That was the second Miyazaki film I ever saw. The first being My Neighbor Totoro, which I got as a gift when I was three. Kiki's really isn't so bad.

Oh, and last night I saw the Shawshank Redemption. I'm willing to vote that most satisfying movie ever right now.

I vote RENT to be the most moving. I can't wait for the DVD to come out. On the 21st I believe...

I'm seeing the movie Flawless soon. Anyone else seen that? Got any comments on it? I already know the basic plot.

We bought the weddings crashers on DVD last weekend and I'm still waiting for enough time to actually sit down and watch the darn thing...will get back to you when I have achieved this.

[quote:0df400208f]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:0df400208f]

I think it was Keith.

I saw Final Destination3 today, actually now it would be yesterday. Anywho, it was okay, I was told it has more gore in it than the first two but I wouldn't really know since I haven't seen the first two.

I watched Final Destination three at the weekend. Shit film.

It had nothing on the other two, it wasn't particulaly scary, gory, funny or even interesting. The first was a brilliant film i thought and the second was almost as good with an interlocking story line. this was nothing. it was the first again, just a vision and them trying to escape. no connections to the first and second at all which was lame.

The deaths weren't to gory or interesting like the first and second. Of all the deaths only two came close to living upto the other films standard. It starts with a theme park which is painfully Cliché and predictable. the rest of the film followed the same story once again. It was all so predicable.

but easily the most annoying thing about the whole film was the lead actor. That bloody woman was so annoying! but she just wouldn't die! damn her to hell

What do you expect when the lead actor is from the Disney channel?
I can't say whether it was better than the first two but I liked Final Destination 3 but you're right, there wasn't much connection to the other two because if there was I wouldn't have understood the movie because I haven't seen the first two.

Saw Brokeback Mountain the other day. Despite the bad press its been getting from this board, I thought it was really good. It wasn't a huge movie, there was no melodrama or huge emotional kicks, but it had a lingering poignancy. Which is what I liked about it

It would have been so easy with this movie to decend into cliches and completely over-play the whole thing, but it didn't. Really good movie.

Unfortunately some of my friends who saw it have taken it completely the wrong way. It wasn't about ogling Jake Gyllenhaal. It dealt with so many more important issues. If it doesn't get into the English curriculum, I will be very annoyed.

I just saw Brokeback Mountain too...which was a bit of a stuggle considering it's R21 here and I'll bet a couple of scenes are edited out even then.

Once again, I had to resort to a pirated copy...

I didn't think it was too bad, though I found it hard to understand in the begining...not sure if that was my copy or if it sounded like mumbling to everyone else...?

It was moving and did touch some very interesting subjects...but i don't think it was all it was hyped up to be.

I haven't seen it, but I think I want to. My friends say it's really good. What important issues does it deal with aside from two gay guys?

I saw date Movie at the weekend. Its written by two of the six writers of the Scary Movies. It was a pretty good movie, it had a few extremly funny moments and a few corny jokes.

That said it didn't flow like a movie, it was just a load of sketches thrown together. It deffinately lacked the humor of the scary movies aswell. Not really a film to go to with a GF/BF but a good laugh.

I'm rather looking forward to seeing B Mountain as well, though hype usually puts me off most things.

I've just watched The Way We Were, with Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand....looked like it was just going to be a bit of a bland romance, but it actually had depth and reality and the 1950's anti-communist obsession in america and trauma and real human emotions and complexities. Oh, and a bloody depressing ending. So it must be good, lol.

RENT came out on DVD last Tuesday. I know, this is the... what? Third time I've brought the play-now-movie up, but I'm still working to get someone to see it. It's very emotional. And has a plot aside from that. And, for all you Brokeback Mountain fans, less than half of the couples are hetero. It's my favorite movie right now.

And I saw Flawless. A homophobic cop has a stroke, and he has to go to his neighbor Rusty for voice lessons. Rusty's a female impersonator. She has a gang of friends, all crossdressers too. My personal favorite is Cha-cha. An adorable Hispanic girl played by my favorite actor Wilson Jermaine Heredia. At the same time a drug lord is searching the same apartment building for stolen drug money. A whole lot of it. He's already killed a friend of Rusty's and has harassed Rusty. Rated R for violence and swearing. Onlt mild romance between the cop and some girl who's name I can't remember. Rusty also has a boyfriend, but he's.... not very romantic. And only makes one apperance.

I saw Brokeback some time ago now, it was good... and I must say, the actors were actually good enough to make you forget about the gay bit and just see the impossible love story... Kind of reminded me of Brief encounter in that "we're both married but so in love we can't bear to leave each other" way...

And last night I saw Walk the line, the film about Johnny Cash, and I must say, although it was long, it was good, and Joachin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon (don't americans have weird names ) both sing incredibly well...

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And last night I saw Walk the line, the film about Johnny Cash, and I must say, although it was long, it was good, and Joachin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon (don't americans have weird names ) both sing incredibly well...[/quote:53497b2a13]

I just saw that as well, and thought it was great. The singing was very good...I was impressed. I'd certainly recommend it.

Sir_Gawain - It mostly looks at the fear of anyone abnormal. So the reason the two main characters couldn't stay together was the fear of how society would react. There was also this idea of cowboys - the ideal stereotype of a 'man' - being portrayed as gay.

thats the main ideas anyway...

There's also the themes of lost opportunity, grief and the different ways in which men and women approach relationships.