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aggravating that you can't see the aliens in the first part of the movie...
bought Kubo and the Two Strings from iTunes...
"Grand Hotel Budapest" - a classy, elegant, European, movie, one that offers a hilarious (and grotesque) alternative - or parallel - history, superb production values, a stunning cast, flawless acting, hysterically funny script, incredible soundtrack, arresting pictorial composition, and a wonderfully wide panorama of life, love, and European history. And I love the bittersweet elegiac note it strikes throughout, just beneath the surface froth and wit and baroque elegance.
Gorgeous and beautifully shot - a pure pleasure to watch in every frame.
Gorgeous and beautifully shot - a pure pleasure to watch in every frame.
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I was thinking exactly that, when looking over the latest offerings across top of iTunes movie offerings the other night... sad when I end up deciding ok maybe a documentary...? when I was looking for a good drama. My impression was that US film makers have decided that the world consists of young men liking action adventure.. sequels... ? Maybe iTunes was just having a bad hair day.
Finally decided to download Brooklyn, film from last year based on Colm Tóibín's novel. I'm now looking forward to watching it, maybe tomorrow night. I've read the novel but I'm trying not to let that translate into expectations of the film. Anyway it will be fun to see how Saoirse Ronan plays in a somewhat older role, I've only seen in her in 2007's Atonement. She seems to have a number of films coming out in 2017.
She was also excellent in Grand Budapest Hotel.
The Bourne Ultimatum: Desh fights with Bourne, in Bourne Ultimatum and I don’t think he utters a word, for any of his scenes. Impressive, considering it is a high impact part of the film.
Imagine being beaten up, with a book...?
Imagine being beaten up, with a book...?
I never liked any Bourne movies, that damon guy is like 5'5" it throws off the movie, he doesn't have the 'action guy' profile
Saving Private Ryan.
Makes me think of my grandad. He was at Dunkirk and D-Day. Only other time he went abroad was to the Suez Canal crises.
The opening scene on that beach is still one of the most harrowing 15 minutes of film I've seen. Not because of the gore, but because if I'd been born 50 years earlier that could have been me.
Makes me think of my grandad. He was at Dunkirk and D-Day. Only other time he went abroad was to the Suez Canal crises.
The opening scene on that beach is still one of the most harrowing 15 minutes of film I've seen. Not because of the gore, but because if I'd been born 50 years earlier that could have been me.
If anything, the Somme - a hundred years ago this year - was probably even worse. A lot worse.
Well yes. That was pretty bad. But as I never knew anybody from the Somme I've never had that connection.
Well, in the late 70s, and early to mid 80s, I did meet - and talk with - people who had survived the First World War, or had escaped it - for a variety of reasons.
I really enjoyed the calm documentary style Spielberg used on the beach, it made you feel like you were there without being made nauseous from the jerky camera as some others movies (Blair Witch, Cloverfield) have made me feel using the same technique on the big screen, which is not a problem on TV.
Did not care for it.
I think the game was to have the audience guessing if there was something really wrong outside or if Harold was the villain. Except something was really wrong outside, i.e. burned lady, and kinda confirmed by Emmit and that something was really wrong with Harold (John Goodman's character). However one did not cancel out the other. No surprise there really were aliens. 
Did not care for it.
I think the game was to have the audience guessing if there was something really wrong outside or if Harold was the villain. Except something was really wrong outside, i.e. burned lady, and kinda confirmed by Emmit and that something was really wrong with Harold (John Goodman's character). However one did not cancel out the other. No surprise there really were aliens.
oh really, you didnt like it? i think it was great, especially when she escaped and she sees the alien aircraft for the first time. its not only this movie thou he keeps you guessing in all his movies, like: Super 8 and Clovefield, thats his style.
hhhmmmm... Ever write a book about it?
Not on that subject.
Though I may include their stories somewhere else.
These individuals were all well into their 80s at the time, and were lucid, distant, and detached, yet extraordinarily articulate when they spoke.
However, for a very good take on World War I - that fusion where fact meets intelligent and thoughtful fiction - I'd strongly recommend taking a look at Pat Barker's stunning 'Regeneration' trilogy.
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My point was I did not feel like I was guessing.
... but that's ok. I think it may have boiled down to me not liking Howard's character, which it could be argued, he's not supposed to be likeable. Just saying that if the goal was to surprise us, there were no real surprises. Super 8 struck me as a bit Spielberg-ish, which is not necessarily bad, just repetitive feeling very ETish (not in story, just kid dynamics). However, other than the jerky documentary (home movie) style, Cloverfield was excellent. 
This was released as "Mojin - The Lost Legend". They are Mojin, Tomb Raiders, which makes sense to call them Ghouls. This was a decent action/adventure movie. I didn't understand the love interest aspects, but even in American movies, I'm often left thinking "ew, yuck" with the pairings they pick.
