Recently viewed films

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:47 pm

I finally went to see Lost In Translation which is worth seeing but not quite as good as some of the critics have suggested. Bill Murray was good but it was hardly an Oscar winning performance although he did deserve one for Groundhog Day (imo) so may get it this time instead.

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 3:55 pm

Having purchased the DVD and having watched it again, Lost In Translation may be in my Top 15 films of all-time. I dunno... something about it really grabs me.

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Thu Feb 05, 2004 4:00 pm

I thought it was excellent up until about the last 20 minutes when I thought it lost track, got boring and ended up just finishing.

pophead2k · Post by **pophead2k** » Mon Feb 09, 2004 12:05 am

I know I'm way behind here, but I finally saw Mystic River today. All I can say is Wow. An acting tour de force, and IMHO, not a frame wasted. Great job by Eastwood. Hope Penn and Robbins both win. Was Marcia Gay Harden nominated?

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:54 am

Over last few weeks I saw Dogville, 21 Grams and The Dreamers
Dogville I expected to hate. The complete opposite, asides from bit of a dip in the middle, it is 3 hours long, I loved it. Very engaging, Kidman puts in her best performanc since To Die For. It's really a parable about small town values and it's dark side. Forget all the nonsense about it being anti-American, this has to be seen by all film fans.
Much the same as the 1st part of his trilogy, Amores Perros, Alejandro González Iñárritu's 21 Grams is rivetting stuff, it's non-linear structure requiring you to pay attention all the time. Kind of like watching a dvd on random play, if you know what I mean, and its worth it. Naomi Watts is a revelation.
The Dreamers is a superior teenage romp flick, nicely dressed up with European art house values, including far too much bodily function details.
Great music.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... 20-4078533

A rope leash · Post by **A rope leash** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:47 am

We rented the DVD Masked and Anonymous. This movie stars Bob Dylan as Jack Fate. Also appearing in this movie are Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Dern, Val Kilmer, John Goodman, Christian Slater, Mickey Rourke, and gosh I don't know who all.

Bob actually throws a punch, and strikes a person. Otherwise, Bob's acting appears to be the most lethargic performance in the history of show business. Most of his lines were unitelligible, and most of his moves were self-conscious.

I'd feel the same way if I were dressed in a cowboy outfit. What's with Bob? Is he trying to confirm his authenticity? Yee-haw!

O yeah, and the plot is some post-apocalyptic clap-trap they stole from my novel. Bastards.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:10 am

I think that movie is so ridiculous rope, that I actually enjoyed it. Not that I would ever want to own something so ridiculous.

crash8_durham · Post by **crash8_durham** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:57 pm

The last movie I saw in the theater was Against The Ropes. I am a huge Meg Ryan fan and even as her looks go my forgiving eyes just dont seem to mine. I did not find the movie to be very good and I would not advise anyone to see it. Oh well, she still looked good to me. I never thought that Meg would end up being one of my "guilty" pleasures.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:18 pm

I saw Starsky and Hutch....I thought it would be crap, but it was actually very entertaining. Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller are a great duo, real chemistry between them, like Lemmon and Matthau. Really good...it was moderately funny, best bit was Will Ferrell's gay dragon-obsessed convict 'Big Earl'.

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:21 pm

I hope some people plan on seeing the Dawn Of The Dead remake. I love the original, and the first ten minutes of the remake(which were shown on television uncut the other day) made the camera-work look brilliant! I am really excited...

... sorry it isnt 'obscure' enough. It should be, though.

<3,
s.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Fri Mar 19, 2004 10:55 pm

I have this "Dawn of the Dead" problem, wehit -- and I'm talking about the first one.

I really admire George Romero, "Night of the Living Dead" is still the scariest movie I've seen and I've enjoyed a few of his non-Gorey later films. Yet, I've got this gore issue. Almost a phobia. I've written about it elsewhere (possibly on this very thread).

Recently, I snuck two tiny bottles of alcohol to ease through the opening moments of "Kill Bill", which I wound up loving.

Later, a trio of quickly down shots of brandy taken at home got me through "Evil Dead II" with flying colors.

Yet the phobia remains (and I've got this extra thing about cannabilism and zombies -- I've actually had nightmares about being forced to watch "Dawn of the Dead", though the movie in the dream was undoubtedly far worse than the Romero film -- I once even tried to sit through a "Making of" documentary on "Dawn" and couldn't even do that!)

I'm in danger of becoming a gore-cinema alcoholic!

And there's this "Passion" business....It's probably a felony to see that one drunk in some states.

