The Month in Movies - September 2006

[A.J. Hakari]

Guten tag, schmoelings! A.J. here, and it's the time to whip out your list of viewings and awards for the flicks you saw over the course of the previous month! Here's my Month in Movies round-up, as always on a **** scale...

Ah, and as a last-minute addition, my pick for Best Scene is something of a spoiler for the film HARD CANDY. Just wanted to warn ya!

Number of First-Time Viewings (this month): 43
Number of First-Time Viewings (this year, so far): 353

THE BRILLIANT

(none)

THE GREAT

Crank - *** 1/2
Dopamine - *** 1/2
Hard Candy - *** 1/2
Crumb - *** 1/2
Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party - *** 1/2
Dead Man’s Shoes - *** 1/2
Down in the Valley - *** 1/2

THE PURTY GOOD

Little Miss Sunshine - ***
The Illusionist - ***
Jackass: Number Two - ***
District B13 - ***
The Notorious Bettie Page - ***
An Inconvenient Truth - ***
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - ***
Lady Vengeance - ***
Goal! The Dream Begins - ***
Invincible (2006) - ***
Don’t Come Knocking - ***

THE O.K.

HellBent - ** 1/2
The Odd Couple - ** 1/2
Brotherhood of the Wolf - ** 1/2
The Protector (2006) - ** 1/2
Gridiron Gang - ** 1/2
Open Season (2006) - ** 1/2
Jigoku - ** 1/2
I Shot Andy Warhol - ** 1/2
The Proposition (2006) - ** 1/2

THE SO-SO

Stephen King’s Desperation - **
Everyone’s Hero - **
The Black Dahlia - **
The Guardian (2006) - **

THE SUCKY

The Miracle Match - * 1/2
The Maid - * 1/2
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death - * 1/2
Fire and Ice - * 1/2
The Wicker Man (2006) - * 1/2

THE REALLY SUCKY

The Covenant - *
Material Girls - *
All You’ve Got - *
How to Eat Fried Worms - *

No rating:

Masters of Horror: “Chocolate”
Masters of Horror: “Deer Woman”
Mystery Science Theater 3000: “Swamp Diamonds”

THE BEST:

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THE WORST:

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Best Actor: Edward Norton, THE ILLUSIONIST and DOWN IN THE VALLEY
Best Actress: Gretchen Mol, THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Kirshner, THE BLACK DAHLIA
Best Director: David Slade, HARD CANDY
Best Original Screenplay: Brian Nelson, HARD CANDY
Best Adapted Screenplay: Neil Burger, THE ILLUSIONIST
Biggest Surprise: DOWN IN THE VALLEY
Biggest Disappointment: THE BLACK DAHLIA
Most Fucked-Up Movie: CRANK
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Collie Entragian (Ron Perlman), STEPHEN KING’S DESPERATION
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Hilary Duff, MATERIAL GIRLS
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Ramona Linscott’s (Fiona Shaw) drunken dinner outburst, THE BLACK DAHLIA
Best Line: [about living in L.A. and experiencing its natural disasters] “It’s like Hell, but with good restaurants!” - Stephen Tobolowsky, STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY’S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Best Scene: The “castration,” HARD CANDY
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
Coolest Title: LADY VENGEANCE
Hottest Lady: Gretchen Mol, THE NOTORIOUS BETTIE PAGE

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Now 'tis your turn. Throw your lists into the ring, movie freaks!

[Cronos]

Number of First-Time Viewings (this month): 92
Number of First-Time Viewings (this year, so far): 585

10/10
Snakes On A Plane
Clerks II
Machinist, The

9/10
Wizard Of Speed And Time, The
Inside Man
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Croupier
Crying Freeman
Hardware
Be With You
Survive Style 5+

8/10
Keeping Mum
Scary Movie 4
Brick
Manchurian Candidate, The
Robo Vampire
Ladyhawke
Black Dahlia, The
Shinobi
Ladder 49
Wizard Of Speed And Time, The
Lady L
Door In The Floor, The
Azumi
August Underground
Memoirs Of A Geisha
Exorcist: Dominion
Transporter 2
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch
40 Year Old Virgin, The
Constant Gardener, The
Alfie
Pirates Of Silicon Valley
Recorded Live

7/10
Woods, The
Wicker Park
Sentinel, The
Shall We Dance
Stitch! The Movie
Cars
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
Fun With Dick And Jane
Django
2046
Birth

6/10
Boogeyman
Cloud 9
Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
xXx: State Of The Union
Takeshis'
Break-Up, The
Violent Naples
Good Girl, The
Soul Music
Hillside Stranglers, The
Saturday Night Fever
Cat o' Nine Tails, The
Cota De Caza
39 Steps, The
Atrocity Exhibition, The

5/10
Kraken: Tentacles Of The Deep
Skeleton Key, The
Fragile Machine
Food Of The Gods II: Gnaw
Tristram Shandy: A Cock And Bull Story
Food Of The Gods, The
Variations On A Cellophane Wrapper

4/10
Cave, The
Doorway, The
Phantom Of The Opera, The
Exorcist: The Beginning
Hide And Seek
Dark Water
Bet Your Life
Point, The
I Love Huckabees
Welcome To Spring Break
Liquid Sky
In The Park
Seventh Continent, The
Ghoul, The

3/10
Card Player, The
Cruel Jaws
Locusts: The 8th Plague
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Five Dolls For An August Moon

2/10
Last Days
Ladies in Lavender

1/10
Burning Moon, The
Land And Freedom
Vinyl


THE BEST:

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THE WORST:

ANDY WARHOLS VINYL

Best Actor: Christian Bale, THE MACHINIST
Best Actress: Rosario Dawson, CLERKS 2
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Anderson, CLERKS 2
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Kirshner, THE BLACK DAHLIA
Best Director: Gore Verbinski, POTC: DMC
Best Original Screenplay: CLERKS 2
Best Adapted Screenplay: CRYING FREEMAN
Biggest Surprise: ROBO VAMPIRE
Biggest Disappointment: I LOVE HUCKABEES
Most Fucked-Up Movie: THE ATROCITY EXHIBITIOn
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: COTA DE CAZA
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: The Killer, AUGUST UNDERGROUND
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Alex Kingston, CROUPIER
Ultimate WTF? Moment: any of the scenes involving footage stolen from the Jaws films and Great White, CRUEL JAWS
Best Line: "I'm not an enigma, im a contradiction", CROUPIER
Best Scene: the short films, THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE MACHINIST
Coolest Title: SNAKES ON A PLANE
Hottest Lady: Rosario Dawson, CLERKS 2
Best Soundtrack: CLERKS 2

[Terror Australis]

My Month In Movies - September

5/5 - Excellent
United 93
Vera Drake
Awakenings
Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest

4.5/5 - Really Great
Superman Returns
DiG!
We Don’t Live Here Anymore
The World’s Fastest Indian
Clerks II

4/5 - Great
The Seven Year Itch
Memories Of Murder
Palindromes
California Suite
Enemy Mine
Snakes On A Plane
Night Watch (2004) (a.k.a. Nochnoi Dozor)
Kokoda

3.5/5 - Really Good
The New World
Peaches (2005)
Rock School
The Family Man (2000)
Lady In The Water
Enduring Love
Silent Hill
Slither (2006)
Zathura: A Space Adventure

3/5 - Good
Birth
Final Destination 3
Rocky III
She’s Having A Baby
A Lot Like Love
Last Holiday (2006)
Take The Lead

2.5/5 - Okay
Miller’s Crossing
Miami Vice
Dead Presidents
The Ringer
Rollercoaster
The Benchwarmers

2/5 - So-So
She’s The Man
The Extra
Soldier (1998)

1.5/5 - Bad
Beauty Shop
Sleepover
King’s Ransom

1/5 - Terrible
Surviving Christmas
You And Your Stupid Mate
Silver City (2004)

THE BEST
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THE WORST
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Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, THE WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN
Best Actress: Imelda Stauton, VERA DRAKE
Best Supporting Actor: Jeff Anderson, CLERKS II
Best Supporting Actress: Laura Dern, WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE
Best Director: Paul Greengrass, UNITED 93
Best Original Screenplay: Mike Leigh, VERA DRAKE
Best Adapted Screenplay: Steven Zaillian, AWAKENINGS
Biggest Surprise: DIG!
Biggest Disappointment: MILLER'S CROSSING
Most Fucked-Up Movie: (tie) PALINDROMES ans SLITHER (2006)
"I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: (four way tie) THE EXTRA, KOKODA, PEACHES (2005) and YOU AND YOUR STUPID MATE
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Drew Latham (Ben Affleck), SURVIVING CHRISTMAS
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?: Billy Zane, SILVER CITY (2004)
Recurring Genre: Comedies
Ultimate WTF? Moment: The musical dance sequence with the lawn mowers, SHE'S HAVING A BABY
Best Line: "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane!" - Agent Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson), SNAKES ON A PLANE
Best Scene: The passengers fight back, UNITED 93
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH
Coolest Title: MEMORIES OF MURDER

[Philip Marlowe]

Originally posted by Cronos


7/10
Cat o' Nine Tails, The

5/10
Skeleton Key, The

4/10
Cave, The

3/10
Card Player, The


Yeah, The Card Player was awful. I had high hopes and it lets me down at ever turn. I don't mind the sense less ness of Argento's Opera if it's stylized in his usual bravado manner but this might as well have been directed by anyone. It's run of the mill horror movie directing. I saw none of his form (except the scene in her apartment at night with the killer). totally agree.

I felt ripped off with the ending of The Skelton Key because I thought it was really going somewhere. It's was more than half good until the final reel. Than it went south real fast. Would be intrested in what you thought about it. if you found it overall okay or if it was simply certain things that let you down.

The Cave I think your being a little generous. It had so many cliches. the action feel apart times and time again. the ending was a joke also. I guess I hope for something different and all i got was drivel.

Cat 'o' Nine Tails Great little film glad you liked it. If you haven't seen Deep Red or The Bird With The Crystal Plumage check them out. I think you'll enjoy them.

WOW you watch a lot of films. Good stuff.

[Tayzlor]

10/10
The Intruder
Day of Wrath
Playtime
Brazil
The Spirit of the Beehive

9/10
L'Enfant
Gertrud
The Goat

8/10
Lord Love a Duck
Ordet
My Wife's Relations

7/10
Hollywoodland
Sketches of Frank Gehry
The Barefoot Contessa
The Scarecrow

6/10
Heaven's Gate
Go West
The Matador

4/10
The Paleface

3/10
The Black Dahlia

2/10
The Quiet Earth
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Best Movie: Playtime
Best Actor: Jonathan Pryce, Brazil
Best Actress: Nina Pens Rode, Gertrud
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland
Best Supporting Actress: Lisbeth Movin, Day of Wrath
Best Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer, Day of Wrath
Best Screenplay: Brazil
Best Cinematography: Playtime
Biggest Surprise: Day of Wrath
Biggest Disappointment: Heaven's Gate
Best Scene: 45 minute restaurant scene in Playtime
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: Playtime
Coolest Title: The Spirit of the Beehive

[A.J. Hakari]

So Tayzlor, the main character's random cross-dressing episode from THE QUIET EARTH wasn't bizarre enough for your "WTF?" moment? :D

[Lazy Boy]

The Science of Sleep - 9/10
Half Nelson - 8/10
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - 8/10
The Spirit of the Beehive - 7/10
Hollywoodland - 7/10
District B13 - 7/10
Duck Season - 7/10
The Illusionist - 7/10
The Proposition - 7/10
The Black Dahlia - 7/10
Battle in Heaven - 6/10
Jackass: Number Two - 6/10
Lonesome Jim - 6/10
The Sentinel - 5/10
Crank - 4/10
Sherrybaby - 4/10
La Jetee - 4/10
Down to the Bone - 3/10
Scanners - 3/10
Jigoku - 2/10

Best Film: The Science of Sleep
Worst Film: Jigoku
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Best Actress: Ana Torrent - The Spirit of the Beehive
Best Supporting Actor: Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Best Supporting Actress: Mia Kirshner - The Black Dahlia
Best Director: Michel Gondry - The Science of Sleep
Best Original Screenplay: Half Nelson
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Illusionist
Biggest Surprise: Half Nelson
Biggest Disappointment: La Jetee
Most Fucked-Up Movie: Battle in Heaven
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Arthur Burns - The Proposition
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Michael Douglas - The Sentinel
Best Scene: Stephane talking to Stephanie via his dreams, while he is asleep (you'd have to see the film to understand what I mean)
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
Coolest Title: The Science of Sleep

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
So Tayzlor, the main character's random cross-dressing episode from THE QUIET EARTH wasn't bizarre enough for your "WTF?" moment? :D

If anything, that montage where that guy is scaling the walls. Or that third guy mistaking the other two as zombies, pushing a friggin' army truck in front of them from the backseat.

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Tayzlor
If anything, that montage where that guy is scaling the walls. Or that third guy mistaking the other two as zombies, pushing a friggin' army truck in front of them from the backseat.

Or how about the movie's senseless ending being spoiled on the friggin' cover of the DVD?

[Philip Marlowe]

From What I can Remember.

10/10
Rolling Thunder

9/10
Romeo and Juliet (Buz)
State of Grace
E.T.
Get Shorty
Battle Royal

8/10
Hotel Rwanda
Rosewood
Dawn of the Dead (Remake)

7.5/10
Kalifornia
The Crow
Snatch
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

7/10
Tears of the Sun

6.5/10
Resident Evil
Maxium Overdrive
Revollver
Flight of the Phoenix (Remake)

2/10
Resident Evil 2
Anaconda
House on Haunted Hill (Remake)

0/10
Shaft (Remake)

[dman476]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
Or how about the movie's senseless ending being spoiled on the friggin' cover of the DVD?
Well, it is senseless, so I guess it didn't harm anybody.
Seriously though, what a stupid ending. :confused:

[SAI]

Here's mine in viewing order with first viewings in red as ever.

1st
The Avenging Fist: 1/5
Choses Secretes: 3/5
Stakeout: 3/5

3rd
Separate Lies: 4/5

5th
Hapkido: 3/5

6th
Jackie Chan: My Story/My Stunts: 3/5

7th
Layer Cake: 3/5
Candyman: 4/5

8th
Deep Impact: 3/5

10th
Lethal Weapon 4: 3/5
Snow Cake: 3/5
Hard Candy: 5/5 (Rewatch)
Little Miss Sunshine: 4/5

12th
Sophie Scholl: 4/5
Loose Change: 2/5

13th
The 40 Year Old Virgin (Extended Version): 4/5
Class Action: 3/5

14th
The Beast: 2/5

15th
I Spit On Your Corpse, I Piss On Your Grave: 2/5
2 LDK: 4/5
The Bow: 4/5

16th
An Inconvenient Truth: 3/5
The Queen: 3/5
The Black Dahlia: 2/5

18th
Death To Smoochy: 4/5
Naked Killer 2: 3/5

22nd
Glen or Glenda: 1/5

23rd
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: 3/5
Clerks 2: 4/5

24th
Wheels on Meals: 4/5
Trust The Man: 1/5

25th
Confidence: 3/5
Eraser: 2/5

26th
The World is Not Enough: 3/5
Happy Times Hotel: 4/5 (Rewatch)

27th
Typhoon: 2/5
Christmas in August: 4/5

28th
April Snow: 5/5
Dictator's Cut: North Korean Cinema: 3/5 (Short)
Dear Pyongyang: 3/5

30th
Batman's Gonna Get Shot In The Face: 4/5 (Short)
Superheros: We Work For Tips: 4/5 (Short)
Koma: 2/5

Totals
Films: 41
First Viewings: 35


Awards (First viewings only)

BEST FILM (Cinema)
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April Snow (5/5)

WORST FILM (Cinema)
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Trust The Man (1/5)

BEST FILM (Home)
3 Way Tie

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The Bow (4/5)

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2LDK (4/5)

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Christmas In August (4/5)

Best Actor: Bae Yong-joon: APRIL SNOW
Best Actress: Son Ye-jin: APRIL SNOW
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Director: Hur Jin-ho: APRIL SNOW / Kim Ki-duk: THE BOW
Best Original Screenplay: Kevin Smith: CLERKS 2 / Hur Jin-ho: APRIL SNOW / Michael Ardnt: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Adapted Screenplay: Julian Fellowes: SEPERATE LIES
Biggest Surprise: APRIL SNOW
Biggest Disappointment: THE BLACK DAHLIA / TYPHOON
Most Fucked-Up Movie: 2LDK / I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE, I PISS ON YOUR GRAVE
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: TYPHOON (A UK Premiere)
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Anyone fro I SPIT ON YOUR CORPSE...
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Bart Freundlich: Director of TRUST THE MAN
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Ramona Linscott’s (Fiona Shaw) drunken dinner outburst, THE BLACK DAHLIA
Best Line: Randal Graves: Why haven't you fucked Myra yet?
Elias: Well we can't because of Pillow Pants.
Randal Graves: What the fuck's Pillow Pants?
Elias: Pillow Pants is a little troll that lives in her pussy. Pillow Pants is her pussy troll CLERKS 2
Best Scene: ABC: CLERKS 2
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: WHEELS ON MEALS
Hottest Lady: Son Ye-jin: APRIL SNOW / Shim Eun-ha: CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST
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Son Ye Jin

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Shim Eun-ha

[ilovemovies]

This month sucked for me. Only a total of 18 movies. Half of them being rewatches and half of them being first timers.

First Timers:

1. Crank 7/10
2. Little Miss Sunshine 7/10
3. All the King's Men 7/10
4. Hollywoodland 7/10
5. The Last Kiss 7/10
6. School for Scoundrels 7/10
7. The Wicker Man 7/10
8. The Covenant 6/10
9. Crossover 6/10

Rewatches:

1. Die Hard 2: Die Harder 10/10
2. Batman Begins 8/10
3. Glengarry Glen Ross 8/10
4. The Mask of Zorro 8/10
5. Outbreak 8/10
6. The Bourne Supremacy 7/10
7. Blade II 7/10
8. The Lake House 7/10
9. Die Hard With a Vengeance 7/10


BEST ACTOR: Greg Kinnear, Little Miss Sunshine
BEST ACTRESS: Toni Collette, Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Alan Arkin, Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jacinda Barrett, The Last Kiss
BEST SCREENPLAY: Little Miss Sunshine
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: All the King's Men (good but not great)
BIGGEST SUPRISE: The Covenant (suprised that it didn't suck)
BEST SCENE: The last twenty to thirty minutes of All the King's Men, especially the gripping ending
HOTTEST LADY: A three way tie: Jacinda Barrett in The Last Kiss & School for Scoundrels, Diane Lane in Hollywoodland and Amy Smart in Crank.

[Hannibal21]

First time viewings:

The Browning Version (1951) - 10/10

Pickup on South Street (1953) - 9.5/10

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) - 9/10
Another Woman (1988) - 9/10
Crossfire (1947) - 9/10
Under the Sand (2000) - 9/10
Hard Candy (2006) - 9/10
The Innocents (1961) - 9/10
The Street With No Name (1948) - 9/10
Blackboard Jungle (1955) - 9/10
Late Spring (1949) - 9/10
Dead End (1937) - 9/10

United 93 (2006) - 8.5/10
The Deep End (2001) - 8.5/10
Early Summer (1951) - 8.5/10
Half Nelson (2006) - 8.5/10

The Wicker Man (1973) - 8/10
Marked Woman (1937) - 8/10
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) - 8/10
Body Double (1984) - 8/10
The World According to Garp (1982) - 8/10
The Long Goodbye (1973) - 8/10
The Star (1952) - 8/10
The Body Snatcher (1943) - 8/10

Hollywoodland (2006) - 7.5/10
Nobody Knows (2004) - 7.5/10

The Black Dahlia (2006) - 7/10

The Quiet (2006) - 6/10

The Covenant (2006) - 3/10

Best Film:

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Worst Film: The Covenant
Best Director: Samuel Fuller - Pickup on South Street
Best Actor: Michael Redgrave - The Browning Version
Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling - Under the Sand
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Ryan - Crossfire
Best Supporting Actress: Thelma Ritter - Pickup on South Street
Best Screenplay: The Browning Version
Biggest Surprise: Another Woman/Under the Sand
Biggest Disappointment: Nobody Knows (I would say The Black Dahlia, but my expectations were lowered significantly the day prior to seeing it)
Most Fucked-Up Movie: Hard Candy
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Hayley Stark (Ellen Page) - Hard Candy
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Ramona Linscott’s (Fiona Shaw) drunken dinner outburst - The Black Dahlia
Best Line: Moe's (Thelma Ritter) unforgettable speech (those who saw the movie will know what I'm talking about) - Pickup on South Street
Best Scene: The “castration" - Hard Candy
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: Crossfire
Hottest Lady: Catherine Deneuve - The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

[Kucha]

Really bad month for me. School just began and working a min. of 5 days per week so not much time.

SEPTEMBER 2006

8/10
Little Miss Sunshine

6/10
Friends with Money
Just My Luck
Funny Games

4/10
Step Up

THE BEST:
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LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

THE WORST:
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STEP UP

Best Actor: Greg Kinnear, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Actress: Toni Colette, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Supporting Actress: Frances McDormand, FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Best Director: Jonathan Dayton / Valerie Faris, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Original Screenplay: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Adapted Screenplay: N/A
Biggest Surprise: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Biggest Disappointment: FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Most Fucked-Up Movie: FUNNY GAMES
Best Scene: Olive's dance number, LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Coolest Title: LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

[Cronos]

Originally posted by Philip Marlowe
Would be intrested in what you thought about it.
overall i didnt find Skeleton Key to be that bad and it had a promising plot but the pacing sucked and i saw the apparently big surprise end coming
The Cave I think your being a little generous. It had so many cliches. the action feel apart times and time again. the ending was a joke also.
i found it kinda entertaining although it doesnt hold a finger to the vastly superior The Descent. i found it more unintentionally funny than anything else, the terrible dialogue and monster designs especially made me laugh. i also completely agree about the ending
Deep Red or The Bird With The Crystal Plumage
yeh, ive seen both of those, Deep Red was very disappointing and BWTCP is the only really great Argento film ive seen
WOW you watch a lot of films. Good stuff.
hehehe, yeh, i was surprised with the total amount ive seen this month

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Ryan - Crossfire

*sniff*

Not Karloff in THE BODY SNATCHER? :(

[phelonious]

* = rewatch

5 / 10

Snakes on a plane (2006) Ellis
Gimmick film. After creating this mad dog mob boss, the movie---so busy with boobie shots and snakes jumping towards the Camera, forgets to include the scene where they put the handcuffs on the villian.

Pederson: High school teacher (2006) / Moland
Drama. Very dry history lesson about the 70's: The Marxist-Leninists invade Norway.

6 / 10

Search (2006) / Van Heland
Chick flick from Sweden. After her eternal boyfriend blows it big time. A 38 year old woman begins serial dating using the internet as her lifeline to love.

Orchestral seats (2006) / Thompson
A sketch film. A newly arrived young woman from the country gets a job as a waitress and gets different glimpses at the different worlds because the cafe is sandwiched right beside an auction house (a rich man liquidates his collection), a theatre (a batty actress chases a great film part while acting in a farce) and a concert hall (a concert pianist sick of touring).

The Protector (2005) / Pinkaew
Martial arts film. Bad guys mistakenly steal a two ton lucky charm.

I live in fear (2006) / Chuyên
Vietnamese drama. A n'er do well man returns to his village, as a soldier from south (press ganged) he's a little suspect. Even removing the land mines around his village is refused to him, because if he was killed it would seem the authorites deliberately sentenced him to death. So he begins clearly the land on his own. After 50 years of continous war, the countryside is chock-full of instant death.

7 / 10

The Last Kiss (2006) / Goldwyn
Remake of an italian film. Because Zach Braff was so heavily promoted, I was mistakingly expecting something like Garden state. But this is merely an acting gig for him and a serious relationship drama. Great title though.

Akeelah and the Bee (2006)/ Atchison
This impetus for this film feels like it came from a fictional reworking from one of the characters of Spellbound.

The U.S. vs John Lennon (2006)/ Leaf & Scheinfeld
Documentary. Lennon performs at a benefit concert for a man sentenced to 10 years in prison for giving two joints to an undercover policewoman. This catches the eye of the intelligence community since the organizers were all radical lefties. They decide the easiest way to deal with this enemy of the admistration is, just to have him deported from the country (since he's an illegal alien) Nice stroll through memory lane if you don't know who John Lennon was or political climate in America during Nixon's reign.

The angry sisters(2004) / Leclère
Portrait of a relationship between two sisters. Catherine Frot plays a happy, optimistic foil against Isabelle Huppert, who always lets slip her cruelty at the people in her life. Most of the pleasure comes from watching this acting duo.

Hollywoodland (2006)/ Coulter
Murder Mystery with a sub-theme of aging or decay. There's just a hint of desperation about everyone. All the characters have peaked professionally, or personally; the Detective was once a cop, and is now a low rent private eye. He's divorced from his wife, and his son is slowly warming to the new man in her life. The Actor is a bit player, struggling for parts. Great symbolic image: The elderly bodybuilder, puffing out those reps beside the pool trying to hold onto his youth. The two women in Reeves' life seem carbon copies of one another, 20 years apart.

Closely watched trains (1966) / Menzel
Czechosovakian comedy of manners. An innocent young man gets his first job as a train station, all the men in his family were damn proud of their shiftlessness; his job entails pulling a track switch a couple of times a day and saluting passing trains--so the family tradition of working as little as humanly possible is alive and kicking. Plus he gets to observe this strange new world around him. The title refers to Nazi war trains which zoom past ever so often, they have right of way in all circumstances.

The Browning Version (1951) / Asqiuth
A teacher discovers on the eve of his departure from his teaching post that he's universially despised by everyone. Very subtle film, it's like watching sharks swimming in the ocean, every once in a while a fin will cut the surface, and the water will darken, but that's about it.

Little Miss Sunshine (2006) / Dayton & Faris
Road trip to California to participate in a children's beauty pagent. I didn't bite for three reasons; , one look at the daughter and she's going to get eaten alive on the kiddie pagaent circuit--she doesn't look anything like a singing and dancing barbie doll. Two: the father is a struggling self-help guru, his philosophy is that there are two kinds of people inthe world, winners and losers, and by buying his self help course you too, can become a winner. Yyyyyuck! And lastly the gaggle of contuinity errors kind of took me out of this.

Scream of the Ants (2006) / Makhmalbaf
Mediation on the meaning of life. Two delusional people go on a philosophical tour in India during their honeymoon.

Silver Streak(1976) / Hiller
Comedy / Murder mystery. Has always, films from the 70's seem a little sedate nowdays, in an era where 500 TV channels and machine-gun editing is the norm, but there is definate charm in those scenes where Gene Wilder is interacting with another character.

8 / 10

Sione's Wedding (2006) / Graham
Comedy. Four perennial party boys reek havoc on the social scene for the last time and are banned by the elders from all functions. Unfortunately, one of the boys' younger brother's wedding is the next event on the social calendar. So in order to gain admittance, They all agree to grow up bigtime and show up with girlfriends (ie. committed relationships) which turns out to be not quite the lark they originally thought it would be.

The Night before the finals(2006) / Brizzi
Teen Comedy. Apparentently in Italy, everyone has a week off before the final oral exam to graduate high school. The film follows a group of friends as they study and party during this week.

Half Nelson(2006) / Fleck
Sensitive portrait of a two individuals, one an idealistic teacher working in an inner city and slowly loosing his groove, and a 13 year old girl looking at the crazy fucked up world she lives in. Most of the time we are just hanging out with them, as they circle one another raveling their friendship.

The Myth of Fingerprints (1997) / Freundlich
Three siblings return home for Thanksgiving. At the center of the house, an icy father lords over all his domain, having left his idelible presence all over his grown children. A warm and affectionate story in a glacial setting.

My man Godfrey (1936) / La Cava
Comedy. A rich girl brings a homeless man back to thier park avenue apartment after he was one of the items in a scavenger hunt.

The premonition (2006) / Darroussin
A wealthy lawyer removes all the clutter from his life after his divorce. The first available apartment is in one of the poorer areas of Paris. He moves in immediately. All his friends and family think he's gone soft in the head.

Maria to Callas (2006) / Wagner
Drama / Romance. An industrial designer begins to correspond with a e-mail friend of his late wife's-- at first because he can't admit--either to himself or to her, that she passed away--then later because he's appropriated her friendship.

9 / 10

The Guardian (2006) / Davis
Good old fashioned kick ass film. Nice borrow from "All the right stuff" The gum. Kind of hard not to compare it to a great film like an "Officer and a Gentlemen" which covers the same territory.

* Imaginary Heroes (2004)/ Harris
Great little drama. Great situations, dialogue, interesting characters. Nice juicy role for Sigourney Weaver.

* Collateral (2004)/ Mann
Thriller. Very tight story, Vincent has got one night to ... hit the town so the story motors along, bang bang bang. The Black Peter monologue. The look of LA. at night. Boy, you're in trouble when a hit man is mentoring your life.

* The Upside of Anger (2005) / Binder
Interesting portrait of a family of women abandoned by their husband / father, their sleeping rage mirrors the creeping men who know have to climb those high walls try to breach the inner circle.

Trust the man (2005) / Freundlich
Enjoyable little relationship film. Two couples go through the seven year blahs. The film begins with a huge borrow from Annie Hall. If I remember correctly, the scene where Allen and Keaton are talking with their therapists and he says they almost never have sex, maybe three times a week. Her therapist asks the same question and Keaton says they're constantly having sex---maybe three times a week. So, this film is not struggling to re-invent the wheel. The clash was quickly established for the four characters. Interesting characters, particularily Billy Cruddup, whose character is a little passive aggressive, sabotaging his girlfriend ever so gracelessly. He's symboically obessed with keeping his coveted parking space right in front of their building, whereas she thinks it time to move on and start a family. Sterling screenplay, sparkling dialogue. All the scenes have a zinger in them.

10 / 10

* The Big Lebowski (1998) / Cohen
The lines are amazing. "Hello!, Did I micurate on your carpet, sir? " or "Nihilists! Jesus! Say what you like about the tenets of National socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos". "This agression will not stand" The Dude has to be talked into action and fueled by quite a number of white russians. The three bowling buddies almost seem to be having three separate conversations. Donny never gets a word in edgeside. The conniptions of John Goodman. Great cameo by John Turturro as a bowling pederast. Tara Reid as the "trophy wife". The appearance of the narrator. The film is titled the Big Lebowski but the it's all about the little one. There's two deaths in the film, the second one being, Leblowski's Le Baron, which gets a ding, then a dang, then a crunch and a smash and finally, comically, killed off by nihilists who "belief in nussing". This film ages beautifully.



Best film: Trust the Man

Best trailer: Happy Feet (again!)

Best title: The Myth of Fingerprints. During the beginning of the movie, there's a shot of Julianne Moore in her gallery, marking off a portrait that's just be sold. The Chuck Close painting was done entirely with fingerprints. Through their acts of kindness or acts of meaness, people leave their marks on you, but then, this is stricly within the realm of hypotheses.

Best screenplay: Bart Freundlich --Trust the Man

Best Actress: Catherine Frot -- The angry sisters But then, I always tend to enjoy whatever she's does when she's one of the principal characters..

Best Actor: Ryan Gosling --Half Nelson

Best supporting actress: Gail Patrick --My Man Godfrey

Best supporting actor: Billy Cruddup --Trust the man

Best Soundtrack: --The Angry sisters, possibly because the film is held together by the score.

Best scene: Catherine Frot recounts a meeting during a dinner party. --The angry Sisters

Best character intro: Roy Sneider is puttering around downstairs and he hears a knock at the door. He goes to the door. He looks at his son, (who's come home one day early for thanksgiving) His face tightens and he steps back. Then cut to his son who steps back and looks like he was slapped in the face, I was actually worried he would refuse to let his son in the house.

Best monologue: "The universe is full of shit!" --The scream of the Ants

Best line: "I believe time wounds all heals" --The U.S. vs John Lennon.

Most overworked Foley artist: The knuckleheads from the Protector

[arto_j]

Funny Games - 9/10

Down By Law - 8/10
Jackass Number Two - 8/10
The Odd Couple - 8/10
Snakes on a Plane - 8/10

The Last Kiss - 7/10
L'auberge espagnole - 7/10
Mission : Impossible III - 7/10
Pieces of April - 7/10
Thank You For Smoking - 7/10

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance - 6/10
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask - 6/10
Laurel Canyon - 6/10
Persona - 6/10

Lucky Number Slevin - 5/10
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - 5/10
The Weight of Water - 5/10

The Astronaut's Wife - 4/10

Mona Lisa Smile - 3/10
The Octagon - 3/10

Best Actor: Aaron Eckhart, THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
Best Actress: Bibi Andersson, PERSONA
Best Supporting Actor: Tom Waits, DOWN BY LAW
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, PIECES OF APRIL
Best Director: Jim Jarmusch, DOWN BY LAW
Best Original Screenplay: Jim Jarmusch, DOWN BY LAW
Best Adapted Screenplay: Neil Simon, THE ODD COUPLE
Biggest Surprise: THE LAST KISS, PIECES OF APRIL
Biggest Disappointment: THE WEIGHT OF WATER
Most Fucked-Up Movie: JACKASS NUMBER TWO
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Julia Roberts, MONA LISA SMILE
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Julia Roberts, MONA LISA SMILE
Ultimate WTF? Moment: Most of MONA LISA SMILE
Best Line: "I said the same thing that the guy with two penises says when his tailor asks if he dresses to the right or to the left... Yes. " - LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN
Movie I Finally Got to Friggin’ See: THE ODD COUPLE
Coolest Title: DOWN BY LAW
Hottest Lady: Bibi Andersson, PERSONA & Kate Beckinsale, LAUREL CANYON

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by Adam J. Hakari
*sniff*

Not Karloff in THE BODY SNATCHER? :(

He would be my second choice, A.J.

Does that satisfy you? ;)

[A.J. Hakari]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
He would be my second choice, A.J.

Does that satisfy you? ;)

I guess. :p But I'm gonna have to watch CROSSFIRE now to see what all the buzz is about this Robert Ryan cat. :D

[Fisting Ackbar]

Ranked from best to worst:


UNITED 93 9/10
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI 9/10 (rewatch)

BRICK 8/10
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE 8/10
HARD CANDY 8/10
WORLD TRADE CENTER 8/10

UNDERTOW (2004) 6/10

POSEIDON 5/10
WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE 5/10


Best Actor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt - BRICK
Best Actress: Ellen Page - HARD CANDY
Best Supporting Actor: Alan Arkin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Supporting Actress: Abigail Breslin - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Best Director: Paul Greengrass - UNITED 93
Best Original Screenplay: BRICK
Biggest Disappointment: POSEIDON
Most Fucked-Up Movie: HARD CANDY
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Any of the hijackers - UNITED 93
"Why Is He/She Still in Movies?": Fergie - POSEIDON
Recurring Genre: 2006 releases
Ultimate WTF? Moment: The younger kid eating mud/paint - UNDERTOW (2004)
Best Scene: Olive's pageant performance - LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
Coolest Title: HARD CANDY

[FilmBuff84]

The best of September

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Closer (10/10)
Sin City (9/10)

Friends With Money (8/10)
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (8/10)
Scream (8/10)
Jarhead (8/10)

After The Sunset (7/10)
Four Brothers (7/10)
Saw (7/10)
Just Friends (7/10)
Batman (7/10)
Batman Returns (7/10)
Valentine (7/10)
Failure To Launch (7/10)
The Devil Wears Prada (7/10)

The Dukes of Hazzard (6/10)
DOA: Dead or Alive (6/10)
Poseidon (6/10)
Step Up (6/10)

Silent Hill (5/10)
Date Movie (5/10)

Man About Town (4/10)

Venom (3/10)

Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, JARHEAD
Best Actress: Jennifer Aniston, FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Best Supporting Actor: Clive Owen, CLOSER
Best Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman, CLOSER
Biggest Surprise: FRIENDS WITH MONEY
Biggest Disappointment: SILENT HILL
Most Fucked-Up Movie: SIN CITY
“I’m Pretty Damn Sure No One Else Has Seen This”: MAN ABOUT TOWN
Person/Character I Never Want to Meet: Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), SAW
“Why Is He/She Still in Movies?”: Bai Ling, MAN ABOUT TOWN
Best Line: "Now fuck off and die, you fucked up slag", CLOSER
Best Scene: Drew Barrymore's stalking, SCREAM
Coolest Title: JARHEAD
Hottest Lady: Jessica Alba, SIN CITY & Holly Valance, DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE

[Tayzlor]

Originally posted by dman476
Well, it is senseless, so I guess it didn't harm anybody.
Seriously though, what a stupid ending. :confused:

A guy devoting his life to his tomato plants because the world supply was spoiled would have made a better movie.

[The Other]

Mine this month are just in the order of when I viewed them, I didn't feel like ranking them:


Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - 4/5
The Hustler (1961) - 5/5
Lorenzo’s Oil (1992) - 4/5
Wild Strawberries (1957) - 5/5
The White Sheik (1952) - 4/5
The Paper Chase (1973) - 4/5
A Star is Born (1954) - 3/5
Moby Dick (1956) - 3/5
The Frogmen (1951) - 4/5
14 Hours (1951) - 3/5
Umberto D. (1952) - 5/5
Ikiru (1952) - 4/5
Gigi (1958) - 3/5
On the Beach (1959) - 3/5
La Jetee (1962) - 4/5
Postcards from the Edge (1990) - 3/5
Casque D’Or (1952) - 5/5
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) - 4/5
Cabaret (1972) - 3/5
Funny Girl (1968) - 3/5
Sunrise (1927) - 5/5
Ashes and Diamonds (1958) - 5/5
Knife in the Water (1962) - 5/5
Sudden Fear (1952) - 3/5
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) - 3/5
Forbidden Games (1952) - 4/5
Limelight (1952) - 3/5
Hard Candy (2006) - 4/5
Clean (2006) - 4/5
Moulin Rouge (1952) - 2/5
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) - 2/5
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) - 3/5
The Big Chill (1983) - 3/5

Total: 32

BEST MOVIE: Casque d’or (1952)
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BEST DIRECTOR: Roman Polanski - Knife in the Water (1963)
BEST ACTOR: Victor Sjöström - Wild Strawberries (1957)
BEST ACTRESS: Joanne Woodward - The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: John Houseman - The Paper Chase (1973)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Casque d’or (1952)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Hustler (1961)

[zeppelin]

I'm a little late this month, but oh well...

**** (excellent)
1. Sleuth (1972)
2. Groundhog Day (1993) (re-watch)

*** 1/2 (very good)
3. Ordet (1955)
4. The Decalogue (1989)
5. The Sting (1973) (re-watch)
6. Time After Time (1979)
7. Chungking Express (1994)
8. Night on Earth (1991)
9. Secrets & Lies (1996)

*** (good)
10. Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959)
11. High Anxiety (1977)
12. Lone Star (1996)
13. The 400 Blows (1959)
14. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
15. Talk to Her (2002)
16. The Grifters (1990)
17. Don Juan DeMarco (1995)
18. Life Is Sweet (1991)
19. Taste of Cherry (1997)
20. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

** 1/2 (decent)
21. Stalker (1980)
22. A Christmas Carol (1984)

* (bad)
23. Nostalghia (1984)

Best first viewing: Sleuth
Biggest surprise: Time After Time
Biggest disappointment: Nostalghia

[go2]

crank-10/10
jackass 2-10/10
covenant-7/10