Movies: What are your faves? What have you seen recently?

[goddessofnin]

So, since political banter is not necessarily for everyone.... what kinds of movies does everyone like to watch? And which ones are your faves? What movies have you watched recently?

My answer:
I'm a fan of anime movies, as well as comedy, cult, action and martial arts films.

I just saw "Team America: World Police" this past weekend and it was quite possibly the greatest movie of all time. It's incredibly stupid, but if you get the satire on politics and the whole movie industry, it's rather good.

Another movie I saw this past weekend was "The Incredibles". I found it quite enjoyable with a rather decent storyline and good characters. :)

I can't really pick my faves.... there are just too many. Even if I broke it down to genres.

[HEffie]

I know what you mean about fave's cause there's no way I could liste them but there are a few that I can watch again and again and not get sick of eg. Much Ado About Nothing (Kenneth Branagh version with Emma Thompson, Denzel, Keanu and a load of other not so vastly known actors and actresses),
Whole NIne Yards, 5th element (for some reason) and a few others.
I've been wondering about the Incredibles...I'll have to see it as for Team America...gathering from the commercial it was indeed stupid so I'll wait for the video on that one heheheheh.
After the Sunset was the last one I saw, I think...and am looking forward to Alexander and Bridgette Jones 2 :).

[goddessofnin]

The ones I could watch many times over and not get bored:

The Boondock Saints
Hero
X-Men & X2
Disney's Mulan
Swordfish
Pi
The Knockaround Guys
The Prince of Egypt
Princess Mononoke
Spirited Away
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Kinda want to see Alexander... but not a big Collin Ferrel fan so I might not. Also, looking forward to The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. :cool:

[Diplomat]

I actually prefer movies based on reviews, not on specific genres. I rarely watch movies more than once. One film I can think of that I want to see again is Fahrenheit 9/11. It was very entertaining the first time, but I didn't catch all of the information that Moore presented in the film. I think it's going to get Best Picture, BTW.

I haven't seen too many movies lately. I've rented a couple of pretty good independents, though: Intermission and Coffee & Cigarettes. A few months ago, I saw City of God, which has to be the best foreign film ever. Definitely on my list of top 10. They were showing Full Metal Jacket on TV recently, which I never saw before. It was fantastic. It's often impossible to say if one movie is better than another, but I can probably compile a list of top 10 movies in no particular order.

I have not seen most of those movies you listed, GofN. Crouching Tiger was great. X-Men/X2 and Swordfish were kind of stupid. I'll have to see Team America on video.

So what are your favorite actors and actresses?

[HEffie]

I can pretty much say there's a time for Disney movies...and those times keep coming so I don't think I could get sick of most of them :). Shark Tale was entertaining, I LOOVED The MUSIC!
Diplomat, I tend to be all for independents, but for some reason I don't watch any, at least not recently :( it's on my TO DO list and deff that Fahrenheit movie which I haven't seen yet.
HEY GON, not a big Colin Farell fan either, but I love movies set in older times, just love 'em :).

[radwulf]

I usually can't bear to watch most movies multiple times. I can watch my favorites again, but only if I haven't seen them in a long time.
It's been a while since I've added anything to my fav list for some reason.

[StarmanDeluxe]

If F9/11 gets Best Picture I will burn all the crazy Hollywood liberals at the stake.

As for movies, last one I saw was "Saw" and that was awesome. Mmm... psychological thrillers :D

[Diplomat]

Maybe if all the conservatives pray hard, it won't even get nominated. :p

[radwulf]

Well, it sure worked for getting Bush elected. :)

[HEffie]

Hey Hey, there's a topic for battling this out :) who'd ever think that would be such a popular topic with Mafia people hehehehhehe, but in a way it makes sense :).

It's not about watching movies multiple times...it's about some movies that you can watch multiple times and not get sick of it...maybe it's just me and a few other people who eventually forget the endings...so it's a surprise all over again...I think it's a sign...that I watch waaaaaaaay too many movies.

[Diplomat]

Yeah, exactly, Radwulf. :)

Another independent film I saw recently was Baadasssss! (yes, that's how it's spelled). That movie was so obscure that my local video store didn't even have it. Had to download it. But it's great, though.

[HEffie]

Obscure you say? Sounds like wazuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!

[goddessofnin]

I'd have to say:

Sean Connery
Bruce Lee
Kelly Hu
Angelina Jolie
Halle Berry
Michelle Yeoh
Jet Li
Chow Yun Fat
Jackie Chan
Hugh Jackman
Samuel L. Jackson
David Duchovny
Ed Norton
Sean Patrick Flannery

hahaha I guess I like a lot of actors/actresses.

[HEffie]

David Duchovny really? :)
I like a variety so I'm not gonna bother listing...probably a lot more than you've listed though so don't worry.

[olliep13]

I saw The Grudge today. It's pretty good, has anyone else seen it?

[goddessofnin]

Not yet... I want to see the original Japanese one first...

But I did go to see Alexander last night..... *groan* To anyone who was planning on seeing it: DON'T. Unless you like movies with a lot of pointless scenes and no real character development. They could have made the movie about an hour shorter and it still would have told the same story... and at least made it feel like I wasted less of my time.

Angelina Jolie and Rosario Dawson did a decent job, though.

[HEffie]

You didn't wonder why everyone had diff accents from all over the world when they'd been living together for eleven years or whatever it is?
Anyways...with all the bad press and criticism..I won't be seeing it in the theatre, I'll wait till it comes out on video.

[Diplomat]

Why would you go see Alexander with all the bad reviews it got? There are so many better movies playing right now. Over the last couple of weeks, I saw Sideways and Ray, both of which I would highly recommend.

[HEffie]

I keep saying I'm gonna go see RAY cause I loved Ray Charles and his brilliant music...and because of the music I deff think it should be seen with surround sound ;). I only go to see the movies I think are worth being seen on the big screen eg. big action or musicals.

[goddessofnin]

Sometimes I have to watch movies I don't want to see...

But to answer the question about the different accents: I think Angelina Jolie sounded Macedonian. At least that is what my Macedonian friend sounded like when I was in school. *shrug* It did bother me that Val Kilmer sounded like he was trying to be Scottish... and that everyone else sounded like they were trying to be British. And then Rosario Dawson sounded like she was trying to sound Macedonian... except she is supposed to be Babylonian.... so... hmmm.... but even then, the accents were the LEAST of the problems with that movie.

I should have gone to see Spongebob Squarepants The Movie instead... :( Maybe next weekend. :) Also, I can't wait for Phantom of the Opera to come out.. *dance*

[HEffie]

Phantom of the Opera?Really?I'm clearly not informed.
I really wanna see the Aviator cause I've heard great things, plus Leonardo's a really great actor too so I'm curious.

[laurlaur]

I saw the grudge, very scary. I don't think I've ever screamed out loud in a movie theatre before. Luckily, I wasn't the only one screaming. Unfortunately for the guy sitting beside me though, he had my frightened claw marks in his arm by the time the movie was over.. :o

[HEffie]

Ah yes, the scars that will be there forever...well done on etching yourself vehemently into his (now) past and (then when he sees them again and remembers) future :) .

[violinmaestro001]

im in the middle of the Knight Rider season one marathon. If you guys remember that 80's tv show with David Hasselhoff. Godd stuff , blast from the past so to speak.

[HEffie]

Who doesn't remember Knight Rider...lol if I could revisit any of the well known series we watched when I was little...they'd probably be Dallas and Twin Peaks.

[zero]

THE EXORCIST - THE BEGINNING.. just saw yesterday an advertise with it
i could get it from the internet but i prefer the cinema since i observed its quite my type.
The Village, I, ROBOT, Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, The Buterfly Effect, The Incredibles. These were a couple of my favourite movies i remember
And i think FRIENDS rock at TV SERIES

[violinmaestro001]

right on. Friends on tv series rock. Too bad there are no more new shows. I agree also the butterfly effect was good movie.

[goddessofnin]

I was not a big fan of Friends... never really got into watching it. But I think the following TV shows are worth watching:

The Simpsons
Will & Grace
Futurama
Smallville
Family Guy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Oh.. and South Park. :D

[violinmaestro001]

ok, this weekend i have seen the following movies:
Bourne Supremacy= good, european style
Troy= good,
Two brothers= good, if you want to see a family oriented flick with no bad words, reminds me of a sort of Disney style but from universal. it is a french movie thou.

[Diplomat]

Yeah, I never got into Friends either. Whenever I'd catch it on TV, it didn't seem funny to me at all. Same with Will & Grace--not funny.

The best show on TV by far, that I've seen, has to be The Wire on HBO. It's phenomenal. It's essentially about the business of drug trafficking in Baltimore and cops in their futile efforts to pursue the drug dealers. If you have HBO, it's definitely worth checking out. I also love 24. It's so addictive, but only if you watch it from the beginning.

