Which non-indian film u saw recently has made u post here???

[AravindMano]

I am planning to watch 'Tree Of Life'. I am planning to watch 'Avan Ivan' too. I am planning to watch 'Aaranya Kandam' also. Not sure which one I will end up watching.

[ajithfederer]

sooperappu...

[kid-glove]

Mano,
It has to be "Tree of Life". Every Malick film is like a moment in film history, long hiatus in between shooting up the expectations to roof top. And with a trailer like that, you must, must watch it ASAP..

[Querida]

"Biutiful"

Javier really steals the show, his hard exterior and vulnerable moments, his anguish, guilt, his well-meaningfulness and need to survive, his devotion towards his kids are all what allow you to keep watching this grim gloomy movie with a touch of the looming supernatural.

[Sunil_M88]

I've been an ass and watched numerous films this week, though the da vinci code and the passion of the christ were the most engaging out of the lot.

[ajithfederer]

Halloo

U Seen?

Mano,
It has to be "Tree of Life". Every Malick film is like a moment in film history, long hiatus in between shooting up the expectations to roof top. And with a trailer like that, you must, must watch it ASAP..

[AravindMano]

af - It was Avan Ivan. :D

Doctor - as prescribed. Tamil films play mostly for only a week, so I had to catch Avan Ivan first.

[ajithfederer]

Same here bud. Watched it yesterday.

[kid-glove]

No I haven't seen. But if I had the chance, I'd have..

[Querida]

"Bridesmaids"

Hangover for the girlies...tragicomedy with squeamish craziness...fluff with hints of grey

"There will be blood"

Why it took me this long to watch this movie, I don't know..but I'm glad I got to watch it at least now.
Daniel Day Lewis, whose accolades were frankly lost on me in "Gangs of New York" (when a teen and in which I mostly forwarded "gory/gross" scenes).

Powerful, enigmatic, insanely well etched character,
oilman not only in profession, but within his very being
mention for Dano too,
(i wonder how one feels when they are commended for playing an awful character so very well...)
BGM is so very creepy and so very apt.
Script...minimalistic yet echoingly memorable.

[groucho070]

Mano,
It has to be "Tree of Life". Every Malick film is like a moment in film history, long hiatus in between shooting up the expectations to roof top. And with a trailer like that, you must, must watch it ASAP..This because I cannot click "Like" :smile:

[groucho070]

Fantastic Mr. Fox.

What can I say? Fantastic!

[ajithfederer]

Major league II (1994) - Funny ass spoof film. Charlie sheen's middle name should be Funny. A owner who wants his team to lose, A pitcher who throws pies, A mad fan who taunts his own team and a catcher who can't throw back to the pitcher. Pit everything against each other you get a mad comedy.

Great choice of sheen's(Kodutha vecha dawg) girl friends - One was hot and the other was homely..

[ajithfederer]

Two and a half men - Season 7 (Episodes 10-24) - Notorious, outrageous, hilarious. The season is off to a blast when Chelsea dumps Charlie. :rotfl:. Add Jake in mid-teens and Alan we are in for a riot. TAHM is the best sit com in show business in the stateside.

[groucho070]

Well, no longer after this. What a shame.

[Nerd]

:notthatway: That should be "How to Train your Dragon" 8-)
+1.

Watched KFP 2. Liked it better than part 1. They have thrown in some father sentiment in this. The panda is one of the greatest characters in the history of animation films. But the support characters are weak and they dint spend much time on developing the villain, like #1. And the 'inner peace' thingi was so predictable. But they made this film for 3-10 year olds, so can't complain. Anyway can watch for the laughs and the thrills.

[kid-glove]

Well, no longer after this. What a shame.

Yeah, Vast chunk of the charm is down to Sheen's chemistry with Cryer, Mom, Kid & rest. Chuck Lorre is going to parody it by replacing him with Ashton Kutcher :twisted:

Can't wait for TBBT. Let's hope Jim Parsons doesn't get into trouble. Lorre would replace him with Michael Cera :lol2:

[ajithfederer]

TAHM is perhaps the only piece of work(Movie or Teleseries) where almost every character is so perfect of whatever i have watched. Be it the stalking rose, biatch of an ex-wife Judith, show runner Charlie, Sharp tongued house keeper Berta :bow: and his Anti-christ of a Mother evelyn harper. Jake needs a special para. Dude, is the coolest kid in Hollywood now w/o no ego in his head. The teenage boy makes 300 grand a week. Only come september 2011, we will come to know whether Warner Bros and Chuck Lorre have cut their golden goose from their ratings. I still plan 2 watch the series from the 9th season.

FX(4 episodes/day) and My Phl 17(2/day) roll all episodes of TAHM in their channels. FEI, Guys don't need to buy the dvd's to watch all the previous 7 seasons.

TAHM - Season 4 Season starter - Whose Vod Kanockers?. Steven Tyler is the cameo, Charlie after season 3 finale when his marriage with Mia called off takes Alan back. LOL Moments are Jake's imitation of Harper brother's fight, charlie getting his ass kicked by steven tyler and gifting the vomittied Alan's gifted hat back at Tyler.

A live woman of proven fertility - . Charlie dates a new girl just like his mother's character and works even in the same profession(real estate). When Alan and Berta point out the obvious similarities, charlie is blinded by love(sex).

[kid-glove]

They have cut him from the new season. Kutcher is going to play Charlie Harper :sigh2:

[ajaybaskar]

revolver

ஒரு எழவும் புரியல..

[groucho070]

They have cut him from the new season. Kutcher is going to play Charlie Harper :sigh2:Yeah, Stan and I been following up on this and certainly are terribly disappointed. You are right, it's gonna be a parody.

[ajithfederer]

I guess the show will live on. The material is too good and the supporting acts are great. Kutcher has already some good experience doing the 70s show. And the fault is not entirely with Chuck Lorre at all. Sheen screwed it up beyond remedy. Even during the 7th and 8th seasons they stopped producing the show cause of Mr. Sheen's drug/sex escapades and Grapevine is that the technical crew were fed up cos of sheen and they are quite relieved now.

[ajithfederer]

Kutcher is younger to Sheen. May be they can keep pushing Charlie Harper for another 3-4 seasons as a bachelor if they want to milk the system. He will certainly fit the look and if he puts up a decent show and the show can be still successful w/o sheen.

[kid-glove]

Problem is Kutcher could never fit the bill as Charlie Harper. Sheen brought so much vanity & bullying to the part. So much so it's difficult to see someone with soft edges & metrosexual demeanor doing it. Gonna be a parody of what Sheen brought to the role as Grouch fears.

Lorre should do the honorable thing & close this show down, I think..

[groucho070]

Surprised with your slight optimism, Stan. You yourself said how much Sheen brought his real self to the character and contributed to the success of the show. That can never be replicated.

But at the same time, let's look at James Bond. Template irunthum, Connery brought much of the ruggedness to the role, owned it to the point they thought nobody can replace him. Well, the critics were wrong, look at the character now.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8_CFzVkiTE

Jon cryer(Alan) winning an emmy. Listen at the end what he has to say about Charlie sheen 8-)

This is one where you find only in season dvd's. Charlie's ex-reunuion.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeD6GGHfETs

[groucho070]

The mighty power of James Cagney.

Angels With Dirty Faces.

What a movie. More importantly, what an actor. Oh man, my talaivar's Talaivar-na chummava....suttodu suudaa, I revisited Roaring Twenties. Both with Bogart in it, and Bogart maybe awesome, but the shorter Cagney overshadows him, towers over him.

[Querida]

"Larry Crowne" another convienient outing capped by a movie...if it isn't annoying enough that they keep trying to put two polar opposites together as a couple it's two stellar actors who just don't go together. Tom Hanks seems like he's just playing himself, must be the effect of writing the story yourself perhaps? Julia contradicts the one thing she underlines in her class, which is to "care". Amusing performance by George Takai....Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Thalia, a cute actress who may have potential in soon times..new look for valderrama 8-)

[Mahen]

T3...Bay pothumda..mudiyile..but VFX and action sequence :bow: intha company endhiran vfx pannirukalam :lol2:

[Mahen]

watched one whole season of 24(season 8) at one go..started watching 9pm and finished it the next morning...amazing..it was so bloody addictive and i just couldnt stop..beats all the CSIs/prison break etc..jack bauer :bow:

[littlemaster1982]

Planes, Trains & Automobiles :2thumbsup:

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0LQnQSrC-g

MI-4 Trailer(not bad) was shown while wathing Tformers 3.

