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Post by Capo on Nov 30, 2006 19:21:13 GMT
What do others make of this tragedy?
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Post by Michael on Nov 30, 2006 19:41:14 GMT
Jesus, I'm slacking big time. I only saw 2 films in November: Short Cuts and Diary of a Country Priest. Both are masterpieces, the latter is among the greatest films ever made.
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Post by Capo on Nov 30, 2006 19:45:42 GMT
MistaMista, would you include how many sittings it took to view a film in future, please?
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Post by Omar on Nov 30, 2006 19:56:12 GMT
I always watch films in one sitting.
Can you imagine listening to song, stopping it about a quarter of the way through, and then going off for two hours doing something else, then coming back picking up where you left off in that song?
It wouldn't be the same. I think the same applies for films.
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Post by Michael on Nov 30, 2006 20:09:23 GMT
Wow, I could never watch a film in multiple sittings, unless it was a film like Satantango or Decalogue. No wonder MistaMista's criticisms are so inconsistent. ;D
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Post by RNL on Nov 30, 2006 23:14:55 GMT
I always try to watch movies all the way through in a single sitting. Sometimes I'm interrupted and have to return to it a few a hours later, but I'd never choose to do that.
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Post by RNL on Nov 30, 2006 23:58:13 GMT
NOVEMBER 25 films. 18 first viewings. 5 on the big screen. Hostel Eli Roth 2005, USA[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] Härlig är jorden World of Glory Roy Andersson 1991, Sweden[/color] 1st viewing; download[/size] Little Children Todd Field 2006, USA[/color] 1st viewing; big screen[/size] Sonnet 138 Dave McKean 2001, UK[/color] 1st viewing; stream[/size] Tma/Svetlo/Tma Darkness/Light/Darkness Jan Svankmajer 1989, Czechoslovakia[/color] 2nd viewing; stream[/size] The Proposition John Hillcoat 2005, Australia / UK[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Thumbsucker Mike Mills 2003, USA[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] El espíritu de la colmena The Spirit of the Beehive Victor Erice 1973, Spain[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] The Prestige Christopher Nolan 2006, USA / UK[/color] 1st viewing; big screen[/size] Kohayagawa-ke no aki The End of Summer Yasujiro Ozu 1961, Japan[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Bad Santa Terry Zwigoff 2003, USA[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] Din of Celestial Birds E. Elias Merhige 2006, USA[/color] 1st viewing; stream[/size] The Hills Have Eyes Alexandre Aja 2005, USA[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] L'humanité Humanity Bruno Dumont 1999, France[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Duel Steven Spielberg 1971, USA[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Larry Charles 2006, USA[/color] 1st viewing; big screen[/size] Cutting Moments Douglas Buck 1996, USA[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] Home Douglas Buck 1998, USA[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Prologue Douglas Buck 2002, USA[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Casino Royale Martin Campbell 2006, USA[/color] 1st viewing; big screen[/size] After All Douglas Buck 1998, USA[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] Wolf Creek Greg McLean 2004, Australia[/color] 2nd viewing; DVD[/size] Kiss Me Deadly Robert Aldrich 1955, USA[/color] 1st viewing; TV[/size] Cronos Chronos Guillermo del Toro 1992, Mexico[/color] 1st viewing; DVD[/size] El laberinto del Fauno Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro 2006, Mexico / Spain / USA[/color] 1st viewing; big screen[/size]
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Post by Capo on Dec 1, 2006 0:03:45 GMT
Surprised at your revision of Wolf Creek. It has sustained repeat viewings for me.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on The Proposition.
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Post by jrod on Dec 1, 2006 3:13:19 GMT
Scoop (2006/Allen) This movie got really hated on by the critics, and I really dont see why. Its not as good as last years Match Point, but still very good. My favorite of 2006 to this point
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Post by Boz on Dec 1, 2006 3:54:22 GMT
MistaMista, would you include how many sittings it took to view a film in future, please? I sure will.
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Post by Boz on Dec 1, 2006 6:21:54 GMT
The Graduate Mike Nichols 1967 US 2nd time; 1 sittingEnjoyed this much more the 2nd time around. I remember not quite knowing what to make of it the 1st time. The first half of the film really blows away the 2nd half, but the final product still holds itself together effectively. The main flaw is the soundtrack really. Nichols falsely assumes his viewers are Simon & Garfunkel fans and can tolerate hearing the same songs over and over.
