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Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Archie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:41:27 +0000

Real shocker for me first time I saw it. Not suitable under a certain age in my opinion. I like watching this from time to time just to get a “slap” and reset the way I regard some of the things around me. The actors didn’t have to try very hard, but the director did a smashing job. The story features 2 different types of drug addicts: the legal and the illegal ones, and puts them in parallel showing us, using sometimes explicit images, where you might end up in search of your fix. Also you might recognize some of the soundtrack.

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The Beach (2000)

Archie — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:08:17 +0000

It is probably one of the few well-known movies that hasn’t win any big award. It’s “The Beach” with Leonardo DiCaprio and it’s one of the actor’s biggest roles. Some people say that paradise has it’s price and in his way for finding the paradise island Richard meets a couple convincing them to travel with him. When he arrives on the island Richards finds out he must never speak about it or show the map. It is not a movie that will entertain you but it is a film that work for relaxing techniques.

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Into the Wild (2007)

Archie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:48:15 +0000

Touching movie, wherever or whoever you are. Based on a true story, this movie is set for drawing attention. Some suburban american kid realizes we don’t actually need half of the things we own or use, and that the simple life, in raw nature, can sometimes be much more rewarding than the hassle and bustle of life in the city and the 21st century. I tend to agree with him, however the end becomes way to predictable beyond a certain point in the movie. Nevertheless the scenery is breathtaking and I would definitely watch this again.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Archie — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:34:37 +0000

I’m a fan of Brad Pitt just like most of us out there. But this just did not do it for me. It’s kinda predictable and you see where things are going. No strong scenes. I would recommend this to those of you who like soft sentimental movies. Benjamin’s condition is so out there, and the reaction of people to his illness is not the expected one. It’s OK once but that’s it. I really don’t get what’s all the fuss about except the performance of the actors.

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Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

Archie — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:06:46 +0000

I definitely regard this as one of my favorite classics. Huge cast featuring, among others, Al Pacino and Kevin Spacey. The story, is about one episode in the professional life of a group of sales men, each struggling to reach their own targets. Don’t expect visual or sound effects because there are non whatsoever. Watch it as you would watch a theater play and try to put yourself in each of the characters shoes. Anyway, it’s a classic so make sure you treat it that way.

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Casino (1995)

christopher — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:21:14 +0000

Casino is the type of movie that you know you will enjoy just by looking at the actors. But then, later when you are actually seeing it, you realize that all this fuss about it actually makes sense. It simply has everything: casinos (obviously), mobsters, de Niro, money, sex, violence, drama, revenge, emotion and a damn good story. On my “go and see list”! Oh and as a piece of advice: watch it with friends – it increases the fun. That’s it! I’m done.

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Trainspotting (1996)

Archie — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:58:09 +0000

Most of my favorite movies are either based on a true story, either the screening of a book. Trainspotting is in the second category. The movie features a group of young Scottish lads, fighting in one of life’s biggest traps: heroin. Some of them attempt to quit the habit, but it turns out to be difficult and with impact on the people close to them. I would recommend this movie for those who want to have a mouthful of some realities which most of us are ignorant towards. Anyway besides the movie I recommend the soundtrack and the book too.

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Ray (2004)

Nicholas — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:10:23 +0000

Ray Robinson Charles was one of the greatest artists of the world and Jamie Foxx received an Oscar Award for his performing role in the biographic movie about him. The movie was released in the year the star died of cancer. He was 78 years old. The story of the blind piano singer will probably never die because of Taylor Hackford, the director who inserted the memories in a good motion picture. It’s about money, success, life, music and color. Recommended to old music lovers.

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Freedom Writers (2007)

Deea — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:44:45 +0000

The plot of this movie is about a teacher and her first teaching experience. She gets a class with violent kids, kids that have the lowest grades; however she gets stubborn to teach them and to change them. The main actress is Hilary Swank. Before this movie, I never liked her, I thought she is too masculine but in this movie she impresses me with her delicacy and her determination. “Everybody is a hero. We are all ordinary people but every ordinary people can within their own ways turn on a small light in a dark room.”

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I am Legend (2007)

Deea — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:06:33 +0000

I’m not a Will Smith fan. In fact I always thought of him as a stupid prince of Bel Air, but as time passes by he gets a better actor. In this movie he is a scientist who could not stop the spreading of a deadly virus. Along with his best friend Sam, a wolf dog, he tries to find a cure and save humanity. Few times I jumped off the couch because of some hideous characters so you could say that this movie is a thriller as much as it is a drama. Some of the scenes seem impossible to shoot and BTW the ending has an alternative.

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