Your Favourite Movies

After hundreds (maybe 8 or so) people telling me to see Napolean Dynamite, saw it yesterday. Damn, this is a really strange, subtle and funny movie. Gosh!

AND BY MTV???????????????????

I would like to add Easy Rider to my list. Jack Nicholson is hilarious, but meets an unfortunate end. And i have never seen anyone play someone stoned more convincingly than Dennis Hopper!

Yeah I gathered that somehow... It's a great film, sure. Especially if you've just seen that slightly-a-lot-over-the-top remake from 1991.

Did I put Bonnie & Clyde on my fave films list yet? I loved that.

You don't look scarry to me... more Richard Scarry...

ha c&c fooking classic man-up in smoke is one of the better of their movies some classic lines
"that ain't a spliff man it's a tooth pick-this is a spliff-ha ha(see pic)"
then after he's had a big toke he askes what it is and get the reply--" it's dog shit--i had my stash on the table and the little mother-fucker ate it--i had to follow him around for three days with a little baggie"
class

You'd never watched any Hitchcock movie before ?

Psycho's great, now you MUST watch: North by Northwest, Rear window, Vertigo, The birds, The man who knew too much, To catch a thief, Topaz and so many other classics.

Why ? What's wrong with your elections ? Here in France we'll have the right to vote either for a kind fascistic little cunt right wing cunt who thinks black people or arabian people are thugs or a woman who's supposed to be in the opposite camp but actually has the same political progam as the the other guy, but she's popular cause she's a woman.

A re-election of the incumbent president would almost appear as a good political choice albeit he's a crook who should go to jail and I absolutely disagree with his policy.

I wanna quit this bloody country swarming with stupid racist assholesbut it seems to be the same shit everywhere. OK, I'm gonna stop being , now.

[Edited on 13-6-2006 by aquabot]

Well, I'm gonna lock myself in a bunker and wait for the end of the world.

got this last week so i am currently working my way through it--up to revenge of the pink panther so far-very funny movies (i.m.o.)

Recently got The Great Mouse Detective, the Basil Holmes Disney classic. Enjoyable, though annoying fake-british accents and anachronisms spoil it a bit. It's one of the first Disney-features that was made using computers. It's very funny if you see the "cutting-edge technology" of 1986 in the Making Of.

In the Making Of, there was a short interview with Henry Mancini, who wrote most of the music. He said it was very exciting to write the music because:

"It was my first cartoon... Of course the Pink Panther is a cartoon..."

I knew I shouldn't have come here and read this, I had a bad feeling.......Mary Poppins.....aarrrggghhh......I can't stand the thought of it.....

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Originally posted by aquagoat I knew I shouldn't have come here and read this, I had a bad feeling.......Mary Poppins.....aarrrggghhh......I can't stand the thought of it.....

fantasy

reality

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Originally posted by vivien_o_blivion Quote: Originally posted by aquagoat I knew I shouldn't have come here and read this, I had a bad feeling.......Mary Poppins.....aarrrggghhh......I can't stand the thought of it..... fantasy reality

Viv, that just reminded me of the Simpsons, where "Sherry Boppins" floats away on her umbrella and then gets sucked into the engine of a plane! AHAHHAHAH!

Ha ha, i know what you mean.

Maybe i didn't spell Steven Seagal right. Let me check...

No, i was right. Here ya go..

Apart from Clockwork Orange which I have seen a number of times, and the Shining, I have never been able to watch any other Kubrick film in full. I think I'm going to raid the DVD store in Utrecht.

Lolo Ferrari... well... watching her is a bit of a freak show, especially if you take into consideration she's dead... a controversial death too...

How many Bond books are there? Did they stop being written? Is that Fleming guy still alive?

You know what? We get a lot of Dutch movies here in Australia. At least a handful every week on SBS. You must have a really booming film industry.

At least if Mrs Niemans gives her body to you, you won't have to pay her any fees!

The question was "did they stop being written?" Fleming may be dead, but that doesn't stop the Bond books!
It's like Willy Vandersteen still making Suske en Wiske.

PS Scallopino: just remembered the worst movie experience was not Evita. It was Romeo + Juliet, with Leo di Cap as Romeo. And I had to sit through it at school, TWICE.

The funny thing about Titanic is that the score is really great i reckon, but then you have Celine Dion who destroys anything the film may have had going for it.

Did you hear Madonna's "Hung Up" single? As much as i don't like her, whoever thought to put that ABBA sample in is a genius.

Kubrick only won one oscar! Bloody Reese Witherspoon has won an oscar! What a joke.

About the Dutch films: i have here in front of me this week's tv guide...

TUESDAY 14, 1.00pm: Nynke (2001), starring Monic Hendrickx, Jeroen Willems.

FRIDAY 17, 11.30pm: Grimm (2003), starring Jacob Derwig.

do you know them?

It's just terrible. Here are the cast of all of Australia's movies and shows:



Claudia Karvan.




Vince Colosimo




Colin Friels


...and there are a few others.

oh well. Maybe the good actors are spending their time doing more worthwile things.

i'm running out of ideas here..

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Originally posted by scallopino oh well. Maybe the good actors are spending their time doing more worthwile things. i'm running out of ideas here..

And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails.

Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song?

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Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song?

WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY!

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song? WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY!

Crusade in jeans is more likely than
Kruistocht in spijkerbroek

But that is far better than

Kruisvocht in spijkerbroek
Not only because of the smell.

Sorry you cannot translate the joke without destroying it
Wet crotch in jeans or something like that
You see not funny
but at least your crusade rhymes with lemonade
Bringing it almost to cockney
Lemonade in Jeans


[Edited on 25-11-2006 by DED]

Say Dad? Ever considered writing for Arie and Sylvester? Will and Grace? Or you could make the Terrance and Philip jokes in South Park.

No, sorry. Nothing so exciting. But i did learn some of Chip's lines by the end..."Mama mama! You'll never guess what i saw! Never, not in thousand million years: a girl! In the castle!" Theatre people are weird if you ask me. All that prancing and dancing. It's much better down in the orchestra pit where you can't see the show.

I played drums, and also some percussion (on a roland octopad set up). I had to change patches about 3 times every song for timpani and glock parts. A little bit of a challenge at first but it was kind of fun.

I have had a look at a list of all the movies released in Australia up to April 5 next year and unfortunately Crusade in Jeans isn't among them, but that title seems to be the international english title.

I will read the book though and then report back.

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Originally posted by BBP Quote: Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by BBP And when you're a good actor you can ruin your career by acting in some crap movie (or joining Scientology) quite easily... and then try getting back on the rails. Anyway we've recently bought Beauty And The Beast... why did it get an Oscar for the title song? WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCIENTOLOGY! Ha! Just today we were in a second-hand store and we found a scientology cassette with all music and lyrics by L. Ron Hubbard. I briefly considered buying it, but I found it too scary.

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Originally posted by DED Crusade in jeans is more likely than Kruistocht in spijkerbroek But that is far better than Kruisvocht in spijkerbroek Not only because of the smell. Sorry you cannot translate the joke without destroying it Wet crotch in jeans or something like that You see not funny but at least your crusade rhymes with lemonade Bringing it almost to cockney Lemonade in Jeans [Edited on 25-11-2006 by DED]

Great huh! I can't get tired of ridiculous Dutch proverbs myself, like "it's as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snot".

It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight

If something is not really matching we say
It is like a flag on a mudbarge or more populair but not official as a flag on a shitship.

