Huh? I should have said "liked" not "loved."

You gave 3 stars to PIRATES 2 and CASINO ROYALE, and sorta came around partly on the side of BEGINS after most of the board wrote our love letter reviews and ratings to it.

I'm not saying anything, but...has a movie not only bitter disapointed you, but soul-crushingly disapointed as fucking hell?

For example, yours truely once read a convultingly long sci-fi 1,000 page book that had a decent first half. Good possible drama material for a movie.

Then I saw BATTLEFIELD EARTH the movie in theatres.

I might as well had my balls on the bandsaw.

Yes sir I have. Date Movie, Scary Movie 2, Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4!

You had expectations for them?

And what about EPIC MOVIE?

I had expectations for Scary Movie 2 since I enjoyed the first one so much. Scary Movie 3 I had expectations for just for pure curiosity since the Waynes Brother's were no longer on the project. Again I did have expectations for Date Movie (because I'm a pretty good sucker for spoof movies). However, I had zero expectations for Epic Movie, which is probably the reason why I didn't hate it as much as Date Movie.

Uhh, no. It's true because you say so?

I have to agree with him, actually. I can't think of a better comic book adaptation than Sin City.

Uhh, no I say it's true because it's my opinion. You feel you are right that Batman Begins is the greatest because that's your opinion. Well, I feel the exact same way about Sin City. "Opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one"

Except for those who have them surgically closed off.

Another devoted Sin City fan! I don't know why but I could have sworn you were a Batman buff, LLC. Batman's my favorite super hero and all but when coming down to movies, I'd take Sin City over anything any day of the week. In fact, I'd say the greatest comic book movies are:

1) Sin City
2) Superman II
3) Spider-Man
4) X2
5) Batman

You can go down from there but I wouldn't even consider Batman Begins to be in the Top 5.

Because I am. I love Batman, and the first two Tim Burton films are right behind Sin City on my list. But I think that Sin City beat them by just a hair.

Frank Miller is a God; Have you taken a look at Frank Miller's work on the "Dark Knight" series? Miller + Batman = Absolutely amazing.

But still; nothing really beats Sin City for me. I've read all seven books, and they're the best comic book work I've gazed upon.

I have and I wasn't too impressed with it. I did like 300 and I'm trying to get a hold of Ronin since they're going to make it into a movie and it deals with samurai's and just sounds like it'd be right up my alley.



I agree. Those and probably Batman: The Long Halloween Series are the BEST comic books I've ever read. Although, I'm kinda bummed about Sin City 2. At first I hard Angelina Jolie would play Ava Lord but now I'm hearing it'll be Rachel Weisz. Who would you rather have? Personally, I like Angelina and I thought that's why they put a halt onto production, to allow her to have her child and then do the movie?

I don't know... I'm sure the film will be great regardless, so I'm indifferent. The only thing that'd bum me out is not using Depp in "Hell and Back"... And I understand they're saving that for Sin City 3, so there is a chance he'll get in there. Actually, I sort of doubt it. But "Hell and Back" will be good anyways, it's my favorite of the seven books.

By the way, which books are they using for two? I remember reading up on it when they were announced, but I haven't really been paying close attention to the filming/production, so I've forgotten. I know they're using "A Dame To Kill For" (which should be cool, it'll give the casual fans a bit of insight on Dwayne, and explain certain lines that didn't make sense in the first film), then I think I remember Miller saying something about writing a new, eighth book for the film, and I forget what else they're using... I'm blanking. Help me out? It's bothering me now that I think about it.

Yes they are using "A Dame To Kill For." I believe they might use some other short stories from the "Brooze, Broads, and Bullets" if I'm not mistaken (I believe that's the correct book with the short stories). And also I have heard about Frank Miller writing a new story for Nancy post-Hartigan (apparently she's gonna take revenge for those who helped "kill" him).

Night At The Museum 1/2
(First Viewing)

When Larry Daley, a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week, applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History, he is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be a wild ride when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the "inhabitants" of the museum to come to life.

Not Ben Stiller's finest work. Ben Stiller runs too hot and cold for me. He did There's Something About Mary, Meet the Parents, Along Came Polly and Dodgeball. But then he does this movie, Zoolander, Orange County, Duplex, Starsky & Hutch, Envy and Meet the Fockers.The movie made some bank at the box office (the budget was $110 million and made almost $248 million), but it was too much of a kids/family movie for me. Also not Robin Williams finest hour either (neither was his last film, Man of the Year).

Orange County is far from a gem, but as far as b-list comedies go (which is pretty much the bulk of Stiller's filmography), I thought it was pretty damn funny. I loved how it almost seemed as if it was made as an homage to The Graduate.

Why is it that Stiller can only do one kind of schtick?

I think he's one of those guys with an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" attitude.

