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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-28 18:04 [#02199045]
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You don't have to register to use that site--it's his private web-site filled with great essays on the Kubrick films, including "Understanding Full metal Jacket" :]
These essays are VERY interesting to read, honest.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-04-28 18:07 [#02199046]
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Alright. I'll check it someitme soon and post back as a new improved film boff. Lets talk about MORE FILMS. shittiest film ever?
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chambre noire
from Iceland on 2008-04-29 02:47 [#02199197]
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Zoolander 3/5
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-29 17:55 [#02199451]
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Kubrick's Paths of Glory (1957) * * * * *
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-04-29 18:00 [#02199453]
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indeed. it's brilliant! really makes you see the futility of it all.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-29 18:02 [#02199454]
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Amazing build-up to the executions... great performances and a devastating end (in the bar).
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-04-29 18:05 [#02199455]
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i almost could not believe it when it finally happened. that officer in charge was such a bastard.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-29 18:17 [#02199460]
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haha yeah - I was waiting for it to be called off.. I realised it wasn't when the officer said "Ready..."
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-04-29 18:21 [#02199465]
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Death proof or Planet Terror? Which is the best! -hint.........deathproof. Discuss
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-04-29 18:24 [#02199467]
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Kirk Douglas gives an excellent speech to that jury. but they're all damned fools, it's frustrating to watch.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-29 18:29 [#02199471]
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Yup - great speech falling on deaf ears :(
AMPI - there is a threat about that already!
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-04-30 18:59 [#02200144]
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John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) * * * * *
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-05-01 04:50 [#02200356]
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Kill Bill Vol1 - 3/5 Kill Bill Vol2 - 3/5
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 07:50 [#02200378]
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I don't know about what people have said here but it's difficult to find people that appreciate killbill (esp vol 2!). This makes me want to hug you. These 2 films were lovingly made for film enthusiastes and movie geeks. But they all seemed to turn around and say "kill bill is shit! Tarantino is just sooo 90's". The only people I've met that liked killbill are chavs and nuts magazine readers.
killbill 1 4/5 -there is nohting to hate in this film unless your looking to be fashionably otherwise. Nice tarantino style script, perfect story, great actors, wonderful music, flawless film structure.
killbill 2 3/5 -i prefer the atmosphere in this one in many ways. but something about that whole bit at the end loses the edge that the first hour of the film captures so nicely.
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big
from lsg on 2008-05-01 08:12 [#02200381]
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we are your new palls, break with all your old ones
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-05-01 08:24 [#02200382]
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don't listen to big, he's just talking crazy talk.
anyway, yes they are very entertaining. i think what i like most about Quentin Tarentino's movies is how he turns complex sociopathic criminals into regular people. he makes you relate to them by giving them all these endearing qualites. i especially liked Bill (the romantic) and Pai Mei (although his qualities are far from endearing :)
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 10:53 [#02200417]
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Tarantino is perfect with charcter. Dusk till dawn is at it's best at the beginning. You just know that tarantino wrote that. Rodriguez is fun but he's terrible with character building. I think that tarantino is good in the same way stephen king is good. They both manage to capture the intricate ugliness in characters or they're subtle weaknesses ect. He can get under the skin in a way that isn't necessarily better than other directors/writers but is specific to him. He is special
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-01 11:45 [#02200442]
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OK with that post I know for sure you're a very ironic member. Before I merely suspected it.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 18:01 [#02200700]
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I'm not ironic. But when i was small i hit my head very hard on rock. I hope this explains my problem.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 18:04 [#02200703]
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Tarantinon is great. Never stop loving that big chinned movie freakk
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 18:05 [#02200704]
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Fuck i cannot type when i'm drinking. I'm sorry
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jaydee
from Eugene on 2008-05-01 20:18 [#02200848]
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watched godard's For Ever Mozart again today. 5/5 gets better everytime i watch it. really too deep to pick up on the first time thru
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 20:20 [#02200850]
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QUENTIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 111PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 sOUNDS GREAT BUT IT WILL NEVER BEAT DRINKIN TOO MUCH SOORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 21:00 [#02200887]
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My favorite 'i'm so pissed' film is.........................Korean masterpiece BITTERSWEET LIFE. If your not sick of korean cinema it is a brilliant film. I t has a killbill charm. The guy that made this film is good (tale of two sisters) but his input in three extremes 2 was pretty dull.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 21:00 [#02200888]
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-ampi is pissed please forgive him not making sense- i paste this into a theard when im drunk
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jaydee
from Eugene on 2008-05-01 22:25 [#02200956]
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i think the best pissed off film is Yojimbo
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 22:45 [#02200974]
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Don't think i've seen it
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-01 22:46 [#02200975]
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PISSED = british word for v drunk
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-02 05:17 [#02201026]
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Great film, as is sanjuro.
