The English Movies Thread (No Spoilers Please)

mobike008 · 3rd December 2009, 16:16

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Originally Posted by kaushik_s

Goodfellas : Story of a Gangster's rise and fall and based on true story. Very well executed movie and well portrayed. Must watch.

Watched this movie. It's a nice story mostly told in a documentary fashion about the rise and fall of a Gangster in NY in 70's.

Joe Pesci won an academy award for this movie for best supporting actor and as usual, he was flamboyantly funny.

Rest of the cast too acted quite well.

3/5

14000rpm · 3rd December 2009, 17:12

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Originally Posted by harry10

The Thomas Crown Affair- Saw it on tv few days back. Story of wealthy art collector by pierce brosnan who steals a painting just for the fun of it and then the chase by insurance company and the police to get it from him. Quiet interesting all the time and would recommend it.

Rating- 4/5

all time fave movie this one. ending is damn clever.

jai-uno-t · 3rd December 2009, 19:59

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roll on 2010, it's going to be a great year!!!

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nitrous · 4th December 2009, 00:04

How would I know? I was born in the 80s...
"The A-Team" (1983)

mobike008 · 4th December 2009, 09:27

@Jai Uno, which movie is that?

harry10 · 5th December 2009, 02:22

Watched- The rebound at TGIP noida today.
Nice movie and a very simple love story.

Rating - 3.5/5

tortoiseNhare · 5th December 2009, 20:41

Watched Babel this evening. There are four stories in the movie linked to a stray bullet hitting a foreign tourist. Non linear story telling enhances the cerebral pleasure of watching the movie. Special mention must be made about the actress playing the Mexican babysitter. The background score is also great and deservedly won the Oscar. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchet.

My rating: 4/5

SirAlec · 5th December 2009, 22:04

^^^ i didn't liked babel very much.

I watched Micheal Clayton starring George Clooney.
Its a good movie.

GordonGekko · 5th December 2009, 23:53

AMERICAN PSYCHO- Classic Film

Just Ignore the head on the stick part.

YouTube - American Psycho scene : Theory about beautiful women

muni · 6th December 2009, 16:39

Just now finished watching this movie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain with subtitles which I had downloaded.

Audrey Tautou is such a wonderful actress.

Beautiful french movie and I liked every bit of it. Am sure you will like the movie inspite of it being french.

Rating :8/10

The IMDB link

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)

Eddy · 6th December 2009, 22:56

Loved Angels and Demons. It is one my fav books, and the movie was good too. Wayyy better than The Da Vinci Code

Samurai · 7th December 2009, 00:20

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Originally Posted by muni

Audrey Tautou is such a wonderful actress.

Beautiful french movie and I liked every bit of it. Am sure you will like the movie inspite of it being french.

I thought everybody would be very familiar with this movie. This was the movie that competed neck-to-neck with Lagaan for the Oscar award in 2002. However, both didn't get it. I have seen it many times since.

maddy42 · 7th December 2009, 06:43

Had got butten by JUILA ROBERTS so

Stepmom: Good movie about the relationship between a stepmom and the daughter. Very nicely done up and good role by the daughter. Julia is good again. Lol dont curse me but i adore her
3.5/5

Pretty woman: Wow. SHe was one hell of a gal in this movie. Richard gere looks good and played his part. Alll the supporting actors in this movie did a splendid job. Julia is sweet, caring, and very innocent at heart in this. One of her best roles. Must watch.

Fav quote
Vivian: Baby, I'm gonna treat you so nice, you're never gonna wanna let me go.
Edward: Three thousand, for six days, and Vivian, I will let you go.

Rating: 4/5 The extra .5 for you know who

And now dont kill me but i also did watch

Days of thunder: Brilliant nascar movie with the life of a racer adn how he deals with ups and downs. They show that guys who love cars will go to do anything to help each other. Remember TBHP for that. Nice acting by Tom cruise and his race enngr. Well i dont know his name. The friend of Tom cruise does his role well and i loved the scene where they race rentals on the beach. Wow. SPlashing water makes it look like wind tunnel testing.
Rating: 3.5/4 Must watch

mobike008 · 7th December 2009, 15:45

Checked out a couple of movies last week

Meet the Fockers Starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman etc.

Story continues from Meet the Parents and this time the young couple wants their parents to meet over a weekend. Ben's parents turn out to be loud mouth and gross people compared to the girl's parents who are the epitome of conservativeness. This envokes some laughs.

However, i liked the previous edition and thought this one was too vulgar and cheap to generate laughter

2.5/5

State of Play Starring Russel Crowe and Ben Affleck

Crowe is a journalist and Ben is a congressman and both happen to be friends as well. This story is about Crowe investigating a murder of a young woman that links the congressman.

Taut Story, great acting by entire cast made this one good thriller. However, feel sad to see Russell Crowe look so haggard and overweight.

Must Watch

4/5

faridsahmed · 7th December 2009, 15:53

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Originally Posted by mobike008

State of Play Starring Russel Crowe and Ben Affleck
Taut Story, great acting by entire cast made this one good thriller. However, feel sad to see Russell Crowe look so haggard and overweight.
Must Watch
4/5

I do have this movie sitting on my computer's hard disk. I think now the time has come to watch it since many have recommended it and rated it pretty high. Thanks mobike008

3rd December 2009, 19:59	#1488
jai-uno-t BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: london Posts: 68 Thanked: 73 Times View My Garage	for those of you old enough to remember the fabulous 80's, this picture should bring a shiver of anticipation: roll on 2010, it's going to be a great year!!! Note from the Team-BHP Support : Please note that it is now imperative for you to upload pictures directly to the Team-BHP Server. Click here (Uploading photographs directly to Team-BHP) to view our simple help article on uploading pictures. Last edited by Technocrat : 3rd December 2009 at 20:31. Reason: Please read the note in your post, thanks
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4th December 2009, 00:04	#1489
nitrous Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: UAE/Lon/Madras Posts: 6,965 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	How would I know? I was born in the 80s... "The A-Team" (1983)
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4th December 2009, 09:27	#1490
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,694 Thanked: 14,782 Times View My Garage	@Jai Uno, which movie is that?
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5th December 2009, 02:22	#1491
harry10 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Faridabad/Delhi Posts: 2,712 Thanked: 3,622 Times View My Garage	Watched- The rebound at TGIP noida today. Nice movie and a very simple love story. Rating - 3.5/5
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5th December 2009, 20:41	#1492
tortoiseNhare BHPian Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Guwahati Posts: 536 Thanked: 90 Times	Watched Babel this evening. There are four stories in the movie linked to a stray bullet hitting a foreign tourist. Non linear story telling enhances the cerebral pleasure of watching the movie. Special mention must be made about the actress playing the Mexican babysitter. The background score is also great and deservedly won the Oscar. The movie stars Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchet. My rating: 4/5
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5th December 2009, 22:04	#1493
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,393 Thanked: 726 Times	^^^ i didn't liked babel very much. I watched Micheal Clayton starring George Clooney. Its a good movie.
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6th December 2009, 16:39	#1495
muni BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 607 Thanked: 214 Times View My Garage	Just now finished watching this movie Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain with subtitles which I had downloaded. Audrey Tautou is such a wonderful actress. Beautiful french movie and I liked every bit of it. Am sure you will like the movie inspite of it being french. Rating :8/10 The IMDB link Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
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6th December 2009, 22:56	#1496
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 9,386 Thanked: 13,292 Times	Loved Angels and Demons. It is one my fav books, and the movie was good too. Wayyy better than The Da Vinci Code
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7th December 2009, 06:43	#1498
maddy42 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Coorg Posts: 2,131 Thanked: 1,328 Times View My Garage	Had got butten by JUILA ROBERTS so Stepmom: Good movie about the relationship between a stepmom and the daughter. Very nicely done up and good role by the daughter. Julia is good again. Lol dont curse me but i adore her 3.5/5 Pretty woman: Wow. SHe was one hell of a gal in this movie. Richard gere looks good and played his part. Alll the supporting actors in this movie did a splendid job. Julia is sweet, caring, and very innocent at heart in this. One of her best roles. Must watch. Fav quote Vivian: Baby, I'm gonna treat you so nice, you're never gonna wanna let me go. Edward: Three thousand, for six days, and Vivian, I will let you go. Rating: 4/5 The extra .5 for you know who And now dont kill me but i also did watch Days of thunder: Brilliant nascar movie with the life of a racer adn how he deals with ups and downs. They show that guys who love cars will go to do anything to help each other. Remember TBHP for that. Nice acting by Tom cruise and his race enngr. Well i dont know his name. The friend of Tom cruise does his role well and i loved the scene where they race rentals on the beach. Wow. SPlashing water makes it look like wind tunnel testing. Rating: 3.5/4 Must watch
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7th December 2009, 15:45	#1499
mobike008 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 11,694 Thanked: 14,782 Times View My Garage	Checked out a couple of movies last week Meet the Fockers Starring Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman etc. Story continues from Meet the Parents and this time the young couple wants their parents to meet over a weekend. Ben's parents turn out to be loud mouth and gross people compared to the girl's parents who are the epitome of conservativeness. This envokes some laughs. However, i liked the previous edition and thought this one was too vulgar and cheap to generate laughter 2.5/5 State of Play Starring Russel Crowe and Ben Affleck Crowe is a journalist and Ben is a congressman and both happen to be friends as well. This story is about Crowe investigating a murder of a young woman that links the congressman. Taut Story, great acting by entire cast made this one good thriller. However, feel sad to see Russell Crowe look so haggard and overweight. Must Watch 4/5
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