Dumb name, great film. Perfect pacing, surprisingly funny and light-hearted. "Only" 2 hours long, and for the first time in a while never thought "when will this be over already."

I hadn't paid too much attention to the casting besides Tom Cruise (who did fine) and Emily Blunt (mmmhmm) but it's great all around.

Don't read up too much about it, go in curious (and don't set your expectations high off of this post paradoxically).

Hey CircleFriends, can you feel your spine? Is it tingling?? No? Let's fix that and watch some horror movies together!

Starting now a voting poll for horror movies of a selected subgenre will be opened up for nominees every week during the month of October. The winner (the movie that receives the most total upvotes) will be announced after a few days of polling and then we all can watch and then discuss the things we loved or hated about it, who we thought died way too fast, how good the villain was, what the hell kind of high school students sit in front of an idyllic fountain eating grapes together between classes after a gruesome local murder, etc. and beyond. I got a bit of a late start on doing this so here's the lineup schedule:

Week #1: The Slasher Flick

Poll Opens: Sunday, Oct. 6

Winner Announced: Wednesday, Oct. 9 -- 8PM PST

Week #2: Supernatural Horror

Poll Opens: Thursday, Oct. 10

Winner Announced: Sunday, Oct. 13 -- 8PM PST

Week #3: Psychological Terror

Poll Opens: Monday, Oct. 14

Winner Announced: Friday, Oct. 18 -- 8PM PST

Week #4: Camp/Cult/Comedy

Polls Open: Monday, Oct. 21

Winner Announced: Friday, Oct. 25 -- 8PM PST

Movie Nomination Etiquette

1. Nominees must be available on Netflix Instant.

2. Submit one nominee per post

3. Nominee posts should contain a link to the movie's Netflix page and/or a link to the movie's IMDb page.

This week we'll cover "The Slasher": a thriller in which a psychopathic murderer stalks and kills his victims in a remorseless rage. Any movie that falls into this category is fair game!

OK, so the idea here is that you all can submit your own horror movie-related top 3/5 lists for any category you want, and then discuss.

So, to kick things off so you understand what I mean:

Top 3 Horror Movie Scariest Opening Scenes

• Jeepers Creepers

I was so disappointed in this movie after the awesome beginning. I've rarely been so scared from watching just a few minutes. The feeling of panic you get from this is just sheer terrifying.

• Phenomena

Classic opening scene which will scare the wits out of you. The moment the girl misses the bus, you just KNOW something bad is going to happen. This movie beginning has probably inspired tens if not hundreds of horror movies.

• Scream

Yeah this is perhaps a cliche by now, but I still believe this is one of the best openings to a horror movie ever. What made it more scary to me was that I went into this movie thinking it would be more pure comedy than horror, and I didn't expect such a shocking start to it at all.

So last night I was able to see a free pre-screening of the Julian Assange/Wikileaks movie.

Now the only really good thing I can say about the movie is that it did a job of trying to be neutral. He was portrayed as an almost sociopath, seeing as how he is able to be charming and manipulative, especially by telling you how he became a hacker and how he was a part of a cult called the Family (haven't looked into that aspect yet, but it sounded interesting). But it portrayed him as a man who, assholish as he was, was someone who did believe in what he was doing.

Now on to the part you've been waiting for (since no one wants to hear good news), the negatives!

It tired way to hard to be the next Social Network, and I mean really hard. But if that wasn't the director intention, he failed.

The music switched from generic techno/EDM/whatever (it just wasn't good) to film score and it did not fit and ruined the mood of several scenes

I know a few scenes were played for humor, like when you realize that Assange was J. Lin and T.Bowsomething and there was a Being John Malchovich-esque scene that was pretty cool and funny where it's hundreds of Assange working on computers. But that imagery of the "office in the mind" is used repeatedly and to worse effect each time and it ruins the ending here you see Daniel burning said office and Assange walks in to the burning wreckage to see himself as a child in front of a fire on the beach. That could have just been me and my friends because we didn't go into this with high hopes.

It fell into the "L33t haxors" trope, where one character literally shouts "WE NEED TO PUT UP MORE PROXIES". and lines like "Get a crytpophone (which is used to hilarity when Daniel's girlfriend asks here if she has one and she responds "that's the best excuse I've heard for not calling back"). But other than that it was just groan-worthy hacker-stereotypes that The Social Network didn't even do.

