Gladiator
Rocky I
Whale Rider

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thomas

got it

flex4life

whalerider was great
whales are the most stunning

King Arthur with Clive Owen (love Heinrich Zimmers score for that film)

Dogfight

The Stars Fell on Henrietta (and all of Robert Duval's lesser known films)

The Muppet Movie (love the songs)

Shreik 1 and 2 (the soundtrack for "2" rocks!)

Love Song for Bobby Long

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Edward Scissorshands (who here doesn't like Johnny Depp?)

Little Miss Sunshine (my most recent fave)


khale

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was a great one. My husband loves the "Muppet Movie" also. He sings "Songs about Rainbows" while he rocks the babies. I haven't seen "Little Miss Sunshine." Need to add it to my list.

i l robert duvall
gilbertgrape
what a kick that movie was

What dreams may come
Pi
Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth (spanish)
Adams Aebler (Danish)
Dancer in the Dark
Chocolat
Spun
Crank
The Big Labowski
Amelie (french)
The City of Lost Children (french)
Das Experiment (German)
Kalifornia
Revolver
The Jacket
Ginger Snaps (Canadian)
Cube (Canadian, only the 1st one)
2001: A Space Odessey
Kill Bill
The Hole (UK)
Run Lola Run (German)
House on Haunted Hill
Resident Evil
Clerks

Mmmmm, there are so many good ones out there!!

Robert Duvall rocks. My favorite movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" was his first movie.

he was boo radley

I loved Duvall in "Tender Mercies". I believe he won a best actor award for that role, richly deserved.

someone mentioned "American Beauty" and I was like "how could I forget to list that one!" so many lovely movies out there.

khale

His role in "Tender Mercies" was written for him by a Texas playwrite. The same playwrite that wrote "The Trip to Bountiful." My all time favorite with Duvall is "Lonesome Dove." My roomate and I were calling him the new sex symbol back then.

I loved Groundhog Day. It is one of my favorites.
Also liked the story of Adele H,Camille Claudel,Amelie.

I have a question about Wim Wenders. did he make a movie about a detective?
I believe that the name was Hammer,or Hammick,I don't know.
And the theme of the music was played with a saxophon?
I'm seaching for this movie a long time.I saw once and never forgot that.

I have a question about Wim Wenders. Did he make a movie about a detective called Hammer,or something like that? It is a kind of triller,and has a theme with a saxophone ?

cy

r u thinking of "Kiss Me Deadly"?
Mike Hammer was the mame of the detective
it was an old black and white movie
about threat of nuclear annihilation

sometimes i like to watch black and whites
the plots were soo much better

Anyone Knows if Wim Wenders did a movie in black in white about a detective,and had a saxophone on the music theme? I believe the detective's name was Hammer.
I saw this movie many years ago.

Does anyone know if Wim Wenders did a move about a detective call Hammer (I believe) and the music theme was with a saxophone. It wa sin black and white.

Sorry about the messages. My computer went crazy and I couldn't check out the messages or see them,so I continued writing the same thing over and over.

la-veronique
Thanks a lot. Yes,was a black and white movie,and was Mike Hammer. Wow !!!!
I'm looking for this movie forever.It's in my head for many years,and the music theme is amazing,with a saxophone....great !!!
I'll see again.Thank you la-veronique. I have no idea why I was thinking that Wim Wenders was the director.Just crazy.

By the way,have you seen Amici Miei 1 and 2 ?
Italian movie,very funny.

I already ordered Kiss me Deadly , la-veronique. I can't belive it.Thanks again.

Well,I do remember other movies
Jean de Florette
Manon des source (Manon of the spring) is the continuation of Jean de Florette
La femme da cote (the woman next door) from Truffaut
(all of them with Gerard Depardieu)

and groundhog Day is one of my favorites.
Amellie
The story of Adele H
Camille Claudel
Cinema Paradiso

cy

you are right
there were saxophones in the background
the jazz music to "Kiss Me Deadly) really IS something else
i rented it about 2 years ago ( not sure if i can see it twice though)
and i remember how unique the sound was
it had trill like bird cymbal sounds
suspense sesame brush on drum sounds
flutes tinted with lavender whistling wrapped around hollow jade bracelet sounds

that is especially true in the scene where mike hammer is checking his surroundings in his own apartment and he suspects that someone has already been there etc.

but the background music is really kept to a minimum, though
and it flares up on occasions of suspense