[ajithfederer]

The Tree of Life - Some mixed emotions nevertheless a great watch :clap:. More on it tomorrow.

[AravindMano]

ajithfederar - sooper. Please write about it. I must watch it this weekend.

[AravindMano]

A couple of films, watched rather unwillingly.

Transformers 3, frustrating to say the least. I am not much of a fan of such films, but this one is an absolute non-starter even for people like me. Too long & tedious. The final spectacle is well done, (but sad to see Chicago that way, I love that city), but wait, you just can’t keep going on and on. The humor is bland; romance insipid. Though the characters move around in 3D, they are strictly one dimensional. And I hate 3D.

Cars 2 – Much of the time was spent in wondering why I came to this film if I don’t really connect well to animation films. But like Kung Fu Panda 2, this was alright as a time-pass watch, though the general template of such films is getting old. I loved the way they brought London and Paris on animation. Did I mention I hate 3D?

Four Funerals and A Wedding – I liked Hugh Grant in Notting Hill and chose this one to watch but seems he has a limited stock of expressions. This had an interesting premise at least and one should feel satisfied I guess. A few harmless laughs – especially the scene in which Grant gets locked in the room with the newly wed couple doing some Haunn stuff and that discussion about 32 sexual encounters; And that “Funeral Blues” poem was lovely.

[ajithfederer]

The Tree of life - Like Robert De Niro said it is very hard to say why TTOL won the Palme D' Or likewise it is very difficult to write a review about this film. You have to watch it to grasp it. Hands down this is the most unique film I've watched ever. The movie is all about Visuals. Everything about cinematography. Terence Malick deserves a lot of praise. Suthi podalamnu solra alavukku irukku.

In present day, The film starts with a mother of a family receiving a telegram and then it is thrown into visuals of the Big Bang Theory(thanks wiki). It was just like watching a documentary from Nature channel or animal planet. It went on for like at-least 10-15 minutes. It's all about the evolution of the earth. There is No dialog or anything. It was just GOING. I was just frustrated when it was going on and I was thinking it was a wrong idea.

And when it is all finally over that's when the real beauty and the best part of the film starts. Cut to flashback, The movie moves to Texas, Pitt/Jessica Chastain as the mother with starkly different personalities. While the father is very strict and tries to insubordinate his kids into submission ridiculing even the minor matters the kids especially the bigger one doesnt like it a bit. The acting is natural to the last bit from the entire family. :clap:. The mother is just an Angel from Heaven which every boy dreams when growing up to have. The next hour and half or so is all about the family and that's why it is Brilliant and should be watched in Theatre if you can stand the previous 20-25 mins.

The ending of the film is again wide open to various interpretations. I don't want to say anything more as I have revealed a bit too much as it is already.

P.S: Brad Pitt is terrific as a father who wants to mould his children in the tough ways of today's world. I would be surprised if he doesn't get a nomination from the Academy this year.
:clap:

[ajithfederer]

http://www.brynmawrfilm.org/

I had to take a train from Philly to go to Bryn mawr to see this film. This place is a wonder. They just have 2 screens and do just 3/4 shows a day max. They don't release new releases/blockbusters as such. They only release mostly Hollywood classics and critically acclaimed foreign films. The other film which was running there was Woody Allen's A midnight in Paris with a star studded cast and the trailer didn't look bad either.


For more info look into the link above.

[Querida]

Nice review of TTOL...hope to watch it soon.

[ajaybaskar]

Unknown

Watchable for the suspense factor.

[ajithfederer]

Two and a Half Men

Season 4 : Episode 22, 23 and 24.

Mr. McGlue's Feedbag - Alan asks Charlie to look after Jake when he has to go to DMV but charlie instead takes him to the track where Jake luckily wins 1120$.

Anteaters, They're Just Crazy Looking - Charlie loses a woman he is dating to a young, handsome handyman, Fernando (ENRIQUE IGLESIAS), who is working on Charlie's house. Fun-tastic episode.

Prostitutes and Gelato - Charlie and Alan must confront their "daddy issues" when Evelyn's new boyfriend, Teddy (ROBERT WAGNER - "Hart to Hart"), invites them to Las Vegas on his private jet to watch a boxing match.

Season 5, 1:
Large Birds, Spiders And Mom - Charlie and Alan try to prepare Jake for his first day of junior high school -- but they might end up traumatizing him instead. Funny as hell.

These are one of the best episodes in 4th season.

[Dilbert]

Horrible Bosses - great comedy movie ! Jennifer Aniston :lol: :slurp: Seriously.. Kevin spacey lol

[Nerd]

Horrible Bosses - great comedy movie ! Jennifer Aniston :lol: :slurp: Seriously.. Kevin spacey lol
Unimaginative title/story not withstanding, great timepass flick. Aniston was just super awesome. Wish she had more scenes. Fantastic casting. The Navtec Indian guy :lol:

[kid-glove]

Thanks Feddy (on TTOL.) My expectations for this film is quite scary now..

[groucho070]

Transformers Dark of the moon (3D).

To hell with 3D. After the trailers (especially the part Cap America throws the shield at us), the effect wears off. KAthu pakkamaa vali-than miccham (the glass).

Wife loved it. I'd say it's better than the second one. One scene stands out, and it looks like more of Spielberg's contribution, where they are trapped in the building (must be rejetted from earlier Jurassic Park draft). Good to hear "Spock" as bad guy. Expect the expected (from Bay, what else do you expect?).

[ajithfederer]

:oops:.

Yenga edhukkum konjam expectations kammi pannitu poi paarunga. Aravindmano paathutaara illaya?/

Thanks Feddy (on TTOL.) My expectations for this film is quite scary now..

[Balaji.r]

One hour photo.

Decent thriller about a lab technician who would be obsessed with a family. Even though the reason for obsessive nature on yorkin family was not clearly brought out. Ending was good.

[Querida]

Watched this quite awhile back...quite soon after I watched "insomnia", though I don't prefer Williams in villainous roles..he has a certain dark intensity about him....i'll never forget Willams's blood scene in that movie.

[Balaji.r]

you liked this movie? Insomnia was pretty good. Most of the scenes are filled with robbin in one hour photo .

[Querida]

Yes I did like it, it had surreal moments but it kinda was like watching a tv mystery episode...not fully fleshed out to be a good movie, but overall I was glad I watched it.

Insomnia :thumbsup: ...how could I go wrong?...my crush on Pacino movies was pretty bad in those days
and Robin in a villainous role...a first for me at the time.

[ajithfederer]

Insidious(Horror film) - Not bad. A plausible story with some decent performances and created some good moments. Taken at a very low budget of a mil and a half and has made 80+. Talk about a great ROI.

[jinju]

Insidious(Horror film) - Not bad. A plausible story with some decent performances and created some good moments. Taken at a very low budget of a mil and a half and has made 80+. Talk about a great ROI.

:clap:...very good horror ride indeed.

[groucho070]

Harry Potter

Onniyume puriyala like usual, but having seen them all, I'd safely say that they saved the best for last. A good send off.

[kid-glove]

David Yates last 4 films had its moments to his credit, but had never impressed me in entirety. That honor belongs to Cuaron's film..

[AravindMano]

//ajithfederar - innum pAkkalai :oops: //

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWg4Jtg-EI&feature=related

16 year Fegan Mox in TAHM. Funny episode where in she comes as Berta's Granddd daughter.

[groucho070]

Stan, ippo ethukku ithellam :lol:

Thilak, usually I can't tell which is which. But this film had scenes that I will remember, like the one with dragon and of course, Alan Rickman. Any films where they allow Alan Rickman to emote more than two expression is worth the money.

[kid-glove]

Stan, ippo ethukku ithellam :lol:

Thilak, usually I can't tell which is which. But this film had scenes that I will remember, like the one with dragon and of course, Alan Rickman. Any films where they allow Alan Rickman to emote more than two expression is worth the money.

True. Lifting the mask off Severes to reveal the tragic figure in him..

But 'Prisoner of Azkaban' (with Hermoine's time turner) is the most cinematic, thoroughly uniform piece with a director who knows what he is doing. No more of the standard issue close-up's, s-rs routines. Lot more POV's (which is organic to the time-turner concept) & visual cues..

[groucho070]

Maranthutten that scene. But thanks to wife, there will be HP marathon, and will check it out.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.cbs.com/cms/files/Men_First_Look.jpg

First Look - Season 9

Hey Two and a Half Men fans here's the newest image for the upcoming season.

