Ang, why the name change?

My pc is dead for a while, I got this one and I dont have my password, btw how you doing??

Good thanks. I thought it had been awhile since I'd seen you here

City of GOD GREAT movie

Garden state, Great movie. 8/10/2 time.

Eloge de l'amour/In Praise of Love ** (2nd Time)
2001, Godard, Fr
In Paris, a young man is casting a project about the four stages of love at three different ages in life; two years earlier, he meets the woman who he wants to cast.
A visually striking but rather unemotional outing which serves as both a scathing attack on Hollywood and also as a social comment on love, history and (of course) filmmaking; it's lovely to look at, but all a bit of a puzzle.

Mick

John Carpenters " The Thing" was the last film i watched.
I've seen it before but my wife wanted to watch it..she thought it was rubbish too

Just got done watching Samurai Champloo Vol. 1 again seeing as how I am planning on watching Vol. 2 tomorrow. I really enjoyed it a lot tonight and it had been a good month or so since I had seen it last, so now I'm really looking forward to watching Vol. 2 tomorrow

Remember the Titans - (Yakin;2000;USA) - 1/2
Integration forms a black and white football team in the early 70's, and a new black coach must unite them.
More cliche shit. Disney takes the true story of the Titans, turns the team into underdogs (they were from top teams) and alters some other events and characters in order to make another corny feel-good inspirational film with the average "you can do it" feeling, with added racial tensions. Aside the cast and the music, there is nothing else to like. The same story that's been done a million times.

Cruel, Cruel Love (1st Time)
1914, Nichols/Sennett, US
When he is ditched by his girlfriend, an aristocrat tries and fails to poison himself.
Silly early Chaplin short which fails to show his talent.

Mick

Play It Again, Sam - (Ross;1972;USA) - ***
After his wife divorces him, a film critic gets dating advice from Bogart's ghost as he falls in love with his best friend's wife.
A very good comedy. I loved the scenes with Bogart's ghost. I suppose Allen would've directed it better but this was still a very funny film. Allen, Keaton, Roberts, and Lacy were great.

Allan: That's quite a lovely Jackson Pollack, isn't it?
Museum Girl: Yes, it is.
Allan: What does it say to you?
Museum Girl: It restates the negativeness of the universe. The hideous lonely emptiness of existence. Nothingness. The predicament of Man forced to live in a barren, Godless eternity like a tiny flame flickering in an immense void with nothing but waste, horror and degradation, forming a useless bleak straitjacket in a black absurd cosmos.
Allan: What are you doing Saturday night?
Museum Girl: Committing suicide.
Allan: What about Friday night?

Samurai Champloo Vol. 2 was on the menu tonight (first time viewing it), and upon watching this and Vol. 1 yesterday, I am going to start collecting them. There's 7 volumes but only 2 have been released here in the States so far. They get released every 2 months, which is great so we don't have to wait that long. However they are a little expensive running $25 a pop. But I'm going to get Vol. 1 with the box to collect them all in which is $33. Oh well, an entertaining anime if anyone hasn't check it out. In fact I don't watch many anime's and this is the first 1 that I've watched and actually liked, so I hope this opens me up to watching more much like the Kill Bills opened me up more to the Asian/Martial Arts genre

the warriors best gang movie ever
love it. a cult classic

Manhattan **** (4th Time)
1979, Allen, US
The chronicles of a TV writer's complicated sex life in the city he loves.
Mature conversational piece with a fine balance between Allen's neurotic jokes and realistic observations of human relationships; beautifully shot and acted.
#5

Gegen die Wand/Head-On ** (1st Time)
2003, Akin, Germany
In Hamburg, two second-generation Turkish immigrants, both having tried suicide, fall in love.
Stylish, affecting drama with blackly comic undertones, until it turns more tragic towards the end; it is well-acted and the growing romance subtly handled, with a Turkish gypsy band playing musical interludes to reflect the characters' feelings.


