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mehro said:
Cary Grant :drool:

Actually I'd say that's one of Grant's lesser movies. I think his comedies are way superior to the stuff he did with Hitchcock. Except Charade, which is awesome beacuse Audrey Hepburn is stunning. And I mean I've never seen anyone look prettier ever.
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Only seen Arsenic and Old Lace which I loved, do any of his other comedies come close?
 
A Prophet's an excellent movie, as good as anything I've seen this year last year. The French do cops and robbers and prisons better than anybody else at the moment. Mesrine is very good too especially the first bit.
 
Ivor Ballokov said:
Only seen Arsenic and Old Lace which I loved, do any of his other comedies come close?
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I keep meaning to watch his last film - Walk Don't Run. I saw the first half of it on TV once about 5 years ago but got interupted. I've just noticed it's only £3 on Play - I think I'll grab a copy.
 
Recently watched The Bourne Identity, 1988 Richard Chamberlain version. It takes a few liberties with the book, mainly the ending. The location filming in Zurich, Paris and New York is excellent, and Jaclyn Smith is decorative as ever. 8/10
 
Ivor Ballokov said:
Only seen Arsenic and Old Lace which I loved, do any of his other comedies come close?
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The Awful truth
Bringing Up Baby
Holiday
Only Angels Have Wings
The Philadelphia Story
His Girl Friday
The Talk of the Town
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
People Will Talk

Not all of them comedies but these are the non-Hitchcock ones that are pretty good.
 
Couldn't they have cast SLJ's role to someone who can actually act
 
You gave it a 50, he gave it a 40, out 100 that is. I found it very well made, and pretty good, albeit somewhat predictable, although I think the ending is open, despite the book. I'd give it a 7
 
Alex said:
You gave it a 50, he gave it a 40, out 100 that is. I found it very well made, and pretty good, albeit somewhat predictable, although I think the ending is open, despite the book. I'd give it a 7
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watched the Book of Eli stright after watching this and though that was a much better film.
Not as predictable and i did not see the twist towards the end. 8/10
 
Lifeboat
Nice little war film focusing on the treatment of your enemy and retaining your humanity in adverse situations. 7/10

Spellbound
Gregory Peck plays John Ballantine, a man who assumes the identity of Antony Edwards; the head of a psychiatric ward, following a freak event which he can not recall. He believes he killed Edwardes, but psychiatrist Dr. Constance Peterson (Ingrid Bergmann) believes he is innocent and delves into his amnesia in an attempt to bring forth the memories of the incident. Overall a top thriller from Hitchcock with some great chemistry between Bergmann and Peck. 8/10

To Catch a Thief
Probably one of the all-time glamorous American films. Grace Kelly is just stunning, and Cary Grant has a casual suave about him that wouldn't look out of place as a lead in a Bond film. It's romantic.. It's funny... It's thrilling (The action may not be plentiful but opening scene and car chase are both great). With some beautiful shots of the French riviera, a firework spectacle and two of Hollywoods finest leading the show this film is definitely as good as any other Hitchcock I've seen. 8.5

Greenberg
Just got back from the cinema and really enjoyed this one. Ben Stiller plays Roger Greenberg, a man who has just got out of a mental hospital and house-sits for his brother whilst he attempts to 'do nothing' for a while. It has a Woody Allen-esque feel to it, a look at the world through the eyes of a quirky and neurotic figure with a sharp wit. The movie has a pacing that could put most people off but beneath the meandering plot is a thoughtful reflection on life focusing on people who find themselves not quite where they expected to be at their age.

When I see a film like this I do wonder why Ben Stiller takes the easy route with his film choices - He obviously has a lot more to offer than playing the clown. Gotta give a mention to Greta Gerwig plays the subtly attractive and self-deprecating love interest very nicely. 7.5/10
 
The Bourne Supremacy - 7 (6 plus 1)/10

Bourne is framed and he runs around doing feck all and the bad guy kills himself and Bourne is unframed. Nothing to see here, bar Europe in 1080p (plus 1 for that). :drool:
 
Plump Fiction. For ages, Netflix was recommending this to me because of my interest in indie movies. All I can say is, feck you Netflix. Only made it through 2 scenes of it. fecking awful parody of independent movies, mainly Pulp Fiction. The mere thought of this movie is going to anger me now.
 
olesmyhero said:
Plump Fiction. For ages, Netflix was recommending this to me because of my interest in indie movies. All I can say is, feck you Netflix. Only made it through 2 scenes of it. fecking awful parody of independent movies, mainly Pulp Fiction. The mere thought of this movie is going to anger me now.
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A quick look up on IMDB would have been worthwhile, would it not? Rating: 2.7, 39% rated 1. Would have saved you the heartache surely. :lol:
 
The Man Who Knew To Much

Hitchcock thriller starring James Stewart and Doris Day, a doctor holidaying in Marrakesh stumbles across an assassination plot, when his son is kidnapped it is up to him to track down the kidnappers and unravel the mystery surrounding the assassination. I thought it was a pretty good film but not the most gripping of thrillers, and whilst I love James Stewart his everyman style can bore me a little at times.

Does anyone else wonder why Hitchcock chooses to end his films in a certain style? He has that style of slowly building a story then having it explode in a climax that seems to end far too suddenly. I mean in a way I like it – The story has been told so there’s no need to mess about with dragged out closure scenes, but they just all come across as though he ran out of time!
7/10
 
The Bourne Ultimatum - 2/10

Jason Bourne runs around, doing feck all. The end.

