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Ok I’ve come off of a pretty big movie run (for me anyway). It’s a bizarre mix of films and I thought I’d briefly share my views of them. I don’t really know why, guess I just like to offer up my opinion! Some of my movies are kind of dated so don’t laugh. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Btw, feel free to jump in and post about movies you've seen too if you want. I would really like that. I intend to keep bumping this thread as I write up my mini reviews.


Here are a few I've watched recently that left an impression on me:





Osama (2003)


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Ever wonder what life is like in Afghanistan? Here’s your chance. Talk about scary. This gem directed by Siddiq Barmak is a must see. Even without subtitles this movie will speak to you.

Osama was shot entirely in Afghanistan with unknown actors and an Afghani crew. It’s a moving, stark film of life under the Taliban regime for one impoverished family.


The title actually refers to our little heroine, a 12 year old Afghani girl who is disguised as a boy by her mother and grandmother after they are left destitute. (The name ‘Osama’ is given to her by her friend.) Since women were not allowed to work after the Taliban take over, and since the male members of the family have been killed in various wars, the family is forced to send the timid daughter out into the world or face starvation.

Just an incredibly interesting peek into a different world where women are openly mistreated and where foreigners are arrested and executed for trivial transgressions. Some of the scenes shot at the Taliban training school and inside the old mulah’s house at the end are just bleak.

The movie plays like a documentary. It is not really full of a lot of action or dialogue but I guarantee you will find it fascinating. You can’t believe what you are seeing and the realization that it is occurring in contemporary time is strange.

Btw, it is said that the lead in this movie was actually a beggar girl in real life who had never set foot in a theater. Same for the beggar boy in the film. Pretty amazing direction if it’s true.


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Elizabeth (1998)


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This is NOT the new film with Helen Mirren. This is the old Elizabeth (1998) with Cate Blanchett. Yes I realize I’m behind the times. I'm hopeless in that respect.


Well, this movie is just a cinematic triumph in my opinion! It’s a period piece that’s just ridiculously confusing if you don’t know your English history but the sets and costumes are about as cool as anything I’ve seen in a long time.

The story begins in 1554 when the Catholic Queen Mary, unable to produce an heir to her throne, tries to prevent her Protestant half-sister Elizabeth from succeeding her. She has Elizabeth arrested for treason but can’t really prove it. When the Queen dies from a stomach tumor (which, btw, she swore was actually a baby) her young half-sister is crowned and inherits an unstable country. England is nearly bankrupt, armyless and in threat of being overtaken. Pressured to enter into alliances with France and Spain, Elizabeth agrees to entertain proposals of marriage from each side all the while hanging on hopes that she will marry her beloved childhood sweetheart, Lord Dudley.

What I love about this movie is the way the director, Shekhar Kapur, portrays the brutality of the 16th century juxtaposed against the lavishness of the court. I can’t tell you how well done it is. Be glad you were never a prisoner during that century. Yikes.

The acting here is first rate. Geoffrey Rush as Elizabeth’s most trusted advisor...Fanny Ardent as the French Warrior Queen...absolutely brilliant. I’ve never really even been a Cate Blanchett fan but she is just awesome. She plays a complicated female role..emotional, strong, clever…moving from sweet innocent girl to chilling power broker. This movie is not boring.



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In The Bedroom (2001)
I think this is one of Pryor’s favorite films. I'm sure he has done a review of it so I'll look and see if I can find a link.

Anyway, this is just incredibly depressing but very polished and well-acted. This story is set in a small fishing town somewhere in Maine. It revolves around a college student, Frank, who is dating a single parent, Natalie, played by the cute Marisa Tomei (anyone else think of George Costanza when her name comes up? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]) . Frank’s parents don’t know what to think. They like Natalie and her two boys but Frank’s mom is concerned that her son is misleading Natalie since he is expected to leave for an Ivy League college in the near future.


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Don’t read any farther if you don’t want to know what happens in this film!



What happens is just so depressing it makes me shake my head. Frank ignores his parents’ advice, becoming more involved with Natalie and her kids until he meets a tragic end at the hands of her jealous ex who is arrested but almost immediately released on bail. This is torture for Frank’s parents, Matt and Ruth, who have to bump into the guy around town. When it becomes obvious that the legal system cannot satisfy their needs in meting out justice, the quiet kind-hearted Matt decides to take things into his own hands.


What I liked best: Tom Wilkenson. Very nice portrayal of a decent man whose life has been destroyed. Heartbreaking, believable performance. The scene where Mat lets loose on his wife Ruth is really something. Great direction.

What I didn’t like: The depressing nature of this film! What a downer. There aren’t many films that make me want to kill myself but this one came close. Just too depressing for my taste. The way Sissy Spacek plays Ruth… well, it reminded me of my oldest sister. Just painfully realistic. Also, what did the ending mean? Why did the photo of Natalie smiling with her ex have such an effect on Mat?

Very well acted, beautifully directed. But let’s just say the ending is rather unsettling.



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If you have watched a movie lately but don’t feel like starting your own thread please feel free to talk about it in here. I'm always curious to know what people like or dislike. Don't hold back!!

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The Two most recent films I watched were:

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Which I thought was hilarious. Aaron Eckhart did a great job playing Nick Naylor, a guy with probably the hardest job in America, doing PR for a big tobacco.

The other one was:

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I couldn't help but love this one. Growing up in Minnesota in a Swedish/Lutheran family... I've been listening to this show pretty much my whole life. We used to sometimes listen to "The News from Lake Wobegon" books on tape on long car rides when I was a kid. For anyone who is a fan of the Radio show, this is pretty much a must see.

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oh good thread Katy!


Okay, I watch a movie pretty much every day on the train (I have a 3 hours commute if you count both ways), so I'll try and give a fill-in every work day...


Today I watched Out of the Past. If an old film-noir, a prototype of the genre actually, starrring Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas. It was a cool little potboiler, with a twisty plot, double crosses, a femme fatale who kept changing sides, and TONS OF SMOKING! I enjoyed it a fair bit - Robert Mitchum is never less than fun.
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Another I watched earlier this week was Carry on Screaming. 'Carry on' movies are an old staple of British TV, and are typically innuendo-ridden joke-fests. Some aren't that good, but Carry on Screaming is pretty funny - it's a sort of British take on the Addams Family. Lots of corny jokes done with a glee that makes up for their cheesiness. (Example: They find an ear, and a police says 'You see this ear?' and another says 'What, that there?' etcetcetc)
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I have more, but will come back to it later.

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rushmore

" The film is about Max Fischer (played by Jason Schwartzman), a 15-year-old whose extraordinary energy is channeled solely into extracurricular activities — school clubs and painfully over-ambitious theatrical productions, at the expense of his academic success. As a result of Max's failing grades, he is put on "sudden-death academic probation". " wikipedia.com

great movie, everyone should get to see it.

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We've seen quite a few movies recently, so here are a few, some of which I'd of course seen before:

"Lust for Life" - Classic about Vincent Van Gogh, starring Kirk Douglas. Very well done, I thought.

'Vincent and Theo" - More modern film, also about Van Gogh, directed by Robert Altman, also very good. How can Van Gogh not be everyone's favorite artist?

"And Then There Were None" - Old adaptation of Agatha Christie's "Twelve Little Indians." We see this every couple of years because the kids love it. It really is quite entertaining, and must have been the prototype for many murder mystery movies.

"Rear Window" - Great Hitchcock film with Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelley. One of the greats.

"Water" - Absolutely stunning visually, with fantastic images of India. Good story too, and a soundtrack I ended up downloading. Recommended.

"The Beauty Academy of Kabul" - Documentary about a beauty school set up to train Afghani women to be hair dressers. A few visually beautiful shots, and a good look at bombed out Kabul. Interesting enough to hold your attention, and moving in places.

"Breakfast at Tiffanys" - I'd seen this years ago, I think. But I remembered nothing of the story, and was surprised to find out how sad it really was. Audrey Hepburn's character is just barely out of touch with a profound emptiness which her lifestyle creates. But her look and style are iconic.

"Thank You for Smoking" - A good look at how propagandists work. Check out the global warming deniers for more.

