"Stealing Beauty"  - Bertolucci with Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusak, Liv Tyler.  Artsy rich people with villa in Italy, 19 year old virgin, will she or won't she, blah, blah, blah......don't bother

every time liv tyler appears on screen, god kills a kitten.

i dont know why i detest her so much, but i do.

Shrek the Third.....not as good as I'd hoped :-\\  (at least we saw the matinee so it was only $4 each ;))

Shrek 3

Aww,i adore that film! I remember it come out at the same time as Saving Private Ryan and i always thought it was so much better,it reminded me of Apocalypse Now,just an amazingly different war experience,and the cinematography is breathtaking!



Guess the thing I didn't like about The Thin Red Line is that it was hard to follow.  Just when it was getting interesting they would switch to a scene of the guys girlfriend/wife walking in a field with a flowing dress.  Well at least that's how I felt when it first came out...maybe I would have a different opinion of it now.

it's definitely not for every taste, it's very internalized and non-linear. people were complaining about the edith piaf movie, too, because it was totally told out of order and you'd get lost in the flashbacks. but that was sorta the point, in both TRL and the piaf flick, that the characters were ALSO lost in their own memories, so the movie wasn't trying to tell a story so much as make you feel the way the characters did. folks expecting a movie that tells a story are likely to get frustrated by that.

it's funny because tarantino pulls the same stunt in reservoir dogs and pulp fiction, telling the same story multiple times, all out of order and from these different points of view, but nobody ever gets quite as frustrated. probably because of all the guns, blood and titties.

Thr3E

Guess the thing I didn't like about The Thin Red Line is that it was hard to follow.  Just when it was getting interesting they would switch to a scene of the guys girlfriend/wife walking in a field with a flowing dress.  Well at least that's how I felt when it first came out...maybe I would have a different opinion of it now.


The thing that I really didn't like about it, was its a movie about the Pacific war, yet the movie was about the Army.  Just disappoints me when good Pacific war movie comes out and doesn't portray the Marines as say, Saving Private Ryan did.  However, I enjoyed Flags of our Fathers.  I dont need alot of battle in a war movie, but The Thin Red Line was just a little boring to me.   

At least Stephen Speilburg and Tom Hanks are making a Band of Brothers type HBO mini series about the Pacific War.  I think that should be good.

The Skeleton Key

The Skeleton Key


One of my favorite horror flicks.  Kate Hudson does a very good job in that.

One of my favorite horror flicks.  Kate Hudson does a very good job in that.


I like it too - and I love the ending. 

I like it too - and I love the ending. 


Ya, I want to turn out like a vegetable too.  Wouldn't that be fun?

The thing that I really didn't like about it, was its a movie about the Pacific war, yet the movie was about the Army.  Just disappoints me when good Pacific war movie comes out and doesn't portray the Marines as say, Saving Private Ryan did.  However, I enjoyed Flags of our Fathers.  I dont need alot of battle in a war movie, but The Thin Red Line was just a little boring to me.   

At least Stephen Speilburg and Tom Hanks are making a Band of Brothers type HBO mini series about the Pacific War.  I think that should be good.


I was a never a fan of war movies,i liked this one 'cause i read it as a peace manifest,it's not about heroes like SPR is,is about common men in extreme situations,their struggles,their demons,their thoughts.
There are 3 war flicks i loved,this one, Apocalypse Now and Black Hawk Down,are they accurate portraits of war scenario? i have no clue,i loved them 'cause they moved me,that's what i look for in a film.

did you ever see gallipoli? i'm a big peter weir fan.

i ALWAYS accidentally type "weird" though, the first time i try to type his name. every time! i bet his junior high school days were really tough.

I was a never a fan of war movies,i liked this one 'cause i read it as a peace manifest,it's not about heroes like SPR is,is about common men in extreme situations,their struggles,their demons,their thoughts.
There are 3 war flicks i loved,this one, Apocalypse Now and Black Hawk Down,are they accurate portraits of war scenario? i have no clue,i loved them 'cause they moved me,that's what i look for in a film.


