Movie recommendations thread...

gump · December 28, 2007, 04:43:45 AM

Fargo from the Coen bros, and The Devil in Daniel Johnston, good documentary, good music, good art ... http://www.hihowareyou.com/

50Cent #II (1st print) · December 28, 2007, 12:15:40 PM

Of course Fargo is great, but haven't heard of the other and I'll check it out, thanks...

I suggest Dig! if you like documentaries, great one about regarding a couple bands...

dr_s · December 28, 2007, 10:31:14 PM

Just saw most of the 10 best movies for this year. Thanx God for AVP2.

50Cent #II (1st print) · December 28, 2007, 11:09:43 PM

Was AVP2 good? It's not getting the best reviews.
Saw National Treasure 2, didn't like the first one and thought I wouldn't like this one, but thought it was a 6.5 or 7 range out of 10. Hopefully I get to choose the next one, maybe Juno? Getting tired of always seeing what every one else wants to see.

dr_s · December 30, 2007, 11:59:41 AM

Avp2 was what it was. If you like going to these type of movies, it was good. If you don;t like these type of movies, it was bad. Cool what they did to the pregnant women though. Juno is too classy for my tastes. After No Land for Old Me, Gone Baby Gone and Before the Devil Knows Your Dead, I needed something funny and cheery like Enchanted, Nat treasure and AVP2. By the way, Denzil is now making movies that are supposed to be based on fact which have nothing to do with reality. (American Gangster and The Great Debaters.)

50Cent #II (1st print) · January 17, 2008, 01:14:04 AM

Saw "There Will Be Blood" and thought it was a great movie, best lead acting performance in my opinion. We'll made 2:40 movie, but I think the moral is a little suspect...
Highly recommended, I enjoyed this movie more than No Country for Old Men, or about equal if I hadn't seen the last 1/4 of NCfOM.

50Cent #II (1st print) · January 20, 2008, 12:13:27 AM

Saw Cloverfield today, really enjoyed it even with the motion sickness headache...

For those that HAVE seen it, you can read my post on this site (SPOILERS):
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2137439&page=1&fpart=3

dr_s · January 22, 2008, 03:43:39 PM

I think I saw all of the nominated films, except Atonement, and I am not impressed. Even though several people I know liked (loved) "There will be blood" I didn't. First, many points of the movie seemed illogical or not fully explained. Also, in my other life, I read Sinclair's "The Jungle" This movie just did not seem like a Sinclair novel. So, I googled the summary of the book "Oil",Now I know why I felt that the movie had some many flaws. It was not the book. Sinclair usually attacks the big companies and not a minor player. The movie went after Plainview (Mr. Ross in the book)
and his relationship with his son. First, the book was an expose of the Southern California oil industry and invloved bribery of politicians and alluded to the Teapot Dome Scandal. Second, while I didn't understand the relationship between father and son in the movie, in the book the father was an oil tycoon and the son was a socialist (millionaire) who was constantly fighting with his father over organizing the poeple who were raped by big oil. In essence, the movie was almost a white wash of Standard Oil and it completely ignored the fight against such companies. I felt a similar annoyance when I saw that McCarthy movie by Cloney. It was McCarthy lite. Get the DVD for Point of Order to really understand tail gunner Joe.

50Cent #II (1st print) · January 25, 2008, 02:28:09 PM

For those that have seen There Will Be Blood, this is for you...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCCdZmHk5Fk