Movie Tab II [Archive] - Page 11

Tacitus

10-16-05, 05:00 PM

Kingdom Of Heaven (2005, Ridley Scott)

2.5/5

Much less melodramatic than Scott's other Swords 'n' Dirt epic, Gladiator. Preferable then, but still not that good...

The best performances in the film are much too fleeting: Big Liam (charismatic and noble), David Thewlis (clever) and Brendan Gleeson (camp as Christmas). This leaves the movie in the manicured hands of Orlando Bloom, who's better than I've seen him but frankly not up to the job. His rousing "Come on!" speech would hardly inspire a dog to chase a stick, for instance. St Crispin's Day it ain't...

Still, he flicks his hair and looks pretty while the slo-mo battles rage glossily around him. Epic, beautifully shot but a bit vapid.

http://www.nctimes.com/content/articles/2005/05/09/entertainment/movies/5405124917.jpg

Sedai

10-16-05, 05:30 PM

Damn, almost forgot I saw this wonderful film while we were away, as well....

Girl with a Pearl Earring (Webber, 2003)

Great period piece. I loved they way they integrated interesting information about art/painting into the story. Scaarlett was vulnerable and magnificent, and the film was shot wonderfully. I loved it.... The film could have easily gone overboard into melodramatic crap, but didn't, and told it's story in a concise and elegant manner.

For your viewing pleasure, the Vermeer the film was inspired by....

http://www.illusionsgallery.com/Girl-Pearl-Earring-Veemer-L.jpg

Ezikiel

10-16-05, 06:20 PM

A History of Violence, A-
2005 - David Cronenberg

Magnificent Obsession, B-
1954 - Douglas Sirk

Office Space, B
1999 - Mike Judge

The Fly, B
1986 - David Cronenberg

Crash, B+
1996 - David Cronenberg

The Man Who Fell to Earth, A
1976 - Nicolas Roeg

Pyro Tramp

10-16-05, 06:40 PM

Cronenberg sesh as well, eh?

Pyro Tramp

10-16-05, 06:47 PM

Requiem for a Dream- 4_5

Ezikiel

10-16-05, 07:34 PM

Cronenberg sesh as well, eh?
Hell yes, Cronenberg's such a peculiar man, and his films are something distinct and fascinating, especially Crash, what an odd (and great) film.

Piddzilla

10-16-05, 07:44 PM

are you serious?

Yes. You liked it a lot?

Pyro Tramp

10-16-05, 08:39 PM

Hell yes, Cronenberg's such a peculiar man, and his films are something distinct and fascinating, especially Crash, what an odd (and great) film.

I'm un-decided as to what to make of Crash....

The Dead Zone- 4_5

Sinny McGuffins

10-17-05, 08:01 PM

Breathless (Jim McBride, 1983), F-

Quite possibly the worst film of all time.

Tacitus

10-17-05, 08:37 PM

Angel (1982, Neil Jordan)

4/5

Jordan's directorial debut sets the ball rolling with his themes of regret, isolation, love & death in this sparse tale of a showband saxophonist who witnesses the IRA murder of his manager and a mute girl.

The Northern Ireland of the '80s is depicted as a grim and Godless place with Ford Cortinas, bombsites and surgical shoes. From what I remember....it was.

http://www.kultunderground.org/w200012/angel.jpg

Cop: By the way, I'm Jewish.

Danny: Are you a Catholic Jew or a Protestant Jew?

Sums my country up really. :)

Caitlyn

10-18-05, 12:40 AM

Meet Joe Black (1998) 4/5

chicagofrog

10-18-05, 06:19 PM

Duets, 2000, Gwyneth Paltrow CAN sing, and the rest too, plus i don't understand reading some places the director tried to copy Short Cuts and Magnolia....... NOT at all, in my opinion, and the result is original, not copied
In My Father's Den, NZ 2004, very beautiful, very hard, very deep

Golgot

10-18-05, 07:39 PM

Amelie - Mmmm. Very good.
Capturing the Friedmans - Ewww. Very good.

adidasss

10-18-05, 07:53 PM

Yes. You liked it a lot?
i almost peed my pants, it was hilariuos...."why you want to leave meeeeee" ahahahahah.....or when the grandma tries to run away again and is interrupted by the sprinklers? aaaaaaaaaahahahahahahahaa

Piddzilla

10-19-05, 07:49 AM

Tacitus

10-19-05, 09:02 AM

Zatôichi (2003 - Takeshi Kitano)

It was pretty cool. Not too wild about sword fighting and such but it was ok. What I found the most interesting was probably the peculiar (in a positive way) little moments of rythmic escapades - the men working in the field, the building of the house towards the end of the film. Then the climax with the dance number at the very end. I wonder what that was all about? Some connection between the blindness and the sounds? To the nickname "Beat"? What do you Kitano fans say about it?

The folks in the field etc are a dance troupe that Kitano likes so he put them in the movie. I think the only significance behind the song and dance number at the end is that he wanted one in there, it's a nice juxtaposition and builds on the rhythmic feel of the score throughout the film.

Kitano's called 'Beat' because of his days as part of a comedy duo in the 70s who were called The Two Beats - the name comes from a love of jazz. When his name is on the credits as an actor it's Beat Takeshi, as a director it's Takeshi Kitano.

There's an excellent little interview with him about Zatoichi here (http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/home_feat_int_takeshi.asp). ;)

Piddzilla

10-19-05, 10:16 AM

The folks in the field etc are a dance troupe that Kitano likes so he put them in the movie. I think the only significance behind the song and dance number at the end is that he wanted one in there, it's a nice juxtaposition and builds on the rhythmic feel of the score throughout the film.

Kitano's called 'Beat' because of his days as part of a comedy duo in the 70s who were called The Two Beats - the name comes from a love of jazz. When his name is on the credits as an actor it's Beat Takeshi, as a director it's Takeshi Kitano.

There's an excellent little interview with him about Zatoichi here (http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/home_feat_int_takeshi.asp). ;)

Thanks! I like the part where he said that the french aren't satisfied with the pragmatic reasons for filming by the sea. :D

Golgot

10-19-05, 11:50 AM

There's an excellent little interview with him about Zatoichi here (http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/home_feat_int_takeshi.asp). ;)

Cool interview :). That makes a lot more sense of the film for me. It felt playful and 'modified' in loads of ways, but not really in a 'deliberately-parodying' kind of way.
I remember an interview where Takeshi said he thought about finishing the film by panning out from the dance scene to show all the crew/cameras etc - to totally break the illusion of the film. I guess, to an extent, he just likes to play. :)

Wonder Boy

10-19-05, 03:08 PM

Batman Begins- A-
I can't help but love how Nolan depicted the development of how Bruce Wayne transformed into the dark knight. The cast was amazing and they all gave extremely good performances

Tacitus

10-19-05, 06:29 PM

Around The Bend (2004, Jordan Roberts)

3.5/5

This is a nice movie. Nice acting, nice script, nice score. Worth a rent if you like nice stuff...

It's also the second film I've seen recently where Michael Caine spends most of the film being carried around in an urn (Fred Schepisi's Last Orders). He's in danger of being typecast. ;)

Nice... :)

http://www.parool.nl/film/2005/recensies/beeld/around_the_bend-410.jpg

Darth Stujitzu

10-19-05, 06:41 PM

Around The Bend (2004, Jordan Roberts)

3.5/5

It's also the second film I've seen recently where Michael Caine spends most of the film being carried around in an urn (Fred Schepisi's Last Orders). He's in danger of being typecast. ;)

Nice... :)

http://www.parool.nl/film/2005/recensies/beeld/around_the_bend-410.jpg

Not a lot of people know that!!! ( sorry couldn't resist! )
I'm not a fan of Michael Caine, especially as he has an over opiniated view of himself as an actor, can't remember the actual quote, but something along the lines of him being more talented than Harris, Burton and Reed all together! I'll have a pint of what he's on. Now Christopher Walken, he's the man, a huge fan of his! ( plus his mother was from Glasgow!!! )

Tacitus

10-19-05, 06:45 PM

Not a lot of people know that!!! ( sorry couldn't resist! )
I'm not a fan of Michael Caine, especially as he has an over opiniated view of himself as an actor, can't remember the actual quote, but something along the lines of him being more talented than Harris, Burton and Reed all together! I'll have a pint of what he's on. Now Christopher Walken, he's the man, a huge fan of his! ( plus his mother was from Glasgow!!! )

I like Caine, but wouldn't say I'm a huge fan. Same with Walken (or in an homage to big Chris "same............with Walken"). ;)

nebbit

10-19-05, 07:10 PM

Thanks for the link Tatty very :cool:

Pyro Tramp

10-20-05, 07:59 AM

Dead Ringers- 4_5

chicagofrog

10-20-05, 08:47 AM

Army Of Darkness, 1992, director's cut, now i call that funny, in fact, hilarious :up: :laugh: :up: :rotfl: :up:

Sedai

10-20-05, 10:13 AM

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (Huston, 1948)

Pyro Tramp

10-20-05, 12:37 PM

Dead Man- 5

Sedai

10-20-05, 12:41 PM

Dead Man- 5

"Did you kill the white man who killed you?"

