I agree with you here that the later version (with colour remake) was really useless. I did not have the power to bear it for any long so I stopped watching it in the very start.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
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I agree with you here that the later version (with colour remake) was really useless. I did not have the power to bear it for any long so I stopped watching it in the very start.Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Here’s a sleeper, has anyone seen: The Three Burials of Melquiadas Estrada. The movie starred, and was directed by Tommy Lee Jones and much of it was filmed on his ranch in West Texas. He did a nice job of setting up the shots, working in the regional color, and choreographing the movement - I really enjoyed the cinematography. The screenplay was written by Guiermo Arriaga and according to the commentary on the DVD, he originally wrote it in Spanish. Those of you who read literature in English and Spanish will tune in quickly to the plot’s subtleties. The story is layered and I think that anyone who frequents a literary web site such as this one…will really enjoy this movie. I give this movie – five sombreros.
Nicholas Nickleby 10/10 I like this kind of movies
Nicholas Nickleby was a good novel, I wonder how the movie would be like...
"Nosferatu" (1922) -- This is the fully restored version; 94 min. Absolutely creepy. One of the best adaptations of the "Dracula" story ever; the very best for my money. Silent. 9/10
For those of you interested, many of these silent classics can be purchased at reasonable prices at oldies.com.
Chicken Little.
2 out of 10.
Over the Hedge.
Surprisingly anti-consumerist, and very funny. Go see it.
The Birth, Life and Loss of a New Age Dream
It wasn't exactly the last movie I saw, but it is definitely worth special mention. It is about a commune from the 70's, and their leader, Michael Metelica. It all took place around the area where I live, in the hills of Massachusetts. Metelica was idealistic and charismatic, attracted over 300 followers at his height, bought land, buildings, Rolls Royces, motorcycle, buses, a band, a recording, an airplane. As he became rich and power hungry, some of the mothers in the commune couldn't even afford a pair of shoes for their children. It was rather sad.
I saw the opening at the Northampton Academy of Music, and the theater was full of the original commune members. Metelica died over 10 years ago of brain cancer. He turned into a real jerk, they finally made him sign an agreement to leave and never come back. There are still a handfull of the commune members left, but their original commune system has changed in method and practice, if not in vision.
This may have been the very first "film" I watched at an opening that was actually a dvd--it was scratched, and stopped just as Metelica made a very ironic statement. However, they burned a new copy, and in twenty minutes the movie was up & running again.
"Broken Flowers" -- This Jim Jarmusch offering is weepy and pretentious, but has some good low-key humor. The pacing is very slow, and the story rambles. The acting is great, especially Bill Murray, but the characters are hard to care about. Jarmusch seems to see himself as more artist than storyteller, and this film reflects that vision. 6/10.
"The Ice Harvest"-- Sort of a darkly comedic film-noir starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton as inept pilferers of mob money. The story has some holes, but the humor is great--if you like it black and twisted. Oliver Platt is hilarious, and steals scenes with ease. 8/10.
The first time I saw "Broken Flowers" I didn't like it that much, I thought it was an okay Jarmusch movie but nothing great. Now that I've seen it again it's become one of my favorite Jarmusch films (I have them all on dvd, so you could say I'm a fan of his). The main character isn't easy to care about, actually Jarmusch himself didn't really like the character so maybe we're not supposed to either. The film may be more about the people he knew and all the secondary characters are both very well written and acted. All his ex girlfriends and especially his neighbour, Winston, cracked me up the second time I saw the movie. I didn't remember them being so great.
I had no problem with the acting or the characterizations, but more with the pace and storyline. I think it's worth seeing, but there's no way that I'd catagorize this as one of my favorites.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.
I've noticed that most critics think of Jarmusch as either the great director of our times, or an artsy, affected technician. He draws both devotion and contempt. I can't really go to those extremes on the guy; for me he falls somewhere in the middle.
He's not the most talented writer or director, but I have much respect for him because his films have their own style, and as soon as you watch one of his films you know it's a Jim Jarmusch movie.
Poseidon 8/10
X-3: The Last Stand--7/10 Too much ambiguity about Rouge. If she did take the cure, why wasn't she burned to ashes when Pyro lit up the clinic a few minutes later? Needed more of The Angel and shouldn't have left out Nightcrawler. :nod:
Yes, I agree with that; how can one not respect somebody who is successful at circumventing established convention?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark F.