Writing my final paper for horror on this one. It's hands down the best film of the trilogy. It's just such a great blend of semi-legit horror with comedy thrown in. Such a good film.

100% correct. It's the only one of the three I actually own. It's positively brilliant. And I'm not a fan of 99% of horror flicks.

Here was one odd flipping film. Adrian Lyne (his first feature) stirs up this look at early 80s LA.
Jodie, Kandice Stroh (producer/Barbara Streisand look alike?), Marilyn Kagan(now therapist) & Cherie Currie (ex-Runaway-now chainsaw artist!!)


anyone know who the band was they went to see in the flick?

Finally watching this. Jesustastic!

Aside from the death/resurrection scene, there really wasn't that much of The Jesus in that one, was there?

Anyway, it was competent I guess. Seemed to be missing something, though I don't know what that something is

Based on the first hour, it just seems really obvious that the lion is The Jesus (based on how they talk of him; the propechies). Of course, I'd heard that a million times beforehand, but I think I would've noticed it anyway.

I read the books a decade ago and liked them quite a bit, but I remember nothing about this series.

I think it was a lack of good taste when it came to the White Witch's wardrobe design.

Outside of that, I thought the flick was pretty good. Not great, but certainly better than I would have expected.

It seemed to lack a bit of personality. Nothing spectacular about it, really, but decent.

Edit: I just watched Ong-Bak: The Thai Warror on UMD (which is annoying, but it's a review copy for Static). Storyline is a non-issue; the action is fantastic. Fighting dudes when his legs are on fire, jumping through a barbed-wire hoop... insanity.

Absolutely amazing!

Man, I don't know if I was just in a weird mood tonight, or if it is because I love my mom or what...But by the end of this movie I was fucking crying so bad.

Genuine human emotion? A little more humility and humor and a little less militant self-righteousness?

Somebody several pages back remarked on how this film bored them to tears or something of that nature. I watched it and enjoyed the crap out of it! One of Allen's best.

I plan to pop in Empire Strikes Back later tonight, it's always the first movie I watch after my birthday.

Who the hell said that?

Birth. I found myself rather awestruck by the imagery. It's visually exquisite.
Very reminiscent of Fincher in a way but clearly ripped from Polanski's 'Rosemary's Baby' by way of Kubrick or something.

Unfortunately it goes nowhere and says so little as a thriller that it just floats there.

btw. I've never thought of Kidman as "chesty" but this scene above seemed to try and accentuate what may in fact not really be there..

I couldn't remember what else Glazer had done but once I saw that he did 'Sexy Beast' it kinda made more sense to me.

Too talky? I can imagine what you might think about the Bergman films Allen was aping like Wild Strawberries.

Keane

Being the father of a seven year old girl, this movie creeped me the fuck out.

great movie though - the ending was nowhere near as creepy as I had feared. Kinda sad, really.

Luc OTM. Completely mesmerizing, but I wished it was tied to a better (or bolder) plot. They should've let M. Night do a re-write before the shoot.

Oh man. I didn't realize the DVD was released. I was diappointed that I missed the theatrical rerelease last year, so I'm going to hunt down a copy. I'm a big Antonioni fan, and early Nicholson is pretty amazing as well.

I hadn't seen it since it was first released. It holds up pretty well, though the the relationship between Nicholson and Maria Schneider seems to have zero chemistry (maybe that was the idea).

Wow. This was phenomenal. I can't for the life of me figure out why this couldn't beat Crash--I suspect some sort of Spielberg backlash. It's the rare movie that pairs action with ethical considerations. Highly recommended, and will place prominently in my 2005 Reassessment.

"SHUT UP!"

I'm having a hard time making it through this. The acting/dialog is so bad.

Welles is pretty trippy as the playing-card looking dude.

Deadline on Monday

just finished watching "Good Night, & Good Luck" -- to echo Slackmo's earlier sentiment on "Munich", i'm pretty shocked that Crash ended up with Best Picture, and neither of these flicks did.

I haven't seen Transamerica yet, but I thought this was pretty funny:

Here's a shot of Felicity's character in the movie:


And here's the DVD box:

For what it's worth, I guess the box has one of those transforming images. It goes from the actress Felicity Huffman to her male character to her female character (in some order).

Better than expected. Fantastic actually.

Ha, Kevin Zegers was the kid in the "Air Bud" movies. Awesome.

The best thing about the Air Bud movies is that they begat this:

Godard has a pretty convincing version of 'intelligent design' in this film (this was made in '85).

Classic!

I take back what I said about Woody Allen. This was just fantastic.

28 Days Later
I was surprised how much I liked this movie. The more I see of Boyle's work, the more I like him.



Live Freaky Die Freaky
Who hasn't been waiting to see a musical, stop motion animation version of the Manson Family story?

Gettin' into this game late - I know this was a favorite of the SOMB:



Bought it on a whim 'n' suchlilke, and just finished the pilot eposide. Totally enjoyed it 'n' stuff. I can see this is going to be a lot of fun.

ad only gets better and better. i really hope cinemax or someone picks this show up again.

Amazon's already preselling Season 3, with no release date, for under $20.

never saw this before. It was emotionally exhausting. I've been checking out Cronenberg's stuff, Liked the Fly and Videodrome. Has anyone seen History of Violence?

Yes, I did see History of Violence, and I'm a pretty big Cronenberg fan. To tell you the truth, I was a little disappointed. Maybe it was partially due to all of the praise that it received. Don't get me wrong, it was entertaining and well-made, but I was expecting a masterpiece.

I would recommend eXistenZ or Spider, which I found to be much more original.

Best TV show in years!
Stick with it, the episodes get even better as the characters are developed.

Ack! Not those. 'Existenz' was so lame and 'Spider' well done well, was a bore.

'Crash' (no not the Oscar winner) is kinda fickle, disturbing and funny all at the same time.
'Naked Lunch' is a masterpiece.
'The Brood' is his most underrated ever
'Rabid' also a must see, 'Dead Zone' ?-anyone? and if you haven't seen 'Scanners' well, try not to lose you're head.

Has anyone seen Hard Candy?

It was playing at the Landmark on Clark St as of a few weeks ago.

Oh ack! That was a fun flick, and I was pulled into the plot from the getgo. It's Croenenberg for people who hate Croenenberg (ie those find his work too brooding or too graphic)

Complely implausible from a character and narrative level. But it kept my interest while it was on.

great documentary, though I doubt I could stand to watch it again.