Talk Elections

only post movies you've seen for the first time, not stuff you've watched again.

"Be here to love me", documentary about Townes Van Zandt.

Munich

I can't remember the name but it's the one where the guy loses his job at the giant company because it was run badly. Bah, I know the star who plays in it but I can't even remember his damn name. :(

The New World. Don't see it. It sucks.

Fun with Dick and Jane?

Yes, that's the name, thanks. :)

I don't remember.

It must have been awhile then. :P

In a movie theater?  I think it was Wedding Crashers.  On video/DVD, Cry Freedom.

Whichever was later. Even tv counts. Just as long as you didn't know it before.

Kinsey on HBO On-Demand.

In that case, it was Cry Freedom.

I downloaded Van Wilder on Limewire a few days ago...though it was quite funny

Dolls by Takeshi Kitano.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330229/

F-ing brilliant.

When a stranger calls.  It sucked by the way.

If we're talking about a theater, then the last film I saw was Narnia, before New Year's.

If we're talking about films in general, then the last one I saw was Anchorman.

"Say, where did you get those clothes, at the toilet store?"

Theater: Aeon Flux
in general: Dead Poets Society, just an hour ago in class.

Munich.

On TV "Die Another Day"

(I know, I'm pathetic... I haven't even seen "Golden Eye" yet...)

Theatre "When a Stranger Calls"

Rin-chan

Good Night and Good Luck

I'm sorry...

There was nothing else on AND I've never seen it before.  It was weird watching a live action Wai Lin (sp?) since I've only seen her in Nightfire.

Rin-chan

That's what they said the movie was called and I know she was in it because Bond yelled her name a few times.  Besides, how would I know what's the right name?  I've only seen maybe 2 and a half James Bond movies.  Maybe.

Rin-chan

Unfortunately, I was forced into seeing the Pink Panther movie yesterday. The things people go through to progress up the ladder of human relationships :P

I think "Fun with Dick and Jane" was the last one I saw in theaters. 

EDIT: No, it was "Big Momma's House 2."  The last "new" one I've seen on DVD was "Sky High."

Please say it's not true (in tears, grabs J-mann by the shirt) PLEASE SAY IT'S NOT TRUE!

How badly did it hurt?

IT HAD HAWT BABEZ LOLZ

LOL -- it was decent!

Well, I saw the two Kill Bill's on TV, but theater movie, I'm semi-embarrassed to say:

Curious George

(Remember, I have a young kid)

Pink Panther, with Steve Martin.

It wasn't nearly as bad as everyone swore it was, in my opinion.

Brokeback Mountain -and I wish I hadn't seen it.  Must they make those gay sex scenes in that canvas tent so graphic?   :P

The moment I heard that Brokeback Mountain had gay sex scenes in it, I resolved then and there that I would never, ever, ever see that movie.  A movie about gay people does not need gay porn, thx.

Haha, I didn't know about the gay sex scenes, but that was my alternative to "Big Momma's House 2" -- and wouldn't you know, the girlfriend wanted to see "Brokeback Mountain."  Fortunately, I still wear the pants in the relationship ...

Fun with Dick and Jane.

Martin Lawrence in drag?  Now that is manly.

Good Night, and Good Luck, I think.

Love Actually

I was compelled by threats.

Don't remember.  I'm sure I caught something on TV recently, but it was obviously unmemorable.

The last film I saw in a movie theater was Narnia.

I hardly watch movies here at school, but I think the last one I saw in theaters was Grandma's Boy over break and on video was Interstate 60 - you've probably never heard of it, but it's a really cool movie.

Stroszek (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075276/)!  It was so good, and wonderfully anti-American.  I love Werner Herzog (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Herzog).
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Though I've not yet seen it (I plan to on Friday) most movies have what are considered by some as 'too graphic' love scenes, so I wouldn't condemn Brokeback Mountain for being too graphic; it is simply following current trends.

Besides I have through more mainstream films than I care to remember with straight love/sex scenes and I don't complain :)

As for Good Night and Goodluck it is quite a short film, but well structured and a joy to watch really. David Strathairn is fantastic - very dry. But the film isn't about his portyal or Edward Murrows, its more about the behind the scenes team that helped get the story out.

I wouldn't really call that scene that graphic to be honest. I saw it a few weeks ago with a friend and we both loved it. To be honest, the fact that it was about two gay guys didn't really bother me.

The heterosexual love scenes were more graphic than the homosexual ones by a long shot.

Well, you're talking to someone here with a shameless double standard -I was much more comfortable with the heterosexual sex scenes and had no problem whatsoever with how graphic they were.  If I had to see a scene with two people of the same sex going at it, I would prefer they be women as opposed to men..... 

Yeah, I know I'm a hypocrite.  :P

Rounders. Fairly old film(about eight years old) but I've never seen it. Pretty decent, I really want to play some poker now though.

I don't remember.

In theaters, it was War of the Worlds. I saw it on the Fourth of July. ;D

As for TV, I watched my DVD of Die Hard 2 yesterday. :D

the last non pornographic movie? I don't remember...

CHeaper by the Dozen on DVD. So-so; I din't choose it but it was OK.

Last movie I saw in cinemas...can't remember :p Saw fun with Dick and Jane a few months ago, pretty average as well.

This apparently straight-to-video movie was shown on the bus home from the Munich away game (http://www.hooligansthefilm.com)

No it doesn't make you a hypocrite, anymore than it makes me a hypocrite for only going to strip clubs with female strippers and never male ones.

Land of the Dead.

Great movie.

Last two:
Thursday I saw:
Fitzcarraldo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083946/)
A movie about a crazed opera-lover:
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Who drags a steamboat over a mountain in 1890's Amazonia:
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Friday I saw:
Innocence (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375233/)
A tale of prepubescent girls in a surreal boarding school.
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L.A Confidential

Another film that I should've seen awhile ago. Good stuff, solid preformances all around.

Basically the beginning of the Australian invasion :)

Pearce and Crowe both had great preformances. Very convincing as Americans ;)

The Lion in Winter

I finally got to see Underworld 2 over the weekend.  It wasn't too bad.  I think I liked the first one better.

Russell Crowe is the Errol Flynn of his generation: an accomplished Australian actor who occasionally gets into a drunken brawl or throws a telephone into a person's face.

He loves a good fight, as evidenced by this South Park episode:

http://www.maximumcrowe.net/maximumcrowe/maxcrowe_southpark.html

The original with Katherine Hepburn or the remake with Glen Close and Patrick Stewart? The remake was long and boring, I liked the original better. It was one of Anthony Hopkins first roles.

You only get one guess as to what the last movie I saw in the theatre was. I don't like talking about it b/c States and Jake start making lynching jokes :( I'll just say that "Crash" better not win on Sunday, if Hollywood knows whats good for it.

Everyone's whining that no popular movies were nominated. Capote, Munich, etc. are great films and if you are too lazy or ignorant to see them then maybe the Oscars shouldn't matter to you.

I saw Sin City on DVD, I didn't like it. Yes visually it was great, but the story was lacking.

Frodo- Not only you are a hypocrite, you're a homophobe. 

Old School

And that right there is exactly the queer agenda. If you disagree with their position and where they stand. Start personally attacking them. Very petty.

How is it 'personally attacking' someone to say that they hate homosexuals when their position is that they hate homosexuals?

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me -- 8/10

Not Lynch's best, but still a bloody good film.

Just because you have a 2,000 year old book to base your "arguement" on doesn't make it any more valid.

The original, I've not seen the re-make at all. It's quite an interesting film, Hopkins, O'Toole and Hepburn are all good. Some good quotes in it as well.

Anyway the last film I've now seen is Saw, which was disappointing.

My 2k year old books is the most accurate and truthful book ever written in human history.

Global Heresy, which was OK; but since then i've seen half of "Very Important Person" a British film from the 50s or something. It was OK, actually. About a popmpous old bastard who nobody likes who ends up in a POW camp, and then stuff happens (don't want t spoil it).

Goodbye Lenin

Missed that somehow when everybody went to see it in the cinemas...meant to go actually... seen it on tv last night. Hilarious.

On TV, or at the cinema?

TV - Cold Mountain. Cinema -  Can't remember. It's a long time I was at the back row kissin and a cuddlin with FREDA :P

Dave

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Got that on DVD. Great film.

