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amalia, and you should be proud. Vangelis is a long time favorite of mine. I loved his music from "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" among many others. My two favorite new age musicians (electronically speaking) are Vangelis and Kitaro.Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
The Searchers (John Ford, 1956) - This beats out Rio Bravo as my favorite western, and is also one of the greatest films ever made, in my not-so-humble opinion. Ford's emotionally-complex meditation on racism and revenge (filmed in glorious Technicolor...Why did that ever go out of style?) is a masterpiece in every sense of the word.
Hi Big Al, Yes, are his films great or what? They are true classics. I saw this film a few years ago and I just loved it. The cinematography is so 'glorious' being filmed in Techicolor, as you stated. There is just some quality about these old films that never ages. Ford was a genius of framing and casting and filming in deserts. He really captured the mood of the people and the landscape - very Americana indeed. I studied Ford in my college film class but not until recently have I fully appreciated his fine talent. Was this filmed in Death Valley, do you know? I know they did film a lot of western's there. Also, did they do a remake of this film or another film with the same theme recently, or am I thinking of another film by Ford? If so, this original is definitely the best, hands down!Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Al
Kingdom Of Heaven...It's a pretty good movie, I'd recommend it 9/10.
Delta Farce 7/10. This was not a good movie, really, but I thought it was pretty funny. It has Larry the Cable Guy, so you know the type of movie you are getting.
Just watched Spiderman 3. Man i'm such a wimp! I spent the last part of the movie bawling my eyes out!
Hi Nossa, I saw this film awhile back and I was not sure of it. I thought I liked it, but it seemed a bit 'Hollywoodish' to me. I recently read that the Director's Cut is much better - they seem to have left out some of the story and interesting points, when the cut the film for theaters and some DVD versions. Now I might watch it a second time and see what they are talking about. I think I watched the extra features and found the history, behind this film, quite fascinating, plus I usually do like Ridley Scott films.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nossa
Yes, the Director's Cut is much better, especially regarding the Sibylla character.
amalia, it has been while since I saw it - was that the woman in the film? I suppose now I will have to review the film. Everything looks different now on my new TV anyway. I am happy to rewatch most of the ones I own as well. I do that often. Lady Wentworth says she also does this, so I suppose I am not the only one on earth to repeat films I really love.Quote:
Originally Posted by amalia1985
and Niamh, I too, weep and breakup when a film is truly touching. I even cry sometimes in the middle. I cry my eyes out everytime I see the adaptation of "Mayor of Casterbridge" with Ciraan Hinds as Michael Henchard. I just can't take that last scene without going to pieces. Hey, sometimes a good 'cry' clears the air.;) Not sure if I have seen "Spiderman 3" yet. I may have. If I did, be sure I was weeping, too.:bawling: :lol:
I'm a sucker for crying during movies Janine. I was histerical after i saw King Kong!:lol: felt sorry for my boyfriend putting up with me!:p Although i've never been as bad with any movie like an with a sad book. When i read East of Eden i think i cried for more than three hours.
Just watched Shakespeare in Love.
Niamh, did you cry at the end of "Shakespeare in Love". I really enjoyed that film - have seen it a couple of times and would see it again.
That is so funny, what you said about your boyfriend, because I was watching a film and the man asked the woman to the movies and she said - oh no, she never went to them, because they seemed silly and melodrama - well, something like that - then next scene you see them in the movies in the dark theater and she is crying her eyes out. I really laughed. Think it might have been in the Woody Allen film "Celebrity", but not sure. I own the film so will have to check out that scene again.
I have watched some real tear-jerkers in my day and used up a lot of tissues. As I said before I sometime ever cry in the middle of the film, such as in "Little Women" when the sister dies. That was just too sad a scene not to cry. I cry everytime in the film "Out of Africa" at the end and I was a total whipe out when I saw a film called "I Dreamed of Africa" with Kim Baysinger - oh my goodness - one needs a box of tissues to watch that film.
Little Women was sad, but not terribly.
Hotel Rwanda, Radio, and King Kong are some of the movies I'd cry at.
Those are so sad...
My favourite movies are Tristen and Isolde (which is also sad) and Little Miss Sunshine (which is so not sad)
Stardust
It was cute...a little different from the book, but the changes were good.
7/10
I know that Stardust is based on a novel, but I haven't read it yet.
Most of the movies which are based on novels, they usually make changes to it. So, from the person who didn't read Stardust, I can say the movie was pretty good.
I know it's a 15 year old movie; but I went to see Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D.
Bad news is that my replacement glasses still haven't arrived so I had to wear my sunglasses under the 3D glasses..... However, the 3D thing works by uszing different polarized images.... and my sunglasses are polarized.... so when i put the 3D glasses on over my shades the whole world went black!! Had to use just the 3D glasses and watch the movie all blurry. :bawling:
Good news is that, even blurry, it's still one the best movies ever made 9.9999 out of 10. :thumbs_up :thumbs_up
I have never seen 3D.
I just saw Forrest Gump on the Biography channel.
Wow.
I want to own it.
From the incredible acting, to the humor, ("The flashlights keep wakin' me up!") to the history, (I really want to get into studying Vietnam and the Cold War) to the messages, I loved it ALL. It totally tugged at my heartstrings.
10/10!!!!!!
"She taysted lyke sigritts."
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Originally Posted by Lily Adams
yes, Forest Gump is a great movie. Although, for the longest time we had people around here going "Run Forest Run" all the time and I could've done without that but yeah, it's most definitely a 10/10.
You were watching last night, too? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Lily Adams
I've seen it SOOOO MANY times now!! It is one of those movies I just keep watching. I have always liked the part where Bubba goes on forever about the different types of shrimp! :)
Ha ha, yeah.
It was kinda funny because I missed the first thirty minutes of it or so (MUST WATCH!) but when I turned it on, we were eating shrimp for dinner and that part came up fairly quickly where he goes on and on about the shrimp. :lol:
It was a beautiful movie. I love watching movies with substance. It's like reading a good book, probably why I love movies so much. I get so tired of the more mainstream, mindless garbage that Hollywood cranks out. It sickens me.
Plus Tom Hanks is a really good actor, I think.
Can I offer a differing point of view?
Forrest Gump is a terrible movie, and Tom Hanks is a vastly overrated actor.
That is all, for the moment.
Well, of course there are people who don't like it. But what made it so terrible for you?
I think Tom Hanks is pretty good. I am a bit tired of him at this point (didn't want to see him in the Da Vinci Code and the movie with him stranded on an island by himself was just a snore), but he was in Punchline back in the eighties with Sally Fields and he played a comedian who had a meltdown on stage and I thought he pulled it off. He's not a BAD actor and he was likable there for a whileQuote:
Originally Posted by Big Al
A few things. For one, it's one of the most sugary and overly-sentimental films I've ever seen. Two, it's a film that derives most (all?) of its laughs from mocking the behaviors the mentally handicapped. Third, I found Forrest's struggles and the way he seems to single-handedly bring about so many fads and social changes to be extremely corny, not to mention empty in the long-run. And I found most of the dialogue to be completely idiotic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lily Adams
Why this is praised as a great film I'll never know. Even looking at it from an ideological standpoint, the message of the film seems to be that if you don't question anything and do what everybody tells you, you'll become successful. What a sappy, stupid movie. Just thinking about it makes me angry.
But hey, on a much better note, I just rewatched an old favorite of mine, Alan Parker's Angel Heart, a remarkably emotional and disturbing experience with fascinating religious themes. It's kind of cross between a thriller, a film noir and a horror film, but one that trascends all three.
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Originally Posted by Big Al
I don't think the movie is necessarily mocking the behaviors of the mentally handicapped. Taking care of a mentally handicapped child is an extreme challenge (and that's not to say that taking care of a physically handicapped child is not an extreme challenge). Family members of the handicapped have to cope with the situation and sometimes we'll sit around and talk about how amazing that handicapped child is despite all the rest. With the physically handicapped, we try to focus on what they can acheive academically, but with the mentally handicapped you praise their ability to say, tidy a room, or you focus on their ability to write their own name. I think Forest Gump is just kind of a cinamatic extension of that.
And as far as the overall message of the movie being "... you don't question anything and do what everybody tells you, you'll become successful."
Forest may not have a been "a smart man" (sorry, I just couldn't resist) but he wasn't completely unwise. For example, he knew enough to get Jenny out of the strip bar where she had a job as a nude folk singer.
Other than that, you bring up interesting points.
haha 'tom hanks is a vastly overrated actor'... its more the shiny bottom lip and do-gooder attitude that annoy me. i liked forrest gump though, its a cute, if slightly brainless movie. all of his other movies, however i have to agree, eg castaway - what a waste of 2 hrs?!
my last movie: Se7en
rate it: 5.5 out of 10
i liked brads unlikable character, and the fact that he, unlike his wife (in real life), doesnt just take pretty boy roles. his character was a bit of a bastard, and you get the feeling that he enjoyed playing it. the movie was a bit gruesome (im not good with blood) but even i could see that the effects were aging a bit. also, the part of the severed head at the end didnt seem real, or very shocking, it seemed very staged and the acting around this point got very wooden. and also i dont get why Morgan freeman didnt want brad to shoot keven spacey ( apart from the fact that it was illegal etc duh) was this a moral question that i didnt quite get?
also i thought this was kind of a lame 'event to go down in history', as keven spacey kept saying it would be - what really did happen in the end? there were a few murders, mostly of people noone would really miss (dont take this the wrong way, i just mean people the press wouldnt latch on to and make it a 'scandal' -prostitues, drug dealers and a man that didnt seem to leave his house) - and then a police officer shoots a person in their care... this unfortunatly happens a bit in the news so it wouldnt be front page material.... i was just a bit confused...
He did indeed. I knew it was sappy, but I just couldn't help it. It's a "feel good" movie. (Actually, wait. It was more bittersweet.) Or in Big Al's case a "feel angry" movie. :lol: Sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
I agree with both of you on your points about Forrest Gump but I have to admit it was really a disappointment for me and I would never waste my time watching it again. I did not necessarily think that Hanks was bad in the role. I just thought the film was so outlandish and downright silly at times. I do think it was over-rated. I know people who claim it was their favorite movie. It was not mine by a long shot. I thought for one (Sally Field) his mother sleeping with the administrator was the first place the film lost it's credibility for me. From there on I was watching the film with a lot of sceptism. Guess I am old-fashioned but that just seemed to me to be crude. Much of the film seemed fairy-tale like also, or more of a parody. Am I the only one who thought this?
it's just a movie though. They don't all have to be so REAL. I watch movies to escape. When life is too big for me and dull and dreary and cruel it's nice to get away. I don't want to watch a film that truly captures life as it is, because sometimes ,and I am not being negative or pessimistic, life just SUCKS and that is where silly fairy-tale Forest Gump movies come in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Forest Gump :thumbs_up :thumbs_up
I watched A Bridge To Terabithia this weekend with my mother, who is a sucker for sad, "family" movies and this was certainly sad. I have to admit that while I'm not a huge fan of the genre myself, I was a little teary eyed. :blush: Yesterday, I watched Medea, a Danish film. It was incredibly slow moving, almost to the point of being excrutiating. It was only about 75 minures but it was the longest 75 minutes of my life. :rolleyes:
Sorry if I got too "agressive" with my points; I get a little stricken with passion every now and then...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lily Adams
Yes it definitely seemed like a fairytale. It could be a fairytale for modernday America.Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
Hee hee, no problem. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Al
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it's just a movie though. They don't all have to be so REAL. I watch movies to escape. When life is too big for me and dull and dreary and cruel it's nice to get away. I don't want to watch a film that truly captures life as it is, because sometimes ,and I am not being negative or pessimistic, life just SUCKS and that is where silly fairy-tale Forest Gump movies come in.
I just watched Fight Club for the first time. It's the best movie I remember seeing. 10/10
I thought that the first time I saw it. How funny - it's on right now. it is a good movie - lots to think about. We are consumers. Advertising has us working jobs we hate to buy sh** we don't need like a duvet for example.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oniw17
So a schizo insomniac blows up the credit card companies so they could erase the debt record and we could all start over at 0. It's a good thing we have off site data storage.
Shalot, I really did not totally dislike Forrest Gump. I just thought it was disappointing, when I had heard so much about it. I can see your point and every person has his/her different taste in films. I am not at all a depressed person, but I actually do prefer dramas, even heavy ones and sad ones or tragedies. I like best ones that end on a positive note, however, even tragedies can somehow do that or point us to a better day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shalot
I like the ending of FG with the feather floating up - right? I don't recall it too clearly now - it was years ago that I watched it really. It had it's good points, but I still feel it was highly over-rated. I, personally, would not re-watch it, but if you enjoyed it, that is all that matter - movies are individual...that is why there are so many kinds & so many genre's, etc.
I really liked Forest Gump ;)
I just watched Bridge To Terabithia.:bawling: :bawling: :bawling: 10/10 Havent cried this much in ages. Think i need a hug.:(
I know!!!! It's really sad, isn't it? My son had read the book so I knew what was coming but that didn't make it any less sad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
I never read the book so i didnt see it coming. Just couldnt stop crying. And when his dad was with him in the forest.....:bawling: