Track the Films You Watch (2008) - Page 42

Martin Teller · 06-30-2008, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PatW

Martin

You watch a great many films that I've not even heard of. I've tried to seek out some of these movies usually not to any great success. Keep up the reviews though. Some day I might run across a little gem that you have recommended.

I'm sort of on an obscurities (or semi-obscurities) jag right now, and might be for a while. Although I haven't heard of most the stuff Mario watches either... or a lot of other people in this thread, now that I think about it.

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Originally Posted by Tarkin The Ewok

6/29: 9 to 5 (1980)

1/2 out of

9 to 5 has a special place in my heart. When we got our first VCR (I must have been about 10) it was the first movie we rented. The novelty of being able to watch a movie OVER AND OVER again, and anytime you want, was too exciting! I probably watched that thing 6 or 7 times in a row.

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Originally Posted by Joe Karlosi

You can be the exception, Martin. I couldn't care less about 99% of the movies you watch.

Woohoo!

Mr. and Mrs. Iyer - The high iMDB score for this must be because Indians are spoon-fed so much lightweight Bollywood crap that any straight drama seems like a masterpiece. I found it to be a bit of a letdown, especially after the wonderful 36 Chowringhee Lane. Aparna Sen has churned out an Indian version of Crash, with really simplistic messages being inelegantly shoved down your throat. I'm exagerrating a bit, but really... how many shots of terror-related headlines do you think we need to get the point? Her daughter, Konkona Sen Sharma, does a good job, as does her co-lead, Rahul Bose. Their characters are people you care about, though rather lacking in depth. The cinematography is beautiful, and so is the music... but again, too often the music is telling us how to feel. Sen's intentions are admirable, but the execution needs work. Rating: 6

PatW · 07-01-2008, 12:39 AM

June Re-cap

51 movies seen

32 movies seen for the first time

Favourite movie seen in June - The Princess Bride

Notable new movies seen in June - Recount; King Solomon's Mines; Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; The Kennel Murder Case

June - 51 watched

6/1 Absolution (2006)

6/2 Donnie Darko (2001)

6/3 Autumn Leaves (1956)

6/4 License to Wed (2007) zero stars
6/5 A Man to Remember (1938)
6/5 The Princess Bride (1987)

6/6 Underworld USA (1961)
6/7 The Interns (1962)
6/7 Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
6/7 The Good Witch (2008)

6/9 Darklight (2004)

6/9 Test Pilot (1938)
6/10 Highly Dangerous (1950)
6/10 Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941)
6/10 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
6/11 I Know Who Killed Me (2007) zero stars
6/11 The 13th Warrior (1999)

6/12 The Island (2005)

6/12 The Crying Game (1992)

6/13 Angels in the Outfield (1951)

6/13 National Velvet (1944)

6/14 Weirdsville (2007)
6/14 Hairspray (2007)
6/14 The Importance of Being Ernest (2002)
6/15 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
6/15 The Natural (1984)

6/16 Inherit the Wind (1960)

6/17 The Golden Compass (2007)
6/18 The Contender (2000)

6/18 Keeping Mum (2005)

6/18 National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
6/19 Six Figures (2005)
6/19 Fool's Gold (2008)
6/19 The Great Debaters (2007)
6/20 First Men in the Moon (1964)
6/21 Recount (2008)

6/21 Lost World (1960)
6/22 Death Ship (1980)
6/22 Legend of the Lost (1957)
6/22 King Solomon's Mines (1950)
6/23 Abyss (1989)

6/24 The Fugitive (1993)
6/26 A Teacher's Crime (2008)
6/26 The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
6/27 X-files: Fight the Future (1998)

6/27 Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
6/28 The Kennel Murder Case (1933)
6/28 Definitely, Maybe (2008)
6/29 Halloween (2007)
6/29 Stay (2005)
6/30 When Worlds Collide (1951)

Sandro · 07-01-2008, 08:57 AM

June Recap

33 films seen, 24 for the first time

Best films seen for the first time (out of

)

The Orphanage

1/2
The Rapture

Paranoia 1.0

george kaplan · 07-01-2008, 09:02 AM

The Cars that Ate Paris

Cheesy B-movie about a town that causes car accidents and sells the parts from the wrecks. Gives no inkling of the A movies that Weir would later go on to make.

Martin Teller · 07-01-2008, 09:38 AM

June Recap

Movies seen for the first time: 67
Movies revisited: 4

Best new discovery of the month: Ten Nights of Dreams
Worst new discovery of the month: La Region Centrale

New:
To Sleep With Anger - 8
The Hands of Orlac - 6
Tabiate Bijan - 7
Moolaade - 7
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls - 6
Time of the Wolf - 7
Angel (Lubitsch) - 7
Crime Wave - 7
L'Enfer - 7
Europa - 8
The Women - 6
Invisible Waves - 7
Industrial Symphony No. 1 - 8
La Region Centrale - 3
The Fallen Idol - 7
Mysterious Object at Noon - 9
Blissfully Yours - 8
Nightwatching - 5
Fires Were Started - 7
Listen to Britain - 8
A Diary for Timothy - 7
The Round-Up - 9
The Adventures of Iron Pussy - 7
A Gentle Breeze in the Village - 8
Dreams That Money Can Buy - 9
The Matsugane Potshot Affair - 6
Humanity and Paper Balloons - 9
A Ship Bound for India - 7
The Love of Sumako the Actress - 7
Paprika - 6
Letters from Iwo Jima - 8
Rainbow Song - 8
Ten Nights of Dreams - 9
Record of a Tenement Gentleman - 9
Murder, My Sweet - 8
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - 7
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo? - 9
Rabindranath Tagore - 7
Outcase of the Islands - 7
36 Chowringhee Lane - 9
It Rains on Our Love - 5
Street of Shame - 8
The Lives of Others - 8
The Arrival of Joachim Stiller - 8
Mauvais Sang - 9
Bari Theke Paliye - 7
First Man Into Space - 7
The Atomic Submarine - 5
The Haunted Strangler - 6
Corridors of Blood - 7
Kagero-za - 4
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - 7
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun - 8
Kings of the Road - 7
The Inagumi Family - 8
Nagarik - 9
Procès de Jeanne d'Arc - 8
Time Masters - 5
The Last Emperor - 7
Walker - 6
What Do You Think? - 7
Swing Time - 8
Calcutta - 7
Samurai Spy - 5
Passing Fancy - 7
There Will Be Blood - 8
Mr. & Mrs. Iyer - 6

Rewatch:
Frankenstein - 8
Bride of Frankenstein - 7
Linda Linda Linda - 9
The Trial - 10

Brook K · 07-01-2008, 01:17 PM

It's comforting to know that although my life and interests may have changed in ways that have cut my participation on the forums to a bare minimum, I can always come back here and read Joe, Mario, and Michael still going at it like old times.

Keep fighting the good fight Martin. Sorry you're pretty much on your own now.

Let's see, game tournaments including a 3-day trip to Indianapolis, work, general exhaustion, and the kids staying up later with school out all combined to make June my lowest viewing month so far this year. I need to find some time to write some S&S reviews as I made a bit of headway there.

George, you may be pleased to know that in July I'll finally be watching a bunch of previously unseen-by-me Billy Wilder and Hitchcock films.

JUNE RECAP

Number of Films Seen: 22

Best 1st Time Viewing: Requiem for a Heavyweight

Honorable Mentions: Gate of Hell, Pakeezah, Water Drops on Burning Rocks, Antonio Gaudi, Broken Arrow, Persepolis, The Decameron

2008 Films (Based on NY/LA Release)

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007, Cristian Mungiu) (DVD Rent) - B+
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008, Steven Spielberg) (Theater) - B-

2007 Films Viewed in '08 (Based on NY/LA Release)

The Bucket List (2007, Rob Reiner) (DVD Rent) - B-
Cassandra's Dream (2007, Woody Allen) (DVD Rent) - B-
In the Valley of Elah (2007, Paul Haggis) (DVD Rent) - B
La Vie En Rose (2007, Olivier Dahan) (DVD Rent) - B-
Persepolis (2007, Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi) (DVD Rent) - B+

Pre-2007 Films Seen for the 1st Time

Antonio Gaudi (1984, Hiroshi Teshigahara) (DVD Rent) - B+
Before the Rain (1994, Milcho Manchevski) (DVD Rent) - B-
Body and Soul (1947, Robert Rossen) (TCM DVR) - B
Broken Arrow (1950, Delmer Daves) (DVD Rent) - B+
Charulata (1964, Satyajit Ray) (DVD Rent) - B
Classe Tous Risques (1960, Claude Sautet (DVD Rent) - B
The Decameron (1971, Pier Paolo Pasolini) (DVD Rent) - B+
Gate of Hell (1953, Teinosuke Kinugasa) (IFC DVR) - A-
Julian Donkey-Boy (1999, Harmony Korine) (DVD Rent) - D
The Life of Oharu (1952, Kenji Mizoguchi) (VHS Library) - B
Mephisto (1981, István Szabó) (DVD Rent) - B
Pakeezah (1972, Kamal Amrohi) (DVD Rent) - B+
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962, Ralph Nelson (DVD Rent) - A-
The Warriors (1979, Walter Hill) (DVD Rent) - B+
Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000, François Ozon) (DVD Rent) - B+