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| _BP |
Posted
on 20-Dec-01 06:59 AM
My favourite movie of all time -- Braveheart.
It has all the basic primal human emotions that I look for in a movie -- Love of a partner, Love of your country, and Strife (war) to attain these.
Which is why other movies in this genre really do it for me as well -- Gladiator, The Patriot, etc.
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| sally |
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on 20-Dec-01 12:19 PM
I loved "Braveheart," but I thought "Gladiator" was seriously dumb. I couldn't believe it won Best Picture. I liked the idea a lot, particularly since I'm a big history buff. (Ask my ANYTHING about historical fashion! And don't ever try to show me a movie set in, like, 1870 with costumes from 1880, or I'll NEVER stop complaining! In my next life I'm going to be a movie costume designer.) But the "Gladiator" plot stretched credulity. I kept laughing at it.
So my question is, how come I suspended disbelief when Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" jumped his horse thru a castle window and into the moat below--OK, I laughed, but I still suspended disbelief--but had no patience for "Gladiator"?
And how come I think "Titanic" is a great movie for sheer fascination and entertainment value, even though we sat in the parking lot for 20 minutes afterwards tearing it apart? I've seen it three or four times, including the other night. Every time I see it, it's absolutely riveting, and I cry in the end. Then I rip the plot apart afterwards.
Like, the Kate Winslett character (Rose) has a painting with her that is, honest to God, Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon. WAS THAT A JOKE? Demoiselles is only one of the most famous paintings in art history, and it didn't exactly go down on the Titanic. Then you've got Rose saying that the men in First Class "congratulate each other on being Masters of the Universe." Like, that phrase is TOTALLY 1980s. (But Leonardo diCaprio/Jack says at the beginning that he and his pal are "a couple of swells." Good use of 1912 slang.)
Plus the plot. Argh. I think my favorite character is the villain--the guy Rose is supposed to marry--because, hey, talk about devotion. The guy turns down a half-dozen chances to get off that ship and then he runs down into it, with a gun no less, just to get the girl. Now, that's true love!!!
And the water that's coming in the ship ... wouldn't it be just as cold as the water in the ocean? So why do people run thru it as if it's a heated swimming pool?
So it's ridiculous, but it works. Yet "Gladiator" didn't work for me. I'm not sure why.
Good costumes, though. In "Titanic," too. Hey ... why can't women in the West wear nice clothes like that now? So much more fun.
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| _BP |
Posted
on 21-Dec-01 04:42 AM
Anyway, when watching Deep Impact (which was not a good movie BTW), in which the world is about to be destroyed by a massive Tsunami after a meteor hits the earth, the American President decides to preserve the lives of some of the most "important people" in the world by sending them to a protected underground cave complex so they can start anew a human civilization after surviving the catastrophe. He says about 20,000 or so people will be rounded up, after careful review...and these will include scientists, doctors, engineers, lawyers, and artists. I remember thinking...artists? ...Say what?
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| sally |
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on 21-Dec-01 11:53 AM
Of course! Because I suppose filmmakers consider themselves artists--definitely not engineers--and naturally THEY'D like to be saved!
Hmmm. No businessmen. BP, I've gleaned from these postings and other reactions that you're apparently one of those right-wing capitalists :-) whereas I have been informed (at least by my family) that I'm a commie, but on this much we might agree. What's the DEAL with Hollywood hating businessmen? The rich folk got a bum rap in "Titanic," even though they behaved admirably by all historical accounts (they're not the ones who locked the third-class people in steerage), and even though director James Cameron would sure have been in first class if HE were on the "Titanic"! I mean, Hollywood people ARE businessmen. But corporate folk always get painted as greedhead slugs.
So in "Deep Impact," they don't even get saved when the earth is destroyed, eh? Go figure. I wonder: were a lot of those scientists, doctors, and engineers South Asian? That, at least, would have been realistic.
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| bandit king |
Posted
on 04-Jan-02 09:59 AM
Sally,
How about some foreign films - such as Il Postino, My Life as Dog, East Meets West, Nobody Loves Me, Hannah etc etc. I like American films but I also enjoy these foreign films for their contrast and similiarities.
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| sunakhari |
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on 04-Jan-02 01:26 PM
In the Foreign Film sector, I'd recommend:
Les temps de Gitanes (I think) - this has subtitles and was made by a famous ex-yugoslavian producer. The music is awesome.
Tampopo (please be forewarned- not for prissy folks ;))
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| freeek |
Posted
on 05-Apr-02 09:52 AM
alright!! Feels Great to talk about movies. I don't know why people watch movies, but i was just for timepass and kinda satisfaction. There are some of the movies that satisfies a lot, makes one quench the thirst. Some of the movies i reccomend
1. Fargo: If you haven't watch it, you better don't miss it before you die. Every moment is full of surprises. Just watch the lady pregnant policeman. She is cool.
2. Schindlers list: Just sit tight and watch it, One of the amazing movies ever made in hollywood. spilberg is great. The movie is really painful, but it gives a great satisfaction thru pain.
3. Singing in the rain: One of the coolest movies. Great fun. Just watch it yaar,.'
Rest tomorrow.. i am running late for "BIG TROUBLE".. love to love you gals.. hehe
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