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Capote
Philip Seymour Hoffman is who actors should aspire to. I was so entranced by his performance as Capote. Amazing. |
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Spun. Great movie, a lot less extravagant than Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas though not as outright hilarious. The acting was awesome though, Jason Schwartzmann (I Love Huckabees), Brittany Murphy, Mickey Rourke, Peter Stormare, John Leguizamo and Mena Suvari were all awesome. The anime bits in between were a nice twist as well. |
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03-04-2006, 09:58 AM | #943 |
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Syriana
Wonderfully complex look at the oil industy from a variety of viewpoints. None of which paint the USA or the oil industry in a flattering light. From the writer of Traffic. Full of big name stars like George Clooney, Matt Damon and Dr Bashir from Deep Space Nine. A tale full of corruption, double crosses and assassinations. Just what will governements and corporations do to control the dwindling supply of oil? Fascinating stuff.
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I love how you included Dr. Bashir among "big name stars" but don't actually know his name. *coughcoughalexandersiddigcoughcough*
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03-04-2006, 10:24 AM | #945 |
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Its Alexander Siddig i think but I was trying to be funny.
Opps didnt see it in the coughs
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03-04-2006, 10:26 AM | #946 |
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I remember the early seasons of Deep Space Nine, when he was still Siddig El Fadil.
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03-05-2006, 06:26 AM | #948 |
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Watership Down
Again. After ten years or so. Actually, probably more. I wanted to see if it would still scar me for life if I went and watched it as an adult. It did. Freaky, freaky surreal bits, not sure why people let their kids watch this... I'm sure if someone had warned me back when I saw it the first time, I'd be a better, less twisted person now!... Seriously, this is way too brutal, it needs a flashing warning sign. Other than that, fantastic as always, though of course not without flaws - I've never read the book myself, but I suppose I'm going to have to now, lots of questions crop up whilst viewing the movie which, whilst a bit of imagination can fill in those gaps, really got me curious. Of course, having not read it means I don't know if the book answers these things, either but it's worth a shot. And some of the animation is sloppy, with proportions going haywire. Eh, little tiny flaws all over the place, really, for just about everything; but the whole thing is pretty damn good.
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03-05-2006, 08:23 AM | #949 |
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The book is great, and I found the relevant bits of it more disturbing than the film. I can't remember how much older I was by the time I discovered the film, though!
The Plague Dogs is another great book by the same author, and I see from a quick Googling that there's an animated movie of that, too - described by someone as "as close to an animated horror film as I've seen"! |
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Near Dark
A great film up to that motel scene where Caleb meets with his family, than it becomes really, really bad. It's as they just threw the script into the air and said: "Aw, screw this, who's got the crack?" Such a shame.
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....and Jackie Chan was in that?
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Very funny, very dark, and I really rooted for Downey Jr. Recommend it to anyone who likes sick comedy.
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Twelve Monkeys
Fascinating; a time travel film with a downbeat tone and a mysterious plot. Features Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, and Terry Gilliam directing.
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I saw it on my campus movie channel. It was a good movie. I would say Charlize Theron's performance was almost up there with Monster. |
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