Jump-Cuts/Quickcuts. Seriously, it only works in certain ways. Requiem for a Dream is the only movie I've seen to do it right and well. This happened a lot in the beginning I guess to keep everyone's attention being done for no reason. But I will say the last 2/3 of the movie is rather well paced.

Over all, the movie was just OK. Not great, but not as terrible or boring as I thought it was going to be. So if anything, unless you're really looking forward to this movie and are really interested in the subject, I'd say wait for redbox or nteflix.

Side note: There's a scene in the movie where Assagne is on a plane and this kid is staring at him and my friend just yells "I'm gonna hack you,". So I've been deabting on adding that to IMDb's quotes page and attribute it to Assagne.

Side Note 2: This is my first written review, so send me some feedback to make the next one I do better.

1. Antichrist -- Lars Von Trier

Fucking, Watch it. Not only is it a perfect film (He did exactly what he set out to do, and this film is above criticism at a technical level), but it will scare the shit out of you in ways that you didn't know you could be scared.

2. Martyrs -- Pascal Laugier

Gore, Terror, Psychological Drama, some interesting cinematography. Scary as shit, and unsettling at a deep level.

Hey guys! The mod team is trying to relaunch this sub, and since theme months/weeks/years (years? years. think about it.) are fun, we thought it would be fun to make October Horror Movie Month! We'll be doing weekly discussion threads and other stuff like that throughout the month. If you have any ideas about stuff you'd like to see, feel free to comment with 'em.

This is what defeat looks like bro.

What did you all think?

So this is a really open-ended thing, inspired by an r/movies thread about the Alien series I was reading in the bathroom. It was basically about Alien 3 being good/bad, but one of the bigger comments chain just about said Aliens was the best in the series because it was really smart and well-characterized.

I think that's giving the movie way too much credit even though I personally really enjoy it. SO I started thinking about "smart" action films and what I would consider one of them. Unfortunately, both "smart" and "action movie" are hard to pin down. Are the Bourne movies action movies? I guess, although they seem more like "thrillers" (a subset of action?) and also they didn't do much for me so they don't count lol. And what do I mean by "smart"? Is Starship Trooper smart because it's a political satire? Probably not just on those grounds (and also its super goofy).

Maybe Die Hard? I need to rewatch it, but it seems to fit some of the things I'd look for in a smart action movie:

• purposefully limited scope (compare Die Hard to its sequels :()
• straightforward but well-executed storytelling
• explosions

However, unless there are themes or subtexts I'm missing, I don't think it really with themes or subtexts much at all, at least beyond executing it's story purposefully and skillfully. Are there any action movies that explore something as highbrow as a theme or subtext while also still being good and/or having explosions?

Sooo, lotsa words to ask, what movies would you consider to be smart action flicks?

I just saw this movie on Netflix, and I found it to be, surprisingly, very very good. The movie stars Ryan Gosling playing the title character of Lars, who is a very shy and introverted person. At the outset of the movie it seems like he doesn't really understand how to interact with family and friends. Finally, he has a bit of a break down and orders a ReallDoll sex doll, whom he names Bianca and treats as a living girlfriend. However, the small town he lives in, embraces Bianca and does their best to accept her, despite their own misgivings.

The real strength of this movie, I think, is in seeing how Lars is initially this very socially awkward person who avoids people in general, including his brother and his brother's wife. But once he gets Bianca, he suddenly starts interacting with people more. He suddenly becomes friendlier with everyone. As well, we get to see how much the town loves and cares about him in how far they indulge him.

The real strength of the movie is in the acting. Everyone inhabits their roles beautifully, especially Ryan Gosling who is amazing. His mannerisms and actions just seem very genuine.

Overall I really enjoyed this movie, more than I expected.

There are tons of movie ideas and stories that cycle through the Hollywood churn again and again, some of them fresh and well-done reworks of old material (The Departed, True Grit) and others flat, off the mark, unnecessary recycling (The Day the Earth Stood Still, Swept Away)

What are some movies that you guys think would merit a remake and why?

One that comes to mind for me is Michael Crichton's Westworld. The movie has that pulpy-70s sci-fi feel to it that could use some modernizing and with the right production the cyborg-driven amusement park worlds could be really awesome. Also Michael Crichton is a shit director and this was his first movie so a lot of scenes could be handled a lot better.

Taking on the Nazis in Inglourious Basterds and Southern Racist Slave Owners in Django Unchained, I think Tarantino has something going with this cathartic writing style of basically punching historical bigotry and wrong-doing in the face. Or stabbing in the ballsack, since we're dealing with Tarantino here.

