NO DOUBT!

eastern promises
- nice stuff. it not displays the coolness of being gangster. quite realistic.

the man from earth
- like dinodog_Jr said, either you want to stay watching or stop.

stalker
- very, very slow movie. like the cinematography.

before the devil knows you're dead
- quite good. got marisa tomei's nekkid scene.

Very neat movie, but you don't know which scene is real, which scene is not, lolz

My December List:
The Usual Suspect

Lost In Beijing - Great performance from Fan Bing Bing

Lust, Caution - Ang Lee really good at casting, a tragedy love story

I Am Legend - Although, I feel it is a bit slow, but it is better than any other vampires/zombies

Eye In The Sky - Quite a cool movie, Milky Way, too simple, but technology wise, is cool

The Detective - Hear the radio was promoting last time, watched it, great performance from Aaron, although, some scene they did not explain it, Liu Kai Chee* (not sure the correct spelling) is good and weird too

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Thinking to watch Stardust, and Enchanted .

The Usual Suspects is one of the most overrated movies, EVER! the twist isn't even hard to see coming, and the entire plot is completely reliant upon the twist ending. Plus, very weak characters.

The Usual Suspects is a very good movie, bloody good if you ask me but like Memento or The Sixth Sense, once you have seen it, spotted the twist, it kinda spoils the subsequent showings.

Memento is one of my favorite movies of the decade but like you said, movies like this doesn't gives you the same effect on multiple viewings. sixth sense and usual suspects still works for me, at least there is some drama to it. if you make a movie like usual suspects today, of course it'll be over-rated but 15 years ago, it was heck of a movie.

I just caught Amelie and in a word, its just beautiful.

if we look at old movies with a current perspective a lot of the essential effects and techniques wouldnt be impressive anymore

like the alien chest burster scene

seven samurai wound not be that interesting even, considering it has been copied countless times

and many more.

another one of the movies i watched lately

the lives of others

lan : german

the movie is good, its the one that beat pan's to the oscar. the main character was acted to perfection ( sad the actor passed away ) think the german kevin spacy in his best performance ever. his stare tells soo much emotion.

the movie its a somewhat spy story but a very realistic one. no bond or bourne, this is the real way how its done by recording and bugging (in that era at least). even the issues that it touchs are very realistic, east germany russian controlled not very politically free.

highly recommended 4/5

This post has been edited by +3kk!: Dec 25 2007, 03:59 PM

Aliens VS Predator 2

I have the dvd at home and i'll make it my next movie to watch

As 3kk pointed out, even if we were to watch the Pink Panther now, it wouldn't be funny anymore. Comedy then and comedy now is so different and as you said, gags have been ripped off many a time in other movies.

Meet Joe Black!

one of the best movies i've seen. I duno why but it was touching.

Anyone else enjoy that moviee?

watched it a second time to make sure i got the story right XD

Mission Impossible 3.
Somehow I felt that the its a mission-gone-wrong movie.

i just say The Others a few days ago...

nice..... although i know the ending by wathcing the 1st time....

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Added on December 26, 2007, 12:22 amAmelie is ROCK!!!!

i luv the part where she steals the Gnome and send his dad a postcard of them

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Added on December 26, 2007, 12:24 amoh...anybody saw Der Untergang??? a German movie?


it is the best foreign film so far by me

This post has been edited by dropanyloot: Dec 26 2007, 12:24 AM

ahhhhh.......the downfall

very interesting movie, the acting for hitler was superbly done. but somehow i wont watch it a second time, maybe because its a biography of hitler's last days through the eyes of his secretary.

Just now watched Shoot em up. Not bad, but some scene too fake edi. Too idealized.

yeah..i only saw it once and what a good acting from the Swiss guy who potrays hitler... a very good quality movie i say...

i bought Das Boot recently but havent got time to watvh it yet... maybe today after work

amerian pie beta house and superbad are damn good movie this year

memento is far and away better than usual suspects and sixth sense. the reverse chrono was great, and the ending is so unforeseeable, yet totally realistic. usual suspects and sixth sense were just average movies with a great (according to most ppl anyway) ending.

yeah the acting was great but the movie was too long and repetitive. how many suicides do we need to see?

I still like L.A. confidential and Fight Club even the twist is just one time only and I can see it coming even the first time watching it.

Anyway recently watched,
The Lookout, kinda good and entertaining. Good storyline and great acting by the Blind guy and Villain guy. Some little flaws and a cliche black glass guy but overall still good. One of my top 10 in 2008. 7.8

Mr Brooks, the ending part with the daughter was kinda lame. It's so unconvincing and spoil the whole thing. In fact every scene with her daughter is unnecessary, so does the Demi Moore sub plot. Otherwise would be an a solid one with more times on Kevin Costner and William Hurt dialogues and on works. 6.7

Big Fish, my X times watching it and still like it. Probably my favourite Tim Burton's movie. Obi wan McGregor is so well cast and the lady is too lovely. Just couldn't figure out why the Circus boss has to be a werewolf or something. 8.5
Can't wait for Sweney Todd

Trainspotting, simply amazing. Loves every seconds and every bits of it. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Johhny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner are all great. Highly recommended for those who hasn't and especially those with some experience of you know what. 9.0

This post has been edited by V3i HoN6: Dec 26 2007, 06:20 PM

Fight Club's twist isn't the best but its not the core of the movie. heck it even builds on the twist, the movie doesnt end at the twist. and the movie is so bloody entertaining and cool that the twist just makes an excellent movie even better.