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^^^ Yeah i know. Its just curiosity - we are always drawn to the repulsiuve. Its in our human nature to do that but then we wonder why we subjected ourselves to it afterwards.
 
Anyway it is disturbing
 
An actual movie I saw recently was not as disturbing
Megamind! Great film and very funny in the same flavour as Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - sophistocated humour and excellent animated effects and characters.
 
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Originally posted by Stooge Stooge wrote:

I just watched Eraserhead, and I really don't know what to think of it.  Very disturbing film.
I saw this film some years back at an underground style cinema and it was rather compelling and strange enough to get me back and see it the next day. i was trying to understand it. I think I understood it was just a dream of dark and disturbing things and the characters are all in the mind of the protagonist. The scene where he goes to get some erasers for his pencils is most disturbing. He goes into a grimy store gets an eraser for the pencil and then tests it. He brushes away the shavings. The shavings spray up and you get the iconic image of his head with the shavings. Then later his head falls off and rolls on the ground and an inky substance leaks out. A boy finds the head and takes it back to his house and .... well you have to see it!
 
 
  
 
Heres images from it that are unforgettable - left to right - the man floating above the planet; the god creature at the controls; a strange thing by the bedside; the hideous baby; the girl in the radiator; the decapitation scene; the baby emerges; the baby grows large. Yes it is a horrific movie but very interesting.


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The most "disturbing" movie I have seen in a while was "The Machinist" with Christian Bale. I'm not sure if it was the story or Bale's physical condition but it was the kind of movie you thought about for days afterward.
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 ^ amazing how Bale can go from emaciated to buffed (in Batman) almost the same year
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That guy is f**ked up.
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Just saw "The Fighter" today.  Overall the acting was pretty damn good, Christian Bale in particular, but the movie itself seemed to just drag along.  Almost ran more like a documentary than a movie.


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Revolutionary Road, not as boring as I thought it might be, very strong acting, not too much cliché used as the argument could bring out. At the end, an interesting movie, without being overwhelming, a strong 7/10 movie. Kate Winslet and DiCaprio made a great acting. 
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just saw a couple movies.
Ghost in the Shell - pretty cool for an anime. the movie that inspired the matrix and thats evident and i enjoyed it quite a bit, although the ending felt a little abrupt. very pretty movie visually. apparently Spielberg is doing a live action version of this, so lets hope for a minority report or an Ai type of thing. 8/10

Due Date - boring. there were some funny bits but they were sprinkled into an overly serious movie. Robert Downy Jr. is one of my favorite actors and he does well, though his character is written rather mediocre. I think you can blame the director. It just felt slow and unfunny for some of the situations that could have been hilarious. 5/10

clockwork orange - hmmm. first time with this one and im not sure what to think. I read the book and LOVED it, primarily because of the dialogue and the voice/character of Alex but you lose that with this movie. It feels quite dated and unconvincing at times. The narration Alex does in the film is the best part, because you get some of that language that Burgess achieves in the novel. Its not a bad movie, it was just underwhelming. 7/10 maybe.

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Originally posted by keiser willhelm keiser willhelm wrote:

just saw a couple movies.
Ghost in the Shell - pretty cool for an anime. the movie that inspired the matrix and thats evident and i enjoyed it quite a bit, although the ending felt a little abrupt. very pretty movie visually. apparently Spielberg is doing a live action version of this, so lets hope for a minority report or an Ai type of thing. 8/10

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“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain. … Time to die.”

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Hero at Large

Fun one from '78 with John Ritter as a NYC actor who plays the part of a superhero and begins taking the role too seriously.  Good natured romp with Ritter easy to root for as the misunderstood crime-fighting novice.  Not recommended unless you dig sentimental pap like this.
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Mullolland Drive. Near 10. Real thinker. Should have watched it again, but the brother took it back to blockbuster.

The Road. 7/10. Watched it again recently. It was significantly better the first time around, still a beautiful film nonetheless.

Dark City. 8/10. Dug the plot and characters.  Final battle got a little out of hand.
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Last of the Red-hot Lovers

Utterly hilarious Neil Simon from '72 with Alan Arkin as a frustrated 45 year-old restaurant owner trying to have an extramarital affair and failing at every turn.  Easily one of Simon's best.
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Fellini's Casanova: possibly his last really major work. Splendid film and splendid soundtrack, 9/10 (exceptional).
Fellini's La citta delle donne (The City Of Women): it does repackage a lot of his previous themes, but it's excellent, with a haunting endind. 8/10 (excellent).
Fellini's Ginger e Fred: despite being nowhere near this author's masterpieces, it's filled with that special Fellini flavour, and it contains a splendid satire of 80s commercial TV. Nice little film, 7/10 (very good)

I am currently watching BBC's Wild China, wonderful documentary.




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Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I am currently watching BBC's Wild China, wonderful documentary.


saw a promo for that, looked great ..some day I'll have BBC  Unhappy
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

Originally posted by harmonium.ro harmonium.ro wrote:

I am currently watching BBC's Wild China, wonderful documentary.


saw a promo for that, looked great ..some day I'll have BBC  Unhappy






I don't have the BBC either. Tongue You can buy the BluRay at a great price. I've only seen the first half (three episodes), but I already recommend it.
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I have not seen Mulholland Drive but two nights ago I watched Mulholland Falls with Nick Nolte and last night I watched L.A. Confidential with Russell Crowe. Both movies are about the LAPD in the early fifties and how they tried to keep organized crime out of LA.
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David Lynch's Dune.

1/10

Completely and in every way horrible. I got about a half hour farther into it this time than last time (making it an even half way). I could take no more. The acting is laughable because the narrative makes no sense. Or is it ther other way around? I get the feeling all the internal monologue was there simple because all of the cast forgot to act, so they just move around saying a few lines, having an extreme close up while they monologue, and then making a weird face for no reason. Then there's Patrick Stewart, who might as well have played everyone because he was the only convincing actor, even tough he ran into battle with a f**king dog clutched against his chest. A Pug actually. That moment I decided David Lynch was trolling hard and did not give a sh*t. I give it a 1 just because even though the special effects are horrible, unwatchable, d-movie level of ass-explode terrible, I don't know if that's the film's fault specifically or if they actually had ambition and the technology at the time was just so horrible. Probably both.

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"Screm For Help" (1984)
 
A teenaged girl tries to prove that her step-father is trying to kill her mother for her money.  No one believes her until it's (almost) too late.
 
A very bad movie...  so bad it's funny.
 
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