OP
OP
Review the Movie You Viewed 10 (out of 10=Masterpiece)
- Thread starter lazarus
- Start date
The friendliest place on the web for anyone that follows U2.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
No spoken words
Blue Crack Supplier
OP
OP
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
I must have glazed over when I saw "reminder".
Because I didn't need one.
BTW you can have my pick now: Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1934)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80lLU5-yji8
Because I didn't need one.
BTW you can have my pick now: Triumph of the Will (Leni Riefenstahl, 1934)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80lLU5-yji8
deep
Blue Crack Addict
this one has been getting some press recently
deep
Blue Crack Addict
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
Mutant Chronicles - 6/10 - I can't defend this as anytime of good movie, I mean, once Ron Perlman busts out an Irish accent, you know it's all downhill, but I still kinda sorta enjoyed some of it in a sci-fi geek sort of way. But not too much. Thomas Jane is god-awful. And WTF was Malkovich doing in this?
OP
OP
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
The Kubrick connection makes this too topical to pass up.
Perfect choice. And one that will hopefully open up some eyes to the global Jewish banking conspiracy.
bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
I just watched The New World. That was the first of Malick's films I'd ever seen, so I didn't quite know what to expect. I could maybe write everything I felt about the film here, but I think it would end up just coming off as really...just too much, I suppose...too hyped up when all I really want to convey was that I loved the movie a great deal. It was really beautiful, and I don't think I've ever seen a movie that made me feel that way. The editing and the sound worked in such a way that I've also never really experienced, and it was altogether an eye-opening view into what a movie can do without shoving dialogue into your face. Anyways, yeah, that was a really great movie.
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
I loved that movie.
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
I would have liked it more had I known it was a the Pocahontas story. I went into thinking it would be about the New World, ie Jamestown or the pilgrims, shit like that. I did like the ending though.
OP
OP
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
This is the kind of transformative experience that I hope more people can have with films.
And I'm impressed that you watched Malick's arguably least-accessible film and still came way with a positive reaction.
Lancemc
Blue Crack Addict
Yeah, my favorite film, that one.
No spoken words
Blue Crack Supplier
I fairly worship that film, glad you had that sort of experience with it, Ashley.
bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
If you're saying his other films are more accessible and still as good, then I'm quite anxious to see more.
And just to explain why I kind of pull The New World up first out of nowhere: I have a list based on the last round of "Interference's Favorite Movies" and the movies are in no particular order save for how they were posted in the thread, as I recall. The Bastard's list went first, and I think NSW's was next? And The New World was pretty high on it.
Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
I liked 'The Shining', the movie. I thought it was really unsettling, and liked the psychological aspect of it all, too. Haven't read the book, though, so that probably factors in (I really want to, though, I keep trying to look for it in the library, no luck so far). I do agree about the psychological aspect sometimes being cheesy, though, definitely agree with it in regards to 'Psycho', but I merely chalk that up to the time period that movie came out in. Someone probably said that we needed to explain away Bates' motivations so audiences wouldn't be more upset or something (I still would've given anything to be among the very first group of people that ever saw that movie. I can't imagine what their reaction must've been).
I've also seen bits and pieces of 'Eyes Wide Shut', but can't really comment on that one beyond the fact that the piano music in it creeped me the hell out.
As for movie reviews...'Couples' Retreat'=1/10.
Uh. Yeah. This was not good. No (I wasn't the one who chose to see it, either, my sister and her fiance rented it along with some other movies). I'm not a big Vince Vaughn person, anyway, so that didn't help matters. The idea had some merit, I could've seen a good movie actually coming from the idea, but this wasn't it.
Angela
I've also seen bits and pieces of 'Eyes Wide Shut', but can't really comment on that one beyond the fact that the piano music in it creeped me the hell out.
As for movie reviews...'Couples' Retreat'=1/10.
Uh. Yeah. This was not good. No (I wasn't the one who chose to see it, either, my sister and her fiance rented it along with some other movies). I'm not a big Vince Vaughn person, anyway, so that didn't help matters. The idea had some merit, I could've seen a good movie actually coming from the idea, but this wasn't it.
Angela
deep
Blue Crack Addict
this one has been getting some press recently
This is available online.
Nazi -propaganda film, director was tried twice for crimes against humanity, later immigrated to U S.
His niece married, S. Kubrick, who was Jewish.
Not a great print. But it has English sub-titles.
Jud S�� (1940)
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
There's a lady at work that thinks this is a great movie. I think she may have mental issues. I think she likes any and every romantic comedy or crappy low quality romance movie released.
Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
LOL, wow, really? Eh, her opinion, I guess, but I really don't understand why 
.
I've never been a huge "romantic comedy" person. There's a couple here and there I enjoy-yes, they're generally pretty predictable, but there's been the occasional cute one-but for the most part I don't get into that genre much. And this one, while it was billed as a "comedy", was actually kinda depressing at times. Which, again, had someone else helmed the script and idea, might've been okay and made for an interesting movie, perhaps even a dark comedy or something. Just didn't work the way it was done here.
Angela
. I've never been a huge "romantic comedy" person. There's a couple here and there I enjoy-yes, they're generally pretty predictable, but there's been the occasional cute one-but for the most part I don't get into that genre much. And this one, while it was billed as a "comedy", was actually kinda depressing at times. Which, again, had someone else helmed the script and idea, might've been okay and made for an interesting movie, perhaps even a dark comedy or something. Just didn't work the way it was done here.
Angela
Lance's Mom
The Fly
The Human Centipede
Is this film supposed to be original or something? I've been doing that for years, usually as "the middle".
