tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post1942273336511552535..comments2023-10-29T00:27:47.956-07:00Comments on Could You Describe The Ruckus?: Blown AwayPatrick J. Rodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17793920144174391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-59437339501834595012007-05-20T16:42:00.000-07:002007-05-20T16:42:00.000-07:00I suppose you're talking about movies where YOU DI...I suppose you're talking about movies where YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD DO THAT. I absolutely agree that Cinema Paradiso is breathtaking, but it didn't BRAND me the way Apocalypse Now, The Believer (not the whole movie, just Ryan Gosling's performance), American History X, and City of God did. Scarring films.Little Miss Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01754601845915573650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-45200870968553293242007-05-15T16:56:00.000-07:002007-05-15T16:56:00.000-07:00To Live And Die In LA - yesAliens - yesWill add:Ta...To Live And Die In LA - yes<BR/>Aliens - yes<BR/><BR/>Will add:<BR/><BR/>Taxi Driver <BR/><BR/>Road Warrior<BR/><BR/>T2 (actually Terminator did first but T2 took it to another level)<BR/><BR/>The Matrix<BR/><BR/>...and on a quieter note:<BR/><BR/>Diner<BR/><BR/>Annie Hallwcdixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06511429457006302795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-40229975800586294622007-05-15T13:53:00.000-07:002007-05-15T13:53:00.000-07:00Seven, to me, had perfect execution, and is among ...Seven, to me, had perfect execution, and is among Finchiebaby's best (I also dug Da Game & Fight Clubbin').<BR/><BR/>Field Of Dreams - Oh yes. The Dad/Catch part gets me, but so does James Earl and his "Baseball" speech.<BR/><BR/>And yup - Glory, too. That scene on the beach is amazing, but I remember almost coming out of my scene at the end where Cary elwes/Morgan Freenman and charging full force around the fort, and then BLAMMO. And don't forget Tomas' howl!<BR/><BR/>Also, sorry to spoil To Live/Die in L.A. for thsoe of you who haven't seen it, but it's like 20 years old so I figured it was fair game.Patrick J. Rodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793920144174391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-40200643679979730532007-05-15T06:34:00.000-07:002007-05-15T06:34:00.000-07:00"up until the deus ex machina ending. That sort of..."up until the deus ex machina ending. That sort of spoiled the whole movie for me."<BR/><BR/>That comment puzzles me. That movie ended perfectly. The writer decides how it ends. the writer is God so any ending is Deus Ex Machina.<BR/><BR/>Perfectly executed.Thomas Crymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444697706815844019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-36620855779933361982007-05-14T16:12:00.000-07:002007-05-14T16:12:00.000-07:00There are lot of great movies and some of them wou...There are lot of great movies and some of them would be in my list too. But I will chose some others.<BR/><BR/>Nuovo Cinema Paradiso. The ending scene is pure love for cinema.<BR/><BR/>Midnight Cowboy. Dustin, you made cry!<BR/><BR/>The Descent. The car crash at the beginning. The audience was very still. No sound. I had to laugh out loud that moment because it was so brilliant hitchockian that I understood the power of cinema when hearing no peeping sound of anybody or anything else in that movie theater that long minute.<BR/><BR/>Eyes Wide Shut. The scene at the beginning where Nicole Kidman and Sky Dumont dance at the party. I was so absorbed... don't know how Kubrick did that. Genius. Can only happen when you are in a movie theater.Thomas Ruferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508054737071594938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-63300535321212120622007-05-14T11:52:00.000-07:002007-05-14T11:52:00.000-07:00Seven. Just left me feeling like I had gone ten ro...Seven. Just left me feeling like I had gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson. Pros don't last 30 secs. And I'm not even at amatuer level.<BR/><BR/>Crash. Most movies have one or two moments that make you hold your breath and plaster yourself to the seat. Crash had four.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought about it, but I think you're right Moviequill. Stranger Than Fiction had me... up until the dues ex machina ending. That sort of spoiled the whole movie for me.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16897402622057966364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-11616054604386528812007-05-14T10:36:00.000-07:002007-05-14T10:36:00.000-07:00Hero. Some of the most beautiful cinematography an...Hero. Some of the most beautiful cinematography and use of color I've ever seen. I spent most of the film with my mouth side open in wonderment.<BR/><BR/>Also Osama. I wasn't expecting that film to be as amazing as it was.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-66096247153511014392007-05-14T10:01:00.000-07:002007-05-14T10:01:00.000-07:00Field of Dreams - When the voice happened and I wa...Field of Dreams - When the voice happened and I wasn't prepared for a "voice."<BR/><BR/>Star Wars - Started it all.<BR/><BR/>About Schmidt - The very end.<BR/><BR/>Children of Men - When the fighting stops and everyone sees the baby, of course.<BR/><BR/>Aliens - Sublevel 3<BR/><BR/>Hard Boiled - Tea House gun play.<BR/><BR/>Spidey 2 - When the people on the train car stand up for Spidey against Dr. Octopus.<BR/><BR/>Glory - Before Fort Wagner on the beach.Thomas Crymeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05444697706815844019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-45118164042084682052007-05-14T09:49:00.000-07:002007-05-14T09:49:00.000-07:00Master and Commander - Thought there was no way Pa...Master and Commander - Thought there was no way Patrick O'Brian could be adapted and since I knew books would be piece-mealed, I poo-poo'd the whole mess from the very beginning and refused to see it in the theater. How dare they corrupt my seafaring literature!<BR/><BR/>Wrong. It's brilliant.MaryAn Batchellorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465966881051431143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-41382378951905282992007-05-14T06:02:00.000-07:002007-05-14T06:02:00.000-07:00Stranger Than Fiction, the only movie that made th...Stranger Than Fiction, the only movie that made the hairs on my balls stand on end in quite some timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-62328936511672250642007-05-14T05:12:00.000-07:002007-05-14T05:12:00.000-07:00Ouch, Sir, that's a rather large spoiler for To Li...Ouch, Sir, that's a rather large spoiler for To Live And Die In LA, isn't it? :-) Love the film, though - a seriously underrated classic. There are no good guys!Jason Arnopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876042845400963850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-83942877572261119562007-05-14T01:35:00.000-07:002007-05-14T01:35:00.000-07:00I have to comment on To Live and Die in LA. Who do...I have to comment on To Live and Die in LA. Who does that? To have your hero killed, what the fuck? I loved it. That is one of the first "darker" movies I watched and it left an impression.<BR/>Also, Seven, for it's dark ending. Raiders of the Lost Ark is the movie that instilled in me a lifelong love of cinema.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18449304.post-42657838338265989732007-05-14T01:23:00.000-07:002007-05-14T01:23:00.000-07:00For me, it was THE DARK CRYSTAL. As a child, I was...For me, it was THE DARK CRYSTAL. As a child, I was totally enraptured. LABYRINTH less so, but that end sequence with David Bowie and Jennifer Jason Leigh in the Escher's stairs set was fantastic. More recently A MAP OF THE WORLD blew me away - only got DVD release in the UK as far as I'm aware, but Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore were fabulous. PITCH BLACK was great and I loved I, ROBOT - know it's uncool to say so but : PLucy Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15576008511353143019noreply@blogger.com