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Mar 3, 2015 21:46:57 GMT -5
Post by charliegee on Mar 3, 2015 21:46:57 GMT -5
Still Alice ...
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Apr 30, 2015 20:25:37 GMT -5
Post by laughter on Apr 30, 2015 20:25:37 GMT -5
yeah it was SN that was the other guy who'd riffed on those. I saw an excellent documentary about a year ago, Jorodowsky's Dune. I think it was in the late '70's, filmmaker Alejandro Jorodowsky had a script for Dune and planned it down to the last detail, with numerous storyboards with beautiful artwork. He put a lot of money into preproduction, but...... It has been called the greatest movie never made. In Jorodowsky's Dune he goes back and tells about the planning of the film. It was exceptionally interesting. In a memorable moment Jorodowsky, tells about seeing Dune, a film made later by a different production team. He was smiling and even laughing, he said, I was so happy, it was terrible.  That would probly be the 80's version with Kyle Maclachlan, Sting and Patrick Stewart. I kept on having to explain to the friend I dragged with me to the theater that the books were way better and lost in translation. We were on the bus goin' back home pointing at each other and chanting " cheeeesee- SUCK!" in an imitation of the depiction of the " weirding module".  Re-watched it with my wife years later and got more out of it. |
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May 2, 2015 18:22:43 GMT -5
Post by silver on May 2, 2015 18:22:43 GMT -5
Oh boy, Mad Max Fury Road May 15...  |
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May 3, 2015 16:44:24 GMT -5
Post by silver on May 3, 2015 16:44:24 GMT -5
I saw "Her" a couple months ago, watched it all the way through, and yeah, noticed especially in one scene the bright neon colors; I thought it was a rather long drawn-out affair. In short: boring. I guess it's a guy film.
The image showed up for me just now, fyi.
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Post by silver on May 9, 2015 23:16:00 GMT -5
Somewhere on this thread or on another movie thread, sdp mentioned the movie Rounders and I just finished watching it.
I liked it.
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Post by stardustpilgrim on May 27, 2015 17:32:35 GMT -5
I finally saw Whiplash. The final scene is worth the movie. Last Friday I saw Tomorrowland. I really liked it, I'm a sucker for time travel movies anyway. I didn't know a lot about it. I had seen previews some months earlier, put it in the back of my mind on my must see list. I would say it's not for everybody, it has a serious subject (we're messing up the planet, and are apathetic about fixing things), but semi-serious a little wacky, I would say along the lines of Men In Black wackiness. If you have kids (ten-ish on up), yes. It covers from the 1964 World's Fair to......tomorrow, way, way into the future, unimaginable into the future. Above that it has a psychological/consciousness ending cool "solution". It was the number one movie last weekend, but they were expecting more ticket sales. I would like to see it do better. Also, it is a little preachy, but for a good cause. If you have a teenage daughter, definitely yes (OK, teenage son also). I'd also like to know, did anybody not-go see Ex Machine because I recommended it? ........  ........  |
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May 27, 2015 17:34:06 GMT -5
Post by stardustpilgrim on May 27, 2015 17:34:06 GMT -5
Somewhere on this thread or on another movie thread, sdp mentioned the movie Rounders and I just finished watching it. I liked it. Excellent. |
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May 30, 2015 0:52:37 GMT -5
Post by awtaiale on May 30, 2015 0:52:37 GMT -5
hi friends,
now watch this moive.......
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May 30, 2015 0:54:04 GMT -5
Post by awtaiale on May 30, 2015 0:54:04 GMT -5
hi guys,
Now watch this moive....
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Jun 25, 2015 11:32:42 GMT -5
Post by jazz on Jun 25, 2015 11:32:42 GMT -5
Carol and I just returned from watching a great documentary--"Walking the Camino, Six Ways to Santiago." The photography and scenery is wonderful, and the stories about the people are fascinating. For 1200 years Christian pilgrims and others have walked 500+ miles across Spain to a well-known cathedral. A few of them have continued on to the coast, about 60 miles farther. This movie is pretty cosmic in its outlook and approach, and the various comments by Catholic priests and other Spaniards familiar with the pilgrimage say things similar to what Tolle or Adya might say. The movie follows six people who make the journey, and all of them are changed interiorly by the experience. The exterior journey is mirrored by an interior journey as they get out of their heads and begin to see the world in a different way. I can highly recommend the film. Thanks ZD, another for the list  I walked the Camino back in 2000 (started at the Spanish/French border). Happy days indeed. I just walked it in April |
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Jun 25, 2015 11:39:34 GMT -5
Post by jazz on Jun 25, 2015 11:39:34 GMT -5
Yeah. I loved that conversation also. Very funny. Some spoilers........... I saw Wild the day it came out, liked it a great deal. There is one thing I somehow missed, if it was clear in the film. I will have to see it again to follow the thread of the reason (not the only reason, I vary rarely see films twice in the theater). There is a Books-A-Million in the shopping center where I usually see movies, so after the film I went to look at her book. Almost on the first page it was made clear why Cheryl went off the rails and started doing drugs and having sex with strangers, destroying her marriage, giving her the name she chose, Strayed. I thought....how did I not see that??? As the film is not linear, the reason might not be obvious.....but I usually watch films very closely, so I'm surprised I missed the reason. I'm pretty sure the result of the cause appeared in the film, before the cause......anyway....no excuse....... Yes.....I'm sort of beating around the bush......just in case I'm not the only one who missed it......giving some time for others to recall....the cause and effect........... At the beginning of the book, Wild, Cheryl makes clear it was the death of her mother which sent her off the rails. I'm curious, did everybody else see this....from the film?....... I just watched that movie yesterday and enjoyed it very much. Reece did some really good acting in this one! spoiler alert: To me it became clear towards the ending that mothers death was what sent her of the rail but it wasn't exactly an "ahaa". Didn't actually think of it so much until I saw this post. |
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Jun 26, 2015 11:29:28 GMT -5
Post by quinn on Jun 26, 2015 11:29:28 GMT -5
Carol and I just returned from watching a great documentary--"Walking the Camino, Six Ways to Santiago." The photography and scenery is wonderful, and the stories about the people are fascinating. For 1200 years Christian pilgrims and others have walked 500+ miles across Spain to a well-known cathedral. A few of them have continued on to the coast, about 60 miles farther. This movie is pretty cosmic in its outlook and approach, and the various comments by Catholic priests and other Spaniards familiar with the pilgrimage say things similar to what Tolle or Adya might say. The movie follows six people who make the journey, and all of them are changed interiorly by the experience. The exterior journey is mirrored by an interior journey as they get out of their heads and begin to see the world in a different way. I can highly recommend the film. Watched this last night based on your recommendation, ZD. What a wonderful film. I love that the reasons for going were so different but the reflections at the end of the journey followed a very similar thread (although uniquely related to each individual's situation). Thanks! |
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Jun 26, 2015 14:00:36 GMT -5
Post by zendancer on Jun 26, 2015 14:00:36 GMT -5
Carol and I just returned from watching a great documentary--"Walking the Camino, Six Ways to Santiago." The photography and scenery is wonderful, and the stories about the people are fascinating. For 1200 years Christian pilgrims and others have walked 500+ miles across Spain to a well-known cathedral. A few of them have continued on to the coast, about 60 miles farther. This movie is pretty cosmic in its outlook and approach, and the various comments by Catholic priests and other Spaniards familiar with the pilgrimage say things similar to what Tolle or Adya might say. The movie follows six people who make the journey, and all of them are changed interiorly by the experience. The exterior journey is mirrored by an interior journey as they get out of their heads and begin to see the world in a different way. I can highly recommend the film. Watched this last night based on your recommendation, ZD. What a wonderful film. I love that the reasons for going were so different but the reflections at the end of the journey followed a very similar thread (although uniquely related to each individual's situation). Thanks! Yes, I also thought that was fascinating. Last week I accidentally discovered another famous pilgrimage trail called "The Kumano Kodo." It is located in Japan. I had seen a huge photograph on canvas in a furniture store that struck me as highly mystical, and I thought it would look great in my office. Because the price was a bit too high for my budget, I wondered if something similar might be available on the internet. When I googled the title of the artwork, I discovered the trail as well as countless similar images. Check it out. Google "images of the kumano kodo" I had travelled in Japan in the past, but had never heard of this trail. If I return to Japan, I'll definitely plan on visiting it. It is hauntingly beautiful. |
