Schoolio's Movie Corner

[AlecEiffel]

Thirteen is propaganda of Kids like proportion.

[tessalasset]

The end scene where evie and her guardian backstab tracy and she flips out and her mom had to force her down to the ground and just stay with her brought me to tears.

[Hannahrain]

I tried to watch that movie once and turned it off a short time in. Fucking awful.

[sbessiso]

That wasn't his fault though and I'm sure Spider-Man 4 will be good since he actually has freedom to do what he wants again.

Yup!

The helmer also told Empire magazine he will have full control over the fourth installment - something he didn't have on the third. "They really gave me a tremendous amount of control on the first two films, actually," he said. "But then there were different opinions on the third film and I didn't really have creative control, so to speak."

[schoolofruckus]

Bela Tarr's The Man From London is finally getting a DVD release!!!.....in the UK. Artificial Eye is putting it out next Tuesday. And yet, it's not showing up on their website.

I just bought it from here (http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/57732/The-Man-from-London/) for $20. Fucking score.

[sonofhal]

Save yourself a £ here

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/8859159/The-Man-From-London/Product.html

or save a ton on postage, and just get me to bring it over.

[MissingPerson]

Hang on, that whole thing with Sandman was Raimi's call right? By far the most boring part of the damn movie?

[wmgaretjax]

Bela Tarr's The Man From London is finally getting a DVD release!!!.....in the UK. Artificial Eye is putting it out next Tuesday. And yet, it's not showing up on their website.


!!!!!!

[schoolofruckus]

Save yourself a £ here

http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/8859159/The-Man-From-London/Product.html

or save a ton on postage, and just get me to bring it over.

Oops, too late. I should have thought of that, though.

[bleep]

two things i watched over the weekend:

Role Models was so satisfying. i chuckled quite a bit. thumbs up!

Rachel Getting Married was a little drawn out in parts, specifically the pre-wedding festivities. though i'm aware this is a jonathan demme film, i never thought i'd complain about a movie using too much music. the family drama revolving around Anne's character was heartbreaking.

[tessalasset]

She made me cry more than once in that. When she was explaining what happened in the AA meeting and also the final family fight at the end.

[Young blood]

Watched it last night. The wife couldnt stop crying.

Im excited for the soloist.

[wmgaretjax]

Im excited for the soloist.

The trailer makes me want to punch a baby in the neck.

[Young blood]

Robert downey Jr could do nothing but carve wood for an hour and id probably pay to see it.

[Mr.Nipples]

i wish ryan reynolds would die

[schoolofruckus]

From Variety (http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/41509/jackass.jpg):

Warner Brothers’ Batman franchise will take a third bow in the summer of 2012.

“Shadow of the Bat,” the sequel to 2008’s “The Dark Knight,” will introduce quiz-master villain the Riddler to audiences for a third time after the character appeared in the 1960s television series and 1995’s “Batman Forever.” Funny man Jim Carrey has been tapped to reprise the role in “Shadow,” while helmers Joel Schumacher and Tim Burton, the filmmakers behind the Caped Crusader’s first theatrical franchise, have been brought on as consultants to the production, which director Christopher Nolan says will be his final take on Gotham City.

“I felt it novel to tie this third and final chapter to the character’s roots on the screen,” Nolan said. “Tim and Joel had two completely different visions of the Batman, visions that contrast vastly with my own. But I don’t feel that negates the possibility of a creative convergence. Batman is more than the ideas of one person, of one team of artists. He is the result of seven decades of pop culture influence and innovation.”

WB is eying a May 2012 release date for the film to coincide with the 73rd anniversary of Batman’s first comic book appearance in 1939.

Nolan begins shooting his latest film, “Inception,” with Leonardo DiCaprio later this year for a 2010 release.

[roberto73]

Last night I watched Pasolini's Salo for the first time and was mainly disappointed there wasn't a blooper reel.

[wmgaretjax]

From Variety (http://www.hollywood-elsewhere.com/images/column/41509/jackass.jpg):

nice.

[chairmenmeow47]

Robert downey Jr could do nothing but carve wood for an hour and id probably pay to see it.

an old man fashioning a kayak out of a log?

[Monklish]

Did Nolan just say he thought it would be novel to do exactly what the previous trilogy did? The part of the trilogy that was a massive swan dive into Shittsburg, incidentally?

I'm telling you, that guy's a fucking hack.

[wmgaretjax]

I'm telling you, that guy's a fucking hack.

click the link fucktard.

[Monklish]

April Fool's Day jokes are almost as brainless as The Dark Knight.

[atom heart]

That title clearly gives away the joke.

[AlecEiffel]

So Wolverine leaked. It's a work print with none of the cgi, so obviously it's going to be lacking, but the early word is that it's not very good. Surprise.

[amyzzz]

Can someone brainwash me to forget ever seeing Watchmen?

[schoolofruckus]

I tried to tell you not to....

[amyzzz]

I avoided all the discussion about it. I only went because Jacob really wanted to see it. From now on, I will see NO MORE COMIC BOOK MOVIES. :)

[PotVsKtl]

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/rtorres/AMYZZZ.jpg

[SoulDischarge]

I'm among a small few that will actually admit to loving Slacker.

There are people who don't love Slacker?


Also, Criterion should really consider releasing Ken Russell's The Devils. My bootleg looks like shit.

[amyzzz]

I don't think acid would have fixed that abomination of a movie, Pot.

[AlecEiffel]

In regards to that Wolverine leak I posted about earlier:

Fox is pissed
Last night, a stolen, incomplete and early version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was posted illegally on websites. It was without many effects and had missing scenes and temporary sound and music. We immediately contacted the appropriate legal authorities and had it removed. We forensically mark our content so we can identify sources that make it available or download it. The source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law - the courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts and the last person who committed such a crime is still in jail. The FBI and the MPAA also are actively investigating this crime. We are encouraged by the support of fansites condemning piracy and this illegal posting and pointing out that such theft undermines the enormous efforts of the filmmakers and actors, and above all, hurts the fans of the film.

[PotVsKtl]

Frightening. Surely Fox will now put an end to all torrents.

[AlecEiffel]

True, and they will track everyone who's ever downloaded anything and send their asses to prison.

[schoolofruckus]

The fact that the unfinished movie was torrented isn't going to hurt the fans nearly as much as when they see the completed - and still painfully awful - version.

[Mr.Nipples]

Last night, a stolen, incomplete and early version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was posted illegally on websites. It was without many effects and had missing scenes and temporary sound and music. We immediately contacted the appropriate legal authorities and had it removed. We forensically mark our content so we can identify sources that make it available or download it. The source of the initial leak and any subsequent postings will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law - the courts have handed down significant criminal sentences for such acts and the last person who committed such a crime is still in jail. The FBI and the MPAA also are actively investigating this crime. We are encouraged by the support of fansites condemning piracy and this illegal posting and pointing out that such theft undermines the enormous efforts of the filmmakers and actors, and above all, hurts the fans of the film.

bring it on pussies

[BKsaysAction!]

spin off movies are always a bad idea.

[corbo]

saw "sin nombre"..this past weekend.
an excellent immigrant story
and excellent gansta story!
they captured the MS-13 gang culture in latin america
very well! and both stories come together perfectly. watch it.

also if you saw this movie and liked it i recommend watching the documentary
"18 with a bullet" if you can find it anywhere.

[schoolofruckus]

I saw Hunger last night. I liked it a lot. It's about the IRA prisoners who went on hunger strike in 1981. Fucking gut-wrenching (literally, one of the harder-to-stomach films I've seen in ages), but beautifully made and acted.

[schoolofruckus]

saw "sin nombre"..this past weekend.
an excellent immigrant story
and excellent gansta story!
they captured the MS-13 gang culture in latin america
very well! and both stories come together perfectly. watch it.

also if you saw this movie and liked it i recommend watching the documentary
"18 with a bullet" if you can find it anywhere.

Best film I've seen so far in 2009.

[luckyface]

Jesus Christ, this movie might have already been discussed, but I have not been this excited about a movie in a long, long time. Between the first and second trailers, I am going to say The Hangover will be the greatest comedy ever.

EZLK9QYjiEI

I am seeing this Thursday night at midnight.

[schoolofruckus]

Jennie and I are seeing Bruno tonight. I'm pretty excited.

[PotVsKtl]

What? Sneak a camera in.

[bobert]

Richard Linklater is making Dazed & Confused 2.

part 2? was there unfinished business in part 1?

Yes, we need to know if the boys were able to get their Aerosmith tickets, whether or not Jason London plays football, and I've always suspected that Ben Affleck's character rapes and murders the kids who dumped paint on him. Just a hunch.

[dorkfish]

Knowing: You were really really bad, Mr. Cage. Thanks for helping me to remember how to hate again.

[BKsaysAction!]

I watched the leaked wolverine movie last night and whoever leaked it did a great service to all movie goers not to waste 10 bucks on such trash.

