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Comment on One Day I Was Watching “One Day” … by ruth

ruth — Mon, 21 May 2012 22:16:07 +0000

I’ll see this for Jim Sturgess… oh and Romola Garai. Why can’t she be in the lead role?? She’s such an underrated actress.
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Comment on A Tale of Two Silents by iluvcinema

iluvcinema — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:35:48 +0000

Well your knowledge base is far superior on Metropolis than mine, so I will take your word for it.

I think my issue with the film has to do exactly with what you are describing so eloquently. In other words, all of the stories I have heard about ‘missing footage,’ scoring and this being a complete film, etc. really, I mean REALLY built up my own personal expectations for the film. In the end, I felt let down by my own hopes for the film. Not for nothing the scale of the film especially for the time is noteworthy in its own right.

My next silent is likely to be Murnau’s “Sunrise”.

Comment on A Tale of Two Silents by Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)

Sergio (Tipping My Fedora) — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:28:16 +0000

What a contrasting pair Iba! I’ve seen both several times at the cinema over the decades and, like most silent movies, they benefit enormously from the level of audience participation that the silent style engenders (and demands). CITY LIGHTS, made four years after THE JAZZ SINGER was a sort of valentine to the simplicity of movie pantomime and is a truly beguiling mixture of laughs and pathos. METROPOLIS is a strange mixture of biblical parable, gentle fantasy and hardcore science fiction – it is in many a truly incoherent work (I have a good friend who likes nothing better in times of stress to mime Freder’s mad attempts to keep time through vigorous arm gestures! It’s a peculiar melange and shouldn’t work though I think the restored version does largely make sense of the plot and on its own terms is a real masterpiece even if at various points it does seem to change from one kind of film into another. As a sort Expressionistic fantasy on the perils of mechanisation and modernity it is certainly hard to beat! I’ve always had a soft spot for the version scored by Giorgio Moroder, which is now available on DVD too.
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Comment on One Day I Was Watching “One Day” … by iluvcinema

iluvcinema — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:05:52 +0000

Good to hear Pete. If you are talking about about the scene I think you are talking about. It was a bit of a oh wow, but sadly mixed with a reactionary chuckle. No tears here either.

Comment on One Day I Was Watching “One Day” … by Pete

Pete — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:50:53 +0000

I read the book and it didn’t have the desired effect. Well actually I was shocked at a certina point (near the end) but it didn’t jerk the tears out. Still yet to see the film.
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Comment on Okay, I Kinda Lied … by Ja Dawson

Ja Dawson — Sun, 20 May 2012 02:18:06 +0000

Tick-tock…I am counting down to this flic. Hopefully, it’s a welcome return to sci-fi/horror genre…since most sci-fi blockbusters have been of the comic book reality (not that I am mad about that either).
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Comment on Okay, I Kinda Lied … by iluvcinema

iluvcinema — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:24:30 +0000

Good point Sati a little tweaking goes a long way.

Comment on Okay, I Kinda Lied … by sati

sati — Sat, 19 May 2012 11:43:16 +0000

I love the poster, though it needed a bit mroe work – Theron looks out of place here I wish they released more mysterious posters, like the first one.
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Comment on Weekend Movie Titles by iluvcinema

iluvcinema — Sat, 19 May 2012 03:24:14 +0000

you too ruth!

Comment on Weekend Movie Titles by ruth

ruth — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:59:07 +0000

Glad you finally see Avengers! Nothing interests me this week so it’ll be a lot of home cinema time. Enjoy your weekend Iba!
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