Movies

[irishjayhawk]

Yeah, so I saw a lot of movies this weekend.

Elizabeth: The Golden Age - Mediocre, at best. Slow and dragged on. Shorten it to 2 hours and it's golden. It's not, so it fails.

Michael Clayton - Amazing. Everything about it is awesome. However, it's VERY complex and mind bending. You have to think, so be prepared. I still feel like I'm missing key details of exactly what happened. Gotta see it again.

Across the Universe - Perfect is one word that comes to mind. It just works. And, contrary to many people I bet, the movie is best viewed sober. Trust me.

[Sure-Oz]

Loved Unbreakable....

[KCChiefsMan]

I must say, I do want to see The Perfect Getaway

just saw a trailer for "The Time Travelers Wife"
it's got that guy who ruined the first Hulk and Rachel McAdams, it's about this guy who goes around in time and keeps hooking up with Rachel McAdams and then goes into the future and then goes back to tell her how things are going inthe future and they are madly in love.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

I must say, I do want to see The Perfect Getaway

just saw a trailer for "The Time Travelers Wife"
it's got that guy who ruined the first Hulk and Rachel McAdams, it's about this guy who goes around in time and keeps hooking up with Rachel McAdams and then goes into the future and then goes back to tell her how things are going inthe future and they are madly in love.

I was wondering wtf that movie was about, talk about weird

i think bana was good in munich and i hear hes in star trek but i have not seen it.

hulk 1 was just a horrible movie, he wasnt THAT bad imo

[mikeyis4dcats.]

just watched Killshot. Pretty good flick. I love Elmore Leonard books....and they make fun movies.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by KCChiefsMan

it's got that guy who ruined the first Hulk...

Ang Lee?

Seriously, Eric Bana was NOT the problem with the first Hulk. It was the idiot producers that thought it'd be a good idea to hire a director known for his artistic and emotional stories for an action comic.

[Sure-Oz]

Just recieved the Soloist from netflix....anyone seen it? plan to watch flyboys and this, this weekend

[Jenson71]

I watched Martin Scorsese's My Voyage to Italy. Thank you, Baby Lee, for spurring this into action.

I was expecting Scorsese to physically travel to Italy. But wouldn't that have derailed the point? Scorsese wants us to know that movies have the power to take us to places, take us to emotions, take us to events that change our beings right from a movie theater or even your couch in your living room. Scorsese pleads to the young to watch the Italian neorealist movies, and Fellini movies, and Antonini movies because they left an impression on him and he is confident they will leave an impression on us. Not that we will all grow up to become famous directors, but because a two hour slice of art can help show us what it means to be a human in desperate times, with a devasted country, with devasted people (see neorealism, especially). All good art should help explain what living is, what people really do and how they really feel. These Italian films that Scorsese talks about and shows us strove for these ideals.

If do plan on watching some of these films, and do not like having the ending revealed, you'll have to skip Scorsese's film. I've never had a problem with knowing the ending myself in most cases. The end result is not the only important thing to a film. The entire process is important. You know Romeo and Juliet die at the very beginning of the play. Does it make their love any less dramatic? Does knowing that the muses sing of the "doomed" raging Achilles make his story any less exciting? Of course, some movies benefit from the suspense. That is their purpose. Hitchcock pleaded to audiences not to tell others what happens to Janet Leigh or who the mother really is. He was a master story teller. His art excelled in that. But the point of these Italian movies is not to be frightened or filled with suspense. We do want to know what happens next though, but it's just as important to realize why "next" happens, what events unfold to lead these people to these decisions. Scorsese talks about how he watched some of these films over and over. We do that too, with out favorite movies. We know Michael becomes the Don, but we watch anyway. We watch film verisions of our favorite books, and not because we want to see how it ends. If you are more interested in the process, the criticism, and the art appreciation, knowing the end is just a small detail. Scorsese wants us to think like that.

The movie is over four hours long. Most of it is scenes from Scorsese's favorites sometimes with his own musings voiced over interspersed with the film dialogue. He talks about a final shot that continues to haunt him to this day (L'Avventura) for example and things of that nature. He also talks about growing up in NYC, going to the theater with his dad, or watching the Italian movies on his little TV with neighbors and family. He mentions what movies particularly influenced his own (I Vitelloni and Mean Streets). He really does a great job of placing the movies in their actual historical context with the neorealists movies. His commentary completely upholds his love for movies, but it's never something like "Wow! I LOVE this part!" It stays sophisticated and interesting and deeply knowledge based, like a college professor.

The majority of major films today can be something like Transformers, which isn't even about humans, or superhumans, or comedies featuring awkward, immature men struggling with hangovers and getting laid. It's worth opening ourselves up to something different from movies, an art that has the capability to morph mulitple arts - music, photography, theater - into something that is truly meaningful for human beings. My Voyage to Italy asks us to do this, and I think it's worth taking Scorsese up on it.

[Lzen]

If you have not seen this documentary, you really should give it a viewing. It's scary what is going on with the Mexican drug cartels and all the violence and corruption involved. And how that may come here to America sooner than you may believe.

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Drug_...?trkid=1211018

[Lzen]

Here is a Netflix customer review that I think hits it out of the park.

I will simply beg you PLEASE WATCH THIS DOCUMENTARY!. This is the most sobering and terrifying documentary ever made. The film is about the massive, violent control Mexican drug cartels have over the entire country of Mexico and how it is slowly making its way into American territory. It explains in detail how Mexico has taken over the drug industry that the Columbians once had control over until the Columbian government took out the cartels in that country. Once this happened the mexican drug cartels took over 90% of the worlds drug industry. With Mexico being one of the poorest countries in the world, the Mexican drug cartels have simply recruited thousands of Mexican teenagers and citizens to help traffic drugs and protect the flow of drugs into the USA. The film explains how the Mexican cartels have managed to corrupt the entire country of Mexico, its police forces and government, by offering them lucrative bribes. If you take the money- you work for them. If you dont- you are tortured and murdered. This is how the Mexican drug cartels control the entire country of Mexico. It is how drugs make it across the border into United States soil. The film explores how highly trained para military groups cross our borders and carry out assassinations and kidnappings in an effort to over take America and eventually control it as well through payoffs, torture, kidnapping,and murder. This film proves that just as the entire country of Mexico is controlled by the drug cartels, the same thing is taking a foot hold in america through street gangs linked to Mexican drug cartels, and the problem is only getting worse. It is a sobering film that you must see. If something is not done about these cartels, America will become a wasteland of corruption, and murder, controlled by Mexican drug cartels, corrupt goverment officials and law enforcement. Do your self a big favor and watch this documentary.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by Lzen

If you have not seen this documentary, you really should give it a viewing. It's scary what is going on with the Mexican drug cartels and all the violence and corruption involved. And how that may come here to America sooner than you may believe.

http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Drug_...?trkid=1211018

Juarrez OWNS El Paso already. It's already here, it's BEEN here, and it's going nowhere.

[patteeu]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

I watched Martin Scorsese's My Voyage to Italy. Thank you, Baby Lee, for spurring this into action.

I was expecting Scorsese to physically travel to Italy. But wouldn't that have derailed the point? Scorsese wants us to know that movies have the power to take us to places, take us to emotions, take us to events that change our beings right from a movie theater or even your couch in your living room. Scorsese pleads to the young to watch the Italian neorealist movies, and Fellini movies, and Antonini movies because they left an impression on him and he is confident they will leave an impression on us. Not that we will all grow up to become famous directors, but because a two hour slice of art can help show us what it means to be a human in desperate times, with a devasted country, with devasted people (see neorealism, especially). All good art should help explain what living is, what people really do and how they really feel. These Italian films that Scorsese talks about and shows us strove for these ideals.

If do plan on watching some of these films, and do not like having the ending revealed, you'll have to skip Scorsese's film. I've never had a problem with knowing the ending myself in most cases. The end result is not the only important thing to a film. The entire process is important. You know Romeo and Juliet die at the very beginning of the play. Does it make their love any less dramatic? Does knowing that the muses sing of the "doomed" raging Achilles make his story any less exciting? Of course, some movies benefit from the suspense. That is their purpose. Hitchcock pleaded to audiences not to tell others what happens to Janet Leigh or who the mother really is. He was a master story teller. His art excelled in that. But the point of these Italian movies is not to be frightened or filled with suspense. We do want to know what happens next though, but it's just as important to realize why "next" happens, what events unfold to lead these people to these decisions. Scorsese talks about how he watched some of these films over and over. We do that too, with out favorite movies. We know Michael becomes the Don, but we watch anyway. We watch film verisions of our favorite books, and not because we want to see how it ends. If you are more interested in the process, the criticism, and the art appreciation, knowing the end is just a small detail. Scorsese wants us to think like that.

