Post: #201

(12-01-2015 05:53 PM)PapayaTapper Wrote:  December movie selections

The following selection of films represents what I feel is a good cross section of both mainstream films as well as lesser known independent and or foreign films.


The mainstream selections are I believe worthy of viewing again.

Miller's Crossing (1991)

Mud (2012)

Intacto (2001)

True Romance (1993)

Oldboy (2003)

Casualties Of War (1989)

Amélie (2001)

I saw Mud on Netflix, thought it wasn't great.

Amélie is one of my favourite movies and my go-to on a date.

True Romance is a mindfuck and definitely recommended. Why can't Hollywood make movies like that anymore?

I haven't seen the other films yet.

I enjoy movies from the late 80s to the early 2000s the best. I don't know if it's because of the writing, acting, or use of actual film, but I'm just drawn in to them so much more than today's movies. Maybe I'm getting old?

Post: #202

(12-23-2015 11:23 AM)PUA_Rachacha Wrote:  I enjoy movies from the late 80s to the early 2000s the best. I don't know if it's because of the writing, acting, or use of actual film, but I'm just drawn in to them so much more than today's movies. Maybe I'm getting old?

I'm with you on that, too. I think there are a few reasons why today's movies (Hollywood) lack that certain magic of the older films.

1) The near-total absence of charismatic and powerful actors. No more Pacinos, De Niros, Nicholsons, and Clint Eastwoods. Shit, I'll even take late 90s Nicholas Cage over today's garbage-ass actors. Yea, there are outliers like DiCaprio and Edward Norton, but all in all it's a sad bunch.

2) Over reliance on CGI giving many action/superhero films a bland, over-processed feel.

3) Lack of spontaneous and interesting dialogue. I was watching Goodfellas the other day and blown away by how natural the writing felt. You could just sit there for days and watch Joe Pesci and De Niro shootin' the breeze.

Post: #203

I liked Mud immensely. After devouring the first season of True Detective I became a huge fan of Matthew McConaughey. Also, since my childhood I've like those old fashioned boyhood adventure books that seemed to have disappeared as of late (Talking about the likes of ''The adventures of Huckleberry Finn''). To me, Mud offered something similar to reading these books. The movie also contained some glimpses for the redpilled viewer through showing the costs of a man's idealized devotion to his GF/SO.

One movie I haven't yet seen mentioned is an indie-film called ''I Melt With You'' (2011). Contains a solid cast (Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay, Thomas Jane, Carla Gugino). Won't go into too much detail as I don't want to spoil it but the film shook me up in an unprecedented way.

The plot is that old middle-aged guys who've known eachother since college get together for their annual vice binge. Slowly the gathering turns for the worse bit by bit with each of the friends facing the banality of their present lives through reminiscing about the days of their youth - their love for life, their goals, their ideas and their shared promise not to give in to the grinding machinery of existence.

Post: #204

Just watched true romance. You guys trollin me? most blue pill movie i've ever seen

Post: #205

(12-22-2015 04:06 PM)malakaix Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 01:49 PM)Brian Shima Wrote:  What is this Eight movie that everyone is talking about?

It's probably "The Hateful Eight" the 8th film by Quentin Tarentino.

I saw it the other night, I enjoyed it but you really have to appreciate Tarentino's style of film otherwise you will probably hate it. The movie like most of his movies is heavy in dialogue which is the main reason I enjoy it.. Kurt Russell is actually surprisingly good.

About 80% of the film takes place inside a cabin during a Blizzard between 8 characters. It's not his best work, but I found it entertaining.

Spoilers ahead!!!
Did anyone think it's weird as hell there's a massive error in the movie?
The amount of people already in the cabin when the John Ruth and the Major arrive.
Señor Bob (says he's taken over the cabin for Miss Minnie)
Old southern general (says he's a passenger on his way)
Executioner with Brit accent (says he's a passenger on his way)
Joe the cowboy (says he's a passenger on his way).

1 employee of the cabin, and 3 coach passengers. Where is the driver of the coach??

Regardless of all the other signs, that's enough to shoot them all before anything else happens.

Post: #206

(12-21-2015 04:55 PM)DamienCasanova Wrote:  Cross posted from the Trump thread

"Cartel Land"
http://cartellandmovie.com/




I was just blown away by the real talk in this movie, it's highly recommended viewing for everyone here, especially anyone with any doubts about the problem and the depths of corruption in Mexico right now. It makes you realize just how much the government is fully complicit and is backing and funding everything, all the way down to the guys who cook meth in the fields at night. They have their own custom government uniforms on while they are making the drugs! Even a grassroots movement by the people who oppose the cartels was quickly co-opted and turned into a whole new cartel enforcing the narco trafficking. It's amazing to see how true it is that power corrupts, and how quickly and effectively that can happen to even seemingly good men. An amazing documentary, and a very harrowing view of humanity probing our morality, it will make you wonder what kind of a price do you put on morals and values.

