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[LemonMacPhisto]

Originally Posted by lazarus Don't forget The Sweet Hereafter. That is one hell of a film, and actually managed to score directing and screenplay noms. Also Robert Duvall's The Apostle, Donnie Brasco, Wag the Dog, Deconstructing Harry, Kundun, and Gattaca. And of course you have lesser but entertaining fare from good directors like Starship Troopers, The Fifth Element and Face/Off.

I've only seen Gattaca from the second list of films and all 3 from the last list, but yeah, it looks like a solid year, if anything.

Fucking Titanic.

[FitzChivalry]

Originally Posted by lazarus Don't forget The Sweet Hereafter.

Great film. Really well done and just absolutely heartbreaking. Sarah Polley is magnificent in it.

[lazarus]

Yeah, so was Bilbo Baggins himself, Ian Holm. That car wash scene is so painful.

[No spoken words]

The Sweet Hereafter, good lord. Great book, great film. It's not a movie I can rewatch often, but when I do it feels like I've discovered it for the first time.

Glad that you like it, Laz-Al-Gul.

[LemonMacPhisto]

Originally Posted by No spoken words Glad that you like it, Laz-Al-Gul.

Always mind your surroundings.

[corianderstem]

Originally Posted by lazarus Don't forget The Sweet Hereafter. That is one hell of a film, and actually managed to score directing and screenplay noms.

Oh, that was a great movie. I love the soundtrack, too.

[RedRocksU2]

'nuff said.

[IWasBored]

in bruges

mildly amusing at first with the fat americans and "OMG they're filming midgets!" but it turned into a crapfest as soon as it made its plotline known.




so far that's the second movie i've seen all year.

[elevation2u]

I think I saw Charlie Barlett sometime during the week and wishing that I hadn't, it was even worse than Juno. It was so blah, cliched and pointless that even Robert Downey's minor role couldn't even salvage the rest of it (and it was the only reedeming part of the movie).
3/10

Short Cuts

I had never seen this film from start to finish, just bits and pieces but I'm glad I finally saw it the way it was intended. Great film, I enjoyed the characters (especially Tom Waits), they managed to be low key and complicated at the same time within the various events. A reminder of what a true cinematic genius Robert Altman was,
it's one of those films that takes days to absorb and rethink how each glimpse of the character's life was a reflection on society and how we maneuver throughout. Bottom line is I loved this film, it was long overdue that I watched something that really captured my attention.

9/10

[elevation2u]

haha I completely forgot I watched In Bruges, probably cause it was so lame,
but I admit I laughed quite loudly at the part where Colin Farrell calls the fat Americans elephants or something classy along those lines and the fat guy tries to hit him but can't. Very childish, I know, but it was ridiculously funny to me. The midget part was unamusing.

[lazarus]

Originally Posted by LemonMacPhisto Always mind your surroundings.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

That's Laz-Gon Jinn to you, pal.

[No spoken words]

Originally Posted by lazarus The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. That's Laz-Gon Jinn to you, pal.

Did I ever tell you the story of how I got my hands on a free copy of the Phantom soundtrack, before the film was released...maybe 3 days before. You can probably guess how amped I was for this film, yes? Anyway, I knew that Neeson was playing someone named Quai-Gon and that he was a Jedi. That was all I knew. So, I look at the soundtrack, and what's the name of one of the songs towards the end? "Quai-Gon's noble end".

For fuck's sake!

[LemonMacPhisto]

Thanks, John Williams.

Did I tell you guys that I heard the choir part of "Duel of the Fates" in the sacrifice scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom? Even if I'm wrong, if you listen for it, they sound very familiar.

[deep]

Originally Posted by elevation2u Short Cuts I had never seen this film from start to finish, just bits and pieces but I'm glad I finally saw it the way it was intended. Great film, I enjoyed the characters (especially Tom Waits), they managed to be low key and complicated at the same time within the various events. A reminder of what a true cinematic genius Robert Altman was, it's one of those films that takes days to absorb and rethink how each glimpse of the character's life was a reflection on society and how we maneuver throughout. Bottom line is I loved this film, it was long overdue that I watched something that really captured my attention. 9/10

Short Cuts is great
it holds up well
amazing ensemble cast


some one reviewed "The Player"
in here recently,
it was great in it's day

it had all the A-list actors making fun of themselves

but with the passage of time, it loses some of it's bite.

[No spoken words]

Disagree. I still love the Player.