Movies The Movie Thread! - Continuation - Part 1

[Faust]

Trainspotting
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Screenplay by: John Hodge (Based on Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, Kelly Macdonald
Watch it if you like: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange

 

[xi0]

I can't stand wes anderson. Anything he does have the effect of a sleeping pill on me.

I sort of want to see Grand Budapest Hotel, but I sort of have the same reaction to his work. I liked Rushmore, but everything else he makes...idk. Everything looks the same, everyone moves a certain way, it's always the same cast. It's like a spoiled-hipster version of the Coen Brothers, except it's no where near as dynamic or interesting. Let's just be incredibly quirky and weird for the sake of it...

 

[M3J]

I sort of want to see Grand Budapest Hotel, but I sort of have the same reaction to his work. I liked Rushmore, but everything else he makes...idk. Everything looks the same, everyone moves a certain way, it's always the same cast. It's like a spoiled-hipster version of the Coen Brothers, except it's no where near as dynamic or interesting. Let's just be incredibly quirky and weird for the sake of it...

Grand Budapest Hotel is a great movie, I particularly enjoyed Ralph Fiennes.

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

I sort of want to see Grand Budapest Hotel, but I sort of have the same reaction to his work. I liked Rushmore, but everything else he makes...idk. Everything looks the same, everyone moves a certain way, it's always the same cast. It's like a spoiled-hipster version of the Coen Brothers, except it's no where near as dynamic or interesting. Let's just be incredibly quirky and weird for the sake of it...

Well yeah, his style is unique and pretty much carries his movies but obviously, if you do not like that style, you will not like his works. Budapest is no different in that aspect, it´s quirky, weird but ultimately with a lot of heart.
Though their style is pretty different, i see Anderson as the inofficial successor of Woody Allen since the latter is pretty similar in that aspect.

 

[Josef]

I think the Coens drive a lot of inspiration from Woody Allen as well, the Coens also have a more sinister and darker element to their works. I watched Barton Fink and the Jewish screenwriter reminded me of Woody so much, the way he talks and behaves. All in all I think Woody set a standard for weird comedies and romantic comedies in the more modern era of film. It's art everyone steals from someone.

 

[Faust]

Dazed and Confused
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Screenplay by: Richard Linklater
Starring: Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Wiley Wiggins, Adam Goldberg, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey, Milla Jovovich, Ben Affleck
Watch it if you like: Superbad, The Big Lebowski

The movie that I enjoyed watching the most so far this year. Very nice soundtrack. Wooderson and Cynthia is a strangely nice pairing. All right, all right, all right!

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Heat
Directed by: Michael Mann
Screenplay by: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Natalie Portman, Danny Trejo, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight
Watch it if you like: L.A. Confidential, The Usual Suspects

Spoiler: She's Got A Great Ass Scene

Spoiler: TV Scene

 

[kkck]

Saw moses yesterday... Gotta say, It was pretty much what I expected it would be. Not too bad but not good enough.... Pretty average... certainly not worth the hype. The scene where all the animals arbitrarily start killing each other was fun and off-putting.

 

[Faust]

Amores perros
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenplay by: Guillermo Arriaga
Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Adriana Barraza
Watch it if you like: Pulp Fiction, Magnolia

Pulp Fiction + Magnolia = Amores perros. Great movie! I highly recommend it. If you're a dog lover, I'm giving you a warning that there's a lot of bloody scenes involving dogs in this movie. One of the themes of the movie is Illegal Dogfighting.

 

[Josef]

Watched Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, the brilliant "play" type of the movie setting is all a good movie needs, a beautiful story, breathtaking till the very final scene, it's an amazing ride into the psychology of the characters, as well as on the surface a "drunken night" with another couple. Fun, games, reality, comedy, tragedy all collapse into each other in the end as the film reveals itself to the audience for what it really is a sad story about a broken down marriage.

 

[goldb]

Saw Boyhood earlier today, really enjoyable "coming of age" type film. I love the concept of it; having followed this kid's life from his youth to early adulthood( the filming process took 12 years as I've read) and just the narrative of the film and idea of it in exploring the human life is quite well done. Highly recommended.

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Teaser Trailer for Ant Man:

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

Saw Boyhood earlier today, really enjoyable "coming of age" type film. I love the concept of it; having followed this kid's life from his youth to early adulthood( the filming process took 12 years as I've read) and just the narrative of the film and idea of it in exploring the human life is quite well done. Highly recommended.

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Teaser Trailer for Ant Man:

You really liked it? I mean, the idea is an interesting one but i felt like the movie, meaning the boy´s life, was "too" average and uninteresting. I understand what the movie is going for in turns of audience reaction but i did not feel like it worked to be honest.

