What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

[Zee.]

"Youth in Revolt"-Michael Cera is my Francois ! 9/10 pencil-thin mustaches



Wow, that is the strangest coincidence

it was also the most recent movie i watched, it was brilliant

[DanielBenoit]

Come and See - The most haunting and painful anti-war film ever made. It makes Schindler's List look like a cartoon, and with none of the hope. A bleak and despairing film and one of the most painful cinematic experiences of my life. A masterpiece of realism and the terrifying surrealism that follows through the looking glass. Not for the weak-at-heart.

The House is Black - If there ever was a such thing as a cinematic poem or prayer, this life-affirming short film is it, which in its meager running length of 20 minutes was enough to move me more than almost every other film made in the past 100 years. This is not just a short Iranian documentary on leprosy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHd41wlOK80

Ace Ventura: Nature Calls - A piece of crap.

[qimissung]

Wow, that is the strangest coincidence

it was also the most recent movie i watched, it was brilliant

It was brilliant, wasn't it?

[Haunted]

Surrogate 7/10

[Kyriakos]

Shiver. It is a spanish horror film.

7/10

It had some plot holes, which makes me think that they may try to fill them up in a sequel. As things stand though the ending was less than great, and the plot itself seemed a bit random compared to the beginning of the film. :)

Still, Spanish horror cinema improves all of the time.

[de Renal]

Das Weisse Band (I think English translation would be The White Ribbon), by Michael Haneke - 9/10.

It elaborates the sociological structure in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, and tries to track down the roots of evil which strucked the generation of children who are to become German soldiers in the WW II.

The ending is a little bit...hmm - unclarified? (I don't know if that is the right word); a bit like the X Files - all is clear, but still is not!
But it's interesting how little we know about the social life and upbringing of children in not so distant past.

[manolia]

Das Weisse Band (I think English translation would be The White Ribbon), by Michael Haneke - 9/10.

It elaborates the sociological structure in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century, and tries to track down the roots of evil which strucked the generation of children who are to become German soldiers in the WW II.

The ending is a little bit...hmm - unclarified? (I don't know if that is the right word); a bit like the X Files - all is clear, but still is not!
But it's interesting how little we know about the social life and upbringing of children in not so distant past.

great film! It's the best film i've seen since the beginning of the year..at least so far.

[Desolation]

Inception...20/10

Seriously, it was a great movie. Nolan really did a great job with this one.

[DanielBenoit]

The Exorcist - If there were two films to be marked as textbooks for the post-New Hollywood "blockbuster" era, they would be Star Wars and The Exorcist. And yet there is something old fashioned about The Exorcist, something which Star Wars lacks but Jaws doesn't. It possesses that old strange 70's-ish quality that its characters deserve just as much time, development and attention as its effects, if not more. Which is why The Exorcist cannot be remade and be as shockingly gruesome as it was in 1973; because time and measurement were given to the screen leading up to the horrors that await.

The very idea that this film was made in 1973 and got away with an R rating is just shocking. Imagine, only six years earlier, audiences and critics alike were stuplified by the display of violence in Bonnie and Clyde which would appear very tame by today's standards, and only three years earlier had the first use of the word '****' had been used in 1970's M*A*S*H.

The Exorcist has been so influential that its effect somewhat wears off. Before The Exorcist, horror was all about suggestion and suspense. 1963's The Haunting is one of the creepiest films I have ever seen and there is hardly anything onscreen shown. Hitchcock is known for being the all-time master of offscreen suggestion and horror. The same goes with the silent French silent The Fall of the House of Usher, which transports the viewer into such an atmosphere that the semi-apocolyptic ending is like a slow awakening from a long hypnotic dream. But The Exorcist set new standards. With the levels of sex, violence and obscene language being raised by masterpieces such as Bonnie and Clyde, M*A*S*H and Mean Streets, William Friedrikin saw the chance to re-invent the horror genre completely by adapting a novel claiming to be based on true events about the exorcism of a 12-year old girl possessed by the Devil.

After The Exorcist, audiences became impatient with the "old-fashionedness" of off-screen suggestion, and while this traditional technique lasted some years longer and flourished in Speilberg's Jaws, by the 80's all audiences wanted in horror films was more guts and more gore.

We cannot entirely blame The Exorcist for that, just as we cannot blame Star Wars for starting what it started; that is, a new revival of the Hollywood blockbuster based on franchises, bug-budgets and simple-minded stories with little regard for cinema as serious art.

Now The Exorcist, despite its imperfections (loose plot ends, occasional indulgence and lack of significant extra screen-time to the legendary Max von Syndow), is a grand achievement in the true terror which can be brought about by the manipulation of the film camera. While probably less shocking today than it was forty years ago, the film baffles the viewer in its violent and strange perversities. Some of the obscenities (while there are relatively few) used in this film would not make even into a rated-R film today, nor would some of the scenes (particularly one involving violent masturbation and a cross) find themselves in modern movies without an overwhelming surge of protests. I would have loved to have seen the meeting when Friedkin pitched this film to its studio's producers. They truly must've thought, "Is this man safe to be around?" Of course Polanski's supernatural horror film Rosemary's Baby had come out some years earlier, but The Exorcist reached beyond it into truly radical territory.

If ever there was a film for the religious to be offended by, it is The Exorcist. It so explicitly perverts Christian iconography as well as the innocence of childhood. But that is if we ignore the human story in it, which concerns a young Italian priest who is beginning to have his doubts. "I want out", he tells one of his superiors. He joined the priesthood with a degree in psychiatry, expecting psychiatrics, instead he is bombarded with people suffering from religious and philosophical pondering and doubts. The young priest learns what he was ignorant of while joining the priesthood; that the human psyche and soul are two different things (Cartesian dualism).

In discovering this he learns to accept his faith and preform the task that is asked of him; the exorcism. Father Damien's transformation is at the heart of the film, but not at the center-stage. There, is the grotesque and demonic transformation of the young Regan MacNeil which is what the film is remembered for. And boy is it terrifying.

But in the end, The Exorcist is a less effective film than say Psycho or Jaws, because contrary to the two, it shocks and terrifies you throughout its two-hour duration, maybe stays in your mind for some time, but it doesn't come to haunt you. Not many people today believe in demons or demonic possession, but I'm sure we all believe in the existence of sharks and serial killers. It is the while lies that rest at the center of the other two films is what makes them among the scariest ever. Logically, we all know that every time you check into a run-down motel a insane lunatic is not going to stab you to death in the shower, just as we know that every time you go into the water a shark is going to bite your leg off. But it is possible, and that sends a message to our most primitive instincts and leaves us with a superstition of enviroments, such as swimming in the ocean, or taking a shower. Jaws and Psycho are films that haunt you in the daytime, The Exorcist is one that haunts you in your dreams. The former is more effective, for one can always wake up. 8/10

[Helga]

toy story 3. I took my son to the movies for the first time and he loved it, the 3d part was unnecessary though, he took them off about half way through. I did see it in Icelandic and I think it hurt it a bit but it was funny and I do enjoy how they brought in toys I knew from my childhood like the carebear and the fisher price phone.

I always like toy story and this one was really good too, he of course loved it and I bought him a pez buzz lightyear and he has been playing with it and sleeping with it, he loves it. funny thing is he always says 'to infinity and beyond' even though he saw it in icelandic.

we checked out the tv show too yesterday and it wasn't as good, he kinda missed woody...

[Wilde woman]

Inception was simply amazing. It really stood out to me during a summer of such mediocre movies.

[Desolation]

Inception was simply amazing. It really stood out to me during a summer of such mediocre movies.
Yep, it's good enough to carry an entire summer.

Although, quite frankly, if the summer was filled with great movies, Inception would still probably stand above all the others.

[sixsmith]

Inception...20/10

Seriously, it was a great movie. Nolan really did a great job with this one.


40/10.


Genius.

[DanielBenoit]

Whoaaa, apparently I need to go see Inception.

[Desolation]

Definitely.

I know that a lot of people will disagree with me, but I really thought that it was on par with The Godfather in terms of overall cinematic quality.

[Tallon]

Inception - Brilliant.

Original, smart, action packed and has that Nolan style of quick scene cuts so you never get a chance to stop thinking. One that i will watch over and over again certainly.

[Tallon]

Mother Night - Wow this really shocked me with how good it was, surprised it's not better known. A great Vonnegut storyline, excellent performance by Nolte too.

[Iokasti]

The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Well... It was ok... I wasn't fully satisfied but it was a good effort...

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead--really quite intense in its portrayal of alienation. Filmed in a bleached washed-out sterile style, it's gut-wrenching.
Philip S. Hoffman is great; Marisa Tomei shows some nice T'n'A.

[Jazz_]

The Karate Kid
Loved the original, so didn't go with high hopes. Surprisingly okay... not great, but I enjoyed it.

[Kyriakos]

[ Marisa Tomei shows some nice T'n'A.

What more do you need to have a decent movie? :)

I saw Rec. Well, i'd give it 7/10, but really it was a bit poor, and the premise was ridiculous. However it was better than the average zombie/infected movie.

[Helga]

Inception I like Christopher Nolan, and this one was pretty cool. Interesting plot and good actors, even though I can't stand DiCaprio, he was good. a few scenes where amazing and I just can't help but admire Nolan. there is just something about DiCaprio that really annoys me, almost as much as Nicholas Cage.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

Hannibal (2001)
http://www.amazon.com/Hannibal-Two-Disc-Special-Anthony-Hopkins/dp/B00003CXSP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1280511193&sr=1-1

Fairly entertaining; visually interesting.

[TheFifthElement]

Dragon Quest -124/10. Would seriously recommend tweazing out your eyes before watching this movie. To its credit, it was funny. Not sure it was meant to be.

[Jazz_]

Inception - amazing (10/10) :D

Before going to see it, I was doubtful it would live up to the hype - but it did :nod:

[Shalot]

Inception was good. 10/10 does the top stop?

[DanielBenoit]

Hitler: A Film from Germany - To call this film a masterpiece would be an understatement. And yet, it is an imperfect film. When Sontag called Syberberg's epic experimental 7 hour long film about Hitler "the most extraordinary film I've ever seen", she was not being hyperbolic. Francis Ford Coppola also was right when he considered it to tower above all other contemporary films.

Most films are equivalent to one or two pages of literature; this film contains volumes. Theatrical, epic, Brechtian, Wagnerian, brooding, self-referential and without narrative, this phantasmagoria on Nazi Germany consists of extended monolouges, philosophical inquiry, puppetry, circus-like theatricality, collage, pastiche, anything Sybreberg can use to portray his profound and dark vision of Nazi Germany and it's effect on Western civilization. This film is not a portrait of Nazi Germany, rather, it is a portrait of the Dantesque Hell in which the ghosts of Nazi Germany wander endlessly.

I could not begin to convey to you the ideas presented in this film. It is bitterly ironic to extreme measures and the viewer who is not thinking will mistake Syberberg's ironic sketches as an aestheticization of Nazism, while they are indeed scathing critiques of it in a uniquely non-liberal and non-humanist manner. It is a nightmare of history from which we are trying to awake, as Joyce would put it.

It seems that the measure of a good critic is if he can watch Hitler: A Film from Germany and describe what he has just seen. I am clearly not a good critic, as I can hardly convey the greatness and grandioseness of this film. I will quote one critic as to help me, Andrew Tracy:

"With the temperament of a Romantic and the sardonic irony of a Brechtian, Syberberg tries to break through the conundrum by having it both ways. Like Godard’s own television-spawned monument Histoire(s)du Cinéma (1988-98), Our Hitler is a messianic work unmoored from any faith in the sacred, a purifying work littered with cultural detritus, a noble work steeped in vulgarity. It valourizes and romanticizes the unifying and totalizing power of cinema, that “new child of the century,” even as it derides that very power as the enabler of banalization, repetition, and commercialization. It is a work forever conscious of the hopeless contradiction, the impossibility of its chosen task, even as that very impossibility heightens the urgency of what it is compelled to say, over and over again."

But Sontag is the defining critic on this film and her essay (wherever you may find it, it is not on the internet) will help you decide if you have what it takes to sit through this incredibly long film and appreciate its genius. Here is a wonderful video essay that gives you a little taste of the film, and is the best preview imaginable for such a long film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8sfBoid8_Y

So yes, I've thrown some gigantic statements at you, and some exceptional names, but do I think you should see the film? Indeed it is not meant as entertainment and the word experimental should be underlined, even though it poorly describes the films aesthetic. This film is clearly not meant for a common audience, it contains references and depends on an immense amount of literary, cultural, historical and cinematic knowledge. I would definitely recommend you the common reader to check out Sontag's video essay, but as to seeing the entire film, I cannot promise that even one of you will enjoy it much less understand it. I hope this does not sound elitist. Indeed I didn't understand parts of the film. It is a labyrinth at times seeming to take place in the mind of a dead Hitler and at times taking place in an underworld of hell.

This film is a monument of words. Indeed, no film I've seen has been more chatty. But there is pure poetry in those words and at times, pure genius. It is a cinematic Sublime and a creative feat in the history of art. 10/10

[byquist]

The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- French Sister Act II, sympathetic. 400 Blows Truffaut would have really liked this one.

[AdoreroDio]

Driving Miss Daisy - 9.34/10 I really enjoyed the character development but was a little confused by the time line, and there were a couple points that I wish had been further developed.

[Neo_Sephiroth]

I think the last movie I saw was called "Zombie Strippers"...It wasn't that good but funny. I think I will give it a 5/10.

[Hurricane]

"Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World."

Not a particularly "great" movie by most standards, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. 7.8/10

[DisPater]

robin hood - piece of crap. ridley scott, burn in amateur midget gay porn movies' hell.

[Sebas. Melmoth]

A River Runs Through It - Redford's early-20th C Americana.

Not bad, but missed the urine on the floor in the gritty jail scene (digitally deleted) which had been in the original issue of the film.

Wordsworth's Ode (on Intimations of Immortality) is nicely quoted in the film.

[DanielBenoit]

The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes - I will never be able to see this film again. Ever, ever. It is the "bluntest statement about death" in all of cinema according to Jonathan Rosembaum. And my God, it is. Talk about a deconstruction of the idea of life, the soul, death, the body. This film will haunt me for the rest of my life.

[tsjbbblue]

Ok, so I have kids and the last Movie I watched was "Aliens in the Attic" :) It was cute. Definitely better than I thought it was going to be. Made me Laugh a couple of times. I would give it a 6/10. For me, If I was rating it for something that you were wanting your kid to watch I would say 8/10.

[Armel P]

I just watched Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void a couple of nights ago as a midnight movie. 10/10. I was blown away. It's very dark and disturbing and completely original and tense and hypnotizing. Incredible experience. I can't wait to see it again in the next couple of days. I get chills just thinking about sitting 6th row center at the Nuart Theater and seeing the opening credits begin to attack me.
http://australianfilmreview.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/enter-the-void.jpg

[Nick91]

I watched Robin Hood (the latest one, with Russel Crowe) a couple of adays ago, but I can't really pass any good judgement on it, since I wasn't feeling all that well. From what I did get in my somewhat confused state of mind, it was quite good, I'd say about 8/10.

[Delta40]

I watched Fried Green Tomatoes last week. Very skillfully movie which has two separate stories woven into one hell of a film. I would rate it 9/10

[papayahed]

The Losers - It's your run of the mill action flick. I need to find me one of those go Petunia T-Shirts. 7.5/10

[Themis]

The Ghostwriter - 10/10 - It was great. The acting was very good and I especially loved the dark atmosphere throughout the film, and of course the (for me) very surprising ending!

[Shalot]

The last movie I watched was My Sister's Keeper with Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric. They shouldn't be allowed to make movies this sad. It's about a family. The oldest daughter, Kate, has Leukemia and her younger sister was conceived as a donor match. The movie does not follow linear time and it seems to be broken into different segments for each family member's point of view. If you cry easily and are embarrassed of it then I would recommend watching it alone, and if you must watch it with someone and don't want to cry in front of him or her then you should get up and go to the bathroom or make more popcorn when this song comes on:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrLbrBtD2H0

:bawling:

[Kyriakos]

Antichrist.

Well, i did not get into the mood of the movie.

[Paulclem]

Clash of the Titans - an all action, special effects bonanza that was a load of rubbish. I don't know who writes these screenplays, but the pathetic attemps to modernise the Greek Myths was painful. It was all about liberty - again - liberty from the Gods this time. It really grated, and all I could think was - "that's not in the story " that's not what I remember" etc etc. Don't watch it Kyriakos - you'll bust the telly.

[Helga]

the matrix... again, saw it about a hundred times a few years ago and now again for school, always good and seeing it again and doing some research I find a lot deeper and confusing than before.

[Paulclem]

the matrix... again, saw it about a hundred times a few years ago and now again for school, always good and seeing it again and doing some research I find a lot deeper and confusing than before.

I liked 1 and 2, they were great, but the third one I felt was incomprehensible.

[byquist]

Dancing Across Borders -- Cambodia to the USA, great true story.

[MystyrMystyry]

Blade Runner - a perrenial favorite for atmosphere. I play it in the background about once a week, and have done for decades. It's a mellow ambience to me: very familiar and like a meditation. Also because there are various versions (one with a voice over) it's like a down-beat symphony interpreted by different conductors. Also the score by Vangelis can heard in isolation (and it's a three cd set)

But the last new movie that I enjoyed was a little gem from Italy (unfortunately I didn't write the name down) but it was about two brothers, one who has the talent and potential to be a great director, and how the elder brother's greed, jealousy and selfishness directly destroys the younger's chances of the greater good.

Brilliant - 10/10

Anyone seen it? I'd love to see it again

[faithosaurus]

I just watched "The Time Travelers Wife" last weekend. It was much better than I had fist anticipated.

[YesNo]

My wife and I just finished leaving the theater where we tried to watch "How Do You Know?" The movie's probably still going on, but we figured there were better things to do.

[Obloo]

Lianai Tonggao . Its performers include Wang Lihong and Liu Yifei . It is about the love between one star singer and one university student . I don't think it' a very good movie but i am interested to watch the movie completely due to its performers . Haha

[Desolation]

2001: A Space Odyssey...It was just an all around masterpiece. 5/5.

[MystyrMystyry]

Last night - Apocalyto. Complete knockout about the last days of Aztec Civilisation, and much much more!

You owe it to yourself to beg, buy, borrow, even steal, to see this one

10/10 from I

[qimissung]

The Kids are Alright. 8/10 The acting is good. I enjoyed it.

Love and Other Drugs. Loved it. this one is a winner. The plot isn't all that original, but the way the story is told and the acting move this out of the realm of the completely ordinary. 9/10.

Black Swan. Creepy. I love it, but for some reason it makes me think of Psycho. Probably because the main characters of each are brother and sister. The only difference is that fewer people actually die in this one. 9/10 Nothing's perfect, after all...

[Ydfkdy]

Twilight Eclipse

[faithosaurus]

I just watched Inception (again) last night. I'm still in love with it, even though everytime I watch it I have to explain it to my mother.

10/10.

[hazelk]

I have just watched MOONSTRUCK (again) with Cher and Nicolas Cage, it is a gem 10 / 10:):)

[Paulclem]

Predators.

There were some twists! It was an ok 6/10

[DanielBenoit]

Inception - Good thriller. Nothing special. Mostly just Hollywood high-tech psuedo-intellectualism. Miles above any thriller made in the past few years and far more intelligent, but nothing all that great and a rather poor use of surrealist techniques. Entertaining though, but still as formulaic and manipulative as the heist the characters pull of. 5.5/10

[TheChilly]

Last movie I saw was "Black Swan".