[raghavendran]

Invictus
superb film :bow:..Morgan freeman as Mandela gave you a feeling that this is how Mandela would behave even though you haven seen him..
simple story but taken very effectively,no dramatic "idhu namma naadu" scenes..very subtle..and Matt damon in that first meeting with the president scene was :clap:.
very light hearted and enjoyable film

[groucho070]

But 'Prisoner of Azkaban' (with Hermoine's time turner) is the most cinematic, thoroughly uniform piece with a director who knows what he is doing.Wife bought the DVD yesterday. Her favourite, because of Oldman. Funny, I liked it for Gary too. Chockful of extras, wife was happy explaining things for me; again intha fantasy vishayam ellam intha maramandaikku erathu. Watching the movie tonight, and will check out that scene you mentioned.

[kid-glove]

It's not just the scene mate, the entire time turning concept was well realized. The source of illusionary deer is shown in final part, Severes. Oldman could do the role in his sleep, but the fear and anxiety is brought about by mere register of newspaper with brief images of his creepiness as a chained prison inmate. Then you realize the importance of casting.

[ajithfederer]

Any everybody loves raymond fans here?. Some punniyavan in youtube has uploaded/uploading all the 9 seasons here.

http://www.youtube.com/user/aroldomenezes

[venkkiram]

நீண்ட நாள் விருப்பம் நிறைவேறியது நேற்று.

Watched "The Shawshank Redemption". What a film! What a narration! Hats off to Director Frank Darabont, Actors Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman, Cinematographer Roger Deakins, Music Director Thomas Newman. Have Completely spell bound by the screen play. :notworthy:

You can get busy living or get busy dying
Fear can keep you a prisoner. Hope can set you free
Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies - கல்வெட்டில் பதிக்கப்பட வேண்டிய முத்தான வார்த்தைகள் .

The final parole where Red delivers matured dialogues.. wow.. what a performance! loved his voice... especially all the voice-over scenes. Authoritative and divine.

[AravindMano]

Blue Valentine. Made me sad. Sad, sad, if this is how love would disintegrate over time. Really well made film.

I was looking forward to watch Ryan Gosling (he was impressive in the snatches of Half Nelson I saw), he was very good except when he cries. (I like very few Hollywood actors when they cry). But Michelle Williams was fantastic! :clap: The two actors were very good that it was difficult to take sides with one of the characters. But I think Cindy's childhood and family situations provide some interesting things to chew and ponder about this love story.

By the way, Crazy Stupid Love has released. Ryan Gosling looks dashing and very enthusiastic in that film. Should watch it for him.

[kid-glove]

The Gosling film you shud check out nestu is Drive!

[AravindMano]

Yes Doc, saw the trailer. Waiting.

[ajithfederer]

Mad men season 1 :clap: :clap: :clap:

AMC's still the best in the business in making original series(es). More later.

[ajithfederer]

How to lose a guy in 10 days - Bilady naansanss.

[VENKIRAJA]

:rotfl2:

How to lose a guy in 10 days - Bilady naansanss.

Watched Up. Pixar :notworthy: What scintillating VFx! And, should I add that bluray ( Rip :p ) experience is awesome!

[vithagan]

Unknown - Good :thumbsup:
Fair Game - Not fair, boring:fatigue:

[ajithfederer]

http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/1600000/SPR-wallpaper-saving-private-ryan-1669309-1280-800.jpg

Saving Private Ryan Spielberg's best film yet. Tom Hank's best performance yet.

[ajithfederer]

Vakkali this is a drama series of a life time. The props, the costumes, the authenticity, the performances(John Damm, John Slattery ; take a bow guys). It's 1960's America and Mad Men represents the guys working in Advertising business in Mad-ison avenue in NY. The series revolves around their professional/personal lives and its too good. Actually it's quite shocking and revealing how dirty the business world could be.

Special mention to Elisabeth Moss who plays Peggy Olson. Commendable performance Miss :clap:.

Kid, You've been through this?. Heavily recommended.

Mad men season 1 :clap: :clap: :clap:

AMC's still the best in the business in making original series(es). More later.


P.S: The men especially(and some of the women) could get cancer and liver disease(if what they are drinking is indeed booze) just by the amount they smoke and drink in these episodes. Food is another component. Almost every episode you see these guys consume various food in various events.

P.S 2: And throughout various episodes, they refer films from the 60's like the Psycho, the Apartment, funny things happened etc etc. Hell, this agency works on Nixon for the presidential election of the 60's.

[groucho070]

SPR, watched in theatre in Singapore. Superb experience, the sound effect, the bullet zinging past you. First 45 minutes was cinematic experience par excellence. After that it was Mission Impossible set in WWII.

[ajithfederer]

Lipstick scene from Madmen :smokecigar:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVI7-ufWR6I

[kid-glove]

I have, Feddy. It's brilliant. Hopefully I will finish the remaining 4th season episodes.

[kid-glove]

Tree of Life - As a massive Malick fan, I found it slightly disappointing without being surprised all along. Heidegger's Being & Beings. Angst & Finitude. Hermeneutic circle et all is all good (Forget one's own reservations about the diff. schools of thoughts, It's important to identify filmmaker's & the success with which it's realized ) but never comes together as one full piece as it winds up towards the end. Malick was always going to immanentize the eschaton after all the suggestivity in his previous films. Turning what Heidegger feared most about this medium on its own solipsistic head. For the most part, he succeeds. It DOES work as a tone poem that one'd expect from Malick, with its own pattern of aural-visual where the spoken word is, in various connotations, essentially the same Heideggerian question. Like all his films, there's a main narrative which meanders around that one mortal question as it touches amoral, oedipal, fraternal, filial & familial obligations - in short the very existence.

Malick achieves most of what he set out to do. And the way his career was treading all along, he was bound to make this. This works as an audacious cinematic ride since 'Enter the void' - For which reason, it ought to be seen in widest screen possible. Malick's fondness of v-o's isn't abusive. The images flow but not with cinematic poesis of a Tarkovsky, who seamlessly sculpts time & space. The darkness & bright light that's often used to counterpoint null void & emanating sentient source seem to stand for mortality of medium itself. WCM had never been used with as much efficacy in American cinema since Kubrick.

Subsequent views could change my mind, but I feel the urge to revisit his other (better) films than to ride on this again.

Btw If you ever thought Malick finds contemporary setting utterly vacuous & empty to stay off it, Sean Penn portion reaffirms the assumption.

[kid-glove]

The Thin Red Line :masterpiece: #TerrenceMalickMarathon

[Sarna]

Shawhank redemption - entertaining :2thumbsup: but too much use of bad words :oops2:

[groucho070]

The Thin Red Line :masterpiece: #TerrenceMalickMarathonYeah. Came out around Saving Private Ryan. This one wins.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.amctv.com/mob-week/videos/mob-week-mobsters-on-getting-whacked

AMC :lol: :bow:. These are real - life mobsters talking about getting whacked from Luchese Crime family and the chicago outfit. . :smokesmirk:

[ajithfederer]

"'She won't get married because she's never been in love.' I think I wrote that to sell nylons."

"For a lot of people love isn't just a slogan."

"When you mean love you mean a big lightning bolt to the heart, where you can't eat and you can't work, and you just run off and get married and make babies. The reason you haven't felt it is because it doesn't exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me to sell nylons."

"Is that right?"

"Pretty sure about it. You're born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts, but I never forget. I'm living like there's no tomorrow, because there isn't one."

"I don't think I realized it until this moment, but it must be hard being a man, too."



Don Draper You nasty basterd :smokesmirk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjg5TuXV09U&feature=related

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV4X-0TxBos&feature=related

SNL's parody on Don draper is funny. Watch it yourself.

[kid-glove]

Yeah. Came out around Saving Private Ryan. This one wins.
Oh absolutely! There are also some similarities.

[Dilbert]

http://www.amctv.com/mob-week/videos/mob-week-mobsters-on-getting-whacked

AMC :lol: :bow:. These are real - life mobsters talking about getting whacked from Luchese Crime family and the chicago outfit. . :smokesmirk:

Watched Mad Dog and glory , untouchables.. enna padam ! I am not sure we will get another era of true cinematic experience.. ! De Niro :notworthy:

[Dilbert]

spin chilles oo spin chilles..

[groucho070]

Mad Dog and Glory. What a reversal. De Niro as meek cop photographer and the fabulous Bill Murray as gangster. De Niro's love making scene, another lesson in acting.

[kid-glove]

How did I manage to miss that!

[groucho070]

Produced by Scorcese, some of his signature jumpcut ellam irukkum. Are you talking about missing Mad Dog?

[kid-glove]

Yes. Mad dog.

[groucho070]

Well, you can manage to unmiss it. If you don't mind Uma Thurman as well...what happened to her?

[ajithfederer]

Mad men

Season 2 - Good.
Season 3 - Sexy. 3rd season finale is darn sexy.

Peggy - Don relationship is quite the complex of wwhatever I have seen.

[VENKIRAJA]

Black Swan.
Ordinary, in comparison with Aronofsky's previous films.

[littlemaster1982]

Primal Fear - I knew what was this film about, even before watching, due to Anniyan connection, but still the film got me. Ed Norton was :2thumbsup:

[Dilbert]

Mad Dog and Glory. What a reversal. De Niro as meek cop photographer and the fabulous Bill Murray as gangster. De Niro's love making scene, another lesson in acting.

couldn't agree more !+ climax fist fight ! just mind blowing ..every living thing in those last few frames.. lived the moment ! really nice movie..I would have seen these movies like 20+ times easy still it gets me.

[kid-glove]

Departed
- :notworthy:

[ajaybaskar]

Inception again.

Onnum solradhukkilla..

[raghavendran]

Bourne series
just awesome,never get tired of watching it..pinnacle of Action Thriller Genre :bow:

[VENKIRAJA]

Up.
Missed this one in the big screens. அற்புதம். Especially, the couple montage :notworthy:
Bluray extras :clap:

[venkkiram]

என்னங்க! ரெண்டு பெரும் ஒரே அவதாரை தேர்வு செய்திருக்கிங்க. உற்றுப் பார்த்த பிறகே இருவேறு பதிவர்கள் என அறிய முடிந்தது.

[littlemaster1982]

Up.
Missed this one in the big screens. அற்புதம். Especially, the couple montage :notworthy:
Bluray extras :clap:

Where are you getting the blurays? Download/rent?

[Balaji.r]

torrent. you get very good rips these days, LM. ~ 2GB

[littlemaster1982]

I download those too. Venki was talking about extras, so I thought he is watching it on bluray.

[Balaji.r]

In some torrents it comes with extra`s.

[littlemaster1982]

WIll checkout.

[kid-glove]

there are 14GB .iso mirrors as well. It's the entire Bluray disc.

[VENKIRAJA]

Where are you getting the blurays? Download/rent?
:notthatway:


In some torrents it comes with extra`s.
Bluray Players are costly, and actually useless for our place. DDL or Torrentz, we get extras.

[ajithfederer]

The Walking Dead - Season 1. Not bad.

[Querida]

Friends with Benefits - parodying the rom-com while falling into its traps...flash mobs have lost their flashiness for me. JT seems to keep playing a character he had from previous films while MK is such a unreal beauty with an unconvincing romantic streak...

[anbu_kathir]

Tree of Life - As a massive Malick fan, I found it slightly disappointing without being surprised all along. Heidegger's Being & Beings. Angst & Finitude. Hermeneutic circle et all is all good (Forget one's own reservations about the diff. schools of thoughts, It's important to identify filmmaker's & the success with which it's realized ) but never comes together as one full piece as it winds up towards the end. Malick was always going to immanentize the eschaton after all the suggestivity in his previous films. Turning what Heidegger feared most about this medium on its own solipsistic head. For the most part, he succeeds. It DOES work as a tone poem that one'd expect from Malick, with its own pattern of aural-visual where the spoken word is, in various connotations, essentially the same Heideggerian question. Like all his films, there's a main narrative which meanders around that one mortal question as it touches amoral, oedipal, fraternal, filial & familial obligations - in short the very existence.

Malick achieves most of what he set out to do. And the way his career was treading all along, he was bound to make this. This works as an audacious cinematic ride since 'Enter the void' - For which reason, it ought to be seen in widest screen possible. Malick's fondness of v-o's isn't abusive. The images flow but not with cinematic poesis of a Tarkovsky, who seamlessly sculpts time & space. The darkness & bright light that's often used to counterpoint null void & emanating sentient source seem to stand for mortality of medium itself. WCM had never been used with as much efficacy in American cinema since Kubrick.

Subsequent views could change my mind, but I feel the urge to revisit his other (better) films than to ride on this again.

Btw If you ever thought Malick finds contemporary setting utterly vacuous & empty to stay off it, Sean Penn portion reaffirms the assumption.

I loved this film simply because of the fact that I could reflect on a lot of my life through it. I have watched only "Badlands" before, which I couldn't connect to at all. This one reminded me of my own boyhood like no other film before.

As I left the cinema, two contrasting images were stuck in my head.

1. The scene with the dinosaur showing an inkling of compassion, perhaps. Couldn't help but smile here :).
2. The scene(s) with the humans playing with the lizard and the frog. Couldn't help at being outraged here :(

[ajithfederer]

Good to see people liking the Tree of Life. Kid, what do you make of the ending?

[groucho070]

25 greatest unscripted scenes, it seems. Some are good though.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTFQBHBeleE&feature=player_embedded

[ajaybaskar]

The Reader

ஆஹா.. என்னே ஒரு கலைநயம்..

[ajithfederer]

One of the best TAHM episodes, Charlie cannot sleep without medication and he gets doctor prescription for pot and he ends up smoking it with Berta. The fun is not out yet as he begins to visualize all his ex-flames(after smoking) come to torture him of his inability to COMMIT to a relasen-zip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MbZMpJZc50

[raghavendran]

Rise Of the planet of the apes
again a very predictable and boring film..nothnig new..i think Hollywood are coming up with too many of films with the same template..just thought the apes would create chaos but nothing happened..atleast that slumdog heroine should have got some more space..she was just there to kiss the hero twice..but she is a good bit :mrgreen:..overall pathoda padhinonnu

[ajithfederer]

Unstoppable in HBO. Nice one that I wanted to re-watch in a long time.

[ajithfederer]

Fincher;s Zodiac - re watch list happening in tv. Intriguing. Lots of information. It would have been great if they caught the killer.

[ajithfederer]

It's baffling as to how nobody believed in Robert Graysmith's(Jake Gylenhall) work in his life as shown in the film. His tireless work in investigation among broken police departments his nagging wife and other inconveniences during the 70's is amazing.

[littlemaster1982]

AF,

I think you spoiled Zodiac for me :|
_________

Last watched: True Grit :clap: :clap:

[ajithfederer]

I am very sori, lm :mrgreen:. Ninga innuma paakalai?. The film is 4 and a half years old.

[Sarna]

Final destination 5 - Movie is excellent :clap: never expected to be this good since the FD4 was waste.

But 3D effect is missing because of the small screen.... waste AGS theatre.

[littlemaster1982]

I am very sori, lm :mrgreen:. Ninga innuma paakalai?. The film is 4 and a half years old.

No :oops: Backlog niraiya irukku :lol:

[groucho070]

Fincher;s Zodiac - re watch list happening in tv. Intriguing. Lots of information. It would have been great if they caught the killer.Itha mayyamA vachuthAn, they made Dirty Harry back then. Of course, Harry got the killer and disposed him.

[ajithfederer]

Yeah I know, They even show that in the film and the investigating inspector (Mark Ruffalo) sarcastically mentions of it.

[Balaji.r]

Fincher;s Zodiac - re watch list happening in tv. Intriguing. Lots of information. It would have been great if they caught the killer.

I liked the way in which the movie was finished. Similar to memories of murderer same to same,right.

[ajithfederer]

Tom Hanks in the tonite show with Conan o brien NOW.

[Dinesh84]

"Rise of the planet of the apes" - a very ordinary science fiction movie. I have not seen other movies from Planet of the apes series. athuvum intha maathiri thaan mokkaya irukkuma? Is this a prequel ? 120 Rs waste.. :(

[groucho070]

Dinesh, original parungga. 1969, I think. It's about how science can go wrong. This film is the prequel to that.

[Nerd]

AF,

I think you spoiled Zodiac for me :|

No, he just did you a favor :twisted:

[littlemaster1982]

No, he just did you a favor :twisted:

:lol: I know you slept through that film :p

[Dinesh84]

Dinesh, original parungga. 1969, I think. It's about how science can go wrong. This film is the prequel to that. thanks Groucho :ty: will try to download that movie..

[ajithfederer]

Actually 4 and a half years before even I slept through that film in theatre at a midnight show. Full meals kku appuram padam paatha :lol2:. Nerd, please try watching "The Good shepherd" again.

:lol: I know you slept through that film :p

No, he just did you a favor :twisted:

[ajaybaskar]

Final Destination 5

One film that has used 3D to the best of its advantage. Stunning!! Chennai hubbers, watch it in Sathyam alone.

[SoftSword]

i watched the trailer and there were some horrible scenes like pinning the eyelids, etc.,
am allergic to these kinda... thinking...

[sipi]

Bone Collector

A year before, i received a mail that most of all the famous tamil movies are copied from hollywood movies adding songs + fights + punch dialogue...
It had a version of alot of movies and i was eager to watch those movies as well...

Some days back, i had a chance to watch this movie - Bone Collection... some how, hero (Police officer) & villian (Psycho killer) characters are same, but we can't say its copied....

More than all... Its an interesting movie.... had a nice time...

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQ3GS6dA4Y

Groucho/Kid/Sid_316
Ashton kutcher was on cbs david letterman show yesterday. He revealed some details about the 9th season opener. His character name is Walden Schmidt. Charlie Harper is dead presumably an accident which even after letterman's persistent nagging he didn't reveal. Kutcher is a billionaire internet enterpreneur. Charlie's house is up for sale and he buys it. Apparently he is on a suicidal mood when the season starts.

Not bad for an season opener. Hope the 9th season goes well 8-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Schmidt_(character)

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ePEq-ZMec&feature=related

One among the many fantastic scenes from the Tree of Life. The boys and the mother run around and play in the house knowing their stubborn father is out on a trip. A life based on such moments is what one craves for.

[ajithfederer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVUXDn6hCY4

David Fincher and Christopher Nolan talk Terence Malick films.

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox_searchlight/thetreeoflife/

[Querida]

"Something Borrowed"

Helen Hunt looks washed out...hope it's her character and not her!
Tom cruise look-alike outshone by Krasinki's boyish charm
Ginnifer Goodwin steals the show...so cute and winsome
but story stalls too much and in trying to add a more depthful layer to the usual formula
doesn't carry it towards the ending...can watch with a conversation going on...

[Bala (Karthik)]

Extreme takku alert:
"There Will Be Blood" - Riveting and powerful! DDL is the man :notworthy:
P.S:The music was absolutely fantastic (just read that it was composed by the Radiohead guitarist!)

[P_R]

Extreme takku alert:
"There Will Be Blood" - Riveting and powerful! DDL is the man :notworthy:
:sigh2: இந்தப்படம் எல்லாருக்கும் பிடிக்குதே.

[kid-glove]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inQ3GS6dA4Y

Groucho/Kid/Sid_316
Ashton kutcher was on cbs david letterman show yesterday. He revealed some details about the 9th season opener. His character name is Walden Schmidt. Charlie Harper is dead presumably an accident which even after letterman's persistent nagging he didn't reveal. Kutcher is a billionaire internet enterpreneur. Charlie's house is up for sale and he buys it. Apparently he is on a suicidal mood when the season starts.

Not bad for an season opener. Hope the 9th season goes well 8-)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_Schmidt_(character)

Hope Rose is also dead. As the last episode had Charlie eloping with her to abroad. That was one of the most tiring aspects of the show to me. I know Lorre wanted to break the stalker taboo, but it just kept meandering on & on that the jokes fell flat..

[kid-glove]

:sigh2: இந்தப்படம் எல்லாருக்கும் பிடிக்குதே.

:yes:

"The Master" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/) Nest-u

Megan Ellison, neenga nalla irukkONum.. :notworthy:

[kid-glove]

Columbo "Pescription: Murder" #FalkMarathon

RIP Peter Falk. :bow:

Superb Pilot for one of the greatest achievements in Television..

[ajithfederer]

Morning Glory (2010) - One of those feel good films from H/W which I found it watchable for Rachel Mcadams who is a bundle of energy and looks beautiful on Blu Ray. Thanks to Redbox 1$ rental.

[ajithfederer]

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) - Anybody watched this?. So far its going good. Matt Mcconaughey should do more of these kind of films.

[ajithfederer]

Not bad the film is good. Every movie somehow they make Mcconaughey take off his shirt for girls to ogle i believe.

[littlemaster1982]

I saw it few weeks back. It was going good, but was not fulfilling at the end. And there was always a feeling that the antagonist is not going to be a match for McConnaughey.

[Dinesh84]

Final Destination 5 (3D) - second best in FD series..

[littlemaster1982]

Dinesh,

What's your order among FD-1,2 & 5? Naanum indha week pakkalamnu irukken.

[Dinesh84]

Dinesh,

What's your order among FD-1,2 & 5? Naanum indha week pakkalamnu irukken.

1, 5,and 2
ungaluku eppadi nu theriyala..

[littlemaster1982]

1, 5,and 2
ungaluku eppadi nu theriyala..

I like 1 & 2 equally. 1 for the suspense and 2 for the effects (esp the highway accident) and awesome killings.

[Death Note]

Anyone seen The Notebook?? One of the few good love stories in Hollywood. Well worth a watch.

[ajithfederer]

I thought Ryan Phillipe did very good for the limited role he had. The movie is all McConnaughey. Jeez what a bossy sweet name.

I saw it few weeks back. It was going good, but was not fulfilling at the end. And there was always a feeling that the antagonist is not going to be a match for McConnaughey.

[littlemaster1982]

I thought Ryan Phillipe did very good for the limited role he had. The movie is all McConnaughey. Jeez what a bossy sweet name.

He was OK, but what I meant was the lawyer would easily beat villain in the game whatever the circumstances are.

[sipi]

Bone Collector

A year before, i received a mail that most of all the famous tamil movies are copied from hollywood movies adding songs + fights + punch dialogue...
It had a version of alot of movies and i was eager to watch those movies as well...

Some days back, i had a chance to watch this movie - Bone Collection... some how, hero (Police officer) & villian (Psycho killer) characters are same, but we can't say its copied....

More than all... Its an interesting movie.... had a nice time...


Indha pada varisaiyil, one more - Rain Man

[ajithfederer]

Californication - Season 1 - Pilot opening-ae attagasama irukku.

[littlemaster1982]

Final Destination 5. Didn't like it as much as first two parts, but still good on its own.

[groucho070]

(budget) Hotel roomla veru vazhi illama pArthathu

The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Nansens. The kid got good sense of humour.

Percy Jackson and the....I forgot, about stealing lightening or something.
Nansens. The kid doesn't even have good sense of humour.

All riding on Harry Potter's success. TirunthamAttaingga.

[ajithfederer]

The Money Pit (1986) - Guess what this film isn't half bad. A to be married couple buy a house and move in just to find that it is a pack of cards. Tom hanks is good as usual in his boyish charms and I was surprised to find Karl from Die hard do such a role.

Groucho, watched this before?

[groucho070]

No, I haven't sounds interesting. This was when Hanks was doing pure comedy eh? Miss that Tom Hanks.

[ajithfederer]

Dexter - Season 1 Good stuff. This dude Michael C hall, never heard of em before but he is good. He always looks like he is hiding something as his character does in the series. I like the way he calls his foster father by his name harry and not dad. And this whole sister/foster brother rivalry kinship both professional and personal, Suweeeetttt :clap:. . That's too good. Her sister deb eh, she does well too.I liked her transformation in this series where she started by asking ideas from Dexter to move from vice to homicide and she grows to form profiles on her own and stuff)

Started watching yesterday night and knocked off 8-9 episodes in a stretch, 50-55 mins each. Will try to watch season 2 and 3 over the weekend.

[ajithfederer]

Oh yeah the angle between him and his girlfriend who is pretty sweet by the way. Nice touch.

[ajithfederer]

Judy Greer(who came in as the female version of charlie harper in 5th season) comes in as Kutcher's ex-wife/gf it seems. Laydest update.

Hope Rose is also dead. As the last episode had Charlie eloping with her to abroad. That was one of the most tiring aspects of the show to me. I know Lorre wanted to break the stalker taboo, but it just kept meandering on & on that the jokes fell flat..

[GSV]

The Insider
Watched second time after 7 years...
Now I just felt the pain of Jeffrey Wigand character.. very well written and well portrayed..
Dazzling performance from Russell. one of his best..
Pacino.. what an attitude.. excellent..

Amazing film with excellent characterization.. Must watch...

[ajithfederer]

Dexter (season 3) - Liked this better than season 2. I like how Dexter uncovers secrets about his father and slowly notches down some levels of respect admiration towards his foster dad. The surreal moments between him and his dad during key moments of the season are good.

[ajithfederer]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fnkRBWig2nw/TlpnYkaCgyI/AAAAAAAAAoM/k0uN63n2jAw/s1600/2%2BBroke%2BGirls%2Bs1%2BKat%2B01.jpg

Gosh I love red heads especially with curly hair. CBS's brand new sitcom starting this fall - 2 Broke Girls. Saw a preview clip the other day. Not bad, I mean the clip.

http://www.cbs.com/cms/files/imagecache/596xh/100509_D0841b_walk.jpg

http://www.cbs.com/shows/2_broke_girls/

[Sid_316]

Dexter (season 3) - Liked this better than season 2. I like how Dexter uncovers secrets about his father and slowly notches down some levels of respect admiration towards his foster dad. The surreal moments between him and his dad during key moments of the season are good.

4th sama terror ah irukkum! i liked 4th the 2nd best after the first season :-)

[ajaybaskar]

The Contract

A direct to dvd movie with Morgan Freeman and John Cusack. Very predictable.

Hide and Seek

Enjoyed it for the climax twist and few occasional chills.

[ajithfederer]

I was thinking of you only when I was writing abt Dexter here. 5 episodes into season 4 now.
P.S: I love how Dexter says something opposite to what he is thinking. I should master that. :noteeth:

4th sama terror ah irukkum! i liked 4th the 2nd best after the first season :-)

[ajithfederer]

Dexter (Season 4) - brilliant.

[ajaybaskar]

I Saw The Devil

Spine chilling..:shaking:

Thanx to LM for the reco.

[ajithfederer]

The inevitable. Groucho/kid/sid_316 (TAHM)

http://www.cbs.com/shows/two_and_a_half_men/photos/61614/first-look-at-season-9/61612

http://www.cbs.com/shows/two_and_a_half_men/photos/61614/first-look-at-season-9/62225

[groucho070]

I am too lazy to quote George Lucas' favourite line.

[Sid_316]

Dexter (Season 4) - Fucking A brilliant.

:thumbsup:

[Sid_316]

The inevitable. Groucho/kid/sid_316 (TAHM)

http://www.cbs.com/shows/two_and_a_half_men/photos/61614/first-look-at-season-9/61612

http://www.cbs.com/shows/two_and_a_half_men/photos/61614/first-look-at-season-9/62225

Sutham! :Sigh:

[ajithfederer]

Dexter (Season 5) - Good. This whole vigilante partnership thing was good for the Series's morale. Julia Stiles is a damm good choice for Lumen Pierce. Even if everyone wants to stay in the season it makes perfect sense as to why her character had to leave. Dexter's dark passenger should be a one and only entity which drives his persona. And Astor and Cody returning back to dexter for summer and harrison's growth should provide enough material for season 6. Saw an other promo for season 6 which shows Dexter as Angel Saint Michael(my fav), Attagasam. Season 6 trailer is terror. Heavily expecting.

http://www.mikethefanboy.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/dexter-first-look-season-six__oPt.jpg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsvGslI_KcM

[Death Note]

Saw Goodfellas yesterday :bow:
Joe Pesci :bow:

[kid-glove]

Sutham! :Sigh:

+2

Gonna suck..

[somu_87]

Hi,

My friend and his ardent movie fan friends doing a survey to find the best American movie, based on the AFI ratings (07 version). I thought hub will have lot of takers for this as I ve seen some very good movie buffs here . Your vote and suggestions will help them to come up with a new revised list or may be Indians favorite 100 world movies ! :-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s...ersary_Edition)

they have scheduled it like a knockout tournament (US Open tennis effect ), to give each movie a fair trial... There are 36 matches in the first round . Already its in the fourth round (Sorry for the late notice) . Below is some titbits how the tournament is run .

Survey Site : http://sonix768.challonge.com/afi07_sngl

As you may have seen in the survey site, the survey is to find the best movie from AFI top 100 movies (2007 edition).


Movies compete agst each other based on their seedings. The seeding is based on the ranking given in the AFI list. Since there are 100 movies and for a knock out we need a 2^n teams, the top 25 odd movies got bye to the second round directly.

From second round we will have 64 teams and from there the top team will face a 64th team. (Citizen Kane vs Network). Just like a tennis grandslams. he used a online bracket generator to generate a knockout scheule based on the seedings..

You can visit here for the entire fixture : http://sonix768.challonge.com/afi07_sngl

You can see the seeding of the movies in the left side of their names. So, the matches were not decided by me but by a online tournament generator. If you can see the fixture, you can find the matchups are perfect.

For Voting :

Fourth round matches : http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NBM5PR5

** PLEASE VOTE ONLY IF YOU HAVE SEEN BOTH THE MOVIES IN A MATCH. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ONE OF THE MOVIE IN A MATCH PLEASE SKIP THE MATCH **

Thanks a Lot for your time Hubbers :)

[somu_87]

These are the muvies competing in the fourth round !!

R4 Match #1: (1) Citizen Kane vs. (48) Rear Window
R4 Match #2: (9) Vertigo vs. (72) The Shawshank Redemption
R4 Match #3: (4) Raging Bull vs. (52) Taxi Driver
R4 Match #4: (53) The Deer Hunter vs. (92) Goodfellas
R4 Match #5: (2) The Godfather vs. (15) 2001: A Space Odyssey
R4 Match #6: (39) Dr. Strangelove vs. (87) 12 Angry Men
R4 Match #7: (14) Psycho vs. (94) Pulp Fiction
R4 Match #8: (22) Some Like it Hot vs. (70) A Clockwork Orange


Matches are getting tougher and tougher.. No Spielberg movie remaining.. And many Hitchcocks, Kubrick and Scorses's are there.. esp raging bull vs taxi driver is gonna be a cracker IMO.. :)

[ajithfederer]

Thanks to You, lm and kid I am curious now.

I Saw The Devil

Spine chilling..:shaking:

Thanx to LM for the reco.

[littlemaster1982]

AF,

Seekiram paarthuttu unga karutthai sollunga :)

[raghavendran]

Fight Club
never seen such a bizarre film...kick Ass stuff...Brad Pitt :clap:..

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Just went for "contagion" this morning in escape. Pretty good effort from Steven Soderbergh who's come out of his comfort zone.While the movie has its share of failings it surely keeps the viewer engrossed till the end. Watch out for Jude law and Matt Damon. Both are excellent.

[VENKIRAJA]

Thanks to You, lm and kid I am curious now.

Pangaali.. don't tell me it is that movie where they kill people inside a lift. Saniyan maadhiri irundhuchu :mad: Released last year IIRC?

[VENKIRAJA]

Network (1976) :clap:
Haven't watch Sidney Lumet stuff except 12 Angry Men. Very intersting way of film-making. The dialogues were bloody brilliant. Three nominees for Best acting off the same movie, must give an idea of the level of performances. Holds very good for the kind of media we now have in India.

[littlemaster1982]

Pangaali.. don't tell me it is that movie where they kill people inside a lift. Saniyan maadhiri irundhuchu :mad: Released last year IIRC?

Adhey padamdhaan :poke:


Kidding. Korean film this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/).

[kid-glove]

Just went for "contagion" this morning in escape. Pretty good effort from Steven Soderbergh who's come out of his comfort zone.While the movie has its share of failings it surely keeps the viewer engrossed till the end. Watch out for Jude law and Matt Damon. Both are excellent.

Isn't hyperlink multithreaded storytelling his forte?

Traffic. Oceans. Contagion.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Isn't hyperlink multithreaded storytelling his forte?

Traffic. Oceans. Contagion.
Yes he does specialize in hyperlink cinema. But this had a docu-drama feel to it which still manged to hold the viewers attention.According to me it could easily have turned out to be a roland emmerician apocalypse movie, but manages to break the stereotypes and delivers the movie on a more personal front.

[Mahen]

I Saw The Devil

Spine chilling..:shaking:

Thanx to LM for the reco.
Ajay, any download links?

[Mahen]

Just went for "contagion" this morning in escape. Pretty good effort from Steven Soderbergh who's come out of his comfort zone.While the movie has its share of failings it surely keeps the viewer engrossed till the end. Watch out for Jude law and Matt Damon. Both are excellent.
watched it 2 days ago..not bad..superrum solla mudiyathu...thank god they showed where the virus came from.. :)

[kid-glove]

Yes he does specialize in hyperlink cinema. But this had a docu-drama feel to it which still manged to hold the viewers attention.According to me it could easily have turned out to be a roland emmerician apocalypse movie, but manages to break the stereotypes and delivers the movie on a more personal front.
That's one of my early trepidation too.
Even "Traffic" could have been reduced to a "Crash"-like farce, but for Soderbergh's less dramatized way of documenting different links of the issue at heart. He's very good at it..

[ajithfederer]

Brad Pitt's Moneyball coming next week.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moneyball_(film)

[ajithfederer]

kid, watched this?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Valentine_%28film%29

[kid-glove]

Yep. I have. I think I've expressed my reservations here (or maybe in twitter?)

[ajaybaskar]

Blue Valentine was famous for something..

[kid-glove]

Whole of that year (2010) was famous for it.

Blue Valentine
Greenberg
Black Swan
The American
Uncle Boonmee
Carlos
The Kids are Alright
Somewhere

(!!)

[AravindMano]

Wendy and Lucy. oru dhabA pAkkalAm, poRumai irundhA, for Michelle.

[ajaybaskar]

Contagion

Finally a disaster movie that's quite gripping and watch worthy. Watchout for the high profile ensemble too.

[AravindMano]

Drive. Still chewing on the film. Lot of things came around together well and a lot other didn't. (For instance, I am still wondering whether the soundtrack really helped the film). Very impressed with the cinematography which was fluid and narrated the story well. Impressively staged and directed. Nothing much to write about the performances, which is the most disappointing thing about the film.

Need to watch the director's other films to really get a hang of his work.

[Querida]

*City Slickers*

Not bad for a lazy sunday afternoon movie
watched it for Billy but stayed for the fun of it
IMHO Billy's best of the best was When H met S

[ajithfederer]

Drive (2011)

Intense/Well shot and acted/Killing scenes were off key, brutal and horrific/
Ryan Gosling is good but has a boyish voice but suits the tone of the film.
Stellar cast/Film-Noir kinda cinematography works very well

[ajithfederer]

Hmm. No shit. The film's director won the Best Director in Cannes 2011. Good achievement for a very good film.

[AravindMano]

Agree about the cinematography. Spectacular.

[groucho070]

Johnny English Reborn.

Better than the first one. Something for everyone. Not a great comedy. As spy flick I'd take this over the recent Quantum shit.

[ajaybaskar]

Scarface

The director has been inspired by lot of Tamil films. :yessir:

[ajithfederer]

Faithful (1996) - A husband hires a hitman to kill his own wife. 20 mins into the film i am already liking this. Chaz Palminteri is the hit man. Apparently Bob De niro produced this film.

[ajithfederer]

UK Hubbers/. Anybody watched Tinker tailor soldier spy?. Looks like it has released there.

[groucho070]

Scarface

The director has been inspired by lot of Tamil films. :yessir:Why? It's actually a (bloodier) remake of a much older movie.

[VENKIRAJA]

Bolt (2008)
Neat stuff from Disney. Truman show retold with CG, especially for kids. Enjoyed it very much.

[venkkiram]

No country for old men பழிவாங்குதல், துரத்தல் , வன்முறை , ரத்தம், கொலை இப்படி படம் முழுக்க பரவிக் கிடந்தாலும், காட்சிகள் ஒவ்வொன்றும் கவிதைகள். குறிப்பாக படைப்பின் பெயர் சூட்டல், தீமையின் குறியீடாக வலம் வரும் தீயவனின் வசனங்கள் எல்லாமே முதல் தரம். வில்லன் கதாபாத்திரம் என்றாலே இனி முதல் நினைவுக்கு வரப்போவது Anton Chigurh மட்டுமே. என்னே ஒரு ஆளுமை. ஆஸ்கர் கிடைத்திருப்பது Javier Bardem -க்கு பெருமை அல்ல. ஆஸ்கருக்குதான்.

[AravindMano]

Venkiraja - Thanks for the mention about Network. Terrific film.

[Querida]

-Digression-

Venki...what is that..in your profile pic I mean...is it an abstract face? I'm sure i see what looks like a red phone..

[raghavendran]

Goodfellas--super film..kick ass stuff...i always love mafia films and this is one of the best..:smokesmirk:

[kubrick]

I Saw the Devil (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588170/) - There was so much hype about this film but what I forgot to remember was that this is a S.Korean movie. The dramatization was too much for my taste and the BGM kept spoiling the mood too. I liked the way the movie was directed because a little more violence without proper concentration would have turned this into torture porn. There isn't a real specific moment where we can really see the role of the metaphorical devil changing hands which I don't know if it is good or bad because at first we see the "Hero" guy singing to his wife and then he turns into something else. Apart from this the movie over all was a nice entertainer, if you can digest and sit through all the violence.

[kid-glove]

Dexter
- Arrested devourment
- Nurture bourne killer
- To alter a Hemingway quote, "<ed> there is no hunting like hunting of men and those who have hunted armed hunter(s) long enough and liked it, they are still palpable of caring for something else"

[ajithfederer]

TAHM - Season 9 opener - Nice to see you Walden Schmidt - Ballistic start like a Gilly-Jayasurya opening combo. :clap: :clap:. Just what i expected.
(Lots of spoilers below)

The opening bit is Charlie's funeral which had me in splits. Almost all his ex-es come to his funeral to spit apparently on his corpse. The rumor mills had it right. Charlie is dead because he tripped off and fell onto a train in Paris metro. His house is put up in sale(Evelyn is the agent) and his cremated remains arrive @ charlie's which is now at Alan's. Alan tries to spread his ashes and that's when Kutcher sneaks on to the frame. Hilarious stuff.

Kutcher seems to be doing a fine job at what he is given but it's a rather dangerous territory he is treading to. I am afraid that they are going to make his character as Charlie Harper redux or version 2. Alan Harper(Jon cryer) is good at what he does and he is at his best in the first episode. Berta has started to look old but she's still kicking ass. So does Judith and Evelyn. If my vibes are right this could be one of the best seasons but the writers have to deal with not to typecast Kutcher in sheen's role.

P.S 1: Chuck Lorre managed to grab most laughs and applauds from the live audience by bringing in Kutcher naked and filling the audience with as much women as possible.

P.S 2: No, the title song wasn't played this time. Neither the old one nor the new one in which Kutcher is singing.

[ajithfederer]

Very good.
Ninga modhallayae paathirupingannu nenachen. Is it just the first season or have u finished all the 5?

Dexter
- Arrested devourment
- Nurture bourne killer
- To alter a Hemingway quote, "<ed> there is no hunting like hunting of men and those who have hunted armed hunter(s) long enough and liked it, they are still palpable of caring for something else"

[kid-glove]

1st season only.

Saw the all new makeover cum season opener of "2 & 1/2 Men", not bad! But I'm afraid the character is much of a cuddler, not a bully ala Charlie. So bullying would be left to other characters is it?! Like Berta & that female Charlie ?!

[ajithfederer]

Adhan enakum theriala. That's why I think Kutcher's character development will be a serious challenge to their writers. They have now finished 4 episodes and it comes on consecutive Mondays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Two_and_a_Half_Men_episodes#Season_9:_2011 .E2.80.9312) for the next 3 weeks. Paakalam eppidi pogudhunnu.

1st season only.

Saw the all new makeover cum season opener of "2 & 1/2 Men", not bad! But I'm afraid the character is much of a cuddler, not a bully ala Charlie. So bullying would be left to other characters is it?! Like Berta & that female Charlie ?!

[ajithfederer]

Check this out: 28 Mil viewers watched season opener. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/20/tv-ratings-opening-monday-two-and-a-half-men-soars-cbs-wins-playboy-club-gloomy-castle-hawaii-five-0-and-more/104221/

[Nerd]

Watched Bridesmaids( :ashamed: )blu-ray. Cliched character sketches, functional acting, quite a few unfunny gags. Certainly a girls' film. And the conflict is quite old. But decent one time watch timepass film.

[Querida]

Watched Bridesmaids( :ashamed: )blu-ray. Cliched character sketches, functional acting, quite a few unfunny gags. Certainly a girls' film. And the conflict is quite old. But decent one time watch timepass film.

there's nothing to be ashamed about, I watched it too...oh wait :poke:
Yes certainly a girls film...and maybe I'm just out of the loop but haven't seen many like this so actually enjoyed the silly antics, overblown drama and cringe-worthy moments...a one time girl's movie night in where we're not really paying attention to the movie anyways.

