I recently saw Crash again, and it still held me in its emotional grips.

I can't really say that I've seen any films recently that have absolutely blown me away, which is disappointing. I sought out Southland Tales (sophomore film of Richard Kelly, director of Donnie Darko) a few months ago with an expectation that it was going to be... off... meaning that I had read bad reviews and heard disgruntled fans of Donnie Darko speak badly about the film, and I can say with certainty that it was one of the most misguided pieces of crap I've seen in a while. It had potential, indeed, but the mixed media catch-up on the alternate history didn't work; the voice-overs were bad and ineffectual; the actors and actresses didn't pull off their roles; and while the structure, or lack of structure, that the film embraced might be intellectually intriguing, it ended up being anything but entertaining.

Maybe Paris, je t'aime will be a better experience...

Maybe people should be more careful with the spoilers in here. Some people may have not seen Indiana Jones or other films.

I decided against seeing Harold and Kumar 2 in the cinema even though it looks hilarious. I'll wait for it to be released to DVD.

Oops, sorry you're right about the spoiler thing. I didn't realize my "toilet assessment" might have given too much away with Indy 4 plot-wise, but I am guilty of getting carried away when talking about other films (Cloverfield would be one example, I just wouldn't fuckin shut up about that movie :lol: ).

I'm actually surprised you liked Indy 4, iggy, especially since you rate the first 3 so highly!

Speaking of Spielberg. I re-watched Saving Private Ryan the other night. I haven't seen it in a few years and those first 20 minutes of the film still manage to shake me up. Saving Private Ryan was the first film I saw on the big screen after my son was born, so I was kind of an emotional wreck as it was - so those first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan on the big screen nearly put me over the edge and about gave me a nervous breakdown. Seeing that movie again is a good thing and makes me realize (as schmaltzy as he can be with other films) how damn good a director and cinematic story teller Steven Spielberg really is. He does borrow some tricks he's used in his previous films but he does it in a way that works and gives his style a fingerprint. Another thing he did that I found interesting with Saving Private Ryan is during the D-Day scene... if you watch the classic All Quiet On The Western Front, some of the battle scenes with the men running in and out of trenches - it becomes clear that Spielberg was influenced by the way All Quiet On The Western Front was filmed and the way its story (on the screen) unfolds. All Quiet is one of my favorite films anyway, and of course the book was excellent.

Hmm. I like war movies and I've seen quite a few but would like to see more. Does anyone have any favorites and if so, what's your recommendations?

Saving Private Ryan is a quality film, my favourite war film might be Braddock: Missing in Action 3, set in Vietnam. Actually the whole Missing in Action trillogy is great, I'm sure you can find it in a bargain bin somewhere.

I think it'd be ok to talk about key parts of films in here, but just add a *SPOILERS* comment in front.

*SPOILER*

I think anything with aliens in is great, it's probably why I enjoyed it :P

*END SPOILER*

I'm looking forward to the X-Files film.

Me too. And you know what is going to happen in that flick?

--->

http://www.youtube.com/v/Rnb45z8HgZk&hl=en

why don't youtube videos or images show for me in this forum? I don't want to watch it anyway, I've already read to much. I like to go in the cinema and not know what's going to happen. My only hope is that Gillian Anderson gets naked, she's amazing! Watch Straightheads if you want some nekkid sexual Gillian material <3

This looks like a good one:

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/choke/

I read Choke a few years back, and even recorded myself reading a chapter of the book for an audio project in film school with a bunch of effects thrown in. Sadly, I don't have the recording anymore. :-(

Oh yeah, and I just saw The Mist. Here goes the explanation:

I rented The Mist with the expectation that it was going to be a bad film. When my girlfriend isn't around, I exclusively rent horror films because she doesn't like to be really scared. I, on the other hand, love really well made horror films. So when I picked up The Mist, I thought to myself, "Okay, I really liked the story by Stephen King, so in the least this will be an entertaining bad film."

No, it wasn't bad. In fact... it was... disturbingly good. What I mean is not so much that it was stellar cinema, but I liked so many elements of the film that I had to rate it higher than most I've seen in recent memory. I will not give away any spoilers by talking about it, but it's a fucking dark piece of art.

Just saw Brazil. I was shocked to see how it may have inspired Final Fantasy 7's Midgar, Bioshock's Rapture and in some way, X-Men (or was it the other way ?)

^ Brazil is mental.

Just watching Gotham Knight. Fuck yeah :D

We're going to either try and hit up Wall-E this weekend with the boy. I've got things to do on Sunday so it might have to wait another week.

Can't wait for The Dark Knight!

Wall-E was actually good! took my little cousin with me to see it. A lot of good messages that the film provides, but one of the reasons why i liked the film was beacuse there's no dialogue in the first half of the movie cause it is used to focus on the actions and the personality of Wall-E. Lot of good moments in the film!Highly recommend it!

"In Bruges" : movie of the year.

I bad mouthed Koyanisquatsi on another thread, I'd like to officially take that back. I can't stop watching/listening to it, it's a masterpiece :D

cant wait for the dvd release of harold n kumar, anyone caught it in theatres?

Brazil is amazing--Terry Gilliam is a f*cking genius, man.

Koyaanisqatsi amazes me in that it's still culturally relevant even 20 years after it was made, and some of the shots are still absolutely spectacular.

WALL-E was great, although not my favorite Pixar film.

Hey Jack, I saw the 2nd Harold & Kumar. It definitely had its funny moment but it just couldn't touch the 1st movie by a long shot. I felt it lacked the spontanieity of Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, and some bits to the film felt a little "forced". It's still worth seeing if you're a Harold & Kumar fan.

My favorite Pixar film was Finding Nemo. We saw it in the theater, and the vibrant reef scene when all the kiddie fishes are getting ready for their first day of class left my jaw on the floor. It's absolutely gorgeous - the whole film was so well done and the story was very sweet. The new Finding Nemo ride at Disneyland's pretty cool, too. For whenever you get down to S. California next.

As for WALL-E, methinks it'll probably sync up to some Chemical Brothers album or another. Like most animated feature films usually do. :lol:

"Be Kind Rewind" (by Michel Gondry)

Laugh my ass off. The end was a bit weird but it's one of the funniest movies i saw in the last years.

http://www.apple.com...ekindrewind/hd/

Dude, Ben_j, In Bruges was absolutely awesome.

I liked In Bruges :D funny film. Just watched Bringing Up Baby from 1938 starring Carry Grant and Katherine Hepburn. One hilarious film!

Saw Wanted in the cinema, and all I have to say is JOLIE, JOLIE, JOLIE, JOLIEEEE <3 oh yeah, it was a good film too.

I was really disappointed with be kind rewind. Gondry is a genius and I think eternal sunshine of spotless mind is great but his latest film was so average. It had some funny moments but I think my main problem with it is I think jack black is a penis.