What is the last movie you saw? and rate it. [Archive] - Page 4

Xamonas Chegwe

02-05-2006, 05:16 PM

As I said I would above, I went to see Caché today. I agree with most of what atiguhya padma said about it. It is quite slow paced, but with a couple of genuinely shocking scenes. You are still not really sure what was going on at the end, but are left with a lot of ideas, theories and questions. The dialogues are very real and well written; the characterisation thorough; the camera work uncluttered.

I think I am going to need to see this film again. The DVD is on my shopping list.

adilyoussef

02-05-2006, 05:42 PM

The Transporter II. Even my magination could not conceive it. 5/10 to be nice.

Pensive

02-07-2006, 07:05 AM

The Sound Of Music - It is one of the best movies that I have ever seen. It was really nice. I enjoyed it a lot.

I will give it 11/10 :p

papayahed

02-07-2006, 02:05 PM

Titus - It was pretty good, very surreal. The only part I had a problem with was that the guy who played Saturnine was the same guy or a very good look alike to the guy that played the MC in Cabaret, and every time I saw him I was expecting him to break into song. But that might have been the intention...

8/10

Xamonas Chegwe

02-07-2006, 08:07 PM

He was the same actor (Alan Cumming). But I don't think that was the idea - not in the film I saw anyway. ;)

papayahed

02-08-2006, 10:56 AM

hmmm, he had that "cabaretesque" feel if you ask me - that huge chair, the orgies.....

Riesa

02-08-2006, 11:09 AM

Hazel-Ra

02-08-2006, 11:36 AM

The Chronicles of Narnia.
I loved the White Witch; though I kept thinking of the Borg Queen from Star Trek.
I think they did a wonderful job of one of my favorite childhood books. However, Aslan was a little bit too much of a pussycat.

9.5/10

Wow, Riesa, 9.5/10 is a pretty high score.

I am infuriated by this film because rather than correct the general public in thinking that The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is the first book, they enforced it! Why on earth didn't they do The Magician's Nephew first? It's a good book!

I didn't like the film. I think this is because my imagination was in overdrive while I read these books, and although they did, in fairness, do well, it's just too different from the way I saw things in my head. I read them fairly recently. I think I'll give myself a few years to forget the books; then I can give the film an honest go.

Nisha

02-08-2006, 11:45 AM

I didn't like the film. I think this is because my imagination was in overdrive while I read these books, and although they did, in fairness, do well, it's just too different from the way I saw things in my head. I read them fairly recently. I think I'll give myself a few years to forget the books; then I can give the film an honest go.

That happens a lot huh..Lik in Lord of the ring,Harry potter...& now Chroncles of Narnia.<sigh>
Actualli I didnt get to read the book but Im definitely plannin on readin it.starting with The magicians nephew. :nod:

the last movies I watched was Wicker Park.I thnk it was ok..I mean I alwaz get emotional watching movies lik tht but there were many othre movies tht affected me more :p Maybe a 5...

I love the way the what if's are portraued though.it really makes you wonder how much you are missing out by makin simpl decisions.Each decision is a life changer..Each second has a significance.....

Pensive

02-08-2006, 12:04 PM

Wow, Riesa, 9.5/10 is a pretty high score.

Yep, I agree it is a high score but not higher than 11/10 which I gave to The Sound Of Music. :p

Riesa

02-08-2006, 12:06 PM

Wow, Riesa, 9.5/10 is a pretty high score.

I am infuriated by this film because rather than correct the general public in thinking that The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is the first book, they enforced it! Why on earth didn't they do The Magician's Nephew first? It's a good book!

I didn't like the film. I think this is because my imagination was in overdrive while I read these books, and although they did, in fairness, do well, it's just too different from the way I saw things in my head. I read them fairly recently. I think I'll give myself a few years to forget the books; then I can give the film an honest go.

Hey Hazel, In the states, or at least ever since I've read the series, many, many,many, long years ago, The Lion, W&the W, was always the first book, here they have only recently changed it to The Magician's Nephew. When I used to loan out my series, I'd always give them The M. N. first. I think that the L.W.W. is more action packed, draw in a larger audience from the get-go.
I read LWW seven years ago, and I just recently re-read the Horse and His Boy.
I felt that way about H.P. when the movie came out the book was still too fresh for me to really enjoy it.
Now, I like it better.
P.S. Have you ever listened to album 'the best of Lou Reed'?

Hazel-Ra

02-08-2006, 12:35 PM

I loved the Magician's Nephew. I can't imagine there being different beginning to the series. It explains how narnia was made, and introduces the series so well.

I haven't listened to his best of, no. I didn't know he had one! I actually prefer listening to studio albums rather than best of's. I find when I get into artist's studio albums I never listen to the best of again, and it seems like a waste of money.

Riesa

02-08-2006, 12:49 PM

I haven't listened to his best of, no. I didn't know he had one! I actually prefer listening to studio albums rather than best of's. I find when I get into artist's studio albums I never listen to the best of again, and it seems like a waste of money.
I actually meant 'the best of Leonard Cohen', Lou Reed is on the brain today.
It's so perfect, though I know what you mean about other 'best of' compilations.
Sorry this is off topic, everyone.

deb43434

02-08-2006, 12:54 PM

Has anyone seen "The Station Agent"? Sorry to break into your thoughts about "Narnia". I watched "The Station Agent" yesterday. It is a very unassuming film. I guess about friendship. One of the stars is Peter Dinklage. I felt it was very moving.

emily655321

02-08-2006, 01:16 PM

deb, I saw it a couple of years ago, and I remember liking it a lot. I should rent it again. Thanks for reminding me. :)

atiguhya padma

02-08-2006, 02:04 PM

Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog.

Anyone who knows Herzog's work (esp Fitzcarraldo or Aguirre), will know that he is an obsessive who is fascinated by the stories and lives of other obsessives. Grizzly Man is no different. Annually, Timothy Treadwell abandon's the real world for his specially crafted dream world of bears. Maybe he wants to be a bear himself. The film shows the evolution of his obsession, at times dropping into paranoia. All the way through, Treadwell gives the appearance of someone on the edge, at times falling on the wrong side. I would have to describe this documentary film as a tragicomedy. Treadwell relates the tragic deaths of animals in such an infantile and ridiculous way that the audience finds it hard not to laugh. His rantings against the National Park Authorities likewise cause an eruption of laughter and all in all, one is left feeling a kind of sadness or sorrow for his life of delusion, that so cruelly led to the death of his girlfriend (who was always afraid of bears) and Timothy himself. Having said that, some of his camera shots are unwittingly beautiful.

I would say it gets 7/10 for me. Herzog is a remarkable director who often brings out such remarkably acute realism in his work, that it appears to be quite surreal. Life, according to Herzog, is chaos appearing as order. Our attempts to domesticate chaos and cultivate order often result in further anarchy. Herzog's the man to show us that. Anyone who has ever desired to get back to Nature ought to watch this film.

emily655321

02-08-2006, 02:27 PM

Klaus Kinski, grizzly bear maulings... what next, fun with nuclear explosives? Looking forward to it. :thumbs_up :p

Logos

02-08-2006, 02:31 PM

I just saw Grizzly Man myself on television about a week ago. I must say at the end my impressions of Treadwell were that he ranged from being semi-hysteric to infantile in his passions for bears, but I admired him for his conviction to live his life doing exactly what he wanted to do. (Though he was somewhat of a chameleon and led a pretty varied life before he became a lover of wildlife)

The scene where he was admonishing the fox who had grabbed his hat and took off for the fox den was very silly and I was beginning to think the man insanely anthropomorphising one too many times :p

His profane outbursts at the National Parks people didn't help his cause, but he had legitimate reasons to be angry about poaching and the abuses of "power" in the system of supposed "protection" of the animals.

I am not against the systemic hunting of grizzly bears on Kodiak Island (or anywhere else) to control their numbers, but there is a lot of evidence pointing to certain higher ups and hunting guides (for example) that turn blind eyes to people who are merely poaching the animals for their gall bladders, paws, tongues etc. perpetuating the illegal industry of certain animal parts.

Treadwell did not live in vain, his exemplary video footage and still images of the bears are at least educational for understanding the animals and artistic in their own merit.

Xamonas Chegwe

02-08-2006, 04:28 PM

I loved the Magician's Nephew. I can't imagine there being different beginning to the series. It explains how narnia was made, and introduces the series so well.

Publishing dates for the Narnia books: -

The Chronicles of Narnia
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
Prince Caspian (1951)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
The Silver Chair (1953)
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
The Magician's Nephew (1955)
The Last Battle (1956)

This is the original order in which the books appear. The stories are however in a different internal chronological order. The events in "The Magician's Nephew" happening first, etc.

So everybody's right (and wrong). So feel free to feel smug or slighted as you wish.

EAP

02-09-2006, 06:21 AM

Serenity by Joss Whedon

Serenity is easily the best sci-fi movie I have ever seen. After viewing it, the only thing that comes to mind is MOREEEEEEEEEEEE!

Rating: 10/10

beer good

02-09-2006, 06:41 AM

Serenity by Joss Whedon

Serenity is easily the best sci-fi movie I have ever seen. After viewing it, the only thing that comes to mind is MOREEEEEEEEEEEE!

Rating: 10/10
Ditto.

"Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES, don'tchathink?"

Darlin

02-09-2006, 05:14 PM

:D Serenity rocked! There's a petition out asking HBO or Showtime to add it as a series with new episodes. If anyone's interested you can find it here: http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/revivefirefly

Ditto.

"Boy, it sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES, don'tchathink?"

Ok, last movie I saw was Something New. It's a romance. I don't usually see many of those but this was very real and funny and sweet. It's about an interracial couple, a Black professional who gets involved with a White landscaper despite her efforts not too.

It had a mixed audience, men, women, older folks, teenagers, and all colors. It seemed as if everyone enjoyed it immensely. The leads were wonderful. Overall, great acting, good story, again very realistic and well worth seeing. I give this 4 out of 5. :thumbs_up

Hazel-Ra

02-10-2006, 01:30 PM

Publishing dates for the Narnia books: -

This is the original order in which the books appear. The stories are however in a different internal chronological order. The events in "The Magician's Nephew" happening first, etc.

So everybody's right (and wrong). So feel free to feel smug or slighted as you wish.

