Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
That looks like it is old enough to be. That is the same basic idea.
Thank you, Kim.
Thank you, Kim.
Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see
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best known for his song Shake a Tail Feather, Andre Williams spent the last 30 years battling addiction, homelessness, etc., but has enjoyed a small revival of sorts in the past few years thanks to a few records produced by Jon Spencer (of the Blues Explosion) and successful tours of Europe where he's a cult hero.
this movie follows him around for a year, from a Motel 6, to small clubs, a tour of Europe, to the hospital, etc.
Williams is 70+, but he's still out on the road.
dig this one up, it's well worth it. or, if you are reading this and don't mind watching movies on your computer, it's streaming for one week at pitchfork.
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
Oh, an excellent movie !
But I think that Control is more than Joy Division's biopic in so far as Anton Corbijn doesn't portray Ian Curtis as the icon we all know but mainly focuses on the quiet citizen and the man he was. We are far from the rock star, Control is the story of a young man who becomes a talented musician with increasing success but who has not left his work yet (till a certain time), of a loving husband and father and before all, of someone unable to face up this so sudden success and all the turnmoils it causes. All his fragility is revealed. That is why I perceive this film more like a psychological study than a mere biopic.
The last great film I saw is :
The soundtrack, the setting, the characters, the depiction of an incipient love and the omnipresence of death ; Visconti subtly used all this elements to make a masterpiece.
I have not read Thomas Mann's book yet but the film is so perfect that I am sure that Visconti remained very (or maybe entirely) faithful to it.
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he did. excellent and faithful adaption.
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Once
Just watched this "little" movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_(film)
Just watched this "little" movie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_(film)
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
I just watched Changeling with that Angelina Jolie and a little part by John Malkovich. It is not a feel good movie but it shows how corrupt the LAPD was in the 20s. Angelina Jolie was very good except one scene towards the end of the movie. It was a scene that I don't believe even happened in the real story and should not have been included. Watch it will be the scene they show at Academy Awards show.
Clint Eastwood made the movie but you already knew that.
Clint Eastwood made the movie but you already knew that.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Number6 I saw that a few months ago and got a kick out of that. My wife picks most of the stuff. Tonite she got . She thought a thriller would be nice for a change. She is usually right so I will let you know. Julianne Moore is in it and we like her.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
This is a movie based on the novel Blindness written by Jose Saramago a Noble prize winning self exiled Portuguese writer. I found the story to be excellent but the movie was too grim for my idea of entertainment. I liked Julianne Moore of course but it is not a movie you must see.
chronic
old and in the way
Dear Zachary.
Wow.
Probably one of the most tragic films I've ever seen, though it somehow still manages to end on an upbeat note.
Highly recommended.
Wow.
Probably one of the most tragic films I've ever seen, though it somehow still manages to end on an upbeat note.
Highly recommended.
The dead girl (2008)
The Dead Girl is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman (portrayed by Brittany Murphy). The characters in the film are linked not only by their connection to her murder, but also by the difficult hand that life has dealt them. The film scrutinizes their inner struggles to overcome or surrender to their misfortunes.
Highly recommended by Ponder :)
The Dead Girl is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman (portrayed by Brittany Murphy). The characters in the film are linked not only by their connection to her murder, but also by the difficult hand that life has dealt them. The film scrutinizes their inner struggles to overcome or surrender to their misfortunes.
Highly recommended by Ponder :)
that's a good one, Ponder. some very fine acting in that one.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
I got it from net flix and did have to pee. It was worth watching good acting and shows a segment of society you don't see much in the movies. Josh Brolin and Toni Collette are in it.
mjp
Founding member
I can't go to le cinema anymore, because the world is full of noisy, brittle cunts.
And every time I think, "Oh, come on, the world isn't really filled with noisy, brittle cunts, stop being so dramatic!" and try to go to a movie, I end up wanting to kill someone. Or many someones.
Because, you know, no one can just shut the fuck up for 90 straight minutes. I don't know why, but 90 minutes of silence just doesn't happen anymore. Anywhere.
So the answer is TV. For everything.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
In my little town the few people who go to the movies don't make a sound. Plus because half of the movie goers are over 70 they blast the sound.
I guess that's why there is so much crime in the big cities.
On second thought maybe I'm the one who makes all of the noise.
I guess that's why there is so much crime in the big cities.
On second thought maybe I'm the one who makes all of the noise.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
I rarely go to the cinema either, but when I do, it usually helps to make it a weeknight late show and to have about 10 empty seats in any direction. The only exception I have made to this was last summer, with The Dark Knight. Though there was some talking and distraction throughout, the whole theatre went respectfully and eerily silent during every one of Ledger's scenes. And that suited me just fine.
chronic
old and in the way
I just watched Milk. Good script, good acting (especially Josh Brolin as Dan White) and a good movie overall. I don't think it will win any awards though... there wasn't a single goddamned Twinkie® in sight.
