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Life of Bryan- I have missed this movie at Blockbusters the past 20 times I went- but finaly saw it for the first times on Thirsday. Out of the two Monty Python movies I've seen (The other being the Holy Grail) it was the best.
It was truely hillarious. I liked the less slapsticky parts- especialy the vendor who insisted on hageling and the Roman soldier who corrected Bryan's spelling and gramma in his grafity.
Also them singing on the crosses. In four words, ROFL. Platoon- I'm trying to catch up on my directors- so here is my second Oliver Stone movie, (The first being Nixon) which I thought was a great movie- especialy the scenes in which Willem Defoe is shot. The first time was a great cinematic achievement- when you see Tom Berenger come past a tree, the shift to Defoe, who is smiling at him, the the close up of Defoe's face as his smile disapears when he realizes Berenger is going to kill him. It was great.
I'm searching for JFK.
2001: A space odyssy- On my great directors search, this was my second Kubrick (The first being Dr. Strangelov), and I didn't understand it at all. Dr. Strangelove was IMO much, much better.
I'm searching for full metal jacket and the Shining.
The colour purple- This is not on my search for great directors, but on the search for seeing all of the one greatest director's movies- which is of course Steven Spielberg(You'll notice him come up a lot in my posts). This is the latest Spielberg that I've seen for the first time in a long time. It was very unSpielberg in its nature- different from all his ther movies- most noticably in the entirely black cast- the movie started the careers of Oprah, Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover. It was not one of his best, but still pretty good- although too long.
Its main flaw was, of course the absence of John Williams (He will also come up a lot
) which is a mystery to me, since this is the only Spielberg feature film not scored by Williams- which has made all of Spielbergs film signifiantly better.The Fugitive- on the a millionth time seeing this movie, I'm still impressed by how good it is. Tommy Lee Jones was amazing in it, definetly deserving the oscar.
Indiana Jones and the Last crusade- on my a billionth time seeing this, one of the 15 Spielberg movies I've seen- (the four I haven't seen being Always, Sugarland express, part of 1941, and part of Empire of the sun) is still the all around best movie I've ever seen. Others have excelled in their various fields, but this is so great from so many points of view- Sean Connery was great in his interactions with Harrison Ford- example:
Connery: "Their shooting at us!"
Ford (yelling):"I know Dad!!!"
Connery:"I'm sorry, but this is all a new expirience for me)
Ford:"Happens to me all the time"- ROFL
I also loved John Rhys Davies (the professor in Sliders, Gimli in LoTR) a Salah:
Ford:"Salah, I said no camels- thats five camels. Can't you count?"
and of course I can't leave out one of the best scores of all times- by John Williams (But of course
)with "Scherzo for motorcycle and orchestra" being the tune which I've listened more than any other.The Blues Brothers- A cute movie, with some good music, but what I liked was all the cameo's (Especialy since Spielberg was one of them
)The Usual suspects- is one of my favorite films only because of its amazing, shocking, great,tremendeus ending- which is the best ending of all times. I heard the dumbest review ever of it in Leonard Maltins review- ".... The ending negates the whole movie, making it a pointless movie....."- this a horrible review given by a person who has lost what little respect I'll ever have for him. To make it clear- I've seen this several times before.
Black Hawk down- I've seen this for the second time, this time in the movie theater (first time was on divex) to fully expirience it. It was much better this time, because aside from the better quality- I paid close attention to names and faces- making the movie a whole lot more understandible. The first time I didn't notice that it was Orlando Bloom who fell off the helicopter.
Ice age- A good movie, but mostly for kids. It was hillarious in the first half (I loved the dodo's), but then wasn't realy funny. All in all the first half was better than Shrek and monsters, but the dullness of the second half evens the score. Anyway I'd recommend it, especialy to people who are/have young children.
Only ten. A slow couple of weeks. Although my average rating of 8/10 is more than usual.