No surgery required, just $15 and a clothespin for my nose.
Is this film supposed to be original or something? I've been doing that for years, usually as "the middle".
No surgery required, just $15 and a clothespin for my nose.
bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
Having now seen Blade Runner for the third time, I feel like I've kind of gotten a grasp on it, and really do get a great deal of enjoyment out of it, both on a visual and emotional level.
Also, watched In Bruges. Apart from feeling like the film was really, really claustrophobic (I mean, they kept talking about how beautiful this city was, and all I was seeing was close-ups of people's faces), I loved it. Definite keeper, and possible entry to favorite movies lists of the future.
Also, watched In Bruges. Apart from feeling like the film was really, really claustrophobic (I mean, they kept talking about how beautiful this city was, and all I was seeing was close-ups of people's faces), I loved it. Definite keeper, and possible entry to favorite movies lists of the future.
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
Danton:
Great movie about the French Revolution with a little nudge toward Polish Solidarity. My favorite Wajda movie.
Great movie about the French Revolution with a little nudge toward Polish Solidarity. My favorite Wajda movie.
bono_212
Blue Crack Distributor
I prefer
Myself.
(made in 2 minutes by myself and a little help by LemonMelon)
Myself.
(made in 2 minutes by myself and a little help by LemonMelon)
OP
OP
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
corianderstem
Blue Crack Distributor
Funny Girl
I don't know how I'd never seen this one.
I enjoyed the first half more than the second, but glad I finally saw it.
I don't know how I'd never seen this one.
I enjoyed the first half more than the second, but glad I finally saw it.
UberBeaver
Breakdancing Soul Pilgrim
Angels and Demons. 5.8 / 10. Fuck Dan Brown. Strange that I found myself enjoying this @ the beginning, and then it turned to shit. Which is exactly how the book was. I'd rate the book actually lower though as at least in the movie you don't have to sit through Dan Brown's awful writing.
Thirteen - 6.8 / 10. It's like Kids, but in LA. And not as interesting. The characters were annoying. Actually, I found the whole movie kinda annoying, and somewhat disturbing. Some good acting though.
Thirteen - 6.8 / 10. It's like Kids, but in LA. And not as interesting. The characters were annoying. Actually, I found the whole movie kinda annoying, and somewhat disturbing. Some good acting though.
purpleoscar
Rock n' Roll Doggie ALL ACCESS
I prefer
(made in 2 minutes by myself and a little help by LemonMelon)
Looks like a racially insensitive movie that Roger Ebert will give zero stars.
OP
OP
lazarus
Blue Crack Supplier
Not a great movie, but a great performance. The second half is also the one that has "My Man", which is one hell of a show-stopper.
If you liked this you may want to check out On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, which has a strange plot for a musical (girl sees hypnotist to start smoking and begins recalling past lives). And Jack Nicholson is in it.
joyfulgirl
Blue Crack Addict
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2001
- Messages
- 16,690
I watched The Thin Red Line last night for the first time since I saw it in the theater. Damn. So amazing and beautiful and horrifying.
Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
'Superbad'
Goofy, random movie. Rather pointless, but again, some movies don't need to be life-altering. Kinda trailed at the end, but had some funny moments (the discussion over the name "McLovin" amused me quite a bit, and the bit with the pant stain was...unusual, to say the least), there was a nice chemistry between the main boys, and it was entertaining watching them try and get from point A to point B and seeing all the crazy stuff they went through. Like 'Zombieland', breezy and fun, a good movie to watch with some friends.
'Valentine's Day'
So I mentioned my general feelings on romantic comedies earlier, and now I see this, and I actually rather liked it. It was cute, funny (love the way Jennifer Garner's character behaved at the restaurant, I'm sure many a woman who's been in her shoes would love to do what she did) a bit surprising in spots, charming, and a little bittersweet, too (I'll admit, I teared up a bit at a couple of moments). I like the way they delved into all the good and bad aspects of love and its effect on all ages. The stories weaving together the way they did may have been a bit of a stretch (it's L.A., how often will there be those kinds of connections in a city that big? A town like mine, sure, totally believable, but L.A.?), but I'll let it slide. Hell of a lot of big names in here, and at times I wondered how the story would've fared with some lesser-known actors, but everyone did a good job and it was overall quite enjoyable.
Angela
Goofy, random movie. Rather pointless, but again, some movies don't need to be life-altering. Kinda trailed at the end, but had some funny moments (the discussion over the name "McLovin" amused me quite a bit, and the bit with the pant stain was...unusual, to say the least), there was a nice chemistry between the main boys, and it was entertaining watching them try and get from point A to point B and seeing all the crazy stuff they went through. Like 'Zombieland', breezy and fun, a good movie to watch with some friends.
'Valentine's Day'
So I mentioned my general feelings on romantic comedies earlier, and now I see this, and I actually rather liked it. It was cute, funny (love the way Jennifer Garner's character behaved at the restaurant, I'm sure many a woman who's been in her shoes would love to do what she did) a bit surprising in spots, charming, and a little bittersweet, too (I'll admit, I teared up a bit at a couple of moments). I like the way they delved into all the good and bad aspects of love and its effect on all ages. The stories weaving together the way they did may have been a bit of a stretch (it's L.A., how often will there be those kinds of connections in a city that big? A town like mine, sure, totally believable, but L.A.?), but I'll let it slide. Hell of a lot of big names in here, and at times I wondered how the story would've fared with some lesser-known actors, but everyone did a good job and it was overall quite enjoyable.
Angela
