david lynch: inland empire

to my mind, this is the best film lynch has made (since eraserhead) by quite a distance, and this despite the ending, which i'll just complain about in the abstract. visually and sonically spectacular (at some points the music gets so to be so Big and "THIS IS SCARY" that you have to laugh. which is fun too.) in a deeply disturbing psychological space (until you are let off the hook).

the film is 3 hours long, so we broke it into 2 evenings and saw it with a couple friends who are lynch fans. i am not particularly a lynch fan. but we agreed on this one.

find it, watch it: it'll mess you up for a few hours.

lars von trier: boss of it all

very funny little film from von trier. strangely parallel to lynch in the use of camera and editing, but bent to a quite different purpose.
basically, an actor gets hired to impersonate kinda the non-existant boss of a company. he ends up in all kinds of trouble. it's great.

but then again, i am a hopeless fanboy when it comes to lars von trier.
to my mind, though, his finest thing so far is "five obstructions."
if you havent seen that, drop what you are doing and get thee to a rental joint.
then see this film. to cool you off. like a shower.

Saw III.

Not as good as I, better than II

Lars von Trier wrote the script for the movie Dear, Wendy I reviewed a month or so ago, rb. I loved that film.

Night Watch 6/10.
Not a bad movie, but very difficult to follow, probably cause it was filmed in Russia. Very Matrix-y in the cinematography. Had a good premise, eon's old battle between the forces of good and evil and a truce was declared that the good would police the evil during the night (nightwatch) and the evil would police the good during the day (daywatch). Of course, not all goes according to plan. It was dubbed into English, but that still didn't help the gutteral russian accents and I still needed subtitles to make heads or tails out of it.

I also saw 30 Days of Night.

I agree mostly with Crompsin except I didn't find the characters solid. It wasn't bad for a horror movie. It had some funny moments. I'm growing tired of the quick jerky camera work this genre is using.

All in all good movie...except the ending...won't ruin it, but I think they could have done better.

I'll give it a 7/10. Great potential, but didn't have the follow through.

Kill Bill Vol. 1

I've seen it before, of course, but it's great every time.

9.5/10

28 Weeks Later

It has been quite a while since I saw the first installment, 28 Days Later, but the plot/premise of zombie movies isn't too hard to remember. I was impressed at just how much plot and backstory there was in this movie, while still having plenty of gore and chaos.

8 braaaaaaaaains out of 10 braaaaaaaaains

Saw IV - ???

I don't know how to describe it other than... well... it was so appalling to the senses that it was hard to recognize that it was a good movie. I thought it was good at least. I'm personally still shaking it off.

whisper 6-10
war 3-10
smoking aces 7-10

Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D

AWESOME! One of my favorite movies and then in 3-D. It was a good night of entertainment.

10/10

Is this a thumbs up or thumbs down? Or a thumb with vomit on it? :)

The Black Book. A Paul Verhoeven film about one woman's experience in the Dutch Resistance during WWII. Supposedly based on a true story---okay it was really depressing but incredibly well acted and of course the plot was riveting.

9/10

House of the Flying Daggers
7/10
pretty, good kung fu, nice effects, interesting story.

Click 8/10

An awesome film, made me laugh so much it hurt, then almost cry. Wouldn't watch it again for a while, so it doesn't get a 9/10. Definatly recommend.

Lost Boys 7/10

Pretty entertaining for a vampire movie made in the 80s. I've watched it several times. It's then ending that cracks me up. The Grandpa is my favorite character.

Clerks 2 - 7.5/10

Not my favorite Kevin Smith movies, but one of his better ones for sure.

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The Fountain - 7/10

Somewhat confusing narrative combined with fantastic visuals.

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Thr3e - 8/10

It was entertaining for sure, but didn't blow me away.

The Big Lebowski - 5/5

One of my favorite movies of all time and I just got to watch it on the big screen for the first time at a local art house theatre. The Dude Abides.

The Condemned - 3/10

What a terrible movie. I stole it off the internet and I still feel like I was robbed. Some of the worst filming I have ever seen in my entire life. Its like they paid a 2 year old child who doesn't know how to hold its arms up properly to hold the camera.

Oldboy - 8.5/10
Spurred by the reviews I read in this thread, I had to see it. I was quite impressed. I enjoyed it a lot. There were some parts that didn't click with me though, but I think that's the culture gap speaking.

