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[avi]

Hello Everyone...>>>>>>>>.........!


I am starting this Hollywood Forum......for all the movie buffs of the world.......to discuss, analyze, and exchange
various views, opinions and criticism of just about all the movies ever released on the planet...>>>>>>>>>>>>>.... !


The movies which are headed to Academy Awards(R)
this year are as follows:

1. LORD OF THE RINGS;THE RETURN OF THE KING
( 11 Nominations )

2. COLD MOUNTAIN
( 7 Nominations )

3. MYSTIC RIVER
( 6 Nominations )

4. CITY OF GOD
( 4 Nominations)

5. MONSTER

6. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE

and several others !


>>>>>> All are welcome to participate <<<<<<<

[allenb]

Originally posted by avi
Hello Everyone...>>>>>>>>.........!


I am starting this Hollywood Forum......for all the movie buffs of the world.......to discuss, analyze, and exchange
various views, opinions and criticism of just about all the movies ever released on the planet...>>>>>>>>>>>>>.... !


The movies which are headed to Academy Awards(R)
this year are as follows:

1. LORD OF THE RINGS;THE RETURN OF THE KING
( 11 Nominations )

2. COLD MOUNTAIN
( 7 Nominations )

3. MYSTIC RIVER
( 6 Nominations )

4. CITY OF GOD
( 4 Nominations)

5. MONSTER

6. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE

and several others !


>>>>>> All are welcome to participate <<<<<<<

Well, unfortunately for the discussion, I have not seen a single one of those movies...
I assume you are a movie fan? Welcome aboard! Not sure what you want to discuss about the movies, but I will list my favorites...

Hunt for Red October (all time favorite)
Top Gun (kickass! before Tom Cruise got weird)
Crimson Tide (Seemed very "Clancy" style, even if it wasn't)
All the James Bond Movies (Roger Moore is my favorite Bond)
The Russia House (Just a make-you-feel-good movie)
Sum of All Fears (Why the f*ck did they have to deviate from the book?!?!)
Office Space (Funniest movie I have seen in ages)
TripleX (Not sure why I like it, but I do!)
Also, I would LOVE to see a movie of Clancy's "Red Storm Rising"..but I'm not sure if it would be possible to make a movie on as large of a scale as would be required for that book and do a good job of it.

Allen B.

The best films of all time are! -NOT in this order:

1) Raiders of the lost Ark (Harrison Ford)
2) The Deliberate Stranger (Mark Harmon)
3) The Russia House (Sean Connery)
4) The Spy who came in from the Cold (Richard Burton)
5) Platoon (Charly Sheen)
6) Deep Impact (Morgan Freeman & Robert Duvall)
7) Sällskapsresan (Lasse Åberg)
8) L'Aile Ou la Cuisse (Louis de Funès)
9) Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo (Clint Eastwod & Eli Wallach)
10) The Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood & Morgan Freeman)
11) Hannah and her Sisters (Woody Allen)
12) Macaroni (Marcello Mastroiani & Jack Lemmon)
13) Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (Louis de Funès)
14) Pulp Fiction (John Travolta & Samuel L. Jackson)
15) Night must Fall (Albert Finney)
16) Pour la peau d'un Flic (Alain Delon)
17) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Steve Martin & John Candy)
18) Natoinal Lampoon’s European Vacation (Chevy Chase)
19) Life of Brian (Monty Python)
20) When Harry met Sally (Billy Crystal & Meg Ryan)

[avi]

FILM NEWS :

" Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King "

has been chosen yesterday by the British Academy Film Awards

as Film of the Year ! Nominated for 12 awards, it won 5 !


" Lost in Translation" took the top acting honors !



I will be listing 100 all time BEST FILMS according to the

" Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) ".

MPAA is charged with rating all theatrical releases in

Hollywood.





[Edited by avi on 17th February 2004 at 02:31]

[allenb]

Originally posted by Niquie
PATTON! Should be required viewing in U.S. high schools. I especially liked the part where Patton kicked Monty's bum by getting to Salerno ahead of him.

But I also love OLD, OLD movies such as Random Harvest and The Enchanted Cottage, To Each His Own. I just realized, they are all WW II related. Allen, we have something in common.

Funny Bones! Has anyone ever seen that movie? It's with Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis and Lee Evans.

Patton is definitely good. I just think it really skimps on the actual battle scenes . . . I know..I know...it is due to the technical limitations of the time that it was made...
All, in all, though, it is a kickass movie....especially his comment about the revolver handles

Allen B.

[avi]

Hey......Niqui..
Can you move this thread to Literature/Film,,,

since, it is the right place...

[avi]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PATTON <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Patton was certainly one of the best films ever made !

General Patton was so crucial to winning World War II...!

He... along with Gen. Eisenhover, Gen. MacArthur and other fine soldiers who took the devils by the tails....
and put Herr Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito and others

........out of business........

