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BroSpence 
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 Posted: January 08 2009 at 23:33 |
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - I didn't see it in theaters due to the fact it looked terrible. Anyways it had many hilarious moments actually. I especially loved the drug scenes, and the not so subtle ode to punk rock.
6.5/10 Next - Yeah the Nick Cage movie. Haha. I love watching movies with him in it because he so....strange? His voice always sounds bored, and his face is always pretty absent, but somehow he still seems cool. I don't know what it is. Anyways this was very very very very incredibly very loosely based on a Philip K. Dick novel. When Nick was trying to woo the heart of Jessica Biel (hot stuff!) he was awesome. Always bringing up random facts and weird lines and stuff. It was quite entertaining in those parts. The rest of the movie was entertaining in a stupid sort of way. Also quite tedious since they would show the scene from the future and then basically repeat it. 6.5/10 for pure stupid entertainment laughs and Nick Cage cool-factor.
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The T
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 00:45 |
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Lust for Life (1956), excellent portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh's life. Fantastic performance by Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 11:27 |
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Miami Vice
I liked it quite fine even if the script was kinda bare-bones (only hinting at a lot of things) and there wasn't as much action as I had expected. The climax shootout more than made up for it, though, almost looked like news footage from a real shootout. It was stylish, dark, edgy and had some pretty cool. Maybe it helps that I don't have any nostalgic memories of the TV series to compare it against. I also liked the weird subtext about the end of the Cold War making the world a murkier and more morally confused place, e. g. that drug smuggler lady Crockett had an affair with being the daughter of a Chinese ambassador to Cuba, or the stuff with Russian Neo-Nazis. I'll give it 8/10. The Sixth Sense Must say I'm a bit disappointed with this. Yeah, it's a competently made ghost story and all, but the fact that it's gotten a reputation as a classic says more about the sorry state of the horror genre today than anything about the movie itself. Still, everyone involved does a good job and it's both creepy and engaging - but it's not the landmark everyone regards it as . 7/10. |
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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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Atavachron
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:05 |
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I enjoyed The Sixth Sense but agree it wasn't quite the masterpiece it's attributed.. his films seemed to take a slight downturn, I really liked Unbreakable but Signs and The Village were disappointing, stopped watching after those
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 17:13 |
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Signs was awesome until the ending which has to be the biggest anticlimax I've ever seen... once it's discovered that the aliens' weakness is goddamn WATER then it stops being scary at all. I haven't bothered with anything Shyamalan did after, everything suggests it isn't worth the trouble. Unbreakable was cool, even though it's a bit too eager to turn subtext into text. Yeah, I know that superhero comics are like modern mythology but it would in my opinion have been more effective to just play the superhero genre straight and take it seriously that way than to point it out to the audience. This is one of the things I've become tired of in "post-modern" fiction... I like the basic ideas here but often it's done in a rather unsubtle manner.
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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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BroSpence
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 00:19 |
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The Valet - Ah so funny! and the two leading ladies were awwwwwwwwwwwesome. haha. Great comedic performances and situations. I've been watching so many french films lately I'm starting to understand things decently without the subtitles which is kind of neat. Real feel good movie. 8/10
The Bachelor Party - 2nd time around for me, I own it on VHS. What a fantastic movie. Dudikoff and Hanks? Still hilarious. It always makes me wish I was at the party. I love the scene where Cole falls.... (thats all I will say). 8/10
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mithrandir
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 13:58 |
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The Wrestler (2008) - excellent movie by mr
Aronofsky, just about every moment of The Ram's life displayed in the
movie is pitiful, even the small moments of hope (like with his
daughter, or the striper) they didn't last long, this movie was
perfectly executed in that regard...they didn't dwell on anything for
too long nor give the false impression that "things could be turning
around for The Ram, you couldn't help but feel sorry for the man one
moment after the other, that "meet and great" scene was just so
pathetic, also found his final speech to the audience unfortunate - the
audience didn't really care...it was all part of the show for them.
they wouldn't have given it a moments thought to his speech after the
event. The use of 80s Hair Metal was incredibly effective, it didn't
seem like it was used for so much for nostalgic purposes but the use
was in parallel with pathetic nature of the character of The Ram. As we
all know Hair Metal is probably one of the most scoffed at and
disrespected genre/era in popular music history, so seeing the washed
up and pathetic existence of The Ram clinging on the glorious days or
yore reminds me a lot of the bands from the 80s that once sold out
arenas but now cant even gather a crowd for a free show at the local
state fair, (maybe not so much the super popular bands like Poison who
still sell, but I'm thinking more along the lines of the 2nd and 3rd
rate one hit wonder bands that MTV chewed up and spit out by the dozens
- just like Hulk Hogan still sells but what about the countless
wrestling super stars from the 80s that undoubtedly went down a similar
path like The Ram?) 9/10
Masculin feminin (1966) - okay, I liked this one a lot more that Breathless, for one I thought the 2 main characters were softer and more relateable, twas a nice glimpse and (maybe?) somewhat satirical portrayal of a bourgeoisie youth in France circa 1960s - dealing with the sexual tensions, idealism, confusions, a detached war across the globe, apathy...hmm, sound familiar, I especially liked how he summed up this movie with one of those black screen flashes "This film could be called The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola. ..." I have plenty of opinions on this that probably differ from what Godard intended although there's probably plenty of common ground to be found, I liked the movie a lot I could watch it again - oh yeah, the 60s French Pop music was fantastic too! I love this 'ye-ye' music! 8/10 The Visitor (2007) - starts off as a warm movie about an unlikely friendship between a stiff while professor and a 20 something Syrian immigrant and his girlfriend, it later turns depressing when the man arrested by immigration agents and hopeless ordeal ensues as they do what they can to try to get the man out, just one more example that consolidates my hatred for bureaucracies, 7/10 |
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 14:02 |
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America.
Where has this movie been all my life? (besides Finland)
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 14:39 |
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So yesterday I was essentially snowed in so I just made a movie marathon for myself of three films that proved to be excellent, those being One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and Blue Velvet. All are highly recommended
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WinterLight
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 15:10 |
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Citizen Kane
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Leningrad
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 17:40 |
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Watched Prisoner of the Mountains a few minutes ago. Russian film about the Russian-Chechnyan conflict in the '90s, and I personally enjoyed it immensely. It started out a little slow but once it picked up I was engrossed throughout the entire movie. Highly recommended.
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BroSpence
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 21:46 |
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Vantage Point - NO POINT! 1/10 However, I knew it was going to suck. But it didn't have to suck 6 times over.
Superbad - 3rd time. Still pretty damn funny. |
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Jimbo
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[Rec"> 6.5/10
A fairly competent Spanish horror movie. Stylistically, it bears some resemblance to Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project (filmed with a shaky camera, and thus giving it a documentary feel). I thought the film had a lot of potential, but in the end, fell short by a small margin. I have a couple of qualms about the movie that prevent me from giving it a better grade. First off; why do people insist on behaving so irrationally in horror movies? If you've just locked out a man who has been infected with a disease that turns you into a mindless zombie, why do you stand next to an easily breakable window for five minutes, making yourself an easy target... Secondly, why does this virus give people inhuman strength? An old lady surviving several bullet wounds and a kick in the head. Alrighty then. Maybe it's just me, but I just wish that horror movies didn't have to rely on inhuman 'monsters' all the time - regular humans are monstrous enough. Still, it was easily one of the better horror movies I've seen this year. Not bad. Edited by Jimbo - January 12 2009 at 16:41 |
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BroSpence
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Pineapple Express - 2nd time for me. Buddy bought it on DVD so we watched it as I made potato soup. It was still quite hilarious. I love that car chase! Its interesting to analyze the various Apatow produced and/or directed films. Pineapple was definitely the action film of the bunch. Knocked Up is probably the "drama". And I don't feel like going on anymore than that since there are plenty. 8.1/10
Mighty Aphrodite - Supposedly this is one of the "best latter day Woody Allen films". Unfortunately for me, the last time I saw a movie with the same comment, I disliked it quite a bit (Match Point). This one is certainly funny, but overall it just doesn't interest me all that much. I'm rather bothered by Mira Sorvino's character. Can't put my finger on it really. It has laughs for sure. I loved the scene where Woody and Helena are at the meeting for Max's potentially new school, and Woody goes on about how the boy is brilliant and has incredible syntax. hahaha! I haven't actually finished this flick and don't know if I will, but these are my general thoughts on it. ????/10
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Toaster Mantis
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Let the Right One In which definitely deserves the hype. It's a beautifully made, subtle film that somehow takes the "mortal falls in love with friendly neighbourhood vampire" and does something new with it. Only complaints is that a couple of more overtly fantastic scenes feel a bit out-of-place, I'm thinking in particular of the one with the cats. 9/10
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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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limeyrob
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:32 |
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Watched The Saint on TV last night. Well the first 30 minutes anyway. What rubbish. Thank heavens for Freeview.
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 13:11 |
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Solaris (Tarkovsky) - slow, but in a good 2001 kind of way. I wish the dialog would have been more fluent; as it is, it felt at times obnoxiously drawn-out. I really love the camera, the camera angles, style of filming, and overall feel. This is how sci-fi is supposed to be, with minimal reliance on CGI. I stopped at about 2 hours, and need to pick it up again. Tentative 8/10, conditional on the final act.
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 13:47 |
 now go read the book! I agree, that cats scene was a bit too CGI apparent,
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 15:47 |
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The Gunfighter (1950), one of the first good westerns which left an anti-bviolence message... very good.. 8/10 (now I join the ranking system)
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Foreign Correspondent 6/10
One of Hitchcock's lesser movies, imo. The story is somewhat under-developed, but engaging enough to keep you on your seat. Not much more though. Laraine Day was very pretty. The ending is pure war propaganda - quite understandable given the year (1940), but it doesn't end the movie on a high note. You, The Living 8/10 Roy Andersson doesn't like to rush things. Four movies in forty years. The only thing that is slower than his filmmaking are his movies. You, The Living doesn't have a plot. It comprises of short segments where ordinary (even if wonderfully weird) characters go on about their seemingly gray lives. It all seems very stagnant, but somehow Andersson manages to capture something very warm and human about these people and their silly dreams (even when they're being made fun of). Someone might find these scenes incredibly funny, someone else sad. It's all very absurd, silly, uncomfortable and tragic, just like real life is. Gone Baby Gone 8/10 Who'd thunk it that Ben Affleck, one of the most wooden actors I know, could turn out to be a good director? In any case, his brother Casey seems to be the one with the acting skills (The Assassination of Jesse James... made it clear). At first, Gone Baby Gone seems like the standard kidnapping/detective story, but ends up much more clever and deep than any of its recent counterparts. From beginning to end, very solid stuff. |
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