Yeah I fixed it it was supposed to be out of 5 and my dumbass hit 10. my bad
Yeah I fixed it it was supposed to be out of 5 and my dumbass hit 10. my bad
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watched [rec]2 again...still awesome.
The girl Nex Door: About the best teenage comedy ever. The performances are good, most noteably Timothy Olyphant, the laughs are great and the movie is pretty genuine in it's approach. I like that the movie wasn't abut losers having sex but it was realisitic in it's approach of loser's who can't have sex or talk to girls in this modern day when pornography and beautiful women are so accessible to look at. Movie always makes me laugh and really, who doesn't love looking at Elisha Cuthbert in this movie. She gives of such an irresistable sex appeal just manages t portray her innocence and her struggle with how she made her money rather well. It's actually a shame she's not in more movies because she's a terrible actress by any means.
4/5
To Sir With Love: I watched to movie by chance at my mom's and I really enjoyed it. I suppose this was the precurser to movies like Dangerous Minds and such. Sindey Poitier is a great actor it's just a shame I've barely seen him in anything. Going to have to make a point to see In The Heat of the Night and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. I thought his confidence on screen was amazing and he brings his character a large amount of credibility because of this, each line he speaks comes across as genuine.
4/5
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So... did you like it more than the first one?Originally Posted by candy
Totally. Glad to hear that you've found out.
Heather, I seem to like a way different type of movie and TV show than most here on the board (have you seen my top 30 and 15 lists?), so my opinion might not be the best one to go by, lol.
I thought The Devil Inside was an hour and a half and thirty seconds of a really really good movie. And then a thirty second ending happened that made me angry for the rest of the night.
Seriously, on the drive home after seeing a comedy show and a few hours of gambling, my girlfriend and I were in the middle of a conversation and I had to stop her and yell out "WHAT KIND OF FUCKING ENDING WAS THAT!?" lol
Withnail & I
The first thing that came to mind is how right James was in regards to the dialogue; virtually every line used can be seen as a one liner. I hope to rewatch it sometime in the near future to really lock in a few bits of dialogue into my repertoire
The film itself is very well made. The two lead actors are phenomenal, it truly did look like they were suffering severe withdrawals. They played off each other admirably, definitely one of the best on screen duos I've seen in a long time. The film struck me as a sort of distant cousin to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (which I'll circle around to momentarily), in that it showcases a pair of hooligans who are fully aware that they are on a downward spiral to self destruction, but seem to be unable to stop themselves. Not only that, they seem to enjoy it. Much of the humor had British sensiblities and might be difficult to decipher for someone who hasn't had prolonged exposure to British cinema, but luckily I've had my fair share so - with very few exceptions - I was able to catch every cheeky, backhanded comment and subtle reference. Then of course, there are the bits of comedy that are universal, like telling a cop that you're not drunk because you've only had a few ales.
Complaints wise, very few; chief among them was the gay Uncle Marty subplot. I understand the bearing it has on both the characters and the story, but some of those scenes were just painful to watch, they dragged on for far too long. I got the gist of it after a few exchanges, I really didn't need another 15 minutes of screen time dedicated to Marty trying (unsuccessfully) to court "I". That bedroom scene was ... eesh.
Like Fear and Loathing, one of the films underlying messages is the radical change / transition that took place between the 60's and the 70's. Obviously, I wasn't born anywhere near around those two decades, but for the most part the film did a great job at conveying the confusion and sense of dislocation that came between the jarring transition that took place between those two 'eras' that are seperated only by a number. The longing for a world that you knew that would never be accessible to you again. I think that Hunter S. Thompson said it best :
"Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. But no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time in the world. Whatever it meant.
And that, I think, was the handle - that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of old and evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look west, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
All in all , a fantastic film and one I'm glad I got to experience.
7.5/10
Excellent review, Fernando. Really glad you enjoyed it, at last.
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Some backlog ratings:
Another Earth - 7/10
Underworld - 8/10
Fargo - 6.5/10
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I'm pretty sure you aren't the only one that left the theater disappointed after watching The Devil Inside. According to Cinemascore, The Devil Inside garnered a rare "F" rating. I've since read that this is almost a mathematical impossibility. Remember, Cinemascore has nothing to do with critics. It's a poll taken by people leaving the theater. I have a feeling their displeasure with the film wasn't just the ending.
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feverish - will you re-post your review in Cinema Paradiso? I want to come back to the discussion.
(No, I did NOT forget your Repulsion review. I am trying to do a thousand+ things at once, as usual)
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The Ides of March
A very entertaining, if somewhat by the numbers political thriller. Ryan Gosling is great as a morally misguided campaign manager that gets a crash course in shady, under the table dealings after his governor (played by George Clooney, who also has directing duties) messes up big time. The film is tightly structured, moving along at a brisk pace, but unfortunately it never struck me as anything special, just decent.
3/5
Moneyball
A romanticized retelling of the Oakland Athletic's struggles to obtain a play off berth with a budget roughly 1/4th that of the higher caliber, top shelf teams (like the Yankees), told through the eyes of their general manager Billy Beane, played with effusive enthusiasm by Brad Pitt. The film is much more than a baseball tale, it's about the courage of sticking to your beliefs and your ideologies in the face of overwhelming odds and vehement disapproval (especially when it's coming from your supposed friends and colleagues). I had a lot more to type but unfortunately my time is short, but suffice to say that this is a very entertaining and very balanced tale of bravery and redemption, using baseball as a backdrop. Highly recommended.
3.5/5
Some exciting sequel news having to do with a movie some/most/all of us like. The headline:
THE LAST EXORCISM Wasn't - LINK
as one of the commentors said, "The biggest creative challenge will be coming up with the right title!”
I do not have very high expectations here.
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I suspect it'll be a horror prequel - you know how hollywood love their prequels these days - and it'll be titled "The First Exorcism".
See, going for that R rating is basically saying, "We're gonna throw any sense of restraint and subtlety out of the window." That may not happen, but it is the likeliest outcome by far.
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Then they'll be able to fit a lot of prequels in between. Very good idea.
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I really need to watch TLE.
Nick Cage in Ghost Rider 2 -- some guys never learn!
Not Cage, didn't the producers learn anything ? They're the bigger fools for backing the sequel to a film that was a critical and commercial failure. All Cage is thinking is "Oh shit, free $ !"
I thought the first one was awful and can't believe they are making another.
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If the same people are behind The Last Exorcism sequel then I will be intrigued yet still a little wary of it. However if it's anything like [Rec]2 it could find a way to actually be better. I'm not going to give up hope because The Last Exorcism is one of the best horrors of the last couple decades.
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I think it's the first time I hear this...
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I'm hoping he's refferring to Ghost Rider, Jean.
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ah! alright then
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Yep, sorry! I was referencing Ghost Rider.
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Midnight In Paris -
This was a wonderfully ingenious movie. I had actually no idea what the plot of the movie was in the slightest when I watched it so I was not expecting anything like this. It tells the story of a Gil (Owen Wilson) who is in Paris with his fiance (Rachel McAdams). He was a Hollywood writer and had recently begun a quest to finally write a novel instead of being a hack hollywood writer. While in Paris (and a little drunk) he's walking around at night and stops in front of what I assume is a church (you only see the steps) and when it strikes midnight an old car drives up and some people invite them to come with them. He arrives at a party to discover himself talking to F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda (played by the lovely and talented Alison Pill), soon after he comes face to face with Earnest Hemingway. When he wakes up in his hotel he can hardly believe what happened nor can his fiance.
While in the prescence of his idols and the great artistic minds of the past he's enthralled and flabbergasted. Gil carries on almost like a little kid who got to meet his favourite sports hero. He fumbles over his words. The magic of the city pulls him in as does his experiences in the past. Gil has always felt as if he was born in the wrong time and today's times are boring and stagnant and how he wishes he could be in paris in the 1920's; he romanticizes the city and it's inhabitants much like how one might romanticize a great painting or an ancient piece or architecture. Unlike most people though Gil is literally living in his admiration and he's seemingly drowning in it, each visit to the past revealing more names and fantastic things he wished for so long he could experience. Through these experiences he discovers many things about what makes art great and what makes great art and the people who create and why they make it. A lot of the movie is a commentary on nostalgia itself and the idolization of a past when things were better, simpler and maybe simply better. However, maybe these very same things you love about a bygone era still exists today if you simply go take a walk and see what the city has to offer.
5/5
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Great, great review Matt. Now I'm really eager to see it. Like I mentioned in the Oscars thread, this film wasn't even on my radar until recently and your review is an added incentive to check it out.
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