Naked Weapon - 2/10
I rented this movie because after seeing Maggie Q in Balls of Fury, I HAD to see her naked. I got what I asked for, but the rest of the movie was so corny. There were only 2 sets of nipples in the entire film. TWO!! Hence.. 2 out of 10.

the condemned was pretty terrible, yes. i rented it expecting very little -- i just wanted to see a movie starring a professional wrestler who cant act beating up on extras for freedom -- but no, it had to try and be socially meaningful and pack its movie full of horrible, violent rape and torture and then blame you for enjoying watching it. well, take heart, you socially conscious filmmakers -- i did NOT enjoy watching the violence in your film. because you guys suck so bad at making movies!

i just watched “mr. wrong” last night. i think i’d give it 4 out of 10. (that’s really low for me, i like everything.) it starts off promisingly, and i like both bill pullman and ellen degeneres and it has what you would think is the most inassailably reliable premise of any movie comedy ever -- you know, the crazy lover who drives you up the wall has been the stuff of hilarity since “it happened one night” and “bringing up baby.” but after about the first half hour it goes to seed and just pretty much persists in sucking till the end.

bordertown 7-10
resident evil ,extinction 6-10

I watched about 2/3rds of Ratatouille and I turned it off.. I don't know why but the movie fell flat to me. Maybe I have something against rats or boring voice actors.. I dunno. Can't say this is the first time I felt this way about a pixar film. I thought The Incredibles was decent at best. It felt more like an action disney film than a pixar adventure film. Cars just had too much frickin pop culture dragging it down. By Pop Culture I mean Larry the Cable Guy's recycled jokes. I liked Patton Oswald as the lil rat dude but almost none of the other voices really stuck out. With my favorite Pixar film, Monster's inc, The voice acting was just awesome. Crystal, Goodman, and Buscemi, all had the perfect voices for their characters not to mention that Billy Crystal and John Goodman had great comedic chemistry. Just to know what I thought about it, It'd give it a 4/10. However, it's probably more like a 7.5-8/10 if I weren't a jaded film watcher.

Employee of the Month [2006](Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, Dax Shephard) 7/10
[Buy - Rent - Download - Avoid]

A good amount of laughs in this relatively fast-paced comedy. Dane Cook is pretty much still Dane Cook, though perhaps a bit less wacky. If you like Dane Cook as a personality, you'll like this movie more. If you don't like Dane Cook's personality/tone/humor, you'll likely give it the same 7 I gave it. In all reality, Jessica Simpson's presence and insane amounts of cleavage throughout the entire movie probably influences my vote a little, putting it at 7 instead of 6.5. She's just that nice to look at.

Not to discount the movie too much, though, it's got some good lines here and there, but isn't something you'll laugh all the way through. Dax is surprisingly good. Andy Dick is great and hilarious because he's NOT being "Andy Dick" in usual form. Harland Williams is great, as usual. Tim Bagley, who plays the boss, is awesome. His small-ish part steals every scene he's in.

Just finished watching The F Word which I recorded off IFC last night. At first glance it's a Documentary of an Independent Radio station's last broadcast. The Broadcaster decides to go to the Rallies and Protests that took place in NYC during the 2004 Republican National Convention that was held in NYC. It mixes real footage with actors and it's very hard to tell what's real and what isn't. I personally thought it was a real Doc. until near the end when I because suspicious and checked it out on imdb. It was well done and since it was following a liberal rally there was alot more liberal opinions being tossed around than Conservative ones. I personally enjoyed some of the quotes that were tossed around doing the film. The "Go home, Shut up and Enjoy your freedom." quote put good little grin on my face.
I enjoyed it I gotta give it an 8/10.

poison friends.

awful
awful
awful
awful
awful
awful.

one of the worst films i have ever sat through.

what happens:
this pretentious french student-type that you dont care about dominates other french student-types that you dont care about. he, the pretentious french student-type that you dont care about, makes a series of speeches that you dont care about on the topic of writing and how it "must be authentic" and then he quotes karl karus a bunch of times, in situations that you dont care about. then something you dont care about happens to this pretentious french student-type that you dont care about which causes his stock that you dont care about to diminish amongst the other french student-types that you dont care about.

then, days later, the film stops.

The Condemned - 4 / 10. This movie is not good. I wasn't expecting much, but I got a little less. The first half was much better than the second half.

