awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
The Protector... I considered asking for my money back...ArtGuy wrote:I have to see this film. What is it called again?thegreatswalmi wrote:no way...that guy was great. i like the elephant throwing too...WICKED!!! i also liked the "tower of doom" idea with the night club of 1000000000 floors!isaac wrote:He was probably my least favorite (in terms of believability)... I really liked when the first giant came out... and then laughed my head off when all 4 came out... and then the one picked up and threw the elephant!! HAHHAHAHAHA!thegreatswalmi wrote:you have to admit tho...that brazilian dance fighter (Capoeira ?) was unbelievable!!!!
yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
He doesn't eat at Alice's.John-Boy wrote:Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
certainly not.SandPiper wrote:He doesn't eat at Alice's.John-Boy wrote:Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
I don't see why not. You can get anything you want.thegreatswalmi wrote:certainly not.SandPiper wrote:He doesn't eat at Alice's.John-Boy wrote:Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
except alice!John-Boy wrote:I don't see why not. You can get anything you want.thegreatswalmi wrote:certainly not.SandPiper wrote:He doesn't eat at Alice's.John-Boy wrote:Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote:awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...thegreatswalmi wrote:i saw "the sentinel" the other night...about a secret service agent accused of being involved in a plot to kill the president...starring michael douglas and kiefer sutherland. good show...lots of drama and intensity...i enjoyed it.
thegreatswalmi wrote:except alice!John-Boy wrote:I don't see why not. You can get anything you want.thegreatswalmi wrote:certainly not.SandPiper wrote:He doesn't eat at Alice's.John-Boy wrote:Seriously?thegreatswalmi wrote:i have no idea what you're talking about.John-Boy wrote:It's the "Group W" bench for you.thegreatswalmi wrote:yeah...i guess. maybe i'm inconsistent, maybe this whole thing is a sham, maybe i'm violent, maybe ready to kill!!! no...wait...it's only a movie. thanks for your concern tho.PipeAndPint wrote: awfully morbid fare for a pacifist, Mike...
I absolutely love Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy! Red is perhaps my favorite film of all time (followed very closely by Blue; White is excellent, too, but slightly more comedic, and not quite as amazing). They are fantastic films that reward multiple viewings and my wife and I find ourselves revisiting them about once a year.Jeff wrote:I watched Kieslowski's Red from his Three Colors trilogy last night. Excellent film, to say the very least. On first view, I must say that I prefer Blue, but I'd like to see it again and watch it more closely.
Kieslowski is certainly a member of my very short list of outstanding directors. I've screened Blue several times, but last night was my first viewing of Red. White is in the hopper and will hopefully find itself in the player sometime next week. His use of foreshadowing and symbolism in the writing, and lighting, brilliant cinematography, and editing on screen create a world that is at once believable while also maintaining a sort of dream-like distance. While I did find Red to be an excellent film, I found that Blue's masterful depiction of the isolation of internalized guilt to be incredibly moving. Moreover, the grace experienced at the film's close was beautifully captured, yet remained within the realm of reason where a more melodramatic approach would have likely been adopted by an American director.Dug wrote:I absolutely love Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy! Red is perhaps my favorite film of all time (followed very closely by Blue; White is excellent, too, but slightly more comedic, and not quite as amazing). They are fantastic films that reward multiple viewings and my wife and I find ourselves revisiting them about once a year.Jeff wrote:I watched Kieslowski's Red from his Three Colors trilogy last night. Excellent film, to say the very least. On first view, I must say that I prefer Blue, but I'd like to see it again and watch it more closely.
It's worth watching them in order (Blue, White, Red), if only because of the added punch it adds to the final event depicted in Red. It is masterful the way the stories interrelate with each other in subtle ways (watch to see if you can catch the ways that events central to one film appear in the background of another, notice the way different characters react differently to the "bottle woman," etc.). The characters are compelling and the atmospheres very evocative and mesmerizing. They're quiet films that work on a surface, aesthetic level, but that also will bear a lot of thought and analysis. Kieslowski was an amazing director, and his unexpected death in the mid-90s was a real loss to the cinematic world.
Have you watched his The Decalogue? It's a series of 10 dramatically diverse, hour-long films he did for Polish TV. They are excellent viewing, also, even if not quite the epic cinematic achievement of Trois Couleurs. (The one for "Thou Shalt Not Kill," later expanded and released as "A Short Film About Killing," will stay with you for years.)
