CS Film Club - Page 75

ViRUs · 09-22-2007, 11:36 PM

hey, im here. I just moved out and I left my list of movies at my other house. I'll have it up tomorrow.

SnoBorderZero · 09-23-2007, 01:03 AM

I'll take Natural Born Killers.

FranklinTard · 09-23-2007, 01:00 PM

moviebuff

high fidelity
tron
Kids
slc punk!
Ran

and i can do 12 angry men. by the way the game is one of the best thrillers of all time if you ask me.

shained · 09-23-2007, 01:43 PM

sorry took a few days just been out a lot this weekend.

I'll go with Amadeus

For you

Ôdishon
Bridge to Terabithia
The Fountain
Fracture

Darth Maul · 09-23-2007, 02:20 PM

ill go with the Fountain

MovieBuff801 · 09-23-2007, 02:40 PM

I can do High Fidelity.

sshuttari · 09-23-2007, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRUs

hey, im here. I just moved out and I left my list of movies at my other house. I'll have it up tomorrow.

sounds good

sshuttari · 09-23-2007, 03:42 PM

Virus:

The Shawshank Redemption
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Insider
Kingdom of Heaven: Directors Cut

**JBond** · 09-23-2007, 06:19 PM

Since Virus is here, I'll try to watch "Ghost in the Shell" as well.

ViRUs · 09-23-2007, 09:10 PM

I'll go with Shawshank

Heres my list,

Alpha Dog
The Lookout
Remember the Titans
The Matador

sshuttari · 09-23-2007, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ViRUs

I'll go with Shawshank

Heres my list,

Alpha Dog
The Lookout
Remember the Titans
The Matador

ill go with Matador

shained · 09-24-2007, 06:37 AM

i loved the Matador very, very funny film

**JBond** · 09-24-2007, 03:55 PM

Yeah, Brosnan's great in that.

sshuttari · 09-24-2007, 04:20 PM

good to hear, hope I like it a lot as well.

**JBond** · 09-28-2007, 01:06 AM

Trainspotting

I guess I didn't really get this movie. It was interesting on a drug habit level, seeing him trying to go cold turkey and what not...but I didn't laugh that much and it didn't keep my interest so well. There was a scene near the beginning where he dove into a toliet and found himself in a sea. You can't just have a fantasy scene like that and have no more in the whole movie, it's out of place, I would have liked to have seen more scenes like that.

7/10

shained · 09-28-2007, 07:20 AM

That was one of my 1st films i watched in this club and think i gave it 7 also. I liked thought there were plenty of powerful scenes, most involving the baby. Robert Carlisle is so ****ed up in that film as well but he is funny

Dracula · 09-28-2007, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrix_Fan

For the love of....

East Of Eden
Giant
Hamlet (1996)
Metropolis (2001) (No connection with the 1927 film of the same name, and not a kid flick)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry

I'm having some trouble getting a hold of that Hamet movie, I may have to get Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry instead.

**JBond** · 09-28-2007, 02:24 PM

Yeah, Robert Caryle was great. It's funny the movie talked so much about James Bond and he woudl later be a Bond villian.

Knerys · 09-28-2007, 02:36 PM

Well I glad you enjoyed for the most part. It is a very trippy, but that's part of it charm. :p

And I figured you'd like the Bond references.

sshuttari · 10-02-2007, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBond

Yeah, Robert Caryle was great. It's funny the movie talked so much about James Bond and he woudl later be a Bond villian.

Oh yeah your right he was in World is not Enough.

Don't even recognize him in that movie.

**JBond** · 10-02-2007, 03:08 PM

I wouldn't have recognized him either, I just knew his name.

sshuttari · 10-02-2007, 11:30 PM

The Matador is a strange film. Its main character Julian, played with an unusual mix of charm and unbalance by Brosnan, is not your typical hero. Julian is a hit man who is experiencing a late mid-life crises. Having spent 22 years in the profession of cold blooded murder he now finds himself stressed out and desperately lonely. And so, after a chance meeting at a bar with Danny (Greg Kinnear), he latches on and begins a halting, awkward friendship. Danny, the quintessential nice guy, is dealing with some stuff in his own life and, truth be told, could use a friend as well. The two make an unexpected connection, and Danny sticks around to hear Julian's story, even after learning the "unsavory" truth about Julian's work.

Matador approaches a subject not completely unheard of in cinema, the anti-hero assassin (films like 'Assassins' and 'Grosse Pointe Blank' come to mind). But Matador differs in several key ways. First of all, the killing and gore is implied but never really shown in any detail, meaning that if you are an action movie buff looking for an adrenaline rush this movie will probably disappoint you. And second, unlike most anti-hero films, Matador makes no attempt to show remorse and redemption from its main character. Julian's job is simply presented as an 'it is what it is' kind of thing. This is unusual, given that 99.99% of us would consider killing for money horrific. And yet this unorthodox approach is perhaps what makes the film feel authentic. Although we don't like to admit it, almost anything could become mundane after we did it long enough, maybe even murder. Did Julian's victims deserve to die? Who is paying to have people killed? Who knows. The movie never deals with these questions. The focus is on Julian and his stumbling shuffle into a genuine friendship. If you read about someone like Julian in the paper you would have a passing thought that people like him should be ripped out of society like a cancer, but forced to watch his life you are drawn in by his intense humanity. Sympathy for the devil, I guess.

Brosnan's take on Julian is well done and deeply unsettling. He doesn't completely divorce himself from his James Bond good looks and smooth charm, but rather just adds disturbing quirks into the mix. Weird or crude remarks in the middle polite conversations and sudden shifts from suave charm to childish tantrums and sad desperate pleas for acceptance. It keeps you guessing about his grasp on his sanity and how it will affect those around him. It's a bit like listening to a piano player that occasionally and unexpectedly hits a wrong note while he plays, but it works. The films only other major role, that of Danny, is not nearly as meaty. Kinnear turns in a solid if unspectacular performance as a regular Joe with a regular Joe life and problems.

The film doesn't really have any huge shocks or M Night Shyamalan twists, but I wasn't able to guess the ending and it felt satisfying. It doesn't have any deep philosophical or spiritual insights and yet it felt very human. And it didn't have any heart pounding car chases or gun battles and yet I thought the pacing was well done and I was never bored.

It's a comment on the strange, random world we live in. A good film; worth seeing.

9/10

ViRUs · 10-03-2007, 10:31 PM

nice, i'm glad that you liked it.

Matrix_Fan · 10-04-2007, 02:49 AM

Character

An ambitious young lawyer is questioned for the murder of his father, a feared bailiff. While he is question, he recounts the events of his life leading up to the supposed murder.

While I'm not the biggest fan of Flashback-heavy filmmaking, Character was a surprisingly affective drama. Really liked the performances, not to mention some beautiful cinematography. The ending revelation surprised me, if only for a little bit. All in all, I liked it quite a bit. A little slow in some spots, but overall, I liked it.

8/10

Nilade · 10-07-2007, 12:57 AM

My video store was out of K-19. I'm gonna go back tomorrow and look for Apocolypse Now or Do The Right Thing tomorrow. I'm off tomorrow so it should be up by Monday or tomorrow night.

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09-22-2007, 11:36 PM	#1851
ViRUs All for one and one for all! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 7,304	hey, im here. I just moved out and I left my list of movies at my other house. I'll have it up tomorrow. __________________ Til I'm toppling from the top I'm not going to stop, I'm staying on my Monopoly board. That means I'm on top of my game and it dont stop `til my hip dont hop anymore. When you so good you cant say it, `cause it aint even cool for you to sound cocky anymore.

09-23-2007, 01:43 PM	#1854
shained Y.N.W.A Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool, england Posts: 3,387	sorry took a few days just been out a lot this weekend. I'll go with Amadeus For you Ôdishon Bridge to Terabithia The Fountain Fracture __________________ Liverpool Football Club You'll Never Walk Alone Letterboxd

09-23-2007, 02:20 PM	#1855
Darth Maul The Cure Join Date: May 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 8,048	ill go with the Fountain __________________ You're the disease, and I'm the cure. - Marion Cobretti Albert & Bellamy Productions http://www.youtube.com/user/AlandBellProductions

09-23-2007, 02:40 PM	#1856
MovieBuff801 Fringe Division Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Walter's Lab Posts: 10,926	I can do High Fidelity. __________________ AFI Top 100 Movies (1998) Seen: 68 out of 100

09-23-2007, 01:03 AM	#1852
SnoBorderZero There is no bathroom Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Kindergarten Terminator Posts: 8,106	I'll take Natural Born Killers.

09-23-2007, 01:00 PM	#1853
FranklinTard Gangsta White Walls Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 15,809	moviebuff high fidelity tron Kids slc punk! Ran and i can do 12 angry men. by the way the game is one of the best thrillers of all time if you ask me.

09-23-2007, 06:19 PM	#1859
JBond Beyond Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sol Posts: 67,675	Since Virus is here, I'll try to watch "Ghost in the Shell" as well. __________________ The due date for Round 137 of the CS Film Club is Monday, July 1st, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

09-23-2007, 09:10 PM	#1860
ViRUs All for one and one for all! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 7,304	I'll go with Shawshank Heres my list, Alpha Dog The Lookout Remember the Titans The Matador __________________ Til I'm toppling from the top I'm not going to stop, I'm staying on my Monopoly board. That means I'm on top of my game and it dont stop `til my hip dont hop anymore. When you so good you cant say it, `cause it aint even cool for you to sound cocky anymore.

09-24-2007, 06:37 AM	#1862
shained Y.N.W.A Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool, england Posts: 3,387	i loved the Matador very, very funny film __________________ Liverpool Football Club You'll Never Walk Alone Letterboxd

09-24-2007, 03:55 PM	#1863
JBond Beyond Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sol Posts: 67,675	Yeah, Brosnan's great in that. __________________ The due date for Round 137 of the CS Film Club is Monday, July 1st, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

09-28-2007, 01:06 AM	#1865
JBond Beyond Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sol Posts: 67,675	Trainspotting I guess I didn't really get this movie. It was interesting on a drug habit level, seeing him trying to go cold turkey and what not...but I didn't laugh that much and it didn't keep my interest so well. There was a scene near the beginning where he dove into a toliet and found himself in a sea. You can't just have a fantasy scene like that and have no more in the whole movie, it's out of place, I would have liked to have seen more scenes like that. 7/10 __________________ The due date for Round 137 of the CS Film Club is Monday, July 1st, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

09-28-2007, 07:20 AM	#1866
shained Y.N.W.A Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: liverpool, england Posts: 3,387	That was one of my 1st films i watched in this club and think i gave it 7 also. I liked thought there were plenty of powerful scenes, most involving the baby. Robert Carlisle is so ****ed up in that film as well but he is funny __________________ Liverpool Football Club You'll Never Walk Alone Letterboxd

09-28-2007, 02:24 PM	#1868
JBond Beyond Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sol Posts: 67,675	Yeah, Robert Caryle was great. It's funny the movie talked so much about James Bond and he woudl later be a Bond villian. __________________ The due date for Round 137 of the CS Film Club is Monday, July 1st, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

09-28-2007, 02:36 PM	#1869
Knerys 1701 Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Qo'noS Posts: 32,066	Well I glad you enjoyed for the most part. It is a very trippy, but that's part of it charm. :p And I figured you'd like the Bond references. __________________ "I have been and always shall be your friend."

10-02-2007, 03:08 PM	#1871
JBond Beyond Join Date: May 2000 Location: Sol Posts: 67,675	I wouldn't have recognized him either, I just knew his name. __________________ The due date for Round 137 of the CS Film Club is Monday, July 1st, 2013. 59 out of 64 Hugo Award winners completed. "Die Hard 5 makes Die Hard 4 look like Die Hard 1" - Doomsday

10-03-2007, 10:31 PM	#1873
ViRUs All for one and one for all! Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 7,304	nice, i'm glad that you liked it. __________________ Til I'm toppling from the top I'm not going to stop, I'm staying on my Monopoly board. That means I'm on top of my game and it dont stop `til my hip dont hop anymore. When you so good you cant say it, `cause it aint even cool for you to sound cocky anymore.

10-04-2007, 02:49 AM	#1874
Matrix_Fan The One (Kinda) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The Matrix and stuff. Posts: 6,448	Character An ambitious young lawyer is questioned for the murder of his father, a feared bailiff. While he is question, he recounts the events of his life leading up to the supposed murder. While I'm not the biggest fan of Flashback-heavy filmmaking, Character was a surprisingly affective drama. Really liked the performances, not to mention some beautiful cinematography. The ending revelation surprised me, if only for a little bit. All in all, I liked it quite a bit. A little slow in some spots, but overall, I liked it. 8/10 __________________ Albert & Bellamy Productions http://www.youtube.com/user/AlandBellProductions

10-07-2007, 12:57 AM	#1875
Nilade In glorious Technicolor Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: West Hollywood Posts: 3,953	My video store was out of K-19. I'm gonna go back tomorrow and look for Apocolypse Now or Do The Right Thing tomorrow. I'm off tomorrow so it should be up by Monday or tomorrow night. __________________ Dattebayo!!!