The movie thread

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by nostromo
Whats wrong with you guys? You don't watch any movies?

It's summer....

Recently I watched:
The Simpsons; wasn't bad, wasn't so good. Since I stopped watching the simpsons(3-4 seasons ago) and begun to watch southpark; The recent Simpsons humor doesn't appeal very much to me.

Metropolis (the animated one) : Was good. A good entertainments.

What I want to watch is a psychological drama. Like Scarlett Street(Fritz Lang), Strangers on a train(Hitchcock), or even a kind of La Neuvaine from Bernard Émond(which have released his new movie at Lucarno). Called Contre toute espérance.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I just watched Gattaca again; fantastic movie, especially from a first-time director. It's a shame he hasn't seemed to live up to the promise of it. Still, wow.

[Nostromo]

Saw Tokyo Godfathers. Great movie.

It looks to be a busy time for Satoshi Kon. Millennium Actress is being released in theaters as I write this. But already the acclaimed director is gearing up for his next movie, a sentimental family comedy titled Tokyo Godfathers. For those familiar with his previous work (Perfect Blue) the phrase "family comedy" may seem unlikely and surprising, but that's exactly what it is. It's an unlikely, surprising, delightful, enjoyable comedy. And it lives up to the reputation he is building for himself as a great director.

Tokyo Godfathers is the story of three homeless people (an old bum, a transvestite, and a teenage runaway) who find a baby in a trash heap and then try to return the little girl to her mother. The film follows the trio as they traverse Tokyo, following clues and leads left behind by the baby's parents. Serendipity is their constant companion, ensuring that they find what they need and that the plot keeps moving despite the apparent hopelessness of the quest.

The plot is simple and straightforward, a bit of a divergence from Kon's previous work. But those were dramas, which fit comfortably with the distorted realities and emotional conflicts that constructed the previous plots. There a few flashbacks in Godfathers, but they emerge naturally as internal memories or anecdotes that serve to fill in gaps about the protagonists' histories. There are few of the conflicting realities and confused perceptions that usually make Satoshi Kon movies such a head trip.

Despite the simplicity of the plot, this is not a shallow movie. Tokyo Godfathers is a largely driven by its characters, who are all interesting and generally avoid being caricaturish (though admittedly, the transvestite was played for laughs a few times). I describe this as a family comedy, and in part that's because the trio functions as a family (husband/wife, parents/child) and they readily accept the new addition into their unit.

The religious aspects of the movie are also interesting. The movie covers the period between Christmas and New Year's, and the baby is constantly referred to as an angel sent by God (this would be the most religious depiction of Christmas I've ever seen in an anime, which is largely a secular holiday in Japan). Even if the movie is not overtly complex, there are certainly enough subtle undertones to write some good academic papers on this film after its release.

Satoshi Kon has created another masterpiece, at the same time creating something family-friendly and commercially accessible. Like Spirited Away this film is something to which you can take your children or parents. It shares the same heart that made Spirited Away such a delightful film, including great dollops of optimism and whimsy. This bodes well for its eventual release in the United States, and I can only hope it enjoys the same success.

[LordShiva]

Nobody will watch Rush Hour 3 with me

[CrONoS]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Nobody will watch Rush Hour 3 with me

You have a lot of money, so you have two way to resolve the issue:

1- Buy a friends

2- Travel to Quebec City, and maybe I'll go with you.

[Nostromo]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Nobody will watch Rush Hour 3 with me

Here's a piece of advice: promise them you won't do Jackie Chan impressions afterwards and maybe, just maybe they'll go watch it with you

[Lorizael]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Nobody will watch Rush Hour 3 with me

If I had seen the first two, I might look as if I were considering seeing the third before saying no.

[b etor]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Nobody will watch Rush Hour 3 with me

i said i would!!!!! gahhh.
i found a bunch of people to go with tho.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by nostromo


Here's a piece of advice: promise them you won't do Jackie Chan impressions afterwards and maybe, just maybe they'll go watch it with you

I do them all the time without them asking. Maybe that's why they won't go

"Not being able to speak is not the same as not speaking. You seem as if you like to talk. I like to let people talk who like to talk. It makes it easier to find out how full of **** they are."
"What the hell did you just say? "I let people talk, blah blah blah" so I'm the one full of ****?"
"We both full of ****."

[CrONoS]

@AloneShiva

Poor Shiva,

Here a tool to help you:

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[Lorizael]

I also recently saw I Know Who Killed Me. This movie was godawful in pretty much every way that it could be. It's only redeeming quality was that it featured Lindsay Lohan (who's actually quite attractive when not coked out and thin as rails) as a stripper.

Unfortunately, the filmmakers probably realized that this was the best part of the movie, which is why they made the stripper scenes gratuitously long and boring.

[CrONoS]

Does someone watched this movie?

Destino

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destino

Destino is a short animated cartoon released in 2003 by The Walt Disney Company. Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its original release. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador DalÃ, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
Stardust was a very good book, and comes out in the movies on Aug 10. I will go see it. The last movie I saw in the theater was Pan's Lybrinth.

JM

Stardust Just read the book (I had somehow managed not to read this, albeit having read most of Gaiman's others). I actually don't consider it that good of a book, it's more of a fairy tale, and when taken as such it's quite good. Doesn't go into enough detail for a proper novel, though.

[Nostromo]

Well, based on the previews, I will not go see it.

[snoopy369]

The movie actually looks better of an action type thing than the book. The book just skips all of the action possibilities, which is sort of odd, but yet good in a fairy tale sense. The movie seems to actually have the action bits which probably is a good thing for the movie's point of view