movies

[MrSaigon]

Last night I watched the documentary "King of Kong." It was truly spectacular. It's the story of two grown men who go back and forth setting the all time high score record in Donkey Kong. Obviously, the premise had the potential to be incredibly dorky and boring. But the characters, who are of course real people, are so bizaare and over the top and hilarious, that you can hardly believe what you're watching.

I just love that there is a circle of people who think that Billy guy is a rockstar because he is so good at Burger Time. That guy came off like such a douche/prick, the movie may have been a little hard on him but it's difficult to give half an expletive.

Agreed. Very entertaining. I believe it was streaming on Netflix.

[JL21]

just finished "a history of violence"...i'm giving it 3/5 (for netflix)...but i thought it was kind of a stupid movie...i dunno, it just didn't grab me and for the rest of the movie it seemed silly...certainly not as good as "eastern promises" (another cronenberg/viggo movie)...

that said...i think viggo is a great and underrated actor and maria bello is smokin'

1 of those 3 stars was for the scene where Viggo goes down on Maria Bello in a cheerleader outfit, right? RIGHT?!?!

I watched Thirst recently- a Korean vampire movie from the same dude (Chan-Wook Park) who directed Oldboy, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Lady Vengeance. I thought it was excellent. And now there should be a neat little debate about the best foreign vampire movie to come out in 2009- Let the Right One In or Thirst. I've gone back and forth with it and I have no idea which one was better.

[jeffbgoofy]

Saw 'The Blind Side' this weekend. Great movie with a good story. From what I heard, they left a few things out from the book. Would recommend it to anyone...

[Jocephus]

just finished "a history of violence"...i'm giving it 3/5 (for netflix)...but i thought it was kind of a stupid movie...i dunno, it just didn't grab me and for the rest of the movie it seemed silly...certainly not as good as "eastern promises" (another cronenberg/viggo movie)...

that said...i think viggo is a great and underrated actor and maria bello is smokin'

1 of those 3 stars was for the scene where Viggo goes down on Maria Bello in a cheerleader outfit, right? RIGHT?!?!

prolly 2 actually

[TimeForGuinness]

Watched this documentary last night on Independent Lens on PBS: NO SUBTITLES NECESSARY: Laszlo & Vilmos

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/no-s ... /film.html

I really liked it.

[TimeForGuinness]

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[Freed Roger]

Watched first part of the Maltese Falcon and must say I didn't like for such a touted film. Fell asleep and then gave up after 2 attempts to see thru. Tries too hard to be sophisticated and doesn't stand test of time. Uninteresting characters. Bogart's schtik - I don't get into it.

[lukethedrifter]

I streamed Righteous Kill the other night. At least I streamed the first 17 minutes of it. RK was so bad I walked out on it in my own house. Then I got locked out and had to break back in. Then I watched The Guns of Navarone instead. Pretty decently looking movie for a Netflix stream. As for the movie itself, it was a pretty good war caper.

[ghostrunner]

Watched first part of the Maltese Falcon and must say I didn't like for such a touted film. Fell asleep and then gave up after 2 attempts to see thru. Tries too hard to be sophisticated and doesn't stand test of time. Uninteresting characters. Bogart's schtik - I don't get into it.

The Big Sleep is better, IMO.

[omaha_red]

Watched first part of the Maltese Falcon and must say I didn't like for such a touted film. Fell asleep and then gave up after 2 attempts to see thru. Tries too hard to be sophisticated and doesn't stand test of time. Uninteresting characters. Bogart's schtik - I don't get into it.

movies like that and even "the big sleep" were purposely confusing. they talk about
20 different people at all times.. even people that are never on camera... i remember
reading that the director of "the big sleep" had to stop production several times cause
he had no idea what was going on in the story..

here's a trivia tidbit about "the big sleep".. to prove it's not just you Freed..

While working on the script, writers William Faulkner and Leigh Brackett couldn't figure out from the novel who murdered a particular character. So they phoned Raymond Chandler, who angrily told them the answer was right there in the book. They shrugged and returned to their work. Chandler soon phoned to say that he looked at the book himself and couldn't figure out who killed the character, so he left it up to them to decide. In the original cut, shown to the armed services, this question is resolved; in the film as released, it isn't.