Veronica Guerin on DVD.

It was alright, but I think they might've been a bit too fluffy on it, actually. And what was the deal with the Colin Farrell cameo?

Blade Runner, a great film

The Aviator, watched it last night

Dave

How exactly do I 'hate' gays?  Certainly I am uncomfortable and squeemish watching gay sex scenes (as most heterosexual men generally would be -perhaps you and Pym are the exceptions), and I have serious reservations about letting gays and lesbians marry each other -that however does not equate in making me a 'homophobe' and that I 'hate' them for who they are.  I am not 'out to get them' by campaigning for gay marriage bans or for stripping them of their civil rights, and denying them their right to at least enter into civil unions. 

I hardly think Frodo is the type that guys like Pym ought to be worrying about... at least for this side of the Atlantic.

Why?!  What have they ever done to earn your enmity? 

I'm sure your hatred comes not from them but from your intolerant culture, community, forbears, etc.  If only there were some way to feed you all to the lions.

Cold Mountain -I wasn't much impressed by Nicole Kidman's performance.  It's a shame Renee Zellwegger wasn't given a more prominent role -that was perhaps her best film. 

They haven't because I am not their enemy -and I hope I never will be.   


Opebo, you are a self-centered scumbag but a damn consistent one at that.  You pick the same vocabulary over and over again ad nauseum.  You ever thought of using another expression apart from 'feed you all to the lions'?

Just to remind everyone where Pym is coming from with his claims that I am a 'homophobe':


With standards like his, most of this forum would be classified as 'homophobes'. 

Why is this being brought up again from a week ago?

Frodo my problem is this (not the bold part in your post):


Just b/c you admit you have a double standard and downplay it doesn't make it less offensive. I bet if there was a law proposed to allow only lesbians to marry you'd support it? I can understand someone being flat out homophobic, but having a double standard like this is just plain insulting.

I suppose its not your fault you feel this way, since most men find 2 women making out to be hot. It may be more about biology than bias, but its still annoying.

Because I only just found out what you said.  I hadn't really paid much if any attention to this thread until I was wandering about this forum last night.   


In actuality -if it makes you feel any better- I would oppose same-sex marriages for both gays and lesbians.  Nowhere in my original comment that you alluded to did I ever say or imply that I would support one sex marrying but not the other.  Little did I expect anyone to make such an issue out of a comment I made half-jokingly, and which I did not intend to be taken too seriously. 

And I would appreciate it if you quit putting words into my mouth. 


Thank you for your understanding. 

I see this thread has veered far off topic ... then again what's the movie I saw last night? Brokeback Mountain, that's what. Maybe not so far off topic, then.

Last three movies I've seen:

1) Das Leben der Anderen
2) Syriana
3) Munich


Will probably go to see "Inside Man" tomorrow... although the idea that Spike Lee makes a mainstream thriller sounds still kinda weird to me. ;)

What a sellout. :)

Any good?

In keeping with my Werner Herzog theme of this visit to the Bad Place I added another to my list.  Alas, the Werner Herzog portion of my local  university film series has ended, and whilst going through withdrawal I came upon, unexpectedly, a showing of Incident at Loch Ness, a 2004 mockumentary.  Mildly funny, but not much there compared to his usual films.. of course it only starred Herzog, he did not direct.
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A good example for liberal Hollywood propaganda. :D

Many people probably find "Syriana" both boring and too complex, because of its extremely slow pace, the almost documentary-like style, the multiple plots and storylines as well as the dozen or so different main characters (the numerous supporting characters not counted).

It isn't exactly your typical "blockbuster" action movie. You have to pay attention to everything what happens on the screen and you have to think a lot. The script for "Syriana" is from the same author who has written "Traffic" and in many ways both movies are comparable in the structure of their plots as well as their visual style. Think of it as "Traffic" with greedy oil executives and corrupt CIA officals instead of greedy drug lords and corrupt Mexican cops.

V For Vendetta - 8/10

The most recent picture I watched was Good Night and Good Luck, which was excellent one of last year's best, I'd say. On TV I recently watched Room With a View (girlfriend's initiative). None of us thought it to be all that good though.

Brokeback Mountain's scene is not all that graphic. I was a little shocked but it's like a 5 second scene in a 2 hour movie. It says nothing about the film as a whole. I found it to be a little overrated but still very good. Top 5 of last year, most certainly.

And I'm glad to see that some other people here seem to enjoy quality films, as opposed to the usual thrash... ;)

Failure to Launch (http://www.failuretolaunchmovie.com/)

Guy I know told me he'd gone and seen it with his wife and they didn't understand the plot. :)

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Inside Man

Likely that I'll see Ice Age II this weekend sometime.

V for Vendetta - a truly remarkable and moving film.

V for Vendetta

The best film I've seen since the last Lord of the Rings. Very well done, thought provoking, and interesting. A monumental film.

Red Eye.

Still Munich. I rarely go to the movies.

I never go, unless it's with other people.  I wait for the dvd.

I just yesterday saw Ice Age: The Meltdown on opening night.  It was fantastic; I highly recommend it to anyone who likes animated movies.

Yeah, seeing a movie by yourself seems like too big a hassle for something you can just rent a few months later and watch in the comfort of your own home, which is exactly what I did last night, as I watched Good Night and Good Luck, finally pushing Munich out of the "last movie I've seen" spot.

Chronicles of Narnia, not by my own choice. Arg, that movie a waste of time.

Yep, I second that. I took the wife and two children yesterday. Great movie.

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde.

On TV. Not great, but a reasonable time-passer.

In Theaters- Brokeback Mountain (I care about it more as a gay rights event than as a movie, which is something most people wouldn't understand). Still, it was the best movie of 2005. March of the Penguins was G-rated pablum that belongs on TV, and Wedding Crashers was far less funny than I was led to believe.

On Video/DVD: Sin City- Didn't Like It
                       
Out of Africa: A Good Oscar Winner from 1985. It made me nostalgic for the days of colonialism.

V for Vendetta

You have no appreciation for art. :(

I agree. The Swedish voice over wasn't very good, unfortunately, but as a movie it was great. Stunning.

Stunning? It was a documentary on penguins. It should have been aired on Discovery or National Geographic.

If Michael "Pork Chop Ass" Moore gets to put his fictional sh*t on the big screen, then certainly an excellent flick about penguins deserves no less, no?

You're aware that documentaries get aired on cinemas regularly? It's better than a lot of other crap movies. :P

If you don't want to see a documentary on penguins, you can always not go to the theatre it's being shown in.

I thought that it was a marvellous movie.  So what if it didn't have any humans in it?  The real-world story that the penguins went through in March of the Penguins was better than a lot of stories written specifically for a movie.  Plus, it had a bunch of cute pictures of animals.  Anyone who doesn't appreciate cute animals has no soul.

Also, the soundtrack was absolutely gorgeous; I immediately knew I wanted to buy it the moment I left the theatre.

Anyone seen 16 blocks.  Saw that the other day.  Good movie.

Actually last weekend I saw Napoleon Dynamite! Loved it- especially that ime machine scene.

That movie made absolutely no sense to me.

:(

I love that movie.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Thats exactly how I feel. Yes its amazing how the parents care for their young, walk a hundred miles in blizzards, etc. But it seemed to be made for children primarily, and wasn't worth a full ticket price. I only saw it b/c my friend wouldn't see 40 Year Old Virgin instead.

You have no appreciation for art. :( ;)

Ice Age 2

Poor attempt at a sequel.

Porky's 2.

Heh. Heheh.

Stop living right now.

If you even try to compare it to the original, I'll hire someone to fly to Victoria to yell at you.

"Victim", a film set in 1950s Britain about extortionists threatening homosexual men (it was still illegal there back then). Quite a good film, I recommend andy and chris watch it just to see how far Britain's come.

See, not everything I watch is drivel :D

Irreversible

F***ing most difficult movie I ever had to sit through.

Thank You for Smoking, clever film that makes very good points. If you're expecting a laugh-out loud, laugh a minute film, this one isn't for you; the humor is subdued which is effective.

You all would like it, I think, especially some of the libertarians ;) .

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.

I didn't think I'd like that movie, one reason I didn't see it until now, but it was pretty good.  Oh, and Aragorn rocks!

Scary Movie 4.

Scary Movie 3 was WAY better and I would have rather seen it on video, but it was okay.


^^^ Good for you!  I love the LOTR trilogy!  I'd like to read the books again sometime...  Legolas is better!!

Rin-chan

I saw the "Benchwarmers" last night.  Now, I'll be the first to say that the movie looked like it was going to be terrible, but I saw it, and I thought it was incredibly clever.  Four stars.

"The Dish"

In the Theatre---Take the Lead--better than I thought it was going to be!

On TV/DVD  --- Malibu's Most Wanted

^^^ Isn't that hilarious?

Rin-chan

I LOVED it!!  I had to rewatch it!  Sad thing is, I know people, who while aren't as extreme  in their personas as B-Rad, are just as deluded!

The Girl Next Door

I was surprised how much I actually liked it.  I'd seen it before, but just decided to watch it again the other night.  One of the better movies in my dvd collection.

:P

Went to see Silent Hill on Friday. It was alright. There was a bit too much plot exposition for my liking, which is to say it lacked the sort of ambiguity that contributed to the game's atmosphere - one of the main reasons it was so frightening was precisely the fact that you never quite knew what the hell was going on. I was also disappointed by the use of gore; the games didn't need gore to be scary, they went solely by the strength of their atmosphere. That, and Pyramid Head's appearance struck me as rather gimmicky - he was only really there as a nudge and a wink to the fans, whereas in SH2, he was virtually a central character.

I happen to think that the film was good, quite good, up until the point where they introduced all these secondary characters, and then it turned slightly haywire. Heck, they even explained where the sirens came from.

That's the last one I've seen. It was good. There were some scenes that had me cracking up.

Neil Young: Heart of Gold

Brilliant cinematography and amazing music as always.

Rolling Kansas

The Squid and the Whale
Very good. Pleasantly surprised as I didn't expect great things from it. Very good performances all round.

Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Bought the entire 12-disc extended DVD set for £30 at Virgin. Bargain!

Apollo 13...for about the 20th time.

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Yours, mine, and ours.

It was decent, at best.

Dont go see it, unless you know its your style. Tust me. :P

Cool, that's one of my favorites!

The Godfather

I used to never want to see that movie, but now I really like it.

For some reason, I've never seen this movie.

Munich. Best film of 2005, in my opinion. Spielberg and everyone involved really brought their A-games to the table to create a gripping psychological thriller. Everything is almost perfect about the film.

Yeah, Munich was great. I've seen Why We Fight and Sophie Scholl: The Last Days. Both were entertaining, though the first was Fahrenheit 9/11 with a different title. The latter was excellent, very moving, well acted all around.

Munich was alright. I thought that it dragged on for far too long. Some of the characters really annoyed me, too. The best part was when the Jews and Arabs are accidentally arranged to spend the night in the same place. The Jews had to cover their identities but the Arab leader still found a way to accuse them of being Jewish sympathizers.

East of Eden, starring the remarkably hot

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James Dean.

Not a great actor, actually, although he's good enough.

I got the DVD of Reservoir Dogs and watched it a couple days ago.

North Country

Positively amazing!  Great acting, great story, verrry well done.  I loved it.

Three Kings

The Hours

maniacal, suicidal, and strange. but deep. somehow very deep.

Scary Movie (the first one)

It was definately one of the worst movies I'd ever seen and it disturbed me that people saw it in middle school and thought it was good AND that their parents let them see it.

Rin-chan

MI:III

New- The Family Stone    B+

Old- Boogie Nights           A
       Of Human Bondage   B


Three Kings and The Hours are really awesome movies.

Over the weekend I say:
X-Men - I'm not a fan of this genre, and unsurprisingly didn't think much of this.

The English Patient - Better than I thought it would be, on the whole not bad.

Braveheart - Seen it before, but it's very entertaining (even if it is from the  Riefenstahl school of film-making).

The last movie I saw was Akeelah and the Bee.  It was surprisingly good, given its rather simple premise.  There was a quote presented in it that stuck with me long after the movie.

It was funny! Sure it was raunchy, but it wasn't that bad!  And parents not letting their kids see movies/TV shows/computer games I personally find to be disgusting.

"The Benchwarmers."  It was actually quite good.  Laughed through most of it.

Pulp Fiction

I thought it was really good.

"The Fog" (1980) w/Jamie Lee Curtis.

The Squid and the Whale

Munich

Krótki film o zabijaniu

^^^^

It was good, for an action movie.

"Tsotsi" will be, in a little over two hours.

But the second half was SOOOOOOOO disturbing....

>.< *shields eyes*

Rin-chan

Lonesome Dove.

Book was better.

Any good?

Bit heavy on the saccharine, but some great photography, some violence, some good music... I'm not complaining. Yeah, it was good.

Garden State for the past couple hours. I see what everyone's been talking about.

The Empire Strikes Back

for the billionth time

Triple X with Ice Cube, a year ago.

Raising Victor Vargas, on tv last night. Someone get me Judy Marte here, please.

King Kong (2005)

I just watched almost all of Brokeback Mountain on the plane on first leg of  my journey back to Thailand, but they turned off the entertainment as we were landing in Taipei.  I missed the last part.. damn!

Excellent movie up till that point.. now I really want to see the ending.

Da Vinci Code twice and United 93

Da Vinci Code was disappointing, while United 93 was very poignant, and I think a very appropriate movie for the topic.

Shortcuts, by Robert Altman. Pretty good, 5/6.

Poseidon 2006.

Not bad.

The Da Vinci Code



Two remarks about the movie:

1) Most of the supposed plot twists and suprising revelations could be guessed at least half an hour before they took place on the screen.

2) A few times the movie even became unintentionally funny. I haven't read Dan Brown's novel, but it appeared to me as if the director attempted to make a serious thriller/drama-version of "Dogma". As it turned out, this attempt failed.

X-Men 3.

I liked it a lot but it could have been a lot better.  I was very disappointed with a few of the things that happened in the movie.  And is it really the last film?  I kind of doubt it, judging by the double ending (the very last scene before the credits, and the scene after the credits).

I won't spoil anything for anyone, but if you go see the movie, you HAVE to stay after the credits are finished.

so i heard...after the fact.

what a lousy director.

"chungking express" by kar-wai wong.

what a brilliant movie, with great characters.

theatre: "Walk the Line"

dvd/tv: "Dances with Wolves" and "Reservoir Dogs"

Oh yes.
Although I loved Fallen Angels even better.

Lord of War

I went into this film expecting the average Nick Cage experience, fun but nothing out of the ordinary. I was wrong, it was the opposite. A very well made film that is thought provoking and a look at what may be one of the most despicable but necessary jobs in the world. Cage does suprisingly well in the role. The film is clever, surprisingly dark and, as I said before, thought provoking. I thought it was a very underrated film that more people should probably see.

Have any of you seen 2046 or "In the Mood for Love" and if so how did these four compare to each other?

I saw X-Men 3 today. I thought it was very good, but still disappointing and nowhere near the second movie. We were in a rush, so we left before the credits were over, and having just read what happens, I'm pissed.

Kramer versus Kramer
Fairly good. Loved the scene where the kid meets his dad's new lover.

Saw the DaVinci Code last night, pretty good but not the best.

Part of the Royal Tannenbaums with Fezzy and friends last night, right after we watched Wrong Turn.

Rin-chan

I'm trying to get around to seeing all of his movies now -- you notice the cinematography in chungking express  the second time around  (like faye coming out of the store holding garfield during the big chase with the 1st cop). good stuff.

A few nights ago, I saw "In Good Company" with Dennis Quaid, Scarlet Johansen (hot!) and that guy from That 70s Show. It was pretty amusing but nothing spectacular.

I just saw Tombstone for the first time.  What a good movie.

I just rented a copy of the new version of "When a Stranger Calls" - pretty good.

Saw "Da Vinci Code" yesterday. It's certainly not the failure that it has been made out to be, but it shouldn't be up for any awards. It didn't really shift from the book at all, which was a bit frustrating, since the book is so literary in nature, which all the riddles, codes, etc. It's a no-win situation when you make a movie out of a book; either it is boring since it fails to shift from the book when neccessary, or everyone hates it because the director changed some supposedly important part of the book.

Am I the only one that doesn't find her hot?

Yes.

The Vanishing.

The original Dutch version, not the crappy Hollywood remake. Bloody excellent film.

No, since you do find her hot.

Double life of Veronique

Great film. polish/french.

I think she's ugly and everyone is always falling all over her. I really don't get it.

Paradise Now, and it was the best film I've seen this year. I'm a pretty big Israel supporter, but it made me question and rethink some of my beliefs and that's always a good thing.

Just came back from watching 'An Inconvenient Truth', and it was actually pretty good (somewhat on par with the 'March of the Penguins' documentary), and have already strongly recommended that my older sister go see it as well.  There wasn't much I didn't already know, but Gore (amazingly) managed to keep it interesting enough to hold my attention.   

I saw X-Men III on Saturday. Really good, added the humor which was good. :)

I saw the Omen today. Pretty decent for a scary movie, nothing to in-depth.

How does it compare to the original?

I haven't seen the original, but two of my friends had, I both of them thought it wasn't as good.

'Reindeer Games'. Pretty good flick.

Isn't that with Ben Affleck?

As for me, the last movie I watched was Sum of All Fears. Okay movie, but the worst of the Clancy 4.

Yep. I also watched 'Exit Wounds' which is suprisingly good for a Steven Seagal movie.

Does steven only use his arms in that movie too?

No, he uses guns a few times.

I've yet to see him use his legs in a fight yet

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Once Upon a Time in the West is the best Leone film, but TGTBTU is brilliant in its own right.

I need to buy the Blue Underground disc of Django... yes, I'm addicted to spaghetti Westerns at the moment. :)

I finally saw "The DaVinci Code" two weekends ago, and "Mission Impossible 3" last weekend.  "X-Men 3" will be this weekend (if I can find the time).  After that . . . I think I'll go back to my video collection and stay at home.  hahaha

I saw X-Men: The Last Stand the other day. It was pretty good.

Yup, saw it Saturday night.  Pretty good.  Seemed shorter than the other two movies though.

I just watched Jurassic Park III. What an appauling addition of the series. I haven't watched The Lost World in such a long time so I don't remember if it's as lackluster as this film but that may be pretty difficult. It's amazing how bad this film is, especially when you compare it to the smart adventure film that was the original and the novel (which I'm currently reading). The whole film feels like it never got past the first draft stage and has a direct-to-video quality about it. The only redeeming thing is the appearance of the original cast members and even that is misused.

What Jurassic Park IV needs to do is get back Crichton to write the story, Spielberg to direct and the characters of Grant, Malcom, and Ellie and have the story revolve around the military occupation of Isla Nublar (which we haven't seen since the original and we can assume that the military took it over if they sent troops to the other island at the end of JPIII) and NO TAG ALONG KIDS! If they don't atleast get the original team back together it won't be worth watching.

I've seen Failure to Launch, Superman Returns, Cars, and Pirates of the Caribbean II since I last updated. All but Superman Returns were good, Superman was merely decent.

Ice Age II.  The last I saw was Over the Hedge--I LOVE Steve Carell

I saw Sin City for the first time last night, amazing movie.

Noo Hin!  I was on the bus to Pattaya and they showed it on the way - bootlegged DVD no doubt. 
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Noo Hin is based on a popular cartoon series in Thailand that has been around for 30 years.  This movie is a very cute and hilarious story about an 'upcountry' girl from Isaan who goes to Bangkok to work in a factory and ends up as a maid for a wealth family full of beautiful daughters.  Noo Hin is very homely, hyperactive, and sometimes downright strange, but extremely plucky, and has an strange ability - when she is feeling happy, proud, or in love - of appearing incredibly beautiful.  Nice idea.  There are many such cartoonish aspects of the film, which has a really appealing surreal look.. similar in concept to Sin City mentioned above, though a very different kind of cartoon.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Saw it last night, a week after I saw Superman Returns.  Both were great movies.

went to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest  tonight, i thought is was a really well done, exciting, funny movie.  i'm really looking forward to the third one now! 

of course all the eye candy in the movie doesn't hurt either  :)

Hmm... Ive seen a video recording of a theater production (Meine Schneekönigin, by Berlin's Volksbühne) last. Before that, the graduation movie of my mate Jakob's, titled Show Time.

3 Iron by Kim Ki-Duk.

Absolutely f***ing brilliant.

Just saw Dead Man's Chest.  A little hard to follow, but an excellent movie.  It was very fun; it brought back all of the characters from the first one in various, creative ways.  I can't wait to see the next one next year.

I finally saw V for Vendetta today - what a good film!  So deftly topical in today's fascistic political environment.

Went to the drive in to see Cars and Click. I recommend both movies, especially Click.

The Milagro Beanfield War.

Saturday Night Fever

The French Connection

Classic. Can't believe it took me so long to finally see it.

Oh aye.

Devil Wears Prada

I really hope you used that to gain points in a relationship?

Lady in the Water

Honestly...I don't what the hell happened between the preview and the movie itself. Totally wasn't expecting that kind of movie.

What kind of movie was it?

^^^^^^

Superman Returns


It was alright.  I'm just pissed off that he never threw the cellophane "S" at anyone.

A Scanner Darkly

Quite good.

I watched 40-Year Old Virgin for the first time last night...honestly, I think it is a little over-rated.

Superman Returns.

It was pretty good, but I should have researched the backstory a bit more, as that's the first Superman related thing I've ever seen.

I live like 5 minutes from where that was filmed...also 5 minutes from where Signs was filmed.

(Sorry, I didn't see these quotes)

It was weird, it was like a kids story that was made up to be a horror movie in the previews.

No one gets the "S" reference... :(

I just watched Love Actually. I went in expecting a normal chick flick type movie to suffer through, but it was actually pretty good. Top 50 probably.

I'd disrespect him even if he did get laid as a result of seeing that movie.

Wordplay-I friended the kid from it on facebook and he actually sent me a message back.  Nice guy.

LOL.  Real men see that movie.  It was done very well.  Meryl Streep is a very good actress.  Anne Hathaway was whiny, buit besides that I'd recommend it.  No, I did not score points in my relationship since it was with a friend.  I definitely didn't get laid.

Yeah, real gay men. :P

For Love of the Game. Very Very good movie, well done and made. I very much recommend people here renting it or buying it.

Lady in the Water, they actually made some pretty funny moments in the movie so that was another good part of it.

Ant Bully

Awesome movie, I'd recommend it to anyone.

Miami Vice

Absolutely horrible movie. The plot was slow and boring, Colin Farrell could turn Gone With the Wind into a piece of sh**t with his acting skills, and for an action movie there was only any sort of action in the last 15 minutes of a two and a half hour movie. Possibly one of the worst films I've seen this year.

Dead Man's Chest.
Part one was way better, but of course that's too be expected in a quickly-made unplanned sequel.

It's been nearly four years since the first one and the end of that one left it open for a sequel. I wouldn't say that's quick or unplanned.

Clerks II

An Inconvenient Truth
16 Blocks
X2 (Don't laugh)
The Pink Panther (remake)
about to watch... Flight Plan

The Waterboy.

Me too.  Absolutely hilarious.

I also Scoop-it was alright, Woody Allen was funny but it had a very predictable ending.

That was the last one I saw aswell. It was funny but it had some REALLY "gay" moments and tried too hard to get a message across, but that seems to be what the recent Kevin Smith movies do.

Good movie.  Last one I saw was "Pirates of the Carribean 2."  A very good movie.

I think the sequel wasn't *planned* ahead, though. Anyways they took longer filming than they hoped to, which accounts for the four years. I don't think they took as long with the script or gave as much attention to it as they did with part 1. In fact, I'm sure of it.

Like I said, I thought it was a very good movie.  Definitely had a different flair to it (much darker/serious . . . relatively speaking), but still had the same elements which made the first one enjoyable.  Making it a part I of II, with the second movie being shot at the same time, you are naturally left with a "half the story" feeling, but I think they did a good job of making a whole picture out of Part I.

Lady in the Water. (today)
My wife liked it but I didn't. Shyamalan is kind of a nut sometimes.

Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness

One of the finest films ever made.

She's the Man

I tried to watch Match Point but I didn't like it so I only saw the first 20-25 minutes.

Evita

Say what you will about musicals but Evita is a masterpiece in my mind. Brought to screen in 1996 by Alan Parker, Evita features a sweeping score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics that are clever, witty and heartfelt all at the same time by Tim Rice.

