What is the latest good film you watched ?
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Little Red Wagon Repairman
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Event Horizon (1997)
Really enjoyable Sci-Fi/Horror. Sam Neill is great in these type of films.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/
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Really enjoyable Sci-Fi/Horror. Sam Neill is great in these type of films.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/
Little Red Wagon Repairman
MFOMBSoPGA
Army of Darkness (1992)
The third installment of the Evil Dead saga. I recommend getting the 3 disc blu-ray from Shout Factory. Nice print with lots of extras.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/
http://www.amazon.com/Army-Darkness-Collectors-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B0112HPSXI
The third installment of the Evil Dead saga. I recommend getting the 3 disc blu-ray from Shout Factory. Nice print with lots of extras.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106308/
http://www.amazon.com/Army-Darkness-Collectors-Edition-Blu-ray/dp/B0112HPSXI
freeones_regina
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The Revenant
Great movie, loved the bear scene.
Will Leo win an oscar this time for his role?
Great movie, loved the bear scene.
Will Leo win an oscar this time for his role?
The Equalizer......again.
Bad Lieutenant (1992)
The Sea Inside.
About Ramón Sampedro, a former sailor who was rendered paraplegic in his prime. He lost his job and the ability to travel. He lost his independence. He lost opportunities. He lost interest. Ramón could do anything with his life, but all he had was "scraps" of himself (although he did manage to write a book). Having lost the will to live, he started what would become a 28-year-long fight for the right to die. Having been pressured to live for various reasons made those long years of incapacitation even less bearable. He would find himself experiencing physical and emotional discomfort on a daily basis, living a life of disappointment - a rather torturous way to live. Surprisingly, this is a concept that, after all these years, some of his family still could not comprehend. This strikes me as a kind of matter that is more about what is to be lost, not who. Needless to say, the film informs us that the right to die is a kind of freedom that comes with a great responsibility. It requires a lot of thought on the matter of the wages of such an act, but then again, you have to think about what a life like this can do to your mind. After all, as it was repeatedly stated in the movie, "life is a right, not an obligation."
The Sea Inside does not require much of thematic exploration as it manages to be quite concise with regards to its themes - the meaning of life, fear of death, poverty, codependence, and true love (and how love and death intertwine). (Does love mean being an emotionally codependent slave?) Some of the movie's content is just as I predicted, but that's not a bad thing at all. It only illustrates certain moments that I'm sure a lot of us can relate to.
On an additional note, at first it was unclear to me why Ramón at one time said "... this hell is worth living in if I can meet people like you." Then I figured that perhaps he still enjoyed a close human connection, even after decades that could have left him (nearly) emotionally bankrupt.
Great acting, script, and camera work are the biggest merits of this movie, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Spain). There isn't a minute wasted as the main plot and the subplots are in full motion. However, I found the part about Ramón and Julia's (his first lawyer's!) fantasy moments in their relationship a bit unrealistic. Also, I'm not quite sure if the characters have been a bit too forthright to be credible, or maybe I'm just being picky. Hey, it's just a movie based on a true story.
Overall, I knew I couldn't go wrong with the movie. No matter how you feel about how the events in the film unfolded, you have to agree that it was well-crafted.
About Ramón Sampedro, a former sailor who was rendered paraplegic in his prime. He lost his job and the ability to travel. He lost his independence. He lost opportunities. He lost interest. Ramón could do anything with his life, but all he had was "scraps" of himself (although he did manage to write a book). Having lost the will to live, he started what would become a 28-year-long fight for the right to die. Having been pressured to live for various reasons made those long years of incapacitation even less bearable. He would find himself experiencing physical and emotional discomfort on a daily basis, living a life of disappointment - a rather torturous way to live. Surprisingly, this is a concept that, after all these years, some of his family still could not comprehend. This strikes me as a kind of matter that is more about what is to be lost, not who. Needless to say, the film informs us that the right to die is a kind of freedom that comes with a great responsibility. It requires a lot of thought on the matter of the wages of such an act, but then again, you have to think about what a life like this can do to your mind. After all, as it was repeatedly stated in the movie, "life is a right, not an obligation."
The Sea Inside does not require much of thematic exploration as it manages to be quite concise with regards to its themes - the meaning of life, fear of death, poverty, codependence, and true love (and how love and death intertwine). (Does love mean being an emotionally codependent slave?) Some of the movie's content is just as I predicted, but that's not a bad thing at all. It only illustrates certain moments that I'm sure a lot of us can relate to.
On an additional note, at first it was unclear to me why Ramón at one time said "... this hell is worth living in if I can meet people like you." Then I figured that perhaps he still enjoyed a close human connection, even after decades that could have left him (nearly) emotionally bankrupt.
Great acting, script, and camera work are the biggest merits of this movie, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film (Spain). There isn't a minute wasted as the main plot and the subplots are in full motion. However, I found the part about Ramón and Julia's (his first lawyer's!) fantasy moments in their relationship a bit unrealistic. Also, I'm not quite sure if the characters have been a bit too forthright to be credible, or maybe I'm just being picky. Hey, it's just a movie based on a true story.
Overall, I knew I couldn't go wrong with the movie. No matter how you feel about how the events in the film unfolded, you have to agree that it was well-crafted.
30 Days of Night... A Sam Raimi exec prod... Set in Barrow, Alaska. Not a bad vampire movie. Thumbs Up!