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FlyAgaric
from the discovery (Africa) on 2008-05-02 05:22 [#02201028]
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aguirre: wrath of god (second viewing) - 4/5 - some really nice ambient music in this film. and it just looks so damn beautiful. Herzog is great.
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chambre noire
from Iceland on 2008-05-02 11:16 [#02201124]
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Flakes 3/5
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Ego
from Antwerpen (Belgium) on 2008-05-02 12:55 [#02201154]
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Dekalog 5/5
A 10 episode spanning drama by Kieślowski, each episode based on one of the 10 commandments. It's not exactly a movie but each episode feels like a fantastic short. Kubrick loved this stuff too. Too bad Kieślowski didn't release more because I loved La double vie de Véronique and his Trois Couleurs trilogy.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-02 14:30 [#02201224]
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I'm sure his death hampered his plans :\
Yes, Dekalog is great - especially the one about killing.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-02 18:42 [#02201452]
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Gary Cooper in High Noon (1952) * * * * ½
Fun Facts: musician David Crosby's father was the cinematographer; John Ritter's father sang the famous opening ballad.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-02 18:46 [#02201456]
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matrlowe in da house. i am drinking again! :) :) :0 :) :) :): ):) : 0; 0;0 ; 0; 0; 0;) ) these are supposed to be smileys but they fucked up sorry,
To make this post less stupid, I like the film the dark half (based on stephen king book) perfectly cheesey, but not badly done
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-02 18:50 [#02201461]
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hi AMPI MAX, hope that you are merry - I only watched one half of the dark half, I don't know which half but I remember it being a bit dull... I'm not a big fan of Stephen King even though I've ploughed through most of his books and seen most of the film adaptations: still, it's worth it for the occasional gem (both on paper and on the silver screen).
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-02 18:54 [#02201467]
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It's hardly a masterpiece but i'm very specific about the structure and timing of a film. The dark half has all the right elements in just the right places. For example elmstreet 1 is great but for pure perfection in 80's teen horror cheese structure you want freddy 3 (and freddy 4 has the best freddy death out of all of them! So watch that and think of me!)
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2008-05-02 19:23 [#02201483]
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balls of fury - 5/5
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Nragzxer
on 2008-05-02 21:12 [#02201572]
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Dead Ringers - 9 Crash (the David Cronenberg movie)(rewatch) - 9
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-02 21:15 [#02201576]
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crash mek me so sick. when i try ro wank it jus pops up like BAM car crash hurt sex :(
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-03 17:07 [#02201917]
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Duel (1971) * * *
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-03 17:09 [#02201918]
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* (rewatch) *
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tolstoyed
from the ocean on 2008-05-03 17:12 [#02201919]
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no country for old men 4/5
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QRDL
from Poland on 2008-05-04 15:01 [#02202265]
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I always thought of it as the worst of major Kieslowski's releases. Never understood how one could treat some of them seriously. For example the first one and especially "Short film about killing". It's unbelievable how bad the actors' craftmanship is in that one. It doesn't matter for foreign audiences and also it's not common to detest Dekalog in Poland, so I guess my lack of human feelings is at fault here.
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QRDL
from Poland on 2008-05-04 15:05 [#02202267]
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Actually, I'd really like to know whether you can notice something strange in the acting in "Short Film about Killing" if you don't understand the language.
For me it's a pity that Baka and Globisz got the parts, because it could have been a really powerful movie.
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2008-05-04 16:47 [#02202304]
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I have to admit I haven't seen the Dekalog since it was shown on tv here, I think about 13 or 14 years ago :\
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Nragzxer
on 2008-05-04 19:15 [#02202348]
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Double Indemnity - 8
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Ego
from Antwerpen (Belgium) on 2008-05-04 19:24 [#02202349]
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The acting didn't strike me as particulary good or bad. I remember liking the kid in the first episode a lot. In the movie about killing I had my doubts about the efforts of the young bloke that played the killer but he came out pretty solid in the end, imo. I do realize bad dialogue or speech can really destroy a movie. I guess I'm lucky to miss out on that. :)
I did fell that some of the episodes (including the one about killing) had a very non-serious atmosphere. A lot of the characters are just plain caricatures so most of the slight overacting didn't bother me at all.
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Ego
from Antwerpen (Belgium) on 2008-05-04 19:26 [#02202350]
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Sorry for the sloppy grammar. Very late and tired.
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chambre noire
from Iceland on 2008-05-05 09:31 [#02202436]
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Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay 2/5
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