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Vompatti 
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 Posted: November 19 2009 at 06:32 |
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Touche pas à la femme blanche by Marco Ferreri. By far the most insane "western" I've ever seen.
  
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 23 2009 at 23:57 |
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
...yes the remake, yes I'm a fan of the original, no I don't like Keanu Reeves. However I was more than willing to give it a chance, naively hoping an intelligent and sensitive script had been proffered and cast worthy of what was such an important movie at the time, especially for science fiction. The first scene was a red flag and it doesn't get much better as a clumsy, unbelievable plot develops out of what was an elegant cinematic statement, Michael Rennie's engrossing performance soiled and sillied by Reeves' (who is actually not as bad as usual) "I'm a good actor, please believe me" presence, and a mangled update involving, yes, the environment. Gort was well done but not enough to save things. Shame-- if this is the direction of classic sci-fi remakes, I pitty the next victim. |
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stonebeard
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 00:07 |
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Twilight
It's pretty bad, but not atrocious, though the acting is. It's just a neutered version of vampire lore with odd semi-recognizable indie music at inopportune times. Shiny vampires, vampire baseball, completely unempowered females...sad, more than anything, really. Stylish in a bad way. 3/10 |
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stonebeard
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 00:08 |
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 03:57 |
 Funny how a movie made in the mid-1980s as a throwback to pre-hippie 1960s existentialism has become more relevant than it ever is? First, there's that neo-beatniks like Willie and Eddie are greater in number now than then so it's more and more interesting how Stranger than Paradise satirizes these people but from an obvious insider perspective: It sympathizes and understands their disillusionment while also poking fun at their failure (and implied reluctance) to turn this disillusionment into something constructive. On another level, it's also a commentary on globalization because the structure of the plot revolves around Willie's cousin Eva moving from Hungary to the United States and initially spends quite a bit of effort contrasting the way they take American culture to them. In a way she's the movie's moral centre, something Permanent Vacation didn't have, she's also a disaffected young person caught between several cultures but she deals with her situation in a much more sensible way than Willie. 8/10 Edited by Toaster Mantis - November 24 2009 at 03:59 |
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Henry Plainview
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 07:26 |
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Mystic River -- Passable, but the soundtrack was annoying, and I'm not sure exactly what the theme is. Did he get away with it? What the hell was Jimmy's wife's monologue at the end about? It really irritated me that people's irrational intuition kept being proven right as well.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 24 2009 at 14:14 |
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The Reader
Very good, nearly great film about a May/December relationship in post-war Berlin. Sweet and sensitive but ultimately maudlin, though the cast is outstanding and it meant well. |
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KoS
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 12:07 |
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The Road
John Hillcoat did the book justice. The film captures McCarthy's incredibly bleak world. Viggo Mortensen did a perfect job as the father and the kid also fit his role perfectly. The soundtrack was absolutely haunting. You know when you see a great movie when the audience piles out of the theater in silence. |
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 26 2009 at 22:04 |
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Murder by Numbers
not a big Sandra Bullock fan (not a fan at all actually) but she's very good here as a detective with a nose for two suspicious teens after a murder. Michael Pitt plays his usual disturbed youth to perfection and Ryan Gosling is chilling as his BMOC buddy. |
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Posted: November 28 2009 at 05:37 |
Good and strong film  Apocalypse now - I know it is 30 years old but I just watched it yesterday. What an amazing film, great role performances and fantastic ''sick'' atmosphere. It does indeed remind scenes from St. John's Revelation (=Apocalypse) |
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 28 2009 at 17:30 |
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^ have you seen the 'Redux' ? It's very interesting but slows things waaaaay down, not sure which version I prefer though I was never a huge fan of the film, an amazing accomplishment though and deserves all its praise
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Atavachron
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Posted: November 29 2009 at 01:01 |
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Speed Racer
Fine reinterp of the old Japanese cartoon series taking an fairly ridiculous theme into a proper universe of its own, lovingly deconstructed by people who clearly saw and liked the TV show. One of the best live/animation blends I've seen with clever storytelling techniques, design and perfectly straight-faced performances. Good fun, and even better if you grew up with the show in reruns. |
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Posted: November 29 2009 at 01:15 |
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Dead Alive
Zombie gross out humor at its best. I still prefer Bad Taste and The Frighteners so I would rate this as Peter Jackson's 3rd finest work.
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 06 2009 at 21:54 |
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Taken
Liam Neeson typically superb in this low-key but tight and suspenseful thriller with him as an ex-CIA operative whose daughter is taken by human traffickers in Europe. Edited by Atavachron - December 06 2009 at 21:57 |
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UndercoverBoy
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Posted: December 06 2009 at 21:56 |
All three of those films are better than "Lord of the Rings" and "District 9?" Are you serious?
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KoS
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Posted: December 07 2009 at 01:58 |
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District 9 is not a Peter Jackson directed film. It was directed by Neil Blomkamp.
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Vompatti
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 12:19 |
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Just watched Pasolini's Salò - stunning!
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 14:22 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: December 08 2009 at 20:08 |
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^ sounds great for Coppola fans, and you can watch Brando accidently eat a bug
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Posted: December 09 2009 at 11:40 |
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I am Legend (6/100) Though not to similar to the book, the first hour is pretty decent, almost good. Then the girl appears and the last half hour is terrible. Matheson's masterpiece torn to pieces....
At least is much better than The Omega Man (3/10), whoch is not only even more distanced from the book, but which has terrible acting, atrocious music, plot holes the size of the craters in the moon, and utterly destroys, murders, chews, spits and trash Matheson'sstory, to the point where it doesn't even seem to be related.
I have to watch the Vincent Price adaptation. I've read is the better one. Yet not one of them captures the fantastic last part of Matheson's novel.
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