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Posted: 2/15/2009 6:19:25 PM | I have been very fortunate lately to come across THREE great films (in a row no less!) that i will always cherish, because what they share in common is a new perspective on life, family and love. Yes, very simple stories, sure, but nonetheless, VERY SPECIAL.
Benjamin Button
Gran Torino
Slumdog Millionaire.
Tonight, i will try to make it FOUR great films in a row with The Wrestler.
lets just say with Darren Aronofsky as director and the "come back"* of one of my favourite actors Mickey Rourke, it looks REALLY good! 
*Personnally, i consider his role as Marv in Sin City to be his come back, but lets just say with an oscar nom, it definitely confirms it ;) | |
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Posted: 2/15/2009 10:07:17 PM | | So I have just come back from seeing "Taken" with Liam Niessen...great action packed movie, thought it put any of the recent oo7 movies to shame...good story too. | |
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Posted: 2/15/2009 10:41:09 PM | | Life Aquatic sucked, I'm sorry love Bill Murray but the movie just isn't funny. And There will be blood starts really slow so you have to be patient and not fall asleep in the first 30 minutes cause after that it gets extremely good. | |
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Posted: 2/17/2009 6:07:35 PM | There Will be blood is a GOOD film. No more, no less!
I think the director PT Anderson has the potential to be a great director, if he can stop ripping off Scorcese and Kubrick. He has a great talent! But ripping off from his idols is his biggest flaw.
I really did like Punch Drunk Love, my favourite movie of his. It's far from perfect, but it's a lot more daring and crazy than the rest of his films. He doesn't rip off anybody and his directorial style really shines through as his own. It's the only film where you see the incredible talent of Adam Sandler really being used to its full potential.
BTW, to follow up on my previous post, i did see The Wrestler, but unfortunately, i was quite dissapointed with it. It's not a bad film, but it's just not that interesting. Mickey Rourke does deliver a great performance though. As well as Marisa Tomei, but again, it's really unfortunate that her character is not that well developed IMO. | |
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Posted: 2/19/2009 10:53:32 PM | There Will Be Blood is good, but both No Country For Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford are far superior westerns(well, in the case of the former, sort of) from the same year.
Chances are most of you have seen NCFOM, but if you haven't yet seen the latter and like westerns/GREAT movies in general do yourself a favor and watch it. Here's the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2897281305/ | |
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Posted: 2/21/2009 10:28:26 PM | Gran Torino is the only one that got me into the theatres beyond the IMAX ones which are always worth seeing. Swiss Alps!
Rented Eagle Eye and that was good nonstop action. Crystal Skull was better than I expected.
For those that liked NCFOM don't bother with the Coen bros latest Burn After Reading unless you really really like quirky movies. This was a lot like Fargo, minus the humor and theme. I'd say it's their worst yet.
Hancock wasn't bad at all but I thought I am Legend was better. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 3:05:52 PM | Hancock was better than I expected, which isn't saying much at all. It was cheese, but at least it had a story.
Just rented 'In Bruges'. Nicely low key, pretty, casually violent, ironically funny. A good one to rent. Made me want to visit Bruges too. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 4:06:57 PM |
Seven Pounds: Very very good, intensely emotional. Love Will Smith in dramas though I was really confused for a good chunk of this one; until the end tied it all together. Very good, but not a "feel good" movie so much.
Agreed ~ This film can have the best of humanity rethinking priorities
I still want to see "Rachel Getting Married" one of these days... | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 4:20:10 PM | I went and saw Taken starring Liam Neeson. It was surprisingly good.
Saw that Slumdog movie yesterday. That's is a really good film! I can see it winning best pic at the oscars tonight. But my favourite is still Frost/Nixon. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 7:59:49 PM | | ^^^Well so far, it won for Achievement in Sound Mixing and also for Cinematography and...OK I've lost track now! | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 8:02:36 PM | | I disagree about Burn After Reading. I'd describe it as a slap stick version of Fargo. Not the Coens' best, but hardly their worst, and still brilliant. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 9:46:53 PM | What do you think was worse of theirs? Most of their stuff is brilliant!
I probably should have reread the description before I rented BaR but it came in a stack of 4 dvds and I was just trying to get through them and forgot. I have to be in the mood for those screwball offbeat comedies.
Yeah slumdog won the Picture of the Year but it seems more like a flick I'll wait for the DVD.
The other flick that got me out to the theatre was Batman: The Dark Knight. That was worth seeing on the big theatre screen. | |
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Posted: 2/22/2009 10:44:29 PM | I agree that most of the Coen Brothers' stuff is brilliant, I've yet to see a film of theirs I didn't like. But I haven't seen Intolerable Cruelty or The Ladykillers, and don't plan on doing so anytime soon.
