Rate the last film you watched.

[slapshot63]

I like to view it as a whole movie, not two parts (even though it was split into two). I cannot wait for them to be spliced. I'd gladly sit through it.

[Clark Nova]

satantangofan said:

I find the whole, which Kill Bill is best - Vol 1 or 2? rather futile. Don't you guys feel a little cheated that it was originally meant to be one film but the studios decided to break it up (to make more money)? I mean, the running length of the film as a whole is roughly the same as loads of other excellent films: Once Upon a Time in America, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, Andrei Rublyov, The Deer Hunter, La Dolce Vita...can you imagine arguing about which is best, the first or second half of Apocalypse Now Redux?

Yeah, what happened to the good ol' days when movies had intermissions? Nowadays the movie-going crowd is so ADD-ish they can't even sit through a 2 hour movie anymore. Quite sad, considering 3 of my favorite films, Lawrence of Arabia, Seven Samurai, and Once Upon a Time in America, all have intermissions and border on 4 hours long each.

[criterionmaster]

I indeed hate this. I will now tell a little story about this. I was talking to this girl online who loves horror films, but the thing is she likes all NEW horror films. She happened to mention the film Wolf Creek, which while I don't LOVE the film, I respect the film for breaking the new trend of horror films. She likes all these crap new horror films and she mentions this film and calls it boring, I am like "what are you talking about!?" and she goes on and on about the beginning. I say they have to set up the fucking characters and get you to care for them so when they die you feel something. She didn't buy it and said well I think it is boring. All these new films coming out have driven people mad to the point where they can't even watch 20 minutes building up to the horror. It is ridiculous and makes me kind of sick. It's like new films have given most people short intention spans or something. Everyone during films now are looking at their cell phones and shit all during the movie, it's like why even go if you didn't want to watch the film?

[criterionmaster]

I had a little double feature with Two Evil Eyes and Dead and Buried. Two Evil Eyes review can be found here. And I will do a review for Dead and Buried later.

Also...

The Goonies (w/commentary) 6/10

Fun track but there is very little information. The track is TOO packed and people get drained out when they want to say stuff. Sean Astin leaves the track right in the middle and never comes back but it is a decent listen.

[adelinemorty]

Incompreso (Misunderstood), by Luigi Comencini 10/10
The saddest film I have ever seen

A cock and bull story by Michael Winterbottom 7/10
Nice

[mixed]

To Catch a thief. I like the cast for this, its a real Cary Grant type role. The character who plays the mother is also good, providing most of the comic relief. The double entendres shared between the characters are also nice and some of the locations are very attractive. I give it 8/10. It feels like a diffferent kind of film for Hitch to make, I dont think its his best but while it lasts its enjoyable.

[PTAhole]

I love To Catch a Thief! 'Cock did a great job on that one.

Anyway...

Star Wars (first one)- 10/10 Duh.
Star Wars w/Lucas, Muren, Burt, Fisher commentary- 10/10 Lucas dominates this track. He talks about Kurosawa for about twenty minutes, and then old film serials for another twenty minutes, casting, special effects, it's all covered. Fisher is annoying when she rarely speaks. Burt goes on about how certain sounds are created, which I find mildly interesting. Muren doesn't talk much, but we get some good special effects bits here or there. A very fun listen.

Independece Day- 5.5/10 This movie is underrated by people who say it's one of the worst movies ever, but it's not good in any way.

[mixed]

I'm on a bit of a Hitchcock run at the moment. Watched rear window, 2nd time. Its a perfect film alright and Jimmy Stewart is spectacular and the ending is so tense and well done. It is so amazing how its completely studio bound, possibly the best all studio film ever?

10/10 for sure. Though its difficult at times to give any films by Hitch anything less. Virtually flawless filmography...of the 25 or so I've seen so far.

[blackmoses]

Attack of the Giant Leeches 7/10!!!!
o god

[agentknight]

Stranger Than Paradise (1984) - JIM JARMUSCH

Such a charming and sweet film! It tells the story of three different characters who set of to Florida ("paradise") and the trip turns out to be a lot different than they expected. The whole film is shot in washed out black and white, and coupled with Jim Jarmusch's tradmark casual editing it works brilliantly. It is a little slow at times but I loved the characters too much to really mind. Great mood, great story and overall a brilliant little film.

