This just solidifies what I was expecting from these movies. Definitely looking forward to seeing them and appreciate the reviews as always skeeze.

skeeze what did you think about lawless...i loved it

i havent seen either of these movies, but considering you gave them both almost perfect scores, I question your ability to rate movies lol

what movie would you personally give a 5 out of 5 just so i can get a basis for comparison

what are your top 10 movies?

 

Originally Posted by downbylaw11

i havent seen either of these movies, but considering you gave them both almost perfect scores, I question your ability to rate movies lol... what movie would you personally give a 5 out of 5 just so i can get a basis for comparison

what are your top 10 movies?

Doubt I'm going to get into an e-fight about what constitutes a 'good movie' - Ratings are stupid in general but they let people know in quick generic terms what level of a movie it is... etc... Just because I give movie A a 5/5 and Movie B a 4.5/5 doesn't mean I can't like them both as really good movies... or a 2/5 and a 3/5 - I mean, what's really the difference?

I don't write reviews and give them a ranking based on where it would fall into my all time favorite movie list... that's just silly and insane to think in those terms. There could be 10 movies I see this year that I think are 5/5 but that doesn't mean any of them are on my top 100 list, etc...

I do appreciate you prefacing your comment by letting me know you haven't seen either, so your opinion is invalid anyway.

'Fuggetaboutit

Been in a crappy mood today. My bad. I get a little pissy sometimes because I forget not everyone knows my tastes and the way I think in terms of what is 'good' and 'not good' - It's easy for me to understand why I am trying to say see or don't see a film because I know what I think, but people on here may only see one or two or none of my other reviews so they have no way to compare against their own ideas.

Not sure what I'm trying to say... I saw about 50 new releases in 2011 and here were my favorite 20 by release date order:

Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Jane Eyre
Midnight In Paris
The Tree of Life
Another Earth
Harry Potter
The Guard
Drive
Moneyball
The Debt
Contagion
The Descendants
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Shame
Hugo
Take Shelter
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Artist

I clearly don't enjoy too many blockbuster films or simple action movies, but that doesn't mean I don't like some of them from time to time.. I think when they are done well they can be good, but they generally aren't done well for what I enjoy in a movie.

I liked both of these movies, especially compared to the way this year has sucked for movies. Refreshing. I understand why some people won't like The Master... perhaps people who didn't like There Will Be Blood? Not sure how to not enjoy a movie with Hoffman and Phoenix being awesome at what they are doing to be honest. End of Watch is a solid cop movie with a few too many ridiculous scenarios for these two to end up in... Still very well done.

 

Originally Posted by downbylaw11

you watch a lot of new movies. im past the age where going to movies with friends is that common, and i don't have a girlfriend so i dont get dragged to a bunch of flicks i dont wanna see. i end up seeing a shit ton of movies on tv. im about 5 years behind though. the last movies i saw in theatre were the raid: redemption and the babysitter lol

I'm really jealous of this, I went into that movie completely blind other than someone telling me I needed to watch it and it blew me away. I started it super late at night figuring I'd watch it for 20 minutes then go to bed, clearly couldnt turn it off and then I was up for another hour just in shock of how bad ass it was... would probably drive an hour to be able to watch it in a theatre.

skeeze I didnt see comsmopolis on your list from this year, I'm curious if you haven't seen it or didn't like it. It was hard to follow at times but the dialogue in the last 45 minutes puts it in my top 50 for sure, It's rare when a movie can put you on the edge of your seat when nothing is really happening.

 

Originally Posted by skeeze666

I am on a life long ban of Shia Labouef movies. I hate him, thus I cannot possibly enjoy any movie he is in again, ever, no matter what.

Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce steal the show...really doing yourself a disservice by not seeing this movie. Shia's role isn't a huge one

both of these movies were very good...interesting to me that the master has like 86% on rottentomatoes but only like 68% of audiences like it...i must be getting old bc i have a feeling i would have hated a movie like this when i was younger...a few people actually walked out of the master halfway through it..i think i want to see it again lol

i got a little sick to my stomach during end of watch in the beginning with all the shaky cameras but it was fine after like 10-15 minutes...it was a little far fetched that the most ghetto ruthless killers ever would be driving around with 1 of them holding a little video camera recording everything they do, but i still thought it was pretty cool and the 2 main characters acted their asses off in this movie

i agree that Shia Labouef is 1 of the biggest douchebags in the universe, but lawless was pretty sweet and def a movie worth seeing imo

 

Originally Posted by skeeze666

Not sure what I'm trying to say... I saw about 50 new releases in 2011 and here were my favorite 20 by release date order:

Harry Potter

Stopped reading and red exed.

 

Originally Posted by Camz

Tom Hardy and Guy Pearce steal the show...really doing yourself a disservice by not seeing this movie. Shia's role isn't a huge one

This is not necessarily true. The character development of Shia's character is probably the most important part of the film. Imo.