Movies you've recently watched

[Octavian]

Rob Roy. John Hurt and Tim Roth win the movie.

Especially Tim Roth

[katmai]

Rob Roy. John Hurt and Tim Roth win the movie.

Especially Tim Roth

{brazenlike name dropping} Mr. Roth is a good guy in person as well, had a few nights of drinking with him.

[The Brain]

Oh FFS, your name droppings stink.

[katmai]

Johnny Depp would disagree with you.

[CountDeMoney]

 

[Eddie Teach]

President Obama agrees with Brain.

[Martinus]

"Little Ashes", an arthouse movie about Salvatore Dali and Federico Garcia Lorca. Surprised to learn that Robert Pattinson (Dali) can act!

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched "Roman Polanski: Wanted/Desired." A Polish lawyer finds out he's actually an assassin who can read fortunes in looms... later, he dresses like a girl and throws himself out a window.

Ok not really. Actually a very well done doc on Polanski, mostly about the rape case, but also there's a lot of good stuff about his early days in Hollywood/London. The people who are the most interesting and believable in the movie are The Prosecutor, defense attorney and the rape victim herself. She's well spoken about her own feelings in regards to the whole thing.

You can see why this doc helped to re-spur interest in the case.

7.9 beers you shouldn't have had at Oktoberfest, while on bail outta 10.

Also watched "The Brothers Bloom" which I greatly enjoyed. A very light fun take on the Con artist movie. It's like a cross between a Wes Anderson & Woody Allen (Crimes & misdemeanors era Woody) Movie if that is possible. Intelligent but not hard to follow, they still trick you a few times plot wise. Rachel Wiesz has never been better. deserves attention from the academy (are the actor slots expanding to 10, or is that just best picture?) Adrien Brody & Mark Ruffalo are convincing as brothers who look absolutely nothing alike.

Easily in my top ten for 2009.

9.1 watermelon pinhole cameras out of 10

[Martinus]

The people who are the most interesting and believable in the movie are The Prosecutor

I think last week he admitted he has been lying through his teeth in this movie to make things look "more interesting".

[Josquius]

Dark Blue World - A Czech war movie (an oxymoron I know). About Czechs in the RAF. Pretty darn good. Though I did find it odd that one minute they're flying over the white cliffs of Dover and the next they spot a enemy bomber and say "I think its heading for Sheffield" :s

[HisMajestyBOB]

Saw Casino Royal again on TV. I feel kinda inspired to watch Quantum of Solace, but unfortunately I don't have it on my computer yet.

[garbon]

Zombieland

[Syt]

The White Ribbon (by Michael Haneke, Golden Palm in Cannes 2009)

A b/w movie set in 1913 rural West Prussia. Selling itself as a mystery about weird attacks and incidents in the year leading up to WW1, it is more of a portrait of the patriarchic-authoritarian society of rural protestant Prussia as precursor to the 3rd Reich.

The story is told from the point of view of the village teacher, and in the end more questions remain open than are answered. Even who commited the deeds remains partially without conclusion (though there's strong hints).

While within the families the father reigns supreme, the village is ruled by a baron, with pastor, doctor and teacher following in hierarchy. Draconic and physical disciplining of children is the norm, though parents will defend them against outsiders.

The movie feels authentic in costume and customs, showing one year in the countryside. Living conditions look accurate. The movie does not seem to use artificial lighting. There is no soundtrack besides what is on screen, so no music except when someone plays an instrument or sings. You get plenty of creaking floorboards and leather shoes, coaches etc. The pace of the movie is slow, never hectic. In fact, stepping out of the movie (silent end credits) back into the entertainment center the multiplex is in was sensory overload with all its colors, lights and sounds.

Language was beautiful. The narrator and pastor used wonderfully constructed sentences with proper grammar and use of tenses. Less educated persons speak accordingly less refined.

Overall it was like watching an Ingmar Bergmann film, in the best meaning of the words.

9 cute shy nannies out of 10

[Habbaku]

Zombieland

  Amusing enough, if too short.  The cameo had me laughing quite a bit, though.  8/10 A-Listers.

[garbon]

  Amusing enough, if too short.  The cameo had me laughing quite a bit, though.  8/10 A-Listers.

Yeah, it was like a long television show which was too short for my tastes, however I got a lot of laughs in that short period.