I just watched Catch Me if You Can last night. Good movie! Leo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks star and Spielberg directs. Its just a fun film....check it out!
Hey Brokies!
Like many of you, I too have not seen alot of movies after BBM. Although I did go see the New (remake) Poseiden Adventure. That was good. I liked the original beter I think. You just can't replace Shelly Winters! LOL
But the real reason I'm posting is about a movie I watched on the plane home from my vacation (Holiday). It is called "Last Holiday" It stars (believe it or not ) Queen Latifa. She is a Dept store sales associate in New Orleans who finds out that she has 6 weeks to live. She decides to live out every dream she had. I laughed, I cried, I liked it so much I watched it twice on the plane! It is one of those feel good movies that leaves you warm and fuzzy afterwards.
I just noticed that is out at the Rental places now. GO get it! It is very good!
http://www.lastholidaymovie.com/ (http://www.lastholidaymovie.com/)
I loved Catch Me If You Can. Very entertaining. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, too. And I'd love to see Junebug. Thanks for reminding me, Victoria - I've been meaning to add that to my queue.
Here are a few that I've really liked recently and over the last couple of years that I think this crowd would enjoy.
Match Point
Dear Frankie
Almost Famous
Ruby in Paradise
The Station Agent
The Station Agent was ver' good. But I also like trains so I could be bias..... ;)I'm not into trains, but I liked the Station Agent a lot too!! Love Bobby Cannavale!
Just watched An Unfinished Life...really good movie :) so that's my recommendation for now
directed by Lasse Hallström, Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman...Good choice Brandon..really good under-rated film. I think alot of folks gave it a pass because J-Lo's in it but she's good and the little girl Becca Gardner steals the whole damn thing ;)
directed by Lasse Hallström, Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman...Good choice Brandon..really good under-rated film. I think alot of folks gave it a pass because J-Lo's in it but she's good and the little girl Becca Gardner steals the whole damn thing ;)
I used to LOVE good will Hunting. It's been a while since I've seen it though, but something tells me I'd still like it. Did you watch it recently or just thinking of pulling it out of your massive DVD collection?
Its been a LONG time since I've seen it but what do ya'll think of Good Will Hunting?
Hey Brokies!
Like many of you, I too have not seen alot of movies after BBM. Although I did go see the New (remake) Poseiden Adventure. That was good. I liked the original beter I think. You just can't replace Shelly Winters! LOL
But the real reason I'm posting is about a movie I watched on the plane home from my vacation (Holiday). It is called "Last Holiday" It stars (believe it or not ) Queen Latifa. She is a Dept store sales associate in New Orleans who finds out that she has 6 weeks to live. She decides to live out every dream she had. I laughed, I cried, I liked it so much I watched it twice on the plane! It is one of those feel good movies that leaves you warm and fuzzy afterwards.
I just noticed that is out at the Rental places now. GO get it! It is very good!
http://www.lastholidaymovie.com/ (http://www.lastholidaymovie.com/)
I thought it was good up until near the end, when the movie "Ordinary People' did a much better job with the psychiastrist-finally-breaking-through scene.
Its been a LONG time since I've seen it but what do ya'll think of Good Will Hunting?
I do like this film, actually. There's not all that many films where I've seen Robin Williams flex his acting muscle but this was terrific.
Speaking of Robin Williams, I was very impressed with him in the 1998 movie "What Dreams may come" It is not a comedy, in fact it is kind of dark. But very dramatic and will knock your socks off. Be warned the subject matter may be disturbing to some.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120889/)
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I saw Transamerica this weekend and absolutely loved it. It has that same lyrical pace as our favorite movie. There's many layers of meaning to keep you engrossed and a nice soundtrack too.
-Lynne
Agreed David! What Dreams May Come is awesome!
I watched Munich again and I have to say...that Munich was more deserving of that Oscar then Crash was! IMO Munich was nothing short of brilliant....not even in the same league as BBM but still very good! Spielberg at his most daring....
Good Will Hunting was just on Encore, I just watched it. It was just as good as I remembered it. Even Ben Affleck was good, and I can't stand him...
I saw Transamerica this weekend and absolutely loved it. It has that same lyrical pace as our favorite movie. There's many layers of meaning to keep you engrossed and a nice soundtrack too.
I just watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang yesterday with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. I really enjoyed it. It's an LA detective story with a lot of comedy and a strangely good performance by Val Kilmer as private eye "Gay" Perry. Some parts lost me, but overall I thought it was very funny.
re: an Inconvienient Truth, I haven't seen it, but a lot of my friends have said that it was very good. I've been wanting to see it for a while now.
Has anyone saw "An Inconvenient Truth"? How was it?
Oh, pick me, pick me! Yes, I've seen it. I thought it was quite good. Very scary stuff. Some of the stuff Al Gore had in those slides was pretty damning evidence that the meltdown has already begun. I was angry and sad after first seeing it - I couldn't shake the thought (still can't) of what a really good man Al Gore is and of how different things would be had he won in 2000. And he was nothing like the Campaigning Al Gore - he was warm and witty and eloquent. It's a shame that whoever his handlers were in 2000 couldn't just let him be himself - there ain't nothing wrong with the way he communicates when he's just speaking off the cuff.
