What was the last movie you watched?

[BangkokB]

Departed Fucko's Departed

That makes Goodfellows looks like an artschool house flick

Departed is to movies what distortion pedal is to Exdous

[icy manipulator]

Lock Stock

i dont care what anyone says, it's a fucking masterpiece

[abcdefz]

I watched Lake of Fire, Tony Kaye's abortion documentary.

Though he interviews more right wing nutcases than I would like -- there are very, very reasonable people who are pro-life -- it's pretty
even-handed.

The woman toward the end who goes for an abortion and says it's her fifth pregnancy (she gave birth to one) -- I really want to smack
her upside the head, though.

But, of course, she's got boyfriend who handle that. And then they break up and have unprotected makeup sex. :(

[TAL]

The Bronx Is Burning miniseries.

[abcdefz]

I just watched the first four episodes of season two Friday Night Lights.

Some pretty screwy stuff going on. They're just lucky they have good actors, or this would be turning into Dillon TX 90210.

[trailerprincess]

The Dreamers with a very young looking Eva Green - it was good
Election - I had been meaning to see this for ages and I really LOVED it. Reece is wonderful and Matthew Broderick was reminiscent of some well meaning but creepy teachers I had at school

[HEIRESS]

Lars and the Real Girl - I liked the first bit before the doll alot, then i despised the first bit with the real doll and wanted to turn the movie off, then I gave it a chance and actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - really really good movie. It made me cry too (when his dad calls him and talks to him over the phone). But the scene where his wife has to spell out his message for his mistress over the phone, If I were his wife I would have stabbed his remaining eye with a pencil.

[MC Moot]

But the scene where his wife has to spell out his message for his mistress over the phone, If I were his wife I would have stabbed his remaining eye with a pencil.

ahhhhhh...the French...:rolleyes:

Have you seen "The Barbarian Invasions" and "The Sea Inside"...(y)

[Jitters]

Super Mario Bros.

Nuff Said.

[hpdrifter]

Watched Juno last night. I loved it, I don't care. Ellen Page's performance was awesome and Jennifer Garner is actually an actress, who knew?

I bawled at the end.

[cookiepuss]

Watched Juno last night. I loved it, I don't care. Ellen Page's performance was awesome and Jennifer Garner is actually an actress, who knew?

I bawled at the end.

I just finished watching it about 30 minutes ago.

I really enjoyed it. the dialog was good, kept me into it. Actually cared about the characters...

the end was tear worthy, but I didn't let myself go there.

I give it a big thumbs up too (y)

[HEIRESS]

ahhhhhh...the French...:rolleyes:

Have you seen "The Barbarian Invasions" and "The Sea Inside"...(y)

Ive seen barbarian invasions. and I just looked up The Sea Inside (Javier!) so I think ill download it right now!

[taquitos]

Adam's Apples.

anybody seen it? was it big in denmark? its really good.

[abcdefz]

The Savages with Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

It was all right. Neither as funny nor as affecting as I would've liked.

There was one moment in the car when the brother and sister keep arguing and the father turns his hearing aid down, pained, that was incredible.
It wasn't just the arguing, I don't think -- I think part of it was that he just wasn't even there, to them, yet ostensibly he was in their care.

Worth a look, but...

B-.

[MC Moot]

I re-watched "Children of Men" last night...the scene where he goes to meet that guy for help getting transport documents,you know the guy who has "saved" art from around the world from being destroyed,David and Guernica..well,the pink pig floating outside the window...umm is that supposed to be the one from Pink Floyd shows?...anybody know?

[saz]

yeah it's the inflatable pig from animals (not one of their better albums).

inland empire is classic david lynch, i really liked it. no country for old men is on satellite now and i've been watching it a lot, it's so damn good. i picked up koyannisquatsi on dvd and it's just as visually stunning as baraka. i also caught the extended edition or director's cut of aliens and the new and extended scenes are really cool.

[Lyman Zerga]

'sur un arbre perche' and 'somethings gotta give'

[Nygel]

a saw Baby's Mama and Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay this weekend. Both were pretty funny... Hey Ladies was in Baby's Mama.

[Jitters]

Watched the second half of Undercover Brother on TV while loungin around the house. Saw-lid :cool:

[abcdefz]

My Blueberry Nights.

It was okay.

But, man -- Natalie Portman gave one of the most wildly uneven performances I think I've ever seen in a movie. She's supposed to be this
sorta poker shark mama, and first it looks like it's not working, then it looks genuine, then she makes an awful acting choice, then it looks
like it's working... finally it just settles into one of the most unconvincing things I've ever seen.

I think she just takes observation from other movies or something. So, in Garden State, she's trying to be Annie Hall, and in this one...
it's just a caricature of every hard ass tough talking woman you've seen. Bizarre.

Norah Jones is okay, but in spots it gets iffy.

There's some pretty pretentious shit about keys and doors and blueberry pies that they almost pull off, but instead, it's just silly or groan-inducing.

The ending is one of those it's-supposed-to-be-romantic-but-really-it's-fucking-creepy things.

C.

[HEIRESS]

The Lives of Others.

it was really really good. the main stasi surveillance guy is like the german kevin spacey. it was almost freaky the similarity of their faces.

I just looked him up and he died last year though :(
and whoah.
"Assigned to patrol the Berlin Wall, he had - like all East German border guards - shoot-to-kill orders for fugitives trying to escape to the west, though, as far as is known, he never killed anyone.

Many years later, when Mühe had become a well-known stage, screen and television actor, he was an outspoken critic of the regime and helped to organise a major anti-government demonstration in East Berlin in November 1989, which led to the collapse of the wall.

Therefore, his role as the loyal Stasi officer in The Lives of Others was particularly meaningful"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/jul/28/guardianobituaries.obituaries

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- that was really good.

Knowing he died in real life kind of added some poignancy, just like Il Postino.

[MC Moot]

The Lives of Others.

it was really really good. the main stasi surveillance guy is like the german kevin spacey. it was almost freaky the similarity of their faces.

Have you seen "Goodbye Lenin!"...(y)...Sebastian Koch is also really good in "Downfall"...

[Yeti]

I watched Lars and the Real Girl

This is a quirky film that is funny and heartwarming. Ryan Gosling is outstanding. I am not surprised that Gosling turned what could have been a mistake into an incredible performance.
This film made me think about how I deal with people. The acceptance of a person's odd behavior is rare and it makes you realize that going with the flow is the way to live life.
I looked over and my wife was wiping tears and I had some tears welling up in my eyes.
The fact that this film could elicit thought and emotion is amazing. The director and actors should be commended.

I give it a solid A

[Rock]

I watched Lars and the Real Girl

This is a quirky film that is funny and heartwarming. Ryan Gosling is outstanding. I am not surprised that Gosling turned what could have been a mistake into an incredible performance.
This film made me think about how I deal with people. The acceptance of a person's odd behavior is rare and it makes you realize that going with the flow is the way to live life.
I looked over and my wife was wiping tears and I had some tears welling up in my eyes.
The fact that this film could elicit thought and emotion is amazing. The director and actors should be commended.

I give it a solid A

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just saw it myself yesterday...good stuff. But I kept thinking Ryan Gosling looked like David Arquette so I was constantly waiting for him to say something David Arquettish...well not really.

Also about Juno...someone described her character to me that was spot on. She was a 15 year old Janine Garafalo.

Still was an entertaining movie though.

[Yeti]

Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (Documentary--49 minutes in length)

When the greyback beetle terrorized sugar cane fields in Australia early in the 20th century, farmers brought cane toads back from Hawaii, hoping they'd take care of the infestation. Problem is, they couldn't quite do the job right. And since cane toads multiply like crazy, they've now taken over the country!

