Posted November 29, 2009

TheCheese33
Saves The Day
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States

Rohan15
The Joe
Registered: May 2009
From United States

MPerfectDrugJ
King of Tacos!
Registered: Nov 2009
From United States

TheCheese33
Saves The Day
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States

PimPamPet
Daring Dragoon
Registered: Mar 2009
From Netherlands
Posted November 30, 2009
They're all very different and I love them all.

michaelleung
YOU ARE ALL RETARDS
Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted November 30, 2009
Ben Hur is awesome. Watch it again and again and again. You will all love it.

DevinH
Fnord
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted November 30, 2009
I saw An Education this past Saturday, and thought it was quite good. It made me a little uncomfortable at parts, and I thought the ending was way too sudden, but it was executed with great proficiency.

Andy_Panthro
Not the Avatar
Registered: Oct 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted November 30, 2009
I saw that recently too!
I'd definitely recommend it.
At first, I thought it was going to hide most of the violence, but after about the mid-point, there are some quite graphic scenes. The hospital scene about 3/4 of the way through was quite a shock, I wasn't sure what was going to happen.
Also, the man she's with at the beginning, I kind of got the impression that he'd grown up looking after her, and perhaps she hadn't aged? I wonder how the relationship with the boy will end...
On another note, I hear they are making a US version. God knows how that will work, I expect they'll pull their punches quite a bit, and generally miss the feel. I'm not against US versions of good films in general, but there have been a few turkeys in the past few years.

anjohl
Disconnected
Registered: Jul 2009
From Canada

TheCowSaysMoo
Blashyrkh
Registered: Sep 2009
From Belgium
Posted November 30, 2009

don't forget the love for the genre oozing from the screen. AoD had that less imo.
just saw for the n-th time E tu vivrai nel terrore (the beyond). If you like gore/horror at all you should watch it. The crucification scene still makes me cringe

Krankor
Ba-KAW!
Registered: Oct 2008
From United Kingdom
Posted November 30, 2009
Not read the entire post, but I'll vouch for 'Moon'.
Really enjoyed it.
Although best film for me in 2009 is still 'Let the right one in'.
Really enjoyed it.
Although best film for me in 2009 is still 'Let the right one in'.

TheCheese33
Saves The Day
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted November 30, 2009

I'd definitely recommend it.
At first, I thought it was going to hide most of the violence, but after about the mid-point, there are some quite graphic scenes. The hospital scene about 3/4 of the way through was quite a shock, I wasn't sure what was going to happen.
Also, the man she's with at the beginning, I kind of got the impression that he'd grown up looking after her, and perhaps she hadn't aged? I wonder how the relationship with the boy will end...
On another note, I hear they are making a US version. God knows how that will work, I expect they'll pull their punches quite a bit, and generally miss the feel. I'm not against US versions of good films in general, but there have been a few turkeys in the past few years.
They'll probably turn it into a God-damned Twilight knock-off and miss the point. I can see the pitch now...
"VAMPIRE LOVE STORY? BIG MONEY!"
Also, the way they shot the scene with the pool is amazing.

TheCheese33
Saves The Day
Registered: Sep 2008
From United States
Posted December 12, 2009
I just saw The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. It is Wes Anderson's weakest movie, because it sort of spreads itself too thin. It tries to be an action, comedy, and romantic film all at once, and it doesn't seem to do any of the three very well. There are some great laughs and some touching moments, but the majority of it feels as forced as Owen Wilson's southern accent.

DarthKaal
"3D sucks!"
Registered: Jan 2009
From France
Posted December 15, 2009
Just to say that recently, I have... not seen 2012...

anjohl
Disconnected
Registered: Jul 2009
From Canada