Flags of our Fathers goes into the horrors of war and the aftermath that people returning from wars go through.  Plus it shows that America is good at waving the flag for our "Heroes" but discarding them when we are through. 

Black Hawk Down was good.  Pretty interesting how unknown this battle in Somalia was.


did you ever see gallipoli? i'm a big peter weir fan.

I have never seen that movie.

yeah. flags of our fathers was quite a flick. i've got his iwo jima movie reserved on my queue.

yeah. flags of our fathers was quite a flick. i've got his iwo jima movie reserved on my queue.




There is a movie from the 80's called "The Big Red One"  Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill.  I remember liking it alot. 

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_red_one/

i saw 28 weeks later last night. it was really sad and creepy.  very different from the first one.  david carlyle was excellent.

There is a movie from the 80's called "The Big Red One"  Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill.  I remember liking it alot. 

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/big_red_one/
for old school, i'd definitely go with "paths of glory" (although i know isabel doesn't like kubrick), all quiet on the western front and a walk in the sun.

for old school, i'd definitely go with "paths of glory" (although i know isabel doesn't like kubrick), all quiet on the western front and a walk in the sun.


I read all quiet on the western front, its was good but pretty depressing.  LoL. 

I read all quiet on the western front, its was good but pretty depressing.  LoL. 
i read it on a plane flight to germany! :o

i was like, dag! turn this thing around!!!

I.D....


Again.

Ali G In Da House.

Went to the dollar theater and saw

Night at the museum and Next (starring Nicholas Cage)

I'm watching that movie Dahmer...made in '02.
It's pretty good.

High School USA (remember that little gem from the 80's?) It had a great cast too....Michael J. Fox, Dana Plato, Todd Bridges, Crispin Glover, Tony Dow, Bob Denver, etc...

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows, it's a cute 1960's film.  I think it's the sequel to Trouble With Angels.

hayley mills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hayley mills!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Haley did the first one "Trouble With Angels".  Susan St. James is in "Where Angels Go Trouble Follows".

susan st. james!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

susan st. james!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


You really should see both movies, if you all ready haven't.

trouble with angels is in my queue, i know. but it's got to wait until after i see gidget: the first season.

i'm not gay! not that there's anything wrong with that.

trouble with angels is in my queue, i know. but it's got to wait until after i see gidget: the first season.

i'm not gay! not that there's anything wrong with that.


The whole genre is too adorable not to watch.  It has nothing to do with gayness or lack of gayness. :)

Catch & Release (fabulous movie, BTW)

Chicago.

Walk The Line

Before Sunset, good thing i watched it before,'cause last night i just wasn't paying attention...

The sum of all fears.

Joe and I are going to the movies but we don't know what we're gunna watch yet. Any suggestions?

Joe and I are going to the movies but we don't know what we're gunna watch yet. Any suggestions?


You could always go see the sexiest man alive.. behind Wayne Gretsky.. and tell me if I should go and see his pirate riddled film.

I am of course.. talking about Keith Richards.  ;D

I just got done watching Alien vs Predator - I give it a 3 and a half star rating.

Aliens is one of my favorite movies.

The sum of all fears.

They screwed up this movie.  >:(  Of course, the books are usually better than the movies based off of them. 

They screwed up this movie.  >:(  Of course, the books are usually better than the movies based off of them. 


I know, originally the bomb was in Denver.. etc..etc.. all manner of other things, but then again, they always make the films slightly different, which quite often I actually appreciate, I'd rather at least have a few plot twists I wasn't expecting than know exactly what's going to happen.

I want Red Storm Rising to be made in to a film, that's his best book.

We saw Shrek the Third yesterday, it was pretty good. 

We saw Shrek the Third yesterday, it was pretty good. 


Glad you liked it. ;) I haven't even seen the first two yet, but we have Shrek 1 on DVD at home.

