Morlock

Haven't seen the trailer, but I give Branagh the benefit of the doubt.

Of the 2-3 I've heard, I'm rooting for 'Alice'. But man, that's a sad state. Why the hell do all these movies have songs?!

Aronofsky's thing recently has been taking really cliched, predictable scripts and trying to do his thing with them-in that X-Men should be no different than THe Wrestler. And if Thor doesn't work despite at last having a genuinly talented director, I'd be happy if Marel studios just closed up shop now. They are not good at making movies. If even an ambitious director like Branagh can't elevate their junky merchandizing machine, it's simply not worth it.

People, people, people....the Social Newtwork score was nominated because a great deal of people liked it. You may accuse them of bad taste, but I don't think they're being disingenuous. People honestly like the score- and the same goes for Santaollala.

That's not a real nude scene.

Hmmm...I don't recall any significant shifts in the movie, just recall utterly loving the whole thing. Can't really remember particular scenes, though, aside from the love/hate speech and the freaky river.

I'm with Publicist on this one...though perhaps I'll warm to it more if and when I see the film. A lot of it is easily pegged as Zimmer-esque, but there is something really interesting going on in a couple of the tracks.

Pearl Harbor won an Oscar.

I too gave up on 24, after season 2.

One of the few shows I gave up on, that. I really should get back to it. But season 1 didn't hook me enough to watch season 2...

Personally, I think season 3 of Mad Men is the best one yet and I've read season 4 is even better but it's not yet available around here ... so in the meanwhile I'm watching Dexter. Try Breaking Bad. I haven't seen Dexter, but it's a great show. I'm sorry I watched it before something merely pretty good like Sons of Anarchy (or, from what I understand, Dexter), because it's a huge comedown. Breaking Bad is of such a high standard in every department -particularly the writing, and it's one of the best shot shows, too- that most other shows pale in comparison. I'm not sure how brilliant hypocrasy is...for me, it gets points for sheer insanity. Not really for satire.

You hadn't heard about it? The season finale aired Sunday, haven't had a chance to see it yet. I'm still not sure where to put it- it started out in Rome territory- entertaining window dressing, a real meat & potatoes kind of show. It hit it's stride around episode four, still without being totally engrossing...but by the last few episodes, it's been getting really, really good. Scorsese's excellent work on the pilot set a high standard for the directors that is generally kept, and though it seems to be very influenced by Terrence Winter's Sopranos lineage, it has started to be its own thing. My main problem with the show is the character played by Michael Shannon...but Buscemi is terrific, as is Michael Pitt- an actor I don't usually care for. I'd strongly recommend you give it a shot- there's a lot to like in there.

The Holiday. I forgot how pleasant this score was. The Simpsons movie. Not as pleasant as I remembered it, though it has its moments. John Adams (miniseries). Some really terrific stuff in there.

Continuing with Sons of Anarchy. It's not a great show, but it's a good one, and in season two they do a really terrific job of making the season come together. 9 episodes of carefully planned biuld up, culminating in on of the most satisfying and crowd-pleasing episodes I've ever seen.

For some reason, I found the vegan police to be one of the most abnoxious and annoying details in that movie filled with details.

The Mist showed too much of the monsters...the first (more claustrephobic and mysterious) half was better.

I think that the postcard quality was a big element in the film...but, like I said, it felt like Woody was really invigorated by the somewhat arbitrary change of location. A warmer, more understanding and more alive film resulted.

I really enjoyed the whole thing. It's not just the setting and actors that were different- it was tonally also very different. The warm color palette fit with the far warmer and more sympathetic portrait he was presenting. These are sad characters- but I felt like Woody was more sympathetic towrds them than he's been in years.

I don't know how obscure these are, but they generally don't get tossed around much. Generally older and/or foreign- I can't think of a great deal of modern mainstream films that apply: Midnight - one of my favorite romantic comedies Kind Hearts and Coronets- a wonderful black comedy, my favorite Ealing film by far The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp- well known to film buffs, but all I've gotten is blank stares by your average film-goer...a remarkable film, possibly my candidate for best English film California Split- not really obscure, but not nearly as widely seen as Altman's most famous pictures, when it's one of his absolute best (I'd take it over Nashville) The Spider's Stratagem- one of Bernardo Bertollucchi's early films, a great, haunting film Five Graves to Cairo- An early Billy Wilder film (his second, I think), it's a terrific WWII thriller Moonlighting- Jeremy Irons as a Polish worker creating a Communist microcosm in a British flat...also The Deep End, both from director Jerzy Skolimowski The Train- John Frankenheimer's best film, a great, great, great thriller than inspired action movies for decades Hope and Glory- With the exception of Delivarence and Excalibur -two films I didn't really connect to- John Boorman rarely gets the praise he deserves (Quint already picked Hell on the Pacific, which I've yet to see, and Richard gave him props, as well). This joyous film was overshadowed by the somewhat similar outline of Empire of the Sun- it's well worth checking out (as are Boorman's The General, The Tailor of Panama and the insanely cool Point Blank. And Barry Lyndon is probably the least seen of Kubrick's post Paths of Glory career, even though I've come to the opinion that it is his best. Morlock- who likes this thread

I agree with KM, in particular when it comes to the action scenes.

Once you get over the 'This is really the best film ever made?' hype of Kane, it's a tremendously enjoyable film. It took me a couple of viewings, but it loosened up, and is a very entertaining and fun film. Same with Singin' in the Rain.

Hmmm...until recently, the most glaring omission in the pop-culture field for me was Aliens, which I did finally see. In terms of classics, though, there are many. Intolerance and Sherlock Jr., La'aventura, La Strada, The River (Renoir), Sunrise, Tarkovsky...just the first that came to mind. I haven't seen these due to length and accessibility, mostly (no excuse with the Keaton, though. just haven't gotten around to it yet).

I was mistaken- I've seen both Mortal Combat and Soldier. All I remember from the latter is a moustachioed Jason Isaacs with an American accent, and I remember nothing from the former.

I don't believe I've actually seen PWSA film.

Wait, wait, wait....am I the ONLY one who toilet papers Craig Spaulding's house if an order is late/damaged/costs more than $15.43?