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[Sheilbh]

The only person who should STFU is the tool who thinks that piece of Ollie Stone crap is good for more than chopping to pieces in a moment of alcohol fueled passion.

Salvador-Platoon-Wall Street was a good solid start to his prominence and most of his films have some style.  But he's not been at his best since the 80s

[CountDeMoney]

I dunno, I thought World Trade Center was done very well.
But, it has been a while since Nixon.

[Josephus]

Saw The Informant.

Fun.

[Josquius]

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel - Pretty good low budget comedy, kind of Shaun of the Dead but with a time travelling gents toilet replacing the zombies.

[FunkMonk]

But, it has been a while since Nixon.

[Savonarola]

Top Hat (1935)

You know you're in for a quality film where "Gowns By" is listed on the title credits right below "Director" and "Producer".  The plot is the same as it is in every Astaire-Rodgers film; Fred is a professional dancer, Ginger meets him and initially doesn't like him, but through persistence and dancing he wins her over but not until after a number of misunderstandings.  There are so many Italian stereotypes in this film that it was banned in Italy by Benito Mussolini.

[CountDeMoney]

Top Hat (1935)

You know you're in for a quality film where "Gowns By" is listed on the title credits right below "Director" and "Producer".  The plot is the same as it is in every Astaire-Rodgers film; Fred is a professional dancer, Ginger meets him and initially doesn't like him, but through persistence and dancing he wins her over but not until after a number of misunderstandings.  There are so many Italian stereotypes in this film that it was banned in Italy by Benito Mussolini.

For fuck's sake, man up and watch Gene Kelly movies already.  Christ.

[Eddie Teach]

Sav pretty much never watches anything post-1940.

[The Larch]

I finally got to see Inglorious Basterds yesterday evening (it only opened here last friday), and enjoyed it quite a lot, even if I think that it doesn't really measure up to other Tarantino pieces.

I also felt that it had plenty of missed opportunities (the Basterds particulary) and that parts of the middle of the film drifted a bit aimlessly without adding much to the plot (mainly all the stuff dealing with the presentation of the adult Shoshanna and the chage of cinemas for the premiere).

I'd give it 7 swastika-scarred turncoat nazi officers who change the course of the war out of 10.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Finally saw Inglorious Basterds on the weekend. I liked it but had similar qualms as Larch, above. I would have liked a bit more Dirty Dozenness with all the actual Basterds. Only the nazis got any character development really.. It was quite enjoyable other than that. The dialogue was great and It's worth paying theatre prices to see it on the big screen.

The opening act was surprising and awesomely done.

7.545347 German accents pilfered from Riefenstahl films outta 10

[Barrister]

Finally saw Inglorious Basterds on the weekend. I liked it but had similar qualms as Larch, above. I would have liked a bit more Dirty Dozenness with all the actual Basterds. Only the nazis got any character development really.. It was quite enjoyable other than that. The dialogue was great and It's worth paying theatre prices to see it on the big screen.

The opening act was surprising and awesomely done.

7.545347 German accents pilfered from Riefenstahl films outta 10

The opening scene was the best part of a overall very good movie.

[Habbaku]

Scarface and Frailty.  Steadily working my way through the DVDs I've never watched before.

[Savonarola]

Blade! Runner: The Final Cut

I've seen another version of Blade! Runner before.  On this viewing my favorite part of the film is when Daryl Hannah spray paints mascara on her eyes giving her a raccoon look.  It's good to know that Avril Lavigne will still be an influence on fashion in the dark, dystopic future.

[Admiral Yi]

Deathrace.  Is there any script that Jason Stratham will turn down?

[Savonarola]

Hallelujah! (1929)

This is the first all black musical and... is a product of its time.  The film opens with a family of sharecroppers picking cotton.  (One of the sharecropper children is named "Spunk." )  That night a banjo minstrel comes to the sharecropper home and the children all start tap-dancing.  Then a man, a woman and their eleven children come over so that the preacher can marry them.  Then the older brother takes the cotton into town to sell where he runs afoul of a temptress.  The film mostly follows his relationship with the temptress and his attempts to leave her from there.

This was early in the days of sound when the cameras were mostly static and it was hard to shoot out of doors.  The director, King Vidor, shot most of it silent and had it overdubbed in the studio; it's only noticeable a couple times.