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Movies

XraymanXrayman Veteran
edited June 2006 in Buddhism Today
I saw two really good "chick flicks" " the eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (for a change, Jim Carrey was good!) and Just Like heaven..

How about you lot?
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  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2006
    I really liked those ones, too. Eternal Sunshine was whacked, wasn't it? Although Just Like Heaven was much lighter I really liked it. I want to rent the DVD to see if they did a commentary. I love the actors' or directors' commentaries. They're soooo fun!
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited May 2006
    I've got a date to watch Fun With Dick and Jane this weekend.

    -bf
  • CelebrinCelebrin
    edited May 2006
    eeh i wont even comment lol..

    watch anime : escaflowne, ghost in the shell, Last exile, ninja scroll,berserk,cyber city oedo

    As for films... anything foreign is good lol.. Try Chow Yun Fat - a better tommorow,city on fire, once a thief, god of gamblers..

    god of gamblers is particulary funny because chow acts like a child in it when he looses his memory .. absolutely fantastic

    Any Bruce Lee film is good especially both enter the dragon and way of the dragon

    If that don't take your fancy and you still prefer mushy stuff try Big Blue featuring jean reno by Luc Besson.. its not ridiculous overblown mush it seems more realistic

    chow yun fat is one of my favourite actors now.. i wish there was an unlimited supply of movies made by him
  • MagwangMagwang Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Not sure if it's a chick flick, but I know that a lot of women like High Fidelity.
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2006
    High Fidelity rocked! LOVE that movie.

    I also want to see Big Blue now that Celebrin's reminded me about it. Any movie with Jean Reno is a movie I know I'll love.
  • not1not2not1not2 Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Magwang wrote:
    Not sure if it's a chick flick, but I know that a lot of women like High Fidelity.

    I think just about any movie with John Cusack somehow qualifies as a chick flick, regardless of the content. I really liked High Fidelity regardless of whether or not it's a chick flick though.

    Celebrin,
    I used to watch a lot of anime back in the day, though now I pretty much only find myself watching Miyazake films (having kids & all). Berserk was a surprisingly good series. I like Kenshin, especially the OVA's (Trust & Betrayal). My favorite series is probably Evangelion or Serial Experiments: Lain, and I always love watching Cowboy Bebop.

    Beyond all that, I mostly watch a lot of kids movies these days, and I honestly don't mind that much. I love cinematic Martial Arts movies (Crouching Tiger, Hero, etc), the Matrix movies, the Star Wars movies, the Lord of the Rings series, the Harry Potter Series and I seem to be a fan of most movies with Ben Stiller. Chick flicks are alright, though I don't really like the ones on Lifetime too much.

    I imagine I'm leaving stuff out. Oh well.

    _/\_
  • XraymanXrayman Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Okay I admit it...

    I LOVE KATE WINSLET.

    there I said it okay! Now can we just move on?
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2006
    What's wrong with Kate Winslet? She's the greatest of the greats. I love her sooo much. She was so good in "Eternal Sunshine...". What a great movie that was.

    I just watched "The Last Samurai" despite Tom Cruise. Ken Watanabe's in it so I had to see it. It was pretty good.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2006
    Yeh....But the bullets he took would have killed a platoon.... Obviously he had developped his Ki to an extraordinary level, and had attained a Matrix-level of Mind over Matter....

    There IS no Bullet......
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited May 2006
    LOL!
  • XraymanXrayman Veteran
    edited May 2006
    A guy i spoke to a few weeks ago (about my car insurance as a matter of fact, summed it up nicely-all movies that have tom in them are just Tom playing Tom-he's wooden.) NOW, Brad....different story. I actually really liked Meet Joe Black, but then again it has Anthony Hopkins in it.

    Is it wrong to say that brad looked mighty fine nude in TROY? Perhaps I think it is wrong..sorry.



