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If you liked The Ice Storm, you owe it to yourself to give Lost In Translation a chance. You may not like it, but I would gander that there is a strong overlap in the demographics. ---
I finally saw The Seven Year Itch the other day, and it was just sorta "meh." EDIT: I will add, however, that MM's infamous sex appeal is made quite clear. She just exudes sex in this movie, and she isn't even my type.
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Ron and watched The Boys from Brazil this week, and I really, really enjoyed it.
It was over-the-top in places and understated in others, but amusing on many levels. I had forgotten that Lawrence Olivier was so much fun to watch. Not sure if he's acting or over-acting, but dang, he was just a lot of fun to watch as Lieberman, the Nazi Hunter. Oh, and then there was Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele... *chills*
For a movie that is 25 years old, the science was pretty good. In the end, it seemed very, very topical considering recent medical accomplishments.
The blue contacts and certain f/x were not so good, but I would still reccommend it for Hatrack discussion.
Anybody seen it? I'd love to talk about it with someone... so slap that puppy in your Netflix queue and let me know when you wanna chew on it with me. Posts: 9293 | Registered: Aug 2000
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Yay, CM! Gattaca is one of my favorite movies. Not everyone here agrees that it's any good, but I love it, and I'm glad I'm not the only one.
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Nick -- I have to say that what you called a bittersweet ending of 50 First Dates absolutely MADE the movie for me. I was so afraid that some deus ex machina would come by and averybody's problems would automagically disappear.
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Urbania was really unusual and interesting, the mentions of Titus reminded me of it for some reason. And Gattaca, oooh I love that movie. Lots of people actually hate it, but I loved the film, just adored it.
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Yeah, I saw urbania on the staff picks shelf. I read the back and it looks interesting. I'll have to watch it.
I just saw the first episode of Firefly though. I rented the first of four discs in the dvd set. Holy poo was it awesome!
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quote:Also, there wasn't much character development at all, the painting of his family over the long distance was too weak, and you had no idea about how he really felt about them.
So wrong. Watch the converstion he has with his wife that ends "...well that was a waste of time" and the one in the hot tub. He loves his family desperately, he just doesn't know to do about it.
LiT was the best movie of 2003.
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I rented the latest movie version of The Time Machine the other day. Just to see how bad it was.
It didn't disappoint. It fully lived up to all my expectations of corniness, clichéness and general makes-no-senseness. I am continuously impressed by Hollywood's ability to take the best books and make the worst movies out of them. This takes alot of talent. Keep up the bad work.
The worst movie I have ever seen, as I've said on PWEB, is without a doubt the french film Baise-Moi. It is more than bad, it is wrong. It is a string of brutal, graphic rape and murder scenes that leave NOTHING to the imagination (and I really mean nothing). I am a worse person for having seen it.
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I agree. I didn't think The Time Machine was very good either.
*Jumps up and down* I just went out and bought the collection of Firefly. All 14 episodes and extras!
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I'm one of the Gattaca detractors, and the main problem I had was with the ending. My husband thought what Jude Law did was noble, but I thought it was nihilistic.
P.S. So I guess the thing was that I didn't like my husband liking it. Does that make sense? Movies that result in spousal arguments leave a bad tasted in my mouth. I agree with the overall message that our genes are not our destiny.
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Definitely "Passion of Christ" excellent, and another really good movie that I was introduced to about 2 years ago is "It happened one night" I love my husband even more for it Another great movie is "Schindler's list" and of course "My big fat Greek wedding" This one is close to heart cause it reminds me too much of my family and of my culture. Bad movies, I don't know I try to forget those experiences.
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Two movies recently that are on the bottom of my list, and I hope I never see again are...
In the Bedroom
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The first for how it was horribly drawn out, the story was actually not bad, but the pacing made me want to shoot myself. The second, was just because of how horribly cheesy it was, and the fact that it looked like Robert Rodriguez took a look at Desperado, and take everything he did right with it, and toss it out the window.
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A few Disney movies that surprised me by how good they were: Freaky Friday and Holes (that was Disney, right?). It's always nice to watch a movie that you don't have very high expectations of, and then be pleasantly surprised.
It's even nicer to watch a movie you have really high expectations of and have them be exceeded. Return of the King is my ultimate movie experience for that reason.
As far as bad movies, someone said before they hate movies that force emotions out of you. I second that. The most manipulative movie I've ever seen has got to be I Am Sam. I don't think I'll ever be able to enjoy another Sean Penn movie as long as I live, because of that.
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I recently rented Buffalo Soldiers and Bruce Almighty.
Buffalo Soldiers was pretty good. It was a nice, dark comedy.
Bruce Almighty, on the other hand, I found to be pretty cliche and not that funny. There were a few funny things, but only one joke in the entire movie made me laugh out loud. (The part where Jim Carrey was playing the trumpet to give Evan the finger.)
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I never saw it in the theater because it just didn't look interesting, but then not long ago I watched The Game (Michael Douglas and Sean Penn) on TV, and I was blown away. I'm not a fan of either actor, but I really, really liked that movie. A lot.
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I finally saw A Mighty Wind. I would have enjoyed it for nothing else than to see Christopher Guest in another movie. It was a little too cheesey at times for me to stomach. Yeah, I know that it was intentional, but doesn't make it any less painful.
All in all, worth seeing.
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Tony and I went to see 50 First Dates last night. Because we were looking after my little brother, he came as well. I find it slightly weird taking Joe to movies - in my mind, he's still only about 6, and I should be taking him to The Lion King or something. So everytime there was a genitals / sex joke, I'd start to get worried that I was corrupting my brother - till I remembered that no, he is in year 11 now and probably knows all that stuff.
