I was bored, so I saw Rocky V and Narc on HBO.

I almost cried after Rocky V. Those flashbacks...

And Narc was weird.



Don't you all flame me because I saw a rerun movie off HBO; it still was worth my time.

Requiem for a Dream is probably the most shocking movie I ever seen. It's a masterpiece.

:Bow: Darren Aronofsky

Wow, guess I'd better try and see it. I'll look out for Confidence too :)

Last night I watched Sexy Beast on DVD. It was really, really excellent - up there with the best British gangster films. The storyline was very orgininal, and there were some superb nuances which really added to the who thing, but best of all was the acting. Sir Ben Kingsley was absolutely amazing as derranged gangster Don Logan, really frightning at some points yet really funny, and Ray Winstone was awesome as the cool, calm, smooth Garl. The storyline was full of interesting little surprises, and the directing and camera-work was first class, my only critism is that it's only 84 minutes long, and when it finished I was very disappointed as I really wanted to see more, plus it would have been easily possible to make it go on longer, but what there is is pure gold and I highly recommend it.

just watched Jackie Brown. still my 4th favorite from Tarantino, but an excellent movie anyway.
one thing that sucked from this watching, is that this was the first time I was watching Jackie Brown, but when the scene of Robert De Niro f*cking Bridget Fonda started, I remembered that Ive seen the movie before, like 5 or 6 years ago, only that that time I started watching it from that scene cause I was trying to find something on cable, and I got to channel with De Niro f*cking a girl so I stopped there and kept watching, but I never knew that that was Jackie Brown :p :(


but anyway, now that Ive seen it completely, it was great. it didnt have the great Tarantino coversations he always puts on his movies, probably cause this wasnt an original story of his, it was an adaptation. same with the characters, they were great, specially Robert Forster as the bail bonds man Max Cherry (who I found out was the only character to which Tarantino give a major change from the book- go figure why I liked him so much :D).
Pam Grier was awesome too and the same for Samuel L Jackson who's trully a genius (well, except for Formula 51 :-puke: ).
De Niro was kind of wasted here, he had just a few lines and hs character was kind of stupid (really, how was he a bank robber? he probably ended up in jail in his first try at robbing a bank :p ), and also kind of wasted was Michael Keaton who I really like :(


so all in all a very good movie, Tarantino's name makes it better than it actually is though, and thank god he went back to writing his own movies (hello Kill Bill (Y)) and hopefully he wont adapt more stories when he's going to direct them.

Anyone seen Hunting of the President? It's a documentary about the right-wing going after Clinton. It's pretty good and very interesting if you're into that kinda thing.

Originally posted by Vagegast
Anyone seen Hunting of the President? It's a documentary about the right-wing going after Clinton. It's pretty good and very interesting if you're into that kinda thing.
No, but you posted some weird LiveJournal in your sig.(H)

I'll check it out if possible. I like documentaries.

Originally posted by Hakeem
just watched Jackie Brown. still my 4th favorite from Tarantino, but an excellent movie anyway.
one thing that sucked from this watching, is that this was the first time I was watching Jackie Brown, but when the scene of Robert De Niro f*cking Bridget Fonda started, I remembered that Ive seen the movie before, like 5 or 6 years ago, only that that time I started watching it from that scene cause I was trying to find something on cable, and I got to channel with De Niro f*cking a girl so I stopped there and kept watching, but I never knew that that was Jackie Brown :p :(


but anyway, now that Ive seen it completely, it was great. it didnt have the great Tarantino coversations he always puts on his movies, probably cause this wasnt an original story of his, it was an adaptation. same with the characters, they were great, specially Robert Forster as the bail bonds man Max Cherry (who I found out was the only character to which Tarantino give a major change from the book- go figure why I liked him so much :D).
Pam Grier was awesome too and the same for Samuel L Jackson who's trully a genius (well, except for Formula 51 :-puke: ).
De Niro was kind of wasted here, he had just a few lines and hs character was kind of stupid (really, how was he a bank robber? he probably ended up in jail in his first try at robbing a bank :p ), and also kind of wasted was Michael Keaton who I really like :(


so all in all a very good movie, Tarantino's name makes it better than it actually is though, and thank god he went back to writing his own movies (hello Kill Bill (Y)) and hopefully he wont adapt more stories when he's going to direct them.


