AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY 1/2
(Nth Viewing)

Probably the best spy/Bond spoof I've ever seen. Mike Myers becomes a household name and the franchise begins with a bang!

AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME 1/2
(Nth Viewing)

A great follow up to the hit original. The characters seem to grow more and it's more great fun, jokes, music, sets, costumes, etc.

UNTRACEABLE 1/2
(First Viewing)

A decent suspense thriller about an individual who posts videos of people on the internet about to be tortured. The more hits the site receives the faster he/she dies. Predictable in every way yet somewhat enthralling in the beginning.

Hi!

I've decided never to enter this thread again.

Bye!

As though it matters. You and your European movies

THE GREAT DEBATERS 1/2
(First Viewing)

A decent but not very powerful movie about a group of African-American Wiley College (Marshall, Texas) students in "the not so distant past" (1935 to be exact). I'm glad the film didn't try to get the PG rating and instead made it a little more authentic with a few N-bombs to give it that PG-13 rating.

Yet another cliched-hollywood-triumph-of-underdog story. Yawn, Yawn.

Pretty much yeah. I never saw Denzel's work before behind the camera (never saw his first feature ANTWONE FISHER)

IRON MAN 1/2
(First Viewing)

What a way to start off the summer with a bang from Jon Favreau! The man is extremely funny and it showed with this film that had a great mix of comedy and action. Robert Downey Jr. was awesome as Tony Stark and the supporting staff of Terrance Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow were nothing short of great. These are the types of movies best enjoyed in the theater. With that in mind, plan on seeing it soon!

AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER 1/2
(Nth Viewing)

I'd say this was probably the best AUSTIN POWERS film. I've seen them all so many times but GOLDMEMBER still makes me laugh the most.

FINALLY after weeks and weeks of waiting (freakin' Netflix ), I got three top-shelf movies to watch over the past 3 nights:

American Gangster (2007) - I like Denzel Washington, and he did a fine job. Typical job, for him, but a fine job. It kept my interest. But just like the innocent chick in Pulp Fiction who ruins everything.........

No Country for Old Men (2007) - Four Oscars including Best Picture, huh? I don't know. I like the Coen's, but I was getting lost as much as I did in Lynch's Lost Highway. Visually spectacular, however. But I'll need to watch this one again.

Across the Universe (2007) - The Beatles meets Rent, but I didn't mind. And I had no idea Bono was in it until he started singing (I thought it was Lemmy from Motörhead at first! lol ) -- and his American accent was spot-on! (Also Joe Cocker and Eddie Izzard). My best friend, who's a Beatles fanatic, refuses to watch this, and hated Sgt Peppers because "it's not The Beatles"... but then again, he hates musicals). But I don't. [All Songs]

Finally someone else who saw "Across The Universe". Didn't you love "I Want You....She's So Heavy"? The whole movie brought back the feel of the times in a way I guess.

I guess you need to like the songs/Beatles to enjoy the movie, but I loved it so much I brought it (which is rare for me,
since I buy few movies.) Glad you enjoyed it Geoff.


TIS

Is Joe Cocker still alive?

sure is..

No offense, but NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN isn't that goddamn difficult, nor some abstract Lynchian piece.

Let me guess, the movie lost you after the hotel shoot-out, right?

The likelyhood of you keeping to this pledge is about as likely as Irishman NEVER posting about his Yankees again.

That's the funniest post I've seen in a while here!

MR. BEANS HOLIDAY!

What can i say?

I watched it yesterday with the kids

Yogi, I loved the cannes festival scene where the same guy is the director, actor, script write etc. etc.

Why are they great?

No offense, but.... perhaps I had a buzz going that night and couldn't follow all of the film's "complexities" (that is what you kids call things you don't get right away, right?)

...and that shouldn't make a difference!

Yawn.

Sorry to disturb your MENSA meeting and all, but... from a "general consumer" opinion... my thought was that it was overly too complex for what it was. Sue me.

I'll give Irishman this, I doubt he's ever been drunk when watching all those awful horror movies.

I mean Geoff, why would anyone watch a movie while buzzed or drunk or whatever?

Give me a goddamn break, you're not in College anymore.

Some people actually watch movies for entertainment sake, not necessarily for writing too-long reviews on a message board to sound like they know everything.

Death at a Funeral (2007), which I just realized was directed by Frank Oz* (yeah, the voice of Miss Piggy, Yoda and Kermit!), was pretty hilarious if you're into "wacky" comedies. The little-person-secret-gay-lover of a deceased wealthy man shows up at his funeral and all hell breaks loose. Why wasn't this a Muppet plotline? lol

*He also directed The Score, The Stepford Wives, What About Bob?, In & Out, and of course, The Muppets Take Manhattan, among others... some great stuff, I had no idea! But that's probably because I'm stupid, having been out of college for a while.

You can't deny Irishman's huge influence on your review style (notwithstanding all those links in your post).

They're not "reviews", they're feedback and opinions. Big difference. (While both could be pretentious at times, the latter are just FYI ) Besides, my posts are 10x longer than I12's.

I saw Death at a Funeral at Blockbuster and thought about renting it. The plot sounds funny, so I'll probably give it a chance.

I haven't had time to watch movies for a while so I have some making up to do. I rented Cloverfield and I'm Not There tonight so I will hopefully have them watched soon.

To each his own, but what I can't understand, Ronnie, is how you're able to watch and review monumental pieces of garbage like "Iron Eagle" while..SOBER?


...It boggles the mind ..

Because no one else would do it, and there is only ONE MAN to tackle such a epic suicidal mission.

Plus, I have a Death Wish.

You're both similar in that your reviews or feedbacks or IMDB postings or whatever they are, you never make a point of why is why.

With this DEATH AT A FUNERAL, is it goddamn worth watching? You say its good if "you're into wacky comedies"...but what if I'm not?

Better yet, if it is worth checking out, you need to pimp it if you truely feel that folks might enjoy it.

If a movie fails to connect with you, then write about that failure on the movie's behalf, or if the movie does work for you, explain why.

To put it another way, look at last year's SWEENEY TODD or PINK FLOYD THE WALL from 1982. I don't generally like musicals, nor attracted to them, but those two movies I would recommend for a rental from Netflix or Blockbuster or whatever the fuck.

I've explained previously in those reviews, though that THE WALL review now is laughable. That'll be a re-writing candidate for the future.

I think its funny that you've busted Irishman's balls before, as if you're any better than him.

What is "for entertainment sake"? You mean "for entertainment's sake"?

Fact is, I get entertainment from a damn fucking GOOD movie, and not just the derided loud explosions-filled summer blockbusters like say the recent IRON MAN, but as well the most derided of the downer art house pictures, or you might call "arty farty" movies, like Philip Kaufman's THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING* from 1988, which I saw the other night.

So what entertains you?

Its that very question why I write my lengthy reviews, and why Pizzaboy has been doing recently (and pretty good, I must say).

If anything, a review is to pimp or trash a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it. Its my case for it.

I just hate that because you were so juvenile as to be drunk while watching something like NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, you missed out on a terrific picture that really is of these times of ours, of trying to escape the fates the American Way with guns blazing...and realizing that you can't.

Of course, I loved Kubrick's 2001 without acid, as the hippies back in the day did. Fucking Assholes...

*=Which I recommend to you all as well.