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Originally Posted by Dixie Normos
^Really? Damn, I hated Resurrection (that was the one with Winona Ryder in it, right?). |
Yup, that's the one. Now I haven't seen any of the
Alien films (except
VS Predator), but I know
Resurrection is widely considered the worst and I wonder what went wrong: talented cast, Jeunet directing, Joss Whedon writing, Darius Khondji handling photography. Then again French people generally consider it the best. But I guess that's because Jeunet directed it, lol.
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Originally Posted by aabbcc
MoviePix on Demand featured Stanley Kubrick last month and played a bunch of his movies.
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That's cool, did you watch any? I've seen
Spartacus,
2001,
Barry Lyndon and
The Shining myself. I also have
Full Metal Jacket but I haven't watched it yet.
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Now for what I've seen these past 2 days:
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The Kite Runner, at the cinema => A nice, well-made film. I really enjoy Marc Forster as a director, as he has a lot of diversity and always does a good job (
Monster's Ball,
Finding Neverland,
Stay,
Stranger Than Fiction,
The Kite Runner,
Quantum Of Solace,...). I also like screenwriter David Benioff a lot (plus, come on, he's boinking
Amanda Peet!) and it's great to see these actors on the screen, I hope they have the opportunity to continue getting such roles. I wasn't sure about the acting of the kids at times, but then I can't speak the language, so I don't know. Think of it as a mix between
The Namesake,
Atonement, and
House Of Sand And Fog. Oh, and the trailer is quite misleading too (potential spoiler, highlight):
it makes you think the movie is all about Amir going to Afghanistan to get Hassan's son, but that's actually only the very end of the film.
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The Mist, at the cinema => I haven't actually read any of his books yet, but I tend to really enjoy
Stephen King on film (
Hearts In Atlantis,
Dreamcatcher, and let's not forget
The Shawshank Redemption,
The Shining,
The Dead Zone and
1408). These stories have real depth to them, and
The Mist is no different. This is not a monster movie, at least not in the classic understanding of the term. This is not a movie about icky evil monsters come to prey on the poor humans, that's just a pretext. It's actually a story
about humans, in which outside monsters play merely a secondary part. It's a rather good film, and quite a dark, bleak one at that.
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The Big Lebowski (1998), by Joel & Ethan Coen, at the cinema => Sadly, the Coens have to live with the fact that this film is unfortunately responsible for unleashing
Tara Reid to the world...but hey for the barely 3 scenes and 1.5 lines of dialogue she had, she was rather good! Other than that, Jeff Bridges is truly great as "The Dude" and the movie is a hell of a lot of fun. I wouldn't call it great though (potential spoiler, highlight):
I mean it was immensely funny but in the end there wasn't much of a point after all, nothing really happens? Still, it's definitely worth a watch, because it
is very fun.
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Les Liens Du Sang, by Jacques Maillot, at the cinema => another take on the whole "2 brothers, one's a cop, the other's a crook" angle, but not a bad take at all. By starting off from when the crook comes out of jail and tries to reintegrate society, and the relationships the 2 main characters have, not only with themselves, but mostly with the women in their lives, Jacues Maillot delivers a fine, very well acted drama. Sadly, it seems this film isn't doing too well at the box-office.
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Edward Scissorhands (1990), by Tim Burton, at the cinema => one of my favorite movies, easily one of Burton's best (along with
Big Fish), and all around an incredibly beautiful, moving, sad and touching tale. This is an absolute must-see for anyone who hasn't.
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Breezy (1973), by
Clint Eastwood, at the cinema =>
Clint Eastwood's third directing feature, and the first one in which he didn't appear (apart from a tiny cameo as an extra) was box-office dud back in 73, and remains very little-known, even today, which, let me tell you, is just too bad. An unconventional love story,
Breezy is beautifully acted by the great William Holden and then-newcomer Kay Lenz (who sometimes look similar to
Jordana Brewster, it's a great shame her career never really took off). A beautiful film, check it out if you have the chance.
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