Movie Review Thread

Another movie I've watched is "Ring of the Nibelungs". This is a Nordic poem that J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" is based on. Apparently they have made a movie based on the poem.
As it is a fantasy movie, you will see the typical action, swashbuckling heroes and heroines, beautiful princesses, evil dragons, dwarves and lords and mighty princes.
But surprise, surprise, apparently this movie is not just your typical fare. In fact, this movie is very well-acted out, the plot and the storyline were strong and are very straight-foward. Kristanna Loken who acted as the Queen of Iceland managed to pull off a very believable act as a Queen who has tremendous strenght and yet also as a Queen whose heart has been broken by the Dragonslayer.
The Dragonslayer is the main character. Instead of your typical charming hero who everyone like, this character is no 2-D person. When I watched the movie, I actually disliked him because he was such an arrogant, cocky, overconfident bastard. Yes, that's right. The hero is a real person who is overcame by the greed of the Nibelungs' gold hoard and the special ring and end up with the curse of the hoard on him and everyone he loves and end up paying for it.
An interesting movie worth for any LOTR's fan, this movie will help you gain more insight on how LOTR was concieved.
In some places, the movie has a different name, one of them is "Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King another is "The Ring" and another is "The Sword of Xanten"

8/10.

I'm watching Ghandi in my geography class. I've already seen it, but I still love it. It's a great movie about a great man.

It's even more special being half Indian:2thumbsup:

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I'm watching Ghandi in my geography class. I've already seen it, but I still love it. It's a great movie about a great man.

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Yes, I think it is an excellent movie too. I love the dialogue between a pompous British general and Ghandhi that goes something like this:

General: "Do you expect us to simply walk out of India?"

Ghandhi: "Yes, ultimately that is exactly what you will do."

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I just watched a bootlegged version (straight from Asia!) of the new Tony Jaa movie, and it is pure, unadulterated badass coupled with an environmentalist. Watch it now.

I just watched the Der Untergang on DVD. I recommended this movie.The movie is about the last days of Adolf Hitler before the Soviets took Berlin in 1945. Its cruel and Dark movie, like in my opinion it should be.The German actors make great Job and the battle effects are as good as for example Saving Private Ryan.5 Stars from Kage.:skull: :skull: :skull: :skull: :skull:

Watched Hostel. Bah. Sadistic crap. Not recommended at all unless you are a deeply troubled person.

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I just watched a bootlegged version (straight from Asia!) of the new Tony Jaa movie, and it is pure, unadulterated badass coupled with an environmentalist. Watch it now.

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I just bought Ong-Bak, loved it, although some of the stuff that guy does to people made me wince...
Will have to get hold of the new one now!

Just watched SWAT. I personally thought it was a good movie, but I've heard mixed reviews.

Yesterday evening I watched Hotel Rwanda.

An excellent and very moving film with an outstanding performance of Don Cheadle as the Hutu hotel manager who helped to save >1000 lives during the genocide of Rwanda.

Highly recommended

The movie leaves you with a terrible sense of shame... :shame:

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I'm watching Ghandi in my geography class. I've already seen it, but I still love it. It's a great movie about a great man.

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One of my all-time favourites. Each time I see it the performance of Ben Kingsley absolutely amazes me

I watched Worlds Fastest Indianyesterday in a bit of a hangover. I think it was very good penformance from Anthony Hopkins.Not an very epic movie but very good and warm movie about one man and his dream.4 Skulls from Kage!:skull: :skull: :skull: :skull:

Saw Fargo yesterday, finally. Really was good, another Coen brothers film to add to my list of good films. Loved the accent.

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Yesterday evening I watched Hotel Rwanda.

An excellent and very moving film with an outstanding performance of Don Cheadle as the Hutu hotel manager who helped to save >1000 lives during the genocide of Rwanda.

Highly recommended

The movie leaves you with a terrible sense of shame... :shame:

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i couldnt agree more

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Saw Fargo yesterday, finally. Really was good, another Coen brothers film to add to my list of good films. Loved the accent.

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Excellent movie - the humour, horror and pathos. "And for what? A little bit of money..."

I saw "King Arthur" the other day. Obviously not a movie to be mentioned in the same post as Fargo, but surprisingly watchable. The whole plot and history were rather silly, but it had some redeeming virtues. The acting was decent - I liked the idealistic Arthur and his down to earth knights - and a lot of the costumes seemed authentic. The blue painted Celts and the Saxons with their shieldwall reminded me of those in Total War games. It made me want to fire up Barbarian Invasion again and play the WRE (using Goth's mod for extra realism). The other night I had to fight an uneven battle in Britain against a very beefy invading Saxon army and the way I could claw victory was surprisingly like that in the climatic battle of the film (shoot them in the back and do hit n runs with Roman heavy cavalry).

I watched The Beach last night.

I'd have to say, "wow, that's one tripped out movie.", but either way it's still worth seeing...

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Yesterday evening I watched Hotel Rwanda.

An excellent and very moving film with an outstanding performance of Don Cheadle as the Hutu hotel manager who helped to save >1000 lives during the genocide of Rwanda.

Highly recommended

The movie leaves you with a terrible sense of shame... :shame:



One of my all-time favourites. Each time I see it the performance of Ben Kingsley absolutely amazes me

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Personally I thought the movie had the emotional impact of a frozen microwave-meal, couldn't care less about the characters which is an odd thing with movies like this.

We should try and get this stickied :2thumbsup:

I rescently re-watched Star Wars: Episode III. Wow, what a movie. Graphics were awsome and it finished the story great. I just hope we can get the last three movies out somehow!:2thumbsup:

Touching The Void (2003) is a true story about mountain climbing told in a very effective combination dramatic reenactment/documentary style. The events, which are legendary in the mountaineering community, happened in 1985 in the Peruvian Andes when two climbers attempted to scale a 21,000 foot peak on a face which had never been successfully scaled before. The events are also an example of a classic moral paradox. This is a very well done, realistic movie which was almost made with Tom Cruise in a typical Hollywood style, but thankfully wasn't. I found this to be great follow-up viewing to The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929) which was also based on a true story.

Saw Hooligans, a pretty good movie about, well, hooligans. It's pretty brutal in places, and imho, a little over the top, but I enjoyed it quite a bit :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Funniest movie I've seen in such a long time!:2thumbsup:

I basically don't have TV, but live off Netflix DVD's and what I get from my University Library on DVD - so I see lots of movies and almost no TV.

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I've watched this last week and a half the first three installments of the British documentary 7 Up (which was followed by 7 Plus 7, and 21 Up). I'm waiting on 28 Up right now.

It's a documentary that follows 14 children from England from different backgrounds and social classes, and comes back to them every 7 years to see how they've changed or if they are doing what they expected to be doing (started in 1963 I think - they just released 49 Up I think). Very interesting stuff.

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I also watched (sorta) 2046 this week and thought it was a real bore. Zhang Ziyi was quite attractive, as were some of the other ladies, but it was too hard to sympathize with the main character. Didn't feel much for it.

Also saw last week La Dolce Vita - man was that long (3 hours). Very interesting though. But not as good as 8 1/2 (by Fellini also). Then I checked out Nights of Cabiria (by the same) and it held my interest, but I didn't enjoy it as much as either of the other two (Marcello Mastroianni is just too cool :2thumbsup: in the other two, but he wasn't in Nights of Cabiria).

Finally, I watched A History of Violence. I liked the actors, and they all did excellent jobs with their parts, but I just didn't think the story was interesting. Once the big 'secret' was revealed about halfway in, I really lost interest.

Trying to watch Triumph of the Will right now, but gah... it's pretty boring.

