The movie post

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

she has serious class. very few actresses have that sort of poise. cate blanchette does in her own unique way i think. i wanna see that new elizabeth movie coming out

wedding singer is a sweet movie, i love that scene lol

uhuh cate is about as solid any actress out there, she's the goods.


and yeah the new movie should not suck, having the same writer, director, actors, and then adding in Samantha Morton as Mary Stuart and Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raliegh, they would really have to screw this one up royally, for this not to be a great film.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

uhuh cate is about as solid any actress out there, she's the goods.


and yeah the new movie should not suck, having the same writer, director, actors, and then adding in Samantha Morton as Mary Stuart and Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raliegh, they would really have to screw this one up royally, for this not to be a great film.

why did they wait so long since the original, do you know?

Austicman

Bloodsport- Popcorn movie and the decent movie Van Damme ever made
Tomestone-Val as Doc is the acting performance that sticks in my mind
The Power of One and In the Name of the Father- Best dramas ever
Star Wars- Nough said

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

why did they wait so long since the original, do you know?

just guessing, I am to lazy to look it up, but I would guess the writer had to write it first, and so it took this long. Maybe they were waiting for Cate to get a little older too, don't know, first guess is my best assumption though.

Allie

JDE-PJ wrote:

Best films you have ever seen
they're not the 'best' but my faves are the Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles and Singles
Also I really liked the 1st two Matrix movies. The last one, the special effects are amazing but I didn't like what happened to Trinity :(

The foreign films you have enjoyed-All About My Mother

Favorite actors, male and female, now or all time-used to be Brad Pitt, now, Matt Damon
female-Winona Ryder, Jennifer Aniston

What genres you really like, those you won't watch, those you can't watch, and the films you enjoy in each one.

- comedies, dramas, won't watch scary movies


Favorite popcorn movies, meaning you love them even if they are not exactly a piece of classic cinema. Example for me, Youngblood.
see above

chiquimonkey

was just reminded of how cool 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' is, as well as house of flying daggers....the colors in both are breathtaking

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

was just reminded of how cool 'crouching tiger hidden dragon' is, as well as house of flying daggers....the colors in both are breathtaking

Those two plus Hero are all excellent films, Hero and Daggers both being directed by Zhang Yimou, who has done numerous films that are good to very good, even brilliant.


I will have to do a post on his work another time, I shall, I shall.

lgt

chiquimonkey wrote:

she has serious class. very few actresses have that sort of poise. cate blanchette does in her own unique way i think. i wanna see that new elizabeth movie coming out

wedding singer is a sweet movie, i love that scene lol

Saw the trailer for the new Elizabeth movie at the week-end, and it's pretty cool. can't wait to see it! Plus, yes, Clive Owen too *swoon*

Although I am concerned as to how they'll portray the whole Elizabeth/Mary Stuart issue, but history is always told from the winners' point of view after all, so no great expectations!

I love the Wedding Singer too - cute movie.

Oh and my little niece absolutely adores Grace Kelly (she watches High Society on repeat and she can quote from it!). Imagine her face when I told her she became a princess in real life!!! She adores her even more now! lol

JDE-PJ

lgt wrote:

Saw the trailer for the new Elizabeth movie at the week-end, and it's pretty cool. can't wait to see it! Plus, yes, Clive Owen too *swoon*

Although I am concerned as to how they'll portray the whole Elizabeth/Mary Stuart issue, but history is always told from the winners' point of view after all, so no great expectations!

I saw a little blurb over the weekend where Elizabeth was knocked, they said Cate was great, but the film itself was flat, who knows though just one opinion, I hope it's good.

The whole Elizabeth/Mary Stuart issue is showed in Mary, Queen of Scots with Vanessa Redgrave as Mary and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth. Great film there.

lgt

JDE-PJ wrote:

I saw a little blurb over the weekend where Elizabeth was knocked, they said Cate was great, but the film itself was flat, who knows though just one opinion, I hope it's good.

The whole Elizabeth/Mary Stuart issue is showed in Mary, Queen of Scots with Vanessa Redgrave as Mary and Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth. Great film there.

Ah ha! Might have to watch that then, and check for historical fallacies on the Elisabethan front!

