Movie Thread

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I'm in southwestern Ohio.

I didn't know you were that close to me!

The things you learn by browseing topics.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by privateer

I didn't know you were that close to me!

The things you learn by browseing topics.

I thought you were way up in the north of the state?

But I guess in terms of the international membership here, being in the same state does qualify as "close."

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I thought you were way up in the north of the state?

But I guess in terms of the international membership here, being in the same state does qualify as "close."

He seems to say that every time he finds a fellow Ohioan.

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

I thought you were way up in the north of the state?

But I guess in terms of the international membership here, being in the same state does qualify as "close."

I guess I should define 'my' idea of close.

You are close because I could get there in a few hours.


Neal is a bit farther then close, but close enuff I can get there in a long day.
(Been there, done that)


Jimbuna is nowhere near close! In fact he's pretty far off!
(Not just in the mind, mind you!)
I can't drive there.


So,
Your within a single stones throw.
Neal is beyond a single stones throw.
Jimbuna don't have to worry about stones thrown at him.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by privateer

Jimbuna don't have to worry about stones thrown at him.

Depends on how good Steed's fastball is.

[Dowly]

Finally got around to watching A Night to Remember and was it good!
I was surprised to see how closely it followed the events as told by the survivors during
the inquiries, had just read a lot about Titanic due to the 100th anniversary and picked
tons of things from the movie I remember reading about from the survivors' accounts.

And it really didn't feel like a movie that was made in 1958, the acting was superb.
Especially Michael Goodliffe as Mr. Andrews was nice to watch, actually felt bad
for him in the end.

Soooo, if you haven't seen it and you're interested in Titanic, watch it. Now.

[krashkart]

Has anyone else seen Melancholia? Not a bad movie despite the terrible reviews it must have received -- that is, not bad as long as you can get through the first hour or so. As dull as the first half of the movie is, the last half kept us talking for two days afterward. A brilliant movie in its own way. Some of the visual work is breathtaking. The opening credits, for one, are a true work of art IMO.

[vienna]

Today, I'm gonna finally see Kagemusha and if I'm still in condition, Harakiri.

Both great films and both starring the great actor Tatsuya Nakadai. There is scene in "Kagemusha" where Nakadai transforms himself to impersonate another character that is truly amazing. I have always liked actors who can act with merely the expressions on there faces or small gestures rather than large, overt actions. Nakadai, by the way, is also the actor who has the great final duel scene with Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa's film "Sanjuro", another must see samurai film.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by vienna

Both great films and both starring the great actor Tatsuya Nakadai. There is scene in "Kagemusha" where Nakadai transforms himself to impersonate another character that is truly amazing. I have always liked actors who can act with merely the expressions on there faces or small gestures rather than large, overt actions. Nakadai, by the way, is also the actor who has the great final duel scene with Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa's film "Sanjuro", another must see samurai film.

Agree to all, altho in truth I prefer the predecessor "Yojimbo" to "Sanjuro"... however they are both fantastic. "Yojimbo" may well be my very favorite Kurosawa film, and that's saying a lot. I am still PO'd that Steven Spielberg didn't do the obvious "homage" shot to it when he was making "1941"... a movie about which the only really good thing I can say is that Mifune was in it.

Nakadai is also great in "Ran" and IIRC starred in the (non-Kurosawa) trilogy "The Human Condition" (about a Japanese soldier in WWII)... which is supposed to be outstanding tho I've never seen it. Buried somewhere in my Netflix queue, no doubt.

[vienna]

I am still PO'd that Steven Spielberg didn't do the obvious "homage" shot to it when he was making "1941"...

Spielberg has redeemed himself somewhat in that he supported Kurosawa in his final years of filmmaking. He was instrumental in getting financial support for Kurosawa's film "Dreams" and was among the several other directors like Lucas, Coppola and Scorsese to offer aid and support for his final films. I have often thought a form of royalty should have been paid by those directors, screenwriters, and producers who benfitted from remakes and/or adaptaions of Kurosawa's works. Certainly, with out Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress", George Lucas never would have made his 'minor' franchise of "Star Wars"...

[flatsixes]

I did not know that about Spielberg, Vienna. That's a very pleasant surprise.

Thanks.