The Movie Topic (films recently watched, general discussion, etc)

[bright lights, big city]

you can take whoever this dan sultan dude is, just get me whoever that girl is in my bed.

[blixa]

jessica mauboy.

dan sultan is one big hunk of sex on legs.

[bright lights, big city]

i've been called that before









not really

[blixa]

if you have any resemblance to sultan then you are all the spunk that you say you are.

[chick de la lynch]

I saw The Bounty Hunter last weekend and the only reason why I saw it was because my date canceled on me and I felt like watching a shitty romance comedy. It was a shitty romance comedy and that's all I can really say about this movie.

I made it up a few days ago when I saw Modern Times. As ashamed as I am to admit this, this is my first Charlie Chaplin film. I'm 22 and I just saw my first Chaplin film. Anyway, I loved this film. It was smart and I can imagine it being controversial for its day with the whole "nose powder" scene. The ending made me tear up, but in a sweet way. I felt Chaplin's sincerity through the scene and it made me feel uplifted. I don't think you can help but to love Chaplin.

[defskull]

I love Modern Times.  One of my favorite movies.

[blixa]

we watched modern times in my first year of university.

i watched scent of a woman and speed yesterday night. i seriously just love old movies. nothing like them. i have to find my video of demolition man. TOP FILM!

[ben]

Oh yes, those golden oldies in the mid 90s.    haha j/k man, but I know what you mean.

[blixa]

once were warriors was intense.

[one weak]

Yeah I watched that film back in school. was good, but intense.

[RoyalDeftonicBoy]

I saw Paranormal Activity 2 last night.In my opinion much better than the first one.

[blixa]

i'm dying to watch catfish. i don't want to know anything more about it than what marc fennell has told me and now i have to fucking watch it.

[one weak]

I finally saw Gran Torino.

I liked it, but felt that some parts were a little too melodramatic. I love clint eastwood, but this movie was nothing compared to Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby.

[chick de la lynch]

I felt as if Gran Torino had a lot more personality and umph to it than Mystic River and Million Dollar Baby combined. All three are still great films in my book.

[blixa]

seriously the creepiest horror movie i've ever seen, that isn't actually billed as a horror movie.

[chick de la lynch]

So I've seen a few films over the last two weeks. First one I saw was Middle of Nowhere. Your typical low-budget, indie film with some memorable characters. I now have a huge crush on Anton Yelchin.

I also saw Split Second that same evening. The film was all over the place and had no clear focus. I zoned out through most of the film.

I finally got to see I'm Still Here. I don't know what to really think of the film. As a mockumentary goes, it wasn't well put together. It felt spastic and jumped around way too much. However, I think this is Joaquin's best performance to date. Yeah,  there were a lot of people who thought it was a hoax, but somewhere in the back of their minds they also thought he was being serious. Not to mention this was out of character for Phoenix. I'd recommend it for fans of Phoenix because I think those are the only people who will truly appreciate the film.

I saw my first French New Wave film, or a subset of it--Cleo From 5 to 7. I'm supposed to watch it in my film studies class later in the semester, but I was in the mood to see it so I did. I thought it did a fantastic job of documenting Cleo's last two hours before she gets the test results. It's a nerve racking experience waiting for important medical results and the way Cleo acted as she was waiting was natural yet real and even expected. I was also impressed with how spot on it was revealing how women are expected to act no matter what the circumstance may be, and was the most memorable part of the film. .

[blixa]

what did you think of the ending of i'm still here? just those last few minutes.

[chick de la lynch]

It didn't really jive with the rest of the film, so it didn't make so much of an impact as it should have. However, the last ten minutes alone were beautifully shot.

[blixa]

the end made me cry because, i don't know, maybe it's because i've delved so far into the phoenix family because of river. i often kind of see them as my second family. they have encapsulated my life since i was eight and the end of that really hit me. it must have been something i'd read that river said about puerto rico; that it was essentially so important for him. i felt the end scene was just embodying what river had said. i don't think it was intentional, but it felt like that scene just completed something for me.

[one weak]

So I've seen a few films over the last two weeks. First one I saw was Middle of Nowhere. Your typical low-budget, indie film with some memorable characters. I now have a huge crush on Anton Yelchin.

I also saw Split Second that same evening. The film was all over the place and had no clear focus. I zoned out through most of the film.

I finally got to see I'm Still Here. I don't know what to really think of the film. As a mockumentary goes, it wasn't well put together. It felt spastic and jumped around way too much. However, I think this is Joaquin's best performance to date. Yeah,  there were a lot of people who thought it was a hoax, but somewhere in the back of their minds they also thought he was being serious. Not to mention this was out of character for Phoenix. I'd recommend it for fans of Phoenix because I think those are the only people who will truly appreciate the film.

I saw my first French New Wave film, or a subset of it--Cleo From 5 to 7. I'm supposed to watch it in my film studies class later in the semester, but I was in the mood to see it so I did. I thought it did a fantastic job of documenting Cleo's last two hours before she gets the test results. It's a nerve racking experience waiting for important medical results and the way Cleo acted as she was waiting was natural yet real and even expected. I was also impressed with how spot on it was revealing how women are expected to act no matter what the circumstance may be, and was the most memorable part of the film. .

are you in film school, or just taking a film class in school?

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