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Post by trisha on Apr 16, 2008 17:48:40 GMT -5
Got "Hitman". I want my money back...... Me too, plus the appx. 20 mins I actually spent watching it before drifting off back into the internets. I am watching the 3rd season of Slings & Arrows right now and I love it so much it hurts. Why do all my favorite Canadian shows get canceled? Why, God? Why? |
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Post by maherjunkie on Apr 17, 2008 17:54:50 GMT -5
Because they're the more sensible country.
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Post by Sirenna on Apr 18, 2008 15:15:41 GMT -5
LOL!
I recently rented In the Name of the King. So far I've watched 20 minutes of it before opting for a simpson tv rerun
Boring!
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Post by madger on Apr 21, 2008 9:06:40 GMT -5
I bought VIVA PEDRO, a collection of Pedro Almodovar movies, from Matador to Talk to her, I love this guys movies, he comes up with these characters that are vaguely familiar, but way exaggerated. And seeing Antonio Banderas so young..... sigh
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Post by lilymaybeme on Apr 21, 2008 14:02:55 GMT -5
I love Almodovar! Have yoy seen Volver, with Penelope Cruz?
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Post by noc on Apr 21, 2008 20:51:28 GMT -5
I enjoyed Roman De Gare. It was a nice mix of mystery and comedy. French subtitles. Here is the Netflix description:
In this thriller from Oscar-winning French director Claude Lelouch, a novelist (Fanny Ardant) suffering from writer's block, a ghostwriter, a serial killer and a recently dumped girlfriend find themselves caught up in a murder investigation. Time moves from past to present and back again and the lives of strangers intersect as author Judith Ralitzer is questioned by police about her involvement with a murder suspect. Dominique Pinon co-stars.
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Post by madger on Apr 24, 2008 9:49:39 GMT -5
I love Almodovar! Have yoy seen Volver, with Penelope Cruz? It's in my to view pile, I'm trying to view them chronologically. I also love Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Spine and of course, Hellboy. |
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Post by maherjunkie on Apr 24, 2008 17:47:40 GMT -5
Does he always have a sexual and/or misogynistic theme?
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Post by lilymaybeme on Apr 25, 2008 1:07:18 GMT -5
Oh no... Almodovar really loves women.. not in a sexual way. He has great respect and admiration for all that is "Woman"." Volver" is an ode to 4 generations of women in the same family from a small village not too far from Madrid. It is a truly beautiful film. Sex is very minor. (Being where I am, I get a lot more exposure to him and interviews with him. He has a love hate relationship with the Catholic Church as seen in the movie before "Volver" ( "La Mauvaise Education" in French) In this one, there is sexual inuendo, transvestites and homosexuality... but no sex. It's not obscene, but harsher than "Volver" IMHO
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Post by maherjunkie on Apr 26, 2008 8:50:56 GMT -5
I could appreciate him, but "Tie me up! Tie me down!" ticked me off.
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Post by deathroe on Apr 26, 2008 11:01:03 GMT -5
The premise of <i>Volver</i> turned me off (morbid)--but I really came to appreciate it. It's basically a fable.
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Post by ragincajun on Apr 26, 2008 15:34:39 GMT -5
Perfume-The Story of a Murder, The thought of it was intriging, a man with an acute sense of smell ( sounds like anyone we know?) becomes determined to capture the scent of a woman, leads to him murdering them. It has Ben Whishaw who I have never seen before, but you feel sorry for him, it also stars Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman it got 3.6 stars out of 5 on Netflicks and with Hoffman and Rickman I thought I would give it a try, but in the end I was disappointed.
The First two Resident Evils played on TV and got me interested so I rented the last one in the trilogy, must say, I usually don't like flesh eating zombies, but I enjoyed this trilogy, just fast forward through those scenes.
Also If you haven't watched Perfect Stanger with Halley Berry and Bruce Willis, the ending is worth it.
Hide and Seek was good too, with Robert De Niro.
I still have the last of the Borne conspiracy to watch, Zodiac, No Country for old men, Spiderman 3, and Ratatouille
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Post by Cassie on Apr 26, 2008 16:07:53 GMT -5
"Atonement" starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, and Vanessa Redgrave. It was slow in the middle, but worth the wait.  |
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Post by lilymaybeme on May 6, 2008 8:48:18 GMT -5
Perfume-The Story of a Murder, The thought of it was intriging, a man with an acute sense of smell ( sounds like anyone we know?) becomes determined to capture the scent of a woman, leads to him murdering them. It has Ben Whishaw who I have never seen before, but you feel sorry for him, it also stars Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman it got 3.6 stars out of 5 on Netflicks and with Hoffman and Rickman I thought I would give it a try, but in the end I was disappointed. ...... I still have the last of the Borne conspiracy to watch, Zodiac, No Country for old men, Spiderman 3, and Ratatouille was an excellent book. No movie could ever have reached that level of quality nor do the novel justice. I strongly recommend the book.. even after the movie. Suskind actually expresses the odors in words.. pure poetry. Words are often stronger and more effective than images. This is the case here. Read it and you'll see what I mean. I'm not a Spiderman fan. (I loved Batman as a kid). The Bourne series got too repetetive for me.. Ratatouille was splendid.. you forget it's a cartoon. |
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Post by noc on May 27, 2008 21:06:52 GMT -5
Just rented Wit with Emma Thompson. If there are any John Donne fans out there, you'll be in heaven. Emma Thompson is superb, but it is a heavy film.
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