Allie wrote:

The foreign films you have enjoyed-All About My Mother

I really enjoyed Volver of all the Almodovar movies; still to catch up on this one, as I heard good things about it.

Super Vedder

butch cassidy and the sundance kid is sheer class!!!
napoleon dynamite
anchorman
wizard of oz
seven (wish i could get that first time of watching feeling back for the end, oooh the suspense!!)
ALL the rambo films



Does "Immagine in Cornice" count, i aint seen it yet but im pretty sure its gonna be one of my all time fave films/documentarys already

JDE-PJ

I just saw the film The Science of Sleep a couple of days ago, and even though it's a strange one, I liked it.

In fact I enjoyed it more than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, that one I had a problem with, or more succinctly, I did not get Jim Carrey's character at all, and so I found no reason to believe Kate Winslet would have any feelings for him.


That director Michel Gondry is certainly an interesting filmmaker, so it will be fun to see his future work.

panthergirl

JDE-PJ wrote:

I just saw the film The Science of Sleep a couple of days ago, and even though it's a strange one, I liked it.

In fact I enjoyed it more than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, that one I had a problem with, or more succinctly, I did not get Jim Carrey's character at all, and so I found no reason to believe Kate Winslet would have any feelings for him.


That director Michel Gondry is certainly an interesting filmmaker, so it will be fun to see his future work.

i LOVE Eternal Sunshine...
still haven;t seen Science of Sleep.

yesterday I rented L'Iceberg...
and liked it.

and went to see Into the Wild.
loved it...

JDE-PJ

panthergirl wrote:

i LOVE Eternal Sunshine...
still haven;t seen Science of Sleep.

yesterday I rented L'Iceberg...
and liked it.

and went to see Into the Wild.
loved it...

Hi p-girl, yeah I know everyone loved Eternal, someday I will watch it again and see if I change my mind, but his character really bothered me, maybe I was in a mood the day I saw it, or maybe I am right, and everyone else is wrong;)

I never even heard of that Belgium film, it looks interesting, going to add it to my netflix que.

Into The Wild huh, that Eddie guy sings in that one I heard.

chiquimonkey

aww jason you didn't like eternal sunshine? man i love that movie. characters aside, what did you think about the cinematography? i thought it was really original the way he did it. i still need to see science of sleep

i saw 2 movies this past week. 'the queen' which was excellent...i loved helen mirren, well-deserving of her oscar. and this documentary 'blind spot' which is an interview with hitler's secretary. was very interesting to hear her perspective, spending those last days in the bunker with him, the guilt she dealt with decades after. i'm a history nerd haha

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

aww jason you didn't like eternal sunshine? man i love that movie. characters aside, what did you think about the cinematography? i thought it was really original the way he did it. i still need to see science of sleep

i saw 2 movies this past week. 'the queen' which was excellent...i loved helen mirren, well-deserving of her oscar. and this documentary 'blind spot' which is an interview with hitler's secretary. was very interesting to hear her perspective, spending those last days in the bunker with him, the guilt she dealt with decades after. i'm a history nerd haha

nuh uh b, I did not like it, but I remember I told you once how much I hated Jim Carrey in the role, and how I could not figure out how Kate's character would in any way be interested in such an uninteresting bore.

haha

I will watch it again at some point, because yes that director is interesting and yeah the movie looked really good, I just hated one of the main people in the film, so it's kind of hard to enjoy it too much I think.

It could be I did not like the writing of the character or lack there of, although in the Science of Sleep, I think the writing of one of the main characters is not that strong, yet I really enjoyed their role, so who knows.


Maybe I had a bad day, and if I watched it again I would get why Jim Carrey was not so obnoxious, and was likable, then again I have been told that I am a stubborn son of a gun, so maybe not.

The docu sounds interesting, I still have to watch at some point The Downfall, that's supposed to be a really good film.

I will watch Queen one of these days when it's on cable, Helen Mirren is great in anything, she is also one of the sexiest ladies ever on screen, she oozes it, although I kind of hope that is not the case in this one:o


The Long Good Friday was on last month and I saw some of it, now that is one of the great films of the last 30 years that is not ever talked about, her and Bob Hoskins just fucking own the screen, what a great movie.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

nuh uh b, I did not like it, but I remember I told you once how much I hated Jim Carrey in the role, and how I could not figure out how Kate's character would in any way be interested in such an uninteresting bore.

haha

I will watch it again at some point, because yes that director is interesting and yeah the movie looked really good, I just hated one of the main people in the film, so it's kind of hard to enjoy it too much I think.

