V for Vendetta - Pretty entertaining.
3.5/5
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V for Vendetta - Pretty entertaining.
3.5/5
Sophie Scholl -- German, very serious, award-winner, high recommendations.
[QUOTE=Haven;383699]Haven, you are welcome. Glad I could be of some help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine;383481.
Thanks Janine, I'll have a look for your postings on [I
The Accused; 8/10
Good movie with a good message, but I think that, with the exception of the rape scene, it wasn't as emotionally powerful as it should have been.
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Originally Posted by quasimodo1
Has anyone come across what I can only describe as the most sublime and subtley sexy dance movie, def art house, but little glossy. The Tango Lesson by Sally Porter.
If not already familiar with, and for the benefit of other members who might be interested. Sally is a gorgeous woman, who goes to Spain a)to shoot a film and b) to learn the Tango. She works with various partners and finally 'gets' the tango: amazing. She is as mentioned also a film producer and there are intermissions of her on-going film/project that is not related to the film the Tango . It is about a talented woman who is making a film, which is part of her life portfolio, and she also wants to learn the Tango. After watching the film I too wanted to learn the Tango it's not so much about the body dips it's the sexy little over the ankle dips/taps that I love, see the movie! of course that's if you haven't already! And if you have seen it,what do you think? Haven.
Def. forget clean dancing....This is a classic and well, no-one can mess with the classics. Seriously one of the finest movies I have had the pleasure of seeing. :D
Do documentaries count? If so:
The Black Sabbath Story 5/10
This thing is misnamed. It's really just a bunch of clips of them performing spliced with bits of dialouge with Toni Iommi and Geezer Butler in volume 1 and some others (Dio, Cozy Powell, Bill ward, etc.) in volume 2. But there is really not very much of their story. It's interesting to watch some of the performances (though, most of them are ones I've seen a million times) and hear some of the anecdotes, but if you didn't know much about Black Sabbath before watching the film, you won't know very much when you walk away, either. Interesting watch for Sabbath fans who are already well informed about the history of Black sabbath, but if you're looking to learn about their history, this is not the movie to do it with.
Haven, Thanks, I think I will check out this film - it sounds really good. I like the Tango, although I haven't the foggest idea how to do it. It is nice to watch and a very sexy dance. The facts you provided here on the film are quite interesting. I will keep an eye out for it. I have seen the title before and thought it looked like a good film. Thanks ~JQuote:
Originally Posted by Haven
Salgira: I just completed watching it. I usually like old Pakistani movies, and as usual I really liked this one of the major movies of 1969! This was a story of a lost girl and how and in what condition she came to find her parents. After the middle, the story got really interesting, and for a lot of time, it ensured me it would turn out to be a tragedy but to my astonishment (and to tell the truth some disappointment), like most of the movies of that time, it struck me as a comedy. Still, I liked the impact the movie had on me for "those troubles 20-40 minutes" and all the emotions it provided for me.
The songs were lovely. It has one of my all time favourites: Meri Jindagi Hai Naghma Meri Jindagi Tarana. In fact most of the songs were pretty good.
The only thing I disliked about it (other than the very ending of course) was the uncredulity of the happenings in the start. Some of the events were difficult to digest as there seemed to be loop-holes in them. Nevertheless, the good things in it strongly over-powered its weaknesses I think. The acting was very good; my favourite Pakistani actor and actress: Wahid Murad and Shamim Ara played the role of major characters! I would give it 9/10!
Dirty Harry 10/10
I hadn't seen this in years and it hasn't grown a single wrinkle. It's definitely up their among the best police films of the 70's New Hollywood era, with "French Connection", "To Live and Die in L.A.", "Serpico" and "Bullitt". Eastwood's acting is perfect for this character and the dialogue probably includes the largest amount of classic lines ever.
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
It pains me to say this, but I honestly did not want to sit through this - that is, once I realized that Disney was turning the film into something out of a fantasy RPG. I liked the first film well enough, and the second I thought, for a sequel, could have been worse (once it finished rehashing jokes from the first), but this thing... I mean, I understand that all these mainstream films are pretty much made for the sake of profit, but...this just seemed like a most shameless exploitation of something that was originally more or less an alright thing. I suppose it looks rather cool, but so does every film now, so why does one need more? The story is quite possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard (I mean, really, a 'Brethren Court' of 'Pirate Lords' - is there anything less probable? Pirates...congregating?!). I would have appreciated the not-necessarily-happy-Disney ending a bit more had the, like, three hours through which I sat to get to it been more enjoyable. For being, I believe, the longest of the three films, it has positively the least substance to it. Precious little of the tense-though-amusing drama between the three main characters which is what really made the others so enjoyable - replaced by a bunch of allusions to a mythology pretending at complexity and significance which actually comes off sounding as if the writers just slapdashedly made it all up in one mad rush to turn out a script.
The film is not even funny! What's the deal?!
On a somewhat more positive note, the music is alright, if you're cool with more of the same theme in a thousand different variations... And the Keith Richards solo guitar piece, though electric, does not actually sound so out of place - and it's kind of a cool piece, actually - though it accompanies a scene vaguely, comically, reminiscent of the famous showdown sequence from 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.
Ridiculous.
I'm not sure I understand this obsession in the mainstream film industry with making these artificial trilogies. It isn't as if making two knockoff sequels creates the sense of completion that an actual three-part story (such as LoTR or The Matrix) does. I find it terribly hard to believe that the same people who wrote the first Pirates film are responsible for this, but I think they are...
Oh well.
Honestly, folks, it is not often that I say that a film is a complete waste of time. But I could find very little to like about this film. If you are a fan of the series, you will obviously see it no matter what the old-fashioned Jamesian thinks of it, but, as something of a fan myself, I cannot say you'll be doing anything for yourself by sitting through this thing save sparing yourself from the summer heat in the comfort of an air-conditioned theater.
