What was the last movie you watched?

[hpdrifter]

30 Days of Night

Worst pacing in a movie ever. Seriously, did they have an ADD teenager on crack edit the thing?

See also: massive plot holes. It was like the director didn't even care, didn't even address them. So what audience? The people are not eating, washing, or sleeping for 30 days. There's no heat and every 7-10 days or so it occurs to them that they have to move for no apparent reason. What are you gonna do about it?

I did like the way they portrayed the vampires, though. Except for the head shaking thing they did when they bit people. That was stupid. But I liked the way they looked, that they shrieked like animals, and that they had their own language.

[camo]

30 Days of Night

Worst pacing in a movie ever.


I totally agree. Days past with no mention in the bat of an eyelid in that film. The only part I liked was the main bad guy. He was pretty menacing
(y)

[bigblu89]

I finally got around to watching Superbad.

It wasn't as hysterical as I though, or everyone seemed, to make it out to be.

I think I'm getting to old for the "teenage high school debauchery" comedy flicks that are out there.

[Junker]

I did a Monty Python marathon this past weekend.

In a row:

1st - The Holy Grail
2nd - Life of Brian
3rd - The Meaning of Life

[alien autopsy]

Gummo.

from the maker of kids. fucking disturbing, i still feel weird. pretty good movie though. my favorite part was where the two cowboys shoot the rabbit. that shit was nuts.

[mate_spawn_die]

Gummo.

love that movie. a real accurate portrayal of white trash.

[na§tee]

juno

and

flirting with disaster.

first time i have seen flirting with disaster, actually, and it was fantastic! (y) josh brolin is super in it. i particularly like the part where he is licking patricia arquette's armpit. everyone looks so young.

[ET]

Ed Wood.

Excellent cinematography. Every shot just looked so right that it's going to be intimidating the next time I pick up a camera. Also, it was a pretty good movie.

I also watched Team America for the first time last night. Arec Barrin's head exploding multiple times = lol.

[icy manipulator]

death defying acts. waste of fucking time. i was tempted to walk out. at least it was free

[Junker]

Trainspotting

"- Mr. Murphy, do you mean that you lied on your application?
- No! Uh. Yes. Only to get my foot in the door. Showing initiative and that like."

Great! (y)

[taquitos]

The Way I Spent the End of the World.

its good, and Romanian.
its set in 89 as Ceausescu is on the way out, but it's not as political as i
thought it would be. its much more about a family, which i think is more interesting anyway.

[abcdefz]

My Kid Could Paint That.

Pretty good. It's pretty objective, but I finish it and can't help but think Marla's not doing all her own work.

[alien autopsy]

is that about the girl who was on 60 minutes and they were investigating if her parents were forcing her to paint, or painting it themselves?

[MC Moot]

"American Gangster"...I liked it,classic to the cop vs gansta genre....it was clipping alond and I was thinking about how great the continuity was (despite way to many wet down street shots) and then they pan up RZA's arm and leave the Wu Tang tat in...pleaze pay attention Ridley....:rolleyes:

[abcdefz]

is that about the girl who was on 60 minutes and they were investigating if her parents were forcing her to paint, or painting it themselves?



"Forcing" is a strong word, but yeah.

The idea is that the father is possibly directing her or even finishing off the canvases himself.

The problem is that her stuff looks nothing at all like his in any way.

They've filmed her painting three different canvases, and only one looks like her other finished work. But having the camera on her
or having another observer in the room -- painting or not -- CLEARLY changes her behavior; she gets very self-conscious, repeatedly
tells the person she doesn't want to answer questions, and tries to turn the tables. So when she's being filmed painting and asks
her dad, "YOU do it," it's pretty consistent with her being in the back yard, trying to get the camera and saying "YOU answer questions."

It's a tough case. Her mom, actually, is most convincing. She's clearly broken up about what's going on.

What's weird is she offers that she and her husband will take polygraph tests, and the director turns them down. The director also
felt like he should never just ASK Marla if it was all her work. So it's kind of compromised, I think.


It's probably a B-.

[taquitos]

is that about the girl who was on 60 minutes and they were investigating if her parents were forcing her to paint, or painting it themselves?

yeah i think thats the one. i saw the poster for it and planned on checking it out but never did.

maybe someone i know will happen to rent it at some point in the future, its my only hope now

[abcdefz]

I had extra time this morning, so I'm about 30 minutes into Rocket Science.

It's barely keeping my attention. It's trying really really hard to be a quirkfest, and it's got either way too much narration or the
narration's just poorly handled (or both).

It is interesting to see the Korean guy from Fargo in a slightly larger role, but it's funny because his character in Fargo
-- in a much shorter time span -- is so, so, so much more sharply drawn.

[trailerprincess]

I watched La Haine last night for the first time in about 5 years. I had forgotten how good it was.

[kll]

The Darjeeling Limited

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this one.

[Planetary]

die hard 4.0

[oneroomonedog]

Atonement ,its more than i expected

[HEIRESS]

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

FINALLY
GOOD
BUT I CANT BREATHE
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[ET]

Hey me too last night anyway.

BEER LEADS TO MORE BEER

[HEIRESS]

THAT GIRL WAS A SLUT-O

[ET]

Yeah I wonder who played her in the movie? Couldn't really see her face though.

One thing I liked about the movie was that there was barely a score to accompany the film. No one really noticed that until I brought it up. *NERD POINTS*

[Yorkshire~Rose]

In The Cut

I enjoyed it, but it did drag a bit in parts. Certainly a departure from Meg Ryan's usual fluffy roles and she was excellent. Mark Ruffalo was great - and totally hot - despite the dodgy moustache.

7.5/10

[HEIRESS]

Yeah I wonder who played her in the movie? Couldn't really see her face though.

One thing I liked about the movie was that there was barely a score to accompany the film. No one really noticed that until I brought it up. *NERD POINTS*

bonjour, Je suis poolside woman

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715768/

[abcdefz]

One thing I liked about the movie was that there was barely a score to accompany the film. No one really noticed that until I brought it up. *NERD POINTS*



If you stick around, you finally get a theme after the end credits have rolled for a bit.

But otherwise, yeah -- just the street musicians in Mexico.

[Rock]

We Own the Night.

it was eh. i didn't like the ending too much, but i liked Joaquin in it. he did well. Overall it was decent, but not as great as everyone made it out to be.

Invasion.

YAAAWWWNNNNN. All the "good" parts were shown in the trailers. But I now see why a lot of people want to dip it in Nicole Kidman.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

Just finished watching 'Vacancy'.

It was going to get a good, solid 7.5/10 from me...until the last 10 minutes.

What a crappy, gutless ending.

[Freebasser]

Diary of the Dead 4/10

Why, George, why? :(

[Yorkshire~Rose]

You are the second person i know to say that it's crap.

Bugger.

[roosta]

There Will Be Blood


Veeeeeery good. Very good. Daniel Day-Lewis really is fantastic in it. A worthy winner.

[gbsuey]

Horton hears a who- saturday morning with my kids at the cinema-i love it but never get to see anything i want to watch! Good film tho-dr seuss always goes down well-my viewing expectations have gone down somewhat after nearly seven years of power rangers and scooby-doo

[Yeti]

Confessions of a Superhero

The documentary chronicles the lives of 4 out of work actors that panhandle for cash outside of Grumman's Chinese Theater on Hollywood Blvd. The Incredible Hulk, Superman, Batman and Wonderwoman. The film just scratches the surface of the people's dysfunctional lives but it works. I enjoyed the film and I hope the Hulk and Wonderwoman impersonators are successful in their lives. I would recommend the movie.