[Dinesh84]

The Tree of Life
- totally conpeesan pa.. :confused2:

[VENKIRAJA]

-Digression-

Venki...what is that..in your profile pic I mean...is it an abstract face? I'm sure i see what looks like a red phone..

Its Stanley Kubrick's face. Treated like his character, Alex Delarge.

[Sid_316]

AF/KG/Groucho

Pls watch the roast of charilie sheen its freakinnn hilarious!

[ajithfederer]

Miss pannitenga :cry:. Although I have reminded this in tv schedule I don't think I can watch it today.

AF/KG/Groucho

Pls watch the roast of charilie sheen its freakinnn hilarious!

[littlemaster1982]

Anger Management - It was funny, alright. But the lame twist (if you can call that) at the end totally killed the film.

[chevy]

2 and 1/2 men is so not going to be same with without Charlie! The death of Charlie episode reminds me of the episode when he is in the hospital and he begins to talk about his will and Alan says no no, come on dont do that talk..then he says ..anyway go on to say what u were saying. LOL.

[ajithfederer]

Breaking Bad - Season 1 - Every episode other than the season finale. - Good.

To begin with the Pilot episode is very good. Another milestone in TV History for AMC though a little notch (not by much) less than Mad Men. Bryan Cranston (A very deserving 3 time emmy award winner) and the whole family is fabulous. Very raw unnerving stuff especially the hostage crisis trauma Walter White goes through in episodes 2 and 3 are some serious stuff. :clap:. Jesse is good as well. And a big thanks to N/f for making this happen.

Kid/Sid - You guys been through this?

[ajithfederer]

Season 2


http://www.frontroomcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Breaking-Bad-Wallpaper-22.jpg

- Predictable but still good. A seamless transition from Season 1. Now that Walt's cancer is almost operable and Jesse's heroin addiction plus his gf death should be great for season 3. It's about time Sky learnt about Walt's dark side. But what I found quite shocking was how society's elite could be mixed in this nasty business. Gus's character is devious and delicious for the story forward.

P.S: The opening bits before credits are terrific

Bryan Cranston - :clap:
Aaron Paul and Krysten Ritter 8-)

[kid-glove]

Keep seeing Bryan Cranston pile up acting awards. But I hadn't really watched a single episode.

[Sid_316]

Breaking Bad - Season 1 - Every episode other than the season finale. - Good.

To begin with the Pilot episode is very good. Another milestone in TV History for AMC though a little notch (not by much) less than Mad Men. Bryan Cranston (A very deserving 3 time emmy award winner) and the whole family is fabulous. Very raw unnerving stuff especially the hostage crisis trauma Walter White goes through in episodes 2 and 3 are some serious stuff. :clap:. Jesse is good as well. And a big thanks to N/f for making this happen.

Kid/Sid - You guys been through this?


Yeah ! i have seen the first season.. its engaging.. should start with the 2nd season

[groucho070]

Killer Elite

There was only four in the theatre, including me :lol2:

Statham, Clive Owen and De Niro.

de Niro with assault rifle, alone worth watching this movie. Definitely for paycheque, but he's okay here. And bloody hell, he's in fantastic shape for his age.

Okay action thriller (supposedly based on true story) with one of the best closed room combat I've seen recently (between Stratham and Owen),.

The opening credit had something like this, "It was time of chaos. Economic crisis is still on. Oil prices have gone up. It was time of revolution, asssasination and special ops".

I was thinking, "Dei, we know we are going through all these, you don't have to_", and it continued, "It was 1980".

And yes, it was good to see film shot in Europe mostly, with lots of good ol' cars and totally no mobile phones.

[raghavendran]

A Clockwork Orange
Kubrick sir :bow:..1971 eh?...even now this concept is fresh..how can a person think something which will even be new after 40 yrs..:Bow:..and my fav aspect of Kubrick film is the sudden tension he brings at the end of what will start as a simple conversation,scene..give me more..more Kubrick films to watch :wave:

[ajaybaskar]

Due Date

Watching it the 3rd time but it still left me in splits. Zach!! Amazing man. :clap:

//But the best part was the one to follow. Had a dream last night (U can call it a nightmare) in which the film was remade in Tamil with Sarath Kumar and T Rajenderr in the lead//

[P_R]

Executive Suite

Hollywood B/W films.

Heavily plot based.
Excellent introduction of characters, smooth development, beautiful realistic dialogues (with the exception of the wordy last scene), who says (and stop short of saying) what to what, resolution of side-stories as things proceed, being able to 'get' the inconsistencies in what those on screen are saying.

It is only when all this is there, that one (adhaavadhu I) can see how very well done the cinematography is, the angles, the cuts, the pacing accentuating the drama.

Makes films like this I say. :clap:

[wizzy]

^in TCM? my sole reason for still sticking with Tsky is TCM..we need more ad-free movie channels..Star movies HD has poor catalog of older movies but only solace is that it is currently ad-free.

[ajithfederer]

BB - Season 3 - The best you can expect

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/11100000/Breaking-Bad-breaking-bad-11163639-1024-768.jpg

The twin assassins from the Juarez Drug Cartel 8-). Their style of murders with axe 8-)
The shooutout between Hank and the assassins in the deserted parking lot :smokesmirk:. Fantastic action stuff.
Gus - Ngommalla. Fits the bill to a T. For apparently no reason his demeanor strikes me of to Obama :lol:
Gu's henchmen Mike - Notoriously Too good.
Walt's car accident to prevent the shootout between the drug peddlers and Jesse. Rascal of a scene making.
Walter's bluff to counter Skyler and Skyler later joining in fraud to money laundering. Excellent :clap:

Season 4 coming up soon.

[wizzy]

^remember him from Seinfeld days..anti-dentite :rotfl2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV7m6IIN_tI

[raghavendran]

Paths Of Glory
awesome film..initially thought it will be a complete war film but it dealt with the politics involved within the army..the court scene..:bow:..again very crisp dialogues,every scene is a lead to the next scene..vintage Kubrick.1957? :shock:..oru pazhaya padam patha feel suthama varala/.my journey of Kubrick films continues..next is Dr.Strangelove :)

[P_R]

^in TCM? my sole reason for still sticking with Tsky is TCM..we need more ad-free movie channels..Star movies HD has poor catalog of older movies but only solace is that it is currently ad-free. Yeah I saw it on TCM. Lovely channel. I like their old theatrical trailers too.

[VENKIRAJA]

Due Date
//But the best part was the one to follow. Had a dream last night (U can call it a nightmare) in which the film was remade in Tamil with Sarath Kumar and T Rajenderr in the lead//

:rotfl2:

[littlemaster1982]

The Social Network - quite good. Liked the characterization of Mark Zuckerberg (even if it's not accurate).

[AravindMano]

In other news, A Michigan woman watches 'Drive', thinks there is little driving in the film and files a lawsuit ('http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/oct/10/woman-sues-drive-trailer').

[VENKIRAJA]

9.
Naansans maadhiri irundhuchu :banghead:

[VENKIRAJA]

Drive. Still chewing on the film. Lot of things came around together well and a lot other didn't. (For instance, I am still wondering whether the soundtrack really helped the film). Very impressed with the cinematography which was fluid and narrated the story well. Impressively staged and directed. Nothing much to write about the performances, which is the most disappointing thing about the film.

Need to watch the director's other films to really get a hang of his work.

Suthama pudikkala. :mad:
We were teasing it so very much, one North Indies fellow got frustrated and started shouting "Stop the commentary yaar!" from a few rows at the back. He was taunted, too. ;)

[VENKIRAJA]

X-Men First class. :cheer:
Haven't seen anything from the franchise so far, and heard that this one is a prequel anyway. Highly entertaining stuff!
The graphics were neat and to the point. Transformers madhiri dhraabai-ya illa.
Learnt that a seperate trilogy is planned with this precursor, and another for the Wolverine saga.
Are the other films worth checking out? Some of them have made it better in the BO as well as IMDb ratings.

[Stiglitz]

X-Men First class. :cheer:
Haven't seen anything from the franchise so far, and heard that this one is a prequel anyway. Highly entertaining stuff!
The graphics were neat and to the point. Transformers madhiri dhraabai-ya illa.
Learnt that a seperate trilogy is planned with this precursor, and another for the Wolverine saga.
Are the other films worth checking out? Some of them have made it better in the BO as well as IMDb ratings.

yes! All the first three xmen movie r amazing! Try to have a marathon... All three at one shot..