Originally Posted by Emil Miller
Watched another Woody Allen flim last night (well got about 25 minutes left as I had to go to bed) Manhattan, I really enjoyed it - I'm getting quite addicted to Woody Allen.
Watched another Woody Allen flim last night (well got about 25 minutes left as I had to go to bed) Manhattan, I really enjoyed it - I'm getting quite addicted to Woody Allen.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
4/10
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Why am I not surprised that it only got 4/10?
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
You Don't Know Jack. This biopic starring Al Pacino on Jack Kevorkian was very, very good. I wasn't aware of what was going on with the whole Kevorkian things when it was happening, and this movie was very informative (and, from what I've read, pretty accurate) and it makes for a very good story. And it also once again displays why Pacino is one of the great actors.
9/10.
P.S. I think Cowboys Versus Aliens looks pretty cool.
Currently watching Love and Death whilte drinking Wolf Blass white wine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbk9YFxRDqE
I was being very generous too...
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
Neely, the film is irredeemably corny, judging by your clip, and Wolf Blass wine is therefore a fitting accompaniment, as the below indicated publicity for that winery clearly shows.
When winemaker Wolfgang Blass started producing his style of red and white wines he claimed they would "make strong women weak and weak men strong"
If only.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Well, perhaps it has not aged as well as some of the other Allen films, like Manhattan, Annie Hall for sure, but still there were a few good lines and witty moments in there 6.8/10 (Match Point which is on i-player is recommended!)
This last week I have started with the white wine having lost the stomach for ale and the tooth for cider (hopefully it is a temporary thing). I had the yellow label Wolf Blass the other day and thought it was a fine little drink, have you tried it? Can't say that the normal one today was any good though, so maybe that lived up to the weird and stereotypical 80s sexist Australian attitude as presented in the quotation above?!?
Just Go with It - 3/10. Cannot stand Sandler.
I'm Number Four - 7/10.
Taken - 5/10.
True Grit - 8/10.
~
"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
~
Due Date - 7/10 I only give it a 7 because the annoying character was so annoying that my enjoyment of the film diminished because he was SO annoying.
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
THANK YOU! Everyone I talk to is like, "That's such an awesome movie!" No, it's not!
[QUOTE=Neely;1013098]I had the yellow label Wolf Blass the other day and thought it was a fine little drink, have you tried it? QUOTE]
No I haven't tried it as I tend to avoid all wines with weird labels and especially Australian ones with names like Billabong Creek claret, Tuckerbag Chardonnay and also American wines including such weirdos as Blossom Hill Italian Zinfandel Rosé Sparkling Wine. People who take their drink seriously do not indulge in the French produced red (with an eye for the English market) called Fat Bastard or drink bitter called Old Tosser, even though the names are usually an accurate description of those who do.
Please return to quality before it is too late and you end up on the meths.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
The Town
6/10
I give Afleck a lot of credit for doing what he and Damon said they would. Afleck is now writing and directing movies - something that very few actors are ever able to pull off.
But this movie turned out to be a pretty generic crime caper flick. There was nothing particularity gripping about any of the characters. I was impressed by the performance of the girl who played the love interest
But this movie's biggest flaw, and the reason I rate it pretty low, is it is a Heat rip-off. From the heists, the "realistic" shootout scenes. Even things copied almost exactly from Heat - such as the crook running with a duffel bag in the street, while shooting it out with a machine gun in one hand. And even the girlfriend setting a trap for the guy - calling him in with the FBI standing in the same room, only to give him a warning at the very last second - almost direct Heat rip-offs
[QUOTE=Emil Miller;1013304]Well as you know quality is my calling nature so there is no fear about me descending so low. However I think that you might be being a little harsh on the new world wines. I do not know much about wine it is true, or at least I know more about ales and ciders, but I believe that the new world wines are an emerging force and something to be considered, at least not to be so harshly dismissed. For sure the Blossom Hill is five star junk and I completely avoid wine/beer with vulgar names; one I sort of object to the vulgarity and two, it clearly rings of a cheap marketing ploy to sell junk, but the new world wines (at least not the mass market ones) are supposed to be on the up?
Wolf Blass is a big step up from the likes of Blossom Hill - maybe you should give it a try, the yellow label one anyway, costs around £7.50 a bottle? I'd like you to try it in order to test my winebuds - can I trust my winebuds, I don't know? I can trust my beerbuds I know that, but my winebuds tell me the yellow label Wolf Blass is pretty drinkable (although people naturally vary).
Also, in terms of films (seeing as this is a film thread) Manhattan might be more of your thing if you've not seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuU6XU0_Gfs
Last edited by LitNetIsGreat; 03-01-2011 at 07:02 PM.
I've just had Resident Evil's latest instalment drop through my letter box. Zombies, machine guns and all action. Ok for a miserable Tuesday night.
I've just signed up to Love film and they post films to you when you choose them on the internet. Super. I've also found Trafic by jacques tati and added it to my list. It's virtually silent, with a lot of visual humour. I really enjoyed it about 30 years ago, but could never find it. I just hope it lives up to the memories.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
