Reviews & Ratings

[Pazooki]

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Religulous

I've been a fan of Bill Maher for quite some time now so I decided to give this film a watch. I didn't get to see it in theatres even though I wanted to. The film is pretty fun because you can tell Maher got under the skin of a lot of people which was his objective. He raises some very good questions which can't be answered. Everybody getting interviewed ended up making a fool of themselves, too.

I only wish Larry Charles filmed Borat the same way he filmed this. Religulous was strictly a documentary whereas Borat had a plot which seemed way too fake. Religulous is strictly in and out guerilla interviews which is what documentary's are about. I did feel like the film ran a little long because half-way through there wasn't any change of material. The film could have been cut down but other than that it was pretty funny.

Told you, you would like it.

It was awesome but, yea, I agree, it was too long.

[One-Way]

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You told me so?

Were you the one who had seen it? I remember someone from here had.

[Pazooki]

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Yea, I was the one who saw it then I can't remember someone else made a post about it.

[One-Way]

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I've seen 90 films -- films I've seen for the first time -- since June 20.

I have the following waiting to be watched:

City Lights
The 11th Hour
Burn After Reading
Umberto D.
Rope
The Lost Weekend
Man On Wire
The 400 Blows
The Sea Inside
Paths of Glory
The Assassination of Richard Nixon

[MrHyeSev]

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WOW thats crazy.

One- Way, whats your fav movie of all time?

[One-Way]

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Ladri di biciclette.

Properly known as The Bicycle Thief in America.

[One-Way]

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Burn After Reading

There's really no need for me to go into details about this film; it is what it is. I certainly think the reason why many people were so disappointed is because it's such a small film; they expected too much.

This isn't a film you should compare with other works from the Coen brothers. It's small, quite hilarious at times and contains a lot of subtext -- which most viewers, I'm guessing, missed. Great cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki whose work I absolutely love. Burn After Reading is a small little film that isn't made to be anything special. I call these throwbacks; enjoy them for what they are.

I love dark comedy and it worked quite well in this piece. I think most people brushed this off because they didn't get a lot of the material. These people should give this film a second chance... or start watching better films in general.

[Federate]

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Yea, I was the one who saw it then I can't remember someone else made a post about it.

It was moi.

[yerazhishda]

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The House Without A Christmas Tree

Sort of a tradition to watch this movie with the family every (secular/Western) Christmas. The plot is kind of predictable (it's an older movie; the title pretty much gives the story away ) but it's a nice little movie that puts you right in the Christmas mood. Originally a made-for-TV movie.

8/10 (taking into consideration it's only supposed to be a "dinky" little movie.)

[One-Way]

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It was moi.

There you go.