Yep, National Lampoon is a parody of themselves now. With such dumbass films asVan Wilder, they are trying and FALLING FLAT ON THEIR FACE trying to recreate success from the 70's.

Hell, ADULT SWIM deservedly bitchslapped the magazine. Their website once had snippets from the magazine's work in the 70's when guys like the deceased-Doug Kenney(before writing the scripts to snob classics like ANIMAL HOUSE and CADDYSHACK) and wow.....masterstroke of comedy combined with ball-busting irony. Now the magazine is like those retarded dipshit kids I know of that try to latch onto something "cool" to give themselves the image of cool...yet instead look lame.

I've decided to review ANIMAL HOUSE later, but I'll do another review for RRA'S VIDEO BIN REVIEW so I can give room in time between Don Vercetti's short-but-sweet mini-review of HOUSE and my lengthy review.

So which should I review for tonight/tomorrow? Kevin Smith's DOGA, COPLAND, or Michael Cimino's YEAR OF THE DRAGON?

The Village (2004) - what a piece of crap! when it comes to building up something entertaining and then blowing it all with ridiculous plot twist, this film should stand up! I was really enjoying it as a "monster-flick" but out of the blue we get to know that [SPOILERS] "those we don't speak of" - scary creatures about whom they talk about the WHOLE movie - are nothing but a farse made up by the elders of the so called "Village" [/SPOILERS] after getting to know the "schocking" news, I felt so cheated that not even the stunning acting from this chick named Bryce Dallas Howard (playing a blind girl) saved the movie. it was working in the entertaining way, but now I say "The Village" is the worst film not-named Catwoman from 2004.

Slight correction: His first film was for Producer David O. Selznick. It was the adaptation of Daphnie Du Marier's "Rebecca". It won an Oscar for Best Picture.

"Forreign Correspondent" was produced for Indipendant producer Walter Wanger and was also given a nod for an Oscar.

The pefect Hitchcock film to start with is perhaps "North by Northwest". Suspensful, entertaining and just damned fun.

Yeah, he wasn't as "pimp" as Elijah Wood in Sin City. He had reading glasses and long nails!
[/b][/quote]Well maybe he should have tried wearing glasses with long nails, it might have worked better for him :p But seriously, from what I heard about this film I expected a lot more and was sorely disappointed. Just my opinion which I know doesn't mean much on this board but I don't care what others feel just as others don't care how I feel

"from what I heard"

Who told you that Dean was a "badass"?

Crash ***

A very good movie that exceeded my expectations very much. A lot of comedy that I wasn't expecting but definintely made the movie more enjoyable. To inform the elitist who desperately need to know what I think about the movie "the camera movement was good. The character depth was good. The acting was good. The script was good. The music was good and used at the appropiate time. The directing was good. The positioning of the camera was good. The pace of the movie was good. The boxart was good. The special features lacked." And to answer the ever famous question 'why' because I said so!

BTW, ronnie I heard that stuff about Dean from the TV or just someone I was talking to. I can't pinpoint it exactly but that's what I heard and that's the impression I had going into the movie.

Thanks for the correction, Mike. Foreign and Rebecca were released the same year, and both up for Best Pic at the Oscars, I believe. (Wasn't Hitch nominated twice for Director in the same year?)

Anyway, your brief summation of North by Northwest is indeed true, but I think you could say those three things of just about any Hitchcock film and you'd be hitting the bullseye. My personal favourite for just a quick watch: Rope (1948).

Mick

Irish, you're being a mixture of too hard on yourself and too "me against the world"ish, I think.

My thoughts on Crash, not to antagonise you in any way, but to give a different light on the proceedings. Neither a personal attack (not that I expect you'd take it as one) or an elitist's opinion; but one to perhaps get you thinking about your own opinion a bit more and to open you to a different approach:

Crash **
2005, Haggis, Ger/US/Australia
Several people are connected by racially involved incidents over the course of two days in LA.
A film not without its explosive moments of potential, but for a melodrama full of dramatic irony and overkill, the final impression is dubious: an ambitious directorial debut effort, and yet it seems to offer no further insight into racism than what we already know.

Thanks for reading,
Mick

Yessss, besides "Rebel without a cause" they are also showing "Dr. Strangelove or...." and "Citizen Kane" in Theaters this month...Im short of money right now but I definetily want to see all 3 on the big screen. "Citizen Kane" will also be my first viewing. 7 Days left...

I just watched The Bourne Supremecy.......awesome movie, now to wait until 2007 for Bourne Ultimatum

Damn, Germany is lucky.

I wish they would put them back into theaters here in the U.S.

Although during the weekend of my birthday--in April--I had the chance to see 12 Angry Men in Times Square. It was great.

Carlito's Way **

Only my 2nd time viewing it. Not a bad movie but it is in NO way, shape, or form better than Scarface!

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THE RING TWO - **/5

Fantasia #58 on the AFI Top 100 List **

Just curious Irish, what scale are you doing?


** = mediocre? Good?

Oh sorry, I'm just doing the 4-star scale with

* = Medicore/Terrible
** = Good
*** = Great
**** = Fantastic/Excellent

I just watched Once Upon a Time in the West for the first time. I'd rank it slightly above The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and right on par with Once Upon a Time in America. Great movie.

Oh yeah, and Claudia Cardinale has the nicest boobs I have EVER seen.

IMO, Once Upon a Time in the West is the greatest western ever.

I wrote an MFA Review a while back.

I could definitely see that, although I have only seen 2 Westerns before.

It's unfortunate that it got such a bad response from critics back then, for being "BORING!11"

One of these critics was Ebert in his early days. His review is particularly weak.

Boring? WTF? Anybody who thinks that movie is boring has some serious ADHD or something. I couldn't keep my eyes off the screen. So much suspense...such great music...incredible acting. It's the farthest anything can get from BORING.

Sheesh.

The original cut of Once Upon a Time in the West was heavily cut upon American release, as west Once Upon a Time in America's, and many acknowledge that Leone's cuts are far superior to the studio's.

Ebert's original review was for the butchered cut?

Assuming he saw the cut the rest of America did when it was released.

I just watched war of the worlds....it's about 2 hours, first 1 hour 45 minutes was great..ending sucked

Dave Chapplle For What It's Worth *

It was only an hour and not the funniest stuff I've heard. It wasn't bad but not as good as Killing Them Softly IMO

Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker **

My first Chris Rock show that I saw and I laughed my butt off. It was definitely funnier than the Dave Chappelle show earlier

Yeah, Bigger and Blacker was pretty funny. Irish, have you seen Martin Lawrence's Runteldat? Extremely funny.