Okay I finally got a hold of this after many long years (Family Video trashed their copy--lame).

I don't know why I love this movie, but I love this movie so much. I can't even say what it is. But I might go home and watch it again.

Greatest performance ever. They should rename the Oscar, "Eli".

Gonna watch the other two?

i only have the second one, but i'm not sure if i want to watch it. the first one was ok for what it was, but i can't imagine a sequel being any good. i don't have much choice in terms of movies right now, so i may end up watching it anyway.

You aren't missing much if you don't see either.

I love the first one, but I think the 2nd is even better.

that's how i'm feeling too

aussie weekend



the proposition

nasty, dark, brutal and yet also poetic, beautiful and perhaps even moral. Nick Cave's western
certainly has a way of not holding back. Between some of the ugly things you'll witness in this (including the actors teeth) there's certainly not much to disparage here by not knowing upfront that this is one bloody western.

by and by, for anyone who did see this. Anyone else catch Noah Taylor? If you didn't blink to fast you'd see him in the opening shootout. Right before he gets a bullet through the neck.




danny deckchair

for the complete opposite of a lowdown murdering criminal. why not a bored cement-construction worker whose relationship has disintegrated but is trying hard make a change. Why not have yer mates help you blow up some balloons to a folding chair and see where it takes you? all the other steps in the genre of the sentimental romantic comedy are abound here. not a heavy film but fun and mindless.

I watched Hellboy Saturday night. It's just some good, clean C'thulonic fun, just the thing after 15-16 beer tasters at the Stone Brewing Anniversary Party.

it was ok. but i think rohmer isn't for me. he's not boring, but there's hardly anything exciting about his films.

Alpha Dog. Much better than anticipated. Interesting to see that kid from Hearts in Atlantis almost all growed up (& looking surprisingly like Jeremy Enigk in the poster, somehow). Ben Foster's performance was riveting.




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oh dear. You should start with the earlier works in particular. He does get into a phase that wasn't nearly interesting..

namely the 'moral' films

Ma nuit chez Maud (1969) ... aka My Night at Maud's (USA)
Genou de Claire, Le (1970) ... aka Claire's Knee (USA)
Amour l'après-midi, L' (1972) ... aka Chloe in the Afternoon (USA)


all of these followed the 'Aviator's Wife' and were much more distinct in there content about relationships, love and Rohmer's overall style and composition.

Beau mariage, Le (1982) ... aka Beau mariage, Le (USA)
Pauline à la plage (1983) ... aka Pauline at the Beach
Nuits de la pleine lune, Les (1984) ... aka Full Moon in Paris (International: English title)
Rayon vert, Le (1986) ... aka Summer (USA)

the later works are also worth viewing if you find in value in the earlier works. I wouldn't write him off based on the one you just saw.

Did any of you Brits check this one out?

"Outlaw"

I thought it was pretty good, but it received poor reviews. Really gloomy flick that had some holes, but the ending was rather good.

i saw claire's knee before aviator's wife and i had the just the same opinion about it. i thought i'd give this director another chance, but i think i figured out what his deal is all about.

correct me if i'm wrong but he's really putting forward dialogue in his films. there's nothing special about any other aspects of his films other than that there're these long fairly engaging dialogues with some common sense almost working class like (if that means anything) morality or something like that. i wouldn't call his films boring, but they're not rewarding at all. at least for me.

Reviews were right fucking shitty lock stock wank, I've seen more convincing gansters in EastEnders. How am I meant to feel the same level of empathy with a man who's lost his wife versus s bloke who is annoyed by some hoodies. piss.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO HARRY

Wow.

Wow, I've never seen you so critical, Mitchell.

The guy who was beat up by the hoodies obviously had issues. I don't think we were meant to feel the same level of empathy. Note how the plot revolved around the loss of the guys wife, and not the hoodies.

I thought it passed the test, but just barely.

I think those films are blight on the British film industry.

Neat visuals, terrible terrible movie.

Inland Empire
Completely confounding and visually engrossing. Lynch is a master.

I'm a little late to see this, but curious what others thought.

Title pretty much sums it up. It's about a creepy old independently wealthy church organist who gets sexually aroused by the sight of flowers. [spoiler]With murderous results.[/spoiler] Pretty riveting for such a slow-paced movie.



I'm still dealing with what I think about it - I'll get back to you on that in about a year or so.

One of the coolest scenes in movie history (spoilers for those who haven't seen "For a Few Dollars More")

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I just finished watching it, and I already feel the need to watch it again soon.

Laura Dern's at her best.

It was a pretty harrowing performance, and often not the most flattering.

[spoiler]The "scene" of laura's character among the homeless blew my mind.[/spoiler]

"Kiss me!"

"These lessons suck!"

good, but not as impressive as "play time"

Love that film, but I might actually rank both Play Time and M. Hulot's Holiday above it.

Saw Team America last night. Wow that was bad.

saw team america recently and didn't enjoy it nearly as much as i did the first time. i was kinda bored actually.

I'm watching Black Books on Joox. Pretty good stuff. For some reason I was under the impression it was early to mid 90's.

THE ROES' ROOM

The second Lech Majewski film I've seen. Couldn't really follow it directly, as we were given a written translation on paper rather than subtitles in the film. Lovely stuff, though.

Oh thank God. I was beginning to think I was the only one on the planet who didn't like this movie. Seriously.
I turned it off somewhere around the 3rd song.

It's a musical?

In the way that Rocky IV was.

the "giving birth" scene

WOW!!!

we are all in big trouble

Yep. This is what happens when you give your non-human children every right in the book...

I thought the actual documentary was pretty good. But way too long, wasn't it like 2.5 hours?

No. Apparently you have Monatana to keep you company.

I wouldn't say the movie is really worth re-watching, but I thought it was very funny the 1st time.

But then again, I'm the only one on the planet who thinks Will Farrell isn't funny at all.

Both Jess and I thought it was pretty awesome, actually.

I don't need another tribute to Blaxploitation; Tarentino sewed that up a looooong time ago.

And off course the music was good-- but it was so obvious, and predictable-- it was very wannabe Scorsese.

I mean, playing " I wish it would rain" with everyobody crying about death-- fuck. ANy 13-year-old could've scripted that. I expected a lot more. (And some of the acting was out-right terrible-- is that part of an "homage", or just bad acting?

70's homage just insn't enough. Nobody loves the 70's more than I do, but geez, why waste all of your creative energy like that?

OTOH, SUPERBAD-- was kind of an homage too, and I couldnt' get enough of it. I haven't laughed that hard at a theater, since like... "48 Hours", or the "blues Brothers". SHit, that was one funny-ass movie.

Funniest I have seen in a long time. Gotta go see "knocked up" now.

disturbing in parts but rather boring overall. there was another short film/documentary on that dvd about slaughter houses in paris. it started good with odd images and such but then came scenes of actual killings. i turned it off. fuck that. criterion should've warned me beforehand.

by the way, has anyone seen this. it's kind of cool, but stupid.

8 1/2 mile

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I liked the whole resident evil vibe. And yeah, fuck that slaughterhouse short. I turned it off within minutes.

the girl without face definitely had an amazing presence. but the film felt empty most of the time.