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Lars Vermundsberget wrote:"Downfall" ("Der Untergang") - about the final days of Hitler and Berlin in 1945.

That's a really good one!! I saw it in theaters and it blew me away. Did you watch it with subtitles, or dubbed in Norewegian?

Cars - 10/10
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - 6.5/10
Over the Hedge - 7.3/10
&
Parts of The Five People You Meet in Heaven - 8/10 (so far)

The Bridge on the River Kwai

Classic Oscar-winner with Alec Guinness.

I woke up and caught 3 movies in a row on TCM. Saw about half of Stalag 17, which is a fantastic film I hadn't seen for about a year! Then, saw Iron Giant, another great film! The pacing or certain other aspects could have used some work, but what a great story and nice animation for a non-Disney film! Then, I saw "Grave of the Fireflies." That was just HEART-BREAKING! What a sad film! Possibly the saddest movie I've ever seen! Still, it's beautifully done and I definitely would love to own it someday. I have 4 Studio Gibli DVDs right now (Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Castle in the Sky, which I still need to watch), but need to get this one and more. Two others I have seen (that I THINK were Gibli) were "Pom Poko" and... sheesh, I forget the name of the other one, maybe because I missed much of the beginning, and it was about a girl visiting the countryside and remembering her childhood, or something like that. I don't remember it TOO well. Saw both of those on TCM, and would like to get them too. The only movie I saw tonight that I already have is "Iron Giant," but I need to upgrade to the newer DVD release, and I want the others I saw, and the one I skipped out on, "The Adventures of Prince Ahkmed (sp?)". Saw it once before but didn't feel like sitting through it tonight. Very interesting for a landmark film though!

slave2moonlight wrote: Two others I have seen (that I THINK were Gibli) were "Pom Poko" and... sheesh, I forget the name of the other one, maybe because I missed much of the beginning, and it was about a girl visiting the countryside and remembering her childhood, or something like that.

Could that have been Only Yesterday?

Spent the last few days revisiting a few old favourites, as well as a few review discs. On Friday night, we slipped on Baz Lurhmann's Romeo + Juliet, which I hadn't seen in a number of years. Still holds up quite well, but I think some of the 'sparkle and shine' has gone out of it. The DVD edition is the most fantastic print either. Still, better than my old cropped VHS. This was followed by Saturday's sojourn into the world of Slither (as mentioned above).

Sunday afternoon/evening saw me dust off my remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which is incredibly silly but worth watching for the amount of times Jessica Biel's breasts manage to find their way in front of camera. All prepped for the prequel, coming out here this week I believe. Conitnued our Biel-fest with Blade Trinity afterwards, where she looks a lok less busty, but we mainly popped it on so Ms Loomis could perv at Ryan Reynolds for two hours. I enjoyed his body too, strangely.

Monday morning saw me pop Edmond on, a film I saw earlier this year at the Sydney Film Festival, and enjoyed revisiting. A brutal, but timely piece, and I have reviewed it here. Finally, when I came home from my late-shift last night, we checked out Lost in Translation for the first time in a while, moving us both and making us want to visit Japan (they do have a Disneyland after all).

The Little Mermaid - I'm so excited just of the thought of having this in my household. I had chills the whole way through. From the mystical opening, to Ursula's song, all the way up to the touching "I love you daddy" moment. No wonder this is my favourite movie. Even if you don't love this movie, there's so much to appreciate in its historical content (the debut of Menken / Ashman, the start of the famous formula, back to fairytale stories). I also watched the Kiss the Girl music video, and I must admit it wasn't too bad at all. Had a little sneak peak of disc 2, and watched the previews.

The Little Match Girl - I was touched. This is one of Disney's best produced shorts. The bittersweet ending left me emotional. The animation was stunning in terms of visual looks and movement of the character. I was in awe the whole way through. 9.5/10

Caballero Girl wrote:

slave2moonlight wrote: Two others I have seen (that I THINK were Gibli) were "Pom Poko" and... sheesh, I forget the name of the other one, maybe because I missed much of the beginning, and it was about a girl visiting the countryside and remembering her childhood, or something like that.

Could that have been Only Yesterday?

I think it was. I had forgotten the name!

Watched the BBC live action version of The Little Match Girl with Roger Daltrey, and then we decided since we were in a musical mood, we watched High Society with Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra, along with the late, great Louis Armstrong. Our third feature for the evening was my favorite The King and I with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The music is just wonderful and the story is also very good. Just an all around musical evening in the Junkie's Home Theater.

I watched Over The Hedge for the third time.

Watched Daniel Boone - Trail Blazer on the Westerns Channel. This is the pilot film for the television series with Fess Parker and Ed Ames. Then we watched Hangman's Knot with Randolph Scott, also on the Westerns Channel.

well, I guess it would be Bambi which i watched on sunday (for the first time in too long). it was good, but depressing. and the slip cover is beautiful!! but that's not for here. it was pretty good over all... but my top movies just cant be shaken

While my was upstairs watching her soap operas, I was down in the Home Theater watching some movies.

The Love Bug - I have the special 2-disc collector's edition and this movie never gets old. I watched some of the extras on the second disc, also.

The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone, and Olivia DeHavilland. This is really a classic telling of the men of green in Sherwood Forest. I can never get tired of a good movie like this.

Annapolis was the next movie, but I still can't get through this film. Is it really this bad? I get to the point where they send the one guy home who had been taking showers every three hours. Still don't understand what that was about. I will probably never watch this one again. It is in my stack of movies to trade the next time I go to CD Tradepost.

dvdjunkie wrote: Our third feature for the evening was my favorite The King and I with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The music is just wonderful and the story is also very good. Just an all around musical evening in the Junkie's Home Theater.

I LOVE "The King and I". Definately the best musical film in the mid-1950's. I even loved that film when I was in Elementary school.

RyougaLolakie wrote:

dvdjunkie wrote: Our third feature for the evening was my favorite The King and I with Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner. The music is just wonderful and the story is also very good. Just an all around musical evening in the Junkie's Home Theater.

I LOVE "The King and I". Definately the best musical film in the mid-1950's. I even loved that film when I was in Elementary school.

that is the musical that my school did this past year! we got 7 freddy noms and we actually won one. i think we did the play justice, but no one is ever going to top yul brenner.

A Scanner Darkly

The rotoscoping, though dizzying, is great. I may need to read the book some time to further my understanding of the story, though.

01. Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Larry Charles) - NEW
02. Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
03. The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel)
04. Superman Returns (Bryan Singer)
05. Hollywoodland (Allen Coulter)
06. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Gore Verbinski)
07. The Break-Up (Peyton Reed)
08. She’s the Man (Andy Fickman)
09. Over the Hedge (Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick)
10. X-Men: The Last Stand (Bryan Singer)

11. The DaVinci Code (Ron Howard)
12. Last Holiday (Wayne Wang)
13. John Tucker Must Die (Betty Thomas)
14. Just My Luck (Donald Petrie)
16. Saw III (Darren Lynn Bousman)
15. Scary Movie 4 (David Zucker)
17. Silent Hill (Christophe Gans)
18. Hostel (Eli Roth)
19. American Dreamz (Paul Weitz)

I just watched Atlantis: The Lost Empire for the first time and was rather disappointed. But, my disappointment didn't come as a surprise. Just wasn't really one of my favorite Disney films, but I'm glad I saw it. Now I've seen almost ALL the Disney animated Classics. I can't seem to find Saludos Amigos, Melody Time, The Three Caballeros, or Make Mine Music anywhere for rental!

Watched Da Vinci Code last night and thought it was okay. I still find it hard to watch the movie as an action-adventure drama rather than getting antsy over the false presumptions in the film. But the book was incredibly better.

Today, I saw Happy Feet and it was just plain strange. Yes, it was all penguiny and cute, but kind of strange. But, the Harry Potter atOotP trailer was on it, and that was so amazing. Amazing, I tell you.

Then, after that and a lovely visit to Chili's where my friends and I sufficiently embarrassed ourselves, we came back to school and watched John Tucker Must Die, which was just funny. Brittany Snow has amazing abs and Sophia Bush's character was hilarious.

Watched DaVinci Code ... last night ...