Sir Stewart Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 That's funny - I watched it last night.Wow, that's kinda crazy. Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Caught this on cable last night... It was fun...if just for the inside sci-fi/movie industry jokes peppered throughout. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 I'm glad they finally stopped making movie posters like that. Link to post Share on other sites
NightOfJoy Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 "Man vs Wild" Watched some of it last nite. I think I like "Survivorman" better. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Yet another Hartley film. I suppose I should track down the sequel Fay Grim now. Link to post Share on other sites
EL the Famous Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 I'm glad they finally stopped making movie posters like that. no doubt...my only complaint about the flick is that it had that 'late 90's on the eve of Y2K' feel to it...much like the poster. i wish it would have been done a little more tongue-in-cheek ala 'grindhouse'...then it would have been perfect. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 I love this movie. I just re-bought it used on Amazon because I can't find my old copy. I think I lent it out. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Innocence / dir. Lucile Hadzihalilovic / Belgium One of the oddest, most beguiling, and most transfixing movies I've seen in recent weeks. It's about a group of prepubescent girls at a woodsy institution (a boarding school? an orphanage?) trying to navigate the mysterious rules and regulations of the community. Right from the start, when a new girl arrives in a coffin serving as her carriage, the movie is clearly operating on a metaphorical/symbolic wavelength; I read the entire thing as an allegory for how innocence eventually gives way to rigid expectations, whether social, physical, emotional, or political. Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Great stuff. Every pregnant woman should see it. Also, anyone interested in seeing Ricki Lake's boobies should see it too. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Loretta, I really want to see that! Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I thought it might appeal to you! It's realllly good and had me yelling at the screen. Link to post Share on other sites
alison the wilca Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 there is some really gross stuff in this season. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 I thought it might appeal to you! It's realllly good and had me yelling at the screen. I will have to look for it at the video store. Tonight, since Graham has returned , we are going to a movie...... Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Bamako / Abderrahmane Sissako / Mali / 2006 Sissako's fantasy conceit is to stage a mock trial in a dusty Bamako courtyard, with all of African society as the plaintiff, charging the World Bank, the IMF, and the international community of institutionalized exploitation of the continent--resulting in a neverending cycle of poverty and oppression. In between statements by "witnesses" (a breathtaking mix of philosophy, cogent number-crunching, howls of suffering, chanting songs, and sometimes even simple silences that speak volumes), the movie makes room for snapshots of everyday African life, snapshots that show a richness of spirit that refuses to be defined in terms of the consequences of globalization. It's angry, intelligent, and poetic all at once. Link to post Share on other sites
Lynch Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I kinda enjoyed this, but the really present surprise was the soundtrack. Sondre Lerche! I really liked the music, including his fantastic cover of Costello's "Human Hands". Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 we really enjoyed Young at Heart - though student discounts don't seem to exist anymore - well apparently they give student discounts on Thursdays. We have decided that we will now only rent and hit the $3 second run theatre form now on. We can't afford a night at the movies anymore. geez. This was one of my favorite parts of the movie - the group does Sonic Youth's Schizophrenia Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Miranda July Videoworks: Volume 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Could've been more intense, but overall it was nice to see Bond getting his ass kicked around as a 00-newbie. Rides the fine line between corny and poignant. The cool trick of Coppola's is The Outsiders is not only set in the early '60s, but feels as if it was actually made in the early '60s. Wish I realized going in that it was the 113 minute rerelease, not the 91 minute original. "Complete novel" indeed - at times it felt like one. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 had you really never seen The Outsiders before? Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I really never had, no. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 the way you worded it, I wasn't sure. I loved it when I was a kid - the book, too. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I'd seen chunks of it at friends' houses as a kid, but never the whole shebang. Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I called some kids Socs the other day. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Was Leif Garrett among them? Link to post Share on other sites
the carlos Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Was Leif Garrett among them?if only. Link to post Share on other sites
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