mercredi 30 mars 2011
#195: Forrest Gump , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Comedy/Comedie Annee/Year: 1994 Format: DVD Forrest Gump. Finally convinced my son to watch that great movie with me. It took a lot of effort but it will certainly live with him for a while. A classic movie from director Robert Zemeckis (Beowulf, Polar express, Cast away, Back to the future 1-3, Contact, Romancing the stone,...) a veteran to excellent movies. Zemeckis cast one of his fetish actor: Tom Hanks in the lead role of Forrest. This was really one of hte turn about movies for Hanks (with Philadelphia) as before that he was truly seen as a light comedy ho-hum actor. But after Forrest Gump his career was shot forward with great roles and as a great producer especially. Support roles were cast to Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field who play excellent along Hanks. Gump is a slightly reatarded kid with a great sense of ethics which he was taught by his mother. We follow Forrest through his adventures in the '60s and '70s as he manages to go through college (being good at football), joins the army and the vietnam war (gets a medal of honor and his ass shot), becomes an armys supported ping pong star (visits China with Nixon) and starts a shrimp fishing company which makes him a millionnaire. The great message carried through the movie is that even a good willed person without much going for him can succeed in life. All through the movie he runs after his great friend who has the looks and the brains but waste's it all away on fleeting loves and '60's fun and drugs. She ends her life a very sad person counting on Forrest to take care of her son. A classic movie, which has not aged one bit since the last 15 years and which carries a strong message which will always ring true. Run Forrest RUN! Forrest Gump. J'ai finalement réussi à faire écouter ce film avec fiston. Il ne voulait vraiment pas voir ce film mais après plusieurs mois d`insistance il a plié et il garderas ces images avec lui pour longtemps. Robert Zemeckis est le réalisateur de classique (Beowulf, Polar express, Cast away, Back to the future 1-3, Contact, Romancing the stone,...) et il n`est pas étranger au succès. Il as donné le rôle principal de Forrest Gump à son collaborateur de longue date: Tom Hanks qui y joue un rôle magnifique. Il est fortement supporté par une équipe du tonerre: Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. Forrest Gump est l`histoire dùn garcon un peu simplet qui à plusieurs aventures a travers les années `60 et `70. Malgré son QI limité il arrive à joindre l`université grace a ses forces de coureur qui le fait joindre l`équipe de football universitaire. Après sa graduation, il se joint à l`armée et se rend au Vietnam où il revient avec une médaille d`honneur. Puis il se joint à l`équipe de ping pong de l`armée ou il est parmis les premiers occidentaux a se rendre en Chine au coté de Nixon. Il s`achète ensuite un bateau de pêche a la creavette en Louisianne juste après une tornade qui à ravagée la région et il y fait fortune. Ce film nous montre que même un être limité comme Forrest peut arriver dans la vie avec un peu de chance et en écoutant les principes éthique que sa mère lui a inculqué. par contraste Forrest courre après sa jolie copine tout au long de sa vie. Celle-ci est belle et intelligente mais ne réussi pas à trouver le bonheur de par les mauvais choix qu`elle fait tout au long de sa vie. Un film qui devient rapidement un classique et qui n`a pas vieilli depuis les 17 dernières années. Court Forrest, Court! Great quotes: Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." ... [when the bullies from school were chasing him] Jenny Curran: Run, Forrest! Run! ... Coach Bryant: That kid may be the stupidest son of a bitch I've ever seen, but he sure is fast! ... Forrest Gump: Mama always said, dying was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn't. ... Lieutenant Daniel Taylor: Have you found Jesus yet, Gump? Forrest Gump: I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir. ... Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it. ... [Forrest Gump referring to Apple Computer] Forrest Gump: Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing. ... Forrest Gump: [running] I had run for 3 years, 2 months, 14 days, and 16 hours. [he stops and turns around] Young Man Running: Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something! Forrest Gump: [pause] I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now. ... Forrest Gump: Will you marry me? [Jenny turns and looks at him] Forrest Gump: I'd make a good husband, Jenny. Jenny Curran: You would, Forrest. Forrest Gump: ...But you won't marry me. Jenny Curran: [sadly] ... You don't wanna marry me. Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny? [Jenny says nothing] Forrest Gump: I'm not a smart man... but I know what love is. ... Jenny Curran: His name's Forrest. Forrest Gump: Like me. Jenny Curran: I named him after his daddy. Forrest Gump: He got a daddy named Forrest, too? Jenny Curran: You're his daddy, Forrest. Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/maindetails Rating perso: 8.5/10
dimanche 27 mars 2011
#194: The town , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Drama/Drame Annee/Year: 2010 Format: Blu Ray The Town. A movie with Ben Affleck as director and main actor. Some doubts already? Well let's see where he takes us. Ben recounts the story of the folks from Charlestown a suburb of Boston where many people lead rough lives and often turn to robbery from father to son. The movie depicts the relation between the different folks from that town. Those taking advantage of others, those ahppy being there and those thinking of leaving it all behind and moving to a new life. Ben's character, Doug Macray, is in this last category and finds out the hard way that wanting to leave is not as easy as doing so. He falls in love with a girl named Claire , played by Rebecca hall, who was a victim in the latest bank heist his team performed, which makes the story even more complex and interesting. Other actors to mention are Pete Postlethwaite who died recently and Jeremy Renner as Doug's best friend(The hurt locker) and Chris Cooper one of my preferate actors. A solid movie with good acting and a good story with enough action to keep you interested all the way through. This movie is a third of the way between a social study, a love story and an action movie. There is something for everyone and it plays at many level. Good work ben! The Town. Un film réalisé par Ben Affleck et dont il est l`acteur principal. PAs sûr vous dîtes? Et bien voyons. Le film est solide et comporte une histoire bien intéressante d`un quartier mal fâmé de Boston ou les gens sont souvent des bandits et surtout des voleurs de banque de génération en générations. le film focus sur les relations entre les personnes y vivant et en ce sens presque une étude sociologique. Le fil est aussi un film d`amour avec notre acteur principal Doug Macray qui tombe en amour avec une fille nommée Claire (Rebecca hall) qui était une caissière impliquée dans leur dernier vol de banque. Situation complexe et intéressante. Mais ce n`est pas tout... ce film est surtout un bon film d`action avec plusieurs scènes a haute adrénaline comme le vol de banque du début et celui ou ils volent la caisse du stade des Red Sox après la joute. Tension, morts et poursuite automobile sont au rendez vous. Le film est un savant mélange bien dosé et qui plaira a plusieurs. À noter: une des dernièrs rôles de Pete Postlethwaite décédé l`an dernier; il rendait toujours un super jeu au gars tough. Aussi excellentes performances de Jeremy Renner (Hurt locker) et d`un de mes acteurs préférés Chirs Cooper dans le rôle du père incacéré de Doug. Bon travail Ben! Great quotes: Doug MacRay: I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people. James Coughlin: ...Whose car we takin'? ... Fergus 'Fergie' Colm: You're going to do this for me, or I'm going to clip your nuts, like I clipped your daddy's. Doug MacRay: Don't talk about my father. Fergus 'Fergie' Colm: Son, I knew your daddy. He worked for me for years. Years. Then he wanted his own thing. You play the horses? You know they either geld the horse with a knife or with chemicals. When your Daddy said no to me, I did him the chemical way. Gave your mother a taste. Got the hook into her. Ahh, she doped up good and proper. Hung herself with a wire, on Melnea Cass. And you, running around the neighborhood looking for her. Your daddy didn't have the heart to tell his son that he was looking for a suicide doper who was never coming home. If there's a Heaven son, she ain't in it. ... James Coughlin: You grew up right here! Same rules that I did. ... James Coughlin: If we get jammed up, we're holding court on the street. ... Doug MacRay: We're fucked if we see a helicopter, we're fucked if we see SWAT. We see a cruiser, stop, take out the engine blocks, keep movin'. No one needs to get hurt. James Coughlin: Yeah, these guards like to test you, though. They wanna get hurt for ten dollars an hour, don't get in the way. ... Doug MacRay: No matter how much you change, you still have to pay the price for the things you've done. So I got a long road. But I know I'll see you again - this side or the other. ... Doug MacRay: Not the way I planned it, but for the first time in my life, I'm leaving this city. Maybe if I go, I can stop looking. Link: http://thetownmovie.warnerbros.com/dvd/ Rating perso: 7.5/10
samedi 26 mars 2011
#193: Mission: Impossible : III , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Action
Annee/Year: 2006
Format: Blu Ray
Mission : Impossible : III. The third installment of the franchise was directed by the now famous J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, Super 8). What a good choice that was. Abrams has a great judgement on many aspects of creating a good movie. Her ethe result is excellent. Casting a gain a Star crew: Tom Cruise in the lead role, supported by Ving Rhames, Michele Monaghan, Billy Crudup (bad IMF boss) and Laurence Fishburne (good IMF boss) and Simon Pegg as the Q role. Abrams cast Philip Seymour Hoffman as one of the best bad guys, Davian, i have ever seen in action. Loved is play here.
The movie starts in Berlin whre the baddie, Davian, is holding an IMF agent which he has killed without mercy. This fires up Ethan Hunt to take him down. But Davian as an ace up his sleeve, he associated to a mole in the IMF managment team. Although Hunt abducts him from the vatican, they loose him in a beatiful scene on the Chesapeake bay bridge where the convoy is attacked by drone and chopper by a major force. This is one of the best action scenes ever shot. And Davian escapes.
Davian abducts in turn Hunt's new wife who is not even aware he is an IMF agent. In return for his love, Hunt has to deliver the "rabbit's foot" a piece of Intel with high value. Hunt orchestrates a hesit in Shanghai high rise to recuperate the rabbit's foot. The end is in true action movie profile.
For me this is the best movie of the franchise with the best action scene (without being over the top) and the best bad guy seen in recent action movie history. You will love this one , dont miss it.
Mission : Impossible : III. Le meilleur est souvent pour la fin et c'est le cas ici. MI3 est le meilleur film de cette franchise. Le réalisateu JJ Abrams a été choisit pour ce film et c`était vraiment le bon choix(Lost, Star Trek, Super 8). Intenses scènes d`actions mais sans être trop exaggérées Abrams a réunis une distribution du tonerre: Tom Cruise, supporté par Ving Rhames, Michele Monaghan, Billy Crudup (méchant boss IMF boss) and Laurence Fishburne (bon boss IMF) et Simon Pegg comme Q. Abrams à untilisé Philip Seymour Hoffman dans le rôle du méchant Davian et c`est vraiment réussi: certainement le meilleur méchant mis sur pellicule à mon avis.
le film nous emmene à Berlin ou Davian tue une agente du IMF proche de Hunt. Erreur... Hunt déecide d`enlever Davian afin de le faire parler. Pour ce faire ils organisent une mission extraodinaire au milieu du Vatican où ils enlevent Davian a bord d`une Lamborghini...
En ramenant Davian au bureau chef ils se font attaquer par une force aérienne (drônes et hélicoptères) sur le pont de la baie de Chesapeake. Une scène a vous couper le souffle et définitivement une des mes scènes d`action préférée. Ceci nous révèle que Davian a cependant un associé dans le dirigeant du IMF. Davian procède immédiatement à enlever la nouvelle femme de Hunt qui n`est même pas au courant qu`il est un agent IMF... En échange Hunt doit voler a Shanghai au sommet des tours de bureaux un objet de valeur sur le marché international nommé la patte de lapin. Le film se termine dans un duel HuntéDavian a couper le souffle littérallement. Un bon film dàction dur a battre que vous ne regretterez pas. À voir.
Great quotes:
Owen Davian: Who are you? What's you're name? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Because if you do, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name. And then I'm gonna find you,and kill you right in front of her.
...
Ethan Hunt: Blow the car.
Zhen: Oh, its such a nice car.
Ethan Hunt: And yet, do it.
...
Ethan Hunt: I have the Rabbit's Foot, but I can't make it to the roof!
Declan: What the hell d'you mean you can't make it to the roof - where are you?
Ethan Hunt: Look up! Look up! Look up!
...
Luther Stickell: That look in your eyes is pain in my ass, you know that, right?
...
Ethan Hunt: I'm part of an agency... called the IMF.
Julia: What's that stand for?
Ethan Hunt: Impossible Mission Force.
Julia: [chuckles] Shut up.
...
Brassel: I don't care if your daddy plays golf with the President. This is Intelligence. So far, I haven't seen any.
...
[when asked if he knew what the "Rabbit's Foot" was]
Benji Dunn: It's interesting - I used to have this professor at Oxford, okay? Doctor Wickham, his name was and he was, like, this massive fat guy, you know? Huge, big guy. We used to call him - you know, well, I won't tell you what we used to call him, but he taught biomolecular kinetics and cellular dynamics. And he used to sort of scare the underclassmen with this story about how the world would eventually be eviscerated by technology. You see, it was inevitable that a compound would be created which he referred to as the 'Anti-God'. It was like an accelerated mutator or sort of, you know, like a, an unstoppable force of destructive power, that would just lay waste to everything - to buildings and parks and streets and children and ice cream parlors, you know? So whenever I see, like, a rogue organization willing to spend this amount of money on a mystery tech, I always assume... it's the Anti-God. End-of-the-world kinda stuff, you know... But no, I don't have any idea what it is. I was just speculating.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 2006
Format: Blu Ray
Mission : Impossible : III. The third installment of the franchise was directed by the now famous J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, Super 8). What a good choice that was. Abrams has a great judgement on many aspects of creating a good movie. Her ethe result is excellent. Casting a gain a Star crew: Tom Cruise in the lead role, supported by Ving Rhames, Michele Monaghan, Billy Crudup (bad IMF boss) and Laurence Fishburne (good IMF boss) and Simon Pegg as the Q role. Abrams cast Philip Seymour Hoffman as one of the best bad guys, Davian, i have ever seen in action. Loved is play here.
The movie starts in Berlin whre the baddie, Davian, is holding an IMF agent which he has killed without mercy. This fires up Ethan Hunt to take him down. But Davian as an ace up his sleeve, he associated to a mole in the IMF managment team. Although Hunt abducts him from the vatican, they loose him in a beatiful scene on the Chesapeake bay bridge where the convoy is attacked by drone and chopper by a major force. This is one of the best action scenes ever shot. And Davian escapes.
