Dragon Quest -124/10. Would seriously recommend tweazing out your eyes before watching this movie. To its credit, it was funny. Not sure it was meant to be.
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Dragon Quest -124/10. Would seriously recommend tweazing out your eyes before watching this movie. To its credit, it was funny. Not sure it was meant to be.
Inception - amazing (10/10) :D
Before going to see it, I was doubtful it would live up to the hype - but it did :nod:
Inception was good. 10/10 does the top stop?
Hitler: A Film from Germany - To call this film a masterpiece would be an understatement. And yet, it is an imperfect film. When Sontag called Syberberg's epic experimental 7 hour long film about Hitler "the most extraordinary film I've ever seen", she was not being hyperbolic. Francis Ford Coppola also was right when he considered it to tower above all other contemporary films.
Most films are equivalent to one or two pages of literature; this film contains volumes. Theatrical, epic, Brechtian, Wagnerian, brooding, self-referential and without narrative, this phantasmagoria on Nazi Germany consists of extended monolouges, philosophical inquiry, puppetry, circus-like theatricality, collage, pastiche, anything Sybreberg can use to portray his profound and dark vision of Nazi Germany and it's effect on Western civilization. This film is not a portrait of Nazi Germany, rather, it is a portrait of the Dantesque Hell in which the ghosts of Nazi Germany wander endlessly.
I could not begin to convey to you the ideas presented in this film. It is bitterly ironic to extreme measures and the viewer who is not thinking will mistake Syberberg's ironic sketches as an aestheticization of Nazism, while they are indeed scathing critiques of it in a uniquely non-liberal and non-humanist manner. It is a nightmare of history from which we are trying to awake, as Joyce would put it.
It seems that the measure of a good critic is if he can watch Hitler: A Film from Germany and describe what he has just seen. I am clearly not a good critic, as I can hardly convey the greatness and grandioseness of this film. I will quote one critic as to help me, Andrew Tracy:
"With the temperament of a Romantic and the sardonic irony of a Brechtian, Syberberg tries to break through the conundrum by having it both ways. Like Godard’s own television-spawned monument Histoire(s)du Cinéma (1988-98), Our Hitler is a messianic work unmoored from any faith in the sacred, a purifying work littered with cultural detritus, a noble work steeped in vulgarity. It valourizes and romanticizes the unifying and totalizing power of cinema, that “new child of the century,” even as it derides that very power as the enabler of banalization, repetition, and commercialization. It is a work forever conscious of the hopeless contradiction, the impossibility of its chosen task, even as that very impossibility heightens the urgency of what it is compelled to say, over and over again."
But Sontag is the defining critic on this film and her essay (wherever you may find it, it is not on the internet) will help you decide if you have what it takes to sit through this incredibly long film and appreciate its genius. Here is a wonderful video essay that gives you a little taste of the film, and is the best preview imaginable for such a long film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8sfBoid8_Y
So yes, I've thrown some gigantic statements at you, and some exceptional names, but do I think you should see the film? Indeed it is not meant as entertainment and the word experimental should be underlined, even though it poorly describes the films aesthetic. This film is clearly not meant for a common audience, it contains references and depends on an immense amount of literary, cultural, historical and cinematic knowledge. I would definitely recommend you the common reader to check out Sontag's video essay, but as to seeing the entire film, I cannot promise that even one of you will enjoy it much less understand it. I hope this does not sound elitist. Indeed I didn't understand parts of the film. It is a labyrinth at times seeming to take place in the mind of a dead Hitler and at times taking place in an underworld of hell.
This film is a monument of words. Indeed, no film I've seen has been more chatty. But there is pure poetry in those words and at times, pure genius. It is a cinematic Sublime and a creative feat in the history of art. 10/10
The Chorus (Les Choristes) -- French Sister Act II, sympathetic. 400 Blows Truffaut would have really liked this one.
Driving Miss Daisy - 9.34/10 I really enjoyed the character development but was a little confused by the time line, and there were a couple points that I wish had been further developed.
I think the last movie I saw was called "Zombie Strippers"...It wasn't that good but funny. I think I will give it a 5/10.
"Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World."
Not a particularly "great" movie by most standards, but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. 7.8/10
robin hood - piece of crap. ridley scott, burn in amateur midget gay porn movies' hell.
A River Runs Through It - Redford's early-20th C Americana.
Not bad, but missed the urine on the floor in the gritty jail scene (digitally deleted) which had been in the original issue of the film.
Wordsworth's Ode (on Intimations of Immortality) is nicely quoted in the film.
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes - I will never be able to see this film again. Ever, ever. It is the "bluntest statement about death" in all of cinema according to Jonathan Rosembaum. And my God, it is. Talk about a deconstruction of the idea of life, the soul, death, the body. This film will haunt me for the rest of my life.
Ok, so I have kids and the last Movie I watched was "Aliens in the Attic" :) It was cute. Definitely better than I thought it was going to be. Made me Laugh a couple of times. I would give it a 6/10. For me, If I was rating it for something that you were wanting your kid to watch I would say 8/10.
I just watched Gaspar Noé's Enter the Void a couple of nights ago as a midnight movie. 10/10. I was blown away. It's very dark and disturbing and completely original and tense and hypnotizing. Incredible experience. I can't wait to see it again in the next couple of days. I get chills just thinking about sitting 6th row center at the Nuart Theater and seeing the opening credits begin to attack me.
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I watched Robin Hood (the latest one, with Russel Crowe) a couple of adays ago, but I can't really pass any good judgement on it, since I wasn't feeling all that well. From what I did get in my somewhat confused state of mind, it was quite good, I'd say about 8/10.