[HEffie]

Csi Csi Csi!!I wish we got HBO but that's special and requires extra money here in Canada...unlike Romania for example where it's free.

[Diplomat]

I have HBO through some kind of cable company error. We haven't ordered it and we're not paying for it. :) But you don't have to have HBO to watch their shows, just a broadband connection. ;)

[HEffie]

Ok, do NOT watch Closer....I am so disappointed :(. I wasted my precious study time which means tomorrow's gonna be a full HOMEWORK day and $11. I so regret not staying home and doing some of the homework or anything else productive.

[goddessofnin]

The only thing funny about Will & Grace is actually Karen and Jack....

Oh, and I forgot to mention Law & Order and Monk!!

As far as some of the Movies people have been mentioning:

Excorcist: The Beginning - I thought it was creepy, but towards the middle of the movie, you could figure all the stuff out.

Troy - At least this was better than Alexander was....

The Bourne Supremacy - I liked this one, too... but some parts of the story line were boring.

Movie I want to see is: Spanglish

I still haven't gotten around to Phantom, or Blade Trinity... and then there's still Spongebob... *sigh* There isn't enough time, and I don't have enough money!!!

[HEffie]

I heard Phantom's not that great :( how disappointing. I'm curious about the Aviator...but I still haven't found a three hour gap in my schedule where I don't have to do a lot of homework so...yeah.
Did I mention howbad Closer was?Cause it was pointless.

[beoneknight]

anyone remember a thread from the last board called lets get to know everyone better? lets bring it back... that was a fun one... :)

[HEffie]

That's always my favorite one...but it only works if people are actually willing to participate.

[Diplomat]

Thanks for the heads up about Closer. :) I hate romance anyway.

[HEffie]

Nothing romantic about it, just a bunch of people not deciding with whom they enjoyed being with most of the time, not the romantic part of it either.

[goddessofnin]

Well, the previews for Closer made me not want to see it....

[violinmaestro001]

talking about romance you should watch
first 50 dates. IT is nice and funny not a let down...
I just watched tonight the Bourne identity. as good as the second part was.
Aviator? i heard its good

[goddessofnin]

I watched this Saturday night....

*drool*

Very good movie, I suggest watching it if you liked Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Hero. The cinematic style and way of story telling are similar, plus there are more plot twists so it makes you think.

[violinmaestro001]

i watched The Manchurian candidate. Ok movie, keeps you guessing from beginning to end but not my style. suspense, thriller... I wouldn't watch it again thats for sure

[HEffie]

From the clips I've seen of HERO, that movie doesn't seem to make a lot of logical sense.... so I guess I'll wait till it comes out on video ;).

[Diplomat]

Hero is already out on video. I've seen it, and really enjoyed it.

[Diplomat]

Oh yeah, 50 First Dates was pretty good. So not all romance is bad. Manchurian Candidate: great premise and directing, but the ending was kind of lame. Too many unresolved issues. I'm sure the novel is more satisfying.

[HEffie]

I cried at 50 First dates...did everyone else? At least the girls? :DAwesome soundtrack!

[UnIKuL]

sorry wrong quote :D

[UnIKuL]

Csi Csi Csi!!I wish we got HBO but that's special and requires extra money here in Canada...unlike Romania for example where it's free. yeah right... i wish it was free... but it's 4.40$ a month... so... dream on :D

[UnIKuL]

recently i've seen Saving private Ryan...again... and i would do that everytime i'm free :D but i don't have it on CD :(

[violinmaestro001]

Saving Private Ryan= A+
I saw last night "The Village". different movie, that's for sure. A bit of Cubrick's psychological thriller style wise. Never know what happens next. they keep you guessing till the end. good strategy. Not a fast pace movie.

[violinmaestro001]

i just finnished watching" In America". Great inspiring true movie. worth watching. You will see life in a new way. Dont take anything for granted...

[HEffie]

The trailer looks interesting :) .

[violinmaestro001]

I watched last night Augustus. If you like history movies, such as you may see on history channel , you may like this one. ITs long, not much action, lots of talking about politics regarding the future of Rome at the time. I would watch it again. Good history flick , but its not as interesting as Troy if you want to compare the two.

[HEffie]

I love watching historical movies and I think I've actually seen parts of that, who's in it?

[violinmaestro001]

wouldnt know, not many famous actors from Hollyood if any.
Tonight i watched predador VS aliern. A waste of time from my point of view. Boring.

[violinmaestro001]

it seems that we are all taking a break from movies, and all are busy. I might watch something this weekend. I watch nowadays The Apprentice on thursday night. Good real stuff. even hints of business are given to us in it.

[goddessofnin]

I saw Elektra last weekend...

It was ok... but not anything great.

[Diplomat]

I've just seen The Village. I actually thought it was very good and well directed. I don't know why it got such bad reviews. Maybe I liked it because my expectations were low from seeing the reviews. The premise doesn't make much sense once you think about it, but it works as a film.

I also saw Anchorman--horrible film; wouldn't recommend it. That one actually got pretty good reviews.

[violinmaestro001]

i must agree with you diplomat about Village. I liked it as well after hearing and reading bad reviews. For me it was really the commercials that got me interested in it. True also that once uve seen it it doesnt make sense as far as their main point, but by then you have seen it. So i would recoment it as well. read post 51

[Diplomat]

Yeah, it's certainly not the worst of Shyamalan's work. It was more enjoyable than Unbreakable, I think.

[dariuXu]

Hi all, this is the first time when I entered here (English Corner) and I want to post here that mouvies that I saw at cinema in my life :)

Resident Evil
Matrix Reloaded
2 Fast 2 Furious
Terminator 3
The Hulk
The League
Bad Boys II
Matrix Revolution
Lord of the Rings Return of the Ring
Van Helsing
Troy
The Day After Tomorrow
The King Arthur
Exorcist The Beginning

all of this are selective mouvies and I liked very much
scuse my english :P

[violinmaestro001]

I saw tonight, TAXI. Nice, clean little comedy, if you can lower your expectations to Quinn Latifa driving in the style of Fast and the furios(not sure on the spelling on her name) . I actually enjoyed most of it.

[violinmaestro001]

LAst week i saw Without a PAddle.
Hmm, Weed anyone? other that that it was ok to see once as a comedy. I dont know how you guys feel about american humor, but for me most of the comedies are just plain borind, or stupid about 90% of the time. Its hard to find a comedy in which i can laugh out loud such as the european comedies. Different mentality? Id say so
In this category falls also the weed comedy Kumar and (some other dude's name) go to White Castle. Total stupidity

[Diplomat]

Yeah, most comedies suck. But some are classics. Some of the best comedies are Dumb and Dumber, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Royal Tenenbaums. I want to see that Harold and Kumar movie.

[zero]

even if it's old.. i just watched Vanilla Sky yesterday.. dudes.. it's terrific!

[dariuXu]

I dont like to watch comedies alone! If someone is with me we laugh better together!
one of the best comedies is Rat Race, National Security

[HEffie]

Whoa I balled and balled watching the NOtebook ...but it's so predictable, unlike The Village for example which wasn't THAT predictable and quite interesting :) .

[zero]

indeed.. That's the stuff i loved about The Village

[violinmaestro001]

I watched this week, Ray Charles, i recommend it. Of course it has drugs involved just as most famouse people were all involed at one time or another. But the story of his life is trully remarcable. I always saw him doing commercials and heard of his greatness as the joiner of gospell and blues, but now i know how it came to be.
Another movie i saw recently was The Jakson 5 whic is the life of Michael Jakson.
Also good movie, it bring a lot of light as to why he is the way he is today. Now, here are no drugs... and i for sure would have thaught that he would be using drugs somewhere in his point in life. Very interesting. The one thing that the movie does not speak of , is the molestation that he went through as a child (only to very small percentage). His father was a pimp so to speak. But you have to see the movie first and then there is a documentary on VH1 that goes into much detail of his mental state of mind and how he got here due to his fathers ways of depriving him from so many things in life which are essential in the growing up process.

[violinmaestro001]

oh yess, indeed Dumb and Dumber was excellent. That was the fist comedy that i saw in the theathers here in the states. Un forgettable stomach aches from laughing so hard and for so long. ALso i liked The Mask. You know the Son of the MAsk is comming soon. I want to see that one.

[beoneknight]

I went to see Constanite last night... that movie rocks..... If you can... go watch it!!!!!!!!!!!

[HEffie]

NFS, the movie is called "Ray" and the Son of the Mask is out already...go watch it :) . I wanna see Hotel Rwanda and Sideways before the Oscars on Sunday.

