The movie thread

[talz0r]

Know of any good movies? If so share :)

Also post your reviews of movies that are out atm.


I saw the ring 2 today and I thought it was pretty good, some jumpy bits, but I thought it was better than the first.

[Hinny]

Haven't had the chance to go out to the pictures for a while now. Big long list of things I wanna see.

Hotel Rwanda, The Sea Inside, Bad Education (mmm Almodovar), The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Wes Anderson + Bill Murray= Brilliance), Maria Full of Grace, Million Dollar Baby...

[LoDouble U]

watched the incredibles yesterday - excellent :D!!!

[swede]

donnie darko is one of my faves

[Hinny]

I saw Lost In Translation 21 times at the cinema, including 4 times after I got the DVD.

[swede]

i love lock stock and two smoking barrels

and i think that old school if a funny movie

[Hinny]

I love pulling quotes from High Fidelity:

Barry: Don't tell anyone you don't own "Blonde on Blonde". It's gonna be okay.

[Hinny]

oh, and the always quotable This Is Spinal Tap

Marty DiBergi: Do you feel that playing rock 'n' roll music keeps you a child? That is, keeps you in a state of arrested development?
Derek Smalls: No. No. No. I feel it's like, it's more like going, going to a, a national park or something. And there's, you know, they preserve the moose. And that's, that's my childhood up there on stage. That moose, you know.
Marty DiBergi: So when you're playing you feel like a preserved moose on stage?
Derek Smalls: Yeah.

[swede]

first you get the money, then you get the power then you get the women


is that correct?

[Hinny]

I know it's Scarface, but I had to look it up.

In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women.

[LoDouble U]

I saw Lost In Translation 21 times at the cinema, including 4 times after I got the DVD.

WOWIE :eek:

mmm i didnt rate that film very much, but i am certainly a Bill Murray fan, most recently Garfield :D

Other BM faves are Scrooged & Ghostbusters

[swede]

hehe

love it!

BLUE! U FORGOT MY ICE!!!!

NOW GET DOWN AND GIVE ME 20!!!!!

[Bee_Unique]

I love love LOOOOOOOVE the notebook.

[Hinny]

Not everyone liked it, some even hated it, but boy did I Heart Huckabees have some classic lines in it.

Have you ever transcended space and time?

Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about

[Bee_Unique]

How about.. GREASE. grease is ALWAYS good. ;)

[Hinny]

All right, so even if independent contractors are working on the Death Star, why are you uneasy with its destruction?

Ahh yes, the 90 minute quotathon that is Clerks.

[lozzy]

reality bites :) .....mmm ethan hawke :D

[swede]

the godfather speaks for itself

[Hinny]

You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!

Being John Malkovich. Brilliance.

[swede]

You see the world through John Malkovich's eyes. Then after about 15 minutes, you're spit out into a ditch on the side of the New Jersey Turnpike!

Being John Malkovich. Brilliance.

ah yes.. that is one strange freakin movie!!!

a beautiful mind... love the acting performance in that

[lozzy]

ah yes.. that is one strange freakin movie!!!

a beautiful mind... love the acting performance in that
russell crowe was ripped off at the oscars.... as if training day was anything special...

zoolander....hahahaha ben stiller is so funny :D

[swede]

russell crowe was ripped off at the oscars.... as if training day was anything special...

zoolander....hahahaha ben stiller is so funny :D

i agree... denzel shoulda won with the hurricane in my book

another movie i really enjoy is... silence of the lambs

[surrealist]

Just recently rewatched Adaptation - haven't seen that for ages. Just as awesome as it was all the other times I watched it tho.

Charlie Kaufman: To begin... To begin... How to start? I'm hungry. I should get coffee. Coffee would help me think. Maybe I should write something first, then reward myself with coffee. Coffee and a muffin. So I need to establish the themes. Maybe a banana nut. That's a good muffin.

Also, watched Heathers a while ago, probably one of my all time favourite comedies - so hilarious, it just cracks me up every single time. Plus it is ridiculously quotable.

Heather Duke: Veronica, why are you pulling my dick?

Counselor Paul Hyde: Whether or not a teenager decides to kill themselves is the biggest decision of their life.

Heather Chandler: Fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Theresa to you?

Kurt's Dad: My son's a homosexual, and I love him. I love my dead gay son.

Veronica Sawyer: You know, I have a little prepared speech I tell my suitor when he wants more than I'd like to give him. Gee, blank, I had a really nice...
Brad: Save the speeches for Malcolm X, I just want to get laid.
Veronica Sawyer: You don't deserve my fucking speech.

hahaha laughing just thinking about it now

[Fredina]

The Hairy Bird hehe 'well up your ziggy with a wawa brush!'

[swede]

you've been fockerised

[Fredina]

HUH? -kinda like HUHU hey?

[swede]

hahahahaha

somethin like that ;)

[LoDouble U]

I basically love anything with Adam Sandler in it cos i LOVE him :D

[lozzy]

hahaha i love adam sandler!! :D

billy madison, happy gilmore, big daddy, wedding singer etc etc....he's so funny :D

[Hinny]

I basically love anything with Adam Sandler in it cos i LOVE him :D
:eek:

Punch Drunk Love was his one and only movie which I liked.

Back to Hinny's fav movie quotes

I am NOT drinking any fucking Merlot!
...
Fuck Jay and Silent Bob. Fuck them up their stupid asses
...
After all, I am a ticking time bomb of fury
...
Yeah, well at least your name isn't Michael Bolton.
...
I could be the walrus and I'd still have to bum rides off of people.
...
Naked blonde walks into a bar with a poodle under one arm, and a two-foot salami under the other. The bartender says, I guess you won't be needing a drink. Naked lady says... oh shit.

[Cheyne]

*All in one breath* Adaptation, Being John Malckovich, Apocalypse Now, Momento, Some Like It Hot, Citizen Kane, The Killing, Moulin Rouge, Hitch, Dead Poets Society, Dr StrangeLove, The Notebook, 50 first dates, Philadelphia, Schindlers List, Ray, Mona Lisa Smile, Confidence (Ext underated), A Beautiful Mind, Requiem for A Dream, Trainspotting, American Psycho, Copycat, Alien 1,2,3..., Finding Neverland!

Just to list a fewwww!

[James]

SCHOOL OF ROCK!

[bambi]

eternal sunshine of the spotless miiiind. lost in translation. SINGLES!!! (must see!) almost famous! school of rock. spinal tap!! the truman show. f9/11. ELEPHANT!!! identity. how to lose a guy in 10 days (hehe) the three amigos (you MUST see this.....ah, it's my childhood film along with teenage mutant ninja turtles) hotel rwanda i saw last week. very good, extreamly sad.....but very good. makes you realise how the whole world just stood by and let the genocide happen. and it brings it back that it's pretty much happening NOW in Sudan. :( something has to be done....

[swede]

another movie i like is... gettin square...

"he's not an acountant, he's just a piss head! by the way, who's payin for my bus fare?"

[swandive]

Saw Million Dollar Baby most recently. It was really good but REALLY sad :( so go prepared with lots of tissues if you are the weepy type............I most definitely am!!!

[Hinny]

Ahh yes, the weepies. There's 3 weepies that particularly stick in my mind.

- My Life Without Me, a Canadian indie starring Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo. There were parts in it that weren't so tearjerking, but I suspect those were only there to give our eyes a rest before the next lot of waterworks began.

- I Am Sam. Shed tears again for this one when I saw it at the cinema, but I did it quietly. What made the experience memorable were the people who were bawling, and I mean bawling.

- Finding Neverland. The most recent one. No waterworks from me this time. Not so much for others though. The girls sitting in the row immediately in front of mine just opened right up at that closing scene when they brought the play back to the house.

I saw Steel Magnolias and the Joy Luck Club at home. The cinematic experience would've been surreal for those films.

[bambi]

ah i keep meaning to see i am sam.


the ones that make me cry the most are the ones which i know arnt just a film but are real, like f9/11 and hotel rwanda.

actually, with f9/11 (i know it's more of a documentary) i was really mentally disturbed for about a week after.

[Cheyne]

Ahh yes, the weepies. There's 3 weepies that particularly stick in my mind.

- My Life Without Me, a Canadian indie starring Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo. There were parts in it that weren't so tearjerking, but I suspect those were only there to give our eyes a rest before the next lot of waterworks began.

- I Am Sam. Shed tears again for this one when I saw it at the cinema, but I did it quietly. What made the experience memorable were the people who were bawling, and I mean bawling.

- Finding Neverland. The most recent one. No waterworks from me this time. Not so much for others though. The girls sitting in the row immediately in front of mine just opened right up at that closing scene when they brought the play back to the house.

I saw Steel Magnolias and the Joy Luck Club at home. The cinematic experience would've been surreal for those films.

I AM SAM! Brilliant film, def a weepie!

Notebook had a similar reaction.

But the Passion of The Christ!
My Gosh! Ive never seen so many ppl cry in my life!!!

[bambi]

my goodness, i dont think i could see the passion, as much as id like to.


ned kelly and cold mountain are both very much tear jerkers i found. i wish i hadnt seen them actually.

[swede]

i am sam and million dollar baby are awesome movies


and..

forrest gump!

damn thats a kickass movie!

[LoDouble U]

i am sam is such a moving film, made me shed a few.
I havent seen Million Dollar Baby though, I'll catch it on DVD i think :D

Snatch is a good UK gangster film :D, watched that the other day for the first time in AGES.

[swede]

i am sam is such a moving film, made me shed a few.
I havent seen Million Dollar Baby though, I'll catch it on DVD i think :D

Snatch is a good UK gangster film :D, watched that the other day for the first time in AGES.

lock stock kicks its arse though in my book!

fight club i think is another great movie...

[LoDouble U]

aint seen lock stock for ages either but that is in the collection ;)

...yeah i LOVE fight club - awesome film

I like the Blade films, but i havent seen the latest one yet

[bambi]

oooh, and tim burton films! i love burton's films.

[swede]

another good movie...


cruel intentions

[Hinny]

oooh, and tim burton films! i love burton's films.
Even Planet of the Apes?

[bambi]

people often say that was the ONE bad burton film.....but i havent seen it. so i cant comment.


big fish!

[swede]

do pearl jam fans really like big fish? or is it only due to the pj relation? i always wonder

[Hinny]

A 7 out of 10 movie for me. Solid. Some very nice moments. But flawed.

[bambi]

do pearl jam fans really like big fish? or is it only due to the pj relation? i always wonder


oh i loved it....if creed had been playing at the end i still would have liked the film itself :D


and edward scissorhands. one of my alltime favorite movies.

[LoDouble U]

wasnt fussed on Big Fish but Man Of The Hour is such a sweet song :D
I love burton films too, is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Burton film?
Was Batman? Sleepy Hollow?

[swede]

oh i loved it....if creed had been playing at the end i still would have liked the film itself :D


and edward scissorhands. one of my alltime favorite movies.

yeh scissorhands is pretty cool, i havent seen big fish, to me it looks boring.. i guess ill have a look at it at some stage

[MissyMojo]

wasnt fussed on Big Fish but Man Of The Hour is such a sweet song :D
I love burton films too, is The Nightmare Before Christmas a Burton film?
Was Batman? Sleepy Hollow?
oh i love the nightmare before christmas, i have a nightmare before christmas wallet its mad :cool:

[Hinny]

I model my life on George Bailey (James Stewart) from It's A Wonderful Life.

[lozzy]

ok weepy movies.... hmmmm
def Million Dollar Baby....soooooo sad
I Am Sam
City of Angels*
Message in a Bottle*
Armageddon*
Titanic*

*=sad but not necessarily good...

[Cheyne]

Prime B Grade Aussie Talent: CRACKERS!!! :D:D:D

Fight Club wass brilliant just for the record... Also, a top three wouldnt be complete without Reqiem for a Dream... has neone else had the privilege of seeing it?

[Hinny]

ok weepy movies.... hmmmm
def Million Dollar Baby....soooooo sad
I Am Sam
City of Angels*
Message in a Bottle*
Armageddon
Titanic*

*=sad but not necessarily good...
No asterix next to Armageddon?

[lozzy]

oops.... i meant to put one there....post edited :)

[bell08]

i love lock stock and two smoking barrels

and i think that old school if a funny movie

most definately love that movie and of course snatch... awesome

oh and the butterfly effect... im a huge believer in fate and that movie was just so... confronting (maybe) but it was realy good

[Hinny]

Requiem was WHACKED.

[swede]

another movie i really really love...

swede goes to the beach... anyone ever seen that? its quite funny!

[jazzpiano]

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND!!!

AMELIE!!

HOTEL RWANDA!!!!

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!!

PAY IT FORWARD!!!

THE PIANIST!!

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST!!

THE RING!!

That's all I can think of...

[talz0r]

Have you guys seen Hitch? I reckon it's hilarious!! Guys go 90% and us girls go the 10% ;)

[Hinny]

Just got back from Bad Education. Pedro Almodovar is truly a genius. The character and plot twists are quite simply mind-blowing. Just when you think you've got the film figured out, out comes another bombshell that turns the whole story upside down, again.

Accept no imitations.

[James]

another movie i enjoy would be billy madison, so funny and entertaining.

[wilsyxo]

hey im going 2 see ring2 on wednesday- my friend screamed thru hide and seek, should i be worried... i dont want another trip 2 the movies when everyones starring at the screaming freak up the back???

[Hinny]

Yesterday was a mental mindfcuk with Almodovar, and today was a visual headtrip with Wes Anderson.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Perhaps not as edgy as The Royal Tenenbaums or Rushmore, but like Almodovar, there's just this distinctive signature touch about it that sets it clearly apart from the mediocrity of Hollywood. Not that it needs to be said, but Bill Murray is a comedic genius. Owen Wilson atones for his past duds, Cate Blanchett pulls out the cutesy English accent again, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum put in solid performances, and Noah Taylor continues to pop up with these great lines in these great roles. Not to mention the brilliant interpretations of Bowie songs right through the movie.

Having said all that, the movie is above all else about the visuals, the smoothness of which puts Tim Burton to shame.

[Hinny]

Top 10 reasons why you should watch High Fidelity

1. It's adapted from the brilliant Nick Hornby book
2. It's the best movie to have been adapted from a Hornby book
3. John Cusack is brilliant
4. Jack Black shows his ha-ha funny side as opposed to the Shallow Hal stupid gross humour funny side
5. It's got lots of top 5 lists
6. The quality of the soundtrack absolutely knocks you out
7. Unlike Garden State, another movie with a top soundtrack, the music has everything to do with the plotlines, and isn't there just because the music sounds good
8. The movie is set in an indie record store, filled with actual VINYL records!
9. It's got the lot. Violence. Sex. Romance. Comedy. Drama. Cameos. A musical number by a cast member.
10. Ohhhh, the brilliance of the dialogue...
Barry: I wanna date a musician.
Rob: I wanna live with a musician. She'd write songs at home and ask me what I though of them, and maybe even include one of our little private jokes in the liner notes.
Barry: Maybe a little picture of me in the liner notes.
Dick: Just in the background somewhere.

[Eyeliner]

I have a thing for "guy" movies, I love action adventure, but my favorite movie is Moulin Rouge, lol.
I love, Van Helsing, Underworld, all 3 Lord of the Rings, The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (of the new trilogy), Josie and the Pussycats, Big Fish, Xmen 1 and 2, The Matrix.
I love movies :)

[James]

jst saw Be cool, yer, its pretty funny. :)

[lozzy]

Guess Who is a Z grade movie

[swede]

METALLICA - SOME KIND OF MONSTER! yeH!!!!!

[Hinny]

A Michel Gondry/Charlie Kaufman double dose today with Human Nature and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Human Nature was brilliantly funny, but watching ESOTSM again... I'm reminded of why I gave it a perfect 10 along with only 5 other films. There is quite simply not a single flaw.

[groovinbarbie]

I went and saw Miss Congeniality 2 the other day, the first one was much better!! The first one was alot more funny and entertaining then the second one, to be honest I kept looking at my watch hoping the 2nd one was just about over!

[lozzy]

A Michel Gondry/Charlie Kaufman double dose today with Human Nature and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Human Nature was brilliantly funny, but watching ESOTSM again... I'm reminded of why I gave it a perfect 10 along with only 5 other films. There is quite simply not a single flaw.
what are the other 5 films?

[Hinny]

Lost In Translation
Schindler's List
The Thin Red Line
It's A Wonderful Life
Etre et Avoir (To Be and To Have)

[MISTER WOO]

In the last 9 days i have seen MISS CONGENIALITY 2 and today i saw THE RING 2:D both good films,anyone here seen those???