Every person featured in this documentary ranges from being neurotic to just plain insane. There is an Aussie who does his part in keeping the cane toad population down by swerving his truck all over the road in order to run over as many cane toads as possible [which in turn causes them to swell and initiate loud popping sound as they get caught under the tires] and a man that is addicted to cane toad venom and on and on.
Hilarious!

A

[abcdefz]

About 85 minutes of Across the Universe.

Not as crushingly awful as I'd heard, but nowhere near as good as I'd hoped.

Horrible lip-syncing, across the board.

The worst version of "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite" I've ever heard. Worse than the Sgt. Pepper movie version, even.

( C- )

[na§tee]

the wedding singer, strangely. it was on tv when i was around somewhere for dinner. i can't believe that film is ten years old now. yikes!

i had forgotten how charming and sweet this movie was. drew barrymore and adam sandler are completely adorable. and alexis arquette is just super. steve buscemi too.

"billy idol gets it" now joins my favourite references-to-in-movie-celebrity quotes. alongside "listen to your friend billy zane, he's a cool dude".

[cookiepuss]

I saw wristcutters.

it was entertaining. I enjoyed the overall premesis. Sorta knew how it would end though, it was tied up a little too neatly. One of the more enjoyable performances I've seen from Tom Waits.

(B-)

[abcdefz]

Easy Living.

Good stuff. Preston Sturgess wrote it, and Jean Arthur is a crush. (y)


B+

[MC Moot]

It looks like letter grades are in...:D...I watched "Badlands" for the third time,it's wicked good as ever...thinking it may be the original "psycho killer road trip" film...

A

[abcdefz]

Man, that's a great movie. (y)

[icy manipulator]

Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (Documentary--49 minutes in length)
There is an Aussie who does his part in keeping the cane toad population down by swerving his truck all over the road in order to run over as many cane toads as possible [which in turn causes them to swell and initiate loud popping sound as they get caught under the tires]

A

everyone in australia does that man. cricket stumps and bats work well too

[mate_spawn_die]

police story

jackie chan is (y). he's the stunt master.

[abcdefz]

Sabotage. Pretty early Hitchcock. Not bad.

B-.

[kleptomaniac]

inspector gadget! haha i still loooove that movie!! it's so cute and funny. :o <3
actually, the sequel is really good, too. i got a lil crush on french stewart in that movie, too...

then i watched the stepford wives, the 2004 remake. it was weird, but i liked it. and i wanted to see more of matthew broderick i guess... :p

[Lyman Zerga]

Sabotage. Pretty early Hitchcock. Not bad.

B-.

you know if his short stories are on dvd? i would buy them

[Lyman Zerga]

im in the middle of platoon

[Lyman Zerga]

NEXT channel

[Jitters]

Iron Man

[funk63]

the island

[Lyman Zerga]

i watched easy rider instead

first thought it was some weird softcake boredom but jack saved it once again

[abcdefz]

Cat People (the original).

Wow. Talk about overrated. (n)

[Yeti]

I watched The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

It was not a typical horror film.....it was an artful movie with a riveting story.
It kept me on the edge of my seat and delivered a very good plot.

A-

[hpdrifter]

I've been playing GTA IV too much and ignoring my netflix queue.

[Dorothy Wood]

The Ten.

some of it was gold, a lot of it was poop. Liev Schreiber was awesome. The premises were ridiculous (in a mostly good way). cort's boyfriend said, "I think I would've liked that movie better if it was less rapey".

B-

[abcdefz]

I'm Not There.


WOW was that bad.

D+

[hpdrifter]

What was bad about it? I'm curious about it and will probably still watch it.

Watched I Am Legend an it was pretty bad. Though Will Smith had some nice acting moments.

Watched the first 20 minutes of Awake. My god what a horrible movie. Seriously, did they watch the dailies while they were making it? Hayden looks like he's wearing waaay too much makeup. Alba is trying to make something out of nothing and this character just has to be embarassing for Terrence Howard.

[abcdefz]

What was bad about it? I'm curious about it and will probably still watch it.




I love Dylan, I heart most of the actors, and I've dug what Todd Haynes stuff I've seen, so I was really predisposed to liking this thing.

The problem is -- have you ever seen any Dylan documentaries or footage from back in the day? When he's focused on something, he's

really interesting, even if he's being mean. But when he just starts riffing and making no sense, it's hard to take, and his sense of superiority really makes him kinda unbearable.

Okay. So. Stretch that to 140 minutes in a pretty plotless form. It was okay for a while, because of the sheer audacity of what
Haynes was doing, but then it goes completely out of focus and just starts looking for and more mannered all the time.

Production values are great, and the performances range from okay to really good (Blanchett's isn't the perfection a lot of people think;
at times she's aping Dylan so furiously you just see Blanchett). Ledger's, Wishaw's, and Gere's characters are pretty much total wastes,
just sucking up screen time.

All the dialogue is from Dylan interviews or songs, so sometimes it's amphetemine gibberish and sometimes it's a lyric awkwardly dropped
into what's supposed to be casual conversation, so it sticks out like a sore thumb.

David Cross is perfectly cast as Allen Ginsberg and then totally wasted.

Man, I didn't like this movie. :(

[MC Moot]

I watched "The Constant Gardener",second time I had a shot at it,glad I stuck it out...wish I had the energy to watch the "extras on" filming in Kenya...sad,sad ending...(y)

B-

[MC Moot]

David Cross is perfectly cast as Allen Ginsberg and then totally wasted...

Oh shit,I did not know that,have yet to see it...that is fantastic physical casting,though...

[abcdefz]

Yup.

Actually, not totally wasted; there's one bit he and Dylan have in front of a statue of Jesus crucified which is good. It's simultaneously
blasphemous and weirdly reverent, and they each do a little jig.

[Lyman Zerga]

the sword in the stone


add it to my most seen movies

[b i o n i c]

no country for old men...

it was good, but not as amazing as everyone said.

i liked the cinematography A LOT. and javier's acting. and the surprises right at the beginning. but even though i like tommy lee jones, im tired of seeing him in the same role all the time.

[Lyman Zerga]

no country for old men...

it was good, but not as amazing as everyone said.

totally true dat.

[HEIRESS]

I watched The Orphanage (El Orfanato)

It was not a typical horror film.....it was an artful movie with a riveting story.
It kept me on the edge of my seat and delivered a very good plot.

A-

yeah I really liked it too. I can see why it's labelled a horror movie, but its so atypical that I wouldnt know how to categorize it otherwise.

[Rock]

Dan in Real Life - It was good. Kind of date movie like, but I was entertained.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - It was alright, too slow paced for everything that was going on. Everyone did really well in it. Especially Marisa's boobs and ass.

Beowulf - Just what I thought...a huge let down. the only good part was when Grendel made his entrance and fucked shit up. Other than that, I didn't dig it.

[roosta]

Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait

Wow. Excellent, excellent film.

If you have even a passing interest in cinema, art and football get this.Those areas dont tend to cross regularly, this is a fantastic film. 17 cameras followed one of the worlds greatest ever players for a match in 2005. That last sentence just cant do it justice. See it.

Soundtrack by Mogwai.

[mate_spawn_die]

dark city

it was alright. kinda like the matrix. i rented it because i have a small crush on richard o'brien :o

[kleptomaniac]

ghost rider ~ nic cage is actually pretty hot in this movie!

[na§tee]

BIG.

that tom hanks dude is going to go far.

[TAL]

Welcome To The Dollhouse

Catchy tune!

[hpdrifter]

Speed racer.

Not as bad as I expected but not great. My boy Emile Hirsch completely disappoints, he looks like he's embarassed to be there.

But the three year old lasted about an hour 30 or so before he announced to no one in particular "I want to go home."

