Movie Tab II

[linespalsy]

Henry Fool
The Interpreter

Oh and Firegod before you get Ronin or Sin City I'd say go for Elektra: Assassin. Miller's cleverest writing imo, but really worth tracking down for the color artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz.

http://www.wordsandpictures.org/elektra/images/mainimages/image23.jpg

Sample some more artwork (minus text) here (http://www.wordsandpictures.org/elektra/maingallery.html).

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Without a Paddle ;D
I don't even care right now. After seeing 3 crap movies in a row I'm sure I would have laughed at anything.

[undercoverlover]

beauty shop --- real funny and just lovely. Nothing special just a nice film to watch. Though Queen Latifah is great at the loveable roles i would like to see her in more serious, more demanding roles i think she could do well. Alicia Silverstone in this movie had me rolling in the aisles when she hit the dance floor and started shaking it like it was going out of fashion.

[Sedai]

I'm gonna have to check some of those out, Sedai, the only one I've read is Family Values. And just for some clarification, I'm not too up on the comic scene/terminology, what exactly is a "one shot"?


Single issue storyline. :) The Sin City one-shots have a few shorts in them.


Elektra Assassin is good stuff, too.

Meanwhile:

Donnie Brasco

[ash_is_the_gal]

Amityville Horror (2005) creeped! 3.5/5
Kill Bill Volume 2 :D 5/5
Lemony Snickets A Series of Unfortunate Events 4/5

[The Taxi Driver]

Scooby Doo 2 Monsters Unleashed :rolleyes: have to say was better than the first but thats not saying much at all

[jrs]

If you've seen the workprint for the first, you'd prefer the opposite (and want to see it again) :p :D :cool:

[Strummer521]

Airplane! Damn I love this movie. :D

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Coven :yup:
Coven's the short film in the documentary, American Movie, which by the way is one of my favorite movies. Anyways, Coven rocks. I'm not sure if it's because you realize how much the director went through to make it or because I like those types of stories. Either/Or I like.

[undercoverlover]

OK im at my dads house and he has sky so i was up all last night channel surfing so ive watched most of and parts of these movies

First wives club
underworld
daredevil
clash of the titans

and countless other films along the way

[The Taxi Driver]

The Shining i have seen it a million times and those damn little girls still freak me out

[Strummer521]

Brother a very averege Russian film

[Sinny McGuffins]

OK im at my dads house and he has skyDid you watch any movies from the Clint Eastwood Long Weekend?

[firegod]

Frailty (second time)
I like this a lot. Cool ending.

[Garrett]

The Sword in the Stone
1963 - Wolfgang Reitherman
3_5

The Incident at Loch Ness
2004 - Zak Penn
4

Also watched Putney Swope again: 5.

[Sedai]

Raging Bull w/ Commentary - This is one of the best commentary tracks I have ever heard.

[John McClane]

The Empire Strikes Back- They did such a nice job making the films crisp and clear. Too bad they added all that crap. Still my favorite and still enjoyable.

Pulp Fiction- My mom watched it with me for the first time all the way through. Damn, people ask a lot of questions. :)

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Boiler Room :)
My friends that eat lobsters and use pogo-sticks with the pink dandruf. Don't ask.

[Ezikiel]

Cecil B. DeMented, D+
John Waters - 2000

The Luzhin Defence, C+
Marleen Gorris - 2000

[Tacitus]

The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers (2004, Stephen Hopkins)

3/5

Hard role for Geoffrey Rush, not in playing Sellers' many on screen characters, but in trying to portray what many people have said was an 'empty vessel', a blank canvas. He copes admirably but the movie itself is sometimes a stylistic mess and trots off down the 'Famous Star Nasty To His Kids And Loves His Mum A Bit Too Much' road far too early.

Nice try.

http://www.thecolumnists.com/plesh/plesh40art1.jpg

Bonus points for giving Ed Tudor-Pole work as Spike Milligan (the real genius from The Goon Show) but minus points for the annoying kid out of The Others.

[jrs]

Turbulence
Turbulence
1997 - Robert Butler
3







Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents
2000 - Jay Roach
4







The Interpreter
The Interpreter
2005 - Sydney Pollack
5

[Tazz]

Sin City (d. Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez, 2005)

[nebbit]

Pulp Fiction- My mom watched it with me for the first time all the way through. Damn, people ask a lot of questions. :)

I have a friend like that, very annoying at times. :rolleyes:

[The Taxi Driver]

The Birds my first viewing. well made but i expected more from Hitchcock. i am glad i finally got to see it though

[Garrett]

The Interpreter
2005 - Sydney Pollack
3_5

[chicagofrog]

finished watching the rest of Galactica first season, wow, can't wait to see the next one! but i'll sure have to wait, like everybody... thanx, Sedai - i hadn't noticed the pun with the original series' invented words...
Who's That Knocking At My Door, Scorsese 1968, great film, reminding me of a lotta things that happened to me in real life,
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, 2002, well, twas on TV, so i saw it again... preparing for the next chapter,
Jam Films, Japan 2002, plenty of good, original ideas, really worth seeing.

[Caitlyn]

M*A*S*H (1970)

The Blue and the Gray (1982 mini-series)

[Sedai]

Raging Bull - Second time in as many days. Wanted to watch the commentary again with my girlfriend, because she expressed some interest in hearing Scorsese talk about the film. The steady-cam shot that ends with the crane shot of the ring is just amazing.


Frog, how about that finale episode? Did you see that **** coming? I didn't, not at all. My jaw was on the floor when the credits rolled.

[chicagofrog]

well, i expected her to do something, didn't know what of course, but so many things had surprised me already, and others had me waiting for more (like 6 and her human side, and what's gonna happen to Boomer on Caprica - i have a weakness for -, and the role to be played by Apollo's Arrow etc etc etc...)... that at the end it just kinda added up to the great amount of events and mysteries to be resolved later....,,,,,,,,,,, wow, - atta expectancy! -

[blibblobblib]

Lost - Episode 19. This isnt a film but im putting it on here coz its the best show ive seen on TV in years. In this episode we find out about Lock's past, and the sad story of his family and how his father betrayed him. SO GOOD. And the ending? i had gooseypimples. Roll on episode 20.

[John McClane]

Die Hard- We all know that I just love this film and I have to catch it whenever it comes on TV. Man, I truly love this film.

Mission Impossible- A decent little film to keep your attention.

Operation Condor- Once again, this is a good movie. One of my top ten favorite Jackie Chan movies.

[ash_is_the_gal]

Sin City 5/5
Rain Man 3.5/5

[Tacitus]

You'd think after 800-odd posts I'd have got the hang of putting things in the right thread. I blame the drink - not that I was drinking of course, I just blame the drink...

Anyway:

Pleasantville (1998, Gary Ross)

4/5

Hadn't seen this in ages, the last act is a wee bit heavyhanded, but it works.

http://www.einsiders.com/reviews/archives/images/pleasantville.jpg

JT Walsh's last movie too. :(

[chicagofrog]

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Scorsese 1974, i don't believe in happy endings though

[Piddzilla]

http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/87/03/26m.jpg

Ondskan/Evil (2003 - Mikael Håfström)

Not as good as the book, but still good. Has anyone here seen it?

[The Taxi Driver]

Aliens man is that a fun movie to watch. i still get a little scared in the scene with the two facehuggers in the room with Ripley and Newt.5/5

Monty Python and The Holy Grail Still Funny after so many viewings. one of my all time favorites. 55/

[Caitlyn]

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The 51st State (2001)

[The Taxi Driver]

Serial Mom fun movie with some laughs. made me want to see other John Waters films

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Bringing Up Baby - cute, silly, sweet.
Time Bandits - noisy Thank god Gilliam didn't stop there.
The Grudge - bothered me, not in the way it was supposed to. Great corpse animation, though. ew! :up:

[undercoverlover]

Monty Python and the holy grail --- its not as funny as i remember and a really shi.te ending

Angels in America --- won this on ebay, on DVD. freekin awesome! God damn me to high heaven but i love Meryl streep, she does ruleth

Rounders --- I saw this film like once about 3 years ago and ive loved it forever and i won it on ebay. However John Malkovich has a real bad russian accent but its bearable

[Garrett]

Ocean's Twelve
2004 - Steven Soderbergh
4

[SamsoniteDelilah]

... God damn me to high heaven but i love Meryl streep, she does ruleth
I join you in this unfashionable assertion.
She is awesome.

[The Taxi Driver]

Friday the 13th fun to watch when just hangin out with your friends and your bored

[John McClane]

Friday the 13th fun to watch when just hangin out with your friends and your boredIt's also fun to watch while you're high. But then, I wouldn't know about that. :) Honest, I'm a boyscout. :) Lol. Little inside joke of mine. Very funny indeed. But that is another story.

[Tacitus]

Thief (1981, Michael Mann)

3.5/5

Stylish, dated and very Mannish.

http://webcom.com/golden/images/tuesday.gif

[firegod]

Missing

Eh, it was ok. Nothing special, but nothing horrible.

[Caitlyn]

Thief (1981, Michael Mann)

I haven't seen Thief in a while... but I thought Caan was great in it...

[Garrett]

Thief (1981, Michael Mann)

3.5/5

Stylish, dated and very Mannish.


I've been thinking about seeing this but I'm always cautious when something has Bruckheimer's name attached.

Anyway:
From Hell
2001 - The Hughes Brothers
4

[Monkeypunch]

Blade Trinity - Pretty decent movie, lot of fun. I want to see a sequel with just Ryan Reynolds and Jessica Biel's characters. That and why doesn't Wesley snipes appear in more movies than just these? He's pretty cool.

[Lance McCool]

Blade Runner (d. Ridley Scott - 1982)
http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/4box.gif

Alien (d. Ridley Scott - 1979)
http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/4box.gif

[blibblobblib]

Angels in America --- won this on ebay, on DVD. freekin awesome! God damn me to high heaven but i love Meryl streep, she does rulethI heartily agree on the Streep front. The woman makes me tingle. If your a fan, i love her in Lemony Snickett. Obviosuly she is much much greater in other wonderful films like The Hours and Adaptation but i just lover her as Aunt Josephine :yup:

[Garrett]

Primer
2004 - Shane Carruth
5

Absolutely f_cking mind-blowing.

[OG-]

Primer
2004 - Shane Carruth
5

Absolutely f_cking mind-blowing.

Word to your moms!

I watched eXistenZ today and I really dug it.

[Ezikiel]

Kagemusha, A+
1980 - Akira Kurosawa

Diner, B+
1982 - Barry Levinson

[Sleezy]

About 1/3 of Troy (I needed background noise for studying).

[chicagofrog]

The Interpreter, 2005,Nicole, always!...

[projectMayhem]

Primer
2004 - Shane Carruth
5

Absolutely f_cking mind-blowing.
:yup:

Blood Simple - Not as good as the first time I saw it, though the scenes which had particularly stuck out in my mind are still as effective as the first viewing. It was actualy funnier than I remember.

[Tacitus]

Save The Green Planet (2003, Jun-hwan Jeong)

4/5

If you like Gilliam and Jeunet you'll probably like this, the first 30 minutes were kinda 12 Delicatessens Resurrection Bandits but the movie found it's feet soon after. Well worth a watch*...

http://djuna.nkino.com/movies/s/save_the_green_planet_2.jpg

*though maybe not if you've ever had a bad Vicks VapoRub experience. ;)

[John McClane]

You Only Live Twice- I can never miss a chance to see this Bond girl. Hehe. :randy: :D :)

[Strummer521]

Primer
2004 - Shane Carruth
5

Absolutely f_cking mind-blowing.


I just watched it and I agree. Although I'm still not exactly sure what happened. Is that normal? Anyway I rate it either 3.5/5 0r 4/5 I can't decide

[Strummer521]

I heartily agree on the Streep front. The woman makes me tingle. If your a fan, i love her in Lemony Snickett

Good call. That film has two very underrated performances. One from Streep and one from Carrey.

[linespalsy]

Daredevil - **/****
Nikita - **
The Final Cut - *
Signs - **
Taking Lives - *

Need to crawl out of the film gutter I've been in the last week or so. See something really amazing.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Mysterious Island ;)
This island is indeed most mysterious. The guys jump in a balloon and sail the skys unti trouble breaks out leaving them "stranded" on a "deserted" island. Some mysterious things happen but they continue living anyways because the captain is serious about living. UH-OH! A giant crab! That's how it comes at you. You should be prepared for more frightening moments after that. They go underwater with lasers too. I don't know why they don't make more story lines like this.

Metropolis :) :(
Some hardcore shots mixed with retarded 80's synth music. Why'd they have to add the music? That's what my sad face is all about, the music. My smiley face is all about the shots. Awesome. I can't forget the set design either. Awesome.

[OG-]

Need to crawl out of the film gutter I've been in the last week or so. See something really amazing.

I was actually really taken with The Final Cut. Once it ended I was only half impressed, but it sat very well with me and for some reason the more I think about it the more I really, really liked it. Same thing happened with Code 46. Though I kind of think when I watch it again I'll think differently.

[chicagofrog]

A Taste For Fear, 1987, well, i'm still looking for only ONE good giallo in the history of cinema and still haven't found any...

[linespalsy]

I was actually really taken with The Final Cut. Once it ended I was only half impressed, but it sat very well with me and for some reason the more I think about it the more I really, really liked it. Same thing happened with Code 46. Though I kind of think when I watch it again I'll think differently.

I rented it by accident; the librarian somehow put it in the case for Picnic at Hanging Rock. It was clumsy and sophomoric science fiction at about the level of Mamoru Oshii. Normally I might try and say "it could have been cool if blah blah blah", but I don't even think this one had an interesting idea behind it. I didn't hate it or anything, there's just nothing about it I want to remember.

[chicagofrog]

the librarian somehow put it in the case for Picnic at Hanging Rock.

bad luck, that movie's real good.

[Garrett]

Changing Lanes
2002 - Roger Michell
4

[John McClane]

I was actually really taken with The Final Cut. Once it ended I was only half impressed, but it sat very well with me and for some reason the more I think about it the more I really, really liked it.Yes, it was quite a good film.

[Tacitus]

Getting Any (1995, Takeshi Kitano)

3.5/5

Kitano sends himself (and the rest of post-War Japan) up, with mixed results. Think Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life crossed with Confessions Of A Driving Instructor and you're half way there.

http://www.takeshikitano.net/imfilm/get34.jpg

[The Taxi Driver]

Cape Fear(1991) - havent seen this original but this version is great. it felt like a modern Hitchcock movie very creepy with really good acting

[Garrett]

Lady in the Lake
1947 - Robert Montgomery
3

See Ride the Pink Horse instead.

(By the way, does anyone know of any other films shot in the first-person POV? I'm pretty sure there's a Bogart picture that did, but I can't think of the name right now. It's on the tip of my tongue. Holden?)

[Holden Pike]

(By the way, does anyone know of any other films shot in the first-person POV? I'm pretty sure there's a Bogart picture that did, but I can't think of the name right now. It's on the tip of my tongue. Holden?)

Dark Passage (1947 - Delmer Daves), starring Bogart & Bacall, utilizes that device for the first section of the film. Then the protagonist, his face shown in a couple mirrors and a newspaper headlines when he is the first-person camera perspective, gets cosmetic surgery, and when the bandages are removed he looks like Bogie for the rest of the film.

[Garrett]

Dark Passage (1947 - Delmer Daves), starring Bogart & Bacall, utilizes that device for the first section of the film. Then the protagonist, his face shown in a couple mirrors and a newspaper headlines when he is the first-person camera perspective, gets cosmetic surgery, and when the bandages are removed he looks like Bogie for the rest of the film.
Interesting. Is there some strange reason behind this? Were they unable to get him do the whole film?

Anyway:
Panic Room
2002 - David Fincher
3_5

[Ezikiel]

A Boy and His Dog, B+
1975 - L.Q. Jones

The Front, B
1976 - Martin Ritt

[Holden Pike]

Interesting. Is there some strange reason behind this? Were they unable to get him do the whole film?

No. It's a storytelling technique.

[Caitlyn]

To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) 5/5

[chicagofrog]

Shaun of the Dead, UK, 2004, gosh, is that movie funny! good for the morale of the troups, like we say.

[undercoverlover]

Fight Club -- love this film so much and i love looking at it from different perspectives; sociological, philisophical etc. because there are so many levels and factorsa to consider about this film and the characters. I love the style, the dialogue and the themes of this film. Fantastic.

