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Well, I didn't want to do it, but If finally watched Ghost Rider and I liked it so much that now I have Blackheart as my lit net avatar. Something about a flaming man on a motorcycle didn't appeal to me at all, but I was surprised ---the movie was actually good. Of course, those comic book movies are usually good enough so I don't know why those previews didn't grab my attention. Anyway 9/10
Live Free or Die Hard... 4/5
Last film I saw;
Fight club
I'm not quite sure how to rate it. I like it even though I think it's a bit of a weird film.
Pier Paolo Pasolini's "Accattone" 8/10. This movie reminded me of Pasolini's other film "Mama Roma". So if you have seen this one you might want to check out Accattone as well.
Yikes! Knocked Up!
Funny and touching in parts. I have learned to tune out the profanity and look beyond to the story. It seemed quite unbelievable to me that the two ended up together that first night, but I am not part of and do not understand the bar scene thing anyway. I came to like his quirky friends. Her sister drove me crazy but I thought the message in THAT marriage was a good one.
I was entertained and left with a smile.
Les Enfants du Siecle (Children of the Century) - Diane Kurys
I will say first that I find Juliette Binoche's performance as George Sand in this film much more interesting than Judy Davis's in "Impromptu". The latter was much more comedic than this, however, so I can't judge them the same. I'm surprised at the number of bad reviews on Rotten Tomatoes; maybe I have poor taste... :( I found this film pretty good, not at all "too long" or "talky". I have no idea how accurate it is (I did not know that Alfred de Musset was Sand's lover - or that he even existed - before watching this), but I can't say I really watch historical drama for its biographical value - not when we have cool things like books in which to find such matter. Musset is quite a twerp, repeatedly, endlessly, to Sand, and I found it interesting to watch how she reacts to such...uncouth, frivolous behavior on the part of someone she has such affection for, perhaps because I, the uninformed, naive viewer, kept waiting with her for him to get his act together... Of course, JB is hardly the masculine creature that George Sand is said to have been (who had, according to Chopin, a "face like a horse"), which is probably something Davis stresses more in her performance, but it isn't like she plays up her femininity - and I guess it isn't like I'll ever be able to really complain about having to look at Binoche, as a woman, for two hours!
9/10
Paris, je t'aime - dir. various (I am not going to list them all!)
I saw this at the theater today, and I thought it was altogether pretty fantastic. It's made up of eighteen or so short films that take place in Paris and concern love in various forms - and never, fortunately, in the stupid, utterly unrealistic way one comes to expect in a motion picture (and which a title like "Paris, I love you" practically invites). Some of these are really good, and some of them are alright. One of my favorites concerns a woman (Margo Martindale, I believe, is the actress) walking around the city while narrating (from a later date, obviously) her 6-days' stay in the city through what sounds (given her overbearing American accent and stumblings) like a paper written for a French class. One oddball film features a young man and a vampire falling love (starring Elijah Wood as the tourist kid and Wes Craven as the vampires initial victim) that is kind of bizarre. Another, Steve Buscemi accidentally making eye contact (after reading advice specifically to avoid this in a guide-book) with some unkind people at the metro, which is pretty funny. Oh yes, and JB is in another! How bad could it be, really? Anyways, I'm not going to go on about all of it, but it's definitely worth seeing. Twice, in my case, provided it's still here next weekend!
9/10
The last movie I saw was Primeval. I thought it was just going to be a monster movie with a giant crocodile, but I was pleasantly surprised there was much more to the plot than that. So I have to say 5 out of 5. I didn't have high expectations, but it exceed them so I was happy.
Memento dir. Christopher Nolan 2000
The first thing I'll say is that this film is well directed; It's not perfect, but with a plot in which the protagonist can't form new memories and the film beginning from the end and slowly building up without confusing the viewer to the point it gets annoying to watch, I'd say it was well done.
You get the feeling you can actually sympathise with the main character, Leonard, not because he suffers from short-term memory loss but because of the huge effort he makes to actually keep a record of what he is now doing, either with photographs or tatoos. Ultimately he also becomes emotionless in his quest of revenge and cannot even process the feeling of guilt because of course, he forgets what he's done...
7/10
Franco Citti is great in this. One of my favourite Pasolini films. You should check out some of his other early films like Uccellaci e Uccellini and Eudipus Rex if you liked this and Mama Roma. As well as Salo and TeoremaQuote:
Originally Posted by manolia
Ghost Rider on DVD. I first saw it for my birthday about four months ago, loved it then, loved it now.
Casablanca...Yeah..the same old story...my favorite scene, the duel at Rick's Cafe Americain....the Nazis start to sing 'Die Wacht am Rhein', and the French drown them out with 'La Marseillaise'! Beautiful!10
Transformers . Absolutely hilarious. Optimus Prime's speech was a classic:
"All sentient beings deserve freedom. If we cannot destroy the cube, I will stick it in my chest"
I laughed so hard. There is also a great spoof on a teenager that is trying to sneak out of his house at night. Falls in the 'just another movie' category.
Everything is Illuminated. starring Elijah Wood. A jewish man travels to the Ukraine to attempt to find his father's home town. Indepth characters, interesting dialogue, and a good amount of dialogue. Deals with relevant topics and philosophical questions, but I think I would have rather read the book, because not enough was known about the main character. Recommended 4/5.
Err, I should rent that just to see how wrongly have they portrayed Ukraine...Quote:
Originally Posted by Derringer
Did you duck once you heard the word 'Crowning'?? His friends were hilarious!Quote:
Originally Posted by ampoule
Ultraviolet-1/10...hopefully that speaks for itself!
Evan Almighty, I liked the second one a lot more than the first.
I know that’s hard to believe because Wanda Sykes got annoying after she opened up her mouth, and to make matters worse they casted, for Carell's wife, the cow from that stupid show on the WB. In the end, Steve Carell and John Goodman pulled through with hilarious performances to save the movie. Oh and Morgan Freeman did a horrible job playing god, but it was so bad that I though it was funny. I just kept on thinking what if Freeman told the guy that he was some maniac, recently escaped from the mental asylum, who believed he was god. Its good to have an imagination while watching a movie.
8/10 for making me laugh, wonder, and almost cry because I really,really,really hate Wanda Sykes.