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![]() Just finished rewatching that gem. |
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if you can, get the dvd for videodrome and watch the whole thing with the commentary track on. same thing with crash. same thing with existenz or everything he does. he's fucking great. really, give it a try. will blow your mind. he's an incredibly smart guy. Quote:
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I don't need convincing of Videodrome, which I love. I'm less convinced by Crash or Existenz, though, so I'll give them another go - via the DVD commentaries, as you suggest. I suppose my general thinking on Cronenberg is that he was a raw talent with some spectacularly great ideas but not a great director. As such, I started losing interest in him when he started moving in a direction where his limitations as a filmmaker started to reveal themselves. But then it's obvious, given the films I gravitate towards (simple, largely action-based stuff) that Cronenberg's more recent output would largely leave me cold. |
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yes, but it's not about convincing you that videodrome is great-- it's that the commentary track on it is so fucking excellent! it's a real pleasure to listen-- it's like, i don't know, remember sitting at the lectures of your favorite university professor? except that he's an artist and not a philosopher. like that. |
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Jeez, how could you not like Existenz, Jennifer Jason Leigh at her most luscious... |
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It's cool; I know you're not trying to convince me of anything. I generally love DVD commentaries and can think of numerous occasions where they've swayed me towards a film I've previously not been fond of (Planet Terror being only the most recent instance). There's actually very few films I consider beyond the pale, and my default setting is that I always want to like whichever film I watch, so anything that increases that likelihood is most welcome.
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![]() I thought commie Superman would be a bit cooler....but...nah...much like the American superman....THough I loved this...uhh...."animated comic". Anyways....a few plots holes(braniac and the shrinking of a Russian city)... unless I missed something(I did fall asleep halfway through and finished later on that night). The end also reminded me why I love Superman so fucking much. |
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my car broke down yesterday (cracked radiator) and I had to take it to the shop. while I waited for thr repair work at home I watched this cuz I really liked Pitch Black.
![]() I give it a 6/10. There were parts I liked a lot, and parts that were inexplicably WHA?????? Good for an afternoon trying to de-stress after a shit morning.
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we watched THE ROOM in blu-ray the other day
it still just as bad as its always has but damn, look at all those spoons!!
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![]() 2/10 One of the worst films I've ever seen, vacuous and visually ugly, it's so bad it's not saved by Depardieu's good acting. WTF with the Adjani scenes (which are supposed to be reminiscent of Godard and especially Pierrot le fou I guess, at the very least Pierrot le fou was visually amazing...).
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![]() Not that good. 3/10 wish it was more hardcore. (EDIT) - Changed it from a 5 to a 3/10 It was really stupid scientifically. REALLY stupid. anyone else seen this piece of shit?
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i liked it, but i'm not as educated about science as you and i'm also not a harsh movie critic in general.
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Have you seen Looper? I didn't take much notice of the science but a friend of mine who's into that kind of thing says it drove him insane. I'll have to ask him what he thought of Prometheus. I quite liked it but, like dale gribble, tend not to really pick up on the scientific details. |
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i didn't like prometheus very much either
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I saw Prometheus recently as well, I never caught it in theaters because it seemed so divisive with fans. Having seen it now I can understand how some could love it, and some could hate it for what it is. I certainly don't want to give anything away, all the online movie people I check out were purposely vague about how this movie connects with the "Alien" series, so I feel like I should respect that for those who haven't seen it.
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Promethueus made no sense.
Or I'm stupid. Who was the guy at the beginning? Was that Earth? Why did the spacecraft leave a poison on the side of a cliff? Or did it? What the fuck?? Already I was lost. After a while I forgot about the "plot" and just wanted to see monsters eat up humans. That self-surgery scene was fucking awesome, however. |
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I think it was a good film so ner.
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I believe the idea was that these scientists believed that the origin of man was extra-terristial. The alien in the beginning was a Titan, like Prometheus, who sacrificed himself for the creation of humans. |
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I enjoyed the look of it but the way the "scientists" behaved was not up to r. Scott's usual diligence. No way does any educated person, much less a scientist, takes off a helmet in an alien environment, regardless of oxygen levels.
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