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Jaws is one of my favorite movies of ALL TIME.

I watch it regularly.

RIP Roy Scheider.

That crazy camera shot of Chief Brody on the beach with his wife behind him when the shark attacks still gives me goosebumps.

Might have to watch it again tonight.

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Lightwizard wrote:

There is historical precedent for a Great White stalking a specific shoreline, but, of course, Benchley elaborated on his research on the book and the movie would have been pretty dull if he hadn't. There were a few funny lines, but my first exposure to the film was in Hawaii. We were scheduling some snorkeling on Hanama Bay the next day so planned to see "Roller Ball." Dinner took a bit too long, so we missed it and went to see "Jaws." My partner walked out into the lobby after the movie and loudly announced, "Anybody want to buy some snorkeling equipment?"

Spielberg managed to come close to the psychologically terrifying pace of the book and the special effects were state-of-the-art for that era.

Of course, it's not nearly as scary as the first time one sees it.

so Lightwizard, be honest, were you edgier than normal on your snorkelling excursion or did you cancel it altogether?

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Along the same vein as the original premise of this thread, I have a question.

My gf and I were discussing this last night, so I will ask the question and give her answer.

In all of the movies you have seen, what is the sexiest single line you can remember?

My gf said that for her, it was in the Star Wars movie "The empire strikes Back", when Han Solo was being lowered into that pit to freeze him.
When Princess Leia said to him "I love you" and his response was simply "I know".

She has no explanation for it, she just thought that line was sexy.
(Of course, I think she thought Harrison Ford was sexy and thats why she liked that line so much).

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There are some great shots in that film, making it worth watching more than once or twice.

No, we didn't cancel the snorkeling -- he was joking, or at least, I think he was?

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ooh good question, Mysterman.

Got me thinking.

I'll have to ponder that one.

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"I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit.

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"Body Heat" abounds in sexy lines between Kathleen Turner and William Hurt, not to mention very hot sexy scenes, the steamiest in a mainstream movie up to that time.

I thought the Princess Leia, Hans Solo exchange was romantic but not that sexy.

Of older films, it has to be Clark Gable's Rhett in his seduction of Scarlett,
"You need to be kissed...and often...and by someone who knows how!" - and so forth.

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From Shinola wrote:

"I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit.

Good one! This really deserves a new separate topic posted. Mystery Man?

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Lightwizard wrote:

"Body Heat" abounds in sexy lines between Kathleen Turner and William Hurt, not to mention very hot sexy scenes, the steamiest in a mainstream movie up to that time.

I thought the Princess Leia, Hans Solo exchange was romantic but not that sexy.

Of older films, it has to be Clark Gable's Rhett in his seduction of Scarlett,
"You need to be kissed...and often...and by someone who knows how!" - and so forth.

Your right, I probably should have used the word romantic instead of sexy.

But sexy was her word, so I just stuck with it.

As for my choice for the most romantic single line, it would be...

I would rather have had
One breath of her hair,
One kiss from her mouth,
One touch of her hand,
Than eternity without it. One!
--Nicholas Cage referring to Meg Ryan in City of Angels(movie)

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Lightwizard wrote:

From Shinola wrote:
"I'm not bad...I'm just drawn that way." Jessica Rabbit.

Good one! This really deserves a new separate topic posted. Mystery Man?

Your right, so I will make it a seperate topic.

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This weekend I did:

Jump in! (harmless and predictable Disney teen film)
Sicko (Made me more grateful for the social security we too often take for granted in Western Europe)

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the transformers (narrated by a four year old)

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Munich-a superbly paced and well made thriller.
Jindabyne-one of Australia's finest films ever (just ask msolga :wink: )
Lust Caution-I found the first 25 minutes to be mind-numbingly boring until the first killing,then it settles down to a very entertaining story of the Japanese occupation of Shanghai and how a group of patriotic students try to assassinate a local collaborator.A very stylish film but the sex scenes may be too much for some.

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I just wached Dances With Wolves this weekend. I had seen most of it when it was new to DVD, but not under good circumstances. I enjoyed this viewing immensely, despite the fact the disc had a flaw and would not shut down the Spanish sub titles. This means the translations of the Indians' dialog was in Spanish too. I don't know enough of the language to decipher. At the end, the way they filmed the Army's actions, I could not help feeling they would have captured or killed Costner's character, and slaughtered his friends.

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barrythemod wrote:

Jindabyne-one of Australia's finest films ever (just ask msolga :wink: )

Barry speaks the truth! :wink:

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Just rewatched Michael Clayton. Great acting, but still a bit underwhelming the second time around.

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Looking through the "watched this week" pile...........
No Country For Old Men-while Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin more than earn their pay-cheques,this film belongs to Javier Bardem's portrayal of one of the best mean SOAB for a long time.You wouldn't wanna walk past him on a busy street,let alone bump into him in a dark alley!
Michael Clayton-a gripping legal thriller with a manic Tom Wilkinson and a moody George Clooney in cruise control.He makes his job look so easy.
The Jammed-an Australian film covering the story of illegal entry (no pun intended) and forced prostitution.
Taken from the back cover-"It is estimated that between 700,000 to 4 million people are trafficked around the world annually for sexual exploitation.This is the story of one of them"
"The Jammed is a fast,thudding,ultra-timely expose,a bucket of icy cold water thrown on the groggy,ambivalent face of public conscience."
May 18-the story of events leading up to the 1980 Gwanju massacre in a so called democratic South Korea when thousands of students and protesters were killed by armed troops during an anti-government demonstration.Tragically,it reminds me of what's happening in Tibet and a few Northern Chinese states right now.

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The Mist.
When I first heard of this film I thought it would be a remake of an old favorite of mine,John Carpenter's The Fog.The only thing it has in common is a big cloud of white stuff you can't see into or out of.As much as I love the early works of Carpenter,this I would call an intelligent horror,because it is helmed by Frank Darabont,the only director who seems to understand how to adapt a Steven King story (this was one of his short storys) to the screen,as he proved with Shawshank and Green Mile.It delves into the dark waters of human psychology and behavior.King's stories are here to mess us up.It holds the mirror up to our faces and makes us squirm at the ghastly image we see reflected here.
The "monsters" come in all shapes and sizes,some walk,some fly,some crawl,some preach.None of them you would ever want to play with!; the cast really work well together (the little kid is amazing) so no-one is the "star";the ending ,where 5 people are sitting in a Toyota Land Cruiser,you will never forget! (Darabont changed the original ending and when King saw it he said"man,I wish I'd thought of that").
Darabont wanted to make this film before Shawshank.Thank goodness he didn't because this is so CGI dependent it would have looked rubbish.He eventually used the CGI guys that worked on Pan's Labyrinth.
So,you kinda think that I liked this film.HELL YEAH !.Love it to pieces Very Happy

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I watched August Rush on Pay Per View.

It's an amazing movie! One that I felt a connection to and will definitely be buying it on DVD.

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Hogfather, brilliant

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