dreaMaker wrote:The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)
2.5/10
Well, that was very lousy, even if not compared to the Peter Jackson's trilogy.
To be fair, a lot of people were introduced to Lord of the Rings through Bakshi's film before Jackson's trilogy was released. There are a few intriguing scenes still, especially with the odd mix of traditional animation, rotoscoping, and silhouettes.
The Beales of Grey Gardens (Albert Maysles/David Maysles) - 7/10
I picked this up thinking it was the original 1975 documentary. I didn't know it was actually a sequel of sorts. But still, I enjoyed it enough to want to see the original.
Winterbottom is one of the most interesting English directors working today. Every film is a completely different journey. Unfortunately this one, beautifully filmed, leads to a dead-end.
Kit Kittredge An American Girl (2008) Patricia Rozema 7/10
Charming film and nothing like anything the Rozema has directed before. I was surprised to learn that the film's budget was only 10 million dollars. Gorgeous production design, costumes and photography with delicious acting by all and some clever story telling. It's a shame that this film appears to have been barely screened outside of the U.S.
Blind Loves (2008) Juraj Lehotsky 4/10
Wonderful Town (2007) Aditya Assarat 4/10
"I want cement covering every blade of grass in this nation! Don't we taxpayers have a voice anymore?" Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) in John Waters' Desperate Living (1977)
5/10 beautiful cinematography inserted in a boring documentary narrated in off (The spanish version has Salma Hayek´s voice: help!!!!) with no innovative elements regarding the environmental subject.
dreaMaker wrote:The Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)
2.5/10
Well, that was very lousy, even if not compared to the Peter Jackson's trilogy.
To be fair, a lot of people were introduced to Lord of the Rings through Bakshi's film before Jackson's trilogy was released. There are a few intriguing scenes still, especially with the odd mix of traditional animation, rotoscoping, and silhouettes.
"It's the least most of us can do, but less of us will do more."
OscarGuy wrote:drea...did you watch the correctly-subtitled version or the horrible-bad subtitled version. We had a discussion of this some time ago and as Magila can attest it really does make a difference in the appreciation of the work.
oh, i ve seen the very well translated version. And i love such movies! But this one i didn t like
Your attesting would be applied to what you have seen of the mis-translation and the original translation and how much better the correct translation would have been...at least in what you saw.
Wesley Lovell
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
drea...did you watch the correctly-subtitled version or the horrible-bad subtitled version. We had a discussion of this some time ago and as Magila can attest it really does make a difference in the appreciation of the work.
Wesley Lovell
"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." - Benjamin Franklin
Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) between 7.5 and 8/10
--The second time I saw this film, and I liked it more this time. Still, I don't think that the film is quite as good as its reputation. I just think that there are too many weak scenes in it that don't work, especially during the second half.
Choke (Clark Gregg, 2008) 5/10
--For whatever reason I expected this film to be a bit better than this
Gion bayashi (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1953) between 9.5 and 10/10
Meet John Doe (Frank Capra, 1941) 6/10
Cléo from 5 to 7 (Agnès Varda, 1962) between 7.5 and 8/10
