Cars
7/10
Good and entertaining for a kids movie. I love Pixar. I loved how he DIDN'T win in the end....all those movies where the arrogant guy learns his lesson...and then he just wins again! Here they didn't do that and I liked that.
Cars
7/10
Good and entertaining for a kids movie. I love Pixar. I loved how he DIDN'T win in the end....all those movies where the arrogant guy learns his lesson...and then he just wins again! Here they didn't do that and I liked that.
Well I haven't been to the theatre in months and this weekend I went twice, I saw the Guardian which was pretty good 7.5/10 I'd say, but the other I had been waiting for fer about 6 months, and it finally came out and that movie, in case anybody didn't know of my mad Scorsese love was 'The Departed!'
It was absolutely stunning, very different cinematography in comparison to most other Scorsese work, almost Tarantinoesque. Very good story, the characters never really establish themselves as good or bad (arguably) which I really liked, and everyones motives were different, betrayals and lots of twists and turns, really exciting. Not to mention a song by one of my absolute favorite bands (Dropkick Murphys) played twice during the movie. Leo definitely gave a good performance, as well as Damon and it was great to see Jack Nicholson back in a more serious role. Fantastic movie, definitely recommended aaaand I'll give it a 9.7/10.
Now the wait for 'The Good Sheperd' begins...
"Americans should know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls."
-Walt WhitmanThey have their worries, they’re counting the miles, they’re thinking about where to sleep tonight, how much money for gas, the weather, how they’ll get there—and all the time they’ll get there anyway, you see.
-Jack Kerouac
I have watched Malina today. It was really good but it is making me feel sad, so touching it was. Making me think about the things one has to do sometimes to struggle for existence.
9/10.
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I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the virtues and the vigilant.
The last movie I ve seen was V for Vendetta. I would rate it 9 und a half. In my opinion it is a very good movie pointing out the dangers of beeing obedient und believing without questioning your Environment. It also opens the question if terrorism and murder should be used for an alleged good and rigthous course.
An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
10/10
go and watch it
it's really interesting and even if you don't know the first thing about global warming you'll understand what he's talking about
I watched Cruel Intentions yesterday. The acting of the cruel Katherine made me shiver. But, without any doubt, it was a good movie in everything - acting, plot and soundtracks! I loved the place where "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was being played. The acting of Katherine was great, I shuddered when I looked in her bloody eyes when her true self was opening in front of people, I don't know why but it made me cry. The death of Sebestian was also a shock, but gave a good turn to the movie.
The movie deserves 10/10. I can't find anything wrong with it!
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
16 Blocks -- could have been a great movie w/another director at the helm. Well-cast: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse. Still some entertaining, although this one will definitely not be discussed in film classes.
The Prestige - 9/10. Amazing picture. Tesla's field of lightbulbs is one of the most beautiful images I've seen on film in a long time.
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Marie Antionette, it was a very powerful film I loved it but I knew the basic background of the French Revolution. Other than that it was poorly composed, could of been better, they could have done so much more with the film. Granted, the footage at the Palace and the Gardens along with the shots of the Little Hamlet, were awesome and amazing. It really was a let down from all the hype that the media was pouring on it....All in all, it was okay, nothing great, but not somthing that you would throw in the gutter.
Even if you embrace me until it's suffocating
We will never become one.
O cold that starts before dawn,
Please light the path that's just for us.
Took the Mrs to see One Night with the King (on sweetest day--original plan was Flicka--not ready for Flags of Our Fathers--both my sons were in Iraq--not now and I still have memories of Viet Nam era--missed going to Nam literally by a 2 week period waiting on a replacement and instead ended on Guam 6 months later--never enough about me)---ANYHOW--I usually go movies with low expectations and the Garfield live action movies exceeds those low momments but this Bibical picture was a visual delight and a more dramatic/romance movie then I would have thought possible--my usual thoughts from Esther is that the King is a control freak who drinks too much--parties way too much and is a stooge to his counselors--oh well. Esther comes out as a full blooded character in her own right and a wonder to watch. The King is a bit of puzzle and some additional narration would have helpful in putting the period in context for modern audiences.
One of the best! Terrific movie in every way...
For the triumph of evil, all it takes is for a few good men to do nothing.
Sir Edmund Burke
Better or worse than The Presitge? I've only seen the latter.Originally Posted by PistisSophia
One of the best! Terrific movie in every way...
What is the use of a violent kind of delightfulness if there is no pleasure in not getting tired of it.
- Gertrude Stein
A washerwoman with her basket; a rook; a red-hot poker; th purples and grey-greens of flowers: some common feeling which held the whole together.
- Virginia Woolf
Hah, I knew there were two magic movies...The Prestige and The Illusionist. I want to see them both!
I wanted to see One Night with the King, they aren't playing it all over. I heard that they altered the biblical story a bit...so maybe the producers were thinking that the audience would be familiar (like with Passion of the Christ)
The last movie I saw was Man of the Year. Robbin Williams is always funny and didn't fail to make me laugh out loud. Not as political as some might think. Just a comedy. Very good, I am going to buy it when it comes out.
"So heaven meets earth like a sloppy wet kiss, and my heart turns violently inside of my chest, I don't have time to maintain these regrets, when I think about, the way....He loves us..."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5xXowT4eJjY
Death in the Clouds (a Hercule Poirot movie based on Agatha Christie's book). David Suchet is the perfect Poirot!
An American Haunting This is based on the infamous Bell Witch incident in Adams, TN. I really don't live all that far from the site. I have read many accounts of the haunting. The movie gets part of the story right--the poltrigeist activity and such--but I've never read an account that even hinted at sexual abuse as the cause, or that John Bell was murdered by his wife. Also the voice of the "witch" was heard by many, but I don't recall but maybe one sighting. The "witch" had vowed to return in 107 years, but the time passed without incident. The Bell Witch Cave is still considered haunted.
The movie messed up the legend.
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Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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