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Delighted! :lol:

Looking forward to hearing your movie thoughts. I know a fair deal about you but I don't feel I know a great deal about your movie interests.

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Does he bug you about what you watch, too? ;)

That's just for you, JD

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For coming-of-age, self discovery, purpose, differences between generations, society and the technology dehumanization, universal humanistic themes, watch "Harry and Tonto" - I've never met anyone who didn't love it, the problem is most people I know never saw it..

If I could, I'd burn you a copy, and walk it over.

:yup:

Added to my watchlist. Thanks Matt! :)

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I'll second Harry and Tonto. Good film!

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Have you seen the 1966 Batman movie? I highly recommend it, it's a great film. Not an awesomely bad horror but an awesomely bad picture overall. You okay with that right?

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I like the '66 Batman film. Not as much as Batman Returns, but I still like it.

As you like Bill Murray, I'd ask if you've seen Mad Dog And Glory? I like that film and it seems to be one of his lesser seen films.

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DId you use this clip in your presentation? Pretty sure it blew everyone's minds ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfIxwGefjds

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I recommend EVERY MOVIE EVER.

I think I did show the shark scene! And a scene with the villains to show the camera angles, because they were crooked. ;) Fun movie.
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Gats, I recommend reading Burt Ward's autobiography:
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Hey Funny Face! Nice to see that you have your own movie thread:) I'd make a recommendation but I don't know what films you have liked?

I have not seen The One I Love (it's been sitting in my Netflix queue) or Life of Pi (want to read the book first) but I've seen the rest on the list. Out of those listed Ruby Sparks is my favorite. Liked both Woody films listed but prefer to rewatch Alice. What ones do you like the most from that list? Some favorites of mine are: Stranger Than Fiction, Big Fish, Bagdad Cafe, Edward Scissorhands, Safety Not Guaranteed, and Like Water for Chocolate.

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Hi FF!
Good to see you have a thread of your own. Look forward to seeing what you're watching :)

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Yaay, looking forward to see what kind of magic will come out of this thread, Funny Face!

Always exciting to see new review/movietalk threads being opened. :up:

No Pratty Cake?

I didn't love it.

Only when I'm feeling swoony! :love:

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The House at the End of Time
(Alejandro Hidalgo, 2013)

Despite what the the trailer implies, the movie felt more mystery and suspense with a hint of horror. The story starts with the main character Dulce, regaining consciousness with a gash on her face and surrounded by shards of broken mirror. After stumbling around the house she finds her husband, stabbed to death, and sees her son standing in a doorway only to be snatched away into darkness.

With no one else in the house, Dulce is charged and convicted of murder.

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After thirty years in prison, Dulce is now an old woman and allowed to serve the rest of her time under house arrest. Her only visitor is the local priest who welcomes her back into the community and confesses that he does not believe she is guilty. Together, they both hope to find out what actually happened.

The story lags and gets fragmented between flashbacks that reveal more about the days leading up to the murder-disappearance and watching the priest dig up the mysterious history of the house and previous inhabitants.

Last third of the movie is the most interesting and hard to describe without spoilers but it shifts from haunted house into something else.

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Still had unanswered questions in the end but ties up nicely. Tugs on your heartstrings but overdoes it a touch with the sentimental conclusion. Wished there was a little more backstory with Dulce and her old age makeup was better. Overall, the holes in the story are hard ignore but I liked where it was going.

Very nice FF. :up: Not too shabby for your first go at a write-up. :D

Also what the hell is "Pratty Cake"?

:lol: Oh of course! I know you'd mentioned her infatuation with Chris Pratt but I didn't put it together. Is that a 'thing' amongst his fans or is it just a little nickname you two have come up with?

Gatsby called him that and I stole it. :D

That's funny, I didn't get it either. :D

Sorry for the late reply. Wow you seen almost all the films I previously mentioned, you're well watched on your movies:D I liked all of them on my list, except Winters Tale wasn't much to my liking. Sorry to say I haven't seen a one of the films that you mentioned above. I guess I need to get busy and watch more movies.;)

See, this is what happens when you create something good on the Internet, and not irl. :mad::p

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Nice review :yup: looking forward to reading more :)

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Post in here, damn it!

Off the top of my head, I can think of seven feature films and one short that you've watched in the last six weeks or so. We watched several of them together. Tell us about them!

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Post a review and I'll stop harassing you about it. :p

You know how patient I can be- good luck with that. ;)

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You've been raving to me about Star Wars. Rave on here. Or swoon about Pratty Cake as Starlord.
Or better yet, tell me wtf you thought of Mad Max.

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I love this girl. That post was hilarious.

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So FF, how hot was Rey?

I mean, considering where she lived, she must have been burning up!

DUH DUH CHHHH

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I am not amused.

You seriously are the reincarnation of the bitchy Queen Victoria.

Btw, Funny Face, I'll teach you how to make popcorn ratings, but only if you give the film a high rating. ;)

My humor isn't for everyone. :D
It will eventually come back to me. ;)

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Haven't watched any films here yet. Or i would probaby have slightly more kisses than usual!

Sweet Camo, there are always kisses waiting for you.
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This is how you give a popcorn rating, at least for Fury Road-

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Remove the pound signs

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Just give in, fighting will only result in more attack kisses.
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Shucks

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Dum Laga Ke Haisha
(Sharat Katariya, 2015)

Pram gets pressured into an arranged marriage with Sandaya, an educated girl who is overweight. Ends with the couple being challenged to compete in a wife-carrying contest. Lots of scenes I didn't care for, mostly with Pram sulking and insulting Sandaya but he wasn't so bad in the last thirty minutes. Okay as a one-time watch.


Piku
(Shoojit Sircar, 2015)

Storyline is both ridiculous and realistic. Piku (Deepika Padukone) is juggling her own needs and taking care of her aging father who lives with her in Delhi. Her father decides he wants to move back to his family home in Kolkatta but refuses to fly and insists on getting a driver to take them. The family uses a taxi service but all drivers refuse to take Piku with her well known short temper and the owner, Rana (Irrfan Khan), ends up driving the family himself. Road trip and constant talk of bowel movements throughout the entire film. Loved it. As much as the family bickered- very obvious how much they love each other. I think a lot of people can relate. Music was also lovely.


And Irrfan Khan makes me swoon a bit.

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Queen
(Vikas Bahl, 2013)

Netflix recommendation based on the two previous films. Rani gets dumped two days before her wedding and decides to go on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam by herself. Fun start but lags a lot. Felt like a made for TV movie. Loved the music. Favorite song was London Thumakda:

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It's nice to see an update, but this is not the update I wanted to see.

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If you're starting to watch/have an interest in Indian cinema, check out ashdoc's reviews. :)

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Lava
(James Ford Murphy, 2014)

New work schedule has been keeping me busy these days but I've been promising JayDee I'd post something. Work in administration for a mental health provider and nanny part time. Covered reception lunch break today and Lava was playing in the waiting room. Watched this several times now and still occasionally tear up. Such a sweet song that makes me smile and feel warm and fuzzy each time I hear it. Recently started to play ukulele and love to wake up the kiddos with music. Lava was the third song I learned on uke.

for my favorite Pixar short.

See JayDee- a special post for you! :laugh:

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Uh, no, Lava is hardly the best Pixar short, but +1 anyways for the enthusiasm and personal story. :)

Aw thanks Amanda. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...ps21251001.gif

I actually just watched Lava for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Thought it was very sweet, if a little odd, but certainly don't think I'd have it as being one of Pixar's best shorts. I'd need to watch through them again before I could pick a favourite but I remember Day and Night being wonderfully creative. For the Birds is one of their simpler efforts but really fun. Blue Umbrella was rather lovely. Oh and Presto was pretty much perfect. That's probably my favourite actually. That was close to being a five minute masterpiece.

Anyway great to see you back. Looking forward to more

I haven't seen Lava yet, but my favorite Pixar shorts are:

1) Day & Night
2) La Luna
3) Knick Knack
4) For the Birds
5) Presto

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I think Geri's Game is a Pixar Short that needs more love. It's one of my favs.

Btw, good list GBG. :up:

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My favorite Pixar short will probably always be Knick Knack. That angry little snowman cracks me up. I had him as my first avatar here, actually. I also love Partly Cloudy, For the Birds, Presto, Lifted and Tin Toy.

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The Beauty Inside
(Jong-Yeol Baek, 2015)

Woo-jin wakes up every day in a different body. He starts to visit the girl who works at the furniture store, E-soo, who always thinks he is a new customer. After some time (and waking young and attractive), he asks E-soo out on a date and stays up for three days to spend time with her in the same body and to avoid having to explain his transformations. Woo-jin falls asleep just before his last planned breakfast date with E-soo and leaves her waiting as he watches on in his new body. Both can't stop thinking about each other and Woo-jin decides to tell E-soo the truth about his appearance.

Have not read the book this is based on or watched the mini-series but loved this movie. Lovely characters, beautiful score and typical type of story that would appeal to me.

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Wait, that's the movie you were telling me about? That doesn't sound too bad. Actually, your description makes it sound interesting.

Haven't watched that or anything since i last posted, sounds interesting though.

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Nice review and nice to see you posting in here. I hope you'll do it again after we go see The Nice Guys tonight.

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Sounds interesting, added it to my watch list :yup:

So nice to see you around nebbit! Please post more!

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 2
(Francis Lawrence, 2015)

As a fan of the books, I was excited to watch all of the movies. Understandably, a fair amount of book details were left out but did not care for the little changes made to the movie plot that skewed the story. Would have preferred to have longer movies for character and story development. Looking at book to film adaptations like Harry Potter, I think Hunger Games could have been better.

6/10

Weren't those films long enough? I don't mean because I didn't like them, I've not seen them, but they're all pretty much standard blockbuster length, aren't they? If you can't make a 4 part movie series from a 3 part book series at less than 2 1/2 each, then maybe everyone should've just gone and watched Battle Royale. ;)

I haven't seen any of those, would like to at least try the first.

Fair enough. I would have taken another 15-20 minutes of focus on Katniss, Peeta and Coin as well as another character or two, but I'm being picky because I'm fond of the books. There are a fair amount of scenes in this last one that dragged and could have been shorter to accommodate other details.

They're okay to watch. I thought Catching Fire and Mockingjay Part 1 were the better films in the series. If the story interests you, the books are very easy and quick to read.

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I :love: all the hunger games :yup: Good fun, Children/young people save the world again :yup:

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Didn't like The Beauty Inside (not my kind of movie), but I'm glad you got a lot out of it.

So how does Miss Vicky behave at the movies? She tell people off and put them in their place?

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i didnt like the age of adeline at all,thought it was pretty bad. and blake is very pretty,but not much of an actress

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Blake Lively?

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Brain Fart. :)

You might be disappointed to know that MV is not as bitchy as she thinks she is IRL. ;)

The only other Blake Lively movie I can think of is The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. :lol: The Age of Adaline was fine as a one time watch for me but mainly to see Harrison Ford.

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Princess Mononoke
(Hayao Miyazaki, 1997)

Prince Ashitaka kills a demon to protect his village but is cursed by the demon before it dies. We learn that the demon was once Nago, a giant boar god that had been transformed by pain and hate. The village wise woman tells Ashitaka the curse will eventually kill him and advises him to travel to where Nago came from and see "with eyes unclouded by hate," and possibly find a way to lift the curse.

Ashitaka travels to Irontown and lands in the middle of a war between Lady Ebosihi, who is destroying the forest for natural resources, and the Forest Gods protecting the land.

Absolutely beautiful to watch. Amazing scenes, characters and engaging story. Not sure why it has taken me so long to watch this but glad I finally did.

:up: Princess Mononoke is my favourite animated film.

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Me Before You
(Thea Sharrock, 2016)

It seems that a bunch of people have watched In the Mood for Love lately, I need to get on the ball. Good to see you around!

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Has Hell frozen over? Did pigs grow wings?