4/10
I agree completely....I'm glad that there are other people out there who did not like this movie...it was utterly ridiculous! You give it a 4/10...that's very generous...I gave it a 2/10!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
Regarding your post on "pirates", I just knew it would be a waste, never considered viewing it, the Madison Ave people have really grown transparent in promoting movies; they might have drawn more people in to be disappointed and disgruntled had they been a little more subtle. quasimodo1
Just saw for the fifth time: Pulp Fiction directed by Quentin Tarrantino
My opinion:
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Originally Posted by Adol
Regarding the Pirates of the Carribean series in general... I for one had no interest in any of them. But I'm sure many of you wouldn't adopt my beliefs.Quote:
Originally Posted by malwethien
me neither. i haven't watched any of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adolescent09
could you give me a plot summary of the first one?
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics...illsclips.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by Janine
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics...spiration.html
Sally Potter, my mistake although there is a Porter in the Crew
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics.../sp-pv-1a.html
Anyway, if you manage to get hold of it, I am sure you will enjoy. It is one of those special, 'different' films that you don't get to see that often, [unless you make a very special effort].
Perhaps I was lenient, but my main problem was with the script. It was painful watching the actors deliver some of those (positively absurd) lines, but then they didn't really have anything to work with, so I can't criticize that too much. And I can't say it was poorly made, really; I didn't have any quarrel with the technical aspects of the film or the direction - maybe that's simply because I was preoccupied with the sorry condition of the script.Quote:
Originally Posted by malwethien
Essentially, as you sit through the epic list of credits waiting for the (utterly pointless) clip at the very end, you see that there were a huge number of people who more or less did a good job. One simply wishes the screenwriters had been among them...
Revised verdict: 3/10
Johnny Depp imitates a drunk man. Orlando Bloom looks unbelievably insipid, even by his own standards. Some good sword fights with cool special effects. That kind of sums up the first film. Oh, I forgot to mention, they're disguised as pirates and the whole thing takes place on a boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
The Outlaw Josey Wales; 7/10
Damn good Western, but it takes a while to really get the story going.
I think my main problem with it is how there were so many "subplots" that lead nowhere! Like the "singing" coin...it was supposed to lead to the Brethen Court...but what was the purpose of that again? To free Calypso...but why did they need to do that?? Then there was the 9 of 8s was it? Also another dead end...then the "big" fight with all the pirate lords which didn't happen....anyway...it just goes on and on....Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesian
Not to mention all the holes in the plot that they didn't even seem to bother to cover up!
Of course special FX-wise it was great......
so it's basically the same as all those boring B-rate pirate films in the 60s-80s only with cooler props?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
The lives of others directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarc
A very, very good film: the story of a government secret observer in East Germany during the 1980s who is ordered to spy on a theatre author and his lover in order to find anything suspicious and arrest him. That's just a simple outline of the plot, it's a bit more intricate than that but I've got limited time.
9/10
Something along those lines, yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Death of a Salesman 10/10
I read Arthur Miller's play a long time ago, but only just got around to seeing a production of it. And boy what a version it was. Dustin Hoffman gave one of the best acting performances I've ever seen in any movie or play, hands down. John Malkovich gave a helluva perfomance himself.
Zodiac - starring Jake Gyllenhaal (sp?), Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey, Jr.
It starts out good...very interesting. By the middle part, it becomes a little dragging...and the story kind of shifts...It seems very long and by the end of the film you say to yourself.."what? that's it?!"
I give it a 5/10
Waitress.
a great lead, great flick
The Hills Have Eyes: It was quite good. I liked it! I usually always like horror movies. I would give it 8/10.
Did anyone else notice that the little kid at the beginning of Pirates 3 has braces? bit out of context dont you think? I liked the fighting but the ending was very disapointing!
Tonight at 9:30 pm on turner classic movies: North by Northwest...Hitchcock for those interested. quasimodo1
The original film or the 2006 remake?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
I have watched the 2006 re-make.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
This movie is my favorite movie of all ... saw it so many times in the theatre that I went and bought the dvd... :blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Check out the original, it's so much better. It's a real survival horror flick, the remake's just a monter flick.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
Pan's Labyrinth, an adult fairy tale..as in not geared towards children in either story or visuals.
Very good special effects...nice story...enjoyed it very much.
Thanks for the heads up. I've seen ads for it, but admit I tend to wait until films are made more easily available... [hmm, available on DVD] Okay, on to it, I have to say it is one that intrigues. I like the graphics for the ad. A Fairy Tale. That's good, not enough going around. By the way nice to see you on site. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueSkyGB
This is an excellent satire. Click on the Critics Reviews right of screen lower half.
http://www.teamamerica.com/
Hope that you agree. ;)
'The Pledge' Very Good. Based on a novel by Durrenmatt.
Then the original one must be interesting! Would try to get my hands on it in these holidays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
The original one focuses a lot more on the characters of both families, instead of being just mosnters, Papa Jupe's bunch are a sort of alter-ego of the Carter's. The way the "normal" family turns into a murderous bunch while fighting for their survival is dealed with in a much more interesting way. You'll just have to get past the cut-off jeans and 70's hairstyle. And the ending is much better as well.
It's Wes Craven's best film. He also made "Last House on the Left" which is rather brutal and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream".
If you like original "The Hills Have Eyes" you might want to check out the original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Deliverance", a couple other redneck survival movies.
'Redneck'!!!! I think I'll change my name to that. Our necks are red with the sun pal unlike the peelie-wallie necks of those who are trapped indoors like dockans under pails.
From Dusk Till Dawn
It was on TV and i was bored last night; i would rate 5/10.