28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**MadMan** · 08-12-2010, 03:32 AM

I actually like Travolta more when he plays the bad guy. One of my favorite performances of his was the heavy in Swordfish-it looks like he had a great deal of fun playing that character, and it showed onscreen.

Weekend:

*The Wolf Man(1941)
*House of Wax(1953)
*Muholland Drive-I'm going to finally watch it. Really.

**Qrazy** · 08-12-2010, 04:20 AM

Quoting Sycophant (view post)

Anyone seen his The Human Condition? I wanna watch it soon, I think, though 9.5 hours is gonna require a plan of attack.

Yes. I liked it quite a bit. I think the first part is the strongest though, then the second, then the third, but they are all of a piece.

**Sxottlan** · 08-12-2010, 08:07 AM

Didn't see it here, so here it is:

**B-side** · 08-12-2010, 08:11 AM

Yeah, I like that cover a lot.

**number8** · 08-12-2010, 03:52 PM

Most predictable cover art of the year goes to...

**Mysterious Dude** · 08-12-2010, 04:49 PM

Wes Anderson's brother is not a very good artist.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 08-12-2010, 05:31 PM

I watched my first Chan-Wook Park film yesterday, Lady Vengeance. The initial surreality, time-skipping, and self-aware transitions and techniques were interesting, but they seemed almost trivial compared to the second half, which kept me on the edge of my seat. While that may seem like a cliche, I was literally half-on, half-off my seat, staring at the screen in disbelief. I thought the film was going to be a straightforward revenge tale (and, to a degree, it is), but I had no idea the revenge would take the shape it did. The way the film used this visceral approach to ask important questions about justice, punishment, mercy, etc.

Very impressive.

I'm going to watch Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance later on today.

Question: is it better to say Chan-Wook Park or Park Chan-Wook?

**Yxklyx** · 08-12-2010, 05:32 PM

Quoting Sycophant (view post)

Thanks for the encouragement, guys! I have a hard time watching long movies, but I just bumped these discs up to spot #3 on my Netflix queue. Hoping to get to them before the new semester starts.

The first one is decent - haven't gotten around to the other two. I don't think it's necessary to watch these all in one go. The movies were originally released a year apart.

**D_Davis** · 08-12-2010, 05:58 PM

I like his art a lot. Reminds of Where's Waldo?

**baby doll** · 08-12-2010, 06:22 PM

Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)

Question: is it better to say Chan-Wook Park or Park Chan-Wook?

Park Chan-wook. In Korea, the family name comes first.

**D_Davis** · 08-12-2010, 06:34 PM

But in America, the family name comes second. So Chan-Wook Park.

**baby doll** · 08-12-2010, 06:39 PM

Quoting D_Davis (view post)

But in America, the family name comes second. So Chan-Wook Park.

No, that just sounds retarded.

But seriously, it does.

**baby doll** · 08-12-2010, 06:41 PM

Yet, when it comes to Japanese names, no one ever says Kurosawa Akira, Mizoguchi Kenji, or Ozu Yasujiro.

**D_Davis** · 08-12-2010, 06:51 PM

I know - I was just messin'.

I've heard it both ways, so I don't think it really matters.

**number8** · 08-12-2010, 07:13 PM

I usually just call him PCW.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 08-12-2010, 07:33 PM

I'd heard it both ways for Takashi Miike / Miike Takashi too.

**number8** · 08-12-2010, 07:36 PM

Quoting baby doll (view post)

Yet, when it comes to Japanese names, no one ever says Kurosawa Akira, Mizoguchi Kenji, or Ozu Yasujiro.

No one western, you mean.

**baby doll** · 08-12-2010, 07:45 PM

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No one western, you mean.

Touché.

**D_Davis** · 08-12-2010, 08:04 PM

I call him P-Chan.

**Qrazy** · 08-12-2010, 09:01 PM

I call him Pacman.

**MadMan** · 08-12-2010, 09:32 PM

House of Wax (1953) features another fine performance from Vincent Price, who lost among the fact that he made entertaining horror movies was also a great actor, one of my all time favorites. He makes the role of the vengeful main antagonist his very own, and the movie has a great deal of creepy atmosphere involved. Plus there's Charles Bronson playing a deaf-mute before he hit it big, and Price sneaking around town, acting like a one of those slasher serial killers (The Leopard Man also being another early example of the slasher movie idea), which is interesting. Funny that this was made in 3D, and also amusing that it is more known for that than its actual quality.

The Wolf Man (1941) is a simple movie, and like its predecessors Dracula, Frankenstein and The Mummy it plays out rather quickly, which is a good thing because the material is a bit thin here. Still Lon Chaney Jr. runs amok attacking town folk while his dad Claude Raines stays in denial until the famous final climax. Most notable for establishing many of the rules of the werewolf genre, and being one of the best of the Universal Monster movies.

**baby doll** · 08-12-2010, 09:50 PM

P. Wookie. Like P. Diddy, but covered in fur and flying around in the Millenium Falcon. Stroke the furry co-pilot!

**Spinal** · 08-12-2010, 09:53 PM

Quoting baby doll (view post)

Stroke the furry co-pilot!

Sentence of the day.

**MadMan** · 08-13-2010, 02:45 AM

Quoting baby doll (view post)

P. Wookie. Like P. Diddy, but covered in fur and flying around in the Millenium Falcon. Stroke the furry co-pilot!

When life hands you a Jeffery...

**Spinal** · 08-13-2010, 07:20 AM

Quoting baby doll

Vincere (Marco Bellocchio, 2009) / ****

Ooo, excellent. Been looking forward to this one.

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