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[Hlao-roo]

Lost in Translation

[MrScratch]

Lost in Translation

I'm very much looking forward to seeing this film, how was it? Late last night we watched "Picture of Dorian Gray", George Sanders at his best.

[Hale-Bopp]

I saw Pollock for about the 20th time last night.

Best Ed Harris performance I've ever seen, unless someone could possibly turn me on to another piece of his work that tops this.

[ChrisAfonso]

Theater: Pirates of the Caribbean
Very cool... I think I'm very likely seeing it at least once more, preferably the OV, as I've heard many people say Johnny Depp sounds much better there than in the dub (as if he wasn't likely to be anyway). The score... well, some interesting parts (the more "piraty" music), much MV-bombast as always, sometimes fitting, mostly not.

At Home: Girl, Interrupted
(Today)
Saw it for the first time, I found it very good, better than I thought it'd be. Really gripped me, superb acting.

[CYPHER]

Saw The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the other night

How's this for coincidence? The very moment I was reading your post, my best friend swung by my place and dropped off a copy of the original graphic novel! Freaky. This film hasn't come out here yet and while I'm sure I'll end up seeing it, my hopes are not high...

I watched the 1939 Hunchback of Notre Dame yesterday, with Charles Laughton and music by Alfred Newman. I want the CD now.

Me too! Except I've wanted it for several years, but I am consoled by the fact that I have a cassette recording from the radio. It's rather marvelous isn't it? Speaking of older scores by classic composers, I've been listening to Shostakovich's The Gadfly and Five Days - Five Nights over the past week. Very impressive .

CYPHER - Last film I saw? On DVD: Jesus' Son ( LOL ). At the cinema: Pirates of the Caribbean ( )

[Justin]

Close Encounters.

Justin -Who loved it of course.

[Uni]

Saw The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen the other night

How's this for coincidence? The very moment I was reading your post, my best friend swung by my place and dropped off a copy of the original graphic novel! Freaky. This film hasn't come out here yet and while I'm sure I'll end up seeing it, my hopes are not high...

Nor should they be. Your opinions of popular literature have impressed me enough to be sure that, if literary characters really spoke and acted like they do in this film, you and I would have a lot fewer books to recommend to others.... :?

- Uni

[Mr. Breathmask]

Watched some movies on the bus to and from Paris this week. What Women Want (yawn), Miss Congeniality (slightly better) on the way to Paris and Braveheart (great film, always a pleasure) and The Long Kiss Goodnight (poor script, macho violence, annoying kid) on the way back home.

- Marc, not feeling like discussing these films, and wondering why he can't see any new posts since this morning. :?

[IrishCal24]

I went to see Secondhand Lions tonight. I gotta say I enjoyed the heck out of it. It's the kind of movie Spielberg would have made in the early 80's. That's not a knock on Spielberg, it's just that he left a void for this kind of movie as his directorial tastes matured. McCanlies direction is solid and gets great performances from Caine, Duvall and Osment. Just don't expect a strong plot, as it?s more of a character driven film. Oh, and Patrick Doyle's score serves the movie very well, though maybe not quite Oscar-worthy.

Last night, I picked up an old childhood favorite on DVD, The Last Starfighter. While not exactly a classic, it still keeps my glued to the screen. It is, at least, a landmark movie in terms of its use of CGI spacecraft and such in place of models and miniatures. I also watched the "making of" documentary, directed by Michael Matessino, that's also included on the disc. It's a really interesting look at early CGI and features interviews with some familiar names, including Ron Cobb, Dennis Muren and John Knoll.

Finally, I caught the first half-hour or so of Below on Starz last Friday, but had already made plans to go out so I couldn't watch the rest of it. It really looked intriguing; have any of you seen it? All I really knew about it other than its most basic plot elements is that it's David Twohy's directorial follow-up to Pitch Black, which I really liked.

I think I'll watch Gremlins and maybe Gremlins 2 over the weekend. I haven't watched either in a while but I've humming the theme for the past couple weeks for some strange reason.

