The 12th Hall of Fame

That's a lovely avatar you have there.

Not if you've seen the movie.

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Why not just kill them? I'll do it! I'll run up to Paris - bam, bam, bam, bam. I'm back before week's end. We spend the treasure. How is this a bad plan?

it's a lovely movie

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What I actually said to win MovieGal's heart:
- I might not be a real King of Kinkiness, but I make good pancakes

~Mr Minio

Yeah, I know. I didn't stop by and write my reviews like I said I would. Shame on me.

I just didn't have the time to do it.

I plan on taking my computer to get fixed (finally!!!) next week. Therefore, I will just wait until I get my computer working again to write my reviews. And, for me, that is a good thing because I don't care too much for the pressure of knowing I have to get everything done on here with only a limited amount of time to do it.

Anyway, I have only the following films to watch:
Midnight Run (which I own)
Casablanca (which just happens to be on TV this coming Sunday night)
U-Turn
Sanshiro Sugata
Joe (and those last 3 I have to wait to see online anyway).

Then I will be done. And then I can bombard this thread with the babbling reviews that I write.

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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity - Edgar Allan Poe

Yeah, glad to here it! You've been missed Vamp, the place just isn't the same without you around

Having some trouble locating Sanshiro Sugata, Hiroshima Mon Amour and Joe. Suggestions?

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Y Tu Mama Tambien


What is on the surface is rarely what is beneath. . .

And so exactly is this movie.
From the onset, knowing nothing of this movie and avoiding all the spoiler alerts, I had really begun to wonder: Wha da f@ck kinda soft core porn did Camo nominate?? Knowing full well the in depth movies that he writes about normally in the RTLMYS thread, I spent the first 2/3 of the movie thinking only that.
And then, the third act's reveal of what it really was about left me, jaw gaping, all the way to the final CUT SCENE: "Check please,"

Wow.

Much like Romper Stomper's realistic, unforgiving violence or Withnail and I's unrepentant search for the next drunk, so is this film's use of sex. It is real, not glamorized or with romantic aplomb and you are made aware from the very opening scene and much like the other films, there is something far more going on beneath it's consistently sexual situations. And while I was already familiar with Romper and had a pretty good idea about Withnail, I was VERY pleasantly surprised to discover a similar depth to Y Tu Mama Tambien and with it, understanding of why Camo nominated this.
It all came together.
The almost Tour Guide style of Narration that kept me scowling for a large part of the movie and eventually succumbing to the trivia until I became engrossed by it.
Luisita's true reasons for being so upset and the more deeper reason for going on a road trip and that final scene of her diving into the ocean with complete abandon along with cherishing her time with the children.
All of this culminating in the final and somber coffee scene.

BRAVO, Camo. Shame on me for doubting you

So glad you like it, great review

U-Turn

I thought I might really like this, and after the first few scenes I started getting into it...I do think Oliver Stone owes Quentin Tarantino a royalty check, this movie was like Pulp Fiction Part II in the way it was edited and filled with quirky characters speaking deeply irrelevant lines. Still I was liking it.

Sean Penn is excellent. IMO he's the best actor working today. He might not be my favorite to watch, but I can't think of anybody who has the acting range he does. Jennifer Lopez, sure she was decent too, better than I would have expected. I can't really complain about any of the actors, they were all quite colorful.

I liked the Mustang too, very cool. I use to own a 1969 Red Mustang convertible, so that was fun to see. Though it pissed me off to see Billy Bob Thornton scratch the hood with a cry bar.

My favorite character was John Voight as the blind Indian. Favorite scene was when Sean Penn beat the crap out of Joaquin Phoenix AND smacked annoying Claire Danes (her character is annoying, not her.)

But the movie started to get repetitive after about an hour, and it drained me...I just wanted it to be over. Towards the end I didn't care who killed who.

been several decades since I've seen U Turn. Curious to see how it stands up. The Ovation Channel has it playing on Thurs around 2am so I set up the DVR for it. I THINK they don't censor - can't be sure. If so, I'll search elsewhere.

