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Originally Posted by Moira
Hey Moira! Haven't seen you lately ;)
I liked Chicago too...i agree with what you say about Catherine Zeta Jones..but still she didn't manage to spoil the film ;) :lol:
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Originally Posted by Moira
Hey Moira! Haven't seen you lately ;)
I liked Chicago too...i agree with what you say about Catherine Zeta Jones..but still she didn't manage to spoil the film ;) :lol:
I watched a film called The Breed last night. I haven't decided if I liked it or not. I guess it gets a 6/10. The movie just sort of ends very abruptly like maybe they ran out of money in the making. Much of the movie wasn't well explanined, and I was just left somewhat pleased, but asking myself what just had happened. I really need to stop renting bad horror/monster movies, but they're my favorite:blush:
Yes Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish director. But you're confusing him with Lars Von Trier, the Danish new wave director who's linked to the dogma film movement and who directed The Idiots, Breaking the Waves, Dogville...Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Yeah he did. You seen The Passenger?Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
Nop..i bet it's good..
Here's what i've seen:
"The Red Desert", loved this one, bought the dvd right away
"The Eclipse", one of the best films i've seen in my life, own it too
"The Night ", it was good but not like the other two
"The cry", very nice
"Chronicle of a Love " i own this one too but i didn't like it that much
"Identification of a Woman", good but not like his older films, i think
..i hope i am not forgetting anything..
your right. got them completely confused. thanks for clarifying that! the minute i read your post i realised i'd made the mistake. cheers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
I haven't seen any of his italian films but I really want to see The Red Desert and The Night as well as L'Aventura.Quote:
Originally Posted by manolia
The Passenger is excellent, with one of the most amazing final shots I've ever seen. It stars Jack Nicholson in one of his best and early roles. Very strange thriller with a very anxious atmosphere. See it.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073580/
I've also seen Blowup which was remade as Blow Out by De Palma. Pretty good film.
I hope DVDs count, as I can't remember when I've been
in a real theatre.
Last movie I've seen:
Good Night and Good Luck a docudrama about
Edward R. Morrow.
I'd give it Four Stars. Not only is the movie damn near perfect, it's refreshingly short.
auntie's blog:
http://journals.aol.com/auntshecky71...without-clues/
I've heard mixed reviews on this one, but thought I would give it a chance...
Apocalypto......never was much of a Gibson fan....
but I was totally pulled into this one, beautiful scenery, direction fairly well done, and I enjoyed it...
I took my boys to see the transformers. I assumed that it was for kids since it’s about toys and there used to be a cartoon. I didn’t check the rating.
1) “Bros before hoes man!” I could have lived with out this line as it didn’t really add to the story and I don’t want to explain this to my four year old (I’m sure I misspelled that so no one needs to tell me, I don’t really care how to spell it) There were a lot of overt sexual overtones!
2) There was this whole masturbation discussion that also didn’t add to the movie. I think it was there more for shock value. It just went on and on and the same thing could have been accomplished by saying more cryptic things that the older crowd would have understood and would not have been objectionable for the younger crowd.
3) There was this whole peeing on people thing that was absolutely offensive. How rude and not at all funny!
None of these three things contributed to the plot and really hurt the quality of the movie which was otherwise fine. It’s a very juvenile story that didn’t need the “older” humor to be any good. In fact I think I would be offended if someone were trying to attract me or my demographic with this kind of humor.
That said, I totally left the theater wanting to join the army and fight alien robots. I think the military had to have a hand in the making of this movie to foster this kind of emotion during a time when maybe fewer people are planning on joining the military. My four year old wants me to buy the movie, and I won’t be able to because of the things I mentioned.
Marie Antoinette (2006)
When this was out at the cinemas, everybody was talking about it! Either how good it was or how it lacked historical context.
Personally I found it too long, to the point that I couldn't wait for it to finish. I had the impression that, at the beginning, things would pick up but it just dragged and the end was so anticlimatic.
It's supposed to be more about Marie Antoinette and her point of view of her life at Versailles, but it just wasn't. It didn't really show why she's in the position of being priviledged and spoiled without realising the consequences of her actions or why she couldn't conform to the french court. The whole film is just glimpses of certain points of her life but it lacks fluidity in the whole story.
5/10
Black Snake Moan....:sick:
Only watch if its free.....its a waste of time...
The only good thing in it was a scene in a night club towards the end, where a good blues song was performed....
otherwise its a thumbs down, big time...
Wow Jack Nickholson in an Antonioni film? That sounds very interesting..i knew the film by its french title by the way..Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
"L'aventura" is the part of the trilogy ("La note", "L'eclisse") i haven't seen but judging by the other two, i bet it's a great film..
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Last films i saw :
"Le cercle rouge" , Jean-Pierre Melville..Wow what a movie! I loved it. 9/10
"Detective", Jean-Luc Godard..i chose perhaps the worst period to see a Godard film..so i won't rate it till i get to watch it again.
Home Alone 2(watched it for third time).6/10
"Blanc" ("White") - Krzystoff Kieslowski
So I finally watched the second of KK's "Three Colors" trilogy yesterday, and was pretty impressed. It's what they call a "dark comedy", about what this Polish guy in France does after his wife divorces him and kicks him out. It's a fairly serious film, but is very amusing in some places, with interesting and more authentic comedy than one would find in, say, a Ben Stiller movie or a sitcom. I do not think it could be any better, really. If the third turns out to be as good as the others, I might have to buy the trilogy.
10/10
French and Polish with English subtitles.
Starring Julie Delpy and some Polish guy whose name I can't begin to spell.
300- Cool style, awesome action...gorgeous men:brow: :lol: and great acting. I love it!
Also saw Bourne Ultimatum yesterday(?) with my buddy. Really, really good. I wasn't a big fan of the second one, but this one was very good. Not nearly as shakey as the second movie.
If you haven't seen No Reservations, wait until it comes out on video. It wasn't a bad movie, but one of those that I could have waited to see at home for a much cheaper price. AND...(I've gone to the movies 3 times in 4 days...free passes though)...Chuck and Larry, it was funny, not one of the best movies, but if you like Adam Sandler and if you like to laugh, its worth it. I don't regret seeing it in theaters, but I wouldn't go back and pay eight dollars to see it again. I'd just rent it. Its good though.
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Originally Posted by vheissu
Not totaly boring but I did expect much more from this movie and was dissapointed.:(
I'm behind the power curve a bit, so I just got around to seeing Babel. I'm not too sure if I liked it or not. I enjoyed the film, but there were some big holes in the ending that I would have liked to see filled. I really want to know what that note said. The little girl in Japan also made me very uncomfortable. I think that it was likely the point of her character, though, so I'm not too worried about that. The acting was good, and I liked the plot for the most part. Overall I would have to give it 7/10. I liked it, but I'm not too sure I'll rush out to buy it.
Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami. Man drives around the Iranian country side looking for someone to bury him. Pretty good movie, with some rather subtle discussions of suicide, life, and consequence. Some of the shots bored me though -- mostly POV from a car -- , and the ending just confused me. Was that the ending or the start of the "making the film" ??
Anyways, not bad though, possibly I will watch more films directed by Iranians. 3/5
so the movie Evelyn last night. I spent most of the movie teary eyed and laughing.9/10. 1 point deducted for Pierce Brosnans terrible Dublin Accent.
You'd think Pierce Brosman could do an Irish accent, maybe he spend too long as James Bond and forgot how to be Irish.
Saw Secret Window last night, based on Stephen King's book (haven't read it though) and starring a troubled and very murderous Johnny Depp. Wasn't bad, had a twist at the end which wasn't expected.
8/10
A but he's a country boy not a Dubliner. Boggers dont do the Dub accent very well.Quote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
Boggers??Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
Saw some movies of the TV while I was absent...
The Patriot - 5/10
First of all, it's boring. Second of all, it concentrates too much on Mel Gibson and his family problems in contrast to the actual War. The videos from the History Channel are more interesting than this movie. Third of all, it's very inaccurate historically and for no apparent reason.
John Q - 6/10
I saw this somewhere from the middle, this movie had an OK story but it was cheaply done. If someone did heart surgery like that, lol. In any case, this movie had no feel... It could have, but it didn't.
Remember the Titans - 3/10
Eh. How many more movies about a bunch of idiots playing some sport (and football, for God's sake) are they going to make? And what had racial discrimination to do with this? October Skies is the direct opposite of this movie and I like it a lot better.
Gladiator - 9/10
I think this movie is a masterpiece, but every time I watch it, there is something wrong with it on the interest scale...
Rush Hour 1/2 - 7/10
A good laugh and a lot better than most other parody movies.
The Lawnmower Man - 7/10
Very incoherent, but it's a good movie, I wonder why people don't like it so much.
Sorry, Dublin term for anyone who lives outside of Dublin. Basicly comes from the fact that the whole centre of Ireland and many mountains are covered in a bog. Hence the term Boggers-People from the bog.Quote:
Originally Posted by AimusSage
I sincerely do not remember.
I saw the title of the thread, was puzzled, thought and thought but could simply not remember when was the last time I saw any movie. I honestly believe that it was at least a year ago.
I am not a very (read: not at all :D) movie-type of person. In the past three years, that is, since I am in high school, I went to cinema maybe two or three times in total, and I hardly ever watch television at all (maybe the news occassionally, or some politic show about once in... two, three months?), and I am generally unacquaintated with movies, especially the more recent ones.
I am more likely to be found in theatre (whilst I was in cinema only a couple of times since I am in high school, in the same time frame I saw innumerable theatre plays, operas and ballets).
Probably the last movie I saw - if memory serves me - was La Fille Sur Le Pont roughly about a year ago. I remember that I liked it a lot (atypical for me), but I could not rate it based solely on vague memories.
5 is being very generous. No apparent reason? It's biased to the highest extent simply to promote american patriotism. One of the most disgusting things I've ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Video Drone
When I give ratings I separate action movies from drama movies or from "arthouse" movies, otherwise, it's too hard to rate at all. Patriot is in the action category and for what it is it gets 5 points because they at least had a budget to spend. And, if you ask me, a movies about the American Revolution should promote patriotism, what it should not do, is make the combatants look worse than they actually were, or make the Americans look different from what they actually were. But I guess they decided we have the History Channel for that.
And when I watch movies I try to forget about the "This movies is made to get money" thing, or "they had a low budget". It really blurs interpretation.
I agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by Video Drone
Boondock Saints-8/10-its funny, kind of messed up...but its a decent movie. Really freaked me out with the cat...
I wanted to see that.
I'm such a movie freak, lol
Me too! I love movies...I see so many in one week...Its good, check it out...Not the greatest, but its good...:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Video Drone
I just saw the fountain. I liked the imagery but It confused the hell out of me! did any of you understand it?
The Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky. I don't know what to think of it yet, I'm still processing it. It was either incredibly simple and straightforward or complex and full of symbolic imagery, one or the other but I'm not quite sure which yet. :lol:
I love this movie. I've been waiting and waiting for the supposed sequel, but I think that I will have to give up on that dream. It has been in pre-production for the last two years or so I've been watching for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mortis Anarchy
I KNOW!! I really hope they finish it. It was so amazing...Quote:
Originally Posted by mkhockenberry
Hot Fuzz - 4.5/5 - A good movie let down by cliches.
I watched it today. It indeed had beautiful imagery and I liked the music as well! I think the bottom line of the whole thing was not to be afraid of death and that it was pointless to look for ways to defeat death. Well, that's my interpretation...could be way off of course!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bakiryu
B5 Voices in the Dark. part1 was no good, but part2 was really engaging. i want more of part2 =).
The last movie I saw was The Way Live Now.It is based on the novel by Anthony Trollope.It has a really good plot, and the characters are amazing.It had some really good actors like Miranda Otto,who plays Eyowin from LOTR,and Cillian Murphy, from Batman Begins.This was a totally fab movie!