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| Befade |
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Billy wrote:
Quote: Just finishing up Infamous, the second Capote movie. In some ways I like it better than the first one. It takes itself quite a bit less seriously for the most part, and some scenes are really funny. Toby Jones as Capote is more of a cartoon than Hoffman, but more entertaining as well.
Daniel Craig is much more successful as James Bond than he is as killer Perry Smith. The parts of the movie dealing directly with the In Cold Blood murder are not as good as they were in Capote.
I know this will seem like sacrilege to the Catherine Keener fan club (of which I am a frequent member), but I prefer Sandra Bullock's Harper Lee to Keener's.
I liked Infamous alot......not particularly Toby Jones......but there was a warmer tone to the relationship between Capote and Perry......And I liked Daniel Craig......but probablly not as much as the actor who played Perry in Capote. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:02 pm |
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jeremy wrote:
Flash Gordon a ridiculous relic of the thirties had no such resonance. As a result, the gentle parody of the film seemed tame and undertaken for its own sake.
At least when you say this I understand why you didn't like the movie. Flash Gordon one of the great comic strip icons. But if you don't have an affection for the character, the remake is not remotely going to be your cup of tea. And you're right, it was undertaken for its own sake rather than as a parody. You're also right about the reasons the movie got produced.
I love the way the actors caress their lines with heavily inflected accents, and I think the look of the movie is gorgeous: 30's Deco brought up to the early 80's. It's an almost purely two-dimensional movie, but it's affectionately two-dimensionality, not sarcastic.
You're right that we're unlikely to agree about what's erotic. But I think most people who see Barbarella for the first time past the age of puberty would agree the film lacks any real erotic moment. I mean, what scene in the movie would count? The closest I can think of is when Jane Fonda reaches into John Phillip Law's shorts to get his gun, which actually isn't a sexual moment. I also can't think of anything really funny in the movie, except for David Manners as the stiff upper lip revolutionary (it surprises me that the same filmmakers are responsible for this scene, which is genuinely witty). |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 2:35 pm |
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Befade wrote: And I liked Daniel Craig......but probablly not as much as the actor who played Perry in Capote.
Clifton Collins, Jr. Who also played the border guard in Babel. He's gooood. I'm anxious to see Craig's interpretation though, Infamous just arrived yesterday.
Glad you liked Down To The Bone. I really think that Sherrybaby paled in my opinion because of seeing DTTB two weeks prior, but I did love Gyllenhaal's performance. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 7:51 pm |
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Island Of Terror (1966)
Argh! It's the attack of the mutant atomic vacuum cleaners! On an unidentifed island between Ireland and Britain a cancer researcher has holed up in a mansion researching into cancer cures, but instead - here's one for the anti-cervical cancer vaccine activists - creates a race of sliding lumps of silicone armed with penile tentacles that like to suck the bones out of your body! They proceed to threaten various veteran actors like Peter Cushing, Edward Judd, Eddie Byrne, and Niall MacGinnis. I watched this first when I was about seven and the scene where one of the thus-far unseen monsters slides down the rear windscreen, thus perturbing the heroine, scared me witless. Now, well, you know. This film ought to be lousy, and the monsters really are silly, but director Terence Fisher, who was on the outs with Hammer at this point, manages to keep things solid and well-told, aided immeaurably by Cushing's dry presence; his various cool, over the shoulder remarks ("Nasty little things..." he drones after almost getting sucked; "I'm not too keen on going down there again." he moans upon descending to a basement where a friend's already been sucked) give the film a wry vein that goes a long way. Perfect late-night fodder. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:40 pm |
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| Watching a bit of Battle of Britain last night, one moment stood out for me amidst a film that is, chiefly, endless repetitious sequences of planes taking off, shooting at each-other, and landing. There's a cliched scene where Ian McShane's young pilot comes back to find his wife and children have just been killed in a bombing raid. Then there's a scene where Robert Shaw as his superior officer gets out of bed with his wife, tiptoes out, gets dressed, and is joined in the car by McShane who's been staying with him. Both men's eyes are hard cold bullets ready for riddling Germans. Great acting from both of them that summarizes the entire story. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 11:50 pm |
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| Something New is a quite easy to take interracial romance between two bright, intelligent, witty and likeable young people. Nothing deep, but pleasant. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:13 am |
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In semi-preparation for The Host, I saw the same director's Memories of Murder, a movie about Korea's so-called first serial killer. It's a wonderful movie, combining elements of black comedy and psychological drama but still mainly a thriller. Bong Joon-ho, the director, has a sure hand and maintains a unique tone throughout. It's a must-see for the forum.
The real-life crime remains unsolved, which gives this movie a weird similarity to Zodiac. Isn't it strange that two of my favorite police dramas of recent years (dare I say all time?) have no answer to the question "Whodunit?" |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:37 am |
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billyweeds wrote: In semi-preparation for The Host, I saw the same director's Memories of Murder, a movie about Korea's so-called first serial killer. It's a wonderful movie, on the edge of black comedy but a thriller through and through. Bong Joon-ho, the director, has a sure hand and maintains a unique tone throughout. It's a must.
I tried getting Memories of Murder through a boutique video renter going out of business. He listed more copies of the movie than he actually had (and gave me the "that darn eBay" speech), so I ended up with the uncut version of House of Flying Daggers instead. I wish he hadn't overlisted (I doubt I'll watch House of Flying Daggers a second time), but I'll snag a copy one day. |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:20 am |
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billyweeds wrote: In semi-preparation for The Host, I saw the same director's Memories of Murder, a movie about Korea's so-called first serial killer. It's a wonderful movie, combining elements of black comedy and psychological drama but still mainly a thriller. Bong Joon-ho, the director, has a sure hand and maintains a unique tone throughout. It's a must-see for the forum.
The real-life crime remains unsolved, which gives this movie a weird similarity to Zodiac. Isn't it strange that two of my favorite police dramas of recent years (dare I say all time?) have no answer to the question "Whodunit?"
Wonder if this is at MONDO?? |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:46 am |
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:39 pm |
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The Irish film, "Dead Man's Shoes" is great, a revenge tale that avoids triteness so often attending such tales, and which gives a depth of meaning to the retribution which, at the end, just blew me away. Indeed, I sort of hate to dub it a "revenge movie," because it is so much about the kind of qualified love a brother might have for a mentally retarded brother and what happens when said brother is subjected to abuse. Paddy Considine is brilliant, and well supported by an ensemble portraying an original collection of Irish druggies and lowlifes.
Is there a bad Irish film? I have yet to see it. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:45 pm |
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bart wrote:
Is there a bad Irish film? I have yet to see it.
Undoubtedly there are hundreds and hundreds, Remember, we only get the best of them over here. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:59 pm |
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| Being half-Irish is no excuse.......but I'm significantly averse to Irish films. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:08 pm |
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| The Irish Film Institute sells Irish Destiny (1926), a film about the Irish War of Independence. From everything I've been able to find about the production, it's probably not something you want to watch for the story... |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:33 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: bart wrote:
Is there a bad Irish film? I have yet to see it.
Undoubtedly there are hundreds and hundreds, Remember, we only get the best of them over here.
I've seen some that I personally don't care for, such as The Field (unrelieved tragedy that went on forever), and that clunker Ulysses, from the '60's.
I'm on the lookout for Palme D'Or winner The Wind that Shakes the Barley, about the 1920's civil war, which is due for general release soon, I believe. |
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