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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Bags on January 16, 2008, 04:54:00 pm
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Moving this over from "Just Announced"
Originally posted by you be betty:
I actually really enjoyed the film [Juno]. It was very cute and quirky.
After a heavy movie-going menu of There Will Be Blood, No Country for Old Men and The Savages (which was billed as a comedy), I was thrilled for the fun and smart alec land of Juno.
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There Will Be Blood was great, but I never want to see it again. Just a tough movie to watch.
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Three of us went to see There Will Be Blood -- very different reactions to the soundtrack. I loved it, thought it really worked. One of us hated it, the other was kind of neutral.
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Rated R Trailer: Harold & Kumar 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH4demzjzsA)
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excellent!
Originally posted by vansmack:
Rated R Trailer: Harold & Kumar 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH4demzjzsA)
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i'll be wasting a few brain cells tomorrow night on this turd:
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I saw AVPR, its better than the first one, but its a pretty bad movie still
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I think the main thing holding the original back wa the plot. That's definitely a movie that needed no dialog...just a dozen Predators fighting a shitload of Aliens. Why wasn't I consulted???
Originally posted by lagas:
I saw AVPR, its better than the first one, but its a pretty bad movie still
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I really really really need to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Every time I went to go see it in the last couple of weeks, it was sold out. It looks awesome.
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I thought "the Savages" was absolutely brutal, one of the hardest movies I've had to watch in a long time. It was brilliant and the acting was top-notch, but it was definitely NOT a comedy. I laughed at some scenes, but by the end I was a mess. I don't think I could sit through it again.
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Originally posted by bearman:
I thought "the Savages" was absolutely brutal, one of the hardest movies I've had to watch in a long time. It was brilliant and the acting was top-notch, but it was definitely NOT a comedy. I laughed at some scenes, but by the end I was a mess. I don't think I could sit through it again.
I agree with all of that...phenomenal performances, but really tough. Hence, Juno took the edge off for me!
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Rated R Trailer: Harold & Kumar 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH4demzjzsA)
Can't wait!
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some incredible films ive seen as of late: the business of being born - which is an eye-opener putting sicko to shame (produced by ricki lake - seeing her give birth was a sight to be seen) and the diving bell and the butterfly - which was so beautiful but very hard to sit through.
and the 5+ hour version of bergman's fanny and alexander might be the best film ive ever seen. thats probably only out in nyc - unless it goes elsewhere.
Ive been waiting to see this documentary - taxi to the dark side- since it screened at tribeca last year. looks incredible, albeit a bit tense. not sure how many of these docs i can take.
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About the film:
From the Academy Award nominated director of ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM, Alex Gibney's TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE is a riveting documentary that examines the death of a civilian Afghan taxi driver at the hands of United States soldiers. Through shocking never-before-seen images of the Bagram Air Force Base and the Guantanamo Bay prisons, and interviews with former government officials, prison guards and interrogators, the film takes an unflinching and often disturbing look at the Bush Administration's military torture policy. (116 min.; R)
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The promo for Rambo shows him punching a dude's head off. That's all I need to know.
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Hell yes. Did you see that production trailer that was up a few months ago? He actually rips a dude's throat out with his bare hands. And don't even get me started on him turning the anti-aircraft gun on a guy standing inches away.
It might have been the most violent 3 minutes I've ever seen. Glorious!
Originally posted by Relaxer:
The promo for Rambo shows him punching a dude's head off. That's all I need to know.
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We're going to see that next week. It will be preaching to the alredy converted.
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
[QB] some incredible films ive seen as of late: the business of being born - which is an eye-opener putting sicko to shame (produced by ricki lake - seeing her give birth was a sight to be seen)
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I just Netflixed all of these except the five hour Fanny and Alexander.
I just saw the 2005 movie "Hard Candy." What a mind-f* I highly recommend it.
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
some incredible films ive seen as of late: the business of being born - which is an eye-opener putting sicko to shame (produced by ricki lake - seeing her give birth was a sight to be seen) and the diving bell and the butterfly - which was so beautiful but very hard to sit through.
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Loved No Country for Old Men and Juno. Hope to see the Paul Thomas Anderson movie soon.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Hell yes. Did you see that production trailer that was up a few months ago? He actually rips a dude's throat out with his bare hands. And don't even get me started on him turning the anti-aircraft gun on a guy standing inches away.
It might have been the most violent 3 minutes I've ever seen. Glorious!
Originally posted by Relaxer:
The promo for Rambo shows him punching a dude's head off. That's all I need to know.
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I did see that trailer, and all of my cynicism and skepticism vanished. As soon as I saw it, I forwarded it to about a dozen people in the office, and within 5 minutes, the echoed rattle of chainguns and heads being punched off filled the hallways.
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Originally posted by 930clubber:
I just saw the 2005 movie "Hard Candy." What a mind-f* I highly recommend it.
Maybe that's why I never warmed to "Juno." I looked at Ellen Page and kept thinking "that's that creepy girl from 'Hard Candy'." "Hard Candy" is very disturbing. A "To Catch a Preditor" gone horribly wrong. It's "Audition"/"The Vanishing" disturbing.
Brian
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I recently discovered that Kumar is from my hometown.
07043 -- reprezentin'....
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Originally posted by xneverwherex:
some incredible films ive seen as of late: the business of being born - which is an eye-opener putting sicko to shame (produced by ricki lake - seeing her give birth was a sight to be seen)
You know what Ricki Lake should do a documentary on? "Men who married you when you were fat, cried all the time, blamed everybody else and had living nightmare self-esteem issues but then got dumped when you lost a metric ton, felt "sexy" and adopted a "You Go Girl!" mentality."
She could interview Carnie Wilson....
Brian
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Ricki lost most of her weight before she got married.
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Yeah, but she ballooned back up again... (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18494736/)
Fat, thin, that dude stuck with her! Now, that she's "thin permanently" she kicks the guy to the curb? WTF? Face it, honey, you pork up again, you won't even be able to get John Mayer's number.
Brian
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Originally posted by you be betty:
I really really really need to see The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Every time I went to go see it in the last couple of weeks, it was sold out. It looks awesome.
I saw this last Friday and was very impressed. I didn't go to the theater with the intention of seeing it, but The Orphanage was sold out and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was the only noteworthy movie that I hadn't seen yet. I've very glad I did see it. The POV technique was very well done.
Even though I'm a fan of PTA, I wasn't all that crazy about There Will Be Blood. I never really developed a connection to any of the characters, so I was emotionally detached for much of the film's more powerful moments. I found the film somewhat uninvolving as a result. Daniel Day-Lewis gave a fantastic performance though.
Juno was fun, but I couldn't help comparing it (unfavorably) to last year's Knocked Up by Judd Apatow. You might not think so, but I feel that Knocked Up is a much better film overall. Certainly funnier, but I think it's richer thematically as well. Maybe I just relate to it more because they are adults in Knocked Up, as opposed to high school students in Juno. Juno is definitely worth seeing though. Ellen Page is a rock star, and the dialogue has that hyper-literate "Gilmore Girls" quality that I typically enjoy.
I consider No Country for Old Men to be the best film of 2007. 'Nuff said.
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eeew, maybe I won't bother with the dvd after all.
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
and the dialogue has that hyper-literate "Gilmore Girls" quality that I typically enjoy.
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I liked "Zodiac." And I haven't even seen the newly released Director's Cut. And since there's no nudity in it, I probably never will. I love Fincher, though.
It's only January 17th, but I'm going to be hard pressed to find any film in 2008 that entertains me more than the Tom Cruise/Scientology videos.