Evita leaves it up to you; it shows you the view of the skeptical common man through the cynical and sarcastic everyman Che (Played by Anthonio Banderas) while showing you the personal ordeals of  Eva and Juan Peron (Played by Madonna and Jonathan Pryce, respectively).

Madonna, surprisingly, gives a great performance and really does resemble Eva. Banderas' acting is pretty good but his voice leaves a bit to be desired, it's far too thin for my tastes compared to the vocal powerhouses who have played the role like Mandy Patinkin or Colm Wilkinson.

Director Alan Parker does a superb job of bringing a faithful adaption of the musical to screen while still adding elements to make it cinematic. It would be interesting to see what his Les Miserables would've been like if he went ahead with that, as originally intended.

Overall, a great film in my book. One of my favorites and I'm not afraid to admit it.

Pharaoh's War (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114122/)

I watched Munich on DVD a few evenings ago and thought it was amazing.

Spielberg still has it, despite him going from the creative, low budget director of Duel to WOTW remake to this one. Great movie.

Royal Tenenbaums, again.

I don't think I've ever watched it without distractions, and now I realize what a beautifully shot, perfectly performed, and more than perfectly written piece this film is.  My new #1 of 2001 (taking over Memento).

V for Vendetta

(Bought it yesterday)

Go ask for a refund before you unwrap it.

Hey, anybody see Silent Hill? I know it's based on a video game, but the guy who directed it directed Brotherhood of the Wolf a few years ago and he's known for atmosphere, which I think is good. I haven't seen it. It will be out toward the end of the month and if it's any good I'm going to get it. I know it won't appeal much to the Lady of the House, so I wanna be reasonably sure it's good before I try to make time for it. :)

hahaha . . . too late (obviously).  :P  Actually, I enjoyed the movie, both at the theatre and last night.  

Citizen Kane

What can I say? An absolute classic.


Yep, seen it. I'm a huge fan of the video games and I think Gans did a fairly good of getting the atmosphere across. But it wasn't scary enough in my opinion. There are some good moments, but it's nowhere near as intense as the games (especially 1 and 2, which are absolute masterpieces). Still, worth watching IMO.

Agreed, watched it the other day.

Last film at moment was The Godfather, good but I wouldn't put it in my top ten I reckon.

Their are only a few movies that really freaked me out. The original Exorcist and The Ring were really freaky.

The Ring freaked you out? Oh come on.

fo reelz

She's the Man (again--you can never see too much of Amanda Bynes:
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"Inherit The Wind"

Another classic with two of the greatest of all time: Spencer Tracy and Fredric March (I know some people are saying "Who?")

Not only that, but this movie also had Pittsburgher Gene Kelly, and Col. Potter from MASH plays the Judge.

"again" doesn't count.

Hwal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456470/), Korean original with German subtitles.

That's by the same guy as Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring isn't it? Any good?

wind-dixe

Talladega Nights

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I thought it was pretty funny, what did you think of it?

I laughed pretty hard at some parts, but I didn't think it came anywhere close to Anchorman.

Irreversible

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290673/

Wow. Just... wow. This is the closest depiction to hell I've ever seen on film.

Yeah, it is that bad.

I liked it.

3 Iron is my favourite Kim Ki Duk film (10 out of 10 masterpiece IMHO), but Bad Guy is almost as good.

I got to admit to not having seen any before this one. I was aware of the name, and intended to see one sometime... so now I did.

I recommend virtually all of his films. Well, at least from the ones I've seen.

Well, I finally saw Batman Begins which I thought was well done in most parts, though a bit of a letdown after all I've heard about it. Great ending though to set up for the next one. I also saw Sophie Scholl: The Final Days again yesterday. Second time was less good, but still one of the top five of 2005. Today I saw Scoop, which I recommend highly. Woody Allen is hilarious through the whole thing and the story is fairly interesting.

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

It´s great, isn´t it ?
Did the american version have subtitles or was it in english ?
It´s just bad it didn´t get an oscar 2006 for best foreign movie.
the actors, especially julia jentsch were playing shockingly realistic.

I recently saw saw and saw 2 afterwards ...

Speaking of Julia Jentsch... you really should go and dig out Die Fetten Jahre Sind Vorbei (Stupid english title: The Edukators)

Been a while since I saw it, but Citizen Kane still stands out as a classic. :)

I trust you both know that it is based on Hearst quite a lot

I was one of the first to see this movie and i have it on DVD ;)

Subtitled.

Just watched "Real Fiction" by Kim Ki-Duk. Very good film. A revenge fantasy is just what I needed after such a sh**tty day.

I saw Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby yesterday. It was really great. Humor was similar to Anchorman, but unique enough to be its own film. Definetly one to see.


Grade: A-

"Timeline" and the 2003 version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"

It was a Sci-Fi channel night for me.  :P

I saw that on ABC a handful of days ago.  Although my latest movie was "Big Momma's House".

V for Vendetta. Easily the best movie, so far, of 2006.

Watched that one and 40 Year Old Virgin last night. I was impressed, but Inside Man is still the best non-animated movie of 2006.

I've yet to see Inside Man. Although the cast looks impressive.

1992 was a great year for movies and I just recently re-watched two movies I haven't seen in a while from that year: Scent of a Woman and Shining Through.

I saw Scent of a Woman when it first came out and haven't really seen it since and I was blown away. Great adult drama / character study. Just simply riveting. Pacino's speech at the end burned a hole in the screen of the TV, I think. Better make sure it works!

Shining Through stars Melanie Griffith and Michael Douglas; probably not many have heard of it. Heavily stylized noir-like WW II drama. Might not be bad for a date movie if slow-paced and serious are okay. Great film. :) Tense ending.

Of course, he tried to pay the studio not to broadcast it. I've been to Hearst Castle, crazy place but I wouldn't mind living there.

I saw Harold and Kumar go to White Castle the other day.  Seemed-not as funny as the first time though.  Think it's a characteristic of stoner humor.

The Matador
A reasonable effort. Pierce Brosnan was good.

Notorious. A great classic Hitchcock espionage film. Great performances from the three leads; Grant, Bergman and Raines. Some say that Grant's Devilin was Fleming's blueprint for James Bond and I could definitely see it.

Beverly Hills Cop

Me thought it was pretty funny.

I saw "Little Miss Sunshine" last night and it was definitely the best movie of 2006 I've seen so far. Great black humor, and the facial expressions/clashing of ideals between Greg Kinnear, who plays a struggling motivational speaker, and Steve Carrell, the gay Proust Scholar who tried to kill himself, is fantastic.

A very enjoyable movie, with just the right amount of great comedy/drama, both of which envoke laughter and sympathy.

Enemy of the State (part of it)
Finding Nemo
Star Wars III

i took my son to see barnyard the other night, i thought it was really cute.

Miami Vice

Nice action movie, even acted decently at parts (especially the Chinese chick).

I just saw too, it was a great movie.

Eh? Saw that recently, but definitely not true.

And James, live there? That's a scary thing to consider...

I'd like to see Little Miss Sunshine, but it won't come to Sweden in a long time I suspect... :P

I'm sure you could Bittorrent an illegal copy on the Inter-web in a few weeks.

Great quote from the  movie:

"Grampa, am I  pretty?"

"You are the most beautiful girl in the world."

"You're just saying that..."

"No! I'm madly in love with you and it's not because of your brains or personality."

Spiderman (on FOX, so edited)
Spiderman 2 (DVD--Widescreen)--dumbest scene ever: when she runs through the park after she skips her wedding--dumber than all of Clockstoppers combined.

Snakes on a Plane!

Hearst Castle is a crazy crazy place. I think I could do nutcase media baron who runs the world from his palatial house on a hill in California rather well thank you very much :P.

Why exactly is Little Miss Sunshine rated R? I had really wanted to see after seeing a preview, but it's hard for me to get out to R movies unless my parents feel that it's a movie I need to see, like Munich or Fahrenheit 9/11. Guess I'll wait till DVD.

Kingdom of Heaven. Great movie if i do say so myself.

FINALLY got to see Wedding Crashers!

I watched my tape of Duel. I started liking that movie when I was like 5. ;D

Snakes on a Plane

Tetsuo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096251/maindetails)

One of my favourite films of all-time. Who needs drugs?

