What Movies Have You Seen Recently? - Page 34

greymare · 12-04-2008, 07:01 AM

thnks Juan, ill check out smoke signals. when i can.

juantoo3 · 12-12-2008, 03:24 AM

Blues Brothers.

Truly a classic I never tire of watching. We lost John Belushi *way* before his time.

greymare · 12-12-2008, 08:42 AM

agreed. "we're on a mission from God"

17th Angel · 12-12-2008, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by juantoo3

OK, I looked through about a dozen pages of posts and can't seem to find Alex's post about the movie "300." Finally found a copy at at price I was willing to pay (there are a few benefits to black friday...), and I have watched it twice now since my purchase. There is a quality about the film that engrosses me. I appreciate the storyline (honor, courage, never surrender...), and I suppose for the more faint of heart it could be considered quite gory (I have seen far worse...still I wouldn't let a small child watch). Some elements seemed even cartoonish, yet still captivating. I think it has made the lower end of my favorites list.

Speaking of which, had some family visiting for a day, and I learned of her interest in Native American movies and stories. I was pleased to learn she also had some of the same movies in her own collection like: "Fish Hawk" (with Will Sampson, better known for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and the Outlaw Josey Wales) and "The Education of Little Tree" (written, coincidentally by the grandson of the real Josey Wales, with James Cromwell better known as a character actor from a wide range of films). Both of these are pretty obscure films, so it was quite a surprise to me.

So, upon learning she had not seen "Smoke Signals," that is the film we watched. Mine is a bootleg made for me years ago by a friend, but I tend to watch it once or twice a year anyway, so this made for a great opportunity to share what I feel is a truly artistic film that speaks profoundly on many levels. It came out in 1998 or 99, I don't recall, but it won at the Sundance festival that year. I cannot recommend this particular film more highly, it has ranked among my favorites ever since I first watched.

Enjoy!

I love Millers work.... That combined with Leonidas I (Whom I also love!) We got an awesome start

Of course it will seem "cartoonish" it is based on a graphic novel.. I love the camera work and the colours, the tone of the footage is really awesome and captivating... The way they worked and editing the backgrounds (most will of not picked up on that) I thought was sweet... Like the part where Leonidas departs from his Wife and Queen and of course his son! For battle... The slow motiony breeze in the fields.... The slow floating crops... The haze like aura to it.. Sweet!

A bit of an exagerated tale with alot of added fantasy but that makes it even more awesome..!

I love the way they kind of put your eyes into the eyes of a Spartan warrior... You are there for the first time seeing all these new and strange and wonderful creatures and soldiers and weapons and tools and what not coming from distant lands combining to defeat you!!!! :O:O:O:O

Awesome quotes in this one and an excellent ending... And now I am in the mood to watch some miller so I am going to go watch Sin Cities

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dauer · 01-01-2009, 03:54 AM

I saw Doubt. It was quite good.

juantoo3 · 01-03-2009, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by dauer

I saw Doubt. It was quite good.

I was wondering if that one was worth watching. Meryl Streep is a very accomplished actress, and her role seems difficult to pull off credibly. The storyline sounds intriguing...just not enough to get me to cough up matinee fare yet.

"Bolt" on the other hand...but that's the kid in me. Haven't seen it yet, just need to get up the ooomph. The hamster in the trailers makes me laugh my a$$ off.

greymare · 01-04-2009, 01:20 AM

lol. cant wait to see bolt

dauer · 01-04-2009, 04:20 PM

Juan,

Streep's performance was incredible. There was so much depth to her role. It does feel at times like one is watching a play, but that is to be expected.

Vajradhara · 01-06-2009, 08:12 PM

i just saw The Dark Knight.

BEST. MOVIE. EVER.

if you've not seen it, do so. it's on dvd and cable now which is how i could see it given that i don't go to movie theaters.

metta,

~v

17th Angel · 01-14-2009, 01:26 PM

Balls Out: [4/10] Not bad has it's moments, not that funny though.....

Madagascar II: [5/10] Same again, has it's moments not that funny and kinda old lol....

Open Season II: [6/10] Funny, entertainment, twas entertained....

Pineapple Express: [8/10] lulz... Awesome film, funny and just a very re-watchable number!! WOOOO item nine! It's the bee's knees!

