MOVIES: What are you watching?

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A Shot in the Dark

One of my favorites.
Give me ten men like Clouseau and I could destroy the world.

It's my favorite Clouseau movie I think.

#2 for me, behind The Return of the Pink Panther (the one where Christopher Plummer plays "Sir Charles Phantom, the notorious litton")

World War Z

Cloud Atlas
Well that was a whole lot of something.

All About My Mother

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Talk to Her. (Pedro Almodovar )

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All About My Mother

Is Volver up next? Or is it Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!?

Moon Over Parador

Two hours of my life I will never get back.

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Originally posted by Rothko:
Moon Over Parador

Two hours of my life I will never get back.

I'm surprised. I thought it was hilarious. I'm not a Dreyfuss fan but thought he was great; Raul Julia was pitch perfect and Sonia Braga was easy on the eyes. For me it was a mixture of Shakespeare and Chaplin.

I guess I've seen too many of these movies, where an ordinary guy is switched with a leader (think "Dave"), and has to pretend to be the leader. During that process, he turns out to be a more compassionate and effective leader than the original dude. And of course, somehow pulls a switch at the end so that he can return to his normal life, wiser and secure in the knowledge that only he knows that a switch was ever made.

I do agree that Raul Julia is a fine actor. Watching him in this made me want to pop in "Presumed Innocent", where he does a magnificent role as a defense attorney.

I hated Moon Over Parador also (of course it was eons ago that I saw it)

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Originally posted by Rothko:
I guess I've seen too many of these movies, where an ordinary guy is switched with a leader (think "Dave"), and has to pretend to be the leader. During that process, he turns out to be a more compassionate and effective leader than the original dude.

The only time it worked was in Bananas (of course it's not quite serious) and the scene with the translator is priceless.

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Originally posted by winetarelli:

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Originally posted by wine+art:
Talk to Her. (Pedro Almodovar )

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All About My Mother

Is Volver up next? Or is it Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!?

Perhaps a revisit of the excellent Volver may indeed be in order.

Thanks for the thought, Former15.

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All About My Mother

Excellent film. But I've always liked Kika. Have you seen it?

Man of Steel

My wife and I enjoyed it. Not dark like Christian Bale Batman, but certainly darker than Christopher Reeves Superman.

Cloud Atlas

2 hours and 50 minutes of jumping around like a June bug on a hot summer day.

Watched a good chunk of Moonrise Kingdom last night before giving up and going to bed. I just found it boring and more of the same from Wes Anderson.

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Watched a good chunk of Moonrise Kingdom last night before giving up and going to bed. I just found it boring and more of the same from Wes Anderson.

Too many good actors in it for it to be so boring. I expected a lot more.

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World War Z

You could so easily tell that the last 40 minutes of this movie had to be re-shot with a different story written by a different writer than the first part of the movie. What a joke of a film taken from such a well regarded, smart book.

This is interesting you could sense this about WWZ. I have not seen it, but it was apparently in big trouble and they couldn't figure out what to do with it and tacked this section on. Apparently it, and the marketing worked, because it did very well considering that they expected a financial disaster.

Fast and Furious 6.

Finally got to see Red all the way through and enjoyed it. Thought Malcovich was hysterical!

The Heat, hilarious

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All About My Mother

Excellent film. But I've always liked Kika. Have you seen it?

Indeed I have.

The movie always reminds me of a Mimmo Rotella work in so many ways.

Contempt ( Le Mepris) 1963

Haywire -- ehhhh

Fast and Furious 6 at the second run theatre.

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Originally posted by mpls wine guy:
Fast and Furious 6 at the second run theatre.

Seems appropriate.

The Devil's Own

Friends with Money. All I can say is that friends don't let friends watch Friends with Money.

Oz: The Great and Powerful
Better than I expected, despite Franco. But I still think there must be 100 other actors who could have done a better job.

The Watch

Lincoln -- Very much enjoyed it

The Watch -- Not very good, but some chuckles to be had.

Let the Right One In

Kind of creepy because they used young kids for the principle roles.

Touch of Evil

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Touch of Evil

I could gush for days. Dennis Weaver's performance alone proves, there are no small parts just small actors.

Point of interest: The covered arcades of Mexico are the arcades of Venice CA.

I was hoping to watch Gettysburg in the next few days. I expected it to be on TNT or AMC or TCM given the sesqui, but not so. Perhaps it will be available on demand.

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Touch of Evil

I know it is not a commonly held opinion, but this is my favorite of Welles' movies.

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Touch of Evil

I know it is not a commonly held opinion, but this is my favorite of Welles' movies.

And no one would hold it against you, but Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever made.

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Touch of Evil

I know it is not a commonly held opinion, but this is my favorite of Welles' movies.

Ditto.

The opening sequence was shot in Venice (LA) by the boardwalk. Same with the final scene in the canal and oil wells. The area has been cleaned up but the buildings are still there and recognizable.

Wild Strawberries
Resident Evil: Retribution

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Originally posted by spo:
Wild Strawberries
Resident Evil: Retribution

That's a double bill you don't see that often

I find the Resident Evil films a really fun but guilty pleasure.