My parents were too. I am not real into the vampire craze going on right now.Metal Militia wrote:My sister is OBSESSED with that True Blood show. I've never watched it. We have seasons 1+2 on DVD so maybe I'll give it a watch.Snickerd00dle wrote:A quick list of the movies I have seen recently
The Jerk
Howl's Moving Castle
True Grit
Dead Ringers
All of these movies were excellentSpent today watching season 2 of True Blood, I only have two episodes left
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It is a great show! The show was created by Alan Ball, the same guy who did American Beauty, which is a great film as well as Six Feet Under, one of my other favorite HBO programs, don't let the vampire craze prevent you from watching, because you will indeed miss out.PixelPixii wrote:My parents were too. I am not real into the vampire craze going on right now.Metal Militia wrote:My sister is OBSESSED with that True Blood show. I've never watched it. We have seasons 1+2 on DVD so maybe I'll give it a watch.Snickerd00dle wrote:A quick list of the movies I have seen recently
The Jerk
Howl's Moving Castle
True Grit
Dead Ringers
All of these movies were excellent
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Seinfeld- Complete Series
I've been watching this show on and off my entire life. Born in '87 so I was just growing up as this show was going on. I remember watching it with my mom when I was little, obviously didn't understand a lot of it. Still liked watching for whatever reason.
As I got older into my teen years the show was obviously still airing through syndication and I watched it whenever I caught it on TV. I understood it more than when it originally was airing. Loved it.
I've had the series on my Amazon wishlist for the past 2 years and never had $200 bucks to blow on it. Apparently neither did family and friends. Anyway right before Christmas it was Amazon's deal of the day for $90 taxed and 2 day-shipped. Got it and been watching it nonstop. It was the first time I ever seen the finale, and a ton of episodes I didn't remember as well. This has to be the best $90 I've ever spent.
I've been watching this show on and off my entire life. Born in '87 so I was just growing up as this show was going on. I remember watching it with my mom when I was little, obviously didn't understand a lot of it. Still liked watching for whatever reason.
As I got older into my teen years the show was obviously still airing through syndication and I watched it whenever I caught it on TV. I understood it more than when it originally was airing. Loved it.
I've had the series on my Amazon wishlist for the past 2 years and never had $200 bucks to blow on it. Apparently neither did family and friends. Anyway right before Christmas it was Amazon's deal of the day for $90 taxed and 2 day-shipped. Got it and been watching it nonstop. It was the first time I ever seen the finale, and a ton of episodes I didn't remember as well. This has to be the best $90 I've ever spent.
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Black Swan (2010) - This film really popped off the screen, and I have become an even bigger fan of Portman than I was before I saw it. Parts were disturbing and perplexing, parts were gorgeously filmed, and parts were genuinely sexy (something many movies claim but few achieve). I won’t go so far as to say it is Aronofsky’s best work, nor is it as good as his last outing (The Wrestler), but it is close. Vincent Cassel is also great here, and leads a supporting cast that really pulls the film together. Other than a few brief out of place horror film clichés that pop up very late in the film, I didn’t find much to complain about. I did find a lot to enjoy.
Grade: 4/5
American Graffiti (1973) – Here’s one that I could have sworn I’d seen previously, but none of it seemed especially familiar when I watched it recently. I understand that the film is noted for capturing a certain time in America and a certain time in teenage life, but I really don’t think the film holds up very well today. The acting performances aren’t especially convincing, the lauded race scene and driving sequences are actually quite dull and not shot in an interesting way, and the plot is boring. The soundtrack (and the way it is presented) was probably the highlight of the film for me. Lucas’ prior and subsequent work were both substantially better.
Grade: 2.5/5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) – After reading a pirate novel, I wanted to see a movie with old ships, cannon fire, etc. – and this is what I had in my collection. I haven’t seen this in well over five years, and the film isn’t as good as I remember it being at the time. Don’t get me wrong – the sets and cinematography are both top notch, and the film does deliver some captivating action sequences. However, the acting is largely bad (except for a few of the supporting cast), the plot suffers from poor pacing, and the score is nothing memorable. It’s still a fun Napoleonic-era naval film, but it isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch.
Grade: 3.5/5
12 Monkeys (1995) – Brazil is probably Gilliam’s best film in many ways, but this is my personal favorite (although The Fisher King comes close). The set design, especially in the future scenes, are some of the most memorable put to celluloid, much of the direction is innovative or interesting, the acting by the three leads is pitch-perfect (Willis' best performance?), and other than a very few weak points (the ending scene has never seemed right to me), it is a film that is well deserving of high praise. It is also arguably the best sci-fi film of the 1990s.
Grade: 4.5/5
Pulling out Master and Commander and 12 Monkeys from my DVD collection reminded me that I have a lot of movies on my shelf that I haven’t watched in a very long time. So, I plan to start going through at least some of my collection this year to help justify holding on to these films…or perhaps to help me decide to let them go!
Grade: 4/5
American Graffiti (1973) – Here’s one that I could have sworn I’d seen previously, but none of it seemed especially familiar when I watched it recently. I understand that the film is noted for capturing a certain time in America and a certain time in teenage life, but I really don’t think the film holds up very well today. The acting performances aren’t especially convincing, the lauded race scene and driving sequences are actually quite dull and not shot in an interesting way, and the plot is boring. The soundtrack (and the way it is presented) was probably the highlight of the film for me. Lucas’ prior and subsequent work were both substantially better.
Grade: 2.5/5
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) – After reading a pirate novel, I wanted to see a movie with old ships, cannon fire, etc. – and this is what I had in my collection. I haven’t seen this in well over five years, and the film isn’t as good as I remember it being at the time. Don’t get me wrong – the sets and cinematography are both top notch, and the film does deliver some captivating action sequences. However, the acting is largely bad (except for a few of the supporting cast), the plot suffers from poor pacing, and the score is nothing memorable. It’s still a fun Napoleonic-era naval film, but it isn’t a masterpiece by any stretch.
Grade: 3.5/5
12 Monkeys (1995) – Brazil is probably Gilliam’s best film in many ways, but this is my personal favorite (although The Fisher King comes close). The set design, especially in the future scenes, are some of the most memorable put to celluloid, much of the direction is innovative or interesting, the acting by the three leads is pitch-perfect (Willis' best performance?), and other than a very few weak points (the ending scene has never seemed right to me), it is a film that is well deserving of high praise. It is also arguably the best sci-fi film of the 1990s.
Grade: 4.5/5
Pulling out Master and Commander and 12 Monkeys from my DVD collection reminded me that I have a lot of movies on my shelf that I haven’t watched in a very long time. So, I plan to start going through at least some of my collection this year to help justify holding on to these films…or perhaps to help me decide to let them go!
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Red Desert (1964) by Michelangelo Antonioni
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 piece 'Red Desert' is, on the surface, a film that deals with the changing face of the world under rampant industrialisation, but far more than that it's a comment on alienation and human adaptability in such a society. Guiliana (played by Monica Vitti) is the wife of petroleum plant manager Ugo. She lives in a spacious, modern apartment with Ugo and their small son, but there's an undercurrent of instability in Guiliana's persona, a feeling of unease and angst that Monica Vitti exhibits in Guiliana's every action. Vitti's portrayl of Guiliana is one of a woman on the point of a nervous breakdown, always fidgiting, wringing her hands, looking at unease and full of angst and continually walking away from conversations, forcing others to follow her. The way her character hugs close to walls at every opportunity is allegorical of her need to be surrounded by friends, family and loved ones, claiming that she "is only ill when I'm alone". We find out that Guiliana had recently been in a car accident and had spent a month in hospital being treating for shock, but unbeknownst to Ugo, Guiliana isn't adjusting well after her accident, while her husband remains entirely oblivious. Into the frame comes Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris), an engineer friend of Ugo on his way to set up a new petrolium plant in Patagonia. Zeller is a quiet, reserved man who, like Guiliana, is visibly at unease with his surroundings, however his life and work afford him the luxury of moving from place to place, while Guiliana feels increasingly trapped in her existence. Inexorably, Zeller and Guiliana are drawn to each other, Zeller recognising a kindred spirit of sorts and Guiliana casting out a cry for help that only Zeller is capable of recognising. The fact that Zeller picks up on this and is continually drawn to Guiliana, despite her unstable, demanding behaviour, immediately points to his attraction to her, but it's only after acting on his attraction that Guiliana comes to accept her station and encounters her defining realisation; people aren't cured, they adapt.
