I watched G-Force the other night in 3D. Didn't really want to watch it, but it turned out to be surprisingly entertaining. I loved how Zach Galifianakis looked exactly the same as he did in The Hangover, only this time he looked clean at least!
Printable View
I watched G-Force the other night in 3D. Didn't really want to watch it, but it turned out to be surprisingly entertaining. I loved how Zach Galifianakis looked exactly the same as he did in The Hangover, only this time he looked clean at least!
Troilus and Cressida ~ William Shakespeare BBC Adaptation
Fine adaptation of the play. I found it hard to follow the complicated dialogue at times; confusing to say the least; but the play got more interesting as it progressed and I grasped more of what was going on. The cover of the DVD was very deceiving, since it said 'Comedy' within design of the border. I am not sure why, because this play is the furthest thing from a comedy although it had some comedic moments and quirky characters.
I found this in Wikipedia:
It's curious; it struck me as more modern in content and viewpoint, too. I found it some things unusual, such as encouragement from Cressida's uncle given to Troilus to blantantly sleep with Cressida; also some of this remarks were really outspoken for the day. The way the nobles and warriors spoke was not always admirable or honorable either, which had me miffed at first, comparing this play to other more noble oriented plays by the Bard.Quote:
Throughout the play, the tone lurches wildly between bawdy comedy and tragic gloom, and readers and theatre-goers have frequently found it difficult to understand how one is meant to respond to the characters.However, several characteristic elements of the play (the most notable being its constant questioning of intrinsic values such as hierarchy, honor and love) have often been viewed as distinctly "modern", as in the following remarks on the play by author and literary scholar Joyce Carol Oates:
Troilus and Cressida, that most vexing and ambiguous of Shakespeare's plays, strikes the modern reader as a contemporary document—its investigation of numerous infidelities, its criticism of tragic pretensions, above all, its implicit debate between what is essential in human life and what is only existential are themes of the twentieth century. [...] This is tragedy of a special sort—the "tragedy" the basis of which is the impossibility of conventional tragedy.
Not my favorite Shakespeare play, but worthy of watching; a part of history and mythology that continues to fascinate me; although I am not very versed in Greek/Trojan history. The acting was quite good; I recognised a few notable actors from other BBC productions. Anton Lesser played Troilus and was quite admirable. I don't think I am able to rate this one.
Only 10?? In my eyes, you can't get much closer to perfection than All About Eve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Mather, hahaha...what do you mean ONLY 10?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathor
10 out of 10 - perfection! This film was amazing. Betty Davis gave a tour de force performance, if I have ever seen one. Glad you are in agreement. I am glad I watched it finally. Sure I will watch it again - my library owns a copy.
Mankiewicz is the stuff. Have you seen his later films like There Was a Crooked Man and Sleuth, I loved those as well. And Five Fingers with James Mason.
In The Loop - 2009 - 10/10 - In the same vein of the The Office, a brilliant british comedy about the insides of the British goverment and the events leading up to the Iraq war. A satire, and somehow not very political at all, but simply just a great and wonderful human comedy (mostly featuring the overuse of the word "****")
I just saw 'Public enemies' last night, and I liked it. as much as I like Bale he didn't do that good in this movie, it could have been better. Johnny Depp is ALWAYS good and man I love the glasses he wore, the sunglasses too.It was an interesting story and I liked how they used everything that were Dillinger's moves, like jumping over the counter and not taking anything from the people at the bank just the bank and he was very good at getting away from the cop and just out of any situation. the actress who played Bette was good but I have no idea who she is. I don't like to much romance in a movie like this and I think they could have skipped a kissing scene or two. so many good actors playing small roles was really good I think. my biggest problem was Bale, he sounded like he sometimes had an accent but not all of the times, this wasn't his best movie.
I loved the music in it and the clothes, Dillinger always very well dressed and I love the hats all the men had...
I'd give it 8 out of 10
the next movie I wanna see is 'Funny Games'.....
Night Train (2008)
Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski and Steve Zahn
This movie is so incredible and totally unpredictable. It's a thriller but it's not what you think. I won't give it away, it takes place on an old-world train. One cold snowy night, a mysterious passenger came running breathlessly into a desolate train station to catch the train. He was holding a box...
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT'S INSIDE THE BOX!!!!
10!
