Movies you've just seen (Pt. II) - Page 20

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-09-2007, 08:39 PM

City of Lost Children. Very surreal and bizarre, in an interesting way. It reminded me a lot of Terry Gilliam's directorial endeavours.

Meriadoc Brandybuck · 11-09-2007, 10:54 PM

A Midsummer Night's Dream: Weird. Very weird. Shakespeare, but weird.
Chicken Run (I've been babysitting again): Sort of like "The Great Escape" except with chickens.

Acalewia · 11-10-2007, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosie Gamgee

I like that movie. Very well-acted and well-told; the film has a good and interesting message, but isn't pushy about it. The two principle actors play so well off of each other--"This is a rescue??! What am I supposed to do now?! Call 911??!??!" lol!

Connery's character is prolly the most sarcastic character, whith the exception of Hellboy, I've seen.

"Which part did I mess up on? Eating crow or kissing ass?"

Curubethion · 11-11-2007, 02:53 AM

Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2.

And I'm watching 3 tomorrow.

GRRR, you 90-second rule! So that's why the rum's always gone.

Acalewia · 11-11-2007, 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2.

And I'm watching 3 tomorrow.

GRRR, you 90-second rule! So that's why the rum's always gone.

LMAO. Actually, it's because I drank it all

Curubethion · 11-12-2007, 12:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

LMAO. Actually, it's because I drank it all

Fine, I'll just find some more with my magic compass.

Yay, I saw Pirates 3!! Very excellent, I loved it.

Acalewia · 11-13-2007, 01:27 PM

Sahara ~ I was laughing my ass off throughout the movie.

Elektra ~ Nice. I think it was nice how her character devolops through the movie

Saving Private Ryan ~ One of the very few movies that don't sugar coat wartime. Very graphic and to the point

Nautipus · 11-13-2007, 01:49 PM

You just saw Sahara!

You oughta read the books, they're even better.

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-13-2007, 03:52 PM

Sahara? Ohhh, such a terrible movie!

Nautipus · 11-13-2007, 04:28 PM

You didnt like it? How come?

Nerdanel · 11-13-2007, 04:49 PM

Stardust.

A lot better than I dared to hope: and De Niro made it a brilliant film.

Absolutely worth watching.

Pytt · 11-14-2007, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

Stardust.

A lot better than I dared to hope: and De Niro made it a brilliant film.

Absolutely worth watching.

Have you read the book? I have some doubts about it, though I liked the book alot. Probably watch it when it hits the dvd.

Nerdanel · 11-14-2007, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pytt

Have you read the book? I have some doubts about it, though I liked the book alot. Probably watch it when it hits the dvd.

No, unfortunately I haven't.. But one of the friends I went with had read it, but still loved it. According to him, it seemed like they weren't trying to make it identical to the story in the book, but came up with some new things together with Gaiman.

It's always risky to make a movie based on a book.. I hope you like it anyway!

Acalewia · 11-14-2007, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

Stardust.

A lot better than I dared to hope: and De Niro made it a brilliant film.

Absolutely worth watching.

I'll prolly be seeing this when it hits the dvd

Snowdog · 11-14-2007, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Acalewia

Saving Private Ryan ~ One of the very few movies that don't sugar coat wartime. Very graphic and to the point

I guess you don't watch too many war movies outside Hollywood eh? Try watching:

Kokoda - A very realistic movie of the Australian reservists defense against the Japanese in New Guinea

Stalingrad - Depicts the gritty urban battle and the struggles from the eyes of a German combat platoon.

Cross of Iron - A story of a German platoon battling the Russians a year after Stalingrad. James Coburn is Sgt. Steiner and Maximilian Schell is Cpt. Stransky. A bit dated as it was filmed without CGI, and a couple technical flaws (like Pvt. Ryan) but it has such a gritty realism to it, especially in the hand-to-hand combat scenes.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - A Korean movie about the Korean war. I recommend the sub-titled version as the feeling in the actor's lines DO NOT come across at all in the dubbed version. A VERY realistic movie in their use of explosions and CGI, and quite a gripping story as well.

You want Americans? then give the mini-series Band of Brothers a watch. Quite a 'real' feel to it, especially in the Ardennes scenes.

And for fun...

Kelly's Heroes - A technically correct "war" movie set in France in mid 1944, it is sort of a black comedy along the lines of 'M.A.S.H'. or 'Catch-22', only with a strain that has you believe it all may have been possible. It has fun with parodies of Patton, and even a modernized scene right out of one of Clint Eastwood's westerns. Definitely worthy of a watch.

Nautipus · 11-14-2007, 10:51 PM

I gotta tell ya, I watched Kingdom of Heaven again the other day, and it is still one of the best movies of all time.

Pytt · 11-16-2007, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nerdanel

No, unfortunately I haven't.. But one of the friends I went with had read it, but still loved it. According to him, it seemed like they weren't trying to make it identical to the story in the book, but came up with some new things together with Gaiman.

It's always risky to make a movie based on a book.. I hope you like it anyway!

Nice! I like that, when they make some changes to suit the movie format better, but I feel the author of the book should have a say in it. I'll have to go see it!

Acalewia · 11-17-2007, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowdog

I guess you don't watch too many war movies outside Hollywood eh? Try watching:

Kokoda - A very realistic movie of the Australian reservists defense against the Japanese in New Guinea

Stalingrad - Depicts the gritty urban battle and the struggles from the eyes of a German combat platoon.

Cross of Iron - A story of a German platoon battling the Russians a year after Stalingrad. James Coburn is Sgt. Steiner and Maximilian Schell is Cpt. Stransky. A bit dated as it was filmed without CGI, and a couple technical flaws (like Pvt. Ryan) but it has such a gritty realism to it, especially in the hand-to-hand combat scenes.

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War - A Korean movie about the Korean war. I recommend the sub-titled version as the feeling in the actor's lines DO NOT come across at all in the dubbed version. A VERY realistic movie in their use of explosions and CGI, and quite a gripping story as well.

You want Americans? then give the mini-series Band of Brothers a watch. Quite a 'real' feel to it, especially in the Ardennes scenes.

And for fun...

Kelly's Heroes - A technically correct "war" movie set in France in mid 1944, it is sort of a black comedy along the lines of 'M.A.S.H'. or 'Catch-22', only with a strain that has you believe it all may have been possible. It has fun with parodies of Patton, and even a modernized scene right out of one of Clint Eastwood's westerns. Definitely worthy of a watch.

I f I can find them I'll check them out.

I have seen Band of Brothers, btw.

rohirrim TR · 11-18-2007, 04:22 PM

Boondock Saints, what an amazing, ridiculous, terrible film. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed it, but I have a bad habit of criticising movies and this one starts to break down when you do that LOL.

The Birds has to be the most over rated hitchcock movie.

tolkienfan · 11-18-2007, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rohirrim TR

[B]
The Birds has to be the most over rated hitchcock movie.

It is a little bit. I liked the scene where she is sitting outside the school and the birds just land behind her, and then when she finally notices. Some of his others are better though. I recently saw Psycho, that one was great.

Rear Window was overrated IMO, the acting was good but the ending was a letdown.

11-09-2007, 08:39 PM	#381
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	City of Lost Children. Very surreal and bizarre, in an interesting way. It reminded me a lot of Terry Gilliam's directorial endeavours. __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-09-2007, 10:54 PM	#382
Meriadoc Brandybuck Magnificent Master of Buckland Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Buckland, U.S.A. Posts: 1,138	A Midsummer Night's Dream: Weird. Very weird. Shakespeare, but weird. Chicken Run (I've been babysitting again): Sort of like "The Great Escape" except with chickens. __________________ But it is the way of my people to use light words at such times and say less than they mean. We fear to say to much. It robs us of the right words when a jest is out of place. -Meriadoc Brandybuck Is there anything I can do that wouldn't inconvenience me?.-Adrian Monk Hogan: What's a definate factor that we can count on? Newkirk: We don't know what we're doing. Do you wanna split a pineapple? -Shawn Spencer

11-11-2007, 02:53 AM	#384
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Pirates of the Caribbean 1 and 2. And I'm watching 3 tomorrow. GRRR, you 90-second rule! So that's why the rum's always gone. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

11-13-2007, 01:27 PM	#387
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Sahara ~ I was laughing my ass off throughout the movie. Elektra ~ Nice. I think it was nice how her character devolops through the movie Saving Private Ryan ~ One of the very few movies that don't sugar coat wartime. Very graphic and to the point __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

11-13-2007, 01:49 PM	#388
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	You just saw Sahara! You oughta read the books, they're even better. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

11-13-2007, 03:52 PM	#389
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Sahara? Ohhh, such a terrible movie! __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-13-2007, 04:28 PM	#390
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	You didnt like it? How come? __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

11-13-2007, 04:49 PM	#391
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Stardust. A lot better than I dared to hope: and De Niro made it a brilliant film. Absolutely worth watching. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

11-14-2007, 10:51 PM	#396
Nautipus Kraken King Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Under the sea Posts: 2,714	I gotta tell ya, I watched Kingdom of Heaven again the other day, and it is still one of the best movies of all time. __________________ Being the King of these Beings, This is my Child One of my top ten favorite movies. "You ever try to flick a fly? "No." "It's a waste of time." "Can you see it?" "No." "It's right there!" "Where? "There!" "What is it?" "A crab." "A crab? I dont see any crab." "How?! It's right there!!" "Where?" "There!!!!" "Oh." -Excerpts from A Tale of Two Morons One of the best Global Warming Messages out there

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
TOP TEN Movies 2005	HOBBIT	Entertainment Forum	6	01-06-2006 05:10 PM
Best Movies of 2005...so far	HOBBIT	Entertainment Forum	36	12-27-2005 04:40 PM
Who thinks the LOTR books are better?	me9996	Lord of the Rings Movies	83	04-17-2005 07:59 AM
Announcement, all new members read: Keeping the Books and Movies separate	Comic Book Guy	Lord of the Rings Books	63	08-12-2004 02:57 AM
Theaters should show the movies back to back.	jerseydevil	Lord of the Rings Movies	20	02-24-2002 07:41 PM