[disj0intedheart]

My all time favourite movies are:
* 10 things I hate about you
* How to Deal
* Pieces of April
* The Matrix
* Crazy/beautiful
* Bring it On

****Rach****

[talz0r]

ooo have you guys seen the new movie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith? with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt? I saw it yesterday and I thought it was really good :D it's like action and comedy hehe... anyways guys go see it.. lol my friend was saying that she didn't know who to check it out... Angelina or Brad

[Seven]

ooo have you guys seen the new movie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith? with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt? I saw it yesterday and I thought it was really good :D it's like action and comedy hehe... anyways guys go see it.. lol my friend was saying that she didn't know who to check it out... Angelina or Brad


ahh cool so what would u give it out of ten? I wanna see it, wish brad had peroxided hair in the film like he has now tho :mad:

[talz0r]

hmmm out of 10 aye?... 10 being the best... and 1 being the worst :) ummm 8 *

nah maybe even 9/10

lol see the movie and you'll get it :D

[Seven]

hmmm out of 10 aye?... 10 being the best... and 1 being the worst :) ummm 8 *

nah maybe even 9/10

lol see the movie and you'll get it :D

whats to get? so is this rate for perve factor or the actual plot :p

[bek]

the last time i went to the movies was longer ago then i care to say!!! but the last dvd i hired was 'closer'...i would not recommend it to a friend...it was extremely weird!! but then i guess it depends what you want out of a movie...to be challenged or just chill out and unwind...i'm definitly the last one!!

[Hinny]

You won't find challenging cinema at your local megaplex or whatever. Hunt around for the nearest arthouse and check something out. David and Margaret are great at recommending these. You won't catch the movies all your mates are talking about at arthouse cinemas, but this is not about your mates, but whether you're up to looking at the alternative. If you're in the Sydney area, there's the Sydney Film Festival starting tonight, running for 16 days.

[talz0r]

whats to get? so is this rate for perve factor or the actual plot :p

oh definately perve :D what else?? lol jks, plots actually good... :)

[Seven]

Ok sounds good, i like action , comedy and perving so I thinks ill be watching that film...not to keen on the title though 'can I please have an adult to see mr and mrs smith at 945 ' :rolleyes:

[kate]

oh i agree closer was extremly weird, i would not recommend it to anyone either unless u like weirdo movies ... this is a little old but i watched thirteen on dvd the other day and that was really really interesting a little depressing tho!

[Hinny]

2046 couldn't have been more stylish if Wong Kar Wai went back to try again. I guess it could be criticised on concentrating too much on the style and not so much the substance- I can certainly understand why moviegoers may be unable to understand the significance of the title number to the plot, but boy did the film leave a bloody strong WKW aftertaste. The plot itself is quite straightforward: a man transferring his affection for a cherished lost love to a series of different women, hoping to use them to replace his one true love. The more movies I see, the less I find myself drawn to the overall plot. The greatest plot in the world applied by a director with little style will result in nothing more than just another disposable film.

I followed that up with this UK doco Unknown White Male. If 2046 lacked in substance, this one definitely made up for it. Imagine stirring to your senses on a train, with absolutely no memory of why you're on the train, where you're headed, and worse of all, no idea of who you are. What is there to do? I've seen a few beauties this year, but this is the best one yet.

Eagerly looking forward to Howl's Moving Castle and The New World. New Miyazaki + new Malick, in the same year = film nut's wet dream.

[bek]

today i watched finding neverland! loved it!! johnny is extremely hot in it!! and i even had a little cry at the end!! not that that takes much!!

[cirrol]

Awwww i saw the first 45 mins of that movie last night!
Then we had to leave my friends place.
*pouts*
So im going to go hire it out today.

[Chrissie]

There's an awesome movie, it's korean.. and it's a romantic comedy, but it'll be the best movie you will see in a very long time. It's called "My Sassy Girl". The movie is well written and hilarious.I recommend everyone to go buy it and watch it:)

[Tinkers]

haha, sorry i know its not nice to diss movies that other people like,
but on the topic of Finding Neverland...
like, i got into it a bit and i loved at the end when she goes into the garden and its all pretty and magical. but then i thought the ending (and the little boy) was pretty lame.
in the cinema when the movie finished- half the people were crying and everyone else was laughing at the people crying. tres amusing. then again, i thought The Notebook was lame and i found the same thing happened when that movie finished as well.
oh- and i also thought that Closer was weird, but ive watched it a few times because of the great music/ because Natalie Portman is the most beautiful person in the world :rolleyes:

[Hinny]

About Finding Neverland. Nice little movie. Didn't think it was as good as others thought. I too found it amusing when the group of teenagers sitting in front of me were split into those crying their eyes out and those laughing their socks off at their mates. I fully understood why they cried, it's just that the scene didn't match up to the power from other tearjerkers I've seen.

About Closer. Me being the snobby filmnut that I am, I didn't find it THAT weird. Nice performances from Clive Owen and Natalie Portman were offset by a shoddy Julia Roberts and an overracting Jude Law. I know it's based on a play and all that, but there were more than a few scenes in the film when I felt like I was watching the play, not a film in a cinema.

[bri]

Just watched "Once Were Warriors" for the first time in ages. Very powerful film, Painful to watch in some bits but genuinely moving.

[:: katie b ::]

Watched The Last Samurai yesterday on foxtel - bloody fantastic.

except tom cruise is a dickhead - he ruined it. he is always so cliche and predictable. :mad:

[cirrol]

I watched 4 movies over the weekend!
The Aviator - CRAP, absoloute rubbish. Waste of 2 and a half hours. I could have slept for that time.
Finding Neverland - I liked it. LOVED the park in it. Beautiful.
Lemony Snicketts A Series of Unfortunate Events - Alrgihtish i guess.
AND
Garden State - I liked it! It was a bit random at first but once you get into it its good.

[lozzy]

Ladder 49 - predictable, fairly boring, i still cried though haha
Lemony Snickets - as cirrol said, alright. Mr Carrey is bloody great in it though

[surrealist]

Watched "Ray" the other day. I was initially skeptical because I generally don't like Jamie Foxx, plus the Oscar win but it was actually a really amazing film. I thought it was great that they weren't afraid to portray Ray in quite a negative light, they showed him as a fucking human being, which a lot of these biopic type films rarely do. I will admit that I cried at the end, with the rehab scene and his hallucination about his mother. Damn good film.

Also rewatched "In the Bedroom" a week or so ago - still totally loved it. I remember when I went to see it with my friends at the cinemas...I have no idea how I managed to convince them to come considering the type of movies we would usually see (I distinctly remember one friend dragging me to see Scooby Doo back in the day), but I was getting very teary while all of my friends were bored out of their brains. It's a very emotional film but I guess it's definitely not for everyone. Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson's performances are just brilliant though.

[Hinny]

Garden State - I liked it! It was a bit random at first but once you get into it its good.
Nice debut effort by JD in director mode. Sorry about the overused cliche ending, though.

[Tinkers]

Sorry about the overused cliche ending, though.
mmm, i really enjoyed Garden State (again - mainly because of the beauty of Natalie Portman) but my friends also had problems with the ending.
Eventually we decided that sometimes corny things do happen in life, so it was alright that it ended that way. Like, the whole movie was a bit unpredictable (as is life) and then it sorted itself out, which is what happens sometimes in real life- things do sometimes just go smoothly at the end...
but yah, the ending was definitely not its strong point... Natalie Portman was! ;)
and yay! i have both Garden State and Closer on pirated DVD!

[da_lozmeister]

hahahaha go pirated DVDs

[:: katie b ::]

im about the watch garden state so i'll let u all know how i feel about it - it better be at video store...thats all im saying :o

[da_lozmeister]

oky doky

[:: katie b ::]

garden state is an unreal movie. was very happy with it. the soundtrack is close to the best i've heard in a long time.

8/10 :D

[Kaj]

mmm, been meaning to watch that

[Hinny]

25/6/05
State Theatre, Sydney
Sydney Film Festival Closing Night

At a time when animation means a big team of people creating images through spending lots of time on the computer, the Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki's work just never ceases to amaze film aficionados, with every frame crafted through meticulous drawings. Hand-crafted imagery so exquisitly detailed it puts most of the top CGI animation films to shame.

