Sir Stewart Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 Watched Little Children last night. As usual when I've read the book already, the movie had me detached and antsy, wishing I could be engaged. I gotta stop reading books. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One / William Greaves / USA / 1968 Experimental film that feels way ahead of its time. In Central Park, a couple bicker about the state of their marriage--sex and abortion are recurring topics--but while one film crew shoots them, another crew is filming the making-of. Most of the time, it looks and feels like a straight documentary, but close attention reveals another layer: A third film crew is documenting the second crew's process, which means the first two layers must be largely fictionalized. All three layers are weaved together, and taken as a whole the experience is a strange, funny hybrid of reality and illusion. It's easy to jump on its wavelength, though, and what finally emerges is an ontological study of the tensions between fiction and non-fiction, and the tensions present on a film set, between director and crew. Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 spiderman 3 as mindless entertainment: greatif you think about it: goodish pirates 3 as mindless entertainment: goodif you think about it: awful Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 The Twelve Chairs Langella plays a great scoundrel Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I'm not sure if I liked it more or less than Funny Ha Ha, but I still think Andrew Bujalski's a movie or two away from the home run. Link to post Share on other sites
Hodie Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I wasn't sure if maybe this wouldn't be just kind of an art house Fight Club, but instead it's gorgeous and brilliant. Even though I could pretty much predict what would happen (the "back stage" insanity made me think of parallel scenes in "They Shoot Horses Don't They"), it was set up and acted so beautifully that I loved it. Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Finally got round to seeing Spider-man 3 on Fri night... it was... OK... not as good as the other two. Definitely a lot more cheesy and way too many bad guys - Sandman was relegated to a bit part really. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Finally got round to seeing Spider-man 3 on Fri night... it was... OK... not as good as the other two. Definitely a lot more cheesy and way too many bad guys - Sandman was relegated to a bit part really.The only part of that movie I enjoyed was Sandman beating the life out of Spiderman while Venom held him down. Link to post Share on other sites
Welsh Rich Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 The only part of that movie I enjoyed was Sandman beating the life out of Spiderman while Venom held him down. That was pretty cool... What was the point of Gwen Stacy apart from a bit of eye candy?? Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 This weekend, three terrific movies: Knocked Up / Judd Apatow / USA / 2007 au hasard Balthazar / Robert Bresson / France / 1966 Werckmeister Harmonies / Bela Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky / Hungary / 2001 Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 This weekend, three terrific movies: Knocked Up / Judd Apatow / USA / 2007 Seconded Link to post Share on other sites
paul137 Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Secondedthirded. really funny movie a few laugh out loud moments Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 caught the first film in "Three...Extremes", tivo'd the rest even though it's already scarred me for life. Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 About to watch A Scanner Darkly. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Saw about an hour of the Kevin Costner movie Mr. Brooks the other night. I wish I saw the whole thing but had to meet a friend - went in knowing I'd have to leave before the end. Costner is great in this, and I've never liked him in pretty much anything outside of JFK. Something disgusting about him makes him perfect as a serial killer. Dane Cook's presence can only be explained by the reviewer for the local Boston Weekly Dig newspaper - "I don't know who had to wake up in bed next to a horse's head for Dane Cook to be cast in this movie" - as he is unspeakably horrendous. But William Hurt is wonderful as Costner's imaginary bad side and even Demi Moore was cool and believable as the cop searching for "the Thumbprint Killer" (Costner leaves his victims' bloody fingerprints at each crime scene). Things were getting either inspired or hackneyed when I had to leave - maybe it's best I never see the rest. Oh, and 28 Weeks Later today. Eh. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 I only just got around to watching "Shaun of the Dead" this past week. So funny! Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 That's a fantastic movie... I'm actually a big Wong Kar-Wai fan, especially this one, Chungking Express, Ashes of Time, and 2046. If I made a list of movies I'm most eagerly anticipating in 2007, My Blueberry Nights would be near the top. Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 & and i just started season 3 of the shield Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Double feature today: First up was Jafar Panahi's Offside, a comedy about several Iranian girls trying to sneak into a pre-World Cup match even though females are banned from the stadium. Most impressive are the long takes that are perfectly choreographed to reveal information only as we need it, which intensifies both the comedy and the suspense. It also has a climactic scene of sports jubilation--a mix of staged action and actual crowds mobbing the streets--that ranks among the best of its kind. Next was John Carney's Once, a movie that appears to be about the connection between a Dublin singer-songwriter (Glen Hansard) and a Czech immigrant but is instead about music itself--most of the film, which has a shaggy, naturalistic feel, is structured as a series of impressionistic vignettes that showcase the power music can have in our lives. Both movies were a lot of fun--Offside is probably Panahi's most purely entertaining story, and Once compelled me to dust off some of Hansard's albums with the Frames. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle in "Young Frankenstein" Link to post Share on other sites
oatmealblizzard Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 That's a fantastic movie... I'm actually a big Wong Kar-Wai fan, especially this one, Chungking Express, Ashes of Time, and 2046. If I made a list of movies I'm most eagerly anticipating in 2007, My Blueberry Nights would be near the top.Yeah, I think Chungking Express is my favorite of his, followed closely by In the Mood For Love. I'm also looking forward to My Blueberry Nights, though I heard (read) that the early response at Cannes was, to say the least, underwhelming. I will see it no matter what, though, and will wait to judge for myself. I watched this not too long ago. Pretty good little documentary about a subject I knew nothing about. Just watched:Series finale of The Sopranos. I found it a very fitting conclusion, ambiguities and all. This was maybe my favorite television series of all time. Definitely in the top 3 or 4 at the very least. Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco Worshipper Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 IATTBYH Link to post Share on other sites
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