[Lyman Zerga]

the elephant man (y)

[taquitos]

the rape of europa.

good. especially if you are obsessed with nazis like i am. (y)

[Lyman Zerga]

sounds like THE perfect movie for me (y)

[MC Moot]

"Once" it was a nice little movie,nice in that it didn't really go anywhere and did it really well...I can see why critics were calling it a re-imagining of the musical genre...(y)

B

[abcdefz]

The Naked City.

I don't see what the big deal is.


C+.

[MC Moot]

Beowulf - Just what I thought...a huge let down. the only good part was when Grendel made his entrance and fucked shit up. Other than that, I didn't dig it.

I recommend this version,it's excellent: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402057/

[Dorothy Wood]

My Kid Could Paint That

it's a documentary about the kid painter Marla Olmstead and whether or not her paintings are her own (some think the dad did them). It was kind of boring, but brought up some good points. never really answered any questions though. it was a good conversation starter...however, my roommate was bored of it by the end and lost interest. I said, "what do you think?" she said, "I think that documentary was a little too long". meh.

[abcdefz]

My Kid Could Paint That

it's a documentary about the kid painter Marla Olmstead and whether or not her paintings are her own (some think the dad did them). It was kind of boring, but brought up some good points.




The director never even just asked the kid if she painted them. That's kind of disingenuous.

[Dorothy Wood]

yeah, I found that kind of strange. when he asked the parents, you can tell that the dad was was overcompensating. you can't get a straight answer from a 5 year old though, they like to lie.

I dunno, I think she did the paintings...but I think the dad coached her. still impressive.

[abcdefz]

This was from when I watched it:



The idea is that the father is possibly directing her or even finishing off the canvases himself.

The problem is that her stuff looks nothing at all like his in any way.

They've filmed her painting three different canvases, and only one looks like her other finished work. But having the camera on her
or having another observer in the room -- painting or not -- CLEARLY changes her behavior; she gets very self-conscious, repeatedly
tells the person she doesn't want to answer questions, and tries to turn the tables. So when she's being filmed painting and asks
her dad, "YOU do it," it's pretty consistent with her being in the back yard, trying to get the camera and saying "YOU answer questions."

It's a tough case. Her mom, actually, is most convincing. She's clearly broken up about what's going on.

What's weird is she offers that she and her husband will take polygraph tests, and the director turns them down. The director also
felt like he should never just ASK Marla if it was all her work. So it's kind of compromised, I think.


It's probably a B-.

[Dorothy Wood]

yeah, I guess he was just trying to play the part of the observer, even though his mere presence was affecting the situation.


also, I think that Marla's style was different in the later painting because of the cameras and also because of the added pressure of everything. even though she might not have known exactly what was going on, she knew that her paintings were important now. before it was like she just painted for the sheer fun and rhythm of it. but she got famous and was expected to paint, which would just naturally change the results.

I'm still undecided about how much involvement the dad had.

[paul jones]

Broadway Danny Rose


well I bought it on DVD and might watch it later.I've seen it before,years ago and it was funny as fuck

[abcdefz]

Mia Farrow's great in that. (y)

[paul jones]

Mia Farrow's great in that. (y)

yep(y)

[abcdefz]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.


Oh, man, this was good. The whole one-eye-blinking thing really freed the director up to shoot some really terrific imagery, too.

A-. (y)

Just ask Heiress. :D

[Rock]

Rec

Probably one of the best "Horror Movies" i've seen in a loooong time.

Basically its a Zombieish movie meets Blair Witch or Cloverfield (a la handheld camera POV).

Slow start, but then they hit you hard. Very very intense. Go check it out if you are into that genre. No, seriously...do it.

Now its in the right place.

[Yeti]

The Devil & Daniel Johnston

A

It is a documentary about the life of Daniel Johnston who some consider a musical genius. He is also an artist and filmmaker. Johnston documented his entire life through audio tapes, film and music.
The director used all of these materials to show Daniel's decent into manic depression and schizoprenia.
I liked the techinques used blending up to date footage with home movies, archival material and rare audio tapes to create a portrait of a man whose inner demons are taking over, one delusion at a time.

[MC Moot]

Rec

Probably one of the best "Horror Movies" i've seen in a loooong time.

Basically its a Zombieish movie meets Blair Witch or Cloverfield (a la handheld camera POV).

Slow start, but then they hit you hard. Very very intense. Go check it out if you are into that genre. No, seriously...do it.

Now its in the right place.

I think an english remake is already in the works...:rolleyes:

edit: yep... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/maindetails

[na§tee]

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.


Oh, man, this was good. The whole one-eye-blinking thing really freed the director up to shoot some really terrific imagery, too.

A-. (y)

Just ask Heiress. :D
i started to watch that at the weekend but the er.. upload (sshh!) died after the first 20 minutes. i was so pissed off.

i was watching it on my laptop with headphones on, too, so it really, really made me feel INSIDE HIS HEAD. it was quite unnerving. when they did.. that to his other eye i was moaning 'noooo! noooo!'

gah. it's not out on dvd here yet.

[Rock]

I think an english remake is already in the works...:rolleyes:

edit: yep... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/maindetails

now why the fuck would they go and do that? thats like adding tobacco to your joint...it was fine as it was.

[hpdrifter]

Watched about half of Into the Wild last night. Not as good as I thought it'd be. I figured with Penn at the helm, Emile Hirsch would give a great performance. Actually he just seems like he's trying too hard and sort of unsure about what he's doing and maybe intimidated by the people he's working with.

I did get the smugness that a-z mentioned but I thought that was only a small part of what he was doing. He seemed to me just one of those people who is too smart, too intense for their own good. Though the rich, bitter, "emotionally scarred" suburban kid schtick doesn't go very far with me either.

I think someone said the supporting actors really steal the show and I'd agree with that. Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn are gold. I guess I'll watch the rest of it tonight.

[abcdefz]

i was watching it on my laptop with headphones on, too, so it really, really made me feel INSIDE HIS HEAD. it was quite unnerving. when they did.. that to his other eye i was moaning 'noooo! noooo!'




yep yep yep

I had the same reaction. I had the headphones on, too, for what it's worth.

I hope you get to see the whole thing soon. It's so fucking solid.

[abcdefz]

I think someone said the supporting actors really steal the show and I'd agree with that. Catherine Keener and Vince Vaughn are gold. I guess I'll watch the rest of it tonight.



Yeah, but Holbrook's perfromance isn't the end-all-be-all a lot of people made it out to be. Holbrook, as an actor,
just carries an enormous amount of good will with him.

[mate_spawn_die]

rumble in the bronx

the most OVER THE TOP movie i've ever seen. jackie chan is (y)(y)

[MC Moot]

rumble in the bronx

the most OVER THE TOP movie i've ever seen. jackie chan is (y)(y)

Jackies "outtakes" are alway's great but the ones from R.I.T.Bronx are the best,particularily when he breaks his ankle on the hovercraft stunt...:eek:...all filmed in Vancouver as well...(y)

[mate_spawn_die]

Jackies "outtakes" are alway's great but the ones from R.I.T.Bronx are the best,particularily when he breaks his ankle on the hovercraft stunt...:eek:...all filmed in Vancouver as well...(y)

my favorite outtake is from police story when he slides down the pole with lights. i think he got second degree burns on his hands. he's a madman that chan!

[TAL]

Red Dawn

I just finished my first ever viewing of this, and I haven't laughed this much at a movie in a while.
I don't think I was supposed to though.

Anyway, question for the really old US boardmembers.
Back in 1984, did this movie actually seem like something that could happen?

[roosta]

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgettable

[na§tee]

a mighty heart.

i had no desire to sleep, an empty flat and however many hundreds of movies on demand through the tellybox. i had heard a lot about daniel pearl of course and the film so i chose this. oh, what a jolly film on a saturday night!

hmm. it is good, not great. it's a strange experience watching movies you know the end to already - i had the same feeling with united 93. even though i know what is going to happen, you still feel an element of hope.

the breakdown scene where mariane discovers the news of daniel's death.. good, but those emotional parts of the movie seem strangely disjointed. of course they had to spend a lot of time on the investigation (ifran khan is excellent, too) but i just feel they sacrificed the personal element here a little. sounds stupid.. seeing as a woman's husband got beheaded, but you'll understand it if you see the film. the woman in question isn't the heart of it, weirdly.

worthwhile, though. also worth it for nouvelle vague's in a manner of speaking in the end credits : )

[BangkokB]

Red Dawn

I just finished my first ever viewing of this, and I haven't laughed this much at a movie in a while.
I don't think I was supposed to though.

Anyway, question for the really old US boardmembers.
Back in 1984, did this movie actually seem like something that could happen?

I read a while back that the person that wrote it was a diehard Conservative. He wrung his hands over the Red Scare. I was a teenager when I saw it and thought it was Law! Propaganda works well in theaters. That was a time in American history where the Red Scare was almost believable. But it was a patriotic movie that made me feel proud to be an American at the time.

Wolverines!!!!

Flashforward to Rocky IV. Rocky b3at the fuck out of a superhuman commando by the name of Ivan Drago. If I heard that someone was named Drago I would cross the street to avoid his ass. That Movie had nonetheother than James Brown singing LIVING IN AMERICA...I Wiped a tear with my miniature red white and blue flag.
America America America America
Then I listened to Slayers "Black Magic" and my mind was shattered

Connect the Goddamn Dots
Connect the Goddamn Dots

[Yeti]

Teeth

B+

Vagina Dentata

[Lex Diamonds]

Platoon

It's been one of my favourite movies for a while, and after seeing Apocalypse Now for the first time the other day (I know, it's about time... what a film though) I started to get interested in Vietnam. I read up on the whole war, from the Korean Conflict to the end in '75/'76, and man it is fucked up. Added a whole new layer to my hate for American politics. But that's another thread.

So I made my girlfriend watch Platoon with me, she's normally into vapid female shit like Four Weddings and Closer. She fucking loved it, was crying real tears when Elias died and when Chris flew out of there at the end. Now all I have to do is make her enjoy On The Waterfront and I might be onto something.

But yeah, amazing film. Every single character is a gem, and the script is delicious.

[russhie]

HITCH. It was on TV.

[Helvete]

A Short Film About Killing

Quite a well known Polish one by Krzysztof Kieslowski.

Good, I liked it, kinda weird. Has a political message about, but all I could think about was how shit Warsaw and Poland looks back in those days.

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- that and the version from The Decalogue... (y)

[HEIRESS]

Platoon

It's been one of my favourite movies for a while, and after seeing Apocalypse Now for the first time the other day (I know, it's about time... what a film though) I started to get interested in Vietnam. I read up on the whole war, from the Korean Conflict to the end in '75/'76, and man it is fucked up. Added a whole new layer to my hate for American politics. But that's another thread.

So I made my girlfriend watch Platoon with me, she's normally into vapid female shit like Four Weddings and Closer. She fucking loved it, was crying real tears when Elias died and when Chris flew out of there at the end. Now all I have to do is make her enjoy On The Waterfront and I might be onto something.

But yeah, amazing film. Every single character is a gem, and the script is delicious.

you should read this:
http://www.amazon.com/13th-Valley-John-Del-Vecchio/dp/0312200811
best vietnam "novel" Ive come across (besides chickenhawk)

[hpdrifter]

Finally finished Into the Wild last night. It actually made me cry. I disagree with you on this one, a-z. I thought the Hal Holbrook sequence was amazing. I got the same feeling as when I was watching Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone. Completely transparent.

But what is up with Sean Penn's heavy handed directing? Hal Holbrook parks to let Chris out of the car to go on his Alaskan adventure. He parks among the following street signs: Stop, One Way, Do Not Enter. Gee Sean, what do you want us to think here? I don't know, I'm too stupid to figure out what is going to happen next!

And when Chris is starving to death the camera angles and the off center stuff while Emile Hirsch is looking dazed and crazy is just embarassing for both of them. With the pans to the white light in the sky and all. Ugh.

And when Chris eats the poisonous plant by accident, how many times does old Sean pan to the bag of leaves while Chris is retching and wincing in pain, like 5? You see the words in the book, and then pan from Chris to the leaves, Chris to the leaves, Chris to the leaves. Seriously, we fucking get it!

[abcdefz]

Just to clarify: I thought Holbrook was good, I just didn't think he was the Holy Grail of acting in that. He was getting props for how
transcendent his performance was, and I didn't think it was all that amazing.




Anyway, for me:

Land of Silence and Darkness, a 1971 documentary (mostly) by Werner Herzog.

This is about people who are both "deaf" and "blind," though at one point a woman helpfully explains that "deaf" is usually a buzzing or
droning in the ear, and "blind" still usually means you see colors, even in big washes. Some consolation, I know, but I was thinking
"deaf and blind" meant that basically your world was blacked out in those senses.

Anyway, sort of like sign language, there's a system of kind of drawing on people's hand with one's finger so they can receive input
and communicate. And it's interesting to follow these people around, but these are people who have lost their hearing and vision;

at one time, they could see and hear, so they have some frame of reference for things.

What's really interesting is when it gets toward the end and there are a couple of boys who've never had sight or hearing. And how
that changes things for them, because abstract ideas -- "good" or "proud" or "trust" ... their teachers struggle to communicate those
things and don't know how the boys' conceptualization is really shaping. That's where it gets pretty fascinating, and then it's over.

C+.

Oh: mostly a documentary because one of the women discusses how one image she remembers clearly from childhood were men snow skiing, participating in the long jump, and the looks on their faces. Herzog actually fed her these lines because he had the footage and thought the symbolism was right.

[MC Moot]

Finally finished Into the Wild last night. It actually made me cry. I disagree with you on this one, a-z. I thought the Hal Holbrook sequence was amazing. I got the same feeling as when I was watching Amy Ryan in Gone Baby Gone. Completely transparent...

Know what did it for me?...the death montage when William Hurt falls to his knees in the middle of the street and is wracked with silent sobs...wicked powerful...old man take a look at my life I'm alot like you were...:(

[hpdrifter]

Yeah, heartbreaking.

For me the thing that made me continue to cry after the movie was over was that he starved to death. What a horrible way to die. He was a nice enough kid trying to do something different with his life and he got in over his head.

[MC Moot]

I recently watched "Cloverfield" thank god for dvd technology and the ffwd capability's...no emotional connect with the characters but I did love when he get's bit in half near the end...that made me laugh heartily...and I must say the thing with buildings being knocked down in Manhatten with the paper falling everywhere was pretty damned eerie...

C

And I caught "The Bourne Ultimatum” which accomplished nothing that the first 2 didn’t and failed to do it nearly as well…

C+

[abcdefz]

Yeah, heartbreaking.

For me the thing that made me continue to cry after the movie was over was that he starved to death. What a horrible way to die. He was a nice enough kid trying to do something different with his life and he got in over his head.



Hey -- I've got half a continent to show ya, then!

[MC Moot]

Yeah, heartbreaking.

For me the thing that made me continue to cry after the movie was over was that he starved to death. What a horrible way to die. He was a nice enough kid trying to do something different with his life and he got in over his head.

It’s hard for me to comprehend, I mean who the hell goes into the bush with a 10 lb bag of rice?...as an outward bound kid it makes fuck all sense to me…the only way I can rationalize it,is that before Alaska all his trekking was in soft southern conditions…I also suspect some form of mental illness was likely present…but as you know from reading the book,the plea he leaves on the outside of the bus is devastating…” I am injured, near death, and too weak to hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me…”

:eek:

[abcdefz]

I would assume that "living off the land" would've been a huge part of the appeal. The thing is, most of us know Jack Shit about living
off the land FOR REAL, and a handbook you can shove in your jeans probably just ain't gonna cut it.

