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zehner · 29th November 2006, 21:54

i watched the first 40 minutes of terence malick's new movie the new world last night. the dvd was faulty and wouldn't play

it has wonderful cinematography akin to the thin red line with lots of unusual camera shots and angles and beautiful use of lighting. the plot was developing nice and steadily with colin farrell playing the part of a settler in virginia captured by the native indians and falling in lurve with a nice native lass and then the dvd screwed up....
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i also watched the proposition..it's an australian western written by the dark man himself nick cave and directed by john hillcoat. the story itself is a pretty simple tale of redemption and loss. ray winstone plays the sheriff with the frustrated wife and guy pearce is the irish (pretty decent accent too) outlaw with the crazy "colonel kurtz" like older brother and the timid little brother whom he has to save from the noose.

lots of long shots of the red desert, loads of sunrise-sunset scenes and a bit too much nick cave style mournful wailing in the background for my liking. i thought that the story was a bit too forced and drawn out as well. john hurt stole it for me with his five minutes as a bounty hunter. good flick though overall...worth watching.
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saw wordplay tonight. it's a documentary about the crossword editor of the new york times and the celebrities who do it. features jon stewart (very funny), bill clinton and bob dole. the real stars of the movie, however, are the people who attend a crossword tournament every year. the movie builds up background on them and follows their progress through said tournament.

it's actually quite engrossing and quirky. i enjoyed it.

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zehner zehner is the bananaking dia dhuit Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rama 9 Posts: 22,965 vCash: 100000 Rep Power: 2192	Re: Movies - what you seen and was it any good? i watched the first 40 minutes of terence malick's new movie the new world last night. the dvd was faulty and wouldn't play it has wonderful cinematography akin to the thin red line with lots of unusual camera shots and angles and beautiful use of lighting. the plot was developing nice and steadily with colin farrell playing the part of a settler in virginia captured by the native indians and falling in lurve with a nice native lass and then the dvd screwed up.... ----------- i also watched the proposition..it's an australian western written by the dark man himself nick cave and directed by john hillcoat. the story itself is a pretty simple tale of redemption and loss. ray winstone plays the sheriff with the frustrated wife and guy pearce is the irish (pretty decent accent too) outlaw with the crazy "colonel kurtz" like older brother and the timid little brother whom he has to save from the noose. lots of long shots of the red desert, loads of sunrise-sunset scenes and a bit too much nick cave style mournful wailing in the background for my liking. i thought that the story was a bit too forced and drawn out as well. john hurt stole it for me with his five minutes as a bounty hunter. good flick though overall...worth watching. ------------- saw wordplay tonight. it's a documentary about the crossword editor of the new york times and the celebrities who do it. features jon stewart (very funny), bill clinton and bob dole. the real stars of the movie, however, are the people who attend a crossword tournament every year. the movie builds up background on them and follows their progress through said tournament. it's actually quite engrossing and quirky. i enjoyed it. __________________ Now, to pry into roots, to finger slime, To stare, big-eyed Narcissus, into some spring Is beneath all adult dignity. I rhyme To see myself, to set the darkness echoing.