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Originally Posted by taranchula
Darn right, which is why one of the last movies I saw was the original "Italian Job" from 1969, an awesome little caper flick with some funny bits, some excellent stunt work (The Mini chase is one of all time best movie car chases ever.) a superb score by Quincy Jones and of course one of the best cliffhanger (and I use the term cliffhanger in the most literal sense) endings in all of moviedom.
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Hurrah! That movie's one of my favourites, and I agree completely with everything you said. Thus far, I've been very successful in steering clear of the 2003 remake, though if I do ever opt to sit down and watch it, it'll be primarily to play a game of "Spot the Spider-Man"...since rumour has it that Spidey actually lands himself a couple of extremely fleeting cameo appearences therein, though naturally I couldn't verify that.
Last movie I watched was
Spirited Away, at the student cinema. People have been praising the hell out of this film since its release in 2001, and I see little reason to argue with that, nor is there much else I could really add to that voice which won't have been said a million times already. So I'll simply settle for saying that Chihiro/Sen's adventure is as beautiful, courageous and inspirational as they come, and that I love those dust-bunnies. Oh, and it was the Japanese original that we got to watch too, which was gratifying - as dubs go, I think the English dub for
Spirited Away is decent enough, but I definitely prefer the original. No need to tack a corny throwaway voiceover gag on at the end - the Japanese original is perfectly happy to let the music and the visuals do all the talking in those final moments, and rightly so.