that film was really great. i thoroughly enjoyed it and thought that it was really well done.

followed by



needless to say, both were amazing.

Blank City

I'm sure plenty here have already seen it. Great documentary. Even if you're not into the films, the archive footage of the No Wave scene and general 70s NY nastiness is priceless.

Inspired me to stick this on again ...



Fingered

Easily my favourite Richard Kern movie. I just love everything about this film.

Followed by ...



The Right Side of My Brain

Easily my second favourite Richard Kern movie. I just love everything about this film.

I want to like Altman more than I do. I love Nashville but I think that has more to do with me liking the subject matter than anything to do with the film itself. I've not seen 4 Women, though, so can't comment on that. I do like Short Cuts, though.

High Art

Last night on netflix.

First time for the gf, my 2nd time.

Meh, it's all right. A little pretentious, but kind of fascinating nonetheless.

Better than Faraway, So Close, anyway. We needed something to recover from that bummer.

Next up in my Netflix DVD queue are #2 and #3 in the Bourne series. We actually like these movies, we do.

Ha ha. Very funny.

I watched the first Bourne and was so confused by the plot that I never bothered with the rest. I just remember Matt Damon running around a lot, looking really bewildered.

That's what I remember feeling as I watch Cialis or whatever the angel's name is running around Berlin all befuddled.

That's genuinely what I liked about the film.

I'm just about to watch Laurel & Hardy's Be Big. That charity shop has come up trumps again.

They may be a lot alike, that's true. I don't think that's necesarily a bad thing.

And stop being such a film snob.

i've been working on a list of "250 best movies of the XXI century" i posted here before. this one: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21s..._films1-50.htm

so this past week i watched





and





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the incredibles: i expected utter shit and it was actually pretty fucking cool! this blew my mind a little. totally fucking unexpected. please understand-- it wasn't the movie that blew my mind, it was the fact that the movie was actually good and not some painful homework in my 250-movie list. anyway, nice movie.

mystic river: again, netflix predicted 3/5, but fuckit,i gave it 5/5. beautifully made movie, great actors, complex and perfectly packaged plot. fucking shit, it suprised me, crap title and all, oscar winning and all, and then i realized it was a clint eastwood movie-- duh! i should have trusted him more. anyway, fucking brilliant, such quality work! if you can't see the greatness of that man's craft you're a braindead hippie. ha!

 

Terrific performance from the guy on the left, but I couldnt bring myself to care about the family, and so alot of the distress and disgust that was intended was kinda lost on me.

both good

have you watched all 250 of them though?

i disagree with the relative rankings, but it's a good list to work through and catch up with what you've missed. i was really surprised that i expected some movies in it to be utter shit and they proved me HRONGG. im okay with in the mood for love being #1 though.

Have you seen Paprika? I think that Satoshi guy had something to do with it, I don't remember too well.....the cover reminded me of it.

For the record, I'm somewhat of a movie snob too. I just like junk in my diet as well as the good stuff. But in all seriousness, the angels movie just did not move me at all. Maybe you have to be religious or spiritual-minded to get that one.

satoshi kon, yeah, that's his movie too. a pity he died. fuck.

I've not seen anything like everything on that list but it seems reasonable. I'd personally rank Sideways and The Incredibles a little higher but In the Mood for Love and Mullholland Dr at numbers 1 and 2 seems spot on.