[Garrett]

All the President's Men
1976 - Alan J. Pakula
5

Zatoichi
2003 - Takeshi Kitano
4

[Strummer521]

A Lot Like Love A lot better than I thought it would be. 3/5

[susan]

spanglish...surprisingly well acted and well written story about a troubled marriage and a housekeeper and her daughter who come into their lives....

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Fantastic Voyage :yup:
The opening credits are awesome. The whole movie is awesome. All around awesome-ness.

Is Tora! Tora! Tora! any good?

[Ezikiel]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, C
2005 - Garth Jennings


I was planning to go see Kung Fu Hustle, but the ticket cutter wouldn't let me in because of the "R" rating, and I, being fifteen. What has the world come too these days...


F*cking MPAA.

[Strummer521]

I watched Primer again, this time with the commentary on. It is still a very good film only this time it made a lot more sense.

[Garrett]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 - Garth Jennings
3_5
I wrote a worthless little review of it over in the reviews section.

[Piddzilla]

Is Tora! Tora! Tora! any good?

It's any good but a bit dry. I think it would have gained from being either more drama or more drama-documentary, to me it's a bit caught somewhere in between.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

It's any good but a bit dry. I think it would have gained from being either more drama or more drama-documentary, to me it's a bit caught somewhere in between.
It's got a groovy name but I don't think I'll be seeing it. Thanks.

[Garrett]

Kikujiro
1999 - Takeshi Kitano
4

Sonatine
1993 - Takeshi Kitano
4

[The Taxi Driver]

Jason X so bad that it was funny. everything about this movie was horrible. how could somebody make a movie this crappy

[Strummer521]

Being There 3/5 I've got to see more of Peter Sellers' movies.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy :goof:
I liked its creativity but I don't like being bored. Dang.

[projectMayhem]

Mulholland Drive - Oh dear god, I forgot how out of this world crazy this movie was. It would almost feel wrong to watch this movie before midnight. It is entrancing, creating a dream like state which becomes a full on nightmare at the very end. I fear I will be seeing that face in my dreams tonight as well. :eek:

[Piddzilla]

Om jag vänder mig om/Daybreak (2003 - Björn Runge). Very, very good.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Huo shao hong lian si (Burning Paradise) :yup: :laugh:
It's got some killer kung-fu moves and a lot of heads get chopped off.

[firegod]

Patriot Games (third time)
Pretty good.

Used Cars (second)
I didn't like it as a kid, and I like it even less now.

[lor83b]

Princess Mononoke (1997)
Songcatcher (2000)
Evelyn (2002)

[undercoverlover]

a Nun's Story --- really interesting film, very subtle and intriguing. Bit of a disappointing ending because i really wanted to know what happens to the character but they just roll the end titles.

Neverending Story --- Yeah! Wahooo! Love this film since i was a wee babby. fantastic story, exciting and amazing. Really good effects considering it came out of the eighties, i was really blown away just by the sheer scale of this movie. And of course i cried like gwnyie at the oscars when Artax the horse gets lost in the swamps of sadness

[Anonymous Last]

http://ww.no3rdw.com/movies/coverartLARGE/montypython.jpg

[Ezikiel]

Dead Man, A+
1995 - Jim Jarmusch

[Tacitus]

House Of Flying Daggers (2004, Zhang Yimou)

3.5/5

Sadly gonna be compared to Hero - not quite as beautiful, not quite as operatic, not quite as fantastical. Still good, but not as good...

http://www.ziyifilms.com/zpost/data/528/4smmf7.jpg

[chicagofrog]

The Loveless, Bigelow 1982, i like Willem a lot
Lord of the Rings 3, The Return of the King, 2003, since a friend of mine got a beamer and what a show it was then!, plus i hadn't seen the extended version yet...

[Sedai]

Even though I was lugging boxes around all weekend, I still managed to squeeze one in....

12 Monkeys (Gilliam, 1995) 5

[Piddzilla]

Eyes Wide Shut (1999 - Stanley Kubrick)

[Tazz]

Blade: Trinity (d. David S. Goyer, 2004)
House of Flying Daggers (d. Yimou Zhang, 2004)

[Sinny McGuffins]

Eyes Wide Shut (1999 - Stanley Kubrick)Blade: Trinity (d. David S. Goyer, 2004)
House of Flying Daggers (d. Yimou Zhang, 2004)That's nice. Care to tell us what you thought of 'um? :babbling:

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

The Magdalene Sisters :eek: :yup:
This movie is awesome.

[Tacitus]

Dolls (2002, Takeshi Kitano)

4.5/5

A sad, stunning film. Not one to watch with your mind on something else...

http://kiosk.onet.pl/_i/mmd/lalki_d.jpg

[blibblobblib]

Dark City (1998 - Alex Proyas)
I had seen this a few years back, but despite it actually being a very good and quite original sci-fi, it seems to have sunk into obscurity over the years since it was released. Brilliantly dark story of a city which is manipulated in every way possible by a group of underground alians called 'The Strangers', who look suspiciously like 'The Gentlemen' from the superb Buffy episode Hush. Its a very good story, that raises some really mind bending philosophical ideas, but in some cases it seems to run a bit too quickly, leaving some plot holes. The acting from Rufus Sewell as gifted amnesiac John is so-so, and Jennifer Connoly as his concerned 'wife' is passable, and there are other good roles from John Hurt as the detective, Kiefer Sutherland as the crazy pyschologist and Richard O'Brian as the superbly creepy Mr Hand. However, the cinematogrpahy and set design is absoloulty astounding. This movie must have cost a bomb, as Proyas delivers a truly magificent city in which we see the strange story unravel. Buildings grow out of the ground like sprouting seeds, whilst a million strangers chatter beneath the city in front of a giant glowing clock. The movie just looks fantastic, the perpetually dark city existing in some twisted 1930's America, looks just like one of those drawings where there is a thousand staircases all leading to nowwhere. Worth seeing just for the way it looks.
4

Hitchikers guide to the Galaxy (2005- Garth Jennings)
Some fun stuff here. I had never read the books so i didn't really know what to expect, although i had heard things about it and did expect the humour and quirky theories on our place in the universe. Wasn't a massive fan of Freeman as Aurthur, he just annoyed me more than charmed me. Not sure what i thought about Zooey Deschanel either, although her charcter did seem as bizarre as her real name. Loved Mos Def as Ford Prefect, he really suprised me, and Rockwell was good once again. I loved the song at the beginning, and Stephen Fry presented the Guide wonderfully, i want one of them. I loved the spaceship with its probabitily drive as well, such a shame Douglas Adams didnt actualy get to see this finished product when he had been trying to get it going for such a long time. Although i think i saw his face at the end as the final object the spaceship turns into, so thats pretty sweet i guess.
4

Mulholland Dr. (2001- David Lynch)
This will be my third viewing of this wonder. Still havnt figured it out enough yet to write about in the final essay of my educational life...another viewing tomorrow me thinks.
5

Meet the Parents (2000- Jay Roach)
Good fun, great mix of comedy and romance. Seen this lots of times before, still makes me cringe when Stiller cracks his jokes at that awful family, and when he wears the lovely fetching speedos. Deniro scares me a bit as Jack, makes me think thats what his like in real life. Good film, shame about the horrific sequel.
4

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Loved Mos Def as Ford Prefect, he really suprised me
A-yeah-E-yeah-E! He nailed a character and stayed in it during the whole thing. Probably one of the few things I actually liked.

[lor83b]

Darkness
Meet the Fockers

[chicagofrog]

Waterland, Stephen Gyllenhaal (hei, my fave family!!) 1992, if you pay attention, you can even see Maggie in a tiny tiny scene, else Jeremy's good like almost always (that is Iron, of course), and the flick's touching and well done, with the kinda pace and events-no events one can see in one of my fave movies, The Myth Of Fingerprints.

[Caitlyn]

Finding Neverland (2004) 4/5

[projectMayhem]

I loved the song at the beginning, and Stephen Fry presented the Guide wonderfully, i want one of them.

Here (http://gear.ign.com/articles/608/608661p1.html) and here (http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/games/dolphin.html).

[blibblobblib]

Why thankyou. It's all ready on my Crimbo list.


