On the Road...6/10. Meh.
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On the Road...6/10. Meh.
I thought Helga might have been an exception, but it looks like Loki has more appeal among females than I gave him credit for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
I saw Due Date: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/
Score: 8/10
The Lavender hill mob
10/10
Utterly classic Ealing Comedy starring Alec Guiness and Stanley Holloway about a cunning way to "get away" with stealing a million.
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Originally Posted by YesNo
Haha… I’m not a fan of Loki’s though; he is good looking man, but not my type of guy. :smilewinkgrin:
I have just watched Leave Her to Heaven with Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain and Cornel Wilde in what must be the 'Woman's Picture' to end all women's pictures. The technicolour is outstanding and everyone is in top melodramatic form. Of its type, I would have to give it 10/10 and I think all the ladies would agree that they really don't make endings as romantic as this anymore.
http://youtu.be/lo2mXwiH4FU
Martha Marcy May Marlene-an independent film. A suspenseful film about a young girl trying to leave a cult. 8/10
Baghead-spoof of horror movies. Hilarious. 8/10
Tamara Drewe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Drewe_%28film%29
Score: 10/10
There was a scene when the sophisticated 15-year old Jody (Jessica Barden) exclaims, "Oh!--My!--God!," which I thought was a charming way to expose her ultimate naivete about the adults around her. Jody and her companion reminded me of Oberon and Puck.
Cloud Atlas. 10/10. One of the best movies I've ever seen.
Paranormal IV; -4/10
A meh Halloween treat.
Carnage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnage_%282011_film%29
Score: 10/10
This is portrayal of how arguments get started and keep going. Four adults find themselves in a heated argument, ultimately each one against all the rest. Individually they sporadically try to reconcile their differences, perhaps when they are feeling temporarily good, but then they get pulled back into the argument when those good feelings disappear and they need to project the temporary bad feelings onto one of the others.
I guess the moral is that silence or courtesy is best when one is in a bad mood.
I had high hopes for a Wachowski/Tykwer collaboration (especially if Tykwer was able to rein in the Wachowskis' excesses), but upon reading some write-ups, it seems more like an Art Film that one is expected to inspect more than watch, and either find layers of meaning or invent some so as not to appear lame. Did you enjoy it as a narrative or mostly as Art?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mutatis-Mutandis
Damsels in Distress: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667307/
Score: 7/10
It was a little weird and it ended as a musical, but it was entertaining.
Narrative, definitely. I'm not a huge fan of most art films. Cloud Atlas is fast paced, never boring, and even throws in some cool action. It's deep and makes you think, bit an art film? I wouldn't categorize it as such at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
Tut tut boys. What is wrong with an art film? I love them. Having said that, however, I do think "Cloud Atlas" is a fun, accessible movie. It's definitely a movie on a grand scale, but it works,without making you work overly hard to "get" it if all you want to do is sit back and enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Calidore
I've read the book. It's better, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the movie tremendously! 8/10
A Girl Walks Into a Bar: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682246/
Score: 3/10
After watching this movie I am beginning to see a difference between creativity and just one odd thing happening after the other without much point.