[MC Moot]

no flour,no sugar,no lard,no stock,no dice...

[hpdrifter]

Right, I get all that, he was naive and stupid.

And I understand that people starve to death every day, that doesn't mean I can't have empathy for both them and him.

[abcdefz]

I'm just giving you/him/everybody in the world a hard time.

I've just seen this thing on a smaller level so many times; he just had the really horrible fortune of having a whole raging river rise up
between him and his way out. That was the moment when I actually felt sick.

[hpdrifter]

I'm just giving you/him/everybody in the world a hard time.

I've just seen this thing on a smaller level so many times; he just had the really horrible fortune of having a whole raging river rise up
between him and his way out. That was the moment when I actually felt sick.

Yeah, when I saw that I thought that's where he made his biggest mistake, not the 10lb bag of rice, the naivete, etc. Its spring, the snow melted and the river swelled, he didn't think of that.

[abcdefz]

I think that one hit me the hardest because he was finally going to just get the fuck out of there. The irony of it -- he finally
makes the right move and it's now completely out of his hands. Thoroughly fucked.

I haven't been there that bad yet, but I've seen my own folly close enough that my stomach dropped.

[MC Moot]

One thing that fails to come across in the film was his absolute terror of water after he was swept out to sea in his kayak in the Gulf of Mexico...so crossing would have been twice as hard for him,mentally as well as physically...and then at a certain point he just became too weak...Access bridge being within a few miles makes me question why he didn’t go down or up the river looking for a better spot to make it across,again I think his mental capacity was in question from the get go…I don't think he was stupid,just tragically mistaken...

[BangkokB]

In the Theaters I saw 21 over the weekend.

If you took the book: Burned it, Scattered it's ashes across a vacant beach and pissed on the remaining char and then let Brett Radner Produce a movie about a story that he'd heard in a bar on his 12th pitcher of Margarita's then it would vaguely resemble the book I read

Great Book: Mediocre Movie


But to make up for it I saw Bank Job~ Jason Statham. He's a living legend. Golden Movie. Grace under Pressure. Is there nothing this man can't do?

Trick Question: JS is not man. He's Immortal

And Yes, there's going to be a Crank 2. Crank should be ranked in as the greatest movie ever-Every thin red line is crossed in that movie.

[abcdefz]

One thing that fails to come across in the film was his absolute terror of water after he was swept out to sea in his kayak in the Gulf of Mexico...so crossing would have been twice as hard for him,mentally as well as physically...



Oh, wow -- yeah, I didn't make that connection at all.

[TAL]

21

[MC Moot]

“Elizabeth: The Golden Age”…anti-Espana propaganda,total and complete utter trite…the next time I see Cate Blanchett or Clive Owen I will show no quarter,no mercy,no regard…Sir Walter Raleigh my hairy spanish ass!...Geoffrey Rush is still O.K by me…

C-

[TAL]

Bottle Rocket

followed by

Rushmore

[Jitters]

Citizen Kane

[paul jones]

The French Connection

I picked it up in HMV for £4.99,it's got French Connection 2 in the same box too

classic(y)

[funk63]

nick laplanet x

[mate_spawn_die]

lost highway

boring. a few cool scenes.... but i doubt i would watch it again.

edit: for some reason i keep thinking about this movie.... trying to understand... perhaps i enjoyed it more than i thought i did...

[Dorothy Wood]

Princess Bride :o

[MC Moot]

I watched "Stardust" last night...I really enjoyed it!...what a nice little fantasy fairy tale flick...looked great,smart,british,beautiful scenery...I had no idea it was Neil Gaiman's baby...Peter O'Toole on the death bed seemed a tad prophetic...loved it when Ricky Jervis showed up and even dropped the line...there was even a couple of references to "Good Omens" which makes me cross my fingers Gaiman and Terry Pratchett will get the movie off the ground before Pratchetts Alzheimers progresses...

B+

[abcdefz]

I watched There Will Be Blood again. (y)

[Rock]

Iron Man

I liked it a lot. I even laughed at the cheesy comic relief bits.

[abcdefz]

"Spray me again and I'm donating you to the junior college..."

[roosta]

lost highway

boring. a few cool scenes.... but i doubt i would watch it again.

edit: for some reason i keep thinking about this movie.... trying to understand... perhaps i enjoyed it more than i thought i did...

The Stranger is one of Lynch's most terrifying creations ever.

[Documad]

I recently rented Walk Hard. I didn't like it as much as I expected. I think it would have been better in a theater with friends. The ode to Bob Dylan was hilarious though.

Then I saw Lars and the Real Girl. It was a solid little movie. What made it work was how kind everyone in the community was. I don't know what I was expecting but I wasn't expecting that. Ryan Gosling is often interesting. Patricia Clarkson also makes good choices, doesn't she?

I also watched my first full Will Farrell movie. I still don't like him.

[Yeti]

Lars and the Real Girl was a real surprise. It is a solid film.

[kleptomaniac]

i watched stranger than fiction last night, it was really good. :)
even though i only love will ferrell & dustin hoffman in it. :D

[NoFenders]

Golden Compass ~ Not a bad flick. Great story and even better on the screen. Great sound as well. Kept me interested.

I give it an 8.

:cool:

[Lyman Zerga]

mortal thoughts

dirty dancing

chinatown

the pledge

casablanca

memoirs of a geisha

the usual suspects

scream 3

[kleptomaniac]

saw iron man today, it was awesome. :cool:

[kleptomaniac]

just watched "immortal beloved" ~ i mean, usually i'd be turned off by a movie called "immortal beloved" but i'll watch anything with gary oldman in it,
and omg he is soooooo gooooood as beethoven!! :o

i tried to watch it last night, but my friends were here and they don't appreciate gary oldman like i do. pffffff

[hpdrifter]

Sex and the City

Let's not get into another debate about it.

I loved it, I thought the writing and acting were better than on the TV show. Some absolutely heartbreaking moments and some wonderful moments showcasing the joy and pain of close, long term friendships.

[Lyman Zerga]

not the first person to say this but 'children of men'

[TAL]

Iron Man

Wooo!

[paul jones]

Biloxi Blues

Paul says " I was bored last night and nearly watched Rocky 5,but I found Biloxi Blues at the back of the cupboard,unopened since I bought it cheap in Blockbuster last year, £2 I think so I watched it and it was good.......Christopher Walken stole the film as usual"

[BBboy20]

Rambo

On Blu-Ray

[Dorothy Wood]

Tuff Turf

James Spader and Robert Downey Jr.!

and the lady who played the love interest turns out to be the little girl from those Disney Witch Mountain movies. and she's also Paris Hilton's aunt! crazy world man!

oh yeah, and Jim Carroll's in it as himself. weird. Robert Downey Jr. is the drummer in his band as they play at some crazy barn/warehouse dance party thing. he's shirtless, wearing a bowtie, and 20 years old ;) ;) ;)

[trailerprincess]

Charlie Wilson's War - not as funny as I thought that it would be but quite interesting. Another cracking performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman.

[abcdefz]

Charlie Wilson's War - not as funny as I thought that it would be but quite interesting. Another cracking performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman.


That pretty much sums it up.

[mate_spawn_die]

scream 1 & 2 double feature. a homage to slasher films. it can be fun in the right frame of mind. (y)

next i'm going to watch maximum overdrive.

[AceFace]

^ i'm always bringing that movie up (Maximum Overdrive) here at work when the machines decide to do whatever the hell they want instead of what we tell them.

no one here seems to know what that movie is.

[MC Moot]

next i'm going to watch maximum overdrive.

The best soundtrack in the known history of cinema...:D

[abcdefz]

Stephen King directed that one, literally advertising it as "if you want something done right, you do it yourself," then turned out what's
generally considered to be one of the worst Stephen King movies ever.

[MC Moot]

hen turned out what's
generally considered to be one of the worst Stephen King movies ever.

That's CRAZY TALK!...:mad:...it's about as good as bad movies get,a frigin kitschy cult classic...(y)

[saz]

juno: possibly the most insanely overrated, overhyped, incredibly boring and crappiest movie i've ever seen.

total eclipse: poets are so melodramatic and love to cause scenes. if only I had some red wine. good film.

recount: currently on hbo, the casting and individual performances were great. brought back a lot of memories of an election which was clearly stolen, and a horrible moment in american history. katherine harris is truly pathetic.

[abcdefz]

I'm looking forward to Recount.

[Waus]

Stephen King directed that one, literally advertising it as "if you want something done right, you do it yourself," then turned out what's
generally considered to be one of the worst Stephen King movies ever.

Stephen King is seriously about 1 degree from being Garth Merenghi.

[abcdefz]

:confused:

[instigator7022]

X-2

[MC Moot]

I tried to watch "Last Legion" last night...it was horrible...as bad as "Kingdom of Heaven" or Clive Owens "King Arthur" or "Pathfinder"...eventually I may learn that just because theres swordplay involved and a historical or mythical back drop,does not mean I should try it on...:o

D-

[abcdefz]

I see Eragon in your future.

Oh, dear.

[MC Moot]

^ ohhhhh you have no idea how close I've come...:eek:

[mate_spawn_die]

maximum overdrive

"this machine just called me an asshole!" lol

[abcdefz]

^ ohhhhh you have no idea how close I've come...:eek:



While I was waiting for my movie to start, I stepped in to watch a few minutes and gauge its awfulness. It was pretty awful but not
awful awful awful. Looked like probably a D, D+.

Probably its worst sin was that it just looked dull.

[MC Moot]

^ you gotta admit though it begs the question "Why isn't Jeremy Irons actually working anymore?"...:confused:

[na§tee]

i love jeremy irons! he was one of my older man crushes back in the day. now though.. now his skin looks almost greyish-yellow like he smokes 50 a day. blech.

i actually liked him in lolita. under-rated film, i think.

[saz]

I tried to watch "Last Legion" last night...it was horrible...as bad as "Kingdom of Heaven"

comparing the last legion to kingdom of heaven is ridiculous. while it's not one of ridley scott's best films, it's pretty damned good, especially the director's cut which featured a solid ensemble cast and a few very intriguing story arcs, as the theatrical release was a watered down version.

^ you gotta admit though it begs the question "Why isn't Jeremy Irons actually working anymore?"...:confused:

uh, jeremy irons was in inland empire.

[mate_spawn_die]

alpha dog (y)

reminded me of "bully". the story kept me interested. emile hirsch didn't play a very convincing hard ass drug dealer... but justin timberlake is better than i expected.

[taquitos]

i saw jules and jim in the theatre! it was fun.

(unfortunately the last movie i watched was the in-flight showing of national treasure 2)

[camo]

I started to watch the third blade film on channel 4 last night. It was bloody awful and I gave up after 20 or so minutes. (n)

[MC Moot]

comparing the last legion to kingdom of heaven is ridiculous. while it's not one of ridley scott's best films, it's pretty damned good, especially the director's cut which featured a solid ensemble cast and a few very intriguing story arcs, as the theatrical release was a watered down version.

Well if you have the vaguest familiarity with the Crusades "Kingdom of Heaven" was a lark...and I really wasn't directly comparing the 2 other than to say they suck...Ben Kingsley,bow's his head...


uh, jeremy irons was in inland empire.

which was dreadful...

[abcdefz]

He was in Eragon, too, Moot. :D

[icy manipulator]

I started to watch the third blade film on channel 4 last night. It was bloody awful and I gave up after 20 or so minutes. (n)

which is the one with The Cat in it? the first one? that was well wicked

[MC Moot]

I bought Neil Young "Heart of Gold",it's very touching...I had seen it in theatre but the dvd comes loaded with extras,rehearsals,etc…Emmy Lou Harris has some serious mojo…she hypnotizes me...I’d love to know how much that Hank Williams guitar is worth as well as seeing the rest of Neil’s collection…(y)

[abcdefz]

Neil has been plugging big bucks into making one of his antique cars electric.

[MC Moot]

^ apparently he has the most insane electric train collection/set up that runs all throughout his SoCal ranch,it's his sons (who are both afflicted with cerebral palsy) passion...as well he and Randy Bachman have been having an outdoor audio battle for years,Bachman finally conceded when Neil built some kind of “sound reflecting pond” surrounded with hidden amps and such...(y)

[abcdefz]

Must be nice to have entirely too much money.

[saz]

Well if you have the vaguest familiarity with the Crusades "Kingdom of Heaven" was a lark

i do, and sure ridley scott likes to take liberties with history, ie the depiction of the knights templar was way off, however saladin was spot on, as were his gracious, merciful actions towards the christians, jews, and muslims upon taking jerusalem back. still though, dropping a super cheese kids flick like the last legion in the same sentence as a ridley scott film was pretty wtf.

[abcdefz]

You say "Ridley Scott film" as if that's some kind of holy thing lol.

[saz]

well, i'd take scott anyday over say, spielberg and a.i. ;)

[Yeti]

I watched In the Heat of the Night. I had not seen it in a long time so I decided to take another look.
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger were terrific. The murder mystery was a little hokey. A hillbilly knocks up a 16 year old and kills a man for abortion money.
Ha!

[funk63]

escape from new york hell yea

[TAL]

Radio

On tv.

[taquitos]

^whoa, a movie called radio on tv

[ToucanSpam]

Daredevil. Meh, below average.



Also, check out Scott's Director's Cut to Kingdom of Heaven, it's significantly improved from the theatrical cut and it holds up nicely. If you're looking for historically accurate movies, you've missed the whole fucking purpose of Hollywood and you should probably just watch the Discovery/History channels and shut up about how movies are not historically accurate.

And that's coming from a History MA candidate.


PS- Watched the extended editions of the LOTR series this week, amazing. So much better than the theatrical cuts and I didn't think they could get better.

[funk63]

the doooooooooooors

[na§tee]

4 months, 2 weeks & 3 days.

illegal abortion in communist romania - hmm, not the most cheery of films but brilliant nonetheless.

the guardian described it as "grippingly horrible" (horrible as in savage, not a bad film). i can't put it any better than that. it finished literally about 4 minutes ago so i'm not really in a good position to elaborate at the moment. woah. good stuff. good, palme d'or winning stuff.

[mate_spawn_die]

interview with the vampire (y)

me likey.

[Deep_Sea_Rain]

Signs. The millionth time for me, the first for the friend I watched it with. Excellent flick, top ten for me.

[Dorothy Wood]

P2

it sucked, but Wes Bentley is hot.

[kleptomaniac]

the backwoods ~ gary oldman speaking spanish?! muuuy caliente!! :cool:

[roosta]

which was dreadful...

INLAND EMPIRE is not terrible.

Bizarre, incomprehensible, brain-melted, YES.

Terrible? Non.

[mate_spawn_die]

i just watched the 80's little shop of horrors... it was ok

i loved steve martin as the sadistic dentist and bill murray as the masochistic patient.

[taquitos]

i loved steve martin as the sadistic dentist and bill murray as the masochistic patient.

speaking of which, i saw novocaine last week and it totally sucked. really just remarkably bad.

for some reason i thought it might be okay, maybe thats why i was so disappointed.

[Yeti]

I just finished watching Control. It is about Ian Curtis the lead singer of Joy Division. It is filmed in black & white and the cinematography is fantastic.
This was a very good film although it is tragic. Whether you like Joy Division or not you have to admit Curtis was a supreme talent. He killed himself at 23 years of age. Joy Division then became New Order.

