The Sea Inside .
so deep and thoughtful .
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The Sea Inside .
so deep and thoughtful .
The French Lieutenants Woman
9/10
Pensive, Hope all is well with you; I have missed you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pensive
I loved "Room with a View" but I did have some qualms with part of it. I liked the book better; have you read it? I will email you today, if I have the time left. My computer died and I am using the libraries; I am sure you know that by now. I may have to delay the email until Monday - these computers at, my public library, close at 5PM today. You know me - way to early for my computer usage...really crimps my style ;) :lol:
Mr. Vandemar, Good rating :thumbs_up. I love this film and bought it a number of months back, for my own collection - hadn't seen it in years - wonderful!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Vandemar
Miss Tenderness, I love this film as well.....
"The Sea Inside" .
It was very deep and thoughtful and the acting was first-rate. Terrific
Hi LadyWentworth, I don't know anyone else has seen this film. I love this film and have watched it a number of times now. I think Pacino's acting of Richard III is marvelous. He fit the role very well; only wish I could see the whole play, without the interuptions, but the entire film is a learning experience and so entertaining. Did you find it on DVD? I had to settle for VHS, but I still love it so I am fortunate to have found it. I have the play on CD set with KB playing Richard - also wonderful! When I get a new computer I can send you a copy (an pray it gets to your doorstep this time;) ).Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
Kung Fu Panda
-2/10
After all these years, I finally saw it. It was on TV the other night. I thought they were all pretty good, but Pacino really did stand out in there. As he really should considering he IS Richard! :) I thought it was a very good film. My only major problem was the choice of Winona Ryder. That just seemed odd. Don't even get me started on the delivery of her lines! :rolleyes: Actually, it is on DVD. I only know this because as soon as I see a movie I have to then rate it on Netflix. :p Kenneth as Richard? That is interesting. I honestly cannot picture him as Richard (even if it is just listening to his voice performance). Naturally he is good, though, right? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Janine
"Charlie Wilson's War." I liked it. I saw a thing on the History Channel later that talked about what really happened. The movie seems to have followed actual events fairly closely. He tried to do a good thing. 8/10
Hannibal - it was on tv when I was in there, talking to my mum. Well... I watched most of it, when I wasn't hiding or muting the sound :lol:. Absolutely wonderfully horrid. Great film, which is why its so bad! I wanted to stop watching but I couldn't!! :p
9.5/10 simply because it was so... icky... but so well done
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Originally Posted by sprinks
Was this the one with Anthony Hopkins? I loved it as well!!
BATMAN
Sweet Jesus do I love that movie.
Really long, but it was so entertaining.
It was kinda sad how the Joker had to carry the whole movie through though D:
The Dark Knight was awesome! The best comic book adaption to date. In Campbell's the Power of Myth the interviewer ask him if the Myths are still valid for adults or do new ones need to be created and I think Nolan has done a great job converting childhood icons to adulthood. I will be seeing this in the theaters again. I think the Joker was the inciting force of the film, but Harvey Dent and Gordon had great parts in the film. Bruce Wayne/Batman had just the right amount of screen time since the story asked whether Gotham could survive without Batman and could Harvey Dent take over Batman's mantle, so it was important to not place the focus on Batman.Quote:
Originally Posted by aBIGsheep
I'd have to agree. I liked how the name of the movie created an irony between the Batman and Harvey.
Harvey was the crusading forerunner for Justice, that rare White Knight, only to be shot straight to hell and start flippin' coins and blowin' men straight to pieces.
And then you got the true hero, that outcast vigilante. That elusive Dark Knight that sticks to his morals through and through.
It was a pretty ironic Ying Yang.
Wanted 2/10
Total total rubbish.
How can two bullets curve around one person and meet? half way? They're not on the same trajectory!
Never has a movie with so many chases, violence, fights, cars and general cool stuff bored me as much as this one.
I did like it up until the extended training sequence, hence the 2 marks.
Back to my library computer again...what a pain. Hi Lady Wentworth, soooo glad you finally got to see it. I had to settle for a used tape but I would invest in the DVD if that becomes available - I will have to track it down when I get a new computer and up and running once again at home. For now my time is so limited on here.Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyWentworth
Yes, I thought Richard was Pacino himself! He was amazing in the role. I think he was better than he was in "The Merchant of Venice"...for one, he seems to really love the role and relate to it. Yes, it was a bit odd using Ryder in the film.
Yes, indeed the CD set with Branagh is wonderful - beyond good! I have listened to it so many times now I know nearly all the lines, well; as the come up. I especially love the scene when Richard dreams of all the people he has had murdered - the appear as ghosts. That scene is so awesome.
Branagh did the play for a time on stage. I have seen photos on the Compendium site of him playing the role - I must admit they look rather strange - it appears sort of demented. I guess Richard was and to some extend this is but one interpretation. The play is one of my favorites of Shakespeare's, can you believe it? It is like a good murder mystery or thriller, don't you think with lots of pychological stuff going on.
The Dark Knight 9/10 I wasn't planning to see this., but it was very good, and very intense.
Two Brothers - director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
That's really a rare treat! 9/10
The Dark Knight
8.5/10
Dark Knight watched whn in New York last week. Best of the bunch and I'm hard to please where Bats is concerned. Rate a 9. But this so seemed like a middle chapter to a trilogy.
Mamma Mia
8/10
It was simple. It was enjoyable enough. It was basically just like the stage version.
It was so obviously a cliffhanger. I have this feeling that they are planning on maybe a little more than just a trilogy. But that is just a feeling that I have.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtpspur
The Dark Knight
?/10
I don't know what to give it. It was very good. It just wasn't what I expected. I wasn't happy with something in there. I won't discuss it because I don't want to give anything away for people who haven't seen it. Anyway, "Batman Begins" was, for me, an excellent film. I think this one is good but not as good as that one. Nowhere near it. Also, and this is the last thing that I will say about this movie, I wish I could see a little more respect given to Aaron Eckhart. After all, this movie is more his story than anyone else's. I think he does a very good job as Harvey Dent. That is it. I don't have anything else to say about it and I will no longer discuss it. :)
I watched Step Brothers last night. It was pretty much what I expected: stupid, irreverent, foul-mouthed, crude, toilet humor... and I mean that in a great way. This was one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I've been reading a few reviews from some of the more pretentious critics who have been attacking the movie for "boorish behaviour" and "ludicrous plot." I think these people are missing the point. The film makers didn't set out to remake Citizen Kane, they just made a funny movie about two spoiled middle-aged men who still live at home and are forced to share a room when their parents marry. That's it. I definitely recommend this movie to anyone that gets a kick out of this type of pointless, immature fun. 9/10
I was planning on going to see it this coming Tuesday. I am glad to hear that somebody liked it. I thought that it looked like it was just a stupid, yet funny, movie. The sort of movie that I need to watch every now and then. I am happy to hear that it is what I expected it to be. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by djy78usa
The Pursuit of Happiness...8/10
Last night I saw a movie called La Moustache, a French movie made a few years ago. Very strange, sometimes almost to the point of surreal, intelligent and captivating. 8/10
Mamma Mia 8/10
I really enjoyed the movie, Meryl Streep was really good in it, especially her singing. I would take too points off because some of the younger actors were a bit dissapointing.
Envy - 6/10
Snakehead Terror - 2/10
Gidget 10/10
The Dark Knight 10/10
It's the best Batman film made so far, it has a Joker that is miles ahead of Jack Nickelson's Joker, it is darker, it isn't a happy go merry story, and everything combined makes it one of the best films I've ever seen, not just the best Batman.
Just Friends. I was bored and it was on TV. I'd give it 2/10, only cuz I liked Ryan Reynolds, but the movie was one of the worst 'supposedly' romantic comedies I've ever seen.
Aw. I thought Just Friends was cute...I think it deserves more than a two...
Meet Me in St. Louis - 9 3/4 out of 10.
I love Judy Garland
The Phantom of the Opera, 1925.
7/10
Mamma Mia 8/10
I've never seen an audience laugh so much- it was like being part of one big girlish group! (okay sounds sad but it's true)
"Pierrot Le Fou" -- 9/10
"Le Petit Soldat" -- 7.5/10
"The dark knight" 7/10.
It was nice..but i'll stick to Tim Burton's version :D
the last that i saw was anastasia... it was a feel- good movie.. i was inspired:yawnb:
Chariots of Fire ~ great film; saw it years ago and it was just as memorable this time around; who can beat that soundtrack! Think it is good timing on my part viewing this since the Summer Olympic Games opened today in China.
16 Blocks. Amazingly enough I actually enjoyed it. I'm a fan of Bruce Willis, but I just thought his latest movies aren't that good. But this one was good. Not as good as Die Hard, but it's good.
"Love Is Colder Than Death" -- 6/10
I really enjoyed some of Fassbinder's other films, especially "The Marriage of Maria Braun", but this movie was very uneventful and overly stylized. I believe that this was his debut, so I'm glad that he went on to make better films.
Wall-E (Disney/pixar studios)
3/10
Really disappointing... even for a young audience. I usually really like Pixar movies but this one is way below expectations. I think that watching the trailer is more than enough sincethe funniest parts are included in it...
Dark Night 8/10
It's a good movie but it isn't perfect, nor a masterpiece. But Dark Night is definitely beter than Batman Begins, so Nolan is learning from his mistakes :)
First of all: acting. Of course Ledger is playing first fiddle in this movie. It's really very good role. Before I've seen it, I doubt if anyone can act Joker as well as Nicholson did. But I was wrong. It's hard to decide who is better in that role. Aaron Eckhart as Hravey Dent was good too. Of course he didn't have so interesting role, but I like that Eckharto showed reliably change of Dent. Next... Maggie Gyllenhaal... She's certainly better than Kate Holmes(thanks to Nolan that he didn't hire that starlet again). But I think that Gyllenhaal just doesn't fit to this role. She's got actress but not in this movie. The biggest dissapointing was Christian Bale as Batman. Really I prefer Michael Keaton in this role. And of course Gary Oldman, Michael Claine, Morgan Freeman were great, though their roles were rather small.
Next thing- music is fitting to the gloomy spirits of Gotham. Another things- scenario, direction, special effects are faultless. But for me movie was sometimes unrealsitic. I know that is a story about superhero etc., but to compare while I was watching Batman and Batman Returns I've never thought that those films were unrealistic. To sum up-it's really a good movie with awesome Ledger. But still I prefer Burton's movies. And I would have forgotten- the ending of course is done in way that we should expect continuation soon :)
From Here To Eternity 10/10
A true classic. Worthy of all eight Oscars it won. Superb!
OswaldTheOsprey
I've watched quite a few movies this week:
"The King of Kong" -- 9/10
Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell is one of the funniest characters from a documentary I've ever seen. Only an arrogant douchebag of immense proportions could say things like: "Everything I say sparks controversy...I'm kind of like the abortion issue."
"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" -- 8.5/10
Sidney Lumet is still turning out excellent films, even though he's well into his 80s. Hoffman and Hawke were great as well.
"Teeth" -- 7/10
This was such an interesting concept, but it didn't work as well as it could have, in my opinion. The tone of movie wasn't consistent. It seemed like the director couldn't decide whether he was making a horror, a black comedy, or a satire. It definitely gets points for originality, though.