The only movie I've ever really hated, was photo shop with Robin Williams. I just thought it was awful and couldn't wait for it to end. Other than that, I've gotten some entertainment from every other movie I've seen.
Saw two movies this last week: Jarhead -- I liked it, but didn't love it. What messages there are in it are subtle (which I think is a good thing), and it's extremely well-made; but I can't say that I warmed up to any of the characters. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Not as good as the last HP film (but better than the first two). Some very good performances (and one or two very poor ones), and I'm OK with them streamlining the plot (you have to), though I think they made some significant changes in the "final challenge" (I need to re-read the book). But... the whole thing seems rushed. Not "we need to get to the next plot point" rushed (which there is, but I expected that), but as if the actors were doing some of their work on the first take, without much rehearsal. Also, some characters were off, perhaps because the director felt he had to make the plot point clear, which meant the actor acting more loudly or emphatically than he would otherwise. (Dumbledore is way off in several scenes.) My $0.02.
Haven't seen HP yet---but like the kind of "review" you offer---that is, the perceptions you had. Maybe they rushed EVERYTHING, before those kids get any farther down the road to, ahem, adulthood. I read one gossipy piece about teen romances on the set, which they didn't have to contend with before.
With apologies for growing up in the eighties: The Fifth Element Blade Runner Heavy Metal Repo Man The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Bad Santa Firefly (made for cable series) Any James Bond By the way, a Prius shows up in In Her Shoes, which I just saw.
My favorites: Wings of Desire Koyaanisqatsi Dr. Strangelove Night on Earth anything by Werner Herzog Fellini Satyricon Blue Velvet Persona Pink Floyd The Wall the Austin Powers series Least favorites: Passion of the Christ What about Bob Soul Plane The Flintstones Jumping Jack Flash Favorite WEIRD movies: L'age d'Or Le Chien Andalou Eraserhead Even Dwarves Started Small Fellini Satyricon Most F'ed up movies: Salo Irreversible Ichii the Killer Salo Visitor Q Audition Salo Buio Omega Requiem for a Dream Oh, and have I mentioned Salo yet?
I saw Harry Potter last weekend. It was good, though it seemed a little disjointed. Like somebody picked which scenes to do and showed them one after the other, minus the connective narrative of the book. There were definitely more hormones on film than before, and it doesn't surprise me they were active on set too. (The hormones and the actors
My faves: Mulholland Drive (D. Lynch) Xiu Xiu, the Sent Down Girl Laura The Big Lebowski Team America: World Police The Ice Storm Ben-Hur any movie with Li Gong (or Gong Li)
best movies is very tough call to make since moods will change my top 10 constantly but... Lord of the Rings besides being a monumental achievement on a project that most considered impossible to do, it was actually ALMOST as enjoyable as the book. rare is the movie adaptation that even comes close. The Shawshank Redemption its hard to not want to stand up and cheer at the end of the movie. also one of the few movies that made more in rentals than it did in the box office. Forrest Gump awesome story, signficant especially when you cant decide whether you want to laugh or cry. The Song Remains the Same even the band admits that the concert footage was one of the worst performances they ever did (that was proven after the DVD was released showing much better live performances) but having never seen them live before, its a must. by far the movie i have seen the most (there is probably less than a dozen movies i have bothered to watch more than twice, maybe 50-60 i have watched twice. this one ive seen DOZENS of times) Toy Story a watershed event. it was the first
Watched the DVD of "March of the Penguins" last night. Recommend it strongly to everyone. What's not to like about extraordinary animals doing extraordinary things? I had no idea all this was going on in Antarctica while I was sleeping.
"Fitzcarraldo" is a great film! The final scene in "Aguirre: The Wrath of God" has remained clear in my mind for 30 years. Klaus Kinski and Herzog: what a pair. "Eraserhead" is the darkest film I've ever seen.
A great film is one that pulls you in emotionally to the point you forget you are watching a movie. Four favorites: Koyanisqatsi ("Life Out of Balance") - music by Phillip Glass. Most appropriate for Prius. Derzu uzala - in russian, surveying for the transSiberian railroad in 1908. Little Big Man Das Boot ("The Boat") in german
I'm with you on these two. I think Little Big Man is Hoffman's masterpiece, although Midnight Cowboy comes close. He's the last actor I would ever have cast into that part, but he more than made it work.
My Grandmother took me to see Little Big Man when I was just a youngster, and I learned quite a bit ahead of the curve, shall we say. She was thoroughly embarrassed, and told me not to tell my Mother. Koyaanisqatsi is one of my all time favourites, and one of the few that bears repeated showings. The end is the beginning, with a twist: this time technology crashes and burns. Doesn't that flaming thruster remnant look vaguely humanoid at first? One of these days I'm going to hook up the TV to the stereo, all the better to hear it with. I saw Powwaqatsi for the first time recently, but was disappointed. How's the third in the series?
I like, in no particular order... This is Spinal Tap Magnolia Office Space Fight Club The Big Lebowski Naked Lunch Brazil Snatch Pulp Fiction Trainspotting The Gods Must Be Crazy Blade Runner LA Confidential Breaker Morant Fargo Raising Arizona Apocalypse Now Team America - World Police Airplane Hot Shots Top Secret Get Shorty Repo Man All of the Monty Python movies The Rutles The Usual Suspects Planet of the Apes Mad Max Rocky Horror Picture Show Hedwig and the Angry Inch Roger and Me Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (the original)
oh man. i worked at a video store for over 25% of my life. (yeah, you all know i'm in my early 20s) i guess i'll limit it to a few favorites. a few may have been mentioned and i'm missing a LOT. i tend to gravitate toward the older ones and not the ones made in more recent years, and yes i do have very varied taste... Empire Records SLC Punk Shawshank Redemption Fight Club Sling Blade Rain Man High Fidelity Fatal Attraction Trainspotting i like a few newer ones but since i quit the video monkey job none of it sticks in my head. think it's my mind trying to forget all those years i got personal responsibility heaped upon me for everone else's late fees...
I was actually startled by how Fight Club works on distinctly diferent levels. And Billy Bob was brilliant.
Yessss! Two of my all-time favorites that I watch over and over again and rented constantly. They came out on video (yes, video, not dvd) at the time I was working at Buttbuster. I definitely put my 5 free rentals a week to good use.
oh, if @ssbuster was the days, hollywood was the best! i was ASM for a while there, ran the store while the SM screwed around with various unknown 'projects' (i think one of those 'projects' was one of our shift leaders! :blink we got unlimited free rentals at the wood. it was beyond awesome. at any rate, i moved over to BBV when i moved across state and they didn't have a h'wood store for me to transfer to... their skimpy 5-a-week thing was such a disappointment. met my husband working with him at hollywood. how funny is that. i am glad that's over though, retail's a rough living especially if you're management. :wacko:
Last movie I saw in a theater was Little Big Man, I knew Chief Dan George, in life like the movie. Favorite DVD or VHS movies, Blade Runner Fargo PF the Wall Das Boot