    I'll just move away slowly not making eye contact with anyone

    X (just don't look at me)
  • CelebrinCelebrin
    edited May 2006
    umm brad in troy is funny man .. hes like no.1 poser.. every time the camera goes to him hes posing heroicly

    hes on like a boat and hes stood at the front of it on the statue at the front posing.. its just so funny


    as for tom hanks, hes like the average joe of cinema.. not keen on him.. he cant do any movies that involve anything extra ordinary

    you know you all love Arnie
  • IawaIawa
    edited May 2006
    federica wrote:
    Yeh....But the bullets he took would have killed a platoon.... Obviously he had developped his Ki to an extraordinary level, and had attained a Matrix-level of Mind over Matter....

    There IS no Bullet......

    Another Matrix fan! :cheer:


    Matix fans will like this site

    http://www.newlifeparadigm.com/
  • harlanharlan
    edited May 2006
    'So many movies...so little time.' ;) One of my unfulfilled passions.

    If you like Ken Watanabe, see 'the other samurai movie' of 2002 with him in it:

    'Tasogare Seibei' (English title: Twilight Samurai)

    As for chick flicks: this winter I started 'Chick Flick Lunch' at work. The gals and I brought in our favorite movies and watched them at lunch on Tues and Thurs. I have too many favorites, but off the top of my head I would recommend 'Shirley Valentine' (great line: this is my friend...Wall) and 'Enchanted April'.
  • CelebrinCelebrin
    edited May 2006
    ive seen twilight samurai.. its quite good.. not amazing or anything but it touches the heart and has some decent storyline, gd enough action in it

    im kinda bored of the matrix... its had its moment

    watch a better tommorow.. that owns
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited May 2006
    An interesting movie was "The Last Wave" based upon the cyclic and apocolyptic beliefs of the aboriginies of Australia and their "dream time" beliefs.

    -bf
  • PadawanPadawan Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Iawa wrote:
    Another Matrix fan! :cheer:


    Matix fans will like this site

    http://www.newlifeparadigm.com/

    If you enjoyed the Matrix trilogy, you'll love these two movies:

    The Thirteenth Floor, and Dark City. Both have very Buddhistic views of the universe through manipulation of the perceptions of the people within the movies- by way of a Virtual Reality simulator in Thirteenth Floor, and a colony of humans unknowingly being experimented on by aliens in Dark City.
  • XraymanXrayman Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Tom Cruise not Hanks (hanks has at least some good movies... apollo13 and Forrest gump.
  • PadawanPadawan Veteran
    edited May 2006
    I agree that Cruise can be irritating in many of his roles, but he was outstanding in Spielberg's remake of War Of The Worlds.
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited May 2006
    I disagree..... he was Tom Cruise. I wouldn't describe his performance as 'outstanding'. Had it been so, I think he might be in the running for an Oscar. But that's just my opinion.....
  • CelebrinCelebrin
    edited May 2006
    Tom cruise - War of the Worlds (2005) 4 stars --Collateral (2004) 4 stars--The Last Samurai (2003) 4 stars--Magnolia (1999) 5 stars--Mission: Impossible 2 (1999) 4 stars
    --Jerry Maguire (1996) 4 stars--Mission: Impossible (1996) 4 stars--The Firm (1993) 4 stars--A Few Good Men (1992) 4 stars--Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 5 stars
    Rain Man (1988) 5 stars--The Color of Money (1986) 4 stars--Risky Business (1983) 4 stars


    so says the wise radio times..

    in collateral tom cruise is mighty fine at acting i say.. that aint tom cruise being tom cruise


    yea i know tom cruise i mighty annoying irl, hes just utterly annoying.. did you see when some guy threw some water at tom cruise and he just lectured the guy on how he was a jerk lol or when he was on Oprah winfrey show and he was flying about the couch's lol ..hes turning himself into a joke.. its unfortunate because i love his films.. (the decent ones)

    but in films he's ok.. i wish someone would hit him on the head til he stopped being a scientologist but what can you do eh?

    he wants to believe hes superman fighting an intergalactic space emperor called Xenu we'll just let him
    do that ..

    i think tom cruise and russel crowe are undervalued
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited May 2006
    Padawan wrote:
    If you enjoyed the Matrix trilogy, you'll love these two movies:

    The Thirteenth Floor, and Dark City. Both have very Buddhistic views of the universe through manipulation of the perceptions of the people within the movies- by way of a Virtual Reality simulator in Thirteenth Floor, and a colony of humans unknowingly being experimented on by aliens in Dark City.

