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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 1st week of July DVDs: Gangs, Assassination, Suicide, Love and Surfer Bank Robbers! A Good Week!
Hey folks, Harry here with another week of DVD picks and peeks. Some fun stuff, including a really beloved romantic film that I love that not many know. So give the list a look and remember – if you click on the box art or title, it’ll take you to Amazon where you can learn more on the title – and if you feel like it, you can purchase it there, where a small percentage goes to support this column. Hope you enjoy the list, I enjoyed making it…
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 – My Nephew’s Eighth Birthday
MAD MEN – Season One
See – this is what happens when I get something sent to me on Blu Ray that I have no interest in. I end up watching it, cuz I’m addicted to the format, and end up discovering something that I never would have tuned in for. MAD MEN is actually about AD men from around the same time as WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER? – but instead of being tongue in cheek and goofy – it’s probably a lot closer to the reality of the period. I say that, cuz I certainly didn’t live in the late fifties / early sixties – but having seen THE APARTMENT – MAD MEN is like Rock Hunter, by way of THE APARTMENT, but with a really hard WALL STREET flavor. That they work real products and real slogans into the series is classic. Great cast – can’t wait to see more of this series – season one went by in a single night.
GANGS OF NEW YORK (Blu Ray)
It’s strange, for some reason in memory – I remember being disappointed by GANGS OF NEW YORK, but rewatching it – all I can do is love the film. I love the look and feel of the movie. I like that essentially it is just a revenge story. And oddly – in light of THE DEPARTED the film feels like a book end for this movie. I know they’re different cities, that this one has little to nothing to do with cops – but everything to do with the gangs… and really – the cops just later became the legitimate gang. But I love and have always loved Daniel Day-Lewis’s Bill The Butcher. And I’ve come to love Amserdam Vallon as played by DiCaprio. Scorsese does some very nice work here. There isn’t really any additional content from the regular DVD – all you get is VISUAL PERFECTION. Awwww…
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS
Now if there’s a filmmaker whose movies should be required to have a Blu Ray release – it is Wong Kar Wai. I don’t love this film as much as I have his other work, but I’m still quite fond of it. Maybe its English. I don’t know, but Wong Kar-Wai’s first English language film doesn’t have that same otherworldliness that comes with the language barrier – the texture is there – but the literary sensation is more absent. The film is drenched in his visual style, his dedication to passion and love. The movie makes you pang for love and romance. And even though it isn’t my favorite film of his… it’s still one of the best films I saw last year.
IN THE LINE OF FIRE (Blu Ray)
Oh I love this movie! I love that plastic gun of John Malkovich. I love Clint Eastwood as the aging Secret Service man. I love the score, I love the direction by Wolfgang Petersen – and I just plain love the movie. Watching the movie feels like fishing, building a birdhouse in your shop, like grilling up food for the Fourth of July. It’s man stuff and it hasn’t cut the fat. Now I have it in 1080p!
ONLY THE VALIANT
Do you love “Men on a Mission” flicks like THE PROFESSIONALS, WHERE EAGLES DARE, THE GUNS OF NAVARONE and THE DIRTY DOZEN? Then this film is for you. This is one of those types of impossible missions filled with hard luck cases doing their best to just see the next day given the short straw they drew. They’re headed by Gregory Peck, who is blamed for fucking everything up to begin with – He’s leading his pick of a select group of nothing to lose men to man an abandoned fort in a 300 type of position at a canyon – and to hold out till the cavalry (literally) arrives. These 3 other men are played by Ward Bond, Neville Brand and the fucking awesome Lon Chaney Jr! Also watch out for the badass Apache Chief played by Michael Ansara (the voice of MR FREEZE or Kang from Classic Star Trek!). He’s outstanding, as is this movie. Discover it, you won’t regret it.
DRILLBIT TAYLOR
The trailers for this movie looked like ass. This isn’t a great comedy – but it is better than WALK HARD, which I consider the low water mark for the Judd Apatow produced comedies. It has it’s share of laughs – but what Brill does that makes it not one to own is he really fucks up the kids. They’re not real. You can tell that the film prefers Owen to the kids and that’s not how the film should feel. In many ways – the movie prefers the bully – and that kinda blows. Actually – the film kinda is ass – at least WALK HARD had fun songs. Yeah, this sucks, skip it.
