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Just saw "BURLESQUE" with On Demand. A whole lot better than I thought it would be. Christina Aguilera is looking hot and sounding great. I have to admit that even Cher looks pretty good for 90 years old. Even she belted out a couple good numbers. But Christina owned the entire movie.
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At last! The successor to Pauline Kael. You have a truly cosmopolitan sensibility for the art of cinema, Jericho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jericho
Well, maybe not Cosmopolitan, more the Big Bazonkas end of the market..... :wiggle:
Well, it's a tough job, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Plus, it gives you something to do with yer hands! :shrug
The Messenger - newly released in UK, out in the USA for some 18 months. A very downbeat film about war - a soldier in final months is ordered to join the detail who must break news of casualties to the nearest and dearest of the slain. it's a very sobering film and a good antidote to all those dumb ass films like Rambo. It joins The Hurt Locker and Restrepo and Armadillo and Lebanon as sensible films about the complexities and costs of combat.
about to watch Brazil while webcamming :)
There is a John Wayne film where, at the end, he goes off to write letters to the families of the men who died in the war -I think its the civil war but I can't recall. A poignant moment, not sure if an entire film on the subject is excessive. I didn't like The Hurt Locker or that other one set in the Emerald City with Matt Damon -the only half-way decent film to come out of the Iraq experience was In The Valley of Elah.
Has anyone seen Tank? I thought Waltzing with Bashir was awesome.
The Valley of Elah was one of films of that particular year. Hugely underated and nowhere near as successful as it should have been. Try Armadillo (documentary about a danish unit in Afghanistan) or Lebanon (film about israeli tank team in the Lebanon) and yes Waltzing with Bashir was fabulous. You might also then like Lemon Tree.
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Originally Posted by Stavros
Do you mean the Green Zone with Matt Damon? I thought it was a brilliant film. The most poingnant moment was right at the end just before the closing credits where the American troops were driving along the Iraq highways in their humvees and the camera pans & pulls out to show them driving towards all the oil refineries in the distance. Some hidden depth in that shot with regards to America's perceived involvent in the whole affair.
The other good film set in that part of the world I thought was Body of Lies with Leonardo di Caprio & Russel Crowe, again quite thought provoking.
Good taste Libby. One of the best films of the 80s and Terry Gilliam's most complete film to date.Quote:
Originally Posted by LibertyHarkness
I'd say it was the ONLY good film Gilliam ever made. I always found his bits of the Monty Python show dull too.
The problem I have with Green Zone is that I read the book on which it was -admittedly loosely- based, and it is far superior to the film. I know the film is a drama with a heavy dose of fiction, but in both Green Zone and The Hurt Locker you have scenes with an American soldier wandering around Baghdad at night on his own -how stupid is that? Also in Green Zone you have the cliche of the idealistic, energetic youth who becomes progressively disillusioned as the weapons of mass destruction fail to appear, and the jaded, cynical CIA agent with one foot in the departure lounge, the cruel heartless bureaucrats, and so on -we are back to all those 'moral' films about Vietnam which rarely featured Vietnamese and were mostly about Amercian angst -so far we haven't had a film on Iraq from an Arab perspective, and Green Zone is just another slice of Hollywood-Goes-to-War. The reality was far worse than anything captured in these films.
Green zone was crap. I switched off after about 45 mins.
Fully agree Stavros but it is Hollywood box office stuff and to my knowledge was never meant to be sold as a factual story / drama.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
I just think that it symobises what the average joe in the street thinks about the war in that the whole WMD thing was just a bloody excuse and the real reason was to control the oil. Thats all im saying.
Anyway siting in my armchair with an ice cold bud and the speakers on high volume I found it simplisticly entertaining.
Just watched, "The Prince Of Persia". Interesting magical tale.
You've gone down in my estimation, Ed. We need to re-educate your palate, old man. :wiggle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwoodwoodwood
The King's Speech. Watched bits and pieces of it beforehand, but finally got to watch it all.
Priest.
Not great but not as bad as the reviews.
Partir (Leaving) new French film with Kristin Scott Thomas. The film itself isn't as compelling as I've Loved You So Long, but the lady herself is mesmerising as always.
HRMMMMMMMMM.... I've seen a few good ones recently:
True Grit- I found myself turned on by the 14 year old girl at the beginning :( I think its because of her masculine attitude I liked that LMFAO! It's a good movie with a LOVELY soundtrack.
Christopher and His Kind- If you u think the current Dr. WHO, Matt Smith, is hot then that's plenty the reason to watch this flick! Its based on the writer Christopher Isherwood.
The Philadelphia Story- One of my all time favorite movies! KATHERINE HEPBURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN! If you haven't seen it then I feel sorry for you!
I still prefer the original "TRUE GRIT" with John Wayne and Kathrine Hepburn. Two actors that can not be replaced.
I loved The Philadelphia Story. Hepburn was one of the most realistic actresses of all time. And such a beautiful woman inside and out.
Tricky memory there, Ineeda. Katherine Hepburn wasn't in True Grit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ineeda SM
But she was one of the greatest actresses of them all - and one hell of a woman. Despite what Dorothy Parker said in a theatre review.....
Oooops. You are right. My bad. I was thinking of the film "Rooster Cogburn" which I saw recently with Wayne and Hepburn. Wonderful movie too.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
The original TRUE GRIT partnered John Wayne with Kim Darby. Another sweetheart of the old movie days. This is still the better version of this movie.
Tough call. A lot depends on whether you prefer John Wayne or Jeff Bridges in the role. I favour Jeff. And last year's version was closer to the book, which I read and enjoyed immensely, and had a lot more "grit" (sorry!) and darkness.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ineeda SM
And the lass who played Mattie was just wonderful too.
Jeff Bridges is a great actor, and he was good in True Grit. I am just one of those who thinks remakes should be outlawed. You want to compare it to the original, and the remake is rarely ever as good as the original. I am a John Wayne fan to the end. Wayne was a unique actor that many have tried to copy, but failed horribly. There are some actors that should never be replaced in remakes. Wayne is one of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
But that is just my opinion and I could be wrong. (even though I'm not).
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I know both movies and I've read the book. The Coen brothers' film wasn't a remake, it was a faithful interpretation of the original novel.
Now, as for their "reinterpretation" of the Ealing classic, The Ladykillers, that was undiluted shite from start to finish, a travesty.
I've always hated Kim Darby...so I would probably prefer the new one ...though I have yet to see it.
I wanted the little demons to kill her immediately in "Don't be Afraid of the Dark".
..Oh yeah, just saw "Stake Land".
Last movie I watched was Oldboy
"Oldboy" was awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by bte
...my personal favorite was "Sympathy for Lady Vengeance"...
Lily was here
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Originally Posted by robertlouis
Fear not dear boy, there is nothing finer than a nice cold bud, better than that real ale shite. Of course if you are talking about wine then thats a different thread altogether.
Original Czech Budvar I hope and not that fizzy american burpy stuff....
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Originally Posted by Prospero
Oh no can't stand that malty Budvar crap. Ice cold American bud, just the way good old Uncle Sam serves it.
I think I am going to throw up....
Prospero, we need to save Ed's soul before it's too late.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
Yep sounds like we should plan an evening of carousing etc
Damn fine idea. Mind you, don't know what we'll talk about. Nothing in common, is there? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
:dancing::party::dancing::party: