I just saw The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004). I expected it to be horrible based on the reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised. The script was confused and muddled, but every other aspect was superb, so I was never bored. I gave it a 7/10.
The 80's synth-y soundtrack is unforgivable for a Clint Eastwood movie. I realize this is the 5th Dirty Harry film, but I actually haven't seen the previous installments. Anyone have a favorite?
*Oh my god. I just got to the part with the satanic, leather-pants-clad Jim Carrey character lip-syncing to Welcome to the Jungle.
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Hmm, not sure what you mean by "fourthing", looked it up at UrbanDictionary.com as well as in the regular one.
You know, I don't get what people see in that flick.
Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.
Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.
Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.
Hrm. Never thought about it as a kind of Frankenstein. I'll have to watch it again.
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Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.
Going out on a limb here: Cautionary tale of human frailty -- with social criticism -- on a metaphysically epic scale.
I'm not really sure what that means. I thought it was mostly that capitalism is competition is struggle and replaces and destroys familial and social relations; in the end stasis can only be reached if the competitor is destroyed.
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Oh man I was stupid and *again* forgot to put my netflix dvds in the mail.
I hate it when I do that!
I think at this point you are "fourthing" the greatness that is Pan's Labyrinth.
Hmm, not sure what you mean by "fourthing", looked it up at UrbanDictionary.com as well as in the regular one.
The 80's synth-y soundtrack is unforgivable for a Clint Eastwood movie. I realize this is the 5th Dirty Harry film, but I actually haven't seen the previous installments. Anyone have a favorite?
*Oh my god. I just got to the part with the satanic, leather-pants-clad Jim Carrey character lip-syncing to Welcome to the Jungle.
Hmm, not sure what you mean by "fourthing", looked it up at UrbanDictionary.com as well as in the regular one.
(Seconded, Thirded, Fourthed, etc.)
Pretty sure I made it up.
I just watched It's a Wonderful Life, in color. I hadn't seen it in several years. What a great film! They don't make them like that anymore.
Echhh! The colorized version! The horror! The horror!
Nothing less than the original black and white original for me. Adding color to a black and white movie is an abomination.
Echhh! The colorized version! The horror! The horror!
Nothing less than the original black and white original for me. Adding color to a black and white movie is an abomination.
I thought i'd feel the same, but it looks like 1970 color, not like 2008 color. It still has an old film look to it.
However, i'll be watching the original version next time.
Pan's Labrynth
Y tu mama, tambien?
Unfaithful (Diane Lane is a fox
A Life Aquatic
300
Hard Candy (Please, do yourself a favor and watch one of the most brilliantly written movies. If you like a psychological movie then this is it!!!)
Any movie with Chris Farley in it (i.e. - Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Almost Heros, Beverly Hills Ninja, ect...)
No Country For Old Men - must see
There Will Be Blood
Taxi Driver
There are too many to list but go watch Hard Candy and tell me what you think.....def
Scarface
Pan's Labrynth
Y tu mama, tambien?
Unfaithful (Diane Lane is a fox
A Life Aquatic
300
Hard Candy (Please, do yourself a favor and watch one of the most brilliantly written movies. If you like a psychological movie then this is it!!!)
Any movie with Chris Farley in it (i.e. - Black Sheep, Tommy Boy, Almost Heros, Beverly Hills Ninja, ect...)
No Country For Old Men - must see
There Will Be Blood
Taxi Driver
There are too many to list but go watch Hard Candy and tell me what you think.....def
oooh Hard Candy is sooo good.
I forgot one: Dark City
You know, I don't get what people see in that flick.
You know, I don't get what people see in that flick.
Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.
Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.
What did you think about No Country for Old Men?
Here's my list I think. In some kind of order I think.
Citizen Kane
Taxi Driver
God Father
Blade Runner
2001 Space Odyssey
The Graduate
Groundhog's Day
Shawshank Redemption
The Color Purple
Cinema Paradiso (not the directors cut, the first cut was better)
I'm sitting here trying to ignore Tristan and Isolde -- but it's pretty damn good. Harry from Spiderman and Rufus from Dark City.
Fighting God/Fate -- one of the most self-consciously godless popular films I've seen. A man is "born" in water at the beginning, and proceeds to transcend, and then kill, his god-captors. The Scientist is his salvific figure/conduit to self-realization.
Hrm. Never thought about it as a kind of Frankenstein. I'll have to watch it again.
Now, the whole space-vampire thing was weak, but otherwise it's pretty tight. The imagery of being manipulated for sport is very strong.
Agreed.
What did you think about No Country for Old Men?
I thought it was a work of sheer genius.
I forgot about 2001.
I'm sitting here trying to ignore Tristan and Isolde -- but it's pretty damn good. Harry from Spiderman and Rufus from Dark City.
Hahahaha! I had the same reaction to it (sort of like King Arthur). I wanted it to be bad, and it just...wasn't.
I thought it was a work of sheer genius.
Yep.
Going out on a limb here: Cautionary tale of human frailty -- with social criticism -- on a metaphysically epic scale.
Hahahaha! I had the same reaction to it (sort of like King Arthur). I wanted it to be bad, and it just...wasn't.
Jeez -- and what a setup. 'Makes Romeo and Juliet look like When Harry Met Sally.
Yep.
Going out on a limb here: Cautionary tale of human frailty -- with social criticism -- on a metaphysically epic scale.
I'm not really sure what that means. I thought it was mostly that capitalism is competition is struggle and replaces and destroys familial and social relations; in the end stasis can only be reached if the competitor is destroyed.
Once
2046, Chungking Express, Days of Being Wild, In the Mood for Love
Rope, Rear Window
Blade Runner
The Double Life of Veronique, Trois Couleurs
Brother
The Apartment
Cold Fever
Blue Velvet
Brazil, Holy Grail
Contempt, Breathless, Bande a part
Hiroshima mon amour
Star Wars 4, 5 & 6
Delicatessen
The Princess Bride
Bagdad Cafe
La Haine
Beat Street
Wild Style
Stand by Me
Vengeance Is Mine
Last Tango in Paris
Talladega Nights
Batman, Beetlejuice
Barton Fink, Miller's Crossing, Hudsucker Proxy, Lebowski, O Brother, No Country For Old Men
Repulsion, The Tenant, The Pianist, Rosemary's Baby
Coffee and Cigarettes, Mystery Train
Shop Girl
Mad Max
Friday
City of Lost Children
Oldboy
Paris, je t'aime
Hardware
Communion
City of God
Alien(s)
All Miyazaki films
All Wes Anderson films
Pixar FTW
2001
Heavy Traffic, Fritz and Wizards
Wait Until Dark
Damn, that's too long. Anyway, does HBO count? I say yes, so Deadwood and Carnivale