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MOVIES: What are you watching?

steve8steve8Member
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Ed Wood

Just the mention and I can hear the great opening credit music. I love this movie, it has so much heart. Easily Tim Burton's finest film.


Not so sure I can use the word "easily" in that sentence. I love most of Burton's work including both Batman movies, the animated genius of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish and Beetlejuice.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by steve8:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Ed Wood

Just the mention and I can hear the great opening credit music. I love this movie, it has so much heart. Easily Tim Burton's finest film.


Not so sure I can use the word "easily" in that sentence. I love most of Burton's work including both Batman movies, the animated genius of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish and Beetlejuice.

I love Beetlejuice, I can take or leave most of his other work, but none of it can touch Ed Wood.

Oh yeah, I've never met a superhero movie that I could call great. I've given up watching anymore of them about 5-6 years ago.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by wine+art:
The Sweet Hereafter

Exotica

Egoyan's two finest movies. Both deserve a higher audience. Though most don't know Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter Egoyan was nominated for an Academy Award for best director and screenplay. Of course it was too good to win this stupid award. Ian Holm's performance is also a revelation.

Egoyan is the master of the hidden truth film; there are clues, but like a Sherlock Holmes' mystery there are things the characters know that we don't. When revealed they often have crushing implications. His most recent mainstream movie was Chloe with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. An epic fail of a movie, but worth the price of admission to see Amanda Seyfried's glorious naked body.

Worth checking out are his earlier works such as the 40 minute Calendar (kind of a variation on Blow Up) and the semi-surreal The Adjuster.

His strangest work is the TV mini-series Yo-yo Ma Inspired by Bach. I believe I saw some of this on TV and pretty much turned it off early.
mangiaremangiareMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by steve8:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Ed Wood

Just the mention and I can hear the great opening credit music. I love this movie, it has so much heart. Easily Tim Burton's finest film.


Not so sure I can use the word "easily" in that sentence. I love most of Burton's work including both Batman movies, the animated genius of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Big Fish and Beetlejuice.

I love Beetlejuice, I can take or leave most of his other work, but none of it can touch Ed Wood.

Oh yeah, I've never met a superhero movie that I could call great. I've given up watching anymore of them about 5-6 years ago.


Don't forget Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - I get to see it weekly . It is well done for what it is.
sunnylea57sunnylea57Member
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Originally posted by mneeley490:
Man of Steel
Wow, what a downer. I wish they had spent some of that FX money for a good script.


+1000

A visual and aural assault. Sitting in front of a strobe light listening to Yoko Ono for 2 hours would have been more entertaining. Man of Steel was my superhero movie "final straw". I'm done.
sunnylea57sunnylea57Member
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Ed Wood

Just the mention and I can hear the great opening credit music. I love this movie, it has so much heart. Easily Tim Burton's finest film.


Loved Ed Wood , but I'd place Edward Scissorhands at the top of that list.

I can't think of a Burton film in the last 10+ years that hasn't been a disappointment on some level.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by sunnylea57:
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
Ed Wood

Just the mention and I can hear the great opening credit music. I love this movie, it has so much heart. Easily Tim Burton's finest film.


Loved Ed Wood , but I'd place Edward Scissorhands at the top of that list.

Too much of what I call a 3M movie: mawkish, maudlin and morose.
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
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Originally posted by The Old Man:
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Originally posted by wine+art:
The Sweet Hereafter

Exotica

Egoyan's two finest movies. Both deserve a higher audience. Though most don't know Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter Egoyan was nominated for an Academy Award for best director and screenplay. Of course it was too good to win this stupid award. Ian Holm's performance is also a revelation.

Egoyan is the master of the hidden truth film; there are clues, but like a Sherlock Holmes' mystery there are things the characters know that we don't. When revealed they often have crushing implications. His most recent mainstream movie was Chloe with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore. An epic fail of a movie, but worth the price of admission to see Amanda Seyfried's glorious naked body.

Worth checking out are his earlier works such as the 40 minute Calendar (kind of a variation on Blow Up) and the semi-surreal The Adjuster.

His strangest work is the TV mini-series Yo-yo Ma Inspired by Bach. I believe I saw some of this on TV and pretty much turned it off early.

I've loved Egoyan since I was 15 and rented Exotica from the video store thinking it would be one type of good movie only to find it one of the best movies (in all respects) I saw that year. Agreed Chloe is not up to par. Also agreed about Seyfried Wink
winetarelliwinetarelliMember
Regarding Tim Burton, my favorite of his movies is actually Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. But I also love good musicals.

Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands are my other two favorites.

I've always had a little thing for Mars Attacks!... but Natalie Portman and I are the same age and that is the movie that my longest-running celebrity crush all started for me Wink -- so that could have something to do with it. A few of his other movies are fine or even good, but just nothing special, imo.
steve8steve8Member
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Originally posted by wine+art:
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Originally posted by steve8:


including both Batman movies,


You just lost all credibility. Razz Wink


I figured I'd get some stick from the resident cinephiles, but I think he did a great job creating a really dark atmosphere in this films, especially Batman Returns. For me, these two blow away any other superhero movies for what that's worth.
bmanbmanMember
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Il Postino.

Heart wrenching as always. My wife had never seen it and when I told her Troisi knew he had a heart condition that he wouldn't check so he could finish the movie and died the day after filming stopped she cried herself to sleep.


Well, that story knocks you out of the Husband of the Year running! Wink Devilish
robsutherlandrobsutherlandMember
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Originally posted by bman:
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Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Il Postino.

Heart wrenching as always. My wife had never seen it and when I told her Troisi knew he had a heart condition that he wouldn't check so he could finish the movie and died the day after filming stopped she cried herself to sleep.


Well, that story knocks you out of the Husband of the Year running! Wink Devilish


Clean slate tomorrow! Of course then I leave for Prague the next day without her so I'm instantly in the red...
W winespartyMember
American Hustle. Entertaining, but I really can't see why this is getting much hype. I found it trying to hard at times and it seemed to rip off the Goodfellas style too much. I wish it had been about 30 minutes shorter, too. I found Bradley Cooper's performance to be the best, but also would give Amy Adams some high praise.

Maybe my bar was raised a bit too high by seeing 12 Years A Slave yesterday.
The Old ManThe Old ManMember
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Originally posted by spo:
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Originally posted by eyesintime:
Star Trek: Into Darkness

Third sequel I've watched in about the last week and none were very good -- Red 2 and Iron Man Three being the others. This one was not as bad as Iron Man Three, but still pretty bad.


Anchorman 2 would be another sequel to avoid.
And Anchorman would be a good original to avoid.
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vintvintMember
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Originally posted by winetarelli:
Inside Llewyn Davis

A disappointment. Very well acted, photographed, produced and directed. And the music was fun and evocative, if not good. But the story was not engaging.

IMO, this is one of the less compelling of the Coen brothers' movies. Still, it is do well done that I have to respect it. B

Well put. As much as I always expect something a little different from the Coens, this was a non-story that lacked a discernible reason to be told. The lead character gave me a nagging feeling of deja vu until it struck me as the male equivalent of Laura Dern's character from the annoying HBO series Enlightened. Still, as winetarelli points out, ILD does contain select moments of music and cinematography that are beautifully crafted.
E eyesintimeMember
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Originally posted by wineismylife:
Really? I enjoyed it.


I'm assuming this is in response to Star Trek: Into Darkness. I liked the first one, but I think probably more for providing the "back story" to the original series and seeing younger versions of the characters. Watching this one, it was just more of the same for me and the charm/appeal had worn off.
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