You didn't miss a thing. It was less drama than the recent Gaga-related fiasco.Quoting Ivan Drago (view post)
You didn't miss a thing. It was less drama than the recent Gaga-related fiasco.Quoting Ivan Drago (view post)
How's that work?Quoting MadMan (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
It works by MadMan saying it.Quoting Spinal (view post)
Watermelon Man was better than I expected. Such an energetic melting pot of styles. And Cambridge really give it his all in the lead.
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Weekend (though it seems 24 hours too soon for this):
Irreversible (insanely stoked for this now)
Ceddo
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Eraserhead
Being There
Real Life
A little something for all my moods.
Weekend:
The Children
Amedeus
Predators
Dial M for Murder
So I finally saw Showgirls. I have to say, it's an insanely fun movie. Verhoeven's tracking camera makes it all very dynamic, with characters often appearing out of nowhere and doing stuff with the speed of a cartoon. I also don't think I've ever seen an American movie that's not porn so interested in skin. I'm not exactly gonna comment on the "is it a satire?" debate. I think some of it is clearly intended for laughs and some of it is funny because of how ridiculously dramatic it all is. The dialogue, however, is completely fucking surreal, specially Gina Gershon's. I wouldn't mind a Nomi Malone lap dance right now. Agent Cooper seemed to be having fun.
Weekend:
Forbidden Games
Beloved
Lost: Season 5
The Boat People - 9
The Power of the Dog - 7.5
The King of Pigs - 7
Madman has outdone himself. He is truly... mad.Quoting Spinal (view post)
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Truth angers you.Quoting Qrazy (view post)
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
The dementors are so clearly a pale imitation of The Ringwraiths it's not even funny. Ringwraiths exude terror. They have weight, substance, intelligence and freakin' implode when they're killed. Dementors move around like cattle and they have all of the physical substance of poorly rendered CGI.Quoting number8 (view post)
The Princess and the Pilot - B-
Playtime (rewatch) - A
The Hobbit - C-
The Comedy - D+
Kings of the Road - C+
The Odd Couple - B
Red Rock West - C-
The Hunger Games - D-
Prometheus - C
Tangled - C+
Yea I really enjoyed it, great dark humor. Reminded me of one of Bunuel's later works.Quoting Brightside (view post)
Quoting Spinal (view post)
First time I watched FOTR, I loved the Wringwraiths up until the point that Vigo shows up and drives them all away. They lossed a significant amount of 'bad ass' points during that scene.
Made me sad.
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
Can't wait to hear what you think of it!Quoting soitgoes... (view post)
Weekend:
Manderlay
The A-Team
Lost: Season 2 (or 3 depending on how far I get the next 2 days)
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
Well, I'm pleased. I may try and see that one myself tonight.Quoting kopello (view post)
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Weekend Viewings:
JCVD
The Devil (Zulawski)
Final 2 World Cup Matches
Love Streams
Wats? I finished Season 2 - The Wire. Expect nothing but hyperbole from me. I'm officially on the bandwagon.
Weekend: More Wire and trying to finish up Jacobs' Star Spangled to Death.
Weekend:
One of three Kurosawas on my DVR: Scandal, I Live in Fear, or The Bad Sleep Well
Babysitter Wanted
Letterboxd rating scale:
The Long Riders (Hill) ***
Furious 7 (Wan) **½
Hard Times (Hill) ****½
Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (Besson) ***
/Unknown/ (Collet-Serra) ***½
Animal (Simmons) **
I haven't finished it yet. I've been busy with other stuff.Quoting Russ (view post)
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
- Stay Puft
I saw MacGruber. It was hilarious.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
I'm being cautious - take a vote, should baby doll and I continue our raucous Fincher-centric debate with a word in edgewise by everyone else, or would my response get deleted?
I only deleted the stuff that involved people making personal comments about other people. Raucous debate is perfectly fine. And usually, people kid each other without it being an issue. This particular discussion seemed to be heading in a bad direction though, so I just cut it off.Quoting BuffaloWilder (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
Also, just because I deleted one of your posts, it doesn't necessarily mean you did anything 'wrong'. It might have just meant it was a part of a larger discussion that was getting in the way of film discussion.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I didn't know you deleted any of my stuff in particular - but, it did seem like that whole debate got a sizable chunk wished away into the cornfield.
Yours truly is a vengeful hand, Spinal. :lol: