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[Montana]

But the dramas and "meaningful" movies are entertaining!

IMHO very few are. "There Will Be Blood"? "No Country for Old Men"? Obviously entertaining. I have no problem with the top tier in this cateory. It's the also-rans that bore me to pieces. I'd much rather watch something like "The Ruins".

[Agrimorfee]

There are so many movies that are churned out from Hollywood (and Sundance, and overseas, etc.) that just meld into each other so much, I am very selective about what I will sit around for (be it a paid theater ticket, or a rental, or a borrowed DVD, or even a cheap purchase in the budget bin). It's not a malaise, but rather a thoughtful selectiveness (combined with pressures of money and family obligations) that I suffer from. (when you become a parent, your movie watching situations are COMPLETELY changed...)

[M_Rots]

(when you become a parent, your movie watching situations are COMPLETELY changed...)

You don't even have to get that far - date enough women and you'll discover the same thing is happening. I would never have seen a sequel to Saw if I was single.

[AFTERSHOCK]

I can't watch a movie if it's been tampered with in anyway. Commercials, edits, ratio adjustments, etc. It just feels like a waste of my time, knowing I'm not seeing the real thing.

Netflix allows for me to watch pretty much anything I please, but I burn and return and so I have stacks and stacks of unwatched DVDs around my TV. I certainly don't lack for interesting films to watch. It's more like I have way too many to watch. Knowing that I'd be happy watching just about anything causes a paralysis in me when attempting to make a selection.

As well, I don't watch more films because when I'm watching one I feel like I should be writing, or drawing/painting, or reading, or listening to music. Of course it's the same with all of those. If I'm listening to music I feel like I should be watching a film. If I'm reading a book, I get ideas for my writing and feel like I should be doing that instead.

I have this intense need to consume all these different artforms and at the same time I need to be producing my own art. I'm pulled in far too many directions.

My god... are we related?

[Asher Ford]

I can't watch a movie if it's been tampered with in anyway. Commercials, edits, ratio adjustments, etc. It just feels like a waste of my time, knowing I'm not seeing the real thing.

Netflix allows for me to watch pretty much anything I please, but I burn and return and so I have stacks and stacks of unwatched DVDs around my TV. I certainly don't lack for interesting films to watch. It's more like I have way too many to watch. Knowing that I'd be happy watching just about anything causes a paralysis in me when attempting to make a selection.

As well, I don't watch more films because when I'm watching one I feel like I should be writing, or drawing/painting, or reading, or listening to music. Of course it's the same with all of those. If I'm listening to music I feel like I should be watching a film. If I'm reading a book, I get ideas for my writing and feel like I should be doing that instead.

I have this intense need to consume all these different artforms and at the same time I need to be producing my own art. I'm pulled in far too many directions.

My god... are we related?

I doubt it. He just described the everyday experience of 46% of the SOMB.

[By-Tor]

Hold & Kumar escape from Gitmo--fucking hilarious, and a great love stroy to boot-- I'm not kidding. They made Lil J tear up. I'll say it again-- these Kumar movies pick up right where Kevin Smith left off. And as for the "Dark Knight" - **** - you will not see a better film this year. I think it may even take best picture, along wiht a couple of serious acting nominations. Saw it at the I-MAX. Fucking WOW.

[bleach]

I'll say it again-- these Kumar movies pick up right where Kevin Smith left off.

i like kevin smith films but i'd take both HK movies over anything smith has done.

[brobee]

I'll say it again-- these Kumar movies pick up right where Kevin Smith left off.

i like kevin smith films but i'd take both HK movies over anything smith has done.

smith basically spent the aughts begging us to shit on him, but say what you want about the majority of his output, clerks is lightyears ahead of either hk movie. and i like those films, even the inferior, trying too hard sequel. i hold modest hopes for zach and miri (plus it was made in my city), but again, at least the guy is trying to a certain degree. he needs to find a strong collaborator, and a muse (not a mewes) who isn't george lucas and the guy might do something decent again. the hk people are out to make a quick buck. doesn't mean their films are bad, but their ceiling is much lower.

[Ogawa]

I'll say it again-- these Kumar movies pick up right where Kevin Smith left off.

i like kevin smith films but i'd take both HK movies over anything smith has done.

smith basically spent the aughts begging us to shit on him, but say what you want about the majority of his output, clerks is lightyears ahead of either hk movie. and i like those films, even the inferior, trying too hard sequel. i hold modest hopes for zach and miri (plus it was made in my city), but again, at least the guy is trying to a certain degree. he needs to find a strong collaborator, and a muse (not a mewes) who isn't george lucas and the guy might do something decent again. the hk people are out to make a quick buck. doesn't mean their films are bad, but their ceiling is much lower.

Actually looks decent. Probably cause it looks more Apatow than Smith. Craig Robinson is great.

[brobee]

I'll say it again-- these Kumar movies pick up right where Kevin Smith left off.

i like kevin smith films but i'd take both HK movies over anything smith has done.

smith basically spent the aughts begging us to shit on him, but say what you want about the majority of his output, clerks is lightyears ahead of either hk movie. and i like those films, even the inferior, trying too hard sequel. i hold modest hopes for zach and miri (plus it was made in my city), but again, at least the guy is trying to a certain degree. he needs to find a strong collaborator, and a muse (not a mewes) who isn't george lucas and the guy might do something decent again. the hk people are out to make a quick buck. doesn't mean their films are bad, but their ceiling is much lower.

Actually looks decent. Probably cause it looks more Apatow than Smith. Craig Robinson is great.

yeah he is, but it's a bad sign when he's got nearly as much facetime as the titular characters in the trailer. probably means they're using all of his good lines. hope not. either way, i'm there.

[M_Rots]

Maybe my expectations were too high, but the second HK was awful - pretty much every funny moment was cribbed straight from the first. NPH was the only segment where I really got laughing.

Other hand, I even think Jersey Girl is way, way short of the crapfest most people see in it. Sure, it's sentimental and treacly, but I think that's Smith as he ages. He was edgy when he was "young and edgy." Now he's a middle aged Dad from Jersey who makes sorta sappy movies and retreads his best stuff. For all that Clerks 2 is, like the HK sequel, basically a repeat of the first, it's about a million times funnier.

I listen to Smith's podcast with his producer, Scott Mosier, SModcast - it's sophomoric, politically inane, and usually the best laughs I get all week.

[brobee]

Maybe my expectations were too high, but the second HK was awful - pretty much every funny moment was cribbed straight from the first. NPH was the only segment where I really got laughing.

Other hand, I even think Jersey Girl is way, way short of the crapfest most people see in it. Sure, it's sentimental and treacly, but I think that's Smith as he ages. He was edgy when he was "young and edgy." Now he's a middle aged Dad from Jersey who makes sorta sappy movies and retreads his best stuff. For all that Clerks 2 is, like the HK sequel, basically a repeat of the first, it's about a million times funnier.

I listen to Smith's podcast with his producer, Scott Mosier, SModcast - it's sophomoric, politically inane, and usually the best laughs I get all week.

jersey girl isn't a good or successful film, but a worthwhile one regardless. that it rejects the standard romantic comedy structure

Spoiler

ben and liv hook up only once, in the middle of the story, withdraw for the rest of the film and end with an ambiguous relationship

was noble enough, and there were some decent bits. it's a mess overall, but being the last of the bennifer films, it does enough right to not earn the hatred which it somehow inspired. clerks 2, i would almost say the same, but it is to clerks 1 what hk 1 was to hk 2. and it ended with a montage set to alanis morrisette. reason enough to loathe the film. it made me laugh, but it never made me like it.

[held]

I'm forever impressed with the witty, intelligent & downright humorous ability of Kevin Smith to carry on as an entertainer while simultaneously having to contend with a continuous slack jawed reaction to what is almost primarily some of the worst filmmaking to be bantered about over the last decade. He's the Moby of cinema to me. bleh.

[vamos]

Comparing anybody to Moby is a pretty serious insult

[Agrimorfee]

I'm sure if the Disney company took a look at his DVD commentary tracks or the live lectures, they probably would never have even let him set foot on the Ebert & Roeper set.

[vamos]

Just watched Punch Drunk Love for the fourth time and I have to say, it's a masterpiece. Really, one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Anybody who is a fan already or who doesn't "get" the brilliance yet, go here and read this, it's really fascinating:

http://www.a2pcinema.../influences.htm

[Paul]

Just watched Punch Drunk Love for the fourth time and I have to say, it's a masterpiece. Really, one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Anybody who is a fan already or who doesn't "get" the brilliance yet, go here and read this, it's really fascinating:

I love Punch Drunk Love. Probably one of my favorite movies ever. But it is tough for me to watch it too often. A lot of it hits pretty close to home.

[vamos]

Just watched Punch Drunk Love for the fourth time and I have to say, it's a masterpiece. Really, one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Anybody who is a fan already or who doesn't "get" the brilliance yet, go here and read this, it's really fascinating:

I love Punch Drunk Love. Probably one of my favorite movies ever. But it is tough for me to watch it too often. A lot of it hits pretty close to home.

It's hard for me to watch often as well. It's a very emotional movie. What do you think it's about? I'm pretty sure it's a romantic comedy about a man with Aspergers. It treats the main character with such love, it's really amazing to me. There are a few moments in the movie which are among some of the funniest moments ever committed to film, in my opinion.

One moment is when Lena is talking to him in his office and something crashes outside the room, when he goes to check if they're OK and he knocks on the glass. That moment makes me laugh every time. The other moments come when they're in Hawaii and his incompetence with Lena is brought out. You have no idea why she likes him, but it's really the sweetest thing, watching him stumble and retreat into his own mind while she sits there completely in love with him for some reason that the viewer doesn't understand. And the "Bye bye you stupid motherfucker" part is great. I'm rambling to myself here, but it just goes to show how much I love Punch Drunk Love. Not to mention the usage of color, and the truly mind expanding usage of music. What's the car crash all about in the beginning?

[brobee]

Just watched Punch Drunk Love for the fourth time and I have to say, it's a masterpiece. Really, one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Anybody who is a fan already or who doesn't "get" the brilliance yet, go here and read this, it's really fascinating:

I love Punch Drunk Love. Probably one of my favorite movies ever. But it is tough for me to watch it too often. A lot of it hits pretty close to home.

i hated this at first. had high expectations, and i just came away nervous. subsequent viewings have brought me around in a big way. still one of my less favorite pta films, but that doesn't mean too much considering his standard caliber.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

Punch Drunk Love is a great film.

I love the way his encounter with Phillip Seymour Hoffman is handled. It comes across as so awkwardly anticlimactic. There's something really comedic about it all that I like.