Saw Revolver (Guy Ritchie) and Gone in 60 seconds this morning.
Revolver was...damn! i cant understand the whole thing, seriously, i like LSA2SB and Snatch but this one!!! damn!
Yea, Revolver was pretty hard to understand but I think the whole concept was pretty dumb. BTW, check out this Ritchie "short film" for BMW, feat. Madonna and Clive Owen.
Martian Child. Very well balanced drama, comedy, and an inspirational flick. I'm a fan of Cusack when he does movies like this. The chemistry between him and Bobby Coleman (the kid) was very natural and lovable. I don't usually find movies like this really good but this one worked for me.
Anyone here watch .Rec yet? It is a spanish horror movie that will totally make you wet your pants. I know i almost did. It was released last year and theres gonna be a US remake called Quarantine, but i really recommend that u watch the Spanish version first.
The Illusionist - This movie is let down by one element. Edward Norton. In his attempt to come across as enigmatic, he just ends up being boring and bland. As it is, its just a barely passable movie. One wonders how much better it would have been had Norton and Bale swapped places.
I agree it would have been better with Bale replacing Norton but I think the biggest letdown of Illusionist is the writing, not so much of the acting. It seems to me that Norton is only capable of a stronger, tougher, energetic role like what he did in AHX and Primal Fear (which I think is his best acting, though I like him in AHX).
Last movie watched - Charlie Chaplin's City Lights and I still find it very entertaining. I use to watch his works a lot when I was younger with my dad and watching it again after 10-15 years later gives you a different kind of vibe. Still an awesome classic IMO. Damn awesome in fact.
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Just watched the 1962 original version of The Manchurian Candidate and it was brilliant. It covers the various themes of sociology, psychology, politics, conscience and it's also very well acted from the cast. I don't know anything about the recent remake but I doubt it'll better this classic.
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used to that was years ago. yeah its kinda inconvenient living in clayton unless u can hook up with someone who has a car. just take a train to south yarra station and hitch a tram to astor.
sigh...the only thing i can remember of that movie is julia roberts' cleavage 2001 space odessey in 70mm is coming soon
its ok, not sublime like [rec] at times i feel there are tons of useless scenes that can be kicked out
7/10
I actually found DOTD highly entertaining, even though it was not as scary and horrifying as say, 28 Days Later. Have you watch the original before? Was it good?
The theatrical version of Apocalypse Now. Thank god for it coz the redux version I saw last year was bad and lengthy. The original version instead was nicely paced and the scenes made more sense than the redux. Brando's entrance was horrifying nonetheless done perfectly. Solid 9/10
I watched both Street Kings and L.A. Confidential back to back without knowing both were written by the same person. Street Kings was okay, above average flick with an awful performance from Forrest Whitaker. Quite entertaining while it lasts.
L.A. Confidential on the other hand.... I cant believe it's taken me this long to watch one of the best films of the 90s. Gobsmackingly brilliant all the way. It looks great, never slows down, is wonderfully written, and features strong performances all round. Just one of the greats. I didnt think it would be this astonishingly good.
There's a reason why most movie fans think that LA is the best film in 1997, better than you know what. I thought Guy Pearce stole the show for me, amazing performance.
Memories of Murder. It's from Korea. Man, that movie is great.
indeed.
Just watched Mendes's Jarhead. Not your typical Black Hawk Down kinda war flick but I still thought it was good. Action were minimal but it wasn't too ponderous and political either.
i just saw "Burn After Reading" (Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton etc).
it's a very good story with a good story telling. it's funny yet intelligent. it's how all the characters were brought together and eventually tied to each and everyone bcoz of simple misunderstanding is simply awesome .
mind u, it's not great. nothing outstanding in this film. but it's like a great drama about life and how eveybody has secrets and nothing is what it seems!
Nowhere near the Coen's best and like you, i enjoyed the movie thoroughly. Very clever writing from the brothers, great character development, it's as though they are having fun with the camera with a great cast. Good and quirky stuff from the brothers. Kudos. 4/5.
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any nudity in Burn After Reading? If yes, I'll just look my door and not show it to my mom or she'd start giving me moral fibre. And no, I'm not going to wank off to the film but just don't want to feel awkward watching it.
Nope. But you get lots of swearing from Malkovich I mean literally FCUK in every sentence.
Burn After Reading is a fantastic movie the more I think about it, will definitely watch it again when it's released on DVD.
94 was a good year for movies with Forrest Gump, Shawshank and Pulp Fiction on top of the list. It was a really tough year to pick a winner out of these 3.
99 was the best year for movies. But honestly American Beauty deserves it more than the other movies nominated that year.
BTW the worst Oscar robbery was in 98. Shakespeare in Love, WTF
Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times. While I feel it's inferior to City Lights, it's still a very well made film. And oh, Paullette Gouddard was a goddess there.
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