BBC's Little Dorrit (Dickens' novel) 2008 version, a bit on the dark side, but some humor, really well acted from major roles to walk-ons. Real film folks will find this hard not to want to see another episode to find out what will transpire next.
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BBC's Little Dorrit (Dickens' novel) 2008 version, a bit on the dark side, but some humor, really well acted from major roles to walk-ons. Real film folks will find this hard not to want to see another episode to find out what will transpire next.
Slap Shot: Junior League get a 2/5 from me. I just couldn't get that damn story!
Tank Girl- 10/10 just for entertainment and visuals. Obviously, the comics were much better.
Have you seen Fellini's film 8 1/2? Nine is a film version based on the stage musical of the same name, which was based on the film 8 1/2. Nine is shameful by comparison!! Fellini made it to be semi-autobiographical, but that charm is lost in Nine, in my opinion. I though the musical numbers themselves were weak as well. I found Nine really disappointing, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Ahh what excellent taste you have! You have read my thoughts completely :DQuote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
Fellini's classic will forever be an unmatchable masterpiece in my mind. How can any musical ever match Nino Riota's beautifully quirky score?
up my son loved the balloons but I didn't find it interesting or funny... so not that good
"Up in the air" - 10/10.
Great soundtrack and great acting. I love this film! And though I'd have wished for a happy ending, I really liked the way it ended. It fit.
The Lovely Bones
-- good, but the ending was so stupid that it cheapened the rest of the film. 5/10
It's just another of many examples where someone is trying to rip off the public using someone elses work to do so. Fellini was one of the greatest film directors ever and films such as Sweet charity and Nine, which effectively ponce off his work, shows just how corny and unimaginative the film industry has become. I have a rule that I apply to the cinema: Dont watch remakes or derivatives of existing films. That way I save money and am seldom disappointed. Sooner or later some rip off merchant will try to remake Citizen Kane and that's when I will hire a hit man.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
I'm thinking about of watching new Robin Hood. Has anyone of you guys already seen it? Is it good or what? :wave:
I haven't seen it and don't intend to but the Briitish press that I have read have given it a poor reception.Quote:
Originally Posted by victorianfan
Did you know that remakes are currently in the works for both My Fair Lady and The Wizard of Oz? Disgusting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Guess who won't be going to see them.Quote:
Originally Posted by *Classic*Charm*
X-Men Origins: Wolverine 7/10
We got the film "Monster's Ball" with Halle Berry on the Dubai Channel last night. As you might imagine, great chunks were cut. Its a shame because there was some great acting in it.
Avatar 10/10
"Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind", It was amazing.
Edge of Darkness 100/10
(no, it's not a typo)
When did you see it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Haunted
a few days ago
Proposal 10/10
Pierre Le Flou - A postmodern epic which Godard envisioned, along with his own Breathless, cinema for the rest of the 20th century. With a synopsis similar to that of Bonnie and Cylde (made a year later), Pierre Le Flou concerns the often surreal and disjointed adventures of two people fed up with the trappings of modern society. The narrative after this is constantly jumping from one level of reality to another and is explicitly self-referential with characters even acknowledging the existence of the audience at times. This is a great epic of fragments juxtaposing violence, musical numbers, weird humor, soliloquy, poetry and stream-of-consciousness narration. This film will long be remembered, even after its imitators have been forgotten. 10/10
In the Mood for Love - Tell me, is it any mystery at all that Wong Kar-wai is considered one of the greatest living directors amongst Scorsese and Godard? He has a great deal in common with both and is truly the leader of the new wave of great Eastern film-making. His camera is so eloquent and poetic, I'd dare say that I've never seen as lush a film as this.
A love-story about two married neighbors living in a Hong Kong apartment in the 60's, who find out that both of their partners are having affairs with each other. Both in despair and frustration slowly ease into a friendship which is given all of the effort by both to remain platonic.
This is a great film, a unique film, an incredibly moving film about lost chances and lost time with an ending most Hollywood romances are too timid to do. This film is real with real people with real problems. Two masterful performances by the two leads.
And then there is Kar-Wai's direction, which is indescribable. Not since Ozu have I seen better pillow shots used in a film. Between every few scenes, Kar-Wai uses a transitional scene put into slow motion against immensely sublime strings. The effect is dream-like, sublime and moving all at the same time.
The plot in this film made me think of the great French New Wave film Hiroshima, Mon Amour, and the two are comparable in their emotional subtly. There is a poem flashed onscreen at the end which pierced my heart. I saw a mirror of myself. Please go see this movie, it will be the best romance you've seen in a while. 10/10
sh_einstein: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of my favourite movies, so beautiful.
The last movie I watched was Hidalgo, for the 5th or 6th time.