Well now, I did not know that... how interesting. I didn't even think to look! I guess you're right... everyone is both right and wrong, lol

Themis

02-12-2006, 06:46 AM

“The merchant of Venice“ was the last movie I saw and I liked it a lot - the only thing I didn't like was that it was advertised to be a "romantic comedy". No comedy whatsoever. Though I may be overhasty to say that because there was one scene that made me smile a little - the "flight" of Jessica.
Back to the film - it was a great performance of the play. I'd rate it 10/10.

beer good

02-12-2006, 07:06 AM

Saw Brokeback Mountain yesterday. Beautiful, though depressing, movie. Even if it does occasionally get a little too close to a Marlboro ad, it's Ang Lee back to the form he had in The Ice Storm - the outsider's view of America through some of its most obvious icons (the cowboys, the wilderness, the religion) and centered around a few people. (And of course, making text of the subtext in most cowboy movies.) Beautiful acting - I thought Michelle Williams was just another Dawson's Creek hangaround, but IMO she really should get that Oscar. As should Heath Ledger and the guy who wrote the script; to take a book and turn it into a movie where most of the plot is carried by images and facial expressions, never gets talky, never analyzes itself... Not perfect, but haunting. 4+ out of 5.

aquamarineNYC

02-12-2006, 03:08 PM

Have to agree with you on that one. I loved the first movie, and was eagerly awaiting for the last one to wrap it all up. And then ...nothing. The third movie just shows that there was nothing underneath the oh-so-elegant surface.

"There is no substance."

Yes, I agree with those disappointed in Big Fish. I'm also a long time fan of Tim Burton's who felt let down by Sleepy Hollow, although I quite liked Planet of the Apes, lol. I think Big Fish was about a son who seeks to know and be known by his abandoning, narcissist father.

The father, presumably attempting to be the "Big Fish" in a small pond, spins wacky tales of self-aggrandisement, which aren't remotely credible. The movie's point, it seems to me, is that the son is shown to be the stupid, crazy one in failing to take his father off the enormous pedestal. That 'moral' left me feeling disturbed.

aquamarineNYC

02-12-2006, 04:50 PM

Serenity by Joss Whedon

Serenity is easily the best sci-fi movie I have ever seen. After viewing it, the only thing that comes to mind is MOREEEEEEEEEEEE!

Rating: 10/10

Wow, didn't know about Serenity, thanks for piquing my curiosity, am going to get the dvd and check it out.

aquamarineNYC

02-12-2006, 05:02 PM

Last night I saw The Constant Gardener and thought it was excellent. Learned a lot about corporate malice in East Africa with the pharmaceutical companies taking advantage of unsuspecting villagers, using them as unwitting guinea pigs, ugh. The relationship between the impassioned revolutionary wife and the phlegmatic Brit diplomat evolves into a political, social, emotional intrigue that is substantially interesting. The cinematography was a bit annoying for me, seemed to be filtered through a rust colored lens, perhaps mirroring the iron oxide red earth of sub-Saharan Aftrica? But that also gave the movie a strange documentary feel to it, like the eerie, somewhat garish color of the Cops reality series. Worth seeing and memorable.

The last movie I saw in the cinema was Good Night and Good Luck I didn't expect that a film about such dark subject matter could end up being so uplifting. In exposing the pathological bullying of the malignant Senator McCarthy, Edward R. Murrow's quiet heroism was shown to be brilliant and politically astute.

ElizabethSewall

02-12-2006, 05:03 PM

Last movie I saw at the theater: The New World. (6/10)
At home: Stage Beauty. (10/10)
I love Stage Beauty!! I'm found of Claire Danes...
Already loved her in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and in Little Women.

Wirhe

02-13-2006, 11:09 AM

Haven't been in a theater for some 10 years, so can't say about that side anything. The last vid I saw at home, though, was the latest Harry Potter movie. It was much like those horrible LOTR movies: no plot, a lot of money spend on special effects, and less than interesting characters. That's what you get when you try to stuff 30+ hours of good reading into 2 hours of poor watching. Then they wonder why the revenues are dropping...

In the series side, Deadwood, at least, seemed to be rather good after seeing the first episode. Gotta download the rest of them. :)

papayahed

02-13-2006, 11:41 AM

Mrs Henderson Presents - pretty good move, I really like that Judy Dench, but that whole part about boys going to war and not seeing a real womans body seemed slightly weird.

9/10.

aquamarineNYC

02-13-2006, 01:14 PM

In thinking about Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog, I agreed with Logos' ambivalence about Treadwell and atiguhya padma's point about Herzog's obsession with obsessed people. Sadly, Treadwell reminded me of the dufus model Owen Wilson (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005562/) played (brilliantly) in Zoolander. However, in spite of Treadwell's inability to cope as an adult in the world I believe he really did "protect" those bears he pitifully anthropomorphized, as it turned out after his death six bears a month were shot by poachers. After seeing Herzog's My Best Fiend (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200849/) about the raging Histrionic Personality Disordered (http://www.healthopedia.com/histrionic-personality-disorder/symptoms.html) Klaus Kinski and now Grizzly Man, it left me feeling somewhat sickened, that Herzog has a sort of cinematic necrophilia. Ultimately, it seems like Herzog feels enthralled by sick people, so fascinated by them he's drawn into their vortex and can't break free.

odin2

02-13-2006, 04:52 PM

Donnie Darko: 10/10
A really great movie, one of the best I have seen in a long time...

aquamarineNYC

02-18-2006, 04:48 PM

Donnie Darko: 10/10
A really great movie, one of the best I have seen in a long time...

Yeah, I liked Donny Darko, it was weird!
Just saw the 2005 King Kong, wow. I NEVER scream in the movies but the prehistoric centipedes crawling on her face and those awful giant leech creatures coming out of the murk were astoundingly horrible, I found myself actually screeching and enjoying it! LOL! Amazing visuals, like Jurassic Park squared meets Chiller Theater (http://www.dvddrive-in.com/Chiller/chiller.htm). So it was incredibly long, I still liked it.

Same night I saw Syriana, a horror thriller of another ilk. Filmed like City of God, Traffic and a Constant Gardener, lots of slice and dice layers that were irritatingly confusing but in a way I think a mosaic image of the oil corruption thing is the cinematic way to go with such a complex subject. I felt overly politically correct coming out Syriana and needed to get some balance seeing King Kong, lol.

adilyoussef

02-19-2006, 09:50 AM

Big Mama House 2, funny as usual.

steve12553

02-19-2006, 01:18 PM

"In Space No One Can Here You Scream."

Just watched "Alien" for the first time in a long time. Very scary movie. Lots of suspense, very scary monster. Didn't see the alien very much until near the end. The acting was pretty good and believable.The special effect were great for 1979 (computers were not like we'd expect today otherwise everything was believable.)

emily655321

02-19-2006, 10:22 PM

Matchpoint, by Woody Allen.

Oh, let's see... What shall I give it? Let's say...
5/10

Horrible. Hilariously, painfully, teeth-grindingly horrible. The incessantly expositive dialogue, the directionless acting... the fact that in one of the painfully stilted and awkwardly-written love sequences, the leading man actually rips the woman's shirt, presumably because that's what Woody Allen thinks people do when they're in the height of passion. In any event... I had a good laugh, but I want my money back.

Ryduce

02-19-2006, 10:43 PM

[b]Matchpoint[/i], by Woody Allen.

Oh, let's see... What shall I give it? Let's say...
5/10

Horrible. Hilariously, painfully, teeth-grindingly horrible. The incessantly expositive dialogue, the directionless acting... the fact that in one of the painfully stilted and awkwardly-written love sequences, the leading man actually rips the woman's shirt, presumably because that's what Woody Allen thinks people do when they're in the height of passion. In any event... I had a good laugh, but I want my money back.

Yeh,but Scarlett Johansen is the hottest chick in the galaxy. :banana:

emily655321

02-19-2006, 10:59 PM

Haha :D While we were walking home, my boyfriend (who shares the first name of the leading man) said, "The one redeeming quality of that movie... is when Scarlett Johansen says, 'Chris, I need to see you.'" I patted his arm and said, "If you need to change the error-alert sound on your computer, I'll understand."

I failed to mention in the course of my *****y tear-down that the one thing Allen did well—conceptually, anyway—was his rearrangement of the plot of Crime and Punishment, to infer the question, "What if luck had been on Raskolnikov's side?" You know, despite the entire point of Crime and Punishment being that it is the murderer's conscience that will do him in, and that external factors have little to do with his fate. But other than that, that part of Allen's "vision" had some weight. Way to reap of another's superior writing, Woody.

Xamonas Chegwe

02-20-2006, 01:32 PM

Yeh,but Scarlett Johansen is the hottest chick in the galaxy. :banana:

I'd certainly rip off her shirt. And I wouldn't stop there either! :brow:

Ryduce

02-22-2006, 04:05 PM

I'd certainly rip off her shirt. And I wouldn't stop there either! :brow:

It just occured to me in class today that even if Scarlett Johansen was shot in the face she would still be hotter than 70% of the population.

Xamonas Chegwe

02-22-2006, 04:32 PM

It just occured to me in class today that even if Scarlett Johansen was shot in the face she would still be hotter than 70% of the population.

That's a horrible thing to say about the woman I love. :rage:

It'd be more like 85%!

emily655321

02-22-2006, 06:54 PM

My boyfriend told me the sweetest lie the other day. He said that he doesn't really want to do Scarlett Johansen, he only thinks she's hotter than other actresses in Hollywood because 1) he can tell her apart from them (the others all look the same to him), and 2) she always looks like she's a little bit sad. He also said that "attractiveness is 50% personality, 40% a pretty face, and 10% all that other stuff." (Or maybe it was 50% face and 40% personality.) I said, "Good, I can stop all that exercising and eat nothing but cake now." He thought about it and said, "Nah... how about you don't do that?" :lol:

Ryduce

02-22-2006, 08:48 PM

That's a horrible thing to say about the woman I love. :rage:

It'd be more like 85%!

While we completly disagree on religious subjects,you couldn't be more correct here good sir.That's what makes this forums so wonderful.

Scarlett Johansen will be mine!!!!!!!!!!!!

non sum

02-22-2006, 09:04 PM

this thread seems to have morphed into a focus group on the hotness (is this even a word?) of scarlett johansen...although i must say, she is gorgeous :blush:

kilted exile

02-22-2006, 09:11 PM

Pah.....ye can keep your Scarlet Johansen, I'd rather Rachel McAdam or Elisa Cuthbert.

Ryduce

02-22-2006, 09:27 PM

this thread seems to have morphed into a focus group on the hotness (is this even a word?) of scarlett johansen...although i must say, she is gorgeous :blush:

It's general chat so we might as well have some fun.

Which is we why I've become so obsessed with dancing bananas.
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Pensive

02-24-2006, 04:00 AM

I watched "The King And I" It was very interesting and funny. I liked it a lot. I will give it 9/10.

pinter_fan

02-24-2006, 10:47 AM

I watched "Brokeback Mountain" today, I thought it was alright. Many people said they cried, feels like i'm the only one who didn't. Heath Ledger did a great job I reckon. I'd say 8/10.

sdr4jc

02-24-2006, 11:09 AM

"Wedding Crashers" Very cute, would recommend it!

beer good

02-26-2006, 08:01 PM

The Proposition. The script and score is by one of my favourite songwriters, Nick Cave, and it's pretty much what I expected when I heard Nick Cave was writing an Australian western. Bloody, violent, dirty and yet somehow disturbingly poetic. As in his songs (and his to date only novel) he mixes in a lot of themes and images from others' works (the Bible, Darwin, "Heart Of Darkness", "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid") and puts his own spin on it. Director John Hillcoat films it with all the grit and glare a movie taking place in the Australian outback needs, and there are some great performances too, especially in the supporting roles... if it wasn't for the fact that the story gets way too predictable towards the end, this could have been a masterpiece. As it is, it's still better than anything Nick has put out on record in the last 4-5 years. Rate it 4/5.

Pensive

02-26-2006, 10:13 PM

I watched An Unfinished Life a few days ago. I really liked it very much. I will give it 10/10. It was a very good movie with beautiful country-side scenes.

Pensive

03-06-2006, 11:08 AM

Today, I watched Venom. I liked it very much. I love horror movies and "Venom" was a perfect example of good scary movies.

I will give it 10/10. (I think that I am giving full marks to nearly every movie I watch lately. It shows that I am easy to please or am I watching good movies?)

emily655321

03-07-2006, 08:07 PM

Jackie Brown
8/10

I'm not a big Tarantino fan, but this one I liked. DeNiro continues to grow on me. There was also minimal gore, which is what I like least about Tarantino.

simon

03-08-2006, 04:13 AM

Can this forum still be obsessed with bananas?

Ryduce

03-10-2006, 04:15 PM

I don't know if any of you all have heard of this,but I think it might be the greatest movie ever made.

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/381/s640x4807qs.jpg

The sad thing is that this is an actual movie.

beer good

03-10-2006, 04:39 PM

The sad thing is that this is an actual movie.
Holy mother of my lack of God, you're right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/ I've seen that poster around, but I was sure it was just a joke...

Ryduce

03-10-2006, 04:48 PM

Holy mother of my lack of God, you're right. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417148/ I've seen that poster around, but I was sure it was just a joke...

2007 Movie of the Year?????? It is certain!!!

beer good

03-10-2006, 04:51 PM

"The da Vinci Code" just got a run for its money for the next Oscars, I think. Either that or Vin Diesel's next picture.

I now intend to watch a David Cronenberg movie and laugh at the folly that is mankind.

Xamonas Chegwe

03-10-2006, 04:57 PM

"Snakes on a plane"! It's just SUCH a good title. I bet it took a whole lunchtime to think up something so clever and witty. I mustn't miss this film! And the director used to be a stuntman - it's got EVERYTHING!!! :lol:

Themis

03-10-2006, 06:29 PM

I just saw "Master and Commander" because a friend kept bugging me about it for months and it's the perfect movie. Really. It's so well done, I can't come up with a single other film that's equally good.
10/10!

beer good

03-14-2006, 05:24 PM

Hostel. Jesus Pizza-tossin' Christ, Eli Roth is one sadistic director. This is one of the goriest movies I've seen since the 80s. No post-modern post-ironic post-holing horror here, just pure unadulterated schlock. Some interesting themes about objectifying others (let's just say there are two kinds of wh*rehouses in it, and the patrons of the first become the... well, don't wanna spoil all of it) but of course, what remains with you is the violence of it. Jesu... did I say that already? This was sick, sickening, and... well, call me a pervert, but it's fun. Not quite as good as his first, "Cabin Fever", but 3/5.

emily655321

03-14-2006, 06:58 PM

I like the phrase "Jesus Pizza-tossin' Christ."

emily655321

03-14-2006, 07:09 PM

The Aristocrats

It's a movie about possibly the least-funny joke in history, but a favorite of comedians because it is virtually impossible to tell wrong, and to be considered successfully-executed, the actions performed by the characters must be the most vile and shocking feats of disgustingness the teller can think of. The joke goes, "A man walks into a talent agent's office and says, 'I have a family act. You'll love it.' The agent says, 'Well, what do you do?' The man proceeds to say horrible, appalling, illegal things. The agent says, 'Well, what do you call yourselves?' The man says, 'The Aristocrats.'"

Yeah, it's stupid. But anyway, the movie consists of comedians telling and talking about this joke for an hour and a half. It was better than one might expect, but I was practically comatose by way of gin and brandy by the end of it, so I'm in no position to judge its objective qualities. I was laughing hysterically at other things in the room half of the time. The only part I really didn't like was when two separate people told it in front of confused/shocked/upset-looking babies. I don't expect babies to know what **** or a **** is, but by the size of their eyes, they knew it was something they shouldn't be hearing. That bit made me mad.

beer good

03-14-2006, 07:36 PM

I liked "The Aristocrats". Sure it's not exactly fun for the whole family, and as pure comedy it wears a little thin - it's just one joke repeated with small variations for over an hour - but as a documentary on how comedy works (or, in the case of Bob Saget, doesn't work) it's brilliant.

Oh, and Sarah Silverman's bit was the best.

rachel

03-15-2006, 08:56 PM

I am feeling so fuzzy and sick that I thought you said the Aristocats and I couldn't believe it. Although, having seen your picture(yuk yuk, as if and you are not getting away with that) perhaps I could believe you sat back and enjoyed that swell film. :lol:

SleepyWitch

03-30-2006, 02:45 PM

I've just watched "Die Wolke" (The Cloud) at the cinema. i dunno if it's out internationally yet, but if it's on in your country, go and watch it. rating: 10 out of 10

here's a short summary from internet movie data base:
DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.
.... Based on the bestselling novel by Gudrun Pausewang

http://www.moviegod.de/images/movies/00012/1152/1152_l.jpg

myself

03-30-2006, 03:11 PM

i think the last film i watched was much ado about nothing for my coursework!!!
but the film before was constantine starring my best actor KEANU REEVES!!!!!!!!
the film was awsome-kool and scary.

emily655321

03-30-2006, 07:00 PM

Good Night, and Good Luck.
Directed by George Clooney. 9 out of 10. So, so well done. I actually found myself forgetting to critique the acting technique, and I always do that. :p The only complaint I had was that there were two parts to the movie, jumping back and forth between two different years, and the ending never really reconciled the two. It just sort of went, "Okay, let's stop the movie nnnn...now," without ever building a real connection between them. But other than that, it was splendiferous in every respect. Very good casting. Everyone was awesome.

Boris239

03-30-2006, 07:03 PM

The last movie I saw was "Capote". Very interesting and Hoffman is doing a great job there.

Helga

03-31-2006, 07:53 AM

I really want to see 'Capote'...

The last movie I saw was 'V for vendetta' I loved it, I havent read the graphic novel but I plan too. Hugo Weaving was great as V, and the first scene he is in is very good (were he uses almost only words that start with V). The actors are good, even though Portman could work on her accent... VERY GOOD

myself

03-31-2006, 06:45 PM

today i watched a bit of harry potter with my freinds. it a cool movie, but when you watch it so many time you get bored of it!!!!!

beer good

04-03-2006, 05:40 AM

Saw "V For Vendetta" the other day and quite liked it. There were some bits that seemed a bit Hollywoodified (I haven't read the graphic novel, but I ordered it the second I got home) and at times it seemed like they were trying to squeeze in a little too much, but I liked the whole look of it, all the different themes and subtexts running through it, and really good performances all around - though as much as I worship Natalie Portman, I have to wonder: isn't there ONE British actress who could have done that role rather than an American with a faked accent?

My biggest gripe was (slight spoiler - select text to read) that V was simply too sympathetic. It might have worked better if he had been more... evil, yet working for an ultimately greater good (?) cause. The way it's presented here, there's really no moral dilemma: V is basically a good guy, and anyone doubting his goals or methods must be on the wrong side.

Oh, and V has great taste in music, too.

adilyoussef

04-03-2006, 08:30 AM

Yesterday I spent 10 hours waching "The Lord of the Rings", all the three parts together. I stared it at 15:30 and finished it at 1:45. And today I'm dizzy.

subterranean

05-08-2006, 08:37 PM

Brokeback Mountain....I have seen it 3 times

I love it !

Bysshe

05-09-2006, 12:45 PM

Bright Young Things - 9/10

I re-watched this with a friend the other day, and really enjoyed it. It's an adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies, focusing on a young couple in 1930s London, Adam and Nina. The only problem I had was that they gave it an upbeat ending, which was slightly annoying as I thought the book had the perfect ending. Still good, though.

Green Lady

05-09-2006, 04:45 PM

King Arthur- 8

It was pretty good. There were things in it I could have done without, and somethings seemed to not have the conclusion that I expected. I thought there would be more to Lancelot's story. And the guy, the Saxon leader (what's his name...) It seemed strange that out of all his men, none of them had the same accent as him. He sounded funny, but that's probably because the actor is from Sweden.

Scheherazade

05-09-2006, 07:47 PM

Age of Innocence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106226/)

After reading the book last month, I decided to watch the movie as well and I am glad I did. It is one of the rare 'novel-based' movies which do not disappoint. Both casting and acting were very good and (though Daniel Day-Lewis did not age well in the movie!) they were very loyal to the storyline. And it was nice to see the New York city of the 1870s.

8/10 KitKats!

