Latest movie you watched (1-10 scale)

[danox3]

Contagion - 5/10 Interesting, but boring at the same time. I've seen NOVA episodes that had better character development

Grave Encounters - 8/10 Sort of sick of the PA / Blair Witch angle, but there was this House of Leaves vibe in this one, and it made it enjoyable. Well done for a very obviously low budget movie.

Rush Beyond the Lighted Stage - 100/10 Even watching it on VH1 took me back to my teens, practically could hear 20 sided dice hitting the table during Xanadu.

[ghost boner]

big top peewee 7/10. no idea why this is so underrated. movie rules. also fuckn benecio del toro as dog faced guy! also screech as some little faggot! also that hot italian babe as the hot italian babe!

[riley-o]

requiem for a heavyweight - 9/10

[Hotchka!]

contagion - 6
beginners - 5
ides of march - 4
killer elite - 3

[Necrometer]

What's Your Number 3/10 mega points off for despicable sexual politics, I guess there were a couple of laughs but not really... watched this with a friend who's into actual movies, but her airhead friend was there so we deferred

Hesher 6/10 I actually rented this for the evening above, but it got instantly vetoed so I watched it tonight. White Trash Natalie Portman was pretty hot. Didn't really have time or patience for it so I had the PS3 play it at 150% speed which totally boosted my productivity. There was one scene where he listens to Motorhead's Rock Out and I was like "fuck, best version of Motorhead ever" - I think I will speed up some of their songs for fun later... unfortunately the ones like this on youtube are higher pitch - the movie did NOT have this going on and neither would my output. Science.

[\m/Johnny\m/]

Until The Light Takes Us – 4/10

Not sure if I should review this yet, because I haven’t watched the last 20 minutes. But unless someone informs me that the final scene contains the bludgeoning to death of Harmony Korine, I’m probably not going to. Just a few quick points, as I’m sure most of you have seen it already.

- Apparently, if you take old photos from Lords Of Chaos and frame them, you are a highly respected artist.
- Varg is a gay mountain goat.
- Immortal should never be seen without makeup.
- Dead invented said makeup.
- For some reason, Kid Rock was very instrumental in the NBM scene.
- Hellhammer really knows how to strap on the Lollerskates.

[Necrometer]

OSCAR TIME!!!

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Best picture
“War Horse”
“The Artist”
“Midnight in Paris”
“Moneyball”
“The Descendants”
“The Tree of Life”
“The Help”
“Hugo”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Best actress
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”
Viola Davis, “The Help”
Rooney Mara, “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”

Best actor
Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”
George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
Gary Oldman, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

Best supporting actress
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best supporting actor
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
Max von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Best director
Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”
Terrence Malick, “Tree of Life”
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”

Best original screenplay
“The Artist”
“Bridesmaids”
“Margin Call”
“Midnight in Paris”
“A Separation”

Best adapted screenplay
“The Descendants”
“Hugo”
“The Ides of March”
“Moneyball”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Best foreign language film
“Bullhead”
“Footnote”
“In Darkness”
“Monsieur Lazhar”
“A Separation”

Best animated feature
“A Cat in Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
“Rango”

Best animated short film
“Dimanche/Sunday”
“The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore”
“La Luna”
“A Morning Stroll”
“Wild Life”

Best live action short film
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
“The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

Best art direction
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”

Best cinematography
“The Artist”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best costumes
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”

Best documentary feature
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Libration Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
“Undefeated”

Documentary short subject
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement”
“God is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
“Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

Film editing
“The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Moneyball”

Make-up
“Albert Nobbs”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“The Iron Lady”

Original score
“The Adventures of TinTin”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy:
“War Horse”

Original song
“Man or Muppet”
“Real in Rio”

Sound editing
“Drive”
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Visual effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

the shitpile of best picture noms really captures how atrocious this year was for movies

and I guess I will go to bat for poor Chalize getting snubbed for her performance in Young Adult... oh... AND Kirsten Dunst

[Zerohero]

Until The Light Takes Us – 4/10

Not sure if I should review this yet, because I haven’t watched the last 20 minutes. But unless someone informs me that the final scene contains the bludgeoning to death of Harmony Korine, I’m probably not going to. Just a few quick points, as I’m sure most of you have seen it already.

- Apparently, if you take old photos from Lords Of Chaos and frame them, you are a highly respected artist.
- Varg is a gay mountain goat.
- Immortal should never be seen without makeup.
- Dead invented said makeup.
- For some reason, Kid Rock was very instrumental in the NBM scene.
- Hellhammer really knows how to strap on the Lollerskates.

yeah.. kinda disappointing in a Wizard of oz old guy comes out and reveals that really there wasn't a whole load of interesting folks creating this sometimes (arguably) interesting music form.

there aint' no motley crue in any of those boys...

I'd give it a wishy washy 6 cans of banana milk. Think it's a good job of capturing less than interesting subjects.

The scene with Dead reminded me of that Blind Mellon video with the girl dressed as a bee. Think that dude kilt himself too..

[The Schwartz]

I've never really hated Dunst, she can have good performances - should check out All Good Things on the netflix

[riley-o]

they should give her an oscar for her excellent tits

they should actually have a best tits oscar every year

i'm gonna go run that idea by the MGTOW forum

[Necrometer]

hahaha

[Kurt Russell's Beard]

Dunst was amazing in Melancholia. Theron for Young Adult too. Who the fuck selected the nominees this year? People who don't like godly tits and yummy lady bodies, and good acting?

And I STILL can't get Melancholia off my mind. I think it might be a 9/10 for me.

[Necrometer]

pretty definitely a 9/10, but still one of those movies I can't watch too often... like... someday I'll NEED to see There Will Be Blood again, but that day hasn't happened yet. But it's getting close.

[copstache]

tinker tailor soldier spy- 9+

nigh perfect? do people just not like this movie because they don't understand it? i've never read the book or seen the miniseries but i followed it just fine.

and i'm with ross, 2011 was horseshit for new releases. if fucking war horse, moneyball, or extremely loud wins best picture i'm going to break things

[The Schwartz]

Moneyball will win and I will be behind it 0fucking%

IMO drive was fucked out of a lot of categories

Tinker Tailor was hands down best pic

[Necrometer]

Ha! I've seen it 4 times. LOVE it.

yeah, it's just too oppressive for my frail spirit or something

I wasn't impressed by Melancholia as the rest of you...

I thought it felt like depression feels like, in a non-flashy way, I haven't seen to many movies that pull it off as artfully

do people just not like this movie because they don't understand it?

KRB and I admitted to exactly this! I couldn't make out all the words, and I don't know what Matt's excuse is, if any.

and i'm with ross, 2011 was horseshit for new releases. if fucking war horse, moneyball, or extremely loud wins best picture i'm going to break things

To paraphrase Monty Burns: "I'm no art critic, but I know what I hate". And on that note: it's fair game to just completely write off obviously crap movies that there's no way you'll ever need to see, right? Before this ten-movie shit activated I think most years' BP noms would typically be worth checking out to at least have a sense of the state of "serious" populist cinema... but now... The Blind Side? 9/11 scavenger hunt?

To be fair - and as a basis for comparison - last year's list wasn't nearly as embarrassing IMO:

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Black Swan
The Fighter
Inception
The Kids Are All Right
127 Hours
The Social Network
Toy Story 3
True Grit
Winter's Bone

[Comrade Slinky]

First movie I'd seen on that list is down at best adapted screenplay. I'd love to see Tinker,Tailor and I'll eventually get around to checking out Tree of Life but the rest...

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I only saw The Artist and ToL in the BP list and I regret nothing...

edited after unwarranted harassment and careful consideration

[riley-o]

let's not misuse that gem ok

dusk til dawn - 6/10

[The Schwartz]

I really liked descendants and midnight in Paris and neither of them got me laid either

[copstache]

do people just not like this movie because they don't understand it?

KRB and I admitted to exactly this! I couldn't make out all the words, and I don't know what Matt's excuse is, if any.

Ah okay. I've got some friends that are critics and one lent me his screener copy so I got to watch it at home, undistracted. It really seems like a movie better suited to home viewing

[copstache]

9/11 scavenger hunt?

i haven't seen it but it's as obvious an award ploy as I am Sam. all i had to see was tom hanks and some fucking child and i knew i was out

[riley-o]

ninja (2009) - 5/10

CGI helpless lifelong ninja girl

fight scenes stealing your dumb stereotypical american ninja movie plot from american ninja

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that dame kinbaku'd

[Jack Mort]

Anger Management - first part 7.5/10, convenient 'it was all planned from the beginning!!' wrap up 0/10

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broken-crank-core