I give Control a solid A

Since I liked this film I am going to check out the Joy Division documentary set for release on June 17th.

Oh, by the way, I can't say that I am a big new wave/punk fan but I have been listening to 1st Wave on Sirius lately and I really think it was and is an underrated music genre. My wife was a new wave chick in the 80s while I was listening to my funk, rap, outlaw country, reggae, soul, etc. New wave/punk barely caught my ear back then but I am gaining an appreciation for it now. I did and still do love Bowie, Iggy, Elvis and some other. Anyway, I digress. Check out Control.

[Dorothy Wood]

RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD

I hadn't seen it since I was a little little kid. I don't remember it being so funny. there are some sweet fight moves. I fell aleep a little near the end though. oops!

boy, did that situation ever escalate!

[trailerprincess]

Lions for Lambs - had potential to be quite good but it was for the most part, quite shite. On the positive side, it seemed to be very short.

[roosta]

Cloverfield

I quite liked it.

[hpdrifter]

I've got Assassination of Jesse James etc and 3:10 to Yuma. Only time for one movie this weekend probably, which should it be?

[abcdefz]

Sadly, 3:10 to Yuma.

Assassination ain't all it's cracked up to be. By a long shot. But Yuma's pretty good.

[hpdrifter]

Why sadly?

I think Yuma might win out simply because it is a half hour shorter.

[abcdefz]

Wet Hot American Summer.


Mildly amusing, emphasis on mild.


C-.




The Incredible Hulk

B.

[abcdefz]

Kung Fu Panda.

Pretty good. A couple of the asides made me laugh.

Animation was great. There was one point where I slowly noticed... holy shit, this shot is "hand held" and it was truly the perfect shot
for that moment and very subtly done.

B-.

[na§tee]

hey a-z, don't usually see you round these parts on the weekend!

i just finished watching hard candy. patrick wilson and ellen page are officially two of my favourite breakout actors of the past couple of years. good stuff.

[abcdefz]

Hey, Nastee --

Yeah, I had to come to the library so I figured I'd pop in.

Gonna go do some laundry shortly.

[hitmonlee]

V for Vendetta

i was pretty tired... so i didn't really "get" it. or enjoy it. in fact thought it was pretty shit.

why all the hype?

[hpdrifter]

Watched 3:10 to Yuma last night. Great movie, really heartbreaking how he tries so hard to get into Evans's head and its Evans who ultimately gets into his head.

Gotta say, though, I am tired of movies where the only female role is to get fucked by someone.

[TAL]

Election

It was on and I didn't feel like reaching for the remote.

[taquitos]

^election is not bad. kind of good, even.

[abcdefz]

You can do much, much worse.

Imagine if From Justin to Kelly were on and you didn't feel like reaching for the remote.

[taquitos]

^ that might stir up some feeling

[mate_spawn_die]

last days

ZzZzZzZzZzZzZz

[abcdefz]

I thought what I saw of Last Days was... okay, but, no, I didn't make it to the end.


It's no Gerry, that's for sure. (y)

[Dorothy Wood]

I forgot that I also watched 2 Days in Paris recently, Julie Delpy wrote and directed it.

I thought it was very good. I watched it twice actually. it's kind of exhausting, but the characters themselves are exhausted and frustrated, so it works. and everyone's quite charming, including the secondary characters.

I highly recommend it. you know, if you like movies with a lot of dialogue and quirky, neurotic characters. and some french subtitles every now and again.

[abcdefz]

That was surprisingly good. (y)

[ms.peachy]

I'm watching Dumbo right now. (Wasn't my choice, but hey, who doesn't like Dumbo?)

The last grown-up movie I saw - in a theater, even! - was Let's Get Lost, the Chet Baker biopic that's out on re-release. Amazing film if you like his music, and still quite stunning even if you don't.

[saz]

V for Vendetta

i was pretty tired... so i didn't really "get" it. or enjoy it. in fact thought it was pretty shit.

why all the hype?

perhaps you haven't been paying much attention to what the bush administration has been doing over the last seven and a half years or so, ditto the right-wing propaganda outfits like fox news and other corporate cable news networks. i thought this movie was really good. i found the sequence in which v related his prison experiences to evey, particularly the victimized lesbian film maker who was in the cell next to his, very moving. plus the scenes in which he killed inspector creedy, and especially the bill o'reilly/sean hannity/rush limbaugh inspired lewis prothero, were very gratifying.



i saw cocaine cowboys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2N0QQMnNAQ) over the weekend and it was an amazing and highly entertaining documentary. there were former smugglers, dealers, players and hitmen featured in this doc. i had no idea that miami in the 70s and early-to-mid 80s was considered the most dangerous city on the planet, with the murder rates skyrocketing with anywhere from 500-700 murders a year, and multiple homicides, shootings or gang hits virtually every day. it was pretty much like the wild west, with the columbian medellin cocaine cartel virtually running the city, and engaging in systematic warfare with rival columbians and cubans. the reality of the situation really conveyed the fact that scarface barely scratched the surface, or was merely the tip of the iceberg. jan hammer scored the soundtrack, going over the top with a heavily inspired synth-pop 80s cheese fest, and some swanky 70s tunes to boot. the visual or art direction was purposely done in a cheese manner to capture the aesthetics of the era. it looks like that quite a bit of the film is up on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LxC5WFbY30) as well.

[Dorothy Wood]

That was surprisingly good. (y)

2 Days in Paris? yeah, I thought maybe you might like that one.

it's funny because my roommate kept talking about how much she loved it, and I always passed it by based on the cover. also, the last thing I saw adam goldberg in was the movie he wrote and directed, I Love Your Work...and it was god awful. I do like him a lot, but oh dear, that movie was horrible. and I can't even remember why.

[Dorothy Wood]

perhaps you haven't been paying much attention to what the bush administration has been doing over the last seven and a half years or so, ditto the right-wing propaganda outfits like fox news and other corporate cable news networks. i thought this movie was really good. i found the sequence in which v related his prison experiences to evey, particularly the victimized lesbian film maker who was in the cell next to his, very moving. plus the scenes in which he killed inspector creedy, and especially the bill o'reilly/sean hannity/rush limbaugh inspired lewis prothero, were very gratifying.





I've been paying attention, but I still fell asleep during that movie. I was pretty tired though.

[abcdefz]

2 Days in Paris? yeah, I thought maybe you might like that one.

it's funny because my roommate kept talking about how much she loved it, and I always passed it by based on the cover. also, the last thing I saw adam goldberg in was the movie he wrote and directed, I Love Your Work...and it was god awful. I do like him a lot, but oh dear, that movie was horrible. and I can't even remember why.


I haven't heard of that one.

Yeah -- 2 Days... not one of those movies you really need to see in a theater, but I was glad I did, because it really did a nice job of putting me
right there. (I've never been to Paris, but this looked like real-life, lived-in Paris.)

She had some really nice insert shots, too.

[mate_spawn_die]

high school high.... not funny... but i guess i kinda expected it... i did actually laugh a few times... but wow

it's one of the movies i bought in the $3 bin. last days, starship troopers 2 and the mothman prophecies. i'm sure they are in the $3 bin for a reason... but maybe one will be really good?

[MC Moot]

I'm watching Dumbo right now. (Wasn't my choice, but hey, who doesn't like Dumbo?).

