Finally got around to seeing L.A. Confidential.
Beautifully shot and acted, but I have to admit, I didn't know what the heck was going on until someone summed it up at the end.
The Crow: *** I've always felt this was the film that Tim Burton's Batman should have been.
Men, Women & Children: ***. Wasn't sure what to expect. Enjoyed this a great deal.
Men, Women & Children: ***. Wasn't sure what to expect. Enjoyed this a great deal.
September
Absolute Beginners
Absolute Beginners
Central Intelligence.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Central Intelligence.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
Don't judge? Movies are like wine: if you liked it, it was a good movie, if not, a bad movie.
Midnight Run- I saw it years ago, but my wife had never seen it, so we watched it together. Well-done but very silly.
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Central Intelligence.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
Don't judge? Movies are like wine: if you liked it, it was a good movie, if not, a bad movie.
You can like Meiomi but nothing you can say can make it a good wine...
Finding Dory - great movie to watch with the kids
Pawn Sacrifice--78pts.
Many actors and directors have a pet project that they're itching to make if they can get the money. Usually these projects turn into big bombs (the most famous case being, Heaven's Gate. Apparently for Toby McGuire it was to play Bobby Fischer during his epic chess match with Boris Spassky in 1972. This is a very workman biopic that touches all the bases with Fischer's mental illness on full display. I'm sure chess aficionados will find many false scenes that these kind of movies all engender, but it's an OK entertainment if about 20 minutes too long.
Many actors and directors have a pet project that they're itching to make if they can get the money. Usually these projects turn into big bombs (the most famous case being, Heaven's Gate. Apparently for Toby McGuire it was to play Bobby Fischer during his epic chess match with Boris Spassky in 1972. This is a very workman biopic that touches all the bases with Fischer's mental illness on full display. I'm sure chess aficionados will find many false scenes that these kind of movies all engender, but it's an OK entertainment if about 20 minutes too long.
quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
You can like Meiomi but nothing you can say can make it a good wine...
Classic!
quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Central Intelligence.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
Don't judge? Movies are like wine: if you liked it, it was a good movie, if not, a bad movie.
You can like Meiomi but nothing you can say can make it a good wine...
Which is the point! You don't like it, it's not a good wine, someone else does like it, it is. You like Central Intelligence, it's a good movie, someone else doesn't, it isn't. This ain't rocket science!
quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:quote:Originally posted by bman:quote:Originally posted by Rob_Sutherland:
Central Intelligence.
Don't judge, my wife and I were out to dinner with her brother, it was a really hot night and we all wanted to go somewhere cool and just relax, the showtime fit...
That said, while stupid and terribly scripted it was really funny and the two leads had amazing chemistry.
Don't judge? Movies are like wine: if you liked it, it was a good movie, if not, a bad movie.
You can like Meiomi but nothing you can say can make it a good wine...
Which is the point! You don't like it, it's not a good wine, someone else does like it, it is. You like Central Intelligence, it's a good movie, someone else doesn't, it isn't. This ain't rocket science!
I believe it to be false.
The Contractor- enjoyed the action and relationship between Wesley Snipes and the kid. Recommended
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Fell asleep watching Lifeboat, the original. Very fine movie, should have turned on the DVR
Finding Dory: **
It was fine, but cartoons aren't my thing. They usually have to be exceptional for me to get excited about them (Princess Mononoke, Triplets of Belleville)
It was fine, but cartoons aren't my thing. They usually have to be exceptional for me to get excited about them (Princess Mononoke, Triplets of Belleville)
Z
10 Cloverfield Lane
I should have known better with the second one.
10 Cloverfield Lane
I should have known better with the second one.
quote:Originally posted by steve8:
Z
10 Cloverfield Lane
I should have known better with the second one.
Though not equivalents, I like both.
La Haine
Kameradschaft (Comradeship)--1931--91pts.
Insanely realistic (even by today's standards) film about a French mining disaster. It is based on a true 1906 incident in which across the neighboring border German miners came to help rescue their brother miners (no matter that they're French.) Almost impossible to watch at the horrors inflicted upon the trapped. This is balanced however by the miners' selflessly heroic actions to save their trapped friends and the heroics of the Germans who risked their lives to help. The camera work, which puts you right in the action, has more fluidity then any movie I know of this early.
Side note: The film was shot in the unique aspect ratio of 1.2:1. When Criterion originally brought this out they made an unfortunate decision to change it to the common 1.3:1. So instead of wider side bars you have heads getting cut of the top sometimes, even during the final scene.
