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Originally Posted by P_R
PR, is that groucho marx in your avatar whom alvy refers to? :)
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Originally Posted by great
eppo thrill varumnu wait paNradhu dhaan thrill pOla
adhE mahAnubhAvar dhaanQuote:
Originally Posted by rangan_08
Coraline - visual reedhiyila oru nalla padam
Niece and nephew liked it[/code]
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Originally Posted by kid-glove
Naanum kaNmuzhichu dhaan paarthEn. Saw the first day midnight show. Took some of my friends along. YerkanavE thittittu irundhaainga, idhula vera naanE thoongittaa :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
:lol: Thought its just me.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
The Expendables.
First time I almost teared watching an action movie. Anandha kanneer for the awesomeness. Watching it again maybe tomorrow or day after.
enakku pidikkala.. i think its stritly for kids.. :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
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Originally Posted by groucho070
should watch this friday..
Kids like grouch? Sure... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinesh84
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Originally Posted by groucho070 few pages back
You aren't alone here bud, I liked it too..
Glad you liked it too Thilak. Watch The Expendables, and please don't forget to switch off the brain :wink:
Groucho,
There was a time (long before Internet invasion) when I was feeding on Arnie, Stallone, JCVD and Steven Seagal films on AXN. Don't where I left my brain then :) I'll have no problems.
I was searching for other reactions and tada!Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Indeed Compli, in deed.. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by complicateur
What happened to JCVD? My fav hero during my school days.
He acted in a film called JCVD that's eminently watchable and recommended..
The great dictator - charlie chaplin - this man has so much control over his acting...that too in 1940 :bow: :bow:
Charlie chaplin - dictionary/encyclopedia of controlled acting.
JCVD and Seagal was approached but they refused. Stallone, "They have their own idea about their career"-nu solli siricharaam :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ajaybaskar
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Originally Posted by kid-glove
I was bored very easily.
In that lakeside killing scene when the killer is first shown in full daylight engaging in conversation with the couple I felt something was seriously wrong about the film. If they were going to show him in broad daylight so soon in the movie why bother cloaking him in shadows thus long. Half the fizz was out then.
After that it was unending back and forth.
Department red tapism, all-being there and missed, self importance, Downey's issues, being at it taking its toll etc.
Regarding 'being at it for so long taking its toll' the performance I like a lot is Stephen Rea in Citizen X. It is also a thriller movie where, to quote Charlie Kaufman as mentioned by equa, "pretty much nothing happens". But the sense of desparation, being wedded to the problem for far too long etc. came out really well.
The scene where the boss asks the inspector to take off, his partner bailing out on him, Jake Gyllenhall taking obsessing endlessly reminded me of how much more impressive Rea was (all of this rolled into one). You can sense the weight of the whole investigation on him etc. Which is what I think Zodiac was trying to show.
To me it was a thriller that didn't thrill.
Perhaps the point was 'this is how bland an actual serial killer trail is' and all. If so, that is hardly ever a sufficient argument for making it interesting to watch.
Anyway, one thing that rankled me a lot was the music. It seemed incongruous to a film of this type (perhaps this was also about going against the type). Did you also feel this way? I found the BGM even lively at times (when the puzzles came in for instance) and left me quite confused. It was like Fincher was challenging the audience to feel thrilled!
I guess this is a hit-or-miss movie with little middle ground.
For now, I'll just say 'adhu oru karuthu' and move on. Addressing point by point would take time, and I'm relatively busy at the moment. Let me just say I like both the films. But in a very assured manner, I'd take Zodiac over Citizen X any day of the week and twice on Sundays. In my fleeting tweets, it should be apparent how high I place this film in Fincher's oeuvre. Actually at the very top.
Yeah, I kinda understand from your/equa tweets what they were trying to do. I was just saying/ thinging out loud why it didn't work for me.
btw I wouldn't watch Citizen X again. :lol2:
I found it quite eventless and thus 'boring'. But I guess the movie couldn't have been made any other way. The languid pace was important to communicate the heaviness.
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
A movie based on the real life story of a trans-gendered person. Hilary Swank plays Teena Brandon, the transgender - biologically born as female but identifies self as a male.
Swank makes friends with a group of junkies and does everything to be considered as an adrenaline-filled man. Swank also falls in love with a girl from the group, but hides the truth and plans to be with her after a sex change operation. But the group comes to know of Swank’s true identity and Swank’s dreams are blown to pieces.
I didn't know what to expect, so I started the movie with a blank mind. But it was hard-hitting and thought provoking to say the least. It didn't attempt to be preachy or take a stand but mostly stuck to the facts of the original Teena’s story. And the facts were more than enough to leave me with a heavy heart. The harsh reality of the way trans-genders are looked down even in this 21st century is a bit hard to digest. The hero/heroine never really blames anybody else for their discriminatory actions and that was even more painful.