I mean if ever there was a great opportunity for product placement, this was it... and Twinkies go great with Milk, dontcha know.
I mean if ever there was a great opportunity for product placement, this was it... and Twinkies go great with Milk, dontcha know.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Attention everyone!!!! chronic is right on the money. It came in the mail and I thought, "It's a documentary, ugh." Yeah I knew it was before I ordered it, but it is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. It does have a certain brightness in a very dark subject that you have to see to appreciate. Kurt Kuenne did a fantastic job putting this together while the events were unfolding around him. Wow is right. Thank you chronic.
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
I've just finished the book and you were right ; it's a so well and faithfully directed film that it's as if Thomas Mann did it himself. I'm really impressed by Visconti's work.
The only difference is that Aschenbach is a composer in the film and a writer in the book but it's a mere one, the character being the same.
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I'm with this> and WHY? the fuck do people have to sit down right next to you in a half empty theater? It never fails,(plus it's just WEIRD) they can go ANYWHERE but they park their asses next to, in front of or right behind wherever you may be. It pisses me off and I WILL/DO get up and move away- while they stare clueless-the fucking sheep! If I do go to the movies I go on weekday nights when the movie is in final run, and I certainly prefer home viewing. CRB:confused:
Best film I have watched recently is Zatoichi. That's the 2003 Beat Takeshi remake (haven't seen any of the original ones). It reminded me in parts of old Japanese films like Yojimbo and, by association with spaghetti westerns. Worth checking out.
nervas
more crickets than friends
On another thread, I said I was tracking all the complete albums I listen to this year, I'm doing the same with books and movies. So far I've seen 32 movies this year, here's the last 5:
The Pursuit of Happyness- A pretty good flick. I never really wanted to see it, but it was on Showtime last night, so what the heck.
Blow - My girl had never seen it, so we threw it on a couple nights ago. Huge Johnny Depp fan and a lot of the movie was filmed on the street I lived in at the time, and features my back yard in the opening shot.
Sweeny Todd - A week ago and that was probably the 5th time I've seen it. Excellent Burton/Depp work on that one.
Control - The biography film of the band Joy Division. I've had it for a while, and we finally watched it, very rewarding for Joy Division fans.
Revolutionary Road - Honestly, I'm not sure if this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, or one of the best.
On a side note...mjp try the arclight on Sunset blvd sometime. I'm sure maybe you have. However it seems to me, to be the only theater where there is about a 90% chance that you will not be annoyed by noisy distractors. They're pretty strict there and even have the "no-late attendees" policy. You get there late, they don't let you in. It's also assigned seating so you pick your seats during purchase. It's a bit costly, about $13.00 bucks, but anytime we want to see a movie at a theater, we usually only go there.
The Pursuit of Happyness- A pretty good flick. I never really wanted to see it, but it was on Showtime last night, so what the heck.
Blow - My girl had never seen it, so we threw it on a couple nights ago. Huge Johnny Depp fan and a lot of the movie was filmed on the street I lived in at the time, and features my back yard in the opening shot.
Sweeny Todd - A week ago and that was probably the 5th time I've seen it. Excellent Burton/Depp work on that one.
Control - The biography film of the band Joy Division. I've had it for a while, and we finally watched it, very rewarding for Joy Division fans.
Revolutionary Road - Honestly, I'm not sure if this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen, or one of the best.
On a side note...mjp try the arclight on Sunset blvd sometime. I'm sure maybe you have. However it seems to me, to be the only theater where there is about a 90% chance that you will not be annoyed by noisy distractors. They're pretty strict there and even have the "no-late attendees" policy. You get there late, they don't let you in. It's also assigned seating so you pick your seats during purchase. It's a bit costly, about $13.00 bucks, but anytime we want to see a movie at a theater, we usually only go there.
mjp
Founding member
I guess it's not just the assholes that keep me away. The "experience" isn't all that enjoyable even when you have the place to yourself. Visually, my TV and DVD player do a better job than any theater I've ever been to (much better). And if it's too hot or too cold at home, I can fix that. It just seems like a chore, and borderline masochistic to drive through traffic, park and pay through the nose to go have a disappointing movie viewing.
justine
stop the penistry
i feel pretty much the same - don't like the restrictions of being in a movie theatre. but we saw 'watchmen' in a big old fashioned theatre - red velvet curtains, huge chandliers, ornate woodwork - on sunday, and there's something about seeing a movie in a setting like that which makes me feel like a kid again, in a good way. also it was ultra cheap at $6.50, and very close to our house.