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Timber said:
I can't say I have seen many of them, but one of the main reasons I dislike Schindler's List is that is adds absolutely nothing to our understanding of the Holocaust. Night and Fog manages in half an hour to shed light on its atrocities, and then places it in a larger context of human malice. Judgment at Nuremberg looks at the issue of culpability, and how much people who weren't fervent Nazis are to blame for their complacency. Spielberg's contribution: Nazis were evil.

Both of the movies I named used only documentary footage of the Holocaust. When you dramatise something so terrible, you need to be extra careful. And while there is a rich tradition of fictionalising the horrors of reality, something about the entire process of filming some of the most horrific scenes strikes me as utterly grotesque. From the casting call for emaciated concentration camp prisoners, to the shooting of the shower scene where people pretend to be gassed en masse... it just makes me shudder, and not in the right way.
I didn't come up with the above-mentioned criticism myself, by the way. I read it shortly after I first saw the film when I was 14 and proclaimed it a masterpiece. Ever since then I haven't been able to look at the film in the same way (and war films in general, though none go nearly as far as Schindler). It shatters my suspension of disbelief, and I'm glad it did, because the Holocaust is real even without Spielberg's manipulative take on it.

It's one of the most weighty subjects imaginable, and not something to be dramatised lightly. So when you do dramatise it you'd better have a damned good reason to, and Spielberg didn't have one.
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But that's not a criticism of Schindler's List as film, but of its responsibility as a piece of history, which it's not.

The movie added humanity to the Holocaust, and characters to care about, which is important beyond facts and figures.
 
Speevy said:
But that's not a criticism of Schindler's List as film, but of its responsibility as a piece of history, which it's not.

The movie added humanity to the Holocaust, and characters to care about, which is important beyond facts and figures.
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As it's a film about history, it cannot be divorced from it. And given that it's about the Holocaust, I daresay that it does have a responsibility. You can't make popcorn entertainment out of the Holocaust. And again, its responsibility is a direct consequence of its cinematic qualities. What I said about Schindler's List has everything to do with what it contains.

And added humanity? Really? Don't the pictures speak for themselves? Or what about the Diary of Anne Frank? That's humanity distilled, right there. And she wasn't Liam Neeson; she was real. Schindler's List adds nothing.
 
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the chaser. this got recommended on gaf so often that i decided to take the plunge. this was very good. great performance by the pimp, too. i had some issues with the cops, though--they were rather dumb.

i also saw the host last week and i had a blast with that one. i haven't seen too many monster movies, but this was certainly the best one of the bunch. it was pretty funny, too.

i've been wanting to see more korean films. would anyone care to recommend me some good ones? and yes, i've seen oldboy!
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I compiled a short list for someone a few pages back:

1. Mother/Madeo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216496)
2. Once Upon a Time in School (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390205)
3. A Bittersweet Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456912)
4. Save the Green Planet (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354668)
5. The Good the Bad and the Weird (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901487)
6. A Tale of Two Sisters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365376)
7. Memories of Murder (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353969)
8. Friend/Chingoo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281718)
9. Joint Security Area/JSA (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260991)
10. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374546)
11.The President's Last Bang (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445396)
12. The Way Home (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312841)
13. Silmido (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387596)
14. 3-Iron (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0423866)
15. Breathless/Ddongpari (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1373120)

I didn't include Chan Wook Park's filmography, considering the guy I had responded to was already aware of him, so definitely check some of his films out; Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Lady Vengeance, Oldboy and his segment "Cut" in 3-Extremes. I personally didn't like much of his latest film, Thirst, but a lot of people have so you might want to check it out.
 
Timber said:
As it's a film about history, it cannot be divorced from it. And given that it's about the Holocaust, I daresay that it does have a responsibility. You can't make popcorn entertainment out of the Holocaust. And again, its responsibility is a direct consequence of its cinematic qualities. What I said about Schindler's List has everything to do with what it contains.

And added humanity? Really? Don't the pictures speak for themselves? Or what about the Diary of Anne Frank? That's humanity distilled, right there. And she wasn't Liam Neeson; she was real. Schindler's List adds nothing.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like Schindler's List can ever have succeeded in your eyes.

You've said nothing of its plot, writing, acting, directing, etc. but you have said everything about how it approaches the Holocaust the wrong way.