Pyro Tramp

10-20-05, 02:01 PM

You a fan Sedai? I'm just about to search for some threads on it to discuss interpretations.

Tacitus

10-20-05, 03:45 PM

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988, Terry Gilliam)

3.5/5 (I feel like adding another .5 for Uma's emergance from the shell)

TG at his most fantastic and when you remember the problems during the shoot it's amazing Munchausen hits the mark at all. Growing old has never been so much fun (not untill Bubba Ho-Tep anyway). ;)

http://www.smart.co.uk/dreams/balloon.jpg

Sedai

10-20-05, 03:46 PM

You a fan Sedai? I'm just about to search for some threads on it to discuss interpretations.

I jave seen it twice and I liked it a lot, but feel I need to see it again, as it's been a while. I know Caity is a big fan, as well.

Pyro Tramp

10-20-05, 03:52 PM

Cool, you should, it's one of those films like Mulholland Drive that's open to interpretation, which i love in films- cinema that allows you to think and come to your own conclusion opposed to having the film tell you everything.

Bonnie and Clyde- 5

Caitlyn

10-20-05, 04:11 PM

I jave seen it twice and I liked it a lot, but feel I need to see it again, as it's been a while. I know Caity is a big fan, as well.

:yup: ... I love Dead Man... Ezikiel (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=2510) is a big fan as well... just check out his avatar... :D

Piddzilla

10-20-05, 04:21 PM

:yup: ... I love Dead Man... Ezikiel (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=2510) is a big fan as well... just check out his avatar... :D

Hey! I'm a fan too!!!!

Pyro Tramp

10-20-05, 04:23 PM

Yeah, i heard about Dead Man and when i saw Ezikiel's AV it made me determined to see it. Would anyone object to creating a thread on it? I have my own idea as to what it's about, but i'm sure you lot may have different opinions.

Anonymous Last

10-20-05, 04:24 PM

Hey! I'm a fan too!!!!

Hey, let me kick the ball!

Ezikiel

10-21-05, 01:48 AM

:yup: ... I love Dead Man... Ezikiel (http://www.movieforums.com/community/member.php?u=2510) is a big fan as well... just check out his avatar... :D
I'm a big fan of Jarmusch film's overall, the man is a genius.

Thus today I finally saw:

Broken Flowers, A-
2005 - Jim Jarmusch

chicagofrog

10-21-05, 08:41 AM

http://www.jkdramas.com/movies/05/wishingstairs/poster03.jpg

Yeo'u Gyedan/Wishing Stairs (Yeogyo Gwedam 3), K 2002, again, saw it almost one year ago for the first time, but since i saw the fourth installment a few days ago...
this time, dvd presentation is not so much the cover (though very very very beautiful in the collector's edition), but the menu which is pure splendor :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:
performance, especially that cute possessed girl :up: :up: :up: :up: :up:
plot :up: :up: :up: +, not so original maybe, but logical till the end, where many Korean movies go down the sink
pics, like always :up: :up: :up: :up: +
rythm, very slow, but tis not disturbing in this one, tis all about atmosphere, not scary scenes - in fact, there's only 1-2 a lil bit creepy scenes, so that's definitely not what the director's after

they're all dramas after all, no horror movies, and the public goes there with false expectations mostly...

Sedai

10-21-05, 10:58 AM

Memories of Murder 4_5

http://www.eiga.dk/billeder/0104.jpg

Top notch serial killer film, that takes a very interesting angle. Not your standard serial killer film, and I found it refreshing and interesting, as well as quite thought provoking. Highly recommended!

chicagofrog

10-21-05, 11:03 AM

i liked it a lot, saw it like two weeks ago, i.e. recently.

Caitlyn

10-21-05, 11:31 AM

Batman Begins (2005) - 4 ½/5

The Outsiders (1983) - 3/5

Piddzilla

10-21-05, 07:42 PM

Siu lam juk kau / Shaolin Soccer (2001 - Stephen Chow)

Eh... Well, I guess it had its charm. Not really my cup of tea really but still I couldn't help to smile on numerous of occasions.

Tacitus

10-21-05, 08:48 PM

Devil In A Blue Dress (1995, Carl Franklin)

3.5/5

I hadn't seen this in almost a decade and can remember thinking at the time, "That Cheadle guy's a good actor!", then promptly forgetting he was in it....

Denzel is solid, Jennifer Beals also (solid as in wooden, that is) but Mr Cheadle steals it. :)

http://www.moviesnapshot.com/1995Stills/Devil_In_A_Blue_Dress.JPG

SamsoniteDelilah

10-21-05, 09:10 PM

Denzel is solid, Jennifer Beals also (solid as in wooden, that is)
:rotfl:

chicagofrog

10-21-05, 10:05 PM

Palindromes, 2004, i think i love Solondz, and then there's Ellen Barkin, but especially the so touching J. J. Leigh! :love:
and tis about life, and tis about death and life (isn't it the same?), and tis one of the hard, true, honest, sad... movies that make me wanna live some more weeks at least, and i recommend it to anyone open-minded, and prescribe it to anyone puritan, well-thinking etc... that i.m.o. needs to re-think and rewind and actualize the "computer"
http://www.joblo.com/big-poster-images/posterpalindromes.jpg

Thursday Next

10-22-05, 09:24 AM

Watched Starship Troopers when it was on tv the other day, but missed the end, so not really qualified to rate it. It seemed to be a spoof, but it wasn't funny...perhaps I will rent it and watch the end.

The Third Man - good, but not 'number one film of all time' good.

Pyro Tramp

10-22-05, 11:10 AM

Monty Python and the Holy Grail- 5

chicagofrog

10-22-05, 12:39 PM

Superman 3, 1983

undercoverlover

10-22-05, 06:41 PM

It could happen to you - charming film that quite easily have been produced by Nora Ephron it was so cutesy. It gave you a sense of oh yeah there are decent human beings in the world, it was nice to be reminded

Tim Burton's the Corpse Bride --- Although I hold all animated films such as this to the high standard of Nightmare Before Christmas I was overall quite impressed with this latest dive into tim burtons warped imagination. I didn't like the way the titles came up and the fact that there weren't that many songs but if thats all one can complain about i think we can call it a success. I really quite liked the story even though it wasnt terribly clear sometimes why characters did the things they did but i suppose thats life isnt it. I also thought it was actually quite funny (some jokes flew right over the heads of my friends but) and it was an unexpected kind of humour, not quite sure how to describe it really.

Overall it was a cracking film

Sedai

10-23-05, 04:14 PM

Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone, 1968)

The Wicker Man (Hardy, 1973)

The Last Temptation of Christ (Scorsese, 1988)

SamsoniteDelilah

10-23-05, 04:37 PM

The Ring 2 - what a mess.

The Notebook - the central story is very sweet and lovely... The modern-day story was a bit clunky and hamfisted. No, it was actually really, really hamfisted and amateurish. But overall, very enjoyable. A 5 tissue flick.

chicagofrog

10-23-05, 06:24 PM

http://www.movielowdown.com/reviews/video/Happiness/poster.jpg

Todd Solondz's (second in a row) Happiness, 1998 (where is it by the way??? - which is the best told in this movie)
"most controversial film of the year" they say............... make mine America when they stop sayin' that *****.......... but this movie is a proof of all the potential they have when they stop being dumbass puritans........ which is not gonna happen right tomorrow, i (logically) fear (judging by the critics and even the taglines all over the movie poster and cover etc.....)
the America i love in one movie... i.e. i wish i were the director... and i were the American director! very recommended to stop being narrow-minded... my world!
:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: no doubt!
in one word ((make it four)): life as it (really) is,. whether you like it or not.

and

Bizarre Love Triangle, Korea 2002, funny stuff, especially for the very conservative Korea

Piddzilla

10-23-05, 07:31 PM

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture [part I] (2005 - Martin Scorsese)

They're showing this on swedish television in two parts and I watched the first one tonight. Needless to say, it was great. This was naturally about the man's early years, growing up and becoming a folk singer and all that. I'm hoping for the next part to be about the music, his collaboration with The Band and stuff. I'm looking forward to part II as hell anyway...

Caitlyn

10-23-05, 07:47 PM

Bewitched (2005)
Lords of Dog Town (2005)

I can't decide which one of these two I disliked the most...

Tacitus

10-23-05, 08:35 PM

I'm looking forward to part II as hell anyway...

Part II is just as good unsurprisingly. :)

It was shown a few weeks ago here.

Strummer521

10-23-05, 10:52 PM

I just got it from Netflix myself, saw parts of it on the tube and can't wait to watch the whole thing :).

adidasss

10-24-05, 01:12 AM

Rois et reine - Arnaud Desplechin....good god what a boring movie, fell asleep after the first hour ( it lasts 157 minutes )...maybe it picks up after that...i shall never know...just goes to show you, when it comes to movies, judge them by the cover, my gut feeling was telling me, don't take it, but i had to see what all the cesars were all about.....the same thing with Piedras ( spanish )...ultra dull, i avoided it for a while and then made the mistake of picking it up.....stopped watching after 30 minutes..

Piddzilla

10-24-05, 07:15 AM

Bewitched (2005)
Lords of Dog Town (2005)

I can't decide which one of these two I disliked the most...

:D Maybe you should watch the documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) instead.

Part II is just as good unsurprisingly. :)

It was shown a few weeks ago here.

Lovely.

I loved all the clips with other artists... Some really great music.

Tacitus

10-24-05, 07:32 AM

I loved all the clips with other artists... Some really great music.

I thought Liam Clancy was wonderful. He was interviewed on the radio here about the Dylan documentary recently and had absolutely no knowledge of it's release 'till someone told him (his interviews were for a completely different programme 4 or 5 years ago).

I have a friend who sat for a full day trying to translate the existential meaning behind When The Ship Comes In only to have his illusions shattered when he watched the show. The song's about Dylan's fury at not being given a hotel room....

Still want to attack Joan Baez with her guitar as soon as she starts singing though... ;)

Piddzilla

10-24-05, 09:05 AM

I thought Liam Clancy was wonderful. He was interviewed on the radio here about the Dylan documentary recently and had absolutely no knowledge of it's release 'till someone told him (his interviews were for a completely different programme 4 or 5 years ago).

I have a friend who sat for a full day trying to translate the existential meaning behind When The Ship Comes In only to have his illusions shattered when he watched the show. The song's about Dylan's fury at not being given a hotel room....

Still want to attack Joan Baez with her guitar as soon as she starts singing though... ;)

Are you serious?? I think she's great! Haven't you heard the duets with her and Bob on "Bootleg Series vol. 6"? Great stuff, Tazz! :yup:

Tacitus

10-24-05, 09:16 AM

Haven't you heard the duets with her and Bob on "Bootleg Series vol. 6"? Great stuff, Tazz! :yup:

I own it. :)

Just can't stand her warbling, over-earnest vocals though. It's a nails down the blackboard situation, as Glen Hoddle might say... ;)

Piddzilla

10-24-05, 09:35 AM

I own it. :)

Just can't stand her warbling, over-earnest vocals though. It's a nails down the blackboard situation, as Glen Hoddle might say... ;)

Yeah, maybe... I think she and Bob sound cool together. His nasal ragged voice against her clear... warbling, over-earnest vocals. :cool:

SamsoniteDelilah

10-24-05, 01:56 PM

Watched Sin City last night. Great style...

eta: :blush: silly typos...

undercoverlover

10-24-05, 06:32 PM

check out the upcoming/sequels forum for sin city sequels

Gladiator - i'd avoided this for various reasons but it was on the box and getting up to get away from it seemed like too much hassle so i watched. Pretty gory but enjoyable, Russel Crowe actually has an extremely sexy voice in this movie-givin me shivers! Joaquin Pheonix is outstanding IMO in his role as the emperor, hot, sexy and totally ruthless.

Life - Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence team up in this funny portrayal of two innocent men being imprisoned in the 1930's. They get funnier as they get older and the people around them leave, grow older and die.

Sedai

10-24-05, 06:38 PM

Halloween (Carpenter, 1979)

Friday the 13th (Cunningham, 1980)

Yup, It's shlock horror time!!!

blibblobblib

10-24-05, 09:01 PM

Yay! Horror time! Halloween Rules!

I'm watching The Fog. I love this film.

hazii82

10-25-05, 04:30 AM

The Fog I finally went to see this today and I must admitt I jumped a few times, I was completly lost at first but at the end it all came to me, but thats with almost every movie I watch, all in all I will have to give the movie a B+

Land of the Dead I have no idea about this movie I dont really like movies like this this movie just threw me into it I never really understood the movie but it was ok, I only bought it cause my girlfriend wanted to see it so I would have to give it a B

Anonymous Last

10-25-05, 10:29 AM

http://photobucket.com/albums/b85/anonl/th_dead_man.jpg

3_5

undercoverlover

10-25-05, 12:44 PM

The education of little tree -- really sweet and endearing tale of a young cherokee boy being raised by his white grandfather and 'injun' grandmother in Tenesse. Adorable.

Pyro Tramp

10-25-05, 06:08 PM

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai- 4_5

Anon, what you think of Dead Man?

Piddzilla

10-25-05, 06:31 PM

Tarnation (2003 - Jonathan Caouette)

So very good and refreshing....

Tacitus

10-25-05, 06:41 PM

Tarnation (2003 - Jonathan Caouette)

So very good and refreshing....

That's been on my online rental queue for, what seems like, donkey's years....

Still no sign of it. :(

Pyro Tramp

10-25-05, 06:45 PM

Forgot that i watched Flash Gordon again the other night, what a stoner flick lol.

Piddzilla

10-25-05, 07:07 PM

That's been on my online rental queue for, what seems like, donkey's years....

Still no sign of it. :(

You should rent it at my local rental shop... They've got it!

Pretty cool what movie you can make with 200 bucks.

SamsoniteDelilah

10-25-05, 07:31 PM

You should rent it at my local rental shop... They've got it! ...
heh.... Sometimes, it's really cool how we're scattered all over the globe. Other times, not so much.

Monkeypunch

10-25-05, 07:57 PM

Last Days - I highly recommend this movie. I dunno, it's an aquired taste, I guess. slow, deliberate, drugged out, almost entirely improvised, weirdly hypnotic, riveting.

OG-

10-25-05, 08:18 PM

When my girlfriend was down weekend before last:

A History of Violence
Season 1 of "Veronica Mars" (for the second time, I love this show!)
They Live
The Devil's Backbone
The Fog (original)
Elizabethtown
A Very Long Engagement
Oldboy

Over the weekend:

The Lost Boys
The Wig
Cello
Season 2 (thus far) of "Battlestar Galactica"
"Twin Peaks" Season 1
The Exorcist
Misery
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War

And of course, we're coming up on my favorite film time of the year, I hope to break 20 titles (I haven't seen) between now and November 1st, but I probably won't.

chicagofrog

10-25-05, 08:31 PM

now atta list!

blibblobblib

10-25-05, 10:05 PM

The education of little tree -- really sweet and endearing tale of a young cherokee boy being raised by his white grandfather and 'injun' grandmother in Tenesse. Adorable.
James Cromwell was in that. GOD i love that man.

blibblobblib

10-25-05, 10:08 PM

They Live
The Fog (original)
A Very Long Engagement
The Lost Boys
The Exorcist
Misery

Awsome list Oggy!

So you saw They Live. Any good? I was going to see this at the London Film Festival but ran out of dosh. It sounds so interesting.

Meanwhilst-

Manderlay (2005 - Lars Von Trier)
Really enjoyed the screening of this. Just as its predecessor, its just as thought provoking, frustraiting and brutal. I didnt find it as captivating as Dogville, but i think this may be due to the story, as this time we do not really see Grace as a victim due to this new found power she has regained after the events in Dogville. Howard does a great job filling Nicoles shoes as Grace and Defoe is brilliant as her father. I didnt feel the style worked as well for this film due to the setting, however the cinematography is really quite breathtaking in parts. Trier is far more blunt this time, suggesting really interesting ideas about democracy, racism and idealism. Lots and lots to discuss. I'll create a thread when enough of you have seen it.

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OG-

10-25-05, 11:15 PM

So you saw They Live. Any good? I was going to see this at the London Film Festival but ran out of dosh. It sounds so interesting.

We may be talking about different films here because I can't imagine why the London Film Festival would be showing an old John Carpenter flick, but if it is the same then that is awesome! As for the movie, I thought it was okay, but pretty much only for the black and white scenes. Roddy Piper cannot act whatsoever and some aspects of the story lagged. I'd probably put it as my second to least favorite Carpenter movie, right above Dark Star.

Ezikiel

10-26-05, 12:20 AM

Me and You and Everyone We Know, A-
2005 - Miranda July

Last Days, B+
2005 - Gus Van Sant

hazii82

10-26-05, 04:50 AM

House of Wax- B+ it was a pretty good movie better than I thought it would have been, but not really a must-see

nebbit

10-26-05, 06:48 AM

B+ :eek:

Pyro Tramp

10-26-05, 07:32 AM

I'm with you Nebs, House of Wax was an A at least, but then again, i am biased......

http://ginot52.free.fr/Images/506.jpg

blibblobblib

10-26-05, 08:54 AM

We may be talking about different films here because I can't imagine why the London Film Festival would be showing an old John Carpenter flick, but if it is the same then that is awesome! As for the movie, I thought it was okay, but pretty much only for the black and white scenes. Roddy Piper cannot act whatsoever and some aspects of the story lagged. I'd probably put it as my second to least favorite Carpenter movie, right above Dark Star.
Oh dear yeah we are talking different movies. I was talking about Robin Campillo's french film Les Revenants or as it's English title is, They Came Back. It sounds really good. Its starts off like a typical Zombie flick with the dead coming back to life, but it instead deals with the emotional aspects of it, like how do families cope with loved ones returning from the grave, and even trivial things like can if they get a job. Weird stuff but ive heard its pretty good.

Sedai

10-26-05, 10:19 AM

A Nightmare on Elm Street (Craven, 1984)

Pyro Tramp

10-26-05, 01:17 PM

Sky High- 4

Campbell is a God, and the rest of the film wasn't bad either

Anonymous Last

10-26-05, 01:32 PM

Anon, what you think of Dead Man?