You're actually posting in this thread... :eek:

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Just saw In The Mood For Love a month or so ago. Really amazing film. One of the best scores ever.

I gave my job notice yesterday and feeling better and better ever since! ;)

Yes! So beautiful and planning to get a copy to listen to in the car. :)

You should get a job with Miss Vicky expressing dog's anal glands.

That's not in my job description and she already expresses her own dog's glands.
Also we used to work together, that's how we met.

That's how we met. Used to work with her and yes- I know how to do that. :laugh:

Well well well, look who it is. :suspicious: You really think that after disappearing and abandoning us you can just walk back in and we'll accept you back just like that, like nothing's happened?!!! :mad:

Oh alright then!!! http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...psb9dcd26f.gif :p

In The Mood For Love is one of the most beautiful films i've seen. Think it and Mad Men are the only pieces of media where what the characters are wearing makes a big impact on me haha.

I thought of Mad Men a bunch while watching. Think I even said something about it. The smoking reminded me of it so much.

Haven't been signing in much this year aside to send a few PMs. Here's a list of everything I've watched. Would add the popcorn ratings if I wasn't so lazy but for now ratings are out of 10. Also included a few TV shows.

Logan (2017, James Mangold) 7.5
April and the Extraordinary World (2015, Christian Desmares, Franck Ekinci) 8
Chungking Express (1994, Kar-Wai Wong) 6.5
Me Before You (2016, Thea Sharrock) 8
A Room With A View (2007, Nicholas Renton) 4
It Follows (2014, David Robert Mitchell) 8
Lilies of the Field (1963, Ralph Nelson) 9.5
Beauty and the Beast (2017, Bill Condon) 7
About Time (2013, Richard Curtis) 8.5
Gifted (2017, Marc Webb) 7
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016, Taika Waititi) 7.5
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016 Travis Knight) 7
Dan in Real Life (2007, Peter Hedges) 7
Flipped (2010, Rob Reiner) 7
Larry Crowne (2011, Tom Hanks) 6
10 Things I Hate About You (1999, Gil Junger) 8
Beauty and the Beast (2014, Christophe Gans) 7
Swiss Army Man (2016, Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert) 8
Love, Rosie (2014, Christian Ditter) 6
One Day (2011, Lone Scherfig) 6.5
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987, Chuck Russell) 7.5
Under the Shadow (2016, Babak Anvari) 7.5
Sweet Bean (2015, Naomi Kawase) 8
Morning Glory (2010, Roger Michell) 6.5
The End of the Tour (2015, James Ponsoldt) 6
Get Out (2017, Jordan Peele) 8
Only Yesterday (1991, Isao Takahata) 7.5
Captain Fantastic (2016, Matt Ross) 8
The Wailing (2016, Hong-jin Na) 8
Dig Two Graves (2014, Hunter Adams) 6
Attack on Titan (Season 1) 9
Doctor Strange (2016, Scott Derrickson) 7
Girls Trip (2017, Malcolm D. Lee) 6.5
Frasier (Season 1-11) 7.5
Samurai Gourmet (Season 1) 7.5
Like Father, Like Son (2013, Hirokazu Koreeda) 8
Let's Eat (Season 1) 8
Attack on Titan (Season 2) 8.5

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Your Chungking Express rating saddens me :(. Tbh i wasn't completely on board with it the first time i saw it either though.

Agreed, I noticed that it has a lot of the same qualities as Happy Together which was filmed 2-3 years later. However, I personally couldn't stop thinking about either movie after the fact.

I feel like Wong has definitely matured over the years (or perhaps transitioned away from certain aesthetics), as I think that The Grandmaster is one of his best.

In the Mood for Love was so stunning that watching Chunking Express very shortly after didn't help my viewing. Enjoyed the second segment (I'd rate it a 7.5) substantially more than the pineapple story- which was underwhelming and had a main character that grated on my nerves. The movie also kept reminding me of My Blueberry Nights, which I didn't realize had the same director/writer after looking it up. Overall, Chunking Express reminded me of other movies and characters I like more.