Movie Tab II

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

http://www.horrorsnotdead.com/images/gingerdeadcover.jpg

You better believe I watched it.
Gary Busey is an amazing actor. Amazing is kind of a broad term. Just go with your gut feelings.

Ash_Is_Da_Gizzurl
"Kind of slow" Erhm'.... Just give it a whirl. Who knows. Maybe you'll want to make out afterwards or something to that affect. If you're around my age of course. I'm at that age where some are too young but it's hard to tell. I usually just ask for some ID. You know how it is.

[Caitlyn]

Strickly Ballroom (1992) 3¾/5


'Twas fun... thanks Nebbs... :)

[OG-]

Gary Busey is an amazing actor. Amazing is kind of a broad term. Just go with your gut feelings.

I actually watched the Behind the Scenes featurette on the DVD, and Gary Busey referred to his performance as showing "aggressitivity".

I'd also like to quote part of my review, because I think it appropriately sums up everything (http://horrorsnotdead.com/images/gingerdead.jpg) about the movie:

Revolvers are called such because they have a revolving chamber that holds, at maximum, 6 bullets. No more than six. Simple.

The Gingerdead Man, in one scene alone, fires no less than 16 shots from this very revolver. And you better believe I rewound it and counted how many there were.

Well played, Gingerdead Man, well played, indeed.

[Tacitus]

Das Boot (1981, Wolfgang Peterson)

4/5

The trials and tribulations of a German U-Boat crew during 1942. It's still supremely tense and claustrophobic and probably my favourite WWII movie as told from the Axis Powers' POV.

http://img.stern.de/_content/53/50/535096/Fedder1_600.jpg
Curry was rarely on the submarine's menu...

[linespalsy]

Last night... watched The Opposite of Sex.... on the tee vee... decent movie didnt sexpect to see the guy who was in all those hal hartley movies... yes, it was pretty good.

[hazii82]

You and Me and Everyone We Know 4.5/5
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Trapped In Paradise 4/5
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XX/XY 4/5
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[Iroquois]

Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)

9/10

[Tacitus]

Domino (2005, Tony Scott)

1/5

Now.....some films are crap, some have crapness thrust upon them.

Domino wouldn't have been too terrible in the hands of a half decent director but as it stands the movie is an awful awful mess.

Man On Fire was stylistically drunk but had Denzel holding it together for long enough to avoid making a complete fool of itself.

There's no Denzel here though. Keira Knightley does her best but Scott's bewildering 'throw enough muck against the wall and hope fome of it will stick' approach to visuals swamp the poor girl completely.

Domino isn't slick. Domino isn't fast-paced (Scott just cuts every three seconds). Domino isn't well written. Domino certainly isn't cool. Domino thinks it's all four...

There's an all-star cast in here somewhere but, as the whole experience is akin to watching a 3D film without the red & green specs while speeding yer nuts off and necking a pint of meths, you'd never be able to tell.

Avoid. Please.

It's the only way to stop this man. :rolleyes:

http://www.canmag.com/images/front/movies2005/domino1.jpg

[nebbit]

Domino (2005, Tony Scott)

1/5

Avoid. Please.

It's the only way to stop this man. :rolleyes:

Ok :D

[hazii82]

FD3 - 5/5
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[Strummer521]

FD3 - 5/5

Wow. So you'd basically consider it a classic?

In the meantime: Taxi Driver

I dug it like a shovel.

[Thursday Next]

King Kong (1933) Pretty good, for such an old movie, with the exception of Kong's grinning close-up, it made me laugh every time. I appreciated the job Jackson has done on the remake even more after seeing this.

I, Robot - is this a kids film? Surely not meant to be taken seriously? I thought it was laughably bad in every possible way. And Will Smith in the shower is really something I could have happily lived my whole life without seeing...:eek:

[hazii82]

[QUOTE=Strummer521]Wow. So you'd basically consider it a classic?QUOTE]

Why cause I gave it a 5/5, so because of that I have to be considering the movie a classic?

[hazii82]

sorry double post

[Strummer521]

Why cause I gave it a 5/5, so because of that I have to be considering the movie a classic?

Well it doesn't seem logical to give a perfect score to anything less than a classic that's all. To me that means ou thought it was flawless.

[Caitlyn]

Domino (2005, Tony Scott)

1/5

Avoid. Please.


I was afraid of that...

[Tacitus]

Cinderella Man (2005, Ron Howard)

2.5/5

Not bad.

'Nice' looking in a typical Howard way. The A-list cast (plus Paddy Considine...Hooray!...who's sadly underused...boo!) hit their marks but nothing stands out, apart from some excellent boxing scenes, to drag this much above TV movie fare.

http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/01/30/Cinderella_060130124310827_wideweb__300x375.jpg

[hazii82]

Just because something is perfect does not mean it is classic

[Travis Bickle]

Walk the Line 8/10

http://www.tribute.ca/tribute_objects/images/movies/walk_the_line/walktheline11.jpg

Top quality film, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon are really believeable as Johnny Cash and June Carter.

[Travis Bickle]

Just because something is perfect does not mean it is classic

Wow, how many films do you consider to be perfect then?

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

The Killer :rolleyes:
What a piece of dramatic crap. If you're gonna' let the box tell me it's got the most bullets in movie history then let it be so. Don't just half-ass that crap. That's a serious statement that gets people like me all giddy with excitement. I go home and turn it way up leaning forward in my chair waiting to see bullets fly but I don't get to see that. Instead I watch some retard, John Woo, blind some lady with the muzzle heat, or whatever I didn't mean to get all technical, and then it just gets all sappy from there. I object on the grounds of malarky. MALARKY I SAY! :mad:

Freakin... Uh... Undead :rolleyes:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t6/62/t66245otlpn.jpg
Some serious guts and blood if you're a freakin wuss'. There's a cowboy, or fisherman, or whatever, who could have been badass if the actor was different. He had all the generic plugs that would have worked to his advantage without the ability to pull them off. And, you all should know how I feel about boobies by now. If you're gonna' tease me by showing some bra action at the beginning I better be seein' dos' deer' tangs' by the end. You know what I mean? Dag' gom'.

[hazii82]

how many have you seen me come in here and post as perfect??????

[Wonder Boy]

Capote- 8/10; Philip Seymour Hoffman deserves the Osar.
http://images.killermovies.com/c/capote/poster.jpg

[Iroquois]

The Great Escape (John Sturges, 1963)

8/10

[Thursday Next]

Just because something is perfect does not mean it is classic

I always thought it was the other way round, like, just because something is a classic, doesn't mean it is perfect...

[Tacitus]

I always thought it was the other way round, like, just because something is a classic, doesn't mean it is perfect...

Exactly. ;)

[Strummer521]

I always thought it was the other way round, like, just because something is a classic, doesn't mean it is perfect...

True. But on those terms, if it is perfect then it has to be a classic. Doesn't it?

[Tacitus]

But on those terms, if it is perfect then it has to be a classic. Doesn't it?

I don't think Thursday's disputing that.

[ash_is_the_gal]

Dawn of the Dead (1978) - 4/5

edit - this was my 1000th post :D

[Pyro Tramp]

Jack Frost- 2_5

Got to laugh at a giant snowman raping a woman to death....

or not.

[Blister]

this was my 1000th post :D

Congrats! :)


Hellraiser (1987) - 4/5

Hellraiser 2: Hellbound (1988) - 5/5

[hazii82]

Aren’t we all different, what I consider perfect or a classic, I’m pretty sure the next person doesn’t. I don’t think FD3 is a classic, but watching the movie there was nothing I would change, nothing I didn’t like about the movie so therefore that’s how I got my 5/5. What I think, what I believe, what I feel about movies, whatever, is different from all of you on this board, I think the movie is a 5/5 ok, I never said it was a classic and if I did so what, you might look at me putting 5/5 as saying the movie is a classic, but I don’t. We are on different levels, different ways of thinking, we perceive things differently, so just let it be. I still stand aside with my FD3 5/5 a great movie perfect nothing I would change about it, a classic no.

There are a lot of movies that I consider 5/5 being that there was nothing I would change about the movie, then there are some movies I would consider classic and I’m pretty sure most of you would say not. So what’s the point of this again.

[Pyro Tramp]

Cabin Fever- 4

About what i was expecting, some was a bit predictable and some was quite good. I liked the fact that the disease technically killed no-one though some of it played out a bit too easily.

[OG-]

Cookers
Cache
Alphaville

And today I watched 9 episodes of "Freaks and Geeks" and was finally able to get my grubby (no pun intended) little hands on "Life in the Undergrowth" and watched all 5 parts. Amazing stuff. Some of it really freaked me out. And man, wasps are ********.

Golg, you gotta keep me informed of when they do another similar production. It takes me a while to get 'em in the US, but man do I love 'em.

[Strummer521]

So what’s the point of this again.

Just a bit of discussion. That's why we come here right? ;). Besides, what good is having an opinon if no one disagrees with it? In fact, if everyone agreed, I guess there would be no such thing as an opinon.

[Ezikiel]

Alphaville
And...?



Anywho.

The Thin Red Line, A+
1998 - Terrence Malick

The New World, B
2005 - Terrence Malick

Layer Cake, A
2004 - Matthew Vaughn

[OG-]

And...?


