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The Taxi Driver
08-23-05, 09:02 PM
Gangs of New York (2002) - finally got to see it and gotta say it was better than people were leading to believe it was
blibblobblib
08-23-05, 09:33 PM
So many films of late, been lazy with this new job. Boooo!
The Island (2005 - Michael Bay)
Not as bad as i thought it would be. I'm a big fan of Sci-Fi so I loved the story at first, but unfortunatly Bay ruined it with hideous product placement throughout and his filiming like it was an expensive advert didnt help much either. Could have been another Vanilla Sky but instead turned into another Rock. Such a shame.
3
Crash (2004 - Paul Haggis)
I really enjoyed this. Loved Haggis's work on the script for Million Dollar Baby so i hoped this would have a big as impact. It did, but didn't at the same time. Many scenes in the film were intense and emotional, but i feel there were too many characters for myself to really embrace them. The themes of the film were spread too thinly i think. It gave Haggis's attempt as though he nearly got it, but was maybe trying a bit too hard. Sad, touching and humbling...but not enough.
3_5
American Beauty (1999 - Sam Mendes)
Perfection.
5
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004 - Wes Anderson)
I just don't 'get' Anderson's comedy. I Think this maybe because the first of his movies that i watched was The Royal Tenenbaums and it just went straight over my head. I know that i'll like Rushmore as i have seen parts of it and loved it, but just not all of it yet. Maybe once i see that i'll like his others. I just don't know whether i should be laughing or crying at a lot of the scenes in this movie...but i guess thats the whole point. Meh. Just didn't do it for me, i enjoyed it, but got a bit bored.
3
Kinsey (2004 - Bill Condon)
Wonderful film. Sex is the centre of all that lives and loves on this planet. Great message. Although i will admit my jaw nearly hit the floor at several moments during this film, and i'm not sure about Kinsey's whole approach to sex offenders, little worrying. Linney and Neeson are superb as the sexpert couple, and i was really impressed with Peter Sarsgaard. He's a strange one.
4_5
Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) (2004 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Simply Beautiful.
5
Beetlejuice (1988 - Tim Burton)
Superb nostalgia film. Loved it when i was little, liked it but found it a bit too random when i was older, and i now love it again. It's so funny, original and strange. Pure Burton wonder.
4
Garden State (2004 - Zach Braff)
Lovely film with some clever little stories. But it does feel a little contrived and theres just a bit too much shmaltz at the end for me, but OH GOD i want to marry Natalie Portman.
3_5
Cocoon (1985 - Ron Howard)
Wrinklies in their trunks acting like teenagers! Whats not to like? Lovely cheesy film that makes me want to take my nanny to a far away planet where she can live forever. Jessica Tandy is just so cute. I love that woman. And i love how her and Hume Cronyn were married in real life. It makes it so much sweeter when their on screen together. God bless em. Shame about Steve Guttenberg though...
3_5
Piddzilla
08-23-05, 09:54 PM
but OH GOD i want to marry Natalie Portman.
You can have her....
chicagofrog
08-24-05, 07:42 AM
You can have her....
no, i was there first!
or let's make a deal, can i have her before you marry her, Blib?
:rolleyes:
The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)
A bit odd, but I assume it's Altman's style, which I am just getting exposed to now. Always a pleasure to watch a film shot by Vilmos....I really liked the film.
chicagofrog
08-24-05, 10:59 AM
Raising Arizona, Coens 1987, N. Cage rules there!
Piddzilla
08-24-05, 10:59 AM
The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)
A bit odd, but I assume it's Altman's style, which I am just getting exposed to now. Always a pleasure to watch a film shot by Vilmos....I really liked the film.
I haven't watched that one in a while, but I remember liking it a lot. Probably because of that "Altman style".
I haven't watched that one in a while, but I remember liking it a lot. Probably because of that "Altman style".
It had great style. It was a really solid film. I will probably pick it up eventually....
Revenant
08-24-05, 11:27 AM
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest A
My first time. I didn't realise just how many people I knew were in this, and it took me a few repeat glances to clock who Billy was being played by. Great film.
undercoverlover
08-24-05, 03:00 PM
The Wedding Date --- not as funny as I supposed it to be but it was decent, Sarah Parish stole the showas the hilarious loudmouth TJ. Debra Messing looked uncomfortable in the lead role.
blibblobblib
08-24-05, 04:11 PM
You can have her....
Oh why Thankyou, Thankyou Mr Natalie Portman's owner sir! Can ya set her free from the plantation now? Liberate her and let her fly fly away to me...
or let's make a deal, can i have her before you marry her, Blib?
:rolleyes:
Why not at the same time? I'm a modern gal...GUY, i meant GUY, a modern gay...GUY. I DID MEAN GUY. oh God...oh God....
Sinny McGuffins
08-24-05, 04:45 PM
Chinatown
Roman Polanski; US 1974; A+
I've seen this film a few times before already, but never quite understood why people consider it to be so great. But after watching it last night, I realised that this film truly is great. And Bob Towne's script could very well be the best script of all time.
The Taxi Driver
08-24-05, 05:58 PM
Candyman - C+ not as good as I was expecting but decent horror flick
Ezikiel
08-24-05, 06:05 PM
The Long Goodbye (Altman, 1973)
A bit odd, but I assume it's Altman's style, which I am just getting exposed to now. Always a pleasure to watch a film shot by Vilmos....I really liked the film.
How many Altman films have you seen?
Ezikiel
08-24-05, 06:33 PM
The Unknown, A+
1927 - Tod Browning
http://www.joancrawfordbest.com/27unknownx.jpghttp://www.cinefantastico.com/terroruniversal/imagen/chaney12.jpg
This film preceds Tod Browning's classic, Freaks, and even with a length of only 49 minutes, this film is a masterpiece of horror cinema. It has one of the oddest premises for a film - it goes as follows: Alonzo is an armless circus performer who's in love with the bosses daughter, Nanon. The only problem, she's always followed by Malabar, the circus' strongman performer, who's deeply in love with her. This effects her very strongly, because Nanon, hates men's arms, she loathes them, and so Alonzo tends to use this as a way to win her over.
Lon Chaney stars as Alonzo, and gives a horrifying performance, his character is pure evil from the start, and he plays it perfectly. The whole film's romance, oddly enough, is absolutely great. Joan Crawford plays Nonan, and plays her with such grace. Her scenes with Chaney are extrodinary, the man gives such a variety of exquisite facial expressions.
We somehow sympathize with Alonzo sometimes, even if he's just a mean guy. We know he's just trying to be happy, but everything he does is so unforgivable. The Unknown, in my mind, works better as a whole than Freaks, though both films they with you for a long time.
Chinatown
Roman Polanski; US 1974; A+
I've seen this film a few times before already, but never quite understood why people consider it to be so great. But after watching it last night, I realised that this film truly is great. And Bob Towne's script could very well be the best script of all time.
Awesome, Sinny. Same with me, I had to ingest the film a few times first, then there was this one viewing, where I was just locked into the film, and couldn't wait for the next frame, yet, didn't want the one I was watching to end....So many things I love about the film...
How many Altman films have you seen?
Altman is one of the greats I haven't really been exposed to. I have now seen two of his films, and will be going through his catalog one at a time.
Strummer521
08-24-05, 06:58 PM
High Fidelity
chicagofrog
08-24-05, 07:11 PM
http://www.lost-themovie.com/
just saw Lost, with Dean Cain, a premiere in Europe, and due to come out in the US in October this year. very interesting, all in the atmosphere. feel like driving thru Nevada's desert highways.
chicagofrog
08-24-05, 07:22 PM
Altman is one of the greats I haven't really been exposed to. I have now seen two of his films, and will be going through his catalog one at a time.
my faves are:
Fool for Love (1985)
Kansas City (1996)
Cookie's Fortune (1999)
Dr T and the Women (2000)
and the best for me is:
Short Cuts (1993)
Sinny McGuffins
08-24-05, 07:38 PM
my faves are:
Dr T and the Women (2000)Take that one to the "Guilty Pleasures" thread.
;)
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-24-05, 10:14 PM
Million Dollar Baby :yup: :yup: :yup:
I really liked this movie and I can safely say I like Clint Eastwood as an actor and a director. I liked the pacing mainly and the way I felt caught off gaurd without being left saying, "What the fck? Where the hell did that come from?" Because feeling like that is whack, whack fo' sho'.
SamsoniteDelilah
08-25-05, 01:02 AM
Deep Blue..... what a mixed bag! Interesting historical setting (LA in the days leading up to the Rodney King verdict), mostly interesting characters, mostly lame acting and a spotty script... and distractingly terrible music.
Holden Pike
08-25-05, 02:47 AM
my faves are:
Dr T and the Women (2000)
It's not that Dr. T and the Women is one of Bob Altman's worst, it is flat out THE worst movie of his entire career. Altman is a genius and takes chances, but when he doesn't succeed the stink that will stay on you after a viewing will last longer than a skunk's.
It is a horrible, horrible movie.
LordSlaytan
08-25-05, 04:02 AM
Grizzly ManGrizzly Man
Werner Herzog is one of my favorite directors, so when I heard he was coming out with a new documentary about a guy who’s devoured by the very bears he’s sworn to protect, I just had to see it.
Boy, am I glad I did.
There are parts of the film that are funny, and some that are strange. Scenes come along that are incredibly intense, then all of a sudden the screen is full of beauty. Some parts of the film are very sad…but then there’s also the near madness of the entire scenario. Treadwell wasn’t a normal guy. He wasn’t even a normal eco-guy. He was obsessed to the point that if he could’ve survived in the wilderness wearing nothing but a bearskin loincloth, he would’ve done it. Yet, regardless of his ever increasing slippage from society, and the quiet madness within…he was a decent man with a heart that nearly burst with love for the animals he swore to protect. If that was what he actually did. Perhaps because of this film, those grizzlies will have even more of a chance to survive without human interference. Timothy mused whether his death would do more good than his life. I guess we’ll see.
There is one part of the film that makes me laugh whenever I think of it…Herzog and his brain…Jeezum…He’s talking about what he thinks nature is really all about and says, “Nature is full of chaos, destruction, and murder".
It may not sound that funny, but if you know his voice, and even partially, the way he thinks…then this scene will be gold, Jerry. Gold!
The Constant gardenerThe Constant Gardener
Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz star in a Fernando Meirelles (City of God) film that is one intelligent and often tense thriller. Think big pharmaceutical corporations, murder, politics, Africa, and cover-ups, and you’ll barely be scratching the surface. Don’t expect any action, because there’s barely any in it, but with a film like this, you don’t miss it. Everything is in the plot, dialogue, and the strength of the actors…who ALL give exceptional performances.
Unfortunately, this was a press screening in a packed auditorium, so there was plenty of distraction around us. Two chattering women behind…and one smart mouthed jerk who I wanted to sock right in the mouth. I actually need to see it again because I missed bits and pieces because of this.
Don’t even bother bringing the kids. They probably wouldn’t be able to follow the complicated plot, let alone get excited with the dialogue…which fuels the entire story.
chicagofrog
08-25-05, 08:07 AM
Dr. T and the Women is flat out THE worst movie of his entire career.
okay then, if Holden says so, and so does Sinny too, let's make it one of my guilty pleasures?
i still prefer it to Gosford Park, yep!, so i take it my soul's damned, and i'll be a forever despised member among the MoFos...
The Fisher King (Gilliam, 1991) - WITH the fantastic Terry Gilliam commentary, which I hadn't been able to enjoy until now, as it isn't available on the DVD....
I love this film...even more so now! It was cool to see some of my analysis of the film was spot on, while some of it wasn't...
Gods_third_leg
08-25-05, 02:40 PM
Clerks, over and over and over and over again >,>
Anonymous Last
08-25-05, 02:41 PM
Clerks, over and over and over and over again >,>
37 TIMES?
Gods_third_leg
08-25-05, 02:50 PM
Lmfao, damn straight
Clerks, over and over and over and over again >,> Really? Decent film, by a sometimes creative writer/director. I just don't see many depths to plumb with a film like this, no subtle philosophy, interesting photography or anything that would keep me coming back for more. I like his dialogue, though. Still, as a director, he just isn't very good/creative IMO, and he should just rely on his writing and hand the reigns over to a more skilled helmsman. Also, pop culture references can only go so far, and I think he has covered that by now. It's sort of a one trick pony, maybe two.
Anony....37? Is that all? I have seen some films over 1oo times, and a couple might be over 200.... :eek:
Anonymous Last
08-25-05, 03:02 PM
Anony....37? Is that all? http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a61/anony_l/marilynn.jpg
37 ...in a row?
Gods_third_leg
08-25-05, 03:03 PM
Sedai he was making a joke to the fact Dante's girlfriend sucked 37 dicks =p
And yea I can understand a lot of your points but when something you can relate to comes along it's nice to view ;)
I watched Dawn of the dead more times than this and maybe over and over again was a slight exaggeration ^,^
Tacitus
08-25-05, 05:06 PM
Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1980, Les Blank)
Not really a movie so I'm not gonna rate it, an interesting little curio nonetheless - though not as interesting as the grainy shots of Herzog's Dwarves (which I've never seen) who make a brief appearance.
Crucified monkeys, indeed... ;)
http://www.acmi.net.au/experience/images/img_herzogeatsshoe.jpg
Piddzilla
08-25-05, 05:56 PM
The Matrix Revolutions (2003 - The Wachowski Bros.)
A lot better than The Matrix Reloaded which I thought was so bad that I waited this long to see the Revolutions. Still, I don't think any of the sequels were on par with The Matrix.
The Outsiders (1983 - Francis Ford Coppola)
First time for me. I didn't think it was that good actually. It was fun to see all these young actors together in the same film but the film never grabbed hold of me. Matt Dillon was good though, only 19 years old.
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004 - Quentin Tarantino)
I enjoyed it quite a bit. I liked the fact that it was more talking and less fighting in this one compared to Vol. 1. It's a cool film, visually as well as the characters, and I can live with the fact that Tarantino's robbed the vaults of kung fu and spagettie western movies of every penny and then spiced it up with RZA's stolen 70s goods. Impossible to identify with (or?) but damn fine entertainment.
Sedai he was making a joke to the fact Dante's girlfriend sucked 37 dicks =p
And yea I can understand a lot of your points but when something you can relate to comes along it's nice to view ;)
I watched Dawn of the dead more times than this and maybe over and over again was a slight exaggeration ^,^
Heh, apparently I DO need to see it again! ;)
Gods_third_leg
08-25-05, 07:32 PM
I urge you to! :)
< Jooiin usss >
Monkeypunch
08-25-05, 07:56 PM
Layer Cake - Pretty clever british gangster film. I recommend it. :yup:
Oldboy - WTF was this?!? insane Korean revenge thriller. This is a film Quentin Tarantino wishes he'd made. Look for him to remake it sometime, I'm sure. lol. Hint to American casting? think Nicholas Cage or Clive Owen. lol
Tacitus
08-25-05, 08:01 PM
Layer Cake - Pretty clever british gangster film. I recommend it. :yup:
Me too. I didn't have high hopes after the slew of Mockney Gangster films cluttering up the video stores since Lock Stock... was released.
But Layer Cake is, as you say, smart. And played straight. And stylishly directed. And Colm Meaney's in it. ;)
http://www.port.hu/picture/instance_2/55468_2.jpg
Gods_third_leg
08-25-05, 08:04 PM
I was thinking about watching layer cake, worth it?
Tacitus
08-25-05, 08:07 PM
I was thinking about watching layer cake, worth it?
Well, it's had two recommendations... :)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 5 - Screw The Exorcist...this beats it to a pulp.
Four Brothers 3_5
chicagofrog
08-26-05, 06:37 AM
Hellevator/Gusher No Binds Me, Japan 2004, real weird weird weird, but nicely weird, with all Japonese society stuck in a hell of an elevator...
undercoverlover
08-26-05, 07:40 AM
The Truman Show --- I do love this movie a lot, the only thing i hate is the end credit music, it's way creepy.
Before Night Falls (Schnabel, 2000) - Interesting Biopic. Good character study with a somewhat flawed narrative...
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-26-05, 10:47 AM
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 5 - Screw The Exorcist...this beats it to a pulp.
Those be some big words about a pretty hardcore movie. Now I must see it. DAMN YOU!
Pyro Tramp
08-26-05, 11:02 AM
Layer Cake - Pretty clever british gangster film. I recommend it. :yup:
Oldboy - WTF was this?!? insane Korean revenge thriller. This is a film Quentin Tarantino wishes he'd made. Look for him to remake it sometime, I'm sure. lol. Hint to American casting? think Nicholas Cage or Clive Owen. lol
Yeah, Layer Cake was a good film.
And Oldboy is getting remade (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425320/).
There's a thread on the filmhere (http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=8805&page=1&pp=25/)
And i've also just noticed it's followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, anyone seen or heard of that?
Anyway, for me, Basic Instinct- not too bad, still think Sharon Stone's pretty hot. 4/5
chicagofrog
08-26-05, 11:12 AM
And i've also just noticed it's followed by Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, anyone seen or heard of that?
yep, me of course, your humble specialist of Korean movies :D , and you can see the link i posted in my (splendid) froggy links thread
http://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?t=10652
Off the Map (2003) ~ I liked it for the most part. It was well done and beautifully shot, had a great cast who were all terrific and I like slice of life stories, but boy...was it slow moving. If I were in any other mood, I would have turned it off.
Young Frankenstein (1974) ~ :up: Still love it.
The Divorcee (1930) ~ It was ok. Not my favorite of Norma Shearer's. She was fine, just the writing and parts of the story drove me crazy. I had to keep reminding myself this was done in 1930.