Davian abducts in turn Hunt's new wife who is not even aware he is an IMF agent. In return for his love, Hunt has to deliver the "rabbit's foot" a piece of Intel with high value. Hunt orchestrates a hesit in Shanghai high rise to recuperate the rabbit's foot. The end is in true action movie profile.
For me this is the best movie of the franchise with the best action scene (without being over the top) and the best bad guy seen in recent action movie history. You will love this one , dont miss it.
Mission : Impossible : III. Le meilleur est souvent pour la fin et c'est le cas ici. MI3 est le meilleur film de cette franchise. Le réalisateu JJ Abrams a été choisit pour ce film et c`était vraiment le bon choix(Lost, Star Trek, Super 8). Intenses scènes d`actions mais sans être trop exaggérées Abrams a réunis une distribution du tonerre: Tom Cruise, supporté par Ving Rhames, Michele Monaghan, Billy Crudup (méchant boss IMF boss) and Laurence Fishburne (bon boss IMF) et Simon Pegg comme Q. Abrams à untilisé Philip Seymour Hoffman dans le rôle du méchant Davian et c`est vraiment réussi: certainement le meilleur méchant mis sur pellicule à mon avis.
le film nous emmene à Berlin ou Davian tue une agente du IMF proche de Hunt. Erreur... Hunt déecide d`enlever Davian afin de le faire parler. Pour ce faire ils organisent une mission extraodinaire au milieu du Vatican où ils enlevent Davian a bord d`une Lamborghini...
En ramenant Davian au bureau chef ils se font attaquer par une force aérienne (drônes et hélicoptères) sur le pont de la baie de Chesapeake. Une scène a vous couper le souffle et définitivement une des mes scènes d`action préférée. Ceci nous révèle que Davian a cependant un associé dans le dirigeant du IMF. Davian procède immédiatement à enlever la nouvelle femme de Hunt qui n`est même pas au courant qu`il est un agent IMF... En échange Hunt doit voler a Shanghai au sommet des tours de bureaux un objet de valeur sur le marché international nommé la patte de lapin. Le film se termine dans un duel HuntéDavian a couper le souffle littérallement. Un bon film dàction dur a battre que vous ne regretterez pas. À voir.
Great quotes:
Owen Davian: Who are you? What's you're name? Do you have a wife? A girlfriend? Because if you do, I'm gonna find her. I'm gonna hurt her. I'm gonna make her bleed, and cry, and call out your name. And then I'm gonna find you,and kill you right in front of her.
...
Ethan Hunt: Blow the car.
Zhen: Oh, its such a nice car.
Ethan Hunt: And yet, do it.
...
Ethan Hunt: I have the Rabbit's Foot, but I can't make it to the roof!
Declan: What the hell d'you mean you can't make it to the roof - where are you?
Ethan Hunt: Look up! Look up! Look up!
...
Luther Stickell: That look in your eyes is pain in my ass, you know that, right?
...
Ethan Hunt: I'm part of an agency... called the IMF.
Julia: What's that stand for?
Ethan Hunt: Impossible Mission Force.
Julia: [chuckles] Shut up.
...
Brassel: I don't care if your daddy plays golf with the President. This is Intelligence. So far, I haven't seen any.
...
[when asked if he knew what the "Rabbit's Foot" was]
Benji Dunn: It's interesting - I used to have this professor at Oxford, okay? Doctor Wickham, his name was and he was, like, this massive fat guy, you know? Huge, big guy. We used to call him - you know, well, I won't tell you what we used to call him, but he taught biomolecular kinetics and cellular dynamics. And he used to sort of scare the underclassmen with this story about how the world would eventually be eviscerated by technology. You see, it was inevitable that a compound would be created which he referred to as the 'Anti-God'. It was like an accelerated mutator or sort of, you know, like a, an unstoppable force of destructive power, that would just lay waste to everything - to buildings and parks and streets and children and ice cream parlors, you know? So whenever I see, like, a rogue organization willing to spend this amount of money on a mystery tech, I always assume... it's the Anti-God. End-of-the-world kinda stuff, you know... But no, I don't have any idea what it is. I was just speculating.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
#192: Mission: impossible II , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Action
Annee/Year: 2000
Format: Blu Ray
Mission: Impossible II. For the the second installment of the franchise the producers needed to step it up a bit to keep the interest. They therefore hired director John Woo a Honk Kong Native who always brings us a major action content even if often over the top (Broken arrow, Face off, Red cliff, Paycheck and many chinese movies). John often oversteps the line of the believable but often in the good interest of giving a great show. This is again the case.
A heavy cast is used again with Tom Cruise in the main role of Ethan Hunt, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames and the beautiful Thandie newton in support roles. The baddie is well played by Richard Roxburg. This is the story of the top spy team for IMF returning on active duty to save the world from a deadly virus called Chimeara. Fortunately the antidote exists in Bellerophon but the bad guys differ on opinion on how to make use of the two.... Again an intense batlle starting in Sydney. By the way the bad guys i a again an IMF agent gone bad. These guys really have to start picking their staff better... The movie takes us from a texas Mountain ot downtown Sydney and it's sourrounding area. The plot uses the girl Hunt has associated with to get information from the other agent gone rogue. Plans which obviously turns bad for the chick. The end is a major motrocycle chase and duel in which the bad guy finally gets killed. And hunt achieves his mission to save the girl and the worls at the same time. Again a very entertaining movie which will entertain your senses 100%.
Mission: impossible II. Pour le second film de la franchise les producteurs avaient besoin de plus de punch Ils ont alors engagé le réalisateur John Woo. Woo est un réalisateur d`origine de Hong Kong qui faite de bon films d`action (Broken arrow, Face off, Red cliff, Paycheck and plusieurs autres films anglais et chinois) qui sont souvent du côté dangeureux de la crédibilité. En plein ce les producteurs voulaient pour garder le souffle sur la franchise. Tom Cruise joue encore dans le rôle principal de Ethan Hunt avec Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames et la jolie Thandie Newton dans les roles de support. Le mauvais garçon est joué par Richard Roxburg un agent de la IMF qui décide de se joindre au côté sombre de la force. Encore un transfuge...ils devraient commençer à mieux choisir leurs employés à la IMF. Roxburg vole un virus extrêmement dangeureux qui est
accompagné dùn antidote qui pourrait se vendre à grand prix si le virus était mis en liberté...
Heureusement pour nous Ethan Hunt est là et il assemble une nouvelle équipe pour reprendre le virus; dont la belle jeune fille qui est l`ex copine du méchant. Bien entendu cela torune mal pour la jolie et Hunt devras retrouver le vaccin en qqes heures pour la sauver elle ainsi que le monde.
Encore une fois beuacoup d`action, souvent `over the top` (comme le duel en moto); mais pas de scènes aussi mémorables que dans le premier MI. Encore une fois un bon film pour vous amuser et une bonne soirée pop-corn.
Great quotes:
Mission Commander Swanbeck: Mr. Hunt, this isn't mission difficult, it's mission impossible. "Difficult" should be a walk in the park for you.
...
Dr. Nekhorvich: Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain.
...
Mission Commander Swanbeck: Good morning, Mr. Hunt. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves the recovery of a stolen item designated "Chimera." You may select any two team members, but it is essential that the third member of your team be Nyah Nordoff-Hall. She is a civilian, and a highly capable professional thief. You have forty-eight hours to recruit Miss Hall and meet me in Seville to receive your assignment. As always, should any member of your team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions. And Mr. Hunt, the next time you go on holiday, please be good enough to let us know where you're going. This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
Ethan Hunt: If I let you know where I'm going, I won't be on holiday.
...
Ethan Hunt: We've got 19 hours and 57 minutes. I'll get Bellerophon into your system by then. Just stay alive. I'm not going to lose you.
...
Billy Baird: You OK, mate?
Luther Stickell: That punk put a hole in my Versace.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 6.5/10
Annee/Year: 2000
Format: Blu Ray
Mission: Impossible II. For the the second installment of the franchise the producers needed to step it up a bit to keep the interest. They therefore hired director John Woo a Honk Kong Native who always brings us a major action content even if often over the top (Broken arrow, Face off, Red cliff, Paycheck and many chinese movies). John often oversteps the line of the believable but often in the good interest of giving a great show. This is again the case.
A heavy cast is used again with Tom Cruise in the main role of Ethan Hunt, Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames and the beautiful Thandie newton in support roles. The baddie is well played by Richard Roxburg. This is the story of the top spy team for IMF returning on active duty to save the world from a deadly virus called Chimeara. Fortunately the antidote exists in Bellerophon but the bad guys differ on opinion on how to make use of the two.... Again an intense batlle starting in Sydney. By the way the bad guys i a again an IMF agent gone bad. These guys really have to start picking their staff better... The movie takes us from a texas Mountain ot downtown Sydney and it's sourrounding area. The plot uses the girl Hunt has associated with to get information from the other agent gone rogue. Plans which obviously turns bad for the chick. The end is a major motrocycle chase and duel in which the bad guy finally gets killed. And hunt achieves his mission to save the girl and the worls at the same time. Again a very entertaining movie which will entertain your senses 100%.
Mission: impossible II. Pour le second film de la franchise les producteurs avaient besoin de plus de punch Ils ont alors engagé le réalisateur John Woo. Woo est un réalisateur d`origine de Hong Kong qui faite de bon films d`action (Broken arrow, Face off, Red cliff, Paycheck and plusieurs autres films anglais et chinois) qui sont souvent du côté dangeureux de la crédibilité. En plein ce les producteurs voulaient pour garder le souffle sur la franchise. Tom Cruise joue encore dans le rôle principal de Ethan Hunt avec Dougray Scott, Ving Rhames et la jolie Thandie Newton dans les roles de support. Le mauvais garçon est joué par Richard Roxburg un agent de la IMF qui décide de se joindre au côté sombre de la force. Encore un transfuge...ils devraient commençer à mieux choisir leurs employés à la IMF. Roxburg vole un virus extrêmement dangeureux qui est
accompagné dùn antidote qui pourrait se vendre à grand prix si le virus était mis en liberté...
Heureusement pour nous Ethan Hunt est là et il assemble une nouvelle équipe pour reprendre le virus; dont la belle jeune fille qui est l`ex copine du méchant. Bien entendu cela torune mal pour la jolie et Hunt devras retrouver le vaccin en qqes heures pour la sauver elle ainsi que le monde.
Encore une fois beuacoup d`action, souvent `over the top` (comme le duel en moto); mais pas de scènes aussi mémorables que dans le premier MI. Encore une fois un bon film pour vous amuser et une bonne soirée pop-corn.
Great quotes:
Mission Commander Swanbeck: Mr. Hunt, this isn't mission difficult, it's mission impossible. "Difficult" should be a walk in the park for you.
...
Dr. Nekhorvich: Every search for a hero must begin with something which every hero requires, a villain.
...
Mission Commander Swanbeck: Good morning, Mr. Hunt. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves the recovery of a stolen item designated "Chimera." You may select any two team members, but it is essential that the third member of your team be Nyah Nordoff-Hall. She is a civilian, and a highly capable professional thief. You have forty-eight hours to recruit Miss Hall and meet me in Seville to receive your assignment. As always, should any member of your team be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow all knowledge of your actions. And Mr. Hunt, the next time you go on holiday, please be good enough to let us know where you're going. This message will self-destruct in five seconds.
Ethan Hunt: If I let you know where I'm going, I won't be on holiday.
...
Ethan Hunt: We've got 19 hours and 57 minutes. I'll get Bellerophon into your system by then. Just stay alive. I'm not going to lose you.
...
Billy Baird: You OK, mate?
Luther Stickell: That punk put a hole in my Versace.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 6.5/10
mercredi 23 mars 2011
#191: Mission impossible , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Action
Annee/Year: 1996
Format: Blu Ray
Mission Impossible. The first installment in this three part sequel is now already 15 years old. Wow. Director Brian De Palma (Carrie, Fury, Dressed to kill, The untouchables, The Bonfire of vanities, Carlito's way...) brought us this top action movie. His keen sense of timing, tension and action are all well used in this spy thriller. Cast includes major hitters such as Tom Cruise in the main role of Ethan Hunt, John Voigt in the good guy gone bad, Emmanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames and Jean Reno in support roles. This is the story of the top spy team for IMF which gets exploded as one of the main characters is tagged as a traitor. Ethan Hunt is cut loose and has to get back to the baddies on his own terms.
This movie is extremely well produced and some scenes are now true classics in their own: scene where they attack the main computer of the CIA most secured facility, or the scene where Ethan is framed ina european restaurant with huge aquariums who are exploded as he barely escapes. The final scene is also well remembered as the helicopter chases Hunt on top of the train through the Channel tunnel. Nice... Stuff great movies are remembered by. It may not feed your brain but it will entertain your senses 100%.
Mission impossible. Le premier film de la série moderne. Ce film est réalisé par Brian De Palma (Carrie, Fury, Dressed to kill, The untouchables, The Bonfire of vanities, Carlito's way...) Brian nous apporte un film bien rodé avec une valeur de production énorme. La distribution est super solide avec Tom Cruise dans le rôle principal de Ethan Hunt, John Voigt le gentil/mauvais, Emmanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames et Jean Reno dans des super rôles de support.
Mission impossible est l`histoire d`une équipe crack d`espions qui bossent pour l`IMF au moment ou ils sont infiltrés par une taupe qui fait littéralement exploser le sol sous leurs pieds. Ethan se retrouve tout seul pour retrouver une liste des espions qui ne doit absolument pas se retrouver sur le marcher. CE film nous apporte plusieurs scènes mémorables: telle la scène d`invasion du serveur central de la CIA suspendu par câbles du plafond; ou la scène ou Ethan est piégé dans un resto européen et qu`il s`échappe de justesse en faisant exploser les multiples aquariums gigantesques du resto. Ou encore la fameuse scène de poursuite d`Ethan sur le toit d`un train TGV par un hélicoptère à l`intérieur du tunnel de la manche...
Un film rempli de sensations fortes et d`adrénaline qui a peu vieilli. Il devient maintenant très près d`un classique du genre. À voir pour tous.
Great quotes:
Ethan Hunt: Relax Luther, it's much worse than you think.
...
Jack Harmen: [describing his "special" gum to Ethan] Stick of gum, right? [Ethan shakes his head. Jack demonstrates]
Jack Harmen: Red light, green light. Come up against a lock you can't pick, you mash them together... *boom*. Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya. You'll have about 5 seconds... [hands the "gum" to Ethan]
Jack Harmen: Just don't chew it.
...
Eugene Kittridge: What, can we do Barnes... put a guy at the airport? How many identities do you think Hunt has? How many times has he slipped past customs and in how many countries? These guys are trained to be ghosts... we taught them to do it for Christ's sake.
Frank Barnes: Well what do you suggest?
Eugene Kittridge: Let's not waste time chasing after him, just make him come to us. Everybody has pressure points, Barnes. You find something that's personally important to him and you... squeeze.
...
Ethan Hunt: [referring to CIA headquarters] This is the Mount Everest of hacks.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 7.0/10
Annee/Year: 1996
Format: Blu Ray
Mission Impossible. The first installment in this three part sequel is now already 15 years old. Wow. Director Brian De Palma (Carrie, Fury, Dressed to kill, The untouchables, The Bonfire of vanities, Carlito's way...) brought us this top action movie. His keen sense of timing, tension and action are all well used in this spy thriller. Cast includes major hitters such as Tom Cruise in the main role of Ethan Hunt, John Voigt in the good guy gone bad, Emmanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames and Jean Reno in support roles. This is the story of the top spy team for IMF which gets exploded as one of the main characters is tagged as a traitor. Ethan Hunt is cut loose and has to get back to the baddies on his own terms.
This movie is extremely well produced and some scenes are now true classics in their own: scene where they attack the main computer of the CIA most secured facility, or the scene where Ethan is framed ina european restaurant with huge aquariums who are exploded as he barely escapes. The final scene is also well remembered as the helicopter chases Hunt on top of the train through the Channel tunnel. Nice... Stuff great movies are remembered by. It may not feed your brain but it will entertain your senses 100%.
Mission impossible. Le premier film de la série moderne. Ce film est réalisé par Brian De Palma (Carrie, Fury, Dressed to kill, The untouchables, The Bonfire of vanities, Carlito's way...) Brian nous apporte un film bien rodé avec une valeur de production énorme. La distribution est super solide avec Tom Cruise dans le rôle principal de Ethan Hunt, John Voigt le gentil/mauvais, Emmanuelle Beart, Ving Rhames et Jean Reno dans des super rôles de support.
Mission impossible est l`histoire d`une équipe crack d`espions qui bossent pour l`IMF au moment ou ils sont infiltrés par une taupe qui fait littéralement exploser le sol sous leurs pieds. Ethan se retrouve tout seul pour retrouver une liste des espions qui ne doit absolument pas se retrouver sur le marcher. CE film nous apporte plusieurs scènes mémorables: telle la scène d`invasion du serveur central de la CIA suspendu par câbles du plafond; ou la scène ou Ethan est piégé dans un resto européen et qu`il s`échappe de justesse en faisant exploser les multiples aquariums gigantesques du resto. Ou encore la fameuse scène de poursuite d`Ethan sur le toit d`un train TGV par un hélicoptère à l`intérieur du tunnel de la manche...
Un film rempli de sensations fortes et d`adrénaline qui a peu vieilli. Il devient maintenant très près d`un classique du genre. À voir pour tous.
Great quotes:
Ethan Hunt: Relax Luther, it's much worse than you think.
...
Jack Harmen: [describing his "special" gum to Ethan] Stick of gum, right? [Ethan shakes his head. Jack demonstrates]
Jack Harmen: Red light, green light. Come up against a lock you can't pick, you mash them together... *boom*. Hasta lasagna, don't get any on ya. You'll have about 5 seconds... [hands the "gum" to Ethan]
Jack Harmen: Just don't chew it.
...
Eugene Kittridge: What, can we do Barnes... put a guy at the airport? How many identities do you think Hunt has? How many times has he slipped past customs and in how many countries? These guys are trained to be ghosts... we taught them to do it for Christ's sake.
Frank Barnes: Well what do you suggest?
Eugene Kittridge: Let's not waste time chasing after him, just make him come to us. Everybody has pressure points, Barnes. You find something that's personally important to him and you... squeeze.
...
Ethan Hunt: [referring to CIA headquarters] This is the Mount Everest of hacks.
Link: http://www.missionimpossible.com/
Rating perso: 7.0/10
lundi 21 mars 2011
#190: Memento , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Drame/Drama
Annee/Year: 2000
Format: DVD
Memento. This is another great movie from director extraordinaire Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). This movie is very well rated by most critics as Inception will be in coming years. The movie casts Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby a private investigator working for insurance companies. He sufferes from a very special condition called anterograde amnesia induced by a blow on the head. This conditions prevent him from remembering anything occuring to him from one day to the next. Strange. But to really throw you off Nolan shot the movie in two crossing threads: one counting a story forward in black and white and the other recounting a complementary story in color but moving backwards in time. The two threads alternate through the movie until the end where they meet in time. Definitely original and complex. You have to pay attention.
The story itself tells the tale of an investigator obviously struggling with his memory condition trying to find and get revenge against the man who raped and killed his wife. Problem is that the killer is spending his days WITH our main character who does not know better. Really original and interesting storytelling structure. This movie was good on an older DVD i bought but in the last month this movie was put out on a blu-ray cleaned up version. Good movie for those who like their movies a less than predictable; which certainly includes me.
Memento. Un film extraordinaire du réalisateur Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). Ce film est définitvement pour vous si vaus aimez les films plus complexes et sutout impredictible. Guy Pearce joue le rôle de Leonard Shelby un enqueteur d`assurance dont la femme est tuée et violée avant qu`il recoive un coup sur la tête. Le résultat est une condition três rare qui cause la personne de ne pas se souvenir des événements des journées précédentes. Un genre de jour de la marmotte plus intéressant... À chaque jour notre héro continue sont enquête pour retrouver l`assassin de sa femme. Tordu? pas assez pour Nolan. L`assassin accompagne notre héro à chaque jours pour le lancer dans de fausses pistes... Pas assez vous direz? Bien Nolan pense de même. Le film est raconté en deux fils parallèles qui s`entrecoupent à tous les 10 minutes. Un des fil est couleur et remonte le temps; l`autre noir et blanc et se déroule normalement. Et voila le travail. Maintenant il vous faudra travailler pour remettre tout ca dans l`ordre. LEs deux fils se rejoignent au milieu de l`histoire à la fin du film... Un film a voir qui deviendra surement un classique. Nolan un directeur qui n`a pas finit de nous en faire voire de toute les couleurs. Bravo.
Great quotes:
Natalie: What's the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby: My wife...
Natalie: That's sweet.
Leonard Shelby: ...dying.
...
Leonard Shelby: I meet Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator. I'd investigate the claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people's bullshit. It was useful experience, 'cause now it's my life.
...
Leonard Shelby: I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.
...
Natalie: Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
...
Leonard Shelby: Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Can't remember to forget you.
...
Link: http://www.otnemem.com/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 2000
Format: DVD
Memento. This is another great movie from director extraordinaire Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). This movie is very well rated by most critics as Inception will be in coming years. The movie casts Guy Pearce as Leonard Shelby a private investigator working for insurance companies. He sufferes from a very special condition called anterograde amnesia induced by a blow on the head. This conditions prevent him from remembering anything occuring to him from one day to the next. Strange. But to really throw you off Nolan shot the movie in two crossing threads: one counting a story forward in black and white and the other recounting a complementary story in color but moving backwards in time. The two threads alternate through the movie until the end where they meet in time. Definitely original and complex. You have to pay attention.
The story itself tells the tale of an investigator obviously struggling with his memory condition trying to find and get revenge against the man who raped and killed his wife. Problem is that the killer is spending his days WITH our main character who does not know better. Really original and interesting storytelling structure. This movie was good on an older DVD i bought but in the last month this movie was put out on a blu-ray cleaned up version. Good movie for those who like their movies a less than predictable; which certainly includes me.
Memento. Un film extraordinaire du réalisateur Christopher Nolan (Inception, Insomnia, Batman begins, The dark knight,...). Ce film est définitvement pour vous si vaus aimez les films plus complexes et sutout impredictible. Guy Pearce joue le rôle de Leonard Shelby un enqueteur d`assurance dont la femme est tuée et violée avant qu`il recoive un coup sur la tête. Le résultat est une condition três rare qui cause la personne de ne pas se souvenir des événements des journées précédentes. Un genre de jour de la marmotte plus intéressant... À chaque jour notre héro continue sont enquête pour retrouver l`assassin de sa femme. Tordu? pas assez pour Nolan. L`assassin accompagne notre héro à chaque jours pour le lancer dans de fausses pistes... Pas assez vous direz? Bien Nolan pense de même. Le film est raconté en deux fils parallèles qui s`entrecoupent à tous les 10 minutes. Un des fil est couleur et remonte le temps; l`autre noir et blanc et se déroule normalement. Et voila le travail. Maintenant il vous faudra travailler pour remettre tout ca dans l`ordre. LEs deux fils se rejoignent au milieu de l`histoire à la fin du film... Un film a voir qui deviendra surement un classique. Nolan un directeur qui n`a pas finit de nous en faire voire de toute les couleurs. Bravo.
Great quotes:
Natalie: What's the last thing that you do remember?
Leonard Shelby: My wife...
Natalie: That's sweet.
Leonard Shelby: ...dying.
...
Leonard Shelby: I meet Sammy through work. Insurance. I was an investigator. I'd investigate the claims to see which ones were phony. I had to see through people's bullshit. It was useful experience, 'cause now it's my life.
...
Leonard Shelby: I always thought the joy of reading a book is not knowing what happens next.
...
Natalie: Is that what your little note says? It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast.
...
Leonard Shelby: Probably burned truck loads of your stuff before. Can't remember to forget you.
...
Link: http://www.otnemem.com/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
dimanche 20 mars 2011
#189: Cruising bar 2 , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Comedy/Comedie
Annee/Year: 2008
Format: DVD
Cruising bar 2. A follow up comedy to a quebec classic where Michel Cote (Piche:entre ciel et terre, De pere en flic, C.R.A.Z.Y., lots of TV and the hit stage show Broue) plays the role of 4 very different characters 15 years after the first movie. The characters maybe the same but their lives are now quite different since we saw them the last time. Funny but not that funny; seems to me this type of comedy is old school and without a lot of interest.
Cruising bar 2. Vive Michel Côté un acteur extraordinaire de chez nous (Piché:entre ciel et terre, De père en flic, C.R.A.Z.Y., beaucoup de TV et surtout Broue) . Il fait un grand effort ici encore une fois pour jouer le rôle des quatre loosers de l' original. Bon effort; mais ça tombe complètement à plat et après avoir visionné ce film je ne peux que me dire: POURQUOI! Ne perdez pas votre temps à moins que votre veillé soit vraiment platte...
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.vivafilm.com/fr/28/details/display/11462/
Rating perso: 3.0/10
Annee/Year: 2008
Format: DVD
Cruising bar 2. A follow up comedy to a quebec classic where Michel Cote (Piche:entre ciel et terre, De pere en flic, C.R.A.Z.Y., lots of TV and the hit stage show Broue) plays the role of 4 very different characters 15 years after the first movie. The characters maybe the same but their lives are now quite different since we saw them the last time. Funny but not that funny; seems to me this type of comedy is old school and without a lot of interest.
Cruising bar 2. Vive Michel Côté un acteur extraordinaire de chez nous (Piché:entre ciel et terre, De père en flic, C.R.A.Z.Y., beaucoup de TV et surtout Broue) . Il fait un grand effort ici encore une fois pour jouer le rôle des quatre loosers de l' original. Bon effort; mais ça tombe complètement à plat et après avoir visionné ce film je ne peux que me dire: POURQUOI! Ne perdez pas votre temps à moins que votre veillé soit vraiment platte...
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.vivafilm.com/fr/28/details/display/11462/
Rating perso: 3.0/10
#188: Resident evil: afterlife , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
Resident Evil: after life. A fourth installment in the popular series: Resident Evil. Maybe we could say 5th if we count the animation movie Resident Evil : Degeneration. This movie is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson who also made the original Resident Evil movie in 2002 (as well as Mortal Combat, Event Horizon, Alien vs Predator, Death race...) and is also the lucky bastard married to the beautiful star of this movie Milla Jovovich.
Milla is again the star of this Resident Evil episode. She starts this movie by destroying a major complex of the Umbrella corporation single handedly with her super powers confered by the evil virus she was shot with earlier in the series. This time, however, she becomes human again in the opening scene as she is shot by the bad guy Albert Wesker president of the evil Umbrella corporation (played by Shawn Roberts) with a cure for the evil virus at the heart of this franchise's story line. After destroying the Tokyo headquarters of the corporation Milla now human proceeds to find the last remains of the human population which was decimated by the aforementioned virus which turns humans and dogs into nasty zombie like creatures. Hope seems to be aboard a ship which is traveilng along the Californian coast. Problem is getting there. After joining a group of humans isolated in a LA high rise and surrounded by 1000s of zombies. They meet a formidable and way cool boss zombie called Axeman 10feet high, super strong and wielding one the largest weapon (axe/meat cleaver) you can ever imagine. Really surreal and cool. Off course they finish him and hundreds of unfortunate zombies on their path and proceed against all odds to the famous boat of hope. Their the find that hope is actually another challenge and they end up in a final challenge with Wesker.
Resident evil the franchise is a really interesting phenomenon starting on the basis of good old zombie lore the movies evolve rapidly into it's own and the movies feed the R.E. video games and the vice versa until no one is sure which is the lead anymore. It is more a multimedia opus. Especially if we count in the animation movie on top of that. Beautifully produced, well shot, major budgets, interesting actors (i dont dare say good), major script turns and CGed out of hell the movies are solid and build up a nightmare universe without ends. Definitely entertaining but not for every one. The RE universe keeps expanding and still gathers followers even almost 10yrs after it was started. Seems like Milla's magic is still fully operational.