Monster (2003 - Patty Jenkins)
:eek: Oh my, saw this for the first time and it blew me away. Theron deserves her Oscar for role as Aileen, i saw the documentary before i saw this and Theron acually becomes Aileen, its terrifying. Such a sad sad film, i realise that this is an entirely sympathetic view of Aileen Wuornos and her murders, but i still found it so horrible to watch, how desperate she became and how there was no place in society for her to get help, or begin to try and lead a normal life. I wonder if it was all for love as the film suggests...

Truly horrible film, but brilliantly done.

5

[Anonymous Last]

I watched Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life last night for the first time.


http://www.cinecon.com/newsimages/monty.jpg



I love these crazy films. I feel like I have been missing out now.

[Tacitus]

Monster (2003 - Patty Jenkins)

Now that's one I want to watch again, astonishing performance from Theron.

[SamsoniteDelilah]

Those are on my "see it soon" list. I wanted to see all the other stuff by Terry Gilliam first, and have now.

Tacitus, blib: I'm with you on Theron's performance. She was a horror.

[Sedai]

Blib, I posted some thoughts on Mulholland in the MD thread..Not sure if you noticed...

[blibblobblib]

Blib, I posted some thoughts on Mulholland in the MD thread..Not sure if you noticed...
Sed you are a legend. Im writing my essay on it now, some scary stuff going on!

[Strummer521]

Sweet and Lowdown I hate to admit it, but I think this is the first Woody Allen movie I have ever seen. Like I have said before I am new to the world of being a serious movie viewer. 3.5/5

[Ezikiel]

The Battleship Potemkin, A
1925 - Sergei M. Eisenstein

Begotten, F
1991 - E. Elias Merhige

Born on the Fourth of July, C
1989 - Oliver Stone

Aguirre: The Wrath of God, A
1972 - Werner Herzog

[Piddzilla]

The Godfather (1972 - Coppola)... for the millionth time.

[Tacitus]

Hana-bi (1997, Takeshi Kitano)

5/5

Zen and the art of bank robbery. I've been in a Kitano mood all week, got the blues I guess. :)

http://www.deep-focus.com/flicker/hanabi.jpg

[linespalsy]

I've been in a Dostoevsky mood all day. Epileptic and antisocial and whatnot.

[lor83b]

I just saw The Outsiders again on tv.

[Strummer521]

The Assassination of Richard Nixon 4/5 Say what you will about Sean Penn but he will always be one of my favorite actors.

[Caitlyn]

The Hunt for Red October (1990) - with the Scottish Russian… :p

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Begotten, F
1991 - E. Elias Merhige
What's the deal with this movie? I've seen the trailer, which looks interesting. I've heard rumors, good and bad. What made you give it an, F?

[chicagofrog]

Dead Doll, 2004, real weird, and funny stuff in it too, very independent i'd say, but exploitative too, wish it had been Angela Bettis,
Little Richard Story, 2000

[Sedai]

Star Wars - Attack of the Clones

[chicagofrog]

Attack of the Clones

better clones than in Galactica? ;)

[Anonymous Last]

http://www.poster.net/clash-of-the-titans/clash-of-the-titans-harry-hamlin-judy-bowker-laurence-olivier-3700432.jpg


This one brought back some memories. I have not seen this one since I was a little whipper snapper-snot nose runnin' kid watching Select TV.

[Piddzilla]

The Godfather: Part II (1974 - Coppola)

[Sedai]

better clones than in Galactica? ;) Well, I am trying to get into the mood for the new Sith flick, but Hayden just sucks, man.

[Tacitus]

Well, I am trying to get into the mood for the new Sit flick, but Hayden just sucks, man.

Funny you should mention that, especially as I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about the new Star Wars films, but I thought Christensen was surprisingly good in Shattered Glass.

Never thought I'd say that out loud.... ;)

[Ezikiel]

What's the deal with this movie? I've seen the trailer, which looks interesting. I've heard rumors, good and bad. What made you give it an, F?
I will admit, it started off quite interesting, but I think that faded off in about minute four. In the opening scene, we see God commiting suicide for about 8 minutes, now, does this have any purpose? No, not really, maybe just to disgust the viewer. But at least that scene was interesting compared to the rest of the film, which was just totally dull and very, very un-interesting. I couldn't wait till the film was over, and when it finally was, I was relieved. Nice camera work and some beautiful photography by Merhige, but that doesn't make up for this long, (yes, it felt long, even with the 71-minute run time) and quite disgusting piece of work.

I would give it another chance, but I wouldn't want to feel what torture is like again.

[Garrett]

Never thought I'd say that out loud.... ;)

What do the characters in your custom user title mean, Tacitus?

[Tacitus]

What do the characters in your custom user title mean, Tacitus?

Look left.....

[Garrett]

Look left.....
I figured that's what it was. Just checking. :)

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Mallrats :nope:
It's a face with a smile that's saying, no. It's got a bit of humor but the acting is so bad I wanted to poop my pants and throw it at the TV, like monkeys do. Why do so many people like this movie again? Probably a movie that turned trend. Dang.

[Tacitus]

Jacob's Ladder (1990, Adrian Lyne)

2.5/5

This is what happens when you hand a good idea over to a hack.

Wooooo Demons! Wooooo plodding hamfisted direction! Wooooo Tim Robbins looking confused! Wooooo making the Vietnam War look like an episode of Casualty. Wooooo shagging with a devil because the Fatal Attraction crowd will want their money back otherwise!

Apologies to anyone who likes this film, as I did 10-odd years ago when I last saw it. Now the scales have been lifted from my eyes - a poor man's Angel Heart.

[linespalsy]

Look left.....

If you want a literal translation, I'd say "Brave Northern Fields." But then usage of kanji with respect to propper nouns is still somewhat beyond me.

[Sedai]

Sleepy Hollow (Burton, 1999) -

Have always liked this one. I know many don't, but I get drawn in....

[undercoverlover]

^^^^its avery drawing in kinda film


i just caught the end of peggy sue got married

and later im gonna watch Endor: Battle of the Ewoks

[Tacitus]

If you want a literal translation, I'd say "Brave Northern Fields." But then usage of kanji with respect to propper nouns is still somewhat beyond me.

I think you took my pointer a wee bit too literally. Garrett sussed it out. ;)

[linespalsy]

But then usage of kanji with respect to propper nouns is still somewhat beyond me.
Yeah I know it's Kitano Takeshi's name, that's why I said this ^

I was just curious to see if I could actually pick out the actual characters. Just a bit of extraneous info for your [dis]pleasure. Japanese naming conventions are weird, is all. Feel free to ignore.

EDIT - perhaps you'd care to translate 'sussed'?

[Tacitus]

Yeah I know it's Kitano Takeshi's name, that's why I said this ^

I was just curious to see if I could actually pick out the actual characters. Just a bit of extraneous info for your [dis]pleasure. Japanese naming conventions are weird, is all. Feel free to ignore.

EDIT - perhaps you'd care to translate 'sussed'?

heh, extraneous is cool. ;)

sussed? verb, to suss = to work/figure out.

Back to the thread -

Garden State (2004, Zach Braff)

3/5

It meandered around a few interesting points and Natalie Portman looks good in a bin bag. If the soundtrack had been less obtrusive I might have enjoyed it more...

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Robocop VS Terminator :king: :yup: :up: .... :sleep:
It was a dream I had that I watched that movie with some friends I haven't seen for a long time. I don't know who won, but the movie kicked some serious booty-hole. They fought in some building and punched through walls, floors, beams and tossed eachother around hardcore style. I think that thing from Robocop showed up so they both had to fight it or something. I don't really remember that much.

[The Taxi Driver]

Million Doller Baby - got a bootleg of it and I loved it. most likely going to buy it when released on DVD

[Strummer521]

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy Awild joyride through a showcase of everything fun about science fiction 3.5/5

[blibblobblib]

The Bridges of Madison County (1995 - Clint Eastwood)
I'd been wondering about this film for a while, as i had only heard good things, but was slightly apprehensive becuase of what i had seen seemed a bit too soppy...which is exactly what it was. However, i still found myself incredibly moved by several moments in the film. Its just a simple story of the quiet, unnapreciated housewife who gets given four days of freedom from her family whilst they go on a trip, and during that time she meets a new face, Robert Kincaid who is so different from the man she has been married to for an eternity. They get close and very quickly fall in love. As the film chronicles in great detail their time together over the four days, a lot of it is just sitting around and talking, which in places was very slow and boring. But by the end of the film, because you have endured their intenseness and if you are still awake, you really care for them. The scene with both Francesa and Robert in their seperate cars is absoloulty heart breaking. Streep is superb once again playing the Italian housewife who has come a long way to end up in nowhere, and Eastwood is suprisingly sentimnetal as Robert.