I enjoyed the story and the character, Nobody played by Gary Farmer.

"That weapon will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will now be written with blood."
-Nobody (Xebeche)

SamsoniteDelilah

10-26-05, 02:02 PM

Dead Again I really enjoy this film, have seen it long ago and loved it again, but there's a glaring weirdness at the beginning: a guy is headed to the chair for killing his wife, and stops on the way to kill... his wife... :confused:

Sinny McGuffins

10-26-05, 07:31 PM

Domino (Tony Scott, 2005), C+

Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke were the best things about this movie.

http://www.origo.hu/i/0504/20050411domino.jpg

Iroquois

10-27-05, 12:21 AM

Dazed & Confused (Richard Linklater, 1993)

Iro rating: 6/10

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

Iro rating: 10/10

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Terry Gilliam, 1998)

Iro rating: 8.5/10

SamsoniteDelilah

10-27-05, 12:54 AM

Dead End sppppooky, kids!! And funny! The cast makes this work really nicely.

Sedai

10-27-05, 11:44 AM

Serenity (Whedon, 2005) - Second time seeing it, and the movie is just so much fun! The opening sequence is so damn cool.

OG-

10-27-05, 01:15 PM

Dead End sppppooky, kids!! And funny! The cast makes this work really nicely.

Not sure if this was from my recommendation or not, but I'm really glad you liked it. This movie was an instant classic for me and I only wish more people would see it.

Pyro Tramp

10-27-05, 01:39 PM

Sammy, what you think about the Dead End's end?

Pyro Tramp

10-27-05, 06:38 PM

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow- 5

Lance McCool

10-27-05, 07:47 PM

12 Monkeys (d. Terry Gilliam - 1995)
http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/4_5box.gif

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes22/12monkeys12.jpeg

Crazy is Majority Rules

SamsoniteDelilah

10-27-05, 09:43 PM

Not sure if this was from my recommendation or not, but I'm really glad you liked it. This movie was an instant classic for me and I only wish more people would see it.
It was, indeed. Thanks for the recommend. I liked it from the moment the opening credits started. That smartass kid was great. Everyone had some hysterical moments. The daughter saying "student shrink" after all the praise of her being a psychiatrist... hee! And the mom, "I drew this picture of Ben, see this is his head here..." :laugh:

Pyro - I thought the end got pretty choppy. I like the story elements ok, but it seemed poorly cut together somehow. I liked that they didn't cop out with an "it was all a dream" thing.

SamsoniteDelilah

10-28-05, 02:28 PM

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari .... it's like the Sin City of 1919: great sense of style, but leaves ya a little cold. Part of the problem is the (what are those things called where they write the words in a silent film??) are up for too long. I'm not a particularly fast reader, and I had time to read them three times each. The sets are fantastic though. Very surreal theatrical stuff.

Here's the strange thing: I swear that Crispin Glover is in it, looking the same age as he did in Back to the Future... which is the same age he looked when I saw him on the street 2 months ago. :eek:

undercoverlover

10-28-05, 08:38 PM

Robots - im a lil inebriated right now so forigve stupis dpelling mistakes
i thought this film was well goodand i love robin williams as the ever failing fender. Hilarious. I love the britney spears routine during the battle sequence

Eyes

10-28-05, 11:50 PM

SAW II, excellent :D

Wonder Boy

10-29-05, 01:09 AM

The Godfather-How in God's name did it take me all my life until now to see this movie, I can't even think of one thing about this movie that I didn't like. Perfect!!!!!!!

Pyro Tramp

10-29-05, 03:22 PM

White Chicks- don't shoot me.............. i'll do it myself

Sedai

10-29-05, 05:31 PM

Vanilla Sky (Crowe, 2001)

Something Wicked This Way Comes (Clayton, 1983)

adidasss

10-29-05, 06:50 PM

have you seen "abre los ojos"?.....i saw it before vanilla sky and i really don't see the point in seeing the same movie twice...they changed so little they shoudda just called it "open your eyes-the american version with tom cruise"

undercoverlover

10-29-05, 07:22 PM

hey adidasss couldya gimme a lil summary of abre los ojos. I havent seen vanilla sky and i wanna see abre los ojos before i do. whats good about it and whats bad about it?

Pyro Tramp

10-29-05, 07:32 PM

hey adidasss couldya gimme a lil summary of abre los ojos. I havent seen vanilla sky and i wanna see abre los ojos before i do. whats good about it and whats bad about it?

http://www.movieforums.com/community/showpost.php?p=275972&postcount=44

Try that if you want.

Even though i'm not adidasss, i really recommend Open Your Eyes, it's a great mix of genres and has wonderful performances from everyone. It's really intriguing story that needs attention and a bit of thinking, but it's easy enough. I can't recall and negatives about it, which probably means the aren't any (for me) or all the good points out weigh it.

Holden Pike

10-29-05, 07:36 PM

hey adidasss couldya gimme a lil summary of abre los ojos. I havent seen vanilla sky and i wanna see abre los ojos before i do. whats good about it and whats bad about it?

I too prefer the original over Cameron Crowe's remake. I do like a few of the personal touches Crowe added, but yes, in the broader strokes it is an exact remake and totally unnecessary.

But you don't really want to know what either movie is about going in. You will have a much better time if you see it completely cold and discover it as it unfolds.

http://www.mnogodvd.ru/products_pictures/b_B00005LZOD.jpg http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/miscreview/scott_vanillasky.jpg

adidasss

10-29-05, 08:45 PM

I too prefer the original over Cameron Crowe's remake. I do like a few of the personal touches Crowe added, but yes, in the broader strokes it is an exact remake and totally unnecessary.

But you don't really want to know what either movie is about going in. You will have a much better time if you see it completely cold and discover it as it unfolds.

http://www.mnogodvd.ru/products_pictures/b_B00005LZOD.jpg http://www.threemoviebuffs.com/miscreview/scott_vanillasky.jpg
agreed, saying anything about the plot would ruine the viewing experience

criss

10-29-05, 09:41 PM

Lost in translation
again...:)

Big Fish
Ed Wood
my roomate loves Tim Burton and me too, i loved both of them, mostly Ed Wood

My life without me
i love this film, directed by Isabel Coixet, excellent

The Ghost

10-29-05, 09:59 PM

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.................

Strummer521

10-30-05, 12:11 AM

Phantasm (d. Don Coscareli, 1978) 1_5
I thought would be a fun off the wall horror film, but it just seems dated and corny. I guess it takes itself too seriously.

It (d. Tommy Lee Wallace, 1990) 3
This succeeds everywhere Phantasm fails. It gives you well established characters and at least tries to make you care about them. It actually has some scary moments (courtesy of Tim Curry) and best of all, it's not afraid to be fun! Even when it was released it was spirited, now, add that to the dated special effects and the film is modern camp with a perfect balance of fright and fun that's just right for Haloween time.

Tacitus

10-30-05, 05:14 AM

Cursed (2005, Wes Craven)

2.5/5

I caught this a few nights ago and actually found it not as terrible as I'd been told. The creature suits resemble a shabby first attempt from the Dog Soldiers effects team (I wonder which movie had the higher budget? ;) ) and Christina Ricci's hairdressers have made her look even more like a lightbulb than usual.

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mo/cursed250.jpghttp://www.cnn.com/interactive/tech/0301/quiz.propeller.head/gallery.lightbulb.cnn.jpg

A cute lightbulb though....

Piddzilla

10-30-05, 08:32 AM

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976 - John Cassavetes)

Wow. It was better than I expected. It was a bit more tight in structure than the other (few) Cassavetes films I've seen, but still of course with a clear mark of the director. I loved everything with the movie but especially the last scenes: the pep-talk by Cosmo to lift the spirit of his club employees and the closing song number by Teddy. But every scene of the film is really cool and looks awesome. The best film I've seen in quite a while actually!

....and Ben Gazzara has looked the same for thirty years now, hasn't he??

Golgot

10-30-05, 02:04 PM

The Wicker Man -- Sparky in a 60s way, and kinda elemental :).
Repo Man -- Oh yes, 'punk' cinema that's trying to reform. Perfick.
The Ninth Configuration -- Oh Lord. Some corny 'insanity' scenes, and a hilariously poor ending, but some fun and floaty ponderings along the way.
I Heart Huckabees -- 2nd viewing. Still genially silly-semi-serious. And i got to argue with my mate over whether the SFX are film-destroyingly cack (for the 2nd time ;)).

Been up for over 24 hours trying to get my 'day' to start during the day :). Football was a mistake tho. Now i need to take a shower and eat a huge amount of tuna and onions. Possibly simultaneously.

Then i'll be ready for Trier's The Element of Crime. Yiiiiii.

Pyro Tramp

10-30-05, 05:33 PM

Bad Boys 2- 3_5

Tacitus

10-30-05, 06:02 PM

Part I of my Mangoldathon:

Cop Land (1997, Jim Mangold)

4/5

Ahhhh the delights of the modern Western. Sheriff Sly's never been better than when a-huntin' down Jack Ela...ermmm...Harvey Keitel's gang of outla...bugger.....corrupt cops.

http://www.revisioncinema.com/ci_copl2.jpg

Piddzilla

10-30-05, 07:26 PM

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan [Part II] (2005 - Martin Scorsese)

A bit of a disappointment really, this the second part. First of all, four hours?? More like 3 hours and 20 mins. And even though Bob Dylan, the phenomenon, the folk hero, the icon, is a very interesting story personally I would've appreciated more focusing on Bob Dylan, the musician. I totally missed the fact that the documentary "ended" in 1966 but I still would have liked to hear more about his collaboration with The Band and stuff. It's like Scorsese was more interested in Dylan's reactions to the world's reactions to Dylan, which is very interesting, but still... Compared to Scorsese's The Last Waltz I would rate this as average. The first part was top class but after this second part I was left with a feeling of Scorsese not having finished his work here. It felt like he was working rather as an editor than a director this time.

But, hey, I'll probably see it again soon and enjoy it a lot for what it is.

allthatglitters

10-31-05, 12:34 AM

Chariots of Fire (Hudson, 1981)

My father was a track star and even went as far as to the olympic trials, so it was a pleasure to watch this with him. It did get annoying after a while though, because he liked to regale me with how track has evolved, and then of course he and my brothers had a whole conversation about Liddell's "windmill style". I still liked the movie a lot though. I had more thoughts when I watched it last night, but they've all sort of left me.

Tacitus

10-31-05, 04:42 AM

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan [Part II] (2005 - Martin Scorsese)

I totally missed the fact that the documentary "ended" in 1966

Same here. Lack of me paying attention to any trailers and this episode's shorter length left me feeling slightly cheated.

But it was more of a case of the documentary being so good that I wanted it to carry on for another few hours than any fault with the film itself. ;)

Sedai

10-31-05, 10:47 AM

Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)

Anonymous Last

10-31-05, 11:35 AM

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A Nightmare On Elm Street
Wes Craven (1984)
3

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Land Of The Dead
George A. Romero (2005)
3_5

Pyro Tramp

10-31-05, 11:55 AM

Evil Dead- 5

.......and so the marathon begins

Piddzilla

10-31-05, 12:38 PM

Same here. Lack of me paying attention to any trailers and this episode's shorter length left me feeling slightly cheated.

But it was more of a case of the documentary being so good that I wanted it to carry on for another few hours than any fault with the film itself. ;)

Yeah, well if it had carried on for another few hours and covered the rest of the 60's and the 70's as well I would have been more than satisfied. I just felt like the first part covered the early years in a very good way but the second part felt more like Scorsese wrapping it up. But, sure, 3 hours and 20 mins very well spent in front of the TV set, no question about that.

Pyro Tramp

10-31-05, 02:51 PM

Evil Dead 2- 5

Thursday Next

10-31-05, 06:38 PM

Ghost in the Shell - I'll add it to the list of 'movies ripped off by The Matrix'. Nice scenery, lame story.

My Own Private Idaho - good but not great. Disappointing ending.

Piddzilla

10-31-05, 07:41 PM

Sin City (2005 - Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez)

Very entertaining and actually quite thought provoking. I found the primitive, almost neanderthal-like, depiction of society very interesting. It would be fun to hear what bell hooks has to say about this. ;D

RomeoFoxTrot

10-31-05, 07:45 PM

Copland 4_5

One of the most under-rated movies of the 90's in my opinion. Great story with plenty of twists and turns and back stabbing and all that other good stuff. Brilliant ensemble cast consisting of some of the best actors of our time including Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, and Harvey Keitel. Believe it or not I actually thought Sylvester Stallone did a pretty damn good job playing the lead role, a sheriff in charge of watching over a town that was home to hundreds of NYPD officers. The directer(James Mangold) also did a great job considering I had never heard of him before this movie. If you haven't seen Copland get off your ass and go watch it!

Pyro Tramp

10-31-05, 10:05 PM

Army of Darkness -5

Edit: Not because i was drunk at all

blibblobblib

10-31-05, 10:44 PM

I also OLVE Brucey. He is a dish.

OG-

11-01-05, 01:59 AM

The American Nightmare
Assault on Precinct 13 (original)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Aliens of the Deep
Brazil
Masters of Horror: Incident on and off a Mountain Road
Control Room
Real Fiction
Marathon
Doom
One Missed Call
Flightplan
Ginger Snaps
Saving Private Ryan
Two episodes of "Buffy" (season 2)
Christine
Cannibal Holocaust

I was trying to break 20 movies in 4 days, but I failed. Plus I got bored of watching just horror.

Pyro Tramp

11-01-05, 01:28 PM

What you think of Doom Ogy?

OG-

11-01-05, 04:40 PM

It was exactly as expected; dumb fun. It isn't the all out romp the things I had read online would have it out to be, but for the most part it is just a glorified early 90s macho flick. I was actually enjoying it quite a bit until the FPS sequence, which I thought just came off as incredibly awkward.

undercoverlover

11-01-05, 05:11 PM

im curiours, what episodes of buffy were they?

OG-

11-01-05, 05:37 PM

im curiours, what episodes of buffy were they?

Surprise and Innocence.

I've been progressively watching Buffy at a friends house, though at a relatively slow rate (only two or so episodes a week).

Pyro Tramp

11-01-05, 06:11 PM

Saw 2

Ezikiel

11-01-05, 06:11 PM

Melinda and Melinda, B
2005 - Woody Allen

Wonder Boys, A
2000 - Curtis Hanson

A Woman Without Love, C+
1952 - Luis Buñuel

blibblobblib

11-01-05, 09:22 PM

Aliens of the Deep
Masters of Horror: Incident on and off a Mountain Road
Control Room
Flightplan
Awse list Oggy. I recently saw Aliens of the Deep at the IMAX and i was really dissapointed. It should have been called "Geology of the Deep".

As for the Incident on and off a Mountain Road, whats this like? Ive heard its pretty good.

And, how was Flightplan?

OG-

11-01-05, 10:38 PM

Awse list Oggy. I recently saw Aliens of the Deep at the IMAX and i was really dissapointed. It should have been called "Geology of the Deep".

As for the Incident on and off a Mountain Road, whats this like? Ive heard its pretty good.

And, how was Flightplan?

Yah, I was incredibly let down by Aliens of the Deep as well. Borefest, and that's coming from someone who can be entertained by just a sketch of a squid.

Incident on and Off a Mountain Road was freaking awesome. It was the first episode of Masters of Horror (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=11214) and was so strong I wouldn't be surprised if by the time it is over it ranks in the top 2 of the 13 episodes. Right out of the gate it finished high in my list of slasher(esque) stories. It's essentially just the chase sequence of a slasher pick dragged out through its entire length. I'll give you a looksee, I gurantee without doubt you'll love it. ;)

As for Flightplan, less than generic in almost all respects. Wildly illogical in its character reasoning and overall pretty boring. It did decent at the US box office so I figured it might be a slumbersome popcorn flick, but it was just slumbersome.

Tacitus

11-02-05, 06:51 AM

Casino (1995, Martin Scorsese)

4/5

There was a point where, every time I watched Casino, it would move up a notch on my Martyometer. I think it's reached the ceiling now. ;)

Maybe not as visceral as Goodfellas but there are few better Mob movies in my book...

http://www.rikksrevues.com/casino_10thanniversary_still3.jpg

Tacitus

11-02-05, 07:54 AM

Yeah, well if it had carried on for another few hours and covered the rest of the 60's and the 70's as well I would have been more than satisfied. I just felt like the first part covered the early years in a very good way but the second part felt more like Scorsese wrapping it up. But, sure, 3 hours and 20 mins very well spent in front of the TV set, no question about that.

I just logged on to my online rental site and it threw up this as a recomendation - Bob Dylan - After The Crash 1966-78 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000AQQHRO/qid%3D1130930885/202-7735262-0086233)

Added it to my queue but I doubt very much if it's going to be as interesting as Marty's effort. The film picks up where No Direction Home left off though - his rehab...oops....motorbike accident. ;)

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000AQQHRO.02._PE25_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Pyro Tramp

11-02-05, 09:23 AM

Chopper- 4_5

SamsoniteDelilah

11-02-05, 01:54 PM

Chopper- 4_5
That's a good one! :)

Withnail & I ~ so fun to watch. :) This was about my 7th viewing and I am giggling through most of it, it seems. And the ending still chokes me up.

Sedai

11-02-05, 02:10 PM

Ghost in the Shell - I'll add it to the list of 'movies ripped off by The Matrix'. Nice scenery, lame story.

Lame story?

You, are fired. ;)

It's a bit obtuse, but it's a fantastic existential piece. I love the concepts, even if thay have been covered in other works beforehand. Give it another shot, and see if the story sits with you a bit better. I remember not liking it so much first run through.

OG- Surprise is one of my favorite episodes. I remember being blown away by it, when Angel is peering in the window watching people get the news, grinning fiendishly...

Sedai

11-02-05, 05:29 PM

Exorcist III (Blatty, 1990) - Big fan of this underrated film. George C. Scott is fantastic, and Brad Douriff is chilling, sinister, and wonderful as the gemini killer. Every time I see this, I like it more and more...