I dug it. It was my first, and incredibly late, introduction to Godard and I liked it. I'd by lying if I said I could explain every single event in the movie, but it had a tremendeous sense of humor and style.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

The Thin Red Line, A+
1998 - Terrence Malick
That movie's dopely satifying in many ways. Faaaaaaaa' sho'.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Aren’t we all different, what I consider perfect or a classic, I’m pretty sure the next person doesn’t. I don’t think FD3 is a classic, but watching the movie there was nothing I would change, nothing I didn’t like about the movie so therefore that’s how I got my 5/5. What I think, what I believe, what I feel about movies, whatever, is different from all of you on this board, I think the movie is a 5/5 ok, I never said it was a classic and if I did so what, you might look at me putting 5/5 as saying the movie is a classic, but I don’t. We are on different levels, different ways of thinking, we perceive things differently, so just let it be. I still stand aside with my FD3 5/5 a great movie perfect nothing I would change about it, a classic no.

There are a lot of movies that I consider 5/5 being that there was nothing I would change about the movie, then there are some movies I would consider classic and I’m pretty sure most of you would say not. So what’s the point of this again.
Blah-blah-blah. That sounds like a bunch of hogwash. Next tme you're thinking about whether or not a movie is a classic just ask me, alright? I'm the big-dog that makes these sorts of decisions. I do them here, there, and over there too. I make em' and I stick to em'. Anyone that disagrees you send em' to me and I crush them like toothpick on cold Ukranian day. So, now, there shouldn't be any confusion. You come to me or you get crushed. :mad:

[nebbit]

Blah-blah-blah. That sounds like a bunch of hogwash. Next tme you're thinking about whether or not a movie is a classic just ask me, alright? I'm the big-dog that makes these sorts of decisions. I do them here, there, and over there too. I make em' and I stick to em'. Anyone that disagrees you send em' to me and I crush them like toothpick on cold Ukranian day. So, now, there shouldn't be any confusion. You come to me or you get crushed. :mad:

:laugh: :eek: :laugh:

[Tacitus]

So what’s the point of this again?

Quoting the person that you're having this conversation with? Otherwise it gets a little hard to follow... :)

[Sedai]

There's an all-star cast in here somewhere but, as the whole experience is akin to watching a 3D film without the red & green specs while speeding yer nuts off and necking a pint of meths, you'd never be able to tell.

Avoid. Please.

It's the only way to stop this man. :rolleyes:




So, so funny. That is a great quote Tac...



Meanwhile:

Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Rings Extended Edition

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

[SamsoniteDelilah]

On The Waterfront -- oh, hell yeah! :)

[ash_is_the_gal]

Driving Miss Daisey 5/5
this was such a great movie...i can't believe it took me so long to see it!

[Caitlyn]

Must Love Dogs (2005) :indifferent:

[Golgot]

Golg, you gotta keep me informed of when they do another similar production. It takes me a while to get 'em in the US, but man do I love 'em.

Will do. I don't reckon Att and the boys will be churning another big set out anytime soon tho.

---

The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story

I'm gonna attempt a review once my brain can rearrange itself. Quality oddity. Stood me in fine stead for today's office banality :);)

[Strummer521]

November

Meh. If you've seen any other modern suspense films, you probably don't need to watch this.

[Escape]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009YA3OA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

[ash_is_the_gal]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0009YA3OA.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

so?! how was it? :D

[Pyro Tramp]

Sha Po Lang- 3

[Travis Bickle]

From Dusk Till Dawn 6/10

http://atvplus.at/main/news/images/Film_Kino/from_dusk.jpg

Silly film, good entertainment though.

[Philmster]

Rock School - These kids can rock!! Very interesting Documentary and Frank Zappa Music, what more could I have asked for? 5/5

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Matrix :yup: :yup:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t0/36/t03668othkp.jpg
The movie's clean from start to finish. Nice shots, good CGI, etc, etc, but what gets me is the way it plays into every nerds fantasy. Neo, the lone nerd stuck in the real world and all alone, is some how special. He's finally found by other misfits and they decide to go against what they can't belong to. Bologne. It's anti-authority in every way possible. I don't even know if Neo, Trinity, and the rest of that crew are good guys or bad guys. They pop fools like pimples on a regular basis regardless of who they used to be. My favorite thing about this movie though is how the nerd fantasy works with Neo and Trinity. There's Trinity who is the all american hardcore independent lesbian and there's Neo who's the all american loser who hates life. The nerd, Neo, not only gets to protect the figure he can't have, the lesbian/trinity, but he eventually conquers her emotionally and sexually and succeeds in breaking down every wall built to keep nerds in their respective places: in their room and all alone.

[blibblobblib]

http://www.horrorsnotdead.com/images/gingerdeadcover.jpg

You better believe I watched it.
I could only ever have imagined that a film like that could exist in my dreams. Now they have come true...

The Birds (Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1963)
Still a classic and still one of my many favourite Hitch films. Everytime i watch it I still find myself shocked. And i still can't help thinking that a few hundred birds must have died during the making of it.

5

Sin City: Recut. Extended. Unrated (Dir. Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, 2005)
What a superb DVD. This is what televisions are made for. I much preffered watching the extended, individual stories than the entire theatrical release. Rodriguez really knows how to put together a dvd. He even throws in a recipe for breakfast burritos. They looked gross but its still an awsome extra.

Zathura (Dir. Jon Favreau, 2006)
Good fun. I liked Jumangi and i love the imagination of Chris Van Allsburg so i thought i'd give it a go. I want to play Zathura.

3_5

Final Destination 3 (Dir. James Wong, 2006)
Lets face it, you don't go to see this for the story or the acting. Well i dont anyway and if you do you are a fool of the highest calibre. I go to see the inventive ways pretty teenagers can die. This was good, but not as tongue in cheek as the second one was. I preffered the humour in that.

3

Taken (Dir. Tobe Hooper, Thomas J. Wright ( and many more) 2002)
I started watching this a few weeks back and i finally finished the entire series the other night and i was really impressed. With each epiode lasting a hefty 80 minutes, they each felt more like mini films than episodes. Some briliant acting and writing on here. A truly epic sci-fi story with amazing emotional impact. The story follows four generations of families as they try to understand the reasons they are being taken by aliens, and as the series continues we see the story start to come together. It begins quite slowly, but once the final result is realised, it's superb viewing. I would recommend this to anyone with a slight interest in sci-fi. Philosophical, emotional, intelligent and thrilling. Great viewing. Dakota Fanning and especially Matt Frewer blew me away.

5

[Travis Bickle]

In the Heat of the Night 8/10

http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/dvd/pix/i/intheheat2.jpg

Classic

[Escape]

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/4300/theislandver34hr.jpg

This film had a wicked chase scene in it that ended with the flying bikes.

[WALKER OF THE HOPE]

i watched The transporter....14/feb./2006

[Philmster]

Saw 2 - Better than the first, 3/5.

[Sedai]

This film had a wicked chase scene in it that ended with the flying bikes.

You mean the speeder bikes? Yeah, those were cool in Return of the Jedi.... In the island they were a funny homage (at least I hope it was homage)...

[Travis Bickle]

Bonnie and Clyde 7/10

http://img.film.de/movies/4781/splash_l.jpg

Excellent

[ash_is_the_gal]

Bonnie and Clyde

i love that movie!!

Romie and Michele's High School Reunion 5/5, i swear it gets better with each viewing...

[Eyes]

Saw II

[Caitlyn]

Wo de fu qin mu qin - (1999) 3½/5

Great little movie but a bit drawn out in places...

[Tacitus]

Millions (2004, Danny Boyle)

4/5

Imagine Shallow Grave with Thatcherite greed replaced by a more caring, sharing ethos.

And kids.

Excellent children's fantasy (which has a few echoes of Time Bandits, hooray!) with strong performances by Jimmy Nesbitt and Daisy Donovan. Young Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon steal the show though.

There's also a great turn by Alun Armstrong as St Peter...

"I'm on the door."

http://www.broadway.org.uk/films/July05/Images/millions.jpg

[Sedai]

It's the Rage (Stern, 1999) - Entertaining, but not great... Anna was in it, though... ;)

The Blame Game : Are We a Country of Victims? - News special from the mid 90s, so it's a tad outdated, but still a great piece...

[Aniko]

Little Caesar (1931) ~ :) It's been a long while since I'd seen this...I still like it a great deal. Edward G. Robinson is terrific.

In Her Shoes (2005) ~ :) I liked this alot...it was much better than I thought it would be. I liked the story and Toni Collette is wonderful. And, eventhough the critics around me waved Cameron Diaz off...she also did a fine job with the scenes that were not her in her stereo type. I liked the two women together.



Millions (2004, Danny Boyle)

4/5

Imagine Shallow Grave with Thatcherite greed replaced by a more caring, sharing ethos.

And kids.

Excellent children's fantasy (which has a few echoes of Time Bandits, hooray!) with strong performances by Jimmy Nesbitt and Daisy Donovan. Young Alex Etel and Lewis McGibbon steal the show though.



I loved that movie. :)

[Pyro Tramp]

Peep Show: Season 1- 5

"Well at least i don't fancy elves and pixies"

[WALKER OF THE HOPE]

JACKASS.....THEY WERE REALLY JACKASSES! :D

[Thursday Next]

Peep Show: Season 1- 5

"Well at least i don't fancy elves and pixies"

Peep Show is fantastic, isn't it? :D I think the second season is even better.