But anyway - I was quite looking forward to this movie, and I found the beginning at least disappointing. It only started to become enjoyable when Drew Barrymore's character was introduced. Some very nice moments, but I think the film could have done with some major editing. Lose the German man/woman character for example, and cut down on the beginning sequence about all the different women.
But apart from that - a very watchable film. And, like others, I was *very* glad there was no miraculous cure at the end.
Next on our list is Goodbye Lenin which I'm really looking forward to.
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This past weekend, we rented Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring and Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers since I hadn't seen them before. I thought they were pretty good, except now I'm dying to see how it ends in Return of the King! Posts: 58 | Registered: Mar 2004
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I just saw the movie Max with John Cusack and Noah Taylor.
I thought it was very very good.
It gave a fresh view on Hitler. Everything you seem to see about Hitler is always after he gained his power and chose his path in life.
The movie was put together well. Lots of pauses and good camera shots that simply had me thinking about and chewing on what I had just seen.
And Noah Taylor was fantastic as Hitler. He seemed to find just the right balance in order to portray Hitler's teeter-tottering between Art and Politics, Sanity and Madness, Anger and Sadness, Brilliance and Stupidity.
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posted April 25, 2004 01:08 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I couldn't find the thread were you post what movies you saw recently and what you thought of them so I'm making a new one. Anyway, I saw three movies last week that have been out for awhile. They are: Master of Disguise, Animatrix, and Brother bear.
Master of Disguise - I thought that this movie was rather funny in the way the people acted in their disguises. Unfortunatly I didn't like some of the other "humorous" stuff put in. For example, when the main villan farts every time he laughs, I found that increadibly boring.
Animatrix - I thought that most of the stories were pretty good, but some seemed pretty weak. One of which would be the runner, they never really discussed how he broke free or how no one noticed when the other runners became agents. Also some of the animation didn't look very apealing to me. I was also hoping that they would show more stories about things like previous matrices and zions.
Brother Bear - I thought this movie was very good, and it quickly became one of my favorite disney films. Although I do feel that the movie was rather short.
posted April 25, 2004 01:28 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn of the Dead.
*groan*
My brother and I were laughing through the whole movie, but I'm not sure we were supposed to. Think: Resident Evil meets 28 Days Later. The only explanation I can come up with is that it was first some sort of video game now turned movie.
I love those stupid "end of the world thanks to a virus" movies. The Stand comes to mind. But please, do yourselves a favor and skip this flick. Go see RotK again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posts: 506 | Registered: Dec 2003 | IP: Logged |
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I finally got round to watching Labyrinth. I really really enjoyed it and David Bowie rocks! And *grin* now I know exactly why my economics tutor at university was referred to as "The Goblin King."
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Dogma was surprisingly good, if you aren't too hung up about being struck by lightning by finding this stuff funny.
Oh goodness, we watched "Gerry" with Matt Damon and Casey Affleck last night. It would have been a great 15 minute short, but at 103 minutes, it was wayyyyyy too long. We each kept wondering why we kept watching, hoping we were missing the deep message. Apparently, we totally missed the message. Bummer that 3 intelligent people could be so clueless as to miss whatever we were supposed to get out of that one.
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I finally saw 'The Butterfly Effect' yesterday was pleasantly surprised. It got a bit repetitive and kept making my jump with the sound effects, but the premise was fun and thought provoking.
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I rented Lamb several weeks ago, and it sucked out loud, except for the one redeeming quality:
A young Liam Neeson... in a Cassock! Pretty, pretty!
However, the movie was horrible and depressing. Everyone was miserable, and stayed that way.
Pretty much the same with In the Bedroom. The actors were great, but the story was just so horribly sad and twisted. I usually like movies that make me squirm... I dunno. I think maybe I liked, but I didn't.
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I saw Dopamine the other night. It was really good. Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival or something like that.
It's about these guys who create this artificial intelligence life form named Koy-Koy, who's a character on a computer screen, and how while testing this product in a classroom it reflects upon their lives.
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All the movie's I've seen since I got back 4 weeks ago:
1. The complete Lord of the Rings; top of the list. 2. Star Wars 2; I tried to ignore everyone saying how bad it was, but I have to agree in the end. 3. Hildogo; eh, it was okay. I expected more action and that's why I was a little dissapointed. 4. Spiderman; Loved it. 5. X-men 2; Loved it. 6. The Runaway Jury; I thought it was really good. I liked the way that they changed the lawsuit from the tabacco company in the book to gun company in the movie. 7. The Bourne Identity; I don't know why but I was a little dissapointed. I loved the plot and most of the movie, but it just didn't seem to have a memorable climax at the end of it. 8. The Ring; The last movie I saw. Now that is a scary movie made right in my opinion.
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Has anyone heard of the movie, Santa Claus takes on the Martians? I actually haven't seen it, but it is a B-movie that you can download on Movielink.com.
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I just saw Paycheck. I liked it. Not something I'd see a second time but was definetely worth a viewing. The plot was simple, but interesting, and the action was decent. The acting wasn't exceptional, but not horrible either.
I also saw Shrek 2 the other night. Thought it was a lot of fun, and I imagine I'll see it again when it comes out on video.
Oh, I also saw Troy the other day. I liked it a lot. Especially the way Brad Pitt killed that guy at the beginning.
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I have seen the first part of the MST3K version of Santa Clause Conquers the Martians. It was really bad.
If you want to see a horrible movie, I heartily recommend Manos, the Hands of Fate. I don't think I could make a movie that bad no matter how I tried.
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Really surprised nobody's mentioned "In America" yet. Just finished wathing it about half an hour ago. EXCELLENT movie.
Tommorrow I'm going to watch "Osama" (no relation to Bin Laden) which is the first film to come out of post-Taliban Afghanistan, now that art is legal again.
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