What about Bob

L'Auberge Espagnole (Spanish Apartment?)

Hopefully spelled correctly. Not too bad and the sequels coming out/is out soon. Interesting at least.

If you're aiming for Hearst/Kane, be my guest... ;)

Good deal of swearing, a death via heroine use scene, and a fake strip tease from a ten year old girl.

What is a "fake" striptease?

Cold Mountain. Pretty good overall.

Haha, well, it's really funny. Olive (the girl)'s grampa, who dies of the overdose, teaches her her dance routine, which turns out to be a provocative semi-striptease (no real skin beyond her legs showing) striptease to rick james 'superfreak.' whole family gets up on stage. a great movie.

Ichi The Killer

Heh.

A Walk To Remember

hahaha . . . not that it's a real movie, but I get a kick out of this poster:

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hahaha . . . here's another one:

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Invincible

Pretty amazing movie, loved the working class feel to the whole movie. Definitely in the year's top ten.

Pearl Harbor and something I can't remember--I'll keep trying.

Weeeell, it conflicts with my ambition to be a failed novelist....

Address Unknown by Kim Ki-Duk

Not the most depressing movie I've ever seen, but close. Plenty of characters I'd like to whack upside the head, but then I think that was the point of the film.

Flight of the Phoenix

It was a fairly good movie.

Beerfest

F'ing hilarious.

Gods and Generals. The critics were idiots, again.

The Free Will (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499101/)

Kane was a failed journalist, so there are similarities.

Snakes on a Plane.  Saw it last Friday at 11:55 PM after having about four large beers from a nearby microbrewery.  My friend and I laughed almost every time someone got attacked.  As soon as we saw that David Koechner was the co-pilot, the entire theater (including us) shouted "WHAMMY!" since he played Champ in Anchorman.

I will now go and watch "American History X"

Starring Edward Norton trying to look like Fabien Barthez.

Snakes on a Plane.

What did the critics have to say about it?

They all said it was such a horrible movie and that Gettysburg (1993) was better. I've seen both movies dozens of times and the critics are idiots if they think Gettysburg is better.

Great movie.

In the last couple weeks I've watched
Snakes On A Plane (good)
Accepted (decent)
Cry_Wolf (I liked it, though the critics didn't)
El Crimen del Padre Amaro (weird)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers extended version

The recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At the theater it was Devil Wears Prada

I just saw Accepted 3 days ago, I liked it.

I also just rented Capote, I thought it was really good.

I recommend both movies.

"Rumor Has It" (2005).  Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, etc.  Romantic comedy is the genre I believe.

The Producers and Reefer Madness: The Musical.  Both very enjoyable.

Capote was a movie I really liked. Hoffman was really, really good in it, I thought. When you've seen him in a beard the contrast is very striking.

shrek2

Wings Of Desire/Der Himmel über Berlin

Masterpiece.

Cars *embarassed* (with my girl-friend's younger siblings). It was ok for a children's movie, but very, very klichéed.

Really? Everyone I've spoken to who's seen it says it's really good. I mean, sure it's a clichéd, but virtually all commercial movies are. I generally like Pixar.

Well, I think I like Pixar too, though I can't keep count of different animated movies...sure, most commercial movies are fairly predictable, but this was a tad too much in that department. I felt like I had seen it a 100 times before. Granted, I had to see the dubbed version and that probably detracted from the experience.

Dracula (1931). Still entertaining and still a classic, although I fell asleep before the end. I really need to read the novel and see the supposedly superior Spanish version.

"Relative Chaos"  it was a made for TV movie for ABC family.  Let me just say, it made me feel REALLY good about my family!  On the side note, if you are a Buffy fan, Charisma Carpenter and Nicholas Brendan are two of the leads in it.

Miami Vice


I have to admit that I actually enjoyed it... certainly better than I expected, considering that it's just a adaptation of a TV series from the 80ies.

But I do have a weakness for those bleak and morally ambiguous cop thrillers... plus, I like this ultra-realistic documentary-like style with shaken hand-held cameras etc. which has become popular in recent years (despite the fact that many people think that it hurts the eye after a while and causes them headaches :D ).


Btw, judging from the "masterpiece or crap?" debates on the imdb message board this seems to be a pretty polarizing movie.  The same applies to the user rating there:

10 out of 10 - 1832 votes
...
5/10 - 874 votes
4/10 - 626 votes
...
1/10 - 1249 votes


Well, personally I would give it a 7/10 or so.

I saw Snakes on a Plane, quite impressive.

"I'm tired of the muthain' snakes, on this muthain plane!!". Instant classic.

American History X. Disturbing, powerful and oddly inspiring. One to add to the list of favorites, for sure.

Back To the Future II

Glen Or Glenda

Classic Ed Wood.

United 93. If you're not moved by this film, no matter where you come from, you may not have a heart.

I agree with that. It's an extremely harrowing film.

World Trade Center

Wedding Crashers

V for Vendetta. Had a lot of negative press but I really enjoyed it.

Men in Black 2

The Illusionist

Hostel

Gross, but great movie.

Agreed. Have you seen Audition? It was quite a big influence on Hostel, plus it's one of my favourite films of all-time.

Sahara, mainly because I'm a Clive Cussler fan.

Reasonable, but nothing to write home to. Wasn't expecting Giordino to be like that. Wasn't expecting Pitt to be like that. Wasn't expecting a lot of things.

Little Miss Sunshine. Great.

Isn't it just :) I left with a wide grin.

Little Miss Sunshine and An Inconvenient Truth

A Few Good Men (not for the first time).

Dirty Harry

Toy Story 2

The little aliens are my favourite characters in any movie, ever.

What'd you think of that, as someone who doesn't agree with most (any?) of what Gore is saying?

Probably "NO! NO! NO! IT ISN'T HAPPENING!", cue this (http://guynomer.free.fr/images/deaf_dumb_blind.jpg) image.

Heck, it's what some people have been doing for nigh-on a decade.

I really liked it too :p

Partly because I was at the Iguacu Falls etc. and they basically LIE (Ciudad del Este isn't near the falls), but it was cool to see them anyway.

I saw it in a doubleheader with 'Jarhead' at the Astor. The last movie i've seen on TV would be...Bruce Almighty, prolly.

Pitch Black

Inside Man

Very good movie.

Akira (DVD)

My first (no, second actually) attempt at animes.

any

I thought the movie was prepared well if anything, though as propaganda films go, it didn't approach Why We Fight or Fahrenheit 9/11 in humor value.

Anyway, I saw A Scanner Darkly this week. What a depressing movie.

12 Angry Men. A very good movie. Best I've seen for a while.

All The King's Men - It was ok.

"Pretty Baby" on tv. Sort of fitting as we are on the topic of sexual relations with 12-year olds in that other thread... of course, the actress actually was already 13. :P

The Proposition - it was really good

Most of "Sunshine".

Really goo, but it started around midnight and by 2:45 I had to give up on it, it didn't finish till 3:30.

Ralph Fiennes acts pretty well in it, and it's an interesting story. Basically a snapshot of Hungary from the mid to late 19th Century through the empire, both world wars, fascism and communism and maybe the present day (I'm not sure, I left sometime around the early 1960s).

Baby Blue Marine with Jan Micheal Vincent and (a VERY young) Richard Gere.  Not too bad.

Finding Nemo

Been stuck at home with the cold/flu lately, so I've just been watching loads of Pixar movies.

X-Men 3: The Last Stand on dvd

I was still let down on the second viewing.

Hollywoodland was great.

Apt Pupil

I saw "Employee of the Month" on Saturday.  Not as good as expected, but still funny and worth seeing.  The guy from "Punk'd" carries it.

Slient Hill :)

Goodfellas

Little Miss Sunshine
Best film I've seen this year. Funny, likeable, original.

The Queen
Certainly held my interest and was better than I expected. Though, of course, one can't tell just how true to life the rperesentations are. Nevertheless, worth watching.

Children of Men
Held my attention, but felt it was lacking...something. On the whole the acting and everyth-ing was fine, the storyline interesting, I would like a more conclusive ending though.

Seabiscuit
Dullness followed by drearyness for over 2 hours. Trumped up out of all proportions. Unoriginal and best avoided, IMHO.

Julietta, a German flick on SBS. Time passer, but I still don't understand the ending even though i've seen the film a few times now.

