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likeatab wrote:
GONY seems to be one of those movies that inspires pretty divergent opinions. i love it primarily for Bill the Butcher and the sets/costumes/realism of the whole thing. i thought the ending kind of sucked, but other than that i dug it. i think i'd rank it top 2 or 3 in Scorsese films for myself.
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jcurley wrote:
The Argonaut wrote:
I have an econ test tomorrow, but after that I have almost nothing until next Tuesday. I'm going to try to get through: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Lumet Night on Earth, Jarmusch (I actually haven't seen this one yet, oops) Manhattan, Woody Allen Brazil, Gilliam Amarcord, Fellini and maybe War Dance, the doc that got an Oscar nom for Best Doc
i saw that in the theatre. worth it for the first scene alone - but seriously really a good story i thought.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
likeatab wrote:
GONY seems to be one of those movies that inspires pretty divergent opinions. i love it primarily for Bill the Butcher and the sets/costumes/realism of the whole thing. i thought the ending kind of sucked, but other than that i dug it. i think i'd rank it top 2 or 3 in Scorsese films for myself.
Realism?
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likeatab wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
likeatab wrote:
GONY seems to be one of those movies that inspires pretty divergent opinions. i love it primarily for Bill the Butcher and the sets/costumes/realism of the whole thing. i thought the ending kind of sucked, but other than that i dug it. i think i'd rank it top 2 or 3 in Scorsese films for myself.
Realism?
I thought it was pretty clear that Scorsese was going for a really over-the-top feel.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
likeatab wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
likeatab wrote:
GONY seems to be one of those movies that inspires pretty divergent opinions. i love it primarily for Bill the Butcher and the sets/costumes/realism of the whole thing. i thought the ending kind of sucked, but other than that i dug it. i think i'd rank it top 2 or 3 in Scorsese films for myself.
Realism?
I thought it was pretty clear that Scorsese was going for a really over-the-top feel.
yeah i guess operatic realism (which i've heard used to describe Scorsese before) would have been a more appropriate term. i'm not saying it's completely historically accurate or anything.
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I'm in the middle of Lenzi's cannibal classic The Man From Deep River (okay so far), and I just put two more holds out for Cimino's Heaven's Gate and the Brando version of Mutiny On The Bounty.
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Not going to see War Dance this weekend (My dad didn't like it anyways, so whatever), but I think I'll be able to see The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp by Powell and Pressburger, instead.
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The Argonaut wrote:
Not going to see War Dance this weekend (My dad didn't like it anyways, so whatever), but I think I'll be able to see The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp by Powell and Pressburger, instead.
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The Sword of Doom was really good. The main character is one of the best portrayals of a sociopath I've seen, in an extremely well-choreographed and well-shot samurai film, no less. I recommend it.
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The Sword of Doom was really good. The main character is one of the best portrayals of a sociopath I've seen, in an extremely well-choreographed and well-shot samurai film, no less. I recommend it.
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There's Something About Mary has been on HBO a lot lately. I've seen it many times but I usually tune in for part because there are still so many bits that make me laugh out loud. Dumb & Dumber is the same way when TBS cycles the hell out out it.
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The_Crimson_King wrote:
Orpheus wrote:
The Sword of Doom was really good. The main character is one of the best portrayals of a sociopath I've seen, in an extremely well-choreographed and well-shot samurai film, no less. I recommend it.
i love this film's ending
Me too. As a whole it doesn't do much for me, but that ending is tremendous.
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I watched "the shining" yesterday evening. What an amazing filmmaker was Kubrick ! The geometrical constructions of all the plans, the complexity and intensity of the image composition, that was mind-blowing. And Nicholson's interpretation is quite powerful. Great movie !
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Yesterday I saw:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach)-A small-scale rendering of the Irish civil war that was really effective. Great acting and situations, and very well shot.
Wild Strawberries (Bergman)-I'll have to see this again really soon, and then see it again when I'm a little older. I could tell it was the kind of film that one viewing doesn't really get everything. My first Bergman as well, definitely a great director.
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Orpheus wrote:
Yesterday I saw:
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (Ken Loach)-A small-scale rendering of the Irish civil war that was really effective. Great acting and situations, and very well shot.
Wild Strawberries (Bergman)-I'll have to see this again really soon, and then see it again when I'm a little older. I could tell it was the kind of film that one viewing doesn't really get everything. My first Bergman as well, definitely a great director.
you gotta see Persona and Shame
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