Ugh... I bought that one. Worst blind buy EVER!

Gus van Sant should be shot in the face.

...

Watched Elf this morning.

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Such a sweet little Christmas film. Will Ferrell's wide-eyed wonder is perfect for the role. I watch it every year and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. :D

just watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation ...

we watch this every year - and it never gets old.

I've been jones'n to see that one. It's been a while. I need some silly Christmas shananigans.

The Forbidden Kingdom: FUNNY, BEAUTIFUL, LOVED IT.

Revolver: not watching it, sending it back, will re-rent later

Milk

Great performances from Sean Penn and James Franco. Biopics are not really my thing, but this one does it well. Heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time.

Alien vs Predator.


The latest challenge in Idol made me put this in for another spin. I know people bash it, and long-time fanboys of both franchises hate it with a passion, but it has always been one of my guilty pleasures. Because, not only was it a long-time dream come true, but I admired the setting in which this premise took place.

Dont get me wrong here. The flick still has plenty of faults, but I enjoy it every time I see it. More in the thread.


Rating - * * ½

Bottle Rocket (1996) - 9/10.

One of my favorite comedies and probablt Wes Anderson's best film.

"Phantasm 2" 7-8/10


Actually enjoyed this one quite a lot.

Far better than the first one and it's weird that both movies has been made by the same director, coz P2 is pulled off MUCH better. The story runs slicker, it's much gorier and has a lot more special effects. It even has a lil bit of humor. Cute.

The 9 years between the first and its sequal has done director Coscarelli a lot of good.


The tall man still isn't scary, but at least he has stopped sayin Boiiiiiiiiiii!!! :D

Heavy Metal
I havnt really seen too many animated movies, but this one is my fav so far. really old school, dug it. The Fifth Elelment folowed the first episode of this movie almost perfectly.

The Polar Express .... without a doubt the most beautifully animated movie of all time. breathtaking - looked even more amazing in Hi-Def.

Star Trek - First Contact
Never overly liked this one but it's not a bad watch. More a thing for the ST fans I'm sure.

Watched all but the first 20 minutes of an attempt at GREASE called "totally awesome". Played out like a happy maddison type film...had a few genuinely funny parts though, nice to see a comedy of this type that's NOT a "something movie".

While I completely disagree that its better than the first one (which, IMO, is a horror masterpiece) I recently went through the series and though that part two was good as well. A lot of good fun; it's like an action-adventure-horror film.

Started watching Farce Of The Penguins but shut it off because Saget's humor sucks.

A Christmas Carol (1938)
- Alastair Sim

The Wizard Of Oz
-Judy Garland

classics both

How is the other 2 in the series? Worth my precious time?

Do you ever get to see more of the other dimension than just a glimps?

The third flick is pretty cool but I didn't think much of the fourth.

The Queen.

Amazing look at a moment in history and behind the scenes look at the royal family.

Now i know what to do the day after christmas. Thanks. ;)

The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

A nice fest of gore. After half an hour or more I thought it'd be psychological horror thriller! But, I was totally wrong about that.:o

>>: B-


Appaloosa (2008)

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>>: B-

The Dark Knight.


On gorgeous Blu-ray hi-def. It looked like a brand new shining Ferrari standing in my garage, if that sentence makes any sort of sense to all of you.


Rating - * * * * *

Yeah, Elvis is right, the third one is pretty rad...though I didn't enjoy it as much as the second. Skip the fourth.

Unfortunately for you, never will you get a tour of the Phantasm dimension though.

Oh well, maybe we'll get to see some more in the fifth.

the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor and house bunny. last movies i seen.

Neighbors

Exceptional. Check it out or watch it again because it kills.

Jaws: The Revenge

This was a lot more solid than I remember it and has some great scenes but manages to piss it all away with a fucking stupid ending. Those greedy Universal fucks really should've stopped after Jaws 2.

Los Cronocrímenes [Time Crimes] (2007)

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Spoilers:
Hector is an ordinary man who's moving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock. Suddenly, a man with a pink bandage covering his face, stabs Hector in his arm with scissors. Then a chase starts, leading Hector to a time machine that brings him back nearly an hour in the past. The man in charge of the time machine explains to Hector (Hector 2) that he must not interfere with the other Hector (Hector 1) so he can go into the time machine again. Things complicate, and Hector 2 is hit by a car, injuring his face. To stop the bleeding, he covers his face with a bandage that turns into pink because of the blood. Then Hector 2 realizes he has to stab Hector 1 and chase him to the time machine in order to make things right.Spoilers end

A quite interesting Sci-Fi thriller from Spain. An intelligent story around only with 4 characters. Recommended to the Sci-Fi lovers of clever ideas with very minimal special effects.

>>: B+

Quantum of Solace (2008)

As far I know I think this is probably the only 007 flick where Bond never or hadn't any chance to gave his signature introduction...."name's Bond, James Bond"!

>>: B+

Bit of a slasher night last night:

Silent Night Deadly Night

and

Unhinged

Enjoyed both of them.

Once Upon A Time in the West.


Wonderful to revisit this old favorite after all these years. Bronson and Robards are excellent, but Fonda rises tall above both of them.

And Claudia...what a beauty! From the moment she steps out of the train, till the end, she left me breathless more than once.

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Rating - * * * *

DITTO!:)

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Gran Torino (2008)

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Synopsis:
Walt Kowalski (Eastwood), a Korean War veteran, becomes highly annoyed at the arrival of Asian (Hmong) people to his neighborhood. After he catches Tao (Vang), a teenage Hmong neighbor, attempting to steal his 1972 Gran Torino as part of a gang initiation, the boy is forced by his tradition-oriented family to work for Kowalski in penance. Estranged from his sons and grandchildren, and having just lost his wife, Kowalski gradually becomes friendly with Tao and his family.

Though it may not be consider as one of his bests by the critics but undoubtedly I like to say that Sir Clint Eastwood again creates a character that you'll love to care about and applaud.
A quite simple but compelling story that you will surely tell your friends to see. The distinguish touch of humor in so many lines by Eastwood's character will easily make you to laugh out loud but in the same way the tragical & touching finale will definitely able to left a strange loving grief in your mind.

Kudos to Kyle Eastwood for the beautiful track at the end, titled 'Gran Torino'...where his father also shares the writing credit with him.

Highly recommended to all Clint Eastwood fans out there.

>>: A-


Kollegiet [Room 205] (2007)

A disappointing Danish horror film.

>>: C-

Please. Stop watching danish horror. You will only get disappointed. :o

:D :D

I hadn't any plan to watch Danish Horror; I didn't even know that this is a Danish Horror film. I just bought the Ghost House Underground collection few days back and last night I gave it a watch cause there were only 2 films left out of 8. Anyways, I like to appreciate for their effort cause at least they are trying to produce something 'Horror'... I think which is better than doing nothing for the genre.:)

Adaptation.

A marvelous film in all respects. A sly, witty, unique vision.


And all you people putting down Gerry- that film is captivating.

I don't agree.

There's no talented horror directors in denmark and the danish movie industry has far too small a budget to give happy directors a chance who would like to make a horror movie, but doesn't have a clue how it's pulled off. The last 3 decades have proven that horror is something the danish movie industry should stay the hell away from. We have talented directors in other genres, that works much much better, who could use the money.


The only danish "horror" exception may be "Mørke".

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Agree. I saw it couple of months back...truly a nice film, Cage was perfect match for the roles.

Added to my wish list.:)

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982)

Ok, so not technically a movie: actually, it's a filmed version of the Broadway production.

It took my a little while to get used to it - my only other exposure to the show is the Burton/Depp version - but once I got my mind around around it, I was VERY impressed. The set was ingenious, the music is fantastic (obviously), and the cast is wonderful.

It was really interesting watching George Hearn and Angela Lansbury's take on these characters - they're drastically different than the Depp/Bonham-Carter versions that I fell in love with. I found it fascinating to watch: Hearn's Sweeney is infinitely more high-spirited - especially in the Pirelli scene - and Lansbury's Mrs. Lovett is a twitch-ridden lunatic, compare to the sullen an restrained film version.

As a great lover of musical theatre (and theatre in general), I throughly enjoyed this. It can't live up to honest-to-God live theatre, but without access to the real thing it sure makes a damn good substitute.

I think it could have been captivating if handled right.

I mean, you know me neverending, I have no problem with slow moving films, indies, art house, etc. I'll watch and love everything. But I don't know if I've ever seen a movie that was so, IMO, pretentious, ever.

Moreso than Life Aquatic?;)

Life Aquatic is weirdly enough one of my fav films, i love murrey, wilson etc and so far the director hasnt done a film i disliked, but i love those awkward off the wall, oddball comedies that he comes up with.

Last seen film was The Last Winter(2007) - saw it again last nite and it really is a atmospheric and beautiful film; reminds me of The Thing and a touch of Pitch Black in there as well.

It's the only one of Anderson's films I've seen, and it left me utterly devoid of any desire to watch so much as 10 seconds of anything else he's associated with.

BUT I've gone through the whole rant before - my post was meant more as a joke than anything, heh.