I hope you didn't mind me doing the repeated postings but it seemed the obvious thing to do

Lol

One film that I watch if it's on

The Future (2011) 6/10

The Dilemma (2011) 3/10

The Man Who Sleeps (Un homme qui dort) (1974) 8/10

One Day (2011) 5/10

Berta's Motives (Los motivos de Berta) (1985) 8.5/10

 Behind Blue Skies (Himlen ar oskyldigt bla) (2010) 6/10

Hellboy 2 (2008). Some spectacular monsters and a couple of quietly touching scenes lifted the film from what would otherwise have been just an excuse for CGI effects.

I resaw Sylvia Scarlett (1935). Notable only for being the first time Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn appeared together. This is not a good film, sort of part melodrama and part comedy. It was based on a book by Compton Mackenzie (best known for Whisky Galore and Monarch of the Glen). This book was written in 1918 which is when D W Griffith was making films, and the film did feel at times as if it was by him.

Katherine Hepburn dressed as a young man for much of the film. How she managed to convince other characters that she was male does not really hold up as from the back, it was obvious that her hips were too wide to be that of a male.

50/50 (2011) 7/10

The Light Thief (Svet-ake) (2010) 7/10

I saw White Hunter Black Heart (1990) directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The film is about a fictitious account based on the build up to the making of a film. Clint Eastwood plays John Wilson, but using John Huston as a model. The film being made is based on The African Queen, and there are minor roles for the equivalents of Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, but in no way should WHBH be regarded as about the making of The African Queen.

WHBH is based on a book by Peter Viertel who wrote the screenplay. Peter Viertel was one of the screenwriters of The African Queen, and the character of Pete Verrill (played by Jeff Fahey) is obviously intended to be him.

The film is really a character study of a man who becomes obsessed with hunting an elephant rather than making a film, and the tragic consequence of his obsession. I wonder if there's a nod to Moby Dick there which was another film directed by John Huston.

I'm not suggesting that Clint Eastwood is similar to John Huston but there are some similarities, not the least being that both of them are actor/directors, and that both continued directing films on a full time basis well past the normal retirement age (Huston until he died aged just over 80), and Eastwood still working and now 81. Also Eastwood makes films which concentrate on good old fashioned story telling rather than being obsessed with special effects.

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) 8.5/10

Butterfly's Tongue (La lengua de las mariposas) (1999) 6/10

Tyrannosaur (2011) 9/10

Albert Nobbs (2011) 7/10

Rengoku Eroica (1970) 8/10

I Am Number Four (2011) 3/10

The Dark Mirror (1946) 8/10

I saw The Ten Commandments (1956). Due to its length I saw it in 3 stages - it runs for almost 4 hours, but being episodic that didn't affect my viewing. Although the film was quite spectacular in places for its time, I felt it became more and more stodgy as the film progressed.

The part played by Anne Baxter was Nefretiri. Although one would tend ti assume that this was wrong, that she should be called Nefertiti, it turns out that this was not a mistake - they were different people.

It had been intended for Nefretiri to be played by Audrey Hepburn, but the director turned her down as being "too slender".

Mirage (Iluzija) (2004) 8/10

Truth About Men (Sandheden om mænd) (2010) 6/10

I saw a very old film yesterday - Orphans of the Storm (1921). A D W Griffith film starring Lilian and Dorothy Gish as two girls brought up as sisters caught up in the storm of the French Revolution. A long film running at about 3 hours with ad breaks, but I didn't notice the length. As one would expect, much of the acting was very hammy if compared with modern films, but the 2 Gish sisters were good actors, particularly Lilian who continued making films until she was 93.

Some liberties were taken with historical accuracy, mainly showing Danton (one of the main leaders of the revolution) as much nobler than he probably was, and Robespierre (another key leader) as out and out villain (which was probably an exaggeration). Although the film did mention at the end that Robespierre was guilotined, it didn't mention that Danton was also guillotined.

Although most of the film was dramatic, there were some scenes which were clearly intended to be almost farcical. The climax is quite exciting, though expected.

Lucille La Verne appeared as Mother Frochard, a thoroughly nasty piece of work:

Years later she provided the voice of the witch in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs, and her character was based in part on Mother Frochard:

Harry And Tonto (1974) 8.5/10

Bones (Ossos) (1997) 8.5/10

I've amended your Harry and Tonto link as for some reason, yours doesn't want to work.

I edited to see what was wrong with the link and i accidently added a letter at the end of the link

Body And Soul (1947) 9/10

Circumstance (2011) 6/10

Zelig (1983) 6/10

A Married Woman (Une Femme Mariee) (1964) 5/10

I saw Anna and the King (1999). That's the one with Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. Quite reasonable but nothing exceptional.

The Ides Of March (2011) 8/10

Wasted Youth (2011) 7.5/10

Love And Other Crimes (Ljubav i drugi zlocini) (2008) 7/10

The Days Between (In Den Tag Hinein) (2001) 8.5/10

The Betrayal (Daisatsujin orochi) (1966) 7/10

We Need To About Kevin (2011) 8.5/10

Piggies (Swinki) (2009) 6/10

Il Generale Della Rovere (1959) 9/10

Savage (Odjuret) (2011) 7.5/10

Sut (2008) 8/10

Yumurta (2007) 7/10

The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) (2011) 8/10

Final Destination 5 (2011) 4/10

Fa Meg Pa, For Faen (2011) 7/10

Contagion (2011) 7/10

The Runner (Davandeh) (1990) 8.5/10

Pixote (1981) 8/10

Jackassfan, I have noticed a few of your links aren't working properly, I think it's the same as before that extra characters are appearing at the end of the URL line.

Ones that I've noticed are:

Zelig

Wasted Youth

We Need to Talk About Kevin (there's also a typo)

Il Generale Della Rovere

Sut

Fa Meg Pa, For Kaen

The Runner

With all of them, it's the first of two films you link in the post which is a bit odd.

I saw The Searchers (1956). the John Ford classic with John Wayne in one of his best roles as an antihero, fairly rare in westerns of that time. What many people watching this film may miss is a shot of a gravestone in the early part of the film of his mother. His mother was killed by Comanches 14 years before the start of the film which is a key factor in Wayne's character's hatred of Comanches.

The younger Debbie is played by Lana Wood, sister of Natalie who played the older Debbie.

I shall re-edit them, i really should start checking the links after posting 

Bad Family (Paha Perhe) (2010) 7/10

The Inbetweeners Movie (2011) 6/10

Bag Of Rice (Kiseye Berendj) (1998) 9/10

The Kite (Le cerf Volant) (2003) 6/10

The Flowers St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950) 8/10

Cathy Come Home (1966) 8/10

Jackassfan, I don't know your age, but I remember the outcry from the public when Cathy Come Home was first shown on television in 1966. I was 14 at the time, so my parents wouldn't have let me see it then. I did see it years later. For many people, this would have been the first time that television produced a piece of social realism rather than comfortable TV. And of course it was Ken Loach's first major success.

I resaw Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan  (1982) one of the better Star Trek films. Kirstie Alley's film debut.

Steve Blalock who was one of the stuntmen and did other Star Trek films apparently is not related to Jolene Blalock from the Star Trek - Enterprise series.

I am 31