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oliver9184 · 03-01-2010, 07:33 AM

So I Married an Axe Murderer 6/10 is very tepid comedy with Mike Myers from 1993. I don't think I laughed once, but you might if you like Mike Myers or are more easily amused than I. Some nice San Francisco locations.

Back to the Future 10/10 - I'm not sure why but I wasn't fully aware of how perfect this film is so it only had a 9 in my head until I watched it again. I didn't realise just how clever the script is and all sorts of subtle stuff with the camerawork and sound had me rewinding and marvelling. The part where George and Lorraine finally get the ball rolling at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, and save Marty from non-existence, is phenomenal. Jaws notwithstanding Back to the Future's better than anything Steven Spielberg ever directed.

Taxidermia 7/10 was, as I'd been led to believe by a previous post in this thread, like nothing I'd ever seen before. I have absolutely no idea what to make of it, though I'm pretty sure there was a point, i.e. there were legitimate artistic intentions and it wasn't just being contraversial for controversy's sake. A man's penis emitting fire like a flamethrower is just one of the outrageous treats the film contains.

Clash of the Titans 5/10 is a very dull ancient Greek adventure in the style of the far more fun Jason and the Argonauts.

Heartbreak Ridge 7/10 is a standard Clint Eastwood vehicle from 1986 in which he plays a grizzled Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines who makes proper soliders out of a unit of slackers, then takes them to invade Grenada and saves the day. Clint scowls, says "fuck" more than usual and does a lot of fighting. Mario van Peebles also features.

Man on Wire 8/10 is about the guy who tightrope walked betwixt the two WTC towers in the 1970s. It's an absorbing story but why on earth didn't they film him doing it?

Jesus' Son 7/10 is a worthy road movie starring Billy Crudup as a good-hearted drifter who gets involved in drugs, damaged girls, Jack Black and caring for the elderly all over the Midwest. It's disjointed and non-linear, and quite difficult to watch but Crudup is great and there's an excellent cameo by Dennis Hopper who has the line, "talk into my bullet hole and tell me that I'm fine".

The Boss of it All 6/10 is a tedious and pretentious "comedy" (speech marks definately necessary) from Lars Von Trier, whose other films Breaking the Waves, Dogville and Dancer in the Dark I like a lot. An actor gets hired to pretend to be the boss of a company for some reason I didn't pay attention to. If you work in middle management, or are Danish, or both; or if you care about things like companies taking each other over, you might get something out of this.

03-01-2010, 07:33 AM	#3750 (permalink)
oliver9184 Psycho	So I Married an Axe Murderer 6/10 is very tepid comedy with Mike Myers from 1993. I don't think I laughed once, but you might if you like Mike Myers or are more easily amused than I. Some nice San Francisco locations. Back to the Future 10/10 - I'm not sure why but I wasn't fully aware of how perfect this film is so it only had a 9 in my head until I watched it again. I didn't realise just how clever the script is and all sorts of subtle stuff with the camerawork and sound had me rewinding and marvelling. The part where George and Lorraine finally get the ball rolling at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, and save Marty from non-existence, is phenomenal. Jaws notwithstanding Back to the Future's better than anything Steven Spielberg ever directed. Taxidermia 7/10 was, as I'd been led to believe by a previous post in this thread, like nothing I'd ever seen before. I have absolutely no idea what to make of it, though I'm pretty sure there was a point, i.e. there were legitimate artistic intentions and it wasn't just being contraversial for controversy's sake. A man's penis emitting fire like a flamethrower is just one of the outrageous treats the film contains. Clash of the Titans 5/10 is a very dull ancient Greek adventure in the style of the far more fun Jason and the Argonauts. Heartbreak Ridge 7/10 is a standard Clint Eastwood vehicle from 1986 in which he plays a grizzled Gunnery Sergeant in the Marines who makes proper soliders out of a unit of slackers, then takes them to invade Grenada and saves the day. Clint scowls, says "fuck" more than usual and does a lot of fighting. Mario van Peebles also features. Man on Wire 8/10 is about the guy who tightrope walked betwixt the two WTC towers in the 1970s. It's an absorbing story but why on earth didn't they film him doing it? Jesus' Son 7/10 is a worthy road movie starring Billy Crudup as a good-hearted drifter who gets involved in drugs, damaged girls, Jack Black and caring for the elderly all over the Midwest. It's disjointed and non-linear, and quite difficult to watch but Crudup is great and there's an excellent cameo by Dennis Hopper who has the line, "talk into my bullet hole and tell me that I'm fine". The Boss of it All 6/10 is a tedious and pretentious "comedy" (speech marks definately necessary) from Lars Von Trier, whose other films Breaking the Waves, Dogville and Dancer in the Dark I like a lot. An actor gets hired to pretend to be the boss of a company for some reason I didn't pay attention to. If you work in middle management, or are Danish, or both; or if you care about things like companies taking each other over, you might get something out of this.