What is the last movie you saw? and rate it.

[amalia1985]

Just returned from a true cinematic experience:
"La Vie En Rose"
10/10
Marion Cottilard delivers a lesson of acting, unlike many empty-headed Hollywood peacocs. A great biopic for a great woman.

[Shalot]

Say whatever you want, I don't talk small anymore over unimportant, trivial matters, like a black piece of cloth. That's over, I hold to my opinion, you hold to yours. However I must say I never mentioned the term "idiot". My EDUCATION does not allow me to call people names. Especially, people whose opinions I respect, even if they are different from my own. Something very rare, I fear.
This conflict made me forget about the film, oh well...

"The Sea Inside"- 10/10
Javier Bardem is easily THE best actor of the new generation. In my opinion, at least.

Yes dear I know that you didn't use the word idiot. That is why I said you implied it.

Sorry I can't let it go. It's so funny and you make it so easy. Did you check out those links to the best and worst dressed at the Oscars? It was fabulous.

[amalia1985]

Yes, whatever you say.
Just finished watching "Winter Light" by Bergman. Yes, Mark, I couldn't wait until tomorrow, even though it's terribly late here, in Athens.
Of course, it's another 10/10, without question. Credit goes to Mark for his great help. Thank you!!!

[Niamh]

So in the last few days while off work sick i watched a lot of movies (my apologies for the girly chick flick but it had to be done!)
Its a Boy Girl Thing
The Break Up
Stardust
The Prince and Me
Harry Potter and The Order Of The Pheonix
A Cinderella Story
Never Been Kissed
......
I think there was something else....

[Shalot]

Rain Man 8/10

My cable provider has been offering viewings of past Oscar winners (I guess because the Oscars were on Sunday) and so I watched Rain Man tuesday afternoon. In case anyone doens't know what this is about, an 80's yuppie Charlie Babbit (Tom Cruise) finds out he has an autistic brother after his father dies and leaves all his money in a trust fund for the autistic brother. So Charlie Babbit takes his brother Raymond (Dustin Hoffman) out of the institution and wants to make a deal with the executors of the trust - basically he wants his half of the money that he feels he should have been left.

On his road trip back home with his brother Raymond, Charlie experiences the frustrations of dealing with a mentally handicapped person in the real world. He also develops a connection with his brother Rain Man, and in a cheesey moment at the end of the movie, they sit on the table and touch heads (this shows that they have established a connection, because Raymond doesn't let anyone touch him). And I guess Charlie Babbit, the yuppie, loses interest in his 1.5 million and just wants the best thing for Raymond at the end of the movie.

I think Dustin Hoffman won an award for his part as the autistic man. It seems like for a while, an actor's ticket to an award's show (or other recognition) was a part as a handicapped person of some sort. I am thinking of Di Caprio in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and Tom Hank's in Forest Gump. And then it seemed like so many others were taking on the these kinds of roles and some of their performances were laughable (Elizabeth Shue - Molly, Sean Penn - I Am Sam, Juliette Lewis - I don't remember the name of the one she was in). Anyway, I got tired of the sympathic mentally handicapped movie. I admit to jumping on the bandwagon in high school when I chose a mentally retarded girl as the subject of one of my sketches for Art Class. It was chosen to go on display at the county building, so I guess my exploitation of the mentally retarded paid off. Also, I wanted to sketch a face since I wasn't good at anything else, and she was the only model out of my art class who wouldn't beat me up for sketching them (this was my brief stint in the public school system).

Anyway, I digress. What I am wondering is if that movie had come out at another point in time, would Dustin Hoffman have won an award for it? Maybe it would have. I could totally relate to what Tom Cruise's character went through with Raymond at the airport causing a scene, and walking out into traffic, and getting really upset if he didn't get to watch The People's Court. I have a family member who is mentally retarded and I know first hand how frustrating it is. But I guess that movie worked because Dustin Hoffman's character was cute, and loveable, and useful in the end. I remember some conversations that went on in my family about Rain Main and they all started out with "that movie is bulls***!"

