Seen Any Good Movies Lately?

I remember encountering that problem in the movie "Midway" (I'm pretty sure, or else "Tora, Tora, Tora"). Toshiro Mifune as ADM Yamamoto was giving a speech in his dress white uniform and the white subtitles just blended right in.

I suspect poor reading skills/semi-literacy is why a lot of people don't like subtitles. Myself, I want to hear that other language, but then I started college as a language geek. I got a lot out of seeing "Z" the first week it was out, since it was subtitled then, even though I was only in my first year of French at the time. And having seen "Das Boot" at least once before it was forever dubbed (I've never found it again in German). And having heard at least one line of Shakespeare in the original Klingon (... no, wait a minute ...).

When you see the movie subtitled and know at least something about the language, then you can catch what's really being said rather than only the translation. And you can hear the actor's own voice and voice quality. A lot of dubbed voices do not convey that same quality. For example, when I saw "Spiel's noch mal, Sam" ("Play it again, Sam") dubbed into German, they had given Woody Allen a deep masculine voice. His neurotic whining is part of his humor.
 
yes, MQ, little miss sunshine was cute and a good movie.I really, really, liked the memoirs of geisha movie.Anybody saw "Babel" movie ? Only opening this friday here in my home country. It has an age restriction of 16 and rated as LN (bad language,nudity) present in the movie. Anybody care to comment on this ?
 
I've seen lots of Matt Damon movies lately. :) Love that guy.

So:
Good Will Hunting - re-seen it like the 5th time - mmm... yummy.
The Talented Mr. Ripley - I am truly in love with this movie!
The Bourne Identity - nice and relaxing (have seen it before, but still like it)
The Bourne Supremacy - nice as well
Ocean's 12 - boring, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon kept me there (they both are attractive...).
The Good Shepherd - enjoyed it immensely
The Departed - liked it

Also, I've seen:
Babel - dissapointing
Apocalypto - could not finish watching it, qualifies as one of the most boring movies for me

I wanna see Stomp the Yard. Seems to have some nice dancing.
 
Best recent films (not in any particular order):

1. Art School Confidential. Kind of like LA Confidential in art school. Nice little satire.

2. Casino Royale. The *best* Bond film since Thunderball, and the second best of all time (after From Russia With Love).

3. The Good Shepherd. Just a really good spy film. Matt Damon has found his niche, and is exploiting it.

4. Children of Men. Very compelling. Michael Caine is the new cool old guy.

5. Brick. Very very cool neo-Noir film in a high school setting.

6. Notes on a Scandal. Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. Oh my God. Oh. My. God. P.S. Cate I love you, I want to have your baby.
 
alemana said:
NOTES was astounding.
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Seriously. I normally need at least a strong male lead to really interest me in a film. However good the actress, I want to see an actor carry it. In this case, I was wondering if the two of them could keep my attention. Holy cow, did they ever. Judi Dench is the Goddess not only of stage but now of screen. What an incredible presence.
 
Genesius Redux said:
Seriously. I normally need at least a strong male lead to really interest me in a film. However good the actress, I want to see an actor carry it. In this case, I was wondering if the two of them could keep my attention. Holy cow, did they ever. Judi Dench is the Goddess not only of stage but now of screen. What an incredible presence.
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huh. will take that under advisement. i so want to see a good film. have been wondering if they still make them...:rolleyes:
 
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