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[a6m5]

All of Our Flags - 9/10 I don't know if this an insult or not but I actually didn't finish the movie. The reason is I don't think it's appropriate to watch in these times, not to mention I feel guilty about other people going to war and me being here watching it. Either way, I don't like war and think it is stupid. With this said, it's good to remember or be reminded of history of the past and not repeat it...

Anyway, this movie had the same feel as Pearl Harbor and Saving Private Ryan. Dramatic and action packed but at the same time very gut wrenching.

If anything, you should feel very guilty about mentioning Pearl Harbor and Saving Private Ryan in a same sentence.

 

[V1P3R]

I didn't redeem myself by saying it's good to remember or be reminded of history of the past and not repeat it?

 

[a6m5]

I didn't redeem myself by saying it's good to remember or be reminded of history of the past and not repeat it?

That doesn't do any good, because war's about money and power. It's the politicians that repeats them, not us.

Oh, I saw a movie, or two....

The Prestige - I'm still not sure what to make of it..... I hung on to my rental for a second viewing. The climax twist at the end did get me. Quality film, but I can't grade it just yet.

The Shawshank Redemption - I had this on DVD forever! I had watched it on a rental DVD, liked it enought to buy a copy, but never watched it till now.

Not many films reach perfection, but this one is pretty damn near it, I'd say. I could mention a flaw or two in it, but that would be some serious nitpicking. If you've never seen it, I strongly suggest that you rent it. "A+"

 

[V1P3R]

That doesn't do any good, because war's about money and power. It's the politicians that repeats them, not us.

butt... butt... We're in America, we the people can make a difference.

Fine... :crys:

 

[livemusic]

I watched 'The World's Fastest Indian' on the weekend, pretty good movie. The story is about Burt Munro, a New Zealander who set the land-speed world record on his Indian bike in 1967. This role is played by Anthony Hopkins, and he's very good at it. It's funny what movies do to us. On his way to Utah he gets to know a lot of people, and everytime that happened I thought that person would try to fool him, or steal money from him or something... I guess that's what usually happens in movies.

Luckily they were all friendly to him. Well, except for the cab driver.

I give it a 8.5 out of 10.

 

[Silverzone]

Saw 3. It made me cringe a few times, but 1 and 2 were much better.

 

[Appie]

Saw the movie called: The Warriors:tup:.

 

[V1P3R]

Finished Flags of Our Father... it was predictible.

Decent - 6/10 It was suppose to be a scary movie like Blair Witch but ended up being a fake looking horror film. The beginning part was the only scary part and from then on it was ridiculous.

 

[a6m5]

Finished Flags of Our Father... it was predictible.

Decent - 6/10 It was suppose to be a scary movie like Blair Witch but ended up being a fake looking horror film. The beginning part was the only scary part and from then on it was ridiculous.

Why do you think it's "decent" then? And what's your grade on Flags of Our Father? I thought it was pretty decent...

 

[V1P3R]

Ha ha... ha. For Flag of Our Father it's edging more toward an 8 but I'll leave it at a 9.

God damn I can't wait till the 9th!!! argh.

 

[livemusic]

Watched Babel last night at the movie theater. Good movie, but it was very predictable. Well, at least there was nudity. j/k

 

[a6m5]

God damn I can't wait till the 9th!!! argh.

Alright, I give up. What's coming out next Friday?

Watched Babel last night at the movie theater. Good movie, but it was very predictable. Well, at least there was nudity. j/k

Babel and Letters From Iwo Jima are probably the Top-2 films I want to see.

 

[livemusic]

Babel and Letters From Iwo Jima are probably the Top-2 films I want to see.

Actually I wanted to watch Rocky Balboa, but my girlfriend didn't. I liked Babel though, I just thought it would be better.

Letters From Iwo Jima is on my 'to-watch' list too.

 

[V1P3R]

Alright, I give up. What's coming out next Friday?

300! Duh!

Letters From Iwo Jima

Kinda wanna see this... although I hope it's not a slow movie and if it's another shoot'em up I won't see it for a while because I gotta lay off the blood 'n guts and shooting.

Anyway... Back to RSV.

 

[<_Spike_>]

The Guardian, saw it earlier today and it blew me away. Fantastic movie.

A+ for this

 

[Dave A]

I thought the Guardian was okay, I didn't like the ending and it was a bit too cheesy in places.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Poseidon 2006. Bad. Very bad. Much worse than the original, which I liked, when I was a kid.

 

[Touring Mars]

Poseidon 2006. Bad. Very bad. Much worse than the original, which I liked, when I was a kid.

I almost rented that last Saturday, I'm glad I didn't now...

Instead I watched 'Munich' (Steven Spielberg, 2005) and I really enjoyed it. Despite the controversy and the heavy subject matter, it actually works well as an action thriller, almost on a par with a typical James Bond movie, only with more realism and believability. (The fact that Daniel Craig is in this movie is but a coincidence!)

The film is quite long but it is perfectly paced. The film starts with only a brief insight into the actual hostage-taking of the Israeli athletes in the Olympic complex in Munich, 1972, and proceeds swiftly on to the hunt for those who planned/organised the atrocity (as far as the assembled team of assassins knows or cares, anyway).... As the story unfolds, it is neatly intercut with 'flashbacks' to the hostage crisis, which reveal the incident in graphic detail, giving the film a neat 'internal timeline', ending with the terrible climax at Munich airport where everyone (except for three of the hostage-takers) dies in a storm of bullets and grenades... The fact that the Mossad death squad (who we follow through the film) see the surviving terrorists escape justice and appear on TV smirking and almost laughing, is a timely reminder to the men why they are doing what they are doing, but by the end of their mission, it is painfully apparent that they really don't achieve much at all...

