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Welcome to my new profile page and thanks for taking the time to read it... I thought I�d start this new profile of with the first verse of my favorite song... �Wasted Time� by the Eagles... A song about regret and insecurity... about a love gone bad and hoping for better times... I remember first hearing it on an old live record... My dad brought down the old recordplayer and let me hear his old music... the music that defined him when he was young... There was all kinds of music I didn�t know off, but soon was going to appreciate and even love...
Amongst the records by Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, the Beatles and Simon and Garfunkel there was this one by the Eagles, simply entitled �Live�... It had this cover with a big red tourbox on it... The first time I listened to the record I immediately fell in love with �Desperado�... I played that song over and over again... Only later I realised that there was even a better song on the record... �Wasted Time�... From that point on music has never been the same to me... I remember christmas that year, I got all kinds of presents... some very expensive games, a photocamera and a cd... You guessed it, it was the `Live� album by the Eagles... It was the best gift I�ve ever recieved...
I�ve had the fortune of hearing the Eagles preform �Wasted Time� live on stage on their last reunion tour... This summer I completed my big song trilogy... I can now say that I�ve seen all three of my favorite songs preformed live on stage... This summer I went to see the �Old Friends� tour by Simon and Garfunkel and heard them preform �A Bridge Over Troubled Water�... and a couple of months ago I went to see the `Afterglow� tour by Sarah McLachlan and had the pleasure to see her preform �Angel�...
Music � like film � can define certain stages in life... Sometimes I hear a song and I relive a certain moment... there are even songs and albums that bring back whole holidays, even whole years... Those songs and movies become important to you... you carry them with you for ever... A few years back I watched Barbara Streisand recieve the �Cecil B. DeMille Award�... In her acceptance speech she comented on these songs and movies that define certain moments...
My last thought of the evening... awards. In researching some of the songs that I just sang on New Year's Eve, I was surprised to find out that some of our greatest standards never won an Academy Award. As a matter of fact, they were never even nominated. Like, "A Foggy Day," "I'm In the Mood for Love," "Someday My Prince Will Come." And there were many movies that were never nominated, like "The African Queen," "Singing in the Rain," "2001," "Close Encounters"... which we actually just showed Jim's little daughter last night... and I thought to myself it doesn't matter, really, how many awards something received. What matters is did it stand the test of time? Did it touch people's lives? Can you remember where you were when you first heard that song, or saw that movie? Who were you with? Did you laugh or cry? What was going on in your life at the time? Was it at the end of a love affair, or the beginning of a marriage? Does it bring back memories when you hear or see it today? The truth is, when it comes to awards, I'm not certain anyone remembers, from year to year, who won or didn't win. They remember the work, not the validation of the work. So, if by next year, you've all forgotten that I received this award, I promise you, I'll understand, and I'll always have this to remind me of this very special honor. Thank you."
Thanks for taking that strole with me down memorylane... I guess this profile page is not turning into a typical profile page... It�s just me telling you who I am, and what I think is important... If you want to read funny and witty profile pages be sure to check out other profile pages, there are some funny ones around... ]...
Ok... a little bit information about myself... I�m a 22 year old male and I live in the Netherlands... My two biggest hobbies are watching films and listening to music... I own about 300 dvd�s and spend most of my money on expending that number... [biggrin]... I have a fishtank with 30 fish and two frogs... and would love to have a dog someday...
My top 10 movies...
1. Titanic 2. the Usual Suspects 3. Shawshank Redemption 4. Braveheart 5. Schindler's List 6. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring 7. Wonderboys 8. Forrest Gump 9. Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain 10. Almost Famous
These top 10 lists usually change every now and then... but overall I think my top 10 is pretty acurate... I�m not one to look for perfect editing or use of light... To me a great movie should bring out some emotions in me... the story, acting, lines and use of music are much more important then all the technical things... I believe that�s one of the reasons that make Titanic my #1 film of all time... It�s story is almost romantic perfection, the acting is good and the use of music fantastic... Ever since I saw Titanic I�ve been a big fan of James Horner... In the cover of the soundtrack James Cameron spend a few words on Horner...
�He (James Horner) made us one with Jack and Rose... feeling the beat of their hearts, as they experience the kind of love we all dream about but seldom find...�
To me... Horner made a good film into a brilliant film... Titanic was the first film for me in which the music stood out... a truly great soundtrack...
Old Siglines...
