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Have you seen a movie lately?
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Well this could be a place to tell others about it. The idea is
to post the name of a movie in theaters now and a review of it.
Movies are an art form and this will give us a chance to look at
film like that and share our views with each other. Hopefully it
will help us to see some good ones and avoid some stinkers. With
movie prices at $10 here it is best to avoid the bad ones!
I'll start with "There Will Be Blood" written by Paul Thomas Anderson and based on "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.
This movie is a story of the early American "oil Rush" it is the story of one man's desire to be the biggest oil man out there. This grizzly tale is harsh, brutal, touching, and well told. It is at it's heart a character study of the protagonist, Daniel Plainview. It's run time of 2 hours 35 minutes might seem like a big commitment, but it doesn't seem to last that long. Surprising, shocking and bold this film is a must see.
I really identified with the main character at points. Then not so much at other times.
It is nominated for 8 oscars and although I am not usually one to follow the critics, this movie is fabulous. I will be first in line to buy the DVD when it comes out.
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I'll start with "There Will Be Blood" written by Paul Thomas Anderson and based on "Oil" by Upton Sinclair.
This movie is a story of the early American "oil Rush" it is the story of one man's desire to be the biggest oil man out there. This grizzly tale is harsh, brutal, touching, and well told. It is at it's heart a character study of the protagonist, Daniel Plainview. It's run time of 2 hours 35 minutes might seem like a big commitment, but it doesn't seem to last that long. Surprising, shocking and bold this film is a must see.
I really identified with the main character at points. Then not so much at other times.
It is nominated for 8 oscars and although I am not usually one to follow the critics, this movie is fabulous. I will be first in line to buy the DVD when it comes out.
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Ha no! I saw the trailers, and yes,
if I was still 10 I would love it.
I loved the book.
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Quoting Keri Mills
Has anyone seen "The Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 3D? I think the technology is so much better than previously! It was a really fun movie to take your kids to! My daughter and I had a blast dodging the tentacles, prehistoric creatures and well the mine ride was pretty cool if you are a rollercoaster buff!
The original isn't hard to beat, in
the FX department. It was made in
1959. The FX in the original,
consist of matte paintings, and a
rear projection screen, showing
lizards with things glued to them.
lol
Has anyone seen "The Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 3D? I think the technology is so much better than previously! It was a really fun movie to take your kids to! My daughter and I had a blast dodging the tentacles, prehistoric creatures and well the mine ride was pretty cool if you are a rollercoaster buff!
But the original has 2 things that no remake will ever have. James Mason, who made every film he was in worth watching, and Bernard Herrmann's musical score, who made every film he worked on, worth listening to.
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Joseph made me think of something.
Old films like Journey and King
Kong did something that other films
don't. It made you stretch your
imagination muscles more. You
weren't given the prettiest
pictures to take in but the images
you did see were kind of a jump off
point for your imagination. It made
you imagine how to make the
monsters look better.
I think that the actors may have had to try harder since they didn't have all the flash to make the movie successful. THEY had to draw you in and keep your attention.
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I think that the actors may have had to try harder since they didn't have all the flash to make the movie successful. THEY had to draw you in and keep your attention.
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Oh and Kerry... yes Journey was a
fun Kid movie, but I was kind of
bored for most of it. If my kids
had seen it with me it probably
would have been more fun.
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ooops! Sorry Keri, I suck. I
spelled you name WAY wrong. Next
time you see me you can give me a
boot in the butt!
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Quoting Joseph Draye
I like Euro-cinema(actually all-world cine), but mostly, the older stuff. Topping my list of newer Euro-mainstream directors would have to be Besson, but my more outer faves would include Tinto Brass, Sergio Corbucci, Michael Haneke. My tastes run to the bizarre, so films like Irreversible and Baise Moi would be on my list. Anything by Jean Rollin. And, of course Sergio Leone.
Yes, the genius of Leone and the
very much under-rated Corbucci, who
gave us 2 of the best "spag"
westerns ever (and most copied),
"Django" with Franco Nero and "The
Big Silence" with Jean-Louis
Trintignant.I like Euro-cinema(actually all-world cine), but mostly, the older stuff. Topping my list of newer Euro-mainstream directors would have to be Besson, but my more outer faves would include Tinto Brass, Sergio Corbucci, Michael Haneke. My tastes run to the bizarre, so films like Irreversible and Baise Moi would be on my list. Anything by Jean Rollin. And, of course Sergio Leone.
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He wasn't as operatic in style, as
Leone, but from a standpoint of
involving cinema, he excelled. And
was a much bloodier predecessor of
Sam Peckinpah.
