the Atonement!
i liked ot a lot. Even wanted to read the book it was based on.
Has anyone watched it? what do you think about it?
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the Atonement!
i liked ot a lot. Even wanted to read the book it was based on.
Has anyone watched it? what do you think about it?
The Shawshank Redemption
I got caught by this film late one night.. it was 23:00 hrs or so. I was preparing for bed and I thought I'd turn on the TV for a quick browse through the TV channels.. and guess what. I saw this film, with a calm 1950's air and thought I'd check it out. It turned out to be a great movie. The film is about a banker that finds his wife cheating and somehow she and her lover get killed during a night; he gets blamed for all that and imprisoned. In prison he encounters Morgan Freeman, as the 2nd main character and there he tries to cope with his sentence. I so adored this film..
MidniteHowl, This is a great film! Glad you caught it on TV. I watched it years ago, but just this year I picked it up for my sister and gave it to her for Christmas. She simply adores this film. The performances can't be topped. Morgan Freeman is always good, he is one of my favorites, and Tim Robbins gave a truly fine performance - he was younger here which is interesting. This film really put his name out there, I believe. I think he also had something to do with the making of it - did he write the screenplay. Robbins is quite multitalented. I have to hand it to him. I will have to view this film again real soon, since I recall it was quite captivating. Even my mother liked it and she usually likes nothing unless it ends 'happily ever after.' Why was it so long? I guess if you add commercials on tv, then it would get pretty long indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by MidniteHowl
If you like this film, you should see "The Green Mile" - it is amazing, too. Another story about prison but takes place on death row. The book was written by Stephen King, and I am not a huge fan of his but I thought this was the best thing he ever wrote.
This is one of my all-time favorites. I have seen it SOOO MANY times now that I can actually recite the dialogue word-for-word! :p Truly fantasic film! From the very first time I saw the film (I think I was about 15-16 then), I thought it was one of the best movies that I'd ever seen in my life. It is so well-acted. Not only that, I think it has to be one of the most poetic films I'd ever seen. For me, just a great, great film!!! LOVE IT!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MidniteHowl
Well, it was a "happyily ever after" of sorts. :) My grandmother kept using the phrase "Oh, I hope they "end up" together" when I made her watch it. :p :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
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There will be blood
Was a tad too long, but excellent nonetheless. 9/10
I'll watch that next week. Right now the theaters are too crowded for my liking ;)
I've seen and read. Book is much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mockingbird_z
Yeah, me neither. It was fairly busy last night, but by then we'd already got tickets.Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
Irreversible 3/4
Boogie Nights 4/4
Blue Velvet. The directing/writing is incredible.
Jumper. C+
Better than I expected
I'm getting ready to check out The Virgin Suicides, a film by Sophia Coppola. I'll let cha know.
The Good Shepherd.
Currently watching that movie. I cant make out whats going on, everyone in the movie is talking in whispers :rolleyes: :( :bawling:
:lol: That's exactly what I thought the first two times I (partially) watched it. I had to watch it three times before I could finish to the end. I rented it, it played, but I didn't really watch it because it didn't hold my interest and kept flipping from the present to the past. Then one day it was on cable and halfway over and it looked semi-interesting during the middle part of the movie so I watched it through to the end. And I thought I would then like to see it from beginning to end. After the third viewing, I decided it was an okay movie, but it lost points for being so confusing and somewhat boring the firsts time I watched it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madhuri