"The only true currency in this bankrupt world... is what you share with someone else when you're uncool..."
My favorite line out of one of my favorite movies �Almost Famous�... I don�t think it really needs anymore explanation... It sounded true to me... I know first hand that when you�re not afraid to be �uncool�... when you show your vonurability... you can share things with friends that really matter... Only then you get to know yourself and others...
"It's been so long since I've seen the ocean... I guess I should..."
A line from one of my favorite songs called `A Long December� by the Counting Crows... �A Long December� is basicly about looking back on your life at the end of a year and regreting certain things en wanting to change them... The line is the last one of the song... and somehow it always gives me hope whenever I hear it... It�s like he�s making a decision to change right then and there... as he sings... �maybe this year will be better then the last�... and that�s really all one can hope for...
"Another reason to doubt me, another teardrop falls..."
A line from a song called �The Earth Stopped Called at Dawn� by Hootie and the Blowfish... there�s no realy reason I picked it except for me really liking it...
"Close your eyes... pretend it's just the two of us again..."
A line from a song called �Hold Me Now� by Johnny Logan... It�s a very special line/song to me... Not going to say much about it expect for that it�s special because of a certain person on these boards...
"If you can dream... and not make dreams your master..." Rudyard Kipling
A line from a poem called �If� by Rudyard Kipling... I never heard of the poem or the poet untill my 21ste birthday when whatthehellisagigawatt posted it to congratulate me... the whole poem is also on my profilepage... just read a bit further... giG, thanks a lot for the poem... it was the best birthdaygift I recieved in a long time... ]...
�I�ll trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday...�
A line from a song called �Me and Bobby McGee� by Janis Joplin... It�s just really a great line...
And... eventhough I promised myself to never do this... some of my favorite users...
The most special person online...
Sue-82... (for... well... you know why)
The old gang...
Floyd_the_Barber
Appleblossom
Ersatew
Knekk (I know you go by another name now... but I don't care... [biggrin])
Coventry
People I've met around the boards who I call my friends...
georgousGunner
Mr.Bean-5
Mailen
TheLastLittleRebel
And last... but definitly not least... the Sandbox Crew... (I know most of you don't care about these kinds of list... but I'm gonna put you on here anyway... [biggrin])
dawnstarrising
Kaz... (I'm so not keeping up with your name changes... all I would like to add is... my sweet adorable pink fluffy bunny... [biggrin])
Alex_Blanchett
ELX
gorgeousoz
Kittencat1
morganlee
MovieMilestones
Iok
pib and pob
RunningWithScissors
Movie-Man-Bob
Murgaine
jodilyn
And last but not least... the daddy of the Sandbox... whatthehellsagigawatt
... I've got this terrible feeling I've left somebody out... if so... sorry... [biggrin]...
IF by Rudyard Kipling
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream-and not make dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And-which is more-you'll be a Man, my son!
DVD's I own... (and according to Keir) therefor make me cool... ]...
2 Days in the Valley (1996)
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
12 Monkeys (1995)
16 Blocks (2006)
21 Grams (2003)
21 Jump Street: Season One (1987)
21 Jump Street: Season Two (1988)
21 Jump Street: Season Three (1989)
21 Jump Street: Season Four (1990)
21 Jump Street: Season Five (1991)
24: Season One (2001)
24: Season Two (2002)
24: Season Three (2003)
24: Season Four (2004)
25th Hour (2002)
The 4400: Season One (2004)
About a Boy (2002)
The Abyss (1989)
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
Albino Alligator (1996)
Alex and Emma (2003)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
All the President�s Men (1976)
Ally McBeal: Season One (1997)
Ally McBeal: Season Two (1998)
Ally McBeal: Season Three (1999)
Ally McBeal: Season Four (2000)
Ally McBeal: Season Five (2001)
Almost Famous (2000)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV)
America�s Sweethearts (2001)
American Beauty (1999)
American History X (1998)
American Outlaws (2001)
American Pie (1999)
American Pie II (2001)
American Pie: The Wedding (2003)
The American President (1995)
Angel: Season One (1999)
Angel: Season Two (2000)
Angel: Season Three (2001)
Angel: Season Four (2002)
Angel: Season Five (2003)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Apocalypse Now (1997)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Armageddon (1998)
Assassins (1995)
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
L'Auberge espagnole (2002)
Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Austin Powers : Goldmember (2002)
Avalanche Alley (2001)
The Aviator (2004)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Backdraft (1991)
Bad Boys (1995)
Bad Boys II (2003)
Bad Santa (2003)
Band of Brothers (2001) (mini)
Basic (2003)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
Batman (1989)
Batman Begins (2005)
Batman Forever (1995)
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman & Robin (1997)
Be Cool (2005)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)
Below (2002)
Best Laid Plans (1999)
The Best of the Best (1989)
Big Fish (2003)
The Big Kahuna (1999)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Big Trouble (2002)
Bin Jip (2004)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)
Blade: Trinity (2004)
Blof: Live in Ahoy (2004)
Blof: Tussen Nacht en Morgen (2002)
Blue Crush (2002)
The Bodyguard (1992)
De Boekverfilming (1999)
The Bone Collector (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Braveheart (1995)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Bridget Jones�s Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason (2004)
Bring It On (2000)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season One (1997)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Two (1998)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Three (1999)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Four (2000)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Five (2001)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Six (2002)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Seven (2003)
Casualties of War (1989)
Cat People (1982)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
The Cave (2005)
The Cell (2000)
Center Stage (2000/I)
Changing Lanes (2002)
Charlies Angles: Full Throttle (2003)
Chicago (2002)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005)
Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Cidade de Deus (2002)
Cider House Rules (1999)
Cirque Du Soleil: Alegria (2001)
Cirque Du Soleil: Drailion (2000)
Cirque Du Soleil: La Nouba (2003)
Cirque Du Soleil: Saltimbanco (1997)
City of Angels (1998)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
Clerks. (1994)
Cliffhanger (1993)
Coach Carter (2005)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Collateral (2004)
Con Air (1997)
Confidence (2003)
Congo (1995)
The Constant Gardener (2005)
Constantine (2005)
Contact (1997)
The Core (2003)
The Corpse Bride (2005)
The Corrs: Unplugged (2000)
Costa (2001)
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Crash (2004)
Crazy / Beautiful (2001)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Crossroads (2002)
The Crow (1994)
Cube (1997)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Dances With Wolves (1990)
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
Dangerous Minds (1995)
Dante�s Peak (1997)
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Dawson�s Creek: Season One (1998)
Dawson�s Creek: Season Two (1999)
Dawson�s Creek: Season Three (2000)
Dawson�s Creek: Season Four (2001)
Dawson�s Creek: Season Five (2002)
Dawson�s Creek: Season Six (2003)
Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Daylight (1996)
Days of Thunder (1990)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Deadwood: Season One (2004)
Deadwood: Season Two (2005)
Death Warrant (1990)
Deep Impact (1998)
The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Disney�s Aladdin (1992)
Disney�s Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Disney�s The Aristocats (1970)
Disney�s Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Disney�s Bambi (1942)
Disney�s Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Disney�s The Black Cauldron (1985)
Disney�s Brother Bear (2003)
Disney�s A Bugs Life (1998)
Disney�s Chicken Little (2005)
Disney�s Cinderella (1950)
Disney�s The Emperor�s New Groove (2000)
Disney�s Dinosaur (2000)
Disney�s Dumbo (1941)
Disney�s Finding Nemo (2003)
Disney�s The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Disney�s The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Disney�s Hercules (1997)
Disney�s Home on the Range (2004)
Disney�s The Hunchback of Notre Dam (1996)
Disney�s The Incredibles (2004)
Disney�s James and the Giant Peach (1996)
Disney�s Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Disney�s Lilo and Stitch (2002)
Disney�s The Lion King (1994)
Disney�s The Little Mermaid (1989)
Disney�s Melody Time (1948)
Disney�s Monsters Inc (2001)
Disney�s Mulan (1998)
Disney�s Oliver & Company (1988)
Disney�s Peter Pan II: Return to Neverland (2002)
Disney�s Pocahontas (1995)
Disney�s The Rescuers (1977)
Disney�s The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Disney�s Robin Hood (1973)
Disney�s The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Disney�s Tarzan (1999)
Disney�s Tarzan II (2005)
Disney�s Toy Story (1995)
Disney�s Toy Story II (1999)
Disney�s Treasure Planet (2002)
Disney�s Treasures: The Chronological Donald (1934)
Disney�s Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 1 (1935)
Disney�s Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color Vol. 2 (1939)
Disney�s Treasures: Silly Symphonies (1929)
Disney�s Winnie the Pooh: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Disney�s Winnie the Pooh: Most Grand Adventure (1997)
Dirty Dancing (1987)
Dixie Chicks: An Evening With The Dixie Chicks (2002)
Dixie Chicks: Top of the World Tour Live (2003)
Dogdeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
Domino (2005)
Don Henley : Inside Job Live (2000)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Doom (2005)
The Doors (1991)
Dragonfly (2002)
Dragonheart (1996)
Dragonheart: A New Beginning (2000)
The Dreamers (2003)
Duets (2000)
Dungeons and Dragons: The Complete Series (1983)
Dutch (1991)
E.R.: Season One (1994)
E.R.: Season Two (1995)
E.R.: Season Three (1996)
E.R.: Season Four (1997)
E.R.: Season Five (1998)
E.R.: Season Six (1999)
Eagles : Hell Freezes Over (1994)
Earthquake (1974)
Ed Wood (1994)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Elektra (2005)
Elizabethtown (2005)
Empire Records (1995)
Enemy of the State (1998)
The English Patient (1996)
Eraser (1996)
Essex Boys (2000)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
An Evening With Kevin Smith (2002)
Event Horizon (1997)
Excorsist: The Beginning (2004)
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Season One (2003)
Extreme Ops (2002)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Am�lie Poulain (2001)
Fave/Off (1997)
The Faculty (1998)
Falling Down (1993)
Fame (1980)
The Family Stone (2005)
The Fantastic Four (2005)
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004)
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
Fast Times at Rigdemont High (1982)
Femme Fatale (2002)
Fight Club (1999)
Final Fantasy VII: The Advent Children (2005)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Finder�s Fee (2001)
The Firm (1993)
Flatliners (1990)
Fleetwood Mac: The Dance (1997)
Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Firefly: Season One (2002)
For Love of the Game (1999)
For Love or Money (1993)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Four Brothers (2005)
The Four Feathers (2002)
Frailty (2001)
Free Willy (1993)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home (1995)
Friends: Season One (1994)
Friends: Season Two (1995)
Friends: Season Three (1996)
Friends: Season Four (1997)
Friends: Season Five (1998)
Friends: Season Six (1999)
Friends: Season Seven (2000)
Friends: Season Eight (2001)
Friends: Season Nine (2002)
Friends: Season Ten (2003)
Frequency (2000)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
The Game (1997)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Gathering (2002)
The Getaway (1994)
Gettysburg (1993)
Ghost (1990)
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)
Gia (1998)
Gilmore Girls: Season One (2000)
Gilmore Girls: Season Two (2001)
Gilmore Girls: Season Three (2002)
Gilmore Girls: Season Four (2003)
Gilmore Girls: Season Five (2004)
Gilmore Girls: Season Six (2005)
Girlfight (2000)
Gladiator (2000)
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
Glory (1989)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Good Morning, Vietman (1987)
The Good Thief (2002/I)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Goonies (1985)
Grease (1978)
The Great Raid (2005)
The Green Mile (1999)
The Gremlins (1984)
The Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Groundhog Day (1993)
The Grudge (2004)
Hable Con Ella (2002)
Hackers (1995)
Hard Rain (1998)
The Hard Way (1991)
Harrie Jekkers: Met een Goudvis naar Zee (1995)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Heat (1995)
Heaven & Earth (1993)
Hellboy (2004)
Hero (2002)
Hidalgo (2004)
High Fidelity (2000)
Hitchhiker�s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Hollow Man (2000)
Home Alone (1990)
Home Alone II: Lost in New York (1992)
Honest (2000)
Hook (1991)
Hornblower: Duty (2003)
Hornblower: Loyalty (2003)
Hornblower: Munity (2001)
Hornblower: Retribution (2001)
Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil (1999)
Hornblower: The Even Chance (1998)
Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998)
Hornblower: The Frogs and the Lobsters (1999)
Hostage (2005)
House MD: Season One (2004)
House MD: Emmy Awards Promo "Blood Bag" (2006)
Howl�s Moving Castle (2004)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
The Human Stain (2003)
The Hunt For Red October (1990)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
I, Robot (2004)
Ice Age (2002)
Identity (2003)
Igby Goes Down (2002)
Ik Ook Van Jou (2001)
In the Cut (2003)
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Independence Day (1996)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Infernal Affairs (Mou Gaan Dou) (2002)
Infernal Affairs II (Mou Gaan Dou II) (2003)
Infernal Affairs III (Mou Gaan Dou III) (2003)
Inside Man (2006)
Insomnia (2002)
The Interpreter (2005)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Inventing The Abbotts (1997)
The Invisible Circus (2001)
Iron Eagle II (1988)
The Island (2005)
It (1990) (TV)
The Italian Job (2003)
The Jack Bull (1999) (TV)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
Jackass: Volume One (2000)
Jackass: Volume Two (2000)
Jackass: Volume Three (2000)
James Bond: Dr. No (1962)
James Bond: From Russia With Love (1963)
James Bond: Goldfinger (1964)
James Bond: Thunderball (1965)
James Bond: You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
James Bond: Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
James Bond: Live And Let Die (1973)
James Bond: The Man With The Golden Gun (1974)
James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
James Bond: Moonraker (1979)
James Bond: For Your Eyes Only (1981)
James Bond: Octopussy (1983)
James Bond: A View To A Kill (1985)
James Bond: The Living Daylights (1987)
James Bond: Licence To Kill (1989)
