I got 10/10.Originally Posted by Scheherazade
Clara Bow was the original "It Girl" (I seriously don't know why they use that phrase for anyone nowadays, but I am partial to the old-timers - so maybe that is why I don't understand it
). It all started after she was in this movie called "It".
So you really liked this one, but how good was the first one? What would you rate it? I have never seen it.WAYY better. I just didn't see it coming haha
The first one gets maybe an 8. This one has more jokes for the more mature audience members lolI got 10/10.
So you really liked this one, but how good was the first one? What would you rate it? I have never seen it.
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Quantum of Solace, the new James Bond movie.
I'd give it 7/10. The story was quite good, but and i know this sounds strange, but there was just way too much action. I mean how many cars can you smash to bits, even as an MI6 agent. I know the expression doesn't exist but I felt a bit "entertained to death". Judi Dench though is awlway worth seeing.
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I went to see Quantum of Solaca last night. I didn't see the first Bond that Craig played and I had this thought that he must be not as a good as previous Bonds. But after last night, I think he's okey enough to be a Bond. Movie is ok, less surprise, I might mistaken it as another action movie if I didn't know what the title was. 7/10
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 9/10
Awesome movie!
Been rewatching the films I own this week:
Notorious ~ Hitchcock - even better second time around; saw things I had missed. Great film 10/10.
Ryan's Daughter ~ David Lean - Love this film; only second viewing, but the film is superb. Lean was a great film-maker. They don't make films like this anymore. The setting and cinamatography are spectacular (the Irish coastline has such a vista) and the acting is quite good. The various characters are amusing and deeply sad at times. Great Irish themed film! Would highly recommend. 10/10
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subterannean: a guy I met while I was in England is a stuntman- he did loads of the stuntwork for the new James Bond film.
Umm X-Men... I'd never seen it before. 6/10. The 6 is all for the camera work and graphics and none for the acting, which (in my humble opinion, other than Captain Jean Luc Picard,) was awful.
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I agree.. the actimng in that movie was terrible.. haha..
I love that movie!
Bond is such a horrible employee. Do film spys know the meaning of espionage. There should be little, if any, "action". He not be getting noticed as often as he does. Some might think the lack of action might decrease the entertainment value, but I've always found the threat of violence more interesting than violence. I wouldn't mind seeing Polanski direct a bond film.
I couldn't stop laughing whenever M insisted that Bond was upset about the events that occured in the previous film; I found no evidence of his anger other than those two contrived scenes that bookended the movie. I wonder if the screenwriters thought that M's mention of it was enough to nake it so.
I never thought I would say this, but I would like to see some of those gimmicky villains of the earlier Bond moveis.
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Hey Nick! good to see you! havent seen you around in a while!
I love this movie! it's been so long since i last saw it!
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Niamh, I actually thought of you when I wrote this. Glad you liked the film. I thought it was wonderful. I could not get over the incredible performance of John Mills as Michael, the town half wit. He certainly mastered the role. I love the closeups and the expressions - so subtle and fine. I am glad I invested in the film.
Here is another older film I recently invested in. I watched it last night. I just love this fine film....a little known gem!
A Patch of Blue ~ Guy Green
Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, introducing Elizabeth Hartman
from the back cover of the DVD:
Selina D'Arcey is blind, yet she sees the world anew through the eyes of a kindly Gorden Ralfe. An awkward Cinderella raised by a bigoted, abusive mother, Selina is white. She does not know that the man helping her to learn to dial a pay phone or find the restroom is black.
Let me add, she also lives with her drunkard, but sometimes kind grandfather. She is sheltered from the outside world and experiences much isolation, until she ventures to the park one day and meets up with Gorden, who becomes her only friend.
This is a beautiful film and story about adversity and tolerance and the true meaning of love. The film has a feeling of hope, even though some of the scenes are brutal and sad. I recall loving this film in my youth and it still holds up today as a fine film. Shot in black and white, which makes it more effective. I also discovered, by watching some extras, that the cinamatographer is the same person that Hitchcock used for his films.
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Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
You know, I just watched this again (it probably is like my 10th time that I have seen it). I would definitely give this a 10/10 rating, but honestly, it annoys me at the same time. I won't go into my reasons why because of anybody out there who hasn't seen it but would like to. I would be giving the story away. But I just find it a frustrating film. Very good but frustrating. I will say that Shelley Winters steals the film. But I haven't found her to be in something where she wasn't good.
A Woman Under the Influence
9/10
A John Cassavetes film with Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands. OF COURSE it is GOOD!! My major complaint is the handheld camera thing. That sort of film style annoys me. But the performances are very good. Especially Rowlands. She is another actress that I haven't found any fault with. F.Y.I. This story is about mental illness and not what most people would think the title suggests.
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