I saw The Guardian, which was a decent popcorn movie, and the Illusionist, which was very well done and acted.

Forget the critics.

All the King's Men was fantastic.

Bad Boys (1983) with Sean Penn

Plan 9 from outer space is on now.

Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries), for the third time this year. Still flawless. :)

Scarface

I agree, excellent film.

The Fugitive

It had been a pretty long time since I last watched it.

Poseidon - good movie

Bourne Identity on telly

The Lakehouse

Exes, a French B-movie I had to QC at work, and I hope never to see it again. I usually love French cinema, but this was the pits. But for what it's worth, I failed it for having illegal audio peaks. :D

I watched The Butterfly Effect on TV last night.

Fargo...on AMC. One of my favorites for years now...great film.

Man of the Year. Just plain miserable.

Open Season. Cute, but more importantly, my son loved it.

Flags of Our Fathers

It was awesome!

Rin-chan

Death of a President. Pretty dumb/pointless.

Auntie Mame.

The Prestige. Simply incredible.

The Bourne Supremacy

Must see this movie soon.

Man of the Year

Don't waste your time on it. Not horrible but it was a let down.

Lucky Number Slevin

The Prestige

Good. A bit contrived in parts, but very good nevertheless. Christopher Nolan is easily one of the best directors working in Hollywood today.

I agree.  Plenty of twists and turns, with an ending I wasn't expecting.  Definitely worth watching in the theaters.

What really makes the film great is Nolan's directing and the performances of Bale, Jackman and Caine.

I agree, great acting all around.

The Descent
Snakes on a Plane

Both were bearable, though not entertaining.

Saw III

Scream. Reasonable.

The 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Yeah, it was Halloween. :P

I saw Borat - offensive yet hilarious. You must see this movie.

"Click"

It was... odd.

I just got back from Flushed Away, and it was awesome.

Did you interpret it as a movie about what is wrong with America (because that is what Swedish critics have done...I suspect they're being idiots...)

No because I didn't try to read into the movie.

The Seventh Seal, in Swedish with English subtitles.

It was a hilarious movie, though to be honest Borat looked the most 'sane' in the scenes with the rodeo guy and later the megachurch

Oh, what did you think? (kudos for not watching a dubbed version!) I watched it a couple of years back, I found it pretty cool. Though I think one almost has to be Swedish to appreciate the dialouge, "Jag är döden" ("I am death") is a classic line that just doesn't work quite as well in English.

Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Bourne Identity and Supremacy
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (again)
The Truman Show

Heavenly Creatures.

'S alright, not as good as the hype suggests though.

Infernal Affairs

F***ing awesome. Now for the prequel.

MAY GEORGE W. BUSH DRINK THE BLOOD OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD IN IRAQ, AND MAY YOU MAKE IRAQ UNINHABITABLE FOR A THOUSAND YEARS SUCH THAT NOT EVEN A LIZARD CAN LIVE THERE

Little Miss Sunshine. Yeah, it's finally showing here. (FYI - it got an "ages 6 & up" rating here. :P )

THey weren't showing a dubbed version.

Watching the remake is filed under "things I'll do with my mom this Christmas".

I actually watched Shawshank Redemption for about the 8th time, but this time dubbed in Thai.  I guess you could say I'm working on my Thai a bit.

Done that. Pretty good. Damn long.

And yesterday, I saw Babel. Also very good.

I didn't like Babel too much. My girlfriend hates it with a ferocity that sometimes scare me...I have trouble makin my mind up about it, to be honest.

Babel was okay. I'd give it a 6. It was difficult to watch however because you know something bad is going to happen, and of course, it does. It also got a little preachy at one point. Overall though it wasn't too bad.

Little Miss Sunshine was very funny. Best comedy this year, IMO. I also liked Borat, but it was a little painful to watch at times as well, mostly because of the stupidity shown seriously.

The last movie I watched was The Bridge on the River Kwai. Absolutely amazing. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

March of the penguins

In general: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

At theatres: Borat

Both were excellent and get 4 stars. It was very satisfying and enjoyable watching two naked men fight each other.

The Horror of Party Beach (http://imdb.com/title/tt0058208/)

Christmas Vacation
some Barbie movie (w/ my little cousins--although actually, the soundtrack was pretty good)
The Nativity Story

Domino

I actually threw up. Seriously, it's that bad.

Joyeux Noel
It's my new favorite Christmas movie.

Murder Most Foul.

This movie came out years too late... the whole style is so 1990s... what the hell made you throw up, though?

Apocalypto

Dorian Blues. Actually a really great movie.

Night at the Museum

My mom wanted to see it, now I need to see: Blood Diamond, Rocky Balboa and We Are Marshall.

Aliens

It had been way too long since I last saw that movie. :(

Blood Diamond

 YOU SHOULD SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched the naked gun earleir today

That movie gave me nightmares as a kid. To be fair I was like 8 years old.

"Rocky Balboa"

Watched The Descent for the second time, and... wow. Amazing film. Highly recommended.

Serenity. Not a bad movie.

Pursuit of Happiness

The best movie I've seen this year, and probably the best I've seen Will Smith act. Great movie.

Best Ten this Year:
1. Pursuit of Happiness
2. The Guardian
3. Little Miss Sunshine
4. Invincible
5. Happy Feet
6. Inside Man
7. Casino Royale
8. The Illusionist
9. World Trade Center
10. Scoop

Worst Five this Year:
1. A Scanner Darkly
2. Snakes on a Plane
3. Santa Clause III
4. Da Vinci Code
5. Pink Panther

Happy Feet beats Casino Royale?

Casino Royale dragged towards the end, and Happy Feet grew on me the third time I saw it. There were really twelve top level movies this year (Cars and United 93 also), and only the top four on my list stood out.

American Pie Presents Band Camp.

Hot guy in it........

Pursuit of Happiness, a great movie!
                                       

Saw Rocky Balboa last night and Blood Diamond today.


So now there are two movies left on my list. We Are Marshall and The Persuit of Happiness.

Coffee and Cigarettes

Tomorrow I will see Happy Feet.

Dreamgirls, Blood Diamond, and Apocalypto.

Jake has good taste.

Deamgirls, Jennifer Hudson stole the show!  Outstanding performance and an excellent movie.

The Good Shepherd

Outstanding movie, I'm going to buy it when it comes out on DVD along with Blood Diamond, and Persuit of Happiness ;D

When is We Are Marshell coming out?

It is out.

I've seen better. ;)

But I've seen worse a lot more often, so not bad.

Has anyone seen Paris Je T'aime? I saw that yesterday. I really liked it, even though the concept doesn't allow too much depth.

The Good Shephard.

BTW, has anyone here seen 'Letters from Iwo Jima (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498380/)'? I haven't yet found a movie theater near here that is showing it. 

The last king of Scotland. Impressive performances by all the main cast, especially Forest Whittaker who basically owns all in his performance as mad genodical dictator Idi Amin. My only real complaint here would be the last 30 minutes (and the "Abortion" subplot) some would detract from Realism, before that the situation seemed somewhat plausible.

Pan's Labyrinth.  Definitely liked it, but not quite as much as I was expecting, given all the rave reviews.

Pan's Labyrinth as well. The theater was packed, but I spent a good deal of the time cringing at at the caricaturization, which only in retrospect seems self-conscious, and the predictability of a few of the scenes. Leaving the theater I thought it was more of a 85, rather than a 98, which it got on Tomatometer. It's grown on me in the past couple days though.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Technically doesn't count as I've seen it before - but that was over ten years ago. I wasn't even aware that Di Caprio is in it.

I saw an ad for it, and there was Idi Amin (already identified as such), and I sort of went "Wait - that's Forrest Whittaker!"

Di Caprio was in it? I've seen it prolly 2-3 times but that was before Di Caprio became famous.

Robocop. Detroit could really use him, don't you think? :P

I saw The Pursuit of Happyness the other day.  It was really good; I think it was the best job I've seen from Will Smith to date.

Happiness.

No, actually, it's spelled "happyness" in the title.  It's a reference to the daycare the main character sends his son to in the movie.  To illustrate how poor the neighborhood is, the word "happiness" in their version of the Declaration of Independence was misspelled, but no one wants to bother to get it fixed.

The movie is based on a true story, in which this actually was the case.

He's the mentally disabled brother.