Metropolis - actually the first silent film I have seen. So many things about it were great, but so many were not - the heinous over-acting, for example. Overall, pretty good.

[Tacitus]

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Charles Crichton)

5/5

I've been running out of superlatives during my recent Ealing-fest so just get yer Roget's out and pick five words from the 'wonderful' list.

Guinness is just so fantastically mannered in this - his slight stoop, his slight speech impediment, the slight feeling of unease you get when the camera lingers on him. I've never seen a better screen actor and Alec's at the top of his game here.

Oh yeah, The Lavender Hill Mob is being remade by Dean Parisot. After seeing The Coens royally mess up The Ladykillers I don't have high hopes for this. Two of the reasons why Ealing comedies were great was because of their subtlety and - take note Mr Parisot - their Britishness...

http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/images/small//lavenderhillmob.jpg

[Tacitus]

Crash (2004, Paul Haggis)

3.5/5

....or Emile Zola Goes To Hollywood.

Haggis sure knows how to pack an emotional punch.

But...

There's so much determinism a-goin' on here that Crash was close to turning into an episode of Brit-based Hospital soap Casualty (the fun in watching this program is imagining how the newly introduced character is destined to injure themselves and thus, end up in...well...casualty) without the bloke from The Long Good Friday coming along with a cup of tea and a large mop.

That said, there's a lot to like here, performance & script-wise (as well as Thandie Newton).

I'm off to listen to the commentary. ;)

http://www.offoffoff.com/film/2005/images/crash.jpg

[SamsoniteDelilah]

I'm glad you liked it. Haven't seen Casualty, so had no comparison there. I would find the determinism a bit heavy, except it's the point, it seems to me.

Re: Thandie Newton, all I can say is "I agree".

[Tacitus]

I would find the determinism a bit heavy, except it's the point, it seems to me.

I would say it's the point too, but thought it was sometimes more heavy-handed than heavy. :)

[hazii82]

The Devil's Backbone -

http://i1.tinypic.com/nxp9fk.jpg

[Pyro Tramp]

Ooh, nice one Hazii, what you think?

[hazii82]

Im not one for movies with subtitles cause i always end up missing something, either whats actually going on cause Im to busy reading the screen, or whats actually being said cause Im to busy watching the action. anyway this was a good movie not at all what I expected, because of previews 4.5/5

I'm going to watch it again though, cause with me somethings dont hit me until the second time around and after looking through a few message boards i want to go back and see a few things. Like the whole thing with bomb.....

[Thursday Next]

Solaris - very good, put the pace does start to drag a little towards the end.

[Anonymous Last]

Solaris - very good, put the pace does start to drag a little towards the end.

2002 -or- 1972?

[Thursday Next]

2002 -or- 1972?

1972

[Pyro Tramp]

I borrowed that for months but could never force myself to watch it, 2 discs was pretty off putting especially as i was told it was really boring.

[Anonymous Last]

I borrowed that for months but could never force myself to watch it, 2 discs was pretty off putting especially as i was told it was really boring.

Now you have to watch it, explore it, let it take you to places and see if it's boring for yourself.

[Sedai]

I borrowed that for months but could never force myself to watch it, 2 discs was pretty off putting especially as i was told it was really boring.

Ack!! Watch it! I love that movie...

Meanwhile:

Final Fantasy : Advent Children - I liked a lot of the animation and there was much nostalgia with the material, but, the screenplay was weak and the music...man, some of the music was just BAD.

Some great action scenes, though...

[Pyro Tramp]

I really want to see Advent Children but the R1 release date keeps getting pushed back, how you see it Sed?

[OG-]

I sent him my copy in the mail. :)

[Pyro Tramp]

How did you get it :O :(

[Thursday Next]

I borrowed that for months but could never force myself to watch it, 2 discs was pretty off putting especially as i was told it was really boring.

It is slow, and boring in parts perhaps, but still worth watching. I don't know why it's on 2 discs, it's only 2 1/2 hours long.

I can't wait to see Advent Children either...although I am worried it will ruin the story. From what I've read, it's not brilliant...

[Ophelia]

Munich - Eric Bana is to star in the next L'oreal shampoo advert.

[OG-]

How did you get it :O :(

I'd had it for quite some time by way of what we talked about earlier. If you are dying for a region free release, you can pick one up here (http://shop.hkdvdstore.com/product_info.php?products_id=25344).

[Travis Bickle]

Watched all 3 back to back.

Raiders of the Lost Ark 10/10

http://www.cinematical.com/images/2005/09/sq_raiders.jpg

Definitely the best of the 3

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8/10

http://saltsaltsalt.hp.infoseek.co.jp/movie/INDIANA%20JONES%20AND%20THE%20TEMPLE%20OF%20DOOM/jpg/INDIANA%20JONES%20AND%20THE%20TEMPLE%20OF%20DOOM_03.jpg

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 8/10

http://uashome.alaska.edu/~jndfg20/website/lastcrusade.gif

[Pyro Tramp]

Mulholland Dr- 5

As i was watching it again i came to think the startish was Elena Harring's dream and not Watt's but while looking at Lynch's 10 clues, i'm sure there's more than one dream though not sure who's. Reality is questionable, it's there, it must be. Chronology also is an issue i never gave as much thought to before. I think Club Silencio is possibly the key scene "it's all an illusion", perhaps the film was all an illusion hence the closing shot of the solitary microphone stand....

All the same, 7 viewings later it's still ****ing up my head.

[Caitlyn]

Domino (2005, Tony Scott)

1/5

Now.....some films are crap, some have crapness thrust upon them.

Domino wouldn't have been too terrible in the hands of a half decent director but as it stands the movie is an awful awful mess.

Man On Fire was stylistically drunk but had Denzel holding it together for long enough to avoid making a complete fool of itself.

There's no Denzel here though. Keira Knightley does her best but Scott's bewildering 'throw enough muck against the wall and hope fome of it will stick' approach to visuals swamp the poor girl completely.

Domino isn't slick. Domino isn't fast-paced (Scott just cuts every three seconds). Domino isn't well written. Domino certainly isn't cool. Domino thinks it's all four...

There's an all-star cast in here somewhere but, as the whole experience is akin to watching a 3D film without the red & green specs while speeding yer nuts off and necking a pint of meths, you'd never be able to tell.

Avoid. Please.

It's the only way to stop this man. :rolleyes:





A friend of mine (who has a thing for Keira Knightley) talked me into watching this... I made it to the 90210 part...

[Tacitus]

A friend of mine (who has a thing for Keira Knightley) talked me into watching this... I made it to the 90210 part...

Criky Caity, that's a whole 5 minutes! You're a better woman than I, that's for sure. :D

By the way, did you know that Danny Boyle's daughter is called Caitlyn? I'm a mine of slightly useless information...

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

House of Wax :D
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t6/46/t64608v0wl1.jpg
I was expecting something really crappy but it wasn't. I'm putting an X next to Paris Hilton during the next presidential election. VOTE FOR PARIS!

[Piddzilla]

"Lasermannen" (Mikael Marcimain - 2005)

A swedish series in three episodes clocking in on 4½ hours. It's based on the real story about psychopath, back robber and serial killer John Ausonius, dubbed "Lasermannen" (The Laser Man) by the press because of the laser sight that created a red dot on his victims; immigrants and people with dark skin or hair in general.

This is the best police series I've seen in many years. It's realistic and has that documentary feel over itself. The actors are fantastic and the direction is just marvellous. And the film is set both in the 70s, the 80s and the 90s in that that it jumps back and forth in the life of Ausonius. The film is partly about the life of Ausonius and partly about the case of "Lasermannen". But as a whole it's about Sweden and the society we live in. The clips from real TV News broadcasts are worked into the story really well and I even remember some of the clips.

The DVD version I own doesn't have an English subtitles option unfortunately, otherwise I would make you all buy it. It's kitchen sink police drama at its best!

[Strummer521]

(who has a thing for Keira Knightley)

What guy doesn't?

Anyway:

Candian Bacon A fairly fun and funny movie with a bit of sharp social commentary.

The Third Man solid noir. It's only too bad Orson Welles was on screen for such a short time. Probably one of the top ten scores of all time. And all on one instrument.

[Iroquois]

Hmm, I'm a little foggy on my movie history since my last visit but I think this is accurate...

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

9/10

Twelve Monkeys (Terry Gilliam, 1995)

8/10

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

5/10

[gummo]

Cast Away was on TV and i watched it again lol. I still like it I guess 7/10. I didn't cry this time.

[hazii82]

Cast Away (2000)
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[Thursday Next]

Breaking the Waves. Still 10/10. I don't think I should watch it again, it is too sad :(

[Travis Bickle]

Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

5/10

Are you for real?

Westworld 6/10

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes510/WestWorld195.jpeg

Yul Brynner is great as the gunslinger

[Sedai]

Gladiator - (Scott, 2000) :up:

The Relic - (Hyams, 1997) :indifferent:

Serenity w/ Audio Commentary - (Whedon, 2005) :up::up:

[blibblobblib]

Cast Away (2000)
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That movie makes my nipples erect. Love it.

[adidasss]

really? i didn't think it was so hot.....*shrugs*

[Caitlyn]

Taxi Driver (1975) 4/5

Dogville (2003) 4/5

[Sedai]

The Lion King (Allers/Minkoff, 1994)

[Pyro Tramp]

Dogville (2003) 4/5

I saw Dogville recently and thought it was pretty cool, how did you find it Caitlyn?

