 Cinemexperience: part deux., Some more filums you saw. |
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 Sep 16 2009, 08:35 PM
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If I was young, I'd flee this town  Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,496 Joined: 2-January 05 From: The Hanging Bollocks of Babylon Member No.: 3,052  |
QUOTE (sleeping_pirate @ Sep 13 2009, 09:07 PM)  Inglourious Basterds Again. I loves it. |
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Sep 16 2009, 11:09 PM
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Four Pinter Group: Senior Members Posts: 847 Joined: 2-October 04 From: At a crime scene dusting for prints Member No.: 2,310 |
Dorian Gray.
Not feeling it. Could have quite happily left half way through and that's not something I would normally do. It's not that it was so God awful I was just so bored with it. And the ending was in no way bold enough. Ax |
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Sep 17 2009, 09:19 AM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,405 Joined: 22-July 05 From: Leeds, UK Member No.: 4,256 |
QUOTE (maian @ Sep 16 2009, 10:02 AM) Kitchen Stories A group of Swedish scientists travel to Norway to observe the kitchen habits of single men in order to design the perfect kitchen. One observer and one observee, after initial hostilities, become friends, and the film goes from there. Sweet without being saccharine, it's a really lovely film. Thanks, dan, for pointing it out aaaaaages ago. woo! it's ace, isn't it? i watched 'broken embraces'. i liked it and kinda fell for ms cruz... |
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Sep 17 2009, 09:56 AM
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Money ... Group: Senior Members Posts: 11,440 Joined: 14-October 04 From: 14 carat yacht - what? (Going wow!) Member No.: 2,511 |
I'm certainly going to look for Kitchen Stories now - by the same director of the delightful O'Horten. A man called Bent Hamer. I love a bit of Scandinavi-quirk.
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Sep 17 2009, 03:15 PM
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QUOTE (dandan @ Sep 17 2009, 10:19 AM) woo! it's ace, isn't it? i watched 'broken embraces'. i liked it and kinda fell for ms cruz... I have such a crush on her now. |
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Sep 17 2009, 04:00 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
QUOTE (dandan @ Sep 17 2009, 10:19 AM) woo! it's ace, isn't it? i watched 'broken embraces'. i liked it and kinda fell for ms cruz... Very ace indeed. I must check out some of his other films, I've only seen Factotum and Kitchen Stories. I'm seeing Broken Embraces tomorrow. I'm very excited about it. |
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Sep 17 2009, 10:13 PM
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Ade Flanders Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 14,205 Joined: 2-October 04 From: the moment I could first write, I KNEW that I wanted to be an internet forum moderator... Member No.: 2,296 |
There's a film showing at the arts centre every week for the next four weeks that I want to see, namely Moon, Inglourious Basterds, The Hurt Locker and Broken Embraces.
Having just been to see the rather enjoyable Coco Avant Chanel, it's going to be a good month for movies. Marvelleuse. eta: QUOTE (Serafina_Pekkala @ Sep 17 2009, 10:56 AM) I'm certainly going to look for Kitchen Stories now - by the same director of the delightful O'Horten. A man called Bent Hamer. I love a bit of Scandinavi-quirk. Me too, now! I very nearly rented out O'Horten the other week since I've been wanting to see it for months - but I selected Love In The Time Of Cholera instead, which I really didn't expect to enjoy quite as much as I did. And if you haven't already seen it Sefi, I would recommend you check out Factotum (another Bent Hamer film) which features a surprisingly excellent turn by Matt Dillon. |
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Sep 18 2009, 09:34 AM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
Gregory's Girl
A near perfect movie. |
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Sep 18 2009, 09:53 AM
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Alley Viper Group: Senior Members Posts: 11,843 Joined: 29-December 04 From: Cobra Island Member No.: 3,024 |
QUOTE (Sostie @ Sep 18 2009, 10:34 AM) Gregory's Girl A near perfect movie. What's your opinion on the sequel? I'm still not sure what to make of it. |
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Sep 18 2009, 09:59 AM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
QUOTE (Starscream`s Ghost @ Sep 18 2009, 10:53 AM) What's your opinion on the sequel? I'm still not sure what to make of it. I actually haven't seen it. I think I have in storage somewhere. |
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Sep 18 2009, 11:42 AM
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Land of the Dead
Enjoyed it a lot more this time, although that's because I absolutely hated it first time round. Asia looked cute too. |
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Sep 18 2009, 12:16 PM
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Learning to walk again Group: Senior Members Posts: 5,525 Joined: 24-February 06 From: Where everybody knows your name Member No.: 4,956 |
QUOTE (logger @ Sep 18 2009, 12:42 PM) Asia looked cute too. Yes. |
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Sep 18 2009, 02:05 PM
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Bully for you Group: Senior Members Posts: 20,419 Joined: 25-February 05 From: behind a desk, sitting very still Member No.: 3,498 |
Broken Embraces
Very, very good, as Almodovar's films often are. Of his other films it is closest in tone and style, though not necessarily content, to Bad Education, as both are overtly Hitchcockian in style, down to the Bernard Hermann-esque score (though it veered a bit closer to the pastiche of A Close Shave than actual Hermann) as well the obvious similarities in plot since both films deal with directors confronting or unravelling a mystery in their past. Penelope Cruz is magnetic, as she always is when working with Almodovar, to the film's detriment since it does languish somewhat whenever she is not on-screen, though Luis Homar makes for a great lead and carries the film along whenever she is absent. It's a slightly listless film, in a good way. Like a lot of his recent films it takes its time getting to where it is going, content to let the audience enjoy the company of his characters and ponder the mystery. I don't think that it is quite on a par with his last five films, but it is still a top-quality film and, despite being a bit self-involved (the fact that the film-within-a-film is basically Women On The Verge Of A Nervouse Breakdown seems like a rather insidery little comment) and overlong I would still probably put it in my top 10 of the year. This post has been edited by maian: Sep 18 2009, 02:11 PM |
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Sep 18 2009, 02:10 PM
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Money ... Group: Senior Members Posts: 11,440 Joined: 14-October 04 From: 14 carat yacht - what? (Going wow!) Member No.: 2,511 |
QUOTE (Ade @ Sep 17 2009, 11:13 PM) And if you haven't already seen it Sefi, I would recommend you check out Factotum (another Bent Hamer film) which features a surprisingly excellent turn by Matt Dillon. Will do! |
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Sep 18 2009, 04:18 PM
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QUOTE (maian @ Sep 18 2009, 03:05 PM) Broken Embraces Pretty much agree with that, although I do think there are moments in it that are some of Almodovar's best. Hopefully I should be able to see it on the big screen next week. |
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