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:40 am

I mentioned this before on the comedy thread...and it probably only applies to members of the gang that live in britain, cos Im prety sure it'll be hard to see in the US of A...

9TH OF APRIL....SHAUN OF THE DEAD IS RELEASED!!!!!

A ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH ZOMBIES!

Starring Simon Pegg, Dylan Moran, Nick Frost, Lucy Davies, Jessica Stevenson and Bill Nighy!!!

This is gonna be good...anyone who's seen and liked Spaced, Asylum, Big Train, or just enjoys comedied with loads and loads of cult references in will like this! I am really looking forward to it!!!!!!!

Here's the site, check it out...

http://www.romzom.com

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 10:32 am

Have I missed a discussion of THE SWIMMING POOL? Talullah and I watched it last night. Baffling and pretty to look at. After 12 hours of stewing over it I think it is about a novelist's relationship to her characters, a sort of fantasy where the writer interacts with her protagonist as both character/narrator and as her real self. I'm sorry if that sounds obscure but if you've seen it you know it's hard not to be about this film!

Thoughts?

PS, SLL I must say I disagree entirely about LIT-- it's the end that makes it great; I've watched that section of the movie about four times. But to each his own!

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:13 am

yes laughing crow, I have a Shaun Of The Dead desktop on my computer. That movie is going to be awesome!

<3,
s.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:15 am

Parts of Dawn In The Dead were filmed at a mall called Thornhill Square about 3 minutes from my house. There were rumours going around at the time that they were going to actually blow up the mall on camera (since it's a shitty mall that no one goes to anyway).

The appearance of my neighborhood on film is really the only reason I'd go see the film. I honestly can't see how they could improve over the Romero original.

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 11:19 am

'Dawn in'?

Must I correct you, Blue?

<3,
s.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 12:01 pm

typo
I know it's Dawn Of The Dead

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 2:00 pm

SWIMMING POOL (see my post on the previous page)? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller??

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Sat Mar 20, 2004 7:45 pm

BlueChair wrote:typo
I know it's Dawn Of The Dead

Well, "Don in the Dead" would make an appropriately frightening gay porn title.

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:39 am

(don't read this post if you are planning on seeing Swimming Pool)

Mug! I loved Swimming Pool...before the end I figured, well, the only way that the writer can deal with this girl on any level is to make her into a character...the end really threw me for a loop. It's almost impossible to figure out where reality ends and her fantasy begins, because right from the beginning, her editor or whoever is like, "my daughter's going to be there," but obviously they never met, because Julie shows no recognition of her at the end.

(okay, you can read again)

I saw Goodbye Lenin yesterday, and I loved it. It's about an East German woman, totally devoted to socialism, who goes into a coma right before the Berlin Wall comes down. When she comes out of it, eight months later, the doctor warns her children that the slightest shock to her system could bring on a fatal heart attack, so her children go about pretending that nothing at all has changed. The movie doesn't romanticize socialism, but doesn't ignore the difficulty that East Germans had with reunification, either. I would highly recommend seeing this, if it's playing in your city.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 1:34 pm

So glad you piped up about this, MBA! Actually her editor uses the daughter as an excuse why HE will not come to France. He says-- "Well, I'll have my daughter..." Great flick though, huh? God the men in that movie were so... French. I don't actualy mean that in a good way, but it cracked me up. When Franck is dancing... lordy...

taz · Post by **taz** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:01 pm

I just saw 21 grams yesterday, was a very good movie and I highly recommend it (I know, I'm a bit behind the times but I rarely go to theaters anymore).

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 3:29 pm

It's a pity that Benecio Del Toro did not receive commendation for that piece of tremendous acting. In past films, he suffered from the ability to demonstrate range. In 21 Grams, he demonstrated an unbelieveable range...incredible. I'm not suggesting that Tim Robbins didn't deserve best supporting for Mystic River, and I'm not suggesting that Penn didn't deserve best actor for Mystic. But Gimme a break...Del Toro finally blows out ALL the stops, and he still cannot get recognized.

King of Confidence · Post by **King of Confidence** » Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:02 pm

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind probably deserves its own thread. I loved Kaufman's other movies, but in this one I think his cleverness serves his characters' humanity more than in the others, I think. It's an affecting, wonderful movie.

girl out of time · Post by **girl out of time** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 5:14 pm

i spent 10 precious days goin´ to the mar del plata film fest: i saw a lot of movies.......among my faves.......reconstruction (excelent film from denmark!), man of the year (brazil), the five obstructions (lars von triers), bertolucci´s the dreamers, greenaway´s the tulse leper suitcases: the moab story, and so many more....i´m exhausted!