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by **canofhumdingers** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:16 am

Time Bandits - Ignoring Monty Python, I think this is the first Terry Gilliam film I've ever seen. The best way I can describe it is "bizarre". Over all I liked it. It drug on at times & wasn't always the most engaging story. But it was incredibly imaginative & had some really great stuff in it. It also had a few sequences that reminded me why I still consider the 80's the pinnacle of special effects. From the costumes & the miniature work to the practical effects & makeup, everything you see on screen actually exists in 3 dimensional space & you know it. It provides a level of realism that not even the best cgi can touch. It was also nice that netflix streamed this in HD. Looked surprisingly good.

by **jellydonut25** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 3:44 pm

by **lhb412** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 4:31 pm

Arsenic and Old Lace

A delightful romantic comedy from the early '40s stars Cary Grant and is directed by Frank Capra. Doesn't that sound nice and heartwarming? Grant's character is getting married and drops by to tell his sweet, old aunts the news. Still sounds nice, huh? Then he discovers that his aunts have been systematically murdering their lodgers and burying them in the basement (at this point in the trailer we have that record scratch sound effect). Anyway, Cary's brother (who looks like Boris Karloff but isn't played by Karloff because Karloff was busy playing this exact same role in the Broadway play version of this story at the time) who's an excaped murder ends up at the house along with a creepy plastic surgeon played by Peter Lorre and they complicate things further and in madcap hyjinks ensue.

This is a really good movie.

by **The Shadow** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:33 pm

I don't think I've ever seen a Frank Capra movie that I didn't enjoy watching.

Off the top of my head a couple others well worth watching are Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and Meet John Doe. (Not that there aren't plenty of others Capra movies out there that are better known)

by **Tyler E. Martin** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:14 pm

by **lhb412** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:33 pm

by **canofhumdingers** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:19 am

The Seahawk starring Errol Flynn. This is probably my favorite Flynn movie (yes, even better than Robin Hood!). And it was a 35mm print at the arthouse 50 seat "micro cinema". So cool! And I have to say, THIS is how you do a pirate movie! So much better than that overinflated thing trapsing around the box office right now... Everything about this movie is just right. The pacing, the cast, the action & love story. It hits all the right notes at just the right time & then pays off with one of the best swordfights on celluloid! The energy & ferocity with which Captain Thorpe (Flynn) fights in that last confrontation is really something to behold (and, actually quite realistic for a movie).

by **kiryugoji04** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 12:32 pm

by **jellydonut25** » Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:21 pm

by **Joseph Goodman** » Tue Jun 07, 2011 1:27 pm

by **lhb412** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:14 am

Black Narcissus

This is an extraordinarily good film from England and the team of Powell and Pressburger (who did A Matter of Life and Death). I had no idea a film about nuns could be so damn interesting! A group of Anglican nuns go to a remote part of India to establish a school in an old palace, but the otherworldliness of the place begins to effect them all... I don't think I can give a better description than that.

Every shot of this movie is beautifully filmed.

by **MouthForWar** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 1:01 am

by **Destroysall** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 3:53 pm

GMK

I liked it, but it could be a lot better. I wish Kaneko was allowed more time and given permission to use Varan and Anguirus.

by **Tom R VanSlambrouck** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 4:27 pm

Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone- It'd been awhile since I've watched this and I finished the book a couple of weeks ago so I decided to watch the film again. Sadly Netflix didn't have the EE and only the standard version still a decent movie if you look at it like a kids movie. Pretty similar to the book.

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets- Again I hadn't seen this in awhile and I'm currently in the process of finishing the book. Another decent entry into the Potter franchise and the Basilisk effects where really well done I like how that bleded CGI and animatronic to bring it back to life.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:37 pm

by **canofhumdingers** » Thu Jun 09, 2011 10:55 pm

The Thin Man (1934) - Beautiful 35mm print at the incredible Heights Theater. It was a packed house, & rightfully so. I'd never seen it & this was a great introduction. It's a fast paced, wonderfully written "whodunnit?" thriller/comedy. 5 out of 4 stars! And they started the night off with the classic 1934 Disney short Two-Gun Mickey (also 35mm!!). What a great night at the movies!

by **lhb412** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:45 am

^One of my fav films! It made William Powell one of my all-time favorite actors.

Tarantula

It seems I unfairly lumped this film in with MST-riffed films like Begining of the End and Amazing Colossal Man. It's actually pretty good. Not as good as Them!, but still.

by **lhb412** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:56 pm

The Giant Claw

I've heard about this film all my life and seen footage of the bird numerous times, but when it finally appears on-screen... well, it doesn't dissapoint.

by **Destroysall** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:53 pm

by **Legion** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:13 pm

Bunch of random stuff...

Kung Fu Panda 2 - first movie I've seen in a theater this year
Batman - the original Tim Burton version. I'll take this over the Nolan films
Battle in Outer Space - a classic, regardless of what anyone says
Godzilla vs Hedora - another classic
A Goofy Movie - very nostalgic Disney flick from my childhood
Hercules - very underrated

Right now I'm watching Godzilla vs Gigan.

by **Hybrid Gojira** » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:26 pm

Super 8 - It's nothing special, but for a sci-fi movie I'm glad I saw it. There are some heart-felt moments..the kids are hilarious and the movie captures the mid-west feel it goes for.

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 11:01 am

by **Destroysall** » Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:32 pm

by **Legion** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:26 am

Today was audio commentary day. Sat through commentaries of three of my favorite movies: The Wizard of Oz, the '33 King Kong and Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster.

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