Movie Tab II

[Pyro Tramp]

I'll admit my Meadows viewing extends to Dead Man's Shoes, quite fancy seeing some of his other work like Romeo, not Once Upon...Midlands as much though.

[Tacitus]

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands isn't great, true, but I think Meadows is the best young director around at the moment. ;)

[Pyro Tramp]

Just remembered that i forgot to put Dead Man's Shoes in my top 100, poo.

[Ezikiel]

The Adventures of Prince Achmed, A+
1926 - Lotte Reiniger

Alfie, B
1966 - Lewis Gilbert

Full Frontal, B+
2002 - Steven Soderbergh

[Tacitus]

Mona Lisa (1986, Neil Jordan)

4.5/5

My second favourite Jordan film (after Angel). Wonderful cast lead by Hoskins, Cathy Tyson and a superbly sleazy Michael Caine. The Soho of Mona Lisa is a character in it's own right too. ;)

Apparently Jordan wanted Sean Connery to play the lead but he pulled out due to other commitments. Bob Hoskins was cast and the character totally rewritten...

http://www.bob-hoskins.de/fotos/image/mona_lisa.jpg

[Pyro Tramp]

Bob Hoskins you say? I'm there.


Red Eye- 4

Wild at Heart- 4_5

The Man Who Wasn't There- 4

[OG-]

Pyro, which Red Eye is that? The American or the Asian?

[Misirlou]

The Big Lebowski - My new favorite Coen brothers movie! :D

Ikiru - My first Kurosawa movie, I loved it! :love:

[chicagofrog]

The Badge, 2002, Billy Bob and Jena Malone in the same movie!

[Pyro Tramp]

Pyro, which Red Eye is that? The American or the Asian?

American (there was nothing else on when i went to the cinema), what's the Asian one?

[chicagofrog]

American (there was nothing else on when i went to the cinema), what's the Asian one?

Korean movie, Korean title Redeu Ai (actually that's English), i liked it, i'd say it is really worth watching it.

[Pyro Tramp]

Yeah, that's the one i saw on imdb, looks alright.

Forgot to add

New Jack City- 3_5

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Aliens
Yet another hardcore woman that no one believes who's capable of kicking my ass. Thanks Cameron.

Cube
The psychotic guy made me want to turn the movie off and I would have if I wasn't waiting for the math girl to get naked. Needless to say I was a little angry when she didn't.

Carandiru
Maybe I would have liked it a lot more if I didn't have to watch the first hour of it.

[Tacitus]

Walker (1987, Alex Cox)

3.5/5

Cox's satire on US Foreign Policy is a bit heavyhanded at times but the Peckinpah-stylee shootouts are fun and Ed Harris is as committed as ever...

http://www.nmpft.org.uk/IMAGES/filmimages/walker.jpg

[chicagofrog]

I Love Your Work, 2003, wow wow, so many beautiful moments ("... cuz i love us - i love us too") with that guy i knew had so much potential (and more), Giovanni Ribisi, and Xtina Ricci...

[SamsoniteDelilah]

... Ed Harris is as committed as ever...
He's good when he's not staring at people.

[gummo]

Noise: I kinda liked it. It's another psycho neighbor movie.

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Chungking Express :D :D :D

[Misirlou]

Ran - Definitely one of the best foreign films I've ever seen :D Akira Kurosawa is fast becoming one of my favorite directors :yup:

[Tacitus]

He's good when he's not staring at people.

I think he saw what Bob saw.....briefly. :bawling:

[Ezikiel]

Downfall, A
2004 - Oliver Hirschbiegel

Murderball, B+
2005 - Henry Alex Rubin & Dana Adam Shapiro

[undercoverlover]

bugsy malone -- still cracking

[Pyro Tramp]

Legally Blonde- 4

I'll get my handbag and leave

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Edward Scissorhands :yup: :yup:
First time I've seen this and it's amazing.

[jrs]

The Running Man
Cellular

[susan]

witness...excellent film with good performances by everyone especially harrison ford and kelly mcgillis...excellent direction by peter weir and wonderful soundtrack by maurice jarre...look for viggo mortenson as moses hochleitner....one of his earliest films...

[Strummer521]

Lost in Translation (d. Coppola, 2003) 3_5

Bottle Rocket (d. Anderson, 1996) 2_5

[Eyes]

Dr. No

[Pyro Tramp]

Monster's Ball- Halle's Berrys hehehe

[undercoverlover]

rocky horror
angels in america

[Piddzilla]

Shi mian mai fu (House of Flying Daggers) (2004 - Yimou Zhang)

Very beautiful. I liked it very much... And Ziyi Zhang has to be among the most beautiful movie stars alive... I have adored her ever since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. *sigh*

[susan]

the chorus...excellent film...highly recommended...thanks birdy for the recommendation

[birdygyrl]

the chorus...excellent film...highly recommended...thanks birdy for the recommendation

You're welcome. Its one of my all time favorites now. I just loved it.

[Pyro Tramp]

Wolf Creek- 2

[Pyro Tramp]

Razor Blade Smile- 0

Worst film ever.

[Sedai]

Heaven Can Wait (Beatty, 1978) - Ah, my childhood favorite. I had not seen this is AGES, and I I loved every second of it.... Not the greatest film, but I love it. 3_5

Bad Day at Black Rock (Stuges, 1954) - I really dug this mystery/western blend. Well played and shot, for sure. 4

Solaris (Tarkovsky, 1972) - Ummmm, wow. Everything I liked about the remake and more. I am placing this in the my top 10 greatest sci-fi ever list. Amazing piece of filmmaking. 5


My next Criterion DVD will most certainly be Solaris, as I think it is a must have, and requires repeated viewings. I had been warned that the film was slow. Slower than the remake. But, for some reason, I got into it's slow rhythm and basked in it's glory.

[Tacitus]

It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004, Michael Dowse)

3/5

Awful first act. Way too much unsympathetic hedonist and a rather obvious way to set up the lead character's fall.

But.....the rest was rather good - Paul Kaye's portrayal of a DJ battling with deafness doesn't resort to many clichés. Some of it jarred, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

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

[Piddzilla]

Solaris (Tarkovsky, 1972) - Ummmm, wow. Everything I liked about the remake and more. I am placing this in the my top 10 greatest sci-fi ever list. Amazing piece of filmmaking. 5


My next Criterion DVD will most certainly be Solaris, as I think it is a must have, and requires repeated viewings. I had been warned that the film was slow. Slower than the remake. But, for some reason, I got into it's slow rhythm and basked in it's glory.

Tarkovsky was a fantastic filmmaker. You really should check Stalker, The Mirror and Andrei Rublev out as well (those are the ones I've seen). As you say, his style is really slow but never boring. I too get sucked into the movies while watching them. I think he's one of the truly great directors of modern cinema.

[chicagofrog]

Monster's Ball- Halle's Berrys hehehe

that's not the best of that movie, is it? ;)

Eko Eko Azarak 2, Birth Of the Wizard, Japan 1996, still very charming main character, maybe even slightly better than the first installment

[Tacitus]

Fitzcarraldo (1982, Werner Herzog)

4.5/5

Monumental picture. Not a lot needs saying apart from the fact that I've just noticed that Kinski looks alarmingly like Freddie Starr. :skeptical:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/images/NoelMegahey/fitzcarraldo1.jpghttp://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/upload/110405ffreddie1.jpg

[Piddzilla]

Million Dollar Baby (2004 - Clint Eastwood)

Well ok... It has "Oscar" written all over it but to me it is a very conventional, although very well made, film. It's a fairytale with a predictable tragic ending. But, yes, I too was moved when we were supposed to be moved.

It fits well into "the Oscar genre" together with A Beautiful Mind and Forrest Gump. But I think I liked this one better. I am definately sure I liked it better than A Beautiful Mind.

[Golgot]

I am definately sure I liked it better than A Beautiful Mind.

Bler, yeah. I couldn't stay with that film at all. Lumpen Crowe super-emoting worthiness, like he did in The Insider.


A Very Long Engagement 3_5Loved Jeunet's stylings and serendipity tricks again. My only probs were not so much that his brand of optimism is getting a bit old (just moved to new locations) - more that he somehow provided a buffer to the emotion of war with his treatment of WWI, rather than finding a realistic phoenix in the ashes.

The Third Man 4_5 - So classy. Love the way they handle the post-war set-up. And Welles is just so obviously having a ball - love his line that ends up with 'cuckoo clock'. Nice addition. :yup:

[Holden Pike]

A Very Long Engagement 3_5Loved Jeunet's stylings and serendipity tricks again. My only probs were not so much that his brand of optimism is getting a bit old (just moved to new locations) - more that he somehow provided a buffer to the emotion of war with his treatment of WWI, rather than finding a realistic phoenix in the ashes.
Well, it's adapted from a novel (and a damn good and faithful adaptation at that). Your problems are with the novelist then I reckon, and not Jeunet.

[Golgot]

*edited - tried to be more succinct, but failed ;)*

Possibly. I think my prob with it was more about style tho. One thing is that his long-term preference for synchronicity motifs and plot progressions is getting less surprising each time (i sort of wish he'd opted for a different type of tale - tried something new.). My other problemette is that he brought that whole romanticised flush he brings to his otherwordly worlds, and maybe that made it less effective as a war/strife/overcoming movie. I bought into the world, but i didn't buy that it was about WWI and it's aftermath. Y'know?

I guess that was my main prob with it. The mix of escapism with harsh reality. It was beautiful - but war ain't (so i'm told - by more gritty movies ;)). The beauty and quirky sides of it i still liked a lot tho.

[Holden Pike]

I guess that was my main prob with it. The mix of escapism with harsh reality. It was beautiful - but war ain't (so i'm told - by more gritty movies ;)).

Which is what the book is. I had zero problems with the novel or the film.

[Golgot]

Fair play.

I guess it's kind of like the Guy Richie 'let him do what he does well' thing. Only Jeunet's shed-loads better ;).

[Sinny McGuffins]

Revolver
Guy Ritchie, 2005, A-

Swift, sharp and vivid – Ritchie takes an exciting new leap in the right direction. More of my thoughts can be found here (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=10965).

[Tacitus]

The Long Goodbye (1973, Robert Altman)

4.5/5

A movie that's aged almost as well as I have. Top noiry gumshoe japery with Gould breaking the World smoking record - Hurrah!

http://www.boxoffice.com/jpg/classic/tji/long_goodbye.jpg

[chicagofrog]

The Image, 1975, i'm not so much into SM..., except on weekends :D

[Piddzilla]

Palindromes (2004 - Todd Solondz)

Good stuff! Interesting, controversial and original. Solondz is keeping up his style!

[chicagofrog]

Thriller, Sweden 1974, well, i confirmed 90% of Kill Bill's plot comes from this movie, but Tarantino recognized this movie influenced him, so..., and in some way, Tarantino can be hardcore too, not the same kinda hardcore though...

[Sedai]

Breaking Away (Yates, 1979)

Man, it had been a long time since I had seen this film. Some recent conversations about it on MoFo prompted me to add it to my Netflix queue, and I was glad I did. The nostalgia! Man, did we have a blast watching this film. The DVD can't be too much, so I will be adding this wonderful coming of age film. Something about this film just brought me back to when I was about 11 years old, lazing around on a Saturday watching stuff like this on cable in it's early years.

I guess I'll always be a cutter. ;)

[Piddzilla]

Blow Up (1966 - Michelangelo Antonioni)

Brilliant. I finally got around to watch it and it's actually one of those few films that was as good as "everybody" say it is. I especially wanted to see it since we're about to discuss The Conversation here.

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Blow Up (1966 - Michelangelo Antonioni)

Brilliant. I finally got around to watch it and it's actually one of those few films that was as good as "everybody" say it is. I especially wanted to see it since we're about to discuss The Conversation here.
Oh, all RIGHT!! Everywhere I turn lately, mention of Blow Up looms. :p I'll queue it, already.

Am looking forward to The Conversation discussion too...

[OG-]

The Aristocrats

Man, oh man...GENIUS!

I'm far from their biggest fan, but Trey Parker and Matt Stone's telling absolutely killed it. I practically fell out of my seat. Andy Richter and I believe the other guy was Dana Gould also dominated the joke with their situational tellings. And my god Sarah Silverman instantly became the most attractive woman in the universe during hers. And Gilbert Gottfried, holy ****!!

A must, must see.

[Sedai]

The Conversation (Coppola, 1974)

[jrs]

What I've seen in the past 2 weeks:

Serenity (Trade Screening)
Cry Wolf
Oliver Twist (Trade Screening)
Cry Wolf
The History of Violence
Mallrats
Two For the Money (Trade Screening)
Flightplan
The Outsiders
Rumble Fish
Rope
Doom (Trade Screening)
Just Like Heaven
Lord of War
Dances With Wolves

[chicagofrog]

Broken Flowers, 2005, great Jarmush, and great great great Bill Murray, and some astonishing Alexis Dziena :love: !

[Piddzilla]

Big Fish (2003 - Tim Burton)

I loved it! Tim Burton's best...

[chicagofrog]

Nip/Tuck, 2004, beginning of second season, midlife crisis, uh? well, at least not i-needa-get-pregnant-soon-because-i-am turning-30-tick-tack-thing, but something i can relate to (not being a woman)

[Tacitus]

Last Resort (2000, Pawel Pawlikowski)

3.5/5

A Russian woman and her son come to England, end up in a Refugee colony on the South coast only to be befriended by a Bingo caller. It's better than it sounds, largely improvised and has another great performance by Paddy Considine. Dina Korzun is also darned good but a Ben Dover cameo nearly steals the show...

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/the_shooting_gallery/last_resort/_group_photos/artiom_strelnikov2.jpg

Chopper (2000, Andrew Dominik)

4/5

Excellent biopic of Australia's most verbose criminal. Bana is fantastic: Think Bobby D in Raging Bull with a sense of humour and prosthetic 'auld fella'. ;)

http://images.if.com.au/interviews/black-hawk-down/Eric-Bana-as-Chopper.jpg

[SamsoniteDelilah]

,,,Excellent biopic of Australia's most verbose criminal. Bana is fantastic: Think Bobby D in Raging Bull with a sense of humour and prosthetic 'auld fella'. ;)

http://images.if.com.au/interviews/black-hawk-down/Eric-Bana-as-Chopper.jpg
Say what?

[Tacitus]

Say what?

Auld fella?

ermmm.....willy. :)

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Auld fella?

ermmm.....willy. :)
Oh! My goodness.

[Tacitus]

Oh! My goodness.

Remember the scene in the bar? ;)

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Remember the scene in the bar? ;)
Remind me.

[Tacitus]

Remind me.

When he's talking to the two policemen at the bar and spies a girl on the other side of the room.

I'm going to have to draw a picture aren't I? :D

[nebbit]

I think Banna was brilliant in Chopper, this is the first supposedly none comic role I saw him in, I was impressed at the time :yup:

[Tacitus]

I think Banna was brilliant in Chopper, this is the first supposedly none comic role I saw him in, I was impressed at the time :yup:

Nebbie, is it true that Chopper Read wrote a children's book called Hooky The Cripple?

It sounds dead tasteless but I want to read it. :D

EDIT - no matter, here's the review (http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/h/hooky-the-cripple.shtml) ;)

[nebbit]

Nebbie, is it true that Chopper Read wrote a children's book called Hooky The Cripple?

It sounds dead tasteless but I want to read it. :D

It is true, :rolleyes: He and his book are tasteless, but i think a lot of people felt like you about his book :yup:

[Thursday Next]

Show Me Love (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150662/) (Lukas Moodysson)

Absolutely brilliant. One of the best films I have ever seen, without doubt. Funny, romantic, touching and realistic portrait of teenage life in a small Swedish town. Must be watched.

