Great Cinematography: Powerful Scenes

Here are some powerful moments which are a visual treat.

(21 Grams
Listening to the last message from her deceased husband)

(The Curse of the Golden Flower
Gold and Silver dragon armour clashes representing the family feud.)

(Happy Feet
One giant leap to save the colony.)

(Little Miss Sunshine
A hug for a crushed dream)

(Moulin Rouge
Satines entrance.)

(Minority Report
The spyders get him)

(Perfume
Smelling the next victim)

(Se7en
A brush with John Doe)

(War of the Worlds
One life to save another)

The Shawshank Rap

Shawshank in a Minute
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Tight edits.

Trailers: Mashed or Sweded?

Drum roll please.....

Now presenting the best sweded and mish mashed trailers brought to you from the ever entertaining YouTube.com.

Watch and enjoy...

• Star Wars (Sweded)
  
  
• Garden State (Horror/Thriller)
• Edward Scissorhands (Sweded)
• The "new" James Bond

and my favorites

• The Princess Bride (Sweded)
• Toy Story Requiem
  

A Little Bit Desperate

I like Desperate Housewives. It's certainly been in danger of jumping the shark on several occasions, especially with that horrible storyline between Orson, his scary first wife Alma and his even scarier mother. Fortunately the writers literally put to death that one but here are some of the stories from each housewife that I liked....

Susan Mayer- I was originally a big fan since I loved watching Teri Hatcher in Lois and Clark when that was on television. No doubt I'd probably hate the cheesy plots and cardboard character now... just like I'm no longer a fan of stupid Susan in season 3. I did like the original storyline between Mike and herself, but more from that family I loved the very brief, slightly scary romance that blossomed between Julie and Zack. I guess when one starts waving loaded guns at your mother, it's time to call it quits.

Lynette Scavo- Probably the best would obviously be either the hurricane or the store shoot out. Felecity Huffman has certainly shone in those highly emotional scenes though my favourite would be the one where she accuses her new neighbour, Art, the same guy who saved her life, of petaphilia. I like the way that one was written, It really makes you think...

Gabrielle Solis- I think I would have a hard time relating to her if she was a person in real life but she certainly has had some interesting stories. My favourite moments would be after the divorce where Carlos tells her what type of flowers he would get her depending on the occasion. It's very sweet and I think their special moments mean a little more then the other housewives since they're both pretty swallow on the outside!

Bree Hodge- I think out of all the housewives, she has dealt with the most drama and is my favourite housewife. In saying that, I can't think of a storyline of hers that stands out. The writers need to lay off the angst in her life! I do think Orson and herself make the perfect couple though.

Alphabetical Favouritism

L'Appartment is a fantastic little French movie about hidden love and misunderstandings.
(Runner up: About A Boy)








Back to the Future is a classic mix of comedy and adventure.
(Runner up: A Beautiful Mind)








The Castle is an Aussie comedy where the little guy with good intentions wins.
(Runner up: The Curse of the Wererabbit)







I studied Dead Poets Society in high school and have loved it ever since. I started watching House MD because i wanted to see Robert Sean Leonard other works.
(Runner up: Dial 'M' for Murder)








The Emperor's New Groove is the funniest Disney movie yet.
(Runner up: Edward Scissorhands)








Forrest Gump is one of the best movies featuring CGI. It's overly sappy but I love it.
(Runner up: Finding Neverland)






Galaxy Quest is the movie satire on sci-fi series.
(Runner up: Gulliver's Travels)









Happy Feet is amazing all round from the beautiful visuals to the powerful story.
(Runner up: Howl's Moving Castle)






It's A Wonderful Life. The Ultimate Feel Good Movie!
(Runner up: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)









Just Friends. Silly silly fun.
(Runner up: Jumanji)








Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is one of the best examples of great dialogue.
(Runner up: King Kong)









A League of Their Own is a beautiful story with a talented cast.
(Runner up: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy)








The Matrix. Well duh...
(Runner up: Men in Black)







Napoleon Dynamite. "I see you're drinking one percent. Is that because you think you're fat? Because you're not. You could be drinking whole if you wanted to."
(Runner up: Notting Hill)








Ocean's Eleven is on of the best remakes I've seen.
(Runner up: Once Upon a Time in China)









Pan's Labyrinth is a chilling fantasy adventure about a young girls nightmarish reality.
(Runner up: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)




Quills. I haven't really seen that many Q movies....
(Runner up: The Quiet American)









Raising Arizona is a funny, off-centred quirky flick.
(Runner up: Remains of the Day)








The Shawshank Redemption. My absolute favourite.
(Runner up: The Silence of the Lambs)







The Truman Show is a fascinating look at the media and reality television.
(Runner up: Toy Story)








United 93 is a haunting look at the story behind Flight 93 on 9/11.
(Runner up: Unforgiven)








Vertigo is one of the best Hitchcock film with a memorably haunting obsessive James Stewart.
(Runner up: The Village)









The Wedding Singer is just a fun rom com with great chemistry between the two leads.
(Runner up: Walk the Line)








X2. There wasn't really much competition for this one, though this is my favourite comic book movie.
(Runner up: X-men)







Young Frankenstein. Lot's of competition here too....









Zelery is a sweet story about a Jewish lady hiding in the countryside, married to a kind stranger.
(Runner up: Zoolander)

Mini Quotes Quiz

Guess which favourite films of mine these movie quotes are from:
(FOR ANSWERS HIGHLIGHT THE SECTION AFTER THE QUOTE)

1. "Sometimes, I guess there's just not enough rocks." (Forrest Gump)
   
2. "I'd like the coffin to be white, and I want it specially lined with satin. White... or pink. Maybe red! Bright flaming red! Let's make it gay!" (Sunset Blvd.)
   
3. "I peed on the corpse. Can they do, like, an ID from that?" (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang)
   
4. "Instead of something I want, can it be something I don't want?" (The Sixth Sense)
   
5. "People will say we're in love." (Silence of the Lambs)
   
6. "Pathetic? To die for love? How can you say so? What could be more glorious?" (Sense and Sensibility)
   
7. "They say it has no memory. That's where I want to live the rest of my life. A warm place with no memory." (The Shawshank Redemption)
   
8. " Look! I have one job on this lousy ship, it's *stupid*, but I'm gonna do it! Okay?" (Galaxy Quest)
   
9. "Are they not suppose to be let out when they're grounded?" (Mean Girls)
   
10. "C'mon, he's insane. Look. Right now he's probably dancing around in his grandma's panties, yeah, rubbing himself in peanut butter." (Se7en)
    

Identification Please...

I have my favourite characters, as posted previously. Then I have characters who have situations or traits or something that I directly relate to. It's time to get a little more personal...

Kay Effiel
is a slightly eccentric, anti-social, published author who likes smoking, privacy and the odd character death.

I might just skip on the chain smoking, but the eccentric published author bit is exactly where I want to be a little further on in the future.

Lemuel Gulliver
is an exhausted surviver, struggling to grip with rules and reality of social standings whilst living in his own colourful adventure.
Okay, I haven't been locked up nor have I really been to the places in my head, but we're both looking for a home we're not even sure exists or finding a part in reality we don't wish to believe in.

James Barrie
is immersed in a land of make believe, entertaining children and audience alike yet slowly disconnecting from the adults in his life.
I want to be a successful playwriter just like him.

Joel Barish
"Why do I fall in love with every woman I see who shows me the least bit of attention?"
Give me a little smile and a nice word and you have a friend for life. Well, I think very highly of you anyway...

John Preston
lives in a world of hypocrisy, of control. He lives his life hiding his emotion, his feelings, his needs.
I lived like that for a long time and even now have difficultly saying how I truly feel.



Sayuri
grew deeply attached to an older man who gave her life hope and support yet was beyond her reach.
I fell for an older guy too, who I thought at one stage I would never see again. Like Sayuri, my story has a happy ending.

Any characters you particularly relate to?