Watched public enemies.....Awesome film
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Watched public enemies.....Awesome film
careful Janine--great scenes!! you could save them for a soon-to-be viewing... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pollopicu
I saw Halloween II. I guess the cultered people here at Lit Net haven't seen this fine film..
It wasn't that great but I was in the mood for the movie theater and I had a cherry coke and some popcorn so I sat through it. There were a couple of cool cinematic shots that would make for great desktop wallpaper, and Rob Zombie's wife pulled off the creepy ghost mother role better than anyone else could.
I saw this movie too, and I have to say that Tarantino missed the mark with his character from Maynardville, TN. Brad Pit did okay with the accent, but no one in Maynardville says bidness in place of business.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
An oldy but goody tonight, something from my early days of going to the movies. This may be a SPOILER if you have not seen this film:
The Summer of '42
I remember loving this movie when I was younger; seeing it on a big screen in the movie theater was such a treat. I still enjoyed it very much and it brought back keen memories of my own adolescence. It's a 'coming of age' film with a lot of thought behind the main character's first connection with the opposite sex and eventual first sexual experience; that scene being beautifully shot; filmmakers of today should take a clue here - less is sometimes better; one's on imagination takes over, making this scene very sensual and beautiful and tender...just seeing the lace curtains move with the ocean breeze and hearing the rhythm of the waves was very effective in evoking just the right amount of emotion, feeling and depth between the youth and the older woman he consoles. The rest of the film leading up to this part was very well paced and very funny at times; so typical of three young boys spending their summer vacation on Cape Code in the 40's. The supporting cast was also very good. And who could ever forget the luminous beauty of Jennifer O'Neil? The 15 yr old young man playing Hermes, was quite good as well. The first and last lines of the movie are very poignant and meaningful. If you get to see this film, pay particular attention to the voice over narration both beginning and ending. The score is beautiful and very memorable. I always loved the theme song. A lovely sensitive film, which I would rate 9/10. Classic for it's time period.
Tonight I stayed up late to watch Fargo directed by the Coen Brothers. It's such a masterpeice and remains the Coens best work. I remember watching this when I was at my grandmothers house and there was about four feet of snow outside. . . .
This is such a masterful movie, and yet everything is very subtle. After their overblown Raising Arizona, we see an ever growing maturity in the Coens as great directors, their talents reaching their peaks in Fargo, who's plot is so popostorous and weird, that's so violent and funny, that the entire movie seems one big juxtaposition of everyday Mid-Western life.
Here, the Coens achieve what Lynch tried to do with Twin Peaks, and that was to have witty and quirky small-town characters, just going about their everyday lives, oh, and there happens to be a triple homicide. There are moments in the film in which the bored inhabitants of Brainard simply concern themselves with the usual small talk, choosing that over police-work interrigation and questioning, you know all that complicated stuff.
William H. Macy gives a brilliant performance in playing a bad actor; a car salesman who hires two criminals to kipnap his own wife, so that her father can pay the ransom so he'll get some of the money or, whatever, it's too confusing. Frances McDormand is in her shining role of her career who plays a sweet but clever policewoman who seems to be a force of small-town nature on her own, like that hauntingly quirky statue of Paul Bunyan, just outside of Brainard.
Either way, this is a masterpiece, covered in snow and coldness, which presents itself as an interesting crime film and unravels into the most delightful dark comedies ever made. 10/10
:lol: Do they ever get those southern accents right? Did he get the sensibility of the place right, I wonder? I remember when they did Silwood and I was so annoyed at the background music, like we all sat around and played banjo music. I guess there is a preponderance of people who like country music in my home state, but I am not one of them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Good review, Daniel. I haven't seen this one yet. I acknowledge the Coens are good, but they are also an acquired taste. I will put this on my list of movies to see now.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
hehehe agreed. Love that film :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
Away We Go --- an OK movie.
It's so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
This is probably the funniest scene from the film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRu6_mJiVAo
That is one of my favorite films ever and I have to admit I am not too into the Cohen Brother's films. But Fargo is a classic. It's excellent! Definitely it has to be their best work ever. Good taste in films, Daniel.Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
Thank you :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Aww, what films of theirs have met with your disapproval :(
I actually hated O,Brother Where Art Thou...Maybe I just didn't get it. I found it annoying. Another movie of theirs I thought was terrible, but now I can't recall it's name. It came out after BWAT...Oh, I recall what it was now...I had high expectations but I really hated it, too....The Ladykillers...wasn't that a remake of an old film?Quote:
Originally Posted by DanielBenoit
I am not much of an authority on their work, I admit this. Come to think of it and I forgot about this one, I did love Raising Arizona, when that film first came out. No Country for Old Men was a very good serious film; quite different than anything I had ever seen before. I hadn't realised they directed that film. I just looked up their filmography on Wikipedia. I should see The Big Lebowski sometime but I keep putting that one off. I admit it does look pretty funny though.
Oh, you just had very bad luck. Definitley see No Country for Old Men, as well as Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There and Miller's Crossing.