The last film I saw was Pan's Labyrinth - I've seen it twice now, and thought it was absolutely breathtaking both times :)

Speaking of movies, I'm really upset that Basic Instinct 2 wasn't nominated for any Oscars...it was the best cinema experience I had in 2006! Totally immense fiilm - as long as you watch it as a comedy... :D

I read that for grade 12 English.  Good book, though I hated the ending.  Never knew it was made into a movie.

You hated the ending?!?!? That part was awesome (unless it's different from the book, which I have to read), I loved the twist.

The film is quite good and Richard Burton (who would've been a great OO7 in his time) is fantastic...
http://imdb.com/title/tt0059749/

Not all of it.  I do agree that the twist was interesting.  I'm more talking about the very very end where they fail to get away and such.  I thought that was kinda dumb.

Watching Air Force 1 right now.

Rin-chan

The Queen, I was very impressed with everyone's preformance, especially the guy who played Blair.

Are you sure he didn't mean the film 'Happiness (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/)'?  That was a great movie - I'll never forget the part where Philip Seymour Hoffman comes on the wall.

Babel
Certainly very engaging, but if there was a central them (beyond possibly misunderstanding) then I missed it. The film was probably too long, and could have been editted down quite a bot but nonetheless worth watching.

The Last King of Scotland
Good, but not as fantastic as most of the reviews have made out. Fascinating portrayal of Amin, the lead performances are good. This is also worth looking out for.

Flags of our Fathers.

"We're not laughing AT you, we're laughing WITH you!"




"...but I'm not laughing..."

"Night of the Living Dead" on the TV.

Going to see "Bobby" tomorrow.

As was I... a pleasant surprise as I thought it was going to be bad simply because the subject matter sounded boring.

Done.

Ken Park

Is Blood Diamond any good? I hardly ever go to movies in the theaters, but my friend said it was great, and it's playing at the cheap theater here now I think...

Fasttimes at Ridgmont High

Classic. Film.

8 mile. Not as good as critics made it out to be (which still wasn't all that good).

Flags of our Fathers

One of the top World War Two movies I've seen.

Babel

I loved it!  It has Best Picture written all over it. Has anyone else here seen it?

'Letters From Iwo Jima' -one of the best movies I have seen.  In fact it bests even its counterpart 'Flags of Our Fathers' that I also saw.  Not only does it show the battle for the island from the Japanese perspective (I don't believe I had ever seen a WW2 film that showed the war from anything other than the victors' perspective), but it also includes a scene in which an officer (who visited the United States prior to the outbreak of war between Japan and the United States on December 7th) illustrates to his men the humanity of their enemies.

I strongly recommend that all of you go see it.

Borat

Evil Dead Trap (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167147/)

Interesting, but unevenly paced.

Chronicles of Narnia

The Queen. Yeah, not usually my type of movie, but quite amusing.

Last two films I saw where 'Bobby' and 'Rocky Balboa'

Blood Diamond

Almost caught up with the good movies from last year. Letters from Iwo Jima and The Last King of Scotland to go.

Rushmore, The Devil's Own

In theaters I'd have to say...The Good Shepard.

On TV, I watched Star Wars Espoide I last night.

Swimming to Cambodia

I saw the Hours recently. Pretty good, I liked the mood of it.

Quelle Horror! Je n'aime pas boxing movies. (If you don't speak French I apologize in advance ;))


I cried during that one, I saw it 4 years ago in the theatre but haven't seen it again because it was so upsetting. One of the best films of the decade though.

Watched "The Station Agent" on IFC earlier this afternoon.  Fantastic film.

Yes, it was very moving. Which is in a way surprising, given how removed the characters are from oneself (or at least from me ;))

I agree it was excellent, though some say it's pretentious I didn't really think of it as that. And I did get sort of inspired to read Mrs. Dalloway too. It's always nice to see an example of how one should make a biopic.

Notes on a Scandal.

Evita. Still one of my favorite movie musicals; it's a shame that Alan Parker's adaption of Les Miserables never took off.

Watch the original. It's miles better.

Going to see "Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot" in a moment.

Mein Führer

Videodrome (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/)

I watched it at 2 in the morning, and... what a mindfuck it was. Long live the new flesh!

oh, and the Criterion Collection DVD (http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=248) (which I happen to own ;)) is superb. Incredible packaging, great transfer, and a mountain of extras. Criterions don't come cheap, but they're worth it.

True Classic it truly is. Death to videodrome, Long live the new flesh! :)

Seen A history of Violence?

I have, but I didn't really like it. I found it to be one of the most overrated films of that year. It didn't really get to me in any way.

Here I was thinking I was the only one.... Cronenberg's best is the old stuff imo.

Actually, no... I never got around to seeing that. I've seen most of his films, and all of them are excellent (especially The Fly). I should check out AHoV to see how it compares to the greats.

I agree. I didn't actually mind A History Of Violence, but it doesn't compare to Scanners or Videodrome.

Well, I haven't seen any Cronenberg apart from that. I kind of got the impression that HoV got its reviews mainly from his name, the sort of "it's Cronenberg, so there has to be a really deep message somewhere in there" thing that can happen with movies occassionally (not restricted to him, of course).

Pan's Labrinyth - It was not what I thought it would be.  Very cool, but very violent (and very Spanish).

I just got back from 'The Last King of Scotland'. Very intriguing character studies. Whew.

The Man who would be King - a rerun at a local cinema. Fairly Impressive cast but all together not one of the better films to come out of the 70s.

the Last King of Scotland

Great movie, Forrest Whittaker also did a terrific job playing Idi Amin.

Is that any good?

Shallow Graves. Movie I'd long been a-wanting to see.

Monty Python & the Holy Grail

The Queen. Not as good as I expected, somewhat bad in the end. But it got better as it went along. I felt the guy playing Tony Blair was a little lacking. He didn't really strike me as convincing.

Annie Hall - that movie really gets better every time I watch it. But should I be worried by the fact that I can identify with Woody Allen's character?

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Yes. It's a very, very bad sign! :D

K-PAX. Wow, how did I ever miss that movie? I mean, I know I only saw the "edited" version on Sci-Fi but edited or not, it was pretty dern good.

Oh and I also saw National Lampoons Van Wilder on comedy...it was funny but cheesy. :)

Polanski's Macbeth

The Science of Sleep.

A totally bonkers yet great romanticesque dream film (it's the only way I can describe it.)

My Super Ex Girlfriend.


eh.

The Departed

Excellent movie.  Perhaps the best of the year.

Silence of the Lambs.

Ah, K-PAX.  That's some quality movieing right there.

Children of Men

Very, very good look at a dystopian future.

That's really funny.. because I just saw that movie as well.  It wasn't exactly uplifting, to say the least.

I'd have to say the battle scene with a straight shoot for 15 minutes was cool.. especially when the blood spatters the lens and they just keep going.

Didn't give me a high opinion of the U.K though!  (BRITAIN SOLDIERS ON!!!... Do your duty.  Be sure to report ALL illegal immigrants.)

"The Prime Gig" from 1999 with Vince Vaughn.


I wanted to love this movie, I really really did, but in the end, it's just a watered down version of Glengarry Glen Ross with a couple amazing scenes, and about 30 mediocre ones.

'The Battle for Algiers' - a black-and-white 1960s drama-documentary about the Algerian war of independence against the French.

The Godfather

Amazingly I've never gotten around to viewing it before tonight.  I have the second and third with me too so I'll probably watch them within the next few days.

I've noticed that many alleged 'classics' from the 1970s and earlier have more weakly defined plotlines than the movies today.  There really was no funneldown or climax to The Godfather, just like there wasn't with Midnight Cowboy.  Maybe the sample size I'm employing is too small, but it's something I'd like to hear from others about and see if they notice the same thing.

Its baby boomer nostalgia that makes the "classics' have such a high prominence. Once that group starys dying off....

The Illusionist
Disney Anastasia (my sister was watching it while I ate)
Contact - really good movie.

Notes on a Scandal... my GOD Judi Dench was good.

Cambodia is landlocked, prude.

I hope you're joking...

Anyway, I finally finished Minority Report. Excellent movie, even if I was watching more for how they handled the future rather than for the plot itself. Visually stunning.

It was some Hong Kong movie about organized criminals controlling the banks. Though the last one I saw in the theatre was Borat.