    I will have to check these out - even though I think I might have seen Dark City.

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited May 2006
    My favorite chick flick - The Notebook.

    My other recent favorites....Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Hotel Rwanda.

    I love Don Cheadle. He is always amazing, but was especially amazing in Hotel Rwanda. That's a sad, sad movie.
  • CelebrinCelebrin
    edited May 2006
    yea ive seen dark city.. it has richard O'Brien in it.. Welcome to the crystal mazzeee..

    the thirteenth floor... hmm 3 star movie 1999
    radio times says:::
    In this interesting, if predictable, sci-fi mystery thriller, computer technician Craig Bierko finds himself the main suspect when his boss — the mastermind behind a virtual-reality simulation of 1937 Los Angeles — is found murdered. Though Bierko's subsequent investigation uncovers plenty of twists and turns, most viewers will have a pretty good idea of the final explanation after the first third of the movie is over. Predictable as it is, this still retains some interest. The computerised 1930s world perfectly re-creates the era, the performances are acceptable and the intelligent script helps each sequence play out plausibly. KB

    not sure if i want to bother checking it out...

    i find a lot of chinese/japanese films have at least some form of buddhism behind them.. whether it be small or large.. there a lot of samurai and martial arts films which have a lot of buddhism in them. Duel to the death is one.. not a great fillm but worth watching for samurai/martial art fans


    Nyone seen Oldboy? Onibaba?
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited June 2006
    YogaMama wrote:
    My favorite chick flick - The Notebook.

    My other recent favorites....Crash, Brokeback Mountain, Hotel Rwanda.

    I love Don Cheadle. He is always amazing, but was especially amazing in Hotel Rwanda. That's a sad, sad movie.

    I love Don Cheadle, too! I've loved him ever since his "Picket Fences" days. I'll have to rent Hotel Rwanda. I haven't seen it yet.
    Brokeback was pretty good but I haven't seen Crash yet. I'm renting some new ones tomorrow when I go into town to see my doc. If anyone has any "must see"s, let me know.
  • XraymanXrayman Veteran
    edited June 2006
    I'm watching The Truman Show it's about the 6th time I've watched it-it's great. I can actually see some buddhist? parables in it-the illusion of reality...(is that really wanky?) oh well, bye all,


    Xrayman
  • XraymanXrayman Veteran
    edited June 2006
    oh and by the way-all of those four stars.....mmm no comment.
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Don Cheadle - very cool looking dude.

    Loved Hotel Rwanda.

    -bf
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited June 2006
    Is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a chick-flick...? A friend who's a nurse told me it taught her a lot....:crazy: :buck: :D :type:
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Is

    The Loin King a chick flick?

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    LOL!!! The LOIN King!!! Is that a porno?
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    federica wrote:
    Is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a chick-flick...? A friend who's a nurse told me it taught her a lot....:crazy: :buck: :D :type:

    Like what???!!!?? Not to have your car break down in a town full of crazy people???
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    YogaMama wrote:
    LOL!!! The LOIN King!!! Is that a porno?

    Porno? I'm afraid I'm not familiar with that term. I believe it's a love story. It came with two other movies: Lorenzo's Oil and On Golden Blonde.

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    And did it also come with "Drive This Ms. Daisy"? Or "Goodwill Humping"?
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Ha ha ha.

    Those are good. Got me chuckling at my desk :)

    -bf
  • IawaIawa
    edited June 2006
    federica wrote:
    Is Texas Chainsaw Massacre a chick-flick...? A friend who's a nurse told me it taught her a lot....:crazy: :buck: :D :type:

    That to be a good nurse took a sick sense of humor?
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited June 2006
    I love those porn titles! They're hilarious! You could make a great game out of it, coming up with porn alternative titles to movies. I wish I still drank. It would be a great drinking game. lol!
  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    edited June 2006
    Take it to the Lotus Lounge, Brigid....

    Or should that be the "Let us Lunge....?"
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited June 2006
    LOL!

    Well, I saw "Prime" last night. Very forgettable. I also saw "Nanny Mcphee" which was all right but not great. It won't be on my classics list. I still have to watch "War of the Worlds". I'll let you know if I think it deserved those 4 stars.
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    War of the Worlds was ok for me. I don't think it should get 4 stars, though.

    And Brigid, my hubby and I don't drink but we still play stupid games like that!
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    Has anyone seen the kids movie "Over The Hedge"? Excellent movie! Lots of adult humor and Steve Carrell as the chipmunk (or is he a squirrel? I can't tell!) is so funny!
  • harlanharlan
    edited June 2006
    Okay...I finally saw 'Brokeback Mountain' last night...and I don't see what the big deal was. Or rather, why anyone would make a big deal out of it. My husband and I watched, thinking it might be a 'romantic' movie...and instead we both were struck by the fact that these guys were cheating on their spouses. From a Buddhist POV (if there is such a thing)...it was sexual misconduct - due to adultery.
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    YogaMama wrote:
    War of the Worlds was ok for me. I don't think it should get 4 stars, though.

    And Brigid, my hubby and I don't drink but we still play stupid games like that!

    I was working a a guys computer at work - and one of the searches that was still in his system was for a movie called "Cape Rear". Anyway... here are some more - just the relatively... clean ones...

    Add Mama To The Train
    Chitty Chitty Gang Bang
    Crocodile Done Me
    Ed's Wood
    Inspect Her Gadget
    Jurassic Poke
    Men in Back
    My Big Fat Greek Woody
    Schindler's Fist
    Sorest Rump

    Oh God!, I'm killing myself here.

    Check out this link for more!

    http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/showthread.php?t=32136

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    We had an enitre thread going on Brokeback Mountain.

    I agree with you about the cheating thing, but if you look at it from the Buddhist POV, then you really have to consider how sad it is that homosexuals feel the need to hide their way of life because of how they are treated by others. Which was really the main focus of the movie.
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    LOL, BF! You are killing me! I think my favorite one is "Inspect Her Gadget"! I am dying here! Sorest Rump is a close runner-up. Heck, they are all good.
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Yeah... I was finding these on the internet sitting here with tears in my eyes looking like I was choking on something. :)

    I had to stop or I was gonna lose it.

    -bf
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    ebaumsworld website has some funny stuff on it. Have you ever been to ehowa?
  • buddhafootbuddhafoot Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Never heard of it.

    Is it a site?

    -bf
  • BrigidBrigid Veteran
    edited June 2006
    Just finished "War of The Worlds" and I actually really liked it. And you know what else is weird? I sincerely thought Tom Cruise was really, really good in it. I think it was one of his best performances ever. He played the ass#$%* at the beginning really well and then when he softened he didn't over do it. He was quite restrained and true to the character. I'm really quite amazed. I never knew he was so good. His intensity was perfect for the subject and action of the movie and the dark colour tone and quality made him a little more raw. I was very pleasantly surprised. The mark of a good movie to me is feeling drawn into it and I definitely was. Whenever I put it on pause to make a cup of tea or go to the washroom I was surprised at how quiet everything was around here. lol! I really got pulled into it and it became very real for me. That hardly ever happens to me.
  • YogaMamaYogaMama
    edited June 2006
    I just checked out that link you gave us, bf. This is funny:

    --Movie Titles That Sound Like Porn Movies--
    1) The Bone Collector
    2) Toy Story
    3) Anywhere But Here
    4) Deep Impact
    5) Fire Down Below
    6) In & Out
    7) Backdraft
    8) Gone In 60 Seconds
    9) The Serpent And The Rainbow
    10) Any Which Way You Can
    11) Every Which Way But Loose
    12) Howard's End
    13) The Black Stallion
    14) Big Daddy
    15) Three Men and a Little Lady
    17) The Fast and the Furious
    18) Shaft
    19) Driven
    20) Blow
    21) Snatch
    22) Iron Monkey
    23) Woman On Top
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