Beautiful but sedated.

3_5

Mulholland Dr. (2001 - David Lynch)
This is now about the Bazillienth time ive seen this. Just had it on mute in the background with the subtitles on whilst writing my essay on it. If i see Betty one more time...If anyones interested iv'e posted my essay on it in the Mulholland Dr. thread in reviews section. Pretty boring but i managed to sort a lot of stuff out about this now, i don't think there is any section of the film i havn't got an explanation for now...
5

[Garrett]

Frailty
2001 - Bill Paxton
4

Vampires
1998 - John Carpenter
2_5

The Dunwich Horror
1970 - Daniel Haller
2_5

American Psycho
2000 - Mary Harron
4_5

Kingdom of Heaven
2005 - Ridley Scott
3

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Shaun of the Dead :down: :down: :down: :down:
Piece. Of. Crap.

[Garrett]

Shaun of the Dead :down: :down: :down: :down:
Piece. Of. Crap.

Wha? :confused:

[Ezikiel]

Los Olvidados, A
1950 - Luis Buñuel

[nebbit]

http://media.movieweb.com/galleries/1193/posters/poster1_full.jpg :up:


http://media.bestprices.com/content/dvd/40/171044.jpg :up:

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Wha? :confused:
I thought it was horrible. Just a pimp's opinion.

[blibblobblib]

I thought it was horrible. Just a pimp's opinion.
Why? It's British comedy at its best. Art thou not a fan of the Brit Com? Office?

[Tacitus]

Why? It's British comedy at its best. Art thou not a fan of the Brit Com? Office?

I loved SOTD, felt it perfectly accomplished what it tried to do. One man's meat is another man's poison I guess. ;)

[blibblobblib]

One man's meat is another man's poison I guess. ;)Or in the case of SOTD, One mans meat is another mans foot, or lower intestine, theyre not fussy.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

I thought the movie was boring. Too many annoying characters and a dumb story. Maybe I'm too american and I'm blind to the genius that's brit' humor, I can't really be sure. I do know I was like, "Why did so many mofo's like this movie?," when I was done watching it though.

[Escape]

Maybe I'm too american and I'm blind to the genius that's brit' humor, I can't really be sure. I do know I was like, "Why did so many mofo's like this movie?," when I was done watching it though.I thought it was ok like 5.5/10 or 6 at best, but it does seem to get talked about alot here as if it were something extraordinary. Just like that crap Hitchhiker's Guide movie. That was worst than this one. I wanted to gag halfway through.

[Sinny McGuffins]

SHAUN: Do you want anything from the shop?

ED: Cornetto.

Did anyone else find that part to be really, really funny?

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

The Chronicles of Riddick :down: :rolleyes:
Some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard.

[jrs]

That was worst than this one. I wanted to gag halfway through.

With me, I like british humor ( Monty Python for ex.) . With HG2TG, I haven't seen it cause of too many negative remarks at work. Normally I never go by what people say, and I see films to judge for myself. When I heard about 99% of the people coming out the theater and employees saying that it sucked and go see XxX: State of the Union instead, that's what I did. I enjoyed XxX pretty much if you ask me.

[John McClane]

Pocahontas- Great job with fixing the film back up. Still enjoyed it as much as the first time.
National Treasure- A film that's just plain fun to enjoy.
Ocean's 12- Not bad. I liked it more then 11.

[Tacitus]

Sideways (2004, Alexander Payne)

4.5/5

Middle-aged angst, drinking, sex & golf. I liked it a lot, well written, acted and feeling slightly old-fashioned (in a good way).

http://www.film-forward.com/sideways.jpg

Pinot noir? Then why is it white?

[Tacitus]

Just like that crap Hitchhiker's Guide movie.

In a word - Nostalgia. I read the books, loved the TV series and am going to see the film this week sometime. It might be too British for some maybe?

I dunno. If I hate what they've done to Hitchhikers it won't bother me unduly 'cos the original series is a part of my early teenage memory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/images/h2g2300x180.jpg

[Garrett]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/heritage/story/images/h2g2300x180.jpg

Man... Zaphod's second head was absolute sh_t. By any standard.

[blibblobblib]

Did anyone else find that part to be really, really funny?
Yup.

I really enjoyed HHGTHG, but then again i enjoy "crazy" British humour.

[Strummer521]

With me, I like british humor ( Monty Python for ex.) . With HG2TG, I haven't seen it cause of too many negative remarks at work. Normally I never go by what people say, and I see films to judge for myself. When I heard about 99% of the people coming out the theater and employees saying that it sucked and go see XxX: State of the Union instead, that's what I did. I enjoyed XxX pretty much if you ask me.

But dude, your avatar!!! I would guess that a lot of the people who didn't like it cannot appreciate anything that gets any more than just a tiny bit wierd. Personally I thought it was a lot of fun, which seems like the full intent of the filmmakers. At least give it a try. You don't trust other people's opinions more than your own do you?

The Skulls At first it sucked, then it sucked a little less, then it was just barely averege. Soap opera level acting kept it from being as suspenseful as it was supposed to be but it could have been worse. 2/5

[Garrett]

Serpico
1973 - Sidney Lumet
5

[Escape]

The Chronicles of Riddick
Some of the worst dialogue I've ever heard.
I think your being generous to even call it dialogue. My buddy was an extra for that film for 3 months and got paid around 22 bucks an hour with excellent food for everyone on the table at all times of the day. It had an extremely high budget, but it's a shame they didn't spend some of that dough on a writer.


With me, I like british humor ( Monty Python for ex.) . With HG2TG, I haven't seen it cause of too many negative remarks at work. Normally I never go by what people say, and I see films to judge for myself. When I heard about 99% of the people coming out the theater and employees saying that it sucked and go see XxX: State of the Union instead, that's what I did. I enjoyed XxX pretty much if you ask me.I like british humour too but that movie just didn't do it for me.

I stayed away from XXX because of ice cube. I can't stand the sight of his mean looking face. I admit i haven't seen many of his movies, but from the trailers, it seems his attitude never changes. However, if i had to do it again, i would have opted for XXX.

Unfortunately i saw Hitchhiker's Guide on opening night and never really got the chance to hear the public's reaction.

[chicagofrog]

Black Hawk Down, 2002, i had never felt like watching it, twasn't too bad actually, even Orlando Bloom was supportable, the ideology behind it all though, really sucks and stinks,
Mimic 2, 2001, gosh, what a loss of possibilities there, nothing as good as the first part,
UFC 49, not a movie, okay, but Randy Couture rules!,
Ssibad'i/The Surrogate, 1987 a Korean classic by Im Gweon Taeg

[Monkeypunch]

Pulp Fiction (millionth time)....I love this movie, as do all sane folks, I'm sure. Watching it made me realize that nobody makes movies this good anymore. Also, it shows you can make a damn fine movie without any CGI, which has been lost somewhere down the line. I really wish Tarantino had made Sin City. I liked that movie, but the completely cgi backgrounds looked super fake. Same with all the CGI in the new Star Wars films. whatever happened to building sets? Ahhh, I could rant all day on this, but I won't.

[Sedai]

Raiders of the Lost Ark
Blade Runner (I just couldn't believe it when a friend of mine said he had never seen this film. Popped it in, he passed out, I watched it again.)
Independence Day (I get crap for liking this, and I can see why, but I still like the scope of the ships and the atmosphere that they create. The worst part of the film? Quaid. Terrible character, terrible lines.)
Chinatown (One of my favorite films ever, next to Blade Runner)

[chicagofrog]

Independence Day (I get crap for liking this, and I can see why, but I still like the scope of the ships and the atmosphere that they create.
Chinatown (One of my favorite films ever, next to Blade Runner)

hei well, i do like it too when people start going out on the street and look up and see all those ships in the air... i like to imagine how it would be like should it ever happen to myself. great news to kill boredom i guess...
and good tastes there, like so often Sedai!

[Holden Pike]

I really wish Tarantino had made [more of] Sin City. I liked that movie, but the completely cgi backgrounds looked super fake.