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Post by Capo on Dec 1, 2006 13:46:04 GMT
And if you can tolerate it, then all the better. I need to see it again soon.
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Post by Omar on Dec 1, 2006 16:23:10 GMT
"The Graduate" is perhaps my favorite film. To me, the second half is what makes the film. The first half represents traditional American (cinematic and cultural) values, while the second half is the beginning of a new frontier for American cinema. Maybe not the film that launched the 60's counterculture movement, but a very important film in that movement nonetheless.
I need to watch it again real soon.
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Post by Boz on Dec 2, 2006 13:36:04 GMT
The Rules of Attraction Roger Avary 2002 US[/color] 1st time; 1 sitting[/size] Worthwile, perhaps further rewarding upon rewatches. Some problems with the soundtrack here and there early on. An interesting film to watch for filmmaking techniques but the story and characters ultimately come off as a bit soulless and uninteresting. I don't know, I have mixed feelings. Enjoyable either way.
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Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2006 14:04:44 GMT
And so begins December... Night Moves Arthur Penn 1975 US 1st time; DVD A private eye - a former professional footballer in a struggling marriage - gets wrapped up in a missing girl case. What is it about 1970s character studies that makes such enthralling viewing? They certainly don’t make them like they used to, and this whizzes past in 99 minutes: Hackman's performance is full of recurring, credible mannerisms, and the script seems to be driven by ambiguity - dialogue points to nothing, and the relationship between the protagonist and his multiple problems make for interesting viewing which would these days sit uneasily in the same film. It tackles difficult subject matter, a notch below Chinatown, and offers no resolution. Fantastic.Miami ViceMichael Mann 2006 US 2nd time; big screen Two drugs squad cops infiltrate a drugs ring. Mann's least impressive film, for which he has adopted a point-and-shoot method. If filming on DV has freed him up economically, it's also made him a lousy visualist. His work is becoming increasingly prone to caricature: the baddies all have baldy heads and Swastika tattoos, and there's almost a knowing, satirical nod near the end when the camera zooms in on a thug's greasy forehead, and a red spot in particular. The script is intolerable - the characters would do much better if they didn't speak at all. Ludicrous, ineffective bullshit.Basically, I waited long enough to see Night Moves that it couldn't have been anything less than brilliant in order to be satisfactory. Miami Vice was the same situation I had with revisiting Munich: I got more out of it, but what was bad first time round was accentuated even more a second time round. "Ships move, that's why they call them ships." - Jamie Foxx's best line of the film.
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Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2006 14:36:38 GMT
I have already seen more films this year than I did last.
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Post by Omar on Dec 2, 2006 23:51:15 GMT
United 93(2006/Paul Greengrass) [First Viewing] An account of the hijacking of Flight 93 on the morning of September 11th, 2001, and the air traffic controllers trying to figure everything out.I'm not sure I've ever been so affected by a film. There were moments throughout where I felt the urge to vomit, even pausing the film at one point to bring a trash can close. It isn't because of the hand-held camera use (in which I would have died a few weeks ago watching "Man On Fire"), but the extreme sense of doom and hopelessness. Especially the first half, where, from the ground's perspective, everything slowly spins out of control. It's Greengrass's choice to use no-name actors and to make this docu-drama as realistic as possible that really makes it work. From the claustrophobic and suspenseful airplane sequences to the never ending confusion on the ground. An incredible piece of film-making.
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Post by Boz on Dec 3, 2006 0:11:47 GMT
Still the best film of the year for me, and one of the the top 5 of the new millenium. I'm hoping to revisit it before the Oscars, although chances are it won't be up for any majors.
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Post by Omar on Dec 3, 2006 0:26:20 GMT
Still the best film of the year for me, and one of the the top 5 of the new millenium. I'm hoping to revisit it before the Oscars, although chances are it won't be up for any majors. I don't know. This has turned out to be a disappointing year for Oscar predictions. It seems like every film that has come out in the past few months that was expected to be an Oscar winner has had disappointing results with critics, the boxoffice, or both. Who would have thought "The Departed" would become the front runner?
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Post by Boz on Dec 3, 2006 0:31:41 GMT
I hope it is man. You're right though, it seems as though most of the big contendors have kind of flopped. I'm waiting for the Oscar prediction websites to update accordingly but most of them seem to still be heralding Flags of Our Fathers and Bobby, among others. I'd love to see U93 even get a nomination for Picture or Director, especially considering it has no shot at any acting awards.
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