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Post by kendra on Jul 24, 2006 0:53:22 GMT
If your ever have the opportunity, watch "Just Like Heaven". It stars Reese Witherspoon and Mark Rufallo. It's quite an endearing comedy. I enjoyed so much "Just like heaven", although it was too sentymental at some points, but Mark Ruffalo's performance is honest and I was actually dejected when after saving her life preventing from her disconnecting she didn't recognize him
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Post by zoo on Jul 25, 2006 15:39:27 GMT
Oooh I'll put that on my list. I like Mark Ruffalo - I remember hearing about the film when it came out.
EDIT: I just watched a couple of trailers and it looks quite funny! And it's got an unrecognisable Napoleon Dynamite too.
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Post by cina on Jul 25, 2006 16:49:32 GMT
I liked it too - until the end came.
Without saying too much, it has to be the cheesiest ending in Hollywood history. It ruined the whole film for me.
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Post by amerika on Jul 25, 2006 17:05:20 GMT
agreed cina.. my highlight of that movie was the realisation of Napoleon Dynamite.. it went something like this, "dude!" "yeah dude?" "why does that guy look so freakin familiar?" "it's flippin napoleon dynamite gosh! you are so retarded." "shutup you fat lard and eat your popcorn" "mm popcorn is pretty sweet huh?"
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Post by roco on Jul 26, 2006 2:28:51 GMT
Just rented "She's the Man", very cute movie if you're looking for light summer entertainment. It basically does homage to Shakespere's "12th Night". It stars Amanda Bynes and Channing Tatum (hubba-hubba)
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Post by roco on Aug 10, 2006 13:32:12 GMT
I highly reccomend : V for VENDETTA It's a cautionary tale for those foolish citizens who value SECURITY more than FREEDOM ! Ben Franklin said "Those who would surrender Freedom for Security, deserve neither!" It stars Natalie Portman and Hugo Weaving.
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Post by kendra on Aug 10, 2006 14:47:33 GMT
I was so moved by V for Vendetta, I burst into tears near the ending, when V tells Evey that he fell in love with her just before dies. This film has raised up to top 150 all times movies in Imdb, deservedly, imo. It's the modern tantamount to "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington " with traces of "An Orange clockwork", and a kinda freelance adaptation of Orwellian "1984". V: "...A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people."
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Post by cina on Aug 15, 2006 19:20:24 GMT
Aaahh, I loved V for Vendetta!! GREAT movie! I got goosebumps from just hearing this line in the beginning:
Remember, remember, the fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.
Strongly recommended!
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Post by mrdalloway on Aug 15, 2006 19:27:08 GMT
Refer to "Shape of things" (a play by Neil LaBute-not sure bout the spelling) and also a film ,directed by him, i think in 2002. If you enjoyed "V for Vendetta" you'll definetly like this one, and it's more subtle and even more strong than this one. Main questions are gathered under this one; Is there a limit in helping someone or you can risk everything just to help someone you love? (the accent also falls on a disscusion by the limits of art, you'll see)
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Post by muffin on Aug 22, 2006 16:39:16 GMT
My what an eclectic bunch of movie recommendations----we are a diverse bunch aren't we?! I have added several of the movies to my wait list. Recently I have watched Sarsy in The Skeleton Key and I really enjoyed it. I didn't enjoy Garden State so much - dunno what it was but it just didn't grab my attention even when I watched it for the second time. I bought To Kill A Mockingbird on DVD this weekend and I have throroughly enjoyed wallowing in the nostalgia of this movie....I clearly remember watching it, as a child, on a winter Sunday night with my head on my mother's knee - a real family film but one with a mighty punch!
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Post by roco on Aug 24, 2006 2:20:32 GMT
Just watched MOONSTRUCK again. I've lost track of how many times I've seen it. It never fails to amuse me!
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Post by asia77 on Aug 25, 2006 16:42:51 GMT
I recommend "Zoolander"....
Imagine Mugatu (an AMAZING Will Ferrell) saying: "jake Gyllehaal....he's so HOT right now" ;D
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Post by roco on Aug 29, 2006 1:54:14 GMT
CASANOVA He's dressed in satin, as well as lace. A wig of curls, surrounds his face. He dances and prances, across the screen, like a rare bird, not often seen. Fighting a duel, with his long rapier, he's already planning, his next capor. Women swoon, at the sound of his name, like fluttering moths, drawn to a flame. The name CASANOVA, has a new face. No one else, can take his place!
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Post by cina on Aug 29, 2006 8:05:13 GMT
I have to recommend The Shawshank Redemption. Totally amazing film! It's a film about hope, friendship and love, and it has been my number 1 favourite film all categories for years (only now it has to share that title with Brokeback Mountain). If anyone hasn't seen it yet, I strongly recommend you to do it. It is a masterpiece. And Morgan Freeman's narrating voice doesn't exactly make it worse. It brings such strong emotions to the film. It's really wonderful.
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Post by jacknastygirl on Aug 29, 2006 10:08:25 GMT
"The Saragossa Manuscript" - (1965) probably the best polish movie, legendary classic, the favourite movie of Louis Bunuel This movie has been renovated in US by Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia and later by Martin Scorsese "anyone going into this three-hour mind-fuck straight may well come out feeling stoned. Those who like a challenge and can handle a dizzyingly dense structure that’s more puzzle than plot will be well rewarded. A great score by Krzystof Penderecki and gorgeous cinematography (black-and-white Cinemascope) keep the ear and eye riveted even while the brain is in meltdown. Directed by the well-regarded Wojciech Has, the film is an adaptation of at least part of a legendary, massive novel by Count Jan Potocki (1761-1815). Potocki’s resume would take almost as long to read as the film takes to watch. Sources say he was a noted travel writer, "novice king of Malta" (whatever that is), Egyptologist, occultist, historian, balloonist, linguist, melancholic, and eventual suicide at age 54. The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (1813) was his crowning work, favorably compared by aficionados to The Decameron and The Arabian Nights for its rich folkloric elements, supernatural motifs, bawdy humor, and surreal touches. It’s no surprise that this was a counterculture classic and Jerry Garcia’s favorite movie. (He, along with Martin Scorsese, put up part of the money to have it restored to its full length.) "(by GARY MORRIS) "Good company is more precious than wealth or black magic."
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