Shocking movie (biography and history and a lot about the law such as how to break a will; "The Inside Job" movie applied to the art world). It is esp. the Impressionists. A+
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Shocking movie (biography and history and a lot about the law such as how to break a will; "The Inside Job" movie applied to the art world). It is esp. the Impressionists. A+
Just saw "Juno" the other night. I'll give it a 7/10;)
The Fighter...8 out of 10... Thought Christian Bale did an excellent job. At times I thought some of the supporting cast, especially, the sisters, bordered on cartoonish. Also saw Black Swan... 9 out of 10. At the beginning I didn't like the jerky camera movements,but then I got used to it and realized that it added to the tension of the movie.
The Hangover - 9/10.
Don't Be a Menace- 10/10
Bourne Ultimatum-- I haven't seen the first movie, Bourne Identity, but I enjoyed this anyway. I felt like it was a little lacking in plot, but maybe that's just because I haven't seen the first one. 7/10.
Also watched Dark Knight last night. 10/10. Amazing movie.
I watched Shutter Island the other night - and it was good! It reminded me of Inception because of the similarity of the themes and the fact that the main characters are very similar and played by the same chap. It was, however, a more intelligent film than Nolan's latest, at least in my opinion. The feeling of claustraphobia and paranoia was well worked, and I think it has one of the highest quality soundtracks I've heard, all very skillfuly implemented.
9/10.
Yes I thought Shutter Island was pretty good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lokasenna
I've got a couple of DVDs for Mrs Neely and I (keep her onside): The Reader, In the Bedroom and Doubt don't know what they're like? I fancy Doubt.
The last film I saw was Awakenings with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, it was OK, nothing special. Before that The Big Sleep, classic fun.
I stopped going to the cinema years ago on the grounds that there's no point. In relation to the Big Sleep, however, I was amazed to see that there is actually an hotel in Eastbourne by that name.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
The Big Sleep Hotel
King Edwards Parade, BN21 4EB Eastbourne
There's not a director or any actors today that could make a scene like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2BU8-7kQLI
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Yes we loved that scene and many more like it. He certainly got better service then I do in my local Waterstones or the second-hand jazz bookstore I use (great second-hand shop full of everything, but the loud jazz playing grinds after a while). Sleek stuff indeed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Bean
Cool, I just watched "The Big Sleep" the other night. I bought a Bogie and Bacall set...five DVD's I believe - at a very good price. Did they have chemistry or what? I liked the movie a lot; but I did see it once before. I need to see it again, since I was slightly sleepy that night and didn't catch everything that was going on. Glad I bought the set. Classic films are my favorite!
Bogie was quite a playa evidently. I just watched him in "African Queen" where he won Katherine Hepburn's heart with a three-day beard and not having bathed in quite a while.
Coincidentally, “African Queen” was the last movie I saw as well, a delightful movie in Technicolor. By 1951 Hepburn and Bogart had polished their skills as actors which is evident in the movie. There were a couple of corny and unrealistic moments, but enjoyable overall. --- 6/10Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
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I haven't seen the film but HB won an academy Award for his part in it. Apparently, John Huston kept disappearing to go hunting during the filming and the original choice of the lead roles was David Niven and Bette Davis, so it's surprising that it turned out as well as the critics said. KH is said to have based her role on Eleanor Roosevelt which, judging from excerpts I've seen, certainly figures. I guess the corny and unrealistic moments are best summed up in the publicity for the film, such as:Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
They never dreamed of being in each others arms, yet the mystic spell of the jungle swept them to primitive, hungry embrace! The greatest adventure a man ever had... with a woman!
I don't care for the vernacular but in this case ROFLMAO