Resurrecting the Movies thread...

[southendmd]

Peter Boyle.  Monster's Ball.

[Ellemeno]

Peter Boyle.  Monster's Ball.

You ARE in a hurry.

[southendmd]

You ARE in a hurry.

You said "Quick"!

[Ellemeno]

You said "Quick"!

I know.  I was quoting this movie I saw once thirty-something times.


Paul is our winner!

[Front-Ranger]

Paul is our winner!

Yee-haw!! Paul, as a prize, would you take a T-shirt, size small, that says "Woof"??

[southendmd]

Yee-haw!! Paul, as a prize, would you take a T-shirt, size small, that says "Woof"??

Aw, that's so thoughtful.  But, I haven't been a small since, well, never.

[Front-Ranger]

Well this was a fun project.  I looked through several lists of what were called 2008 movies (though I notice that IMDb, which I consider the arbiter, didn't always agree, and called some of them 2007, but if they were on a 2008 list, and I felt like including them, here they are).


My Top Movies of 2008:
Walk Hard  (Great and respectful parody of Ray, Walk the Line, The Doors, and others.  I really enjoy John C. Reilly.)
Synecdoche, New York  (Oh man, someone see it!)

This will be out on Blu-Ray March 10!!

http://www.sonyclassics.com/synecdocheny/

[Front-Ranger]

Thank heavens for DVVDs, Blu-Ray and otherwise. I just looked at the list of upcoming movies and it looks like a long spring for me... beginning with X-Men (yawn), yet another Star Trek, Angels and Demons (it won't be what it could have been, I fear), Terminator (pleaz!) and Up (looks like the best, but it won't be here till nearly June!).

[oilgun]

Well, for what it's worth, the upcoming STAR TREK won't have William Shatner in it!  That's a good thing.

At least three good movies are opening this weekend in my city:
 
1- NIGHTWATCHING - A new Peter Greenaway film  featuring Rembrandt and the story behind his famous painting. 

2- WATCHMEN -  I want to read the graphic novel first so I'll probably wait a couple of weeks.  The novel is by he same guy who did V FOR VENDETTA which I really enjoyed, but the film's director is the guy who did 300 which I hated.

3- PONTYPOOL - This is probably only opening in Canada but it's getting good reviews.  Canadian actor Stephen McHattie plays a radio shock jock in a small town where a strange infection, spread by the English language, is turning the inhabitants into killer zombies.  From director Buce MacDonald.

Next week:

GOMORRAH - The mafia film from Italy that has been generating a lot of buzz. 

[delalluvia]

Well, for what it's worth, the upcoming STAR TREK won't have William Shatner in it!  That's a good thing.

At least three good movies are opening this weekend in my city:
 
1- NIGHTWATCHING - A new Peter Greenaway film  featuring Rembrandt and the story behind his famous painting.

Greenaway?  Whatever else it will be, the movie will be beautiful to watch. 

2- THE WATCHMEN -  I want to read the graphic novel first so I'll probably wait a couple of weeks.  The novel is by he same guy who did V FOR VENDETTA which I really enjoyed, but the film's director is the guy who did 300 which I hated.

I'm not a graphics novel fan, so these sort of movies are wasted on me. I wasn't impressed with V for Vendetta, and the only saving grace for 300 was the cast of hunky men in next to nothing - and sometimes nothing - and the beautiful graphics.

The Ghost by Roman Polanski is currently filming, but for me, Roman is hit or miss.