If it's not already obvious, I recommend it highly.
I just watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang yesterday with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. I really enjoyed it. It's an LA detective story with a lot of comedy and a strangely good performance by Val Kilmer as private eye "Gay" Perry. Some parts lost me, but overall I thought it was very funny.
Here are some films I recommend for their beauty, thoughtfulness, and/or life-enhancing qualities (listed in no particular order):
Ordet (1955) Gertrud (1964) The Ladies' Man (1961) Hiroshima mon amour (1959) Au hasard Ballthazar (1966) Unsere Afrikareise (1966) Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) F for Fake (1974) Playtime (1967) Du skal aere din hustru (1925) The Circus (1928) Freaks (1932) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) The Scenic Route (1978) Pather Panchali (1955) I Was Born, But... (1932) Passing Fancy (1933) Celine et Julie vont en bateau (1974) Erogeny (1976) Andrei Rublev (1969) Topsy-Turvy (1999) Beau travail (1999) An Actor's Revenge (1963) A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Passion in the Desert (1997) Without You I'm Nothing (1990) Gerry (2002) Yes (2004) Barry Lyndon (1975) Gregory's Girl (1981) Easy Street (1917) Intolerance (1916) Les Vampires (1915) The Man with a Movie Camera (1929) The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice (1952) A New Leaf (1971) Howl's Moving Castle (2004) Divine Madness! (1980) Hairspray (1987) Daughters of the Dust (1991) Jungfrukallan (1960) Mahanagar (1963) Local Hero (1983) The Apple (1998) L'eclisse (1962)Le notti di Cabiria (1957) To Live (1994) The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985) Solaris (1972) ..last, but not least... Brokeback Mountain (2005) Scott M.
This is GREAT film. There are soooo many great exchanges of dialogue between Downey and Kilmer but probably my favourite is this one:
Harry: [after meeting "Gay Perry"] Still gay?
Perry: No, knee-deep in pussy. I just love the name so much I can't get rid of it.
;D
Sheyne, that is also one of my favorite lines, but there were so many good ones, Val Kilmer had perfect comic timing in this movie, and usually I don't even like him!
I just came back from seeing A Prarie Home Companion which was recommended by some on this thread. I enjoyed it and definitely recommend it. It wasn't a great film, but overall it was funny and heartfelt and had a great cast and fun music, go see it!
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Regarding "An Inconvenient Truth":
I teach that stuff in an intro college class. Gore does a better job presenting it than I do. I guess that isn't saying much, since you all don't know me, but... I'm impressed to see a politician get the science right, and present it in an extremely compelling and convincing way.
I just saw The King, a James March film, with Gael Garcia Bernal and William Hurt. Unconventional movie about a chicano, Elvis (Gael), son of a prostitute, who after leaving the US Navy, goes in search for his father (Hurt) whom he has never met. He finds him and soon learns that his father is a reformed sinner who has become a preacher with his own church, and has a new family. It's pretty slow, but it's thought provoking. Some people have been offended by the way the story develops and how Latino's are protrayed*, but I recommend it. All performances are superb, and Gael is so HOT!
*As Latina myself, I didn't find it offensive. Etnicity has really nothing to do with the plot. Gael character's just happened to be Latino.
Thanks for the review! I've been waiting for this movie to come out, I don't think it's playing anywhere in my area yet though, or is it on DVD already?
Oh, pick me, pick me! Yes, I've seen it. I thought it was quite good. Very scary stuff. Some of the stuff Al Gore had in those slides was pretty damning evidence that the meltdown has already begun. I was angry and sad after first seeing it - I couldn't shake the thought (still can't) of what a really good man Al Gore is and of how different things would be had he won in 2000. And he was nothing like the Campaigning Al Gore - he was warm and witty and eloquent. It's a shame that whoever his handlers were in 2000 couldn't just let him be himself - there ain't nothing wrong with the way he communicates when he's just speaking off the cuff.
If it's not already obvious, I recommend it highly.
I just watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang yesterday with Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer. I really enjoyed it. It's an LA detective story with a lot of comedy and a strangely good performance by Val Kilmer as private eye "Gay" Perry. Some parts lost me, but overall I thought it was very funny.
I'm not sure if anyone has seen Life as a House but its sort of a guilty pleasure of mine...
Kevin Kline, Hayden Christensen and Kirsten Scott Thomas...
Kevin Kline is good and Kirsten is also pretty good...but surprisingly enough Hayden also pulls it off. Its actually a role that required neurons...none of that Star Wars shit...
Storyline is about a boy whom is struggling with drugs, school and his own sexuality. He goes to live with his birth father (his parents are divorced) for the summer...whom he hates with a passion mind you. Together they build a house....bumpy ride along the way but very good and kind of touching at the end...
I recommend...