[chicagofrog]

Show Me Love (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150662/) (Lukas Moodysson)


the original title is so much better, but of course, it'd be already R-rated in the US... :rolleyes:
F.ucking Åmål

[Pyro Tramp]

Izo- Uber auteur Takashi Miike's master stroke, despite lack of coherence, it's great film to make your own interpretations of. 4_5

City of Lost Children- 4_5

[Sedai]

Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)


What a screenplay! I really liked this film.

[chicagofrog]

Sideways, 2004, i'm soooooooo late to watch that movie, but i really liked it, even if the end is a little too full of hope for my taste, it's stil open, so, like i like endings to be...

[chicagofrog]

Cursed, Japan 2004, well many predictible things, but a few quite scary moments if that's what you're after...

[Pyro Tramp]

Encounters of the Spooky Kind- inspiration for Evil Dead my arse. 3

[chicagofrog]

your what? ;)

[Tacitus]

Escape From Alcatraz (1979, Don Siegel)

4.5/5

My favourite Prison movie: Disembodied digits, home welding kits and Clint's Arse!

http://www.coda21.jp/film_dejavu/jp_a/ESCAPE_FROM_ALCATRAZ.jpg

[chicagofrog]

Tommy Boy, 1995, a good one when you wanna relax,,,,, forget your problems and all...

[Pyro Tramp]

Dead End- like Switchblade Romance excellent until pretentious ending 3

Oldboy- 5

[Golgot]

Escape From Alcatraz (1979, Don Siegel)

4.5/5

My favourite Prison movie: Disembodied digits, home welding kits and Clint's Arse!



Wait, someone welds digits to Clints arse?

I'm not watching that film :eek:

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Night of the Living Dead - Blair Witch Project eat your heart out.

Dawn of the Dead - The best slice of silly horror subversion ever?

[OG-]

Dead End- like Switchblade Romance excellent until pretentious ending 3


Heh, I don't think the ending of Dead End is as pretentious and brain stopping as Haute Tension's, but it is pretty silly. I just find the rest of the movie such a fun time that by the time the end comes I'm not trying to figure it out. But maybe that's because I've seen it 5 or 6 times now and I just smile at the ending, thinking it is cute instead of nonsensical.

Glad you did get some enjoyment out of it though, even if the ending did ruin it a bit. It is a great flick to watch with a group of good friends late at night.

[Tacitus]

The Tempest (1979, Derek Jarman)

4/5

We are such stuff as dreams are made on...

http://littletears.co.uk/temp2.jpg

Wonderful.

[Thursday Next]

Saw two films today..

Dark Star....I know some people love this, but I thought it was rubbish, could have been made by a bunch of eight year olds and about the humour level too.

Croupier....very good film, I liked it more as it went on, cool, clever and knowing.

[Sinny McGuffins]

Coffee & Cigarettes
Jim Jarmusch, 2004, C+

The Alfred Molina/Steve Coogan segment was my favorite. Followed by the GZA/RZA/Bill Murray one.

"Are you a bug, Bill Murray?"

[Ezikiel]

A Matter of Life and Death, A+
1946 - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, B
1941 - Edward Cline

Masculin féminin, A
1966 - Jean-Luc Godard

[blibblobblib]

I have seen so many films of late and have become lazy when it comes to writing about them on this site. I am ashamed. So...


The Hudsucker Proxy (1994 - Joel Coen)
This has become my favourite Coen brothers movie. I absoloulty love it. The characters, the cinematography, the score, the script and Paul Newman! Brilliantly mesmerizing movie :yup:

http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker1.jpg http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker2.jpg

http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker3.jpg http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker4.jpg

5

[Sedai]

I have seen so many films of late and have become lazy when it comes to writing about them on this site. I am ashamed. So...


The Hudsucker Proxy (1994 - Joel Coen)
This has become my favourite Coen brothers movie. I absoloulty love it. The characters, the cinematography, the score, the script and Paul Newman! Brilliantly mesmerizing movie :yup:

http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker1.jpg http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker2.jpg

http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker3.jpg http://www.digg.be/images/movie/hudsucker4.jpg

Man, the running joke with the drawing of the circle is hilarious, too. I love that joke. I pulled it at a morning meeting here at work one day.... Only one person had seen the film and got it, everyone else stared at me like I had three heads.

[blibblobblib]

Man, the running joke with the drawing of the circle is hilarious, too. I love that joke. I pulled it at a morning meeting here at work one day.... Only one person had seen the film and got it, everyone else stared at me like I had three heads.
"You know...For Kids!"

[undercoverlover]

rocky horror picture show
the matrix
saved!

all of them rock...hard

[Pyro Tramp]

Hudsucker Proxy... you forgot to mention Bruce Campbell!

Anyway, -OG, Dead End's ending didn't suck on the same level as Switchblade Romance's but it still was disappointing, when the film was going it knew what it was doing, and did it well. There were no cheap tricks or twists- it rocked, but the ending takes all that away from it, creating some silly twist leaving the excellent film in a puzzle. If i watched it again, i know where i'd press stop.

[chicagofrog]

Ararat, Atom Egoyan, 2002, while waiting for his now movie...
but good one, yep, and i was glad to understand something of 2-3 Armenian sentences, and my heart is with the Armenians as it is with the Kurds and i wish their lobby was stronger in the States (and Germany, for example) so we would get more films for everybody to know about what the Turks did (and still do today -European Union, no way) to these peoples.

[Tacitus]

Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento)

3/5

Wonderfully rich looking (and sounding, with the snazzy new DTS track) European Slasher movie. The rubber bats on strings let it down, however, and it's just not that scary anymore...

http://www.contracampo.he.com.br/41/entradasuspiria.jpg

Great maggots though!

[Golgot]

Hudsucker Proxy... you forgot to mention Bruce Campbell!

Wait, what, the, f,

I don't remember seeing Campbell

Damn him and his sly cameos.

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All the Presidents Men - Yay, journalism doing good doing politicians being bad. :)

[susan]

a funny thing happened on the way to the forum...great acting, great direction, great classic

[Pyro Tramp]

Wait, what, the, f,

I don't remember seeing Campbell

Damn him and his sly cameos.

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All the Presidents Men - Yay, journalism doing good doing politicians being bad. :)


He was Smitty, the reporter. I didn't have time to watch the whole film so i just forwarded to some of his scenes. I don't think it even classes as a cameo, it's like a proper role.

[Piddzilla]

Der Untergang (2004 - Oliver Hirschbiegel)

Great acting. Great film! Bruno Ganz as Hitler is magnificent. And it's always refreshing to see WWII films that depicts germans as human beings - and in german too!

[chicagofrog]

And it's always refreshing to see WWII films that depicts Germans as human beings - and in German too!

now, we do agree :cool:

[Pyro Tramp]

21 Grams- 5

And instead of A History of Violence.... Land of the Dead- 3_5

[chicagofrog]

Jalla Jalla, Sweden 2000, liked it more than i expected to, Sverige gjoer gode filmar! :)

[criss]

Chocolat

Queen of the damned

In good company

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Misirlou]

I just finished watching Ong-Bak with my stepbrother :cool: I thought the fight scenes were spectacular, but everything else was just alright :indifferent: watching Ton Jaa jump between cars and dive through barb wire got boring after awhile :yup: and what was the deal with all that crappy techno music :confused:

[chicagofrog]

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

y cómo te gustó?

[blibblobblib]

Clueless (1995 - Amy Heckerling)
Classic viewing. I love Cher's inner narrative that continues throughout the film, as her face looks at the screen puzzled whilst her mind fumbles over the politics of friendships and clashing panties.

"It's like that book I read in the 9th grade that said 'tis a far far better thing doing stuff for other people.'"

3_5

[Golgot]

He was Smitty, the reporter. I didn't have time to watch the whole film so i just forwarded to some of his scenes. I don't think it even classes as a cameo, it's like a proper role.

What?? What the fuscia?

He had a proper role? A whole role to himself?

Has the world gone mad??

Bruce Campbell is to be neglected, unless he has large hair at the time. These are the rules. They apply to all people with over-sized chins. No exceptions!

