great films/ratings here. Totally deadon.

BROKEN FLOWERS, while pretty good, is just about one of the most overrated films ever (the script was stolen, btw -- look it up on google -- pretty nuts). That goes for most of JJ's films, aside from LIMITS OF CONTROL, which is one of the best films of all time.

sound of noise - 9/10

Cube

8/10

I actually first saw this when I was 17. I was a sheltered child; it was of the first R-rated films I saw, and my first horror (the setting is kinda sci-fi, but the general plot/atmosphere is more in keeping with psychological horror) movie ever. I had never seen anything so graphic or heard dark ambient music like its soundtrack--basically, never exposed to anything so calculated to be as intense as possible and yet be intelligent about it. So naturally, it scared the crap out of me...I got as far as the part where they come across Rennes' body and think they're going in circles before I had to shut it off. Well, I decided to give it another try via the internet (how far we've come since 1999), and I have to say, I really enjoyed it! Not only did I conquer my fear of the movie, but I was also treated to an interesting story and a brillant show of what can be done with so little (the whole thing was shot in one room; they just changed the lighting behind the panels). Yeah, the woman who played the doctor was a little over the top (to think someone as irritable as her could be in charge of saving people's lives) and the some of the effects haven't aged particularly well, but overall, I ended up liking it a lot. Maybe I'll check out the sequel, but I doubt I'll check out the prequel (robbing the Cube of its ambiguity takes away some of its fearsomeness).

I dunno if you're still stimulated by horror shit, but you might wanna give Hack/Slash a go. I haven't gotten around to LOVE AND ROCKETS yet, and haven't even heard of 20th Century Eightball - but Hack/Slash is really, really, really cool! I'm slowly making my way through back-issues but they sell the anthologies/omnibi/graphic novels as well.

Lots of horror, lots of cleavage, lots of one-liners.

 

It's been a while since I've stumbled onto a film that's has absolutely captured my heart, and this French film by director/writer Céline Sciamma has done just that. "Female sexual awakening" was the tag line on Netflix, and first I have to admit I wrote it off as some chick flick, but the art kept calling to me. Finally I watched it, should ignored my first instincts and just have watched it.

All the way through this film I loved the electronic music that scored the scenes beautifully. I almost wanted to say I probably listen to this person who scored this film, well... I do! Para One composed this entire score! This dude does the beats and production for the phenomenal Ninja Tune/Bid Dada artists TTC (Some of the best foreign hip-hop not known to the majority). I was so excited after credits.

The film itself documents the sexual awaking of female girls, one girl is on the outside looking in at the neighbourhood swim club in suburbia France, the other is the successful and popular leader of the top age group in the club. This film so much more then some cliche young lesbian romp. I will realize this when the aura of the film takes you in.

The final scene was bliss.

10/10

Great movie by the director of "The Triplets of Belleville", so it has the same sparse dialouge which allows you to focus and appreciate the artwork of the animation a lot more.

i wanna see il cartaio soon


9/10

Brüno - disturbingly funny movie!

how was this???? it looks amazing but it doesn't play where I live until june 26th:(

The Kentucky Fried Movie (3/10)

A series of sub-par Saturday Night Live sketches spiced up with a bit of nudity and a far too long Enter the Dragon parody that isn't even remotely funny, It's hard to imagine how this ever got even a cult audience at the time it was released. But then I never found Mad magazine very funny, either.

i'm in the mood for something dumb so i'm going to give this a try


edit: was awful and i gave up after 15 minutes

I tried Kentucky Fried Movie once and recall also being let down. The 70s were a fucked up time if that became cult.

his best work. it was an experience. and of course it was beautifully shot.
a lot of people like to compare it to 2001, but i don't think i agree with that.
it's an uplifting movie to watch. which i fucking loved.

i smoked a joint beforehand and the music was fantastic all throughout.

highly recommend

MacGruber, it was pretty funny but very B.

I'm watching Neon Genesis Evangelion and Lucky Star.

Yeah, they aren't movies but fuck you.

+1 Eva and Lucky Star

YES! Evangelion is my favorite thing, ever, basically.

Check out TATAMI GALAXY and PARANOIA AGENT if you haven't, eva fans. They're both great! I used to be HUGE into anime... maybe I'll get back into it when done with the graphic novels/comics thing I'm going through right now..

*cough* Hack/Slash *cough* *cough*

*Meh* Chete

*SPOILERS*

I'm not sure how a film with Cheech Marin getting crucified, Lindsay Lohan's bare tits, Lindsay Lohan as a nun with a gun (god, I love where her career is headed), and intestine-swingin'/window smashin' action disappointed me. I think it's my problem with all these types of exploitation-throwback flicks, they feel so forced that they miss the genuine intrigue of a cult film completely. Oh and that digital film grain makes me wanna puke... repugnant.

I'd have been much better off watching From Dusk Till Dawn, El Mariachi, Sin City, the Faculty or even Spy Kids for the zillionth time.

Not awful, but I don't think it had anywhere near as much pizazz as it promised.

I thought Machete was pretty decent. Pretty typical Rodriguez action film, really -- nothing special. He hasn't wowed me much, ever, except for the beginning and end of Sin City (the story with the talking head, where Tarantino guest-directed, was horrible). Rodriguez is an entertaining enough director, I wonder what would happen if he ever tried to direct something with substance though.

You mean like Shark Boy and Lava Girl?

I liked Seagal dying in Machete, you don't see that happen much!

watched this on tv yesterday

Eh, I guess once you get around that it's a sci-fi horror flick that isn't really all that scary, it's OK.

word, this is only the 2nd movie he died in...


TRIVIA: WHO HERE CAN NAME THE FIRST MOVIE HE DIED IN

His character died in "Executive Decision"

yeah it's totally true

the seventh seal - 9/10

very good! you now get rep

parting glances... featuring a gay Steve Buscemi.

and some documentary about hitler being gay and being into scat and golden showers...



Both were uhhhhh... kinda sexy, really.

^ looks interesting ! maybe it will be my next.

Watched

Der Untergang (Downfall)

Portrays the last 2 weeks of Hitler's life. Not the best made film but compelling nonetheless.

Went into this expecting it to be hokey and cheesy, and it certainly has it moments of that but overall it was pretty good.

I love the original Wicker Man to death. I know demonrail is also a HUGE fan... I think it's his all-time favorite actually.

It's just so genuinely eerie to me, and the rhythmic nude singing bit (Willow's Song) is among my top scenes ever.

Dr Eugene^^Yeah, I absolutely love it. One of those films where it's a real case of, "where the fuck did that come from?". Britain's Deliverance.



The Great Silence (7/10)

I'm not a huge spaghetti western fan but I'd rank this among the best. The fact most of it's set in the snow is a nice touch, and a great Morricone score.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ml5zknAL2M

Lessee... westerns, westerns.. I really need to check out some more. I wish there were more weird, nontraditional ones. Obviously, love Leone, love Tombstone and Unforgiven... But yeah, for me, the best ever are EL TOPO (I know, it's not "really" a western), Cutthroats 9 (violent as hell; the Unsane side project named after this movie is one of the coolest bands ever, to boot)...

Deadlock...




and I think the absolute king of westerns is ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, which is just about the most perfect film ever..






Anyway, I haven't watched many films, as I've been watching seasons 1-7 of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, which is one of my favorite shows ever. But this morning I caught


TALK RADIO, a low 8/10.

Also, I've watched this one about 30 times anyway (it's only 27 minutes long), but I always love showing it to new people, Giuseppe's "ESOTERICA"...






I wish he hadn't retired. This was second to last film ever., and it's easily a 10/10.

Him (who made 35 classic films, none I'd rate lower than a 7, in 10 years; TOUCH ME IN THE MORNING is in my top 10 films of all time) and Damon Packard (Reflections of Evil, Spacedisco One) and James Fotopolous (Back Against the Wall, one of the best films of all time) and Ryan Trecartin (I-BE Area, Family Finds Entertainment; this guy is the winner of a $1,000,000 reward and has said he's going to make a film that uses a lot of the $1m! Considering his films so far are pretty much no-budget affairs, this should be exciting and insane) are basically the gods of the new age of "no-budget" TRUELY independant filmmakers.

Oh, hey Derek! Guess what I bought (inspired by your poster purchase)?





It was only $4 after shipping! Supercheap. It's 11x17.

I actually don't have many posters, I need to buy some more. So far I have: SONIC YOUTH - Goo, Polysics (3), Melt Banana, XBXRX, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of dEad, Mega Man Anniversary, Kirby, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ren and Stimpy, Shin Chan, Monk (yeah, a Monk poster!), EL TOPO, Ico, Super Metroid, Smash TV, Batman (actually, it's just the Joker), Power Rangers, and Charles Manson posters! Haha. I'll have to snap some photos sometime, it's really dark down in this basement. I also have lots of weird shit hanging up, like I have a 5 foot long StarFox 64 starfox ship I got from WalMart for free when they took the display down. I have a Diddy Kong Racing diddy airplane thing. I also have a 12 foor long (!) Mortal Kombat 4 poster that's amde of.. pleather? It kinda looks/feels like leather.
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Oh yeah, I have a GEX: ENTER THE GECKO pleather (?) thing that is circular like a lidsticker bus is way too big to fit on a lid. A bunch of weird shit. One day I'll probably sell it all..