[Diplomat]

Maestro, please don't see Son of the Mask. That movie looks absolutely horrible. The only good thing about The Mask was Jim Carrey, and the new movie has nothing to do with him.

Speaking of comedies, has anyone seen Shaun of the Dead? I saw it on video recently, and thought it was hilarious. I loved it. It's like a parody of all the zombie movies ever made.

I too want to see Hotel Rwanda. I don't think I'll get a chance before the Oscars, though. But this weekend I saw Million Dollar Baby. It was a moving film. I'd really recommend it.

[dariuXu]

I heared about Shawn of the Dead, but i don`t saw the mouvie, but i know is a parody after Dawn of The Dead. Dawn of The Dead I think is more beautiful then resident evil .. I saw the mouvie and it`s great!

[violinmaestro001]

i havent sean but the previews for Shaun of the Dead. It looks funny. Thats all i can tell from it
I saw last night Cellular. SLow interesting start, but it gets good. i recommend it.
I also say NARC this past weekend, about an undercover cop in the drug war, very interesting, i liked it a lot. Its an older movie but worth watching. Lots to learn about that kinda lifestyle. We dont see that or hear much about it.

[violinmaestro001]

I saw friday ROBOTS. Very nice, clean cut comedy, interesting graphics.
recommend (Ups, i did it again) :D

[HEffie]

I wanna see Madagascar really bad, now THAT looks funny :).

[violinmaestro001]

Has anyone seen Be Cool with John Travolta? Im curios ive heard its supposed to be good.

[violinmaestro001]

i saw tonight Catwoman. I liked the graphics and the story as it unfolded untill she became catwoman. About 40 minutes after the movie started. The rest was slow, action scenes lacked the actual action thrill. Overal, can use improovement.

[dariuXu]

I saw Be Cool, yes is a good mouvie.. last night a saw Hitch...greeaat mouvie.

[violinmaestro001]

i saw last knight Earthsea. Interesting mix of Lord of the rings and Harry Potter, . Not so good graphics but nice and long 2:50 minutes. Scifi.

And tonight i saw The Incredibles. It got a very high rating, overall pretty good, bu t its got a lot of slow scenarios, then towards the end it gets better. Graphics overall, pretty good.

[dariuXu]

Constantine, ave you heard of this ?
the movie idea is great, but in the same time is an erezy

[HEffie]

We accidentally watched the first 5 minutes of Constantine cause we entered the wrong theatre hehahahaha we were trying to see HItch...it just didn't seem too funny :) I knew it was COnstantine but it took me a few good minutes to realize it wasn't a commercial :) .

[violinmaestro001]

Constantine? I managed not to see it, and im not dissapointed . My friends that went to see it were. :p
House of the Flying Daggers i saw it last night. Typical chinese old school romance story with fights in between. Long, so-so interesting, but amazing scenery. I might watch it again for the scenery in a couple of years.

[dariuXu]

next I`ll see : National Treasure and The Incredibles

[Diplomat]

Has anyone seen Finding Neverland? I just watched it, and despite the good reviews from critics and the public, I found it dull and sad. I don't know why everyone thinks that Johnny Depp is a terrific actor. I didn't think his acting was impressive. The whole message of the film is so fake. I'm not sure what the point was.

[HEffie]

It wasn't terribly amazing...it was ok I guess. I wouldn't recommend it to most people...
Ok I finally saw Anchorman...and I never really wanted to see it cause I thought I totally wouldn't like that kind of humour but I must've been in the mood cause I laughed my head off. I enjoyed "Guess Who?" also..also in the non-serios movie category:).

[laurlaur]

Andreea you silly insane girl. The movie you saw with amanda peet and ashton kutcher isn't "guess who"! It's "A lot like love"! No wonder I was so confused. I was like "I didn't know amanda peet was in that movie" when you were telling me about it. "Guess Who" is the one with bernie mac in it. ahahahahahahahhahaah. You're losing it woman.

[HEffie]

No I'm not, I know what movie I saw, lol, and they both had Ashton Kutcher in them, but that wasn't what I was talking about. I was telling you about the previews not about the actual movie we saw...that's right, we were laughing during the previews!pchh..I'm losing it...

[violinmaestro001]

ok, saw OCeans 12. Horrible and long and boring to death. Cant believe they put together a bunch of good actors and made a BAD movie. That is sad. this is the first time i placed the DVD in the thrash can after watching a movie. Thats bad...
Last night then i saw Jason and the Argonauts. Interesting greek mythology(stuff we all learned in school). I liked it. It even has decent special effects, which is always a plus.

[HEffie]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO you threw it out?!?!I love that movie!!!Soooo good!I loved it and I would've loved to have it too :( . I thought it was brilliant and I watched it a few good times. Those guys can really act, oh boy and the plot itself was pretty interesting too :) .

[violinmaestro001]

individual people, individual tastes? This is a proof, right here. :)

[dariuXu]

this days a saw:
National Treasure - nice mouvie
The Ring 2 - great mouvie
Meet The Fockers - :)))))))
Blade Trinity - great mouvie effects
Cube Zero - great mouvie
The Aviator - borring :))

[goddessofnin]

Recently watched Flight of the Phoenix on dvd. There were some good parts... but it wasn't great.

DVDs I've been meaning to watch (they are laying around here somewhere):

Finding Neverland
Ray

In the theatre, we watched Kung Fu Hustle a couple of weeks ago. THAT was a good movie.. and also has a good soundtrack. There were scenes where they used a Sarasate violin concerto.... *sigh* it made me miss playing in an orchestra. Interesting movie, indeed.

Well, that's all I have to report for now...

[HEffie]

Kingdom of Heaven was awesome. I know I've liked it when I'm still thinking about it three days later :) .
I just saw Shawshank Redemption too...really interesting.

[Daemon]

I'm a movie consumer w/ such low standards that you wouldn't believe the movies I like unless you ask Alicia for a confirmation. Anyway, very rarely in my carreer have I witnessed such a boring picture like Kingdom of Heaven. Leaving the hystorical or religious issues aside and judging it as a movie and not as some kind of holy epic tale, it didn't even have enough blood for a 2hrs+ movie :). I don't remember anything so boring since The Mists of Avalon. Orient Express and Lost in Translation are nothing compared to KoH. I admit I liked the first 5 minutes, I anticipated a great movie after those minutes, then I remembered it was directed by the same person as The Gladiator and I calmed down. I can't even label it as "see it only if you can't get it on CD", it's way lower than that, it's a "watch it unless there's nothing else running"

[dariuXu]

oh, no, I liked Kingdom of Heaven

[goddessofnin]

I also want to see League of Extraordinary Gentlemen I have a copy of it laying around here, too.

[HEffie]

Hey what was wrong with Murder on the Orient Express? :)
I didn't like Kingdom of Heaven cause of the religious anything in it, I just thought it was a pretty cool historical movie; the kind that I'd like ;) .

[dariuXu]

The Luague is a good movie !

[Nightfall]

this days a saw:
Cube Zero - great mouvie


I love the Cube movies!
and I Really want to see Sin City soon.

P.S. Has anyone ever seen "Battle Royale"?

P.S.S. Loved Oceans 11, Hated Oceans 12.
I couldn't stand how it was shot...

[violinmaestro001]

i saw last night NAtional Treasure. Slow, sort of interesting. Overall ok.

[goddessofnin]

I saw Ladder 49 last night...

I guess it was OK, but I was woriking on making some greeting cards, so I missed some of it.

I liked the cinematography, and the unusual soundtrack.

[Diplomat]

I saw Ladder 49 a while ago. I remember it totally beat my expectations. I thought the drama was very realistic. Great sound effects too.

[HEffie]

Yeah, I thought it was great too..realistic.

p. S. I noticed that's what you just said, but I still stand by it:).

[Daemon]

I saw The Movie. Now, all I can do is weep, for 6 is the final number.

[dariuXu]

Star Wars - Sith Revenge
good mouvie if you like the type

[goddessofnin]

The thing I didn't like about Ladder 49 was the guy's wife. She knew she was marrying a fireman, but she kept being mad at him for being one. Then, when he asked her if she want him to change jobs she got mad, too... stupid...

[HEffie]

To be honest...she's a typical woman, they all pretty much do that.

[violinmaestro001]

seen this week in romania the following movies:
Pelican Brief
What a woman wants
Enemy of the state
Jungle boy
fast and the furios
xy's flower ( a movie about the bosnian revolution, where xy stands for the main character's name which i forgot, but its a darn good movie)

[dariuXu]

Triple X 2 , i think triple x 1 is more great than this.

[goddessofnin]

I watched Laputa: Castle in the Sky

If you like animated films, you should see this one, it's from the same people who made Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away (which I also thought were excellent).

[goddessofnin]

I watched Porco Rosso (another animated movie) this last weekend. It's another movie from the director of the movies in my previous post.

I thought it was awesome... the premise was nice.. and the storyline was also very good. Some good humor.. :)

[violinmaestro001]

I saw The Machinist last night while in Cluj. now im Back in Baia Mare for the weekend. Very interesting pschcological thriller this movie was. Is this playing in the states as well? just wondering. It started here this week.

[violinmaestro001]

i already forgot such a bad movie i saw saturday night in Cluj Alfie good actor, bad movie

[violinmaestro001]

I saw tonight The Aviator. Pretty sorry movie.

[goddessofnin]

Batman Begins was pretty good, and Fantastic 4. They were both good, with only a couple of things that bothered me (it's an engineering thing, I think)... but as far as story and action, they did a good job.

[Diplomat]

Batman Begins was awesome. It definitely deserves its 4 stars. There's no excuse to rate it as "pretty good." :) Christian Bale is one of my favorite actors. He is probably the best actor to have played Batman. I'm usually not a fan of comic book movies, but this one was exceptional because it wasn't made for kids. It had a certain class to it.

[HEffie]

I haven't had the chance to watch it yet, but Christian Bale is a totally awesome actor and I've appreciated his acting abilities way back...it's too bad he's so disregarded and treated as an unknown when his resume trails for pages, I'm sure.

[Diplomat]

The first movie I remember him from is American Psycho (2000), which I only saw a few years ago. I think he was pretty unknown before then. He was also great in Equilibrium. I'm looking forward to seeing The Machinist. My video store doesn't even have it, so I'll have to get it from somewhere else (i.e. download it). :)

[goddessofnin]

American Psycho was really good and totally f***ed up. I loved it!! :D

I think Christian Bale did an awesome job as Batman. I think he did better than Keaton, and Keaton is the only other Batman that I liked... he was the only non-sushine/lollipops batman. The only reason I rated Batman Begins as "pretty good" was because I found fault with a part of the story. Like I said, it's an engineering thing, and I don't want to mention it outright because I don't want to spoil the movie for people who haven't had a chance to see it yet.

[Diplomat]

Does the fault that you found with Batman Begins have to do with the effects of that microwave weapon? 'Cause I thought some elements of the film including that one weren't terribly realistic. But that didn't really change my opinion of the movie. I think the director made the world as realistic as possible. The Batman character was three-dimensional. But he had to stay true to the original comic.

I also saw The Machinist yesterday. I don't know, it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth. It was officially a thriller, but I didn't find it much thrilling or suspenceful about it. But another terrific performance by Christian Bale. BTW, Maestro asked a while back if it was out on video already. Yeah, it's been out for a month or two.

[HEffie]

I loved Christian in Swing Kids..mostly because men who dance that well get a 10 instantly :), but also cause he's a really good actor.
I really need to see this Batman movie. I think staying true to the comic aspect is important, but as GofN says..there should be a balance.
Soooooo I just saw "The Island"..early screening promo thing (for IN-crowd people;)) heheheheheh(really...they were giving them out to mall-employees :rolleyes: ) I thought it was kinda interesting...reminded us of the Matrix kinda. It was kinda cool to have some awareness about those kinds of topics that are so popular and just really real in the media right now. Let me know what you think Diplomat...it's where stem cell research is pretty much heading and I know you're all for that.

[goddessofnin]

Cloning organs is not the same as cloning people. Having a degree in bioengineering, the research goals of which I was exposed to, were not about recreating people, but being able to create living tissues to combat the low supply of transplant organs. Such as being able to graft a new kidney or liver by using what we know about stem cells and the vascular system.

Researchers aren't the ones who plan to make clones of entire people... it's the greedy bastards who think that clones of themselves and others could be treated like slaves or non-humans... we'd go way back into the dark ages if society let that happen.

[Diplomat]

I'll have to comment on that after I see the movie, which might not be until it comes out on video. I'm not really that knowledgeable about the subject.
Soooooo I just saw "The Island"..early screening promo thing (for IN-crowd people) Nice. You must have some friends in the right places. :)

[HEffie]

Well, as we all know too well, putting that kind of power into human hands will always result in destruction-see history ;) someone greedy will always be there to take it to the next level unfortunately for others...if I wouldn't know that's for sure, I wouldn't have anything against it at all, I'm all for advancing medicine and co.
As for the tickets...they were giving them out to the first 25 stores in the mall to make it to customer service to pick them up. There was a girl walking towards it at the same time as me and I tried to make friendly chatter but she forced a smile and then ran ahead of me. The lady at customer service was, however, onto her little charade and denied her a second double pass which she was trying to get under the pretense that she didn't know that one of her co-workers had been there only moments before. After seeing that that didn't work she argued that the notice said "first come first serve", lol the notices hadn't even been handed out to all the stores yet and she wanted 4 tickets, hilarious.
This promo tickets thing only happens once in a blue moon though...the last time we got free anything it was for ELF and the tickets were for Saturday at 10 am when ofcourse, any retail employee works.

[HEffie]

I'm not sure if War of the Worlds was mentioned here...did anyone see it?

[Daemon]

I did, nice SFX, the "action" goes on for hours and then abruptly (and uncalled for) ends in 2 minutes.

[HEffie]

It's interesting that everyone agrees that the ending was abrupt...it didn't seem entirely abrupt...what happened, happened I guess :p but deffinitely some good effects in that movie; impressive.

[goddessofnin]

I watched Blade: Trinity on video the other night...

It was not very good. The best character in the movie was not even the main character. The script was horrible, and most of the acting was bad, too. I'm glad I waited until it came to video to watch it...

[Diplomat]

Yeah, Blade: Trinity was horrible. I could only stand an hour of it, then I turned it off. I kind of liked the first two because of their originality, but the third one was unbearable. Don't watch it.

[goddessofnin]

Last night I saw The Devils' Rejects. It was gorier and more messed up than House of 1000 Corpses...

I liked the music selections throughout the movie... good songs...

I think it was pretty good, for being what it was. :)

[Diplomat]

Man, what's with these summer films today? There's nothing good playing right now. It's all crap, except for Batman. I just saw Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Don't recommend it, unless you have nothing better to do.

[GraveDigger]

I agree with the no good movies comment. Recently I saw fantastic four and stealth. Fantastic four is better, but still not as good as I would've liked it to be.

[goddessofnin]

I saw March Of the Penguins last night. It was very good... I laughed, I cried... and the penguins are so darn cute!! :)

[GraveDigger]

That movie reminded me of something they'd show us in school. I guess it was good, but I didnt expect it to be like a documentary...

[GraveDigger]

I just saw transporter 2. It was very entertaining. lots of action. the plot couldve been better, but it was still very entertaining...

[violinmaestro001]

just came home from the theather as well from seeing Transporter 2. Recommend. A bit different from the first, but good. Ready to see the 3rd one...
also saw this weekend MR&MRS Smith, yeah i agree if you got nothing better to do, then watch it.
Also saw The Island, now that i liked. Definately reminded me of Matrix, yes.
last but not least i saw The Longest yard . interestingly a good comedy...
oh yeah just recently came back from my Euro trip also... good to be back...

[violinmaestro001]

The Notebook. Very nice. lovely chick flick. Recommend.
Downfall. About Hitler's last days, in german. Very good and long too.
Saharah. not what i was expecting, but boring, another unbelievable story.
Monster in law. Studip yet funny america comedy.
Are we there yet? well, i dont know, never made it to the end.boring...

[violinmaestro001]

Ong Bak. Lots of action, long, yet not boring.
Rosenstrasse. Beautiful movie again about jewish discrimination in the year 1943. In german with english subtitles. IF you like historical movies this one is a good one. No killing scenes or anything brutal.

[violinmaestro001]

A Lot Like Love. Nice chick flick..laughter and all

[violinmaestro001]

Revelations. some tv showperhaps, HBO, 6 episodes, quite interesting. watched it all in one sitting.Keeps you wanting more...
The ring 2. kept me in my seat

[goddessofnin]

Finally saw Spanglish last night... it was actually pretty good. I thought it was sweet.. :)

Also rewatched Donnie Darko a couple days ago... I love this movie. It's cool. :)

Hoping to get to watch some other movies soon... I really want to watch The Terminal. Has anyone seen it?

[GraveDigger]

Yes, I have seen The terminal. It is a very good, simple movie. Very interesting story. I recommend it.

[violinmaestro001]

Terminal? if you like non action movies, this is a good one.i remember it being a bit long,but good.

[Diplomat]

Yeah, The Terminal was a very enjoyable movie. Tom Hanks' acting was perfect. He got the accent down and everything.

