The fool looks at a finger that points at the sky.
2001 Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Amelie as a young girl didn't get much contact with people due her mother dying when she was young and her father mistakingly thinking she has a heart condition, this leads her to have a fantastical imagination. As a young woman she moves to the city and goes about helping people without them knowing.
Very watchable charming film. God I must have been in a good mood when I saw it, it could just as easily be an annoying french film. It is a film for girls.
7/10
Thursday 30 June 2011
Film 46 "M" IMDB No. 58
That is a nice ball you have.
1931 Fritz Lang
Someone is killing children in the city and the police are determined to catch them so they swarm the streets. The regular criminals are not happy about this so they plot to catch the killer before the police do. Tense and dramatic even a bit scary, much better than a lot of the stuff they make these days, it is a classic, I bet in 1931 it scared the pants of them.
8/10
1931 Fritz Lang
Someone is killing children in the city and the police are determined to catch them so they swarm the streets. The regular criminals are not happy about this so they plot to catch the killer before the police do. Tense and dramatic even a bit scary, much better than a lot of the stuff they make these days, it is a classic, I bet in 1931 it scared the pants of them.
8/10
Film 45 "Raging Bull" IMDB No. 76
You punch like you take it up the ass
1980 Martin Scorsese
Biographic picture of the life of American Boxer Jake LaMotta through the 50s and 60s in New york.
Robert deNiro is great as emotionally unstable Jake who's temper in the ring made him a champion but destroyed his family. The fight scenes are good and Scorsese catures the 50s New york scene really well. All shot in black and white.
I first saw this when I was about 17 and thought it was brilliant then and have thought of it as one of my favourite films without ever watching it again. I think it's still up there but I have another 50 or so films to watch yet. Cathy Moriaty as Vicki LaMottta is great.
If you haven't seen it, then do.
8.5/10
1980 Martin Scorsese
Biographic picture of the life of American Boxer Jake LaMotta through the 50s and 60s in New york.
Robert deNiro is great as emotionally unstable Jake who's temper in the ring made him a champion but destroyed his family. The fight scenes are good and Scorsese catures the 50s New york scene really well. All shot in black and white.
I first saw this when I was about 17 and thought it was brilliant then and have thought of it as one of my favourite films without ever watching it again. I think it's still up there but I have another 50 or so films to watch yet. Cathy Moriaty as Vicki LaMottta is great.
If you haven't seen it, then do.
8.5/10
Wednesday 29 June 2011
Film 44 "The Green Mile" IMDB No. 85
I'm smellin' me some cornbread.
1999 Frank Darabont
Another one I had no idea what to expect, I paid no attention when it came out and haven't thought to watch it since, I have always tried to stay clear of Hollywood 'blockbusters' especially ones with Tom Hanks in. I was quite surprised the film carried me along without offending me too much.
It is set in the death row wing of a penatentiary in the 1930s and follows the events that happen when a giant man called John Cofy 'like the drink only spelt different' arrives on the wing to face the death penalty. We soon work out that he has a gift of healing and didn't comit the crime he is accused of.
I'm glad I've seen it, but I won't be setting the recorder if it's on telly. Too much Hanks and God and Miracles.
7/10
1999 Frank Darabont
Another one I had no idea what to expect, I paid no attention when it came out and haven't thought to watch it since, I have always tried to stay clear of Hollywood 'blockbusters' especially ones with Tom Hanks in. I was quite surprised the film carried me along without offending me too much.
It is set in the death row wing of a penatentiary in the 1930s and follows the events that happen when a giant man called John Cofy 'like the drink only spelt different' arrives on the wing to face the death penalty. We soon work out that he has a gift of healing and didn't comit the crime he is accused of.
I'm glad I've seen it, but I won't be setting the recorder if it's on telly. Too much Hanks and God and Miracles.
7/10
Film 43 "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to stop worrying and love the bomb" IMDB No. 34
I can swear to you there is nothing wrong with my bodily fluids
1964 Stanley Kubrick
A mad paranoid Brigadier General sets in motion a plan to launch a nuclear strike against the Russians and breaks communications with his superiors. The B52 has the go codes no-one knows the stop codes the BG gets more madder as the superiors try to sort it all out.
Fantastic plot and characters, Peter Sellers shows his talents playing several parts. The star of the film for me was Sterling Heyden as General Jack D. Ripper. He's funny, he's scary.
This is a definate watch againer
8/10
1964 Stanley Kubrick
A mad paranoid Brigadier General sets in motion a plan to launch a nuclear strike against the Russians and breaks communications with his superiors. The B52 has the go codes no-one knows the stop codes the BG gets more madder as the superiors try to sort it all out.
Fantastic plot and characters, Peter Sellers shows his talents playing several parts. The star of the film for me was Sterling Heyden as General Jack D. Ripper. He's funny, he's scary.
This is a definate watch againer
8/10
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Film 42 "Cinema Paradiso" IMDB No. 77
I don't want to hear you anymore, I want to hear about you.
1988 Giuseppe Tornatore
Story of a boy growing up in a Sicilian village told as flashbacks from the now famous film director.
The young boy called Toto has a fascination for films, he tries all the tricks to get into the local film house the projectionist Alfredo eventually lets him help out.
For the most part it set in the 20's and 30's when the cinema was the focal point of the village, the scenes inside the theater are great and the acting of the young boy is especially good.
I would say this is a bit of a girls film, but watchable and enjoyable enough.
7/10
1988 Giuseppe Tornatore
Story of a boy growing up in a Sicilian village told as flashbacks from the now famous film director.
The young boy called Toto has a fascination for films, he tries all the tricks to get into the local film house the projectionist Alfredo eventually lets him help out.
For the most part it set in the 20's and 30's when the cinema was the focal point of the village, the scenes inside the theater are great and the acting of the young boy is especially good.
I would say this is a bit of a girls film, but watchable and enjoyable enough.
7/10
Friday 3 June 2011
Film 41 "Vertigo" IMDB No. 44
Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.
1958 Alfred Hitchcock
Set in San Francisco, a retired police detective is asked by an old college friend to keep an eye on his wife who he thinks is going mad obsesed with a dead ancestor.
The retired detective, Scottie, obviously never worked undercover, it is some of the worst following I have seen in any film. He follows her a lot and becomes obsessed with her.
There is the usual Hitchcock twist and turn or two and a dramatic ending.
I didn't like this as much as Rear Window, probably because it's just a bit too lovey dovey.
I almost forgot, Scottie is scared of heights, so he can't follow her everywhere.
I may return to it one day.
6.5/10
1958 Alfred Hitchcock
Set in San Francisco, a retired police detective is asked by an old college friend to keep an eye on his wife who he thinks is going mad obsesed with a dead ancestor.
The retired detective, Scottie, obviously never worked undercover, it is some of the worst following I have seen in any film. He follows her a lot and becomes obsessed with her.
There is the usual Hitchcock twist and turn or two and a dramatic ending.
I didn't like this as much as Rear Window, probably because it's just a bit too lovey dovey.
I almost forgot, Scottie is scared of heights, so he can't follow her everywhere.
I may return to it one day.
6.5/10
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