[Aptorian]

Kalifornia
Seven
Snatch

Troy is not a film, it doesn't exist, we do not speak of this shit.

As for Mr and Mrs Smith... I don't know why, maybe it's the chemistry between Jolee and Pitt, maybe it's the ridiculous action and dialogue, but I really love this film, I think I've seen it ten times...

[Zanth13]

Aptorian;255898 said:

Kalifornia
Seven
Snatch

Troy is not a film, it doesn't exist, we do not speak of this shit.

As for Mr and Mrs Smith... I don't know why, maybe it's the chemistry between Jolee and Pitt, maybe it's the ridiculous action and dialogue, but I really love this film, I think I've seen it ten times...

I thought Troy was awsome... Mr. and Mrs. Smith not so much, but it wasnt terrible...

good call on snatch,seven and Meet Joe Black... all very good movies... especially snatch...

also Interview With A Vampire... classic movie that reeked of awsome

[Optimus Prime]

ch said:

"A River Runs Through It" is the only Brad Pitt movie I had any respect for him. Mr & Mrs Smith is his usual level of acting -- excrutiatingly bad.

"Legends of the Fall"? That movie is near tear-jerking if you have brothers. One of the most beautifully shot movies.

Oh and yes, "12 Monkeys" man? "Fight Club" The guy is gold!

[wolf_2099]

Just because his last few blockbusters have been a little goofy and what not doesn't make him a bad actor. I mean, he might want to have a little fun making flicks, and Mr and Mrs Smith would have been fun. Clooney and Pitt have al but admitted Ocean's 12 was an excuse to party at Clooney Villa in Italy while be payed.

Assination of Jesse James a good flick, as well.

Can't fault a guy for wanting to make some fun movies most of what he has pumped out have been great drama's.

[Mezla PigDog]

amphibian;255758 said:

The only ones I haven't seen (Harsh Times, The New World and The Machinist), I'm adding to my Netflix queue right now.

I'd put Harsh Times at the end of that queue as it is really rather poor. It's so generic, you might as well not bother. The whole film is basically just a vehicle for Bale to do whatever accent it is he has in it (I can't remember, I've repressed those 2 hours of my life).

CF ~ His Dark Materials is worth a read but only in the context that they are childrens books, so don't have too high expectations

Thanks for the gender clarification DW

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amphibian;255758 said:

Starting with Reign of Fire, he's put together a murderer's row of movies. The only ones I haven't seen (Harsh Times, The New World and The Machinist), I'm adding to my Netflix queue right now.

I think there's a difference between Bale and Pitt in that Pitt seems to retain his identity to a much greater degree than Bale does. I realize the Ocean's movies were kind of aimed at making a "Wouldn't it be cool to hang with a slightly stylized George Clooney and Brad Pitt", but other than (weirdly) Spy Games, his movies have pretty much been "Brad Pitt playing somebody". Bale WAS Patrick Bateman.

Bale's interviews on the commentary track for The Prestige seemed to reveal a very smart man (as Pitt is too), so I've high hopes for him in the future.

I'd suggest putting the Machinist at the top...Bale is unbelievable in it, it amazing what the guy does to get into character.

Along the lines of Pitt movies that haven't been mentioned yet, Sleepers and Seven Years in Tibet.

[Skywalker]

I thought Seven Years in Tibet was a bit of a drag. Hollywood OD'ed on the Tibet/ Dalai Lama sympathy vibe in that flick. I was surprised Richard Gere didn't have a cameo.

Anyway... on Bale, anyone seen this '93 movie called Swing Kids? Flawed movie, but I thought he was very good in it. He plays a teen growing up in Nazi Germany who is made to join the Gestapo and slowly brainwashed in Nazi ideology. He was younger then, but just as good.

[RodeoRanch]

So I watched "Juno" last night.

Colour me totally unimpressed. I didn't care for the film at all. It tried way, way, way too hard to be "quirky." It only annoyed the hell out of me. I can't believe it received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

"No Country for Old Men" on the other hand, is an amazing film. Very powerful.

[Morgoth]

RodeoRanch;256776 said:

So I watched "Juno" last night.

Colour me totally unimpressed. I didn't care for the film at all. It tried way, way, way too hard to be "quirky." It only annoyed the hell out of me. I can't believe it received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

"No Country for Old Men" on the other hand, is an amazing film. Very powerful.

No country for old men was the best movie of 2007. No doubt in my mind

[Anomander]

To echo what someone said about "The Machinist", Bale did a masterful job in this one. The fact that he nearly starved himself to death to literally become the man he was playing... spooky. It was a very un-nerving film for me.

[cerveza_fiesta]

RodeoRanch;256776 said:

So I watched "Juno" last night.

Colour me totally unimpressed. I didn't care for the film at all. It tried way, way, way too hard to be "quirky." It only annoyed the hell out of me. I can't believe it received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

"No Country for Old Men" on the other hand, is an amazing film. Very powerful.

like watching an episode of arrested development. Quirky for the sake of it. Stupid. I hate that show.

@ano

machinist is one of the best movies I've seen in a looong time. Good story with very convincing acting. That role fit bale's kind of stiff distant character style well.

[Skywalker]

Watched three movies on DVD over the weekend, all picked by the wife... clicky for reviews for two of em:

The first was The Good German, starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire... Steven Soderbergh's homage to Casablanca more than anything else. Flawed movie, but worth the time spent if you don't mind a convoluted noir script.

The second was a Sundance darling from last year called Waitress which was a quirky but very grounded/ real dramedy starring Keri Russell. Chick flick, but a well made/ quirky one... I got a bit bored in the pre-climax, but the wife loved it. If you like Gilmore Girls, chances are you'll like this.

For the third, Julie Delpy's "2 Days in Paris" I'm still trying to process what I saw and come up with a review It was funny, but also unfunny.

[Dr Trouble]

cerveza_fiesta;257197 said:

like watching an episode of arrested development. Quirky for the sake of it. Stupid. I hate that show.

@ano

machinist is one of the best movies I've seen in a looong time. Good story with very convincing acting. That role fit bale's kind of stiff distant character style well.

Duuuuuuuuude! Never knock Arrested D! That show is fucking hilarious!

I can't believe what I am hearing ... I can't deal with this right now...

[Optimus Prime]

RodeoRanch;256776 said:

So I watched "Juno" last night.

Colour me totally unimpressed. I didn't care for the film at all. It tried way, way, way too hard to be "quirky." It only annoyed the hell out of me. I can't believe it received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.

"No Country for Old Men" on the other hand, is an amazing film. Very powerful.

Wow. I really liked Juno.

But I agree about No Country for Old Men. Tremendous film. The filming itself in the opening scenes is so amazingly beautiful. It is crazy how there are these huge...open spaces of America with literally nothing in them.

[Illuyankas]

I keep forgetting to go see films, recently. I just watched Black Sheep online earlier - it was kind of disappointing, but oh well - and now I have Sunshine lined up after the thread about it reminded me of it's existence. So that's good too.

[Optimus Prime]

I was extremely bored the other night and watched "Rush Hour 3".

That is a perfect example of movie producers trying to gouge 70-100 million more out of the consumer. No reason for it to be made, (It was awful by the way...Chris Tucker just isn't funny) yet they make the movie because of the decent success of the previous two movies. I want a refund and I didn't even pay to see it.

[Illuyankas]

Day of the Dead, the 2008 remake, is going to be released on April 30th in America.

I'm watching it now.




I LOVE the internet!

[Aptorian]

I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. It wasn't better than I expected but no worse than what I was afraid of (I fear british televison production ever since I saw eastenders)

It was another one of those films where people know shit about Zombies and have no instinct to properly secure all exits and find alternative escape posssibilities.

I was almost crying when they decided to walk past all the pubzombies and let themselves be trapped instead of just killing them. After all, british zombies are apparently even more slow and stupid than american zombies so why not just swing away untill every last one of the bastards were piled in a mountain of dead flesh?

[Zanth13]

Aptorian;257568 said:

I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. It wasn't better than I expected but no worse than what I was afraid of (I fear british televison production ever since I saw eastenders)

It was another one of those films where people know shit about Zombies and have no instinct to properly secure all exits and find alternative escape posssibilities.

I was almost crying when they decided to walk past all the pubzombies and let themselves be trapped instead of just killing them. After all, british zombies are apparently even more slow and stupid than american zombies so why not just swing away untill every last one of the bastards were piled in a mountain of dead flesh?

true we do have the best, most determined zombies eva....

real class act undead,

[Morgoth]

Aptorian;257568 said:

I watched Shaun of the Dead last night. It wasn't better than I expected but no worse than what I was afraid of (I fear british televison production ever since I saw eastenders)

It was another one of those films where people know shit about Zombies and have no instinct to properly secure all exits and find alternative escape posssibilities.

I was almost crying when they decided to walk past all the pubzombies and let themselves be trapped instead of just killing them. After all, british zombies are apparently even more slow and stupid than american zombies so why not just swing away untill every last one of the bastards were piled in a mountain of dead flesh?

Apt... it's a parody