What Movies Have You Seen, Part 12 - Page 7

groover · October-14th-2009, 08:52 AM

Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen) (1968)

Starring: Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann Director: Ingmar Bergman Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: DVD

Getting into the Halloween spirit with Bergman's closest attempt to a horror film. Mysterious and disturbing.

Squaredancecalling Steve · October-15th-2009, 06:10 AM

George Lazenby's one shot at Bond, aided by a luscious Emma Peel as they fight an evil Kojak in the Swiss Alps.

jesus marion joseph · October-16th-2009, 05:48 AM

Anything with Penelope Cruz is OK with me. This was happens to be a brilliant movie as well. Dennis Hopper, Ben Kingsley, how can you go wrong?

Pete C · October-16th-2009, 06:28 AM

Paper Moon, last night on TCM. Never saw it before. Loved it.

LennyH · October-16th-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by jesus marion joseph

[/IMG]Anything with Penelope Cruz is OK with me. This was happens to be a brilliant movie as well. Dennis Hopper, Ben Kingsley, how can you go wrong?

Her stock rose with me after vicki christina barcelona and this, which I enjoyed quite a bit as well. She suddenly became hot.

me wag · October-16th-2009, 07:08 PM

I thought she was more deserving of an Oscar for this than Vicki Cristina to tell the truth. She carried this movie, and saved it from ruin by Ben Kingsley.

Jesse · October-17th-2009, 12:37 AM

Paranormal Activity
D: Peli [2009]

Vince Kargatis · October-17th-2009, 07:02 AM

Disturbing/scary as billed, Jesse?

Monte Smith · October-17th-2009, 08:20 PM

Watched the Coen Bros's new one, A Serious Man. it was joyful film-making, compelling as it rolls along, wonderful characters, wants to signify so much. But no, disappointing. Small effort.

Squaredancecalling Steve · October-19th-2009, 03:35 AM

For Your Eyes Only, notable for a heroine with a cross-bow and a finale with Mrs. Thatcher talking on the telephone with a parrot she believes to be 007.

Brian Olewnick · October-19th-2009, 08:23 AM

Great, great movie.

Squaredancecalling Steve · October-20th-2009, 05:27 AM

Wonderfully informative and entertaining documentary on Atlantic Records' main recording engineer.

lonely-at-the-top · October-20th-2009, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Brian Olewnick

Great, great movie.

only half-as-good if you miss out on Blue and White, with Blue being my favorite of the three

lonely-at-the-top · October-20th-2009, 06:08 AM

ranking very high on my all-time-favorites and with a wonderful Alan Arkin, proving that playing a corpse can be a demanding role.

patricia · October-20th-2009, 03:49 PM

I love "Little Miss Sunshine" too, Sand. The preparation for the pageant is almost exactly the way it is on that documentary series "Tots and Tiaras", which is about those odeous little kid pageants and are kind of creepy. It would never have occurred to me to put my two girls through all that artifice to win a trophy for being judged most beautiful.
Another film along the same line, but much more satiric, is "Drop Dead Gorgeous", about a pageant for teenage girls that featured Kirstie Alley as one of the mothers of a contestant and it is hilarious!!

steve(thelil) · October-20th-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

Wonderfully informative and entertaining documentary on Atlantic Records' main recording engineer.

I also loved it.

Vince Kargatis · October-20th-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by patricia

Another film along the same line, but much more satiric, is "Drop Dead Gorgeous", about a pageant for teenage girls that featured Kirstie Alley as one of the mothers of a contestant and it is hilarious!!

It's uneven, but yes, the funny parts are really funny and well worth the time. One of the funniest things I've seen in my life is Denise Richardson's talent act - I fell off my chair in the theater during that.

Sand · October-20th-2009, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by patricia

I love "Little Miss Sunshine" too, Sand. The preparation for the pageant is almost exactly the way it is on that documentary series "Tots and Tiaras", which is about those odeous little kid pageants and are kind of creepy. It would never have occurred to me to put my two girls through all that artifice to win a trophy for being judged most beautiful.
Another film along the same line, but much more satiric, is "Drop Dead Gorgeous", about a pageant for teenage girls that featured Kirstie Alley as one of the mothers of a contestant and it is hilarious!!