It has 10-12 longer than necessary nausea-inducing chase scenes shot with the "shaky camera effect".

Retarded, shitty, fecking crap, trilogy.

The song at the end of the movies is fecking great though! :drool:
 
The Wrong Man
Henry Fonda plays Christopher Balestrero, a working class family man. A case of mistaken identity during a visit to the bank places him as a prime suspect for a string of robberies.

It has a different feel to other Hitchcocks (due to been based off true events most likely), there is less license with the usual humour he includes and instead the film takes a darker, more serious tone. Fonda is perfectly cast as a man who is completely helpless in a situation he has no control over and you really feel how trapped he is in all of it.
7/10

The Birds
Hitchcocks famous horror revolves around a series of small bird attacks in a small North Californian town which slowly escalate to new levels of viciousness and intensity. What I love about this film is that it paces itself perfectly, the characters are established and fleshed out for the first hour where it could be argued that nothing interesting happens, but it's all about building the suspense, you can feel the tension mounting until it finally explodes and the film lets loose with it's nature vs man scenario.
7.5/10

Frenzy
Hitchcocks last great film about a series of London murders where women are raped and then strangled with a necktie. The cast of the movie underpins the gritty nature of it all, Hitchcock has made some tantalizing casts before and paired together the most beautiful Hollywood had to offer (Bergman, Grant, Grace Kelly, Gregory Peck), but here he chooses a cast to truly depict the average man. I suspect one of the reasons for this is to make the rape scenes less titillating and more disturbing (which it really does).
7.5

Punch Drunk Love
Adam Sandler plays Barry Egan, a small-time business owner who appears to suffer from some form of social anxiety. Hounded and mistreated by his seven sisters he struggles to maintain any sort of healthy social life, until he meets a woman just as lonely as him.

PT Anderson has got to be one of the best directors of our generation, not only is he a genius with the camera, (the use of colours and lighting to create some wonderful silhouette shots) but he knows how to pick a cast and get the best out of them. He manages to draw a wealth of anger and frustration from Adam Sandler to great effect, Emily Watson plays the lonely love interest convincingly and Hoffman is brilliant as usual in his small role.
8/10

I think I may give Hard Eight a watch to complete my viewing of PT Andersons films.
 
Ran

Masterpiece. It was a bit different from the Kurosawa movies I've seen, as it was bleak and very depressing. The last scene was very powerful. It's a really beautiful movie and is definitely one of his finest work imo.
 
Yeah it's definitely in my top three if not my fav film of all time. Shame Criterion's not releasing it on BR.
 
DouLou said:
Punch Drunk Love
Adam Sandler plays Barry Egan, a small-time business owner who appears to suffer from some form of social anxiety. Hounded and mistreated by his seven sisters he struggles to maintain any sort of healthy social life, until he meets a woman just as lonely as him.

PT Anderson has got to be one of the best directors of our generation, not only is he a genius with the camera, (the use of colours and lighting to create some wonderful silhouette shots) but he knows how to pick a cast and get the best out of them. He manages to draw a wealth of anger and frustration from Adam Sandler to great effect, Emily Watson plays the lonely love interest convincingly and Hoffman is brilliant as usual in his small role.
8/10

I think I may give Hard Eight a watch to complete my viewing of PT Andersons films.
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When I think of this movie all I can think of is the song He Needs Me. Haunting.
 
Zack and Miri make a Porno - Not by any means a classic and not even one of Kevin Smith's better efforts but it is well worth a watch and is the first film I've seen Seth Rogen in and not wanted to rip his arms off and choke him with them. Elizabeth Banks is lovely but along with her performances in 30 Rock I'm not sure comedy is entirely her thing but she does ok and the dialogue is pretty good. 7/10

His girl Friday - Now this is a classic, brilliantly sharp dialogue and fantastic performances by Cary Grant and in particular Rosalind Russell who never misses a beat as Hildy a woman in a mans world. I can't recommend it enough. 9/10

American History X - Thought provoking, clever and disturbing in equal measures I really enjoyed this one although I found the direction sometimes a little weak with excluding camerawork and intrusive music but that doesn't detract from a excellent film with some fantastic perfomances. Plus it's got Stacy Keach which is always a good thing. 8.5/10

Joe's Apartment - The first feature film to be made by MTV and it stands at a mighty 5.1/10 on imdb.com but don't let that fool you this is a brilliantly funny movie. Concerning Joe, a recent college graduate who moves to New York to forge a successful career for himself however he ends up working replacing urinal cakes in mens rooms and living in a cockroach infested apartment. All standard fare so far, yes, but wait the cockroaches can TALK and they have mexican accents. Wisecracking, singing mexican cockroaches is a recipe for film greatness in my book. 11/10
 
Ivor Ballokov said:
His girl Friday - Now this is a classic, brilliantly sharp dialogue and fantastic performances by Cary Grant and in particular Rosalind Russell who never misses a beat as Hildy a woman in a mans world. I can't recommend it enough. 9/10
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Glad you liked it! It's got great replay value as well, since it's so fast paced you'll pick up on one liners you never appreciated the first time round.
 
John Rabe 8/10 John Rabe (2009)

excellent film telling the true story about John Rabe, a german that helped the chinese people during the 1937 japanese invation of nanking

most of us only remember what the nazis did in europe but forget that aswell the japanese comited disgusting atrocities in china and the south of asia

according to the movie, till now the japanese goverment refuses to aknowledge what they did in Nanking claiming that it wasn't that bad


feckers :mad:
 
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