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KICK ASS

Excellent popcorn flick and just a great time in the cinemas. Everybody fell in love with Hit Girl - so much so that Kick Ass himself seems pretty uninteresting as a character.

I'm not sure how much this film will hold up on rewatch though. Outside of the shock value and excellently conceptualized deaths, I have to say its pretty weak narratively. What really irked me was Vaughn's really out of place use of other film's soundtracks. Off the top of my head there is Sunshine and 28 Days Later tracks in the film in scenes that really don't suit them. I guess he's a fan of Jonh Murphy.

Anyway. Great for a night out and first time watch, but I get that retaining that same grin - like any comedy that works purely on face-value, will be much harder on revisits.

At the end of the screening there was a Q+A with Vaughn where he said he's got ideas for a sequel if this film is successful. He also said he's been in talks with Millar about directing two of his freshly written, yet unpublished works that he's keeping a tight lid on.
 
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Like Scullibundo I was at the same screening. I went into the movie knowing absolutely nothing about it or the comic it's based on so I had no hype to ride on or expectations to be crushed.

I hated it.

The movie set itself up to be a Post-Modern look at superheroes with the main tenant being that real life is nothing like the comics. That lasted for about three minutes. Instead we got a movie that did nothing but venerate violence, treat women like pieces of shit, reduce good people to wallpaper and bask in the worst offenses that make so many comics puerile and childish.

The characters were for the most part despicable and one-dimensional and their motives were either nonsensical or contradictory.

What really let me down is that I'm a big fan of Vaughn's other films and to see him helm such a trainwreck of a movie is bizarre. Visually the film looked flat and cheap and the action scenes were a direct rip-off of practically every Asian action flick since the 80s.

Overall, I felt dumber having watched the movie.

Considering the applause, whoops, cheers and the disturbing women close to me that shadow-boxed as the main characters beat the shit out of baddies I was clearly in the minority.

I actually thought for a while that perhaps it is the audience that is being critiqued, allowing us to wallow in violence and murder but nope, the director is right there with us eating the popcorn.

Shame.
 
UP

*SPOILERS*

Wow what a great movie! I always feared that Pixar lost its touch, this movie proves that they still have it.

The beginning was one of the saddest things I ever watched. Seeing all the years go with them growing old together was beautiful and lovely, an 11 minute segment that makes you care a lot more about the character. You feel for him and you're rooting for him throughout the whole movie, you want him to succeed. So many films these days fail at that with 2 and a half hours.

When the mailbox incident happened I couldn't help but feel for the guy, and I'm only 20 minutes in!

Russel is a funny and lovable character, who after we know about his parents divorce and his longing for his father, you can't help but root for him as well. Same for the dog and being the outcast, and Kevin with her kids. Hell I started feeling for the house and the furniture, this movie makes a compelling character out of a house.

The villain Charles is one of the most hateful villains I have ever seen in a movie. I fucking hate him! You were Ellie and Carl's childhood hero, and yet you wanted to kill Carl because of the bird. Sure he thought Carl was after the bird, and he wanted to clear his name after many years of ridicule, but goddamn you had to hate him.

The film was very fucking funny, most of the jokes were hits and were real hits. And all the emotional and sad scenes were executed perfectly. The action was exciting and had you cheering Carl on.

The end shot where the house was at the exact same spot Ellie wanted had me cheering.

Great movie! Well written, great pacing, great scenes, lovable characters that you care for and the best visuals Pixar has done yet.

9.5/10
 
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Che, Parts 1 + 2

Watched these over two weekends; enjoyed them quite a bit!

Part 1 is harder to digest compared with Part 2, which plays out in sequence.
Both feel very different, and it's great to roll onto Part 2 with the context built over Part 1.
Che's values and principles are well highlighted too, and there's a great scene on this to close Part 1.

Benicio's portrayal is very good, and he can put a convincing Argentinian accent to boot! Hard to picture anyone else playing Guevara, he blended in it so well.
Great to see some unexpected bits and pieces by some familiar faces, such as Lou Diamond Phillips, Franka Potente, Joaquim de Almeida, and even Matt Damon!

Can't recommend it enough, if you're curious about one of the most recognizable figures of the 20th century.
The Criterion package for this is as good as it gets.
 
Yeah I copped that Criterion recently, really good stuff. A shame that it was overlooked by so many people. And Del Toro is slowly becoming one of my favorite actors ever (21 Grams is a beast).
 
Scullibundo said:
What really irked me was Vaughn's really out of place use of other film's soundtracks. Off the top of my head there is Sunshine and 28 Days Later tracks in the film in scenes that really don't suit them. I guess he's a fan of Jonh Murphy.
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Or the film's actual music is not finished yet and they were using a temp score, as is common.
 
icarus-daedelus said:
That sounds terrible, actually. I've never read the comic, but Millar's stuff is such a mixed bag, and Kick-Ass seems to be more the Millar of Wanted and less the guy who did Superman: Red Son and The Ultimates. I dunno. It's getting good early impressions, but it seems like the kind of thing I'd hate. :-/
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well, for what it's worth, i didn't really like Wanted. this movie was a lot more cohesive and a lot more warm and fun - but yeah, a lot of guns and a lot of violence, if you hate that stuff.
 
Rapping Granny said:
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WTF DANNNY BOYLE??!?

It started off so great and well paced, then 2/3 in the movie, it just went from being a great sci fi classic to a dumb horror flick. so fucking stupid, it's the Uncharted effect.

I just turned it off right after the part [spoiler] where that supernatural person thing just killed the older asian lady who was amazed by the one plant that survived in the oxygen room thing.[/spoiler] soo stupid boyle, I loved TRainspotting, 28Days Later, Slumdog, but this I couldn't even finish it.[/QUOTE]

lameeee.. the ending is fucking epic

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i still get chills.. the music.. omg

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Black Dynamite: 9/10

One of the best comedies I've ever seen that wasn't a black comedy (no pun intended). Michael Jai White dominated the whole film. He was completely brilliant. And apparently he wrote some of the script as well. However, there was a portion of the film near the middle where I felt like it got a tad bit tedious, but it picked up again shortly after.


The Matrix: 9.5/10

I don't think an action film can be made much better. That said, a scene or two could have been added in certain areas to flesh out the story. I felt that cypher became a villain way too quickly, for instance. Overall, though, its a great film and it surprisingly still holds up very well visually.
 
I just saw (500) Days of Summer, and I thought it was kinda good. I felt a little betrayed. He told me it wasn't a love story. Well, it was all about love. I know it sounds silly, but I couldn't really get into it because of it. That whole first 300 days or so were okay. I felt the movie got much better in the second half when he
started to get a little crazy
. I think their connection during that phase was much more interesting to watch.

I also just saw Antichrist. It was fun to look at. I didn't think it was going to be about
some lady who goes crazy
. I did love the pacing and the style however. The animal imagery was just awesome and I want to say the acting was mostly great but my goodness
that lady
was such an unlikable character. Great use of sound too.
 
Green Zone -
8/10
- I liked it :D Matt Damon, Iraq, guns blazing? I ain't complaining for the $4 I paid for it.

She's Out Of My League -
7/10
- Thought it would be more like a chick flick but pretty funny overall.
As much as I hated to watch Kirk's buddy shave his balls, it was hysterical.
 
Watched Final Destination 4 (sucky), Frontieres (good) and Case 39 (meh). The latter didn't bring anything new to the table in the (sub)genre. Frontieres was okay, but compared to other recent French horror such as Inside, Haute Tension and Martyrs, the weaker one. FD4 was just a completely guilty pleasure.
 
Un prophète 9/10

This movie reminded me of The Godfather part 2. It's a little slow but it's a great movie overall. Wish it won that oscar.
 
Gary Whitta said:
Or the film's actual music is not finished yet and they were using a temp score, as is common.
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Nope. Vaughn said it was a finished cut. We were the second screening to view a finished cut of the film.
 
Rei_Toei said:
No, you watched the original first, that's the problem ;)
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I've only seen the remake too but my sister who saw the original first said that she too prefers the remake due to the actors that played as the psychos but mostly the kid actor was much much better. She was first angry that we went to see it in theaters because she only watched the original like a couple of weeks before and didn't realize what movie we were watching when we came into it.
 
Up In the Air - Thanks to Netflix, catching up on the movies that never came to theaters around here. Amazing film. I actually wish there was less humor, as some scenes felt forced, but it's dramatic tones are dominant and appreciated. Clooney can't be stopped when he sets himself on a character, (the perfect film, Michael Clayton) and the whole cast was superb. Even Kenny fucking Powers.

The ending really sold it for me though. There was a definite calm and unknown to it that stayed with me for awhile. Easily in my top five for last year if I had seen it. 5/5
 
Inside - 3.5/5

I knew what I was going into when I watched it. It's pretty much as gory as people have said. The movie develops quite slowly and I think I only began to really enjoy it in the last 30 minutes. The main problem I had was that the 'bad person's' identity was obvious from the opening minutes. The closing shot is impressively haunting though.


Zombieland - 4/5

Just fun. Nought more to say really. It's all by the numbers but enjoyably so.



@ those who've seen Kick Ass - Is it in a similarly obnoxious tone to Wanted?? Wanted made me want to disembowel the main character and the man that created him. Mark Millar seems like the most self-satisfied smarmy cunt mankind has seen from his writing.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I'm going to watch The Killing of a Chinese Bookie tomorrow. Which cut is better: the longer 1976 one or the shorter 1978 one?
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I enjoy them both, but you're better to start off with the original '76 cut. The '78 version was a reactionary edit, not necessarily because Cassavetes was personally unhappy with the release version.

Much like Inland Empire, I think Bookie is a movie best experienced in a minor haze, drowsy but not falling asleep. It's a pretty fantastic piece of work.
 
just watched crazy heart and thought it was really mediocre. in fact shit was prety bad :/

bridges was good, but guaranteed oscar? wat o_O
 
Re-watched some classics today.
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This is around the third time I've seen it. I read the book in high school, and although I remember enjoying it, I don't remember it well enough to compare it to the film. It's a very engaging movie, and I always cheer when you see Ewell's hands suddenly get grabbed from an off-screen attacker.

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I love the Coen brothers, and this is one of their better movies. I can't get enough of it. It's amazing after all of these re-watches I still laugh at scenes I've forgotten about, and notice new things. Like, I never registered that Walter and Donnie apparently got Dude to stop at the In-N-Out after meeting with Larry.
I don't know if it's the Coens' best work. It's really too hard for me to decide, because I love all of their stuff so much. In my DVD collection, I try to organize everything. There's a comedy section, an action section, sci-fi/fantasy, war, western... I eventually gave up with trying to categorize the Coens' and gave them their own section. They're my favorite modern filmmakers and this is a prime example of everything great about them.
 
The Killing (Stanley Kubrick, 1956)

So I have decided to catch up on my Stanley Kubrick films over the course of the next few months. A good friend of mine who is a film student/Kubrick acolyte said that he thought I should watch them all in chronological order, and I wanted to do that; unfortunately, my local video store had neither Fear and Desire nor Killer's Kiss, so The Killing is the earliest film that I have access to right now. I'll catch the other two, as well as (hopefully) his earlier documentary shorts this summer when I rejoin Netflix.

Anyway, the film is quite fantastic; it's definitely one of the best heist films that I have ever seen, much better than the fun-but-shallow Ocean's movies that have obtained popularity in recent years. In fact, I loved pretty much every aspect of it, and I cannot believe that it is as old as it is; though it precedes Reservoir Dogs by nearly forty years, it still feels as fresh and modern to me as that film, probably a testament to the timelessness of Kubrick's cinematic sensibilities.

First of all, the acting was quite good all around. Like the Ocean's films, there is a sheen off cool, collected professionalism that coats almost every word that comes out of these characters' mouths, but unlike the Ocean's films, this film makes that glaze translucent in parts; for example, though the policeman is clearly guilty of violation of the public trust, you cannot help but sympathize with a man who is just trying to help his sick wife get better, and the actor put a warmth into that scene that informed the detached 'work talk' that his character engaged in for the rest of the film. Johnny Clay, meanwhile, radiates love for his wife, so even though we know that he is, by trade, a scummy, thieving gangster, we cannot help but sympathize with him on at least some level.

Then, of course, there is the cinematography. Kubrick was a wonderful photographer, and it shows in this film; the camera movements are fluid and precisely-timed, much like the heist that is being pulled, but he knows when to linger on a moment in order to achieve a small moment of humanity or characterization. He was also a terrific art designer, and his use of shadows in this film is some of the best that I have seen in any noir; I am still reeling from the shadows cast by some windows early on in the film.

What I especially liked was that some of the comic relief moments were done in a somewhat realistic way and that they tied into the plot integrally. The lady with the dog was spot-on in her comedic timing, but what was really remarkable was that I did not get the sense that she was just a caricature; it felt like she was just one of those middle-aged women that talks in a baby voice to and for her dog. I thought that that was going to be a throwaway moment, but when the dog ran onto the runway and spoiled Johnny's whole plan, I did internal fist pumps to see such economy of writing.

Even the music, which is sometimes my biggest issue with older Hollywood movies, was really well done. I cannot say that I am whistling any of the themes, but unlike other old American films, which I think mixed the music in such a way as to make it loud and overbearing, the music in this film fit perfectly across the board, with only a few minor hiccups here and there (and since I was not taking notes as I watched it, I cannot really point them out).

Plus, the movie has a fucking awesome fight scene in it. It's really a movie that everybody should be able to watch and enjoy because not only is it easily one of the best popcorn films ever made, it is also a phenomenal artistic achievement. A great start to the panoramic viewing of Kubrick that I am starting.
 
That's probably my favorite Kubrick movie ever now (with Strangelove just behind it). The final scene is amazing too (and the last scene in Ghost Writer reminded me a bit of it, but obviously not as good).
 
Yeah that's why I tend to dislike Mark Millar. And I'm hoping Vaughn throws his own flavor into the mix rather than use the guy's atrocious dialogue.
 
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Saw this tonight. Excellent movie. It was pretty gripping the entire way. Loved seeing the transformation of Malik throughout the movie.
 
Voyevoda007 said:
Un prophète 9/10

This movie reminded me of The Godfather part 2. It's a little slow but it's a great movie overall. Wish it won that oscar.
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Yes, it's an amazing film. I'm still astonished it didn't win in its category. In fact, I'd say it was better than nearly all the films in the BP category as well.
 
Shatter Island - Way too predictable. I thought there was going to be some clever twist at the end, but no I really had figured out the movie within ten minutes. 6/10

Voyevoda007 said:
Un prophète 9/10

This movie reminded me of The Godfather part 2. It's a little slow but it's a great movie overall. Wish it won that oscar.
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It is a great film but have you seen The Secret in Their Eyes? It is also superb and very deserving of the Oscar, plus much less well-known so I'm glad it won.
 
The Bourne trilogy, watched all three movies in two days and I loved most of it. Some of the dialogue is too slow and slightly drawn out. I know it's supposed to be realistic but it was a little too much at times. But the action scenes are very well made and the story is pretty great too. I like that the movies hardly need any special effects to make good action scenes and awesome car chases. The shaky camera is okay, I don't particularly like it but I feel it can sometimes add to the suspense.
 
Shutter Island: Loved the atmosphere which the heavy and chilling soundtrack added to and thought the story was excellent. I want to watch it again now knowing.
 
Corum said:
Shutter Island: Loved the atmosphere which the heavy and chilling soundtrack added to and thought the story was excellent. I want to watch it again now knowing.
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You didn't feel it was overly predictable? I want to watch it in 1990.
 
The Cove - 9/10
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Food Inc - 9/10
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Both of these were really well made and very illuminating documentaries. While I already knew the majority of the information in Food Inc. as that is an issue that I follow closely it was still very well put together and even offered some insights that I wasn't aware of. The Cove was something I wasn't aware of at all and was truly sobering. Thankfully the existence of the film has already made an impact on the industry and hopefully it can continue to destroy that disgusting industry.

Capitalism: A Love Story - 7/10
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This was probably one of the weaker Moore films. While it was well made and well constructed it was missing (for the most part) Moore's signature humour. The film just felt off the whole time. Somehow he was able to make a film about people with a lack of health care interesting and funny while this film just felt a bit...flat. It was still decent, but I was just expecting something different.
 
Today, I watched:

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (John Cassavetes, 1976)

Wonderful movie, but very different from anything else that I have seen. It's almost like... I loved it, but I cannot quite say why because Cassavetes speaks in a different cinematic language than I have ever seen.

AND

Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)

I guess that Jim Jarmusch is just not for me because I simply did not get this, supposedly one of his best films, at all. I did not think that the actors had much chemistry together, and outside of the 'I scream, you scream..." scene and the scene where Benigni dances with his girlfriend, almost nothing in this film exists on a human level. I may give Stranger than Paradise a try sometime in the future, but for now, I think that Jarmusch and I are done for a while.
 
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Fanny and Alexander from 1982, by Ingmar Bergman

As a Swede, it's kinda shameful of me that this is my first Bergman film. I've been meaning to watch his stuff for a long time, but I haven't got myself to check anything out until now.

Anyway, I fuckin' loved it. It started out as a great movie about a rich family in some town in Sweden in the early 20th century having a christmas party, which is a really great part of the film. It has a feel-good feeling all over it, where anyone is happy and together before the "villain" arrives to the picture. Jarl Kulle is incredible as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl, awesome character.

When Fanny and Alexander's father dies their mother decides to marry the local bishop, who is potrayed by Jan Malmsjö as a real asshole you just got to hate. The movie gets even more awesome in the last 40 minutes or so when it gets alot more creepy and eerie. The scene where Alexander walks around in Isak Jacobi's house made me almost shit my pants. Then there's stuff like mummies, weird brothers who is played by chicks with finnish accents and stuff. Holy shit.

I loved the ending when
Alexander gets knocked down by the ghost of the bishop and he says that he won't get rid of him
.

Awesome film. Now I want to se more Bergman movies!
 
Alice in Wonderland. Wasn't as atrocious as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the special effects where every bit as jarringly horrible as I expected. The highlight was the dog character.
 
Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

An intriguing portrait of two people who commit a murder... well, just because they can, I guess. It is interesting the way that this movie plays with your perception of the main characters' relationship, as you slowly realize that their 'love' was nothing more than a flight of passion and adrenaline brought on by their unique position to take a man's life, but they are still stuck together due to the shared nature of their crime. Ebert put it very well when he said (and I am paraphrasing here) that the murder was their one night stand. I enjoyed the relationship between the main character and the boss, although I think that the friendship angle could have been brought out just a little more, as the declaration of fraternal love at the very end came a little bit out of nowhere.

Overall, then, this film is pretty good, but Wilder made better noir pictures, particularly Sunset Boulevard and my personal favorite, Ace in the Hole.
 
2012, eh good pop corn flick, to long though.

The Road........ average, did the best they could with the material they had i guess but yeah wasn't all that great.

Men Who Stare at Goat, pretty good.

Boondock Saints II, was alright.

Legion, pretty crap.
 
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy said:
2012, eh good pop corn flick, to long though.

The Road........ average, did the best they could with the material they had i guess but yeah wasn't all that great.

Men Who Stare at Goat, pretty good.

Boondock Saints II, was alright.

Legion, pretty crap.
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I haven't seen the movie, but The Road is a fantastic book; don't knock the material.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
Today I watched:
Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, 1986)

I guess that Jim Jarmusch is just not for me because I simply did not get this, supposedly one of his best films, at all. I did not think that the actors had much chemistry together, and outside of the 'I scream, you scream..." scene and the scene where Benigni dances with his girlfriend, almost nothing in this film exists on a human level. I may give Stranger than Paradise a try sometime in the future, but for now, I think that Jarmusch and I are done for a while.
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Whoa. I watched this today as well! My reaction to it was quite different from yours though. I actually loved it. Up to this point I've been lukewarm on Jarmusch, but this is the first time I feel like he has gotten everything right. I totally disagree about the chemistry-- I thought Tom Waits and John Lurie were great onscreen together. They put on this facade of bravado and asshole behavior to disguise their insecurities, and it is through their weaknesses that they grow to love each other even though they never admit to it. The jacket swap at the end (initiated through Zack's insult) was a fantastic touch. Throughout much of this film I had a smile on my face that just wouldn't go away.

I've seen some other films recently, but it's 3 AM and I'm tired. Tomorrow!
 
Dr. Strangelove said:
Whoa. I watched this today as well! My reaction to it was quite different from yours though. I actually loved it. Up to this point I've been lukewarm on Jarmusch, but this is the first time I feel like he has gotten everything right. I totally disagree about the chemistry-- I thought Tom Waits and John Lurie were great onscreen together. They put on this facade of bravado and asshole behavior to disguise their insecurities, and it is through their weaknesses that they grow to love each other even though they never admit to it. The jacket swap at the end (initiated through Zack's insult) was a fantastic touch. Throughout much of this film I had a smile on my face that just wouldn't go away.

I've seen some other films recently, but it's 3 AM and I'm tired. Tomorrow!
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I feel sad that I did not really get it. I think that my ultimate opinion is that Jarmusch is the type of filmmaker who will always make films that are interesting but which do not quite approach greatness for one reason or another. For example, after feeling underwhelmed by this movie, I read Ebert's original (3 star) review of it and definitely agreed that it feels more like a pastiche of ideas and imagery taken from other outlaw/prison escape movies than a standalone piece of cinema that probes new cinematic or philosophical territory. I'll agree that the exchange of jackets at the end is kind of nice, but it was the cap to an inconsequential journey.
 
Dr. Strangelove said:
Whoa. I watched this today as well! My reaction to it was quite different from yours though. I actually loved it. Up to this point I've been lukewarm on Jarmusch, but this is the first time I feel like he has gotten everything right. I totally disagree about the chemistry-- I thought Tom Waits and John Lurie were great onscreen together. They put on this facade of bravado and asshole behavior to disguise their insecurities, and it is through their weaknesses that they grow to love each other even though they never admit to it. The jacket swap at the end (initiated through Zack's insult) was a fantastic touch. Throughout much of this film I had a smile on my face that just wouldn't go away.
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are you going squirrel hunting?

i loved it, but really jarmusch isn't for everyone.

personally i love his offbeat brand of humor.
 
Kjellson said:
Fanny and Alexander from 1982, by Ingmar Bergman

As a Swede, it's kinda shameful of me that this is my first Bergman film. I've been meaning to watch his stuff for a long time, but I haven't got myself to check anything out until now.

Anyway, I fuckin' loved it. It started out as a great movie about a rich family in some town in Sweden in the early 20th century having a christmas party, which is a really great part of the film. It has a feel-good feeling all over it, where anyone is happy and together before the "villain" arrives to the picture. Jarl Kulle is incredible as Gustav Adolf Ekdahl, awesome character.

When Fanny and Alexander's father dies their mother decides to marry the local bishop, who is potrayed by Jan Malmsjö as a real asshole you just got to hate. The movie gets even more awesome in the last 40 minutes or so when it gets alot more creepy and eerie. The scene where Alexander walks around in Isak Jacobi's house made me almost shit my pants. Then there's stuff like mummies, weird brothers who is played by chicks with finnish accents and stuff. Holy shit.

I loved the ending when
Alexander gets knocked down by the ghost of the bishop and he says that he won't get rid of him
.

Awesome film. Now I want to se more Bergman movies!
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Do it! Bergman was awesome. The more movies you see from him the more you realise how much his work influenced other directors that came after him.

Fanny och Alexander is one of his best but there are many more great ones awaiting for you.
 
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Good music, cool set-up, lame story. Instead of getting wild, freaky and fun it got lame and down-tempo. Recommended watch, but if you do, do not compare to Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Wild Combination - A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Sweet documentary about one of my favorite musicians. I cried at the end. Easy, emotional, interesting. I might be biased as he has the whole gay/AIDS/attractive thing going on.

If You Were Me

Wikipedia: "If You Were Me is a 2003 South Korean omnibus film, comprising six short films directed by six prominent Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook. Commissioned by South Korea's National Human Rights Commission, each of the shorts deal with discrimination in Korea."

And it's awesome. Highly recommended.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I feel sad that I did not really get it. I think that my ultimate opinion is that Jarmusch is the type of filmmaker who will always make films that are interesting but which do not quite approach greatness for one reason or another. For example, after feeling underwhelmed by this movie, I read Ebert's original (3 star) review of it and definitely agreed that it feels more like a pastiche of ideas and imagery taken from other outlaw/prison escape movies than a standalone piece of cinema that probes new cinematic or philosophical territory. I'll agree that the exchange of jackets at the end is kind of nice, but it was the cap to an inconsequential journey.
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Don't second guess yourself. I feel the same way about it. It's a good movie, but it's by no means transcendent. That you picked up on the active tradition the movie plays with is proof that you "got it"---what there is to get. If you start looking at his other films from this point of view, you'll see that he's respected primarily for his film literate genre reinventions.
 
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