What Movie Are You Watching Or Watched Today?

**Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:05 am**

Shark Boy and Lava Girl

requested by our 5 year old so "Mommy will rip her eyeballs out"

**Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:09 am**

The Boys from County Clare

Not my kind of movie (chick flick). However, did enjoy the sound track and Andrea Corr isn't that hard to look at.

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 9:13 pm**

Modnoight Express
a must see stuff!
oi've caught it on tv few days ago, not from the very starts unfortunately but oi was pretty much glued to the screen when oi got ointo story; outstandoin' descroiption of soul 'n' body torture & suffer in foreign jaoil.. oit struck me to the boines when Billy Hayes makes the statement in froint of Turkoish coart.. essence & attoitude comboined, the stuff oi feel here, oi mean.. to the core, twas' loike loistenoin' to meself, weird & hardcoire!!! for those who not know the feeloin' of chaoins, thois movie is even more oimportant to see all the way through!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)
Midnight Express is a 1978 film, based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story, especially in its portrayal of Turks, to such a level that many have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later both Oliver Stone and Billy Hayes expressed their regret on how Turkish people were portrayed in the movie.[1] It starred Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, Peter Jeffrey and John Hurt. Alan Parker directed and David Puttnam produced. The film's title is prison slang for an inmate's escape attempt.

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:01 pm**

Wow. So being in Serbia is like being in a Turkish jail after having been apprehended for smuggling several bricks of hashish? That's pretty bad.

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:09 pm**

IrishRover wrote:
Modnoight Express
a must see stuff!
oi've caught it on tv few days ago, not from the very starts unfortunately but oi was pretty much glued to the screen when oi got ointo story; outstandoin' descroiption of soul 'n' body torture & suffer in foreign jaoil.. oit struck me to the boines when Billy Hayes makes the statement in froint of Turkoish coart.. essence & attoitude comboined, the stuff oi feel here, oi mean.. to the core, twas' loike loistenoin' to meself, weird & hardcoire!!! for those who not know the feeloin' of chaoins, thois movie is even more oimportant to see all the way through!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Express_(film)
Midnight Express is a 1978 film, based on Billy Hayes' book of the same name adapted into screenplay by Oliver Stone. Hayes was a young American student sent to a Turkish prison for trying to smuggle hashish out of Turkey. The movie deviates from the book's accounts of the story, especially in its portrayal of Turks, to such a level that many have criticized the movie version, including Billy Hayes himself. Later both Oliver Stone and Billy Hayes expressed their regret on how Turkish people were portrayed in the movie.[1] It starred Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, Norbert Weisser, Peter Jeffrey and John Hurt. Alan Parker directed and David Puttnam produced. The film's title is prison slang for an inmate's escape attempt.

*sigh*

How stupid can a man get????? :shock:

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:13 pm**

Johan From Sweden wrote:
IrishRover wrote:Modnoight Express
a must see stuff!

*sigh*

How stupid can a man get?????

I'm going to assume that you're talking about smuggling hashish in Turkey, or some such. Otherwise I'll have to chastise you for making rather personal attacks on a fellow Medusonian, and I hate having to chastise like that.

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:22 pm**

explain the word "chastise" please :!:

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:36 pm**

Johan From Sweden wrote:explain the word "chastise" please

Kind of like "scold" or "admonish"

**Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:39 pm**

Doktor Avalanche wrote:
Johan From Sweden wrote:explain the word "chastise" please

Kind of like "scold" or "admonish"

OK then

**Sun Dec 09, 2007 6:34 pm**

Babel

Emotionally draining. Cinematography and soundtrack greatly enhanced this film however this is a film I would prefer not to watch again. I prefer movies that educate or provide a brief escape from reality rather than dwell on senseless tragedy. Maybe this film was trying to teach me something that I did not get. Anyone care to explain?

**Sun Dec 09, 2007 8:59 pm**

Superbad

Chett is my hero!

**Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:18 pm**

Johan From Sweden wrote:
Doktor Avalanche wrote:
Johan From Sweden wrote:explain the word "chastise" please

Kind of like "scold" or "admonish"

OK then

Johan, Choistoise. Understand now ? :lol:

**Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:27 pm**

Clash Cadillac wrote:Babel

Emotionally draining. Cinematography and soundtrack greatly enhanced this film however this is a film I would prefer not to watch again. I prefer movies that educate or provide a brief escape from reality rather than dwell on senseless tragedy. Maybe this film was trying to teach me something that I did not get. Anyone care to explain?

my take away message was:

Life is nothing but a random sequence of events....and you never know when it is going to change in an instant. right? the bullet, the nephew at the border crossing, the Nana that couldn't get babysitter...etc.
I watched it 3 times to make sure I hadn't missed any of the connections..that helped.
the first time I was sort of like...WTF?

**Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:44 am**

Fred Claus
Ghostbusters
Rocky Balboa
The Break Up

**Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:41 am**

Click - Quite suprised I enjoyed this. It has an 'Its a Wonderful Life' feel to it.

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