Shopgirl ** 1/2

This was a lot better than I expected. I thought it'd be some pointless romantic comedy but I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn't. Claire Danes, Steve Martin, Jason Schwartzman and Bridgette Wilson all put in enjoyable performances. Not a bad movie to rent on Tuesday!

Steve Martins cool!

Coppola once said this about AN:
"My movie is not about vietnam, it is vietnam"

Goodfellas (Scorsese/1990/USA)

There's nothing I can say that hasn't been said already, so I won't bore you. Great film, in every aspect.

Derailed - (Mikael Håfström;2005;USA)
A business executive is blackmailed after he's mugged during an affair with another woman.
An average thriller. It's enjoyable at times but for the most part it's predictable. Clive Owen was good though this is clearly one of his lesser roles. Aniston isn't as good as some said, but she's okay for the most part. Nothing we haven't seen before and not directed in any interesting way.

Coppola once said this about AN:
"My movie is not about vietnam, it is vietnam" [/b][/quote]I think that describes the psychological aspect that can apply to any war, otherwise I disagree with it.

NIRVANA - THE UNTOLD STORIES - An Unauthorised Docmentary Film Packed With Exclusive Interviews Plus Interactive Trivia Quiz & Extensive NIRVANA Discography (DVD)

Very, very important documentary for any Nirvana fan, casual or serious. A must see documentary really, I enjoyed it although not having any real Nirvana music in it did take away a lot of the enjoyment for me. Wasn't authorized by the band so no NIRVANA music could be used although, there were interviews with every one surrounding the group, including Kurt Cobain's closest friends, his Grandfather, Nirvana's producers (J. Endino, B. Vig etc.), music industry big wigs, Seattle scene ppl., and others. Watch this documentary!

I heard it was a poor one that didn't bring anything new to Cobain or the band, other then trying to whore money from the name.

I think you heard wrong. It wasn't exactly an Oscar winning documentary but you will most definitely get SOMETHING out of it. Whether or not the producers of the documentary were trying to whore money out of the Nirvana name, I don't really know and I don't really care. I enjoyed it to a certain extent and think that it is worth watching if you're a Nirvana fan.

Match Point ***

This is why you watch movies for yourself and form your own opinion. A girl at work told a friend of mine who I watched this with last night that it was stupid. She wasn't sure if she wanted to watch it now and I told her I'll watch it and assess it myself. I'm glad I did as this movie was VERY good. Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer and Brian Cox all put in great performances. If I had the money, I'd love to buy it on Tuesday

A shame Woody Allen thinks Match Point is bad, since he isn't big in the box office.

I personally thought it was great.

I'm glad I wasn't the only person who thoughtso I don't know how big it's release was in the theaters. I don't remember if it was playing anywhere near me in Texas or New York

Memento
2000/Nolan

It had been a really long time since my last viewing of this film. My parents rented it before I had the sense to know what good movies were and I just happened to come in on them watching it and decided to stick around. I have to say, bottom line, it's pretty clearly the greatest and best-executed concept film of all time.

I've never seen a film where the viewers are so wrapped up in the protagonist's feelings of confusion and disillusionment. This is probably the most accurate depiction and portrayal of a character's thought processes. I still have yet to fully understand it, and although I greatly respect it at this point, I don't quite find myself actually liking it yet, so it deserves a rewatch sometime very soon.

Seeing this film also makes me wonder how Christopher Nolan could turn out to be such a bust. This fantastic piece of cinema only 5-6 years ago and the only things he's turned out since then are a mediocre Pacino thriller and crappy Batman movie. Where'd all the wonderful, psychological noir shit go?

4/5 Stars

Ocean Twelve, OMG, what a horrible, stupid movie. Ocean's Eleven at least was watchable. And to film this totally unnecessary movie they stopped Rome's traffic for THREE FU**ING DAYS!!!!

The Manchurian Candidate. Good one. Exciting plot.

Hotel Rwanda. Poignant, touching. Very well acted by the same actor playing the cop in Crash (can't remember his name... :rolleyes: )

Yeah, Ocean's 12 was just disgusting! Watched it with a group of friends and we were laughing (in a baaad way) at the movie the whole time! Even Julia Roberts just looked bad and ugly. Catherine Zeta Jones was the only redeeming characteristic for me at least and my family.

Haven't seen Manchurian Candidate (old or new) but have heard a lot.

Want to see Hotel Rwanda, Don Cheadle is the best black actor in Hollywood today other than Denzel Washington and Sidney Poitier, I think, so it's prolly a very good movie to watch. The character of Romeo Dallaire (The Canadian) is misportrayed to a certain extent by Nick Nolte or whoever does play him, I believe according to what I've read. Still a must see, and I will.

Poor Lav! Watching the movie was awful enough for me. Getting stuck in traffic during its shooting is a cherry on top of it. :p

One of my favorite, probably to some, a silly movies, "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad", from 1956 ( think), with Kerwin Matthews and Kathryn Grant. As a kid I saw it many times. It's been a while, and I saw it was on and couldn't resist. The mechanical monsters, the magic genie, the handsome Matthews. Ha ha...I don't know why exactly,but I love that movie and want to buy it.


TIS

TIS, I bought a 3 set DVD of the "Sinbad" movies last year. (They're awesome!)

Like you, I grew up watching them on tv...mainly to see the Ray Harryhausen special effects (dueling skeletons, monsters, etc.). They're so much fun to watch!!

SC,

The DVD's you bought, are they older ones? Who's Sinbad? Do you also remember "Jack the Giant Killer?

Remember this: "From the land beyond beyond; from the world past hope and fear; I bid you Genie now appear."

Also, remember Steve Reeves (Hercules). I loved those as well. I think of all of these as simply "fun" entertainment.

TIS

Btw, after watching Sinbad, I tried to do a search as to what Matthews looks like today (I don't know if he's even still living). Can you find one?

The three disk set is simply called "The Sinbad Collection". It contains:

"The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958).

"The Golden Voyage of Sinbad" (1973) starring John Phillip Law. Sinbad fights a 6-armed statue and a 1-eyed centaur.

"Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger" (1977) staring John Wayne's son, Patrick Wayne. Among his foes is a saber toothed tiger.

I hate to burst the bubble for you, TIS, but here's a fairly recent picture of Mathews:

Tristan + Isolde **

A pretty crappy story that I lost interest with about 15-20 minutes into it. It tried to be too much like Romeo + Juliet. It was great however to see Sophia Myles again

The The Manchurian Candidate remake is absolute shit. The first one is a great political thriller.

Though I have forgiven Demme after directing Heart of Gold.

The story of Tristan and Isolde is Greek I think, and has been around already 1500 years before Shakespeare was even born.

Either way I think Shakespeare did it better

Friday the 13th Part III in 3D **

The first movie I've seen in 3D in a theater and it was AWESOME! The crowd was laughing, clapping, yelling jokes at the screen. One of my favorite horror movies ever and this was definitely the most fun I've had watching it

Five Deadly Venoms * 1/2

Another film that influenced Tarantino to make the Kill Bills and yet another disappointment

I want to watch the film the hills ave eyes even though it is a scary looking film!

Unknown White Male
Rupert Murray 2005 UK (1st time; big screen)
In 2003, Englishman Doug Bruce, living in Coney Island, suffered from an extremely rare form of amnesia, losing all memory and knowledge of his friends and family before that point.
A film made by Bruce's friend, with whom he has had to reconnect from scratch since. This has come under extreme attack and its authenticity has been brought into question by many scathingly curious critics; as an exploration of memory and what we all comprise, however, it may be the victim of unnecessary questions.

Karol Lir (King Lear)
Grigori Kozintsev 1970 USSR (1st time; big screen)
A Russian version of Shakespeare's play, well-translated by Boris Pasternak.
Excellently-acted, visually memorable, and fascinating to watch; Shakespeare's prose remains intact, and the final act is riveting, but as a whole it is difficult to sit through.

Yeah well that's what happens when you leave the "prose intact"! King Lear is too verbose in any language, I think the bard fell in love with the sound of his own voice as it were, as many fledgling writers are wont to do!!!!

Yes, but gradigatia and connextibles become an inhoroble familiaritiness of the situation, don't you think?

Pink Floyd The Wall - (Alan Parker;1982;UK)
Pink Floyd's "The Wall" put to film with some changes.
The film version still manages to be great, though the album is the masterpiece. The most fascinating parts are the animations, especially for "Goodbye Blue Sky" and "The Trial." I am pissed however that "Hey You" was cut from the film. Otherwise it still proves to be a great representation of the album's themes of isolation and depression. The odd, often surreal direction fits the music perfectly. The character of Pink is modeled after Waters with some bits of Barrett's persona attached to it. I think the best part musically was "Comfortably Numb."