I give it an 8.5 out of 10. There were not many 'standout' performances (except for Vincent Cassel), even though the cast was uniformly excellent, but the direction by Darren Aronofsky carried the film to new heights. It was different, but if anything, I thought two of his earlier films, "Pi" and "Requiem for A Dream" were more accessible.

[hazelk]

The Reader = 10/10 it was wonderful, the fact that I had read the book also helped. Sooo very good.:wink5:

[caesar]

Cool Hand Luke. First impression = 3/10. A day after watching the movie = 7/10. It, kind of, grew on me.

[Janine]

Touch of Evil ~ Orson Wells

Good movie but it's odd to try and get used to Charlton Heston in such dark makeup. His acting was good and so was everyone else. However, I had seen it before and I got a little bored knowing what would happen. It's a dark film - Noir I suppose. Still it displays the genius of the great movie maker...super angle shots, creative cutting and other inovations of the time.

[Janine]

Blade Runner - a perrenial favorite for atmosphere. I play it in the background about once a week, and have done for decades. It's a mellow ambience to me: very familiar and like a meditation. Also because there are various versions (one with a voice over) it's like a down-beat symphony interpreted by different conductors. Also the score by Vangelis can heard in isolation (and it's a three cd set)

But the last new movie that I enjoyed was a little gem from Italy (unfortunately I didn't write the name down) but it was about two brothers, one who has the talent and potential to be a great director, and how the elder brother's greed, jealousy and selfishness directly destroys the younger's chances of the greater good.

Brilliant - 10/10

Anyone seen it? I'd love to see it again

You might enjoy some of Vangelis' other soundtracks. He's always been a favorite of mine, along with Kitaro....both dynamic, yet very relaxing. His soundtrack to "Chariots of Fire" is marvelous, too.

I adore the movie "Blade Runner". I would give it a solid 10/10...it never stops amazing me with some of the finer scenes still standing out vividly in my mind. You realise there are two endings as well, don't you? One truly classic sci-fi film for all times!

Sorry, Mystry, I don't know of the other film you speak of, but it sounds good.

[Big Dante]

The Princess Bride - 10/10
I'm hunting down the book for it now.

[LitNetIsGreat]

The Corporation. A documentary on, well, corporations. A political must see. Very good and scary viewing on where the world is likely to be heading.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTG1QBO1aQ

Full Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeCxNuUlUBk

[faithosaurus]

Saw "The Green Hornett" on Saturday. It was super funny. About an 9/10 or so because apparently it's pretty different from the old show, but I never saw that so to me this movie was pretty good.

[DanielBenoit]

The Corporation. A documentary on, well, corporations. A political must see. Very good and scary viewing on where the world is likely to be heading.

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTG1QBO1aQ

Full Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeCxNuUlUBk

Just saw that recently too. Loved every bit of it :nod:

[LitNetIsGreat]

Just saw that recently too. Loved every bit of it :nod:

Yes it certainly had me shaking my head and muttering aloud.:incazzato:

[byquist]

Shocking movie (biography and history and a lot about the law such as how to break a will; "The Inside Job" movie applied to the art world). It is esp. the Impressionists. A+

[Sionn Harrow]

Just saw "Juno" the other night. I'll give it a 7/10;)

[Lynne50]

The Fighter...8 out of 10... Thought Christian Bale did an excellent job. At times I thought some of the supporting cast, especially, the sisters, bordered on cartoonish. Also saw Black Swan... 9 out of 10. At the beginning I didn't like the jerky camera movements,but then I got used to it and realized that it added to the tension of the movie.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

The Hangover - 9/10.

[Oniw17]

Don't Be a Menace- 10/10

[Sionn Harrow]

Bourne Ultimatum-- I haven't seen the first movie, Bourne Identity, but I enjoyed this anyway. I felt like it was a little lacking in plot, but maybe that's just because I haven't seen the first one. 7/10.

[Sionn Harrow]

Also watched Dark Knight last night. 10/10. Amazing movie.

[Lokasenna]

I watched Shutter Island the other night - and it was good! It reminded me of Inception because of the similarity of the themes and the fact that the main characters are very similar and played by the same chap. It was, however, a more intelligent film than Nolan's latest, at least in my opinion. The feeling of claustraphobia and paranoia was well worked, and I think it has one of the highest quality soundtracks I've heard, all very skillfuly implemented.

9/10.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I watched Shutter Island the other night - and it was good! It reminded me of Inception because of the similarity of the themes and the fact that the main characters are very similar and played by the same chap. It was, however, a more intelligent film than Nolan's latest, at least in my opinion. The feeling of claustraphobia and paranoia was well worked, and I think it has one of the highest quality soundtracks I've heard, all very skillfuly implemented.

9/10.

Yes I thought Shutter Island was pretty good.

I've got a couple of DVDs for Mrs Neely and I (keep her onside): The Reader, In the Bedroom and Doubt don't know what they're like? I fancy Doubt.

The last film I saw was Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, it was OK, nothing special. Before that The Big Sleep, classic fun.

[Emil Miller]

The Big Sleep, classic fun.

I stopped going to the cinema years ago on the grounds that there's no point. In relation to the Big Sleep, however, I was amazed to see that there is actually an hotel in Eastbourne by that name.


The Big Sleep Hotel
King Edwards Parade, BN21 4EB Eastbourne

There's not a director or any actors today that could make a scene like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2BU8-7kQLI

.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I stopped going to the cinema years ago on the grounds that there's no point. In relation to the Big Sleep, however, I was amazed to see that there is actually an hotel in Eastbourne by that name.


The Big Sleep Hotel
King Edwards Parade, BN21 4EB Eastbourne

There's not a director or any actors today that could make a scene like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2BU8-7kQLI



Yes we loved that scene and many more like it. He certainly got better service then I do in my local Waterstones or the second-hand jazz bookstore I use (great second-hand shop full of everything, but the loud jazz playing grinds after a while). Sleek stuff indeed!

[Janine]

Cool, I just watched "The Big Sleep" the other night. I bought a Bogie and Bacall set...five DVD's I believe - at a very good price. Did they have chemistry or what? I liked the movie a lot; but I did see it once before. I need to see it again, since I was slightly sleepy that night and didn't catch everything that was going on. Glad I bought the set. Classic films are my favorite!

[qimissung]

Bogie was quite a playa evidently. I just watched him in "African Queen" where he won Katherine Hepburn's heart with a three-day beard and not having bathed in quite a while.

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

... I just watched him in "African Queen"...

Coincidentally, “African Queen” was the last movie I saw as well, a delightful movie in Technicolor. By 1951 Hepburn and Bogart had polished their skills as actors which is evident in the movie. There were a couple of corny and unrealistic moments, but enjoyable overall. --- 6/10

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[Emil Miller]

Coincidentally, “African Queen” was the last movie I saw as well, a delightful movie in Technicolor. By 1951 Hepburn and Bogart had polished their skills as actors which is evident in the movie. There were a couple of corny and unrealistic moments, but enjoyable overall. --- 6/10

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I haven't seen the film but HB won an academy Award for his part in it. Apparently, John Huston kept disappearing to go hunting during the filming and the original choice of the lead roles was David Niven and Bette Davis, so it's surprising that it turned out as well as the critics said. KH is said to have based her role on Eleanor Roosevelt which, judging from excerpts I've seen, certainly figures. I guess the corny and unrealistic moments are best summed up in the publicity for the film, such as:

They never dreamed of being in each others arms, yet the mystic spell of the jungle swept them to primitive, hungry embrace! The greatest adventure a man ever had... with a woman!

I don't care for the vernacular but in this case ROFLMAO

[Janine]

Definitely corny at times, but that's the fun of it...and it has it's charm and I love it...I think it gets better after more viewings...of course, talking about 'African Queen'. I also saw that Bogie film recently. He did win the Academy Award for his performance I believe. I watched some extras told about that.

I wanted to thank Neely for suggesting that great documentary on YT. Have you seen "The Future of Food" on Hulu or on DVD? I also highly recommend "Food, Inc."....all tie in with the big corporation idea and how our food supply is being greatly threatened. Another good film is "Dirt" which is about the importance of our 'living soil'. The Indian woman spokesperson in the film I viewed last night, is prominent in this film, about sustainable food supplies. She's an amazing individual.


Bogie was quite a playa evidently. I just watched him in "African Queen" where he won Katherine Hepburn's heart with a three-day beard and not having bathed in quite a while.

qim, I don't thing she has bathed either, but she didn't grow a beard....:D

[LitNetIsGreat]

Cool, I just watched "The Big Sleep" the other night. I bought a Bogie and Bacall set...five DVD's I believe - at a very good price. Did they have chemistry or what? I liked the movie a lot; but I did see it once before. I need to see it again, since I was slightly sleepy that night and didn't catch everything that was going on. Glad I bought the set. Classic films are my favorite!

I need to see it again and I wasn't sleepy! The plot is very thick anyway. I read one review and it said don't even worry about the plot too much the first time, just sit back and enjoy the style. I'll definitely have to look into the set, the African Queen sounds like fun.


Definitely corny at times, but that's the fun of it...and it has it's charm and I love it...I think it gets better after more viewings...of course, talking about 'African Queen'. I also saw that Bogie film recently. He did win the Academy Award for his performance I believe. I watched some extras told about that.

I wanted to thank Neely for suggesting that great documentary on YT. Have you seen "The Future of Food" on Hulu or on DVD? I also highly recommend "Food, Inc."....all tie in with the big corporation idea and how our food supply is being greatly threatened. Another good film is "Dirt" which is about the importance of our 'living soil'. The Indian woman spokesperson in the film I viewed last night, is prominent in this film, about sustainable food supplies. She's an amazing individual.

