02-08-2006, 11:49 AM | #781 |
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I just watched SAW there and was suprised by how much story there was in it.
Has anyone seen the second? is it as good? And does it have anyone from this one?
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Just finished watching Last Night, and my god, what a terrific movie! It's about the last night before the end of the world and the ways different people deal with the imminent apocalypse. A beautiful, intimate little film, quite funny at times and very quotable ("I wanted to die a man with three cars." ).
Yesterday I finally saw Lightning Bug. I have no idea why I often see it listed as a horror movie when it's obviously a pure drama. Granted, it's a homage to people who make horror movies possible and some characters are real monsters, but I'd never call it that. Anyway, it's not as great as I hoped it would be, but still way above average (I'd give it 7, maybe 8 out of 10) and it's obvious the director Robert Hall, a make-up artist himself, put a lot of heart into it.
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Just saw The War Within. Pretty good movie! It's comparable to Paradise Now (which I've yet to see) as far as the theme goes, though it's about terrorism in New York instead of Tel Aviv. The first ten seconds of the film really grabbed me by the balls and glued me to my seat. The protagonist is grabbed off the streets of Paris by (presumably) the CIA and transported to one of those secret prisons, where he's tortured and interrogated for 3 years about his brother, who was killed in a peaceful protest in Pakistan. After his release he is smuggled to the US with intent to take part in a terrorist bombing. The interesting thing is he's a moderate muslim before the prison, and comes out an extremist, I think that's where it differs with Paradise Now. I'm even more curious about Paradise Now after seeing this.
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Watched two films today, I'm Not Scared and Demonlover.
I'm Not Scared is not that bad, but it's very slow, even boring, and becomes quite predictable after you find out who the kid under the ground is. Some fine child actors and absolutely stunning cinematography make it worth watching, though. Demonlover is one of those movies that try so hard to be about many different things, but end up being about nothing in particular. Pretentious as it is, it wants to be clever, but fails; it wants to be shocking, but fails; it wants to be confusing, but... Well, it succeeds in that one, but it's not exactly a good thing, is it? After watching Demonlover, I feel like I've chewed on a completely tasteless piece of food for almost two hours. I'd say it's an artsy piece of crap with no saving graces whatsoever, but then there's this scene in which Chloe Sevigny plays Bungie's Oni naked.
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But apparently they are both getting together again to make a movie called Silence ...I cant help but think of SH2 when I read about that
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I just watched Crash. If you haven't seen it yet, it is an unbelievably good movie. Best Picture of the Year material without a doubt. Seriously, go out and rent it now. I'm just speechless.
FILM SYNOPSIS The lives of a diverse group of people living in Los Angeles connect and clash over the course of two days. As a series of events unfolds that will heighten already-existing racial and cultural tensions, individuals are brought face to face with complexities that their prejudices have prevented them from seeing. Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_...ash/large.html |
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I'm off to see Big Mommas House 2 in a few hours.
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Watched "The Corpse Bride" the other day.
Not as satisfying as "Nightmare before Xmas" or "Wallace and Gromit", but still a fantastic stop motion movie from Tim Burton. Loved the contrast of the grey and boring Land of the Living with the bright and fun Land of the Dead. Worth Watching.
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Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives |
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I saw Walk The Line, Red Eye, Wedding Crashers and Hitch on the plane over from Japan.
Walk The Line - reasonable biopic, Jouqain Phoenix is a real talent, not much power in the story unfortunately so it feels like a retread of about a billion other off-the-rails singer stories. Very hard to like Cash as a youngster after watching it. Red Eye - Strange choice of movie for a flight, I know, but it was OK. Cillian Murphy is the only real reason to watch it, unless you're a red blooded male, in which case Rachel McAdam's adds double the fun. Not enough tension in a movie all about tension... which is odd. Thankfully Mr Murphy pulls off a convincing psycho so it rolls along gently. (Gently not being a great thing in a thriller) Wedding Crashers - Hilarious. Hitch - suprisingly funnier and kinda Nora Ephron-y. Witty script, some good comic performances, reasonable but cheesy morales, Rachel McAdams. Better than it should be.
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True They did ask if they could just watch the movie and forget going to the lab to dissect.
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Saw Brokeback Mountain for the second time last night. I watched it alone and there wasn't a lot of people at the theater watching it. The movie now ranks near the top of my all time favorite list. Was even better the second time. It already is a huge success and likely to win the Best Pic at the Oscars but I still wish more people would watch it. What agreat emotional movie.
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