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Saw Hooligans, a pretty good movie about, well, hooligans. It's pretty brutal in places, and imho, a little over the top, but I enjoyed it quite a bit :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

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i saw it to and i really enjoyed it...though the reall end sucked...but the end where the guy died whas quite touching

BUT THE VIOLENCE ROCKED :oops:

I saw the Green Mile now that is a damn good flick 10/10

Wow, I think I just saw the funniest movie in the world! Just finished watching (for the first time) Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I can't believe I haven't seen it until now. It's absolutely halarious.

Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!

Favorite part: Either when the French knights are taunting the English or when Arthur fights the black knight by the bridge, cuts off all his limbs, and still the black knight doesn't stop. :laugh4:

Saw Sling Blade this weekend on DVD. Slow paced at times, but a great flick and good acting by Billy Bob.

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Saw Hooligans, a pretty good movie about, well, hooligans. It's pretty brutal in places, and imho, a little over the top, but I enjoyed it quite a bit :2thumbsup: :2thumbsup:

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Totally irrelevant fact, but I was at school with Leo Gregory, who plays Bovver. Shared a desk in French class, I think...appropriately enough he was a bad lad and always in trouble. :2cents:

Mr.Deeds--I liked it. Adam Sandler was good and there was some funny stuff, the girl really dragged the movie down though. Those scenes were physically painful. Not sure I'll watch it again, possibly.

Crash--Amazing movie. Very powerful. "Best picture of the year" is well deserved.

King Kong--I swear, only 10% of this movie actually had dialog and half of that was screams and grunts. The action and drama and horror was well done and all but they could have fleshed out the characters more. Three hours is a bit long for a movie with so little going on.

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Mr.Deeds--I liked it. Adam Sandler was good and there was some funny stuff, the girl really dragged the movie down though. Those scenes were physically painful. Not sure I'll watch it again, possibly.

Crash--Amazing movie. Very powerful. "Best picture of the year" is well deserved.
King Kong--I swear, only 10% of this movie actually had dialog and half of that was screams and grunts. The action and drama and horror was well done and all but they could have fleshed out the characters more. Three hours is a bit long for a movie with so little going on.

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Oh yes.:book:

Just saw The Usual Suspects

If you haven't seen this movie you most definatly should !

Great story, acting and a great plot twist at the end of the film, makes you smile everytime you see it. And that comes from a man who has seen this movie over 5 times already.

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I saw the Green Mile now that is a damn good flick 10/10

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I agree. I saw that movie a couple years ago. Really good.

I just saw Scary Movie 4. I'm pretty pissed that I wont get that two hours of my life back. The only think stopping me from saying it's the stupidest movie in the movie, is that she is kind of pretty.:wall:

0 out of 5

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Wow, I think I just saw the funniest movie in the world! Just finished watching (for the first time) Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I can't believe I haven't seen it until now. It's absolutely halarious.

Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!

Favorite part: Either when the French knights are taunting the English or when Arthur fights the black knight by the bridge, cuts off all his limbs, and still the black knight doesn't stop. :laugh4:

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No, you haven't. You still haven't seen Life of Brian. :2thumbsup:

Just finished watching Jarhead. I have to say, it's a great movie. I've always appreciated what our soldiers do, but I now appreciate them more. For anyone who served on these forums: Thank you. For anyone who lost a best friend. I'm sorry.:shame:

Wolf Creek.

The only reason I didn't fall asleep was because that would have kept me from pushing the FF button on the remote.

What a dull, stupid, boring, useless, non-entertaining, splop of a film.

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Just finished watching Jarhead. I have to say, it's a great movie. I've always appreciated what our soldiers do, but I now appreciate them more. For anyone who served on these forums: Thank you. For anyone who lost a best friend. I'm sorry

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That movie sucked. If you think that reflects reality you have another thing coming. Its mostly an anti war movie. Way to much politics in it. As an ex Marine I really dispise it.

