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What is incredibly cheesy with great effects (another prohibited image)?
QUOTE(agrimorfee @ Feb 6 2007, 07:42 AM) [snapback]306150[/snapback]
What is incredibly cheesy with great effects (another prohibited image)?
Sorry, the 1953 version of War of the Worlds (though I guess the same statement could apply to Spielberg's version too)
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I just saw this for the first time.
That's funny, I see that ALL THE TIME. Everytime someone tries to hotlink images from impawards, actually!
oops
fixed (maybe?)
Sean Penn's greatest role?
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Sean Penn's greatest role?
Absolutely. He slept, ate, and drank (and very likely smoked
) as Spicolli during the filming of the movie, per Cameron Crowe & Amy Heckerling's DVD commentary.Sweet & Lowdown might be his second best.
Harrowing to watch, but well acted and the actors look convincingly unglamorous.
Maggie got a lot of mileage out of the braless halter top look.
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Wow, I definitely did not notice that adjustment until mouthbreather reposted it.
Well played!
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Incredibly cheesy at times, but the effects were pretty great. Surprisingly dark movie too, especially the last 20 minutes or so
Feel free to check out When Worlds Collide and the original the Time Machine next.
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QUOTE(undo @ Feb 3 2007, 10:33 AM) [snapback]304554[/snapback]
Wow, I definitely did not notice that adjustment until mouthbreather reposted it.
Well played!
And I didn't notice it until you mentioned it.
Great quote. You had me sold!
Don't ask.
I dug it. I dug it pretty hard. Might buy it tomorrow while I'm out.
Also, I find myself strangely attracted to Charlotte Gainsbourg and unsure how to reconcile such feelings. Perhaps I'll download her album.
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Also, I find myself strangely attracted to Charlotte Gainsbourg and unsure how to reconcile such feelings. Perhaps I'll download her album.
It's a pretty good album. Better than I thought it would be.
Watching The Science of Sleep made me really want to watch this again, and now watching this makes me want to watch The Science of Sleep again. Perhaps tomorrow.
little miss sunshine
So much of the plot just seemed to be built around or borrowed from other roles/moments in different films. Don't get me wrong. It's funny and fairly well cast but I wasn't really won over.
And I'm not really sure that Abigail Breslin, cute as she is, deserves a Best Supporting Actress nomination, either.
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And I'm not really sure that Abigail Breslin, cute as she is, deserves a Best Supporting Actress nomination, either.
Yeah she was good...but nominee worthy???? That's a stretch. Academy always seems to have a soft spot for good performances. It also really likes actors who play cripples/retards; and actors who do an impersonation in a biopic.
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Academy always seems to have a soft spot for good performances.
Good call.
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QUOTE(agrimorfee @ Feb 8 2007, 10:40 AM) [snapback]308060[/snapback]
And I'm not really sure that Abigail Breslin, cute as she is, deserves a Best Supporting Actress nomination, either.
Yeah she was good...but nominee worthy???? That's a stretch. Academy always seems to have a soft spot for good performances. It also really likes actors who play cripples/retards; and actors who do an impersonation in a biopic.
Nominating a young actor for one of the supporting actor spots is practically an Oscar tradition. I don't have a problem with this, I think it is good for the telecast to have a wide eyed youngster all dressed up and everything, being escorted to the show by his/her mother, *sniff* *sniff*.
The show is too long already, and you don't want it to turn into the Grammy's with an award for everything, but having a Best Young Actor award would not be a bad thing.
Astoundingly boring, sentimental pap. Try to imagine Saving Private Ryan with somehow more two-dimensional characters, no novelty, a flatter color palette, less pathos, and the woebegotten bookends are longer and preachier.
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I dug it. I dug it pretty hard.
This was pretty spectacular, though it kind of fizzles out instead of actually, you know...ending. Awesome to hear Bernal speak English, especially as he's insanely winning and/or charming.
Yeah, I definitely wanted more from the ending, though I was very impressed overall by it. I didn't have time to watch it again tonight, but I plan to take it in again over the next couple days.
I also have Gondry's Human Nature coming from Netflix today. Hadn't even heard of it before.
I also have Gondry's Human Nature coming from Netflix today. Hadn't even heard of it before.
Finished this last night, hilarious in a completely different way than the american version. Too bad it's not as kid-friendly, my little brother would love it.
It was good, maybe really good, I can't say I wasn't a bit disappointed by the lack of a big ending moment.
Brilliant in every way. Stupendous, stunning, amazing. Perfect. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.
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Astoundingly boring, sentimental pap. Try to imagine Saving Private Ryan with somehow more two-dimensional characters, no novelty, a flatter color palette, less pathos, and the woebegotten bookends are longer and preachier.
all the more surprising how much better LFIJ was.
Tales from the Crypt Season One - Pretty funny stuff despite being 18 years old. Still as campy as I remember.
on deck for the weekend:
Netflix is ridiculously slow, btw.
