Movie Thread

[Daveb0t]

Let the Right One In was really sweet and a brilliant vampire movie because it wasn't written to make tween girls wet themselves. Seriously, that's the only thing you need to do to make a good vampire flick. The rest writes itself.

I think that goes the same for alot of films.  Most movie studios can't pull of a movie "for all audiences" or just geared to one age group without dumbing it down and forcing it into a B movie.

[jjjjjjjjjj]

Some Bootleg UP Footage



http://vimeo.com/2897615?pg=embed&sec=2897615


Yessssss

[lenko]

UP is lookin swell

[rtil]

that little kid sounds like a man

[spite]

that little kid sounds like a man

his voice sounds different in this trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I789Pr5wLUc

[rtil]

yes i've seen that one before. must be a scratch track or something because the voice acting in the bootleg clip is really bad

[f0d]

oscar nominations just came out.

Best Picture

* The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Frost/Nixon
* Milk
* The Reader
* Slumdog Millionaire

Best Actor

* Richard Jenkins, The Visitor
* Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
* Sean Penn, Milk
* Brad Pitt, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler

Best Actress

* Anne Hathaway, Rachel Getting Married
* Angelina Jolie, Changeling
* Melissa Leo, Frozen River
* Meryl Streep, Doubt
* Kate Winslet, The Reader

Best Supporting Actor

* Josh Brolin, Milk
* Robert Downey Jr., Tropic Thunder
* Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
* Michael Shannon, Revolutionary Road

Best Supporting Actress

* Amy Adams, Doubt
* Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
* Viola Davis, Doubt
* Taraji Henson, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Marissa Tomei, The Wrestler

Best Director

* Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
* Ron Howard, Frost/Nixon
* Stephen Daldry, The Reader
* Gus Van Sant, Milk

Best Original Screenplay

* Frozen River
* Milk
* In Bruges
* Happy-Go-Lucky
* Wall*E

fuckin pussies, all of the best pic nominees are safe picks. i would have loved to have seen dark knight, in bruges, or the wrestler in place of the reader and benjamin button.

they saved the riskier picks for original screenplay, just like they always do. still im happy wall E and in bruges were at least nominated there.

also slumdog deserves to be nominated but does not deserve to win. i liked the film but hated the end

[jjjjjjjjjj]

Ink

Watch it in HD believe me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBGeErufQdY
The story focuses on the kidnapping of a young girl by a mythical dark being and the group fighting to find her and bring her back.


The acting in the trailer is sorta iffy, but the trailer itself looks fucking great. Especially for a low-budget film.
It suppossed to premiere at the Santa Barbara Film Festival soon. I hope it comes close around here in Dallas.

[shura]

im glad Taraji Henson got a nomination for best supporting actress. she was phenomenal. sadly, i haven't seen any of those other movies

[MRat]

i would have loved to have seen dark knight

As highly entertaining as that film is, really? It was pretty poor as far as plot, direction and character development go. All the easy routes were taken and there was little, if any, imagination put into the movie as a whole.

I love it, but it was far from the best picture of the year. The only person who grew at all was Harvey Dent and then WHOOPS HE'S DEAD LOL!



Still, the Oscars are meaningless bullshit anyway, just like all other awards. If there was any justice at all in them, Heath Ledger would have won for Brokeback Mountain and The Golden Compass would never have even been compared to Pirates 3 or Transformers, let alone beat them for Best Visual Effects.

[rtil]

Transformers

Visual Effects.

the only good thing about that movie

[Daveb0t]

The Golden Compass

[MRat]

Transformers

Visual Effects.

the only good thing about that movie

Agreed, but that's the only thing that should be considered for that category anyway.

[f0d]

It was pretty poor as far as plot, direction and character development go. All the easy routes were taken and there was little, if any, imagination put into the movie as a whole.

ok so the plot wasnt all that great. it relied too much on you having seen the first movie, not to mention having read up on philosophy.

but direction? fantastic. some of the best directed and most imaginative action sequences ive ever seen. and it took a good director to pull that great a performance out of heath ledger. i love nolan. and character development was decent at least for an action comic book film

[salutations]

I have a sneaking suspicion Meryl Streep will win best actress.


I really want to see Milk but they're not playing it at our theatres, and I swear to god the reasoning behind it is 'We here at regal cinemas are good christian folk' FUCK MY TOWNjnkjdkjghdf


I love Sean Penn I think he's amazing. Who would have known Spiccoli would have grown up to be so good.

[texas]

i dont understand why the curious case of benjamin button is nominated for anything
its a decent movie but nowhere near as amazing as so many other movies
it was predictable and it completely failed to touch me emotionally at all

i havent seen the reader
is it worth seeing?

also since dan didnt post these

Best Animated Feature

   * Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
   * Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
   * WALL-E – Andrew Stanton


Best Animated Short

   * La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
   * Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit
   * Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
   * Presto - Doug Sweetland
   * This Way Up - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

Best Art Direction

   * Changeling – James J. Murakami, Gary Fettis
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
   * The Dark Knight – Nathan Crowley, Peter Lando
   * The Duchess – Michael Carlin, Rebecca Alleway
   * Revolutionary Road – Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt

Best Cinematography

   * Changeling – Tom Stern
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Claudio Miranda
   * The Dark Knight – Wally Pfister
   * The Reader – Chris Menges, Roger Deakins
   * Slumdog Millionaire – Anthony Dod Mantle

Best Costume Design

   * Australia – Catherine Martin
   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Jacqueline West
   * The Duchess – Michael O'Connor
   * Milk – Danny Glicker
   * Revolutionary Road – Albert Wolsky

Best Film Editing

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
   * The Dark Knight – Lee Smith
   * Frost/Nixon – Mike Hill, Daniel P. Hanley
   * Milk – Elliot Graham
   * Slumdog Millionaire – Chris Dickens

Best Live Action Short

   * On the Line (Auf der Strecke)
   * Manon On the Asphalt
   * New Boy
   * The Pig
   * Toyland (Spielzeugland)

Best Makeup

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Greg Cannom
   * The Dark Knight – John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
   * Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Mike Elizalde and Thom Floutz

Best Original Score

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Alexandre Desplat
   * Defiance – James Newton Howard
   * Milk – Danny Elfman
   * Slumdog Millionaire – A.R. Rahman
   * WALL-E – Thomas Newman

Best Original Song

   * "Down to Earth" from WALL-E – Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman (music), Peter Gabriel (lyrics)
   * "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics)
   * "O Saya" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam

Best Sound Editing

   * The Dark Knight – Richard King
   * Iron Man – Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes
   * Slumdog Millionaire – Tom Sayers
   * WALL-E – Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood
   * Wanted – Wylie Stateman

Best Sound Mixing

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
   * The Dark Knight – Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
   * Slumdog Millionaire – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty
   * WALL-E – Tom Myers, Michael Semanick, Ben Burtt
   * Wanted – Chris Jenkins, Frank A. Montaño, Petr Forejt

Best Visual Effects

   * The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
   * The Dark Knight – Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber, Paul Franklin
   * Iron Man – John Nelson, Ben Snow, Dan Sudick, Shane Mahan

[jjjjjjjjjj]

http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/black...ed-band-trailer

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House



Fuck yeah.



Another trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnD9QBMklj8

[f0d]

i dont understand why the curious case of benjamin button is nominated for anything
its a decent movie but nowhere near as amazing as so many other movies
it was predictable and it completely failed to touch me emotionally at all

i heard that was the case, it lacked any emotional umph. i still need to see it i guess but man i have a hard time finding 3 hours of free time to set aside

i havent seen the reader
is it worth seeing?

from what i hear, no. unless you like kate winslet naked, in which case, yes. apparently, she is good in it but the movie is not. and i definitely think if you want to reward an actress for her willingness to go nude, they should give best supporting to marissa tomei. in the wrestler, she plays one of the most convincing stripper roles ive ever seen

also since dan didnt post these

Best Animated Feature

   * Bolt – Chris Williams and Byron Howard
   * Kung Fu Panda – Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
   * WALL-E – Andrew Stanton

wall e is an absolute given

Best Animated Short

   * La Maison En Petits Cubes - Kunio Kato
   * Lavatory - Lovestory - Konstantin Bronzit
   * Oktapodi - Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand
   * Presto - Doug Sweetland
   * This Way Up - Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes

anyone seen any of these? they're usually very good

[DrRumack]

the only one i've seen is presto

[FrozenSheep]

the only one i've seen is presto

Same here.
That was only because they showed it with wall-e.