POINT BREAK (Blu Ray)
Retarded Bliss! You gotta love POINT BREAK. First off – casting Keanu Reeves as a surfing detective… well, it’s mad genius of the obvious sort. That said – Patrick Swayze owns this movie. He’s a god. He’s one of the absolute coolest bad guys of all time. And is it just me, or is THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS like a beat by beat rip-off of POINT BREAK? But a good rip-off. And it looks so pretty on Blu Ray!
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS
ART. Brilliant ART as lived by Yukio Mishima as presented by Francis Ford Coppola & George Lucas and directed by the one and only Paul Schrader. You’ve got to see this film. Seriously. If you love art, documentaries, experimental cinema and just plain genius… this is the film for you. Criterion has again gone above and beyond on this fantastic release. Brilliant film.
BATMAN: THE MOVIE (Blu Ray)
Drooooooool. Oh yeah. Adam West BATMAN in 1080p… Cesar Romero… Frank Gorshin…. Burgess Meredith… Lee Meriwether… Shark Repellant! Walking up the side of a building! Genius reversed shoved in the oven, filled with confetti and it exploded and they caught it on film. This film had it’s world premiere in AUSTIN! The BATBOAT was made here in Austin – and those were HUGE DEALS to me as a kid. I wonder if kids today think it’s a big deal – or if they hang on to the fact that SIN CITY was shot in Austin. Hmmmm… It was a big deal that TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and This were hometown movies. So cool that it’s coming on BluRay.
PATRIOTISM – Criterion Collection
If you’re getting Paul Schrader’s MISHIMA, then you must pick up PATRIOTISM – a film by the subject of Schrader’s film, Yukio Mishima. This is a film about Mishima’s obsession with seppuku, ritual suicide. This film is only 27 minutes long, but Criterion accompanies Mishima’s film with a 45 minute audio interview with the director, a 45 minute making of documentary (of a 27 minute film – I love that sort of thing) – and more about the film in essay and in pictures.
SEX AND DEATH 101
From Daniel Waters, the writer of HEATHERS comes a film directed as well as written to make you laugh as well as stir the loins of men and women alike. SEX AND DEATH 101 is hilarious, adult and just generally fantastic. In some ways it resembles the Sex Farces of long ago – given a modern edge and I love the results. Really outstanding film – shame it didn’t get a wide release with a full marketing push.
CITY OF MEN
From the makers of CITY OF GOD (brilliant work of brilliance) comes a film that is only fantastic and great called CITY OF MEN. This film, in many ways, is more intimate than CITY OF GOD – and it’s story of two young men played by Douglas Silva and Darlan Cunha are at the heart of this story. They were best friends that end up, over the course of the story – on opposite sides of a gang war in Rio De Janeiro – which isn’t a good thing. This is a superior film.
GIRL ON THE BRIDGE
Ok – Flat out – this is my favorite film of the week. GIRL ON THE BRIDGE by director Patrice Leconte tells the story of two losers… Daniel Auteuil and Vanessa Paradis (Johnny Depp’s sweetheart) are those losers. The film picks up as Vanessa Paradis is moments away from ending her life by leaping off a bridge. Daniel stops her. Because she has nothing else to lose, he offers her the position as the target in his Knife Throwing act. The film is in black and white and the story that follows is part Fellini and part Truffaut… and 100% blissful cinema. GIRL ON THE BRIDGE is one of my all time favorite romances. If you believe that the one you love will help set your life right, that you’ll become magically, perhaps tragically, aligned… then this is for you. If you love NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN… this is for you. And if you love this and those you should also check out this week’s SEX AND DEATH 101.
DEAD AND GONE
I haven’t seen it, but a friend tells me I should. Rumor has it, this feels a bit like 80s horror. I can’t say, but probably in a week or so I will be able to. So… will you chance it? Click through to Amazon – it has some solid reviews.
That’s all for this week, but next week we’ll be looking at BATMAN BEGINS on Blu Ray, BATMAN – GOTHAM KNIGHT, THE BATMAN – THE Complete Fifth Season, TEEN TITANS – The Complete Fifth Season, THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN, X-FILES REVELATIONS, STOP-LOSS, THE RUINS, LEFT BEHIND: DVD Collection, THE MUMMY (Universal Legacy Series), MON CNCLE ANTOINE, Unrated version of Jet Li’s FEARLESS, PHILOSOPHY OF A KNIFE, THE MAN WITH X-RAY EYES, LITTLE GIRLS and much much more!
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Or does Winona Ryder just look fucked up on the cover of "Sex and Death 101"?
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just missed it. Love Mad Men though...brilliant show
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Nothing fun... more money I can spend on gasoline.
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For me, it's a film about the building of America (as the revenge story never fully pans out, but is lost in the Union Army's raid on New York). I always kind of saw it as Scorsese's version of John Ford's "The Searchers", his favorite film. Just like the Ford film, there is a strong ruthless and racially prejudice character at center who thinks he's doing what's right for his country, and along side him, you have the young upstart, who's not of traditional English ancestry (Jeff Fisher's character was part Indian, and Dicaprio's was Irish) and who represents the next generation. So yeah, I see it as a little more than just a revenge story.
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Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" even contains the opening shot of "The Searchers", when Walter "Monk" McGinn kicks open the doors from underground to reveal daylight and the Five Points dressed in snow before the original Battle of Five Points. This is the first hint that "Gangs" is inspired by "The Searchers."
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Is doing something not directly related to Jack Black? Did he naw off his foot? Or has Jack finally set him free? Also City Of Men, isn't it kind of like a final movie to the TV show City of Men? Both are directed by the same guy. Anyone seen both?
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What scene in the Batman movie are you talking about? With the shoved in the oven that exploded and they filmed it?
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Jul 01, 2008 12:48:40 AM CDT
My Blueberry Nights still playing in theaters
by phantom_of_teh_paradise
but I still got my copy minutes ago. Beautiful movie. I never quite got why it was so hip to hate on it...or why everybody seems to think it's not "up to par" with Wong Kar-Wai. It's spot on Wong Kar-Wai in English. It's cozy, it's lovesick, and it'll scorch your eyeballs off with its cinematography. 9/10
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'City of God' that is. That movie still retains one of THE most authentic, and cringe worthy moments ever caught on film; the moment where a 'wannabe' has to choose which kid he wants to kill....as he points his gun at the potential victims, I have never seen shear terror in the eyes of a child captured on film, like I did in that scene. After watching 'City of Men' I felt like it was a decent movie, but not nearly as moving, or well made as 'City of God'.
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What should it be called?
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Yeah Blueberry Nights wasn't as good as good as In The Mood For Love or 2046 but it is definately still a great movie and much better than his earlier catalogue.
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Fast and the Furious IS point break... just in cars and overall not as good
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Piss off, Harry! I used to think your lists were so crappy because they were the result of payola. Now I know that you're just an idiot.
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but I was really crushed for time as they moved some of the interviews off the day on set - and I had to finish last weeks dvd column - and do research and prep for all the interviews. It just didn't work out this time.
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But good thing you remembered Dead and Gone! Geez...
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Not sure what movie you're referring to as spectacular of any of those. I'd say next week would be a little bit more fun, due to the Blu-Bat. But this week is nothing more than Blu-ray rereleases.
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Amazing cover art, really *wink* love that movie, cause it's so terrible. *reaches for can of shark spray*
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Jul 01, 2008 2:15:03 AM CDT
gangs on blu has a two star transfer (link inside)
by lavatory love machine
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/409/gangsofnewyork.html
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Jul 01, 2008 2:15:42 AM CDT
Harry how does the surfing scenes in Point break look on Blu-Ray
by xiphos_2
Or if you have ever watched any surf docs on Blu-Ray how do they look? That might be the one thing that makes me invest in a Blu-Ray player.
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Point Break is the king of pure retarded fun in movies. Much Props to Neo and Dalton boy for doing their own Jumps over Lake Mead.
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I saw that years ago in its theatrical run and loved it. Wonderful film. I haven't seen it since and kind of forgot it existed. Thanks for the head's up, Harry. Can't wait to revisit it.
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Well the transfer at 1080p Digital Projection 9' by 12ft' was stunning. Just saying.
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is probably one of my most favorite movie characters of all time, along with Pai Mei, Toshiro Mifune's character in Seven Samurai, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Ash from the Evil Dead series.