Would you improve it or should the movie exist at all or what?
 
I've already pimped the movie quite a bit but Jerusalema (Gangsters Paradise: Jerusalema in the US) has a limited release in the US on June 11th. I'm not sure exactly what theaters it will be playing in, but if it's in your neck of the woods and you have some free time, definitely check it out. Definitely one of the better foreign films to release in the last few years.

Here's the US trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COgiPZnYJbo
 
Timber said:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
An epic whose biggest flaw is that it’s not at least six hours longer. It runs for almost three hours but I would have loved to spend more time with it, if only to see the lovely Deborah Kerr in more roles. Though as much as I liked it, the sentiment it engenders smelled like hokum to me. It holds that Nazism was such a scourge that dirty tactics weren’t to be shirked. Okay, but did a clean, honest, noble fight even exist before that? I don’t think so, so I had some problems with that, but I solved them by taking Candy as an unattainable ideal, rather than historical fact. But what truly drives the movie are the relationships Candy has with those around him, especially with the German whose name couldn’t possibly remember. The scene where the man explains his reasons for coming to England may be propaganda, but it’s also one of the best monologues I’ve seen in a movie.
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Yeah, I found that sentiment slightly problematic as well, but I don't think it's really central to the film, and it does add to the humor and the charming characterization of Candy as the sort of well-mannered gentleman that's going out of fashion.


A few thoughts on what I've been watching (for elite eyes only)

Magnificent Obsession (Douglas Sirk, 1954)
All that Heaven Allows (Douglas Sirk, 1955)
Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956)
Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, 1959)

Started correcting one of my most glaring haven't-seens, Douglas Sirk. It certainly helps to understand what I was seeing in films like Fear Eats the Soul and Far from Heaven, though I'm not sure---maybe I'm more confused than ever. These are extremely strange films. Like certain great writers, Sirk seems to be playing games with the intelligence and taste of the viewer, alternately alluring and repelling. There are moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity where Sirk seems to be bitterly mocking the characters and the tastes of the audience, but even in these moments, it somehow never fully reveals itself as such. And then there are other moments in these films that are genuinely moving, where you inevitably pull back and ask yourself, "Wait---is this film making fun of me?" And for the most part, there's very little indication, if any, that it is. These films can (and did, for many years) simply pass for overwrought melodramas, and googling around, it seems critical discussion over these films is still somewhat split between those who see Sirk as a simple melodramatist and those who see him as a wisecracking subversive. I have to admit that after watching these films, I find both of these extremes untenable. I think he's critical at times, sincere at others, and the films are more interesting for it. I think it says something about critics that they so strongly prefer one extreme or another---they want their auteurs to have uncomplicated, easily compressible aesthetics (as mentioned, Renoir = "humanism"), to collect, codify and canonize aesthetics, philosophies, and so on. That these films successfully resist that critical tendency I think testifies to their strength. Definitely recommend Imitation of Life and All that Heaven Allows.


The Land (Youssef Chahine, 1969)

I just watched The Land, which served as my introduction to Chahine and Egyptian cinema. I gather that Chahine, along with Henry Barakat, was considered one of Egypt's greatest directors, and this is considered one of his greatest films.

To give some background, the film is set in 1930s rural Egypt and explores the conflicts between feudal landowners and peasants, and more broadly, the industrialization that threatened the lifestyle of the Nile delta's cotton monoculture, the traditional values of the peasants, and in particular their sacred devotion to tending the land. (The film opens and closes with their paean, "If the land were thirsty / We would irrigate it with our blood.") This devotion is tested when it comes down through the mayor that instead of the usual but barely adequate ten days' access to water for irrigation, this harvest the peasants will only be permitted five. Two villagers propose solutions: the tough, rugged farmer Abd El-Hadi suggests they disregard the mandate and go on irrigating, while the effete, wealthy, bespectacled professor Mohammed Effendi suggests they draft a petition (ha!). Meanwhile, both of these men are vying to marry the beautiful daughter of the land's most devoted servant, Abu Swelam, who is unjustly branded a "troublemaker." So, clearly, the stage is set for a war of values.

