Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see (3 Viewers)

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'Bored of the rings' is by the national lampoon press, i read it to my class when i was eleven for a book reading...my teachers face was a picture!

i saw 'the weather man' last night, that was pretty good, tonight its going to be 'the devil and daniel johnson' i'm looking forward to that...i have to go to some latin bar first with my dad and his colombian wife...oh well :(
 
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I liked it, but was then told by a good friend that it was a piece of crap. Still, In my opinion, it was a good movie. Probably had it's faults (i would have to reread the book), but the movie is still better than most of the crap posing as entertainment....

Bill
 
Ok - I'll have to see it sometime. I have the book but I have'nt had time to read it yet. Maybe I should see the movie first in order not to be disapointed...
 
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saw last night that 'running with scissors' has been made into a film...oh dear :(
Anyone heard anymore about the Joy Division film? there were rumours Jude Law was going to play Ian Curtis, if he does I shall gouge my eyes out and send them to him to show how much I detest every ounce of his being :mad:
 
Bukfan said:
ah, Ask The Dust! - Was it any good?
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It was okay, but I think Colin Farrell played Bandini with all of the meanness and none of the humor, which made it pretty flat and dreary overall. If you haven't read Ask the Dust, definitely see the movie first (if at all).

There's no way a movie could ever capture a really fine book, and if you look back through the history of movies you'll see that's pretty much always been the case. There are some really well done films based on books, but they can't compare to the books themselves.
 
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I liked it, but was then told by a good friend that it was a piece of crap. Still, In my opinion, it was a good movie. Probably had it's faults (i would have to reread the book), but the movie is still better than most of the crap posing as entertainment....
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what's the friend part got to do with it??? You don't need to impress us, we know you've got friends!!
:)

little miss sunshine, very good....
devil wears prada, good chick flick (which means I enjoyed it!)
 
An Inconvenient Truth, very interesting documentary, a shame Gore could have (or 'he was'...) the next president, instead 'you' wound up with that war criminal BUSH.
 
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what's the friend part got to do with it??? You don't need to impress us, we know you've got friends!!
:)

little miss sunshine, very good....
devil wears prada, good chick flick (which means I enjoyed it!)
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just saw it
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very good film indeed
thanks for the recommendation

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This movie is so what I've been looking for. The overall direction was so great I need to go see the movie again to figure out how much I liked the actual characters (I thought Clive Owen delivered a stellar performance). Go see it Go see it go see it Go SeE iT!!!
 
Hey bongobill - I just watched Lady in the water last night and also liked it. of course it's hard for M. Night to live up to the quality of his first outing - 6th sense, but i like most of his stuff (i figured out the plot twist in The Village in the first 15 minutes though).
Did you notice the none-too-subtle swipe he took at critics in Lady - "who would be so arrogant as to pretend to determine someone elses future!?" and then has him horribly killed by the beast. Fun stuff :)
And Paul giamatti would make a perfect Bukowski for any upcoming movies!
 
Just finished watching "Cocaine Cowboys," a 2006 documentary on the history of the cocaine trade in the Miami area in the late '70s-early '80s. It opens with the definition for "raconteur," and is mostly told by a few people who were directly involved: a smuggler, a high end dealer/wholesaler, a homicide detective, and an assassin (raconteurs all) and works in a lot of archival footage and photographs.

A really engrossing film and highly recommended for those with a taste for/interest in, this sort of thing. I think it's due out on DVD (in the US at least) in a week or two.

<edit>Info and trailer are here:
http://www.cocainecowboys.com
 
huh. I didn't know Nick Cassavetes directed that. you got my attention there. worth a look?
 
hoochmonkey9,

yes. i dont go to many movies anymore, i dont watch tv either. just think most of the stuff has abosolutely no soul - or maybe everything just seems to limt itself to some kind of preconceived target audience. "alpha dog" is simply the true story of some fucked up people. i dont think theres too much "fiction" in it. and i guess i appreciated that. also - go acting. so if you like cassavetes - do go out and pay the bucks for the ticket. thats a vote - right? come back and tell us what you think.

paul
 
I liked The Prestige a lot. At one point, I realized nobody was portraying their actual nationality except for Michael Caine. But it was good to finally end that debate over, "Who would win in a fight: Batman or Wolverine?"

And Casino Royale was funny (though I'm not sure it was supposed to be).
 
i've been watching lots of classic 80s teen flicks: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles. And Labyrinth. and also watched a really good BBC doco about the "The Politics of Fear" - in which terrorism is propagated by so-called democratic governments in order to inspire fear in the masses so they can ride in like heroes and take care of the people (kinda like a Big Brother...).

another good film i watched recently was "Little Fish" with Cate Blanchett and Martin Henderson (a fellow countryman), which was excellent.
 
"Flight from Death: The Quest for Immortality" - explores how our unconscious 'death-denial' impacts our lives and how we treat others; pretty good, but now i want to read the book that inspired it (Ernest Becker's "Denial of Death").

"Outfoxed": a documentary which explores that fucked up right-wing ass-kissing biased pompous news channel Fox that you poor bastards have to put up with in the States. "Fair & Balanced" - what a joke!

"Northfork": directed by the Polish brothers ("Twin Falls, Idaho") - beautiful amazing cinematography
 
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"Outfoxed": a documentary which explores that fucked up right-wing ass-kissing biased pompous news channel Fox that you poor bastards have to put up with in the States. "Fair & Balanced" - what a joke!
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I saw that on tv a while back. What a sick joke that right-wing channel is. And that bastard Bill O'reilly. The insulting way he treats his guests. All he can say is shut up, shut up to people whose views he don't like. That show is almost surreal!...
 
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little children

good movie. a cross between American Beauty and Happiness but with more grey, if you like that kind of thing, which I personally do.
 
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