Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 28

Ghoulish Delight · 06-05-2006, 11:09 AM

Busy week in the movie viewing department for us. While in Alaska, we saw 4.

First, finally saw 40 Year Old Virgin. As promised, it's a funny movie. Many many laughs, good characters. Steve Carrel always cracks me up.

Also caught Ray. Very well put togethe movie. Jamie Fox definitely did a fine job in the role.

Hero, the Jet Li movie that Quentin Tarantino had a hand in bringing to the US, was absolutely beautiful. A truly entertaining film.

And we did see one actual new movie, X-Men 3. Eh. Pretty bad, if you ask me.

scaeagles · 06-05-2006, 11:13 AM

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Quentin Tarantino

Speaking of Tarantino, I very recently saw Kill Bill Vol. 1. What a completely stupid and ridiculous movie.

Gemini Cricket · 06-05-2006, 11:25 AM

Loved 'Hero'. I liked it about as much as I liked 'Crouching Tiger'. 'House of Seven Daggers'... meh....

Gemini Cricket · 06-05-2006, 12:00 PM

The next 2 are good. The rest... well, you'll see.

The next one has Jimmy Stewart in it!

Matterhorn Fan · 06-05-2006, 12:02 PM

I saw that on the box!

I also loved the trailer for The Thin Man: "why are you impersonating a book cover?"

innerSpaceman · 06-05-2006, 07:00 PM

Um, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made.

(Sigh, I have fond memories of when, once, SCAeeegles and I weren't on polar opposites of something or other.)

tracilicious · 06-05-2006, 08:07 PM

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Um, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made.

At the risk of agreeing with iSm too much

, yes it totally freaking rocks. I enjoyed Vol. 2, but it just wasn't the masterpiece that Vol. 1 was.

We saw the first part of Walk the Line last night, and so far it seems pretty good. Joaquin and the chick whose name I can't think of both do a really good job.

scaeagles · 06-05-2006, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made.

(Sigh, I have fond memories of when, once, SCAeeegles and I weren't on polar opposites of something or other.)

Blink....blink....blink....to each their own, I suppose. Since you and tracilicious (edited to add - and now apparently CP) enjoyed it so (masterpiece? finest ever made?), I won't go harping on it.

Can I ask what made it so great?

wendybeth · 06-05-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

Blink....blink....blink....to each their own, I suppose. Since you and tracilicious (edited to add - and now apparently CP) enjoyed it so (masterpiece? finest ever made?), I won't go harping on it.

Can I ask what made it so great?

It certainly wasn't Uma Thurman's feet.

Gemini Cricket · 06-06-2006, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made.

I liked it a lot, but I don't think it was 'one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made'.

I enjoyed the comic book type action in the first film and was completely bored by the second film. My favorite section of the first film was the carnage at Lucy Liu's headquarters. Love it. There's a scene where she walks in with her gang that totally rocks. The music, the editing is phenominal.

I'm not part of the 'Tarantino is God' bandwagon that so many film fans are part of. I think he's an okay director. His films are often too wordy and slow. I think play adaptations for a couple of his films are in order.

I loved 'Resevoir Dogs' and was underwhelmed by 'Pulp Fiction'.

06-05-2006, 11:09 AM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Busy week in the movie viewing department for us. While in Alaska, we saw 4. First, finally saw 40 Year Old Virgin. As promised, it's a funny movie. Many many laughs, good characters. Steve Carrel always cracks me up. Also caught Ray. Very well put togethe movie. Jamie Fox definitely did a fine job in the role. Hero, the Jet Li movie that Quentin Tarantino had a hand in bringing to the US, was absolutely beautiful. A truly entertaining film. And we did see one actual new movie, X-Men 3. Eh. Pretty bad, if you ask me. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	Loved 'Hero'. I liked it about as much as I liked 'Crouching Tiger'. 'House of Seven Daggers'... meh....
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The next 2 are good. The rest... well, you'll see. The next one has Jimmy Stewart in it!
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the finest pieces of cinema ever made. (Sigh, I have fond memories of when, once, SCAeeegles and I weren't on polar opposites of something or other.)
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