The legend of 1900!!

"An epic story of a man who could do anything..except be ordinary."

What did you think when you see the name of the film?
something happened in 1900, something legendary, and the movie tells about it, right?
I thought so too, but we're wrong! 1900 is the name of our main character. He is left on a ship, one of the crew finds him, and as it's the beginning of the new year, he calls him "1900". but his full name is Danny Boodman T.D. Lemon 1900. Danny Boodman is the name of the employee finding him, T.D. Lemon, because the baby was lying in a case and T.D. Lemon was written on it, and you know the rest.
1900 was born in that ship, and has never left it. Without being taught, he becomes a very good pianist, in fact the best pianist in the world. He is so famous that, Jelly Roll Morton, called as "father of jazz" comes to the ship to duel. and who wins? 1900, of course.
He has never thought getting out of the ship, till he sees a girl and falls in love. Max, another member of the orchestra, and 1900's best friend, persuades him to go and find that girl. He attempts to get out of the ship, but he cannot. Outside world frightens him.
Max is also the teller of the story. He leaves the ship and never sees 1900 again. One day, he finds out that the ship is going to be burned, as it's too old. Max is sure that 1900 is still somewhere inside, and tries so hard to go inside the ship and find 1900. After a while, he succeeds, and wants 1900 leave the ship. I won't tell the rest, just watch and see...

Here are some quotes that I noted:
1900: "you can get off the ship, all right, but of the ocean?"
"Land? Land is a ship too big for me, it's a woman too beautiful, it's a voyage too long, perfume too strong... "

1900: "What's a mama, Danny?"
Danny: "Well, mama is a horse."
1900: "A horse?"
Danny: "Race horse!"

you can click here to see the trailer.

Scarface!

Tony Montana! A cruel, self-confident man.. A lover.. A murderer.. Strong, but weak at the same time...Not handsome, but definetely cool. :)

Scarface (1983) is a film directed by Brian de Palma.
Tony Montana is a Cuban immigrant in the USa with his friend Manny. At the beginning of the film, Fidel Castro opens the Mariel Horbor to make thousands of people run away to America, so that only those who believe to the power of the new order would stay in Cuba.

Tony Montana and Manny are from those who migrate to the USA. They work in hard conditions with little money at first, but when Tony takes the control and starts to make some "dark" business, they begin to become powerful and rich. Tony is so clever that he establishes an empire in very little time.
I don't want this piece of writing to become a spoiler, so a won't tell the end of the film. I strongly advise you to watch it as soon as possible!

So, how did I chose Scarface out of those hundreds of movies? Well, I used to see its poster everywhere, and I think it is very attractive. Moreover, whenever we talk about movies, or I read sth about them, people (especially boys) put this one to the tops. You understand the reason when you watch it. It is a really good movie. When you see that black screen and "cast" part, you feel a little hurt.

Memorable quotes:
Tony:
"I always tell the truth. Even when I lie."
"You wanna waste my time? Okay. I call my lawyer. He's the best lawyer in Miami. He's such a good lawyer, that by tomorrow morning, you gonna be working in Alaska. So dress warm."

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Arizona Dream

"this is a film about a man and a fish

this is a film about dramatic relationship between a man and a fish

the man stands between life and death

the man thinks

the horse thinks

the sheep thinks

the cow thinks

the dog thinks

the fish doesn't think

the fish is mute, expressionless

the fish doesn't think, because the fish knows everything.

the fish knows everything..."

a movie from Emir Kusturica, from 1993.


first thing to say=the soundtrack is very good!
in fact, it's a weird movie, in which reality and dreams mix. I had a list "movies to see", and this was one of those at the top of the list.
in the movie, there is a guy, Axel (johnny depp) who lives & works in New York. one day, his cousin Paul comes, he wants Axel go with him to Arizona for their uncle's wedding. Axel refuses, but Paul makes him drunk, and drives to Arizona.
In Arizona, Axel is forced to run the family business, and there he meets with two ladies:a rich naughty girl Grace, and her mother-in-law Elanie. after some time, Axel and Elanie start making love, and Axel helps Elaine for her dream come true:flying! he designs small planes, and at last they succeed! through the end of the film, Axel falls in love with Grace, she likes him too. but in the end, I won't tell what happens in the end:)
the main element in the movie is the fish! I am sure it symbolizes something, but unfortunately I cannot find what?

here are some famous quotes from the movie, the ones that I like:
Axel: "Whenever I try to remember my dreams, I always turn 'em into stories. But dreams are like life. You can't catch it with your hands because you can't catch something you don't really see. If you believe in your dreams, you could be sure that any force, a tornado, a volcano or a typhoon, wouldn't be able to knock you out of love; because love exists on its own. "

Axel:" My dad always said that work was like a hat you put on your head. And even if you didn't have pants , you didn't have to walk down the street ashamed of your ass as long as you had a hat... "

Axel:" These philosophies, with pies and bananas and Q-tips and..."
Paul:" I'm an artist. "
Axel:"You're a bullshit artist."
Paul:" Bullshit artist, artist, whatever. Art is art."

Grace:" I'm not going to die. I'm going to live forever until one day I wake up. "

I couldn't find the trailer of this movie, but you can click here to watch a funny part from the movie.

Also click here to listen the soundtrack by Iggy Pop & Goran Bregovic. I really like it.

The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is a 1998 movie by Joel Coen.

The guy of the movie is Jeffrey Lebowski, an ultimate idle man, who calls himself "the dude". The fact that he is mistaken for another Lebowski, a millionaire, is the beginning of the changes in the Dude's life. Two gang members come to his house, want money and one of them pees on his rug. Then the dude finds the millionaire Lebowski to pay for his rug that was ruined because he was mistaken for him. then millionaire wants the dude work for him, the dude gets into lots of trouble.

When you look from a girl's perspective, the dude is very unattractive at first. I mean, he lives in a messy house, his clothes are arty crafty, he neverminds anybody, he does not want to marry or love any woman.. just a total slacker.

but when the time passes, when you see what happen to him and you know that none of them are his fault but his friend Walter, you begin to pity Dude, and he begins to seem attractive to you:)

The language of the film is just the daily laanguage. As one can expect from such guys, the characters always swear and use dirty words.

Personally, I liked the way the Dude lives. He does not care for anything, he never takes anything seriously, he just wears what he wants or speaks how he likes. He does not have any responsibilities in the world. No family, just a few friends similar to him... Sometimes this kind of a lifestyle is very attractive for me, but mine is a totally different one...

anyways.. to sum up, I cannot say that the movie was "awesome!!!", but still it worths watching it..

Click here to watch the trailer.

Edward Scissorhands!!!

Edward Scissorhands was produced in 1990 by Tim Burton. It is about a man-created character Edward (Johnny Depp). He was created by a scientist, who put him a heart, a brain, and provided him with an education by reading poem and making conversations. But Edward is not a completed creature; the scientist dies before he attaches hands to Edward who has scissors onstead of hands. Edward is left incomplete and all alone.
one day, a woman called Peg (Dianne Wiest) goes to the castle where Edward lives, pities him and takes him to the town with her. Edward starts to live with Peg's family and becomes the favorite of all the family and neighbors by the creative works he does such as hairdressing and designing the plants in the garden. As Edward has a heart, he falls in love with the daughter of the family, Kim (Winona Ryder). while everything is okay, some unlucky events occur and nobody wants Edward in the town. At the end of the movie, Kim says Edward is dead in the castle and the life turns to normal. Edward stays in the castle as he did before and Kim never goes to see him.
personally, i can say with no doubt that Edward Scissorhands is one of the best movies i've ever seen. The reasons for that are both the movie itself and my admiration to Johnny Depp. Not only Depp but also all the other actors&actresses fits the characters they play very well.
In the movie, nobody judges Edward for not being a normal person, so Edward's being a man-designed creature was not weird for me, like everybody could have scissors instead of hands and fingers. I felt pity for him because although he was so well intentioned, he got into trouble many times while trying to help people. when he got back to his castle forever, i thought it was the best place for him to exist. He was lonely, but he was okay like that, nobody could give harm to him there. at the end of the film, at first i expected Kim to go to the castle and see Edward once more. But later, I decided that what Kim was doing was right; going there would start the things all over again. Everybody was okay as they were, there was still love and longing left behind, which was very respectable.
The language of the movie is quite easy, you really do not need any subtitles or something else to understand what's going on. If you want to see the movie, which I strongly advise you to do, you can ask me for the DivX cipy of it.

also, you may click here to watch the trailer.

one flew over the cuckoo's nest!!

The first movie i wanted to watch was "One flew over the cuckoo's nest", directed by Milos Forman and produced in 1975. The star of the film was Jack Nickolson.
In the movie, McMurphy (Nickolson)who is a prisoner is sent to a mental hospital because of his crazy behaviors. There, he arranges basketball games, establishes a small casino, rebels, causes very big problems. He learns that some of the patients are staying voluntarily in the hospital and he tries to convince them that the world is beautiful and it worths to be outside. In this "waking up" process, he hijacks the bus of the hospital and arranges a trip for the patients; bribes the night watchman, invithis girlfriend to the hospital and they alltogether have a big party and all these causes him to be electroshocked. I will not tell the end of the movie not to be a spoiler, because I believe you should watch it.
One flew over the cuckoo's nest is a very old movie; my father was a teenager when it was produced. Still, it is very successful and became one of my favorites. the setting is very simple and the story is not a sophisticated one but what McMurphy is trying to do deserves admiration: he is trying to wake up the people who has no hope and zero expectation from the life.
Was McMurphy dangerous? For good people, not at all! He was a good person.
Was he crazy? yes, he was!!
the language of the movie is not very easy, but still you can follow enough to understand the movie.
i strongly advise you to watch it, and if you need, i have the original DVD of the movie.

You can click here to see the trailer.