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Originally Posted by january
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Why wouldn't she be?
Mandy Moore is really a very good actress, one of the best of her generation IMO, even if she doesn't always have the greatest taste in scripts (or maybe those are the only roles she can get?!
) she shines in every movie she's in, even if it's bad. Look at
Because I Said So, she's a joy to watch, while the movie is painful to watch.
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Originally Posted by sparkly
I just saw The Mist. I read the book about 10 years ago, and went out and bought the dvd last night.
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Did you watch the theatrical colour version or the director's cut black & white version? The b&w is supposedly even better!
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Taken, at the cinema => Wow, we all knew
Liam Neeson could wield a sword (or a lightsaber), but who knew he could kick ass harder than
Matt Damon and Jason Statham combined?
Taken is a very entertaining action flick, and the best EuropaCorp blockbuster in a long time. Director Pierre Morel's first film,
Banlieue 13, was all style no substance, however he here proves he can do a tasteful character-driven action piece when given the script. What we have here is just a simple, unpretentious action/thriller, completely owned by
Liam Neeson, with a story reminescent of
Kiss Of The Dragon and a mood similar to
Danny The Dog/
Unleashed, that is, along with
Rambo, one of the best action movies of 2008 as of now. Strongly recommended if you like the genre.
Wonderful Days (2003), by Kim Moon-Saeng, on DVD => My fourth time watching this amazing Korean ecological sci-fi animated feature. A beautiful film, truly => the images, the music, the mood,... This movie is a little-known (sadly) gem.
Guru, by Mani Ratnam, on DVD => A very good film, loosely inspired by the life of petrochemicals tycoon Dirubhai Ambani. Mani Ratnam is one of
India's greatest directors working today, and
Guru just adds to his lists of successes, as a hit on all levels. The cast does a very good job, and
Aishwarya Rai, whom I always felt was overrated and must have sucked a good many producers and pageant judges dicks (especially since every odd movie of hers is a resounding flop) is incredibly beautiful here, possibly the most beautiful I've ever seen her being. And yes, when you're a guy, that's a plus. Anyway, strongly recommended.
Lakshya (2004), by Fahran Akhtar, on DVD => Fahran Akhtar is another of
India's brightest directors, and in only three films,
Lakshya being is second! A very well made coming-of-age/drama/romance set against a backdrop of war. The cast is very good, with Amitabh Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, and of course Preity Zinta, one of my favorite people in the world, all giving top-notch performances. Strongly recommended.
Dolmen (2005), by Didier Albert, at home => actually a six part mini-series (so a 9 hours long film, lol). It was ok, at least by French TV production standards. The mystery was pretty well kept under wraps till the end even if it was obvious which characaters were in on it from the very start. And despite not being a very good actress, Ingrid Chauvin kept the show interesting by prancing around the island in tight-fitting shirts, thus enhancing her big boobs...And is it a payoff when she finally takes it all off to screw the male lead in all her fake tanned glory! Anyway, it's just ok, I wouldn't recommend it, unless you really like the genre.
Into The Wild, at the cinema => this may have been a flop back in the States, but it's a resounding success over here... 12 weeks since its release and it's still playing in the big multiplexes to packed audiences (that's 3 months folks!). This is very rare, even the most succesful movies don't usually last more than 10 weeks (
Astérix 3,
No Country For Old Men) and I actually tried to see this film before only to find the cinemas sold out. All-in-all, I don't think the deserves it's US flop, and I don't think it deserves the consecration it's getting over here. It's well-made, but it could have been better. The hero really isn't all that sympathetic, his story isn't all that interesting and Emile Hirsch suddenly looks like Cillian Murphy for some reason. Also it had a few good shots, but for a movie about "the wild", it should have been way more beautiful thn that. Next time, hire Roger Deakins or something... Anyway, it was allright, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.
Juno, at the cinema => ummm....okay....Well I can't say I was disappointed, since I never bought into all that annoying, undeserved
Juno-hype (possibly the most annoying hype since
Brokeback Mountain, and I
liked Brokeback Mountain...oh wait, I'm forgetting the
Clovefield hype
). So this would be a lock for "Most Overrated Movie Of 2007" if
Michael Clayton hadn't been made (just
what was special with that film?). Actually Juno was pretty much what I expected it to be, a typical "look-at-me" American "I'm an indie not a blockbuster, I'm the real deal yay!" movie which almost put me to sleep. The story was unspectacular, the opening sequence was shit, there was a Jon Heder impersonator for some reason, the directing was unspectacular, the acting was unspectacular, the script was...Wait seriously? Oscar's Best Original Screenplay of 2007? "What's the prognosis Fertile Myrtle?" "Silencio old man?" "Honest to blog?"...Damn, Steven Knight, James Gray and Kelly Masterson all got robbed and kicked in the nuts by not even getting nominated... And oh my god the soundtrack! Those songs, those awful, awful songs! "You're a part-time lover and full-time friend!" "I'm a vampire! I'm a vampire!" Woohoo! Thank god this didn't win best feature, cause that would have been a joke...and a cruel one at that. Some people who didn't like it compared it to teen shows like
One Tree Hill or
Dawson's Creek. Sorry, those shows are more entertaining, better acted, and more real than anything in
Juno. That being said
Jennifer Garner must be praising the heavens that she finally has a hit. Can't wait for this to get out of the IMDB Top 250, seriously... I'd probably be less harsh if it hadn't been this overhyped, but there you go, and now Diablo Cody (
) gets to write more stuff...It's ok, but there's nothing real or original about it, and it feels more commercial than Star Wars cornflakes. You're much better off watching something else, say
Saved! from three years before, or
Knocked Up, or even Jason Reitman's daddy's superior
Junior, from 1994, if you're really into pregnancies.
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