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Post by alwaysalone on Jun 6, 2006 14:12:09 GMT -5
Lately, I've watched a couple of Star Trek movies - The Motion Picture and The Search for Spock which I have at home on VHS. I never tire of anything Trek.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jun 6, 2006 21:24:37 GMT -5
I watched, again, The Man Who Knew Too Much directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Absolutely amazing. I can watch the orchestra scene over and over again... ~i.a.
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Post by sushiboat on Jun 8, 2006 15:36:52 GMT -5
Water — A social critique of the plight of widows in India. The movie is a powerful experience, but the storytelling is dominated by the moral lesson, at the expense of dialogue and character development.
Red Dragon — Good thriller. Hannibal Lecter's motives are clearer than in The Silence of the Lambs. The twist at the end is hard to buy.
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Post by Bodhi on Jun 13, 2006 16:13:07 GMT -5
Saw the remake of the Omen and thought it was pretty bad. The people in the theatre seemed to be laughing more than being scared. Like when the kid started giving his evil stare it just seemed funny to me.
Also saw Match Point today and can't believe it was a Woody Allen movie, definitely a departure from his usual comedies(although similar I guess in some ways to Crimes and Misdemeanors, although even that had a comedic side, this did not) Yet I still liked it and found it interesting. It reminded me a lot of the movie Closer for some reason, I guess being set in London and having rich people having affairs.
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Post by albetross on Jun 13, 2006 18:56:34 GMT -5
just watched "hostel" sunday. that movie was just stupid except for the naked women
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Post by Bodhi on Jun 26, 2006 23:19:57 GMT -5
Is it sad I watched the new Fast and the Furious movie last night and actually liked it. It was just so over the top that I kind of enjoyed it in a hedonistic, no thought kind of way. I know it wasn't a good movie, but I don't know... I guess I was in a mood for mindless entertainment.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jun 30, 2006 23:51:24 GMT -5
I saw "To Die For" yesterday...wow. I thought it was great, definately a performance by Nicole Kidman more deserving of an Oscar instead of her role in the horribly boring 'The Hours.' The way the story was told and how the story began to unfold from the different characters was clever and interesting and new. Definately worth a watch.
**** stars
~i.a.
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Post by zaab on Jul 15, 2006 1:55:42 GMT -5
I just finished watching Hotel Rwanda which rates right up there with the most upsetting, and important, movies I've ever watched in my life along with Schindler's List.
Not one government in the western world nor the UN lifted a finger to stop the genocide of one million people. One million people! This was just twelve years ago. Too bad Rwanda didn't have oil, then foreign troops would be there to help in a heartbeat.
Warning: This movie will make you angry and distraught and if it doesn't, check your pulse.
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Post by zaab on Jul 15, 2006 2:04:43 GMT -5
On a lighter note, I've been on a Alfred Hitchcock kick lately. I watched eight classics so far. They've all been great, but my favorites are (drum roll)--
Through the Back Window North by Northwest Vertigo Birds
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jul 16, 2006 11:10:08 GMT -5
On a lighter note, I've been on a Alfred Hitchcock kick lately. I watched eight classics so far. They've all been great, but my favorites are (drum roll)-- Through the Back Window North by Northwest Vertigo Birds Do you mean Rear Window? The only one I didnt really care for was The Birds. I think Vertigo is fantastic. The Man Who Knew To Much (the remake) and Psycho are still my all time Hitchcock favorites ~i.a.
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Post by zaab on Jul 16, 2006 13:19:57 GMT -5
On a lighter note, I've been on a Alfred Hitchcock kick lately. I watched eight classics so far. They've all been great, but my favorites are (drum roll)-- Through the Back Window North by Northwest Vertigo Birds Do you mean Rear Window? The only one I didnt really care for was The Birds. I think Vertigo is fantastic. The Man Who Knew To Much (the remake) and Psycho are still my all time Hitchcock favorites ~i.a. Rear Window of course. Thanks Infinite. I just saw The Man Who Knew Too Much last week and really enjoyed that as well. In fact, I have this strange desire, now, to go to Marakesh and eat chicken using only two fingers and a thumb. Psycho was cool, there were just others that I liked a bit better. Two other really good ones: Dial M for Murder and Strangers on a Train. Okay, question for you Infinite: Hitchcock seems to make a cameo in each of his films. Where did he appear in Psycho?
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jul 18, 2006 1:04:44 GMT -5
Silly Zaab, trying to stump me with a Hitchcock question (although I am sure there are *some* I dont know, heh) ;D The shot is of inside the bank where Marion works and he see Hitchcock standing outside the door with his back towards the door There is one film that I cannot seem to find him...haveyou seen Rope? There is suppose to be a shot of his sillouette in one of the signs outside the apartment window...but I cant seem to find it. ~i.a.
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Post by zaab on Jul 18, 2006 20:55:47 GMT -5
Silly Zaab, trying to stump me with a Hitchcock question (although I am sure there are *some* I dont know, heh) ;D The shot is of inside the bank where Marion works and he see Hitchcock standing outside the door with his back towards the door There is one film that I cannot seem to find him...haveyou seen Rope? There is suppose to be a shot of his sillouette in one of the signs outside the apartment window...but I cant seem to find it. ~i.a. That's tricky! No wonder I didn't see him. I haven't seen Rope yet, but I may have to queue up a few more Hitchcock films in my Netflix. My favorite cameo so far is in Through the Rear Window where he is mingling in a party that Jimmy Stewart is spying on. That made me laugh.
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Post by urbanspaceman on Jul 19, 2006 4:36:48 GMT -5
Rear Window is my favourite Hitchcock movie, and probably my favourite film period. His cameo makes me smile too everytime I watch it, especially the way he has a sly look at the camera when he's attending to the piano player I haven't a clue about Rope either by the way.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Jul 20, 2006 12:48:19 GMT -5
My favorite Hitchcock cameo is in Lifeboat. You can see him in a magazine for a weight loss ad. I like North by Northwest as well, when he was running for a bus but the doors closed right when he got there.
~i.a.
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