Bacon's Arena ** (1st Time)
2005, Low, GB
The life, death and several intense love affairs of Francis Bacon, one of Britain's most important 20th Century painters.
Fascinating documentary made as part of the BBC's Arena series; archive footage of the painter talking openly about his work and love is interwined with clips of his influences, Un Chien Andalou, The Battleship Potemkin and a bullfight no less.

A good day of films!
Mick

Why not?
I think its one of the best westerns (or modern western) around.
The ending is splendid.Clint at his best.

last night I watched A Bronx Tale for the first time. what do you guys think about this movie? I thought it was OK, but not even in the same league of De Niro's greatest moments. anyway, a very good movie, 7.5 out of 10 I guess.

It's a good movie, DeNiro doing a good job of directing, but it was nothing special.

Boyz N the Hood

Just spent about the worst 81 1/2 minutes of my life watching Paulie Shore Is Dead. Ok, to be honest, I saw his show while he was in Austin a couple of weeks ago and I had heard some good things about this movie so I was expecting a little something something from this movie. I thought it was gonna be like a documentary style with him faking his death and recording the expressions of friends and fans. However, to my disappointment, that was not the case. The whole thing was totally scripted and entirely low budget! Whatever you do DO NOT see this movie!

I finished the first disk of Once Upon a Time in America a half an hour ago. I'm mad, mainly because I wanted to fit it all in, but other things got in the way after I took the disk out and I just decided to finish it tomorrow to prepare for Capo's review of it for the MFA Top 100.

I encourage everyone to at least post about the film in the thread as these haven't had that many replies. Hell, The Godfather and The Godfather partII got barely any replies in General Disc.

Just got finished watching Sin City. An excellent movie that I hope to watch again this weekend! Elijah Wood's character was pimp!

Lethal Weapon 2
I think they are pretty good

kill Bill vol 1

love this movie and l like how QT Put every thing
he like as a kid in this movie in all his movies.
I want to make movies like him

What About Bob?

Once Upon a Time in America - (Leone;1984;Italy) - ****
A former Jewish gangster returns to Manhattan 30 years after betraying his friends to confront his regrets.
This is a perfect example of a complex film. This is Sergio Leone's masterpiece. A very operatic feeling surrounds the film like in Once Upon a Time in the West. An excellent direction with a great cast. The score is another achievement from Ennio Morricone. One of the greatest films ever made. The second best film of the 80's and the best of '84.
#21

That's because not many people on here have seen those films, silly! :p

Mick

I wonder how many replies would pop up if Scarface was on the MFA Top 100. :p

"This movie kicks ass because it is one of the greatest movies ever made Pacino is the best actor on earth imo and this is his best performance i mean can u imagine any other person in that role? exactly, he's the greatest, and kicks ass in this movie."



Mick

High Fidelity - (Frears;2000;UK/USA) - ****
After a record store owner breaks up with his current girlfriend, he evaluates past relationships and meets his old girlfriends on his Top 5 Most Memorable Breakups list.
A very underrated film. It plays out almost like a Woody Allen comedy. This is one of the few modern romantic comedies that isn't a disaster. John Cusack is great as Rob. Iben Hjejle is also good although her accent slips at times. The two best elements are the music and dialogue, both top notch, especially the music.
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Eternal Sunshine for the Spotless Mind - (Gondry;2004;USA) - ****
After his girlfriend gets her memories of him erased, Joel does the same, only to find in the middle of the procedure that he doesn't want to forget her.
This is a new hope for Hollywood. Proof that there are people out there who have intelligence and can create an original piece of art. Charlie Kaufman's writing is excellent and his work is a masterpiece here. This is also Jim Carrey's best role. Carrey, Winslet, Ruffalo, Wilkinson, Dunst; The whole cast is great, although Elijah Wood's presence annoyed me. Now I can't wait to see my unwatched copy of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
#14