Morlock 11 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Film: Wow, surprisingly good...(Just now finished it!) First of all, the cinematography and direction were stunning.I agree about cinematography and direction. The film's problem is that while I can forgive most of its flaws for these two reasons, it gets the purpose of the orgy scene entirely wrong and basically ruins the main character and by extension the whole story that way. As good as the rest of the movie is, that's pretty unforgiveable.Oh, and I do recommend you read the book. I did not particularly like most of the movie...but the orgy scene totally sunk it for me, and I HATED the film for a while (one of the few films that initially seemed absolutely iredeemable for me). I've cooled off since then, I was considering giving it another try. I can't stand the score. Very, very cheap sounding to me. General Hannibal rip-off, and doesn't sound particularly orchestrated. Sounds like someone wrote a synth treatment, and had an orchestrator try and make it...orchestral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I didn't like "Perfume". It just didn't jive with me, and by the time the orgy scene came up, I didn't know whether to roll my eyes in annoyance or laugh at the film. My roommate wants to me give it a second try....I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 The Second Civil War. I'd never heard of this Joe Dante TV movie until last week...and I just came upon it by chance at my DVD place (it was on the Roger Corman shelf by mistake). Terrific satire. And I've seen several movies that have come true to some extent....but this one gets some of the nuances of future events to an lamost unbelievable extent. And even though it is (I think) the only non-Jerry scores Dante film since the 80's, Hummie Mann's score is quite good for the proceedings. I'm not the biggest Dante fan...but this and Small Soldiers just strike me the right way.This was on TV recently, I loved it. A Joe Dante film begins to look obvious once you start seeing familiar faces like Kevin McCarthy, Dick Miller and Robert Picardo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 We stayed for about the first 30 seconds or so of 'RoarONLY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivier 5 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 K-19 was on TV last night.I seem to remember it was much criticized; I liked it.A very tragic story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I was bored silly by it. It's as if they pieced the movie together from every other submarine movie ever, except, they only copied the boring parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QMM 4 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Badelt's score isn't bad though. Some nice parts in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Started Watching Godard's Sympathy for the Devil (aka 1 plus 1). Damn, Godard depresses me. It's interesting for seeing the Stones in action. But the narrative Godard tries to form around it makes it such an unsatisfying package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Hoyt 13 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Superman III. Just plain stupid, I am not a fan of Dick Lester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 A Hard Day's Night is a good film. And I'm told that Petulia is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I enjoyed his 2 Musketeer films. But he's just was not ideal for Superman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Just visited New York (mainly Manhattan) and saw only one movie in theaters there. It turned out to be one of the most terrible movies I've ever seen: Untraceable (a thriller with Diane Lane). I can't believe the newspaper reviewer gave it **1/2 stars. And he's pretty tough, the highest rated movies in town are There Will Be Blood and NCFOM and they only got ***1/2. Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Rambo.Quite good, and disturbingly graphic at times, but too damn short! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 10,000BC - plenty of money on-screen and impressive visuals but the film lacked any depth and there was no rapport for the characters at all.Story was very similar to Apocalypto and Kloser's score sounded like Zimmer's King Arthur and featured too many orchestral rises, shamefully attempting to boost the film.Makes you realise how man have always been cruel to animals and we haven't advanced a great deal - that's about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Stranger Than Fiction. Loved it. And it's indeed and absolutely a Marian type of movie. Simply wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thought so. Cheers! I saw Memento again. It's been a while. Still love it. Performances are terrific (back when Guy Pierce was still making real movies). ***1/2/****. Also saw Shane for the first time. Damn fine western. Looks fantastic (even though a western in full screen will always look wrong). Acting is fine, Alan Ladd is excellent in the lead. He's the conscientious cowboy, but does not lay it on too thick. And surprisingly enough for a Hollywood Golden age film, the kid is not too annoying. Victor Young's score is lovely. ***1/2/****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thought so. Cheers! So, any more Marian-type movies to recommend? Side node: I find it interesting that with this and Adaptation, Maggie Gyllenhaal is in two self-referencing movies. Intersting and cool, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Stranger Than Fiction. Loved it. And it's indeed and absolutely a Marian type of movie. Simply wonderful! You sound like AI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPFAN_2 0 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 10,000BC - plenty of money