05-12-2007, 08:15 AM | #2541 |
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Requiem For A Dream - Excellent! I loved it... The music, characters, story, ...everything! But music especially.
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05-12-2007, 05:52 PM | #2542 |
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Strongly reminded me, stylistically, of Jeunet's movies, or The Adams Family - a very quirky type of humour. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would recommend it for watching if you enjoyed any of the aforementioned. Beyond being a riot on the surface, it's, additionally, full of subtle jokes that add a wonderful bellyful of laughs to those watching attentively. I'm usually very hard to convince of any comedy - but Free Money grew on me within instants of watching it. Delightful nonsense.
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05-12-2007, 07:04 PM | #2543 |
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Enemy of the State - a decent enough thriller.
Caddyshack - I keep hearing this is a classic, but the people who say this must have grown up watching this. It wasn't particularly funny or interesting. Not bad either, but not something I'll return to. |
05-12-2007, 07:11 PM | #2544 |
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full agreement here, saw it this afternoon. From the first gut-wrenching (literally, lol) sequence to that bleak ending, I was hooked. I'm hoping they get around to 28 Months Later...
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05-17-2007, 07:43 PM | #2546 |
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Underworld - I was expecting some cheap thrills, but holy cow was this movie dull. The premise was uninteresting from the start, and the movie didn't do anything but create a setup for unexciting battles.
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05-18-2007, 04:00 AM | #2547 |
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Watch the sequel...it makes the first one seem muuuuuch better in comparison, lol.
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05-18-2007, 04:58 AM | #2548 |
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I've been recently watching Aki Kaurismäki movies. My goal is to go through them in chronological order.
I've now reached Hamlet liikemaailmassa, which was excellent! P-P Petelius, one the greatest actors in the world!
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05-20-2007, 08:53 PM | #2549 |
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The 13th Warrior - there was good stuff in this film, but I felt it could have been longer.
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - I saw this so many times as a kid, and not just because of Nicolette Scorsese. Now, it doesn't really interest me except for nostalgia. Hackers - despite the inaccurate portrayal of computer use, this was still an amusing movie. Men in Black 2 - this had some of the goodness from the first movie, but with too much slapstick humor. |
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05-21-2007, 03:21 PM | #2552 |
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It was longer. They cut a lot of stuff out of it, I think about an hour or so. There are places online where you can read about fans hoping for the extended cut to come out.
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05-22-2007, 12:53 AM | #2553 |
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We saw Fracture this weekend....didn't know a thing about it...found it quite enjoyable. I like films that don't rely on car chases and explosions to create feelings of peril.
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05-22-2007, 01:47 AM | #2554 |
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Seen two movies recently:
1) The Da Vinci Code - Extended Cut I do think that the extended cut is a tad better than the original cut but still... I expected more from Ron Howard! PS: I just ordered the book Holy Blood, Holy Grail. Can't wait to read it! 2) Grave of the Fireflies After reading the comments here about GotF I decided to check out the comments on IMDB. After reading some of the comments on IMDB I decided to buy the DVD without even having seen the film. I'm so glad I did! I was really blown away by this anime film. GotF has got the be one of the best war movies I've seen in a long time! I’ve watched the film with the original Japanese soundtrack with English subs. The English dub is pretty good but I found the voice of the characters more powerful in the original language. Especially the voice of Setsuko. The first five minutes of the film set the mood really well. Pretty powerful opening. For those who don’t know what the film is about: It’s the story of two orphans, big brother Seita and his little sister Setsuko, trying to survive in war-ravaged Japan in WW II. They quickly have to learn to cope with life after their mother is killed during a fire-bombing raid on their village. With a dead mother and a possibly dead father (naval officer) Seita has a very demanding task of having to take care of his little sister. This is a very emotional film but one part truly got to me. I was really trying to choke back the tears: Spoiler: Seita may not have made the right decisions when taking care of his sister, but who can blame him? His love and devotion for Setsuko really moved me. This is a very powerful film! Not to be missed! I usually don't agree with movie critic Roger Ebert (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/) but he's absolutely right! GotF is one of the most important and most emotionally stimulating war movies ever! Unfortunately, you can't find the review on his website but there is a pretty cool interview with him on the DVD.
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I just got finished watching 1941 by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I sure miss the times when people were able to laugh at themselves and others, and movies weren't run through politically correct editing.
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But yeah, apart from comparatively abrupt ending, Apocalypse Now Redux is an incredible experience, and I am very sorry I was ever badmouthing it (even if I was speaking of what I mistakenly thought to be the critics' consensus rather than of my own opinion).
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05-24-2007, 04:23 PM | #2558 |
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Apocalypse Now and the Redux version are sitting on my shelf waiting to be watched for the first time at some point. Maybe this week...
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05-24-2007, 04:49 PM | #2559 |
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Apacolypse Now is one of my favorite movies ever, and I think Redux is inferior. The added scenes didn't add anything, and they broke up the flow. The surfing scene got too comical, and Martin Sheen's character was happy for a time, which didn't fit him. The dinner with the French was too literal compared to the rest of the movie. I'm not sure what the scene with the Playboy girls was supposed to show.
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05-24-2007, 07:35 PM | #2560 |
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