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[Brock Middlebrook]

Double McGuffin:

I thought Lyle Alzado and Ed "too tall" Jones were over the top, but it was a mildly amusing little flick.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Boogie Nights

you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces.

 

[General Malaise]

Boogie Nights

you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces.

I'm not sure who my favorite character in that movie was. Burt was classic, Hoffman as a relative unknown was so creepy it as uncomfortable, a nubile, young Heather Graham was impossible to take your eyes off of, Don Cheadle was brilliant, but if I had to pick one, I'd say William Macy did more with less than anybody else.

Just an incredible movie all the way around and I can't tell you how many times I've slow-mo'd the scene with a naked Julliane Moore.

 

[tdoss]

A bit off topic here, but I thought this would be an appropriate thread to post.I was reading an article this week about the lack of easy financing for Hollywood films that is now prevalent. In the past, financial vehicles such as hedge funds, investment banks, etc.. were willing to throwing money hand over fist to make movies, as the return was pretty decent (normally). There is never a recession for Hollywood as the saying goes, as people are always going to watch movies. Anyway, it appears now that the big money is extremely hesitant to finance movies unless they are sure things. Even power players such as Spielberg are having hard times coming up with money (Spielberg actually had major financing back out on him and has had to pony up tons of personal cash to get projects going). What this means basically is that we'll see fewer big budget movies made (good), however the one's that are made will be even bigger budget and franchise type movies - think Spiderman 11 (Bad). Small to mid size projects will be very hard pressed to find backing and the indies, well, they are in real trouble. An executive quoted in the article pretty much said it is a miracle when a film like "Slumdog Millionaire" gets financial backing - someone has to absolutely love the movie and be willing to go down in flames with it, a labor of love. Pretty craptastic news, imo.

When Hollywood greenlights movies (?) like Pink Panther Two, it deserves a little subprime flu. Seriously, there has been way way way too much crap made and if the result of this financial mess is that garbage gets left in the dust, great.I know this article isn't necessarily saying that, but just like banks and mortgage companies had to fix broken lending models, perhaps movie makers will stop besieging us with abject failures. I probably see 1 movie a year in the theaters and rent maybe 1 out of 15 new releases. Every week, I just shake my head and ask "Why" when I see commercials for movies coming out. Maybe there is a silver lining to all this.

Problem is...movies like Pink Panther and Pink Panther 2 are greenlighted because of this similar situation. Money is tight so instead of going out on a limb and trying something new and different...some backwards exec decides to push this "gem" because of name recognition alone.

 

[tdoss]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Magnolia is on my bottom 10 of all time.Pretentious, way too long, the frog scene doesn't work and 3 hours of pathetic losers was excrutiating.

 

[shake zula]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Magnolia is on my bottom 10 of all time.Pretentious, way too long, the frog scene doesn't work and 3 hours of pathetic losers was excrutiating.

I like Magnolia I thought it was some of Cruise's best work.

Never seen PDL.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

I like all of PT Anderson's movies for different reasons.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Magnolia is on my bottom 10 of all time.Pretentious, way too long, the frog scene doesn't work and 3 hours of pathetic losers was excrutiating.

I like Magnolia I thought it was some of Cruise's work.

Never seen PDL.

I love Magnolia. Cruise has never been better.

 

[packersfan]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Magnolia is on my bottom 10 of all time.Pretentious, way too long, the frog scene doesn't work and 3 hours of pathetic losers was excrutiating.

I like Magnolia I thought it was some of Cruise's work.

The scene where he's being interviewed and the lies about his past are being exposed is some of the best acting he's ever done in my opinion. The slow burn he does with no dialogue as he realizes he's being peeled away piece by piece was extremely well done. I agree with the poster who liked everything about Magnolia except for the raining of the frogs. That was way over the top for me.

With regard to Boogie Nights, it really is a superb film. There isn't a bad casting choice and all of the performances are exceptional. For those who may not know, the woman who plays William Macy's wife is porn star Nina Hartley.

 

[Verbal Kint]

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Magnolia is on my bottom 10 of all time.Pretentious, way too long, the frog scene doesn't work and 3 hours of pathetic losers was excrutiating.

I like Magnolia I thought it was some of Cruise's work.

The scene where he's being interviewed and the lies about his past are being exposed is some of the best acting he's ever done in my opinion. The slow burn he does with no dialogue as he realizes he's being peeled away piece by piece was extremely well done. I agree with the poster who liked everything about Magnolia except for the raining of the frogs. That was way over the top for me.With regard to Boogie Nights, it really is a superb film. There isn't a bad casting choice and all of the performances are exceptional. For those who may not know, the woman who plays William Macy's wife is porn star Nina Hartley.

Shut up Bill. You're embarrassing me.

 

[El Floppo]

The scene where he's being interviewed and the lies about his past are being exposed is some of the best acting he's ever done in my opinion. The slow burn he does with no dialogue as he realizes he's being peeled away piece by piece was extremely well done. I agree with the poster who liked everything about Magnolia except for the raining of the frogs. That was way over the top for me.With regard to Boogie Nights, it really is a superb film. There isn't a bad casting choice and all of the performances are exceptional. For those who may not know, the woman who plays William Macy's wife is porn star Nina Hartley.

This.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Doubt-absolutely brilliant.

Mini's First Time-Nikki Reed is smoking hot, in an otherwise mundane film.

Notes on a Scandal-I really enjoyed this flick. Blanchett, and Dench in top form.

Evil-Swedish gem. Just wish Erik would have laid waste to more people.

Snow Angels-Good Indie Drama starring Kate Beckinsale.

Following-Strangely fascinating film that deserves more attention.

 

[The_Man]

Rachel Getting Married

Pretentious, pointless, meandering, heavy handed, shallow, full of unrealistic/unrelatable characters you couldn't like. Awful.

Oh my God. I've been watching every Caps playoff games, so on the off nights, my wife gets to pick the movie. I think this might have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and even she enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed the Penguins' game-winner in OT last night.

Hard to improve on Gr00vus' description. An all-time low.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen-directed modern Geek tragedy melodrama starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. I liked it. Nothing particularly unique about the movie. But Farrell was excellent.

 

[General Malaise]

Boogie Nights I hate being the guy who says "this is one of the best movies I've ever seen" but there is no way around it with this movie. I hadn't seen it before and man was it awesome. I have been rather luckily lately that the last 10 or so movies I've seen have been damn good. But Boogie Nights takes the cake. From beginning to end you are either laughing or on the edge of you seat waiting for #### to explode in the character's faces. The end is awesome and in a weird way the movie is a pretty cool foil for the ideas people have about what family should be. Not sure if it is in the original theater cut but the scene at the end where he shows his junk was hilarious. 9/10

This is one of my all time favorites and if you liked it, I highly implore you to rent his first movie, Hard 8. He hit absolute home runs with these films, before going off the deepend with Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love. I thought Magnolia was great in parts, but detested the raining of frogs. Punch Drunk Love was abolutely painful, pointless and a bitter disappointment.

I can enjoy Magnolia...but Punch Drunk Love makes me want to kick someone in the prostate.

Can't say it any better than that. PDL was excruciating.

 

[Payne]

Question about Let the Right one in

What is the correct way to view this movie? The copy at my local video store has it in English as well as in Swedish with English subtitles.

Should we watch it using the subtitles? Or are there two different subtitle versions out there?

 

[jamny]

Question about Let the Right one in

What is the correct way to view this movie? The copy at my local video store has it in English as well as in Swedish with English subtitles.

Should we watch it using the subtitles? Or are there two different subtitle versions out there?

I watched the dubbed version and didn't like what they did with it. After posting my opinion here, some people mentioned the controversy surrounding the DVD release. Apparently they didn't use the same sub-titles that they used in the theaters. They received a lot of complaints about it and have decided to go back to the theatrical version. According to this link, :

For those that wish to purchase a version with the theatrical subtitles, you will be able to tell in the tech specs box at the back/bottom of the package because it will read “SUBTITLES: ENGLISH (Theatrical), SPANISH.”