"I have a scrupulous conscience, and must confess everything. If I step on two sticks in the shape of a cross, I must confess it. Only little things. Nothing. Seventeen of them, Father. The first was that waitress in Candlestick Park. I cut her throat and watched her bleed. She bled a great deal. It's a problem I'm working on, Father. All this... bleeding. "

"It's a wonderfull life...."

Pyro Tramp

11-02-05, 05:56 PM

Ah legend Sedai, this is on TV tonight and was unsure about watching it. Made my mind up now. :D

Sinny McGuffins

11-02-05, 06:46 PM

Ah legend Sedai, this is on TV tonight and was unsure about watching it. Made my mind up now. :DHeh, I didn't know it was on TV. Thanks for the heads up.

Tacitus

11-02-05, 06:59 PM

Heh, I didn't know it was on TV. Thanks for the heads up.

What channel's it on?

Not a bad movie at all... ;)

EDIT - Never mind, it's on C4 at 10 past 11. :)

Strummer521

11-02-05, 07:09 PM

Rosemary's Baby
The American Nightmare

blibblobblib

11-02-05, 08:00 PM

Heh, I didn't know it was on TV. Thanks for the heads up.
Watching it now!

Pyro Tramp

11-02-05, 08:22 PM

I'm recording it, opted for Lost on E4 instead, and darn it was good.

Heh, Sinny i'm watching the end of Attack of the Clones, though shall redeem myself by watching Rashomon after, although i really should do my work, have to do a 10 minute presentation tomorrow :(

blibblobblib

11-02-05, 08:48 PM

ShopGirl (2005 - Anand Tucker)
What a wonderful film. I found myself going into this with quite high expectations but rather expecting another Lost In Translation from what i had heard. But instead i found myself smiling all the way through it. The beautiful cinematography, elegant characters and funny yet sweet story was just lovely. What a shnuggle-ruggle film this is. yes i believe only the words shnuggle ruggle can really sum up the lovelyness. On the surface it could be viewed as a pretty simple melodrama about one girls romantic journey, but Tucker tries to emphasise this feeling of cosmic connectivity that seems to flow underneathe the comedy as the camera takes us away from the main characers and aims us towards the twinkling sky. Its beautiful.

5

Hibernation (2005 - John Williams)
This was a short i viewed at the BFI Film Festival and was totally blown away by it. Written and directed by Williams, (Not the song writer man) its the story of three young friends, one of which introduces the film by describing how he used to be a normal boy until his hair fell out, so his two best friends dressed as animals to make him feel more normal then them. Sweet but strange. The film continues with Robin, the main narrator absent, as his two friends have run away and they are living in a treehouse attempting to re-animate 'hibernating' bee's. They are successful in doing so, and decide it is now time to apply the same techniques to their hibernating friend (Robin). They steal lots of batteries from a nearby shop to have enough power to bring their missing friend out of hibernation, and it is not until the end after a failed attempt that they realise no amount of power can bring their friend back.
Its an incredibly sweet but ultimatly terribly sad film about three young friends, and how the death of one of them affects the other two is such a naive and sad way. I reccomend it to everyone.

5

Mirrormask (2005 - Dave McKean)
Very very strange film. I'm not sure what else to say really. Visually stunning in some places, and in others the presence of the bluescreen is just too noticeable. The story is a little muddled by the willingness of McKean to display the truly odd, but the film is worth seeing just for how very strange and pretty it looks.

3_5

Nightmare Before Christmas (1993 - Henry Selick)
Classic. Love it.

4

Hellrasier 2: Hellbound (1988 - Tony Randel)
Good film for the halloween fest. I quite like the Hellrasier series. So incredibly gruesome and just horrific. A true sense of evil in those nasty bondagey Celobite people. Chatterbox scares me as well.

3

Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003 - Victor Salva)
Blerg what a crappy sequel. Salva done a good job with the first film and i was expecting some of the same with this one but it was just a cheap load of shlock. Not remotely creepy. or Jeepy.

1_5

Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001 - Steven Spielberg)
This film always creeps me out. Its a film i don't really enjoy watching, but i really like it. It's good to dwell on. This whole idea of the creation of artificial (Is it?) love being the seed that gives birth to every other spectrum of emotions that we feel. Interesting indeed...

4

adidasss

11-02-05, 10:16 PM

just watched supersize me after having avoided it for reasons unknown, very good film, the production and the investigative work was better than michael moore's 9.11 travesty( in my humble opinion )

Tacitus

11-03-05, 06:48 PM

hana-bi (1997, Takeshi Kitano)

5/5

Existential cop films don't get any better than this in my book. A road movie of love, guilt and regret.

A masterpiece.

http://www.ofilmie.bool.pl/recenzje/hana_bi_stark/hana_bi4.jpg http://www.ofilmie.bool.pl/recenzje/hana_bi_stark/hana_bi2.jpg

Piddzilla

11-03-05, 07:18 PM

I have to watch Hana-Bi again. Last time I fell asleep... (because I was tired)...

Pyro Tramp

11-03-05, 09:37 PM

I fell asleep first time as well Pid, but it's so worth staying awake for!

Iroquois

11-03-05, 11:27 PM

Do the Right Thing

Iro rating: 8/10

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II

Iro rating: 4/10

Strummer521

11-03-05, 11:43 PM

OG-

11-04-05, 01:23 AM

Dead End

Damn. This film captures a feeling of utter desolation and hopelessness so vividly, but it kinda blew it with the ending. Ignoring that though, it's the scariest movie I've seen in a long time. Thanks OG.

No prob, I'm really glad some people are getting around to watching it and that they're enjoying it (for the most part). I too thought the ending was a dip from the absolutely superb quality of the rest of the movie, but I still dig it (especially on repeat viewings) because of the same reason Sammie gave (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showpost.php?p=294470&postcount=2601). Coulda had a better ending, but regardless I love this movie to death. Fantastic flick to watch with a group of friends and its still a fun movie to watch by yourself in the dark.

Pyro Tramp

11-04-05, 04:39 AM

Phantasm- 4_5

Pyro Tramp

11-04-05, 09:29 AM

Rashomon- 4

Pyro Tramp

11-04-05, 12:08 PM

Phantasm 2- 4

I thought chainsaw fights only happened in dreams

Strummer521

11-04-05, 03:34 PM

Phantasm- 4_5

I mean no offense but I'm just honestly wondering: why did you like that film?

Pyro Tramp

11-04-05, 03:57 PM

Just for the fact it was fun and cheesy. Sure the acting was bad and that kid did really piss me off. But the flying spheres, midgets et al rock.

Family Guy- Stewie: The Untold Story- 4

Iroquois

11-05-05, 01:00 AM

The Shawshank Redemption

Iro rating:10/10

Still brilliant.

Strummer521

11-05-05, 01:06 AM

No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

I know it sounds wierd, but this is the first Scorsesee film I have seen that I liked a lot.

Wonder Boy

11-05-05, 03:24 AM

Saw II- It was just as good as the original if not better. B+

The Weatherman- Nic Cage gives a great but performance, but Micheal Caine gives a wonderful job and he was perfect anytime he was on screen. A

Pyro Tramp

11-05-05, 04:35 PM

Phantasm 3- 3

Phantasm 4- 1_5

Ezikiel

11-05-05, 06:31 PM

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, B-
1988 - Penelope Spheeris

Manderlay, A+
2005 - Lars von Trier

blibblobblib

11-05-05, 07:28 PM

Manderlay, A+
2005 - Lars von Trier
You liked it then?

Ezikiel

11-05-05, 08:37 PM

You liked it then?
Oh yes, the film is something great. Perhaps not in the same par of excellence as Dogville, but still a damn good continuation of the trilogy, and Bryce Howard totally blew me away and fulfills the expectations of being the new Grace tremendously. The best film expereince I've had in a while, for sure, absolutely great to watch and I had the chillbumps by the end of the film from it's captivating greatness. Wonderful.

Strummer521

11-06-05, 01:58 AM

Goodnight and Goodluck (d. George Clooney, 2005)4

My favorite film so far this year and also the best political film I've seen (though I haven't seen many). Black and white was a great stylistic choice and aids the flow of this very rhthymic movie. Expect big things from this one at Oscar time.

Strummer521

11-06-05, 01:59 AM

Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney, 2005)4

My favorite film so far this year and also the best political film I've seen (though I haven't seen many). Black and white was a great stylistic choice and aids the flow of this very rhthymic movie. Expect big things from this one at Oscar time.

Edit: There, all fixed (sorry Mr. Pike :rolleyes:)

susan

11-06-05, 10:50 AM

the human stain...

good story and excellent performances...

birdygyrl

11-06-05, 10:03 PM

the human stain...

good story and excellent performances...

I just watched this this weekend. I was really engaged throughout the whole movie. I totally agree about the performances.

Wonder Boy

11-07-05, 01:48 AM

The Legend of Zorro. B-

Good family fun, even though I'm single.

Piddzilla

11-07-05, 07:37 AM

The Brown Bunny (2003 - Vincent Gallo)

Not great but far from as bad as the rumour says it is. Some nice scenes, especially some of the driving scenes, and good selections of accompaning songs. Gallo tied it all together nicely even if I think the final flashback scenes were over-explicit.