[Louis and Melanie are looking at a picture]
Melanie: That's Japan.
Louis: Uh, looks like... I can... It shows...
Melanie: Wanna ****?
Louis: Yeah.
[three minutes later]
Melanie: That was fun.
Louis: Yeah, we have the spot
Melanie: Now, we can catch up.
Louis: Yeah.
[heavy breathing]
Louis: Got a bear?
Melanie: Sure. In the fridge.

legendary :rockman:

Originally posted by Hakeem
just watched Jackie Brown. still my 4th favorite from Tarantino, but an excellent movie anyway.
one thing that sucked from this watching, is that this was the first time I was watching Jackie Brown, but when the scene of Robert De Niro f*cking Bridget Fonda started, I remembered that Ive seen the movie before, like 5 or 6 years ago, only that that time I started watching it from that scene cause I was trying to find something on cable, and I got to channel with De Niro f*cking a girl so I stopped there and kept watching, but I never knew that that was Jackie Brown :p :(


but anyway, now that Ive seen it completely, it was great. it didnt have the great Tarantino coversations he always puts on his movies, probably cause this wasnt an original story of his, it was an adaptation. same with the characters, they were great, specially Robert Forster as the bail bonds man Max Cherry (who I found out was the only character to which Tarantino give a major change from the book- go figure why I liked him so much :D).
Pam Grier was awesome too and the same for Samuel L Jackson who's trully a genius (well, except for Formula 51 :-puke: ).
De Niro was kind of wasted here, he had just a few lines and hs character was kind of stupid (really, how was he a bank robber? he probably ended up in jail in his first try at robbing a bank :p ), and also kind of wasted was Michael Keaton who I really like :(


so all in all a very good movie, Tarantino's name makes it better than it actually is though, and thank god he went back to writing his own movies (hello Kill Bill (Y)) and hopefully he wont adapt more stories when he's going to direct them. Yeah, JB is definately my least favourite Tarantino film, even though it is still pretty good. It lacks the witty dialogues and shock element that Tarantino is so good at, but I suspect the main reason that it is infererior to his other films is because it's the only one he didnt write himself.

I disagree about DeNiro though, his performance in JB is actually what I consider to be his very best since those three early films (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull). The way he made the character Louis such a f*ck up, the way he got those idiotic mannerisms in and most of all, the way he battled his self indulgent image I thought was awesome. That scene where the big black girl is doing a sexy dance for him and he's rocking in that chair was just so amazingly well acted, it goes down as one of the best scenes I have ever scene him do.

I also thought it excellent how Ordell (played by Jackson) started off as such a cool, likeable character but got progressively scarier as the film went on until at the end I was really pleased when he got shot, not many directors could achieve such a transformation. I also think Bridget Fonda is very, very fit (any relation to Henry and Peter Fonda btw?). However, the lack of a Tarantino cameo was bitterly disappointing and I wish he'd called on more of the 'Tarantino stable' to do other small parts.

Definately my least favourite Tarantino film, but definately one worth watching and very enjoyable.

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
I also think Bridget Fonda is very, very fit (any relation to Henry and Peter Fonda btw?).


Daughter of Peter Fonda and niece of Jane Fonda.

There isn't really "witty" dialogue in Kill Bill, it's just a good movie.

His two older gangster films were more "witty", his newer however are not so, but they are still good.

Watched Boogie Nights last night, I have seen it before but I couldn't really remember a lot of it. It was really good. I like PT Anderson, there were a few scenes in there that resembled Tarantino, for exampe there is this one where this guy goes into a donut shop, buys some donuts and then a dude comes in with a gun, asks for the money then in a few seconds everyone is dead except for they guy who came in and bought the donuts... you have to watch it to understand but it is very Tarantino like, but it is still good. The film is a mixture of genre also, it's really good.

Friend also leant me the Star Wars Box set, I will be watching them sometime soon to 'recap' my memory, considering I haven't seen them in about 5 years.

Kill Bill does have some good dialogues, not so much witty but very clever, such a Bill's 'Superman' speech and the 'Son number one' scene. It seems much more trademark Tarantino than JB did.

Has anyone here seen a film called 'Smokey and the Bandit'?, cos I recently, as I mentioned earlier, went to a film convention thing which was attended by Burt Reynolds, and Smokey and the Bandit was the film everyone seemed to talk about when they mentioned him, so I was just wondering if I should see it.

I havent seen it but Its all I hear about whenever anybody names Burt Reynolds

Originally posted by Hakeem
I havent seen it but Its all I hear about whenever anybody names Burt Reynolds Yeah, exactly, it sounds really big but I dont know anything about it, hadnt even heard of it til I heard of Burt Reynolds.