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Jun 26, 2015 14:29:16 GMT -5
Post by quinn on Jun 26, 2015 14:29:16 GMT -5
Watched this last night based on your recommendation, ZD. What a wonderful film. I love that the reasons for going were so different but the reflections at the end of the journey followed a very similar thread (although uniquely related to each individual's situation). Thanks! Yes, I also thought that was fascinating. Last week I accidentally discovered another famous pilgrimage trail called "The Kumano Kodo." It is located in Japan. I had seen a huge photograph on canvas in a furniture store that struck me as highly mystical, and I thought it would look great in my office. Because the price was a bit too high for my budget, I wondered if something similar might be available on the internet. When I googled the title of the artwork, I discovered the trail as well as countless similar images. Check it out. Google "images of the kumano kodo" I had travelled in Japan in the past, but had never heard of this trail. If I return to Japan, I'll definitely plan on visiting it. It is hauntingly beautiful. I thought about your love of movement and especially hiking as I was watching Walking the Camino. The Kumano Kodo is spectacular! |
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Aug 27, 2015 22:37:22 GMT -5
Post by silver on Aug 27, 2015 22:37:22 GMT -5
Maybe Hollywood can push towards good acting and not just pretty faces in movies again someday. I hope not. If I want to see ugly people then I just go out to the street. I want to enjoy movie experience and not have to be annoyed by ugly people. And let's not kid ourselves. The difference between good acting and mediocre acting is very small, almost imperceptible to me. With someone like Daniel Day Lewis I notice that he is a really good actor, but with most the other actors I really don't notice and don't even care. It's much more important to see familiar faces and also interesting faces... or just actors that I like for some reason, for example guys like Steve Buscemi, he is ugly but still fun to watch. When I choose a new movie to watch first I look at the cast, if there are no familiar faces then I'm almost certain not to watch. And the second criteria is the rating, if the rating is low and I don't know the actors then I won't watch, but if the rating is low but there is a familiar actor (for exmple Ed Norton or Kevin Spacey then probably I will watch). And I will watch bad movies, even if the actors suck but I like them, for example I watched all the vampire movies with Kristen Stewart, just because of her, or for example I will watch any movie with Milla Jovovic just because she is in it. Bottom line is I want to be entertained. I don't want to watch some movie in order to admire the subtleties of acting, I don't even notice the subtleties, so why bore myself? For example there was this black and white movie a couple of years ago, I even forgot its title, it won oscar awards and everything, I said okay everyone says it's good so I'll try, even though it was b/w (and I hate that, usually i refuse to watch b/w), after 10 min i say screw this, this is boring pseudo-intellectual nonsense. I know I am mega intellectual, I am honest with myself and I have nothing to prove, no need to waste time on stuff i dont like. Some of my favourite movies: Independence Day GoodFellas Indiana Jones trilogy Alien trilogy Terminator 2 Back To The Future (all of them) Snatch Snake Plissken Die Hard 3? (The one with Samuel Jackson) Big Lebowski Good Will Hunting Wag The Dog Bourne trilogy 12 monkeys Star Trek (everything, movies and the series) You're not around but that doesn't mean you won't lurk now and then, right? I like your list -- all the trilogies you like, I like as well and one you didn't bring up is the MIB trilogy - all was very good - 1 & 3 are more notable than the 2nd but they all good. Big Lebowski must be a dude film cuz I got nothin' from it. I just watched a bunch of movies (hey, it's summer): I just finished watching Up in the Air and loved it - tip of the hat to Max. Last week, saw American Sniper - good parts were mostly him sniping in the middle east - the rest was kinda bland. Week before that, I saw Next with Nick Cage - watched it 3 or 4 x Surrogates (Willis) - was very good - watched it 3 x The Island - very good Life of Pi - blew me out of the water (heheh) - I couldn't even sleep that night, cuz I had watched The Island & Surrogates before that and then Life of Pi because I had no idea it was an intense movie - if you can get past the unrealness of it. |
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