Watched "The Bridge On The River Kwai"(1957)
Good movie and recommended to watch.
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Watched "The Bridge On The River Kwai"(1957)
Good movie and recommended to watch.
Ok so 127 hours paakalam ; Dangled rejetted; Thanks wibha-ji :)/
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Originally Posted by Wibha
All About Eve
Beautiful :clap:
Must say, the last 15 mins or so was a let down. Significant drop in style. But overall, quite impressive :clap:
IS there any decidedly 'talky' film (and considered a classic) that you actively disliked?
Yeah this one was a bit talky, but I didn't quite mind because I liked the dialogues :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
I don't think I have seen many classics, let alone talky classics, to be able to answer your question.
But regarding 'too much dialogue' as a charge against a film.. well, yeah I grumble a bit , but get over it. Particularly, if the characters and situations well written and believably enacted. And I don't think too much was spoken here either. All playwrights, actors, writers and directors : eloquent people, quite 'believable' they could be as eloquent as they were shown to be and capable of the nuanced conversation, repartee etc.
btw only today I found out this is another Mankewicz :oops: :lol:
I go to sleep tonight with the satisfaction of knowing that this film trounced Sunset Boulevard at the Oscars :P
Thanks man. To my mind, Sunset B. is far better. :sake-hands: again? :lol:
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Originally Posted by P_R
Right from the title there is a clear indication of depth, something to bite into, which I liked. I am not sure if it is becoming of a movie and all that, but then that's what I like.
Now, how do you not put that in so many words and still make it as clear and interesting.Quote:
funny business, a woman's career. The things you drop on your way up the ladder, so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you go back to being a woman. That's one career all females have in common - whether we like it or not - being a woman.
First of all I find that theme conceptually far more interesting because it makes 'becoming outdated' as one its several insecurities in it.
When Margo says that line to Karen - it is a 'she is a girl, after all' feeling that comes over. i.e. not in any condescending sense (or perhaps in some ways). But in a true 'fact of life' observation.
Karen things she has made her peace with these tussles in her marriage to Lloyd (little boy - she calls him in the fight about Eve). But at a later point in time she realizes the only talent she has is 'loving her man'. And this observation is not without the suggestion that this is a compulsion that comes from a premieval survival instinct. But also, love and marriage do invariably come to that for a woman - who, it is underlined and again, ages faster than her man.
It is after that line that Karen kind of understands her sabotage and the damage it may have caused.
The impossibility of love and for being loved is what Addison correctly deduces as Eve's failing (if at all). i.e. what makes her so not a woman. But that's why she'll be a killer.
And she may not find herself 'a little boy' and get back to 'being a woman'. I guess you need to be a little regressive to see that to be a horror and a pity.
The post-audition scene with fiery exchanges about the dialogues about the writer vs. 'mere' enactor, Margo's bed ('woman's place' inside joke?) being on stage in front of an empty auditorium. :bow:
Bill clutching her and getting on top of her and screaming about her paranoia and his love - everything worked for me.
Excellent film I say.
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Originally Posted by groucho070
The 'unlikely relationship' bit was quite boring to me. The nightly writing jaunts, romance was what was interesting but that seemed underdeveloped.
After a point there was no 'story' in SB. I mean, you know where it is headed.The Cecil B DeMille steedio visit, koot. Butler-husband writing fanmail, sari. I guess your 'heart is supposed to go out for the woman' who is taking the beauty treatments etc. Mine didn't. And my heartstrings are quite tuggable, mind you.
By the time we got to the end: thee famous 'descent down the stairs to photographers' scene was like, "idhu dhaan oru maNi nEram munnAdiyE theriyumE, ippo edhukku ivvaLO fanfare".
Anyway, adhaan screenflay-ku kuduthurrukkAingaLLa, sandhOsappattukkunga :lol2:
Hitch
A feel good movie :D Will Smith, Eva Mendes 8-)
Sari, sari, mudiva matta sollla mudiyathu. 50 years too late :(Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
The ending is when it finally felt worthy of a film..Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
I guess you mean the mirror shot with infinite reflection. It was impressive of course. The 'it will happen to you too' fangirl for Eve was very 'dei dei' for me (the mirror shot visual being the only compensation).Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
What I meant by 'drop' was the scene before that, where Addison confronts Eve. But it is like the revelation scene in a whodunnit. Kind of unravelling has to happen. And it always the weak point of such a movie.
It was cyclical (reflections). It's this closely married tug of fame, and fragmentation of self in this vicious cycle. And like Eve, she'll have to live of a 'life of acts' (that overlaps both the reality and stage life) to pursue that fame.
It didn't come off as 'it will happen to you too'..
And I'm not saying films shouldn't just be about story, and characters. This film has a good theme, great lines (except Eve, who portrays the put-on innocence.) and superb performances. But it all felt less realized in visual terms, which always takes the highest precedence.
I get that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
It's not as if I don't enjoy that either. Just that I enjoy it better once everything else is in place. Visually impressive films which have otherwise weak plots, situations, acting etc. don't impress me that much.
'Visual realization' is fraught with risks of not communicating appropriately, leaving this open etc. Mankewicz took no risks at all. There is no denying AAE is dialogue heavy. But the setting provides a reasonable excuse.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
"Are you kidding me ?" level writing
ithanaikkum best starter for Fassbinder-nu silapalar net-la sollirundhaanga.
It's not that great. But I could see why it was an influential film for German cinema..
That's one way of seeing things. I understand that I shouldn't undermine the film for its mere existence. I do like AaE, but given a choice, I would prefer something overwhelmingly cinematic (while a failure in plot!) to that most days!Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
Arry Potter
Parts of Parts I,II, III and IV. Brushing up the characters. Gearing up to watch the latest. Still two parts left before 7.1 !
III, by far the best ! Cuaron :clap:
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Originally Posted by ajithfederer
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Well go ahead and watch 127 I'm pretty sure you can handle it. I personally couldn't take in the movie. It was too disturbing, and I don't think a lot of women will be able to :)
This will change soon :P :) (I hope)Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Enemy of the state
Very much like a tamil masala film... Enjoyed it though.. :-)
Inside Man - Good. And its always great to see Jodie Foster in any movie.
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Jack Sparrow-வின் போதையான நடை, நடிப்பு எல்லாம் அட்டகாசம்! அவரின் ஒவ்வொரு வசனமும் சரவெடி! ரசித்துக்கொண்டே இருக்கலாம்.
Jack Sparrow: I know those cannons. It's the Pearl.
Man in Jail: The Black Pearl? I've heard stories. She's been preying on ships and settlements for near ten years. Never leaves any survivors.
Jack Sparrow: No survivors? Then where do the stories come from, I wonder? !
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Being John Malkovich
WTF!!
unna yaarda ipdilam yosikka sonnadhu
moolanne
:)
Indiana Jones - Last Crusade. Dumeel fun, Probably the best in indy franchise. Spielberg blends the action-fantasy adventure once more to his win.
Brick (2005) - Joseph Gordon Levitt, Luke Haas; Yes the same architect point man duo from Inception. Didn't see it fully but looked very intriguing till what I saw. Have to see it again.
Two Brothers
So touching.. A feelgood movie which made me ashamed for being a human being..
Not another teen movie
nice spoof on the teen movies.. :D watchable
She;s out of my league, :lol:. Not bad.
Jay baruchel did well. Paapa alice is good too.
Toy Story - 3(D)
:notworthy: :notworthy:
Shutter Island
It had its moments. But quite boring overall.
5th and 6h done too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wibha
3 - by far the best. :P
Toy Story 1 & 2 :bow: - cant believe i didnt watch it for so long having had it in my HDD for close to a year :oops:
Unstoppable..nalla masala padam :)
Fair Game-taut thriller... :2thumbsup:
Don't miss watching Toy Story 3!!! Surprisingly good!!Quote:
Originally Posted by directhit
Going to watch it tomorrow. Expecting something in the lines of Departed.Quote:
Originally Posted by P_R
I watched Apocalypto last week. The action scenes are stunning and the sequences leading up to the Mayan city (human sacrifice) was unbelievable. It had too much gore and violence but I felt it was an almost accurate depiction of the Mayan civilization and the way of life then.
Red Heat: Arnold as a Russian err(Soviet) Cop who is in the US to trail a Georgian drug king. Jim Belushi as his American counterpart(Chicago Cop) has to work with Arnie to grab the bad guy. Arnold is excellent as a Russian. Read somewhere that he was spot on with the Russian Accents. Time pass flick.
Brooklyn's finest: Good, I enjoyed it. Arresting performances from quite an all star cast(Richard Gere, Don Cheadle, Ethan hawke and Wesley snipes). It's quite a shame that it didnt get noticed enough this year. Kept me interested till the end. Not bad. Can be watched.
The Family stone : Another all-star affair. Diane Keaton, Sarah J Parker, Luke Wilson, Rachel McAdams matrum palar. SJP is a girl friend of claire danes and she has to meet his fiance's obnoxious family for christmas(Americala irukkara ketta palakkangalla idhuvum onnu). Not bad. Routine soapy family drama.
Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen: I've never liked many animation films. In fact I slept in the theatre to avoid headache while watching in theatre(I-max), but over the past year it has been my routinely watched TV Film. It's a shame that fegan Mox is not in the third film.
Devil: M Night Shyamalan's Latest: Better than his recent flicks.
Perfect Giveaway: Timothy Olyphant and the Resident Evil chick. A thriller about a couple terrorizing tourists in Hawai. Appidi ippadinu padam summa pochu.
Les Diaboliques
Koot