What Have You Just Seen... Marks Out of 5

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 01 Jul 2006, 22:03

Ae Fond Kiss - 4/5

A Ken Loach film which deals with how families are split apart when people from different cultures (in this case, a Glaswegian lad of Muslim Pakistani origin and an Irish Catholic lass) fall in love. The acting is amazing; both of the main actors given moments to truly shine which, when considering that the male lead (Atta Yaqub) was giving his debut performance, is particularly impressive. The director has to be given credit for his ballsy choice of showing both sides of the argument, as well as populating the film with believeable characters.
Very impressed and highly recommended.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 02 Jul 2006, 00:02

@ Mark

I'm 26 but look like 35-40 (apparently).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jul 2006, 01:58

grim_tales wrote:I didnt know that re: Mrs. Doubtfire Mark. I'm almost certain the cinema version I saw (Brighton Marina cinema - I think) was 12 rated and the ads I saw at the time on TV rated the film 12, on the BBFC site it says the film was rated PG in May 1994 and cut by 13s, can't remember what was missing though.

It WAS originally a '12'. SOME councils changed the rating. Because of this Fox requested a PG for their re-release and after 13 secs of cuts (not enough, IMO) they got it. Some of the innuendos were cut. This version was carried over to VHS and LD and later DVD. However, the most recent submission, passed in 2003, was uncut and amazingly still awarded a PG. The BBFC have lost the plot a bit. I would hate to have to explain to my 7-year old what "crabs" are.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jul 2006, 02:00

brooce-leroy wrote:@ Mark I'm 26 but look like 35-40 (apparently).

Receeding hairline, wrinkled forehead, jowels?

I'm 26 and could pass for younger.

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 02 Jul 2006, 02:25

BiscLimpkit wrote:My first 15 and 18 were The Peacemaker and Scary Movie respectively (at the cinema). I was underage by one year at both screenings. Man my memory rocks imo. 8)

Bah! You young'uns!

My first "R" rated movie was The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, when I was 14 years old. 1982 - Some of you weren't even born yet, were you.

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 02 Jul 2006, 02:29

Repulsion (5 out of 5)

Roman Polanski's excellent study of a young woman's descent into insanity. Creepy, suspenseful moments, and a brilliantly subtle performance from Catherine Deneuve.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jul 2006, 08:48

the68monkey wrote:My first "R" rated movie was The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, when I was 14 years old. 1982 - Some of you weren't even born yet, were you.

I was about a year later.

Did you have an adult come with you or did you sneak in?

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 02 Jul 2006, 09:02

Markgway wrote:
brooce-leroy wrote:@ Mark I'm 26 but look like 35-40 (apparently).
Receeding hairline, wrinkled forehead, jowels?

Grey hair and hunky stubble.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jul 2006, 09:43

Bruce sounds pretty hot imo.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 Jul 2006, 12:58

Syriana - 4/5
Wow. Didn't expect the film to be that decent. Would have been a 5/5 if they had cut out all the family scenes of Damon's character.

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 02 Jul 2006, 17:04

I liked the fleshing out of Matt Damon's character; it didn't necessarily speed the film along any, but it still gave an impetus to him.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 02 Jul 2006, 17:27

I wished most the cast would die, the film makes me feel sick. Probibly the worst film I have seen this year, it just didnt work for me, even Clooney felt wrongly cast for me

and I love him (in a manly way).

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 02 Jul 2006, 17:36

BiscLimpkit wrote:Did you have an adult come with you or did you sneak in?

I went in with my 17-year-old sister and didn't get asked for I.D.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jul 2006, 18:01

Congrats.

Moulin Rouge! 4/5

Bright, colourful, theatrical and extravagent.

Mean Girls 5/5

Love this film and that wee Indian guy rocks.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 02 Jul 2006, 19:08

The Bride with white hair

Suprisingly good! The best role I´ve seen Brigitte Lin in. That´s definitly HER movie. So it even doesn´t matter that Leslie Cheung´s performance is rather poor.
Although I had expected the finale to be bigger - I really liked this movie. Also because of it´s atmosphere.

4/5

The Da Vinci Code

Definitly a very good movie. I felt that Tom Hanks didn´t have to act a lot - he rather seemed to play himself. He was the perfect choice to be Mr. Langdon.

4/5

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 02 Jul 2006, 20:16

That's the most positive review of the Da Vinci Code that I've read...

...reading the book now.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jul 2006, 23:39

BiscLimpkit wrote:That's the most positive review of the Da Vinci Code that I've read...

Don't you mean only?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Jul 2006, 00:48

dragonhero005 wrote:The Bride with white hair

Suprisingly good! The best role I´ve seen Brigitte Lin in. That´s definitly HER movie. So it even doesn´t matter that Leslie Cheung´s performance is rather poor.
Although I had expected the finale to be bigger - I really liked this movie. Also because of it´s atmosphere.

4/5

I love the beginning of the film when the background of Leslie Cheung's character is told and how he grew up. Visually it is just wonderful. It really shows that Peter Pau knows how far you can go and what is possible by shooting on film. With Ronny Yu actually letting him experiment he resulted in having perfect lighting with a great choice of wide-angle-lenses. He just caught the light wonderfully.

In addition to that you have a wonderful soundtrack. Great film technical-wise. Also quite good in terms of substance.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 03 Jul 2006, 06:15

thelostdragon wrote:I love the beginning of the film when the background of Leslie Cheung's character is told and how he grew up. Visually it is just wonderful.

I know what you mean. I just love the scene in which young Leslie trains his skills with the sword in front of the rising sun... Great!

btw: Francis Ng´s role is very weird.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Jul 2006, 12:38

Spending all day rubbed up against a naked Elaine Lui can't be all bad.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 03 Jul 2006, 15:46

hey,

and Ng improvised the final line. Genius.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 03 Jul 2006, 17:03

Markgway wrote: Don't you mean only?

Now that you mention it... aye.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 03 Jul 2006, 17:52

Knetan wrote:...and Ng improvised the final line. Genius.

Wow... didn´t know that!

A war named desire

Hmm... I didn´t like the movie in the beginning, I felt it was rather boring. But then it gets better and better.
I´ll have to rewach it. I guess I was too tired to follow the movie sometimes.
But one thing´s for sure: Francis Ng prooved again that he´s the coolest actor on earth. 8)

3/5

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 03 Jul 2006, 20:03

Dawn of the Dead (2004) 4.5/5

Miles better than the original. Loved it. Remakes are a great idea if the original film was a piece of shit.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 03 Jul 2006, 20:31

I loved the remake upon first viewing, but it lost much of it's appeal when I watched it a few more times. Romero's original is quality though. After seeing clips of it years ago, I never thought I would like it. But then I watched the whole film and thought it was fantastic from beginning to end.