I think it did bomb. I remember watching the trailer for this movie and being completely turned off. I was stunned when I read Yo La Tengo wrote the score to the movie

I liked Adventureland a lot. Really good.

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I just watched When In Rome, cuz Kristen Bell.

i just watched "return to blue lagoon" [for the 2nd time], because 16-year-old milla jovovich lights my fire

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQO5I...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHLFO...eature=channel

2nd masterpiece of the obama era

1st was this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKqP...eature=related

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Peppermint Candy

watched infernal affairs 2 and 3, pretty decent

I couldnt get into it, maybe it was too late.

The "trippy" scenes werent even tripping me out, just giving me a headache. I fast forwarded through them.

BTW, When In Rome is a really bizarre rom-com. It had it's moments. But for the most part it was strange in an 80's kind of way. BUT what I wanted to point out was that Ghostface Killah was in it for some reason. Really weird brief cameo haha. Ghostface & Kristen Bell in the same movie. Awesome.

Now I'm watching Couples Retreat.

Rewatched Enter the Void AGAIN with a friend. Up there with Giuseppe's "the fast" as film of the year.

Well, this film is an atmospheric experiment, not really a "film" in the conventional sense. This one just gets better and better with every watch. I wasn't a Noe fan at all but this film was a masterpiece. You were probably just expecting something different.


beast cops - 9/10

One of the best Hong Kong films of all time..

It's been a great movie week for me. Just watched Hana-Bi and was completely blown, one of the best films I've seen. It managed to be deeply touching, darkly humorous, violent and extremely beautiful all at once. So good.

And Dead Man's Letters has to be the best post-apocalyptic movie I've seen. So dark and depressing from start to finish.



10/10



9/10



8/10

Dekalog Part 9: 7/10



7/10

Kung Pow: 6/10

RIGHT! HANA-BI! I was gonna watch that too!

hana-bi is the greatest film ever made

Here's me with my favorite film:

 

8/10

Really? As far as Coen films go, I love most of them, except some of the George Clooney ones, and the Tom Hanks one... yet A Serious Man didn't do much for me.. especially when compared to recent films like No Country for old MEN and The MAN who wasn't There (see what I did there, MAN?). I appreciate how low-key it was, after the HUGE successes of their recent films.. but man, it just didn't really do much for the most part, it kinda fell flat. Shrug. Some of the actors (all the unknowns!) were cool, and it had a dark vibe at times, a bit unlike most of Coens films (not quite as dark as a Solondz film or anything but stll..). Perhaps a bit underrated actually (I seem to remember it getting awful reviews) but an 8/10 is what I'd give Fargo, Blood Simple, Barton Fink, and the Big Lebowski.. y'know?

re-watched

FROWNLAND - 9/10

This is going to be an acquired taste, it looked and felt a bit like a fotopolous film though it's not as brilliant as his stuff. this is one dirty, slowburning, grimey, nasty, awkward, dark as hell film.


Never does "much", doesn't need to, gets by on brilliant atmosphere, challenging structure, and completely unlikeable characters!



This is the reason I watch movies though, all in all; these nasty, honest gems. This guy spent ALL HIS MONEY on his film -- kinda like the similiarly brilliant Reflections of Evil.. it's so fucking in-your-face and raw and purposely abrasive that you really have to sit and wonder.. why. As much as I liked it, it will appeal only to a very very small, very particular sect of people.



Which is really fucking inspiring to me. And it also kinda makes me want to give up, as a filmmaker.. I'll never match brilliance like this. Highly reccomended... that you read up on it a bit first and see if it's something you think you'll like. Since Derek has quit the board and will never see this.... hey, Derek, check this film out, you'll dig it.

And, yes, it was named after a Beefhart song.

Yup. A new Coen classic in my book. Not quite as good as Fargo, or Lebowski... but definitely on par, if not better, than Blood Simple or Barton Fink, although it's a completely different kind of film. Maybe I'm nuts though, 'cause I felt the same damn way about their Ladykillers remake, and Raising Arizona.