Except for a very brief technical glitch, last night's Australian premiere screening of Miyazaki's latest work, Howl's Moving Castle, is simply stunning. The wondrous beauty that is a packed State Theatre. An intro by the producer Toshio Suzuki. And we're into a 2 hour feast of imagination. I cannot do justice for the film through words, so I'll just tell you that it received a total standing ovation.

This was the English-subtitled Japanese language version. Howl's Moving Castle will be released on September 12th, likely to be dubbed in English, featuring Christian Bale and Billy Crystal. When it comes out, do seek out the original Japanese version. English dubbing has a tendency to remove much of the soul from Miyazaki films.

[talz0r]

Has anyone seen the sisterhood of the travelling pants? I saw this today, and it's pretty good, I haven't read the books but am inspired to do so now.

[Cheyne]

Hinny, u much of a fan of anime? What can u tell me about Tokyo Godfathers, Metropolis, Cowboy Beebop and Steam Boy?

[Neo]

Has anyone seen the sisterhood of the travelling pants? I saw this today, and it's pretty good, I haven't read the books but am inspired to do so now.

me and eyeliner saw that today too! it was hilarious! well, maybe it was just hilarious to me...i was cracking up for no apparent reason before the movie even started and then i started laughing in bits that werent meant to be funny...ie: the emotional bits when everyone else was crying. from all over the cinema, you hear quiet sobs...and then neo: "hee hee hee!"

[talz0r]

me and eyeliner saw that today too! it was hilarious! well, maybe it was just hilarious to me...i was cracking up for no apparent reason before the movie even started and then i started laughing in bits that werent meant to be funny...ie: the emotional bits when everyone else was crying. from all over the cinema, you hear quiet sobs...and then neo: "hee hee hee!"

hahaha lol... hmm for some reason, Bridget reminds me of lozzy, maybe cos of the whole soccer thing and blond hair :D

[swede]

last movie i saw was star wars 3, best of the new lot, but still not as good as the originals in my book.

oh and i just saw "the doors", awesome movie. the doors rock

[:: katie b ::]

i watched 'requiem for a dream' today on DVD.
stars: jared leto, jennifer connelly and ellen burstyn.
in summary: weird, druggo movie - scares the shit out of you. some graphic stuff in this. ellen burstyn is brilliant, as is jen. jared is still a young lad - although he looks good!
rating: 7/10

[Cheyne]

i watched 'requiem for a dream' today on DVD.
stars: jared leto, jennifer connelly and ellen burstyn.
in summary: weird, druggo movie - scares the shit out of you. some graphic stuff in this. ellen burstyn is brilliant, as is jen. jared is still a young lad - although he looks good!
rating: 7/10

F***N awesome movie! What aboutt when the personification of the fridge! it scared the shit outa me... as did the electric shock treatment.... as did the scary pimp daddy guy

[:: katie b ::]

indeed. the bloody heroin-arm? OMG gross. i felt so sick. fridge was hilarious...electric shock was repeated too many times for my liking.

[whiskey]

Some Like It Hot!
best. 50s. movie. ever.

AMELIE!!
adore this movie, it is so... French :)

10 Things I Hate About You
I can recite the entire movie... sad but true.

and I loved 'Closer', I was glad it got a proper theatrical release... even if I did have to endure the giggly girls behind me everytime Jude Law was on the screen.

and no-one has mentioned 'Gone With The Wind' or 'Casablanca', two films that no-one watches anymore but they should!

[Cheyne]

How good was Some Like it HoT!... AnD ClOSeR! I loved every minute of... It was one of my movies that I had to promote on behalf of Sony Pictures. Its interesting for sales results appear down. Perhaps people arnt comfortable with deception as being the status quo honing in on the current state of affairs (pun intended :p)... But the darkness evoked was awesome...

What aboutt Breakfast at Tiffanys...

lol and Whiskey, if i can sit through four hours of Pride and Prejudice (thanx to dominanting ex gf) i can def sit through 3 and a bit hrs of Gone with the Wind... :p

[whiskey]

breakfast at tiffanys rocks my socks!

and you surely will sit through GWTW thanks to ME and MY domineering nature. :D

[Cheyne]

lol, or because I have a genuine interest in Gone with the Wind :rolleyes: (which is very unlikely :p).... did u like my pun usage?!
@-)-)-
xx

[whiskey]

of course, you know I'm a sucker for a good pun :p

[what]

ok. i can now safely say that Prey For Rock n Roll is the best struggling lesbian chick rock band movie out there. watch it foos.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y158/jennifek/preyforrocknrollginadrea.jpg

[talz0r]

I saw bewitched yesterday, pree funny but so bloody predictable....... anyone seen the house of wax? it has Paris Hilton, she dies so it's all good bahahaha... oh but the chad mmmm.... :)

[Bocks]

house of wax is a remake of a shitty movie.
i'd go to see it but im not in the mood to watch the ol' routine of:
door slams, girl screams, girl runs down long dark hallway, music gets louder and more corse, girl frantically screams, unknown object snapps her up.
boringgggggggggggggggg
lets watch another movie were teenagers get picked off one by one.

[Cheyne]

I loveee pulp fiction... and the two kill bills. Some of the cinematography in the 1st (such as the silhouette shot in the restaurant) is simply superb...

Speaking of Tarantino, I so wanna see his and Rodriguez's appropriation of Sin City... Im hearing alota awesome stuff about the flick... Can neone enlighten me?

[Bocks]

I loveee pulp fiction... and the two kill bills. Some of the cinematography in the 1st (such as the silhouette shot in the restaurant) is simply superb...

Speaking of Tarantino, I so wanna see his and Rodriguez's appropriation of Sin City... Im hearing alota awesome stuff about the flick... Can neone enlighten me?

Sin City is just so flippin gruesome.

as for Pulp Fiction i will enlighten everyone with a few quotes.
Jules: Whoa... whoa... whoa... stop right there. Eatin' a bitch out, and givin' a bitch a foot massage ain't even the same fuckin' thing.
Vincent: Not the same thing, the same ballpark.
Jules: It ain't no fuckin' ballpark either. Now look, maybe your method of massage differs from mine, but touchin' his wife's feet, and stickin' your tongue in her holyiest of holies, ain't the same ballpark, it ain't the same league, it ain't even the same fuckin' sport. Foot massages don't mean shit.
Vincent: Have you ever given a foot massage?
Jules: Don't be tellin' me about foot massages - I'm the foot fuckin' master.
Vincent: Given a lot of 'em?
Jules: Shit yeah. I got my technique down and everything, I don't be tickling or nothin'.
Vincent: Would you give a guy a foot massage?
Jules: Fuck you.
Vincent: You give them a lot?
Jules: Fuck you.
Vincent: You know, I'm getting kinda tired, I could use a foot massage.
Jules: Man, you best back off, I'm gittin' pissed.

Vincent: And you know what they call a... a... a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?
Jules: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with cheese?
Vincent: No man, they got the metric system. They wouldn't know what the fuck a Quarter Pounder is.
Jules: Then what do they call it?
Vincent: They call it a Royale with cheese.
Jules: A Royale with cheese. What do they call a Big Mac?
Vincent: Well, a Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it le Big-Mac.
Jules: Le Big-Mac. Ha ha ha ha. What do they call a Whopper?
Vincent: I dunno, I didn't go into Burger King.

Jules: What does Marcellus Wallace look like?
Brett: What?
Jules: What country you from?
Brett: What?
Jules: What ain't no country I ever heard of! They speak English in What?
Brett: What?
Jules: ENGLISH, MOTHERFUCKER! DO-YOU-SPEAK-IT?
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Then you know what I'm saying!
Brett: Yes!
Jules: Describe what Marcellus Wallace looks like!
Brett: What, I-?
Jules: [pointing his gun] Say what again. SAY WHAT AGAIN. I dare you, I double dare you, motherfucker. Say what one more goddamn time.
Brett: He's b-b-black...
Jules: Go on.
Brett: He's bald...
Jules: Does he look like a bitch?
Brett: What?
[Jules shoots Brett in shoulder]
Jules: DOES HE LOOK LIKE A BITCH?
Brett: No!
Jules: Then why you try to fuck him like a bitch, Brett?
Brett: I didn't.
Jules: Yes you did. Yes you did, Brett. You tried to fuck him. And Marcellus Wallace don't like to be fucked by anybody, except Mrs. Wallace.