 

[Faust]

Raising Arizona
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Screenplay by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter, Trey Wilson, John Goodman, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand, Sam McMurray, Randall "Tex" Cobb
Watch it if you like: True Romance, Bonnie and Clyde

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Little Miss Sunshine
Directed by: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
Screenplay by: Michael Arndt
Starring: Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin
Watch it if you like: Sideways, Broken Flowers

Bryan Cranston (Walter White) and Dean Norris (Hank Schrader) from Breaking Bad have both minor roles in this movie.

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Ghost World
Directed by: Terry Zwigoff
Screenplay by: Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff (Based on Ghost World by Daniel Clowes)
Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas
Watch it if you like: Smashed, Three Colors: Blue

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Silver Linings Playbook
Directed by: David O. Russell
Screenplay by: David O. Russell (Based on The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick)
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher, Chris Tucker
Watch it if you like: Sideways, Lars and the Real Girl

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

Watched Selma, a pretty good movie, not a great or excellent one though since the movie is too ambitious but does not completely deliver what it sets out to do + there were some weird and unnecessary decisions made by the director (the violence in the demonstration scenes in particular for example). On the other hand, Oyelowo´s performance is convincing, at least from what i can judge by watching King vids on youtube, the depiction of events surrounding Selma are slow but cohesive and plausible and the portrayal of King not as a saint but a really smart man fighting for whe he believes to be right was refreshing, 7.5-8/10. I reckon it will be a huge Oscar bait though, simply because of the subject.

 

[Faust]

A Fish Called Wanda
Directed by: Charles Crichton, John Cleese
Screenplay by: John Cleese
Starring: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Watch it if you like: Brazil, Burn After Reading

 

[Philia]

Amores perros
Directed by: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenplay by: Guillermo Arriaga
Starring: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Vanessa Bauche, Jorge Salinas, Adriana Barraza
Watch it if you like: Pulp Fiction, Magnolia

Pulp Fiction + Magnolia = Amores perros. Great movie! I highly recommend it. If you're a dog lover, I'm giving you a warning that there's a lot of bloody scenes involving dogs in this movie. One of the themes of the movie is Illegal Dogfighting.

I actually watched Amores perros. Yeah great movie indeed.
But I never watched Pulp Fiction and Mongolia.
Dropped pulp fiction after 10 minutes because something came up. Never tried it again.
Are these good movies?

 

[Faust]

But I never watched Pulp Fiction and Mongolia.
Dropped pulp fiction after 10 minutes because something came up. Never tried it again.
Are these good movies?

Yes. Watch those two.

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Spoiler: 72nd Golden Globe Awards

Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award
[highlight]George Clooney[/highlight]

Film

Best Motion Picture - Drama

[highlight]Boyhood[/highlight]
Foxcatcher
The Imitation Game
Selma
The Theory of Everything

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

[highlight]The Grand Budapest Hotel[/highlight]
Birdman
Into the Woods
Pride
St. Vincent

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

[highlight]Eddie Redmayne – The Theory of Everything as Stephen Hawking[/highlight]
Steve Carell – Foxcatcher as John Eleuthère du Pont
Benedict Cumberbatch – The Imitation Game as Alan Turing
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler as Louis "Lou" Bloom
David Oyelowo – Selma as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

[highlight]Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland[/highlight]
Jennifer Aniston – Cake as Claire Simmons
Felicity Jones – The Theory of Everything as Jane Hawking
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl as Amy Elliott-Dunne
Reese Witherspoon – Wild as Cheryl Strayed

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson[/highlight]
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel as Monsieur Gustave H.
Bill Murray – St. Vincent as Vincent MacKenna
Joaquin Phoenix – Inherent Vice as Larry "Doc" Sportello
Christoph Waltz – Big Eyes as Walter Keane

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Amy Adams – Big Eyes as Margaret Keane[/highlight]
Emily Blunt – Into the Woods as The Baker's Wife
Helen Mirren – The Hundred-Foot Journey as Madame Mallory
Julianne Moore – Maps to the Stars as Havana Segrand
Quvenzhané Wallis – Annie as Annie Bennett

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy

[highlight]J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher[/highlight]
Robert Duvall – The Judge as Judge Joseph Palmer
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans, Sr.
Edward Norton – Birdman as Mike Shiner
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher as Dave Schultz

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama, Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans[/highlight]
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year as Anna Morales
Keira Knightley – The Imitation Game as Joan Clarke
Emma Stone – Birdman as Sam Thomson
Meryl Streep – Into the Woods as The Witch

Best Director

[highlight]Richard Linklater – Boyhood[/highlight]
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ava DuVernay – Selma
David Fincher – Gone Girl
Alejandro González Iñárritu – Birdman