The German Winnetous are starting to get recognition(and rerelease), for getting the ball rolling on Euro-westerns.
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The German Winnetous are starting to get recognition(and rerelease), for getting the ball rolling on Euro-westerns.
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The Wolfman (2009)
Now that Hollywood seems to be running out of new stuff to remake, they are going back to the 40s to do some grave robbing. This 1 will star Anthony Hopkins and Benecio Del Toro.
Do I smell Melvin and Kumar meet Frankenstein 3 years from now?
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Now that Hollywood seems to be running out of new stuff to remake, they are going back to the 40s to do some grave robbing. This 1 will star Anthony Hopkins and Benecio Del Toro.
Do I smell Melvin and Kumar meet Frankenstein 3 years from now?
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Here's the trailer(bootleg) if
anyone wants to see.
http://w ww.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id =785&item=0
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Thanks Joseph!
I like Werewolves. I like them way better than the romanticized vampires Hollywood has been feeding us for years now. The closest thing to vampires in recent cinema for me were the ones in 30 Days of Night and to some extent I Am Legend. I am a big fan of Gary Oldman but I hated Bram Stoker's Dracula. Terrible movie. This looks like it might go that way. I hope not. I want a werewolf that is a brutal beast that is the result of a bad twist of fate. I am not looking for a deep morality play on the nature of good and evil. Heh. I like Benicio Del Toro too... Let's hope this turns out better than B.S.D.
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I like Werewolves. I like them way better than the romanticized vampires Hollywood has been feeding us for years now. The closest thing to vampires in recent cinema for me were the ones in 30 Days of Night and to some extent I Am Legend. I am a big fan of Gary Oldman but I hated Bram Stoker's Dracula. Terrible movie. This looks like it might go that way. I hope not. I want a werewolf that is a brutal beast that is the result of a bad twist of fate. I am not looking for a deep morality play on the nature of good and evil. Heh. I like Benicio Del Toro too... Let's hope this turns out better than B.S.D.
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Quoting Franklin Ayers
Thanks Joseph!
I like Werewolves. I like them way better than the romanticized vampires Hollywood has been feeding us for years now. The closest thing to vampires in recent cinema for me were the ones in 30 Days of Night and to some extent I Am Legend. I am a big fan of Gary Oldman but I hated Bram Stoker's Dracula. Terrible movie. This looks like it might go that way. I hope not. I want a werewolf that is a brutal beast that is the result of a bad twist of fate. I am not looking for a deep morality play on the nature of good and evil. Heh. I like Benicio Del Toro too... Let's hope this turns out better than B.S.D.
I just hope it's not another Van
Helsing. I got to agree with you on
BSDrac, an abysmal effort, and more
of an ego trip for F. Coppola than
anything else. It looked pretty,
but not much else can be said about
it. One of my favorite Dracs has
always been the Frank Langella
version, not for him, but Laurence
Olivier's over the top performance.
For classic Drac, of course, any
Hammer Chris Lee, and for good
off-beat Dracs, check out The Night
Stalker, Salem's Lot, Ravenous(more
cannibal than vampire)and Curse of
the Undead(the plot will sound
stupid, a western gunfighter who's
also a vampire, but it's actually
very good).
Thanks Joseph!
I like Werewolves. I like them way better than the romanticized vampires Hollywood has been feeding us for years now. The closest thing to vampires in recent cinema for me were the ones in 30 Days of Night and to some extent I Am Legend. I am a big fan of Gary Oldman but I hated Bram Stoker's Dracula. Terrible movie. This looks like it might go that way. I hope not. I want a werewolf that is a brutal beast that is the result of a bad twist of fate. I am not looking for a deep morality play on the nature of good and evil. Heh. I like Benicio Del Toro too... Let's hope this turns out better than B.S.D.
My favorite werewolf flick is Hammer's Curse of the Werewolf with Ollie Reed. He really looked like a wolf, even before CGI and other makeup effects came along.
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Wow thanks Joseph. I am intrigued
by the idea of a vampire western.
And the werewolf flicks sounds like
it is worth a view. Thank goodness
for NetFlix!
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I just watched "The Road Home"
directed by Zhang Yimou. It was a
great love story.
The acting was engaging (which is interesting seeing as the dialogue is all in Mandarin and I had to read the subtitles) And the cinematography was excellent.
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The acting was engaging (which is interesting seeing as the dialogue is all in Mandarin and I had to read the subtitles) And the cinematography was excellent.