Resident Evil: after life. Le 4e film de cette populaire série. Réalisé par Paul W.S. Anderson qui nous a aussi donné l`original Resident Evil de 2002 (ainsi que Mortal Combat, Event Horizon, Alien vs Predator, Death race...) il est aussi le chanceux qui à marié la vedette du film Milla Jovovich.
Dans ce film Milla, toujours dans le rôle d`Alice, est toujours sous l' emprise de super pouvoirs qui lui sont conférés par le virus maléfique combattu dans les premiers films de la franchise. À elle seule, elle détruit une armée et la maison mère de Umbrella corporation a Tokyo. Elle est cependant rattrapée par le chef de la corporation, Albert Wesker (joué par Shawn Roberts) qui lui injecte un antidote qui la retourne a son état initial de bien humain. Ceci nous la rend un peu plus terre-à-terre même si ce film demeure toujours `over the top` . Alice part à la recherche des derniers humains qui ont survécus a cette catastrophe zombie qui a décimé le monde. Elle en retrouve un petit groupe isolé dans un gratte-ciel de LA entouré par des milliers de zombies. Là, ils feront la rencontre d`un super zombie boss nommé Axeman qui mesure 10pieds de haut et a une force surhumaine. De plus il est équipé d`une hache-marteau géante: super cool, j` ai adoré ce personnage. Bien sûr Alice et cie l`élimine rapidement pour se rendre sur un bateau de cargaison qui navigue sur la côte californienne et où se trouve il paraît les derniers vestiges d`humanité. La ils se battront pour ces vestiges avec Wesker dans un combat ultime.
La série Resident Evil est une vision très imaginative dont les films sont stimulés par les nombreux jeux vidéo du même nom et vice versa. Ajoutez à cela le fim dànimation de 2008 (RE degenration) et vous avez une franchise vraiment multimédia qui est surpassée seulement par Star Wars. Gros budget, design super réfléchis, acteurs solides (je n’ose pas dire bons), action incessante et vraiment plus gros que la vie; la vision infernale de Resident Evil ne vous laisseras pas indifférent même si pas pour tous. On ne verra pas la fin de cette franchise à court terme, je crois...
Great quotes:
Alice: [narrating] My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation in a secret laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. There was an incident. A virus escaped. Everybody died. Trouble was, they didn't stay dead.
...
Alice: Please wait.
Albert Wesker: Last words?
Alice: Thank you.
Albert Wesker: For killing you?
Alice: For making me human again.
...
[Axeman is banging at the gate with its battle hammer]
Claire Redfield: Luther, just shoot that motherfucker. [Luthor shoots Axeman repeatedly in the head, it keeps banging at the gate]
Luther: What the fuck is that thing?
...
Albert Wesker: The T-Virus brought me back. [his head jerks, jaws set, chest heaves]
Albert Wesker: But it's so strong. It fights me for control. I thought if I ingested fresh human DNA, I could redress the balance.
Alice: No wonder your crew abandon ship.
Albert Wesker: No matter. Now I have a new subordinate. And a new plan. You were the only one who successfully bonded with the T-Virus. Your DNA is stronger than the others. I ingest you, I gain control.
Alice: [nods, walks a few paces to a table] That's pretty smart thinking. There's only one problem with that plan.
Bennett: [aiming gun at Alice] Stop right there.
Albert Wesker: And what is that?
Alice: I'm not on the menu. [she kicks a tray of surgical instruments at Wesker and takes out Bennett's gun with a roundhouse kick. Wesker dodges the scalpels that impale his chair]
...
Link: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/residentevilafterlife/
Rating perso: 7.0/10
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
Resident Evil: after life. A fourth installment in the popular series: Resident Evil. Maybe we could say 5th if we count the animation movie Resident Evil : Degeneration. This movie is directed by Paul W.S. Anderson who also made the original Resident Evil movie in 2002 (as well as Mortal Combat, Event Horizon, Alien vs Predator, Death race...) and is also the lucky bastard married to the beautiful star of this movie Milla Jovovich.
Milla is again the star of this Resident Evil episode. She starts this movie by destroying a major complex of the Umbrella corporation single handedly with her super powers confered by the evil virus she was shot with earlier in the series. This time, however, she becomes human again in the opening scene as she is shot by the bad guy Albert Wesker president of the evil Umbrella corporation (played by Shawn Roberts) with a cure for the evil virus at the heart of this franchise's story line. After destroying the Tokyo headquarters of the corporation Milla now human proceeds to find the last remains of the human population which was decimated by the aforementioned virus which turns humans and dogs into nasty zombie like creatures. Hope seems to be aboard a ship which is traveilng along the Californian coast. Problem is getting there. After joining a group of humans isolated in a LA high rise and surrounded by 1000s of zombies. They meet a formidable and way cool boss zombie called Axeman 10feet high, super strong and wielding one the largest weapon (axe/meat cleaver) you can ever imagine. Really surreal and cool. Off course they finish him and hundreds of unfortunate zombies on their path and proceed against all odds to the famous boat of hope. Their the find that hope is actually another challenge and they end up in a final challenge with Wesker.
Resident evil the franchise is a really interesting phenomenon starting on the basis of good old zombie lore the movies evolve rapidly into it's own and the movies feed the R.E. video games and the vice versa until no one is sure which is the lead anymore. It is more a multimedia opus. Especially if we count in the animation movie on top of that. Beautifully produced, well shot, major budgets, interesting actors (i dont dare say good), major script turns and CGed out of hell the movies are solid and build up a nightmare universe without ends. Definitely entertaining but not for every one. The RE universe keeps expanding and still gathers followers even almost 10yrs after it was started. Seems like Milla's magic is still fully operational.
Resident Evil: after life. Le 4e film de cette populaire série. Réalisé par Paul W.S. Anderson qui nous a aussi donné l`original Resident Evil de 2002 (ainsi que Mortal Combat, Event Horizon, Alien vs Predator, Death race...) il est aussi le chanceux qui à marié la vedette du film Milla Jovovich.
Dans ce film Milla, toujours dans le rôle d`Alice, est toujours sous l' emprise de super pouvoirs qui lui sont conférés par le virus maléfique combattu dans les premiers films de la franchise. À elle seule, elle détruit une armée et la maison mère de Umbrella corporation a Tokyo. Elle est cependant rattrapée par le chef de la corporation, Albert Wesker (joué par Shawn Roberts) qui lui injecte un antidote qui la retourne a son état initial de bien humain. Ceci nous la rend un peu plus terre-à-terre même si ce film demeure toujours `over the top` . Alice part à la recherche des derniers humains qui ont survécus a cette catastrophe zombie qui a décimé le monde. Elle en retrouve un petit groupe isolé dans un gratte-ciel de LA entouré par des milliers de zombies. Là, ils feront la rencontre d`un super zombie boss nommé Axeman qui mesure 10pieds de haut et a une force surhumaine. De plus il est équipé d`une hache-marteau géante: super cool, j` ai adoré ce personnage. Bien sûr Alice et cie l`élimine rapidement pour se rendre sur un bateau de cargaison qui navigue sur la côte californienne et où se trouve il paraît les derniers vestiges d`humanité. La ils se battront pour ces vestiges avec Wesker dans un combat ultime.
La série Resident Evil est une vision très imaginative dont les films sont stimulés par les nombreux jeux vidéo du même nom et vice versa. Ajoutez à cela le fim dànimation de 2008 (RE degenration) et vous avez une franchise vraiment multimédia qui est surpassée seulement par Star Wars. Gros budget, design super réfléchis, acteurs solides (je n’ose pas dire bons), action incessante et vraiment plus gros que la vie; la vision infernale de Resident Evil ne vous laisseras pas indifférent même si pas pour tous. On ne verra pas la fin de cette franchise à court terme, je crois...
Great quotes:
Alice: [narrating] My name is Alice. I worked for the Umbrella Corporation in a secret laboratory developing experimental viral weaponry. There was an incident. A virus escaped. Everybody died. Trouble was, they didn't stay dead.
...
Alice: Please wait.
Albert Wesker: Last words?
Alice: Thank you.
Albert Wesker: For killing you?
Alice: For making me human again.
...
[Axeman is banging at the gate with its battle hammer]
Claire Redfield: Luther, just shoot that motherfucker. [Luthor shoots Axeman repeatedly in the head, it keeps banging at the gate]
Luther: What the fuck is that thing?
...
Albert Wesker: The T-Virus brought me back. [his head jerks, jaws set, chest heaves]
Albert Wesker: But it's so strong. It fights me for control. I thought if I ingested fresh human DNA, I could redress the balance.
Alice: No wonder your crew abandon ship.
Albert Wesker: No matter. Now I have a new subordinate. And a new plan. You were the only one who successfully bonded with the T-Virus. Your DNA is stronger than the others. I ingest you, I gain control.
Alice: [nods, walks a few paces to a table] That's pretty smart thinking. There's only one problem with that plan.
Bennett: [aiming gun at Alice] Stop right there.
Albert Wesker: And what is that?
Alice: I'm not on the menu. [she kicks a tray of surgical instruments at Wesker and takes out Bennett's gun with a roundhouse kick. Wesker dodges the scalpels that impale his chair]
...
Link: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/residentevilafterlife/
Rating perso: 7.0/10
jeudi 17 mars 2011
#187: Gone with the wind, Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Drama/Drame
Annee/Year: 1939
Format: Blu Ray
Gone with the wind. One of the american cinema's greatest classic now beautifully restored and availble on Blu Ray. Definitely a good investment. This classic film was done in 1939 and is shown in full screen (aspect ratio 1.33:1) as the movies of that period were shot. Sound and image are perfectly restored and we cannot flaw this restoration.
Director Victor Fleming created this masterpiece on the same year he put out the also excellent Wizard of Oz. Two movies who marked the art and the times by the same director on the same year(which happens to be the year the 2nd world war started as well); nothing less than breathtaking.
Victor used one the most amazing cast for this movie: Vivien Leigh plays the main role of a spoiled rich girl named Scarlett O'hara, who is placed in unsusually grueling circumstances which she must face to survive. The famous Clark Gable is cast in the main male role of Rhett Butler a sleazy character with enough ego to pull through the war and get out winning. The tale is set in 1860 in southern USA in the area of Atlanta during the civil war. The movie starts us before the civil war with the southerners and their beutiful plantations and their huge egos and pride. We see the beautiful soires organised on the plantations and the young Sacrlett plotting to get at the heart of every man she can convince. She is especially interested in the one man which cannot get and who will get engage with her cousin/neighbor and she hates her for that.
The movie quickly turns us to war time and how the south bitterly lost the civil war. The plantations were mainly destroyed and pillage and life for young Scarlett makes a turn for the worst as she has to take control of her surroundings, her father's plantation after he goes crazy and has to do anything to stay alive and keep her land as well as help her sick friends.
After the war we see Scarlett marrying to a man she does not love but who will bring her revenue and allow her to become a shrewd business woman. After this second husband gets killed in a political face off, she gets engaged to Rhett who always saw her for what she truly is. Perfectly knowing his wife still secretely loved her friends' husband. After having two children/babies and losing both in tragic accidents involving Rhett she fianlly realizes her true love is her husbad Rhett at the moment her best friend dies and she realizes she could have her husband but does not really love him. By then it is too late and Rhett leaves her in a tragic final scene where she realizes all she has is her land named Tara.
An epic movie, larger than life, with countless sets and scenes and actors. Beautifully crafted and shot with exquisite dresses and decors. This movie is a 4 hour adventure recounting an important part of the american history from a very interesting perspective. Mixing action and history to a complex love story this is truly a classic tale. Never has a movie aged more beautifully, it is truly timeless.
Autant en emporte le vent. Un grand classique américain dans la plus grande tradition du cinéma. Ceci est la revue de la restauration du 70e anniversaire de ce grand film qui est distribué sur Blu Ray. Le réalisateur Victor Fleming a aussi sorti en 1939 le film le Magicien d'Oz; vraiment incroyable qu`un réalisateur puisse sortir deux films si marquants la même année...
Victor utilisa une des meilleures distributions de tous les temps pour ce film: Scarlett O`Hara jouée par Vivan Leigh et Rhett Butler joué par le non moins fameux Clark Gable ainsi qu`une troupe énorme de personnages secondaires inoubliables. Ce film grandiose est mémorable autant par sa trame sonore (toujours utilisée lors de la remise des Oscars, que par ses décors gigantesques, ou par la qualité de sa cinématographie, mais aussi par ses costumes inoubliables.
Le film se déroule en 1860 et nous fait revivre la période précédant la guerre civile américaine en première loge des plantations autour d`Atlanta. On y voit la richesse des propriétaires et de leurs familles et leur vaine fierté qui les conduisit à la guerre avec les Yankees. Pendant la seconde partie du film, on vit les affres de la guerre et les difficultés des habitants à y survivre. Le film se termine sur la reconstruction de l`économie et des familles après cette sanglante guerre. Mais ce film nous montre ceci comme arrière-plan seulement, car le film suit la vie de Scarlett à travers cette guerre et on la voit de jeune fille riche et impudente devenir une femme plus épanouie qui a su survivre dans une période très difficile. Le film la suit dans ses amours avec trois maris qu`elle n`a jamais su aimer; jusqu'au moment où elle réalise à quel point elle adore son mari Rhett. Dans la scène finale elle lui avoue son amour, mais trop tard, car il la quitte... Dans la plus pure tradition des vraies tragédies grecques.
Un film grandiose et un des plus grands classiques que tous doivent voir. Mais attention ce film dure 4 heures. Elles seront vite passées en si bonne compagnie. Ce film n`a vraiment rien perdu avec l`age; tel un bon vin!
Great quotes:
Title card: There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...
...
Scarlett: Atlanta!
Mammy: Savannah would be better for ya. You'd just get in trouble in Atlanta.
Scarlett: What trouble are you talking about?
Mammy: You know what trouble I's talkin' 'bout. I's talking 'bout Mr. Ashley Wilkes. He'll be comin' to Atlanta when he gets his leave, and you sittin' there waitin' for him, just like a spider. He belongs to Miss Melanie...
Scarlett: You go pack my things like Mother said.
...
Rhett Butler: With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
...
Scarlett: [pleads with Rhett as he is about to leave to join the Confederate Army] Oh, Rhett! Please, don't go! You can't leave me! Please! I'll never forgive you!
Rhett Butler: I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names.
Scarlett: [struggles] Don't hold me like that!
Rhett Butler: [holds her tighter] Scarlett! Look at me! I've loved you more than I've ever loved any woman and I've waited for you longer than I've ever waited for any woman. [kisses her forhead]
Scarlett: [turns her face away] Let me alone!
Rhett Butler: [forces her to look him in the eyes] Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarlett. Wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry the memory of your kisses into battle with him. Never mind about loving me, you're a woman sending a soldier to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarlett! Kiss me! Kiss me... once...
[he kisses her]
...
Rhett Butler: Take a good look my dear. It's an historic moment you can tell your grandchildren about - how you watched the Old South fall one night.
...
Rhett Butler: Now that you've got your lumber mill and Frank's money, you won't come to me as you did to the jail, so I see I shall have to marry you.
Scarlett: I never heard of such bad taste.
...
Scarlett: Sir, you are no gentleman.
Rhett Butler: And you, Miss, are no lady.
...
Scarlett: As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
...
Melanie Hamilton: Whatever happens, I'll love you just as I do now until I die.
...
Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett... Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?
Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
...
[last lines] Scarlett: Tara! Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all... tomorrow is another day.
Link: http://warnervideo.com/gonewiththewind/
Rating perso: 8.5/10
Annee/Year: 1939
Format: Blu Ray
Gone with the wind. One of the american cinema's greatest classic now beautifully restored and availble on Blu Ray. Definitely a good investment. This classic film was done in 1939 and is shown in full screen (aspect ratio 1.33:1) as the movies of that period were shot. Sound and image are perfectly restored and we cannot flaw this restoration.
Director Victor Fleming created this masterpiece on the same year he put out the also excellent Wizard of Oz. Two movies who marked the art and the times by the same director on the same year(which happens to be the year the 2nd world war started as well); nothing less than breathtaking.
Victor used one the most amazing cast for this movie: Vivien Leigh plays the main role of a spoiled rich girl named Scarlett O'hara, who is placed in unsusually grueling circumstances which she must face to survive. The famous Clark Gable is cast in the main male role of Rhett Butler a sleazy character with enough ego to pull through the war and get out winning. The tale is set in 1860 in southern USA in the area of Atlanta during the civil war. The movie starts us before the civil war with the southerners and their beutiful plantations and their huge egos and pride. We see the beautiful soires organised on the plantations and the young Sacrlett plotting to get at the heart of every man she can convince. She is especially interested in the one man which cannot get and who will get engage with her cousin/neighbor and she hates her for that.
The movie quickly turns us to war time and how the south bitterly lost the civil war. The plantations were mainly destroyed and pillage and life for young Scarlett makes a turn for the worst as she has to take control of her surroundings, her father's plantation after he goes crazy and has to do anything to stay alive and keep her land as well as help her sick friends.
After the war we see Scarlett marrying to a man she does not love but who will bring her revenue and allow her to become a shrewd business woman. After this second husband gets killed in a political face off, she gets engaged to Rhett who always saw her for what she truly is. Perfectly knowing his wife still secretely loved her friends' husband. After having two children/babies and losing both in tragic accidents involving Rhett she fianlly realizes her true love is her husbad Rhett at the moment her best friend dies and she realizes she could have her husband but does not really love him. By then it is too late and Rhett leaves her in a tragic final scene where she realizes all she has is her land named Tara.
An epic movie, larger than life, with countless sets and scenes and actors. Beautifully crafted and shot with exquisite dresses and decors. This movie is a 4 hour adventure recounting an important part of the american history from a very interesting perspective. Mixing action and history to a complex love story this is truly a classic tale. Never has a movie aged more beautifully, it is truly timeless.
Autant en emporte le vent. Un grand classique américain dans la plus grande tradition du cinéma. Ceci est la revue de la restauration du 70e anniversaire de ce grand film qui est distribué sur Blu Ray. Le réalisateur Victor Fleming a aussi sorti en 1939 le film le Magicien d'Oz; vraiment incroyable qu`un réalisateur puisse sortir deux films si marquants la même année...
Victor utilisa une des meilleures distributions de tous les temps pour ce film: Scarlett O`Hara jouée par Vivan Leigh et Rhett Butler joué par le non moins fameux Clark Gable ainsi qu`une troupe énorme de personnages secondaires inoubliables. Ce film grandiose est mémorable autant par sa trame sonore (toujours utilisée lors de la remise des Oscars, que par ses décors gigantesques, ou par la qualité de sa cinématographie, mais aussi par ses costumes inoubliables.
Le film se déroule en 1860 et nous fait revivre la période précédant la guerre civile américaine en première loge des plantations autour d`Atlanta. On y voit la richesse des propriétaires et de leurs familles et leur vaine fierté qui les conduisit à la guerre avec les Yankees. Pendant la seconde partie du film, on vit les affres de la guerre et les difficultés des habitants à y survivre. Le film se termine sur la reconstruction de l`économie et des familles après cette sanglante guerre. Mais ce film nous montre ceci comme arrière-plan seulement, car le film suit la vie de Scarlett à travers cette guerre et on la voit de jeune fille riche et impudente devenir une femme plus épanouie qui a su survivre dans une période très difficile. Le film la suit dans ses amours avec trois maris qu`elle n`a jamais su aimer; jusqu'au moment où elle réalise à quel point elle adore son mari Rhett. Dans la scène finale elle lui avoue son amour, mais trop tard, car il la quitte... Dans la plus pure tradition des vraies tragédies grecques.
Un film grandiose et un des plus grands classiques que tous doivent voir. Mais attention ce film dure 4 heures. Elles seront vite passées en si bonne compagnie. Ce film n`a vraiment rien perdu avec l`age; tel un bon vin!
Great quotes:
Title card: There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South... Here in this pretty world Gallantry took its last bow... Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave... Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered. A Civilization gone with the wind...
...
Scarlett: Atlanta!
Mammy: Savannah would be better for ya. You'd just get in trouble in Atlanta.
Scarlett: What trouble are you talking about?
Mammy: You know what trouble I's talkin' 'bout. I's talking 'bout Mr. Ashley Wilkes. He'll be comin' to Atlanta when he gets his leave, and you sittin' there waitin' for him, just like a spider. He belongs to Miss Melanie...
Scarlett: You go pack my things like Mother said.
...
Rhett Butler: With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.
...
Scarlett: [pleads with Rhett as he is about to leave to join the Confederate Army] Oh, Rhett! Please, don't go! You can't leave me! Please! I'll never forgive you!
Rhett Butler: I'm not asking you to forgive me. I'll never understand or forgive myself. And if a bullet gets me, so help me, I'll laugh at myself for being an idiot. There's one thing I do know... and that is that I love you, Scarlett. In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. Because we're alike. Bad lots, both of us. Selfish and shrewd. But able to look things in the eyes as we call them by their right names.
Scarlett: [struggles] Don't hold me like that!
Rhett Butler: [holds her tighter] Scarlett! Look at me! I've loved you more than I've ever loved any woman and I've waited for you longer than I've ever waited for any woman. [kisses her forhead]
Scarlett: [turns her face away] Let me alone!
Rhett Butler: [forces her to look him in the eyes] Here's a soldier of the South who loves you, Scarlett. Wants to feel your arms around him, wants to carry the memory of your kisses into battle with him. Never mind about loving me, you're a woman sending a soldier to his death with a beautiful memory. Scarlett! Kiss me! Kiss me... once...
[he kisses her]
...
Rhett Butler: Take a good look my dear. It's an historic moment you can tell your grandchildren about - how you watched the Old South fall one night.
...
Rhett Butler: Now that you've got your lumber mill and Frank's money, you won't come to me as you did to the jail, so I see I shall have to marry you.
Scarlett: I never heard of such bad taste.
...
Scarlett: Sir, you are no gentleman.
Rhett Butler: And you, Miss, are no lady.
...
Scarlett: As God is my witness, as God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's all over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill. As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again.
...
Melanie Hamilton: Whatever happens, I'll love you just as I do now until I die.
...
Scarlett: Rhett, Rhett... Rhett, if you go, where shall I go? What shall I do?
Rhett Butler: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
...
[last lines] Scarlett: Tara! Home. I'll go home. And I'll think of some way to get him back. After all... tomorrow is another day.
Link: http://warnervideo.com/gonewiththewind/
Rating perso: 8.5/10
mardi 15 mars 2011
#186: Son of Frankeinsten, Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 1939
Format: DVD
Son of Frankeinstein. This is the third movie in the Universal classic series. This one is directed by Roland V Lee (The counto f Monte Cristo, Captain Kid, the mysterious Dr Fu Manchu...) and is his first in this franchise. Lee casted Boris Karloff as the monster and Bela Lugosi as Ygor the infamous assistant. Basil Rathbone was cast as the son of Henry Frankeinstein: Wolf who returns from abroad to take back his father's estate with his wife and son. Obviously the good doctor is easily persuaded to try to complete his father's goals and he thus revives the monster from his coma. He drops the matter having thought he failed but Ygor takes advantage of the sitatuation and uses the monster to eliminate some of his town enemies. The doctor is accused and the town Burgmaster starts and investigation around the Frankeinstein estate as the town mounts against the Frankeinstein's again.
The movie ends as Ygor is shot and the monster turns crazy that his only friend was killed and is dropped in a fire pit.
The casting and shooting is quite well done on this movie but some of the magic from the original is missing. The good doctor is a bit too likeable a character and a family man to boot. The story falls a bit short after all. For fans of the genre or the franchise mainly. Black and white with mono sound.
Son of Frankeinstein. La troisième partie de cette populaire franchise. Ce film a été réalisé par Roland V Lee (The count of Monte Cristo, Captain Kid, the mysterious Dr Fu Manchu...) et il sàgit de son 1er Frankeinstein. Lee a utilisé une distribution solide pour ce film: Boris karlof dans le rôle du monstre, Bela Lugosi dans le rôle de l`infâme assistant Ygor et Basil Rathbone dans le rôle du descendant de Frankeinstein qui revient de l`étranger pour prendre possession des ruines du château familial. Ygor réussit à convaincre le bon docteur de reprendre les travaux de son père en faisant revivre le monstre. Ceci ne fut pas difficile et Ygor qui est le bon ami du monstre l;utilise rapidement à ses fins pour éliminer des membres du village qu`il n`aime pas. Tout cela finit mal quand le stratagème de Ygor est découvert et qu`il est tué par balle. Le monstre pogne les nerfs et décide de tout peter encore une fois. Le docteur élimine le monstre pour protéger sa famille en faisant tomber le monstre dans une fosse en flamme.
Bien que clairement un des classiques Universel, ce film est solide par ces acteurs et sa bonne réalisation. Cependant il lui manque la magie de la foile Frankeinstein des premiers films. Le bon docteur est trop un bon gars et un bon père de famille pour son compte. À voir par les vrais amateurs des classiques Universel ou du genre surtout. Ne pas oublier que ce film est noir et blanc avec trame sonore mono.
Great quotes:
Elsa von Frankenstein: What a dreadful storm and awful lightening.
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: It's magnificent. Nothing in nature is terrifying when one understands it. Darling, my father drew that very lightening from heaven and forced it for his own will to bring life to a being he created with his own hands. Why should we fear anything?
...
Inspector Krogh: One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots.
...
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: My son, herein lies my faiths, my beliefs and my unfoldments. A complete diary of my experiments, charts and secret formulas. In short, the sum total of my knowledge, such as it is. Perhaps you will regard my work with ridicule or even with a distaste. If so, destroy these records. But if you like me burn with the irresistable desire to penetrate the unknown, carry on. The path is cruel and torturous, carry on. I put secret after truth, you will be hated, blasphemed and condemned. You have inherited the fortune of the Frankensteins, I trust you will not inherit their fate.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/maindetails
Rating perso: 6.5/10
Annee/Year: 1939
Format: DVD
Son of Frankeinstein. This is the third movie in the Universal classic series. This one is directed by Roland V Lee (The counto f Monte Cristo, Captain Kid, the mysterious Dr Fu Manchu...) and is his first in this franchise. Lee casted Boris Karloff as the monster and Bela Lugosi as Ygor the infamous assistant. Basil Rathbone was cast as the son of Henry Frankeinstein: Wolf who returns from abroad to take back his father's estate with his wife and son. Obviously the good doctor is easily persuaded to try to complete his father's goals and he thus revives the monster from his coma. He drops the matter having thought he failed but Ygor takes advantage of the sitatuation and uses the monster to eliminate some of his town enemies. The doctor is accused and the town Burgmaster starts and investigation around the Frankeinstein estate as the town mounts against the Frankeinstein's again.
The movie ends as Ygor is shot and the monster turns crazy that his only friend was killed and is dropped in a fire pit.
The casting and shooting is quite well done on this movie but some of the magic from the original is missing. The good doctor is a bit too likeable a character and a family man to boot. The story falls a bit short after all. For fans of the genre or the franchise mainly. Black and white with mono sound.
Son of Frankeinstein. La troisième partie de cette populaire franchise. Ce film a été réalisé par Roland V Lee (The count of Monte Cristo, Captain Kid, the mysterious Dr Fu Manchu...) et il sàgit de son 1er Frankeinstein. Lee a utilisé une distribution solide pour ce film: Boris karlof dans le rôle du monstre, Bela Lugosi dans le rôle de l`infâme assistant Ygor et Basil Rathbone dans le rôle du descendant de Frankeinstein qui revient de l`étranger pour prendre possession des ruines du château familial. Ygor réussit à convaincre le bon docteur de reprendre les travaux de son père en faisant revivre le monstre. Ceci ne fut pas difficile et Ygor qui est le bon ami du monstre l;utilise rapidement à ses fins pour éliminer des membres du village qu`il n`aime pas. Tout cela finit mal quand le stratagème de Ygor est découvert et qu`il est tué par balle. Le monstre pogne les nerfs et décide de tout peter encore une fois. Le docteur élimine le monstre pour protéger sa famille en faisant tomber le monstre dans une fosse en flamme.
Bien que clairement un des classiques Universel, ce film est solide par ces acteurs et sa bonne réalisation. Cependant il lui manque la magie de la foile Frankeinstein des premiers films. Le bon docteur est trop un bon gars et un bon père de famille pour son compte. À voir par les vrais amateurs des classiques Universel ou du genre surtout. Ne pas oublier que ce film est noir et blanc avec trame sonore mono.
Great quotes:
Elsa von Frankenstein: What a dreadful storm and awful lightening.
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: It's magnificent. Nothing in nature is terrifying when one understands it. Darling, my father drew that very lightening from heaven and forced it for his own will to bring life to a being he created with his own hands. Why should we fear anything?
...
Inspector Krogh: One doesn't easily forget, Herr Baron, an arm torn out by the roots.
...
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein: My son, herein lies my faiths, my beliefs and my unfoldments. A complete diary of my experiments, charts and secret formulas. In short, the sum total of my knowledge, such as it is. Perhaps you will regard my work with ridicule or even with a distaste. If so, destroy these records. But if you like me burn with the irresistable desire to penetrate the unknown, carry on. The path is cruel and torturous, carry on. I put secret after truth, you will be hated, blasphemed and condemned. You have inherited the fortune of the Frankensteins, I trust you will not inherit their fate.
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031951/maindetails
Rating perso: 6.5/10
dimanche 13 mars 2011
#185: My soul to take , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Horror/Horreur
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
My soul to take. The latest film (until smream 4 is out) from writer and director horror master Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm street...). This film has split the opinions of many who have seen it. The reason being that Wes had a good idea for a script but it was a bit complicated; may be too much for many of his audience and maybe because of the contrived way he tried to tell the tale.
The story is about a multiple personality serial killer who gets finally cuaght by police. On the night he dies (in a very spectacular ambulance accident) his seven personnalities are split and find themselves in the seven babies born that night in this little town. The main part of the movie actually takes place 16 years later as our teenagers celebrate their 16th birthday in a ritual put in place by local kids to turn back the serial killer. One of the seven is the reborn killer soul and is out to get the others... will they find out which one it is before they are all dead...
An interesting concept on paper but definitely hard to get on audiences without the concept. This is a well built film with some suspense and shocks but nowhere near the originality and vision of the "Nightmare" series. Still interesting to see by the amateurs of the genre.
My soul to take. Un autre film de l'écrivain et directeur maître de l`horreur Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm street...). Ce film a été pas mal malmené par plusieurs sans doute pour sa difficulté à en comprendre le sens. Sans doute par son audience qui n`aime pas se casser le coco mais aussi par sa manière un peu tordu de nous faire part de son histoire.
Ce film est l`histoire d`un tueur en série qui à sept personnalités et qui est finalement rattrapé par la police. Il se tue dans un accident d`ambulance vraiment spectaculaire. Ses sept âmes se retrouvent dans 7 nouveaux nées qui viennent au monde dans ce petit village ce soir là. Le majeure partie du film se déroule 16and plus tard lorsque les sept enfants atteignent leur 16ans et que leur deuxième âmes deviendra active. Le but est d`identitfier le tueur avant d`en être la victime. un bon suspense avec des chocs qui vous surprendront. Mais le film demeure loin de l`originalité de la série Nightmare. Bon pour les amateurs du genre sinon vous pouvez passer.
Great quotes:
Penelope: [about the Reaper] Pray for our souls, Bug. He's coming.
Bug: Jesus?
...
The Ripper: Fear Ye, The Ripper!
Link: http://www.iamrogue.com/mysoultotake
Rating perso: 7.0/10
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
My soul to take. The latest film (until smream 4 is out) from writer and director horror master Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm street...). This film has split the opinions of many who have seen it. The reason being that Wes had a good idea for a script but it was a bit complicated; may be too much for many of his audience and maybe because of the contrived way he tried to tell the tale.
The story is about a multiple personality serial killer who gets finally cuaght by police. On the night he dies (in a very spectacular ambulance accident) his seven personnalities are split and find themselves in the seven babies born that night in this little town. The main part of the movie actually takes place 16 years later as our teenagers celebrate their 16th birthday in a ritual put in place by local kids to turn back the serial killer. One of the seven is the reborn killer soul and is out to get the others... will they find out which one it is before they are all dead...
An interesting concept on paper but definitely hard to get on audiences without the concept. This is a well built film with some suspense and shocks but nowhere near the originality and vision of the "Nightmare" series. Still interesting to see by the amateurs of the genre.
My soul to take. Un autre film de l'écrivain et directeur maître de l`horreur Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm street...). Ce film a été pas mal malmené par plusieurs sans doute pour sa difficulté à en comprendre le sens. Sans doute par son audience qui n`aime pas se casser le coco mais aussi par sa manière un peu tordu de nous faire part de son histoire.
Ce film est l`histoire d`un tueur en série qui à sept personnalités et qui est finalement rattrapé par la police. Il se tue dans un accident d`ambulance vraiment spectaculaire. Ses sept âmes se retrouvent dans 7 nouveaux nées qui viennent au monde dans ce petit village ce soir là. Le majeure partie du film se déroule 16and plus tard lorsque les sept enfants atteignent leur 16ans et que leur deuxième âmes deviendra active. Le but est d`identitfier le tueur avant d`en être la victime. un bon suspense avec des chocs qui vous surprendront. Mais le film demeure loin de l`originalité de la série Nightmare. Bon pour les amateurs du genre sinon vous pouvez passer.
Great quotes:
Penelope: [about the Reaper] Pray for our souls, Bug. He's coming.
Bug: Jesus?
...
The Ripper: Fear Ye, The Ripper!
Link: http://www.iamrogue.com/mysoultotake
Rating perso: 7.0/10
#184: Grown ups , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Comedy/Comedie
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
Grown ups. Another great comedy from Adam Sandler who is the main actor and writer of this light but enjoyable comedy. Predictable but quite fun for the whole family this movie directed by Dennis Dugan who brought us similar movies in cooperation with Sandler (Big Daddy, Happy Gilmore, Parenthood, Problem child and many TV series). These are light comedies with no big surprises but which also bring along some basic good vibe/philosophy with it.
In Grown ups we see a fabulous cast put together from the old SNL days: Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Space, Chris Rock, Kevin James; throw in Salma Hayek and we are sure to get your attention.
The story is the one of a group of good friends who meet again after 25 years for the funeral of a coach they had in high school who helped them set their positive attitude in early life. The movie is about the get together of good friends and a reassesment of their views on life at mid life crisis point.
The chemistry between these guys is excellent and adds to the final effect. A good comedy overall.
Copain pour toujours. Un film dont Adam Sandler est l`acteur pricipal et à écrit le script. Dennis Dugan qui nous a donner plusieurs autres films du même accabit avec Sandler (Big Daddy, Happy Gilmore, Parenthood, Problem child et plusieurs séries TV). Une comédie légère et sans surprises mais qui garde toujours un aspect réflectif sur la vie.
Sandler est accompagné ici par plusieurs de ses pottes de Saturday Night Live: Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Space, Chris Rock, Kevin James; et ajoutez Salma Hayek pour son charme.
Le film nous fait vivre la réunion d`un groupe d`amis après la mort de leur entraineur de Basketball qui leur a inculcé plusieurs notions de confiance en soi. La réunion tourne vite en réflexion sur les vrais valeurs et l`amitié. Nous avons ici une recette gagnante avec une chimie géniale entre les comédiens. Très agréable à voir.
Great quotes:
Roxanne Chase-Feder: [an old woman approaches them] And this must be your mother.
Rob Hilliard: My wife.
Roxanne Chase-Feder: I'm sorry!
Rob Hilliard: I'm not. [kisses his wife]
Marcus Higgins: [onlooking] Oh, grody.
...
Marcus Higgins: Hey Y, where's MCA?
...
Becky Feder: [about the bug zapper] Daddy! Where is it taking them?
Marcus Higgins: ...Hell.
Lenny Feder: Higgins. Don't say that.
Marcus Higgins: Oh I'm sorry not Hell... Mexico.
...
Lenny Feder: You see that? You just aim for a spot and shoot the ball there?
Eric Lamonsoff: It's true. Your dad has won over 50 games with that shot.
Greg Feder: Really? Because that shot doesn't work on the Wii.
Eric Lamonsoff: Well, you should Wii-turn that Wii and get yourself a Wii-fund. Tim Duncan has had over a hundred game winners with that shot.
...
Mama Ronzoni: Deanne, you should have married that Italian guy like I told you.
Deanne McKenzie: Yeah and if I did, you'd be the one who's pregnant right now.
Mama Ronzoni: You're probably right. I'll butt out now.
...
Water Park Stud: [in a high pitched voice] What's up ladies? I'm from Sascatchatoon! That's up in Canada, eh? You American ladies ever been up to Sascatchatoon? Yeah, you American ladies would enjoy being in Sascatchatoon. [all the wives laugh at him]
...
Bean Lamonsoff: I want cookies.
Marcus Higgins: Ha. Cookies and MILF.
Link: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/grownups/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
Grown ups. Another great comedy from Adam Sandler who is the main actor and writer of this light but enjoyable comedy. Predictable but quite fun for the whole family this movie directed by Dennis Dugan who brought us similar movies in cooperation with Sandler (Big Daddy, Happy Gilmore, Parenthood, Problem child and many TV series). These are light comedies with no big surprises but which also bring along some basic good vibe/philosophy with it.
In Grown ups we see a fabulous cast put together from the old SNL days: Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Space, Chris Rock, Kevin James; throw in Salma Hayek and we are sure to get your attention.
The story is the one of a group of good friends who meet again after 25 years for the funeral of a coach they had in high school who helped them set their positive attitude in early life. The movie is about the get together of good friends and a reassesment of their views on life at mid life crisis point.
The chemistry between these guys is excellent and adds to the final effect. A good comedy overall.
Copain pour toujours. Un film dont Adam Sandler est l`acteur pricipal et à écrit le script. Dennis Dugan qui nous a donner plusieurs autres films du même accabit avec Sandler (Big Daddy, Happy Gilmore, Parenthood, Problem child et plusieurs séries TV). Une comédie légère et sans surprises mais qui garde toujours un aspect réflectif sur la vie.
Sandler est accompagné ici par plusieurs de ses pottes de Saturday Night Live: Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Space, Chris Rock, Kevin James; et ajoutez Salma Hayek pour son charme.
Le film nous fait vivre la réunion d`un groupe d`amis après la mort de leur entraineur de Basketball qui leur a inculcé plusieurs notions de confiance en soi. La réunion tourne vite en réflexion sur les vrais valeurs et l`amitié. Nous avons ici une recette gagnante avec une chimie géniale entre les comédiens. Très agréable à voir.
Great quotes:
Roxanne Chase-Feder: [an old woman approaches them] And this must be your mother.
Rob Hilliard: My wife.
Roxanne Chase-Feder: I'm sorry!
Rob Hilliard: I'm not. [kisses his wife]
Marcus Higgins: [onlooking] Oh, grody.
...
Marcus Higgins: Hey Y, where's MCA?
...
Becky Feder: [about the bug zapper] Daddy! Where is it taking them?
Marcus Higgins: ...Hell.
Lenny Feder: Higgins. Don't say that.
Marcus Higgins: Oh I'm sorry not Hell... Mexico.
...
Lenny Feder: You see that? You just aim for a spot and shoot the ball there?
Eric Lamonsoff: It's true. Your dad has won over 50 games with that shot.
Greg Feder: Really? Because that shot doesn't work on the Wii.
Eric Lamonsoff: Well, you should Wii-turn that Wii and get yourself a Wii-fund. Tim Duncan has had over a hundred game winners with that shot.
...
Mama Ronzoni: Deanne, you should have married that Italian guy like I told you.
Deanne McKenzie: Yeah and if I did, you'd be the one who's pregnant right now.
Mama Ronzoni: You're probably right. I'll butt out now.
...
Water Park Stud: [in a high pitched voice] What's up ladies? I'm from Sascatchatoon! That's up in Canada, eh? You American ladies ever been up to Sascatchatoon? Yeah, you American ladies would enjoy being in Sascatchatoon. [all the wives laugh at him]
...
Bean Lamonsoff: I want cookies.
Marcus Higgins: Ha. Cookies and MILF.
Link: http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/grownups/
Rating perso: 8.0/10
samedi 12 mars 2011
#183: The adventures of young Indiana Jones: vol 1-3 , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Action
Annee/Year: 1992-1996
Format: DVD
The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1 to 3. So you you like Indiana jones movies? You thought you saw it all. Well I may have a surprise for you... and a bif one at that. Were you aware that Georges Lucas had committed to film a series of episodes and films about the young life of our preferate hero. This was re-edited a couple of years ago into a set of 3 box sets of 22 2 hours episodes. A grandiose and huge work which certainly merits a lot better view than the one it currently has.
The series was shot on location around diverse places in the world and basically visited much places such as Russia, France, Italy, Ireland, the US, Mexico, Congo, Egypt, transylvania, Prague, Indonesia, New guinea, China, Germany, Vienna, various parts of Africa, Barcelona, Palestine, Istambul and more...wow a real world tour. We see there the world as it was in this critical part of the 20th century from year 1908 until 1920.
The first series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1 The early years has us follow a 8year old Indy and his parents as they travel the world. They visit interesting places and meet great people through the process. Indy makes many friends which paves the way for his solo adventures later on. We the yound boy loosing his mom and his strict father becoming a hermit in Princeton in following years.
In the second series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 2 The war years we follow an adolescent young men of 18 (played by Sean Patrick Flannery) as he runs away from his fathers' house and enjoy the freedom of traveling and seeking adventure on his own. He goes to Mexico where he joins the ranks of the rebel of Pancho Villa the Mexican rebel and where he meets his best friend Remy Beaudoin a Belgian revolutionary. Remy will influence Indy to join the first world war as a member of the Belgian army. That is where indy takes up the pseudonym Henri Defense. He will fight against the Germans in many theaters of the great war: Verdun, Somme, Africa. Eventually his skills in languages amongst others will allow him to join the intelligence forces through the rest of the war.
The last series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 3 The years of change takes us through the end of the war and the return of Indy back home in the Unisted States as a changed and more mature man decided to take on his university studies in Archeology. After a brief return to his father in Priceton he concludes that his dad is the only person in the world who he cannot get along with. He leaves for Chicago university and starts devling into the Blues scene playing trumpet. Spends some time afterward in New york to be part of the Broadway shows and ends up in Holywood behing the scenes to see the first talking movies being produced. The rest is history which you know.
This mega series is so inspiring as it makes us live through the major events of the 20th century first hand along the greats: Russian revolution, 2nd world war, Picasso, Verdi, Hemmingway, Howard Carter, Dracula, pirates, Goddart, Churchill, Rockwell, Patton, DeGaulle, Clemanceau, Lawrence of Arabia, Eliot Ness, and so many greats. I highly recommend watching it with the young ones as they will learn so much interesting history throught this story and have great fun while doing it. The series is often funny, with lots of action as we should and many romantic and inspiring moments as well. There are fabulous documentaries which will allow you to get deeper into the real history behind each episodes. All are very well made.
If you owe it to yourslef to discover one gem in my reviews I really hope that this is it. The three volumes are readily available though a bit hard to find and a bit more expensive but oh so worth it.
The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1-3. Une série en trois boites de 22 épisodes de 2 heures chaquns. Une oeuvre magistrale du reconnu Georges Lucas (Star Wars...). Cette série n'est malheureusement pas traduite en francais et c'est bien triste. Il s'agit d'une magnifique série qui nous emmenes litérallement aux quatres coins du globe et qui nous fait vivre la jeunesse fictive du jeune Indiana Jones. Les premiers épisodes nous le montre à environ 8ans pendant qu'il fait le tour du monde avec ses parents. Par la suite, il devient jeune adulte et on le suit dans ses aventures lors de sa participation à la premiere guerre mondiale comme capitaine Courage de l`armée Belge. Il fait partie des événements marquants du début du 20ième siècle tel Verdun, la fin de la grande guerre, la révolution russe et les débuts du jazz ou du cinéma holywoodien. Une grande lecon d`histoire racontée d`une manière toujours divertisante; à la fois drôle, romantique ou excitante. Si vous pouvez vous permettre plusieures heures d`écoute en anglais.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.youngindy.com/trailer.html
Rating perso: 8.0/10
Annee/Year: 1992-1996
Format: DVD
The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1 to 3. So you you like Indiana jones movies? You thought you saw it all. Well I may have a surprise for you... and a bif one at that. Were you aware that Georges Lucas had committed to film a series of episodes and films about the young life of our preferate hero. This was re-edited a couple of years ago into a set of 3 box sets of 22 2 hours episodes. A grandiose and huge work which certainly merits a lot better view than the one it currently has.
The series was shot on location around diverse places in the world and basically visited much places such as Russia, France, Italy, Ireland, the US, Mexico, Congo, Egypt, transylvania, Prague, Indonesia, New guinea, China, Germany, Vienna, various parts of Africa, Barcelona, Palestine, Istambul and more...wow a real world tour. We see there the world as it was in this critical part of the 20th century from year 1908 until 1920.
The first series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1 The early years has us follow a 8year old Indy and his parents as they travel the world. They visit interesting places and meet great people through the process. Indy makes many friends which paves the way for his solo adventures later on. We the yound boy loosing his mom and his strict father becoming a hermit in Princeton in following years.
In the second series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 2 The war years we follow an adolescent young men of 18 (played by Sean Patrick Flannery) as he runs away from his fathers' house and enjoy the freedom of traveling and seeking adventure on his own. He goes to Mexico where he joins the ranks of the rebel of Pancho Villa the Mexican rebel and where he meets his best friend Remy Beaudoin a Belgian revolutionary. Remy will influence Indy to join the first world war as a member of the Belgian army. That is where indy takes up the pseudonym Henri Defense. He will fight against the Germans in many theaters of the great war: Verdun, Somme, Africa. Eventually his skills in languages amongst others will allow him to join the intelligence forces through the rest of the war.
The last series The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 3 The years of change takes us through the end of the war and the return of Indy back home in the Unisted States as a changed and more mature man decided to take on his university studies in Archeology. After a brief return to his father in Priceton he concludes that his dad is the only person in the world who he cannot get along with. He leaves for Chicago university and starts devling into the Blues scene playing trumpet. Spends some time afterward in New york to be part of the Broadway shows and ends up in Holywood behing the scenes to see the first talking movies being produced. The rest is history which you know.
This mega series is so inspiring as it makes us live through the major events of the 20th century first hand along the greats: Russian revolution, 2nd world war, Picasso, Verdi, Hemmingway, Howard Carter, Dracula, pirates, Goddart, Churchill, Rockwell, Patton, DeGaulle, Clemanceau, Lawrence of Arabia, Eliot Ness, and so many greats. I highly recommend watching it with the young ones as they will learn so much interesting history throught this story and have great fun while doing it. The series is often funny, with lots of action as we should and many romantic and inspiring moments as well. There are fabulous documentaries which will allow you to get deeper into the real history behind each episodes. All are very well made.
If you owe it to yourslef to discover one gem in my reviews I really hope that this is it. The three volumes are readily available though a bit hard to find and a bit more expensive but oh so worth it.
The adventures of young Indiana Jones: volume 1-3. Une série en trois boites de 22 épisodes de 2 heures chaquns. Une oeuvre magistrale du reconnu Georges Lucas (Star Wars...). Cette série n'est malheureusement pas traduite en francais et c'est bien triste. Il s'agit d'une magnifique série qui nous emmenes litérallement aux quatres coins du globe et qui nous fait vivre la jeunesse fictive du jeune Indiana Jones. Les premiers épisodes nous le montre à environ 8ans pendant qu'il fait le tour du monde avec ses parents. Par la suite, il devient jeune adulte et on le suit dans ses aventures lors de sa participation à la premiere guerre mondiale comme capitaine Courage de l`armée Belge. Il fait partie des événements marquants du début du 20ième siècle tel Verdun, la fin de la grande guerre, la révolution russe et les débuts du jazz ou du cinéma holywoodien. Une grande lecon d`histoire racontée d`une manière toujours divertisante; à la fois drôle, romantique ou excitante. Si vous pouvez vous permettre plusieures heures d`écoute en anglais.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.youngindy.com/trailer.html
Rating perso: 8.0/10
samedi 5 mars 2011
#182: The Pacific , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Action/Drama/Drame guerre
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
The Pacific. Team work. First way to describe this HBO historical series recounting the Pacific frame of the second world war from the American perspective. This highly acclaimed series is a continuation of the popular Band of Brothers series which recounted the European frame of the second world war. The first series was so highly acclaimed and appreciated that making a follow up series was definitely a tall order.
Three directors participated to elaborating the series (J Podeswa, T Van Patten, D. Nutter) and a slew of producers put their hand to it as well; amongst which Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg the genius behind the first series as well. This series is beautifully crafted and is a true classic in all senses the word can be used.
We follow through this series a number of characters based mainly on the true stories of real vetarans: Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and the war hero John Basilone. We follow their adventures through the taking of the Pacific islands from the japanese: Guadalcanal, selling war bonds back home, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa... all names which still ring in everybody's ears to this day. The story of John Basilone will bring a tear to the eyes of any men and women and will make you feel this sense of owing these veterans something to this day.
Beautiful series and well worth the Blu ray version. A classic series to be and something no one should miss especially if you are a history or war buff.
The Pacific. Un classique en devenir et un travail d'equipe gigantesque.Cette serie de HBO nous raconte l;histoire de la deuxieme guerre mondiale dans le theatre du Pacifique du point de vue des Etats-Unis. Cette serie est la suite spirituelle de la populaire et acclame serie Band of Brothers qui revoyait le theatre des activites en Europe.
Trois directeurs ont participés a l`élaboration de la séerie (J Podeswa, T Van Patten, D. Nutter) et un nombre de producteurs y ont mis al main également; parmis ceux-ci on retrouve Tom Hanks et Steven Spielberg qui ont aussi été les génies derrière Band of Brothers.
Nous suivons l`histoire de dix épisodes à travers les yeux d`un nombre de personnages qui sont basées sur l`expérience de réels vétérans: Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge et le héro John Basilone. Nous les suivons dans des aventures lors de la reprise des îles du Pacifique de la main des japanais: Guadalcanal, vente des bonds pour la guerre à la maison, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa... Tous des noms qui sont restés gravées dans notre mémoire collective. L`histoire de basilone en particulier saura tirer une larme au plus froides âmes.
Une séerie presque parfaite et un classique en devenir. Le cinema et la TV ne font rien de mieux que la qualité donnéee à cette série. À ne pas manquer surtout si vous apprecié l`histoire etles films de guerre.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.hbocanada.com/thepacific/
Rating perso: 8.5/10 The Pacific, et 9.5/10 Band of Brothers
Annee/Year: 2010
Format: Blu Ray
The Pacific. Team work. First way to describe this HBO historical series recounting the Pacific frame of the second world war from the American perspective. This highly acclaimed series is a continuation of the popular Band of Brothers series which recounted the European frame of the second world war. The first series was so highly acclaimed and appreciated that making a follow up series was definitely a tall order.
Three directors participated to elaborating the series (J Podeswa, T Van Patten, D. Nutter) and a slew of producers put their hand to it as well; amongst which Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg the genius behind the first series as well. This series is beautifully crafted and is a true classic in all senses the word can be used.
We follow through this series a number of characters based mainly on the true stories of real vetarans: Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge and the war hero John Basilone. We follow their adventures through the taking of the Pacific islands from the japanese: Guadalcanal, selling war bonds back home, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa... all names which still ring in everybody's ears to this day. The story of John Basilone will bring a tear to the eyes of any men and women and will make you feel this sense of owing these veterans something to this day.
Beautiful series and well worth the Blu ray version. A classic series to be and something no one should miss especially if you are a history or war buff.
The Pacific. Un classique en devenir et un travail d'equipe gigantesque.Cette serie de HBO nous raconte l;histoire de la deuxieme guerre mondiale dans le theatre du Pacifique du point de vue des Etats-Unis. Cette serie est la suite spirituelle de la populaire et acclame serie Band of Brothers qui revoyait le theatre des activites en Europe.
Trois directeurs ont participés a l`élaboration de la séerie (J Podeswa, T Van Patten, D. Nutter) et un nombre de producteurs y ont mis al main également; parmis ceux-ci on retrouve Tom Hanks et Steven Spielberg qui ont aussi été les génies derrière Band of Brothers.
Nous suivons l`histoire de dix épisodes à travers les yeux d`un nombre de personnages qui sont basées sur l`expérience de réels vétérans: Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge et le héro John Basilone. Nous les suivons dans des aventures lors de la reprise des îles du Pacifique de la main des japanais: Guadalcanal, vente des bonds pour la guerre à la maison, Peleliu, Iwo Jima and Okinawa... Tous des noms qui sont restés gravées dans notre mémoire collective. L`histoire de basilone en particulier saura tirer une larme au plus froides âmes.
Une séerie presque parfaite et un classique en devenir. Le cinema et la TV ne font rien de mieux que la qualité donnéee à cette série. À ne pas manquer surtout si vous apprecié l`histoire etles films de guerre.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.hbocanada.com/thepacific/
Rating perso: 8.5/10 The Pacific, et 9.5/10 Band of Brothers
#181: Dust to glory , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Ducumentary/Documentaire/action
Annee/Year: 2005
Format: DVD
Dust to glory. A documentary from Director Dana Brown who also brought us non fictional thrillers such as Endless Summer revisited and Step into the liquid and Highwater (Surf movies). These are docu dramas about real life events with the actual characters who live them. Some of these characters are truly larger than life.
Dust to glory is about one of the most grueling off road race which takes place in the Baja point of Mexico; one of the world last almost wild desert area. This is a 1000 mile event which is really hard and hot and through which racers need to race day and night amongst breathtaking lasndscapes and in extreme conditions. There are many accidents every year with racers and/or spectators hurt or killed. It reminds us very much of the famous Paris/Dakar race.
The movie puts us in the shoes of many great drivers as they face the challenge on motorcycle, quads, Buggy cars, Baja trucks or extreme custom machines down to almost stock original Beetles raced by locals. The race attracks a slew of great drivers such as Mario Andretti, Robby Gordon, Sal Fish and in the past greats such as James Garner and Steve Mcqueen. The best story is the one of Mike "Mouse" McCoy, a true racing hero who won every offroad bike race until he was 17yes old. Then he dropped since he had done it all. Mouse in a solid return tried to complete an unnatempted feat: to complete SOLO the 1000miles race without stopping or resting on a motorcycle. Wow! This had been done once in a car but to do this on a motorcycle was taking truly taking it up one step. Worst is that he managed to survive through this and complete the race after breaking a few bones. A true real life hero.
The movie is well shot and I would have loved to get this in Blu Ray but i doubt the shooting was originally done in high def anyway. The vistas are great and the story flows well and keeps you interested till the end. I definitely love this kind of docu drama and we need more like it.
Dust to Glory. Un film documentaire sur la renommé course du Baja 1000miles dans la pointe du Baja au Mexique. Ce film de Dana Brown nous fait vivre la sensation de participer à cette course endiablé à travers le desert sauvage du Mexique. Il s'agit ici d'un des événements de course les plus difficile en Amérique et certainement au monde du même calibre que le Paris/Dakar. On suit ici la course sur le terrain avec plusieurs pilotes célèbres tel Robby Gordon, Mario Andretti, Sal Fish et plusieurs grands tel James Garner and Steve McQueen. La course se fait à bord de motocross, quads, buggy, pickup modifier style Baja, ou custom offroad. On suit la course de plusieurs équipes mais une d'entre elle ressort clairement: la course de Mike "Mouse" McCoy qui s'est donné comme objectif de compléter cette course SOLO sur une moto. Cet exploit avait été completé une fois dejà dans un véhicule à quatre roues mais de le faire en moto augmentait l'exploit de quelques coches. Le pire c'est qu'il à réussi à compléter la course mais avec plusieurs os brisés. Exploit d'un vrai héro entêté. Un film à voir si vous apprécier les voitures ou la course ou si vous voulez voir l'endurance humaine mise au test. J'aime ce type de film et il devrait en exister plus.