No problem, glad you enjoyed it. I haven't seen "The Future of Food" I'll look into that. I've seen most of "Food Inc" yes, it followed on from a lot of stuff I had been reading at the time. I've not heard of "Dirt" I'll look into that. Thanks.

[MarkBastable]

Tangled. Just about the best Disney movie I've seen. And I've seen most of them.

When I get a moment, I'll elucidate.

[qimissung]

qim, I don't thing she has bathed either, but she didn't grow a beard....:D

True, that, Janine! But somehow she looked cleaner. Maybe it was the fact that she wore white, or maybe it's because she was a lady (say it with a cockney accent, like that other Hepburn might have :)).


I haven't seen the film but HB won an academy Award for his part in it. Apparently, John Huston kept disappearing to go hunting during the filming and the original choice of the lead roles was David Niven and Bette Davis, so it's surprising that it turned out as well as the critics said. KH is said to have based her role on Eleanor Roosevelt which, judging from excerpts I've seen, certainly figures. I guess the corny and unrealistic moments are best summed up in the publicity for the film, such as:

They never dreamed of being in each others arms, yet the mystic spell of the jungle swept them to primitive, hungry embrace! The greatest adventure a man ever had... with a woman!

I don't care for the vernacular but in this case ROFLMAO

Clint Eastwood made a movie about the making of The African Queen. It's called White Hunter, Black Heart, which is considered quite decent. I think you all can imagine who the white hunter with the black heart is.

4 Months, 3 weeks and 2 days. A Romanian movie. It is excellent, but not for the faint of heart. 9/10

Mother. A Korean movie. I liked it, but found it a little unsettling. 8/10

[LitNetIsGreat]

Tangled. Just about the best Disney movie I've seen. And I've seen most of them.

When I get a moment, I'll elucidate.

Ha, ha. We took the kids to see it this afternoon. I can't say I'm a fan of Disney, but Mrs Neely enjoyed it as did the kids.

Currently watching Doubt.

[Sionn Harrow]

Just watched the movie "Inkheart." I hated the book, (the English translation is styllisticaly pitiful, but the plot wasn't too bad.) I figured that the movie could do a lot with the idea, which is why I watched it with high expectations.
The movie was a jumble of sentimentality, poor CG, and bad acting. I could feel my IQ dropping as I watched it...I only lasted through the first half hour.
For the sake of your sanity, (not to mention your IQ xD ) don't waste your life.
1/10

[Scheherazade]

When I get a moment, I'll elucidate.How very unlike you, Mark.
Coincidentally, “African Queen” was the last movie I saw as well, a delightful movie in Technicolor. By 1951 Hepburn and Bogart had polished their skills as actors which is evident in the movie. There were a couple of corny and unrealistic moments, but enjoyable overall. --- 6/10

.I like the movie mostly because of the pleasant memories it brought back, I think; otherwise, there were some cringy-worthy scenes but over all good fun: 7/10

[Gilliatt Gurgle]

...I don't care for the vernacular but in this case ROFLMAO

Brian,
Unfortunately I'm not well versed on today's texting shorthand. I have a pretty good idea what "wtf" means, but "ROFLMAO"?...hmm..uhh: "Riparian Orinthology Flourishes (in) Lowland Marshes (of) African Orpine" ?....wtf?

.

[Janine]

I need to see it again and I wasn't sleepy! The plot is very thick anyway. I read one review and it said don't even worry about the plot too much the first time, just sit back and enjoy the style. I'll definitely have to look into the set, the African Queen sounds like fun. The "African Queen" wasn't in the set unfortunately; however my library owns it and it is great fun. I think the set is more geared to the mysteries or intrigues and features both Bacall and Bogie together. It was quite cheap on Amazon at the time I sprang for it...before Christmas.


No problem, glad you enjoyed it. I haven't seen "The Future of Food" I'll look into that. I've seen most of "Food Inc" yes, it followed on from a lot of stuff I had been reading at the time. I've not heard of "Dirt" I'll look into that. Thanks. I found "Dirt" on Hulu as well. Love that Hulu. Sad only the US can get it. They have such great documentaries.


True, that, Janine! But somehow she looked cleaner. Maybe it was the fact that she wore white, or maybe it's because she was a lady (say it with a cockney accent, like that other Hepburn might have :)). True and I get your point about accents. She was a lady and a spinster at her age, or so he said at one point, didn't he? I think that white dress got a bit mucky as the story progressed....then, they matched a little better....haha

[Oniw17]

Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love....between an 8 and a 9 somewhere

[Neo_Sephiroth]

The last movie I watced was...Brace yourself...DAWN OF THE DEAD!!! It was on SyFy...Before that was MEGA PYTHON VS. GATOROID!!!

[Emil Miller]

Brian,
Unfortunately I'm not well versed on today's texting shorthand. I have a pretty good idea what "wtf" means, but "ROFLMAO"?...hmm..uhh: "Riparian Orinthology Flourishes (in) Lowland Marshes (of) African Orpine" ?....wtf?

.

The funny thing is that, although I don't do texting, the first time I saw it I immediately deciphered it, as I had seen shortened versions of it such as ROF and LMAO in YouTube comments. I don't think the code breakers at Bletchley Park would have had much trouble with it although I doubt if it was the sort of thing used by the Germans for the Enigma code in WW11.
Suffice it to say that the first part means 'Rolling on floor....'

P.S. I've just Googled it if you don't want to bother with the rest of it.

I suppose this was only to be expected.

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/6545/82319392.png

[DanielBenoit]

Roflmao!

[MystyrMystyry]

Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame

Whoaaaa! Cinematic Art meets Poetry meets Computer Graphic Wizardry meets Great Story of Intrigue meets Historical Drama meets-

Well - what are you waiting for!

[Armel P]

On DVD:

Eden Lake (2008): 7/10
Broken (2006, adam mason): 6/10


In theaters:

Tetsuo: Bullet Man: 8/10
Enter the Void (for the 3rd time): 9.5/10

[Themis]

The A-Team, 10/10

Yes, I know the film is pretty ridiculous. The action scenes are implausible and silly, BUT the whole series was silly. The action was never believable! The dialogue was never deep and neither the series, nor the film was ever going to be realistic.
I like that it isn't. I love that the movie really is as silly as the series was - and that Bradley Cooper has quite a few scenes where he isn't wearing a shirt. (Sorry. I also like him as an actor. Him being shirtless at times is only a nice bonus.)
And I actually liked the dialogue - even though there was so much pathos in there, you couldn't help but roll your eyes at times - and the villain too. For once, the villain was cool. Both of them, actually.

Oh, and the soundtrack! I adore Alan Silvestri for it!

[Helga]

I saw Black Swan the other day, really good. I loved how a few scenes were shot, both to show the changes in the main character and some were just really cool. Natalie Portman really deserves an Oscar for it in my opinion. I had heard so good things about it that I was kinda expecting it to be better than Requiem for a dream but I still think RFD is better

8 out of 10

[Armel P]

Pin - 1988 - 7.5/10

I liked it. Cool concept. Well done. Pretty creepy.

[janeeyre88]

Well, definitely not my choice for a movie but went to see Justin Bieber movie last night with my 7 year old daughter. I thought it was going to be really painful but it actually was not as bad as I figured. I would say 5 out of 10.:lol:

[Armel P]

Eeeeeew. Biiieeeber.

I watched Red Riding 1974, Red Riding 1980, and Red Riding 1983. Pretty cool series. Enjoyed it. The mood and style of the films are great. I feel awful but I had to watch the films with English subtitles because I couldn't catch every line of what I assume is a pretty true Yorkshire accent. Any degree of mumbling will send that sort of stuff right over my head. I watch a fair amount of British productions but sometimes they still confound me. I had to do that with Gary Oldman's "Nil By Mouth" too. And Lynn Ramsey's "Ratcatcher." Anyway, 8/10.

[Paulclem]

I watched Shutter Island at the weekend. It was pretty good with a good twist.

8/10

[qimissung]

Invader's from Mars on youtube. It was AWESOME! ly bad that is. No, it was great. I saw this movie when I was about 9 or 10 years old, after school one day and it scared the c*** out of me. I have always remembered the beginning and the ending and I've wanted to see it again for a long time. It was much, much cheesier than I remembered (why did that surprise me?), the acting was, quite simply, atrocious, the sets could have been made by me and my schoolmates, but all in all, I'd give it a 9/10. A classic, in all senses of the word. :D

[Lokasenna]

Just watched True Grit last night.

Utterly breathtaking! I'm not really a fan of Westerns, but I really love the Coen Brothers' stuff, so I was definitely up for watching. The scripting, acting and cinematography are as perfect as one would expect. The whole film is expertly poised, with a understated sense of elegaic pathos throughout, coupled with some wonderfully timed comicly dark moments.

There's not a single bad performance in the film, but I must single out the two leads. Jeff Bridges gives, in my opinion, his best performance since The Big Lebowski - John Wayne doesn't come close. The characterisation is subtle, and despite the lumbering nature of the character, Bridges gives an emotional physicality to the role that belies the sadness of the man underneath. Hailee Steinfeld, at the tender age of fourteen, also turns in an incredible performance, that captures both the steely determination of Mattie Ross, as well as occasional glimpses at the vulnerable child underneath.

I cannot recommend this highly enough: if you like good cinema, see this film! 9.5/10.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I watched Annie Hall last night in a brief few hours off. I've never watched it fully beyond clips of it; I really liked it and Allen's style. Got the box set so I will be watching more of them in the coming weeks if I can.

8.3/10.

[Snowqueen]

I enjoyed watching The King's Speech. 10/10
Geoffrey Rush and Colin Firth both were brilliant and I wish them good luck in the Oscars.

[jmnixon95]

I watched Toy Story 3 for the second time... Mature, I know.
9.5/10

[jmnixon95]

I watched Shutter Island at the weekend. It was pretty good with a good twist.

8/10

That movie was insane; one of my favorite psychological thrillers.

[Armel P]

I watched Toy Story 3 for the second time... Mature, I know.
9.5/10

Hey, I love the Toy Story movies, and I say that with pride.

[Armel P]

La Chinoise by Jean-Luc Godard

9/10

[Helga]

I watched Toy Story 3 for the second time... Mature, I know.
9.5/10


I think I have seen at least 5 times!

I just watched Charlie Bartlett.... for the second time and I still like it, Anton Yelchin is really good

[Paulclem]

Just watched No Country for Old Men again. Great psycho! He's a bit like the two killers in Pulp Fiction in that he has a moral code which just happens to be different to anyone else's.

Watched A Scanner Darkly last night - again. Great movie. I'd certainly watch it again. Lots of humour and a brilliant twist.

Dick's dedications at the end are pretty poignant.

[Kant]

Shelock Holmes with RDJ and that one dude from Enemy at the Gates

Rating: Slightly above dog feces

[LitNetIsGreat]

Match Point, directed by Woody Allen, excellent, very enjoyable romance/thiller.

9/10.

Available on i-player at the moment!

[JuniperWoolf]

That movie was insane; one of my favorite psychological thrillers.

It genuinely scared me, and I don't know why. After I watched it I kept pulling my feet away from the edges of the bed when I was trying to sleep.

[qimissung]

True Grit 9/10 I really liked it and for once it looked like the old west probably looked. I didn't really care for the ending, though, I wish they had not showed them twenty-five years later. I think it would have been better to have the voice over with Mattie riding home on a train.

[Armel P]

"Demon Seed" dir. by Donald Cammell

9/10

[Emil Miller]

Not the end of civilisation as we know it, merely another step along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NKWhhrv288

[LitNetIsGreat]

Not the end of civilisation as we know it, merely another step along the way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NKWhhrv288

:lol:

Watched another Woody Allen flim last night (well got about 25 minutes left as I had to go to bed) Manhattan, I really enjoyed it - I'm getting quite addicted to Woody Allen.

[BienvenuJDC]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

4/10

[Emil Miller]

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

4/10

Why am I not surprised that it only got 4/10?

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

You Don't Know Jack. This biopic starring Al Pacino on Jack Kevorkian was very, very good. I wasn't aware of what was going on with the whole Kevorkian things when it was happening, and this movie was very informative (and, from what I've read, pretty accurate) and it makes for a very good story. And it also once again displays why Pacino is one of the great actors.

9/10.

P.S. I think Cowboys Versus Aliens looks pretty cool. :nod:

[LitNetIsGreat]

Currently watching Love and Death whilte drinking Wolf Blass white wine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbk9YFxRDqE

[BienvenuJDC]

Why am I not surprised that it only got 4/10?

I was being very generous too...

[Emil Miller]

Currently watching Love and Death whilte drinking Wolf Blass white wine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbk9YFxRDqE

Neely, the film is irredeemably corny, judging by your clip, and Wolf Blass wine is therefore a fitting accompaniment, as the below indicated publicity for that winery clearly shows.

When winemaker Wolfgang Blass started producing his style of red and white wines he claimed they would "make strong women weak and weak men strong"

If only.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Neely, the film is irredeemably corny, judging by your clip, and Wolf Blass wine is therefore a fitting accompaniment, as the below indicated publicity for that winery clearly shows.

When winemaker Wolfgang Blass started producing his style of red and white wines he claimed they would "make strong women weak and weak men strong"

If only.

Well, perhaps it has not aged as well as some of the other Allen films, like Manhattan, Annie Hall for sure, but still there were a few good lines and witty moments in there 6.8/10 (Match Point which is on i-player is recommended!)

This last week I have started with the white wine having lost the stomach for ale and the tooth for cider (hopefully it is a temporary thing). I had the yellow label Wolf Blass the other day and thought it was a fine little drink, have you tried it? Can't say that the normal one today was any good though, so maybe that lived up to the weird and stereotypical 80s sexist Australian attitude as presented in the quotation above?!?

[Scheherazade]

Just Go with It - 3/10. Cannot stand Sandler.

I'm Number Four - 7/10.

Taken - 5/10.

True Grit - 8/10.

[Shalot]

Due Date - 7/10 I only give it a 7 because the annoying character was so annoying that my enjoyment of the film diminished because he was SO annoying.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Taken - 5/10.



THANK YOU! Everyone I talk to is like, "That's such an awesome movie!" No, it's not!

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=Neely;1013098]I had the yellow label Wolf Blass the other day and thought it was a fine little drink, have you tried it? QUOTE]

No I haven't tried it as I tend to avoid all wines with weird labels and especially Australian ones with names like Billabong Creek claret, Tuckerbag Chardonnay and also American wines including such weirdos as Blossom Hill Italian Zinfandel Rosé Sparkling Wine. People who take their drink seriously do not indulge in the French produced red (with an eye for the English market) called Fat Bastard or drink bitter called Old Tosser, even though the names are usually an accurate description of those who do.
Please return to quality before it is too late and you end up on the meths.

[keilj]

The Town

6/10


I give Afleck a lot of credit for doing what he and Damon said they would. Afleck is now writing and directing movies - something that very few actors are ever able to pull off.

But this movie turned out to be a pretty generic crime caper flick. There was nothing particularity gripping about any of the characters. I was impressed by the performance of the girl who played the love interest

But this movie's biggest flaw, and the reason I rate it pretty low, is it is a Heat rip-off. From the heists, the "realistic" shootout scenes. Even things copied almost exactly from Heat - such as the crook running with a duffel bag in the street, while shooting it out with a machine gun in one hand. And even the girlfriend setting a trap for the guy - calling him in with the FBI standing in the same room, only to give him a warning at the very last second - almost direct Heat rip-offs

[LitNetIsGreat]

[QUOTE=Neely;1013098]I had the yellow label Wolf Blass the other day and thought it was a fine little drink, have you tried it? QUOTE]

No I haven't tried it as I tend to avoid all wines with weird labels and especially Australian ones with names like Billabong Creek claret, Tuckerbag Chardonnay and also American wines including such weirdos as Blossom Hill Italian Zinfandel Rosé Sparkling Wine. People who take their drink seriously do not indulge in the French produced red (with an eye for the English market) called Fat Bastard or drink bitter called Old Tosser, even though the names are usually an accurate description of those who do.
Please return to quality before it is too late and you end up on the meths.

Well as you know quality is my calling nature so there is no fear about me descending so low. However I think that you might be being a little harsh on the new world wines. I do not know much about wine it is true, or at least I know more about ales and ciders, but I believe that the new world wines are an emerging force and something to be considered, at least not to be so harshly dismissed. For sure the Blossom Hill is five star junk and I completely avoid wine/beer with vulgar names; one I sort of object to the vulgarity and two, it clearly rings of a cheap marketing ploy to sell junk, but the new world wines (at least not the mass market ones) are supposed to be on the up?

Wolf Blass is a big step up from the likes of Blossom Hill - maybe you should give it a try, the yellow label one anyway, costs around £7.50 a bottle? I'd like you to try it in order to test my winebuds - can I trust my winebuds, I don't know? I can trust my beerbuds I know that, but my winebuds tell me the yellow label Wolf Blass is pretty drinkable (although people naturally vary).

Also, in terms of films (seeing as this is a film thread) Manhattan might be more of your thing if you've not seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuU6XU0_Gfs

[Paulclem]

I've just had Resident Evil's latest instalment drop through my letter box. Zombies, machine guns and all action. Ok for a miserable Tuesday night.

I've just signed up to Love film and they post films to you when you choose them on the internet. Super. I've also found Trafic by jacques tati and added it to my list. It's virtually silent, with a lot of visual humour. I really enjoyed it about 30 years ago, but could never find it. I just hope it lives up to the memories.

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=Emil Miller;1013304]

Well as you know quality is my calling nature so there is no fear about me descending so low. However I think that you might be being a little harsh on the new world wines. I do not know much about wine it is true, or at least I know more about ales and ciders, but I believe that the new world wines are an emerging force and something to be considered, at least not to be so harshly dismissed. For sure the Blossom Hill is five star junk and I completely avoid wine/beer with vulgar names; one I sort of object to the vulgarity and two, it clearly rings of a cheap marketing ploy to sell junk, but the new world wines (at least not the mass market ones) are supposed to be on the up?

Wolf Blass is a big step up from the likes of Blossom Hill - maybe you should give it a try, the yellow label one anyway, costs around £7.50 a bottle? I'd like you to try it in order to test my winebuds - can I trust my winebuds, I don't know? I can trust my beerbuds I know that, but my winebuds tell me the yellow label Wolf Blass is pretty drinkable (although people naturally vary).

Also, in terms of films (seeing as this is a film thread) Manhattan might be more of your thing if you've not seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuU6XU0_Gfs

Please don't take what I say seriously unless it concerns the arts/social issues, although, even then, there is sometimes an amusing angle to them. The rest of the subjects are just a bit of fun and tend to invite frivolity. As for wine in general, I am firmly entrenched in Europe and avoid these young whippersnappers from the antipodes.

Getting back to films, I have never thought of Allen as other than a clever charlatan. Born the archetypal nerd he nevertheless turned his nerdiness in his favour by sending himself up. I've been around long enough to see through the pretence but for anybody who doesn't, I hope they enjoy his films.

[LitNetIsGreat]

[QUOTE=Neely;1013333]

Please don't take what I say seriously unless it concerns the arts/social issues, although, even then, there is sometimes an amusing angle to them. The rest of the subjects are just a bit of fun and tend to invite frivolity. As for wine in general, I am firmly entrenched in Europe and avoid these young whippersnappers from the antipodes.

Getting back to films, I have never thought of Allen as other than a clever charlatan. Born the archetypal nerd he nevertheless turned his nerdiness in his favour by sending himself up. I've been around long enough not to see through the pretence but for anybody who doesn't, I hope they enjoy his films.

I never take what anybody says seriously. You should try the Wolf Blass yellow label though.

Ah, I like Allen, I like his witty nerdy style.

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=Emil Miller;1013447]

I never take what anybody says seriously. You should try the Wolf Blass yellow label though.

Ah, I like Allen, I like his witty nerdy style.

I have just discovered that Wolf Blass is owned by Fosters:willy_nilly:
How could I bring myself to buy something from a company that sells beers such as BeezNeez and Pure Blonde naked?:biggrin5:

[LitNetIsGreat]

[QUOTE=Neely;1013463]

I have just discovered that Wolf Blass is owned by Fosters:willy_nilly:
How could I bring myself to buy something from a company that sells beers such as BeezNeez and Pure Blonde naked?:biggrin5:

Really? Oh heck. Fosters? How could you buy something from a company that sells Fosters?

[Emil Miller]

[QUOTE=Emil Miller;1013473]

Really? Oh heck. Fosters? How could you buy something from a company that sells Fosters?

The following from Wickipedia says it all:

Foster's United Kingdom web site claims that "Brits drink over 30 pints of the Amber Nectar every second". While international marketing of the beer often focuses on its Australian connections, Foster's does not enjoy widespread popularity in Australia.

[Paulclem]

I've just had Resident Evil's latest instalment drop through my letter box. Zombies, machine guns and all action. Ok for a miserable Tuesday night.


No I was wrong - it was rubbish. 1/10 I couldn't bring myself to finish it. I've seen it all before, and I wasn't impressed. It's gone back into the post and is at this moment winging its way back to LoveFilm.

Hopefully the next one will be better. It could be The Black Death with Sean Bean. Hmmmm

[Armel P]

Last night I watched "Institute Benjamenta" by The Brothers Quay.

9.5/10

Those guys never cease to amaze. I always blown away by their abilities to create such an incredible mise-en-scène, not to mention the most unusual narrative to go with it. I want to be a Quay brother. Visionaries.

[Armel P]

Last night, in theaters, I watched Vanishing on 7th Street. I had high hopes because I like Brad Anderson for The Machinist, Session 9, and Transsiberian but I was unfortunately disappointed. I don't think it was his fault though. It was a weak screenplay, in my opinion. There were some good elements, though. 6/10

Last night, on DVD, I watched The Living Dead Girl by Jean Rollin. Good stuff. I liked it. 7.5/10

[Shalot]

Just now getting around to watching Adventureland. It was better than I thought it would be, even if "Bella" is in it. I actually liked it quite a bit

[Emil Miller]

The Vicious Circle, an old black and white crime thriller made in 1957
starring John Mills and a host of acting luminaries from the period.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwOk27t8Jgk

[Armel P]

Today, I woke up, put in the Criterion DVD of Godard's "Contempt," watched it all the way through, watched it again with commentary, then watched all of the extras.

9.9/10

[Armel P]

Last night I watched Last Year at Marienbad. I would want to watch it again but my initial feeling is that it is pretty good. First of all it looks amazing but more importantly it has a very interesting narrative. I have to look for a Criterion dvd so I can see a better transfer and get a bunch of extras. If you like the avant garde you should see this.

[Armel P]

Last night it was Desistfilm, Wedlock House: An Intercourse, and Dog Star Man all by Stan Brakhage. Dog Star Man is pretty inspiring.

I almost watched The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes but I couldn't do it. It's Brakhage filming an actual autopsy. I started it but chickened out after a couple of minutes. I really should watch it though.

[Paulclem]

I watched Trafic by Jaques Tati. It's a curious film full of sight gags that you miss if you don't watch attentively. There are some funny ideas, and the humour is of a gentler genre than we tend to see nowadays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GPqy0Yw_DM

I was fascinated by it the first time I saw it - about 30 years ago, and I still like it. 8/10

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Just saw Hall Pass. Tons of idiotic, juvenile poop and dick jokes that would only appeal to one with a very immature sense of humor. Really a low, base, and cheap laughs kind of film.

I thought it was hilarious. 4/5

[Armel P]

I watched Trafic by Jaques Tati. It's a curious film full of sight gags that you miss if you don't watch attentively. There are some funny ideas, and the humour is of a gentler genre than we tend to see nowadays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GPqy0Yw_DM

I was fascinated by it the first time I saw it - about 30 years ago, and I still like it. 8/10

I love Tati's films. Have you had a chance to watch the new Chomet/Tati film The Illusionist?

[Armel P]

Last night I went to a theater to watch I Saw the Devil by Kim Jee-woon. Very entertaining thriller and very violent. I loved it. Check it out if you have the chance.

[Nick91]

Just watched Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen... please don't ask me why, I really couldn't give you a good answer... I don't understand why they let Michael Bay make movies. Making anything this bad out of so much money should be considered criminal.
But then again, lots of people actually seem to like these movies, wich leaves me a little worried for humanity's sake.

I mean, c'mon, in the movie the pyramids of Giza are located at the tip of the red sea, when they really are by the Nile... Just for the sake of som arbetrary riddle.

It all makes me so very, very sad

[Emil Miller]

Just watched Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen... please don't ask me why, I really couldn't give you a good answer... I don't understand why they let Michael Bay make movies. Making anything this bad out of so much money should be considered criminal.
But then again, lots of people actually seem to like these movies, wich leaves me a little worried for humanity's sake.

I mean, c'mon, in the movie the pyramids of Giza are located at the tip of the red sea, when they really are by the Nile... Just for the sake of som arbetrary riddle.

It all makes me so very, very sad

Once you learn to spot a catchpenny title you will not only save money but will have the satisfaction of not having contributed to the propagation of rubbish. Entertainment is like wine, the flashier the label the poorer the quality.

[Nick91]

Well I can honestly say I wouldn't have spent any money to see it, I was hanging out with a couple of friends, who aren't eaxactly picky about what they watch, to say the least. And thus they put it on, and well, it's not like I'm not gonna be with my buddies just because they have some unfortunate tastes in... Well everything really, but that's another matter.

[papayahed]

After the Thin Man - Nick and Nora are in New York and Nora's cousin asks them to for her missing husband. Nick Charles investigates as only he can. Fun movie. 8.75/10

[Armel P]

Eyes Without a Face by Georges Franju. Classic horror. Great creepiness and gore.

[Armel P]

I watched some Kenneth Anger shorts last night. I haven't seen much yet but so far I'm not a huge fan. Though the fact that some of his movies feel like they were made 30 years after they were is pretty interesting. That said, Eaux D'Artifice is pretty awesome. That kind of movie can get me to like Kenneth Anger.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Are all the movies you guys watch art films?

[Armel P]

For me, mostly art films and horror.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Just watched Sling Blade for the umpteenth time. Definitely in my top 10. Brilliant film. 10/10

[drago]

Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.
Very strange movie. French with english subtitles, but the manuscript consisted of little speaking. I loved it, though. Instead of conversation to convey emotions, it used classical music. Powerful. But not altogether life-altering.

[Emil Miller]

Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.
Very strange movie. French with english subtitles, but the manuscript consisted of little speaking. I loved it, though. Instead of conversation to convey emotions, it used classical music. Powerful. But not altogether life-altering.

Could you say who played the lead roles?

[Delta40]

A play named, The Anti-Shakespearean Cocktail Hour.

[faithosaurus]

The Lincoln Lawyer.

I must admit, this was a pretty good movie. I never read the book so I can't compare it, but it was nicely done.

Plus, Matthew Mcconaughey and Ryan Phillipe? Yes, please.

9/10.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona written and directed by Woody Allen, featuring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and scarlett Johansson.

Sexy and fun piece, quite enjoyable, nice guitars. Worth watching yes.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona written and directed by Woody Allen, featuring Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz and scarlett Johansson.

Sexy and fun piece, quite enjoyable, nice guitars. Worth watching yes.

Any boobies?

[Armel P]

The Exterminating Angel by Luis Bunuel. Fantastic.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Any boobies?

:D No, no afraid not, two girls kiss though if that's any consolation?

I'm loving the Woody Allen stuff (just ordered another two and have four or five on the side I haven't seen yet). Thinking about watching another tonight, don't know yet though - I've fallen in love with a pick economics text book?!? I take it in the bath and everything. It's interesting though.

[Mutatis-Mutandis]

:D No, no afraid not, two girls kiss though if that's any consolation?
...Hmmm. Some. :lol:

[Paulclem]

I love Tati's films. Have you had a chance to watch the new Chomet/Tati film The Illusionist?

Hi. I missed your post. No I haven't. I'll keep a look out for it.

[Paulclem]

Recently watched Black Death - complete rubbish. It had no historical reference except to mention the battle of Crecy, witch hunting was going on before the actual time, and the story was naff. 1/10.

I'm good at picking films I am...

[LitNetIsGreat]

Currently watching Interiors, Woody Allen. I'm not impressed with this one so far, too gloomy and morbid. I'm going to put the computer down and watch it fully, give it a full chance, I can't do two things at once.

[Shalot]

Hot Tub Time Machine

You can't always judge a movie by it's title.

You'd think that a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" would be terrible beyond imagination. The previews did nothing to help matters and seemed to confirm that the movie would be as bad the title suggests. Needless to say, I had no desire to watch this movie. I saw that John Cusak had a role in it, and I have always liked John Cusak, but I still didn't want to watch it. The mere thought of watching a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" was repugnant to me. But I did end up watching it and that was just because my husband had acquired the movie. It was playing and I was walking through the den and then somehow I was watching it - I was sitting in a recliner and actually watching a movie called Hot Tub Time Machine. And I was liking it. Yes, there are some stupid parts, and it's definitely not something you'd want to be watching while the kiddies are around, but it has its moments.

Maybe I just liked it because I am fascinated with the idea of fate and time travel. Or maybe I just like absurd comedies. Or maybe I liked it because this movie is the first time travel comedy I've ever seen. In any case, I liked the movie and after watching it, I could almost forgive the title

[papayahed]

Do you know how many times I've picked up that movie and put it back down? I pick it up because of Cusak and put it down because of the title.:p




Hot Tub Time Machine

You can't always judge a movie by it's title.

You'd think that a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" would be terrible beyond imagination. The previews did nothing to help matters and seemed to confirm that the movie would be as bad the title suggests. Needless to say, I had no desire to watch this movie. I saw that John Cusak had a role in it, and I have always liked John Cusak, but I still didn't want to watch it. The mere thought of watching a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" was repugnant to me. But I did end up watching it and that was just because my husband had acquired the movie. It was playing and I was walking through the den and then somehow I was watching it - I was sitting in a recliner and actually watching a movie called Hot Tub Time Machine. And I was liking it. Yes, there are some stupid parts, and it's definitely not something you'd want to be watching while the kiddies are around, but it has its moments.

Maybe I just liked it because I am fascinated with the idea of fate and time travel. Or maybe I just like absurd comedies. Or maybe I liked it because this movie is the first time travel comedy I've ever seen. In any case, I liked the movie and after watching it, I could almost forgive the title

[Haruko]

Driving in Cars with Kids .

I saw it last night m but not from its beginning.
Mmmm, I don't know what to say about it. I liked its end .

I give it

4/10 ... ^^"

[Armel P]

Last night I watched Piano Tuner of Earthquakes by the Brothers Quay for the second time. I f'n' love the Brothers Quay.

[Armel P]

I watched the French film The Exterminating Angels on Saturday. The enjoyment I got from it was only because it was very erotic but it was not a very good movie at all. However it had a metafictional element that I appreciate. I'd give it a 5.

I also watched Death Wish with Charles Bronson again recently. Awesome.

[Armel P]

Oh yeah, I'm ashamed to say I saw Battle: LA yesterday. 4.

[Armel P]

Last night I watched the British horror film Mum & Dad. Pretty decent. Bored me at times but over all it was a good watch. It had some pretty nice disgusting scenes.

[Armel P]

Last night I saw Paul with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. I was waiting to see it on a bad day. I knew it would make me feel better so I thought I should see it when I needed it. Yesterday was that day. I wasn't very upset but upset enough.* And I was right that it would make me feel better. Those two are so fun to watch there is almost nothing better. I liked the stuff directed by Edgar Wright more but this was still great because of Pegg and Frost.

* It didn't help that on the subway home I ended up sitting next to this f'n' guy who kept singing along to some sh!tty R&B like he was trying to be discovered by a producer on public transportation. I was glad to get off that and get to my bus... until I discovered that I ended up standing next to the very same bastard for most of that crowded bus trip.

[OrphanPip]

Battle LA was pretty awful, it has littler redeemable value.

Last movie I saw was Hobo With a Shotgun, a splatter film, pretty funny in the cheesy way those films are, some surprisingly clever moments. Over the top violence. I'll give it a 7/10.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHEAOrAdCU

Warning: trailer contains graphic violence.

[Mary...]

The Ladies Man

It was pretty funny if you don't mind rude crude and socially unacceptable.

I really don't know how to rate this movie on a normal movie scale.

But on the "Stupid Movie Scale" I would give it a 7.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Last night I watched Mighty Aphrodite, great stuff, really funny.

[Janine]

After the Thin Man - Nick and Nora are in New York and Nora's cousin asks them to for her missing husband. Nick Charles investigates as only he can. Fun movie. 8.75/10

papaya, I love the Thin Man movies! I didn't think anyone else had discovered them. I must see this one. Thanks for you description. I will have to find it. I would really love to buy the boxed set. They are such fun!

[Armel P]

Are you able to enjoy The Thin Man in movie form after reading the book? I haven't seen the movie but after reading The Maltese Falcon, watching the movie was a letdown.

[Armel P]

I watched The Social Network last night. 6. It wasn't bad but Sorkin's dialogue style irritates me. And the movie started getting boring after a while. With a half hour left I just stopped caring altogether.

[Armel P]

Amarcord by Fellini. Fantastic and hilarious. 9.7

[chipper]

Sucker Punch. it was a visual feast. don't expect much on the story. zach snyder did it to display his CG prowess, to establish he is the king.

but it is worth watching if only for the CG.

[Armel P]

The Clown Murders, 1976. 4.5

I really wanted to like it. Horror, clowns and John Candy. It sounds perfect! It wasn't. Some of it I really did like but it was more boring and awkward than it was cool.

[sprinks]

The Lincoln Lawyer - given I had heard nothing about it until the night before I saw it, I wasn't too sure what to expect :p. But I was pleasantly surprised and really enjoyed it. 7.5/10

[Themis]

The Fall , 9/10

I loved both leads, but I could have done without the violence. Apart from that though the film was marvelous. And even though, I'm pretty taciturn right now, I've fallen in love with it and will absolutely watch it again (and again and again etc).

[Helga]

Iron Man the cartoon. It was better than the movie

[faithosaurus]

Just watched Black Swan. Holy crap, it was freaking amazing (thought extremely messed up).

10/10

[YesNo]

The Lincoln Lawyer 10/10

The Tourist 10/10
I was amazed by Angelina Jolie's posture and slow, deliberate motions. I also liked the way the bad guys got taken out at the end.

[VincentsCathy]

In the movie theater - Battle: Los Angeles - more like Battle: To Stay Awake! Yikes.

Rented on Pay-Per-View - Black Swan. Awesome!!!

[Armel P]

Burnt Offerings
1976
with Oliver Reed, Karen Black, BUrgess Meredith

7.5. Very enjoyable and creepy. Hint of The Shining before The Shining. Oliver Reed is cool. The Brood introduced me to him and I thought he was great in it.

[Armel P]

The Unholy Three
1925
with Lon Chaney

8

I'm curious to see the 1930 version now.

[Buh4Bee]

The Kings Speech

10/10

[Armel P]

Bullet Ballet by Shinya Tsukamoto

9

This guy's metal and bullet fetishes get me so fired up.

[Paulclem]

In Tranzit - set in a transit camp in Russia after WW2. Crap - 4/10. Too unbelievable though it claims to be based upon a real story. it looks like it was filmed in a yard at the back of a factory.

I'm rubbish at choosing films I am.

[LitNetIsGreat]

In Tranzit - set in a transit camp in Russia after WW2. Crap - 4/10. Too unbelievable though it claims to be based upon a real story. it looks like it was filmed in a yard at the back of a factory.

I'm rubbish at choosing films I am.

Stick with the Woody Allen's I'm having a great time.

The last one I watched was Manhattan Murder Mystery - a great load of fun, even Mrs Neely enjoyed it. It ticked all the usual Woody Allen elements too, New York - tick - Neurotic characters - tick - affairs - tick - wine and coffee - tick - analysts - tick - writer/film maker characters - tick, tick, tick, great stuff...

[Paulclem]

Stick with the Woody Allen's I'm having a great time.

The last one I watched was Manhattan Murder Mystery - a great load of fun, even Mrs Neely enjoyed it. It ticked all the usual Woody Allen elements too, New York - tick - Neurotic characters - tick - affairs - tick - wine and coffee - tick - analysts - tick - writer/film maker characters - tick, tick, tick, great stuff...

The trouble is I've seen them, and I re-watch films even less than I re-read books.

I have got some good films lined up on Lovefilm.com though.

[Armel P]

I have got some good films lined up on Lovefilm.com though.

What films do you have lined up?

[LitNetIsGreat]

The trouble is I've seen them, and I re-watch films even less than I re-read books.

What all 55+ of them?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen_filmography

[Paulclem]

What all 55+ of them?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Allen_filmography

Ah no. I didn't know he'd done so many. I'll take a look then. I did enjoy Zelig - especially when he's tussling with the Pope.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Ah no. I didn't know he'd done so many. I'll take a look then. I did enjoy Zelig - especially when he's tussling with the Pope.

Ah excellent, I've not seen Zelig yet, I've just been looking at them, I'll get that one too. I must be on about 25+ of them though over the last month or so. Match Point is a very good recent one of his (and dirt cheap, under £2 on Amazon). Recently he actually said that Match Point was his best film. I like the neurotic New York ones myself but it is a good one. It might stilll be on the BBC i-player too.

Some other good ones I have seen recently are: Mighty Aphrodite, Play it Again Sam, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Vicky Barcelona (newer).

[Paulclem]

Ah excellent, I've not seen Zelig yet, I've just been looking at them, I'll get that one too. I must be on about 25+ of them though over the last month or so. Match Point is a very good recent one of his (and dirt cheap, under £2 on Amazon). Recently he actually said that Match Point was his best film. I like the neurotic New York ones myself but it is a good one. It might stilll be on the BBC i-player too.

Some other good ones I have seen recently are: Mighty Aphrodite, Play it Again Sam, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Vicky Barcelona (newer).

Cheers mate. I signed up to this Lovefilm.com and so i can order any film they have on their lists - which is pretty extensive. I'll definately have a look.

[Oberon]

Last movie I saw would have been Sucker Punch. I thought it was ok, if you're into the idea of scantily clad women performing acts of gratuitous violence in slow motion. Strange plot, horrible ending. But the effects were beautiful, and I liked the idea of this sort of escapist fantasy world. Throw in some steampunk and you have me entertained. Overall, a seven or eight out of 10.

[qimissung]

"Hanna" 10/10

"The Way Back" 7/10

[LitNetIsGreat]

I'm just watching Casablanca again, it really is a good old thing. After a few drinks I'll probably going to stick another Woody Allen on. Not sure which one yet.

[Emil Miller]

I'm just watching Casablanca again, it really is a good old thing. After a few drinks I'll probably going to stick another Woody Allen on. Not sure which one yet.

Watching Woody Allen after Casablanca is like drinking Coca cola after vintage Bordeaux.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Watching Woody Allen after Casablanca is like drinking Coca cola after vintage Bordeaux.

No, no, you're too harsh on the fellow. Probably like drinking Fursty Ferret after Chimay though...

[Emil Miller]

No, no, you're too harsh on the fellow. Probably like drinking Fursty Ferret after Chimay though...

I've just seen this and, following my recent encounter, I would say it's more like drinking Blandford Fly after almost anything with the possible exception of strychnine.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Here, this is the one I'm watching Melinda and Melinda, it's not bad, but it's going to be near this best I think - a few good moments though already.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IPioPX760

Not like Blandford Fly at all...

Edit: actually, this is pretty damn poor. Avoid.

[LitNetIsGreat]

The Hour of the Wolf - somewhat disturbing and interesting, but very odd. Need to return to it again I think.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Well, I am watching Whatever Works which is Woody Allen's latest film, or the one just before it, I'm not sure. It is very good, especially at the beginning, i've not finished it yet, but I would say it is right up there in his top 5, of the one's I have seen anyway, which is most of them now. I doubt that he can get ever passed Annie Hall or Manhattan though; essential viewing.

[qimissung]

Jane Eyre 10/10 This latest version of Jane Eyre is sublime. The actors playing the leads are marvelous, and the director did a superb job of leaving in the most important elements of the book. the longest scenes are those of between Jane and Rochester and they are thrilling. I fell in love with him along with Jane, and felt for her as she asserted her values, then decided that love was paramount.

What is it about the moors that breeds such passion? Anyway, I thought it was fantastic.

[Brock]

Point Break

God, I love cheesy action films. Well, not all of them, but ones like these. Keanu Reeves is so bad, but so enjoyable to watch. Awesome. And the use of the Nixon masks: iconic.

9/10

[Scheherazade]

Zodiac - 8/10

Watched it some what unwillingly but got hooked on within minutes. Had no idea it was based on a true story either. Downey JR was awesome as always!

[LitNetIsGreat]

I'm currently* watching Le vita e bella, not sure what to make of it at the moment, feels a bit like an Italian Carry on/Last of the Summer Wine in places, strange. We'll see. I'm only going to watch half of it though as I'm off to bed in a bit.

* I've not got the hang of the past tense rate thing yet.

[Calidore]

Just finished the Spanish horror movie "The Orphanage" -- excellent. Watching "The Mist" now, which was one of my favorite Stephen King stories.

[L€lä RËmØ MÅðçÂ]

Watched "Rio"
7/10

[qimissung]

I love "Point Break;" "Zodiac" was really good, too, although I was a bit miffed at the ending.

"Macbeth," as directed by Rupert Goold, starring Patrick Stewart. Strong, moving, brilliantly imaginative. 10/10

"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLBfH3o1TU

[LitNetIsGreat]

I'm on my third viewing of Hannah and Her Sisters this week. I'm really addicted to Woody Allen and thinking of either joining an appreciation society, getting therapy or buying new underwear (see the other thread...). Love this scene. Go watch!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76-Ub...eature=related

20 million out of 10. :conehead:

[Hurricane]

Bridesmaids. Fifty out of ten. Funniest movie I've seen in a long time.

[Calidore]

Just saw the Stephen King adaptation The Mist. One of my favorite of his stories, but the movie, while faithful to the text, never really pulled me in. 7.5/10.

[deguonis]

"Pirates of The Caribbean 4", I've been to the premiere last Thursday.

RATING: 3 stars.

[KatnissEverdeen]

Fast Five, 5 stars. and Source Code 5 stars!

[LitNetIsGreat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76-UbwX1i4A

Whoops. This is the one I meant.

[Buh4Bee]

Hannah and Her Sisters is one of my favorite movies. I love the sister that is trying to stay clean after she kicks her coke habit. She is so sincere and so insecure that you actually want to believe her as perfect Hannah always does. Woody Allen's neurosis always warms my heart. Despite his "attachment" to his adopted daughter- which is utterly disgusting- he is a brilliant writer of movies. He captures the personalities of NYC more accurately than most without turning characters into caricatures. The self-adsorbed artistic personality that can hemorrhage from the skyline is so obvious that it is recognized all over the world. Who are these nutty people?

[papayahed]

Bridesmaids. Fifty out of ten. Funniest movie I've seen in a long time.

I know right?

I could have done without the bear sandwich but still a damn funny movie.

[Shalot]

Bridesmaids. Fifty out of ten. Funniest movie I've seen in a long time.

YES!! I saw it this weekend. We were late and had to sit in the front and those seats kind of sucked. But, it was funny despite the bad seats. Melissa McCarthy was hilarious.

[Mariner]

Just saw the Stephen King adaptation The Mist. One of my favorite of his stories, but the movie, while faithful to the text, never really pulled me in. 7.5/10.

That movie destroyed my happiness. That ending was brutal!

Last movie I saw?......to busy reading to remember.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Take the Money and Run. Early Woody Allen.

All round solid stuff, worth watching.

[tonywalt]

A Single Man starring Colin Firth (directed by Tom Ford)

Very Good movie. Indie film, so if you're looking for car chases..

Also, just saw Annie Hall again. Classic, best Woody Allen.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Hannah and Her Sisters is one of my favorite movies. I love the sister that is trying to stay clean after she kicks her coke habit. She is so sincere and so insecure that you actually want to believe her as perfect Hannah always does. Woody Allen's neurosis always warms my heart. Despite his "attachment" to his adopted daughter- which is utterly disgusting- he is a brilliant writer of movies. He captures the personalities of NYC more accurately than most without turning characters into caricatures. The self-adsorbed artistic personality that can hemorrhage from the skyline is so obvious that it is recognized all over the world. Who are these nutty people?

Yes it's a great film, I've watched it quite religiously over the last week and a half and I still feel that there are several viewings left because there is so much in there. Similar to Husbands and Wives and Crimes and Misdemeanours (which I've just watched again and got a lot more from it the second time). I love the flow of music in Woody's films and Hannah is particularly good - full of the usual moving jazz sounds and the recurrence of Bach doesn't harm matters either. Great film.

I don't dwell on any of his personal matters; it doesn't interfere with what I get from his work.


A Single Man starring Colin Firth (directed by Tom Ford)

Very Good movie. Indie film, so if you're looking for car chases..

Also, just saw Annie Hall again. Classic, best Woody Allen.

Top class. Only just behind Manhattan for me - a film I have banned myself from watching again for another couple of weeks or so because it is becoming an unhealthy obsession, although I'm watching some Woody Allen everyday anyway.

I'm currently reading one of his biographies by John Baxter which came today, recommended.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Well I've just finished watching the films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources, which is really two parts of the same story by Marcel Pagnol, and I just can't recommend them enough. Truly moving. Go buy right now, that's an order!!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Florette-Manon-Sources-Double/dp/B000BRB9ZM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307400897&sr=8-1

You will thank me if you haven't seen it and agree with me if you have...brilliant!

[Helga]

been watching a lot of movies lately but to name a few

X-Men first class it was great the best x-men I have seen I think. One or two things that bothered me but in general great Magneto was the best character in it!

Jane Eyre, I saw the 2011 movie and it was good but felt like a lot was missing and I am not sure about the girl who played Eyre...

Match Point is in my opinion one of the best (recent) Woody Allen films loved it !!

Cassandra's Dream, another Allen it was really good and I loved seeing Colin Farrell as the nervous guy

[qimissung]

I loved Jane Eyre, Helga. It probably seemed like a lot was missing because a lot was missing, lol. Jane Eyre is a pretty long book. Of necessity they telescope a lot of the action, it seems to me.

Hollywood Homicide. 7/10 I've never seen it before and I always thought it looked silly, but it was surprisingly funny and endearing.

I Am Number Four. 7/10 Pretty good teen flick.

Tree of Life. 10/10 Terence Malik. I bow down before him.

[farnoosh]

Ramona and Beezuz.6/10.Gotta love Ramona!:D

[PoeticPassions]

Old movie, but just watched it-- The Wings of the Dove 8/10. (Based on the Henry James novel)

It was striking... and I do love Helena Bonham Carter. But I haven't read the book.. not that I think one should compare film to literature. They're different mediums after all, and each with its advantages and strengths.

[Veho]

Captain America: The First Avenger - 8/10. Decent superhero movie with a perfect ending.

[qimissung]

King Arthur. 7/10 It's a good action movie, although the idea that Arthur was a Roman officer is a little hard to swallow.

[LitNetIsGreat]

Scoop, Woody Allen. Very good and very funny. Recommended!!!

[Stanislaw]

The Human Centipede - 6/10 If it wasn't for Dieter Laser the movie would've have been pretty lame, but he really made it a 'fun' movie. (as fun as that kind of movie can get!)

[LitNetIsGreat]

Match Point is in my opinion one of the best (recent) Woody Allen films loved it !!

Cassandra's Dream, another Allen it was really good and I loved seeing Colin Farrell as the nervous guy

Yes Match Point is an excellent film. I wasn't as fussed about Cassandra's Dream though. Scoop is another of Woody's London films though is much less serious than both of those, good light fun.

[Varenne Rodin]

Tree of Life. Quite possibly the best film since 2001: A Space Odyssey. You must see this film and be forever changed. 10/10

[Calidore]

Tree of Life. Quite possibly the best film since 2001: A Space Odyssey. You must see this film and be forever changed. 10/10

Tree of Life does look interesting, but 2001 bored me silly, and I finally gave up on it two hours in. Is it possible to say what Tree does well without spoilers?

[LitNetIsGreat]

Tree of Life does look interesting, but 2001 bored me silly, and I finally gave up on it two hours in. Is it possible to say what Tree does well without spoilers?

Here's the trailer from the invaluable IMDB.

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi612735001/