[ElBlueblazer]

I watched the leaked wolverine movie last night and whoever leaked it did a great service to all movie goers not to waste 10 bucks on such trash.
i thought it was rad...missing cgi and all!!

its as good as any of the spiderman flicks!

[kingsblend420]

Has anyone seen Monsters vs. Aliens? Its so fucking good. If you haven't seen it, go see it immediately.

[sbessiso]

I watched the leaked wolverine movie last night and whoever leaked it did a great service to all movie goers not to waste 10 bucks on such trash.

Details?

[CalmerThanYou]

i saw changeling the other night.

damn well made flick, and i thought angelina did a fine job in her role (im shocked i just said that)...

also saw the whackness the other night. i LOVED it.

[BlueDevil50]

i thought it was rad...missing cgi and all!!

its as good as any of the spiderman flicks!

ya i actually liked it better than the spiderman series. gambit's my favorite mutant though and i think liev is a really good actor.

[mattpach]

i saw changeling the other night.

damn well made flick, and i thought angelina did a fine job in her role (im shocked i just said that)...


It was surprisingly good. I went to a free showing when it first came out and wasn't interested at all but came out really impressed.

[sbessiso]

omg

I cannot stop laughing at the "Bruno" trailer. This is going to KILL

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=54171

[Monklish]

There are people who don't love Slacker?


Also, Criterion should really consider releasing Ken Russell's The Devils. My bootleg looks like shit.

Slacker is one of the most offensively shitty and purposeless movies I've ever sat through thirty minutes of.

[Gonshman]

Phoenix Film Festival this weekend, I'll bring back some reviews.

[BKsaysAction!]

Details?

Where do i start. The film seems rushed and i'm not talking about the special effects but the story line, they jam way too much info into the movie. Too many characters and you never really get to meet them. The guy that plays gambit goes in and out of a cajun accent. Deadpool becomes some super mutant that looks like one of the guys from the old Mortal Kombat games, and the parents from superman show up to take care of Logan and just so happen to have had a son who has the same clothing size as he does. It was just a rushed movie. Now some may say "well this is a rough edit of the movie there maybe more to the film." I hope so because from what i saw it was a terrible origin story made for the sake of a franchise.

[schoolofruckus]

So, we didn't get in to Bruno last night. It was a market test screening, and apparently they'd reached their quota of people in their 20's by the time we got to the front of the line. So they gave us free passes to see any movie that night.

We saw I Love You, Man. I had kind of wanted to see it because of Paul Rudd (who I like in almost anything), but I was hesitant because of Jason Segel (because I loathed Forgetting Sarah Marshall). But the movie switched it around, giving Segel most of the funny material and turning Rudd into a total wet blanket. I understand why they made him such a ninny, but I could only watch him struggle to speak slang for so long before it started to get really fucking annoying.

The movie overall was okay. I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

[tessalasset]

God how are we friends?

[sbessiso]

I love you, man was alright. There were definitely a lot of laugh out loud moments but it was kind of cheesy too. The guy that plays Deputy Dangle on Reno 911! stole every scene he was in. Those of you who saw the movie know what I mean. These movies are really starting to lose some steam though

Also,

Jackie Earle Haley is in final negotiations to play Freddy Kreuger in the upcoming remake

[woogie846]

I saw I Love You, Man yesterday with some friends. It was average, but it was cool that there were so many cameos (Deputy Dangle, Aziz Ansari, that other guy from Human Giant, the Senior Black Correspondent from the Daily Show).

Oh, and I also watched the Shining last night.

[MissingPerson]

I'm just watched The Snake King on SciFi, "starring" Stephen Baldwin. Here's the summary:

A team of researchers, in search of eternal life, venture deep into the Amazon jungle where they are terrorised by a giant five-headed snake.

It was even worse than it sounds.

[Castanets]

Anyone seen The Beat That My Heart Skipped? I've been given the choice of that film or Atonement tonight. I'm leaning towards the former.

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[amyzzz]

I watched Baby Mama last night. It had its moments. In the hospital "I feel like I'm shitting a knife!"

[C DUB YA]

I really liked I Love You Man.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

i saw changeling the other night.

damn well made flick, and i thought angelina did a fine job in her role (im shocked i just said that)...

also saw the whackness the other night. i LOVED it.

saw both of these recently as well. Changling made me want to jump into the television and stangle people. I cannot recall the last time a movie made me feel so physically violent. Not saying anything negative about the movie, mind you...with that film that's a sign that Clint was doing his job

And the Wackness...was just fucking terrific. I was blown away

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

also, ADVENTURELAND is great.

[Still-ill]

but I was hesitant because of Jason Segel (because I loathed Forgetting Sarah Marshall).


:nono

[roberto73]

How in the world did this happen?

In the first truly shocking box office result of the year, "Fast & Furious" sped away from expectations to gross a humongous $72.5 million, according to early estimates from Media by Numbers.

Paul Walker stars in "Fast & Furious," which exceeded expectations after taking in $72.5 million.

That result is effectively double what most industry observers had predicted for the debut of the fourth feature in Vin Diesel's car franchise, and it left in the dust a number of notable records:

- Best April opening ever, beating "Anger Management's" $42.2 million.

- Best Universal Pictures opening ever (three-day), beating "The Lost World: Jurassic Park's" $72.1 million.

- Best F&F franchise opening ever, beating "2 Fast 2 Furious'" $50.5 million.

- Best opening yet in 2009, easily beating the bows of the more-buzzed-about "Monsters vs. Aliens" ($59.3 million) and "Watchmen" ($55.2 million).

- Best opening ever for stars Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster, as well as for director Justin Lin.

Oh, and let's not forget that it was the best opening ever for a car-themed movie! (Beating "Cars'" $60.1 million.) This outcome is impressive, indeed, something that has caught Hollywood by surprise and has the potential to really change things up -- like when summer-esque blockbusters are released (rarely does one open so early in the year) and like, you know, what everyone thinks of Vin Diesel.

The film did it all on the strength of a solid A- CinemaScore review from an audience that was 57 percent male and 59 percent over age 25. Like the jaw-dropping early-year debuts of "The Passion of the Christ" and "300" before it, this is a history-making premiere that you may well be hearing about for a long time to come.

So, yeah, I almost forgot to mention: "Fast & Furious" was the No. 1 movie at the box office this weekend.

Coming in strong at No. 2 was "Monsters vs. Aliens," which dropped a respectable 44 percent to earn $33.5 million. In 10 days, the 3-D extravaganza has banked $105.7 million.

"The Haunting in Connecticut" (No. 3 with $9.6 million), "Knowing" (No. 4 with $8.1 million), and "I Love You, Man" (No. 5 with $7.9 million) rounded out the top five. And the weekend's other big new release, "Adventureland," struggled with $6 million at No. 6.

Overall, the box office was up a monstrous 68 percent from the same frame a year ago, when holdover 21 outplayed a number of weak new movies, none of which had Vin Diesel ... whom you're going to start hearing a lot about, once again.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/04/05/boxoffice.ew/index.html

[wmgaretjax]

Anyone seen The Beat That My Heart Skipped? I've been given the choice of that film or Atonement tonight. I'm leaning towards the former.


You were leaning the right direction.

[rage patton]

I was told the movie theatres this weekend were packed with lines for the Fast & The Furious. I honestly can't believe it. I was beginning to think I was completely out of touch with what is popular now... but thank god Im not the only one who was surprised by this.

[BKsaysAction!]

I was told the movie theatres this weekend were packed with lines for the Fast & The Furious. I honestly can't believe it. I was beginning to think I was completely out of touch with what is popular now... but thank god Im not the only one who was surprised by this.

I worked in a video store for 3 years and from what i've learned is intelligence and good taste is in the minority these days and lowest common denominator and stupidity are going strong.

That said i was dragged to Knowing with my sister today and it was better than i thought it would be but that said it still was lame. 2 1/2 stars.

[TheGuvna]

The reports of crowds at the F&TF sound about right... I saw Adventure land today and it seemed like most people were at the theater for F&TF. There were only about 10 other people in the theater with us for Adventure land.

[sbessiso]

How in the world did this happen?

WHAT

THE

FUUUUUUUUUCK???

I had no doubt in my mind that this was going to bomb. There wasn't really a nonstop, cram it in your throat ad campaign. I kind of forget it came out this weekend

[tessalasset]

I saw I Love You, Man yesterday with some friends. It was average, but it was cool that there were so many cameos (Deputy Dangle, Aziz Ansari, that other guy from Human Giant, the Senior Black Correspondent from the Daily Show).

YES! i could not place him. thank you.


i'm psyched you guys liked adventureland. hopefully i can see it this week.


i just finally saw lords of dogtown and absolutely loved it. i can't believe what a fucking stellar cast catherine hardwicke got for that movie. it seriously made me want to me alive during that time. great acting all around. and was that the boy from Elephant? the long haired Stacy skater? i saw dogtown and z boys a couple years ago and remember being bored with it so i thought i just didn't like the subject matter but i guess it was the doc style that didn't sit with me. as a movie it seriously ruled.

also one of the skaters, Tony, reminded me of Ronnie.

[kingsblend420]

I was told the movie theatres this weekend were packed with lines for the Fast & The Furious. I honestly can't believe it. I was beginning to think I was completely out of touch with what is popular now... but thank god Im not the only one who was surprised by this.

Its Fast and Furious. Not The Fast and The Furious.

The Fast and The Furious was the first one.

[PotVsKtl]

Adventureland is eh.

[ivankay]

i'll second that "eh". It felt very Garden State wanabee, and i don't like Garden State.

[Still-ill]

Its Fast and Furious. Not The Fast and The Furious.

The Fast and The Furious was the first one.

That just shows how fucking stupid those movies are.

[Castanets]

You were leaning the right direction.

No kidding, wmgaretjax! We ended up doing The Beat That My Heart Skipped and it was a true stunner. Romain Duris is pretty much unequaled in the English language cinema. What an actor!

[real talk]

Adventureland is eh.
I say meh.

Kristen Stewart is a terrible actress. This can not be over stated. I have absolutely no idea how she gets work. She needs to put her teeth away. The poor man's Michael Cera is exactly that and the plot is listed under cliche in the dictionary. Even for a romantic comedy and I LIKE romantic comedies. I'm so tired of soundtracks being the focal points (aural points I guess) for movies. You still have to have a legitimate story, moviemakers. Otherwise we could just listen to a tape.

Nick and Norah was even better than this. SAVE YOUR MONEY BOARD.

[schoolofruckus]

Wow. Okay, I'm moving this from "maybe catch it someday" to "avoid at all costs".

Even for a romantic comedy and I LIKE romantic comedies. I'm so tired of soundtracks being the focal points (aural points I guess) for movies.

This makes it sound like another Garden State / Elizabethtown. No fucking thanks.

[wmgaretjax]

No kidding, wmgaretjax! We ended up doing The Beat That My Heart Skipped and it was a true stunner. Romain Duris is pretty much unequaled in the English language cinema. What an actor!

Good choice. I saw this at SIFF a few years back and was blown away as well.

[roberto73]

I actually thought Adventureland was a quiet, intelligent little movie that's unfortunately being marketed as the wacky follow-up to Superbad.

[schoolofruckus]

Why did you extract the whiny bastardness?

[roberto73]

Oh, it was pointless moaning about the injustice of being a minority opinion. Which, of course, is dumb.

[amyzzz]

I'm not really surprised by the F&F getting lots of attendance. Guys like their action movies, and the first one was actually kind of fun. I haven't seen this one though.

[amyzzz]

I'm staying home today with a head and neck ache but thinking about seeing a movie. Any recommendations out of the following? (at my local theatre)

12 Rounds

Adventureland

Confessions of a Shopaholic


The Cross

Duplicity

Fast & Furious

Gran Torino

The Haunting in Connecticut

He's Just Not That Into You

I Love You, Man

Knowing

The Last House on the Left

Monsters vs. Aliens 3D

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

Race to Witch Mountain

Sunshine Cleaning

Taken

Oh shit. maybe I should just stay home. The Reader stopped running last week, and I wanted to see that.

[paulb]

The Reader was awful, dont waste your time...

[amyzzz]

I just said it stopped playing here, so I can't see The Reader anyway. :nono

[sbessiso]

I still wanna see Paul Blart :-/

[PotVsKtl]

That's because you're a god damned idiot. You're real dumb.

[Young blood]

and ugly.

[Young blood]

grotesque.

[amyzzz]

I was really thinking about seeing Adventureland until I read this thread. Oddly enough, I trust Valarie's opinions on movies.

[Castanets]

Gran Turino. Go see Clint show the little boys how it's done. Eastwood's like Verdi, he's doing his best work in the last years of his life.

[PotVsKtl]

Gran Torino was garbage.

[MissingPerson]

People are insane.

In the latest WTWTA poster, you can clearly see that it represents the eye of horus AKA the all seeing eye AKA the eye of lucifer. The "scratches" on the tree are the lines under the eye and the creature's eye is the eye. You'll see it more clearly if you rotate the picture to the left.

OK, can someone please tell me what does such symbol doing on the poster of a family\fantasy movie? And no, this is not the eye of "god"!

Some may think I'm paranoid or something, but you can't deny that it's there.


The poster:
http://www.impawards.com/2009/posters/where_the_wild_things_are_ver2.jpg

The eye of horus:
http://www.logoi.com/pastimages/img/horus_1.jpg



http://www.filmguide.co.nz/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images/posters/wherethewildthingsare-hiding-poster.jpg

[wmgaretjax]

Gran Torino was garbage.

A-fucking-men... Only good movie the guy has made in fucking forever was Letters from Iwo Jima, and even that was only barely worth checking out.

[Still-ill]

This thread leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[wmgaretjax]

Silent Light is finally here on the big screen (although one of the smallest big screens in town) here in Seattle.

[JelloPuddingChat]

I actually thought Adventureland was a quiet, intelligent little movie that's unfortunately being marketed as the wacky follow-up to Superbad.

This is exactly what I thought and what made me hate the movie for the first 30 mins thinking it was just a failed comedy. It contains way more drama than I expected. In the end I ultimately felt charmed. Val is right in her assessment too. I think they had at least 5 parts where someone putting on a record is the focal point of the shot. After a while it seemed to be like how many names can I drop before the movie ends.

In the end I recommend waiting to rent it.

[schoolofruckus]

People are insane.

http://www.filmguide.co.nz/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/images/posters/wherethewildthingsare-hiding-poster.jpg

No disrespect, but if you read IMDB message boards, you're willingly subjecting yourself to a rarified level of idiot thought.

A-fucking-men... Only good movie the guy has made in fucking forever was Letters from Iwo Jima, and even that was only barely worth checking out.

I hated that one, too. I remember purposefully trying to fall asleep just so I could get it over with.

I recall Million Dollar Baby in a reasonably fond light. Then again, I only saw it once when it was in theatres; I didn't start hating Mystic River until I saw it a second time on cable.

I seethe every time I hear Clint Eastwood referred to as a "master American filmmaker".

[Young blood]

How did 16 candles get a PG rating? I watched it on DVD last night, its been a while since I have seen it. Full frontal nudity.

As a kid I got to go the movies and see boobs. Now an R rated movie you barely get half the nudity, violence and swearing that you use to.

Memories.

[PotVsKtl]

On the bright side you can stuff your film chock full of dicks these days.

[Young blood]

It's really a shame. Nobody wants to see that.

[Hannahrain]

I read that sort of lazily a moment ago and for a second thought, "What's a 'film chock?'"

[MissingPerson]

No disrespect, but if you read IMDB message boards, you're willingly subjecting yourself to a rarified level of idiot thought.


This is a very valid point.

[AlecEiffel]

How did 16 candles get a PG rating? I watched it on DVD last night, its been a while since I have seen it. Full frontal nudity.

As a kid I got to go the movies and see boobs. Now an R rated movie you barely get half the nudity, violence and swearing that you use to.

Memories.

They used to be stingier with R ratings. Jaws is rated PG too, and I think if it were released today it would probably get an R.

Sixteen Candles was originally rated R, but was taken back to the ratings board and argued down to a PG (the movie came out a few weeks before PG-13 was introduced). This happens from time to time if the director, producer or whoever talks to the ratings board and is able to convince them that whatever earned the harsher rating isn't really all that bad. Kevin Smith recently talked Zack & Miri Make a Porno down to an R from an NC-17, for example.

[roberto73]

If the ratings board was smart, they would have agreed to give Zack and Miri any rating Smith wanted in exchange for him destroying the final print prior to release.

[bobert]

Gran Torino was garbage.

A-fucking-men... Only good movie the guy has made in fucking forever was Letters from Iwo Jima, and even that was only barely worth checking out.

Easy fellas, not all movies can approach the cinematic mastery of Gummo. Also, Werner Herzog thinks that Gran Torino was awesome, and he's a genius.

[PotVsKtl]

Gran Torino was garbage.

[bobert]

Gran Torino was garbage.

Gran Torino was garbage.

How many of your other 6,082 brilliant posts were repeats?

[schoolofruckus]

Easy fellas, not all movies can approach the cinematic mastery of Gummo. Also, Werner Herzog thinks that Gran Torino was awesome, and he's a genius.

Gummo is so far above anything Clint Eastwood has ever been involved with, it's not even funny.

[Mr.Nipples]

I dont fucking thing so
http://www.hobo-bonobo.co.uk/newsdesk/images/070406104859.jpg

[PotVsKtl]

I'll give Unforgiven credit all day long but Herzog was just excited someone new was using non-actors.

[bobert]

Gummo is so far above anything Clint Eastwood has ever been involved with, it's not even funny.

Are you pretending to like that movie too?

[schoolofruckus]

Oh, great. Randy's little brother got a screen name.

Unforgiven is great. I forgot about that. And I'm not trying to say Eastwood doesn't have any decent films whatsoever on his resume. But I would take Gummo over all of them.

[wmgaretjax]

I'll give Unforgiven credit all day long

Ditto. The guy is a mess now though, everything he touches turns into a giant sentimental puddle of overwrought morality tale.

[bobert]

The Fountain was also a terrible movie.

[chairmenmeow47]

The Fountain was also a terrible movie.

*high five*

[schoolofruckus]

The Fountain was also a terrible movie.

*high five*

Even more proof that this is some Randy alias.

Also, you could not be more wrong on that count.

[wmgaretjax]

The Fountain was also a terrible movie.

Heh. Yeah. He's got you there.

[chairmenmeow47]

ha ha ha ha ha, i watched the fountain after hearing such rave reviews from everyone on the board. i felt like i watched aronofsky jerk off for a few hours, horrible. i tend to also hate movies that involve an overly nice sick woman though as they're generally boring cause the character feels overly idealized.

[BKsaysAction!]

Yeah it was a visually amazing yet highly dull movie.

[bobert]

*high five*

right back at you, sister

Even more proof that this is some Randy alias.

Also, you could not be more wrong on that count.

I'm not Randy, and The Fountain was really bad. Shockingly bad, actually. I bet Aronofsky really wishes he could have that one back.

Heh. Yeah. He's got you there.

I knew we'd see eye to eye on something..

[wmgaretjax]

Yeah it was a visually amazing yet highly dull movie.

Even the visuals had glaring flaws though. That film has some of the worst green screen I've ever seen in a recent big budget film.

[schoolofruckus]

It wasn't big budget ($35 million-ish). And a lot of it wasn't even green screen. There was a lot of use of miniatures and other in-camera effects.

I feel bad for all of you that you didn't get the same enjoyment out of it that I did. It was truly one of the best experiences I've ever had with a film.

[wmgaretjax]

It wasn't big budget ($35 million-ish). And a lot of it wasn't even green screen. There was a lot of use of miniatures and other in-camera effects.

Sure... 35 Million is big budget in my book, but I guess that's not a lot compared to other stuff. And a lot of it was fantastic, but Peter Parks beautiful macro photography had a horrendously composited Hugh Jackman with a green hue of an outline....

[ivankay]

The Fountain felt like the eternity is was representing. If you got to give a film props because the lower budget looked like more onscreen, then that puts Zack Snyder and Robert Rodriguez in a positions of praise. As much as his films get reamed here, Snyder does get more look from his dollars than most. Not saying 300 and Watchmen should be held a great films because of the economic film making, saying the economy and old school techniques of the The Fountain may make it an interesting production, but not a great film.

As the eternal optimist i am, i still have hope that one night as i am watching TV and The Fountain comes up, a different perspective develops within me. For now, yawn.

[roberto73]

This is undoubtedly the world's greatest "thumbs down" movie review:

Man shoots himself during "Watchmen" movie

Last Update: 4/06 10:42 am

Eugene (KMTR) – A man shot himself to death in a Eugene movie theater just after midnight Monday morning.

Police say about 10 patrons were in an auditorium at Regal Cinemas watching the movie “Watchmen.” About midway through the film some of the moviegoers told the manager they heard a “popping” noise like a gunshot. A 24-year-old man was found in the rear of the auditorium with a gunshot wound to the head.

Police say the man shot himself and was dead when they arrived.

The patron closest to the man was sitting two rows away.

http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Man-shoots-himself-during-Watchmen-movie/H0qmxSQyCkim5hh80WuOSA.cspx

[bleep]

^
that made me chuckle. and i feel terrible for doing so.

[bobert]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/Web%20JPGs/tell-no-one.jpg

Didn't bother to check if anyone had posted about this flick, but it's fucking fantastic - just watched it tonight. Murder, mystery, and Dustin Hoffman's french doppleganger. Check it out.

[schoolofruckus]

More like Ryan Reynolds' French doppelganger.

But I had wanted to see that one. Sounded good.

[ivankay]

i have never seen Z and it's at the Nuart for 2 more days. Anyone want to put in the great word and motivate my ass to go out and see it?

[Monklish]

Gummo over Unforgiven? How can you expect to be taken seriously? C'mon.

[schoolofruckus]

Your use of an alias is diluting your message.