Lance McCool
08-26-05, 11:32 AM
LA Confidential (d. Curtis Hanson - 1997)
http://www.movieforums.com/images/popcorn/4_5box.gif
Caitlyn
08-26-05, 02:50 PM
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) 3/5
blibblobblib
08-26-05, 04:17 PM
The Exorcism of Emily Rose 5 - Screw The Exorcist...this beats it to a pulp.I doubt this very much. But i'll probably go see this anyway.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-26-05, 11:58 PM
National Treasure
LordSlaytan
08-27-05, 12:14 AM
Bros. Grimm...aaanndddd?
i am seeing bros. grimm tomorrow...ew gave it a c+ ...the constant gardener (which comes out next wednesday) a a-
i will let you know how the film is when i return....
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-27-05, 02:36 AM
The Jacket :)
I thought it was interesting and Keira Knightley is pretty hot.
Beyond The Sea :D
Kicks ass fa' sho'.
chicagofrog
08-27-05, 09:08 AM
O Brother, Where Art Thou, Coens 2000, tis been quite the Coens' weeks for me lately...
rosemary's baby...refused to see it when i was younger having just read the book...
was a good film, kept your attention, even tho i knew what was going to happen...
if i were to grade it, i'd give it a b
Misirlou
08-27-05, 02:57 PM
Remember the Titans - not nearly as good as I remember it :( The acting was good, the story was good, but many of the racial situations and all of the football action were badly mishandled. In the hands of a more capable director the movie could have been great. If you're in the mood for a high school football movie go watch the far superior Friday Night Lights :D
voneil7
08-27-05, 03:10 PM
Rear Window - Classic!
Ring 2---cheese negative 5 points
John McClane
08-27-05, 10:10 PM
The Brothers Grimm- :)
blibblobblib
08-27-05, 11:00 PM
Hey Gummo! Welcome back! How ya been? Where ya been?
The Taxi Driver
08-27-05, 11:24 PM
The Blair Witch Project - first time seeing since its release and it still really creeps me out when i watch it alone
I doubt this very much. But i'll probably go see this anyway.
I have always considered The Excorcist to be the scariest of the scariest, but this had a much stronger impact. The Exorcism of Emily Rose is a true classic.
Strummer521
08-28-05, 01:28 AM
Intermission (d. John Crowley, 2003) 3/5
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/ifc_films/intermission/colm_meaney/intermission.jpg
This film does not follow a core story so much as a series of overlapping subplots. Some of these are strong with dialogue that is always interesting. Others are weak when the script substitutes cliches for genuine emotion. The film feels sometimes as epic as it is intimate and the climax is pretty gripping. It's nowhere near perfect, but I could feel the passion that went into the making of this film.
BTW: Sorry Tacitus for copying your format for movie tab posts. Consider it a compliment :).
Rush Hour 2
Cyborg
Species 1&2
big day
chicagofrog
08-28-05, 10:43 AM
Veronica Guerin, 2003, very touching Cate Blanchett
Visions of Light (1992, Glassman, Samuels)
Misirlou
08-28-05, 03:32 PM
I watched Se7en for the first time last night. Definitely one of the better crime films I've seen :D
chicagofrog
08-28-05, 06:13 PM
Who Killed Bambi?, F 2003, a very, too French movie
Strummer521
08-28-05, 10:26 PM
Dead Man (d. Jim Jamarusch, 1996)
http://www.countytheater.com/dead.gif
I'm not gonna rate this one because I'm not quite sure what I even think of it. Im gonna have to watch it another time or two before I pass judgement.
Ezikiel
08-28-05, 11:04 PM
Rebecca, A
1940 - Alfred Hitchcock
Crash, A+
2005 - Paul Haggis
Adam's Rib, B+
1949 - George Cukor
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-28-05, 11:11 PM
Sin City 2
Sinny McGuffins
08-28-05, 11:20 PM
Sin City 2Care to explain?
Strummer521
08-29-05, 02:36 AM
Being John Malkovich (d. Spike Jonze, 1999) 3.5/5
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/usa_films/being_john_malkovich/_group_photos/cameron_diaz2.jpg
When I first saw the film I found it too dark and intellectually filthy to like but I missed the solidly handled theme of chasing fulfillment and how difficult and painful it can be. The dialogue alone, bursting with subtle humor and insight makes it worthwhile. This is a film that may be unappealing on the surface, but so much lies beneath that there is almost a completely different movie there to reward you if you're paying close attention. To top it all off, John Cusak delivers the best performance of his career as he turns on a dime, from sad sack, to lunatic and back and forth.
You know a film is wonderfully quirky when a Chimpanzee has a flashback :D.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-29-05, 03:04 AM
Care to explain?
Yeah, I was hanging out with Rob and we were playing darts or something and then we watched the sequel. I said it was crap so he's gonna' do some more work on it.
Yeah, I was hanging out with Rob and we were playing darts or something and then we watched the sequel. I said it was crap so he's gonna' do some more work on it.
Yeah right, and I got a date with Scarlett Johansson. :rolleyes:
LordSlaytan
08-29-05, 03:34 AM
Really?! Tell us if those puppies are for real. :yup:
chicagofrog
08-29-05, 07:11 AM
Yeah right, and I got a date with Scarlett Johansson. :rolleyes:
uh? you did too?
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
08-29-05, 01:25 PM
Creepshow
When Ed Harris dies in the first story he makes one of the funniest sounds ever and he's a groovy dancer.
Primer :)
It's kind of difficult to follow along with, mainly because I was eating chips and the sound of the crunching made it hard to hear, but I still thought it was pretty dope-rad.
Really?! Tell us if those puppies are for real. :yup:
:p :laugh:
Hey Gummo! Welcome back! How ya been? Where ya been?
Hey! Well I was quite busy with school, then I moved out of town...to attend a new University. Then I was without a computer for a little while because we got the 'blue screen of death' and couldn't afford to fix it....we needed a new harddrive, motherboard and I forget what else....it was pretty well fried. Now we have the computer up and running, but we are purchasing a brand spanking new computer next month because I was awarded a grant from my University. We are never buying used computers ever again. But I have been doing well and I am excited to be starting at my new school next month.
:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:
Sleepers-I still enjoy this movie after watching it 6 times. :D
chicagofrog
08-29-05, 06:26 PM
very happy to see you back Gummo, really i mean it.
voneil7
08-29-05, 09:47 PM
The Machinist - 4/5
Misirlou
08-30-05, 01:40 AM
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - This is one of my favorite comdies and I haven't watched it for awhile, so I decided to check some of it out this morning. It is still as funny as I remember it! :D
The songs just get better with time! Especially "Every Sperm is Sacred" :cool:
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
The songs just get better with time! Especially "Every Sperm is Sacred" :cool:
I love this movie and song http://www.smiliemania.de/smilie132/00001754.gif
chicagofrog
08-30-05, 07:52 AM
Cecil B. Demented, 2000, a great movie, wonderful Melanie Griffith, important plusses for me like Alicia Witt and Maggie Gyllenhaal, now i'll have to watch all Waters' movies!.. "so much to do, and so little time"
Monty Python's The Life of Brian (1979, Jones-Gilliam)
Funny stuff, as usual. Now, I watched the Python documentary afterwards, and I must say, Chapman and Cleese were arrogant chumps. Sure, they could be funny, but they seemed to have zero respect for the rest of the Python talent, including each other. My favorite part of the documentary was when Chapman and Cleese were saying things like "That Gilliam, I think he only knows three words." or "Terry doesn't understand words, that's why he can't direct, he only understands pictures."
In retrospect, Mr. Chapman, I think it was you who missed the bus, as understanding visual art is just what a director needs. While you were toiling away on Yellowbeard, and a slew of half-baked Python redux, Terry Gilliam was creating some of the most original films to hit the screen, andf continues to do sao tady, twnty-five years after you said he wasn't going anywhere. Well, at least Mr. Cleese did okay....If bit parts in Harry Potter and bad Bond films is okay....
LordSlaytan
08-30-05, 10:55 AM
That has to be my favorite comedy of all time, Sed...nice lil' write-up...but quit yaking up the dead...it's creepy. :)
Holden Pike
08-30-05, 01:09 PM
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Funny stuff, as usual. Now, I watched the Python documentary afterwards, and I must say, Chapman and Cleese were arrogant chumps. Sure, they could be funny, but they seemed to have zero respect for the rest of the Python talent, including each other. My favorite part of the documentary was when Chapman and Cleese were saying things like "That Gilliam, I think he only knows three words." or "Terry doesn't understand words, that's why he can't direct, he only understands pictures."
Ummmmm, do you really not get that they were joking in deadpan, putting the interviewer on for their own amusement (and mine)?
I guess not.
I remember back, I think it was the premiere of Fierce Creatures, and on "Etertainment Tonight" or someplace they had the requisite red carpet soundbites from the premiere. Cleese deadpanned something about Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Kline being only moderately talented, but they were Americans so he thought it might be good for the box office. I thought it was pretty funny, better than the usual twaddle you get on the carpet. The next day I read that gossip hag Liz Smith in her newspaper column has taken those comments and, much like your rant above, is going on and on about who is he, how dare he, anti-American blah, Kline won an Oscar blah, yadda-yadda. I was laughing SO HARD. As mildly amusing as the comment was on the carpet, that Liz Smith didn't have the humor capacity to see it was A JOKE was absolutely priceless. Maybe if I Google it I can find that article?...
