Movies you've recently watched

[saskganesh]

fairly accurate reading of Elephant. It's both empty and not empty.

We need a yin/yang smilie.

better. we need a :pipe:

[BuddhaRhubarb]

fairly accurate reading of Elephant. It's both empty and not empty.

We need a yin/yang smilie.

:buddha: should be what you type to see it.

[barkdreg]

Johnny English. Yesterday I had to stop watching it after twenty minutes. It was that bad.
Today I decided to watch the rest of the movie.  It's bad, I understand why Atkinson got a depression after he made this movie.

Nacho Libre. Had some funny stuff. The atmosphere and setting is great. Still not the best Black has made.

The Butterfly Effect. Surprisingly good. Some cool ideas and characters. I'm glad they didn't do a happy ending.

[Barrister]

I can't believe that only Hab and I are the only ones to see Inglourious Basterds so far.

I saw it on opening day. It didn't tickle my pickle. it was ok, except it was too long.

I just came back from seeing it.

It was either a glorious masterpiece, or the stupidest movie I've seen in a long time.  And I can't decide which one... 

Spoiler (Highlight to read):
I know this wasn't a true story, but they killed Hitler in 1944 Paris???

[Cerr]

Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
The second Mesrine film. Even better than the first one. It's a little too long, it drags a bit near the end.
Would highly recommend both of them. Make sure you see them in the right order though.
The two jail breaks and the court room escape are especially great.

[Alatriste]

Blade Runner. Über-gorgeous, my friends, first blu-ray movie that has really got my mouth open wide in amazement, it's simply that good. I can see a whole world of pain for cinemas when screens over 40" and HD do become standard.

And the movie is great by itself, of course.

Now, I bought 'Casablanca' at the same time, and I'm very intrigued. How will a B&W movie from the 40s cope with modern hardware? Or is the other way round, how will modern hardware cope with a classic B&W movie?

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Blade Runner. Über-gorgeous, my friends, first blu-ray movie that has really got my mouth open wide in amazement, it's simply that good. I can see a whole world of pain for cinemas when screens over 40" and HD do become standard.

And the movie is great by itself, of course.

Now, I bought 'Casablanca' at the same time, and I'm very intrigued. How will a B&W movie from the 40s cope with modern hardware? Or is the other way round, how will modern hardware cope with a classic B&W movie?

I find most b&W films look great in HD... better than a lot of colour stuff.

[Savonarola]

I just saw the movie "Woodstock" this weekend with a bunch of old hippies at The Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor.  There's new footage added including Janis Joplin's and Jefferson Airplane's performances; but they left out the best part, when Pete Townshend kicks Abbie Hoffman off the stage.   

[Scipio]

My Favorite Year.  What a great performance by O'Toole.

[CountDeMoney]

My Favorite Year.  What a great performance by O'Toole.

Yeah, that's one of my all-time faves.  What a great cast, too.

I'm not an actor...I am A MOVIE STAR!

[BuddhaRhubarb]

River Of No Return - Dir. by Otto Premminger. Starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe. A great In-Studio mostly Western with some great Matte paintings and real vistas. Mitchum plays his stock and trade a manly Man (who would eat Siegey and his entire divion for breakfast, with nary a sweat broken, maybe a torn shirt.) who is trying to settle down in Injun territory with his son, when Marilyn and her swarthy boyfriend (Rory Calhoun!) come in and steal his horse and gun.

The Injuns chase them down the river as they chase Rory. Marilyn sings a lot of cheesy songs in her breathy hypnotic style. Everyone does what is expected in this likely kinda grim for the era Oater.

8.5 attempted rapes (it's ok if you say you are sorry later apparently) as foreplay outta 10

[Duque de Bragança]

Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
The second Mesrine film. Even better than the first one. It's a little too long, it drags a bit near the end.
Would highly recommend both of them. Make sure you see them in the right order though.
The two jail breaks and the court room escape are especially great.

Not too Franco-centric for you? Good I watched it for '70s nostalgia: I even renamed it Instinct de Moustache instead of Instinct de Mort
Renault 16s 

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched "My Dinner With Andre" (Malle)  on Criterion DVD. Holds up well as a film, though Andre's ranting comes off as a bit dated. His conspiracies are kinda olde hat compared to even the most average interweb thread on such things. Still his performance, and wally Shawn's are still awesome. The movie is still a clever take on theatre people and their idiosyncrasies.

8.00000001 theatrical/cult workshops in a Polish forest (insert your own joke about that here) outta 10

[Cerr]

Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One.
The second Mesrine film. Even better than the first one. It's a little too long, it drags a bit near the end.
Would highly recommend both of them. Make sure you see them in the right order though.
The two jail breaks and the court room escape are especially great.

Not too Franco-centric for you? Good I watched it for '70s nostalgia: I even renamed it Instinct de Moustache instead of Instinct de Mort
Renault 16s 

Definitely not too Franco-centric for me. The two films are doing well in Ireland. They're two of the best films that have been in cinemas here in the last few weeks. Were the two films shown together or separately in France?
Mesrine is a very interesting character (with a great mustache  ). I had never heard of him before the films came out. Is he infamous in France?

[Cerr]

Saw The Hurt Locker last night.
Very good Iraq war film. Seemed quite realistic too.