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[Seymour Corn]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

Meh. I could appreciate this film's twisted sense of humor but also thought it wore thin pretty quick.

Saw it in the theatre. Bad.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

I was surprised on how much I liked this film

I had very low expectations. Since you liked this, you may enjoy the short HBO miniseries called Summer Heights High. Very similar.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

I know he's done some British shows. Can you recommend one you like more?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Rush

1991 drug/crime movie with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric as undercover narcs, who start to like the drugs they are supposed to be buying as evidence a little too much. Very well done, but hard to watch in some places. 2nd only to Requiem for A Dream when it comes to drug danger deterrent movies. Reminded me a lot of Freidkin's To Live in Die in LA with how it pulled no punches, was unpredictable, and gruesome. Awesome ending.

4/5

Good movie. Patric was in a noir thriller around that time named After Dark, My Sweet. Highly recommended.

Cool. Never heard of it. Bumping it to the top of my queue. Worthwhile noir is few and far between these days, and by these days I mean the last 30 years.

Bruce Dern is in that one, as well. I haven't seen it in like 15 years. But I remember liking it very much.

 

[saintfool]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

I know he's done some British shows. Can you recommend one you like more?

he's fantastic as a kind of ponce: Alan Partridge.

 

[saintfool]

Bruce Dern is in that one, as well. I haven't seen it in like 15 years. But I remember liking it very much.

i would second it as well. off the top of my head... other good takes on noir include "red rock west", "the last seduction", "the limey", "kiling zoe", and "grifters".

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

I know he's done some British shows. Can you recommend one you like more?

he's fantastic as a kind of ponce: Alan Partridge.

Bumped it to the top of my queue. Did you watch his Saxondale series?

 

[jdoggydogg]

Bruce Dern is in that one, as well. I haven't seen it in like 15 years. But I remember liking it very much.

i would second it as well. off the top of my head... other good takes on noir include "red rock west", "the last seduction", "the limey", "kiling zoe", and "grifters".

I've seen all of those. The Last Seduction is fantastic. Don't know why I just thought of this, but I need to see Romeo is Bleeding again because I can't remember anything from that movie.

 

[saintfool]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

I know he's done some British shows. Can you recommend one you like more?

he's fantastic as a kind of ponce: Alan Partridge.

Bumped it to the top of my queue. Did you watch his Saxondale series?

No, I keep meaning to though. my wife doesn't share the same affection for him that i do...

 

[saintfool]

Bruce Dern is in that one, as well. I haven't seen it in like 15 years. But I remember liking it very much.

i would second it as well. off the top of my head... other good takes on noir include "red rock west", "the last seduction", "the limey", "kiling zoe", and "grifters".

I've seen all of those. The Last Seduction is fantastic. Don't know why I just thought of this, but I need to see Romeo is Bleeding again because I can't remember anything from that movie.

i like "red rock west" maybe the most out of those because cage gives an uncharacteristically understated performance. dennis hopper, on the other hand, is lively. "the limey" isn't an especially original film - revenge films like "get carter", "payback" and "point blank" all do pretty much the same thing - but stamp makes it interesting somehow. soderbergh does what we have come to expect from him now as far as devices go - editing, for example - but this is such an early film for him. it's kind of fresh in that context.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Bruce Dern is in that one, as well. I haven't seen it in like 15 years. But I remember liking it very much.

i would second it as well. off the top of my head... other good takes on noir include "red rock west", "the last seduction", "the limey", "kiling zoe", and "grifters".

I've seen all of those. The Last Seduction is fantastic. Don't know why I just thought of this, but I need to see Romeo is Bleeding again because I can't remember anything from that movie.

i like "red rock west" maybe the most out of those because cage gives an uncharacteristically understated performance. dennis hopper, on the other hand, is lively. "the limey" isn't an especially original film - revenge films like "get carter", "payback" and "point blank" all do pretty much the same thing - but stamp makes it interesting somehow. soderbergh does what we have come to expect from him now as far as devices go - editing, for example - but this is such an early film for him. it's kind of fresh in that context.

