
Best was Master and Commander
Worst was easiely the Fog remake, although I have no idea if it was really that nonsensical or if I just stopped paying attention somewhere in the middle.
Al Shut wrote:July wasn't a bad month, finally saw a bunch of movies again, albeit not in the cinema![]()
Best was Master and Commander
Worst was easiely the Fog remake, although I have no idea if it was really that nonsensical or if I just stopped paying attention somewhere in the middle.
Al Shut wrote::shock: you mean there really was no good explanation for the main ghost to suddenly switch from revenge to kidknapping and turning the girl into a ghost??? That was so weird I was preety sure I must have missed something.
Seppuku wrote:Best film seen in the cinema: Probably Man On Wire, about a French Malcolm McDowell-lookalike's quest to find a purpose in life...which in his case translated to breaking into the World Trade Centre and tightrope-walking between the two buildings. If a stunt like this were to be pulled today (well...on two other towers), it'd probably be Blaineified the fuck out of and shot on fifteen cameras and broadcast across the world live. But we only get to see the final product in stills, as the guys who set this up were too busy trying not to get caught by security guards to actually film the whole thing. In fact, the whole documentary came across like more of a heist movie than anything: we get to meet the colourful crew, see a few dry runs (he tightrope walked across Notre Dame and over a motorway in Sydney) before we finally get to the break-in. But instead of risking his life for bags of loot, this guy just wanted to make his high water mark just that little bit higher than most other people's. Awesome doc.
Worst? RockNRolla by default.
stereosforgeeks wrote:updated my journal
Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters - 9.0
A very interesting documentary on Mishima’s life and eventual suicide. Shraeder mixes a recreation of his last days, black and white flashbacks of his early life, and even different parts from his novels as representative of his life on colorful sets. Are these recreations from his novels actually representative of his life? The staging seems to show that this is only an approximation as any biopic really is only showing part of the truth about it’s subject.
verdouxbrothels wrote:stereosforgeeks wrote:updated my journal
Mishima: A Life In Four Chapters - 9.0
A very interesting documentary on Mishima’s life and eventual suicide. Shraeder mixes a recreation of his last days, black and white flashbacks of his early life, and even different parts from his novels as representative of his life on colorful sets. Are these recreations from his novels actually representative of his life? The staging seems to show that this is only an approximation as any biopic really is only showing part of the truth about it’s subject.
I've been meaning to check this out. Have you seen Mishima's film "Patriotism" yet? It was released by Crit at roughly the same time...I'll probably snag them both together.
Yukoku (Patriotism / The Rite Of Love And Death) - 9.0
An incredibly harrowing and graphic short silent film about a disgraced man and his wife commit ritualistic suicide. What does it mean to be honorable? How do we maintain that honor? These are topics of the upmost imprtance to Mishima. You will be shocked and awed at the images on screen even knowing the eventual outcome. This harrowing story even becomes more-so as a prelude to Mishima's ultimate suicide.
stereosforgeeks wrote:The Thing - 10
One of my favorite horror movies.
so sorry wrote:stereosforgeeks wrote:The Thing - 10
One of my favorite horror movies.
Old one or new one?
stereosforgeeks wrote:so sorry wrote:stereosforgeeks wrote:The Thing - 10
One of my favorite horror movies.
Old one or new one?
Carpenters.
justcheckin wrote:Um... when is the new 2009 Movie Journal showing up... I want dibs on the first page. hehehehe
so sorry wrote:justcheckin wrote:Um... when is the new 2009 Movie Journal showing up... I want dibs on the first page. hehehehe
Right after you log out
But its actually a good idea...
Bayou wrote:Worst of the year has to go to "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
justcheckin wrote:Well... I did worse this year. In 2007 I saw 127 first viewed movies... this year, I have only 108. I am, however, going to the movies on Tuesday but I am not going to be able to make up for almost 20 movies in a week. I was busy this fall... probably where I fell behind. I'll go for 130 in 2009.
Vegeta wrote:So, is Nacho going to be opening the 2009 Zone's Movie Journal soon (can't help but want to be on the first page)? I tried to keep up this year and did really well until August or September.
BuckyO'harre wrote:Vegeta wrote:So, is Nacho going to be opening the 2009 Zone's Movie Journal soon (can't help but want to be on the first page)? I tried to keep up this year and did really well until August or September.
If these lots don't double in value in year... I don't know what you can do about it.
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