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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2004-03-14 17:31 [#01107911]
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how come you only gave it 3/5? i thought it was pretty good actually :)
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danbrusca
from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-15 01:42 [#01108237]
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There came a point at around half-way where the flash-forwards had already sign-posted most of what was going to happen in the rest of the film and I found my interest evaporating.
All the acting was great, as was the screenplay, but I do have to question the director allowing the final third to be such a leaden affair and I don't think his structuring of the film worked as well as he perhaps hoped.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-20 07:12 [#01111235]
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The Last Emperor (Directors Cut) - 4/5
excelent film, though the Chinese speaking in English kind of annoyed me.
Fog of War 4/5
Scary and informative documentary, I didn't realise how much Japan was bombed in WWII, something like 59% of the Country was destroyed BEFORE they dropped 2 nuclear bombs on them. Hundreds of thousands of civilians killed. Talk about overkill!
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-20 07:17 [#01111238]
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Zatoichi 4.2/5
next up:
Whale Rider hana-bi As Tears Go By Happy Together
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zero-cool
on 2004-03-20 08:34 [#01111261]
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Blow 5/5
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scup_bucket
from bloated exploding piss pockets on 2004-03-20 09:14 [#01111292]
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secret window - 4/5 amelie - 4-5/5
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hedphukkerr
from mathbotton (United States) on 2004-03-20 09:55 [#01111312]
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eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - 5/5 without a doubt!
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Phresch
from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2004-03-20 09:58 [#01111314]
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Dogville - 4/5 All Or Nothing - 4/5 28 Days Later - 4/5 Lord Of The Ring Pt.3 - 4/5 Beat Street - 3/5 Monster - 3/5 The Beautiful Country - 4/5
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Phresch
from fucking Trondheim (Norway) on 2004-03-20 10:04 [#01111318]
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Dogville - 4/5 All Or Nothing - 4/5 28 Days Later - 4/5 Lord Of The Ring Pt.3 - 4/5 Beat Street - 3/5 Monster - 3/5 The Beautiful Country - 4/5
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2004-03-20 17:52 [#01111621]
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eyes wide shut 3/5
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Gwely Mernans
from 23rd century entertainment (Canada) on 2004-03-20 17:54 [#01111622]
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dune - 5/5 secret window 3/5
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-21 09:01 [#01112062]
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Dune 5/5?? you've got to be joking? I LOVE David Lynch films but this is by far his worst, its has its merits but is far from perfect. The book would be the only version of Dune to get 5/5. I'd probably rate the Lynch movie 3.5/5. Have you seen the TV series?
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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2004-03-21 09:08 [#01112065]
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Dune 5/5
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danbrusca
from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-21 09:30 [#01112077]
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Cabin Fever - 3/5 The Silence Of The Lambs - 5/5 Hannibal - 4/5
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AK47
on 2004-03-21 09:34 [#01112081]
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My Little Eye 4.5 - Interactive game on the DVD makes it worth checking out, cool soundtrack - Flood (ex Killing Joke) worked on it. It has a disk with deleted scenes that add more to the story. Alan Greenspan is a producer on the film :)
Resurrection 3.5 - DVD Serial killer..Christopher Lambert -the detective, the director from Highlander made this flick. Its kind of dated when you compare it to CSI.similar to Seven in the filming techniques used.
Stuck On You - 0.5 Yuck. Saw movie for free and still wished I had walked out in the first 5 minutes. Matt Damon is not a comedian in the worst movie the Farrelly brothers have made. Just dont bother watching it.
Primus - Animals should not act like People DVD with CD unreleased tracks 5.5 Features home videos, animations, music clips, bootlegs of live shows. The original drummer plays on the CD.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-21 17:32 [#01112667]
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring... 4.4/5
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J Swift
from United Kingdom on 2004-03-21 21:31 [#01112958]
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Would love to know what you think of Happy Together - Not had a chance to see it yet.
Hana bi though is probably my favorite film ever - Although I didn't really appreciate it until I'd seen it a few times... Good film to watch alone I always thought..
I've just finished Chungking Express - Good film, possibly not quite what I was expecting - I was expecting something a little more art-core - Nice though - Will have to watch it again.
Best of the bunch though... And a real suprise! Was ASHES OF TIME - Wong Kar Wai's swordplay epic...
Some of the best cinematography I've ever seen!
Utterly compelling story-line that doesn't really go anywhere or do anything, yet still manages to touch you on so many levels.
One of Leslie Cheungs' last movies - Mind blowingly great actor - I often see him as a Chinese Johnny Depp, with double the charisma and triple the talent (and I'm a big JD fan!).
Ashes of Time blew me away - There's so many scenes I rewind over and over again just for the editing and photography... Great feel to the whole movie - Feels very old and very modern at the same time..
Love the minimal soundtrack too - Sounds very old - Chinese percussion arrangements over really strings with that sort of synthetic analog quality.
Another film I didn't really appreciate until a second viewing.
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J Swift
from United Kingdom on 2004-03-21 21:33 [#01112961]
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Ashes of Time - 5/5 Chungking Express - (undecided)
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J Swift
from United Kingdom on 2004-03-21 21:35 [#01112963]
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Oh yeah, next on the MUST-SEE list is Japanese movie Blue Spring.
Looks incredible!
Often regarded as one of the best films of 2002.
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danbrusca
from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-22 01:16 [#01113103]
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Zatoichi - 2/5
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tibbar
from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-03-22 01:28 [#01113108]
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lost in translation: 4/5 eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: 5/5
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aphextriplet
from your mothers bedroom (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-22 01:32 [#01113109]
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starsky and hutch 4/5 very funny
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-22 08:45 [#01113415]
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Have you seen Zatoichi? Its the first film i've seen directed by Kitano and i was extremely impressed, he's one talented director. Loved the soundtrack too. I'm going to watch Dolls by him next, its the film he did before Zatoichi.
Ashes Of Time i've often thought of downloading but i've been put off by the negative reviews i've seen for it. It seems to be a film you either love or hate, usually i like those kind of films :) I'll probably get Ashes of Time next though, it has lots of my favourite asian actors in it.
Still haven't watched Hana-bi, i'm busy with college work at the moment so I can't watch many films for now.
I really loved Chungking Express, I can't wait to see WKW's new film 2046, its been in production for years but it should finally come out this year.
I'll let you know how Happy Together is when I see it, I've also got 'As Tears go by' to watch, I think its the first WKW Maggie Cheung starred in.
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danbrusca
from Derbyshire (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-22 10:17 [#01113485]
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I found Zatoichi to be very disappointing. I concede that much of this was because I was very tired in the cinema, so didn't have a great deal of patience, but it did seem pretty tedious for long stretches.
I also had dofficulty following who was who for much of the time and gave up caring eventually.
Good fight scenes and some comedy. Takeshi himself is always cool too, but overall I can only give this 2/5.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-22 17:02 [#01114150]
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Hana-bi 5/5
not many films get 5/5 from me but this film is amazing, the best film i've seen for a while... really effected me. Films don't get much better than this.
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J Swift
from United Kingdom on 2004-03-22 18:24 [#01114226]
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Fantastic!
It truely is a masterpiece!
You should definetly like Ashes of Time if you liked the minimalism and style of Hana-bi.
My friend's just brought over a copy of Zatoichi from Japan - Am very keen to see it!
Sonatine's my other favorite Takeshi movie - And maybe Scene by the Sea, although I've not seen that one for a while.
This Japanese movie Blue Spring looks like a must see - Having a hard time tracking down a copy though!
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-23 17:52 [#01115457]
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"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: 5/5"
i'm hearing a lot of good things about this film, its released over here the same week as Kill Bill 2, looking forward to seeing both.
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2004-03-23 18:08 [#01115480]
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Platoon- 8/10
It was on one of the stuffy old history-ish channels, and I like it so I watched it. Horrible, HORRIBLE NES game, though.
