Movie Tab II [Archive] - Page 8

Tacitus

08-01-05, 05:43 PM

Midnight Run (1988, Martin Brest)

4/5

Buddy movie par excellence. Deniro and Grodin argue so convincingly that they could be, in fact, married...

http://www.80sreborn.com/images/midnight-run-2.jpg

Identity (2003, Jim Mangold)

4/5

It could have been a derivative no-brainer but the cast, script and Mangold's intelligent direction turn the movie into a darned enjoyable take on Christie's Ten Little Indians. Oh, and Amanda Peet's in it. :D

http://www.exclaim.ca/images/up-identity.jpg

Ezikiel

08-01-05, 06:29 PM

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, A
1999 - Jim Jarmusch

Golgot

08-01-05, 09:14 PM

War of the Worlds 4.5/5 Exhilarating in the way that only a Speilberg movie can be. This solidifies the notion that film is the best artistic medium, as it could not have been this damn good as anything but a movie.

Hey Strum, be careful with the 'best' tag. If you're saying film can manipulate the senses the best (and you're talking about a master with Spielberg) then hell yeah :). But are films better than books at representing and immersing you fully in an imagined inner world, for example? I'd say ni de coño :).

Films are damn good. But don't go so far as to say they're the be all and end all of that great big blurry social scythe they call art ;).

Strummer521

08-01-05, 10:29 PM

hey, I meant that it was solid evidence in favor of film being the best medium for those who have that opinion (I have not formed an opinion on that yet myself.) I didn't say that opinion was correct. That said if someone wanted to argue that point I think this film would be a powerful example.

LordSlaytan

08-01-05, 10:38 PM

hey, I meant that it was solid evidence in favor of film being the best medium for those who have that opinion...Hey...that's some fancy spinning. You should work for the President or Fox News. ;)

Lance McCool

08-01-05, 10:47 PM

Platoon
(Oliver Stone - 1986)

http://www.memnoch-the-devil.de/html-data/akt_hp/roleplay/sr/pic/platoon.jpg

It's been so long since I've last seen this flick, and it seems even more powerful now. I'm not the biggest fan of Stone, but he really nailed it here. This film has none of his trademark egomaniacal over-directing. It is a powerful motion picture that sticks with you long afterwords. Berenger, Dafoe & McGinley give the performances of their careers, the score is unforgettable, the cinematography is brilliant & and the realism is uncanny. I just flat-out love this movie.

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Strummer521

08-01-05, 10:52 PM

Hey...that's some fancy spinning. You should work for the President or Fox News. ;)

maybe I do.... shhhh. ;)

Sedai

08-01-05, 11:18 PM

Brazil (Gilliam, 1985)

http://www.purose.net/befis/naonori/movie/BRAZIL.JPG

5

susan

08-02-05, 12:23 AM

blazing saddles and a fish called wanda...haven't seen either film in a long time...great stuff...

chicagofrog

08-02-05, 07:28 AM

Aviator, well, even De Caprio i usually can't stand is okay there, that's an achievement!

Naisy

08-02-05, 10:15 AM

Herbie Fully Loaded
Batman & Robin
The Longest Yard
Decoys
Harrry Potter: POA
The Terminal

birdygyrl

08-02-05, 11:12 AM

Here's my list from the past couple of months.

De Lovely - d. Irwin Winkler - 2004 - B-
National Treasure - d. Jon Turtletaub - 2004 - B-
Cinema Paradiso (Dir. Cut) - d. Guiseppe Tornatore - 1988 - A+
Troy - d. Wolfgang Peterson - 2004 - C
We Don't Live Here Anymore - d. John J. Curran - 2004 - C-
Napoleon Dynamite - d. Jared Hess - 2004 - A
Sweet Home Alabama - d. Andy Tennant - 2002 - B
Before Sunrise - d. Richard Linklater - 1995 - B
Before Sunset - d. Richard Linklater - 2004 - B
Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - d. Peter Care - 2002 - B
United States of Leland - d. Matthew Ryan Hoge - 2004 - B+
Sullivan's Travels - d. Preston Sturges - 1942 - A
The Lady Eve - d. Preston Sturges - 1941 - A
Palm Beach Story - d. Preston Sturges - 1942 - A
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow - d. Kerry Conran - 2004 - C-
The Chorus (Les Choristes) - d. Christophe Barratier - 2004 - A++
Songcatcher - d. Maggie Greenwald - 1999 - A
The Brothers McMullen - d. Edward Burns - 1995 - B-
Raising Helen - d. Garry Marshall - 2004 - B-
The Notebook - d. Nick Cassavetes - 2004 - C-
Ginger and Cinnamon (Dillo Con Parole Mio) - d. Daniele Luchetti - 2003 - B Great Italian Chick Flick
Princess Mononoke - d. Hayao Miyazaki - 1997 - A

Aniko

08-02-05, 06:21 PM

The Chorus (Les Choristes) - d. Christophe Barratier - 2004 - A++
Songcatcher - d. Maggie Greenwald - 1999 - A
The Brothers McMullen - d. Edward Burns - 1995 - B-

I just saw these recently too. Thanks for the recommendations Karen . I agree with your ratings (all of them). The Chorus in particular I loved. :)

Ginger and Cinnamon ...I've never heard of it. I'll have to add this one to my list. Thanks again.

Just saw...

The Upside of Anger :up:
I loved it...the cast and story. Joan Allen is phenomenal. I hope she's remembered during the award season this year. And, I'm not usually a fan of Kevin Costner...but he was terrific in this. I loved them together.

voneil7

08-02-05, 06:23 PM

Thirteen

Lance McCool

08-02-05, 06:58 PM

The Man Who Wasn't There
(The Coens - 2001)

http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/the_man_who_wasn't_there/manwhowasntthere4.jpg

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Pyro Tramp

08-02-05, 07:32 PM

Collateral (re-watch)- was a bit stoned and munching, but still like the way it's shoot, bit predictable but still fun. 7.5/10

Wedding Crashers- fun annoying pace but good laughs from the new comedy gods. 7/10

Tacitus

08-02-05, 08:56 PM

The Prophecy (1995, Gregory Widen)

3/5

The Angel Gabriel (Chris Walken) comes to Earth in search of an evil man's soul to aid him in his war 'upstairs'. A priest-turned-cop, sexy schoolteacher and the Prince Of Darkness himself (Viggo Mortensen's Lucifer, not Ozzy) try to stop him. Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz and Amanda Plummer try really hard not to burst out laughing.

Top trashy fun. :)

http://www.chud.com/demo/Underrated%20-%20folder/the%20prophecy.jpg

Golgot

08-02-05, 10:26 PM

Venus Beauty Institute

Missed the first 25 mins (because, like a fool, i was watching an episode of Dead Zone - is anyone else shocked that it's the same guy from The Breakfast Club playing the lead Steven-King role? [or that China is now the accepted source for all retroviral ills?])

Ahem, yes... I give the above-mentioned, well-handled French flick... this: 3_5

I can't decide whether it's a '3' or a '4' coz i had no beginning to latch on to. What i saw worked well (i liked the way the director seemed to play with expectation swells. And the actors were all shiny and adept as well - but you know you're in good hands when Nathalie Baye is at the helm)

Plus, for the [male] Audrey Tautou 'buffs', the lithe young starlet shows some negligéd-nudity o'sorts. And she also does turns in another solidly elf-like performance in a supporting role as well ;)

jrs

08-03-05, 12:52 AM

http://www.alteregos.us/pics/skyhigh.jpg 4_5

http://www.alteregos.us/pics/skyhigh.jpg + http://www.actuacine.net/Photos/skyhigh03.jpg 5

Piddzilla

08-03-05, 06:32 AM

http://www.lovefilm.com/images/boxcovers/V0062723m.jpg Ken Loach's Poor Cow (1967)

Thanks. Is it any good?

Tacitus

08-03-05, 06:42 AM

Thanks. Is it any good?

It's kind of a female take on English Kitchen Sink drama (Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner etc) but with a documentary feel. Haven't seen it in years but I like Ken Loach - definately worth a watch if you can find it.

John McClane

08-03-05, 03:44 PM

Look Who's Talking Now- C
The Russian House- I very much enjoyed this one. When I had to get up I rushed whatever I was doing. A

undercoverlover

08-03-05, 04:54 PM

By the Light Of The Silvery Moon --- charming doris day escapades, lovely little film and its pretty funny too - that young westley is such a rascal!

Rocky Horror Picture Show --- I couldnt love this movie more if i tried

You've got mail --- charming new york romantic comedy. Tom+Meg=lovelyness

IDigCereal

08-03-05, 11:24 PM

Lately I've been running errands, going out of town for a bit, and had family visiting, so my film watching and Internet use faltered, but now I should be back on track:

The Wedding Crashers- Just plain entertaining. Wilson and Vaughn have fantastic chemistry and Rachel McAdams and Isla Fisher somehow manage to keep up. The first half had enough belly laughs to satisfy and although the more formulaic second-half was less funny, it still was pretty enjoyable. Overall, the movie's slick and raunchy start contained enough of the good stuff to help me forget some of the finales shortcomings. 3/4

voneil7

08-04-05, 01:55 AM

Rick (2003) 3/5

Strummer521

08-04-05, 02:39 AM

Sullivans Travels 4/5

"There's a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that that's all some people have?"

Pure enjoyment, but also keeps the intelligent satire running throughout. At several moments, the message is hammered home so strongly you feel it in your bones, yet it never beats you over the head with it. That Veronica Lake is one fine woman. Which brings up one nice little subtle bit that I just noticed. In the film Sullivan says: "Every picture has a girl," and Lake is credited only as the girl. Jimmy Conlin is a funny little scene stealer that I'll have to see more of. If you haven't seen it, keep an eye out as it seems to come on TCM quite frequently.

nebbit

08-04-05, 05:53 AM

The 400 Blows : First time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Moby Dick : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Beat the Devil : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Die Hard : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Life is Beautiful : first time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

The Big Empty : first time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/1.gif

Clockstoppers : first time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/1.gif

Ed Wood : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

The story of Molokai Father Damien : first time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Alexandra's Project : first time, riviting http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

I http://bestsmileys.com/love2/5.gif Huckabees : first time, So So :yup: :nope: :yup:

Elephant : first time, http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Alice Doesn't live here Anymore : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

Malcolm : http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

The Diaries of Vaslov Nijinsky : first time, a beautiful movie, a must see. http://bestsmileys.com/thumbs/2.gif

John McClane

08-04-05, 12:23 PM

The Aviator- Watched with my mom. Very good. B+

Tbj

08-04-05, 03:00 PM

Heavenly Creatures: A-

LordSlaytan

08-04-05, 03:45 PM

Your list is exciting, Nibbles. I'm glad you got to see so many great flicks.

