Miscellaneous Movie Musings

Alex · 07-22-2008, 09:44 PM

Let's see other than The Dark Knight, other recent viewings:

Mongol - This was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at last February's Academy Awards and was the submission from Kazakhstan. Though it was made by a Russian, funded from Germany, and mostly filmed in Mongolia. It is supposed to be the first film in a trilogy documenting the life of Temudjin, otherwise known as Genghis Khan. It's is a bit ponderous at times but beautifully photographed. I sometimes felt I was missing points of culture that were just assumed but overall I enjoyed it a lot and look forward to the future installments. The film is entirely in Mongolian (with, I think, some bits of Chinese) and subtitled.

Dawn of the Dead - The 2004 remake with Vingh Rhames. I'm not particularly a fan of the zombie genre and this one did nothing to change my mind. But I was being lazy on the couch and sat through it anyway.

Look Back in Anger - A 1958 UK film starring Richard Burton, Mary Ure, and Clarie Bloom. Essentially an early example of the "screwed up people behaving like screwed up people" genre of movie that I find so annoying. I just don't really have my empathy for people who wallow in their own ****.
Based on a stage play and not much was done to make it into a movie. Kind of felt like a rehearsal by Burton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? though this movie doesn't have the snap or pacing of that one.

07-22-2008, 09:44 PM	#11
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Let's see other than The Dark Knight, other recent viewings: Mongol - This was nominated for Best Foreign Language film at last February's Academy Awards and was the submission from Kazakhstan. Though it was made by a Russian, funded from Germany, and mostly filmed in Mongolia. It is supposed to be the first film in a trilogy documenting the life of Temudjin, otherwise known as Genghis Khan. It's is a bit ponderous at times but beautifully photographed. I sometimes felt I was missing points of culture that were just assumed but overall I enjoyed it a lot and look forward to the future installments. The film is entirely in Mongolian (with, I think, some bits of Chinese) and subtitled. Dawn of the Dead - The 2004 remake with Vingh Rhames. I'm not particularly a fan of the zombie genre and this one did nothing to change my mind. But I was being lazy on the couch and sat through it anyway. Look Back in Anger - A 1958 UK film starring Richard Burton, Mary Ure, and Clarie Bloom. Essentially an early example of the "screwed up people behaving like screwed up people" genre of movie that I find so annoying. I just don't really have my empathy for people who wallow in their own ***. Based on a stage play and not much was done to make it into a movie. Kind of felt like a rehearsal by Burton for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* though this movie doesn't have the snap or pacing of that one.
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