I just watched Tristan and Isodel. A great flick. Though I dont no how much it reflects the real legend. It has really neat castles. Some good fighting scenes and lots of romance for the women.

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That movie sucked. If you think that reflects reality you have another thing coming. Its mostly an anti war movie. Way to much politics in it. As an ex Marine I really dispise it.

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Hmm. Well, I still like it. I disagree with you on the anti-war and that it has too much politics. I wasn't in the military, so the other stuff, I'll take your word for it. Thanks for the info.

I saw a Bridge Too Far again the other day. It reinforced my recollection that it was the best war movie ever made, at least from the point of view of historical accuracy. Pretty much every scene in it was authentic, but without being stilted in the way that some other historical movies are (e.g. Waterloo). My personal favourite is probably the vignette with James Caan's sergeant taking the body of his captain and forcing an army surgeon to look at it. After finding the captain is not dead and saving him, the surgeon forgives Caan but as they part, says: "Sergeant, you would not really have killed me, would you?" Caan just salutes. I remembering reading the sergeant's words after the event - he said things were pretty messed up back then and he did not rightly know what he'd have done.

The other thing that struck me about the film was the sense of honour in all the characters (even the Germans). They all seemed brave and determined, but motivated by duty not hatred. I guess it's old fashioned and presumably not always true, but the film depicted a nobility of spirit among the combatants, contrary to the psychos, cowards and generally uninspiring soldiers we see depicted in most modern war movies. If war was not really like that, it is at least how we would like it to be.

I might watch that. It'll be a welcome change after seeing all the movies where the Germans are ruthless ******** compared to the noble Allied armies. :furious3:

For those that speak dutch, go watch 'Simon'. It is still a good movie if you don't, but it would be like watching Amelie without knowing french; you just wouldn't understand more then half of the jokes. A laugh and a tear, awesome movie with extremily sharp dialogues and great characters.

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I saw a Bridge Too Far again the other day. It reinforced my recollection that it was the best war movie ever made, at least from the point of view of historical accuracy.

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It's good, but Band of Brothers (2001) is the best WW2 movie I've seen. Das Boot (1981) (206 and 293 minute versions) is also very good. For WWI, Paths of Glory (1957) and Westfront 1918 (1930) (93 minute TCM print) are the best I've seen.

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It's good, but Band of Brothers (2001) is the best WW2 movie I've seen.

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Technically it's a mini series :book:

But yes, it was also one the best war saga's I've ever seen.

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It's good, but Band of Brothers (2001) is the best WW2 movie I've seen. Das Boot (1981) (216 and 293 minute versions) is also very good. For WWI, Paths of Glory (1957) and Westfront 1918 (1930) (93 minute TCM print) are the best I've seen.

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Das Boot is great, but it's funny how they're openly anti-Nazi and yet are allowed to have one of the precious U-Boots.

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Funniest movie I've seen in such a long time!

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You've got to be kidding me. MP (yes, all of them) is just too ridiculous and tries too hard to be funny, you get sick of it after a few minutes.

Funniest movie on the planet is the Ice Age series. Ice Age 2 -pure childish fun even drives the adults into endless laughter. :2thumbsup:

Casablanca = classic. If you haven't go see it.

econ21 - A Bridge Too Far used to be one of my favorite WW2 flicks; I watched it more recently and was underwhelmed. I probably had my expectations/memories set too high, but it seemed kind of limp - probably the dull (compared to today's) special effects. It is still pretty good, though. The book is better.

Did anyone actually like The Big Red One? I saw the more recent release, and it was just... Gah. Bad...

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Funniest movie on the planet is the Ice Age series. Ice Age 2 -pure childish fun even drives the adults into endless laughter. :2thumbsup:

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I've seen those, pretty good.

Anyone watch Escape to Victory last night? Quality football from Pele, quality, um, acting from Sly and a quality beer belly from Michael Caine. And the title really ought to be Escape to a Draw (But a Moral Victory). Still, it's a fun film if silly, and some legends (Pele, Moore, Ardiles) of the game showing us why they stuck to football. Or soccer, if you will.

