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PTFTW
That movie sounds cree-pee.
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churningindawake
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Thanks for posting notapplicable, i appreciate all the reviews you are giving.
keep it up!
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notapplicable
Sep 30, 2008, 7:09 AM
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Just finished In My Skin http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337961/ and Cee-pee does not even come close.
Seriously, Geo and anybody who doesn't like the sight of blood, self mutilation, self cannibalism and the crushing issolation imposed by indulgence in addictive behavior, DO NOT WATCH THIS.
Most broadly I think it's a dark and sad but also intelligent, innocently indulgent and honest metaphor for addiction and the uniquely human compulsion towards self destruction. The willingness of a human to persist in causing itself physiological harm for no other reason than to indulge an impulse, is a subject thats fascinated me for some time and I liked how dark and deep the writer/director/lead actress took the subject matter. She is truly unflinching, that is for sure.
The first thirty minutes were a bit slow but once the blood started flowing, I was totally absorbed. One scene in particular stood out as unexpectedly sensual and intimate. The first truly conscious indulgence of her compulsion finds her alone in a hotel room, tenderly picking at with a knife, sucking, nuzzling, biting, chewing and slowly devouring her own arm. Her manipulating and acting on it as though it were another body, a lover even, was oddly compelling, the blood bright against creamy skin and white teeth. Mostly shot in long takes with sparse dialogue, it had an unflenching and voyeuristic feel to it and the score fit the images and themes well.
If your a fan of horror movies and the subjects of obsession and terror, you will like this movie. Kind of reminded me of a Haneke film, think The Piano Teacher or Funny Games. Don't expect anything flashy, actually the realism was startling and subtle. I know the subject matter sounds over the top but non of it was at all campy or felt forced. The character, the things she does to herself and the way it effects her life were carefully and deliberately realized. You may be surprised how impactful the images are.
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sungam
Sep 30, 2008, 12:57 PM
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Weird. Might have to watch that one just out of curiosity.
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Has anyone seen the climbing movie The Sharp End.
If so, please tell me what you thought about it.
I didn't feel like looking through the climbing dvd movie thread to find it. (too lazy right now)
I didn't like dosage 5, so I'm hoping Sender Films will have another good climbing movie.
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notapplicable
Oct 4, 2008, 2:15 AM
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I went out on a limb and watched Awake the other night. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211933/
Going in I didn't expect much, actually I was pretty sure it was going to suck. On that point I was wrong, the script was not cheezy like the previews made it look and it was shot simply, without much flare. All together they told a much simpler and more effecting story than I expected. It was kinda sad actually.
The obvious weak point was that fucktard Hayden Christensen who couldn't fake an emotion to save his life but in this he was at least tolerable. He's possibly the least talented actor being cast in major roles right now and its wearing fucking thin. Beyond that everyone was solid and Alba actually got a chance to act a bit, hell they even let her wear clothes most of the movie.
Over all I would say its worth watching and not as much a "teeny flick" as the ads make it look. I did see one of two plot twists coming but the other was descent and made for an interesting if not unrealistic ending.
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churningindawake
Oct 4, 2008, 2:23 AM
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Went and saw Eagle Eye, it was a good movie.
It had lots of action, and a few weird twists.
Its well worth seeing.
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churningindawake
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Oh, you should go see it in an Imax, makes the movie experience really awesome.
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notapplicable
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Hot damn!! I just found out that Michael Haneke wrote and directed an adaptation of Franz Kafkas heartrending novel, The Castle.
I'm always skeptical of book to film conversions but if anyone can handle the metaphorical nuance, alienation and tenderness of the novel, its Haneke.
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sungam
Oct 4, 2008, 2:47 PM
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notapplicable wrote: Hot damn!! I just found out that Michael Haneke wrote and directed an adaptation of Franz Kafkas heartrending novel, The Castle. I'm always skeptical of book to film conversions but if anyone can handle the metaphorical nuance, alienation and tenderness of the novel, its Haneke.
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notapplicable
Oct 4, 2008, 6:03 PM
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sungam wrote: notapplicable wrote: Hot damn!! I just found out that Michael Haneke wrote and directed an adaptation of Franz Kafkas heartrending novel, The Castle. I'm always skeptical of book to film conversions but if anyone can handle the metaphorical nuance, alienation and tenderness of the novel, its Haneke. Is there a timeline on it?
My bad, should have included the link. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120075/
It was produced in 1997 and I'm not really sure how I over looked it. I've been working my way through his body of work, in no particular order, over several years but would have watched this one already if I had known it was there. I've enjoyed every thing I've read by Kafka but The Castle is one of my favorite books in the general category of "literary fiction".
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sungam
Oct 4, 2008, 6:18 PM
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Cool.
Might have to give that one a look if you say it looks good.
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sungam wrote: Cool. Might have to give that one a look if you say it looks good.
I'll let you know in a few days, I bumped it to the top of the Netflix queue.
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SOunds good.
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Oct 11, 2008, 4:22 AM
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Watched Descent http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463027/ a few days ago.
I was highly, highly impressed with Talia Lugacy's directorial debut. Watching the special features showed this to be a project of passion that spaned 3+ years of work and commitment by three close friends. Rosario Dawson (lead actress, producer), Talia Lugacy (writer, director) and Brian Priest (writer) decided to put to film the story they wanted to tell, in the style they wanted to tell it and followed through with conviction. It possesses the rare quality of only showing you the actions and reactions of the characters and not overtly tell you what they are feeling or how you should respond to their circumstances. This film did not suffer a bit from its lack of funding or studio backing.
At its core, this is a story of the things people choose to do to one another in this world and the cost we pay. Aside from being an interesting and compellingly told story, the film was just beautifully made. The cool tones and seething malice of the first act are nicely contrasted by the warm overflowing eroticism of the club scenes in the second. Sublimely acted, you could throw a five gallon bucket of superlatives at Dawson's perfomance and they would all stick. The pain and regret plays so cleanly across her face, it just highlights the oversights and narrow scope of the major award granting oranizations. Not that there wouldn't have been better substitutes but, other considerations aside, I would have bumped Blanchett from last years Oscar nominations, in favor of Dawson.
This movie reminds me of Gus Van Sant's stuff in some ways. If you like My Own Private Idaho and Drugstore Cowboy you will enjoy this. Don't expect to feeling all warm and fuzzy when its over but it may occupy your thoughts for awhile.
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notapplicable wrote: Don't expect to feeling all warm and fuzzy when its over but it may occupy your thoughts for awhile.
I read the summery-sounds intense but very good.
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notapplicable wrote: Finished rewatching Spartan a little while ago. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360009/ A post mentioning Val Kilmer as a favorite actor reminded me of this movie so I thought I'd give it another go. Like most of Mamet's scripts, there is alot that goes unsaid and you pick up more with each viewing.
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notapplicable
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Watched the The Happening http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796117/ on Thursday.
M. Night Shyamalan's worst reviewed movie to date is pretty clearly the low point in his career, where I disagree with most people is on exactly how low that low point is. Personaly I didn't feel the careful building of suspense was important or even desirable for the story being told but his not doing so seems to be the most frequent complaint. That and the absence of a twist or surprise ending which has become a staple of M. Nights patient and deliberate style, seemed to have left some people scratching there heads. Personally I rather liked watching him make a "straight forward" movie.
End of the world scenarios can be a little tricky in that you really have to focus on one individuals story or risk getting lost in the scope of it all. Unfortunately he didn't choose the most interesting people to follow around with his camera. I did like the heightened level of violence in this one and it fit the story well, if anything he could taken it more into straight forward scares and horror and avoided trying to make it haunting. As it stands, it felt a little muddled, like a combination of his original style and old school John Carpenter or something. All that being said, the story was fairly original, the acting was well done (if a bit overt) and I just like his visual style. He knows how to tell a story by simply showing the relationship between people and their environment. Over all I thought it was entertaining but if your not a fan of his already or don't like slow pacing, you might want to skip it.
I'll say the same thing about this that I did when I saw the Coen brothers, The Ladykillers...if this is his directorial "low point", he's having one hell of a good run.
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Rewatching Leaving LasVegas right now.
Such a good sound track.
Cage is so visceral and intense, so wild. Kinda disappointing the direction he's taken his career.
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Seen some stuff at the theater and some at home but haven't had time to write it up.
Just wanted to add that The Road http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/ is coming out in November. Its the screen version of the Cormac McCarthy Novel by the same name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Road. Directed by the Australian who created The Proposition, the subject matter is in capable hands and my hopes are high.
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Watched Quantum Of Solace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/ at the midnight showing last night. Yeah, yeah I know, only nerdz and fanboys go to those things.
