other day thought of seeing classical hollywoodland'
fascinated by the attraction instead i dekko 'd black dahlia'
anyone familiar with black dahlia ? novel the real case?
movie much complicated than the case i think BUT
josh hartnett :thumbsup:
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other day thought of seeing classical hollywoodland'
fascinated by the attraction instead i dekko 'd black dahlia'
anyone familiar with black dahlia ? novel the real case?
movie much complicated than the case i think BUT
josh hartnett :thumbsup:
:exactly:Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
the devils advocate...paravala
Thanks for the recommendation. Fight Club was one of the two movies I rented this weekend. I liked the movie in parts, as much for the snappy dialogues as for the grim mood the director managed to maintain. Of course, Brad Pitt was trying so hard to be cool that it shows. So much so that I found it ridiculous that he was mouthing lectures on consumerism. Still Fincher was the most successful in casting Brad Pitt in a role that took the backseat to other characters occasionally (in 'Seven').Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
The other movie I rented was 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'. I always thought British comedy was refined and straight forward. LSTSB had comedy that was twisted, weird and very enjoyable :D . The director is Guy Ritchie, whom till date I had only known as Madonna's husband. The dialogues are witty and intelligent, with constant references to history, something you wouldn't find in American movies. And the background scrore is brilliant - watch out for the scene where Greek music rises and wanes in tempo to create a very dramatic effect. Absolutely recommend this one.
i like sean penn..
all the king's men ' nailing' ..too noisy
but napped :fatigue:
:o ...one of the few movies i wanted to see soon....Quote:
Originally Posted by tfmlover
...heard from a friend it was boring.... :? ....
sinthiya ! i too waited..guess sean's skill wasted
even jude Law..they drink drink talk talk ...speech...cacophonic
sean's accent ... :x ..
final gun shots woke me ..
:o ....too bad...
either way...i'll watch it for jude law and sean penn i guess... :roll:
other new movies on my list: The Departed and The Black Dhalia....
no time for now... :(
got point break and the motorcycle diaries!no time ti view it continuously
dunno abt point break :roll:
motorcycle diaries is good nu sonnanga
He loves me, he loves me not
Saw Amelie's picture in the DVD and rented it. The movie was moving at a slow pace for the first half hour and I was already yawning. Suddenly a twist and from there on, I could not keep my eyes off the screen. Excellent screenplay, right up there with 21 grams in terms of complexity. Dont read the synopsis in the back of the DVD, thankfully I dint. Excellent acting by Audrey Tautou :clap:
I absolutely recommend this movie for people who love non linear screenplays and I can call it as a thriller too :thumbsup:
hmm..... This is one movie that gives me pleasure everytime I watch .... in the sense, it is very soothing ... :P .... I find somthing strange abt the colours in the movie, that I haven't seen in any other movie .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
( I used to think of it as some psycho movie from itz cover pic till I actually saw it the 1st time ....huh.. :lol:.... but what a feel good pleasant movie it is !! :P ... ) .... yeah, highly recommended to any kind of movie watcher .... 8-)
Nilavu, Motorcycle diaries is an excellent one .... Che guevara ... How the world changed him, before he changed the world !! ... One of the best and justifying captions ever !
finished motorcycle diaries...i think the actors of italy,brazil and japan are mmore natural than the method actors of hollywood!
nice movie..awesome photography...very natural acting...infact had an impact on me after viewing
Did you watch the special features? It has an interview with Che's friend that traveled with him.
achacha...returned the dvd without seeing it :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
Saw "Day For Night" by Truffaut - Very much enjoyable. Of the 3 films on film-making, i liked this one better, the other 2 being Fellini's "8 1/2" and Jean Luc Godard's "Contempt" [which featured Fritz Lang playing himself].
Day For Night is about a movie [Day For Night!] being made and the obstacles it has to overcome. Whats immensely likeable about the movie is to watch Truffaut work in the film. His character in the film is how he is in his life.
A Question: [perhaps Kannan can answer this]
Why is Jean Luc Godard considered as one of the greatest film makers? What's so special about his films? Personally i havent been moved much by the films of his i've seen.
A_A, that's a difficult question to answer, partly because I am no expert on movies and partly since I haven't watched all his movies. The movies I have watched are Breathless, Bande-a-part, Peirrot Le fau and Week End and so my comments are entirely based on these movies. Of these I loved Breathless and Bande-a-part. Peirrot Le fau was just passable and Week end an utter bore. The main reason I liked Breathless and Bande-a-part was that injection of hollywood style, which was quite different for French cinema (Bande-a-part especially has many scenes that paid tribute to hollywood movies). That along with his typical docu-drama style made these movies unforgettable. But I think somewhere along the line, it became repetitive. For instance Peirrot Le Fau too was hollywoodish, and you wouldn't find any scene that leaves an impact.Quote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
If you weren't moved by his movies, I can understand why. I think human emotions and complex relationships were never his strong point (in contrast to Truffaut, whose Jules and Jim is a poetry on screen). Maybe he never meant them to be, but none of the films I have quoted above have characters with whom you would sympathize. Perhaps, others can suggest Godard's movies that they think have an emotional impact on the viewers.