Anti-American? I don't remember saying anything like that.... ;) Yeah, I didn't get it, I am thick that way. I am just such a Gilliam nut, that seeing someone say he can't even complete a sentence just seemed off to me, as I consider him a genius in the language of film. Shows what I know about Python, Gilliam IS a genius though, but you knew that. Cleese just seemed so serious and pretentious, going on about how after the split, it was clear He and Chapman would go on to better careers, while the others wouldn't. Again, the joke's on me, apparently. I should have known that when I pop a Python disk in, I should know better than to take anything too seriously.
chicagofrog
08-30-05, 04:44 PM
Kentucky Fried Movie, John Landis 1977, delirious, funny
Misirlou
08-30-05, 11:27 PM
New York, New York - I had never heard Liza Minnelli sing before today and was pleasantly surprised
Piddzilla
08-31-05, 06:56 AM
Saved! (2004 - Brian Dannely)
It started off good as a satire of christian fundamentalist kids. Towards the end I felt it became a bit to sloppy and cliché filled though. Not really sure if that was playing with the high school genre though. But overall I think it was worth the ticket money. Not as controversial as some say it is though. (Lots of "thoughs" here)...
chicagofrog
08-31-05, 07:56 AM
i liked Saved too, but then again, whenever Jena Malone is around, i'm not objective anymore...
Lance McCool
08-31-05, 12:39 PM
Sunset Boulevard
(d. Billy Wilder - 1950)
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Sabrina
(d. Billy Wilder - 1954)
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Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
(d. Terry Gilliam - 1998)
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Almost Famous
(d. Cameron Crowe - 2000)
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Anonymous Last
08-31-05, 12:51 PM
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4_5
I like the story line & love the beat down scene in the diner!
chicagofrog
08-31-05, 01:30 PM
i liked it too! :yup: :yup:
Misirlou
08-31-05, 10:48 PM
The Last Waltz - I really enjoyed this movie, Martin Scorsese directing :) groovy clothes from the 70's :cool: and very pretty music :D
The Taxi Driver
08-31-05, 11:02 PM
American Psycho - first viewing and thought it was great
Pyro Tramp
09-01-05, 08:56 AM
Roadkill Thought it was pretty much Duel with a teen spin, so not too bad. Wasn't too keen on the ending though. 3/5
Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)
Finally, I have completed the Lynch cannon. This film was....frippin bizzare, to borrow a term from a local. SO visceral... When I was a young boy, I used to have this weird nightmare, where I was in this dark, oily slick maze, and in the distance I could hear barely audible whispers and talking, and strange machinery grinding away. It used to scare the hell out of me, as I wandered aimlessly, looking around, listening, with the weird feeling that I was in danger, but not knowing what the danger was. Just a weird, oily-dark feeling of dread. Somehow, Lynch captured this feeling on film, and his nightmare vision seemed way too familiar. A few times while watching, my skin would crawl, while the dark machinery of Lynch's dystopic vision chugged along in front of me. The sound engineering in the film reproduced the weird distant voices and strange sounds I remember from my dream. Lynch successfully transfered a nightmare to celluloid. A nightmare somewhat similar to one I used to have.
Now, that is good cinema!! I will be purchasing a copy of my childhood fears from Mr. Lynch's website.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-01-05, 11:07 AM
Dawn Of The Dead
chicagofrog
09-01-05, 11:14 AM
Eraserhead
how did you like the song? i've got three versions of it, one by the old American-European underground band Tuxedomoon. wow, yeah, real bizarre, even scary, and sick like for example Cronenberg's movies can make one too. "in heaven (...)"
me , yesterday, twas:
Leon, L. Besson 1994, never, ever, could i get enough of Natalie Portman... :love:
how did you like the song? i've got three versions of it, one by the old American-European underground band Tuxedomoon. wow, yeah, real bizarre, even scary, and sick like for example Cronenberg's movies can make one too. "in heaven (...)"
me , yesterday, twas:
Leon, L. Besson 1994, never, ever, could i get enough of Natalie Portman... :love:
Song...The one that plays for the lady in the radiator? Can't quite remember it. The part with the strange dude pulling the levers was CREEPY and unnerving, I loved it!!
chicagofrog
09-01-05, 11:36 AM
Song...The one that plays for the lady in the radiator? Can't quite remember it. The part with the strange dude pulling the levers was CREEPY and unnerving, I loved it!!
well i saw that movie more than 10 years ago, but i think they are like on stage, there's this song, and there are those worms they keep treading on... :eek:
Holden Pike
09-01-05, 12:43 PM
Eraserhead (Lynch, 1977)
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"I walk around the house - drunk
I'm wearing women's slippers
Man, I must be a sight to behold
But I'm not quite sure, I lost my mirror
and the pizza I ordered offers no reflection
I walk around the house
I think about the people who have fouled me
and therefore should die
But then I think of all the interesting crafts
you can make with toilet paper rolls
Once a year I get drunk in a darkened house - for a week
I get drunk and watch...Eraserhead
as I think we all do sometimes
It's my vacation
Once a year I have a little black & white drunkathon:
no phones, not a single luxury
My horoscope has been suspended
Loud, industrial noises
The first three days I just watch
Well, I drink and watch...Eraserhead
The third and fourth day I usually find myself pacing
circling the TV, looking at the glow from behind
I'll pause for a pizza
I won't eat it, I just order it to prove I'm still in control
Eraserhead
By the end of the week, I interact with this
majestic little film
Not so much words as gesticulations
I kiss the screen
I rub my buttered belly on the screen
as I think we all do sometimes
I roam around the house
the darkened, drunkened house
Sometimes, and this has got to be about an hour before dawn
I put a rose up my bum
You know, the business-end sticking out
And I sort of improvise a playful dance in my surroundings
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la-Eraserhead
If you were there in my house
you could follow a trail of those rose petals
and they would lead to me
Curled up in a fetal position, quivering, crying
my teeth chattering
Industrial Eraserhead-type noises
coming from inside me
And as you picked me up and wrapped me in a blanket
my vacation would be complete
This behavior might disturb me
if Eraserhead weren't such a fine little film
Dontchya' think?"
- "Eraserhead" by Bruce McCulloch, Shame-Based Man
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That is great, and spot on....
Lance McCool
09-01-05, 03:14 PM
Humphrey Bogart Night on TCM
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
(d. John Huston - 1948)
The Maltese Falcon
(d. John Huston - 1941)
Casablanca
(d. Michael Curtiz - 1942)
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Pyro Tramp
09-01-05, 04:22 PM
Seven Samurai Three sitting later, and i've finally finished it. My second Kurosawa flick, need to see some more. Quite suprised that they've left in the break, though it did give it a quaint little charm. 4.5/5
Pyro
RE: Tetsuo. I started to watch this once, but found it to be just too over the top and gory for my taste. Some like it better than Eraserhead, but to me, it doesn't even come close to any of Lynch's stuff. Lynch can disturb subtlely, which is something I really dig, while tetsuo was just over-the-top shock scenes. I got the message about machines, but felt no urge to actually finish the film. I did watch it in the original japanese on some crusty VCR tape, so maybe a decent transfer and some subs would help, but I doubt it.... ;) I guess I just like Lynch's sort of surreal floaty darkness as opposed to in my face, ****hammer darkness....
Thanks for the rec, though.... :)
Oh, and I am not saying it's a bad film, just that I didn't care for it... :)
LordSlaytan
09-01-05, 05:07 PM
Seven Samurai Three sitting later, and i've finally finished it. My second Kurosawa flick, need to see some more. Quite suprised that they've left in the break, though it did give it a quaint little charm. 4.5/5What's up with the three sittings? Ants biting your bum?
"...quaint little charm." - I oughta slap you. ;D
Anonymous Last
09-01-05, 05:11 PM
What's up with the three sittings? Ants biting your bum?
"...quaint little charm." - I oughta slap you. ;D
I think Pyro likes it rough...
instead take his dvds away!
chicagofrog
09-01-05, 05:18 PM
Killing Me Softly, 2001, banal, knew how it would end after 1/2 an hour, and H. Graham's definitely not my type, so... nothing
Tacitus
09-01-05, 06:26 PM
Shallow Grave (1994, Danny Boyle)
4/5
Three Yuppies with no redeeming qualities find a case full of cash. With extremely tense consequences...
Excellent pre-Trainspotting effort from Danny Boyle (his debut feature). Such a pity that the director and the movie's star Ewan McGregor aren't on speaking terms thesedays - there's a certain sequel to a certain Irvine Welsh novel that needs making. ;)
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Piddzilla
09-01-05, 09:53 PM
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994 - Joel Coen)
First time for me... I saw some Brazil in there together with the nods to 40s and 50s american cinema. I always like the Coen brothers' films but I very often find that the characters don't succeed to be emotionally engaging for me. And this was no exception.
cellular...good thriller with william h macy and kim basinger
Strummer521
09-02-05, 01:11 AM
Annie Hall
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5
Pyro Tramp
09-02-05, 06:56 AM
Pyro
RE: Tetsuo. I started to watch this once, but found it to be just too over the top and gory for my taste. Some like it better than Eraserhead, but to me, it doesn't even come close to any of Lynch's stuff. Lynch can disturb subtlely, which is something I really dig, while tetsuo was just over-the-top shock scenes. I got the message about machines, but felt no urge to actually finish the film. I did watch it in the original japanese on some crusty VCR tape, so maybe a decent transfer and some subs would help, but I doubt it.... ;) I guess I just like Lynch's sort of surreal floaty darkness as opposed to in my face, ****hammer darkness....
Perhaps if i saw Eraserhead after Tetsuo my favourite may be different, but i just thought that Tetsuo was a lot more fun. I felt Eraserhead was about 20 mintues too long, although i did enjoy the little bits of crazy **** in this one more, they were done a lot more subtly, which is always a bonus.
Pyro Tramp
09-02-05, 07:01 AM
What's up with the three sittings? Ants biting your bum?
It's not exactly a short film and sleep and work and partying have been running my life the past few weeks, so i've had to squeeze it when and ifi can. You dig?
"...quaint little charm." - I oughta slap you. ;D :( ........ :rolleyes:
The Tuxeudo 8/10, kind of cheesy, but entertaining none the less
LordSlaytan
09-02-05, 10:55 AM
It's not exactly a short film and sleep and work and partying have been running my life the past few weeks, so i've had to squeeze it when and ifi can. You dig?Yeah, I dig. Damn intoxication gets in the way of everything except itself...and even then!
:( ........ :rolleyes::laugh: Don't feel bad. Just don't belittle my passion. ;)
Piddzilla
09-02-05, 11:14 AM
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002 - Peter Jackson)
Sinny McGuffins
09-02-05, 12:07 PM
After Hours
Martin Scorsese, 1985, A-
The Muse
Albert Brooks, 1999, B-
I've seen After Hours quite a few times now, and I still love it. It's funny, surreal and damn good film-making.
The Muse is the first Albert Brooks picture I've seen, and I really enjoyed it. It may not be a masterpiece, but the script and the performances are enjoyable enough. The Martin Scorsese cameo was the highlight for me, though. It was short, fast and hilarious. The best Scorsese cameo ever.
chicagofrog
09-02-05, 12:43 PM
I've seen After Hours quite a few times now, and I still love it. It's funny, surreal and damn good film-making.
oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh YEAH :yup: :)
Monkeypunch
09-02-05, 01:47 PM
Raiders of the Lost Ark - (billionth time) Just keeps getting better. :yup:
Pyro Tramp
09-02-05, 03:35 PM
Midnight Cowboy Quite a sad film, Jon Voight's niave character was pretty sympathetic, but the thing i noticed the most was how my compassion built for Rico. Great all round, if occasional a little dated. 5/5
Save the Green Planet (rewatch) I love this film, it's so cool! Even at it's most barmiest, it still remains deadly serious, somehow graphic torture is amusing! Walks a fine line between comedy and disturbing and remains neither. I pity the hero/anit-hero more every time i see it. 5/5
undercoverlover
09-02-05, 07:09 PM
Crash --- god,dam that was a good film. A beautifully shot and surprisingly accurate social commentary about racism in modern society. Some storylines were left unexplored in favour of others which bugged me a lil but i loved it. At some points it was just so real like at the beginning, it made the audience think about whether they should laugh at the jokes. Was it politically correct to laugh or not and it opened up the whole theme of the film beautifully.
"You think you know who you are...you have no idea"
For me this quote from Matt Dillon's character summed up the whole message from the film. All of the characters found out who they really are or who they could be.
chicagofrog
09-02-05, 08:29 PM
It runs in the Family, 2003, great movie, very touching, with the whole Douglas' family
Kiss Of Death, 1995, very good N. Cage and i like David Caruso
Tacitus
09-02-05, 08:59 PM
Sahara (2005, Breck Eisner)
2.5/5
Ho-hum. One of those "I've rented a movie, let's watch it at my place" moments... Sahara ain't terrible, it just isn't very good. Nothing new here - McConaughey still looks like he's nearly going to be a superstar and Penélope Cruz still looks like a constipated ferret.
Bizzare editing during some of the action sequences too.
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PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-03-05, 03:55 AM
An American Werewolf in London :)
Pretty dope. I liked the whole transformation from man to werewolf.
Journey to the Center of the Earth :D
"A key is stuck."
"No way. Which one?"
"This one."
"I don't see it."
"Atleast you can see how happy I am."
*Que dubbed singing*
That guy's a pimp fo' real. The movie's off da' chain too.
I LOVE ME MY HYPNOTIC AND SPRITE
Sinny McGuffins
09-03-05, 12:19 PM
High and Low
Akira Kurosawa, 1963, A+
Broadcast News
James L. Brooks, 1987, A
So far, High and Low is definitely my favorite Kurosawa film. I was litterally leaning forward on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next scene.
And Broadcast News was great. I just love Holly Hunter.
MASH (Altman, 1970)
I watched the extras as well :)
chicagofrog
09-03-05, 05:57 PM
Mon Idole, F 2002, deeper than i thought it would be
Tacitus
09-04-05, 06:18 AM
The Replacement Killers (1998, Antoine Fuqua)
2.5/5
Mr Typecast himself, Chow Yun Fat, plays - you guessed it - a Hitman! He also looks spactacularly bored in this derivative genre pic though. Miro Sorvino is, as is often the case thesedays, the best thing about the movie. Lord knows why she can't get the roles that her talent, intelligence and beauty warrants.
She deserves far far more...
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Pyro Tramp
09-04-05, 08:20 AM
It's a shame John Woo sold out far better than Chow Yun Fat. Looking forward his role in the new Pirates of the Carribean and a possible upcoming collaboration with Woo.
Sinny McGuffins
09-04-05, 05:25 PM
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
Robert Altman, 1971, A+
Strangers On A Train
Alfred Hitchcock, 1951, B+
Tagged: The Jonathan Wamback Story (a true story about a Canadian high school boy who was nearly beaten to death by some bullies at his school).
chicagofrog
09-04-05, 08:12 PM
I /Heart/ Huckabees, 2004, first time i see Dustin Hoffman and Isabelle Huppert in the same movie, and tis a helluva funny, crazy one
The Brothers Gimm (Gilliam, 2005) 3_5
Layer Cake (Vaughn, 2004) 3_5
Young Frankenstein (Brooks, 1974) 4_5
Strummer521
09-05-05, 01:53 AM
The Brothers Grimm (d. Gilliam, 2005) 2.5/5
Like the other Gilliam films I've seen, this is visually quite the spectacle to behold. Also as with those other films I did not find the characters or the plot engaging enough to really care what happened.
L.A. Confidential (d. Curtis Hanson, 1997) 3
A fun neo-noir with a solid cast.
Tacitus
09-05-05, 06:16 AM
It's a shame John Woo sold out far better than Chow Yun Fat. Looking forward his role in the new Pirates of the Carribean and a possible upcoming collaboration with Woo.
I don't know whether it's that Woo sold out, or if he just ran out of ideas - how many times can you film a pane of glass getting shot?
Tacitus
09-05-05, 07:39 AM
Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman)
4.5/5
Superb. Initially the 'American-ness' (Americanity? I dunno) of the leading characters' accents grated. But that's nit-picking. :)
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Pyro Tramp
09-05-05, 08:09 AM
I don't know whether it's that Woo sold out, or if he just ran out of ideas - how many times can you film a pane of glass getting shot?
The scripts suck just as much as Hollywood exploiting his style sucks. He had far more creative control in his 4 Hong Kong gun-fu films than i think he's had in Hollywood. He was making the films he wanted, now he's making the same film using the formula he made in HK for the studios in Hollywood.
Gattaca- was expecting seomthing more 'sci-fi' (in space), but still a great thought provoking film. 4/5
Tacitus
09-05-05, 08:29 AM
The scripts suck just as much as Hollywood exploiting his style sucks. He had far more creative control in his 4 Hong Kong gun-fu films than i think he's had in Hollywood. He was making the films he wanted, now he's making the same film using the formula he made in HK for the studios in Hollywood.
I agree, but then again, I don't. Ok, Woo's more constrained by the Hollywood system but I don't think that necessarily equates to him 'selling out'. I just see an absence of ideas in his later work which suggests, to me anyway, more of a creative impasse than a deliberate choice. It's one thing for a Studio exec to tell him to shoot a film in the style of The Killer but it's down to Woo to make things fresh.
I'm not a huge admirer of the man so am probably talking out of the wrong orifice here though. :)
SamsoniteDelilah
09-05-05, 03:25 PM
... Initially the 'American-ness' (Americanity? I dunno) of the leading characters' accents grated. But that's nit-picking. :)
That bothered me back when the film came out, and again recently when I watched it. It seems like a dumbing down. Otherwise though, great film.
M*A*S*H* - 3.5/5 Much of what was so audacious about it at the time no longer is. Excellent performances though.
The Long Goodbye - 3/5 Good idea, but...
The Player - 4.5/5 Shrewd commentary
City of God - 4/5 Marvellous photography
For further thoughts on these, see my review thread in a few hours. :)
Holden Pike
09-05-05, 04:16 PM
Amadeus (1984, Milos Forman)
Superb. Initially the 'American-ness' (Americanity? I dunno) of the leading characters' accents grated. But that's nit-picking.
So the other characters walking around Vienna and the rest of Europe with British accents don't bother you, but those who have American accents do? In general, the characters of lower class, like Wolfie and his wife, have American accents while the characters of nobility have British accents. Most are supposed to be Italian (like F. Murray Abraham's Salieri). But none of them are supposed to be British or American. Why would one incorrect accent bother you, but not the other?
Holden Pike
09-05-05, 04:21 PM
The Long Goodbye - 3/5 Good idea, but...
But what?
Tacitus
09-05-05, 04:33 PM
So the other characters walking around Vienna and the rest of Europe with British accents don't bother you, but those who have American accents do? In general, the characters of lower class, like Wolfie and his wife, have American accents while the characters of nobility have British accents. Most are supposed to be Italian (like F. Murray Abraham's Salieri). But none of them are supposed to be British or American. Why would one incorrect accent bother you, but not the other?
'Initially' - at first.
And yes, it was nit-picking (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=nitpicking) as I said because American & British accents were used. I also understand why they were used...
So in answer to your question, why did you ask it?
Holden Pike
09-05-05, 04:37 PM
So in answer to your question, why did you ask it?
Because your post made a clear distinction about the American accents, not the British. I was pointing out that the overwhelming majority of all the accents in Amadeus are incorrect. To nit-pick about one and not the other is more than nitpicking, it's not paying attention.
That's all.
Tacitus
09-05-05, 04:43 PM
To nit-pick about one and not the other is more than nitpicking, it's not paying attention
No it's not.
As I said, twice now, initially it grated. If I hadn't realised the distinction (and as I said, twice now, dismissed it as nit-picking on my part) Forman was making in his choice of actor - and I noticed long before Simon Callow put on an American accent - I would have probably complained about the whole range of accents in the film.
Stop nit-picking. :)
The Taxi Driver
09-05-05, 05:21 PM
War of the Worlds (2005) - really fun movie but couldn't STand Dakota Fanning she was just so annoying in this movie. The ending was also a bit of a dissapointment
Sinny McGuffins
09-05-05, 06:05 PM
Jaws
Steven Spielberg, 1975, A+
blibblobblib
09-05-05, 07:43 PM
The Iron Giant (1999 - Brad Bird)
Wonderful, highly underated and unrecognised stuff here. It makes me all warm :yup:
4_5
Rushmore (1998 - Wes Anderson)
Recieved this for my birthday so will definatly be giving it repeated viewings. I enjoyed this the most out of the Anderson films that ive seen so far, but i'll be honest, i'm still not a fan. But give it time and i'll see if i change my mind.
3_5
Jaws (1975 - Steven Spielberg)
So so good.
5
TheUsualSuspect
09-05-05, 11:59 PM
Transporter 2 7/10
Crash earlier this afternoon.
Ezikiel
09-06-05, 12:54 AM
Sweet and Lowdown, B
1999 - Woody Allen
Starsky & Hutch, C+
2004 - Todd Phillips
Mighty Aphrodite, B-
1995 - Woody Allen
Love and Death, A
1975 - Woody Allen
The Edge of the World, C+
1937 - Michael Powell
Kung Fu Hustle, C
2004 - Stephen Chow
Iroquois
09-06-05, 04:33 AM
Fargo (Joel Coen, 1996)
3/10
chicagofrog
09-06-05, 08:08 AM
me too, another Coen's movie, The Man Who Wasn't There, 2001, one of my all-time fave movies, that i had seen 3 and a half years ago and where i discovered Scarlett Johansson, and twas great since i really love the story, the photography, Billy Bob, and it had been one year and three months i hadn't cried and it felt strong, definitely the saddest Coen's movie for me, even if there are other reasons to cry i guess (i actually know) - i don't have a therapist to ask although some say i'd need one, hehe
Mulholland Drive (Lynch, 2001)
Schultze Gets the Blues (2003) ~ I liked ok...but I wouldn't see it again. It was well done, the main actor did a nice job, and I liked the idea behind it...just not the followthrough. It was very slow...to the point of boring in a few spots. I think the slow pace and lack of dialogue took away from what could have been a more touching movie.
since the constant gardner was playing nowhere in new hampshire (well in the white mountains area anyway) and our motel had tcm, (and we were able to hook up a portable dvd player to the tv there) we saw a bunch of films
constantine (dvd player) it was okay...i found it a little boring...
the life aquatic (dvd player)...funny in spots, bill murray is excellent as steve zissou...very jarring seeing bud cort older...i had just seen harold and maude last week..
tcm
the lost world (silent version) interesting...as i have seen all later versions
sunset blvd...having never seen it, excellent performances by gloria swanson and william holden...a classic if there ever was one...only thing i didn't understand was the narration by william holden...how can you speak when you are dead????
singing in the rain....good to see this classic again...
funny face....fun musical with audrey hepburn and fred astaire...
i hated to leave because we don't have tcm in new york...very upsetting...
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-07-05, 12:53 AM
Demons at the Door
Sin City
Interesting but the sound design was crap. That's all in my humble opinion though.
SamsoniteDelilah
09-07-05, 01:00 AM
That's an unusual comment, most people don't notice sound all that much. What sucked about it?
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-07-05, 01:17 AM
That's an unusual comment, most people don't notice sound all that much. What sucked about it?
First thing that comes to mind was when Bruce was on the dock with the rapist and he was doing his dialogue. They were outside, by a water source and a city, but sounded like they were inside a sealed room. Given most of the sound was probably recorded later and then dubbed, you can still run your sound through filters and create the effect of being in different environments. Adding environment sounds would have also helped seperate the voice over from the live action. I guess that's my summary of the movies sound: lack of sound design and effects caused me to think something was whack'.
That's all my opinion though.
EDIT:
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
sunset blvd...having never seen it, excellent performances by gloria swanson and william holden...a classic if there ever was one...only thing i didn't understand was the narration by william holden...how can you speak when you are dead????
I have heard this complaint before, and I guess I can see the point, but it's one of the aspects of the film that I like. At the point the film was made, it was sort of well-known that the protaganist in most noirs gets killed by pictures end. I think WIlder was taking a stab at that, perhaps, a satire. Other films have done it since, as well. American Beauty comes to mind immediately.... I think Wilder might have wanted a "voice from the grave", which is a device used in literature a lot, but hadn't been brought to film...
I bet Holden could nail a few more down for you....
Meanwhile:
Barton Fink (Coens, 1991)
chicagofrog
09-07-05, 05:39 PM
Everybody Says I Love You, 1996, W. Allen, well, had to see it cuz of Natalie and Edward, but i hated it, except for a few funny moments, really not my thing
yes i remember thinking the same thing when i saw american beauty...
and you might be right...the way he talks and with the tone of voice it does sound as if the entire narration has been sarcastically done
blibblobblib
09-07-05, 08:41 PM
Everybody Says I Love You, 1996, W. Allen, well, had to see it cuz of Natalie and Edward, but i hated it, except for a few funny moments, really not my thing
I love the part in that film when Goldie Hawn and Woody dance along the river. I wish i could dance like that. Like by flying and stuff...
A Boy and his Dog (Jones, 1975)
Quirky and bold, but I wasn't a huge fan. I enjoyed watching it, but probably wouldn't watch it again.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-08-05, 12:03 AM
Tomie: Replay
chicagofrog
09-08-05, 07:47 AM
seen all the Tomie series, and i find it reaaaaaaaaaaall confused/-ing
chicagofrog
09-08-05, 05:57 PM
Corn, 2002, with the great Jena Malone, and that film has something...
Pyro Tramp
09-08-05, 06:53 PM
xXx2- Epic. 5
Faust- Good film with some nice effects and cool bits, just let down by a weak script and poorly writen characters. 3
Unleashed aka Danny the Dog Interesting mix of human emotion story and kung-fu. Jet Li should be given good material more often (in regards to his Hollywood career). 4
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas- Pretty cool, my second favourite Gilliam film so far, even if i did drift into la-la-sleepyland for a bit (not due to the film btw). 4_5
Elektra- errrr, Jeniffer Garner :D .....and errr, that's about it. 2
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-08-05, 07:53 PM
seen all the Tomie series, and i find it reaaaaaaaaaaall confused/-ing
Oh-yeah. WURD'!
Strummer521
09-08-05, 11:46 PM
Rushmore 4_5
Wes Anderson has so much power over my emotions...it just amazes me.
BTW: how do I do a half rating (ex. 4.5, 3.5 etc....) in the popcorn boxes?
Tacitus
09-09-05, 06:15 AM
Rushmore 5
Wes Anderson has so much power over my emotions...it just amazes me.