I think everybody should bug the hell out of this girl until she writes ONE movie review. I've never once heard a real Nibble opinion on a movie.

10,000 posts, Nibbles! Gimee an opinion...I'm starvin' here! :D

SamsoniteDelilah

08-04-05, 04:01 PM

Ezikiel

08-04-05, 08:06 PM

Sunset Blvd., A+
1950 - Billy Wilder

Masked and Anonymous, C-
2003 - Larry Charles

Jules and Jim, A
1962 - François Truffaut

linespalsy

08-04-05, 09:58 PM

Legong: Dance of the Virgins
Lianna

John McClane

08-04-05, 11:54 PM

The Edge

birdygyrl

08-05-05, 12:20 AM

March of the Penguins - d. Luc Jacquet - 2005 - A+ I absolutely loved this film. Even thought its a documentary, it is fascinating and totally captivating. I highly recommend it.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-05-05, 01:02 AM

Stir of Echos... needed a little tweaking. Overall, a decent story, but a few scenes were awkward and some of the editing was a bit loose. Missed it by this: [------1"------] much.

Pyro Tramp

08-05-05, 06:41 AM

Trainspotting- taken me a while to actually sit down and watch this one, several mixed expectations but it was amazing. Thoroughly recommended to anyone. 5/5

House of Flying Daggers (re-watch)- still prefer Hero, mainly because it has Tony Leung. Want to see Raise the Red Lattern (though Chinese friends suggest i won't understand it). House is a beautiful, no real complaints, my previous problems have disappeared so good good. 4/5

Lethal Weapon 4 (re-watch)- man i love Lethal Weapon, i always remember 3&4th being a bit shod, but i was wrong. This just plain fun, well directed with great perfomances. 5/5

Pyro Tramp

08-06-05, 01:04 PM

Open Your Eyes- cracking film, really made me think, not in like a deep way, just in terms of the confusing plot. Wasnt expecting the sci-fi element but was pleasantly pleased by it. Reminded me off Mulholland Drive, fans of that will surely enjoy this. Havn't seen Vanilla Sky, quite curious to see it now. 5/5

Tacitus

08-06-05, 03:28 PM

House of Flying Daggers (re-watch)- still prefer Hero, mainly because it has Tony Leung. Want to see Raise the Red Lattern (though Chinese friends suggest i won't understand it). House is a beautiful, no real complaints, my previous problems have disappeared so good good.

I feel broadly the same - HOFD is beautiful, just not quite as beautiful as Hero. The set pieces are just not quite as jaw-dropping either.

Hero also stars Maggie... :)

Pyro Tramp

08-06-05, 05:14 PM

And they both star Zhang Ziyi and no chinese people i know like her or find her attractive. I know enough Chinese folk for this to be very puzzling because she fine!

Anyway, i always have mixed feeling after watching House. It's quite emotional, and the fights are stunning, yet none of it leaves quite the lasting impression that Hero created- Tony Leung's eyes as he lets himself go, or the arrow silhouette of Jet Li or the defending of the scripture school. It's still good, just not a sticker...

IDigCereal

08-06-05, 05:19 PM

Once Upon A Time In The West (rewatch)- Leone's finest, and that's saying a lot. I mean, really a lot. My all-time favorite western, and one of my ten favorite films EVER. 4/4

Pyro Tramp

08-07-05, 05:21 AM

Pirahna 2: The Spawning- put simply, this film is ****ing awesome. A sequel better than the original. And so scary, well, if Jaws scared you from going in the sea, this will scare you from going in the bath! 6/5
Actually, wait, it sucked 3/10

Species 2- fun gory horror sequel. Madsen kicks ass like normal. Was no where near as shoddy as i was expected. Pleasant late night treat. 3.5/5

Sidewinder

08-07-05, 09:35 AM

A fistful of dollars - I'm starting to watch the man with no name series. After watching this movie I think I'm going to enjoy this trilogy... :)

Naisy

08-07-05, 10:01 AM

Contantine
Pokemon 4ever
Hellboy

undercoverlover

08-07-05, 02:25 PM

Teaching Mrs Tingle (rewatch) --- really like this movie, Helen Mirren steals the show as the malicious Mrs Tingle. Katie Holmes does her best to lead the cast but doesnt quite manage it. Good effort though

Donnie Darko (first timer) --- didnt understand it wholly but it was an awesome spectacle. I loved the way in a ong shot it was slowed down for a minute or two, it just gave it a more surreal quality that i thought worked really well. Although admittedly I did miss parts cause i was watching teaching mrs tingle at the same time but i got the most part. I liked Drew Barrymore in this, a more serious, more realistic role for her to carry off and she did it well. Very impressed with Jake's performance and Jena Malone's.

Pyro Tramp

08-07-05, 02:43 PM

What didn't you understand?

undercoverlover

08-07-05, 02:51 PM

what EXACTLY happened at the end, who Frank really was just stuff. Im gonna buy it and rewatch it

LordSlaytan

08-07-05, 02:55 PM

There's a ton of stuff on the DVD that helps explain it...not to mention about 5 trillion messages all over the net.

Pyro Tramp

08-07-05, 03:01 PM

I remember i understood DD, but i can't actually remember the film very well at all now i'm trying to answer ucl. Really should watch that one again as well...

I think the end, he goes back in time through the worm hole to let himself be killed by the falling jet so the time space thing is fine and all his friends live. As for Frank, i've never really thought past the fact he's his sisters b/f.

undercoverlover

08-07-05, 03:03 PM

i sort of worked out that he did that but i wasnt 100% cause id missed bits of the movie and wasnt sure if id missed important bits. Like the second part of that spoiler; i had no idea

LordSlaytan

08-07-05, 03:05 PM

Like the second part of that spoiler; i had no ideaAt the very beggining of the film, you see Frank's orange Trans-Am dropping Maggie off. Not that that really tells you much.

Tacitus

08-07-05, 04:02 PM

Capturing The Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki)

5/5

Not easy viewing but I think this is an astonishing documentary. A dysfunctional family who filmed themselves going through the most stressful time in their lives.

And kept on filming when it got a whole lot worse...

http://www.lumiere.net.nz/reader/images/img_capfriedmans.jpg

SamsoniteDelilah

08-07-05, 05:06 PM

Capturing The Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki)

5/5SUCH a strange movie. I don't know if it's more shocking that they kept the cameras rolling through all of it, or that it happened in the first place.

Tacitus

08-07-05, 05:13 PM

SUCH a strange movie. I don't know if it's more shocking that they kept the cameras rolling through all of it, or that it happened in the first place.

Capturing The Friedmans still leaves me with a lot of questions (and this is my 2nd watch). The police investigation was deeply flawed but the Friedman family themselves were so...well...weird that I can't feel a lot of empathy with them. It's a compelling film whatever side of the fence you sit though...

SamsoniteDelilah

08-07-05, 05:17 PM

That's where it left me, as well.
The body language of some of those who gave testimony was positively screaming "I'm lying!!!" and some had clearly been coerced. It's disturbing to think that there's even a question that the whole thing might have been created through fear. And the family are, as you say, so very strange... but then that's not a crime (thankfully)... The whole thing is fascinating. I didn't expect it to be, but from the opening frames of David sitting on those steps - his demeanor made me sit up and pay close attention.

Pyro Tramp

08-07-05, 05:30 PM

Fistful of Dynamite- shod. Disappointed. Good characters, nice explosions- terrible plot. 2/5

Ezikiel

08-07-05, 08:12 PM

Reefer Madness, F
1936 - Louis J. Gasnier

At Close Range, B-
1986 - James Foley

Salvador, B
1986 - Oliver Stone

Career Girls, A-
1997 - Mike Leigh

blibblobblib

08-07-05, 08:37 PM

What didn't you understand?I had a pleasant viewing of Darko yesterday and seeing as Pyro seems all clued up, I just need a few simple answers, i think i understand but there are some points that need clearing up for me..

1. What is the meaning of 'Cellar Door'?

2. How did he time travel?

3. (I think this i know but need some verification) What was Grandma Death's role?

In the mean-time...

Alien (1979 - Ridley Scott)
5

Aliens (1986 - James Cameron)
3_5

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005 - Tim Burton)
4_5

Big Fish (2003 - Tim Burton)
3_5

North by Northwest (1959 - Alfred Hitchcock)
5

Rope (1948 - Alfred Hitchcock)
3_5

Million Dollar baby (2004 - Clint Eastwood)
5

The Descent (2005 - Neil Marshall)
3

Darth Stujitzu

08-07-05, 09:56 PM

Capturing The Friedmans still leaves me with a lot of questions (and this is my 2nd watch). The police investigation was deeply flawed but the Friedman family themselves were so...well...weird that I can't feel a lot of empathy with them. It's a compelling film whatever side of the fence you sit though...

A very intresting documentary, I had to study it last year at film school. I've watched it 2-3 times now, in my opinion, the father was guilty, maybe not to the degree he was accused, but I think he did something, and that in itself is very sad. My main lasting memory of this documentary is how sad I felt for the oldest brother, he is living in a state of dissalusion and blind love for his dad. A very thought provoking documentary that I've enjoyed on all viewings, also studied " I'm trying to break your Heart " a documentary on the band Wilco, again an emotional rollercoaster of the band's new album which is panned by critics and leads to them being dropped by their record company, I won't ruin the ending but again a worthwhile documentary without any preaching a la Michael Moore.
Is it just me or is Moore a one trick pony now destined for the knacker's yard? I really enjoyed Faranheit 9/11, but if I have to hear about Flint Michigan one more time....., time to try something new and original Michael!

Strummer521

08-08-05, 01:14 AM

The Woodsman

I wrote my humble review but I don't feel like typing it out right now. It will appear in my thread sometime this week (Probably Tomorrow).

SamsoniteDelilah

08-08-05, 01:41 AM

Velvet Goldmine - 3/5 Some strong performances, esp by Ewen McGregor as a Jagger/Kobain hybrid and Christian Bale as a journalist very personally involved in his story. The story needed a little focusing, but the ride was fun. Almost Famous is quite similar and did a better job of involving us with the characters.

Pyro Tramp

08-08-05, 06:30 AM

I had a pleasant viewing of Darko yesterday and seeing as Pyro seems all clued up, I just need a few simple answers, i think i understand but there are some points that need clearing up for me..

1. What is the meaning of 'Cellar Door'?

2. How did he time travel?

3. (I think this i know but need some verification) What was Grandma Death's role?

