Beltmann Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 7 Women / John Ford / 1966 I've never been a huge fan of John Ford, but this story, about a strong-minded, liberated, atheistic female doctor at a Christian mission in China, is one of his most underappreciated films. While it offers an intriguing moral crisis--what happens when the values of sacrifice and purity are at odds?--it's notable primarily for the emphasis on women (rare for Ford) and a withering critique of dogma and self-righteousness. Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 can't believe i let it languish in the netflix que for so long. fucking stunning...20+ years later and it still looks better than a lot of CGI FX megafilms of today. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Square Pegs Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Another good performance from the late Sidney Pollack. A good movie. Liked the ending. Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Watched this again, as it had been a long time. Still love this film. William H. Macy is brilliant in it, I think. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Marx Brothers double feature: Monkey Business (1931) and Horse Feathers (1932). Two of their better ones. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Just recently watched: An ok movie I thought. The main character went a little too postal for my liking, though. Next on the list: Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I watched "I Am Legend" for about 35 minutes before turning it off. Make mine a Heston and "Omega Man", please. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 can't believe i let it languish in the netflix que for so long. fucking stunning...20+ years later and it still looks better than a lot of CGI FX megafilms of today.Werd. Some great acting in that too - one of Hauer's best performances and Harrison Ford is a great non-hero hero who gets the crap kicked out of him quite a bit. Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Innocence / dir. Lucile Hadzihalilovic / Belgium One of the oddest, most beguiling, and most transfixing movies I've seen in recent weeks. It's about a group of prepubescent girls at a woodsy institution (a boarding school? an orphanage?) trying to navigate the mysterious rules and regulations of the community. Right from the start, when a new girl arrives in a coffin serving as her carriage, the movie is clearly operating on a metaphorical/symbolic wavelength; I read the entire thing as an allegory for how innocence eventually gives way to rigid expectations, whether social, physical, emotional, or political. I watched this last night with four other people and really enjoyed it. The great thing about the film is the diversity of feelings/reactions it illicits from it's audience. The ambiguous nature of the story has the ability to evoke a wide range of emotions from viewers and leads them to various conclusions. Discussing the film afterwards we found it rather telling of the individual's nature as to what they believe eventually happens to some of the characters and the resolutions to the situations they are faced with. Very cool, very beautiful. Extremely thought provoking and probably not for everyone. It requires a certain degree of patience and an audience that is comfortable with the fact that they will pretty much have to draw their own conclusions given the film leaves so much to the imagination. I found it refreshing and a real treat. Tks for posting it here. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco LP #7 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Ghost WorldArrested Development Season 3 Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Speed Racer. And it was really good. Link to post Share on other sites
PopTodd Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Chicago Cubs can't believe i let it languish in the netflix que for so long. fucking stunning...20+ years later and it still looks better than a lot of CGI FX megafilms of today. Just how many freaking versions of this are there?!?!?! Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Death @ a Funeral had many laugh out loud moments. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Watched on Showtime last night. It was reasonably funny dark humor. The soundtrack was enjoyable. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Death @ a Funeral had many laugh out loud moments. Awesome movie Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 SpongeBob SquarePants. I dont have cable (since 1995) so my exposure to this cartoon has been very low. The kids wanted it though....so Netflix was kind enough to send a compilation of season 1 recently. OMFG, this is an instant classic. Mr Crabs? Great! Patrick? Hysterical! Bob? He's pretty good too! I'm 40 years old and not ashamed to say-I LOVE SPONGEBOB. Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 Just how many freaking versions of this are there?!?!?! Anyhow' date=' a number of different versions of the film have appeared including the original theatrical cut, the international cut, the much sought-after 'workprint' version and the rushed 'director's cut' that stunningly didn't even include the director's input.[/quote'] ~ 5 via my blog Link to post Share on other sites
MattZ Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 I saw this last weekend. It has been getting universally stellar reviews. I can't tell what I thought of it. Anyone else seen it yet? Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 Great news for classic TV fans, especially fans 1970 Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted June 6, 2008 Share Posted June 6, 2008 that MeTV is the shit. lost in space on the weekend and wild wild west every night at 8PM. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I'm a fan of Kon Satoshi, so I wanted to take a look at his 2004 TV series Paranoia Agent. Compelling stuff, but not my favorite work of his--that would probably be Millennium Actress, or maybe Perfect Blue. This week I also spent a little time brushing up on my early John Wayne Westerns. Obviously these B-movie cheapies aren't very good films and have only historical interest, but sometimes small hints of inspiration sneak into the rigid formulas. For example, The Desert Trail presents two bickering cowboys always undermining each other--usually over a girl--but underneath the discord lies a very believable, lived-in friendship of mutual respect and trust. Their rapport belongs in a much better movie.The Desert Trail (1935)Rainbow Valley (1935) Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 I watched 2 movies this weekend. Across the Universe is one of the worst movies I've see in a while. Horrible singing and choreography. Cloverfield was fun. Glad I didn't see it in the theater. That camera work on the big screen would've made me puke for sure. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Amazing movie. One of the funniest movies I've seen in a while. I also enjoyed this. I like foreign flicks but all the reading does a get a little tiresome. Amazing true story and well made movie. Link to post Share on other sites
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