Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T

Saw The Great Gatsby last night and I really enjoyed it. Nothing about it was just breathtaking except for the costumes Brooks Brothers did a great job I really enjoy the 20s flapper fashion and the menswear anyway. But I thought it was a nice movie, not really understanding why it's getting such negative reviews.
 
man, for some reason I've had 'Flowers for Algernon' turned into a movie on my mind the last few days.

for the sake of discussion, I was wondering who would be interested in casting the main two roles, the doc & the client.

doc: Leo
client: Depp

TELL me that wouldn't be every kind of awesome.

Also think Spacey and Dreyfuss would nail the therapist character.

The client is so difficult to cast, though, and that's why I went with Depp, because of his range of ability.

*edit* And yes, I know it was made into a movie like a billion years ago. just pointing this out because I figure someone is going to try to make theirself look smart by showing a poster of the old movie.
 
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**** yes. :pimp:
 
So apparently F&F is to me what Matrix was to me: a hype machine that continues to gain steam despite my undeniable lack of any interest.

Haven't seen one installment of either of those sagas, and have no intentions of changing that.
 
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So apparently F&F is to me what Matrix was to me: a hype machine that continues to gain steam despite my undeniable lack of any interest.

Haven't seen one installment of either of those sagas, and have no intentions of changing that.
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I get that you won't get into F&F, I don't agree, but I understand how not everyone would get in on that.

But Matrix, that's different, and you are flat out missing the boat BIG TIME by skipping that. Even if you don't watch the sequels, the OG Matrix is an absolute must. Even if you don't like Keanu, you wouldn't be watching for him, he'd just be in it, like Malone on the 04 Lakers, you don't have to root for Keanu, just tolerate his appearance like he's Karl.
 
good parallel.

gimme a couple weeks.

I just... I already know he's all "Whoa" and "We are all... the one" and all Keanu-ish.

Can't stand that dude. :lol:
 
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good parallel.

gimme a couple weeks.

I just... I already know he's all "Whoa" and "We are all... the one" and all Keanu-ish.

Can't stand that dude. :lol:
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Well, in this case, he won't bother you much at all. Yes, he has a "whoa" Writers are just asking him to do that now as a trademark, but overall, he's fairly quiet in the movie, which will please you.

Morpheus, Agent Smith, those 2, they do the talking. They carry the dialogue.

Watch the first one without a doubt. IF I am right, and you do enjoy it, then you can feel safe in going for the second Matrix and seeing some incredible displays of movie magic happen. 2 is my favorite of the 3 movies. If you indeed find yourself liking 2, great, go ahead and skip #3 all the way to the last 15 minutes or so. Watch 1, watch 2, and then the last 15 minutes of 3 and you will enjoy the Matrix trilogy, zero doubt in my mind.

If you agree, then come back and we'll talk Fast and Furious. See if you aren't willing to take another leap of faith.
 
Finally got around to watching La Vie en Rose.

It's about the life and times of Edith Piaf, the greatest French singer of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It was her singing when the soldiers in Saving Private Ryan stopped to listen to music on that French radio. I've been putting this off for forever, because subtitles. :lol: And I didn't realize until Rust and Bone, that I've never seen Marion Cotillard act before. I've seen her be good in Americans movies, sure. But after a decade of Penelope Cruz, you start to understand, that a lot of actors/actresses don't translate their acting talent so well between languages. And to be honest, I only felt the urge to find the movie, because of that Edith Piaf song they used for the Inception score.

This...is incredible. She's a different human being. The fact that she's convincing from a 15 year old Edith Piaf all the way to when she's old and crippled so believably is amazing. Every moment rings true and she puts her entire body...every motion and movement and facial tic...into the performance. When she sings, you feel it. You believe without a doubt that this creature right here is making this happen. What hits me the most about the movie is that, most of the time, when you hear a lot about one performance from a film, you can kind of assume that the movie itself is slow or boring or just not that great...except for this one actor's contribution.

Not this.

This film is great on it's own and somehow Marion manages to top even that. The world of this period piece is so lived in and real. It's never so lush that it feels like that fakey Moulin Rouge recreation of the past. It's not Wes Anderson-y precious like Amelie. But it really feels like this foreign old world that never looks past itself to the present. Each step on her journey is well done, the characters are strong and memorable, the cinematography is gorgeous, and the pacing is perfect. You don't want the film to end. There's just so much of it I loved. The jumps in time, the music, the set pieces, the long tracking shot that kinda breaks your heart. (It will...it hurts...it's magic...Scorcese musta been jealous)

The problem with most biopics is that there's this tension in both knowing that this is a mostly true story you can look up in 2 seconds and not wanting to know what's going to happen next. You almost have to put yourself in denial that this has already happened. Now I know that's kinda true for most movies, but it's stronger for biopics. Strong enough that once you've watched it and know the twists of this person's story...without that tension, you sort of never want to watch the movie again. If this was ever on again, I'd watch it in a heartbeat. It's one of those natural timeless foreign films. The type where you the subtitles just flow. You're not reading them so much as you feel them and it's effortless, because the performances transcend language.

It's obvious why she won the Oscar. I love this film and I just really hope she follows that success from Rust and Bone and keeps acting in French films.

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Did the trade & save at Best Buy (last day by the way), picked up Django Unchained, Drive, Step Brothers, Green Lantern, and Scarface all on Blu. :pimp:

I have too many movies and not enough cases to hold them. :lol: I seriously need to count at some point. Heard someone in the Blu thread mention they had 350+ or so, I'm seriously at that mark. :lol:

Matrix: Reloaded is my favorite, but The Matrix is the best. Those twins man :wow:

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If my spreadsheet is up to date (it should be)

I have roughly 170 Blu's
400 DVD's
and about 55ish full TV seasons of various shows.

I need more blu's. :wow:
 
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