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Cwcoop
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04-19-2008

Friday, March 05, 2010 - 4:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cwcoop a private message Print Post    
DH and I rented it last weekend Tisha. I was curious if you saw it yourself.
We liked it, but I must admit that a lot of the Jewish themes went over our heads. I found it very interesting to learn a lot about Judaism, particularly the language (yiddish?).
DH said, and I agree, just when it really started getting good to us, it was over. When it ended, we looked at each other like, that's it? THAT's how it ends? (very Coen Bros though, dontcha think)
In fact, I was just talking to DH about it because of your post. He thought the ending was fitting (not sure if that is the right word), while I was just frustrated, but maybe that is the point eh?
I believe it is up for best original screenplay, as well as best picture. I am not sure it will win anything at the big show on Sunday, but we certainly aren't sorry we took the time to watch it.

Jezzedout
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09-07-2006

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jezzedout a private message Print Post    
I posted this in another thread but it seemed appropriate to mention it here also...

For under the radar films -- Moon, with Sam Rockwell. Produced by Trudie Styler (Sting's wife) and directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son). I would describe it as a sci-fi/mystery. I rented it on Amazon last weekend and ended up watching it three times. I liked it the first time, really liked it the second time and loved it the third time. Sam Rockwell was wonderful! The visuals were nicely done for such a small budget ($5 mil) and the plot was intriguing and thought provoking. I found it to be a very satisfying film. It didn't get a wide release (I don't remember it even being in theatres) and I was talking with someone about it and we decided that it didn't have mass appeal because it didn't have aliens and explosions and huge special effects. It's definitely more cerebral. Anyway, I really enjoyed it and definitely recommend it if you like intelligent sci-fi.

Here's a link to the trailer on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi843186969/

Enjoy!

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day
Fun sequel, 10 years in the making. Most of the key stars returned. The first movie was so good, it was probably hard to make a second one. At times the 2nd one seemed a little self conscious like trying hard to be hip. But most of it succeeds and they came up with a good story to support it all so I would give it an A-.

If you liked the first one you probably will not be disappointed.


Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
I thought A Serious Man was great Tishala. I agree with what you said, it felt Coen but it was different and that is just further testament to their brilliance. I was disappointed with the ending but being the Coen brothers I accepted it. Perhaps the ending was too deep in movie making style for simple ole me.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
I really liked Moon, Jezzedout. I found it clever and well done. Also timely and not so farfetched. And that is how I like my scifi best.

Gidget
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07-28-2002

Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gidget a private message Print Post    
Has anyone seen Hachi:A Dog's Tale. My Blockbuster only got in one copy so it is going to be a bit of a wait. Seems like a real tear jerker. Wondering if anyone saw and liked it.

Sunshyne4u
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06-17-2003

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sunshyne4u a private message Print Post    
moon was great Sci Fi. thoroughly enjoyed it as I could not figure out what was going to happen next. Liked the ending as well.

Not sure if this will be easy to find but 'Harry Brown' was a great movie.

An old and almost decrepid Michael Caine plays the main part. I think its a story that almost everyone can relate to in some way.

i didnt know Anything about the show and thought it was well done. It is basically about an old age pensioner living in 'the Projects' of UK. However, when his best friend is murdered, things escalate.

I dont want to say anything more. IT is best watched not knowing anything.

Cheers and Enjoy. Expect to shed a tear, i did in the middle of the movie LOL

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, March 26, 2010 - 1:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Has anyone seen a movie called 'The Stoning of Soraya M"? I watched it last night and was really touched by this true story. Talk about man's inhumanity to women! It was definitely hard to watch in parts but worth it in many ways.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Saturday, July 17, 2010 - 9:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Here's an under the radar movie for you all: Sick Girl. Izzy is a girl with issues. She crushes on her older brother, and when that doesn't really work out, she tortures and kills the people who pi** her off, and sometimes they don't even have to make her mad, they just have to be there. Extreme scenes dominate the beginning and the end of this movie. The middle is more of an attempt at family drama. There is a little brother who gets bullied at school involved, and abstentee parents(nowhere to be found). Bottom line...Izzy likes to do harm to other living creatures, mainly fellow humans. Her motto: It's okay to hurt things smaller than you, providing you also take on things bigger than you.

If you're into strange, gory, independent films, you should give this a viewing. The end of the film has a scene or two that require a really strong stomach.


Holly
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07-22-2001

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 3:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Re: 'The Stoning of Soraya M'...

Iran was recently all set to stone another woman for *alleged* adultery, but thanks to international outcry, they agreed they will hang her instead! (And all it takes is for someone to accuse the woman of said crime, apparently, to warrant such brutality.)

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
If you're a fan of "under the radar" films, and especially foreign films, Barnes and Noble is currently having a 50% of sale on Criterion Collection films. There are far more there than I could ever afford to buy, but they have Harlan County, USA (one of the great documentaries of all time), La heine [Hate-a great French film from the 90s], Le Samurai, Kagemusha, Roshomon, Yojimbo, The Red Balloon, Seven Samurai, Howard's End, 8 1/2, lots of Fassbinder, Goddard, Bergman, etc.

It's like a movie lover's porn shop.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Friday, July 23, 2010 - 6:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
If you like martial arts movies I recommend "Ip Man" It was available vis Redbox where I live.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
We watched Chaos Theory (from Netflix) tonite and were pleasantly surprised. Fun script, good acting. Laughed out loud at many of the lines and situations. Well done little 90 minute flick.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I saw a movie this week for the first time in nearly 30 years. I remember watching it as a preteen/teen in the very early 80's. It's an animated film titled "Heavey Metal". I'm told it's a 'cult classic'.

It was entertaining for the state of mind I was in. Basically, it's a story told from the perspective of an "ultimate evil" persona in the form of a green orb. The different segments of the story don't really connect except that they all have the evil green orb in them. The music in the film is top notch, from some of the best bands that were active in that time period. The voices are great too, from La Femme Nikita's Don Francks, to the great trio of John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Harold Ramis that would go on to entertain us for the next few decades.

Great character names like Harry Canyon and Hanover Fiste made me laugh. I recommend it as a fun diversion.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - 9:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Alright, I just watched a movie that really scared me. I mean, I had goosebumps nearly the whole movie, and I jumped out of my seat a few times. The movie is called "The Fourth Kind".

It's unique as it is based on true events, and actual video and audio of these events is incorporated into the movie. Also, an interview with the main character(the real person) is interwoven througout the the movie.

It basically supports the alien abduction theories that we've all read about over the last 30-40 years, and also the theory that the Sumerians(first people) were created by alien beings to be slaves.

Like I said, it scared the pi** out of me, and no movie has done that since I became an adult. I recommend it.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Friday, October 01, 2010 - 11:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
Okay, before anybody says anything, I know that the whole "reality" part of this movie is fake. But it didn't diminish my enjoyment of the movie, nor the real scares that it provided.

The "real" Abbey Tyler is actually an actress.

However, some of the facts that are presented are real, but all of the interviews and "archive" footage is faked; complete fiction.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, October 15, 2010 - 1:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I have always wanted to see that movie! I forgot all about it. I'm going to add it to my que at netflix. Thanks Lycan.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
If you're up for a short, action-packed western, check out "Jonah Hex". It's a fun diversion, and it features Josh Brolin and John Malkovich, with Megan Fox sprinkled in for spice. It's running time is only 1 hour, 13 minutes, but like I said, it's a fun diversion.

Lakecat
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10-01-2006

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lakecat a private message Print Post    
I'll do that Lycanthrope,I like westerns and I like my movies short.

Friend
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05-21-2008

Sunday, October 24, 2010 - 4:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Friend a private message Print Post    
A Man Named Pearl is a beautiful documentary. Here are bits of a review I read at Netflix by Bunched Undies.

In the quiet town of Bishopville, South Carolina nestled amid the Baptist church and Waffle House, lies one of the world’s foremost topiary gardens. In this documentary we learn all about its amazing designer and caretaker, Pearl Fryar. The son of impoverished African-American sharecroppers, Fryar has no formal training in either the arts or horticulture yet, using plants the local nursery had given up for dead, he has created a three acre paradise of sculpted shrubs that attracts busloads of awe-struck visitors every day.

What began as a modest attempt to win a local gardening competition has become a consuming passion for Fryar.

Here we get a clear sense of the unique intensity that drives Fryar to create, as well as the profound effect his botanical Shangri-la has had on the entire community. Once regarded as an eccentric oddball, Fryar is now embraced by the town’s elite as an economic savior.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, October 25, 2010 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Anything related to horticulture / gardening . . . patience needed -- no immediate gratification. That's NOT me.