I agree. Especially about Red Rock West. I need to see The Limey again.

 

[El Floppo]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

i love coogan but this was not his best effort. mildly amusing film that wore thin pretty quickly...

I know he's done some British shows. Can you recommend one you like more?

he's fantastic as a kind of ponce: Alan Partridge.

Love him in 24 Hour Party People (been mentioned in here a bunch- maybe just by me... ) and Tristram Shandy: A #### and Bull Story. He does the narcissistic fool better than just about anybody out there.Agree 100% with saintfool about hamlet 2.

A bunch of interesting films mentioned in the last few pages that I haven't even heard of.... the sci-fi one? This kid has kept me out of movies too much, the little *******. Also great to see Primer get a bump... that one was a lot of fun, and much kudos for havng been made so cheaply but still pulling off decent acting, great story and editing.

I caught "Running the Sahara" on Showtime recently. Three guys decide to run from Sierra Leon to Egypt... insane accomplishment, but not as intereting a film. A gb I used to do triathlons with stayed in the endurance game and did a race in the Sahara- something like 150 miles over 3 days... made me think of him.

Also rewatched The Lives of Others... it's been said over and over in here- by me as well- best movie of the century.

Also- does Clint Eastwood have something terminal? Seems like he's busting movies out more than one a year, like he's racing to get as many done as possible before... dunno.

Jdoggy- this isn't the first time you watched In Bruges is it? Totally agree about Ferrill who was great- but thought the writing totally put this one into semi-classic realm. Oh... but I flat out hated Cassandra's Dream. Hey Woody- try out some new themes for a change. Damn.

 

[saintfool]

Love him in 24 Hour Party People (been mentioned in here a bunch- maybe just by me... ) and Tristram Shandy: A #### and Bull Story. He does the narcissistic fool better than just about anybody out there.

those are two films that i am fond of. "24 hour" was my introduction to him actually. "Tristram" was a lot of fun if you are into those kinds of films. it's a bit like truffaut's "day for night", i think, in that it goes beyond the behind the scenes narrative. it's a kind of meta-film-film-adaptation, y'know?

 

[dude]

Un Prophète - 5/5. outstanding. one of the best this year easily...

 

[jdoggydogg]

Love him in 24 Hour Party People (been mentioned in here a bunch- maybe just by me... ) and Tristram Shandy: A #### and Bull Story. He does the narcissistic fool better than just about anybody out there.

I've seen both of those and liked them.

Also rewatched The Lives of Others... it's been said over and over in here- by me as well- best movie of the century.

Excellent movie.

Jdoggy- this isn't the first time you watched In Bruges is it? Totally agree about Ferrill who was great- but thought the writing totally put this one into semi-classic realm. Oh... but I flat out hated Cassandra's Dream. Hey Woody- try out some new themes for a change. Damn.

Yeah, first time for In Bruges. I wasn't really avoiding it. I just never got around to seeing it. Very glad I watched it. Cassandra's Dream was a very conventional drama, but I thought Ferrill made it worth watching.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Un Prophète - 5/5. outstanding. one of the best this year easily...

I've never heard of it. Saved it in my queue for when it gets released.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

I was surprised on how much I liked this film

I had very low expectations. Since you liked this, you may enjoy the short HBO miniseries called Summer Heights High. Very similar.

I was also surprised at how much I enjoyed the flick.Coogan overplayed it in a few scenes, but he was quite good for the duration.

I liked the Elisabeth Shue cameo but her character seemed underwritten. She kept saying how angry she was about the business, and how horrible everyone was, but she never gave specifics.

It would have been funny if she had said something about Pat Morita pinching her ###.

 

[bryhamm]

Watch Four Christmases with the family last night. This is the one with Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon. There were a couple of funny parts, but mainly this was a POS.

