if anyone coudl suggest a few more films I should check out, that'd be helpful as I'm nearly through my DVD stack anyway. Here's what I currently have :

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=1&id=nitin

Here's what I'm getting in the near future :

http://www.dvdaficionado.com/dvds.html?cat=2&id=nitin 

Requiem for a Dream 

Waking Life. Although it may be found to be pretentious.

Also, Underworld is rather poor IMO. Visuals are nice, though, if I recall correctly. 

IS rather poor. 

leviathan,

yeah I've actually been meaning to rder that, keep on forgetting.

RPG,

I've seen it and liked it, it was too cool to let the semi-pretentiousness get in the way. but it made me very dizzy on the two occasions I saw it so that's why I never bought it.

As for Underworld, I'm getting it mainly for my siter and the visuals. If it's compelte crap, I plan to resell anyway.

Any othe suggested titles? 

I have seen three other movies with Audrey Tatou and, while they're not as good as Amelie, they are still good if you are as in love with her as I am.

Happenstance - Best of the three.

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not - Decent movie until the twist, when it gets better.

L'auberge Espagnole - Cheesy, but it's French so it doesn't bother me as much. This one is probably worth passing up.

Also, State and Main is a good movie. Funny, it's about Hollywood taking over a small town to shoot a movie there. The characters are all just really good, and Philip Seymour Hoffman always picks good movies. 

Requiem for a Dream - Visually interesting, spoilt for me by deeply unappealing characters (and Ms. Connelly doesn't get her baps out), but lots of other people seem to like it.

Memento - Definitely see at least once, certainly the most original film I've seen in years.

Twins Effect - Usual oriental sword nonsense, great fights spoilt by dull comedy.

FLCL - Possibly the best thing ever, only spoilt by the fact that it's not a movie. 

thanks for those but I dont really like Amelie as much as a lot of other people. I thought it was above average with some cool visuals and music which is why I have it.

State & Main, I'll try to check out. 

saw it a coouple of nights ago and it's very very good. Initially it feels a bit gimmicky with the structure but the more you get into it, the more you appreciate the skilful storytelling rather than noticing the gimmick.

And the acting is very very good, made it a bit hard to watch in some scenes personally. Only thing I didnt like was the end monologue but it doesnt detract from the rest of the film.

Oh, and Ms Watts seems to have a thing for explicit sex scenes. 

Go see Big Fish if you can. 

The premise certainly looks good, but I was curious whether or not Burton seems to be trying too hard to be weird. Not that a great movie can't have its flaws, like Ed Wood, wow. For an entire week I couldn't stop myself from in the same manner as Johny Depp doing Ed Wood. My closest association to a movie -- there was a breif period of time when I was but a wee lad <que the magical awe inspiring transitional music>, and the movie Blue Velvet was being filmed near by in which the 'ear' prop you see at the beginning was in my possession for safe keeping. I got to know some of the people who worked on the set. It was very realistic in feel but it had a nasty latex smell to it. 

'from <insert verb> in the same manner '

<cross-dressing>? No.
<talking> yep that is what I meant 

depp and landau provide two of the best comical performances ever in that film. 

Big Fish is not a weird movie. Yes, there are a few fantastical elements (how can you have a tall tale without fantasy?), and a few sets that are reminiscent of more typical Burton fare, but over all the movie is a story about a man coming to terms with his dad's quirks. 

I'm putting it on my schedule for next week end. 

atmosphere and comedy make that movie an incredible experience 

was good.

me likey very much. 

WTF?? This is all a big spoof right??

ALL bond films are spoofs since the very first one. Most cynical moviemakers dislike portraying such competent characters, however the joke was too subtle and moviegoers took it seriously and loved it like a glass of fresh water in the middle of a desert.

Just saw Open Range, decent western with some great moments, if a little long and sappy at points. Nice bonus documentary on the DVD also. 

look at the Bond names, 'Pussy Galore'. Come on! Ian Fleming was a satirical genuis (of whom the Cold War era politicians took seriously). Both Alexander Cockburn and the late Anthony Burgess have written excellent commentaries on Flemings literary and social influence. 

just got through this last night and I didnt like it, but I could see why a lot of people do. I found the visuals ranging from average to above-average but again could see why some people adore this film's visuals so much. The humor's ok, de niro was the funniest, but it's not particularly my style. And the plot was way too pretentiously obscure given what it was.

Also saw Carlito's Way - not bad, cool climax, pretty standard crime-gangster film.

Watched Notorious last week as well. Pretty good, some great moments and reasonably tight plot.

Hoping to see Big Fish on the weekend, I love Tim Burton's visual style, even the non-dark stuff (ala pastel colore houses in Edward scissorhands). 

Posters for The Cat in the Hat have just gone up all over my local multiplex... 

Underworld does indeed suck. A lot. And there's going to be a sequel. Why?? 

I haven't really paid attention to who is backing the movie as the trailers never interested me, but the backstory usually goes like this. Movie was profitable, though a critical flop. Producer would prefer to put money in a new and riskier idea and see where it takes the studio, but being in the middle of a second divorce he can't afford to do that AND keep his first rate coke habit. Thumbs up on the tried and true. 

just bought myself two seasons of this very very funny show.

Ricky Gervais is an absolute genius. 

Anyone seen this? I saw a preview recently and it looked like it might be pretty good. Some comments online weren't too favorable, though. Just curious if you lot had any opinion of it.