I watched Fried Green Tomatoes last week. Very skillfully movie which has two separate stories woven into one hell of a film. I would rate it 9/10
The Losers - It's your run of the mill action flick. I need to find me one of those go Petunia T-Shirts. 7.5/10
The Ghostwriter - 10/10 - It was great. The acting was very good and I especially loved the dark atmosphere throughout the film, and of course the (for me) very surprising ending!
The last movie I watched was My Sister's Keeper with Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric. They shouldn't be allowed to make movies this sad. It's about a family. The oldest daughter, Kate, has Leukemia and her younger sister was conceived as a donor match. The movie does not follow linear time and it seems to be broken into different segments for each family member's point of view. If you cry easily and are embarrassed of it then I would recommend watching it alone, and if you must watch it with someone and don't want to cry in front of him or her then you should get up and go to the bathroom or make more popcorn when this song comes on:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrLbrBtD2H0
:bawling:
Antichrist.
Well, i did not get into the mood of the movie.
Clash of the Titans - an all action, special effects bonanza that was a load of rubbish. I don't know who writes these screenplays, but the pathetic attemps to modernise the Greek Myths was painful. It was all about liberty - again - liberty from the Gods this time. It really grated, and all I could think was - "that's not in the story " that's not what I remember" etc etc. Don't watch it Kyriakos - you'll bust the telly.
the matrix... again, saw it about a hundred times a few years ago and now again for school, always good and seeing it again and doing some research I find a lot deeper and confusing than before.
I liked 1 and 2, they were great, but the third one I felt was incomprehensible.Quote:
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Dancing Across Borders -- Cambodia to the USA, great true story.
Blade Runner - a perrenial favorite for atmosphere. I play it in the background about once a week, and have done for decades. It's a mellow ambience to me: very familiar and like a meditation. Also because there are various versions (one with a voice over) it's like a down-beat symphony interpreted by different conductors. Also the score by Vangelis can heard in isolation (and it's a three cd set)
But the last new movie that I enjoyed was a little gem from Italy (unfortunately I didn't write the name down) but it was about two brothers, one who has the talent and potential to be a great director, and how the elder brother's greed, jealousy and selfishness directly destroys the younger's chances of the greater good.
Brilliant - 10/10
Anyone seen it? I'd love to see it again
I just watched "The Time Travelers Wife" last weekend. It was much better than I had fist anticipated.
My wife and I just finished leaving the theater where we tried to watch "How Do You Know?" The movie's probably still going on, but we figured there were better things to do.
Lianai Tonggao . Its performers include Wang Lihong and Liu Yifei . It is about the love between one star singer and one university student . I don't think it' a very good movie but i am interested to watch the movie completely due to its performers . Haha
2001: A Space Odyssey...It was just an all around masterpiece. 5/5.
Last night - Apocalyto. Complete knockout about the last days of Aztec Civilisation, and much much more!
You owe it to yourself to beg, buy, borrow, even steal, to see this one
10/10 from I
The Kids are Alright. 8/10 The acting is good. I enjoyed it.
Love and Other Drugs. Loved it. this one is a winner. The plot isn't all that original, but the way the story is told and the acting move this out of the realm of the completely ordinary. 9/10.
Black Swan. Creepy. I love it, but for some reason it makes me think of Psycho. Probably because the main characters of each are brother and sister. The only difference is that fewer people actually die in this one. 9/10 Nothing's perfect, after all...
Twilight Eclipse
I just watched Inception (again) last night. I'm still in love with it, even though everytime I watch it I have to explain it to my mother.
10/10.
I have just watched MOONSTRUCK (again) with Cher and Nicolas Cage, it is a gem 10 / 10:):)
Predators.
There were some twists! It was an ok 6/10
Inception - Good thriller. Nothing special. Mostly just Hollywood high-tech psuedo-intellectualism. Miles above any thriller made in the past few years and far more intelligent, but nothing all that great and a rather poor use of surrealist techniques. Entertaining though, but still as formulaic and manipulative as the heist the characters pull of. 5.5/10
Last movie I saw was "Black Swan".
I give it an 8.5 out of 10. There were not many 'standout' performances (except for Vincent Cassel), even though the cast was uniformly excellent, but the direction by Darren Aronofsky carried the film to new heights. It was different, but if anything, I thought two of his earlier films, "Pi" and "Requiem for A Dream" were more accessible.
The Reader = 10/10 it was wonderful, the fact that I had read the book also helped. Sooo very good.:wink5:
Cool Hand Luke. First impression = 3/10. A day after watching the movie = 7/10. It, kind of, grew on me.
Touch of Evil ~ Orson Wells
Good movie but it's odd to try and get used to Charlton Heston in such dark makeup. His acting was good and so was everyone else. However, I had seen it before and I got a little bored knowing what would happen. It's a dark film - Noir I suppose. Still it displays the genius of the great movie maker...super angle shots, creative cutting and other inovations of the time.
You might enjoy some of Vangelis' other soundtracks. He's always been a favorite of mine, along with Kitaro....both dynamic, yet very relaxing. His soundtrack to "Chariots of Fire" is marvelous, too.Quote:
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I adore the movie "Blade Runner". I would give it a solid 10/10...it never stops amazing me with some of the finer scenes still standing out vividly in my mind. You realise there are two endings as well, don't you? One truly classic sci-fi film for all times!
Sorry, Mystry, I don't know of the other film you speak of, but it sounds good.