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churningindawake
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I'm going to see The Day The Earth Stood Still in a little. I'll let you know what I thought when i get back.
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churningindawake
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Ok, just got back from seeing it...
Great movie. Had some good action scenes. The beginning even started off with a guy ice climbing!
Good to go see if you like sci-fi/fantasy movies.
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sungam
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8 pounds. Will Smith is great, the movie is strange, dark, but somehow very good. I'd suggest seeing it, but only if you don't mind some negativity.
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notapplicable
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sungam wrote: 87 pounds. Will Smith is great, the movie is strange, dark, but somehow very good. I'd suggest seeing it, but only if you don't mind some negativity.
Yeah the previews looked really good. I'll probably see it tomorrow or sunday night.
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sungam
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Thanks for the correction. From your past comments I'm gunna assume you'll enjoy it.
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churningindawake
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notapplicable wrote: sungam wrote: 87 pounds. Will Smith is great, the movie is strange, dark, but somehow very good. I'd suggest seeing it, but only if you don't mind some negativity. Yeah the previews looked really good. I'll probably see it tomorrow or sunday night.
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churningindawake
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Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now.
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sungam
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churningindawake wrote: Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now.
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churningindawake
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sungam wrote: churningindawake wrote: Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now. Shitty yet great movie.
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sungam
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churningindawake wrote: sungam wrote: churningindawake wrote: Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now. Shitty yet great movie. It's pretty entertaining.
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churningindawake
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sungam wrote: churningindawake wrote: sungam wrote: churningindawake wrote: Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now. Shitty yet great movie. It's pretty entertaining. Yeah, but totally pointless, know what I mean?
I think I'm gunna watch Four Christmas's next. I'll tell you what I think.
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notapplicable
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sungam wrote: churningindawake wrote: Watching Resident Evil Extinction right now. Shitty yet great movie.
I've always looked at motion pictures as divisible in to three categories.
Movies - Which concern themselves only with entertainment.
Films - Which primarily concern themselves with entertainment but are also a conscious exercise in the art form.
Cinema - Which primarily concern themselves with the art form, entertainment value being a secondary concern.
I'd say the RE movies definitely fall into the first category. They're fun and worth watching but you could post on here at the same time and not miss a thing. Try that during There Will Be Blood and you might as well be reading a book while walking through an art gallery and thats just criminal.
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sungam
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I realised why I like 7 pounds. It's one of those movies where you're sitting around saying "I think I know what's going to happen, but all in all I don't know wtf is going on here." then at the end, all becomes clear. Not a twist, just clarification and introduction of reason into the confusion.
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notapplicable
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I'm watching The Lather Effect http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485927/ right now.
Its basically a story of old friends coming back together for a party just prior to a highshool reunion and what it takes to get to know each other all over again. Its worth watching but not as well written or acted as some that have come before it. The Decline Of The American Empire and Sex Lies and Video Tape come to mind as really great examples of this type of movie.
If you get the chance to watch it you should but don't go out of your way.
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sungam
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Sounds like it could have totally sucked if they didn't do it right.
Man I am sooooo bored right now.
Sleep beckons, I believe.
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notapplicable
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sungam wrote: Sounds like it could have totally sucked if they didn't do it right. Man I am sooooo bored right now. Sleep beckons, I believe.
Yeah when the whole movie revolves around conversation its easy for it all to come off as tedious if the script and acting don't have that certain something.
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Dec 21, 2008, 2:13 PM
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notapplicable wrote: sungam wrote: Sounds like it could have totally sucked if they didn't do it right. Man I am sooooo bored right now. Sleep beckons, I believe. Yeah when the whole movie revolves around conversation its easy for it all to come off as tedious if the script and acting don't have that certain something.
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notapplicable
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There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that will loom large over the landscape of American cinema for years to come. If you desire to bear witness to breathtaking and by all accounts sublime highwater marks in the medium, you need to go out and get the wide screen version of this film. Every piece of fabric, every cut of an eye, every frame of every shot is so meticulously and artfully crafted that it rivals anything that has come before and truly signifies a director coming in to his own. Think 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heat, Unforgiven, The Seven Samuari, The Bicycle Thief, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc...
The interplay of religious and capitalistic themes paint a terrifyingly raw portrait of a maturing America. An America where life was a dirty, hard edged battle fought and lost with a desperation and urgency far muted in our modern world. Family plays a role and friends are of value but at the end of the day, it's just you, the strength of your hands and the decisions you make that define your rise or ruin. That crushing isolation of the human soul runs through this film like an electric current and has rarely been brought to bear with such fine clarity as Daniel Day Lewis achieved in his portrayal of Daniel Plainview. A magnificent and beautiful man with little laughter in his eyes. A man with more ambition and will and desire than any physical form can contain. A perfect embodiment of the American soul in all it's unbridled and terrifying splendor.
If you only watch one movie released in 2007, make this the one.
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notapplicable
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sungam wrote: I realised why I like 7 pounds. It's one of those movies where you're sitting around saying "I think I know what's going to happen, but all in all I don't know wtf is going on here." then at the end, all becomes clear. Not a twist, just clarification and introduction of reason into the confusion.
I did end up seeing it in the theater and really enjoyed it. The director chose two of the most expressive faces in hollywood and it was a lot of fun to watch them at work. The whole thing had that kind of haunting and meditative feel where you could just sit back and let it wash over you.
Seven Pounds is really solid film making and I highly recommend. Be warned though, if you tend to cry during movies, this one will probably do you in.
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Feb 19, 2009, 11:13 AM
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notapplicable wrote: There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that will loom large over the landscape of American cinema for years to come. If you desire to bear witness to breathtaking and by all accounts sublime highwater marks in the medium, you need to go out and get the wide screen version of this film. Every piece of fabric, every cut of an eye, every frame of every shot is so meticulously and artfully crafted that it rivals anything that has come before and truly signifies a director coming in to his own. Think 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heat, Unforgiven, The Seven Samuari, The Bicycle Thief, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc... The interplay of religious and capitalistic themes paint a terrifyingly raw portrait of a maturing America. An America where life was a dirty, hard edged battle fought and lost with a desperation and urgency far muted in our modern world. Family plays a role and friends are of value but at the end of the day, it's just you, the strength of your hands and the decisions you make that define your rise or ruin. That crushing isolation of the human soul runs through this film like an electric current and has rarely been brought to bear with such fine clarity as Daniel Day Lewis achieved in his portrayal of Daniel Plainview. A magnificent and beautiful man with little laughter in his eyes. A man with more ambition and will and desire than any physical form can contain. A perfect embodiment of the American soul in all it's unbridled and terrifying splendor. If you only watch one movie released in 2007, make this the one. [image]http://www.moviereporter.net/photos/0001/7327/ThereWillBeBlood_07.jpg[/image]
When I read this, I imagined that "movie trailer guy's" voice saying it.
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Feb 19, 2009, 5:36 PM
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HEh, yeah, I think I'm almost expecting NA to talk like the movie trailer dude when I meet him.
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notapplicable
Feb 19, 2009, 9:16 PM
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devkrev wrote: notapplicable wrote: There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that will loom large over the landscape of American cinema for years to come. If you desire to bear witness to breathtaking and by all accounts sublime highwater marks in the medium, you need to go out and get the wide screen version of this film. Every piece of fabric, every cut of an eye, every frame of every shot is so meticulously and artfully crafted that it rivals anything that has come before and truly signifies a director coming in to his own. Think 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heat, Unforgiven, The Seven Samuari, The Bicycle Thief, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc... The interplay of religious and capitalistic themes paint a terrifyingly raw portrait of a maturing America. An America where life was a dirty, hard edged battle fought and lost with a desperation and urgency far muted in our modern world. Family plays a role and friends are of value but at the end of the day, it's just you, the strength of your hands and the decisions you make that define your rise or ruin. That crushing isolation of the human soul runs through this film like an electric current and has rarely been brought to bear with such fine clarity as Daniel Day Lewis achieved in his portrayal of Daniel Plainview. A magnificent and beautiful man with little laughter in his eyes. A man with more ambition and will and desire than any physical form can contain. A perfect embodiment of the American soul in all it's unbridled and terrifying splendor. If you only watch one movie released in 2007, make this the one. [image]http://www.moviereporter.net/photos/0001/7327/ThereWillBeBlood_07.jpg[/image] When I read this, I imagined that "movie trailer guy's" voice saying it.
As long as it makes you want to watch then I'm happy, hell if you've already watched it give it another spin. I saw it for a 3rd times last night and it seems to come in to sharper focus every go round.
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churningindawake
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notapplicable wrote: There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that will loom large over the landscape of American cinema for years to come. If you desire to bear witness to breathtaking and by all accounts sublime highwater marks in the medium, you need to go out and get the wide screen version of this film. Every piece of fabric, every cut of an eye, every frame of every shot is so meticulously and artfully crafted that it rivals anything that has come before and truly signifies a director coming in to his own. Think 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heat, Unforgiven, The Seven Samuari, The Bicycle Thief, The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, etc... The interplay of religious and capitalistic themes paint a terrifyingly raw portrait of a maturing America. An America where life was a dirty, hard edged battle fought and lost with a desperation and urgency far muted in our modern world. Family plays a role and friends are of value but at the end of the day, it's just you, the strength of your hands and the decisions you make that define your rise or ruin. That crushing isolation of the human soul runs through this film like an electric current and has rarely been brought to bear with such fine clarity as Daniel Day Lewis achieved in his portrayal of Daniel Plainview. A magnificent and beautiful man with little laughter in his eyes. A man with more ambition and will and desire than any physical form can contain. A perfect embodiment of the American soul in all it's unbridled and terrifying splendor. If you only watch one movie released in 2007, make this the one.
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notapplicable wrote: There Will Be Blood is a towering achievement that will loom large over the landscape of American cinema for years to come. ...
The house with the bowling alley from the final scene is just around the corner from my place. Coincidentally, it is the house that an ex-girlfriend of mine grew up in.
Jay
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