I definitely see what you mean of it feeling like a less-dark Solondz film, I was actually thinking the same thing, but it's also sort of a breed of it's own. Sorta in the same vein as The Weatherman.... sorta. I love dark comedies, and while this had some great mean-spirited humor in it, I'd consider it much more of a drama about the uncertainty of life. I absolutely loved it.

Fargo is fucking unbelievably good. Easily their best.

I guess I just need to watch it again. I saw it the day it came out. It just felt a bit too dry. Also, didn't like the opening at all, which felt really out of place. Definitley need to get some more dark comedies. You have seen Corndog Man, right? It's dark as hell, and also THE funniest movie I've ever seen -- it made my grandpa laugh (!), and I've NEVER seen him laugh, really. He's the dryest, meanest person I've ever met, no shit.

Fargo's a 10/10 imo.

thanks joe, I know what I'll be doing tonight (watching serious man)

50 min later...



:p hahaha

I'd suggest you give it another shot. Lauren said she liked it much better the second time around, as do many posters on IMDB. I guess I was lucky to "get it", or whatever, right away.

The beginning was a little out of place, even if it did fit the central theme. I completely forgot about it. I would've cut that... but then again, where are all my sweet Academy Awards?

I never got around to checking out Old Country For Old Men, or Burn After Reading. Anyone know if those 2 are worth checking out? I've heard the former was supposed to be outstanding.

Yeah I didn't mean to put Fargo in the 8/10 list really. I've seen that movie 15 times I bet. I love it.

No idea what this is, haha, but they have a movie called No Country for Old Men that is a masterpiece. a high 8/10, or a low 9/10. This is one of the most daring mainstream films of recent membory; no big name actors (Tommy Lee Jones doesn't count... weird, a guy flips a coin to make decisions, like Tommy Lee "Pepto Bismal Two Face" in Batman Nukem Forever), and hardly any soundtrack (bringing to mind classics like Kitanos Boiling Point, most of Sidney Lumet's best films like Prince of the City, Dog Day Afternoon, and Network... oh, and let's not forget I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE), though there are plenty of great atmospheric sounds. Great wind. Best wind sounds ever.

No, seriously -- topnotch film. The way it went back and forth... fuck, that movie was BRILLIANT. One of the most exciting films ever. They don't make crime films like that anymore. Felt like a gritty hardened early 90's thriller, like City of Industry or To Live and Die In L.A. (in fact, one of the things that shocked me in TLaDiL.A. was very similiar to something that shocked the hell out of me in NO COUNTRY... dont' want to spoil it though).

It's hard to describe it; it's just one fucking gripping film. From the first frame (actually, the first 5 minutes is close to Blood Simple, with the narration and the views of Texas...).

It felt kinda like a classic John Dahl film.. kill me again, red rock west, last seduction... but with that classic Coens spin. It's also their darkest film.

I'll go ahead and call it a work of genius. It's their 2nd best film next to Fargo. IMO, it's more like a Japanese film, like a Kitano film or Gonin or something (you know, there's no yakuza involvement or anything ,but...), in the way it completely flips the crime genre on its head. Also, its emphasis on atmosphere, character developement, and some shocking twists. Compelling as fuck. I remmeber seeing it in theatres and my jaw dropping about 4 times. I sat in silence as the credits rolled. It took me a while to gian my composure (felt similiar after seeing Pot's Skilled Gram.. Scott Pilgrim really) after seeing it, really.. just the way it ends.. jesus... then I finally said, "That was a FUCKING GREAT FILM. Wow." The gir lI was with laughed and said "yah it was purdy good tee hee." She was a dumb.

I hated Burn After Reading.

Oh yeah, I saw Corndog Man... it was.... ummmm ..... interesting. The dialogue was pretty funny...but the plot felt kinda weak to me.

7/10

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The Coens are at their best when they're working with the minute quirks of everyday life. The bits of honesty they tag to the end of scenes, long after most directors would yell "cut!". The characters in their films are extremely realistic, no matter how outrageous the circumstances they find themselves in may be (aside from a goofy comedy like The Ladykillers, where the acting was obviously intended to be over the top - a brave move on their part). That's half the brilliance of Fargo, it makes it so much stronger than just a clever crime tale.

(and watching No Country.. again.)

As for Burn, trust my rule: Geoge Clooney is in it, IT SUCKS. It's their best film with him in it.. Brad Pitt is phenomenal as usual (strangely enough). But otherwise, I didn't like it at all.

Haha, I thought about it, and you're absolutely right. Aside from From Dusk Till Dawn - THAT MOVIE KICKS SO MUCH ASS! Oh, and that old episode of South Park where he voiced the barks of Stan's gay dog.

I've heard he's an absolute saint to his fans though. Which is really cool for such a big-time celebrity.

EDIT: He was pretty good on Roseanne too! But that's about it. I even have this double feature DVD with Return of the Killer Tomatoes, and Return to Horror High on it (both featuring George Clooney as a youngin'). No matter how hard I've tried, I've never been able to make it through either film in it's entirety without dozing off.

this page is pretty

wtf/10

7.5/10

I was dying with laughter throughout the entire film. What a riot. Basketball decapitation scene was mindblowing. I felt very cheated by the twist at the end though.

the human centipede...
strange...way not as explicit as I thought but kind of the same level of "urks"

Did this leak? I've actually talked with Danny Perez via email before and sent him some of my stuff, he seems like a cool dude, I'll probably buy a copy of this even though I'm not a huge fan of that band. I did listen to SUNG TONGS while on acid and watching DOG STAR MAN at the same time, which was one of the coolest experiences of my life.

Since 1997 back in grade 6, when I watched The Fifth Element in theaters, has Luc Besson been on my mind as my favourite director, even at that young age. He communicates something unique and true, that really sits well with me and Angel-A is no different. It almost had me in tears, beautiful. Great soundtrack by Anja Garbarek too. Rie Rasmussen is absolutely drop dead gorgeous.

10/10






Took me WAY too long to finally see this movie! Wow.. just wow.. so much more then some trivial and retarded "dude let's shoot up and like.. trip out.. man" drug related movie. This is film is a trip down the downward spiral that is the psychological rabbit hole of a addict. The Criterion version is one I should've watched, but Netflix has the edited version which still assaults the eyes pretty good in those last 10 minutes of the film. What do they show in the un-edited version?!







It helps that I'm a huge weeaboo, but I could watch these kinds of Japanese dramas all day long.






Netflix was a little misleading to what kind of film this was. Is it a thriller? Or is it a drama? Is it a romance? Its ALL three! I was blown away how good this was, but honestly.. Audrey Tautou rules.

I love TOKYO SONATA. I highly reccomend THE HANGING GARDEN...

the unedited Requiem for a Dream shows a dildo in two asses at the same time. It's like a 2 second shot. I think that's the only difference. just a couple cuts from the sex scene.

Also, there is no Criterion Collection version of Requiem for a Dream, that's a fake cover.

I don't like Requiem at all, personally, besides the music. It was well-made, just didn't care for the story or the characters (then again, I love SPUN, which is extremely ridiculous but it's still fun). As far as drug movies go, MOST HIGH is probably my alltime favorite.. it's scary as hell and REAL.. the director lost 92 pounds or so for his role.. he really was on meth, so the movie is very real.. also, STORY OF A JUNKIE is worth checking out, too, VERY real, it was filmed in the 80's I believe, with real junkies.. scary as hell.

AC, did you like A Simple Man more this time around?

there is a censored version of reqiuem?
you silly americans, hahaha
but i absolutely dont like the movie, too.
something is just not right there.

Not censored, edited. You still see a lot of dildo scene. Maybe Netflix just has the edited version cover uploaded, because the sex scene was pretty explicit. Not fit for shelves of American Wal-Marts, that's for sure.

Will be sure to check out The Hanging Garden!

DAMN NO CRITERION REQUIEM!? awww

I didn't get around to rewatcng it last night, was remastering some Scissor Shock albums all night for the 10 year anniversary of the band next year. The fans (all 5 of them) will be in for a surprise when they hear the new version of personal favorite HOW TO MAKE A SCREAM QUEEN CREAM.