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and Gay Perry in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
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watching it on tbs too i see. Shame that movie never got much respect, easily one of the top 3 movies that year.
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I loved that film, it was one of the first I went to see in the cinema when I became old enough to pass for 15. It has some fantastic lines, my favourite being Clint's response to Malkovitch: "I'll be thinking about that while I'm pissing on your grave!"
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Take your tounge out of Harry's Ass you fucking twat.
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BATMAN ruined LOST IN SPACE. LOST IN SPACE was evil with a sinister DR SMITH, until BATMAN caused the network suits to twist LIS into a Cheesy, Campy, Crapfest too. Well maybe I should hate the network suits. However I do remember thinking when I got older I would understand the Riddles in BATMAN. Hey guess what, those riddles are lame piles of crap. Seriously, they are awful. No wonder everyone hates riddle solving Robin. POW!!! BAM!!! SOCKO!!!
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Could not agree more about Gangs of New York - could barley sit in the theater as I thought - good god - this is just bad.... but I have since fell for the movie upon viewing it multiple times at home. Go figure. The acting now seems crisp - and - I'll be damned to admit it - but - Leo and Cam really did a fine fine job. City of Men - forget it - that movie just out and out kicks ass on so many levels.
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I've watched In The Line Of Fire lots of times on TNT, and not once has it inspired me to build a birdhouse. I'm guessing Harry turns into a licensed contractor whenever he watches 300. Anyway, still waiting for a proper transfer of Ashes Of Time.
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Although Wong kar wai gets the most admiration for In the Mood for Love, my fave from him is Chungking Express...a wonderfully comic performance from the best actor in Asian cinema Tony Leung
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That's a great film, the ending freaked me out as a child.
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I liked City of Men a lot, but are you saying that it is superior to City of God.
City of the God is the first movie ever that I watched and as soon as the credits ended (yes I watched all the credits too) that I immediately restarted the movie and watched it back over again. -
MotherFUCKER!"
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you'll never think of a ukele the same way again. It'll bring up good movie memories.
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It's not part of a trilogy. It is not a sequel of anything of that matter to City of God. It's simply a spinoff / sequel to the City of Men TV series..Yeah they have a few of the same actors, people behind the camera etc. But different characters and story line, they are not related to City of God in anywat.
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Sad, sad news: http://tinyurl.com/6x3kfm
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was hilarious! I put it up there with Naked Gun and Airplane...and it was a refreshing change from the overly long other Apatow movies.
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Careful, Tweedy. The Mort's Frenchified.
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I hate owen wilson, hate him
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Walk Hard was ass? Really?I think Harry's taste in movies is taking a huge divergence from mine because I never stopped laughing during Walk Hard and thought it hinted at subtle genius, especially the exceptional soundtrack. I listen to that album every week on the drive to work.Drillbit Taylor had one redeeming scene where they were interviewing bodyguards. Adam Baldwin shows up briefly but Frank Whalley steals the scene with his attempt at being a tough guy.
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...."what could have been one of film's most memorable melees"...if you mean the great melee in the snow in the beginning...pretty sure that's Peter Gabriel. I think it works pretty well too...
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My DVDs arrive today!
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..."Signal to Noise". Cool song too. I can see why it wouldn't work for everyone in a period film though...
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Would be "Girl on the Bridge" and "Secretary". They both deal with consensual S&M relationships, and yet are both very sweet in tone.
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I never understood the hate. For my money it's better than The Departed. Hollywood is so afraid of making period movies, so it's nice when one of the masters uses his influence to get one finished. The scene where the immigrants were coming off the boats and were immediately drafted and then the empty boats were loaded with coffins was fantastic. A truly great film.
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Walk Hard is one of the best Apatow factory movie Harry! It was a hilarious and brilliant parody of musical bio-pics. Your tastes are going downhill dude.
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I swear, if Harry actually likes the Left Behind movies I will have 100% lost faith in his ability to review movies. Get Vern to review those things so we can have a good laugh!
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Jul 01, 2008 9:16:54 AM CDT
"Gangs o' New York" would've been a reason for me to go Blu
by chishu_ryu
...but the bad press on the video transfer will make me wait for a few more quality titles to come out on Blu-Ray. Til then, I'll enjoy "Casino" on HD-DVD...