Look, way over your head there: it's the point! The movie SIN CITY was painstakingly faithful to the graphic novel source material, which employed stylized backgrounds rather than realistic ones.

Geesh.

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~jadelman/blog/images/posts/sin-city.jpg (http://www.boneville.com/library/excerpts/sin1_p83.gif) http://www.cross-cult.de/bilder/sincity/Sin-City-Promo.gif (http://www.boneville.com/library/excerpts/sin1_p82.gif)

[chicagofrog]

yep, geesh!

[Sedai]

Pulp Fiction (millionth time)....I love this movie, as do all sane folks, I'm sure. Watching it made me realize that nobody makes movies this good anymore. Also, it shows you can make a damn fine movie without any CGI, which has been lost somewhere down the line. I really wish Tarantino had made Sin City. I liked that movie, but the completely cgi backgrounds looked super fake. Same with all the CGI in the new Star Wars films. whatever happened to building sets? Ahhh, I could rant all day on this, but I won't.
????

Are you serious? Building real sets for Sin City would have been lame, and totally not Sin City. This is some of the best production design in the last 15 years, and it was perfect. Pick up a couple of Sin City trades before passing judement on this film, as it seems you weren't up to speed on what Sin City was. I just don't see how they could have done a better job with this film, it's perfect, IMO.

[Monkeypunch]

????

Are you serious? Building real sets for Sin City would have been lame, and totally not Sin City. This is some of the best production design in the last 15 years, and it was perfect. Pick up a couple of Sin City trades before passing judement on this film, as it seems you weren't up to speed on what Sin City was. I just don't see how they could have done a better job with this film, it's perfect, IMO.

Actually, I have all the Sin City books. Big Frank Miller fan. Even have all his Daredevil and Batman work, and Ronin.

I just think that building real sets would have added a LOT to the film, like a sense that you aren't just watching actors playing in front of a green screen. They could have easily desaturated them via computer and gotten the same effect. The more I think about it, the less I honestly liked Sin City. I think that the parts with Marv were brilliant, and I liked Clive Owen, but I also think that the FASTER FASTER FASTER ethic of modern cinema kind of ruins the film in spots, they seem to be rushing EVERYTHING. A lot of the performances are lifeless because they are just reading the dialogue and hitting key poses from the books, and never really inhabiting the characters (Mickey Rourke excluded, of course), and I just really really hope that CGI backdrops aren't the way of the future, cause some of them work fine, but others just don't convince me.

But heaven forbid I have my own opinion. Then everyone thinks I am stupid or "just don't get it," cause we are all still in high school, apparently.

[Escape]

Black Hawk Down, 2002, i had never felt like watching it, twasn't too bad actually, even Orlando Bloom was supportable, the ideology behind it all though, really sucks and stinks,
Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't this movie based on true events? So the ideoolgy behind it all would have mostly been fact with actual events that had taken place.

[Sedai]

Actually, I have all the Sin City books. Big Frank Miller fan. Even have all his Daredevil and Batman work, and Ronin.

I just think that building real sets would have added a LOT to the film, like a sense that you aren't just watching actors playing in front of a green screen. They could have easily desaturated them via computer and gotten the same effect. The more I think about it, the less I honestly liked Sin City. I think that the parts with Marv were brilliant, and I liked Clive Owen, but I also think that the FASTER FASTER FASTER ethic of modern cinema kind of ruins the film in spots, they seem to be rushing EVERYTHING. A lot of the performances are lifeless because they are just reading the dialogue and hitting key poses from the books, and never really inhabiting the characters (Mickey Rourke excluded, of course), and I just really really hope that CGI backdrops aren't the way of the future, cause some of them work fine, but others just don't convince me.

But heaven forbid I have my own opinion. Then everyone thinks I am stupid or "just don't get it," cause we are all still in high school, apparently.
Who said you couldn't have your own opinion? Also, that was just my opinion, which I am allowed to have as well, no? I am not coming down on your opinion, but I am questioning it, which is what I thought these boards were for. Me disagreeing with you isn't me saying you shouldn't have an opinion. I also couldn't disagree more about the fast, faster thing. This film wasn't guilty of that (I must agree a large majority of the films coming out today are, though), and I have heard some complain about the slow pacing. I must see it again, but I thought it was fairly restrained as far as the editing was concerned and felt they gave you enough time to let the comic-frames-come-to-life sink in.

Again, I must watch it again, but I seem to recall both the editing and the pacing were spot on. What aspects of the film inclined you towards the faster, faster comments?

[Caitlyn]

The Phantom of the Opera (2004) - 3/5

[Strummer521]

Pulp Fiction (millionth time)....I love this movie, as do all sane folks, I'm sure. Watching it made me realize that nobody makes movies this good anymore. Also, it shows you can make a damn fine movie without any CGI, which has been lost somewhere down the line. I really wish Tarantino had made Sin City. I liked that movie, but the completely cgi backgrounds looked super fake. Same with all the CGI in the new Star Wars films. whatever happened to building sets? Ahhh, I could rant all day on this, but I won't.

As you probably have heard, Tarantino directed one scene in Sin City In which Dwight and Jackie Boy are in the car together. Tarantino had wanted to bring in a real car but Rodriguez and Miller insisted on CGI which does make sense since the rest of the movie was in CGI. Quentin was reluctant but than according to Rodriguez he was somewhat converted afterwards. Though I'm not a hundred percent sure that is exactly how it went knowing Tarantino's personality. In any event I agree that CGI is overused on many occaisions. If you get a chance listen to the commentaries for the original Star Wars trilogy and you would be amazed at how much effort and creativity went into transferring everything from Lucas' mind to the screen. It was an amazing and fascinating feat that now would simply be done on a computer. Although Lucas' has said that he ran out of exotic locations that look like another planet and would not have made more Star Wars movies if t wasn't for CGI, wether you think that is a good or bad thing is up to you ;).

[Escape]

Alright, i just finished watching "El Mariachi" and wonder why this film apparently won that year in the sundance film festival. Was it because of the low budget? Please is there anyone who can give some positive imput and explain why this movie got two thumbs up from siskel and ebert back in the day. I want to learn to like it cause i gotta say i didn't enjoy it that much. I took a chance and bought it but now i feel i just threw away my 15 bucks. http://www.movieforums.com/community/images/smilies/frown.gif

Holden if your reading this, i know your a big film festival buff, so what did you think of the movie and why? I'm gonna give a couple of rep points to anybody who can defend this film. I want to like it, i really do. Please, somebody help me understand why it is supposed to be such a marvelous piece of art.

[chicagofrog]

Correct me if i'm wrong, but wasn't this movie based on true events? So the ideology behind it all would have mostly been fact with actual events that had taken place.

you ask for it: you're wrong.
and bud, do you sometimes stop one minute to think? :rolleyes:
i think you were just being provocative, weren't you?
or making fun?
do i have to explain what anyone with a passion and a taste for movies and just SOME experience watching them knows?
that it depends what one chooses to actually film? that one decides to define the characters whose destiny or fate is supposed to be moving the spectator, whereas the "villains" are not defined at all, don't have any recognizable personality, or personal history... that a director chooses to stress the death of 19 and ignores the death of 1000!... etc etc...
but time'll teach you better, i hope. or you will see movies all your life, you won't dig anything though.
and CNN during the war in Iraq is (again) a proof how easy it is to show only ONE, only ONE f.ucking -aspect of "truth"! open yr eyes for a sec, you'll see nothing is objective. but *****, didn't thousands of journalists already recognize this fact?

[nebbit]

open yr eyes for a sec, you'll see nothing is objective.[/SIZE] but *****, didn't thousands of journalists already recognize this fact?

Now Froggie calm down, you will blow a valve http://bestsmileys.com/frustrated/7.gif

[chicagofrog]

Now Froggie calm down, you will blow a valve

hei, i'm only so with the people i like! :)
plus, it helps me staying awake at my boring job! :p

[chicagofrog]

i know, double post...
Diner, 1982, another diner movie, but i love diners and movies happening in a diner with long conversations, especially with a young Mickey Rourke and Ellen Barkin :love: and Kevin Bacon :up: ...

[Caitlyn]

The Blues Brothers (1980) 5/5

National Treasure ( 2004) 3/5

[Anonymous Last]

The Blues Brothers (1980) 5/5


I want this dvd. Does anyone know if they are going to re_release this on dvd?