Anyway, with that what are some Historical contexts and situations you think would be cool to see done Tarantino-style?

What was going on with the camera? Dutch angle for no reason?

Why did they choose takes with crying actors?

Why are all of the French characters overtly british?

Why didn't anyone actually write a screenplay instead of transcribing act for act the play onto the screen?

How Can a movie with such technical depth and scale be so self interested and lifeless?

I thought that love would never die...

I'll launch into a rant if necessary, but suffice to say that it was pointless, tacky, and hella distracting. I saw it first in IMAX 3D, and I thought the movie was alright, but seeing it in this format made me actively hate it.

Anyone else seen this format? Thoughts?

I keep putting off watching these great movies for, like, three years. I need to stop it. Damn fine film.

http://i.imgur.com/R7wjD.jpg

This movie was fucking awesome, by the way. I've tried twice before to watch it, but I always got bored and turned it off. This time, I was fully engrossed. Might be one of my favorite movies now.

Other terrible movies?

List 'em, brokers. For me, #1 is probably "The Zero Theorem," the new Terry Gilliam movie. The plot description smacks of "Brazil," which has to be a good sign. What about you guys?

http://filmisawayoflife.wordpress.com/2012/12/01/quiet-im-expressing-myself-a-review-of-holy-motors/

Short version: I liked it, I think. Certainly worth seeing if you're a movie buff, and if you're in this subreddit I'm guessing you are.

What I mean is, what are some movies you have seen that has shaped your taste in movie or have had a profound impact on you as a movie-viewer?

For me, it's Howard's End. Yes, laugh all you want, because I'm talking about about that Merchant-Ivory period drama based on an E.M. Forster novel. Hipster points anyone?

Before I saw it, right back when it came out in 1992, I was your traditional average movie-goer - I liked over-the-top action movies, goofy comedies, and everything with mass appeal.

So anyway, around the time Howard's End had come out and it was moving towards Oscar season, I started seeing all these ads "For Your Consideration - Howard's End" etc. It was the first time I had paid attention to these Oscar ads, as I had not been reading movie magazines before - but recently I had become an avid reader of Premiere. So I was intrigued by this movie. Mind you, years before that I had seen Passage to India also based on E.M. Forster, but it went totally over my head, so it wasn't really E.M. Forster that got my attention.

So, I saw it finally, and my world changed.

Never in my life before had I seen such an elegant, exquisitely paced and excellently acted and photographed movie. I was completely overwhelmed! No explosions, no stupid banter, no token funny black guys, no bared breasts, no Eddie Murphy. The list of what the movie did not have could go on forever. The movie also marked the start of my love for Helena Bonham Carter who is nothing short of amazing in this movie. Add to that, Anthony Hopkins in one of his finest performances ever, and an always great Emma Thompson, and you've got a period piece drama of the highest quality.

After that, I could no longer without irony go and watch another action comedy, teen movie, or bad horror movie.

I had become someone who appreciates film rather than movies (sorry for the cliche, but it's a simple way to describe it) and I never looked back.

TL;DR I enjoyed popcorn movies before I watched Howard's End, and since then I'm a movie hipster

• Two Towers

• Blade Runner - Final Cut

• Braveheart

• Dawn of the Dead (2004)

• Day of the Dead (1985)

• Falling Skies Season Two

• Fringe Season Three

• Godfather Trilogy

• Night of the Living Dead (1968) 30th Anniversary Edition

• Re-Animator

• Samurai Fiction

• Saving Private Ryan

• Shuan of the Dead

• The Deer Hunter

• The Evil Dead Trilogy

• Tombstone

• Unforgiven

• Close Encounters of the Third Kind

• The Complete Alfred Hitchcock Filmography

• Lone Wolf and Cub

For me, it's Tombstone.

Everything about that movie is great, mostly because all of the weak spots are overshadowed by Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday Colossus-sized statue.

Every time I turn that movie on, I've got a shit-eating grin plastered on my face from beginning to end.

Trailer

Now that we have all discussed why the Resident Evil films suck, let's go ahead and circlejerk about how shitty the twilight films are. Of course, I expect nothing less than in depth analysis of the underlying themes and a poignant critique of the failings of the cinematography.

So we are starting theme days here at /r/CircleMovies and we are starting off with Anticipated Releases. What movies are you looking forward to see in the coming weeks?