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floop
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 Posted - 06/06/2005 : 19:37:34
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Originally posted by Broken Face
agreed! how do you feel it was misunderstood?
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
the whole last part of the film is a complete parody of itself, and of Hollywood storytelling in general.. but i think people mistake it for having "a bad ending" when in fact, it is a parody of bad endings.. and of itself .
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 04:19:42
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| Floop have you seen Lords of Dogtown yet? |
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Broken Face
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 04:58:40
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i agree tony - as soon as Charlie asks Donald for help with the script, it becomes ridiculous - it becomes a Donald (ie. McKee, ie. typical, poor) script
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 06:48:25
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
This is probably a stupid question but what was the significance of Donald's death?
I guess floop WAS right!
because he doesn't really exist, and since the film is supposed to be 'true' he couldn't be walking around after it
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
Well yeah I knew he wasn't real but I still don't see why he had to kill him. If Donald is just his other side then why couldn't it go on? We already knew he was not real so it wasn't like we would have been confused at the end if he had lived on.
I guess floop WAS right!
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 06:49:21
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Originally posted by floop
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Originally posted by Broken Face
agreed! how do you feel it was misunderstood?
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
the whole last part of the film is a complete parody of itself, and of Hollywood storytelling in general.. but i think people mistake it for having "a bad ending" when in fact, it is a parody of bad endings.. and of itself .
Maybe that answers my question.
I guess floop WAS right!
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Broken Face
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 06:59:57
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
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Originally posted by Broken Face
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Originally posted by Homers_pet_monkey
This is probably a stupid question but what was the significance of Donald's death?
I guess floop WAS right!
because he doesn't really exist, and since the film is supposed to be 'true' he couldn't be walking around after it
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
Well yeah I knew he wasn't real but I still don't see why he had to kill him. If Donald is just his other side then why couldn't it go on? We already knew he was not real so it wasn't like we would have been confused at the end if he had lived on.
I guess floop WAS right!
well, the screenplay is credited to Charlie and Donald Kaufman, and outside of those really in the know, it could be totally conceivable (at the time of the film's release) that there was a Donald Kaufman. plus, it makes a film about trying to write a film about flowers end even more ridiculously, when 2 of the main characters (donald and laroche) are killed, it becomes a drug film, 'happy together' is used, the characters all learn new things about themselves, charlie and amelia profess their love for each other, etc.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 06/07/2005 : 07:10:28
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I can't believe they nominated Donald for an Oscar.
To be fair I didn't know until recently that he even had a ficticious brother.
I guess floop WAS right!
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starmekitten
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Posted - 06/09/2005 : 09:00:16
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I just watched the woodsman
that was weird, and not entirely comfortable
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
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Posted - 06/09/2005 : 09:55:14
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Koyanisqaatsi
Not quite the cinematic masterpiece I was told to expect.
wilhelm
i, too, was disappointed by it
I watched it for a writing class in college and thought it was overly manipulative. Play some video in slow motion and put serene music behind it and it's a beautiful ballet and good. Speed it up and make the music more unsettling and it's chaos and bad. Blah.
Spot on Darwin. It was what the film fest pamphlet, luring me to see the film, should have said.
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 06/09/2005 : 18:22:25
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Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
Floop have you seen Lords of Dogtown yet?
i haven't but i want to |
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 06/10/2005 : 00:25:13
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| Found out I have till September to wait for it - friend has already been to the press screening - loved it (and packed full of eyecandy.) |
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Carl
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Posted - 06/10/2005 : 21:37:16
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| Saw Mystic River the other day. It was good, some may find the ending a little quetionable, but I think there was a point being made. :) |
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 02:23:16
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Originally posted by Surfer Rosa
Found out I have till September to wait for it - friend has already been to the press screening - loved it (and packed full of eyecandy.)
i haven't seen anything she's directed but i hear THIRTEEN was supposed to be okay.. i don't understand why Stacy Peralta didn't just direct it, but hey.. |
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 07:26:55
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| Thirteen was mediocre - I'm still a bit confused as to what the fuss was all about with that one. Have to admit I'm slightly pissed off to hear that Catherine Hardwicke has directed it instead of Stacy Peralta. |
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 11:00:56
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| yeah, i don't understand the choice of her for directing.. but, i'm trying to be open-minded. i noticed Mark Mothersbaugh did the music, and David fincher is one of the executive producers. some interesting talent involved.. |
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Little Black Francis
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 13:14:39
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Amry of Darkness (it was on sci fi)
Bruce Campbell is the shizzle
... It was like the First time I ever tried Cheetos. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
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Posted - 06/11/2005 : 19:27:07
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"Testamento," based on a novel by Germano Almeida and set in
Cape Verde. Beautiful West African visuals, pretty Cabo Verdean
dialect. Two thumbs up.
Also, WHERE IS RITA?
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Broken Face
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 06:58:43
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KINSEY - nothing wrong with the film - good performances, good script, etc. However, i'm a little sick of this Hollywood trend of taking a true story and presenting it without any style. AMERICAN SPLENDOR is an example of the opposite - a biopic that drips with energy, fresh ideas and a true love of the subject matter. KINSEY was just a cast of good actors, giving good (not great) performances, and some flacid Peter Sarsgaard penis. Nothing too special.
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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Carl
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 09:17:38
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Originally posted by Little Black Francis
Amry of Darkness (it was on sci fi)
Bruce Campbell is the shizzle
"Gimme some sugar, baby!!
I've been getting those Army Of Darkness comics. There's also Evil Dead VS Reanimator, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre! Your not a cult movie 'til you've been rendered in comic form!! |
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Superabounder
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Posted - 06/12/2005 : 21:33:16
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Just watched Crash. I had heard a bad review so i resisted seeing it, but i actually liked it. It does oversimplify things into a supersaturated message, but it was engrossing and I almost...ahem...<cried> once. I always like Don Cheadle. Star studded cast, actually.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/13/2005 : 12:07:01
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I saw Sin City. Excellent stuff. that scene with the arrow going straight through that bad guy was pretty damn funny too. Elijah Wood had a good character I thought (if not the best lines).
Who was that guy in the opening and closing scenes? What was his purpose in the film?
I guess floop WAS right!
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speedy_m
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Posted - 06/13/2005 : 12:09:15
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Josh Hartnett cannot act at all.
I am God's brother, his soul mate and team mate/He passes me info-mation/and I reciprocate |
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starmekitten
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/13/2005 : 12:10:35
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| He was just a tie in mikey, an assasin, killed the first girl then at the end you know whasserface is going to get it because he's there |
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/13/2005 : 12:16:10
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Is that it? That's all I got but I assumed there was more to it. Not the greatest ending ever.
Thanks anyway.
I guess floop WAS right!
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kathryn
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Posted - 06/13/2005 : 12:18:16
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Josh Harnett was in that movie? I only noticed Jessica Alba.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Catholics |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 06/14/2005 : 10:18:14
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I saw it yesterday. I've never read the graphic novels, but I thought it was probably the best realisation of a comic book style in the movies ever. A little silly and plotless, but thorougly enjoyable and very funny in places. I found some of the nastier subject matter to be a bit lame, in a way. Molesting and murdering little girls is not a great subject for pure, fictional entertainment.
Watched Mean Streets and Goodfellas over the weekend. Mean Streets look great on DVD. I'd like to listen to the Henry Hill/FBI guy commentary on Goodfellas, sounds interesting. |
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Broken Face
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Posted - 06/14/2005 : 10:27:15
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NOSFERATU - the original silent German film - i forgot just how creepy it is
-Brian
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BLT
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Posted - 06/14/2005 : 22:57:22
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Lords of Dogtown
Loved it. |
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Surfer Rosa
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 05:19:16
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| OOOH OOOH tell me more please BLT! |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 07:57:44
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Lords of Dogtown
Loved it.
that's good to hear. i've had this secret fear that it's going to suck.. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 08:13:19
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that's good to hear. i've had this secret fear that it's going to suck..
The movie played out pretty much as I always imagined the Z-Boys, so it was like my daydreams being brought to the silver screen. Back around '79, I briefly knew a dude who skated with them and the movie backed up his stories.
I'm sure you'll recognize many streets in your neighborhood, floop. |
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Homers_pet_monkey
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 14:18:39
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I just watched Closer. Not bad, not great. Jude Law was as wooden as ever and Natalie Portman was as beautiful as ever.
Don't believe the type!
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floop
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Mexico
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 14:20:31
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Originally posted by BLT
The movie played out pretty much as I always imagined the Z-Boys, so it was like my daydreams being brought to the silver screen. Back around '79, I briefly knew a dude who skated with them and the movie backed up his stories.
I'm sure you'll recognize many streets in your neighborhood, floop.
word. yeah, i heard she lives down the street actually.. the director that is.
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tobafett
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 06/15/2005 : 20:07:57
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| pixies on Austin City Limits dvd... |
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 06/16/2005 : 11:56:38
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Comme une image (Look At Me). Dir. Agnès Jaoui, 2004. 'A tale of four people who know exactly what they'd do if they were somebody else, but can't handle being themselves very well'. Great film in all possible respects. Actually the best French movie I've seen for a long time.
When will Frank find Lyle, Nick and Eric Drew again?
Saw this today. I agree, it is an excellent film. Good thing you posted about this Frog, I would've missed out on it otherwise.
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I just watched... (The Kay edit)
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