"Dazed and Confused" - The first time I saw this, maybe 12 years ago (?), it didn't do much for me. This time I loved it. Perhaps because I was that much more removed from the '70s, and more nostalgic for them, I felt it really captured the essence of high school when I was there. Much fun.

"Winchester 73" - A 1950 western with Jimmy Stewart. Very much a classic, with several elements that I think were copied in subsequent films. Tight, clean story which doesn't get boring if you like westerns at all.

"Who Killed the Electric Car?" - I saw this in the theater with one of the most notorious, but best posters on the Politics forum. We both liked it. And wacki says it's the car of the future.

"The Great Escape" - Always riveting from start to finish.

"Take the Money and Run" - Woody Allen's first film, I believe. Still funny, though it made me laugh more when I was about 16.

"Lost in Translation" - Not bad. Good performance from Bill Murray. It effectively conveys a sense of emptiness. Not sure I'll ever to see it again though.

Several others, but I'm tired. :-/

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Pan's Labyrinth - Finally saw this one today. It really lived up to the hype in my opinion. Glad I was able to see it in the theater. 4.5/5


The Crying Game - Forrest Whitaker is such a great actor. Too bad he doesnt have a bigger part. Still a good movie. Stephen rea can act as well. 4/5.

Volver - This was my third Almodovar film( Habla Con Ella, Todo Sobre Tu Madre) and I might go as far as to say it my favorite of the three. It is hard to know what to say about this movie, other than see it if you have the chance. 4.2/5

Notes on a Scandal- Excellent acting in this movie to back up a pretty good story. Does a pretty good job of exploring such a controversial topic in today's society. 3.75/5.


The Painted Veil- Another good movie certainly worth seeing. Very good acting and stunning landscapes. Edward Norton can play anyone. 3.6/5.

Cache(Hidden) - Interesting French movie. Very good acting to go along with a fairly gripping story. 3.75/5.


Summary: I like most every movie I see, some just more than others.

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past few days have been getting some out of the way that weren't particularly exciting to me: neither in anticipation or realization.

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Uknown---straight to DVD movie with a bunch of solid name actors...wasn't to bad for straight to DVD.

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Read about this movie a few months back and thought it sounded somewhat interesting. Would you say it is worth renting?

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Blue: Great commentary track by Annette Insdorf, Kieslowski scholar.

Pan's Labyrinth: Saw this Thursday afternoon and had the theater to myself.

The Shop Around the Corner: Standout acting, in particular from Frank Morgan.

Deadwood: The Complete First Season: Maybe not a "film" per se, but the series is Shakespearean in scope, and the characters swear in blank verse.

Mouchette: One of Robert Bresson's searing masterpieces.

The Passenger: Not the best Antonioni (well, maybe it is), but it's final shot will stay with you forever. Great use of architecture, as always.

The Conformist: A visually stunning film.

That's it for the past two weeks.

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Aaron Eckhart did a great job playing Nick Naylor, a guy with probably the hardest job in America, doing PR for a big tobacco.

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I loved Thank You For Smoking (book was good too) and recently saw Aaron Eckart as the real bad guy in the film "In the Company of Men" on DVD. Worth a look but you may want to check out some other reviews.

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Which I thought was hilarious. Aaron Eckhart did a great job playing Nick Naylor, a guy with probably the hardest job in America, doing PR for a big tobacco.


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This is one that I'm very much looking forward to. Hope to see it real soon.

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In The Bedroom (2001)
I think this is one of Pryor’s favorite films. I'm sure he has done a review of it so I'll look and see if I can find a link.

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i haven't written one, but i have mentioned it a few times and, yes, it is one of my favorites. i'm a depressing chap sometimes.

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What I didn’t like: The depressing nature of this film! What a downer. There aren’t many films that make me want to kill myself but this one came close. Just too depressing for my taste. The way Sissy Spacek plays Ruth… well, it reminded me of my oldest sister. Just painfully realistic. Also, what did the ending mean? Why did the photo of Natalie smiling with her ex have such an effect on Mat?

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i remember talking to my mother right after she saw this and her saying that's far and away the closest she's ever seen someone play a mother with a child that age. or maybe it was a mother from that part of the country. either way, she was really floored by the performance--maybe because in a lot of ways she is Ruth: a 50 year-old, artistically-minded, mother in Midcoast Maine.

part of it is that the film captures so well that small little part of the country that's really unlike any other. there's so many tiny details of this film that Field and company took the time to get right where they could have easily glossed over them. well, the geography's a little stretched--it'd be pretty hard to easily go from Camden to Old Orchard Beach and back again before dawn in that scenario.

by photo, do you mean the photo in the apartment in OOB? i think that just pissed him off.

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oh, just watched this one two days ago.
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thought it was good for entertainment.

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Le Petit Lieutenant. Paris is beautiful but this movie succeeds in making it boring. Shot almost like a documentary police procedural and suprisingly does not have the typical French philosophic dialogue. Nothing truly wrong with it only dry.

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I just saw Breach...wow, great movie. Chris Cooper has lept to the top of my list of great American film actors.

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I have a 3-month-old son, so I don't get to see movies anymore, but "Elizabeth" with Cate Blanchett is a wonderful film.

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Babel - ****
For Your Consideration - ***1/2
Man of the Year - **1/2

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Match Point
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how is match point?

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A funny thing I've noticed about MATCH POINT is that fans of Woody Allen tend to be lukewarm about it while those who aren't fans tend to think highly of it. I'm in the first category.

Like almost all of Allen's films it is shot very well, and there are some strong performances (Scarlett Johansson's being particularly memorable). On the other side of the coin, the movie was poorly paced and the dialogue frequently felt forced, almost to the point of becoming unintentionally funny.

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hmm, scarjo was pretty weak in the other woody flick she was in.

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Best film I ve seen recently:
Pan`s Labyrinth: beautifull, dramatic, brutal. Genius in so many levels. I could not but cry at the end..

The worst: The Sentinel.
Full of indifferent characters, lousy plot, cameraman sucked bigtime, I could go on forever. And if you d like to watch it for Eva Longoria, dont bother. No romance and barely a few lines.

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rothko,

i reviewed it back in the day

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Cocaine Cowboys (2006): Directed by: Billy Corbin. Excellent documentary on cocaine smuggling in South Florida during the early '80s. Billed as the true story behind SCARFACE and MIAMI VICE, this micro-budgeted documentary manages to be more entertaining than its fictionalized predecessors. The movie has two distinct halves. The first and better half is anchored around interviews with Jon Roberts and Mickey Munday, two charismatic mega-smugglers for the Medellin Cartel. The interviews show not only the personal stories of these two men, but also document the intricate methods of smuggling and enormous economic impact of the drug trade. The second half tells the story of the "cocaine cowboys," the hyper-violent gangsters and enforcers who made Miami the most dangerous city on Earth at the time. There's a cool synthesized score by Jan Hammer, but don't bother with the annoying DVD commentary from director Corbin. Definitely worth checking out.

Don't Look in The Basement (1973): Directed by: S.F. Brownrigg. Decent exploitation/horror movie would have been a classic in the hands of more capable filmmakers. Playboy Playmate Rosie Holotik stars as Charlotte Beale, a nurse who begins working at a secluded insane asylum shortly after the head doctor is accidentally killed by one of his patients. The clever script has some good twists and turns, and the final sequence is chilling. Unfortunately, not much else is executed well. The overacting by the cast of no-names is too much to be believable, but not quite enough to be funny. What really sinks the film, however, is the awful editing. This is the sort of movie where if a character wants to talk to someone in a different room, you see them walk up the stairs, walk all the way down a long hall, knock on the door, wait for the door to open, and then start the conversation. At least 10 minutes of the film could have been chopped off without anybody at the drive-in noticing. There's less gore here than what you'd typically find in an exploitation movies, but there's still plenty of sleaze thanks to a nymphomaniac asylum patient who is perpetually exposing her breasts. While not terrible, this is far from one of the best exploitation movies of the '70s.

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thanks pryor, will have to watch it first: zomg spoilers!

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anybody else seen this lately?

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Kevin Smith: Evening Harder - I think I am becoming a bigger fan of his Q&A DVDs than I am of his actual films.

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Being There - Grade A satire. Peter Sellers is amazing as a man with zero intelligence that climbs the political ranks in Washington.

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Farce of the Penguins - It was like a bunch of really funny people got into a room with some stock penguin footage and intentionally tried to be less funny than the person before them. I had to go back and rewatch The Aristocrats just to remind myself why I thought most of them were funny in the first place.

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Hollywoodland - Pretty good noir movie with some very solid acting by one half of Benifer. Old Hollywood was a fascinating place.

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The Black Dahlia - It takes a lot of talent to make a mess this big. Beautiful imagery tries to distract you from the trainwreck going on.

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Being There - Grade A satire. Peter Sellers is amazing as a man with zero intelligence that climbs the political ranks in Washington.

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it's a documentary?

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Kevin Smith: Evening Harder - I think I am becoming a bigger fan of his Q&A DVDs than I am of his actual films.


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Oh wow. I didn't even know that there was a second one made. Is it as good as the first one?

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Ok, now the most recent movie I've watched is The Devil Wears Prada. Didn't really want to watch it, but it wasn't bad.

Next, tomorrow hopefully, is Children of Men. Very excited about that one.

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Oh wow. I didn't even know that there was a second one made. Is it as good as the first one?

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No, it's not as good as the first, but it's still pretty good.

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I watched Rocky III on cable the other night. No great acting, but I like the fact that Apollo and his manager have the heart to take Rocky in and help him even though he has beaten Apollo in the past. I like the shots of Apollo and Rocky in the ocean, celebrating Rocky's overcoming of his emotional fears. Mostly, I like seeing white and black people who were formerly enemies coming together to work for a common cause and becoming friends. I think this is what I like most about Rocky III. This and, of course, the scene with Hulk Hugan (Thunderlips) where he calls Rocky a meatball.

-J

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Being There- so so good. the opinion of this dc native: spot on exposition of a dangerous destructive washington mind set. A complement to Dr. Strangelove; warm and simple vs. cruel and sinister.

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Aw man. I almost rented this last night and instead went with Raising Arizona and The Joy Luck Club. Crap. I've always wondered if Being There was any good. It has such a weird premise.

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Highly recommend everyone watch this.

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No, it's not as good as the first, but it's still pretty good.

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Agreed, although IMHO it's close.

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A funny thing I've noticed about MATCH POINT is that fans of Woody Allen tend to be lukewarm about it while those who aren't fans tend to think highly of it. I'm in the first category.



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I think I've seen pretty much everything Woody Allen has ever put on screen and I have liked them all. I actually enjoyed Match Point and thought it was easily one of the best films I saw that year.

Just rewatched Deconstructing Harry. For me, this is a funny movie. Even on a rewatch I got lots of out loud laughs.

People laugh at different things, and I'm sure there are some out there who have never found anything Woody ever did humourous, but for me he does it every time.

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A funny thing I've noticed about MATCH POINT is that fans of Woody Allen tend to be lukewarm about it while those who aren't fans tend to think highly of it. I'm in the first category.



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I think I've seen pretty much everything Woody Allen has ever put on screen and I have liked them all. I actually enjoyed Match Point and thought it was easily one of the best films I saw that year.

Just rewatched Deconstructing Harry. For me, this is a funny movie. Even on a rewatch I got lots of out loud laughs.

People laugh at different things, and I'm sure there are some out there who have never found anything Woody ever did humourous, but for me he does it every time.

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I loved Match Point and thought it was the best of the year. At that moment I hadn't seen many Woody Allen movies (I had seen Annie Hall, Small time Crooks, Mighty Aphrodite).

But between September and October I watched about 10 Woody Allen films, among them Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Crimes and Misdemeanors was similar to Match Point and I thought was better.

My favorite Woody Allen film is Deconstructing Harry, so I am glad it was mentioned in this thread.

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Sherrybaby - Maggie Gyllenhaal is superb in her portrayal of a junkie getting out of prison and trying to win her very young daughter back. This movie was very powerful and devestating in places, my only gripe is the very small plot point trying to explain why she ended up this way and the film makers falling back on an old movie standard excuse. I understand the difficult job of getting the audience to sympathize with a lead character like this, but honestly can't somebody just suck at life? Why do they always have to have an excuse for their behavior thrown in there? Anyway, it's a good heart wrenching movie and I continue to love Maggie Gyllenhaal's work.