Well, we watched Hot Fuzz. It was alright. Joe's sister works at the movie theatre we went to, so she got us free tickets. Woop!

The Pursuit Of Happiness

We watched the rather depressing "Fearless" starring Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, and Isabella Rosselini tonight and also the last 20 minutes of "Twister" starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt

Cinema: Bridge to Terabithia - It was brilliant, but it made me cry.
DVD: My Neighbour Totoro  - One of the best anime films I've ever seen.

15 Minutes

I know, originally the bomb was in Denver.. etc..etc.. all manner of other things, but then again, they always make the films slightly different, which quite often I actually appreciate, I'd rather at least have a few plot twists I wasn't expecting than know exactly what's going to happen.

I want Red Storm Rising to be made in to a film, that's his best book.


The bomb in D.C. was entertaining, of course they had to have Ryan close to the action.  Ben Affleck did alright as Ryan in my opinion.  Its just tough going from Harrison Ford, who I liked in the part.  However, I like Alec Baldwin back in Hunt for Red October as well.  I think Harrison Ford could have continued through to Debt of Honor and Executive Orders, but I understand how they wanted to make him a bit younger again.

I think my main problem in it is that it didn't show the support Chavez and Mr. Clark give Ryan after Clear and Present Danger.  Which is a very important point in the story in my opinion.

Yes, Red Storm Rising was an excellent book.  Without Remorse would probably be a good movie too.

Red Storm Rising, Without Remorse, Rainbow Six and Executive Orders are my favorite books by him so far. 



We saw Shrek the Third yesterday, it was pretty good.

I also saw this.  It was entertaining, but I didn't think it was as good as the other two.  Personal opinion though.

I feel asleep while watching The Little Mermaid.  I found it works better than sominex.

We watched the rather depressing "Fearless" starring Jeff Bridges, Rosie Perez, and Isabella Rosselini tonight and also the last 20 minutes of "Twister" starring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt
I love Twister!

I see they have remade The Hitcher and it has been panned by the critics.............

The bomb in D.C. was entertaining, of course they had to have Ryan close to the action.  Ben Affleck did alright as Ryan in my opinion.  Its just tough going from Harrison Ford, who I liked in the part.  However, I like Alec Baldwin back in Hunt for Red October as well.  I think Harrison Ford could have continued through to Debt of Honor and Executive Orders, but I understand how they wanted to make him a bit younger again.

I think my main problem in it is that it didn't show the support Chavez and Mr. Clark give Ryan after Clear and Present Danger.  Which is a very important point in the story in my opinion.

Yes, Red Storm Rising was an excellent book.  Without Remorse would probably be a good movie too.

Red Storm Rising, Without Remorse, Rainbow Six and Executive Orders are my favorite books by him so far.

I also saw this.  It was entertaining, but I didn't think it was as good as the other two.  Personal opinion though.


Ben Affleck was fine as Ryan, I rate Affleck, I think he's a decent actor. Not as good as Harrison Ford of course, but hey, who is? That's freakin Han!

Well, there was none of the buildup really.. just.. 'Bang, in to the story' which is..ok I guess, seeing as having the rest of the story included would have made it about a 5 hour film.  ;D

I never got in to Rainbow Six but I can agree with the others.

i am making my sister watch Elevator to the Gallows....classic jeanne Moreau- great Film Noir.

But she fell asleep.  I'll continue with it. it's in my top ten!

i am making my sister watch Elevator to the Gallows....classic jeanne Moreau- great Film Noir.

But she fell asleep.  I'll continue with it. it's in my top ten!


yeah, I watched one of her films..

.. sorry, but.. it was wank.

yeah, I watched one of her films..

.. sorry, but.. it was wank.

she' is so ...cool.. that slight smile. and just a great femme fatale. 
not all of them are great.
but I dig it.

Ben Affleck was fine as Ryan, I rate Affleck, I think he's a decent actor.


;D ;D ;D

Oh,you're serious :-X


she' is so ...cool.. that slight smile. and just a great femme fatale. 
not all of them are great.
but I dig it.

Jeanne Moreau is a goddess,my favorite film is The Lovers,she's so alluring,you can't take her eyes off her!

she' is so ...cool.. that slight smile. and just a great femme fatale. 
not all of them are great.
but I dig it.


Well, then again, you're talking to someone who rates Joe Dirt as one of his favorite movies of all time.

28 weeks later.

i feel like i'm pretty hardened about these things but it really was pretty messed up. i was a nervous wreck.

I love Twister!

I see they have remade The Hitcher and it has been panned by the critics.............


I love Twister too, but it loses something watching it on television. (But then I have a small non-HD television with no surround sound, so maybe it'd be the same if I upgrade the system.) lol

I always wanted to see Twister at a drive-in theater since there is a scene in the movie involving drive-ins.


I loved the original Hitcher.  Scary stuff.  Kinda made me re-evaluate picking up strangers.  ;D
I just didn't even want to see the remake because I figured it wouldn't be able to live up to the original.

Rat Race

We all enjoyed the movie.

Pirates 3 At Worlds End. Can't wait for a 4th one to come out.

Pirates 3 At Worlds End. Can't wait for a 4th one to come out.
Will there be a 4th Pirates movie?

The thing that I really didn't like about it, was its a movie about the Pacific war, yet the movie was about the Army.  Just disappoints me when good Pacific war movie comes out and doesn't portray the Marines as say, Saving Private Ryan did.  However, I enjoyed Flags of our Fathers.  I dont need alot of battle in a war movie, but The Thin Red Line was just a little boring to me.   

At least Stephen Speilburg and Tom Hanks are making a Band of Brothers type HBO mini series about the Pacific War.  I think that should be good.
Just curious, how do you feel about "Jarhead" as a Marine?  2 guys got into a major discussion about it in my Eng class this past semester....
You could always go see the sexiest man alive.. behind Wayne Gretsky.. and tell me if I should go and see his pirate riddled film.

I am of course.. talking about Keith Richards.  ;D
He was pretty dammed sexy in it (then again, I have a thing for pirates ;))

I saw Pirates 3 on Saturday night....not quite as good as the last one (I still haven't seen the first one although I've had the DVD for over a year now) but not bad.....

The bomb in D.C. was entertaining, of course they had to have Ryan close to the action.  Ben Affleck did alright as Ryan in my opinion.  Its just tough going from Harrison Ford, who I liked in the part.  However, I like Alec Baldwin back in Hunt for Red October as well.  I think Harrison Ford could have continued through to Debt of Honor and Executive Orders, but I understand how they wanted to make him a bit younger again.

I think my main problem in it is that it didn't show the support Chavez and Mr. Clark give Ryan after Clear and Present Danger.  Which is a very important point in the story in my opinion.

Yes, Red Storm Rising was an excellent book.  Without Remorse would probably be a good movie too.

Red Storm Rising, Without Remorse, Rainbow Six and Executive Orders are my favorite books by him so far.




I also saw this.  It was entertaining, but I didn't think it was as good as the other two.  Personal opinion though.


Hubby's got all of them and the oldest is starting to get into them as well....he's also found another author that's fairly similar, but I'm too lazy right now to walk into the other room to see what the name is....J.E.B. something, maybe?  I know it's something with initials ;D

28 weeks later.

i feel like i'm pretty hardened about these things but it really was pretty messed up. i was a nervous wreck.


dude. it was seriously messed up and realistic.  I was disturbed!  I thought more than a "zombie" flick....it was so sad. the return home, the mob scenes...so bad.



Jeanne Moreau is a goddess,my favorite film is The Lovers,she's so alluring,you can't take her eyes off her!


She is a goddess!  You know that she was filmed in natural light with no make up in "Elevator"...and was simply nothing but gorgeous. 
I was wondering yesterday how i could get my hands on her old wardrobe.

dude. it was seriously messed up and realistic.  I was disturbed!  I thought more than a "zombie" flick....it was so sad. the return home, the mob scenes...so bad.
i had the same feeling when i saw the poseidon adventure remake. it was just nonstop horrifying suffering, people drowning and getting smashed to pieces and falling to their death. the old disaster/horror movies had kinda an angle of fun or characterization to take the edge off but nonstop violence is really just kinda miserable.

i mean it wasn’t a bad movie, 28 weeks later,  and i actually liked it -- the whole iraq war subtext was interesting -- but dag, throw in a joke or something people! at the end i just felt totally depressed.

i had the same feeling when i saw the poseidon adventure remake. it was just nonstop horrifying suffering, people drowning and getting smashed to pieces and falling to their death. the old disaster/horror movies had kinda an angle of fun or characterization to take the edge off but nonstop violence is really just kinda miserable.

i mean it wasn’t a bad movie, 28 weeks later,  and i actually liked it -- the whole iraq war subtext was interesting -- but dag, throw in a joke or something people! at the end i just felt totally depressed.



me too. it was disheartening to feel like there were things on the horizong that man would never be able to fight. 

Rat Race

We all enjoyed the movie.


That Hitler scene had me splitting my sides ;D

That Hitler scene had me splitting my sides ;D
The same for us!

This weekend I saw Pirates 3, Shrek 3 and part of the Big Lewbowski. 

Shrek was amusing...the other two were just OK.

This weekend I saw Pirates 3, Shrek 3 and part of the Big Lewbowski. 

Shrek was amusing...the other two were just OK.


We have to see Pirates 2, before we see Pirates 3.

We have to see Pirates 2, before we see Pirates 3.


That would be helpful.  Of course I've seen Pirates 2, but have never seen the first, so there are some things that happen in the movie that I don't understand the motivation for.

That would be helpful.  Of course I've seen Pirates 2, but have never seen the first, so there are some things that happen in the movie that I don't understand the motivation for.
We do have the DVDs for both Pirates 1 & 2 (we even watched Pirates 1 last Christmas when broadcast on tv).

That would be helpful.  Of course I've seen Pirates 2, but have never seen the first, so there are some things that happen in the movie that I don't understand the motivation for.
Same here, although I've had Pirates 1 for over a year now ;D

Everybody says I love You

I saw Indecent Proposal for the first time last night.

Same here, although I've had Pirates 1 for over a year now ;D


I think we own Pirates 1 also. ;D

We do have the DVDs for both Pirates 1 & 2 (we even watched Pirates 1 last Christmas when broadcast on tv).



We have a pirate copy of Pirates 1.  :D ;D ;D ;D  We have seen 2 but don't have a copy of it-YET!!!


As for me, the last movie I saw was MST3K: Hercules Unchained.




Cat

Perfect Man  Or something like that.  It had Heather Locklear and Hillary Duff.

Dreamgirls (it was pretty good)

Dr. Seuss' The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.



Cat

It had Heather Locklear and Hillary Duff.
did you know this beforehand? if so, why did you watch it? were you forced? is your captor watching you now and this is your coded way of calling for help without his noticing?

Last night I caught the final 20 minutes of Sister Act 2: Back In The Habit on TBS. I had seen it in a movie theater in January 1994.

Pan's Labyrinth

We finally got around to watching The 300 the other night at the dollar theater.  Not a bad flick, even though it clearly is a guy flick.  ;D

Frantic with Harrisson Ford in one of his greatest roles 8)

i like the part when he's holding the teddy bear over his crotch and saying, "i AM an american! and i AM crazy!" and the jackbooted swedish guy just kicks him in the face. i don't know why that's the only scene from that movie i remember. probably cuz the teddy bear bit is so damn funny.

that film was brought to us by roman "old enough to sit on a curb and have her feet touch the ground? then old enough for me" polanski, yes?

clay pigeons.


very strange.

oh! and  the spanish prisoner. i recommend it!

i like the part when he's holding the teddy bear over his crotch and saying, "i AM an american! and i AM crazy!" and the jackbooted swedish guy just kicks him in the face. i don't know why that's the only scene from that movie i remember. probably cuz the teddy bear bit is so damn funny.

that film was brought to us by roman "old enough to sit on a curb and have her feet touch the ground? then old enough for me" polanski, yes?

