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Post by drizzletown on Aug 19, 2009 20:17:57 GMT -8
Leatherheads ---> 6/10 Just 'cause I'm a softie (and I like Zellweger - and goofy stupid movies!). I got rid of HBO & Starz, 'cause I was trying to cut back on bills. OMG! I'm having withdrawals! Now my stupid tv, is just a stupid tv again, even if I do still have the DVR. I don't think this will last long.
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Post by dripsey3 on Aug 20, 2009 1:25:02 GMT -8
The Hangover
8/10
It keeps you laughing from start to finish. The main characters, especially Alan, are excellent. It's well worth watching at least once. Actually don't leave when the credits roll, you'll see what I mean.
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Post by duncan175 on Aug 22, 2009 0:05:34 GMT -8
Persona 8.5/10
Into The Wild 10/10
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Post by erik on Aug 22, 2009 8:29:22 GMT -8
DR. STRANGELOVEThe film that said America's idea of nuclear "deterrence" during the Cold War was a sick joke. Director Stanley Kubrick's classic 1964 political black comedy holds up shockingly well, with superb performances by everyone, including Peter Sellers in three roles (Group Captain Lionel Mandrake; U.S. President Merkin Muffley; and, of course, the infamous ex-Nazi nuclear wizard Dr. Strangelove). A perfect 10.
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Post by b@@b on Aug 22, 2009 18:08:53 GMT -8
The Karate Kid (1984) Sentimental classic. Even if the karate moves in it are not authentic. 9 / 10
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2009 9:08:29 GMT -8
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 4/10 - see comments in the film thread . Poor scripting and direction.
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Post by erik on Aug 23, 2009 17:30:03 GMT -8
SOLDIER BLUE
Possibly the most incendiary Western ever made, this 1970 opus starring Candice Bergen and Peter Strauss that concerns itself with our military's treatment of Native Americans during the westward migration of the 19th century seems a tad bit heavy-handed by today's standards in its left-wing politics. But there's no point in denying history, as can be gauged by the Army's massacre of a Cheyenne village at the end of the film, modeled off the infamous real-life Sand Creek massacre of 1864 (and the My Lai massacre in Vietnam in 1968). In essence, this is perhaps the FAHRENHEIT 9/11 of the Western genre.
I give this a 7 out of 10, but be warned--even by today's standards (Quentin Tarantino, etc.), the climax of this film is unsettling, upsetting, and extremely violent.
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Post by peacenik on Aug 23, 2009 17:35:03 GMT -8
erik -- i have Buffy-Sainte Marie's title song from that picture . . . i always loved Buffy!
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Post by erik on Aug 23, 2009 17:47:39 GMT -8
Yes, Buffy's title song is probably one of the great unsung protest ballads of its time--and it's a personal thing with her, as she herself is an Indian (Cree, if I understand right).
I think for too long Hollywood demonized Native Americans as savages and butchers (an impression that was ingrained in so many generations of Americans by John Wayne), when the historical record says something rather different. This is why Hollywood's attitude towards the Indian changed during the political and social upheavals of the 1960s.
Still, I wouldn't let any underaged children watch SOLDIER BLUE, certainly not unsupervised, anyway.
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Post by b@@b on Aug 23, 2009 19:06:18 GMT -8
Old School (2003)
It's a comedic coming-of-middle-age tale about three yuppie friends who live to revitalize their long lost college party years after recent familial events in their lives taunt them to open their own fraternity of mishap members.
"You're my boy, Blue!!" ;D
bad movie, zany concept, great laughs. Will Ferrell at his best.
8/10
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Post by dripsey3 on Aug 24, 2009 2:10:17 GMT -8
Full Metal Jacket
If you only ever watch one movie about Vietnam, then make it this one. It's fantastic from first to last. Stanley Kubrick doesn't waste one second of film time.
10/10
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Post by peacenik on Aug 24, 2009 3:04:47 GMT -8
"Being There" with Peter Sellers . . . i recognize so much of today's news in that film's main character and his accidental role as a man of "genius" . . .
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Post by eaglemaster on Aug 24, 2009 4:07:32 GMT -8
As good as it getsA single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship. It is a great romantic comedy and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this flick from 1997 again. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt each won an Oscar for their role in that movie. I give it a 9 out of 10. Here is a link to more infos on it: www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/edited to add a picture:
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Post by alikat on Aug 24, 2009 5:05:30 GMT -8
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1-2-3Tony Scott's remake of the hugely memorable 1974 thriller involving the hijacking of a New York City subway is full of the things that have typified his filmmaking style (zip-panning; headache-inducing montage), and John Travolta (in the role done originally by Robert Shaw) overacts and shouts profanities endleslly. But the film benefits from Denzel Washington stepping into Walter Matthau's role with a certain ease. On a scale of one to ten, I'll give this 7.5. I haven't seen the remake, erik, but I saw the original on the box recently and enjoyed it once again. I'd probably give the original 8.5 or 9 out of 10. Is it true that the remake doesn't have the excellent ending of the original? As good as it getsA single mother/waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship. It is a great romantic comedy and I thoroughly enjoyed watching this flick from 1997 again. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt each won an Oscar for their role in that movie. I give it a 9 out of 10. Here is a link to more infos on it: www.imdb.com/title/tt0119822/ Excellent film, eagle! Probably 9.5 out of 10 from me
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Post by erik on Aug 24, 2009 9:33:33 GMT -8
Quote by alikat re. remake of THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1-2-3:
Nope--sorry, but the ending of the remake is pretty much a standard issue confrontation, not a tell-tale sneeze like in 1974.
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Post by duncan175 on Aug 25, 2009 12:39:54 GMT -8
1969 7/10
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Post by thinwhitechick on Aug 25, 2009 12:48:54 GMT -8
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon 7/10Another superb performance from Sean Penn.
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Post by erik on Aug 25, 2009 19:37:36 GMT -8
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE[/color] Even now, almost forty years after the fact, this 1971 film from director Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, remains one of the most controversial movies on record, not only because of its sex and violence (though it's more implied than explicit), but also because of Kubrick's very corrosive, blackly comic approach to the material. More unsettling still are the implications of the issues dealt with here: criminal violence; brainwashing; government dissembling; and moral choice. Malcolm McDowell's performance as the head "droog" Alex is one of the most masterful performances ever. I give this film a 9 out of 10, but I still wouldn't let young and impressionable kids see it without parental supervision. Even by today's standards, it remains an extremely potent and disturbing masterpiece from a director who made so many of them.
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Post by duncan175 on Aug 26, 2009 10:28:07 GMT -8
The King of Comedy 8/10
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Post by erik on Aug 27, 2009 6:37:04 GMT -8
For my 3,000th post: STRAW DOGSDirector Sam Peckinpah's hard-hitting and extremely disturbing look at a pacifist American mathematician (Dustin Hoffman) having to deal with violent behavior in rural England is not for the faint of heart, but, as with A CLOCKWORK ORANGE[/color], released at roughly the same time (near the end of 1971), the truths it shows and tells us about our darker nature are much too hard to ignore. (9/10).
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Post by jwaldorf on Aug 27, 2009 8:26:41 GMT -8
I read and LOVED the book but this movie seriously pissed me off. Because they decided to change the end of the movie and make it different from the book Exact same thing here only the movie was Hannibal and they butchered it!!!
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Post by drizzletown on Aug 27, 2009 9:49:22 GMT -8
7/10 The Good German
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Post by thinwhitechick on Aug 27, 2009 10:59:49 GMT -8
Jumper 6.5/10
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Post by duncan175 on Aug 27, 2009 12:51:19 GMT -8
antichrist 7/10
the most ****ed up film i have seen
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Post by duncan175 on Aug 28, 2009 12:51:57 GMT -8
children of men 7.5/10
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