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kazmac
macrumors G4
busted
Guilty as charged...
True on all counts. I have a love of the latter film because I first saw it when I was very young and wanted Christopher Lee's duc to be my dad. 😀
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Glad you enjoyed it twietee. I would have liked more on the villain myself. I absolutely adored how they tweaked Azazel for the film (hope he is in the sort-of-sequel next year.)
P.S. I LOVE your Avatar! Of course it's a good idea! I wish they would make that as a shirt (wearing my Trojan rabbit diagram t shirt as I type this. )
Guilty as charged...
True on all counts. I have a love of the latter film because I first saw it when I was very young and wanted Christopher Lee's duc to be my dad. 😀
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Glad you enjoyed it twietee. I would have liked more on the villain myself. I absolutely adored how they tweaked Azazel for the film (hope he is in the sort-of-sequel next year.)
P.S. I LOVE your Avatar! Of course it's a good idea! I wish they would make that as a shirt (wearing my Trojan rabbit diagram t shirt as I type this. )
Shrink
macrumors G3
I just saw the 1950 Nicholas Ray film "In A Lonely Place", starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Graham (Ray's wife, at the time). An relatively unknown film noir and spectacularly good.
Nicholas Ray is a wonderful director, with a very dark view of humanity. The script is brilliant, and Bogart and Graham are marvelous. Graham is well known for playing femme fatale in noir films, and is given a starring role in this one, which she carries extremely well.
Rays films are always somewhat stylized and very dark. The cinematography is terrific, and the supporting cast is terrific. For those not familiar with Nick Ray's films (he did make one that is very well known...1955 James Dean film..."Rebel Without A Cause") this is a must see. A brilliant film.
Nicholas Ray is a wonderful director, with a very dark view of humanity. The script is brilliant, and Bogart and Graham are marvelous. Graham is well known for playing femme fatale in noir films, and is given a starring role in this one, which she carries extremely well.
Rays films are always somewhat stylized and very dark. The cinematography is terrific, and the supporting cast is terrific. For those not familiar with Nick Ray's films (he did make one that is very well known...1955 James Dean film..."Rebel Without A Cause") this is a must see. A brilliant film.
Giant is my favorite Jame Dean movie, followed by East of Eden. Hard to believe he was 24 when the fatal car crash happened.
kazmac
macrumors G4
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The Monk with Vincent Cassel (2011) I enjoyed the novel and love the over-the-top film adaptation Franco Nero starred in back in 1972, so I was curious to see what this updated version would be like.
In the middle of some amazing visuals and a very clever way to insert the 'evil' into the monastery, this left me wanting. Part of it was the strange disorientation I felt with Cassel and his castmates talking in French despite the story being set in Spain. This usually does not present an issue, but I kept waiting for the cast to speak in Spanish and that distracted me from the story.
The Monk with Vincent Cassel (2011) I enjoyed the novel and love the over-the-top film adaptation Franco Nero starred in back in 1972, so I was curious to see what this updated version would be like.
In the middle of some amazing visuals and a very clever way to insert the 'evil' into the monastery, this left me wanting. Part of it was the strange disorientation I felt with Cassel and his castmates talking in French despite the story being set in Spain. This usually does not present an issue, but I kept waiting for the cast to speak in Spanish and that distracted me from the story.
Scepticalscribe
macrumors Haswell
My only quarrel with East of Eden - the movie - is that, while excellent, it actually leaves out the first two thirds of the book. This is a tragedy for East of Eden is Steinbeck's masterpiece, a truly epic work with a level of philosophical insight and historical and cultural understanding unmatched in anything else he wrote.
The passages which informed the philosophical outlook - and foundations - of the book take place in a series of incredible and formidably intelligent dialogues between Samuel Hamilton and Lee (by far my favourite character in the book), while en route to (and later, dining in) Adam Trask's house, in the first third of the book. In fact, one of these scenes ends with the two boys, still small children, being named Caleb (who becomes Cal) and Aaron, (who changes the spelling of his name, subsequently, to Aron). Unfortunately, for all of the usual reasons, the movie cut out most of the multi-layered narrative of the book, which left a raw masterpiece, devoid of the depth and nuance of the book.
It's been a long time since I've read the book, but maybe it deserves a re-read.
APlotdevice
macrumors 68040
Just came back from Gravity. I have to say it has been a while since a movie has put me on the edge of my seat!
You guys have me tempted to see this in the theater...
Streamed Identity]Thief last night. Not one redeeming quality. And I am not a Melissa McCarthy fan. Seperate from that, if this is some kind of new comedy standard for Hollywood, Hollywood is in big trouble.
balamw
Moderator emeritus
It's actually probably a great movie to watch after getting high. Oh, not what you meant. 😛
I saw it on the weekend with the family (not high) and highly recommend taking the time and money to see it in 3D in the theater.
One of the few movies where 3D really was integral to transporting you to the action. It's not perfect for the science nerd in me, but it was a fun ride.
B
The critiques in your link seem valid but on the nitpicky side. 🙂 What bugs me in a movie is when impossible things happen that are integral to the feasibility of the story. A good example is the second Mission Impossible, when Tom Cruise and his adversary are rapidly converging on each other with motorcycles from opposite directions, probably a closure of 100 mph or more, they both leap off their cycles, colliding in mid air, fall to the ground, then hop up and start fighting. Hah! 😉
balamw
Moderator emeritus
Yeah, 'twas just an example I felt there were many more issues with the movie, than just the space physics misses.
The first point in the link (not a spolier since they do nothing with it in the movie) is what bothered me most: why is an MD that works in a hospital on Earth working on Hubble? There's a brief exchange about this, but they never get back to it. What was she doing up there in the first place?
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Which then makes me wonder if any of it was intended to be real or just a figment of her imagination like Kowalski's return... Or was this just all in her head as part of the stages of grief?
B
Doing physiological research? I've not seen the movie. Everyone knows about Christa McAuliffe (Challenger). I don't know but my impression is there has been a history of civilian/scientific visitors on shuttle missions? Maybe not.
ritmomundo
macrumors 68020
She's a bio-medical engineer, not your typical hospital physician. I wont go into details for risk of spoilers, but it was very clearly explained in the first few minutes of the film. The world-renowned astrophysicist in your link must not have been paying attention.
ritmomundo
macrumors 68020
Saw Rush last night. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. Going into it, I didn't know much of what it was really about, other than F1 racing. I also didn't realize it was based on a true story (spoilers in that link) until the movie started, when I recognized their names. Lauda himself said the movie was very accurate.
Shrink
macrumors G3
I'm currently watching the 1960 film "Inherit The Wind", directed by Stanley Kramer. For those not familiar with it, the film is about the Scopes Monkey Trial which occurred in Tennessee in 1925.
The performances of Spencer Tracy and Fredrick March were wonderful...two bull moose in a remarkable acting battle. Tracy's character was, in reality, Clarence Darrow...and March's character was William Jennings Bryan. Unlike other reviewers, I was not impressed with Gene Kelley's acting...but he didn't totally embarrass himself sharing the screen with March and Tracy...no small accomplishment.
What is most striking is that the battle between the creationists and the science oriented evolutionists, fought in 1925 in the Scopes trial, is still being fought today.
Great film...a must see for those interested in some really fine acting.
The performances of Spencer Tracy and Fredrick March were wonderful...two bull moose in a remarkable acting battle. Tracy's character was, in reality, Clarence Darrow...and March's character was William Jennings Bryan. Unlike other reviewers, I was not impressed with Gene Kelley's acting...but he didn't totally embarrass himself sharing the screen with March and Tracy...no small accomplishment.
What is most striking is that the battle between the creationists and the science oriented evolutionists, fought in 1925 in the Scopes trial, is still being fought today.
Great film...a must see for those interested in some really fine acting.
twietee
macrumors 603
I'll watch it too I guess. I'm far from being interested into motorsports but this got me interested somehow.
However, going to watch Liberace tomorrow first. Should be a good one, too.
S.B.G
Moderator emeritus
I thought you only watched movies from 1950 and previous. This 1960 movie must be new to you! 😛
Shrink
macrumors G3
I finally got around to seeing this one. I was happy that there were a ton of funny bits sprinkled throughout.
Later, I wasn't buying the character change for the father, but then I thought that the point wasn't that he changed, but that he embraced who he was despite the shift in the world around him.
kazmac
macrumors G4
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The Electric Horseman- quite enjoy Robert Redford westerns (even if this wasn't much of one except in spirit). Jane Fonda - not so much.
Watched the first few minutes of Green Lantern and promptly changed the channel. I feel so bad for my coworker who loves Green Lantern (okay he prefers John Stewart)... it's disappointing when you wind up not liking the protoganist and couldn't care happens to him.
Caught the first 20 minutes of Gran Torino as the opening scene was offered as a sample in my screenwriting class. I can see why my Professor used it. Since we were not required to watch it, I passed on seeing the rest. Not my thing.
The Electric Horseman- quite enjoy Robert Redford westerns (even if this wasn't much of one except in spirit). Jane Fonda - not so much.
Watched the first few minutes of Green Lantern and promptly changed the channel. I feel so bad for my coworker who loves Green Lantern (okay he prefers John Stewart)... it's disappointing when you wind up not liking the protoganist and couldn't care happens to him.
Caught the first 20 minutes of Gran Torino as the opening scene was offered as a sample in my screenwriting class. I can see why my Professor used it. Since we were not required to watch it, I passed on seeing the rest. Not my thing.
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Shrink
macrumors G3
I am a devotee of classic films...especially the films of the 30's and 40's. I feel that the early films established the language of film (not only the written language, but the cinema language in general...for example "Citizen Kane" with it's incredibly creative, original, and ground breaking cinema techniques.) Since you are taking a screenwriting class, I'm very curious if your prof has you watching some of the classic films, as well as more current stuff.