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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2007 at 13:28
The worst movie by far thta I have ever seen is The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie.

Don't rent it. You'll be sorry.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2007 at 16:31
Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The worst movie by far thta I have ever seen is The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie.

Don't rent it. You'll be sorry.


Oh God, I made the mistake of seeing that movie. That was so weird.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2007 at 13:22
Gattaca



"Director Andrew Niccol's Gattaca, in my humble opinion, is at the pinnacle of the motion picture art form. All aspects of the production serve the story spectacularly. The retro-style art direction, script, acting, music, and lighting all brought to life, much too chillingly, a cold and soulless world where the content of your genes counted for everything while the content of your character counted for nothing. Watching Ethan Hawke's (Great Expectations, Hamlet) Vincent evade the relentless pursuit of the authorities while pining to be on the Titan mission, romancing Irene (Uma Thurman), and micro-managing his samples from Jerome (Jude Law in a very impressive supporting turn) made for some the most riveting viewing ever. This story highlights the negative side of pursuing the eugenic ideal, an ideal that is not an unworthy pursuit, but one that must be approached with the utmost caution since its seekers hope to master a realm once the sole domain of the Divine." - IMDB user review

I must say this movie is exactly what he says here. But to embelish on the music a little more.... the soundtrack is absolutely flawless and is one of the most fitting soundtracks to a movie I've ever seen/heard. It's so expertly placed to get the most out of a scene, and the abrubt endings just leave you aching for more (in a good way). This is one of my top 10 movies, and will continue to remain there.

The performance by actors Ethan Hawke and Jude Law were amazing. The honesty to them, they seemed so real. Surprisingly, (Eugene) Jude was my favorite actor in this. But they were all on such a high tier, it didn't really make anyone seem low. Fantastic fantastic acting.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:46
Originally posted by Meddler Meddler wrote:

Gattaca



"Director Andrew Niccol's Gattaca, in my humble opinion, is at the pinnacle of the motion picture art form. All aspects of the production serve the story spectacularly. The retro-style art direction, script, acting, music, and lighting all brought to life, much too chillingly, a cold and soulless world where the content of your genes counted for everything while the content of your character counted for nothing. Watching Ethan Hawke's (Great Expectations, Hamlet) Vincent evade the relentless pursuit of the authorities while pining to be on the Titan mission, romancing Irene (Uma Thurman), and micro-managing his samples from Jerome (Jude Law in a very impressive supporting turn) made for some the most riveting viewing ever. This story highlights the negative side of pursuing the eugenic ideal, an ideal that is not an unworthy pursuit, but one that must be approached with the utmost caution since its seekers hope to master a realm once the sole domain of the Divine." - IMDB user review

I must say this movie is exactly what he says here. But to embelish on the music a little more.... the soundtrack is absolutely flawless and is one of the most fitting soundtracks to a movie I've ever seen/heard. It's so expertly placed to get the most out of a scene, and the abrubt endings just leave you aching for more (in a good way). This is one of my top 10 movies, and will continue to remain there.

The performance by actors Ethan Hawke and Jude Law were amazing. The honesty to them, they seemed so real. Surprisingly, (Eugene) Jude was my favorite actor in this. But they were all on such a high tier, it didn't really make anyone seem low. Fantastic fantastic acting.


Good movie! Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2007 at 15:11
I finally viewed the Redux version of Apocalypse Now and was very pleased.  The unused footage was very interesting but I can see why it was left out.  The pace of the film was better in the original version, though I heard the reasons for its exclusion wasn't for artistic reasons, but for political ones....hmmmmm.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2007 at 20:22
Originally posted by tardis tardis wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The worst movie by far thta I have ever seen is The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie.

Don't rent it. You'll be sorry.


Oh God, I made the mistake of seeing that movie. That was so weird.
Man who fell to bits is a good film, not great because Bowie will never be a great actor, but good enough for the role. If you've read Stranger In A Strange Land it makes more sense.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2007 at 20:27
Originally posted by queenlerxst queenlerxst wrote:

I finally viewed the Redux version of Apocalypse Now and was very pleased.  The unused footage was very interesting but I can see why it was left out.  The pace of the film was better in the original version, though I heard the reasons for its exclusion wasn't for artistic reasons, but for political ones....hmmmmm.


