Films/DVD Asylum

In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

I don´t know if it has ever been available at the US, but if you do some search (google) maybe you´ll become interested.

It makes you question so many things about what love really is about, and how complex things coming from heart can be...

Regards

BF

• I checked and it doesn't seem to be available... - Mrs. Piggy 16:12:34 10/17/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Have you ever seen "La Buena Estrella", Mrs. Piggy? posted by orejones on October 17, 2002 at 04:06:13:

  I wonder why--it came out about 5 yrs ago?

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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

It wasn't half bad for an action flick.

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• i didn't do a 180, but that movie did!! (nt) - njjohn 18:30:15 10/16/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Dusk till Dawn...did surprise the h-e-l-l out a me... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 16, 2002 at 17:15:55:

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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

Hi,
My eyes were bad, got glasses, went to see Davy Crockett. I was about 5, had been to the movies, but this was the first one I saw clearly. I was amazed,and delighted. I remember how wonderful the world looked; once I could see it. As a scifi loving teen, 2001: A Space Odyssey was an Oooooohhhh on a cosmic scale. I think I will always carry that feeling, 'we can do this'. Apocalypse Now simply blew me away. I loved it. The years that followed it were an army of critics that unconsiously paid homage to the movie by comparing everything, even books, to it. The odd, and prophetic, Being There gave me a truly cold chill as I realised in the middle of the picture that this would come to pass. It's a tv docudrama. and not a movie, but Piece of Cake showed me every shred of humanity being torn from young men. There is an old Bergman, about a priest who loses his faith. I have never been religous, so I didn't pay much attention to it. The next day, it sunk in, and I was depressed for a month. My advice, don't watch Bergman :)

• Being There.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:16:48 10/16/02 (2)
  In Reply to: ................................surrrpriiise! posted by late on October 16, 2002 at 12:28:13:

  Peter Sellers, as Chancy, Chauncy (?) what a wonderful film. It does make you cold AND warm at the same time.

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  • Chauncey Gardener. nt - tinear 18:35:45 10/17/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Being There.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 16, 2002 at 14:16:48:

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  • "Go tell Rafael, I ain't takin' No Jive... - gware 16:31:31 10/16/02 (0)
    In Reply to: Being There.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 16, 2002 at 14:16:48:

    from No Western Union delivery Boy..."
    Agreed, it's one very clever film, full of brilliant lines and great moments. Shirley MacLaine is just wonderful as the wife, and Melvyn Douglas (Mr. Rand) won an Academy award for his role
    While I thought at the time it was a movie set; it was filmed in and around the Biltmore House which is in North(?) Carolina and has the distinction of being the largest private residence in North America
    Hard to believe it was made in 1979
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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

Check Link below...

what a movie!

• Bad Boys

• That's two things we agree on! - Dalancroft 15:44:12 10/18/02 (1)
  In Reply to: Bad Boys, (1983) posted by Bolt Snypr on October 16, 2002 at 10:53:24:

  The sabotaged boombox is especially wicked!
  
  

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  • Re: That's two things we agree on! - tinear 11:28:00 10/19/02 (0)
    In Reply to: That's two things we agree on! posted by Dalancroft on October 18, 2002 at 15:44:12:

    Hey, the pillowcase with Pepsi was clever, too! Sean Penn shows his stuff. "At Close Range" should have gotten him (and Chris Walken) more kudos, as well.
    
    

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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

My significant other occassionally forces me to relinquish the remote control and watch HER movies (always a traumatic experience); some of these that I have really enjoyed despite my reluctance to watch them include The Red Violin, Moulin Rouge, Passage to India, The English Patient, Local Hero, The Big Monty, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and The Sweet Hereafter... such is the price of domestic harmony.

• Re: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:19:36 10/16/02 (0)
  In Reply to: Re: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Dave on October 16, 2002 at 10:11:54:

  Didn't care for the English Patient, or the Big Monty
  have no desire to see Moulin Rouge,
  But I loved Passage to India---what a somber and memorable film,
  thanks for reminding me of it.

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In Reply to: Films that surprised you....made you do a 180?.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 15, 2002 at 18:53:10:

Romances and romantic comedies are not my first choice in films. I expect them to be dumb, sappy and manipulative. And they are for the most part but some turn out to be pretty darn good.

Who's Eating Glbert Grape? - Great quirky film

Shakespeare in Love - witty script and superb acting by everyone except Mr. Afleck

The Bumblebee Flies Anyway - Uplifting story and the beginning of my ongoing vicarious romance with Rachael Leigh Cook

Fried Green Tomatoes- Wonderful story told in flashback

Kate and Leopold- Cute and well written. The lead actor (the Aussie who played Wolverine in X-Men) is impossibly handsome but I think Meg is looking the worse for wear nowadays. My wife has her own vicarious screen romance now.

Wedding Planner - I liked it, what can I say. I think JLo has alot of potential as an actress and it shows here with her energetic and fun performance, especially when contrasted with Mat MaCuany's (sic) flat and wooden one.

Legally Blonde- A real surprise. Very funny with a very satisfying ending. A blonde who is bred for, trained for and fully expected to fulfil her role as superfluous eye candy shows everyone up. Reese Witherspoon is great (and fills the eye candy portion of the role well too). Made me check out her other films....Election was particularly good.

Thanks,
Rob

• I enjoyed Gilbert Grape.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:29:12 10/16/02 (1)
  In Reply to: I get it alot with chick flicks... posted by dado5 on October 16, 2002 at 04:34:33:

  but not as a love story, more as a life/family story. I agree with you--it is a fine movie.

  I was looking forward to Leagally blond--I enjoyed election tremendously--but I turned it off at the beauty salon "CUTSIE MUSIC AND DANCE SEQUENCE."

  Good movie IMHO, don't have cutsie music or dance sequences (unless it is a musical) and conversely bad movies, again IMHO, do have cutsie dance or music sequences. I know, I know my opinion is not in the mainstream--the movie viewing public seem to enjoy paying and sitting through them.

  *Look at Gilbert Grape as an example--no "CMS"

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  • A way of adding time to a film? - dado5 16:35:34 10/16/02 (0)
    In Reply to: I enjoyed Gilbert Grape.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 16, 2002 at 14:29:12:

    No other way of explaining it really.

    Another movie with my fave actress Rachael Cook, She's All That, was punctuated by an inane group dance sequence that did nothing but burn screen time. It was a cute pygmalion update but it was hampered by this scene as well as liberal profanity.

    I did not think of Gilbert Grape as a love story either. I was including it as a film that, were it not for my wife, I would probably never have watched. Same with Fried Green Tomatoes. In general though it is Romance/Romantic Comedy films that I most endure in the name of spousal solidarity.

    You should finish Legally Blonde someday....you can always FF through the 'Bend & Snap' number.

    
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• My Life as a Dog.... - gware 07:04:04 10/16/02 (4)
  In Reply to: I get it alot with chick flicks... posted by dado5 on October 16, 2002 at 04:34:33:

  By Swedish Director of "Who's Eating Gilbert Grape", Lasse Halstrom
  and a much better film IMHO
  Also liked "Next Stop, Wonderland Station", a kind of low key romantic comedy with Bossa Nova soundtrack, that's the Japanese title, not sure of the US release name
  Both films 180 degrees surprised me from what critics had written and what I expected of them, way cool
  David Lynch's Mulholland Drive was a 360 degree spin, brave, accomplished and ambitious piece of filmmaking, loved it!
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  • Other really good Lynch films... - Mrs. Piggy 14:40:29 10/16/02 (1)
    In Reply to: My Life as a Dog.... posted by gware on October 16, 2002 at 07:04:04:

    the elephant man
    blue velvet
    twin peaks fire walk with me
    wild at heart (really got into this one--very weird and dramatic)

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    • Thanks again for the recommendation Mrs Piggy.. - gware 16:39:10 10/16/02 (0)
      In Reply to: Other really good Lynch films... posted by Mrs. Piggy on October 16, 2002 at 14:40:29:

      Seen 'em all and think Wild at Heart is one of Nic Cages best films ever, he seems to so fit the character of "Sailor" it's almost like he's just being himself, just very relaxed in that role I thought
      Laura Derns best film too
      Twin Peaks I never got much into the TV series, and so the movie kinda went over my head
      I HATED Lost Highway, I thought that totally missed the mark
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  • Good to know about Mull Dr.... - Mrs. Piggy 14:30:56 10/16/02 (0)
    In Reply to: My Life as a Dog.... posted by gware on October 16, 2002 at 07:04:04:

    I just bought it on an impulse--planning to check it out this weekend.

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  • Good film... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 08:29:18 10/16/02 (0)
    In Reply to: My Life as a Dog.... posted by gware on October 16, 2002 at 07:04:04:

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