What Movies Have You Seen Recently?

[bob x]

Originally Posted by dauer

I just rented Big Trouble in Little China from iTunes. That's always a fun film to watch.

My buddies and I (who watched it stoned fairly often, in the good old days) called it "Big Movie with Little Plot".

[Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine]

The Day the Earth Moved, which is about the January, 1995 Kobe earthquake.

All I can say is it really puts life into perspective, especially the scene where one of the boys saw his father (the only surviving member of his immediate family) die right in front of him (the father of one of his classmates was severely burned trying to rescue the man, I think.) The teacher lost his daughter when a pillar crushed her and one of the students died when the apartment building's first floor collapsed, the rest of the building resting on top of her entire family.

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine

[17th Angel]

Into the Wild....

"Based on a true story. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandoned his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters who shape his life."


This film, is, amazing.......

[Pathless]

My Flesh and Blood: Documentary about a single mom and her adopted children. She has adopted eleven kids, all with "special needs":

• Faith, whose face and body was burned and disfigured at age two, is full of life and beauty.
• Anthony, who suffers from Epidermolysis Bullosa, which has caused his skin to blister, peel, and in some cases fall off. He must be bathed in a bleach-water solution four times a week and parts of his body are wrapped in bandages. Somewhat quiet, he also gets a lead role in a school play.
• Xenia, who has no legs (and neither does one of her adopted sisters) and wears a shirt that reads, "I have ISSUES." She doesn't care, though. "Having legs is not a problem," she says. On Halloween, she has one of her brothers saw her in half, as it were, away from a rigged up pair of legs. She and her sister both have no problem climbing, swimming, and dancing.
• Joe, who has cystic fibrosis and an attitude problem. He is angry, but then again he's fifteen. Some of the things he says, which are admittedly awful, also came out of my mouth at that age. His birth mother is a recovering meth addict and a coroner.
• Margaret: I am not sure if Margaret has a disability, but she sacrifices much. The oldest of the adopted kids living at home, she is a second mother to them, spending much of her time making sure that they get the medicines they need, do their homework, driving them places, and trying to keep Joe away from playing violent video games like Grand Theft Auto.
• Many more...

I also have recently seen the History Channel's documentary about The Underground Railroad. Very inspiring and informative about American history of freedom at any cost, dissidence, and the integrated racial struggle for equal treatment.

[wil]

I just saw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film) with my kids, very interesting flick. I'd love to get any Iranian or Muslim view of the film. (same for Kite Runners)

[17th Angel]

Originally Posted by wil

I just saw http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis_(film) with my kids, very interesting flick. I'd love to get any Iranian or Muslim view of the film. (same for Kite Runners)

Downloa.... I mean I'll go to the cinema and watch it in an hour or so.....

[17th Angel]

The film I mentioned last? "into the wild" I beg you all.... Please, watch this film.... lol, I have so far got twenty people to watch it (mostly family) but please come on... This could be the best film you will ever watch, I know that statement is true for myself....

[Lecter]

The Machinist

wow

[greymare]

rush hour 3. terrible acting but its a jackie chan film so I can forgive them. actually, jackie chans acting is better than mosst of the others in th e film. I looooooooove jackie chan.

[juantoo3]

Originally Posted by greymare

I looooooooove jackie chan.

I *really like* Jackie Chan too, but haven't seen rush hour 3. I've got most everything else at the house, I think, including a couple of obscure really early films he did. There is an old movie I have been looking for, "the Big Brawl." When I looked it up on Wiki it said that Jackie was the lead role. If so, then he's been acting in movies since at least 1979, almost 30 years, doing what he does best. I think my favorite is Shanghai Noon, but Drunken Master is really good too.

I took my wife to the movie house to see Fool's Gold the other day, her first time inside an American movie theatre. I think she was nonplussed about the whole affair. She seemed to like the movie though, which was a good thing because I have a hard time finding movies to share with her. Her English is improving in leaps and bounds, but it is still "foreign" to her. Even though she is Chinese, she isn't much of a Jackie Chan fan. She puts up with his movies because I like them...

BTW, I liked Fool's Gold very much. When it comes out on video I'll have to add it to the collection.

[gp1628]

Idiocracy
I highly recommend that any thinking person rent this movie. Its a lowgrade B comedy but it makes some points that should not be forgotten abut the dumbing down of our future. At least the very beginning of it puts the concept into very clear perspective. Its a nice popcorn-night way to put another bit of hot-debate material in your head.
Idiocracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[dauer]

I loved idiocracy.

[greymare]

Originally Posted by juantoo3

I *really like* Jackie Chan too, but haven't seen rush hour 3. I've got most everything else at the house, I think, including a couple of obscure really early films he did. There is an old movie I have been looking for, "the Big Brawl." When I looked it up on Wiki it said that Jackie was the lead role. If so, then he's been acting in movies since at least 1979, almost 30 years, doing what he does best. I think my favorite is Shanghai Noon, but Drunken Master is really good too.

I took my wife to the movie house to see Fool's Gold the other day, her first time inside an American movie theatre. I think she was nonplussed about the whole affair. She seemed to like the movie though, which was a good thing because I have a hard time finding movies to share with her. Her English is improving in leaps and bounds, but it is still "foreign" to her. Even though she is Chinese, she isn't much of a Jackie Chan fan. She puts up with his movies because I like them...

BTW, I liked Fool's Gold very much. When it comes out on video I'll have to add it to the collection.

hey 123, they filmed a bit of Fools Gold just 20minutes away from here. but they decided to relocate becasue they were afraid of some jellyfish stinging them. (sooks) actually it was the deadly irjukangi ( my spelling is probably wrong. ). have you seen Kung Foo Hustle?? omg it is hilarious. you do have to tolerate it a bit but the effects are great and so is the action.

[17th Angel]

*hides his bowler hat and waiste coat*

[Pathless]

Heathers Heathers (1989)


Heather McNamara: Damn. It's your turn Heather.

Heather Chandler: No Heather, it's Heather's turn. Heather -

Heather Duke: Sorry Heather.

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Veronica Sawyer: What is your damage, Heather?

Heather McNamara: Don't blame me, blame Heather. She told me to haul your ass into the caf, pronto. Back me up, Heather.

Heather Duke: Yeah, she really wants to talk to you, Veronica.

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Heather Chandler: Sawyer, guess what today is.

Veronica Sawyer: Ouch. Lunchtime poll?

Heather McNamara: So what's the question?

Heather Duke: Yeah, so what's the question, Heather?

Heather Chandler: Goddamn Heather. You were with me in study hall when I thought of it.

Heather Duke: I forgot.

Heather Chandler: You're such a pillowcase.



That's just an absurd amount of Heathers.