I agree, highly interesting footage but certainly would have slowed things. Though it may have been a superior film with some of it left in, as the Godfather was enhanced by the vast detail. Depends on the movie-- the added stuff in 'Aliens', for instance, wasn't necessary.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 24 2007 at 20:52

After many months, I finally found Brazil. Terry Gilliam is my idol.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2007 at 09:38
Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

After many months, I finally found Brazil. Terry Gilliam is my idol.



Great movie! I have the soundtrack too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 26 2007 at 23:37
Best action films of all time (my list)
 
1. Die Hard
2. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
3. Road Warrior
4. The Matrix
5. Seven Samurai
6. Gladiator
7. 300
8. Saving Private Ryan
9. Hard Boiled
10. Empire Strikes Back
 
Comedy
 
1. Dr. Strangelove (what else?)
2. Some Like It Hot
3. Blazing Saddles
4. The Graduate
5. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
6. Animal House
7. Airplane!
8. This is Spinal Tap
9. Brazil
10. M*A*SH
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 31 2007 at 12:51
I don't know if any of these have been mentioned, but here's a few I enjoy:

Rocky Horror Picture Show ("Musical" of sorts)
The Big Lebowski (Weird but great comedy)
Almost Famous (Dramedy - Cameron Crowe's RS-writer story)
Transformers 80s Movie (Supposed to be action, but is really a comedy: HILARIOUSLY bad)
V for Vendetta (intelligent action movie from the Matrix creators)

Rock Operas:
Tommy (The Who's '75 film - in a word, trippy)
The Wall (The P.F. movie - pretty weird at times, but still makes more sense than tommy LOL)


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 01 2007 at 19:06
Originally posted by tardis tardis wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The worst movie by far thta I have ever seen is The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie.

Don't rent it. You'll be sorry.


Oh God, I made the mistake of seeing that movie. That was so weird.

I really liked that movie. But then again I really do like weird movies which don't explain everything.
Has anyone ever seen "Zardoz", starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling? Now that is a completely weird movie. Connery runs around in what looks like a red diaper, with strips of ammo across his bare chest and a gun in hus hand. It looks hilarious.



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 01 2007 at 19:12
Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by tardis tardis wrote:

Originally posted by thellama73 thellama73 wrote:

The worst movie by far thta I have ever seen is The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie.

Don't rent it. You'll be sorry.


Oh God, I made the mistake of seeing that movie. That was so weird.

I really liked that movie. But then again I really do like weird movies which don't explain everything.
Has anyone ever seen "Zardoz", starring Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling? Now that is a completely weird movie. Connery runs around in what looks like a red diaper, with strips of ammo across his bare chest and a gun in hus hand. It looks hilarious.

It's a very weird hippy version of the Wizard of Oz by John Boorman. And quite an enjoyable nonsense own sweet way (but very dated and very 1970's).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 01 2007 at 19:16
^     Zardoz.. the gun is good


other weird ones; 'Rhinoceros' with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, 'Valley of the Giants' (great 60s sci-fi romp), and Harmony Corin's completely bizarre 'Gummo'

   
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 01 2007 at 19:20
La Cité des Enfants Perdus (City of the Lost Children) by Caro et Jeunet
 
More of a story than their more famous, but equally worthy, Delicatessen and great atmosphere.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 06 2007 at 14:08

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2007 at 10:31
Hot Fuzz, a hilarious look at buddy cop films. It is also a great buddy cop film in its own right, in the same way that Shaun of the Dead was a pretty good zombie flick in addition to satirizing the style of film
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 16 2007 at 14:43
After Hours. Different from other Scorsese movies, but also one of his best, full of great characters and very funny in a Kafkaesque way. There's even a direct Kafka reference! Clap

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 17 2007 at 05:50
Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

La Cité des Enfants Perdus (City of the Lost Children) by Caro et Jeunet
 
More of a story than their more famous, but equally worthy, Delicatessen and great atmosphere.
 
Thank you, my favorite movie.  Ron Perlman was brilliant and the whole retro-future set could make almost any story stand up, let alone a good one.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 20 2007 at 13:24
A man and a woman (in french in the original) by Claude Lelouch.. just a masterpiece, with few words, master strokes of filmmaking, very subtle ways of showingnhow the relationship is created, everything is so great.. elegance, fantastic music... a piece of art.
 
 
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