Hey, yah! I forgot about that one!
…but doesn’t it come out in 08?
Yes,
it does.
I really can’t stand all this commercial fuss at the moment… it’s just way too much. I’m
only looking forward to Ratatouille.
I looooove classic films. It doesn’t matter the genre, old movies
are better. Much better film scores as well. Some of my favourites are Bride of Frankenstein, Our Town, Dracula
(the 1931 version), The Good Bad and the Ugly, Vertigo, Psycho, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Magnificent
Seven, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Blow-Up, and a bunch of others that I can’t think of at the
moment.
And I adore Disney films, but especially the classics such as Fantasia and The Three
Caballeros.
Just as long as it has action, adventure, and heroism, Then I shall be excited.
The sequel to Batman Begins
is coming out in 08. Heath Ledger will star as The Joker.
Aggie - I whole-heartedly
agree with you there, Aggie. I just watched [i]The Good, the Bad, and the
Ugly[/i] last night with my family, and it’s astounding how much more advanced and intruiging films
were back then in terms of story-telling and – as you stated – score. Of course, there were always those select
few cheesy films that didn’t quite make the cut, but still…
Everything now-a-days is special effects,
special effects, and special effects. It’s fine to view a beautiful picture on screen, but if the story isn’t
effective or note-worthy then…what’s the point?
Oh, and I do have to admit that I absolutely
love Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Some people liked it,
others hated it. I thought it was simply stunning… 
Aggie: My school’s Film Club president is an
incredible fan of Batman. He can not wait for that movie. I did not see the movie that came before this. But I
heard it was good.
[i]Batman
Begins[/i] is currently my 14th favorite movie of all time. [i]The Dark
Knight[/i] (as the sequel is called) is certainly highly anticipated in my book. For the record, I
actually didn’t have too much of a problem with the previous four Batman movies before [i]Batman
Begins[/i] (i.e., Batman, Batman Returns,
Batman Forever, and, yes, Batman and Robin). I guess
the mediocre acting (IMHO) in the last one was rather obtrusive to the film, but overall, it was pretty
enjoyable, along with the other three that preceded it. However, they are nowhere near the level of brilliance
that Batman Begins has achieved (Batman Begins is
supposed to be a reboot of the franchise, and after watching it, I became really glad that they started
over).
In regards to Indiana Jones 4, I haven’t officially seen the first
three (you can look at my previous post which should explain why I said “officially”), but I’m excited
to see those three, so I guess I’m quite excited to see the fourth one as well. It is a Lucas-Spielberg
collaboration after all - what more can you ask for?
Finally, I actually just added [i]The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly[/i] to the list of films that I’m most interested in watching. I was
doing some research (for fun) on recent Honorary Academy Award recipient Ennio Morricone, and I stumbled upon the
premise of this Western flick. I don’t usually watch Westerns, but the premise of this particular film is great,
and I hope the movie follows through.
Oh, and one more thing: I haven’t seen a single Alfred Hitchcock
film in my life - not one! A lot of people say that
Psycho is his best work, and it probably is, except the last time I voluntarily saw
a horror fillm was about eight to ten years ago, and I’m not really too keen on the idea of seeing another one
and getting disturbed for about a month. The Hitchcock film that I actually want to watch is [i]Rear
Window[/i]; I rented this from my city’s public library just before I went to university, but I never
got the chance to watch it, unfortunately.
CountSolo - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is
definitely a “must-see” film for those who love westerns and a great premise of a story. I absolutely
love it and hail it as one of Clint Eastwood’s best performances, if I do say so myself.
And
“gasp” – you haven’t seen any Alfred Hitchcock films?! Oh, but you must!
There are so many great ones! Rear Window (my favorite), [i]The
Birds[/i], Vertigo, Psycho…
I haven’t
seen “Psycho” yet, but I’m working on it.
Probably my most
favorite live action movie of all time has to be First Knight with Sean Connery, Richard Guere and much more. I
love the setting, the fights, the costumes, etc.
I love Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s
my favorite movie of all time!!!
Bill -
Oh gosh, how could I have forgotten that film?
[i]Who Framed
Roger Rabbit[/i] has to be one of my favorite animated cross-overs of all time. I remember when I
first saw that as I kid I thought, “Woah”. The thing had to be the most astonishing film I’d ever seen
in my life at that time, and it still is…come to think of it. It had me absolutely convinced that toons were
real – scariest, yet coolest, thing in the universe.
To this day, I’m still scared of it. And yet,
it’s one of those movies that you just can’t stop watching… My dad almost got
to work on it actually, but something came up and he didn’t get to assist in the animation. You can imagine how
much we all regret that now. (snigger) 
Mitch - Your dad got a chance to work on it but didn’t ? I am amazed!!! Yeah, that has to be my
favorite movie of all time. It thrilled me as a kid (even though I’m 15 right now) and is one of the reasons
I’ve decided on a career in animation. I absolutely love it!!!
Bill - Yep – he came this close to working on the
thing, but alas!..it didn’t happen. It sucks. Well, actually…he did do some rough animation on Jessica Rabbit
before-hand, but that stuff never made the cut.
And awesome – good for you! That makes two of us who
will go into the animation field.
Another film I love is Watership Down.
It has to be the most depressing little feature I’ve ever seen in my life, but it sure is beautifully done. I
had a chance to (finally) read the book only a few weeks back, and it was just lovely. The film makes it seem ten
times more violent, though. Heh.
Oooh! Sorry Mitch, but
Watership Down was maybe the freakiest movie I think I’ve ever seen!
The
book was preety good though…
Mitch- Here’s my favorite line from Roger Rabbit…
Roger: Yeah, check the
probait. Why, my uncle Thumper had a problem with his probait, and he had to take these big pills and drink lots
of water.
Gasduude - Haha – I agree. It was pretty frightening in
parts…
Bill -
[i]Not prostate, you idiot.
Probait![/i] - Eddie
Yeah, I love all those lines. The whole thing with Mickey
Mouse was just classic.
I have only seen the end of the Roger Rabbit movie. I still don’t understand it. Maybe next
time, I’ll watch the whole thing through.
What’s your favorite action movie?
CountSolo: Hitchcock films RULE! You
must see at least one… no… FIVE before you die, lol. Psycho is definitely his most popular, but there are
others that are wonderful as well. Vertigo took my breath away, and Rear Window was great as well.
North
by Northwest was awesome… great music, and what was great were the scenes without ANY music. I recently saw
Torn Curtain, which was cool for Paul Newman and Julie Andrews, but not his best work. Oooh, I need to watch more
of Hitchcock!