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Dead Man's Shoes - I still can't get over the bad-guys-in-a-Citreon thing, and i felt that Considine - for all his marvellous menace - looked like he was ****ting himself when he faced off with the lead bad guy (who's an ex boxing champion apparently).... but... it's still a quality, grounded, well-realised revenge flick :yup:

[criss]

y cómo te gustó?
siiii me gusto muchisimo, it is the kind of film i like to see, very original and beautiful, also confusing sometimes- i didnt really know what the film was about before seeing it, it is very very good. What i didnt like and i dont understand is the translation of the original title to Spanish, here the title is ¡Olvídate de mi! (which means, Forget about me), and i ask, why??... okay it is also about that but they should respect more the original title (Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind), it sounds really different, ...

[Piddzilla]

Cool Hand Luke (1967 - Stuart Rosenberg)

I hadn't seen this one in ages... Like it a lot.

[chicagofrog]

siiii me gusto muchisimo
okay it is also about that but they should respect more the original title (Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind), it sounds really different, ...

i'm glad you liked it so much. i adore it, as you can see from my fave list. :) :) :cool:
and i agree about the title too, you should visit my bad translations thread sometime. :)

[Strummer521]

Black Orpheus (d. Marcel Camus, 1959) 3_5

[TheUsualSuspect]

Layer Cake

[Iroquois]

Traffic (Steven Soderbergh, 2000)

Iro's rating: 5.5/10

[Tacitus]

Considine - for all his marvellous menace - looked like he was ****ting himself when he faced off with the lead bad guy (who's an ex boxing champion apparently)


I think that's why Considine's character works so well - he does look scared, but you also know he's never going to stop until his job is finished. For me, it's a spellbinding performance. ;)

Even though he's an ex-soldier, Richard doesn't exude much physical presence and the terror builds in the gang due to drug-fuelled paranoia ie, the 'Elephant man' scene. Richard's victims are always incapacitated in some way, either by drink, drugs or blind terror so the only sober confrontations we see between him and the 'bad guys' are with Sonny (where, as you say, he looks scared) and the final ex-member, where all Richard's guilt comes tumbling out.

Yup, Gary Stretch was British Light-Middleweight Champion and fought for the World Title, only to come up against a Chris 'It's Thuggs at number thix with Thithelia' Eubank in his prime. He was talented but always seemed more concerned with his modelling contract (and the need to keep his nose straight) than his pugilistic career...

[Piddzilla]

Central do Brasil (1998 - Walter Salles)

Finally saw it... Quite nice!

[chicagofrog]

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, 2004, interesting, if not great...

[undercoverlover]

Clueless (1995 - Amy Heckerling)
Classic viewing. I love Cher's inner narrative that continues throughout the film, as her face looks at the screen puzzled whilst her mind fumbles over the politics of friendships and clashing panties.

"It's like that book I read in the 9th grade that said 'tis a far far better thing doing stuff for other people.'"

3_5

It's like a total classic

Cher: [seeking a match for her teacher] Unfortunately, There was a major babe drought at my school. The evil trolls from the math department were actually married and in the grand tradition of P.E. teachers, Ms. Stoger seemed to be same-sex oriented.

favourite line ever:
Amber: Ms. Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose.
Dionne: Well, there goes your social life

[Caitlyn]

On 08-26-2005, 12:50 PM:

The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 3/5


I can't believe this was the last movie I watched... :bawling:

[SamsoniteDelilah]

awww Caity, hopefully you're taking notes and the last month can BE a movie. I bet you could write a few, at this point.


Just finished So I Married an Axe Murderer. Cute. :) I've heard a ton of lines from it, now I know what they're talking about.

[Sedai]

Crash (Haggis, 2004) A bit too much melodrama in this film, but was pretty good.

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Jennings, 2005) - not so great, but good for a couple of laughs...

[The Taxi Driver]

Carandiru - Intense and shocking film about the Carandiru prison and the 111 people who were murdered there. My brother told me to see it, since i Loved City of God he said i would love this too and i did.

[chicagofrog]

i'm sorry Caity. :(


The Pink Panther, 1964, back to Peter Sellers...

[chicagofrog]

....... and now, Shirubâ/Silver, Miike Takashi 1999, uh? what was that about?

[Golgot]

I think that's why Considine's character works so well - he does look scared, but you also know he's never going to stop until his job is finished. For me, it's a spellbinding performance. ;)

It does fit with everything that goes on - and i do love the slant (of the flawed lone 'warrior' etc). I think i just felt that even a bog-standard hardman would sense the weakness in him at that point and flatten him. It was a tipping-point moment where i couldn't quite buy the outcome - but it's the only weak point in the film for me :).

Chris 'It's Thuggs at number thix with Thithelia' Eubank

:rotfl:

[Piddzilla]

Out of Africa (1985 - Sydney Pollack)

*yawn*

[Tacitus]

It does fit with everything that goes on - and i do love the slant (of the flawed lone 'warrior' etc). I think i just felt that even a bog-standard hardman would sense the weakness in him at that point and flatten him. It was a tipping-point moment where i couldn't quite buy the outcome - but it's the only weak point in the film for me :).

The original scene had Sonny and his gang kicking the crap out of Richard but it was changed - Meadows and Considine explain why on the commentary, which I've just whacked in my DVD player so will paraphrase. :)

"We originally wrote it that they got out and kicked your (Considine's) head in but what you'd done with the character to that point was that they'd got it in their head that this Marine was on their ass......."

Only Sonny getting out of the car: "In your community.....if someone's just come back out of the army and is down the local pub it doesn't take long for somebody to want to fight them, to prove themselves against a soldier......Sonny's their (the gang's) leader and it's much bigger that he goes on his own...."

Why Sonny doesn't hit Richard: "He bottles it basically......He looks in that guy's eyes and knows 'If I whack that guy now I'm gonna get a sword in me back two hours later'. Richard's left the planet, he ain't really there..."

It kinda answers your questions.....maybe if I spoke in a Uttoxeter accent? ;)

[Sedai]

Finally, something really good this weekend....

City of God (Meirelles_Lund, 2002)

Excellent film. I had heard much about it, and was not disappointed.

[Piddzilla]

Finally, something really good this weekend....

City of God (Meirelles_Lund, 2002)

Excellent film. I had heard much about it, and was not disappointed.

Yeah, it was like that for me too. Absolutely one of the best films in recent years.

[chicagofrog]

Mystic Pizza, 1988, like always, Lili Taylor is charming, and Annabeth Gish was 16, and the flick's cute

[undercoverlover]

miss congeniality

[OG-]

3 Iron - Ki-duk Kim - 2004

5

Wow!

[Sinny McGuffins]

Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992), A-

I originally planned on buying this, but I decided to rent it instead. Now I really wish I bought it, it's simply one of the best acted films ever.

[chicagofrog]

Finding Neverland, 2004, beautiful, and i'm kinda glad then some of my friends call me Peter Pan...

[hazii82]

Dead and Breakfast - B

Mad House - A-

Shark Boy and Lava Girl - B+

Dead End - A+

[Wonder Boy]

Finally got around to watching Sin City but wasn't really impressed, they were great comics but the movie just felt like everyone in it was overacting.

[blibblobblib]

Der Untergang (Downfall) (2004 - Oliver Hirschbiegel)
Interesting film about the last days of Hitler and his officers during the end of the second World War. This wasn't as captivating as i heard it would be, however the acting was impeccable. Bruno Ganz as Hitler pulls off an amazing job, presenting to us the most hated person in the entire world, and actually portraying him as a vulnerable, gentle yet deepily egotistical man. It was an interesting film to watch, although it felt more like a re-enactment, which is what i suppose it is meant to be, no glamarisation, which i guess is what is deserved. Some briliant cinematography as well.

4

[Thursday Next]

The Governess...ok, slightly like an almost-soft-porn version of The Girl With a Pearl Earring, watchable but like GWAPE didn't really end well.

Midnight Cowboy....didn't like it. Music was great, Hoffman was great, everything else was not. I was expecting more from this film after all I had heard about it.

Miss Congeniality...watchable but dumb.

[Aniko]

Postcards from the Edge (1990) :up:
First time I've seen it and I really liked it. Great cast, interesting and loaded with snappy lines. I don't know why I didn't see this earlier.

Smile (2005)
Ok coming of age story and the acting was ok. Some things about it I really liked...and some things really bugged me.

Unfaithfully Yours (1948) :)
Really liked it. I absolutely LOVED Rex Harrison in this...his voice and the way he speaks is just delicious. It took me awhile to get into it, but the last half is a big payoff. I need to see it again. :laugh:


Tootsie (1982) :up:
Still love this...everything about it. It was my daughters first time seeing it and she/we ended up seeing it 2 more times afterwards.

"I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man.
Know what I mean? "

[Piddzilla]

Perfect Strangers (2003 - Gaylene Preston)

Not so good, Al.

[Wonder Boy]

Just saw Sahara, and as always not as good as the book.

[blibblobblib]

The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005 - Judd Apatow)
This was so rubbish. instead of being the same smart and silly humour i saw in Anchorman, it was just awful. The humour felt like a couple of drunk football players had sat down and written a script ripping the ***** out of virgins, black people and homosexuals. And when they feared their dialogue wasn't producing the laughs, they would put stupid and gross slapstick humour in its place to fill the void. Total rubbish. The only reason im even rating this is because Cathrine Keener is in it and she is HOT.

1

Sin City (2005 - Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino)
Aaaah, this is more like it. I love it when a film comes out like this. Something totally new and absolute genius. I love this film. absolute brilliant film making, from the script, to the cinematography, to the acting. This film needs to be talked about more, and needs to be recognised as the superb stuff that it is. If i was to have a problem with it, it would only be the violence, some of it seems a bit unnecessary, quite unlike typical Film Noir. But then again it just looks so cool.

5

[chicagofrog]

Fargo, Coens 1995, second time and of course i still like it, or even better in fact, probably one of (or THE?) Frances McDormand's best performance.

[Monkeypunch]

Serenity - Genius. I am seeing it again my next day off. Best Sci-Fi Flick in AGES.
The Amityville Horror (remake) - Amusing, cause who knew Van Wilder wanted to kill us all? lol.

[Tacitus]

Postcards from the Edge (1990) :up:
First time I've seen it and I really liked it. Great cast, interesting and loaded with snappy lines. I don't know why I didn't see this earlier.

Thanks for reminding me about this one Annie. I haven't seen it in years and remember liking it a lot. :)

[Sinny McGuffins]

The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005 - Judd Apatow)
This was so rubbish. instead of being the same smart and silly humour i saw in Anchorman, it was just awful.Why are you comparing it to Anchorman?

[Sedai]

Lawrence of Arabia

[blibblobblib]

Why are you comparing it to Anchorman?
Because Judd Apatow was the producer of Anchorman and we have a lot of the same cast appearing in both films. It seems to have been marketed in the same way as well so i was expecting the same type of humour. But it really wasn't.

[Tacitus]

Matewan (1987, John Sayles)

4/5

Fantastic tale of miners and massacres, hillbillys and heros, agency men and agent provocateurs, Gospel and gunsmoke (I'll stop now, you get the picture :D). Wonderfully acted, especially by Chris Cooper and James Earl Jones, who was cruelly overlooked for that year's 'Best Actor In A Sitting By The Campfire Looking Noble' Oscar.

Pity the R2 transfer is so tatty...

http://weeklywire.com/ww/07-20-98/austin_screens_scanlines-1.gif

[Iroquois]

The Player (Robert Altman, 1992)

Iro's rating: 5/10

The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979)

Iro's rating: 7.5/10

[chicagofrog]

The Boondock Saints, 1999, wow, genius!

[Thursday Next]

Breaking the Waves (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115751/) a truly astonishing film, must be seen.

[blibblobblib]

Breaking the Waves (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115751/) a truly astonishing film, must be seen.
I really want to see this. I just havnt had the time to watch it yet, i have it on my shelves. Brilliant stuff then?

[Thursday Next]

I really want to see this. I just havnt had the time to watch it yet, i have it on my shelves. Brilliant stuff then?

Definitely. Make sure you have the time, though, it's a long film and is best appreciated with no interruptions. Probably want to have some tissues handy...I cried lots. But don't imagine this is some kind of dull and worthy hollywood melodrama, it is fresh, realistic but bizarre with genuine, affecting performances and characters...I can't praise this film highly enough, but you do need to stick with it.

[hazii82]

Cube Zero - :down: :down:

The I Inside - :up: :up: :up:

Speak - :up: :up: :up:

City of God - :up: :up: :up: :up:

[chicagofrog]

The Brothers Grimm, 2005, i always loved fairytales and such, plus i like it when French are the bad guys and Germans are occupied! When a movie about Spanish occupied Catalonia, eh? :D

[blibblobblib]

Definitely. Make sure you have the time, though, it's a long film and is best appreciated with no interruptions. Probably want to have some tissues handy...I cried lots. But don't imagine this is some kind of dull and worthy hollywood melodrama, it is fresh, realistic but bizarre with genuine, affecting performances and characters...I can't praise this film highly enough, but you do need to stick with it.
Wicked, will try and watch that this weekend. I love Lars.

Election (1999 - Alexander Payne)
I love this film. Payne proves he is a genius at presenting awkward comedy. I think him and Mr Gervais would work well together. I love how awkward, bleak and uncomfortable this film is. And Matthew Broderick does a great job of presenting to us a loser to rival even Mr David Brent himself. Great script, great comedy, and great performances all round. I love that tribal, war music the characters hear in their head each time they get angry. Gotta get me some of that for when im driving.

5

Dawn of the Dead (2004 - Zack Snyder)
I really like this film. I think this a film that uses modern horror techniques to its best when trying to shock and scare its audience. Snyder really doesnt hold back on the gore or shock value for this movie. We have people being hit by ambulances a la Final Destination, zombie children, people being cut in half with chainsaws and even new born zombie babys being shot in the face. Lovely. Of course its a remake, and just another zombie movie, but i love the bleakness of it. This film really focuses on the apocalyptic aspect of zombie movies thats not normally referred to that much. Truly gruesome, horrifying stuff here.

4

[Pyro Tramp]

Land of the Dead- 3

History of Violence- 4

Frankenfish- 0_5

[Strummer521]

Ed Wood (d. Tim Burton, 1997) 4

My favorite biopic so far.

[chicagofrog]

Sarineui Cueog/Memories Of Murder, Korea (what not?) 2003, thanx Adidasss! :) yeah, real good, especially for those who know Korea, everything - all elements! - Korea is composed of is there, just like visiting.

[Strummer521]

Don't Look in the Basement (d. S.F. Browning, 1973) 1

This is one lame old horror movie. Maybe it's not actively bad, but it's unremarkable enough to be a complete waste of time. Well, except for the end credits, but I wouldn't bother watching it just for that.

[OG-]

Thumbsucker, 2005, Mike Mills 0_5

[Aniko]

Lost in America (1985) :) :laugh:
I really enjoyed this. T'was a very fun midlife-crisis story. The opening conversation between Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty was very similar to one my hubby and I had that morning, so it struck a chord from the get-go. :laugh:

Tacitus, have you seen it? :modest:


Tom Jones (1963) :up:
I saw it years ago and had forgotten alot about it. I'm glad I rented it. I absolutely loved everything about it...the story and the way it was done is alot of fun...and the cast is great. A must see if you haven't seen it.

[Sedai]

Serenity (Whedon, 2005) 4_5


Wow.

Wow, wow.

I loved this movie.

[susan]

watching the dangerous lives of alter boys...very cute film

[The Taxi Driver]

Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2

was my first time seeing these i did perfer the first over the 2nd not because of the comedy factor but because how it basicly ingored most of the things in Evil Dead. But Campbell played Ash in Evil Dead 2 so much cooler than he did in Evil Dead.

Going to watch Army of Darkness very soon probobly in a few days

[Wonder Boy]

Your gonna love it.

