That might have been when I asked if you were taking medication.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
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That might have been when I asked if you were taking medication.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
No shit. See what you mean. I mean what on Gods green earth could that possibly fucking mean?
I need to start reading my posts before I hit go.
I could have sworn I posted this movie in here but according to WTFsearch I didn't. 'Ichi the Killer'. Japanese gore-fest at it's best. Directed by Takashi Mike, otherwise best known for 'Audition' which is also a sick and twisted movie. It's bloody, cheesy, and great. If you have a strong stomach, and like to see nasty shit happen to people but with much more purpose than movies like Hostel or Saw, rent/borrow/buy/download Ichi.
I think you mentioned that before. I swear I remember reading it.
Yeah me too but 'Ichi' has no results and 'killer' didn't bring up anything regarding the movie. I watched it last night so it came to mind.
Curse of the Golden Flower is a Chinese feudal saga based off a play, starring Chow Yun-Fat as a badass emperor and the luscious Li Gong as the empress. It's a beautiful but ponderous movie for the first hour or so, then becomes more intense with awesomely pretty fight scenes and an ending that isn't the "happy happy joy joy" Hollywood kind. It's a thumbs up.
If you're watching on your computer, you can take a random frame from the movie and use it as your screen saver. Recommended with psychedelic drugs.
Chow gets a thumbs up from me forever for being in the first "A Better Tomorrow." The sequels sucked hard, but the original was seriously one of the best HK crime dramas ever. In the scene when Ho finds Mark living off of tips in the parking garage, I actually choked up. Also, tell me this isn't the most pimped out shit ever:
Hard Boiled and The Killer rank up there too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Swami
Actually the killer to me is the best one period.
Also try one of John Woo's early martial arts films "Last hurrah For Chivalry".... Great Kung Fu Movie.
Watched "Revolver."
Yikes. 5.5/10.
Dan in Real Life sucked. Wasn't that funny and I kept waiting for a voice-over to tell me "This movie was brought to you by Abercrombie & Fitch and L. L. Bean." It seemed a little too "cute" for all intents and purposes.
Saw American Gangster...pretty badass movie, starts a bit slow but gets a lot better as it goes along. Pretty compelling ending too.
Saw The Darjeeling Limited. Interesting movie. I admit that I really like Wes Anderson's movies for the most part. His movies have this theme where everything is hilariously banal - his characters are so disconnected from their own lives that they actually seem kind of dumb, and everyone seems unable to relate to one another, and hilarity ensues. But underneath it all is always a profound sadness.
This one was no different. WA's last movie (The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) was criticized for being a little too inscrutable - like, you couldn't really figure out what the point of the story was. The minor flaw with Darjeeling Limited is that it's exactly the opposite - the story is actually a little formulaic. There's a pivotal moment in the movie where the mood changes, and from that point you can pretty much predict what happens up to the end.
Still, the dynamic between the 3 actors is fantastic. Despite the fact that none of them look remotely like one another, their chemistry really makes you believe that they could be brothers. 3.5/5 stars.
I would like Wes Anderson to show a little range in any of the following catagories:
Mood
Cinematography
Theme
Casting
Title Font Selection
Dialogue
I like Wes Anderson's movie. Each time he's come out with it.
Went to 21 over the weekend. It seemed very formulaic to me. I could see where the movie was going the entire time. It has a "twist" (what movie nowadays doesn't?) at the end, but like I said, it was very easy to see it coming.
I give it a C-.
It's based on a true story, so that tends to handcuff the creativity of the screenwriter in most cases.Quote:
Originally Posted by MoTown
Since when?
"Based on a true story" is the worst term to ever hit cinema.
300 was based on a true story.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre was based on a true story.
The actual likeness of the movie to the true events are this: There was a group of kids in college who figured out how to beat the blackjack system. That's it. They were a bunch of Asian kids who were in it for the thrill. It had nothing to do with paying for tuition.
Sorry about the mini-rant. It's just every preview that I see a "based on a true story" message come up, I feel like vomiting.
Make it a great day, Glenn.
cynics
So right before they go into the casino, maybe a giant bear should have attacked them or something.
