It's starting to lose it's funniness for me. It happens with every comedy for me, sadly.

The Devil's Brigade. A movie about GI misfits and Canadian soldiers fighting in Nazi-occupied Italy. I've always loved this movie, it just feels special because it feels like good WWII movies about Canadian forces are few and far between.

Once

A lovely, understated little Irish drama about the friendship/borderline romance which develops between a native busker and an immigrant flower seller (creditted simply as "Guy" and "Girl") throughout a few fleeting days spent in one another's company. The character interactions have a pleasingly Before Sunrise/Before Sunset vibe to them (if you're a fan of those films, then be sure to check it out), the narrative is simple, but manages to convey quite a lot of emotional weight, and the music is a real joy. All in all, it's a fine addition to the mini-genre of unconventional love stories.

The Nightmare Before Christmas. I picked up the new 2 disk special edition today and actually got my parents to sit down and watch it.:D

Frankenweenie. I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed this cute take on the Frankenstein story. I particularly enjoyed the 1950's style that the film pulled off so well.:D

The Muppet Movie

A great old classic which never gets old - narratively, it's a very uncomplicated Point A to Point B situation, which sees Kermit the Frog voyaging to Hollywood in the hopes of making it big, encountering and picking up the various other Muppets along the way (sans Rizzo, Pepe and all those others who didn't show up until a lot later), but it works very nicely, assisted no end by its playful, entertaining script, the genuine underlying sense of warmth and earnestness which runs strongly throughout (at the core of which lurks a pretty serious commentary upon commercialism when it comes at the expense of artistic integrity), and of course the two dozen or so celebrities who each manage to pop up at some point upon the Muppets' route to stardom - of which Cloris Leachman and Dom DeLuise are particularly good, and Orson Welles, needless to say, is absolutely priceless. My favourite human character though has to be Austin Pendleton's Max - he's just so sweet and funny. :oops:

I miss the Muppets' glory days. I really hope that they can get back upon their fuzzy little feet some time soon.

Heart and Souls

This is one movie that MUST be released on DVD in Australia... if it hasn't yet. This is a great movie, although I tend to watch the comedic parts than the dramatic parts. But, it's still a great movie, and a must for fans of Tony Stark (AKA Robert Downey Jr 8D)!

Last movie
was "HAIRSPRAY" 2008 with Amanda Bynes and Zac Efron, etc.
I'm a sucker for those musicals. :P

the dark night

i gotta say... for the first time... ever...

something that is considered overrated wasnt.

in my humble opinon, i gotta say that this is probably the best movie ive ever seen.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Never actually saw it until now and I got to say, it was surprisingly impressive and at times breathtaking. It was a very long but very good movie with beautiful music and a compelling story. This movie really does hold up the test of time and has some excellent performances and even dialog.

I wasn't aware though this movie was Italian, nor was I aware half the actors were dubbed over English. Didn't make the movie bad or anything i just had no idea this famous movie was Italian and had dubbed over voices.

One of Eastwood's best as far as I'm concerned. Definitely a four-star effort. :)

It's actually the third movie of a trilogy, although I think the only connection between the three movies is Clint Eastwood's unnamed character and director Sergio Leone. The other two movies were A Fistfull Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More. Both were excellent but The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was the best of the three.

I have to agree with Cassini-- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a fantastic movie. When I was younger, my dad loved Clint Eastwood movies, and I hated them; now that I'm older, I can really appreciate the movies and enjoy them with my dad. Personally, I enjoy Pale Rider and The Good... best out of all the ones I've seen

But yes, that is one helluva movie. :frankiesmile:

Oh, I loved The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - an epic story, and with a cracking sense of humour too. I actually saw it a couple of years ago at my student cinema through a slightly dodgy print, in which a few missing frames here and there enabled characters to perform the remarkable magical act of making their enemies drop dead without even having to fire a gun. Which gave it an additional element of comedy but, needless to say, couldn't possibly detract from what an amazing piece of film-making it truly was. It's long overdue for a rewatch.

Anyways...

