Good Movies You would Recommend Others to Watch

Have anyone watched "The Prestige" ?..
i was glued to seat watching how magicians struggled to maintain their prestige those days...very nice movie...

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Originally Posted by kannannn

I think the characters don't need our empathy. That's just the way they are.

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"Empathy" was not the right word. My bad English :oops:
It's the way they are (or portrayed to be) which is the problem. Even Sithan's character in Pithamagan can be justified saying "that's the way he is" :huh:
The point is, who would be the way he is?

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Originally Posted by kannannn

Both Jules and Jim find in Catherine the woman they were looking for, the 'perfect pair'. But Catherine is not someone who would be bogged down by 'love' as we know the term. She is free spirited, choosing to live life the way she wants - which incidentally is fine by both Jules and Jim. So there is no question of jealousy or hatred, though it is the unconditional love for Catherine that dooms both J&J.

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Catherine is a manipulative unstable and extremely contradictory character. If a character in a film is not realistic, he/she should be funny, interesting or powerful in some sort of a way (like ACWO). Catherine was just plain irritating IMO.
Unconditional *love*?? LOVE? idha love nu sonna appo love-a enna solradhu? Don't get me wrong, i'm not rattling off some Murali type sermon here :) The problem is, this whole triangle or rectangle is a bunch of spineless men taking all the crap that's sent their way by Catherine. It's difficult to decide who is more irritating - Jim, Jules or Catherine?

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Originally Posted by Kannannn

So there is no question of jealousy or hatred

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No. Jim does, infact mention that he is jealous when he sits in the rocking chair while Catherine is trying to "seduce" Jules upstairs. I think the narrator also mentions about their jealousy.

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Originally Posted by Kannannn

J&J is a simple story of two men's obsession with something that yearns to be free. Does that obsession have to be exclusive? IOW, does love itself have to be exclusive? What stops someone from loving more than one person? And what stops someone from sharing his object of affection with others? J&J is an attempt to answer these questions.

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A porn orgy would have been more realistic, and effective. It would have been a better attempt instead of a typical French poetic excuse like this, IMO :)

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Fast Food Nation - Yet another parallel-plots film, though it makes sense in this film.
The film is slow but raises a few important questions. Worth a watch, not because its a great film but atleast for the questions.

P.S: I didn't understand the college kids complaining about the way "the cows are treated" (unless they are vegetarians).

Rush Hour 3 :thumbsup:

If your looking for 2 hours of non stop comedy and entertainment then go for it :wink:

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Originally Posted by manmadan

Rush Hour 3 :thumbsup:

If your looking for 2 hours of non stop comedy and entertainment then go for it :wink:

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Rush Hour is a sentimental comedy film for me...first great memories with friends at the theatre for the RH 1&2... :)...

gotta watch the 3rd...!

Bourne Ultimatum - Best so called "blockbuster" movie released this summer.

Didn't think the first two Bourne movies were that great, but this one kicks ass (literally!). Mind blowing action plus a worthwhile storyline. Most, if not all the action sequences were done without the use of CGI, but they are still very very impressive!

Defo worth a watch. I give it 5/5 :2thumbsup:

Also saw Rush Hour 3. Personally thought it was a waste of time. RH 1 & 2 were funny(ish), but this one just dragged on. Same jokes, same action. I think Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker themselves are getting bored of doing these films. The "chemistry" they had in the first two films was lacking in this one. I think I read somewhere they were thinking of simulataeously shooting RH 4 with this movie! Good thing they didn't!!!

We Own the Night...:thumbsup:...good...

Knocked Up

another movie from the fratt pack camp. Its good though i donno what all the hype was about.

Noir weekend

Le Doulos (The Finger Man): A thief on his first job after coming out of jail is set up by his friend, and what follows is a roller-coaster ride of intrigue, double-cross and misplaced loyalties. Melville constructs his characters like only he can, confusing the viewer into taking sides before realising too late that they were done in.

Le Samourai (The Samurai): A paid assasin is seen leaving the scene of crime and with the police hot on his trail, he must find who his contractors were to extract revenge and possibly find time carry out one last assignment. This is without doubt THE BEST 'contract killer' movie I have ever seen. It was a pleasure to watch Melville unfold the plot at his own, leisure pace with great BGM to boot.

L'Armée des Ombres (Army of the Shadows): Not exactly a noir. The movie follows the hopeless efforts of a French resistance group during World War II to overturn Nazi rule and in the process desribes in stark detail their struggles to come to terms with betrayal, revenge and above all, commitment to their cause. Easily one of the best WWII movies I have ever seen and Melville's finest.

I had only seen (and liked immensely) Melville's Le Cercle Rouge before, but hadn't expected such consistency in his works. I am in awe of the man :notworthy: :notworthy: