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Thought so.
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Originally posted by The Wizard The Wizard wrote:

Ghost World - I thought this movie was brilliant, a great look into the mind of adolescence with excellent acting and really good cinematography. I might just have to read some of the comics. The sense of humor in the movie is great too, very clever and intelligent.


Am I the only one who thinks that the main characters in Ghost World are supposed to be parodies of Velma and Daphne from Scooby-Doo?


and am I the only one thinks the end suggests the main characters are all dead?


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I watched this:
 
 
So disturbing, specially when the crew knows what happended to the original crew.
 




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Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in America.
Second time I see it; still pretty good! Smile
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Tropic Thunder    funny and off the wall, maybe a little too long but good.. and don't miss the joke trailers before the film starts
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Top Gun. If I never see a single pair of General McArthur-style sunglasses again, that's still one too many.
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Inland Empire. Insanely great movie. The story is very hard to understand, and sometimes (definitely in the first half) you could feel like the movie is going nowhere. The second half of the movie is incredibly eery. David Lynch creates a mood I can't describe, it's just so haunting and terrifying. One of the best films I've ever seen.

The Blair Witch project. After heard the background of this film, I expected something scary and interesting. This really was not the case. The film had some moments that were supposed to be scary, but they really weren't. While I still think what the movie is based on (three students dissapearing in a wood which is said to be haunted) is very interesting and scary, I think the movie itself fails to do this. 
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The Brave One     could've been an intelligent thriller but turns into an unlikely scenario with assault victim Jody Foster shooting people with increasing disregard, disappointing overall


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Clerks 2 (again) - Love it so much. Consistently funny, and makes me wish the digital age wasn't so imminent. 9/10
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Gran Torino was a great movie. Consistently funny yet still moving, at least most of the time. Clint Eastwood singing at the end didn't really work... 9/10
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The last few movies I've watched:

Fracture (Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling) - Liked Hopkins but couldn't get behind Gosling.  7/10
Transporter 3 (Jason Statham, some chick with freckles) - I like Statham but this series should have stopped at two. The freckle chick drove me up the wall with her attempt at broken english (What means this? What means that?) 4/10
Body Of Lies (DiCaprio, Crowe) - I like CIA movies and this one may top Spy Game in my "favorites" list.. Dicaprio and Crowe are both excellent in their roles and it's a great story.  10/10
Michael Clayton (George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson) - I've become a big fan of Clooney movies and also like movies about "insiders". This is a great movie with a very good overall cast (Tilda Swinton has been showing up in several of my favorite movies lately).  9/10
Gran Torino (Clint Eastwood) - I've been a fan of Eastwood since Rawhide and especially since he started working both sides of the camera. This one left me a little short. The racial slurs were overdone (probably three times more than necessary). The young Asian cast were good but overall their performances were flat.  7/10
Code (Morgan Freeman, Antonio Banderas) - Hey, I like movies about thieves (Absolute Power, The Score, Entrapment, etc.). Freeman and Banderas are both tops with me and I'll take the blond Russian chick over the freckle Russian chick any day.  8/10
88 Minutes (Al Pacino) - Interesting story line with twists and of course there's Al Pacino who can do no wrong. I liked it but put it one notch below Righteous Kill.  8/10
Righteous Kill (De Niro, Pacino) - It's worth watching the movie just to see these two guys together again. But it is also a great movie on it's own. You hang on every scene just to see what happens next. There's been a lot of "cop partner" movies and this is definitely one of the better ones.  9/10
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Gran Torino was a great movie. Consistently funny yet still moving, at least most of the time. Clint Eastwood singing at the end didn't really work... 9/10
 
I agree 100% . Great movie. I even liked Clint's atrocious voice at the end.  
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Here's just a few Clint Eastwood movies that I liked more than Gran Torino:
Absolute Power (great cast, good story)
Bloodwork (interesting story: transplant, dead girl's sister, etc.)
Million Dollar Baby (Eastwood and Freeman were top notch)
Heartbreak Ridge (Eastwood joins Lee Ermey, Jack Webb and Samuel L. Jackson as a member of the "Top Sgt" Hall Of Fame)
 
 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote The T Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2009 at 12:48
^Much more than those you mention, I like:
 
- Unforgiven; probably one of the best westerns ever.
- Mystic River; directed by him, but without him as an actor. Fantastic crime-humandrama
- Bridges of Madison county - proof than two actors can make a movie.
- Space Cowboys; very light and fun. One of those movies I have to see when they're showing it on tv
 
Eastwood is one of my favorites ever. His is a career I absolutely respect.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote A Person Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 12 2009 at 16:39

I just watched Spirited Away last night (japanese w/ english subtitles) and I loved it.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Henry Plainview Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 20:41
I netflixed Dirty Harry because I wanted more Clint Eastwood, and uuuuuuugggggh! I was hoping Clint Eastwood would be more badass when he's younger, but he is fact less awesome because he's not grizzled and weathered. However, I could accept that if the script weren't on the level of f**king Die Hard: With A Vengeance. No police chief in the entire US is going to give the serial killer 200,000 dollars! And it has by far the most contrived excuses for nudity I've ever seen in a movie. 4/10

Edited by Henry Plainview - August 14 2009 at 20:45
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote stonebeard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 21:15
Clerks - 10/10
Mallrats - 8/10
Chasing Amy - 9/10
Dogma - 8/10
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - 6/10
Clerks 2 - 9/10

I love those movies (not so much Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, tho...)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Chris H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 21:16
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Gran Torino was a great movie. Consistently funny yet still moving, at least most of the time. Clint Eastwood singing at the end didn't really work... 9/10
 
I agree 100% . Great movie. I even liked Clint's atrocious voice at the end.  
 
Just watched it for the first time a few nights ago...it was honestly the first movie that's come out in the last 10 years that actually moved me.
Yeah, for some reason Clint singing at the end just kind of "fit" in with the movie, I understood it.
 
Great, great movie.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Henry Plainview Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 21:22
Although thinking back on it, you have to admit that the script for Gran Torino was exceedingly clunky at times. I enjoyed the other 75% of the movie enough that it made up for it, but even still.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Chris H Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 14 2009 at 21:32
The only real downside to the movie was Christopher Carley playing the priest. I really just couldn't picture how that made sense to cast him in the role.
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