What movie did you last watch? - Page 25

Deadhymn · 01-29-2005, 11:50 AM

i had forgotten about hous of flying daggers. i dont think its playing around here though. Too bad...probably couldnt find anyone to go anyhow

Granny-like_the_apple · 01-29-2005, 11:57 AM

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It's a real shame that politics is preventing this incredible movie from getting the Oscar nominations it truly deserves.

It's a dumbfuck move on their part, really. Imagine how many people would watch if both the Passion and F 9-11 were up for best picture?

FenrisQueen · 01-29-2005, 12:29 PM

i just saw House of Flying Daggers, actually, and the girl who plays Mei is very beautiful. it's an excellent movie.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 01-29-2005, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Granny-like_the_apple

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Originally Posted by Empty_Purple_Stars

It's a real shame that politics is preventing this incredible movie from getting the Oscar nominations it truly deserves.

It's a dumbfuck move on their part, really. Imagine how many people would watch if both the Passion and F 9-11 were up for best picture?

Yes, you would think advertising dollars would be a bigger motivation, but the 'Academy' is so hung up on what they feel are 'anti-semitic' overtones in Passion.

They threw the movie a bone and nominated it for best cinematography.

Blah. Friggin tools.

Get out of the dark ages and attempt a wee bit of focus.

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i just saw House of Flying Daggers, actually, and the girl who plays Mei is very beautiful. it's an excellent movie.

Ziyi Zhang is HAWTER THAN HAWT and I have a HUGE CRUSH on her. Mmm mm mmmm good. Plus she is a really superb actress. They don't get much more delicious than that..

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Granny-like_the_apple · 01-29-2005, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Empty_Purple_Stars

Yes, you would think advertising dollars would be a bigger motivation, but the 'Academy' is so hung up on what they feel are 'anti-semitic' overtones in Passion.

They threw the movie a bone and nominated it for best cinematography.

Blah. Friggin tools.

Get out of the dark ages and attempt a wee bit of focus.

Eh, I don't think it matters who gets nominated if they don't win. Everyone has to say that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that's bullshit. I don't care who wins, either, for any of these types of awards. In any other year, do you give a shit about the Oscars?

Empty_Purple_Stars · 01-29-2005, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Empty_Purple_Stars

Yes, you would think advertising dollars would be a bigger motivation, but the 'Academy' is so hung up on what they feel are 'anti-semitic' overtones in Passion.

They threw the movie a bone and nominated it for best cinematography.

Blah. Friggin tools.

Get out of the dark ages and attempt a wee bit of focus.

Eh, I don't think it matters who gets nominated if they don't win. Everyone has to say that it's an honor just to be nominated, but that's bullshit. I don't care who wins, either, for any of these types of awards. In any other year, do you give a shit about the Oscars?

Meh, no I am not normally a huge Oscars watcher. I am however a movie fanatic. I've been annoyed more than once over the years when a superb film or actor/actress has been snubbed by the 'Academy' because of politics or popularity. They always nominate these obscure Indie films that no one has ever heard of, but rarely give props to films or actors that truly deserve it. It is tedious, but not an issue I am going to lose any sleep over.

WolfMoon · 01-29-2005, 02:05 PM

How I looooooove Ziyi!!!!

A beautiful asian woman that hasn't lightened her hair.

I've been curious, as a pagan about 'The Passion', but I don't think I'd be moved to tears by it.My hubby convinced me a few months ago to watch 'The Best Little Whorhouse In Texas', argh my eyes & ears!!!

Eagerly awaiting 'House of Flying Daggers', totally loved 'Hero'.

edit:Hey Mark!!Maybe you should be glad for the broke DVD player.THere's a scene in JC2 that Salva especially loved taping considering it was a bunch of sweaty boys in their under wear and he's a pedo.Too bad Coppala decided to hire him.

:shock:

FenrisQueen · 01-29-2005, 02:08 PM

My mom wanted me to go see it with her church when it came out, but I wimped out, stayed home, and Invoked Cocidius instead.

WolfMoon · 01-29-2005, 02:12 PM

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My mom wanted me to go see it with her church when it came out, but I wimped out, stayed home, and Invoked Cocidius instead.

Do you ever wish you had a badge or bumper sticker that said "Dear God, please save me from your 'good people'"?

I know it was a HUGE thing with all the christians I've talked to.But,it's just a movie to me.

FenrisQueen · 01-29-2005, 02:17 PM

Fuck a badge, I want a banner.

It was so funny, because the next day at school, this guy I had known from when I actually humored my mother and tried to be a "good people" and got angry with me, because he knew I was a pagan, and he told me I was going to hell!

Then, ya know, I kinda smacked him and told him to shove his self-righteous bible preaching- you know, I think you get the idea.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 01-29-2005, 02:25 PM

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How I looooooove Ziyi!!!!

A beautiful asian woman that hasn't lightened her hair.

I've been curious, as a pagan about 'The Passion', but I don't think I'd be moved to tears by it.

Ziyi is the yummiest.

As far as Passion goes, it is a stirring movie. I have a strong stomach but some of the scenes I had to leave the room for were just a bit too much for me to bear. It is the MOST hardcore ' Christian ' movie I have ever seen. There are also some really, really dark themes, which suprised me. There are some scenes with ' Lucifer ' and his minions in it that are truly friggin creepy.The whole premise of the movie was to focus more on his humanistic side and what the last 12 hours might have actually been like instead of the sappy Charleton Heston movies about God we all grew up around. I put off watching it for months and months because I assumed it would be just another ' God is great ' Christian movie. But it isn't.