The movie is over four hours long. Most of it is scenes from Scorsese's favorites sometimes with his own musings voiced over interspersed with the film dialogue. He talks about a final shot that continues to haunt him to this day (L'Avventura) for example and things of that nature. He also talks about growing up in NYC, going to the theater with his dad, or watching the Italian movies on his little TV with neighbors and family. He mentions what movies particularly influenced his own (I Vitelloni and Mean Streets). He really does a great job of placing the movies in their actual historical context with the neorealists movies. His commentary completely upholds his love for movies, but it's never something like "Wow! I LOVE this part!" It stays sophisticated and interesting and deeply knowledge based, like a college professor.

The majority of major films today can be something like Transformers, which isn't even about humans, or superhumans, or comedies featuring awkward, immature men struggling with hangovers and getting laid. It's worth opening ourselves up to something different from movies, an art that has the capability to morph mulitple arts - music, photography, theater - into something that is truly meaningful for human beings. My Voyage to Italy asks us to do this, and I think it's worth taking Scorsese up on it.

Are there any naked chicks in it?

[Jenson71]

Hmm, I don't remember any.

[Simply Red]

Originally Posted by Jenson71

I watched Martin Scorsese's My Voyage to Italy. Thank you, Baby Lee, for spurring this into action.

I was expecting Scorsese to physically travel to Italy. But wouldn't that have derailed the point? Scorsese wants us to know that movies have the power to take us to places, take us to emotions, take us to events that change our beings right from a movie theater or even your couch in your living room. Scorsese pleads to the young to watch the Italian neorealist movies, and Fellini movies, and Antonini movies because they left an impression on him and he is confident they will leave an impression on us. Not that we will all grow up to become famous directors, but because a two hour slice of art can help show us what it means to be a human in desperate times, with a devasted country, with devasted people (see neorealism, especially). All good art should help explain what living is, what people really do and how they really feel. These Italian films that Scorsese talks about and shows us strove for these ideals.

If do plan on watching some of these films, and do not like having the ending revealed, you'll have to skip Scorsese's film. I've never had a problem with knowing the ending myself in most cases. The end result is not the only important thing to a film. The entire process is important. You know Romeo and Juliet die at the very beginning of the play. Does it make their love any less dramatic? Does knowing that the muses sing of the "doomed" raging Achilles make his story any less exciting? Of course, some movies benefit from the suspense. That is their purpose. Hitchcock pleaded to audiences not to tell others what happens to Janet Leigh or who the mother really is. He was a master story teller. His art excelled in that. But the point of these Italian movies is not to be frightened or filled with suspense. We do want to know what happens next though, but it's just as important to realize why "next" happens, what events unfold to lead these people to these decisions. Scorsese talks about how he watched some of these films over and over. We do that too, with out favorite movies. We know Michael becomes the Don, but we watch anyway. We watch film verisions of our favorite books, and not because we want to see how it ends. If you are more interested in the process, the criticism, and the art appreciation, knowing the end is just a small detail. Scorsese wants us to think like that.

The movie is over four hours long. Most of it is scenes from Scorsese's favorites sometimes with his own musings voiced over interspersed with the film dialogue. He talks about a final shot that continues to haunt him to this day (L'Avventura) for example and things of that nature. He also talks about growing up in NYC, going to the theater with his dad, or watching the Italian movies on his little TV with neighbors and family. He mentions what movies particularly influenced his own (I Vitelloni and Mean Streets). He really does a great job of placing the movies in their actual historical context with the neorealists movies. His commentary completely upholds his love for movies, but it's never something like "Wow! I LOVE this part!" It stays sophisticated and interesting and deeply knowledge based, like a college professor.

The majority of major films today can be something like Transformers, which isn't even about humans, or superhumans, or comedies featuring awkward, immature men struggling with hangovers and getting laid. It's worth opening ourselves up to something different from movies, an art that has the capability to morph mulitple arts - music, photography, theater - into something that is truly meaningful for human beings. My Voyage to Italy asks us to do this, and I think it's worth taking Scorsese up on it.

Can you expand on this? just joking.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Sure-Oz

Just recieved the Soloist from netflix....anyone seen it? plan to watch flyboys and this, this weekend

It was a disappointment to me.

[Jerm]

Checked out The Collector on Sunday...awesome movie, really enjoyed it.

Tense as hell and demented, it held nothing back.