15th July 2008, 12:04
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15th July 2008, 12:44
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15th July 2008, 13:32
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15th July 2008, 15:16
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15th July 2008, 15:21
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15th July 2008, 16:36
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 I haven't seen seen this movie yet, but have heard a lot of good things about it. I have been mostly off movies for quite a while now. I won't quite count watching "Dasavatharam" last week. Though I can't make out a single word of tamil, I found it quite "entertaining". Dumb movie? Yes, but a very nice movie to watch and poke fun at. Is it just me, or is Kamalahasan trying to ape Al Pacino's mannerisms from time to time (when he is his own 'avatar')? The make-up is a joke and so are the uh, "special effects". Have started on my regular movie-watching since yesterday. Mostly going to watch my old faves for a while with my wife (she hasn't seen quite a few of them). Yesterday I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Wilkinson, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst etc etc. I enjoyed it as much as any of the earlier times I'd watched it (which is a whole lot!). It was even more enjoyable, watching it with wifey  The movie is written by Charlie Kaufman, so it comes with that goofy, crazy, but ultimately straight-to-the-heart-of-the-concept style. Ideally, you should watch it without any idea about what the movie is all about, to really savour the story, as things happen. In my DVD player today: Ladykillers (1955, I think) - The original version with Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness. | |
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15th July 2008, 16:43
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16th July 2008, 11:21
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| BHPian  | Zee Studio is showing some classics these days. Last evening I watched 'The World's Fastest Indian'. The story of an old man, Burt Munro who owns a vintage 1920 Indian motorcycle. The motorcycle is his life. His dream is to speed run it over 200 mph on the vast salt tracks of Bonneville, Utah. He accomplishes his dream in the end. His journey from a small NZ town, Invercargill to Bonneville is brilliantly shot. Anthony Hopkins as Burt Munro is one of the most impeccable performances in cinema I have seen in a long time. Superb movie. 5/5 rating |
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16th July 2008, 13:14
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 I agree, it is a lovely movie. But how do you watch movies more than once? | |
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16th July 2008, 13:26
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Impeccable performance by Tom Hanks and the black lady who is the central character of the movie ( forgot her name) | |
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16th July 2008, 13:49
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Overall rating, 3.5/5. Put it on the must watch list if you like British Gangster/Guy Ritchie style movies. Also watched American Gangster recently, another good movie. Fantastic performance by Denzel Washington! But if you are going to watch the uncut version, there is a lot of nudity so be warned! It is after all based in the late-60's/early-70's NY when all this was acceptable! Story revolves around Denzel Washington who works for the Mob boss "Bumpy Johnson". After Bumpy's death he takes over the business & finds a new & innovative way to import Drugs directly from the source in SE Asia & controls the drug empire in Manhattan. An incorruptible cop (played by Russell Crowe) with a failed marriage & trouble of his own finally catches him though. And yeah, it's based on a true story. Overall rating 3.5/5. | |
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16th July 2008, 20:00
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16th July 2008, 20:32
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Watching most movies more than once is quite enjoyable (to me). In fact Eternal...Mind is one of those movies you will enjoy more and more in subsequent viewings: You always catch something new about the movie, some subtle flavour that you missed the first time around. During subsequent viewings, we tend to focus less on understanding what's happening in the foreground and pay more attention to the details -- Most of the time this gives you a better understanding of how the movie is built-up, or you see and enjoy subtle clues about how the story is going to turn later on in the movie (since you already know the story) etc etc.Quote:
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In my DVD Player today: 21 Grams. Starring Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and the lovely Naomi Watts. One of the better done discontinuous-edit-style movies with overlapping timelines. (@Proxima, you know, I actually think I enjoy watching my favourite movies again and again,more than watching a fresh, new movie that I know nothing about). Last edited by hydrashok : 16th July 2008 at 20:40. | |||||
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16th July 2008, 21:00
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17th July 2008, 14:27
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