Hoodwinked. Well, firstly the translation is lousy (they only had it in French) so most of the jokes and punes (or plays on words) are even lamer, but the graphics just weren't... well... they weren't, that's it. I do have a question for anyone who has seen it in english : what's the name of the hunch-man who gets dissed about his lousy "not even scary" name ? In french, it was my husband's name, which made it the funniest bit in the film, because he got really pissed off

[quote:85dd577cec="Saccharissa"]I have seen plenty of movies in the meantime, both in the sliver and the TV screen

[i:85dd577cec]Goodnight and Good Luck[/i:85dd577cec] Cinema. Fantastic.

[i:85dd577cec]Match Point[/i:85dd577cec] Cinema. Fantastic, but I suffered from a cultural shock of sorts. It was a Woody Allen movie that wasn't a comedy and didn't have a jazz soundtrack. If it was directed by Kubric for instance everything would have been fine.

[i:85dd577cec]Ella Enchanted[/i:85dd577cec] DVD. Shrek wannabe. Doesn't cut the mustard.

[i:85dd577cec]The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou[/i:85dd577cec] DVD. I want to have Wes Anderson's pods.[/quote:85dd577cec]

I watched The life Aquatic over Christmas and I have to say I thought it was excellent - I really enjoyed it!

I saw that at the Cinema, it was actually very good, completely wacky at the end, but I loved the animated fish and various sea creatures...

Just saw Porco Rosso. Anyone who's a fan of anime, Miyazaki or old war movies [u:1fc165c78f]has[/u:1fc165c78f] to see this. It was funny, touching, funny, visually stunning, and really, really funny. Not quite hilarious, but there were some excellent moments. (Seaplane pirates have their plane overrun by their fifteen hostages - little schoolgirls who treat it like a playground and aren't at all intimidated.)

Oh dear... I can just feel the Pirates vs. schoolgirls debate swelling up here...

Pirates AND Ninjas vs. schoolgirls

The schoolgirls will win!

[quote:4946bb98da="Human"]Just saw Porco Rosso. Anyone who's a fan of anime, Miyazaki or old war movies [u:4946bb98da]has[/u:4946bb98da] to see this.[/quote:4946bb98da]

I love Miyazaki!

[quote:d7dbdd1a07="mowgli"]Pirates AND Ninjas vs. schoolgirls

The schoolgirls will win![/quote:d7dbdd1a07]

I must say, I have to agree... Especially if they are japanese and have mini skirts and pig-tails.

Mini skirts... *shudder*

But what is with those mini skirts? I cosplayed as Kagome (the main character from an anime) once (a phase I am [i:b05bbe3178]well[/i:b05bbe3178] over) and it's hard to move in those things, much less fight!

...

And the fact that women are portrayed fighting in BIKINIS and HIGH HEELS doesn't faze you?

(I wonder if the enemies are just supposed to turn to mush at the sight, and not present any difficulty at all afterwards!)

I went to see Jarhead. I've forgotten about it already.

[quote:fe5a2b7f1e="mowgli"]...

And the fact that women are portrayed fighting in BIKINIS and HIGH HEELS doesn't faze you?

(I wonder if the enemies are just supposed to turn to mush at the sight, and not present any difficulty at all afterwards!)[/quote:fe5a2b7f1e]

The kind with women fighting in bikinis and high helels gerenaly don't have enough of a plot to be worth watching. It's just... women in bikinis and high heels.

Charlie's Angels didn't have a plot????!!! BLASPHEMY!

I saw Narnia. It was good and true to the story as far as I could tell but a bit simple and cutsy with all the talking animals. After leaving the theater I discovered my car wouldn't start because I'd left the lights on.

I agree with Human on Porco Rosso. It's not as good as Miyazaki's others, but still excellent considering its age.

I don't know, Scif1. How else would they have done the talking animals? Because the animals have to talk. I don't like how they did Jadas. (Is that how you spell her name? I mean the Queen. The White Witch. Whatever.) But I loved how they did the Centaurs.

I haven't seen Porco Rosso, but I love Miyazaki's other films. Kiki's Delivery Service I think is my least favorite.