Damn, Citizen.

This was my third time watching this movie. I was very high on Oliver Stone after Platoon came out, one of my favorite movies of the 80's. After Natural Born Killers turned out to be the most disappointing movie I had ever seen, I didn't know what to expect from U Turn. I liked it more than NBK, but I was still slightly disappointed. It seemed to me that Oliver Stone took a cue from Tony Scott with his directorial style, and I thought his career was going in the wrong direction. A second viewing of U Turn didn't do much to change my mind.

I was still happy enough to give the movie another try, and fortunately, I finally felt like I enjoyed it properly. I don't think it's a great movie, but it would seem to suit my taste well. I actually thought of The Grand Budapest Hotel while watching it, with it's deep cast, quirky characters, and thin plot that's just an excuse for all the absurdity. Of course, that's where the similarities of the two movies end.

Sean Penn is one of my favorite actors, and he does not disappoint. My favorite out of the other characters would definitely be the greasy hick played by Billy Bob Thornton. I also enjoyed watching Nolte, Boothe, Voight, and even J Lo. I remembered the Phoenix character being one of my favorites, but he didn't do it for me this time. I wasn't fond of Danes' character before, and I wasn't fond of her this time either. I didn't care for the music score, except when it used popular music. I like the movie as a twisted black comedy, and I'll probably watch it again some time.

Hey guys, haven't forgotten about the tournament, I just found myself on here way too much and it was taking over my life! And now I'm just going from one extreme to the other, but I'll be watching at least two this weekend. Talk to y'all soon

Sanshiro Sugata

I love Akira Kurosawa. He made two of my all-time favorite films. But this film is his Magnificent Ambersons. It could have been so much better if it wasn't chopped into pieces. What we do get is pretty good, and I won't complain about that. We see some moments of his genius shine through, and that those times you can tell you are watching somebody on the verge of something great. The fight scene in the field is a great example of that. It's tremendously shot. I am grateful for the opportunity to see this film. It's impossible to ignore context, and for that alone, this film has been the most interesting first-time watch for me.

I believe The Idiot is Kurosawa's Magnificent Ambersons, although I get what you're saying.

The City of Lost Children (La cité des enfants perdus) (Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995)
Imdb

Date Watched: 02/02/17
Cinema or Home: Home
Reason For Watching: 12th Hall of Fame, Clazor's Nomination
Rewatch: No

Well that was f*cking weird.

I knew as soon as I pressed play that this had to be from the same people who made Delicatessen and Mic Macs. I also knew that my experience with this movie would be much like my experiences with those other films: I would find the bizarre collection of characters (played by some really strange looking people) and bizarre situations novel and interesting enough to keep my attention but ultimately I would come away with no real desire to ever see it again.

In a lot of ways, these sorts of films remind me of the works of Wes Anderson - they look great - but the odd and awkward characters are a little off-putting and I struggle to connect. Unlike Anderson's films, though, I don't find the characters in City of Lost Children or those other films to be annoying (I can't say the same for my experience with Jeunet's Amélie, though it's been a very long time since I saw that) and there were some moments where despite their strangeness, they felt real. This was especially true of the interactions between One and Miette, but I still never developed much of an emotional connection with either of them.

Ultimately, my prediction was correct: It was entertaining, but I probably won't ever watch it again.

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What do you have left, MV?

A lot.

I'm having a hard time getting motivated this time around for some reason. I still have Hiroshima Mon Amour, Joe, Midnight Run, Never Let Me Go, Sanshiro Sugata and a rewatch of Casablanca left to go.

That's not bad. 5 left of 14 with over a month left.

I think i finished this in like 12 days I never do anything like that.

Who did you find annoying in Amélie? I really did not like that film at all, but it seems like everyone else loves it. I don't recall any of the characters being irritating, just unengaging for me personally.

Literally, as soon as I finished typing the above, the power went out here. It was only out for less than a minute though. It's like the universe was chastising me for saying that I didn't like Amélie haha.

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