Have we had a film thread?

[Heather]

I would think we would have by now?!? I don't feel like looking tho...

Saw Super 8 today. It was good, but I didn't think as good as some people said. I did like the typical JJ Abrams stuff though. Laughed a lot about the Locke Cafe in the last scene. I am a big fan of Lost. I also heard a neat interview on Fresh Air this last week with Abrams where he talked about receiving a tongue from the Excorcist in the mail when he was a kid. Nice.

Now I'm watching the Director's cut of Avatar. Interesting scene with my favorite Seuss book, The Lorax, in it. Nice foreshadowing. Too bad it was cut.

This is not my usual day off behavior, woke up with debilitating back pain (not anything new, just worse today than usual). Don't want you all thinking I'm lazy. swear I am going to make muffins though. Too many zukes!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

I saw a couple recently that I'd recommend: Winter's Bone and The Pursuit of Happyness. See the second one and you'll find out why the last word is misspelled. Both are great, but also exhausting emotionally.

 

[Hera]

Here's an exhausting movie for you ====Seven Pounds. My kids are going to kill me if I bring home anymore tearjerkers. Oh, and Black Swan is the weirdest I've seen in a long while. It was like something that was so morbid you can't tear your eyes away.

 

[Shiva]

I don't want to cry when I watch a movie, I want to be inspired, I crave for hope (you sure need it to flower some paphs). The Last Mimzy is a little gem of a film based on a 1940s sci-fi classic short story wich had a much darker ending. The film version is an environmental message in a bottle sent back in time. Oh! And there is one tear in the movie that changes everything.

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

I rarely go to the movies, but I've gone twice in the last 2 weeks. First I saw Midnight in Paris...Woody Allen's best film in years. I love Woody Allen...even his lesser movies, but this one really was as good as the reviews said. Just very enjoyable. Owen Wilson actually came off like Jimmy Stewart in a peculiar way. The other movie was Cave of Forgotten Dreams...my first 3D movie. I love Werner Herzog, and this film was excellent, even if I briefly dozed. While I don't think I'll ever be a fan of 3d, it did allow you to perceive the textures of the rocks and paintings...its about Chauvet cave, earliest known paleolithic paintings in Europe.

 

[Sirius]

I just got Quigley Down Under on Blu-ray. I am going to watch it now, and I expect the picture will be incredible!

 

[mormodes]

Y'All will kill me but best movie ever was 'Predator'. OK second was 'Unforgiven'. Ok, Ok I give! UNCLE! 3rd was any and all of the Jason Bournes.... What you disagree? ha! OK OK Best movie ever was 'Godfather' and any one who says 'Citizen Kane' is a film school weenie.

 

[Sirius]

Y'All will kill me but best movie ever was 'Predator'. OK second was 'Unforgiven'. Ok, Ok I give! UNCLE! 3rd was any and all of the Jason Bournes.... What you disagree? ha! OK OK Best movie ever was 'Godfather' and any one who says 'Citizen Kane' is a film school weenie.

I was with you until you said Bourne. Good, yes. Entertaining, hell yes. Top three, are you crazy?

By the way, I bet the remainder of your top ten would include Aliens, Tombstone, Goodfellas and Taken. If not, it should.

 

[Sirius]

Any fans of Korean cinema here? Mother, Man from Nowhere, Vengeance Trilogy etc.???

 

[Heather]

Oh, well if we are talking best ever, Leon, the Professional is one of my favorites. I've taken lately to calling myself Heather, the Cleaner, That is due to my husband's culinary rampages through the kitchen lately. Gnocchi should be bought, not made!

Good to hear something nice about Midnight in Paris. I'm a Woody Allen fan as well and it bothers me people have forgotten about the films he has made. Purple Rose of Cairo and Love and Death (the latter is just silly but I don't care!) are some of my favorites. I can totally see the James Cagney in Owen Wilson, weird...

And speaking of weird, I liked Black Swan, but I didn't think it was that strange, having had a sister super in to ballet growing up. Pretty normal for dancers, unfortunately.

 

[Candace]

Shiva, if you've not seen "For Once in My Life" a documentary about the Goodwill Industries Band, you should see it. I think you'd like it. http://www.goodwillsouthflorida.org/TheSpiritofGoodwillBand

 

[Shiva]

Thanks Candace! I'll make sure to watch it next time it comes to PBS.

 

[nikv]

One of my all-time favorites is still The Shawshank Redemption. I love Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. It's just a really, really good movie. And I was surprised the first time I saw it watching the final credits that it is based on a Stephen King novella.

 

[Jim Toomey]

Check out:
The Gods Must Be Crazy, one of my all time favorites!
Bladerunner - although a totally different genre!

 

[Ernie]

Gosh, I worked as a manager in a movie theater outside DC in my Grad days. Watched a LOT of movies and got paid for it. My wife and I just love going to movies, but we rarely see anything other than G and PGs now with our 4 yo. Kids' movies are actually pretty good these days. But I like movies that are enjoyable and allow me to just escape for a couple hours. The genre and actors don't really matter. A braindead comedy can be a great thing. Smart thrillers too. Sci-Fi rocks. Shoot, as long as it's a well-told story with good pacing, I'm game. Gotta love quality big screen special effects though.

 

[Shiva]

The opening scene of Star Wars in 1977. I had dreamed of such scenes reading sci-fi stories. Now it was on a giant movie screen and I was awed. This is a moment of pure enjoyment etched in my brain. And the rest of the film was just as good.

 

[Clark]

I'm onboard with Michel.
At 12 or 13, Star Wars was just unflippin' believable. So the bar was set extremely high for any movie after.
Favorite was Hans Solo. But Yoda owns the best quote.
Gonna watch it this weekend, thanks for planting the seed.

 

[mormodes]

Yoda owns the best quote.

"Don't try. Do."

 

[Clark]

I still use that phrase on my wife. Very effective.

 

[Ernie]

I'm onboard with Michel.
At 12 or 13, Star Wars was just unflippin' believable. So the bar was set extremely high for any movie after.
Favorite was Hans Solo. But Yoda owns the best quote.
Gonna watch it this weekend, thanks for planting the seed.

Funny. When our 4 y.o. butchers a sentence we sometimes say "spit it out Yoda" or "Who are you now? Yoda?". Is that mean?