[chicagofrog]

I want this dvd. Does anyone know if they are going to re_release this on dvd?

want the German version?

[Anonymous Last]

want the German version?
I wonder how Frank Oz sounds on that.

[chicagofrog]

I wonder how Frank Oz sounds on that.

i guess, he Zounts Koot on Dat!

[Escape]

you ask for it: you're wrong.
and bud, do you sometimes stop one minute to think? :rolleyes:
i think you were just being provocative, weren't you?
or making fun?
Um Bud, it was a sincere question. You didnt have to get all huffy about it. You obviously are a little defensive for reasons i do not know.

i think you were just being provocative, weren't you?You think wrong. :rolleyes:

[Tacitus]

Jabberwocky (1977, Terry Gilliam)

3.5/5

Gilliam in transition from Python to ...well... Gilliam. Enjoyably Lo-Fi with an excellent turn from Max Wall. Decent commentary track (with TG and Michael Palin) too.

http://www.pariscinema.org/2003/fichefilms/images/gilliam/jaberwoocky.jpg

[Ezikiel]

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, B+
2000 - Joel Coen

Vera Drake, A-
2004 - Mike Leigh

[chicagofrog]

Um Bud, it was a sincere question. You didnt have to get all huffy about it. You obviously are a little defensive for reasons i do not know

well, huffiness's a part of life. and it astounds me someone who likes movies can have a question that calls for such obvious answers like cinema and camera are all about what one chooses to show. and it pisses me off that i still can't leave the question unanswered even if i'd prefer to ignore it. i hate ignoring even more than repeating the obvious. but i don't care as much about being ignored.

[chicagofrog]

Kingdom of Heaven, 2005, now it doesn't stink like many aspects of Black Hawk Down do. nice to see the only real ******** in the movie are Christians and not Muslims for once. and that coming from an American, makes it nicer still.

[linespalsy]

Operation Condor (d. Jackie Chan, 1990) - ***/4
Wheels on Meals (d. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, 1984) - ***/4
Millionaire's Express (d. Sammo Hung Kam-Bo, 1986) - ****

[blibblobblib]

The Birds (1963- Alfred Hitchcock)
It all started with the love birds...
This is about my third viewing of this film, and i enjoyed it this time more than ever. Every single shot is amazing, drawing you in, really making you take notice of what Hitch is showing you. After my past viewings of the film, i'll be honest and admit i never really payed much attention to the actual story between Mitch and Melanie, ive been too distracted by the way the movie looks and obviously the birds. But this time i payed particular attention to the story...and what an odd story it is. I never noticed what a bizarre character Tippi Hedren's, Melanie is. Her desire for Mitch seriously borders on stalking, but its still quite sweet. Mitch seems to be some kind of alpha male that the women of Bodega Bay seem to revolve around and fight for, rather like they are all birds themselves. We see Mitch's odd relationship with Melanie, his oedipal relationship with his mother and the strange lingering relationship with school teacher Annie (who has serious lesbian lusts over Melanie if you ask me). In all my past viewings i never realised it was an apocalyptic tale about the end of the world brought on by birds. I just thoguht they were crazy birds attackin the town and then they just stop at the end. But no, the bird womans speech highlights how much trouble they are all in whilst they shelter in the cafe. And later after the huge attack on the town, we find the townspeople locking themsleves in their homes, boarding the windows, making their own cages for them selves to live in, with the love birds safely watching them from within.
This whole apocalyptic feeling made it much more creepier, especially with the image of the burning town and the slow invasion of the birds hovering in to attack. The mere fact that Hitch can make flappy sqwauky sea gulls, and the incessant tweetin of sparrows a terrifying threat is brilliance in itself. Great stuff.

5

[Piddzilla]

Fanny & Alexander (1982 - Ingmar Bergman). Love it. The only thing that annoys me though is that my favourite scene is only included in the mini series made for television. And I own the movie version, of course.

[Escape]

well, huffiness's a part of life. and it astounds me someone who likes movies can have a question that calls for such obvious answers like cinema and camera are all about what one chooses to show. and it pisses me off that i still can't leave the question unanswered even if i'd prefer to ignore it. i hate ignoring even more than repeating the obvious. but i don't care as much about being ignored.My question involved the ideology behind it. What astounds me is how you can't seem to seperate how "you" would prefer the cameras and angles be used in this movie to suit your own personal feelings to the war in general. The movie wasn't about explaining away the politics of the situation. The film was about a very real situation where these men found themsleves in an extremely dangerous situation surrounded by their enemies. Kill or be killed. It was from their point of view being in the center of a combat zone and would seem rather silly if the director wanted to give a face to the enemy as you quite adamently suggested. Sorry, but in war i think if you ask these guys who actually went through this ordeal, your not gonna see them tell you they sympathized with the enemy when the bullets were being fired over their heads and their buddies where being killed around them.

What annoys me the most is how you jumped at my question with your rather high and mighty attitude and judging my movie experiences. I used to think you were cool but i guess you just showed your true colors. From now on you'll be just a jackass to me until you prove otherwise.


Kingdom of Heaven, 2005, now it doesn't stink like many aspects of Black Hawk Down do. nice to see the only real ******** in the movie are Christians and not Muslims for once. and that coming from an American, makes it nicer still.Now you just proved to me your nothing but a joke. Especially for a guy who wants to see both sides being portrayed fairly and since you know nothing about the Crusades. And it seems you have something against Christians huh. Perhaps because they dont agree with your choice of lifestyle? Now it seems i know where all this anger is coming from. Poor little froggy.

[PimpDaShizzle V2.0]

Chick Fight!

[Escape]

Chick Fight!Well i don't know about calling me a chick but i got a nice set of pecs on me. :randy:

[Sexy Celebrity]

Cowboys & Angels -- 1.5/4
Bad Education -- 4/4
White Chicks -- 2/4

[John McClane]

Fat Albert- I in no way watched this of my own free will. It was worse then Chinese Water Torture. I was close to slashing my wrists. :eek:
Shall We Dance- Hell of a change in pace from that piece of satanic garbage from earlier. *Shakes head from remembering it*

[Caitlyn]

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - 4/5

[jrs]

Crash 5
2005 - Paul Haggis

It's about time that a picture this good has came out. With such an outstanding cast and a gripping, emotional, yet heart-warming film... there's no doubt you have an oscar winner your hands. :yup:

http://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/epk/crash/images/09_72dpi.jpg

[Sexy Celebrity]

Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) - 4/5
I tried watching some of that not too long ago.

[Strummer521]

Se7en 4/5 Wow, I was not ready for that climax. :eek:

[Ezikiel]

Trois couleurs: Bleu, A-
1993 - Krzysztof Kieslowski

[Escape]

Se7en 4/5 Wow, I was not ready for that climax. In the words of John Doe: "You can't see the whole complete act yet...but when this is done....when it's finished...it's going to be.....people will barely be able to comprehend, but they won't be able to deny." :cool:

[Tacitus]

American Splendor (2003, Shari Springer Berman and
Robert Pulcini)

4/5

I haven't bought a comic since 2000AD stopped being any good (well over a decade ago) but I really enjoyed this film. Giamatti is wonderful.

http://metropolis.japantoday.com/xmg/537/american-splendor.jpg

[Lance McCool]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005 - Garth Jennings)
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If not for the utterly amazing Sam Rockwell and Alan Rickman, this would have been one hell of a bad movie. But even with their inspired performances, the film fell flat and really disappointed me.

[Monkeypunch]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
National Lampoon's Vacation
Three Amigos

[Strummer521]

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

What did you think? I just got it from Blockbuster.com and will be wacthing it soon.

[chicagofrog]

you just showed your true colors

oh yeah? did i?

and Pimp, i thought Chick Fight was some movie i didn't know, what a disappointment! ;)

Bad Santa, 2004, i love Billy Bob,
Freezer, Japan 2000, not as shocking as i expected

[The Taxi Driver]

Tupac Ressurection good documentary and i learned some new things that i didnt know about Tupacs life

[Sedai]

Star Wars (Lucas, 1977)

[John McClane]

I'm going to Kingdom of Heaven. I want to see it because two things. Two good actors and my favorite composer, Harry-Gregson Williams.

