Movies in General
The Juno thread inspired me to start a thread about movies - what have you seen lately, what's good, what's bad, what do you recommend, etc. This may be especially fun what with awards season on the horizon - what's going to take home the gold this year?
Well, I already talked about Juno, so I'll mention the last movie I saw before that - Sweeney Todd. It was really good and I recommend it to anyone who likes a good musical and especially to anyone who likes Tim Burton.
As far as awards season, I think the best film I saw last year as far as quality was Into the Wild. While not perfect, it was a great story and beautifully filmed. Long, but worth the journey. A close second is Lust, Caution. Ang Lee is such a great storyteller and this film proves it further. Another great movie was Once - highly recommended for music lovers of any kind!
You want embarrassing? I cried during Click. Yes, the Adam Sandler movie with the magic remote. Good thing my friend didn't see me.
Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, so did I! The part where his father falls down dead in the rain or something? Yup, cried like a baby.
And Armageddon (the entire theater cried at that one)
And The Green Mile (snotted up and down my sleeve)
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Oh my god, yarr. The first time I saw The Green Mile, the botched execution just made. my. face. dissolve. :'( :) And on each subsequent viewing, I never get away without tears in at least once scene, usuallly including the end. "I's afraid of the dark."
I gets choked up sometimes when I watch Gladiator... when he sees his slaughtered family, and at the end when he goes 'home' to them... aw, man.
And yet another one I cried at...same part.
We're just big wusses!!!
You want embarrassing? I cried during Click. Yes, the Adam Sandler movie with the magic remote. Good thing my friend didn't see me.
Oh Sweet Baby Jesus, so did I! The part where his father falls down dead in the rain or something? Yup, cried like a baby.
I almost cried there, but I lost it beforehand, when Sandler kept rewinding his final moment with his father saying "I love you," and then he pauses him and hugs him and says "I love you too, Dad." I'm getting misty just remembering that part. :waa:
Am I the only one who thinks that Adam Sandler's movies have gotten better lately? I mean, they still have too many boob and fart jokes for my liking, but I'm not embarassed to admit seeing them anymore. 50 First Dates was just awesome.
i cry easily at movies too. i rented "Georgia Rule" and it was an okay movie but i cried at the end when Lindsay Lohan's character called her mom "mommy"
and i cried towards the end of the 5th Harry Potter movie when harrys remembering all those moments about his friends
my BF and i watched "The Reaping" this past weekend. i rented it the week it came out so i already knew what happened, but we needed something to watch. it is pretty good considering that it didnt get much publicity and, if it was in the theater at all, it didnt stay there very long.
we watched Fast Food Nation a while ago and i got annoyed a few times. i didn't read the book but during the scenes where they're just reciting paragraphs from the book, i kept thinking "nobody TALKS LIKE THAT!!" and i felt like i was back in school watching a bad student film with bits of a mexican soap opera between scenes. we were disappointed, since we like Supersize Me so much.. we've watched that at least 4 or 5 times
he liked I Am Legend but i wasn't impressed
The Orphanage was what I ended up seeing last night. it's produced by Guillermo Del Toro (director of pan's labyrinth and devils backbone) and it was really good. I wouldn't say it was better than Pan's (though I don't think much can come close to it) but I liked it more than backbone. The lady sitting next to me was losing it at the end.
Speaking of crying during movies. Watch United 93 or The Kite Runner and try NOT to cry
City of God was amazing
Did anyone watch the show City of Men that was filmed in Brazil by the same filmmakers. I think they aired it on IFC. Equally awesome.
City of God was amazing
Did anyone watch the show City of Men that was filmed in Brazil by the same filmmakers. I think they aired it on IFC. Equally awesome.
I haven't seen it yet, but I've got it in my netflix queue somewhere. I hope it's as good as City of God..... not many films are :)
so I was supposed to have a date last night and 100% got stood up. Sucks balls, but I went to the movies to cheer myself up. I saw The Diving Bell & the Butterfly and it was FANTASTIC. By far the most beautiful film of 2007 and I can't stop thinking about it. has anyone else seen this yet? I couldn't tell if other people were into it as much as I was or not.
I just finished watching two of my netflix movies...
The Real Dirt on farmer John is a documentary about a farmer in the midwest who dances to a different beat. He had one of the first organic farms in his area and overcame ridicule for his 'wild' ways of life, but kept on truckin. Very well done documentary! I found myself really caring for him and his family while I was watching it.
Killer of Sheep is a low-budget student film made in the 70's. I'm not sure why, but it was never released until last year and finally released on dvd about a month ago. Very gripping stuff about black family life. I love movies that have something to say. I just sat there in awe the whole time that a novice filmmaker could make something so poignant. One of the best films released last year for sure. There is a disturbing scene, however, that takes place in a meat processing plant..... it's graphic.
Just remembered another movie I saw....Hairspray. John Travolta freaked me out dressed as a huge woman.
Just remembered another movie I saw....Hairspray. John Travolta freaked me out dressed as a huge woman.
OMG, I loved Hairspray! I won't reveal how many times I saw it in the theater, but that movie was just so much fun, especially in a summer otherwise filled with death (seriously, I think Hairspray and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry were the only summer movies I saw where nobody died, and I saw most of the biggies).
:jamming: You can't stop the beat! :jamming:
As far as musicals go, I'm looking forward to seeing Mamma Mia this summer. I love Meryl Streep and it'll be fun to hear her sing.
The Real Dirt on farmer John is a documentary about a farmer in the midwest who dances to a different beat. He had one of the first organic farms in his area and overcame ridicule for his 'wild' ways of life, but kept on truckin. Very well done documentary! I found myself really caring for him and his family while I was watching it.
Loved it.
The movie theater here in town sucks big time so we mostly see movies we rent through Neflix. We just finished watching the last series of Ballykissangel and before that it was the last season of the Sopranos. We have "License to Wed" and "Underdog" at the house ready to be watched. I don't remember the exact name but one movie that I really enjoyed was the one from New Zealand where a mad scientist messes with the sheep and they turn carnivorous and the people not eaten up become sheep zombies. I like monster movies where messing with Mother Nature or God's Plan causes a monster that reeks havoc and gets revenge on its creator. My husband loves goofy comedies so we watch a lot of those.
TinTexas, the movie you speak of is Black Sheep, which I'm still dying to see. Is it at Blockbuster?
TinTexas, the movie you speak of is Black Sheep, which I'm still dying to see. Is it at Blockbuster?
I don't know you'd have to check your local Blockbuster or Blockbuster on-line. All the movies I see are from Netflix.
TinTexas, the movie you speak of is Black Sheep, which I'm still dying to see. Is it at Blockbuster?
Aw, man, that sounds so cool, and this NZer hadn't even heard of it. ???
I just watched 8MM with Nicolas Cage and Joaquin Phoenix. I have never seen Joaquin Phoenix act before (really cute and good). The movie was totally disturbing but so very well done. I missed the first two minutes so until I just goggled, had no idea what I was watching. Wow, now I must go and try to sleep. Truly totally disturbing unless one is in to snuff films.
Mafia Man from Prison Break was in it too or maybe better known as the Russian astronaut in Armageddon.
I love Nicolas Cage. Loved him in Face Off.
Di, for another decent Joaquin Phoenix mafia movie, you should check out The Yards. It's not the greatest movie but it has a good story and great acting - it also stars Mark Wahlberg, Charlize Theron, and Faye Dunaway. I thought it was pretty amusing that both Phoenix and Wahlberg made another crime movie together this past year (We Own the Night).
My favorite Joaquin Phoenix movie hands-down though is Quills. Fantastic all around. I can't believe Geoffery Rush lost to Russel Crowe that year at the Oscars. It is a movie about the Marquis de Sade. He is staying in an asylum but continues publishing stories by sneaking out his manuscripts to the laundress, played by Kate Winslet. Joaquin Phoenix plays the priest running the asylum and Michael Caine plays this evil doctor who wants to shut the asylum down. It is not for the faint of heart but it is a great movie with a great story and cast.
Air Guitar Nation- saw it in the theater, rented it with a friend last night. Bjorn Turoque cracks me up. It is a documentary about an air guitar contest in Finland. Highly recommended.
I saw The Real Dirt on Farmer John last week, and I was kind of disappointed, I thought it might make more of a statement.
Do not watch Zoo, it made me feel sick to my stomach. It was beautifully done, and not too graphic, but the concept of man-horse love is too much for me.
Oh and I saw Caddyshack at one of the beer movie theaters in town this weekend. Ahh, the classics.
I haven't seen any recent releases, but I could watch The Motorcycle Diaries weekly. Gael Garcia Bernal would be the hottest person on the planet if it weren't for his views on dispatching chicken. Here are some movies I got from Netflix that I liked.
Motorcycle Diaries
This film tells the incredible true story of a 23-year-old medical student from Argentina, Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal), who motorcycled across South America with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) in 1951-52. The trek became a personal odyssey that ultimately crystallized the young man's budding revolutionary beliefs. Walter Salles's film is based on Che's own diaries of the trip.
C.R.A.Z.Y.
There are five boys in the Beaulieu family -- Christian, Raymond, Antoine, Zachary and Yvan. But Zac (played by Emile Vallee and Marc-Andre Grondin) is the only one who's gay. That's why growing up in Montreal alongside his heterosexual brothers and his strict, emotionally distant father (Michel Cote) proves especially challenging for the blossoming outsider, who finds solace in the music of Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones and David Bowie.
Dark Days
Documentarian Marc Singer focuses his camera on a group of homeless people who live deep underground in an abandoned New York City railroad tunnel. By day, they scavenge for food on the mean streets of Manhattan. At night, they retreat to the tunnel, where they've built huts out of scrap metal, plastic and plywood. Amazingly, they have electricity, furniture, working kitchens and a sense of community many surface dwellers would envy.
Born Into Brothels
This Oscar-winning documentary is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta's red-light district, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Spurred by the kids' fascination with her camera, Zana Briski, a photographer documenting life in the brothels, decides to teach them photography. As they begin to look at and record their world through new eyes, the kids awaken to their own talents and sense of worth.
I loved Motorcycle Diaries! It was so moving and a well-made film. And on a shallow note, yes, Gael Garcia Bernal is a total hottie. *drool*
Speaking of Bernal, one film I would highly recommend is Bad Education, directed by certified genius Pedro Almodovar. It is about two childhood friends/lovers who meet again years later when one of them brings the other a script he has written about their lives. The movie totally messes with your mind, but in a good way.
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