Hammer is a really coiled up guy without an ounce of subtlety in his bones
his series of life's mission is " get the bad guy "

his secretary Vera , however, has a clue
and questions exactly what he is going after
because a lot of times , the enemy is quite nebulous ....its like he's fighting smoke all the time

u get the feeling a lot ( from the camera angles) that Big Brother is watching
which , i think, was the point of the movie

if u get the "uncut" edition, however
the ending is interesting
i don't know how the "original" movie was made ( if they deleted the nuclear scenes)

interesting that u would want to watch that movie
its not exactly something u can "warm up" to ( ha ha)

i have not watched the other movies u have mentioned
titles sound intriguing though
may watch one next year

thanks for the tips

cy


i may consider watching the Truffaut movie
cuz
didn't he direct " To Shoot the Piano Player"? film noir
thought that was well done
kind of sparse but decent plot

that's a wiry memory too
like i just remember a strand or two

there was snow
a guy was being pursued cuz they thought he killed his brother
but the only reason why he did it was cuz his brother was suffering from some sort of heinous physical illness which meant he had to continually endure a great deal of unberable physical pain
so it was like an act of mercy
i think his brother asked him to do it

but the people that were pursuing him, of course, don't understand that
and there is no chance of explaining the humanity of what he did
and the poor guy is torn

and he has to run away
i am thinking there was a lot of snow
i probably didn't see the whole thing
maybe it was at a friend's house
and i just saw bits and pieces
but it kinda moved me


oh yeah, the guy that is being chased
is a piano player

what i learned from the movie ( from the very tid bits i can remember):

piano players live very complex lives ( ha ha)


not sure why, really

If you like black and whites with good plots "Fail Safe" is a great suspenseful movie.

Somewhere in Time
Manon of the Springs
The Muse
The Matrix
all of Jane Austin's books that were made into movies.

xoxo,
Lita

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la-veronique,you have such a way of writing...very beautiful,poetic. maybe a poetic movie critic style. interesting. do you write a lot? you have a interesting imagination. (i can follow you but my English is not that good -first language is portugues from Brazil).
I love Truffaut,and I'll surch for cuz ? La femme da cote (the woman next door) is very good.thragic though. it's something that he can't stop. he gets crazy and can't think about anything.

and you are right,the music in the movie (kiss me deadly) was what kept me going.
i can't forget that warm saxophone tune,and the "big brother" camera.

did you see Grand Central ? a brazilian movie with Fernanda Montenegro.
oh! KPAX with Kevin Spacey.very good.

>La femme da cote (the woman next door) is very good.

Oh, yes, a very beautiful one. I saw it only twice but I remember many details. It was haunting.

>KPAX with Kevin Spacey.very good.

Yes, I loved it.

I think we have the same taste in movies.

Great. I'm trying to remember all the movies that I like.
Did you see Amicie Miei ? Italian movie very funny.1 and 2 . Hilarious !!!
Brother Sun Sister Moon from Zeffirelli.

I want to see Night in the Museum. Must be interesting at least.Little bit silly but it's a very good idea that evryone there is alive. Would be a great Alive History Lesson.

Oh,yes,did you see The Others ? with Nicloe Kidman. Very interesting.
And The Sith Sense ? I forgot if the spelling is wright.

I'll try to remember more.

Wanna see movies that are in the theater that are on this website for FREE
Tubezoom.com


Let me know if you need more good links.. My email is on here.

cy

give me more of the plot for La Femme da Cote
u gave me some information but i would like to know more
what's it about?

you are from Portugal? that is cool
i always liked the sound of portuguese
funny, i ran into a guy recently ( all american basketball player type of guy) who is saving up to live permanently in brazil

he has a love affair with brazil because he went there before and never forgot the beauty of his experience

it made me wonder
because i have never been there

the guy that was brazilian who was his friend nodded his head and said
"brazil is beautiful ; i miss it "

la-veronique
I'm from Brazil,and speak Portuguese,brazilian Portuguese. It's different from Portugual though it's the same language,but the accent,slangs...it's like US and England,same thing.
Brazil is a stress-free Country,and it's good to visit,and if you are calm,lay back,it's good to live there too.But if you are a type A,bussiness,wall street,no way,maybe in Sao Paulo,but the brazilian mentality is party,restaurants at night,and party,and party,and sun,beach,food,caipirinha (alcohool).
Also it has the greatest fruits and veggies ever,I miss a lot the natural fruit juice that you can have in evry place,bar,restaurant.This is very good.

I like here very much though I miss there a lot.My intire family is there,but my husbund is american and is here.Than,I'm here with him.

Well,La femme da cote is an amazing movie.It's a strong relationship that was ended but still there,strongly.
One day both were married and got together again living in the same neighborhood,and the drama starts all over again. It's a big "unfinished business" that comes out like a bomb,like a possession.Evry time you think evrything is fine the bomb explodes again,and the end is tragic.
It still a moth dropped type of movie.
Also,it has Funny Dargent (?) and Gerard Depardieu,also Truffaut.They are the best.

Anyone see Pan's Labrynth???

cy

ill have to check it out
relationships are always a mystery
thank you

brazil sounds really great : best fresh fruits ' n veggies, laid back?
sounds like an incredibly vibrant place
most brazilians i know are really nice people, but intense too
nice and intense
cool combination



rawdev

haven't seen pan laybyrinth
heard some things bout it though hmmmm