House of Flying Daggers aka Shi mian mai fu (04/Yimou Zhang/China, Hong Kong) 8/10

This is a very beautiful picture and I really enjoyed it. So colorful and so brilliant. Script could have been better but it is still good as it is.

Debz, yes, I heard also that they're supposed to shoot them at the same time, which should be good. I heard about Depp using Keith Richards for his character, but I didn't know he'd be in the sequel...how cool! I can't wait to see the plot they came up with, especially if Jack Sparrow's dad is going to be a part of it! Should be great!

I found this on a site:

Keith Richards signed for PIRATES 2 & 3

It’s common knowledge that Johnny Depp based his performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN on Keith Richards. Recently Depp started lobbying Disney to get them to cast Richards as his father in the upcoming sequels. As crazy as this sounds, apparently Depp’s wish is coming true.
According to Yahoo movies, Richards has signed on for PIRATES 2 and 3 and has already had costume fitting for his role. Both sequels will be shot back to back starting in February 2005.
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Sounds Great - Can't Wait

I really enjoyed this movie as well but I liked Hero more. Did you ever see Hero?

Not yet unfortunately. I'll let you know how it was when I do.

*****Spoiler******

Mainly I didn't like the part when Leo was told that he was a mole. He knew himself that and this was for the viewer's sake and a stupid way to unfold the plot. I mean we'd have found out on our own a few minutes later when he meets Mei. The ending was incredible though.

Yeah House of Flying Daggers was more of a love story while Hero was more of an action movie

Jaws - (Spielberg;1975;USA) - ****
An abnormal Great-White shark terrorizes a New England island.
The beginning of the summer blockbuster. It's one of the most influential stories, even if it inspired many shitty movies. Williams' score is classic, as the film is itself. The editing is also very good, keeping the shark as real as it could be in it's body scenes. One of Spielberg's best, and it has excellent suspense.

Frankenstein #87 on the AFI Top 100 List

I wanted to watch this movie again before I returned it because I was falling asleep through it the first time around. Not that it was not a good movie (it was great actually) but I was tired. However, this movie is great and I really enjoyed it through a 2nd viewing in 3 days. I might just have to purchase this on DVD too

I can't remember if the footage was cut Irish, did it contain a scene where the monster throws a girl into a lake?

The Wizard of Oz - (Fleming/Thorpe/Vidor;1939;USA) - ****
A tornado sends a young Kansas girl to the land of Oz.
One of the greatest musicals ever. The film is simply a magnificent piece of cinema, and a true classic. I don't think I have even heard of anyone who hasn't seen it. The costumes, songs, everything. Two words describe it: Magnificent and magical.

It sure did. Later the father of the girl carries her body into town to tell she was murdered, which leads a mob to hunt down the monster. So the monster never had a name huh? Since Frankenstein usually meant Henry Frankenstein who was the creator of the monster. I think that's misunderstood a lot

BTW, I know this is off subject but I'm just curious how many AFI movies you have in your DVD collection? I'm not sure off of the top of my head (I have at least The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull, Goodfellas just to name a few). I do want to add The Apartment and Frankenstein and possibly Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

Give me the list you're going off of. I think they do a differ one every year.

This is the list I'm using. It's the last link on the page 'List of the 100 winning movies'

The Butterfly Effect



I thought this was an excellant film,anyone seen this what did you think

I saw it in the theater and didn't really like it. Haven't seen it since

I own these.

Citizen Kane
Casablanca
The Godfather
Gone With the Wind
The Graduate
On the Waterfront
Schindler's List
Sunset Blvd.
Star Wars
Psycho
Chinatown
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Grapes of Wrath (unwatched)
Raging Bull
E.T. (original VHS)
Dr. Strangelove
Apocalypse Now
Annie Hall
The Godfather II
High Noon
To Kill a Mockingbird
North by Northwest
Rear Window
A Clockwork Orange
Taxi Driver
Fantasia (VHS)
Vertigo
Silence of the Lambs
The Manchurian Canidate
Shane
The French Connection
Forrest Gump (VHS)
American Graffiti
Rocky
The Deer Hunter
The Wild Bunch (unwatched)
Platoon
Fargo
Goodfellas
Pulp Fiction
The Searchers
Unforgiven