I haven't seen it either but apparently its not to bad.

I have heard of it for ages just never got around to seeing it.

KK, I'll try to get hold of a copy and report back :)

Originally posted by CalumnCFC


Has anyone here seen a film called 'Smokey and the Bandit'?, cos I recently, as I mentioned earlier, went to a film convention thing which was attended by Burt Reynolds, and Smokey and the Bandit was the film everyone seemed to talk about when they mentioned him, so I was just wondering if I should see it.

yeah, I seen it when I was a kid and it's garbage.. the only good movie & decent piece of acting Burt Reynolds ever did in his life was in "Deliverance"

I saw The Incredibles tonight, absolutely brilliant Pixar never fails to impress with each new movie. Can't wait for Cars.

OMG just came back from Fnac, I had a terrible shopping frenzy and bought 4 dvds. First I picked up High Fidelity because I wanted to see the movie long ago and it was selling cheap. Then I saw the new releases and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind had just been released so I picked one up as well. I look into another shelf and I see one of my favourite movies when I was a kid, Big Trouble in Little China by John Carpenter. As I was leaving I saw Dr Strangelove selling cheap as well and I couldn't resist, these "old" movies are kinda hard to find in Portugal.

I spent just a little over €50 anyway so it wasn't that much cash but it was some.

Originally posted by ::shinji::
yeah, I seen it when I was a kid and it's garbage.. the only good movie & decent piece of acting Burt Reynolds ever did in his life was in "Deliverance" Damn, is it just a badly made film, or was it that you thought the jokes (I'm assuming it's a comedy/spoof) were bad?

PS: Nice one getting Dr. Strangelove, Virgo. Even in Britain it's really hard to get for a reasonable price, the shop I bought it from is the only one I have ever seen selling it for less than £20.

it was about 12€ £8 in pounds

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
Damn, is it just a badly made film, or was it that you thought the jokes (I'm assuming it's a comedy/spoof) were bad?



it's just a generally stupid movie. Just my opinion though, I tend to be kinda narrow-minded when it comes to my taste in movies so I've been told, so who knows... Maybe I'm just being too hard on the film

I seen National Treasure tonight, piece of trash. */5

Damn, I was expecting that to be quite good.

I watched Once Upon a Time in the West on DVD the other day - been a while since I saw it last but still as incredible as ever. A brilliant storyline, awesome acting and the oh so great opening scene make it one of my favourite ever westerns.

Just watched Easy Rider on DVD. I havent seen it for years and had almost forgotten how good it is - magnificant film. The whole easy-going, chilled out plot is just great as are the awesome dialogues and crazy off-the-wall moments. Both Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were magnificant, but the cameo by Jack Nicholson steals the show, an incredible piece of acting. Damn, this has got me itching to see The Motorcycle Diaries now, hopefully it will be out on DVD soon.

Originally posted by John_Arne_Riise
I seen National Treasure tonight, piece of trash. */5

I dont think so. It was in the same style as Armaggedon, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, etc. it was fun.

I love those 3 movies, and I liked NAtional Treasure. Id say its worth seeing cause its really fun. it doesnt matter that its all over the top.
they should've release this one over the summer though

Originally posted by Hakeem
I dont think so. It was in the same style as Armaggedon, The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, etc. it was fun.

I love those 3 movies, and I liked NAtional Treasure. Id say its worth seeing cause its really fun. it doesnt matter that its all over the top.
they should've release this one over the summer though Sorry Hakeem but I really cant think of many films I like less than those three :(

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
Damn, this has got me itching to see The Motorcycle Diaries now, hopefully it will be out on DVD soon. It's not a bad movie, but it was kinda boring. If Che's life was really all that what happened in the movie, well, than why did they make a movie about it?

He travels on his motorcycle, seems some injustice while traveling... but really, what he saw wasn't that bad (won't specify since you haven't seen it) compared to say, Sudan. And the movie actually had me liking Che even less. No wonder his legacy is reduced to a t-shirt.

the social and political issues were not addressed properly and realistically in the movie. The movie would have been labeled pro-communist otherwise.

but the movie wasn't about that, it was not about political themes, it was about what first got him to think about it.
awesome movie.

and sorry but I have to say that maybe you felt it was boring because it had subtitles. its not for everybody ;)

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
Sorry Hakeem but I really cant think of many films I like less than those three :(

I know. they're in lots of people's list of worst movies ever, and I can understand that.

my problem (or maybe not a problem really), is that I dont dislike many movies and genres. I love almost all movies, and the ones I hate are not because they belong to a certain genre (like those who hate musical automatically, or those who hate teen comedies, or those who hate sci-fi, or those who hate war movies), but because specific reason's like acting, or editing, or pacing, etc. :)

Originally posted by Hakeem
and sorry but I have to say that maybe you felt it was boring because it had subtitles. its not for everybody ;) Nah, it wasn't the subtitles. I just think his life story isn't that impressive , especially the part addressed in the movie.

