I heard it was basically just soft-core porn.. from several people [/b][/quote]Well, what can be said? Irish has the kinks for stilletto heels and 1970s funk-rock music.

I heard it was basically just soft-core porn.. from several people [/b][/quote]Well, what can be said? Irish has the kinks for stilletto heels and 1970s funk-rock music. [/b][/quote]No no no, it's 1980s music :p

Wolf Creek ***

Unfortunately I enjoyed this more in the theater but I'll buy it Tuesday in any case. A well paced film about 3 hikers who get stranded and received help from a "local." This is help they most definitely should never have agreed to

Nah.
That's partly why we split with Afi after so long an engagement...

Fun With Dick and Jane * 1/2

Another movie where all of the funny parts are in the previews. Unfortunately, this movie was anything but fun. Avoid this come Tuesday

Two films today so I'll try and be brief:

Ice Age 2

You know what you're getting. The classic animated film sequel fit for all ages. You either like them or you don't. I particularly found this one better than the first. The highlights are with Scrat and his acorn - his adventures are funnier and more creative in the sequel.

Saw 2

If you've seen the first you know what you're getting. Another terrific freaky film. So I have no excuse for watching it at a mates house until 2am and then knowing I've got to walk home (just glad I didn't swallow some hashish this time). Again, as with the first, I would liked to have seen a bigger psychological struggle testing their morals and will to live. It was hardly explored with the captives (except the huge latino guy with the nail club) but it was with the detective. Desperation can bring out the worst in people. I'm happily awaiting Saw 3.

On a side note I was reading the comments for Saw 2 on IMDB and came across someones idea of an extra scene during the credits. You'll find it here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489270/board/flat/39961380
I thought it was genius and scare the shit out of me.

ok, I'd love to marry in church.

So I guess we cannot be but lovers.....

Magnolia (Anderson/1999)

Just finished my 2nd viewing. I recently felt as though I re-discovered Boogie Nights for the intensely fantastic film it is, so I was eager to rewatch this to see if I might expierience a similar reaction.

What really struck me this time around was the film's amazing connection with its music. There are 3 or 4 major pieces of music which play for long periods of time in the film, continuosuly running through multiple character's storylines, and always corresponding with what is being shown on screen. It really shows the amazing amount of directing talent Anderson possesses.

Magnolia is great, but you really should see Short Cuts, which inspired it.

Back to the future Part 1



A entertaining film which i never get board of watching,im glad they only made the trilogy but with film's like this they could have carried on making them for a long time

in BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 7, we see Michael J. Fox...

"Doc, the Flu..Flux..Flux..."

"Marty, THANK YOU for shaking that ketchup bottle for me!"

"you bas..bas...turd!"

So I guess we cannot be but lovers..... [/b][/quote]Ahem... I produce wrong impression of some kind? :p

ok, I'd love to marry in church. [/b][/quote]Does that also mean I'm marrying into your, Afi's, and JustMe's love triangle?

You have something against open Swiss families?

The Greatest Game Ever Played **

Pretty disappointing and not really the movie I expected. I heard it was good prior to viewing but I don't agree with that statement. I was surprised to see that it was another Disney Remember The Titans sequel with a golf club

Hey Irish, funny enough, Bill Paxton directed that lame-ass Disney golf inspirational bullshit movie, and ya I think we agree on that.

That's right, Bill Paxton. How he didn't get killed in the movie, I'm not sure.

Forgot about this from school.

Good Night, and Good Luck. - (George Clooney;2005;Japan/France/UK/USA)
Edward Murrow tries to enlighten America to Senator McCarthy's witch hunts.
Clooney does a great job with his very smooth direction. From the interesting mise en scene to the wonderful Rosemary Clooney songs performed. The film manages to not only speak out about freedom of speech, but also about the influence and misuse of technology relevant to today. I only felt it could've gone a little more in depth, though my opinion might change on a second viewing considering I saw this fragmented over several days.

