Viycktor wrote:Underrated: Romeo+Juliet (the one with Leo and Clair) - In MANY cases the motion picture does worse or no better than a live stage as a medium for a play, this movie is one of the exceptions.
It followed the script very well (with a few glaring omissions that did not ruin the story IMO) and told the story in a way that I don't think anyone will be able to top using film as a medium. For me, I had never seen a 'weak' Romeo next to such a strong Juliet, and I feel this is how it was meant to be done.
Fight Club is awesome... I wrote a paper on it back in high school (I think, it was a while ago) discussing it's portrayal of someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder. The topics in the movie have become too... relevant... for it to appear as profound as it once was. Masculinity and survival/base instincts are no longer something lamented or questioned... they are simply assumed to be dead. Did you know that throughout the beginning (and I think other parts of the movie) there are instances of single frames where Pitt is standing in the scene with Norton? I discovered it while reviewing the movie for the paper, so I'm sure it's all over the internet these days.
Also, remember the scene where Pitt is splicing in the single frame of pornography into the kids' movies? Don't pay attention to closely right before the credits...you have been warned : p