In all, would I rate him as a great? Yes (along with Truffaut), but only on the strength of Breathless and Band-a-part, which are among my top favourites.
mmm... but i think i heard in the comentary it was Hollywood which was inspired by atleast one scene in BAP - the dance scene. I thought the weird narration he employs in his movies is quite peculiar...Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
He says through BAP he wanted to break all 'norms' and rules' in cinema [w.r.t to technique and narrative especially]
Yeah thas what i also felt. I think his characters are repititive and dont seem to have any life.Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
Exactly!Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
I've watched Les Caranibiers, Bande a Part, Le Petit Soldat and Contempt (completely about human relationship) but didnt have any profound impact
You might wanna watch "Y Tu Mama Tambien" if you liked Gael Garcia Bernal's acting in MD though the theme is TOTALLY different! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by nilavupriyan
Just finished watching "Inside Man" - nalla padam...
Felt proud to see Isaippuyal's song being used as a title song [twice!]
On the contrary :)!! Of course, the dance sequence in Pulp Fiction was modeled along the one in BAP, but that's different. Those are induvidual sequences that had an effect on different directors. But, in Godard's case, he was influenced by 'Hollywood-Style' movies in totality as evidenced in the following scenes (as far as I can remember):Quote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
1. When the two lead actors play a mock shoot-out while waiting for Anna Karina.
2. When they again chase each other while unloading Karina's bicycle.
3. When one of the lead actors uses a pair of forks to imitate dance on the table (apparently, this was a reference to one of Charlie Chaplin's movies where a similar sequence appears). Of course the famous dance sequence follows that.
Interesting point about the narration. A similar style of third person narration is used in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'. Godard influences Tarantino, Tarantino influences Guy Richie and Guy Richie goes on to include a style reminiscent of Godard. Never thought of that before :).
Naan bayangarama bulb vaangina padam. Everyone and his cousin praised the film, so I rented it. Didn't like it one bit . I really don't get what's so great.Quote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
During my college days I applied for a film soceity membership. The guy didn't believe I was 18 and said no (as the members needed to be 18+ and though I was 19, I didn't look it). My winning argument was: "look, if I wanted to watch porn I can get it on the net in the privacy of my home and I wouldn't be arguing with you here".
I don't want to something as strong about Y Tu Mama.. because there is obsviously something I am missing in it. I found the movie very showy. I struggle to get beyond the overt sexuality in films. I went on to watch and hate other acclaimed ones like Ma Mere, Killing Me Softly. Till today I am reluctant to rent Last Tango.. (perhaps I should because I didn't hate Bertolucci's The Dreamers which had some pretty explicit parts).
Talking about 'The Dreamers' it is centred around a trio of inveterate film buffs. One would be learned if he caught a third of the references. They dare and run across the Louvre to re-live a scene from Band-e-Part.
Insomnia - Al Pachino, Robin Williams. Excellent movie!! :yes:
It was a timepass movie :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
Great ellam chance e illa....
I think this was also mentioned in the commentary. In the Bertalucci movie, they beat the 'record' set in BAP of covering the Louvre......Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram
The 3rd person [actually 1st person in some cases] narration found in Godard's films are weird because of the er... not able to articulate it...Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
E.g In BAP,
- When the main hero (short guy, Arthur i think) imitates a cripple walking when he's walking with Odile, the narrator 'explains' that!
-In Le Petit Soldat, the hero and heroine (Anna Karina again) are talking, when the narrator cuts and says "She lit a cigarette". We can see she's lighting a cigarette!
i think there are a few other scenes where the narration is weird but wonder why its like that
Any review for Eight Below starring Paul Walker? heard its a nice movie.
OK. I wanted to get some outside opinion on this and asked a French colleague about the narration. This is what he has to say: The basic point of French New Wave cinema is to bring a documentary feel to the viewers. Godard wanted to continue it in his own style and hence the narration technique. So, he basically reminds the viewers that it's all happening in a world that doesn't correspond to their own (like watching a report on illegal immigration - we know it's happening but we also know that it doesn't affect us and can get back to what we were doing the instant the report ends).Quote:
Originally Posted by alwarpet_andavan
I think I understand to an extent what he means. Maybe he wants the audience to know that they are in the movies and not to get too close to the characters. Could that be one of the reasons we can't relate to the characters? Questions and questions..