 

[El Floppo]

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen-directed modern Geek tragedy melodrama starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. I liked it. Nothing particularly unique about the movie. But Farrell was excellent.

Hated this as pure WA self-indulgence. Hey Woody- tell a new story for chrissakes.

 

[El Floppo]

Rachel Getting Married

Pretentious, pointless, meandering, heavy handed, shallow, full of unrealistic/unrelatable characters you couldn't like. Awful.

Oh my God. I've been watching every Caps playoff games, so on the off nights, my wife gets to pick the movie. I think this might have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and even she enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed the Penguins' game-winner in OT last night.

Hard to improve on Gr00vus' description. An all-time low.

This is next one up at casa de floppo.

 

[Charlie Harper]

Rachel Getting Married

Pretentious, pointless, meandering, heavy handed, shallow, full of unrealistic/unrelatable characters you couldn't like. Awful.

Oh my God. I've been watching every Caps playoff games, so on the off nights, my wife gets to pick the movie. I think this might have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and even she enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed the Penguins' game-winner in OT last night.

Hard to improve on Gr00vus' description. An all-time low.

This is next one up at casa de floppo.

Drink. Heavily. Or, see if you can get watch The Happening instead.

 

[El Floppo]

Rachel Getting Married

Pretentious, pointless, meandering, heavy handed, shallow, full of unrealistic/unrelatable characters you couldn't like. Awful.

Oh my God. I've been watching every Caps playoff games, so on the off nights, my wife gets to pick the movie. I think this might have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and even she enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed the Penguins' game-winner in OT last night.

Hard to improve on Gr00vus' description. An all-time low.

This is next one up at casa de floppo.

Drink. Heavily. Or, see if you can get watch The Happening instead.

 

[Abrantes]

Rachel Getting Married

Pretentious, pointless, meandering, heavy handed, shallow, full of unrealistic/unrelatable characters you couldn't like. Awful.

Oh my God. I've been watching every Caps playoff games, so on the off nights, my wife gets to pick the movie. I think this might have been one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and even she enjoyed it about as much as I enjoyed the Penguins' game-winner in OT last night.

Hard to improve on Gr00vus' description. An all-time low.

This is next one up at casa de floppo.

Drink. Heavily. Or, see if you can get watch The Happening instead.

Good lord. That's about as brutal as a review can get.

 

[Charlie Harper]

Drink. Heavily. Or, see if you can get watch The Happening instead.

Good lord. That's about as brutal as a review can get.

At least The Happening has some great unintentional comedy.

 

[General Malaise]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

 

[Charlie Harper]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

Rachel Getting Married is a very bad movie. I watched it because A) Anne Hatheway is very, very hot and B) It got 86% on Rotten Tomatoes (I have no idea why though).

 

[The_Man]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

As stated above, I watched it as Chick Flick restitution to my wife for watching the Capitals' playoff game every other night for (I hope) two months or so.That being said, I thought it was going to be good. I love Jonathan Demme movies.Then the movie started and in literally the very first shot, Anne Hathaway had such a bad haircut that I said: "Oh, what, was she going for an Oscar?" To which my wife informed me that she had indeed received a Best Actress nomination. Trust me, the nod should have gone to her hairstylist, and not the person responsible for this trite, meaningless, self-indulgent performance.There were a couple of scenes that were supposed to be big, meaningful important moments that caused me to laugh out loud (and even my wife just rolled her eyes) -- one involved a slap fight with Debra Winger and one focused on a plate).

 

[General Malaise]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

Rachel Getting Married is a very bad movie. I watched it because A) Anne Hatheway is very, very hot and B) It got 86% on Rotten Tomatoes (I have no idea why though).

Is an 86 good or bad? Anne Hatheway is good looking enough, but I couldn't imagine sitting through 90 minutes of pure garbage just to see her in something. That's a logical synapse that is missed on me.

Go watch Havoc again. At least there, you'll see her naked.

