Rad! I checked on Amazon UK and they have that poster for 27x40 so I might buy it and line it up next to my Hana-Bi one.

On my wall are posters of Hana-Bi, John Coltrane, a collage I did, a poster that came with a Dylan Nyoukis LP, a drawing Genteel Death did for me and a picture of a kitty heheh. I don't have any space for posters though really because my room is terribly small.

Yeah I'm going to put your thing in a frame. I have tons and tons of drawings -- my favorites are yours and one from Giuseppe -- I'm going to frame and post on my wall.

Whenever I get my own place, I'm going to have a room that is nothing but friends' drawings. I'm going to have everyone come over and draw something and I'm going to frame it. And any net friends can send me stuff, too!

Have you seen Zachariah? That's fairly out there. Also, Johnny Guitar is a definite must see for anyone who don't usually like Hollywood Westerns. It feels like a kind of Fellini/Bava/Fassbinder/Sirk take on the genre.

Personally I don't think Hollywood ever got any better than with its classic westerns. The Searchers, Stagecoach, Winchester '73, My Darling Clementine, High Noon, Shane, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence, some of the greatest art America has produced, never mind movies.

Word. I need to check out some of those films then, man. I like the idea of western art definitely.

There's nothing wrong with the more off beat westerns but the problem with most examples I've seen is that that's generally all they are. Meanwhile, you could spend an entire lifetime with a film as supposedly conventional as My Darling Clementine and still never exhaust it. I've met plenty of people who've said they just don't like or haven't seen any John Ford westerns but I've never met anyone who's said they've outgrown them.

I think I'm going to finally d/l some subs for this and watch it now.

I liked Hana-Bi, but didn't fall in love with it. I know Ishii is a big fan of this one, and I can't get enough of Ishii's stuff, so hopefully I'll be able to take more from this film. I really wanna get what the big deal is with Beat's work.

I forgot to mention earlier that I also saw Hobo with a Shotgun...I had to watch it On Demand because no theaters in PA are showing it. After seeing it, I can see why. It didn't suck or anything like that, but it's easily one of the most over the top movies I've ever seen; gore galore, children being brutally murdered and STRONG implications of pedophilia, glorified coke use, plus black humor out the wazoo. I liked Machete too, but I gotta say the producers of Hobo with a Shotgun nailed the Grindhouse aesthetic a lot more than that one did...

x-men first class 4/10
hanna 6/10 ... maybe a 7... I surprisingly enjoyed it a lot....

Scream 4.

I liked it.

Shawshank Redemption was on last night, and you cant beat that

Haha. I ended up watching that, too. God bless freeview.

shawshank redemption is really a perfect film. i have never met anyone who hated it.

Indeed, Shawshank Redemption is flawless.




Broken Wings

An Israeli film. Really good too.

9/10



I love Wes. I love Luke and his random love for a hotel maid. Owen is always hilarious when playing oblivious.

9/10

Daydream Nation

the blue light.


Um....kind of boring at first. but then it picks up. Rather depressing. it's ok.

for some reason, I just could not get this film out of my mind. I decided to give it a rewatch and now would rate it about a 9. Please watch this film.

8/10

terrorizers - 10/10

The Devil Rides Out (9/10)

If The Wicker Man is the greatest British horror film ever made, then The Devil Rides Out is easily the most quintessentially 'English'. A horror film where more tea is spilt than blood. Hammer at its absolute best.

I was in a French mood. Re-watched La Femme Nikita, one of my all time favourites, easy. La Belle Personne was a pleasant surprise, drama but drama done right.

kasaba-7/10

GREAT picture.

capped it myself, as soon as i saw the scene i knew it was classic

A friend forced me to watch this, and let me tell you - it was torturous.

First of all, the writing is beyond shit. You'll be cringing throughout the entire film if you dare expose yourself to it's cinematic fluids. Second of all, the directing/art direction is an abysmal reprise of everything that was so popular about Pulp Fiction and Natural Born Killers (both released 1 year prior to the Doom Generation), except covered in a gallon of diarrhea. Enjoy watching that, I dare you.

However, Rose McGowan was looking superb as usual. It was nice seeing all of her curves and unmentionables at various points throughout the film. She was the one saving grace of the film.



Not really good, not necessarily bad. Not much really happens, honestly. I watched this because I'm obsessed with sugary breakfast cereals, and would love to do things I dare not say on SYG to Zooey Deschannel. Oh yeah and Christopher Lloyd is in this too.

I don't wanna shit on it completely, but it was painfully mediocre in every way imaginable. The random bits of cereal trivia, cool retro cereal boxes, the occasional chuckle, and a Zooey Deschannel foot massage scene saved this from being a complete waste of time.

Paranormal Activity 2

Better than the first one, but still boooring..

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (5/10)

There's nothing really good, or even noteworthy about this movie but I somehow always manage to quite enjoy it. One of the better super hero tie ins for me, if only because it never takes itself too seriously. As with the first one, Michael Chiklis's The Thing pretty much steals the movie.

Hahaha. I watched that in the exact same situation and felt exactly the same. Near Death Proof levels of annoying.

Everything you say is true, but I still love it and love gregg araki. that doom trilogy is a total over the top nostalgia piece for me.

The Doom Generation is definately cheesy but damn Rose has never looked hotter

And now, for an injection of commonality:



And I found it highly entertaining.

And you called my Amphlett pun cringeworthy....

The Limits of Control

7/10

I saw the tail end of this some time back, and was intrigued enough that I made a note to myself to check it out if it was ever on again, to see if it made more sense as a whole. Well, it was on again, and yeah, it made more sense but still left you in the dark as to the motive behind this man's journey/mission/assignment. But I suppose it's not really as important WHY he's doing it as much as it is that he's doing it. Since you're with the main character nearly the whole time and every other characters' only real purpose seems to be in guiding him to his "target", it gives the film a very linear feel. I liked how at the end, he changes into a completely different outfit, showing either he's free of the "control" his employer had over him, or that the "Lone Man" is as much a character to the Lone Man himself as he is to the audience. I guess I'd watch it again, but only if I'm in the mood for something slow. Maybe I'm just not experienced with minimalist films. It had a cool soundtrack, though (Boris is heavily featured).

Out of the Blue (8/10)

This should be pretty cringeworthy but really is a great film. A decent shout for the best punk-associated/influenced film ever. Atsonic's a big fan I think.

Rubber - 8/10

Kaboom A weird combination of sci-fi and sex comedy.