Great quotes:
Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386423/maindetails
Rating perso: 7.0/10
jeudi 3 mars 2011
#180: Babylon 5 , Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir
Genre: Sci-Fi/Science-Fiction
Annee/Year: 1994-1998
Format: DVD
Babylon 5. Arguably one of the best science-fiction TV series of all times. This is a 5 year story arc which takes place in the year 2258 on a neutral space station far from earth and which is a meeting point for multiple races who try coping to live together. A beautiful story of how people and races struggle to live together in the best way possible. The races struggle with their differences in attitude, religion, ethics, aggresiveness and technology as some are very advanced and others barely able to travel in space.
The series is made of 110 episodes of action packed adventure. The special effects were rudimentary back then as they represented the true begininnings of computer graphics use in such a series. They look now quite poor but it does not take us out of the frame as the story is SO good! This is story telling at it's best and J. Michael Strakzynski gave all he had to complete this series and deserves all the credit for succeeding against all odds.
This series takes us through a pan galactic war between the dark (Shadows) and the light side (Vorlons) two mega advanced races who fight on a 1000 year cycle. The other races: Membari, humans, N'arn, Centauri,Brachiri, and many more, struggle to survive and aling themselves to their individual advantage. All races have ambassadors on Babylon5 and this is the main point of interest. The station is under human control under the strong hold of commanders Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) and Lockley (Tracy Scoggins) and their crew (Garibaldi, Ivanhova, Zack, Dr Franklin, and more. The real interest lies in the interractions between the different humans and the ambassadors. A true study of social interactions and some philisophy pitched in. The series highlights the interactions between rich and poor, men and women, different religions, different military groups, political groups, terrorists, class struggles, racial tensions between earth and it's regions (Mars), between normal humans and telepaths and the militarized telepaths named psychore. All the way through we see the struggle to survive and make one's place in the universe; as one weaker human race helps to pave the way to unite races together in a galactic nations for the common good and forcing the more ancient advanced race to give them a fighting chance.
Special highlight on the Narn and Centauri ambassadors (G'Kar played by Andreas Katsulas and Londo Mollari played by Peter Jurassik) who have the most interesting interplay. Being of two races who hate each other they manage to become friends only to get them struggling again as the Centauri destroy the Narn homeworld (after they get manipulated by the mighty Shadows). The two descend to the worst depths of hate before their mutual respect finds hope in remaining best of friends in these worst circumstances possible. G'kar becomes a spiritual leader for his race as Londo becomes pure political beast and becomes the leader of his race in the worst conditions possible.
The FX are not the best but i would never dream of trading them for better if this had any chance of loosing the first class acting done in this series which has best of class story line and true human meaning behind it all.
Babylon 5. Une des meilleures séries de Science-Fiction que vous pourrez trouver. Les effets spéciaux sont moins réussis et reflétèrent les premières tentatives d'effets générés par ordinateur. Par contre l'histoire racontée dans les 110 épisodes est de première classe et touche beaucoup de sujets qui sauront garder tout le monde intéressé. Les interactions entre les personnages humains et autres races sont le bonbon qui gardera cette série un classique pour la postérité. À voir par tous. Bravo à J. Michael Strakzynski qui a écrit et produit cette série.
Great quotes:
Opening narration, season 1] Commander Jeffrey David Sinclair: It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.
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[Opening narration, season 3] Susan Ivanova: The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. But in the year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last, best hope for victory. The year is 2260. The place - Babylon 5.
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Delenn: I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light.
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Ambassador Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you!
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Lord Refa: Why should I do as you say?
Ambassador Londo Mollari: Because I have asked you; because your sense of duty to our people should override any personal ambition; and because I have poisoned your drink.
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Citizen G'Kar: The Earthers have a saying: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I believe they stole it from us.
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Citizen G'Kar: If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth... for understanding. Too often, we assume that the light on the wall is God, but the light is not the goal of the search, it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the sense of revelation upon seeing it. Similarly, someone who does not search - who does not bring a lantern - sees nothing. What we perceive as God is the by-product of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light... pure and unblemished... not understanding that it comes from us. Sometimes we stand in front of the light and assume that we are the center of the universe - God looks astonishingly like we do - or we turn to look at our shadow and assume that all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose, which is to use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty and in all its flaws; and in so doing, better understand the world around us.
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Captain John Sheridan: No surrender, no retreat.
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Sinclair: They say God works in mysterious ways.
Michael Garibaldi: Maybe so, but He's a con-man compared to the Vorlon.
...
Kosh Naranek: Ah, you seek meaning?
Talia: Yes.
Kosh Naranek: Then listen to the music, not the song.
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Citizen G'Kar: We all believe in something... greater than ourselves, even if it's just the blind forces of chance.
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Delenn: The third principle of sentient life is the capacity for self-sacrifice, the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend, a loved one.
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Delenn: We are star stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out.
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Captain John Sheridan: If more of our so-called leaders would walk the same streets as the people who voted them in, live in the same buildings, eat the same food instead of hiding behind glass and steel and bodyguards, maybe we'd get better leadership and a little more concern for the future.
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Zathras: Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life... probably have very sad death, but at least there is symmetry.
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Citizen G'Kar: I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
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Commander Jeffrey David Sinclair: Mr. Garibaldi was right. He said this was going to be trouble.
Susan Ivanova: There's nothing more annoying than Mr. Garibaldi when he's right.
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Ambassador Vir Cotto: As Mr. Garibaldi would say, it's been one hell of a day.
Lennier: Yes. A hell of a day.
Ambassador Vir Cotto: And a hell of a year.
Lennier: A hell of a five years.
Ambassador Vir Cotto: Hell of a life.
Lennier: You win.
...
Citizen G'Kar: [to Londo after they discover the Centauri are still building warships during peace time] Well, with everyone now on the same side, perhaps you're planning to invade yourselves for a change. I find the idea curiously appealing. Once you've finished killing each other, we can plow under all the buildings and plant rows of flowers that spell out the words, "Too annoying to live" in letters big enough to be seen from space.
...
Captain John Sheridan: You know, I just had a thought. You've been back and forth to your world so many times since you got here. How do I know you're the same Vorlon? Inside that encounter suit you could be anyone.
Kosh Naranek: I have *always* been here.
Captain John Sheridan: Oh, yeah? You said that about me too.
Kosh Naranek: Yes. [starts to walk away]
Captain John Sheridan: I really *hate* it when you do that.
Kosh Naranek: [turns around] Good!
Link: http://www.babylon5tv.co.uk/home.html
Rating perso: 8.5/10
Annee/Year: 1994-1998
Format: DVD
Babylon 5. Arguably one of the best science-fiction TV series of all times. This is a 5 year story arc which takes place in the year 2258 on a neutral space station far from earth and which is a meeting point for multiple races who try coping to live together. A beautiful story of how people and races struggle to live together in the best way possible. The races struggle with their differences in attitude, religion, ethics, aggresiveness and technology as some are very advanced and others barely able to travel in space.
The series is made of 110 episodes of action packed adventure. The special effects were rudimentary back then as they represented the true begininnings of computer graphics use in such a series. They look now quite poor but it does not take us out of the frame as the story is SO good! This is story telling at it's best and J. Michael Strakzynski gave all he had to complete this series and deserves all the credit for succeeding against all odds.
This series takes us through a pan galactic war between the dark (Shadows) and the light side (Vorlons) two mega advanced races who fight on a 1000 year cycle. The other races: Membari, humans, N'arn, Centauri,Brachiri, and many more, struggle to survive and aling themselves to their individual advantage. All races have ambassadors on Babylon5 and this is the main point of interest. The station is under human control under the strong hold of commanders Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) and Sheridan (Bruce Boxleitner) and Lockley (Tracy Scoggins) and their crew (Garibaldi, Ivanhova, Zack, Dr Franklin, and more. The real interest lies in the interractions between the different humans and the ambassadors. A true study of social interactions and some philisophy pitched in. The series highlights the interactions between rich and poor, men and women, different religions, different military groups, political groups, terrorists, class struggles, racial tensions between earth and it's regions (Mars), between normal humans and telepaths and the militarized telepaths named psychore. All the way through we see the struggle to survive and make one's place in the universe; as one weaker human race helps to pave the way to unite races together in a galactic nations for the common good and forcing the more ancient advanced race to give them a fighting chance.
Special highlight on the Narn and Centauri ambassadors (G'Kar played by Andreas Katsulas and Londo Mollari played by Peter Jurassik) who have the most interesting interplay. Being of two races who hate each other they manage to become friends only to get them struggling again as the Centauri destroy the Narn homeworld (after they get manipulated by the mighty Shadows). The two descend to the worst depths of hate before their mutual respect finds hope in remaining best of friends in these worst circumstances possible. G'kar becomes a spiritual leader for his race as Londo becomes pure political beast and becomes the leader of his race in the worst conditions possible.
The FX are not the best but i would never dream of trading them for better if this had any chance of loosing the first class acting done in this series which has best of class story line and true human meaning behind it all.
Babylon 5. Une des meilleures séries de Science-Fiction que vous pourrez trouver. Les effets spéciaux sont moins réussis et reflétèrent les premières tentatives d'effets générés par ordinateur. Par contre l'histoire racontée dans les 110 épisodes est de première classe et touche beaucoup de sujets qui sauront garder tout le monde intéressé. Les interactions entre les personnages humains et autres races sont le bonbon qui gardera cette série un classique pour la postérité. À voir par tous. Bravo à J. Michael Strakzynski qui a écrit et produit cette série.
Great quotes:
Opening narration, season 1] Commander Jeffrey David Sinclair: It was the dawn of the third age of mankind, ten years after the Earth-Minbari War. The Babylon Project was a dream given form. Its goal: to prevent another war by creating a place where humans and aliens could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call, home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Humans and aliens wrapped in two million, five hundred thousand tons of spinning metal, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last, best hope for peace. This is the story of the last of the Babylon stations. The year is 2258. The name of the place is Babylon 5.
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[Opening narration, season 3] Susan Ivanova: The Babylon Project was our last, best hope for peace. It failed. But in the year of the Shadow War, it became something greater: our last, best hope for victory. The year is 2260. The place - Babylon 5.
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Delenn: I am Grey. I stand between the candle and the star. We are Grey. We stand between the darkness and the light.
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Ambassador Londo Mollari: Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you!
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Lord Refa: Why should I do as you say?
Ambassador Londo Mollari: Because I have asked you; because your sense of duty to our people should override any personal ambition; and because I have poisoned your drink.
...
Citizen G'Kar: The Earthers have a saying: "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." I believe they stole it from us.
...
Citizen G'Kar: If I take a lamp and shine it toward the wall, a bright spot will appear on the wall. The lamp is our search for truth... for understanding. Too often, we assume that the light on the wall is God, but the light is not the goal of the search, it is the result of the search. The more intense the search, the brighter the light on the wall. The brighter the light on the wall, the greater the sense of revelation upon seeing it. Similarly, someone who does not search - who does not bring a lantern - sees nothing. What we perceive as God is the by-product of our search for God. It may simply be an appreciation of the light... pure and unblemished... not understanding that it comes from us. Sometimes we stand in front of the light and assume that we are the center of the universe - God looks astonishingly like we do - or we turn to look at our shadow and assume that all is darkness. If we allow ourselves to get in the way, we defeat the purpose, which is to use the light of our search to illuminate the wall in all its beauty and in all its flaws; and in so doing, better understand the world around us.
...
Captain John Sheridan: No surrender, no retreat.
...
Sinclair: They say God works in mysterious ways.
Michael Garibaldi: Maybe so, but He's a con-man compared to the Vorlon.
...
Kosh Naranek: Ah, you seek meaning?
Talia: Yes.
Kosh Naranek: Then listen to the music, not the song.
...
Citizen G'Kar: We all believe in something... greater than ourselves, even if it's just the blind forces of chance.
...
Delenn: The third principle of sentient life is the capacity for self-sacrifice, the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend, a loved one.
...
Delenn: We are star stuff. We are the universe made manifest trying to figure itself out.
...
Captain John Sheridan: If more of our so-called leaders would walk the same streets as the people who voted them in, live in the same buildings, eat the same food instead of hiding behind glass and steel and bodyguards, maybe we'd get better leadership and a little more concern for the future.
...
Zathras: Zathras is used to being beast of burden to other people's needs. Very sad life... probably have very sad death, but at least there is symmetry.
...
Citizen G'Kar: I believe that when we leave a place a part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in these halls, when it is quiet and just listen. After a while you will hear the echoes of all of our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that going will very much miss the part of you that is staying.
...
Commander Jeffrey David Sinclair: Mr. Garibaldi was right. He said this was going to be trouble.
Susan Ivanova: There's nothing more annoying than Mr. Garibaldi when he's right.
...
Ambassador Vir Cotto: As Mr. Garibaldi would say, it's been one hell of a day.
Lennier: Yes. A hell of a day.
Ambassador Vir Cotto: And a hell of a year.
Lennier: A hell of a five years.
Ambassador Vir Cotto: Hell of a life.
Lennier: You win.
...
Citizen G'Kar: [to Londo after they discover the Centauri are still building warships during peace time] Well, with everyone now on the same side, perhaps you're planning to invade yourselves for a change. I find the idea curiously appealing. Once you've finished killing each other, we can plow under all the buildings and plant rows of flowers that spell out the words, "Too annoying to live" in letters big enough to be seen from space.
...
Captain John Sheridan: You know, I just had a thought. You've been back and forth to your world so many times since you got here. How do I know you're the same Vorlon? Inside that encounter suit you could be anyone.
Kosh Naranek: I have *always* been here.
Captain John Sheridan: Oh, yeah? You said that about me too.
Kosh Naranek: Yes. [starts to walk away]
Captain John Sheridan: I really *hate* it when you do that.
Kosh Naranek: [turns around] Good!
Link: http://www.babylon5tv.co.uk/home.html
Rating perso: 8.5/10
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