Batman Forever - (Schumacher;1995;USA) - **
Batman takes on the Riddler and Two-Face.
A mediocre film that seems to be trying to make Batman more extreme. Despite a bad direction and script, Jim Carrey and Tommy Lee Jones make the film watchable. Kilmer is an odd choice for Batman, but nice, although Keaton is better.

My mom and I finally got a chance to rent movies yesterday, and we watched Panic Room last night. I don't know what the general reviews were for it, but we really enjoyed it. It had a good mix of scary and funny (surprisingly), and it really held my attention.

I also rented Major League 2...don't kill me! I doubt many people even liked the first one, but I'm a sucker for it, and I enjoyed seeing the sequel. Guess I'm easy to please.

Part, I almost knew you'd turn that into something else...

I love Napoleon Dynamite, as well. I don't even like talking about it here because it seems everyone hates it (except for nearly every kid my age who has jumped on the bandwagon), but it really is a good, funny show, so I'm glad to hear you like it.

for instance, is there a way to download this or any of these french noir flicks?

Na, I like Major League 2 as well. I own it on DVD and probably like it better than the first one. However, it seems you've given up on Kill Bill Vol. 2!?

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only Major League fan. As for Kill Bill, I hardly remember Vol. 1, and I guess I have somewhat given up on Vol. 2.

Beyond the Sea - (Spacey;2004;USA/Germany) - ***
The life of popular singer Bobby Darin and his relationship with wife Sandra Dee.
A good film with a great performance from Spacey. What makes it only good is some scenes that are a little ridiculous. Also, at times Sandra Dee seems to be just the wife character rather then an important part of the film. Otherwise this is a good film with excellent music.

for instance, is there a way to download this or any of these french noir flicks? [/b][/quote]You can easily get it. The Criterion DVD for Le Cercle Rouge is in many stores in America. Now for Le Samourai, it's a VERY rare movie not released here. I bought it online at a site called Xploited Cinema for about $20. You should definitely get both. The DVD I got for Le Samourai is a Russian PAL DVD, which means the menu is in Russian (you can get a French DVD too for more money) and you need a regionless player to play it. I can only play it on my PC. The NTSC DVD of it wasn't translated the right way so there's a ghosting problem. These are the DVDs I have.

I thought you were the same age as Geoff? And Geoff's been saying he's 17, so...

Frankenstein #87 on the AFI Top 100 List

This was my first time viewing this movie and it was great! I really enjoyed it although I was very tired and wishing it was over. I think Colin Clive did a very good job and hopefully if I have the time, I plan on watching it again. Great movie though and it didn't disappoint!

Manhattan (79/Woody Allen/US) 9/10

Full of witty moments and very humane. I absolutely loved this. This is the third Allen movie that I watch and I'm becoming a big fan of his.


Erin Brockovich (00/Steven Soderbergh/US) 6.5/10

Based on a true story, a struggling unemployed single mother finds her way to sue a giant multi-billion dollar company for contaminating water in a neighborhood. I honestly didn't enjoy this movie as much as I expected given that I really like Jolia Roberts.

Just watched Man on Fire with my ma just now. She had never seen it before so I made her watch it and she liked it. She thought it was a sad story but I'm glad she enjoyed it. I hadn't seen it in a couple of months and I really enjoyed it as well. I can't wait to see Tony Scott's next project Domino which has been pushed back to November!

I was gonna revisit Man on Fire but White Heat is on TCM.

Batman & Robin - (Schumacher;1997;USA) - 1/2
Batman and Robin take on Mr. Freeze, Poison Ivy, and Bane.
Piss poor movie with no saving graces. As much as I like Clooney and Thurman, nothing saves the movie. Even the little bit of entertainment is damaged by corniness. Horrible shit. The only scene I really liked was Poison Ivy's entrance, for obvious reasons.