on-screen and impressive visuals but the film lacked any depth and there was no rapport for the characters at all.Oh from the trailer and the resume of the director I'm sure you expected something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Stranger Than Fiction. Loved it. And it's indeed and absolutely a Marian type of movie. Simply wonderful! You sound like AI.How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy4 155 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Stranger Than Fiction. Loved it. And it's indeed and absolutely a Marian type of movie. Simply wonderful! You sound like AI.How so?The whole third person thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 The "Marian" classification of movies wasn't my doing. I just confirmed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 DoomsdayWow . . . what a terrible movie. You cannot believe how many different movies this thing rips off, how many different genres it tries to be. It starts off as a 28 Weeks Later ripoff (with bits of Land of the Dead and the too-recent-to-have-been-ripped-off-but-ripped-off-nonetheless I Am Legend in the mix), then becomes a full-blown Escape From New York rip-off for a while (with Tyler Bates even doing a poor-man's John Carpenter score for this part of the film!), and ends up with a hearty dose of The Road Warrior . . . but not before it takes a detour into being some sort of weird medieval tale for a while, complete with a castle and gladiators and everything.It's so preposterous, and yet so imbued with "style" (heed the quotation marks, please) that I do not doubt for a second that it is destined to be a cult fave.DO NOT take any of that as an endorsement. This is a terrible movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audax 0 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Juno I haven't enjoyed a movie like this for a long time! The characters are amazingly absurd and still so realistic and the acting is also very good. Ellen Page really stole my heart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 So, any more Marian-type movies to recommend? The films of Woody Allen?10,000BC - plenty of money on-screen and impressive visuals but the film lacked any depth and there was no rapport for the characters at all.Oh from the trailer and the resume of the director I'm sure you expected something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Stranger Than Fiction. Loved it. And it's indeed and absolutely a Marian type of movie. Simply wonderful! You sound like AI.You've got AI on the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thank God I'm not the only one Watched Spidey 3 on dvd last night. It was the first time I've seen it on dvd since I bought it recently. Was a much better viewing experience when I saw it on the big screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 Thank God I'm not the only one Watched Spidey 3 on dvd last night. It was the first time I've seen it on dvd since I bought it recently. Was a much better viewing experience when I saw it on the big screen.Of course it's better than what most people think. The characters are much more complicated now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 10,000BC - plenty of money on-screen and impressive visuals but the film lacked any depth and there was no rapport for the characters at all.Oh from the trailer and the resume of the director I'm sure you expected something different.Indeed, shouldn't have given Emmerich the benefit of doubt should I! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 So, any more Marian-type movies to recommend? The films of Woody Allen?I should definitely watch more of those. Although only a handful of them has really wowed me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahler3 478 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 So, any more Marian-type movies to recommend? The films of Woody Allen?I should definitely watch more of those. Although only a handful of them has really wowed me so far.I would go with the following 5 which are my personal favourites:ManhattanPurple Rose Of CiaroAnnie HallManhattan Murder MysteryPlay It Again Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitch 57 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I enjoyed MATCH POINT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 It turned out to be one of the most terrible movies I've ever seen: Untraceable (a thriller with Diane Lane). I can't believe the newspaper reviewer gave it **1/2 stars.Ebert gave it 3 stars and a fairly glowering review.So I guess you are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,194 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 I loved Matchpoint. It really left a strong impression. Didn't very much feel like a "Woody Allen movie" though.Manhattan Murder MysteryI remember liking that a lot. In fact, I've been thinking of getting the DVD recently.ManhattanAnnie HallI've seen those, but don't remember much, and even before I forgot most about them, I started mixing them up. Should re-watch.Purple Rose Of CiaroPlay It Again SamThose I've never seen.Another one I loved was Bullets Over Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 It turned out to be one of the most terrible movies I've ever seen: Untraceable (a thriller with Diane Lane). I can't believe the newspaper reviewer gave it **1/2 stars.Ebert gave it 3 stars and a fairly glowering review.So I guess you are wrong.Really? This further shows how bad a reviewer Ebert actually is. Have you seen it? I would very much like to debate this film with anyone (he must be a yes-sayer) who has seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 15, 2008 Share Posted March 15, 2008 Has it even opened here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 It's opened here. Looks quite awful. Although I did like the samples I've heard from Young's score.I loved Matchpoint. It really left a strong impression. Didn't very much feel like a "Woody Allen movie" though.Manhattan Murder MysteryI remember liking that a lot. In fact, I've been thinking of getting the DVD recently. That one was nice, but didn't leave any impact (aside from the joy of seeing Alan Alda).ManhattanAnnie HallI've seen those, but don't remember much, and even before I forgot most about them, I started mixing them up. Should re-watch. His two most famous, and definitely two of his best. Manhatten in particular.Purple Rose Of CiaroPlay It Again SamThose I've never seen. Never seen Play it Again Sam, but Purple Rose of Cairo is wonderful. Another one I loved was Bullets Over Broadway. One of my favrorite Allen movies....probably the funniest. I also recommend Hannah and Her Sisters and Zelig. And Match Point, which is excellent (It's kind of Crimes and Misdemeanors, just more focused and better). I last night saw the DVD of Buster Keaton's The General. I'd seen this once before, at a Keaton marathon. It was an old print, and I don't recall if there was any music at all. I did not particularly like it then. This time however, on a beautiful looking DVD, it was fantastic. Great movie. Keaton is just brilliant. He's always with the audience, never the butt of the joke. He's so focused and oblivious of anything not critical....everything's happening around him, not too him, and he never muggs it or winks at the camera. Brilliant. One of the best things, and most unexpected delights about the cheap looking DVD I bought, is the music. The score was apparantly written in 2004 for full orchestra, by none other than Joe Hisaishi. And it is a marvelous leit-motific score. It does get a bit repetetive....but the themes are good, and the music doesn't condescened, it's very respectful of the film, and the spirit of Keaton. I am now listening to the DVD in the background.....fantastic. It reminds me a lot of Hisaishi's Kiki's Delivary Service, with it's European stuff (which totally sound as if written by a western composer, with only the occaisional Hisaishi solo-piano stuff). Highly recommended film, particualrly with the excellent score. And I watched this with two people who have a natural aversion to anything over 20 years old, certainly anything black and white, and CERTAINLY any non-talkie, and they both loved it as much as I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Mighty Aphrodite is also splendid.Scoop is light-hearted and rather enjoyable.Melinda And Melinda was absolutely great and hilarious. It also has one of my favorite endings.I also watched my blu-ray No Country For Old Men yesterday. The movie gets better and better each time I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,694 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 The Water HorseCompletely exceeded all expectations I had - wonderful story, cinematography, performances, and of course JNH's music is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyecks 33 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Finally got around to watching "No Country For Old Men" tonight on BD. God Damn I'm pissed I missed it in the theater.What a fantastic full rounded movie. Great performances, great scenery, great dialog, great great GREAT cinematography. Even the sparse use of score was a fantastic fit.Really fully enjoyed it. Glad that I bought it outright before watching it, cause this is DEFINITELY a film I'll watch again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 A Hard Day's Night is a good film.Seconded. Help! was rubbish though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 A Hard Day's Night is a good film.Seconded. Help! was rubbish though.Help! was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock 11 Posted March 16, 2008 Share Posted March 16, 2008 Big Ringo fan, eh? The best thing about help was the production design of the Beatles' apartment(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odnurega1 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 The Darjeeling Limited- Really enjoyed this one. Thought the cinematography was great and the acting spot-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Big Ringo fan, eh? The best thing about help was the production design of the Beatles' apartment(s).I always thought Ringo was the best "actor" and most interesting. The others were fairly wooden, but still entertaining. But the movie's strengths lie in its songs, score, supporting cast and Richard Lester's unique sense of humour. I love the movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 There's something about Lester's comedic style which just doesnt rub me the right way, especially in large doses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 There's something about Lester's comedic style which just doesnt rub me the right way, especially in large doses.It's the sophistication of British humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiana_Fett 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Cloverfield and No Country For Old Men. Completely blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurgaFlippinMan 7 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 There's something about Lester's comedic style which just doesnt rub me the right way, especially in large doses.It's the sophistication of British humour.I wouldn't call Lester sophisticated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 There's something about Lester's comedic style which just doesnt rub me the right way, especially in large doses.It's the sophistication of British humour.I wouldn't call Lester sophisticated.Ugh, you just... don't get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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