Fame, in the original ending, Rambo killed himself, but the test audience thought it was sad and plus, the studio wanted the horrid sequels.

If your interested, Jarmusch's new film Broken Flowers with Bill Murray is coming out August 5th.

Riff-Raff ** (1st time)
1990, Loach, GB
A working class Glaswegian arrives in London in hope of work.
Loach in the slums (again): a powerful, emotional and very gritty drama with much to say about the working classes in general and life on a building site in particular. Alas, it wanes in the last moments, and settles for a sour ending.

Vozvrashcheniye/The Return *** (2nd time)
2003, Zvyagintsev, Russia
After a twelve year absence, a father returns to see his sons, and takes them on a mysterious fishing trip.
A foreboding drama of regret and hostility as a result of stubbornness and caution. Its sombre tone and slow pacing is in contrast to the beautiful cinematography of the North Russian landscapes; imagery, feel and performances are likely to linger in the mind for days after.

Mick

this afternoon I watched Godard's Une Femme est une Femme/A woman is a woman. had I seen it before À bout de Souffle[ I would think this was a much better movie, but like some reviews I've read about it also say, this is the whole point of Une femme est une Femme: paying a tribute to Godard's classic first film - it's funny to see that he did it right after the release of À bout de Souffle.sounds too pretentious but turns out he was right - Jean-Paul Belmondo plays the same role and the whole 'feeling' of the film is just like Godard's previous one. long story-short, this is just a little piece of entertaining in the middle of Godard's career, even at just 84 min. it's overlong, but still fun to watch.

GoldenEye - (Martin Campbell;1995;USA) - ***
James Bond must find out what happened to a secret satellite weapon known as GoldenEye.
The last good Bond film. Pierce Brosnan is very charismatic as James Bond. The plot provides interest as well as entertainment, unlike the more recent ones. Sean Bean is also a good supporting actor. Izabella Scorupco is charming and a decent actress as the Bond girl. Tina Turner's opening song is very good.

The Outlaw - (Howard Hughes;1943;USA) - **
Doc Holiday hides Billy the Kid in his girlfriend's house when he is shot, although he begins to fall for her.
The problem with this film is it's not very interesting. The film almost feels like an excuse to show off Jane Russell, by using a western story, which was popular at the time. The performances aren't much either, although I liked Walter Huston was Doc Holliday. The cinematography is very good, though.

Overlong? Well, I thought it was a delightful little movie. The playful, knowing intertextuality plays a dream for the audience whom it flatters: Belmondo at one point wanting to get home in order to watch A bout de souffle. And asking Jeanne Moreau how life is with Jules et Jim. A genius film; perhaps Godard's most sheerly enjoyable.

Mick

Ben-Hur #72 on the AFI Top 100 List

I had always wanted to see this movie but never made time to see it. It was rather long but it was great! Another Charlton Heston classic to go along with The Ten Commandments (which I believe are the only 2 Charlton Heston movies that I've seen). He put together another great and memorable performance as Judah. I'll probably be getting the 4-disc set when it's releaseed in September and I still need to get The Ten Commandments

You should make this your next Charlton Heston film.

Yeah I do need to see the original Planet of the Apes as well. It's not on the AFI list is it?

I don't think so.

Alright, it's on my list now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention

One of the great Sci-Fi films, and an excellent allegory for the racism of that time period. I could use a rewatch.

I just watched "Papparazzi" on HBO. A man who became a famous movie star, was stalked by the papparazzi and long story short, ends up getting even. I thought it was pretty good. Has anyone else seen it? I thought it was a Mel Gibson movie, because I had heard of it. I didn't see his name in the credits, but he had a very small cameo in the movie.

Right after that they had a Bill Maher special and it was hilarious.

TIS

For anyone interested, this Tuesday on TCM these will be playing.

Angels With Dirty Faces - 6:15 PM
The Roaring Twenties - 8:00 PM
White Heat - 10:00 PM

Don't miss them!

Dinner Rush (Giraldi; 2000)
When a Manhattan chef gets into debt with the mob, a pair of Mafiosi hoodlum are attracted to Manhattan's hottest restaurant, who just happen to have murdered friend/partner of restaurant owner Louis Cropa.
****

Excellent film, yet terribly under-rated. Giraldi really does take andvantage of the limited space alloted in a Manhattan building, while still being able to bring that clustered feeling of being in a crowded restaurant to the screen. The ending was unexpected and wondeful--it really made sense of the presence of seemingly irrelevant characters. It just made me think of that saying, about how everyone is where they are at any given moment for a reason; Although their presence was truly the masterwork of Louis Cropa (Danny Aiello).

Glad you saw it LLC! It's a very underrated film I rate ***1/2. People dislike it because they fall under the impression it will be like Goodfellas.