It could be I did not like the writing of the character or lack there of, although in the Science of Sleep, I think the writing of one of the main characters is not that strong, yet I really enjoyed their role, so who knows.


Maybe I had a bad day, and if I watched it again I would get why Jim Carrey was not so obnoxious, and was likable, then again I have been told that I am a stubborn son of a gun, so maybe not.

The docu sounds interesting, I still have to watch at some point The Downfall, that's supposed to be a really good film.

I will watch Queen one of these days when it's on cable, Helen Mirren is great in anything, she is also one of the sexiest ladies ever on screen, she oozes it, although I kind of hope that is not the case in this one:o


The Long Good Friday was on last month and I saw some of it, now that is one of the great films of the last 30 years that is not ever talked about, her and Bob Hoskins just fucking own the screen, what a great movie.

well there's that whole 'opposite attract' deal, so perhaps that was the thing with them. the way i see it, they were so seemingly incompatible, yet still had this magnetism towards each other that nothing could stop.

his character was a little weird so i could see how that'd be irritating....you might watch it again and hate it even more, who knows lol

what is the downfall about?

yeah i really like mirren, she isn't one of these chicks that recoil into some nonsexual being after hitting a certain age...she's still rockin it! and no, no sexiness oozing in the queen...ew lol

i've never seen the long good friday, what is that one about?

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

well there's that whole 'opposite attract' deal, so perhaps that was the thing with them. the way i see it, they were so seemingly incompatible, yet still had this magnetism towards each other that nothing could stop.

his character was a little weird so i could see how that'd be irritating....you might watch it again and hate it even more, who knows lol

what is the downfall about?

yeah i really like mirren, she isn't one of these chicks that recoil into some nonsexual being after hitting a certain age...she's still rockin it! and no, no sexiness oozing in the queen...ew lol

i've never seen the long good friday, what is that one about?

The Long Good Friday is the best mobster film ever made, not in America.

It also has one of the best endings of any movie.


Downfall is about Hitler and his last days.


Opposites attract yes, but shouldn't one find something redeeming in that opposite in order to be attracted to them? I will watch it again, but tell me why Kate would find anything about Jim to be interesting in the first place?

Oh and again the movie looked good, I liked the concept, I just did not buy it.

chiquimonkey

JDE-PJ wrote:

The Long Good Friday is the best mobster film ever made, not in America.

It also has one of the best endings of any movie.


Downfall is about Hitler and his last days.


Opposites attract yes, but shouldn't one find something redeeming in that opposite in order to be attracted to them? I will watch it again, but tell me why Kate would find anything about Jim to be interesting in the first place?

Oh and again the movie looked good, I liked the concept, I just did not buy it.

ah cool, i'll have to add it to my netflix queue

it was interesting to get a glimpse of the final days via his secretary's account. gave it a human perspective amidst all the lack of humanity

that's a good question as to why she found jim's character interesting. she might have been drunk, i remember her character putting 'em away quite a bit lol he just seemed really shy to me

the concept is definitely strong, i really loved the visuals in it, complimented the storyline

JDE-PJ

chiquimonkey wrote:

ah cool, i'll have to add it to my netflix queue

it was interesting to get a glimpse of the final days via his secretary's account. gave it a human perspective amidst all the lack of humanity

that's a good question as to why she found jim's character interesting. she might have been drunk, i remember her character putting 'em away quite a bit lol he just seemed really shy to me

the concept is definitely strong, i really loved the visuals in it, complimented the storyline

you would like science of sleep, it's right up your alley.


so if you're drunk in a film, it allows for the other character to be an uninteresting bore, and yet still make that connection that he is just swell, okay I marked that down in my movie writing notebook for acceptable behaviour between two leads.:p

who knows when I see it again, I might think it's the greatest love story ever on film, but I think I might just like some others a wee bit more, just maybe;)