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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeDec 30th 2010 edited
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@ theoffice !!! Incredible !! If I knew that i'd have gave a better note ;)
"Breakout" (1975) This Tom Gries Adventure movie is made for Charles Bronson. The casting is quite good with Jill Ireland, Robert Duvall, John Huston himself, Emilio Sanchez... It is inspired from a real escape of a Mexican prison... Entertaining but without any surprise 7/10 -
- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeDec 31st 2010 edited
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@theoffice ! concerning Jeanne d'Arc have you watched Bresson's version ?( "Procès de Jeanne d'Arc ") is a very impressive version... if you like Bresson's cinema of course...
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeDec 31st 2010 edited
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"U samogo sinego morya" (By the Bluest of Seas) (1936) Of course most will find Boris Barnet's movie very naive (it's the story of two fishermen who love the same woman)... Yes, and ? It's so nice,simple, gentle... Few directors have filmed sea like this. wonderfull. 9,5/10
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"Cartouche" (1962) A very entertaining movie with lot of fights, humour and romance, especially the last scene... with Jean-Paul Belmondo and a wonderfull Claudia Cardinale 8/10
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"Sentenza di morte" (1968) a good Italian westen made like à Film Noir, very spare and poor in dialogs... with Richard Conte, Thomas Milian as a mad albinos killer... 7,5/10
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 1st 2011 edited
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"Peau de Banane" (1963) A pretty french comedy with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Pierre Marielle... very delightfull and funny... Marcel Ophuls (the son of the great Max) directed this movie with a nice photography too. 8/10
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December:
Despicable Me - 4/5 He's so fluffy I'm gonna die =)
Beetlejuice - 4.5/5
Edward Scissorhands - 4/5
Hot Fuzz - 4.5/5
In Bruges - 3/5
Legend of the Bog - 1.5/5
Lucky Number Slevin - 4/5
TMNT - 3.5/5
Perfume - The Story of a Murderer - 3.5/5
The Town - 4.5/5
Unthinkable - 4/5
Fantastic 4 - 3/5
Fantastic 4 - Rise Of The Silver Surfer - 3.5/5
Serenity - 4/5
13 - 2.5/5
Get Him to the Greek - 3/5
Devil - 4/5
Thursday - 4/5
Taking Of Pelham 123 (original) - 3.5/5
Knight And Day - 3.5/5
RED - 3/5
The Beauty And The Beast - 4.5/5
Toy Story - 4.5/5
Toy Story 2 - 4/5
The Chronicles of Riddick - 2/5
Next Of Kin - 3/5
Bananas - 3.5/5
Sleeper - 3.5/5
Annie Hall - 4/5
Belly Of The Beast - 4/5
Skyline - 3.5/5
The Man From Nowhere - 5/5
Death Race 2 - 2.5/5
The Good The Bad The Weird - 4.5/5
Gods Left Hand, Devils Right Hand - 3/5
Blade Runner - 4.5/5 -
"3:10 to Yuma" (2007)... well, if has a nice photography it's made a bit oldfashion (a good point) the actors can be good at some moments. But was it usefull to do the remake 50 years after ? There are more action and events but very often useless or ridiculous... when Russel Crowe kill all his gang and go in the train as a good psychopath... when all the citizens of the town want to kill the law representants... of course it happens very often in the wild west... There was more sobriety in the Daves's movie, Glen Ford was'nt a Psychopath (He did'nt have to... what for ??) just a criminal with a certain sense of honnor and so on... Sure, now a movie have to give more (the character of the son for teenage public, more action (more characters so more potential deads), more "psychology" for explanations, I found it sometimes a bit speacky...) but more is not always better. So well made but not very interresting, should I say useless. 6,5/10.
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The Horsemen - 3/10 - the beginning and one of the murders were nicely done and the whole premise was interesting, but the rest of the movie is silly, especially the forced twist and the resolution to the mystery
Hannibal - 55/100 - very good score by Hans Zimmer, nice cinematography, incredible make up job (what they did to Gary Oldman in this movie remains one of the most disturbing disfigurations I've ever seen) and fantastic performance by Hopkins, too bad the entire plot is rather ridiculous and the whole thing is much too gory and convulted. But I'm kinda glad they changed novel's ending.
Never let me go, 83/100 - Beautiful story and interesting meditation on mortality, fantastic work by Carey Malligan, Keira Knightley was also very good and Andrew Garfield apart from one scene remains one of the most overrated young actors. He's incredibly annoying here and the child actor who plays young Tommy is actually far better than he was. Beautiful cinematography and music and really fascinating idea, my advice is for all of you not to read anything about this movie prior to watching it because the big surprise will be revealed by Sally Hawkings's character and it has the power to break your heart. I'd rate the movie better but I'm not sure if what I saw was intended effect - either Tommy didn't love Kathy, which was well presented by Garfield or he was supposed to love her in which he failed miserably. Anyways the movie is definetly in my top 10 of the year. -
@sati Right with you for "Hannibal"... The plot is especialy ridiculous... and it's too gory for me... Think you're very kind with 5,5/10... ;)
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The score, the cinematography, make up, Hopkins and I didn't fall asleep despite late hour ^^ plus the changed ending deserves 55/100 :)
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"Der heiße Tod" (99 Women) (1968)... A Jesus Franco's movie about women in prison... I let you imagine the plot... The end is quite surprising indeed. 5/10
" Attack of the Puppet People" (1958)... A Samuel Z Arkoff production, written, directed by Bert I Gordon. A mad puppeter made puppets by reducing people... But one day the puppets revolt... Yes, it's pure B movie but the special effects (Gordon did it) are quite good for the time... and the whole is very pleasant to watch. 7/10. -
- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 2nd 2011 edited
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Being Julia - boring, with some good moments, the end saves it from being a failure - 5,8/10.
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
I really dont get all the fuzz around this movie.... I mean, the style is good, but does that make a good movie? really not! The acting is more than average, the story is just plain annoying. If I wanted to watch a videogame I would have just played one
6/10 for the "style" and for Michael Cera, he is "cute" already liked him in Arrested Development
Evangelion: 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Not bad, but I guess I'm not too much into such anime, fights and robots bore me
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"Gamera tai Daimaju Jaiga" (Gamera vs. Jiger) (1970)... hé hé, Explorators want to bring back to Osaka a statue from the pascuan Island.. but making this they deliver Jiger a relict of the Mu continent (yes, yes...) He's angry and wants to destroy the international exhibition of Osaka with ultrawaves !! Gamera comes but Jiger injects in his body a larva and Gamera is now dying !! ... but two courageous children with a pocket submarine go in Gamera's body, kill the larva with a radio (short waves)... Gamera feels now better and Can fight Jiger !! Great no ?? Enjoying !... 6,5/10
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 3rd 2011 edited
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The Last Exorcism
Despite the ridiculous, laughable ending, this movie wasn't so bad, more scary than Paranormal activity imo
But really nothing new for the "blairwitch" like genre
6/10
Revolutionary Road
Great! Simple yet full of meaning
8/10
The Runaways
Sex, drugs, rock & roll and cliches!
Fun to watch nevertherless
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This night I saw Saw 1-3, I'm waiting with the voting untill I saw all 7 Saw movies, when I've seen the first 6 I'll go to the cinema and watch Saw 7 3D:)
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rulo: stop watching! it gets worse from the first one on :)
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Haha I've seen 'em all before, but now that Saw 7: THE FINAL CHAPTER is coming out, I want to see all the movies short after eachother so the story is a little understandable, and I have to say, I enjoyed 1-3 so far, kills and story:D
Maybe tonight 4,5 and/or 6 but hopefully before thursday because then I'm planning to go to 7:) -
Just watched Chicago. Good musical, some pretty good scenes, some of them a little repetitive. Great plot. 8/10
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Requiem for a Dream - fascinating, disturbing, a movie I won't definitely soon forget. It has such a strong message and its last 20 minutes are remarkable and so well done. Directing is breathtaking and performances are superb, especially by Ellen Burstyn and Jennifer Connelly. Such an easy 10 to give to this one. Wonderful!!!
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"Springfield Rifle" (1952), a good western by André de Toth and with Gary Cooper... During the civil war the yankee major Lex Kearney is banned from the army for cowardness, he joins some bandits who steal all the horses of the yankee army to sell them to the rebs... but he's in fact a double agent and his here to discover who's the betrayer in the yankee army... nice landscapes and enjoying story... 8/10
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Quiz Show, 92/100 - Incredible movie. I turned it on late at night and thought I'll see 30 minutes and go to sleep but I couldn't stop watching. The movie is a lot like Frost/Nixon - wonderful cast, great pace, elegant cinematography and fascinating story.
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"Métropolitain" (1939) a litlle known movie from Maurice Cam with Albert Préjean and Ginette Leclerc. One day in the Métropolitan a worker sees a murder through a window, but it's fake ! When he meets the "victim" and the "murderer" things become going wrong... A typical french film of the 30's in popular background, with crime, love... worth of watching 7,5/10.
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The Avengers - 0,5/10 - that was worse than Kick-Ass, watching the scene with van falling in Inception and being tortured for hours combined. What the f*** were the people involved in this thinking, I'll never now.
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"Sons and Lovers" (1960) Jack Cardiff directed this wonderfull movie, very moving (a Golden Globe for Cardiff).The actors are good, the photography of Freddie Francis is incredibly huge (an oscar!), the landscapes are wonderfull. A must to see 10/10.
