IntermissionOriginally Posted by Nightshade
Intermission
"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
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This is a brillant movie
Ivanhoe ~ adaptation starring Anthony Andrews and Olivia Hussey
I am currently at intermission
Wow, I have been looking for this film for years. It just became available on DVD; doesn't everything, if you wait long enough? It's nostalgically taking me back to when I first viewed it on TV, many moons ago. I love it so far. Olivia Hussy is so lovely and she has her own unique rare kind of beauty. Anthony Andrews is a hunk, what more can I say? Interesting to see, such a young Sam Neil, he plays the villian. What a great cast and a very good production.
"It's so mysterious, the land of tears."
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Let the right one in
At the end of the film I felt...confused. I know some films are directed in a way to be open to interpretation by the viewer, but this one had too many points that left too many questions.
Overall it was good. A bit slow in some parts and I have a feeling the english dubbing was very bad - that's why I prefer subtitles, at least you know that most of what the actors say is actually translated.
I'm probably going to look for the book as well, it's bound to give some background story to it
8/10
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
Seven Samurai, A. Kurosawa
(again)
still unable to rate it.
I'm about to elect it my favourite.
a bit soon to it, but it's strong candidate~
A few nights ago, we watched Adam Æbler (or Adam's Apples), a Danish film with a very thought-provoking plot, involving everything from neo-Nazi skinheads to mentally-unsound Christian ministers, and compulsive thieves and drunks to trigger-happy Middle-Easterners. Weird, eh? Yeah, it gets even stranger, and manages to add a lot of dark humor in it, too, but ends up with a somewhat touching and affectionate ending - a surprise no viewer would have predicted, judging by the remains of the film.
Rating: 9,5/10
Pride and Glory
I had a nice evening watching it, but it did not grab me. Somehow the personages did not come alive to me at all - I could not really understand why they acted as they did. Though there was explaining all around. Maybe that was the whole problem. It all fitted too well - and the ending was meant to be big and shocking and I just thought it was inevitable and still not necessary.
6/10
It is not too late, to be wild for roundabouts - to be wild for life
Wolfsheim - It is not too late
Santa Sangre
Jodorowsky's best film. Full of mystical imagery but with a better plot and greater directorial mastery than El Topo or The Holy Mountain.
"And the worms, they will climb
The rugged ladder of your spine"
I really liked this one- it's now officially my favorite vampire movie.
Let the right one in
At the end of the film I felt...confused. I know some films are directed in a way to be open to interpretation by the viewer, but this one had too many points that left too many questions.
Overall it was good. A bit slow in some parts and I have a feeling the english dubbing was very bad - that's why I prefer subtitles, at least you know that most of what the actors say is actually translated.
I'm probably going to look for the book as well, it's bound to give some background story to it
8/10
The Kite Runner
Amazing! I was so emotionally moved.
5 stars!
Seven Samurai, A. Kurosawa
(again)
still unable to rate it.
I'm about to elect it my favourite.
a bit soon to it, but it's strong candidate~
Sand Pebbles
I'd give 10,
but my father was at the side, and told the movie's sin,
so it should be 9.99,
but I'll give it 10/10.~
lq
Tim, t.f.
I watched Drillbit Taylor.
I want my 110 minutes back.
"...if you weren't smart enough to get a pedophile in a dress to put a small amount of water on the child’s forehead, then what the eff did you think was going to happen?
Citizen Kane
What's there to say? I liked it, but I do not really understand why it should be the best American movie ever... I think I should look into the background a bit more (I watched RKO 281 yesterday), after all it is from 1941!
7/10
It is not too late, to be wild for roundabouts - to be wild for life
Wolfsheim - It is not too late
I saw How Green Was My Valley, the 1930's John Ford film based on the novel of the same name. It was okay. I really enjoyed the novel, when I read it a few years back.
7.5/10
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
Oh heavens, I love this movie so much when I was a kid, I ended up reading the book; it's a great book, too. It's been years, but I would love to see the movie again. I studied the film director in College. Only a 7.5 for a Ford film? I don't recall it well enough now, but I think it is a classic. I hope to see it again sometime soon.
Yep, just looked it up on Amazon and found this information:
This is the movie you saw, right?
How Green Was My Valley (1941) ~ Walter Pigeon and Mauren O'Hara, directed by John Ford. Based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn
This film beat out Citizen Kane in 1941 for the Academy Award. The picture also won Oscars for Best Director (Ford), Best Supporting Actor (Donald Crisp), Best Art Direction, and Best Cinematography
On Amazon, it's rated a 4 1/2 star
Glad you mentioned it, I think I am going to buy it; I recall loving this film.
Last edited by Janine; 05-18-2009 at 11:01 PM.
Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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