HOLLYWOOD + World Cinema Thread

[failing_boy]

Downfall won several International Awards and
it was nominated for oscars ...yes Das Experiment
is well known film of Oliver...i have not seen the film yet !
bhai The Invasion is a remake of old film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) a science fiction ...

I see.....didn't know about that....interesting!
hmmm, a remake of Don Siegel's film

[failing_boy]

Downfall is a brilliant film. I watched it last year and was amazed by Bruno Ganz's portrayal of Adolf Hitler. He basically lived as the character. Simply one of the best portrayals on screen. An interesting tidbit is that Julia Jentsch who played the title role in Sophie Scholl, had a small role in Downfall.

I have seen only 3 German movies - Das Experiment, Downfall and now Sophie Scholl. The first 2 are classics while Sophie is an extremely well made film. There are two more German movies I am planning to watch soon.

1. The Lives of Others (2006), which won the Oscar in 2007.
2. Four Minutes (2006), a critically acclaimed movie about an elderly piano teacher trains a young convict at a women's prison.

Lives of Others has been released in high definition blu-ray format and so it's only a question of finding the right time (and mood) to watch it. But Four Minutes is still in DVD and I am not sure if proper English subtitles are available for this German film.

Well better add to ur list....
Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God

and Fritz Lang's influential masterpiece M...... and Metropolis
a good example of German Expressionism.

The only three German films I've seen.

[GuessMe]

Well better add to ur list....
Herzog's Aguirre, the Wrath of God

and Fritz Lang's influential masterpiece M...... and Metropolis
a good example of German Expressionism.

The only three German films I've seen.

Thanks f_b. Will try and watch those.

And billa and f_b, watch Das Experiment soon.

[failing_boy]

Dead or Alive (1999)
by Takashi Miike

This movie is quit weird.
As it has this crazy montage in the beginning....

and a crazy ending!....it just so illogical and different....

the rest of the film goes on like a typical investigation drama.

Most people who are not used to Miike's style might hate this film...

Overall, it was an interesting film....cool opening....
quite entertaining!

7.5/10



I heard the sequel to this film is even much better....

[failing_boy]

The Transporter (2002)
by Corey Yuen

(script by Luc Besson)
Thought about going on seeing Yuen's HW flick....
I heard about this film way back when...and it has spanned two sequels.
Though I just saw it last week. Overall it had some cool editing in it...and an interesting beginning....but then things just went downstream...
The ending was very predictable and cliched.

I guess people who are very into actions films might be entertained...
though for me, I just didn't like it overall...

the film is a mix HK actions films + a James Bond type flick...


5/10

[FLICKS]

randu divasam mumbu Incendiary enna oru cinema kandu..... An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.anu story ...a strong message convey to bin ladan...over all one time watchable.........Michelle Williams superb acting....

[saji]

Air force one: a super thriller....

[FLICKS]

Air force one: a super thriller....

airforce one allathe..vera ethelum plane hijaking cinema reccomment cheyyamoo...

[MR. BAD]

Death Sentence (2007)

sooryagayathri yude oru vidhoora chaya thonni!!

[FLICKS]

Death Sentence (2007)

sooryagayathri yude oru vidhoora chaya thonni!!

sooryagayathiyumari adikkam similarity onnum illalo......climax scean adippan anu......father's revenge to the sons death.. usual stuff...