I'm peticulair fond on switching letters in words in order to change the meaning. If you dial for instance a wrong telephone number it is usually to say I've dialed the wrong number. In Dutch you have a "verkeerd nummer gedraaid" When you change that into "verkeerde drummer genaaid" nobody will hear it when you say it fast and serious. However you just said that you have f.ck.d the wrong drummer.
Extremely funny it is, but BBP and ZAZ claims, that is daddyhumor. Baby pee doesn't laugh at such humor.
Another one of my favourites is not to say "calculate that" but i say "smell my ar.e" or in Dutch "ruikanmereet" instead of "rekenmaaruit". There is a disadvantage though. It is off course a limited game and when I use the jokes on my job, I have to switch every now and then from employer in order to stay funny.




[Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED]

[Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED]

I too am very fond of puns. My online name is a string of them as far as I'm concerned. But as usual, most people don't get them. meh. I work in a kitchen in a college town. food and it's preparation provides plenty of lowbrow punny humor. I guess I get it out at work and don't bring it online.
I agree with Laurie Anderson and think that Language is a virus -- and it's contagious
of course, I think I am the funniest person I know. Others think I CAN be funny but that's where they seem to draw the line.
Sounds like I should learn dutch.

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Originally posted by DED It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight If something is not really matching we say It is like a flag on a mudbarge or more populair but not official as a flag on a shitship. I'm peticulair fond on switching letters in words in order to change the meaning. If you dial for instance a wrong telephone number it is usually to say I've dialed the wrong number. In Dutch you have a "verkeerd nummer gedraaid" When you change that into "verkeerde drummer genaaid" nobody will hear it when you say it fast and serious. However you just said that you have f.ck.d the wrong drummer. Extremely funny it is, but BBP and ZAZ claims, that is daddyhumor. Baby pee doesn't laugh at such humor. Another one of my favourites is not to say "calculate that" but i say "smell my ar.e" or in Dutch "ruikanmereet" instead of "rekenmaaruit". There is a disadvantage though. It is off course a limited game and when I use the jokes on my job, I have to switch every now and then from employer in order to stay funny. [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED]

HAHAHHA!

It's just great that you can say in one word what would be a whole sentence in english.

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Originally posted by BBP Quote: Originally posted by scallopino Wow. And you only changed one letter. what a great language you guys have over there. Great huh! I can't get tired of ridiculous Dutch proverbs myself, like "it's as slippery as an eel in a bucket of snot".

I like that one, it made me laugh so much.

made me laugh too.

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by DED It shines .. like a varnished booby in the moonlight ..... [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] [Edited on 27-11-2006 by DED] HAHAHHA! It's just great that you can say in one word what would be a whole sentence in english.

When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak.
It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile.

[Edited on 29-11-2006 by DED]

Something I typed into the PrawnSong forum a while ago...


{after somebody types Lekker lekker lekker!! }

in what situation would you say: "make someone happy with a dead sparrow"? it seems that someone has been saying this to our cat Nanook. we are not happy, Nanook.

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Originally posted by DED When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak. It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile. [Edited on 29-11-2006 by DED]

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Originally posted by scallopino in what situation would you say: "make someone happy with a dead sparrow"? it seems that someone has been saying this to our cat Nanook. we are not happy, Nanook.

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Originally posted by scallopino Quote: Originally posted by DED When I heard the late crocodilehunter speak. It seems to me that Australian language in writing is also very much different from speaking. But maybe that depends on the crocodile. [Edited on 29-11-2006 by DED] CRIKEY! DED reckons that our ocker language comes out of a bloody croc! GEEZ-LOUISE mate! Chroist, if we ever heard a croc talkin we would say to the cheeky bastard: "Shutcha neck, ya noisy bugger!" It was really funny (funny as in strange) when Steve Irwin died. Everyone i knew thought he was a complete and utter dickhead and hated him when he was alive. He was the quintessential "tool". But as soon as he died everyone loved him. I was in a politics tutorial when i found out and the whole class was laughing about it for half an hour. Then it became really really sad.

Hey bonny, would there be a good dutch - english pronunciation guide somewhere on the net. y'know, how vowels, dipthongs are pronounced. what a 'j' or 'g' or 'h' or 'c' or 'k' sounds like in different instances etc???
much appreciated! I'm already learning

Oh yeah! Kubric and Peter Sellers...it had to be something special. Nicholas Cage isn't exactly someone who can cheer you up is he?

saw Barry Lyndon for the first time just over a month ago as a friend had it. watched it over a couple days, helps something like that soak in better I think
Loved it. Never seen a Kubrick movie I couldn't find a reason to like.
This one not only did I enjoy his settings and such -- he did model his sets and the look of the whole movie after studying a great number of 18th century paintings!!! -- I liked the inclusion of different kinds of music for all the different places that the character wound up in . . . and what a reprehensible schmuck!! Can't like the guy but O'Neal did a surprisingly great job.
Also saw Lolita recently. Spartacus is and old fave of mine as are 2001 and Clockwork.

I like different directors for different things and movies are rarely that important to me. 12 Monkeys of Terry Gilliam has messed with my head for a long while now. but he's still far and away the best director I think. As good as Hitchcock but with bigger themes like Orson Welles, and surpasses Kubrick not with sleekness but with grit.

haven't seen the Grimm Bros. But The Adventures of Baron Munchausen is as funny as . . . Mel Brooks or the Marx bros, anything!!!

You all have seen so many movies I haven't tho . . .

I've also loved everything I've seen by the guy that did Spirited Away. Amazing!!!

I can't say I'm a David Lynch fan (just don't know most of what he's done) but Wild At Heart is a pretty great movie.

I think Putney Swope by Robert Downey is a great movie. check it out.
I also really liked Roger Rabbit. excellent!!

Fritz Lang of course, Metropolis.

all Fellini movies are tops.

I also learned a lot with Burnt By The Sun, a Russian movie from the last 15 years.
The Man With A Camera is a classic Russian silent that also gives a vivid portrait of late 1920's Russia. MUST SEE!

I love to watch silent movies. Even German expressionists. Das Boot is great. Bridge On The River Qwai. High Noon. There's even a Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly movie I love that I can't remember the name of!

In Italian movies I like the weddingparty scenes where
everybody .........everybody while father, loaded with alcohol, is speeching to nobody standing on the table with his trausers on his knee. Great, only the Italian language makes you so tired. That it can be that I was dreaming it.

Barry Lyndon was indeed great camerawork.
But the faces of my daughters when the little son was dying wins prices.

You don't like war movies either then?

You're in bad luck when you're Dutch and don't like war movies. Around 50% of the Dutch films is about WW2.

O yeah, I told it before I'm getting old.

no I haven't seen it yet. need 2 hours and I cannot find so much sparetime in one block.

(But I've seen the movie years ago. It is not a historic document. Lot of facts are misused or not used. )

I want to shoot movies of Gothic castles, monasteries, abbeys and cathedrals: with and without roofs, with and without windows, with and without inhabitants or visitors, all over Europe. For fun. Well, it'd be nice if somebody paid me to do it

A little fundraising here ??
You have to go to France (Bretagne) at the trail of DDay
In England
In Holland by my knowledge there is only one church without a roof. that one is in Bolsward
Saskia or Zazkia the sister Of BBP has been to England and has some nice pictures.
Monasteries in use are quite common in Belgium (Due to the trappist beer)
Also in Greece There are some monastery ruins from the crusaders
In Eindhoven you have the remains of an old Monastery (but it is only one wall)


Traveling in Europe including meals, entrances etc. Will cost aprox. 150 Euro's a day (200$)
4 countries including tavel. Think of a budget of 8000$ upto 10000$

[Edited on 20-11-2007 by DED]

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Originally posted by punknaynowned I want to shoot movies of Gothic castles, monasteries, abbeys and cathedrals: with and without roofs, with and without windows, with and without inhabitants or visitors, all over Europe. For fun. Well, it'd be nice if somebody paid me to do it

Tonight some TV history is made

I will tape it, viewing is another story.
Maybe after the stories the day after.
(Maybe publish it here on goos tube )

"Deep Throat" on national tv with a before-and-after discussion?

they sure don't do that in Kansas \

I may have no idea what you folks are talkin about
but here in mostly urban/semi urban centers of Kansas a digital cable line piggybacks with the phone line and in the last ten yeasrs most homes have been connected. So all you have to do is plug it in and purchase the service.with a downpayment and a monthly fee/
Now the lines all converge at the cable company which offers different rates of digital tv, a collection of nationally syndicated broadcast networks and the local stations as well as different rates for internet connections.
Same company provides tv, internet, and our local newspaper.
Strange it may seem, a monopoly of media here . . .
but there doesn't seem to be anything we can't get or don't hear about. Of course, we wouldn't know if we couldn't find out about something . . .
and if the bank of satellites went out, in a single stroke we'd be out of the link -- not a happy scenario, come to think of it.

I now have a new guilty pleasure, the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is great!
(he also plays butler Wadsworth in another favorite movie of mine, Clue.)

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Originally posted by BBP I now have a new guilty pleasure, the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry is great! (he also plays butler Wadsworth in another favorite movie of mine, Clue.)

And yesterday Belgian TV aired another Jeunet: Un long dimanche de fiançailles. Beautiful... I was never keen on war movies but this is an exception (along with Full Metal Jacket and Der Untergang).

But did he ever make a movie without Dominique Pinon?

[Edited on 6-11-08 by BBP]

That sure was weird... it's like watching the NeverEnding Story, but without the story.

Beautiful film by one of The Netherlands's foremost directors, Bert Haanstra.
Its trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41ankeKddg

I really enjoyed watching this!

Bought it at the freemarket on April 30th, for merely 20 cents. Unfortunately, as I don't often find this movie, I failed to check why. The day after, when I wanted to watch it, I discovered the tape had melted or something. The cartridge and the wheels that hold the tape were pretty mangled, but the tape itself seemed in good condition. So I wrecked open the old cartridge and took out the tapes, and after an afternoon of trying, we decided it would be best if we just stuck it on using tape.

When I was away one day, Dad did that for me. And I just watched it. It's great! Nice dialog! Great to know that Disney was able of making historic films, put an element of comedy into it without making anachronistic jokes.

[Edited on 4-5-09 by BBP]

This one also came into my attention zone through GK3:



It's absolutely brilliant!

didn't like it so much
knew people at the time on a submarine.
Glad there was a real life modern sub movie out in the world,
not happy with the plot as it follows all the rest of the propaganda I grew up with
in the bad old cold war world
glad you liked it!
I've been told again and again that Das Boot is so much better
but I don't think I ever saw that one sober.

Got 2 vids to add to my Curry-addiction. One of them is Congo, for which he was nominated for a Razzie. The other is:


Barbie: The Nutcracker
Don't shoot me.

Now this one was truly an addition to the Grand List (about 30 movies I have that I could never pick favourites from):

Tales From Earthsea.

One movie they often play in France around Christmas is Ghostbusters, and I really like this movie so I had the pleasure of watching it on friday afternoon, as well as Ghostbusters 2. Woooooooooooow.

haven't seen those,,,
but did go and see avatar, twice. It's OK.
We had gone to see it on the IMAX but the projector wouldn't start so they gave us free tix to come back AND a voucher to see the 3d version down the hall. The effects are alright, the story is alright but what I liked was the number of questions it asked. The plot has to have answers as problems resolved but they at least put the questions back on people's minds. Things may not turn out as neatly as in the movies.
For example, do morals actually exist?
What right do we have to extend our morals on other people, other races, other planets?
Or lack of morals? For example, Is it right for us to mine other planets if we have bigger guns and can take it?
I don't think so but what will stop those who think we have the right to take what we want wherever we find it if we can?

All in all too much heavy propaganda for me, it makes it predictable, but the audience is given good questions, at least. Some to think about with all the special effects and battle sequences.
Hope you are having a decent weekend!

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Originally posted by BBP I really enjoyed watching this! Bought it at the freemarket on April 30th, for merely 20 cents. Unfortunately, as I don't often find this movie, I failed to check why. The day after, when I wanted to watch it, I discovered the tape had melted or something. The cartridge and the wheels that hold the tape were pretty mangled, but the tape itself seemed in good condition. So I wrecked open the old cartridge and took out the tapes, and after an afternoon of trying, we decided it would be best if we just stuck it on using tape. When I was away one day, Dad did that for me. And I just watched it. It's great! Nice dialog! Great to know that Disney was able of making historic films, put an element of comedy into it without making anachronistic jokes.

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Quote: Originally posted by BBP Karakter A Clockwork Orange Goldfinger, and all Connery and Dalton Bonds Once upon a Time in the West Knetter! The Black Cauldron The Three Caballeros Donald Duck in Mathmagicland Baby Snakes Cats People vs Larry Flint Frank Zappa phase 2: The Big Note Fahrenheit 911 Bowling for Columbine South Park, Bigger, Longer, Uncut Forgot: Modern Times, The Great Dictator [Edited on 12-6-06 by BBP] That was a long time ago, so it seems. I now have some 30, 40 movies that I love so much I wouldn't pick favourites, though at gunpoint I'd say Karakter. -Karakter (Dutch book-to-film, drama) -Knetter (Dutch children's film I like to call my biopic) -Fanfare (Dutch comedy) -Glas (Dutch documentary) -Father & Daughter (Dutch animated short) -Lola Rennt (Run Lola Run) -Der Untergang -Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain -Delicatessen (French black comedy) -Un Long Dimanche Des Fiançailles (French drama) -La Cage Aux Folles (original French/Italian comedy) -A Fistful Of Dollars -For A Few Dollars More -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -Once Upon A Time In The West -Tales From Earthsea (Japanese animation) -Dr Strangelove -The Shining -Full Metal Jacket -Lolita -Barry Lyndon -2001: A Space Odyssey -A Clockwork Orange -Rocky Horror Picture Show -Clue -200 Motels -The Great Dictator -Psycho -Tod Browning's Freaks -The Music Box (Laurel & Hardy short) -My Fair Lady -Goldfinger -People vs Larry Flynt -South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut -Memento -Destino (Dali/Disney animated short) Cats is now off the list: I realized I never watched it in full. That's just too much.

Singin' In The Rain. I do have to try not to become a Gene Kelly fan... with him, Michael York, Tim Curry and John Inman, life is just too short.

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An addition to my list is PIRATES (from aardman) for me this is the best movie of the year. the plusses Beatiful drawn and constructed backgrounds Lip synchron speech (with clay puppets a miracle) Good story Pirates as pirates should be (esp. Cutlas) Good music (pogues, the clash desmond dekker and so on Good very good humor (nemly mine) beautiful animations Great fun esp. on the bif fish on the map. hahha You have to see this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifO7AwBtNjE&list=FLqQL_rlCbpjlvc... [Edited on 6-8-2012 by DED]

There'll be a new Miyazaki out soon... It'll be called The Wind Rises. This might be my last chance to see a Miyazaki in cinema, and I intend to jump on it. It'll be his final feature though.

No cursing please... I think that's the Lou Reed-track they played at Theo van Gogh's funeral (Dutch movie director (yes, related to that guy) who was brutally slaughtered by a muslim extremist).

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There'll be a new Miyazaki out soon... It'll be called The Wind Rises. This might be my last chance to see a Miyazaki in cinema, and I intend to jump on it. It'll be his final feature though.