Movie talk

oh hell ya, our local cinema bar is showing trainspotting tommorrow, awesome.

I just saw 'Synecdoche, New York' and it's brought me closer to tears than any film ever has. I think it could end up being the most important film of the decade.

Which cut of BLADE RUNNER did they show? My mate saw THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY in the cinema too, said it was amazing. I'd really want to check out ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST though sometime.

I got tricked into going to see Fanboys. It was awful. looked like they just made 20 five minute youtube clips and then slapped them together to were it almost seemed like a movie. What's worse, none of the clips were funny.

It took them like 600 years to finally finish it too. The OBSERVE AND REPORT trailer was funny though.

yeah, that looked just different enough that it's not like "oh, here's another mall cop movie."

Also the trailers for The Objective and Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 looked really good .

I don't give a fuck it there's another mall cop movie out, the new one looks really funny and has a lot more style. That 'You gon die' line cracked me up. And it's by the director who made THE FOOT FIST WAY, which gave the world the fantastic Danny McBride.

It was the most recent, 'final cut'. Yeah, Once Upon a Time would be immense.

i just back from seeing MILK
i must say i don't know alot about the gay or equal rights movement from the 70's
and i'm all for it.
it was a little over 2 hours and not one second was boring, i was fascinated, i love gus van sant already, and sean penn is always amazing. what a great story.
if you don't like watchin men kiss, well then turn away when they do, there's quite a bit of it. didn't bother me though.
i fully recommend it. it comes out of the closet and on dvd later this month.

On Wednesday I saw the Che double bill at my local arthouse cinema. They were both very good, but only the first one was genuinely enjoyable. The second one is about his failed campaign in Bolivia and it's a real struggle to watch because everything starts going wrong so early, you start off wanting him to give up then you just want him to get shot. Still, it was a worthwhile experience.

The Kingdom is a pretty fucking awesome film.
I've seen it a few times now and i think i held my breath that last 30 minutes each time.

I loved The Wrestler. I had never seen Rourke in anything, but I thought he did an excellent job. Can't wait to watch it again.

A couple weeks ago I watched The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas. I thought that was a beautiful movie. The end caught me off guard.

I've wanted to see both of these movies but haven't removed my Netflix queue from hold. I figured I would put it off until Gwynyth's out of school since I don't watch movies very often. I'm sure I'll have many things to catch up on when the account is unfrozen again.

Imke, you never saw Sin City? Rourke is in that.

I bought The Wreslter on Friday but lent it to my bro and his wife to watch. I haven't seen it yet.

I have The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas in my Netflix queue. There is a wait for it, but hopefully it arrives soonish. It's for my parents to watch, anyway.

Last night I rewatched American Psycho before I went to bed. I had seen it a couple fo times before, but never all the way through. I liked it, even if some of Christian Bale's acting was a little over the top.

Haha, I fell asleep during that movie! So I guess I wasn't impressed by his performance there.

Also, check out Year of the Dragon and Angel Heart to see what Mickey Rourke was about in his best years.

My childhood was spent thinking that Mickey Rourke wasn't a real person. My cousin kept on using his name as an alias of a friend who was conviently never around.

American Psycho was great. I've seen that way too many times.
i just bought the book. i've heard it is amazing.

Last night I saw a really unusual indie flick called Roger Dodger. It's about a fast-talking advertising exec who takes his sixteen year old out on the pull on New York's bar scene. The main character was like a modern, horny version of Mad Men's Don Draper, or the guy from Thank You For Smoking only obsessed with sexual politics. It's pretty good.

Roger Dodger is amazing--some of the best writing I've ever seen, and some great acting.

I love Roger Dodger! I've seen that a couple of times, in fact I'd watch it again right now if I had it.

Also, you know who I love?...Jamie Bell. I think he's such a fantastic actor, especially for his age, and although I have yet to catch Jumper he's been in some amazing films: Hallam Foe, Dear Wendy, Undertow, um, Billy Elliot...

oh hell ya, our local cinema bar is showing trainspotting tommorrow, awesome.

love that movie.

story, cinematography, subtitles for that Scottish slang. & not to mention great soundtrack.

Well I'm putting it on again in about forty five minutes if you wanna swing by

Jamie Bell is pretty good. I heard that when they were casting Billy Elliot they had a choice between casting a good actor who couldn't dance and casting a good dancer who couldn't act, guess which one they chose. Jumper is pretty shite, but Hallam Foe is cool, some nice shots of Edinburgh, very scenic city.

Didn't like Adaptation so much,

but Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is my Queen of movies.

& Punch Drunk Love was pretty amazing too.

Might have also been that fantastic Jon Brion though.

Seen Synecdoche, New York? One of my favourite films, right up there with The Double Life Of Veronique, Le Mepris and The Big Sleep.

Why do people love Punch Drunk Love so much?
Do I need to give that movie a second chance? I tried to like it, I really did...

No, but I plan to very very soon. Very excited, love Seymour Philip Hoffman.

I don't know I would make a few changes.

I guess if it didn't have one of my favourite writers and my favourite composer in it I wouldn't like it as much, but it would still stand out for me. It's a little biased i think.

Well it's kinda like Adaptation, only magnified exponentially.

SPH is cool though, I really liked him in Charlie Wilson's War, it was a bit different than the kind of roles he normally plays.

I think the only part about adaptation that i didn't really like was that I din't like the way Charlie Kaufman wrote himself. I always pictures him differently and I guess I refused to believe that was him.

But I havent seen Charlie Wilson's War either. There's just something about SPH though, I can't put my finger on it.

You would definitely enjoy The Boat That Rocked.

Agh Punch Drunk Love! I can't remember why, because it was years ago when I saw it, but I HATED it.

Also, Donkey Punch has to be one of the worst films I've ever seen.
2 films I hate with 'Punch' in the title. Coincidence? I think not.

This movie sounds good - Helen - any movie that courts comparisons to Antonioni and Bresson scores points with me.

I don't know if anybody cares at all but I did a search and was led to this thread. I just saw 'Revolutionary Road' and pretty much loved it. If anyone knows jack-squat about musical theater/theatre (whatever's correct)the movie reminded me of 'The Last 5 Years' by Jason Robert Brown. Two people who just can't get their stuff to work.

I'm starting to think I'm asexual and everyone acts like it's the worst thing in the world, like you have to be with someone to be happy. Different things make different people happy. And I sure as heck don't want kids so ... I don't know, it's just nice to see that some people recognize that taking the road most traveled can really screw up some people. I was pleasantly surprised to see this movie made, although I do wish I had read the book first. I always wonder what I'm missing out on, but I think if I read it now it'll spoil the movie.

I'll shut up now.

Punch Drunk Love was, for a while, one of my favorite movies. In fact, it was one of the inspirations for my first attempt at really trying to make a movie, that and 28 Days Later (don't ask).

And Adaptation is still one of my favorite movies. There's very few movies about writers and the writing process that don't come off to me as self serving garbage, but this is one of them. Brilliantly well done on all levels.

Alex: We've got to watch some movies while you're here, I think with the exception of the two movies listed above, we have similar tastes.

I haven't seen THERE WILL BE BLOOD yet (waiting to watch it on Blu), but PUNCH is probably P.T.'s best film, his most original. Since SYDNEY is more standard (well done) crime, BOOGIE is a Scorsese rip and MAGNOLIA a Altman rip.

It may feel a bit unevenish, and partly pretentious, but damn does it roll by good and the mise-en-scene is amazing.

'punch drunk love' was pretty great i thought, but 'there will be blood' blows it out of the water. i love me some pt anderson.

I think you might be right What have you got in mind?

Alex: Dunno, we can play it by ear.

PUNCH DRUNK LOVE felt like he was really coming into his own, instead of biting from others. Well, at least he didn't bite as obvious. Look forward to THERE WILL BE BLOOD since I heard he's REALLY came into his own there (though channeling Kubrick and Altman this time, but not as much)

I love the way MAGNOLIA looks, and certain parts of it, plus the momentum at times is insane, but the overall film is blergh.

I thought Punch Drunk Love was an awful, meandering mess.

I have seen Punch Drunk Love and There Will be blood. Both were great but TWBB blew me away. I have been meaning to check out mangnolia but have not.

Last films I saw were 3 by David Cronenburg

Crash
Videodrome
The Fly

I liked them all a lot except for Videodrome. Which is kinda strange because people consider it his best film

Crank 2 may be the GREATEST FUCKING FILM ever made!
But really, the first Crank was even better.

David Cronenberg movies that are great:
- Naked Lunch
- History of Violence
- Eastern Promises

David Cronenberg movies that suck:
- Everything else*

(* ...of his that I've seen)

The Fly was alright. at least, in 1985 it was.

Yeah, I remember as a kid liking it, but what the hell did I know.

Did you forget Dead Ringers or do you really think it sucked?

I also loved The Dead Zone.

That falls under the * ...of his that I've seen category.

oh, good. Because its scary and genius.