Second this. Absolutely fantastic. Great to watch along with reading some of William S. Lind's work on 4GW tactics and strategies.

It ends with two contrasting views about whether the "cycle" can be broken. The story supporting the optimistic view is a touching analogy but not practical. But one can reason about the underlying causes and possible avenues of breaking the cycle. In fact, I would argue if you look at the sufficiently large picture it's not a cycle at all, it's a one-way sequence. The key problems:

1. Thriving US Black Market for Drugs.
2. Government corruption and incompetence.
3. The drug cartels themselves.

Unmet US Demand for drugs => stimulate creation of cartels => cartels gain wealth and power but lack legitimacy => rely on violence and bribery to compete and survive in the unregulated market => cartel money goes into the economy but culture and community are destroyed => cartels diversify based on what they're good at: violence, intimidation, and smuggling => communities suffer even more => government doesn't fight back because it's corrupt and intimidated => Mexicans from destroyed communities are trafficked (by cartels) to the US => US doesn't care => wages go down, real estate value goes up, demand for food goes up as profit margins increase from the cheap labor.

It all starts with the demand. That is the hardest thing to address. The only real option is to get go Singapore with punishments for simple possession. The downsides here should be obvious. It's politically unpalatable and ripe for abuse.

If you can't address demand you can go the opposite direction and address the legal conflict. If you legalize it, as is happening with marijuana already, then you give virtuous citizens opportunities to compete in the market. Once the thugs and warlords start to weaken and their armies start to wither, you go in and take them down. Downsides here are standard drug abuse issues: adverse affects on productivity and family cohesion, increases in motor vehicle accidents, healthcare costs, and petty crime. While I don't think legal heroin would be the disaster some think it would, it also wouldn't be all the sunshine and roses that libertarian left would tell you either.

Encouraging individual vigilante defense as depicted in Cartel Land is another potential avenue, but at the current scale is likely a really bad idea as it would mean the state has failed to enforce the rule of law. Self-defense is one thing, but if citizens are arming themselves to fight off cartels that are slaughtering innocent people for the sake of fear and intimidation, it means the state has failed its duties.

If you address demand or legality, fighting corruption just becomes a matter of vigilance and transparency. If demand and legality remain as they are, corruption is a much tougher nut to crack. Corruption stems from circumstances (silver or lead) and from cultural deterioration and loss of virtue and integrity in a ruling class. Individual instances of corruption can be addressed and dealt with, but if it's society-wide it may be impossible to recover.

Finally, you do have to defeat the violent cartels and destroy the distribution networks. However if you do this without addressing the core economic or state-level corruption, then it will be difficult and another cartel will simply take its place.

Post: #207

(10-25-2015 01:39 AM)LeBeau Wrote:  RVF Movie Club November List



6) Heat (1995 - USA) (RT Score: 86%)

Quote:Heat is a 1995 American crime film written, produced and directed by Michael Mann, and starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Val Kilmer.[2] The film was released in the United States on December 15, 1995. De Niro plays Neil McCauley, a professional thief, while Pacino plays Lt. Vincent Hanna, a veteran L.A.P.D. robbery-homicide detective tracking down McCauley's crew. The central conflict is based on the experiences of former Chicago police officer Chuck Adamson and his pursuit in the 1960s of a criminal named McCauley, after whom De Niro's character is named

I debated putting this in the list, since many of you may have seen it already. That said, I'm always amazed at the number of people who haven't seen it, so we'll throw it in. De Niro and Pacino are recognized for so many important movies, but this one is underrated when it comes to their legacy.

There is a lot of discussion around the beginning and the ending of this film, but there's a ton of meat in the middle. For those who are re-watching it after a long time, prepare to be surprised again at just how many great actors are included outside of the leads. Of course there's intense action scenes and tight dialogue, but what's also so appealing is the focus on professionalism, and what it means to be both competent and confident in your line of work.

This film is amazing. The professionalism you mention in the character is reflected through out the production of the movie it self. The sound alone has more work in it then most blockbuster movies do as a whole. I dont know why this movie didnt get more popular. It was either the length that threw people off, or maybe they thought it was a cheap copy of miami vice. I find it interesting how the movie was always shot zoomed in from a distance as if the character were being scoped out.

