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just watched Avengers too. I thought it was just ok. So many thing could have been better but then all comic book movies fall prey to artistic license for the benefit of people that never read comic books. At least I knew that going in. It was pretty long too
i have this film in my queue. i've been following mr. mcqueen's work and very interested to seeing how this measured up. thanks for the (short) review.Quote:
Originally Posted by runningdownthatdream
Transporter 2 :rock2
The Avengers. Awesomeness.
The Avengers again
The Sitter
Haywire
The Next Three Days - good story concept with some good scenes but I don't like Russell Crowe in the lead. Action sequences are formulaic IMO. Wouldn't recommend unless you really want something that doesn't require much thought.
The Next Three Days Movie Trailer Official (HD) - YouTube
The Devil's Double - story is predictable (supposed double of Uday Hussein spills the beans on his depravity) but the lead actor playing both Uday and the double is inconsistent. Accent all over the place although he does a pretty good job with the double character. His portrayal of Uday seems cliched. Some really nice cinematography though. Again don't recommend unless you want a time waster.
The Devil's Double Trailer 2011 HD - YouTube
Key Largo.
Good movie, but different plot than I had expected
Different for girls
Different for Girls (1996) Part 1 of 10 - YouTube
Horrible Bosses. The movie wasn't horrible -- :) But I expected more. But it's watchable. And has a few laughs. The best scenes are with Jennifer Aniston.
'Horrible Bosses' Trailer HD - YouTube
District 9. Even when I can think of something intelligent to say about this worthless drivel I will still not bother. Luckily I bought it second hand for £1.50, which is more than what it is worth.
The two Swedish follow ups to The Girl With The Dragoon Tattoo - The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest. The original film was better than the US remake but all are overly long and lack any real dramatic energy. Lisbeth Salander is an intriguing and original character well played by Noomi Rapace (in the Swedish films) and by Rooney Mara in the US film (and in forthcoming versions of the other two books) but the actor cast as Mikael Blomkvist lacks any charisma (and i'm told in the books the opposite is the case) and is better played in the US remake.
Saw titantic again forgot how good of a movie it was
Did you see it in the 3D version? I thought it looked handsome, but its still a dreary film to my eyes. I kept wondering if, when di Caprio is drawing Kate Winslet in the nude and the camera is behind his shoulder and his drawing book covering her nether regions, if I stood up would I be able to see the full show? I was too embarrassed to try it in the cinema, but I mean, it is 3D after all...
The ONLY decent bit of Titanic was where Di Caprio finally drowns. I suffered through it on a transatlantic flight back when they used to project the films onto a big screen on the bulkhead.
Marx Brothers, A Day at the Races is playing right now on my laptop.
John Carter and i love it!!
Rampart - Woody Harrelson, Sigourney Weaver and, Robin Wright did the best they could given the sometimes ridiculous dialogue and unnecessarily complicated, somewhat pointless script. But what do I know - I'm just a viewer. Maybe it was clever. I'd recommend watching it just for the performances of those three though.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford - clearly a propaganda piece meant for Europeans :) who buy into the Jesse James as Robin Hood story. Acting was good by all although sometimes Casey Afleck as Robert Ford was overbearing and silly. But the narrative was good, the cinematography was great, and sometimes deep thought was involved.
You are definitely a girl after my own heart, Ms Summers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wendy Summers
Bellboy, take two dozen red roses up to Suite 33 and write "Emily, I love you" on the back of the bill."
Timeless.
Leonard, Part 6. Don't ask me why I popped it in, I just did. ??
Earth Vs Flying Saucers, Invaders from Mars, Forbidden Planet, This Island Earth, The Thing, Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
The Woman In Black
Margin Call. It's a GREAT movie if you're into business dramas, and it's from Zachary Quinto if you're into sci-fi and that helps you give it a chance.
And no, he doesn't play Sylar... although that would have been spectacular! ;)
~BB~
Bella - I agree that is truly a terrific film..... and tells it like it is as far as i can tell.
You might want to try a documentary on the same topic An Inside job if you can find it
Turner Classic Movies has some great WWII flicks for Memorial day: Bridge over the River Kwai, The Great Escape, Guns of Navarone, and Where Eagles Dare.
Ichi the Killer (Japan/Takashi Miike, 2001)
Don't be fooled by the blood and the gore, this is a profound film, as good as Audition -maybe even better. In Miike's films the Yakuza gang is a substitute for a family, and usually, someone for reasons of spite, revenge, financial greed, does something which destroys the inner cohesion of the gang. In this film, a rival engineers a dispute which breaks up the Anjo gang in Kabuchi-ko, a sleazy quarter in Tokyo, using a psycopath called Ichi who may or may not have been brainwashed into reacting with exceptional violence when witnessing a vulnerable female being abused by a man. This sets the scene, not so much for the violence, as the discourse on men who can only achieve sexual satisfaction through physical abuse, represented by the errant gang member kakihara, and men who beliebve that violence is a form of catharsis for otherwise irresolvable trauma, represented by Ichi.
There are few films that treat sexual deviance with the seriousness that it deserves, this is one of them. As someone once said, Love hurts...Highly recommended.
ICHI THE KILLER trailer - YouTube
Dune -David Lynch
This 1984 film has now been re-issued, and it is as daft as it was in 1984. I can't quite work out the symbolism of a film set in a desert on a planet called Dune (aka errakis aka Iraq is) where there is a precious substance called oil -woops, I mean spice- and where the locals are pledged to wage Shihad -or should that be Jihad- against various invaders, if only the one would come to guide them, who, it turns out, is Paul Moabit (no relation to Moab, obviously). I haven't read Frank Herbert's book, but I can't say the film inspires me to do that. As usual, the music, which consists of three notes played ad nauseam, is a burden to a film already burdened by confusing symbols and too many characters.
Dune Trailer Remastered - YouTube
to sir with love
silkwood
blue velvet
"The Last Circus"..
It veered into unsuspected territory...but was still quite interesting.
..Oh yeah...saw the last Men In Black film too...I thought Josh Brolin's portrayal of Tommy Lee Jones was excellent (unless some type of dubbing was involved...I'm not gonna google that to find out...lol)...good ending too.
Overthinking again...........................Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Watched The Awakening recently. Enjoyed it very much - everything a gothic suspense/horror should be. Story was great, scenes flowed well, cinematography was beautiful and performances by all stellar. Highly recommend if you're into movies like The Others, The Woman in Black, etc. And it doesn't hurt that Rebecca Hall is stunning..........
The Awakening Trailer Official [HD] - YouTube
yeah..I read a couple of the "Dune" books in my youth, but to me, Herbert's writing style was as dry as the planet he was writing about...and I could only get so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by runningdownthatdream
...but I never really equated 'spice" with oil.
...I equated it with an opiate.
..my stoner symbolism during that time only got so far.
I read fiction to escape from reality so try to avoid falling into the game of analogies. Each piece should stand on it's merits (is it a good tale, does it flow well, does it create an alternate reality) rather than be viewed symbolically. Why try and equate anything in a work of fiction with anything we know? Just detracts from the work IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by fred41
HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE, love the gurl in the bear costume
To some extent I agree with you, but when words like Shihad are used to describe violent reactions to invading forces, when the myth of the saviour is so central to the plot, and Dune is also known as Erakis, or Irakis or however it is spelled, analogies do rather suggest themselves.Quote:
Originally Posted by runningdownthatdream
Prometheus.
The Punisher