Waiting For Guffman

The This Is Spinal Tap of community theatre! Presented in mockumentary format, and directed by Christopher Guest, who's probably most famous for playing Nigel Tufnel in the aformentioned film, and who here puts in a wonderfully eccentric performance as aspiring director Corky St. Clair, it tells the frequently quite pitiful but always hilarious story of a team of local amatuers' efforts to stage a musical named "Red, White and Blaine", celebrating the 150th year of their small town's (frankly quite embarrassing) history. The big bright hope being that renowned Broadway producer Mort Guffman has agreed to attend, to assess whether or not their production might be cut out for bigger and better things (and if, like me, you're at all familiar with the works of Samuel Beckett, the film's title will no doubt have alarm bells ringing already).

It doesn't quite match up to Spinal Tap, but it's still a brilliantly entertaining film which hits all the right notes for a successful mockumentary of this nature - the thick, juicy layer of understatement, the enjoyably artless characters who reveal far more about their personal weaknesses than they intend, aided by an array of slick performances which bubble deliciously with both naivety and obnoxiousness throughout. There's a lot of cringing to be had for sure, but it's all so fabulously funny. Now I really need to see Best in Show. Oh, and I really want one of them Remains of the Day lunch boxes too - I wonder if I can get one custom made somewhere...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Weird or what? The version I saw was a special showing featuring restored footage, mosty of which had been re-dubbed probably recently as there was no way that was Lee Van Cleef. They were a treat but just finally seeing this movie on the big screen finally was a truly great experience, especially the very early sequences when Angel Eyes' face is enormous and terrifying.

The extra scenes also add to something that cowboy comedian & critic Rich Hall pointed out(as well as the whopping historical errors), which seems to be the key comment this film makes. 'The Good' is both bad and ugly and not much better than 'Bad' Angel eyes. He's completely mercenary and his one outright good act is an act of compassion to a dying young soldier. However Angel Eyes too in a restored scene seems to show a little genuine compassion for the wounded and exhausted soldiers he encounters ( before he starts up his torture room in the POW camp) and even 'Ugly' Tuco betrays some confusion and distress at the wounded in his brother's monastary. He's also a very beautiful character indeed, it was great to see a cinema audience amused by his blunt one-liners.

Most of all I loved the music, as I always have. It wasn't quite loud enough for me but then I've probably defeaned myself listening to Morricone's amazing scores on No.11 over the years

Teeth

:wiltshock: Wow....that is all I can say about this movie.....wow. For those of you brave enough to look up this movie title (since there's no WAY I can actually say what its about), I have to tell you this is one of the most bizarre, shocking, interesting and freaky movies I've seen in a long time.

This movie is tense, beautifully acted, beautifully cast, yet hauntingly dark, extremely twisted and a tad on the sicko side. This movie is a prime example of originality turned into shock value and yet, still working as a movie. Its a great movie to see at least once (if your brave enough) because its quite an experience let me tell you.

Frank Miller's Sin City

Still an awesome comic book movie done by Mr. Robert Rodriguez! :frankiesmile:

The Great Mouse Detective
One of Disney's lesser known movies, but a great one if you ask me. A take on Sherlock Holmes, but mouse sized. Funny, heartwarming, and I just love the music!

The Rescuers Down Under
Another of Disney's lesser known movies, and a sequel at that. I personally like this one better than the original, I find it funnier, and I just love watching this giant eagle and the little boy be friends, and soar through the air together. I'll always remember the first time I saw this movie. I was in ninth grade I believe, and some friends of mine held a slumber party in a vacant house next door to theirs (their mother had a key somehow). We moved a TV and VCR from their house over to the vacant one, loaded a cooler with food, and laid our sleeping bags on the wide open living room floor for a night full of fun, four friends and I having an entire empty house to ourselves. One of the best memories of my life. :up: So whenever I've seen this movie since then, I remember that night.

Uptown Girls
Dakota Fanning was cute when she was little, and she's always been a good little actress. But I've always been a big fan of Brittany Murphey. Sad, touching, funny in parts, with a great feel good ending. Yeah, it's probably a "chick flick", but so what? I'm a chick, and I like it! :frankiesmile:

The Bear

A simple but extremely touching and beautiful fable from French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, who later went on to direct the more recent Two Brothers, and who here demonstrates both his strong visual flair and his ability to enchant your heart out with minimal dialogue and lots of wonderful animal photography. The story in question follows the adventures of an orphaned bear cub with a slightly psychedelic imagination (there are some actually rather skin-crawling dream sequences therein, mostly involving stop-motion frogs and mushrooms), who befriends a wounded adult grizzly and later finds himself in the hands of a group of hunters who hope to use him as a means of bagging the adult. The film does a splendid job of convincing you to empathise with the four-legged protagonists without ever having to put words into their mouths, and the human characters, though they haven't a chance of stealing the show, do get their fair share of depth and vulnerability too, which makes it feel nicely balanced. Gentle, powerful, magnificent and understated, it's an excellent choice for anyone with an appreciation for wildlife and nature.

It was actually Disney's first ever sequel to one of their animated classics (loooong before their descension into DTV cheapquel hell, the least said of which the better), and the only one which I reckon holds up at all well when compared to the original. I was six years old when it came out at our local cinema, and I can still recall the immense excitement I felt when going to see it. In fact, I remember getting these Rescuers Down Under stickers at the time which I don't believe I actually used, since I enjoyed looking at them so much and didn't want them to get damaged or grubby. They're still around here somewhere, I'm sure.

I concur, especially with songs as good as this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTWBgiWtzsc

Reason 101 of 1000 of why Vincent Price was one of the world's greatest actors.

Personally GMD is one of my least favourite Disney films (just never cared for it, I'm afraid, despite being a fan of many of their other lesser-known and lesser-acknowledged classics), though I do agree that Vincent Price was properly awesome in it.

scary movie

first time ive seen the first one. hilarious. still need to see the fourth one. i dunno why these movies are so funny, but they are.

Eagle Eye

I can't say anything else other then....wow. This movie literally blew my freaking skull out the window, I was totally shocked. While the movie lacks in character development, it sure as Hell makes up for in mind boggling/blowing action sequences that are so fast and so crazy, if you blink you just might miss it.

This movie really keeps your interest. Its fast, constantly moving, direct and extremely intense, it never lets up and never really slows down. The whole surveillance, technological paranoia used in this movie is pretty effective and while sometimes it seems outlandishly absurd, other times you can't help but feel the eerie sense there might be something to it.

Bottom line, this movie isn't for those seeking intelligent, witty pieces of award winning art, but this movie doesn't fail when it comes to delivering an intense, compelling, and extremely fast action paced story.

plan 9 from outer space.

i dont get why everyone thought it was so bad. it was pretty good for a 50's comedy if you ask me.

I thought it was a good film...though it's even better when you have three of the top comedic minds in the world providing their own hilarious commentary over top of the film. It's even better to hear said hilarious commentary live and in person at the Balboa theater in San Diego.

spiderman.

man i havent seen this in years. i love this movie. i think the second ones on tommorrow, so im gonna get that too. and i might get the 3rd one as well. (still havent seen it)

I take it that your tongue was very firmly embedded in your cheek on that last point?

I like it. It's no masterpiece, but it's still one hell of an endearing film.

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash

Created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes, this spoof documentary follows the career of The Rutles - the biggest band of the 60s and creators of such legendary albums as 'Sergent Rutter's Only Darts Club Band' and 'Tragical History Tour'.

Paul Simon, Mick Jagger, Dan Akroyd, James Belushi, Michael Palin and George Harrison all put in cameo appearances but the real stars are Idle fills the film with one daft gag after another and Innes who created the music which is such a witty, loving tribute to that other fab four that the soundtrack is like a bonus Beatles album in itself.

21

We rented it with my dad's Netflix account, a movie i figured both he and my mom would enjoy and i was right. I saw it in the theaters when it came out and was sweetly surprised to see how good it was. Very interesting and educational film (for those who like a lot of card tricks/techniques/knowledge etc.)

Heh, yesterday I was going movie crazy, in one day I wacthed nearly back to back:

Lion King 2: Simba's Pride
The Great Mouse Detective
Daredevil (director's cut).

Lotsa smilies and words...
 

I read the book first, and got the soundtrack for my birthday after that, so I had high hopes for the film.

I was not disappointed. This was everything I wanted it to be and more. Granted, I was a little put off by the fact that the story rushed right into Chiyo, a little girl from a rural fishing village, and her older sister being sold to a geisha house [okiya], but that was quickly remedied.

Acting: The acting was nothing short of freaking amazing. Ziyi Zhang played Saruyi, the geisha Chiyo grew up to be. Although there was some controversy over Zhang's casting (Zhang is Chinese, while the film takes place in Japan), she was nothing short of spectacular as Sayuri. I have to admit that I'm most pleased with the casting of Sayuri's rival, Hatsomomo-- Gong Li, who totally nailed Hatsumomo's coldness and manipulative nature. I was not quite as thrilled with the casting of Sayuri's mentor, Mameha-- Michelle Yeoh. I had pictured Mameha as being drop-dead goregeous, and Yeoh didn't fit my "mental book cast." I quickly warmed up to her, and saw her as very beautiful by film's end.

Music: John Williams, the genius behind the scores for Jaws, Indiana Jones and Star Wars, has done it again, folks! He took the sweeping majesty of the sheilded world of geisha and turned it into a sweeping, majestical score. Hats off to you, Mr. Williams.

Color palate: I know this is a weird thing to rave about in a movie, but I really have to talk about it. The whole film was very rich visually, especially the colors-- every color really popped off thhe screen. (The fact that I was watcing on a flat-screen TV put aside. :bloocross:) My personal favorites items of interest were the cherry blossoms, the dance festival and the kimono. [Apparently, kimono, like geisha can be singular or plural.]

Final ruling: Hell of a good movie. I need to buy this one and not just rent it. :frankiesmile:

Man on Wire

A transcendent (quite literally) documentary film from James Marsh, which recounts the nothing-short-of-remarkable stunt pulled off by Philippe Petit upon the 7th of August 1974, when he successfully infiltrated the World Trade Centre and performed an awe-inspiring high-wire walk between the Twin Towers which lasted for close to 45 minutes. Really very beautiful - it captures both the recklessness and obsessiveness which undoubtedly fuelled Philippe's high-rise escapade, but most of all it emits an incredible admiration for his passion, until ultimately, the constant reminders of the truly gut-wrenching danger which he placed himself in (the thought of which is still enough to reduce his associates to tears in retrospective interviews here) merely add to the overwhelming sense of awe and sublimity of what he did.

Refreshingly, Marsh sees no need to reference what would become of the Twin Towers 27 later - he allows Philippe's story to be fully self-contained and, as a result, a thing of power and untainted beauty in entirely its own right.

Nick and Norah's Infinite playlist

A teen comedy/romance starring Michael Cera and the "Juno" girl, (can't remember her name). Let me start off by saying I didn't think this movie was going to be great, I thought it was going to be okay and have a few good laughs but ultimately a forgettable movie. Happily, this movie was anything but forgettable.

While I personally don't think Cera is that much of a versatile actor, forever bound to the shy, meek, geeky quiet guy, he fit the role perfectly here and considering how the movie was set up, I couldn't see anyone doing it better. The movie is fun, simple, and hilarious, there's such comical depth to the awkward situations and dialog coming from these easily to relate to characters.

It had an excellent soundtrack and most importantly, a beautiful and enjoyable romantic story that I not only felt was sincere and well acted, but extremely enjoyable to watch for 90 minutes. I usually hate RL romance movies (outside of a few) because I always felt unlike toons, human actors fail to deliver sincere emotions of "love" and I end up feeling it looks too fake.

There have been a few films where I honestly felt the love was sincere and very authentically displayed. Nick and Norah's performance was truly stupendous and one of the most down to earth, realistic looking, and genuine feeling romantic movie I have seen in a good long time and that aspect alone makes me feel truly overwhelmed and over joyed for a movie I expected was to be average and turned out to be well, WELL above average.

Philadelphia

As far as I'm concerned, this is Tom Hanks' greatest performance - yes, I know that he's awesome as Woody the Cowboy, and as a 13-year-old boy trapped inside a 30-year-old's body in Big, but he really is quite outstanding here - and it pleases me so much to know that he won an Oscar for his efforts. Same goes for Bruce Springsteen for his song, "The Streets of Philadelphia", which was actually my favourite Springsteen song even before I got to see it in its proper context here. It's a great movie - poignant, powerful and at times very angering, but ultimately very touching.

Trivia: It was Tom Hanks' Oscar acceptance speech for this particular film which would later serve as the inspiration for the 1997 comedy In and Out.

The Happening

Oh dear. Unless I'm missing something obvious, like the twist was that it's meant to be a bad film, Mr M Night Shyamalan has really messed up terribly here. While I really liked the premise and at least one of the characters, the plot just seemed to wander off somewhere like it wasn't really bothered. Like lots of films of this type there are some great bits but none of them involving the central characters you're forced follow around. It didn't help that some of the acting was so poor too. I did wonder whether the odd unconvincing way that certain lines are spoken was actually part of 'the happening' but apparently not. It's really interesting to compare the similarities between this and 2 other fairly recent 'disaster' movies: The War of the Worlds remake and Diary of the dead, neither of which I thought was totally brilliant but they were both way better than this. Sorry!

