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| <span style=goohst | Nov 17 2010, 08:58 AM Post #401 |
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This thread makes me feel a need to actually see like... all of these. o.o |
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| <span style=GnarlsOakley | Nov 17 2010, 10:55 AM Post #402 |
WWLVD?
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If your in the need to watch a really funny comedy the one on the list you must see above all else is Bridget Jones 's favorite movie of 2000 Requiem For A Dream |
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| <span style=CatLurvesDorothy | Nov 17 2010, 12:12 PM Post #403 |
Hungry. ;_;
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It's kind of a shame that Gabourey Sidibhe probably won't get many more acting jobs because of her size. 
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| <span style=SurvivorFan GP | Nov 17 2010, 02:56 PM Post #404 |
Not the brightest crayon in the box
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Precious was great. It had some glaring, powerful scenes but it was balanced out with lighthearted humour. The classmates were hilarious  |
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| <span style=midnight problay | Nov 17 2010, 03:57 PM Post #405 |
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Precious is kind of a flawed masterpiece imo. It has some shitty direction but the writing & acting elevate it so much (its shock screenplay Oscar win which wasn't actual a shock to anybody other than Up in the Air fans <3). In my 2009 top 10 list it clocks in at around #8 but only because there were so many little gems that year that almost nobody saw (Bright Star, The White Ribbon, A Single Man, The Last Station). |
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| <span style=madhackrviper | Nov 17 2010, 06:38 PM Post #406 |
"The FKACMF"
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She's a regular on a Showtime show "The Big C" Zelda are you going to be a film critic I think you should be! |
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| <span style=midnight problay | Nov 17 2010, 07:59 PM Post #407 |
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:lol: I wish, if only just for the free movie passes and advanced screenings. |
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| <span style=Mister Plum | Nov 19 2010, 08:28 PM Post #408 |
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Bump. Don't kill the momentum. 
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| <span style=recyclehumans | Nov 19 2010, 09:31 PM Post #409 |
BOOM! CROASTED.
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I'm done with the other stuff I needed to get done over the weekend, so that's when #5 happens. 
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| Thailandsurvivor | Nov 20 2010, 06:06 PM Post #410 |
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I watched Little Miss Sunshine again today, and I remembered why it is in my top 10. Grandpa- "Jesus, I'm tired. I'm so fucking tired. You know how tired I am? If a girl came up to me and begged me to fuck her, I couldn't do it. That's how tired I am." Dwayne- "You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. School, then college, then work... Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I want to fly, I'll find a way to fly. You do what you love, and fuck the rest." Whoever called it overrated is a liar. ETA- Never mind. It was not in my top 10, but it should have been. |
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| <span style=Mister Plum | Nov 20 2010, 07:22 PM Post #411 |
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Love that part Thaisu, isn't that the scene in the balcony of something in the beach? That's when I learned that Little Miss Sunshine ain't just a comedy. The whole movie is kind of philosophical, actually. Love it. |
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| <span style=recyclehumans | Nov 22 2010, 06:15 AM Post #412 |
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Time for #5. For the sake of getting this posted and having the momentum start back up, this entry won't be very long. Neither will #4. #3-1, however, will be of nice length. #5. CHILDREN OF MEN  2006 directed by Alfonso Cuaron screenplay by Alfonso Cuaron, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby based on The Children of Men by P.D. James starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine and Chiwetel Ejiofor The world is fucked. Actually, no, scratch that. It's not fucked. And that's exactly why it's ending. The human race has become infertile. Scientists can't determine why and any attempt to reverse the infertility in humanity fails. Women simply can't get pregnant. Is it the men? The women? Both? No one has a clue. The only thing people know is that for almost 20 years, no human being has been able to reproduce. Try to imagine what that kind of world-ending apocalypse must be like psychologically. No invading aliens. No catastrophic astronomical phenomenon. We're simply dying out. Slowly. Person by person. And we can't replenish ourselves. It's like society is literally rotting, piece by piece. And to make it worse, the tiny sliver of morale that people have to run with is destroyed -- Baby Diego, the youngest person on Earth (a ripe age of 18), is killed. There's an easy cure to the depression this brings people, though, and it's called Quietus, a mass-marketed suicide method. Welcome to the world of CHILDREN OF MEN. England has become one of the last (if not THE last) refuges for semi-functional society in the world. Most other countries have deteriorated into one form of oblivion or another, and England refuses to follow suit. It has even gotten to the point of vigorously going after illegal immigrants and refugees, defending their borders with brutal efficiency. And it's in England we meet Theo, the man who is to become, in so many words, the shepherd of life. Theo is a highly depressed alcoholic, going through the motions of life and still haunted by the death of his only child with his estranged wife Julian, who now works for an anti-government group. Julian seeks Theo out to help get a woman out of England and into a safe haven. Her name is Kee, and Theo soon learns that she is a walking miracle. She's pregnant. Julian's group is desperate to keep the woman, Kee, out of the government's hands. Julian wants Kee to go to a team of scientists dedicated to curing the infertility. Another key member of the group, Luke, wants Kee to stay hidden and secluded from any attention whatsoever so the group does not get found and arrested by the government. And in the middle of what turns into a bloodbath of a struggle is Theo, who can only get Kee travel papers out of the country if he accompanies her. CHILDREN OF MEN is bleak. It's inspirational. It's harrowing. It's miraculous. It's one of the most detailed and ingeniously imagined dystopian futures ever put to the screen. And it's because of the brilliance of director Alfonso Cuaron. Without going into specifics scene-by-scene (which can be easily accomplished), the film is like art moment to moment. Working with the always wonderful cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, Cuaron is able to create entire sequences that seem to take place within a single take of action. No obvious cuts, no obvious transitions. We're talking minutes and minutes of time going by with what seems like a single shot. And I don't mean long dialogue exchanges or even heavily choreographed sequences in a single location. I'm talking balls-out action and character interaction throughout multiple locations, both indoors and outdoors, featuring incredible levels of violence, in what seems like an unbroken shot of film. It's an amazing illusion presented to the audience and it's entirely convincing. And overwhelming. Seriously, some of the best filmmaking in decades. And none of it presented as grandiose or overly sentimental, like many other directors might be tempted to present. Cuaron's goal is to make his film as raw and realistic and visceral as possible. It's seriously like watching a documentary presentation, with a single cameraman who hits "record" and never stops rolling. I eagerly point to what's referred to by people who know this film as The Car Scene as an example of what this movie does -- and does with exquisite gusto. But more than the technical craft is the combination of intelligent and measured writing with inspired characters brought to life by impressive performances, especially Michael Caine as the aging hipster Jasper, Julianne Moore as Julian and most especially Clive Owen as the troubled Theo who finds a reason to live beyond simply being alive. There are no wasted words, no wasted moments, no wasted choices between these characters. Every second we see of them is like a cinematic gift, which is why we are so tense and invested when they're in danger and fighting with their lives just for the chance to keep the world from turning into the ultimate ghost town. This film pulls no punches. People die in this movie. Some of them very, very suddenly and without a moment of warning. There is severe tragedy that transpires. All the while, we're very quickly swept up and when the hints of a possible future that has a bright spot present themselves, we so very badly want it to be a future these characters will experience. CHILDREN OF MEN is an experience like few movies are. It's difficult to really talk about it without wanting to break it down in minute detail, because there's so much to savor. So why THIS movie? Humanity saving itself in the face of a true species-killing threat isn't really that believable a scenario. We as a society are ultimately repeating the same pattern that's been in place for thousands and thousands of years -- people vs. people. We're at each other's throats at all times. There is unity and functionality and a strive for the common good, but only when it suits our immediate needs and it's easily obtainable. In the face of struggle and strife, more often than not, deterioration is the norm. But there are always those who refuse to let life fall apart around them. There are pioneers of life. Martyrs to a world that might, just might, not see the end of humanity at its own hands. It's an idea that fills me (and always has) with the most paralyzing dread, but also a kind of faint hope that has me constantly inspired. It's so easy for our lives -- collectively and individually -- to crumble into nothing if we let it. If we stop fighting for it. If we stop focusing on our strength to endure and rebuild and allow ourselves to destroy ourselves from within. That's what truly hurts society, relationships and ourselves. It's the rotting from within. From within a government, a country, a society, a marriage, or within our own hearts. Life is daunting and frightening. It's a whopper of a struggle that just keeps getting tougher and tougher to survive. But we have to. Whatever reason we have to give ourselves, we have to. It's rare to find a film that is able to present a dystopian, apocalyptic future and have the intelligence and bravery to examine this. So often it's about the immediate results. We must kill these things. We must get to this place. We must do this, we must do that. But none of that is ever important. It's what happens next that's important. It's the "what now?" that so few stories are willing to really face, because that's always the hardest part. And the most punishing. And exciting. SCORE SAMPLE: "Eternity's Sunrise" SCORE SAMPLE: "Song of the Angel" |
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| <span style=Snoopy | Nov 22 2010, 09:53 AM Post #413 |
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OH MY GOD. DID I CALL IT OR WHAT? EXCELLENT taste. The fact that that movie has so many continuous shots just makes me love it even more. I don't think i have been blown away by a movie as much as I have Children of Men. The only problem I have with the movie comes in the form of a spoiler, so I won't say it. But it easily makes my top 10 as well. |
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| <span style=Kyle | Nov 22 2010, 11:45 AM Post #414 |
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CHILDREN OF MEN  Great choice.
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| <span style=Pulau Tiga | Nov 22 2010, 12:15 PM Post #415 |
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That's true, but I also think that's what led me to feel a bit tired with it by the end of the film. I know it's a technical masterpiece with no obvious faults, and it's easy enough to appreciate. But you mention how the audience gets swept up and yearns for a brighter tomorrow, and for me personally, there was no such feeling. It's a bit too cold, despite the visceral feel. All that being said, it's one of the movies I really feel I should watch again, simply because I'm not positive I got everything out of it that I should have gotten the first time around. |
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| Jeff P3 | Nov 22 2010, 01:18 PM Post #416 |
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Oh yes. Fantastic movie. Easily in my top ten as well. |
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| <span style=crazyalexi | Nov 22 2010, 01:54 PM Post #417 |
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Precious  And OMG yes Children Of Men, so should have been huge, amazing film |
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| <span style=midnight problay | Nov 22 2010, 02:08 PM Post #418 |
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This is a random and underrepresented opinion but I think that Clare-Hope Ashitey is really amazing in Children of Men. Like, Clive Owen's good too, but I never understood why nobody raved about her like she did him. Also I don't know if you're going off a site or something but you did the same thing that the distributors did, billed Julianne Moore second for like... 5 minutes of screentime That is my one random pet peeve about movies though, the idea that nobody will see it if you don't have a star with top billing (which is kinda true but so dumb).
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| <span style=Snoopy | Nov 22 2010, 02:25 PM Post #419 |
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That is my one complaint too!! Since I love Julianne Moore so much and that is why I went to watch the movie in the first place, only to see her for 10min. |
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| <span style=crazyalexi | Nov 22 2010, 02:30 PM Post #420 |
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Shock factor, if you kill off a big name early on, it keeps everyone guessing to who will make it when most films have the biggest names survive. I think Alien was the first film to really do it 
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