Movie Thread
 

Figured we could have a thread about movies we have seen, comments on them, etc. Probably been on in the past, but I'm starting a new one! :O:

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Just watched the newest Karate Kid. When I was growing up, the original was the coolest movie evah! This one, with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan, is pretty damn good actually. It follows the original script very closely, in the motifs it follows, a lot of scenes are almost copies. But it really carries it's own. The kungfu is very well done, and having Chan be the Mr Miagi of this one is pretty good. He brings an element of realism, or at least elements of good kung fu movies, to the movie.

Fans of the original and Kung fu movies will probably actually enjoy this one. The plot is identical, so don't expect any surprises, but the subtle twists and depth they did add make it worth watching.

I give it 2 1/2 (out of 4) Torpedos. Would have been 3, but the lack of originality in the script knocked it down a touch, but the overall quality of the movie is good. I would have been disappointed if I had paid to see it first run, but it's a quality second run or DVD flick.

Still haven't seen it but heard it's a good 'remake'. :hmmm:

Here's a Nostalgia Critic's Old vs. New comparisation of the original KD and the new one:
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vid...new-karate-kid

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Saw Twilight Samurai few weeks back (and last night and last week and... :DL) and enjoyed it a lot. Just woke up, so I can't be arsed to write anything about it, so I just do some copy & paste magic. :O:

Yes, been plenty of movie threads.
For some reason they just peter out into oblivion. *shrugs shoulders*

Just saw Taxi Driver and also Awakenings last night (again).
Both are classics, especially Taxi Driver, with my second-favourite actor, Robert De Niro playing a crazed taxi driver, with a chip on his shoulder. And dam, Cybill Shephard looked good back then.
Jodi Foster in it as well.

Awakenings has Robin Williams and Robert De Niro in it, and it really moved me, a great movie with lots of 'feeling'.

Check 'em out if you haven't already!

Taxi Driver,classical :up:

It is no wonder, with Martin Scorsese behind the helm :yep:

I drove about three hours with some friends to see this one in a little theater specializing in art/foreign/classic films when it was making its limited rounds here. Wanted to see it because

a) I heard it was awesome
b) samurai!!!
c) the star, Hiroyuki Sanada, is the guy who played Ujio in The Last Samurai, and the best thing about that movie IMO :yep: - which is how I became aware of him and his work

Also bought the DVD when it became available. This is a very good film, VERY GOOD. Pretty much swept the Japanese equivalent of the Oscars the year it was released.

What ever happened to 1945A? Is it available on DVD yet, not sure of release date etc! has anyone seen it?:hmmm:

37 awards in total IIRC. :o

37 internationally, I think. Either wins or nominations. Here's a list but I'm too lazy to count 'em all. :O:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351817/awards

At the Japanese Academy Awards it was nominated in 14 categories and won in 12, including all the "major" ones: best film, actor, actress, director, screenplay, cinematography, editing, score, etc.

Apparently the only category it didn't win was for best supporting actress.

I'm a Netflix foreign movie junkie (mystifies the family). Over the weekend I watched a recent (relatively for me) Chinese film titled The Warlords, and starring (of all people) Jet Li.

Now I'm not much of a kung fu movie guy (I prefer Kursawa) and I was a little anxious that the storyline (19th Century civil war against the Qing Dynasty) might get a short shrift in favor of over-the-top stop-action karate. And, to an extent, it did. But it was still pretty entertaining.
Very good acting
Excellent costuming and art direction
Very good cinematography
Blood spilled > 4,000 gals (imp.)
Body count > 100,000.

3 Torps

22 Bullets with Jean Reno!
Highly recommend it :yeah:
Always enjoyed his acting.

Watched Paul three times in the first four days it was out, and laughed like a madman, completely leaving the audience behind for most of it.

Utter frivolity and pure fun, but not a family movie at all, unless your family is like mine - twisted (and able to get in R-rated films).

I wish I could say more without giving away a lot of the humor - let's just say that if you're, maybe 20 - 30 years old or with an appreciation of the Sci-Fi film culture of the last 40-some-odd years, I think you'll like this one. I did, but like I said earlier, I'm a little... strange.

If you liked Paul, I suggest the series Spaced :)

Disclaimer - I haven't seen Paul yet, but it was Pegg&Frost's first big project

It may have just been me, but I swear, I was laughing at 90% of that movie. Those guys just did a great job.