[Tacitus]

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005, Martin Scorsese)

4.5/5

I'm not a massive Dylan fan (though when I look through my music collection I own a heck of a lot of his albums) but this is a fascinating documentary which owes a great deal to Pennebaker's Don't Look Back. Charting Dylan's early years (up to the '66 'motorbike crash') and transition from protest singer to hitmaking wordsmith. Frank, revealing and, especially when Liam Clancy's being interviewed, heartfelt and funny.

http://www.tinylittledots.com/pics/dylan.jpg

[Thursday Next]

Alfie (the original). Unpleasant, offensive and largely pointless, but well made and acted, I suppose.


Cabaret. It was free in the newspaper yesterday,and I consider that a bargain :D . Brilliant film, Rocky Horror, Moulin Rouge, Chicago - none of these would have been made without it. A combination of night club decadence and the sinister rise of the Nazis in 30s Germany, Joel Grey is fantastic and the whole thing looks great. Funny, too, one of the best screen insults ever: "You're about as fatale as an after dinner mint."

[John McClane]

Serenity- Sweetness!!!

[OG-]

Grizzly Man 4_5 Werner Herzog is hilarious.

[Wonder Boy]

March of the penguins, good, loved Morgan Freeman narrating

[blibblobblib]

Serenity (Whedon, 2005) 4_5


Wow.

Wow, wow.

I loved this movie.
Why not a 5 star rating?

[Sedai]

I try to reserve five stars for stuff like Chinatown and BladeRunner ;)

[blibblobblib]

That is understandable. :)

[Piddzilla]

The Sting (1973- George Roy Hill)

Great fun - as always.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004 - Wes Anderson)

Amusing. Sometimes very amusing. But not on par with The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore.

[Sedai]

Magnolia (Anderson, 1999)

Watched this recently, but got the DVD for my birthday as well, and had to watch it again!

[chicagofrog]

no popcorn bags?

[Sedai]

Well, I am a big fan of the film, and think the screenplay is brilliant. You must like it....

Frogs fall from the sky!!!

[chicagofrog]

Well, I am a big fan of the film, and think the screenplay is brilliant. You must like it....


i really do. love the finale, and one of my fave actresses, Julianne Moore, is there too. i don't understand why some people make such a fuss of Cruise's performance though, since i find it exaggerated - it IS maybe the best movie he was in, but it's in no case (i.m.o) his best performance like i read some places. (not liking him doesn't help of course...)

[Sedai]

i really do. love the finale, and one of my face actresses, Julianne Moore, is there too. i don't understand why some people make such a fuss of Cruise's performance though, since i find it exaggerated - it IS maybe the best movie he was in, but it's in no case (i.m.o) his best performance like i read some places. (not liking him doesn't help of course...)

He is actually one of the weaker points, or maybe I just don't dig his story as much, but then again, it's all one story, really. His sections are the least interesting to me. I love the technical aspects of the film, and many of the performances are great.


Oh, yeah, almost forgot, I saw this crappy film...

The Jacket (Maybury, 2005) - not very good

[Tacitus]

Well, I am a big fan of the film, and think the screenplay is brilliant. You must like it....

Frogs fall from the sky!!!

So many people seem to like this movie and I honestly don't know why. I just couldn't watch it without comparing the movie to Altman's Short Cuts: Short Cuts without the script, subtlety or wit (allied to some cringeworthy acting).

Too overwrought for me, maybe I need to watch it again. :)

[chicagofrog]

couldn't watch it without comparing the movie to Altman's Short Cuts


i like both, but i do prefer Short Cuts, which is in my top ten, while Magnolia would be in my top... 30??

[Aniko]

Trouble in Paradise (1932) :up:
I loved it! Smart, fun story, snappy lines and a cast that fits it perfectly. A new/classic favorite for me to enjoy over and over again. If anyone likes Preston Sturges' type of stuff, I'd recommend it.

"From Geneva comes the news that the famous international crook, Gaston Monescu, robbed the peace conference yesterday. He took practically everything except the peace. "

....

"Darling, remember, you are Gaston Monescu. You are a crook. I want you as a crook. I love you as a crook. I worship you as a crook. Steal, swindle, rob. Oh, but don't become one of those useless, good-for-nothing gigolos."

.....

"You know, If I like man I remember him....
...and if I don't like him, I never forget him."

[Sinny McGuffins]

So many people seem to like this movie and I honestly don't know why. I just couldn't watch it without comparing the movie to Altman's Short CutsMagnolia and Short Cuts are both very different films. The only similarity is the inter-weaving stories. Magnolia is fast and fluid while Short Cuts is slow and naturalistic.

They're both great, but I prefer Magnolia.

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Trouble in Paradise ...
"You know, If I like man I remember him....
...and if I don't like him, I never forget him."
heh! :D

Sounds like a good one, Aniko!


I watched My Best Friend: Klaus Kinski and loved it. And I watched Miller's Crossing and loved it, too. Barry Sonnenfeld's comments ni the special features were really fascinating, he goes on about how he uses action to direct the viewers, and what the choice of lenses does to our perception of the characters. Great stuff.

[Caitlyn]

Kingdom of Heaven (2005) ~ I remember reading some bad things about this movie when it was playing at the theater, but I enjoyed it... 3 ½/5

[Tacitus]

Magnolia and Short Cuts are both very different films. The only similarity is the inter-weaving stories. Magnolia is fast and fluid while Short Cuts is slow and naturalistic.

But that's exactly what makes them so similar - a number of seemingly disparate people's lives converging (or not), all-star cast, LA setting, Bum-numbing length, Julianne Moore...

The two films dovetail in different ways, sure. Magnolia would have to, otherwise we're in rip-off territory. ;)

[Holden Pike]

I watched My Best Friend: Klaus Kinski and loved it.

http://img.kino.br.by/descrpics/3302.jpg

That's My Best Fiend. It's a play on words.

http://www.krugerstars.com/extract/Images/5117F93B1725A37C85256E9C00090E0B_Image.gif

[SamsoniteDelilah]

http://img.kino.br.by/descrpics/3302.jpg

That's My Best Fiend. It's a play on words.
Good lord, it is!! :p

http://www.krugerstars.com/extract/Images/5117F93B1725A37C85256E9C00090E0B_Image.gifaww!! That was the part that made me cry. Given that one of my best friends (fiends?) is affectionately known as "twat", you can see where I appreciate the friendship described in that film. :D

[Tacitus]

Good lord, it is!! :p

aww!! That was the part that made me cry. Given that one of my best friends (fiends?) is affectionately known as "twat", you can see where I appreciate the friendship described in that film. :D

That's just solved my quandary over what to watch tonight!

...and it's not this:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000A5BSK.02._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Fitstarraldo?

[SamsoniteDelilah]

oooh! Great one! Have you seen it before?

[Tacitus]

oooh! Great one! Have you seen it before?

Not for 6 weeks or so.... :)

Although if you mean Freddie Starr Live I'll shamefully admit to not owning the disc, though I have had the (mis)fortune to see him in concert.

It struck me while watching Fitzcarraldo that the chubby Scouse comedian is a dead ringer for Kinski's titular hero (which will mean absolutely nothing to anyone outside the British Isles, or anyone under 30 in the British Isles, for that matter).

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Not for 6 weeks or so.... :)

Although if you mean Freddie Starr Live I'll shamefully admit to not owning the disc, though I have had the (mis)fortune to see him in concert.

It struck me while watching Fitzcarraldo that the chubby Scouse comedian is a dead ringer for Kinski's titular hero (which will mean absolutely nothing to anyone outside the British Isles, or anyone under 30 in the British Isles, for that matter).
Isn't it fun to have reached an age where half the surviving population hasn't a clue what you're on about? I know I love it. :indifferent:

[Piddzilla]

About Cruise's part in Magnolia. I think it's one of his most successful achievments because of his acting style. It suits the character his portraiting, imo. Personally, I often tend to think that Cruise is bordering to overacting but I think he nailed it in this one. It's been a while since I saw the film though.

[Tacitus]

Isn't it fun to have reached an age where half the surviving population hasn't a clue what you're on about? I know I love it. :indifferent:

Thing is though, I don't have a clue what I'm on about half the time....

If my granny can play the 'I remember the War' card then 'I remember Freddie Starr' should be able to hold some weight in whatever old-persons' home I end up in. :D

[SamsoniteDelilah]

About Cruise's part in Magnolia. I think it's one of his most successful achievments because of his acting style. It suits the character his portraiting, imo. Personally, I often tend to think that Cruise is bordering to overacting but I think he nailed it in this one. It's been a while since I saw the film though.
I'm no Cruise fan, but I agree with you here. It's like Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves - a case of great casting.



Tacitus what does that mean for someone who thinks they do know what you're on about, most of the time? :D

[Sedai]

The performances in magnolia that stood out for me were Phillip Seymore Hoffman and Jason Robards. Cruise was good for most of it, but I thought the Deathbed scene was overwrought on his part. I am one of the few that thinks Cruise is pretty good, in most of his stuff.


His onscreen stuff, that is. I tend to not like most actors, offscreen.

[Tacitus]

Tacitus what does that mean for someone who thinks they do know what you're on about, most of the time? :D

I think they're raving bonkers, but in a cute way. :D

Anyway:

My Best Feind - Klaus Kinski (1999, Werner Herzog)

4/5

I'd last watched this a few months ago and only tonight realised that there's an English dub track (no, Burning Spear's not involved). Werner dubs himself, naturally, and there's something endearing about the way he rolls his R's (R's I said).

"One day I serrrriously planned to firrrrebomb him in his house..."

http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/cultura/2005/07/02/herzog.jpg

[Misirlou]

Sonatine (1993) 7/10

[TheUsualSuspect]

Inside Deep Throat....expect review soon.:D

[Piddzilla]

Coffee and Cigarettes (2003 - Jim Jarmusch)

I liked it. I was surprised though that the two shorts from 1986 and 1989 were in the movie. I hadn't expected that. Some episodes were better than others. The one from 1986 with Roberto Benigni and Steven Wright is of course allready a classic. Besides that one I really liked the one with Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan. The "Delirium" episode with GZA, RZA and Bill Murray was fun too. And the last one, with Bill Rice and Taylor Mead, was very moving and a perfect finish. And don't we have a little acting promise in Jack White, no? I think he could pull it off. And it's not only in various CD sleeve pics he resembles of Johnny Depp....

Anyway... I dig Jarmusch a lot. I need to see Broken Flowers as soon as possible now.

[chicagofrog]

. I need to see Broken Flowers as soon as possible now.

what you waitin' for? it's just greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

[chicagofrog]

Lexx, D, 1997, wow 6 hours, it's said to be cult, is it cuz the effects are so bad, or thanx to some very little blurry nudity in the shower scene?
Uritsukidôji, J 1989/1990, not my thing at all
Gabal/The Wig, K 2005, the same beautiful sadness and sad beauty i find in all of those "Korea's new wave" (i call it that) movies, thus deserving at least a 3/5,... and then i loved the recurring mirror symbolism again,
and
photography :up: :up: :up: :up:
actors performance :up: :up: :up: :up:
music :up: :up: :up: :up:
plot :up: :up: :up:
dvd presentation :up: :up:
and rythm :up: :up: of 5, tis real slow!

i read someplace the Korean movies are not scary, but creepy, and i do agree, this one's creepy enough, after all it's all about cancer and love and memories, not about making a scary movie - recurrent feature of Korean movies - and not any happy ending to be seen in this, nor as in any of Korean movies anyway anyhow - is it (but it IS!) reflecting some malaise in today's Korean society? (you got the answer already)

it deserves though for me to repeat the link i already put in my froggy links

www.gaval.co.kr

http://www.twitchfilm.net/pics/gabal.jpg

i get a feeling they tend to be like a mixture between Godard and horror movie with Asian photography/aesthetics and Christian mysticism (reflected in the music too, much better than in the average Japanese or HK movie), a mixture that never (logically) cannot be found in Japan for instance, hence the typical Korean flair/character/atrmosphere/identity all about them.

not really a review, but i wouldn't pretend to anyway....

[Golgot]

The Fog of War - One classy condensation of a some realtime memories. That Morris is a canny customer. [Makes you wanna see a future-Rumsfeld just letting himself be - and owning up to his known unknown uncertainties ;)]

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As for Tom Cruise in Magnolia - probably the best role for his style - as Sammy says. That film i liked a lot - but i thought it lived on a pretentious edge. For me, it's summed up by the 'It's not going to stop' song that joins all the events. You can take it as preachy, or a celebration of lives caught in capricious synchronicity. (Alright, you can't escape its pretencious capacity ;)). Some of the performances are top notch tho, as Seds says.

Haven't seen Short Cuts yet tho. D'oh. Back to the moving board.

[Piddzilla]

what you waitin' for? it's just greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!

It hasn't been released in Sweden yet.

[chicagofrog]

It hasn't been released in Sweden yet.

oh? amazing! Germany is the last country where movies are released in 85% of cases, in hard competition with Spain...
(Barcelona included :p :p :D , even if it's slightly better...)

no luck there!

[Golgot]

A Matter of Life and Death - what a curious film. Very playful with its visual and narrative conceits. I love the way it suddenly becomes a bizarre Anglo-US squabble about who has the most liberty too. Most uncommon ;).

[undercoverlover]

Dracula: Dead and loving it
'I saw nothing, i saw nothing...I saw everything'

[Piddzilla]

oh? amazing! Germany is the last country where movies are released in 85% of cases, in hard competition with Spain...
(Barcelona included :p :p :D , even if it's slightly better...)

no luck there!

Sweden is really a crap movie country as far as distribution and availibility goes (and most of the time production as well). The movies are released late and lots of times they go directly to the rental shelfs. It's really expensive to go to the movies and swedish film politics is a joke. For instance: Oldboy, although it's been really talked about, will probably not even be released as a rental DVD. The only good thing is that really controversial films usually have little if any problem getting released without any strange censorship proceedures (like Ken Park or The Brown Bunny).

[Tacitus]

A Matter of Life and Death - what a curious film. Very playful with its visual and narrative conceits. I love the way it suddenly becomes a bizarre Anglo-US squabble about who has the most liberty too. Most uncommon ;).

Did you like it though? I think A Matter Of Life And Death is fantastic. It's no Blimp, to be sure, but wonderful nonetheless. :)

[Golgot]

Did you like it though? I think A Matter Of Life And Death is fantastic. It's no Blimp, to be sure, but wonderful nonetheless. :)

I liked loads of aspects of it. This is the first time i've seen it all the way through since i was a kid (when i found it too corny) and i did enjoy it a lot.

I've seen the opening of Colonel Blimpy... but couldn't watch the rest. It looked good.

[Tacitus]

Dead Again (1991, Ken Branagh)

3.5/5

Branagh's oft-overlooked Noir/Hitchcock homage moves along at a cracking pace. Great fun. ;)

On a side note, I loved the subtle little glances between Ken & Em (who were, of course, married at the time).

http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/magic/43/da3.jpg

[chicagofrog]

Nochnoj Dozor/Night Watcher??, Russia 2004, very chaotic, sometimes very good effects and pics and sometimes it seemed cheap, and so the characters too, well, at least it's original and interesting enough, even if the script could be better...

[Iroquois]

Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)

Iro's rating: 9/10

[Pyro Tramp]

Three Extremes:

Box- 2
Dumplings- 4_5
Cut- 4

[chicagofrog]

and yet another Russian movie, Vojna/War, 2001, not so bad action actually, if one can manage to swallow away the dumb Russian fascistoid propaganda the movie is full of, like the message told by the "hero" in a dialog :rolleyes:
"- Chechens are gangsters
- you mean all of them
- yes"
:nope: :sick: :sick: :sick:
(knowing Russians are as much at home as Frenchies in Perpinyà or Brittany as Spaniards in Barcelona, San Sebastian or Xixón (etc etc)...............)