[blibblobblib]

really? i didn't think it was so hot.....*shrugs*
Im not sure why i love it so much. I think its the idea of how he spends all of this time on that Island, years and years pass and the one thing he has to keep him going is that teeny dirty photo of Kelly his wife-to-be. Then when fate finally gives him a sail, and he gets home to find he has nothing again, and he may as well be back on the island. Its so tragic. Plus im a big-girlie-woopsy-pants when it comes to sentimental films like this. Although Zemeckis does a great job with the film. With a beautiful beautiful score introduced at perfect timing and the cinemtaography, i just fell in love with it. And the plane crash still haunts me. I dont like big whirring things near my head.
I saw Dogville recently and thought it was pretty cool, how did you find it Caitlyn?
Now that film makes my scrotum retract. Love it.

[Anonymous Last]

Now that film makes my scrotum retract. Love it.

You should get that thing declawed or is that just an American thing?

[blibblobblib]

You should get that thing declawed or is that just an American thing?
Retracting scrotums? No i think its mostly a universal technique. Although i hear Monkeys are very good at it.

[adidasss]

Im not sure why i love it so much. I think its the idea of how he spends all of this time on that Island, years and years pass and the one thing he has to keep him going is that teeny dirty photo of Kelly his wife-to-be. Then when fate finally gives him a sail, and he gets home to find he has nothing again, and he may as well be back on the island. Its so tragic. Plus im a big-girlie-woopsy-pants when it comes to sentimental films like this. Although Zemeckis does a great job with the film. With a beautiful beautiful score introduced at perfect timing and the cinemtaography, i just fell in love with it. And the plane crash still haunts me. I dont like big whirring things near my head.


i thought it was very realistic, but i think the lack of speech and general action in the film made it kinda hollow....

[ash_is_the_gal]

Benny & Joon...quirky and feel-good...loved it....thanks Caitlyn

[OG-]

Cache
The New World
Rabid
Satan's Little Helper
42nd Street Forever Volume 1 (75% uninteresting, but the other 25% of the trailers are AWESOME)
The Monster Squad
12 Monkeys (**** this movie kicks)
Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have The Key

[Strummer521]

A Mighty Wind The humor was sustained very well throughout, though the actual jokes were few and far between.

Donnie Darko This didn't hold up all that well to reapeat viewings but the sentimentality factor keeps it going strong. Now if only Richard Kelly would make another damn movie.

Barton Fink The acting was great and so was the dialogue. Too bad the narrative kind of got lost along the way.

[Caitlyn]

I saw Dogville recently and thought it was pretty cool, how did you find it Caitlyn?


I thought it was pretty cool too… even though I pretty much figured out how it was going to turn out in the end…

[SamsoniteDelilah]

walking and talking 8/10
Deliverance 8/10
Mean Girls 7/10

[Iroquois]

Are you for real?

I think it may have been because in the time between watching Taxi Driver for the first time and the last time, it lost a little something. I blame it on the fact that the cable channel it was on had edited the shootout (who would do that? WHO WOULD DO THAT?). If a great movie has some of the more controversial moments edited out for a cleaner experience on TV, I always lower my score a few points (a few months ago I rated Pink Floyd - The Wall a 3/10 for cutting out most of my favourite parts, especially The Trial)

Blame the edit-for-TV. I gotta get the DVD.

Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941)

9/10

Nothing short of classic.

[adidasss]

I thought it was pretty cool too… even though I pretty much figured out how it was going to turn out in the end…
dogville is one of the films i'm avoiding seeing....i absolutely hate the theatre and from the clips i saw i think this film is pretty much a play recorded on video....without the *insert english word for things on stage...can't think of it right now*

[Pyro Tramp]

When i saw it, i had no idea that Dogville was on stage but after the initial strangeness of it went, i got really absorbed in it, there are some great performances.

[Sedai]

Unbreakable (Shyamalan, 2001)


Love this film....every frame....


OG - 12 Monkeys is one of the best sci-fi films ever made, IMO.

[Thursday Next]

I thought it was pretty cool too… even though I pretty much figured out how it was going to turn out in the end…

I'm not sure the ending is supposed to be anything other than inevitable...Without spoiling it too much for anyone who hasn't seen it, I thought that the real sting in the tale was that by the end, when you watch it you are rooting for exactly that ending...but when it happens it makes you wonder whether it is any better than the way the townspeople acted towards Grace, and whether she (or we) have the right to make that kind of judgement.

[rubyblood]

Thambsucker (2005) 4/5

[SamsoniteDelilah]

dogville is one of the films i'm avoiding seeing....i absolutely hate the theatre and from the clips i saw i think this film is pretty much a play recorded on video....without the *insert english word for things on stage...can't think of it right now*
Theatricality?
If you don't like theater, spend those two hours of your life on something else, for sure. I have a degree in theater, but I hate theater put on film with nothing filmic to it - consequently I really disliked Dogville.

[blibblobblib]

The New World
How was it? I loved The Thin Red Line and havnt had the time to check out his other few movies. Worth numbing my bum in the cinema for?
The Monster Squad
AH! I need to see this again. Most favourite movie as a kid. How does it do watching it all grown up? Worth purchasing?
consequently I really disliked Dogville.
Why did you dislike it Sammy? I love the whole idea of Dogville. A town with no walls, where everyone can see everything that is happening, yet they choose to do nothing.

[Strummer521]

Theatricality?
If you don't like theater, spend those two hours of your life on something else, for sure. I have a degree in theater, but I hate theater put on film with nothing filmic to it - consequently I really disliked Dogville.


That seems like such a superficial complaint. Sure it's a play and nothing more. But it's a damn good play. If you like theater, why do you object so strongly to watching it on film?

[adidasss]

Theatricality?
If you don't like theater, spend those two hours of your life on something else, for sure. I have a degree in theater, but I hate theater put on film with nothing filmic to it - consequently I really disliked Dogville.
no, i think it's scenography....
the reason i hate the theatre is the ever so obvious acting....i've become too acustomed to realistic acting to revert back to shaekspearian shouting....

[OG-]

How was it? I loved The Thin Red Line and havnt had the time to check out his other few movies. Worth numbing my bum in the cinema for?

AH! I need to see this again. Most favourite movie as a kid. How does it do watching it all grown up? Worth purchasing?


I loved the New World. Tremendeous filmmaking. It is heart wrenching stuff. Beautiful movie.

I wrote a mini-review of Monster Squad on my site, but yah, makes ya' feel like a kid again. It is just as entertaining as it was 12 years ago. I'd buy it in a heartbeat, if it were actually available on dvd, but alas, it tis not....:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

[Caitlyn]

I'm not sure the ending is supposed to be anything other than inevitable...Without spoiling it too much for anyone who hasn't seen it, I thought that the real sting in the tale was that by the end, when you watch it you are rooting for exactly that ending...but when it happens it makes you wonder whether it is any better than the way the townspeople acted towards Grace, and whether she (or we) have the right to make that kind of judgement.

It's very hard to talk about this without spoiling… but you're probably right about the ending being inevitable… although I can't really say it was the ending I was rooting for… I felt like it was a little too easy… but that's just me… ;)

[Ezikiel]

Bubble, A-
2006 - Steven Soderbergh

Videodrome, B
1983 - David Cronenberg

Wild Zero, C
2000 - Tetsuro Takeuchi

[Sedai]

The Maltese Falcon (Huston, 1941)

[ash_is_the_gal]

Coal Miners Daughter 5/5 - god i love this movie...!

[chicagofrog]

Unbreakable [i](Shyamalan, 2001)


good taste like always dear Sedai. fans of Comics unite...

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story :)
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Not as good as the normal TV series but it had some laughs.

The Fog (2006) :rolleyes:
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What a bunch of crap. And, let me tell you, the last thing you're going to be doing off the "Oregon coast" is partying on a boat with a bunch of chicks with barely anything on. You're more likely to have some old sea-hag with a hairy chest chewing tubakey' and drinkin' moonshine. What also pissed me off is that there's no stinkin' Antonio island off the Oregon coast. A bunch of malarkey. The movie sucked by the way.

The Crow :D
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It's hard for me to like a movie when a hord of fan-boys do too. I know that sounds ridiculous but I can do what I want. So, to all you you wierd Crow knockoffs stop doing that. It's a decent movie but when I'm watching it I think of all those turds walking around like they're freakin' the deepest most mysterious turd since Edgar Poe or some crap.

[gummo]

A for http://www.wildaboutmovies.com/images/NorthCountry_poster.jpg

D for http://images.killermovies.com/s/saw2/poster.jpg

[Pyro Tramp]

Kill Bill: Vol 1- 3

Not as good as i once thought...

Chronicles of Riddick- 3

Some nice action but quite uneven...

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Kill Bill: Vol 1- 3

Not as good as i once thought...

Chronicles of Riddick- 3

Some nice action but quite uneven...
Kill Bill and Chronicles of Riddick got the same score. HAHAHA I freakin' agree! I freakin' AGREE! :up: :up:

[Strummer521]

Elizabethtown Cameron Crowe is really head and shoulders above the rest of the romantic comedy crowd don't ya think? There were so many times this movie made a (completely un-self-conscious) smile spread right across my face. And man, did I ever underestimate Kirsten Dunst. It was very believable that someone could fall completely in love with her character. I went into this expecting some enjoyable fluff and was just about blown away. Most people reading this will think I'm overreacting, but it's not often I get so caught up in a movie that I forget to analyze it and just enjoy it. There's something really special about this one.

