A rewatch of an old and wonderful movie 10/10
A rewatch of an old and wonderful movie 10/10
Mirror Mirror with Julia Robert
Not bad for a fairy tale.
7/10
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
Big trouble in Little China. 10/10 as usual
Harry Black and the Tiger (1958).
Stewart Granger plays Harry Black, a big game hunter called in by an Indian provincial governor to hunt down a man-eating tiger that is terrorising villagers.
Black lost a leg during WWII as a result of one of his men's cowardice and it's a tricky situation when the man turns up as the manager of a plantation in the region. To make matters worse, Black and the man's wife had a love affair in Scotland before the husband was released from a German POW camp.
Despite the eternal triangle part of the film, the scenes involving the tiger and it's instinctive realization that Black means to kill it make for highly watchable film making. I don't know how they got the tiger act as it did but it's uncanny how felines seem to sense when their prey is vulnerable and the danger that they face from people trying to kill them.
7/10
"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.
I want to see this-and also maybe "In Bruges," which I've heard is good.
I watched "The Five Year Engagement" with Segal the other night. It was funny. I think he co-wrote the screenplay, too. 8/10
Tonight I watched "Incendiary" with Michelle Williams and Ewan MacGregor. 10/10 I had never heard of it before, and Netflix recommended it, based on things I've watched. I've never even watched anything they've "recommended" but this was good. I love Michelle Williams; I think she is one of the best of the younger actresses out there. And Ewan MacGregor is also very good. I had never paid much attention to him before, but I saw "Salmon Fishing in the Yeman" last week, and while it was a better than average rom-com, nothing really original, something about his understated performance caught my eye. I appreciate that he is understated on screen as well as in how he lives his life. He undertakes a variety of roles, and he's good in all of them.
Yeman: 8/10
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its' own reason for existing." ~ Albert Einstein
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are." Buckaroo Bonzai "Some people say I done alright for a girl." Melanie Safka
Over the last couple of days I have been watching Rocky I, II and III. I just fancied it, good fun. I love this scene in Rocky III, totally class:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJnKm6ftPu0
' The Birds' By Alfred Hitchcock 10/10 obvious
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I watched Wall E; it was a waste of time. 3/10
Other movie that I’ve seen is Crazy Hearts. It was a brilliant performance by Jeff Bridges. I didn’t know he is so into music. 8/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grP22...eature=related
Sicko, a documentary by Michael Moore. I'm beginning to really like this bloke. He looks at how The U.S. medical system is the most inside out and back to front in the entire world, resulting in no insurance policies being payed out on people who need urgent treatment, how they're basically worthless for anyone who wants to live a full life. A case in point about having a 'pre-existing condition': everywhere else for the sufferers it means more treatment. while in the good ol' USA it means thanks for supporting your money grubbing Insurance Company, now Piss Off!
Good bit at the end contrasting Great Britain's Free Medicare for all - even the poorest have a life expectancy three years longer than the wealthiest American.
And whose fault is the mess? None other than everyone's favorite Tricky Richard M. Nixon.
9/10 (bit slow in parts)
Dead Poets Society 11/10
Took my batteries out my mysticism and put em in my thinking cap
Just got back from Premium Rush. Excellent, no-fat chase movie. 9/10
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
This film directed by Henry Hathaway is an outstanding example of what Hollywood could do when it wanted to.
The cast is perfect for the task of presenting a gripping story taken from a true life incident and has a terrific script that perfectly matches the action. James Stewart is superb as the cynical reporter who is directed by his editor, played brilliantly by Lee J Cobb, to follow up an 11 year murder of a police officer. Everyone concerned in the making of this film created one of the USA's best crime stories ever filmed.
Here's the opening:
http://youtu.be/P1YYgkfoFBE
"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.
That looks OK actually, and the youtube comments below it are interesting, for once.
I do fear that another session of Hannah and Her Sisters might be upon me tonight.It's absolutely worth watching just for the music alone. 10/10*.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTQVWtSvwUE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...2pmh7ZYm4&NR=1
Last edited by LitNetIsGreat; 08-28-2012 at 08:13 PM.
"Hunger Games" -- since I don't need to see it again for maybe 20 years, so-so. She did a good acting job, though. Stanley Tucci was funny. Sort of combo of Brazil, Blade Runner, that man in a bubble movie with Jim Carey, yea the Truman Show by great director Peter Weir. Plus good costumes. Best scene: when the little girl is shot by an arrow and dies in the heroine's arms -- very poignant.
If you decide to watch Call Northside 777, you cannot watch it except in sections, when you should click on CN part 2, CN part 3, etc etc the posters name to look for is mbarac88. It's a bit of a nuisance but well worth it. There are other people who've posted bits and pieces but they won't match up.
"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.