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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Went and saw Expendables 2 last night.  I went in expecting a fairly mindless action movie full of silly puns based on the involved actors.  I got exactly what I was expecting.  If you're a fan of the first one, by all means, go see it and enjoy it.  If not, then don't worry about this one.  It's basically the same movie but with a slightly poorer storyline and slightly funnier overall cast. 
  is the first one worth seeing ?
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Went and saw Expendables 2 last night.  I went in expecting a fairly mindless action movie full of silly puns based on the involved actors.  I got exactly what I was expecting.  If you're a fan of the first one, by all means, go see it and enjoy it.  If not, then don't worry about this one.  It's basically the same movie but with a slightly poorer storyline and slightly funnier overall cast. 
  is the first one worth seeing ?


That depends; do you enjoy watching mindless action movies with some funny puns and lots of familiar faces every now and then?  If so, I'd say it couldn't hurt.  Just don't watch it expecting a masterpiece.
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Saw Almost Famous for the first time. Good story, fantastic music (lots of Led Zeppelin but also some tidbits of Yes!!) a true late-70's feel (though I was never there myself). A story of love, betrayal, and rock-n-roll. A back-stage pass to the fictitious band Stillwater. Though the music THEY play isn't too great, it's ALL THE OTHER MUSIC. Elton John, Todd Rundgren, The Who, even a tiny part of Jethro Tull's Teacher! Any fan of good music, this is a MUST SEE! One of those classics. Though I really didn't like the main character, that's my only complaint. A shy, soft spoken journalist. For that reason, 9.5/10! But still essential! (sounds like I'm talking about an album now..)
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Bird by Clint Eastwood

Essential for jazz fans. Somewhat like the film Ray (about Ray Charles), where the drug problems are a main topic, Bird also goes back and forth from the past to the future.  You get to know a concise though limited part of Charlie Parker's life as a musician and person. Music parts are great and are not missed, while the dialogue with Dizzy Gillespie near the end is just epic. 
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Just recently saw Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder for the first time on TV. It's a superb murder mystery; occasionally, it's a bit static and expository, but really well-plotted. 8/10.
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Chronicle - ostensibly a curiouser, better made and more exciting indie sci-fi / superhero drama, employing the found footage / cam filming technique to tell (or recap) the story of three punks fooling around and experiencing something freakish, fringe, but pushing it more towards the psychological and moral (with one of the characters obviously "turning to the dark side") rather than simply a horror or thriller - which is a plus; however, I can't find it any less juvenile, any less clichéd, with the FX any less torchwoodian and I basically didn't have much fun watching it. Limbo'd. 5/10

Detachment - surely a subject brought up with the best possible intentions but dramatized in the worst possible fashion - mainly the educational system in its lousiest state, but focusing on teachers, weak or incompetent, affected or driven mad or at best having their own methods; in comes a substitute with a clear, solid vision, but in private being more on the edge than anybody. Adrien Brody's role is commendable, from sharp to suffering, perhaps even the best in quite a while, meanwhile there's a huge ensemble cast (Gay Harden, Hendricks, Caan, Lucy Liu, Cranston and I didn't even recognize whoever William Petersen was) splitting up the sequences, making character development impossible. This could prove striking or stirring to some, but I found it emotionally overworked, stylistically off-putting and rather messy. Limbo'd. 5/10 If the subject really matters, I'd even recommend watching the Palme d'Or'd 2008 Entre les murs or the Waiting for Superman documentary, instead.

Poulet aux prunes - one of the most passionate and emotional stories about love, music and life, this could be, but I just don't feel like calling it so. Unable to replace his broken instrument, an aged violinist, Master of the Masters even, finds no more meaning in life and decides to wait for death to come and take him away; the following days, he recalls the life he had, the life he shared (his family) and the life he could have had (his greatest love). This movie is by Marjane Satrapi and Another-Guy, the same who did the great Persepolis some years ago, and I was quite surprised to find out that Poulet aux prunes is originally a graphic novel as well - its "human" transposition pays slightly less off. But the Satrapi style is perceivable, anyhow, especially through insertions of animations. The movie also brings to me Amelie a bit, through its many subplots, its narrativity or its cutaway scenes. 5/10

Perfect Sense - a 5-in-1 Saramago-like end-of-the-world scenario, as every person in the world gradually and inexplicably loses his senses (the standard five, let's not bring Stephen Fry in to tell us there are actually a dozen more). Meanwhile, two people bond, fell in love and go together through all of his. In between, a bit of sociological perspective, especially on the side of symptoms or, afterwards, adapting. Many have said it's the romance that brings this movie down, but I actually find the pandemia plot to be lackful, as this essentially remains a sad love story. Didn't expect much, but wasn't unpleased, either. Limbo'd. 5/10

Le Gamin au vélo - about a boy with a bike. 7/10


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Sweet Sixteen (2002) directed by Ken Loach
Gritty drama set in a tough housing scheme in Greenock in the west of Scotland. Main character, Liam, is 15 and from a dysfunctional family. His mother is in prison & step father Stan is a drug dealer while his sister is a single mother. Liam longs for a normal family life and sells contraband cigarettes then drugs to raise money so that when his mum gets out of prison he can get her a place away from Stan. Lots of swearing & violence gives the film a shocking realism and events go from bad to worse. Film was very realistic but a depressing portrayal of modern Britain. 8/10 
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Originally posted by Zargasheth Zargasheth wrote:

Just recently saw Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder for the first time on TV. It's a superb murder mystery; occasionally, it's a bit static and expository, but really well-plotted. 8/10.
the only thing that bothered me is that we have little sympathy for Grace Kelly's character because she's fooling around on her husband
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Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by SaltyJon SaltyJon wrote:

Went and saw Expendables 2 last night.  I went in expecting a fairly mindless action movie full of silly puns based on the involved actors.  I got exactly what I was expecting.  If you're a fan of the first one, by all means, go see it and enjoy it.  If not, then don't worry about this one.  It's basically the same movie but with a slightly poorer storyline and slightly funnier overall cast. 
  is the first one worth seeing ?


That depends; do you enjoy watching mindless action movies with some funny puns and lots of familiar faces every now and then?  If so, I'd say it couldn't hurt.  Just don't watch it expecting a masterpiece.

Expendables 2 is what Expendables 1 should have been. I still like the first one a lot, but seeing the ensemble of the greatest action heroes shooting up everything and dropping cheesy and cliche one liners connected to their other movies was so fun.
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I have recently become fascinated with Norwegian cinema. Perhaps due to being married to a Norwegian I am making a media immersion attempt. Here are the ones I have seen in order of favorite to least favorite.

Max Manus: Man of War - Terribly exciting and informative. At least to the extent that I can trust the accuracy. Norway's role in WWII has been of interest as long as I have had a drive to learn history.

Elling - Cute, quirky little feel good film.

Troll Hunter - Liked it a lot more than I thought I would. Never really got suspended like I'm sure the director intended. I loved the scenery and found myself extremely amused/entertained at most times.

The Bothersome Man - A very dark take on the concept of Purgatory. A little tedious at times, but far better than the Hollywood representations that tend to be so dripping with emotion such as would be so un-purgatory-like.

Dead Snow - I pretty much knew what I was getting into....Nazi zombies. Its pretty much what you would expect from Nazi zombies.



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^ There was this movie called Headhunters (Hodejegerne) that screened at a local festival about a month ago; I actually skipped it, but it's supposedly both action and a bit comedic / silly. Just as recent is Oslo, August 31st, much appreciated and awarded - have to see this one as well.
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The Bishop's Wife

Beautiful old charmer with Cary Grant as an angel sent to help a troubled husband and wife.  Though flicks as It's a Wonderful Life and Miracle on 34th St. get the attention, for my money this is the definitive 20th century Christmas movie.
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Godzilla vs. Hedorah

What a piece of crap.


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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Godzilla vs. Hedorah

What a piece of crap.



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The Offspring (1987) - 6/10 grizzly, mean spirited and unapologetic, bad acting to boot, oh horror anthology movies where did you go? 
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Battleground

Straightforward portrayal of a squad of American infantrymen in France and Belgium during early stages of the Battle of the Bulge is a decent attempt to capture foot-soldier life with sparkling dialog and none of the typical war flick trappings or heroics.  Interesting cast from 1949 includes Ricardo Montalban, James Whitmore, and Van Johnson.

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The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus - Excellent art direction and character casting with the movie (especially Tom Waits' brilliant portrayal of the devil), but at the end of the film I felt underwhelmed. Terry Gilliam gave off more style and panache instead of plot and substance. 7/10

Ironweed - And here is a film the polar opposite. It is a film with no style, no fluidity, no real sense of existence other than to exist. It is bleak as hell and Jack Nicholson acts a winner as another half-crazy b*****d. I wish it had been more erm, 'wet'. It was a dry, dry film. I don't know why I liked it more. 7.5/10?
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Scrooge

Utterly ancient telling of the Dickens fable from 1935 with Seymour Hicks in the lead as a most frumpy and disheveled Ebenezer taken briskly through the past, present and yet-to-come.  Also of interest is early British film industry practices and 'moving-camera' photography.  Not as quiet and radiant as the Alastair Sim version but very good and of historic merit.
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Bananas by Woody Allen: early Allen is pretty fun, more bizarre, very 70's-ish with the music and topics. Recommended.

Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard: one of the classics of the French New Wave. The acting is great, it's not very experimental as later Godard films, so I think anyone with a tiny interest in Cinema can enjoy this. Simple plot with great scenes and dialogues. 

That Obscure Object of Desire by Luis Buñuel: I was surprised by how down-to-earth it was, I thought it would be a surreal fest like the movies he did not long before this. It was good, interesting (and innovating) that there are two actresses for one role. Pretty minimalistic in characters and plot, very few social/political/religious criticism. However, if you're new to Buñuel, it will still probably be rather a bizarre movie.

 And today I watched for the second time:

The Milky Way by Luis Buñuel: the first Buñuel film I watched, like 4 years ago? It truly stunned me, the whole critque to Cristianism (based on many of the heresy's of the middle ages and onwards) and the total absurd dialogues and plot of the movie made me a believer of the director. Still fun as ever, highly recommended if you haven't watched anything by this man. 
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Night Train to Munich

British wartime classic with Rex Harrison as an English agent posing as a German officer tasked to rescue a scientist and his daughter.  Well-paced, tense, and funny.  Considered one of the best movies of 1940.
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