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Posted by woodnymph2 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 1, 06 at 10:26
| I just saw "Scoop", which I thoroughly enjoyed. Woody Allen humor and laugh out loud funny, if you like that sort of thing. It was the flip side of "Matchpoint", in a sense. Scarlett Johanssen just gets better and better, IMO. A clever mystery, set in the lush English countryside. Just the ticket for a humid summer's day. |
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| The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci is supposed to arrive in this afternoon's mail from Netflix, so I'll probably watch that tonight. I subscribed to Netflix a couple of weeks ago when I realized that there were a number of movies I wanted to see but didn't want to buy. I've gotten two so far: Peeping Tom and 9 Songs. Their service seems pretty good and it's convenient. The local video store closed a few months ago and there's no other near so it's about the only choice for renting movies. One thing I don't like is that they apparently (I don't know for sure yet) ship multi-disc sets one at a time. This isn't too bad for TV series, but if a long movie or other performance is broken up over two or more discs, one has to wait three or four days to get the next one. |
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| We took the kids to see Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and it was a lot of fun. I'd heard Johnny Depp's performance as Capt. Jack Sparrow was inspired by Keith Richards, but in a few spots the image that came to my mind was Edwina from Absolutely Fabulous, especially when he was staggering about in full pirate regalia. |
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| My daughter took me to see Pirates 2! She had already seen it once, but can't get enough of Johnny Depp... Apparently Keith Richards was supposed to put in an appearance as Sparrow Senior, but had to bow out due to Stones touring commitments. - Didn't think it was quite as great as the first one, but still brilliant entertainment. The three-way swordfight with the watermill wheel was just sheer fabulosity. |
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| Let's face it...all us girls with a heartbeat are Johnny Depp fans ;P And I totally agree about the "Edwina" comparison, we'd all walk like that with enough "bruskies" under our belts! Keith Richards is still supposed to be in Pirates 3, he's listed in the cast as agreeing to a cameo performance @ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449088/. That should be great to watch, they won't need to make him over.... |
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| And another one; after several weeks of Brothers Grimm sitting at the top of my DVD rental list, the previously mentioned daughter told me that it was good enough to own. Watched it last night and loved it! No idea why it didn't get great reviews; this was Gilliam back on top form and at his most Burtonesque, too. We really liked the fact that he took fairy tales back where they belong - into the woods, into the dark and gruesome. |
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| Anyanka, I saw Brothers Grimm a couple of weeks ago and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I was especially impressed with Heath Ledger's performance. Each role I see him in lately is very different, but he seems to nail it every time. This past weekend I saw Cold Mountain, which was very well done but left me depressed. I also saw The Matador and liked it a lot, even though I thought it was trying to be too many different things. The ending was good. I also rented The Wedding Date, which was an okay romatic comedy. |
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| I saw Pirates also, last week. I don't know what the critics were talking about! They all seemed to have issues with it. I thought it had a few minor weak moments but overall it was great acting and just a fun, rollicking adventure! I have seen The Dreamers, btw, I hated it. It was typical Bertolucci, with a lot of sexual scenes (one or two borderline offensive) I say no more. Speaking of Woody, I just got around to seeing Melinda & Melinda. It wasn't bad, typical Woody fare, with the message that life is a little bitter, a little sweet, so you should enjoy it. It had a few weak points, tho, I would hardly call it his best. |
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| I didn't much care for The Dreamers either, not because I found it offensive, but because it was a tired premise that had been done better before. I gave it two stars on Netflix. |
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| Watched "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada" the other night. Tommy Lee Jones is always so great to watch. Barry Pepper is the bad border patrol guard and does an awesome job, there's a cameo of Levon Helm that's both heartbreaking and funny. The DH and I both enjoyed this movie. I believe it had won director Tommy Lee Jones an award at Cannes last year. |
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| woodnymph, I totally agree about SCOOP. So funny. Woody does his best Nervous, I think. And Scarlett Johanson did a wonderful job. Been dying to see Wordplay but life keeps getting in the way. |
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| The Triplets of Belleville, what an imaginative piece of work! Had no idea though it included the Tour de France, which has had some local bad news connected with it :-( Match Point also, liked that, now I want to see Scoop, especially with Hugh Jackman!!! :-) |
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| I agree, paula, about Triplets. The initial trailers did not incite to see it, but very glad I did. Loved the music as well :D Saw Shop Girl, because I'm a SMartin fan. Don't really know what to make of it. Liked the photography, the rhythm, the music and of course, Claire Danes. Can't say as much about Martin's unpoetic monologues and the actor playing Jeremy who was just too... how shall I say, weird! |
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| Loved Belleville, whether Triplets or Rendezvous... should buy it really, as it's definitely one for repeat watching! Daughters & I had a day on our own at home yesterday and made a movie fest of it: Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Fugitive and The Crimson Pirate. I'd wanted the girls to see the latter for ages because it is the grandaddy of Pirates of the Caribbean, which they love. The great thing about having a teenager about to embark on A-level film studies is that you can force her to watch old movies, and call it education ;-) |
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I watched Hostage last night and was pleasantly surprised how closely if followed the book by Robert Crais. I read the book some time ago and am always leary about seeing the movie, but this was quite close to the plot - and the parts left out weren't really important to the overall plot.
