Farin Posted July 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Jean Reno double feature: Ronin also with Robert de Niro very good action thriller 8/10 Léon the Professional also with Gary Oldman and a young Nathalie Portman my absolute favourite of his - cult 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 Léon the Professional also with Gary Oldman and a young Nathalie Portman my absolute favourite of his - cult 10/10 This is a great movie! The entire cast is possessed by the story alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 what is it about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted July 4, 2009 Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 An orphan stays with this hitman type and he basically has to save her life from this drug-crazed mafia (I may have the story mixed up a bit) It's one of my favorite movies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2009 ^ that's the gist of it, yes Reno plays the hitman whose only friend is a houseplant, Portman (who's some 13 years old in that time) plays a little neighbour girl whose entire family was murdered in their home by a corrupt policeman (Oldman) because of drugs... she only survives because when she passes her door she pretends to belong to Reno who takes her in. When she notices what his profession is she wants to learn how to kill in order to revenge her family - in turn she keeps Reno company, teaches him to read and write... The film is mostly about the relationship between the two (pretty violent in parts though) here's a short scene where he teaches her to be a sniper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Burn After Reading... had some pretty funny parts that made me laugh out loud...8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 He was pretty good in "High Fidelity" I liked him best in "Orange County" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Just finished seeing Slumdog Millionaire. This movie sucked; it was almost as bad as Cidade De Deus. Yesterday, I saw Salaam Bombay (for about the 10th time) and there is a huge difference - by leaps and bounds - between an able director and someone who's getting by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 I liked him best in "Orange County" I dig him in every freaking thing he's in. He was downright debonair and charming in The Holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Just finished seeing Slumdog Millionaire. This movie sucked; it was almost as bad as Cidade De Deus. ... Whoa! Cidade De Deus is a film ahead of its time. Co-directors, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund implemented their vision through innovative camera techniques never seen before e.g. quick cuts through multiple angles of the same scene (now considered an action standard staple,) thought provoking story-telling e.g. trailing characters, leaving the one behind to intertwine plotline to the next. Perhaps if you knew Rio, you would understand that this was not even close to a fictional story, as Tarantino's violent fantasies are, whose work most critics hail as innovative. Much more difficult than creating fictionalized scenarios, to narrate a story of pressing reality through innovation is an art, expressed profoundly in Cidade De Deus; and is most likely why it won an Oscar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 There was little in Cidade De Deus which I hadn't seen before in other cosmetisised poverty flicks. It was like one long MTV Sports take mingled with colourful violence and Pop music pasted onto it. It was as if the cinematographer and editor were high on ritalin pixie sticks when they were putting that thing together. This movie was about as "realistic" in its portrayal of poverty and violence in Brasilian favelas as Scarface was "realistic" in its portrayal/depiction of Irish (or Cuban) kingpins in New York (or Miami), except the latter were way better and truly iconic in their style (i.e., 30s Gangster films and De Palma's slick and glossy violence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Finally got to see "Up" over the weekend. I don't exactly know how to rate it. It was touching and funny and very well animated. Dug the dog was soooo goofy..."squirrel!" I'm going to give it an 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Great Jenny, did your daughter like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Not sure. She is very restless in movie theaters, so I wonder how much she actually pays attention to. She did remember Kevin the bird the next day, so I'm assuming that she did like it. She was not scared at all by the dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 That's good she wasn't scared...I was LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 The Hangover - 9/10 Hi-&^%*-ing-larious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 They give out rings at the holocaust? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted July 6, 2009 Report Share Posted July 6, 2009 Not you, fat Jesus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 ... This movie was about as "realistic" in its portrayal of poverty and violence in Brasilian favelas as Scarface was "realistic" in its portrayal/depiction of Irish (or Cuban) kingpins in New York (or Miami)... Ahhh. Well, I suppose your experiences in and around Rio's (and other Brazilian cities') favelas are different than those of mine. I found the movie "City of God" to be a very accurate interpretation of an extremely complex and many times hopelessly cyclical society within a society. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted July 7, 2009 Report Share Posted July 7, 2009 I thought "Scarface" was pretty realistic, too....except for the part where he gets shot in the chest 97 times and still has enough left in him to blurt out another 97 curses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Ahhh. Well, I suppose your experiences in and around Rio's (and other Brazilian cities') favelas are different than those of mine. I found the movie "City of God" to be a very accurate interpretation of an extremely complex and many times hopelessly cyclical society within a society. I have no more experience in living in a favela than I do living near Coney Island. Cidade De Deus is as much an accurate interpretation of real people's lives there as The Warriors depicts the live's of real New York gangs If I wanted to watch a good Brasilian film, I'd look no further than Nelson Pereira Dos Santos's Vidas Secas and Como Era Gostoso O Meu Frances (one of my all-time favourites) or Carlos Diegues's Xica Da Silva and Bye Bye, Brasil. They make Mireille's filmic ramblings look like the MTV-styled poppycock that they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Sleepy Hollow. First time I'd seen it. Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 I liked it too , Seeker- and wanted to really like it . The atmosphere , sets , cast and costumes were great and the characters , pretty good and the story moved along as a potentially great ghost story for most of it . However , were you satisfied with the rather simplistic fairy-tale climax and ending -after all that work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Seeker Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 Well, the movie was a bit "light" I thought - I don't know if it was supposed to be funny since people usually call it a horror movie, but it was... and yes, I suppose the story and the ending in particular were a little simplistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 14, 2009 Report Share Posted July 14, 2009 I don't think it was supposed to be funny , but it had a few 'humorous ' moments as Ichibod , the coward , did some goofy things . I like Tim Burton movies , but I really hoped too much for this one , I guess . In the original tale , Ichibod Crane disappears and is presumed killed by the horseman , though that may not satisfy a Hollywood ending , for sure . Still , I think a better compromise could have been found . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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