Post: #208

(12-21-2015 04:55 PM)DamienCasanova Wrote:  Cross posted from the Trump thread

"Cartel Land"
http://cartellandmovie.com/




I was just blown away by the real talk in this movie, it's highly recommended viewing for everyone here, especially anyone with any doubts about the problem and the depths of corruption in Mexico right now. It makes you realize just how much the government is fully complicit and is backing and funding everything, all the way down to the guys who cook meth in the fields at night. They have their own custom government uniforms on while they are making the drugs! Even a grassroots movement by the people who oppose the cartels was quickly co-opted and turned into a whole new cartel enforcing the narco trafficking. It's amazing to see how true it is that power corrupts, and how quickly and effectively that can happen to even seemingly good men. An amazing documentary, and a very harrowing view of humanity probing our morality, it will make you wonder what kind of a price do you put on morals and values.

Just watched this, great documentary. His direct approach on that hot reporter was also very impressive. Solid old doctor game.

Post: #209

I recently watched "Bridge on the River Kwai" (1957) and found it to be one of the best films I'd seen in a while. It was playing on AMC, I believe, but I'm sure you can stream it.

Post: #210

(01-14-2016 09:59 AM)Svoboda Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 04:06 PM)malakaix Wrote:  

(12-22-2015 01:49 PM)Brian Shima Wrote:  What is this Eight movie that everyone is talking about?

It's probably "The Hateful Eight" the 8th film by Quentin Tarentino.

I saw it the other night, I enjoyed it but you really have to appreciate Tarentino's style of film otherwise you will probably hate it. The movie like most of his movies is heavy in dialogue which is the main reason I enjoy it.. Kurt Russell is actually surprisingly good.

About 80% of the film takes place inside a cabin during a Blizzard between 8 characters. It's not his best work, but I found it entertaining.

Spoilers ahead!!!
Did anyone think it's weird as hell there's a massive error in the movie?
The amount of people already in the cabin when the John Ruth and the Major arrive.
Señor Bob (says he's taken over the cabin for Miss Minnie)
Old southern general (says he's a passenger on his way)
Executioner with Brit accent (says he's a passenger on his way)
Joe the cowboy (says he's a passenger on his way).

1 employee of the cabin, and 3 coach passengers. Where is the driver of the coach??

Regardless of all the other signs, that's enough to shoot them all before anything else happens.

But those facts aside, the score for the film is brilliant.

Post: #211

One of my favorite movies - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240793/
Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula
I'm not 100% sure how historically accurate this movie is but it is a damn enjoyable re-telling about the life of Vlad the Impaler.

Another one of my favorite movies - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379557/
Touching the Void
Amazing true survival story about two guys trying to climb to the peak of Siula Grande.

Your Welcome.

Post: #212

Surprisingly no results popped up for 'Ex Machina'. Recently watched this flick and was pleasantly surprised. I won't post any spoilers outside of the IMDB logline:

Quote:A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

I would recommend this movie. In fact I think RooshV members would be surprised to see some 'red pill' movies are still alive and kicking in mainstream Hollywood.

Post: #213

I've been ill for the past few days so I had a chance to do some binge movie watching. I ended up watching all four of the Bourne spy movies (The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, Legacy). It's about a highly trained elite CIA spy who loses his memory.

All are fantastic and worth a watch. Matt Damon is fantastic as Jason Bourne, the main spy character. The action sequences and fight choreography are top notch, and the storyline is excellent too.

The Bourne Identity - The first movie in the series is easily the best, and is easily a modern classic of the spy genre.

The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum - The 2nd and 3rd films could be watched one after the other, since Supremacy ends on a bit of a cliffhanger and Ultimatum starts off referencing events from the ending of the movie before it.

The Bourne Legacy - The newest film is also a spinoff. In terms of timeline, Legacy runs parallel to Ultimatum, and though it has Bourne in the title, Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon in all the other films) does not make an appearance (only referenced in the movie).

Some of my favorite scenes from the series:


Jason Bourne discovers his abilities






Assassin VS Assassin






Phone Call






Train station:






Outsmarting a drone

Post: #214

Don't Think Twice starring Keegan-Michael Key is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I admit I didn't do any research beforehand it was either this or hang around watching an air conditioner be repaired.

This is the story of an obscure improv comedy group that occasionally has a member move on to the movie's fictional version of Saturday Night Live. It focuses entirely on the losers who do not go further and the friction caused by the ones who make it rather than the so called craft. In the story the ones who "make it" are story thieves and also not talented, further feeding into this little socialist piece of move garbage and its mission to show moving forward in any way to be an evil. After all the comedy group is called the collective so what can be expected?

The movie wastes about half of its run time on scenes of live comedy but not one person in the theater laughed out loud the entire time. For a movie about comedy you would hope for better.

There is so much wrong with this movie. The theme of low self worth plays throughout and the characters all focus on the big show they never get. They are beatniks who instead of going off happily ever after to live in a camper stay around to complain about paying rent. They even have to include some jabs at Trump buildings that "ruined" New York by name.

But the worst scenes, and some of the most vile things I have ever seen on script center around the "old dude" who is 36. Earlier on, a nasty little 20 something fucks him then trashes his age. The stage has been set. He meets a little more put together seeming girl of his identical age. In one scene she goes on a date with him then sees his apartment later. "I am not staying in your bachelor pad" is how she ends the date insulting his little shitty apartment. He says something like an apology and says I wasn't expecting to sleep with you.

Fast forward to near the end of the movie. They fucked in his apartment and it is breakfast. She has gone out and tells him she went to the grocery store to get a pregnancy test. She is pregnant and he make a supportive statement in response. She says Uh No its from Brazil from a retreat. He asks will "he" raise the baby and she implies no "he" is a minor.

Later in the movie he is raising the kid and has a line of self deprecating humor and is telling people to stop telling him the baby looks like him.

Now I am not against "beta" or romantic movies. They can be fun, funny or enjoyable to watch if done in a benevolent way, or where the humor is real. But this character and this whole movie is just vile. There are no characters with any redeeming values whatsoever. It is loser-ville, self-hate on screen, and a movie version of a comedian on stage who actually has pure hatred and envy for his audience for not finding his crap funny.

Post: #215

(03-16-2016 02:49 AM)Rush87 Wrote:  Surprisingly no results popped up for 'Ex Machina'. Recently watched this flick and was pleasantly surprised. I won't post any spoilers outside of the IMDB logline:

Quote:A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.

I would recommend this movie. In fact I think RooshV members would be surprised to see some 'red pill' movies are still alive and kicking in mainstream Hollywood.

Ex Machina was one of the best films I've seen in the last few years, definitely recommended.

Post: #216

I've posted about it before but it bears asking again: has any one seen a movie called "the survivalist"? It was quite a find for me,I would object to some things (for a world so unconcerned with moral enforcement cannibalism doesn't seem to occur) but in general the way the movie is filmed and the characters developed deserves analysis.

In other news,I saw the animated adaptation of " The killing joke".
I do find DC's use of animeish animation style rather fatigating at the time aoniya nice to see this flick being done slightly less so .
It has a rather unexplainable prologue to establish a character that has no bearing except to of a plo device in the original .story
If said prologue is removed then yeah, pretty faithful adaptation that doesn't add to or complement the original comic story in any way

Post: #217

(08-24-2016 01:39 AM)El_Gostro Wrote:  I've posted about it before but it bears asking again: has any one seen a movie called "the survivalist"? It was quite a find for me,I would object to some things (for a world so unconcerned with moral enforcement cannibalism doesn't seem to occur) but in general the way the movie is filmed and the characters developed deserves analysis.

I saw it and liked it. Posted my thoughts on a survivalist thread here: "Seems like an accurate portrayal of what might happen in the year after a total collapse. The hero lives in a shack in the woods, gardens, traps, etc. Two women (one old, one young) wander by asking for food/shelter and offering seeds. I won't spoil it, but the ending is surprising, sad, and hopeful. I liked it very much."

Interesting link I just realized to another red pill movie, "The Beguiled" - El Gostro have you seen that one and see the connection? Hint: a food important to plot

Regarding cannibalism, I think it would have turned the audience against the hero, and their world seemed to provide enough that they didn't resort to it. Perhaps the villains of the movie would have been portrayed that way.

Post: #218

Quote:Adam Bell is a Toronto area History college professor. He is a rather somber man, largely because he is stuck in a routine, which includes a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Mary. While watching a rental movie, he spots an actor in a bit part that looks like him. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double of his.

Watched this one again tonight and forgot how much I enjoyed it the first time.

I don't want to spoil anything regarding the story for anyone who has not seen it.

I think in a way a lot of us here on the forum can relate to this movie.

Post: #219

(08-24-2016 03:57 PM)UlteriorMotive Wrote:  

Quote:Adam Bell is a Toronto area History college professor. He is a rather somber man, largely because he is stuck in a routine, which includes a relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Mary. While watching a rental movie, he spots an actor in a bit part that looks like him. He becomes obsessed with finding out about this double of his.

Watched this one again tonight and forgot how much I enjoyed it the first time.

I don't want to spoil anything regarding the story for anyone who has not seen it.

I think in a way a lot of us here on the forum can relate to this movie.

