Anything with the truly appaling Nicholas Cage, the worst actor of all time apart from Tom Cruise.
Two Cage films which are genius for different reasons:
'The Wicker Man' (remake) had me rolling around laughing at every second... so bad it's funny.
And 'Adaptation' is actually an excellent film, on all accounts.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
I went out and bought brokeback mountain last weekend, mainly because Heath Ledger had just died and I was curious to see one of his movies. This was his most popular movie and the film that made him a big star. It was nominated for all kinds of oscars, including best picture and I read a review of Ledger's performance saying it was something of a miracle, and the movie is a modern-day classic, etc, etc....
I thought it was good at best. No miracles here. Although maybe it should have won for best picture, because I still think it was better than Crash, which was probably the most undeserving best picture since Unforgiven...
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I went out and bought brokeback mountain last weekend, mainly because Heath Ledger had just died and I was curious to see one of his movies. This was his most popular movie and the film that made him a big star. It was nominated for all kinds of oscars, including best picture and I read a review of Ledger's performance saying it was something of a miracle, and the movie is a modern-day classic, etc, etc....
I thought it was good at best. No miracles here. Although maybe it should have won for best picture, because I still think it was better than Crash, which was probably the most undeserving best picture since Unforgiven...
Now that he's dead, every single one of his performances will be viewed as something miraculous... Not that he wasn't a great actor, I'm just saying it's like the same way that Kurt Cobain is viewed as some sort of demi-god to a lot of people these days.
I thought you were making good points until the end. Reservoir Dogs was way more of a mental junk food movie then Pulp Fiction. You have to remember that no movie looked like Pulp Fiction before it was released and now you get 10 copies every year but none of them can touch the original.
Well, I saw Reservoir dogs at the cinema and I'd not seen anything like it before. I don't know anything about movie making but It seemed like the camera's he used and the movement of the cameras - hand held? - made it look very realistic. The dialogue was also spot on.
Pulp Fiction just did nothing for me.
Anything with the truly appaling Nicholas Cage, the worst actor of all time apart from Tom Cruise.
I hate Nicolas Cage too. Something to note in his films: ever notice that he ALWAYS has to cop-a-feel or make out with the female lead? no matter how irrelevant it is to the plot. I truly believe he makes the director add these scenes so he can get a bonner or something.
National Treasure and Lord of War are the gayest movies I've ever seen.
A guy in work loaned me Minority Report, with Tom Cruise.
He's been banging on how it's his favourite ever movie. It wasn't my thing at all, it was ok, I nodded off before the end. How could anyone select a 'run of the mill' movie like this to be their best ever?
A guy in work loaned me Minority Report, with Tom Cruise.
He's been banging on how it's his favourite ever movie. It wasn't my thing at all, it was ok, I nodded off before the end. How could anyone select a 'run of the mill' movie like this to be their best ever?
even the presence of colin farrell couldn't elevate this movie for me. not to mention the entire premise of the film went against one of my most strident beliefs.
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I must admit that I agree with those who have said Pulp Fiction.
I've seen it a number of times...and maybe I just don't get it? There are some good moments for sure...but it just didn't live up to the hype for me...at all.
Ah well.
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the entire premise of the film went against one of my most strident beliefs.
Me too, do you mean that by the time we can predict the future, and drive around in 'sideways' cars on roller coaster type roads, we may well live in slightly different looking houses?
That's my strident belief.
Me too, do you mean that by the time we can predict the future, and drive around in 'sideways' cars on roller coaster type roads, we may well live in slightly different looking houses?
That's my strident belief.
It wasn't that we found we could predict the future, it was these poor 3 "children", the pre-cogs that could see someone committing a crime before it happens and offer up images that Tom Cruie's character had to figure out.
Also the overwhelming presense of Big Brother was a quite important in this film.
It scared me in that you could not hide, go undetected.
I found it very interesting regardless of my own personal belief system.
Am I in the minority here? Pun intended.
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even the presence of colin farrell couldn't elevate this movie for me. not to mention the entire premise of the film went against one of my most strident beliefs.
I'm assuming it's that we aren't guilty of a crime until we commit it.
If that's what Catefrances meant, I agree. Scary premise for a law enforcement system. Guilty by potential...
"I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
The Beach irritated me, I felt the main character didn´t deserve his rosy outcome. It wouldn´t have made me feel any better for him to have been hacked to death or consumed by a shark but the entire film irked me with its pseudo-profound narrative, mtv-gloss and well, dicapuchino.
It wasn't that we found we could predict the future, it was these poor 3 "children", the pre-cogs that could see someone committing a crime before it happens and offer up images that Tom Cruie's character had to figure out.
Also the overwhelming presense of Big Brother was a quite important in this film.
It scared me in that you could not hide, go undetected.
I found it very interesting regardless of my own personal belief system.
Am I in the minority here? Pun intended.
OK, all that...but by the place was really futuristic, apart from the houses they lived in looked just the same. I just found it slightly off kilter, but maybe I was looking for flaws as the film itself was boring me a little.
I liked Sideways though, found it wryly amusing, and at times, touching. The best comedy is often not obvious.
