2009 Must-See Movies.

so it's more like a French version of Hostel then?

Man, I watched trailers and I want to see it. I wouldn't be able to watch this at the movies, 'cause I'd most likely pass out. [I'm not very tolerant when it comes to this] However, I can't help but be fascinated and I want to watch it, so I'll download it when it's possible.

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Oh, you can already download it!

It's not as bad as some made it out to be, I saw more gory stuff in say Saw 5. It's more emotionally stressful to watch(including involving a child) than urgh cover your eyes because of all the gore. It's still violent and gory though, so if not use to it then it's probably best to watch it at home where you can pause and so on. It's out on DVD in America next month, already out in France and I think Canada too?

so it's more like a French version of Hostel then?

No, that was just absolute rubbish Nothing like Hostel either, it's hard to describe without spoiling it. Frontier(s) from France is more in that realm.

Haha, I started watching Martyrs, but I keep pausing it. =D I'm a wuss.

I just saw the trailer for The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3, and I guess it makes sense that Tony Scott is directing it, and I guess it makes sense that Denzel Washington and John Travolta* are starring in it, but I think I was kind of hoping that someone would take it and do something with it that wasn't 100% predictable. It's going to be action packed and suspenseful and entertaining and thoroughly predictable and forgotten the following week. I really wish they'd held off making this movie until after I'd become an established director and someone asked me what project I was interested in doing, and I could say, I think The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3 is due for an update. But hey, I guess I still have, "House of Leaves would be an exciting project."

* Travolta does look bad-ass with his handlebar mustache and neck tattoos.

nothing is unfilmable. it's only a matter of whether it could be filmed well.

True, but i think making it a film would ruin it. So much about why that book is nearly perfect is because it's a book. The book is the story, which sounds obvious, but, i mean, the greatness of it is that you're reading a book about a movie that doesn't exist about a house which might not exist that has margins filled with the writings of a man who's slowly losing his mind and later ends up finding Zamprano's book with all his scribblings in it.

you could make it a movie about a book that doesn't exist amd do it like a DVD commentary type thing and have it move back and forth between the truant part and navidson part.
it would most definitely suck compared to the book and i'm not saying it should but made, but it could.

Hypothetically speaking if I were going to do it, it'd have to be broken into pieces. I'd shoot the 5 minute hallway first and leak it online, then shoot the Navidson Record and release it as a documentary; after those had all the fanboys creaming their pants, i'd release the actual movie with Truant's stuff and so forth. There are definitely ways to make it without fucking it up, but certainly there are many many many ways to fuck it up.

That's actually a pretty interesting way to go about it. I like that, actually.
I'm still opposed to the idea of making it a movie, but i think you've a good idea for something there.

If Lost has taught me anything, it's that viral video campaigns can be successful. I think this is the only real approach to making it a movie, otherwise it just becomes another Stephen King horror film.

I'm not seeing Adventure Land on that list. Can't wait for that one.

Oh, what about Where The Wild Things Are, that should be good.

I agree, I'm sure it'll be entertaining but not on the same level as the original or other remake potential.

I've just added this one to my list:

edit: video no work, have a link. Moon

Word.

I'm not seeing Adventure Land on that list. Can't wait for that one.

not sure if you were being serious but i saw it, it's not quite as good as i was hoping, unfortunatly bill hader and kristen wiigs' parts were not used enough, they owned that movie, but don't get me wrong it was good.
also saw, i love you man last week, pretty funny but kinda sappy in a few places.
people are describing it as a "bro"mantic comedy, well, they're right.

they're just chick flicks disguised as guy movies. much like 'knocked up'. you're not fooling me, apatow!

Brothers Bloom should be really good.

Here's a nifty list of some little indie movies that might be worth checking out this summer: http://www.movieretriever.com/blog/309/the-potential-sleeper-movie-hit%2...

Last year was just chock full of movies I wanted to see...the only movies I'm looking forward to now are Star Trek and Transformers.

Sure there was some disappointment last summer (cough...X-Files), but overall was very enjoyable movie season.

I've been wanting to go to the Movies lately but all the good ones don't come out till later in the summer!

you crazy alexa, ever heard of ghosts of girlfriends past, hello?
prediction: best movie ever

I'm so curious about Inglorious Basterds, can't believe I have to wait till September.

Repo Chick

http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/04/repo-man-sequel-starts-filming-next-...

Adventureland was good, and even if you don't like it, you kind of do a little because it leaves you wondering about Kristen Stewart and if she's doing the whole Beatles route to success, with going from the physically uncomfortable Twilight to this.

Here's a list I've compiled for my own purposes:

Moon
Away We Go
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Brothers Bloom
Inglorious Basterds
500 Days of Summer
A Serious Man
The Hangover
Taking Woodstock
The Limits of Control
Whatever Works
The Hurt Locker
The Road
Public Enemies
9
Sherlock Holmes
Where The Wild Thing Are
Year One
Bruno
The Human Factor

The Limits of Control comes out tomorrow at my favorite theater.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past comes out at your favorite theater tomorrow as well. WHATCHA GONNA DO?

Fuck the trailer. The fact that it's Jim Jarmusch means its probably better than anything you've ever seen in your life, ever. The dude's brilliant. My second favorite filmmaker is Michael Hanekes. Stanley Kubrick is dead. After that, I've no idea, no other filmmaker really gets my blood boiling.

That's pretty high praise, I'm gonna have to check out the rest of his stuff. Although Limits Of Control got a pretty bad review on avclub, and they're generally pretty good.

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-limits-of-control,27390/

I'll take Wes Anderson over those guys.

Wes Anderson's not bad.

district 9!!!

Ooh...4 minutes of Terminator:Salvation online here in HD.

This is the first picture I've seen from Haneke's 'The White Ribbon'

I'm also way looking forward to Gaspar Noe's 'Enter The Void'

I'm getting around to seeing The Hangover on Thursday, and I'll probably sneak in to a showing of either Terminator 4 or The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3. But otherwise I haven't really gotten out to see any movies yet this summer.

Save your money on Terminator: Salvation...very weak movie. I would just The Hangover twice instead.

You missed the part where I wrote I was going to sneak into the movie.

Also, The Limits of Control was great.

that john dillinger movie with johnny depp looks awesome

The script was pretty good.

some of my family back in the day hunted john dillinger, they worked for pinkerton or something, i forget. we're all going to see that movie together.

GO SEE "DRAG ME TO HELL"!!!!

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!!!! IT'S SOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!!

what? you got no love for Evil Dead et al??

I hope Drag Me to Hell stays out another week. I haven't gotten to see it yet, and I've heard nothing but good things.

I saw Brothers Bloom, which was high on my list, and I wasn't disappointed. It's not an amazing movie, but it was very good. I love Rachel Weisz. She steals the movie. Great cast, story gets a bit muddled towards the end, but worth seeing.

Looking forward to:
6. 9
5. Taking Woodstock
4. Sherlock Holmes
3. Public Enemies
2. Moon
1. 500 Days of Summer (I love Zooey as well, and, so far, I have not been disappointed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt)