Who has seen Amelie the movie?
Wasn't it the greatest movie ever? With beautiful French style Amelie captures the true essence of the heart and gives value to the small things in life that most people overlook. Stylish and filmed to perfection. It takes life's beauty and puts it in a movie. For God sakes I'm thinking of buying a DVD player just so that I can buy the DVD in July so that I can watch it over and over!!! I think this makes it to my favorite all-time movie. 
Give me a hollar if you've seen it!
Give me a hollar if you've seen it!
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I just noticed, it's out on DVD now.
- T.I.
People should be embarrased that films such as this are not made on regular basis and instead we get pure formulaic(sp) crap such as anything with a buffy this or a freddy prinze jr (who needs give thanks to his god everyday it wasn't for his famous dad his only lines would be "would you like fries with that")
damn good movie! filmaking of the highest order!
ps. Any reviewer who put this film even same universe as ally mac beal should be a) fired and b) told in no uncertain terms how stupid and unqualified he is for anything but shoveling pig poop.
<strong>I haven't seen it but a reviewer said it borrowed from Ally McBeal. So ....</strong><hr></blockquote>
I had to reply to this. Whoever wrote that is showing their total lack of experience in reviewing film. I wish you had a name to that writer because I'd hunt them down and kill them.
Who would even compare a masterpiece such as Amelie to a worn out anorexic sitcom such as that? Total idiocy. Shows that American movie critics are sucking on Hollywood's tit.
If you haven't seen Amelie or any of Jeunet's other films...see them and be enlightened.
Sadly, he did make a "Hollywood" film...the last sequel to Alien...
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I had to reply to this. Whoever wrote that is showing their total lack of experience in reviewing film. I wish you had a name to that writer because I'd hunt them down and kill them.
Who would even compare a masterpiece such as Amelie to a worn out anorexic sitcom such as that? Total idiocy. Shows that American movie critics are sucking on Hollywood's tit.
If you haven't seen Amelie or any of Jeunet's other films...see them and be enlightened.
Sadly, he did make a "Hollywood" film...the last sequel to Alien...</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hey Artman, are you happy with your new job.
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Hey Artman, are you happy with your new job.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Yeah, I'm there right now. Very cool and casual workplace. Still waiting for my new PC (yes...Windows...). But we just got Photoshop 7 and Dreamweaver 4.
Had to laugh that 90% of the screencaptures in the Photoshop 7 handbook are OS X... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
Anyway...back on topic...actually, I liked the first 3/4 of Alien: Resurrection...the ending was stupid though. I'm happy that Jeunet got his first taste of Hollywood...spit...and split. He should stay where he is at home creatively. Viva la France.
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Yeah, I'm there right now. Very cool and casual workplace. Still waiting for my new PC (yes...Windows...). But we just got Photoshop 7 and Dreamweaver 4.
Had to laugh that 90% of the screencaptures in the Photoshop 7 handbook are OS X... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
Anyway...back on topic...actually, I liked the first 3/4 of Alien: Resurrection...the ending was stupid though. I'm happy that Jeunet got his first taste of Hollywood...spit...and split. He should stay where he is at home creatively. Viva la France.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks for the reply
To come back on the topic, i'll say that the worse alien i have seen was the Three. For the end : i don't know, this story of sex between the monster and Ripley is difficult to believe. Anyway i think that everything have been said with Alien, i don't see the interest of an alien 5. But the first was the best : it was a big event at his time, the second was you will have more of everything : more aliens , more blood, more special effects ..., the third was a what in France we call a huit-clos (must refer to Agatha christie where eight peoples are closed in a house and are dealing with a murder) very psychanaltic of the carceral world. The fourth was dealing with genetical delirium and sex.
Delicatessen was a brand new storie, City of lost childrens was a strange poetic world, and Amelie was like a big breath of pure air
Much more entertaining than a lot of stuff out there.
It shows there is hope for introverts to find love... although it may take some affords.
Did anybody notice that Amelie has not really spoken to her man before making love to him? Isn't that cool? I would like to meet a woman that would kiss me.. and make love to me... without even start a conversation with me...
I particularly liked the colour schemes in the film. Everything blended in with Amelie (who by the way, is quite sexy) and what she wore. It´s a very enjoyable film even if you don´t speak French and without subtitles.
Not quite in my top 5 but certainly a film I will watch again.
As for Ally McBeal. I suppose that this was said to make it more understandable for the average reader of the magazine or newspaper it was written in.
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I had to reply to this. Whoever wrote that is showing their total lack of experience in reviewing film. I wish you had a name to that writer because I'd hunt them down and kill them.
Who would even compare a masterpiece such as Amelie to a worn out anorexic sitcom such as that? Total idiocy. Shows that American movie critics are sucking on Hollywood's tit.
If you haven't seen Amelie or any of Jeunet's other films...see them and be enlightened.
Sadly, he did make a "Hollywood" film...the last sequel to Alien...</strong><hr></blockquote>
I think it was Roger Ebert. I think he knows something about movie. Just a guess. Think about this. The way a woman feels is depicted in some physical manifestation. Falling into a puddle of water? That's right out of Ally McBeal. Which got it IMO from cartoons.
<a href="http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/011105.html"; target="_blank">http://tvplex.go.com/buenavista/ebertandroeper/011105.html</a>;
talking about Amelie as "masterpiece" I think may be overstating it a little. Sure it a good film and definitley better than 99% of the stuff coming out on any given year . . . but a 'masterpiece' ... i don't think so. Its just too much of the gimmicky fast cuts camera action, stylistic color sense reminiscent of advertising design, and fast cute little cutaway scenes . . . the characters were also over the top "characatures", cliched types, not people (which of course is part of his filmaking style but in this case with some it was too much) such as the old man painting the Renoir over and over.... that's a little thick, I mean isn't the cake sweet enough already, isn't just a little 'too special the old Paris eccentric with a heart and a wisdom of untapped love and insight..." sheesh!
and why Renoir?!?!? is it because he is generally thought of as the fluff and barbie doll kitsch expressionist, I mean, was the film maker being self consciouse about the treacley sweetness of the film or is it all just too much, or is it just part and parcel of teh over-all tendency of the film to dip into the realms of Hallmark card sentimentality .... . . .
anyway, I actually liked the film a lot... though.
I liked Delicatessen almost more, for one, because its genuinly very strange without a simplistic emotional take.