Serious Movie Discussion - Page 114

sodapopinski · 07-04-2008, 05:46 AM

Just wanna add another gem to the list - Joyeux Noël, or "Merry Christmas." Yes, there's a bit of singing in this movie, but it also celebrates one of the last displays of chivalry between enemies on the battlefield, and that was during WWI when the Germans and the French/Scots played a game of football (soccer) on Christmas Day. It's a great movie.

And it has Diane Kruger in it, the chick I've wanted to bone since the first National Treasure movie.

HuntersCreed · 07-04-2008, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by sodapopinski

Just wanna add another gem to the list - Joyeux Noël, or "Merry Christmas." Yes, there's a bit of singing in this movie, but it also celebrates one of the last displays of chivalry between enemies on the battlefield, and that was during WWI when the Germans and the French/Scots played a game of football (soccer) on Christmas Day. It's a great movie.

And it has Diane Kruger in it, the chick I've wanted to bone since the first National Treasure movie.

I've never been able to understand those who can't take a musical. Musicals are an under appreciated medium in film making that the general public refuses to take grasp of. I personally have a wealth of musicals in my dvd collection and value them greatly.

Worthy Musicals:
The Music Man (Robert Preston version)
Hair Spray
Sweeny Todd
Aladdin
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Producers

**Bullitt68** · 07-04-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HuntersCreed

Worthy Musicals:
The Music Man (Robert Preston version)
Hair Spray
Sweeny Todd
Aladdin
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Producers

My favorites are Yankee Doodle Dandy (airing on TCM later tonight along with The Music Man) and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

bad_coupon · 07-04-2008, 02:42 PM

CLASSIC FILM 101: A Bill of Divorcement (1932) and Morning Glory (1933)

**Bullitt68** · 07-04-2008, 02:49 PM

Okay, once again I'm ready to have an unpopular opinion: I think There Will Be Blood was overrated.

I just got done watching it and I enjoyed Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, but the film on the whole was probably a solid C+/B- effort on PT's part. My biggest problem was the score. I thought 95% of the music just didn't fit the film, and what's more, he had almost the entire film scored. There were very few scenes where there wasn't an undercurrent of music, and not so ironically, it's those scenes that were the best.

PT should watch No Country for Old Men and take notes on proper sound design.

BayAreaGuy · 07-04-2008, 05:20 PM

There will be blood

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My biggest problem was the score. I thought 95% of the music just didn't fit the film, and what's more, he had almost the entire film scored.

Hmmmm..... I thought just the opposite. I thought the music and when he used it added to the movie making many scenes even more exciting where it otherwise wouldn't be.

Like after Plainview made the deal to buy the land, they played that violin music of him buying up more land, and then when he talked to the folks in the town, the immediatly switched to the slow piano music and showed the workers coming to down doing there thing.

Also the scene where they struck oil and they played that upbeat music, that made the whole thing more excting.

I thought it was brilliantly done with the music, and the writing and directing as a whole even though there wasn't much of a story.

JSN · 07-04-2008, 05:22 PM

i still haven't been able to give TWBB a good viewing, but my problem wasn't the core at all. in fact, i remember seeing a trailer that was heartpounding esp. because of the score.

the film was severely flawed to me for several reasons, but the biggest was because of the rivalry between plainview and eli. it didn't make sense, and it would have made sense to make it make sense in the film- we want oil mixed up with religion, just like the neoncons.

JSN · 07-04-2008, 05:24 PM

btw the book oil! is quite good. the movie is exceptionally dissimilar from the novel as adapatations go.

mtwrstlr · 07-04-2008, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by HuntersCreed

I've never been able to understand those who can't take a musical. Musicals are an under appreciated medium in film making that the general public refuses to take grasp of. I personally have a wealth of musicals in my dvd collection and value them greatly.

Worthy Musicals:
The Music Man (Robert Preston version)
Hair Spray
Sweeny Todd
Aladdin
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Producers

Fan of Across the Universe? I love that movie

jrdenn · 07-04-2008, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bullitt68

Okay, once again I'm ready to have an unpopular opinion: I think There Will Be Blood was overrated.

I just got done watching it and I enjoyed Daniel Day-Lewis' performance, but the film on the whole was probably a solid C+/B- effort on PT's part. My biggest problem was the score. I thought 95% of the music just didn't fit the film, and what's more, he had almost the entire film scored. There were very few scenes where there wasn't an undercurrent of music, and not so ironically, it's those scenes that were the best.

PT should watch No Country for Old Men and take notes on proper sound design.

The score was off but you have to say that DDL was remarkable, I have to say that he may be the greatest actor I've ever see. A Brit who just took on the personality of a 19th century western oils man was incerdible.