GtrPlyr Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 A year after Hudson and Wyman made All That Heaven Allows, they were back together playing similar roles in this one. Though not as good a film as that one, this is still worth watching. What can I say, I'm a sucker for Douglas Sirk melodramas. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 I love The Furies (and just about anything by Anthony Mann). GtrPlyr, if you like those Sirk melodramas, then I must recommend Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. The central May-December romance between an elderly German cleaning lady and an Arab foreign worker can be read, obviously, as allegory: I saw it first as a racial allegory, then a sexual one, then, finally, a historical one--especially since the dialogue alludes to Hitler several times. The movie becomes a complex document of uneasy times, of how society divides itself in order to define itself, and how lingering doubt--in this case, residue left over from the Third Reich--continues to poison for many years. I was completely drawn in, thanks to the Sirkian melodrama and primary colors, and also the compositional qualities that swivels between kitchen-sink realism and powerful formalism ( I loved how Fassbinder uses doorways to frame essential material). The performances are also quite moving. Link to post Share on other sites
PigSooie Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Northern Exposure season 2 Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 GtrPlyr, if you like those Sirk melodramas, then I must recommend Fassbinder's Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.That is one of my all-time favorite films : If I recall correctly, Fassbinder filmed it in 20 some odd days in-between working on another film. Little did he probably realize at the time that he was making one of his most enduring classics. Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Last nite, it was "The House Bunny". We laughed, we smirked, we didnt cry. Link to post Share on other sites
Papillon Parade Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Alternating nights of Deadwood and Six Feet Under. Love 'em both. Getting ready to watch The Forgotten Women for some perspective. Link to post Share on other sites
Oil Can Boyd Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 My 10 year old daughter really liked it and that's good enough for me. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Taken. Not a masterpiece for sure, not as exciting as the Bourne movies, but still a good action flick with good acting by Liam Neeson. The plot outline is kind of cheesy, but it is worth it to see Liam Neeson kicking some serious ass. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Taken. Not a masterpiece for sure, not as exciting as the Bourne movies, but still a good action flick with good acting by Liam Neeson. The plot outline is kind of cheesy, but it is worth it to see Liam Neeson kicking some serious ass.Cool - that's exactly what I was hoping for from the ads. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Cool - that's exactly what I was hoping for from the ads.Reading that back I realized I wrote out his entire name twice within two sentences. But it fits because when you see it, you're just like, holy shit Liam fucking Neeson is beating the shit out of that guy. Seriously, he kills over 50 people throughout the film, many with just his bare hands. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Last night, I watched The Last Templar- which is based on a book I read last year. It is basically a Da Vinci Code rip-off, but I do like the historical story lines one finds in these films. Part two is on tonight. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Cool - that's exactly what I was hoping for from the ads. Yeah, those ads really work. Can't wait to see this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gym Teacher Man Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 i liked this one, although it probably won't be one i'm dying to see again and again. good performances by foster and howard. their little relationship was completely unexpected to me, but worked. also rewatched The Departed for the 3rd time in a month. i just can't get enough of that one these days. EDIT: it was strange to see Naveen Andrews get his ass kicked in The Brave One. He always rocks the shit as Sayid on Lost. Link to post Share on other sites
Artifice Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 boring. very disappointed. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 boring. very disappointed. Did you forget to hit 'play'? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Gym Teacher Man Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 boring. very disappointed. i can't see it. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 MOON - 5 clips This movie makes me think of Silent Running (1972) - sort of. Link to post Share on other sites
mfwahl Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 i can't see it.The Station Agent Link to post Share on other sites
Moe_Syzlak Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I'm not "Now Watching" but I wanted to give a plug for a film some friends of mine made and just premiered at Sundance. The movie is called "The Cove" and you can see a trailer here. It won the Audience Award at Sundance. Flipper was one of the most beloved television characters of all time. But ironically, the fascination with dolphins that he caused created a tragic epidemic that has threatened their existence and become a multibillion dollar industry. The largest supplier of dolphins in the world is located in the picturesque town of Taijii, Japan. But the town has a dark, horrifying secret that it doesn't want the rest of the world to know. There are guards patrolling the cove, where the dolphin capturing takes place, who prevent any photography. The only way to stop the evil acts of this company and the town that protects it is to expose them....and that's exactly what the brave group of activists in The Cove intend to do.Armed with state-of-the-art surveillance equipment, the members of the small group, led by the most famous dolphin trainer in the world, devise a covert plan to infiltrate the cove to document the horrifying events that happen there. Along the way, they uncover what may be the largest health crisis facing our planet Link to post Share on other sites
chanman1128 Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 The Station Agent One of my all time favorites Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 One of my all time favorites Agreed. That was a great movie. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Agreed. That was a great movie.I liked that one too. His follow up "The Visitor" was pretty good too. Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Saw Rocknrolla last night. Meh... Link to post Share on other sites
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