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:wave: Hi Grace, I am laughing since, everytime I see some newer film now I seem to be weirded out too or they seems strange. I haven't found one film, I would rave over this from this past year. I did want to see The Soloist though. I heard it was good and I like Robert Downing, Jr. He was great in Chaplin. Ever see it? Pretty sure he won an oscar for it. He deserved it.Quote:
Originally Posted by grace86
Haven't seen Chaplin but I will because I like him too! Yeah I don't know, the movies were just kind of weird...I haven't seen one I truly enjoyed in a long time. I've seen some really good old ones though recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
The Ugly Truth- heh heh it was pretty funny. I love cheap movie nights with the bff.
It is very bloody, but the violence is explored as a theme a bit like in Peckinpah's work. The film looks at racism in Australia, against the natives but also between the different people colonising the place, and at the violence that comes from there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Double Indemnity - 9/10. My favourite film noir.
this movie is so amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmericanEagle
Inglourious Basterds - No rating - Surprisingly really amazing. I can't really score this movie, except to say that it was brilliant. Completely changing the events of WWII in such a way is kind of marvelous, something you'll never ever see in another WWII flick. It begins and ends almost perfectly. I was completely surprised, as I was not impressed by the previews I had seen of this movie. Christopher Waltz is amazing in this.
Inglorious Basterds:
There was so much that I enjoyed about the film. Tarantino writes such distinct characters, but they have the tendency to digress in the same manner. There was more diversity in this film compared to Kill Bill, where The Bride, Bill and Elle seemed to have attended the same speech class ( I always cringe when Elle reads from her notepad).
There is a very interesting tone to the film and the performances that have been praised are well deserved, but I have to watch it a second time to really grasp Pitt's performance.
G.I.Joe
2/10
very obvious, lame jokes, mediocre acting, good enough bad guys for 2 stars
Inglourious Basterds - Q Tarantino
Could have been good but the focus on the terribly written french characters and some awful acting ruined it. I would have liked to see more of the "Basterds". Christoph Waltz was great in this though.
Satantango - Bela Tarr
One of the greatest films ever made, a true work of art. Over seven hours long but every second of it is beautifully crafted and mesmerizing. It takes a while to get used to the perculiar rythm but once past that you're in for a treat. Everybody who sees cinema as a form of art should see this once in their life.
The Inglourious Basterds - Enzo G. Castellari 8/10
I'm so curious about Q.Tarantino's new movie, so I figured I should see the one he got some inspiration from. I enjoyed it a lot, a dark A-team movie... with quite an anti-war message. I would definitely watch it again!
Pulp Fiction - Q. Tarantino 9/10
What's there to say? Just grand. I like Tarantino's style :D I really dig the dialogues. And the music. And the jumping between points of view. And... :) Just grand!
with 'love in the tine of cholera' you got robbed. it is a piece of crap movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
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Brüno ---über-crap.
Ernest Scared Stupid! I haven't seen it recently, but I remember how often I watched it when I was a child.
fell asleep watching Angels and Demons....
I enjoyed this one. Curious which actors did you find horrible? I also liked C Waltz very much..he was the main reason i liked the film (mr Pitt is lately a turn off for me, but his last two movies i've seen-well this one and the one you recommended were really good).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
inglorious basterds.... really liked it, good characters and I always love it when people speak their own language, I hate it when everybody speak English just because it's an American movie. the French and I love listening to German, a beautiful language. Good bad guys if you know what I mean...
I usually like Tarantino's movies.
Inglorious Basterds I liked it more than I thought I would. I do like Tarantino, and I'd forgotten how good he is at dialog. I don't care if they digress. The suspense. I felt that he really let the scene take its own time to develop. Personally I thought the acting was pretty good, but that Christoph Waltz was incredible and that he stole the show. 8/10
The Time-Traveler's WifeAnother pleasant surprise. Fairly well acted, the story is absorbing and touching. 7/10
I watch the same movies over and over again, every night. I choose new movies about twice a year. Some of the movies I watch, repeatedly, are "shawshank redemption", "ghost world", "royal tannebaums", "husbands and wives", "bridges of madison county", "kramer vs Kramer", "heartburn".