Slither - 4 / 10. Thank god I didn't pay for this movie. It was pretty brutal. It did make me laugh a few times, but it made me laugh at the wrong times, the times when it wasn't trying to. Not a good movie, but worth a watch for free if nothing else is on.

Mr. Brooks - 7 / 10. This movie surprised me. It was better than I expected. It's worth a watch. I'm not quite sure how to explain it. It isn't a great movie, and the acting isn't exactly top notch. But KC does a better job than I expected and it did have its moments. Decent flick.

The Edge of Heaven. 7/10

Turkish-German film involving prostitution, lesbians, death, inequality, idealism, immigration, the EU, asylum, and forgiveness. Pretty good, though the first part was a little over-the-top in terms of complexity... I didn't think it was really necessary for the film (but we saw it for free, so I can't complain). :thumbsup:

The Departed: 8/10, very entertaining, but jumped around alot. I had to stop the movie several times just to question who was who, and what had just happened.

Grindhouse: Terror Planet: 7/10 great genre piece. Loved the effects.

Lucky Number Slevin: 40 mins into this one, so far very entertaining, 8/10 at this point.

The Invisible: 9/10

The most original movie I've seen in quite some time. Also features a great soundtrack. It's about a guy who's severily beaten up and comes to 'exist' between life and death.

Six awfuls. I don't even know how that equates on a thumbs down / star system.

American Gangster. 8.5/10

Not bad at all. Decent story, acting, directing... I mean I wasn't bored at all, I found it engaging. Not bad at all.

Spiderman 3 -- Absolutely the worst piece of shit movie I've ever seen / 10.

Just awful in every way. I hate myself for sitting through the whole thing.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - 9/10

Very, very good movie.

Fun With Dick and Jane (new version) - 4/10

Blaaaah and boring. A couple of good jokes.

dirtyrascal7, I'm glad you agree

The Exorcist - 7/10
Its a little long, but it is entertaining.

The Wind that Shakes the Barley

Set in 1920s Ireland just before the peace treaty with Britain. Two brothers divided within the IRA. Its not one of those movies you watch with a bunch of other movies. Its just too powerful. Great performances and gut wrenching scenes of oppression.
9/10

The Lives of Others

Set in East Germany during the Cold War. Stasi officer monitors the lives of two artists and becomes personally involved in their lives risking his own career in the process. Surprisingly predictable but worth the watch. Subtitled.

7/10

WILD HOGS: 11/14/2007
Saw the DVD at home rented from Netflix. Story of 4
married,40+ dudes who ride hogs and desire to get
away...go on the road for 2 weeks. Pretty funny; I
give it 4 stars on a 6 star scale. Good house fire &
explosion scene. In real life the 4 "Wild Hogs" would
have been killed by the gang of real guys but as this
is a movie .....no problem.

Firefly box set.

All I have to say is WOW. I haven't had this much fun watching a show since the first season of LOST. I can't believe FOX would cancel it. Well, I guess you can add one more person to the legion of fanboys pissed off about the cancellation of such a great series.

10/10

King Kong

I saw the remake today on cable. I had never seen the entire movie before. Good movie, but I would knock off many points because of the sad ending. I don't like sad endings. There was one point where King Kong kept setting Anne on her feet, knocking her over with his finger, then setting her on her feet so he could do it again. He was laughing and having a grand old time. When she yelled "no" and "enough" at him, he went on a distructive rampage throwing a temper tantrum. My dad laughed when I made the comment "typical male." (ok, so it was more like a typical preadolescent male, but reminded me of my ex husband.)

Insomnia - 8/10

it played on AMC yesterday and i watched it. it's pretty good. robin williams and al pachino were both great. the story and mood was above average. it was another suspense filled cop movie, but it was different enough to be interesting and enjoyable.

Number 23 - 4/10

The one with Jim Carey who gets the book about his life and he starts going crazy and seeing the number 23 everywhere. Pretty blah. It was really boring. I don't recommend this one at all.

The Stepford Wives (remake) - 4/10

There were some funny moments, but this movie has the biggest plot hole ever. I can't overlook that because it bothers me so much.

Serenity - 8/10

As mentioned a few posts earlier, I fell in love the show so obviously I had to watch the movie based on it. It was pretty good, although I liked the feel of the show better. I felt that the story told within the 2 hours of the movie's length should've been stretched out over a couple of 1 hour episodes were the series still on the air.

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

second view.
i really like this film, more this time than the first, even.
it's a bit hard to imagine jim carrey giving an understated performance, but this is one, and its quite affecting. kate winslett is actually good in it too.
but it's the script and the visuals that make this a fine film.
and the sound.
it was almost enough to make me interested in polyphonic spree. almost.

Thr3e - 6.5/10

Interesting movie. I liked the ending, but the acting was a little weak throughout.

Ghost Rider 5/10
coolest scene, the two ghostriders, but then he disappears on the way to the final battle.. WTF is up with that?

As LS had never seen the ODD COUPLE, we decided to get the DVD and watch it. It's coming to dinner theatre (the Carousel) in Jan. and I used the movie to coax her into wanting to see the stage show.

It's one of my all time favorite movies, no matter how often I watch it the final argument scene always has me laughing until I cry. This time around it was no different.

The only part I find slow is the whole Pigeon Sisters scene and I think it is because I have seen it so many times I know the lines by heart or it's because the actresses are lousy. But it does set the scene up for the final argument and climax of the movie.

Overall still one of my top 5 favorites of all time...... one of the funniest movies ever.

And let's not forget Lemmon's clearing his sinuses in the restaurant. :thumbsup:

Now, when does Barefoot in the Park come?

Wet Hot American Summer -- 3.5/10

When I read the description on Netflix and saw all the names of familiar actors in this movie, I got pretty excited. Unfortunately, the movie started out mediocre and went downhill until the end. When the credits rolled, the first thing to come to my mind was, "Thank God." The movie takes place at a summer camp, and that's exactly what it reminded me of.... a group of teens making up a play to perform at the talent show, spending a total of about 3 hours planning and writing the script. There were quite a few moments that may have seemed funny on paper, but in reality they were either too weird or just lame. Don't waste your time.

capricious summer (jiri menzel)

a diverting enough little 1968 czech film in which nothing happens.
three guys go swimming.
a cheap circus comes to town.
the arrival generates a brief period of sexual tension as a result of which some ambiguous events may or may not occur.
most when it is dark.
so it's hard to see.
two of the three guys who were swimming at the outset end up wearing either a sling or a bandage.
the cheap circus leaves.

strange thing is that the film is kinda cool, in that sense i assume finding oneself in a czech country town in june of 1968 can be. the june 1968 seems important somehow, but more for a viewer like me than for anyone in the film.

one guy likes to go swimming while smoking a cigar tho.

uh......

if you find yourself tired of watching films in which lots of stuff happens and would prefer one that lets you kind of hover in a place that you would not have otherwise hovered for 74 minutes, and which puts you in the position of never quite knowing what is going on because the subtitles are surreal, they cannot possibly be accurate, then check this out.

Rise 6-10, different spin on the usual vampire style movies i.e no cgi.
Curse of the golden flower, 8-10 visually stunning.

Wild Hogs - 5/10

Had some funny moments. But overall it was your average really stupid modern comedy. It really deteriorated at the end and had pretty much nothing to do with the road trip that I thought it would be.

Aliens
a good one

Rescue Dawn - 8/10
The ending was little "is that it?". But I enjoyed the movie throughout. I had no idea what it was going to be about before I watched it as my girlfriend just put it in. But I was pleasantly surprised. A war drama from the point of view of a prisoner.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry - 3/10
What a piece of crap this was, not even Jessica Beil getting felt up and prancing around in hot ass underwear saved this one. Stay away.

No Country for Old Men.

The new Cohen Bros. film. I like most of their stuff quite a bit, and I liked this one. It's quite a departure for them, in just about every way. It doesn't look or even feel like a Cohen Bros. film. Which is kind of refreshing.

Much has been made of Javier Bardem's performance, but it was Josh Brolin who captured my interest in this one. A very nice piece of acting.

A very good movie with a very frustrating ending. Which makes me like it even more.

hitman - 8/10. i just posted about it in the "hitman is coming" thread

"TRANSFORMERS" is a BAD film. A waste of time and
money I think. I give it one star on a 5 star set up.

Hitman - 6.5/10

Live Free or Die Hard - 8/10. Much better than the 2nd and 3rd one.

Live Free or Die hard - 8/10

I was expecting this to be crap. My brother picked it up and I just finished watching it. I really enjoyed it, sure some of it was total cheese but overall I really liked it. I recommend it to anyone that likes action movies.

The Twilight Samurai - 10/10

Not much to say about it. Moving and beautiful, although the ending could have used a little more polish.

If nothing else, it was interesting to watch. The first hour or so is awesome. Josh Brolin was excellent. I need to see it again, my brother started talking too much at the very end and I missed Tommy Lee Jones story.

Live Free or Die Hard (Unrated) - 8 / 10. I really enjoyed this one. I like them all about equally for many different reasons. This kept pretty true to the character though. I was quite surprised as I was expecting a pure suckfest.

Beowulf - 4 / 10. I thought this was a suckfest. I just couldn't handle it. Way WAY too much "I AM BEOWULF!!!!" over and over and over and over... I just thought they were trying too hard. I got extremely bored and had lost interest in it, as a result I couldn't enjoy the fun parts.

Checked No Country for Old Men last night. I think it might be the best the Coens have done, and I'm a total Lebowski fanboy. As far as the ending is concerned, if you think about the convo between the sheriff and his buddy, and his dream, you can deduce what happens next. Still slightly disappointing they didn't show it, but a very satisfying flick nonetheless. I rated it a 9/10 on IMDB, and I stick by it.

Perfume: A Story of a Murderer - 9/10

I loved this movie.

300 - 8/10

Watched this for the second time. I didn't like it as much as I did the first time I saw it but I still really enjoyed it. Just something about a movie where people get there shit chopped with swords makes for a good time. I also loved the fact that the "HUGE ASS GUY"s sword looked like a Katana.

The 13th Warrior

6/10

I would like to know what was going through the writers head when they made this film. However, it is a good romp, keeps you entertained. Somewhat a slashfest, there is gore, but enough humor to counter balance it.

Plus it has the dude who played Vigo in ghost busters 2!

Beowulf - as a movie 6/10, as a 3D imax experience 8.5/10

As a whole the movie was really not very good, the "actors" eyes looked so lifeless and bland, some really boring parts thrown in with the wife or the mistress. As a 3d movie is was awesome, the action was really fun to watch and had me enjoying myself immensely. However, I don't plan on ever watching this one again and would only recommend it to anyone who would go see it in the Imax.

I Know Who Killed Me - 0.05/10

The only reason that it gets that fraction of a point is due to the fact that people spent money trying to make this crap. Literally the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. The only consolation I have is that I fell asleep for about 30 minutes and missed the bit before the ending. I still don't even know what this movie is about, some guy putting sheets of dry ice on peoples hands and a case of mistaken identity... and also the worst stripper/pole dancing scene I have ever witnessed.

Got bored with TV last night and pulled out 11:14

I've already seen it two or three times, but it still pulls me in. Great writing and acting, full of irony, dark comedy and subtle horror; it's a great film when you're in that kind of mood on a lonely Saturday night. :thumbsup:

American gangster 9-10.
3-10 to Yuma 8-10
The Crow wicked prayer I'll rate this one PG (Pure Garbage).

Well I finally got to see American History X....and I was as blown away as everyone told me I would be (which is surprising as I usually dont like movies people recommend so strongly lol) I give it a 10/10

I also rewatched Sleepy Hollow....hadnt seen it since it first came out and I had forgotten just how much I loved it, Johnny Depp's acting continually amazes me, I give it an 8/10

Spiderman 3....I really was not impressed at all with this movie, but with "comic" movies I never am. I think my favorite part was when Peter was walking about in the "black suit" being a real shit lol I give it a 4/10

I saw No Country For Old Men twice in the theatre and I give it 11/10. It was one of the most perfectly executed movies I have ever seen and I recommend it to anyone who truly loves movies. It goes against all Hollywood formula to give you an amazing and unpredictable experience. It achieves perfection in all of the necessary areas such as acting, directing, dialogue, cinematography, etc. What really makes it special though is all of the small details that work together to elevate it to a level inhabited by very few films. See it and spread the word.

Lions for Lambs 8/10
I really enjoyed this movie. Though the cuts to the three different stories makes the movie a little disjoint, they are all interesting in their own right which keeps the whole engaging. The dialogue really drew me into this.

No Country for Old Men - 10/10 - Amazing. Simply amazing. Everything was perfect in this movie.

Wristcutters:A True Love Story - 9/10 - My kind of movie with its quirky odd humor and its Tom Waits. Good fun movie if you can find it playing anywhere. Plus it has Gogol Bordello music in it!

