Well then in that case, I suggest you give Watchmen a read (unless you mostly like V for you know who ).
if i remember correctly (it's been awhile since i've seen VfV) i think the story and characters were better and more fully realized. sure Watchmen had more wacky, crazy, dark themes and characters, but i liked V better for a lot of reasons (including Portman ) but one of my close buddies is the biggest superhero fan in the world and has everything Watchmen and knew everything about Watchmen before it was cool to know about Watchmen, so i'll see if i can borrow the book(s) from him.
SIT! Good boy
SPEAK! Good boy
SHAKE! Good boy
ROLLOVER! Good boy
LAY DOWN! Good boy
FETCH THE BALL! Good boy
NOW GO POOP ON FINCHER!!! GOOOOD BOY!!!
LOL I can picture somebody using a large Fincher statue to train their dogs to relieve themselves in one spot now. Poor guy, he really is a brilliant filmmaker.
[Show spoiler]lolcry: @ your "because i don't like tea" comment
yeah, i didn't really fully digest the story or dive in to all the themes and meanings (at least i tried not to) but because there was so much i loved (score, set design, acting, story, atmosphere, directing...) and i have had it stuck in my head ever since it finished, i knew it was a 5/5 and over time that will only get stronger.
definitely check it out again sometime, definitely worth it
yeah, the DVD was a bummer. and because of the awesome visuals / set design, i can't wait till this arrives from amazon (hopefully monday ) so i can digest this as i'm supposed to see it.
as for my theory, i think it's kind of shot to dust:
[Show spoiler]tbizzle told me that the 3 story lines all take place in certain years, but i guess since the Spanish world is "the past" Izzi could be seeing that as an 'afterlife' type deal, so i guess it still could apply
and leave it to me to think of something completely unheard of before. i don't know if that's good or bad
i think i'll wait on that post from jhiggy. i'll certainly read it in time, but i think for now, i'm gonna let it sink in. watch it a few more times, and then once it sinks in fully, then i'll have my brain exploded by whatever that post contains
ooohhhh i love when things suddenly click and connect. love films that have that ability as well. i wish there were more of them
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and i blind bought Vanilla Sky today as well (on dvd of course). looking forward to finally seeing that
I think there are more of them than you think. I watched Bergman's Persona last night and it was incredible. I think it surpasses Seventh Seal and his faith trilogy. I'll post a brief review soon but I'll have to think about the film (philosophically dense). I have a few theories but I won't expand on them much.
I think there are more of them than you think. I watched Bergman's Persona last night and it was incredible. I think it surpasses Seventh Seal and his faith trilogy. I'll post a brief review soon but I'll have to think about the film (philosophically dense). I have a few theories but I won't expand on them much.
i'm really getting sick of people informing me of more and more movies i should look into. this is really getting out of hand and i already have so many to catch up on
[Show spoiler]juuust kidding, i really appreciate hearing about all these films that i wouldn't have even thought of looking at or heard of without this thread and some of you guys
. damn me and watching Fight Club over 1,000 times! think of what i could have all seen in that time!
i'm really getting sick of people informing me of more and more movies i should look into. this is really getting out of hand and i already have so many to catch up on
[Show spoiler]juuust kidding, i really appreciate hearing about all these films that i wouldn't have even thought of looking at or heard of without this thread and some of you guys
. damn me and watching Fight Club over 1,000 times! think of what i could have all seen in that time!
New rule, you can't watch Fight Club again until you knock out at least 20-30 of the movies on your watch list.
i'm really getting sick of people informing me of more and more movies i should look into. this is really getting out of hand and i already have so many to catch up on
[Show spoiler]juuust kidding, i really appreciate hearing about all these films that i wouldn't have even thought of looking at or heard of without this thread and some of you guys
. damn me and watching Fight Club over 1,000 times! think of what i could have all seen in that time!
I looked up and found this review just for you. Read the whole thing and there's a little surprise waiting for you at the end.
New rule, you can't watch Fight Club again until you knock out at least 20-30 of the movies on your watch list.
i've been doing pretty well for awhile. i haven't watch FC in like, 2 months. i almost can't remember what happens in the film which is sad since i've seen it so freaking much.
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I looked up and found this review just for you. Read the whole thing and there's a little surprise waiting for you at the end.
Carla Gugino and Main Akerman>Natalie Portman, at least in looks. I like Watchmen and V equally actually, should've watched V today, oh well there's always tomorrow.
I gotta disagree with you on that one. For me, both are trumped by the lovely Natalie Portman.
I gotta disagree with you on that one. For me, both are trumped by the lovely Natalie Portman.
Natalie Portman is and always will be one of my favourite actresses but Akerman and Gugino are flat-out bombshells that just ooze sex appeal. Wish I had more than 8 Gugino movies and 3 Akerman movies.
I think I gave both Toy Story and Toy Story 2 a 4.5/5, but this one was the best out of the trilogy. The reason why I rated it the same as the others was because of the middle of the film. I don't know why, but for me it sorta stalled out and lost it's charm... I got kinda bored.
[Show spoiler]Being the new toys at the daycare and getting imprisoned obviously wasn't supposed to be the "happy" part of the film, but for some reason I just wasn't feelin it at this point. There weren't very many funny parts and I sorta came off my buzz from the beginning.
The last 1/4 of the film, however, more than made up for that. I loved it and I think it's a great ending, both for this film and for the trilogy.
[Show spoiler]El Buzzo's dancing parts were hilarious, I was rollin! I was also crackin up whenever Woody was running (like when he was goin after the garbage truck for his friends), he just looks so damn funny
I just posted this review because only 6 members own it
The second greatest WWII sea battle depicted in film next to Sink the Bismarck
FACTS
The definition of "capital ship" was formalized in the limitation treaties of the 1920s and 30s. This applied mainly to ships resulting from the dreadnought revolution; dreadnought battleships (also known first as dreadnoughts and later as battleships) and battlecrusers.
In the 20th century, especially in World Wars I and II, typical capital ships would be battleships and battlecruisers. All of the above ships were close to 20,0000 tons displacement or heavier, with large caliber guns and heavy armor protection. Heavy cruisers, despite being important ships, were not considered capital ships.
An exception to the above in WW II was the Deutschland-class cruiser. Though this class was technically similar to a heavy cruiser, albeit with considerably heavier guns, they were generally regarded as capital ships (hence the British label "Pocket battleship"). The Alaska-class cruisers, despite being oversized heavy cruisers and not actual battleships/battle cruisers, were also considered by some to be capital ships.
In the early morning of 13 December 1939, a force consisting of Achilles, HMS Ajax and Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed at 06:16 to be a pocket battleship, thought to be Admiral Scheer but which turned out to be the Admiral Graf Spee. A fierce battle ensued, at a range of approximately 11 nautical miles. Achilles took some damage: four crew were killed, and her captain, W. E. Parry (played by Jack Gwillim), was injured. In the exchange of fire, 36 of Graf Spee’s crew were killed.
The range reduced to about 4 nautical miles at around 07:15 and Graf Spee broke off the engagement around 07:45 to head for the neutral harbour of Montevideo which she entered at 22:00 that night, having been pursued by Achilles and Ajax all day. Graf Spee was forced by international law to leave within 72 hours. Faced with what he believed to be overwhelming odds, the captain of the Graf Spee, Hans Langsdorff (played by Peter Finch), scuttled his ship rather than risk the lives of his crew.
THE MOVIE
The movie has a fine cast, mostly British with the most recognizable to me being Anthony Quayle (Anne of the Thousand Days), Ian Hunter (The Adventures of Robin Hood), Bernard Lee (numerous early James Bond films) and Peter Finch (Network, The Nun's Story, Far from the Madding Crowd and Raid on Entebbe). It should also be mentioned that Christopher Lee (too many films to mention) appears in the film as the Brazilian nightclub owner, Manolo.
There are very few movies, The Battle of the River Plate and Sink the Bismarck being the exceptions, where combat between opposing capital ships is depicted, largely because the airplane became the dominant factor in naval combat during WWII. However, of the two films mentioned, this is the only one I am aware of where actual capital ships were used. The producers had the advantage of having elements of the Mediterranean Fleet of the Royal Navy available for their use and USS Salem to play the part of Admiral Graf Spee (although she had the wrong number of main turrets). This meant that they did not have to rely on extensive use of models like most naval war films, although they did make use of a 23-foot model (with details only on the side being shot) in a six-foot-deep tank at Pinewood Studios for scene depicting the scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee, which was assembled from multiple takes from different angles.
The Battle of the River Plate was nominated for three BAFTA Awards in 1957, for "Best British Film", "Best British Screenplay" and "Best Film From Any Source."
PQ AND SQ
I've only seen this film on television and in the form of a 4:3 widescreen DVD before and all I can say is this film looks amazing on BD. The color is beautiful, there is a significant upgrade in detail and ITV Studios did an excellent job restoring this film. This can easily be seen in the Restoration Demo included in the supplements. The audio is free of noise and the vocals are easy to understand. One thing I did notice was the German DTS-HD MA 2.0 soundtrack sounded more robust than did the English soundtrack. However, there are no English subtitles on this disc.
STATISTICS
Main Feature:
01:56:44, German DTS HD MA 2.0 or English DTS HD MA 2.0, German Subtitles On or Off
Supplements:
Alternate Ending 00:01:53, 1080p/24Hz, English Dolby Digital Stereo w/optional German Subtitles
Deleted Scene (showing Christmas Celebration) 00:01:09, 1080i/50Hz PAL, English Dolby Digital Stereo w/optional German Subtitles
Restoration Demo 00:07:18, No Audio
Trailers (including an unrestored trailer for the main feature) 1080p/24 Hz, German Dolby Digital Stereo (only, no subtitles)
Region B (this would not play with my region-free, code-free player set to Region A or C)
All countries
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) but one of my close buddies is the biggest superhero fan in the world and has everything Watchmen and knew everything about Watchmen before it was cool to know about Watchmen, so i'll see if i can borrow the book(s) from him.
he better! this 
he'll probably take pictures and frame them around his house of the great job his 
) so i can digest this as i'm supposed to see it.
incredible. I think it surpasses Seventh Seal and his faith trilogy. I'll post a brief review soon but I'll have to think about the film (philosophically dense). I have a few theories but I won't expand on them much.
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