Adventureland (2009) - 8/10 - One of those movies that starts out as an American Pie-esque semi-pornographic sex romp but slowly transforms into a romantic comedy at the end. Probably the best romantic comedy I've seen all year. With the terrible way comedic movies are going these days, it's great to see some light-hearted romance for once. This is the one movie I've seen all year that I think just about anyone would enjoy.
The Ugly Truth (2009), usual rom-com 'chick' flick. It was ok, predictable, but I did like the verbal sex banter, made notes ... ;)
the thing was it sucked on so many levels, and yet it somehow seemed to provide a lot of insight on what both men and women are looking for sexually/emotionally. So though it's in no ways a good movie, it is intelligent in a lot of ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by optimisticnad
the grizzly man
this movie was strange, he was kinda crazy living with bears and acting the way he did. it was so cute how great relationship he established with the foxes, they were so cute. I didn't quite get what he thought he was doing there, he kept saying he was protecting the bears but when some guys were throwing rocks at a bear cub he just watched and cursed.
it was interesting but didn't really leave a lot behind..
5/10
I re-watched Up and laughed my *** off. That movie is sooooo good.
shrek the third
very funny like shrek always is....
I also bought today 'love in the time of cholera' but I haven't watched it yet
G.I Joe: cobra something. 4/10 piece of rubbish
Crash 6/10 yes it was clever but I didnt LOVE it.
jadesoturi --- a mixture of Finnish and Chinese mythological elements in a fantastic movie. interesting.
Tulpan - great movie about a Kazakh shepherd family; a movie about a less known culture.
Saw the 1st Bridgett Jones' Diary again last night. Still as funny as the first time I saw it. Go Rene!
:thumbs_up:thumbs_up:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by DisPater
this movie is GREAT!
Stranger Than Fiction- Quite possibly the worst movie I've seen in years. And I don't mean awesomely worst in the Plan 9 From Outer Space way.
This was just flat out an awful movie. Kind of a cool idea for a story line but they sure screwed it up. Don't even waste your time with it
1/10
I agree Stargazer, Stranger than fiction was a good idea gone bad, and with such good actors
but I just watched Wedding singer for the hundred time, I like Sandler's older work, not a big fan of his recent stuff
For the second time I watched Elizabeth (Cate Blanchett).
This is by far my favorite movie she's ever done. She's one of my favorite on the silver screen. :thumbs_up
Elizabeth II was ok...but it didn't live up the the first.
Take the Lead - 8/10
I love to watch ballroom dancing - the 3-person tango was creative, to say the least.
Sheujade, I agree with you. I love Cate Blanchett and have seen her in many films; but this still remains my favorite of hers. Eliz II was good and she was still wonderful, but the first one was the best definitely. I just loved the whole movie. It was perfect in my eyes. I give it 2 thumbs up!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheujade
Welcome to Litnet. Happy to see interesting new members, especially movie lovers.
Terminator Salvation - uber-crap, and I said already too many good words about this movie.
The Proposition - John Hillcoat
Excellent operatic, australian, western spinoff. None of that makes sense but that's what it is. Reminiscent of Ford, Peckinpah and Leone with a brilliant screenplay from the pen of Nick Cave and first rate cast (Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Ray Winstone, John Hurt to name a few). I just wrote a long review, but it's in French. If anyone reads that forsaken language check it out here :
http://thewasteland.over-blog.com/article-34991435.html
Mark F, I am always running across this film on Amazon, since I like another film by the same name, with different actors/storyline. It sounds interesting, but I read it's quite bloody.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
I have been watching a lot of old films lately - classics.
Shadow Of A Doubt ~ Hitchcock
Strangers On A Train ~ Hitchcock
Both terrific! 10/10's for sure. How can one beat classic Hitchcock? I like Strangers best, but they both were wonderful and full of quirpy characters and great suspense. Both are early B/W films. I love that effect for suspense and mystery/drama.
Last night I watched
East of Eden ~ James Dean
I loved it! 10/10 most definitely! Wonderful mesmerizing performances. Emotional and very intense.
I will write more up on these later on. I highly recommend all three.
Extras on all DVD's were super interesting and informative, also.
I loved "Strangers on a Train", too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I didn't really like "Shadow of a Doubt", mostly because of the strange relationship between Uncle Charlie and Young Charlie.
Yeah, that was strange, wasn't it? It was almost like she was attracted to him sexually. I wasn't quite sure of the relationship from the beginning. In the extras, it said she was young and just bored and he added color to all their lives. I do think they all, including the mother (his sister), had this strange distorted view of him; afterall, what did they even know of his life? I found that a bit odd, too. Wouldn't they want to know how he made his living, etc? Did you know that Hitchcock actually liked this film the best of all his films. Patricia Hitchcock said so in the extras. Now once before, I saw Pat Hitchcock in an interview; she claimed his favorite film was Notorious, but perhaps she meant for the major films, or I may be wrong memory-wise.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
By the way, wasn't Pat Hitchcock a riot in Strangers On A Train? He picked her because she resembled the wife. The glasses were a great way to link them also. Love that shot in the glasses; a very famous shot. I can post it here since I copied it from Wikipedia. Now this film is another one with a strange attraction, but this time between two men. The extras went into that quite a bit. I felt from the beginning, that the man approaching Guy was acting awfully close and chummy with him in a homeosexual manner, not purely friendly. They said this was true and I believe in the British version it was played up more or it might have been visa versa, not sure now. I still have the alternative version to watch - my DVD came with both. Should be interesting to compare the two. That last scene was something else - truly amazing, wasn't it? Never have seen anything quite like it before. Wonderfully executed.
The guy who played Guy was in Rope, another of my favorites, even though it's somewhat a problem play/film. I still find it emensely interesting.
Yeah, they seemed more like lovers than uncle and niece.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Really? I think that "Shadow of a Doubt" pales in comparison to "Vertigo" and "Psycho".Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Something similar like that happened in "Rope", also starring Farley Granger.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Exactly...but then again I think a lot of young girls could become enamoured with older men, even their uncles. My problem with that was I don't personally find Joseph Cotton that charming or attractive so I could not quite see what she saw in him. Now, had it been maybe someone more appealing and oozing charm I might understand her being drawn to him but Cotton doesn't do it for me; even though he did well layering the character to some degree.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
I love Vertigo and many others, especially Rear Window and Dial M For Murder. Believe it or not, I have never seen Psycho. I need to see that one; for years I would not watch it, knowing the murder takes place in a shower or bathtub. I figured that would freak me out too much. I own most of the ones I mentioned but not the last three above since my library owns two of those; the other, I should request they get it from another library so I can finally view it - Psycho. I think I am brave enough now. hahaQuote:
Really? I think that "Shadow of a Doubt" pales in comparison to "Vertigo" and "Psycho".
I have to watch Rope again. I did write in my last post that Farley Ranger was in Rope too. I think that Shadow Of A Doubt and Rope have the same problem with the general public; the story relies on people (the star and anti-hero) who are intimate and key to the story, but who are a-moral. A-moral movies are usually not vastly popular, because they make people feel very uncomforable. I found that true of Doubt too, didn't you? I thought it was also filmed very 'edgy' and felt very 'uncomfortable' (angles of shots, etc) on purpose.Quote:
Something similar like that happened in "Rope", also starring Farley Granger.
If Uncle Charlie had been portrayed by Gregory Peck, I would definitely understand why Young Charlie would have been attracted to him :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
You should definitely watch "Psycho." The shower murder scene isn't too gruesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I know, I have heard that from many now. I am sure it's not nearly as gruesome as some film scenes I have witnessed. haha.. Plus I loved Anthony Perkins; actually saw him once in a bar in Philadelphia - my friend spotted him and I didn't believe it; after he was gone we asked his friend at the bar and sure enough it was him appearing in Playhouse in the Park.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
Right, I agree. I am not sure why he choose Cotton, but he was later in a few other Hitchcock films, I believe. I think he is rather non-descript, don't you? I did like him in Citizen Kane though.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
^ I agree that Cotton comes across as very bland.
That's it exactly...I was going to write pale, but bland is right-on. When he gets angry in the diner it seemed out-of-character for him; but then maybe that was just the point. Still, I don't see why she would have been attracted to him. I also didn't see how they were anything alike, did you?Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
I also didn't see how they were alike. I just put that down as a plot hole, which many Hitchcock films have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Coraline - 8/10. It kinda weirded me out a little bit but I loved it.
The Soloist - 8/10. It was strange too but I liked it.