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[Yoda Longbottom]

I finally got to see Kill Bill yesterday, oh well, the first two hours of it (till "How did you find me...?"). Anyway, I liked it a lot, so much that I would care for the second round, but there'll be no to come till December since yesterday was the last screening day, sadly. There must be plenty of action and dialogue I missed while watching (was the daughter returning from school really only four?), but still I was entertained. Kill Bill must be the most penny dreadful picture I've seen, topping even Pulp Fiction and my all-time genre favorite "Blood Simple". I hate violence, but this flick is different, nothing like the dreadful Fight Club or his cousins. Even the animated parts are fun to watch.

Yes, this is not a dialogue-heavy movie, but why should it be? I love all the sword-fighting scenes, brilliantly shot and the music! Works so well with the pictures as the story unfolds. It must be a good CD, can imagine that.



R-Oman.-)

[Justin]

Three Good Men and A Baby a good film. I wouldn't want to watch it more than once though. Not really my type of humor. Leonard Nimoy really out did himself with directing there are some great great shots in the film.

Justin

[Lurker]

It's actually just called Three Men and a Baby, but you've given me an idea for a great military comedy to star Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Bacon....A Few Good Men and a Baby!

The last film I watched was Mon Onlce, a 1958 Jacques Tati comedy. It's one of the funniest films I've ever seen. I would recommend it to anybody interested in great screen comedy.

Neil

[Ren]

that is too funny Neil!

[MrScratch]

Last film I saw was Scarface, and for the first time. Great performance, but the film was about an hour too long.

[Justin]

That's right Three Good Men and a Baby is the French play it was based on.

Justin

[Ray Barnsbury]

Has anyone seen the supposed ghost child in Three Men and a Baby? Or is that just a myth?

Ray Barnsbury

[Johnny_English]

Hello Everyone!

I am new in this forum but please, first of all, let me introduce myself:

My name is English, Johnny English. I am around the net at the moment trying to find a mysterious post guy who wants to steal the lastest and not (yet) in sale version of MS-DOS (if he do that and later sell the idea, you can be sure he will become rich as nobody wants more Windows!!!!!)

...

Well, I was just making my case more interesting. My real mission is:

To locate the Academy Award that John Williams won for ET. It dissapeared some days ago. He told me that the usual suspects were:

Jerry Goldsmith (as he said he should have won all the academy award for which he was nominated for except in 1975)

James Horner (who steals more than any composer... in music terms )
or
Howard Shore (who wasn't a composer at that time)

...

OK

I have not mission at the moment, I am the most pathetic secret agent ever! :oops:

The real thing is that I am around here just to have fun.

About the topic, well I wanted to say that the lastest film I watched was:

The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring

It is a very good movie, but I am getting desesperated because I already know even the dialogues!!!



I will post again soon!

[MrScratch]

Has anyone seen the supposed ghost child in Three Men and a Baby?  Or is that just a myth?

Ray Barnsbury

I thought I read somewhere that that was just a reflection or something like that...

[ocelot]

A Room with a View, love it love it love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr. English, is it really a new person or is it another Joe? Inquiring minds want to know

[Alexcremers]

A Room with a View, love it love it love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aha, someone with taste...there is still hope after all.

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Alex Cremers

[Elmo Lewis]

Has anyone seen the supposed ghost child in Three Men and a Baby?  Or is that just a myth?

Ray Barnsbury

I saw some pictures of it in an e-mail. Could well have been trucated. Scary to think, though.

[ocelot]

A Room with a View is in my top 10 all time films ever made. I think I have seen it over 30 times by now easily. Maggie Smith, Helena Bottom Carter, Judi Dench, Julian Sands, Simon Callow, Denholm Elliot, Rupert Graves, Daniel Day Lewis... What a cast!

[Marian Schedenig]

Watched today:

Raiders of the Lost Ark - DVD has good image and GREAT sound, and seeing this larger than the typical TV format for the first time was a relevation.

Twin Peaks - Lynch films typically frighten and confuse me, and this was no exception, though I guess I had even less of a chance of understanding this one since I've never seen the TV series.

Marian - who wants to see the series now.

[Alexcremers]

X-Men 2, good entertainment, better than Matrix reloaded (what isn't?).
Aaah, will she be back....come and see next episode.

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Alex Cremers

[Lurker]

You of course are referring to the Star Trek II ending. They even made the music sound like Trek II.

Neil

[Morn]

Last movie I saw was Les Miserables. A good movie with a however overly constructed plot line, but at least it was a long plot line.

[Marian Schedenig]

Which one? Neeson/Thurman/Danes/Rush with Poledouris music? That's the only one I've seen. I liked it.

Marian - who should read something by Victor Hugo.

Amelie (Yann Tiersen)

[Morn]

That's the one I saw. I want to see the Lewis Milestone/Alex North one however but Poledouris had to do.

[Kradia]

Finally saw three movies of the summer on the plane.

Legally Blonde 2: not bad. By the end, I was rooting for Elle to succed too.

Charlie's Angels 2: fun movie...kind of "over the top" on everything music video movie. Loved Pink's song. Pretty sad when "thin man" died, actually. And yeah, Demi looked great.

Matrix Reloaded: wasn't as bad as i thought. but every criticism i had, has already been thought of. i did like that artsy shot of Agent Smith with the crows after the Oracle meeting.
And yes, I do want to see Matrix Revolutions though...probably because it's the end of the trilogy. I'm interested in seeing the rain sequence.

The next movie I want to see....Kill Bill...

[Mr. Breathmask]

Falling Down. I liked it.

- Marc, who hast go to school now.

[Morn]

I saw Kill Bill, a unique, wacky movie. With certainly some of the best action in a while.

[Lurker]

I've seen the re-cut ALIEN twice now. It's not very good.

Neil

[Alexcremers]

I've seen the re-cut ALIEN twice now.  It's not very good.
Neil

Twice? Not very good? What's on your mind, Indysolo? Do yesterday's initially minor changes now bring the masterpiece down?

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Alex Cremers

[Joey]

I never was foolish enough to believe that Alien is a masterpiece. Its certainly good, but masterpiece, that would be using that word too freely.

[Stefancos]

I agree with Joe, it's certainly a masterfully crafted film, with atleast 1 unforgettable scene, (we all know which one that it ) but there are better films of that genre out there.

Stefancos- wonders which film Joe finds better, Alien, or Carpenters The Thing.

[Lurker]

I never said ALIEN was a masterpiece.

The re-cut is not as good as the original version though. There is nothing in this new cut that makes you say, "that should have been in the movie all along", yet there are plenty of things cut from the initial film that really need to be in the movie. The new cut only validates how much better the original cut was.

And yes I saw it twice. I previewed it Tuesday night and went back with a friend Wednesday night.

Neil

[Alexcremers]

I know that Joe, Indysolo, Stefancos think Aliens by J. Cameron is better. I like Aliens too but it lacks the subtleness of the first one. It's made by the director from Terminator and it shows. It's more macho, more mainstream, it has more resemblance with all bad movies trying to mimic Alien. It also looks more dated. Why? Cameron just isn't the detail freak that R. Scott is. Look at the haircuts in Aliens, for example!
All in all, Alien is regarded as a classic (don't take my word for it, search the net), and Aliens as a very good sequel.

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Alex Cremers

[Lurker]

I know that Joe, Indysolo, Stefancos think Aliens by J. Cameron is better.

I can't speak for Joe or Steef, but I know I've always preferred ALIEN.

The dialogue in Aliens is awful and dates the movie more than anything.

Neil

[Morn]

And Aliens has a cheesey cliched plot line...... Alien is a far better movie Neil, you're right for once.

[Joey]

No, Neil, I never said you said Masterpiece, that is Alex's term.

I prefer Aliens by far to Alien, and I also prefer Carpenter's the Thing, to Alien. But I prefer Nyby's the Thing to either of them. Aliens is one of my favorite films of all time, I don't see how the dialogue dates it at all.

As for the original Thing, I really believe that it along with the Day the Earth Stood Still, are the two finest b&w scifi films of all time, and both are top 10 of all time period.

Joe, who won first place at the B&N costume party tonight, good for $25.00. I went as Jacob Marly, in keeping with the theme, Scare the Dickens out of them.

[Mr. Breathmask]

I watched Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo Hu Cang Long) this morning. I loved it. I liked how everyone had this supernatural grace. The way they skimmed over the rooftops and everything. Great stuff. The fights were really fast, and very good. It's nice that this movie had a story too, and wasn't just about fighting. Good film.

- Marc

Ennio Morricone - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[Mr. Breathmask]

Just watched Star Trek: Generations for the first time on TV. It had a very 'meh' feeling about it. It didn't seem any better to me than the average TV-episode. Oh well, can't have it all. At least I've now seen 7 out of 10 ST films.

- Marc, very glad to finally having reached an average of 1.00 posts per day.

[Lurker]

Marc, you should have seen Generations in digital sound in a THX certified theater. That crash scene was unbelievable!

Neil

[ocelot]

I thought Kirk and Co. shouldn't have been in it at all.... They ruined it for me.

[Uni]

I've always considered Alien a masterpiece....and I don't throw that word around lightly, either. ;-)

I never could really get into Carpenter's The Thing. It was all schlock & shock, doing its best to both gross the audience out and fascinate them with the effects (which, I have to admit, were pretty dang nifty). Maybe it was the beginning that soured the rest for me; any movie that needs a comic-book voiceover to set the scene and introduce the characters is taking the lazy way out, never a good sign.

But you're right about something else, Joe: the original Nyby The Thing is absolutely one of the best B&W sci-fi films of all time--one of the best B&W's of any genre, really. Years before Spielberg perfected the art of having multiple conversations taking place at once in a scene, Nyby made it look easy. That film has fantastic dialogue (and corollary performances) for a piece that came from a period replete with drama that was too scripted and wooden.

- Uni

[ocelot]

Materpiece for me is a film like All About Eve

[Melange]

I watched S.W.A.T here last night in Thailand. Typical action film. Little though inducing story, but a superb adrenaline pumping film. Highly recommended for fun. The music was pretty good too. Outisde of the film, less so though i think.

And the night before caught a film half way through with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, set in Beirut. I dont know what the film was called. They were both CIA operatives there during the troubles. Redford was superb as a cool calm and collected agent. I wished i'd watched it from the start. Very good story.

[Mr. Breathmask]

Marc, you should have seen Generations in digital sound in a THX certified theater.  That crash scene was unbelievable!

Neil

Yes, I noticed a lot of loud scenes and explosions that really didn't sound well on TV stereo. Bit of a shame. Seems like there was a lot of low end missing from the 2.0 mix.

- Marc

[Lurker]

And the night before caught a film half way through with Brad Pitt and Robert Redford, set in Beirut. I dont know what the film was called. They were both CIA operatives there during the troubles. Redford was superb as a cool calm and collected agent. I wished i'd watched it from the start. Very good story.

Spy Game, directed by Tony Scott. It came out in 2001.

Neil