Yeah, they're completely different. Think along the lines of Rosemary's Baby. Actually, both books were written by the same author.

Anyway, highly recommended. It's a bonified horror movie.

I know; the funny thing is, I would consider The Jungle Book to be one of the only perfect Disney movies.

Watched Superbad.
Started out really funny, I thought, but the last third of the movie just dragged IMO. It was fun, but I wouldn't buy it.

"Eastern promises" 5/10

Really? Reasons?
I wanted to see this.

yeah, i feel pretty much the same way.
how did you feel about inland empire?

I just expected a movie about something as rare as the russian mafia to be a little more like The Godfather. But instead i got to see a rather simple story about some lady getting "kind" of involved with a russian upcoming gangster because of a baby... Disappointing, dull in parts and never exciting.

Hmm, my expectations were similar. Damn.

"Hatchet" 7/10



HA HA HA HA HA

What an ending!! :p


First Wrong Turn 2 and now this one. Man, i'm on a gore role. :D

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End - 3/10

What a mess. This movie was way too long, and very boring. Not even CGI and Depp could save this disaster.

Silip - 6/10

Loved this movie, too... However, you didn't seem to like Death Proof as much? Interesting, I thought Death Proof was far superior if less drenched in eye candy...

For me, Death Proof just wasn't as fun as Planet Terror. PT was total escapist fare in every sense of the word. DP was good, but it was too focused on being a Tarantino flick.

Les quatre cents coups (The 400 Blows) (1959)

Sheer brilliance. Never before has a filmmaker so accurately portrayed the troubles of childhood in such an understandable way.

bergman's cries and whispers

good gracious. one of the most haunting films ever made. it stays with you.
which is to say: it's a freakin' masterpiece.

alky, i have a feeling you're a fan of this one. yes?

Alien Resurrection- 3/10

Forget any rating I ever gave this.... after watching it back to back with Aliens.... I'll never watch this movie again unless i'm drunk or dead. That KILLED the saga.

I agree with Alky on this.

Oh hell yeah, I am. Thick as hell, eh? Bergman rocks.

Infamous

I enjoyed this one a little bit more than Capote. Toby Jones' portrayal of Truman Capote was far more believable and nuanced than Phillip Seymour Hoffman's (which is saying something.)

The supporting cast is fantastic, especially Danial Craig as Perry Smith. He plays Perry like he is portrayed in the book - a wannabe intellectual with a damaged soul. The relationship between Capote and Smith bristles with sexual energy.

Sandra Bullock is the best she has ever been as Harper Lee and the cast of NYC socialites includes Sigourney Weaver, Peter Bogdonovich, Hope Davis and the lovely Isabella Rosalini.

Having come from Garden City, Kansas, this subject matter has always been close to the heart. My parents knew the Clutter family and always thought of Capote as "that nosey little fagot" who had no business making those killers look like real people. I grew up hating the man out of familial prejudice, but have since learned to love his work of brilliance In Cold Blood and this film plays closer to the book and shows Capote's process in a way that satisfied me even more than in Capote.

9/10

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Hysterical. One of the Marx Brothers' very best films.

What a coiwinkidink.......I just watched "Capote" last night and "Infamous" last week and i'm gonna have to agree with you 100%.

I think if this one came out first, Toby Jones would have got the Oscar nod.

Monster

generally unpleasent.

Deathproof

I think that car chase with Zoe on the front of the car was one of the most thrilling scenes I've ever seen in a movie. Liked planet terror better, but I think deathproof is in the same ballpark.

Bad Taste

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Fun, but not as fun as I expected. A lot of gore in this film, which is a plus. Problem is that at times I just zoned out. I don't know what it was, but Bad Taste just couldn't keep my attention the whole time. Maybe it was the characters, I'm not sure. When I was zoned in, I was having a pretty good time. Like I said, there's a lot of gore in here, and it's in inventive ways. And the alien invaders looked great (once they dropped their human disguises). If you have 90 minutes to kill, check Bad Taste out. It's not great, but it s fun. I just wish Peter Jackson would do more films like this and Dead Alive.

3.5/5

Inland Empire.

The runtime is what scares a lot of potential viewers. Clocking in at 180m... 12 minutes longer than Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End (which felt fucking endless)... it is quite iffy. That's not even factoring in the seperate feature-length extra on the DVD which includes further scenes and experiences from Inland Empire.

Once you sit down to watch the film, if you have a genuine interest in seeing it, the runtime feels a mere fraction of what it really is. That's partially a theme in this film. Lynch really plays around with the timeline, and the concept of time itself. So I wouldn't worry about that. The runtime actually works in it's favour (I thought.) You'll loose track of time quite easily.

Another off-putting aspect of Inland Empire would be the visuals. As you probably know, Lynch went from film to digital (and is apparently never going back.) Eek. Yes, the film looks ugly. If you've seen Lynch's portfolio of prior films, you know that what he shoots is often breathtaking (the colours pop, as the back cover of Mulholland Dr says... "Like a whore's lipgloss.) Not so much here. Characters and objects fade away into sets, and the sets themselves fade into shadows. Sometimes it's hard to even make out what's on-screen. The image is soft and undefined, and the colours are muted; often toned with blacks and blues. And yeah, it's handheld. It's ugly, to be honest. Not that it's a bad thing. Lynch knows how to work digital. Some of what he does in this film is simply not possible when using film. While it looks like the camera quality of your average low-budget movie, David Lynch's cinematography is not lost. Perhaps, it's enhanced. I don't think a shot was wasted; nothing is improperly framed. Honestly, I enjoyed it. It's such a distinct look, and it makes the film all the more eerie*.

* In my opinion, this is David Lynch's most fearful film yet. It's full of such a specific atmosphere; the entire thing is creepy. Think Lost Highway... the scene where you see the camera going through the house, or the scene with the man who tells the main character to call his house. It's that type of atmosphere.It's loaded with his typical weirdness. Watch it nearing midnight, in the pitch black, alone. Don't pause the film, don't look away. Just sit there, and let it wash over you.

Highly recommended if you a fan of Lynch.
As a reviewer on IMDb states: "Mulholland Dr. on acid."
Or more specifically, I's say... "A mixing pot of everything Lynch has done, with a touch of LSD."

very much, yes.

i definitely agree here as well. infamous was just more captivating than capote, in pretty much every way.

great review of inland empire, joshaube.



i just watched the original stepford wives, which is awesome.

"The girl next door" 6/10


Damn, Dolly you've got some fucked up 2007 favorites. :eek:


And now about the movie.

I didn't find this story as cruel and disturbing as i feared for one main reason. I didn't believe it.

There was just so many things in this movie that wasn't explained, Like:

SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS

What was the moms problem towards the girl/girls? What was all her hatred rooted in?
Howcome she had such a twisted view on everything?
What was her childrens problem towards the girl?
Why did they happily go along with their mothers torture?
Why didn't the cop do shit the first time he droped by? He just left right away.
Why did the neighbourhood kids all enjoy watching the girl get tortured? Without a single kid telling.

END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS END OF SPOILERS


Well, that was just some of the questions i could think of.

All in all an unpleasant view, but not convincing enough for the viewer to forget that it's JUST a movie...

Pan's Labyrinth

I'd say those scenes in Lost Highway were 10 X more terrifying than anything i saw in Inland Empire.
im just not too huge a fan of the film. it really couldnt keep my attention.

What did you think?

Personally, I found it... horribly horribly overrated.

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I've been watching a few movies the past couple of days...

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I saw the original Die Hard for the FIRST TIME.

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Wow. Good action movie. Bruce Willis' first real action role, AND Allan Rickman's first MAJOR roll.

Not to mention, it's a Buddy C. Jackson film. (BUDDYSEIGEACTION).

And he does it all... Barefoot.

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DAMN.

A/A+

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NEXT on my movie-watching list...

Captivity

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Bad torture porn. Terrible writing. REALLY weak Big Bad.

WOW.

D-

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And, finally, last night it was...

After Hours

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One of Scorsese's earlier works (post Taxi Driver but pre Goodfellas), this is an odd, absurdist take of 80s Soho art/punk culture as well as New York isolationism, alienation, and subculture.

Strange little Dantesque journey. Definitely worth a looksee if you're seeking something a little... different.

B+/A-

Not one of his early works, really...but still a great movie.

Night Nurse (1931)

Decent crime story involving a bootlegger with a heart of gold, a nurse (Barbara Stanwyck) with a driving conscience, and a really mean caretaker (a young Clark Gable).

It was a nice little pre-code flick.

Yeah, I realized that after hitting "Submit"... :confused: Damn forum-ing tipsy.

Haven't seen the film... Anything stick out as particularly being pre-code (besides the release date, of course)? As in, was it riddled with 1930s innuendo and the like? I'm amused/interested in what was considered "innuendo" and "risque" over the course of time in pop culture.

Cool! I'm very intruiged in pre-code film myself.

Yes, definately. The movie is littered with scenes in which Stanwyck is shown taking her stockings off in an obviously seductive way...and it's always very provocative. Interestingly enough, there is one scene in which Stanwyck and another nurse strip down down their underwear, and end up sleeping in the same bed. Throughout the movie, Barbara is constantly hit on by numerous men, but is never interested. It's a stretch, but the constant clues could add up to a possible discreet-but-still-there gay theme.

Also, Gable hits numerous women, and knocks one out cold. Plus, a drunk man attempts to assault (and most definately had rape on the mind) when Cable gives him a good whop as well.

If you're interested in seeing a great example of true pre-code film, check out Baby Face (1933), also with Barbara Stanwyck, which is available in a nice set (but expensive...consider a rental) called TCM Archives- Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 1. It's a fantastic film about female power and a woman who will stop at nothing to get to the head of her business...even if it means sleeping her way to the top!

Road to Perdition

>>: B+

The movie wasn't really a favorite, it was one of the best though I think. Angra?! None of those are questions that the movie failed to answer. Do you have any idea of what people are capable of doing if an authority figure is present? What easier minds to poison than a childs? Would you have told your parents? What did the cop see the first time he dropped by? Nothing, why would he do anything. Ruth's past isn't explained, but you can figure it out. It's based on a true story by the way, in case you didn't know so that should throw the unbelievable part out because the events were basically the same.

All in all I wouldn't watch it again and it wasn't a fave, it was disturbingly real
and definitely one of the best films made for 07 though.

Agree.

It's a true HORROR movie.

..... I feel sick..


By the way, i noticed another movie has been made this year about the same case. "An American Crime". It's got good ratings.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0802948/

That version is probably easier to digest.

The Sum of All Fears