Yes I got it months ago. I don't know why. And yes it was very very average.

It must have been very early in the year actually.

holy fuckin shit
this was terrifying
why did you let me watch this, baud
this was scary
truly
when they were in the abandoned apartment.. i kept pausing the DVD because i can't take it. omg!

Hey I haven't even seen it yet, I just said I'd heard it was good!

Saw the movie C.R.A.Z.Y the other day. It was on film 4 and been on my list to see since I read about it years ago so I was glad to catch it. Good movie bit slow but very nice.

well, i still plan on seeing it siand making a decision for myself.anyway, the last three movies i've seen were i am legend, star wars episode III, and ratatouille.

AWFULLLLLLLL

I tried watching American Crime today and ended up turning it off. It was well made and starred Ellen Page and Catherine Keener, but the subject matter was just so awful and there really was no reason for this film to be made. Pointless and borderline sadistic.

the chronicles of narina - prince caspian


this one was better than i thought and even made me appreciate the first one more. i wasn't all too keen on the first one much. i liked it, but i wouldn't say i loved it. i think it's bit better now than i originally thought. prince caspian was also good too. i think i may have to start reading the books.

i was having a little foray to oddness. i was trying to figure out who makes weirder movies. in this case, hands down, cronenberg wins. naked lunch is a weird fuckin mindfuck. horny typewriters, horny insects, gays cavorting with bugs, bug powder addiction. i don't get the entire movie. maybe it's about writing or about something else entirely but it was a sexy, dirty, nasty, hallucinatory daze. judy davis is so hottttttttttttt!
love her.

wild at heart is perhaps lynch's most straightforward story, aside from the straight story. this is probably his idea of an all american love story. of course, he can't help but insert some oddball characters and off the wall violence and neon trashy operatic one liners. laura dern and a younger, hotter nic cage make for a great onscreen couple. she was such a cute pony here. love the scene in the rock concert when cage breaks into an eerie but sweeping rendition of that treat me like a fool song. hot!

You should try reading the book of Naked Lunch. Try watching Videodrome. Cronenberg does audio commentaries on almost all his films that are the Criterion Editions. Naked Lunch and Videodrome both have fantastic commentary tracks, same with Dead Ringers.

As for Lynch, have you seen Inland Empire yet Fub? He's never done a commentary track ever!

i've seen videodrome. another mindfuck. he really does have something for weird textures. the creatures in naked lunch, the vaginal stomach in videodrome, the pods in existenz. so weird. so brilliant.

i have seen inland empire. it was confusing as always. but good.

tron - 20th anniversary edition
superman returns

B3 clean

the empire strikes back on tv.

such a geek, wly


jules et jim

somehow, i thought this was a la - di - da romantic comedy. but it's actually a french drama with a truly messed up femme fatalle. jeanne moreau was so beautiful, not in an obvious way. she was not denueve but her face is very magnetic and her character here is really complex and difficult. i can see why the two men in the film were pulled into her wild, unpredictable axis. the original score is also very lovely and sad.

ah, jules et jim, I remember watching it in film school, of course not as good as return of the jedi or the sith film, but quality nonetheless.

lol, yeah. no laserbeams here.


this adaptation of the emily bronte classic novel is actually quite good. as always, i was swept by the selfishness of it all. just realizing, the leading lovers in this story are such fucking bitches. heathcliff is a vengeful bitch. cathy is just a weak little bitch. bitch bitch bitch! but i liked it nevertheless. juliette binoche is a strange choice because her accent slips in more often than not. but her face is hypnotic. ralph fiennes is perfect. he was so hot then.

in the land of women. not mind blowing cinema like some will mention, but it was actually pretty good. meg ryan again did a real good job. p.s. i love you also looks good. though i only caught the end of it.

Vertigo
Awesome. I was wondering how the mystery would be solved until about the last 30 minutes or so. I was kinda worried that it would have a stupid resolution, but it didn't. It was pretty brilliant.

greg araki's latest movie. this one stars the ever so funny and cute as a button anna faris as a pothead. the film follows a day in the life of a pothead on her way to hempfest. more amusing than funny but nevertheless hilarious in parts. pales in comparison to araki's mysterious skin and nowhere.

how was mysterious skin? i saw the trailer and wasn't impressed. plus i don't really care for joseph gordon levett. he was alright in stop-loss, but i really find him kind of annoying.

it has some sensitive gay scenes so if you're remotely disgusted, don't see it. but i found it sad and beautiful. it's about child abuse and about how two abused kids reacted differently to the incidents to cover up the pain. it was really well told.

there's very little that disgusts me. sensitive gay scenes isn't on that list. by the way, how was joseph gordon levett? because i find him irritating at times. i've heard he's a pretty good actor. so far i haven't seen it though.

He is fantastic in this. He makes you see how haunted and alone he feels.

the piano teacher

so this is basically the most lurid, most sexually explicit movie i've seen. and i've seen lots of porn. this movie doesn't show much skin. it's not even up to the nudity level of basic instinct. but what it explores, about sex and power, about self mutilation, about degradation, humiliation, sadomasochism is more naked than sharon stone has ever been. isabelle huppert plays a piano teacher who has a hidden desire to be manipulated sexually. she's repressed and closed off. but she wants to let go. she's hungry for it. and she does let go. it just doesn't go the way she needs it to. huppert is beautiful and elegant and her character here goes through some insanity and it's fantastic to witness. at the end, she pierces her own shoulder with a butter knife. why? not too clear. the film is complex and twisted. i fuckin recommend it.

michael haneke directed this. he was also behind funny games and cache. between those two and this one, he's the world's premiere examiner of human one upmanships.