I couldn't rent Shogun Assassin anywhere, so I just decided to buy it. As can be seen in the DVD thread I received the movie today and I just watched it. For those unfamiliar this is the movie that little BB wanted to watch with the Bride towards the end of Kill Bill Vol. 2. I really liked this movie. It wasn't better than Lady Snowblood but it was still a cool movie and had some awesome music to it. It doesn't end with the first movie (actually this DVD has the first 2 movies of the series edited together), so I need to get the rest of the DVDs to finish the story

You can easily get it. The Criterion DVD for Le Cercle Rouge is in many stores in America. Now for Le Samourai, it's a VERY rare movie not released here. I bought it online at a site called Xploited Cinema for about $20. You should definitely get both. The DVD I got for Le Samourai is a Russian PAL DVD, which means the menu is in Russian (you can get a French DVD too for more money) and you need a regionless player to play it. I can only play it on my PC. The NTSC DVD of it wasn't translated the right way so there's a ghosting problem. [/b][/quote]man these Criterion DVDs might be in many stores in America, but they're surely as hell aren't here in Brazil I don't even know what the hell is it I have an idea because I see everytime someone mentions it, but I've never seen one! not that we're that late, but 3rd world dementia sometimes edges globalization - and I'm sad to say that I had a (very) little hope to get some of these movies, but after your post, it's gone! thanks for the help, but it'd probably take a few months until the day I'd sit and watch the films. I have no rush, but my appreciation for some movies I watched lately were affected by the hype about them.

Well you should definitely go hunting for them online.

White Heat - (Walsh;1949;USA) - ****
An epileptic gangster with a devotion to his mother goes to prison for a minor offense to avoid a larger one, while his friends betray him from the outside.
Excellent gangster film. One of the best I've ever seen. Cagney is great in his role, along with Wycherly. Steiner's music is also very good. The ending and the line said during it are both classic. It's also a very compelling scene. The prison lunch pass-it-on scene is wonderful. A must-see for gangster fans.
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turns out I was too sceptic! I just searched for them on emule and found'em!

You found which movies? I hope it's a good version. When I got a net copy of Collateral, the music would repeat minutes after a scene. If a club had techno playing, then several minutes later when important dialogue is being said, the music would out of nowhere blast on.

I watched this film for the first time tonight. I was blown away. My grandfather used to always talk about James Cagney in this particular film, but as a child, I had no idea who or what the hell he was talking about. I'll definitely have to get the Warner Gangsters Collection.

I loved the lunch scene. Cagney's rage was excellent.

And of course the end. MADE IT MA! TOP OF DA WORLD!

I watched Pastime today. I'd never even heard of it before we rented it, but it turned out to be a pretty good baseball movie. Not a comedy, at all, but I enjoyed it.

I found Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge, but the downloads didn't even start yet and well, guess I'm getting lucky 'cause most of the films I watched lately came from emule. it onle blew me once when Pulp Fiction download ended and it turned out to be an italian dubbed version!

Goodfellas
10/10

There's nothing that hasn't been said about this movie. Scorsese's masterpiece and truely one of the greatest movies ever. You can start with the direction and camera, the music and the great cast, everything's flawless IMO. There are alot of memorable scenes and the great screenplay by Nicholas Pileggi and Scorsese is full of memorable quotes.

Flawless.

I watched Pirates of the Caribbean this morning....



.... Need I say any more

Two thumbs up just for that picture, right, Debz?

I love POTC...

Yeah I know right. Keira Knightley is so georgeous!

Yeah I know, Johnny Depp as a Pirate...why did it take them so long to think of that one nicee lol, I love it aswell...its a brilliant film!

Uh, Irish....I know you love her and all, but you're kind of streching the page. :p

Was it your first time watching it, Debz?

I was just blown away by it the first time, and I finally just went out and bought the DVD...it was a gift to my parents for their anniversary, because they seemed to really enjoy the movie, but I think I've gotten more use out of it.

Johnny's great as almost anyone/anything, but yes, he's spectacular as a pirate. Did you know they're supposed to make, I believe, two sequels? I can't wait to see them.

Yeah I know, sorry about that, it was the smallest 1 I could find

No I've seen it a few times now, but when I did see it first I thoght it was brilliant, there are so many twists and turns!! Keeps you on the edge of your seat right till the very end, thats a sign of a good movie

Yeah the DVD is good and has loads of good special features on it!

Yeah I heard about the sequels, are they not shooting them both at the same time or something like that?? When I was in the Hard Rock Vault in Florida, the tour guide told us that Johnny Depp modelled the character of Jack Sparrow on Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones, and that, Keith has agreed to play the part of Jack's father in the sequel I hope it is as good as the first one