Dogtooth. Strange film. Odd, Provocative, Absurdist, Hilarious, Shocking & all in equal measures. Worth a watch. Not for family audience & chicked-hearted.
Cannes winners can always be trusted, I think. Except if it is Kiarostami :P
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Dogtooth. Strange film. Odd, Provocative, Absurdist, Hilarious, Shocking & all in equal measures. Worth a watch. Not for family audience & chicked-hearted.
Cannes winners can always be trusted, I think. Except if it is Kiarostami :P
MacGruber... :sigh2:
The Chaser
Another terrific movie given by LM. Thank u, dear!!! :-)
The hero of the movie is a pimp. Cant even imagine if any hero in India would accept such a role.
Pavam Pacino. Intha vayasula kannarpinnaarnu Oda vachutaar director-u. If this is not bad enough, he got both De Niro and Pacino together for another mediocre stuff.Quote:
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After a couple of disappointing ventures Fincher is back to form and how. A thoroughly engrossing film. The social network is excellent :clap: :thumbsup:
'Pi'
quite a complex film for me.. :sigh2:
http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel?v=photos#!/album.php?aid=101581&id=89562268312
Ran into Vin-Diesel's page in fb. He has an amazing 16 million + fans in his page. But whats more amazing was the pictures he has taken and his sharing of details about those pictures. I was very impressed by some of his photos and his writing in particular. Sharing it here.
http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel?v=photos#!/photo.php?fbid=204026108312&set=a.101465923312.101 581.89562268312&pid=3749128&id=89562268312
Recently heard from my good friend Tom Hanks. He is working to solve the union issues our industry is currently faced with… We will support him.
It reminded me of one of the most encouraging moments in my career.
We had just shot Caparzo’s death scene… when I got back to my trailer, there was handwritten note, left by Tom…
“Great scene today. How did you do it? Your eyes actually changed color while you were dying… Your biggest fan, Tom”
P.s. One artist encouraging another… that’s beautiful.
I liked this movie. Despite some logic loop holes it is quite engaging in parts. Especially the sequence where the telephone keeps ringing and ringing was so creepy and annoying that I turned the volume down (it is a compliment actually). Spoilers: How did they shoot that head-drilling scene? That too despite being made with a very low budget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dinesh84
A similar movie is Primer. It deals with Time Travel. Quite a complex film for me :sigh2: :D
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Zodiac, his masterpiece.
Yes, CCOBB is mokkai.
Did not like Zodiac. Was blade to me :oops:Quote:
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Fight Club > Se7en = TSN > Game > Panic Room > Zodiac > CCOBB
ithu abaandamQuote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
To me,
Zodiac > Se7en > Fight Club > Game > Alien^3 > Panic Room > CCOBB (marana blade!)
:D OK, may be I shoud revisit Zodiac. When I watched it in big screen sErkkai sariyillai and thought the subject was very dry. Have read your posts on the film in the hub and some other blogs which have generated interest..
Zodiac was a bit of dragging when compared to Seven or Fight Club IMO. I would anyday pick Seven of the three.
I'm in gushing praise without having to articulate the why(s). Have to write in detail. But for now I'll say it'd be a grand understatement and oversimplification to treat Zodiac as a "serial killer" flick. Se7en too for that matter,but it's self-consciously gimmicky in its narrative, and stylization (much unlike Zodiac, the MTV-style edits like cross-cutting, inter-cuts, dissolves, etc slowly finds its way out of Fincher's system with every passing year) as a genre film (that its merits are undervalued)..
Fight Club >> Se7en > The Game >>> CCOBB > Panic Room > ZodiacQuote:
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Yeah, I agree.Quote:
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Most of Fight Club's attraction (and where I learnt the name Fincher) owes to its powerful material. After that I searched and saw Se7en and remember being quite disappointed. It took another viewing for me to like it for what it is.
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IRON MAN
Good.. Much better than the Supermans and the Hulks..
Exactly PR's views.
Fight Club is vAippillAmai. Elite.
TCCOBB was marana mokkai. Skipped parts and watched it only in three installments.
Zodiac, never aroused me. Assignment ezhudhikitte pArthu mudikkanumEnnu mudichadhu.
Se7en. Never got whats so good that even LM exclaims about! Yea, its good. But not that good!
Game is close to heart. guruppOda enjoy panni pArthadhu! :D
Panic Room, Social Network pArkala.
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Originally Posted by VENKIRAJA
Requiem for a dream - 2nd time
Ennaa padam.
:exactly: Amazing really...Besides the obvious issues with showing this in a high school as a part of an anti-drug campaign why not this?...After all there is no dearth of junk they watch in high school anyways... :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ramakrishna
"Social Network" I think this movie only could have made this interesting because of Fincher...only he could portray that slightly sinister patho-apatheticism to Zuckerberg's character...yet for this more reality-anchored movie we did not get to see the more fantastical results...it's the numbers that I can't get over...millions to billions... for a site he hardly had to make the effort to make. The scriptwriter should also deserve kudos for his efforts...many enjoyable snarky quips to be quoted...
I couldn't help but feel sorry for Severin's character...but that's nothing new for me.
Piranah (2010) mokka padam :banghead: download pannitomaenu paarthu tholachaen.. :x
Download pannadhukkappuram engala ketturukkalaame, sir? :lol2:
Dead Man Walking - 1995 - Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man_Walking_(film)
Great movie :thumbsup:Quote:
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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo :thumbsup:
Its too long for a thriller, but kept me engaged throughout :clap: . Looks like this is going to be Fincher's next movie.
wrong turn-2
one of the worst hollywood films i have ever seen...also the most goriest film...shabba..very irritating..except for the first scene :wink:
Youth in Revolt :thumbsup: i liked it :D
Oh great! I have "The Social Network" DVDSCR in hard disk. Pakkanum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prabo
Btw, Super DP!
"The Social Network" - Not quite a masterpiece like Zodiac, but a worthy collaboration with Aaron Sorkin for Fincher. I'd rate this below Se7en/Fight Club as well.
THE OTHER GUYS
2 hrs of laugh riot. Highly recommended.
Sinbad and The Eye of the Tiger (1977)
Saw this when I was a kid, very young, on TV.
Stop-motion animation was the cutting edge techology at that time, and I heard they took 1 1/2 years just to do the animation part.
All in all, pretty entertaining. Actually Sinbad didn't do much here, just hanging around, running, etc. Jane Seymour and her low cut costume got my attention, so watching the film was a breeze :P
The Hurt Locker,
a nice documentary! :roll:
Documentary-a :|
appadi thaan irunthichi.. but gud! :?Quote:
Originally Posted by littlemaster1982
Yeah, the film had a documentary feel, but quite engaging :)
yes, i liked many scenes.. especially the scene where Will gets p@#$d off seeing a body of a boy and thinking it to be Beckham! and the scene where he once again sees Beckham selling DVDs.. and the Desert encounter scene..
New york, I love you - #NowPlaying on Sony Pix. Caught snippets here and there.
They interleave the shorts together. In the process, they seem disjointed and lacks punch. But it's not just the arrangement, the shorts themselves seem a pale imitation of "Paris, je t'aime" (Which admittedly has its share of stinkers). In the sense, they want to pay tribute to the city while also trying to establish characters/story. But failed on both counts.
Even the actors couldn't save it. Irrfan, for instance, is the lone saving grace of the short with Portman. But (like most class relations & race interactions) it felt extremely superficial to me. It's unsurprisingly directed by Mira Nair (from the style of filmming and also the performances) but the content is more of Gurinder Chadha territory (watch her short in Paris, je t'aime.)
Had a quirky attraction to the short with Orlando Bloom, who tries to read Dostoevesky (As per his client's insistence). But it ends blandly. In many ways than one, as you see pale, odd looking Ricci (who until then only lends her voice) at end of it.
"Before Sunrise" imitation with Ethan Hawke also falls flat on its face. Again to underline the multicultural background, they get a chick with oriental looks. The dialogues and demeanor seemed kitsch throughout. Not the way you'd use in real life.
I lost patience and switched channel to watch Kalavaani, and then returned back to see a short with old couple (always agreeable Eli Wallach). These omnibus ventures need to be arranged in a sinusoidal pattern, good and bad. Not bad, bad, bad and good. I missed the good ones I think. For the critics have given mixed reviews.
P.S: Woodyesque imitations galore (Alas without having any effect)
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How was Fatih Akin's short, if you had watched it? I wanted to watch this film to see his contribution.
And, have you watched 'To Each His Own Cinema'? If you have the patience for omnibus films you should see it. Many masters together in one film.