I love that movie. Try to see it on the big screen, though, for the full effect.

Also, if you like Kim, one of my very, very fav movies that always cheers me up is "Bell, Book & Candle" ("Bewitched" was loosely based on this play/movie)

Miller's Crossing

Although it is really at it's heart a noir homage, I think that Miller's Crossing will forever be my favourite Cohen Brothers film. Maybe Barton Fink, but those two really were when they were at the peak of their careers artistically as far as I am concerned.

i like raising arizona and the big lewboski myself.

I think that Fargo will always be my favorite, if for no other reason than it was the first Coen brothers movie that I ever saw. I still need to see a lot of their movies, though. I'll probably skip the comedies as they just don't look that interesting to me.

i need to see the big lebowski again. i think my favorite is fargo too. it's just such an interesting movie. it's violent but charming and sweet and scary and likable and nightmarish and the character frances plays is great.

but man, intolerable cruelty, what a piece of shit!
and ladykillers. omg.

Actually I watched Raising Arizona when I was very young and I loved the chase scenes, particularly involving the Huggies, going through the supermarket and the peoples' house was genius. I was then years later shocked to find out it was a Cohen Brothers film. If you need a good laugh CC I'd recommend that film honestly.

“Things have chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanged!”

EVERYBODY should see Raising Arizona, seriously.

indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull.


better than it would have any right to be one would think. it doesn't tarnish the franchise or the history of indiana jones.

"If you can find a better deal then my name ain't NATHAN ARIZONA!"

somersault is a beautiful, low key, erotic coming of age tale starring australian actress abbie cornish. she plays the hypnotic lead character who runs away from home when she's caught kissing her mother's boyfriend. she is mesmerizing and sexy and translucent almost. the movie is a slowburn and can feel a bit boring but it's nevertheless driven by a snowy soundtrack and a bluish hue in the cinematography. the result is kind of dreamy but also sad.
stardust memories is woody allen, black and white again, with a drop dead gorgeous charlotte rampling. nuff said.

she is georgeous, but then a lot of the older actress are. and they didn't need a lot of make up if any at all to make themselves look good too.

yeah, i compare them to girls people deem beautiful nowadays, all the girls from the hills, kim kardashian and all those stupid bitches and i just scratch my head. rampling was breathtaking and elegant. these girls in the hot 100 list by men's magazines are just wretched sluts.

saw The Brood by david cronenberg. didn't like it much. the killer deformed kids are scary though.

I haven't seen "The Brood" in ages, but I remember it just being really bloddy & not very good. There is, however, a movie with Samantha Eggar you would love called "The Collector"-it's directed by William Wyler & is still so creepy & chilling.

yes! that is so true. "hot" woman today aren't near as gorgeous as woman back 20-30 years ago. or more. another great looking actress is karen allen who has aged wonderfully. sadly, these new crop of "actresses" today will not hold up as well over time. silcone doesn't. it's sad when even the actresses in movies are fake. might as well use cgi young women. it's about the same.

why do people think sienna miller is beautiful? sure, she's pretty. but put her side by side with michelle pfeiffer at the height of her beauty or even now, or julie christie or charlotte rampling or deneuve. hell, even jolie or connelly. she looks homely. this movie gives her a great role and a showcase for her to fake an american accent perfectly. she does justice to the accent. the acting is merely okay. within this stagey, chamber piece which is half jokey, half serious, mostly irrelevant, she doesn't really have much space to maneuver her potentially complex character. buscemi (who directed it as well) doesn't fare much better. it's kind of an empty exercise. it's mildly compelling in its intimacy but then you realize halfway to the movie, the intimacy provides no real human touch.

It's a clumsy film for sure but utterly fascinating as well. It's not as big a mindfuck as Inland Empire, nor is it anywhere near as affecting but again - it's intriguing. Don't ask me how many viewings it shall take to grasp every single thing that's happening in the movie however - aspects of Mulholland Dr. still remain a mystery to this day.

^i wish that movie was a mess. and they cut out janeane garofalo's part and they didn't even care to edit out the scene where she makes a little unexplained cameo.

pfft


starts out good but ends up quite awful.

haha pump up the volume is so dated and makes me disturbed whether it's actually a parody of itself and they're taking the piss.

viva la radio revolution!

Rented In the Valley of Ellah(sp) and Rocket Science.

Anybody seen either?

saw in the valley of elah
it's okay, a bit long. the payoff is kind of nice though. what happened to the soldiers was tragic. one of those vehemently anti war movies.


saw this.
reese should play bitches more often. she's perfect as the homicidal hellraiser from white trash america. she's hot as hell and i rooted for her. hearing her utter random fucks and shits and wield guns and toothbrushes as weapons is so freakin hilarious. she rocks in this movie. just like she rocked as straight A wacko tracy flick in election. why did she have to win for her totally useless romantic foil of a role in walk the line. ugh.
freeway is amazing. what does the ending mean,. i think she should be a cop.

goood choice there. really nice movie. anyway, i saw what happenes in vegas. not exactly the best movie, but it wasn't too bad.

Marlon - Freeway rawks!!!! Love love love it. I can't believe you are just now seeing it. The court room scene is the best!

The Orphanage - Genuinely creepy and ultimately very moving. The woman who played the mother was excellent (and heartbreaking). I LOVED the end.

In the Valley of Elah - Tommy Lee Jones was totally deserving of his Oscar nom and Susan Sarandon made the most of her small part. It made me (very) sad and kinda angry. War is so futile and awful. What are we doing to our soldiers? It's very anti-war (but not in an in-your face kind of way); every one should see this movie.