B

[kleptomaniac]

fun with dick and jane! (y) i love jim carrey!! :D

[abcdefz]

Blood Diamond

Not bad. DiCaprio got an Oscar nomination for this? Wtf? I've liked him in some stuff, but the dude has zero gravitas and keeps
picking roles where it's really needed.



The Namesake

Pretty good. -- and Kal Penn was good.

[MC Moot]

"28 Weeks Later" the aerial shots of London were trick...the rest of it was trash...Some critic quoted on the box said “Better than the original film”….are you havin a laugh?…(n)

[MC Moot]

"Ulee's Gold"...damn I forgot how good it was..this should be Peter Fonda's legacy pict not "Easy Rider"...and it was in the $3.99 bin along with "Farewell to the King"...(y)

[abcdefz]

Easy Rider is waaaaaaayyy overrated.

I haven't seen Ulee's Gold; I'll have to check it out. My favorite movie with Fonda is The Limey, hands down.





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I watched Pickpocket last night. It was pretty good.

[Yeti]

Jack was great in Easy Rider. I love the scene when they are getting baked by the campfire.

I just watched Into the Wild and I enjoyed the film.

A-

[icy manipulator]

V for Vendetta. best thing ive watched in a while

[abcdefz]

The Last Laugh


Got bored; mailing it back.

[MC Moot]

I rented “I am Legend” last night....just because I’m fond the post apocalyptic genre…so the movie begins with your hero racing through the city, you are to believe has been ravaged, in a brand new Mustang GT that appears to just have been detailed with 2 coats of wax to boot….fucking insulting…basically a 2 minute placement product ad…absolutely unrealistic…so lame...shameful…stupid…fuck Wil Smith and the Tom Cruise he rode in on…(n)

[MC Moot]

In an attempt at fairness and balance with regards to the above spasm i would like to add that Wil Smith is in incredible shape in this move....

*envious*

[camo]

Diary of the Dead 4/10

Why, George, why? :(

I'm off to see that tonight, I hope you're wrong dude :(

[hpdrifter]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I think the best of the films so far. And dare I say Daniel Radcliffe is growing up? Into a little hottie.

[MC Moot]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I think the best of the films so far. .

I concur...(y)...just watched the episode of "Extras" with him,hilarious!...

[camo]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

I think the best of the films so far. And dare I say Daniel Radcliffe is growing up? Into a little hottie.

He did some nude shit in theatre. It was all over the newspapers in the UK. I'm sure there would have been a headline mentioning him waving his wand about.

[hpdrifter]

Yeah, he did Equus (sp?) in the West End. I think he's bringing it to Broadway and I am planning to visit my sister in NYC soon. A trip to the great white way may be in order.

What is this Extras you speak of?

[camo]

Extras is another Ricky Gervais 'cringe comedy' vehicle that focuses on the lifes of some extras from t.v and movies.

[taquitos]

Citizen Kane II: The Yeti vs The Mammoth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVz2_Q9Qy_c)

[Yeti]

My Kid Could Paint That.

Pretty good. It's pretty objective, but I finish it and can't help but think Marla's not doing all her own work.

I watched last night. It was a fair look into the life of Marla and her family. Charlie rose is the reporter that put doubt in people's minds. I have to think that a 4 year old would be very inconsistent when painting. I also think you cannot take statements by a 4 year old at face value. She is only 4. I will say that her father was a bit nervous at times and he was the main reason I still have doubts about her work.
I think she creates the paintings.

[abcdefz]

We just had a guy in the area convicted of murder based on the testimony of (I think) a three year old who was two at the time. Her testimony
ran all over the place, too. As a juror, I would be pretty fucking uneasy about that.

[basd]

Step Up 2: The Streets

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

awesome movie, i'll watch it again these days

[Yorkshire~Rose]

The Orphanage.

Fan-bloody-tastic. (y)

And by the end i was sat crying into my bag of Minstrels.

[camo]

The Orphanage.

Fan-bloody-tastic. (y)

And by the end i was sat crying into my bag of Minstrels.

I tried to see that last night but they aren't showing it everywhere.

I saw Diary of the Dead the other day. Well 20 minutes of it before I walked out. Talk about pissing on a legacy (n)(n)(n)(n)

[mate_spawn_die]

blue velvet

heineken!!? fuck that shit! PABST! BLUE! RIBBON!

[abcdefz]

I tried to watch Bande a Part. Made it through about 30 minutes.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

[Jitters]

Love and Death

[abcdefz]

Love and Death


I love that movie.

Did you like it?

[taquitos]

I tried to watch Bande a Part. Made it through about 30 minutes.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooring.

wow

[HEIRESS]

La Vie En Rose

SO GOOD.

[abcdefz]

You like it?

Just the Shakespeare recitation in the English class alone was enough to put me to sleep.

[HEIRESS]

oh yeah I also watched Into the Wild and Atonement

I didnt like either. you could tell atonement was trying to fit in way more than it possibly could into the movie so much was left out. and Into the Wild just reminded me about how selfish a boy he was, and especially how cruel he was to his parents/sister.

[abcdefz]

Into the Wild just reminded me about how selfish a boy he was, and especially how cruel he was to his parents/sister.



I'm glad somebody else thinks so.

I did like the movie, overall, but he was a little shit.

[HEIRESS]

yeah, I remember kinda feeling bad for him in the book because it made his slow death more personal, but while watching the movie i was just like "ya ya lets get it over with" cause I didnt like his character.
true though, the movie was really well done. especially the music and the way they skipped back and forth from the alaska stuff to his travels was really well done.

Im also positive that he deep down had a death wish. Im sick of people of looking at the heroic or spiritual side of all these people doing this crazy outdoorsy stuff, some portion of them have gotta have such great issues (such as this chris guy) that they go on these journeys thinking "fuck it, I dont care if i come back"
way more glamourous than popping a bottle of pills I guess.

[abcdefz]

Hope I die before I get cold.

[HEIRESS]

ehehehehe
Hope I die before start to mold.

[abcdefz]

Hope I die before poison plants take hold.

[camo]

Cars.

The shiniest film i've ever seen and probably ever will.

[BBboy20]

Die Hard 2

[trailerprincess]

This weekend I saw

Michael Clayton - ace ace ace
Rendition - could have been better
Syriana - good, George can do little wrong these days
The Heartbreak Kid - yawn
Hellboy - have loved this for ages and ages
Hulk - started well but the end was dreadful
Once - sweet, though I kept thinking about his eyebrows

[camo]

Hulk - started well but the end was dreadful

I quite liked that film. The editing was great, especially all of the transitions and wipes.

Fingers crossed ofr the new one. The Hulk is looking mean in it

(y)(y)(y)

[Yeti]

I watched a documentary on Howling Wolf. They had some great film and photos of the Howling Wolf. It was good.


Hey, has anyone mentioned Hulu? Hulu is a great site. You can click TV shows or movies or clips and watch. The quality is fantastic.

Hulu is a very good site.

[na§tee]

i watched knocked up over the easter weekend.

very funny and charming an' all, but was the vagina-with-crowning-baby really necessary? well. i guess she was giving birth, but still! interesting to see she was obviously still getting brazilians at 9 months pregnant too, ha :rolleyes:

hopefully going to see lars and the real girl tomorrow, wooooh.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

i watched knocked up over the easter weekend.
...interesting to see she was obviously still getting brazilians at 9 months pregnant too, ha :rolleyes:


Haha! That's exactly what i thought. Loved the film though.

I watched 'Road Kill' last night. 'Twas pretty good.
"candy cane....."

[abcdefz]

This weekend I saw

Michael Clayton - ace ace ace

Hulk - started well but the end was dreadful





Yes and yes.