Insanely realistic (even by today's standards) film about a French mining disaster. It is based on a true 1906 incident in which across the neighboring border German miners came to help rescue their brother miners (no matter that they're French.) Almost impossible to watch at the horrors inflicted upon the trapped. This is balanced however by the miners' selflessly heroic actions to save their trapped friends and the heroics of the Germans who risked their lives to help. The camera work, which puts you right in the action, has more fluidity then any movie I know of this early.
Side note: The film was shot in the unique aspect ratio of 1.2:1. When Criterion originally brought this out they made an unfortunate decision to change it to the common 1.3:1. So instead of wider side bars you have heads getting cut of the top sometimes, even during the final scene.
Norman
Everest
The Free State of Jones
Yawn
Yawn
quote:Originally posted by Arsenal4ever:
The Free State of Jones
Yawn
I didn't think it looked that good.
Stalag 17--85 pts.
Almost everything Billy Wilder did is either great or very good. On rewatching this I'm knocking off a couple of points because sometimes the antics with Harvey Lembeck (Eric Von Zipper from the Beach Party movies) and Robert Strauss are a little too much.
Almost everything Billy Wilder did is either great or very good. On rewatching this I'm knocking off a couple of points because sometimes the antics with Harvey Lembeck (Eric Von Zipper from the Beach Party movies) and Robert Strauss are a little too much.
The Pyramid- OK in parts, got tiring
The Fourth Man
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
The Fourth Man
Is that the long awaited sequel to The Third Man?
quote:Originally posted by aphilla:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
The Fourth Man
Is that the long awaited sequel to The Third Man?
Before Paul Verhoeven became a crappy big league Hollywood director he was a very interesting director in his native Netherlands. This is one from those good years.
quote:Originally posted by aphilla:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
The Fourth Man
Is that the long awaited sequel to The Third Man?
... Not in the same league as The Third Man, but a solid film nonetheless.When are we going to break bread again?
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
When are we going to break bread again?
There is a possibility I'll be in Dallas in the Fall for work. It's not certain, but if you're in town then....
Central Intelligence: **
quote:Originally posted by indybob:
Central Intelligence: **
Two more stars than I would have anticipated.
Movie night with my kids, and we watched Babe. A bit strange, but it was kind of enjoyable in a quirky way.
quote:Originally posted by Wine Sparty:
Movie night with my kids, and we watched Babe. A bit strange, but it was kind of enjoyable in a quirky way.
The interesting thing is the script is by George--Mad Max/Road Warrior--Miller.
quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by Wine Sparty:
Movie night with my kids, and we watched Babe. A bit strange, but it was kind of enjoyable in a quirky way.
The interesting thing is the script is by George--Mad Max/Road Warrior--Miller.
I'll hold off on taking kids' movie night down that path.
I have to say that I'm glad this was a happy ending movie - my girls don't handle scary/sad stuff in movies too well. I still think they need to see movies even if they have a few sad/scary moments, but it's nice once in awhile to not have tears while we watch a movie.
quote:Originally posted by Wine Sparty:quote:Originally posted by The Old Man:quote:Originally posted by Wine Sparty:
Movie night with my kids, and we watched Babe. A bit strange, but it was kind of enjoyable in a quirky way.
The interesting thing is the script is by George--Mad Max/Road Warrior--Miller.
I'll hold off on taking kids' movie night down that path.
I have to say that I'm glad this was a happy ending movie - my girls don't handle scary/sad stuff in movies too well. I still think they need to see movies even if they have a few sad/scary moments, but it's nice once in awhile to not have tears while we watch a movie.
Also great is Babe's voice is by Elizabeth Daily, the unfaithful girlfriend in Valley Girl. As good and eye-appealing she was, she couldn't make it as an on screen actress and became the most famous of all woman voice actress in Hollywood. For example she's the voice of Tommy Pickles (!) in 200 episodes of the horrible Rugrats series.
Room
This is not a happy movie at all. The description I read didn't reveal much so I didn't know what the premise was. Disturbing, but very good though.
This is not a happy movie at all. The description I read didn't reveal much so I didn't know what the premise was. Disturbing, but very good though.quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by indybob:
Central Intelligence: **
Two more stars than I would have anticipated.
There were a couple good laughs. And, I was at the drive-in with my lady, which may have helped things.
quote:Originally posted by indybob:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by indybob:
Central Intelligence: **
Two more stars than I would have anticipated.
There were a couple good laughs. And, I was at the drive-in with my lady, which may have helped things.
Probably an excellent choice for one to take one's lady to a drive-in!