Anyways, I just picked up a couple oldies to watch, 12 Angry Men and Vertigo. Looking forward to being impressed...
Excellent! They are both superb movies in their own right.
12 Angry Men is very talkie of course as it takes place almost entirely in the jury room. It has an incredible cast. Watch how the camera starts to go in tighter as the tension mounts in the room. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Vertigo is Hitchcock at his finest. It actually deserves repeat viewings though as some people don't 'get it' first time out.
I had to nab this one because the Animation category seemed to be a hot one and I didn't think it would last much longer. What I absolutely love about this movie, and I just watched it again last night, is the subtle messages about overcoming handicaps, faith in family and the power of positive thinking. You could actually watch this movie and not realize that Nemo is a gimpy fish if you weren't paying close enough attention. In other words, they don't make the messages so obvious that it overshadows the entertainment value of the film.
That entertainment value is immense IMO. The animators strived to make the creatures realistic in their structure and habitat. The animation is gorgeous and the script is brilliant. And then there's Dori. Ellen Degeneress' greatest contribution to society is her brilliant portrayal of Dori. If you can't laugh at Dori you have issues!! I'm not the biggest Albert Brooks fan, but his portrayal of Marlin was touching for me as a father. Brad Garrett as a Blowfish was money as well. As with all their films, Pixar does a great job of making the movie entertaining for both little kids and adults.
Trailer
Dori has issues
Nemo's Inititation
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
With our 3rd round pick, 55th overall, The Team With No Name is proud to select in the category of Best Picture (reserve the right to change this!) Dr. Zhivago.
One of the great David Lean's last directorial projects, this epic tale of forbidden love during the Russian revolution has stuck with me since the first time I saw it as a fairly young kid. Beautifully shot and scored, Dr. Zhivago is probably my favorite pre 1970's movie not directed by Sergio Leone. Omar Sharif is magnificent and Julie Christie is, well, stunning! I think the movie has several draws for me besides its content. One is the history involved in the plot. I'm always a sucker for good historical content in a work of fiction. The Russian Revolution is certainly intriguing to me (as we might see later again, hmmmmmm) and it just adds to the appeal of the movie. Also, my late grandmother adored the film and especially the love theme from the score, Lara's theme. I remember she had a jewelry box which played that theme when she opened it. It was beautiful back then and it stuck with me. I love hearing it.
If you haven't seen this movie, do yourself a favor and watch it. It's over 3 hours long though....so buckle in! Hope you enjoy it!
__________________ I am in love with Montana. For other states I have admiration, respect, recognition, even some affection, but with Montana it is love." - John Steinbeck
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With our 3rd round pick, 55th overall, The Team With No Name is proud to select in the category of Best Picture (reserve the right to change this!) Dr. Zhivago.
great pick...that was one of my top 3 in that category.
With the 53rd pick in the CP Movie Draft, StrayBullet proudly selects, Zoolander, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. Zoolander will be represented in Comedy.
I only watched this quite recently, and had the best laughs I've had in a good while. Mindblowing in more than one sense. An instant cult classic if I ever saw one. Not sure I'd join that cult though, for starters I think you'd have to be more guud looking.
One of the great David Lean's last directorial projects, this epic tale of forbidden love during the Russian revolution has stuck with me since the first time I saw it as a fairly young kid. Beautifully shot and scored, Dr. Zhivago is probably my favorite pre 1970's movie not directed by Sergio Leone. Omar Sharif is magnificent and Julie Christie is, well, stunning! I think the movie has several draws for me besides its content. One is the history involved in the plot. I'm always a sucker for good historical content in a work of fiction. The Russian Revolution is certainly intriguing to me (as we might see later again, hmmmmmm) and it just adds to the appeal of the movie. Also, my late grandmother adored the film and especially the love theme from the score, Lara's theme. I remember she had a jewelry box which played that theme when she opened it. It was beautiful back then and it stuck with me. I love hearing it.
Oh man, now I'm going to be stuck trying to figure out what film you're hinting at here.
Great film though. My parents had this on VHS when I was young, but just a couple months ago it was on TCM and I watched it for the first time in about fifteen years.
Sorry kids... I realize that I'm holding up the train so I will make a selection and fill in the details later.
With the 56th Overall pick, in the CP Movie Draft, StrayBullet selects Purple Rain starring Prince... "No - The Artist... No... The Artist Formerly Known... Not anymore? DAMN IT!! ...Symbol?... Now he's saying we can call him 'Prince' again??" Purple Rain will fulfill the Musical criteria.
With our 3rd round pick (57th overall) "It's Just A Flesh Wound" (last name change, honest guv!) [formally Team Ekki] is extremely proud and delighted to select the most epic motion picture of all time and the inspiration for all our team names;
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"! This will fill our comedy selection for now.
This movie has to be my favourite comedy of all time and also one of the most quotable out there. The Black Knight scene alone was worth the price of admission. This movie really does make Ben Hur look like an epic as their tagline proclaimed!
Some epic clips for your enjoyment. It doesn't matter how many times I watch these I still find them hysterical:
Black Knight:
"She's a witch!"
Best line: "She turned me into a newt" "A newt?" "I got better!!"
Killer Bunny:
Peasant "Help Help, I'm being repressed!":
The Bridge Of Death:
And finally, The Knights who say Ni:
I could go on but then I'd just be showing the entire movie.
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"It's red all over!!!!"
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With our 3rd round pick (57th overall) "It's Just A Flesh Wound" (last name change, honest guv!) [formally Team Ekki] is extremely proud and delighted to select the most epic motion picture of all time and the inspiration for all our team names;
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"!
what a great movie, so many memorable parts to it I dont think one could post them all without posting the whole movie
and there was much rejoicing............yay
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Thank you for not discussing the outside world
But the point is, BAFTA is a national film festival, and there's one in every country. It does get more than it's share of publicity, mostly due to the language of course, so I'm not objecting, just analyzing.
I don't mind broadening the field, but if we include BAFTA, I think we should also include Venice, San Sebastian and Moscow... And Shanghai and Tokyo and actually we might just add that whole list I linked. Then it would be
a) Major English-language festivals
b) FIAPF-accredited international film festivals
That would make it pretty clear.
Not that adding those will propably matter much in this draft, since Hollywood films usually don't do so hot in those festivals. But I'm for it in any case.