Who is this "Sand" guy, Patricia?

I'll be surprised I've commented on that film here, though I did pick it up on a sale a couple of years ago. As far as I remember, it was ok. I may watch it once more in light of the recs here.

john williams · October-20th-2009, 05:58 PM

I liked this one. It reminded me most of Silent Running. Sam Rockwell's performance was very good. I liked the old school models for the sfx giving the film an appealing realistic and grainy quality. A lot of CGI in sf tends to look hyperreal destroying any believability. Douglas Trumbull would approve methinks. I wish more films like this were made.

tippy · October-20th-2009, 06:06 PM

That film was directed by the fils of David Bowie. I’ve heard good things about it.

baksheesh · October-21st-2009, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by patricia

I love "Little Miss Sunshine" too, Sand. The preparation for the pageant is almost exactly the way it is on that documentary series "Tots and Tiaras", which is about those odeous little kid pageants and are kind of creepy. It would never have occurred to me to put my two girls through all that artifice to win a trophy for being judged most beautiful.
Another film along the same line, but much more satiric, is "Drop Dead Gorgeous", about a pageant for teenage girls that featured Kirstie Alley as one of the mothers of a contestant and it is hilarious!!

Extra marks for use of the word 'odious' patricia! Go to the head of the class. I couldn't agree more about Drop Dead Gorgeous. Alley's is a star turn. I love the bit where the panel makes Dunst's character list the states alphabetically!

baksheesh · October-21st-2009, 08:43 AM

The 'sheesh is currently watching (spread out over an extended period a'cawse!) the LOTR trilogy, the extended version. It's very good indeed, but Peter does take some highly egregious liberties with the story. It's understandable why he did so, I hasten to add. Most particularly to heighten the tension and create a sense of dynamic flow more suited to a cinematic presentation. However, characters like Denethor (in the books, noble and remote, nothing like the venomous and reprehensible character of the films) and Theoden (far more shilly shallying than in the books, where he pretty much bounds out of the traps once released by Gandalf).
However, on balance 'tis a noble and worthy effort, and one looks forward to the Hobbit with films with some pleasurable anticipation, although a degree of trepidation is not entirely absent, particularly with regard to the second film, and the putative 'original' material therein...

Cheers,

the 'sheesh

Squaredancecalling Steve · October-24th-2009, 04:59 AM

The Spy Who Loved Me, above average Bond, featuring Jaws

and Kurt Jurgens as the villains

Pete C · October-24th-2009, 10:33 AM

The Tom Dowd doc is wonderful, and Dowd seems like such a great guy (someone I know who knew him well confirms that he was).

Brian Olewnick · October-24th-2009, 09:07 PM

Great.

me wag · October-24th-2009, 09:56 PM

I can't praise this one too much. Autobiographical film by Agnes Varda that is more of a recreation of the many things she has experienced in her life, and of which meant a lot to her, than an actual biography. In reality, it's impossible to explain what this movie is about except that she is the main character and it explores her life. Mainly it's her charm and her movie-making and storytelling abilities that make this movie so great. I was thinking Chris Marker before he showed up in the movie (behind an image of his cat alter-ego and with his voice altered).

rollhead · October-26th-2009, 12:04 AM

Excellent:

Squaredancecalling Steve · October-26th-2009, 03:33 AM

Scary Movie -- funny, but very stupid.

walto · October-26th-2009, 06:31 AM

Snored my way through the first half of Ju-on last night. Re-saw Blair Witch the night before.

Jazzooo · October-26th-2009, 07:59 AM

up in TX to swap out some gear, killing time:

Paranormal Activity--a truly scary ghost movie. The hype is already too high for this, but it's still an effective and inventive thriller. These filmmakers have a future.

The invention of Lying, Ricky Gervais. Eh. I really liked his first movie, Ghost Town or Ghost World. This had moments, but way too few.

Zombieland. A big thumbs up for this pretty funny zombie pick with Woody Harrelson. Lots of gore, lots of camp, lots of laughs--especially Bill Murray's most unusual cameo. At one point, I laughed so hard that I was shrieking like my mom used to do when she laughed.
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