But it's not just Guiliana's life she has to adapt to, it's her surroundings, beautifully brought to screen in what was, quite surprisingly, Antonioni's first foray into colour. With a telephoto lens to flatten the perspective, framing scenes purposefully out of focus and the use of disarming long-cut shots, Antonioni paints a bleached and chemical picture of post-war Italy, an Italy that expanded into an industrial super-power at an alarming rate. Antonioni was so adamant about how this world should be presented that he insisted on painting trees, barrels, walls and even whole fields to ensure the results he envisioned. An extreme measure, certainly, but a welcome one as the stark, sterile greys of this industrial Italy, juxtaposed here and there with flourishes of artificial, man-made colour, are often brought to the forefront of the viewer's mind when at times the pacing and ambiguity of the narrative create a lull in interest. Those man-made colours provide another allegorical point, alluding to how the society of this industrial community has adapted to the bleak repetitiveness of the environment by injecting splashes of primary colour into their surroundings. One criticism that's easy to level at 'Red Desert' is that it's an entirely singular film - Guiliana is undoubtedly the protagonist of this piece, but everyone else, even the ambiguous love interest Zeller, appears on screen barely defined. This might be a problem for anyone expecting a traditional narrative, but that's not what 'Red Desert' is about. There's no real progression of story here, only the progression of Guiliana's mental state, everything else is quite incidental and as such, is not admitted entry into Antonioni's vision. It's this bold vision that provides the films defining hallmarks; the remarkable cinematography that surrounds Monica Vitti's accomplished, if somewhat overwrought, performance.
Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's 1964 piece 'Red Desert' is, on the surface, a film that deals with the changing face of the world under rampant industrialisation, but far more than that it's a comment on alienation and human adaptability in such a society. Guiliana (played by Monica Vitti) is the wife of petroleum plant manager Ugo. She lives in a spacious, modern apartment with Ugo and their small son, but there's an undercurrent of instability in Guiliana's persona, a feeling of unease and angst that Monica Vitti exhibits in Guiliana's every action. Vitti's portrayl of Guiliana is one of a woman on the point of a nervous breakdown, always fidgiting, wringing her hands, looking at unease and full of angst and continually walking away from conversations, forcing others to follow her. The way her character hugs close to walls at every opportunity is allegorical of her need to be surrounded by friends, family and loved ones, claiming that she "is only ill when I'm alone". We find out that Guiliana had recently been in a car accident and had spent a month in hospital being treating for shock, but unbeknownst to Ugo, Guiliana isn't adjusting well after her accident, while her husband remains entirely oblivious. Into the frame comes Corrado Zeller (Richard Harris), an engineer friend of Ugo on his way to set up a new petrolium plant in Patagonia. Zeller is a quiet, reserved man who, like Guiliana, is visibly at unease with his surroundings, however his life and work afford him the luxury of moving from place to place, while Guiliana feels increasingly trapped in her existence. Inexorably, Zeller and Guiliana are drawn to each other, Zeller recognising a kindred spirit of sorts and Guiliana casting out a cry for help that only Zeller is capable of recognising. The fact that Zeller picks up on this and is continually drawn to Guiliana, despite her unstable, demanding behaviour, immediately points to his attraction to her, but it's only after acting on his attraction that Guiliana comes to accept her station and encounters her defining realisation; people aren't cured, they adapt.
