I loved this film. I liked the Renior version also but felt the darkness of this film made it more realistic. I think that if people are in this situation they will act more this way then like they did in the Renior film. The acting was fabulous including Toshiro Mifune, Koji Mitsui as the Gambler, Gonjiro Nakamura, the landlord and especially Kamatari Fujiwara as the actor and Bokuzen Hidari, "Gramps". I loved the way Kurosawa used stage actors mostly to film this play but they did not show they were stage actors. The scenery was wonderful and not many directors can film a movie and make it interesting with only two locations. I think this should be near the top of Kurosawa's other films

The Motorcycle Diaries is an amazing film in many different ways. First the incredible performances by Gael Garcia Bernal, as the young Che Guevara and Rodrigo De la Serna as his friend, Alberto Granado. Also the scenery was some of the best in film history. This is the story of a young medical student Ernesto Guevara and his friend travel from their hometown in Argentina and travel up the west coast of South America until reaching Venezuela. Their travails are very well encapsulated in this trip. It is also fascinating to see the change from a idealistic medical student to the beginnings of the revolutionary Che was to become. It is very emotional at times and the friendship between these two men was great to see. Even during certain moments where you knew what the outcome was going to be, like Che's swimming across the river and whether he was going to make it or not was still tense and exciting. I totally recommend this film to anyone

This is the most romantic movie of all time and possibly the best film. When a "romantic" movie is made today the couple usually end up in bed on the first date. That is not necessarily romantic. All you have to look at the way Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman look at each other and you can tell that these two people are in love. That is real acting.

From the beginning to the very end when we are not sure who Ilsa will choose, either Rick or her husband it is very exciting. Along with Bogart and Bergman Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Conrad Veidt provide fine support. And of course there is "As Time Goes By".

"Play it again.." and again and again

I hope someone can tell me why I was so fascinated by this film. Good Bye Dragon Inn was a film about a Japanese tourist getting out a torrential rainstorm and going into a movie theater on its last night of business. There are only 5 or 6 lines of dialogue among the characters. The only other dialogue comes from the film playing on the screen. There is really no action to speak of. There are long shots of patrons watching the film and each other, eating peanuts, using the urinal and smoking but I was fascinated by it. There were some funny moments like when a customer comes in and sits next to the tourist even though there are hundreds of empty seats. The most interesting character is a worker who is physically handicapped. She goes around and makes sure things are in working order, like flushing every toilet in the theater. At the end when she closes up for the night you can see the sadness in her face that she may never do this again. This is also a testament to the old one screen movie houses which have pretty much disappeared for the multi plexes. Some of you may think I am crazy but I was mesmerized by this film.

The first five minutes gave me hope and then the next 75 minutes turned my brain to mush. The acting was horrible and the story had so many holes it made Saw seem like an Academy Award winner. First no one has lived in that house for 15 years but he had ice for Kate when she fell off the horse. When Kate came over to bring him food she knocks on the door and no one answers, so she goes inside and yells his name and no one answers so then she starts going up the stairs and yells his name and no one answers. I would have assumed that he went to his uncle's house and left a note and would call in the morning but not Kate. The funniest part was at the end was when the Boogeyman disappeared when the toy that was still in the drawer after FIFTEEN years is broken. Thats it. Its over. His uncle and girlfriend die but he opens the shutters and the sun shines in and everything is fine with the world. By the way what happened to his girlfriend and uncle. I guess it was to much to explain this in what may be the stupidest movie ever. It is definitely the worst ending ever

If this film was titled Beautiful Movie it would have been just as true as the actual title. This is one of the most beautiful films that have been made in many years. The training and fight scenes were some of the best ever filmed. This film tells the story of a transvestite soon to be transsexual champion Thai kickboxer, from childhood to after having the operation that he/she had been waiting for all her life.

A great performance by Asanee Suwan(his only film role?), in the title role. He shows the ferocity in the ring and is also very touching portraying Nong Toom outside the ring when he is trying to act very feminine. The scene where his trainer and coach Pi Chart sees him with makeup on for the first time is wonderful.

I recommend everyone see this film, gay, straight, transsexual and all man. If you are not moved you should really see if you have a heart inside your body.

One of the most romantic movies of all time and by this I do not mean sexual. The story of two young people getting to know each other and falling in love over night in Vienna is very refreshing and real. I got the feeling that this was not a movie but a real experience between two people. Very romantic. I can see a time where either something like this has or can happen to me. Definitely the most "real" romantic film I have seen. The actors are well matched and it is refreshing not to see a 60 yr old actor romancing a 30 yr old women. I really felt for these people which you do not find many times in movies today.I hope it gets a much bigger audience now that Before Sunset has been released on DVD

Why can't Christopher Walken play "normal" roles like this more often. You really forget what a great actor hr is until he gets a role like this. He plays a man who came back to see his father, son and grandson after leaving 30 years before. After his father, played wonderfully by Micheal Caine, dies and leaves a letter that they must scatter his and his dog Spike's, who died the next day, ashes around the country while eating at KFC restaurants. The father and son learn slot about each other during this trip. It turns out that Walken's character is also dying which leads to a touching scene of the son and grandson dancing in their memory. If you watch the film you will find out this significance. This is not a great film but I recommend it as a nice way to spend an hour an a half and feel good afterward

For Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette to even think a film about a really bad joke would work was insane. Guess what, not only did it work but it may have been the funniest movie ever. I have laughed before at films, Harold and Maude, Some Like it Hot, etc, but never as hard or as much as I did for this film. I was laughing so hard that I had to watch it again because I missed what was being said in the next scene.

The joke does not make any sense and is not funny. What is funny are the different ways comedians remember it and their reflections and retellings of it. The highlights are George Carlin and Gilbert Gottfried. I have never been a Gottfried fan but his telling of the joke at the Friars Roast of Hugh Hefner is classic. Carlin makes up his own version of the joke on the spot and even though very disgusting is very funny. Even the normally "clean" Paul Reiser has a graphic and hilarious retelling of the joke.

I had trepidations about watching this film. A 90 minute movie about a joke, right. But after seeing it I am glad I did and will be recommending to all my friends.

I didn't think that Ki-duk Kim could do better then Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring... but with 3-Iron he has surpassed it by quite a bit. This film at times reminds you of a silent movie which makes it all the more amazing. Not a word is spoken between the two main characters but you know exactly what they are thinking because of the great performances by Hyun-kyoon Lee and Seung-yeon Lee.

This story of a drifter who breaks into peoples homes and instead of stealing things he helps out the people by doing their laundry and washing dishes. He leaves their places cleaner then when he came in. It may not sound interesting but in the hands of one of the worlds most skilled directors and two great actors it is one of the most fascinating and memorable films ever made.