[Tacitus]

That seems like such a superficial complaint. Sure it's a play and nothing more. But it's a damn good play. If you like theater, why do you object so strongly to watching it on film?

I think the complaint is anything but superficial. You saying that it's a good play is, of course, opinion so saying Cinders should like it on those grounds alone is...well...slightly strange. :)

I can't stand Dogville either and I even bought the little bugger thinking that it must have some merit, judging by the amount of praise on here. I disliked it even more second time around.

The stylistic premise isn't original, but I found it wallowing in it's own supposed obliqueness. This wouldn't be so bad if the script and acting were top notch - I didn't find anything to like in either.

The Emporer's New Clothes, I'm afraid... ;)

[chicagofrog]

i hadn't thought about it, but DOGville begins with the same letters as DOGma - is this a coincidence??
i liked Dogville, i'll admit without any shame. Nicole was great.

[Holden Pike]

I flat out love Dogville, and the follow-up, Manderlay, is just as great.

But whatever.

[chicagofrog]

still have to see Manderlay. with my love for redheads, i don't know why i still haven't...

[Strummer521]

I think the complaint is anything but superficial. You saying that it's a good play is, of course, opinion so saying Cinders should like it on those grounds alone is...well...slightly strange. :)

I see your point. However I wasn't saying Sam should like it because I do. I was taking note of the fact that she seemed to dislike it only because it was a play which didn't make a lot of sense to me.

[Travis Bickle]

Witness 6/10

http://www.padutchcountry.com/witness/images/book_rachel_kitchen.jpg

Great

[blibblobblib]

I loved the New World. Tremendeous filmmaking. It is heart wrenching stuff. Beautiful movie.

I wrote a mini-review of Monster Squad on my site, but yah, makes ya' feel like a kid again. It is just as entertaining as it was 12 years ago. I'd buy it in a heartbeat, if it were actually available on dvd, but alas, it tis not....:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
This has sadenned :( See, that is a sad face. i thought it was finally available on DVD in the States? Drat. I'm sure it'll come out eventaully. I mean they released The Explorers on dvd recently...not that, that has anything to do with monsters but Monster Squad was so much better!

But the thought of The New World makes me smile again :) See, smiley.
Bubble, A-
2006 - Steven Soderbergh
So ya liked it? Any details Zieky? Im lookin forward to this.

[ash_is_the_gal]

well, now i really gotta see this Dogville! Initially i had heard many mixed things and was interested in watching it anyway...hmm...

but as for me:

Secretary - before this movie, i never thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was attractive, or even that likeable, but i have to say i was impressed with the performance she gave, with such a likeable, even sexy character. this is possibly one of the strangest plots ive had to wrap my noodle around, but, i think this might even end up being one to own for me...5/5

If Lucy Fell 3.5/5

[OG-]

This has sadenned :( See, that is a sad face. i thought it was finally available on DVD in the States? Drat. I'm sure it'll come out eventaully. I mean they released The Explorers on dvd recently...not that, that has anything to do with monsters but Monster Squad was so much better!


I actually doubt it'll be released on DVD anytime soon. My guess says that there are too many copyright issues involved with all of the monsters and their relative holders... :-\

[Thursday Next]

I liked Dogville. It wasn't just a filmed play. After a while, I forgot that the set was like that, I just got used to it.

Anyway...films I have been watching:

Magnolia - OK. There were things about it which were clever, and beautiful, and interesting BUT not enough things to keep me entertained for 3 hours. A good deal of time taken up with people screaming and swearing at each other :rolleyes: . And it just wasn't as profound as it obviously thought it was.

Way Down East - it took a while to get used to the style (kind of like Dogville), especially as every other scene seemed to be a different tint and the picture quality was not the best BUT once I did, I was really engrossed in the story. Melodramatic, yes, although with bits of slapstick put in for good measure (which reminded me of early disney cartoons - I suppose they copied this film?). The ice sequence at the end really is that good - and that must have taken some dedication to filmmaking! Recommended.

[ash_is_the_gal]

Magnolia - OK. There were things about it which were clever, and beautiful, and interesting BUT not enough things to keep me entertained for 3 hours. A good deal of time taken up with people screaming and swearing at each other :rolleyes: . And it just wasn't as profound as it obviously thought it was.

i actually quite enjoyed Magnolia...but its one of those flicks i could understand why someone couldn't get into it...however, i thought it was fun to watch, in that Paul Thomas Anderson kind-of-way. was it really three hours? ;)

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Aristocrats :D
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t7/06/t70635hymgz.jpg
As far as documentary skills go I think it could have been better but the content is what made it watchable. You've got Bob Sagget talking about... just watch the movie. I don't want to repeat anything here. It's basically about an inside joke told from one comic to another comic. Good stuff.

Ichi The Killer :bored: :down: :down:
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This movie blowed'ed'ed real freakin' hard. I didn't even finish the bologne.

My Own Private Idaho :)
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t5/64/t56493gp4e9.jpg
Some of the content made me uncomfortable but I think it was a pretty dope movie.

[Philmster]

Half Light - 2.5/5 - Slightly silly, slightly bad acting, but still a little enjoyable.

[Pyro Tramp]

Lucky Number Slevin- 4

[nebbit]

I can't stand Dogville either and I even bought the little bugger thinking that it must have some merit, judging by the amount of praise on here. I disliked it even more second time around.

Me too :rolleyes:

[undercoverlover]

Just got back from Final Destination 3. I might as well have saved my money and rented the first one again. Its the same old stuff, someone has a vision for no apparent reason, freaks out, saves people (some of whom wont believe leading them to their deaths) then just when you think its all resolved the director wastes even more time.

[Holden Pike]

Just got back from Final Destination 3. I might as well have saved my money and rented the first one again. Its the same old stuff, someone has a vision for no apparent reason, freaks out, saves people (some of whom wont believe leading them to their deaths) then just when you think its all resolved the director wastes even more time.

And you were expecting what?

[Iroquois]

Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore, 2004)

7/10

Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Ken Kwapis, 2005)

6/10

The Boondock Saints (Troy Duffy, 1999)

8/10

[Thursday Next]

Good Night and Good Luck - good film

[Sedai]

Aliens (Cameron, 1986)

[Strummer521]

American Beauty

Meh. I'm kind of surprised this won best picture.

[Tacitus]

Open Range (2003, Kevin Costner)

4/5

Now this is my kind of film, a beautifully made, perfectly cast Western. Ok, so there's not much competition but I think that Open Range is the best Horse Opera since Unforgiven. Indeed, had Clint not made his masterpiece I feel that Big Kevvie's movie would have recieved more widespread recognition. This man knows his Westerns...he knows them. ;)

Robert Duvall and Annette Bening were born to play these roles: mature and understated. There's also a great little turn by Michael Jeeter, probably my favourite 'Strange Little Bloke' working today. Heck, even Costner, never the most animated of actors, performs well.

http://www.blackmailmag.com/images/CINEMA/open_range.jpg

[ash_is_the_gal]

cool Tatty...ill add it to my list :)

[Sedai]

Enron : The Smartest Guys in the Room

[Blister]

Goodfellas

[Strummer521]

Citizen Kane There's nothing I can really say about it that hasn't already been said a million times. I really liked it.

[Holden Pike]

Open Range (2003, Kevin Costner)
Now this is my kind of film, a beautifully made, perfectly cast Western. Ok, so there's not much competition but I think that Open Range is the best Horse Opera since Unforgiven. Indeed, had Clint not made his masterpiece I feel that Big Kevvie's movie would have recieved more widespread recognition. This man knows his Westerns...he knows them.

Open Range is such a frustrating movie, and a perfect example of how weak Costner is as a director. The main narrative, the cinematography and Robert Duvall's performance are all great (James Muro's photography and Bobby Duvall's acting are both Oscar calibur work). And the final shoot-out is one of the best ever captured on screen. But the movie is about forty minutes too long, highlighted by the continuing and completely unnecessary CODAs that follow the natural ending of the film but drag on for another twenty minutes: interminable junk. The love story between Coster and Bening's is embarasssing with truly horrid dialogue. Frankly that entire subplot could have been gotten rid of, but if he felt compelled to keep it, the dialogue certainly should have been completely re-written. It's such bad, corny, hokey, tired, clichéd ***** that you could lift it word for word and stick it in a Naked Gun movie and it would get huge laughs. Just dreadful. I like Anette Bening a whole lot, but she is stuck saying the most ridiculous things. Ugh.

There's a great movie somewhere in the center of Open Range, but Costner has no idea how to edit and meld it into something special.


There's also a great little turn by Michael Jeeter, probably my favourite 'Strange Little Bloke' working today.

Just so you know, the Tony and Emmy Award winning Michael Jeter died in 2003. Open Range was his last film (though due to the extensive post-production process, The Polar Express was released much later, in 2004).

[SamsoniteDelilah]

St. Ives - a period rom-com. Unimaginative and predictable, with moments of absolute hilarity. The cast (including Richard E. Grant and Miranda Richardson) outshine the foibles, and barely strain their acting chops in so doing. Ok, a little, they strain, but they had a lot to overcome. Overall, it's better than Cats. :/

[hazii82]

The Laramie Project :up::up::up::up:
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Taxi Driver :up::up::up::up:
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Rent :up::up::up::up:
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[Ezikiel]

So ya liked it? Any details Zieky? Im lookin forward to this.
I liked it alot. From the perspective I saw it from, being a Steven Soderbergh fan, I adored it, but it may not be the same if you haven't known his style and way of storytelling. It is slow-paced, has experimental camera tricks and dialogue, but he knows how to control his story, and never takes it too far, makes it genuine and perfect and packs his ideas into quite a small perfect gem, even only at a 73 minute run time. The actors being first timers, are very good and very worthy of representing the characters they're playing, and Coleman Hough writes another interesting story of events (as she did in Full Frontal as well) and makes it work, even the sub-plot, which works quite well. Hope you see it soon Blib, it's quite the film.

[Caitlyn]

Pride & Prejudice (2005) 3/5 - 'Tis okay, but I prefer the A&E version...

Glory (1989) 4/5

[ash_is_the_gal]

Prozac Nation - i think im gonna go with 2 on this one...it was too much for me.

[Thursday Next]

The Graduate - Well made, but it seemed unoriginal - I know that's probably only because it has been much imitated since, but it still didn't excite me overmuch.

The Seven Samurai - my husband walked in half way through, not thinking he could catch up on the plot, but the truth is after an hour and a half, some farmers have hired some samurai and that's it. But, fortunately, this is not a film which relies on plot. It was good (if too long), but as with the Graduate the many imitations lessen the impact.

[Tacitus]

The love story between Coster and Bening's is embarasssing with truly horrid dialogue. Frankly that entire subplot could have been gotten rid of, but if he felt compelled to keep it, the dialogue certainly should have been completely re-written. It's such bad, corny, hokey, tired, clichéd ***** that you could lift it word for word and stick it in a Naked Gun movie and it would get huge laughs. Just dreadful. I like Anette Bening a whole lot, but she is stuck saying the most ridiculous things. Ugh.

I'd say that the script was the weakest part of Open Range, true, and Kevvie might have been a tad too reverential at times but the length didn't bother me one bit.

I dunno how you'd expect a 19th century frontierswoman falling in love with a stoic cowpoke to converse though. "You got a breath on you like a hot mince pie"? ;)

[blibblobblib]

American Beauty

Meh. I'm kind of surprised this won best picture.
You shushshush now. I liked it alot. From the perspective I saw it from, being a Steven Soderbergh fan, I adored it, but it may not be the same if you haven't known his style and way of storytelling. It is slow-paced, has experimental camera tricks and dialogue, but he knows how to control his story, and never takes it too far, makes it genuine and perfect and packs his ideas into quite a small perfect gem, even only at a 73 minute run time. The actors being first timers, are very good and very worthy of representing the characters they're playing, and Coleman Hough writes another interesting story of events (as she did in Full Frontal as well) and makes it work, even the sub-plot, which works quite well. Hope you see it soon Blib, it's quite the film.Awsome. Thats sold it for me Zikiey. All of Soderberghs work that i have seen iv'e loved. I do really need to see more though. Now hopefully with my new boring job i can :)

[Strummer521]

You shushshush now.

Sorry Blib. :) If it's any consolation, I think I'm gonna give it another go sometime soon. Love your new avatar by the way.

[Sleezy]

Waiting...

Jeezus, what did I just watch?

[blibblobblib]

Sorry Blib. :) If it's any consolation, I think I'm gonna give it another go sometime soon. Love your new avatar by the way.
You have redeemed yourself my child. I was just reaching for my magical pins to smite upon you with my MOFO voodoo doll when your flattery saved your day. ;)

Its good to hear youre not entirely finished with American Beauty yet. I know its a very popular film and in alot of ways now seems quite contrived but i still adore it. i'd be suprised if there wasnt even something a little quirky and sweet in there for you to enjoy.

[Anonymous Last]

You have redeemed yourself my child. I was just reaching for my magical pins to smite upon you with my MOFO voodoo doll when your flattery saved your day.
Where does he get those wonderful magical pins & dolls? Never rub another man's rhubarb.

[Caitlyn]

Emma (1996) 3¾/5

[Pyro Tramp]

Serenity- 5

The film Star Wars: Episode 3 wishes it could be

[Holden Pike]

The Graduate - Well made, but it seemed unoriginal - I know that's probably only because it has been much imitated since, but it still didn't excite me overmuch.

I can't figure out why I can't get this dern'd cart to pull this horse nowheres?!? :indifferent:

[adidasss]

Alexandr Sokurov - Otets i syn....don't know what to think really, i saw it as filled with homoeroticism, the director denies any such implications. It's dreamy and visually wonderful, warm and at times beautiful, but i have no idea what it was about. Same as with Russian ark. The dialogue and acting bothered me immensly, but the photography made up for it...somehow....

[The Taxi Driver]

Cooley High - great underated movie about high school in the 60s. A word of advice if you never scene this dont listen to the song Brother, Brother by Big Daddy Kane because that song ruines the ending

[OG-]

The Three Burials of Melquaidas Estrada (enjoyed it much more this time around)
American Psycho
2001 Maniacs
The Weather Man
Nobody Knows
Turtles Can Fly

I also finished rewatching (for the third time) season 1 of Veronica Mars this week.

[Piddzilla]

When We Were Kings (1996 - Leon Gast)

I've seen it a few times before and I just wanted something to see before I went to work. I'm so corny... I actually cry when I see this movie. I am such an admirer of Ali and his deed, outside and inside of the ring, as a fighter and as a representative for the human race. And then all the other cool stuff in the film. All the great music performances, the little portrait of Don King, the people of Zaire, George Foreman...... Great great stuff....

[Sedai]

Blade Runner - European Theatrical Cut (Scott, 1982) - It's fun to watch this cut sometimes, and the quality of this Laserdisc mastered VCR tape is actually much better than the shabby DVD release we have. Still, the voice-over is DRY as a sandpit, and I miss the extra dream bits. The DC will always be my favorite, but this is fun to pop in from time to time...

Thanks again H...

[Sedai]

Serenity- 5

The film Star Wars: Episode 3 wishes it could be

HA! Glad you liked it Pyro, and I totaly agree. I just love Serenity and Firefly....

[Pyro Tramp]

It was weird to begin with, after watching Firefly, since Serenity had to establish the characters and the relationships, after that it was awesome. It's a shame we didn't find out Book's secret past, wonder if it will ever be revealed.

[Sedai]

It was weird to begin with, after watching Firefly, since Serenity had to establish the characters and the relationships, after that it was awesome. It's a shame we didn't find out Book's secret past, wonder if it will ever be revealed.

But that opening sequence... it is so brilliant! The constantly shifting narrative and dreams within dreams to establish River's rocky psyche, while cleverly placing the needed exposition in this framework to make it interesting, followed by steady-cam shot of almost 4 minutes, to establish the location and characters of Serenity. As I said, completely brilliant. The commentary is also a great watch, as Joss really gets into the meat of making the film and doesn't just tell set jokes or other such drivel.

[Pyro Tramp]

I didn't say i disliked it at all. It was like conflict between Mal and Simon, i felt after Firefly they'd reached an understanding with each other with mutual respect yet their early fighting seemed to contradict that. And some of the characters seemed slightly different to begin with. I still loved every minute of it.

[Thursday Next]

I can't figure out why I can't get this dern'd cart to pull this horse nowheres?!? :indifferent:

What?

I suppose you would make everyone watch all the films ever made in chronological order, would you? Plenty of old films are still good when seen for the first time now, if they aren't, they aren't that good a film.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Bubba Ho-Tep :down: :up:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t4/18/t41894ih2v2.jpg
The basics of this movie sucked. Two old guys in a retirement home is not entertaining at all. The director even said the big-wigs at the studios thought it wasn't going to appeal to the target demographics and I agree. But, what I did like about this movie is that it made me afraid, not of mummies or cancer on the end of my wang, but of being old and in a retirement home. Whatever.

[Pyro Tramp]

Bruce Campbell IS 'Elvis' though, best thing he's done since Evil Dead.

[OG-]

Bubba Ho-Tep :down: :up:
The basics of this movie sucked. Two old guys in a retirement home is not entertaining at all. The director even said the big-wigs at the studios thought it wasn't going to appeal to the target demographics and I agree. But, what I did like about this movie is that it made me afraid, not of mummies or cancer on the end of my wang, but of being old and in a retirement home. Whatever.

I'm seriously bummed you feel that way about Bubba Ho-Tep. I consider it to be one of the most inspiring films I've ever seen - and I say that in complete earnest. I have a staunch fear of growing old, being forgotten and just wasting away and Bubba Ho-Tep is all about that not having to be the case. That even when you're at the absolute end of your rope, you're falling apart emotionally and cellularly, you can still have one more party. It's all about truly living again and I freaking love it for that. I have nothing at all but respect for Don Coscarelli and co. for that wonderful, smile enducing picture.

Not to mention Bruce gives his career high performance in it.

As for the two old guys not being entertaining, I couldn't disagree more. The way Bruce and Ossie bounce off each other is a riot and a real, real treasure to see. Those two characters are perfectly written, perfectly cast and perfectly delivered.

The flick's got flaws, but none of the ones you've mentioned. :-\

[Escape]

Watched Man Thing last night. Eh, so so. Not great. More of a made for t.v. film.

[OG-]

It was a made for TV film.

[thehulkzinger]

I watched The Island last night.I recommend it.:D

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

I'm seriously bummed you feel that way about Bubba Ho-Tep. I consider it to be one of the most inspiring films I've ever seen - and I say that in complete earnest. I have a staunch fear of growing old, being forgotten and just wasting away and Bubba Ho-Tep is all about that not having to be the case. That even when you're at the absolute end of your rope, you're falling apart emotionally and cellularly, you can still have one more party. It's all about truly living again and I freaking love it for that. I have nothing at all but respect for Don Coscarelli and co. for that wonderful, smile enducing picture.

Not to mention Bruce gives his career high performance in it.

As for the two old guys not being entertaining, I couldn't disagree more. The way Bruce and Ossie bounce off each other is a riot and a real, real treasure to see. Those two characters are perfectly written, perfectly cast and perfectly delivered.

The flick's got flaws, but none of the ones you've mentioned. :-\
We can settle this one of two ways. A cage match with venomous snakes strewn about that have an appetite for legs and arms or we settle this like gentlemen and head-butt until one of us falls over. The balls in your court now ins't it nancy-boy?

Besides, I think Bruce's performance just goes to show that good acting can't save a bad film. And, if you go back and look at what I said you'll see that I said the underlying text of growing old was scary but the basics were sucked big-time.

Cage match. Deadly snakes. Head-butting. There's no turning back. :mad:

[OG-]

We can settle this one of two ways. A cage match with venomous snakes strewn about that have an appetite for legs and arms or we settle this like gentlemen and head-butt until one of us falls over. The balls in your court now ins't it nancy-boy?

Besides, I think Bruce's performance just goes to show that good acting can't save a bad film. And, if you go back and look at what I said you'll see that I said the underlying text of growing old was scary but the basics were sucked big-time.

Cage match. Deadly snakes. Head-butting. There's no turning back. :mad:

"Some mutha****as is always trying to ice skate uphill!" Bring it ON!!

I got what you were saying, I just think (and wrote) the exact opposite. I think what gives the movie its extreme charm is the fact that is about two olddd, seemingly senile men who are fighting a redneck mummy in the halls of a retirement home in the middle-o-nowhere, Texas. That is a gem of a story, right there.

I think it is an entertaining as hell flick, you don't. Then again, you're about to be on the recieving end of not only an unstoppable tsunami of headbutts, but having your unconcious corpse laid upon a pit of snakes.

[Pyro Tramp]

X-Files: Season 2

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

"Some mutha****as is always trying to ice skate uphill!" Bring it ON!!

I got what you were saying, I just think (and wrote) the exact opposite. I think what gives the movie its extreme charm is the fact that is about two olddd, seemingly senile men who are fighting a redneck mummy in the halls of a retirement home in the middle-o-nowhere, Texas. That is a gem of a story, right there.

I think it is an entertaining as hell flick, you don't. Then again, you're about to be on the recieving end of not only an unstoppable tsunami of headbutts, but having your unconcious corpse laid upon a pit of snakes.
What else can I say? I'm right and you're wrong, and if you're thinkin' somethin' else you can meet me at high-noon by the monkey bars, bitch. :mad:

[Strummer521]

What?

I suppose you would make everyone watch all the films ever made in chronological order, would you? Plenty of old films are still good when seen for the first time now, if they aren't, they aren't that good a film.

Hoffman's performance didn't sell it for you?

[Pyro Tramp]

Serenity- 5

Hasn't been a film in a while that i've rewatched the next day...

[Caitlyn]

Walk the Line (2005) 5/5

[Sedai]

I watched much 24 last night. Two episodes of the current season, and some of Season 2....

[Caitlyn]

I forgot to list...

Glory (1989) 5/5

[Pyro Tramp]

Leprechaun 2- 1

Doesn't even have any good deaths. Worthless.

[hazii82]

A Rasin In The Sun 4/5
http://i2.tinypic.com/ou62vk.gif

The Vistation 3.5/5
http://i2.tinypic.com/ou632r.jpg

[Pyro Tramp]

Senseless- 3_5

[ash_is_the_gal]

Walk the Line 5/5

what can i say? :)

[Caitlyn]

Walk the Line 5/5

what can i say? :)


I'm glad you liked it... :)

[ash_is_the_gal]

I'm glad you liked it... :)

i got some thoughts...you'll know later...:D

[Travis Bickle]

Django 3/5

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/alawrence101/Movie%20Stuff/django.jpg

The dialogue on the English version is really bad, I don't care for the music either.

[Pyro Tramp]

The Conversation- 4

[ash_is_the_gal]

alright, so I rented Twin Peaks: Season 1: Disc 1 because a friend I hold in high regard recomended it to me...I watched the first episode tonight, and I have to say I was not impressed at all...I should probably watch more episodes to write it off completely or give an honest opinion, but can anyone in these neck of the woods that has watched this series give me some inkling as to why this show is considered so great?...I just don't get it...the acting is cheesy, and the storyline is only lukewarm...

[Holden Pike]

alright, so I rented Twin Peaks: Season 1: Disc 1 because a friend I hold in high regard recomended it to me...I watched the first episode tonight, and I have to say I was not impressed at all...I should probably watch more episodes to write it off completely or give an honest opinion, but can anyone in these neck of the woods that has watched this series give me some inkling as to why this show is considered so great?...I just don't get it...the acting is cheesy, and the storyline is only lukewarm...
First of all, you're missing the pilot episode which set the tone, introduced the characters and put the various plot lines in motion. Frustratingly, the pilot is not included in the first season DVD set. Second of all, no, I can't explain why your taste is different than somebody else's. But speaking as a huge fan of "Twin Peaks", I don't give a crap if you ever watch more than one episode. In fact, I'd prefer it if you didn't.

Thanks.

http://www.mutantreviewers.com/rculttv1.jpg http://www.cinepad.com/twin_peaks/loglady1.JPG

AGENT COOPER
Who's the lady with the log?

SHERIFF TRUMAN
We call her the Log Lady.

[Piddzilla]

As with everything you hear a lot of good about before you actually get the chance to see it yourself, the greatness of "Twin Peaks" is perhaps hard to get when you see it over 15 years after it was created. I saw the first season again for less than half a year ago and I still consider it one of the best TV series ever made (can't wait for season 2 to be released). I can explain why I love it but I can also understand why someone seeing it for the first time today doesn't love it. I just think the characters are wonderful, the mix of genres and moods are so exciting and interesting, the way the music just fits, how the different plots seem to increase for every episode and how some, or none, or all of them interact, the difficulty to decide if it's set in the present or in some nostaligic past era. All these uncertainties that makes it possible for the series to be one or many things. And then from a film theory poit of view the series is the perfect example of postmodern film or TV (surprise, surprise with Lynch involved), which makes it immortal even from a purely academic viewpoint.

[Pyro Tramp]

The only problem I have with Twin Peaks is that Season 2 hasn't been released yet.

Oh, and Holden, I have the Pilot on my DVD set...

[ash_is_the_gal]

As with everything you hear a lot of good about before you actually get the chance to see it yourself, the greatness of "Twin Peaks" is perhaps hard to get when you see it over 15 years after it was created. I saw the first season again for less than half a year ago and I still consider it one of the best TV series ever made (can't wait for season 2 to be released). I can explain why I love it but I can also understand why someone seeing it for the first time today doesn't love it. I just think the characters are wonderful, the mix of genres and moods are so exciting and interesting, the way the music just fits, how the different plots seem to increase for every episode and how some, or none, or all of them interact, the difficulty to decide if it's set in the present or in some nostaligic past era. All these uncertainties that makes it possible for the series to be one or many things. And then from a film theory poit of view the series is the perfect example of postmodern film or TV (surprise, surprise with Lynch involved), which makes it immortal even from a purely academic viewpoint.

Thanks Piddy, that was cool of you...I'll watch the rest tonight when I get home, and unless everything after Episode 1 is drastically different ;D I'll most likely send it on its merry way tomorrow morning and that will be that. ;)

[Holden Pike]

Oh, and Holden, I have the Pilot on my DVD set...
http://www.dvdscan.com/twinpusdvdco1.gif (http://www.dvdscan.com/twinpeaks1.htm) http://koti.mbnet.fi/~vitriini/kannet/twinpeaks.jpg

The R1 DVD boxed set of the first season of "Twin Peaks" does not include the pilot.

[Pyro Tramp]

Bad luck then. Are there any copies of the pilot on Region 1, out of interest.

[Holden Pike]

Bad luck then. Are there any copies of the pilot on Region 1, out of interest.

No. There are region-free discs to be had from Asia, but the pilot is not available otherwise in the States.

[chicagofrog]

http://www.mininova.org/tor/147948
and you'll get the pilot.

[Sedai]

I bought the first season Artisan release, and I went ahead and tracked down a copy Taiwan-made copy of the pilot. The Pilot has a weird, slightly noticeable filter effect on the sound, but it doesn;t bother us much. I must chime in that it is one of the best TV series ever made, all the perfomances are top notch, and deason one is some of Lynch's best work...

Oh, and Audry is hot

The owls aren't what they seem.

[Thursday Next]

I haven't seen any films because the bloody rental company hasn't sent me any :(

[Pyro Tramp]

Yôkai daisensô- 3

[Golgot]

M

Aha! 30's-paedomurder-sleuth-n-brute-FritzLangyness. That man could innovate alright.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Dumb & Dumber :king:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t0/00/t00052wkkuv.jpg
One of the greatest comdies of all time? Yeah, it is, for personal reasons others might not understand. It's the foundation of many inside jokes and memories.

Saw II :rolleyes:
http://www.wherehouse.com/amgcover/dvd/large/t7/42/t74289fwudc.jpg
One part generic tough cop, one part generic gritty location, one part hot generic lady cop who understands, one part generic soft spoken killer to contrast goreness to emphaisze scaryness, one part generic twist. Shake and stir then bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Wa-la'. You've made a lame horror movie.

[Piddzilla]

No. There are region-free discs to be had from Asia, but the pilot is not available otherwise in the States.

I saw the region 2 dvd set which included the pilot. I wonder why they didn't include it on the American version. I've also heard that there are two different pilots. Do you know anything about that? Or do I have to use google?

[Holden Pike]

I saw the region 2 dvd set which included the pilot. I wonder why they didn't include it on the American version. I've also heard that there are two different pilots. Do you know anything about that? Or do I have to use google?

The international pilot for "Twin Peaks" was marketed like a self-contained movie and runs twenty minutes longer than what aired on ABC television.

[hazii82]

3.5/5
http://i2.tinypic.com/qovwhk.jpg

[Tacitus]

Papillon (1973, Franklin Schaffner)

4/5

Make the best of what we offer you, and you will suffer less than you deserve.

I hadn't seen this in years. McQueen and Hoffman still pack an emotional punch as the two mismatched inmates in a succession of French Guiana penal colonies.

Stevie does some fantastic 'bad back' acting while the film as a whole should make dentists, young and old, cringe...

http://www.gonemovies.com/WWW/XsFilms/SnelPlaatjes/ActHoffmanPapillon.jpg

[Piddzilla]

The international pilot for "Twin Peaks" was marketed like a self-contained movie and runs twenty minutes longer than what aired on ABC television.

Aah, right. I think they actually said something about that somewhere in the extra material on the DVD box set. You know when Season 2 is planned to be released?

[Piddzilla]

3.5/5
http://i2.tinypic.com/qovwhk.jpg

"a foot-stomping, hand-clapping good time"???

Hmmmm.....

[Travis Bickle]

Sexy Beast 3/5

http://www.sensesofcinema.com/images/16/sexy_beast.jpg

Ben Kingsley is fantastic in this

[Thursday Next]

Capote.

Watching a biopic of a character as repulsive as Capote is a bit like looking at a portrait of a really ugly person. It might be well made, but it aint much fun to look at.

[Pyro Tramp]

Aah, right. I think they actually said something about that somewhere in the extra material on the DVD box set. You know when Season 2 is planned to be released?

As far as i know, it isn't. I think this in regards to Region 2, but they produced a swanky package for Season 1 and didn't make the money back.

[Iroquois]

Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)

8/10

[gummo]

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/0/03/250px-Creep_movie_poster.jpg A What an awesome movie!!!

great movie, except for the many chances the woman had to kill the guy, but didn't. I loved the ending! It is not a typical suspense/horror movie ending where the police come and everything is okay. It goes to show how one night of horror changes how someone might view you.

[undercoverlover]

ah Gummo you kill me, you really kill me. Creep? Good? Not two words that should be put in a sentence unless its 'Good God that was turdish '

Wit (Mike Nichols - 2001)
God I love this film and I lay down and worship Mike Nichols in a Godlike manner. Emma Thompson, one of my favourite actresses ever, stuns me in everything she does.

Gentlemen prefer blondes (Howard Hawks - 1953)
Having never seen a marilyn munroe film before i was pleasantly surprised, half expecting it to be fluff with munroe showing little or no skill i was surprised to see her with a unique comic talent later to be replicated by a dozen other stars. Jane Russell in support as the quick witted Dorothy was the perfect antidote to munroe's bubbly on screen persona. Making a few actually pretty relevant points about men, women and marriage this film was more than I expected.

Esmond Sr.: Have you got the nerve to tell me you don't want to marry my son for his money?
Lorelei Lee: It's true.
Esmond Sr.: Then what do you want to marry him for?
Lorelei Lee: I want to marry him for YOUR money.

Lorelei Lee: Don't you know that a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You wouldn't marry a girl just because she's pretty, but my goodness, doesn't it help?

Lorelei Lee: [Lorelei is holding a tiara] How do you put it around your neck?
Dorothy Shaw: You don't, honey, it goes on your head!
Lorelei Lee: You must think I was born yesterday.
Dorothy Shaw: Well, sometimes there's just no other possible explanation.

Mr. Esmond Sr.: Say, they told me you were stupid! You certainly don't seem stupid to me!
Lorelei Lee: I can be smart when I need to be.

[OG-]

ah Gummo you kill me, you really kill me. Creep? Good? Not two words that should be put in a sentence unless its 'Good God that was turdish '

Creep (http://horrorsnotdead.com/wpress/2006/creep/) is a very solid, very self-contained film. It kicked ass in all the areas that subway crawlers (Mimic et al) never do. The characters may not have been astoundingly original, but they were far from the cardboard cut-outs you're used to seeing in lower-budget horror these days. Craig is delivered so, so perfectly. Creep may have some things to not like about it, but they're shadowed by an abundance of things to love about it. Far from turdish.

[Thursday Next]

The Elephant Man - very good.

[nebbit]

Gentlemen prefer blondes (Howard Hawks - 1953)

I love this movie :yup: one of my favourite lines is:

Lady Beekman: You'll find I mean business!
Dorothy Shaw: Oh, really? Then why are you wearing that hat?

:D

[Piddzilla]

Network (1976 - Sidney Lumet)

I almost have to apologize for not having seen this film before now. I actually taped it a long, long time ago and even forgot that I had it!

Anyway.... Saw it tonight, and I have to say that I think it's one of the best films I have ever seen. I can't believe it's 30 years old! It felt as if it could have been brand new. Loved it.....

[ash_is_the_gal]

Network (1976 - Sidney Lumet)Anyway.... Saw it tonight, and I have to say that I think it's one of the best films I have ever seen.

wow...that is a strong statement indeed! I'm gonna go netflix it now...

[Pyro Tramp]

Stealth- 3

Suprisingly, was not one of the best films i've ever seen...


Leprechaun 4: In Space- 4_5

Seriously, what a laugh!

[Caitlyn]

Jarhead (2005) 3½/5
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire (2005) 3¾/5

[TheUsualSuspect]

Three...Extremes 8/10

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Three...Extremes 8/10
I'm gonna' see this, then we'll have bloody words if I disagree and even bloodier words if we agree. I hope you're ready fa' dat'.

[Tacitus]

Creep (http://horrorsnotdead.com/wpress/2006/creep/) is a very solid, very self-contained film. It kicked ass in all the areas that subway crawlers (Mimic et al) never do. The characters may not have been astoundingly original, but they were far from the cardboard cut-outs you're used to seeing in lower-budget horror these days. Craig is delivered so, so perfectly. Creep may have some things to not like about it, but they're shadowed by an abundance of things to love about it. Far from turdish.

And I thought it was up among the worst films I saw last year, so there ye go. :)

Anyway...

Revolver (2005, Guy Ritchie)

1.5/5

Consider this: Guy Ritchie wants to be Quentin Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino wants to be Tony Scott. Tony Scott wants to be Guy Ritchie. Untrue? Maybe, but the thought struck me while trying to keep focused on this dreadfully flashy and messy film: everything revolves...

"But yeah, it's really deep because it's about spirituality and The Kabbalah." some might say. That's no excuse for a poor film, says me.

I've mentioned it before but there must be a glorious 3 or 4 seconds in the life of Jason Statham when he wakes up and briefly believes himself to be Bruce Willis........then he notices the script for Transporter III screwed into a ball in the corner of the room.

Statham's just nowhere near strong enough to carry something like Revolver off. Without giving too much away, there are a lot of interior monologues...

Ritchie can handle the Mockney Gangster movie pretty well - the Psychological Thriller is a different kettle of fish. Lumpy script, uninspiring acting (Ray Liotta living in a house of sunbeds is kinda funny though. For 5 minutes) and directorial restraint straight out of the Tony 'throw another filter on' Scott handbook (plus a silly animated sequence....hmmmm) show that Mr Madge is floundering out of his depth here.

http://www.nohayrosasinespina.com/imagenes/full/c_revolver_escena.jpg

Wooooo! He's mad! Quick, do that reversy dolly effect from Jaws, that'll prove it!

[Pyro Tramp]

Wooooo! He's mad! Quick, do that reversy dolly effect from Jaws, that'll prove it!


Got to love the 'vertigo shot'. Not overused at all :rolleyes:

[Golgot]

Hey, they use it on Top Gear these days. It must be classy.

It's like having cars in your living room. Mad cars at that ;)

[chicagofrog]

just saw Kukushka, Russia 2002

http://www.posters.ws/images/394442/kukushka.jpg

now, Anni-Kristiina Juuso deserves an

oscar!