I still have to see Children of Men. Isn't it crap?

I mean, I loved Y Tu Mama Tambien but that's Alfonso Cuaron's only good film in my opinion. I wanted to see this film, but when I saw the trailer, it bugged me.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Bleep you, & bleep the establishment, and bleep all of you who are trying to make me part of the unestablished establishment.

Wishing Stairs - I was expecting big things from this film, but except for a couple of tense moments and a handful of the actors being very convincing, i was bitterly disappointed. The stairs leading up to an all-girl's boarding school count 28. If you close your eyes and make a wish whilst ascending, a 29th is said to appear and your wish is granted. Things go horribly wrong when one girl wishes to go to the ballet finals. Cue glass in ballet shoes, fights, a couple of ghosts, etc. Meh. - 6/10

Dead Poets Society - We've all seen it! Hehe. I just wanted to watch it again. This is a film that has truly retained it's charm and power over the years. I actually think it's one of Williams' finest performances. Classic. 9/10

La Haine - French film about the aftermath of a huge riot in the French suburbs. After the police brutally beat up a young guy, a friend vows to kill a policeman if he dies as a result. It is about three young men and their valiant struggle for survival in their hometown (and around the outskirts). A very touching film, with some hilariously intelligent funny parts added. Highly recommended if you're not too lazy to read subtitles (which an astonishing percentage of the population are.) 9/10

 That's it really. Kudos to those who watched Howl's Moving Castle and Borat. I watched those recently too and was impressed by both.

Apocalypto

Excellent, yet another impressive movie from Mel Gibson.  

I'm with you, Erwin. And I think this should count not only for this thread, but also the Inland Empire thread... it's becoming naseous.
 

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

 I've rewatched DPS too, lately. I think Williams is good but I'm not very sympathetic with him because he's dubbed like shit here in Italy. If I want to appreciate his acting, I have to watch in original every time. Anyway, I think DPS is a movie more centred on the boys of the college. I loved Picnic Hanging Rock also and, in a way, it's sort of similar.

Going back to Robin Williams performances, I think his absolutely best was put in One Hour Photo  - a film that goes beyond adoration, for me - and Mrs. Doubtfire. Don't laugh at me, I know it's just some other light comedy by Columbus, but I think Mrs. Doubtfire is the most entertaining and deep crossdressing themed movie in the modern cinema history... And, cutting THE BICENTENNIAL MAN and the HARRY POTTER movie, I think Columbus did some interesting things. One, even though now it's pretty old and dusty stuff, Adventures in Babysitting is one of my favorite because it's one of my childhood memories and Elizabeth Sue is a nice performer.

Here's the most famous clip from the film:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nly-bfguf4k

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Just curious, what's the attraction in killing threads and then restarting them?

I'm sure there's plenty of interesting reading in these 14 pages, so if it blow out to 97 pages...where's the problem?

Unless there are server storage restrictions, then I guess I'm wondering what's nauseating about a long thread...?

V For Vendetta

An action flick for the "scrawling the Anarchy symbol on your Trapper-Keeper" crowd. That said, it's pretty entertaining, even if it didn't shock and awe me the way it has some of my more politically-minded friends. Natalie Portman proves better than the material once again, even if it's hard to buy into her accent.

Alan Moore once again avoids being credited; out of principle, I guess. At least he won't have to worry about "Lost Girls" getting the blockbuster adaptation treatment. 

Thank You For Smoking

A movie where there are no entirely moral characters makes for some fun satire. Effortlessly charming, with a style that feels well-suited to the material, rather than the typical "L@@K HOW QUIRKY!!" of many recent genre-saddlers.

"One line of dialogue: 'Thank God we invented the... whatever device.' "  

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I never thought I'd find myself cheering for a pro-smoking crusader...so the flick must've had something going for it.  A great mockumentary.

I thought it might be the "nobody fucks with the babysitter" scene.   Wasn't this movie released as A Night on the Town in Europe?  I'm not sure why...

Over the weekend I watched (reluctantly) The DaVinci Code and Mission Impossible 3.  However, I very much enjoyed Inside Man. 

~ 'I will give you my finest hour, the one I spent watching you shower' ~

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

I'm not sure what the problem is with long threads either. If it's one I regularly read -- like this or Inland Empire -- I begin with the last page. No problema.

Watched Monsieur Ibrahim last night. There is much to recommend the film but at the end of the day, I don't think it coalesces believably. The young actor who plays the lead is fantastic and reminded me of the young man who made his film debut in The 400 Blows. When a child actor is good, they are great! This kid has a big future.

Pierre Boulanger                            Antoine Doinel 

Anyway, it's beautifully shot, with an attractive assortment of compassionate hookers, good costumes... kind of slow, however. A little short on drama. Oh, I do get picky... The lead kid steals the show and fortunately is in almost every scene.

The story: 14-15 year-old kid lives with his distant, demanding, depressed dad in a Parisian streetwalker zone which happens to be across the street from the "Arab grocery store" run by Ibrahim (Omar Sharif). Oh, did I mention the boy is Jewish? And that he has abandonment issues along with a shadowy sibling rivalry with a brother he doesn't even remember? Or that the grocer claims he is not an Arab; he's a Muslim? That's the odd couple set-up. It's set in some nebulous 1950-1960s era but feels more like present day with hoola hoops, music that spans both decades and a vintage car here and there. I didn't have the sense I was watching a period piece until about 1/3 of the way through when I realized the monetary exchange was francs and not Euros.

Ibrahim is all-knowing, wise, compassionate, nurturing and although I kept cynically half-expecting some sexual deviancy angle, he is just genuinely interested in the young man for humanistic reasons. He's a Sufi originally from the Golden Crescent.

Then it becomes a Road Movie.

Which leads to a predictable ending.

On a scale of 1 to 5, I'd give it a 3.

Susan

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Susan, I know Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran very well. I think your disorientation about the time the film is set in is because maybe you don't know very much the French culture those days, neither do I. The first time I saw it, it took me a while to realize it was set during the 50s. But as soon as you see the way the hookers dress, the classical shoes that the main character puts on instead of wearing typical teenager gym shoes, hear the music and then you see the cars and the teasing haircuts. It's quite clear, it is set during the 50s.  I like the film because it's simple and moving, even though a little predictable as you said. And the actors are all high level.

Now, let me say something about a film I've rewatched with some doubts. I'm talking about Mean Creek. The film excited me less than the first time I saw it because the surprise factor was practically all gone. The film is still interesting and good anyway. But there is something that strikes me in it and it's not just put there to fill the plot. The director insists on focusing on this kid's situation. He is the son of a gay couple. They don't say if he was adopted or if he's the natural child of one of the two men, born form a previous heterosexual relationship. Anyway, the character is a minor and he lives in a house with two men as his parents and he's got some problems at being respected by his friends. The most unfeeling insult him and call him a "fag". Now what I wanna know is if it's possible that in Oregon (the film takes place in the Oregon state) is legal or not for a gay couple to adopt or just take care of a minor. Speaking of which, I wanna know if there are already states in the U.S. that are allowed to give unconventional couple (bi and gay couples) the right to get a civil union and/or to adopt a child.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Mr. Silencio, maybe the time period is unimportant in Monsieur Ibrahim.  I have no idea about the director but I'm assuming he has no real memory of the time period, as so often happens in film, so the 50s and 60s blend together unnoticed but by those of us who lived through it.  I think the only real reason it was set in the past was as a set-up for the ending.  It's a small complaint in any event.  For me it was mostly about the boy -- the character and the actor -- both splendid. 

I loved the Madison line dance.  Took me back to Bobby Vee and Stevie Wonder at the Walled Lake Casino round about 1962...

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

You're absolutely right, Susie.

The 50s and the 60s blend together unnoticed very often in the movies we see. As a matter of fact, there's a lot of difference between the two periods.

For example, is The Man Who Wasn't There set in the 50s, 40s or even 30s? I would bet it's the middle one, but not quite sure.

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

I always think of The Man Who Wasn't There as a 30s time period.  Could be pre-war 1940 too but it feels Joan Crawford 30s to me.  Have to look it up.

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

Haha, IMDB says it's 1949.   I don't recall the "invented war heroics..."

Plot Summary for
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)

1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle.

 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

QUOTE:I won!

...and your really really big prize is in the mail!

Susan 

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Here's another joke I don't get because evidently I'm so fucking slow, like snails for christ's sake!

"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)

"Dexter"- Pilot

Now that I have DSL in my house, the first seven episodes that Booth linked to have all been pulled. But luckily, Showtime has the first two episodes available on their website, and I managed to catch the first one tonight.

I enjoyed the book, and the pilot follows the first few chapters very closely. So close, in fact, that occasionally the show's own style gets kind of buried (no pun intended). Michael C. Hall is obviously the right man for the job.

I'd like to see more of it, so I'll keep my eyes open for a DVD release. 

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"Did they scoff the whole damn Smörgåsbord?" (Audrey) 

"Gimme a donut!" (Coop)