One of my favorites! I own it, and rarely watch it, so as not to dilute its beauty, but I have seen very few things on screen so touching! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeruiah
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One of my favorites! I own it, and rarely watch it, so as not to dilute its beauty, but I have seen very few things on screen so touching! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeruiah
A Place in the Sun 4/10
I wish I was Elizabeth Taylor (up until she she started looking like a cartoon and marrying someone new every three days).
I love "A Place in the Sun". Why the 4/10, *Classic*? I really thought it was a good vintage film; I have repeated viewing it; my library owns it. Elizabeth looked stunning in this movie. I believe she was quite young.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
Lost Boys Of Sudan
**This documentary film should be required viewing for every provincial-minded American pushing for tighter restrictions on legal immigration to the US. This film should also be viewed by every dreamy-eyed non-American who believes the US is the land of opportunity. Just watch it, a'right. ;)
Yes, she was around 21 if my calculations are correct. And yes, she was too beautiful for words. And that voice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
It gets a 4/10 simply for Montgomery Clift's terrible acting. It kills me that he received an oscar nomination for it.
Walk the Line-- 9.8/10
We watched this yesterday for my niece's movie review assignment.
My sister fancy Johnny Cash *laughs*
I loved this movie and I own it now, eye. I thought it really depicted Johnny Cash, who I liked very much in my younger days. The story was well acted and very entertaining. I can imagine watching it again. I loved the way June and her family really turned Johnny around and got him straight again. Good flick and I would rate it the same as you did.Quote:
Originally Posted by eyemaker
Yes, I imagine your sister does fancy JC; or did she go for the actor playing him? haha
haha...*Classic*...so Clift drug poor Elizabeth down with your 4/10 rating. Come on, I didn't think he was that bad. I did think that E was absolutely beautiful and stunning in the car scenes. It made ones heart stop to see such young fresh beauty on screen. I love her in "National Velvet", of course. She is just darling in that film in my opinion and a rare young beauty as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
"Cold mountain" that was really good 9/10
The Reader - 8/10
[rec] - 8/10
Brick lane -6/10
Burn after reading - 7/10 (super funny and random)
The Reader 10/10
I was "W" last night -- I liked it. I think Stone did a good job of saying, yeah the US elected the village idiot for two consequential terms, but he's a complex person nonetheless. Or, perhaps better put, Stone made the story of George W political without caricature (which would be easy to do), and compelling without praise.
Rate it? 7/10
Just finished watching Capote. Excellent. Better than Big Fish (which I liked very much) but not as good as Mystic River. Kill Bill I & II, I would rate above Reservoir Dogs but below Jackie Brown and much below Pulp Fiction.
He certainly did. Shame, really. Ooh I love National Velvet. It was my favourite when I was younger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Just watched Romeo and Juliet a la Baz Luhrman. <3
I haven't seen that film in ages so I should not have judged. I will have to look at it again to see just how bad his acting is :lol:. Our library owns the DVD I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
Now if that a minus 3, I entirely agree! I hated this version. The Zefferelli version is sooo much better.Quote:
Just watched Romeo and Juliet a la Baz Luhrman. <3
Not a -3. It's a heart. I love this version. :blush::blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I haven't seen the other one you mention though.
Rented movies last night . . .
Good Time Max: an intriguing plot, very artistic, fascinating ways of directing and camera-shots. Though I loved the beginning and end, I did not feel too crazy about the progress of the film, and some parts of the plot seemed a bit vague and cliché in its only 79 minutes of length. Overall, I loved it.
Rating: 7/10.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson: a fantastic documentary of Thompson, narrated by Johnny Depp, and featuring his personal friends, family, and co-workers, plus amazing footage of the author himself. Beautifully pieced together, but could have had a more linear progress, making a documentary easier to follow.
Rating: 9/10.
I just saw that at Blockbuster and was wondering if it'd be any good. Coincidentally, I saw Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas two weeks ago. I think I'll pick it up based on your recommendation.Quote:
Originally Posted by mono
Really? My order of Tarantino films from greatest to least is: Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Jackie Brown, then Grindhouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by oldman
Jackie Brown was good and everything, but I prefer Tarantino's unrealistic, breakneck style (or maybe even medium) over the calm and slow pace of Jackie Brown and Death Proof. But that's just me.
Hi, everyone!!!
License to Kill - because it came on t.v today. I've seen it a million times but I can't help it! I'm pathetic. I'm a big James Bond fan. And Timothy Dalton is my favourite, second to Brosnan.
Timothy Dalton? Really? I'm a pretty big James Bond fan too, though he would probably be bottom of my list. The Living Daylights was nothing to write home about. Sean Connery tops my list. I can't pass up watching when I Bond film comes on tv either, even though I could pop in the dvd any time...Quote:
Originally Posted by optimisticnad
He's just not that into you. 4/5 I loved this movie and it is so true.
gran torino.
clint in his 70's. he can still pull it off. very believable, which is in itself a reason for a thumbs up. i'll give it four stars out of five.
ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!
10/10!!!
Big 10/10!!!
:lol: Amazing!
*Classic*, Dalton shines in his early roles: "Wuthering Heights" and "Jane Eyre". I will have to find some links to Youtube excerpts and post them for you. Both productions are wonderful. I never got into his work on the Bond films - he looks too slick for me and no one can beat Connery for charm. I love Dalton's earlier roles though. He had the most mesmerizing eyes. I own the one film, the first one; my library owns the second. I wouldn't mind owning that one, as well; it is a BBC or Masterpiece Theater production and very well done, quite true to the novel. Actress playing Jane is terrific, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
Came back to edit and add these links:
Timothy Dalton as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rjLuixhLZk
Timothy Dalton in Jane Eyre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz1I-BuHwqk
There are plenty more excerpts on the site.
"Eden is west" by Costa Gavra. Watched it 2 nights ago at the theater. I was disappointed. It is a well directed film and all but he didn't do justice to the subject matter. The story is about an illegal afghani refugee and his trials and struggles from the time he enters greece till the time he reaches Paris. This is a very important issue and i get the feeling that mr Gavras made light of it because he didn't want to make his european audience feel uncomfortable about themselves.
"monster's ball"..a fine film but very depressing..and i still don't get why H Berre got the oskar.
I watched, for the third time, Eyes Wide Shut the other night... 10/10
It is one of my favorite movies of all time, and Kubrick is, as always, a genius... the music is terrific, the camera shots, the emotion within the film, etc. I think this movie is usually overlooked, but has a lot of importance in it. The intricacies of marriage, love, sexual desire, alienation, deception, betrayal... There is something so beautiful about this film, even in its most bizarre or base moments.
the reader----it's beautiful---10/10
I just saw it and I thought it was fantastic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeruiah
Agreed with mono that it was a beautiful piece of work, but I think that the non-linear telling was quite fitting for Hunter S. Thompson's documentary given that it's a major part of the unique style of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, his most famous work. I'm sure the documentary director knew this and tried his/her best to emulate this aesthetic.
9.5/10, I think.
Ohhh I'm looking forward to seeing that one. One of my friends that's seen it said it was good but dragged on too long...Quote:
Originally Posted by Joreads
Johnny Guitar *****
A great western, one of the best made in the 50's and that's saying a lot. Every aspect of the film is intelligent and bubbles with sheer honesty from the screenplay to Nicholas Ray's subtle directing. Joan Crawford is outstanding and composed one of the least stereotyped female characters in the history of cinema.
Good choice - another classic by Stanley Kubrick! A shame he did not live long enough to see its success. Personally, I loved The Shining and A Clockwork Orange.Quote:
Originally Posted by PoeticPassions
Yes, I do love The Shining and A Clockwork Orange, as well as Full Metal Jacket... Clockwork is actually a terrific adaptation, though I really did love the book (and I rarely think films can achieve what novels can, but Kubrick always made such great films, and all of them were adapted)
Hmmmm..eyes wide shut is my least favourite Kubrick film..i think it has something to do with T Cruise (i dislike him as an actor).
Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, and many others, in "John Adams" miniseries. This is good history and great acting -- a tight study, serious, not just for entertainment; it's slow sometimes, but a great chunk of film.
Tom Cruise can get a little difficult, I agree. He stars in a few of my favorite films, such as Vanilla Sky and Jerry Maguire, but I also cannot look past an over-enthusiastic, ridiculous man who endlessly preaches scientology and who put his unborn baby at risk by placing it under radiation while purchasing his own ultrasound machine to "see his child whenever he wanted."Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
I really like it specially the story which is based on Fitzgerald short story with the same name. It really illustrates the concept of time and the only eternal thing (love) very beautifully. 9/10
Out of Africa 10/10
It is such an amazing movie.
Star Trek III - did not finish it because it is late but I will.
10/10, I was always completely and utterly ignorant of anything to do with Star Trek, but I loved this movie so far :)
Troy
Don't know, that's why I'm going to read the Illiad again.
As far as an isolated piece, I like it VERY much.~