Then there's the oral sex scene. Like with Larry Clark's Ken Park that's the scene everybody's talking about. Of course it is. When you have a scene like that in a film you will have to count on that it will be taken out of context and overshadow the rest of the film and the overall impression. Gallo (and Chloë Sevigny) must have known that and either ignored it for "the sake of the art" or perhaps thought about all the nice publicity it would give to the movie, good or bad. Personally, I didn't think it neither added nor subtracted to the story to put a graphic oral sex scene in the film. So I don't really understand what the motivation was to do it like that.

Sevigny has apparently said that "I knew people would not understand it. It's a shame people write so many things when they haven't seen it. When you see the film, it makes more sense. It's an art film. It should be playing in museums. It's like an Andy Warhol movie." (www.imdb.com) Well, if you knew people wouldn't understand it, then why did you do it (assuming you want to be understood)?

Anyway, the movie isn't crap, on the contrary, it's quite good even with its flaws. It is always nice to see films that at least try to do something different and that make you think a little. And this film it a film like that. If you are afraid of seeing people having sex you can always close your eyes when that scene comes. Just like you close your eyes when it gets real scary in a horror movie.

Sedai

11-07-05, 10:16 AM

In the Mood for Love (Wong, 2000)

4_5

Anonymous Last

11-07-05, 11:31 AM

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/anonl/kingofnewyork.jpg

King of New York (1990) Abel Ferrara

4

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/anonl/771525.jpg

Piddzilla

11-07-05, 07:34 PM

King of New York (1990) Abel Ferrara

Oh, I want to see that one....

The Constant Gardener (2005 - Fernando Meirelles)

I haven't decided on what to think of it yet. I'm leaning on mostly positive things but I had one major problem with it. The rapid MTV-like editing. That annoyed me.... I like the story and the message a lot though.

Golgot

11-08-05, 08:55 AM

Un Chien Andalou - There were no dogs. There were no Andalucians. I'm confused. (Which is the reaction i'm supposed to have, i think. So now i feel like a sheep.)

Fortunately, there were some pluses. Never before have i seen such armpit hair transferance.

Piddzilla

11-08-05, 12:27 PM

The only thing I thought after having seen Un Chien Andalou was: "Now I've seen [i]Un Chien Andalou." That was it.

Golgot

11-08-05, 01:15 PM

Yep. I think most of my confusion stemmed from wondering why it was famous in the first place ;).

I can see how it was designed to be shocking for its time - and how its kind creative on that count. Aside from that tho it just seemed fairly silly.

blibblobblib

11-08-05, 10:01 PM

Un Chien Andalou - There were no dogs. There were no Andalucians.
Were there not eye's being cut with razor blades? Thats what iv'e read if i'm thinking of the right film?

Golgot

11-08-05, 10:14 PM

Tacitus

11-09-05, 05:10 AM

Oh yes, that's the one. Now if only that section explained the man with an ant-infestation in his hand who fondles women before shooting himself. That's when he's not dressing up as a nun (or something. That bit comes later. And before).

Basically, it seems they were out to shock. I've read that Bunuel wanted to disrupt the way audiences were so transfixed with the human images they saw on the screen that they were buying any old claptrap in terms of story, morality and scheme.

Stuff like that ;)

Now that reminds me of my first day in Modern European Literacy & Culture at uni. Seated we were when a 6'4" man with a ginger afro and bushy beard (complete with tight 70s leather jacket) strides in and switches on the video: Un Chien Andalou.

But that was just a precursor to the endless fun of buying overpriced Guinness at the bars' of North West theatres while waiting for the second half of whatever Am-Dram Checkov, Wedekind or Ibsen was showing that week...

The flame-haired, and utterly fantastic, lecturer went on to become the (now recently retired) Labour MP for West Lancs, Colin Pickthall.

ermmm the guy didn't actually go on to become Colin Pickthall, he'd already accomplished that part. ;)

Piddzilla

11-09-05, 06:07 AM

Oh yes, that's the one. Now if only that section explained the man with an ant-infestation in his hand who fondles women before shooting himself. That's when he's not dressing up as a nun (or something. That bit comes later. And before).

Basically, it seems they were out to shock. I've read that Bunuel wanted to disrupt the way audiences were so transfixed with the human images they saw on the screen that they were buying any old claptrap in terms of story, morality and scheme.

Stuff like that ;)

Un Chien Andalou is what you would call a surrealist film, a style more common in painting, like Salvador Dali for instance. It's not meant to be understood or to be logic. It's more like a dream where things happen apparently for no explainable reason. But the purpose is probably to disrupt the conventional thinking of the spectators and to, I don't know, wake them up from passivity or something...

Pyro Tramp

11-09-05, 10:38 AM

Salvador Dali was actually involved in Un Chien Andalou. Anyway, I just thought it was an experience in surrealism, a lot of random nothing.

Anyway.

Memories of Murder- 5

Sedai

11-09-05, 12:32 PM

Memories of Murder- 5

Wasn't it excellent? I really liked this film.

Pyro Tramp

11-09-05, 04:21 PM

I thought it seemed a little too comical to begin with but when it got going it was splendid.

Philmster

11-09-05, 05:38 PM

16 Years of Alcohol (http://www.adamloves.com/forum/16-years-of-alcohol-vt14.html)
Uzumaki (http://www.adamloves.com/forum/uzumaki-vt15.html)

Iroquois

11-09-05, 11:20 PM

Boogie Nights

Iro rating: 8/10

Clerks

Iro rating: 9/10

Golgot

11-10-05, 12:01 AM

I thought it seemed a little too comical to begin with but when it got going it was splendid.

Just watched it, finally. I thought the quirky comedy elements, throughout the film as a whole, worked pretty well - they provided a wry take on humanity to accompany the story's central horror. It was really well handled in loads of ways. The ending especially, but the tone as a whole too. Meliked :).

Wonder Boy

11-10-05, 02:38 AM

The Comancheros, starring John Wayne, 1961- B-

Pyro Tramp

11-10-05, 02:24 PM

Tetsuo 2: Body Hammer- it's not a bad film, but after the original it just pales- 3

Monkeypunch

11-10-05, 02:29 PM

The Devil's Rejects - What the hell did I just watch? Really. Schizo movie. It's hard to say if I liked or hated it. lol.

Reefer Madness: the Movie Musical - Thumbs way up. Funnier than Rocky Horror Picture Show and the most fun flick I've seen this year.

Caitlyn

11-10-05, 03:18 PM

The Legend of Zorro (2005) 2¾/5

Anonymous Last

11-10-05, 03:45 PM

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b85/anonl/grimm.jpg
The Brothers Grimm (2005) Terry Gilliam

3_5

Tacitus

11-11-05, 07:55 AM

The Descent (2005, Neil Marshall)

4/5

Slick, grim, ambiguous gorefest which loses little impact on the small screen. Note: If you've got a 5.1 system, don't sit too close to the RR speaker about an hour in...

I spilled my tea. :(

http://www.supanet.com/media/00/06/26/descent_large.jpg

Lance McCool

11-11-05, 12:17 PM

Léon: The Professional
(d. Luc Besson - 1994)

http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/5box.gif

http://www.kino.de/pix/newspics/GALERIE/114712_2.jpg

Pyro Tramp

11-11-05, 12:28 PM

Versus- 4_5

Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries- 4

Philmster

11-11-05, 06:21 PM

The Descent (http://www.adamloves.com/forum/the-descent-vt18.html)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (http://www.adamloves.com/forum/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-vt17.html)

Lance McCool

11-12-05, 10:51 AM

Jarhead
(d. Sam Mendes - 2005)

http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/3_5box.gif

http://www.guidelive.com/feature/314/jarhead.jpg

birdygyrl

11-13-05, 02:01 PM

Here's my latest and greatest list care of you people here and Netflix.

Upside of Anger - 2005 - Mike Binder - B-
You Can't Take It With You - 1938 - Frank Capra - B+
The Good Fairy - 1935 - William Wyler - B+
Belle Epoque - 1992 - Fernando Trueba - A
Monsters Ball - 2001 - Marc Forster - B
Stage Beauty - 2004 - Richard Eyre - C-
Closer - 2004 - Mike Nichols - B-
Life Is Beautiful - 1997 - Roberto Benigni - A
Pipe Dream - 2002 - John Walsh - C-
Y Tu Mama Tambien - 2001 0 Alfonso Cuaron - B-
Harold and Kumar Go To Whitecastle - 2004 - Danny Leiner - B-
A Very Long Engagement - 2004 - Jean Pierre Jeunet - B (this seemed like a Very Long Movie)
Dead Man - 1995 - Jim Jarmusch - A
Fitzcarraldo - 1982 - Werner Herzog - A
Dead Man Walking - 1995 - Tim Robbins - B
No Looking Back - 1998 - Edward Burns - C
Sophies Choice - 1982 - Alan J. Pakula - B+
Sidewalks of New York - 2000 - Edward Burns - B
Finding Neverland - 2004 - Marc Forster - B
Being Julia - 2004 - Istavan Szabo - B-
Zelary - 2003 - Ondrej Trojan - A
Leave Her to Heaven - 1945 - John M. Stahl - B
Robots - 2005 - Chris Wedge - B+
Slingblade - 1996 - Billy Bob Thornton - A+
The Player - 1992 - Robert Altman - B-
The Wedding Date - 2005 - Clare Kilner - B-
Empire Falls - 2005 - Fred Schepisi - B+
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - 1984 - Hayao Miyazaki - A
12 Angry Men - 1957 - Sidney Lumet - A
Dogville - 2004 - Lars Von Trier - B-
The Human Stain - 2003 - Robert Benton - B+
Enduring Love - 2004 - Roger Michell - B
Batman Begins - 2005 - Christopher Nolan - B-
Weird Science - 1985 - John Hughes - B+ ( a classic )

Golgot

11-13-05, 05:36 PM

Woa, can't compete with that! ;)

Umberto D - Mmmm, neorealisty.