BTW: how do I do a half rating (ex. 4.5, 3.5 etc....) in the popcorn boxes?
{rating}4_5{/rating} = 4_5
Only use square brackets. :)
Sinny McGuffins
09-09-05, 01:08 PM
Trainspotting
Danny Boyle, 1996, A
Pyro Tramp
09-09-05, 03:07 PM
Way of the Gun- Pretty cool film with interesting array of characters 4
Piddzilla
09-09-05, 04:44 PM
Capturing the Friedmans (2003 - Andrew Jarecki)
I don't know... The guilty or not guilty part I'll leave to others. But there was something about this film, at least at first, that made me feel that it was staged. But... it probably isn't. I guess it's just a coincident that these guys happen to love being in front of a camera, making home videos all of their lives, having a pedophilia scandal in the family and on top of it a guy makes a documentary about it all.
Pyro Tramp
09-09-05, 08:46 PM
The Deer Hunter- Occasionally dragged but a powerful, epic movie with some beautiful shots and great performances. 5
Strummer521
09-09-05, 09:39 PM
Broken Flowers (d. Jim Jarmusch, 2005) 3
A bit uneven, but the directional was thoughtful, Bill Murray shined in what has become his trademark role and the ending was perfect. I guess its one of those movies you wish you could rate higher but...
chicagofrog
09-10-05, 09:45 AM
Somersault, Aus 2004, well, apart from the very pretty actress, nothing much there...
A Very Long Engagement
Oh Brother, Where Art Thou
Dark City
Armitage III
Serial Experiments:Lain
chicagofrog
09-10-05, 03:06 PM
The War Of The Worlds, the cheap 2005 version, where the acting is so horrible and dumb that even Tom Cruise (as in the much more expensive version) could pass for a good actor. my mouth hurts saying that.
ok, someone on amazon said it well enough for me:
If Timothy Hines had the nerve to come on here and say "if you can do any better ..." i would say "yes , i could" and i have never used a video camera or been to any sort or drama school in my life.
I paid good money to get this crap over to the UK from the USA , do not make the same mistake as me .
the special effects were so bad, the details so ridiculous and so many... my gosh!
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-10-05, 04:14 PM
Rushmore 4_5
Wes Anderson has so much power over my emotions...it just amazes me.
BTW: how do I do a half rating (ex. 4.5, 3.5 etc....) in the popcorn boxes?
Is the popcorn half full or half empty my young dung beetle?
chicagofrog
09-10-05, 05:47 PM
Small Soldiers, 1998, funny, and Kirsten Dunst as a plus gift
Raigyo, Japan 1997, another weird Japanese film among others, but really not a bad one
Secretary (Shainberg, 2002)
toys for the 15th time...love the soundtrack and ll cool j as patrick
John McClane
09-10-05, 08:48 PM
Batman Begins- Finally, I can say "wow!" :)
Misirlou
09-10-05, 09:02 PM
In the Heat of the Night - Sidney Poitier was so hot! "They call me MISTER Tibbs!" :cool:
House of Flying Daggers - Not great like the other Yimou Zhang movie I saw this year, Hero. But still very good! :D
The Grudge ... mediocre suspense flick. Heard it was a remake, but not sure how good the original was. Kinda weak ending
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-11-05, 12:17 AM
Starship Troopers :D
Fark' yeah. Within two minutes someone's killed by a bug and it's a bloody one. The CGI kicked ass too.
Consantine
Cool camera moves, dude.
Wonder Boy
09-11-05, 01:46 AM
McClintock!-Best John Wayne movie I've seen... only one really.
Once Upon a Time in China 2. Simply amazing bamboo stick fight scene ... nothing else like it. Tsui Hark definitely has a style all his own. This ranks high in my favorite martial arts category.
The Taxi Driver
09-11-05, 04:57 PM
I just rented both Sin City and Kung Fu Hustle after hearing great things about both and i have to say i was dissapointed by both.
I think the reason i didnt really like KFH was because i was expecting the wrong thing from it. I went into it expecting a straight parody of Kung Fu films kind of like Kung Pow but what it is actually is its own Kung Fu film with very over the top moments and comedy added in so i will need to watch it again.
Sin City to me was actually pretty boring by the time the last story started i kept checking the time on the dvd player to see how much time i had left in the movie. I loved the first story with Marv but the second one dragged on forever then the third was just pretty boring.
so im pretty dissapointed with my rentals but they were still worth watching
Thursday Next
09-11-05, 05:05 PM
Napoleon Dynamite. Weird.
chicagofrog
09-11-05, 05:35 PM
The Woodsman, 2004, hard subject, beautiful film, splendid performance by Kevin Bacon
Piddzilla
09-11-05, 05:51 PM
The Conversation (1974 - Francis Ford Coppola)
Just warming up. :D
John McClane
09-11-05, 06:12 PM
Batman and Robin
Mission to Mars
Sphere
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Stripes
Tacitus
09-11-05, 06:18 PM
Downfall (2004, Oliver Hirschbiegel)
4/5
Hitler's last days in the bunker as his Reich collapses around him, told through the eyes of his secretary. Very good attempt and more than a Man Behind The Myth movie, though it clunks along in places - thanks, in part, to slightly bizarre subtitle translations: "The dice is cast!" or "Get outa here!"
http://www.dukes-lancaster.org/images/film/downfall.jpg
Pyro Tramp
09-11-05, 06:35 PM
Superman 1 & 2- Great to kick back and enjoy some old school action, without the CG nonense that pollutes so many new films. Not convinced by the romance between Sups and Louis, i get the impression she's more in love with the idea of Superman than the person but Hackman and Stamp both make legendary baddies which more than makes up that little aspect. 5/5
2046 (Kar Wai Wong, 2004)
My first Kar Wai picture, and I thought it was really good, but not great..... Some of the performances were great, though.
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-11-05, 09:38 PM
i kept checking the time on the dvd player to see how much time i had left in the movie
I hate that. I do it all the time! IT MAKES ME ANGRY LIKE A INDIAN IN THE SCALPING POSITION! I get so angry I pee my pants and rub my face on the carpet. OH MY GOD IT GETS ME SO ANGRY! :frustrated:
But seriously, I hate having the time tick away in front of me like that. I feel so lazy.
Even this guy thinks so too.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1485000/images/_1489458_winton300.jpg
SamsoniteDelilah
09-12-05, 01:22 AM
2046 (Kar Wai Wong, 2004)
My first Kar Wai picture, and I thought it was really good, but not great..... Some of the performances were great, though.
That's about how I felt about 2046 after the first viewing. Then I rewatched it and saw a lot more in it... and I got more excited about it. Then it haunted me to this DAY!!!! Now, I want a Criterian treatment of it. Beware. It'll getcha. If this was your first WKW, then you've not seen In the Mood for Love? Awww Seds. You've gotta see it. You just have to.
For me, this weekend:
Nosferatu (Herzog).... The story is pretty good, in some ways more true to the original novel than any Dracula film I've seen. Kinski is good. The mood shots that are sprinkled throughout are marvellous. The music sucks moose and the editing stinks.
Tom Jones.... HAHAHAHA! :D I loved this. I laughed out loud about 10 times. The story is farcical and the characters are goofy, but you end up caring enough to really enjoy the wild ride of this film.
L'Avventura.... I need to rewatch. It's one of those with layers and all that and I wasn't in the right frame of mine, I know, to really get it.
Pyro Tramp
09-12-05, 09:52 AM
2046 (Kar Wai Wong, 2004)
My first Kar Wai picture, and I thought it was really good, but not great..... Some of the performances were great, though.
Try Chungking Express next. I havn't seen In The Mood For Love either, but 2046 isn't a proper sequel. I'm a huge fan of Tony Leung, i trust you were referring to his performance.
For me, Brazil- I'm undecided whether it's brilliant or flawed, it's got a great look and some clever moments, but something just didn't quite gel for me. Oh, and Bob Hoskins- legend. 4
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-12-05, 12:35 PM
Jurassic Park
About as annoying as a bunch of little kids pooping their pants around you.
chicagofrog
09-12-05, 12:57 PM
nope, dinosaurs smell better!
Re: In the Mood for Love.
Damn Netflix. Damn them!! It has been in my top slot for over a week, and still says "Long wait" next to the title. I was hoping to catch ITMFL before I saw 2046, but tit didn't work out that way.
Re: 2046.
I had two giant Grand Golden Margaritas before we went into the film, and I got very sleepy while watching. I will catch it again when I am not so tird. Still, I was put off in the beginning by the flashed look of the film but realized later it was something the director was using to get an idea across, and also to offset the sci-fi portions of the film, and it worked well, in retrospect. I also had to get used to KAr Wai's heavy-handed editing techniqes and remind myself I was watching an auteur director. Don;t get me wrong though, I liked the film quite a bit, but wasn't blown away by it. Good, not great. I may change my mind after additional viewings.
Jurassic Park
About as annoying as a bunch of little kids pooping their pants around you.
Aaaawuhhhh!?
