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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:40 pm
by Okri
Uri wrote:Hustler wrote:
And can someone explain to me how the moderately – looks wise, talent wise and charisma wise – gifted Cruz became this Grand Diva?
If you find out, let me know.
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:13 pm
by Reza
Uri wrote:And can someone explain to me how the moderately looks wise, talent wise and charisma wise gifted Cruz became this Grand Diva?
Volver
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:24 am
by Uri
Hustler wrote:Broken Embraces (2008) by Pedro Almodovar.
Uh! I have mixed feelings about this one. Not the Best Almodovar I´ve seen so far. 5/10
Agreed. One of my least favorite Almodovar too. His career can be divided into chronically distinctive phases – the raw enfant terrible up until Laws of Desire, the stylish enfant terrible, culminating with Kika, the reflective, relatively introverted and very personal transformative phase (my favorite) of The Flower of My Secret and Live Flesh. And then, with Mother, Talk to Her and Volver he turned into the universally accepted Grand Maestro. I'm afraid that with Bad Education and this one we're witnessing a new dead end direction in which he examine Cinema – in general, but mostly his own. One might call it academic, but I'd choose the term futile.
And can someone explain to me how the moderately – looks wise, talent wise and charisma wise – gifted Cruz became this Grand Diva?
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Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:03 am
by Hustler
Broken Embraces (2008) by Pedro Almodovar.
Uh! I have mixed feelings about this one. Not the Best Almodovar I´ve seen so far. 5/10
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 8:00 am
by Hustler
dreaMaker wrote:District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
8/10
Very very good and original.
Agree with you, Dreamaker! An outstanding movie
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:36 am
by anonymous1980
The Little Foxes (William Wyler) - 9/10
Bette Davis was fantastic.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:29 pm
by Penelope
Sissi (1955; Ernst Marischka) 7/10
Young Princess Elisabeth (Romy Schneider) of Bavaria falls in love with Emperor Franz Josef (Karlheinz Böhm) of Austria, though he was supposed to marry her sister. The art direction, costumes and, especially, Schneider's charm carry the film. First in a trilogy about the Empress.
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:08 pm
by Precious Doll
Religulous (2008) Larry Charles 7/10
Paper Heart (2009) Nicholas Jasenovec 4/10
Up (2009) Pete Docter & Bob Peterson 7/10
The Accidental Husband (2008) Griffin Dunne 3/10
Star Witness (1931) William Wellman 5/10
O'Horten (2007) Bent Hamer 7/10
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:29 pm
by Penelope
RocknRolla (2008; Guy Ritchie) 6/10
A lot of splashy attitude amid a confusing plot, but entertaining to a degree.
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 5:12 pm
by dreaMaker
The Full Monty (Peter Cattaneo, 1997)
7/10
Certainly doesn't deserve its Oscar and other three nominations, but still a very nice movie.
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:13 am
by dreaMaker
anonymous wrote:Breaking the Waves (Lars Von Trier) - 8/10
I still haven't seen this movie yet!! Somehow i always avoid it. Unintentionally, of course.
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:11 am
by dreaMaker
District 9 (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
8/10
Very very good and original.
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:06 am
by Precious Doll
Delta (2008) Kornel Mundruczo 6/10
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) Henry Hathaway 4/10
A Thousand an One Nights (1945) Alfred E. Green 4/10
Valentino: The Last Emperor (2009) Matt Tyrnauer 6/10
One in a Million (1936) Sidney Lanfield 2/10
The Happening (1967) Elliot Silverstein 1/10
$9.99 (2008) Tatia Rosenthal 4/10
Career (1959) Joseph Anthony 4/10
There Goes My Heart (1938) Norman McLeod 5/10
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:14 am
by Okri
The Hurt Locker - 8.5/10
Still think it's great. The ending doesn't work as well as I remember, but I adore the way the narrative is built, and the setpieces remain phenomenal.
The Battle of Algiers - 10/10
One of the all time greats. Watching this film with my dad was definitely an eye-opener.
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:55 pm
by Damien
Man On A Tightrope (Elia Kazan, 1953)
6/10
This is Kazan's forgotten film -- about a circus escaping from the Soviet controlled Czechoslavakia, and it's actually one of his better pictures. Some striking imagery (especially overhead shots emphasizing the impotency of the characters), outstanding Iron Curtain ambience and, because of its straight-ahead anti-Soviet agitprop, a much more coherent testimonial as to why Kazan ratted than On The Waterfront. And Kazan drew an excellent performance out of the usually phlegmatic Fredric March. And interesting casting of right-wing weasel Adolphe Menjou as a Communist bureaucrat. Still, it seems like all so much bullshit.
As early 50s circus movies made by odious men and featuring Gloria Grahame go, it's much better than The Greatest Show On Earth.
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