Lol. No. I know you don't adhere to this point of view but I hate the notion that anything campy and reduculous is good because "that was its intention". Most b movies are great. I just don't like this one. The Chinese sidekick annoyed me. Kurt Russell trying to act like John Wayne annoyed me. Victor Wong was the only saving grace.

I don't subscribe to that notion either. What I was saying is that the movie is by-and-large a comedy so if you find it laughable, then that's a point in its favor.

I shouldn't have used the term laughable. I guess what I meant to see is I found it kinda lame.

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Glengarry Glen Ross

Finally got around to watching this. What a tour de force of acting. Everybody was fantastic in this, especially Jack Lemmon. The guy is sorely missed on the big screen. I also thought Ed Harris was also fantastic. Great film.

4/5

The scene where Lemmon does the house call in the pissing rain, just incredible.

IMO the greatest movie ever made about selling.

I know. I was just busting your balls. :)

Now here's a movie we can agree on! I've seen this movie dozens of times and absolutely love it every time I see it. A flawless script and amazing acting from everyone involved. After having lived in Chicago, I've come to find it slightly distracting that they moved the location of the movie to New York but kept all the Chicago-centric references in the dialogue, but that's not a big deal, just a little odd. Really, really fantastic movie.

i broke down and bought one of those fancy flat 3d picture tubes

and decided that the first film i watch on it has to be one of the most important to me :)

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I was always put off by the awful title and was never quite sure what to expect as I never read any background info but I was really surprised how deep the movie was and the true story behind it is truly inspirational and humbling.

Sure, the film does tick all the requisite cliché boxes at times in terms of emotional manipulation but for one guy to turn his life around and dedicate it to a cause that is inspirational made great viewing. Intentional lack of spoilers here!
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Oh man, I hadn't seen this film in over 20 years and what a curio it is. The world has gone to **** and the only way that temporary truces are sorted is by 60 foot high robots battling each other. This is Transformers meets Real Steel but obviously it cost around 10p and is hilarious at times (as well as being made 20 years earlier). You can spot the wires supporting the robots at times and the dialogue is terrible at times but this could really make for a quality remake considering CGI these days as the story itself has some great ideas. Nice trashy nostalgia.
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Oh what a wasted opportunity this was. Directed by Donal McIntyre who is an undercover journalist that infiltrated the Chelsea firm and achieved criminal convictions meant that this should have been a very serious moral look at the culture of hooliganism but apart from a few scenes that expanded upon the genesis of the culture itself (West Ham V Millwall arriving from rival ship dockers in London dating back 100 years), it turned out to be a very Anglo centric confused look due to the voice over of Sean Bean that didn't know whether to despise or celebrate hooligans. Shame.

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A Separation

2011 winner of Best foreign Language Film from Iran that deals with a married couples choice to separate because the husband won't flee the country without his aged father who has Alzheimer's and the repercussions of that decision. This is a very important film. It really should have been nominated along with the other best picture nominees last year due to its message and just flat out heartbreaking performances. It's as real as you can ever get when dealing with the impending death of one person and the accidental death of another. The film deals with so many issues...honesty, depression, death, and what is considered being alive or being dead. I seriously urge people to see this film. It's extremely heavy and at times tough to get through but you'll be rewarded with an experience that'll truly make you think.

5/5

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Ran

Akira Kurosawa's ode to Shakespeare's King Leer was an epic beyond proportion. The costumes and directing is some of the best I've ever seen. I read that Kurosawa story boarded the whole film ten years prior to shooting and that each scene and shot has a gorgeous painting to go along with it. When you have a whole film full of paintings you know you have something beautiful. The story was familiar to me after reading King Leer but the movie was great to watch simply because a directing legend was behind the camera. Great film.

4.5/5

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High Noon

I was disappointed by this. As I get into more westerns I've kept finding this at the top of all time lists. Nothing really happened until the end. I'm a fan of slow burns but there really wasn't much story involved in the build up. Disappointing.

2.5/5

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Watched this after watching an AVGN video on his favorite movies about making movies.

I love this film, it really was a great story. Good documentary about someone who refuses to let go of a pipe dream.

Hard to put into words exactly what makes it great, but I think I will need a few more views of this one.