I thought this was an okay film, except for the ending. Hate, hate, hate the ending.
I find that with a lot of old films; it's like the art of creating a film ending evolved a lot later than creating a film. There are a lot of pre-1970 films that I would call great films, but only a handful of pre-1970 films that have great endings. (Unfortunately, the first few examples that spring to mind haven't been picked yet, so I don't want to mention them in this thread).
The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go!
In the Non-fiction/Docu category, Team MissTeeks selects A Man for All Seasons.
I basically love any movie that is set in Tudor England, and my favorite tv show is The Tudors and I'm currently reading Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII. This movie is about Sir Thomas More, who becomes Lord Chancellor in England when King Henry VIII breaks from Rome in order to marry Anne Boleyn. When Sir Thomas More refuses to sign the Act of Supremecy, which made King Henry VIII head of the Church of England, More is put on trial and executed. This movie won 6 Oscars, including for Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Scofield.
The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. Go Flames Go!
Hey guys, after seeing it on the weekend, even though it didn't get amazing reviews, I am going to take Passchendaele and stick it in the drama category for now...
My rationale is that it was an excellent war movie, filmed and based in and around Calgary, has a friend of mine in the first 5 minutes of the film, and was one of the best Canadian movies in a while.
I suggest everyone go see it, it was quite good.
(I didn't check to see if it was taken already but I don't think it was...)
Way to go, everyone. Lots of picks in the last couple of days. And I didn't have to "nag" anyone either
I'm working on adding all of them to the draft board now. I've finally gotten around to making a signature for my posts. The URL to the backup board is there, as well as my picks (thanks Liberty and Ro, etc. for the idea!)
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I thought this was an okay film, except for the ending. Hate, hate, hate the ending.
That is a pretty strong opinion! I'd be interested to hear your rationale. (Unless of course you mean that you thought the ending sucked)
Regarding movie endings, IMO they are the most personal part of the film - for you as a viewer. It is at this point where you get to decide what you are going to take away from the experience. To me, some of the best endings are the ones left ambiguous, allowing you that much more control over what you want to make of the film. I have seen several compelling readings of the ending to NOC, some of them quite disparate. Personally, I think having different reactions and being able to find different meaning is great - it truly indicates that you are putting part of who you are into the movie.
On 09 February 2000, the American military base of Yongson releases toxic chemicals into the Han River. Six years later, a mutant squid monster leaves the water and attacks people on the side of the river. Park Hyun-seo is carried off by the creature and vanishes into the river. While grieving her loss, her slow father Park Gang-du; her grandfather and owner of a bar-kiosk nearby the river Park Hie-bong; her aunt and archery medalist Park Nam-Joo; and her graduated unemployed uncle Park Nam-il are sent by the army with all the people that had some sort of contact with the monster to quarantine. During the night, Gang-du receives a phone call from Hyun-seo telling him that she is alive in a big sewer nearby the river. Gang-du tells the military but nobody believes him, saying that he is delusional due to the shock of his loss. The Park family joins forces trying to find Hyun-seo and rescue her
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By the end of its run on November 8th, the film had been seen over 13 million times, making it the highest grossing South Korean film of all time
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Six Degrees of Troy McClure is proud to select, in the Black & White category, La Ciociara (Two Women).
Sometimes Sophia Loren comes across as glamourous eye-candy, but here, wow, this is a stunning acting performance. She became the first person to receive an acting Academy Award for a non-English-speaking role, and she won similar awards at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice. The story follows the refugee travels of a mother and daughter, Cesira (Loren) and Rosetta, who flee Rome into rural Italy, become friends with the locals including a handsome intellectual communist sympathizer who's captured by the Germans. Eventually, Rome is liberated by the allied forces and Cesira and Rosetta return, but the journey home turns tragic. You want a heart-wrenching, difficult-to-watch ending, this movie is among the most brutal and powerful I've seen. Clips to come later.
Awesome pick! I really liked this movie. Campy yet still genuinely thrilling, awesome effects, somewhat original for the "monster" genre. Thought it was fresh and really entertaining.
The film is based on the non-fiction book Escape from Alcatraz by J. Campbell Bruce. It chronicles the story of Frank Morris (Eastwood) and brothers John (Ward) and Clarence Anglin (Jack Thibeau), who have the distinction of being possibly the only people to ever escape from the Alcatrazprison. It also features the film debut of Danny Glover.
A cold, atmospheric thriller, the film captures many of the difficulties of prison life and the conditions of Alcatraz prison before it was closed down permanently, shortly after the escape.
There is some hint at the end of the film that the escape was successful, but in fact it remains a mystery as to whether the escapers succeeded or not.
Team Pineapple Express is happy to select Tora! Tora! Tora! in the War category.
This film tells of the events leading up to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. The title of this film comes from the code word used by the Japanese to tell they had achieved surprise on the Americans. It was nominated for five Oscars, and took home one in the category of Visual Effects, as the attack sequences are fantastic.
The actors cast in this film were chosen because they were not blockbuster names. The filmmakers wanted the attention to be on the story and events, not the actors themselves.
Although not initially a box office success, the film has gained an audience in the time since its release on DVD. It is praised for its action sequences and its historical accuracy at the time (some inaccuracies have since been 'discovered' through further investigation of records, etc)
We are happy to fill out the animation category with our all-time favourite cartoon movie... Walt Disney's 1963 "historical" fantasy... Higitus Figitus migitus mum, pres-ti-dig-i-ton-i-um!... The Sword in The Stone!
Not a whole lot to say about this one, other than it will forever be a favourite since I watched it about 47000 times as a kid. I can honestly say it sparked an interest in English history (even though, technically, there is no history in it) that lives on to this day. I became hell-bent on reading and discovering as much as I could about the English monarchy and UK history in general. Not surprisingly, History wound up being one of my majors in undergrad... I honestly think a lot of that can be attributed to this little, mostly forgotten Disney film.
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