General Movie Thread

[JonFromMaplewood]

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Am I late in hearing about this?  A sequel to Big Money Hustlas? 

Early buzz is good!  According to someone on IMDB: "All in all, if you liked Hustlas, you'll love Rustlas."

[Martin]

It belongs in this thread, but yeah, it's been posted in at least two other threads. 

[Martin]

Finally watched Un prophète today. Very impressive. Powerhouse performances. Rich, multilayered, never over-explanatory but always accessible, clever but not too slick. Open to a variety of readings: prison-as-society/France/Europe, religious parable, straight-up criminal-rise-to-power genre film, etc. Also, on a purely visceral level, it contains some seriously intense scenes that almost had me cover my eyes.

Straight into my top 10 of 2009.

[Trembling Eagle]

Finally watched Un prophète today. Very impressive. Powerhouse performances. Rich, multilayered, never over-explanatory but always accessible, clever but not too slick. Open to a variety of readings: prison-as-society/France/Europe, religious parable, straight-up criminal-rise-to-power genre film, etc. Also, on a purely visceral level, it contains some seriously intense scenes that almost had me cover my eyes.

Straight into my top 10 of 2009.

do you happen to know of a French (I think) film about a company of soldiers
marching somewhere and either their prisoners or lower ranking men are Muslim and the other guys are trying to make them drink water during Ramadan?

I just remember catching a snippet of that years ago and could never put a name to it

[Martin]

I believe you're referring to Indigènes (aka Days of Glory), which is the work of French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb. Bouchareb most recently directed a film called London River (2009), a pretty interesting take on the aftermath of the 2005 terror attacks in London. Well worth seeking out.

[Trembling Eagle]

I believe you're referring to Indigènes (aka Days of Glory), which is the work of French-Algerian director Rachid Bouchareb. Bouchareb most recently directed a film called London River (2009), a pretty interesting take on the aftermath of the 2005 terror attacks in London. Well worth seeking out.

Thanks checking now

[Pidgeon]

Is there such a thing as a Dutch film?

[Martin]

Yes. But there's not a whole lot of them, at least not on the international scene, festival circuit etc. This won the foreign language Oscar ten years ago. Verhoeven returned a few years ago and made Zwartboek - thought that was pretty good.

[jbissell]

They couldn't have picked a better year to go back to 10 best picture nominees.

[masterofsparks]

They couldn't have picked a better year to go back to 10 best picture nominees.

I'm going to be so in the flesh if Avatar wins Best Picture.

[buffcoat]

They couldn't have picked a better year to go back to 10 best picture nominees.

They all deserve to be nominated!  Everyone worked so hard!

[jbissell]

They couldn't have picked a better year to go back to 10 best picture nominees.

I'm going to be so in the flesh if Avatar wins Best Picture.

Even though I didn't like it, I can't get too worked up if it wins since I'm expecting it to. I hope Bigelow can at least win director so we don't have to listen to a Cameron speech.

[masterofsparks]

They couldn't have picked a better year to go back to 10 best picture nominees.

I'm going to be so in the flesh if Avatar wins Best Picture.

Even though I didn't like it, I can't get too worked up if it wins since I'm expecting it to. I hope Bigelow can at least win director so we don't have to listen to a Cameron speech.

Oh, I'm totally expecting it to win. If Bigelow wins director, I hope she gives her speech in Navi.

[cutout]

If you hate laughter and don't much care for smiling, you're going to love the Les Claypool-directed spoof I'm watching on Netflix called "National Lampoon Presents: Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo"!

[cutout]

Sick day, #2. Watched Hump Day which was much better than i expected, especially the acting/dialogue -

http://instantwatcher.com/titles/56298

Then watched Big Fan and liked it a lot. Also watched The Snake and can't decide if I liked it as a movie, but that guy's character was pretty unforgettable & watchable.