Alan, what did you think of Lost in Translation? I'm rather interested in seeing it. I've been hearing great things about Bill Murray's performance.

[UCFKevin]

Ooh! I might see Secondhand Lions today, it looks quite good. Either that or Lost in Translation.

[Alexcremers]

I watched Mulholland Drive for the second time. It didn't make me any wiser, though. Anyway, I liked it more the first time, in other words, it's not a keeper. Best scene of the movie: The Cowboy scene. This is still an amazing idea. It's crazy. I could easily watch it 20 times. It's the "Bobby Peru" of Mulholland Drive, if you know what I mean.

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[Elmo Lewis]

What Women Want (yawn), Miss Congeniality (slightly better)

I actually found What Women Want to be better than Miss Congeniality - especially because the first had a purpose and a message. Maybe not a special one, but it was there, unlike that shallow nonsense that was Miss Congeniality in which emptiness and superficiality are worshiped like the values of a good society.

[Mr. Breathmask]

That's a good point, but I enjoyed the latter one more as a comedy, while What Women Want didn't have as much good jokes, IMO.

- Marc, who will now watch the RotK trailer. And again, and again, and again...

[Yoda Longbottom]

I just rented "Gosford Park" DVD to watch tonight with my friend. I have read mixed reviews, characterizing the movie as boring to even amazing, and so I have mixed hopes about it. I had had high hopes before I read them. But since I like Robert Altman's stuff or basically most of it, I hope to like this picture. Reviews somewhat concur on the captivating cinematography and solid acting if nothing else. I'll tell ya tomorrow.


Tea At Four. Dinner At Eight. Murder At Midnight.

[Marian Schedenig]

The finale of 24 - absolutely terrifying, I'm shocked! Also, the ROTK trailer.

Marian - who can't wait for ROTK.

[Jeshopk]

POLTERGEIST

It was great on the big screenmonster at Fenway theatre in Boston last weekend. Speilberg wrote and storyboarded and it shows. He did some directing and that shows too. Tobe Hooper did great job when Speilberg was off the set fiming ET.

The entire audience was scared stiff when the clown was no longer in his chair. And then the whole theatre screamed louder than I've heard in any past film.

Jerry Goldsmith really carries the movie and all the performances and special effects stand up to today's standards except one or maybe two shots.

Anyway, it was great in these days of quick cutting and lack of character development to see how rivited first time viewers were at this slowly paced (at times), character driven effects film. I heard many people before the film saying that they never saw it or only saw bits and pieces of it. After the film, people were saying things like "I was so scared" and "Steven Speilberg's twisted".

I like how this film has not been seen so many times as an Indiana Jones movie, but still delivers that early 80's dramatic quality to many surprised viewers. It is a film that was made before producers left behind the brevity to tell a story in broad strokes. The lengthly shots of the mother in the tub made viewers uncomfortable because of the suspense missing in today's quick cut "scary" movies. Uncomfortable as they were, they knew something was going to happen and they were hooked. The extremely long shots of the rooms at night as the American Anthem plays are also effective, and I would imagine that todays producers would fear for audience boredom and cut it down. Audience reactions to Poltergeist tell me that the world is ready for some relief from far too brisk storytelling.

[MrScratch]

POLTERGEIST definitely deserves a lavish DVD release. Poltergiest is one of several films (including Burtons original Batman) that I refuse to buy because they deserve remastered releases with lots of extras. At the very least, they could include the E! true Hollywood story on Poltergiest which I found to be pretty interesting.

I just watched 'Images' the other night, thought it was ok. The score NEEDS to be released. Master tapes missing or not, the bootleg exists, somebody needs to do with it what they can and put it on CD.

'In Search Of Unicorns' from IMAGES

[Mr. Breathmask]

The finale of 24 - absolutely terrifying, I'm shocked! Also, the ROTK trailer.

Marian - who can't wait for ROTK.

Good for you, Marian! On both fronts. Now, bring on Day 2! (...and RotK)

- Marc, 24-nut, and fan of Fikhtorr Drrazzen.

[MrScratch]

The finale of 24 - absolutely terrifying, I'm shocked! Also, the ROTK trailer.

Marian - who can't wait for ROTK.

Good for you, Marian! On both fronts. Now, bring on Day 2! (...and RotK)

- Marc, 24-nut, and fan of Fikhtorr Drrazzen.

I almost stopped watching 24 when Terri got amnesia. How lame. In the same episode she thought she witnessed the Kims death and then lost her memory. This show was so good up until this, amnesia and characters coming back to life are the kind of ploys used by soap operas. I still have one disc to go and I'm starting to get interested in it again. If it wasn't for Dennis Hopper (whom I had no idea was in this show) I might not even finish it.

[Marian Schedenig]

Good for you, Marian! On both fronts. Now, bring on Day 2! (...and RotK)

I'm only waiting for DV-Depot to get Robin Hood in stock. Day 2 will be in the same order.

Maestro, I did find Kim's supposed death to be overdone and annoying (and I never hated cars blowing up for no apparent reason more than when watching this show). But I found the amnesia bit good, and not surprising either.

Anyway, don't stop watching, the end is absolutely shocking.

Marian - who wonders what Day 2 will be like.

[MrScratch]

Marian - who wonders what Day 2 will be like.

Its the next day... its about Keifer Sutherland trying to get some sleep. LOL

[Ren]

I haven't been to the movies since Bringing Down the House,

Last 2 Movies at home: ST5 and ST6

Ren, who is avidly persuing all things ST.

[Marian Schedenig]

Ah, ST6...one of the best Treks.

[...]
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns [...]

Marian - still waiting for the better DVD.

[Lurker]

My 2 disc DVD set of Trek V should be here tomorrow.

Neil

[Mr. Breathmask]

You'll need some patience with the second day of 24, because it takes a while for all the subplots to come together, and Jack's running after one bad guy after the next in the first couple of hours, but overall it's a solid season, better than the first, with great action, great acting (particularly from Dennis Haysbert and Xander Berkeley, who both reprise their roles from the first show), and a lot of nasty cliffhangers. The four final eps will keep you on the edge of your seat.

- Marc, who also thinks the Teri amnesia subplot was rather annoying.

John Barry vs. Moby - James Bond Theme (Remix)

[CYPHER]

I found Teri generally rather annoying. In fact I downright hated her! Even before that whole amnesia thing, though that only intensified my loathing. Needless to say that being a big Nina fan I was very pleased with the ending of Day 1. SCORE! But that was it for 24 for me. I skipped the second series completely. The first was one day of my life I'm never getting back and I'm not putting myself through that again.

CYPHER - who may not have entirely learned from his mistakes considering he's been watching the first series of Doctor Who on tellie lately and it's lame episodic requirements and often ridiculous cliff-hangers are starting to wear a little thin after 11 episodes... "Exterminate!" indeed!

[Mr. Breathmask]

Hehe. Teri was a bit annoying, yes, but you've got to feel for Jack, though. I'm watching 24: Day 2 for the third time now, this time on Dutch TV (so I can keep up with others who watch it), which is pretty lame, actually, because the BBC is sooo much better (no ad breaks, end credits, cool previews, and 16:9 aspect ratio). But what can I say? I'm addicted.

I still have to watch U-571 and Apocalypse Now!, which I taped on Saturday, but it's pretty busy this week, with school and all, so I probably won't get to it until next week.

- Marc, who has the 24 logo for wallpaper at school.

[Marian Schedenig]

Speaking of 24...anyone know if there's a MIDI file for the CTU ringtones? I'd like to use that as the ringtone for my mobile phone, but I'm not sure I recall it correctly, so I won't start trying to make a MIDI myself.

Marian - who likes that sound.

[MrScratch]

I watched last night the 1997 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, "Character". One cue from the score sounded very much like 'For Gillian' from THE FURY.

I will definitely watch the second season of 24, but not right away. I will probably wait until after Season 4 of the Sopranos, which I am eagerly anticipating.

Jeff

[Lurker]

In the last couple of days I've watched the original Scarface (1932) and The Adventures of Robin Hood.

Neil

[Mr. Breathmask]

Watched Apocalypse Now this afternoon anyway. Great film. That's all I can say. I can't describe or reason why it's so good. It just is. That's enough a sign to show this film is as perfect as you get them.

- Marc, still a bit overwhelmed.

[Marian Schedenig]

Just ordered Adventures of Robin Hood and 24 Season 2, along with Keeping the Faith and Mute Witness.

Marian - happy.

[Morn]

I saw Always, it looked like it would be a fun fireman/aircraft flick, then it turned weird, but not really bad.

[Marian Schedenig]

Oh, Always was nice.

Me, I finally watched Amelie yesterday. Lovely movie, but then everything Jeunet does is good (yes, even his Alien).

Marian - who dreamed he was in Alien 5 tonight, and that it was real...

[Alexcremers]

I watched last night the 1997 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, "Character".  One cue from the score sounded very much like 'For Gillian' from THE FURY.

You noticed it too, huh! For me that movie lost a star because of the copycat music. The composer probably took the temp track a bit too seriously.

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Alex Cremers

[MrScratch]

I watched last night the 1997 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, "Character".  One cue from the score sounded very much like 'For Gillian' from THE FURY.

You noticed it too, huh! For me that movie lost a star because of the copycat music. The composer probably took the temp track a bit too seriously.

Yes, it was rather obvious! When I watch films though I try not to pay any close attention to the music, aside from Main and End Titles. I find it distracting if I try listening to music during a film. If the score stands out, good or bad, then I notice... but otherwise I try to just watch the music and let the music serve the visuals

Jeff - who is excited that this thread has well over 100 responses. Undoubtedly my most successful thread ever! Thanks!

[Morn]

Ohh, a well done score works best when you listen to the score and let the visuals serve it.

[Morlock]

Well, I've just seen two great Ridley Scott movies- Black Hawk Down and Matchstick Men.

I got the supoib 3 DVD set of BHD. The Behind the scenes is one of the best and most comprehensive I've seen. I love the score part.
This is the fourth time I've seen the actual movie- and I finally got it. At the start I didn't understand, I complained about the Sam Shepard character who 'just looks intense and says corny lines', I finally realized that that's the point- There's nothing else he could do.
The movie has great acting, action, music (I'm getting more and more frustrated with all the anti-Zimmer talk), editing, sound, cinematography, color scheme and just about everything else.
A really amazing movie, IMO the Platoon of the 2000's, and one of the absolute best war films ever made.

I saw MM in the theaters, and really loved it. A movie that really respects the audience, and is one of the few places I really love Nicholas Cage in.
I still can't believe that this is Scott/Zimmer movie. Not a single thing they did in the movie is like anything they've ever done. It really feels like Scott ghost directed it- nothing he's ever done showed that he could do a very small movie, so well, with great acting, and a totaly dialogue based screenplay, which also is the best one he's worked with.
I loved all the Bruce McGill stuff- I've loved him ever since My Cousin Vinnie. One of my favorite character actors.
I also loved the Bruce Altman stuff- he was really interesting and fun to watch.

WARNING: POSSIBLE SPOILER!

The only thing that didn't work for me was the ending. I feel it's not enough of a consolation concidering all that happened to him.

A great movie, with the best performances from everyone involved, and the best screenplay to appear in a while. A real turn for Scott, who last week I wasn't so crazy about, but now I respect him immensly. (sort of like Ron Howard and Parenthood)

[ocelot]

Down with Love on DVD

[Justin]

Mr. Mom on TV. Very funny movie.

Justin