what was the last movie you watched?
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Rented it from the public library: Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", starring Johnny Depp in the title role of the infamous writer-director of some of the worst movies of all-time, including "Plan 9 From Outer Space."
Well worth seeing, and Martin Landau's Oscar-winning performance as the down-and-out actor Bela Lugosi.
Well worth seeing, and Martin Landau's Oscar-winning performance as the down-and-out actor Bela Lugosi.
That particular scene mentioned in your spoiler was what I was talking about. It was very well directed. I'm amazed at Disney / Pixar's storytelling ability. I really don't think I've ever seen a kids movie of that overall quality. Well, maybe UP, but that had a couple of down moments that I could walk away from.
Watched a ton of shh over the last couple of months, all stuff I haven't seen before, many titles that I forced myself to see.
Pollack (2000) - Ed Harris biopic of the painter
Appaloosa (2008) - Ed Harris, Viggo Mortenson Western
The Road (2009) - Cormac McCarthy book adaptation of post apocalypse, Viggo Mortenson
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - Ethan Hawke, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marissa Tomei (nude again)
Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges Oscar winning performance
Quiz Show (1994) - Ralph Fiennes, Turturro
The Aviator (2004) - Scorsese pic re: Howard Hughes, I don't like Leo despite him being a fellow fan, but I gave it a try, Kate Beckinsale was FOYNE! in this
Precious (2008) - nasty, supposed to be redeeming, but very little of that
The Elephant Man (1980) - bravo, took me forever to finally hunker down and peep it
K-Pax (2001) - worst of the lot, Spacey cashed in after Amer Beauty
Dad (1989) - Jack Lemmon plays senile father to power broker son Ted Danson
Fearless (1993) - Jeff Bridges, airplane crash survivor turned clairvoyant
Tucker (1988) - haha. Part of a Jeff Bridges kick.
Starman (1984) - Jeff Bridges as an alien being, odd love story from John Carpenter of Alien fame
Good, Bad, Ugly (1966)
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) - Bogart, "No steenking badges!"
Those that intrigued me at all were Elephant Man, Starman, and The Road, though the last two on the list are classics. Hurt was brilliant in EM, made me wet around the eyes during a few scenes, rare straightforward approach by a young David Lynch directing. The Road was surprisingly well done, very stark, an unbelievable premise made fairly believable.
Pollack (2000) - Ed Harris biopic of the painter
Appaloosa (2008) - Ed Harris, Viggo Mortenson Western
The Road (2009) - Cormac McCarthy book adaptation of post apocalypse, Viggo Mortenson
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - Ethan Hawke, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Marissa Tomei (nude again)
Crazy Heart (2009) - Jeff Bridges Oscar winning performance
Quiz Show (1994) - Ralph Fiennes, Turturro
The Aviator (2004) - Scorsese pic re: Howard Hughes, I don't like Leo despite him being a fellow fan, but I gave it a try, Kate Beckinsale was FOYNE! in this
Precious (2008) - nasty, supposed to be redeeming, but very little of that
The Elephant Man (1980) - bravo, took me forever to finally hunker down and peep it
K-Pax (2001) - worst of the lot, Spacey cashed in after Amer Beauty
Dad (1989) - Jack Lemmon plays senile father to power broker son Ted Danson
Fearless (1993) - Jeff Bridges, airplane crash survivor turned clairvoyant
Tucker (1988) - haha. Part of a Jeff Bridges kick.
Starman (1984) - Jeff Bridges as an alien being, odd love story from John Carpenter of Alien fame
Good, Bad, Ugly (1966)
Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) - Bogart, "No steenking badges!"
Those that intrigued me at all were Elephant Man, Starman, and The Road, though the last two on the list are classics. Hurt was brilliant in EM, made me wet around the eyes during a few scenes, rare straightforward approach by a young David Lynch directing. The Road was surprisingly well done, very stark, an unbelievable premise made fairly believable.
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I like most of Pixar's stuff, can watch it over and over again. I thought the first five or ten minutes of UP were an example of incredible story telling. Got a little out there as the movie went on, but it was okay. The first half hour of Wall-E was fantastic, too, and then it got a little out there. But a good movie also.
I really like all three Toy Story movies, no complaints at all. Then there's A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., and the Incredibles that are all fantastic as well. Didn't really like Cars (kinda boring) or Ratatouille (don't want to see rats in the kitchen, just bothers me).
I really like all three Toy Story movies, no complaints at all. Then there's A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., and the Incredibles that are all fantastic as well. Didn't really like Cars (kinda boring) or Ratatouille (don't want to see rats in the kitchen, just bothers me).
Being a car junkie I liked Cars a lot more the first time or two seeing all the car geek stuff they put in but the more I watch it the story is thinner than the other Pixar movies. I think they are all pretty fantastic though, Nemo might be my least favorite but it was also the first I saw. I actually think Ratatouille may be the best of the lot.
The Road was impressive in its unrelenting depressiveness, but not much happened and it got repetitive after a while.
And although I know that the nature of the cataclysm was not important -- that the cataclysm was essentially just a stressor to be applied to the surviving humans ala Romero's zombies to explore the author's bleak view of human nature (he should have been french) -- I was still rolling around in my head what could possibly have produced the wide range of symptoms described, basically killing all life on Earth EXCEPT humans. You would indeed be completely screwed if such an event happened, but I cannot imagine anything that could have that result.