Motorcycle Diaries comes out on DVD on the 27th Dec anyway, so I'll find out then. It does look damn good, and it has been getting rave reviews. My dad saw it, and he thought it would have been better as a plain 'Easy Rider' style road film with fictional characters, but who knows.

Originally posted by Hakeem
I know. they're in lots of people's list of worst movies ever, and I can understand that.

my problem (or maybe not a problem really), is that I dont dislike many movies and genres. I love almost all movies, and the ones I hate are not because they belong to a certain genre (like those who hate musical automatically, or those who hate teen comedies, or those who hate sci-fi, or those who hate war movies), but because specific reason's like acting, or editing, or pacing, etc. :) LOL. I am willing to try all genres, but there's some types I just cant like. I'm not very into Sci-Fi and Fantasy, there's only a few I like, and while I like some comedy films, I really think it should keep to the small-screen. I very rarely see films I dont like, however, but then, I suppose I'd have to be pretty confident bfore I went to see something.

I know. and that wasnt directly to you, I just know that many people totally block and dont want to know anything about Sci-Fi or Fantasy or Teen Comedies or Musicals :)

Originally posted by Hakeem
I know. and that wasnt directly to you, I just know that many people totally block and dont want to know anything about Sci-Fi or Fantasy or Teen Comedies or Musicals :) LOL I'm yet to see a musical I like :P I'm hoping Beyond the Sea is gonna do it for me though.

Just watched Philadelphia (again) with Tom Hanks. What a brilliant film and an amazing performance by Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington!

Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

totally agree Phil, that film is often overlooked when it comes to list of the best films, top top film.

TROD.

Originally posted by CalumnCFC
LOL I'm yet to see a musical I like :P I'm hoping Beyond the Sea is gonna do it for me though.

I wouldnt say Beyond the Sea is a musical. its a biopic about a musician yeah but its in the style as Cabaret or Moulin Rouge :p

it does look great though :D

Originally posted by Hakeem
I wouldnt say Beyond the Sea is a musical. its a biopic about a musician yeah but its in the style as Cabaret or Moulin Rouge :p

it does look great though :D The problem is that it's about a musician who I have never really heard of and dont particularly care about. One wonders why he chose Bobby Darin from an era containing the likes of Crossby and Sinatra, but hey, Spacey is such an incredible actor and performer that it's bound to be worth seeing.

he's almost confirmed to play Lex Luthor next year (:/)

I dont like Superman :(

I heard somewhere Willem Dafoe was going to play Lex Luthor....maybe not.

the new Batman film is the superhero movie to wait for, not Superman

agree

teaser poster (Y)

Originally posted by PhiLLer
Just watched Philadelphia (again) with Tom Hanks. What a brilliant film and an amazing performance by Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington!

Highly recommended for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.

Streets of Philadelphia - Bruce Springsteen ...:rockman:
though I havent seen the movie yet :(

I dont like Batman or Superman :(

It's Christian Bale playing Batman I believe, the guy who, among other things, was Patrick Bateman in American Psycho (Bateman-->Batman, seems like a natural progression to me). From the pictures I have seen, he doesnt really look the part, but I'm guessing he must be pretty good.

Was the Tim Burton original Batman any good?

the original Batman is awesome. the best of the 4. Batman Returs, the second one of the series, is the second best imo.
then it all went down when Michael Keaton left :(

Having just seen The Merchant of Venice, I decided to do a list of my top ten films based on Shakespeare plays...