I just picked up a DVD copy of another old favorite of mine...Priest 1994 Linus Roach, Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson.
Vicky -
Our Priest told us (the congregation) if we went to see this movie we would have to go to Confession.
I no longer attend Mass, so I will be happy to listen to your suggestion and rent this film.
I forgot all about this movie. :)
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (OMG- that one final scene in the house that is crumbling all around them...no spoiler...makes me cry even more than BBM)
Cinema Paradiso
Una Giornata Particulare
I went to see The Proposition last night at a cinema near my home in Austin. This is a 2005 production directed by John Hillcoat to a screenplay by Nick Cave, and filmed entirely on location in Queensland, Australia. The story is set during the late colonial era of Australian history, in a remote Outback settlement marked by serious violence, perpetrated both by renegade gangs and by the authorities retaliating against these lawless men and waging genocidal warfare against the aboriginal peoples of the area. The film functions in part as a deglamorization of the past, emphasizing the brutality and hardship of these people's lives.
Against this background is related the tale of the three Burns brothers, played by Guy Pearce, Danny Huston, and Richard Wilson, three lawless, violent men who are desperately wanted by the authorities. Charlie and his younger brother Mike (Pearce and Wilson, respectively) are apprehended by Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone), who gives Charlie the chilling proposition of the title: if Charlie can track down the eldest brother Arthur (Huston), who Stanley deems the ringleader of the gang's recent savagery, within nine days and kill him, Mike will be released into his care. If not, Mike, who is little more than a boy, will be hanged.
This is an intelligent, well-made film on all levels, distinguished by solid performances and strikingly evocative cinematography that captures the austere beauty of this forbidding, unforgiving land. The themes explored are profound and universal, though some of Charlie's background and motivation remain mysterious, a potential liability in some viewers' assessment of the film. The violence depicted is harrowing but wholly appropriate in the filmmakers' desire to convey the primitive world of their subject. Anyone who enjoys Westerns, thoughtful, serious drama, or is curious about Australian history would likely appreciate this movie. Recommended and worth seeing.
Hi, Diane--
Though I was born in Grand Prairie (in the Dallas-Fort Worth area), I've been resident in Austin since 1973 (when I was six). So you could call it my hometown. It does get hot here in the summers--really the only season you can predict in central Texas. Even we natives find it hard going at times.
So are you presently in Indiana? We seem to have a few folks from the Hoosier State gracing our boards, including a good friend of mine who loves Jack and Ennis as much as I do. A great-grandmother of mine was from Howard County, Indiana. I've never been to the state myself.
Cheers,
Scott
Yep ... I'm a hoosier girl. Your great-grandmother ... did she live in Kokomo? You need to visit the state. Although, yes, there are a lot of corn fields and farms, there is also a lot of other things the state has to offer.My great-grandmother (my maternal grandmother's mother) was such a gentle soul...she died when I was five, but I have a memory of my mother leading me up to her seated in her rocking chair, and her taking my hand and kissing it. She was much loved by the family.
You live in Austin, TX? I lived there for two years and really liked it. It was just too hot for me and I was too far away from my family (in Indiana) ... so I moved back to the midwest. I still have fond memories of Austin.
Getting back to movie recommendations, have you heard of an Indiana-born filmmaker named Curt McDowell? He was born in Lafayette, in Tippecanoe County, in 1945, and moved to San Francisco in 1965 to attend the Art Institute there. In the early 1970s, he began making films in earnest, under the tutelage of his teacher George Kuchar. In 1975, these two collaborated on what is still probably McDowell's best-known work, a black comedy called Thundercrack!, which gained some notoriety on the midnight-movie circuit in the late Seventies. The film is distinguished by Kuchar's idiosyncratic, zanily poetic dialogue, beautiful black-and-white photography, and a truly great performance by the lead actress, a classically trained thespian named Marion Eaton. I think Eaton is one of the greatest actresses to have appeared on film, but she remains relatively obscure to mainstream audiences.
The best film of McDowell's I have so far seen is his later short Loads, which is a masterpiece of homoerotic cinema. McDowell succumbed to complications from AIDS in 1987, but is fondly remembered by the many who counted him as a friend.
Scott
Oh my, do I. Here are some films from the 60s and 70s that I consider great:
Other than some of the more mainstream/ well known films (such as "Deliverence", "Midnight Cowboy", "Easy Rider", etc.) do you have any suggestions?
Hi again, Diane--
Continuing along the tangent I addressed yesterday, here is a selection of films from the 1970s that I consider great:
Scott M.
Speaking of foreign films, has anyone seen "Get Real"?
It is an excellent movie from Great Britain about a high school teen dealing with his homosexuality and his coming out to his friends and family. Ben Silverstone and Brad Gorton star in it and both give excellent performances. I think the movie was made in 2000. If you haven't seen it, you should! :)
directed by Lasse Hallström, Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman...Good choice Brandon..really good under-rated film. I think alot of folks gave it a pass because J-Lo's in it but she's good and the little girl Becca Gardner steals the whole damn thing ;)