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[evearael]

We just watched The Constant Gardener and it was excellent.

 

[Kcnorwood]

2 is probably my favorite, although, 3 has a kick-a$$ finale.
Hmmm....maybe 3 is my favorite...guess I'll have to watch them again!:yes:

As for comic book movies - Batman Begins is probably the best ever, IMO. Spiderman 2 is a close second. Superman was good, but I find myself with no interest in seeing it again.

What'd you think of Incredible Hulk? Did they make it too serious?

Batman Begins with Christon Bale so far is the best Comic book movie so far!
Superman was good inso they were trying to honor the original one & they suceeded had some nice little twist in it.
spider man is always good
The hulk people dont like a good story they want sex & bloodshed more then a good story I cant wait for the other 2 Batman movies
X- men was really good all 3 of them BUt they keep down playing my fav Hero (Wolverine) Which gets my goat but I deal with it!

 

[ayani]

i saw "Silent Hill" last night.

oh, my gosh! truly weird. wonderful acting, though. and a bizarre story. to say the least.

has anyone else seen it?

 

[PureX]

I just watched an old movie called "The River Niger" with Louis Gossett, Cicely Tyson, and James Earle Jones. It was pretty good.

 

[PureX]

I also recently saw "Left Behind" (I hadn't seen it before). It was pretty heavy on the religious propaganda, of course, but for some reason I kind of liked it, anyway. Though I have to say it was a little creepy in it's mixing the conspiracy theorist's paranoia with the armageddon monger's religious triumphalism. It left me feeling that the movie itself was probably not nearly as crazy and scarey as the people who produced it.

 

[cardero]

Batman Begins with Christon Bale so far is the best Comic book movie so far!
Superman was good inso they were trying to honor the original one & they suceeded had some nice little twist in it.

I had problems with Batman Begins. Though none of them are relative of the problems of the first three, I believe the newer franchise is a step in the right direction. This is important to accurately portraying the character. When an animated series like Batman and the Justice League have been nailing the character of Batman for years, I become quite concerned when live action endeavors fail to live up to those standards.

Christian Bale is Bruce Wayne but has trouble depicting Batman. This might be because of the costume which is constricting enough to not allow an actor to act in it or have to resort to over acting. Too (two) many villains, convoluted plot and subplots clutter a film. If they focused on one conflict, one villain, one problem they would have had a more entertaining second and third act. Batman is a detective first and foremost, we need more scenes and more audience participation in this department. The fight scenes sucked.

I’ll hang around for the second one but if it doesn’t impress I won’t get fooled again. DC in my opinion is far behind in the race of getting great superhero movies up on the big screen.

 

[Kcnorwood]

You have to forget the other Batman movies this is before the joker & the rest of them came along. I think he made a better Batman & a better Bruce Wayne
I like Micheal Keaton hes a great actor BUT they didnt let him focus on being Wayne very much. Wayne is a playboy you didnt see ANY of that with him. Plus Bale looked more the part as far as being in shape for the role. The batmoblie was better looking.
Batman/Wayne are two VERY different people while Keaton could of shown more of that aspect they didnt let him, which is a shame. The custome in this one was more realstic from what I saw when they designed it. Hes got alot more movement this time. The stupid yellow Bat in the first Batmans were gone thankfully! Most comic people were ALOT happier with this one & I tend to agree with them. The Dark Knight is back!

One more thing why ddint you like the fight scenes?
Lets face it if you get attacked by villians do you really think that they are going to try to take you one one at a time? Hell NO! I personally think has someone who has taken Martial arts that the fight scenes were more realstic.

 

[cardero]

Kcnorwood writes: You have to forget the other Batman movies this is before the joker & the rest of them came along.

I am pleased that they chose a clean slate for this series. It is difficult for me to wash those older movies from memory though.

Kcnorwood writes: I think he made a better Batman & a better Bruce Wayne

I think Christian Bale made a very distinguished Bruce Wayne and the scowl that he shown while in the Batmobile sent chills but there were several other scenes where he was using that gruff voice that I just cringed in embarrassment and the Bat suit was so constricting I felt very sorry for him because it didn’t give him any room to act, let alone move.

Kcnorwood writes: I like Micheal Keaton hes a great actor BUT they didnt let him focus on being Wayne very much. Wayne is a playboy you didnt see ANY of that with him. Plus Bale looked more the part as far as being in shape for the role. The batmoblie was better looking.

Michael Keaton was a geek and a frail choice for those Batman movies. Yes, the Batmobile was more practical for this picture.

Kcnorwood writes: Batman/Wayne are two VERY different people while Keaton could of shown more of that aspect they didnt let him, which is a shame. The custome in this one was more realstic from what I saw when they designed it. Hes got alot more movement this time. The stupid yellow Bat in the first Batmans were gone thankfully! Most comic people were ALOT happier with this one & I tend to agree with them. The Dark Knight is back!

I liked the costume which was based on Kelly Jones costumes designs when the “comics Batman” got back in the suit from the Knightfall/Azreal series.

Kcnorwood writes: One more thing why ddint you like the fight scenes? Lets face it if you get attacked by villians do you really think that they are going to try to take you one one at a time? Hell NO! I personally think has someone who has taken Martial arts that the fight scenes were more realstic.

The fight scenes that I am specifically referring to were the ones in the Bat costume and utilized a new flash editing process that is becoming popular in Hollywood films lately (Aliens vs. Predator, Daredevil and assorted horror flicks). If we had been allowed to see the action that took place rather than a quick edit here, a flash there, a scene of this and a cut to that, it would have more interesting and believable. Again, I blame the suit, if the actor could hardly move/act in the suit the production crew probably quickly realized that filming fight scenes were strictly out of the question.

 

[Buttercup]

We watched "Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" last night. It's a documentary about two Cherry Headed Conures who escaped or were released in San Francisco and have since grown into a flock of 160 birds. They are native to South America yet somehow have managed to survive here. Of course me being a bird lover found it very interesting and touching. It was well made also.

 

[cardero]

Another Something Weird Video Double Feature

Pigkeeper's Daughter/Sassy Sue

Think farmers, daughters and traveling salesmans and you have the sum plot total of both these movies.

Now I'm watching an old gem from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 vaults
"I Accuse My Parents." I have seen this many times but it is nice to watch in the background while I am preparing for this newsletters RFiliiate strip.

Later tonight Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman (same title, different movie, original actor reprising the role)

Tomorrow is Takashio Miike's The Great Yokai War. Can't wait!!

 

[Bastet]

The fight scenes that I am specifically referring to were the ones in the Bat costume and utilized a new flash editing process that is becoming popular in Hollywood films lately (Aliens vs. Predator, Daredevil and assorted horror flicks). If we had been allowed to see the action that took place rather than a quick edit here, a flash there, a scene of this and a cut to that, it would have more interesting and believable. Again, I blame the suit, if the actor could hardly move/act in the suit the production crew probably quickly realized that filming fight scenes were strictly out of the question.

From what I hear the reasons those fight scenes were cut that way was because the director was trying to highlight the "bat" part of Batman. You get into a close up of some real bats flapping around and you can't see much detail there either - it's all fast movement and blurring wings. That's what the director was going for. I hated it when I first saw the movie, but after repeated viewings it's not so bad. I've certainly seen worse.

 

[Bastet]

I saw "The Departed" last night. WHOA, the ending is incredibly violent. Nicholson, Damon, DiCaprio, Baldwin and Sheen all put in stellar performances. I don't think I'll be visiting Boston any time in the near future. (just kidding)

I saw an ad for that on tv yesterday. Looks good, but I'll probably wait until it's out on dvd to see it.

(Half) watched Pride and Prejudice today (the mini-series, not the recent movie). I did some other things while it was on, but I caught the highlights. I always want to gag Mrs. Bennet about 20 seconds in. Idiot woman drives me insane. :slap:

 

[cardero]

From what I hear the reasons those fight scenes were cut that way was because the director was trying to highlight the "bat" part of Batman. You get into a close up of some real bats flapping around and you can't see much detail there either - it's all fast movement and blurring wings. That's what the director was going for. I hated it when I first saw the movie, but after repeated viewings it's not so bad. I've certainly seen worse.

I haven’t watched/listened to the commentary to this movie (the rental I watched had one special feature; a trailer). From other commentaries that I have listened to, a director has admitted that the costumes made filming fight scenes in long shots quite unconvincing. I also remember reading an article on how constricting the suit was and I kind of figured that was what happened to the scene.

A second viewing helped me appreciate other things as well. For example, Michael Caine had some very well written dialogue. This line holds true for me:

Alfred Pennyworth: Why do we fall, sir? So that we might better learn to pick ourselves up.

The first 50 minutes still holds up firmly but both mrscardero and I agree, it just falls apart when the costume comes on. Love the scowl during the car chase scene. Next time you watch it check out the scowl.

 

[Kcnorwood]

I am pleased that they chose a clean slate for this series. It is difficult for me to wash those older movies from memory though.

I think Christian Bale made a very distinguished Bruce Wayne and the scowl that he shown while in the Batmobile sent chills but there were several other scenes where he was using that gruff voice that I just cringed in embarrassment and the Bat suit was so constricting I felt very sorry for him because it didn’t give him any room to act, let alone move.
Michael Keaton was a geek and a frail choice for those Batman movies. Yes, the Batmobile was more practical for this picture.
I liked the costume which was based on Kelly Jones costumes designs when the “comics Batman” got back in the suit from the Knightfall/Azreal series.
The fight scenes that I am specifically referring to were the ones in the Bat costume and utilized a new flash editing process that is becoming popular in Hollywood films lately (Aliens vs. Predator, Daredevil and assorted horror flicks). If we had been allowed to see the action that took place rather than a quick edit here, a flash there, a scene of this and a cut to that, it would have more interesting and believable. Again, I blame the suit, if the actor could hardly move/act in the suit the production crew probably quickly realized that filming fight scenes were strictly out of the question.

From what I've seen the suit used in this movie was far less restrictive then Keatons
Blae was able to turn his head on this one keaton was not. I see what you mean about the fight scene now. Over all I do think this was the better Batman of the 3
The only Batman movie that impressed me was the first one. Tim Burton seem to have droped the ball on the other two it just wasnt has dark.
I loved the fact that they showed Bale being so young & messing up from time to time trying to get his legs as Batman. As far as his speech goes I see what you mean BUT it did scare the pee pee out of the baddies.

 

[nutshell]

I don't think the Batman movies are comparable - the directors' intent was really different for each one.

 

[cardero]

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose
DVD/ Color/ 121 Mins./ UR/ 2005
Two things that drag a movie to a crawl, that grind it to boredom. Court room proceedings and flashbacks. This movie had both. The subject material was interesting enough. Shouldn't complain, free movie from Netflix wasn't, on my list, probably sent to me by mistake.

 

[jewscout]

the last 2 movies i've seen were really good...

first an Israeli film called "Ushpizin", it one a bunch of awards and took Israel by storm back in 2004. I highly recommend that one!

the other is "The Departed". Kick's major butt!!!

 

[angellous_evangellous]

I enjoyed 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis and X-Men 3 this weekend. I actually watched X-Men 3 twice.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

They should have a plot in the next X-men.

hahahahaha

 

[Bishka]

Just saw Serenity.

The acted was a bit iffy, but I liked the storyline, my husband and I are looking into renting the Firefly TV series.