10/10

[Clark Nova]

Naked Lunch (David Cronenberg) (1991)



Goodness gracious, where do I start with this one? Boy, did I have fun with this. Easily the strangest movie I've ever seen...then again, you gotta expect that with typewriters talking out of their anuses, mugwumps secreting desirous fluid, a monstrous Julian Sands devouring poor Kiki, and Roy Scheider in a literal woman suit. Normally I'd give a film this incomprehensible and bizarre a 5, or maybe a 6 for at least trying to make a statement, but no no, this is something special. My score for this goes up 2 extra points alone for Peter Weller's performance, which was just fantastic. His performance as Bill Lee is so unbelievably monotone and low-key that in any other film it'd be terrible, but under these circumstances, it's perfect. He makes it seem like at times he has no idea what going on while at the same time at least trying to accept it. I can't really put it into words, but it's just that good. Great performances all-around, along with the noir-ish feel in such a surreal atmosphere, make this one that I won't forget for a long, long time.

8/10

[PTAhole]

Life of Brian w/Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle commentary- 10/10 Funny and informative track.

Pirates of the Carribbean: Dead Man's Chest- 8/10 Much better than the first one. Although it was longer, it felt shorter, so I guess that's the reason I liked it better. The first one went on and on. Looking forward to the third one.

After Hours- 10/10 The only Scorsese I had yet to see, and it's amazing! This is his most underrated picture. Very entertaining, and just an amazing film all around.

That's all for now...

[PTAhole]

Oh, I forgot these, because they were so bad...

Shrek 2- 3/10 This is one of the most offesively bad sequels I've ever seen. The pop culture references in the first film were subtle, in this one, they had a ridiculous amount of them. Ugh, this was painful.

Speed 2: Cruise Control- 0/10 THIS, on the other hand is simply the WORST sequel of all time. I enjoy the first movie as a fun popcorn/action movie, but this is so bad, I wanted to puke. I can't believe Dafoe would stoop this low. I mean, Boondock Saints was bad, but this is horrendous.

[mixed]

I saw over the hedge. Really hilarious in places, just another animals meet human world type film but their were lots of funny bits amongst the tired narrative arc. 8/10

[satantangofan]

Andrei Rublev (rewatch) *****/***** Utterly breathtaking epic from Tarkovsky. several decades in the life of the great Russian icon painter who struggled against gutwrenching adversity in 15th Century. Picaresque storytelling, told in 8 scenarios, this is pure cinema. I'm not sure if I prefer this to Stalker but they are now both in my top 20.

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (rewatch) *****/***** Heartbreaking but unsentimental. This is my 2nd favourite Herzog after Aguirre. Bruno S' performance is astonishing & the film looks absolutely beautiful (in stark contrast to Hauser's appalling life). I don't think there is any director better at showing us heroism in the form of displaced outsiders (Aguirre, Stroszek, Hauser, Woyczek, Fitzcarraldo, Grizzly Man etc).

[devin]

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest 9.5/10 ill probably get shit for liking this but it was good

The Hills Have Eyes (remake) 6/10 it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be

[slapshot63]

The Omen (1976) - A

Review Coming Shortly...

devin said:

Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Mans Chest 9.5/10 ill probably get shit for liking this but it was good

Hell no, I loved the film, I even put up a positive review for it.

[PTAhole]

Yeah, it was a good movie.

[Nomansvally]

I just saw William Wyler's Mrs. Miniver from '42 about family life in angstridden England during the early blitzkrieg of WW2. The story was moving and solid enough for a strong 4 out of 5.

[kiddo]

blackmoses: I found Attack of the Giant Leeches pretty boring. It had its charm, but as a whole it got to dragged out and lacked satisfying cinematic skill. Some good moments, though, and when I think about the movie its pretty hilarious.