But it's not just Guiliana's life she has to adapt to, it's her surroundings, beautifully brought to screen in what was, quite surprisingly, Antonioni's first foray into colour. With a telephoto lens to flatten the perspective, framing scenes purposefully out of focus and the use of disarming long-cut shots, Antonioni paints a bleached and chemical picture of post-war Italy, an Italy that expanded into an industrial super-power at an alarming rate. Antonioni was so adamant about how this world should be presented that he insisted on painting trees, barrels, walls and even whole fields to ensure the results he envisioned. An extreme measure, certainly, but a welcome one as the stark, sterile greys of this industrial Italy, juxtaposed here and there with flourishes of artificial, man-made colour, are often brought to the forefront of the viewer's mind when at times the pacing and ambiguity of the narrative create a lull in interest. Those man-made colours provide another allegorical point, alluding to how the society of this industrial community has adapted to the bleak repetitiveness of the environment by injecting splashes of primary colour into their surroundings. One criticism that's easy to level at 'Red Desert' is that it's an entirely singular film - Guiliana is undoubtedly the protagonist of this piece, but everyone else, even the ambiguous love interest Zeller, appears on screen barely defined. This might be a problem for anyone expecting a traditional narrative, but that's not what 'Red Desert' is about. There's no real progression of story here, only the progression of Guiliana's mental state, everything else is quite incidental and as such, is not admitted entry into Antonioni's vision. It's this bold vision that provides the films defining hallmarks; the remarkable cinematography that surrounds Monica Vitti's accomplished, if somewhat overwrought, performance.
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Vanishing on 7th Street (or Vanishing of 7th Street - On Demand shortened the title): This movie was decent. It gave the impression of an up and coming director with a limited budget who managed to create a great atmosphere without CGI or an A-list cast. There were some pretty creepy moments and the main antagonist (s) are pretty clever in my book. The ending was a bit cheesy, unfortunately, but it did not take away from the film for me.
Case 39: I thought this movie was a thriller about child abuse, but was pleased to discover I was wrong. I don't remember the trailer for this film, but apparently it gave away the entire story before the movie came out. Rene Zellweger was almost tolerable in this movie - I used to not mind her, but for some reason I can't stand her anymore. To be honest, I enjoyed her performance and will give her another chance. The star of the show, of course, was Jodelle Ferland. Most of you will remember her as the little girl in Silent Hill. She is amazing, downright terrifying at times. She still has a bit of work to do, but I think she could either make it big in a few years, or (if she sticks to the genre) be a cult favorite among horror movie fans. As for the movie itself, it suffered from some questionable CGI at the end that made me cringe (the ending itself was pretty bad and illogical), but the story was pretty fun and there were some exciting moments.
Case 39: I thought this movie was a thriller about child abuse, but was pleased to discover I was wrong. I don't remember the trailer for this film, but apparently it gave away the entire story before the movie came out. Rene Zellweger was almost tolerable in this movie - I used to not mind her, but for some reason I can't stand her anymore. To be honest, I enjoyed her performance and will give her another chance. The star of the show, of course, was Jodelle Ferland. Most of you will remember her as the little girl in Silent Hill. She is amazing, downright terrifying at times. She still has a bit of work to do, but I think she could either make it big in a few years, or (if she sticks to the genre) be a cult favorite among horror movie fans. As for the movie itself, it suffered from some questionable CGI at the end that made me cringe (the ending itself was pretty bad and illogical), but the story was pretty fun and there were some exciting moments.
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I haven't seen the movie, but I was surprised to find out that Justin Timberlake didn't play Mark Zuckerberg. He just looks a lot like him. I don't really care for Justin Timberlake, however, or a movie about facebook so it doesn't really matter to me in the end.Scottie wrote:I watched Social Network movie for last time. As a facebook fan I like this movie because it shows the story behind the facebook.
Just watched The Signal. So weird, this movie starts out with a very crappy quality cheesy horror film that later turns out to be just a movie on the lead characters TV. Anyhoo, I did not know this when I first tried to watch this months ago and turned it off thinking that it was some college made, POS made on someone's cell phone. Even this time I was about to turn it off (because I didn't recognize it at first), but I got distracted. Suddenly it turned into the real movie and I was like what the hell!?
Anyhoo, pretty good movie. Not perfect and still low-budget. For a low-budget film, it's good. I don't want to give too much away, but the film is separated into three parts, each has a different atmosphere (I think a different director did each), which gives it a unique film. It seems like a Pulse/28 Days Later/zombie hybrid, and it does have some elements of each, but it is not a ripoff. Again, not perfect, as there are some badly acted scenes and things drag every now and then.
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Total Recall
Its great.
Its great.
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Just great? You insult Total Recall by merely calling it "great".OldSchool_Boy wrote:Total Recall
Its great.
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Haha the chick with the 3 boobs always gets to me also.. "2 WEEKS!!!"OldSchool_Boy wrote:Total Recall
Its great.
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