I think I've gotten jaded in my age.

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Post #240,215 by inthane-chan 1/3/06 12:12:00 PM Reply	I think I've gotten jaded in my age. I like complex films - honestly, the only Lord of the Rings film that I thought was GOOD was the first one, and that was only after the extended edition came out. Ian McKellen was robbed IMO - he should have gotten at least a nod for best supporting actor. The redeeming part in TTT was Gollum, who was also robbed. RotK was a farce, and the nominations and awards for that one really belonged to the first one. I can't watch a film any more without dissecting it. It is driving me up the wall, honestly, because I can't watch something to numb my brain any more, unless it catches me offguard and makes me laugh. When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
Post #240,240 by pwhysall 1/3/06 2:22:04 PM Reply	So watch things that reward dissection. Start with Tarkovsky's [link\|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/\|Stalker]. Then, try a spot of Bertolucci. I like [link\|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065571/\|Il Conformista]. For cerebral action, try Anderson's [link\|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060880/\|The Quiller Memorandum]. To my great surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed [link\|http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/\|Chocolat]. Stop watching mass-produced Hollywood mind-porridge. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #240,244 by inthane-chan 1/3/06 2:38:29 PM Reply	Yep, doing that. My brother kidnapped me for that one. I wasn't really given an option. Some favorites of mine: [link\|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0374546/\|Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring] [link\|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/\|Oldboy] [link\|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0100998/\|Akira Kurosawa's Dreams] [link\|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0047478/\|The Seven Samurai] [link\|http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/\|Rashomon] So I like asian films. Sue me. When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
Post #240,261 by imqwerky 1/3/06 8:56:29 PM Reply	Akira Kurosawa is the shizzzzz Just got Sanjuro from BlockbusterOnline for Critter. He has been trying to see all of his films. Next in line is Yohimbo and Hidden Fortress. He has seen Seven Samurai before, but always enjoys watching it. Bit of trivia, the Disney movie A Bug's Life was based on Seven Samurai, but I'll bet you knew that. Peace, Amy "It's never too late to be who you might have been." ~ George Eliot
Post #240,264 by inthane-chan 1/3/06 9:21:43 PM Reply	I probably would if I saw it. But then again, about six zillion other films have been based on it as well... It seems like every single film ever made AK (After Kurosawa) is based on something he did. When somebody asks you to trade your freedom for security, it isn't your security they're talking about.
Post #240,279 by lincoln 1/3/06 11:29:04 PM Reply	Watch "The Magnificent Seven" right after watching "The Seven Samuri". They did this on a cable channel years ago, after which they showed a clip of an interview with Kurosawa saying how much he enjoyed seeing his film turned into a western. lincoln "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow Never apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem. I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a *Citizen* of the United States. [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #240,759 by Arkadiy 1/8/06 3:19:47 PM Reply	But please, please not the other way around! ------ 179. I will not outsource core functions. -- [link\|http://omega.med.yale.edu/~pcy5/misc/overlord2.htm\|.]

Film: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. - (inthane-chan) - (16) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:14:13 AM EST

ICLRPD (new thread) - (lincoln) - Jan. 2, 2006, 12:45:49 PM EST

Well, I rather liked it - (bepatient) - (11) - Jan. 2, 2006, 05:19:43 PM EST

I enjoyed it - (broomberg) - (3) - Jan. 2, 2006, 05:23:36 PM EST

calculated risk, what if the rock was lying? -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Jan. 2, 2006, 05:37:56 PM EST

..tryin to undermine - (Ashton) - Jan. 2, 2006, 06:16:50 PM EST

Re: I enjoyed it - (JayMehaffey) - Jan. 3, 2006, 12:04:32 PM EST

I think I've gotten jaded in my age. - (inthane-chan) - (6) - Jan. 3, 2006, 12:12:00 PM EST

So watch things that reward dissection. - (pwhysall) - (5) - Jan. 3, 2006, 02:22:04 PM EST

Yep, doing that. - (inthane-chan) - (4) - Jan. 3, 2006, 02:38:29 PM EST

Akira Kurosawa is the shizzzzz - (imqwerky) - (3) - Jan. 3, 2006, 08:56:29 PM EST

I probably would if I saw it. - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 3, 2006, 09:21:43 PM EST

Watch "The Magnificent Seven" - (lincoln) - (1) - Jan. 3, 2006, 11:29:04 PM EST

But please, please not the other way around! -NT - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 8, 2006, 03:19:47 PM EST

Went and saw it with kids on Sunday - (Arkadiy) - Jan. 23, 2006, 08:12:02 PM EST

Saw it the other day. - (Meerkat) - Jan. 24, 2006, 06:29:32 AM EST

I *FINALLY* saw this film! - (static) - May 23, 2006, 12:45:28 AM EDT

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