Look at Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler. Why would they all of a sudden want to be taken seriously when they've made creers and bazillions of dollars out of playing 40 year old adolescents. I think Stiller is too smart for this. Then again, he comes from a showbiz family, so maybe he knows better.

As for Jim Carrey, his career has been on the downslope for the last few years. Its broken.

Sandler still makes money, but he did pretty darn good in PUNCH DRUNK LOVE. Funny enough, he was supposed to play the cab driver in COLLATERAL before he quit and Jamie Foxx replaced him. Opps.

pizzaboy, go watch PERMANENT MIDNIGHT sometime. Stiller playing serious as a fucked-up junkie sitcom writer.

Saw it Ronnie, loved it.

I just meant that Stiller hasn't tried to make it a permanent thing. Very few actors have made the transition. There's only one Tom Hanks and very few Michael Keatons, for that matter.

Thing is, the really great comedians do actually turn out to be pretty good dramatic actors(while the flip-side, I can't say).

Maybe its because of comics' essential need for timing that make them work as dramatic actors.

Besides, Stiller is enjoying his nice paychecks too much. I can't blame him, but is this all there is in life...Conan?

Actually Ronnie, you're right. Jerry Lewis immediately comes to mind. He's turned in some quite impressive dramatic work over the years. On the other side of the coin is DeNiro. I'm not even gonna get into the cartoonish peformances in MEET THE FOCKERS, etc...but if you go back to 1988's MIDNIGHT RUN, you can see a real talent for comedy.

Buddy movie/Mob movie ??

Damn you RonnieRocket!!

Carey and Sandler might be declining in financial success, but are assuming artistic success, I feel. Carrey was excellent in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but hasn't really done much of interest since. And Sandler was fucking fantastic in Punch Drunk Love. What a great film... PT Anderson is a genius. I love his sense of humor, it's so awkward and dark.

Barry: "I wanted to ask you something because you're a doctor... I don't like myself sometimes. Can you help me?"
Walter: "Barry... I'm a dentist..."

If MIDNIGHT RUN is a mob movie, then GET SHORTY is a mob movie. Then CORKY ROMANO is a mob movie.

You see not the dangerous road ahead if we drive on?

MIDNIGHT RUN rocks...kicks ass...but its not a mob movie.

P.S. - Poor Jerry Lewis. He actually was surprisingly a fluid director on the few times he was given the camera.

But what has thou Sandler done since PUNCH DRUNK LOVE? Maybe if he teams up with QT on that WW2 movie, it would be cool...but it'll be more CLICKS and that gay marriage comedy he's doing.

As for Carrey, yes he rocked in ETERNAL SUNSHINE, but meanwhile FUN WITH DICK & JANE was a dud(and the fact that it wasn't funny doesn't help matters), LEMONY SNICKET was a disapointment for Paramount, and NUMBER 23 pulled a 69 in theatres.

Plus, Carrey had several major projects that got cancelled because of his behavior, like USED GUYS, where he was to play a male prostitute with Ben Stiller. That sucker would have made money. Instead, Stiller is making money on his own work.

MIDNIGHT RUN is a buddy movie. GET SHORTY is a satirical look at Hollywood, in the tradition of THE PLAYER and THE BIG PICTURE. CORKY ROMANO is a waste of time, starring a mentally challenged out of work Saturday Night Live geek, teaming up with poor Peter Falk, who plays the same role as he did in COOKIE. Poor Columbo.

Three Colors: Red *
This was the most disappointing of the lot. Very good use of red color. But neither visually captivating nor great background score as with other two parts. Till the end I was wondering what was the point of the movie. Plot makes very little sense to me. There is a clever touch in the very last scene, but that is not worth going through the entire movie.

Rashomon ****
This is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I can't believe it was made in 1950. Very minimal dialogues and keeps your attention by just great shots and excellent music. Great screenplay and acting. This is my first Kurosawa movie and I was totally blown away by its brilliance. One annoying thing is that some of the actors laugh very wierdly in the movie, maybe it is a japanese thing, I dunno.

Three Colours: Red has very good use of colour but isn't visually captivating?

I meant clever use of red color. Like the tail lights of car or the red poster among many many other examples. Since the title is 'red' his use of red color throughout the movie is justified and also noteworthy. But that alone is not enough to call it captivating. Because most of the shots themselves were nothing great. Unlike "Double life of veronique' where not only were the green color filters great, but also the scenes themselves were captivating. For example, how verinique sweeps the autumn leaves with her hand.

I can't remember much, to be honest (though remember thinking it was amazing), but isn't their a great scene involving a dog?

The ending is brill.

Yeah, the woman chases the dog and it goes running into a church and then she follows it... It was nice. Maybe I am forgetting some other scene, because two different dogs were in a lot of scenes.

I agree with you on the ending, never expected it and was kind of pleased that the ending was rewarding for having watched all the three parts