Ellen Page is the name of the lead actress in Juno. She wasn't in this film. The part of Norah was played by Kat Dennings, perhaps best known for playing Marla, Catherine Keener's daughter in The 40 Year-Old Virgin.

Yeah I know, I realized that but was too lazy to go back and fix it.

The Return of the Living Dead

One of my favorite zombie films, and comedy-horror films, ever. The film has so many great moments its hard to name just a few. Along with the Evil Dead series, it's one of the few movies I can say I never get tired of seeing. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Midnight Meat Train

A dark, bloody movie that was directed by the same man who created Godzilla Final Wars and Versus and based on a story written by Clive Barker, creator of the Hellraiser series. This movie got severely screwed by distributors and barely made it to any remotely public or well known theaters outside of a few places.

I was upset at this and when I saw the movie on demand, i was most interested in seeing the movie. After finally seeing it I was extremely pleased to discover this movie kicked ass! It was incredibly violent, bloody and full of gore and yet, well acted, beautifully filmed and Vinnie Jones (Juggernaut from X-men 3) was fantastic and yet he was practically a mute the entire film.

The ending was very twisted and very bizarre and yet, I don't feel it was too stupid or too weird for the movie. Yet it could be the fact it was filmed so well the shock value of it didn't even bother me that much. I loved the fact the characters here acted realistically and didn't pull off over cliched horror movie reactions or do any obvious "horror mistakes" like you see in Scream or etc. As Ryuhei Kitamura's (director) first U.S. made movie, I look forward to see much more of his work.

The Machinist

Powerful and disturbing film with Christian Bale as an industrial worker suffering from insomnia and chronic weight loss, haunted by images of punishment and locked in a spiral of confusion and paranoia. Reminiscent of Jacob's Ladder with its imagry of descent and the way it builds to a deeply moving resolution. Well worth it. If you've not seen it, see it now before someone spoils it for you.

Quarantine

Very intense movie, feels almost 100% real with a start to finish video camera point of view film view and absolutely NO music. No suspense music, no creepy music, nothing at all but the film's natural sounds. There's plenty of jump scares, creepy surprises and a very dark, realistic sense of authenticity feeling here.

The "Infected" are very creepy and look much better and terrifying then other infected zombie like beings like in the 28 days/weeks later movies. All of the actors and characters felt very real especially Jennifer Carpenter as the lead, gore was pretty good too for those who enjoy it. I had a few freak out moments, not the scariest movie I've ever seen but certainly the most intense.

Great Halloween movie to catch this October, once the **** hits the fan, it doesn't stop and neither does the freakyness.

Dead Man

A cracking great movie from Jim Jarmusch - part inversed Western, part black comedy, part meditative drama, I consider it to be amongst his very finest work, and Johnny Depp's too for that matter. Here, Johnny plays a timid young accountant named William Blake (though unaware of his more famous literary namesake) who travels to the American Frontier in the hopes of receiving employment there, only to be rejected and then involved in a lethal shoot-out which leaves the other man dead and himself mortally wounded. Forced to flee the town, and with a trio of bounty hunters hot upon his trail (two of whom are fairly amicable, the other, played with delicious malevolence by Lance "Bishop" Henriksen, is utterly psychopathic), things take a turn for William when a somewhat eccentric Native American who calls himself "Nobody" comes to his aid and, sensing that his new-found companion does not have a great deal of time left, decides to take him on a journey to help him prepare for death. Like all of Jarmusch's films, it's unconventional, brilliantly engrossing, and makes wonderful use of visuals and understatement, and while there are plenty of winces and chuckles to be had from its macabre sense of humour throughout (the scene with Alfred Molina is particularly gratifying), ultimately it's quite an ethereal and haunting experience. I'd definitely recommend this one to anyone who likes their movies to be offbeat and slightly surreal.

Oh, and yesterday I caught the vast majority of Zathura, a not-so-subtle successor to my generation's Jumanji. To be honest, I was mainly watching it for Tim Robbins' contributions - perhaps a tad unfortunate, given that he only appears at the very beginning and at the very end, but it actually turned out to be quite an enjoyable and entertaining kids' film all-round, with a pretty nice twist in the tail, so I can't say that I was disappointed.