Brian
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I haven't had the pleasure of that creepy Ellen Page feeling in Juno yet. What distinguishes Hard Candy from the Vanishing or Audition is the bright modern setting of the former, which is contrary to the classical atmospherics of genre inhabited by the latter two movies. There's also more mind game intrigue in HC.
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Originally posted by 930clubber:
I just saw the 2005 movie "Hard Candy." What a mind-f* I highly recommend it.
Maybe that's why I never warmed to "Juno." I looked at Ellen Page and kept thinking "that's that creepy girl from 'Hard Candy'." "Hard Candy" is very disturbing. A "To Catch a Preditor" gone horribly wrong. It's "Audition"/"The Vanishing" disturbing.
Brian [/b]
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Originally posted by nkotb:
Hell yes. Did you see that production trailer that was up a few months ago? He actually rips a dude's throat out with his bare hands. And don't even get me started on him turning the anti-aircraft gun on a guy standing inches away.
It might have been the most violent 3 minutes I've ever seen. Glorious!
Originally posted by Relaxer:
The promo for Rambo shows him punching a dude's head off. That's all I need to know.
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I'm sure you have to retire from the military at around 50years old, isn't Rambo pushing 70 at this point?
If anybody wants to see a nice light movie then I recommend "The Waterhorse" I took my 5 year old and really enjoyed it.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Originally posted by xneverwherex:
some incredible films ive seen as of late: the business of being born - which is an eye-opener putting sicko to shame (produced by ricki lake - seeing her give birth was a sight to be seen)
You know what Ricki Lake should do a documentary on? "Men who married you when you were fat, cried all the time, blamed everybody else and had living nightmare self-esteem issues but then got dumped when you lost a metric ton, felt "sexy" and adopted a "You Go Girl!" mentality."
She could interview Carnie Wilson....
Brian [/b]
I'd puke watching a movie of Ricki Lake 'getting pregnant' let alone giving birth.
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He's not in the military anymore. He's running sight-seeing cruises through third-world countries, and just happens to get involved with a Christian mission that goes horribly wrong...
Also, he may have found religion, which helps when ripping people's cuts out with your bare hands.
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
I'm sure you have to retire from the military at around 50years old, isn't Rambo pushing 70 at this point?
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for nkotb:
"Justice League of America" canned for now (http://movies.aol.com/news/story/_a/justice-no-match-for-striking-writers/20080117133909990001) (same situation for "transformers 2")
sneak peek of the all-new U.S.S. Enterprise (http://movies.aol.com/movie-photo/star-trek-new-enterprise-cast-photos)
p.s. has anyone seen "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale"?
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Originally posted by nkotb:
He's not in the military anymore. He's running sight-seeing cruises through third-world countries, and just happens to get involved with a Christian mission that goes horribly wrong...
Also, he may have found religion, which helps when ripping people's cuts out with your bare hands.
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
I'm sure you have to retire from the military at around 50years old, isn't Rambo pushing 70 at this point?
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Who goes 'sight seeing' in third world countries...and while I'm no the subject, where are the second world countries?
*edit*....for the benefit of GGW and all the other google reference geeks, no need to answer, I already know.
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Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
...and while I'm no the subject, where are the second world countries?
I think "Manchester" qualifies.
Brian
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You're missing the main point...he rips a dudes throat out with his bare hands. All of the plot holes in the world couldn't keep me from something so gore-tastic.
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
Who goes 'sight seeing' in third world countries...