1/5

 

[cosjobs]

Bruno

Watched this last night late, after much wine and endless hours with in-laws. It was hilarious. I fell asleep before it was over, but not because I was not enjoying it immensely. I laughed out loud repeatedly. Way over the top and an inordinate amount of male genitalia, but very, very funny. I thought is was significantly funnier than his first movie.

4/5

 

[snogger]

Just got back from Blind Side.. Best movie I've seen all year.. Hell, probably one of the best movies I've seen in the last couple of years.

 

[jon_mx]

Just rented new Star Trek....what a great movie. Brilliant to get back to their roots and reborn the original characters we are all familiar with. Easily the best Star Trek movie.

 

[jeter23]

Watched Toy Story 2 for the first time last night. Just as good as the 1st one, looking forward to seeing 3 in the summer.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Saw Paranormal Activity a couple of weeks ago.

Big fan of the genre and the style...watched it alone in a dark apartment...great mood and setting for a scary flick.

What a friggin' letdown. Man, this movie really stunk. A couple of tense scenes, but the overall experience consisted of me wanting to deliver alternating beatings to the two characters.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

Just rented new Star Trek....what a great movie. Brilliant to get back to their roots and reborn the original characters we are all familiar with. Easily the best Star Trek movie.

Better by far than most movies in the sci-fi/space adventure genre.

 

[jamny]

Changeling was not what I expected. I hadn't planned on renting it until I realized that Clint Eastwood directed it. He really is a great director, his movies have so much feel to them. Angelina is amazing, probably her best film. Much different movie than previews and ads lead me to believe. I loved it. 4/5

Angelina has skeletal hands.

 

[MCguidance]

As per our usually day-after-Thanksgiving ritual, my brother, my girlfriend, and I popped in Christmas Vacation. Just as good as when I saw it in the theater.

"####ter was full."

 

[badmojo1006]

2012 I went in with low expectations and it met it sorta.

Woody Harrelson was a pleasant surprise and the action scenes in LA were so over the top they were funny, but it was very preachy and the science behind the end of the world was

C-

 

[Aerial Assault]

Un Prophète - 5/5. outstanding. one of the best this year easily...

French-language flick? Do tell more.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Just rented new Star Trek....what a great movie. Brilliant to get back to their roots and reborn the original characters we are all familiar with. Easily the best Star Trek movie.

Best Trek movie was Wrath of Khan, but as to the rest, I loved it.

 

[travdogg]

Watched "Southland Tales" yesterday. I enjoyed it, but I found it to be extremely challenging to keep up with. With all of the well known names in it and with the director being the same guy who did Donnie Darko, I was was amazed to find out it was 2-3 years old and I'd never heard of it. Sometimes I'm baffled by some of the movies that fall through the cracks while stuff like Transformers 2 gets a good year worth of advertising. I'd give it a 5/5, with the caveat the I immediately felt I needed to watch it again.

Also got around to seeing Zombieland and Jennifer's Body.

Zombieland: I was surprised at how good this was, with the seemingly endless run of zombie movies lately, I had pretty low expectations which were quickly surpassed. I thought the rules list was a nice touch. Kind of fell apart down the stretch for me, but still a solid 4/5.

Jennifer's Body: Well, it was certainly an interesting follow-up to Juno. I wasn't sure what kind of expectations to have for a movie that shared its name with a Hole song. That said, I actually enjoyed it. Very solid B-movie. 4/5

 

[jdoggydogg]

Hamlet 2

Silly comedy about a bad film actor that becomes a high school drama teacher. What a great little gem this movie is. It's a farce, so some of the material doesn't work. But I laughed out loud several times. Highly recommended.

I was surprised on how much I liked this film

I had very low expectations. Since you liked this, you may enjoy the short HBO miniseries called Summer Heights High. Very similar.

I was also surprised at how much I enjoyed the flick.Coogan overplayed it in a few scenes, but he was quite good for the duration.

I liked the Elisabeth Shue cameo but her character seemed underwritten. She kept saying how angry she was about the business, and how horrible everyone was, but she never gave specifics.

It would have been funny if she had said something about Pat Morita pinching her ###.

