What's your favourite movie?

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

Hi Haim!
Saving Private Ryan has the patriotic cut that make it boring after the first time.
Cheers
Gianluigi

Gianluigi,

I hated Saving Private Ryan from the beginning. The idea that in the middle of a huge landing involving hundreds of thousands of troops someone will take the time to look for one soldier is pretty stupid.

I served for three years in a combat unit, and unfortunately it ruined for me most war movies that seem to me silly and pretentious today.

My father, who was a playwriter, wrote forty years ago a comedy titled "The Longest Day" but had to change the name of the play a week before production because there was an American war movie coming to Israel with the exact same title...

Regards,

Haim

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:



Hi Haim!

Hans Zimmer did write a very good soundtrack for "Thin red line".
Have you ever listened to the "Gladiator" soundtrack.
There are some beautiful parts with Lisa Gerrard as well.
Takes me back to the best pieces of old Dead Can Dance!

Cheers
Gianluigi

Gianluigi,

I think Lisa Gerrard is magnificent.

Haim

Here Here re: Lisa Gerrard......

Gladiator soundtrack, and the not so well known 'more music from the motion picture Gladiator' are excellent! I'm tempted by the 'Whale Rider' soundtrack too, especially after our honeymoon in NZ where we did some whale watching (amazing experience), does anybody own it....??

And, so we don't get too far off topic, the actual film Whale Rider is lovely too....
Heart warming stuff....

Movies of the same elk - The Green Mile, Scrooged (Bill Murray at his best), Big Fish....

Cheers,
Ali

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Originally posted by arf005:

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Movies of the same elk - The Green Mile,
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Cheers,
Ali

The Green Mile is one very sad film. I watched in company and wish I had not. Fredrik

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Originally posted by arf005:
Here Here re: Lisa Gerrard......

Gladiator soundtrack, and the not so well known 'more music from the motion picture Gladiator' are excellent! I'm tempted by the 'Whale Rider' soundtrack too, especially after our honeymoon in NZ where we did some whale watching (amazing experience), does anybody own it....??

And, so we don't get too far off topic, the actual film Whale Rider is lovely too....
Heart warming stuff....

Movies of the same elk - The Green Mile, Scrooged (Bill Murray at his best), Big Fish....

Cheers,
Ali

Ali,

I've watched Whalerider three times and have the DVD it is a totally charming and magical film and yes the score is excellent.

Erik

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Originally posted by Fredrik_Fiske:

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Originally posted by arf005:

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Movies of the same elk - The Green Mile,
...

Cheers,
Ali

The Green Mile is one very sad film. I watched in company and wish I had not. Fredrik

I like the Green Mile too and was saddened it got a pathetic 2 stars and a lousy write up in the Radio Times recently - some of these critics are just cynical bastards who only like films made by that psycho Tarantino.

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Originally posted by HR:
I hated Saving Private Ryan from the beginning. The idea that in the middle of a huge landing involving hundreds of thousands of troops someone will take the time to look for one soldier is pretty stupid.

Hi Haim!
A pretty stupid idea to base an entire movie on!

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I served for three years in a combat unit, and unfortunately it ruined for me most war movies that seem to me silly and pretentious today.

Yes.
I know what you mean.
Night tracer bullets' light is not so romantic when you recieve or send them.
My father and me decided that old WB cartoons are much more better.



Cheers
Gianluigi

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Originally posted by HR:
Gianluigi,

I think Lisa Gerrard is magnificent.

Haim

Hi again Haim!
Yes, her voice is splendid!
At the same time i've never been able to stand Brendan Perry's voice!
Mah!

Cheers
Gianluigi

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
- some of these critics are just cynical bastards who only like films made by that psycho Tarantino.

Hi Erik!
I don't like all Tarantino's works, but i think that Pulp Fiction is quite a nice comic strip.
Sometimes i watch it and find it funny.

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
- some of these critics are just cynical bastards who only like films made by that psycho Tarantino.

Hi Erik!
I don't like all Tarantino's works, but i think that Pulp Fiction is quite a nice comic strip.
Sometimes i watch it and find it funny.

Hi Gianluigi,

Here is my opinion of reservoir dogs and posted on amazon.com last year:

'This is a film about killers - mindless psychos - the dregs of humanity - it is a cartoon sort of film with cartoon dialogue spoken by cartoon characters. It is directed by a cartoon character. It is without any virtue as adult entertainment. It is loved by cartoon characters who relate to the cartoon characters in the film. How sad. How about a film about decent people striving to rise above their limitations, about sacrifice and honour, about love and compassion, a film with insight and meaning and not just a slick orgy of foul mouthed psychos standing around killing each other? This movie is a toilet'.

Gianluigi, the sad thing about this film is that many people consider it the greatest film ever made and that Tarantino is a genius. I genuinely liked KillBill 1 and 2 and Jackie Brown is ok. However Pulp Fiction and Reservior Dogs are porn for the worst kind of morons.

Hi Erik!
Only a movie anyway!

Have you seen Brother or Snatch?
Movies to me and nothing else.
If someone miss a point of balance in life and just try to imitate................well, stupids are everywhere!

Cheers!
Gianluigi

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Hi Erik!
Only a movie anyway!

Have you seen Brother or Snatch?
Movies to me and nothing else.
If someone miss a point of balance in life and just try to imitate................well, stupids are everywhere!

Cheers!
Gianluigi

Hi Gianluigi,

Nope I have not seen either and feel no strong inclination to do so - I'm sure they have some redeeming feature but I'm not bothered to find it. Yes, there are 'stupids' everywhere but what can we do about it? We are outnumbered and surrounded. What to do?

I cannot say one mean word about this film.

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
Here is my opinion of reservoir dogs and posted on amazon.com last year:

Erik,

I never bothered with Pulp Fiction but I saw Reservoir Dogs and I could not agree more. I saw it by myself (I did not dare to suggest to my wife to watch it with me) and it left a real bad taste in my mouth. Why would anyone make such a movie?

Haim

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Yes.
I know what you mean.
Night tracer bullets' light is not so romantic when you recieve or send them.
My father and me decided that old WB cartoons are much more better.



Cheers
Gianluigi

Gianluigi,

It is the least romantic when you are on the receiving end for two reasons: It is no fun to be shot at and if they are aiming the bullets at you, it is impossible to see those tracers in the air. Cartoons are much much much better.

Haim

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Originally posted by erik scothron:
Yes, there are 'stupids' everywhere but what can we do about it? We are outnumbered and surrounded. What to do?

Hi Erik!
Keep on giving things their fair value?
Somebody once said: if you want to change the world, change yourself!

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Originally posted by HR:
It is no fun to be shot at and if they are aiming the bullets at you, it is impossible to see those tracers in the air.

Of course Haim!
But you can hear them!

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Cartoons are much much much better.

Haim

That's for sure!
Shalom!

Ciao Haim!

Anybody saw this?

Yeah I did, a while ago Gianluigi......
Thought it was a bit unnecessarily graphic, and not Harvey's best flick to be honest!

You...??

Cheers,
Ali

Yes.
Very rude and paranoid.
Hard to compare with other movies like these:

Bergman's Wild Strawberries

Some titles from my shelf.

.....and this great Newman.

A few I can think of -

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Originally posted by Gianluigi Mazzorana:
Anybody saw this?

Yes, worst film of all time. Possibly!