James Bond: Goldeneye (1995)
James Bond: Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
James Bond: The World Is Not Enough (1999)
James Bond: Die Another Day (2002)
Jaws (1975)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
JFK (1991)
John Q (2002)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park II: The Lost World (1997)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Kate and Leopold (2001)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Killing Me Softly (2002)
King Arthur (2004)
King Kong (2005)
Kingdom Hospital (2004)
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A Knight's Tale (2001)
Knockaround Guys (2001)
Krezip: Unplugged and More (2003)
Kuffs (1992)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Ladder 49 (2004)
Lady Chatterley (1993) (TV)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Las Vegas: Season One (2003)
Las Vegas: Season Two (2004)
Last Action Hero (1993)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Last Supper (1995)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
A League of Their Own (1992)
The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991)
Leon (1994)
Lethal Weapon (1987)
Lethal Weapon II (1989)
Lethal Weapon III (1992)
Lethal Weapon IV (1998)
Life as a House (2001)
A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
Live Aid (1985)
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Lord of War (2005)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
Lost: Season One (2004)
Lost: Season Two (2005)
Lost in Translation (2003)
A Lot Like Love (2005)
Love Actually (2003)
A Love Song For Bobby Long (2004)
The Machinist (2004)
Madagascar (2005)
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
Magnolia (1999)
The Majestic (2001)
Man on Fire (2004)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Matchstick Men (2003)
The Matrix (1999)
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Mean Creek (2004)
Memento (2000)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Men in Black (1997)
Men of Honor (2000)
Micheal Buble: Caught in the Act (2005)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
The Mighty Ducks II (1994)
The Mighty Ducks III (1996)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Mindhunters (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
Mission Impossible (1996)
Mission Impossible II (2000)
Mission Impossible III (2006)
Mississippi Burning (1998)
Mobsters (1991)
Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy Returns (2001)
Munich (2005)
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
My Girl 2 (1994)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
My Summer of Love (2004)
Mystery, Alaska (1999)
Mystery Men (1999)
Mystic River (2003)
National Treasure (2004)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Ned Kelly (2003)
The Negotiator (1998)
The Never Ending Story (1984)
The New World (2005)
Nid de gu�pes (2002)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Nixon (1995)
Notting Hill (1999)
Now and Then (1995)
Nurse Betty (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
The Object of my Affection (1998)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Ocean�s Twelve (2004)
Oesters van Nam Kee (2002)
Oliver Stone�s America (2001)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Others (2001)
Out of Sight (1998)
Over the Hedge (2006)
Overboard (1987)
Le Pacte des loups (2001)
Panic Room (2002)
De Passievrucht (2003)
The Patriot (2000)
Pearl Harbor (2001)
The Perfect Storm (2000)
Phone Booth (2002)
Phill Collins: Serious Hits Live (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man�s Chest (2006)
Pitch Black (2000)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Platoon (1986)
Playing by Heart (1998)
Pleasantville (1998)
Point Break (1991)
Police Academy (1984)
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985)
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987)
Police Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach (1988)
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
Police Academy 7: Mission To Moscow (1994)
Poseidon (2006)
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
Practical Magic (1998)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Prison Break: Season One (2005)
Prozac Nation (2001)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Rain Man (1988)
Raising Helen (2004)
Ransom (1996)
Rat Race (2001)
Reality Bites (1994)
The Recruit (2003)
Red Dragon (2002)
Reindeer Games (2000)
Remember the Titans (2000)
Renaissance Man (1994)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
The Rescuers Down Under (1990)
Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Mr. Blonde Edition (1992)
Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Mr. Brown Edition (1992)
Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Mr. Orange Edition (1992)
Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Mr. Pink Edition (1992)
Reservoir Dogs: 10th Anniversary Special Mr. White Edition (1992)
Resident Evil (2002)
Return to Me (2000)
Return to Paradise (1998)
The Ring (2003)
The Ring II (2005)
Les Rivi�res pourpres (2000)
Les Rivi�res pourpres II - Les anges de l'apocalypse (2004)
Road to El Dorado (2000)
Road Trip (2000)
Robbie Williams: One Night with Robbie Williams (2001)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
The Rock (1996)
Rome: Season One (2005)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Ronin (1998)
The Rookie (2002)
Rose Red (2002) (mini)
Rounders (1998)
Runaway Jury (2003)
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Sahara (2005)
Sarah Mclachlan: Afterglow (2004)
Sarah McLachlan: Mirrorball (1999)
Sarah Mclachlan: VH1 Storytellers (2004)
Saved! (2004)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saw (2004)
Saw II (2005)
Schindler's List (1993)
The Score (2001)
The Scorpion King (2002)
Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 3 (2000)
Seabiscuit (2003)
Secondhand Lions (2003)
Secretary (2002)
Se7en (1995)
Serendipity (2001)
Serenity (2005)
Shade (2003)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shield: Season One (2002)
The Shield: Season Two (2003)
Shrek (2001)
Shrek II (2004)
Signs (2002)
Simon and Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park (1982)
Simon and Garfunkel: Old Friends (2004)
The Simpsons: Season One (1989)
The Simpsons: Season Two (1990)
The Simpsons: Season Three (1991)
The Simpsons: Season Four (1992)
The Simpsons: Season Five (1993)
The Simpsons: Season Six (1994)
The Simpsons: Season Seven (1995)
Sin City (2005)
Sister Act (1992)
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Skeleton Key (2005)
The Skulls (2000)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Sleepers (1996)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Smallville: Season One (2001)
Smallville: Season Two (2002)
Smallville: Season Three (2003)
Smallville: Season Four (2004)
Smallville: Season Five (2005)
Snatch (2000)
Sneakers (1992)
The Snow Walker (2003)
Something�s Gotta Give (2003)
The Sound of Music (1965)
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Speed (1994)
Spider-Man (2002)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
Spirited Away (2001)
Spy Game (2001)
The Stand (1994) (mini)
Stand by Me (1986)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season One (1993)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Two (1994)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Three (1995)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Four (1996)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Five (1997)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Six (1998)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Season Seven (1999)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season One (1995)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Two (1996)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Three (1997)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Four (1998)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Five (1999)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Six (2000)
Star Trek: Voyager: Season Seven (2001)
Star Wars (1977)
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Stargate (1994)
Stargate: Atlantis: Season One (2004)
State and Main (2000)
Stateside (2004)
Steamboy (2004)
The Sting (1973)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Storm of the Century (1999)
Stripes (1981)
Suckers (1999)
The Sum of All Fears (2002)
Superman Returns (2006)
Swordfish (2001)
Syriana (2005)
Taken (2002)
Talk Radio (1988)
Taxi (1998)
Taxi 2 (2000)
Tears of the Sun (2003)
There�s Something About Mary (1998)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
The Three Musketeers (1993)
Tigerland (2000)
A Time to Kill (1996)
Tin Cup (1996)
Titanic (1997)
Tombstone (1993)
Top Gun (1986)
Total Recall (1990)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Traffic (2000)
Trainspotting (1996)
Troy (2004)
The Truman Show (1998)
Twister (1996)
U-571 (2000)
U Turn (1997)
Unbreakable (2000)
Under Suspicion (2000)
Underworld (2003)
An Unfinished Life (2005)
United 93 (2006)
The United States of Leland (2003)
The Untouchables (1987)
Uprising (2001)
The Upside of Anger (2005)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
V for Vendetta (2005)
The Village (2004)
The Virgin Suicides (1999)
A Walk to Remember (2002)
Wall Street (1987)
War of the Worlds (2005)
We Were Soldiers (2002)
The Wedding Crashers (2005)
The Wedding Date (2005)
The Wedding Planner (2001)
White Noise (2005)
White Squall (1996)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Will and Grace: Season One (1998)
Will and Grace: Season Two (1999)
Will and Grace: Season Three (2000)
Will and Grace: Season Four (2001)
Will and Grace: Season Five (2002)
Will and Grace: Season Six (2003)
Will and Grace: Season Seven (2004)
Will and Grace: Season Eight (2005)
Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (2000)
Wonder Boys (2000)
Wyatt Earp (1994)
The X Files: Season One (1993)
The X Files: Season Two (1994)
The X Files: Season Three (1995)
The X Files: Season Four (1996)
The X Files: Season Five (1997)
The X Files: Season Six (1998)
The X Files: Season Seven (1999)
The X Files: Season Eight (2000)
The X Files: Season Nine (2001)
X-Men (2000)
X2 (2003)
X-Men 3: The Last Stand (2006)
X-Men: The Phoenix Saga (1999)
Xander de Buisonje: Live en Akoestisch (2004)
Yamakasi - Les samoura� des temps modernes (2001)
Young Guns (1988)
Young Guns II (1990)
Reviews
Almost Famous (2000)
Incindiary... absolutely wonderful...
