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20th November 2006, 04:41 AM
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| Mod of Awesome  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oregon
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? Finallly watched The Departed and OH MY GOD! So very, very, very impressed. I can't give away any plot details but this is a must see! Most impressive is the way Leonardo, who I have previously filed away in the WIMPY PRETTY BOY actor category along with Brad Pitt, finally came into his own as an actor. I was entirely impressed with the movie, the plot was perfectly executed (pun intended), the cast was awesome, and it did not at all feel like "just another mob action flick" |
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20th November 2006, 05:01 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? Nang Nak (1999, directed by Nonzee Nimibutr), a Thai ghost tale with a decided difference. Both very touching and horrific, with both quiet moments of a blending of each, and moments when the ghost is obviously an angry (and quite powerful) spirit, this is a film that could definitely teach Hollywood a thing or two about storytelling in the genre. It is also beautifully shot and directed, and has some very memorable performances, especially by the two principles, Intira Jaroenpura as Nak, and Winai Kraibutr as her husband Mak. If you can find a copy, I recommend it highly. As a side note, I see that there has been a later version in 2005, as well as an opera by composer Somtow Sucharitkul (a name that may be familiar to some on this site). |
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20th November 2006, 12:04 PM
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| Easily amused  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Canada
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? I saw both Borat and Bond this weekend and loved them both. Borat was the first film in a long time that consistently had me laughing. Bond was just bloody marvelous. I had high hopes for Daniel Craig in the role, and the movie lived up to my expectations. |
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20th November 2006, 09:06 PM
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| Mod of Awesome Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Oregon
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? I am watching Borat right now. I find most of it pretty tasteless, but there were a few funny parts, the kids getting scared by the bear made me laugh, and so did the dinner party. My hubby thought it was hilarious, especially the motel naked wrestling part, but I thought that was just NASTY. I just don't get humour the way others do, I suppose. Bond is next on my list. can't wait to take my son, he is a huge bond fan. He loves the old bonds the most, and wasn't really impressed with the new bond vision, but he wants to see it anyways. |
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27th November 2006, 05:56 PM
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| There can be only one!!  Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Texas
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? Saw both "Happy Feet" and "the Fountain" twice - liked "The Fountain" much more than "Happy Feet". "HF" was good, but a little long; "TF" was beautiful and amazing to watch. |
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5th December 2006, 10:41 PM
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| Registered User  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Midlothian
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? Stranger than Fiction Once again a funny man tries a straight movie in a Kaufman-esque story that blurs reality and fiction. Jim Carrey has successfully done it more than once in Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine and now it's the turn of WIll Ferrell. Will's character Harold Crick is an IRS auditor who is as boring as his job. Has a strict routine to his day, no real friends and no life. Then one day he starts to hear an English woman narrating his life as he says it's "About me. Accurately... and with a better vocabulary." When the voice says he is going to die. Harolds life and routine is thrown asunder. Kay Effiel (Emma Thomson) is a writer of Tradgedies who has writers block and can't seem to kill off the character in her first novel in 10 years. Harold Crick is that character. A good movie about the nature of reality. I enjoyed it although I did have a couple of problems. I didn't completely get the romance part. I know why he would fall for the rebellious baker character, but I didn't quite buy that she falls for him. I also wasn't sure about the ending. It was a good ending, but maybe it should have stuck with the original ending. The self sacrificing in the name of art ending. But overall I really enjoyed it and hope Will Ferrell does more of this stuff and less Bewitched. |
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5th December 2006, 10:43 PM
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| Flaming Poltergeist  | Re: What was the last movie you saw? Oh! Oh! I've just been to see The Muppets' Christmas Carol, shown at the University to get everyone in the Christmas Spirit...It's certainly worked! My God, I love Christmas. "'Tis the season to be jolly and joyous!" Merry Christmas, all!  |
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6th December 2006, 10:39 AM
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| Colonial Marine  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK: ENGLAND:
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| Re: What was the last movie you saw? Ah, Muppets Christmas Carol is a great film - really warm and funny. Michael Caine is excellent in it. I saw Ferris Bueller for the umpteenth time on Film 4 last night - one of John Hughes finest (second to The Breakfast Club). |
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