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well, sure, everything is always something else, no? but the duke of gloucester doesn't eat the lady anne's pussy while she was on the phone with her dad for father's day though. so far, this is way better than the ever-dragging sons of anarchy take on hamlet. |
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^ honey, wrong thread and yeah was asking myself too, why do i watch this crap.
the counselor fish tank (cuz my husband stars in those) now you see me Hodejegerne all those only to kill time.. downtown 81 (basquiat) also started watching 'disconnect' last night. |
"Shakespeare plays are for people too lazy to read Holinshed."- some cranky Elizabethan
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If you bear in mind that "Guru..." is a low-budget exploitation film (with all that goes with it), and you keep an open mind (as I did) re its expectations, I reckon its worth a watch :) |
Just saw Under The Skin.... I want to say I love it but I don't think I really do. It was an amazing but frustrating experience, and I'm not entirely sure on where to draw the line between what the director was and wasn't aiming for, and what makes a viewing experience rewarding.
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Never heard of that. Definitely something I'll check out. |
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It was weird sitting in the cinema with other people and watch it though. so much sex. I am usually not a cinema person, i need breaks while watching a movie. even though this was so long, it was kinda okay and I only stepped out during the break between part 1 and 2 even though there is a lot going on in the movie and it wasn't very easy for me to process. I feel like there are some scenes in the movies that could have been cut out, that don't really make sense/contribute to the story. but maybe they do in the 5 hour version? i don't know. I really loved both stacy martins' and charlotte gainsbourg's performance. the latter i love in everything anyway, so.. there is something in the second part that made me feel uncomfortable and it's one of the parts I think could have been left out (at least in the 4 hour version). it has something to do with LvT justifying things... not sure if I want to talk about that. Give me some time to think about it. other than LvT being annoying in this one moment, i really liked the movie and it made me very sad at times and think a lot but it has also very good humor in it which is good cause otherwise this movie would have destroyed me, i think. will probably watch it again very soon. hopefully i can get my hands on the 5 hour version! |
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i am eagerly awaiting the blu-ray release here. not sure when it will be but i'm curious. i find charlotte gainsbourg to be such an odd creature, he dad's face on her mom's body, she's not conventionally pretty but i find her interesting. i've only seen her in only one movie so far-- a children's movie (science of sleep) so i wonder what she'll be like here. lars "von" trier (he added the von, you know) is a bit of a sadistic fucker who loves to torment his audience by tormenting his characters (but i like him anyway). so i don't know what he's up to-- but if dancer in the dark or dogville are any indication…. poor charlotte! anyway, yeah, thanks for avoiding spoilers. but still… oh, i'm so curious. ps-- i'm watching his "antichrist" in the coming days. i had lost touch with his work a bit recently and decided to catch up. |
cool noir-ish pic starring elvis presley as the king of yugoslavia, his favourite of his own pictures, i like everything i've seen by michael curtiz so far, the others i watched were mildred pierce and flamingo road
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Will defo be interesting to know what you make of it! :) |
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Finally watched it It's hard to know where this really sits as a Grindhouse movie. It obviously ticks the 'zero-budget' box but there's not enough blood to cater to gore fans and no sex at all for the XXX crowd. At the same time it's not really arty or camp enough for the Underground. Saying all that I did somehow end up enjoying it, even though I still can't think of a single genuinely good thing to say about it. |
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Heh! :) Yeah, Milligan's film divide people's opinions like no other, I reckon, and in spite of himself wanting to be taken seriously as a director, I can't help but think that own unique "style" was always going to get in the way of that. He does a much better job on the horror/conventional narrative tip in "The Body Beneath", and he can be capable of reigning in enough competence to carry a film through to the end. I personally wouldn't put him as an Underground director (though there is a gay subtext in much of his work), and he never really got it together enough to be a full-on horror maestro. Having said that, though, i remain fascinated by both his life and work, and only the NYC area could have produced someone like Milligan, I feel. |
Under The Skin (Jonathan Glazer, 2013) - This is the latest effort from the "Sexy Beast" director, and features Scarlett Johansson in the lead role. The plot, such as it is, involves Johansson (who has no name in the film) going around an un-named part of Scotland, first within a town, and later on into the countryside. She wanders around in an almost random at times fashion, and has intimate encounters with a number of men she picks up - mostly just hinted at, but the last encounter is more candid. Eventually she ends up in some woodland, where a woodland officer attempts to rape her. She fights off this attacker, only for her then to literally shed her skin and transform into an alien-like creature. The rapist returns and sets Johansson on fire, and the film ends with her demise.
"Under The Skin" has no real narrative form, so depends on the visual aspect to keep things going, and I have to say it really doesn't work. Whilst Johansson has presence indeed, and comes across as an empathetic, confident woman, there simply isn't enough going on to keep things engaging, and I have to admit to finding myself becoming somewhat distracted in parts. There's some nice visual touches at times (harking back to Glazier's previous career as a music video director), and the thematic and and incidental music works well, but there's also moments where the pace really does slow down too much, and the sci-fi element only really comes into being right at the end. In addition, I didn't particularly enjoy the message that this film seems to convey, which is that if you're a confident, engaged and sexually active woman, you can expect to end up abused and dead! Hardly a cheery or positive thing to take on board, is it? This is the first film that Glazier has directed in nearly 10 years (following on from 2004's "Birth), and to be honest, he really could have done a much better job here. Such is the general ennui and lack of focus in "Under The Skin", that not even Johansson can save it, and ultimately this is a more miss than hit affair for me. The first truly disappointing film I've seen on the big screen so far this year. |
sexy confident woman? - shes a sociopathic alien that eats men, she actually seems to come to some realization that this is wrong or at least upsetting for her, then runs away and is raped and killed, precisely at the moment she's trying to avoid killing more men.
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The usual stuff. More serious answer: I really didn't get that at all - funnily enough, I've had this argument elsewhere at the other place, and someone said (accurately) that this is a real Marmite film. As much as I appreciate other people liking this one, I simply can't work up the enthusiasm to have to sit through it again to give it another go. And the sci-fi element could have been much better put across, too, I feel. |
Two more that I've seen recently (reviews to come, of course!):
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THE ACT OF KILLING
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FOOTNOTE
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