I alternate between these every night. It comforts me.
hahah..you sound just like me; I do vary a bit but sometimes I like going back to my favorites and you are right - somehow the familiarity of them is comforting. Two nights ago I watched a film I have watched a zillion times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pollopicu
I like some of the ones you mentioned too...the first and "Husband and Wives" are good films in my opinion. I think years ago, I saw "Heartburn" and liked that, too. Is Meryl Strepp in that too?
Yes. I love Meryl. it's funny, cause I never realized how many movies I watch with Meryl streep. She's so versatile in her characters, I don't see it as being a fanatic of hers, cause I'm really not. I'm more a Judy Davis fanatic. I think meryl just happens to be a coincidence.
those are just the ones I watch over and over at night. I watch other "oldies" (70's 80's) but goodies from time to time.
you know what movie to comes to mind that i think is so funny? " nightshift" with Michael keaton. Also "Arthur" with Dudley Moore.
Saw Lynch's Wild at Heart a about a week ago. It was quite good, though not as powerful as Blue Velvet and a little overly self-satirical, it still hits most of the right notes and is a fascinating allegory of getting lost on the Yellow Brick Road. Lynch certainly is somewhere over the raindow :lol:
7/10
Also, I saw Drugstore Cowboy about a week ago. Matt Dillon's performance is so great, and Van Sants directing is top notch. It truly gives you that feeling of degration and despair and that sick feeling of being a pills addict. It reminded me a bit of Bonnie and Clyde (another American masterpiece) in which this gang of "bandits" go around having a good time robbing stores/banks, but then fall into the consequences. But Bonnie and Clyde had it easy, their lives ended with a bang, a drug addict's life ends with a slow decomposing whimper. 10/10
Pollopicu, I was for a time very enamoured with the work of Meryl Streep. I guess I still am to a degree; but her earlier stuff more than her new stuff. Of course, I still think she's a amazingly talented actress and really looks great at her age; has a lot of vibrant energy - she was quite good in her newest film: Mama Mia and she has a nice singing voice also. She is still quite beautiful I think. I own a few of her films; Sophie's Choice, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Out of Africa; in fact, Out of Africa is my favorite move of all time! I finally had to purchase a copy for myself, since I watch it so often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pollopicu
Funny you should mention Judy Davis. I really like her work as well. I own a few of her films: Celebrity and A Passage to India; she was great in Husband and Wives. She can be both serious and very funny at times.
I watch a lot of films from that era and even earlier. I will buy one from ages ago (even from my teen years) and then I begin to recall others I particularly loved back then; I track those down to buy if they are something really special that I know I will watch over and over again. I just ordered a few: A Summer Place (60's, 70's ?), Summer of '42. Not too long ago I bought A Patch of Blue. Are you familar with any of these? It will be fun to revisit these wonderful older films; will bring back memories.Quote:
those are just the ones I watch over and over at night. I watch other "oldies" (70's 80's) but goodies from time to time.
I loved Dudley Moore in the day! Not only Arthur, but others he did were just hilarious. I should look those up online and try to buy a few of the winners. I like the one with Goldie Hawn, but now I can't think of the name of it. It also starred Chevy Chase as a gumshoe detective...ah...wasn't it called Foul Play? That was an entertaining movie. Michael Keaton was good in a number of films from that era. I am not sure if I saw Nightshift. I liked him in Batman and he was good in Beetlejuice.Quote:
you know what movie to comes to mind that i think is so funny? " nightshift" with Michael keaton. Also "Arthur" with Dudley Moore.
Nightshift (with Henry Winkler, too, making up the other half of the "odd couple") is a lot of fun, with some of the best lines ever.
Oh, Winkler was great. I will have to check it out sometime soon; sounds like fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by billl
Casino Royale. The James Bond movie from 2006ish. One of the few movies I've seen lately that I can confidently give 10/10. That movie is amazing.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N6rzfoWHzgQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjHUP...eature=related
"feeding mayonnaise to tuna fish" :P
Watched public enemies.....Awesome film
careful Janine--great scenes!! you could save them for a soon-to-be viewing... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pollopicu
I saw Halloween II. I guess the cultered people here at Lit Net haven't seen this fine film..
It wasn't that great but I was in the mood for the movie theater and I had a cherry coke and some popcorn so I sat through it. There were a couple of cool cinematic shots that would make for great desktop wallpaper, and Rob Zombie's wife pulled off the creepy ghost mother role better than anyone else could.
I saw this movie too, and I have to say that Tarantino missed the mark with his character from Maynardville, TN. Brad Pit did okay with the accent, but no one in Maynardville says bidness in place of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
An oldy but goody tonight, something from my early days of going to the movies. This may be a SPOILER if you have not seen this film:
The Summer of '42
I remember loving this movie when I was younger; seeing it on a big screen in the movie theater was such a treat. I still enjoyed it very much and it brought back keen memories of my own adolescence. It's a 'coming of age' film with a lot of thought behind the main character's first connection with the opposite sex and eventual first sexual experience; that scene being beautifully shot; filmmakers of today should take a clue here - less is sometimes better; one's on imagination takes over, making this scene very sensual and beautiful and tender...just seeing the lace curtains move with the ocean breeze and hearing the rhythm of the waves was very effective in evoking just the right amount of emotion, feeling and depth between the youth and the older woman he consoles. The rest of the film leading up to this part was very well paced and very funny at times; so typical of three young boys spending their summer vacation on Cape Code in the 40's. The supporting cast was also very good. And who could ever forget the luminous beauty of Jennifer O'Neil? The 15 yr old young man playing Hermes, was quite good as well. The first and last lines of the movie are very poignant and meaningful. If you get to see this film, pay particular attention to the voice over narration both beginning and ending. The score is beautiful and very memorable. I always loved the theme song. A lovely sensitive film, which I would rate 9/10. Classic for it's time period.
Tonight I stayed up late to watch Fargo directed by the Coen Brothers. It's such a masterpeice and remains the Coens best work. I remember watching this when I was at my grandmothers house and there was about four feet of snow outside. . . .
This is such a masterful movie, and yet everything is very subtle. After their overblown Raising Arizona, we see an ever growing maturity in the Coens as great directors, their talents reaching their peaks in Fargo, who's plot is so popostorous and weird, that's so violent and funny, that the entire movie seems one big juxtaposition of everyday Mid-Western life.
Here, the Coens achieve what Lynch tried to do with Twin Peaks, and that was to have witty and quirky small-town characters, just going about their everyday lives, oh, and there happens to be a triple homicide. There are moments in the film in which the bored inhabitants of Brainard simply concern themselves with the usual small talk, choosing that over police-work interrigation and questioning, you know all that complicated stuff.
William H. Macy gives a brilliant performance in playing a bad actor; a car salesman who hires two criminals to kipnap his own wife, so that her father can pay the ransom so he'll get some of the money or, whatever, it's too confusing. Frances McDormand is in her shining role of her career who plays a sweet but clever policewoman who seems to be a force of small-town nature on her own, like that hauntingly quirky statue of Paul Bunyan, just outside of Brainard.
Either way, this is a masterpiece, covered in snow and coldness, which presents itself as an interesting crime film and unravels into the most delightful dark comedies ever made. 10/10
:lol: Do they ever get those southern accents right? Did he get the sensibility of the place right, I wonder? I remember when they did Silwood and I was so annoyed at the background music, like we all sat around and played banjo music. I guess there is a preponderance of people who like country music in my home state, but I am not one of them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Good review, Daniel. I haven't seen this one yet. I acknowledge the Coens are good, but they are also an acquired taste. I will put this on my list of movies to see now.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
hehehe agreed. Love that film :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Away We Go --- an OK movie.
It's so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
This is probably the funniest scene from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRu6_mJiVAo
That is one of my favorite films ever and I have to admit I am not too into the Cohen Brother's films. But Fargo is a classic. It's excellent! Definitely it has to be their best work ever. Good taste in films, Daniel.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Thank you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Aww, what films of theirs have met with your disapproval :(
I actually hated O,Brother Where Art Thou...Maybe I just didn't get it. I found it annoying. Another movie of theirs I thought was terrible, but now I can't recall it's name. It came out after BWAT...Oh, I recall what it was now...I had high expectations but I really hated it, too....The Ladykillers...wasn't that a remake of an old film?Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
I am not much of an authority on their work, I admit this. Come to think of it and I forgot about this one, I did love Raising Arizona, when that film first came out. No Country for Old Men was a very good serious film; quite different than anything I had ever seen before. I hadn't realised they directed that film. I just looked up their filmography on Wikipedia. I should see The Big Lebowski sometime but I keep putting that one off. I admit it does look pretty funny though.
Oh, you just had very bad luck. Definitley see No Country for Old Men, as well as Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There and Miller's Crossing.