I liked Sideways though, found it wryly amusing, and at times, touching. The best comedy is often not obvious.
nnnnoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its not a comedy unless it draws laughs.. not a wry smirk with 11 minutes of the dirge left to watch... if someone offered me Sideways on dvd for the paltry cost of £0.01 i would still decline it... and as a Scotsman that pains me more than you could imagine.. although for a penny i could buy and then locate the fucking director of the movie and impale the dvd into his nostril. now that would be comedy
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
its not a comedy unless it draws laughs.. not a wry smirk with 11 minutes of the dirge left to watch... if someone offered me Sideways on dvd for the paltry cost of £0.01 i would still decline it... and as a Scotsman that pains me more than you could imagine.. although for a penny i could buy and then locate the fucking director of the movie and impale the dvd into his nostril. now that would be comedy
Yeah, we know you love slapstick, Mr Bean, Laurel and Hardy, Fawlty Towers, Frank Spencer..etc.
. although for a penny i could buy and then locate the fucking director of the movie and impale the dvd into his nostril.
Alexander Payne,yep,thats yer man. He´s in Hampstead, mock-tudor abode, soft furnishings, electronic gate(you´ll need a rope) and all........ however, y´gonna do it on a penny? Ryanair are fabulous but yer forgetting the airport tax!
Alexander Payne,yep,thats yer man. He´s in Hampstead, mock-tudor abode, soft furnishings, electronic gate(you´ll need a rope) and all........ however, y´gonna do it on a penny? Ryanair are fabulous but yer forgetting the airport tax!
it was that shit i dont mind a deficit on this one...
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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All the Spiderman films - everything looks fake and too cgi.
The American Pie movies - sorry, i just do not find these funny.
Armageddon - AWFUL film.
Anything with the truly appaling Nicholas Cage, the worst actor of all time apart from Tom Cruise.
Two Cage films which are genius for different reasons:
'The Wicker Man' (remake) had me rolling around laughing at every second... so bad it's funny.
And 'Adaptation' is actually an excellent film, on all accounts.
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I have to admit I want to see Adaptation, just for Chris Cooper and it does look pretty good.....
but Nicholas Cage's face is so....gormless.....
I thought it was good at best. No miracles here. Although maybe it should have won for best picture, because I still think it was better than Crash, which was probably the most undeserving best picture since Unforgiven...
Another habit says its long overdue
Another habit like an unwanted friend
I'm so happy with my righteous self
Now that he's dead, every single one of his performances will be viewed as something miraculous... Not that he wasn't a great actor, I'm just saying it's like the same way that Kurt Cobain is viewed as some sort of demi-god to a lot of people these days.
Well, I saw Reservoir dogs at the cinema and I'd not seen anything like it before. I don't know anything about movie making but It seemed like the camera's he used and the movement of the cameras - hand held? - made it look very realistic. The dialogue was also spot on.
Pulp Fiction just did nothing for me.
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I hate Nicolas Cage too. Something to note in his films: ever notice that he ALWAYS has to cop-a-feel or make out with the female lead? no matter how irrelevant it is to the plot. I truly believe he makes the director add these scenes so he can get a bonner or something.
National Treasure and Lord of War are the gayest movies I've ever seen.
Pearl Jam bootlegs:
http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
twas an airheaded response.
hehehe it was bollocks but like totally cool cause they let her shop. give me a break. :rolleyes:
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i just need to say
He's been banging on how it's his favourite ever movie. It wasn't my thing at all, it was ok, I nodded off before the end. How could anyone select a 'run of the mill' movie like this to be their best ever?
even the presence of colin farrell couldn't elevate this movie for me. not to mention the entire premise of the film went against one of my most strident beliefs.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
I've seen it a number of times...and maybe I just don't get it?
Ah well.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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Me too, do you mean that by the time we can predict the future, and drive around in 'sideways' cars on roller coaster type roads, we may well live in slightly different looking houses?
That's my strident belief.
Also the overwhelming presense of Big Brother was a quite important in this film.
It scared me in that you could not hide, go undetected.
I found it very interesting regardless of my own personal belief system.
Am I in the minority here? Pun intended.
And I don't feel right when you're gone away
Ok, I'll bite. What is your most strident belief?
That's the report.
If that's what Catefrances meant, I agree. Scary premise for a law enforcement system. Guilty by potential...
Well said!!!
world fucking champs!!!
OK, all that...but by the place was really futuristic, apart from the houses they lived in looked just the same. I just found it slightly off kilter, but maybe I was looking for flaws as the film itself was boring me a little.
I liked Sideways though, found it wryly amusing, and at times, touching. The best comedy is often not obvious.
Reading 2006 - WOOOOW!!!!!
Paris 2006 - Fucking amazing
Wembley 2007
nnnnoooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its not a comedy unless it draws laughs.. not a wry smirk with 11 minutes of the dirge left to watch... if someone offered me Sideways on dvd for the paltry cost of £0.01 i would still decline it... and as a Scotsman that pains me more than you could imagine.. although for a penny i could buy and then locate the fucking director of the movie and impale the dvd into his nostril. now that would be comedy
Yeah, we know you love slapstick, Mr Bean, Laurel and Hardy, Fawlty Towers, Frank Spencer..etc.
it was that shit i dont mind a deficit on this one...