The Incredibles was 2004's best film. Action, sentiment, a strong message and immensely entertaining.

Mick

Watch Apocalypse Now, record Desperado... [/b][/quote]Thanks for the advice, so I did. Not that I'm too much impressed by both, though. Except Duvall in AN.

Kingdom of Heaven - (Scott;2005;USA) - ***1/2
A blacksmith's estranged father takes him on a journey to Jerusalem where he must serve King Baldwin IV, a leper king who is trying to keep a peace between the Christians and the Muslims; however Christian extremists and Templar Knights want war.
A beautiful film that just barely had the potential to be greater then Gladiator. This is sullied by a cardboard performance by Orlando Bloom, which is almost compensated for by the rest of the cast. Jeremy Irons is excellent and Neeson is great as well. As Omar stated this film strongest area is it's beauty, the cinematography combined with the music. The only problems I had was Bloom and I thought the story went a little too fast in the first hour or so. Otherwise this is a great film that could've been better.

I just finished watching Simone I thought Al Pacino was brilliant he alway's is but I think he gave the film a quality that wouldn't have been there otherwise as the plot was kinda weak. All round I didn't think the movie was that great but Al still managed to put in a brilliant performance!!

The Interpreter was a good movie but not as good as I was hoping. Some say it was predictable and maybe some of it was, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping for

I saw Assult on Precent 13 in the theaters but I did want to watch it again before it came out on DVD tomorrow. I did enjoy it although I found this movie to be more predictable than The Interpreter

I started watching The Life Aquatic on Saturday night and I finished it today and it sucked. I'm not a fan of the director's really. It's supposed to be a comedy but I only laughed a couple of times and when I did laugh it was just a little chuckle, not a real laugh. I wouldn't recommend it. I've never seen Bottle Rocket and I turned The Royal Teneboms halfway through

I was disappointed with Kingdom of Heaven to say the least. A friend of mine saw it before I did and said it was as good, if not, better than Gladiator. So naturally my expectations were pretty high. Man, I was pretty bored throughout that entire movie. Towards the end the action started to pick up, but the first hour or more was just story story story

I was thinking about going to see it at the cinema on Saturday aswell, i'll have a look and see what else is on that I might fancy

Isn't that what a film is? A story put to moving images.

Le Samouraï - (Melville;1967;France/Italy) - ****
A calculating hitman with no criminal history kills his next contract, but leaves a few witnesses. He now has both the police and the men who hired him on his trail.
Even better then Le Cercle Rouge. Jef Costello is just what I hoped to be, a professional rather then a badass. The whole film is not only compelling, but it keeps the suspense ripe through the entire film. The opening is one of the best ever in a thriller. The music and gritty cinematography are also strong points. Alain Delon is great in his cold role. He's even more icy then Tom Cruise in Collateral.
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I just watched American Beauty for the first time. What a wierd and disturbing movie. Good though.

Can anybody tell me what the color red symbolized in that movie?

It's been awhile, but I think it is supposed to either symbolize the inner desire of the characters to break away from the "ordinary suburban" life they lead, or it symbolized the inner beauty that was a big theme of the movie.
Or both.
I hope that helped.

Le Samouraï - (Melville;1967;France/Italy) - ****
A calculating hitman with no criminal history kills his next contract, but leaves a few witnesses. He now has both the police and the men who hired him on his trail.
Gritty, gripping, intelligent, professional, and interesting. One of the best crime/thrillers ever. It's easy to see how Tarantino and Mann were inspired by Melville. Excellent in virtually all of it's aspects. Acting and music drive the suspense, which takes talent.
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I watched Regarding Henry this afternoon. I thought Harrison Ford did a great job. The move, in parts it was a bit slow moving, but I think it was an all good watch.

I just watched memento for the first time...holy shit! Great movie.

The Day of The Jackal - (Zinnemann;1973;UK/France) - ****
A terrorist group hires an assassin code-named 'The Jackal' to assassinate the French president De Gaulle.
Another example of professionalism in a crime thriller. The sly killer choses the smallest but most fatal way he can to kill, rather then going completely overboard like the remake The Jackal did. This film is facinating and full of suspense and has a great direction by Zinnemann. A classic thriller, although it might be just a little overlong. The film also builds the impression of it's title character very well before we even see him.

Forrest Gump

We're watching this in my Economics class (not that it has anything to do with Economics, I just have a really cool teacher)

A excellant British Film with good soundtrack.About the Great train robbery

I just watched Mystic River for the first time. Great movie. Very very underrated IMO.

Ronin - (Frankenheimer;1998;UK/USA) - ***
An ex-US intelligence agent is trying to track down a package that several people are after.
I loved the cast, the beautiful music played throughout, and the direction. The problem is the story, which isn't that good. The film is still executed very well and is better then most mainstream crime movies today.

I've got that DVD (Ronin) but I haven't got round to watching it yet

Team America World Police was pretty dumb. It wasn't Matt & Trey's best work IMO. Not horrible but definitely not as good as a friend of mine made it out to be

I also watched The Aviator tonight. I enjoyed it but I found it to be somewhat more boring than in the theaters. After watching it in the theaters I thought it was a great movie but tonight I didn't see it the same. Still a very good movie and I will be buying it on DVD but just didn't enjoy it as much for some reason. Still a great performance by Leo

I saw "The goodwill hunting". Very nice movie. It has lot of dialogue and very little action. But great character growth for atleast 4 different characters. The main plot (somewhat similar to "scent of woman") and the sub-plot complement each other excellently. Acting is first class, MUCH better than "scent of woman" . Would love to watch it again.

I found it to be one of the finest satires in recent years, perhaps since The Player (1992), and definitely one of the best of 2004.

Mick

Capo, what do you think of their series South Park or even the South Park movie? It's probably my favorite non-Sopranos show on TV now.

Bigger, Longer and Uncut is definitely due a rewatch from me. It's a great film. I never watch the show much.

Mick

I love the South Park show and the movie was good too, but I had heard so many good things about Team America World Police that I found it fell short IMO.

I did watch Kinsey before I went to bed today and it started out good but towards the end I found it to be a little slow and repetative. Not Liam Neeson's best, but not a horrible movie either.

Panic Room (2002/David Fincher/US) 7/10

A separated mother and her daughter move in a high security mansion the very night that three men plan to break in for robbery. An entertaining thriller, but the plot could have been better.


The King of Comedy (1983/Scorsese/US) 8.5/10

A man with no comedy experience background does anything to become the king of comedy on a talk show for just one night. One of the best DeNiro Performances as far as I'm concerned. One of few Scorsese movies without narration and just what I wanted to see.


A Bronx Tale (1993/DeNiro/US) 7/10

Story of a boy living in Bronx and fascinated by the neighborhood gangster life and specially their boss Sonny while his father tries to keep him away from them. A pretty good drama for those interested in gangster movies. Screenplay by Chazz Palminteri, the actor playing Sonny is somehow a semi-autobiography.

well, eventually I watched "Citizen Kane". Gosh, it was some 20 years since I wanted to watch it and for some reason was never been able to do it.

You know what? Maybe I had too many expections about this movie. The truth is I was a little disappointed at the end. I mean it is an outstanding movie, especially when you consider it was made back in the 40's.....But I would NEVER dream of considering it BETTER than the Godfather! I find it incredible many consider it the best movie ever. I think many other movies (even contemporary) are better than CK. One for all, Casablanca.