One of the best ever made.
Having seen this film several times I find myself falling in love with it over and over again. Living in the Netherlands I read about this movie long before it was released over here. and to be honest. I didn't know what to think of it. Could a story about an upcoming band really be worth my time.?? Was I wrong to doubt it.
After seeing Jerry Maguire (I liked it, didn't love it). I became curious about Cameron Crowe. then when I heard he based this film his own coming of age story I thought I'd give it the benefit of the doubt. booked me some theatre tickets and set out for an evening at the movies.
A short outline.
A young boy (Patrick Fugit) dreams of becoming a music journalist. All of a sudden he gets a phone call from Rolling Stone magazine giving him an assignment, not knowing he's only a boy. William goes on tour with upcoming band Stillwater to write the story for rolling stone. On his journey to write the story he learns about love and life in general. resulting in his coming of age. and having to decide between his new found friends and his integrity as an aspiring writer.
I have to hand it to Crowe. I haven't seen many movies that felt so true to everything. The setting was perfect as was the casting. with mostly unknown actors (aside from Frances McDormand) Crowe brought an almost forgotten era back to life. Patrick Fugit is perfect as the shy inexperienced young man going out to meet the world, Frances McDormand is wonderful as the overprotective mother, Billy Crudup is incendiary as the cool but sometimes troubled Russell Hammond; leader of Stillwater and Kate Hudson is magical as beautiful Band-Aid Penny Lane.
The script is witty written. it's funny when it has to be yet never loses its serious (in a light way) undertone. It's full of memorable lines. my favorite would be a line by Philip Seymour Hoffman's character (Lester Bangs): `The only true currency in this bankrupt world...is what you share with someone else when you're uncool'. And there are many more like it.
The biggest praise however has to go to the brilliant soundtrack. From the very first moment when William's sister plays `America' by Simon and Garfunkel until the very end credits the movie is filled with nostalgic and wonderful music.
Minor Spoilers.
I just have to go into my favorite scene in the movie. The bus scene. When William and Russell get on the bus after Russell and the band had a fight. As they drive off `Tiny Dancer' by Elton John begins to play. And without saying anything the differences are resolved simply by singing along to Tiny Dancer. I get goose bumps even thinking about it.
End Minor Spoilers.
All in all it's a brilliant movie with an amazing soundtrack. I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who knows what it feels like to grow up. and the choices that have to be made. Definitely in my top 10 movies ever.
10/10.
Final Descent (1997)
Nice movie for a dull evening...
I happen to watch this movie last night... there wasn't much on TV and I felt like a disaster movie... Always been a fan of Annette O'Toole and like Robert Urich and John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation)... So I thought why not...
I have to say... I liked it... it was far from brilliant but an ok way to pass the afternoon... a quick outline... A big commercial jet takes off and gets hit by a little aircraft causing the big jet to get into problems... won't go into the story any further to prevent spoilers...
The acting is alright and the ending predictable... however the story does have some nice twists which make the movie a little bit more interesting... If you want to see a great disaster movie watch the Poseidon Adventure or the Towering Inferno... if you want to have a nice evening... feel free to watch this movie...
6/10