Best Screenplay

[highlight]Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. – Birdman[/highlight]
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Gillian Flynn – Gone Girl
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Graham Moore – The Imitation Game

Best Original Score

[highlight]Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything[/highlight]
Alexandre Desplat – The Imitation Game
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Gone Girl
Antonio Sánchez – Birdman
Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Best Original Song

[highlight]"Glory" (John Legend and Common) – Selma[/highlight]
"Big Eyes" (Lana Del Rey) – Big Eyes
"Mercy Is" (Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye) – Noah
"Opportunity" (Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck) – Annie
"Yellow Flicker Beat" (Lorde) – The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Best Animated Feature Film

[highlight]How to Train Your Dragon 2[/highlight]
Big Hero 6
The Book of Life
The Boxtrolls
The Lego Movie

Best Foreign Language Film

[highlight]Leviathan (Russia)[/highlight]
Force Majeure (Sweden)
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (Israel)
Ida (Poland/Denmark)
Tangerines (Estonia)

TV

Best Series - Drama

[highlight]The Affair[/highlight]
Downton Abbey
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
House of Cards

Best Series - Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Transparent[/highlight]
Girls
Jane the Virgin
Orange Is the New Black
Silicon Valley

Best Miniseries or Television Film

[highlight]Fargo[/highlight]
The Missing
The Normal Heart
Olive Kitteridge
True Detective

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama

[highlight]Kevin Spacey – House of Cards as Francis Underwood[/highlight]
Clive Owen – The Knick as Dr. John "Thack" Thackery
Liev Schreiber – Ray Donovan as Ray Donovan
James Spader – The Blacklist as Raymond "Red" Reddington
Dominic West – The Affair as Noah Solloway

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama

[highlight]Ruth Wilson – The Affair as Alison Lockhart[/highlight]
Claire Danes – Homeland as Carrie Mathison
Viola Davis – How to Get Away With Murder as Professor Annalise Keating, J.D.
Julianna Margulies – The Good Wife as Alicia Florrick
Robin Wright – House of Cards as Claire Underwood

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Jeffrey Tambor – Transparent as Mort/Maura Pfefferman[/highlight]
Louis C. K. – Louie as Louie
Don Cheadle – House of Lies as Marty Kaan
Ricky Gervais – Derek as Derek Noakes
William H. Macy – Shameless as Frank Gallagher

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

[highlight]Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin as Jane Gloriana Villanueva[/highlight]
Lena Dunham – Girls as Hannah Horvath
Edie Falco – Nurse Jackie as Jackie Peyton
Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Veep as Vice President Selina Meyer
Taylor Schilling – Orange Is the New Black as Piper Chapman

Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film

[highlight]Billy Bob Thornton – Fargo as Lorne Malvo[/highlight]
Martin Freeman – Fargo as Lester Nygaard
Woody Harrelson – True Detective as Detective Martin Hart
Matthew McConaughey – True Detective as Detective Rustin Cohle
Mark Ruffalo – The Normal Heart as Ned Weeks

Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film

[highlight]Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Honourable Woman as Nessa Stein, Baroness Stein of Tilbury[/highlight]
Jessica Lange – American Horror Story: Freak Show as Elsa Mars
Frances McDormand – Olive Kitteridge as Olive Kitteridge
Frances O'Connor – The Missing as Emily Hughes / Walsh
Allison Tolman – Fargo as Deputy Molly Solverson

Best Supporting Performance by an Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film

[highlight]Matt Bomer – The Normal Heart as Felix Turner[/highlight]
Alan Cumming – The Good Wife as Eli Gold
Colin Hanks – Fargo as Officer Gus Grimly
Bill Murray – Olive Kitteridge as Jack Kennison
Jon Voight – Ray Donovan as Mickey Donovan

Best Supporting Performance by an Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film

[highlight]Joanne Froggatt – Downton Abbey as Anna Bates[/highlight]
Uzo Aduba – Orange Is the New Black as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren
Kathy Bates – American Horror Story: Freak Show as Ethel Darling
Allison Janney – Mom as Bonnie Plunkett
Michelle Monaghan – True Detective as Maggie Hart

 

[xi0]

No clue what those people were thinking...I guess they're obsessed with Fargo

 

[MiyamotoMusashi]

No clue what those people were thinking...I guess they're obsessed with Fargo

Would you have chosen True Detective instead?

 

[xi0]

Would you have chosen True Detective instead?

For the categories they competed in? of course

 

[Faust]

Four Lions
Directed by: Chris Morris
Screenplay by: Chris Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain
Starring: Riz Ahmed, Kayvan Novak, Nigel Lindsay, Arsher Ali, Adeel Akhtar
Watch it if you like: Trainspotting, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan