baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
I heard 'Frailty' was meant to be good gothic horror, and I really rated Bill Pullman's sense of noir in 'Lost Highway', but damn is this film lacking in atmosphere. Gave up after an hour.
films you've seen recently and would NOT recommend
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slim jenkins
El Hombre Invisible
Hurt Locker.
Huh...
Huh...
slim jenkins
El Hombre Invisible
slowtrain
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Inclue me out is yr blog??
It's a classic bro, I really enjoy it
That said, I enjoyed the Hurt Locker, I didn't think it was the best film of the year, but as far as tense film-making goes I quite enjoyed (undecided on the political aspect though, I dont know enough to comment as of this moment)
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slim jenkins
El Hombre Invisible
Yes, I'm the guilty party.
Thanks for the compliment.
(like many bloggers with a small readership, I'm sure, I sometimes think it's a waste of time...but then the occasional sign of enjoyment from a reader (or two) makes me reconsider)
Thanks for the compliment.
(like many bloggers with a small readership, I'm sure, I sometimes think it's a waste of time...but then the occasional sign of enjoyment from a reader (or two) makes me reconsider)
slim jenkins
El Hombre Invisible
Re Hurt Locker, I expected more, but in what sense I'm not sure. It simply didn't grip me the way I thought it should.
I subbed to yr blog a while back, btw. I always read what you write, even if I don't say anything much.
Saw Fellini's Satyricon yesterday on the big screen and it was just astoundingly dull. I don't get it - basically about as insane and constantly inventive as a Jodorowsky number, yet I just didn't give a shit about most any of it. Weird.
Nice Dockstader soundtrack, I suppose. Bloop bloop.
Nice Dockstader soundtrack, I suppose. Bloop bloop.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Ah shame, that's the Fellini film I liked the most I think (of the ones I've seen). Just loved this aspect of it really
But I can see that it's very disjointed and parts of the narrative are literally missing (I believe he adapted the fragments remaining of the original novel verbatim and made no attemp to fill in the gaps) but I thought that that contributed to the sumptuously hallucinatory quality of the film. Also, enough is there to get some kind of ghost of a narrative if I remember correctly.
slim jenkins
El Hombre Invisible
saw the leopard last night after much anticipation (been wanting to see it since august or so but kept missing it where it was being shown) but whether it was the film or my company (i do find it hard to concentrate when the person youre with is audibly not into a film) who were putting me off, but found it visually gorgeous/decadent but too indulgent, esp pacing wise. glad i stayed til the end though (several people left early) as i would have missed the ballroom scene otherwise. but it could have done with a sharper edit.
woops
is not like other people
My answer to that is that it was trying to be about twice as clever as it needed to be, so succeeding in half of that more or less hit the spot.
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
new Tron. Christian bollocks.
I seem to be in the minority here but found 'inception' dreadful, like being trapped inside of a perfume advert, expensive, over stylized and vapid. A heady mix of trixy Escher optical illusions, ropey dreamlike surrealism and post-matrix cod philosophy all made me fell a bit woozy and cheated. -This films about as interesting as listening to other people talk about their dreams.
Benny Bunter
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Saw this at the cinema and I agree completely. What a pile of shite. Like you say, all these 'post-matrix cod-philosophy' films are awful. Why do people buy into this tripe?
The main thing I'd say about Inception is it's pretty forgettable. I just can't imagine people talking about it in a few years. Could be wrong, of course...
Didn't think it was much to do with "philosophy" in the way the Matrix was trying to be - I saw it as a film about making films, and thought it was quite fun in that regard. I definitely don't think it's "vapid" at all.
That said, I found it boring, especially the action bits, was furious at the music, couldn't overlook heaps of silly plot holes, and basically felt like I'd wasted my time and money. I didn't really care to go digging for what it all meant because on the surface layer there wasn't enough that I gave a shit about.
Watched Paprika the other night and although it's a more superficial thing and guilty of the "but what is real?" Matrix yang, it was just so much more damn enjoyable a film about both dreaming and films. And it's so OTT I could ignore all the ways it didn't made sense... Or maybe enough fun that I didn't think about it too hard at the time?
Didn't think it was much to do with "philosophy" in the way the Matrix was trying to be - I saw it as a film about making films, and thought it was quite fun in that regard. I definitely don't think it's "vapid" at all.
That said, I found it boring, especially the action bits, was furious at the music, couldn't overlook heaps of silly plot holes, and basically felt like I'd wasted my time and money. I didn't really care to go digging for what it all meant because on the surface layer there wasn't enough that I gave a shit about.
Watched Paprika the other night and although it's a more superficial thing and guilty of the "but what is real?" Matrix yang, it was just so much more damn enjoyable a film about both dreaming and films. And it's so OTT I could ignore all the ways it didn't made sense... Or maybe enough fun that I didn't think about it too hard at the time?
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