The Movie Thread

[555-04Q2]

Post your thoughts on the latest movie releases, upcoming blockbusters and anything else, well, movie related!

Discuss!

[Big Ben]

I've been to the cinema quite a lot lately and I've seen:
RIPD - meah, surely not one I'm going to see again
Pacific Rim - almost fell asleep. I would have liked it more have I been 20 years younger.
The Internship - ok
the new superman - didn't expect to like it and I was right. the only interesting part of it was when the redhead Lois says something like isn't it supposed to go all the way in... that's what she said, right? :laugh:

and there must be some others that impressed me so much I can't even remember them.

so how about you... any good movies lately?

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm lucky to live very close to the single serious cinema hall in the country where you can see many European movies -generally art movies-
. I hardly go and see american movies which I find childish. Then I enjoy the revival of Romanian cinematograpphy which is doing great these years and is recognized internationally.
The last movie I've seen was Los amantes pasajeros( English title - I'm so excited ) by Pedro Almodovar which is not exactly a masterpiece but an excellent comedy (depending on what kind of humour you enjoy, of course ) and I strongly recommend it.
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[ioan]

Good to see you around again 555!

[Franky]

I'd have to say that the Wolverine is a decent summer blockbuster. Better than Man of Steel in my opinion.

[555-04Q2]

Good to see you around again 555!

Thanks boet :)

[Brown, Jon Brow]

Who's going to watch Alpha Pappa?

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[555-04Q2]

I'm a big sci-fi nut and rather enjoyed Oblivion with Tom Cruise. It was a beautifully made movie with a nice twist at the end. Been a while since I enjoyed a sci-fi movie so much!

Also can't wait to see the new Riddick movie with Vin Diesel and I'm hoping that Disney go ahead with TRON 3 in 2014/15 :D

[TheFamousEccles]

Alan Partridge! It will probably go straight to DVD here...

[Garry Walker]

Also can't wait to see the new Riddick movie with Vin Diesel

Are you kidding me? The first one was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The movie was so bad it made Armageddon almost watchable...almost. I actually fell asleep in the cinema watching Riddick. Sequels are usually worse than originals, so the sequel can probably used for death penalty.

[555-04Q2]

Are you kidding me? The first one was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The movie was so bad it made Armageddon almost watchable...almost. I actually fell asleep in the cinema watching Riddick. Sequels are usually worse than originals, so the sequel can probably used for death penalty.

Someone's bad is another's good...and vice versa ;) .

BTW, the first movie was Pitch Black ( which was good especially considering the puny budget ), The Chronicles of Riddick was the second one :)

[anthonyvop]

If you want silly, crude humor go see the "To Do List" I especially liked the role reversal.

If someone invites you to go see Elisium I would forgive you if you shoot them. Holy crap is it bad. Matt Damon never was a great actor but damn he is about as animated as Michelangelo's David in this movie. And the Plot is just stupid......

"The Way, Way Back" is easily one of the best movies I have seen this year. Funny and moving at the same time and Kudos to Steve Carell for stepping outside his box of playing the buffoon.

[gadjo_dilo]

I've just finished watching an Austrian movie that was recommended by a friend who shares my taste in movies. It's called 'Paradies: liebe'' ( Paradise: love). The fact it was selected for Cannes film festival and the plot summary I've read on imdb sounded promising: 'On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" -- European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one Beach Boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya love is a business''.

It's a good movie but I confess some of the scenes were shocking for me. Anyway I don't think anybody on this forum would like it.
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[555-04Q2]

My advise to everyone who was going to bother watching World War Z with Brad Pitt...total waste of time :down:

[Jag_Warrior]

I REALLY want to see Rush. I just hope that it comes closer to Grand Prix or Winning than Driven (I've never liked Silly Stallone... and that horrible movie just cemented the feeling). The F1 fraternity seems to be praising Rush. So I expect it to be very good. Plus, Ron Howard is one heck of a director.

[MrJan]

The F1 fraternity seems to be praising Rush. So I expect it to be very good. Plus, Ron Howard is one heck of a director.

Yes, there seem to be good vibes about it from both motorsport fraternities and film critics, which is very promising.

[BleAivano]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ibQvQUpMTg

Looking forward to this. SOTD and Hot Fuzz were pretty good movies.

[A.F.F.]

For some reason the latest movies I've seen are remakes. Red Dawn, Totall Recall and Fright Night. All total waste of time and money. I really don't know why they make them, espeacially if the original one wasn't much of a success. I liked all of them as originals, allthou I have to admit that memories grow sweeter with time but they are still better than these remakes. And no, I didn't seen them in a theather. They were at tv.

[BleAivano]

I saw a pretty hilarious movie (originally a tv-series) a couple of days ago. Extremely low budget but still very good.

Its called "Förmannen som försvann (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118318/combined)" and is featuring Svenne Rubins, Gösta Engström, Björn Skifs as well as many other well known Swedish profiles in smaller roles.

[gadjo_dilo]

Haven't seen a Swedish movie since last century....
And even those were oldies by Ingmar Bergman, Bo Widerberg and an ancient screen version of Hon dansade en sommar.

[555-04Q2]

Any other TRON fans around here? :)

[555-04Q2]

For some reason the latest movies I've seen are remakes. Red Dawn, Totall Recall and Fright Night. All total waste of time and money. I really don't know why they make them, espeacially if the original one wasn't much of a success. I liked all of them as originals, allthou I have to admit that memories grow sweeter with time but they are still better than these remakes. And no, I didn't seen them in a theather. They were at tv.

Add True Grit with Jeff Bridges to that list. Hollywood ran out of ideas a looooonnnnnnggggggggg time ago :down:

[gadjo_dilo]

Just seen ''Io e te''( Me and you), the latest movie of Bernardo Bertolucci. Not outstanding but emotional enough to touch my sensible chord. Well, I always loved the introvert characters....

I was deeply impressed by the soundtrack and first thing when I arrived home was to check the singer. I was surprised to see it's the Italian version of Space Oddity, sung by Mr. David Bowie himself.

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[555-04Q2]

Any other TRON fans around here? :)

Guess I'm the only nerd here then :p :

[gadjo_dilo]

Guess I'm the only nerd here then :p :
Read a rewiev. Definitely not my type.

[555-04Q2]

Read a rewiev. Definitely not my type.

What, you not into nerds or TRON :?: :p : ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

Sorry, but no.

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm considering to go to The grandmaster by Kar Wai Wong. Last week when I saw the trailer in a cinema I thought it's another movie about kung fu.
Now I've read it's made by Kar Wai Wong, one of the best directors of our times and the kung fu is just a collateral theme of the movie.

[555-04Q2]

Watched "Here Comes The Boom" last night. Another pointless movie...

[Bagwan]

A couple of nights ago , I saw "Capitalism , a love story ." .

It's not Oscar-worthy , but is certainly a movie that all those from the USA should watch , if they can get the chance .

It didn't tell me a lot I didn't know , but it filled in a few gaps for me on how the west was won .

[555-04Q2]

Sounds like my kind of docu movie, will check it out :)

[gadjo_dilo]

Just seen Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen and I liked it. Cate Blanchett is great as one of Allen's usual neurotic characters and I'm impressed by the way she expressed depression, anxiety, panic attacks. The story reminds me of Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire but this time it happens in nowadays San Francisco. Just noticed that Mr. Allen's latest movies are related to the cities I'm obsessed to visit: Barcelona, Paris, Rome, San Francisco....

[Malbec]

Now I've read it's made by Kar Wai Wong, one of the best directors of our times and the kung fu is just a collateral theme of the movie.

Have you seen his other films? I doubt you'd go far wrong with any of them.

[gadjo_dilo]

Now I've read it's made by Kar Wai Wong, one of the best directors of our times and the kung fu is just a collateral theme of the movie.

Have you seen his other films? I doubt you'd go far wrong with any of them.

No. Unfortunately none of them was on our screens.
I missed even this one.

[Malbec]

No. Unfortunately none of them was on our screens.
I missed even this one.

I'd strongly recommend getting the DVD of In the mood for love. I'd even go so far as telling you to PM me if you don't like it, I'll send you the expenses....

[gadjo_dilo]

No. Unfortunately none of them was on our screens.
I missed even this one.

I'd strongly recommend getting the DVD of In the mood for love. I'd even go so far as telling you to PM me if you don't like it, I'll send you the expenses....
Great! That reminds me of a coworker who asked me to repay the tickets after sending her to Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa.:p

OK, I put my hands up and admit I'm one of these old far!s who still believe in the magic of the cinema hall. I mean an art movie can't be watched properly anytime and anywhere. For me - and I think for all real cinephiles- going to the cinema and watching a movie with other people is a sort of a rite.

And now surprise, surprise.... After your strong recommendations I tried to watch this movie online. And found out that in fact I've seen it on TV in the years when our public television thought it's its mission to educate masses. In my country the movie is known as "'An impossible love'' and I remember I watched it because it was presented as that year's Cannes revelation. Unfortunately I couldn't remember the director name. And yes, it's one of those movies that you either like it very much or don't like it at all.
I also admit I was thinking I should have seen it in a cinema. I mean for such a slow, poetical and atipical love story I need to transpose in the atmosphere and I can't do it at home.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your suggestion, it's definitely a movie for sensitive people and I'll try to see it again with the eyes of a ten years older person.
And congrats for your special taste in movies.

[Bagwan]

Just saw "Rush" last night .
Good movie .

It was a time that was raw and violent , and Howard finds a way to make you feel the speed .

See it on the big screen . It's worth it .

[BleAivano]

I saw two movies the past weekend.

The stone of destiny, a very cheapish movie set in 1950 about a Scottish patriot wannabe, disappointed that
the Scottish independence questions are being neglected by the politicians in London and that the Scottish people
doesn't seems to care about it. He puts together a gang to do a heist to recover the stone of destiny (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone).
The movie is based on a real event. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Removal_of_the_Stone_of_Scone_in_1950)
Not a very good movie, pretty poor acting and script.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_ ... %28film%29 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Destiny_%28film%29)


Then I watched a slightly better (but far from particular good) movie called The Big year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Year),
A comedy/drama about three birders doing a big year (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_year)
(which is a bird watching competition) and their gains, struggles and sacrifices during their aim to spot as many
birds as possible. A movie that have a few points and is more of a drama then a pure comedy.
But still not that good. Featuring many notable actors and actresses such as Steve Martin, John Cleese,
Owen Wilson, Rosamund Pike, Angelica Houston, Diane Wiest and Kevin Pollak.

[D-Type]

Just saw "Rush" last night .
Good movie .

It was a time that was raw and violent , and Howard finds a way to make you feel the speed .

See it on the big screen . It's worth it .
Please post a review on the History Forum thread

[kapparomeo]

I wouldn't call myself particularly a Riddick aficionado, but I enjoyed Pitch Black and while The Chronicles of Riddick wasn't great, the attempt to create a grand sweeping fantasy mythology deserves a nod for the effort at least. I saw the new Riddick in the cinema last week and I enjoyed it too. Tying continuity into the story beyond just references through the Jones character was smartly done, and while the CG backdrops were a bit ropey in a few places I'd say that it's well put-together as a solid action flick.

[555-04Q2]

I wouldn't call myself particularly a Riddick aficionado, but I enjoyed Pitch Black and while The Chronicles of Riddick wasn't great, the attempt to create a grand sweeping fantasy mythology deserves a nod for the effort at least. I saw the new Riddick in the cinema last week and I enjoyed it too. Tying continuity into the story beyond just references through the Jones character was smartly done, and while the CG backdrops were a bit ropey in a few places I'd say that it's well put-together as a solid action flick.

I'm a massive Riddick fan. Pitch Black is still the best of the three movies IMO as it was original and was shot with a tiny budget plus it introduced Vin Diesel to the world, but I really enjoyed the new Riddick movie. They did a great job with a smallish budget and even at 45 odd, Vin Diesel is still a badass mofo!

[BleAivano]

Just saw the movie about Terri Hooley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Hooley) called Good Vibrations.
A really good movie if you are a music fan and particular if you like punk.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1920945/

[gadjo_dilo]

La vie d'Adele/Blue is the warmest color by Abdellatif Kechiche, this year's Palme d'or at Cannes film festival. Wonderful movie about life, love, sexuality with a fantastic actress (Adele Exarchopoulos). This movie is worth watching if only for following her face expression. She acts so natural that the movie looks like a slice of life.
Fair to say the sex scenes (between two girls!!!!!) are too explicit and kinda embarrassing (at least for an old moralist like me :p).
A movie I strongly recommend.

[gadjo_dilo]

Never been a huge fan of Lars von Trier's movies ( except for Melancholia - I use to say it's a feast for the eyes). Always depressive and involving unhappy women.
But the old cinephile in me won and sent me to watch his latest release Nymphomaniac - Volume I. More for the controversy's sake. From the beginning we were warned that Mr von Trier hasn't agreed with this version which was censored for the large audience. Only the luckiest who get to see the movie in festivals ( like Golden Bear - Berlin ) will see the so called director's cut.
It's not a porn movie ( as it was suggested even by the author ) and it's not boring at all. An erotic saga of a 50 y.o. woman who sees herself as nymphomaniac and is confessing to an old guy who sees sense in every of her actions and tries to make her understand she's not the bad person she thinks she is (where in real life have I seen a similar situation? :hmph: ).
Anyway I'm determined to go also to Nymphomaniac - Volume II to see the rest of the story and one of my fav actors ( Willem Dafoe).
And it's fair to say I was shocked (again???!!!??). Never thought the "cinematography language" will go so far.

[gadjo_dilo]

As promised, watched Nymphomaniac part II. With a bit of luck as it was almost banned from the screens by our vigilent National Council of Audiovisual. Joe's sexual crusade is continuing, marked by a hard psychic tension. Whether you like it or not Lars con Trier is an artist.

Willem Dafoe appeared for about 5 min. He still has interesting features but oh my God, his face has become so dusky.......:mad:

P.S. Looks like I'm the only one who's still going to the movies. :confused:

[BleAivano]

P.S. Looks like I'm the only one who's still going to the movies. :confused:

I don't really go to the cinema that often anymore.

The cinema in the city where I live have a very poor standard both in general and
when it comes to picture quality/size and audio quality.

[gadjo_dilo]

The cinema in the city where I live have a very poor standard both in general and
when it comes to picture quality/size and audio quality.
I know what you mean. My fav cinema is closed these days so I had to go to another. I was supposed to watch an art movie but I couldn't concentrate as they were doing repairs on the hall and made a terrible noise + workers were shouting all the time. It was freezing cold and I trembled for 2 hours even if I stayed with my coat on and a thick scarf around my neck. It's a shame because It's the biggest cinema in the country and the place for official premiers. Last but not least I was charged 10 lei although I've read on their website that the ticket for the first show is 8 lei.

[BleAivano]

Also in Sweden the cinemas almost always only shows "Hollywood" and big budget British movies.
hardly any independent movies or anything. And usually in my city you're lucky if the show any big movies at all.

The problem is the SF Bio and their sub company Svenska Bio have a monopoly in Sweden so they don't
have to do anything to improve themselves.

[gadjo_dilo]

Then I'm lucky to have in the neighbourhood a cinema that never shows Hollywood big budget movies. Most movies are European, distributed by Independenta Film, many of them were presented at the biggest European film festivals. Sometimes it hosts festivals or a week dedicated to a certain director or national cinematography. The most important thing is that there I may watch great Romanian movies. Unfortunately it's closed for a month.

[gadjo_dilo]

Well, after 10 months of (unwanted! ) abstinence I managed to go again to the movies. ( Fair to say that I was invited to go and for nothing in the world I would have turned off the offer). Wanted to see a Romanian set of 4 short movies called Short/4-Stories of black heart. In good Romanian tradition we went to the cinema just to find out that the schedule was modyfied and instead of that movie it was Woody Allen's Magic in the moonlight. Decided to stay, we were only 4 people in the cinema - at less than 3 it couldn't be broadcasted. :p. Anyway, it was like a private thing just for us. :p. The movie was good - a romantic comedy. Nice to see again that love is unpredictable and that even a knowledgeable man can be touched by ( what he thought it could be ) real magic.
Then the stubborn Taurus I am, decided we should also go to that Romanian film. It was interesting but not a masterpiece, just 4 stories produced by 4 different directors and producers having in common death. Death is seen in different ways: with a dose of tragedy, with humour, with indifference.....

[Jag_Warrior]

P.S. Looks like I'm the only one who's still going to the movies. :confused:


Also in Sweden the cinemas almost always only shows "Hollywood" and big budget British movies.
hardly any independent movies or anything.

I used to love going to the movies. But where I live now (much like BleAivano) only big budget, mind-numbing, formulaic, politically correct, predictable Hollyweird crap is shown. When I lived in another part of the state, we actually had two independent theaters that showed old movies as well as foreign language films, small/medium budget films and art-house films. That was so cool. I miss that. Now I just watch old movies or current shows on Turner Classic Movies, American Movie Classics or PBS Masterpiece Theater.

By the way, scientists have proven that if you watch a big budget Hollyweird movie, your IQ will drop by 10% for every hour that you sit there. Ever wonder why Americans appear to be getting dumber by the day? Well, there ya go. What's that... what's my excuse? Well, we don't know. The scientists are still looking into that! :mad:

[gadjo_dilo]

Then the whole world gets dumber because those productions are spread everywhere and are an important tool in brainwashing our heads.
What I also regret is the lack of the real cinema magazines like we had in the past and of TV programms of cinema culture. I mean my cinematographic taste was formed by reading monthly, since I was just a kid, a very serious magazine where important film critics wrote reviews, analyzed different trends or talked about a certain topic with many references to the old movies. Some of these critics had also TV shows where we could also learn about the best of world's cinema.
But what really worries me is that today even those who study the cinematographic art don't have such culture. I have a niece whose husband is a cameraman at an important TV station and he never heard of Italian neorealism and Bycicle Thieves....

[Storm]

movies upon movies made for Marvel comics and that sort :rolleyes: :angryfire

I haven't seen a movie for more than a year (in the hall), good you managed to go gadjo!

[gadjo_dilo]

I haven't seen a movie for more than a year (in the hall), good you managed to go gadjo!
Movies used to be my hobby. I tried to see the most I could from the beginning of cinema. Even from the likes of Griffith, Fritz Lang or Sergey Eisenstein. Even when I couldn't see a movie I read about it.
I lost this pleasure in the last 10 years. The one for theatre too. But from time to time I like to go again and feel the magic of a cinema hall. As I've said above I'm lucky with this cinema hall close to my home. It's attended only by cinephiles like me and at least I'm sure nobody will eat popcorn near me.Unfortunately we're but a few.
I can watch loads of movies online but it's not the same thing. I love the movies of Milos Foreman from his Czech period. Then I wanted to watch his One flew over the cucoo's nest but never could. Not even on TV. Now I can watch it online but it's not the same. I tried a few times but quitted after half an hour. It would be different if I saw it at Cinemateca....

OK, I know I'm weird. Don't wanna bother you with such stupid ideas....

[gadjo_dilo]

Been again at the movies.
This time it was a Belgian movie - Deux jours, une nuit, directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne.
It's the story of a woman who during a weekend has to convince her coworkers to give up their bonus just to help her keep her job. Marion Cotillard plays the leading role and is excellent as a depressive, emotionally unstable, who lacks self esteem - wonder why I'm always impressed by such characters......:devil:
The movie lacks action, I can't see american people watching such thing but for me it was touching. I watched the heroine walking down the street with wet eyes and I saw a familiar image. :s
Then it's the raw reality of relationships at the working place. For a moment I thought at the hostile environment at my own working place. What if I were in her situation?
BTW guys, is 1000 euros a big amount of money in the western world? :confused:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JSlJPjEvzM

[Rudy Tamasz]

And I watched Le passé, a recent French relationship drama this morning. I woke up at 5 am and couldn't sleep any longer. I decided to make use of these early hours by watching something decent. It's pretty long, so couldn't complete it before going to office, but it has impressed me quite a bit. I'm going to finish watching it tonight.

[gadjo_dilo]

A friend insisted to watch Birdman together but I preferred to go to a Turkish drama called Winter Sleep. The movie is directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan and won Palme d'or at Cannes in 2014. The film is very good but it lasts 197 min. I had a very tiresome week, with but a few hours of sleep so for the first time in my life I felt like falling asleep in a cinema theater. It was a considerable effort to keep my head straight and to be honest I wouldn't mind if I had a little nap but I was afraid I might snore.

[Tazio]

BTW guys, is 1000 euros a big amount of money in the western world? :confused:

That is roughly the amount it would cost for one months rent of a very economical studio apartment in S.D.

[gadjo_dilo]

That is roughly the amount it would cost for one months rent of a very economical studio apartment in S.D.

:eek:
OMG.....

[Tazio]

:eek:
OMG.....The costs here are pretty obscene, and higher than in most of the rest of the country.

[gadjo_dilo]

The costs here are pretty obscene, and higher than in most of the rest of the country.

Pretty obscene costs for people with pretty obscene thoughts.....:p

[Tazio]

:angel: I think I may be the most misunderstood man in show business. I am actually a minimalist, especially when it comes to clothing, and driving on the interstate ;)

[keysersoze]

Gadjo, your painting 320 million people with a narrow brush is intellectually lazy. Please don't pretend to know Americans and / or American film, because you don't. You are way too impressed with yourself.

And from the looks of it, it seems as if your movie tastes tend toward soft porn.

[gadjo_dilo]

Please don't pretend to know Americans and / or American film, because you don't.
Well, I'm sorry if you understood that cos I really admit I don't . But I think it would be very nice if you'll share your opinions on why European or Asian movies aren't popular on american market, why a lot of american movies with an impressive budget are so bad or why the movies with a high rank in box office aren't appreciated by the critics. A few examples to prove me wrong would be appreciated.


You are way too impressed with yourself.
The few forumers who knows me a bit would know it's not true at all. On the contrary.....
But if you really think I'm a sort of arrogant I'll quote a famous reply:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAqxWa9Rbe0


And from the looks of it, it seems as if your movie tastes tend toward soft porn.

Let's clarify a thing: I don't have time to go to the movies as often as I wish. When I decide to go I don't do it for entertainment and I try to pick one that might say somerhing. I do it from curiosity, I don't go knowing from the start I'd like it. Some of them talk about things that I dislike but it's not an impediment, all I want from a movies is to feel some emotion. I think only 2 of the movies I mentioned on this thread had some sexually explicit scenes and I can't understand your assumption on my movie tastes. I think I even said that it was kinda embarrassing to watch.

I find your post quite offensive, in the past it would have made me sad. Now I started to cope quite well with such things. But I repeat, it would be fair to express your own views on movies, what movies you had seen lately, which one have you liked and why, etc.

[janvanvurpa]

The costs here are pretty obscene, and higher than in most of the rest of the country.

But it's a dry heat...

And think of what you get for all that rent!

(what do you get for the crazy property values? You keep the riff-raff out?)

[Malbec]

Gadjo, your painting 320 million people with a narrow brush is intellectually lazy. Please don't pretend to know Americans and / or American film, because you don't. You are way too impressed with yourself.

And from the looks of it, it seems as if your movie tastes tend toward soft porn.

I pop into this thread from time to time mainly to read what gadjo has been watching recently and her opinions of it. To classify what she watches as soft porn simply indicates your ignorance of cinema outside the mainstream. If you'd actually looked at the films she refers to you'd see that they are anything but. Nor do I see her making particularly offensive comments about Americans or American films.

Mainstream blockbusters are not for everyone but to deride those that are into alternative films reflects more on your view of the world than hers.

[keysersoze]

I pop into this thread from time to time mainly to read what gadjo has been watching recently and her opinions of it. To classify what she watches as soft porn simply indicates your ignorance of cinema outside the mainstream. If you'd actually looked at the films she refers to you'd see that they are anything but. Nor do I see her making particularly offensive comments about Americans or American films.

Mainstream blockbusters are not for everyone but to deride those that are into alternative films reflects more on your view of the world than hers.

Who said I derided anyone for preferring indie / "alternative" (never heard of that genre) films? I called someone out for criticizing American films and the American film-going public. You don't see the offensive comments? Is that supposed to be some sort of joke? Try reading posts #3, #49, #52, and #55.

I never mentioned any films I've seen, so how you can comment on my worldview is absurd.

Frankly, I haven't the time or the inclination to watch every film on gadjo's list, but the fact remains that regardless of the plot / themes of those films, SHE mentioned the sexual element, so she clearly privileged that aspect of those films. I'd say that qualifies as having a penchant for "soft porn."

And for all that anathema directed at American films, Woody Allen is an American and the film gadjo mentioned is set in America, unless Woody fooled us and set it in San Francisco, Romania.

[keysersoze]

Well, I'm sorry if you understood that cos I really admit I don't . But I think it would be very nice if you'll share your opinions on why European or Asian movies aren't popular on american market, why a lot of american movies with an impressive budget are so bad or why the movies with a high rank in box office aren't appreciated by the critics. A few examples to prove me wrong would be appreciated.

You make a couple of assumptions. Why do the films have to be Asian or European for them to be considered worthy? Why does anyone need the approval of a given critic, or any critic?

A lot of movies with big budgets are bad? In who's opinion? What films? Again, you are dealing in generalities--painting with a broad stroke.

Why am I the one who has to prove you wrong? You're the one who served up the opening salvo.

[janvanvurpa]

Who said I derided anyone for preferring indie / "alternative" (never heard of that genre) films? I called someone out for criticizing American films and the American film-going public. You don't see the offensive comments? Is that supposed to be some sort of joke? Try reading posts #3, #49, #52, and #55.

I never mentioned any films I've seen, so how you can comment on my worldview is absurd.

Frankly, I haven't the time or the inclination to watch every film on gadjo's list, but the fact remains that regardless of the plot / themes of those films, SHE mentioned the sexual element, so she clearly privileged that aspect of those films. I'd say that qualifies as having a penchant for "soft porn."

And for all that anathema directed at American films, Woody Allen is an American and the film gadjo mentioned is set in America, unless Woody fooled us and set it in San Francisco, Romania.

Go back to your armchair after the fact F1 wank-fest where you live and stop ruining a simple thread insulting people.

We can comment your world view is absurd by reading a few representative posts and from the giant chip on your shoulder---Red, White and Blue of course...



Before you go, I do want to thank you for one thing you cleared up fopr me, though...

See all these long years I was traveling the world and chasing cutie pies and sweeties and when I was lucky, playing some bouncy bouncy----I never though of that as Soft Porn interest.
Now you've cleared up that in any and all contexts any mention of sex equals an interest in soft porn...

And they said Americans were superficial and shallow.. Guess you showed them, eh Champ!

[Rudy Tamasz]

Just to reduce the tension here, over the last weeks I have seen a string of very good movies, all of them American: The Star Map, Whiplash and Inside Llewyn Davis.

[gadjo_dilo]

I pop into this thread from time to time mainly to read what gadjo has been watching recently and her opinions of it. .

:eek: I thought nobody cares about that. I should be more careful with my posts from now on. :p

[gadjo_dilo]

You make a couple of assumptions. Why do the films have to be Asian or European for them to be considered worthy?.
I've never said that all these foreign movies are good. But some of them are really pieces of art, however they don't have success in USA. I don't think that I ever said that americans are too lazy to read subtitles or something as rude. So why are you so angry? I also admit that not all europeans love what I consider good movies. My coworkers ( who BTW never go to a cinema ) consider all these movies stupid and boring.

Why does anyone need the approval of a given critic, or any critic?
There's a saying, on politics and football any of us is an expert. But with cinema it's different. It's an art and not all of us have the required competence to judge the quality of a production. I admit I haven't this skill so I have to see a few recommandations before going. I also admit I don't follow any critic but only a few that I admire.


A lot of movies with big budgets are bad? In who's opinion? What films? Again, you are dealing in generalities--painting with a broad stroke.
I don't see why I should bother to answer this. I also asked for your opinions and examples but it seems that you don't want a debate, you're only accusing me. In this case all I can do is to ask you to read my signature.


Why am I the one who has to prove you wrong? You're the one who served up the opening salvo.
Maybe because we're on a fórum, and forums are made for debates? :confused:

[gadjo_dilo]

Frankly, I haven't the time or the inclination to watch every film on gadjo's list, but the fact remains that regardless of the plot / themes of those films, SHE mentioned the sexual element, so she clearly privileged that aspect of those films. I'd say that qualifies as having a penchant for "soft porn.".
You're certainly wrong. I'm more into the hardcore thing but i was ashamed to say it on the forum. Unfortunately these kind of movies aren't broadcasted on regular theatres. But whenever I decide to go to movies I 'm making sure that there will be a few spicy ( to say the least ) scenes otherwise the money would be spent in vain. :devil: :laugh:

Now seriously, you're crazy, man.......
Where do you see a sex referrence in my last four reviews?
It's a fact that nudity and sex are present in most of today's productions and I confess that sometimes I'm not comfortable with what I see on the screen. That was the context I said those things. I'm a boring laid back person and of course I'm shocked to see a group of half naked drunk women în their 50's trying to seduce a young black guy who definitely doesn't want it, or women looking like housewives staying at a queue to a guy who whipps them, or a little girl having an orgasm while her father is dieing.



And for all that anathema directed at American films, Woody Allen is an American and the film gadjo mentioned is set in America, unless Woody fooled us and set it in San Francisco, Romania.

So what? I used to like Woody Allen and I still follow his movies. And yeah, I mentioned San Francisco ( I love this city that I would like to visit knowing it will never happen ) în the context that Blue Jasmin reminds me of Tennessee Williams's A streetcar named Desire but is set in nowadays San Francisco. I certainly forgot to mention that the second movie (Magic in the moonlight) is set on the french riviera

[schmenke]

I can't remember the last movie I watched, let alone enjoyed. Lately I've been watching old episodes of Top Gear on Netflix :p: .

[Tazio]

I'm also a Netflix subscriber, and it is the most worthwhile $8.00 a month I spend. Watching old Twilight Zone episodes is my latest kick. The woman in this episode reminds me of Gadji :love: ;)

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-twilight-zone/watch/the-chaser-12615/

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm also a Netflix subscriber, and it is the most worthwhile $8.00 a month I spend. Watching old Twilight Zone episodes is my latest kick. The woman in this episode reminds me of Gadji :love: ;)

http://www.tv.com/shows/the-twilight-zone/watch/the-chaser-12615/
Can't see it.
Can only be streamed within the USA. :s

But I bet that woman is a sort of old horrible witch.:s

[Tazio]

I bet that woman is a sort of old horrible witch.:s
[
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/George_Grizzard_Patricia_Barry_The_Twilight_Zone_1 960.JPG/640px-George_Grizzard_Patricia_Barry_The_Twilight_Zone_1 960.JPG

Yep! :angel:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734635/synopsis?ref_=ttpl_pl_syn

[gadjo_dilo]

:eek:
Found the episode on YouTube. The Professor reminds me of Dr. Rappaccini.....:devil:

[Tazio]

:angel: I never really thought of that comparison, but I can see the similarity. Dr. R. practiced his poisonous art for the sake of science. Professor A Daemon (although he states that his work is science), is pretty clear that his real motivation is commercial. :kiss: :devil:

[gadjo_dilo]

And may I ask you what do I have in common with the woman with the annoying voice? :confused:

[Tazio]

And may I ask you what do I have in common with the woman with the annoying voice? :confused:Patricia Barry, is educated, graceful, beautiful, well respected in the industry, but most impressively, apparently very faithful, having been married only once in 1950, and remained married to her spouse until his death in 1998. She is still going strong at the age of 92 which means I still have a chance with her, just as I do with you, and Nadia! :kiss: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Not with me. I can't compete with the mediterranean hotties you use to woo on fb. :s :devil:

[Tazio]

Not with me. Of course, I keep forgetting about Steve........and Ioan :angel: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

Of course, I keep forgetting about Steve........and Ioan :angel: ;)
......and Samaras :heart:.......and Neymar :heart:..........

Sorryyyyyyyy :kiss:

PS. :laugh: Steve is one of my best friends, Ioan one of my worst enemies. Weird association......:devil:

[Tazio]

:sailor: sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry :angel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5IVuN1N6-Y
"
Driving naked on the PCH through Huntington Beach in "The OC" :devil:

[gadjo_dilo]

Sorry, but on a naked ride shouldn't the camera have been focused on the driver and his/her facial expressions and sayings? Could have become a nice piece of a cine-verite......:angel:
And now that some guy said my fav genre is soft porn, I suggest to shoot such things when you're on your bike. :devil:


Coming back to the title thread I hope this weekend I'll see Birdman.

[Tazio]

Sorry, if you want to see the rest of the narcissistic photo I will have to PM it to you. :angel:
As for naked scootering; it is still a little chilly even in Southern CA. For that activity, but I promise when the weather warms up a little you can have an exclusive viewing of my naked ride home, before it goes viral. However, back on topic, if you, happened to miss it, a classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJS8j9YYB9w

[gadjo_dilo]

Sorry, if you want to see the rest of the narcissistic photo I will have to PM it to you. :angel:
This thread is about movies not photos and anyway it would take you too many Newcastles to ever dare. :p


However, back on topic, if you, happened to miss it, a classic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJS8j9YYB9w
I saw Easy rider a long time ago. I fell in love with Peter Fonda. :laugh:

[Tazio]

This thread is about movies not photos and anyway it would take you too many Newcastles to ever dare. :p


I saw Easy rider a long time ago. I fell in love with Peter Fonda. :laugh:I saw Barbarella, and Cat Ballou a long time ago, and fell in love with Jane, and to this day I would crawl three miles over broken glass just to ****-*** in her shadow :angel:

BTW, I'm sure you have a great appreciation of Barbarlla with your affinity for soft porn! :laugh: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

:laugh: Sorry, I missed Barbarella. But I think I saw Cat Ballou and Barefoot in the Park about 20 times. I liked Jane Fonda too, but Peter was the fav of their family.

[Tazio]

Sweetie, I went mountain biking today at a place called Chollas Canyon. I happened to bring my scrub MacKodak with me.479 477 480Guess what I found at the end of the rainbow?478

This pic wearing only my Nike's :angel: :kiss:

[gadjo_dilo]

:eek:
Taz dear, you're so sexxxxxy.........::kiss: :heart:
The fact that the camera was focused again on the wrong target doesn't do you justice. :angryfire:
. But I know that the two deleted messages weren't your usual posts under the influence but witty tricks to stir my imagination. :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

OK, enough with the jokes and let's go back to the movies. They say that Birdman is a must see so I saw it. Technically it's more than correct and the actors play very well. But nothing more from my point of view.
After being severely criticisezed by keysersoze, this movie offered me a few petty satisfactions. Because this movie is also*pointing a finger to the Holliwood film industry that has become a sort of *machinery of sequels*in search of more and more money, , to the actors that comfortably accept this financial game and give up serious projects, to the elitist snobism of Broadway, to the impact of the social networks and to the public lack of interest for real art and even the incapacity of this public to perceive art.

[Rudy Tamasz]

Taz, hands off of my little gadjo!

[Big Ben]

It's February 2nd so it would be a great day to watch one of my favorite comedies, Groundhog Day :laugh:... if only I had the time.

[Tazio]

:eek:
Taz dear

I know that the two deleted messages weren't your usual posts under the influence but witty tricks to stir my imagination. :angel:TBH those were a double post, and a triple post. I was trying to edit out the one attachment that was not focused, and I screwed up and it had reposted twice before I had realized it. No drinking this weekend, just old and confused, but nice conspiracy theory. :rolleyes: ;)

[Tazio]

Taz, hands off of my little gadjo!

Oh come on, taking other men's women is what I do best!! :angel: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

........but nice conspiracy theory. :rolleyes: ;)

:laugh:
That's what I do best.
I also had a serious contribution at little Laura's story.:angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

This week movie is another Cannes 2014 success: Le meraviglie ( The wonders) by the young Italian director Alice Rohnwacher. It's about a strange family that live in a bee farm and by far the most interesting character is the oldest daughter. The real "meraviglia" of this movie isn't Monica Bellucci ( who has a short part ) but the little girl Maria Alexandra Lungu ( Romanian origin, BTW :laugh: ).
There's no much action on the screen but I really enjoyed the movie, there's nothing thrilling but I felt involved in the tough existence of those people.
A special mention for a song in the movie. Unfortunately I couldn't find out who's singing.
As a minus - It's no sex scene during the movie. :s Just the father wearing only his underwear for about 50℅ of the time.

Some of you use to watch old movies. Last week I got to rewatch ( probably for the millionth time :laugh:) All about Eve, a great movie in my opinion.

[Tazio]

I watched a kooky little movie from 1968 called "Sol Madrid". It was kind of dumb, I starred David McCallum, and Stella Stevens :love:,
but it co-starred three of my fav character actors; Rip Torn, Ricardo Mantlban, and Telly Savalas. Telly is the best, "Who loves ya' baby?". It's about a Government narc Sol Madrid (David McCallum), that goes down to Mexico to bust a Mafia run cocaine operation, He has to take high end hooker Stevens with him. I enjoyed this movie. on TCM. :)



Tonight it is The Philadelphia Story, and Citizen Kane. Seen them both numerous times so I'll look for alternatives. ;)

[janvanvurpa]

Last night watch first time since the 50s one of the greatest films of all times: John Ford's "The Searchers".

Blown away.. every shot a masterpiece...complex story. Wonder full..

Gadjo Dilo you must watch it.....once we did make movies worth a damn in America...

[gadjo_dilo]

Yeah, old american movies are great. I guess my ''problems'' with american movies started with the end of the 90"s productions,
I don't think I've ever watched The Searchers. But I saw and liked a lot of John Ford's movies: Stagecoach, The grapes of wrath, My darling Clementine, The man who shot Liberty Valance, Cheyenne autumn,How green was my valley, Fort Apache.

[Jag_Warrior]

Not even sure how I found it (or the time to watch it), but I sat down long enough on Saturday to watch The Philadelphia Story. It's a well acted and very witty movie from 1940, starring Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart. Nothing life changing about it, but the script and the acting were simply amazing. And considering that I only knew her from later in life, Katharine Hepburn was quite fetching when she was younger.

As has been mentioned in this thread, what shocks me when I watch certain old movies (foreign and domestic) is that they tend to rely on story and acting and not as much on special effects and shock value. Too many modern movies (and TV shows) are written based on the rules of political correctness and test audiences = unwatchable garbage.

[Tazio]

:stareup: I re-watched It also dawg. A thoroughly entertaining, well acted, funny movie. Kate, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, and also Ruth Hussey, all put in great performances. Of course my fav character is Uncle Willie. :angel:
Got to love TCM!

[Jag_Warrior]

Taz, I guess one benefit to loving (good) movies, but hating what they have become now, is we're forced to seek out great movies from the past.

I really liked American Sniper (but hated The Hurt Locker with a passion) and that's the first popular movie I've enjoyed in probably ten years.

Yep, TCM for the win!

[gadjo_dilo]

Isn't it funny? This thread was meant for discussing the latest movie releases and we keep talking about the old movies....
Also funny is that I never watch TCM ( I get this channel only between 10 pm and 6 am).
You made me curious about this Philly Story and I found it online with Romanian subtitles. It's too late to watch it now but definitely I'll do it these days. Also find the Searchers online.
About Katherine Hepburn, I think she was a great actress but always had a sort of old look. Loved her in The African Queen and in The Rainmaker ( what movies....what actors.....)

And now surprise, surprise....On one of our public television channels we'll have The Mummy with Boris Karloff. As a youngster I dreamt of watching one of these old horror movies. Wonder if I'll get scared.....

[janvanvurpa]

Isn't it funny? This thread was meant for discussing the latest movie releases and we keep talking about the old movies....
Also funny is that I never watch TCM ( I get this channel only between 10 pm and 6 am).
You made me curious about this Philly Story and I found it online with Romanian subtitles. It's too late to watch it now but definitely I'll do it these days. Also find the Searchers online.
About Katherine Hepburn, I think she was a great actress but always had a sort of old look. Loved her in The African Queen and in The Rainmaker ( what movies....what actors.....)

And now surprise, surprise....On one of our public television channels we'll have The Mummy with Boris Karloff. As a youngster I dreamt of watching one of these old horror movies. Wonder if I'll get scared.....
Gadjo dilo, I didn't know this was for new stuff so I looked and here is the first post:

Post your thoughts on the latest movie releases, upcoming blockbusters and anything else, well, movie related!

So we're OK ( thank goodness!)

The Mummy won't scare too...too much..

I have been watching movies from all over the world for well 60 years but in recent years with wikipedia and you-tube there is so much to be discovered...
I have been delighted and surprised at the work of "the Archers" ...a partnership of English Michael Power and the Hungarian/English emeric pressburger..
See

Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was a renowned English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people) film director (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_director), celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeric_Pressburger). Through their production company "The Archers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powell_and_Pressburger)", they together wrote, produced and directed a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_Parallel_%28film%29) (1941), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Death_of_Colonel_Blimp) (1943), A Matter of Life and Death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Matter_of_Life_and_Death_%28film%29) (1946, also called Stairway to Heaven), Black Narcissus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Narcissus) (1947), The Red Shoes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Shoes_%281948_film%29) (1948), and The Tales of Hoffmann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tales_of_Hoffmann_%28film%29) (1951)

Every one of those are all wonderful--and every one different...
I can barely think of "A Matter of Life and Death" without choking up, (even now just writing this I have to pause) ...so creative, so exciting, and for an lifetime romantic so touching..

Another wonderful film is:
I Know Where I'm Going! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Know_Where_I%27m_Going%21) in all these you have to loosen your mind and put yourself into the time they were released---and really look at all the various messages...

Trust me!

[Storm]

I watched a French crime drama , The Crimson Rivers (Jean Reno) on the week-end..as usual nothing worth watching on tv channels (apart from endless runs of Transporter/former, Ong Bak, Twilight, Resident Evil and bullshit like that) but found this...Not great plot wise but it kept me captivated with the acting/cinematography and overall pace....Actually I haven't watched hundreds of them but the French do know how to make movies!

[gadjo_dilo]

Just finished watching The mummy. Not scary at all. And quite entertaining for a 1932 production. More watchable than the 1999 version.:devil:


I have been watching movies from all over the world for well 60 years ......
Have you ever seen a north korean movie?
Or romanian?

[Tazio]

I've seen a North Korean porn movie portraying a ménage à trois in Romania, starring:

Francis Hong Yong-ho, Pak Hyon-suk, and No Kum-sok called "The Ribald Gypies" :angel:

[airshifter]

Last night watch first time since the 50s one of the greatest films of all times: John Ford's "The Searchers".

Blown away.. every shot a masterpiece...complex story. Wonder full..

Gadjo Dilo you must watch it.....once we did make movies worth a damn in America...

I've only seen that once or twice when I was young, and still remember it to this day. Without a doubt a stand out movie, especially for the era it was filmed in.




Taz, I guess one benefit to loving (good) movies, but hating what they have become now, is we're forced to seek out great movies from the past.

I really liked American Sniper (but hated The Hurt Locker with a passion) and that's the first popular movie I've enjoyed in probably ten years.

Yep, TCM for the win!

I agree on the old vs new movies thing. All the special effects and money in the world can't overcome a great story line and good actors. It's rare that new movies catch my attention much in the way of overall content.


Having just watched American Sniper this past weekend, I make great exception for that film. I thought maybe I was a little too closely attached to and that created my feelings on it, but the end of the film confirmed that it wasn't just me.
NOBODY in that theater even budged until the credits were almost completely over, and it was dead silent. I heard one woman on the way out say "I didn't know if I should clap or continue crying".

Gadjo dilo, I know you have expressed that you often don't care for "mainstream" US movies.... but I'd bet money that you would appreciate that film.

[gadjo_dilo]

Gadjo dilo, I know you have expressed that you often don't care for "mainstream" US movies.... but I'd bet money that you would appreciate that film.
Well, there's not a total boycott of american movies. Sometimes I watch them if they seem interesting or are recommended by people who share my taste. If you confirm it's a good one I'll give it a try in case it will be broadcasted in “my” theatre or I might watch it online.




I've seen a North Korean porn movie portraying a ménage à trois in Romania, starring:

Francis Hong Yong-ho, Pak Hyon-suk, and No Kum-sok called "The Ribald Gypies" :angel:

I guess such movies are kinda ordinary on your tramp fb friends' pages where you had the opportunity to watch such garbage. :angel:

[Tazio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CduA0TULnow

:angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

Since janvanvurpa noticed that this thread is dedicated to “thoughts on the latest movie releases, upcoming blockbusters and anything else, well, movie related" I guess I might say here the following about a movie that I haven't seen yet.

I have become very enthusiastic about a romanian movie called Aferim and I hope I'll have the chance to watch it. These days it was released at the Berlin Film Festival, one of the most prestigious în the world, and it's a serious pretender of the big prize- The Golden Bear.

Since keysersoze asked what's the role of movie critics I come again and say that a review may make you interested în watching a production. And so far these movie has great reviews:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/aferim-berlin-review-772508

http://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/berlin-film-review-aferim-1201431135/#

And here's the trailer of the movie:
( lol. I don't know any of the actors în the leading roles :p )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTYOY_jQWc

[Tazio]

And here's the trailer of the movie:
( lol. I don't know any of the actors în the leading roles :p )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTYOY_jQWc

1:08 :sailor: :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

1:08 :sailor: :angel:

You've got it. That's why I'm so interested in this movie. :s

[Tazio]

:stareup: Oops I................ did it again! :p:

[gadjo_dilo]

:stareup: Oops I................ did it again! :p:
Will you ever stop? :angel:

[Malbec]

I agree on the old vs new movies thing. All the special effects and money in the world can't overcome a great story line and good actors. It's rare that new movies catch my attention much in the way of overall content.

Having just watched American Sniper this past weekend, I make great exception for that film. I thought maybe I was a little too closely attached to and that created my feelings on it, but the end of the film confirmed that it wasn't just me.
NOBODY in that theater even budged until the credits were almost completely over, and it was dead silent. I heard one woman on the way out say "I didn't know if I should clap or continue crying".

Gadjo dilo, I know you have expressed that you often don't care for "mainstream" US movies.... but I'd bet money that you would appreciate that film.

Actually I'd recommend almost all of Clint's modern stuff. I've heard mixed things about American Sniper but want to see it to make my own mind up. Most of the stuff he's done including and since Unforgiven has been worth watching IMO, complex plots, murky morals and a focus on violence which is a world away from Hollywood blastfests. He likes looking at the type of personality that is drawn to it and especially the impact it has on the people that get involved who are internally scarred for life.

Gadjo, I'd also recommend Terence Mallick's stuff though whether you'd consider him as 'mainstream' I don't know.

[Zeakiwi]

Bradley Cooper is also in 'Aloha', seems lighter material than 'American Sniper'.
http://youtu.be/O3mf_ewjc7s trailer

http://youtu.be/28r87OzTVeo (Good Kill trailer) - drone movie from Andrew Niccol/ Ethan Hawke - will probably create a bit of discussion. I wonder if Top Gun 2 will be the same or just a whizz bang movie. The drone pilot who 'spoke out' had a reported tally of 1626 , ten times Kyle's. Long term drone pilots must have some large tallies.

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http://youtu.be/ji8Tsuj3u0c (Housebound trailer -nz horror comedy)there is probably too much kiwi vernacular in this movie for a wide release - therefore it will get a Hollywood/ new line remake.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/66107680/hollywood-to-remake-kiwi-horror-film-housebound

[janvanvurpa]

Actually I'd recommend almost all of Clint's modern stuff. I've heard mixed things about American Sniper but want to see it to make my own mind up. Most of the stuff he's done including and since Unforgiven has been worth watching IMO, complex plots, murky morals and a focus on violence which is a world away from Hollywood blastfests. He likes looking at the type of personality that is drawn to it and especially the impact it has on the people that get involved who are internally scarred for life.

Gadjo, I'd also recommend Terence Mallick's stuff though whether you'd consider him as 'mainstream' I don't know.

Malbec, mon sewer, Malick !!!!! No not mainstream.... Not in same ocean as whatever stream runs into it..So facinated with his treatment of the great James Jones
Here's wiki's intro:
The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American ensemble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast) epic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film) war film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film) written and directed by Terrence Malick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_Malick). Based on the novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%28novel%29) by James Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jones_%28author%29), it tells a fictionalized version of the Battle of Mount Austen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Austen,_the_Galloping_Horse,_and_t he_Sea_Horse), which was part of the Guadalcanal Campaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign) in the Pacific Theater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War) of World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II). It portrays soldiers of C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, played by Sean Penn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn), Jim Caviezel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Caviezel), Nick Nolte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Nolte), Elias Koteas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Koteas) and Ben Chaplin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Chaplin). Although the title may seem to reference a line from Rudyard Kipling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling)'s poem "Tommy", from Barrack-Room Ballads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrack-Room_Ballads), in which he calls foot soldiers "the thin red line of heroes",[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%281998_film%29#cite_note-2) referring to the stand of the 93rd Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%28Battle_of_Balaclava%29) in the Battle of Balaclava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava) of the Crimean War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War), it is in reality a quote from the book which reads "they discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad... and the living from the dead..."

A man who returns to filmaking after 20 years 'in the wildernesss" cannot be at all mainstream.

The subject in "The Thin Red Line" was maybe especially interesting to me having of course read Jones' novel years earlier and having had a good friend who was a Marine who fought there--and lost his right arm from bad wounds that became horribly infected....I would roll certain funny, fat cigarettes for him which were then illegal, but now in my enlightened State are finally legal And as i rolled he talked about Guadalcanal, and we talked about movies.....John Ford's great ones, and war movies--he was an academic so the point of view was about the creation of the Mythos ---which is about as close as most Americans get to war.....
And interestingly we predicted that when we lost the stupid war America was then fighting--once again in the jungles---that there would be some real crap movies glorifying the people as heroes because you could possibly make on critical of the policies...

Looks like it is once again the era of paeans to individuals, without serious context of what they were doing.

[airshifter]

Actually I'd recommend almost all of Clint's modern stuff. I've heard mixed things about American Sniper but want to see it to make my own mind up. Most of the stuff he's done including and since Unforgiven has been worth watching IMO, complex plots, murky morals and a focus on violence which is a world away from Hollywood blastfests. He likes looking at the type of personality that is drawn to it and especially the impact it has on the people that get involved who are internally scarred for life.

Gadjo, I'd also recommend Terence Mallick's stuff though whether you'd consider him as 'mainstream' I don't know.

Since Gran Torino I've liked the style Clint has, and agree that the plots and morals often step over the line of the norm. But I enjoy the complexities that he shows in humans. I usually don't have much time for movies, but have a couple more of his on my "to watch" list.





Bradley Cooper is also in 'Aloha', seems lighter material than 'American Sniper'.
http://youtu.be/O3mf_ewjc7s trailer

http://youtu.be/28r87OzTVeo (Good Kill trailer) - drone movie from Andrew Niccol/ Ethan Hawke - will probably create a bit of discussion. I wonder if Top Gun 2 will be the same or just a whizz bang movie. The drone pilot who 'spoke out' had a reported tally of 1626 , ten times Kyle's. Long term drone pilots must have some large tallies.

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http://youtu.be/ji8Tsuj3u0c (Housebound trailer -nz horror comedy)there is probably too much kiwi vernacular in this movie for a wide release - therefore it will get a Hollywood/ new line remake.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/film/66107680/hollywood-to-remake-kiwi-horror-film-housebound


I thought Cooper did a good job in American Sniper, but to be honest I didn't see it as the stand out performance many make it to be. And that is said not to take anything away from him as an actor. But often the "big" recognized movies end up with a bazillion nominations for awards for everything from food catering service, to music, to acting.

I hadn't heard of Good Kill, and it might be an interesting angle to the complexities of modern day warfare and people taking lives from safe environments. I'd personally like if they made the politicians driving these wars at a minimum "push the red button" on operations such as this, in hopes that a more personal involvement might alter their view on policies. I'd bet that if they were the ones being asked to take human life things might change.




Malbec, mon sewer, Malick !!!!! No not mainstream.... Not in same ocean as whatever stream runs into it..So facinated with his treatment of the great James Jones
Here's wiki's intro:
The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American ensemble (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_cast) epic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_film) war film (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_film) written and directed by Terrence Malick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrence_Malick). Based on the novel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%28novel%29) by James Jones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jones_%28author%29), it tells a fictionalized version of the Battle of Mount Austen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mount_Austen,_the_Galloping_Horse,_and_t he_Sea_Horse), which was part of the Guadalcanal Campaign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign) in the Pacific Theater (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War) of World War II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II). It portrays soldiers of C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, played by Sean Penn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Penn), Jim Caviezel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Caviezel), Nick Nolte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Nolte), Elias Koteas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Koteas) and Ben Chaplin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Chaplin). Although the title may seem to reference a line from Rudyard Kipling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling)'s poem "Tommy", from Barrack-Room Ballads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrack-Room_Ballads), in which he calls foot soldiers "the thin red line of heroes",[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%281998_film%29#cite_note-2) referring to the stand of the 93rd Regiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Red_Line_%28Battle_of_Balaclava%29) in the Battle of Balaclava (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Balaclava) of the Crimean War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War), it is in reality a quote from the book which reads "they discover the thin red line that divides the sane from the mad... and the living from the dead..."

A man who returns to filmaking after 20 years 'in the wildernesss" cannot be at all mainstream.

The subject in "The Thin Red Line" was maybe especially interesting to me having of course read Jones' novel years earlier and having had a good friend who was a Marine who fought there--and lost his right arm from bad wounds that became horribly infected....I would roll certain funny, fat cigarettes for him which were then illegal, but now in my enlightened State are finally legal And as i rolled he talked about Guadalcanal, and we talked about movies.....John Ford's great ones, and war movies--he was an academic so the point of view was about the creation of the Mythos ---which is about as close as most Americans get to war.....
And interestingly we predicted that when we lost the stupid war America was then fighting--once again in the jungles---that there would be some real crap movies glorifying the people as heroes because you could possibly make on critical of the policies...

Looks like it is once again the era of paeans to individuals, without serious context of what they were doing.

I'm often critical of any historical inaccuracies in military type movies, and a couple of friends that saw The Thin Red Line prompted me to decide not to view it. But I was critical of a few of the scenes in American Sniper as well, but overall appreciated the movie.

As for your closing comments, I think that is something that is misunderstood by people who have not served in a military role. Much like your friend that served in the Pacific, once in that situation those people have little time to look at the overall context, political influences, and long term policy blunders. I think most of them are living in their own "here and now" and adapt in whatever way they feel needed. The struggles many of them have later in life are in my opinion the conflict they face in dealing with the consequences of their decisions, as well as the public opinion of the rights and wrongs involved.

Without some focus on the individuals, the story would often be lost. But I do agree that when those individuals are glorified, it's only one side of the story. That's why I enjoy the films that focus on the entire picture more showing how those individuals, loved or hated, cope with their own decisions.

[Malbec]

The subject in "The Thin Red Line" was maybe especially interesting to me having of course read Jones' novel years earlier and having had a good friend who was a Marine who fought there--and lost his right arm from bad wounds that became horribly infected....I would roll certain funny, fat cigarettes for him which were then illegal, but now in my enlightened State are finally legal And as i rolled he talked about Guadalcanal, and we talked about movies.....John Ford's great ones, and war movies--he was an academic so the point of view was about the creation of the Mythos ---which is about as close as most Americans get to war.....

Interesting, I saw the Thin Red Line about the same time as I read the Naked and the Dead, and I thought the film much inferior until I realised what Mallick was trying to do. Apart from showing the men's struggle for the most important things in their lives, their sanity and indeed life itself I thought he was showing how insignificant all this is or was compared to the living breathing being that the island itself is. One minute we see the Americans encounter the Japanese for the first time with horrific results, men dropping like flies everywhere, artillery blasting the world to bits and battle hardened sergeants lose their minds. The next minute the fighting has stopped, the long grass claims all the casualties and the island swallows all evidence of the fighting as if it had never happened. The very final shot I thought indicates that long after all the men have gone home and died of old age, long after the battle of Guadalcanal is forgotten completely, long after the USA and Japan have ceased to exist the island will still be there, crocodiles, palm trees and all. I thought he was trying to show how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things, whether as individuals, nations or even as a species and how egotistical we are for thinking otherwise.


And interestingly we predicted that when we lost the stupid war America was then fighting--once again in the jungles---that there would be some real crap movies glorifying the people as heroes because you could possibly make on critical of the policies...

Looks like it is once again the era of paeans to individuals, without serious context of what they were doing.

I'd be interested to see what you think of Flags of Our Fathers then, which shows three soldiers associated (and I use that word deliberately) with the famous photo of the Marines hoisting up the flag on mount Suribachi and how they are used by the US government back home to maintain interest in a war that is rapidly losing the attention of Americans back home. Three men who are definitely not heroes and who struggle to cope with the aftermath of the horrors they saw and the contrast with the adulation heaped on them by the American public.

[gadjo_dilo]

I saw Stockholm, a Spanish movie directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. What can I say? I loved it. Probably the best movie I've seen in the last year. Malbec, you'll definitely like it.
The title doesn't come from Sweden capital but from Stockholm syndrome. Actually the action takes place in Madrid .
A boy meets a girl in a club and does anything to seduce her because she's reticent. After he did it, things change radically.
The boy is charming, he's aware of his charisma but he's vain, playing with the girls as he wishes. The girl is sensitive, fragile, even shy, the introvert type. He wants just to seduce her, he's not interested at all to know her or her emotions.
The interaction between these two ( the only characters of the movie) starts like a nice love story but will end dramatically.
Loved every minute of this movie, but I'm afraid I took it too personally....
Maybe I needed this movie to open my eyes......?????

PS Whenever I go to the movies the theater is empty, this time it was half full. It's really weird .....
Most of the audience were people over 40 yo, also weird for a movie about youngsters.

PS2 My exuberance after watching a great movie disappeared on my way home because of a terrible car crash in the neighbourhood. 3 deaths and 6 seriously wounded in the middle of the city, at the middle of the day and on a zebra.....I could have been right in that place if we hadn't decided to have a coffee before going home.

[Big Ben]

funny thing, i was listening on Friday or Saturday on the radio talking about Stockholm and thought I'm sure Gadjo's going to that one :laugh:

PS the Romanian are probably the most retarded drivers in the EU. Every time I'm in traffic, in my car or on my bike I thing everybody else is out there to kill me.

[Big Ben]

I've never gave a crap about the Oscars and I've never understood the hype. I hear boyhood and the grand hotel budapest are big deal this year. I've tried to watch boyhood but gave up 3/4 into the movie. It was just slightly more interesting than filming a tree growing over 12 years. I watched the grand hotel budapest too. wtf is that movie?

[gadjo_dilo]

funny thing, i was listening on Friday or Saturday on the radio talking about Stockholm and thought I'm sure Gadjo's going to that one :laugh:


In the future don't be so sure cos unfortunately I don't go to any movie I want. I follow only what is broadcast at Cinema Studio. Next week will be a hungarian movie.

You should go to Stockholm ( the movie not the city :p ). It's not boring at all. Not to mention it won the grand prix at Transilvania Film festival.

[gadjo_dilo]

If it's Wednesday it must be Telecinemateca on our public television. This time it was The Invisible Man, produced in 1933. Enjoyed it and since I can't be arsed with special effects I'm sure I wouldn't like too much a recent version.


www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1lm1YH7BKE

[Tazio]

......and Samaras :heart:.......and Neymar :heart:..........

Sorryyyyyyyy :kiss:



From todays f1 practice:

14:39 Football fans will be delighted with Williams right now, with Brazilian ace and Barcelona star Neymar visiting countryman Felipe Massa in the garage.
:angel: Sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry :kiss:

[gadjo_dilo]

Cool :cool:

[Tazio]

I :kiss: you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmgbbT_Eruc

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm trying to guess the movie from where the picture above was selected. Must be a remake of The Invisible Man.



Edit. It's not fair to remove pics after a forumer posted something related to them.
Not everyone got the chance to see the pic of a helmet on a bike.

[gadjo_dilo]

I thought twice before going to the hungarian movie White God ( in our cinemas the title was City of dogs). All I know about the Hungarian cinema are a few great directors, Miklos Iancso ( this movie is dedicated to him), Istvan Szabo and Marta Meszaros. Eventually I decided to go and it was a good decision because I liked it a lot. The cinema was empty as usual proving that both Hungarian ethnics and dog lovers aren't real cinephiles. :p.
A young girl has to live three months with her natural father and he's not very happy to host her dog, a mix breed called Hagen. He abandons the dog in the street and the movie describes the adventures that will turn the friendly dog into a real beast while the girl does everything to find him but also falls in love with an older boy, goes to a club, gets drunk, hides drugs. The dog is beaten, hunted, tortured and trained to kill in dog fights. Once he killed a dog and saw blood he changed his behaviour. After being caught and brought to a dog shelter where he should be euthanasied he become the leader of a sort of army of dogs who escape and starts a sort of dog apocalypse. The army of dogs ( a symbol of those oppressed ) terrorise Budapest and Hagen kills one by one all the people who applied him a bad treatment. In the end he's ready to kill even the little girl.
The real wonders of the movie are the dogs who are extremely well trained, their communication with other dogs and with men -and nothing was computer generated. I'm not speaking about a few dogs but of about 300. So the movie is worth watching, it's strange and it will activate your grey cells. It's really hard to admit that man's best friend is still a beast or that dogs can act like humans.....
Or forget Lassie and beware of the dog.:laugh:
The most impressive was the run of the dogs through an empty Budapest, wonder how they could shoot that.
Well, I hope I managed to make you curious to watch it. Here are 2 of the trailers:

http://www.cinemagia.ro/trailer/white-god-11485/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIGz2kyo26U


I remember I read a long interview that Francois Truffaut took to Alfred Hitchcock who said he thought for one of his movies ( can't remember which one ) a scene where hundreds of cats gathered in the streets of a town but then gave up thinking it would be impossible to cope with them.

PS On tv I rewatched with the same joy for the millionth time the wonderful movie of another great eastern director (Emir Kusturica), White Cat, Black Cat. Has anybody seen it?

[gadjo_dilo]

Why did I go to watch this Ukrainian movie( the Tribe) on a terrible rainy day, at an inconvenient hour and paying the ticket twice than usual?
The fact that it was selected at Cannes 2014? No.......
The good reviews? No, sir!
The curiosity about a movie where you can't hear a word and everything is expressed in the sign language? Nooooooooo........
Since Mr.K saw my true colour and forced me to come out I can't see any reason to hide it and be a hypocrite.
I went to see it because of its poster. The picture of 2 completely naked teenagers was a sort of a promise of a good ol' soft porn movie - my fav genre. :p From this point of view I was kinda disappointed - only 3 scenes, although more than explicite.
The story is about a teenager who's deaf-mute and enters a boarding school for people with such a disability. It's a place where violence, prostitution and robbery are common things and he learns to live after the rules of this "tribe" in order to survive. Until he falls in love with one of the girls who practices prostitution. His revenge is horrible to watch and for God's sake, I was able to watch without a wink Passolini's "Salo or the 120 days of Sodom''. Also it's hard to watch a scene of a very realistic abortion( hey! a few pages behind I was rhetorically asked how far will cinematography go?)
As I said nobody talks in this movie and it has no subtitles, just the sign language.
But who needs subtitles for sex and violence?:confused:

[Tazio]

Why did I go to watch this Ukrainian movie( the Tribe) on a terrible rainy day, at an inconvenient hour and paying the ticket twice than usual?
The fact that it was selected at Cannes 2014? No.......
The good reviews? No, sir!
The curiosity about a movie where you can't hear a word and everything is expressed in the sign language? Nooooooooo........
Since Mr.K saw my true colour and forced me to come out I can't see any reason to hide it and be a hypocrite.
I went to see it because of its poster. The picture of 2 completely naked teenagers was a sort of a promise of a good ol' soft porn movie - my fav genre. From this point of view I was kinda disappointed - only 3 scenes, although more than explicite.
The story is about a teenager who's deaf-mute and enters a boarding school for people with such a disability. It's a place where violence, prostitution and robbery are common things and he learns to live after the rules of this "tribe" in order to survive. Until he falls in love with one of the girls who practices prostitution. His revenge is horrible to watch and for God's sake, I was able to watch without a wink Passolini's "Salo or the 120 days of Sodom''. Also it's hard to watch a scene of a very realistic abortion( hey! a few pages behind I was rhetorically asked how far will cinematography go?)
As I said nobody talks in this movie and it has no subtitles, just the sign language.
But who needs subtitles for sex and violence?
:stareup: :laugh:

Next time I'm in Absurdistan I'm asking you out on a movie date. :devil:

That is if it is OK with Steve, and Donkey's missus. :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

:stareup: :laugh:

Next time I'm in Absurdistan I'm asking you out on a movie date. :devil:


Ask the one you visited the first time when you were here.

[Tazio]

Ask the one you visited the first time when you were here.
I had to dispose of her body! :vampire:

[gadjo_dilo]

And I'm not disposed to go out with somebody who treats me like s*it.

[raybak]

Blue World Order www.bwomovie.com is a movie I have been working on. Release early 2016. Action thriller set in a post Apocalyptic world. Has a lot of good car chase scenes, yes you will see some of my driving in a Delorean.

Has Billy Zane, Jack Thompson, Bruce Spence and Stephen Hunter in the movie.

From what I have seen on set it will be a great movie.

Ray

[Tazio]

And I'm not disposed to go out with somebody who treats me like s*it.Sorry sweetie I thought it was a harmless joke. :wave:

[gadjo_dilo]

It's not about your joke. You did a shitty thing some weeks ago. Never thought you could be so mean.

[Tazio]

I'm not really mean spirited, just sick in the head. Sorry, I will endeavor to show more respect to all members from this moment forth! :angel:

[gadjo_dilo]

I don't have a problem with your sick mind and I can cope with being the target of your mockery. But It just happened that you posted a really disgusting thing and I asked you....
No, I didn't ask you, I begged you to delete it but you ignored my request altough you knew I was hurt. That's not what a real friend would do. But it's probably hard for you to understand that behind a forum nickname there's still a human being......
Sorry :angel:

[Tazio]

I don't remember that part. :confused: maybe a quotation in a PM will refresh my memory?>

[janvanvurpa]

Just watched a few of Roberto Rosselini's films with Ingrid Bergman Holy sheet what movies.. Stromboli first..Local people, Neo-realismo, documentary like in ways...Fantastic..
Then last night "Europa '51" dio mio!
from wiki
Background Long fascinated by Francis of Assisi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi), Roberto Rossellini (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Rossellini) decided to create a film that placed a person of the saint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint)'s character in post-war Italy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) and showed what the consequences would be.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_%2751#cite_note-1) The film's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgilio_Marchi), a veteran futuristic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurism) architect.

[Tazio]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZInDURsyHrM

Any comments?

[gadjo_dilo]

Leviathan. Russian movie by Andrei Zviaghintev.

[gadjo_dilo]

For the second time this year I went to the cinema to find out that the movie announced was changed. :s

Two days ago I jumped for joy to see that Fellini's La dolce vita was scheduled on my fav theatre. Fellini is my fav director and you can't imagine the crazy things I've done to see his movies. But La dolce vita is an old movie and I never got the chance to watch it in a theatre.

I'm terribly disappointed and my day is ruined cos I cancelled the usual activities.
I just feel an inconsolable pain......

[gadjo_dilo]

Just saw on TV an old movie ( 1932!) - If I had a million. Really nice.

[gadjo_dilo]

I'm happy because I finally can talk about a Romanian movie. A few months ago I've told you about Aferim! ( meaning bravo! In Turkish ) and I managed to see it today.
Unlike other films of the romanian new wave that present the last years of the communist regime or the modern period, this one is a historical movie, the action takes place in Wallachia in 1835. It's also a road movie, an old constable and his son are chasing a run away gypsy slave, they catch him and bring him back to the boyar who owns him. It's shot in black and white and the dialogues are full of archaic words. Many people complained that they couldn't understand about 30% of the language but I guess it's because they didn't read enough the literature of that period.:laugh: Anyway we had the alternative to read the English subtitles cos this copy of the movie was probably presented at some film festival.:devil: I noticed that the translation wasn't quite good, a lot of spicy ( to tell the least ;) ) words were omitted or simply couldn't be translated. That's a loss for the foreign viewer cos the dialogues are the best part of the movie, I simply adored the perfume of archaic language and the humour of the replies.
Unlike our other movies about that period this one is realistic, presenting us as corrupted, ignorant, mysogins, hypocrits, drunkers, fatalists, superstitious but still tolerant. And sad to say, we haven't changed too much since then.:s
As a conclusion I may say Aferim! to the director Radu Jude, definitely I should see his other movies ( if you remember, I saw some short movies a few weeks ago, one of them was his ).

Since the movie had English subtitles I honestly regret I couldn't watch it with some of you, guys. Definitely you'd have liked it, some for the way it was shot, some for its dirty talking. :laugh:

[gadjo_dilo]

PS Once again the trailer of this movie + two quotes:


"Each nation has its purpose. The Jews, to cheat, the Turks, to do harm, us Romanians to love and suffer like Christ. And each has their habits. Hebrews reads a lot, Greeks talks a lot, Turks has many wives, Arabs has many teeth, Germans smokes a lot, Hungarians eats a lot, Russians drinks a lot, English thinks a lot, French likes fashion a lot, Armenians are lazy, Circassians wears much lace, Italians lies a lot, Serbians cheats a lot, Gypsies get beaten! Gypsies must be slaves.''


''Woman shall be less castigated than men, as they are dimmer of wit and weaker before sin..." :eek:



www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmTYOY_jQWc

[gadjo_dilo]

Got to watch a masterpiece, La grande illusion by Jean Renoir, a french movie from 1937. The kind of movie that never seems old and pass the time test.
The movie deals with relathionships between persons of different nationalities and classes, thrown together by the war ( WW I în this case ) and has a strong humanist message. Although it's set on war time, it is humanity that is real in this film. It's interesting cos if there were no war, none of these people would have met. There are characters of aristocratic background behaving like gentlemen towards each other even as enemies, french war prisoners and German soldiers with deep understanding of humanity, a wealthy Jewish prisoner who shares his food with everybody and a german widow who helps the runaway prisoners and even shares a love affair with one of them, german soldiers who fairly stop fire against the french prisoners the moment they reach the swiss border.

This movie made me think of another emoțional movie, Joyeux Noel, when on Christmas Eve during world War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish fraternize and get to know each other on the opposite side of war. Were people different on those times? Why are they presented aș army gentlemen who would honor the enemy, shake hands and apologize for inconvenience?

Here`s the movie trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hctrYzVYmfM
and a very emotional scene, reminding of Casablanca, when french prisoners found out that french army regained Fort Douaumont and spontaneously burst into La Marseillaise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHFiaBw0jk

[Tazio]

:stareup: ;)
I fell asleep watching a a very disturbing documentary called "Death and the Civil War" and dreamt an equally disturbing dream that I was on a death squad roaming around mid-nineteenth century US of A. executing people. The other members of the group I was in were twentieth century Afro-Americans. :mark:
Here is a little info about the piece that was actually quite good, although very morbid:

From acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, Death and the Civil War explores an essential but largely overlooked aspect of the most pivotal event in American history. With the coming of the Civil War, and the staggering casualties it ushered in, death entered the experience of the American people as it never had before - permanently altering the character of the republic, and the psyche of the American people. The work of contending with death on an unprecedented scale propelled extraordinary changes in the inner and outer life of Americans - posing challenges for which there were no ready answers when the war began - challenges that called forth remarkable and eventually heroic efforts as Americans worked to improvise new solutions, new institutions, new ways of coping with death on an unimaginable scale.
Based on Drew Gilpin Faust's groundbreaking book, This Republic of Suffering - the film tracks the increasingly lethal arc of the war, from all but bloodless opening, through the chaos of Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg - down through the struggle, in the war's aftermath, to cope with an American landscape littered with the bodies of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, many unburied, most unidentified.

[gadjo_dilo]

Next time be careful what movie you watch. Choose one with a sexy actress. :devil:

[Tazio]

...have any suggestions? :devil: :kiss:
I mean you are the forum authority on soft porn ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

Nymphomaniac. - by Lars von Trier :laugh:

[Tazio]

:The trailer looks very......:idea: interesting.
I think I will give a review here after watch it. :angel:
Did you enjoy it? :dog: ;)

[gadjo_dilo]

I already did my reviews when I saw them. A bit too shocking for me. Esp. the second movie - vol II

Take care. Don't watch it when you're about to fall asleep.:devil:

[Tazio]

:angel: OK!

[Zeakiwi]

After the Hobbit movies comes a potentially minor Kiwi/ NZ classic film. The Ground We Won.
https://youtu.be/g1n1ZblP1jk (trailer)

[gadjo_dilo]

Doar cu buletinul la Paris ( To Paris only with the ID ) is the last romanian movie I watched. Never been a fan of Serban Marinescu's movies but this was supposed to be a comedy, the actors are among the best and ......like the main character I also dream of going to Paris.
The movie was funny but not outstanding, it's a satire to today's romanian society. The hero is a french teacher ( who teaches everything but french -he teaches religion and sport ) from a small town near Book a Rest who dreams of Paris and try to save 1 leu/day to get 700 euros for the trip. All the situations and replies are cut from real life and related to corruption, poor living, Revolution, marital infidelity, faked matches, homeless kids, pedophily, televisions looking for sensational news, incompetent police, stupid politicians, nostalgics of communism, etc. In the end the homeless kid who he tried to help would steal his savings and he starts to save money again, 1 leu/day....in ten years 700 euros.

[gadjo_dilo]

Another Romanian movie: Comoara ( the Treasure) by the young and talented Corneliu Porumboiu. It was meant to be a documentary inspired by one of the actors whose grand-grandfather said he buried a treasure before the communists took the power. But it finished like a regular movie with a very low budget,
It's about a guy who is asked by a neighbour to lend him 800 euros. He can't give him so much but the neighbour is desperate and has a proposal: his grand-grand father buried a treasure in the yard of his country. House but he hasn't the money to pay a guy with a metal detector so if the neighbour pays that they'll share the treasure fifty-fifty. He agrees and both of them start to look after the treasure that will prove to be......

Just noticed that my last 3 movies were Romanian and there's an actor ( Toma Cuzin ) who's starring in all 3 :crazy:

[gadjo_dilo]

An amazing German movie, Phoenix by Christian Petzold..
Nelly, a former cabaret singer of Jewish origin is a surviver of the Holocaust and comes back to her native Berlin. Her face was damaged in the concentration camp and is reconstructed. She longs to be the person she used to be and is desperate to find her husband although she's warned that he betrayed her. When she finds him he doesn't recognize her but notices a resemblance with his wife who he believes is dead. He asks her to help him to get the inheritance of his dead wife by pretending it's her. She accepts because she's still n love with him but what she'll find is a cold, distant man who's interested only in her wealth. Not only he was the one who betrayed her and denounced her to the Nazis but also divorced from her before he did it.
The ending is overwhelming and I dare to post the video of it knowing that none of you would go and see it. She just found out he divorced and during her faked coming back in front of the friends and relatives asks him to sing together Speak Low ( amazing song, great lyrics ). It's the moment he realise she's the real Nelly and her face express all the possible emotions

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkAHi2wNSsc

I know, the story looks cheesy, it's not the kind of plot to attract me but once again the reviews I've read intrigued me. It's probably the acting of this incredible actress ( Nina Hoss) and the the director's talent.

PS. The only minus of this movie: no soft porn scenes :s

[gadjo_dilo]

Why the hell am I making a fool out of myself and continue to post on this thread? Obviously nobody else is interested to watch "my movies" or to comment what I say. :confused:

I'm probably a stubborn arse so I'll continue:
Relatos salvajes ( Wild Tales) by Damian Szifron, an amazing Argentinian movie, probably the best I've seen in months. It's a black comedy consisting of 6 short unrelated stories having the same theme -revenge. If in the past I said that x or y movie wouldn't be enjoyed by people on this forum, in this case I'm sure you'll definitely love it.
We live in a crazy world and most of us run a stressful life. Sometimes we feel it's too much and then we become violent and act extreme. Call me crazy ( dilo??!!?) but I admit I recognized myself in some of the characters although I seem to be a very gentle person.
So please, if you can't go to a theatre at least download this movie and you'll not regret it. Because it has action, sharp and clever humour and unpredictable turns.

[AAReagles]

Why the hell am I making a fool out of myself and continue to post on this thread? Obviously nobody else is interested...

I'm probably a stubborn arse so I'll continue:

Well, for the moment, everyone in your region is simulating the Le Mans mechanics - they're asleep.

The Le Mans thread tanked out, soooo... my 2 cents worth:

Just about anything directed by Sam Peckenpah, Sergio Leone, Stanley Krammer, Stanley Kubrick and Eastwood's early stuff (High Plains Drifter... not that Any Which Way w/an ape crap).
- Grand Prix... uh, no. Scrap the cheesey soundtrack.
- Winning... yes. Various types of racing profiled. Dave Grusin soundtrack appropriate.
- Le Mans... yes, for race scenes.
- Bobby Dearfield... nope. Good story line, but too little action. And why is our hero driving that ugly Brabham contraption instead of that gorgeous JPS machine?
- Days Of Thunder... no way in hell.
- Driven... anyone involved should have been black-listed for misrepresentation.

[gadjo_dilo]

Hey, let's not forget the emotional "Un homme et une femme" ( A man and a woman } by Claude Lelouch where the "homme" is a driver and competes in Le Mans and Monte Carlo Rally. The soundtrack signed Francis Lai is memorable too. The Mustang he's driving doesn't also look bad.
https://youtu.be/D43yjI6cles

So, anybody saw the Wild Tales?

[AAReagles]

Hey, let's not forget the emotional "Un homme et une femme" ( A man and a woman } by Claude Lelouch where the "homme" is a driver and competes in Le Mans and Monte Carlo Rally. The soundtrack signed Francis Laid is memorable too....
Ya got me there, I forgot about it since it's been over 20 years when I last saw it. You're right, that was a good movie, could have used more (GT-40) race scenes though. And yes the soundtrack is unmistakeable to anyone familiar with the 60s, considered a classic by many.

continued...

[AAReagles]

... I had also forgot:

- The Racers w/Kirk Douglas. Okay for it's time; the 50s, but the special effects were noticebly shabby even then.

- The Wild Racers, w/Fabian was more to my liking as it was filmed in Europe during the late 60s, w/F3 cars that appeared much more mature than earlier years designs.

- The Last American Hero w/Jeff Bridges slightly portraying Junior Johnson's life. If ever there was a good stock car movie, this was it. Filmed back in the early 70s - when real movies were made.

[Starter]

Don't forget 'Winning' with Paul Newman. Not the best racing movie ever made, but far from the worst. Not to mention that in the preparing for shooting got PN to fall in love with racing in which he became pretty competitive.

[gadjo_dilo]

Lol. There's even an old Romanian movie called Raliul starring the lovely actress Diana Gheorghian.https://youtu.be/23aN9AZ_a2g

[AAReagles]

Don't forget 'Winning'... Not the best racing movie ever made, but far from the worst..

I remembered (post#165), and I'm glad you did along with another race afficionado here, who mentioned it much earlier, as I feel this movie gets overlooked too often. Furthermore, despite Quentin Tarantino's lack of perspective, and other so-called fashionable critics, this film is the best racing movie I ever saw - IMO. I haven't seen Rush yet, and I'm sure there's more films from one period or another that I have yet to discover - but Winning is basically a time-capsule treasure trove to me.

continued...

[Mekola]

Why the hell am I making a fool out of myself and continue to post on this thread? Obviously nobody else is interested to watch "my movies" or to comment what I say. :confused:

I'm probably a stubborn arse so I'll continue:
Relatos salvajes ( Wild Tales) by Damian Szifron, an amazing Argentinian movie, probably the best I've seen in months. It's a black comedy consisting of 6 short unrelated stories having the same theme -revenge. If in the past I said that x or y movie wouldn't be enjoyed by people on this forum, in this case I'm sure you'll definitely love it.
We live in a crazy world and most of us run a stressful life. Sometimes we feel it's too much and then we become violent and act extreme. Call me crazy ( dilo??!!?) but I admit I recognized myself in some of the characters although I seem to be a very gentle person.
So please, if you can't go to a theatre at least download this movie and you'll not regret it. Because it has action, sharp and clever humour and unpredictable turns.

Relatos Salvajes is considered the best Argentinian film of 2014. His director Damián Szifrón is known to produce some local TV series, like "Los Simuladores" ("The Simulators", 2002) and "Hermanos & Detectives" ("Brothers & Detectives", 2007?). These series, created in Argentina, were exported and had both their versions made for TV in Spain.

[AAReagles]

... when Winning was filmed in 1968, it captured a time when Americans truly cared about racing. Not just NASCAR or Indy; but all kinds of events. You could see it from Car&Driver, Autoweek or Road&Track magazines whether it was coverages of Petty and Foyt, Clark and Gurney, or Riverside and Monza - it didn't matter. Racing was more embraced then than it ever was for us.

And yet oddly enough, racing had also started to decline from our pinacle of interest soon after: Clark was gone, the corporate front soon followed - which made quick dispatch of Gurney's international efforts, and of course the Ford Motor Co pulled up stakes from Europe and headed home. As an american, yes the film holds a strong sentimental value to me.

Anyways, with that storyline & cast - most notably Richard Thomas' performance - Winning couldn't possibly fail.

[gadjo_dilo]

Timbuktu, a french-mauritanian production by Abderrahmane Sissako.
A beautiful movie about a part of the world about what I don't know much.
Timbuktu is occupied by jihadists who impose their absurd rules. It's forbidden to sing, to play football, to smoke. Women should wear gloves. But population is passive and resigned.
The absurdity of the fundamentalist rules are underlined with a fine irony. One of the jihadists is secretly smoking, a girl is forced to marry an unwanted jihadist just because he's a "good'' man and Allah tells that good men should be given a woman, the jihadists enter a mosque with guns and their shoes on, they should stop the music but face the situation when the songs are psalms dedicated to the Prophet. But what I liked most was a scene where young boys are playing football with an imaginary ball and when the jihadists come they start to do gymnastics exercises.
The movie looks like a documentary about a cruel reality that can't be denied, it's really impressive.
....I strongly recommend it, believe me, it's a visual feast..

http://www.cinemagia.ro/trailer/timbuktu-timbuktu-11175/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CspcDYQ-SiY

And my fav part

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBGec1b5WkE

[AAReagles]

Not sure if that would be a movie for me.

Other than Lawrence Of Arabia, the only other flick pertaining to that region of the world that I saw, was about a russian tank crew becoming lost/seperated during the invasion of Afghanistan; called The Beast (1988).

George Dzundza played the part of the misguided officer too well, reminded me of our Lt. we had to DX before he would end up getting shot w/.223 rounds. Oops!

Mark Isham soundtrack is awesome btw.

[Mintexmemory]

Not sure if that would be a movie for me.

Other than Lawrence Of Arabia, the only other flick pertaining to that region of the world that I saw, was about a russian tank crew becoming lost/seperated during the invasion of Afghanistan; called The Beast (1988).

George Dzundza played the part of the misguided officer too well, reminded me of our Lt. we had to DX before he would end up getting shot w/.223 rounds. Oops!

Mark Isham soundtrack is awesome btw.

Timbuktu (Mali) is 4752 miles by road to Mecca (One of the central cities in Lawrence of Arabia).
Saudi Arabia (Middle East) and Mali (Central Africa) aren't considered as being in the same region of the world.
Now Kabul is a damn sight nearer to Mecca - 2760 miles but Afghanistan is also not considered to be the same region as Saudi and nowhere near Mali, being as it is in Asia.
What about Black Hawk Down - definitely Africa but very hard to talk about the Horn of Africa being in the same region (as opposed to continent) as Central /Western Africa
Apart from all the South African films (Mandela and the rest of the post-Apartheid genre) can recommend the following African setting movies:
Last King of Scotland
The Constant Gardener
The Passenger
White Mischief

[AAReagles]

Blackhawk Down?... yep.

Sahara (1943, Bogart)

The Desert Fox (1951, James Mason)

Tobruk

Play Dirty (1970, Michael Caine)

You're right about regions, our medal for the Persian Gulf War was labeled Southwest Asian Campaign. Yet when there is nothing but rock and sand, it's all the same to me.

[gadjo_dilo]

You're right about regions, our medal for the Persian Gulf War was labeled Southwest Asian Campaign. Yet when there is nothing but rock and sand, it's all the same to me.
Now to be honest the setting is less important ( I can also add The flight of the Phoenix by Robert Aldrich, The English patient, Out of Africa ) as long as the story and characters are typical European or american.
I liked Timbuktu because it's related to the local culture and traditions. Actually there's not a certain plot and not main characters, it's more about everyday life of these people and the problems they have to face.
In the same league I think of Le source des femmes by french director Radu Mihaileanu ( french???? In fact he's a Jewish romanian) a rather poetic movie about woman's condition in that part of the world.

[AAReagles]

Now to be honest the setting is less important ( I can also add The Flight of the Phoenix by Robert Aldrich, The English patient, Out of Africa ) as long as the story and characters are typical European or american.Ugh! :blackeye:
Yep seen and forgot all three of those. Flight of Phoenix was cool!




I liked Timbuktu because it's related to the local culture and traditions. Actually there's not a certain plot and not main characters, it's more about everyday life of these people and the problems they have to face..
Somehow I got this mixed up with a Peter Ustinov movie...
:confused:

[gadjo_dilo]

Blimey! I did it.....
I went to see a french family movie just for entertainment. Maybe because I just started a two weeks holiday having to stay in this horrible city while everybody left and have fun.
So the movie is La famille Belier, about a teenager girl who's the only one who can hear and talk in a deaf-mute family who lives in a farm. She has a special talent for singing but leaving the family and going to Paris to fulfil a career is a hard decision because she helps them in communication with people.blah, blah, blah......everything is predictable, still it's very positive and it makes you feel good ( well, I confess that the old fart I am cried a few teardrops).
But a real surprise was the soundtrack, a lot of old songs of Michel Sardou. In my early years when I was crazy after British or american music, our TV or radio stations played this guy so much that I hated him from the bottom of my heart. Now I discovered his great songs. ( have I told you I've become an old fart?.......:confused: ).

Here's one song that.....
Nahhhhhhh.......I won't tell....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvN3seTy7c

:s :s. :s

[gadjo_dilo]

1) The Irrational Man, by Woody Allen
With Joaquin Phoenix. :heart: :heart: :heart:

2) It was meant to re-watch- this time with the eyes of an adult woman- this piece of art and one of the most beautiful love stories in Russian cinematography: The Shooting Party, by Emil Loteanu ( who obviously is a romanian-moldovan), based on Chekhov"s novel. Not because last night it was full moon, but because my TV set was forgotten on a channel that I never watch and my brother also call up to tell me about it, and I was like, it's an old movie and it's late, I'd watch a bit. But I watched it all and loved it.
I always loved chekhovian stories because of tthe passionate characters and melancholic atmosphere ( typical in fact for classic Russian literature).
Once again the music of the film is great ( written by Eugen Doga, romanian-moldovan, too) and I can't stop from posting the scene illustrated by the most beautiful love waltz '' Sweet and Tender Beast"
Watch beautiful Olea who's dancing with her old groom, but remembers that a few minutes before she was in the arms of the man she really loves, while a third man full of desire is watching her.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyReY5Q8qVI

Guess what...Now I'm reading the book.

[Storm]

I watched a French movie a week or so ago and forgot to post here...especially for you gadjo as it had a Romanian actress as the main lead. It's about this french farmer who goes to Romania to find a "bride" to bring back and the young woman comes with him to work on his farm...not the type of movie I usually watch a lot of but I'm always impressed by French films. This was on TV5, its the Canadian French channel we get on cable.

let me find the link ->
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450664/?ref_=rvi_tt

[gadjo_dilo]

Lol, I know it, it was also on TV5. She's a Romanian actress, Medeea Marinescu, who doesn't even speak french.
However I found it very weird. The situation is real, it's hard to find a french wife willing to live in the country and it's hard to find a job in Romania. But she was young and full of life and he was old and grumpy. An unlikely pair.
As far as I know the movie was a hit in France.

[gadjo_dilo]

One floor below - a Romanian movie directed by Radu Muntean.
A guy lives in a block of flats and one day he hears through a door a fight between two neighbours. More than that he sees one of them leaving the flat. A few hours later the other neighbour is found dead in the flat but the involuntary witness choose to hide what he saw from the police and even his wife. Then the neighbour starts to insinuate in his life speculating his complicity. Don't know what the director meant with this movie, it's not one of my favs. For me it's just another confirmation of the decadence of the absurdistani society that lacks any feeling of responsibility and belonging to a community, a society with ultraindividualist values. I also disliked the main character, the typical absurdistani man whose gumption opens every door, who prefers to continue his relatively comfortable life.
But the bitterest taste came from the feeling that we live in a society where we know more about our neighbours from Facebook than from personal interaction.

[gadjo_dilo]

Last night TVR treated me with a movie I wanted badly to rewatch: A few days from Oblomov's life by Nikita Mikhalkov, based on Ivan Goncharov's masterpiece Oblomov ( unfortunately I haven't read this novel cos I don't have the book ).

Mikhalkov is one of my favs for his talent to tell things the Russian way and I feel deep emotions watching his films. But in this case it's something more special because Oblomov is me . That's why I wanted to watch it again, I first saw it when I was very young and in time I realized I have so many things in common with the character. Now that I did it, it was like watching my life in yet another movie dedicated to the Russian soul.
Oblomov is a depressed guy, who hardly leaves his bed, unable to take decisions or when he does he's unable to carry them out. He's not just lazy as some would hurry to label him, he simply can't find out his role in society and unable to understand the meaning of life. He's more of a dreamer , matter of fact most of the time he dreams of his careless childhood when he was pampered by his mother.
Things change when his best friend tries to change his life style and Oblomov falls in love. And what could be more disturbing than love for a shy person who's scared of life? As most of these stories end, Oblomov will sacrifice his happiness. In the end we're told that after a few years Oblomov died. But those who understood the character would know that his body died once while his soul died twice.
And if you take the time to watch this rather slow movie and have a sensitive soul maybe you'll feel what I felt (am): Ilia Ilici Oblomov is still a lovable loser.

[gadjo_dilo]

https://youtu.be/4GMO3BgUIOk

Highly recommended.

To sensitive depressed people.

[Jag_Warrior]

Be happy, Gadjo.

Even if it's an illusion, happiness still beats the heck out of sadness. :)

[gadjo_dilo]

C'mon, Jag......Do you know some stores where I can go and buy a few kilos of happiness?
This movie shows that happiness comes, as always, unexpectedly, but requires acceptance of grief, regrets, or mistakes of the past life. But it's just a movie and real life beats the movies.
However it was nice to see how the main character ( an excellent Banderas) who's a sort of a " dead alive" was able to find hope and to dream again.
As for me, this movie was the fuel I need to function relatively normal for a week. Unfortunately, I can't find a decent movie for this weekend.

[Jag_Warrior]

I wish that I knew of such a store, Gadjo. I really do. I've lost two close family members in the past few months and my uncle's wife is dying of cancer as I type this. I can't let him be alone at his age and how and what I'm going to do about that is weighing on my mind. But rather than being sad about all this, what I've taken from this is that life is short and precious. And I should hold dear every second that I have (relatively) good health and the ability to look for true happiness, whether I find it or not. And even if I don't, others are counting on me, so I can't take the time to feel bad for myself.

You've mentioned depression in the past, I believe? The clinical type I've never dealt with. So I don't mean to speak out of turn. But I do wish you well and that you have some happy days ahead.

[Steve Boyd]

Hi Gadj
I dont know much about movies, but as somebody who's spent all his life in Liverpool and has been a Liverpool FC fan since I was a small boy (quite a long time - I remember watching the 1965 FA Cup final on TV with my dad) results like Liverpool 3 : Manchester City 1 gave me a lift that saw me through the week when I was very down in the 1980's. I hope you'll be uplifted by that result this week.

[gadjo_dilo]

Jag, to set the record straight, I don’t think I have a clinical form of depression. In fact I need just ordinary things to switch my mood. The problem is that even these simple things don’t happen and I'm too sensitive. Not that I don’t try.
But a good movie like that or even some nice talk like this mean a lot. Ironically, when I thought to reply to you I was ready to mention that even a win of Liverpool over the rival Man City would count. Looks like Steve Boyd has been reading my mind. :p
Steve Boyd, I’m not a liverpudlian myself but I love this team to bits also since I was very young. I follow its matches in Premier League and Champions League and I really hope that this time it will be our year and we’ll win the title. YNWA!
I watched last evening match and yes, it was like a oxygen balloon. However I think that what really really moved me was the moment of silence before the clash. The best moment of silence I’ve ever “heard”. :p

[gadjo_dilo]

A super movie with a super script: Parasite by south-korean Bong Joon-Ho. This year's Palme D'or winner is a "must see" for film lovers.

As a curiosity, whenever I go to the movies the cinema is almost empty but this time it was full packed.
I was also surprised that the soundtrack of a south-korean movie contains an unfogettable italian hit of the 60's: In ginocchio da te, sung by good ol' Gianni Morandi. :p

[steveaki13]

A super movie with a super script: Parasite by south-korean Bong Joon-Ho. This year's Palme D'or winner is a "must see" for film lovers.

As a curiosity, whenever I go to the movies the cinema is almost empty but this time it was full packed.
I was also surprised that the soundtrack of a south-korean movie contains an unfogettable italian hit of the 60's: In ginocchio da te, sung by good ol' Gianni Morandi. :p

I need to go to the cinema more. I went a few times in Buenos Aires actually :p but only once since I got back. Not a movie man

[gadjo_dilo]

I need to go to the cinema more. I went a few times in Buenos Aires actually :p but only once since I got back. Not a movie man

:eek: Can`t believe that you were in Buenos Aires and wasted your time going to the movies. Unless you were there for a film festival. :p

I think I`m not a movie woman myself. I went only four times in 4 years. Including the two I saw last month. :s

[Jag_Warrior]

I went to see Ford v Ferrari about a week ago. It was OK. But the more knowledge you have of auto racing, I figure the less you'll enjoy it. Some of the scenes were rather unrealistic. I understand that most people have scant knowledge of racing, so I was OK with it being made for the least common denominator moviegoer types. And to that end, I guess the writers were right: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Writers Explain Their Policy: ‘Stick to the Truth, Not the Facts’

It wasn't Grand Prix (my all time favorite racing movie) or Le Mans, but it was worth the price of the tickets.

[gadjo_dilo]

It must be heaven. By the palestinian filmmaker Elia Suleiman.
Always with a stunned face, the character ( Elia Suleiman himself ) travels to Paris and New York just to find out unexpected paralels with his native Nazareth. The result is an absurd comedy that also reminds me the old movies of Jacques Tati.

Recommended only to those who have the patience to watch it in a cinema.

[gadjo_dilo]

And the Oscar goes to.......Parasite, the movie I recommended to you a few months. ago. :p

I can't remember other movies to win both Palme D'or and the Oscar.

[Mark]

And the Oscar goes to.......Parasite, the movie I recommended to you a few months. ago. :p

I can't remember other movies to win both Palme D'or and the Oscar.

Usually winning an Oscar means the film is terrible, is this any different?

[gadjo_dilo]

Usually winning an Oscar means the film is terrible, is this any different?

I think it is. That`s why I find amazing that this movie could win two such different competitions.

The movies of Oscar selection are generally blockbusters and it's all about a business called cinema. The movies of Cannes are more about the art to make a movie that tells a real story. Movies of Cannes aren`t usually made for a large audience but more likely for critics and professionals.

[cali]

Haven't been in ChitChat subforum for years until today discovered it again. It is so quiet here compared to 15 so years ago.

Anyway, nice topic and keep it going! I for one found quite many recommendations here and will be checking some of them out.

[donKey jote]

And the Oscar goes to.......Parasite, the movie I recommended to you a few months. ago. :p

I can't remember other movies to win both Palme D'or and the Oscar.
neat film gadji, thanks for the recommendation! :kiss: :andrea: :bandit:

[kerry3200]

Hmm, I try to pick one that might say somerhing. I do it from curiosity, I don't go knowing from the start I'd like it. Some of them talk about things that I dislike but it's not an impediment, all I want from a movies is to feel some emotion!

[Jag_Warrior]

Had thoughts of renting The Legion through my TV's On Demand service - about the only way to watch a current movie now. It's about a Roman legion that's in trouble in what's now Armenia during Nero's reign. But when I saw that Mickey Rourke was in it, I figured that it MUST suck. Now that I look at the reviews, sure enough, it appears that it does suck. Guess I'll pass.

The last good Roman movie I saw was The Eagle, with Channing Tatum. The last great one was Risen - that one was amazing.

[Judy J. Lewis]

Oh I want to share my favorite snack that I love eating during the film. I make it with my best microwave oven on mykitchenadvisor.com (https://mykitchenadvisor.com/best-microwave-oven/). I make popcorn in it and then melt the cheese on it. It turns out simply divine.

[gadjo_dilo]

For movie lovers, those who needn't snacks and popcorn to enjoy a good movie, I recommend Viridiana by Luis Bunuel. Palme d'or 1961, it was forbidden in Spain until 1977.

You may watch it here for free, with English subtitles, -until 21.00 ( GMT +2 ).
Password is on the page.
https://cultura.cervantes.es/bucarest/ro/Viridiana/133325?fbclid=IwAR278e558pwY9vCCwE8GuyvD8VLCF4gl73 HxzpQmIiQgIX3GzJ1NNStQZjM

[donKey jote]

A classic.
What a young Paco Rabal... have you also seen the Santos Inocentes ?

[gadjo_dilo]

No. I heared about the good old spanish movies but I had the chance to watch but a few.
Unfortunately, as a kid my mom and aunt used to take me only to movies featuring Sarita snd Raphael. :laugh:
But I see that this Cervantes Institute in Bucharest organized this programme " Clasicos contigo" and I'd like to follow it. I simply love old movies.

[colingaar]

Cool! A boy meets a girl in a club and does anything to seduce her because she's reticent. After he did it, things change radically.

[gadjo_dilo]

. have you also seen the Santos Inocentes ?

I watched it this morning. Great movie but painful to watch.
(Says the one who is a tough girl and is generally able to watch anything on a screen).

[gadjo_dilo]

Another weekend, another great old Spanish movie: El Sur ( The South ) by Victor Erice.

And another movie I can relate emotionally to. Extremely beautiful but heartbreakingly to watch.
Because I have my own `South`, a place I dream of but that I can`t visit.
And I also can relate to the father's tragedy, namely living a private life of impossible dreams and hiding a deep unhappiness.

Although I know that almost nobody reads this thread or is interested in such type of cinema I still post the link to this movie: https://ccesv.org/evento/clasicos-contigo-el-sur/

Password: clasicoscontigojulio17

Watch it for free until tomorrow at 21.00 ( GMT +2 )

[donKey jote]

Thanks gadji, again :cool:

[gadjo_dilo]

La vaquilla ( the Heifer ) by Luis García Berlanga. A spanish comedy with the action placed during the Spanish Civil War
A film that is perfect for Donks. One of the characters even has his name. :p
Link: https://ccesv.org/evento/clasicos-contigo-la-vaquilla/

Password: clasicoscontigojulio31

[donKey jote]

Thanks gadjilupe :kiss: :bandit:

my missus was pissing herself a moment ago... she didn’t know what I was watching and kept hearing my name being called :D

another Spanish classic from 1985, not to be confused with “yo, el vaquilla” btw. :p
I was still in Madrid back then, an amazing place in the 80’s, when I was young and before the clan of the marquesa took over. Quite a few of the images in the film remind me in part of the esperpento you can still see today...

[gadjo_dilo]

Thanks gadjilupe :kiss: :bandit:

:D :D :D

Unfortunately it was the last movie of the series Clasicos contigo.
Last weekend I watched La Buena Estrella by Ricardo Franco.

Anyway I'm happy that I could watch so many classics.
Based on what I saw in these movies ( and not only in these classics) I must confess that I'm amazed ( in a positive way ) by the Spanish family relationships. Such things could never happen in absurdistani society.

[Jag_Warrior]

Someone suggested that I go see Tenet. Has anyone here seen it? Is it worth the time and ticket?

[gadjo_dilo]

Tonight I watched a wonderful movie from 1998: The Legend of 1900 ( La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano ) by Giuseppe Tornatore. As wonderful as his previous movie, Cinema Paradiso. I'm afraid that words can't express the emotion I felt watching it. And Tim Roth is perfect playing a fantastic pianist on the board of a boat where he was abandoned as a newborn baby and who never in his life set foot on land.

[gadjo_dilo]

And now from Clasicos contigo to a new cycle of Spanish movies: Nuevas cinefilias.
This weekend's offer is Ver a una mujer ( To see a woman ) by Monica Rovira.

[gadjo_dilo]

After a long pause I finally went out to see a movie. Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn is a Romanian movie directed by Radu Jude and is this year's winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.( A few years ago I presented on this thread another Radu Jude's movie ( Aferim!), also a winner of the Silver Bear at the same festival).
The film is very provocative and not because of its more than explicit sex scenes ( hey! do you remember when a certain forum member said that my fav movie genre is soft porn? :laugh: well, this is more than soft ) or its obscene language. The real shock comes from the image of today's Romania. Because at the end of the day this movie is a social satire.

https://youtu.be/8AEgcTSMSOY

[gadjo_dilo]

El extraño viaje" (1964), by Fernando Fernán-Gómez

These old spanish movies continue to amaze me.
Or maybe it is because I'm but an old fart....

https://vimeo.com/646442848?fbclid=IwAR0f4HrFjEAEE1G9aifmDozl8WsCX_Q xgOEfxT9x_r7cwFMKuGSIQKWwh4I
watch for free until tonight at 19.00 GMT