I enjoyed it too. I only watched it once and it's been quite a long time ago, but I definitely would suggest everyone to watch it. It's a great movie.

I've yet to watch it but it's on the list and I'll see it when I get to the top 5. I don't want to watch it before then but from what I've heard from me ma and this board I'm excited [/b][/quote]I envy you a little, boys. The first time you watch GWTW it's sort of a magic! :-)

When I watched Gone with the Wind (1939) for the first time (I haven't watched it since), I felt overwhelmed. I can't help but think its preceding reputation caused that.

The Descent (1st time; big screen)
2005, Marshall, GB
A year after losing her husband and daughter in a car crash, an adventurer and six friends go on a caving trip, to find things down there they didn't expect.
Like the director's first film, the kind of horror which begins in a genuinely gripping manner and shows a lot of potential, before escalating out of control thanks to a horrid script.

Mick

I watched it last night, and I woke up still feeling the effects of that movie. It's mindblowing.

A Clockwork Orange (1971, Kubrick)

A film filled with stunning images and vibrant characters, A Clockwork Orange is amazing. Malcolm McDowell is Alex, a young man who's interests are ultra-violence, rape and Bethoven. He and "Droogs" spend their times doing all these things, and speaking in their own language, with such colorful sayings and figures of speech as:

"Well, well, well! Well if it isn't fat stinking billy goat Billy Boy in poison! How art thou, thou globby bottle of cheap stinking chip oil? Come and get one in the yarbles, if ya have any yarble, ya eunuch jelly thou!"

and "Doobiedoob, a bit tired maybe, best not to say more. Bedways is rightways now, so best we go homeways and get a bit of spatchka. Right-right?"

Overall, this is shocking, flamboyant, and excellent. Such images you would only see in a Dr. Seuss book, blows out your ears and scorches your eyes. A masterpiece.


Final Rating: 10/10

Blast!

I had never heard of this movie but a coworker of mine rented it and I had nothing else to do this afternoon really so I watched it. It's basically about an ex-firefighter played by Eddie Griffin who plays "the hero." It's about a boat that Griffin operates that's drilling for oil off of the California coast. Vinnie Jones is a "terrorist" although he really doesn't convince me. None of the "bad guys" come across as believable or serious in there mission. Basically Vinnie and his crew take over the ship and threaten to launch an E bomb that will destroy all of California unless their demand is met. This movie had minimal humor for it's cast and was a very low budget piece. Nothing really great except Vivica A. Fox & Breckin Meyer were in it as well.

The Boondock Saints - (Troy Duffy;1999;USA) - **
Two Irish-Catholic brothers decide to kill all evil people.
A huge guilty pleasure for me. While I enjoy it a lot and can watch it over and over, it's one of the most overrated films of recent years. The premise is poor, and the action scenes are ridiculously corny and over the top, especially the one where they fall from the ceiling disoriented, but can spin in slow motion killing everyone perfectly. Most of the scenes that aren't being comedic become mind numbingly melodramatic. And as I said before, the action scenes try to be operatic with slow motion, but fail miserably.

Only 2 stars!? This is one of my favorite movies of all time and deserves at least 3

My full review of BOONDOCK SAINTS will come soon, but for now......its an overrated movie made from a pretty decent idea but of which its execution is.......a mess. No wonder Troy Duffy hasn't made a movie since then.

Really...is the movie a comedy or a gritty crime/action movie? Duffy couldn't make up his mind, and we suffer for it. Average movie that could have been much more!

**1/2 out of 5

I love the movie and I'm glad I own it, but it never gets its point across. It implies it and then ignores it for the rest of the sloppy script. It could've been a great movie if the story had been handled correctly, but it wasn't. It just feels ridiculous, especially the action scenes, which were horribly directed to look extreme and pseudo-operatic. It's purely a guilty pleasure.

At least three? I could say the same thing for a few movies you didn't like.

Ronnie, the movie didn't feel gritty at all, at least for me.

I can agree with that somewhat, but I wasn't into this movie for it's action. It's mostly a comedy for me and it's probably my favorite Dafoe movie. I LOVE him as Agent Smecker, he's so funny

Yeah, but the few scenes I laughed at weren't enough to make it good or even decent for me. Just another cult movie to me, but I love it on an entertainment scale. But hell, the action scenes alone bring down the film heavily, and then you have the dialogue and serious scenes. I can't even say the music was great. While the opera was very good, you then had the bad techno music that was used to amplify the action scenes.

Just finished watching Ocean's 11 ( remake ) for probably the tenth time. Imagine, $13Million each. Not a big George Clooney fan, but I must say, the verbal exchanges between he and Brad Pitt were excellent.


Don Cardi

New Jack City

I saw some of this movie on HBO the other day and had never seen it and was in the mood for it. I was hoping for a movie somewhat similar to Scarface or The King of New York. I would say it's closer to The King of New York but not as good. I liked Wesley Snipes in it, altough the end was ruined for me because I already saw it on an I Love the 90s show on VH1 He did a good job with it but I thought he could have done better. He just didn't seem as mean or as vicious as he could have been and that hurt his character and the movie IMO. And yes, Scarface can been seen twice in this movie on a TV, both times with Wesley watching it. I'll still probably get the 2-disc special edition DVD next month

I just watched The Good the Bad and the Ugly for the first time. Holy shit! What an incredible movie!

I think it might be my new all-time favorite...

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a film that everybody else likes except me. I've only seen it once, though, and am due a rewatch.

Miller's Crossing *** (1st time)
1990, Coen, US
In a small Prohibition town, an Irish and Italian mob boss go head to head.
A complex, meandering narrative is as enjoyable as the individual performances and snappy dialogue; a clever, existential restitching of the genre.

Mick

I keep being prompted to see this, by a friend of mine.

From what I've heard, Williem Dafoe has as homo-sexual, Asian love-pet, which is always a plus. :p

Willem Dafoe plays a gay homophobe. :p It is a comical scene.

Dafoe and Asian man are in bed while Dafoe is on the phone, Asian starts cuddling, gets slapped, does it again, gets slapped harder.

Dafoe: What are you doing?
Asian man: I just wanted to cuddle!
Dafoe:.....what a f*g.

That's it, I'm renting this tonight.

Yeah, it has it's funny moments. The movie actually feels like it will be good with the opening church scene, but it soon goes on a rocky road downhill, especially with the action scenes.

But it's still worth seeing for that one scene. :p

What about Rocco and his infamous "Is it dead" line!? Or the dective trying to figure out what's going on and Dafoe always cracks on him, Duffy I think his name is

Patrick Duffy? I love me some Patrick Duffy. :p

No, his name in the movie is just Detective Duffy. I wish it was Karen Duffy

The Beatles Anthology 5

More drugs + more music = more fame

The Beatles Anthology 6

More of the same

Hostage - (Florent Emilio Siri;2005;USA) - **1/2
A police negotiator is drawn into a hostage situation, soon the FBI demands something from inside the house, and both the hostages, and the police negotiator's family become collateral.
Be fooled by the unimaginative title. This movie disappointed me. After all I heard about it, the second half becomes very predictable and far-fetched. It begins like a good movie, continues on like a good movie, and then goes downhill. The film is also no stranger to cliches.

I couldn't agree mroe. Although I thought Ben Foster (Mars) and Jonathan Tucker (Dennis) both put together some pretty good performances and they really stood out for me

I really love movies but I haven't been to the theaters lately though the latest movies (most not up-to-date) that I remember watching are:

- Batman Begins (Christian Bale)
- A Lot Like Love (Ashton Kutcher)
- Carandiru (a Brazilian movie)
- A Very Long Engagement (Audrey Tatou)
- Chasing Papi

This move is funny! I watched it the other day at my friend's house. It was in the cheap, cheap section at the video store, and it was worth it. Also rented "Power of Attorney" but I haven't watched it yet.

Wedding Crashers

I wasn't expecting this movie to be that funny, but more of a silly predictable movie. It was predictable but it was a lot funnier than I thought it would be. I haven't laughed that much in the theaters in a long time and will anticipate this movie coming out on DVD. Vincen Vaughn turns it up a notch.