And although I know that the nature of the cataclysm was not important -- that the cataclysm was essentially just a stressor to be applied to the surviving humans ala Romero's zombies to explore the author's bleak view of human nature (he should have been french) -- I was still rolling around in my head what could possibly have produced the wide range of symptoms described, basically killing all life on Earth EXCEPT humans. You would indeed be completely screwed if such an event happened, but I cannot imagine anything that could have that result.
Sure, but I think I'm just a tad too experienced with those concepts so could feel the mechanics a bit. Very bleak, but also in a strange way kind of artificial -- an obvious stress test for his characters. He won't say what it was because there is nothing it could be, besides as he says "magic". Anything that kills all life on down to the level of insects and plant life obviously kills us. Supernova, we die. Nuclear winter, things other than us live for a while alongside us, or we all die together. Supervolcano, meter strike, solar flare whatever. Either all life struggled on, or all life dies together. Nothing as big and far up the food chain as us gets to survive a disaster the cockroaches cannot. So its just kind of an artifical scenario -- "imagine the human race is screwed in the worst way possible -- how would you react?"
I shouldn't complain given that I am writing something using a similar trick, and it was still impressively bleak. Not like I was mad I saw it. But it was more just a rumination on how you would react than an actual book about a scenario.
I shouldn't complain given that I am writing something using a similar trick, and it was still impressively bleak. Not like I was mad I saw it. But it was more just a rumination on how you would react than an actual book about a scenario.
Pirates of the Caribbean was on TV yesterday. Had to watch it .. I think its been 2 or 3 years since I last watched a Pirates movie. They're so good, cant wait for the fourth one. I <3 Keira Knightley.
Also watched Rush Hour 2 again. I know the Rush Hour franchise isnt the best, but I still enjoy them.
Also watched Rush Hour 2 again. I know the Rush Hour franchise isnt the best, but I still enjoy them.
I hope you're not looking forward to PotC4 strictly for Keira Knightley...
http://www.filmjunk.com/2010/02/23/...nd-keira-knightley-are-out-ian-mcshane-is-in/
Of course, adding Penelope Cruz more than makes up for that loss in my opinion. I'm not a huge KK fan anyways.
The first one was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, especially the first time around. The second was okay (I don't know if that's Rosalyn Sanchez or the movie itself), the third was plain awful.
http://www.filmjunk.com/2010/02/23/...nd-keira-knightley-are-out-ian-mcshane-is-in/
Of course, adding Penelope Cruz more than makes up for that loss in my opinion. I'm not a huge KK fan anyways.
The first one was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen, especially the first time around. The second was okay (I don't know if that's Rosalyn Sanchez or the movie itself), the third was plain awful.
I was mixed on Before The Devil... I did think it would be a bit stronger than it was w/ a decent cast, which also included Albert Finney. Hawke and PSH play their usual pigeonhole roles (timid, gunshy introspective type and seedy scumbag, respectively). The cast merited a more solid premise. Check it out though, I may be more persnickety than you if you liked K-PAX.
K-PAX I had to watch over the course of 3 days, it was painful...and I'm a Spacey fan. Felt like a trick ending from the first hour or so and it didn't disappoint.
K-PAX I had to watch over the course of 3 days, it was painful...and I'm a Spacey fan. Felt like a trick ending from the first hour or so and it didn't disappoint.
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I've watched enough Romero stuff to not even question what the cataclysm was. I remember seeing some orange glow coming from their bedroom window, but I thought something along the lines of, "Eh...cataclysm." The thing that didn't seem real to me was Vigo waking up Charlize as he turned on the bath and he simply told her something like, "Look..." Not "HOLY SHHHH!" or something more appropriate of some awesome natural event that turned the sky orange with pulsating bursts, as he described the effect.
I was impressed with how GRUNGY the characters looked, btw. Nasty. Looked like they'd been living on Skid Row for 2 months. The kid's cheeks were a little too rosy and plump to look like he was starving, but what can you do?
McCarthy was also as cryptic as he could possibly be with the backgrounds of the characters in No Country, which is one of the first things people who hated it pointed to. Being "weird" or open ended must be his bag. I love No Country, btw, I might be inclined to like his style in general because it doesn't bother me. I appreciated that I didn't totally grasp No Country on the first view. I remember a colleague telling me before I saw it how it was weird, as in largely unexplained. I asked him how so and he said everything about it, the things they do, how they act, something about the premise of Anton and how he was connected or NOT connected to other characters.
I was impressed with how GRUNGY the characters looked, btw. Nasty. Looked like they'd been living on Skid Row for 2 months. The kid's cheeks were a little too rosy and plump to look like he was starving, but what can you do?
McCarthy was also as cryptic as he could possibly be with the backgrounds of the characters in No Country, which is one of the first things people who hated it pointed to. Being "weird" or open ended must be his bag. I love No Country, btw, I might be inclined to like his style in general because it doesn't bother me. I appreciated that I didn't totally grasp No Country on the first view. I remember a colleague telling me before I saw it how it was weird, as in largely unexplained. I asked him how so and he said everything about it, the things they do, how they act, something about the premise of Anton and how he was connected or NOT connected to other characters.
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