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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem on Christmas Day, Give it a 'C'. The body count went way up and I relived my golden rule of characters--if I like them they are toast. Major complaint is the lack of thought that went to the consequences of the story. I suspect a lot of it hit the cutting room floor since it's very short and more background would have enhanced it but it makes very little sense to the overall series of Alien movies but its been downhill since Alien 3 anyway.
No Country For Old Men (Joel and Ethan Coen, 2007) - Perhaps it's somewhat trying as a philosophical exercise, but as a thriller it's remarkably powerful and effective. 8/10
I can just see you going to see this movie after Amalia and I gave it rave reviews. While you're watching this film you will be thinking how completely insane the two of us are for liking it as much as we do! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
NEGATIVE 1/10???? BRUTAL!!! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
I watched "Happy, Texas" for the second time again today. It stars Jeremy Northam (yes, I have a thing for him, too! :) ). It is just your typical story of 2 drifters passing though a small town and passing as someone else (this case they are two escaped convicts that pose as pageant consultants). The first time I saw it was in the middle of the night. Today, I was too tired to do anything else. So I sat through it again! I actually kind of like it. Some parts are quite funny. Just a "light" film. I would give it a 7/10.
Hahaha...yes, I will be screaming....give me my money back!:flare: :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
NEGATIVE 1/10???? BRUTAL!!! :lol:
Hey, LW, what are you doing up? Oh, that is right - it is earlier out there...Yikes, it is after 2 here! I like your time better.;)Quote:
I watched "Happy, Texas" for the second time again today. It stars Jeremy Northam (yes, I have a thing for him, too! :) ). It is just your typical story of 2 drifters passing though a small town and passing as someone else (this case they are two escaped convicts that pose as pageant consultants). The first time I saw it was in the middle of the night. Today, I was too tired to do anything else. So I sat through it again! I actually kind of like it. Some parts are quite funny. Just a "light" film. I would give it a 7/10.
Just got your note...:lol: shall I add it onto the two emails?....better expect my reply now by Easter....:lol:
I can't wait to see what Amalia says about Jeremy Northam...I think he is on her bad actor list, but maybe I am wrong. Amalia, hope you are talking to me after this. I am just kidding around, you know.
I liked Jeremy Northam in "Gosford Park" - think that name is correct...I am a bit tired and don't remember, for sure. I like that film.
Last night I watched the excellent John Houston film, starring is daughter, Angelica Houston, after the James Joyce short story "The Dead". I just love this film and all the characters. They say it was John Houston's Valentine to his native Ireland. What a good film. I love the ending of the film and the short story. It follows the short story well, staying true to the ideas and thoughts of the characters. A true classic...have to give it a 10/10.
Tonight I watched a tape called "My Favorite Broadway - The Love Songs" - I would say it was fairly good show, although I did not like everything, nor all the singers. However, nice to see classic stars like Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Michael Crawford, among countless others. Most of the songs were performed well, but I would have to say, that I felt the show did have some flaws and it fell a little short of my expectations. However it was interesting to hear songs I knew from years back and a few I liked very much, that were quite new to me. It was a stage production filmed; I don't have any idea what year this was presented on TV.
Well, it is actually just after 1:30 here. I am actually extremely tired. I have no idea why I am still up and on here, though! I actually didn't realize how late it was until you pointed it out to me! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Well, I like him no matter what anyone else thinks! :D The name is "Gosford Park", by the way. I haven't seen that in long time. I could go for it again.Quote:
I can't wait to see what Amalia says about Jeremy Northam...I think he is on her bad actor list, but maybe I am wrong. Amalia, hope you are talking to me after this. I am just kidding around, you know.
I liked Jeremy Northam in "Gosford Park" - think that name is correct...I am a bit tired and don't remember, for sure. I like that film.
I think I know what that is. I think they showed it on PBS. I didn't care for the TV specials that they had recently called "Broadway's Lost Treasures" on PBS. Everyone else thought they were great, though. That was another time when I thought that they could have put together a better program than what they did.Quote:
Tonight I watched a tape called "My Favorite Broadway - The Love Songs" - I would say it was fairly good show, although I did not like everything, nor all the singers. However, nice to see classic stars like Julie Andrews, Robert Goulet, Michael Crawford, among countless others. Most of the songs were performed well, but I would have to say, that I felt the show did have some flaws and it fell a little short of my expectations. However it was interesting to hear songs I knew from years back and a few I liked very much, that were quite new to me. It was a stage production filmed; I don't have any idea what year this was presented on TV
Exactly my thoughts...I am so tired, typing now with one eye open...hey, are we totally crazy?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
I do, too. I liked him in "The Winslow Boy" - ever see it? I have seen "Gosford Park" several times and would watch it again. I really loved it.Quote:
Well, I like him no matter what anyone else thinks! :D The name is "Gosford Park", by the way. I haven't seen that in long time. I could go for it again.
Yeah, I would not rave. Even Michael Crawford hit a few bad notes, when singing 'Music of the Night'....Something was truly missing, throughout the show. I didn't like some of the singers or songs at all. I was impressed that Robert Goulet still had as good a voice at his age. I used to like him a lot and had the original recording of him on the "Camelot" record. You know what bothered me intensely? The background curtain design - it was really distracting. I wonder who did that and the wardrobe design - some of the gowns were pretty but some were pretty bad! Julie Andrews had on some gowns that made her figure look truly bad. She looked fat or thick, through the middle; not at all flattering... and she only sang part of one little musical number - so what was with that? Can't she sing anymore? She was not that old.Quote:
I think I know what that is. I think they showed it on PBS. I didn't care for the TV specials that they had recently called "Broadway's Lost Treasures" on PBS. Everyone else thought they were great, though. That was another time when I thought that they could have put together a better program than what they did.
Of course I have seen "The Winslow Boy". I enjoyed it. He looked pretty good in it, too. ;) I love a man in clothes from that period! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
How old is this program? I know that Julie Andrews ended up having trouble with her vocal chords. If I am correct, she even had them operated on. She also said that she was never going to sing again. I forget how long ago that was. Probably a lot longer ago than I remember. As for Robert Goulet, that man kept his voice until the end! I saw him twice. Once as King Arthur in "Camelot" (when he was doing that for awhile) and as Don Quixote in "Man of La Mancha". Simply terrific!!Quote:
Yeah, I would not rave. Even Michael Crawford hit a few bad notes, when singing 'Music of the Night'....Something was truly missing, throughout the show. I didn't like some of the singers or songs at all. I was impressed that Robert Goulet still had as good a voice at his age. I used to like him a lot and had the original recording of him on the "Camelot" record. You know what bothered me intensely? The background curtain design - it was really distracting. I wonder who did that and the wardrobe design - some of the gowns were pretty but some were pretty bad! Julie Andrews had on some gowns that made her figure look truly bad. She looked fat or thick, through the middle; not at all flattering... and she only sang part of one little musical number - so what was with that? Can't she sing anymore? She was not that
I went to see ATONEMENT tonight with my mom and sisters. WOW! I will give it a 9/10 for the story line, the acting, the music, the sets...
I really like Keira Knightly, so I loved her in this movie. As well, her love, played by James McAvoy, was awesome, too. Yup, I liked this movie a lot.
I noted, however, that there was an awful lot of cigarette smoking in this movie.... something that I didn't see a lot of in movies over the last few years... Is this something odd to have noticed? :alien:
Janine, I really like Jeremy Northam. I think you remember my disliking for Rupert Everett. While I share LW's admiration for Northam, I cannot stand Everett. You were slightly confused here.
Hi amalia, I am so sorry. I stand totally corrected. Will you forgive me? :( I really feel the fool. I had thought that you said you hated him in the O'Henry adaptation of "The Golden Bowl". I kind of have brain overload right now; I am overly tired.Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
I did not like Ruppert Everett in "Midsummer Night's Dream" - the newer one. I really did not care for that version at all. I have tried to watch it twice and something is truly missing. I think we agreed on that. I liked him ok in somethings, early on, but he has aged badly and I do think he looks very unattractive now. I have been wondering about that. I saw him in something and he looked kind of ill.
I have been watching the older version of "Midsummer Night's Dream" and find it rather interesting, and amusing; although, as far as Shakespeare and the verse is concerned, this one ignores the 'beauty' of the lines, also, and I really wonder if anyone ever got this right in a film version. If not someone needs to. It's the fact my DVD player is going bad and won't work past a 1/2 hour of use. that I am still watching this film - pretty silly, isn't it? I did buy a new unit and my son will connect it for me tomorrow.
Hope all is well with you, amalia, and I will get to your email soon...just been so terribly busy.
Just returned from the theater...i saw "The fountain" by Daren Arronofsky..i can only say that this film is fantastic. One of the best crafted, touching (for a reason, not cheap sentimentality), meaningful movies i've seen. 10/10
I'm glad you liked it! I had mixed feelings the first time I saw it, didn't really understand why he'd want to used 3 completely different timelines, but same characters. I appreciated it a lot more when I saw it again on my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
I loved the soundtrack for it from the beginning...and Hugh Jackman...(bold though?...hmmm).
manolia, I just saw this film, but not in the theater. Still it looked terrific on my new HD TV, even though I don't have the newer DVD player connected yet. The special effects were well done and most times not overdone. I really loved that tree and the reflection. The film had some very interesting and artistic imagery. I will have to see it again, when I do have the new player connected, which should be soon. I also, had such mixed feelings about it, but I think it is the type of film, in which one has to sit back and just go with, almost subliminally. I heard a reviewer compare it to the film "2001: A Space Odyssey"...I thought that an interesting comparison.Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
I liked some of this film better than other parts. I liked the 'present' and I liked the 'future', but I was not sure at all about some sections of the 'past'...some of that seemed a little too 'way out' to me or corny, the way it was presented. This is so curious, manolia; I had just completed the novel by D.H.L. -"The Plumed Serpent" when I viewed this film, and some of that history and myth in the 'past' segments reminded me of the same elements in "TPS". I wondered if the screen writer happened to read the L book.
One thing I did find totally odd, and annoying about this film, was the fact that this man's wife is dying and he never has any time to spend with her. I guess that speaks for men, right? The way they all get caught up in something, usually a hobby or work and obsess; well hey, in all fairness, I guess, we woman can do that, also, at times. Granted he wanted to cure her, but still I would have thought, he would cherish his possible 'limited' time with his beloved wife. This part of trying to save her with this limited short timespan, seemed to me to be a bit unrealistic, as well. It takes years to test me drugs and research, etc. to see if they are truly safe or effective long term. These might be the reasons, I could not give it a 10/10, in my opinion, although I do think it was a very 'bold' film, as vheissu stated above, and I think very worthy of viewing; probably one of the best in the last year.
Glad you liked it too :) I loved the soundtrack too AND Hugh Jackman..he is one of my favourites ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by vheissu
Wow i guess i have to go and buy "The plumed serpent" at once ;) :) ..Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
I liked the part about the past very much :nod: ..now about certain parts of the movie being unrealistic..hehe the whole movie is unrealistic so i guess that i didn't mind ;)
I am so glad that my movie club chose this film..it was a bad season (the movies they picked since September were nothing special ;) ) and this is a movie that one has to see in a theater to fully appreciate it ;)
Manolia, my friend, I missed you!!!!!!
You are absolutely right, "The Fountain" was great!!!