I just saw Broken Flowers with Bill Murray. It's a nice easygoing independent film in a rhythm similar to Sideways. It's funny too. I'd highly recommend it, if you can find a theater that plays it. Very few do. Bill Murray's acting in this one is similar to Lost in Translation.

[violinmaestro001]

just finnished watching "Leaving Las Vegas" Wow, id say definately different. An eye opener from many different points of view. Drama i guess is its category. recommend.

[violinmaestro001]

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy. Stupid yet funny. Id rather watch Herbie. Haha. By the way Star Wars III is comming out on DVD tomorrow.

[UnIKuL]

I suggest that you see Stealth.. it's a very good movie... :D

[beoneknight]

I finally got around to watching SAW (yep the first one, not the second one). Its a pretty good movie, made me want to watch the second one, but not enough to pay 8 bux for it :)

[Diplomat]

I thought The Hitchhiker's Guide was great. It wasn't stupid. It was actually smart and silly at the same time. I haven't read the book, but I'm guessing it could have been a much worse adaptation. The plot touched on some important areas of science, particularly in evolution and in physics & math. It was great that the movie presented those elements to the general public. There was also some clever social commentary, but you had to pay attention to get it.

[GraveDigger]

my (romanian) parents think most science fiction is stupid. maybe violinmaestro has similar views :) maybe its a cultural thing?

[violinmaestro001]

well GD, i must say, i do like science Fiction, but now as much as i didn when i was a kid.It depends on the movie i guess. Well about the Hitchhicker'g guide, i do agree with you Diplomat on the subjects that it did touch, that is true enough, its just that it didnt quite touch my heart as it does to some people. dont take this the wrong way, i have seen worse movies.I did get a laugh out of this movie a couple of times, but its just not something i would watch many times. Tonight i got Star Wars 3, that im about to watch so il let you know how good the graphics are in this episode. Peace.

[Diplomat]

I'm actually not a fan of sci-fi at all. That movie was very different from your typical Star Wars or The Matrix. It addressed ideas like advanced alien civilizations and space travel from a scientifically accurate perspective. That's why it seemed unique and original to me. The scene where they built a computer to calculate the answer to the ultimate question of the universe was brilliant. It took 7 million years for the computer to do it. There really are problems in computer science that would take millions of years to calculate using existing equipment, but here they went ahead and tried it. I guess I caught on to things in the plot that most people missed.

Maestro, you're not alone in not connecting with that movie. It didn't receive stellar reviews from critics and the public ratings weren't that great either. :)

[Daemon]

All is dust in the wind untill you read the book.

[violinmaestro001]

anyone seen the new Potter movie? whatcha think of it? I thaught they did an ok job, comparing that there are over 700 pages in the book... but it was sluggish... twas ok...

[beoneknight]

I've seen it (on openning night, 12:01 showing dressed up... ummm.. yeah....).... I liked the movie overall, but i thought they completly butchered few opening scenes with port key and quidditch in general. If someone hasnt read the books, and just watched that part, they would think those two scenes sucked.. Overall, its an ok movie.... lets hope the next book comes out soon :)

[violinmaestro001]

Mr.&Mrs. Smith interesting, got good action, not much slow time, i liked it.
The Dukes of Hazard well, it has its ups and downs, overall its allright.Decent comedy.

[violinmaestro001]

Batman Begins suprizingly good. Not your (just another batman movie). I recommend you watch it, if you like something about the batman movies. Its more of a serious action movie instead of the stupid movies they became...

[violinmaestro001]

Polar Express ? mixed feelings between religion,reality and Santa.Graphics were good though.anyone seen it? got comments?

[violinmaestro001]

National Lampoons Christmas Vacation yeah i know its old, i rented it saturday night, still havent watched it. I managed to skip it 2 nights in a row. But i think tonight is the night. Im kinda skeptical... its a VHS,i heard its really dumb. crude humor, plenty of director's mistakes, bad editing, end so on. Sounds interesting now. Il let you know...

[violinmaestro001]

NPCV title to the above post... i watched it and i was dissapointed in a very boring way.the biginning is quite good, but after a short while all is plain boring and it gets more boring as it goes on. a Classic? I guess you have to be a Chevy Chase fan for this one. Merry Christmas...

[doro5]

Something tells me that with all the buzz around christmas, i'm glad I dont celebrate it.

[Diplomat]

Saw another sci-fi film called Serenity. Wasn't impressed by it. It was actually pretty lame overall. The story was boring and unengaging. The characters were two-dimensional and stereotypical. The movie didn't make me care for them. It's one of those movies where the action in outer space pays no respect to actual laws of physics, and that distracts from the whole movie. The action takes place 500 years into the future, but the inside of the spaceships looks like a cockpit from 1960s aircraft. I'm not sure why it got decent reviews.

[dariux]

I've seen Chronicles of Narnia The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe 2 times at cinema and i read the book too :) If u're a fan of this movies types then u must see this.

Yesterday I;ve seen Lord of War, a good movie

[Diplomat]

So what did you like about those films? I mean, you basically just said that they were good movies. If you could write some brief reviews, that would be more insightful. :)

[dariux]

ok, I'll give some more information about narnia movie because is my favorite :)

The symbolism in The Chronicles of Narnia represents the ongoing power struggle between good and evil. The lion, Aslan, represents good or, more specifically (according to some scholars), Jesus; the White Witch, Jadis, is the incarnation of evil, i.e. Satan; and the wardrobe, inspired by the handmade wardrobes from Lewis' childhood homes, represents the bridge that leads us to confront the battle between good and evil.

The movie was filmed in New Zealand — just like Peter Jackson's movie adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. In fact, Tolkien was a close friend of Lewis', and the two were part of a literary circle known as the Inklings.

[Diplomat]

Yeah, I heard about the movie having Christian themes. Those anti-family Hollywood liberals strike again! :)

[violinmaestro001]

Unikul.. rent it again,then burn it on to a DVD. DVD shrink is the program u need... :)
i just watched Lord Of War very good, educational movie using true events from around the globe, highly recommend. ITs not your average action movie, its more of a documentary type in movie format, but never the less very good.

[doro5]

speaking about chrismas and movies:
tinyurl.com/coxhu
amusing. i cant stop watching it.

[violinmaestro001]

tinyurl.com/coxhu
what is it supposed to be... ? i cant get it to open.
anyways, i watched SinCity and Christmas with the Cranks . SinCity, definately interesting, if you have a stomach for gore. christmas was funny and silly at the same time, with a good message. Put others in front of you. Central message.

[violinmaestro001]

Jarhead dissapointing movie about the war as we know it. Bad part? if only they wouldnt curse as much as they do, because it doesnt depict real speach style of the marine corps. not a movie to watch with family for sure. Every other word is a #*@% this or that. no exageration.

[violinmaestro001]

Duma Nice little movie about a Sout African boy and his found cheetah puppy. Travel, adventure style movie. definately something to watch with family or friends, or by your lonesone self.

[nn0ni]

ondskan(evil)
a swedish movie....didn't expect it to be good...but it, surprisingly, was.
also, now i wanna learn swedish:)

[violinmaestro001]

sweet....ish :D

[Diplomat]

I've seen Jarhead too. I didn't think it was that bad. Just one marine's account of the craziness of fighting in the Gulf War. I just wish the movie was more relevant to the current Iraq war. (BTW, just curious, how do you know the speech style of the Marine Corps?)

If you're looking to see something bizarre, check out Breakfast on Pluto, unless cross-dressers scare you. It's about a guy trying to live as a woman in 60s and 70s Ireland. Awesome acting by Cillian Murphy. Not everyone could have pulled it off. It's pretty funny, actually.

[radwulf]

If you haven't seen the Cinderella Man, you should. It is one of those rare movies that (I feel) can make someone a better person after watching them.

[violinmaestro001]

in response to your question Diplomat, i have a couple of friends in the Marine corps, and i got the info from them. one being an E9 special, the other an instructor, these being quite high ranks, but the good thing is they are both real christians, and know the good and the bad, language is harsh but the movie exagerates to show the harshness of reality in times of war, which is not quite true, but it also is something some people like because it makes them harder or more ruthless in their feelings.

[violinmaestro001]

Breakfast on Pluto, is that something like Priscilla queen of the Desert? it also depics the harsh reality of being homosexual in australia and dealing with it in real life.

[Diplomat]

Yeah, Cinderella Man is definitely an inspiring movie. I would recommend it also.

Violinmaestro, I have not seen the other movie that you refer to. But it sounds a little different from the way you describe it. The tone of Breakfast on Pluto is not all that serious. It was actually surprising that the main character didn't experience more hardship because of who he was. So it's not a sad film or one that's hard to watch. A lot of it is just pure fantasy.

Speaking of "homosexual" movies, anyone seen Brokeback Mountain?

[goddessofnin]

Yes, I have seen Brokeback Mountain and I was disappointed.

They made it out to be some big ground-breaking film... but it was slow and had no point. The whole movie was rather anti-climactic, and nothing really happened as time progressed in the movie....

Also, did anyone watch X-Men 3: The Last Stand?

[Diplomat]

Brokeback Mountain--I liked that one. In fact, I thought it deserved to win Best Picture--instead of Crash, which I wasn't too fond of. I don't know if it had a point or not, but it was an interesting story.

[violinmaestro001]

Haven seen Brokeback Mountain but, the name itself kinda does justice to the movie. I know this may sound corky but he broke his back. quite gay. Haha. That'a all i have to say about that movie. But seriosly, i havent heard any positive feed from those who did see it(exception Diplomat).
Tristan and Isolde i do suggest you watch that one. quite well done, if you like something resembling history or stories of history.
New World also quite nice, a bit long and drawn out, about the english comming to America as we now know it, and how they delt with the native Indians, of course involving the story oh Pocahontas. Good before going to sleep.

[Diplomat]

Hmm...I don't get the joke about the title Brokeback Mountain...

[violinmaestro001]

hmm, in that case let me spell it out. He took his virginity. :p

[Diplomat]

I haven't heard that metaphor before but I'll take your word for it. :)

Tristan and Isolde ("I sold?")--is that romance? 'Cause that's not my favorite genre.

Also, has anyone seen Fun with Dick and Jane, a comedy with Jim Carrey? I thought it was neat how that movie incorporated in its storyline the collapse of Enron and the whole crash of the economy in 2000. Not a lot of films have addressed that. Jim Carrey is great in that one. His acting is closer to his earlier roles like Ace Ventura and Dumb & Dumber than to his recent work.

[HEffie]

I feel the need to post and express slight disappointment with X-Men III cause I'd been looking forward to it for so long and the previews were amazing, but I have to admit that I walked out not too overly impressed with it. NOw I can look forward to Pirates of the Caribbean :) can't wait! MI: III was actually pretty good, I've always been a fan of James Bond 007 type movies so ofcourse, I enjoy the action and stuff from Mission Impossible as well...although I will admit that Tom Cruise is a little weirdy now. Anyways, I enjoyed it; plot wasn't half bad.
I watched Poseidon recently too which was quite suspenseful for me. I totally was on the edge of my seat...even though I pretty much knew what was going to happen cause I'd seen the original from the seventies.
Don't mention the NEW WORLD...whoooooaaaa, can't remember the last time I'd seen a movie that was completely drawn out and relatively uneventful. I'm sure I would've enjoyed it better as a novel though. That's usually the case with everything though...except maybe Star Wars, which I'm in the process of reviewing :) slowly...but surely.

[violinmaestro001]

Diplomat. Tristan (englishman) Isolde (irish princess). IT is a romantic story but with lots of historical battles between the irish and the english, during the time period when the irish was controling the english islands, because they werent united (the tribes of england that is). all that changed during this movie.

[violinmaestro001]

Diplomat. Tristan (englishman) Isolde (irish princess). IT is a romantic story but with lots of historical battles between the irish and the english, during the time period when the irish was controling the english islands, because they werent united (the tribes of england that is). all that changed during this movie. There is more action than romance, if that is what it is you are asking. :-)
Heffie, i do agree with you on the subject of the New World movie. That is why i mentioned its a movie to watch before falling asleep.
Pride and Prejudice hmm, totally romantic. not something diplomat would like, in this case.

[HEffie]

Read the novel, Jane Austen movies will never do her novels justice. :)
Tristan and Isolde was pretty uneventful for me...

[violinmaestro001]

Firewall slow and boring. anyone agree? not much of the usual harrison ford acting, i was expecting something more along the lines of the fugitive, but i guess hes getting older, cant get all the beating he used to get when he was younger. And you noticed all the Dell computers? Crysler advertisment all over the movie? someone's begging pretty hard. I think that was the main part of the movie, the car and the computers. pretty sad if you ask me

[goddessofnin]

V for Vendetta was good... (did I already talk about this one?)

[violinmaestro001]

nop, you have not. but good, cause i was thinking of watching that movie. :)

[goddessofnin]

Saw The DaVinci Code this past weekend... I was a little disappointed with some of the things that were in the book which were left out of the movie or changed...

But, as just a film... it wasn't bad...

[violinmaestro001]

i heard it was interesting as a movie. lots of contraversy because of its contents. For example in Rome, the pope pleaded with the people not to go see the movie, and guess what? it was the biggest sale ever.

[violinmaestro001]

Blade Runner What a classic. 1982 Harrison Ford.... scifi... ( of course were playing the game....figures...) nice graphics and interesting oddities like the living dolls, weird. ever noticed how its never daytime in the movie? its always night...

[Daemon]

That's why it's called "dark sci-fi", and lately "film noir".

[Diplomat]

LOL, Violinmaestro! I wonder what gave you the urge to see Blade Runner all of a sudden...

[violinmaestro001]

My dear friend Diplomat. ( we can't talk about that now) hihi. Daemon is here watching us :D
Yes, it turnes out as i watched the movie, that i have seen parts of it a while ago, when the replicants were in the so called "Doll house" it was creepy, i thought it was some stupid horror film. Mind you i didnt watch but about 2 minutes or so, without seeing Harrison Ford in it. All this came to me as i saw that part, except that this time it all made sense.
Why see it? since we are all talking about it, and playing it Duh :p

[HEffie]

Dell's had product placement in every major movie lately...seriosly, every movie with a computer, 9/10 was a DELL it's gross. Did I ever tell you all how disgusted I am by Dell and their way of dealing with things? Gross, I wouldn't recommend their products or lacking customer service to anyone.

[violinmaestro001]

but you know why right Heffie? they are loosing seirous money on their products, especially laptops, which by the way most of the army branches have, almost 1-4 man have and they are not buying dell's anymore, they are buying, HP's and Gateways. Yes Gateway. ITs comming back on the laptop industry quite strong. I dont care for gateway, but its there. Oh, i do have a gateway mouse pad( thats the only thing left from my first computer which was a gateway, that died of a bad hard drive. Mouse pads are good, i do recomment them. I even have their support numbers online and telephone if you ever need them. so yeah, Dell is trying hard( desktops are great, have one at home, and monitors, some of the best). Gateway did the samething too, back about 7 years ago.
Narnia, the Lion, the Which and the kidz qute, a bit long and slow after the first hour.LOTR, Harry potter all rolled into one :cool:

[Diplomat]

They show Dell computers on the series 24 all the time, in practically every episode. I thought their products were pretty good actually. Which movies are you talking about? Oh yeah, remember the "Dude, you're getting a Dell" guy? I think he got arrested for something.

[violinmaestro001]

hihi, that's funny, though i dont think its Dell's fault he got arrested. Well honestly i dont have much agains Dell other than their huge commercialization around the globe kinda, like i mentioned earlier i do have a destop Dell and it hasnt given me any trouble in the past year since i have it. but when i had to buy a laptop, dell wanst on my list of names. I prefer Toshiba for laptops. Why? prefference if you will, but we should move these kind of talks into the "computing" area in the future :)

[goddessofnin]

We have 2 Dell laptops... and a couple of Dell LCD monitors. We haven't had any problems with the products themselves, but customer service is retarded.

The people that they have manning the call centers barely know anything about computers and all they are doing is reading from a script. Plus, we're a little mad because one of their sales people told us we would get 0% financing on the last laptop we bought because we were using our Dell Preferred Credit thing... but we didn't get it, instead it was 29%!!! And when we called customer service to complain, they wouldn't change our finance rate... *grumble*

[violinmaestro001]

that's when you ask for the supervisor, and tell the details... if you have that person's name who promised 0 %. i wouldnt stop at that...

V for Vendetta I did like this movie.

[goddessofnin]

We didn't have the person's name... and no other record than the verbal agreement. Dell refused to do anything about it.

Anyway, recently, we rented a bunch of movies, here's my take:

Bloodrayne - This I thought was going to be good because the game was rather interesting. It had a decent cast, but something went very wrong here. The only good thing about it was the goriness of the fight scenes... but everything else was crap.

Ultraviolet - This was an OK movie. But, a couple of things that bothered me were the ending, and the way the cinematography was done.

Howl's Moving Castle - Great story, great animation. I was also impressed by the english voice cast. Rather enjoyable, which I expected because I am a fan of Miyazaki's anime movies (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Laputa: Castle in the Sky... etc).

[violinmaestro001]

Superman Returns it was ok. long enough to be bored here and there. it reminded me lots of spiderman...., but that was better.