Dawn of the Dead
(Rewatch) I love this film. A monster of a fucking movie; packed with humour, satire, horror, suspense and other fantastic elements. Charming as hell. 9/10



Day of the Dead
(Rewatch, showed this and Dawn to my sister) I like this as much as I like Dawn, if not even better. I think it just explores the human spirit in such a great way. Many of the characters seems a bit stereotypic, but it works so fine. Romero gets to say what he wants to say (at least as I read it). A great film wich has so much more than what most people see in it. Highly underrated. 9/10



Infernal Affairs
I have been loocking forward to this piece of Asian crime-thriller. It works very good on many levels. Visually great in parts, though a bit unsatisfying now and then. The acting are GREAT, and the characters motivations feels real. The plot gets a bit to tricky for my taste, though. And the shootout-scene feels a bit amateurish. A pretty good thriller, but not without flaws. I look forward to Scorseses remake! 7/10



Rashomon
A great story about a story told from four different perspectives. Gerat camerawork, wonderful acting and brilliant use of lightning. Moving and powerful, espesially taken the production-year in mind. 8.5/10



Down by Law
An extremely low-voiced film form Jarmuch, a guy I have to see more of. Not as moving all the way along as I had hoped for, but it`s still a nice film with so many wonderful elements put into it; Many which are hidden behind what you actually see. The camerawork is very good and the music feels very suitable. The dialogue also feels very real, and the result of the film is filled with warmth and interesting comments on how we connect and communicate with each other. 8/10

[criterionmaster]

Finally someone who likes Day as much if not more than Dawn! I completely agree with you!

[Clark Nova]

I've heard a lot of good things about Day of the Dead, but I honestly can't imagine it being better than Dawn. It was just so...perfect...as a zombie movie and statement on Consumerism. Guess I just gotta see for myself what all the fuss is about.

Oh, and I'm about to delve into what I've heard is the wild and wacky world of Mulholland Dr. I'll probably post my thoughts tomorrow. This is gonna be interesting...

[agentknight]

Mulholland Dr. might just be my favourite movie ever. I hope you enjoy it.

[Clark Nova]

Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch) (2001)



So nice, I watched it twice. Or, to be more precise, so confusing and incomprehensible the first time I had to watch it again to try to sort things out. After 2 viewings, I know this is irresponsible of me to say, but I think I've got it all figured out...and I gotta say that this is easily the best film I've seen this decade. This is only the 2nd Lynch film I've ever seen (the first being the disappointing The Elephant Man), and I'm convinced to see more of his work. His ability to manipulate what you see and interpret the power of dreams in this film is absolutely remarkable, as is the performance of Naomi Watts in what I guess you'd have to call a dual role. Both the dream and "real life" let you understand Diane (Watts)' deranged psyche, making the ending that much more jarring and shocking. A brilliant, incredibly thought-provoking film...and to think it came from a failed pilot for ABC.

Oh, one more thing...I absolutely jumped outta my chair and came this close to sh*tting my pants near the beginning when the 2 guys go into the alley behind the diner and the scary looking guy pops out...my goodness.

10/10

[satantangofan]

I completely agree. Mulholland Dr & Cache are best films of 00 so far.

[misterbalco]

^ You need to check out Le Fils (The Son) before you say that. And Werckmeister Harmonies is great as well, and George Washington, and The New World.

[criterionmaster]

and Three Burials of...

[mixed]

I watched Kind Hearts and Coronets. Hilarious, I just loved the black humour and the seeming straiightforwardness of bumping off an entire family. Excellent script as well with a superb ending. 5/5 Gold.

[kiddo]

I saw Herzogs The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser yesterday, and what a fantastic yourney it was. The film has such a nice pace, and the way it is told makes it easy for the viewer to put own thoughts into it. In the starting point the films seemed quite minimalistic and easy to absorb, but as the film proceeded I explored so much in it, that made sense in so many different ways. Ok, this is hard to explain, and no matter what I say, it will not do the film right. Just see it. It`s a fantastic cinematic experience wich should not be missed by any film lover. I loved it! 9/10


Just look at that picture; a great classic score adds a beautiful poetic feeling to it in the film as well. Notice the swan in the background (if you see the film you will see the magic).

[mixed]

I have just watched the enigma of Kaspar Hauser. My words wont do it justice although I will try:

The key theme of enigma is that different forms of evolution may be alienated. Herzog is making the point that people are arrogant and find it hard to accept different people. Kaspar makes sense of the world in a simplistic, innocent manner. He derives great pleasure from feeding a bird and exploring nature. You always see in Herzogs films what beautiful use of nature he makes, allowing birds in the background of shots. Little things like that. The film is an austere and touching look at the social integration of someone with no perception. The film is haunting yet hopeful. I wish my words could do such a wonderful thing justice.

You just have to see this film 10/10