Hulk -- man. So much was so right; so much was so, so, so fucking wrong.

I quite liked that film. The editing was great, especially all of the transitions and wipes.





It was beautiful, and Ang got so much shit for it, which I can't fathom.

[camo]

It was beautiful, and Ang got so much shit for it, which I can't fathom.

The cactus and tree moss transitions were spot on and the helicopter chase had some great multishots in it.

Pure understated genius.

Shame about that godawful dog fight scene. Apparently it cost 12 mill just for that scene! (n)

[abcdefz]

I think that Ang, Ang's mom and I were the three people who liked the dogs. That shot of Nolte walking into the hospital with them in
shadows was one of my favorite moments.

[camo]

They ruined the tone, I know it was a comic book movie but they seemed to be the bit added on to make it appeal to the uncooth.

[abcdefz]

Still -- waaaaaaaaaayyy better than that electro-Nolte whatsit shit at the end. What a total mess -- visually, philosophically,
narratively: total failure.

[camo]

I dunno a-z...nick nolte was in that scene, surely that gives it the edge.

Oh fuckit they both sucked.

Have you seen the trailor for the new one?

Oh yeah!

[abcdefz]

*crosses fingers*

Hulk does look good, though.

[camo]

looks more edgey.

Hulk looks like the 'I'm gonna kill you but I'm trying to act more human about it' hulk of late (comics)

[abcdefz]

Miami Blues.

It was okay. A couple of surprises, but it's kinda messy. The writer at A.V. Club liked it waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy more than I did.

C.

[hpdrifter]

Darjeeling Limited.

I can't remember what everyone else here said about it. I liked it but wasn't blown away. For only being 90 minutes it sure seemed longer.

Angelica Huston was amazing in a small role (one scene). If it weren't so small I'd say she deserved an oscar nod for it. It was so layered and she made it so honest.

[abcdefz]

She's fantastic.

Have you seen The Grifters?

[hpdrifter]

I haven't but I will add it to my netflix queue expeditiously.

Meryl Streep came into my sister's restaurant and she said Mrs. Streep is the nicest, most down to earth person ever. She said being in her presence makes you feel better about yourself.

Oh god I love her.

[abcdefz]

That's the impression I've gotten from interviews and such. Truly amazing woman.

Postcards from the Edge (y)(y)(y)

[abcdefz]

I haven't but I will add it to my netflix queue expeditiously.




Anjelica Houston, John Cusack, Melanie Griffith (when she was good)... hell, even Stephen Tobolowsky are in it. Stephen Frears directed.
Jim Thompson wrote the book. Houston and Griffith both got Oscar nominations for it. Twisty, nasty stuff. (y)

[roosta]

The US versus John Lennon

Great film documenting Lennon's anti-war stuff and the governments files on him/attempts to deport him.

Gives a good broad impression of the greater anti-war movement too.

Lennon was the man. He was opinionated etc. but he was funny/charming too so he didn't get preachy (like, say, Bono).

There's an extra on the disk with alot of the players of the time saying that they think that the current administration/climate is much worse than the Nixon era. Scary.

[AceFace]

oooh! we went to see the bank job last weekend. it was much better than i thought it was gonna be. i THOUGHT it was gonna be another lock stock and two smoking barrels kinda movie. but it really surprised me.

it did a great job of creating suspense and the real story really shone through.

(y)

[AceFace]

is "shone" really a word?

[abcdefz]

Yeah; you're good.


"Swum" is the one that kills me. :D

[roosta]

27 Dresses

What a load of utter balls. Went with the missus to make up for dragging her to "Rambo". Sometimes you think "i met get something out of this, couple of funny bits" buts its banal chick-flick-by-numbers. Its like they surveyed 100 Bridget Jone's fans fed it into a computer and got this. Balls.

[checkyourprez]

RAMBO



it was fucking sweet.

[MC Moot]

Over the holiday’s I watched “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” was impressed with it particularly seeing as how it was an HBO film…great book, fair movie…Alberta looks good in it as usual…(y)I also watched “47 Ronin” which is a great story that someone will make a great movie of one day…but not this version, maybe a take on the graphic novels…and last night I watched “Up the Yangtze’….very sad doc…dealing with the human consequences of the 3 Gorges dam project and life in rural China to begin with…:(

[mate_spawn_die]

heathers.


did you here? schools cancelled today because kurt and ram killed themselves in a repressed, homosexual, suicide pact

my son's a homosexual and i love him... i love my dead gay son


:D(y)

[BBboy20]

Run, fatboy, RUN!

[abcdefz]

The Darjeeling Limited. Considering the mess that was Life Aquatic, this was way way better than I'd thought it would be. Not great,
but watchable.

C+

[hpdrifter]

Heathers dude. Awesome.

I watched Capote and most of No Country for Old Men. Can't wait to watch the end!

[roosta]

The Darjeeling Limited. Considering the mess that was Life Aquatic, this was way way better than I'd thought it would be. Not great,
but watchable.

C+

In no way, shape or form was The Life Aquatic a mess....

[trailerprincess]

Agree. I love The Life Aquatic.
Watched Memoirs of a Geisha last night, beautiful and interesting but a little too long

[Gareth]

rambo
wow...rough as guts
straight to the point blood bath

[abcdefz]

Detour



Old movie from this noir collection. I guess it was sorta-noir.

It was okay. The print was pretty rough, though.

C.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

I watched a couple of Mike Leigh films this week, 'Naked' and 'Vera Drake'. I really enjoyed them both (if you can 'enjoy a Mike Leigh film, they are pretty depressing).
Imelda Staunton in Vera Drake was outstanding.

[Videodrome]

Into the Wild.

Overall I'd say it was pretty good. It was a lot different than I thought it would be.

[ET]

Survival Style 5+ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survive_Style_5%2B). Vinnie Jones is in it and is probably the least likeable character in it. I thought his performance was pretty over the top and considering the other shit in this movies, that's saying alot. Still, I liked it.

[kleptomaniac]

sweeney todd!!! aaaaaah i loved it!!!!! i love johnny depp! :o (as sweeney todd, i mean. depp is a great actor with a sweet voice though :))
and tim burton is still one of my most favorite, bestest directors ever! (after hornblower, of course)
beetlejuice, edward scissorhands, sweeney todd... *sighs* <3

what can i say? the psycho killer barber look is sexy... ;)

A++++++

[mate_spawn_die]

"twin peaks: fire walk with me" after watching the whole series for the past couple weeks. what can i say? amazing stuff.

before that movie i watched "misery". You're just another lying ol' dirty birdy! :D

[hpdrifter]

Ok, what are people's opinions on David Lynch. MSD obviously likes his work. My fiance bought "Lost Highway" the other day and is on a major David Lynch kick. I used to like stuff like that when I was younger but now it annoys the everlovin' fuck outta me.

David Lynch: Weird for the sake of being weird or genius?

[abcdefz]

My opinion changes all the time on the typical Lynchian stuff (so let's exclude Elephant Man and The Straight Story). I liked Wild at Heart
a lot when it first came out, then I bought the laserdisc and I hated it. I'm pretty sure Blue Velvet holds up, but some of it just seems
cruel. The first year of Twin Peaks is solid, but I couldn't stand what I saw of the movie. Mulhulland Drive is still good, I think. Never
saw Lost Highway or Inland Empire -- Inland Empire's in my queue, but I keep bumping it down because I have a feeling I'm not going
to like it.

Dune's pretty bad, of course. Eraserhead I liked, but I think I've only seen it once and have no real urge to go back.

I don't think he's "weird for the sake of being weird." I don't think he's a poseur at all. I think he's just doing his thing. Kevin Smith
-- now there's a hack.