I've been watching a movie a night (or every other) for the past couple of weeks. Briefly:

Good Night and Good Luck, Capote: Both lightweight, obvious and overrated. The latter a weak skim of the all-time-great "In Cold Blood.
Crash: Too ugly for its own good.
The Tin Drum (1979): One of the great off-the-wall films. Consistently bizarre, constantly entertaining.
Klute (1971): Though Fonda's and Sutherland's performances are a bit overmannered, this movie still holds up. Solidly gripping plot, real early Seventies stuff.
About Schmidt (2004): I disliked it at first, but have enjoyed it more with each viewing--first for Kathy Bates (sign me up for anything she's in); now I'm appreciating Nicholson's performance. Genuinely good.
Seconds (1966): Still Frankenheimer's masterpiece. Absorbing, fascinating, scary, with a first-rate cast that includes Rock Hudson's and John Randolph's best performances, plus stellar work by Salome Jens, Jeff Corey, Wesley Addy, Frances Reid, Murray Hamilton and the ever-popular Khigh Deigh (Wo Fat in "Hawaii Five-O"). A great movie.
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995): Without question, the best documentary ever made. A work of art.

SHE HATE ME (2004) - *1/2

Man, Spike Lee took alot of garbage for his decent SUMMER OF SUM picture, of which he followed with the intriging-if-failed BAMBOOZLED, and then this movie, to which like Levinson's TOYS, nothing works. If anything, what is the point?

There is Lee's commentary on epic white collar crime, responsbility, moral responsibility, the Mafia, Lesbians, Male prostitution, Studding....and yes, its as off the wall and as random in the movie as it sounds. A total failure of a film, with its greatest highlight of such mistakes is John Turturro and Monica Belluchi as the Mobster and his lesbian daughter, who becomes a recipient of the protagonist's "Man Milk". Really, he plays her father, and yet he is 47, she being 40. Eh?

The only things that maybe saved this movie from a total BOMB score is a scene where the protagonist, who becomes a stud for lesbians who want kids of their own, is studied from head to toe like a horse or animal. Too bad the rest of the film isn't as touching or humiliating.

Thank god Lee sprung back with INSIDE MAN last month!

ok, I'd love to marry in church. [/b][/quote]Does that also mean I'm marrying into your, Afi's, and JustMe's love triangle? [/b][/quote]It isn't a triangle, but more of a circle. Everyone is welcomed into our circle; however, we might either let you on the perimeter or just dance around you and then cook you for dinner. But you do know Persian cooking... Hmm... No worries on your part...

Walk the Line

Quite possibly the best soundtrack to a movie, ever.

There's something about the movie I can't quite put my finger on. I really enjoyed it, the acting was tremendous. Within moments I'd stopped watching Phoenix and Witherspoon and started watching Johnny and June. The story was an interesting one to be told but it was lacking something and I don't know what.

I may need to revisit this film.

Munich - Only 1 hour 20 minutes of it!

What? Can someone explain to me why I should waste over another hour for the remainder of the film. I was looking forward to this film and as I watched I got increasingly frustrated. Nothing engaged me like it should have. If it wasn't for it being my mate's DVD it'd be used as a coaster or frisby by now. In the words of Al Pacino "DON'T WASTE MY MOTHERFUCKING TIME".

I have no worries at all: he will be very tasty.

Breakfast On Pluto **

Cillian Murphy did a very good job as Kitten but other than that I thought the movie was pretty boring. Not a very strong story because I didn't care about any of the characters.

I don't agree. It should be a triangle, and I will be in the middle. Period.

I have no worries at all: he will be very tasty. [/b][/quote]Please, don't make me eat you first. :p

Yeah, you'll be in the middle all right and we'll be dancing around you to increase our appetites.

What the hell is all this madness?!?!

In the movie discussion thread?

It doesnt end!

You're telling me. That's why the Random Post Whoring section was invented