The last film you watched....

[Niedel]

Saw the new Clash of the Titans. Underwhelming, to say the least, although I had NO expectations whatsoever.

[D B Campbell]

Finally saw Avatar. Computer graphics are amazing. But the story's just Dances With Wolves meets Fern Gully. :lol:

[M. Demetrius]

Exellent comparison, Duncan.

[Lucius Duccius Rufinus]

was lucky enough to catch the film "Agora" last night at the cinema, WOW! really really good! the roman soldiers however are wearing leather armour and possibly even leather helmets, but the story was just amazing, anyone not familiar with the film, its the take of Alexandria starting around 350 A.D. with the rise of christianity and the move away from the pagan gods, huge riots but eventually paganism is out lawed and things settle down until the jews get thrown into the mix then more fighting... very emotional film! behind all that though is the story of Hypatia the "first" notable greek female mathamatician and philosopher. kinda goes into her theories of 'gravity' although not called so its her ideas about the earth moving and trying to give reason away from the Ptolemy Almagest. The CGI work for the city is truely AWESOME! some scenes where you see the city alive are just stunning!! especially the work they did to recreate the great library!

anyways go see it yourself! great watch!

[Jeroen Pelgrom]

Finally saw Avatar. Computer graphics are amazing. But the story's just Dances With Wolves meets Fern Gully.

no no, avatar is the same as pocahontas:
[url:31j0bsm9]http://bookanatomy101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/AvatarPocahontas.jpg[/url] :wink:

Last movie i saw was: The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc from 1928 by Carl Theodor Dreyer).

Wow what an amazing movie. The performance of Renée Jeanne Falconetti is truly magnificent! This is why movies are made.

[url:31j0bsm9]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Joan_of_Arc[/url]

a clip from youtube: [url:31j0bsm9]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBn9KK2Ss0[/url]

[Narukami]

Last movie i saw was: The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc from 1928 by Carl Theodor Dreyer).

Wow what an amazing movie. The performance of Renée Jeanne Falconetti is truly magnificent! This is why movies are made.

[url:2l1nvgge]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_Joan_of_Arc[/url]

a clip from youtube: [url:2l1nvgge]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLBn9KK2Ss0[/url]

What a great film this is! The faces are simply amazing -- so expressive. Of course, the director cast these actors with this in mind and he uses them to best effect. It is a marvelous film, and along with the newly restored Metropolis, one of the very best of the Silent Era.

As for Dances With Avatar ...

It goes back even further than Fern Gully of Pocahontas. James Cameron is a fan of the old TV series The Outer Limits and borrowed from the series for some of his earlier films (Terminator has echos of The Demon With The Glass Hand and Soldier, both written by Harlin Ellison). Likewise Avatar seems to have echoes of the episode Chameleon written by Robert Towne (Chinatown) and starring Robert Duvall. Perhaps it only served as an early inspiration, then again...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl_GLxMSjrU

:wink:

Narukami

[Narukami]

Speaking of The Passion Of Joan Of Arc...

The DVD is available from Criterion (and Amazon as well).

http://www.criterion.com/films/228-the- ... oan-of-arc

With its stunning camerawork and striking compositions, Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc convinced the world that movies could be art. Renée Falconetti gives one of the greatest performances ever recorded on film, as the young maiden who died for God and France. Long thought to have been lost to fire, the original version was miraculously found in perfect condition in 1981—in a Norwegian mental institution. Criterion is proud to present this milestone of silent cinema in a new special edition featuring composer Richard Einhorn’s Voices of Light, an original opera/oratorio inspired by the film.

:wink:

Narukami

[Jeroen Pelgrom]

thats the dvd i have! I watched it without music and with einhorn. I prefer with einhorn.

The complete metropolis will we available on DVD and blue-ray in november 2010 from Kino so i'm confident that the dvd will be up to their standards. Their website even has a trailer for it:

[url:hs0vo52l]http://www.kino.com/metropolis/[/url]

[Narukami]

Metropolis on Blu Ray -- Excellent!

My PS3 is ready and waiting for this gem.

Thanks for the link!


Narukami

[Astiryu1]

Isn't that the movie with Rachel Weisz? I have been waiting for news on it. I have yet to see Clash of the Titans I did like the original. I rented the entire HBO series of Rome from the local library I do like Pullo/Bors/The Punisher. The new Star Trek was pretty good too! I also have watched Doctor Zhivago withe Keairia
Knightly and Sam Neill. It was a decent one timer but such a sad ending!

[D B Campbell]

Watched M.N. Shyamalan's "The Happening" last night. Oh, dear. I don't mind meandering, uneventful movies -- in fact, I quite like that sort. But I didn't notice the warning on the DVD case: "contains frequent suicide images and mild bloody injury". hock: Not really my scene.

[MARCvSVIBIvSMAvRINvS]

Watched:

Star Trek *great

Moon *great

Cargo *great

Underworld rise of the lycans *funny

Legion *hilarious

Sunshine * great

Pandorum *great

Inglorious basterds *hilarious

red sands *mediocre but funny

Planet 51 *nice kids film

daybreakers *good

Transformers2 *hilarious

Batman dark knight * mediocre

Iron man 1 *hilarious

The pacific 1-8 * brilliant

Stargate Universe *funny

M.VIB.M.

[Astiryu1]

I haven't watched it yet but am asking for review of "Red Cliffs". I have watched pieces of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and play alot of Dynasty Warriors so it is kind of like I am "frothing at the mouth waiting" for this movie :!: :!: :!: Thanks!

[D B Campbell]

Iron man 1 *hilarious

Agreed. But Iron Man 2 was a bit of a chore -- not funny enough by far.

[M. Demetrius]

Starship Troopers 2. Please don't waste your time. I don't get it. They know bullets are not effective, but fire is. So they use fifty thousand rounds of bullets, and zero flamethrowers. Sigh.