Hilary Swank – I am awestruck. The guts she must have had to play a transgender is commendable. Her performance matches her guts in every scene, especially the tragic scenes. Kudos to the director as well for making such a difficult story into a movie. The climax scene is very distressing.
The movie has nudity and a lot of disturbing scenes.
I would definitely recommend the movie as a must watch for all drama lovers.
Ong Bak 3
Better to stay away from this one. Nothing much in this movie, even the action sequences are pretty boring.
Trying to break free from the all-action path of Ong Bak 2, this part tries to develop the story and build up to a big bang climax. The build-up is yawn inducing and the climax itself is a big disappointment.
:shock: Didn't know it went this far. Ithukellam oru terrorist movement illaya? Some Anti Too Many Sequel Assocation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
I really liked Ong bak 1 and Ong bak 2 :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
atleast fight scenes nallaa irukkaa ?
No, the fight scenes are not good and there is nothing new in these fights either. I could count 3-4 fight scenes which add up to about 15 minutes. But to see those fights you would have to put up with 1.15 hours of following:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarna
1) Hero gets beaten up and is in unsaveable state.
2) Heroine prays to the Almighty to save the hero.
3) A medical/super-natural miraakil saves the hero.
4) Heroine looks after the hero during recovery.
5) Hero is devastated at his current state and attempts suicide.
6) Elderly man reminds hero of his destiny.
7) Heroine teaches Hero dance (some touching touching, avanga relationship-a kaattaraangalaama).
8) Hero combines dance and martial arts to fulfill his destiny.
:banghead: Tony Jaa edhaavadhu pannuvaarunnu wait panni wait panni kaduppaanadhudhaan micham. Should've fast forwarded to the fights and shift-delete.
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Originally Posted by groucho070
nandri P_B :)
goodwill hunting..
wat a film...how did i miss such a film..matt damon and robin williams-acting at its very best..so natural :shock: :notworthy: ..charecter defenitions,justifications,missions etc etc..ellame :thumbsup: ..truely an oscar material..
fabulous movie..i m a matt damon fan b4 seeing this..but after seeing this... :notworthy: way to go..
I suggest you to watch 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'. Damon's performance was awesome and thought it would easily be the best among his early works. Haven't seen 'Goodwill Hunting' yet, so will see it before coming to a conclusion.Quote:
Originally Posted by raghavendran
The Outrage (1964).
Martin Ritt's so and so remake of Rashomon. Like Yojimbo, transplanted to the Western frontier. Since presentation not original, I was checking out the performance. Newman was doing an Eli Wallach. William Shatner proves that even when you tell him there is not much acting to do, he still overacts.
The joy is Edward G. Robinson. What a performer? Such joy watching him act. Ivarukku yen legendary status kudukkalanu theriyila :huh:
EGR is a legend. At least in gangster genre, he's up there with Cagney..
Thanks Thilak, kannukku kulirchiya irukku padikkarthukku. He needs recognition for his work. My favourite of his performace: Double Indemnity.
Trivia for Eastwood fans (I know you know this, Thilak): EG Robinson's son is no other than Scorpio in Dirty Harry (sub-trivia to whoever discussing the Zodiac Killer, Scorpio was based on those incidents)
oh thnx..but goodwill hunting is just awesome..matt-so natural.. :D ..also he won the oscar for best screenplay for that film with robbie williams won it for best supporting actor..brilliant filmQuote:
Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani
I don't rate Matt Damon highly, but he was pretty good in Good will Hunting.
Grouch,
Have you seen EGR's performance as Nazi Hunter in Welles film, The Stranger?
As for his best, I haven't seen many of his films. But Mankiewicz’s House of Strangers about Italian Immigrants, the Monetti family, evoking King Lear much much before "The Godfather", features one of his best. EGR would have made a fine Corleone.
La règle du jeu
Kood.
It was Britis play type mix-up humour. Mildly funny and all that.
But I am surely missing something as this one is in all time great lists and all that.
I liked Renoir's Le Grande Illusion a whole lot more.
EGR as Corleone...that would be lovely, too bad Brando owned it. I have not seen those films, will definitely look out for it. Thanks.
And I wonder if Damon has written any scripts after that...there was controversy about the ownership of GWH script. Goldman admitted that he helped the boys a bit, still....
Double Indemnity (1944) revisit.
Continuing EGR tribute. Script is the hero here, Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder :notworthy: Chandler disliked the James Cain book, and said that everything Cain touches "smells like billy goat". But what an awesome film it turned out to be. Wilder and Chandler couldn't stand each other and unfortunately, this is the only collaboration.
EGR and his little man :lol:
The Expendables
Watchable for Jason Statham.