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Post by T. Miller on Jul 15, 2005 11:57:36 GMT -5
One of the movies that I recently saw that I especially enjoyed was Kingdom of Heaven It was quite a shock considering that it starred an actor that usually incites vomiting when I see him. I was surprised however to find a mature and developed character in Balian. The combat scenes were immaculate, the scenery was awesome and with the exception of a few historical inaccuracies, most notably the negative way the Knights Templars were portrayed, it was a great movie. When I was reading earlier posts about the ideologies presented in the Romero films, (BTW I loved Land of the Dead also, he he) It made me think about how Ridley Scott was sure to show that both sides of the Crusades had fanatics that believed they were doing God's work. In the end it was finally realized by Balian that human life was what was truly important. Anyway, it was great, hehe, and hello everyone. Good to see you see ya here.... Haven't seen KoH yet, though I want to. Actually... haven't seen anything that came out recently Not even Land of the Dead Unkie Jager got to describing Hero on here before I could. Oh well. I second that it's a beautiful film, well done. Beats the pants off of Crouching Tiger anytime. Surprise, surprise, haven't seen House of Flying Daggers yet (does anyone see a trend here?)
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Post by UncleJager on Jul 18, 2005 9:21:31 GMT -5
I saw two good films over the past few days. One was Resident Evil Apocalypse and the other was Musa (The Warrior). I've been wanting to see a zombie movie for a while now, ever since land of the dead came out, actually. So after some of my fellow employes told me that Rez II was much better then the first one I was like okie, let's watch! I wasn't disappointed, although now that I think about it I don't really know if it is was better than the first one. Ok I will say I enjoyed it more. Musa is a Korean historical epic, the box said it was 90 minutes long though it seemed that it was much longer, I'm not saying I was watching the clock to see when it would end. This was a traditional martial arts movie, without the flight/dance battles. It is more about human relations then visual specticle. Even though it was a straight forward film I still thought it was an enjoyable story, though I got confused often by who was named what and what army was comming when. An interesting rental and a contender for my collection if I can ever find it at a reasonable price.
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Post by Alan Fuckin' Alda on Jul 22, 2005 13:06:25 GMT -5
The Assassination of Richard Nixon is excellent, probably the best film I've seen from 2004. If you want to know what I'm going to be like in about 15-20 years, you should see it.
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Post by UncleJager on Jul 25, 2005 9:59:11 GMT -5
Just for that I might rent it.
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Post by beefbrainmchitfist on Jul 26, 2005 6:14:08 GMT -5
i went to see the devils rejects last week, under duress of chainsaw. Don't waste ur tyme. If you didn't like the first one you will h8 this, and that's quite an understatement. I found some parts of it mildly amusing, sadly the majority of which was nothing more than stock run of the mill gratuitous psycho violence, there's plenty of that, but the soundtrack of outplayed dried out commercial 70's southern rock was more than enough to give me a horrifyingly splitting headache. Ye be warned . . .
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Post by UncleJager on Aug 1, 2005 10:22:14 GMT -5
I saw a couple of films over the last period of time. I watched The butterfly Effect. I was supprised to see that a film with Ashton Kutcher was actually intelligent. Although his acting talent is still low and he did make some of his trademark stupid faces I quite enjoyed the movie althought the ending was kinda disturbing. I also saw HOUSe of Flying Daggers. I don't remember if Hero came before it, but then it shouldn't have because the interview with the dirrector said that Hero was his first action film. This one didn't have that beautiful color work as Hero but was still and excelent film. I do prefer Hero's story more though. Lastly I watched Full Time Killers a hong-kong assasson flick. It was a little so and not a violent as the ones I've seen. I had a wierd twist in it that one of the main assassons got seizures from the slightest flashing lights (but only when it was convinient to the plot) also the original dialog of the film is in about 4 languages which all switch at random. Entertaining but definatly no more then a renter.
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Post by Sucosa on Aug 1, 2005 21:01:53 GMT -5
Just a question- has anyone went out to see "Charlie and the Chocolate factory" yet? I just wonder if any one has any thoughts on it before I go pay to go out and see it- you know that theater admission hurts if it is a horrible movie.........
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Post by UncleJager on Aug 2, 2005 10:05:26 GMT -5
I am sticking to the original. After I saw an article in a mag comparing Depps character to Wacko Jacko that's all I can think of when I see the ads. I have a feeling it's going to be another one of those films that pop culture ruins in a remake. But then I have not heard any bad things about it from the people at blockbuster, but these are people who willingly pay money to rent the Pacifier, one guy even rented Gili!
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Post by UncleJager on Aug 2, 2005 10:13:17 GMT -5
I watched a Dutch film last night called GOdforsaken. The cover was better then the actual film. It was naustalgic though, as some of you may know I lived there for about 5 years. Anyways I had forgotten how harsh a language dutch is and by the end of the movie I hardly have to read the subtitles to follow the dialogue. I was suprised how well I still remembered the words even though I couldn't speak a lick of it. I also got a good reminder of the dutch youth culture of the early 90's all basketball shoes parachute pants, big gold hoop earings and disco rap personalities. I was hoping this was going to be a movie like snatch or Trainspoting, but it turned out to be more of a cookie cutter youth blight drama, not much redeeming quality except for the naustalgia.
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Post by beefbrainmchitfist on Aug 6, 2005 11:00:20 GMT -5
... After I saw an article in a mag comparing Depps character to Wacko Jacko that's all I can think of when I see the ads. I have a feeling it's going to be another one of those films that pop culture ruins in a remake ... Concerning the matter of Wonka Wilder > Depp . . . period.
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Post by T. Miller on Aug 6, 2005 18:36:17 GMT -5
Concerning the matter of Wonka Wilder > Depp . . . period. On a side note, "depp" means "nitwit" in German. Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Johnny Nitwit.
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Post by Sucosa on Aug 7, 2005 16:38:54 GMT -5
I saw Charlie and the Chocolate factory today and I am pleasantly surprised- It was really good. It is definately not a Gene Wilder like Willy Wonka- Johnny Depp plays more like a Crazy- abused as a child like Willy Wonka. It was a darker type of movie- though not out of reach for a child to understand, after all Aiden sat and watched the whole thing with wonder- but he is a strange type of child- he likes scary movies that are not appropriate for 3 year olds. There are mentions of Cannabalism and other adult targeted comments in it- Oh and Flaming puppets!!! It is definately worth watching- kind of a nice twist on the classic, the ending was surprising-after all I was expecting it be like the previous version.
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Post by UncleJager on Aug 8, 2005 11:32:46 GMT -5
I belive from what I have heard that the new Charlie movie is closer to the book version and so is the ending. Having not read the book I can't tell you if it true.
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Post by Sucosa on Aug 28, 2005 22:07:17 GMT -5
I saw a movie today that sadly we purchased before we watched it ( thank Goodness it was clearance!!)- THE GRUDGE. I am very sad to report that I hated it. I felt that there was not continuity to it- the film jumped from scene to scene in no real order, then the veiwer is left to put 2 +2 together. Also the director seemed to be falling into the copy cat way of movies giving a intial "jump out at you" scary scene and then all the following scarely stuff was subliminal- like you feel that someone is following you or watching the characters walk around slowly for the fear of something jumping out at them suddenly. The only really cool thing was a scene were a American woman was in a japanese grocery store looking at packages of food and having to open them because she could not read japanese- I found that humorous. Another terrifying thing for me personally is the child cast in the role of dead child spirit- bears a resemblance to my oldest Som Aiden, Just with black hair and eye make up. Now if I could just teach Aiden to screech like a cat- then we can make some $$ in Hollywood. img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=grudgeboy9pd.jpgimg398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict00051if.jpg
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Post by T. Miller on Aug 28, 2005 22:28:09 GMT -5
Watched the Grudge last night - jumps around like you said, but I didn't think it is was horribly bad. The scare tactics aren't too original, but I did appreciate the mandible-less girl scene even though you saw that from a mile away - or maybe I just overly appreciated the small detail of the tongue waggle... I did like the scene where the girl slithered down the stairs - thought it looked neat. All in all it was cheap fun since we saw it on hbo in our hotel room. Also saw 8 Legged Freaks immediately before that (well, 1/2 of it)... nothing at all orignal there either, but it was good Bmovie fun. I especially like the noises the spiders make. They sound like they're laughing in a really cute way.
Since this is about A Movies, let me recommend 2 very highly... the first is The Black Cat (1941, with Bela Lugosi and Basil Rathbone). It's witty, and moves at a good pace. Despite the fact that the film is 64 years old, it's humour is still quite appreciable. The plot is solid and very satisfying. There's some excellent wordplay in this film, along with some silly visual humour, but not slap-stick style. The second is The Machinist. Excellent plot, Excellent filming. The story is refreshingly intriguing in view of the mundane films flooding the celluloid pool, and keep you hooked. I would say more, but you should prolly just watch it.
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