Hehe, let me watch it again and i'll answer you then. Almost every class i was in at college was showed Donnie Darko at sometime, and i was the only person who had seen it, so i got a little frustrated by it, especcially as i had to explain to it the class, same with Mulholland Drive.

Tacitus

08-08-05, 06:56 AM

A very intresting documentary, I had to study it last year at film school....

Is it just me or is Moore a one trick pony now destined for the knacker's yard? I really enjoyed Faranheit 9/11, but if I have to hear about Flint Michigan one more time....., time to try something new and original Michael!

I think it's pretty clear that Arnie had a guilty secret - I'm just not convinced that it had anything to do with the computer class. So, in effect, he was rightly punished for the wrong crime (if you follow). Jesse cuts a tragic figure, as do David and their mother.

I used to like Michael Moore a lot - probably around the time of Roger And Me and TV Nation on C4. I soon realised that his films are about MM first and his supposed subject second. Taking them on that level they're interesting and throw up a lot of relevant stuff, but balanced they ain't...

Sedai

08-08-05, 10:51 AM

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Nichols, 1966) 5 Wonderful film.

Phantom of the Opera (Schumacher, 2004) 1 Didn't finish this one, it was almost as bad as Batman and Robin.

Hannie Caulder (Kennedy, 1971) 3 I like watching Raquel gunsling, and I love 'ol Borgie, but it was just a so-so western.

Macross Plus (Watanabe, 1994) 4 Great anime, sort of Neuromancer meets Top Gun.

The Beguiled (Siegal, 1971) 4 For anyone who wants to see Clint get taken down by a bunch of school girls. I love this film.

Two Mules for Sister Sarah (Siegal, 1970) 4_5 Classic western with some great lines...

Firefox (Eastwood, 1982) 2_5 Not Clint's best work, to be sure, but I like a cold war flick every now and then, and this fit the bill.

Pale Rider (Eastwood, 1985) 4 Loses points for being heavy handed in it's messages, especially since we have seen how subtle Clint can be with his direction in Unforgiven. Still, a great western...

Friday the 13th (Cunningham, 1980) 2_5 Seeing as how there are so many of these ****ty movies out there, I automatically put these in the "do not watch" catagory. Caught this in the wee hours Saturday night hile I was feverish. It was on IFC and in widescreen, so I figured, what the hell, and you know... I enjoyed this film. The amatuerish feel sort of added to the creepy feel of the film. I found myself getting tense quite a bit, as they build suspense well in the first couple of acts. I also really liked the music. Then again, I did have a fever. I don't even know if I had seen this film. I didn't remember it.

The Last Broadcast (Avalos, 1998) 2_5 Um...traumatizing!! The finale of this film bothered me, as it seemed so damn real.... Not for the squeamish....

I was sick all day yesterday, so I watched films all day.... The CLint Marathon was on the evil AMC, but I liked many of the films and decided to deal with the editing and the commercials...

voneil7

08-08-05, 02:11 PM

Coffee and Cigarettes - 3.5/5. Overall a pretty good movie. At times it moved a bit slow, but that was made up for by some very good scenes.

undercoverlover

08-08-05, 03:05 PM

Born on the 4th of July--- I love this film more and more every time i watch it. he tale of ron Kovic starts out when he is a school kid wanting to do his part for his country in the vietnam war. Ron, played excellently by Tom Cruise, goes to war and finds it isnt bullets and glory. Incidents that happened in the dunes of a vietnam beach area leave him with nightmares of his actions. After being severly wounded Ron stays in a war hospitals with disgusting conditions. He is paralysed from the mid-chest down and on his return home he finds that the world has changed its mind on the war. his sacrifice was all for nothing.

He heads to mexico for a break from his family and finds a large group of paralysed war veterans playing cards, drinking all day and making the most of the local ladies 'hospitality'. Realising that the government wasnt clear about the war and the country was lied to he becomes an activist with the antiwar demonstrators. This is a well told story with Tom Cruise flexing his acting muscles to the fullest. He shows a good transformation from the young Ron to the scarred veteran with great depth and emotion. Willem Dafoe was wonderful as the embitterned parapelegic Charlie whose answer to it all is '****** em all.'

Pyro Tramp

08-08-05, 04:29 PM

Holden Pike

08-08-05, 05:40 PM

Blade Runner: The Directors Cut
I'd like to have a discussion about the different versions if anyones up for it. Not really a discussion as much as having them explained to me lol.

HERE (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=4891) is a thread to read through and add on to. BladeRunner has been discussed in many ofther threads too, do a search and you'll find bunches.

Thursday Next

08-08-05, 05:49 PM

Vanity Fair 3.5/5

Fairly enjoyable, very pretty (directed by Mira Nair and featuring the gorgeous Jonathan Rhys Meyers, so of course!), a bit 'nicer' than the book, but not a bad watch.

Pyro Tramp

08-08-05, 05:56 PM

Thanks Holden, forgot to search. Oops. At least i didn't start a new thread.

Sedai

08-08-05, 06:01 PM

Blade Runner: The Directors Cut (uber-rewatch) Don't think i've seen this one (not sure which cut though) since i was about 10, it was even more amazing this time round, even if i did fall asleep and have to finish it the morning. 6/5

I'd like to have a discussion about the different versions if anyones up for it. Not really a discussion as much as having them explained to me lol.

My favorite film of all time! There has been no less than six versions of Blade Runner shown at various times in it's existence, the most popular and widely seen are the DC and the '82 thater release. The main differences between the directors cut and the '82 theater print are:

- Deckard had a voice over in the '82 release, which was IMO, wooden and forced, and was inserted because some fools didn't "get" the film, and thought that adding a deadpan expository narration would help the film. It didn't. Luckily Scott removed it for the DC.

- The unicorn dream was not present in the '82 release, which is one of the main factors reinforcing the "deckard is a replicant" theme in the film.

- There are some dialogue changes as well, but all are minor. The original dialogue in the 'blue room" scene with Capt. Bryant has been modified. Some dialouge from Gaff near the beginning, during the long spinner trip to the police station has been removed. He was just sort of ragging on Deckard. You can still see his lips move of course, but the dialogue is gone. The dialogue between Deckard and the snake designer has been changed...

- and the BIG difference...The theater release had a tacked on happy ending using left-over footage from The Shining, showing Rachel and Deckard driving off into the sunset to live happily ever after, with Deck explaining that Rachel was a new type of replicant, with no termination date.... L A M E

For more info, scope out this (http://www.blade-runner.it/versioni-e.html) great site...

Monkeypunch

08-08-05, 06:13 PM

War of the Worlds - Loved it. Scary as hell.

Tacitus

08-08-05, 06:14 PM

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004, Niels Muller)

3.5/5

Rewatch - and not exactly through choice. Naomi Watts is excellent in a small role, some great depictions of a salesman's life (I've pulled a few of those scams myself) and nicely subtle score. I just wish Penn would stop acting so blimmin' hard... :)

http://www.filmstew.com/Users/ReviewsViews/10547/watts.jpg

jrs

08-08-05, 10:33 PM

My Date with Drew - 4

Strummer521

08-09-05, 12:48 AM

I just wish Penn would stop acting so blimmin' hard... :)

Funny, that's one thing I like about him, he works so hard. He goes at it hardcore in just about every movie. His performances are extreme and you never know when he will snap. I find it exciting to watch. Plus he makes great choices as to what films to be in. I have a sneaking suspicion that he might actually be a bad actor, but hell, I love the guy.

Ezikiel

08-09-05, 01:07 AM

Fitzcarraldo, A+
1982 - Werner Herzog

http://www.fantomfilm.cz/pic/15/fitzcarraldo3.jpg

Herzog pulls off another absolutely brilliant film with such a great eye for visuals, just absolutely jaw-dropping. The film is both visually stunning, as a terrific tale on this man, and Klaus Kinski plays him in a way to show every side to this character, madness, obssesion, charm, and intrigue, he does yet another performance to show his brilliance as an actor. This is now my favorite Herzog film, the man's a great director, especially in the company of Kinski, both are just marvalous to watch.

IDigCereal

08-09-05, 02:28 AM

Busier than I thought I'd be lately... what happened to my early summer nothingness. Oi vey.

Undertow- 3.5/4

Also watched a documentary on cult movies made for the Encore network called Midnight Movies. I'm not rating it, as its not a movie, but it got me really cooking to see El Topo.

Ezikiel

08-09-05, 03:18 AM

Also watched a documentary on cult movies made for the Encore network called Midnight Movies. I'm not rating it, as its not a movie, but it got me really cooking to see El Topo.
I saw that too, and man, El Topo looks so great. I wish at least one of Alejandro Jodorowsky films was released on DVD and not a shotty edited pan-&-scan VHS, because his work looks great.

Strummer521

08-09-05, 01:16 PM

A Very Long Engagement
5

A sweet fairy tale, an epic mystery, a wonderful and beautiful film. To top it all off, I watched it on Audrey Tautou's birthday.

blibblobblib

08-09-05, 02:38 PM

The Last Broadcast (Avalos, 1998) 2_5 Um...traumatizing!! The finale of this film bothered me, as it seemed so damn real.... Not for the squeamish...
Im intrigued. Whast this about Sed? Should i rent it?

Pyro Tramp

08-09-05, 07:16 PM

American Psycho 3/4 (rewatch)

Seems much more tame this time, i remembered excessive violence and nudity from the first time i saw this. On the bright side, it gives room to take notice of Bale's wonderful performance and the great 80's atmosphere.

Monkeypunch

08-09-05, 07:34 PM

Kung Fu Hustle - This movie OWNS. It's insanely funny.

Ezikiel

08-10-05, 02:18 AM

Bad Santa, B
2003 - Terry Zwigoff

http://images.contactmusic.com/images/reviews/badsanta.jpg

Although not as creative or as intelligently funny as his earlier film Ghost World, Zwigoff pulls off something most other comedies get very wrong; he pulls off a very funny film that's insanely vulgar. The film consist of very simple situations, which without the greatness of Billy Bob Thornton, perhaps couldn't have been accomplished. Thornton together with Zwigoff made a piece of comedy that works very well, and I must say I enjoyed myself immensly.

Sedai

08-10-05, 10:27 AM

Im intrigued. Whast this about Sed? Should i rent it?
It's sort of Blair Witch like...A flase documentary that investigates a murder mystery. It built tension and intrigue well, but then flushed it down the toilet with the finale. Still, the finale was disturbing, and it got to me for a few hours after I saw it, as it....just seemed so real!! Unnerving film, but not that great. Not sure I would recommend it...

Lance McCool

08-10-05, 11:59 AM

Broken Flowers
(d. Jim Jarmusch)

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Thursday Next

08-10-05, 03:39 PM

Sin City....wow. Just wow.

Tacitus

08-10-05, 04:42 PM

The Winslow Boy (1999, David Mamet)

4/5

Excellent adaptation of Rattigan's play and a welcome change of pace from Mamet. Nigel Hawthorne is fantastic as the vulnerable partiarch.

http://www.kinofenster.de/neukino/img/winslow.jpg

voneil7

08-10-05, 05:27 PM

The Third Man - 4/5 Excellent film!!

LordSlaytan

08-10-05, 06:14 PM

Im intrigued. Whast this about Sed? Should i rent it?I rented this back when it was new to VHS because the cover said something in the lines of, “If you like The Blair Witch Project, you’ll love this!”

Liars.

It has one hell of a creepy ending, but that’s about it.

Broken Flowers
(d. Jim Jarmusch)Man…I hate being broke. I gotta see this. And soon!

Sin City....wow. Just wow.Yay!

The Winslow Boy (1999, David Mamet)I keep passing this one up. It sounds like you enjoyed it and that’s good enough for me.

The Third Man - 4/5 Excellent film!!Yay!

Cassidy Bogart

08-10-05, 09:09 PM

Tupac Resurrection-Better then I thought it would be

Misirlou

08-11-05, 12:52 AM

Days of Thunder-Definitely the best Nascar movie out there. ;)

Anonymous Last

08-11-05, 12:56 AM

Days of Thunder-Definitely the best Nascar movie out there. ;)
Was that like Top Gun but with out the wings?

Misirlou

08-11-05, 01:02 AM

Was that like Top Gun but with out the wings? Without the wings and without that song "Take My Breath Away"

Anonymous Last

08-11-05, 01:09 AM

Without the wings and without that song "Take My Breath Away"
Makes me want to watch the movie Six Pack.

Misirlou

08-11-05, 01:11 AM

Makes me want to watch the movie Six Pack. What is Six Pack?

Anonymous Last

08-11-05, 01:17 AM

What is Six Pack?I think it's a movie with Kenny Rogers who is a race car driver and is some how stuck with some kids who steals car parts.

Misirlou

08-11-05, 01:21 AM

I think it's a movie with Kenny Rogers who is a race car driver and is some how stuck with some kids who steals car parts.
:laugh: Now I want to watch it

Strummer521

08-11-05, 03:32 AM

Rear Window

Easily one of my top 4 Hitchcock films. (I have only seen 4 ;))

Tacitus

08-11-05, 06:56 AM

I keep passing this one up. It sounds like you enjoyed it and that’s good enough for me.

Likewise for me until I saw it on sale. Think of Merchant Ivory with Mametian dialogue (though restrained, he can't help himself. Help himself? Though restrained, he can't). Excellent commentary with Mamet, Jeremy Northam and Nigel Hawthorne (still can't believe he's gone) and Rebecca Pidgeon, who's only slightly less annoying than usual - the only minus point.

Sedai

08-11-05, 10:00 AM

Barton Fink (Coens, 1991) - Finally got to see this Coen Bros. movie, and I thought it was fantastic. Subtle and thought provoking. Wonderful symbolism in the film. Highly recommended, a great commentary on art and artists...

4_5

voneil7

08-11-05, 11:15 AM

Spider-Man 2 - 4/5 I thought this was much better than the first one.

undercoverlover

08-11-05, 05:34 PM

Chocolat --- Little Juliette Binoche is so cute in this movie, bless her little cotton socks! This movie is so cute it will charm the pants off you

Strummer521

08-11-05, 07:54 PM

The Machinist

Quite a bit like Memento, but I liked it better. It is more relatable as Christian Bale's character is an everyman, while Guy Pearce plays the James Bond of people with mental disorders.

Misirlou

08-11-05, 07:59 PM

The Graduate-Hilarious and the Simon and Garfunkel music was awesome

"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me. Aren't you?" :laugh:

Sedai

08-11-05, 11:30 PM

The Age of Innocence (Scorsese, 1993)

4

blibblobblib

08-12-05, 08:01 AM

Rear Window

Easily one of my top 4 Hitchcock films. (I have only seen 4 ;))
I really like Rear Window, the set design in which Hitch shot the movie is amazing. I think if i had that view to look at all day i'd be where Jimmy is too, but without the wheelchair. The tension towards the end when Lisa is over in that bad mans apartment is almost unbearable, especially when the man finally spots L.B and comes over. Oh my. My only problem with the film though is i think it is far too long. It could be made a lot shorter, but instead Hitch chooses to really flesh out the misogynistic character of L.B and i'm not really sure it's that necessary. Glad you liked it Strumm :yup:

susan

08-12-05, 08:25 AM

rear window is my favorite alfred hitchcock film while my husband loves vertigo...

watched ghostbusters and ghostbusters 2....still just as great....

voneil7

08-12-05, 11:52 AM

The Night of the Hunter (1955) - 3.5/5. Overall an interesting flick.

Sedai

08-12-05, 01:04 PM

Blow Out (DePalma, 1981) - I love a lot about this film, but man, who gave nancy Allen a job? She is awful...lol. Still, I like this one, they don't cop out in the end...

Ezikiel

08-12-05, 01:33 PM

Hable con ella, A+
2002 - Pedro Almodóvar

Night of the Living Dead, B+
1968 - George A. Romero

Pyro Tramp

08-12-05, 02:51 PM

Harold and Kumar Overall i was suprised how well made this was, but it still wasn't very funny. Nice concept though, easy to relate to :p 3/5

Dogma This is by far the furthest stretched entry into to the Jay and Silent Bob est, but damn it, i still love it. Great ensemble cast, and a **** demon. 5/5

Holden Pike

08-12-05, 03:03 PM

Blow Out (DePalma, 1981)
...but man, who gave Nancy Allen a job? She is awful...lol.

The man who was sleeping with her and married to her at the time, the writer and director of the film Brian DePalma. She was also in three of his previous movies, Carrie, Home Movies and Dressed to Kill.

http://www.filasiete.com/briandepalma.jpg (http://images.art.com/images/products/large/10102000/10102163.jpg)

Tacitus

08-12-05, 07:09 PM

The first 20 minutes of Alexander (2004, A Guy Who Used To Be Oliver Stone)

2/5

Tried to watch this last night but both me and the person I was watching it with were in fits of laughter by 5 minutes...

The DVD goes back tomorrow, I might have got to half an hour by then.

"To be sure, to be sure Alexander! Sure you'll rule the world some day, so ye will! Ye will ye will ye will ye will ye will." And so on...

http://www.phill.co.uk/comedy/ted/ft10.jpg
Stone's first choice for Alexander was deemed 'not Irish enough'.

Strummer521

08-12-05, 10:09 PM

Wedding Crashers 2/5 or maybe 2.5/5 but probably 2/5

This was better than I expected. The writing wasn't very good and it was predictable but the great comedic timing and delivery or Owen Wilson and especially Vince Vaughn kept it fun and kinda funny. Rachel McAdams' performance was a bit akward at times but that's ok because she's beautiful. Newcomer Keir O'Donnell is funny and very comitted to his small role. Wilson lacks the chops for the dramatic scenes he's in, but Vince Vaughn helps him out with his ability to adapt any lines to his unique style so that they are pretty believable. Oh, and Will Ferrell's nicely over-the-top cameo is fun to watch as well. A solid popcorn flick and possibly a good date movie (not that I'm any expert on that).

Misirlou

08-12-05, 10:13 PM

Strummer521

08-12-05, 11:49 PM

I agree with most of the points you made, but overall I liked this movie much more than you did. Probably because I've had a soft spot for Vince Vaughn ever since I saw Swingers :)

Yeah Vaughn is great, even though so many of his movies aren't

linespalsy

08-13-05, 12:52 AM

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994, Sayles)
The Tragedy of Othello (1952, Welles)

LordSlaytan

08-13-05, 01:06 AM

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994, Sayles)
The Tragedy of Othello (1952, Welles)Oh!

I'm so envious!

undercoverlover

08-13-05, 07:39 AM

Blade Runner ---- made my younger brother watch it with me, while i love this movie to death he was less than impressed

Sedai

08-13-05, 01:59 PM

Blade Runner ---- made my younger brother watch it with me, while i love this movie to death he was less than impressed
Unfortunately, there comes a time in some folks life when they must face a tough decision...like giving up one's younger brother for adoption. There are plenty of Blade Runner fans that would love to be your younger brother, let's give them a chance.

We are all behind you, 100%.

Meanwhile:

The Fisher King (Gilliam, 1991)
Kung Fu Hustle (Chow, 2004)

Eyes

08-13-05, 02:09 PM

Scream, 1, 2, and 3

Caitlyn

08-13-05, 02:44 PM

Unfortunately, there comes a time in some folks life when they must face a tough decision...like giving up one's younger brother for adoption. There are plenty of Blade Runner fans that would love to be your younger brother, let's give them a chance.

We are all behind you, 100%.

:rotfl:

Oh, and I haven't had time to watch a movie since I got back… I feel serious withdrawals coming on…

undercoverlover

08-13-05, 04:54 PM

:bawling: its good to know i have a support network, i think ill look into a blade runner adoption program

Strummer521

08-14-05, 12:05 AM

Once Upon a Time in the West
My first real western. If there are more like this, I think I could really get to like this genre. This just may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. :D

Here's one time when a blind buy paid off in spades!

Anyone got any tips for what the second western I watch should be?

Holden Pike

08-14-05, 12:16 AM

Strummer521

08-14-05, 12:20 AM

Thanks Holden, I had a feeling it would be you that would help me out. :)

An interesting fact i just picked up: When Leone made Once Upon a Time in the West, he was tired of Westerns and wanted to make Once Upon a Time in America instead. But he was told to make another western and so he did and well...

"Sometimes you do your best work with a gun to your head."
-Chili Palmer- Get Shorty

Misirlou

08-14-05, 01:15 AM

Anyone got any tips for what the second western I watch should be?I loved Unforgiven and The Wild Bunch just as much as Holden and they are great movies for newcomers to the genre to watch. After you watch those I suggest you try out Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Tacitus

08-14-05, 08:06 AM

Land And Freedom (1995, Ken Loach)

4/5

A young Englishman goes to Spain in 1936 to fight in their Civil War against the Fascists. Ian Hart must be the most underrated, and thus overlooked, English actor of his generation.

Great film, highly recommended.

http://www.bauleros.org/land2.jpg

chicagofrog

08-14-05, 11:34 AM

okay, here's a small summary of the movies i watched while i was away from "home".
Exorcist, the Beginning, 2004
Decoys, Canada 2003, not so bad actually, cuz of the nice sisters i guess...
Highwaymen, Canada 2003, even better
My Wife's a Gangster, Korea 2003, real, real funny and good action flick too
Cellular, 2004, good action flick too
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2004, this time i saw it in Europe, a big change from Columbus, Ohio, and i won't stop loving that movie and the actors in it
Resident Evil, 2002, there's more than Milla's full frontal there, i reckon
Collateral, 2004, even Cruise i usually cannot stand is supportable in there
Bicheunmu/Bichunmoo, Korea 2000, exaggerated martial arts, well done though
White Oleander, 2002, Alison Lohman, wow! and Renee Zellweger, i love you as always... sad, excellent movie
Million Dollar Baby, 2004, nuffsaid, nuffsad
In Good Company, 2004, just okay, nothing more
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, 2005, real good fun
Sin City, 2004, can't stop watching it! :cool:
War Of The Worlds, 2005, well well, i do prefer the old one, by far
The Island, 2005, when you've got Scarlett and the best action since Matrix 1, i guess you're happy for a while
Hide And Seek, 2005, Dakota Fanning rules, and so doesn't De Niro anymore!
Gothica, 2003, well...
Hypnotized, good if slightly confusing and confused Korean flick, but great photography as always
Aviator, 2004, :up: :up:
Madagascar, 2005, excellent cartoon, really made me laugh more than once, and that seldom happens...
A Love Song For Bobby Long, 2005, i like Scarlett, i like Travolta, i like country music and the atmosphere, so, i liked it
Sahara, 2005, i can't stand the Cruz, and some action is not enough to make a good movie
School Of Life, 2005, was too sleepy to remember it...
Saint Ange, F 2003, Virginie Ledoyen mmmmmh, plus a photography that reminds of The Others, what more dya want?
Saekjeuk shigong/Sex Is Zero, Korea 2002, at times much more vulgar than American Pie, does it tell you something?
Matrix, 1999, fot the tenth time or so...............
Brodeuses, F 2004, not so good...
Godsend, 2004, twas okay
La Demoiselle d'honneur, F 2004, it is Chabrol! so you're sure the movie'll be good, or excellent. i really really liked it, more like an atmospheric movie, recommended
Sling Blade, 1995, Billy Bob Thornton (almost) never disappoints me, and he's simply great in there
Sieben Sommersprossen/Seven Freckles, East Germany 1978, those Germans were such hippies, it's kinda touching...

Lance McCool

08-14-05, 01:11 PM

Quiz Show
(d. Robert Redford - 1994)

I had never seen this flick, but a friend of mine was always gushing about it, so I decided to check it out. Wasn't expecting much, but I got an amazing film highlighted by Fiennes & Turturro's best performances to date and a compelling screenplay from Paul Attanasio. Just a great movie.

http://www.dvdreview.com/fullreviews/Images/QuizShow/QuizShow11.jpg

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Piddzilla

08-14-05, 03:24 PM

Masjävlar / Dalecarlians (2004 - Maria Blom)

A very nice, funny and moving swedish comedy/drama about a young woman who comes back from the big city to her rural childhood hometown for her dad's 70th birthday. I guess a very few if any of you will get a chance to see this one but if you do I'd advice you to take the chance and see it. At first I thought that it might be "too swedish" for an international audience, but after having thought about it I think the things the film deals with (tensions between city and country, old and young, modern and unmodern, traditions and new) are similar in the entire western society.

Tacitus

08-15-05, 09:11 AM

Hide And Seek (2005, John Polson)

1.5/5

One of those unfortunate 'seen everything else in the shop' moments. Dakota Fanning gives a subtle little performance but, given that script, didn't have to exactly extend herself (I can't believe I'm talking like that about an 11 year old, even younger when she filmed this dreck).

DeNiro. What can I say? Is his abysmal choice of films recently to blame for such a one-note, sleepwalking performance? Or has he merely become a one-note, sleepwalking kind of actor who is content to pick up paychecks without having to extend himself?

He's certainly got nothing to prove but, for me, every forgettable thriller like Hide And Seek and Godsend dilutes his authority. I see he's penned in to star (and produce) in Jonathan Glazer's remake of the pretty darn average Nakata film, Chaos.

Oh well... ;)

http://www.pennyblood.com/famke_2.jpg
One day, Bob's hardcore fans invaded the Hide And Seek set and tried to point out where it's all going wrong.

Sedai

08-15-05, 10:48 AM

I loved Unforgiven and The Wild Bunch just as much as Holden and they are great movies for newcomers to the genre to watch. After you watch those I suggest you try out Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Hmmmm, I would get a few of the more traditinal westerns under my belt before going for Unforgiven. I think one needs to be pretty familiar with the "classic" western before they see Eastwood's brilliant deconstruction of the genre. Watch the Leone stuff, and maybe a few Eastwood films like Josey Wales and Pale Rider, then pop in Unforgiven. I think it will have more impact/meaning done that way. At least it did for me...

Meanwhile:

Whale Rider (Caro, 2002)- drifty and spacey, and somewhat enjoyable, even if it got a bit fairy tale-ish near the end. I did enjoy getting a peek into an interesting and very different culture, which is what I enjoyed about the film, as well as the photography, I just have trouble buying the mystical stuff....

3_5

Dressed to Kill (DePalma, 1980) - More DePalma Shlock. Growing up in the 70s, I have a special place in my heart for crap like this. Also, the museum scene is quite well done, if not a bit derivative of Hitch....

3

The Big Lebowski (Coens, 1998) - High art, this one....

5

Holden Pike

08-15-05, 12:05 PM

Hmmmm, I would get a few of the more traditinal westerns under my belt before going for Unforgiven. I think one needs to be pretty familiar with the "classic" western before they see Eastwood's brilliant deconstruction of the genre. Watch the Leone stuff, and maybe a few Eastwood films like Josey Wales and Pale Rider, then pop in Unforgiven. I think it will have more impact/meaning done that way. At least it did for me...

Those Westerns you list as "traditional" are all Revisionist, actually. The "classic" Westerns would be John Ford and John Wayne movies or High Noon, stuff like that.

In any event, one need not be versed in Western lore or at all familiar with the genre in any of its periods to be blown away by Unforgiven.

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"...or I'll come back and kill every one of you sonsabitches."

Caitlyn

08-15-05, 12:21 PM

Sin City (2005) - 4/5
The Wedding Date (2005) - 2 ½/5
The Man Who Cried (2000) - 3 ½/5
Monsoon Wedding (2001) - 3 ½/5

Sedai

08-15-05, 01:19 PM

Those Westerns you list as "traditional" are all Revisionist, actually. The "classic" Westerns would be John Ford and John Wayne movies or High Noon, stuff like that.

In any event, one need not be versed in Western lore or at all familiar with the genre in any of its periods to be blown away by Unforgiven.

http://cache.filmz.dk/3879_272x200.jpg
"...or I'll come back and kill every one of you sonsabitches."

I think it would blow anyone away on some levels, but the more subtle things Clint is saying with this piece might get missed if they hadn;t seen the revisionist stuff, especially the stuff with Eastwood himself in it. It made Unforgiven just that much better for me, anyway. I like revisiting it after an afternoon of old school westerns, mostly the revisionist stuff, as you know, I haven;t really even seen much of the Ford/Wayne stuff!! Yeah, Yeah, I know, one only has so much time....

Meanwhile I waste time watching old DePalma crap instead... No hope for me, it appears...

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 01:58 PM

Midnight Cowboy - very strong performances draw us into this character-driven piece. John Voight and Dustin Hoffman pair up as a grungy odd couple. The message is ultimately salvation but I felt the balance in this relationship was a hair off. Voight is a little overshadowed by Hoffman's Ratso Rizzo, making what would be a story of redemption and second chances into a somewhat depressing story of a failed dream... with a little redemption thrown in.

I've started to notice a pattern in my perception that I'm not sure I can do anything about, other than keep in mind when rating things: I detested living through the 70's - it was a pretty crappy period of my life - and anything that really captures that fetid, foul decade makes my teeth itch to distraction.

Adjusting for that, I'd give this a 4/5.

LordSlaytan

08-15-05, 02:30 PM

I've started to notice a pattern in my perception that I'm not sure I can do anything about, other than keep in mind when rating things: I detested living through the 70's - it was a pretty crappy period of my life - and anything that really captures that fetid, foul decade makes my teeth itch to distraction.Wow. That's too bad.

I can understand though.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 02:35 PM

Wow. That's too bad.

I can understand though.
Well, at least I realised it. For awhile there, I just thought you 70's film loving people were insane. :p

LordSlaytan

08-15-05, 02:44 PM

Well, at least I realised it. For awhile there, I just thought you 70's film loving people were insane. :pYou know what? I've always had this thing about 70's films...I get really, really, burnt out watching them sometimes. It has to do with the type of film and sound editing that was used back then. I don't know how to explain it, actually. I love film from that decade, I really do, but I can't watch too many in one sitting without the aid of a nap.

As far as you recognizing the fact…I’ve been going through that for a while now too; not the same problem, but still…

Nowadays when I watch a film, I find myself paying particular attention to directorial style, editing, the uniqueness of cinematography (if there is any), sound editing/mixing, etc. It’s changed everything. I can’t just accept some movies like I used to be able to. Old favorites of mine have lessened in my eyes because now I can see. What a pain in the ass.

Still…I’d rather be that way than the way I used to be. Sure, there are bunches of films that don’t cut it for me anymore, but there are even more that have become favorites that I just couldn’t see deeply enough before to appreciate them.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 02:50 PM

You know what? I've always had this thing about 70's films...I get really, really, burnt out watching them sometimes. It has to do with the type of film and sound editing that was used back then. I don't know how to explain it, actually. I love film from that decade, I really do, but I can't watch too many in one sitting without the aid of a nap.

As far as you recognizing the fact…I’ve been going through that for a while now too; not the same problem, but still…

Nowadays when I watch a film, I find myself paying particular attention to directorial style, editing, the uniqueness of cinematography (if there is any), sound editing/mixing, etc. It’s changed everything. I can’t just accept some movies like I used to be able to. Old favorites of mine have lessened in my eyes because now I can see. What a pain in the ass.

Still…I’d rather be that way than the way I used to be. Sure, there are bunches of films that don’t cut it for me anymore, but there are even more that have become favorites that I just couldn’t see deeply enough before to appreciate them.
Yeah, there is something drowse-inducing about them. I couldn't turn off the subtitles on this disc, and wound up really glad I hadn't - I was totally dependant on them in a couple of scenes (my apartment has some stuff going on right now, is also part of the problem there). There's also a grainiess/yellowish tinge to the film, it always seems. And the moral landscape is just as murky. And nobody bathed. ew.