Truly it was worth watching.

An interesting side note: Mel Gibson is a Catholic who is a member of a small branch of Catholicism that DOES NOT follow the Vatican, the Pope, or their medeival edicts.

Go Mel.

MrMaelstrom · 01-30-2005, 04:07 PM

I haven't watched The Passion, but after EPS's Passionate critique, me thinks I will.

And those squinty-eyed chicks are cool. I saw one of them once in Hong Kong. My ex-boss had a huge autographed poster of her behind his desk.
Bastard!

edible_eye · 01-30-2005, 07:24 PM

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edit:Hey Mark!!Maybe you should be glad for the broke DVD player.THere's a scene in JC2 that Salva especially loved taping considering it was a bunch of sweaty boys in their under wear and he's a pedo.Too bad Coppala decided to hire him.

:shock:

..........

that's fucked.

AlKilyu · 01-30-2005, 08:07 PM

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And those squinty-eyed chicks are cool.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

gingerbreadwench · 01-31-2005, 08:37 PM

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

By the first forty-five minutes, I was ready to suck my brains out through my nostril with a straw.

Granny-like_the_apple · 01-31-2005, 09:01 PM

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

By the first forty-five minutes, I was ready to suck my brains out through my nostril with a straw.

Bravo, bravo. I couldn't put it better myself.

TeapotScar · 01-31-2005, 09:07 PM

I just watched Rainbow Bright.

Yeah, I don't even know if that's how little-miss-colors spells her name. But she's crazy, stupid, and she fucks up Rainbow Land.

Granny-like_the_apple · 01-31-2005, 09:18 PM

It's Rainbow Brite. It should be Capt. Dumbass, because she is one hell of a dumbass. You have the magic belt, shithead! WHY AREN'T YOU USING IT?!

edible_eye · 01-31-2005, 09:46 PM

ugh.

i rented the village three times. yes, that's 3. tonight i finally watched it and it sucked.

fuck. i hate when shit like that happens.

gingerbreadwench · 01-31-2005, 10:09 PM

I actually liked The Village. I'm planning on purchasing it, once I figure out where my Wal-Mart card is.

winged_dreams · 01-31-2005, 10:21 PM

I didn't mind The Village. I liked the ending because it wasn't what people expected.

AlKilyu · 01-31-2005, 10:34 PM

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I actually liked The Village. I'm planning on purchasing it, once I figure out where my Wal-Mart card is.

Excuse me? Tomorrow is Tuesday, and you will be renting The Grudge with Buffy's Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Right?

gingerbreadwench · 01-31-2005, 10:55 PM

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I actually liked The Village. I'm planning on purchasing it, once I figure out where my Wal-Mart card is.

Excuse me? Tomorrow is Tuesday, and you will be renting The Grudge with Buffy's Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Right?

I doubt it. I have freaking rehearsal tomorrow. Plus I'm not done with Garden State yet.

Loy · 01-31-2005, 11:23 PM

EPS-as far as "Passion"s lack of nominations.....according to my sources, "Passion" was only a few votes shy of "Best Picture", and Cavitziel was the same with "Best Actor". And for the people who didn't include "Passion" in their votes, it wasn't the Anti-Semitism (which I can understand their point, but still have to say "stop being overly-sensitive") as much as it's the general feeling that "Passion" happens to be an exploitation film posing as an artistic one, along with the feeling that "Passion" was an insult to major tenets of christianity (let's face it, we can have a film with Hitler being brutally tortured for 3 1/2 hours, and if you're not given any real context of who he is, you'd feel sorry for him too).

But just think, if Mel would've gotten those 45 votes, and have won for best director, he'd be up there with other past winners as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorcese, Akira Kurosawa, and Orson Welles.

Empty_Purple_Stars · 02-01-2005, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Loy

EPS-as far as "Passion"s lack of nominations.....according to my sources, "Passion" was only a few votes shy of "Best Picture", and Cavitziel was the same with "Best Actor". And for the people who didn't include "Passion" in their votes, it wasn't the Anti-Semitism (which I can understand their point, but still have to say "stop being overly-sensitive") as much as it's the general feeling that "Passion" happens to be an exploitation film posing as an artistic one, along with the feeling that "Passion" was an insult to major tenets of christianity (let's face it, we can have a film with Hitler being brutally tortured for 3 1/2 hours, and if you're not given any real context of who he is, you'd feel sorry for him too).

But just think, if Mel would've gotten those 45 votes, and have won for best director, he'd be up there with other past winners as Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorcese, Akira Kurosawa, and Orson Welles.

Exploitation..

There is a perception I had not considered. It is a blood bath, no doubt. Which is why I got so girlie in parts of it.

What is your take on it?

Artsy, Exploit, Anti-Jew?

I thought the artsy parts were rationed out slow enough so that they weren't to trite or obvious. I really did enjoy the movie, I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to me on some level. It was powerful.

What did you take away from it?

I do think the scourging scene was some of the most brutal shit I have seen. (Not as bad as Ichii but still.. ) But again it was hard for me to find fault with that if what they were trying to do was re-create as accurately as possible the torture the Romans doled out during his last 12 hours.

So spill it Oh Celluloidal Messiah of Ours..

What did you think?