Pensive

05-10-2006, 08:05 AM

A Walk To Remember

I watched it two/three weeks ago and really liked it a lot. The story stroke me quite a lot and it encouraged me to read the book, which I liked even more than the movie though movie was also pretty good. :D

adilyoussef

05-10-2006, 11:35 AM

Lately I've seen.
Inside Man
Ice Age II
V for Vandetta
16 Blocks
Chaos
Dungeons and Dragons
I liked them all and put them in order of prefference. Now I'm waiting for Pirates of Caraibs II and Mission Impossible III to see them. May be next week or the following one if I have time.

happenstance

05-10-2006, 01:48 PM

RV...it had it's moments.

adilyoussef

05-10-2006, 02:02 PM

................................

adilyoussef

05-10-2006, 02:06 PM

Sorry, wrong thread.

grace86

05-10-2006, 02:29 PM

I cannot wait until Pirates of the Carribbean II! The last movie I saw in theatres was United 93, it was good, but probably not the best thing to bring up on LitNet. At home, I just saw King Kong (9/10) and Office Space (I love that movie too much to rate it!)

Boris239

05-10-2006, 07:41 PM

I'm thinking about seeing "Russian dolls" tomorrow. It's a sequel for L'Auberge Espagnol. Has anybody seen it?

Boris239

05-12-2006, 10:40 AM

I've seen it. It was pretty good movie and the actress who played Wendy looked great.

NNoah3

05-12-2006, 01:22 PM

I went to see "The Sentinel" two weeks ago. I was looking to see it because Kiefer Sutherland is doing a great job in The TV Serie "24", besides Michael Douglas. Oh what a deception!!!!!

Boris239

05-13-2006, 01:40 PM

Saw "History of violence" yesterday. Won't reccomend it- the plot is poorly developed and predictable.

Idril

05-13-2006, 02:35 PM

Saw "History of violence" yesterday. Won't reccomend it- the plot is poorly developed and predictable.

I thought so too! I was expecting a great movie, a serious psychological study and it was just...as you said, poorly developed and predictable. I'm shocked it was even in the running for an Oscar because it was such a mediocre movie.

Boris239

05-13-2006, 06:01 PM

I thought so too! I was expecting a great movie, a serious psychological study and it was just...as you said, poorly developed and predictable. I'm shocked it was even in the running for an Oscar because it was such a mediocre movie.

After "Titanic" or "Chicago" won Oscars for the best movie nothing surprises me anymore.

Idril

05-13-2006, 06:16 PM

After "Titanic" or "Chicago" won Oscars for the best movie nothing surprises me anymore.

:lol: Good point.

Boris239

05-13-2006, 06:21 PM

In general there were no movies in 2005 that I really liked. "Crash" was good, but nothing extraordinary. My favorite was probably "Matchpoint"

Idril

05-13-2006, 08:39 PM

I liked Crash, some storylines were more interesting than others but I think the over all effect was very powerful. Brokeback Mountain was the only other Oscar contender I saw and while you have to applaud the bravery of the actors and just the fact that someone was willing to make the movie, there wasn't much extraordinary about it other than the fact that it involved 2 men. I haven't seen Match Point yet but every review I've read of it has been positive. I generally don't like Woody Allen movies because they're often so pretentious and involve Woody getting involved with a beautiful young woman but he's not actually in this one, is he? He's strictly the director, right? Maybe this movie will be easier for me to take than his usual fare.

Boris239

05-14-2006, 03:12 AM

Yes, he is strictly a director. Scarlet Johansson is pretty good in this movie and I especially liked how Allen mocked "Crime and Punishment" in the movie.

adilyoussef

06-05-2006, 08:35 AM

Lately I've seen:
X-men III 9/10
House of 1000 corps 2/10
Silent Hills 8/10
The New World 6/10
The davincy Code 9/10
Mission Impossible III 8/10
Scary Movie 4 5/10

Pensive

06-05-2006, 08:38 AM

X-men really rocks!

Shakira

06-05-2006, 08:55 AM

X Men III - 8/10

The DaVinci Code - 6/10.

papayahed

06-05-2006, 09:18 AM

X Men III - 7.5/10, it's hard taking that Ian Mckellam seriously in that outfit.

Over the hedge - 6/10, a definate kids movie (but not in the Shrek sense that adults will enjoy as well.)

DaVinci Code - 7/10, it was entertaining. I can't help it I love that Tom Hanks!

Manfred

06-05-2006, 09:20 AM

Just saw Spellbound (1945) last night. A little dated, and has a lot of questionable psychobabble, but hey, it's Alfred Hitchcock! 8/10.

The Dukes of Hazzard, by the way, has the honor of recieving the lowest rating in my databank of over 400 personally watched movies. 1/10.

Napoleon Dynamite follows a close second. 2/10.

Shannanigan

06-05-2006, 09:32 AM

I watched Poseidon...mostly because my boyfriend (an ocean and boat fanatic who has seen the earlier version) was so insanely excited to see it. I found it very sad, but then again, many things have been making me sad lately. It all seemed highly unlikely though....

the action...7/10....the story.....3/10

byquist

06-05-2006, 01:03 PM

Firewall -- though some reviewers found it flat or mediocre, personally found it interesting, albeit predictable and with a silly "family walk in the sunshine" ending. Harrison Ford is an internal actor and pumps up the steam -- that takes skill. Belamy is a poised villain, stuck in his predicament. Fierce fight at the end -- who could take such a beating, and then walk up a hill? Not even Joe Fraizer, Superman I guess.

Deadwood, Yr. 1, Part I and II -- not my cup of tea. Had really liked Ian McShane as the Brit. antique-expert series "Lovejoy." Some, perhaps many, will like Dwood and its graphicness; no thanks, not interested in dwelling there.

Manfred

06-05-2006, 02:59 PM

Munich--just finished. Very exciting, well acted. Politically, it is very even-handed, although told from the Israeli point-of-view. A little overly long, though, and somewhat artsy. But when you're a director of Spielberg's stature, you can do what you want with your picture. 9/10

miss tenderness

06-05-2006, 05:08 PM

I saw a movie for Denzel Washington called Man on Fire

it was so impressive.Anyone have seen it?

AimusSage

06-05-2006, 07:19 PM

Idril

06-05-2006, 07:38 PM

Napoleon Dynamite follows a close second. 2/10.

Awww, I loved Napoleon Dynamite but I certainly understand why it's not a movie for everyone.

I just saw The Ringer, not because I wanted to but because my kids wanted to and I have to say, it wasn't nearly as offensive as I expected it to be, in fact it was kind of sweet. Not a movie that I would've watched on my own and probably not a movie that I would watch again but it was worth at least one viewing.

mono

06-05-2006, 09:46 PM

Just finished watching 'Walk The Line'

It's a very good movie, I never read Johnny Cash's autobiography, so I won't comment on the accuracy, but I was pleasantly surprised. I already heard it was good, and the fact that Reese witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix both doing the songs themselves really added to the movie. They had me convinced as June Carter and Johnny Cash.
James Mangold really made this a masterpiece. Everything just works, the acting is top notch and visually it is convincing, not using fancy tricks, but really getting down to what matters, the music and the people behind it. The screenplay is very good, very coherent, not jumping about, but really setting the right mood with a clear focus. All in all an excellent film.

9/10
I just watched Walk The Line about a week ago, too, and I cannot agree more in calling it a masterpiece. Allegedly, both Johnny Cash and June Carter picked Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon to play them in a film that, unfortunately, debuted about the time both deceased. Both of them played amazingly well, I thought, and I nearly felt so convinced of their acting that I thought of Johnny Cash and June Carter acting.
Though the film seemed a little long, none of it bored me or lost my attention; in essence, I thought it amazing.

My rating: 10/10. :nod:

Manfred

06-06-2006, 06:21 AM

kathycf

06-06-2006, 04:56 PM

Just saw Spellbound (1945) last night. A little dated, and has a lot of questionable psychobabble, but hey, it's Alfred Hitchcock! 8/10.

Manfred, a fellow Hitchcock fan? :) I loved this movie, despite some it being, as you say a bit dated. Plus, Gregory Peck is always easy on the eyes, IMO.

I saw The Fantastic Four this past weekend, because my boyfriend is a Stan Lee fan. It was entertaining enough, I guess, in a shallow sort of way. Had some genuinely funny moments, but went a little too overboard with all the special effects, which so many movies rely on now in place of an actual story...
I would give it a 5.5 out of 10.

sHaRp12

06-06-2006, 05:20 PM

Yesterday I saw Date Movie. One of the worst pieces of cinema Ive ever seen. Horrendously bad and poorly made.

2.5/10

Manfred

06-07-2006, 07:02 AM

Manfred, a fellow Hitchcock fan? :) I loved this movie, despite some it being, as you say a bit dated. Plus, Gregory Peck is always easy on the eyes, IMO.

I saw The Fantastic Four this past weekend, because my boyfriend is a Stan Lee fan. It was entertaining enough, I guess, in a shallow sort of way. Had some genuinely funny moments, but went a little too overboard with all the special effects, which so many movies rely on now in place of an actual story...
I would give it a 5.5 out of 10.

Hitchcock never made a bad movie, although some were better than others. I'm constantly suprised that I haven't seen them all, but others, unknown to me keep cropping up.
My favorite of his "lesser known" films is Frenzy.

Pensive

06-07-2006, 10:37 AM

Idril

06-07-2006, 02:37 PM

Well Idril, if you can empathize with nerds trying to cope with harrassment and rejection while making fools of themselves, then I guess Napoleon Dynamite might appeal. However, if you WERE one of those kids in high school, this movie seems merely...painful.

Well, I guess I just didn't take it that seriously, it was a dorky movie with a bunch of caricatures, I don't think they were necessarily trying to make a social commentary with it. And all in all, those "nerds" were really quite comfortable and happy with who they were despite what the outside world may have thought of them and I may be crazy and insensitive but I think that's a positive message. ;)

Manfred

06-07-2006, 07:07 PM

Well, I guess I just didn't take it that seriously, it was a dorky movie with a bunch of caricatures, I don't think they were necessarily trying to make a social commentary with it. And all in all, those "nerds" were really quite comfortable and happy with who they were despite what the outside world may have thought of them and I may be crazy and insensitive but I think that's a positive message. ;)

Sorry, no offence meant.

kathycf

06-07-2006, 07:25 PM

Hitchcock never made a bad movie, although some were better than others. I'm constantly suprised that I haven't seen them all, but others, unknown to me keep cropping up.
My favorite of his "lesser known" films is Frenzy.

Ah, wow, Frenzy. I should see that one again. I saw it on PBS years ago, and I think I was too young for it. Scared me too much. ;)

these are some of my favorite Hitchcock films:

Rebecca

Notorious

Rope

Marnie and Rear Window were pretty good too. :)
OOps, forgot "Vertigo"

kathycf

06-07-2006, 07:29 PM

I loved Marnie and Psycho of Hitchcock!

The last movie I saw was Dark Water. It was a good movie and I liked the horror in it. I will rate it 8/10 because the acting of some characters was not that much good.
Yeah, I liked those Hitchcock films too. I saw Dark Water in the theater (matinees are half price) and it was pretty creepy.

cuppajoe_9

06-07-2006, 08:49 PM

I saw The Omen remake last night (6/6/06).

Not so good, Arnold...

kilted exile

06-07-2006, 09:13 PM

The original B&W version of psycho was good, however the colour remake they made with Anne Heche (I think) was useless. The director had no clue.

The main part that annoyed me was the scenes where the woman is getting dressed (Ok I know what your thinking, and yes I do have a point and it only slightly involves half nude women - for once :lol: ) In Hitchcocks version when she is getting dressed to go to work before stealing the money she is wearing white underwear, however in the scene with her getting dressed after stealing the money she is wearing black underwear, signifying her change in personality from good to "bad". However in the later colour version she is wearing green both times.

This leads to two possible conclusions:

1) The new director did not pick up on this subtle use of imagery by Hitchcock.

or (probably just as likely)

2) I am paying far too much attention to womens underwear.

kathycf

06-07-2006, 10:25 PM

The original B&W version of psycho was good, however the colour remake they made with Anne Heche (I think) was useless. ......
or (probably just as likely)

2) I am paying far too much attention to womens underwear.

Well, I have found it to be true that remakes are generally inferior (see cuppajoe's post re: Omen remake.) I saw the movie you are talking about and it just tried way to hard.

It was the decision to recreate an exact Psycho that unsettled critics, Hitchcock devotees, and discriminating viewers in general.
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/10/psycho.html
A recreation of Psycho, frame for frame...who thought that was a good idea??

As for the women's undies issue? I shall reserve comment... ;)

Pensive

06-08-2006, 11:25 AM

The original B&W version of psycho was good, however the colour remake they made with Anne Heche (I think) was useless. The director had no clue.

I agree with you here that the later version (with colour remake) was really useless. I did not have the power to bear it for any long so I stopped watching it in the very start.

Sancho

06-08-2006, 08:35 PM

Here’s a sleeper, has anyone seen: The Three Burials of Melquiadas Estrada. The movie starred, and was directed by Tommy Lee Jones and much of it was filmed on his ranch in West Texas. He did a nice job of setting up the shots, working in the regional color, and choreographing the movement - I really enjoyed the cinematography. The screenplay was written by Guiermo Arriaga and according to the commentary on the DVD, he originally wrote it in Spanish. Those of you who read literature in English and Spanish will tune in quickly to the plot’s subtleties. The story is layered and I think that anyone who frequents a literary web site such as this one…will really enjoy this movie. I give this movie – five sombreros.

adilyoussef

06-08-2006, 08:37 PM

Nicholas Nickleby 10/10 I like this kind of movies

Pensive

06-09-2006, 12:18 AM

Nicholas Nickleby was a good novel, I wonder how the movie would be like...

Manfred

06-09-2006, 07:24 AM

"Nosferatu" (1922) -- This is the fully restored version; 94 min. Absolutely creepy. One of the best adaptations of the "Dracula" story ever; the very best for my money. Silent. 9/10

For those of you interested, many of these silent classics can be purchased at reasonable prices at oldies.com.

thevintagepiper

06-10-2006, 06:05 PM

Chicken Little.

2 out of 10.

cuppajoe_9

06-10-2006, 06:43 PM

Over the Hedge.

Surprisingly anti-consumerist, and very funny. Go see it.

earthboar

06-10-2006, 07:01 PM

The Birth, Life and Loss of a New Age Dream

It wasn't exactly the last movie I saw, but it is definitely worth special mention. It is about a commune from the 70's, and their leader, Michael Metelica. It all took place around the area where I live, in the hills of Massachusetts. Metelica was idealistic and charismatic, attracted over 300 followers at his height, bought land, buildings, Rolls Royces, motorcycle, buses, a band, a recording, an airplane. As he became rich and power hungry, some of the mothers in the commune couldn't even afford a pair of shoes for their children. It was rather sad.

I saw the opening at the Northampton Academy of Music, and the theater was full of the original commune members. Metelica died over 10 years ago of brain cancer. He turned into a real jerk, they finally made him sign an agreement to leave and never come back. There are still a handfull of the commune members left, but their original commune system has changed in method and practice, if not in vision.

This may have been the very first "film" I watched at an opening that was actually a dvd--it was scratched, and stopped just as Metelica made a very ironic statement. However, they burned a new copy, and in twenty minutes the movie was up & running again.

Manfred

06-11-2006, 04:50 PM

"Broken Flowers" -- This Jim Jarmusch offering is weepy and pretentious, but has some good low-key humor. The pacing is very slow, and the story rambles. The acting is great, especially Bill Murray, but the characters are hard to care about. Jarmusch seems to see himself as more artist than storyteller, and this film reflects that vision. 6/10.

"The Ice Harvest"-- Sort of a darkly comedic film-noir starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton as inept pilferers of mob money. The story has some holes, but the humor is great--if you like it black and twisted. Oliver Platt is hilarious, and steals scenes with ease. 8/10.

Mark F.

06-11-2006, 07:13 PM

Manfred

06-12-2006, 06:48 AM

The first time I saw "Broken Flowers" I didn't like it that much, I thought it was an okay Jarmusch movie but nothing great. Now that I've seen it again it's become one of my favorite Jarmusch films (I have them all on dvd, so you could say I'm a fan of his). The main character isn't easy to care about, actually Jarmusch himself didn't really like the character so maybe we're not supposed to either. The film may be more about the people he knew and all the secondary characters are both very well written and acted. All his ex girlfriends and especially his neighbour, Winston, cracked me up the second time I saw the movie. I didn't remember them being so great.

I had no problem with the acting or the characterizations, but more with the pace and storyline. I think it's worth seeing, but there's no way that I'd catagorize this as one of my favorites.
I've noticed that most critics think of Jarmusch as either the great director of our times, or an artsy, affected technician. He draws both devotion and contempt. I can't really go to those extremes on the guy; for me he falls somewhere in the middle.

Mark F.

06-12-2006, 08:23 AM

He's not the most talented writer or director, but I have much respect for him because his films have their own style, and as soon as you watch one of his films you know it's a Jim Jarmusch movie.

adilyoussef

06-12-2006, 09:54 AM

Poseidon 8/10

Pendragon

06-12-2006, 11:24 AM

X-3: The Last Stand--7/10 Too much ambiguity about Rouge. If she did take the cure, why wasn't she burned to ashes when Pyro lit up the clinic a few minutes later? Needed more of The Angel and shouldn't have left out Nightcrawler. :nod:

Manfred

06-13-2006, 06:34 AM

He's not the most talented writer or director, but I have much respect for him because his films have their own style, and as soon as you watch one of his films you know it's a Jim Jarmusch movie.

Yes, I agree with that; how can one not respect somebody who is successful at circumventing established convention?

Pensive

06-20-2006, 07:54 AM

I watched An Affair To Remember yesterday. It was like a typical old romantic movie and I really did not like the story plot much. I will rate it 6/10.

Pendragon

06-20-2006, 08:24 AM

Cars. 10/10 Laughed myself silly. :lol:

amanda_isabel

06-20-2006, 10:25 AM

i saw the 'Lizzie McGuire' movie the other day on cinemax (or was that HBO? StarWorld?) and it seems far from what may happen in reality. they say that somewhere in the world you will find one person who looks exactly like you (and hey, waht do you know, that someone might be someone around the LitNet?) but the movie's ending is too much of a fantasy. isabella wouldn't just give the number at the IMVA to lizzie. 3/10....

Shannanigan

06-20-2006, 02:32 PM

Cars. 10/10 Laughed myself silly. :lol:

Ditto; I was elbowing my boyfriend the whole time, like, "get it? get it? mwaHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!"

thevintagepiper

06-21-2006, 02:32 PM

Return of the King 9/10

My favorite movie, for the millionth time over.

kathycf

06-22-2006, 12:33 AM

Cars. 10/10 Laughed myself silly. :lol:

I saw that at the drive in movies this past weekend, I liked it but I liked some of Pixar's other movies better (Toy Story and Monsters, Inc are my 2 favs that they did) I give Cars a solid 7/10. :thumbs_up The second feature at the driveins was "RV"...meh, not so much .... kinda dopey.

thevintagepiper

06-22-2006, 12:37 PM

MirrorMask 8/10

'Twas amazingly beautiful and creepily wonderful....with a strong ringing of my personality in it.

adilyoussef

06-22-2006, 07:30 PM

The Fast and The Furious Tokyo Drift 7/10 It's ok

formality hater

06-25-2006, 08:15 AM

Charlie and the chocolate factory.7/10.I was a bit disappointing to see the change in Dahl's original story but the childish movies always workout for me. :blush: Strange uh?I know.

Madhuri

06-25-2006, 08:24 AM

Fanaa, 6/10

any takers for Hindi movies.

Manfred

06-25-2006, 08:35 AM

9 Dead Gay Guys--8/10: Hilarious if you can get past the politically incorrect treatment.

Pensive

06-25-2006, 11:05 AM

Fanaa, 6/10

any takers for Hindi movies.

Not really, I have not watched many Indian movies but there was one, "Kal Ho Na Ho" which I really liked. Otherwise, I find most of new Indian movies a little bit over. I mean acting is over and themes are oh so old. (always about a girl and a guy, nothing other than romance) Well, I don't have a right to call Indian Film Industry bad because our own (Pakistani) Film Industry is even worse, good for nothing.

Madhuri

06-25-2006, 11:11 AM

Pensive

06-25-2006, 11:19 AM

Yes, I agree not all are worth watching, but that is the case with any film industry. I like English movies, but the latest that I watched was Fanaa, and yes even I liked Kal Ho Na Ho, Saif (one of the lead actors of the movie) is one of my favourite.

I recently watched Memoirs of a Geisha, it was OK, one can find such themes a lot in hindi film industry.

I have not watched the movie of Memoirs Of Geisha but I have read the book. Book was amazing, very well-written but I don't know about the movie but I will like to watch it if I get my hands on it.

I have heard that there is a movie "Baghbaan" which is very good but haven't watched it yet. Have you watched it, by any chance?

Madhuri

06-25-2006, 11:51 AM

Yes Pensive, there is this movie "Bhagban" that I have seen. Its about how kids treat their parents when they grow old. I did not like it very much, coz it portrayed kids as devils who dont care about their parents. My mother liked it very much as she was watching it from parents perspective. Eventually in the end peace prevails and both the parties happily live ever after.

mono

06-26-2006, 04:59 PM

Idril

06-26-2006, 06:21 PM

Last night I watched Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star out of the worst cases of boredom. It had its humorous parts, I must admit, but the plot, itself, seemed rather predictable and unoriginal. I usually like David Spade's acting, his dry humor, but, regarding the movie itself, I cannot say many good things. :p
My rating: 5/10.

I love the scene where Dickie and all the former child stars are playing poker, that scene alone made watching the movie almost worth it. ;)

ShoutGrace

06-27-2006, 08:03 AM

I just watched Assault on Precinct 13 (the newer one). This is one of the worst movies I've seen in quite awhile.

Nothing made any sense; I must have said 'Yeah right!' about 50 times during the course of the movie.

There are too many cliches to count in this movie - even just in the traditional interpersonal relationships the movie drags you through.

Worse than any of that, however, is the resolution of the film.

Apparently, the good of Ethan Hawke recovering his confidence (read - ability to kill, command others to kill, and place others in dangerous situations) is far superior to the massive body count.

Guesstimate - at least 35 personal deaths in this movie - including 5 of the main characters.

But it works out in the end because Ethan Hawke is a more resolved, refined police officer.

2/10.

NEDJ293

06-27-2006, 12:52 PM

Drumline 9/10

formality hater

06-27-2006, 02:24 PM

What a girl wants 3/10.It was rather odd,don't know why?

kathycf

06-28-2006, 05:09 PM

I went to the drivein theater this past weekend and saw X-men 3 and the remake of The Omen. X-men was pretty good, but my BF complained because the story line was changed quite a bit from the original comics. The Omen was blah, I had to leave during the middle anyway. I sometimes take my dog with us (it is the drivein, remember, not a regular theater. ;) ) and there was a fireworks show going on nearby. Dillon gets very afraid of fireworks and he kept trying to climb in the front seat with us.

Woland

06-29-2006, 03:30 AM

Superman, it gets 5 of 10

Idril

07-09-2006, 04:33 PM

I just watched Onegin with Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler. I'm not a huge Liv Tyler fan but she wasn't nearly as annoying in this movie as she was in LOTR and Ralph Fiennes was, as always, fabulous. It stayed quite faithful to the book which is good, although it was even more brooding than the novel but I love brooding so that worked for me. The odd thing about this movie is that it was so slow moving and I'm not talking about the plot, I'm talking about the physical movements of the actors, seriously, I've never seen a movie where people walk sooooooo slowly. I don't know if it was because of their super duper dandy clothes or the directors attempt at setting a mood but it was downright distracting. And Ralph Fiennes' hair was very...fancy. :rolleyes: I give it an 8 out of 10.

byquist

07-09-2006, 08:38 PM

Man on Fire, with Denzel. Tough in one scene (the fingers scene); great story; very well acted; great cinematography.

mono

07-10-2006, 12:46 PM

Yesterday evening, I watched Underworld Evolution through the strong coaxing of my younger brother. I apologize if anyone here enjoyed the movie, but (*sigh), I thought it a plotless set of television frames that only had sex and violence to offer. On the brighter side, the special effects seemed decent, I suppose.

My rating: 2/10.

Pendragon

07-11-2006, 07:58 AM

Pirates of the Caribbean II—Dead Man’s Chest

9/10

Bysshe

07-11-2006, 12:21 PM

Save The Last Dance.

I didn't have a choice to watch this. Well, I did, but I only voted by it for accident. At school yesterday we were given a choice of DVDs to watch, and seeing as I'd never seen this before, I decided to vote for it. If I'd realised it was going to be all about hip-hop, I might have had second thoughts (I don't have any interest in hip-hop, I'm afraid).

The idea was nice. I thought the plot sounded interesting, and I suppose the way the ballet was mixed with contemporary dancing was well done, but I ended up feeling irritated with Julia Stiles's character, instead of feeling sympathetic like you were supposed to. I also found that the plot dragged in places. The best thing you could say about Save The Last Dance, I suppose, is that the dancing is well choreographed. The main fault was that the characters seemed bland and two dimensional, and that I ended up not really caring if the girl was accepted into the dance school or not.

4/10. Not horrific, but personally I didn't enjoy it very much.

mono

07-11-2006, 03:25 PM

Last night . . . *sigh, I had a horrible night . . . but I watched a movie called Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a fairly recent movie.
I had heard decent things of it, of its dark humor (which I always, always love), its twisted plot, thrilling scenes, and a brainy plot. The storyline, itself, reminds me of a classic 'who-done-it?' type of plot, but in a very modern setting; its satirical theme, too, reminded me of something Quentin Tarantino would direct (and I had to look twice to see the name of the director, Shane Black).
Anyway - wonderful movie, dark, twisted plot, excellent storyline, and dark humor that almost (not quite) compares to one of my favorite directors, Wes Anderson.

My rating: 9/10.

kathycf

07-11-2006, 06:44 PM

Went to the drivein movies again this past weekend as I did last weekend. In total we saw Poseidon, Superman Returns, Cars (they showed it again) and Pirates of the Caribbean 2, dead man's chest.
Poseidon 4/10
Superman 5/10
Cars 7/10 was my original rating, but after a second viewing (and it held up very well! ) I give it an 8.5/10

Pirates 7/10

Pirates has just opened and I think it was very cute, good fun...and the drivein was PACKED! Must have been over 300 cars....

RobinHood3000

07-11-2006, 06:49 PM

Pirates: 9/10

formality hater

07-12-2006, 02:51 AM

Ladies in Lavendar.3/10

Shannanigan

07-12-2006, 10:26 AM

The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift:

9/10

I'm such a speed hog...but then, I'm more into American cars...driftng looks fun, but it's just not my style, I guess....you know what, I'm knocking it down a point, because I just remembered walking out of there and not wanting to race my friends home like I wanted to the first two movies...

8/10

Lycosparks

07-12-2006, 01:11 PM

Tristan and Isolde
9.5/10

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I have not read the original story, only a summary of it. The movie is very different; for example, there is no love potion. Also, (not to give away the ending), Tristan appears more noble and heroic in the movie than the stories.

thevintagepiper

07-13-2006, 05:12 PM

The Princess Bride-8/10
One of my favorites.

Shea

07-13-2006, 08:03 PM

I saw Superman Returns last weekend because Pirates was sold out.

Kent wasn't clumsy enough, Lois wasn't distracted enough, and Superman looked too much like a cartoon. If I say the worst part I'd ruin it for those who haven't seen it. I'll just say that that the story line ruined Superman's good upstanding moral character for me. (though in Superman II it started to crumble, this movie made it collapse altogether).

The only saving grace was Kevin Spacey. If it wasn't for him, I might have walked out.

for Spacey, 4/10

cruciverbalist

07-14-2006, 01:00 AM

I saw House of Mirth last night. I didn't think Gillian Anderson particularly suited to the role. But the movie did make me want to read the book. So, this one's next on my book list. :)

7.5/10... given the benefit of doubt since I am yet to read the original.

thevintagepiper

07-18-2006, 03:00 PM

Flightplan-8/10

formality hater

07-24-2006, 03:54 AM

Edward Scissorhands.6/10

Pensive

07-24-2006, 04:06 AM

I watched Surviving Christmas and liked it a lot! It deserves 10/10. Bang Bang!

Shea

07-24-2006, 10:42 AM

I watched Surviving Christmas and liked it a lot! It deserves 10/10. Bang Bang!

I had heard bad things about it. I never saw it because I really got a kick out of the book, Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.

SleepyWitch

07-24-2006, 11:16 AM

Xmen 2.
quite good for a sequel, but a bit longish. 9/10

thevintagepiper

07-24-2006, 11:17 AM

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

9/10

Pensive

07-24-2006, 11:19 AM

I had heard bad things about it. I never saw it because I really got a kick out of the book, Skipping Christmas by John Grisham.
Oh, I found nothing in it which I will call "bad" really. It is quite good, actually. :D

cruciverbalist

07-24-2006, 12:44 PM

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 8.5/10

Lycosparks

07-24-2006, 01:25 PM

Annapolis
8.5/10

grace86

07-24-2006, 01:28 PM

Lady in the Water

9.5/10

I really loved this movie. But then again, I like all of M. Night Shymallan's movies...they give something to people that they are not expecting. There is only one thing I would have added to the movie...but for those who have not seen it, I will not spoil it.

literaturerocks

07-24-2006, 01:38 PM

shes the man..and utter abysmal failure of a production..there were some good parts but most of it was horrible
2/10

thevintagepiper

07-25-2006, 11:31 AM

Corpse Bride-4/10

I liked the plot and the "real" music (the piano stuff)...but they could've done without the singing, and various other things.

Lady in the Water

9.5/10

I really loved this movie. But then again, I like all of M. Night Shymallan's movies...they give something to people that they are not expecting. There is only one thing I would have added to the movie...but for those who have not seen it, I will not spoil it.

I am dying to see that....theatres are a rarity for me, though, so it will be a while. The fantasy and mythical aspects of it appeal so much to me....I've always wished I was a dryad or a water nymph :nod: Anyway, I am glad someone liked it because, contrary to my expectations, reviews haven't been very favorable so far.

TEND

07-26-2006, 05:25 PM

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas...
Wow....I hadn't watched it before, and I had just bought it and was ready to watch it last night. Than I had a few drinks and decided not to watch, I wouldn't be able to pay attention, but I tried anyways, and I think, that's exactly how it should be watched. In fact at about 3:30 am when the movie finished, I cracked one more and started the movie over again.

Simply amazing, near perfect acting by the two leads. Extremely funny scenes, very well put together. I've never read the book so I cannot compare. As a standalone movie though, it was fantastic.
9.5/10

Mark F.

07-26-2006, 07:16 PM

The book's even better.

United 93 5/10 pointless film, just Hollywood milking the cow for all it's worth.

grace86

07-26-2006, 07:48 PM

Hey Vintage - I always tend to fall in love with the movies that get bad reviews.

byquist

08-04-2006, 02:43 PM

Ushpizin -- totally character film, no shoot-em-up car chases. Endearing and memorable. It fully earned the awards it has accumulated.

But it's on the quiet, sensitive side so if you need action every three minutes, forget about it.

Manfred

08-05-2006, 07:46 AM

The Benchwarmers--So bad as to be unratable; don't waste your money unless you are a fan of mindless stupidity, bad jokes, and rambling, incomprehensible plotlines. A totally unbelievable script.
One of THE WORST movies I have ever seen.

Nightshade

08-05-2006, 11:49 AM

Pirates of the carribean (err 2) actually thats not true I just watched herbie fully loaded with my yougest sisters but that doesnt count does it??

Great film my only objection is that it isnt a stand alone its so obvioiiusly got to have a follow up that its a bit annoying other than that great.

Does anyone esle feel we are begining to get immune to the graphics? Im sure at times I could almost see the green screen it was like watching those old films with the painted background??

:D

formality hater

08-07-2006, 04:05 AM

I watched a couple of movies.
One Fine Day.4/10
Leroy and stitch .3/10

Madhuri

08-07-2006, 05:52 AM

I watched Omkara. The story is based on Othello, and I liked it very much.

9/10

Pensive

08-07-2006, 09:14 AM

I watched CryWolf and liked it. The hero was good-looking but not really a very good actor. But I loved the ending, it was shocking so I will give it 7/10.

Manfred

08-07-2006, 06:43 PM

Bubba Ho-Tep. Talk about original! An old guy in a retirement home who may or may not be Elvis teams up with a black JFK to fight a mummy that is stealing souls. Very funny, and very poignant. 9/10.

Boris239

08-07-2006, 06:45 PM

I watched Woody Allen's "Scoop". It was pretty funny although I liked "Matchpoint" much more

Pensive

08-10-2006, 10:18 AM

Yesterday, I watched The Cider House Rules. Without any doubt, it was a wonderful movie. It deserves 10/10!

Pendragon

08-10-2006, 10:28 AM

V for Vendetta 8/10 Watch out, it could happen! :nod:

TEND

08-10-2006, 04:33 PM

V for Vendetta 8/10 Watch out, it could happen! :nod:
:lol: When I saw the previews for this movie, I thought they were remaking 1984 again! Come on, it had the look, it had the guy on the tv screen, it had a very partyesque look in some of the political scenes, than it showed V and just sorta went what the hell?
It was a very good movie after I did sit down and watch it though, but I can't rate it since it wasn't the last I saw...I really liked it though, recommended.

thevintagepiper

08-11-2006, 12:48 PM

On an airplane....

Nanny McPhee 6/10
I liked it but I absolutely hated Mrs. Quickly. They could have made her less ridiculous...
Glory Road 9/10
Great movie!!
Failure to Launch 7/10
funny buit I think they should've left some things out

melancolia

08-11-2006, 04:12 PM

Garfield 2: A Tail of Two Kitties... not a big fan of the movies Garfield... I'd give it a 5/10 *shrug*

Koa

08-11-2006, 05:53 PM

I've just seen Young Frankenstein and didn't like it... it was boring and it left me so sleepy...argh... mmm 6/10 just to give it bare decency...

Chava

08-12-2006, 02:30 AM

The Praire home companion - 8/10 Oh, I loved it so much! Garrison keilor playing the main part of himself?! All the songs were great, and two hours slipped away. It's about the last show of the praire home companion raido broadcast. WONDERFUL! if only they hadn't cast LINDSAY LOHAN as the daughter and later business women, which she could not pull off under any circumstances! 1- and then they also introduced an angel?! who didn't play very well either... 1-

BUT when you look aside from that, it's already one of my favourite films!

Koa

08-12-2006, 06:30 PM

oh gosh...i've just watched the second Bridget Jones movie and I think it SUCKS!!! It even depressed me... 3/10 and just because I'm generous and because I like to look at Hugh Grant (mmm) :mad:

aeroport

08-12-2006, 10:14 PM

"My Super Ex-Girlfriend"

Oh dear...
Well, there were parts of it that were quite funny, but then there were times when the humor was so disgusting - particularly with Rainn Wilson's character - that it reminded me of the middle-school days when every word spoken by anyone became the object of some knowledgeable, developing adolescent's idea of a sexual innuendo. Other parts were simply stupid; not silly-but-funny, like, say, "Zoolander", but outright stupid. The writers seem to have structured the audience's sympathy with Luke Wilson around the assumption that the audience would be composed entirely of horny, potty-mouthed men who will forgive anything provided they can fantasize the while about Uma Thurman taking THEM on a certain sort of "ride" over the New York City skyline. I am as devout a worshiper of Miss Thurman as one can be, but she seems to end up in some silly films sometimes (not taking into account the "Kill Bill" movies, neither of which have I seen in its entirety).
5/10

Pensive

08-13-2006, 01:05 PM

I re-watched Charlie And The Chocolate Factory and I liked it a lot this time! I will give it 8/10.

mono

08-13-2006, 04:02 PM

Last night, after much persistence from my older brother, we watched Team America, a marionette film by the same creators of South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone). Ugh, well . . . the puppeteers obviously had some talent, and the film had a very interesting plot in some parts, having to admit its hilarity, of course, but it seemed much like South Park: so ridiculous and disgusting (in some parts) that one must laugh. Obviously Trey Parker and Matt Stone have immense talent in their genre of film-making, yet it may not seem like my exact taste in films; regardless, the film really got me laughing in several parts.

My rating: 6/10.

Boris239

08-13-2006, 07:30 PM

Maida

08-14-2006, 08:44 PM

I watched Talladega Nights and it kind of sucks. I love Will Ferrel, but the movie wasn't as funny as I was hoping it would be, so 4 out of 10

Last night I watched Made in America on tv, and it was actually pretty good. It addressed some serious topics like discrimination and the fear of terrorism in America and made me laugh. It was a 7.

rot

08-15-2006, 01:58 AM

the descent 4/10.
does not live up to the hype.

grace86

08-15-2006, 04:02 AM

I saw Benchwarmers the other day. It was funny...but I think it could have been a bit better.

8/10

Come to think of it, I have seen a lot of movies lately.

byquist

08-16-2006, 01:48 PM

Valdez is Coming, with Burt Lancaster -- spagetti Western, exceedingly well done.

byquist

08-21-2006, 11:14 PM

thevintagepiper

08-22-2006, 12:58 AM

"Children of Heaven" (Iranian) -- sweet film with a 4K kids race at the end that rivals a "Chariots of Fire" race. It's a kids movie, but very intelligent, educational, great filming style and location, good story. Up for an Academy Award.

I've seen that. It's sweet but it got kind of annoying to me...and that's strange it's up for Academy Awards because I saw it at least two years ago, and definitely the same movie.

The last film I saw was Star Wars Episode IV...for the first time....I know, it's sad.
7/10 I liked it.

byquist

08-22-2006, 09:36 AM

Vintagepiper,

I agree that they exchanged shoes one or two many times for my tastes, but I liked all the attn. to character -- say the P.E. coach who the boy had to cajole and cry into giving him a time trial run, the Dad, the Mom and neighbors, the partial-disciplinarian Principal, the girl who got the pink shoes. Plus the excellent two leads. Director got a lot out of his cast. Even the goldfish added something. It was up in 1999 I think and lost to that undeniably excellent WWII concentration camp film with the Italian actor/director. Any other year it might have won.

It would be nice if international politicians would all sit down together for a showing of "Children" and reconsider all the anger, competition, hating and violence.

thevintagepiper

08-22-2006, 11:35 AM

totyfroty

08-22-2006, 07:38 PM

The last movie i saw was legally blonde. it is so great and it waslike the 7th time i saw it .

have a nice day

thevintagepiper

08-26-2006, 04:14 AM

High School Musical

I was prejudiced against it....but I confess I loved it....

8/10

Pensive

08-26-2006, 11:03 AM

Forrest Gump:A very touching movie, which will break your heart on some places and on others, it will mend it like nothing happened. It's story is about dealing with losses. I liked it a lot. I loved Forrest's character, his way of making others happy whenever he was glad and whenever he was sad, he would make the movie-watcher feel bad.

It surely deserves 10/10.:D

Manfred

08-27-2006, 09:20 AM

Pensive

08-27-2006, 09:25 AM

Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang: 9/10. Hilarious film-noir send-up. Stars Robert Downey Jr. as a thief-turned-actor-turned-private investigator, and Val Kilmer as a gay PI hired to teach him the ropes. Great buddy flick.
I just watched it yesterday and I wanted to post a review here and here you are with it.:D

I also liked it as it was very funny. I loved Kilmer's style. I will give the movie, 8/10.

aeroport

09-03-2006, 01:36 AM

I just finished watching "The Libertine" and am having a bit of a mixed reaction to it. I really enjoyed Mr. Depp's performance; I do not in fact think I could trust someone else in such a wildly raunchy role. Actually, from the perspective of performance, I was pretty convinced by everyone in the film. But, for whatever reason, nearly the entire thing has this annoying unsteady-camera effect that, in a few scenes, becomes simply ridiculous. Even as I write this, I am brought to wonder if perhaps this has some connection to Mr. Wilmot's being at all times thoroughly saturated with alcohol. That is my best guess, and I think the film could nevertheless have, in a few places at least, done without it. The other big complaint I had was with the music. In the second half, it most agreeably smoothes itself out; until then, however, it draws some negative attention to itself by clashing with the drama taking place. The most obvious instance of this is in Elizabeth's first "acting lesson" with Wilmot, when, at a time when such important things are being said, the music is downright relaxing! I found myself thinking silence would have been preferable, but that is perhaps just me. There is also a kind of annoying motive, slightly irregular-sounding, that is apparently associated with the decadence of Mr. Wilmot and his little world of bawdiness and indulgence, but this seems to disappear as the honesty of Wilmot's position - rather than the simple grossness of it all - begins to make itself evident. Altogether I would say I liked it fairly well, and give it a 7.5 out of ten. If nothing else, Depp's recitations of Wilmot's poetry, filthy as it is, makes it worth seeing.

byquist

09-03-2006, 05:16 PM

Her Majesty, with the fine actress who played the grandmother in Whale Rider.

Some will think this a goody-goody movie, but it's got a deep cultural issue, troubled brother, funny group of ladies (maybe a comical take-off on the original Manchurian Candidate), and painful, but familiar, jolt of New Zealand history.

byquist

09-04-2006, 08:10 PM

"Osama" -- stunned by it a couple years ago. Equally as difficult a film the second time around. Everyone must see it. Somewhat along the lines of "Raise the Red Lantern" and what's going on in that south Utah town as we speak, although that gives some indications of being voluntary.