 

[General Malaise]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

As stated above, I watched it as Chick Flick restitution to my wife for watching the Capitals' playoff game every other night for (I hope) two months or so.That being said, I thought it was going to be good. I love Jonathan Demme movies.Then the movie started and in literally the very first shot, Anne Hathaway had such a bad haircut that I said: "Oh, what, was she going for an Oscar?" To which my wife informed me that she had indeed received a Best Actress nomination. Trust me, the nod should have gone to her hairstylist, and not the person responsible for this trite, meaningless, self-indulgent performance.There were a couple of scenes that were supposed to be big, meaningful important moments that caused me to laugh out loud (and even my wife just rolled her eyes) -- one involved a slap fight with Debra Winger and one focused on a plate).

I'm going to hug my finace when I get home for hating traditional chick flicks.

 

[Charlie Harper]

What is Rachel Getting Married and why would you guys watch it if it's horrible???

Rachel Getting Married is a very bad movie. I watched it because A) Anne Hatheway is very, very hot and B) It got 86% on Rotten Tomatoes (I have no idea why though).

Is an 86 good or bad? Anne Hatheway is good looking enough, but I couldn't imagine sitting through 90 minutes of pure garbage just to see her in something. That's a logical synapse that is missed on me.

Go watch Havoc again. At least there, you'll see her naked.

86% is a great rating for Rotten Tomatoes. They are usually pretty tough... except when it comes to crap like this. They have plenty of movie snobs (like this thread) who will bash any movie that gets critical acclaim and then claim any indie film is the greatest ever.

 

[El Floppo]

The wife wanted to see The Day the Earth Stood Still instead of Rachel, so we PPVed it. Woof.

 

[fsufan]

Quantum of Solace

they need to stop making Bond films, last 2 are bad

 

[jdoggydogg]

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen-directed modern Geek tragedy melodrama starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. I liked it. Nothing particularly unique about the movie. But Farrell was excellent.

Hated this as pure WA self-indulgence. Hey Woody- tell a new story for chrissakes.

I don't think it was self-indulgent at all. I do agree that it's derivative of his earlier works (like Crimes and Misdemeanors), though.

 

[El Floppo]

Cassandra's Dream

Woody Allen-directed modern Geek tragedy melodrama starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. I liked it. Nothing particularly unique about the movie. But Farrell was excellent.

Hated this as pure WA self-indulgence. Hey Woody- tell a new story for chrissakes.

I don't think it was self-indulgent at all. I do agree that it's derivative of his earlier works (like Crimes and Misdemeanors), though.

I will agree with you that Farrell was really good in this.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Quantum of Solace

they need to stop keep making Bond films, last 2 are bad the best in years.

Fixed.

 

[krista4]

Watched Let the Right One In today due to netflix recommendation from GB SmoovySmoov and many great reviews here. I agree it was very good, whether you're into vampire flicks (not me) or cold, isolated Nordic flicks (me). Not much to add to the other reviews here--not a must-see, but really good.

 

[shake zula]

The Wrestler As good as people have made it out to be. Solid movie. Even the wife loved it in spite of the gore.

 

[Balco]

Quantum of Solace

they need to stop keep making Bond films, last 2 are bad the best in years.

Fixed.

I have really enjoyed the last 2 Bond movies, can't say the same about any that were released the twenty or so years before. Daniel Craig is a great Bond.

 

[Mr. Mojo]

Quantum of Solace

they need to stop keep making Bond films, last 2 are bad the best in years.

Fixed.

I have really enjoyed the last 2 Bond movies, can't say the same about any that were released the twenty or so years before. Daniel Craig is a great Bond.

I think Daniel Craig is fine. It's just that Casino Royale was so much better than Quantum of Solace.Casino Royale had a good story, good villain, and was exciting.

QOS had a wimpy villian (maybe the wimpiest Bond villain ever), a confusing plot and was too choppy in editing.

I hope the next one is better.

 

[shake zula]

I've never seen a Bond movie...

 

[whoknew]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

 

[shake zula]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

What was it about?

 

[whoknew]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

What was it about?

Four black soldiers in WWII who get trapped behind enemy lines in Italy.

 

[Native]

Has anybody seen a smaller sci-fi film called Cube? Psychodrama/thriller about seemingly innocent, total strangers thrown together into some kind of cube-shaped "prison" by forces unknown. Seemed more of a Twighlight Zone episode than a feature length film, but fairly well conceived and played out. Not something I would ever seek out to rent, but enjoyed on a sleepy Sunday afternoon while the kid napped.

I love this movie, if for nothing more than it's a great concept that is rendered with a small budget.

Absolutely hated this movie - and I generally love all kinds of sci-fi/abstract/indie flicks. What killed it for me was some pretty horrific acting that made every dialog sound clique.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Quantum of Solace

they need to stop keep making Bond films, last 2 are bad the best in years.

Fixed.

I have really enjoyed the last 2 Bond movies, can't say the same about any that were released the twenty or so years before. Daniel Craig is a great Bond.

He's the best Bond since Connery. Furthermore, the more ridiculous Bonds films with Moore and Brosnan are played out now. When Connery was making Bond films, their sheer size and stunts were unique. Now that explosive action movies are a dime a dozen, the modern Craig iterations are much more interesting.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

I am a Spike Lee fan, but that movie looks terrible. I wouldn't say Lee is overrated. Aside from Do The Right Thing, I really liked Summer of Sam, The Inside Man, and 25th Hour.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Has anybody seen a smaller sci-fi film called Cube? Psychodrama/thriller about seemingly innocent, total strangers thrown together into some kind of cube-shaped "prison" by forces unknown. Seemed more of a Twighlight Zone episode than a feature length film, but fairly well conceived and played out. Not something I would ever seek out to rent, but enjoyed on a sleepy Sunday afternoon while the kid napped.

I love this movie, if for nothing more than it's a great concept that is rendered with a small budget.

Absolutely hated this movie - and I generally love all kinds of sci-fi/abstract/indie flicks. What killed it for me was some pretty horrific acting that made every dialog sound clique.

I don't remember the acting being bad, so I'll take your word for it. For me, the movie gets big points for being original. Sure, it'd be better with Bruce Willis and Ed Harris. But I'm not convinced that a big budget version of this movie would be very good.

 

[whoknew]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

I am a Spike Lee fan, but that movie looks terrible. I wouldn't say Lee is overrated. Aside from Do The Right Thing, I really liked Summer of Sam, The Inside Man, and 25th Hour.

I did like the 25th Hour also. I haven't seen Summer of Sam.But in general - what am I missing? Does he mean to be so ... overbearing? I mean, subtlety is not exactly his specialty. The music is so overbearing, the acting is ... simplistic. He just POUNDS you over the head with what he is trying to say.

He's just always seemed like a middle schooler trying to write poetry. If that makes any sense.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Miracle of St. Anna - Pure crap. I really don't get the fascination with Spike Lee. I did like Do the Right Thing but he is truly one of the most overrated directors around.

Or maybe I just don't get him.

I am a Spike Lee fan, but that movie looks terrible. I wouldn't say Lee is overrated. Aside from Do The Right Thing, I really liked Summer of Sam, The Inside Man, and 25th Hour.

I did like the 25th Hour also. I haven't seen Summer of Sam.But in general - what am I missing? Does he mean to be so ... overbearing? I mean, subtlety is not exactly his specialty. The music is so overbearing, the acting is ... simplistic. He just POUNDS you over the head with what he is trying to say.

He's just always seemed like a middle schooler trying to write poetry. If that makes any sense.

Every qualm you listed is exactly what I feared about that movie and the reason I avoided it. Hard to know why Lee's so hamfisted in that one. Bamboozled was horrible and equally lame. I thought that Summer of Sam and The Inside Man were very good. The nature of Lee's erratic catalog is vexing.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

High Fidelity

One of those famous movies that slipped past me.

Cusack was pretty good, though the talking-directly-to-the-camera schtick wore out.

Denise Huxtable and Catherine Zeta-Jones were excellent in small parts.

Jack Black nearly stole the flick.