1. Rozencrantz and Guldstein are Dead A fantastically funny and brilliantly acted (the magnificant cast includes Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Richard Dreyfuss) take on Hamlet, seen through the eyes of two lesser characters, this is a really superb and entertaining film.
2. Kenneth Branagh's Henry V I love Kenneth Branagh, and this is my very favourite of his Shakespeare adaptations. He plays the lead role magnificantly in this film which is remarkably true to the play and very well made.
3. Lawrence Olivier's Richard III Despite its age, this adaptation of Richard III is still brilliant. The master of the stage transfers effortlessly to the screne here for this brilliant film. (At one point in the film, Olivier was accidently shot with an arrow and he refused to go to hospital until the scene was finished)
4. Throne of Blood The best of Kurisawa's Shakespeare in Japan films, this take on MacBeth is as good as anything Kurisawa has made, so different yet so like it should be.
5. Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing One of the most colourful film's I have ever seen, this is a really superb adaptation with an incredible cast (Denzel Washington, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Keanu Reeves, Ben Elton, Brian Blessed etc) and a really up-beat tempo.
6. Ian McKellen's Richard III Not quite up to Lawrence Olivier's standards, but Ian McKellen still puts in an incredible performance as the evil King, and the fact no attempt has been made to over effect this film really works in its favour.
7. Al Pacino's The Merchant of Venice The film I just saw the other day, see other thread for my views on it.
8. Orson Welles's Othello Despite the extremely tacky appearance and dodgy first impressions, this is actually a really good film, superbly refined and, once you get into it, very accurate to the play.
9. Hamlet Goes Business A Scandinavian film, by Kaurismaki I think, this lighthearted but thought provoking classic is actually very very good, with a completely new and original take on Ophelia I have never seen done before.
10. My Own Private Idaho Interesting as few people know the Henry IV plays, this adaptation of them is very good, and Keanu Reeves shows us he can actually act..... a bit.

Finally managed to see Hero today, the arthouse cinema was doing a late show, and god damn it was good. I was blown away, a thousand times better than Crouching Tiger, Hero was just awesome. The colour, the fight sequences, the beautiful artistry of the camera work, it complexity of the plot - just an incredible film. Straight into my top 5 of 2004, I'm so glad I got to see this at the cinema. I cant wait for The House of Flying Daggers now, and I didnt even like Martial Arts films before today.

but what about the pace? didnt you find it slow at MANY parts?

I agree about the cinematography, it was beautiful, but the pace killed me, almost fell asleep. same problem I had with Collateral though I loved the performances there (Y)

I can sort of see what you mean, I dont think it was necessarily the pace that was the problem but the air of repitition, ie Broken Sword and Flying Snow fighting each other several different times but all in the same way. With such beautiful fight scenes early on, the chess house scene, the golden leaves scene, the water fight etc, when it came back to more ordinary fights, it did seem a little dull, but that was about the only problem I had with it. In summary, I didnt find the development of the storyline or the general pace slow at all, but the repetitive edge of much of it did make it feel a bit that way.

that film is a borefest

Definately not :p

Anyway, I finally got my ass round to watching Donnie Darko. A pretty good film on the whole, I thought. The acting was really poor but I found the whole story and plot very intriguing and gripping, and the directing and camera work was awesome. That 3 minute sequence when the school is first introduced is one of the best pieces of camera work I have ever seen. I will need to watch it again to fully understand it, but I got most of it and think all in all it was damn decent and that young guy (Richard Kelly I think) who wrote and directed it is obviously a massive talent to watch out for.

seems like the "Let's see overrated movies" week for you Calumn :p

Damn straight :p

Only reason I saw them was cos everyone talks about them so much.

Saw Mondovino at last today. It's a French docufilm about globalization in the wine industry which I've wanted to see for a while. It's by Jonathan Nossiter who's a really good film maker, and all in all it was a great piece of work, even though the handheld camera work was awful. Nossiter has a great, cheeky style where he really gets the best comic nuances out of every interview, and moulds together interviews accross three continents seemlessly. One of the best docufilms I've ever seen, and great to see one which isnt particularly political. I recommend it highly. Will say more when my fingers arent too cold to type :p

I just saw an incredible film called Kind Hearts and Coronets. It's one of the old Ealing films, about a man who is 8th in line to a dukedom so he sets out to kill all 8 who stand in his way. They are all played by Alec Guiness who is on top form. It really is a fantastic film, very funny, very intriguing and very watchable. I highly recommend it.

oh yeah, I think Ive heard about that movie.I think I read somewhere that there was a new mopvie being made with a similar plot (being in line and having to kill all in front of them to get to Duke)

Hmmm, Kind Hearts and Coronets is so perfect that it doesnt need to be remade, but a remake could be good I suppose as long as the keep with using the same actor to play every member of the family.

UK People - in a couple of weeks time UCI cinemas are doing late shows of Dead Man's Shoes and Coffee and Cigarettes. Up til now they have only been viewable in arthouse cinemas, so if you havent yet seen these masterpieces I really recommend you take this oppertunity, may be your only chance to see them on the big screne.