list/discuss/rate - your recently watched movies

I finally got around to seeing The Big Lebowski.

^ Ah, yes, that one made an excellent MST3K episode.

A great MST3K it is.  Have burned it onto dvd for repeat viewing

Food, Inc.

The acclaimed film on the food production industry in the U.S. lives up to the hype in many ways, with an involving narrative of how the American agriculture system went from farms to factories - largely due to demand from fastfood chains - and the enormous impact and influence the handfull of food corporations have on the economy (not to mention the toothless FDA).  On the other hand, the documentary does not reveal many things we didn't already know about the disadvantage farmers have against big companies, abuse of livestock, desperately unsanitary conditions, and the relentless harassment of small growers.  An important statement all Americans should see, to be sure, but perhaps lacks the irony and power of a Bowling for Columbine or Super Size Me.







Edited by Atavachron - August 11 2010 at 23:24

Henry Plainview wrote:   And don't even start with that smarmy organic farmer and his gratingly happy light country music.

  that guy was a nut.. and I've known some top quality nuts in my time, he was not one of them (though surprisingly articulate )

Noak wrote: Gummo was good, but not as good as I expected it to be. Still really cool though.

probably the oddest movie I've ever seen

Atavachron wrote: Noak wrote: Gummo was good, but not as good as I expected it to be. Still really cool though. probably the oddest movie I've ever seen

The Expendables - ok whatever. I wish there was more Bruce Willis and Arnold (but his brief appearance was expected), and a lot of the exposition was just dumb. As a matter of fact, any dialog that wasn't one liners was kind of retarded. Stallone's Rambo reboot was better at just killing dudes and trying not to have action stars make compelling dialog. However, we are graced with Micky Rourke's half-lucid, rambling, almost-touching soliloquy about the horrors of war, which kind of makes you wonder if your perception of good acting is involuntarily morphing even as you witness it. The last 25 minutes were what the whole movie should have been--stuff done blowed up real good. Dolph Lundgren was particularly awesome because like Rourke, you can't tell if he's acting or just let loose on a stage to be crazy. Only with Lundgren, he actually gets to shoot things. Overall, these guys have all done it better in their own pictures, wich were presumably written better and filmed with more grace than throwing a shaky-cam off a mountainside. 5/10.

stonebeard wrote: The Expendables - ok whatever. I wish there was more Bruce Willis and Arnold (but his brief appearance was expected), and a lot of the exposition was just dumb. As a matter of fact, any dialog that wasn't one liners was kind of retarded. Stallone's Rambo reboot was better at just killing dudes and trying not to have action stars make compelling dialog. However, we are graced with Micky Rourke's half-lucid, rambling, almost-touching soliloquy about the horrors of war, which kind of makes you wonder if your perception of good acting is involuntarily morphing even as you witness it. The last 25 minutes were what the whole movie should have been--stuff done blowed up real good. Dolph Lundgren was particularly awesome because like Rourke, you can't tell if he's acting or just let loose on a stage to be crazy. Only with Lundgren, he actually gets to shoot things. Overall, these guys have all done it better in their own pictures, wich were presumably written better and filmed with more grace than throwing a shaky-cam off a mountainside. 5/10.

Great review

Noak wrote: Hausu is one of the most wonderful films I've ever seen, eye-candy, insane eye-candy.

thats about to be released on DVD soon, I for one will be the one of the first in line to buy it!