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saw AVP2 tonight... what a disappointment. no, i wasn't expecting a plot, good dialogue or even decent acting - i just wanted to see aliens kick the lime-green shit out of each other. but finally - the final big fight - is eff'ing too dark! you can't see anything other than a few shadows slicing through the darkness with an occasional sound effect!!! what a waste.
on the upside, i got to chat with thatguy who i bumped into on my way out of the theater. despite the trash-talk here, he was giving cloverfield a spin. sorta weird seeing him out of context... like back when you're a kid and you see your teacher in the supermarket :)
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Originally posted by sweetcell:
on the upside, i got to chat with thatguy who i bumped into on my way out of the theater. despite the trash-talk here, he was giving cloverfield a spin. sorta weird seeing him out of context... like back when you're a kid and you see your teacher in the supermarket :)
my cover is blown. i do exist outside of the club. actually, i just recently figured out how to disengage the collar that i used to have to wear. until then, if i wandered too far away from the central IMP command center, my head would've been blown off.
cloverfield was alright. i enjoyed myself, but didn't really connect with the characters enough to feel anything at all. go in prepared to suspend all disbelief. i mean all of it. the big monster was one of the easier things you are asked to accept as possible.
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Originally posted by nkotb:
You're missing the main point...he rips a dudes throat out with his bare hands. All of the plot holes in the world couldn't keep me from something so gore-tastic.
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
Who goes 'sight seeing' in third world countries...
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No kidding, it's like going to a porn flick and bitching about the furniture that the 9-way is taking place on.
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I believe the term is "ORGY" or "ORGIES"
Originally posted by Relaxer:
No kidding, it's like going to a porn flick and bitching about the furniture that the 9-way is taking place on.
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Originally posted by Brain Walrus:
...and while I'm no the subject, where are the second world countries?
I think "Manchester" qualifies.
Brian [/b]
After their primary, you're exactly right.
Brain
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No Country for Old Men started strong then fizzled. Such a shame.
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I can't believe Micahel Haneke is making a shot-for-shot remake of "Funny Games." That's SUCH a disturbing movie. I just watched the trailer for the 2008 version and it may have the strangest tone I've ever seen for a movie. "Shot-for-shot" means they didn't change anything. If you saw the original, you know exactly what's going to happen in this version. Such a disturbing, unfunny film.
Brian
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oscar monimations are in... ratatouille got 5, and "Once" got a nod for best original song. even Transformers got 3 noms (unfortunately, they have yet to create a "hottie of the year" category, otherwise it would have 4)
Best motion picture of the year
"Atonement"
"Juno"
"Michael Clayton"
"No Country for Old Men"
"There Will Be Blood"
Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in "Michael Clayton"
Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood"
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"
Tommy Lee Jones in "In the Valley of Elah"
Viggo Mortensen in "Eastern Promises"
Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Javier Bardem in "No Country for Old Men"
Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Charlie Wilson's War"
Hal Holbrook in "Into the Wild"
Tom Wilkinson in "Michael Clayton"
Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Julie Christie in "Away from Her"
Marion Cotillard in "La Vie en Rose"
Laura Linney in "The Savages"
Ellen Page in "Juno"
Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in "I'm Not There"
Ruby Dee in "American Gangster"
Saoirse Ronan in "Atonement"
Amy Ryan in "Gone Baby Gone"
Tilda Swinton in "Michael Clayton"
Achievement in directing
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" Julian Schnabel
"Juno", Jason Reitman
"Michael Clayton", Tony Gilroy
"No Country for Old Men", Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood", Paul Thomas Anderson
Best animated feature film of the year
"Persepolis": Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
"Ratatouille": Brad Bird
"Surf's Up": Ash Brannon and Chris Buck
Best foreign language film of the year
"Beaufort" Israel
"The Counterfeiters" Austria
"Katyn" Poland
"Mongol" Kazakhstan
"12" Russia
Adapted screenplay
"Atonement", Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
"Away from Her", Written by Sarah Polley
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
"No Country for Old Men", Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
"There Will Be Blood", Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Original screenplay
"Juno", Written by Diablo Cody
"Lars and the Real Girl", Written by Nancy Oliver
"Michael Clayton", Written by Tony Gilroy
"Ratatouille", Screenplay by Brad Bird; Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
"The Savages", Written by Tamara Jenkins
Achievement in art direction
"American Gangster": Art Direction: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Beth A. Rubino
"Atonement": Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Art Direction: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Anna Pinnock
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street": Art Direction: Dante Ferretti; Set Decoration: Francesca Lo Schiavo
"There Will Be Blood": Art Direction: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Jim Erickson
Achievement in cinematography
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford": Roger Deakins
"Atonement": Seamus McGarvey
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Janusz Kaminski
"No Country for Old Men": Roger Deakins
"There Will Be Blood": Robert Elswit
Achievement in costume design
"Across the Universe" (Sony Pictures Releasing) Albert Wolsky
"Atonement" Jacqueline Durran
"Elizabeth: The Golden Age" Alexandra Byrne
"La Vie en Rose" Marit Allen
"Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" Colleen Atwood
Best documentary feature
"No End in Sight": Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience": Richard E. Robbins
"Sicko": Michael Moore and Meghan O'Hara
"Taxi to the Dark Side": Alex Gibney and Eva Orner
"War/Dance": Andrea Nix Fine and Sean Fine
Best documentary short subject
"Freeheld": Cynthia Wade and Vanessa Roth
"La Corona (The Crown)": Amanda Micheli and Isabel Vega
"Salim Baba": Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello
"Sari's Mother": James Longley
Achievement in film editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum": Christopher Rouse
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax/Pathé Renn): Juliette Welfling
"Into the Wild": Jay Cassidy
"No Country for Old Men" Roderick Jaynes
"There Will Be Blood": Dylan Tichenor
Achievement in makeup
"La Vie en Rose" Didier Lavergne and Jan Archibald
"Norbit": Rick Baker and Kazuhiro Tsuji
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End": Ve Neill and Martin Samuel
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original score)
"Atonement" Dario Marianelli
"The Kite Runner": Alberto Iglesias
"Michael Clayton" James Newton Howard
"Ratatouille" Michael Giacchino
"3:10 to Yuma" Marco Beltrami
Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
"Falling Slowly" from "Once" Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and: Marketa Irglova
"Happy Working Song" from "Enchanted": Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"Raise It Up" from "August Rush": Nominees to be determined
"So Close" from "Enchanted": Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
"That's How You Know" from "Enchanted": Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Best animated short film
"I Met the Walrus": Josh Raskin
"Madame Tutli-Putli" National Film Board of Canada, Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski
"Même Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go to Heaven)" Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse
"My Love (Moya Lyubov)": Alexander Petrov
"Peter & the Wolf" Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman
Best live action short film
"At Night": Christian E. Christiansen and Louise Vesth
"Il Supplente (The Substitute)" : Andrea Jublin
"Le Mozart des Pickpockets (The Mozart of Pickpockets)": Philippe Pollet-Villard
"Tanghi Argentini": Guido Thys and Anja Daelemans
"The Tonto Woman": Daniel Barber and Matthew Brown
Achievement in sound editing
"The Bourne Ultimatum": Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
"No Country for Old Men": Skip Lievsay
"Ratatouille": Randy Thom and Michael Silvers
"There Will Be Blood": Matthew Wood
"Transformers": Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
Achievement in sound mixing
"The Bourne Ultimatum" Scott Millan, David Parker and Kirk Francis
"No Country for Old Men": Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter Kurland
"Ratatouille": Randy Thom, Michael Semanick and Doc Kane
"3:10 to Yuma": Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Jim Stuebe
"Transformers": Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Peter J. Devlin
Achievement in visual effects
"The Golden Compass": Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood
"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End": John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier
"Transformers": Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
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Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
I can't believe Micahel Haneke is making a shot-for-shot remake of "Funny Games." That's SUCH a disturbing movie. I just watched the trailer for the 2008 version and it may have the strangest tone I've ever seen for a movie. "Shot-for-shot" means they didn't change anything. If you saw the original, you know exactly what's going to happen in this version. Such a disturbing, unfunny film.
Brian
I. CANT. WAIT.
The original was one of the best movies I've ever seen, and this reimaging is going to be pretty damn great. Haneke said he wants to bring it to a wider audience and that the tone of the movie would be relevant today.
Also, Juno was such a disappointment. Could've been great, but Knocked Up was WAY better.
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I liked Cloverfield - good escapist blockbuster.
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Could have been a lot better. I didn't care for any of the characters because there was little character development. I would have liked all of them to get slaughtered in the end.
Originally posted by callat703:
I liked Cloverfield - good escapist blockbuster.
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Go see The Orphanage, pretty good psychological horror movie, totally recommended
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Once - great movie out on DVD and incredible soundtrak....Glen Hansard from The Frames is in it.
My apologies if this is old news, we aren't big movie watchers and just happen to grab this one on Sunday evening...
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Am I the only person that though the music from Once was frigging horrible? The movie was fine, but the music, ugh.
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Am I the only person (...)
probably, but i'm assuming that you're used to be alone in your opinions. in fact, i suspect that you like it :p
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Well it's made by the guys from the Frames. What do ya expect? :)
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
Am I the only person that though the music from Once was frigging horrible? The movie was fine, but the music, ugh.
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The music in Once was OK, I thought the movie was a bit dull and seemed much longer than it actually was and it's not that long to begin with. Most of the story was pretty unbelievable unless it's treated like a fairy tale...
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly was intense. I hope the dvd has some sort of making of video. I'd love to see that.
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Originally posted by lagas:
I saw AVPR, its better than the first one, but its a pretty bad movie still
Made the mistake of shelling out $10 to see this one, what a mistake. I'm a sucker for all those Alien and Predator movies, but they just don't work together.
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
No Country for Old Men started strong then fizzled. Such a shame.
Couldn't disagree with you more. I walked out of the theater feeling similar, but then it kind of sunk in overnight and the next day I realized just how brilliant the ending was. It's like they were saying that no matter what you do sometimes shit is just going to be fucked up. The good guy doesn't always win and everything isn't always going to be wrapped up nice and tight with a pretty bow. Life can be terrible and the decisions you make will directly effect what happens. The moment he decided to take that money forces were set in motion that he couldn't control.
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Agreed. I haven't seen the movie, but the book's ending is fantastic. You're right...the world isn't a nice place, and bad things happen to good people, unfortunately.
Still, I can remember Joe posting about how great Surf's Up was, so you kind of have to take it with a grain of salt. Like his show reviews.
Originally posted by Shadrach:
Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
No Country for Old Men started strong then fizzled. Such a shame.
Couldn't disagree with you more. I walked out of the theater feeling similar, but then it kind of sunk in overnight and the next day I realized just how brilliant the ending was. It's like they were saying that no matter what you do sometimes shit is just going to be fucked up. The good guy doesn't always win and everything isn't always going to be wrapped up nice and tight with a pretty bow. Life can be terrible and the decisions you make will directly effect what happens. The moment he decided to take that money forces were set in motion that he couldn't control. [/b]
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SPOILER
I just wish the directors showed how the main character was killed. There was a big build up leading to it, then bam, he's already dead. That was the most disappointing part to me. They had no problem showing psychoboy's car accident in the end?? (what was the point of that anyway?).
Still, it's a good movie and psychoboy really freaked me out!
Originally posted by Shadrach:
Couldn't disagree with you more. I walked out of the theater feeling similar, but then it kind of sunk in overnight and the next day I realized just how brilliant the ending was. It's like they were saying that no matter what you do sometimes shit is just going to be fucked up. The good guy doesn't always win and everything isn't always going to be wrapped up nice and tight with a pretty bow. Life can be terrible and the decisions you make will directly effect what happens. The moment he decided to take that money forces were set in motion that he couldn't control. [/b]
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I loved that it was subtle and they didn't make a big scene about how the main character was killed.
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The movie was anything but subtle. It scared the living hell outta me.
Originally posted by K8teebug:
I loved that it was subtle and they didn't make a big scene about how the main character was killed.
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I am not trying to say the entire movie was subtle. I just mean that I liked that the death "scene" was more just a flash, and not a huge drawn out scene, as in most movies.
You want to really be freaked out? Read McCarthy's The Road. You can read it in a day.
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Second vote for "The Road." I burned through that book in about a day and a half, and then couldn't stop thinking about it for months. Chilling stuff.
Originally posted by K8teebug:
I am not trying to say the entire movie was subtle. I just mean that I liked that the death "scene" was more just a flash, and not a huge drawn out scene, as in most movies.
You want to really be freaked out? Read McCarthy's The Road. You can read it in a day.
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according to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/) and wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road#Film_adaptation), a movie version of The Road is currently in pre-production.
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It's going to be directed by the guy who did The Proposition. Another awesome gory tale. kick ass.
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wowee thanks for the research...
Originally posted by sweetcell:
according to IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/) and wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road#Film_adaptation), a movie version of The Road is currently in pre-production.
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for those of you that saw there will be blood, how many read the book prior?
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interesting. i had the complete opposite reaction with juno.
saw charlie wilson's war over the weekend. that's a great movie to go with a group of friends and out for beers after to discuss the effects of wilson's/congress at the time's legacy.
and saw the water horse last night. so not a kid movie. well, maybe grade school but definitely not younger. in case any of you with kids were thinking about taking them to this film.
Originally posted by Darth Ed:
Juno was fun, but I couldn't help comparing it (unfavorably) to last year's Knocked Up by Judd Apatow. You might not think so, but I feel that Knocked Up is a much better film overall. Certainly funnier, but I think it's richer thematically as well. Maybe I just relate to it more because they are adults in Knocked Up, as opposed to high school students in Juno. Juno is definitely worth seeing though. Ellen Page is a rock star, and the dialogue has that hyper-literate "Gilmore Girls" quality that I typically enjoy.
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I can't say enough good things about Persepolis. Just one of those movies where the story, animation, humor, history, and humanity all come together nicely. I enjoyed this movie a lot. Anyone else see it? Thoughts?
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i'm going to see it this weekend, but i hope they release it in more theatres than just E street.
Originally posted by bearman:
I can't say enough good things about Persepolis. Just one of those movies where the story, animation, humor, history, and humanity all come together nicely. I enjoyed this movie a lot. Anyone else see it? Thoughts?
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Originally posted by bearman:
I can't say enough good things about Persepolis. Just one of those movies where the story, animation, humor, history, and humanity all come together nicely. I enjoyed this movie a lot. Anyone else see it? Thoughts?
saw it on christmas day. loved the story and animation - 2D at its best. actually was a perfect movie for christmas day, and surprisingly enough - it wasnt too packed. I am hoping it gets to a lot more cities as its a great film.
i cant wait to see 4 months, 3 weeks .... Heard nothing but amazing things about this film.
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not new, but only in DC 'til friday-
Diva is playing at E street.
Great if you're a Francophile.
Not great if you had to sit next to the douchebags I sat next to last night.
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Originally posted by wanderlust j. marshmallow:
SPOILER
I just wish the directors showed how the main character was killed. There was a big build up leading to it, then bam, he's already dead. That was the most disappointing part to me. They had no problem showing psychoboy's car accident in the end?? (what was the point of that anyway?).
Still, it's a good movie and psychoboy really freaked me out!
that wasn't in the book, and i'm glad the coen's stayed true to the book there. the story is that mccarthy sent a 500 page book to his publishers, the publishers were none to pleased, so mccarthy started taking things out, including the face-off.
a movie version of the road could be interesting. . .same with the much talked about adaptation of "blood meridian."
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I haven't seen it, but did see the writer at an in-store at Politics and Prose years ago.
Originally posted by bearman:
I can't say enough good things about Persepolis. Just one of those movies where the story, animation, humor, history, and humanity all come together nicely. I enjoyed this movie a lot. Anyone else see it? Thoughts?