Not an Oscar winner, but entertaining. Pat |
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| I just watched "Mujer de mi hermano, La" this weekend and thought it was really good. It was panned by most critics and is not for everyone, but I still really like it. I also recently saw "His Secret Life" (exceptional) and "3-Iron" (another really good one). I'm going through a foreign phase. Oh, I did watch "Eight Below" last night too -- not bad for a Disney movie. |
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| Thanks much Carla for the suggestions. 'Foreign phases' are great for anyone with hearing problems. |
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| Pieces of April... I enjoying this... I guessed that a lot of people, like me, who watched this initially thought that Bobby was in a rendezvous for drugs, only to pleasantly see the alternate reason! The only part I couldn't tolerate was seeing those black string bracelet-thingies April wore...in and out of the turkey, onto other foods...(((shudder)))) thanks, I'll eat elsewhere! |
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| Failure to Launch - this might be considered a chick film - it was light comedy and apart from seeing the naked Terry Bradshaw-was fun! Pat |
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| I saw Failure to Launch but the only thing I remember is the mockingbird. |
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| What's happening about our discussion of The Red Shoes and Sunset Boulevard? Has anyone else watched them yet? |
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| I've had so many issues going on this summer that I completely forgot about it. |
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| Just Like Heaven-definitely a chick flick LOL! Pat |
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| Last night caught the documentary Why We Fight - 2005 Sundance Jury's Choice winner Outdoes Farenheit 911 and Columbine and any other documentary of this nature, imho. I hope every American (and Canadian for that matter) gets to see this movie which promotes much discussion and reflexion on our world leaders today and the highly incestuous relationship between politics and capitalism. Blew my mind!
Has anyone see it? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Why We Fight
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| Well, we've now watched The Red Shoes and I really hope we'll get a discussion going on here. Someone's going to have to explain to me what's great about it. Haven't been so bored in a long time! |
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| Thanks much clairabelle. The movie is available, and now first in queue. Discussion soon? |
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anyanka
I think that when it came out The USA didn't have the exposure to ballet etc - especially in the movies. It portrayed a life style not many knew about and was very colorful and romantic. IMHO (from memory) |
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| Well, for one thing, the performance of Anton Walbrook as the Impresario was perfection, IMO, so nuanced, so riveting! And the dancing of Moira Shearer was equally fantastic. It seemed to me a "slice of life" from that era, even the twin beds of the married couple. I agree with the post above that it was a window on an unknown life style and was the height of romantic, at least to US viewers. I saw it when I was about 10 and found it unforgettable. Now, I own it. |
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| Saw Little Miss Sunshine last night and it was quite enjoyable. Kind of twisted and DEFINITELY black humor but funny nevertheless. As it said on the poster, it's about winning and losing ........ Heartwarming yet weirdly twisted. It's not twisted like Oldboy but twisted in a comedic sense. It was twisted in an almost uniquely American sense. Recommended. Well, recommended if you have a twisted sense of humor. |
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| Anyanka, don't know if you saw my post above on "The Red Shoes." For one thing, the choreography was considered quite original for its time. For another, several well known dance stars were in the film. The Powell-Pressberger films are known to be exquisite, e.g. "Tales of Hoffman" which also had ballet and opera in it. Methinks you are not a ballet afficionado.... |
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| Woodnymph, you are quite right, classical ballet gives me the giggles. As for Anton Walbrook's performance - I found him very wooden and heavy-handed; his impresario seemed merely busy, but not obsessed with ballet, or devoted to it, or svengali-like in any way. Odd how we obviously experience the same film in such different ways! His accent was also off-putting (German; he was supposed to be Russian). Marius Goering at least had the mad-conductor-hair to liven things up, and Moira Shearer, while bland, was very very pleasant to look at. |
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| "Why We Fight", an appalling look at the quagmire the US is in, regarding the Military/Industrial Complex. The mass interaction between, greed, power, and insanity. There is no hope. |
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| anyanka, if classical ballet gave me the giggles, I would not want to watch such a long film dealing with that topic ;-) I studied classical ballet for many years and I am sure that factored into my opinion of the movie. As an American, Walbrook's accent errors did not disturb me. Also, I thought the character of Moira Shearer was supposed to be "bland." Indeed, that was part of her tragic story.... |
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| I had forgotten that ballet is not for me - I usually only watch contemporary dance! Moira Shearer's blandness was okay, but it made it hard to believe that she was truly madly deeply passionate about dance (or about her mad-haired conductor). |
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| Everytime I think of the Red Shoes I think of Waterloo Bridge. I just had to look it up to see if there were any similarities.I guess it was the tragic ending of each. |
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| FINALLY got to see the original Wings of Desire in its entirety. Most of the movie was superb, but I was often disturbed by the, shall I say, 'very weird' music throughout. Also, can someone explain to me the significance of Peter Falk's role? (don't want to elaborate in case someone has not seen the movie) |
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| I think Wings of Desire was on again last year (TV) it is a strange haunting movie isn't it? Anyway there is one explanation about Peter Falk on this site - which might tell more than someone wants to know if they haven't seen the movie. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Wings of Desire
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| Maybe we should start a separate thread about that film - it's one of my favourites (I need to revisit it soon). Thanks for the link, Minnie. |
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