[Misirlou]

the office special (8.5/10)

The best made for television movie I've ever seen :D

[Monkeypunch]

High Tension - I don't even know WHAT to make of this. Gruesome, and plot holes big enough to drive a truck through. Weird, weird movie.

[Pyro Tramp]

I thought it was pretty great until the 'twist' which just ruined a perfectly good film.

[Caitlyn]

House of D (2004) ~ er... hmm... I liked the soundtrack...

[blibblobblib]

House of D (2004) ~ er... hmm... I liked the soundtrack...
Not good then Caity? I love Robin, and i know he's playing the mentally challenged again but i thought this looked pretty good.

Oliver Twist (2005 - Roman Polanski)
I had great expectations for this film, (Hee Hee) but it unfortunatly didnt live up to them. I enjoyed the simple book to screen adaptation of the story, and the dialogue was great, but my main problems were with the acting. Jamie Foreman as Sykes was just rubbish. He was about as scary as my hairy bum. And little Barney Clark just couldnt deliver. I think he may have only uttered five lines in the whole 130 minutes he was on screen and just pretended to cry for the rest of it. Ben Kingsley as Fagin does a good job, but Polanksi's portrayel of the ginger thief was a little too muddled for my liking. One moment he''s meant to be Sykes evil cohort and the next minute his wonderful lovely Fagin who Oliver will miss so dearly. Meh. Just not good enough for me. but then again maybe its just that Mr Twists story has had enough re-tellings and this was the final nail etc etc.

Plus i really did miss the songs.

2_5

[hazii82]

Elephant -A - Kinda boring at first alot of watching people walk, but towrds the end it gets good then leaves you hanging like wtf

Rollbounce - A - Good movie pretty predicitable of course, but still a good movie

[Monkeypunch]

I thought it was pretty great until the 'twist' which just ruined a perfectly good film.

I liked the twist, but the problem was the film didn't really come by it honestly. it's like they came up with it long after they made the rest of the film. There are tooooo many problems with that being the ending. it just doesn't fit.

[Misirlou]

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (8/10)

I really enjoyed this movie, but that CGI blood was so damn annoying! Why do they have to do that?

[Tacitus]

but that CGI blood was so damn annoying! Why do they have to do that?

Simply because he chooses to:

"With Zatoichi I wanted to make the blood look more splatterly than it is in real life, to give it almost a videogame-like look.

I knew that there would be quite a high body count, so I wanted to make it look almost unreal." Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3517957.stm)

It wasn't a case of the blood looking fake then, but rather Kitano wanting it to look fake.

He's contrary like that, maybe that's why I love his films. :)

[Tacitus]

Touch Of Evil (1958, Orson Welles)

5/5

Small town corruption, Welles (again) convincingly playing an old man, Chuck Heston painted with creosote, wigs and Janet Leigh's gravity-defying cleavage.

Noiry perfection.

http://www.sea.fi/foto/touch_of_evil_2004.jpg

[chicagofrog]

http://gfx.filmweb.pl/f/226331/po.6995078.jpg

http://www.cinepark.com/home/poster/small/bunhongsin-pre.jpg

Bunhongsin/The Red Shoes, Korea 2005, missed it this summer in Seoul, so had to buy it,
it begins very well, and continues so, and logically too, till some 15 minutes before the ending, when it stops being logical - a shame!

else,
photography :up: :up: :up: and a half
music :up: :up: :up:
acting performance :up: :up: :up:
rythm (where it's better than The Wig) :up: :up: :up: and a half!
plot :up: :up: :up: :up: till the finale, where it's getting more like :up: :up: :( , but the R-18 rated version, ONLY available in Korean without subtitles :eek: , is slightly better, i'd give it :up: :up: :up: ...)
okay, dvd presentation, important for collectors, :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: (nothing new coming from Korea though, where everything is presented perfectly)

[Misirlou]

Castle in the Sky ~ B+

[Monkeypunch]

Unleashed - Quite liked it. Probably the best of all the English language Jet Li films. No wire-fu and no matrix moves? I'm all for it.

[Pyro Tramp]

Crash (Cronenberg)- 3_5

[Anonymous Last]

Unleashed - Quite liked it. Probably the best of all the English language Jet Li films. No wire-fu and no matrix moves? I'm all for it.



Yups! I watched that one also last night.

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3_5

[undercoverlover]

Donnie Darko

[chicagofrog]

http://www.dbcinema.co.kr/down/cinemaDB/217/M0010072_moksori_main_p1%5BX160,230%5D.jpg

Mogsori/The Voice, Korea 2005, the best, much better than Red Shoes or The Wig,
photography :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: splendid, amazing pics, each one could be in an exhibition
acting performance :up: :up: :up: :up: :up: yep, really!
atmosphere :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:
plot :up: :up: :up: :up: , doesn't lack the logics, even towards the end, like many other, although aesthetically beautiful or even perfect, Korean movies do...
rythm, very slow, but this time it's not boring, it adds to the always present beautiful sadness and sad beauty (life!) i already mentioned about other Korean movies.

wow. :) :cool: happy i have the collector's edition box imported from there and all.

[Piddzilla]

Elling (2001 - Petter Næss)

Fantastic norwegian film! I had only heard good things about it and realized they were all true when I finally got around to see it. Hillarious and moving and actually realistic. I saw that an american remake is to be released next year but please, please, please try to check out the original version if you get the chance. You will love it!

[Pyro Tramp]

Flash Gordon- 5

[Misirlou]

The Phantom of the Opera ~ A

Joel Schumacher has been absolved of all his previous cinematic sins with this beautiful movie

[Thursday Next]

City of God. Horrible, but totally compelling. Highly recommended.

[criss]

Before sunrise

so beautiful!

[Piddzilla]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002 - Joel Zwick)

Really dumb...

Catch Me If You Can (2002 - Steven Spielberg)

The best Spielberg flick I've seen in a long time. Very entertaining and well made down to every detail (I love the way Hanks' look changes slightly towards the end of the film). But there are of course, as there always is in Spielberg's films, a few things that annoys me. To mention just one thing in this one: the incredibly downgrading way he portraits the female characters in the film. When I think about it now, that was probably the only thing that bothered me a lot... There is of course also the thing with the certain ideology that is always present it seems in Spielberg's film. Some strange mix between liberal views and conservative family values.

[adidasss]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002 - Joel Zwick)

Really dumb...


are you serious?

[chicagofrog]

Superman 2, 1979, always reminds me of my beginning as a comicbook fan...

[adidasss]

a home at the end of the world.....i probably should have read the book, even though it was a fairly good movie, you get to see Colin Farell make out with another man....priceless....;)

[chicagofrog]

great Adidasss, i read the book two years ago, and wish i had seen the movie too...

[adidasss]

i'm guessing it would only disappoint you, movies done from books always do....

[chicagofrog]

generally, yes. Fight Club didn't though, although the book is a must-read, and the movie *maybe* doesn't give all there is to give from such a book - or does it? but in a different way? the comparison between both is real interesting.
that was just to give one example.
oh! and Shipping News too, and this time i even got quite the identical feeling about both, book and movie.

[adidasss]

the best movie i've seen based on a book would have to be LOTR, a far superior experience than the book....although i absolutely loved reading the books...

[Misirlou]

I think there have been plenty of great films based on books. Some examples: The Godfather, Trainspotting, Goodfellas, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Rebecca, The Exorcist, etc. Of course I've only read a few of those books, though :p

[adidasss]

I think there have been plenty of great films based on books. Some examples: The Godfather, Trainspotting, Goodfellas, The Shining, A Clockwork Orange, Rebecca, The Exorcist, etc. Of course I've only read a few of those books, though :p
haha..true, i dunno, reading a book is just a different vibe, it's all about the language

[susan]

just watched sideways...good acting by entire cast...good film

[Iroquois]

Miller's Crossing : 8/10

The Shawshank Redemption : 10/10

The Godfather Part III : 7/10

[Sinny McGuffins]

Breathless (Jean-Luc Godard, 1959), A+
M*A*S*H (Robert Altman, 1970), A
Alien (Ridley Scott, 1979), A-

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