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My first review at the IMDB has its own thread. Now I wrote my second for Makhmalbaf's نان و گلدون aka A Momement of Innocence aka Bread and Flower. There...
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Saw The Sentinel last Friday night.

Good acting, plot, tension, etc. Generally a pretty good action-suspense movie.

Crazed Rabbit

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Did anyone actually like The Big Red One? I saw the more recent release, and it was just... Gah. Bad...

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I didn't know there was a remake, The big red one has to be one of the best war movies ever.

Saw MI3 a few days ago. Mildly entertaining, in quality somewhere between the first (good) and the second (unbelievable hollywood popcorn blockbuster, worst John Woo movie evar). Not really worth seeing imo.

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I didn't know there was a remake, The big red one has to be one of the best war movies ever.

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I've seen both versions of The Big Red One (1980), and the restored version is better than the theatrical release version. The studio really hacked that picture on Sam Fuller. This was his lifetime project to convey his experiences in WWII, and I think he does a good job of that. He got very good performances out of the cast and the screen play is good and rings true, but his budget was quite small for a project like this. He only had three tanks to make the entire movie. With an adequate budget, I think The Big Red One would have ranked with the best war movies ever made.

Back in the late 1960's, my father, who was a WWII infantry vet who fought in Europe, said that the TV series Combat with Vic Morrow was the most realistic WWII movie/tv show he had seen up to that time. I don't think he ever saw The Big Red One, but it does remind me of that Combat TV series. Another movie that I think is in a similar vein in its portrayal of the soldiers facing a difficult task is A Walk in the Sun (1945) which unfortunately is not available in a decent quality video release. The final assault on the farmhouse has some speeded up sequences right near the end which detract from the realism. Lewis Milestone, who directed this picture, also did Pork Chop Hill (1959) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), and other war films noted for attention to detail and a sense of realism. I remember his film Armored Attack (1943) making a big impression on me, although, it's now superseded by Come and See (1985).

I just saw War Of The World. It was good, you know, at least in visuals, but it was too much of an action movie for me, I like something more realistic.

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The Big Red One! ~:eek: I saw it as a child on the TV and have been dying to see once again in my lifetime. ~:mecry:
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Meh! I just don't really see what you guys like in it. I found it terribly episodic, as well as uninspiring action and acting. Plus, the Germans never used Sherman tanks in actual war. I can't bring myself to forgive that, even in light of a limited budget. :sweatdrop:

I guess I was spoiled by Band of Brothers - which is effectively episodic.

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I just don't really see what you guys like in it. I found it terribly episodic, as well as uninspiring action and acting.

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It's not supposed to be inspiring. Sam Fuller said, "The real glory of war is surviving.", and that's what he tries to convey in The Big Red One.

I am watching Princess Bride on AMC. It's a great movie, I've seen before, but I like it anyway.

I just saw The last seduction. I liked it a lot, there is a shortage of convincingly evil characters in movies, and Miss Fiorentino does an excellent job. I like movies where the main character is smarter than everyone else.

I got the tenth anniversary editions of Mallrats and Clerks the other day in some package deal. Reasons were obvious.

On Saturday, though, I watched the original Nosferatu from 1922 (eine Symphonie des Grauens), but with English text. I'm not sure if I like this version or Herzog's Phantom der Nacht better, but I certainly need to watch more expressionist films, especially the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

I just saw the movie sleepers dear god that movie makes you wanna' kill some one.

It's about some kids in NYC, chicago or some city(can't remember) Who accidentally drop a hot dog stand into the sub way and hurt some one. They go to juvy for a year where the guards make the kids give them blow jobs and all sorts of creepy stuff. good news though at the end 2 guards are killed and the rest are thrown in jail:2thumbsup:



It is a good movie though. Don't let the man/boy scenes turn you off. It didn't show them.

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I just saw the movie sleepers dear god that movie makes you wanna' kill some one.

It's about some kids in NYC, chicago or some city(can't remember) Who accidentally drop a hot dog stand into the sub way and hurt some one. They go to juvy for a year where the guards make the kids give them blow jobs and all sorts of creepy stuff. good news though at the end 2 guards are killed and the rest are thrown in jail:2thumbsup:



It is a good movie though. Don't let the man/boy scenes turn you off. It didn't show them.

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Not my cup of tea.

It's is not some creepy pedo movie it's is mainstream. Its got brad pit, kevin bacon, robert deniro,. All sorts of big name people. I think it might have the girl from the movie paparazzi, I think dustin hoffman might be the guy who guns em' down.

I thought Sleepers was very good, and it certainly has a really nice cast.
It's about boys growing into men, and the way they deal with traumas (and ghosts, more or less material) from the past.
It's hard to go wrong with Kevin Bacon (again, in a negative role), Robert de Niro, Dustin Hoffmann and Brad Pitt all in the same movie.
I'd highly recommend it.

Yes I agree, Sleepers is worth the watch. As said the cast is very good, with the Niro as the sympathetic priest and Bacon as the guard everyone hates.

It may be shocking at times, but it really is a film to see.

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On Saturday, though, I watched the original Nosferatu from 1922 (eine Symphonie des Grauens), but with English text. I'm not sure if I like this version or Herzog's Phantom der Nacht better, but I certainly need to watch more expressionist films, especially the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

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Nosferatu (1922) and Phantom der Nacht (1979) are both good. A great way to see these two movies is back to back watching the 1922 version first since the 1979 version references the older movie.

Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1919) is good, but not an easy film to grasp. Also, unlike Nosferatu, the ending is a cop out. The restored version of Metropolis (1927) and M (1931) are good examples of german expressionist cinema. I also like Carl Dryer's Vampyr (1932) for a movie that can really spook you out watching it late at night alone in the dark. A fairly modern example of expressionism is Rober Altman's Images (1972) starring Susannah York who gives a very good performance. I guess Repulsion (1965) by Roman Polanski is another example, but I haven't seen it.

Some of the people who made these early movies in Europe moved to Hollywood and worked on movies like Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931) where you can see the influence of the cinamagraphic style, although, they aren't purely expressionistic films. Gothic horror films have their visual roots in early expressionistic films, and it's interesting that this influence came to the Italian gothic horror gendre of the late 1950's and early 1960's apparently by way of the spooky forest sequence in Walt Disney's animated movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). You can also see the visual influence of german expressionism in Citizen Kane (1941), and the whole film noir gendre of the late 1940's and early 1950's many of which present the viewer with the main character's flawed perspective most of the time.

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I am watching Princess Bride on AMC. It's a great movie, I've seen before, but I like it anyway.

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The word you are looking for is FANTASTIC, I love that movie to death.

Princes Bride = cult.

I just finished watching "Young Frankenstein"

Quite a funny movie, if you ask me...:laugh4:

While we're talking about "Young [insert movie/novel character]" movies, ever watched Young Sherlock Holmes? Quite interesting, and, what a 'coincidence'. Two scenes, at the hideout, look exactly like the place from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, also directed by Speilberg.

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Classic.:2thumbsup:

Love the music for that one.

Frag - Princess Bride RAWKS! So much so that I must mispell RAWKS!

And I saw The Hunt for Red October the past weekend. Confirming that Sean Connery is Teh Man.

Just saw United 93.

Pretty good. Some tense moments even though you already know what happens. Well directed. Very real.

Helps if you are into aiplanes and airplane tech speak. My woman kept leaning over and asking, "What does _____ mean?"

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Just saw United 93.