Watched this recently after learning about it from this thread. Great movie. Really gets you thinking.

Post: #220

(03-16-2016 10:08 AM)Penta Sahi Wrote:  I've been ill for the past few days so I had a chance to do some binge movie watching. I ended up watching all four of the Bourne spy movies (The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, Ultimatum, Legacy). It's about a highly trained elite CIA spy who loses his memory.

All are fantastic and worth a watch. Matt Damon is fantastic as Jason Bourne, the main spy character. The action sequences and fight choreography are top notch, and the storyline is excellent too.

The Bourne Identity - The first movie in the series is easily the best, and is easily a modern classic of the spy genre.

The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum - The 2nd and 3rd films could be watched one after the other, since Supremacy ends on a bit of a cliffhanger and Ultimatum starts off referencing events from the ending of the movie before it.

The Bourne Legacy - The newest film is also a spinoff. In terms of timeline, Legacy runs parallel to Ultimatum, and though it has Bourne in the title, Jason Bourne (played by Matt Damon in all the other films) does not make an appearance (only referenced in the movie).

Some of my favorite scenes from the series:


Jason Bourne discovers his abilities






Assassin VS Assassin






Phone Call






Train station:






Outsmarting a drone

I saw the latest Bourne movie in theaters. 5/10. Watch it if you want to complete the series, but it's otherwise not very noteworthy.

Post: #221

(08-24-2016 01:28 PM)Engineer Wrote:  

(08-24-2016 01:39 AM)El_Gostro Wrote:  -snip-

Interesting link I just realized to another red pill movie, "The Beguiled" - El Gostro have you seen that one and see the connection? Hint: a food important to plot

No,I havent seen it yet but we seem to share our views and tastes on movies so I will look for it ASAP!

(08-24-2016 01:28 PM)Engineer Wrote:  Regarding cannibalism, I think it would have turned the audience against the hero, and their world seemed to provide enough that they didn't resort to it. Perhaps the villains of the movie would have been portrayed that way.

Hmm good point,neccesary plot device at least for a wider audience appeal.
Plus if it is indeed set in a immediately "post fall" setting,many moral compulsions would still be prevalent amongst the survivors who once formeed part of teh previous social structure

Post: #222

(12-23-2015 02:08 PM)dHerblay Wrote:  One movie I haven't yet seen mentioned is an indie-film called ''I Melt With You'' (2011). Contains a solid cast (Jeremy Piven, Rob Lowe, Christian McKay, Thomas Jane, Carla Gugino). Won't go into too much detail as I don't want to spoil it but the film shook me up in an unprecedented way.

Nice reccomendation, thank you. Touches on a lot of relevant topics.

Post: #223

I've watched 2 documentaries in recent months which I'd recommend:

Deep Water

Subject is the first ever non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race, held in the 1960s. All contestants were experienced sailors except (amazingly) one man without that much experience, who was in over his head from day one. This has more twists and turns than most fiction thrillers.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008507-deep_water/

The Imposter

Another story which seems stranger than fiction. Hard to give much of a synopsis without giving away key details; A man in Spain impersonates a missing person from Texas, in order to get free accomodation. It sounds like he'd get found out pretty quickly, but things are taken further than you'd think possible.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_imposter_2012/

Post: #224

I watched Black Mass the other night.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355683/

Quote:The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.

I would regard it as a true-ish story. There's a very telling scene where Corey Stoll's character, "bulldog" prosecutor, Fred Wyshak, becomes an assistant U. S. Attorney in Boston and starts digging into the Whitey informant scam. He suggests that Whitey is getting help from inside the FBI because "otherwise the only explanation for him skating on all his crimes would be that his senator brother is pulling political strings."

Throughout the movie Whitey's senator brother is portrayed as a distant yet loving sibling who has no practical business connection with his mob boss bro.

In Boston? Bitch please.

Of course since the director wanted to do the whole "true story" thing he had to stick to provable facts or face one hell of a slander case, so the "saintedly innocent senator who just happened to be the brother of Whitey Bulger" skates on what would have otherwise been a far dirtier and more interesting tale.

All up it was a pretty good movie. Though I'm glad I watched it, it wasn't so good that I'd ever watch it again.

Post: #225

I remember thinking the same thing about Black Mass when I saw it in the theater. Enjoyable watch, but the part about the brother seemed a bit far fetched. Good performance from Depp.

I just watched something called Frank that a buddy recommended. It's about a kid in England who joins a weird band where the singer(Michael Fassbender) wears a giant paper mâché head that he never takes off.

One of the weirder and more original movies I've seen in awhile. And one of the best movies I've seen about a band. Same director as Room.