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Spike Lee? Really? Whaaat? Ok, well, you compared to the Coen Bros. (who almost always have some sort of twist themselves, just satin'), so now I need to see this shit for sure. I'll let y'all know why I think. I'll probably watch another day though, because American Gods is premiering tonight and I have an I watched Doctor Who to get to. |
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Oldboy has a revelation that if I were to say what that is would spoil the ending of the movie, but one that's pretty shocking. It definitely could leave a bad taste for a viewer who does not like certain sexual taboos.
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it's not so shocking, not in the usual horrible way, it's just the cruelty on the other end that is what's terrible, but anyway
LET'S PLEASE SAY "OLDBOY" NO MORE i'm saying this because we keep misdirecting the guy: TAKE THE PROPER ENTRANCE. THE DOOR IS "SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE." IT'S A TRILOGY. THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. 00 sorry im yelling lol my caps got stucked just came from watching BULLITT. of which i remembered *absolutely nothing*. i'm watching and saying to my wife "oh, i knew where this is going" the only think always remembered is the car. ford mustang vs. dodge charger. i must have been so addled, i even forgot jacqueline bisset in it! i had such a crush on her as a child ha ha ha ha. BUT ANYWAY last weekend it was the glorious PAPILLON which i hadn't seen in a million years, and wow did it look a lot better than the VHS copy. glossy-glossy-glossy 70s production. god damn you have to admire those cinematographers of yore. their level of craft, and the limit of their tools vs. digital. holy shit. enormous difference. well i have to go now. it's letter-writing day lololol. i've decided to institute that. since weekdays have been busy. |
But Park Chan-Wook's Vengence trilogy is not a trilogy in the same way that Lord of the Rings is a trilogy, they don't have the same characters or follow a sequential series of events. Its a trilogy in theme only.
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but you can see him as he matures though, and explores his subject, and there is value in that, especially because, as a philosopher, themes are very much his subject and yeah, oldboy is the best one of the three, but for me that's like jumping to the main dish while skipping the appetizer, or something a bit like music, with themes and variations btw you ever watched hal hartleys' "flirt"? i haven't in ages but now i wanna see it again ha ha ha -- also: i read up about the spike lee version and there's a rape in that plot that's absent in the korean version |
 DEFENDING YOUR LIFE I thought it was a clever and highly amusing flick, like most of Albert Brooks' stuff. Tons of rape though. |
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had a movie day.... Gold, Live by Night.
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 Rabid I'm a big fan of early Cronenberg, up to probably Videodrome, not so much the stuff he did after, besides the occasional little gem. I always think he was a movie-equivalent to Ballard in his early horror films, less so later, even though it could be argued that Ballard's in influence was, if anything, even stronger then. |
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this morning i finally watched SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
 spielberg is a technical genius and those tiger and panzer tanks were the sharks from jaws also saw friday MANCHESTER BY THE SEA it's really brilliantly written, i loved that i was unable to predict anything that was about to happen, at all. soooo refreshing. shot beautifully too. damn. the acting wasn't bad at all either. casey affleck as a numbed-out broken beast was not an easy role. he's practically on every scene. the kid isn't bad either in his naturalistic function. this was all very good.  that's just some random shot i found that doesn't give away much lol. but that there's your main character and his setting. |
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O WAIT THIS IS THE MARILYN CHAMBERS ONE YES (but-- who's influence on what?) |
Alright first up: For a friends b day we went to see Eraserhead at a local theatre. It was playing the day of his birthday and it's his favorite movie so it was a great time, however I realized after watching it this time that I think I've finally seen it enough and it no longer has any mystery. It really felt novelty. They played the Grandmother to open it and I was honestly super bored during the whole 30 min. Its hard to not respect Lynch but lately I've super cooled on my opinion of him.
On the brighter side the local theatre is playing the new restoration of Stalker soon so I have been binging on Tarkovsky lately. Andrei Rublev is a Top 10 film for me. I really can't praise the man enough HOWEVER it seems I'm in a minortiy when it comes to not liking Solaris very much. The lady and I did a Space Race double feature the other day of 2001 and Solaris. I almost hate saying it but 2001 totally takes the cake as the better film, even though I feel more connected to Tarkovsky's way of thinking. 2001 just works better as a whole. Curious to know how others feel about the two very similar films. |
I've never seen Solaris but it's hard to imagine anything being "like" 2001 and also being "better" than 2001. I probably prerer Interstellar, simply because it's a product of my era my maybe-favorite director's space epic, but while I enjoy it more, it's certainly not a better film.
I will have to look into Solaris. But just to be clear, you're recommending the '72 film, right? Not the 2002 Soderbergh American remake, which from what I hear is shit spackled shit. |
Yeah stay the fuck away from the Soderbergh.
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His early films seem quite close to Ballard in terms theme. His later films seem closer in terms of tone. |
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