I'm sure it was largely my age at the time that played the hand, but Jurassic Park is without doubt a life changing film. It opened my eyes to the filmmaking process. There was one summer where I literaly watched it every single morning. I've probably seen it more times than I've seen any other movie. It hurts to hear such blaspheme!
chicagofrog
09-12-05, 01:22 PM
About as annoying as a bunch of little kids pooping their pants around you.
but then again...
http://www.tellmewhereonearth.com/Images6/COPROLITE%20HAPPENS%20SIGN.jpg
hazii82
09-12-05, 02:55 PM
Finally got to see Crash and just finished watching Corrina, Corrina I love this movie
Pyro Tramp
09-12-05, 02:55 PM
A Very Long Engagement 5
undercoverlover
09-12-05, 05:44 PM
Rocky Horror Picture Show - just got it on DVD
Love Fields - pretty cool story about a misunderstnading about an abduction in the 50's with Michelle Pheiffer
Holden Pike
09-12-05, 05:50 PM
Love Fields - pretty cool story about a misunderstnading about an abduction in the 50's with Michelle Pheiffer
One field, and it is set in November of 1963, the days before and after the assassination of JFK in Dallas. Love Field is the name of the small airport where President and Mrs. Kennedy landed that fateful morning.
Lance McCool
09-12-05, 07:47 PM
I'm sure it was largely my age at the time that played the hand, but Jurassic Park is without doubt a life changing film. It opened my eyes to the filmmaking process. There was one summer where I literaly watched it every single morning. I've probably seen it more times than I've seen any other movie. It hurts to hear such blaspheme!
:yup: Jurassic Park was my first memorable cinematic experience. I was 7 or 8 at the time and it was the greatest thing in the world. Hell, for three Halloweens in a row I went as Sam Neil's Dr. Alan Grant. Of course, looking back now, I can see it's not the most complete flick. But Spielberg has a knack for capturing that child-like sense of wonder in us all and I can still enjoy the movie despite hundreds of previous viewings.
http://www.cinema24horas.com/filmes/parque_dinossauros/parque_dinossauros01.jpg
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-12-05, 10:08 PM
I kind of feel like I should explain my take on Jurassic Crap, I mean Jurassic Park. I remember when I first saw it. I was little and waitied in line for what seemed like hours with my family. Like OG said it was very memorable: the T-Rex roaring, the leg falling on the car, the fat guy being fat, etc, etc. But now when I watch it I see a dried up character, Dr. Grant, that's an *******, no chemistry between the rest of the characters, fcking Goldbloom being Goldbloom, a bunch of generic crap, a completely retarded story given to a chuby kid about Raptors (What the fck was that kid doing there in the first place?), and HORRIBLE ACTING.
Don't bust my balls. :D
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-13-05, 12:47 AM
Terminator 2 :yup: :yup: :yup:
What a pimp.
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/54/039_8636.jpg
Dead Again ... so many twists and turns ... mystery and suspense, in the tradition of Hitchcock ... 9/10
Iroquois
09-13-05, 02:18 AM
The last film I saw was Lawrence of Arabia. You already know how great it is. Every frame is well-crafted with the story being one of the best examples of "rise-and-fall" I've ever seen. And the cast is brilliant, especially Omar Sharif as Ali as well as, of course, O'Toole as Lawrence.
http://www.theage.com.au/ffxImage/urlpicture_id_1049567677315_2003/04/08/e-law,0.jpg
This is near-perfection - the only flaw I found is that it ran over three-and-a-half hours, making it the longest movie I've ever seen.
10/10
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 07:30 AM
Azumi 2, Japan 2005, the girl's irresistible and the action's real fantastic, love it!
Pyro Tramp
09-13-05, 09:48 AM
Care to add some more depth Froggie? I enjoyed the first, how does it compare?
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 09:59 AM
don't wanna spoil the pleasure, thrill and tension... but okay, when i rented it yesterday,i was told this one is not as good as the first one. i dunno, i did enjoy it a lot. the sword action is just as good, with the difference that there's not such a big finale as in part one, and maybe Azumi's foes are not as fascinating as that guy-with-the-rose, although i did find the spider ninja real interesting. then, there are some romantic moments, one may like or find schmaltzy-mushy. plus, there's that young pretty Japanese actress you can see in Kill Bill. as a whole, a very good action film in my opinion. and the extras perform real okay too, and are quite sympathetic and likeable.
The Hudsucker Proxy (Coens, 1994)
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 11:14 AM
great flick, einh, Sedai?
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 11:50 AM
yes. soon you'll have seen all of 'em Coens flicks, man. me, there's just one i still have to see, but twas robbed from my videostore so i'll have to wait... gggrrrrrrrrrrrr...
Pyro Tramp
09-13-05, 01:45 PM
which one was that?
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 01:46 PM
unfortunately, the must-see Miller's Crossing! :(
(maybe i saw it years ago, but i don't remember, and i guess i would, or not?)
Pyro Tramp
09-13-05, 02:07 PM
ouch! bite the bullet and buy it, you won't be disappointed.
I have seen everything but the newest one now.... Ladykillers.... I heard it wasn't very good.
Pyro Tramp
09-13-05, 03:34 PM
Bruce Campbell is in it (uncredited) as the Humane Society Worker though
chicagofrog
09-13-05, 05:34 PM
Shadow Of The Wraith, Japan 2001, soooooooooooo f.uckin' obvious and bad, bad, bad, director, go back to school! plus the music sucks like it always does in Japanese movies (and real life there too)
Tacitus
09-13-05, 07:15 PM
the music sucks like it always does in Japanese movies
Always?
Have you seen any of the films that Joe Hisaishi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386749/)'s scored, for example? Or, more to the point, listened to them?
PimpDaShizzle V2.0
09-14-05, 06:08 AM
Crash :up: :up: :up:
I had gotten so used to hype being wrong but everyone was right, this movie is da' bomb.
My piranhas are eating like homeless people at a buffet right now. :eek:
chicagofrog
09-14-05, 06:25 AM
Always?
Have you seen any of the films that Joe Hisaishi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386749/)'s scored, for example? Or, more to the point, listened to them?
no, dunno them, and i'd be happy to discover something to change my mind.
when i say always just like when i say everybody in a country, do i have to "dull-state" again the whole speech about generalization and the tabooism around it and blahblah?
thanx a lot for the tip, really. so far i must have seen hundreds of Japanese and Korean movies, and i noticed that Koreans just use in the best movies classical music, or modern pieces of classical music, without having to try to be "typically Asian" or, like Japanese too often do, put a silly song with Japanese lyrics that better stay untranslated (yesterday there even were the subtitles to confirm the stupidity of the songs ugh!)
Piddzilla
09-14-05, 06:39 AM
Pusher II (2004 - Nicolas Winding Refn)
Not great as Pusher (1996) but still very good.
Pyro Tramp
09-14-05, 07:58 AM
Goodfellas 5
Violent Cop 3_5
Pet Semetary Bad VHS tape lost sound, so couldn't finish
Ashes of Time 3_5
Agguire: The Wrath of God 4
Sinny McGuffins
09-14-05, 01:04 PM
I have seen everything but the newest one now.... Ladykillers.... I heard it wasn't very good.It may be nowhere near the quality of The Big Lebowski or Miller's Crossing, but The Ladykillers is quite a good film. Did you like Blood Simple? I'd say it's a lot better than that.
Hanks, Wayans and Simmons all give highly enjoyable performances, and Irma P. Hall as The Old Lady is a very nice touch. Try and watch it, Sedai. You might like it.
Tacitus
09-14-05, 02:00 PM
Did you like Blood Simple? I'd say it's a lot better than that
Crikey, I wouldn't. :)
Didn't like The Ladykillers at all. Maybe I'm biased towards one of my favourite Ealing comedies but I just couldn't see the point.
I love the Coens but this one set my teeth on edge - Quirky, yes, and Deakins cinimatography can make anything look good but Hanks was terrible, Wayans almost as bad and the script bumbled along from one incongruous set piece to another.
Hopefully they're just treading water, though I remember saying that after Intolerable Cruelty...
I'll give it a go. :)
I love Blood Simple. Own it. ;)
Tacitus
09-14-05, 05:24 PM
Twenty Four Seven (1997, Shane Meadows)
4/5
Urban hopelessness has never been so much fun...
Excellent early movie from Mr Meadows, as hard-edged as Dead Man's Shoes in places and as tender as A Room For Romeo Brass in others. Great performance from Bob Hoskins too.
http://www.leftlion.co.uk/images/content/articles/24-71.jpg
Pyro Tramp
09-14-05, 07:56 PM
Bob Hoskins and Shane Meadows, you say? I'm there!
Tacitus
09-14-05, 08:05 PM
Bob Hoskins and Shane Meadows, you say? I'm there!
It's also got Bruce Jones (Les Battersby from Corrie) playing a psychotic nutter.
Hoskins is also in A Room For Romeo Brass, though has a much smaller role. ;)
Both are fantastic films...
http://www.nw-events.info/images/brucejones.jpg
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