The film gained much praise as well as a hefty slice of criticism for being both pro-Israeli and anti-Israeli. My $0.02 is that it is neither, but is a telling indictment of the futility of using terrorist tactics to fight terrorists. There is a marked contrast between the sympathy one feels for the terrified athletes as you watch them being mercilessly murdered and the antipathy you feel for the sinister Mossad chief who would seemingly use the murders as a pretext to assassinate anybody on their hitlist, whether involved in Munich or not.

But all analysis aside, this is a gripping film that left me wanting to watch it again (which I did!). It was nominated for 5 Oscars, including for Best Picture and for the John Williams soundtrack, but sadly didn't win any. It is probably trite to categorised this film as an action thriller, but it sort of is one by default.

 

[livemusic]

I didn't know about this movie, thanks for the tip and review. 👍

Watched F&F Tokyo Drift last night. The movie wasn't as bad as the second one, but I still like the original one better. The ending with Vin Diesel was just lame though.

 

[V1P3R]

Monty Python and the holy Grail - 6/10 There were parts that were funny but it just didn't seem all that for how much I hear it talked about. Maybe I gotta watch it again when I'm not half asleep at work.

 

[a6m5]

The Prestige - A great film. It's definitely worth checking out. "A-"

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Monty Python and the holy Grail - 6/10 There were parts that were funny but it just didn't seem all that for how much I hear it talked about. Maybe I gotta watch it again when I'm not half asleep at work.

I was the same way. I'm a fan of Terry Gilliam and John Cleese, so I want to like it. Second time I watched it, I did appreciate it a bit more than I did on first viewing.

 

[Serge.D]

the longest yard.good movie.👍

 

[a6m5]

the longest yard.good movie.👍

Remake with Adam Sandler in it, probably? Original wasn't too bad....

 

[Serge.D]

Remake with Adam Sandler in it, probably? Original wasn't too bad....

thats the one i saw.

 

[FoolKiller]

Monty Python and the holy Grail - 6/10 There were parts that were funny but it just didn't seem all that for how much I hear it talked about. Maybe I gotta watch it again when I'm not half asleep at work.

<trying hard not to quote from the movie> Monty Python takes a certain type of humor. My wife loves the American Pie movies, even the straight to video ones, but she thinks Holy Grail and Meaning of Liff are incredibly boring and stupid. But she didn't like Tenacious D either, so what can I say.

I also can't get her to watch Red Dwarf or MST3k. Some people just can't get some British comedies, I've decided, even some British. As for MST3k, most people think you are supposed to watch the movie.


As for a movie I recently watched:

Marie Antoinette: It was OK. A bit slow to start with and really didn't delve into her life too much after she finally consumated the marriage. It went from first baby born to me suddenly seeing her with three kids. Then we just don't see the kids anymore while she is partying hard, having affairs, and just basically not acting like a Queen. Then suddenly, boom, a mob is outside the palace and there are the kids acting scared. It felt like a Cliff Notes version of her life. Maybe if they spent more time on it it would have told a great story, instead I felt like my DVD player was running at 2X. If Kirsten Dunst weren't looking hot after she turned all slutty I probably wouldn't have finished it. 5/10 - worth a watch if you like period pieces, but I can't recommend it for a casual viewer.

 

[a6m5]

Surely you guys have checked out the Shaun of the Dead, FoolKiller? What did she think of that?

 

[V1P3R]

Crank - 8/10 I've never met a movie that was bad with Jason Statham in it, his films are great. I can't believe that was Amy Smart in this movie, she actually looked hot. Anyway, I can't decide if this was an excuse to use any and every kind of drug to "keep active" or a big commerical for all the "energy drinks". lol

 

[FoolKiller]

Surely you guys have checked out the Shaun of the Dead, FoolKiller? What did she think of that?

I watched it. She walked in right as they were outside the bar making up the song in time with the moaning zombie and she just shook her head and walked out. Meh, her loss.

 

[livemusic]

We watched Music & Lyrics, or Lyrics & Music, can't remember... A really corny romantic comedy, but it was ok. I was actually going to see Ghost Rider but a friend of my girlfriend told her about this movie so she wanted to see it.

 

[miss_schu]

Saw I, II and III - I liked all three of these movies. Part 3 was well worth the wait I thought!

Pirates of the Carribean Dead Man's Chest - I thought this movie was alright but I think I was expecting it to be better! But was still an ok movie! A few good laughs, especially where Johnny Depp was concerned The Kracken was awesome, looking forward to the next part, should there be one!

Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift - Pretty cool movie, especially all the cool cars, as usual! Enjoyed all the racing scenes, especially up on the mountain! Funny seeing Vin Diesel at the end in his mean car, that would have been a good race to see!

Ice Age 2 - Was a cool movie but thought part 1 was better!

Cars - I liked this movie, I thought it was cool! And finally got to see/hear Michael Schumacher's part in the movie Wondered for ages what his small part was going to be like!

Movies I want to see are 'Silent Hill', hear this is good apart from the main actor! 'The Lake House' is another one I would like to see! And I think it is called 'The People Under The Stairs'? Does anyone know what kind of movie this is? Is it a horror? Am also looking forward to the last two Harry Potter movies!