How does it look American? Look at the phonebooth... what's the cover art over there look like?




I avoid any movie that has an Australian looking cover. :rolleyes:

Boy eats girl was actually a UK film to my knowledge.
...Fucking terrible one at that, trying to get on Shaun of the Dead's nuts for a younger, more stupid fuck audience.
It was just trash.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

A true wonder; brings one back (or puts one back, rather) to a sense of awkward and wide-eyed childhood amazement. Times when grand adventures popped up at every corner, yet with those came insecurities, sometimes sadness, the mopes; all indicative of something bigger than you, some future lesson. Wes Anderson has captured this in a colorful, intimately-animated, tiny little world, one that's difficult to leave.
Absurdly (and dryly) hilarious, melancholy, and constantly delightful.

I've been waiting for this one, I hope I get a chance to check it out!





Doomsday

I liked this one, not as much as I thought I would but I did enjoy. +1 stars for having a screaming, decapitated head hit the camera.

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Flu does help in increasing one's movie-watching habits.

Awwwww - Feel better!

Crank 2: High Voltage (2009). An unnecessary remake, they shoulda quit while they were ahead (i really enjoyed the first one). Ashe.
derek

The Pianist. Brilliant film, compelling story. Brody is superb and Chopin was an unbelivable composer.

diamonds are forever
live and let die

No shit that one looks like its from the UK. I was talking the cover using this artwork:

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Is that meant to be a dig at me? It'd be nice if you could type one sentence with out coming across like a fucking prick.

Chung Hing sam lam (Chungking Express) (1994)

I love watching this movie. Such a giddily happy ending.

Three O'clock High........awsome 80s comedy.

Thanks, darling!


Nice film.



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Fuel.......pretty cool short on bluetonguefilms.com

Sad to say I agree. I mean while I didn't hate it, and thought the "more" sci-fi element towards the end was kind of interesting, I found I wasn't overall as entertained. The first one, I went and bought as soon as I possibly could, something I haven't done since Shaun of the Dead.
The second one, just felt like...a game expansion pack?
Though perhaps if they worked on a storyline, and a less specific form of "energy generation" (hm...general Pain?) they could make the sequel they should have...probably beyond hope now though.

Ha, 'cos you're Australian looking...

Blue Velvet (1986). This Lynch classic definitely deserves to be a classic. Though i probably need a couple more viewings to get most of the symbolism, i went away with enough of an understanding to be appropriately disturbed. Dennis Hopper definitely owns his psychotic role here, but it was well acted throughout. The scene with Dean Stockwell lip singin Roy Orbison's In Dreams was majestic. Great stuff. Ashe.
derek

I REALLY need to see this movie.

Never seen this one, though nobody seems to have much of a bad word about it...will add this to my "to watch" list, along with....
(still) Suspiria, Fargo, ANY "the shining", Jacobs ladder, 2001, Razorback, Rocky 1, 2, 3, 5, rosemarys baby, a simple plan, Heat, no country for old men, the andromeda strain, strangers on a train, Mad Max 2&3, any death wish films, Halloween: night of the witch, any psycho sequels...I got plenty...

Saw some bits and pieces of the original NOTLD, pretty good background flick to have on.

Just finished watching Mary and Max...bit difficult to sum it up really, kind of sad little film centered around a couple of slightly broken characters...with moments of happiness sprinkled throughout great humour and interesting perspectives on life regardless of "reason".
On the whole though, this one exceeded my expectations by far.

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Sheer entertainment from start to finish. Go see it, all of you.

Over the last couple days-

Battle Royale
Audition
The Host

Terminator Salvation

*yawn*

I don't think I've been so bored watching an action movie, nor ever cared so little about characters that I have loved in previous installments in a series. I think I got to about the halfway mark before I started looking at the clock and wondering when it would be over. It wasn't a bad movie per se, but given what the first two movies were like Salvation just felt hollow and lifeless. It didn't help having inane plot manipulation, gaping plot holes, and actors slipping in and out of their native accents.

4/10 at the very most.

So you didn't think it was a slight step above T3...at all?

Fight Club

now watching Appetite

i sure didnt.

i think T3 is pretty good. i was suprised how much i liked it.

equally suprised at how much i disliked #4

Star Trek (2009)- Weak.

The game was atrocious. Made me not even want to bother with the film.

Down By Law (1986)

Incredible. Completely self-contained; filmmaking at its most prime, its elements bare and all that happens within and to the viewer is simply because it was made that way.

Humor doesn't get much dryer than this, also.

Really? I was expecting this one to be crap but as far as summer blockbusters, I ended up liking it better than both the Transformer movies combined. I just saw it a few days ago...

Take it however you want, but never, EVER expect the latter to happen.

Escape From Alcatraz
-wow.

I don't get the hate for Terminator: Salvation and Star Trek. I really enjoyed both flicks.

Out of the two, I probably thought Star Trek was better - though I didn't have much a problem with either, both met/exceeded expectations, both were better than the last franchise films previous them.

I gotta be honest and say I struggled to sit through Star Trek. Thought it was pathetic. Half the characters came across as a parody of the original the other half came across as a bunch of emo kids. I can't think of a single character from that film that I had any interest in. I haven't been that close to wanting to smash the TV since seeing Watchmen. I guess on a positive note I could say Star Trek was a bit better than Watchmen though. I also thought the opening scene was fairly good.

Amores Perros AKA Love's a Bitch (2000). Absolutely awesome Mexican flick that comes with one major warning. If you are an animal lover ya may want to stay away from this one (unless of course ya can completely divorce movies from the real world). The title is an apt one, for this is a painful study on the pain of love, both sexual and familial. The story was convoluted but never confusing, with a nice complement of drama and action. The acting was awesome, as was the direction and camera-work. The symbolism works wonderfully, and Cofi almost serves as the centerpoint to the fundamental meaning of this great movie. A long movie to be sure, i never found myself wondering when it would be over, and was actually found myself disappointed that it ended so soon.


Gots some work to do yeah? Of course, my Netflix que hovers just below the limit so i am in no position...
Ashe.
derek

i enjoyed star trek a lot - with the exception of simon pegg who was horribly miscast.

the problem with terminatior was my expectations which were high. there was sucha 'christain bale' build up - and then he was in the film for 10 minutes - playing batman.

i will say - i did like the new guy. i'll buy this and watch it again with readjusted expectations and i'll probably enjoy it a lot more

watchmen
hancock
starship troopers 2
boondock saints

Angels & Demons----meh....watchable mystery [ although I had it figured before the reveal]......nothing great

The Ministers----stupid farking movie ....Harvey Keitel...what were you thinking?

Seriously.

Which good movies has Harvey been in lately? "Little Nicky" yes, but other than that.

Really? I liked Pegg a lot, I just didn't like the stupid creature they threw in (Was that the Oompa Loompa from Carlie and the Chocolate Factory?).

I want to see Salvation, maybe I'll check that out this week, I honestly have enjoyed all 3 Terminator flicks so far so I can't see disliking the fourth.

How was 100 Feet V? Big fan of Eric Red so I'm looking forward to checking it out.

I felt the same way and it was my only complaint about the film. Karl Urban really surprised me, his performance of Bones was brilliant.

I avoided most of the hype when it came to Terminator: Salvation and not being a fan of Bale I honestly wasn't expecting much especially after the third film which did have a couple of cool moments but lacked the more serious tone of the previous films. I think seeing Terminator: Salvation on the big screen help sway my judgement on it. The film was such and onslaught and I walked out of the theatre with my ears ringing! It's my favourite of the series after the original film and I'm amped on the rumoured further entries.