Saw You Shoot, I Shoot the other day. It was very nice, I hadn't laughed like that in a long time. Check it out if you like the violence+black humor combination.
Overview: 8 crisaors
Saw You Shoot, I Shoot the other day. It was very nice, I hadn't laughed like that in a long time. Check it out if you like the violence+black humor combination.
Overview: 8 crisaors
Ningún hombre llega a ser lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que lee.
- Jorge Luis Borges
Hahaha! I know what you mean about not understanding what they were saying! There are parts of ireland that even i have a problem understanding.Originally Posted by manolia
Hey Niamh you are irish??? I like irish people. I've met a few during a certain holiday abroad and i had the best impressions. Though i admit that i couldn't easily understand what they were saying to me and they had to speak to me reaaaaly slow
(i felt like a retard). I also like seeing movies about Ireland. I recently saw "The wind that shakes the Barley" and it moved me to tears (almost. I am a tough girl).
There are different accents all over the country, and there are more dialects in Dublin alone than the whole of England.
I saw the wind that shakes the Barley in the cinema. Thought it was very good. As for irish movies... Ever seen the commitments?
Right movies i watched last night( please note i hadnt much choice in the matter as i was just me and four lads watching movies) some brit movie from the 80s called I.D. was alright.
then we watched Rocky 1 & 2. i liked these!
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Saw two movies this weekend.
#1: Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
The only reason this was made into a movie was because there's a married hunk and hottie shooting at each other, passionately making up, and then shooting other people in ways that FBI agents probably couldn't match. 5/10
#2: Mission Impossible III.
Same as above, with minor modifications. same rating.
"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--
And whether pigs have wings."
*reliief* that means i am not a retardHahaha! I know what you mean about not understanding what they were saying! There are parts of ireland that even i have a problem understanding.
No i have not seen this one but i'll try and locate it in the local video(dvd)club. Thanx for the info
I had to laugh at Niamh's and Manolia's discussion on being Irish. Well, thanks, Niamh, I feel better too, some Irish movies I have to put the subtitles on the screen to understand. Interesting that there are more dialects in Dublin than in England. I never knew that.
I also got a real kick out of Domer saying his 3D classes were too small and were hard to keep on. I had an image in my mind of 4 kids filled with energy, in a movie theater with one adult, trying to hold those tiny glasses on his face or picking them off the floor every 5 mins - just too funny!
Thanks, Domer, for the good review and I prefer those great Disney classics myself.
Andave ya, your review would be keeping with my own thoughts on these pretty people/violent/silly films.... entertaining, but mindless.
Last night I watched a A&E miniseries on DVD, adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma".
Emma
Stars Kate Beckingsale as Emma. I like this version better than the Paldrow Hollywood version. The characters seem more believable and some are much funnier. It is an amusing film. I like the closeup shots of the characters - one can see the expressions more clearly and become more involved in the plots. A good true to book adaptation I think.
Last edited by Janine; 04-01-2007 at 02:33 PM.
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Rocky Balboa is a great ending to a series of an underdog boxer movies. It has a great storyline, great fight scenes (yes Antonio Tarver is a real boxer) and it ended well.
That's a good one. Another good Irish movie is The Secret of Roan Inish, I had to have the subtitles on for that one.Waking Ned Devine is yet another wonderful Irish movie, very funny!
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
[QUOTE=andave_ya;351749]Saw two movies this weekend.
#1: Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
The only reason this was made into a movie was because there's a married hunk and hottie shooting at each other, passionately making up, and then shooting other people in ways that FBI agents probably couldn't match. 5/10
This movie was a sad joke.
I saw 88 Minutes today, with Al Pacino. I liked it, i would give it an 8/10. Al Pacino was great and since he dissapointed me a lot with/in Simone, it was good to see he could still make a good role.
another funny Irish movie is Man About Dog. Only out a couple of years ago.
then theres the van and the snapper(these two and the commitments are called the barrytown trilogy.) they are based where i live and i was lucky as a kid to see them being filmed.
there is also a new film called once that is just out. it won the sundance film festival an has glen hansard, the lead singer of irish band the frames in it. he was also in the commitments. red curly haired guy in the band.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Hi Niamh
Thanks for the Irish movie information. I will keep all these in mind and hope my library gets them in soon so I can view them. They have all kinds of films -sort of an international potpouri. It is great and all free to take out. Now I will recognise these good films. They have a lot of Sundance winners. I like those so much. Is that film you mentioned called "Once" - shame on your lazy typing - I can't hardly understand which are the titles without the quotes. What dialect are you typing in?
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
North east coastal suburban Dublinese!Hi Niamh
Thanks for the Irish movie information. I will keep all these in mind and hope my library gets them in soon so I can view them. They have all kinds of films -sort of an international potpouri. It is great and all free to take out. Now I will recognise these good films. They have a lot of Sundance winners. I like those so much. Is that film you mentioned called "Once" - shame on your lazy typing - I can't hardly understand which are the titles without the quotes. What dialect are you typing in?Actually i dont think we have them defined.
Yes Once Is the title of the movie.
Good to hear you are feeling much better! Me i'm back to my normal self. constant cough and runny nose!(and thats no joke! no wonder i'm always sick.)
More good irish movies, (defined for Janine)
Into the West, Last of the High Kings,My Left Foot, Ryans Daughter.
Last edited by Niamh; 04-02-2007 at 05:58 PM.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
my poems-please comment Forum Rules
Dear Sancho: Sling Blade made my month when it first came out. Besides the incredible identity shift of a great actor there was music that fit the scenes like fine watch gears. Disturbing, yes. Inspiring in the most ironic way. Now B.Bob has my attention and he'll keep it. RJS
North east coastal suburban Dublinese!
Thanks, thought so.Yes Once Is the title of the movie.
Niamh, Is this really your norm - "constant cough and runny nose"? If so, you poor dearGood to hear you are feeling much better! Me i'm back to my normal self. constant cough and runny nose!It must be that Dublinese coastal weather. Oh, I am not all better yet, but there is great hope now for full recovery.
Think I saw three out of those four. Quess which one I did not see? Not sure about "Ryan's Daughter", but think I saw it a long while ago...is it an older film? I also loved "Angela's Ashes" - does that count?More good irish movies, (defined for Janine)
Into the West, Last of the High Kings,My Left Foot, Ryans Daughter.
Janine
Last edited by Janine; 04-02-2007 at 09:01 PM.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Veil
It is a great,touching story.
Hope you can enjoy it some time.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not only where you have been ,but also where you are going .
"Tale of Two Cities" - The Masterpiece Theater Presentation
Great characters, well developed and interesting. Realistic depictions of the French Revolution. Truly amazing miniseries film. I would highly recommend. Some characters make you weep and some are amusingly funny. Dickens is great that way. Madame DeFarge is downright terrifying. I love the intricacy of the plot unfolding. Great ending. Well done production. This is one of my favorite films. 10/10
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