[Escape]

Saw Mind Hunters yesterday. Didn't think it was terrible, however i didn't think it was great. About 5.5/10 to 6/10. No more, no less.

[John McClane]

Kingdom of Heaven- Not bad. I liked it more then Troy that's for sure.
U.S. Marshalls- I still enjoy this film.

[blibblobblib]

Harry and the Hendersons (1987- William Dear)
Classic nostalgia family movie mush. John Lithgow is wonderfully kind as the father of the family that come across a big smelly big foot. I love the part when his father asks him to paint a picture of the escaped big foot so hunters know what to shoot and the Lithgow draws a lovely kind picture. So sweet. Everytime i watch this i still find myself wanting my own bigfoot. Even if its kept in an electrocuted cage i would still like one. Theyre so nice :yup: Nice family stuff and a pretty good story with a nice ending.

3_5

SpaceCamp (1986 - Harry Winer)
Another nostalgia film that i used to love as a kid. Its about a group of kids at space camp who befriend a strange little robot that manages to sabotage their visit on board the shuttle and sends them into space. Pretty cheesy stuff here with a silly story but its still great fun. Whenever i used to go to Kennedy Space Centre in Florida this film used to get me all excited. Theres even the bonus of a very young Joaquin Phoenix playing annoying shouty child astronaut Max. Good family fun but a bit stupid.

3

[The Taxi Driver]

Donnie Darko - my first viewing. loved it but i have to say im more than a bit confused about this movie. everyone wasnt kidding when they told me you have to see it more than once

[Lance McCool]

Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott - 2005)
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[Sedai]

Oceans Twelve (Soderbergh, 2004)

Usually a Soderbergh fan here, but the Ocean's stuff just isn't my bag, baby. The screenplay was hackneyed, the direction too heavy handed, and the ensemble cast had zero chemisty and shared little screen time together. Not one of Soderbergh's best in my book.

[Sinny McGuffins]

Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Not that good, really.

[Escape]

Superman 2. My favorite out of the first 4. :)

[blibblobblib]

The Amityville Horror (2005- Andrew Douglas)
I seem to remember enjoying the original film and its pretty hard to forget the bleeding walls and the pig monster outside the window in the first one as those images creeped me out for years, so last night i gave in and saw this one. I dont normally bother with cheesy horror films like this, and i despise unecessary remakes like this one, but sisboombah ahd told me it was really scary, and i was bored, so i gave in. Nothing special here just as i expected. Same story to the original, although i dont remember the whole hidden church, torture chamber thing they had going on in this one. Ryan Reynolds preformace is pretty laughable, going form the sweet caring husband whenever he is away form the house saying things like "i love you so much!" and then as soon as he steps in the door, its all "What wrong? you FREAK! YOU STUPID FREAK". The scares come thick and fast with lots of crashing and banging from the awful score, even adding a big crash on the symbols when someone opens a door, or puts the kettle on. Its like BOOM! dropped a cup. BOOM! opened a door. BOOM! chopped some wood. So its pretty easy to find ya self jumpin whilst watching this. the story didnt make sense and the endin was such an anitclimax, i'd only reccomend this if you fancy heart failure from jumping around so much. Fun but not much else.

2_5

Invaders from Mars (1986- Tobe Hooper)
Good old nostalgia film for me here. Classic sci-fi tale of boy sees alien spaceship land in his garden, people start acting wierd with strange little cuts on the back of their necks, aliens under ground, boy must save the world. Good fun but mega cheesy 80's stuff here. The little boys over acting and comedy running whilst tyring to escape from the very slow blobby looking aliens is brilliant, whilst Louise Fletcher (Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) is wonderfully horrid as the school teacher turned martian trying to capture young David Gardener. With sets and monster designs by Stan Winston, the film looks very good. The space ship is really quite creepy, along with the strange moany martian baddy who looks a lot like Crang from The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon series. Also the effects of the sandpit are quite good as the martians victims get sucked under the sand. Good fun, good effects but nothing more.

2_5

[Caitlyn]

The Canterville Ghost (1944)

[undercoverlover]

Rounders --- love it so much, cant help myself. Matt Damon not all that convincing as a good card player, its just not something you see.

[Escape]

Rounders --- love it so much, cant help myself. Matt Damon not all that convincing as a good card player, its just not something you see.
Really? I thought he did a great job. But boy, i just loved hating Ed Norton in that film. He was extremely irritating and Damon had the patience of a Saint to be friends with that guy. :yup:

[undercoverlover]

i just dont think he pulled it off, he was supposed to be tis super fly card player and you hardly see any of it. Personally i think Matt Damon is totally average Joe, nothin spesh

[Escape]

i just dont think he pulled it off, he was supposed to be tis super fly card player and you hardly see any of it. Personally i think Matt Damon is totally average Joe, nothin speshHow did you like him in the "Bourne" films?

[Ezikiel]

The Red Shoes, A
1948 - Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger

Super Size Me, B
2004 - Morgan Spurlock

The Merchant of Venice, B-
2004 - Michael Radford

The Apostle, B+
1997 - Robert Duvall

Friday Night Lights, C
2004 - Peter Berg

Solaris, A-
2002 - Steven Soderbergh

Spanking the Monkey, B+
1994 - David O. Russell

[Tacitus]

28 Days Later (2002, Danny Boyle)

4/5

The other Brit Zombie flick. Danny Boyle top man, Brendan Gleeson top man, top score, top movie....

http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/fox_searchlight/28_days_later/_group_photos/brendan_gleeson2.jpg

[Tazz]

Les Choristes (d. Christophe Barratier, 2004)
The Merchant of Venice (d. Michael Radford, 2004)

[undercoverlover]

How did you like him in the "Bourne" films?

not seen them, never had the inspiration to just sit down and watch them

[chicagofrog]

Saw, 2004, not bad at all
Bubble Boy, 2000, horrible, but i wanted to see Jake Gyllenhaal as a different (and how!!) person than Donnie
Goodfellas, 1990, a classic
Flamingo Rising, good TV show (was it??), really, and Angela Bettis doesn't appear much there, but when she does, one (that is, me) notices it!! must be :love:
American Graffiti, 1973, i really really like it, and i can still fall in love with Mackenzie Phillips (will i go to jail?? - well, now i wouldn't)

[Sedai]

The making of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Great stuff

[undercoverlover]

The Big Street --- im not one for old black and whites but i sat down to watch tis fantastic story, loved it all. Hopeful singer meets caring gentle soul, when shes injured he stands by her whilst taking mounds of abuse from her but strives to make one of her fantasies come true. Beautiful.

[Tacitus]

White Noise (2005, Geoffrey Sax)

2.5/5

Efficient enough chiller with Michael Keaton, plus annoying lisp of course - theyanthe?. Unintentional hilarity from wideboy thesp Ian McNeice who intones "I'm not a medium" without a hint of irony. ;)

http://bilder.filmstarts.de/verzeichnis/film/filme/w/white.noise/WhiteNoise07.jpg
"................................................................I'm more of an extra-large....."

[Strummer521]

The Jerk The kind of shamelessly dopey 70s comedy that I really love and Steve Martin is a master of it. Just listen to his comedy album: Let's Get Small and see what I mean. 3/5


http://adorocinema.cidadeinternet.com.br/personalidades/atores/steve-martin/steve-martin03.jpg

[Ezikiel]

Millions, A-
2005 - Danny Boyle

The Exterminating Angel , A
1962 - Luis Buñuel

[Escape]

Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind (B)

[Tacitus]

I Heart Huckabees (2004, David O Russell)

3.5/5

Once I'd got over the shock that this movie wasn't about Norwich City's be-mulleted winger Darren Huckerby it was quite good.

http://www.4thegame.com/media/00/02/29/huckerby_darren_ncfc_profile_2004.jpg

[chicagofrog]

Anatomie de l'Enfer (Anatomy of Hell), 2003, well well well... :down: , not only is that (cheap) porn (meaning you have to be 16 to see it in a tolerant country like France :rolleyes: ) (plus sometimes quite disgusting :sick: ) that kills all eroticism the movie could have had, but it's full of exasperating ready-made blahblah talks repeating commonplace opinions about (exploited) women and (exploitative) men, how good women know men and how little men know women etc etc etc... :bored: :bored: :bored: vodka helped me watching it till the end (mostly forwarding though...). and why? just wanted to give Breillat another chance, like i do for all directors...