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Not a new movie...yet, but I just
saw the trailer for Death Race(a
remake of the cult classic Death
Race 2000(1975) and it looks
awesome. I guess this will be this
year's Death Proof. Jason Statham
stars, and it is rumored that David
Carradine might be in it. No word
on whether Sly will make a guest
appearance(the orig. Machine Gun
Joe). Definitely looks like a
must-see for action fans.
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I saw Batman at a regular cinema on
opening night - and wasn't that
impressed. The joker was fantastic
(it's not all just hype) and there
were some great 'scenes' - but the
film, as a whole, seemed to lack
something. Maybe I was just
expecting too much?
Anyway, I saw it again at the IMAX in Waterloo a couple of days after that - and, I've got to say, if you ever get the chance to watch a film in an IMAX cinema - DO IT! It was amazing - and often gave the sensation of actually 'being inside' the film. The picture was crystal clear and the sound was of a far higher quality than that in the Odeon.
Batman: The Dark Knight = 7/10
Watching a film in the IMAX = 10/10
Oh, and I saw Wall-E as well - and that, surprisingly, is one of the best films I've seen so far this year. The second the film finished I found myself wanting to see it again! :-D
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Anyway, I saw it again at the IMAX in Waterloo a couple of days after that - and, I've got to say, if you ever get the chance to watch a film in an IMAX cinema - DO IT! It was amazing - and often gave the sensation of actually 'being inside' the film. The picture was crystal clear and the sound was of a far higher quality than that in the Odeon.
Batman: The Dark Knight = 7/10
Watching a film in the IMAX = 10/10
Oh, and I saw Wall-E as well - and that, surprisingly, is one of the best films I've seen so far this year. The second the film finished I found myself wanting to see it again! :-D
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I liked Batman, but haven't got a
chance to see it on imax. Wall=E is
an amazing film. I have seen it
twice and it's my favorite Pixar
film by far.
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I have been let down for a long
time as far as new films go. I
spend a lot of time tracking down
old films. Recently rewatched The
Changling with George C. Scott.
Stretched out a bit in some places
but much better than most of what's
being released now. Something
disturbing has come to my
attention. I find that a lot of
what I consider to be awful or at
best mediocre films are being rated
as being great by both critics and
viewers. Has our intelligence
level really dropped that much?
When Superbad was released it and
it's primary actors were being
hyped as the best thing since shirt
pockets and I thought that it was
just junk. As long as you can put
toilet humor and foul language in a
script it seems sure to be a hit.
My 16 year old daughter is a very
intelligent girl but still thinks
someone passing gas on screen is
the height of hilarity. How many
times can that be funny? Oh, well,
that's just my opinion. I still
prefer to watch W.C. Fields movies.
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Oh, and just to revisit the old
movie vs. new movie debate and how
my own home demographic reacts. My
daughter has seen splatter movies
and CGI galore and considers
herself to be pretty "jaded" when
it comes to movie scares. Soon
after watching the remade House On
Haunted Hill without any fear type
reaction I talked her into watching
the old Vincent Price version. I
had to close the shutters and get
up and turn the bathroom light on
for her before she would even get
off the couch. There's a lot to be
said for the "creepy factor".
Atmosphere is the key.
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"Surfwise" was an interesting
documentary detailing the lives of
the Paskowitz family. Doc
Paskowitz, a graduate of Stanford,
quit his medical practice and
checked out of conventional society
with his third wife.
They bought a camper and raised the family surfing the west coast. They started the Paskowitz family surf camp (Kelly Slater was an instructor) and lived a lifestyle revolving around surfing...with nine children total.
The kids never went to school. Education was more spiritual than cerebral, although they did frequent many public libraries up and down the coast (and a lot of the books are overdue to this day) Only one of the nine children displayed resentment toward their lack of traditional education...as he wanted to attend medical school but discovered it was not an attainable goal with his upbringing.
The film documents the good the bad and the ugly...and seems to paint a fairly honest portrait.
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They bought a camper and raised the family surfing the west coast. They started the Paskowitz family surf camp (Kelly Slater was an instructor) and lived a lifestyle revolving around surfing...with nine children total.
The kids never went to school. Education was more spiritual than cerebral, although they did frequent many public libraries up and down the coast (and a lot of the books are overdue to this day) Only one of the nine children displayed resentment toward their lack of traditional education...as he wanted to attend medical school but discovered it was not an attainable goal with his upbringing.
The film documents the good the bad and the ugly...and seems to paint a fairly honest portrait.
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here's a link to ten minutes of
"Surfwise" on YouTube
http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=XmhxRVR9dqI
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