I'm planning on watching Only God Forgives because the coolest actor in the world, Ryan Gosling, is in it and it's directed by the same guy who directed the superb Drive.

The Rock and Escape From Alcatraz

i'm trying to finish watching amos poe's "unmade beds" but it's the most boring, pretentious, humorless piece of shit student film i've watched in centuries. i mean, no, okay, for a student film, whatever, alright, but why this gets hailed as anything other than that, is the hype machinery of the new york underground like that great propaganda piece that is "blank city" (good movie, but damn, it lies).

yes, some good things came out of this era i suppose (jim jarmusch), but this isn't one of them. ugh! the director likes to enumerate books and show what a smart boy he is. also this whole "french" movie could have been funny instead of--ogh. i've put it at double speed now so it ends already. quel fucking dull!

edit: looks like they run out of film near the end and now it's a bunch of stills.

please kill me.





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edit: it's finished! at last! worst movie dialogue ever!

the music w/ the end credits is pretty good actually

"fin". LOL.

Haha! In many ways it is. Lots of connections with the big galleries, etc, and a massively sycophantic international following. I haven't seen Unmade Beds but have sat through plenty of other NY Underground 'classics' that fit the description you give to a t - even though I'd still consider myself a big fan overall.

Curious to know what the supposed 'lies' in Blank City were, though.

the general notion that this was a momentous time overflowing with genius

maybe elsewhere!

(e.g., at around this same time, charles burnett was making "killer of sheep" with similar means, for fucks sakes)

The Canyons

DIR: Paul Schrader
WRITER: Bret Easton Ellis
CAST: Lindsey Lohan, porn star James Deen

Shot in three weeks for $250,000

Not total shit, but mostly shit. I blame the direction and script, actually, because Lohan is quite good and Deen does malevolence rather well.

And the sex scene is too weird to be erotic. Some nice big tits, though. And penis, too. I'm all for more penis in movies, if only for the sake of equality.

Fascinating article on the drama behind the making the film:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/ma...anted=all&_r=0

what ive watched recently:

detention - 8/10 - only "happy" movie that hasnt pissed me off in years.

rules of attraction - 9/10 - yep

the act of killing - 10/10? surely one of the greatest documentaries ever made. didnt find it shocking or surprising or ethically harrowing like everyone else did, which either means i really am one of the few with any real understanding of our ethically compromised culture or just a total fucking sociopath

world war z - 4/10 whatever - liked the jew wallocaust

the canyons - 8/10 - its not amazing in some respects but it still captures the present era perfectly and will probably age well

Alan Partridge, 9/10, funniest thing I saw at the cinema since Borat

Such Hawks, Such Hounds

Fantastic history of Stoner Rock with lots of the big names being interviewed. A must for anyone into Pentagram, St Vitus, Kyuss, etc., along with some of the more recent stuff.

Full movie here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-njKCr6ieKE

Watched a bunch of head-trip flicks this weekend

had never seen it. I laughed a lot. I thought a lot. wacky wild stuff. 8/10


Had seen this years ago. liked it even more the second time around. laughed a lot. forgot how funny PK Dick was. 8/10



Had never seen this either. I bet it would have been a lot more wild if I was raised on western movies and saw this back in 73. I liked it OK though. 7/10

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Had seen this before too, but wantedto see it again. 8/10

I was going to watch Silent Hill Revelations last night but ran out of time, is it worth it next time? I adored the first one, even it was terribly flawed with plot contradictions and dead-ends.. Wait. Update. After reading several reviews I realized why I didn't watch this last year, apparently by a considerable majority opinion it sucked ;)

???

It's a TV movie about what would happen if a ''dirty bomb'' was set off in London and how the city would cope. There's a Scottish actor called Alastair Galbraith on it, like the great musician!

i rewatched annie hall for the 10000th time because i find woody allen in that film oddly attractive