Are you watching it in HD? I was disappointed with the PQ on this one.
Are you watching it in HD? I was disappointed with the PQ on this one.
Are you watching it in HD? I was disappointed with the PQ on this one.
Which format? I got the BD but I haven't seen it yet.
Dudes, Matt Damon's accent is terrible. Fuck authenticity, it sounds like he's Bugs Bunny's cousin or something. And I *like* Damon.
Argh, Pan's Labyrinth is totally great, but how could anything win the editing category when put up against CoM? Those long takes will probably never not be impressive!
Also, a few minutes in to The Departed, and Jack is fucking amazing me. He really is one of the best American actors ever. He gets criticized for, well, always being Jack Nicholson, with the same vocal patterns and the same facial expressions, but when he's on and in a role, he's so awesome and hardcore. It's so clear when he gives a fuck about a role.
Dude, it's Ang Lee. I will fall asleep 20 minutes in, and eventually go back and watch the interesting scenes with scene select. He makes boring movies and I won't knowingly watch something boring.but it has your kind of people in it.
Leo is the final De Niro in the Scorsese lifechart
And yes, Aviator is out on HD DVD and Blu Ray - surprisingly, it was not stripped of all the special features from the DVD set, and remains intact.
dude why not get off the computer and actually watch the damn movie
My favorite films from 2006, in no order:
The Departed
The Fountain
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Which is the best film? For me it would be between The Departed and Children of Men; The Prestige was the most entertaining to me btw.
The Departed:
+Great actings
+Great script
+Nice pacing
-Questionable editing
-Plot holes
-
Children of Men:
+Stunning cinematography
+Thought provoking
-Slow beginning
-Questionable ending
IMO The Departed is a better film overall, and is better than the other films I listed. Children of Men should have won the cinematography award, and Pan's should have won best foreign picture
but you aren't paying attention. film must be digested with no distractions in the way. don't make me write 4000 words
My favorite films from 2006, in no order:
The Departed
The Fountain
Children of Men
Pan's Labyrinth
The Prestige
Which is the best film? For me it would be between The Departed and Children of Men; The Prestige was the most entertaining to me btw.
The Departed:
+Great actings
+Great script
+Nice pacing
-Questionable editing
-Plot holes
-
Children of Men:
+Stunning cinematography
+Thought provoking
-Slow beginning
-Questionable ending
IMO The Departed is a better film overall, and is better than the other films I listed. Children of Men should have won the cinematography award, and Pan's should have won best foreign picture
lollerskates, pee dee thinks that "questionable endings" are bad points when talking about a film.
"THIS WASN'T PAINTED IN SIMPLE BLACK AND WHITE TERMS FOR MY MEAGER, UNFORGIVEN-HATING INTELLECT TO UNNERSTAND. ME NO LIKEY, I WATCH FORREST GUMP INSTEAD"
my problem with com's ending was that it wasn't ambiguous enough, and any interpretation other than the obvious one is the result of either a) cognitive dissonance; or b) a massive contrarian streak.
Leo is quickly becoming one of my fav actors, although I still will never see Titanic. I saw Catch Me If You Can last week and it was really good, in part due to his great performance
Just over an hour in, and the movie is losing me.
It's decently made and Jack and Leo are great, but this is all about the plot, nothing thinky or heavily thematic about it. And for a movie about cops and moles and the like, it's really not doing anything special. After 4 seasons of The Shield, this is all pretty much zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Just over an hour in, and the movie is losing me.
It's decently made and Jack and Leo are great, but this is all about the plot, nothing thinky or heavily thematic about it. And for a movie about cops and moles and the like, it's really not doing anything special. After 4 seasons of The Shield, this is all pretty much zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Just over an hour in, and the movie is losing me.
It's decently made and Jack and Leo are great, but this is all about the plot, nothing thinky or heavily thematic about it. And for a movie about cops and moles and the like, it's really not doing anything special. After 4 seasons of The Shield, this is all pretty much zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
It's pretty funny that when Scorsese was interviewed, the reason he gave for initially not wanting to do it is exactly what you're complaining about; it was a plot-based movie rather than a character-based movie, which is what he likes to do.
Just over an hour in, and the movie is losing me.
It's decently made and Jack and Leo are great, but this is all about the plot, nothing thinky or heavily thematic about it. And for a movie about cops and moles and the like, it's really not doing anything special. After 4 seasons of The Shield, this is all pretty much zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
You should watch Season 5, btw. Insanity.
Children of Men:
+Stunning cinematography
+Thought provoking
-Slow beginning
-Questionable ending
IMO The Departed is a better film overall, and is better than the other films I listed. Children of Men should have won the cinematography award, and Pan's should have won best foreign picture
Children of men might be a great movie but i cant watch it simply because of the distinguished mentally-challenged concept its based on.
So you haven't even seen the movie, warcock? Figures. I'm not going to waste my breath, except to say: the premise of the world isn't the whole movie; it's a part of the setup.
because it has GORGEOUS FUCKING CINEMATOGRAPHY and a FUCKING GREAT CLIVE OWEN PERFORMANCE? i wasn't as enthralled by it as some folks were, but it was definitely worth watching, dune coon. it might not be 2 fast 2 furious enough for you, though!
it's not a brilliant take on a world apocalypse, but complaining about that is like complaining that 2001 isn't a brilliant take on space exploration. jesus -- i mean MOHAMMED -- watch it and make your mind up for yourself
warcock: Children of Men paints what feels like a fairly realistic, atmospheric near future. Mankind is on the brink of extinction, and not just because of the sterility issue. The movie is increidbly immersive, and really, really nice looking.
Despite having a science fiction/speculative setting, it touches on a number of relevant themes, from religion, to terrorism, and to how near mankind is from destroying itself at any given moment. Despite dealing with Heavy Things, the movie never feels particularly preachy, though it does walk a fine line. Also, despite dealing with heavy things, it's doesn't feel like a particularly heavy movie. It spends some time establishing itself (this didn't bug me because the movie looks great and is very immersive, although some people apparently think it's too long), but once it gets moving, it's really a stone's throw away from being an adventure movie.
The actual plot, the movement of the story, is really fairly thin. I felt like the whole purpose of the movie was to give me an overview of this near future, realistic world. The whole movie feels really real.
Performances are fantastic, all around, and there are even some great action sequences, most notably a great gunfight towards the end. And the whole movie looks jizzingly awesome.
can we all agree the battlefield tracking shot at the end>goodfellas tracking shot?
man I want jack nicholson to fuck me
man I want jack nicholson to fuck meYou think hes hot :/
You never answered my question.
CoM for Cinematography Oscar. Yay or nay?
my problem with com's ending was that it wasn't ambiguous enough, and any interpretation other than the obvious one is the result of either a) cognitive dissonance; or b) a massive contrarian streak.
I have to say I enjoyed The Departed more than Children of Men. I love both movies though.same here
SPOILERSZZZZ for The Departed
The last 40 minutes or so were great, but it really took that movie a while to get interesting. There's also a fairly obvious plot hole (Barrigan--He graduated the same time as Damon; how would Frank have gotten two moles through academy at the exact same time without them knowing of each other), and the ending was a bit too twisty for its own good.
Overall, good, not great, and not even in Marty's top 5. Pity oscars total.
BT:spoiler (click to show/hide)i think the ending should NOT have shown the rescue boat, but left the viewer with a brand of the same uncomfortable hope for the future that the survivors felt. showing the rescue boat was too easy an out for an emotionally difficult movie. if the movie is trying to earnestly demonstrate the desperate optimism of the human condition, it should NOT pull its last punch. clive owens' death was just a way of saying "see, we're still dark!" -- it seemed too hollywood, too much of the cinema martyr cliche. not as bad as green goblin's martyrdom, though![close]
What's the extra scene in se7en? It's been a while and I probably won't buy that until it is in HD.
hmm, I want some Fincher tonite. I guess I will put in The Game on HD-DVD :D
My biggest gripe with The Departed is the elevator sequence. If you did a shot-by-shot remake using South Park characters and animation, without altering the dialogue whatsoever, it would be the funniest thing Matt and Trey had ever done. That's because it's just so absurd - the only reason I can gather the audience didn't erupt into laughter was the tense way the previous bit of dialogue was exchanged. That said, it's just ridiculous and that scene gets funnier and funnier as time passes.yeah it's way too fucked up to be an story-driven movie but if somebody says it's just a plain crime movie I would accept it. no where near the best film of last year though.
Scorsese has to go to bed every night knowing he got his best picture and director awards for one of his weaker efforts. That has to be at least a little troubling to him. Mediocrity (for him) rewarded, while his masterpieces Raging Bull and Taxi Driver will be considered by the mainstream public to be also rans against what has been dubbed by the Academy as his most noteworthy work.
Scorsese has to go to bed every night knowing he got his best picture and director awards for one of his weaker efforts. That has to be at least a little troubling to him. Mediocrity (for him) rewarded, while his masterpieces Raging Bull and Taxi Driver will be considered by the mainstream public to be also rans against what has been dubbed by the Academy as his most noteworthy work.
Taxi Driver especially is more deserving. What year was that, 1977? I've never seen Annie Hall so I can't say that Taxi Driver was better, but I would wager it was.