fell asleep in garden state and miss congeniality made me want to wrench my own teeth out
I love Alcohol Induced Altruism(Laura) I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence - Doug McLeod Those who believe in absurdities will commit atrocities - Voltaire
Yey for someone else owning all the Studio Ghiblis!!
I thought I was a lone loser >.<
I still need an American History X comparison. Compare it to Battle Royale or some Tarantino or something maybe? Possibly?
Ahhhh *strokes thread* Im going to live in this thread, forever and ever and ever.
*Scrolls up* What are we talking about?
Blade Runner is...love. I cant think of anything better, its amazing, so, so wonderful. I haven't seen Prestige, but I have just added it to my list as it looks awesome :D
Garden State I love, Miss Congeniality is too...sweet and pink.
What have I just to gotten watch. Um. Hairspray, the original Miracle on 34th Street, Death in Venice, Dangerous Liasons and the Goonies :)
Movies based on computer games are REALLY bad, so much so it just ruins the game so you can never play it again. The newest movie is hitman, bases on the hitmans game *sigh*
but in battle royale, a lot of people missed something really funny at the end, when they are on the boat and the guy is lying there dying *gigles* he has an errection.... It was a great movie but how they couldnt have edited that bit i dont know
"Its not how long a star shines, what is remembered is the brightness of the light"
yeah the hitman game is far better than the movie, and don't get me started on Doom. Has anyone seen the golden compass? all the reviews i've heard don't fill me with confidence.
I love Alcohol Induced Altruism(Laura) I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence - Doug McLeod Those who believe in absurdities will commit atrocities - Voltaire
but in battle royale, a lot of people missed something really funny at the end, when they are on the boat and the guy is lying there dying *gigles* he has an errection.... It was a great movie but how they couldnt have edited that bit i dont know
Maybe thats what he was into?
I love Alcohol Induced Altruism(Laura) I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence - Doug McLeod Those who believe in absurdities will commit atrocities - Voltaire
Has anyone seen Zodiac? I know it's been out ages but I am thinking about getting it but I dont like how[for those who don't know it's about a serial killer who was never cought to put it simply] it has no real ending seeing as the killer was never cought.
The golden compass - It really doesn't appeal to me, the fact that the books bored me aswell so meh lol.
OOOOOOOOHH The Beach is good movie, although that may e because leonardo di caprio walks out of the sea topless
I like The Beach but seriously read the book by Alex Garland. The book is 100% better than the film and having read the book before watching the film I was tearing my hair out at the bits they edited and left out that was vital to the book's plot.
I own most of them too, just love those films to pieces =)
Always makes me want a boyfriend who can turn into a dragon or is a wizard though. Or a Totoro. Not, a boyfriend who is a Totoro, just like, a Totoro in general. As a friend.
Hm, the supermarket scene...
Think the six Mr's in Reservoir Dogs, instead of going in a jewelery store, they run into a supermarket who's owned and run by enemies of Joe. Instead of just getting the goods and running, they decide to have some fun, Mr Blonde styley...
Mr Blonde is the closest representation of the main character in AHX.
As for the curb scene, ugh how can I describe this? Mix a bit Mr Blonde's physicality and Mitsuko's sense of evilness, and the evil smile afterwards, and you'll come fairly close. It's been rated as usually one of the top most gruesome deaths in cinema history, and with good reason too. If you don't like squish (as in sound not visual) you should be well prepared for a few dozen sleepness nights...
Those two are probably the worst but I'll have to see the movie to see otherwise...
The curb scene in itself if worth the 18 rating yet alone the rest of the movie...
I LOVE films too, I'm OBSESSED! I don't own 450 because I'm always having to sell them at Blockbuster then rent again etc etc as I'm usually poor.
My favourite film is A Clockwork Orange, it's so original and amazing! Yes, also, disturbing.
LOVE American History X, LOVE Eddie Norton! It's a dark quite depressing film, especially because it has a male rape scene in but it is really well written, well acted and has an important message behind it.
Don't want to sound unwelcoming so, hello and enjoy the forums, but I find that the usual male gang rape in prison device cliche, and annoying. There are other ways of making the viewer feel sympathy or lack of, for a character in prison.
Although one of my favourite films, Shawshank, used the usual rape device, there are at least another three devices used as well and so I forgive.
My rule when buying films is don't spend over £8, someone said about Zodiac? I can't wait to see that but its taking a while to get under £8. I did treat myself to Hairspray and my brother got me Pirates of he Caribbean :)
I think I'll maybe wait for American History X, it sounds a bit much for me at the moment, another film I can't wait to see is Rosemary's Baby, I'm really looking forward to that, its going to be awesome.
The Beach I enjoyed but not as much as the book, the Golden Compass...I don't think im going to see it. I'm pissed off they called it that in the first place, its bloody stupid, I went to see His Dark Materials on stage, all three of them, it was six hours long and absolutely amazing. It was...wow. The books are incredible, I don't think I need to see a film that thought it would be too daring to use the word Aletheometer.
Films of games don't work in the same way that most remakes don't work I believe. Remakes make Aimee annnnnnngry. I don't think Clockwork Orange is that disturbing really, I don't know why, theres just something about it that makes it...beautiful. I don't know what it is.
Also I agree about The Golden Compass. His Dark Materials are three of my favourite books and I don't want to see the film as it looks like they've changed it too much.
However I am told I am seeing it next week so I shall let you know!
Clockwork Orange the book is brilliant. Clockwork Orange the film is average really. Same as many adaptions. And remakes annoy me too!
i wouldn't say american history x is that violent. as someone else said, there are two really violent scenes in it.
but they're not really stretched out.
&i don't know. everytime i watch the "curb scene" i still have to look away a bit, &i've seen ahx maybe five or six times.
it's an amazing film though.
Thanks Linda, I read a really detailed synopsis of it because I really want to see it so now I know where the violent bits come :)
Gilbert I totally agree the book of Clockwork Orange is better, I do love the film as well though. Im watching Seven at the moment, I love this as well, it made me read Dantes Inferno. I love it.