[hpdrifter]

Maybe I'm lumping him in with some of the other weird "edgy" stuff the fiance has been into lately.

For some reason he likes these really bad b-movies a lot: "Nowhere" and oh... damn.. what's the other one? The one with... "Doom Generation" that's it.

I hate them so much.

[abcdefz]

Doom Generation is that Greg Araki guy, right? Isn't that a gay movie?

[hpdrifter]

I have no idea. I wish I could forget it even existed.

Btw: what do you mean "gay movie"?

[abcdefz]

Is that the one with the two lovers with AIDS go on a killing spree?

I guess I could just look this up. But it just seems like an odd heterosexual date movie.

[cookiepuss]

Ok, what are people's opinions on David Lynch. MSD obviously likes his work. My fiance bought "Lost Highway" the other day and is on a major David Lynch kick. I used to like stuff like that when I was younger but now it annoys the everlovin' fuck outta me.

David Lynch: Weird for the sake of being weird or genius?

David is just a weird guy. I mean he makes art out of glueing rotten meat to a painted canvas and letting maggots eat it (http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/). he's twisted, but I'm not sure he's doing it just for shock value. I kinda feel like Tarantino picked up where David left off.

My personal favorite among the works of David Lynch is Wild at Heart which is an adaptation of a very dark novel that I absolutley love by Barry Gifford (http://books.google.com/books?as_auth=Barry+Gifford&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=author-navigational&hl=en) that has the same title. I think he did a great job of bringing the story to life and he still took the creative license to add his own metaphors in...the main one being all the references to the Wizard of OZ. None of the wizard of oz crap is in the book, but on film it works.

I love the twin peaks tv series but as far as most of his other feature films go I can take or leave them. I wasn't excited by Lost Hwy at all.

[hpdrifter]

Is that the one with the two lovers with AIDS go on a killing spree?

I guess I could just look this up. But it just seems like an odd heterosexual date movie.


I don't know as they have AIDS. And its not really a killing spree like Natural Born Killers or something. But yeah, two teenagerish kids in love get involved in some killings accidentally and end up on the run with a (seemingly pansexual) criminal. They end up starting a threesome with some other dude later in the movie and then get violently killed by a bunch of skin heads.

Still makes more sense than Nowhere.

*shudder*

[hpdrifter]

David is just a weird guy. I mean he makes art out of glueing rotten meat to a painted canvas and letting maggots eat it. he's twisted, but I'm not sure he's doing it just for shock value. I kinda feel like Tarantino picked up where David left off.

My personal favorite among the works of David Lynch is Wild at Heart which is an adaptation of a very dark novel that I absolutley love by Barry Gifford that has the same title. I think he did a great job of bringing the story to life and he still took the creative license to add his own metaphors in...the main one being all the references to the Wizard of OZ. None of the wizard of oz crap is in the book, but on film it works.

I love the twin peaks tv series but as far as most of his other feature films go I can take or leave them. I wasn't excited by Lost Hwy at all.

I haven't seen Wild at Heart but would be willing to check that out.

The greatest thing about MD is Naomi Watts' audition scene. Other than that it didn't do a whole lot for me.

[abcdefz]

I haven't seen Wild at Heart but would be willing to check that out.

The greatest thing about MD is Naomi Watts' audition scene. Other than that it didn't do a whole lot for me.



The old couple crawling in under the door and chattering is forever seared into my brain.

[MC Moot]

I haven't seen Wild at Heart but would be willing to check that out.

The greatest thing about MD is Naomi Watts' audition scene. Other than that it didn't do a whole lot for me.

"Wild at Heart" is great...(y)...I rarely suggest that someone pass on certain director's films...but "Inland Empire" is terrible...outside of some classic Lynch motif it holds no value to me....and christ is it longggggg for naught...(n)

[MC Moot]

Has anyone tried Lynch's coffee?...I bet it would go swell with a piece of pie...:D

http://www.davidlynch.com/coffee/

[hpdrifter]

"Wild at Heart has been added to your queue at position 1"

By the way, I finished No Country for Old Men. Amazing film.

[kleptomaniac]

the professional - i didn't watch the entire movie, i just fast-forwarded to all of gary oldman's scenes. i <3 stansfield!! :o
i wish gary had more scenes, he is sooooo incredibly good...but it was all about that dude who played leon and young natalie portman. lame...

[saz]

we own the night was alright. by no means was it a generic and conventional movie, which was refreshing, however it wasn't that great either.

no end in sight is a must see iraq war doc which painstakingly chronicles the gross incompetence, fanaticism, and criminal actions of the neo-conservatives in the bush administration.

american gangster extended cut. i loved the original and this is even better. incredibly engrossing and much more is fleshed out and explained. i watched it twice in a row and am looking forward to buying the dvd.

david lynch isn't for everyone, as are many other gifted film makers with an independent vision, but he sure has made some gems. i've got inland empire lined up and i can't wait to see more of his trademark non-linear, surreal and esoteric work. and i love dune, arguably the first rock and roll sci fi.

[TAL]

Swimming To Cambodia

A good monologue.

[IzzyNYC]

Planet B-Boy. (y)

R.I.P. Frosty Freeze. Saw the film the day he passed away (4/3)... he was featured at the start of the movie.

[MC Moot]

the professional - i didn't watch the entire movie, i just fast-forwarded to all of gary oldman's scenes. i <3 stansfield!! :o
i wish gary had more scenes, he is sooooo incredibly good...but it was all about that dude who played leon and young natalie portman. lame...

The sexualization of young N.P is harsh!...it's like "Lolita" with assasains...Luc Besson is a work continuously in progress...

[MC Moot]

Swimming To Cambodia

A good monologue.

(y)

[camo]

The Orphanage (Spanish title: El Orfanato).

Such a good and suspensful horror flick. I greatly recommend it. It's great to watch a genuinly scary horror film devoid of any of the usual hollywood inspired cliches. 9/10

Just read on wiki that there is an american version in production (n)

[Tompz]

last night: blood in blood out

man, prison seems bad..

good film thought

[mate_spawn_die]

Ok, what are people's opinions on David Lynch. MSD obviously likes his work. My fiance bought "Lost Highway" the other day and is on a major David Lynch kick. I used to like stuff like that when I was younger but now it annoys the everlovin' fuck outta me.

David Lynch: Weird for the sake of being weird or genius?

i like david lynch. some of the strange things only seem to make since in david's head.. but i think most of it i understand and it has a meaning. i've seen all his movies (besides lost highway) and my 3 favorites are mullholland drive, blue velvet and the elephant man. all his films are worth watching besides inland empire, that movie is SO BORING to me. i couldn't even finish the damn thing. twin peaks is also AMAZING. one of the best TV shows ever.

gregg araki is the director of all the stylish 90's teen angst films. like the living end (the 2 gay HIV postive lovers on a "killing spree"), the doom generation, nowhere. i can't believe someone hates them? i think they are some of my favorites. especially his newer one mysterious skin. they all have gay or bi male leads. so i guess they are considered "gay movies" to the closed minded. but they are really well filmed and i love the characters and situations.

diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks.

[abcdefz]

If you Lynch folks ever get a chance to see his short, "Grandmother," see it see it see it.

[Yorkshire~Rose]

The Orphanage (Spanish title: El Orfanato).

Such a good and suspensful horror flick. I greatly recommend it. It's great to watch a genuinly scary horror film devoid of any of the usual hollywood inspired cliches. 9/10



Did you get all choked up at the end...hmmm? :D

I watched The Reaping on DVD last night. It was pretty good. Nothing new of course, but entertaining.
My one complaint was David Morrissey's accent - I really like him, have done since i watched 'One Summer' on TV when i was 11 but what the?! A Scouser trying to do a Louisiana drawl?
It was quite comical.