I saw this kind of conscious delinking in a movie recently. I saw a movie by Abbas Kiarostami called A Taste of Cherry.Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
It follows the who wants to commit suicide and his search for someone to assist him.
If you manage to stay awake till the end you will see the climax where the movie ends abruptly without you knowing if his atempts were successful or not. The climax shows the lead actor, director, crew and supporting cast taking a break between shots. Just to underline the distance between the story, the character and the filmmaking.
saw "9 songs" of winterbottom!
:roll:
Watched 'Brazil' on BBC yesterday. The plot is set in the future (retro-futuristic according wiki), in a dystopian world and follows the life of an official working in the 'Information Retrieval Department', an euphemism for torture and information extraction from prisoners. The mood is dark and brooding with numerous references to modern mechanised living. A search on the movie revealed what I suspected. The director was immensely influenced by Orwell's '1984', one of my favourite novels. Robert de Niro appears in a cameo - a role very different from what we are accustomed to seeing him in. Very few movies require numerous viewing to understand the subtleties. This is one and I am already planning to rent and watch it next weekend.
Incidentally, the director Terry Gilliam was a member of Monty Python and co-wrote 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'. 'Brazil' couldn't be more different from the comic antics of the Monty Python team and the raking (#242) on IMDB does not do justice to its quality.
The Departed
The movie ran for 2 hours and 30 mins. The movie was just fantastic till 2 hours and 22 mins. The last few mins, I dont know what happened to scorsese, I guess he just wanted to finish the movie quickly and just shattered whatever I was thinking of how the movie will end. But I did not like the ending and I think the climax is a bit contrived for such a beautifully shot movie. I think this is the best movie of 2006 so far, i wont recommend it for the best picture oscar, but may be best direction. Never was I bored except for that triangular love story part.
Leanaro as a tough guy, I thought he wont do justice but he pulled it off wonderfully well. And boy Jack nicholson was out of the world. I dint quite like matt damon's performance. Surely not his best but its by far Leanardo's best performance ever. I strongly recommend it to action lovers and scorsese lovers. But this movie is not scorsese's best, taxi driver and goodfellas were much better. And this movie was almost a film-noir :)
Another movie I recommend is 12 angry men. 12 people, one room, 90 mins of just dialogues. The actors were unbelievably natural and you should not miss even a single dialogue. The way Fonda convinces the remaining 11 people in the room was just fantastic. One of the best movies I have ever seen and I storngly recommend this to everyone :thumbsup:
will scorcese ever get an oscar...he must have got many!
may be he gets an award for life time achievement! :roll:
The Departed by Martin Scorsese.
Awesome movie. I havent watched the original Infernal Affairs but this was a worthy remake. Awesome awesome movie. Matt Damon...GOD he rocks!!! Never knew Di caprio could be soo good. Catch the movie when you can guys!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
It has already entered the Top 250 :shock:
8.6 is a bit too much for this movie, I would have beeen happy with 7.5. Or may be I am the only one who hated the climax !!
I wasnt too upset with the climax though my hubby and friends werent too thrilled with it either. If you think about it, anything else is like leaving ends loose.
do u really believe imdb ratings? :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
IMDB, ratings are given by users, normal movie going fans like u and me. For me its quite a benchmark. Movies over 7.5 are usually good and there are very few movies I thought did not deserve such a high rating.
There are movies which I feel are really good but the rating would be around 7.0, even then I dont have any complaints. Also for me any movie over 8.0 is outstanding no matter whether its 8.9 or 8.0 !!
If you look at rottentomatoes, they post reviews from magazines, which on most occassions try to tear the movie apart. 100% movies in rottentomatoes has to be out of the world. But there are exceptions. A movie called blood simple has been termed 100% fresh by rotten tomatoes and the movie stinks !!
ofcourse...i know imdb is user rating and it must be best!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
but only hollywood films are rated correctly...the classics in other languages doesnt enter top 250 ...with akira krashwa as exception!....rating is good!..but top 250 movies are really not 250...may top 250 hollywood movies!
how do u d/load movies...torrents?
mmm.... I kind of like Coen Brothers' movies.. well, most of them.. Film Noir but throw in some really funny dialogue, bizarre events/turns, some surrealism...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
I thought 'Intolerable Cruelty' was bad though and 'Hudsucker Proxy' was also not amongst their best...
Any 'Big Lebowsky' fans here??
Exactly !! But there are a lot of foreign films which were RELEASED in the USA and they have entered the Top 250. Life is beautiful, city of god, Der Undertang, amelie etc.., Lagaan is in the top 50 sport movies :)Quote:
but top 250 movies are really not 250...may top 250 hollywood movies!
I loved their Fargo and that made me watch blood simple, but it dint live upto fargo for some reason. May be this one was way too slow :evil: