That Film You Slept Through Lately, What Was It?

The Good Shepherd

The only thing I can really cite as a "problem" was one part near the ending which I felt was somewhat contrived, but the rest of the movie more than made up for that

"Appleseed" (2004) voiced by Ai Kobayashi/Amanda Winn Lee, Jûrôta Kosugi/Jamieson Price, Yuki Matsuoka/Yuki Matsuoka
"City of God" (2002) starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
"The Godfather, Part II" (1974) starring Al Pacino, Robert Phellipe HaagensenDeNiro, Diane Keaton
"Lady in the Water" (2006) starring Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright
"Menace II Society" (1993) starring Tarin Turner, Larenz Tate, Jada Pinkett Smith
"Rocky Balboa" (2006) starring Sylvester Stallone, Antonio Tarver, Burt Young
"Taxi Driver" (1976) starring Robert DeNiro, Jodie Foster, Cybil Sheppard
Peace.

Let's see...

In theaters,
The Pursuit of Happyness was pretty good.
Blood Diamond was awesome, but then as soon as the credits started rolling, there's some completely innapropriate ganster rap. I mean, come on; serious movie, then: "Yo, it'z bangin', they be wantin the diamonds, uh, yeah" and so forth. Ugh.
Rocky Balboa was nice, though I definately wished that

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the fight had gone like the computer sim at first, but then Rocky gets one good punch in, and breaks "The Line"'s nose into his brain, killing him instantly.

I thought it'd be hilarous.
The Good Shepard was awesome, but excruciatingly long.

On couches,
Groundhog's Day
The Lion King
Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Beerfest

Six Feet Under (1st season)
Beerfest

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Originally posted by Pie_Junkie Six Feet Under (1st season)

A rare diamond in the rough. A well written and directed show. Bravo...to Bravo for airing it.

Children of Men-the movie caught me by surprise, the movie had many elements that I was not expecting. Concept wise, its smart, and thought provoking. Thumbs up.

Noriko's Dinner Table-Mediocre at best, but a nice tie in to Suicide Circle. As far as sequels go, its just what you would expect. Sub-par to the orignial

The Host-Another surprise, asian movie work at it's finest? No, but its enjoyable anyway. A monster that ets people in a city and sends a whole country into turmoil. So the story has been pulled off. But its never been exectued with so much style. This movie has a pizzaz that seems to be dead to many movies for the past few years.

Borat-Funny, but thismovie is a lot more than a good comedy. Its downright hillarious. I guess im another lost soul added to Borat's army of fans.

Perfume-bleh, the plot cnocepts intrigued me, the movie was executed fairly well, but I am being biased since its based of a book. My golden rule of thumb is a movie can never surpass the book in my heart. With a few exceptions such as Clockwork Orange. the movie dealt with the concept of smell, that has my approval, very difficult to pull off, but they executed it fairly well.

Fast and the Furious:Tokyo Drift-I liked the orignial. I didn't like the sequel. I like its third counter part. Fast and the furious has gone a long way. But this movie is nothing more than an eye-pleaser. Dont watch it expecting a heart wrenching drama, its a good show while it lasts.

Domabaem:Lizard- A well thought out, and beautifully written movie. It is quite sad, there is some sort of emotional attachment to the characters, but the audience still feels uneasy around the main female leads part. Which is of coruse the directors intention since he is trying to convey AIDS in a positive manner, and show viewers to think twice before making judgments on a person who is different than you.

more movies next week. I'll guess i'll update weekly. Watching all these movies alone without other people to discuss with is...pretty sad.

The Black Dahlia This movie could have been way better with how interesting the black dahlia murders actully are. And since when does a boxer/cop or any man in the 1940's cry that much?

Natural Born Killers, and Dianetics LAWL.

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Bravo...to Bravo for picking it up in syndication after its run on HBO finished.

To be technically accurate

Also one of the few HBO shows I haven't seen

the Wicker Man
a Scanner Darkly
Snakes on a Plane

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Originally posted by Pie_Junkie The Black Dahlia This movie could have been way better with how interesting the black dahlia murders actully are. And since when does a boxer/cop or any man in the 1940's cry that much?

The thing is, the film is only set in the 1940's and the characters weren't really at all. I don't know if that was Brian de Palma's initation at all or what but I never had the feeling that the characters were really feeling the whole 40's vibe. Needless to say, if Eckhart and Hartnett actually were trying to perform to that standard, then ol' 40s guys liek James Cagney and George Raft would have kicked their ass something fierce.

"The Black Dahlia" (2006) starring Josh Harnett, Aaron Eckhart, Scarlett Johannson
"Hotel Rwanda" (2004) starring Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte
"Ikiru" (1952) starring Takashi Shimura
"A Raisin in the Sun" (1961) starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia MacNeil
"United 93" (2006) starring J. J. Johnson, Gary Commock, Trish Gates

I know that ol' boy Paul Greengrass has been winning for his directorial work already for United 93, but I really hope that he and the film get nominated for an Oscar. That was a damn good movie.
Peace.

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Originally posted by Nine XXVI quote: Originally posted by Pie_Junkie The Black Dahlia This movie could have been way better with how interesting the black dahlia murders actully are. And since when does a boxer/cop or any man in the 1940's cry that much? The thing is, the film is only set in the 1940's and the characters weren't really at all. I don't know if that was Brian de Palma's initation at all or what but I never had the feeling that the characters were really feeling the whole 40's vibe. Needless to say, if Eckhart and Hartnett actually were trying to perform to that standard, then ol' 40s guys liek James Cagney and George Raft would have kicked their ass something fierce.

Well tha's what we were sayin' here. It just didn't fit right.

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Originally posted by Pie_Junkie quote: Originally posted by Nine XXVI quote: Originally posted by Pie_Junkie The Black Dahlia This movie could have been way better with how interesting the black dahlia murders actully are. And since when does a boxer/cop or any man in the 1940's cry that much? The thing is, the film is only set in the 1940's and the characters weren't really at all. I don't know if that was Brian de Palma's initation at all or what but I never had the feeling that the characters were really feeling the whole 40's vibe. Needless to say, if Eckhart and Hartnett actually were trying to perform to that standard, then ol' 40s guys liek James Cagney and George Raft would have kicked their ass something fierce. Well tha's what we were sayin' here. It just didn't fit right.

A plus was that Mia Kirshner really killed it in her role as Elizabeth Short. Also this was a cool role for Hilary Swank as well. You know, playing an actual woman and all.
Peace.

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team and Blade Runner.

Episode 3, and I liked it. Does this mean I have a problem?

Domino, which was alright but I HATE that spaztastic bipolar film editing style. Makes me nauseous.

Live and Let Die, which is great for the themesong alone.

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I HATE that spaztastic bipolar film editing style. Makes me nauseous.

Man on fire (which was pretty good) would have been ten times better if it hadn't done this. Or at least not to the extent it did.

ZOOM

HEY WHAT'S THIS GUY DOING

CLOSEUP OF GUN

ZOOM ON PERSONS FACE

BACK OF SOME DUDE'S HEAD

NEON SIGN

Monkeybone.

I've been wanting to see it and it's not too bad. Worth a quick laugh if nothing else.

I checked out 42 Up from the library. I've heard about this project, but hadn't seen it before. Michael Apstead, the filmmaker, revisits these people every seven years and makes another film about what they've been up to, interspersing clips from previous films to show what has changed. His latest film is 49 Up, released in 2005.

Originally, "7 Up" was a TV documentaryto show the class differences between English boys and girls. With the addition of each seven years' filmings, they've turned into more of a timeline, and the kids have gotten some fame.

I enjoyed it, and would recommend it!

Pygmalion

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Originally posted by The Big Finale Monkeybone. I've been wanting to see it and it's not too bad. Worth a quick laugh if nothing else.

I stole that from my cousins.

LoL.