Spider-man was a good comic book movie but you can skip it as long as you're aware of the upside down kiss scene.
You know, every time Fight Club comes up, I go read some reviews, and it seems so icky and, well, violent?
You know, every time Fight Club comes up, I go read some reviews, and it seems so icky and, well, violent?
I hear Pulp Fiction is one of the Minimum Requirements for Cultural Literacy, but I've never seen it.
Must cultural literacy involve so much gore?If it's contemporary American cultural literacy, probably.
Pulp Fiction really isn't very violent. It has it's moments, but it's all far tamer than it appeared those years ago. Fight Club does certainly have its moments of real violence, but it's not really about that, and what it is is a damned good movie, and well worth seeing. It's also hell of funny, and smart. And the Big Lebowski is pretty much one of my favourites, a 9/10 movie at worst, sheer brilliance the whole way through.
As Jough mentions too, Rushmore is a wonderful movie, though I feel anything by Wes Anderson is solid gold.The Life Aquatic, while flawed, is probably up there with Big Lebowski for me, as the flaws are so intrinsic to the film that I wouldn't have it without them. Kind of stops them being flaws really.
Pulp Fiction really isn't very violent. It has it's moments, but it's all far tamer than it appeared those years ago.These things are relative. It certainly isn't non-stop action/violence, but there is one scene in particular where the off-camera violence is fairly, er, vigorous.
OK, the Technical Staff says he once rented Pulp Fiction, and he only watched the first ten minutes of it and then quit because it was nothing but gratuitous gore. I can't figure out how to reconcile this with all the previous messages.
OK, the Technical Staff says he once rented Pulp Fiction, and he only watched the first ten minutes of it and then quit because it was nothing but gratuitous gore. I can't figure out how to reconcile this with all the previous messages.It's all relative. He knows your sensibilities more than we do.
The Technical Staff needs to grow a set.::)
I skipped Fight Club in the theatre because I thought it was a lame action movie. But it's totally worth watching. Go ahead and catch The Usual Suspects and The Spanish Prisoner while you're in the genre.
I break my Lebowski-imposed exile because none of you have mentioned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have you? No! You will thrill, you will marvel, you will be convinced Jim Carrey AND Kate Blachett can act!
I break my Lebowski-imposed exile because none of you have mentioned Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind have you? No! You will thrill, you will marvel, you will be convinced Jim Carrey AND Kate Winslet can act!Fixed that for you.
This is very true. Eteernal Sunshine is a great movie too. Basically, I have discovered, anything written by Charlie Kaufman is awesome. Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich, Adaptation (fantastic!)... Confessions of a Dangerous Mind might be good, but then Kaufman complained about Clooney running away and changing it without talking to him, and how he hates directors who do that, so I'm not holding out nearly as much hope for it. Must get round to it...Highly entertaining film, as good as the book. Yes, Kaufman's a wonderful writer, but that doesn't mean everything that leaks out his typing fingers is perfect, and a screenplay is always -always- open for interpretation by the director. Why do you think it's so rare that someone writes and directs his own films? Because they turn out like Emilio Estevez's work in most cases. Anyway, Sam Rockwell's a hoot.
Basically Wombat and Tech Support want to understand what people are saying at social gatherings. They're looking to appreciate the cinema patois of the natives.
Soon enough I will have the Marine to wash away the memories in malt liquor and laughter.
Basically Wombat and Tech Support want to understand what people are saying at social gatherings. They're looking to appreciate the cinema patois of the natives.
::weeps::
Please tell me you didn't watch See No Evil and won't be seeing The Condemned
In fact, I have never heard of either the movies you mentioned.
I'd like to get some of you on my Netflix Friends list to see what you have to say about movies.
I have to say that sometimes I wasn't sure whether I wanted to laugh or run screaming from the room.
but since there is no soul crushing aspects to my job...
Oh! I forgot to mention - they have Hawaiian Shirt Fridays at the Technical Staff's office. I assume this a reference to the movie, but is this something people did before that the movie imitated? It is not initiated by the bosses and they actually think it is fun, so I suspect it is a reference.
Now that Pedro works at Enormous Computer Company, his boss's boss wears Hawaiian shirts every day. They also have an Always Wears Black Guy and a Guy Who Wears That One T-Shirt Every Day. (The shirt says, "I'm out of bed and dressed, what more do you want?") Apparently they have several Kicks Off His/Her Shoes And Forgets To Put Them Back On People. Pedro is going for Excessively Professionally Dressed Guy by wearing a shirt and tie every day, even though he doesn't have to.
I went back three pages to find out what the hell this had to do with watching movies. I wanted to tell people that i watched The Great Escape and Stalag 17 this week, and also went out to see The Prestige.
But I guess that lacking a story about inappropriate ****** I am Not Allowed Here.
And my favourite show last year (Kitchen Confidential) was canceled after only airing three episodes. Also on Fox.
In the long run I actually think I liked it. It was one of those things of which it ought to be said that anyone attempting to find a plot in it would be shot. But, well, sometimes plot is overrated.
It was one of those things of which it ought to be said that anyone attempting to find a plot in it would be shot.
There's certainly a plot, it's just impossible to ascertain on the first viewing.
If so, would you mind explaining, if there was never a kidnapping in the first place, how the nihilists with the ferret... oh, never mind. There's no point in overthinking this.
Isn't the guy floating in the pool Peter Stormare, the "head" nihilist?
Yeah, I got the rest of Kitchen Confidential from when it aired in Australia, but I'd totally buy a DVD of the complete series.
We saw Fight Club. Well now, that was not at all what we expected.
We saw Fight Club. Well now, that was not at all what we expected.
Technical Staff must have really liked it because we watched it all in one night, despite how excessively long it was.
Judy-- I have only seen one scene of that film. My film professor was all "I hate this film, but I will show you this clip anyway. (shows awesome scene that made us all want to watch it)"
How could you have been anything but bored during a comedown on a bender like that?
all racking your brain to figure out who has some that you can get
all calling the bank to find out your balance
all rationalizing not having to go to work tomorrow
Oh! I forgot to mention - they have Hawaiian Shirt Fridays at the Technical Staff's office. I assume this a reference to the movie, but is this something people did before that the movie imitated? It is not initiated by the bosses and they actually think it is fun, so I suspect it is a reference.
To me, Life Aquatic was a partially-failed attempted at doing something really weird and great.
Which is 10,000X better by my estimation than a well-made picture of popcorn schlock that does exactly what it attempted to be.
This (http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041223/REVIEWS/41201010/1023) is the Ebert review I should have linked to earlier, it is definitely worth reading. I usually think he's kind of a dope - has he ever seen a movie he didn't like? - but he gets this just exactly right.
I like The Life Aquatic, without thinking that it is in any way bad.Well, I was just referencing Ebert's own review, where he basically says "I liked this film but I can't say it actually works." I have not seen it, so for all I know it could be the finest film in the history of the cinema.
um, what?
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER!
Sorry.
I'll stop now.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUMMER!
Sorry.
I'll stop now.
Because it just doesn't matter.
I think that's why it improves with multiple viewing and on DVD where... you can sort of look at each thread of the film and appreciate it without necessarily being overwhelmed by how those beautiful threads don't always weave together.
A. a movie where things blow up
B. a romantic comedy.
The Blues Brothers
I will get to work on a romantic comedy where the two romantic interests have bombs strapped to them. The script is in early development, but the intent is to make it (as the critics will attest) "timelessly romantic and explosively funny." I think I'll probably just re-write There's Something About Mary only the dog will be a bomb, Ben Stiller's c*ck will be a bomb, the jizz in Mary's hair will be liquid explosive, and Matt Dillon's teeth will be made of tiny bombs... the potential is obvious.
Also, if technical staff is all for romantic comedy and things that blow up, does he like that awful show with Ron Livingston in it... Umm... this one? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756582/) I've never seen it, but it seems to combine those two things.
It is like a checkup for my soul.
Oh, I have never seen Eraserhead. Should I?
Yes. See it. You will basically be done with seeing avant guard film once you've seen this one. You will be questioning whether or not you should rent some art house flick with English subtitles, and then you will remind yourself that you've seen Eraserhead, and realize the pressure is off when it comes to seeing art films. It is the penultimate in the absurd. Watch it with the lights off.
lfm is really under playing it by saying "slightly disturbing" - it is in truth, highly disturbing. It taps the paranoia of childbearing in such a succinct way. I saw it and I was like "Yes. Yes. This is exactly why I don't want to have a baby. This is a nightmare I have had before, and Mr. Lynch turned into into a film."
I feel the same way about Eraserhead.
Loud industrial noises?
Slink! Best is Show is... the best out of all three of those.
Slink! Best is Show is... the best out of all three of those. Though Spinal Tap beats them all hands down.
Slink! Best is Show is... the best out of all three of those. Though Spinal Tap beats them all hands down.
What do you think about Brown Bunny, LFM?
The guy who did the only movie I ever rented for free off a friend at a video store and STILL demanded my money back did that movie and that was more than enough reason to avoid.
and to be honest I'm kind of angry at it, because where does it get off being that pretty and still that stupid?
When I watch films, I look at the following in careful details: production design, editing, writing.
Ed Norton was totally underplaying it, when it was clearly his chance to chew the scenery for the hell of it!That was one of the things that bugged me, for the main character I don't think he did much to give us a feel of the character. A reviewer I read put forward the idea that he might be trying to play the restrained german character but I'm not so sure. I did like Paul gigawhatsit until the train station scene when I think he broke character with that stupid-ass laughing fit over the 'reveal the trick' montage. That was dumb.
Speaking of wombat's ignorance of movies, from what would come the line "you can be my wing man any day"?
"Gigli" has some MIND-NUMBINGLY bad shit in it, there is no question. Some shit where you just wanna rub your eyes, look at a bottle of alcohol, shake your head, throw it in the trash and walk away. There is no doubt about that.
But, also, there are long stretches of "Gigli" where it is just... normal bad. Run-of-the-mill bad movie bad. Or there are parts that are really awful but, like, you could see where if it had been handled some way or another, it could've been potentially less bad. Regrettable but not heroically so.
But "The Guardian" is the fuck*ng Mike Tyson of bad movies.
It just keeps fuck*ng punching. It is a rogue railway of suck. You do not get time to rest, you do not get time to reflect, you do not get breaks, you do not get mercy, the punches do not slow down long enough for you to breathe.
It sucks from the first second of horrific fuck*ng melodramatic voice-over all the way through the seventeen-million false endings and right to the second when you have either turned off the DVD or bitten down on the poison tooth that they totally gave you to kill Baron Harkonen that one time.
To watch "The Guardian" is to be Sisyphus.
The endless series of mountains is the movie.
Your forever-rolling burden is two-tons of suck as dense as the heart of the sun.
Holy fuck, seriously. You're watching "The Guardian" and... when you get to the point where you realize they keep TALKING about something called "D.O.R." but have never said what that is... oh, man. You will be BEGGING to see J-Lo making turkey sounds about her pu$$y.
J-Lo making turkey sounds about her pu$$y will be like Christ's tears in the middle of the Sahara fuck*ng Desert compared to Ashton Kutcher looking conflicted and Kevin Costner swimming in slow motion.
I have warned you.
Nabu-- hell of canned for that. You know what I mean.It was worth it.
Fuck that. Dive right in with Pink Flamingos. You can handle the sight of animal droppings, I'm sure.
You can handle the sight of animal droppings, I'm sure.
And anyway, my point, and I think I have one, is that I realized that while I whine about most movies I watch, a lot of the movies I have enjoyed in recent years have been cartoons:
But also here is the other thing: It is still so hard to make cartoons, even computer generated ones, that these movies are never TOO LONG.
Spirited Away
hm. I have always had to edit my writing to make it longer. I always think my point is sufficiently conveyed long before it really is. And then, you know, I to make up bullshit to make it long enough.
oh, see, I had bad experiences in high school where teachers took of hell of points just because it was too short. So now I'm afraid to make it more than a page too short. Which, if I were really editing how I should be, would be fine. But right now I'm kind of doing a "read through it to catch typos, print it out 10 minutes before class" type of groove.
You may be surprised to learn that never in my academic career was I docked for being too brief.
Why must you turn our message board into a house of lies? Perhaps you need to look at The Big Book of British Smiles
I have no story's about high school report writing but to jump back slightly: have you tried 'Howl's Moving Castle' Wombat? A touch darker than spirited away (and I swear by the end the plot makes little sense) but quite funny and very beautiful.
On the non-Miyazaki front there's always Grave of the Fireflies. Y'know, if you need a nice crushing depression for some reason.
re: movies. Have you guys seen 300?
mostly I just spent the movie mentally dividing it into 'levels' and 'boss fights,' which really really fits.
re: movies. Have you guys seen 300?Oh, I'm pretty sure I've seen more than that.
Oh, I'm pretty sure I've seen more than that.
That's pretty much the weakest joke I've ever made.
