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Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:41 pm
by Mister Tee
mlrg wrote:The Wings of the Dove (1997) - Iain Softley
6/10
Allison Elliot was robbed of a nomination for this. Eduardo Serra's cinematography is stunning and was clearly robbed of an oscar win (as was his nomination for Girl with the Pearl Earing)
The costumes were, I thought, the true knockouts. Nothing wrong with Titanic's, but Dove's were the most exquisite I saw that year.
As for Jane Fonda, no American actress approached her ability in the late 60s/70s -- The Shoot Horses, Klute, Julia, China Syndrome were major achievements.
I never liked her as much in Coming Home, and I thought that performance started her on a downward, "I must retell the story of my radicalization in every role" spiral. I actually think The Morning After is far and away her best film work post 1980 -- unfortunately contained inside a silly trifle.
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 2:55 am
by Reza
Vantage Point (Pete Travis, 2008) 7/10
Mindless fun. Dennis Quaid is very good.
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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:32 am
by Precious Doll
The Education of Charlie Banks (2007) Fred Durst 4/10
Me Two (2008) Nicolas Charlet & Bruno Lavaine 2/10
Operation Mad Bull (1957) Richard Quine 5/10
The Buccaneer (1938) Cecil B. DeMille 4/10
The Cheat (1931) George Abbott 4/10
Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 3:07 am
by Sabin
Whole Movie: Up (dir. Pete Docter) - 8/10
Prologue: Up (dir. Pete Docter) - 11/10
At the center of a pretty solid if rushed Miyazaki film is an emotionally devastating relationship between a man and his wife and the life unlived. At the beginning of the movie is the most heartbreaking short film I've ever seen.
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 11:03 pm
by Hustler
mlrg wrote:The Morning After (1986) - Sidney Lumet
5/10
Interesting mid 80's thriller (as interesting as a mid 80's film can be....). Jane Fonda was not as bad as I was expecting.
She used to be a good actress.
Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 9:52 am
by mlrg
The Wings of the Dove (1997) - Iain Softley
6/10
Allison Elliot was robbed of a nomination for this. Eduardo Serra's cinematography is stunning and was clearly robbed of an oscar win (as was his nomination for Girl with the Pearl Earing)
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:14 pm
by Penelope
The Scarlet Empress (1934; Josef von Sternberg) 10/10
WOW! Direction, acting, cinematography, editing, costumes, sets--simply breathtaking and astonishing from start to finish!
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:59 am
by mlrg
The Morning After (1986) - Sidney Lumet
5/10
Interesting mid 80's thriller (as interesting as a mid 80's film can be....). Jane Fonda was not as bad as I was expecting.
Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 4:22 am
by Precious Doll
Practically Yours (1945) Mitchell Leisen 4/10
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) Marina Zenovich 8/10
State of Play (2009) Kevin Macdonald 4/10
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 11:03 pm
by Penelope
Jane Eyre (1944; Robert Stevenson) 8/10
Atmospheric adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles going all gothic with aplomb. Script strips the story to its basic core (and jettisons the book's major weakness, a third act development that would've dragged the film); gorgeous black & white cinematography.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 2:33 pm
by Sabin
Beau Travail - work of art
Beyond letter grade or stars given, Beau Travail is simply a work of art, and the most aptly named film I've ever seen. "Good work." "Good work, man." "Sir, this is what we expect of you." All in this title. Beau Travail is freedom through oppression, art through work, and through cinematic ellipses, Denis strips down filmic narrative to the same regiment in which these men train. It's basically a work of art, not for everyone, emotionally distant, physically immediate.
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Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 10:13 am
by dreaMaker
Fugitive Pieces
7/10
Too slow sometimes, but it has its great moments...
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:51 am
by Sabin
Friday Night - 8/10
Life is gorgeously major miniature. Who is Jean? We are always left wondering as does Laure. Her mind restlessly de- and reconstructs this man she has picked up. Is he by nature seducer or lonely? The prospect of merely either one is too much for her. This is a rapturously shot film, among the most gorgeous I've seen, and to date the only Claire Denis film I've seen.
As Before Sunrise sadly yet admirably ages into an increasingly adolescent, androcentric fantasy (or gloriously into Before Sunset), my thirst for liberating cinematic rendez-vous remains unquelled. If Friday Night occasionally languishes, it does so fetishistically, playfully, and humanistically.
Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 2:26 am
by Precious Doll
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) William Wellman 9/10
I've wanted to see this for years and I wasn't disappointed.
Murder at the Vanities (1934) Mitchell Leisen 6/10
The Art of Being Straight (2008) Jesse Rosen 4/10
Acolytes (2009) Jon Hewitt 1/10
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 9:18 am
by Big Magilla
I agree with Precious. The Lost Horizon musical is so bad it's good. Charles Boyer as the High Lama and John Gielgud as Chang actually deliver good performances, but they're lucky, they don't have to sing or mouth any of the cheesy, if catchy, songs. Sally Kellerman, Bobby Van and James Shigeta were the only ones who actually did their own singing. Peter Finch, Liv Ullmann, Olivia Hussey and the others were dubbed.
"Question Me an Answer" is hard to get out of your head.