I liked the Road Warrior when I was 13. I have seen it since then and it just doesn't hold up, IMO. Then you have the absolutely dreadful Thunderdome movie - PU!Ken wrote:I like Signs because it was relatively scary and it didn't reply on special effects. You may not have liked it because of the religious overtones.Mark in Vancouver wrote:(Signs is a piece of pish, as is ... I'm trying to recall a Mel Gibson movie I enjoyed...)
Are you saying you didn't care for The Road Warrior?
What DVDs should I rent?
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I liked Chicken Run. That's about it. I always found him a little too pretty for my taste, and then he did that drunken racist thing with the cop (in real life) and I completely lost whatever little interest I had in him or his movies.Mark in Vancouver wrote:(Signs is a piece of pish, as is ... I'm trying to recall a Mel Gibson movie I enjoyed...)
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) is another favorite I forgot. The first one from '56(?) is not bad either. I like that the star of the 50's version, Kevin Mcarthy, makes a brief appearance in the '78 version as the same character.
Like Ken, I also like Signs.
A few more I remembered:
The Searchers: A very intense and driven John Wayne
True Grit: Great scenery, and cast and the dialect is authentic.
The Sixth Sense: Just a cool movie
Fried Green Tomatoes: A chick flick everyone can enjoy
Delores Claiborne: "Sometimes husbands just die"
I suppose I'll think of a few more...
Like Ken, I also like Signs.
A few more I remembered:
The Searchers: A very intense and driven John Wayne
True Grit: Great scenery, and cast and the dialect is authentic.
The Sixth Sense: Just a cool movie
Fried Green Tomatoes: A chick flick everyone can enjoy
Delores Claiborne: "Sometimes husbands just die"
I suppose I'll think of a few more...
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And, and...
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Haley Joel Osment's acting is superb in a difficult role for someone his age at that time. Jude Law is awesome too. This movie didn't please critics but what do they know? They thought Blade Runner was only so-so
Ijits!
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Haley Joel Osment's acting is superb in a difficult role for someone his age at that time. Jude Law is awesome too. This movie didn't please critics but what do they know? They thought Blade Runner was only so-so
Ijits!
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Martin Thoene wrote:And, and...
AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Haley Joel Osment's acting is superb in a difficult role for someone his age at that time. Jude Law is awesome too. This movie didn't please critics but what do they know? They thought Blade Runner was only so-so
Ijits!
Martin.
I couldn't finish watching this one...it was a little too good...when they were trying to drop him off in the woods, I completely lost it...
but then, I couldn't ever see 'Babe' to the end, either- as soon as there was talk of eating the little guy, I bailed
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Ah Kate, you missed the rest of a good movie. It's only just getting going when his Mom dumps him in the woods. I agree that it's a very harrowing scene. The reason is that kid's acting is so totally believable....brilliant!
Honestly, you should rent it and skip that scene. It just gets better and better after that. It's funny, sad and stunning visually.
Any film with Kubrick and Spielberg involved demands to be watched.
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Honestly, you should rent it and skip that scene. It just gets better and better after that. It's funny, sad and stunning visually.
Any film with Kubrick and Spielberg involved demands to be watched.
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Delicatessen, Local Hero, you are people of taste and discernment
Why has no one mentioned The Sting? We have had some Kubrick but not Space Odyssey 2001 or Barry Lyndon which should win a prize for the score alone.
Or for those who want to burst a gut laughing there are the Jacques Tati classics Les Vacances de M. Hulot and Jour de Fete. Monoglots need not worry, the humor is almost 100% visual and the subtitles will carry you through.
Why has no one mentioned The Sting? We have had some Kubrick but not Space Odyssey 2001 or Barry Lyndon which should win a prize for the score alone.
Or for those who want to burst a gut laughing there are the Jacques Tati classics Les Vacances de M. Hulot and Jour de Fete. Monoglots need not worry, the humor is almost 100% visual and the subtitles will carry you through.
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