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Ring 2, which was better than Ringu 2 but not as good as The Ring or Ringu. Scary little girls have lost their sheen a bit, but that said did pull some corking moments out of the bag and had some great cinematography. I've read a lot of complaints that the concept behind Sadako leaping to save herself was a bit much to grasp, but she's a wierd demon-thing so it never bothered me and he conclusion and what was required seemed straightforward enough. Sadako's final appearence was tops, although essentially it all felt like a bit of a rerun.
Can't seem to find any worthwhile horrors lately... although I hear The Descent (not the godawful The Cave), Hostel and Wolf Creek are pretty damn good. Still haven't seen Cabin Fever either, but heard so many bad things about it I can't be bothered.
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09-05-2005, 01:01 PM
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He hey! I just watched Star Trek The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan.
It's Trekkie time!
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09-05-2005, 01:07 PM
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Just finally saw Like Water For Chocolate tonight. Sweet. And Spicy.
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09-05-2005, 10:38 PM
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I was watching Turner Classic Movies tonight (love that channel) and they showed Le Corbeau. I had never heard of it but I am a sucker for foreign movies and it was fantastic!! It involves a French village in which numerous poison pen letters penned by Le corbeau (the raven) arise suspicions of a new doctor in town. The emotions it highlights (suspicion, mob mentality, fear) make the film really hold up 62 years later!
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09-06-2005, 05:22 AM
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Hey hey, I have seen all the Trek movies countless times before except the latest 10th movie, which I haven't yet seen at all.
But I agree that IV and V are the worst movies of the original crew era. TNG era's worst is definitely Insurrection, the ninth movie. My favourites are the second and the sixth from the original crew era and then First Contact from the TNG era. All the movies special editions from 1 to 8 are currently on sale at a local store, I immediately bought the first two movies, but I'm going to buy all of them as soon as I can.
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09-06-2005, 06:05 AM
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I saw Appleseed the other day, and found it extremely impressive and rather fun, even though the story isn't that profound and it's a bit too fighting-centered.
And sunday I went to see The Jacket, which I loved. Griping, strong, sometimes funny, and sometimes sad, but never too complacent.
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09-06-2005, 06:25 AM
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Just saw “The Coca-Cola Kid”, directed by Dusan Makavejev. I’m hoping this is the last movie we watch from this director just because my fiance took a class from him.
The movie is about a corporate exec sent to Australia to boost Coke sales. Dusan is still playing with his themes about the evils of western corporate imperialism, and there are some humorous touches, but Dusan’s great sensual eye and Greta Scacchi’s playful sexiness are just completely lost because Eric Robert is such a dud as the main character. He can play the corporate a**hole part, but can’t handle his character’s development at all. |
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09-06-2005, 06:52 AM
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The-movie-with-Drew-Barrymore-and-Jimmy-Fallon-about-a-psychotic-Red-Sox-fan-finding-love (sorry, I can't remember the name)- Although it had the expected excellent soundtrack, it wasn't at all up to the usual Farrelly brother's standard. I would have been better off watching "Kingpin" or "Shallow Hal" again. "Madagascar"- Not great, but not bad. An off-beat storyline and peculiar animation that was at once photorealistic and cartoonish made it visually interesting, but the high point of the movie was an animated chimp communicating in actual, legible, American Sign Language such as deaf people use. This must have been absolute Hell to animate, and I doubt few people besides myself even noticed this detail. ScottMate
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I've just come to expect a certain level of grossness from the Farrelly brothers ("Kingpin", "There's Something About Mary", "Shallow Hal") and a willingness to focus on character's less-attractive attributes, and other than Drew's Dad's horrifying foray into cheap hair color, this movie let me down. Watching it did beat looking at the top side of clouds for an hour and a half, though. ScottMate
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EDIT: Of course, now that I think about it, the cuteness of Drew Barrymore probably increased the "cuteness" factor of the entire movie.
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