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[BeeDog]

Just watched Open Range; been wanting to watch this movie for a while now and finally got around to it. Holy shit it was a great movie! The cheesy beginning wasn't too promising, but as soon as the tension racked up it became immensely better. Duvall was pure gold in his role, and the way Costner and him thundered throughout the movie was highly entertaining to watch. All the build-up to the final confrontation was great as well.

Definitely one of the finer western movies I've seen. 8/10.

 

[Always-honest]

The Fountain. Motherfucking movie was in the Science Fiction section of the video store...........

Anyway. It was okay. Good acting by Hugh jackman (and the rest).
But i did see "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" the day before (second time).. I liked that one better.

 

[CiSTM]

Biutiful - After Alejandro González's Babel I wasn't thrilled to going see this but man behind excellent Amores Perros is back.

 

[Drewsky]

Biutiful - After Alejandro González's Babel I wasn't thrilled to going see this but man behind excellent Amores Perros is back.

So you didn't like Babel either? I didn't like it at all, but this looks really good to me, but I was hesitant to get too excited because of Babel.

 

[X26]

Ip Man

Loved it, great choreography/fight scenes. Maybe a little too nationalistic at times but overall very solid

 

[Net_Wrecker]

3rd viewing of Zodiac, and umpteenth of Alien. Both on Blu-ray for the first time

Zodiac (2007) Directed by David Fincher

Alien (1979) Directed by Ridley Scott

Both amazing films, but made even more so on Blu because these are some astounding transfers. Alien especially is unbelievably sharp. Gotta revisit some of your favorites every once in a while in between blasting through the new stuff. Feels good man.

 

[Enco]

Just watched Die Hard 4 on tv.

Second viewing. A very enjoyable film.

 

[otake]

Just watched Die Hard 4 on tv.

Second viewing. A very enjoyable film.

I couldn't get passed the stupidity of the plot. I agree, it's entertaining but God I wished I was drunk when I saw it.

 

[Danielsan]

Spoiler

After my interpretation the guy never died. Everything we saw was just him tripping on DMT after he read about rebirth in that tibetan book. In the beginning we see him chilling and having some heavy closed eye visions, then his phone rings and from there he is having a bad trip where his real life problems, memories and fears mix with the trip.
Later in the film is a scene where we see him watching himself in the mirror again so i think most of the film is just him standing in front of that mirror and reflecting on his life while tripping balls.

If he would actualy be reborn that would indeed be cheesy but i think it was only a methaphorical rebirth at the end of his trip.

Saw this today. Watched the 2 hours and 41 minutes version. Way too long, but damned if it isn't a depressing, harrowing visual master piece. The first section, the one you experience through Oscar's eyes is amazing. The car crash scene is also downright fantastic. Seriously gave me goosebumps and scared the living shit out of me when it happened. There is no way I can honestly recommend this film to anyone I know. It requires too much from the average viewer, but it sure is an interesting experience. If only the story had been slightly more fleshed out...
I think I agree with your interpretation.

Spoiler

The morgue, the mirror scene and the love hotel all hinted me that it wasn't reality. On his way to The Void Alex tells Oscar what it's like to be tripping on DMT and the film is Oscar's trip on DMT influenced by reading and thinking about the Tibetan book of the dead.

Still, one hell of a trip. I never experienced

 

[AlternativeUlster]

A 9.0 imdb rating, numerous rave critical reviews, a great many more of great reviews by GAF members and you're merely thinking about watching it? :lol

I still haven't watched it for I used to own the original when it first came out on Criterion.

 

[Kawaii]

You might have questionable taste :lol . What makes defendor so great? I like woody and kat dennings (boobies) I even own defendor, ive just never watched it. But i've never see it rated so highly.

I just didn't like Scott Pilgrim, it felt like a movie made for geeks, by geeks. I hated the humor. The special effects were something i've never seen before but i really disliked and the story didn't do anything for me either.

What i liked about crash was the the intertwining of the different but related stories. The racism theme was a bit too much i must admit.

I can't really say what i like about Defendor that much. It just clicked with me.

 

[Blablurn]

Monsters (2010)

much better than i expected it to be after all the bad reviews i read on the internet. i loved the scenario, liked the characters and the story was really interesting. its no district 9 and no cloverfield, but a good monster flick with some kind of bigger focus on the people.

Thumbs Up!

 

[snack]

Saw the movie Buried recently. It was alright I suppose.

 

[otake]

I watched As Good as it Gets recently. The script and acting still hold up but there is some weirdness with camera angles. Still a great movie, the more I watch it the more I appreciate Helen Hunts performance. Greg Kinnear is surprisingly good as well.

It's amazing what the director does with the actors. There's two layers of conversation in most of the exchanges, there's what the actors are saying and what they are showing with their eyes and brows. Watch it again and note the diner conversations between Hunt and Nicholson and their expressions, it's amazing. I thought only Pacino could do that shit.


X number of years later, still thumbs up for me.

 

[Meesh]

the stoning of Soraya M.

Ho.ly.Jezuhz at the stoning.

My wife cried...I needed some fresh air, felt like passing out. Unbelievably tragic story(obviously), great acting.

 

[Decado]

Ip Man

Loved it, great choreography/fight scenes. Maybe a little too nationalistic at times but overall very solid

Probably my favourite martial arts film. Quite possibly the only one where I can tollerate the acting/story outside of the fight scenes.

Sequel was a disappointment and the prequel barely worth watching, though.

 

[Messi]

Invictus: it was amazing in moments kinda boring in others. A very uneven movie. still kinda liked it.

 

[EliCash]

Inception 5/5 - Perfection. Words can't really describe how much I enjoyed this film, completely lived up to the hype. Inspirational filmmaking.
The Prestige 5/5 - Very engaging. I pretty much enjoyed everything about it. Bowie as Tesla was perfect casting, Bale and Jackman were both brilliant also.
Memento 5/5 - Immediately became one of my favourite films.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 4/5 - Second viewing. Just as entertaining as the first viewing. I still find 1 or 2 moments slightly cringeworthy but that's really the only criticism I have. Perfect casting throughout also.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 days 4/5 - Brutal but brilliant filmmaking. Best foreign film I've watched this year.
Insomnia 3/5 - Solid enough but nothing special. Good film that could have been a lot more.
Weekend 1/5 - Apart from the long traffic jam tracking shot and one or two funny moments I hated everything about this film. I know that's the point but I also hate that that's the point. Awful.

Spoiler

There was no need for sledgehammering a pig in the face

 

[Kentpaul]

going to watch Enter the Void tomorrow with a good bit of weed , shit so be ultra out this world cash, in the mean time i have seen

Fun with dick and jane - Classic fun easy going jim carry movie.

Truman show, started getting abit paranoid during it.

Rounders - two days after seeing it i got drunk on xmas day and played some poker with a few family memebers

Blow - put me in a party mood and a rather uneasy craving for coke.

Human traffic - This film displays the british club culture on print.

Tsotsi - underated gem , city of god but in south africa.

Secretary - Found it very erotic.

Bound - Found this really erotic (i have a soft spot for lesbian films)

Frozen River - Shit was on my mind for days , one of the best underrated movies on my list

Falling Down - Really enjoyable to watch , had a sort of T2/GTA vibe to it.

Phonebooth - 2 hours to short to give me the effect the film was going for

Up in Smoke - always a pleasure to roll up and watch some cheech and chong.

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - Another erotic lesbian tale i enjoyed.

The Boxer - Great underated boxing film set in the IRA/BRITISH war times of ireland

Scarecrow - A great road trip movie for us love trip movie lovers

Everybody's Fine - Heart warming story , best watched on a sunday afternoon

Dazed and Confused - Complete awsome.

thats about all i can remember, these were over a few weeks of wake and bake all day long days.

 

[Drewsky]

Eli you went on a Chris Nolan spree. Which was your favorite?

 

[bumbillbee]

going to watch Enter the Void tomorrow with a good bit of weed , shit so be ultra out this world cash

Exactly how I saw it. The opening credits are going to blow your mind. I normally hate that phrase, but it really does apply here.

 

[brandonh83]

Theater

Black Swan-- amazing, 2nd best film I've seen this year
True Grit-- well made and acted, story was just so-so

Netflix

Carriers-- decent, but pointless
The Horsemen-- not terrible, but forgettable
Train-- Hostel on a Train! Literally. Awful.
Death of a Ghost Hunter-- I enjoy this sort of thing, but... no, avoid at all costs.
Year One-- uhm, maybe not AS bad as I'd been led to believe, Cera carried it with his usual Cera-ness so YMMV
House of Fears-- by the numbers horror, but I've seen worse
2012-- Roland Emmerich is a joke
Wilderness-- directed by the guy directing the next Silent Hill film, it had some pretty graphic deaths
Candyman-- surprisingly good, psychological horror
Curious Case of Benjamin Button-- kind of boring, lacked any emotional power
Black Out-- thriller set in an elevator. didn't even finish, it was all over the place.
Dario Argento's Opera-- Easily the most well-shot and awesome death scene I've seen in ages!

 

[Cloudy]

I watched Harry Potter 2-6 the last 2 weeks. 3-6 were really good. I am kind of pumped to see the last 2 now :lol

 

[Ratrat]

Bound - Found this really erotic (i have a soft spot for lesbian films)

Yeah, its not a super tight noir thriller with excellent acting and script. Its a lesbian film.:lol

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Just watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Even though the middle of the movie seemed a little bloated I was still pretty much blown away shot for shot. Will watch again tomorrow to form a more coherent opinion. But for now, wow.

 

[VeryGooster]

Watching the end credits roll on Easy A. I really enjoyed it and loved a lot of the characters. I definitely see myself watching it a second time and my god is Emma Stone gorgeous.

 

[otake]

Watching the end credits roll on Easy A. I really enjoyed it and loved a lot of the characters. I definitely see myself watching it a second time and my god is Emma Stone gorgeous.

She has a second chin. It's really obvious in Superbad.

 

[Meesh]

Lol, shit.

That's about all I can muster for Resident Evil Afterlife.

Okay, I lied. Anderson made a point to emphasize he wrote, directed and produced(?) this mediocre attempt at what I hoped was a REvitalization of the series.(why oh why?) So starting out I was hopeful(slightly), but the pain set in early on...I think the Wesker character was either acted or wrote terrible; probably both. It was a clear indication that everything was down hill from there.

Locating Clair was a good start because that meant the end was near for Alices terrible video diary. There's zero emotion in her entries, and it doesn't sound like the stakes are high enough, what's the point of carrying on this character when she's so two dimensional?? Clair is found with a beyond cheesy mind controling spider conveniently located on her chest, not her head or the base of her skull, but hey I'll be honest, that's the first place I'd enjoy thoroughly searching. After things are straightened out and Claire's cleaned up, Alice somehow found the time to give her a right proper makeover before taking on the search for their missing companions. Really, a makeover? They're trying to survive the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, who fraking cares about eye liner and lipstick?? Au natural would've been realistic.

From Alaska, Alice was kind enough to note she was indeed flying over Prince Rupert B.C, so a shout out to all us Canadian zombies out there!!! The point?...I don't think it served one.

L.A. A prison surrounded by thousands of zombies with a paltry cast of what can only be described as (the recent)Dawn of the Dead knock offs. Similarities include, "total dick in a black suit" Ty Burrel, or in this case "movie producer" Kim Coates...I wonder if there was an inside joke in here? Obligatory Black dude Mekhi Phifer, "criminal on the straight for his baby"(DotD) and in REA, Boris Kodjoe who plays the anti Phifer role as a"sucessful sports star". Next up is Jake Weber, "a man with a plan" (DotD) and his opposite in REA, Wentworth Miller "a man with a plan everyone wants in on but he's a dangerous mofo". A last nitpick would be a strong female lead, but it's hardly worth mentioning. Continuing the DotD and REA similarities would be in the escape from the prison itself, or rather the purposed escape. DotDs answere is to A-Team the shit outta a couple buses and high tail it to a yacht. REAs original plan: a 16 wheel tank which is just about the same thing when all is said and done. Thankfully they don't actually get around to using the tank.

As I was saying, Alice sees this crew hopefuls on the roof of the prison, a prison surround by zombies. Why land on the goddamn roof when there's no hope of rescuing any of them? Defies logic. Characters should be placed in impossible circumstances to make things interesting, not stupid. If Alice ran outta fuel and crash landed through the front gate and up the stairs, cool. But to have fuel, and to make the conscientious descision to land when you'll probably die is stupid on purpose. Insults the audience. From there it was obvious a fight would erupt at some point having "typical asshole" steal said plane.

There are a lot of slow motion action sequences, sometimes it's a good thing, in the case of REA it's pretty much all bad. So over done in this film.

They do escape to Arcadia which is a tanker under Umbrella control. What they find there is nothing short of the movies biggest let down. Nothing. Some humans in cryo for tests...a lot of white empty space...and Wesker, again!!! The end battle was terrible, the climax escaped when Wesker dodged bullets like Neo, but died like a two bit extra. Nothing to. see here I'm afraid...

Now that my bitching's complete there are some good things to note.

*Alice loses her super human abillities, she's finally a human. Hints there's a working remedy for the T-virus but no one wants to use it?
*Alice clones kick ass, but thankfully all die.
*the new zobies are infected with what seems the Las Plagas. It's just a hunch based on how they look, dogs as well.
*Anderson played RE4? Las Plagas?
*kinda cool how Las Plagas burrow under ground.
*The Executioner. Under used though.
*97 minutes and it's over.
*my next rental is free.

Sorry for the rant, no idea why I expect more or something new. Honestly the movies should have stuck to the original RE's and maintained that survival horror feeling. Zombie action is kinda shitty on the big screen.

 

[A Link to the Past]

12 Monkeys
American Psycho
The Incredibles

All awesome

 

[G-Fex]

Finally saw Iron Man 2.

It was alright but there's a few lot of things I didn't like.

The shoe horned in Black Widow stuff was one of them. God I hate Johanssen.

Let me go back to this.

I didn't like the story. I really didn't, I liked the action fine and the suits and drones but I didn't like the villain and most of the other characters and well damn if I am so damn disappointed in this. I really really hated the story. I mean damn.

 

[Salazar]

The Daredevil in the Castle.

Mifune doing his thing. Kickass film. Stupendous soundtrack. Watch it. Turn it up loud. Have fresh pants nearby.

 

[kruis]

Highlights of this bunch:

Way Down East
I'm getting a real kick out of watching silent movies. There's a charm, innocence but also emotional depth to them that modern movies find it hard to match. Even a turpid stage melodrama can be transformed into gold. But then again, this movie is DW Griffith at his best and Lilian Gish simply shines. And how did they ever film that ending on the floating ice?

I am a Fugitive from a Chaingang
Paul Muni was absolutely great in this pre-code movie. And what a downer ending. Classic.

My Best Girl
My first Mary Pickford movie. Absolutely charming silent romcom. And whatever happened to director Sam Taylor? His Harold Lloyd movies were incredible too.

The Night of the Hunter
There's so much to enjoy here: the film noir story, Robert Mitchum in top form, the stunning cinematography, the music. I wonder if Terrence Malick was inspired by the boat scenes in TNotH.

Tangled
Disney animated movies hit the crapper since Lilo and Stich, but this is once again Disney movie magic. My favorite animated movie of the year.


Honorable mentions for Bride of Frankenstein, 9, Despicable Me, Scott Pilgrim and The Town.



Bottom of the barrel:

Brother Orchid
Edward G Robinson is totally wasted in this unfunny movie about a gangster boss who hides in a monastery.

Thirst
Didn't even finish it. Didn't like the characters, the setting, everything.

Red Riding In the Year of Our Lord 1974
Starts off well but it doesn't go anywhere. Bleak, grey, unsuspenseful and improbable. Don't think I'll bother with the 1980 and 1983 sequels.

Thin Red Line
I bet the author of The Thin Red Line is stilling rolling around in his coffin after what Malick has done to his story. Looks beautiful but the story in the movie is an absolute mess.

 

[kruis]

Highlight of this bunch:

Love Me Tonight
This early 30ies musical with Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald was an absolute delight: witty, clever, great songs. This was even better than the movies this pair made with Ernst Lubitsch.

A Stolen Life
A switched identities melodrama starring Bette Davis. It should not work but it did. The scenes where both Bette Davis characters interact with each other are incredibly well done too.

Stage Door
Katherine Hepburn is a young socialite who dreams of making it on Broadway and moves into a boarding house for aspiring young actresses. The movie has a great ensemble cast, Adolphe Menjou steals the show as a lecherous theater owner and the lines are delivered faster than in screwball comedies like Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday. Lots of laughter and an ending that tugs at the heartstrings.

 

[EliCash]

Eli you went on a Chris Nolan spree. Which was your favorite?

Inception > Memento > The Prestige > TDK > Batman Begins >> Insomnia

That's really forcing an answer though. There's really nothing between Inception, Memento, The Prestige and TDK for me. Also I've seen TDK maybe 8 or 9 times, Memento 4 times (I only saw it for the first time a few weeks ago), The Prestige twice and Inception once.

Based on first viewings TDK would be before Memento and The Prestige I think, so I need to watch Inception again to give a fair answer. I didn't really want to put Inception before Memento and The Prestige but I honestly haven't been that entertained by a film since, well, TDK probably. The feeling I got after Inception was similar to the feeling I got when I first watched T2 Judgement Day as a kid.

I still need to watch Following but I'm not expecting that to become my favorite.

 

[y2dvd]

I haven't seen this movie in like 20 years. I don't recall it looking and sounding this good. The colors are vibrant and I didn't notice any grains. The ballroom scene with that 3d effect was gorgeous to look at. The songs are still as memorable as I remembered it to be, but I forgot how great this score was.

Belle is a total hottie. I had empathy for the beast when he had to let Belle go knowing full well she was his only chance to transform back into a human. It was funny, when he finally morphed back into human and quickly turned around to reveal his face, my whole family thought he was uglier than his beast form. :lol

5/5
I can't wait to return from work to watch the special features. This movie really deserves it's own thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM3rZsDYLVY

 

[StuBurns]

I still need to watch Following but I'm not expecting that to become my favorite.

You should check it out, it's an interesting thing to see just for context of Nolan's work going forward. It's better than Insomnia too.

 

[Binabik15]

Firefox crashed and ate my post, so here´s the short version.

Monsters Inc: looks great on bluray, film is still incredible

How to train your dragon: more cute than ha-ha funny and I´m sooo tired of the whole "hot, bitchy popular girl fals in love with dorky protagonist after he does something noteworthy and revelas her heart of gold" trope

Scott Pilgrim: W-T-F. I didn´t like it. Michael Cera overdose. Yeah, he´s awkward, but he´s also a womanizer this time! I know that you can´t expect a great story from this, but the characters were amost all super douchey, the jokes weren´t funny and the music, oh god, the music. Why was the "zomg high skewl" girl at 17 so "zomg childish", but his 18 year old sister so "mature" and "experienced" and allowed to mouth off about him going out with this one-year-younger-than-her "child"? Struck me as odd. Some neat special effects, though.

I think the next time I hear Cera´s whiney voice I´ll claw my ears out.

Spoiler

Puts on flame shield

 

[WorriedCitizen]

The Night of the Hunter
There's so much to enjoy here: the film noir story, Robert Mitchum in top form, the stunning cinematography, the music. I wonder if Terrence Malick was inspired by the boat scenes in TNotH.

Great film. I love it. Question is: is it really a film noir? One page earlier i asked if Ace in the Hole can be considered one just because of its characters. Night of the Hunter to me is on the other side of that spectrum. It definitely has the visuals that i associate with film noir but neither story nor characters strike me as noir like.

 

[kruis]

Great film. I love it. Question is: is it really a film noir? One page earlier i asked if Ace in the Hole can be considered one just because of its characters. Night of the Hunter to me is on the other side of that spectrum. It definitely has the visuals that i associate with film noir but neither story nor characters strike me as noir like.

It's mostly the BW cinematography, the crime story and the preacher character. It's not a fullblown film noir, it shares elements of it. IMDB think it's a film noir, you can find it on many lists of the best film noirs ever but opinions are still divided. There are some who think that film noir is about cynical characters who have lost faith in humanity. The Night of the Hunter on the other hand is full of biblical morals, it's also a story of good vs evil. Let's say opinions are divided.

 

[Blader]

A solid, well-made Western that feels like less than the sum of its parts. Kind of disappointed.

Hilarious. Unless it was meant to be serious. In which case, awful.

 

[MBison]

If you're down on Nolan's Insomnia, you should check out the foreign original on Criterion. It's way better. Too many dumb changes for American audiences.

 

[big ander]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/True_Grit_Poster.jpg[img]

A solid, well-made Western that feels like less than the sum of its parts. Kind of disappointed.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7c/Devil_film_poster.jpg[img]

Hilarious. Unless it was meant to be serious. In which case, awful.[/QUOTE]
That's how I felt about True Grit also. Maybe my expectations were set too high, and I loved so many little things about it, but all in all it didn't wow me.
And Devil was indeed funny and weirdly compelling.

 

[sefskillz]

Red Riding In the Year of Our Lord 1974
Starts off well but it doesn't go anywhere. Bleak, grey, unsuspenseful and improbable. Don't think I'll bother with the 1980 and 1983 sequels.

probably not worth continuing if you weren't into it, but 1980 is absolutely nothing like it at all. look, tone, plot, etc. its not until pretty late into 1983 that it finally ties it all back together. i thought they were definitely worth watching, but if you really hated 74, no reason to put yourself through the rest

 

[swoon]

this should be a thread, but it would be lost.

on the culture gabfest (http://www.slate.com/id/2275255/) this week there is a conversation started (to be finished next week) regarding how the new group of young filmmakers portray wealth as compared the previous generation of young directors who portrayed it in a much more caustic light and something to fight against and to skew, but not something they were apart of, yet.

i think also brings up something that has been bugging me all year (and has taken over my normal discussion regarding transportation in movies) regarding the absolute death of true independent film and film that presents an alternative to traditional film stories and film morals. my irl movie group always blames the economy for this change, but i think the change is with the creative minds - tv is inherently un-independent and the traditional outlets for independent film have mostly being co-opted by large studio has comeback machines for fallen stars.

thoughts? also i think the somewhere discussion is really gets to the heart of the problem with the trend and also the problem with coppola's films. so listen to that if you can it is the first 15 mins or so.

 

[Drewsky]

I'd put Memento over Inception, but otherwise I agree with your rankings.

 

[Fady K]

Excellent, beautiful, wonderful, nostalgic, touching, intersting - one of the best films I have seen in a while. People you need to give this one a try. No one has heard of it due to Warner Bros.'s piss-poor marketing. It may not be for you, but I sure as hell bet a whole lot of you will be glad you watched this movie through to the end.

 

[AlternativeUlster]

this should be a thread, but it would be lost.

on the culture gabfest (http://www.slate.com/id/2275255/) this week there is a conversation started (to be finished next week) regarding how the new group of young filmmakers portray wealth as compared the previous generation of young directors who portrayed it in a much more caustic light and something to fight against and to skew, but not something they were apart of, yet.

i think also brings up something that has been bugging me all year (and has taken over my normal discussion regarding transportation in movies) regarding the absolute death of true independent film and film that presents an alternative to traditional film stories and film morals. my irl movie group always blames the economy for this change, but i think the change is with the creative minds - tv is inherently un-independent and the traditional outlets for independent film have mostly being co-opted by large studio has comeback machines for fallen stars.

thoughts? also i think the somewhere discussion is really gets to the heart of the problem with the trend and also the problem with coppola's films. so listen to that if you can it is the first 15 mins or so.

Mumblecore at the moment is the truest form of independent cinema where you can get any camcorder and get your friends together to make a movie without even a fully realized script. Screen the film at the SXSW Film Festival, get it released by Oscilloscope, Factory 25, or IFC and call it a day.

 

[swoon]

Mumblecore at the moment is the truest form of independent cinema where you can get any camcorder and get your friends together to make a movie without even a fully realized script. Screen the film at the SXSW Film Festival, get it released by Oscilloscope, Factory 25, or IFC and call it a day.

that shit is the same as a mainstream drama though. it's the same relationships and the same morals. it's not an alternative to anything expect maybe good taste. also if you are going to pin alternative film on some people who grew up to make cyrus have fun with this world. i need to get off.

even the shitfest that was dogme 95 made people nervous. mumblecore is barely a genre and just awful. also why can't we have mumblecore and something exciting and good anyway?

 

[swoon]

also, seriously? you are going to give me mumblecore over all the diverse range of movies of the early 90s? do you think posion or léolo could be made today?

 

[AlternativeUlster]

that shit is the same as a mainstream drama though. it's the same relationships and the same morals. it's not an alternative to anything expect maybe good taste. also if you are going to pin alternative film on some people who grew up to make cyrus have fun with this world. i need to get off.

even the shitfest that was dogme 95 made people nervous. mumblecore is barely a genre and just awful. also why can't we have mumblecore and something exciting and good anyway?

I think the bulk of mumblecore feels like nice time capsules of Generation Why, cool kids who run to NYC and Austin Texas to run away from really growing up. Nothing truly outstanding in the Austin circles but I have some great gems from the NYC front like the dynamite Frownland and the underrated The Pleasure of Being Robbed. I am saying though that the truest form of independent cinema right now is mumblecore. Whether or not you like the genre is another thing. If you want a new genre in filmmaking, the only way to get there is to make it. I hope someday the genre ultra-modernism will make people nervous like dogme 95.