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Trainspotting.

I liked the movie, ... but ... there's something missing.

"Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a starter home. Choose dental insurance, leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose your future. But why would anyone want to do a thing like that?"

You can choose a decent life or you can choose to become trash. But when everything in life has lost its meaning and you don't want to become trash, what do you become? Or what can you choose to become?

I think I know what the movie is missing. (Hint: a shrink's phone number.)

Choose a direction. Choose a place. See if imagination, talent, and tolerance of unsatisfying jobs choose you ... or not. Wink

Edited by Dayvenkirq - August 22 2015 at 20:42

Italian 1980s horror movie about a mysterious cinema that while showing a strange horror film cause the audience to become possessed by demons and start attacking each other. It's not very long, but almost every scene is bursting with inventiveness in almost every aspect, and quite a bit of very morbid humour. Helps that like most Italian horror films it's very surrealistic in its entire sensibility and runs more on "dream logic" than traditional narratology.

Also, I love how damn 1980s it is right down to that soundtrack.

"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

Haven't seen any of Fulci's movies as a matter of fact, but a friend of mine from college who's something of an expert on horror films as she's studied it academically (having majored in film/media studies) happens to be an admirer of his.

"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

This movie about a old rock star is hilarious at times mainly because of the Sean Penn character...

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.

Emile M. Cioran

Targets (1968)
An exciting psychological thriller about a mass killing spree. Quite unusual role for Boris Karloff who portrays a retiring horror movies star. This might be one of his best screen performances ever.

Edited by ole-the-first - September 08 2015 at 18:06

This night wounds time.

infocat wrote:

I tried watching The Big Lebowski for the first time last night. I am generally a fan of Coen Brothers movies, but this one I could not abide. I turned it off just over half way through. It seemed to have no point, was not very funny, and I simply did not enjoy it. Am I wrong?

(yes, there are some quotable lines LOL

.)

This movie was not well received by all at first but it become a cult movie. I watched the whole thing 10 years ago and i remember that the story was a bit awkward, but there was funny moments as usual with the Cohen Brothers and the characters are interesting. It's a movie that you have to watch at least twice.

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.

Emile M. Cioran

Saw Dragon Blade earlier this evening. I assume part of it was seeing it right after the delightful movie which was A Walk in the Woods, but...the fight scenes were just "okay" compared to several other Chinese historical (note: the "historical" in reference to this movie may or may not be a bit exaggerated) martial arts related films, none of the main actors seemed quite on top of their game (Jackie Chan, for example, played his part pretty much entirely straight, and for me one of his strengths as an actor is the silliness he brings), and the child in the movie...I'm sure he was intended to bring on some sort of emotional response, and he did...annoyance/anger. I think they were aiming for more of a pity or something along those lines. He (and several other characters) seemed to have a bit of an issue with the audio of what they were saying and what their lips were saying matching up. The music was typical bland grandiose music you can associate with this sort of film, the special effects were sometimes pretty suspect...meh. Very mediocre movie overall, and to top it off I wasn't alone in the theater tonight (two others showed up right as the previews were starting and didn't shut up until the movie had been playing already for a few minutes).

A rare movie with no violence, no silly jealousy and romance. A good road movie in Iceland, funny, joyful...
Land Ho! (2014) Poster

Music is the refuge of souls ulcerated by happiness.

Emile M. Cioran

Temple Grandin.

If you've done some cursory reading about this woman, then it's pretty much like seeing the film (though the optical illusion and the door-to-the-new-world parts are the ones I would have missed if I haven't seen it). It was pretty good. It gives an interesting and clear insight into the mind of an autistic person. Claire Danes did a very good job. Ditto for David Strathairn.

Too bad I couldn't rent it on iTunes, so I bought it for $14.99 + tax.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - September 19 2015 at 18:06

^ I suppose the young Temple Grandin is different from the old Temple Grandin. Could medication have something to do with that?