Juno - 9/10 - Just got this one in the mail randomly as a screener copy and it was great too! I love Michael Cera and Jason Bateman and Rainn Wilson though, so I might be a tad biased. Was still a very good movie though. Go see it... if it's out yet.

Mr. Brooks - 7/10

Chilling and twisted, but not thrilling... all the foreshadowing was much too obvious and so the entire second half of the movie was fairly predictable. The ending didn't really wrap everything up enough for my tastes, either. There were too many questions left unanswered, and not in a way like they were alluding to a sequel... just poor writing.

Shrek: The Third - 4/10

Nothing terribly funny or clever about it... it was an obvious attempt to cash in on the success of the other two.

Im hiring you as my personal movie suggester lol

I watched this tonite, per our conversation and I LOVED it (and not just cause of Alan Rickman either lol)

Im going to have to go read the book now, but this movie....wow, not only was it beautifully shot, the way it was shot made you feel like you were actually there.

I know most people wont agree with me but the movie made me feel like I do when I watch Eyes Wide Shut....hard to put into words, but its like Im decadently enjoying something I really shouldnt.

whew....I think I need to watch it again

I give it a 9/10 only because it started kind of slow for me

No Country For Old Men - 9/10 the ending confused me a bit but it was a fantastic movie otherwise.

Hairspray - 3/10 saw the play in Vegas with Harvey Firestine in the Edna role. movie couldnt match the stage production.

two dumb movies in a row.

borat

i know i know, a year after everyone else...

i actually had high hopes for this because i thought the borat segments on ali g were hilarious.

but i dunno...i think hanging a road trip plotline around the sequences during which regular americans humiliated themselves by doing and saying unbelievably stupid things was a problem. like borat works better if you know less about him, because he's not the point---he's a situation.

it was just----ech.
i didnt hate it, i thought parts of it were funny, one or two were really funny.
so i dont mind the period of my life that i spent watching it.

seeing other people

if you're going to make a bad film, the commit to it and make a REALLY bad film, god damn it.

i couldnt even make myself hate this movie.
each passing vanilla minute of it. i wanted to hate it.
but it just wasn't worth it, and so it didnt even give me a period of really hating something.

it was the dialogue....it wasn't bad--it wasn't great or insightful or anything else--but it wasn't bad.
it seems that the dialogue got all the attention, tho--not the characters who say the dialogue, not the quality of the acting that animated the characters, not the film-making, not the film.

this film sucks but its too boring to loathe---too vanilla----not worth the effort.

it just kinda sits there.
so did i.
and so would you.

I agree with this review 100% and I couldn't have said it better myself...weird, 'cause it feels almost like I really did say it myself, lol.

Quintessentially supreme filmmaking all around.

I saw No Country For Old Men twice, the first time it was exhilarating the second time depressing. I think its a nasty, mean-spirited movie with a bleak hopeless message.

Cashback

Story (copied from amazon.com): When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colorful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world and the people inside it - especially Sharon, the quiet checkout girl, who perhaps holds the answer to solving the problem of Ben's insomnia.

My thoughts: This film is really stylish, the characters are intriguing and the music is great. And you get to see a lot of boobs throughout this film and what is not to like about that, right?

Rating: 8/10


The Dreamers

Story (summary by amazon.com): A love letter to movies (and the French new wave of the 1960s in particular), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers starts with a 1968 riot outside of a Parisian movie palace then burrows into an insular love triangle. Matthew (Michael Pitt, Hedwig and the Angry Inch), an expatriate American student, bonds with a twin brother and sister, Isabelle (Eva Green) and Theo (Louis Garrel), over their mutual love of film--they not only quote lines of dialogue, they act out small bits and challenge each other to name the cinematic source. Matthew suspects the twins of incest, but that doesn't stop him from falling into his own intimacies with Isabelle. As the threesome becomes threatened, Paris succumbs to student riots. The Dreamers aspires to be kinky, but the results are more decorative than decadent; nonetheless, the movie's lively energy recalls the careless and vital exuberance of Godard and Truffaut.

Thoughts: The first part of the film starts out with the three main characters talking in depth about old films, which is fantastic, but in the middle of the film, the characters and story get a little darker and more sexual. The twins have a little thing for each other and play some strange sex games and Matthew gets pulled into it, which leads to full frontal nudity of both genders. If you want to see Eva Green naked (you see everything and I mean everything) or you want to find out how she does in her first motion picture, then see this film.

Rating: 8.5/10

we jam econo

a very good--if very straight formally speaking--documentary about the minutemen. the dvd comes with footage of 3 minutemen shows, so is better than seeing the theatrical version, which interperses interviews with the band, folk who knew them in various stages of post-punk sitting around in front of things modes and live footage.

if you liked them, its a great thing.

if you don't know this band, it's still a great thing--kinda gives you an idea of just how tepid and nice music that is talks about itself as rebellious has gotten.

but if you are thinking you're getting to sleep at a reasonable hour when you start the film at 11 pm and then later find out that there are 3 shows on the second disc, then you are kidding yourself.
just saying.

I agree with you and MixedMedia. ;)

This was one of the best movies I have seen in a long time.

13 Conversations About One Thing.

Just watched it for the second time.

Perfect, perfect, perfect.

One of the best character studies I've ever seen.

Tonight: The Conversation.

I saw on USA network on Wednesday and I started watching it and it was strange but a pretty good movie. I need to watch the unedited version and give another viewing and see what I missed the first time around.

American Gangster: 9/10

Excellent movie, Denzel Washington is a superb actor. The only thing that kind of killed the realism of the time was that Rza's Wu-Tang tattoo wasn't covered up. Other than that I thought the movie was extremely well done.

8/10 The Bucket List

saw a screening of this last week. It was a fun movie and made me laugh. It was a bit depressing since the main characters are cancer stricken and make a list of things they want to do before they kick the bucket. It was an interesting pairing of Nicolson and Freeman and it worked very well.

Some Like It Hot 10/10

Der Untergang - This is the final days of Adolf Hitler in his underground bunker, following various people.

... Wow. The movie is portrayed quite well (realistically), yet it still borders on surreal to watch the rapidly changing attitudes of all the people.

9/10

Agreeing here with Crow Wicked Prayer... they never could recapture whatever it was in that 1st movie. Over looking Brandon Lee dying, and some of his dialog (whatever he said while not trying to be scary) felt forced, that movie still makes me fall back.

Like many others, I also saw No Country For Old Men.

i must say that this is one great movie! fucked up and just the way i expected it to be. Unpredictable!
awesome acting from everyone. and the lack of music really threw me off.
not much else to say at the moment.

I rate this movie: 9/10

our hitler or hitler: a film from germany

a 7 hour fever dream about fascism.
while there are segments that you might experience as long of pretentious, depending as it always does on your mood at the time, this is still an amazing, unsettling experience. visually staggering, sonically most inventive.
excellent.
not for the weak, though.
7 hours is a committment, even if it is broken into 4 episodes.
it requires some stamina to sit on your couch and do this particular thing.

the case of howard philips lovecraft

apparently at documentary about lovecraft, but really a very cool film about a silhouette that sort of resembled lovecraft, but not really. something about the silohouette messes with you as a viewer--i had to watch this twice of figure out what was going on--the first time, i wasn't really sure somehow.

it's short--45 minutes--and lovely and disturbing and all other things good and lovely.

hypothesis of the stolen painting.

i love raul ruiz.
this is a most excellent raul ruiz film.
closest thing i know of to this is renais' "last year at marienbad" but that's probably because of the look of each: both were shot by sacha vierny.
you get to hang our with this curious collector who tours wants to explain to you the occult significance of a series of paintings my a guy named tonnère and to do that, you get to wander around in tableaux vivants for a while and there is no down side to that, none at all.

you cant figure out what the film "is about" for yourself.

Dreamgirls - 9/10

I love musicals, the old, good ones like The Sound of Music, Singing in the Rain, etc. The ones where they burst into song to express their feelings. This movie really had that in it. I'm really amazed that it did so well critically for this very reason. I thought it was really good and here's to hoping they make more like this.

"The Game" is WELL worth watching another time in its unedited state. I think it's a largely unappreciated movie that has a pretty decent cult following. You'll particularly enjoy it if you've gone through any fraternity-type initiation process, as it's strikingly (depending on your house maybe disturbingly) similar to some of the stuff you encounter in that area. Not the kind of movie that can really be appreciated in pieces or with segments missing, though.

Last night I watched The Door in the Floor and, while I thought it was a pretty good film, it really didn't do much for me, either. And it was yet another failed attempt to put John Irving on the screen, for I don't think it adapted very successfully. Which has pretty much been the case since Garp. The most redeeming quality of the film was the performance by Jeff Bridges.

I'll give it a 7.5/10 for good performances and not making me roll my eyes even once.

Other movies I've seen recently...sorry if I've already reviewed some of these, I'm just going down my Netflix rental history.

The US vs. John Lennon - meh, wasn't particularly illuminating, but I did learn that Tommy Smothers was there for the recording of Give Peace a Chance. Love trivia like that. 7/10

A Mighty Wind - Not as good as Guffman (really though, what is?), but that's still better than most of the crap being passed along as movies these days. 8/10

Time Code - I made it through about 10 minutes and said to myself 'I don't give a fuck about these people, I'd rather do crosswords.' So I did. I won't rate a movie I didn't finish, though.

Everything Is Illuminated - I enjoyed this film very much. It gave me one of those fleeting moments of pride rarely associated with being a human. I have not read the book, yet, but I own it and have moved it up in the limitless queue of 'books I want to read.' It was written and directed by the actor, Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate). It was his first film, I believe, and an excellent one to boot. 9/10

Broken Flowers - Very enjoyable and I so, so love Bill Murray. Fun and poignant film by perennial favorite, Jim Jarmusch. 9/10

Well, the next one on the list is the Da Vinci Code and I think I reviewed that one already...it's been a slow movie period because I got sucked into watching the first two seasons of Lost. Kind of glad that's over. It was an uncomfortable addiction...kind of like watching soap operas on the sly.

I am legend - 8/10 - Weak ending. Awesome on IMax! Now the Dark Knight 6min preview was a 10/10!!

I am Legend - 6/10
It was alright. Not exactly what I was expecting. However I do want to pick up the book and give it a read now.

The Last Legion - 3/10
Terrible, terrible movie. About the origin of the legend of Aurthur. It was so terrible, bad acting, bad dialog, terrible plot. Ugh. As soon as every character was introduced it was easy to see which "round table character" they were, but just in case you couldn't tell they tell you in some cheesy dialog at the end.

Mr. Brooks - 4/10
Not very exciting or entertaining. It just follows some guy around with a voice in his head who kills people. Thats all it is. Pretty bland in every aspect.

Sweeney Todd 10/10

Tim Burton. Johnny Depp. Helena Bonham Carter. Recipe for excellence.

I loved it. I must say I was a bit squirmish with the blade scenes. Even my step-daughter, who is the gore queen, was a bit grossed out because of the way it was filmed. It was dark and gritty and, until a better adjective can be found, quite beautiful even when it was repulsive. The opening sequence drew you into the story and kept hold of you even after the screen went black after the last scene. One of my favorites for sure.

Walk Hard - 7/10

Decent laughs, but nothing really worth matinee prices. The stuff where they try to inject Dewey Cox into reality just seemed really forced, and it just didn't flow very well. The parts where it didn't take itself too seriously were definite highlights for me. "Wow this is a really dark period!!"

I think the problem was they set the humor and pace at the beginning, but it never surpassed it. The cameos from the normal Apatow regulars were great, though, as well as Jack White's Elvis.

I Am Legend - 7/10

Great story, very well acted by Will Smith, but the dog was not always convincing. The story pulls you in and doesn't let you go.

Although I tried to justify the ending, I simply can't. For once, I'm in total agreement with others who didn't like it.

No Country For Old Men:

Everyone I know who has seen this loved it. Critics loved it. Various people here loved it.

I hated it and hubby hated it. There is nothing for me to pinpoint to say "This is the reason I didn't like it"...I just hated it and can't comprehend what all the fuss is about. The guy sitting behind us who said "For hell's sake, that's it?" at the ending, then bitched about wanting his money back pretty much sums it up for me.

Sweeney Todd - 10/10
My favorite Tim Burton movie now. It was wholly satisfying. "Try the priest."

No Country For Old Men - 9.5/10
Excellent storytelling. The only bad mark comes with the pace faltering near the end. It is a movie that you only see once though.

(I'm glad to see roachboy finally seeing movies he is enjoying :p )

a collection called the urgent cinema of salvador alvarez.

you have to find this.
right now.
dont just sit there.
go.

no. we'd just waste time if i told you about this.

go.

go now.

because you'll forget.

I think you probably mean Santiago Alvarez.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0959588/

that would be correct.
in my enthusiasm, a mistake.