A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

[mishak]

Sara*Beth came down from the wilds of northern seaside suburbs last night and we watched Strictly Ballroom. Let me say again how freakin brilliant is that movie, how good Baz Luhrman was before he shat out that Moulin Rouge piece of crappy crap on crap with a side of crap.

Movies I Have Not Seen (Which I Admit With Some Sheepishness):
Pi
Citizen Kane
The Godfather

Movies I Have Seen (Which You Really Must See, Right Now):
Strictly Ballroom
Once Were Warriors
Photographing Fairies

Okay okay Moulin Rouge wasn't that bad. But, put alongside Strictly Ballroom, it lacks heart, truth and soul.

Comments

[alonewiththemoon]

Once Were Warriors is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen.

I was going to say more about it but I think that says it all. I cried during a lot of it but the last scenes gave me happy tears.

[pyrric.livejournal.com]

Moulin Rouge was too that bad!

To add insult to injury, Lurhmann is currently producing a version of La Bohème for Broadway. Kill me before I ever have to hear that.

[quislibet.livejournal.com]

Just last night I read about said production, currently in a trial run in San Francisco. By all accounts, *hearing* it would not differ too much from any other recording of the opera (except for occasional use of non-traditional instruments, like synthesized strings).

What I fear greatly and still more is his forthcoming "Alexander the Great" movie, with L. DiCaprio.

[pyrric.livejournal.com]

Lord preserve us.

Who gets to play Hephaestion?

[atalanta.livejournal.com]

I rarely turn off a movie in the middle, but I only made it through half an hour of Moulin Rouge ...

[goat.livejournal.com]

Mmmm...Strictly Ballroom! That was a cult classic in my dorm. We had to watch it every semester or things were just not complete.

I haven't seen most of the other movies you're talking about though, except Pi, which I've seen a few times. And maybe The Godfather.

[cris.livejournal.com]

Movies I Have Not Seen (Which I Admit With Some Sheepishness:
The Godfather

obviously a condition we will have to correct post-haste. Godfather I and II are essential gangster viewing. And besides, you get to see both Pacino and DeNiro when they were young, fetching and promising -- not old, burnt-out and paunchy.

btw, did you know that the fellow who directed Once Were Warriors also directed Die Another Day?

[photiq.livejournal.com]

I too love Strictly Ballroom. I first saw it as an in-flight movie on my way to London for a semester abroad, and bought it on VHS as soon as it became available.

And speaking of VHS, let me ask you a question. Should I get Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet on DVD, if I already have them on VHS? I'm pretty sure that the individual DVDs have all the same extras that your boxed set has (minus the bonus disc, of course); what do you think of them?

[mishak.livejournal.com]

The DVD Extra stuff is really fascinating, though I haven't watched all of it; my favorite is the art direction and cinematography stuff for Romeo & Juliet. There's an extra DVD in the box set that's All About Baz, watching him enthusiastically explain his vision gets on my nerves so I didn't watch too much of that. If you already own his two best movies, I wouldn't pay $50 for the box set, or $20 for a single disc, when that money could better be spent on GTA Vice City, for example. I'll lend you the DVDS if you like.

[christianb.livejournal.com]

Heh...funny thing is, I've seen all three of the movies that you listed as having not seen, but I don't think I've seen any of the movies you've listed as that I "must see"...heh.

Of course, I haven't seen Citizen Kane in long time, and I really want to see it again sometime soon.