MissJaneEyre19

09-04-2006, 09:54 PM

Invincible. It's about Vince Papale and the Philly Eagles. It was pretty good, I'd give it a 9/10, and I don't even like american football that much.

Boris239

09-04-2006, 10:57 PM

I've recntly seen "Black cat, white cat" by Kusturica for the second time. Still hilarious, although it, of course, can't be even compared to one of my favorite movies ever "Underground".

Schokokeks

09-05-2006, 06:01 AM

thevintagepiper

09-05-2006, 09:00 AM

I saw The Lady in the Water yesterday, but I didn't like it at all. Although the director had already been responsible for The Sixth Sense I find that he has enormously phased out since. His new movie was no more than cheesy fantasy to me, and some of the actors did a bad job (especially the director who chose to star himself...). Plus, I didn't like the background story which was of the moralising "humanity is so bad / has deliberately moved away from nature / has to be saved by benevolent creatures who know better..."

I'd give The Lady in the Water 3/10. (Three because the music was okay at times.)

I LOVE that film! A big reason that people have been disappointed in it is that they expect it to be like Shyamalan's other movies. It isn't, so you're going to be let down if you expect that. It is completely different, but wonderful in its own way. I thought he did a nice job of acting, and the type of story was great for me personally, so I loved it. I've given it a 9/10.
Have you seen The Village?

Shannanigan

09-05-2006, 01:53 PM

"Crank" 7/10...great and very creative action movie, lots of originality and hilarious characterization...but that's about it. Don't go expecting more than action, there is zero romance, zero drama, zero modern importance, and fractional comedy.

Shalot

09-05-2006, 05:51 PM

Beerfest 8/10

This is a man's movie. Lot's of guy humor in here but females can also appreciate it.

:thumbs_up

TEND

09-05-2006, 10:00 PM

'The Seventh Seal' directed by Ingmar Bergman.
I requested this on TCM and they finally played it tonight, and wow it was well worth it. This movie was absolutely fantastic, one of the best I've ever seen, with some very memorable scenes, as well as a good chunk of dark humour, a wonderful plot, and themes that quite intrigued me. For anyone who has not heard of this or who has not seen it, I highly suggest you check it out (especially the existentialists in the forum, I know there are a few of you). Anyways, just because I refuse to give anything a score of 10/10 (Besides that blonde in the third row *whistle*) I'll give it a 9.9/10.

Madhuri

09-08-2006, 02:02 PM

Khamosh Pani (Silent Water) - 10/10

An excellent movie, about a woman (from now India) left behind in (now) Pakistan after partition. A sad tale, it depicts the anguish of such people, how they are torn between then and now, this woman was torn between what her son wanted her to do (considering himself and her a Muslim) and her brother who is a Sikh, and she eventually chooses the middle path and jumps into the well, from which she ran away initially at the time of partition (people used to do such things during those days, to save the honour of their women). It is such a sad tale.

byquist

09-10-2006, 04:10 PM

Re-saw Spike Lee's "The Inside Man," extremely filmy film. He does a good documentary on the CD. I've worked and talked to Spike a couple of times, and he's a pleasant guy. He knows film. Duh - the head of NYU Film School.

thevintagepiper

09-12-2006, 01:49 PM

Currently watching the end of Fellowship of the Ring with my sister for the bazillionth time and loving it :D

optimisticnad

09-12-2006, 01:57 PM

Tristan and Isolde: am such a sucker for romantic movies. but dont tell anyone! i loved it. found Tristan v.ry attractive, he looks completely different to the actor in the posters, did they change the actors or something last minute?

(poor u vntage! i mean watching movie with your sister! if shes anything like my baby sister than u have my respect cos mine never ever shuts up, we see a movie that wev seen before she'll start telling me what happens next-like I dont know! And if we see a movie that we havent seen shel ask me 'what happens next?' and I give that look which comes to understand as : 'shut up or il kill you' but she has a short term memory so one second later we are back to square one!)

Pensive

09-13-2006, 07:22 AM

Yesterday, I watched Rosemary's Baby. It was a really good movie, about the things only a mother can do for her baby. It was really symbolic. The writer did a very good job with how a mother can even accept the baby she had from devil, and actors and actresses acting made the movie even more interesting.

But there were bits in movies, which looked very unreal and which wouldn't make me want to believe them. That's why I will give it 8/10.

Idril

09-13-2006, 08:29 AM

I watched Harold and Maude this weekend for the...I don't know, 50th time and it never gets old or boring. I love this movie, I love the humour, I love the relationship between Harold and Maude, somehow you are able to get over the 'ick' factor of the fact that Harold is about 20 and Maude is almost 80 to really enjoy them together and rejoice that they found each other. Harold's mother just kills me, everything she says is a riot, the soundtrack, all by Cat Stevens is perfect, it's simply one of the greatest movies ever made.

I give it a 9/10 simply because of the plot line with the military guy because I thought that was weird and out of place.

Schokokeks

09-13-2006, 01:30 PM

I LOVE that film! A big reason that people have been disappointed in it is that they expect it to be like Shyamalan's other movies. It isn't, so you're going to be let down if you expect that. It is completely different, but wonderful in its own way. I thought he did a nice job of acting, and the type of story was great for me personally, so I loved it. I've given it a 9/10.
Have you seen The Village?

Oh well, my friend, who went with me, liked it too, but it just didn't do for me...But given that it was the late screening starting at midnight, I was maybe just too tired to enjoy anything :D
No, I haven't seen the village yet, though I think that I might like to one day, but at daylight :p

RJbibliophil

09-13-2006, 05:07 PM

I finished "The Phantom of the Opera" last night. It had excellent music and an interesting and mysterious plot. Unless you think about what's happening, there's a lot you won't figure out. Maybe a 7 out of 10

Serenata

09-15-2006, 10:32 AM

Lucky Number Sleven.

I loved it. It had one of my favorite actresses. Lucy Liu is awesome. Crazy plot. Made very little sense at first, but as movie progressed, it was so cool.

Themis

09-16-2006, 08:03 PM

vheissu

09-18-2006, 05:43 PM

I saw Volver by P.Almodovar this week.
I was impressed with Penelope Cruz's acting (which was actually realistic) and the film had an interesting plot, although a bit far fetched!
I'll give it 10/10 since it's one of the few actually good films that are out at the moment.

ShoutGrace

09-18-2006, 06:04 PM

Lucky Number Sleven.

I loved it. It had one of my favorite actresses. Lucy Liu is awesome. Crazy plot. Made very little sense at first, but as movie progressed, it was so cool.

How did you like the beginning, where there were like 9 graphic deaths in the first 15 minutes . . . . . with a vague sense of importance imparted, but no explanation?

Boris239

09-19-2006, 06:15 PM

The last one was "Illusionist". It was rather interesting to watch. Norton is doing a good job there. 7/10

byquist

09-22-2006, 09:33 PM

Rivers and Tides, -- won some awards. If you are patient, there's a lot there. For art artists it's a must see; nature/environmental gurus a must see. Forces you to slow down, examine time and what's important. More of education than entertainment, although it's personable.

aeroport

09-23-2006, 03:21 PM

I just watched Russian Ark last night, and have to say it is one of the more interesting films I've seen lately. It's basically an hour-and-a-half-long tour through the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersberg - all done in one single, continuous shot! Pretty wild, I must say. The only primary characters are the camerman (the director) and a highly nationalistic French cicerone who walks around this giant museum with him as the rooms transform to present scenes from 300 years worth of Russian history. They talk about it, and it's interesting. That's all I will say. I give it a 9/10, only because I thought the director's remarks were obviously added to the thing, as his tone does not sound like one of exchange with the cicerone. Sounds like a documentary, I know, but it really is much more, and is just entirely different from anything. Watch it!

optimisticnad

09-23-2006, 03:54 PM

The film Elizabethtown was the last one I saw.

I actually liked it. The ending went a tad too far for my liking; I would have liked it better had the film ended a few seconds before a certain event. But the film was good; interesting and the actors played very well. I'd give it a 7/10.

I'll give that a 7/10 too and which event are your referring to?

I watched the Terminal yesterday with Tom Hanks, and quite surprisingly I liked it and even genuinely laughed. Id give it 6/10.

Stanislaw

09-24-2006, 03:52 AM

I just finished watching Doom...and Beowulf and Grendel...and the Pink Panther with Steve Martin (heh, today was a tad underproductive)

The Pink Panther: I was rather skeptical about it, considering no one can replace Peter Sellers, but after stubbornly watching the first few minutes of it, I started to get into the action, and enjoyed it...I'd say about a 6.5 - 7 out of 10.

Beowulf and Grendel: Well, it was a little dissapointing, the action of the movie was rather disjointed, and it sorta followed the story...so 5 - 10.

Doom: It was kinda fun, kinda predictable, not scary, really cheasy with the first person shooter sequence, and well, slightly odd at the end, and completley different from the original video game story line, but hey, it was cheap entertainment...with a bfg...which was sorely underused. so...6 - 10.

subterranean

09-24-2006, 10:34 AM

Went to cinema today and saw Click (Adam Sandler). Pretty funny movie with good message: all work and no play (esp. with the ones you love) leads you to nothing.

7 out of 10

byquist

09-30-2006, 06:11 PM

Diva -- saw a couple times 15 or 20 yrs. ago and was impressed then, now re-saw. Has both special artistry and tough grit. Very French. Very wide in its impressions, very slickly filmed. A must see for the student of film.

Shalot

10-01-2006, 08:58 PM

Hard Candy – Little Red Riding Hood Gets Revenge on the Big Bad Wolf

In Hard Candy, Little Red Riding Hood Gets Revenge on the Big Bad Wolf. In this case, the big, bad wolf is a 32-year-old photographer, Jeff, who has arranged to meet a fourteen-year old girl whom he met online. The fourteen year old girl is Hayley Stark who is an honors student with a short, boyish haircut and a pretty face. As it turns out, Jeff is in over his head when he invites Hayley to his home.

Maybe there’s something wrong with me, but I couldn’t help but sympathize with Jeff as the story progressed. Even when the movie ended, it was never clear to me who the bad guy (or girl) really was.

Ellen Page’s performance was impressive and creepy, and as she walked away from Jeff’s house wearing her red hoodie, I wasn’t quite sure that justice had been served.

If the producers of Hard Candy intended to produce a creepy movie, then they certainly succeeded.