[jon1jt]

Fur: The Story of Diane Arbus

Thumbs up

[manolia]

I've been looking for another of his films, Scoop, which was made in '06 but aparently never made it to the UK. It's not out even on dvd! Have you heard of it? (oh and guess who acts in it.... )

Haven't seen it yet but i know the film (it is very easy to find it here) but for some unknown reason i didn't feel like watching it when it was in the theaters
Hehehe, i didn't know who acted in it..now i have one more reason to see it

I have re watched "The 3 days of the condor" by S Pollack (i think), 8/10
and "Scarface" by Brian De palma, 10/10
and i saw "The emperors journey" that penquin documentary..cute!

[Mark F.]

There Will Be Blood 10/10

The first hour of the film was simply amazing, it kind of slowed down after that but what a brilliant finale. Daneil Day Lewis has never perforomed so well before and brings so many layers to Plainview, his struggle against Eli is both very human and in some ways, titanic. P. T. Anderson is a naturally gifted director, he creates very powerful imagery throughout the film, I need to see this again but it looks even better than Magnolia and Boogie Nights on first viewing.

[amalia1985]

There Will Be Blood 10/10

The first hour of the film was simply amazing, it kind of slowed down after that but what a brilliant finale. Daneil Day Lewis has never perforomed so well before and brings so many layers to Plainview, his struggle against Eli is both very human and in some ways, titanic. P. T. Anderson is a naturally gifted director, he creates very powerful imagery throughout the film, I need to see this again but it looks even better than Magnolia and Boogie Nights on first viewing.

Excellent review, Mark F, for an excellent film!!

"Twelfth Night"
9/10
A very good production, a fresh eye on Shakespeare, with an outstanding cast. My only- slight-objection was the era-change, but that's a small detail. Plus, one of Carter's best performances.

Tonight, I will continue with my third Bergman movie this week!

[vheissu]

Haven't seen it yet but i know the film (it is very easy to find it here) but for some unknown reason i didn't feel like watching it when it was in the theaters
Hehehe, i didn't know who acted in it..now i have one more reason to see it

I have re watched "The 3 days of the condor" by S Pollack (i think), 8/10
and "Scarface" by Brian De palma, 10/10
and i saw "The emperors journey" that penquin documentary..cute!

Means I'll have to rent it when I get back to Greece...I haven't seen the 'Emperors journey', everybody loved it but I don't know if I'd be interested enough to watch it through.

[manolia]

Means I'll have to rent it when I get back to Greece...I haven't seen the 'Emperors journey', everybody loved it but I don't know if I'd be interested enough to watch it through.

It is cute, but nothing to rave about
Heh, speaking of allen, i just watched "Annie Hall" that is a good film 9/10

[NickAdams]

I've been looking for another of his films, Scoop, which was made in '06 but aparently never made it to the UK. It's not out even on dvd! Have you heard of it? (oh and guess who acts in it.... )

That's funny, it was filmed there. I saw it in the theaters. A lot of recycled jokes, but I think there's a reason for it.

and "Scarface" by Brian De palma, 10/10

Am I the only one who dislikes De Palma?

[Janine]

It is cute, but nothing to rave about
Heh, speaking of allen, i just watched "Annie Hall" that is a good film 9/10

manolia, I love "Annie Hall". In fact, I just picked up the film (DVD) on a sale shelf the other day. Now I can't wait to see it again. It has been years! I also like many of the other Allen films. I liked "Hannah and Her Sisters" (love to see that one again), "Sleeper" - silly but oh so funny, too. "Celebrity" with Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, "The Purple Rose of Cairo" - own that on VHS, "Husbands and Wives"(think that is the title with Judy Davis), and probably many more I just can't think of right offhand. I haven't seen "Take the Money and Run" for years, but you are right - that too was pretty silly and Allen did definitely progress with each film. I think that was his first film, right? Annie Hall is definitely a classic! I was so happy to find it.

[Homyrrh]

Whose seen "Raging Bull" with De Niro and Pesci? AFI members voted it #4 all-time in their 10th anniversary list last year, and I couldn't agree more.

Top three I've ever seen.

[Homyrrh]

And might I also suggest "Life is Beautiful", another four-star cinematic masterpiece.