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[Johnny Henning]

Watching the infamouse ISHTAR (1987) with Dusty Hoffman and Warren Beatty. And awkward film that is actually pretty funny at times.

[stephanie familiar]

watching The Tree of Life. my god, what the hell IS this? so mind numbingly boring... can't... go... on.

[Dave Hudson]

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: A definite improvement on the previous 2 movies and generally enjoyable (with a plot that, on the whole, makes sense!) but I think I've had my fill of Captain Jack Sparrow now.

[stephanie familiar]

ides of march. finally, a good movie! i was thoroughly impressed by the film, and the perfomance ryan gosling gave. i appreciated the points it was trying to make, the characters were great, and i was engrossed. it's interesting though; movies with scenes that are supposed to bother me (i.e. drive) don't usually phase me, and movies that aren't supposed to bother me, do. am i the only one that was disturbed by the ending of ides?

[Tonycal]

ides of march. finally, a good movie! i was thoroughly impressed by the film, and the perfomance ryan gosling gave. i appreciated the points it was trying to make, the characters were great, and i was engrossed. it's interesting though; movies with scenes that are supposed to bother me (i.e. drive) don't usually phase me, and movies that aren't supposed to bother me, do. am i the only one that was disturbed by the ending of ides?

I wouldn't say I was distrubed. But I believe things like that happen daily in real life politics.

[Nicholas Taggart]

ides of march. finally, a good movie! i was thoroughly impressed by the film, and the perfomance ryan gosling gave. i appreciated the points it was trying to make, the characters were great, and i was engrossed. it's interesting though; movies with scenes that are supposed to bother me (i.e. drive) don't usually phase me, and movies that aren't supposed to bother me, do. am i the only one that was disturbed by the ending of ides?

I was only disturbed by how one dimensional all the characters were. And by the fact that someone made a movie that had both Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman in it and didn't include a scene of them yelling at each other.

[Christian U]

am i the only one that was disturbed by the ending of ides?

How do you mean? I mean, it was an intentionally cynical ending. Or are you refering to something else?

And by the fact that someone made a movie that had both Paul Giamatti and Philip Seymour Hoffman in it and didn't include a scene of them yelling at each other.

That was a shame.

[Adam Balson]

I'm watching There Will Be Blood right now. Decent film but the music is a bit odd, I keep expecting people to get shot or something crazy to happen because of it. Doesn't quite seem to fit.

[steveuk]

'A Dangerous Method'.

I haven't been so conscious that I was watching people "acting" in quite some time. I expected it to be talky, in fact I was looking forward to it. Viggo Mortenson and Micheal Fassbender with a script by Christopher Hampton? Wonderful!

Except it's not. It's boring.

[Johnny Henning]

That movie lacked the usual sense of humor Hampton brings to formal situations. There were stabs at it with the differences between Freud and Jung but the characters were so self-analytical that it became absurd in a completely non-comic way.

Still, it held my attention for the most part. I wish they had pushed more into the conflict between Jung and Freud's world views rather than concentrate on the trivial arguments and clashes of character.

[Chris D]

I'm watching There Will Be Blood right now. Decent film but the music is a bit odd, I keep expecting people to get shot or something crazy to happen because of it. Doesn't quite seem to fit.

I, on the other hand, loved the ominous soundtrack. Really complimented Daniel Day Lewis' unnerving performance.

[steveuk]

That movie lacked the usual sense of humor Hampton brings to formal situations. There were stabs at it with the differences between Freud and Jung but the characters were so self-analytical that it became absurd in a completely non-comic way.

Still, it held my attention for the most part. I wish they had pushed more into the conflict between Jung and Freud's world views rather than concentrate on the trivial arguments and clashes of character.

It's wall to wall exposition. The closest anyone gets to naturalistic acting is Vincent Cassel and even he's saddled with endless explanations of everything.

Sometimes ninety minutes (and I checked, it is only and hour and a half) can feel like a much longer time.

[brucegray666]

Yeah, i thought the soundtrack was great too. I love the fact that it's the only thing you really hear for the first 10 minutes of the movie too.

[Adam Balson]

I, on the other hand, loved the ominous soundtrack. Really complimented Daniel Day Lewis' unnerving performance.

The further I get into it the more I'm starting to agree with you now. Threw me off a bit at first since I thought he was a decent man and it was weird how the music would go nuts over nothing.
Now it's making more sense the more sinister his character gets.

It's a very good film. Can't quite put my finger on what makes it great other than Daniel Day Lewis though.

[stephanie familiar]

It's wall to wall exposition. The closest anyone gets to naturalistic acting is Vincent Cassel and even he's saddled with endless explanations of everything.

well, we are talking about psychoanalysts here.

[steveuk]

well, we are talking about psychoanalysts here.

So are they. Endlessly.

[Carlos Mancilla II]

Yeah, i thought the soundtrack was great too. I love the fact that it's the only thing you really hear for the first 10 minutes of the movie too.

PTA really puts his signature into his movies with the film score

[David Meadows]

Grimm wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, but wasn't as good as I thought it should be.

[Paul F]

Grimm wasn't as bad as I thought it might be, but wasn't as good as I thought it should be.

I've heard it gets better.

[Martin Smith]

I'm watching Mars Attacks. It's utter crap. I assumed it was meant to be a parody of Independence Day, bu Wikipedia says it's a coincidence that it's somehow a much stupider version of that.