I don't feel like, well, me-ing for it.
Also, Mark Wahlberg can act.
He wasn't very convincing as a rapper.
I watched The Departed tonight.
Hell of a movie. Probably could have used a little cutting, but who the hell am I to second guess Scorsese?
The last 20 minutes or so are hell of intense. Also, Mark Wahlberg can act.
About once every 5 years or so, I end up saying "Wow. Just Wow" at the end of a movie. That's what I was doing an hour ago.
Word.
It was the first full-priced DVD bought in probably over a year. Oh, except for House season 2.
I watched The Departed tonight.
Slink might have a word to say about it, maybe.
reallly? as much as I love Hardcore, that film went on a little too long for me. It seemed like they tried to fit in too much.
Also that film confirmed two things:
-My friend Mike is Ian MacKaye (except... he drinks and loves pot. Personality-wise, though.)
-I love Ian MacKaye
So far I haven't convinced myself that a fat drag queen eating a turd is something I should see.
I don't know, Paul. I've seen your Flickr photos.
So far I haven't convinced myself that a fat drag queen eating a turd is something I should see.
A truly great artist would have figured out how to work it into the plot.Hell I bet the farrelly brother's could work out a reasonable way to work that in there, if they haven't done that in one of their movies already.
So far I haven't convinced myself that a fat drag queen eating a turd is something I should see.
I have a Pink Martini CD. They torch it up with the best of 'em.
You know, I missed this the first time around, but I have to assume that the album you have is this one. (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gifwxqtsldke) Otherwise, black is white, ignorance is strength, the moon is the color of blood, etc. It is the only thing in this ridiculous world that makes sense.
No, this one (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE6781EDF4FAC7420D49F3C40908B21A2598E63E38F162F451BDFBA3C5485254ECA6BF2ACB6FDFE6AB566ADFF2EA31607D9C9E95CFEDB765D40&sql=10:jpfoxq8jldfe), but I sure like the title of yours.
I've deliberately avoided soylent green because I figured knowing the punch would spoil it
I was all about the stainless steel rat books back in high school days. One of those ones I am careful not to revisit since I'm fairly sure they won't hold up.
Ringworld is Larry Niven. Also very good and absolutely worth reading (if you like SF).
"Chumscrubber" sounds like a movie that you'd need to specify very carefully at the video store, lest you get disgusted looks and/or calls to security.
Sure, but I said "Ringowrld" now, didn't I? DIDN'T I??
Wombat, you should see "The Queen." I don't know why, but I thought of you while I was watching it.
Wombat, you should see "The Queen." I don't know why, but I thought of you while I was watching it.
Hmm, I find this vaguely unsettling.
I don't think I associate Wombie with the Queen - just that I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film and thought of people who are culturally retarded who probably are surprised by enjoying a great number of things more than I generally am, and then I thought of Wombat.
I don't think the above made my case any less unsettling, though.
Somebody nice is right - there is plenty for all.
Wombles, have you seen A Better Tomorrow or any other of the earlier John Woo movies, before he came over here and sort of did the Hollywood thing? It's pretty fun if you like that sort of thing. Kind of chop-socky versions of Tarantino movies.
here in Denver
I saw some funny martial arts movies once. That one with soccer in the title? I think Cort recommended it. But if 'chop-socky versions of Tarantino' means that karate chops are causing fantastical bloody injuries.... yes, better not.
Phucking A, I'd join that team.
ALSO: Don't bother with Health Inspector with Larry the Cable Guy.
That maybe cost me brain cells due to suiciding. They didn't want to process the thing anymore.
Actually, it's more like "a hail of bullets are causing fantastical bloody injuries".
Wait a minute, what kind of lame martial artists need guns?
Wait a minute, what kind of lame martial artists need guns?
OK, we just saw Eraserhead. Seriously, WTF.
Yeah, the baby was the only good part.
"Ohh Seven-Kinky! Live is never neat. Life is always bad, and then in the end BEN HARPER."
We just saw The Blues Brothers. I think Jough recommended this because it is in Chicago? Anyway, The Wombat All-Purpose Review will do for this: It was pretty good but it was too long.
It was very good on the pleasures of urban decay, aside from what was supposed to be entertaining about it. I'll bet it was more fun to see it back when it came out and they were famous and, well, not dead, and all. But still, not bad.
I didn't realize there was anyone left in America who had not seen that film.
It was pretty good but it was too long.
Have you watched Young Frankenstein yet?
Starting Blues Brothers halfway through is probably about right.
What, and miss the sermon (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-ES_jrX19s)? What's the matter with you?!?
In other words, it was porn, but with fighting in place of sex.
Lately when I'm bored at work I've started reading Wikipedia summaries of movies and books that I know I'll never get around to actually seeing/reading myself. So far today: Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (all loosely based on the same guy), and The Maltese Falcon.
I don't mind gore, but real-life evil bothers the hell out of me.
Also, random shit that most people find silly, like frogs and Tim Curry as Pennywise the Clown. I had nightmares after seeing It, but not after reading the (IMHO much scarier) book.
If you want to scare your SO out of loving Seattle, and he is apparently not adverse to romantic comedies, have him watch "Singles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ingN5hZzQio)." There's plenty of Seattle in the movie, and it's nowhere near as annoying as "Sleepless in Seattle," plus it's a good reminder of the filthy Grunge era and it's fairly entertaining, at least.
The Technical Staff made us watch Sleepless in Seattle, because he has become enamored of Seattle and wishes he could move there.
It turns out that A, there is almost NO Seattle in this movie, and B, seriously, this is one of the worst movies I ever saw. I swear, I am as big a romantic fool as the next person, but what was even romantic about this movie? Yeah, I hope they can build a great relationship based on their love of the same baseball player and the fact that this guy can wax poetic about his dead wife.
People commenting on Netflix say that they cry at the end. I cried too, but it was because I was two hours closer to being DEAD and I could never get back the two hours I'd spent watching that movie.
Isn't that movie just a remake of a classic Cary Grant movie anyhow? Rent the original. You'll probably like it.(Edit: An Affair to Remember: Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr)
I watched an old Tony Curtis/Burt Lancaster movie last week called "The Sweet Smell of Success". I am becoming slowly convinced that sometime in the 70's really good, artistic movies with strong writing and carefully planned shots just flat out ended. But if you want to see tight writing, good music (Elmer Bernstein) and acting, check it out.
We're hyping old romance movies now? I'm in! Who here absolutely loves The Apartment (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/) with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine?
A man loans hisofficeapartment out to executives for flings, and then messes everything up... WITH LOVE! Comedy, darkness, appendix scars, repeated offers of coffee. This movie had everything.
Perspectives? Gotta catch 'em all, Rashomon!
We're hyping old romance movies now? I'm in! Who here absolutely loves The Apartment (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053604/) with Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine?
The Apartment is one of my favorite movies. I highly recommend it. Jack Lemmon is one of my favorite actors. In fact, Prisoner of Second Avenue just arrived from Netflix. Yay!
do you write for a living?
Good review, except you mentioned Sean Bean as being 'of LoTR fame' which does the great man a massive disservice I cannot brook.
I will be watching "An American Werewolf in Paris" with my love soon.
I am finally watching District 9. It is very, very interesting so far, a little more than half way through. I have been waiting for it to disappoint me and I think it might have just started.
apparently my good friend's girlfriend has a "scouse" accent. I am excited to hear it.
also, this is the Baader-Meinhopf effect, because I had never heard the word Scouse until yesterday.
A film of two halves to be sure but I enjoyed both. The switch from faux-documentary social study to man-on-a-mission action film went smoothly for me and perfectly reflects the situation of the character. Normality, everyday life to uncertain chaos etc.
On the other hand, I have not appreciated the months of nightmares about transforming into an alien creature.
let the right one in is awesome, what's spiral? is it like cube?
I also saw Primer and it was awesome. It is a movie about a couple of geeks who manage to invent a time travel device in their garage. The script is very dense, and with many different timelines that are constantly changing it can be almost impossible to follow, but it is not dumbed down at all which I appreciated. The look the director was able to achieve in post was amazing given it was shot on 16mm for $7k. It did not feel cheap at all.
Barton Fink
If this movie was a shin, I'd hump it.
I watched Constantine last night. One of the worst movies I've seen in quite a while.
The Road.
Mega good.
thats the one with viggo mortensen(sp?), right? its in my netflix qway. your good review makes me a little more jazzed to see it.
the presence of legendary Frenchfootballersoccer player Eric Cantona
that is a beautiful piece of writing. you have my respect. and a can.
Fix'd.
When I have asked this question this is the only answer people have ever given - the explanation of why soccer is a good sport for children.
That doesn't really explain what I am asking. Which is where the hell did it come from? How did someone think of it? Who was watching a bunch of drunken Englishmen beat each other up (Sorry Judy but that is my mental image of the sport) and said "That would be great for eight year olds"? Is there one person who had this idea who we should hold responsible?
MODS I REQUEST A CHANGING OF THE WORD 'SOCCER' TO 'FOOTBALL' IN ALL INSTANCES ON THIS BOARD VIA FILTERS. I ALSO REQUEST THE CHANGING OF THE WORDS 'AMERICAN FOOTBALL' TO 'EGGCHASING' VIA FILTERS. IN ALL INSTANCES.
Everything else, he comes off as a dick begging everyone to tell him he's better than you are because he can name philosophers.I've only really seen Annie Hall, but isn't most of the joke that he is educated and so on but still completely socially inept?
man, I think I just don't like Woody Allen at all.
I really want to think he is funny, but he does not make me laugh, treats women badly, and makes the same jokes in every movie. Fuck that noise.
my date did not appreciate my thoughts, and informed me that Woody Allen is one of her favorite directors.
The inventive swearing is gratuitous but never gratingly so; it is generally refreshing to watch a film where swearing is a comedic device but never to the extent it seems forced.
This is like 4 movies down on my netflix queue. I may have to bump it up! I missed it on the big screen because a lot of movies here in Salt Lake tend to have short runs. But I've really been looking forward to it. Thanks for the thoughtful post.
I was already sold, but who doesn't love some creative cussing?
im going to to watch dead snow tonight on insta-netflix when i get home from class. its going to be stupidfun.
Is Primer a movie most of you have seen, or is it not a thing? Because it seriously fucked with my head.
LFM's understanding of It's a Wonderful Life is not at all the way I understood it at all.
It is okay, Dan. Wisdom this strong takes time. You may get there yet.
Primer is one of the few movies (in fact basically the only movie) that I watched again immediately after it had finished. I really enjoyed it but puzzles in movies is something I tend to enjoy even if the rest of the movie is sub-par (though I don't think Primer was).
Some movies are difficult to follow because they are badly made, Primer is not one of those movies, the people who made it knew exactly what they were doing and I love them for it.
I accept my views are not universally held though.
I watched Anvil! The Story of Anvil (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157605/) last night and enjoyed the hell out of it. 5 parts Spinal Tap, 1 part The Wrestler, it is a documentary about an old school Canadian metal band who never made it big despite heavily influencing Slayer, Metallica, Anthrax, etc. 30 years later and they are still at it, gearing up to record their 13th album.
The similarities to Spinal Tap are really uncanny. Fortunately the director doesn't use this as an opportunity to mock these guys but instead shows you the humanity of the band members. I would definitely recommend this even if you aren't into metal at all.
Public Enemies was awful
I am so glad that you saw this movie. Is that cruel?
Because I got to read that post. I know, only a couple moment's pleasure in return for your hour and a half of suffering, it's not really fair.
I loved it really. Everyone loves complaining in needlessly florid tones
Taken...
i don't know if you can call any famke janssen character a cow regardless how stupid she might be.
The daughter character actually annoyed me the most. Of all the bands to follow around Europe, she picks U2?! She basically deserved everything that happened to her.
Judy's channeling Dorothy Parker, I see.
I am unfamiliar with her.
Is that a good thing?
Women seldom make passes at men who don't know who Dorothy Parker is.
Women seldom make passes at men who don't know who Dorothy Parker is.
The daughter character actually annoyed me the most. Of all the bands to follow around Europe, she picks U2?! She basically deserved everything that happened to her.
The first paragraph describes a movie that does not sound preferable to going to the dentist; the second paragraph is about a fascinating film I want to run right out and see. I guess I should rent the DVD and watch it with the sound off.
thats the one with viggo mortensen(sp?), right? its in my netflix qway. your good review makes me a little more jazzed to see it.
Added to the top of the Netflix queue
Just finished viewing The Road. I won't even try to top GKA and Judy's review. All I'll say is I agree with every word of them.
Also: Weird Science was so stupid.
Has anyone here seen Happiness? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147612/
By far the darkest movie I have ever seen. I'm talking darker than Requiem For A Dream. I don't even know of any friends I'd feel comfortable watching it with. The thing that really made it different though was that Requiem knocks you out for a day because its a bummer of a movie. Happiness, on the other hand, is a much more... cerebral (read: mindfuck) kind of deal.