It's kind of hard to vary the mood in his movies, or else the sense of humor is kind of lost. But give the guy a little credit - the mood in this movie was pretty broken up by the big rescue scene.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fool
He does have a tendency to set up every shot like it's a framed painting, but I find it neat.Quote:
Cinematography
Hey now, not all of his movies had a strong "dysfunctional family" theme. Although admittedly, even in Rushmore, we find out later in the movie that the reason these two jerks are so screwed up is because of their families.Quote:
Theme
Every small-time, semi-indie filmmaker tends to have a limited casting reach. But I agree, I would like to see one of his movies without a Wilson in it.Quote:
Casting
Oh come on. Now you're just being petty.Quote:
Title Font Selection
Not sure what you mean here. I don't find his dialogue to be boring at all. The dialogue for Royal Tenenbaum is pretty different from the dialogue for Chas Tenenbaum.Quote:
Dialogue
There's nothing wrong with a filmmaker who's got a distinctive style, as long as that style isn't horrible by itself. For instance, Kevin Smith has a distinctive style, but it's a horrible distinctive style. I easily recognize his movies by the awful high-school play dialogue and amateur porn camera work.Quote:
I like Wes Anderson's movie. Each time he's come out with it.
The casino part was fine. It was everything outside of the casino.Quote:
Originally Posted by Glenn
And don't be ridiculous. Bears don't even live in Las Vegas. Vampires do, though...
No one said there was anything wrong with having only one note, but one note is indeed all the guy has. I liked Rushmore and I own the Royal Tenenbaums He's good at what he does. As long as we all agree he only does that one thing. Hell, even that American Express commercial was the same note as his flicks.
Oh, and by dialogue I'm talking across films not within a single film between characters. I'm not saying each character in a given movie speaks the same, I'm saying the dialogue of each movie, in respect to each other movie, is the same.
David Mamet is the same way, and he rulez
Wes Anderson is no David Mamet.
Agreed.
Does anybody watch the show "The Unit". It's David Mamet produced/directed/somethinged and is pretty entertaining.
More details, please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinny
Swam...I saw in an interview with WA on The Life Aquatic. One of the questions I had was whether Steve really was Kingsley's father. I got a bonner when i heard the question asked and then WA said..."I don't think we can tell from the movie"
I thought WTF is that?
What do you make of that answer. I mean he develops the characters and whether he was the father was in the plot to some extent.
I was disapointed to say the least.
BTW... I loved the movie. Loved the deliberate artificialnessness of lots of the props, etc.
I've seen a few episodes and you've said it perfectly, it's a good watch. I got really sucked into the episode where terrorists take over a high school.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinny
I think what he's talking about is that the question of whether or not Kingsley is really Steve's kid is not really the focus of the story. The focus of the story is the personality of Steve Zissou, this guy who gave up having a normal life (including having a real family) so he could become a legend. It's a story about what it costs a person when he devotes his entire life to his career. The audience never finds out whether or not Kingsley is his son, because Steve never cared to know either.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahoe
But back to Darjeeling (SPOILER ALERT) ... These three guys go to India, hoping to have some kind of life-changing mystical experience, and they did. But not in the pre-arranged way that the Owen Wilson character wanted. Jason Schwartzman has his little affair with the Savoury Snacks girl, which completely changes him. Adrian Brody has that kid die practically in his arms and that completely changes him. And near the end of the movie, Owen Wilson takes the bandages off his head to show his brothers that he's vulnerable, he is not a monster, he's not indestructible. That was a pretty powerful moment, to me.
Didn't click.
I'm suspicious.
But then I wanted to hear the song, so I clicked anyways.
The first link doesn't work, but I can see where you were going with that.
There is also some information here as well http://www.tvexcellence.com/theunit/
Thanks!
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'Seducing Dr Lewis' French flic about a small fishing town trying to recruit a manufacturing plant, but first it needs to sign a Doctor.
No bombs, no Presidents in exploding 747s, just some good clean humor.
I give iron man a 9 out of 10. A popcorn Superhero action movie done right. Also solid performances from everybody, but especially Jeff Bridges. I thought he laid down a performance better than you'd expect for a movie of this type. Maybe he is "the dude"
Agree 100%. Favereau didn't try and make it overly "comic-bookie" but didn't try and make it overly realistic. I loved it. While a little old, Robert Downey, Jr. was a good choice for Stark. I wish there was a little more ass-kicking in it, but I survived. Also, unlike most superhero movies, he didn't take it easy on the bad guys and let them get arrested. He fucked them up.