Yep, I've gone through the same thing. My taste in film has changed radically in the last 3 years, from having been exposed to really great filmmaking and discussion about it on message boards.

I'm still fascinated by the lower-brow appeal though. The book The DaVinci Code is a great example of this. It's got stock characters, run of the mill prose and a far-fetched situation... but it's such a page turner. I read it in 2 days - could not stop reading. I think the films we tend to like when we don't know how to see them objectively are still worth a lot in terms of reaching an audience.

LordSlaytan

08-15-05, 02:53 PM

Still...Midnight Cowboy, for me anyway, is in a league of its own. It's also my favorite Hoffman performance, and with him being my favorite actor, it makes it where I can't help but adore the film. I agree with you though, Dustin did outshine Voight in a big way, but not so much for me that I want to 'ding' the film.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 02:58 PM

LordSlaytan

08-15-05, 03:01 PM

I edited in response to your expanded post, above...
I love Hoffman, too, and really liked RR. I just thought it was terribly sad that he died before getting to Florida. His character really exists to speed up Voight's character's disenchantment with this icky life, but I ended up caring more about Ratso.You're preaching to the snot-nosed-from-crying-so-much choir, sistah.

Okay, I didn't cry...but I could have if my dog died while watching it or sumptin'!

His character really exists to speed up Voight's character's disenchantment with this icky life, but I ended up caring more about Ratso.:yup: I think most of us do.

Strummer521

08-15-05, 03:54 PM

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 04:14 PM

Damnit! I just read that spoiler and I haven't seen the film. What was I thinking? :nope:
hee... curiosity... cat... yadda yadda
It's not a suprise ending really though. If you can't see that coming, you've been living far from other humans. :p

Sedai

08-15-05, 04:28 PM

Almost forgot my guilty pleasure viewing this weekend (well it was in the AM Sunday morning after an interesting evening)...

April Fools Day (Walton, 1986) - Terrible Film. But, I have always liked it. One of those I used to watch on tape back in high school on a Friday night....

SamsoniteDelilah

08-15-05, 04:33 PM

I have a guilty pleasure confession, as well.
This weekend, I finished watching the first season of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. It got off to a rather slow start, but eps 9 and 10 were pretty good and both 11 and 12 were awesome! Sarah Michelle Gellar kinda blew my doors off, and that's not something I expected I'd EVER say. :p

undercoverlover

08-15-05, 05:11 PM

^^^season 1 rocks! i love it but then again i love that entire show to death

Dangerous Minds --- cool film with some emotional parts but the 'dangerous' kids arent actually that badly behaved when you think about it

Misirlou

08-15-05, 06:07 PM

I just finished watching Blade Runner. Not at all what I was expecting, but it was still a great film.
:D

Strummer521

08-15-05, 06:10 PM

What a coincidence. Everybody's been watching it lately.. I plan on watching it tonight.

chicagofrog

08-15-05, 07:25 PM

Acacia, Korea 2003, sad poetic finale, like they're used to make

Misirlou

08-16-05, 01:04 AM

I just finished watching Ordinary People..........:bawling:

Sedai

08-16-05, 01:15 AM

Blade Runner - European Theatrical Cut (Scott, 1982)

Pyro Tramp

08-16-05, 10:01 AM

Lost Highway Can see the seeds for the far superior Mulholland Dr being sown..... Cute film, need to watch again to get my head around it, for some reason i thought it was going to be a more sci-fi/Mad Max type of film? 3.5/5

Eraserhead Slightly disappointing, was expecting so much more. But looking at how early in Lynch's filmography it appears, it's quite impressive. I can see where Japanese Tetsuo: The Iron Man gets a lot of inspiration, though i still prefer Tetsuo 3/5

Pumpkinhead Fun little horror with the ever excellent Lance Henriksen. Quite dragged for the beginning, no real sense of threat but when it got to where there the last two 'city folk' were left it picked up a lot. Better than all the standard Friday 13th slasher affairs. 3/5

undercoverlover

08-16-05, 03:52 PM

Saved! --- i have waited quite a while to see this movie and today me and my movie buddy watched and laughed our asses off. This was unexpected laughing, we knew it was funny but we were unprepared. Jena Malone plays Mary, a young christian girl, who sleeps with her boyfriend when she discovers he is gay to 'de-gayify' him. Pregnancy enevitably follows. Her school community is less than sympathetic, lead by the righteous Hilary-Faye, brilliantly played by Mandy Moore.

Dead Like me - pilot episode, i am loving this show after one episode

Anonymous Last

08-16-05, 04:15 PM

Chocolat --- This movie is so cute it will charm the pants off you
Sweet! I need to watch movies with people like you!

SamsoniteDelilah

08-16-05, 04:24 PM

PimpDaShizzle V2.0

08-16-05, 04:43 PM

The Lawnmower Man :laugh:
O my gawd diz guyz such a pimp. He like is special and mows lawns and then some sexy hunk lets him play video games an den he gets sexy too an haz da sex with a sexy lady, O MY GAWD diz movie rocks!

I LOVE CYBER SEX!

What's Eating Gilbert Grape :D
First time seeing this movie and I like it. Leonardo DiCaprio is the man even when he's "special."

The Craft :p
That extra-pasty-white-girl that played in American History X is good at being mean. I think this movie has a pretty good build and climax considering it's a teen-popcorn flick.

Tacitus

08-16-05, 07:11 PM

North By Northwest (1959, Alfred Hitchcock)

5/5

My favourite film by the tubby suspense-meister and the first time I've experienced it in glorius 5.1orama. I almost ducked from the crop duster myself... ;)

http://liquidtheater.com/review_images/346.jpg

Piddzilla

08-16-05, 08:00 PM

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003 - Errol Morris)

An interesting and honest biographic film with and about the former Secretary of Defense by the filmmaker that gave us the brilliant documentary The Thin Blue Line (1988). That one along with The Fog of War are the only two films by Morris that I've seen but he has a very original style in which he makes documentaries, it seems. The Thin Blue Line was almost like a drama/documentary and The Fog of War contains some of those dramatic elements as well but not as much as its 15 years older forerunner. The film is basically an interview with McNamara mixed with lots of archive footage and taped conversations and it's actually quite interesting to listen to what the man has to say about his life and the events in which he played a significant role. The empahsis of the film lies of course on the Vietnam war and McNamara's relationship to presidents Kennedy and Johnson.

Anyway, it's a good film...

Tacitus

08-16-05, 08:14 PM

Anyway, it's a good film...

Yup, it's excellent. :up:

blibblobblib

08-16-05, 10:01 PM

Dead Like me - pilot episode, i am loving this show after one episode
Urgh. I wouldn't bother with this show. I watched the Pilot and was hooked, it seemed ilke it had great potential to be a really deep, funny, black and philosophical show. So my bro ended up buying me the whole of season one. But its just awful. I mean sure there are some funny moments, but most of the time it doesnt make sense, raises no philosophical questions or answers about death and just gets pretty annoying after a while. I can understand why theyve since cancelled it after only 2 seasons.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-17-05, 01:41 AM

Urgh. I wouldn't bother with this show. I watched the Pilot and was hooked, it seemed ilke it had great potential to be a really deep, funny, black and philosophical show. So my bro ended up buying me the whole of season one. But its just awful. I mean sure there are some funny moments, but most of the time it doesnt make sense, raises no philosophical questions or answers about death and just gets pretty annoying after a while. I can understand why theyve since cancelled it after only 2 seasons.
Oh. Hmm..
Hey, have you seen Six Feet Under? That also deals with death and does have some depth and humor and all that.

Monkeypunch

08-17-05, 02:33 AM

Sin City - I was quite critical of this film when it came out because of how many people insisted that it was an instant classic, a masterpiece up there with Pulp Fiction, the second coming of Jesus, but in movie form...

It's not, but it is an entertaining film in it's own right, a dark nasty, and deleriously funny film noir with a lot of quoteable lines and some fun performances by a uniformly good cast. I still think the whole idea of using CGI sets instead of real ones is a bad one in general, and will be bad for cinema in particular, but here it does help make the live actors look like Frank Miller's nihilistic cartoon anti-heroes. I'm sure there will be a sequel, and I will see it, because I am a fan of the original comics and of this film as well.

undercoverlover

08-17-05, 07:02 AM

Sweet! I need to watch movies with people like you!

oh you charmer you ;)

Urgh. I wouldn't bother with this show. I watched the Pilot and was hooked, it seemed ilke it had great potential to be a really deep, funny, black and philosophical show. So my bro ended up buying me the whole of season one. But its just awful. I mean sure there are some funny moments, but most of the time it doesnt make sense, raises no philosophical questions or answers about death and just gets pretty annoying after a while. I can understand why theyve since cancelled it after only 2 seasons.

i actually stayed up till 2:49 am watching 3 discs of the season 1 box set. I am hooked. It doesn't pretend to be deep and philisophical but i find it hilarious, i see a lot of myself in George and Mason is so cute

chicagofrog

08-17-05, 09:16 AM

The Eye Ten, HK/Thailand 2003, not too good, not as good as this director's (Oxide Pang Chun) other movies anyway, so, disappointing

blibblobblib

08-17-05, 10:19 AM

Oh. Hmm..
Hey, have you seen Six Feet Under? That also deals with death and does have some depth and humor and all that.
i LOVE Six Feet Under, am a huge fan. Theyve just started showing the last season over here in the UK, am so gutted that theyre cancelling this wonderful show, it's such a shame.

Dea ex machina...

08-17-05, 11:13 AM

Anybody here who truly appreciates Lost in Translation? Excellent film.

Sedai

08-17-05, 11:17 AM

Anybody here who truly appreciates Lost in Translation? Excellent film.
There are many here who like the film, a few who love it. I am in the like catagory, myself. I loved the feeling of being disconnected and lost, and I liked the performances put in by all involved. Solid cinematography. It just wasn't up my alley enough to buy or rewatch. I may catch it again, but it's not high on my list to rewatch. Welcome to MoFo btw....

Curious...Is the user name a play on words or was Deus ex Machina not available?

Meanwhile:

8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963) - I loved what I saw, but was SO tired and will start it over an rewatch in it's entirety tonight. Amazing stuff, though. I love me some surrealist film...

Dea ex machina...

08-17-05, 11:26 AM

The name is what Donne Darko says when Seth has the knife to his throat near the end of the film outside Grandma Death's house, its how it is written in the script. What he says IS meant as Deus Ex Machina, but i quoted as it's written.

Sedai

08-17-05, 11:33 AM

Dea ex machina...

08-17-05, 11:43 AM

Before DD i was into your bog standard uncomplex cinema films, thank god to richard kelly for showing me something completely different to open my horizon. I think Requiem for a Dream is a masterpiece, it's a fantastic film. Whats your favourite Coen film? Im a long time Fargo fan and love The Man Who Wasnt There but Millers Crossing never clicked with me.

Sedai

08-17-05, 11:58 AM

My favorite Coen films would have to be...all of them!!

No really, It's Miller's Crossing, followed closely by Barton Fink. But really, I love all their stuff, and I think O' Brother is shot so beautifully I want to cry when I watch the ol' blind man pump away into the distance on his railcar... Fargo kicks ass, The Big Lebowski is high art...

Re: Requiem - It is Arnofsky's masterpiece, which isn;t saying much when one considers the size of his body of work. Very original, and technically brilliant. I own that one too.

Before we get smacked for hi-jacking the Movie Tab, how about you post an intro thread in the Intro section where we are free to gab about whatever.... While your at it, wondering if you have seen...

Blade Runner
Mulholland Drive
Chinatown

undercoverlover

08-17-05, 12:32 PM

no films today but i finished the entire first season of dead like me, im proud of myself and yet shocked at my willingness to give up sleep for tv

chicagofrog

08-17-05, 01:58 PM

Fargo kicks ass, The Big Lebowski is high art...

and so is The Man Who Wasn't There, one of my fave movies ever.

LordSlaytan

08-17-05, 04:51 PM

Whats your favourite Coen film? Im a long time Fargo fan and love The Man Who Wasnt There but Millers Crossing never clicked with me.If you want to chat about the Coen's, maybe check out some of these threads...

Best Coen Brother's Movie (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=414&highlight=coen+brothers), Best Coen Brothers Film (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=5484&highlight=coen+brothers), and The Amazing Coen Brothers (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=2660&highlight=coen+brothers).

You can also use the search function to look up specific Coen films. Just type in the title of a film encased with "quotation mark". Have fun, and welcome to mofo. :)

John McClane

08-17-05, 10:17 PM

Unleashed- I just really enjoyed it. :)

Ezikiel

08-18-05, 01:38 AM

The Virgin Spring, A
1960 - Ingmar Bergman

Born Into Brothels, A-
2004 - Zana Briski & Ross Kauffman

L'Avventura, B-
1960 - Michelangelo Antonioni

jrs

08-18-05, 01:42 AM

The Skeleton Key 3_5 - Very satisfying flick and well done. Like I have been hearing, the end has a twist you'll never expect. :)

chicagofrog

08-18-05, 08:19 AM

Young Adam, 2002 Scottland/France, bored me...

LordSlaytan

08-18-05, 10:46 AM

Young Adam, 2002 Scottland/France, bored me...I liked it, but it was a slow one, all right. :yup: McGregor did a pretty good job, though. Don't you think so?

chicagofrog

08-18-05, 11:04 AM

McGregor did a pretty good job, though. Don't you think so?

i don't have any specific problem with slow movies. Ghost World and The Myth Of Fingerprints count among my faves, and they're not real quick either, now are they?

McGregor, i usually don't have much of a chemistry with him, but yep, he performed really allright in this one :yup:

LordSlaytan

08-18-05, 11:07 AM

:laugh:

Okay...you like slow movies.

You win? ;)

chicagofrog

08-18-05, 11:12 AM

You win? ;)

i'd rather have a tied game with ya! :p :p

Misirlou

08-18-05, 09:53 PM

I watched Goodfellas earlier today for at least the tenth time and it is still one of the best movies I've ever seen :D

Lance McCool

08-18-05, 10:45 PM

Four Brothers
(d. John Singleton - 2005)

http://thecia.com.au/reviews/f/images/four-brothers-0.jpg

John Singleton isn't exactly one of my favorite directors. And, while he has shown some real ability, Mark Wahlberg just gets on my nerves sometimes. But totally defying my obscenely low expectations, this flick didn't completely suck...

http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/2_5box.gif

chicagofrog

08-19-05, 08:48 AM

Trauma, 2004 England/Man, almost as strong and as good as Memento, plus with Mena Suvari, good flick, yep!

Sedai

08-19-05, 01:11 PM

8 1/2 (Fellini, 1963) - Watched it again. The opening scene is quite possibly the coolest opening scene ever... It's definitely one fo the coolest I have seen...

https://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/editors/emneed/fs/x-files/film/gfx/Federico%20Fellini.jpg

The Incredibles (Bird, 2004) - Very fun, excellent animation...

Caitlyn

08-19-05, 02:13 PM

Taps (1981) 3/5
The Pacifier (2005) 2 ½/5

Pyro Tramp

08-19-05, 02:53 PM

Crash- Not quite sure what it was all about, was expecting something more like Amores Perros but it seems i was mistaken. Basically, I gathered everyone is a racist, which seems a little far fetched. It had a nice story arc, and some touching moments, but overall i thought there was too much to bond with or get any satisfaction from. 3/5

War of the Worlds- Taken me a long time to get round to seeing it, quite impressed despite huge gnawing plot holes. One of the better 'blockbusters' of the year, great effects. Wasn't to convinced by all the perfomances and would have liked a bit more closure on Cruise/Robbins section. Just a nice eye-candy film, really. 4/5

Holden Pike

08-19-05, 02:55 PM

Crash- Not quite sure what it was all about...Basically, I gathered everyone is a racist, which seems a little far fetched.

Far fetched? Wow. What neighborhood of Utopia do you live in? And how do they keep the darkies out?

Pyro Tramp

08-19-05, 03:21 PM

UK culture and racism is pretty different to America's, we have no gang-bangers and no ghettos. I really don't think racism is as big a deal here, at least in regards to "darkies", so watching this film, it was introducing me to a foregin culture. So forgive me for reaching an outsiders conclusion as to what the film presented i.e. everyone being racist.

Piddzilla

08-19-05, 04:29 PM

LordSlaytan

08-19-05, 05:05 PM

It's not that far-fetched regardless of the continent. It never showed every single person's viewpoint on racism who lived in the greater Los Angeles area, it chose a selection of racist people and their victims. Grabbing a couple of handful of people out of a city of millions isn't that far fetched.

BTW: Go to the War of the Worlds thread and list those 'gnawing plot holes'. I'd like to know just what you're talking about. ;)

John McClane

08-19-05, 05:28 PM

Les Triplettes de Belleville- Finally got to watch this and I have to say, Wow! Loved it. Watched it with my mom and she would randomly shout STUPID!! :laugh:

Fight Club- Got my dad to watch it and he said it was one of the worse films he'd seen. :)

Unleashed- Was able to get my dad to watch this one and he said that my taste in movies had gone to the dogs. I just laughed. :)

Tacitus

08-19-05, 06:54 PM

Was able to get my dad to watch this one and he said that my taste in movies had gone to the dogs. I just laughed. :)

That's a good sign. My Da thinks of himself as a Western fan but rates Soldier Blue above The Searchers. ;)

undercoverlover

08-20-05, 10:46 AM

Midsommer Night's Dream --- love shakespeare and i really rather enjoyed this, Calista Flockhart did an ok job too and Helena. Dominic West was hot too as the lover Lysander. Beautiful sets and costumes, lovely to look at.

Tacitus

08-20-05, 12:47 PM

The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)

4/5 (3.5/5 if I'm being critical)

Haven't watched this in a few years and Forest Whitaker still stands out like a sore thumb. Dodgy accent, sure, but he just doesn't carry himself (or resemble) a soldier. Pity, as this is one of Jordan's best films.

http://www.cinema.bg/sff/images-movie/the%20Crying%20Game%20(gun)-big.jpg

Sedai

08-20-05, 12:51 PM

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Gilliam, 1988) -Watched with the wonderful Terry Gilliam Commentary...

Caitlyn

08-20-05, 12:53 PM

The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)

Haven't seen that one in ages but it is on my "to buy" list... :)

LordSlaytan

08-20-05, 01:47 PM

The Crying Game (1992, Neil Jordan)

4/5 (3.5/5 if I'm being critical)

...Forest Whitaker still stands out like a sore thumb. Dodgy accent, sure, but he just doesn't carry himself (or resemble) a soldier.Boy, I couldn't disagree more. I always thought Whitaker played the role perfectly. Soldiers aren't always tougher than nails professionals. Sometimes they're just regular joes with hearts that break and feel fear. How do you think he should have played it differently?

BTW: The Crying Game is one of my 100 favorite movies. :yup:

The Taxi Driver

08-20-05, 01:57 PM

Signs

Tacitus

08-20-05, 02:55 PM

Boy, I couldn't disagree more. I always thought Whitaker played the role perfectly. Soldiers aren't always tougher than nails professionals. Sometimes they're just regular joes with hearts that break and feel fear. How do you think he should have played it differently?

BTW: The Crying Game is one of my 100 favorite movies. :yup:

I wasn't questioning his personality at all, more his deportmant. Jody was a complicated guy with a 'secret' indeed, but he ambled around like Private Pile after his 16th attempt at the climbing frame.

....and the accent does grate... :)

SamsoniteDelilah

08-20-05, 03:14 PM

Watched City of Lost Children last night to the end, which was a bit of an endurance test. The world of this film is so fully created, down to the last detail in it's beautiful repulsiveness, but I just didn't relate to the characters. They didn't feel at all human, to me, despite the all-too-intense look we get at some of them.

LordSlaytan

08-20-05, 03:21 PM

I wasn't questioning his personality at all, more his deportmant. Jody was a complicated guy with a 'secret' indeed, but he ambled around like Private Pile after his 16th attempt at the climbing frame.

....and the accent does grate... :)He ambled around? he knew he was gonna die, bro. I'd be ambling a little too. And what do you know about British accents? ;)

Watched City of Lost Children last night to the end, which was a bit of an endurance test. The world of this film is so fully created, down to the last detail in it's beautiful repulsiveness, but I just didn't relate to the characters. They didn't feel at all human, to me, despite the all-too-intense look we get at some of them.Aw, that's too bad. But at least you were still impressed with his vision.

SamsoniteDelilah

08-20-05, 04:07 PM

I wasn't questioning his personality at all, more his deportmant. Jody was a complicated guy with a 'secret' indeed, but he ambled around like Private Pile after his 16th attempt at the climbing frame.
I haven't seen this in ages, but I remember this kinda bothering me, as well. There wasn't the hint of physical discipline in him. I guess that could be pointed to as the reason he winds up in the predicament that he does, but it does seem he's a huge creampuff.

jrs

08-20-05, 05:08 PM

I'm watching Speed on F/X

Misirlou

08-20-05, 07:34 PM

I just finished watching one of the best movies of all time, City of God :yup: :D :cool:

blibblobblib

08-20-05, 08:24 PM

Ive watched so many films lately and have been really lazy with this thread. And now my computers gone and broke. Arg. I'll post my list soon.

susan

08-20-05, 09:33 PM

watchimg cool hand luke...first time i've ever seen it

LordSlaytan

08-20-05, 09:36 PM

Right on! Shut off the computer, poison your dog, and drug your husband. Don't let anything distract you from that damn near perfect flick. ;)

susan

08-20-05, 09:43 PM

movie just ended....great music, acting first rate...

PimpDaShizzle V2.0

08-21-05, 04:56 AM

The Transformers, The Movie :D :yup:
It's got wreckless driving, swearing, gang wars, hot metal babes, guns, 80's rock, and hover boards. This movie's got more snap than a pack of pop rocks. Fa' sho'!

Tacitus

08-21-05, 07:51 AM

He ambled around? he knew he was gonna die, bro. I'd be ambling a little too.
Even at the fairground at the beginning? I guess the 'Ra were feeding him sides of beef and huge chocolate cakes while in captivity too.

Wait, that last sentence is classified information and I value my kneecaps. :(

And what do you know about British accents? ;)
Strewth Mary Poppins!

I can do an accent like Forest's too...

I don't mean to slag off one of your favourite films mate, there's a lot to love in The Crying Game, an awful lot: Steven Rea's performance (in fact I have an idea for an avatar ;)), Jaye Davidson's uniqueness (I see he's back working in a clothes shop) and a great turn by Jim Broadbent. If I was a cynical sod, which of course I'm not *cough*, I'd suggest Whitaker may have been brought in as an American 'name' to give the movie a bit of box-office clout Stateside.

PS - If you can, rent Jordan's debut film Angel (I think it might be called Danny Boy in The States). It's bleak, poetic, weird and touching.

Perfect. :)

chicagofrog

08-21-05, 09:36 AM

Barton Fink, Coen, 1991, wow! :up: :up: :up: :up:

LordSlaytan

08-21-05, 02:13 PM

Even at the fairground at the beginning? I guess the 'Ra were feeding him sides of beef and huge chocolate cakes while in captivity too.

Wait, that last sentence is classified information and I value my kneecaps. :(

Strewth Mary Poppins!

I can do an accent like Forest's too...

I don't mean to slag off one of your favourite films mate, there's a lot to love in The Crying Game, an awful lot: Steven Rea's performance (in fact I have an idea for an avatar ;)), Jaye Davidson's uniqueness (I see he's back working in a clothes shop) and a great turn by Jim Broadbent. If I was a cynical sod, which of course I'm not *cough*, I'd suggest Whitaker may have been brought in as an American 'name' to give the movie a bit of box-office clout Stateside.

PS - If you can, rent Jordan's debut film Angel (I think it might be called Danny Boy in The States). It's bleak, poetic, weird and touching.

Perfect. :)I'll check that film out, and don't worry about my feelings, I can handle you criticizing a favorite. Besides, you're right...I didn't even think about before he was captured. I guess I just never noticed.

Anyway...hey, wait! I just thought of something. He's at least a little gay, right? Don't all gay men shuffle around because they know they're going to hell?

Ah...my humor will get me killed some day.

Sedai

08-21-05, 02:27 PM

Barton Fink, Coen, 1991, wow! :up: :up: :up: :up:I just saw this for the first time two weeks ago and also blown away by its exquisite style and endless depth. Everything about this film is just wonderful. It is right up there with Miller's Crossing in my book. Now I must order a copy, as it not available at any of the stores in the area. Best Buy, Virgin, Newbury Comics, Target, Borders.....

Not a copy to be found anywhere.

Tazz

08-21-05, 02:59 PM

The Dukes of Hazzard (d. Jay Chandrasekhar, 2005)
Red-Eye (d. Wes Craven, 2005)

Strummer521

08-21-05, 05:09 PM

Around The Bend 4/5

The Snow Walker 2.5/5

High Crimes 3/5

SamsoniteDelilah

08-21-05, 05:39 PM

I just saw this for the first time two weeks ago and also blown away by it's exquisite style and endless depth. Everything about this film is just wonderful. It is right up there with Miller's Crossing in my book. Now I must order a copy, as it not available at any of the stores in the area. Best Buy, Virgin, Newbury Comics, Target, Borders.....

Not a copy to be found anywhere.
amazon.com.... new, it's only $6.84. :)

I caught Yojimbo last night... there is still a thin, gritty film of machizmo oozing out of my dvd player. This was a bit chatty, but a fun watch. Toshiro Mifune is awesome.

Philmster

08-21-05, 06:03 PM

Dead Man's Shoes - 5/5 - Loved every minute of this, brilliant.
Unleashed - 3.7 - An action film with a gooey center, entertaining, brutal at times.

chicagofrog

08-21-05, 07:18 PM

Not a copy to be found anywhere.

so, Amazon.com?

I just saw at Berlin's Fantasy Filmfest(ival) the world premiere of The Big White, a very funny, great and beautiful movie! couldn't see any release dates for the States on imdb though. weird, since it's an American-Canadian-German co-production, signed Mark Mylod, and with a very good Robin Williams, a great Holly Hunter, a wonderful Giovanni Ribisi, a not less wonderful Woody Harrelson and a oh-so charming Alison Lohman (who was marvelous in White Oleander).
wow, i really really recommend it, whenever you can.

Pyro Tramp

08-21-05, 08:15 PM

Cruel Intentions 2- Worst film. Ever.

Ezikiel

08-21-05, 08:17 PM

War of the Worlds, B-
2005 - Steven Spielberg

Our Hospitality, A
1923 - Buster Keaton & John G. Blystone

Pyro Tramp

08-21-05, 08:32 PM

Police Academy- What happened to all the jokes i remember being in this film?

jrs

08-21-05, 08:41 PM

Police Academy- What happened to all the jokes i remember being in this film?

Were they deleted in the version you saw? :laugh:

Sedai

08-21-05, 10:28 PM

amazon.com.... new, it's only $6.84. :)

so, Amazon.com?

Right. :) I did say I was ordering it, didn't I?

:yup:

The Taxi Driver

08-21-05, 10:43 PM

Poltergeist - first time seeing it and thought it was a decent little haunting movie

John McClane

08-21-05, 11:02 PM

Valiant- Great family flick. Good for the kids.

Strummer521

08-21-05, 11:04 PM

Campus Confidential

I don't usually sink to the level of these made-for-tv movies but this one sucked me in. It wasn't even awful, minus the completely unrealistic portrayal of gay students and the way the are treated and the fairy tale ending that was so unlike anything that would happen at a real high school. Besides, I have a thing for Christy Carlson Romano.

Misirlou

08-21-05, 11:59 PM

I saw Marathon Man for the first time early this morning. I must've been half asleep when I watched it because I remember there being a crazy Nazi dentist and Dustin Hoffman teamed up with some gang bangers and robbed his own apartment. And Roy Scheider was a badass! I should watch it again and get my facts straight :)

Tacitus

08-22-05, 07:13 AM

Cop Land (1997, Jim Mangold)

4/5

If Scorsese made a Western it may very well come out like this. Imagine Goodfellas crossed with High Noon or Shane and you're half way there. Best commentary I've heard in a while too: Mangold (who's always excellent), Cathy Konrad, Sly Stallone and Robert Patrick being insightful without taking themselves too seriously.

http://www.monesi.com/sergio/movies/nov97/copland3.jpg

LordSlaytan

08-22-05, 03:40 PM

I think this film deserves underrated status. I really, really, like it.

Sedai

08-22-05, 03:43 PM

Raising Arizona (Coens, 1987)

Fantastic Film. Coens are the bomb.

Sinny McGuffins

08-22-05, 03:55 PM

Crash
Paul Haggis; USA/Germany 2005; A

Rashômon
Akira Kurosawa; Japan 1950; A

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy
Adam McKay; USA 2004; B

Pyro Tramp

08-22-05, 07:50 PM

Fist of Legend- Almost a remake of Bruce Lee's Fists of Fury, this is by far my favourite Jet Li film, enjoyed more than Tsui Hark's over indulgent Once Upon a Time in China 5/5

Masque of Red Death- Almost atmospheric (Nic Roeg was cinematographer) Roger Corman period horror. Vincent Price hams up a treat, though not a spot on Mathew Hopkins from Witchfinder General. One complaint is the un-necessary hero, who does nothing heroic or interesting. 3/5

Piddzilla

08-22-05, 08:12 PM

Mean Streets (1973 - Martin Scorsese)

It's great. I hadn't seen it in 15-20 years. The only thing I remembered was the scene where Charlie and Johnny are walking home early in the morning and start play fighting with trash can lids. That's what I've been thinking of for all these years when I've heard the title Mean Streets: trash cans. I wonder why that particular scene stuck to my memory.... I love the scene in any case.

blibblobblib

08-22-05, 08:34 PM

Poltergeist - first time seeing it and thought it was a decent little haunting movie
Superb horror flick. Probably my favourite.

I havnt watched many films of late, I have a new job. It sucks.

Strummer521

08-23-05, 01:24 AM

Rope (Hitchcock, 1948) 5/5
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/Classes/Jbutler/T577/Students/rope.jpg
Kenneth: We're drinking champaigne? Is it somebody's birthday?
Brandon: You might say it's quite the opposite.

I really loved this. The dialogue was great all through and the plot was wonderfully unique. Hell, it was even technically innovative and to top it all off, had Jimmy Stewart in it. Highly underrated if ya ask me. Honestly my favorite Hitch film so far. By the time I become fully versed in his work I wouldn't be surprised if he was my favorite director. I have a bit more to say but I think I'll do so later in the greatest shots of all time thread.

Tacitus

08-23-05, 10:10 AM

I think this film deserves underrated status. I really, really, like it.

Yup, I agree. Bought the Director's cut a few days ago, it definately fleshes out a few areas.

I see Mangold's doing a remake of 3:10 To Yuma, which should be interesting. I think he's one of the brightest directors working in Hollywood today. :)

Sedai

08-23-05, 10:22 AM

L.A. Confidential (Hanson, 1997) - I had seen this, but had forgotten most of it. Really well done and well played, but I kept having this nagging feeling like I was watching Chinatown II. I know Jerry Goldsmith was paying a little hommage here and there in the score, which also helped remind me of Chinatown from time to time. Still, a really solid noir, so I am glad I bought it. The script just wasn't quite as tight as Chinatown and the film wasn't shot quite as well, but few films are, if any.