OHSHIT.
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OHSHIT.
Right on, brotha. One of the best scifi flicks evah.
Haven't seen it since the first time. Better than I remember. Good for Hitchcockian manipulation and early Boyle, McGregor, and Eccleston.
Well, I think "Touch Me, I'm Dick," in essence, speaks for itself, you know. I think that, you know, that's basically what the song is, um... about... is about, you know... I-I think a lot of people might think it's actually about, you know, "My name is Dick, and, you know, you can touch me," but, I think, you know, it can be seen either way.
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Haven't seen it since the first time. Better than I remember. Good for Hitchcockian manipulation and early Boyle, McGregor, and Eccleston.
one of my favorites.
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NO Hawkwind?
eh, not bad. cheesy skinemax level "documentary" about Richard von Krafft-Ebing's study of sexual deviants.
ohmygod, this was so bad. sooooooo bad. not even my girl maggie could make it bearable.
I also watched a terrible movie called Freakshow. Possibly the goriest movie I've ever seen. Can't find any pictures online and imdb shows a 2007 release date while the DVD case says 2006. Whatever. Don't rent it unless you're really into special effects make-up.
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Watched it again. I think I appreciated it more the second time, as things tended to make a lot more sense.
It'll definitely make my top three for '06. I need to re-watch Brick in the next few days and see how a second viewing of that appeals to me. I previously had it #1 based on my initial viewing.
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Well, I think "Touch Me, I'm Dick," in essence, speaks for itself, you know. I think that, you know, that's basically what the song is, um... about... is about, you know... I-I think a lot of people might think it's actually about, you know, "My name is Dick, and, you know, you can touch me," but, I think, you know, it can be seen either way.
Again!
"'Debbie Country.'
That's funny."
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Snakes On A Plane
As bad, if not worse, than I thought it would be.
Best watched with friends who think they are part of MST3K
wait for cable
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QUOTE(Nick @ Feb 10 2007, 11:02 PM) [snapback]309778[/snapback]
Indeed.
EDIT: "HEINEKEN??! FUCK THAT SHIT!!!! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!!!"
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Indeed.
I'll give it another
Nick wins.
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QUOTE(Andyroo @ Feb 7 2007, 04:41 AM) [snapback]307016[/snapback]
Watched it again. I think I appreciated it more the second time, as things tended to make a lot more sense.
It'll definitely make my top three for '06. I need to re-watch Brick in the next few days and see how a second viewing of that appeals to me. I previously had it #1 based on my initial viewing.
i just saw this too and loved it. lol at the manager calling his workers fags & dykes.
God Grew Tired of Us
I positively loved this film. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year. I caught the final Chicago show this afternoon. I'm guessing it will be out on DVD in the near future. Don't miss it.
The first 45 minutes: four stars.
The next 75 minutes: zero stars.
That good a setup with that deliberately muddled a follow through makes the whole thing a 1/2-star movie. Avoid at all costs.
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EDIT: "HEINEKEN??! FUCK THAT SHIT!!!! PABST BLUE RIBBON!!!!!"
best. line. EVER.
The Devil & Daniel Johnston
Watching his descent into madness was pretty was a rough ride. I just felt sorry for the guy and his parents. His parents know he will out live them and he can't take care of himself.
I heard nothing to make me think anyone needs to hear this guy's music.
see this movie
Didn't do a whole lot for me. It just made me want to watch The Science of Sleep for a third time. Perhaps...
However, worth noting: a teen (or pre-teen?) Hilary Duff taking off her shirt to expose her bra... and chest hair. Bizarre film.
Better than average premise, horrible/indefensible execution. Some of the worst writing I've encountered in ages, which is saying something.
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Better than average premise, horrible/indefensible execution. Some of the worst writing I've encountered in ages, which is saying something.
That's quite a cast. I don't remember that film at all. Was it a straight to dvd? I'm doubting it by who's in it. What's the premise?
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The first 45 minutes: four stars.
The next 75 minutes: zero stars.
That good a setup with that deliberately muddled a follow through makes the whole thing a 1/2-star movie. Avoid at all costs.
This is a curious review. With an 'A+' start and a 'F' of an ending. I'd think you'd refer to an average of a 'C' instead of an avoid at all costs? Perhaps you could elaborte on what made the beginning so amazing and how it went to hell exactly...
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QUOTE(Slackmo @ Feb 12 2007, 10:47 AM) [snapback]310784[/snapback]
Better than average premise, horrible/indefensible execution. Some of the worst writing I've encountered in ages, which is saying something.
That's quite a cast. I don't remember that film at all. Was it a straight to dvd? I'm doubting it by who's in it. What's the premise?
Bunch of guys commit a crime, wind up in a wearhouse, accuse each other of being a mole, pull their guns out at each other at the same time, yell at each other to put their guns down, then everyone dies in an orgy of gunfire?
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