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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/03/06 06:44 AM
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Originally posted by Lavinia from Italy: What a pity there's Gwyneth Paltrow in it. I totally dislike her. She's such a cold fish. She's elegant... I'm planning to watch Proof too.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/03/06 10:50 AM
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Originally posted by Don Andrew: Elephant
Gus Vant Sant fails miserably to tell a conventional story. (Not that he was trying to do that anyway.) How can he fail miserably to achieve something he didn't set out to do? For me, he's succeeded in telling an unconventional story.
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/03/06 01:09 PM
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Grizzly Man  Werner Herzog 2005 US (1st time; big screen) A documentary on Timothy Treadwell, who lived, in the summer, among bears, until he and his girlfriend were eaten alive by one in 2003. The most fascinating scenes here are one where Treadwell talks to the camera as he walks about his women troubles, and then another, with him cursing and blasting the civilised world in which he has become famous through what he believes to be mockery. Together, these touch upon very fascinating insights into a character who masked himself in falsities only to escape his own deficiencies; it is at its weakest when revealing its own contradictions: Herzog warns Treadwell's ex-lover never to listen to the recording of his death, and moments later, we have a doctor telling us all the gruesome details anyway.Der Untergang / Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel 2004 Germany/Italy/Austria (1st time) The final days of Hitler and those close to him, as the Russians invade Berlin. It looks like one of those new, crisp and suddenly popular TV dramas, too clean to be credible; it sounds like a muffled video game; it feels like a film set throughout, where, if the camera were to pan to the right at any moment, you may just see the rest of the cast fumbling about on set, ready for the next scene. Not even Ganz' sterling performance can lift it beyond its own claims of historical accuracy
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/03/06 05:00 PM
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Originally posted by Capo de La Cosa Nostra: [quote]Originally posted by Don Andrew: [b] Elephant
Gus Vant Sant fails miserably to tell a conventional story. (Not that he was trying to do that anyway.) How can he fail miserably to achieve something he didn't set out to do? For me, he's succeeded in telling an unconventional story. [/b][/quote]That's what I was trying to say.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/03/06 08:52 PM
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So far today. Fahrenheit 9/11 - (Michael Moore;2004;USA) Michael Moore's take on post-9/11 America, specifically George Bush's agenda.Moore's cynicism towards Bush is justified, throughout the film we're presented with half-truths or editing tricks meant to deceive us. Ultimately it fails in it's impact, both on me and on the American voters. However it's humor keeps it watchable. I particularly loved the spoof of the Bush Administration as The Magnificent Seven. Permanent Vacation - (Jim Jarmusch;1980;USA) A 20-something young man frequently spends more then a day walking around Manhattan meeting new people out of boredom.I was somewhat reminded of Five Easy Pieces by this. Jarmusch's debut is unlike his later style, but a very interesting direction. It has many great ideas and quotes I loved, although it's not as impacting as his later work. Don't get me wrong, it's still a good film about a man who's boredom leads him through a constant search for satisfaction. The music is also very good, consisting of Charlie Parker and some other Jazz, the latter played by John Lurie. Chris Parker's performance could've been better. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes Aguirre: The Wrath of God - (Werner Herzog;1972;West Germany/Peru/Mexico) A group of conquistadors are driven by the insane Aguirre to find El Dorado.Throughout the film I felt it was great, but towards the end it started to escalate to the point where I was angered when it ended. A masterpiece about the drive of insanity, that ends wonderfully. Kinski's performance is rich with a subtle intensity that makes you wish he had even more screen time. One of my favorite things about the film is the musical score, which enhances the lost feeling of the film, especially against the jungle cinematography. It may be invented rather than true to the real man but that's not the point of the film. Instead we're graced with a powerful film. Even at an hour and a half, it's an epic.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/04/06 12:47 AM
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Originally posted by MistaMista Tom Hagen: I like Levinson for Bugsy and Bandits, and I need to rewatch Rain Man. Some of Levinson's best work, I think, has been his hometown Baltimore coming-of-age and growing up trilogy of Diner, Avalon and Liberty Heights.And if you want to make it a quad-trilogy, there's Tin Men, DeVito's breakthrough film role, and a truly funny picture with a great supporting cast that nearly steals it.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/04/06 04:28 PM
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Yojimbo The Bodyguard - (Akira Kurosawa;1961;Japan) A ronin comes to a town where he plays the two rival gangs against each other.Kurosawa does for the samurai what Leone would later do for the cowboys. I can't tell you whether this or A Fistful of Dollars is better, but both bring us personifications of cool. This film also has some subtle humor here and there that lightens the mood. You can see some things that would later inspire Lucas and Tarantino. It's overrated at IMDB but nevertheless this turns out to be a great samurai film. Toshirô Mifune makes his character very likable with his performance.
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Re: Movies You Just Watched Discussion
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03/05/06 01:45 AM
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Walk the Line - (James Mangold;2005;USA) Johnny Cash rises from poverty to fame, sparking a romance with June Carter while in the midst of drug addiction.Like Ray, it's overrated ridiculously as a masterpiece, but it still turns out to be a good film, though it was completed too late, drawing comparisons to Ray. I feel it's better though the former needs a rewatch. Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon bring a lot to this film, maybe not as much as Jamie Foxx did for Ray, but still a lot. Overall with a combination of talent it's kept solid, flirting with cliche here and there, but keeping itself together.
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