tease

 

 

"And than we'd have my real funeral."

Saw Apocalypto yesterday got to say I really enjoyed it. Great movie.

"And than we'd have my real funeral."

 

 

Greasy and I will have to battle for biggest scrubs fan.

 

I love it.

Greasy and I will have to battle for biggest scrubs fan.

 

I love it.

 

Haha, you're on.

 

And I just saw The Prestige last night--wow. I figured out what was going on pretty early in the movie, but still, what a mind trip.

Saw Apocalypto yesterday got to say I really enjoyed it. Great movie.

You mean the Passion of the Aztecs?

 

Haha, you're on.

 

And I just saw The Prestige last night--wow. I figured out what was going on pretty early in the movie, but still, what a mind trip.

 

David Bowies character is awesome.

David Bowies character is awesome.

He was playing Nikolai Tesla, the famous Russian physicist/psycho

 

I saw Waitress last night. It was really good. The dialogue got a little clunky sometimes, but it was a really sweet movie. Very funny too, when I left the theater I was in a much better mood than before the movie.

Haha, you're on.

 

And I just saw The Prestige last night--wow. I figured out what was going on pretty early in the movie, but still, what a mind trip.

 

Check this out then.

 

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Aug 9, 2007 -> 09:19 AM) Haha, you're on.

 

And I just saw The Prestige last night--wow. I figured out what was going on pretty early in the movie, but still, what a mind trip.

 

Check this out then.

 

 

Did that say "Copywrite 1990"?

 

 

Received Capote from netflix. I have a feeling this one will be sitting on top of the counter for awhile. I forced myself to order this but seem to have no interest to watch it.

Did that say "Copywrite 1990"?

 

Yes.

Received Capote from netflix. I have a feeling this one will be sitting on top of the counter for awhile. I forced myself to order this but seem to have no interest to watch it.

It was good and interesting, but nowhere near as good as In Cold Blood. But if you're a fan of the book you'll still enjoy it.

Haha, you're on.

 

And I just saw The Prestige last night--wow. I figured out what was going on pretty early in the movie, but still, what a mind trip.

Prestige was a very good movie. If you like that one I would recommend seeing The Illusionist. Its with Edward Norton, also a magic movie.

 

 

You mean the Passion of the Aztecs?

Haha, yeah, still was solid, better than the Passion of Christ I thought.

I saw La Vie en Rose yesterday, it's a biopic of French singer Edith Piaf. I feel like if I had known more about her before going into the movie I would have enjoyed it a lot more. She lead a pretty interesting life here's a brief summary:

Her father was a circus performer, but who then had to leave to fight in WWI. During that time she was left with her mother, who was a drunk and didn't care for her. Her father returns and leaves Edith with his mother who runs a brothel. For the next bit of her life Edith is raised by prostitutes. She gets sick, goes blind, the prostitutes take her to a shrine to St. Theresa, whom she prays to, Edith's sight is restored. Her father comes back, takes her and she grows up travelling with the circus. Her father leaves the circus to become a street performer, and Edith sings with him in their street act. She has a kid who dies of meningitis. She is later discovered, becomes a cabaret singer (only after dating a pimp who tries to force her into prostitution). Her boss/mentor on the cabaret circuit is murdered by the mob (and her pimp boyfriend is suspected to be involved as is Edith). By this time she has a large drinking problem. She then becomes a proper singer, she comes to America, becomes a huge success. She meets a world champion french boxer (who is married) and they fall in love. She calls him desparate to fly to America to be with her, he does, but the plane crashes and he is killed. She gets in a car accident and becomes addicted to morphine. She died pretty early and looking really awful.

 

The movie was well done--but it dragged on a bit. But the music was amazing! I had never heard of Piaf, and the singing was just incredible. I loved it.

Spiderman 3

 

...

 

 

Not impressed at all.

 

 

It felt like they took 3 movies and hit the fast forward button every 15 minutes in order to get it under 2 1/2 hours.

I saw La Vie en Rose yesterday, it's a biopic of French singer Edith Piaf. I feel like if I had known more about her before going into the movie I would have enjoyed it a lot more. She lead a pretty interesting life here's a brief summary:

Her father was a circus performer, but who then had to leave to fight in WWI. During that time she was left with her mother, who was a drunk and didn't care for her. Her father returns and leaves Edith with his mother who runs a brothel. For the next bit of her life Edith is raised by prostitutes. She gets sick, goes blind, the prostitutes take her to a shrine to St. Theresa, whom she prays to, Edith's sight is restored. Her father comes back, takes her and she grows up travelling with the circus. Her father leaves the circus to become a street performer, and Edith sings with him in their street act. She has a kid who dies of meningitis. She is later discovered, becomes a cabaret singer (only after dating a pimp who tries to force her into prostitution). Her boss/mentor on the cabaret circuit is murdered by the mob (and her pimp boyfriend is suspected to be involved as is Edith). By this time she has a large drinking problem. She then becomes a proper singer, she comes to America, becomes a huge success. She meets a world champion french boxer (who is married) and they fall in love. She calls him desparate to fly to America to be with her, he does, but the plane crashes and he is killed. She gets in a car accident and becomes addicted to morphine. She died pretty early and looking really awful.

 

The movie was well done--but it dragged on a bit. But the music was amazing! I had never heard of Piaf, and the singing was just incredible. I loved it.

 

 

Wow.

 

You'd think someone would have made a country music song about that plot by now.

 

 

 

Yeah, hear La Vie is good - waiting for video/ppv.

I saw the Lives of Others the other day. It was really a great film. It's set in the mid-eighties in East Germany and is about a writer who is, apparently, loyal to the DDR government. However, a high up in the State Security Department really wants to be with the writer's girlfriend (a famous actress) full time (she is seeing him on the side to remain on the good side of the government so they will continue to allow her to perform). As a result, the writer is placed under full-surveillence, wires all over his walls, phone tapped and members of the Stasi (the east german secret police) living in his attic constantly monitoring him. The man assigned to the case is Wiesler, who we see at the beginning of the movie lecturing to a class the importance and advantage of interviewing someone for 40 straight hours to get a confession. At first he just seems like a jerk, but as the film slowly unfolds it becomes clear that Wiesler really BELIEVES in the socialism and idealism of the DDR. As the film wears on, however, this resolve and belief in his country (and in his own actions as a member of the Stasi) is chipped away and he becomes sensitive and compassionate to the people he is spying on.

 

The movie is excellent and had a much more realistic feel to it than "Goodby Lenin" (which was also a good movie), and The Lives of Others also packs a real emotional punch as well as having very tense thrilling moments (especially near the end). Overall, it's a great (and incredibly well-acted) story about right and wrong and discovering the difference between political morality and real morality.

Your movies is too smart fer me.

Your movies is too smart fer me.

It's really not! It's like a John Clancy book turned movie, but well made and acted! I promise!

Did anyone see/going to see 'King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters' this weekend? If you haven't heard of it, it's a documentary about two men who have opposite personalities trying to set the world record high score in the arcade game Donkey Kong. So far on rottentomatoes, there are 31 positive reviews to 1 negative review.

 

Your movies is too smart fer me.

Thats why I'm going to see Superbad tonight.

Thats why I'm going to see Superbad tonight.

 

 

I'm the only one of my friends who wants to see it.

 

Rented 'Gridiron Gang' and was surprised at how much I liked it. Not a typical feel good movie. Lots of ups and downs and darker than I thought. And the Rock rules!

Rush Hour 3 was very very funny. Enjoyable, but nothing spectacular.

 

He was playing Nikolai Tesla, the famous Russian physicist/psycho

Ugh.

 

1.) It's Nikola Tesla.

 

2.) He was Serbian.