The Wrestler: [7/10]... It was too real. And I kept having to leave the room as I found bits quite sad/tragic or topics I cannot comfortably watch.... I got it 'for the lulz' and cause I really love Mickey Rourke... But It was too real......

dauer · 01-14-2009, 01:33 PM

Alex,

I'm looking forward to seeing The Wrestler, primarily for the reason you didn't like it. You didn't realize it's supposed to be an intense and graphic drama dealing with the same types of themes as Aronofsky's other films from a very different angle?

17th Angel · 01-14-2009, 01:39 PM

Does that description you gave sound like something you'd experience 'for the lulz'? I thought it was going to be a light hearted/tag violent film... I never read reviews I just download all the new films and just watch them. *shrugs*

It wasn't intense.... It was just too real.... You are born you keep getting better and better you get to the peak, you then fall down hill there is no stopping point.... You keep going, and going... You fail, you become alone, you become ill, you become weak, you need to fill your self with so much **** just to keep up.... You struggle.... then you'red ****ed and die.... And nothing stops that..... Of course it was filmed well and a story was told well and it showed how life and time effected one man, but it effects us all just the same... So I gave it a high rating [7/10] but not a film I'd watch again.

17th Angel · 01-14-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by greymare

lol. cant wait to see bolt

I got a real nice studio contact

And I got a DVD screener of bolt... Freaking awesome film 8/10

Really good go see it!

c0de · 01-14-2009, 02:34 PM

Thats wierd... I heard Pinapple eXpress sucked???
wait... these same ppl told me madagascar 2 was really good...

hmmm...

you guys should see Choke and Let the Right One In
two sleeper hits of the year. Choke is a dark comedy
based on the novel by the fight club guy, and the second
one is a vampire flick in the league of interview...
im actually just about to watch it, but ive heard good things
from everyone.

cam · 01-14-2009, 02:42 PM

Wow, its been sucha long time since i have been able to watch T.V.
As a christian i have had to re-evaluate my life.
I remember a s a kid our parents teaching us as Seventh Day Adventists not to read Novels as they were works of fiction, the bible teahes in the new testament as i have seen thatwe are to avoid, Geaneologies and fables, Avoid Mythology and Old Wives Tales.
We are notto believe or be involved, to avoid i think means to not even read them, To discuss them as a christian, that would be hard to avoid, but as forms of entertainment, i canot, its sad, i used to love foreign moies and quality Telly.
I cannot buy comics and Story books either.... it leaves me feelig unsociable and left out at times....
Its no big deal really that i have chosen and know to avoid it, what hurts is that my christian experience means i cannot watch any kind of T.V. or Film at all, even historicalor factual..... i am haunted at the moment in a way, feling kind of isolated.
You remind me of more entertained moments inmy life, periods of quiet peace and privacy, really nice to read your piece though.....

cam.

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Originally Posted by dauer

I thought I remembered a thread about this once upon a time, but I couldn't find anything. What movies have you seen recently and what did you think of them?

I just rented Ushpizin and Iron Monkey. Ushpizin was produced by a hasidic community in Israel and has received international attention. It's about a couple of recently religious Breslover hasidim trying to conceive who receive some unexpected guests from the past over the holiday of Sukkot. Very entertaining. Moving. Great all around pick.

Iron Monkey is a wire-fu movie about Robin Hood... I mean the Iron Monkey... Amazing martial arts sequences. A lot of fun. A little cheese. Good times. Good times. So that was yesterday. Today, high on wire-fu, I got a good kung fu movie, Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. My only complaint is that it's a bit too Hollywood at times. But it's still a great picture. I think I'm going to rate movies in Yay!s.

Ushpizin gets 4 1/2 Yay!s. You know it was funny. I had the English captions on, but I was listening to the Hebrew, and every now and again I'd hear the Hebrew and see the English and think to myself, "That does not capture the language at all." Kol HaKavod becomes "Very nice."??? Gevalt! And that's only the one I can remember. It got much worse than that. However, that didn't hurt the film at all. Also, the two guests, they didn't have so much depth to them, but I don't think they needed it so much in order for the film to work. Still, nitpick I must.

Iron Monkey I give 5 Yay!s shouted while flying around on wires.

Enter the Dragon I give 3 1/2 Yay!s. I would have only given it 3, but I have to admit that I was entertained throughout the whole film. So it gets an extra 1/2.

Dauer