[roosta]

Ok, what are people's opinions on David Lynch. MSD obviously likes his work. My fiance bought "Lost Highway" the other day and is on a major David Lynch kick. I used to like stuff like that when I was younger but now it annoys the everlovin' fuck outta me.

David Lynch: Weird for the sake of being weird or genius?

Im a pretty big Lynch fan, here are my opinions.

Erasorhead - not as good as i thought it would be, but has its moments. Its not (in my opinion) a repeat viewer, but its worth a watch, for sure.

Elephant Man - very good, not very "lynchian"

Dune - Has its moments, but over all it misses the mark. Lynch's attempts to recreate peoples "inner monologues" are cringe-worthy; but its a brave thing to try and squeeze all that story in.

Blue Velvet - excellent, excellent, excellent. My all time fave Lynch film. Get it now.

Wild At Heart - meh, nothing special. The rock music bits are really off. Defoe's character is just Frank Booth from Blue Velvet rehashed.

Twin Peaks (show) - I love it. It goes off the rails in the middle of series 2 but recovers admirably

Twin Peaks : Fire Walk With Me. - I like it, but it definitely lacks from the "humour" of Twin Peaks (series one).

Lost Highway - Good film, "the Mystery Man" could well be his most terrifying creation.

Straight Story - Sweet little film. Un-Lynchian.

Mulholland Drive - Excellent.

INLAND EMPIRE - yet to see it.

I think that's all his features.

Oh and to answer your question; Genius. He's a painter but on celluloid. He makes amazing images/experiences on film.

[TAL]

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Yes, the one with dolls.

[abcdefz]

How'd you get a copy of that!?

[MC Moot]

"Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten"...fantastic...I wasn't a fan of "The Filth and the Fury" but this was perfect...even Bono didn't annoy me...(y)

[TAL]

How'd you get a copy of that!?

Downloading is king!

[abcdefz]

Downloading is king!



Hmmmmmm.

Okay: snag The Dark Knight for me and let me know how it is.

[TAL]

Nope, you know you wanna find out for yourself.

[abcdefz]

I'm expecting about a B, B+.

[Yeti]

Born into Brothels

I thought it was a very good documentary although it came off as a bit self-serving at times. The documentarian went to Calcutta's Red Light district to focus on prostitution but she was unable to gain the trust of the prostitutes. Everyone would scramble away from the camera except for the children that would follow her around. She decided to give some children cameras to take still photos of everyday life. The families of the children did let her into their homes and she was able to tell each child's story. She gave the children photography lessons and sold their photos to Amnesty for funding. She went on a quest to get the children accepted into boarding schools so they could escape their horrid lives. This is when it began to get a bit self serving although I think she had their best interests at heart. It meandered off the documentary path and into a charitable giving program. All in all it was a sad look into the squalor in which these extremely poor children lived....with uplifting stories and victories to give the viewer hope. I wonder if any of the kids made it out of the brothel?

A-


And Kite Runner

It was good yet very unbelievable.

B-

[MC Moot]

Born into Brothels

I thought it was a very good documentary although it came off as a bit self-serving at times. The documentarian went to Calcutta's Red Light district to focus on prostitution but she was unable to gain the trust of the prostitutes. Everyone would scramble away from the camera except for the children that would follow her around. She decided to give some children cameras to take still photos of everyday life. The families of the children did let her into their homes and she was able to tell each child's story. She gave the children photography lessons and sold their photos to Amnesty for funding. She went on a quest to get the children accepted into boarding schools so they could escape their horrid lives. This is when it began to get a bit self serving although I think she had their best interests at heart. It meandered off the documentary path and into a charitable giving program. All in all it was a sad look into the squalor in which these extremely poor children lived....with uplifting stories and victories to give the viewer hope. I wonder if any of the kids made it out of the brothel?

A-



Tough,moving, important film…(y)…there’s a sequel of sort’s in the pipe... http://www.dishoompix.com/thefilm.html

If you have yet to see “Fire” or “Water” by Deepa Mehta you may be interested…(y)

[mate_spawn_die]

Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story

Yes, the one with dolls.

i have a bootleg dvd of that. it's actually really good. todd hayne's "poison" and "far from heaven" are also worth watching.

anyone seen that new bob dylan movie he did? i'd like to see it.

[Rock]

I watched Aliens for the first time in about 10 or 15 years last night.
I forgot how intense that movie could get at parts. I still think its a great movie even with the marine machoness, cheesy one liners, bill paxton's whining, and paul reiser's paul reiserness.

[abcdefz]

Angels with Dirty Faces.

Better than I though it'd be, but the ending was kinda weak.

B.

[abcdefz]

101 Dalmations (animated)

It was fine. B-.



Les Miserables (1933 French version)

I'm just over halfway through (it's about a 4 1/2 hour movie), but MAN is this thing good. I had been vaguely dreading it, because I figured
it's probably one of those "classics" that's "classic," well, mainly because it's old. But it's really really really well done. I threw it on last night
so I could at least just check out the tone or whatever right before I hit the sack, and I was so drawn in I watched all of disc one.

The director is a little too much in love with the Dutch tilt -- not Battlefield Earth bad, but just a leeeeeeeeeetle overdone now and again.
But it's good stuff.

So far: A-.

[na§tee]

munich, again. excellent.

when i come back from my interview i am going to take advantage of being in a house with unlimited satellite tv and an enormous dvd collection. the diving bell and the butterfly is first on my post-presentation list.

[icy manipulator]

Gay Niggers from Outer Space

yeah i only watched it because it had a funny name

yeah dont bother with it

[Jitters]

Alien

[abcdefz]

Great movie (y)

[hpdrifter]

Sweeney Todd with Johnny Depp.

Depp's performance was really good. And so was Helena Bonham Carter who didn't get as much love. Didn't like the ending.

[roosta]

munich, again. excellent.

when i come back from my interview i am going to take advantage of being in a house with unlimited satellite tv and an enormous dvd collection. the diving bell and the butterfly is first on my post-presentation list.

the 'climax' :p of munich is one of the most misjudged moments in cinema history, its really out of place and just feels stupid

[abcdefz]

I've tried twice to watch that movie and just... cannot... get... into it.

[na§tee]

the 'climax' :p of munich is one of the most misjudged moments in cinema history, its really out of place and just feels stupid
aaaaahahahaha. i was waiting for that. yeah, i agree. my boyfriend fucking hates it. but COME ON! forgive it that one failure! emotional catharsis through sexual climax COME ONNNNN roosta come onnnnn! ; )

yeah it was cheesy. but meh.

[hpdrifter]

I am too sexually attracted to Eric Bana to think of that scene as anything other than hot.

[na§tee]

ahahahah, same here. guilty as charged.

i think i am going to put eric bana / daniel craig / mathieu kassovitz in that film in the crush thread.

this does not effect my judgement of the film from a cinematic viewpoint at all. honest.

[abcdefz]

aaaaahahahaha. i was waiting for that. yeah, i agree. my boyfriend fucking hates it. but COME ON! forgive it that one failure! emotional catharsis through sexual climax COME ONNNNN roosta come onnnnn! ; )

yeah it was cheesy. but meh.



Did he do some juxtaposing/intercutting with a sex scene like in Schindler's List? He's really clumsy with that.

Bana's hot? He bores me to death.

[hpdrifter]

Did he do some juxtaposing/intercutting with a sex scene like in Schindler's List? He's really clumsy with that.


Unfortunately yes.

As for the other, fortunately yes.