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stoner fantasy. Sorry but Knocked Up may've made a lot of money, but it wasn't very good. It's a funny film if you don't have friends to have much more interesting "pop culture" conversations with. And it's "heart" was about as authentic as some bad late 80's T.G.I.F. sitcom. It was nothing more than a poor man's Kevin Smith movie (which is preaty poor indeed). Walk Hard on the other hand is probably one of the best/funniest spoofs we've had in recent years (miles beyond Scary Movie/Date Movie/Insert movie), and it also has better music than some so-called musicals. John C. Reiley was excellent (he actually sang, unlike some of the people in the bio-pics he's spoofing). I laughed many times during Walk Hard, while I rolled my eyes at the crap we were given as humor in Knocked-Up.
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Not only are you a twat, but a hypocritical one at that. I am sure you thought of your oh so original talkback name while masturbating over your Charlton Heston pictures. Enjoy
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Come on. You know it's only a matter of time, if there really was some kind of legendary 4 hour cut.
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If this is ever to materialize, than I might buy a Blu-Ray player.
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F & F is PB with cars instead of surfers. Undercover cop gets too close to the guy he has to bust, gets too much into the lifestyle of the bad guys, lets the bad guy go. F & F was good, but essentially a PB remake with cars. Anyone who doesn't see this has not watched both movies!!
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What gives Harry? Also.. will we see a Hellboy 2 review from you?
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Because Thelma Schoonmaker and Martin Scorsese don't do so-called "Director's Cuts" after the fact...
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Jul 01, 2008 10:19:36 AM CDT
Like "Goodfellas", "Gangs" is about the transition of eras...
by chishu_ryu
...where disputes that where settled through traditional old-European style battles with rabbits as mafia icons gave way to U.S. Federal Intervention and police action and a new way of looking at old ideas...
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Because it was a parody of like only 2 movies. The only good parts were the songs. Also Tim Meadows still... not funny.
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if the character of Drillbit Taylor actually was treated as a real homeless guy. Nick Nolte of course would be the best to play him. I guess this was a kids movie and can't be BAD SANTA dark but it seems to me like they have a good premise that they entirely waste by casting Owen Wilson as every god damn charming loser character he ever plays, and not somebody you actually believe is a homeless man who's gonna rob their house. In the Nick Nolte version the humor would not be "ha ha, he says he's a badass but he's actually not" but "oh shit, is he really gonna kill those bullies? This could get ugly."
Oh well. At least it had a few laughs, which is more than you can say for alot of comedies these days. I'm sure it seems pretty good to the kids it was intended for.
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come out this week? THAT would be the Dan Waters flick to catch/rewatch this week.Any mention of Mishima must include Phillip Glass' incredible score.And although it looks like it wastes a fine looking cast, I'm a sucker for conspiracy thrillers, so any word on Vantage Point??
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ON THAT COVER
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needs more film work. On her short resume there's Near Dark, Point Break, and Strange Days...Give that woman a Stedicam and let her go...
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just curious. What do you do with the countless BluRay crap discs you get? Take 'em to the used DVD shop, trade them with friends, or use them as coasters...?BTW, hows the lapband procedure doin'?
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The video transfer is worse than shit. I was excited about this release too. They overprocessed it and it looks worse than the last dvd edition. STAY AWAY FROM IT.
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A lot of Clint's partners in movies get killed especially in the Dirty Harry movies, but this one has my favorite. First off, you know the second Dylan McDermott is talking about his kid in the beginning he's going to buy it. Then when he has a gun on Malkovitch on the rooftop and yells excitedly at Clint's character whose down on a fire escape "I got him Frank!, Malkovitch shoots. Clint is looking up and he doesn't know what happened. Then McDermott's head falls into frame, clearly dead with a bullet in his head.
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It started out as a revenge movie about killing the dude who killed your dad, but then Leo becomes friends with the guy he wants to kill and seems to forget about killing him until somebody reminds him, then we get a brief training montage of him practicing whipping a blade at a target, then Double D Lewis senses the ambush coming and degrades Leo D in front of everybody saying he's going to scar his face and turn him into a hideous freak to live in shame, but then Leo's face heals right away, Lewis sits back and lets Leo build up and army, I guess because Lewis is just a maniac and likes fighting, then the two gangs all line up for a big rumble and get knocked over by a stray cannonball, followed by Leo suddenly having affection for Lewis again, visiting his grave, and then some time lapse photography of New York in which the World Trade Centre appears and everybody in the theatre when I saw it burst out laughing wondering if it would disappear two seconds later, it didn't, but the damage was already done.That movie had a good look and I like Double D Lewis playing a maniac and all, but the thing is a full on clusterfuck.
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She was the hot chick Kirk made out with in that Star Trek episode with the aliens can turn humans into cubes, the "baby woman" in the MST3K episode, AGENT FROM H.A.R.M., and played Miss Moneypenny in the 1967 Casino Royale. She also did some Italian crime flicks in the 70s. I see Gangs of New York in her IMDB bio but can't remember who the heck she played!
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It's ok on it's own terms but you're going to be severley disappointed if you expect something as good or better then City of God.
Also, heads up on the Gangs of New York Blu-Ray. movieman742 is correct. I've read some reviews where they state that they overdid it on the DNR (Digital Noise Reduction), so it may look all nice and clean to the video game crowd, but it's not an accurate transfer. Stay away until they get it right. -
Like all of Scorsese's work, Gangs centers not only on the personal stories of the main characters, but also on the story of the world around the characters, New York, America, which has always been the "other" character in Scorsese's films, but none moreso than in this film. We are allowed a glimpse into this world through the stories of Amsterdam, Bill, and the others, but in the end, their petty disputes and jealousies and selfishness are swallowed by the march of history and the building of New York, and America.
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Simply incredible acheivement.
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well DUH! Jeeze dude...I saw that when I first saw the movie. Replace surfing with racing, FBI with LAPD, inner-city California with Malibu beach and drop Busey's character (don't tell him tho, you don't know what that fucking guy is capable of at any given moment)...and viola! You've got yourself a new movie! Seriously, its the same as when I noticed that Cinderella's 80's classic "Nobody's Fool" is practically a note for note ripoff of earlier 80's Def Leppards "Bringin on the Heartbreak". You can sing either song's lyrics over the other, they're that close...try it! It's fun!Did anybody notice that the "Kyle Gass" on that last zombie movie is the same Kyle Gass, also known as KayGee, or just KG, from the inimitable Tenacious D?Forgive me if someone else mentioned it, I can't read.
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Thank you Harry for re-inserting that movie into my consciousness. I saw it years ago in theaters and was amazed by its tender beauty and unique love story. I highly recommend this movie to those interested in different takes on cinematic romance.
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Damn hitting the enter key early!
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Have you seen the Gangs of New York Blu-ray? It looks like a bag of smashed assholes.
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I know he has some weird aversion towards TV shows that don't have pew pew lasers or superheroes, but at least he can recognize what is the best damn shown on TV.
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First time I EVER clicked on one of those. Anyone ever bought anything form TheHut.com that is advertising 2 Blu Rays for £18? Anyone seen them any cheaper elsewhere?
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Ok, so it's not quite "chocolate covered pussy juice", but a funny little Harry-ism nevertheless.
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I think not, my friend. The Bob Dylan parody was worth the price of admission alone.
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I dont have to explain anything to you about my talkback name, but your suggestion is totally wrong, if thats a surprise. You obviously have far to much free time on your hands so just look it up yourself.
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for example, regarding Master and Commander I chose to listen to your opinion on the transfer not the reviews of websites like highdefdigest and dvdtalk that said that it was just a little better than the DVD, and I gotta tell you they were right, looks good but far from what blu ray can do, so in the case of Gangs I'll go with them, I don't like when they use DNR (digital noise reduction) because it washes a lot of the detail and Gangs was that pristine look that's very un-cinematic, like if it was shot on an old HD video camera (I haven't spend much time watching projectors but for what I've seen they are vastly inferior to my 40 inches bravia LCD)
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I saw GIRL ON A BRIDGE at Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival several years ago. I've been waiting for it to be released on DVD ever since. It's a magical film! Thank you, Legend Films, for digging around in the Paramount vaults and releasing a few overlooked gems.
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uhm yeah
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Outside of a porn film, I don't know of any other movie this year that features such an endless array of smokin' hot babes as this film. And each woman, one more stunning than the other, gets plenty of screen time to make her mark on the film. Consistently weird, hilarious and
sexy(and sex-filled)beyond belief until it unfortunatly drops into
low gear during its final fifteen
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were written by the same people. Right? That may explain why they are so similar.
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See subject.
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made me smile. That has to be one of the best opening title sequences to any film.
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second it.
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Almost all their covers look like something that dripped out of a dead man's anus. What is wrong with these people?
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from EVERY company. I think 'they' decided by committee that since they COULDN"T make a decision on either square music-type packaging or 1-sheet format DVD packaging they'd just go halfway between the two and give birth to a half-arsed abomination. I love my HD but that format is a monstrosity where NO art looks good.
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He's gotten better, but I never for a second believed that he fit the role. Cameron Diaz was even worse for that film. Maybe Scorsese was pressured by the studio to pick stars rather than appropriate actors, or maybe the film would have never gotten a greenlight without them, but whoever thought that was genuinely good casting needs to be run out of the business.
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http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2008/07/dark-knight-the.html
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The Fast And The Furious script, is the same script for Point Break, with every mention of the word "surfboard" replaced by the word "car".
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It'd have to be bad to be worse than the lousy Sleepy Hollow PQ.
Don't be too proud of yourself Keith, MANY people spotted that. Many years ago. And at least in point Break they didn't 'cross the line' when a sense of geography was crucial to the storytelling!
Breaking the 180º rule in a drag strip comp had to be the most retarded cinematic idea ever. Maybe they thought confusion would somehow make things more dynamic and 'extreme'. -
It was a cliché before Point Break, too.
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Not to be heartless about it, but after all that hoopla, is Swayze still about to die?
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No mention of the Sopranos box set coming out in November?
In any event, this is a striking and brilliant essay about the final season and final episode of the Sopranos. Read it and thank me for sending the link later.
http://masterofsopranos.wordpress.com/the-sopranos-definitive-explanation-of-the-end/
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What people are seeming to describe here is NOT ONE IOTA of my experience with the disc. I'm looking at the image through my Sharp BluRay player - plugged through my Denon receiver being outputted from my Epson 1080p projector onto a Da-Lite 9' by 12' screen and I see ZERO problems. No wavy lines - no pixel issues and zero artifacting. It is crystal clear. Don't have any of the issues folks are describing. That said, my JUMPER BluRay won't even play without major skipping and freezing issues.
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As such the film never worked completely for me. DiCaprio came off as weak next to DDL, where a stronger actor would have carried the role/film. Diaz should stick to Charlie's Angels.
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Wish HD DVD won the war. Now that Blu-ray has no more competition, they just do whatever they want. Shitty covers and discs that won't play. Sad.
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The movie was surprisingly very funny. It was probably too funny for adults to get, that or to raunchy? Can't believe this didn't get a wider release. I mean it wouldn't have been a hit, because most adults like their comedies to be lame and predictable like Baby Mama, or college kids want their adult comedies to be familar and something already popular, Forgetting Sarah Marshell. This wasn't the funniest movie ever, but it was a lot funnier then you think it would be. Probably the best live action Patton Oswald performence ever, seeing that they finally stuck him in something with an R rating so he's not stuck dumbing/watering down his material which doesn't work for him.
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It's such a shame cause there is so much going for it. Even casting Colin Farrell instead of Di Caprio would have improved that film immensley. It seemed too much for Di Caprio, he seemed to be drowning in every scene. I really hope this Shutter Island, or whatever it is, is the last film Scorsese does with Di Caprio. Most of those films have been enjoyable to watch but they just seem parodies of scorsese. Scorsese needs to do something completely different. he's become too conservative, he's just making films that fulfill people's expectations of what a scorsese film is. Supposedley Scorsese is scouting around eastern europe with de niro for some secret project.
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The director of Sex and Death, probably one of the top 10 creepiest looking guys working in hollywood. Right behind the preist in Indy 4.
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The Blu-ray betters the atrocious DVD - betters the resolution of all the edge enhancement halos. They're now sparkling clear: http://tinyurl.com/63hxua
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