Frau Kaleun:

Don't know where you are located (Midgaard would be on great place to be), but you would love it here in Los Angeles (filmwise at least). Tarantino recently bought a movie theater that was almost closed after the owner died unexpectedly. The theater is one of the better revival hiuses in the area and was a real labour of love for the late owner. Tarantino had been a frequent patron over the past many years and bought the theater to prevent it being sold and possibly demolished. He refurbished and remodelled the interior and exterior while keeping the original feel and has taken a very active role in the scheduling of films.

Can't wait to see Paul. I'm a huge Frost/Pegg fan, but yet I haven't seen spaced. If you're curious, the guy that directed them in Hot Fuzz and ShaunOTD, Edgar Wright, who also directed some Spaced episodes, did a 2 hour interview with Kevin Smith (Jay and silent bob, Clerks, etc) on a Smodcast podcast, moviemakers. It's a really good listen, you can download it for free via itunes. I listened to it in the car to and from work.

ooo...

May have to look that up!

Also - vienna - do you know which theater, and where?

Oddball he may be, but I can totally see Tarantino as the right man to get behind a project like that. :yep:

I'm in southwestern Ohio. We used to have a repertory theater in downtown Cincinnati that played all kinds of cool stuff - documentaries, foreign films, cult favorites, revivals of classics... they even set aside time every so often for a "bad film festival" where they'd show things like Plan 9 From Outer Space and Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

Once I found out about it I managed to get there a few times before they closed. Favorite memory is of seeing Casablanca there one Valentine's Day when I talked a boyfriend into making the drive. He got in terrible trouble for taking the family car into the city (we were still in high school) but, hey... Casablanca on the big screen!

The "franchise" theater that used to be in the big mall near me had a special "classics" matinee once a month, but of course it was on a weekday when I was at work so I could never go. :wah:

There's one other place downtown that has a more varied line-up but it's mostly the less mainstream current stuff, they don't bring back the classics as far as I know. Thank heavens for Netflix.

I watched some reruns over the weekend

'One flew over the cuckoo's nest' :rock: Execellent movie. The Nurse Ratched :shifty::nope:

District 9 :rock::rock:

Bladerunner - um seen this back in the 80s loved it, come 2011 thought it sucked real bad - to slow for me this time round, I fell asleep half way through.

Outlander - A man crash lands on earth during the Iron Age bringing him a alien predator known as Moorwen. The outlander forms an alliance with the primitive fierce warriors - the Vikings. Not bad as far as Viking flicks go.

The wife and I watched Iceman - i hadnt seen it since i was a kid.

its a mid 80s flick about a team of arctic scientists conducting research for a petroleum company who discover the remains of a 40,000 year old neanderthal encased in ice.

The science team intends to perform an autopsy to determine the reasoning behind his perfect preservation. During the process they discover that his blood and tissues are somehow filled with a naturally occurring chemical that prevents cell damage during freezing. With obvious implications to cryogenic freezing for the space program and medical industry they go forward with the plan when suddenly their equipment picks up trace brain activity, stopping their procedure they elect to attempt to resuscitate the neanderthal - and their resuscitation attempt is a success.

Now that the science team is wrestling with moral and ethical issues, the prehistoric man is locked into the base camp's bio-dome like wildlife refuge until these issues can be worked out. In the mean time, Dr. Sheppard - one of the science team members and expert on ancient intuit civilizations enters the refuge and attempts to befriend and communicate with the iceman.

Despite the iceman's obvious lack of understanding about his situation, and the difficulty encountered in the massive language barrier he begins to show signs of understanding that he is not where he is supposed to be and at one point - tiring of the constant tranquilizing, abduction into the medical ward, examinations and the constant wondering about his own people and family he begs Sheppard to kill him and becomes frustrated, saddened and angry when Sheppard refuses.

As the iceman becomes increasingly desperate to understand his situation - a situation he could never fathom - Dr. Sheppard tries to think of a way to help the iceman find a way out of the confusing and tormenting hell he has awakened into.




its a shame how little attention many good 80s movies get.

Iceman is a very sad, fascinating and thought provoking movie, hitting theaters about 7 years before the remains of "otzi the iceman" were discovered in the otztal alps in northern Italy.