[na§tee]

Bana's hot? He bores me to death.
OH NO YOU DIDN'T! /ghetto finger.

whaaaat? have you even seen chopper?

[abcdefz]

OH NO YOU DIDN'T! /ghetto finger.

whaaaat? have you even seen chopper?



No. I know that's supposed to be his big role, but I just can't get interested.

[abcdefz]

Unfortunately yes.





I get the feeling he really wants his own Godfather baptism sequence or something, and this stuff just doesn't come off.

[hpdrifter]

What is this chopper that you speak of?

If it involves Eric Bana being all tortured and full of angst and needing the love of a good woman to help him through it via sexy time I am so in.

[na§tee]

No. I know that's supposed to be his big role, but I just can't get interested.
why not? i would have thought it quite unlike you to write off an actor's entire career. the director recently did the assassination of jesse james, too. even if that was overlong and bleh.

hp - unfortunately eric is playing a quite unattractive and chubby criminal (http://www.oldmovies.net.au/userimages/user1367_1157629129.jpg), but it's still worth a look. it is some quite outstanding acting. truly incredible. i'm seriously not being biased here. it has one of the most effective (if you can call it that) scenes of violence in a film i've experience since, well, american history x.

[hpdrifter]

Well a good performance goes a long way in my book.

*Adds to netflix queue. Will tell fiance its for the "performance"*

[abcdefz]

why not? i would have thought it quite unlike you to write off an actor's entire career. the director recently did the assassination of jesse james, too. even if that was overlong and bleh.




I'm not "writing him off" so much as I'm just not compelled to see his stuff. I know that Chopper is supposed to be some amazing performance,
but the subject matter itself is a huge turnoff for me.

And look at most of the movies he's in. What was that one -- Lucky You? That doesn't even look like a rental. Troy? No thanks.

Hopefully he'll be in something good (again?) soon. Right now, it just looks like he has kind of crummy taste.

...Jesse James was okay, I think. No big deal.

[hpdrifter]

Did you see the other boelyn girl? I haven't nor have I heard much about his performance in that.

[skinnybutphat]

I caught the last half of American Splendor and really enjoyed it. I think it pushed Giamatti into my top favorite actors.

[abcdefz]

^

There's another movie that just looks meh. He just picks movie after movie after movie that looks bad or boring.

[na§tee]

oh man. this breaks my poor fragile avoiding-proper-work-right-now heart.

okay. he has made some turd decisions movie-wise. but he has always been the best thing about those turd movies. troy? he was the thing that saved it from being a total crock of shit. and i think he is pretty selective in what he does - he won't make more than two movies a year. the rest of the time he just spends with his family.

he's in the film version of the time traveler's wife with rachel mcadams, which i hope does not suck balls. the book was great, but it'll be difficult to translate to screen. it is in serious danger of going into horse-whisperer-this-is-for-the-older-ladies territory though, if handled badly.

he's also in the new star trek film.

fair enough the subject matter of chopper doesn't appeal to you. if you ever get to see it though, i'd be interested in what you think.

[abcdefz]

Rachel McAdams has talent. What's that movie about?

[hpdrifter]

My list of young actors on the cusp of being great:

Rachel McAdams
Emile Hirsch
Joseph Gordon Levitt
Ben Foster (probably too much of a chameleon to ever be a leading man type)

...there's another girl, why can't I think of her right now...

[na§tee]

i heart rachel mcadams. a really underestimated actress, i think. bitch is nearly 32! you'd never know.

the time traveler's wife is about a man (the bana character) who has a curious genetic disorder which causes him to time travel. not, like, quantum-leap style or back to the future, but into his own 'history' - so in effect he meets his future wife (who knows about his disorder) when she is a child and he is 30-odd and married to the adult person. i am making this sound more complicated than it actually is.

anyhiz, he cannot change the past or the future, and it's about his travels, their relationship, and the difficulties they both have with knowing certain things oooooh.

[abcdefz]

It'll be interesting to see if Ellen Page has any range.

Would you consider Ryan Gosling and/or Paul Dano to be "young"?

I'm ready to see Haley Joel Osmet in something again.

[abcdefz]

i heart rachel mcadams. a really underestimated actress, i think. bitch is nearly 32! you'd never know.

the time traveler's wife is about a man (the bana character) who has a curious genetic disorder which causes him to time travel. not, like, quantum-leap style or back to the future, but into his own 'history' - so in effect he meets his future wife (who knows about his disorder) when she is a child and he is 30-odd and married to the adult person. i am making this sound more complicated than it actually is.

anyhiz, he cannot change the past or the future, and it's about his travels, their relationship, and the difficulties they both have with knowing certain things oooooh.



That might be something I'd go see.

McAdams I've only seen in The Notebook and -- was it Mean Girls, I think? She's clearly got something going on. (y)

[hpdrifter]

Yes, Ryan Gosling would definitely be on my list.

I guess "young" is a misnomer. I mean just about to explode into the top tier.

[icy manipulator]

you guys actually liked Chopper? it felt like watching a 4 hour movie. really it's crap. even tho he had a minor role in it his best movie is The Castle. but it's a really aussie film, i dont think many yanks would like it/get it

[na§tee]

ppppfttt! first off, that's pretty offensive that you'd think that americans wouldn't 'get' it, come on! seriously! and what exactly makes it uniquely australian? unless you can give me a decent paragraph on chopper and australian national identity, i'm not budging : p

[abcdefz]

Yes, Ryan Gosling would definitely be on my list.

I guess "young" is a misnomer. I mean just about to explode into the top tier.



Oh, Lord -- who knows. Sometimes I'm amazed at who catches on and who doesn't.

Unless you just mean top tier of craft... This Meryl Streep lady seems like she's got some game.

[icy manipulator]

ppppfttt! first off, that's pretty offensive that you'd think that americans wouldn't 'get' it, come on! seriously! and what exactly makes it uniquely australian? unless you can give me a decent paragraph on chopper and australian national identity, i'm not budging : p

i meant The Castle not Chopper.

also when did Eric Bana become an international movie star? was it Black Hawk Down? i still think of him as Poida from Full Frontal

[na§tee]

ah, phew. i didn't read that properly. i am obviously just overcome with eric bana emotion.

i want to see full frontal. i will get it sent over.

[abcdefz]

Full Frontal -- the Soderbergh movie?

(n)(n)(n)(n)(n)



Black Hawk Down was good. And Orlando Bloom actually gives a good performance.

[hpdrifter]

Well yeah, that's what I mean. Those that have the potential to become top tier (in craft) and also have commercial success. Like Johnny Depp, Edward Norton, Daniel Day-Lewis. Obviously Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Nicole Kidman, etc.

I think Ben Foster is more likely to be like Sam Rockwell, amazing actor but not on the tip of the tongue so to speak.

I think your comment about range is important. Anyone seen Smart People yet? Is the performance a Juno redux? It kind of looks like it from the trailers.

[icy manipulator]

Full Frontal -- the Soderbergh movie?

(n)(n)(n)(n)



Black Hawk Down was good. And Orlando Bloom actually gives a good performance.

nah it was an aussie sketch show in the early nineties. i'll see if there's some decent clips of it on youtube and pass it on

edit: but first i have the most noobish clip someone on this board could watch. i've got a craving for imtergalactic :D

[abcdefz]

Ah. Good.

[skinnybutphat]

^

There's another movie that just looks meh. He just picks movie after movie after movie that looks bad or boring.

I think we look at movies totally differently. I can enjoy a movie just based on interesting characters & dialogue and you seem to be all wrapped up in the technical stuff. I think it's worth checking out if movies about strange people doing strange things interests you.

[icy manipulator]

snow white and the seven little bogans (http://youtube.com/watch?v=NqFcdz4gGKA)
translation

bogans = rednecks
top bird/grouse = hot chick
dole = welfare
dimy = dim sim
pash = making out

[abcdefz]

I think we look at movies totally differently. I can enjoy a movie just based on interesting characters & dialogue and you seem to be all wrapped up in the technical stuff. I think it's worth checking out if movies about strange people doing strange things interests you.


Story is the first thing. Story story story.

I also want characters I give a damn about. I don't need to like them, but I need to care about what happens.

The most beautifully made (narrative) movie in the world is just an empty exercise if it doesn't have that.

[skinnybutphat]

^

There's another movie that just looks meh. He just picks movie after movie after movie that looks bad or boring.

I think it's an interesting story that was done well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Pekar

[abcdefz]

I think it's an interesting story that was done well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Pekar



What's the connection between Bana and Pekar?

[skinnybutphat]

I didn't think know there was one. Comic books and Bana played Bruce Banner?

?

[abcdefz]

Sorry. I thought the link was part of your response.

[kleptomaniac]

blades of glory :p

[roosta]

The Time Travellers Wife is a great book.

Dunno how itll turn out as a movie. Theyll probably gay it up and fill it with Coldplay music.

[MC Moot]

"Shine A Light"...Scorsese revisits the music doc and nails it again...yes a 60ft Jagger is scary...but Martin creates drama out of very little here,great stuff...by interweiving unseen live music/press and interview footage from throughout the history of the band,somehow a story evolves...watching Scorsese trying to explain to Richards why he needs a definitive set list the day before the show,so he can co-ordinate the 17 cameras for time,etc,etc is hilarious...I would have liked to see more focus on Jones,Wyman and Taylor's roles but otherwise it was solid...(y)

[HEIRESS]

"before the devil knows you are dead"

jesus christ. the whole movie I was like "it cant get any worse for em, nope sure cant" and yet it did and did and did.

pretty good. I could have done without the PSH bum sex scene at the beginning. I dont need to see his pale belly bouncing off of anyones butt cheeks.

[HEIRESS]

It'll be interesting to see if Ellen Page has any range.

Would you consider Ryan Gosling and/or Paul Dano to be "young"?

I'm ready to see Haley Joel Osmet in something again.

dude, ellen was on trailer park boys. nuff said.

[abcdefz]

"before the devil knows you are dead"

jesus christ. the whole movie I was like "it cant get any worse for em, nope sure cant" and yet it did and did and did.

pretty good. I could have done without the PSH bum sex scene at the beginning. I dont need to see his pale belly bouncing off of anyones butt cheeks.



I get this one in the mail today. (y)

One of the other posters said it was awful, which surprised me. That was the first bad thing I'd heard about it.

[abcdefz]

dude, ellen was on trailer park boys. nuff said.


No idea what that is.

[camo]

I get this one in the mail today. (y)

From the description shouldn't that be 'male'? he he sorry

Has anyone seen the Orphanage yet?

[abcdefz]

Has anyone seen the Orphanage yet?



I'm sure some people have.

[icy manipulator]

dude, ellen was on trailer park boys. nuff said.

really? is she Lahey's daughter?

[na§tee]

has anyone seen hard candy? i'd be interested to know what ellen page was like pre-juno. also, i want to lick patrick wilson's face.

[abcdefz]

Oh yeah -- I saw part of that. She was fine. The dialogue was really stagey and stilted, though.

[camo]

I'm sure some people have.

dude, make sure you one of them!

[abcdefz]

I've seen a couple of stills from it that look genuinely creepy. (y)

[icy manipulator]

the orphanage is by the guy who did pan's labrynth right?

[abcdefz]

He might've produced it, but he didn't direct it.

[camo]

^correct^

Yeah, theres a scene with some mediums that come to investigate the house/orphanage and the direction of that scene is nerve shredding.

[HEIRESS]

really? is she Lahey's daughter?

yeppers!

[hpdrifter]

Watched There Will Be Blood last night. Beautiful performances by Paul Dano and Daniel Day Lewis playing two sides of the same character. Loved the score, it was like nothing I've ever heard before. Too long but overall loved it.

Wow, actually a work of Paul Thomas Anderson's that I liked. Well I guess I liked Boogie Nights, the first time I saw it anyway.

[abcdefz]

There Will Be Blood isn't perfect, but, by God, it's a motherfucking film, and that's pretty rare.

[hpdrifter]

Yeah, there were some beautifully framed shots. Some too artfully (purposefully) composed for my taste but the one where he's sitting on the beach with his fake brother and he gets up to get back in the water and his brother remains in the shot and his whole body is in shadow except for his head. Nice.

And the one where the well catches fire and the whole scene is in shadow and you see the flames shooting into the sky.

[beastieboysbaby]

dodgeball .

[MC Moot]

the orphanage is by the guy who did pan's labrynth right?

He just produced "The Orphanage but "Hellboy" plus it's sequel are his and in 2010 he's dropping "Dr Strange" and "The Hobbit"!!!

(y)

[abcdefz]

He's got that Benji remake coming, too.

Oh, for Fuck's Sake, Benji! I think it's called.

[MC Moot]

pffffttt...

Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco
Guillermo del Toro

la trinidad santa de directores mexicanos...

[Yorkshire~Rose]

I watched Hannibal the other day. I'd only ever caught bits of it before.
Not a patch on Silence of the Lambs but i still enjoyed it. Some bits were just so gruesome.

Wild boars? I was peeping over the pillow for that bit.

I obviously wasn't paying attention to the title sequence much though because i checked online to see who played Mason Verger. Gary Oldman! He was so freaky. (y)

[roosta]

Blood Simple

Wow. Very, very good. But I couldn't help thinking to myself how similar it was to No Country For Old Men.

I can't remember such explicit comparissons being made when I read reviews for NCFOM, but they are very similar.

[abcdefz]

"In Texas... you're on your own..."




Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. Overall, good stuff.

Ethan Hawke, man. Frustrating. He can be really good, but sometimes he's doing something that seems organic or even inspired, and
then he keeps doing it and it just becomes mannered. Dial it back, dude -- we'll notice you're acting more when we notice it less.

Hoffman seemed to be doing a DeNiro impersonation from time to time, which was interesting.

Lumet incorporated this weird flashing editing thing for some transitions, which I didn't like.

B.

[Yeti]

Blood Simple

Wow. Very, very good. But I couldn't help thinking to myself how similar it was to No Country For Old Men.

I can't remember such explicit comparissons being made when I read reviews for NCFOM, but they are very similar.

I wanted to rent this from Netflix but they do not have copies available. Rat bastards!

[abcdefz]

I wish the Coens would let the original cut be available on DVD as well.

They cut most of one actor's parts, and I understand, because he wasn't very good, but his scenes supplied some humanity that's now missing.

[roosta]

I wish the Coens would let the original cut be available on DVD as well.

They cut most of one actor's parts, and I understand, because he wasn't very good, but his scenes supplied some humanity that's now missing.

Which actor was that? The only poor acting is Ray really.

According to Wikipedia the Directors cut just removed 3 minutes of footage and re-inserted the Four Tops song, so i guess I saw the Directors Cut?

[abcdefz]

John Getz is fucking awesome in that; I can't believe you think he was poor. He does so much with just his eyes, and how still he is. Fantastic job.

No -- this actor was the other bartender. The black guy. He's used for sort of "comic relief" now and again, and he just comes off like an
improved O.J. Simpson (as an actor).

Yeah; you saw the director's cut.

[mate_spawn_die]

the 'burbs :)

[roosta]

John Getz is fucking awesome in that; I can't believe you think he was poor. He does so much with just his eyes, and how still he is. Fantastic job.

No -- this actor was the other bartender. The black guy. He's used for sort of "comic relief" now and again, and he just comes off like an
improved O.J. Simpson (as an actor).

Yeah; you saw the director's cut.

Ha! I got the name wrong, it wasnt "Ray" I was talking about but the black bartender. "Ray" was quite good in it.

Woops.

[Yeti]

I just watched October Sky on Hulu.

The true story of Homer Hickam, a young boy trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the dismay and disgust of the townspeople, as well as Homer's father, he and his friends try to launch a rocket themselves. With the inspiration of a school teacher, they persevere and never lose hope in the dreams.

Very good and Chris Cooper is the man.

[cookiepuss]

There Will Be Blood.

it was pretty good, bu I didn't love it. the ending was nuts. The musical score was nuts, but I'm pretty sure the movie would have sucked a little if it didn't have that musical score to keep you going.

at least now I get the "I drink you milkshake" thing. nuts.

[abcdefz]

Ha! I got the name wrong, it wasnt "Ray" I was talking about but the black bartender. "Ray" was quite good in it.

Woops.



*whew*

You may remember him as Stathis Barnes -- Gena Davis' boss -- in The Fly.




I just watched October Sky on Hulu.

The true story of Homer Hickam, a young boy trapped in a close-minded coal-mining town in the 1950's. When Sputnik is successfully launched, Homer becomes obsessed with the concept of rocket launching. To the dismay and disgust of the townspeople, as well as Homer's father, he and his friends try to launch a rocket themselves. With the inspiration of a school teacher, they persevere and never lose hope in the dreams.

Very good and Chris Cooper is the man.



That is a good movie. (y)

Chris Cooper (y)(y)(y)(y)

[mate_spawn_die]

henry: portrait of a serial killer

disturbing. no sugar coating... that's the way it should be. good acting and special effects for the budget. (y)

[abcdefz]

Michael whatshisname is amazing in that. Hugely disturbing movie.



Lars and the Real Girl. Managed to be both better than I thought it would be and disappointing. Worth a look; I just can't believe
so many people (including those involved) call it a comedy.

B-.

[Helvete]

Funny Games (1997)

Shit shit shit. The remake I imagine will be just as bad. 2/10

[abcdefz]

I liked Cache a lot, but just making Funny Games -- from what I know of its plot, intentions, etc. -- is morally and artistically reprehensible.

[na§tee]

the film that i worked on, red road, that was described in a number of reviews as sharing a lot of similarities to michael haneke's work. hmmm. i may send you a dvd.

[roosta]

I liked Cache a lot, but just making Funny Games -- from what I know of its plot, intentions, etc. -- is morally and artistically reprehensible.

Yeah. I saw the original Funny Games years ago. And it is a gripping piece of work, but I couldn't help feel afterwards it was morally dubious. Just didn't feel comfortable with it at all.

[hpdrifter]

I've seen some previews for this Funny Games. What is it that makes it morally and artistically reprehensible?

[abcdefz]

It's a movie literally created to spank the audience for being entertained by entertainment violence. Haneke has even said that the
proper response is to walk out.

I just hate these fucking directors who want to have their cake and eat it, too. Reminds me of Natural Born Killers -- a hyperviolent
movie designed to decry hyperviolence in media.

Well, then, uh... don't create such stuff then. You're just adding to it.

The trailers you've seen for the American version of Funny Games make it come off like some sort of sly, wink wink dark comedy.
(I didn't find that attractive, anyway.) But that's not what it is at all.

[Helvete]

I've seen some previews for this Funny Games. What is it that makes it morally and artistically reprehensible?

Well, it's hard to tell you without giving the movie away. But it feels like the director just does things for the sake of making you feel uncomfortable, and for no other reason. Just an example, something happens in the film which finally makes you feel like ''yes, finally, I've been waiting ages for this", but then one of the characters simply picks up a remote control and rewinds the scene and then stops it from happening. You can't do this! You've just broken the laws of science, effectively turning this into a Science Fiction time travelling movie.

It's also actually really quite boring and frustrating also. A certain scene involves what seems like forever of a woman crying. At least I had the DVD so I could fast foward, but if you were to see this at a theatre, yes, you've got to sit through this boring and uncomfortable scene.

I'm really quite bad at describing movies, I'd never be a good reviewer, but I can still tell you that I'd most definately not recommend this one.

[hpdrifter]

Yeah, I guess I had kind of heard that. Is it like a those torture porn movies like the Saw/Hostel/Turistas series? The previews definitely hint at something else and I thought I might see it but now probably not. I used to like to watch movies like that, I guess I thought it was pushing boundaries or something. But now I have too many shots in my head that I can't get out and I don't need any more.

What is Cache?

[abcdefz]

Cache is another one of his movies, except it's really really good. :D

Sort of a surveillance mystery. A family receives a videotape in the mail, and it's of them. And it goes from there.

[Helvete]

I agree about Caché. I liked this film, and it managed to be unnerving without resorting to cheap shots the way I felt Funny Games did. The way it leaves you hanging at the end, without a resolution was good work.

[abcdefz]

There actually is resolution if you watch that last shot very, very closely.






Last night I watched The Last Seduction. Pretty good, though it kind of relies on one character to remain perennially stupid no matter
how much he learns.

B.

[BangkokB]

I agree about Caché. I liked this film, and it managed to be unnerving without resorting to cheap shots the way I felt Funny Games did. The way it leaves you hanging at the end, without a resolution was good work.
I loved Funny Games. Back when I was in the States I frequented Blockbuster more than the average bear and I asked a recommendation and was told that a mother came in and had rented that and wanted it sent to bannination.com so I better act fast. I gave it a peak and loved it: No Closure in the End. These Guys were just going from house to house playing their little games. I'm extremely interested in the psychology behind control and they were pros at their craft: But it just seemed to come natural
I really want to see how Tim Roth works out in this because I'm a fan of his. And that woman that licked danced in that David Lynch film

[na§tee]

i just finished watching marie antoinette on tv.

not as bad as everyone was claiming at first, but still pretty ridiculous. almost every scene jason schwartzman is in they use to accentuate the fact that louis XVI is a fool. yes, yes. i get it. he is a bit of a fanny.

rose byrne's character, too. oof. annoying. also; steve coogan??!

i was most looking forward to some beheading action but was denied :/ ach.

[abcdefz]

I thought it was okay, but I left about 3/4 the way through it.

My overall feeling was the same: okay, okay; I get it, I get it!

[na§tee]

yeah, the only reason i stayed with it til the end was because of the hope of a motherfucking beheading. pft. i don't blame you for leaving. contemporary music, yeah, i get it. totally inappropriate mix of accents and acting styles, yeah, got it. sofia, you're so cutting edge.

just watched atonement there again on dvd (really trying to make the most of having this flat for the last couple of days)

i've written about it at length before here, so i won't go into it again, but i think it is a fantastic film. fook the rest o' yah.

that sex scene, even though there is absolutely no nudity in it, is one of the most erotic i have seen. when their tongues touch for the first time - how they capture cecilia's breathlessness - is exactly how it is described in the book.

plus i want to do very bad things to james mcavoy.

/searches sky for more movies to watch.

[taquitos]

I got the latest Wholpin recently.

It's got some good stuff and some not as good stuff. So far the best ones on it
are one called Death To The Tinman and some Canadian animated thing
about a woman on a train and some evil mutant train-hijacking, human-organ-
harvesting pig-men.

[MC Moot]

Last night we watched "Dark Blue World" not to bad at all...if you take interest in "The Battle for Britain",Spitfires and such...(y)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244479/