(continued)

[avi]

Thanks for moving this thread, Niquie !


>>>>>>>>>>>>>> NEWSREEL <<<<<<<<<<<<<


" The Passion Of the Christ " opens on Feb. 25 th...

This is a highly controversial movie, a brain-child of
actor turned director-producer, Mel Gibson.

2000 screens across the US will show it......

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I just finished watching " The Pirates of the Carribean;

The curse of the Black Pearl "( DISNEY)


It was a hilarious movie...a lot of fun !
FOUR STARS.

Also from Disney..an old movie..."Blackbeard's Ghost"(1968)

starring PETER USTINOV...highly recommended..!

[paka]

Originally posted by avi
Hello Everyone...>>>>>>>>.........!


I am starting this Hollywood Forum......for all the movie buffs of the world.......to discuss, analyze, and exchange
various views, opinions and criticism of just about all the movies ever released on the planet...>>>>>>>>>>>>>.... !


The movies which are headed to Academy Awards(R)
this year are as follows:

1. LORD OF THE RINGS;THE RETURN OF THE KING
( 11 Nominations )

2. COLD MOUNTAIN
( 7 Nominations )

3. MYSTIC RIVER
( 6 Nominations )

4. CITY OF GOD
( 4 Nominations)

5. MONSTER

6. SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE

and several others !


>>>>>> All are welcome to participate <<<<<<<

ahh..more movie people on board.
g'day, AVI, and welcome

lets see...

1. seen it for the third time the other day; my last till the extended cut is released. and i'm one who doesn't find the ending superfluous; quite fitting for a 12 hour film, IMO.

2. haven't seen it. i reckon its just 'the english patient' all over again.

3. if LotR hadn't been released, this one would be my definite pick for best film '03. kuddos to eastwood, but pete worked his ass off for LotR and deserves the praise.

4. i really want to see this one.

5. no interest to see.

6. never even heard of this.

cheers

[paka]

oh that movie...oki, i remember. see i normally keep the iPod on through the ads and till the film actually begins.

i have no interest to see that one.

though i'd see 'lost in translation' if our art house cinema hadn't been muscled out by the hollywood multiplexes

[daemon_princess]

Something's Got to Give? Did they remake the Marilyn Monroe movie?

[avi]

Hey.....fellow movie nuts...!

For those of you who enjoyed " Ocean's Eleven " few years back ...

here's some good news....

The brilliant gang who brought us Ocean's 11...
is beleieved to be hatching their next hit.....

Ocean's Twelve is expected to cost over $150 million...!

Just about the same cast...
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, et al.

Stay tuned...!

[avi]

Updated: 01:59 PM EST
Gibson Wanted a Shocking 'Passion'

TODD PETERSON, People

Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" has been described as violent and anti-Semitic, but the actor-director sat down with ABC's Diane Sawyer to defend his controversial new movie. "To be anti-Semitic is to be un-Christian. And I'm not (un-Christian)," Gibson said in the taped interview, which aired Monday night.



AP
Diane Sawyer interviews Gibson about the controversy surrounding 'The Passion of the Christ.' Watch the interview.



The film, which depicts the last 12 hours in the life of Christ, has drawn complaints from some Jewish viewers who think "Passion" is anti-Jewish, or that it could at least inflame anti-Semitic biases.

But both Gibson and "Passion" star Jim Caviezel deny that the movie represents any such thing. "If (Gibson had) said, 'Hey, I'm going to make an anti-Semitic film, would you like to join me?' I wouldn't have been part of a film like that," Caviezel told the New York Post.


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However, the director does not deny that the film's violence will probably shock some moviegoers. "I wanted it to be shocking. And I also wanted it to be extreme. I wanted it to push the viewer over the edge. And it does that," he told Sawyer.

Gibson also said that the movie represents "my version of what happened, according to the Gospels, and what I wanted to show -- the aspects of it I wanted to show."

If that proves to be too much for some viewers, he said, they do not have to see it. "If you want to leave halfway through, go ahead," Gibson told Sawyer.

Meanwhile, the film is doing huge advance business among Christians. Churches across the nation have bought tickets in bulk, selling out theaters from Texas to Montana on opening day, Feb. 25, Reuters reports.

"We've never seen anything like this," a spokesman for the AMC theater chain said, noting that the interest in "Passion" eclipsed even that of hits like "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter."


2/17/04

Originally posted by daemon_princess
Something's Got to Give? Did they remake the Marilyn Monroe movie?

Which, by the way, was a remake of a film called 'My Favorite Wife' with Cary Grant and Irene Dunn.. A classic and one of my favs.

There was also a Doris Day remake of the movie.

[avi]

It is the time of the year........!

ACADEMY AWARDS (R) on Sunday night in Los Angeles !