Movie Tab II

Strummer to answer your question, i was just thinking about this the other day.......... many, many of the films that i would now consider my favorite i either did not like upon the first viewing or just thought was mediocre.... its the ones that i go out of with my mind actively racing about.... sometimes without even rewatching it my opinion changes. does that make any sense?

i made a Top 100 list but never posted it and i know Election is on it. i am pretty sure i loved it from the first view though.

EDIT: after reading what Tat wrote, i am not good at giving films second chances either, but i try to be better about it now because some of my favorite films were due to giving them second chances. barring anything extreme...

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Natural born killers great movie just became one of my favourites

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I'm in movie heaven

Munich (2005 - Steven Spielberg)

I thought it was very good. That SS is king of classical narrative is no news but this one was surprisingly substantial as well...

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The novelist does not long to see the lion eat grass. He realizes that one and the same God created the wolf and the lamb, then smiled, "seeing that his work was good".

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They had temporarily escaped the factories, the warehouses, the slaughterhouses, the car washes - they'd be back in captivity the next day but now they were out - they were wild with freedom. They weren't thinking about the slavery of poverty. Or the slavery of welfare and food stamps. The rest of us would be all right until the poor learned how to make atom bombs in their basements.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Verbinski, 2006)

Confused and seemingly rushed, but I still had fun. You can read my review here (beware of spoilers!).

Fantastic Four (Story, 2005) - Pretty bad, but not as horrible as I had heard. Still, nothing really ever happened in this film. Seemed like an extended trailer.

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On an 80's kick, so:

Lethal Weapon
Die Hard
Beverly Hills Cop.

all hold up surprisingly well, except the music.

Blair witch project
it wasn't scary at all

It was certainly tense. No film has ever "scared" me. I liked Blair a whole hell of a lot in the theater....

Doesn't have to be scary to be good though does it? You have to at least respect its innovation.

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"Like all dreamers, Steven mistook disenchantment for truth."

the camera movements made me queasy.

it wasn't scary.

Click - Adam Sandler's best film to date. Highly entertaining and a yet emotional at times. Great makeup work too.

Lucky Number Slevin (2006, Paul McGuigan)

2.5/5

A wisecracking, noiry (with a small 'n') mess of a film with an appealing cast but a rather poor script - like something Guy Ritchie threw in the bin. If you don't spot the twist within 10 minutes then...ermmm...you're certainly not me.

Harmless enough but I think I've forgotten most of it already.



Kevin Soze?

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"Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how the Tatty 100 is done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves." - Brendan Behan

no it's just that a friend of mine told that it was a really scary movie that i should see it and it wasn't that good

Anyway i just watched Strange Days which was a really good movie filled up with violence.For those who haven't seen it they might enjoy it as well

Just got back from Superman Returns

Can i just take a moment to congratulate the person who took a look at Brandan Routh and said 'Hey he might make a good superman.' I think he was a star find and I hope to see him flexing his well toned muscles in more to come.

Amazing special effects, i kind of felt let down at most films effects but since the budget was big enough the effects were superb. The only negative things about this film are minor in comparison to the pros of it. Lex Luthor's master evil plan was well...pretty pi$$ poor. They could have come up with something a little better.

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Undercoverlovers 100 REDUX

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang-

The Boondock Saints-

The Shield: Season 1-

The Shield: Season 2-

Twin Peaks: Season 1-

Videodrome-

Carlito's Way-

Casino-

Anchorman-

I, Robot-

Poseidon-

Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest-

Hard Candy-

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within-

Blue Velvet-

Tomorrow Never Dies-

The World Is Not Enough-

Die Another Day-

The Hills Have Eyes 2006-

Underworld: Evolution-

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome-

Enter the Dragon-

SPL-

Magnolia-

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Don't you mean his "well-toned muscle suit"? He bulked up for the role, but it wasn't all him. And while Routh might end up becoming a fine actor, he still wasn't the right choice for Superman.

Glad you enjoyed the film, though.

Batman Begins (Nolan, 2005)

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
I liked this alot. It was a bit confusing at points, but I really like how it was done and loved the cast.

Gidget (1959)