tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post1130866176127872077..comments2023-09-26T06:39:22.992-04:00Comments on Polivision?: Mark and Kyle's Best Movies Of Our Lives, Part Four (1998-2003)Question Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-65553219863629141452009-06-19T03:10:53.304-04:002009-06-19T03:10:53.304-04:00Er, Jonze didn't DIRECT Three Kings, is that I...Er, Jonze didn't DIRECT Three Kings, is that I meant to say.Question Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-83155070305238916202009-06-19T03:10:33.038-04:002009-06-19T03:10:33.038-04:00Jonze didn't Three Kings, he was just an actor...Jonze didn't Three Kings, he was just an actor. But looking at the trailer for 'Where The Wild Things Are,' that might be a very worthy third inclusion.<br /><br />So if Broderick was playing Ed Rooney, does that mean we're only a few years away from Broderick being busted for kiddie porn? Man, will Carrie ever write a nasty column about THAT.Question Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267485396018087075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-16062160945900878032009-06-18T10:26:43.408-04:002009-06-18T10:26:43.408-04:00Matt Damon gives the best performance of any of th...<i>Matt Damon gives the best performance of any of the actors (Dennis Hopper, Barry Pepper and John Malkovich) who have portrayed Ripley on film</i><br /><br />It bears pointing out that the role of Ripley made Alain Delon a star in his first major movie, <i>Plein Soleil</i>, the earlier adaptation of the same novel in 1960.<br /><br />Election <i>is a terrific satire and notable for being one of the few times I've ever actually enjoyed Matthew Broderick in a movie.</i><br /><br />It's all the more interesting that he's essentially playing Ed Rooney from <i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i> here.<br /><br /><i>Apparently I was the only person in the world who wasn't blown away by </i>The Matrix<i>. [...] The problem might stem from the fact that I originally saw it at that old theatre on Dundas Street in London that they tore down a few years ago, and the lousy sound system made large chunks of dialogue incoherent.</i><br /><br />I <i>was</i> blown away by <i>The Matrix</i> for exactly the same reason: It was the first movie I ever saw in a decent theatre with stadium seating and a decent sound system (the Silvercity at Yonge and Eglinton) after years of enduring movies in crappy, run-down venues in Brockville and Kingston. Bonus points: I was almost completely alone in the theatre, because everyone else in the world was at that very moment sitting in the midnight premiere showing on <i>The Phantom Menace</i> in another theatre.<br /><br /><i>... don't drop in the 'freeze frame with a subtitle describing the characters' future' for fictional characters--I think only </i>Animal House<i> and, in a bit of an upset, </i>The Girl Next Door <i>have pulled this off successfully).</i><br /><br />Honourable mention in the music video category: Van Halen's <i> Hot for Teacher</i>. Now that Mike Anthony's been ousted from the band in real life, he might as well get started on that sumo wrestling thing.<br /><br /><i>And come on, you're citing Doug Liman as the seminal 'best first three films ever' director? Just from guys we've covered in this list alone, you've got Tarantino, Shyamalan, Nolan, Frears, Zemeckis, Guest, Payne, Mendes, PT Anderson...the list goes on and on.</i><br /><br />And also from the guys you've covered:<br /><br />Spike Jonze (<i>Being John Malkovich, Three Kings, Adaptation</i>)<br />Alexander Payne (<i>Election, About Schmidt, Sideways</i>)<br />Joel Coen (<i>Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing</i>)<br />Wes Anderson (<i>Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums</i>)<br />And Gary Ross has a chance with <i>The Crusaders</i>, after starting strong out of the gate with <i>Pleasantville</i> and <i>Seabiscuit</i>.Peter Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04374559124495979229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14435634.post-61290515385431625342009-06-04T12:44:00.950-04:002009-06-04T12:44:00.950-04:00James Cameron: Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss (thou...James Cameron: <i>Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss</i> (though, technically, he directed <i>Piranha 2</i> in 1981).Hal Incandenzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10009435533181019872noreply@blogger.com