I'm glad to hear this is as good as the trailer suggests. I like movies that make you collect clues to figure out what's really going on. Also, I've informed Lisa that Angelina Jolie will be my second wife.
Also, they showed a trailer for a movie that M Night is producing entitled "Devil." I don't know if the fact that he's just producing increases or decreases the likelihood of it being awful.
HOW DOES HE KEEP GETTING WORK?!
He owns his own production company, so he can do whatever the hell he wants.
Also, they showed a trailer for a movie that M Night is producing entitled "Devil." I don't know if the fact that he's just producing increases or decreases the likelihood of it beingawful.
HOW DOES HE KEEP GETTING WORK?!
He owns his own production company, so he can do whatever the hell he wants.
How he still is making it in Hollywood is beyond me and he is nothing short of an anomaly in the mainstream scene.
Also, they showed a trailer for a movie that M Night is producing entitled "Devil." I don't know if the fact that he's just producing increases or decreases the likelihood of it beingawful.
I just saw Toy Story 3. It's just...the colors. They were so bright, they made my eyes hurt and water kept coming out of them all the time.
Seriously, the movie was incredibly touching, and for someone who was in elementary school when the first movie came out, watching the last one as an adult was the most deliciously heartbreaking/heart warming ode to growing up. It was one of those movies that really got you right there, right in the chest. The animation was fantastic, the acting was good, and the writing was up there with the best Pixar offerings.
Also, the Night and Day short before the feature was ingenious in it's simplicity. A great little gem of a film.
I'm just back from Dinner for Schmucks. Three observations: 1) The titular dinner only lasts a few minutes. 2) French girls are hot. 3) Steve Carrell needs to open the Steve Carrell School for Actors Who Want to Make Audiences Uncomfortable While Gaining Their Sympathy.
Addendum A: I just laid a whole mess of eggs in your brain.
I'm just back from Dinner for Schmucks. Three observations: 1) The titular dinner only lasts a few minutes. 2) French girls are hot. 3) Steve Carrell needs to open the Steve Carrell School for Actors Who Want to Make Audiences Uncomfortable While Gaining Their Sympathy.
Addendum A: I just laid a whole mess of eggs in your brain.
Take them out, Jason!!
I liked the movie a lot, but parts of it were almost too uncomfortable. However, Jemaine Clement stole the show. Overall, a solid effort, but not the best movie of the summer.
I like his process. The wife and I argued on the way home whether it was a good movie or a bad movie, and couldn't reach a consensus. We agreed it has very funny people.
Finally got around to watching Sherlock Holmes last night. Decent little film. Great acting, but the rest kind of fell flat for me. It's hard to get into a movie and believe the ending when there are zero hints as to what actually happened. You sit there going, "oh that's clever", but you had no way of knowing it beforehand.
I just got back from the theater. They show classic movies on Monday morning. I just saw Citizen Kane in the theater. I don't know what else to say... It's so good...
Netflix is my hero. Saw recently: Shutter Island (great), Up in the Air (mostly great) and Sherlock Holmes (meh). Shutter Island reminded me of Session 9.
Watched The Seven Samurai last night. That's the longest movie I've ever watched that was still somehow exciting at every single moment. People making movies today could learn something. Actually, I think the filmmakers did learn something, but the people with the moneys need some learning.
Watched The Seven Samurai last night. That's the longest movie I've ever watched that was still somehow exciting at every single moment. People making movies today could learn something. Actually, I think the filmmakers did learn something, but the people with the moneys need some learning.
Somehow I feel like we're not watching the same movie. I've seen the whole thing twice, and both times were a struggle against sleep.
Watched The Seven Samurai last night. That's the longest movie I've ever watched that was still somehow exciting at every single moment. People making movies today could learn something. Actually, I think the filmmakers did learn something, but the people with the moneys need some learning.
Somehow I feel like we're not watching the same movie. I've seen the whole thing twice, and both times were a struggle against sleep.
When I watched it, I was really pleased to find I could set the DVD player to 2x speed and still have the subtitles display at the bottom of the picture. Without that I wouldn't have made it through.
Recall how many people were bored withSky Crawlers, while we found it fascinating. Some people have no patience for cinema. ;^)
Or how many people hate Evangelion.
Is there some "correct" order in which I should watch Kurosawa's other films?
To point, just because I thought Seven Samurai was boring, don't lump me in that crowd. Eva is still my favorite show ever. And I've seen other Kurosawa films, like Yojimbo and Throne of Blood, that I enjoyed more.
To point, just because I thought Seven Samurai was boring, don't lump me in that crowd. Eva is still my favorite show ever. And I've seen other Kurosawa films, like Yojimbo and Throne of Blood, that I enjoyed more.
Have you seen the western remake The Magnificent Seven? If so, how'd you feel about that?
Have you seen the western remake The Magnificent Seven? If so, how'd you feel about that?
Not yet. I've never really been a western fan, so I haven't seen very many of them. I enjoyed the anime enough though. Not something I would go back to again, but I liked it at the time.
I seem to be gravitating towards lots of Japanese live-action movies lately because I've found the next movie I wanna see. The film in question is Twenty-four Eyes. The trailer alone is what caught my interest. As an interesting side-note, I've also heard it beat out Seven Samurai when it recieved the award of Kinema Junpo's Best Film of 1954.
I just saw The Kids Are Alright at my movie theater, an indie dramedy that I really didn't expect to come...
Overall, it was a solid little movie. It's definitely one of the best movies I've watched about the struggles about marriage, and even covering it in a unique context. (Lesbian parents, the children wish to find the sperm donor) I thought it was incredibly realistic and very grounded in terms of what happens and what is said. It isn't perfect, since I felt some stuff is rushed or unanswered, but it's great stuff.
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Seriously, the movie was incredibly touching, and for someone who was in elementary school when the first movie came out, watching the last one as an adult was the most deliciously heartbreaking/heart warming ode to growing up. It was one of those movies that really got you right there, right in the chest. The animation was fantastic, the acting was good, and the writing was up there with the best Pixar offerings.
Also, the Night and Day short before the feature was ingenious in it's simplicity. A great little gem of a film.
1) The titular dinner only lasts a few minutes.
2) French girls are hot.
3) Steve Carrell needs to open the Steve Carrell School for Actors Who Want to Make Audiences Uncomfortable While Gaining Their Sympathy.
Addendum A: I just laid a whole mess of eggs in your brain.
I liked the movie a lot, but parts of it were almost too uncomfortable. However, Jemaine Clement stole the show. Overall, a solid effort, but not the best movie of the summer.
The wife and I argued on the way home whether it was a good movie or a bad movie, and couldn't reach a consensus. We agreed it has very funny people.
Is there some "correct" order in which I should watch Kurosawa's other films?
Overall, it was a solid little movie. It's definitely one of the best movies I've watched about the struggles about marriage, and even covering it in a unique context. (Lesbian parents, the children wish to find the sperm donor) I thought it was incredibly realistic and very grounded in terms of what happens and what is said. It isn't perfect, since I felt some stuff is rushed or unanswered, but it's great stuff.