My movies are also here, although ignore movies like Barbershop, sometimes family members get new shit movies like that. Click "ttile" for ABC order.

http://www.intervocative.com/DVDCollection.aspx/lost_stigmatic

I thought the Barbershop was an ok film

It's on my still-to-be-watched-movies-shelf but I cannot make up my mind and watch it. Actually I think it's stupid as hell! :rolleyes:

Yesterday I rewatched "Shining Through" (1992), a war spy story with Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith and a still not so famous Liam Neeson (and in his short part, he already showed his excellent acting). A good thriller, with much romance, only a bit too far-fetched in the ending scene. The actors did well too. Even Griffith, one of the actresses I usually dislike from the bottom of my heart!

The Butterfly Effect is a shitty movie. I heard it also partially rips off Donnie Darko although I haven't seen that. But still, TBE is just another crappy movie with directors who didn't know what they want, with 3 to 4 different endings.

Lavi, I watched Shining Through in my History class this past year!

Except we didn't get to finish it, and what I did see was somewhat spoiled by people's heads being in the way of the screen and people talking... What I saw, I did enjoy, though; it'd be nice to see it in full with better circumstances.

You definitely HAVE to rewatch it then, Gina!! I go mad when for some reason I cannot get to finish watching a film, no matter if I like it or not!

I'm terrible with catching up on movies, but I'll definitely try to. At least I've gotten a nice recommendation from you to know for sure it's a good one.

I watched the first half of the Sidney Lumet directed "The Fugitive Kid" with Marlon Brando. I liked it but it was too late and I was too damn tired to watch it completely.
The direction was great but what stood out was Brando's acting, as allways. The story wasn't all that great but maybe it would've gotten better towards the end.
I liked the long scenes and the still-camera without disturbing cuts which gave the actors the option to optimize their parts/monologues. Definetily want to see the movie soon...

Just got done watching The Sopranos Season 5. I love having the DVDs with the ability to watch 2 or 3 in a row and not having to wait week after week. Altough, now I won't get my Sopranos fix again until March

I just watched Shogun Assassin again tonight to decide if I wanted to invest in the Lone Wolf and Cub series. After watching it, I absolutely would invest in this series when I get paid tomorrow or Wednesday. I think I actually liked this movie more than Lady Snowblood now. Anyone would hasn't seen it and likes Asian movies such definitely see both of these movies if they can

I saw "War of the Worlds" Friday. I thought the acting and story stunk. The only good things were the special effects, and the seeing areas near me or that I'm familiar with getting blown up. I got up in the middle of the movie to go to the bathroom and buy snacks because I was bored and everything that was going to happen was so predictable.

I'm surprised people have been bashing War of the Worlds. I really enjoyed it and think it's one of the better movies this summer

By the second half of the movie, I was hoping the aliens would just wipe out Tom Cruise and his dysfunctional family. The first 1/3 of the movie starts out good, but then with little plot and character development, it spirals down into a mess.

Man on Fire - (Scott;2004;USA) - *
An alcoholic ex-assassin strikes back at cartel members after they kidnap the girl he was protecting..
Looking at the filmography, Tony Scott is somewhat close to being another Michael Bay or Renny Harlin. Seeing this again, the whole movie is a farce. An hour of character interaction just so Denzel can throw grenades and shoot people in slow motion. The editing, while talented makes the film an MTV music video. It should've been used for one or two scenes. The music is very good, but used for corny pseudo-dramatic scenes. Then at the predictable end, the film insults the audience once again. (see below) Denzel is a good actor who is playing too many similar characters. A Van Damme movie with gaudy editing.
SPOILER
Pita is alive, changed from the original story (Hollywoodized), and of course Scott/Helgeland can't let the villain get away, so he adds an out of place epilogue for him.
SPOILER END

Young Guns