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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Re:What is your favorite movie ...
By dj4our in Movie Polls
"I'm suprised The Three Caballeros doesn't get enough love. That movie is just bugnuts crazy! DAVID [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Bedknobs and BroomsticksCool WorldThe Incredible Mr. LimpetLooney Tunes: Back in ActionMary PoppinsPete's DragonSo Dear to My HeartSong of the SouthSpace JamThe Three CaballerosWho Framed Roger Rabbit [/quote] " [More]

The Dark Knight

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By dj4our in Filmgaming
"1. Slumdog Millionaire...Why would anyone want to live in such a dirty place? It's so violent! I can't believe you took me to this! Why would someone make such a film? 2. The Dark Knight.....Just sick! Sick and wrong. No wonder that guy is dead! 3. Wall-E.....That was silly but sweet! But that would never happen. 4. Iron-Man....It was too loud and violent! How can you like such a film? 5. Gran Torino.....I can't believe he's still making movies! Why would you do that at his age? Ugh! " [More]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

A Petition to Stop Lucas!
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"written by: Henry Gilroy, Steven Melching, Scott Murphy (screenplay) & George Lucas (story) produced by: George Lucas & Catherine Winder directed by: Dave Filoni rated PG (for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking) 1 hr. 38 min. I took my 8 year-old nephew to see this movie opening weekend and one of us had fun. As we sat in the large, barely-filled theater, I looked upon him in my sleepy haze of boredom and noticed how entranced he was at the intergalactic fantasia before us. I was saddened though. I wished more than anything that it was the summer of 1977 again and my dear nephew could witness the sheer wonder of the introduction to a world that shaped my childhood in a most amazing way. Alas, that is impossible. There is no way to physically and as in the case with this film, cinematically recapture that initial experience. Creator George Lucas couldn't do it with his prequel trilogy and he's proved once again that he cannot del ... " [More]

Quantum of Solace

Shaken Bond causes a Stir
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"written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis & Joshua Zetumer (uncredited) produced by: Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli directed by: Marc Forster When I heard that the Bond producers had signed on director Marc Forster I immediately smiled with anticipation. I had hopes that what had exellently begun in 2006's "Casino Royale" could now be continued by a stylish, genre-skipping director with indie chops. I smiled again when it was revealed that this was the first Bond film that is a direct sequel, taking place right after the events of the last film. It only made sense to continue a story that has created a new Bond universe, free from forty years of continuity yet left the viewer with some unanswered questions. While I did have my hopes up, I also knew that this was a different director and there would be no way to duplicate the feel of the previous film's new direction. James Bond (Daniel Craig) is back, in fact he's only been gone a half hour or so. We're ... " [More]

God Grew Tired of Us

Compelling Immigrant Song
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"This documentary chronicles the courageous journey of three young Southern Sudanese men, John Dau, Daniel Pach and Panther Bior, to the United States where they strive for a brighter future. Along with 27,000 other young boys in the early 1980s known as "The Lost Boys of Sudan", they had walked a thousand miles barefoot through harsh terrain to escape the twenty-two year civil war that pitted the Sudanese government against the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army. They made it to a camp in Ethiopia where they lived for three years in hopes of returning to Sudan but then additional violence forced them to make yet another arduous trek to escape Ethiopia. During the five years they walked in search of safety, thousands died from starvation, dehydration, bomb raids and genocidal murder. Finally, with their number dwindled down to 12,000, they found relative safety in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. While the refugee camp was their physical home away from Sudan, their real ... " [More]

Gran Torino

An Artful Codger
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"written by: Nick Schenk (screenplay/story) & Dave Johannson produced & directed by: Clint Eastwood rated R (for language throughout and some violence) 1 hr. 56 min. If it wasn't for iconic characters like The Man With No Name and Dirty Harry, there would be no way to take Clint Eastwood's latest acting role seriously. One of the more resonating characteristics of these gun-toting, take-no-crap personas is the way in which they resolve their problems with a blast of gunfire and a resoluting wisecrack, while walking away without a second thought. Many of us wish at times that we could get away with that behavior, so does racist Korean War vet, Walt Kowalski. Retired after 50 years from the local Detroit Ford plant and recently widowed, Walt grumbles and growls his days away as he nurses his perfectly-manicured postage stamp of a lawn in his well-maintained, picket-white fenced home. Walt is that old goat who looks around at his world and wonders how things have gott ... " [More]

