Movie Reviews

[Spent]

i can't believe all the luke warm reviews of 'basterds.' i think it is the best thing tarantino has ever done. how many times have you planned out an intricate revenge fantasy in your head?

[pra_ggresion]

The dialog was sharp but the plot was weak but necessary for me to feel sympathy. Kill Bill achieved that; Basterds, not so much. I have to say though, at the end when Brad Pit's character wants to know if the Nazi dude is going to eventually take his uniform off and then carves the swastika into his forehead, kinda brought a tear to my eye.

[bluesilver]

With you on this one Spent - I'm not a movie critic, I watch them for pure entertainment value and often I have to dumb down my expectations until something is tolerable, which is easy for me to do. Sometimes I forget to un-dumb my brain for a few days therafter..
Anyways I wasn'y looking for some kind of historical accuracy, just something to pair up a few IPA's with.

[fossilgrom]

I with you too Spent.

I really liked Basterds.

[Gazsurf]

Me too. Good movie esp if you like the quirky Tarentino humor.

[nm]

Seraphine.

per wiki:

Séraphine Louis, known as "Séraphine de Senlis" ("Séraphine of Senlis") (1864–1942), was a French painter in the naïve style. Self-taught, she was inspired by her religious faith and by stained-glass church windows and other religious art. The intensity of her images, both in color and in replicative designs, are sometimes interpreted as a reflection of her own psyche, walking a tightrope between ecstasy and mental illness.

French. Beautifully shot.

She produced some amazing art.

[smithgrind]

Juno did me a solid.

[speelyei]

The North Face, a movie about the tragic attempt on the north face of the eiger by Hinterstoissier and Kurz. Hands down, the best climbing movie I've ever seen. Excellent attention to detail, the Hollywood treatment doesn't detract from the real story. Anyone interested in climbing should read Eiger: Wall of Death, it follows the fatal attempts to climb the North Face. Since 1935, 64 people have died trying to climb it... it reads like a Stephen King novel.

[bluesilver]

Juno did me a solid.

It made you have to poop? Better than doing you a sloppy.

[bluesilver]

The North Face, a movie about the tragic attempt on the north face of the eiger by Hinterstoissier and Kurz. Hands down, the best climbing movie I've ever seen. Excellent attention to detail, the Hollywood treatment doesn't detract from the real story. Anyone interested in climbing should read Eiger: Wall of Death, it follows the fatal attempts to climb the North Face. Since 1935, 64 people have died trying to climb it... it reads like a Stephen King novel.

Is this that one about the Nazi's climbing?

[speelyei]

'the deep' with Nick Nolte. Life must've been good... shooting on location in the carribean with jacquelyn Bissett...

[speelyei]

thank you mods!!!


cross of iron by sam peckinpah. Now I see where a lot of ideas for inlgorious basterds and saving private ryan came from, not to mention many video games. If you like war movies, this is a must see.

[bluesilver]

watched Clash of the Titans on a smallish airplane TV, not as bad as the reviews made it out to be -TYPICAL

What kind of a flipping education do you need to be a film critic? Or do you just need to be fat, boring and own a few thesauruses?

[nm]

Between the Folds

"A documentary exploring the science, art, creativity, and ingenuity of many of the world's best paper folders"

A blend of art, math, physics....Absolutely amazing.

[bluesilver]

book of eli - boring, didn't even finish it