The cinema thread

[laika]

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[quote user="ddohnggo"]how was sunshine? i've been meaning to watch that.
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I liked the first half, but the (let's just call it) deus ex machina of the second part was so totally ridiculous, that I stopped taking the movie seriously after that point. It's hard to say more without giving stuff away, but you'll know what i mean if you watch it. [73] I think the movie--and especially Cillian Murphy--really wound up suffering from poorly written dialogue. It's certainly worth seeing entertainment-wise though, and some of the visuals with the sun are pretty cool.
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[Fuuma]

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Fuuma, would love to hear your take take on Pan's Labyrinth. I keep wanting to watch it a second time, but not quite ready for such an intense experience again. </P>


Recently, in this order, and partially inspired by this thread:</P>


Takeshi Kitano's Sonatine and Dolls
Woman in the Dunes
Le Cercle Rouge
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I believed the fantasy parts and still do, not sure if I can explain it in more details without spoiling the movie...</P>

[pbt]

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[quote user="kira"]me either...uh oh.
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Ok, to add to my agony, my ticket magician friend in London is luring me with free front row tickets. Dammit. Ok, so the inside word is, he will tour the states, but not sure when.
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(a day late) with envy.</P>

[Faust]

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Ok, pbt, maybe "agony" wasn't a fair term.</p>

Tonight I will be watching my first superhero movie. Honestly.</p>

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[kira]

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/\ which one?

[matthewhk]

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Takeshi Kitano's Sonatine and Dolls
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If you are a fan of Takeshi Kitano, I highly recommend his more recent work Takeshi's ... explaining the plot would ruin the surprise and delight a first viewing may bring. It's very different from his previous work, but the sarcastic, biting humor is still intact, which was always one of the things i loved about Beat...plus Yohji Yamamoto is the costume designer for this film, so that's another incentive to watch it ;)
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[Faust]

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[quote user="kira"]/\ which one?
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Batman Begins. It almost made it to a "watchable" category, almost. Interesting cast, I thought, although I'm really tired of Morgan Freeman being type-casted ever since Seven (which was brilliant).
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[kira]

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Not a huge superhero movie fan myself either. like old superman with christopher reeves, etc. but i did enjoy this one. I thought Christian Bale's portrayal of Batman was good, a certain darkness about it that i liked. not so bright purple and lively as the others. never seen spiderman movies, think someday maybe...maybe during the next flu.

[philip nod]

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morgan freeman is so tired. he ruined the penguin movie....

[ddohnggo]

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batman begins is so fucking sick. it was on last night on tv i think. but i was watching the celtics beat the rockets instead.</p>

the movie violent cop by beat takeshi is pretty sweet. that other one, fireworks or whatever it's called wasn't so hot.</p>

[Faust]

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Watched Pollock today. Yea, I know, I'm x number of years late. I want to try to paint like him, if anything it looks like crazy fun.

[cpaik]

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Anyone here seen Helvetica? Saw it yesterday and now I can't freaking stop seeing it everywhere.... It's amusing but quickly getting annoying

[Faust]

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I showed it to my class last semester. We all almost died of boredom. Good thing it was the last class, pheewww....

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After returning from Berlin, I had the urge to see this abolute beauty of a film again ...</p>

Der Himmel über Berlin directed by Wim Wenders(1987)</p>

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[Faust]

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Speaking of Berlin, I watched The Lives of Others yesterday. Excellent film [Y]. If you want to see a work that reflects the paranoia of Socialist governments and how it resulted in destroying people's lives and culture, watch this. Good film counterpart to the likes of Milan Kundera and Norman Manea.
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