By far my fave "Dumbo" memory is in 1941...(y)... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078723/) while the city is falling to pieces and they keep cutting back to the General who won't be disturbed while watching "Dumbo" in the "Hollywood State" theatre...by himself,singing along,chuckling away,crying at one point...brillant!...:D

[icy manipulator]

ok over the last few days i have seen

3:10 to Yuma, great, but come on, that was a shitty ending. and from the I Have a Crush thread i totally see how Ben Foster looks like a gay cowboy

The Holiday. cant complain, i'm a bit of a sucker for a good rom com and i think kate winslet rocks. plus it restored my faith in Cameron Diaz

Grandma's Boy. yeah that was pretty fucking funny, would've been even more so if i was stoned

[MC Moot]

Very rarely does a movie stump or throw me completley but "Cache"... (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387898/)I liked it alot,great tempo,like a Hitchcock film...but...WHO WAS SENDING AND MAKING THE TAPES!1!....:confused:(y):confused:

*watch it and you'll see what I mean...I dare ya...*

[abcdefz]

Do you still have the movie?

Watch that last shot very very very very carefully.

[icy manipulator]

Equilbrium. some semi respectable organisation rated Christian Bale the best actor under 40. i totally agree 100% i dont think there's too many that come close

[MC Moot]

"Rescue Dawn"...well now that didn't work at all...Bale should've know he couldn't possibly be featured in a better P.O.W movie than "Empire of the Sun"...:rolleyes:

C

[abcdefz]

It was overrated, but it wasn't that bad.

[MC Moot]

^ oh yeah...on the box one of the critic quotes was "Steve Zahn is a revelation"....hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...fucking funny...:D

still a C...

[abcdefz]

Zahn was fantastic in that, but if someone thought he was a "revelation" they'd never seen Out of Sight...

[MC Moot]

*SPOILER ALERT*
















The only thing fantastic about his performance was when he get's machete hacked to death...that shocked me...Jeremy Davis he was mad good...although I think he's likely a little off kilter to begin with...(y)

[NoFenders]

Underdog

It was ok. I'm not a huge fan of people talking for dogs, and I'm not a big fan of Jason Lee's voice (he's ok though), but it was a good story. Mimi and Cici both watched the entire movie without distraction. So I say (y)

:cool:

[Lyman Zerga]

a few parts of 'soul plane' but only cause i wanted to see the plane bounce scene

[na§tee]

interview with the vampire.

i must have seen this movie about 60 times. it's one of those films as a young teenager you just watched again and again, like the crow or the lost boys, and they don't get old. i have it on dvd but it was on tv tonight. so i saw it again.

did you know johnny depp turned down the offer to play lestat? iz true, apparently. weird. tom cruise is actually good in this film.

[TAL]

Miracle

They won!

[mate_spawn_die]

style wars

really great. i would love to live in late 70's nyc. everything was so fresh, new and exciting.

[trailerprincess]

One Missed Call - the original japanese one Considering I don't enjoy horror films, I thought it was good.

[taquitos]

standard operating procedure finally came to knoxville and i saw it. (y)

[MC Moot]

"Sweeney Todd"...really great,loved it, a return to form for Burton in my mind...I'd love to see it staged...(y)

B+


"Crank" Jason Statham,the thrill is gone,cut it out now,go away...(n)

D

[camo]

interview with the vampire.

i must have seen this movie about 60 times. it's one of those films as a young teenager you just watched again and again, like the crow or the lost boys, and they don't get old. i have it on dvd but it was on tv tonight. so i saw it again.

did you know johnny depp turned down the offer to play lestat? iz true, apparently. weird. tom cruise is actually good in this film.

Heather bought this in the HMV sale so I'm bound to watch it anytime soon. I hope it's still as good as way back when.

I view Cruise through much different eyes now.

[abcdefz]

I view Cruise through much different eyes now.



Some folks are like that. Some Woody Allen movies look pretty different now.

[HEIRESS]

"the happening"

signs 2?




"skid row"
http://www.amazon.com/Skid-Full-Screen-Pras-Michel/dp/B001152TLG

it was crazy to see how it "got" to pras after just a few hungry sleepless nights. I didnt like the usage of some of the statistics in the movie. they failed to mention that LA's homeless problem is so much worse than new yorks etc not purely due to lack of facilities and funding for help but also because of the temperature factor. its the same thing in Canada, vancouver has the worst drug/homeless area in the country because its so much warmer there than any of the other large metropolitan areas, and therefore twice as huge. if they can, homeless people are going to go where its least likely they will freeze to death in the winter of course.
regardless, it was a hard watch because just last weekend we finally buried my uncle who died a homeless drug addict last summer.

[icy manipulator]

since it's that time when the most cared for piece of grass sees some action, i watched Match Point. Woody Allen is a fucking freak but this is a great movie(y)

and damn Scarlett is hot in this

[kleptomaniac]

the fifth element (gary!)
funny games (timmy!)
vincent & theo (more timmy!!)
dracula (more gary!!)

<3

:cool:(y)(y)

[Dorothy Wood]

whoa, I just came in here to say that I just saw Funny Games.

weird.

also weird that you watched it to drool over tim roth.


anyway, fantastic performances all around. wouldn't want to see it twice though. it's one of those things that seems better when you think about it afterwards. also, it's very tricky and unsatisfying, but it's supposed to be, so joke's on the audience I guess.

[kleptomaniac]

also weird that you watched it to drool over tim roth.

actually i wanted to see funny games for a while 'cause it looked creepy and interesting, and i like those kinds of movies. tim roth was a bonus!! :)

[roosta]

Persepolis

Really good. Recommended.

[Caribou]

Superbad (Funny, but not much of a story)
Juno (Supercute. Made me go aww at the end. Michael Cera singing a moldy peaches song...badly. <3)
Anchorman (I have it on DVD. Because I like it. Brick is the awesomest. And I dig Christina Applegate.

[mate_spawn_die]

who framed roger rabbit (y):D

[abcdefz]

who framed roger rabbit (y):D



Man, I remember seeing that in the theater when it first came out. We went back to the car and we were all sort of expecting Toons to
pop up anywhere. It was bizarre.

[mate_spawn_die]

haha

i watched it around the time it came out but i was too little to remember much. i love it even more watching it now. it's such a cool idea for cartoons and humans to co exist in the same world. i was surprised to see looney tunes and disney characters in the same movie... i'm kinda tempted to read the book... and i hate reading.

i feel a poll coming on. look out.

[abcdefz]

i was surprised to see looney tunes and disney characters in the same movie...



The big negotiation was how they would use Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, as I recall. Neither could get more screen time, more lines, all that stuff.

[abcdefz]

Yeah -- it's discussed in the Wikipedia entry:

Despite being produced by Disney (in association with Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment), Roger Rabbit also marked
the first (and to date, only) time that characters from several animation studios (including Universal, Walter Lantz Studios, Paramount Pictures,
Fleischer Studios, MGM (though the characters are owned by Turner Entertainment since 1986), Republic and Warner Bros.) appeared in one
film. This allowed the first-ever meetings between Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse. A contract was signed between Disney and Warner stating
that their respective icons, Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny, would each receive exactly the same amount of "air time" (they also had the same
number of lines). This is why the script has Bugs, Mickey, and Eddie together in one scene falling from a skyscraper. (However, Bugs Bunny can
be seen for a second in the studio lot near the beginning of the film, and Mickey has a second of free time before Bugs arrives.) Also the
speakeasy scene features the first and only meeting of Daffy Duck and Donald Duck performing a unique dueling piano act. Finally the unique
pairing is given a final send off at the end of the film when Porky Pig faces the audience and says the traditional Warner Brothers animation
closing line, "That's All, Folks!" just before Tinker Bell appears to tap the scene in the traditional Disney ending manner.

[taquitos]

^ i found that quite interesting. thanks. (y)

[mate_spawn_die]

that's so awesome

[abcdefz]

Sure.

Last movie I watched was Friday Night Lights. I've seen it a couple other times and really loved it, but this time, not so much. I've
almost finished reading the book, and the book goes so much more into the sociology and racism in the town that, watching the movie this
time, it seemed so drained of import... One of those times that a perfectly good movie gets almost ruined once you read the book. It's a
whole different animal.

I'm sure the town liked it more than the book, though. It's pretty whitewashed.