"I hate you daddy! You never supported me!"

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

Peculiar movie with Winona Ryder playing the type of teenage outcast/misfit/rebel that she built her career on in the late 1980's.

 

[whoknew]

Wow. I'm watching The Program for the first time in at least 10 years. I can't believe how awful this movie is. I didn't remember that.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Wow. I'm watching The Program for the first time in at least 10 years. I can't believe how awful this movie is. I didn't remember that.

It seems like you can always tell when an actor is into sports in real life and when he is indifferent.James Caan rang utterly false as a big-time college football coach. So, it wasn't a surprise when years later I heard him say that he wasn't really a sports fan.

That's why I never got into the tv show "Coach". Craig T. Nelson just never seemed authentic, and he made similar comments as Caan that he wasn't into sports.

Walter Matthau, Denzel Washington, and Gene Hackman are huge sports fans, and that's a big reason why their respective sports movies stand out so well.

 

[Daywalker]

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Took my nephew to see it. Definetly not a movie for kids. I thought it was terrific though. Some great lines. Felt like most Wes Anderson movies so you can imagine young kids not liking it. The diehards will love this movie and it plays to those who enjoyed BR, Rushmore and RT's way more then The Life Aquatic and Darjeling Limited. The latter two were just too mellow for me.

Loved the animation. Movie had a fresh look to it and plenty of laughs. It's not a long movie but it would have benefited from cutting out 5-10 minutes.

B+

 

[Aerial Assault]

Wow. I'm watching The Program for the first time in at least 10 years. I can't believe how awful this movie is. I didn't remember that.

It seems like you can always tell when an actor is into sports in real life and when he is indifferent.James Caan rang utterly false as a big-time college football coach. So, it wasn't a surprise when years later I heard him say that he wasn't really a sports fan.

That's why I never got into the tv show "Coach". Craig T. Nelson just never seemed authentic, and he made similar comments as Caan that he wasn't into sports.

You've seen All the Right Moves, right? His portrayal of a high-school football coach was absolutely dead-on. Maybe you didn't buy him as a comedic actor, or just had some other problem with "Coach" - - as hard as that may be to believe.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Wow. I'm watching The Program for the first time in at least 10 years. I can't believe how awful this movie is. I didn't remember that.

It seems like you can always tell when an actor is into sports in real life and when he is indifferent.James Caan rang utterly false as a big-time college football coach. So, it wasn't a surprise when years later I heard him say that he wasn't really a sports fan.

That's why I never got into the tv show "Coach". Craig T. Nelson just never seemed authentic, and he made similar comments as Caan that he wasn't into sports.

You've seen All the Right Moves, right? His portrayal of a high-school football coach was absolutely dead-on. Maybe you didn't buy him as a comedic actor, or just had some other problem with "Coach" - - as hard as that may be to believe.

He was pretty good in "All The Right Moves", but he was playing more of a belligerent hardass than a football technician. But yeah, he did nail that part.

I just could never buy him as Hayden Fox.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Wow. I'm watching The Program for the first time in at least 10 years. I can't believe how awful this movie is. I didn't remember that.

It seems like you can always tell when an actor is into sports in real life and when he is indifferent.James Caan rang utterly false as a big-time college football coach. So, it wasn't a surprise when years later I heard him say that he wasn't really a sports fan.

That's why I never got into the tv show "Coach". Craig T. Nelson just never seemed authentic, and he made similar comments as Caan that he wasn't into sports.

You've seen All the Right Moves, right? His portrayal of a high-school football coach was absolutely dead-on. Maybe you didn't buy him as a comedic actor, or just had some other problem with "Coach" - - as hard as that may be to believe.

He was pretty good in "All The Right Moves", but he was playing more of a belligerent hardass than a football technician. But yeah, he did nail that part.

I just could never buy him as Hayden Fox.

I don't think I saw more than ten minutes of "Coach," total. (When it comes to TV, with a few rare exceptions, I'm a drama fan.) You're right about him not being a football technician in ATRM, in that there wasn't a truckload of hardcore, "shark" content, but - - and I'm being serious here, no tool factor - - were there episodes of "Coach" devoted to his operational coaching tactics? I still think maybe you just didn't accept him as a comedic actor - - I for one can't really visualize him being sitcom-funny.

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

I don't think I saw more than ten minutes of "Coach," total. I still think maybe you just didn't accept him as a comedic actor - - I for one can't really visualize him being sitcom-funny.

I think I have seen every episode of "Coach".In the non-football scenes he was quite funny.In the early years of the show Minnesota State was a doormat, and his character in his haplessness was authentic.But when the writers decided to make Minnesota State a powerhouse who won the National Championship, all of Craig T. Nelson's speeches just came off as incredibly weak, and unrealistic.

 

[dude]

Un Prophète - 5/5. outstanding. one of the best this year easily...

French-language flick? Do tell more.

yeah. think blood in blood out. great performances...

see it.

 

[saintfool]

watched "venus" with peter o'toole last night. it's kind of a sad movie that touches on aging and the frailty that accompanies growing old. o'toole looks like he's on death's door but he still gives a nice performance here. it's a role perfectly tailored for him in this stage of his life and career.

watched the original "the thin man" yesterday with the wife. i find myself enjoying TCM a lot of late. william powell and myrna loy are superb as the tippling sleuths nick and nora charles. the script is tight and the two of them are very funny.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Un Prophète - 5/5. outstanding. one of the best this year easily...

French-language flick? Do tell more.

yeah. think blood in blood out. great performances...

see it.

Put it down. Thanks.

 

[cosjobs]

watched "venus" with peter o'toole last night. it's kind of a sad movie that touches on aging and the frailty that accompanies growing old. o'toole looks like he's on death's door but he still gives a nice performance here. it's a role perfectly tailored for him in this stage of his life and career.

watched the original "the thin man" yesterday with the wife. i find myself enjoying TCM a lot of late. william powell and myrna loy are superb as the tippling sleuths nick and nora charles. the script is tight and the two of them are very funny.

Few actors ever reached the coolness factor of William Powell. And surprisingly, most of the Thin Man sequels are as good as the first. VERY highly recommended. Now I need a martini. Come on, Asta.

 

[hooter311]

Changeling was not what I expected. I hadn't planned on renting it until I realized that Clint Eastwood directed it. He really is a great director, his movies have so much feel to them. Angelina is amazing, probably her best film. Much different movie than previews and ads lead me to believe. I loved it. 4/5

Angelina has skeletal hands.

 

[belljr]

Seven Pounds- One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. My wife hated it. I now hate my wife.

I'm still not sure if I liked this movie or not. I just saw it this weekend, and I walked away unsure

 

[hooter311]

Duplicity

Clive Owen and Julia Roberts were both pretty painful to watch. Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti both stole the show but received far too little screen time between the two. Could see the ending coming from a mile way.

2/5

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

I laughed. I get a kick out of Sean William Scott in general and this was no exception. Rude, crude, and some really bad acting at times. Reminded me of an "R" rated Happy Gilmore, only not quite as redeeming.

2.5/5

 

[hooter311]

Seven Pounds- One of the best movies I've seen in a long time. My wife hated it. I now hate my wife.

I'm still not sure if I liked this movie or not. I just saw it this weekend, and I walked away unsure

Hated this film.

 

[jdoggydogg]

watched "venus" with peter o'toole last night. it's kind of a sad movie that touches on aging and the frailty that accompanies growing old. o'toole looks like he's on death's door but he still gives a nice performance here. it's a role perfectly tailored for him in this stage of his life and career.

Excellent movie.

 

[dude]

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - 4/5. didnt hear a peep about this & was pleasantly suprised...love films like that

 

[saintfool]

The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans - 4/5. didnt hear a peep about this & was pleasantly suprised...love films like that

you should give the abel ferrara original a try. ferrara was an interesting director for a time...