But of the rest I'd say Burn After Reading rates mid pack.. And like I said, I think it's brilliant, it's not that the others are bad. The Coen Bros at their worst are still better than most... | |
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Posted: 2/24/2009 10:53:39 PM | I just checked my netflix and it looks like I had forgotten about intolerable cruelty when I made that post since I only gave it two stars.
The Ladykillers, helps if you like or are used to Tom Hanks. I think it was enlightening to finally not see him play such typical goodguy kind of roles.
BTW using video.google.com I googled "slumdog millionaire" and the whole movie is on the internet free. It blinks trial version throughout much of it. Beats waiting for the DVD to come out, though. I'd give the link but that's against the rules here, just look for the one that says 2 hours and 34 seconds.
Netflix has it on Save meaning it will be awhile. | |
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Posted: 2/24/2009 11:59:58 PM | Worst imax movie (3d no less) was Beoewulf...
I don't know if I could have even enjoyed it on a 9" tv; watching it big screen 3d in all its graphic, incredibly violent, disturbing body shot images well... can't say I was a fan (Anthony Hopkins should get credit for big time guts (pun partially intended); to say it did not flatter him is a gargantuan understatement).
He's just not that into you was hysterical though not sappy " tie it in a bow" Hollywood; my daughter dragged me there and I think there were more guys there with other guys than couples or just women... and everyone loved it.
Nice seeing Heath get the Oscar last Sunday too. No one deserved one more. | |
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Posted: 3/2/2009 4:26:03 AM | Ok I finally went to see Slumdog. Great movie. Totally different from the book but still a great movie.
On dvd I caught The Bucket List. Wow.....two great actors. I enjoyed this movie. Makes you think about life and death. Moved me to tears at the end too. I recommend seeing it...
between the both of them, I really need to start saving money to go see India before it's too late. | |
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Posted: 3/2/2009 6:59:33 PM | I just saw this weekend......Defiance, Hostage and Vantage Point.
All of them I suggest seeing. | |
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Posted: 3/2/2009 10:18:00 PM | Defiance was amazing. In the big screen you could truly feel how totally alone and completely vulnerable they were. Powerful, powerful movie.
I don't know where to put this next one as it's not a worth seeing (unless you like bizarre, completely surreal movies; I stuck it in the most bizarre thing I encountered)...
was Repo the Genetic Opera. (from the makers of Saw)... daughter made me watch it the other day.
I can honestly say that was the strangest thing i have ever seen. It made Rocky Horror seem downright dull in comparison... but the singing totally impressed me (especially Paul Sorvino; he can belt)...
weird, weird, weird movie. Can't get the music out of my head... or the blood and guts... | |
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Posted: 3/3/2009 3:20:04 AM | "U Turn" left me with a similar impression. As an actor I never liked Sean Penn for some reason I could never put my finger on but he did great in this one. He does play the perfect weasel screwball greasy haired punk.
Got "We are Marshall" coming next, looking forward to that one. | |
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Posted: 3/3/2009 4:39:37 PM | You don't like Sean Penn? Wow...that is hard to understand. He's an amazing talent. Mystic River and Dead Man Walking are great ones, as was 21 Grams....
I thought his oscar acceptance speech was great telling people ''i know i make it hard for you to like me''.... he realizes his shortcomings. and makes no apologies.
But I can understand someone not liking someone who's popular. I never have figured out the whole Tom Cruise thing....so overrated in my opinion. I'll never forget the moment he lost the oscar to Daniel Day Lewis...the look on his face...he really thought he had a lock on that one. But honestly he's not fit to kiss the shoes of Daniel Day. | |
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Posted: 3/3/2009 4:44:31 PM | | It was either gonna be Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke for the oscar (I would have preferred Frank Langella) but Rourke was a sentimental favourite. Plus it would have been interesting seeing what kind of acceptance speech Rourke would have given. I don't think he'll have another chance. | |
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Posted: 3/3/2009 7:59:34 PM |
I never have figured out the whole Tom Cruise thing....so overrated in my opinion
Couldn't agree more, he's an awful actor. I remember how Nicole Kidman completely outclassed him in Eye's Wide Shut. Feel the same way about Keanu Reeves and Kiera Knightly, wooden and one dimensional.
Just seen 'Millions' on the BBC iPlayer site, a film Danny Boyle made before 'Slumdog Millionaire'. It's not big, it's not especially clever, but its such a lovely, sweet, sad and beautiful film. Go watch it now (it's free). | |
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Posted: 3/4/2009 10:04:39 PM | The last film I saw was The Reader but wait until video on that one. I plan on seeing Milk next, I just know I will love it! Then I'll check out The Wrestler and Slumdog. As for video I suggest the older Glengarry Glen Ross, it's a classic to me  | |
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Posted: 3/4/2009 10:05:46 PM | I hate There Will Be Blood and the last scene was disturbing. I wish I had never ordered it.  | |
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