Americano in Paris is always fun to watch,in real life too, Avez vous un dictionnaire anglais-français? :P

I know i probably should care about his tendencies,but i just don't. I think he's a genius!

Americano in Paris is always fun to watch,in real life too, Avez vous un dictionnaire anglais-français? :P

I know i probably should care about his tendencies,but i just don't. I think he's a genius!
ha! you remember that story.

it was actually, "juh voodray shershay oon dicksheoonair anglay-fransay?"

roman polanski comes up a lot in that easy riders, raging bulls book. party animal, that guy. and apparently he’s not a pedophile, he’s n ephebophile. there’s a bunch of us them out there.

Office Space (that movie never ceases to make me crack up)

Prairie Home Companion (I was disappointed in this movie..I was expecting a whole lot more).

National Lampoon's European Vacation

National Lampoon's European Vacation


Moon Unit!

Oh Calcutta.



Cat

Oh Calcutta.



Cat
Oh!

Oh!



I'm wondering if you are correcting my title or responding to my watching the film.  :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat

letters from iwo jima. it was very good, but pretty sad.

I'm wondering if you are correcting my title or responding to my watching the film.  :D ;D ;D ;D




Cat
Responding to the film you have watched.

Responding to the film you have watched.



Have you seen it? It is quite...um...interesting.



Cat

Have you seen it? It is quite...um...interesting.



Cat
I remember the stage show and the fuzz it caused. I was too young to be able to go and see it.

I remember the stage show and the fuzz it caused. I was too young to be able to go and see it.



This was basically a film of the stage show-which is really cool. And it was soooo 60s (in terms of hair styles and such). There was a fairly young Bill Macy (of Maude fame) in it too. The funny thing is, most things that were risque back then seem very tame by today's standards but this IMO is still kind of risque.



Cat

This was basically a film of the stage show-which is really cool. And it was soooo 60s (in terms of hair styles and such). There was a fairly young Bill Macy (of Maude fame) in it too. The funny thing is, most things that were risque back then seem very tame by today's standards but this IMO is still kind of risque.



Cat
Did you see much of the 60s clothing?

Did you see much of the 60s clothing?



Yeah, they did wear clothing for SOME of it.



Cat

The Hitcher.

Yeah, they did wear clothing for SOME of it.



Cat
Not for long at a guess?

Not for long at a guess?


There were some scenes that they had their clothes on for the entire scene.  :o :o



Cat

There were some scenes that they had their clothes on for the entire scene.  :o :o



Cat
I don't believe it!  ;D

Hot Fuzz AGAIN at a late viewing last night, still laughed like a drain.  ;D

8 Million Ways to Die.  Watched it on VHS lol

A violent 80s action/thriller; Andy Garcia as mean and ruthless as ever.  I want this to come to DVD so bad

I watched a couple of great ones last night...

First one was Konga.  The second was Ssssss.  ;D ;D

letters from iwo jima. it was very good, but pretty sad.


That was an excellant movie!


We just got back from seeing Anthony Hopkins' newest picture, Fractured.  It too was very good, and it had a subtle twist at the end which I liked.

Hot Fuzz AGAIN at a late viewing last night, still laughed like a drain.  ;D


I LOVED that one.  We saw that last week.  But then, I love most anything Simon Pegg does anyways.  We're thinking about going back to see it again as well.

I watched a couple of great ones last night...

The second was Ssssss.  ;D ;D



OMG I haven't seen that since I was a kid.  I LOVED that one, I may have to go in search of it sometime.