kirottu Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Japanese. I don't think it really matters though. Not with Miyazaki at least, since the dubs are really professional. In contrast, most people have watched the highly praised Otomo's Akira film adaptation with English dubs. I tried that and thought they were horrendous. Miyazaki's movies are so popular in the West that they get great voice talent to work with in the subs. Everyone knows the movies are a huge cash cow and the effort put into dubs reflects that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I found the english dub for Mononoke truly atrocious. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I thought Billy Bob Thorton was good even better than his japanese counter part. Rest of the english cast was big meh. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astr0creep Posted December 29, 2006 Share Posted December 29, 2006 Just watched DOOM. Gore, with Rosamund Pike running around without a bra. How can any movie be any better? I can think up a few ways... <_< http://entertainmentandbeyond.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 Ali G Indahouse - Funny, crude - the Eastside-Westside clash was great. My Neighbor Totoro - The scene where Totoro positions himself next to Satsuki and the sleeping Mei is perfect. Slap Shot - I'll admit it, I've never watched a Hockey game in its entirety; I'd rant about this film's greatness, but - then again - you're probably all secure and giddy in your knowledge of it, so whatever. Tokyo Godfathers - Half bland melodrama|half cliched comedy - arrayed in first rate animation. I'd suggest watching it with the subtitles turned off, but that's terribly unfunny. Bubble - Has there ever been a more realistic portrayal of boring failures and their boring lives? The script and direction are flawless. Bad Santa - I like how Willie was an ass man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 From the scribe behind Die Hard, Street Fighter, and Judge Dread: Blast!Starring Eddie Griffin as Archetypical-hero-haunted-by-past-failings and Breckin Meyer as his bumbling, blundering, stumbling, floundering sidekick "Jamal". Who is, not unexpectedly, a caucasian tech nerd (wholly whitebred) - hilarity ensues. Baddies: Vinnie Jones as Ruthless International Terrorist and Tommy 'Tiny' Lister as a bad ass mother.. (switch to boom!). Vulvas: Vivica A. Fox as Dignified FBI Agent - who, naturally, falls for Griffin, even though she only sees him, like, once - and Nadine Velazquez as Evil Bitch With Machine Gun. Highlights: - Griffin directing a Grenade via overhead bicycle kick. "We used to play Soccer in the Hood". (Suck it, Ronnie - not you, Lou.) - The glare, oh man, the glare - unfortunately, I've got no way of posting it, as I caught this gem on the telly, but man, the Griffin trademark stare, he used it in Undercover Brother for comedic effect, yet it's funnier here as the flick's pretty much a derivative 80s actioner in shiny new clothes (including ultra fast editing). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I caught that this morning. It was pretty funny trying to believe Griffin as someone who could kick someone's ass. Slap Shot - I'll admit it, I've never watched a Hockey game in its entirety; I'd rant about this film's greatness, but - then again - you're probably all secure and giddy in your knowledge of it, so whatever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> If you want to try another hockey movie, try Miracle. I recorded Rocky II this afternoon. Maybe it was III that I thought was good. And Brokeback Mountain is about to start soon. I've avoided this show like the plague, but now that it's on one of my movie channels I figure I might as well see what all that fuss was about a few months ago... Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 I caught that this morning. It was pretty funny trying to believe Griffin as someone who could kick someone's ass. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I love how he's like 5'5" and kicking Vinnie Jones' ass. On a sidenote, they're re-airing Malcolm & Eddie - my 9 year old self's favourite show - and I'm really wondering how it holds up. If you want to try another hockey movie, try Miracle. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nearly all I know about Hockey stems from Slap Shot, a bunch of NHL video games (blemished by puberty), half a world cup final on the telly (blemished by drowsiness), and my Hanson Brothers LPs (the reason I watched Slap Shot in the first place - whatever influences Nomeansno is infallible). I mean, I love Kurt Russell - but it sounds like the kind of film one would appreciate more if one were the owner of duffel bag chock full o' affection, dedication, and memorabilia - things I inadvertently lack. Of course - I'll keep my eyes open for it; you never do know. I got Mind Game today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 When is comes to hockey movies, I prefer "Mystery, Alaska". Miracle is number two, Slapshot is three, and then Youngblood. Although I should watch Youngblood again, it might move up the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Architect Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 (edited) I saw Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels for the first time today. It was pretty good IMO. Edited December 30, 2006 by The Architect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortis Nai Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Does the Saddam Execution via Cell Phone Video count as a home movie? How to Win and Informal Debate How to Defuse an argument Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Mind Game - The animated equivalent of a bloke who's desperately trying to be witty and insightful at an after-hours get-together, while everyone notices how much of a failure he is at interacting with normally developed human beings, yet keeps quiet as not to offend. La Vieille dame et les pigeons - Fantastic. Les Triplettes de Belleville - Almost better; Chomet's a master of his trade. I love how little need he has for language. The Hospital - Paddy Chayefsky + George C. Scott = Bock: I've always found life demanding. I'm an only child of lower-middle-class people. I was the glory of my parents. "My son, the doctor". You know. I was always top of my class. Scholarship to Harvard. The boy genius. The brilliant eccentric. Terrified of women, clumsy at sports. God, how do I go about this? Psychiatrist: I understand you just separated from your wife. Bock: I left her a dozen times. She left me a dozen times. We stayed through a process of attrition. Obviously, sadomasochistic dependency. My home is hell. We've got a 23-year-old boy. I threw him out of the house last year. A shaggy-haired Maoist. I don't know where he is. Presumably, building bombs in basements as an expression of universal brotherhood. I've got a 17-year-old daughter who's had two abortions in two years got arrested last week at a rock festival, for pushing drugs. They let her go. The typical affluent American family. I don't mean to be facile about this. I blame myself for those two useless young people. I never exercised parental authority. I'm no good at that. Oh, God, I'm no good at this, either. ... Bock: What the hell is wrong with being impotent? Kids are more hung up on sex than the Victorians. I got a son, 23 years old. I threw him out of the house last year. Pietistic little humbug. He preached universal love, and he despised everyone. Had a blanket contempt for the middle class, even its decencies. Detested my mother because she had a petit bourgeois pride in her son, the doctor. I cannot tell you how brutishly he ignored that rather good lady. When she died, he didn't even come to the funeral. He felt the chapel service was an hypocrisy. He told me his generation didn't live with lies. I said, "Listen, everybody lives with lies". I grabbed him by his poncho and I dragged him the length of our seven-room, despicably affluent middle-class apartment, and I flung him out. I haven't seen him since. You know what he said to me? He's standing there on the landing, on the verge of tears. He shrieked at me: "You old fink - You can't even get it up anymore". That was it, you see. That was his real revolution. It wasn't racism and the oppressed poor and the war in Vietnam. The ultimate American societal sickness was a limp dingus. Hah! My God. If there is a despised, misunderstood minority in this country it is us poor, impotent bastards. I'm impotent, and I'm proud of it. Impotence is beautiful, baby! - Power to the impotent! Right on, baby! You know when I say impotent, I don't mean merely limp. Disagreeable as it may be for a woman, a man may lust for other things, something a little less transient than an erection. A sense of permanent worth. That's what medicine was to me, my reason for being. When I was 34, I presented a paper before the annual convention of the Society of Clinical Investigation that pioneered the whole goddamn field of lmmunology. A breakthrough. I'm in all the textbooks. I happen to be an eminent man. You know something else? I don't give a goddamn. When I say impotent I mean I've lost even my desire to work. That's a hell of a lot more primal passion than sex. I've lost my reason for being. My purpose. The only thing I ever truly loved. It is all rubbish, isn't it? Transplants, antibodies. We manufacture genes. We can produce birth ectogenetically. We can practically clone people like carrots and half the kids in this ghetto haven't even been inoculated for polio! We have established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived and people are sicker than ever! We cure nothing! We heal nothing! The whole goddamn wretched world is strangulating in front of our eyes. That's what I mean when I say impotent. You don't know what the hell I'm talking about, do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 But ... does it have a happy ending? :'( OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well, he's no longer impotent, if that's what you're asking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Black Dahlia While beautiful movie I didn This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Well, he's no longer impotent, if that's what you're asking. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was more wondering about the human race. " Just watching El Cid on the tv: Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren star in an epic story from eleventh century (of the Christian Era) Spain, about how Rodrigo D OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Cars I expected a Pixar film and what I got was a great Pixar film. Well done! Pope likes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Les Triplettes de Belleville - Almost better; Chomet's a master of his trade. I love how little need he has for language. I loved this movie. Especially the dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Rumour Has It. Somewhat silly movie inspired by the Graduate. I didn't mind Shirley MacLaine in her limited role. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted December 31, 2006 Share Posted December 31, 2006 Les Triplettes de Belleville - Almost better; Chomet's a master of his trade. I love how little need he has for language. You know they're Portuguese, don't you? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Casino Royale was awesome. What's the name of the movie where they do all that fancy jumping and action stuff? I remember hearing about it, and the stunts in the beginning of the movie made me think of it. It was French I think. It's supposed to be the work of a bunch of psycho stuntmen. Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 The Psycho French Stuntmen Take Manhattan? No, that starred a bunch of Belgian tunnel-diggers ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Ah, found a clip of Youtube, The movie is District B13. Anyone seen it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laozi Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 When is comes to hockey movies, I prefer "Mystery, Alaska". Miracle is number two, Slapshot is three, and then Youngblood. Although I should watch Youngblood again, it might move up the list. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can't believe Slapshot isn't your #1 pick, and none of the Mighty Ducks movies can make your hockey top three? Not even the one where they beat the mean, bad Icelanders? Notes On A Scandal Kate Blanchett is a smoking hot lesbian, Kriea comes in, messes everything up. Good movie all and all, got me a second date. People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirottu Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Ah, found a clip of Youtube, The movie is District B13. Anyone seen it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have. It has some good action sequences. This post is not to be enjoyed, discussed, or referenced on company time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 Happy Feet - The good outshines the bad .. It reminded me a bit of A.I. - But the ending was a really out of tune with the rest of the film imo, which made the film loose some points with me. Not a bad ending though, just kinda forced.. Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baley Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 You know they're Portuguese, don't you? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wait what - oh yeah, Souza. Underworld - You know how some reviewers decline typing a word out of sheer disgust and just lace their articles with photos of people puking? Yeah. Scary Movie 3 - I liked when half the Wu showed up; everything else - not so much. Idiocracy - Not bad. Dysgenics is a first for Sci-Fi comedies - I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kor Qel Droma Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 The Thin Red Line Two things I always feel when watching this movie. Sadness for Jim Cavaziel, and contempt for Nick Nolte. Jaguars4ever is still alive. No word of a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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