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Spiral Descent, a Charles Bukowski Story with Roddy Piper
Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see
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Spiral Descent, a Charles Bukowski Story with Roddy Piper
Yeah it's a fine performance by Rourke, and a much better turn by Marisa Tomei this time - I thought she was off in Factotum. Shame there was no cameo for Roddy Piper though huh? :)
Doubt was amazing....ly short. Nonetheless, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep were brilliant. Excellent film.
MILK was great. I'm just not gagga over Gus Van Sant anymore. He's a bit of hit or miss with me. And with this one, he did neither. The actors pulled their weight, all on their own without the help of anyone. Sean Penn deserves the Oscar, but I've heard Mickey does too.
I have yet to see the Wrestler, so I'll hold off on that assumption.
MILK was great. I'm just not gagga over Gus Van Sant anymore. He's a bit of hit or miss with me. And with this one, he did neither. The actors pulled their weight, all on their own without the help of anyone. Sean Penn deserves the Oscar, but I've heard Mickey does too.
I have yet to see the Wrestler, so I'll hold off on that assumption.
Gerard K H Love
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Just saw Doubt. It was worth the $22.50. Yes I brought my own beverage.
It was long enough. Amy Adams was so good I didn't know she was this:
and this,
playing a nun
It was long enough. Amy Adams was so good I didn't know she was this:
and this,
playing a nun
I like red heads. a lot. especially playing nuns.
Gerard K H Love
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They did not show her hair. She's just adorable anyway.
Oh I know, I've seen it. Don't mind me, just another crass comment.:)
That was a very good movie.
Wouldn't surprise me if that won best picture.
Wouldn't surprise me if that won best picture.
mjp
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Computer animation is not my thing, I won't voluntarily watch it. So, no, I wouldn't go see something like that. I was basing the comment on what I read about the movie being primarily CGI work, pasting computer generated faces onto the different actors who are supposed to represent the different periods of the main character's life.
ROC
It is what it is
There will come a time (and this movie shows that we are probably there) when you wont know you are watching CGI.
For me, the CGI in this movie in no way detracted from the story telling element.
And James, you are right about the movie being pointless. It has no point to make, no lesson to draw or great moral to impart. But neither do most short stories (this one is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgeralds).
It's just a weird story about a man who grows young and how that effects the way he lives his life.
My favourite movies are mostly pointless... snippets from a life or group of lives. The closer a movie comes to literature the better off it is as far as I'm concerned.
It's the loose strings, undotted i's and uncrossed t's that I like.... like Babel, No Country for Old Men, Osama etc.
For me, the CGI in this movie in no way detracted from the story telling element.
And James, you are right about the movie being pointless. It has no point to make, no lesson to draw or great moral to impart. But neither do most short stories (this one is loosely based on F. Scott Fitzgeralds).
It's just a weird story about a man who grows young and how that effects the way he lives his life.
My favourite movies are mostly pointless... snippets from a life or group of lives. The closer a movie comes to literature the better off it is as far as I'm concerned.
It's the loose strings, undotted i's and uncrossed t's that I like.... like Babel, No Country for Old Men, Osama etc.
exactly.
There was no 'wonder of life' Spielberg music, and the CGI was incredibly indecipherable, so much so, that it made me feel like I was watching a film straight out from the 70s.
However, I didn't find it THAT pointless, as some of you may have found it, upon watching it.
It's, nonetheless, a great film.
There was no 'wonder of life' Spielberg music, and the CGI was incredibly indecipherable, so much so, that it made me feel like I was watching a film straight out from the 70s.
However, I didn't find it THAT pointless, as some of you may have found it, upon watching it.
It's, nonetheless, a great film.
Gerard K H Love
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Lolita Twist
Rose-hustler
Hubby and I went to see this last weekend...
And I only have one thing to say.
Get the fuck off my lawn.
And I only have one thing to say.
Get the fuck off my lawn.
Just watched, "The Golden Compass" with my daughter, on HBO. Has anyone seen it? Thought it was an interesting concept; demons, dust, truth, kids, etc. Some good actors, decent acting. The bears kinda reminded me of the old Coca Cola commercials (Always - I think was the campaign), but they were fun, and well animated.
Pax,
homeless mind
Pax,
homeless mind
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
what?
I guess he can't destroy Poe.
Poe meets Rambo:D
I guess he can't destroy Poe.
Poe meets Rambo:D
ROC
It is what it is
A Scanner Darkly and The Road to Guantanamo.
Interesting and disturbing for different reasons.
I wonder how many North Americans could sit through the Guantanamo movie without thinking their government and culture condoned and actively pursued the torture of innocent people for the sake of revenge and racism.
I know the shame for the Howard years is large and growing here in Australia (but I guess it depends on who you talk to).
Anywho... both good movies.
Interesting and disturbing for different reasons.
I wonder how many North Americans could sit through the Guantanamo movie without thinking their government and culture condoned and actively pursued the torture of innocent people for the sake of revenge and racism.
I know the shame for the Howard years is large and growing here in Australia (but I guess it depends on who you talk to).
Anywho... both good movies.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? was on regular TV today (remember free movies on TV?). Very good stuff.
Homer's Odyssey as presented in depression-era Mississippi through the experiences of three escaped convicts. Highly recommended.
Homer's Odyssey as presented in depression-era Mississippi through the experiences of three escaped convicts. Highly recommended.
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