[Jules and Vincent take Marvin with them in their car and Vincent's gun goes off and blows Marvin's head off]
Vincent: Whoa!
Jules: What the fuck's happening, man? Ah, shit man!
Vincent: Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face.
Jules: Why the fuck did you do that!
Vincent: Well, I didn't mean to do it, it was an accident!
Jules: Oh man I've seen some crazy ass shit in my time...
Vincent: Chill out, man. I told you it was an accident. You probably went over a bump or something.
Jules: Hey, the car didn't hit no motherfucking bump.
Vincent: Hey, look man, I didn't mean to shoot the son of a bitch. The gun went off. I don't know why.
Jules: Well look at this fucking mess, man. We're on a city street in broad daylight here!
Vincent: I don't believe it.
Jules: Well believe it now, motherfucker! We gotta get this car off the road! You know cops tend to notice shit like you're driving a car drenched in fucking blood.
Vincent: Just take it to a friendly place, that's all.
Jules: This in the Valley, Vincent. Marcellus ain't got no friendly places in the Valley.
Vincent: Well Jules this ain't my fucking town, man!
Jules: Shit!
[Jules dials a number on his cell phone]
Vincent: What you doin'?
Jules: I'm calling my partner in Toluca Lake.
Vincent: Where's Toluca Lake?
Jules: It's just over the hill here over by Burbank Studios. If Jimmie's ass ain't home, I don't know what the fuck we're going to do, man. 'Cause I ain't got no other partners in 8-1-8. Hey Jimmie, yo, how you doin', man? It's Jules. Listen up man. Me and my homeboy are in serious fucking shit. We're in a car and we gotta get off the road, pronto. I need to use your garage for a couple of hours.



And my favourites:
[Ezekiel 25:17 among others]
Jules: The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee.


[from the best fucking story in the movie]
Mia: Don't you hate that?
Vincent: What?
Mia: Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable?
Vincent: I don't know. That's a good question.
Mia: That's when you know you've found somebody special. When you can just shut the fuck up for a minute and comfortably enjoy the silence.

[talz0r]

I have Sin City on my computer, but I haven't watched it yet.

[Hinny]

I miss the cinema.

Need to see:
Rock School
My Summer of Love

[LoDouble U]

I watched this last week..

The Descent (http://www.thedescentthemovie.com/trailer/index.html)

And it scared the crap out of me!!

[Tinkers]

I miss the cinema.

Need to see:
Rock School
My Summer of Love

woo! my summer of love was great! :D
i was expecting a bit more erotic lesbian action than there actually was...but it was still good. and one of the girls looked so much like the hot girl i have a crush on at uni...mmmm :rolleyes:

(and even if it hadnt featured lesbians, it was still a pretty good movie with some funny/unpredictable moments. )

[graceonthebass]

Napoleon Dynamite is the funniest movie of all time. Anchorman is also great.

[Bocks]

Napoleon Dynamite is the funniest movie of all time. Anchorman is also great.
tina you fat lard come eat some dinner

[da_lozmeister]

Seeing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in a few days!!! (its out in France...and there is the English version playing on the weekend...;so yeah I thought I would take this opportunity to see it before a lot of others...Especially my family and close friends...who all reckon they'll see it before me *evil laugh*)

But yeah I'll let you know how it is

[talz0r]

It looks so disturbing..... scary infact.....

[vivy09]

i dont know if its already been mentioned yet but on sunday my brother & i saw a movie called 'The Yes Men' and it was hilarious!!!

those 2 guys and their mates are sooooooo good & funny lol!!!

some parts i did not get cause my knowledge wasnt that in depth but i understood it enough to enjoy.

its pretty much about 2 activitsts taking the piss out of the world trade organisatioon lol. its an independant film and we saw it at dendy in newtown. if you want a good laugh, go for this one.

[Hinny]

i dont know if its already been mentioned yet but on sunday my brother & i saw a movie called 'The Yes Men' and it was hilarious!!!

those 2 guys and their mates are sooooooo good & funny lol!!!

some parts i did not get cause my knowledge wasnt that in depth but i understood it enough to enjoy.

its pretty much about 2 activitsts taking the piss out of the world trade organisatioon lol. its an independant film and we saw it at dendy in newtown. if you want a good laugh, go for this one.
I had the choice of seeing this or What The Bleep Do We Know. I regret having chosen the latter. I know of The Yes Men's story. Truth is it doesn't matter how much I know about it already- anything, and I say anything, is better than Bleep.

Provided the family values bastards fail to get it banned, Mysterious Skin may well be one of my top 3 this year. Really looking forward to it.

[Cheyne]

I had the choice of seeing this or What The Bleep Do We Know. I regret having chosen the latter. I know of The Yes Men's story. Truth is it doesn't matter how much I know about it already- anything, and I say anything, is better than Bleep.

Provided the family values bastards fail to get it banned, Mysterious Skin may well be one of my top 3 this year. Really looking forward to it.

You and me both. Apparantly its highly compelling yet thoughtfully directed given the fragile subject matter.

[graceonthebass]

I have never even heard of that bleep one.

[Hinny]

I have never even heard of that bleep one.
Rest assured you're not missing out on anything even half-decent.

[graceonthebass]

ok.
also has anyone seen Million Dollar Baby. Is it worth seeing??

[lozzy]

ok.
also has anyone seen Million Dollar Baby. Is it worth seeing??
i thought it was quite good.

[Hinny]

ok.
also has anyone seen Million Dollar Baby. Is it worth seeing??
It's a boxing movie. You've seen one, you've seen them all. Especially if the one is Raging Bull.

[goofyfoot0000]

Million Dollar Baby was great, i realy wasn't expecting that twist.
Hilary Swank was awsome!

[da_lozmeister]

Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory yesterday! Brief review:

It's pretty good. Johnny plays Wonka really well....but the character is a little strange. The Oompa Loompas are cool...their songs are really funky - Johnny is hilarious during these scenes.

Ummm...generally speaking I loved it....it's a modern version of the classic/original story (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factrory....not the book) but perhaps a little too modern. I will always prefer the other version as its a classic and yeah.

Highly recommended though.

[lozzy]

Saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory yesterday! Brief review:

It's pretty good. Johnny plays Wonka really well....but the character is a little strange. The Oompa Loompas are cool...their songs are really funky - Johnny is hilarious during these scenes.

Ummm...generally speaking I loved it....it's a modern version of the classic/original story (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factrory....not the book) but perhaps a little too modern. I will always prefer the other version as its a classic and yeah.

Highly recommended though.
ooOOOoo is this out already?!? i've been dying to see it!! it was like my favourite movie when i was a little tyke. my poor grandmother had to watch it everyday when i went over (3x/wk) and when my cousins went over (3x/wk) so she was watching it like almost everyday hahaha.

and mmmmm Johnny Depp :D

[Missah]

i just saw House of wax yesterday, infact most of it was filmed in queensland last year and i was having a holiday in qld at the night, and rite i was a majorly huge paris hilton fan, and its my first day there and i was ordering a drink and on the wall it said 'paris hilton look a like competition saturdays' so to the waier im like why you havin that competition, hes like because paris hilton is currently on the gold coast actually staying at the hotel behind you, which was the one i was staying at!!! I wont say the name incase of law suits i dunno but its super posh! And im like nearly fainting! i hoped to see her there, but i didnt. And i thought he could have been lieing but heaps of bars and stuff on the gold coast had pictures of her there from when she was there and i asked people, they werent lieing! :eek:

yeah and the movie was good

lol

[Cheyne]

i just saw House of wax yesterday, infact most of it was filmed in queensland last year and i was having a holiday in qld at the night, and rite i was a majorly huge paris hilton fan, and its my first day there and i was ordering a drink and on the wall it said 'paris hilton look a like competition saturdays' so to the waier im like why you havin that competition, hes like because paris hilton is currently on the gold coast actually staying at the hotel behind you, which was the one i was staying at!!! I wont say the name incase of law suits i dunno but its super posh! And im like nearly fainting! i hoped to see her there, but i didnt. And i thought he could have been lieing but heaps of bars and stuff on the gold coast had pictures of her there from when she was there and i asked people, they werent lieing! :eek:

yeah and the movie was good

lol

U were at the hilton yeah? or something along those lines whilst she was at the Grand Palazzo Versace Resort?

[Hinny]

I'm curious as to how Paris Hilton can have fans. I can't think of a single thing about her that's likable.

[swede]

Million Dollar Baby was great, i realy wasn't expecting that twist.
Hilary Swank was awsome!

great touching movie... oh so sad

and loz, GO THE CHOCO FACTORY!

[Hinny]

I saw an ad for a new Scarlett Johansson film the other day. That got me interested.

And then I looked at the director.

Michael Frickking Bay? Michael 'hey looky I made Armaggedon AND Pearl Harbor! How's that for pure unbridled sheiser quality ey?' Bay?

Girl, what are you thinking.

[swede]

i think that movie with al pacino is good

[lozzy]

I saw an ad for a new Scarlett Johansson film the other day. That got me interested.

And then I looked at the director.

Michael Frickking Bay? Michael 'hey looky I made Armaggedon AND Pearl Harbor! How's that for pure unbridled sheiser quality ey?' Bay?

Girl, what are you thinking.
she was thinking... "damn i don't like hinny. i think i will do this movie to piss him off."

[swede]

i like her thinking then hahaha

[Hinny]

*looks at one hand*
Lost In Translation. Ghost World. Girl With A Pearl Earring. The Man Who Wasn't There. A Woody Allen film.

*looks at the other hand*
8 legged freaks. The Island. The Perfect Score.

I swear she's got a serious case of schizophrenia.

[OmG!?@Wtf!?@]

I lOvE HiLaRY dUFf!!! EsPeCalLy In ThaT 1 WheRE She GoeZ 2 EurPoe!!@#*&^%

[da_lozmeister]

Nah Loz sorry...it's not out in Aust until the 1st of september...but it's been out in France for like 2 weeks. I saw the original version (so in English) the other day. If you really like the actually version...I dunno what you'll think of this one. Johnny is bloody hilarious though. Gotta love him! Ha I went with the chick I'm staying with here...and I'm bouncing around to the music (yeah its great!!!!!) and she's absolutely pissing herself laughing at me...and then u see johnny doing the same thing. It's SOOOOOO funny!

[lozzy]

Nah Loz sorry...it's not out in Aust until the 1st of september...but it's been out in France for like 2 weeks. I saw the original version (so in English) the other day. If you really like the actually version...I dunno what you'll think of this one. Johnny is bloody hilarious though. Gotta love him! Ha I went with the chick I'm staying with here...and I'm bouncing around to the music (yeah its great!!!!!) and she's absolutely pissing herself laughing at me...and then u see johnny doing the same thing. It's SOOOOOO funny!
1st of september!?!? ohhhh man. that's ages away!! grrr

[talz0r]

i just saw House of wax yesterday, infact most of it was filmed in queensland last year and i was having a holiday in qld at the night, and rite i was a majorly huge paris hilton fan, and its my first day there and i was ordering a drink and on the wall it said 'paris hilton look a like competition saturdays' so to the waier im like why you havin that competition, hes like because paris hilton is currently on the gold coast actually staying at the hotel behind you, which was the one i was staying at!!! I wont say the name incase of law suits i dunno but its super posh! And im like nearly fainting! i hoped to see her there, but i didnt. And i thought he could have been lieing but heaps of bars and stuff on the gold coast had pictures of her there from when she was there and i asked people, they werent lieing! :eek:

yeah and the movie was good

lol

hahaha, yeah...... and on this like 'the making of the house of wax', she's like "look at my crappy motel!" and she points to the Regent and she's staying in the penthouse....... why doesn't she stay at the Hilton then?

[Hinny]

I've been waiting sooooooooo long for this.

Mysterious Skin finally opens tomorrow. Sadly missed it at the Sydney Film Festival screening, and it's about damn time this baby popped up. Just as well the OFLC gave it an R rating and didn't ban it outright, or I would've been REALLY pissed off. I guess the religious types thought the theme just hit too close to home, what with the controversy them bastards have over paedophilia.

It's a shame this is getting a limited release, that the mainstream cinemas would steer away from genuinely hard-hitting film dealing with life-changing issues. Bringing the ticket prices down is one thing, but at the end of the day, the films they show, the big studio Hollywood trash... you've seen one, you've seen them all. No wonder the box office takings are dropping.

[life is peachy without me]

all time best movie has to be Zoolander..... is there seriously anything better?

I just saw wedding crashers and was really disappointed

[lozzy]

all time best movie has to be Zoolander..... is there seriously anything better?

I just saw wedding crashers and was really disappointed
ahhh Zoolander *sighs*....such a great movie :D

[life is peachy without me]

there has to be more to life than being really really really redicously good looking ;)

hahahah so many great lines.... how often in a movie is it that 3 people can die of a freak petrol fight incident? its got everything....

oh by the way lozzy thanks for donating me points so i could change my name....this one is much better than what i had

[:: katie b ::]

lozzy is cool. get used to it :)

[lozzy]

there has to be more to life than being really really really redicously good looking ;)

hahahah so many great lines.... how often in a movie is it that 3 people can die of a freak petrol fight incident? its got everything....

oh by the way lozzy thanks for donating me points so i could change my name....this one is much better than what i had
no problem :)

ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPACHINOS!!

SNAP!

[life is peachy without me]

oh my gosh does this mean i have found someone who loves zoolander as much as i do..... i swear i've seen it a billion times

[lozzy]

i've seen it heaps of times too. haven't seen it in a while though.

That Hansel is soo hot right now!

[life is peachy without me]

well i did the naughty thing and copied it cos i couldnt' find it to buy anywhere....but my dvd collection would be nothing withouht it.

It was an easy choice..... zoolander over morals

[lozzy]

i bought it. fairly wasy to find :) but yes. a must have in your dvd collection. for serious.

[life is peachy without me]

what do you think of dude where's my car?

[:: katie b ::]

and then....?

[life is peachy without me]

no and then

[lozzy]

what do you think of dude where's my car?
i cannot watch it over and over like zoolander. it was alright i spose. i have it on dvd, i got it free with pizza.

[life is peachy without me]

definately not in the same category as zoolander but is not to bad..... i just can't believe i found another zoolander freak

[lozzy]

definately not in the same category as zoolander but is not to bad..... i just can't believe i found another zoolander freak
http://missyhiggins.org/vb/showthread.php?t=2137&page=1

7th post down.

[life is peachy without me]

hahaha thanks for that....gave me a good laugh before i go off to bed... absolute pisser.

when i went and saw wedding singers the other day when he came on i just looked at my friend and said....oh that hansel he's so hot right not.... all i got was a sympathy smile :(

[lozzy]

hahaha thanks for that....gave me a good laugh before i go off to bed... absolute pisser.

when i went and saw wedding singers the other day when he came on i just looked at my friend and said....oh that hansel he's so hot right not.... all i got was a sympathy smile :(
wedding crashers??

i was going to go see that the other night. i heard it was shit but.

[life is peachy without me]

yeah i thought it was really disappointing.....most of it was so not funny....but it was ok, just i had high expectations and it didn't deliver.....so if you go, expect it to be crap and you might think it was ok

[life is peachy without me]

opps crap sorry bout the mistake in the title.... its late

[what]

you can read minds?!

[lozzy]

you can read minds?!
eh? wha? huh? ey? WHAAAAAAAAAT?

[Hinny]

Feel like editing this post mods. I refuse to do it.

It's been a while since I saw something that affected me as much as this little indie movie. The last one was Requiem For A Dream. Requiem dealt with the effects of drug abuse. This one with the effects of child sexual assault. Definitely not a stroll in the park, this one.

I was genuinely surprised at the casting. There's Joseph Gordon-Levitt, from the emotional trainwrecks that were Third Rock From The Sun and 10 Things I Hate About You, and Michelle Trachtenberg, the whiny little girl from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and, um, Eurotrip. I really should stop judging actors from their involvement in fluff.

The premise is simple. Man molests children. Children grow up. One suppresses all memories of it and becomes introverted. The other keeps on reliving the memories and fucks every guy who shows up with money in hand.

An emotional train ride into how victims of child sexual assault deal with their experiences as they grow up. This is fucking brilliant is what it is. 10/10.

[life is peachy without me]

sounds pretty full on

[lozzy]

what is the movie called hinny? Mysterious Skin??

[Hinny]

what is the movie called hinny? Mysterious Skin??
Yes. Damn religious bastards tried to ban it because it supposedly depicts gay underage sex, gay rape, and serves as a manual for potential paedophiles. Damn know nothing religious people.

I have no problems with an R rating, which it got, but these guys tried to ban it when they haven't even seen the bloody thing, only judging it from the reviews they read. Ugh.

[Hinny]

Just returned from Last Days.

Didn't expect all that much. Liked what I saw from Gus van Sant's previous efforts in Gerry, Elephant and Good Will Hunting, but considering the subject matter, the film was always going to be tough. No one knows what happened in Kurt Cobain's last days. So in making this GVS basically avoided giving the film a plot and any characters, and just went about building up this image of a 'fictional' rock icon who's obviously fucked up in the head. We all know what's gonna happen at the end of the film. The character is gonna kill himself.

Yes, GVS managed to build up a pretty chilling portrayal of a deeply troubled rock star, but there was just no point to the film whatsoever. Michael Pitt wasn't given all that much to work with, since the script was always just going to be about the rock icon mumbling nonsensical thoughts to himself as he prepares for his death. GVS made this for nobody other than himself. That the film would get picked up by a distributor I do not understand why. So glad I got a free pass and didn't have to pay to see this.

1 star.

[MISTER WOO]

:) I went to see BEWITCHED the other day,that was ok,mildly amusing in a retro kind of way,very true to the tv series it's based on:D

[Hinny]

very true to the tv series it's based on
Either there's another Bewitched movie I don't know about, or there's another retro show called Bewitched shown in England.

[MISTER WOO]

Either there's another Bewitched movie (http://216.130.188.208/cgi-bin/ezlclk.fcgi?id=9815)I don't know about, or there's another retro show called Bewitched shown in England.No just the one film hinly,u must know it?;)

[Hinny]

The film couldn't have less to do with the show if Woody Allen wrote the script and let Francis Ford Coppola direct it.

[MISTER WOO]

The film couldn't have less to do with the show if Woody Allen wrote the script and let Francis Ford (http://216.130.188.208/cgi-bin/ezlclk.fcgi?id=9255)Coppola direct it.
Come on,theres so many refences and similarities there,u must see.

[Hinny]

No. And I'm done talking about something I thought was very bad.

I feel like pulling out Y Tu Mama Tambien tonight. Nothing worth watching on the teev.

[Tribal_Drummer]

has anyone seen Amelie?

it's a french movie, the whole thing is subtitled but it's great. very cute... just love it :)

[Tinkers]

has anyone not heard of Amelie?

i think ive seen it about 10 times. i love the gnome, and Lucien, and the random videos, and pretty much everything else in this movie. especially Audrey Tatou (i dont know how you spell her name... shes just so damn cute!! yet such a pain in the ass in The Spanish Apartment...)

Has anyone seen Little Fish yet? i went to an advanced screening on sunday and i quite liked it. interesting characters and some moving moments. Cate Blanchett is awesome.

[murfinator]

My favourite movies are
The princess bride
Pride and Prejudice
Return to me
Very Annie Mary
Emma
Bride and Prejudice
The Wedding Singer
Blast from the past

[Tribal_Drummer]

has anyone not heard of Amelie?
i dont know. thats why i asked :)

[talz0r]

charlie and the chocolate factory is ace, saw it yesterday

[Hinny]

has anyone not heard of Amelie?

i think ive seen it about 10 times. i love the gnome, and Lucien, and the random videos, and pretty much everything else in this movie. especially Audrey Tatou (i dont know how you spell her name... shes just so damn cute!! yet such a pain in the ass in The Spanish Apartment...)

Has anyone seen Little Fish yet? i went to an advanced screening on sunday and i quite liked it. interesting characters and some moving moments. Cate Blanchett is awesome.
No one with any respect for fine cinema will be turned off by subtitles. Amelie was a very cute little movie. Just thinking about it... I wanna give Audrey Tatou a great big bear hug.

I'll be seeing Little Fish on cheapo Monday.

[Missah]

charlie and the chocolate factory is ace, saw it yesterday
yeah its awsome i saw it friday...lol i thought it was great...but im also guilty of loving johhny depp:)

[Hinny]

The Motorcycle Diaries dvd is taking too long to go on sale. November 9th... it's been too bloody long, dammit. Bad Education came out AFTER The Motorcycle Diaries, and that's been sitting on the shelves for a whole month already. I hate it when the rental outlets delay the sale dates.

Gael Garcia Bernal... what a fecking champion.

[Tinkers]

thats why i love pirated DVDs and the wonderful asian countries that sell them for next to nothing.
yay, going to thailand in 3 months! its going to be mad :)

[maiizhigh]

thats why i love pirated DVDs and the wonderful asian countries that sell them for next to nothing.
yay, going to thailand in 3 months! its going to be mad :)
whooo for dvds.
i've been to thailand airport. for 2 hours. that doesnt count does it?
talk about jealousy. :p

[Tinkers]

i've been to thailand airport. for 2 hours. that doesnt count does it?
no it doesnt :p
haha, ill bring you back something illegal if you make a request- you like mka stuff right? ;)

[maiizhigh]

no it doesnt :p
haha, ill bring you back something illegal if you make a request- you like mka stuff right? ;)
whooo. yes please! bring me back something illegal. anything, you get to pick, i just like the novelty of it all.
....well not something toooll illegal.
haha, get it right tink, its not me that likes mka, its my *cough* ermmm... sister. remember? :rolleyes:

[Hinny]

thats why i love pirated DVDs and the wonderful asian countries that sell them for next to nothing.
yay, going to thailand in 3 months! its going to be mad :)
I have no qualms with Hollywood mass production commercial braindead tripe being made available on pirated dvds. Anything to take away from their profits suits me just fine.

On the other hand, honest productions like Diarios de motocicleta need to be supported. Top direction, top scripts, top acting... if they don't get the support, the films that arrive on our screens will all resemble the stock standard Hollywood snoozefest.

[talz0r]

saw wedding crashers today, funny shite :)

[Hinny]

I knew I forgot to do something today.

Look Both Ways, Little Fish, Murderball, Turtles Can Fly, Charlie/Chocolate Factory... So much to see, so little time.

[talz0r]

yeah little fish is apparantly a good aussie flick, has cate blanchett in it and it's supposedly 4 stars.

I also saw a perfect catch on fri, lol only see it if you love those lovey dovey comedies that are so predictable.

[Miss Fishy]

Is anyone into frnech films like moi?

I LOVE amelie and 'A very long engagement'. Definetly beautiful films and i'd recommend them to you ALL!

[M.D]

I adore Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie) and A very long engagement... How could you not love Audrey Tautou... and Amelie has one of the loveliest soundtracks I've ever heard.... Plus Jodie Foster speaking french, always a good thing... ;)

[Miss Fishy]

I adore Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (Amelie) and A very long engagement... How could you not love Audrey Tautou... and Amelie has one of the loveliest soundtracks I've ever heard.... Plus Jodie Foster speaking french, always a good thing... ;)
I can never remember the whole french name.

I have them both on DVD. They are definetly my favourites. So bizarre, and understatedly romantic.

Plus if it werent for a Very long engagement, i would not have fallen in love with honey on bread dipped in hot chocolate.

Audrey had a new one coming out in which she played a jazz singer or something. i remember reading a small clip for it at the stsart of the year. if anyone could poinbt me to a non-commercial foriegn cinema in townsville, i would forever be in your debt.

[Duke Ella]

i watched most of Stgrange Bedfellows last night OH MY GOD so funny! i was cracking up laughing every 5 minutes. i recommend it if u want a laugh.

[Miss Fishy]

One of my other faves is 'tankgirl'

hands up if youve seen it. definetly a fun kickarse film with the cheesiest lines.

"Well its been swell, but the swellings gone down."

[Bocks]

ummm i tried to watch sin city pissed as a nit.

[:: katie b ::]

i WISH i was pissed when i watched that movie. twas so shit.

[murfinator]

I saw Red Eye on Saturday night. Wasn't bad

[:: katie b ::]

nah that was shit too.

[Hinny]

Is anyone into frnech films like moi?

I LOVE amelie and 'A very long engagement'. Definetly beautiful films and i'd recommend them to you ALL!
Ma Vie en Rose was the first French film I saw. There's been a bunch more. Amelie, of course, and Un long dimanche de fiancailles. Tais-Toi, Leon, 8 Femmes, Nathalie, the Trois Couleurs series, and the classic (or should that be et les classique :) ) Les Quartre Cents Coups. Gadjo Dilo was a wonderful experience, though I'm not sure if that was more Romanian than French. Same goes for Swimming Pool. French? English? What does it matter, it was worth the ticket price.

Saw Baise Moi at a pirate screening after it was banned. Such big drama around such an ordinary film. Highly doubt anyone would've made the effort to seek it out if OFLC try to ban it.

I can count on one hand my 5 star films. One of them is Etre Et Avoir, the primary school doco from a coupla years ago. Not one single shot in that film was wasted. Every single frame, precious. Sentimentality couldn't possibly be done in a more tasteful way. :cool:

[Hinny]

Oh, and this Grizzly Man film looks bloody brilliant too. Better go catch in in the next coupla weeks before the Chauvel shuts down.

[Miss Fishy]

Ma Vie en Rose was the first French film I saw. There's been a bunch more. Amelie, of course, and Un long dimanche de fiancailles. Tais-Toi, Leon, 8 Femmes, Nathalie, the Trois Couleurs series, and the classic (or should that be et les classique :) ) Les Quartre Cents Coups. Gadjo Dilo was a wonderful experience, though I'm not sure if that was more Romanian than French.

Saw Baise Moi at a pirate screening after it was banned. Such big drama around such an ordinary film. Highly doubt anyone would've made the effort to seek it out if OFLC try to ban it.

I can count on one hand my 5 star films. One of them is Etre Et Avoir, the primary school doco from a coupla years ago. Not one single shot in that film was wasted. Every single frame, precious. Sentimentality couldn't possibly be done in a more tasteful way. :cool:

Thankypu for giving me a list of films to track down and watch.
:D

[Tinkers]

yeah, french films are great.
etre et avoir was beautiful...when the teacher was saying goodbye to the kids for the holidays and the older ones came over to give him a kiss on the cheek...!!

however, i saw the worstest french movie in the world last year with my french class, and towards the end, even the most well-mannered girls in my class were hurling abuse and swearing at its stupidity. (this was in a public cinema)

it was called 'Love me if you dare' and oh god...and the ending...a terrible ending to a terrible terrible movie.

did anyone like it? it was tryhard quirky like Amelie, but...so stupid. Amelie was way more realistic than stupid crappy pile of horse dung.

(haha, wow, i saw this movie like a year ago yet im still so so angry at it for robbing me of two useful hours of my life...bloody bastards!)

[Hinny]

Thankypu for giving me a list of films to track down and watch.
:D
Now that I've gotten the French out of the way, it might help to give you the English names.

Leon is just the French name for The Professional, starring Jean Reno and his plant, and Natalie Portman in her first role at a child actress. It's actually more Hollywood than French. Scratch it.

Truffaut's 400 Blows is curriculum material for all film school students. The Three Colours films are obviously great, and you won't have much trouble finding these at rental or at dvd shops. Gadjo Dilo is a subtle drama about a French guy befriending and living with Gypsies in Romania.

To Be and To Have, that doco, is a true gem. Oughta be available in all rental and dvd outlets. Basically, it's a guy with a camera sitting in a regional single-room French primary school filming the kids and the teacher. You get to know how attentive the teacher is, and you just can't help but wish you had someone like that when you were little. The kids, oh, the kids, they're just so darn cute, you just wanna reach out and give them a hug. I'm really not one to give out perfect scores, but this is just plain marvellous.

[Miss Fishy]

Thanks Hinny. my roomie works at a vid store, so while she's away for the study break, i might get her to get me out a whole heap of these. <3

[talz0r]

napoleon dynamite - lol .......... GOSH!

[Hinny]

Sigh.

Still haven't had the chance to catch any of my movies. Funds running low. Unable to find the time. Downfall and Grizzly Man, finished. Look Both Ways and Turtles Can Fly, coming off the screens. Little Fish will hopefully stay on until I get some time and money, and now Howl's Moving Castle is returning to the screens. But Murderball... man that looks soooooooo good.

On the dvd front, the top of the to buy list has Scrubs season 2, Family Guy Season 3, We Can Be Heroes, Motorcycle Diaries, Amores Perros, Hotel Rwanda, Sideways, Life Aquatic.

I need a full time job. Stat.

[Chrissie]

i couldve been as an extra in Little FIsh. in the background only haha. They were filming outside Market City but I decided not to. oh how i regret that.

[JOLENE]

i couldve been as an extra in Little FIsh. in the background only haha. They were filming outside Market City but I decided not to. oh how i regret that.


yea hayley and a couple of the others from home and away started out as extra's with that programme .. ooh i know way too much about that programme :o

[murfinator]

I saw The Dukes of Hazzard on Tuesday night, it was ok. Kinda funny, but in a stupid way

[row]

I went to high school with the girl who plays hayley on home and away now

[Kels]

row we went to the same school
crazy!
ella was one year above me!

[row]

b-shit!!!

she went to my school in primary then went to sydney girls high-- I'm guessing thats where you know her from?!

[row]

there was also another girl who I went to shcool with who was on it a few months ago..... she was someones ex or something from the city..... dont know the characters names.... I dont watch homers much

[Kels]

um no
the girl who plays hailey now is Ella Scott-Lynch
she didn't go to sydney high
she went to st catherines from year 7 upwards

[Dutchie]

We saw Wallace & Grommit today. It was good what I saw of it I fell asleep.


You know you're getting old when you start falling asleep in the cinema. We went to Madagascar last time, and fell asleep in that too!

[Hinny]

I fell asleep in Titanic and each of the 3 LOTRs. I wasn't tired or anything. Those movies just bored me and went on for too long without much happening.

[Dutchie]

I LOVE Wallace & Grommit though... But I must say the cinema was a cozy temperature. Usually I'm freezing.

[Chrissie]

i haven't even watched any of the lotr. yuck. or harry potter.
i fell asleep through the exorcist though haha. go figure.

[row]

sorry kels! thought she went to sgh

she was at ascham in primary

[Chrissie]

just watched finding neverland. i liked it.

[unionjack1]

just watched finding neverland. i liked it.

I'd love to write a script like that! So amazingly done.
I watched House Of Flying Daggers the other night. It was crap as hell.

[Chrissie]

finding neverland isn't usually a movie i would probably watch, but i enjoyed it :)
i haven't watched house of flying daggers yet.

i haven't seen many movies at the cinema lately either. damn not having any money.

[unionjack1]

damn not having any money.

lol :D

[Kels]

thats cool row, no sweat!
i thought for a minute i was going crazy!

[row]

he he!

I knew she went somewhere!! my guess was just wrong.

was she in your year?

[Kels]

she was in the year above me at school
wouldn't say we are friends or anything but i think if i said hello, she would reply

[Hinny]

Thank you SBS so much for making Wednesday nights Miyazaki night.

Anyone not catching these is seriously missing out. Naussica of The Valley of The Wind next week. Kiki's Delivery Service the week after. Spirited Away after that. Hopefully that's not all they're showing. I'm gonna buy the dvds in due course, but some of my 18 odd years old VHS tapes are really showing their age.

Once you've seen one of these, you'll be wondering why you spent any time watching Disney and Pixar movies.

[:: katie b ::]

i saw '9 Songs' last night.

:eek:

[Hinny]

It's on now.

If you consider yourself a film nut, you NEED to see this.

[.:mMm:.]

girls will be girls... very funny in a bitchy sort of way.

http://www.girlswillbegirlsmovie.com/

[murfinator]

I saw Pride and Prejudice on Saturday night, it's no where near as good as the Colin Firth one! The ending is kind of disappointing!

[row]

drats man.... I was looking forward to the new p & p.
Has anyone in here seen little fish..if so tell me what its like? a good film?

[Tinkers]

hahaha, i havent heard anyone say drats in a while! :)

how was pride and prejudice's ending disappointing, if you know whats going to happen in the end already? or this movie didnt present the splendour of true love and marriage properly or something...? i want to see it just cos Keira Knightly makes a hotter Lizzie than the Jennifer Ehle chick in BBC production.

i saw little fish when it first came out and i thought it was good- very inspiring and aesthetically pleasing and Cate Blanchett was just wonderful. My sister thought it was a piece of crap though. Dont go see it if you get easily freaked out by recovering drug addicts struggling to get off heroin.

[Hinny]

i saw little fish when it first came out and i thought it was good- very inspiring and aesthetically pleasing and Cate Blanchett was just wonderful. My sister thought it was a piece of crap though. Dont go see it if you get easily freaked out by recovering drug addicts struggling to get off heroin.
Solid performances all round. I'd understand if people got freaked out, which more or less reflects the inward-looking relaxed and comfortable trends we have now in our society, but as someone who's worked with such people, I thought it was quite tame, far from shocking. Always great to see the arts tackling the big issues, and from an Aussie production no less.