Secret Ninja Movie Club (aka what have you watched lately)

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:21 pm

i watched "genghis khan"(2007) the other night.
pretty epic and they used over 27,000 extras!
anyone else seen this?

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:42 pm

just went to see rock'n'rolla at the cinema - popcorn cinema at its finest in my opinion. funny lines, great set pieces. 8/10.

jazzamataz · Post by **jazzamataz** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:36 pm

Just had a quick watch of "Paris Je t'aime."
It's essentially 18 short stories based around Paris, focussing on love. Each short is directed by someone differerent in their trademark styles.

Directors range from Sylvain Chomet, The Coen Bros., Alexander Payne, to Gerard Depardieu, and a host more.

Features cameos from Maggie Gyllenhall, Elijah Wood, Nathalie Portman, Bob Hoskins, Willem Dafoe and Steve Buschemi amongst others.

I have to say i quite enjoyed it for it's simple and visual portrayals of the small novellas they're based around.

It's all in French, but comes with subtitles.

My fave piece was directed by Wes Craven, in the "Sin City," style. It's a piece called "Quartier de la Madeleine," and is a small homage to the gothic - starring Elijah Wood and Olga Kurylenko.

If you like foreign cinema, I suggest you give it a try.

drokkr · Post by **drokkr** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:38 pm

^^
sounds interesting. must look that up. thanks for the rec...

oddfellow · Post by **oddfellow** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:49 pm

I watched Chinatown again over the weekend. Big film!

psyolopher · Post by **psyolopher** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:28 pm

Wathced wanted.....
was a crappy movie....but still entertaining!

upreal · Post by **upreal** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:11 pm

Lars von Trier - Dogville
made me think

dj cal cutta · Post by **dj cal cutta** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:33 pm

Not sure if that was your first Von Trier film or not, but don't stop there...while Dogville is wonderful, he actually has better work out

Breaking the Waves(imo, his best work by a wide margin, I wouldn't normally go for endings like this one...but wow)

Medea(instead of going straight for the Euripedes play, he instead takes Carl th. Dreyer's adapted screenplay, which he never got to make before his death, early work of Von Trier and wonderful, quite meditative)

The Kingdom(series he did for Danish t.v., what originally made me a fan of Lars Von Trier)

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:13 pm

DJ Cal Cutta wrote:The Kingdom(series he did for Danish t.v., what originally made me a fan of Lars Von Trier)

amazing series! the swedish doctor cracked me up! used to have the dvd of the first series. but lost it somewhere

parson · Post by **parson** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:47 pm

reverendmedia wrote:The Dark Knight . Not as good as everyone says.

i liked it. was much heavier than any other batman film. really enjoyed seeing batman torn about whether or not he's doing any good. the joker was delightfully pure evil as well. shame about ledger.

right now i'm all about hal hartley films

danny bwoy · Post by **danny bwoy** » Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:53 pm

Parson wrote:the joker was delightfully pure evil as well. shame about ledger.

"why so serious?" best quote of the film

(those scenes when the joker was talking about his scars actually frightened me...)

reverendmedia · Post by **reverendmedia** » Fri Sep 12, 2008 5:57 pm

The X-Files: I want To Believe. Anderson's still got it....

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 2:50 am

Iron Man. Stupendously good fun. Probably the best summery blockbustery movie of the year.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:10 am

The Wackness

it was fucking sick

ytee · Post by **ytee** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:14 pm

Just saw this weekend...

Step Brothers....laughed my ass off the whole time...great flick...
Burn After Reading....walked out of the theater confused and wondering if I could get my money back...
The Dark Knight....RIP Heath Ledger...he made this movie..amazing times 10.

betamaxnomates · Post by **betamaxnomates** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:11 pm

The Incredible Hulk. Alright. Fell asleep towards the end though.

diss04 · Post by **diss04** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:18 pm

Shoot 'em Up - funkin' fun!

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:31 pm

'Scum'.. good film, although quite disturbing

ahier · Post by **ahier** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:46 pm

dubluke wrote:The Wackness

it was fucking sick

Amazing film! me and my friend were the only people in the cinema when we saw it, which i think was a shame as it needs to be seen.

Also, pineapple express. pretty funny stuff.

triky · Post by **triky** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 3:12 pm

finally got around to watching sweeney todd. love sacha baron cohens part on it, that was jokes... i do like tim burton. his films are wack.

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