[violinmaestro001]

new Police Story with Jackie Chan. Wow, was that long and boring or what? over 2 hours, i thought il laught my head off knowing his style of movies, but it was a big dissapointment.
The Empire of the Wolves, now this was good. Jean Reno, i still like his acting performances. Interesting story line too.( knowing that we live in a world where most movies start to have the same story line, not being unique anymore)

[violinmaestro001]

fun with Dick and Jane silly little comedy. good beginning
failure to launchthis is much better comedy.

[Diplomat]

I think I mentioned Fun with Dick and Jane a while back. I thought it was a pretty smart and funny comedy. It portrayed in an exaggerated way what a lot of people were going through when the economy took a dive circa 2000. BTW, the real-life guy that Alec Baldwin's character was based on just died. He was about to go to prison for the rest of his life. Oh, well.

[behemoth]

yeah, that was a fun movie.. pretty much a parody based on the Enron scandal... speaking of which, if anybody is interested in a documentary on it, a great one came out a little while ago.. it's called Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and if you're not really a documentary kind of person, try watching this one... like many recent ones, it flows really smooth and creates the feeling of watching movie rather than a documentary...

[violinmaestro001]

you last post behemoth reminded me of supersize me also a ducumentary on Mc donals and the guy who ate nothing but Mc donalds for 30 days. It hit home, i would watch it agian, though i kinda remember the whole movie anyways. I just wonder why no one makes a movie about KFC? they are in so much trouble lately, and before now as well. they are about to be sued because the use of their oil i foods, which yield a very high bad colesterol, specifically on a 3 piece meal you get 3 times the amout of bad fats needed in a week. il have to re read the article , but its about bad colesterol, anyone knows about this? all fast food restaurants switched away except for KFC. the way the keep using this fried oil, makes the food nice and krisp, not tasting the oil so much, as it should happen under normal circumstances, but little do we know that this is very dangerous to our health...clogges up the arteries very fast... i wich theyd make a documentary on them for 30 days. it may be the end of KFC if they do.

[Diplomat]

Behemoth, I haven't seen that documentary, but that's a good recommendation. I heard a lot about it.

Supersize Me was highly rated too, but I don't know why people made such a big deal out of it, like it was a revolutionary idea that McFood is bad for you. I quit eating there a long time ago. The burgers are not very good quality either. If you didn't know that McDonalds or KFC food will kill you, well, then, you have a lot to catch up on, to put it politely. The food industry in the USA is atrocious in general. I mean, when they stuff livestock with hormones and antibiotics, you know that can't be good for you.

[behemoth]

hahaha... :D... precisely... I too don't see how that could still be news to anybody, but then again, as a culture in general we seem to really embrace the notion that bombarding people with information can solve anything.. so I guess whenever information that everybody knows is packaged in new and ingenious ways, the product is likely to be overrated and the information itself tends to be seen as new...then too, this is such a visual culture... so I guess seeing in 2 hours what that food does to somebody over an extened period of time is a whole lot better than hearing a bunch of numbers and facts..I wonder though how many people actually stopped eating junk food after seeing it...

[violinmaestro001]

i cant say i stopped right away, i think its ok to eat a burger evert now and then. i eat there maybee a couple of times a year, and i think that is ok. Of course what is good fur us today? even the egetables are bombarded with drugs unless you want to pay the big bux an buy the really natural goods. (forgot the world for that) but anyways, american dont really care either way. they love their burgers and they eat it. how many times have you seen and heard that meat kills? do you still eat meat? see thats that.smoking kills. who doesnt know that, and even so people go on and smoke. Yeah some awaken and quit, like mylself, but i smoked knowing that it kills. We all do stupid things, some more than others,some never wake up and smel reality. most dont... but anyways back to the movies. :-) havent seen anything recently

[crisd]

really natural goods. (forgot the world for that) the word is organic.
a word which I am hating at the moment due to the craze that overtook my mother and aunts (they're trying to buy only organic foods).

As for movies, recently I've seen Nacho Libre, Tokyo Drift, and Pirates of the Carribean 2. I thought Nacho Libre is hilarious, but i guess it would depend on your sense of humor. Tokyo Drift wasn't as good as the other fast and the furious movies (they get worse everytime), and it also had nothing to do with them, except for the ending. Pirates of the Carribean sucked. It's like 2 and a half hours but it still don't resolve any of the problems. the ending is just horrible, but it does set up the third movie (hopefully.)

[GraveDigger]

yea i saw all those movies too, and had the exact same thoughts about all of them.

[violinmaestro001]

thanks Crisd. thats right organic is the word. dont hate them, your family will fall back on their feet, in due time.people sometimes go to the extreme for change, then realize that its ok to buy no-organic products. My family is Vegan meaning no animal product at all, and yet the food i very tasty. but you must know how to cook in this way otherwise i have been at people where all the food tasted like cardbord. hihi. I do eat meat. its ok .
Man about pirates of carribean, i want to see that movie but it seems that thats 2 negative feedbacks already. same with tokyo drift, the first one was the best. ?but you know what i love best in this category? Gone in 60 seconds. nothing touches that one.

[Sly Ry Guy]

Gone in 60 Seconds was definately a great movie. An all-time favorite for me. Personally, I thought Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was incredible. It was hilarious, and balanced action with comedy fairly well. The storyline was also very good. In addition, I recently saw I-Robot. It was deep, exciting, and funny at times. Definately a good movie for anyone who is into Sci-Fi.

[Sly Ry Guy]

Also in reference to Pirates of the Caribbean. I believe I heard that PotC 3 would be released next summer, and hopefully tie everything together.

[violinmaestro001]

also in reference to Pirates of the Carribean... i heard that part 3 has ben shot already at the same time as 2 was shot. im still going to have to see it one day, just to justify for myself the coments...I agree I robot was good.

[crisd]

crisds last post was mine for all of u that haven't realized.

yea i heard the same thing about the third pirates movie, but it was just annoying to not have it resolved in the second movie. seeing them in the same day is a genius idea.

i loved gone in 60 seconds too

[GraveDigger]

I must have some kind of learning disability.

that last post was mine as well.

[goddessofnin]

Finally watched Dodgeball. That movie was so dumb, it was funny. I was amused, so not really disappointed per se, but MAN I am really really getting annoyed by Vince Vaughn.

Also finally saw the movie, Old School, and I have to say that despite hating Will Ferrell... the movie was amusing.

Got a chance to watch that Nick Cage movie, The Weatherman. This is the one with Michael Caine (Austin Powers' dad) as hid father. I kinda liked the story because of how well it describes life, and also because the bulk of it occurs in/around Chicago (which I miss dearly).

Hmmm... what else did we watch kinda recently that hasn't been mentioned....?

Oh yeah!! We saw Nacho Libre last weekend. I know it looked like it would be a retarded movie, but it actually was a surprisingly "feel good" movie. The story, while dumb in parts (because it was done by the same retards who made Napoleon Dynamite), was amusing for at least half... and the other half was cute... so, I was content about the money spent to see it in the theatre.

[GraveDigger]

yea nacho libre is kinda like napolean dynamite funny but it's way better because it actually has a plot, unlike napolean.

haha i'm acutally on my account!

[violinmaestro001]

yeah you guys got me confused a bit there wth all these, yeah, that was my last post too. :) nacho did seem cool just from the previews that i have seen, silly but funy and corky

[HEffie]

Ah Pirates 2 was so awesome. We sat in line for over an hour to see it when it came out :) so good :) can't wait for number 3.

[violinmaestro001]

saw family stone. what a waste of time. Long and boring, DONT watch it!!

[HEffie]

Miami vice was interesting...I like action movies like that in general, but it was refreshing to have something not as typical and just had a different feeling to it.

[behemoth]

I think the feeling you might be referring to is the signature of Michael Mann.. most of his movies have that same quality of turning mindless action into, at the very least, something "different"... Heat of course is a classic, Collateral was very interesting too.. especially b/c it worked so well on both levels - dialogue and action. I saw it with somebody who understood maybe 35% of what was said but they were on the edge of his seat the entire time.. and then he also did The Insider.. also, even if his films were mediocre on all other levels (which they are definitely not), his visual style is one of a kind.. very distinctive and very artsy!

[violinmaestro001]

dont forget to bold your movie titles. I would edit for you, but i dont have the option. i t just makes it easier to scroll through them if you loking for something speciffic. Thanks :cool: yall have a great weekend

[behemoth]

Just watched She's the Man. Another waste of time... it recycles all the possible clichés of high school romantic comedies, plus, the characters don't get outside the stupid little box they're assigned to unless the plot needs them to.

[GraveDigger]

wow, i saw she's the man yesterday too, probably at the same time you were watching it. except I thought it was great! it had an excellent plot, nothing like the other movies of its kind. thats probably because it was based on one of shakespeares plays. I would recommend it to anyone who likes high school drama.. this movie has unpredictable twists that won't upset you! plus amanda bynes is hot

[behemoth]

haha... amanda bynes was indeed awesome, and the movie had some good laughs... but I think it was the very opposite of unpredictable.. :) hmm.. maybe b/c I've read Shakespeare and saw one too many high school 'dramas'.. if you want to see a cool high school movie based on a Shakespeare play, try Ten Things I Hate About You.... well, like any movie based on well-known plays, it's got a certain degree of predictability, but at least this one is really witty and has a screenplay that doesn't pose any unnecessary obstacles to my suspension of disbelief

[violinmaestro001]

final destination 3. i was under lots of stress this past week, so maybee it influenced my judment, but i really liked the movie. havent seen 1 or 2 but it was relly good. is there oa 4th comming out? it sure seems like it from the ending

[violinmaestro001]

Money Pit with Tom Hanks, back in the 80's, actually 86. a Typical 80's comedy, qute. Makes me want to rewatch Police Academy

[violinmaestro001]

With the occasion of labor day and a 4 day weekend we got together a couple of us and enjoyed the trilogy of Lord Of The Rings. Again that is. Very much enjoyed it. time well spent.

[violinmaestro001]

I watched again after a couple of years AMELIE. I love this movie, it is so good in depicting people and their life stories as it is typical to european culture. I love how people tell you things that really dont have naything to do with you in particular, but that is something that is lagging in the american culture, thus people are so secretive by nature in most of their private affairs and even in some public situations where they have little to nothing to say about themselves other than where they work and what car they drive. I love the opennes of the european culture VS the secretive lifestyle of the americans.

[goddessofnin]

I saw Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby sometime around Labor Day weekend.

I didn't really WANT to see it, but we went to a theatre with another couple, and they wanted to watch it. I have to say I was really surprised at how funny it was because I really hate Will Ferrel. It was pretty dumb, but it made fun of a lot of things that "Americans" like, so it was funny enough.

I was also surprised to see who was IN the movie, including Sascha Cohen (Ali G of "Da Ali G Show") and Andy Richter (used to be Conan O'Brien's side-kick, then had his own show for a little bit).

I wouldn't necessarily watch it again... but I don't feel that the money was totally wasted, either.

:D

[violinmaestro001]

this past weekend i saw 40 year old virgin. corny, funny and slow sometimes but good messsage overall about why you should wait with sex till marriage...
Flightplan. i liked the beginning and the ending. the rest was so slow that i could care less wether her daughter was there or not, but then things picked up withing the last 15 minutes of the movie...
Unleashed thats a movie i didnt even know about till this weekend when i saw it hon HBO with Jet Li. Very nice movie, if you like lots of fights and then some character forming attitude as well in there.

[behemoth]

I liked Fightplan all the way through....

Also, I recently watched The Maltese Falcon. For those of you who like older movies and film noir (many critics think this was the very first) it's a must see...

[violinmaestro001]

Has anyone seen Flyboys? it just came out friday. I have read the book and loved it, i wnat to go see the movie as well, just havent had the time. Im curios to hear from others about it.

[behemoth]

Inside Man - awesome movie!

16 Blocks was also good. Bruce Willis is down from saving the world to saving the NYPD from the evils of a corrupt precint, which was nice for a change :)

[Diplomat]

Yeah, I liked Inside Man too. Pretty clever. It's similar to Ocean's Eleven, but not as contrived or predictable. 16 Blocks was OK, not great. It didn't seem like the cops in the movie were very realistic. I didn't care too much about the main characters by the end.

I also recommend The Proposition. (Has anyone seen it?) It's an Australian Western. It's not a cheap action movie. Seems like a lot of effort has gone into making it. The theme in the movie is the forced settlement of Australia by the British Empire and the conflict between the whites and the natives. The movie gets pretty brutal at times. But that's what the filmakers were aiming at because they were trying to make a point.

[behemoth]

They're only similar in style. Very different as to how they go about the actual heist. The idea of camouflaging the robbers among the witnesses - very ingenious and new! At least to me. And that's what made the movie unpredictable, as opposed to Ocean's Eleven, which doesn't stray too far from the formulaic plot of the heist genre.

[violinmaestro001]

I have seen Casino royale, and Eragon
Casino Royale, it was good, though i was still dissapointed in the fact that the gadgets were left out on purpose out of this movie. Other than that, it was good.
Eragon? Qute little movie. At times it felt like Scifi channel special feature presentation, other than that it was really neat.

[goddessofnin]

Saw a couple of movies around the holidays...

We watched The Fountain and I liked it quite a bit!! I thought it was well-made and the score was fantastic and moving. I like the idea of reincarnation, and ultimate truth or nirvana... so, this was a very interesting story. :cool:

We also saw Night at the Museum which was really entertaining. As a child, I'd always thought about how cool it would be if everything in a museum or display came to life at night by some kind of magic.... so I really enjoyed this movie as well. :D

That's my 2 cents on movies for now. (Can't wait for Transformers or The Simpsons Movie to come out!!! Very excited about these 2!) :p

[goddessofnin]

But... I have watched a few movies lately:

Blades of Glory -- This was surprisingly pretty funny. We watched it because someone had come back to town for the weekend back when it was in theatres, and he wanted to see it. We had a pretty good time, and the movie, albeit stupid, was funny enough to make up for it. :)

Meet the Robinsons -- This movie made me cry, and I am not ashamed to say it. It was a feel-good movie, and had some pretty nice 'moral of the story' stuff.

300 -- All I can say is: WOW! I think it was well done, and since it was based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, some of the 'larger than life' effects, which would have been cliche otherwise, worked very well.

Shrek the Third -- Really enjoyed this. It was pretty entertaining, plus, I liked the other Shrek movies.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End -- This one was ok. Leaves it open for yet another movie, if Disney runs out of ideas. I was surprised to see Chow Yun Fat in his role, but I think he did a good job. I'd say it's a rather entertaining movie. :)

And, a while ago we did go to see Grindhouse -- If you're a Quentin Tarantino fan, then you'd probably like it. I especially loved the fake movie previews. I hope some of those get made into movies... I'd probably watch them. :)

On video, we watched:

The Curse of the Golden Flower -- This one has Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat in it. I really enjoyed this film, especially the beautiful traditional Chinese garments. The theme of the movie is basically about how things are not as they seem: gold & jade on the outside, and rot lies within. If you enjoy foreign films, I'd recommend this one.

Eragon -- Watched this last night. I liked it... but I think I should probably read the books, since I think some of the things in the movie may not have been done well, or the way described in the book? I don't know there were a few things that didn't quite make sense... and maybe it's just the way it was adapted for screenplay. But, I did still like this movie, especially because the baby dragon reminds me of the dog we just adopted.

Epic Movie -- *rofl* I think this movie was a great parody. If you like parodies, then I suggest watching this if you haven't already.

Happy Feet -- Aside from the political & religious overtones... I enjoyed this one, too. I did think that the political & religious themes were a bit too much at times. I know it's a children's movie, and they don't really get that stuff, but this one was a little overbearing, and really, I felt some of it was unnecessary.

[Diplomat]

I haven't seen too many movies lately, but of those I've seen Grindhouse, Happy Feet, and Golden Flower.

Grindhouse was awesome! Though I know better than to recommend it. I liked it, but I see why a lot of people wouldn't. It's like a parody of those exploitation films that ran in the 70s. It was made to look like a low budget movie with extreme elements that could be exploited for viewership, like gore and sex. The reason I liked it was that it was so extreme and went beyond any mainstream movie. There were two films back to back. I thought the first one, the one about zombies and the machine gun leg girl, was better. I loved the fake trailers too. Overall, awesome theater experience.

Happy Feet was pretty good. The 3D animations looked very realistic. But I don't think the ice with the penguins on it is supposed to be that white and clean. In reality, it's usually drenched with penguin crap. :) The religious part was added to make it interesting for adults. What's wrong with it? I think it makes a good point about cultural and religious "traditions." I think most of the movie had a good pace to it but then it ended kind of in a hurry.

Golden Flower -- I don't remember much about the plot, but I know I didn't care for it. The story was corny. Trivial things were hyped out of proportion. The scenes were overacted. Maybe it's the cultural differences, but it was hard to take it seriously.

I've also seen Letters from Iwo Jima on video. Looked very authentic. It's the WWII battle of Iwo Jima seen from the Japanese side. (spoiler: Americans won. :) ) It's surprisingly good. Unlike Flags of Our Fathers, it's more collected in its storyline and its "arguments."

Norbit -- avoid.