Fischer.

can't wait to compare the crowds at those movies, because they are soooo different

Shutter Island

Spoiler:

8/10

I enjoyed that movie

Spoiler:

anybody watched ENEMY ??!

the mind numbing erotic-mystery-psycho-thriller that came out this year.
Those who havent I strongly recommend it.

RealGunner wrote:Shutter Island

Spoiler:

8/10

Leo
Love that movie, for my obvious psychology interests.

Any one of you going to do the marathon of the ages?

Some friends I hangout with from work will likely do this when Battle of the 5 Armies is available to torrent.

We've already done a Star Wars Marathon, A Marvel Movie marathon and are in the middle of a Harry Potter marathon as well with Star Trek up next.

Only a matter of time before we do one for LOTR/Hobbit

I've already planned a huge Marvel Phase 1+2 marathon when Avengers 2 releases.

Iron Man
The Incredible Hulk
Iron Man 2
Thor
Captain America: The First Avenger
The Avengers
Iron Man 3
Thor: The Dark World
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Guardians Of The Galaxy
Avengers: Age Of Ultron

Incredible Hulk movies = WWE Diva piss break segment

The first one was shiiiiiiit. The one with Edward Norton was not bad at all.

M99 wrote:Any one of you going to do the marathon of the ages?

Bah gawd.
I would need a friend(s) though to watch with.
Maybe in a few years time.

Went to 2 movies at TIFF, and here are my reviews and things.

1- Escobar: Paradise Lost


We all know Pablo Escobar, but despite the title, this movie is not some sort of a life documentary of the legendary drug lord. It creates a fictional character, Nico, who meets and marries Escobar's niece, Maria, in Medellin Colombia and gets to know Pablo Escobar that way. It shows Escobar's relationship with his family, countrymen,  and also his other calm, yet brutal side. The story has a nice flow to it, until it climaxes in the last half hour with unexpected turn of events. The ending was good, and I loved Benicio Del Toro's performance. Josh Hutcherson was meh, I think he could have done a bit better. Overall, 7/10


2- Pawn Sacrifice


It's the tail of Bobby Fischer. It's not a documentary sort of thing like "Bobby Fischer Against The World", but it focuses on the cold war and the importance of Fischer-Spassky (USSR and world champion) game in 1972 in Iceland. Tobey Maguire was BRILLIANT at role of Bobby I felt. The film is not about chess, but rather a unique, yet paranoid character in Bobby Fischer who is among the very first celebrities of the pop culture, yet he hates Russians and Jews. It shows the good and the disturbed, and the tail of the world championship and what led to it. Liev Schreiber was great as well, and the film had some unexpectedly humorous moments too (Loved the scene when Bobby is losing his virginity, and then stops thinking of a chess variation ) . However, as a person who knows about Fischer greatly, I think the movie could have included/added some interesting parts, but perhaps time was a limiting issue. All in all, absolutely fascinating watch and time flies by. 8/10

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ain't nobody etc

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The Cider House Rules:

8/10

Micheal Caine is a beast.....Charlize Theron I think was very good (what a name Candy Kendall) and Tobey carried it off well, but he was very expressionless, but that's his style. A very nice, touching, movie.