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WilliamOK
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His name was Ben TIbber. It doesn’t seem like he ever did much if any acting after that. I thought he did well, but some of the critics were not impressed.
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catholicmoviene
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The Wizard of Oz
Rediscovered after nearly a decade. I’d forgotten how much I loved this movie! It’s visually vibrant, witty, scary, and joyous, and the musical numbers are as unforgettable as its characters.
Rediscovered after nearly a decade. I’d forgotten how much I loved this movie! It’s visually vibrant, witty, scary, and joyous, and the musical numbers are as unforgettable as its characters.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Watched it in the wake of Leonard Nimoy’s passing. A simple but effective and very human science fiction story with good suspense, substantial heroes, and a fantastic villain.
Watched it in the wake of Leonard Nimoy’s passing. A simple but effective and very human science fiction story with good suspense, substantial heroes, and a fantastic villain.
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MrZoom
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*Still *the best Star Trek movie, and done for a fraction of the cost of J.J. Abrams’ mega-budgeted reboot movies.
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WilliamOK
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Yes I love this film too, as well as the original Khan episode from the original series. And it may still be a good cautionary tale for today, of how we should be very careful in tinkering with human genetics and cloning.*Still *the best Star Trek movie, and done for a fraction of the cost of J.J. Abrams’ mega-budgeted reboot movies.
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Giggly_Giraffe
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Big Hero 6
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Viki63
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I saw “Lucy” with Scarlett Johansson. About a woman accidentally exposed to a drug that causes her brain capacity to slowly increase to 100%.
I like Ms. Johansson but didn’t think much of the movie. They had it that increasing intelligence makes you less likely to feel human emotions like fear, empathy, grief. She got more and more robotic the smarter she got. And the ending was meh.
I’m going to watch Frequency again, with Jim Caveziel. A great movie with an emphasis on family and baseball – I even like it though I’m not a baseball fan.
I like Ms. Johansson but didn’t think much of the movie. They had it that increasing intelligence makes you less likely to feel human emotions like fear, empathy, grief. She got more and more robotic the smarter she got. And the ending was meh.
I’m going to watch Frequency again, with Jim Caveziel. A great movie with an emphasis on family and baseball – I even like it though I’m not a baseball fan.
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catholicmoviene
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The Avengers
Noble heroes and witty dialogue worked into grand action set pieces turn this groundbreaking superhero flick into one of the most unabashedly entertaining popcorn movies ever made.
City Lights
A good Chaplin film with touching sentiment and hysterical laughs, but it never leaves me entirely satisfied.
Jaws
Second time watching it. I raved about it the first time around, but I think I over-hyped it for myself. The second half is still as exciting as a movie can possibly be, but the first half came off as cheesy and a little contrived. It’s like seeing a really good movie in theaters then noticing more of its flaws when it comes out on DVD. Since I’ve been a little bit let down the second time, maybe the third time’s the charm?
Noble heroes and witty dialogue worked into grand action set pieces turn this groundbreaking superhero flick into one of the most unabashedly entertaining popcorn movies ever made.
City Lights
A good Chaplin film with touching sentiment and hysterical laughs, but it never leaves me entirely satisfied.
Jaws
Second time watching it. I raved about it the first time around, but I think I over-hyped it for myself. The second half is still as exciting as a movie can possibly be, but the first half came off as cheesy and a little contrived. It’s like seeing a really good movie in theaters then noticing more of its flaws when it comes out on DVD. Since I’ve been a little bit let down the second time, maybe the third time’s the charm?
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Della
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I agree. It holds up well after multiple viewings.
I’ve never been able to “get into” one of his films. Too sentimental for my tastes–guess I’m a jaded modernist.
Some great one-liners in this one, though. “They’re all gonna die.” “We’re going to need a bigger boat!” The attack scenes are still heart-pounding, especially the first one in which that poor girl is attacked again and again.
I still can’t watch that scene.
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catholicmoviene
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Have you tried to watch The Gold Rush? It’s both bleak and hilarious at the same time.I’ve never been able to “get into” one of his films. Too sentimental for my tastes–guess I’m a jaded modernist.
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Edge of Tomorrow. Saving Private Ryan meets Aliens meets Groundhog day. A slow start, but the plot impressivly picks us pace any time it starts to lag. Very satisfying sci-fi.
A Walk Among the Tombstones. Get this: cop-turned-P.I. working for mobsters who are the victims of serial killers! So…not exactly fun. But well made and acted.
John Wick. Now we’re talking! Slick action, high intensity shoot-em-up. One of the best action movies in recent memory.
Hercules. The one with The Rock. It wouldn’t be saying much to say that this one was a better film than that other Hercules film released the same year. Bars seldom get set that low (still, might choose it over informercials ). A fine cast and decent cinematography, the film lacked a certain…epic scale (like, say, even the Scorpion King had), which is odd given it’s mythic setting. But of course, this film aims to invert the myths, but, um…seems undecided as to how dearly it desires that end. Still, a fun and unobjectionable action movie.
That Spongebob Movie. OSCARS 2016, baby!
A Walk Among the Tombstones. Get this: cop-turned-P.I. working for mobsters who are the victims of serial killers! So…not exactly fun. But well made and acted.
John Wick. Now we’re talking! Slick action, high intensity shoot-em-up. One of the best action movies in recent memory.
Hercules. The one with The Rock. It wouldn’t be saying much to say that this one was a better film than that other Hercules film released the same year. Bars seldom get set that low (still, might choose it over informercials
). A fine cast and decent cinematography, the film lacked a certain…epic scale (like, say, even the Scorpion King had), which is odd given it’s mythic setting. But of course, this film aims to invert the myths, but, um…seems undecided as to how dearly it desires that end. Still, a fun and unobjectionable action movie.That Spongebob Movie. OSCARS 2016, baby!
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Come Drink With Me - classic Hong Kong martial arts film from 1966. Bandits capture a general’s son and hold him hostage, demanding the release of one of their leaders. It falls to the general’s daughter, Golden Swallow (Cheng Pei-Pei) to thwart the bandits.
Some spectacular (but sometimes bloody) action scenes in this film.
More than 30 years later, Cheng Pei-Pei would appear in a villainous role in the Oscar winner, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
(I watched Come Drink With Me on Google Play - 99 cent rental. Using part of a $6 credit I got a couple of weeks ago for being a Chromecast user.)
Some spectacular (but sometimes bloody) action scenes in this film.
More than 30 years later, Cheng Pei-Pei would appear in a villainous role in the Oscar winner, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
(I watched Come Drink With Me on Google Play - 99 cent rental. Using part of a $6 credit I got a couple of weeks ago for being a Chromecast user.)
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catholicmoviene
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Safety Last!
My first Harold Lloyd movie. Very funny, but the climax is very tense to watch.
My first Harold Lloyd movie. Very funny, but the climax is very tense to watch.
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Della
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It’s especially tense because you know he used no special/visual effects. That’s really him dangling from the eave of a building or from a clock suspended several stories above the pavement. Hair-raisng indeed. And the man did it with fingers missing on one of his hands.
Another unrated filmmaker was Buster Keaton. His gags were unbelieveable–all perfectly timed. In the “The General” he actually timed shooting a cannonball and hitting a car on a traveling train from another car farther back on the same train as it rounded a curve. No one does this kind of thing anymore. These guys were legendary. :yup:
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catholicmoviene
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Yeah. Now all mainstreams comedies are uninspired trash.
I read that the wall that Lloyd was climbing was actually a set built on top of a building, but there were still safety concerns. As for Keaton, I’ve seen The General and Sherlock Jr. The last ten minutes of the latter, with the old lady disguise and the driverless bike, had some of of the funniest stuff I’d ever seen.
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LoveMorrissey
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Okay, as someone who has mental health issues and loves the Smiths / Morrissey I highly recommend The Perks of Being a Wallflower it is one of the best films I have ever seen, Emma Watson is outstanding as is the whole cast.
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Della
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Last night we watched “The Long Gray Line” about the life of an Irishman who joins the U. S. Army to serve at West Point. What a great film about the Core and the values held there. Some things have changed over the years, but now days when the USA is in conflicts around the world, it’s good to remember the men and women who serve us in the Armed Forces.
Another fish out of the Army story, more uptodate, is “The Renaissance Man” with Danny DeVito as a washed up ad man who has to teach failing recruits so they can remain in the Army. Most of the young men and one woman have messed up lives that he tries to help by teaching them Hamlet. It sounds odd, I know, but really it’s a sweet film with a good message.
Another fish out of the Army story, more uptodate, is “The Renaissance Man” with Danny DeVito as a washed up ad man who has to teach failing recruits so they can remain in the Army. Most of the young men and one woman have messed up lives that he tries to help by teaching them Hamlet. It sounds odd, I know, but really it’s a sweet film with a good message.
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I am snowed in at home today, and I’m watching Il Mare, a 2000 South Korean film which was remade in America several years later as The Lake House, starring Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves.
The Korean film features my favorite Korean actress, Jun Ji-Hyun, in the lead role. (In some of her more recent work, she’s credited as Gianna Jun.)
I bought this DVD, a Thai import, through a third-party seller on Amazon. The English subtitles are clumsy - obviously not done by a native speaker - but the film is still enjoyable.
The Korean film features my favorite Korean actress, Jun Ji-Hyun, in the lead role. (In some of her more recent work, she’s credited as Gianna Jun.)
I bought this DVD, a Thai import, through a third-party seller on Amazon. The English subtitles are clumsy - obviously not done by a native speaker - but the film is still enjoyable.
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I thought the recent movie, St. Vincent, with Bill Murray was excellent.
A great story about an older man, Bill Murray, that is down on his luck and is doing many things he shouldn’t be, and he is actually a very unlikeable guy. You wonder how he could ever be a saint, but as the movie moves on, you find out he is quite like a lot of our real saints.
A good, touching movie…
A great story about an older man, Bill Murray, that is down on his luck and is doing many things he shouldn’t be, and he is actually a very unlikeable guy. You wonder how he could ever be a saint, but as the movie moves on, you find out he is quite like a lot of our real saints.
A good, touching movie…
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