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Not sure I could watch that. It sounds a like a good film. But I'd probably end up blubbering like a baby. Rage and grief are a hard mixture to contain. Something about 9/11 still affects me, even though I had no personal involvement with it. I'll probably have to wait until it comes on TV and then watch it alone, late at night.

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Not sure I could watch that. It sounds a like a good film. But I'd probably end up blubbering like a baby. Rage and grief are a hard mixture to contain. Something about 9/11 still affects me, even though I had no personal involvement with it. I'll probably have to wait until it comes on TV and then watch it alone, late at night.

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At least you're honest though.:2thumbsup:

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I didn't believe that Spielberg could make movies until I saw Empire of the Sun (1987). While it has its share of cheesy holywood tear soup, it's as good as Steven can do. :coffeenews:

Somebody needs expressionism? Try Fritz Lang's Fury from 1930's too. :yes:

As for Citizen Kane, anything with the minimal involvement of Orson is worth seeing. :2thumbsup:
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I saw Pulp Fiction for the first time yesterday. It was great, even when my brother kept talking over them. :wall:

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Recommend it though, great film. And really funny at some points.

I was watching Gods and Generals a few days back and was very impressed by it. Although it seemed the Stonewall Jackson story Stephen Lang's performance was just amazing, he truely lived the character and his emotion and power really made the film. I recommend it, i felt for the Irish brigade against the Georgian Irish regiments fighting against one another. I'm not sure of the battle, is the Bull Run? Either way its very good and if you like a film revolved arounds battles this is for you

Watching Gettysburg at the moment at that is also very good but i'm only 2 huors in with another two to go. Sam Elliot and Tom Berenger are on top form

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I saw Pulp Fiction for the first time yesterday. It was great, even when my brother kept talking over them. :wall:

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Recommend it though, great film. And really funny at some points.

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Good one but IMHO Rezervoir Dogs is the best Tarantino. :yes: I haven't seen either of the Kill Bill's though.
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I was recommended Reservoir Dogs right after watching it. I think I'll have to check it out.

Thanks. :2thumbsup:

Lucky Number Slevin (was this already reviewed here ? If so, my apologies): very nice plot, nice twist, pretty good acting even though I'm no fan of the main character. Definitely worth seeing.

Inside Man: more or less your typical intelligent-bank-robbery thing, trying to be above average. For some reason, wasn't thrilled with it - too much in-your-face criticism of the police force (bad guys = smart; average police dudes = dumb). Sure, that may or may not be the case, but subtle is better, imo. Decent, but not great. Couldn't really get excited about it.

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Originally Posted by Blodrast

Lucky Number Slevin (was this already reviewed here ? If so, my apologies): very nice plot, nice twist, pretty good acting even though I'm no fan of the main character. Definitely worth seeing.

Inside Man: more or less your typical intelligent-bank-robbery thing, trying to be above average. For some reason, wasn't thrilled with it - too much in-your-face criticism of the police force (bad guys = smart; average police dudes = dumb). Sure, that may or may not be the case, but subtle is better, imo. Decent, but not great. Couldn't really get excited about it.

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You know though, in the category of detective stories that Edgar Allan Poe wrote, he stated, one thing he used was that regular cops were dumber than the criminals and that strange, but smart detectives figured out the mishappenings.

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Originally Posted by Mouzafphaerre

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Good one but IMHO Rezervoir Dogs is the best Tarantino. :yes: I haven't seen either of the Kill Bill's though.
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The Kill Bills are great, but they're very unrealistic, maybe *surreal* would be a better term since it's obviously deliberate. It's at times more a movie about movies than a real movie in itself :dizzy2:

But yes, Reservoir Dogs is easily my favourite Tarantino too :2thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Sasaki Kojiro

I just saw The last seduction. I liked it a lot, there is a shortage of convincingly evil characters in movies, and Miss Fiorentino does an excellent job. I like movies where the main character is smarter than everyone else.

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If you liked The Last Seduction (1994), definitely checkout Bound (1996).