I adore this movie, mostly because I've always been a horse lover, AND a Viggo Mortenson fan. Based on the life of endurance horse rider Frank Hopkins, this film is absolutely stunning- it has some amazing scenery as we follow Frank through his adventure to win the great race. There are issues of belonging in this, as Frank is part Red Indian and part white male, but he does not belong to either.
It really is an inspiring movie.
Saw this Spanish language film on Sundance:
http://www.amazon.com/Dog-Eat-Oscar-...4961828&sr=1-1
Also this German film:
http://www.amazon.com/Lives-Others-M...4961927&sr=1-1
And this Chinese film:
http://www.amazon.com/Blind-Shaft-Qi...4961981&sr=1-1
All three are extraordinary in illustrating different space-times.
The Core gets a 1/5, while Reign of Fire gets a 4/5.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - What film has ever been a more despairing war cry for human dignity and freedom than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? What image in cinema has been more earth-shatteringly powerful as the image of that sink crashing through the windows of the mental hospital?
Jack Nicholson in a sense began his career in this picture. Yes he had starred in some very great films before this one (Chinatown, Five Easy Pieces) but here he established a persona as the rather unstable rebel which would hold onto him for the rest of his career. I must say, it seems that iconic "Jack Nicholson smile" seemed to have originated from here.
Very few films have presented so clearly and powerfully the cold tyranny not only of the then-current medical system, but society in general. These men who are held in a mental hospital are labeled as 'crazies' and are too afraid to even go out into the real world even though most of them are free to do so.
The absolute archetype of the cold and calculated indifference of this overly-rational world is Nurse Rached. My God, there has probably never been a more spiteful villian in movie history, even though she is very polite, is good at her job and probably raises her voice twice during the course of the whole film. What Milos Forman's masterpiece does is show the hidden monstrosity under these systems in meandering close-ups of Nurse Rached's face.
This is a film of shattering power with among two of the best performances in cinematic history with Jack Nicholson and the rebellious pseudo-psychotic and Lousie Fletcher as the cold and indifferent Nurse Ratched. Every time I see this film I am in tears, and every time I see it they become less and less tears of despair but tears of joy. This is a hopeful film, a film that says that even though most of the world is a mental hospital, there is still humanity left in certain places waiting to burst out. 10/10
You, The Living - An undeniable work of Beckettian genius. Quirky, funny, surreal, perfect to that very last perfect shot. Like music it presents the darkly humorous rhythms of everyday life through a series of brief vignettes where the camera rarely moves. We may live in a world full of depression and despair, but how funny it all is. This film best recalls the quote from Beckett's Endgame; "Nothing is funnier than unhappiness." 10/10
Rome, Open City - A classic and extremely influential film which started Italian neo-realism. This is a almost shockingly realistic and gritty film made and set during WWII in Italy, it unflinchingly presents themes of murdering of innocents and torture, in an especially explicit way for the standards of 1945. The iconic street shooting is as powerful and shattering as ever, and the alliance between the priest and the communist is very moving; the former who provides the best performances in the whole film. That said, Rossilini's film occasionally stoops down to the levels of melodrama and at times feels less neo-realistic than it should be. Still worth being seen in high-regard because of Aldo Fabrizi's beautiful performance as the priest. 8/10
Alice in Wonderland - 08/10
The Lovely Bones. 3/10 it was hard to follow at times and has lots of flashbacks and forwards. Only good thing was Stanley Tucci's performance.
Dazed and Confused - 5/10. Way too structurally loose for me.
The last film I saw was Clash of the Titans, 3D in theatres. Besides The Lord of the Rings and Jurassic Park, it's probably my favorite movie! But it's hard to say if the 1981 film was better or worse.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 7/10
Dune 0/10
Amadeus 10/10 :)
A wonderful piece, though largely FICTIONAL.
best film is 'Stand by me' last film I saw was remake of 'war of worlds' crap. I do agree with Daniel about 'Jack Nicholson' 'one flew cuckoo nest is great film but so 'Awakenings'.
The last movie I saw was The Double Life of Veronique, and it was very good.
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace gets a 2/10. Man, that movie is the absolute nadir of the superhero movie genre.
Saw 500 Days of Summer last night. It's was a pretty typical romantic comedy. So I could take it or leave it (well, really just leave it), but my wife liked it.
5/10
Die Hard 10/10 Still the most awesome action movie ever. Yippee-ki-yeh and you know the rest.
Book of Eli 10/10 This is a very good movie. Some action, yet a decent plot and character development. And a heartwarming message.
The Millenium series, originally broadcast on Swedish television. It's an extended version of the movies based on the novels by Stieg Larsson. 10/10.
The Orphan, 6.5/10
Toy Story 3 - 9/10
Just a good, sweet movie. I was just about moved to tears at the end.