My feelings about this movie can be summed up in just one word **SIGH!!**
Those fucking cunts had a home run handed to them in the Casino Royal rebute and they cheeztittied the hell out of it. Just look at the first and last in the Bourne franchise and you will see an exact model of what they did with this Bond "Direct sequel".
They kept all the action, which wasn't even filmed and edited on the level of CR, cut out all the plot, continuity, character development, intelligence and Bond trademarks. In doing so they cut 30-40 minutes of film time and stole all the life from the movie. As it stands, its slightly better than the Transporter movies but only because they actually kill people and unlike Jason Statham, Daniel Craig is not a lukewarm puddle of ball sweat with narry a hint of acting ability.
I should qualify all this by saying that its still better than anything Pierce Brosnan did with the franchise and I'm clearly judging it against Casino Royal but all that said, Paul Haggis and Marc Forster should be ashamed of themselves for giving birth to this waste of potential. Its an abomination really, given the foundation they had to build on and the great potential contained in those two minds, there is just no excuse.
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notapplicable wrote: Watched Quantum Of Solace http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/ at the midnight showing last night. Yeah, yeah I know, only nerdz and fanboys go to those things. My feelings about this movie can be summed up in just one word **SIGH!!** Those fucking cunts had a home run handed to them in the Casino Royal rebute and they cheeztittied the hell out of it. Just look at the first and last in the Bourne franchise and you will see an exact model of what they did with this Bond "Direct sequel". They kept all the action, which wasn't even filmed and edited on the level of CR, cut out all the plot, continuity, character development, intelligence and Bond trademarks. In doing so they cut 30-40 minutes of film time and stole all the life from the movie. As it stands, its slightly better than the Transporter movies but only because they actually kill people and unlike Jason Statham, Daniel Craig is not a lukewarm puddle of ball sweat with narry a hint of acting ability. I should qualify all this by saying that its still better than anything Pierce Brosnan did with the franchise and I'm clearly judging it against Casino Royal but all that said, Paul Haggis and Marc Forster should be ashamed of themselves for giving birth to this waste of potential. Its an abomination really, given the foundation they had to build on and the great potential contained in those two minds, there is just no excuse.
In the mean time, some King reviews.
Desperation.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129871/
A different one from King. Classic system of authority figure in an evil role but with a strange religious spin put on it. I've never read or seen any Stephen King story where religion plays such a strong role (maybe Father Callahan in the last few Dark Tower novels) but I liked it a lot, even though it seemed forced sometimes. It was made for TV, so to see it I'm pretty sure you'll have to stream it. *cough*youtube*cough*
Secret Window.
Watch it.
Do it now!!!111oneone
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sungam wrote: I'm going to see it in an hour, I'll chip in my thoughts then.
Reading back over what I wrote, I might have been a bit hard on the movie. I just really hoped that they would be willing to continue making solid action movies that also had all the elements of a more conventional film, background, character development, layered and unrushed plot lines, a focus on the acting, etc... Why don't people understand that you can have both?
Casino Royal was financially successful too so I really don't know why they didn't build on what they had, much like Christopher Nolan did with The Dark Knight. It was still a cheezy action movie but a really, really well made on.
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sungam wrote: Desperation. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129871/ A different one from King. Classic system of authority figure in an evil role but with a strange religious spin put on it. I've never read or seen any Stephen King story where religion plays such a strong role (maybe Father Callahan in the last few Dark Tower novels) but I liked it a lot, even though it seemed forced sometimes. It was made for TV, so to see it I'm pretty sure you'll have to stream it. *cough*youtube*cough*
I plan on watching Desperation when I get a chance. Made for TV movies sometimes suffer from low budgets but I've been suprised in the past and the source material is good.
Sungam wrote: Secret Window. Watch it. Do it now!!!111oneone
This is actually the first King movie I saw without reading the book first. It was a bit slow but pretty good and I loved John Turturro, actually I can't think of anything I didn't really enjoy him in. Depp is of course infinitely watchable.
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*sigh*
The movie was awesome, of course, but... if it didn't say bond on the cover it would have been as good as could be expected, but it didn't really have the complex plot (or if there was one, it was exactly explained. I mean, really, WTF happened? I mean, really? pointless shit.)
And WTF? He's a 00 now. GIVE HIM SOME FUCK GADGETS!!!!1111oneone1 (all he had was a pimped out iPhone).
Really, I didn't get much of it. I was a little dissapointed, TBH, and I was going in with slightly lower standards due to NA's post.
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