But the film has more than that on its mind. The romantic sentiments of the villagers dissipate as individual needs set one against all and corruption seeps in. Sheikhs who fought for the land have abandoned it for politics and profiteering. When soldiers come to forcibly end the irrigation, will there be enough left standing together? Or will Abu Swelam suffer alone? It's not exactly "Mother Courage," but for me, it manages to be rousing in the same vein of early Soviet cinema, and it clearly resonates well with the political climate in which this film was produced---that is, the bitterness of this film I think can be correctly read as a reaction to Israeli expansion. Even the title, The Land, and the peasants' sacred regard for it, only take on their full meaning in this context.

Cinematically, The Land is something to behold. The actor playing Abu Swelam, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, gives an exceptionally brilliant performance among brilliant performances. The cinematography is gorgeous, full of beautiful tracking shots of the land, dreamy golden hour lighting, low angle shots of rugged men standing in the twilight, close-ups of hands and hoes and expressive faces. There are flaws---the repetitive, distracting drumming of the score; the occasional awkward zoom---but I nevertheless was struck with the impression of a masterpiece, of a film whose simple tale is told with such heft that it seems to express something about an entire nation, the way Citizen Kane or (Guru Dutt's) Thirst does. The ending of the film, too, is unforgettable. Highly recommended.
 
Speevy said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like Schindler's List can ever have succeeded in your eyes.

You've said nothing of its plot, writing, acting, directing, etc. but you have said everything about how it approaches the Holocaust the wrong way.

Would you improve it or should the movie exist at all or what?
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It could have succeeded if it had employed more tact, been more respectful, had its offensively bad scenes removed, and provided some more substantial food for thought. It could have succeeded if it had been different, which I generally find to be the case with movies I dislike. :P

To be honest, I don't think I have much else to say. Spielberg can frame a picture, he's certainly proved that. And Neeson, Fiennes and Kingsley are fine actors. But if the film's foundation - its thematic shallowness and lack of importance opposite its self-importance - if that foundation doesn't hold, then all the rest is window dressing to me.

But I must say that I feel ill-equipped in discussing the film. I'm sure I'd have more to say about its specifics if I had seen it more recently.

creativity said:
Yeah, I found that sentiment slightly problematic as well, but I don't think it's really central to the film, and it does add to the humor and the charming characterization of Candy as the sort of well-mannered gentleman that's going out of fashion.
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Agreed. And I was surprised at how funny it was. The only other Powell/Pressburger films that I've seen: Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes are virtually humourless. And imdb doesn't even list it as a comedy, tho its wit was an imporant part of what makes it great.

I've never seen a Sirk movie, either. All that comes to mind when I read his name is the word 'melodrama'. What you wrote about them certainly makes them sound interesting.
 
Timber said:
The only other Powell/Pressburger films that I've seen... I've never seen a Sirk movie, either.
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:O These two sets are often filthy cheap on Amazon UK, and are two of the best things you could ever buy.

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Cosmic Bus said:
:O These two sets are often filthy cheap on Amazon UK, and are two of the best things you could ever buy.
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Oh man, you weren't kidding; those prices are ridiculous. Thanks so much, will definitely pick em up in the near future.
 
Till glädje (1950)
One of Bergman's early films. The topic is already very typical for one of his films, except that the person who suffers from psychological issues is a male in this one.
From the art pov this film is not very spectacular for a Bergman. Very solid nonetheless, just nothing that i would recommend to someone who isn't familiar with the director.


Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
Are there any forums out there in the wilds of the internet that are like this thread? I'd love to expand the range of my discussion.
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The Life Cinematic

I like reading the film journals there.
 
I've only seen Imitation of Life from Sirk; I watched it in a film class a while back, and I thought that it was a really interesting looking movie but that it was a bit dated on the whole (having watched it before I got really into older films). I have never read anything about Sirk as a subversive, though, so I'm interested to rewatch the film after reading up on that aspect (plus, I'm more into film/know more about it at this point, so I could definitely appreciate it more).
 
Hausu, loved its style almost instantly will rewatch and post my impressions later, as it is a hard film to describe without having some sort of visual reference.
 
Snowman Prophet of Doom said:
I've only seen Imitation of Life from Sirk; I watched it in a film class a while back, and I thought that it was a really interesting looking movie but that it was a bit dated on the whole (having watched it before I got really into older films). I have never read anything about Sirk as a subversive, though, so I'm interested to rewatch the film after reading up on that aspect (plus, I'm more into film/know more about it at this point, so I could definitely appreciate it more).
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You should watch Far from Heaven, it's a modern take on the Sirk-esque films of the 50s.
 
Saw EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP over the weekend. Very good. Fast-paced and informative, funny and thought-provoking. The cheeky tag line about being a disaster movie is spot-on.

Long live Mister Brainwash!

Anarchistry said:
Watched Momento last night and I was beyond tired, so not everything made sense. It was a great movie though.
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Is that a new flick from Spain?






:P
 
Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)

Not sure how I feel about this one, personally. I 'get' it on an intellectual level; it is a film about the seedy aspects of a seemingly peaceful/clean (albeit, in this case, purposefully exaggerated) small town. I noticed the recurring motifs (the opening closet door, the ear shots, etc.) and thought that they were well-implemented. Lynch definitely accomplishes his goal of turning the film into a dreamlike tapestry, staying logically consistent but feeling as though the story could turn in any direction at any moment, and, in fact, I could not help but be surprised that the story stayed relatively on the path that I expected; the seeming convention of its plot is actually a nice contrast to the weird, unsettling mood that it manages to establish, so in that sense, George Romero manages to break expectations by... following expectations. It is not a film that allows its audience any real catharsis; all the moments where one would expect a strong emotional reaction (particularly Rosselini's naked/beaten/raped appearance near the end) are placed somewhat at a distance from the audience. Honestly, I don't really know how to rate this film; it definitely succeeds on its own terms, and maybe that's enough that a rating doesn't really matter.
 
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Hard Boiled - Can't say if I prefer it over The Killer because it really drags with it's drama (get to the shootoutsz plz) but I think that has more to do with the completely SHITTASTIC translation the Dragon Dynasty DVD has. Either way - entertainment on a whole other level.

The Bat - VINCENT PRICE. Also, surprisingly good and well structured.
 
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So two back to back horror sci fi movies neither of which I've seen before.

Event Horizon - Opens pretty strong and is a decent sci fi movie overall but takes a turn for the worst near the end. Lotta cheap jump scare attempts which aside from the actual setting (a derelict spaceship) is one of the various things it has in common with the game Dead Space, which I can't help but think that this movie had a great influence on that game. Also for the most part the cast is completely forgettable. 3/5

The Thing - One thing's for sure this was a great success in terms of Blu Ray conversion. The special effects while almost comedic in a cheap way are still kind of gross at times; though I can't exactly fault a movie for being old. The movies still holds a lot of tension with the whole "who's the thing?" theme. 5/5
 


The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (based on my expectations going in) 7.8/10 :P Trust me, that's lovingly high-praise considering what I was expecting. Anyway...

...this is a difficult one.

I was in high school when the first Boondock Saints was garnering it's cult following on DVD amongst people my age and college frat boys, and while I wasn't one of the many douchebags quoting the damn thing non-stop (one guy in my class literally had the entire end courtroom speech from the first movie memorized verbatim) I would be lying if I didn't admit that I too enjoyed the movie a lot.

Fast forward six years later, I had honestly felt the "right" time for the sequel had passed. Had this come out in summer '04-'05 I think it could have made boat-loads of cash. Alas most of the people my age who were in high school and/or college half a decade ago have since gone on to realize that while the first film was "cool" and fun action movie, at the end of the day it wasn't really good movie :lol

A number of factors lowered my expectations for this going in:

~ No Willem Dafoe
*Sort of...
~ I had been well aware of the trouble that Troy Duffy had in getting this made, which is why it took a freaking decade.
~ They shot this thing in barely over one month, which gave me the impression we'd end up with a rushed product.
~ I really disliked the idea of casting of Julie Benz (Rita, from "Dexter") in what essentially would have been Willem Dafoe's role.
~ They released the film in September, which essentially told me the studio had zero confidence in it.

Now, all that out of the way, I was shocked at how much I enjoyed the movie. Seriously. I rented four movies to watch this weekend (The Road, The Wolfman, In Bruges, and this) and figured "I guess I'll just get this one over with" and thought I'd end up hating it.

Okay, I'll just get this out of the way: this is really only for those who saw the first one. They make a number of references to events in the first film that, if you didn't see it, you probably won't understand what's going on. All Saints Day is unabashedly like the first film in nearly every way; 360-camera pans around the brothers with both guns drawn, use of slo-mo during action sequences with operatic/choral music playing over the intense violence, a wide-eyed foul-mouthed supporting character (basically the film's "Rocco"), crime-scene reenactments that are ripped straight from the first film, etc.

And I loved the movie all the more for it. Duffy has a clear love for the way he did the first movie and saw no reason to change up his style, which I have to give him credit for since critics fucking hated the first movie (and, unsurprisingly, were none too kind to this one either). This is basically Duffy giving a big middle-finger to those guys. :D

Here's what I liked about the film:

~ The MacManus brothers. Despite being nearly a decade older, Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus clearly fell comfortably back into their roles, they're just as believable here as they ever were.
~ Nearly every single supporting or minor character that had a line from the first movie reprises their role here. Down to the Irish guy who gave the brothers their weapons, and just had the one "Knock yourselves out" statement, even he's back. Although mostly it was cool to see Greenly, Dolly and Duffy together on the silver screen once more ;) The three are given much more prevalence this time around, which they make good use of.
~ The new supporting cast. It was great to see Judd Nelson hamming it up as the big mob boss, wish he was in more films :( Julie Benz, while supporting a "I'm not sure if she's trying to sound terrible" southern accent, I actually didn't mind her. I appreciated that they bothered to dye her hair to the same color as Willem Dafoe's character from the from the first movie, since she pretty much is playing his part.
~ Billy Connolly is still all sorts of badass. I liked that they explored his character's back story a lot more.
~ It was an unexpected and awesome surprise to see
Peter ~fucking~ Fonda as the film's big over-arching villain. I got a slight Al Pacino-Robert De Niro coffee house vibe during the near-final scene wear Connolly and Fonda are sitting and talking to each other.
~ And finally, imagine the stupid grin I got on my face when
yep, Willem Dafoe shows up in, literally, the final scene of the movie. His time on screen is relatively brief, but it was still great. I felt the film actually came full circle by book-ending it with the return of Smecker, especially since they may as well have just said "Yeah, we're planning on making The Boondock Saints III" at the end.

Overall I actually think it's superior to the first film in nearly every way, Julie Benz is a lackluster substitute for Dafoe, but overall I feel that of the two movies, All Saints Day is definitely the better. Is it a good movie? I don't know, but I enjoyed the hell out of it.

*Oh, and believe it or not, there is nary a site nor sound of a naked breast in the movie. Which I appreciated. There is plenty of flabby man-ass, however.

** And Sean Patrick Flanery's face looked suspiciously botoxed puffy throughout the film. Just sayin'.
 
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Absolutely loved it.

I'm familiar with the works of Roald Dahl, but never got to read this book as a kid. Still, I may invest in the Bluray disc. Incredible movie.
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I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie!
 
Fantastic Mr. Fox was pretty awesome.

I watched Shotgun Stories a little while ago. Fans of Michael Shannon (I'd only seen Revolutionary Road prior to SS) should definitely check it out.

I dug it. I'm not so good at the whole articulating what I think about a movie unless I put a ton of effort into it. Hmm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun_Stories
 
Prince of Persia: Despite Gemma Arterton's stunning looks this film was really average. Had high hopes for it producing something similiar to PotC but I don't think that'll be happening.

Iron Man 2: Really disappointing sequel. Story seemed very wishwashy. Acting performances were the only saving grace.

Dazed and Confused: PARTY AT THE MOONTOWER!
 
The Restless (Joong-cheon)
After his beloved fiancée is killed by demons, Yi Gwak (Woo-sung Jung) joins the royal demon-hunting squad and distinguishes himself as a great hero. And though Yi eventually falls in battle, his adventures are just beginning. His spirit is whisked away to Joong-cheon, a place between heaven and earth where souls await reincarnation -- and where the final, epic clash between the forces of good and evil will be played out.

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Beautiful movie. I really enjoyed it. Admittedly its not a "great" movie but its just so damn beautiful and the CG is awesome. Korean movie with English subtitles.

Netflix: The Restless
 
Invictus (2009)
Pretty solid, enjoyable movie. Eastwood managed to tackle the topic without over the top pathos. There were only very few scenes that felt a bit cheesy.
For a mainstream movie that deals with racism i found that refreshing.
 
These are all available on Netflix Instant Watch for those interested

Che- I just have to ask what all involved were thinking. The first two and a half hours is decent enough if it were to be an HBO miniseries. The last half is a bunch of people running around in the jungle starving, puking, and bitching and not doing a whole lot of talking. At the end of this epic you know little more about the man and the events that surrounded him then you could have read off of a 100 word summary of a Wikipedia article that summarized two random sections of said Wikipedia article.

Beer Wars- The Michael Moore film of the beer industry. It tries to explain how the big three beer distributors are ruining it for everyone else, which is probably true but it failed at actually explaining the scenarios they put forth. One of the pioneers of such a novel and indie brand as Mike's Hard Liquor takes us on a tour of the suffering breweries of Sam Adams and Dogfish to prove some sort of point that seems lost in the fact that they are using successful companies as their underdogs. Luckily we have a bit of animation and the narrator/ director making sure that we never get any sort of objectivity.

The Vanishing (American version)- I had not seen this in years, and I still love this film. I really need to see the original because I hear it is better. Another classic performance by Jeff Bridges. He is doing some unrecognizable over the top accent but you forgive him because he is Jeff Bridges and it is hilarious. Over the top acting all around from a mulleted Kiefer Sutherland, and very young early days Sandra Bullock. Just a great twisty little suspense mystery film that is both hilarious in its awkward dialog and yet still very compelling storywise. I love this movie.

Alice- This is a 1988 retelling of Alice in Wonderland, and I believe it is a Czech film from the description. Very odd film. It is like watching someone play an old school adventure game badly. Alice tries to open a drawer, the doorknob falls off, she finds a knife, uses the knife to open the drawer. In the drawer is a key, it opens a door that she is to small to fit through, she eats some food that makes her shrink, but now the room is filled with water....... The film also filled with all sorts of stop motion footage much of which includes dead animals, with a different larger dead animals skull put over their bodies as the characters. It is an interesting experience to say the least but not one I would want to relive. Worth a good thirty minute preview though just because it is like watching a creepy video game.
 
Saw Splice and it was definitely entertaining though maybe not in the way that the director/producer intended. I don't want to spoil anything, but there is definitely some fucked up shit going in this movie that I would never expect to see in a sci-fi horror/creature film and Adrien Brody tried his best keep a serious face during some of the ridiculous moments. I don't know it really is quite horrible, but the fact that the movie had people laughing hysterically at moments and mouth agape (in disgust) at others makes me want to rate it higher than it actually deserves. I guess I'll give it 6/10, though if I knew for sure that it wasn't intended to be a comedy I would definitely have to give it like a 4 or 5.
 
Loxley said:
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (based on my expectations going in) 7.8/10 :P Trust me, that's lovingly high-praise considering what I was expecting. Anyway...
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It wasn't as enjoyable as the first one, that's for sure. It feels a bit like a simple rehash. But, like you said, it's o.k.

One thing I did like a lot was
Rocco's
appearance and speech about man and man's perseverance. It felt really genuine for some reason. It was also the one thing about the movie that was original in some way.
 
Saw Kick-Ass. The movie left me in awe. Except when the FPS sequence made it's appearance...That was laaaaaaame, so poorly done. I really really hated it.
But overall, it was awesome.
 
Hell in the Pacific - I was really digging this until the last two minutes or so, then it just sort of ended out of nowhere. So I watched the alternate ending, and that one was not good, either.
 
Google ads is showing me K-20: THE FIEND WITH 20 FACES ads. I saw this last September and recommend it to folks who want to see a Japanese take on Batman, set in an alternate 1949. Good action, nifty production design.
 
In Bruges - This one won't be as in depth as my Boondock Saints II blurb a few posts up :D I really enjoyed it, a solid dark comedy. I can see why Colin Ferrell won a golden globe for his performance. Also, he and Brendan Gleeson had a good bromance chemestry together. The ending was very well done as well.

8/10
 
Loxley said:
In Bruges - This one won't be as in depth as my Boondock Saints II blurb a few posts up :D I really enjoyed it, a solid dark comedy. I can see why Colin Ferrell won a golden globe for his performance. Also, he and Brendan Gleeson had a good bromance chemestry together. The ending was very well done as well.

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yeah, it was great. the soundtrack was beautiful, btw.
 
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