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Post by potterknowitall on Aug 10, 2004 23:02:03 GMT -5
Comedy movies! I have a few that I adore and watch over and over and still laugh at. They're not rolling-on-the-floor movies, but they're just... funny, eh? My top three are (in no particular order):
(1) Super Troopers for its sheer stupidity. It's about this bunch of highway cops in Vermont who basically screw around all the time (i.e. playing the "cat game" - a game which sees who can say "meow" the most in conversation when they pull someone over), and are faced with being shut-down, so they try to upstage their arch-enemies, the Local Cops, in solving a drug-ring.
(2) Dogma because... it's Dogma. I mean, it has Jay & Silent Bob, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon, and... take its first few minutes. They flash up a 'disclaimer' - "Disclaimer: 1)a renunciation of any claim to or connection with; 2)a disavowal; 3) a statement made to save one's own ass. / Though it'll go without saying ten minutes or so into these proceedings, View Askew would like to state that this film is--from start to finish--a work of comedic fantasy, not to be taken seriously. To insist that any of what follows is incendiary or inflammatory is to miss our intention and pass undue judgement; and passing judgement is reserved for God and God alone (this goes for you film critics too... just kidding). / So please--before you think about hurting someone over this trifle of a film, remember: even God has a sense of humor. Just look at the platypus. Thank you and enjoy the show. / P.S. We sincerely apologize to all platypus enthusiasts out there who are offended by that thoughtless comment about the platypi. We at View Askew respect the noble platypus, and it is not our intention to slight these stupid creatures in anyway. Thank you again and enjoy the show."
(3) Snatch. I don't know why I find this one so funny - I just do.
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Post by KoNeko on Aug 11, 2004 6:02:48 GMT -5
Hey, crossroads with Britney Spears in it does it for me, because it's so bad that it's hilarious. But otherwise, I don't really know, I quite liked South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut when I first saw it ("La Resistance" is probably, the best movie score ever), and like pkia I like the Jay & Silent Bob movies (although I would have opted for Clerks over Dogma, although having Alanis as God is pretty cool by my book).
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Post by Zicdeh on Aug 11, 2004 6:20:19 GMT -5
Comedy movies! I have a few that I adore and watch over and over and still laugh at. They're not rolling-on-the-floor movies, but they're just... funny, eh? My top three are (in no particular order):
(1) Super Troopers for its sheer stupidity. It's about this bunch of highway cops in Vermont who basically screw around all the time (i.e. playing the "cat game" - a game which sees who can say "meow" the most in conversation when they pull someone over), and are faced with being shut-down, so they try to upstage their arch-enemies, the Local Cops, in solving a drug-ring.
(2) Dogma because... it's Dogma. I mean, it has Jay & Silent Bob, Ben Affleck & Matt Damon, and... take its first few minutes. They flash up a 'disclaimer' - "Disclaimer: 1)a renunciation of any claim to or connection with; 2)a disavowal; 3) a statement made to save one's own ass. / Though it'll go without saying ten minutes or so into these proceedings, View Askew would like to state that this film is--from start to finish--a work of comedic fantasy, not to be taken seriously. To insist that any of what follows is incendiary or inflammatory is to miss our intention and pass undue judgement; and passing judgement is reserved for God and God alone (this goes for you film critics too... just kidding). / So please--before you think about hurting someone over this trifle of a film, remember: even God has a sense of humor. Just look at the platypus. Thank you and enjoy the show. / P.S. We sincerely apologize to all platypus enthusiasts out there who are offended by that thoughtless comment about the platypi. We at View Askew respect the noble platypus, and it is not our intention to slight these stupid creatures in anyway. Thank you again and enjoy the show."
(3) Snatch. I don't know why I find this one so funny - I just do. That is exactly my top three, in that exact order, for those exact reasons. That's weird "Licence and registration, meow!" Although i did like clerks too. Chasing Amy is a good'un, as well
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Post by KoNeko on Nov 29, 2004 5:07:24 GMT -5
I finally got around to seeing Collateral a few weeks ago. Right now I still can't decide whether or not I like it. I mean, as far as a plot goes, it's pretty intense and interesting, but the whole last scene just reeked too much of Fight Club for my liking. And the grey hair just didn't do it for me either. But otherwise, it was a pretty good watch.
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Post by Calavera Diablos on Nov 29, 2004 13:15:49 GMT -5
"Do I look like a cat to you, boy? Do you see me jumping all nimbly bimbly from tree to tree?!" *falls over* Those guys rock. I was kind dissapointed with Club Dread, but that was still a great movie.
And I love you because Snatch is the sheet. Brad Pitt's best role, ever.
As for Dogma, any movie with my 2 biggest crushes (Salma Hayek and Alan Rickman) will always be ok in my book. Buddy Jesus was too classic.
Speaking of sexy Latinas, I recently saw "A Day without a Mexican" and I thought that was the funniest stuff ever. Also, a bit depressing because most of the corrections were things that everybody tripped up on. I find that to be very pathetic and I hope everyone else does too. I didn't really like the ending, it's like, ok, they're back so are they still going to be the freakin' slave labor of California? What happened to "You reap what you sow"? I was laughing with my friends when the film focused on all of the white people applying suntan lotion and struggling with the ladders so they could pick fruit. Hell yeah, pick your own damn oranges. Oh, that and the hilarious X-Files lunatic's connection between aliens and Hispanics. "Mothership Jose....."
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Post by Sphi on Dec 25, 2004 3:29:11 GMT -5
I finally watched Pirates of the Caribbean. What a great movie (even if predictable at times). Johnny Depp deserved an Oscar for that role, if you ask me. I loved his swagger. ;D
"Spiritually? Ecumenically? Grammatically?" haha
Is there any news about what the sequel is going to be about?
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Post by Calantha on Jan 3, 2005 17:48:42 GMT -5
Mmmm...didn't see another thread talking about this, but I saw the Polar Express I guess, back near November and totally loved it.
Yes, I know it doesn't go along with the book really, but it is just illogical to think that the movie would only have things in the book.
I loved the animation because sometimes it looked so real, but then there was this side of it that was just magical. I think it really fit in with the theme and it looked like the pictures from the book, which has always been an old favourite. Come on, after reading it, what kid didn't want a jingle bell from Santa *has written letters asking for a jingle bell to Santa before and never got one*
And I think Tom Hanks did a really great job with the voices and you know who I loved the most? The Ghost on the train. He just fascinated me.
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Post by moira on Jan 4, 2005 0:25:50 GMT -5
Yeah, The Polar Express was a really good movie too, I thought. I ditto your thoughts about the animation. I loved a lot of the facial expressions in the children. They were really subtle, but just so...real. The one scene that really struck me was where the lonely boy and the girl sing that song. I don't know if I can really explain it, but to me, those lonely boy's words felt profound. I really loved the feel that the movie gave you.
Also another excellent movie is The Phantom of the Opera. Wow. Excellent singing, excellent acting, excellent cinemetography, and of course, excellent music. I loved it. When the music started at the beginning, I just got goosebumps all over. Surround sound in a theater is just a perfect setting to hear Andrew Lloyd Webber's music. Very powerful, and very moving. This is definitely going on my favourite movies list.
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Post by d on Jan 4, 2005 10:21:53 GMT -5
I'm going to be a bad guy here... *prepares to be pummelled*
I didn't like "The Polar Express" at all...mainly because I thought the animation was lackluster for today's day and age. I didn't think the characters moved in nearly as realistic a fashion as Gollum from LOTR, and I thought the facial expressions often seemed more frightening than real, somewhat like the freaky talking doll in "The 6th Day". I thought the characters' eyes had a really "dead" look to them (for lack of a better word), which I think would have been acceptable a few years ago but not in the current state of CGI.
That's my take on it. I do however have to agree on "Phantom of the Opera" - by far the best film by Joel Schumacher, in my opinion.
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Post by Calantha on Jan 4, 2005 12:42:47 GMT -5
... But if they made it look more real, wouldn't it have lost the sense of the book?
Phantom of the Opera isn't play in the city I live in, sadly enough. Ah well.
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Post by d on Jan 4, 2005 13:11:55 GMT -5
I didn't expect them to look real in the sense that Gollum looked real (maybe I should have clarified a bit). I just thought that after all of the attention "The Polar Express" got for its "performance capture" process that I'd see better overall movement, emotion, and life in general. I mentioned Gollum because of his believability within his environment. For example, "Shrek 2" characters don't look real, but even with their cartoonish design they manage to feel more alive I think than those in "The Polar Express". When I watch Pixar and Dreamworks CGI animated movies (particularly "Shrek 2" and "Finding Nemo"), I believe those characters are alive in some sense and truly inhabit their worlds, as cartoon-like as they might be. I just didn't feel that with "The Polar Express". It's so hard to describe what I mean Oh, here's one example... When Shrek and Donkey walk together, it feels like I'm watching two characters walking on something. There appears to be weight and substance. When the conductor in "The Polar Express" slides onto his knees (that shot seen in so many of the trailers), I didn't get that sense. When I see that shot, I feel like I'm watching a CG figure being made to look like it's sliding on the floor, almost like it's floating somewhere close but not quite there. I get that same "not quite there" feeling with the characters' emotions as well. I guess that's the best I can do I just have to mention though that I really wanted to like this movie and had high hopes for it. Tom Hanks is one of my favourite actors, and I like director Robert Zemeckis as well. I could never really bring myself to judge the movie on any other merits though because the CGI just irritates me too much to really pay attention. I am happy for those who liked the animation because you got to have a whole different viewing experience than I did. Maybe I'll be able to accept it more on the small screen when it comes out on DVD.
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Post by Me on May 17, 2005 23:04:17 GMT -5
I loved Phantom of the Opera, well enough to see it twice in theaters. I usually don't watch movies more than once until they come out in DVD.
Only recently did I watch The Notebook. The movie was beautiful. It made me cry. It was romantic how he wrote her a letter every day for a year. I don't know how he found enough words to write each and every day. I still don't know if I liked the ending or not. It was romantic, but very unlikely to happen. My favourite part would have to be when they lie on the street and almost get run over. It made me want to try it. (And no, I am not suicidal. )
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Post by Ritsu on May 18, 2005 4:47:56 GMT -5
Oooh, the Phantom Of The Opera! I rented it the other day and watched it twice too I have a passion for musicals, so it's normal. There were a couple of things I didn't like, though. It was a bit corny at parts, but... I guess that's the lyrics fault, not the movie itself. The scenario was beautiful, just beautiful. And Emmy Rossum's voice? Wow.
The Notebook was cute too, though a bit too romantic for my liking. The thing that moved me the most was his persistence on reading her their story to make her remember it. I thought it was just powerful and moving.
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Post by hermoine on Jun 27, 2005 8:34:45 GMT -5
I've watched Phantom of the Opera twice by now on DVD! I really love it! There's only one minor thing which annoyed me. As beautiful as the story may be, and the songs and the actors' amazing voices, I couldn't help but feel like the movie would never end. After the Masquerade bit, I felt like it the movie was rather farfetched. I know that this is the way Andrew LLoyd Webber wrote it, but that's just how I felt about it.*shrugs*
And I just remembered having seen The Terminal quite a while ago and I really liked it. I found it cute, and realistic-looking. It also reminded me of this guy in Italy who used to take the money to live, that people threw in the Trevi fountain for good luck.
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Post by KoNeko on Jun 28, 2005 4:28:13 GMT -5
Gah! I still haven't seen The Phantom of the Opera but my whole family has. I've seen the stage musical version, and I quite liked that (although being 10 at the time there were bits that freaked me out ). I've heard though that with the film version that some of the bits seem sort of cheesy and contrived but I really do love the music from it and that alone would be enough to get me to get it out on DVD.
Ooooh, has anyone seen Madagascar yet? I REALLY am hanging out to watch it!
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