Son of Rambow

Stallone should be proud!
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"rated PG-13 for violence and reckless behavior. 1 hr. 35 min. written & directed by: Garth Jennings produced by: Nick Goldsmith Watching writer/director Garth Jennings new film, I couldn't help but recall the wonder and excitement I felt the first time I devoured the movies that shaped my childhood. Leaving the movie theater as a wee lad, I remember feeling as if there was no end to the movie I had just seen. It continued on in my mind, living inside me as the characters embodied my actions. I believed wholeheartedly that I could pilot a "piece of junk" through outer space with a wookie as my copilot or that I could crack a whip in search of the lost Ark. If that sounds familiar to you then this lovable film will bring you back to that time with a smile on your face and maybe even a tear in your eye. The film takes place just outside of England in 1982, right around the time Stallone's socially-challenged Vietnam vet was introduced to cinemas. It is indeed the movi ... " [More]

Untraceable

Unbearable!
By dj4our in dj4our Blog
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"written by: Mark Brinker, Allison Burnett & Robert Fyvolent produced by: Andy Cohen, Hawk Koch, Gary Lucchesi, Steven Pearl & Tom Rosenberg directed by: Gregory Hoblit Rated R for grisly violence and torture, and some language. 100 min. Untraceable? I don't think so. You shouldn't be able to predict every turn while watching a movie with such a title. I can't imagine anyone who couldn't follow such a tepid plot in this day and age of CSI, Bones and Cold Case. That's basically what this is combines with the cinechock of the "Saw" movies. was there anyone watching this who didn't see where the story was going? To be sure, there are worse movies out there but this was crud. Too bad cuz the cast isn't to blame, they're not that bad really. It's what they're given to work with. If anything, they are to blame for reading and saying yes to such a sucky script. The story is set in dour and rainy Portland, Oregan (too bad, I thought that place was supposed to be nice) whe ... " [More]

Iron Man

Marvel's Metal Man is Fun!
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"PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content. 2 hrs. 6 min. written by: Mark Fergus, Matt Holloway & Hawk Ostby produced by: Avi Arad & Kevin Feigue directed by: Jon Favreau When it was first announced that Robert Downey Jr. was cast as billionaire/inventor/playboy Tony Stark for the big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics Iron Man all I could think of was....genius. I was already excited to see what actor/director Jon Favreau would do with the comic book icon. After all, he has over forty years of material at his disposal. Then once the rest of the cast had been locked, my confidence in this film was reassured. With Favreau being a fan and four award-winning actors locked in, the possibility of this movie getting it right on all levels was strong. And that's exactly what happened! Believe the hype cuz there is now a comic book movie that delivers and exceeds all expectations. Before I get into why the movie is w ... " [More]

The Orphanage

Knocking on the door has never ...
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"written by: Sergio G. Sánchez produced by: Mar Targarona, Joaquín Padro, Álvaro Agustín & Guillermo del Toro directed by: Juan Antonio Bayona rated R (for some disturbing content) 105 min. I'm a big fan of "less is more" which can be applied to almost anything really and it also correlates well with the phrase "show don't tell". I prefer when art stands on it's own without any additional interpretation. I don't want anything accompanying the art that states the obvious, tells me what to feel or think, or bats me over the head with a message. I especially feel this way toward film. There really is so much more that can be told to the audience when the filmmakers just show through images and let the film hold the audiences attention. That is certainly how I felt as I watched this amazingly beautiful film that had me reeling through an emotional gamut. It's no surprise to me that this suspenseful ghost story is a foreign film. I just don't se ... " [More]

Into the Wild

Penn gives soul to a soul-searc ...
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"INTO THE WILD (2007) **** R (for language and some nudity) 2 hrs. 20 min. written by: Sean Penn (from the novel by Jon Krakauer) produced by: Art Linson, Sean Penn & William Pohlad directed by: Sean Penn I made my way out to the movie theater on a numbingly cold December night. The wind was whipping through me on this last Saturday of 2007. I wondered what it would be like to wander off on your own with your only focus being just you and the surrounding natural elements. Familiar people and places left behind, the open road ahead with all it's possibilities of sights and sounds. I was alone (something I rarely do), on my way to see "Into the Wild" a movie based on the true story of a young man who did something similar with the last two years of life on earth. Back in 1996, the cover to writer Jon Krakauer's book Into the Wild caught my attention in a bookstore. It had a cover image of an abandoned snow-swept bus on the top half and on the bottom half it read. ... " [More]

Doomsday

Marshall pays bloody homage
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"Doomsday (2008) *** R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.1 hr. 45 min. written by: Neil Marshallproduced by: Benedict Carver & Steven Pauldirected by: Neil Marshall I was really surprised to find out that this new film by writer/director Neil Marshall had not been screened before it's release. No press screenings for a film usually mean certain "doom" for a movie's chance of surviving the tumultuous box office waters. Generally, that's true. The studio may have been sitting on a film or they know the movie is a dud yet they also know they gotta release and see if at least makes them some kinda profit. Since none of the critics have seen a film that hasn't been screened there's usually some kinda automatic negative vibe when it's eventually released (I just think the critics are being' babies cuz they haven't been given a look at the film in advance). If I'm already stoked to see a film, bad reviews don't stop me. Someti ... " [More]