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J Swift
from United Kingdom on 2004-03-23 19:36 [#01115540]
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The Trip - 4/5
Caught it on Film Four the other night - Probably the best film about taking LSD ever made!
Tough to rate - I feel urged to give it a 5 - But a film like this is impossible to rate objectively - It would seem like 90mins of nonsense to most non drug-takers I'm sure.
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2004-03-24 22:02 [#01117153]
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Alien: 8/10 Aliens: 3.5/10 Alien³ (special edition or something): 7.5/10 Alien: Resurrection: 5.5/10
Yes.
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DeadEight
from vancouver (Canada) on 2004-03-24 22:07 [#01117155]
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: a solid 8.5/10 Fireman's Ball: 7.5/10
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tibbar
from harrisburg, pa (United States) on 2004-03-24 22:53 [#01117177]
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i just cant help but think to myself that its one of the best films to come down the pike in a long time
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hAnkyPhexTwin
from Tucson, Arizona (United States) on 2004-03-25 00:32 [#01117254]
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Daddy Day Care 3/5 Old School 4/5 Rundown 4/5 (cause of Christopher Walken) National Lampoon's Vacation 4.5/5
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-26 15:31 [#01120966]
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Happiness of the Katakuris 4/5
excelent film from Takeshi Miike, one of the most original films i've ever seen.
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Netlon Sentinel
from eDe (Netherlands, The) on 2004-03-26 15:34 [#01120974]
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lilja 4-ever - 8/10
great film, sad, sad story, but brought with glimpses of humour and hope (somehow). very pure film, hardly any storyline etc. by moodysson
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aclockworkcalx
from São Paulo (Brazil) on 2004-03-26 15:40 [#01120986]
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Cutting Momments - 5/5
Shows the best way to cut your lips off...
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DeLtoiD
from Ontario on 2004-03-26 15:44 [#01120990]
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please don't tell me you gave david lynch's Dune 5/5...!>!>!!>!?!?!!??!!!??!
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hobbes
from age on 2004-03-26 15:46 [#01120992]
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21 grams i found really good lost in translation i really enjoyed anger management i found crap
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-26 15:50 [#01120998]
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Cypher 3.8/5
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aclockworkcalx
from São Paulo (Brazil) on 2004-03-26 15:55 [#01121005]
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2001 - Space Odyssey 6/5 A Clockwork Orange 6/5 Blade Runner 6/5
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-27 12:24 [#01121645]
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Ghost Busters 2 2/5
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optimus prime
on 2004-03-27 13:43 [#01121717]
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eternal sunshine 5/5
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2004-03-27 15:42 [#01121838]
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the mexican 2/5
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-03-27 15:46 [#01121846]
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Jeepers Creepers 2. Do I need to rate it or you already know it's absolute zero? A stupid scene, when some dozen of teenagers can't escape the bus, because the door is broken, and nobody even thinks of breaking some fucking window.
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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2004-03-27 17:09 [#01121977]
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Dune 5/5
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-27 17:20 [#01121986]
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have you read all the Dune books?
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X-tomatic
from ze war room on 2004-03-27 17:25 [#01121989]
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only the first, which was the best novel I read. I understand it's a flawed movie, that's because they had to compress the entire story in one movie, but I found the Lynch's vision on the book to be how I envisioned it in my mind. I loved the casting job on this one.
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Matvey
from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-03-27 17:26 [#01121990]
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Dune 5/5?????????????????????????
how can that be?
Maybe, some new version? "Have you read all the Dune books"?
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-27 17:27 [#01121991]
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interesting article: Dune - what went wrong?
dune
I dont agree with everything there, I think Lynch made the best film possible at the time and its by no means a bad film. Really, who could make a good Dune film? The TV series isn't brilliant and that runs for something like 8 hours.
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pantalaimon
from Winterfell (United Kingdom) on 2004-03-27 17:30 [#01121992]
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5/5 makes it seem like you saw it as a perfect film, not flawed.
I liked Lynch's version though, no-one else could have made it that well.
I'm in the mood to re-read Dune now, I read it once when I was younger and didn't quite 'get it'.
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