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[QUOTE=Antiquarian;550733However, there's no motivation for him to become involved in the movie business other than he likes Hollywood and L.A.[/QUOTE]
What more motivation should there be? Seems to me, doing something because you like it is all the motivation you need. I agree with you on Pulp Fiction though...one of my favorites movies of all time.
different stroke for different folks, eh? Fair enough. :) The movie is pretty true to the book, btw.
I can see why. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Idril
Well, I am not going to critcize. I think it is crazy to wear shorts when it is so cold, but how can I talk? I wear jeans when it is 100 degrees outside! I'm not joking either! I do that! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Basically, it is about this boy that wants to become a championship bicyclist. He worships the Italian riders. Eventually, he gets a chance to ride against them. That is the basic storyline. Dennis Christopher is the star. Dennis Quaid and Daniel Stern happen to be in it, too, as his friends. :) It is a good movie. This was one that my brother watched a lot when I was little. I hadn't seen it in years until the other day. I really like it. :)Quote:
I am not sure if I saw that film you listed. I know I wanted to see it. Can you recap it for me, LW? I think I did see it and liked it so much. Who stars in it?
well, usually it is surf shorts... I have some strange obsession with wearing surf shorts year round, at least when I am out on Vancouver Island, where we don't get many below zero days all year.. plus I swim in the ocean year round... it sure is cold in december, january and february.. after about 15-20 minutes you start to get hypothermic and have to get out...:pQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
Jeans in 100 f !!! ick... that would feel so so so hot... I where jeans in the summer but only in the evening or at night... never just to lounge around in during the day... but whatever floats your boat... right... :p
I love that movie... I had forgotten the name... but it is a really good movie... I'm glad you brought it up!!
Janine!!! Calling me mischevious!! you have it totally backwards... you're putting your own mischevious nature on my shoulders... and it is not a coat I intend to wear!!!:p :D
I watched "Chariots of Fire" again this evening... I had forgotten how good that movie is.. I love it... 10/10 it's funny that none of the actors in it really starred in any other big films... though I do recollect that a few of them were big on stage... hmm...
I am going to watch "Withnail and I" tonight I think.. which is a 20/10 in my books... one of my favourite films of all... Grant is so amazing as "withnail"...
I love this scene... withnail and i
actually every scene, the movie is so sharply funny... dark and biting...
Sweeney Todd!! It is great.. I loved it... If you enjoy the new Depp and Burton version.. you should try to check out the Lansbury, Hearn broadway version.. it is wonderful too... and then seeing it live is a great experience...
But I have to say Tim Burton did an amazing job of bringing this musical to film... Depp is wonderful and so dark in the lead role, and Carter, is amazing as Lovett... she fits the role so well...
maybe 9.5/10, as there is maybe a little too emphasis on excessively overexaggerated bleeding, something that wasn't in the broadway musical of course... I find it silly when they make bleeding so ridiculous like the blood spraying everywhere in the Kill Bill movies... so my only criticism is that... otherwise fantastic..
thank you :)
I hope you enjoy Sweeney Todd.. it isn't quite as bad as the "Kill Bill" movies.. but it is still a little to excessive in my books... Depp is fantastic in dark roles... but my favourite movie of his, is actually, "Benny and Joon"... it is just such a great movie...
I don't lounge around in them! That ridiculous I am not! :) Only if I am going out. And the odds of me leaving the house when it is really deadly outside, if I have no reason to have to go somewhere, is very slim! I honestly don't own a pair of shorts. I find them very uncomfortable. So, my choice has to be either a dress (which I prefer not to wear), a skirt or jeans! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by islandclimber
May I join in on this? See below. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
Back in Decmeber I wrote a ridiculously crazy, rambling review on here praising this film. Some people here will remember it. :p Well, I LOVED the film!! As I have said many times before, as a musical, it is the all-time best next to "Phantom". Now, I, too, have seen the film, Hearn-Lansbury version and live in the theater. Knowing the original version of this show, the film is an excellent adaptation of it (excluding some minor flaws - too much to go into all over again here). If you would ever watch the Hearn-Lansbury version, that is basically the original Broadway version (with the exception of George Hearn replacing the great Len Cariou in the role of Sweeney Todd). So, it would make an excellent choice for something to compare it to. If you would ever see the show live, try to make sure it isn't the revival version. That is just the wrong thing to do! Besides, for me, the concept of how they presented the revival is just absurd. But I am not going to rant on that. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by islandclimber
As for the blood, I am always going to say that I don't understand what the problem is. It is so over-the-top that it didn't bother me at all. Like I said before, it looks like orange paint! The only time it looks realistic is towards the end. At that time it isn't over-the-top, which I felt Tim Burton did deliberately. So I don't see the problem with it. But that is all just my opinion. :D
So, islandclimber, how bloody was the stage version that you saw? The one I saw looked pretty good. Well, I suppose it was pretty bad depending on one's view of how much blood is too much blood. :)
So, here, I agree with you, it was a wonderful film... and the blood doesn't bother me, and it's not that it grosses me out or anything like that.. I just think it is kind of strange that they have to make it so unrealistic, to the point of being silly... but I guess that is part of the fun of the film, being over the top.. and yes it does look like paint for the most part, until the end... though for some reason, I really can't remember how bad it was in the film now... I know it wasn't as bad as the "Kill Bill" movies, I seriously think it is stupid to have blood spraying twenty feet through the air for no apparent reason... but it didn't really take anything away from "Sweeney Todd" I just thought it was a little silly at times, that's all... I do agree with you though, it doesn't take away from the film at all... I think I will change my rating to 10/10.. haha:DQuote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
Oh the one I saw was quite bloody, and so quite good, it is just the blood wasn't spraying all the way across rooms, etc.. but that is an artistic taste I guess... Over the top isn't so bad, you are right... the whole musical, movie, is somewhat of an over the top type subject, so might as well go all out..:p
I haven't seem "Sweeney Todd" yet, but no doubt I will see it on DVD. I do however. love the film "Benny and Joon"....it is one of my all-time favorite films. Love those grilled cheese sandwiches;) !Quote:
Originally Posted by islandclimber
I have been watching "La Vie En Rose" tonight, so that is why I have missed posting in all the short story threads; sorry I missed out on those great discussions, I did read a few of the posts quickly. Oh well, there is always tomorrow, to play catch-up; that and with many email replies. I have not seen a film all week and was going into film withdrawal, :lol:..so just had to see one tonight. I will write something up on it later. A truly great performance but it was longer than I thought and I wanted to watch two. The other will have to wait. It is waaaaayyyyy late here now.
Im feeling bittersweet this weekend; this is what i'll be watching (i've seen them like couple of times)
Lost in Translation
In the Mood for Love
Before Sunrise
Brief Encounter
The 1982 Scarlet Pimpernel--it was fantastic! When we started it was a little corny but that didn't last long. Does anyone know who the heck is Anthony Andrews? The name rings a bell but I've never seen him in anything other than SP.
I quite liked "La Vie En Rose" too... and I also dislike reading subtitles, but if a film is good enough I don't mind, and it is a million times better than voice overs in english, which destroy films... I love alot of the Italian films.... such as "Il Postino" which is absolutely incredible and is so sad due to the fact Troisi died due to a heart attack right after the film, considering he had postponed heart surgery to do the filming... and "Malena" is incredible as well... and "Cinema Paradiso"... I love these three...Quote:
Originally Posted by Antiquarian
I don't know much about Edith in real life, so I can't comment on that, but as I said I really liked the film... Cotillard is just amazing, and the film maybe isn't that incredible on the whole, but her acting makes it wonderful...
oh and after watching "Withnail and I" again last night, anyone who likes Richard Grant.. well this is his best film... he is amazing in it... such a ridiculously funny film... and Richard Griffiths, as gay Uncle Monty... hahaha... so funny... here's a little bit of the script at one point about growing...
and one more clip... so funny...Quote:
Monty:
Do you like vegetables? I've always been fond of root crops but I only
started to grow last summer. I happen to think the cauliflower more
beautiful than the rose.
Withnail:
Chin chin.
Monty:
Do you grow?
Withnail:
Geraniums.
Monty:
Oh you little traitors. I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating
than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially
tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is you'll agree a certain je ne
ses quoi oh so very special about a firm young carrot. Excuse me. Do
help yourselves to another drink.
withnail and i --tearoom
I just finished watching The Graduate. I've seen the movie several times, but this was the first time I've watched it in years. It was also the first time I noticed the ties between the movie and Great Expectations. Does anyone know if Mrs. Robinson was based on Ms. Havisham? It would be kind of funny if so, seeing as Anne Bancroft played the Havisham role in the 90's film version of Great Expectations
Paris je t'aime:the one with Steve Buscemi was indeed quite good, not too fond of the mime family though. Maybe I didn't understand it.Quote:
Originally Posted by NickAdams
The Haitian guitarist, along with the single mother, must be two of the saddest ones. My favourite...I want to say the vampire one. It was so unexpected and just the weirdest of them all!
Finally, finally went to see El Orfanato (The Orphanage, 2007, directed by Juan Antonio Bayona).
Spooky! Haunted house, scary little kids, noises in the dark...classic 'scary' stuff, but so well made. I want to watch it again now!!! 10/10
Night of the Living Dead (1968) Weeeeeeeee!! :eek2: