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martinprog77 
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 Posted: January 03 2008 at 03:47 |
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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martinprog77
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Posted: January 03 2008 at 03:49 |
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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tardis
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 21:45 |
This has to be my all-time favourite comedy...
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1800iareyay
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 21:47 |
 tardis wrote:
This has to be my all-time favourite comedy...
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The dead link makes me sad, which is ironic because it's supposed to show a comedy.
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1800iareyay
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 21:52 |
tardis wrote:
Equilibrium |
I know this is late, but I only recently saw this movie. I gotta say, I was disappointed. The plot reeks of that Matrix faux-philosophy that seems deep until you think about it for three seconds. No one can show emotion, yet Bale gets yelled at when suspected? One yells when one is angry, no? the only other reason is to overcome background noise, and the room they are in is silent. Also, Diggs' character is show as greedy and ambitious. An emotionless drone would not seek honors that set him apart from the rest. Still, the action is terrific, but the plot is sadly empty.
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Drew
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 21:52 |
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A documentary "God Grew Tired Of US" - unbelievable.
Also two that are up for picture of the year- There will be Blood, and No Country for Old Men
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1800iareyay
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Posted: February 04 2008 at 22:03 |
Drew wrote:
Also two that are up for picture of the year- There will be Blood, and No Country for Old Men
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I finally caught TWBB. Not as good as No Country, but definitely in my top three of 2007. Daniel Day-Lewis is the only actor of the past 25 years that I would put in the top ten of all time (I think he could make the top five).
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Posted: February 05 2008 at 15:29 |
Cloverfield is massive. Awesome and too real 
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Posted: February 05 2008 at 15:32 |
tardis wrote:
Clint Eastwood directs!
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recently watched Mystic River...very good movie. And another recently bought ol' fave o'mine - Donnie Darko 
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martinprog77
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 04:03 |
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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martinprog77
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Posted: February 06 2008 at 04:15 |
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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Vompatti
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Posted: February 10 2008 at 13:46 |
Edited by Vompatti - February 10 2008 at 13:48
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tardis
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Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:29 |
This has to be my all-time favourite comedy...
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1800iareyay
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Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:36 |
 I haven't watched Jaws in a dog's age, so I
didn't know how it would hold up for me. Man, how does a film I've
watched at least 7 or 8 times still scare me? Spielberg made one of the
finest suspense films of all time with this release, and it works for a
couple of reasons.
Thanks to malfunctions, the shark was never ready, so Spielberg had to
to use some tricks to show the shark attacking without showing the
shark. When a group of fishermen go out to the pier to catch this
beast, the damn thing rips the dock off and drags it out to sea.
However, nothing can prepare you for the moment when the dock turns around
and heads back for the fisher that fell in the water. Now, I know damn
well how this scene ends, yet I still get nervous as that damn theme
swells and the camera moves in on the poor stranded b*****d as if it
were the shark's eye. A shark in and of itself is a perfect monster.
It's in its element. It can sneak up on you, but at other times you can
see the fin coming. This, like the rattle of a rattlesnake, is a flaw
that allows you to avoid it, but at the same time it's all the more
horrifying because you know that it's coming and there is nothing you
can do about it.
Spielberg's use of the camera as the POV of the monster is a stroke
of genius and this film alone qualifies him for the pantheon of great
directors. It heightens the suspense every bit as much as the score,
and it never loses that suspense thanks to Steve sometimes using this
camera method for things other than the shark. By using it for those
prank-playing kids and whatnot, we can never be sure whether or not the
shark will get someone, or even if it is the shark.
Out of all the tense, horrifying moments in this film, the most
unsettling comes when Hooper and Quint compare scars. When Robert Shaw
launches into his speech about the Indianapolis,
his flat, matter-of-fact delivery is more disturbing than any number of
severed limbs and seawater pink with blood. Most people would have
played it with an infinite sadness, or a gruff bitterness, but Shaw
walks the fine line between the two and comes across as a man who has
been numbed by this experience, thus making him more believable.
Much attention has been given to the score, and rightly so. John
Williams creates one of the most unique scores in horror. Most horror
films feature dead silence until the final moments of someone's life,
at which point a slow, creepy line comes in, then drops out just before
the attack only to give off a quick, sharp burst. Here, the score is a
drawn-out affair. That infamous two-note cello evolves into a pounding
orchestral piece that builds and builds until the strike. In some
places, the score is downright joyful, even in places it shouldn't be.
The purpose of the score isn't to scare you with sudden bursts; it
serves to make you drop your guard, then when the theme comes in, it
penetrates you and reverberates as your fingers claw into the seat and
your heartbeat quickens. Now, I love John Williams, but let's be
honest, dude doesn't do subtlety. Here, he finally drops all the
bombastic pomp and lets things lull for a moment. While many point to
his expansive, uplifting scores for Empire Strikes Back, E.T., Jurassic
Park and Indiana Jones receive the most acclaim, I would label this as
Williams' finest and most effective score.
Picking Spielberg's finest work is like picking Hitchcock's best,
or Kubrick's, etc. He has made personal masterpieces (Schindler's List,
Saving Private Ryan), classics of light-hearted science fiction (Close
Encounters, E.T.), as well as timeless action blockbusters (Indiana
Jones, Jurassic Park), but this stands proudly among them. To this day,
I don't trust the ocean. Not many films can frighten the next
generation of moviegoers. 10/10
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Shakespeare
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Posted: February 10 2008 at 22:40 |
Shakespeare wrote:
Art School Confidential!
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tardis
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Posted: February 11 2008 at 15:20 |
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Topsy Turvy!
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Christine
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 09:42 |
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The Orson Welles adaption of Franz Kafka's The Trial! That is, if you can find it anywhere. I found it in one of those dollar store bins; how can movies like that be sold for a dollar, when it costs nine bucks and up for new movies with weak plots?
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tardis
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:19 |
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Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men!
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BaldJean
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:37 |
this is one of my favorite SF-movies. it is absolutely weird and has two of my favorite actors in the leads (Sean Connery and Charlotte Rampling) 
Edited by BaldJean - February 29 2008 at 11:40
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Posted: February 29 2008 at 11:58 |
Christine wrote:
The Orson Welles adaption of Franz Kafka's The Trial! That is, if you can find it anywhere. I found it in one of those dollar store bins; how can movies like that be sold for a dollar, when it costs nine bucks and up for new movies with weak plots? |
not a bad one, Christine... 
if you like that, also try Carol Reed's 'The Third Man' and Welles' 'Touch Of Evil'.... 
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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