New/Rented movies: Here comes the movie to change all movies

[bigmrg74]

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I went to a 3pm showing of Avatar on IMAX today. I was thinking it might be halfway full, and that I could still probably get a good middle seat some where in the theature. I got one of the last ten tickets for that showing.

[AMcoffee]

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Charlie Wilson's War:

Kinda skewers government, while also providing basic info on the whole funding Afghanistan to fight the Commies story.

It's definitely worth a look-see, and while it is more on the light-hearted side, there are some barbed undertones in the movie.

Well worth reading the book if you want more of the politics.

I read the book first, after all the Imus hype of it. The book is more political commentary, the movie is more social commentary, each built around the Afghan troubles.

[Slap Shot]

À bout de souffle (Breathless)

1960 film from Jean-Luc Godard about a two-bit thief on the lam after killing a cop, and the girl that falls in love with him but won't fully submit because she suspects (and later confirms) he's not an honest man. Regarding the film itself, I had a hard time caring about either of the main characters, however from the standpoint of the making of the film I was quite fascinated. Godard was considered a revolutionary, and an originator of the, "all style, no substance" genre that influenced the likes of Tarantino. There's some quirky editing, a dependence on background music to convey a mood and some very witty scenes of dialogue between Michel and Patricia. Glad I rented this one.

[The Rube]

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Tyson:

Very good documentary. No narration, pretty much a 90 minute interview/retrospective from Iron Mike. Some of the things he says makes you think he's a savage, and other times you really feel for him. It's interesting hearing what was going on in his head during some of his most infamous fights (the Buster Douglas, the Holyfield Ear, etc).

Much better than many of the articles you might have read over the years, or the in-depth interviews also.

I'd say it's very much worth watching.

[Handyman]

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I saw The Lovely Bones tonight...I really really enjoyed it. Stanley Tucci was fantastic, Marky Mark was surprisingly good, the main character was outstanding and Peter Jackson showed again why I think he might just be one of the best in the business right now. I don't know how much more I can recommend a movie.

I also rewatched a personal fave, Truman with Gary Sinise. Very well done HBO movie based on the biography by McCullough. (sp?)

[SiouxTechie]

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I saw The Lovely Bones tonight...I really really enjoyed it. Stanley Tucci was fantastic, Marky Mark was surprisingly good, the main character was outstanding and Peter Jackson showed again why I think he might just be one of the best in the business right now. I don't know how much more I can recommend a movie.

Did you read the book? If you haven't, you should, it's also really good. I have yet to see the movie though, may go this week.

[Handyman]

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No I havent but my friend who I went with did and she thought the movie was great too I might have to pick it up one of these days.

[Kepler]

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There's about 4 seconds of the movie worth watching.

Very funny. (Note: this 4 seconds are not available on the TV version.)

[Kepler]

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À bout de souffle (Breathless)

1960 film from Jean-Luc Godard about a two-bit thief on the lam after killing a cop, and the girl that falls in love with him but won't fully submit because she suspects (and later confirms) he's not an honest man. Regarding the film itself, I had a hard time caring about either of the main characters, however from the standpoint of the making of the film I was quite fascinated. Godard was considered a revolutionary, and an originator of the, "all style, no substance" genre that influenced the likes of Tarantino. There's some quirky editing, a dependence on background music to convey a mood and some very witty scenes of dialogue between Michel and Patricia. Glad I rented this one.

Good movie, but definitely in the top ten most pretentious films of all time. (Goddard has at least 3 of those slots.)

Personally I find the girl very compelling and believable. The boy is a git.

[ScottM]

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We watched "Closer" this weekend. Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman ... a great deal of dark humor, duplicity and eroticism. Well made, and an interesting look at relationships and honesty.

[ScoobyDoo]

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We watched "Closer" this weekend. Julia Roberts, Jude Law, Clive Owen and Natalie Portman ... a great deal of dark humor, duplicity and eroticism. Well made, and an interesting look at relationships and honesty.

Cool, a Mike Nichols film.

Thanks for pointing that one out to me. I hadn't looked at Mike Nichols on IMDB yet.

He also directed "The Graduate" (everyone knows that one, although I hate the ending) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" which is on my all time list.

[Kepler]

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He also directed "The Graduate" (everyone knows that one, although I hate the ending)

You're insane. The final 10 seconds or so is one of the best endings in movie history. You can see their next twenty years in one look.

WAOVG is one of the best adaptations of a play to film, up there with "The Lion in Winter" and "The Sound of Music."

[PrezdeJohnson09]

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Avatar still raked in $34 million this week in it's SIXTH week of being out.

Titanic...you've had a good run but you're going down

The IMax showings are really boosting this movie and putting it over the top.

They are still selling out from what my friend told me who works at the Albany IMax theatre.

[ScoobyDoo]

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You're insane. The final 10 seconds or so is one of the best endings in movie history. You can see their next twenty years in one look.

WAOVG is one of the best adaptations of a play to film, up there with "The Lion in Winter" and "The Sound of Music."

It probably is from a "film makers" perspective, and many folks I'm sure love it. I however hated it and accept that as my personal opinion. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the film though, it's a must see.

Hitchcock had a couple of great play adaptions as well. Dial "M" for Murder and Rope are both excellent (although Rope has some weird aspects with the way it was filmed using very long takes which was a new thing for the day).

[Kepler]

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It probably is from a "film makers" perspective, and many folks I'm sure love it. I however hated it and accept that as my personal opinion. Doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the film though, it's a must see.

Hitchcock had a couple of great play adaptions as well. Dial "M" for Murder and Rope are both excellent (although Rope has some weird aspects with the way it was filmed using very long takes which was a new thing for the day).

Rope's very talky. I like that, personally (you can't get any talkier than "Virginia Wolf," except maybe "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," but it probably loses a modern audience. The long takes and funny angles were supposed to keep the audience disoriented and uncomfortable. They work great on the big screen, but it loses as much as hockey when it's moved onto TV.