Ezikiel

11-13-05, 08:50 PM

Scanners, B+
1981 - David Cronenberg

Sid and Nancy, B-
1986 - Alex Cox

Gray's Anatomy, A-
1996 - Steven Soderbergh

Strummer521

11-13-05, 09:00 PM

Jarhead (d. Sam Mendes, 2005) 5

This was a very sobering film. I found it comepletely and utterly overpowering.

Pyro Tramp

11-14-05, 10:50 AM

Tesis- 5

Sedai

11-14-05, 11:12 AM

Short Cuts (Altman, 1993) 4_5

I loved this film. So many great scenes, and amazing craftmanship. The image of that lonely old man walking down the hospital hall will stay with me for some time...

Lost : Season 1 - Started this show on DVD, and we love it.

Sleezy

11-14-05, 04:30 PM

Kingdom of Heaven (d. Ridley Scott, 2005) :indifferent:

Gattaca (d. Andrew Niccol, 1997) :yup:

Tacitus

11-14-05, 05:24 PM

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, Francis Coppola)

2.5/5

Absolute nonsense from beginning to end, but I can't help smiling. Three of the hammiest thesps of the past 30 years onscreen at the same time, camping it up a storm. Poor old Richard E Grant looks positively Bronsonian in the company of Anthony Hopkins and Gary Oldman.

Old Tony looks as if he's having a ball though. The 'Making of' doc bears this out with Oldman flouncing around Coppola in desperate search of his method, Hopkins stands there with a wry smile on his face and the odd knowing wink to his director.

He gets all the best lines too, a remarkable feat in a script this awful. ;)

....and then there was Keanu... *snigger*

http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/vanhelsing.jpg

OG-

11-14-05, 05:46 PM

Naked Lunch
Green Street Hooligans
JFK
Village of the Damned
Prince of Darkness

Sad that I've just now completed John Carpenter's filmography, especially since Village of the Damned is by far his weakest film. Now to track down the stuff he has done for TV...

Golgot

11-14-05, 06:17 PM

Hey OGstar, Ghosts of Mars is on Brit TV in a minute. Is it even vaguely worth a watch - or am i better off watching satirical politics on another channel?

OG-

11-14-05, 06:19 PM

Hey OGstar, Ghosts of Mars is on Brit TV in a minute. Is it even vaguely worth a watch - or am i better off watching satirical politics on another channel?

I'd go with satirical politics. Ghosts of Mars isn't unwatchable, but it isn't anything completely diserable.

Golgot

11-14-05, 06:34 PM

Cool. Wouldn't want to watch an undesirable John Carpenter ;)

linespalsy

11-14-05, 10:33 PM

Sex and Lucia, Sullivan's Travels & Roxanne.

Pyro Tramp

11-15-05, 07:18 AM

I quite enjoyed Ghosts of Mars. When was it on btw, don't remember seeing it in listings.....

For me:

Peep Show: Season 2- 5
The Devil's Rejects- 4

Piddzilla

11-15-05, 08:14 AM

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, Francis Coppola)

2.5/5

Absolute nonsense from beginning to end, but I can't help smiling.

I would say that is nonsense from about halfway to end. I think the beginning is almost magical. I love the part where Keanu travels, arrives and stays at Sharpteeth's place. And I love Oldman in that part. "Velcomme.... to my hoam....". I don't know how many times me and my friends have greeted each other saying that. And you have to admit that the film looks fantastic and that the use of oldschool film technique is impressive and interesting to look at. Oh, please admit it, Tacitus!!!!

Unfortunately the whole film turns into mediocrity and worse as it proceeds.

Aniko

11-15-05, 09:37 AM

Zelary - 2003 - Ondrej Trojan - A

Oh good, I'm glad you finally saw this and liked it Birdy. Great list by the way. :)

Tacitus

11-16-05, 04:51 PM

Once Upon A Time In The Midlands (2002, Shane Meadows)

3/5

The final installment in Meadows' Nottingham trilogy is the most lavish (by the director's standards) but, for me, the least successful.

Great cast: Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Shirley Henderson - all well known faces who have some great lines but the whole thing doesn't quite come off. Maybe the Meadows technique of moving his cast into a house and living with them for a few months of mad improv before a shoot has shown it's worth - you're not going to be able to do that with 'name' actors very often.

It's fun though, just not quite as tight as we came to expect after Twentyfourseven and A Room For Romeo Brass. Still, Dead Man's Shoes came next and all was right with the world...

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/sony_pictures_classics/once_upon_a_time_in_the_midlands/_group_photos/rhys_ifans5.jpg

Piddzilla

11-16-05, 08:58 PM

I Heart Huckabees (2004 - David O. Russell)

Silly me. I thought it reminded me of Rushmore and it wasn't until I watched some of the interviews that was on the disc that I realized that Jason Schwartzman was in that one as well. Apparently Russell saw Schwartzman in Rushmore and wanted to do a film with him.

I liked I Heart Huckabees. Some scenes I really liked a lot. I was thinking though. It feels like there is this trend with films (Rushmore, Garden State, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and so on), some kind of serious, somewhat spaced out comedies with existential themes. I think if I hadn't seen a few of those other films, I would have appreciated this one even more (it's better than Garden State though, imo). It is original but not anymore, sort of.

Ah hell... Let's not be picky. It's a damned fine movie! :D

Caitlyn

11-17-05, 03:00 PM

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) 3/5

Sedai

11-17-05, 03:21 PM

I would say that is nonsense from about halfway to end. I think the beginning is almost magical. I love the part where Keanu travels, arrives and stays at Sharpteeth's place. And I love Oldman in that part. "Velcomme.... to my hoam....". I don't know how many times me and my friends have greeted each other saying that. And you have to admit that the film looks fantastic and that the use of oldschool film technique is impressive and interesting to look at. Oh, please admit it, Tacitus!!!!

Unfortunately the whole film turns into mediocrity and worse as it proceeds.

Well, chock that up to my guilty pleasures, then, as I really dig this film. Keanu...I don't dig, but I have always liked the awesome production design and use of color in the film...

Piddzilla

11-17-05, 07:20 PM

I have always liked the awesome production design and use of color in the film...

:yup: Me too...

nebbit

11-17-05, 11:20 PM

:yup: Me too...

me too :cool:

Strummer521

11-17-05, 11:59 PM

3-Iron 4_5

OG-

11-18-05, 12:57 AM

3-Iron 4_5

Awesome, glad you liked it. One of my top of '04 and I think the best Korea has crafted thus far. Fantastic film!

Wonder Boy

11-18-05, 04:19 AM

Angels in America, not what I expected. 3.5/5

Caitlyn

11-18-05, 02:13 PM

Dazed and Confused (1993) 3/5

I'm inclined to believe no one at People Magazine watched this movie before voting Matthew McConaughey the sexiest man alive this year… :p :D

Piddzilla

11-18-05, 04:45 PM

Dazed and Confused (1993) 3/5

I'm inclined to believe no one at People Magazine watched this movie before voting Matthew McConaughey the sexiest man alive this year… :p :D

It's the boots, right? :D I love the character he plays in Dazed and Confused.

The Corporation (2003 - Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar)

Oh yes.....

Strummer521

11-18-05, 05:02 PM

Awesome, glad you liked it. One of my top of '04 and I think the best Korea has crafted thus far. Fantastic film!

I think I will choose it when my turn comes back around in the movie club. There are so many ways to interpret it I think it would foster some really great discussion.

Piddzilla

11-18-05, 08:44 PM

Napoleon Dynamite (2004 - Jared Hess)

He he... Very nice.

Iroquois

11-18-05, 11:46 PM

Brazil (Terry Gilliam, 1985)

Iro rating: 8/10

Still as whacked as ever a third time through...

undercoverlover

11-19-05, 07:54 AM

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Thank God, a director who finally knows how to handle Harry Potter. Mike Newell I salute you.
Firstly the young actors who play the main trio have progressed in leaps and bounds and convincingly pull off teenage characters younger than themselves.
Emma Watson, although seeming a little forced at times, got the 'young girl at a dance' scenes spot on, i can confirm her part as I was that girl about 4 years ago. Yes Rupert Grint is still pulling stupid faces but is great to watch.
Daniel Radcliffe. Daniel, Daniel, Daniel. I was so impressed with his performance, he gave a stellar presentation of young Harry.

I love you Mike Newell, this is a gem of a movie and even if it was a bum acher it was worth it. Death eaters that were truly scary, terrific special effects, an amazing script and a great handling of what could have been a complete disaster of a movie.