By the way, come in the chat.

Alright, on my way.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

This was and still is my least favorite of the trilogy but today's viewing was probably the most that I understood and appreciated it. Richard Harris turned in another great performance as Albus Dumbledore, and unfortunately it was his last Potter movie. Jason Isaacs also turned in a great performance as Draco's father Lucius Malfoy. Tom Felton and Isaacs were great on the screen together as father and son. I still have another question about the end of this movie so if anyone could help me out I'd appreciate it.

Carlito's Way. Awesome movie. Defnitely better than Scarface and The Untouchables.

Thanks, I needed that

Carlito's Way is very close behind Scarface, IMO, and definitely better then the mediocre Untouchables.

Thanks, I needed that [/b][/quote]Hmm, I thought the same thing with "I thought Mean Streets was stupid" but oh well....

hey don't get me wrong, I really liked it too in fact, is one of the most easily enjoyable films I have ever seen. the overlong thing probably was just for me, and it's just a 5-10 minutes issue.

Alexander

Another movie that I originally wanted to see in the theaters and another movie that I'm glad I didn't see in the theaters. This movie just sucked from the get go. The story was uninteresting and boring. There was 1 shot towards the end that I really liked and without giving away too much the entire screen was red. That I thought was cool and something that I haven't seen too much of. Other than that this film is a complete waste of time. I'm very disappointed with movies that I thought would be interesting and cool but wound up sucking such as Troy, Kingdom of Heaven and now Alexander

Thanks, I needed that [/b][/quote]Care to explain why those 2 movies are better or even as good as Carlito's Way? The Untouchables was a shit movie with horrible directing, and Scarface, while a good movie, is not even close to Carlito's Way in terms of character development. Carlito's Way had a unique story line rarely seen in gangster movies, and fantastic performances all-around from Pacino, Miller, and especially Penn. It had the same, if not more, amount of comic relief as Scarface.

In the words of Carl_Johnson, "i jus watched that movie.. once upon a time in america. what a peice of shit! scarface is the BEST MOvIE EVER!!1!" :rolleyes:

Scarface is so horribly over-rated,admit it Irish. It's amusing, but come on! No substance, at all!

I won't admit that Scarface is overrated. On this board, maybe. But the people who already come to this board are fans already (some are at least). In the real world I don't feel Scarface gets enough respect as it deserves. Nor do I feel Pacino gets enough respect for his role as Tony Montana. Substance this and substance that, in my book Scarface is more entertaining than Carlito's Way. Read into it anyway you want from directing to soundtrack to character development yada, yada yada, you will not convince me that Carlito's Way is superior to Scarface

Well that's what makes a film, isn't it?

Scarface not overrated? With the massive love for it by nearly everyone who sees it, endless merchandising that drowns out most recent blockbusters due to it's popularity, and a lot of rappers who are inspired by it, and it's not overrated? :p It's a pop-culture icon, and all it is in the end is a remake of a rise and fall, with only some very good visuals/cinematography and a great lead performance to keep it from becoming a shitfest like most remakes, and this is coming from someone who adores the film.

Spoken like a true movie buff... :rolleyes:

Brian DePalma's SCARFACE isn't a film masterpiece...its a POP CULTURE MASTERPIECE. Big difference Irish.

Besides, the movie is actually pretty damn good. Not GREAT, but pretty damn good as I said. Real basic Rise & Fall Gangster story told over an epic 3 hour running time with some great camera crane shots from DePalma, plus a rather ridiculous screenplay by Oliver Stone..."ridiculous" in a good way as in how absurd the story goes (I mean from Tony Montana to owning a Tiger to almost getting chopped to pieces with a chainsaw to oh ya, a Latin Clown being shot to bits in a nightclub). Besides Pacino is really fun and charismatic as the lead character.

But SCARFACE underrated?!?!? Irish, maybe twenty years ago or back when the movie was a slowly rising cult movie in the video stores across the world, but now it is not.

A real underrated movie is CARLITO'S WAY. Do we see calenders or talking Carlito Brigante figures?

Well DePalma deserves some credit for avoiding Oliver Stone's bullshit, like how Stone originally wanted Montana to come out at the end with an UZI and a GRENADE LAUNCHER, which would make Van Damme wet himself.

I once read Oliver Stone's original screenplay of the movie, which follows the final product(and deleted scenes on the DVD). If anything, Montana is actually a bigger toilet bug of a thug but thats what I observed.

As for Stone's "bullshit" with the ending, really thats what I liked about it back at the time I read it. An Uzi and a Bazooka?!?!?!

Anyway, I do agree that DePalma's change from those two weapons to a grenade-launching assault weapon is better.