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The Next Three Minutes - nice movie, interesting story and well executed, with no special turning points or shocking scenes. 7/10
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 6th 2011 edited
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Daybreakers
Mouha, original approach but way too predictable
6/10
Hunger (Steven Hentges)
underated little horror flick. The only thing that didn't make any sense is how the hell this guy managed to watch them through his TV screen for more than 30 days, days and night ^^
But for the rest, I thought it was nicely done, little budget but really nice tension
7/10
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"How to make a Monster" (1958) sort of Swan song of the horror movies of the 50's, this small Herbert L. Strock's movie tell the story of a master monster make-up man who's fired and revenge by using his art transforming the actors of his last movie in monster-killers by using a secret cream... It's very fun to see all old monsters (especially the Teennage frankenstein and the Teenage Werewolf)... At hte end the room with all the heads of the monster burns, the movie pass from b&w to color... the end of an era... nice for B fans only 8/10.
"Blood of Dracula" (1957) of the same Herbert L. Strock, the movie deals wih a privite school for young girls in wich a chemistry teacher makes some strange experiment and turn the new coming girl into a blood thirsty vampire... the number of corpses begins to increase dramaticaly... and the police seems armless... a sort of mix between teenage and horror movie with a scene of songs and dance in the dormitory very kitsh... 7/10. -
- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 6th 2011 edited
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@theoffice
Somehow I'm not surprised you didn't like Somewhere. It has a certain emptiness you do not seem to be too fond of. :-) Actually I also liked Marie Antoinette because of its shallowness; the historical figure transformed into a superficial being only interested in surface matters - I found that amusing and it doubled nicely in the aesthetics of the film. On the contrary, I did not like Virgin Suicides too much. I read the book shortly before seeing the movie and that's usually catastrophic for a film. :-) -
I watched Somewhere (2010), too, a few days ago. I loved it and never was bored the whole movie. I think Sofia Coppola did a great job in giving me the feeling I really could watch the life of the main character. That made it realistic and very touching. Yes, the movie is slow (and she warns everybody with the first shot of the movie), but that's what it needs to show how shallow and empty his life is. We were about 50 people in the theatre and nobody left early. (7/10)
@theoffice911: Since you didn't like the movie you should never watch The Brown Bunny which pushes this kind of movie even further.
I also watched Stella Dallas (1937) in cinema. The story about the true love of a mother who sets her wishes aside to give her daughter better chances in life is a little bit old fashioned but the movie is very well done (directed by King Vidor). However, the movie is already worth to watch because of the absolutely stunning performance of Barbara Stanwyck. It's one of the best acting jobs I have ever seen. I was truly touched and I found that quite difficult regarding the old-fashioned story. (8/10)
As a low I encountered The Tourist (2010). That's a movie I was bored from the beginning to the end. The story is predictably and the acting jobs of Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp are quite mediocre. How this movie got 3 Golden Globe nominations is a mystery to me. Especially the nomination as best musical or comedy has to be joke since the movie is neither a musical nor a comedy nor any good. The nominations of Jolie and Depp can at least be explained with the need for a higher star factor at the ceremony. (3/10)
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 7th 2011 edited
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I'm sure I would have had more fun watching Somewhere then with the movie I saw... Hudson Hawk...
Horrible movie imo.
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"All That Money Can Buy" (1941) the William Dieterle's movie is a nice variation of the Faust Myth and the myth of the values of the United States's fondation. A nice movie with impressives sewquences like the one of the danse into the barns with the devil (played by Walter Huston the father of John) playing violin... (The music of Hermann is wonderfull and won an oscar). A very nice and unclassifiable movie 9/10.
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127 Hours - 84/100 - wonderful movie about the strength of one person's will to survive. Powerful ending and so far the best performance by lead actor in a drama from last year - James Franco. He was amazing, it was heartbreaking at times and he really captured many emotions in the movie. I have to warn everybody, though - I'm not easily grossed out person and I can watch movies like Hostel, Saw etc. without looking away, but this film has one of the most unpleasant and intense scenes I saw, I actually felt a bit faint and dizzy at one point. Oh and once the movie gets released on DVD there will be tons of shots here, it's really beautifully shot.
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I'm very curious for that one!
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The Fountain - without any doubt a visual and artistic masterpiece, with (again) a wonderful score and perfect directing. I'm truly impressed by Aronofsky's work, I'm becoming a big fan of him. The whole movie is such an intense experience, with its parallel stories and a complicated plot. It is sometimes really hard to follow it and there have been some things left unexplained, which makes it slightly weaker than A Requiem for a Dream, although it is once again a beauty which captures you from its very beginning. 8,5/10
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End of the Affair - very interesting and moving film about faith, wonderful acting and very beautiful love scenes, 76/100
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- CommentAuthortheoffice911
- CommentTimeJan 8th 2011 edited
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And beautiful music too!
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"Another Year" (2010). Very moving and interresting movie of Mike Leigh. Very good acting... perhaps it will be boring and without storyline (but does life has ??) for some but I think if you have a bit life behind you... you should appreciate this movie. Some pointed the lack of depth or the issensibility of some characters but I just think that Leigh shows the results of the society on people (on a generation here), that perclude the expression of thier true personality and feelings, sometimes to try to preserve themselves from reality... Intersting and often disturbing. 9/10.
P.S. As you can notice, I don't watch only oldies... when it's worth of watching I can make an effort... ;) -
And Mike Leigh is a great choice :)