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I had alot of problems with the script for Saving Private Ryan....not the least of which, the premise. But there is no doubt about the production values and quality.
Personally...I thought the HBO mini-series, Band of Brothers was better than Ryan. I know it's hard to compare a mini-series to a movie, but they are similar in the way they showed combat scenes. Both handled it well.....
I watched Click last night. I am an Adam Sandler fan, and this film didn't disappoint.
It was very funny, but it also had a serious side to it, which I don't often see in Sandler films. Nice touch.
If there ever was a boring moment in the film they made up for it in the form off Kate Beckinsale :D
Its strange how many comic actors can fall into a "love im" "hate im" category. Unfortunately, Adam Sandlers is a bit irritating for me YET I am a fan of Jim Carrey films who has the biggest irritatable potential. The trailer for click was funny though (hasselhoff slap joke was hilarious) - so I may borrow the dvd when next time I got the funny bone itch.
The Hoff scenes are really funny:D If you like the typical Sandler film then you should like this one.
I know what you mean though. I am a fan of Jim Carrey too, but I think its the irritability that makes the good films.
I think Jim Carrey has slackened a bit with his films recently. The last Carrey film I watched was Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which was really good.
I'm in two minds on whether to watch The Number 23. It's had some good reviews but when I see Jim Carrey I see Dumb & Dumber or Ace Ventura.
Worth a shot I guess, I might be surprised.
I have never been a fan of Sandler....
The only movie I didn't hate that he was in was Anger Managment, but I credit jack Nicholson for saving that film. :D
When it comes to humor....tastes are even more variable. Most people I work with love Sandler and do not understand why I don't like his humor. But by the same token...I love Monty Python and they hate them. Go figure what tickles one's funny bone.;)
BTW...I seperate my all-time great lists into two categories. Comedies....and everything else....
On my list of all-time great comedies....near the top....Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I know it word for word I think. :)
BTW....I liked them all of course....but time to name your favorite Monty Python member....
I am going with John Cleese.......:D
Cleese without a doubt but the rest aren't too far behind. He also had Fawlty Towers, possibly the funniest sitcom ever, but Michael Palin has all his excellent travel shows, Terry Jones has made some very good educational and entertaining historical series and of course Terry Gilliam has directed some very good movies including Brazil... one of my top 25 of all time. Not forgetting Eric Idle who's recently had much success with his broadway show Spamalot.
EDIT- oh, yeah... can't forget "A Fish Called Wanda" with both Cleese and Palin.. hilarious.
I expect Cleese would be the most popular favourite (mine too). But I also like Eric Idle with his song/lyrics and, absurdly, his voice overs for a computer game called Discworld ! I always look forward to a new Terry Gilliam film who in my opinion is the king of dark fantasys and surrealsm (Time bandits being my favourite). But I was dissapointed with his Brothers Grimm so his crown maybe threatened by Guillermo del Toro's brilliantly dark Pans Labrythn. I hope Gilliam is back in form with his latest film Tideland which I havent seen yet.
John Cleese for me, but mainly for Fawlty Towers.
I've only seen one MP movie and that was The Holy Grail, which was hilarious.
I have seen certain sketches from the Flying Circus but not enough to say what I think of the rest off the team.
Happen to be watching Raging Bull...again...for like the tenth time.....:D
It's a great flick if you haven't seen it and like sports-themed films....
1 of the great flicks of all time was on yesterday morning. "Cry Freedom" with Kevin Kline and Denzel Washington. The story of Steve Biko, directed by Richard Attenborough. Basically anything he does is an epic that is a "must-see" but this particular film should be seen by every human everywhere.
Going to see Spiderman 3 on Wednesday evening. Anyone seen it yet? Like it? Hate it?
I'll have to gnash my teeth (yet again) about Kirsten Dunst...don't like her. I won't let that sway my opinion of the movie though, except for the fact that they've had the bad taste to have her in all three so far. :rolleyes:
Funny you should mention Spidey GG, i saw it last friday (Release day) and it was bloody busy, the first showing was sold-out, so i had to wait around for an hour and that meant i got out of the film at about midnight, but anyhoo, it was great IMO, a lot busier and a few huge fight scenes, it was funnier in parts too, and there's a cool twist with venom, i think it was 2 and a half hours, without the ads, so don't buy a big drink or you'll miss bits when you nip out. :D
Liam
Oh good, I'm glad you gave it a good review :) I think we'll buy our tickets online so we'll know if we've made it in in advance.
Thanks for the tip on not getting a large drink :D
If Only they had paid Russell Crowe enough:
300) would've been pretty good.
Not a bad movie if you like that kind of Gladiator thing.
Can't wait for JackAss 7, but this is pretty close for enlivening entertainment.
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Don't waste your $$ The Last King of Scotland: my opinion only.
Steve_83
One last thought on movies: If you are ever lucky enough to ever find a copy of
King Of Hearts -> get it Immediately.
Fun with some very thought provoking scenes and themes. Circa 1978.
Amazon.com
This film was a touchstone of the late 1960s, when it was seen as an antiwar allegory for a world in which madness seemed to reign. Of course, that would probably be true whenever this movie was shown, wouldn't it? Directed by Philippe de Broca and set during World War I, King of Hearts stars Alan Bates as a Scottish soldier separated from his unit in France. He wanders into a small French village that has been abandoned by its residents in the face of oncoming combat. Instead, the town is populated by the residents of a nearby insane asylum, whose keepers have fled--a fact that escapes the innocent soldier, who assumes these are the regular folks. A film that celebrates the innocence and wisdom of the insane, even as it questions who the real madmen are. --Marshall Fine