[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

 

 

 

waltz with bashir.

holy fuck. the end of this movie kicks you in the stomach and leaves you without air. MUST watch.

I've still yet to see that. I'll definitely stick on my list, though, after you saying that.

[demonrail666]

 

Trees Lounge

I can't tell if this is a great film or even a good one; I have such a hopelessly romantic fascination with the kinds of people/lives/locations it portrays that I can only say it gives me pretty much everything that I could possibly want in a movie. About as perfect for me as the average toe would be to a foot fetishist.

 

[foreverasskiss]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

 

Trees Lounge

I can't tell if this is a great film or even a good one; I have such a hopelessly romantic fascination with the kinds of people/lives/locations it portrays that I can only say it gives me pretty much everything that I could possibly want in a movie. About as perfect for me as the average toe would be to a foot fetishist.

 

rented this ages ago when i was a teen for Chloe Sevigny and Steve.

only remember them and an ice cream truck. so, no. totally worthless and forgettable.

[Murmer99]

 

Very few movies have moved me as profoundly as Wild Strawberries.

[demonrail666]

 

Bringing Out the Dead

Not one of Scorsese's best. Too close to Taxi Driver and it does feel a good half an hour too long but I'm convinced that had it been made by anybody else, which would've brought expectation levels down a bit, it'd have a far better reputation than it does.

 

Gone Baby Gone

Whatever people may think of Ben Affleck the actor he's quietly turning out some pretty interesting films as a director. This is perhaps a bit too gloomy for its own good but even so, like The Town, this is far better than any film directed by Ben Affleck probably should be.

[Murmer99]

The Brood.

I don't know what it is, but it took me till now to realize that The Brood is one of my favorites out of Cronenberg's filmography. I don't think I ever got around to responding to your post demonrail (sorry, been busy) but I understand completely about you finding his work to be cold and whatnot. I'm just not sure if he's truly a great director or anything. I find the themes he explores fascinating... especially with something like The Brood. He does a solid job when he's illustrating some type of illness that emanates almost unwittingly from the person's body. I thought the special effects were usually impressive in his films and the womb that was attached to the woman's body towards the end of The Brood (I believe this was done through the "psychoplasmics" mumbo jumbo that the film deals with) looked genuinely disgusting and real. Well, her biting into it and licking the fetus was the part that was a little gross. But anyways, nice little movie. I wouldn't say it's that special but one I wouldn't mind watching again (keep in mind that I had already seen it numerous times. I'm not sure why but it grew on me a little more with each viewing).

And obviously he has changed now compared to what he was doing in the 80's. I think Cosmopolis certainly distances the viewer. I find that Cronenberg has something in common with Stanley Kubrick in that they either glorify violence or simply aren't aware that their films seem to do so. A Clockwork Orange indisputably does so, despite being a film I admire for many reasons. Apparently, Anthony Burgess was given a special invitation to see the film and he walked out! apparently he said it missed the point of his novel. I suppose it depends on how sensitive one is. I understand it was a controversial film at the time and I think even today seems like something out of this world. It still looks as though it's from the future. That's what makes it brilliant to me. But I find that from a human level, these two directors may just lack the ability to pull every character together if that makes sense. They seem to get carried away in that world or something. I'd have to watch Cosmopolis again to get a better grasp though.

[Nefeli]

i ll watch this now; Chris Marker - The Jetty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smEWxVUy3A

[tw2113]

Piranha and Piranha 3DD

[demonrail666]

 

Taking of Pelham One, Two Three

Good low-key heist movie that was an influence on Reservoir Dogs. Curious to see the remake.

[Dr Chocolate]

i just watched 3 versions of MONSTER ZERO

the original Japanese one
the English dubbed version
and then english version with commentary

good stuff

next dvd up -> Godzilla vs The Three Headed Monster

[Murmer99]

 

Still not quite sure what to make of this. One of the more interesting "newer" films I've seen. I was tired though and need to watch it again.

 

I admired the dreary landscapes and whatnot, but I found this to be a bit dull. The opening scene and the use of fog were the highlights for me. I honestly thought the acting was poor and overall I'm just not that crazy about Orson Welles. I know I'm being a little harsh, because this still isn't a terrible movie by any means necessary. I've noticed that lately I haven't been in the best of moods to watch movies. Also, if I want a film adaptation of Macbeth I'd rather watch the superior "Throne of Blood".

[EVOLghost]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

remember when the cook farted in Down Periscope?

Did he get pink eye?

[Dr Chocolate]

 

[demonrail666]

 

Silkwood

[Severian]

Originally Posted by Murmer99

 

Still not quite sure what to make of this. One of the more interesting "newer" films I've seen. I was tired though and need to watch it again.

 

I admired the dreary landscapes and whatnot, but I found this to be a bit dull. The opening scene and the use of fog were the highlights for me. I honestly thought the acting was poor and overall I'm just not that crazy about Orson Welles. I know I'm being a little harsh, because this still isn't a terrible movie by any means necessary. I've noticed that lately I haven't been in the best of moods to watch movies. Also, if I want a film adaptation of Macbeth I'd rather watch the superior "Throne of Blood".

I love the Welles version. If I recall correctly from my AP lit class in high school. I was unnerved and transfixed by it, and it helped me finally develop a genuine interest in Shakespeare.

[!@#$%!]

i tried watching this

 

it's supposed to be a great movie. i was supposed to love it. i got bored shitless and ended it with 1 hour to go (it's very fucking long). it's not that it was a "bad" movie but the winter is a bitchmother season and this movie is too much fucking misery to bear. i mean, iran looks like such a shit country to live in, i'd probably kill myself if i lived there, and i've seen enough iranian movies about miserable iranians and their nutty religious laws to last me a lifetime. but yeah it's supposed to be great etc. just oo much of a downer.

[demonrail666]

 

Panic in Needle Park

This one's highly recommended to anyone into the whole lowlife 70s NY thing.

[tw2113]

 

A Christmas Carol with Alaster Sim

[Genteel Death]

I've watched Victor Erice's ''The Spirit of the Beehive''. It was wonderful.

[batreleaser]

Pacino hadn't really come into his own as an actor yet in Panic in Needle Part. Its ok though.

Watched Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy for the 2nd time. It was great the second go around. One if the best casts in any film of the last few years.