Escape to the Movies: The Master

[malestrithe]

Too obscure? Sho'nuff!

 

[HardRockSamurai]

I can vouch for Bob's review of The Master. It's pretty much everything he said it was, though he forgot to mention the gorgeous visuals (though that's pretty much a given when it comes to PTA), and I do have to disagree with him when he says that it lacks anything "water-cooler conversation" worthy (because there's a scene in this movie where.............I won't spoil it.)

Also, if you have the option of seeing the film in 70mm, I strongly recommend that you take it - although this greatly depends on two factors: (A) Where you live, and (B) Whether or not you can time travel.

Speaking of time travel, Looper was also a good movie - probably the best time travel movie I've seen in quite some time.

Also Dredd was a lot of fun too. It lacks Looper's intelligence, but makes up for it with bloody violence and inventive slow-motion.

 

[Falseprophet]

I'll also second Dredd. Good film, worth seeing. And before anyone jumps in, yes, the plot setup is almost identical to The Raid. It's still a good film in its own right.




"A true master would use this to hold up his pants."

It's always the same isn't it? You start out thinking you can master the tides, but instead you just end-up riding the Wave.
Now THAT'S an obscure reference!

Well done. Well done indeed.

 

[luvd1]

Dredd is great, and if you are familiar with the comics there are a few nice touches in the background. The ticker on a news report, or a couple of the graffiti tags in particular. I hope this is the start of action films not being afraid of being too violent too. If they had toned anything down it would have been as bad as the Stallone Dredd.

Oo, the film is filled with Easter eggs. Like in the beginning when they show the city scape of the blocks, all the names are various artist whose drawn dredd, there's also an umply candy machine in peach trees and otto sump store. And a dead fattie in the beginning chase scene with belly wheel. There's supposed to be loads more from what I've heard, which makes the film so re-watchable. Someone told me one of the punks in the drug bust has Drok! On the back of his jacket.

 

[Darth Sea Bass]

Sorry not gonna watch dredd when it's only released in 3D! Fuck you very much to whoever thought that was a good idea.

 

[Sir Thomas Sean Connery]

Dammit, why couldn't this have been a Doctor Who spinoff movie???

This man:

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Needs his own movie.
On the other hand, Phillip Seymour Hoffman would make for a really weird Master...

Nevertheless, glad it's good, love Hoffman, will probably see it.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Dredd is great, and if you are familiar with the comics there are a few nice touches in the background. The ticker on a news report, or a couple of the graffiti tags in particular. I hope this is the start of action films not being afraid of being too violent too. If they had toned anything down it would have been as bad as the Stallone Dredd.

Ya but Stallone Dredd is funnier.

Stallone Dredd has the aesthetic down, that's it. It was an awful film.

Batman and Robin is worse, Stallone Dredd is a quriky action flick that is more fun than brain numbing like Demolition man, classic Total recall and Mortal Combat.

 

[Monoclebear]

Now that sounds like a interesting premise. Hope it doesn't take that long before the film comes here.

Edit: It's always the same isn't it? You start out thinking you can master the tides, but instead you just end-up riding the Wave.
Now THAT'S an obscure reference!

Got that one . But the reason for that is that here in germany that book is the subject in school at one point for everyone.

 

[Azurian]

Who's the prettiest?!!!

SHO'NUFF!!

AM I THE MEANEST!?

 

[TheHardcase]

Dredd was fucking amazing. But god damn Karl Urban's face must have been sore for months after grimacing like that for an entire film. I'm still convinced they just told him to do a Clint Eastwood impression and then put a helmet on him. That voice was so Clint. The movie has made me want to check out the comics.

 

[Deathlyphil]

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Oo, the film is filled with Easter eggs. Like in the beginning when they show the city scape of the blocks, all the names are various artist whose drawn dredd, there's also an umply candy machine in peach trees and otto sump store. And a dead fattie in the beginning chase scene with belly wheel. There's supposed to be loads more from what I've heard, which makes the film so re-watchable. Someone told me one of the punks in the drug bust has Drok! On the back of his jacket.

In the news bit at the beginning, the ticker mentions "the Fergee Memorial", so all the Chief Judge Cal stuff has happened. The tower blocks thing is definitely from the comics. I was at a con a few months ago where they auctioned off the chance to have a tower block named after you. It went for quite a lot of money.

I spotted "Chopper" (infamous skysurfer) and "Kenny Who?" (nickname for famous artist Cam Kennedy) graffiti. Going to have to watch it a fair few times to be sure. Given the size of the city, I'm going to assume the Apocalypse War has happened too. Originally the city stretched from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida.

 

[Christopher Meeks]

Saw Loopers last night. If you can get over the one or two glaring logic fails it's a good watch.

 

[Elijah Newton]

Ah yes, I knew you were going for the "milkshake" part of There Will Be Blood haha!

So what MovieBob is saying is that the milkshake brought all the boys to the yard?

 

[Christopher Meeks]

You are a bad person...a very bad bad person.

 

[Mumorpuger]

Thank you for getting this song stuck in my head. No, I mean it. This movie rocked.


And hey, why not this too?


WHEN YOU GOT THE GLOOOOOOOOW!

 

[The Pumpkin Witch]

I haven't watched this guy before. Does Bob always spend 3/5 of a show talking about other movies and the directors? What was the point of having an extended clip from There Will Be Blood? It felt like by the time he got around to the actual film he just spewed out a shake and bake review. Someone I know told me Bob could be fun to watch, but is THIS normal for him?

 

[MB202]

Oh thank GOODNESS MovieBob mentioned Hotel Transylvania and said it was pretty good! That's all I needed to hear (not that I needed a recommendation from him to go see it, as Genndy Tartakovsky directed the movie).

 

[andersgeek]

Might I ask for a Big Picture on Magnolia? Maybe afterwards, I'll get the film, but so far: That stupid ending didn't make any sense at all. The best thing about Magnolia was the start; the rest -- meh.

 

[daibakuha]

I haven't watched this guy before. Does Bob always spend 3/5 of a show talking about other movies and the directors? What was the point of having an extended clip from There Will Be Blood? It felt like by the time he got around to the actual film he just spewed out a shake and bake review. Someone I know told me Bob could be fun to watch, but is THIS normal for him?

Not normally, but there is a bunch of new releases coming out and he's limited by what he can see and what the show covers. The clip from There Will be Blood is proving his point about the director of The Master. It has everything to do with explaining his thoughts on the movie and the director of the movie.