[wmgaretjax]

I don't think it's an alias... Randy doesn't watch films with subtitles.

[Hannahrain]

This is undoubtedly the world's greatest "thumbs down" movie review:



http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Man-shoots-himself-during-Watchmen-movie/H0qmxSQyCkim5hh80WuOSA.cspx

Jesus Christ. This is the theater that I go to.

[wmgaretjax]

Jesus Christ. This is the theater that I go to.

You should find the blood stains.

[bobert]

More like Ryan Reynolds' French doppelganger.

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/p12734.jpg

François Cluzet

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/264cf2cd821ba651485c111a29aDustin-h.jpg

Dustin Hoffman

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/RyanReynolds1-300.jpg

Ryan Reynolds


You're right, I was way off. How did I ever think that guy looked like Dustin Hoffman?

[RedThom]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/08/michael-myers-to-be-maskless-for-most-of-h2/#idc-ctools

Thanks Rob Zombie. i'm so glad you get it...

[Castanets]

Gummo over Unforgiven? How can you expect to be taken seriously? C'mon.
Thank you!


Bobert, thanks for the recommendation. I'm glad that the French have figured out what to do with Kristen Scott Thomas. She was pretty damn stunning in I've Loved You So Long.

[amyzzz]

^
that made me chuckle. and i feel terrible for doing so.
Ditto (re: suicide at Watchmen viewing). God, that movie was so awful.

[schoolofruckus]

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/p12734.jpg

François Cluzet

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/264cf2cd821ba651485c111a29aDustin-h.jpg

Dustin Hoffman

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j38/bobertrgb/RyanReynolds1-300.jpg

Ryan Reynolds


You're right, I was way off. How did I ever think that guy looked like Dustin Hoffman?


If you're telling me that the guy on that poster doesn't look like Van Wilder.....wait, why am I engaging you? You're a fucking imbecile.

[AlecEiffel]

http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/04/08/michael-myers-to-be-maskless-for-most-of-h2/#idc-ctools

Thanks Rob Zombie. i'm so glad you get it...

oh, for crying out loud.

[bobert]

If you're telling me that the guy on that poster doesn't look like Van Wilder.....wait, why am I engaging you? You're a fucking imbecile.

One would expect the self-appointed curator of this thread to stick to film discourse and not resort to childish insults. I hope your irrational dislike for me doesn't keep you from seeing the film.

[schoolofruckus]

It won't, don't worry.

[wmgaretjax]

So I guess the dude that did the Pirates of the Carribean films is doing a movie adaptation of Bioshock... What a retarded idea.

[rage patton]

So I guess the dude that did the Pirates of the Carribean films is doing a movie adaptation of Bioshock... What a retarded idea.

The director? And yeah, hasn't the Bioshock movie been in pre-production since like, last year? If done well, I think a Bioshock movie adaption would be fantastic.

[wmgaretjax]

Has there ever been a good videogame adaptation?

[real talk]

Super Mario Bros

[chairmenmeow47]

the mortal kombat movie makes me laugh my ass off if that counts.

the first two resident evils were pretty entertaining and made me jump in my seat several times.

[bleep]

i re-watched Head-On last night, my favorite film from '04. a German love story involving Turkish immigrants, backed by an eighties music soundtrack. it's melodramatic at points, but the love story that unravels is intense, beautiful and heartbreaking.

[Young blood]

the mortal kombat movie makes me laugh my ass off if that counts.

the first two resident evils were pretty entertaining and made me jump in my seat several times.

I purchased the mortal kombat soundtrack so that I could listen to it while I played mortal kombat.

[PotVsKtl]

Yo dawg I heard you like......

[BKsaysAction!]

Yeah my neice got called in for the audition for the bioshock movie. Right now they're calling it the rapture. I hope she gets it. I kinda liked the silent hill movie when it comes to video game movies but for the most part they're all shit.

[PotVsKtl]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

The answer is no, there has never been a good video game movie adaptation.

[amyzzz]

Yeah. Slient Hill. That was a good one.

[PotVsKtl]

No. It wasn't.

[rage patton]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games

The answer is no, there has never been a good video game movie adaptation.

I realize this. There is potential for Bioshock to be good though.

[MissingPerson]

Silent Hill was the best try so far, to be fair. Some awesome moments, I enjoyed the razorblade nurses and the first time the world turned.

But Silent Hill is to videogames what Watchmen was to comics. It could only work in the medium it was made in.

[SoulDischarge]

I seem to remember Super Mario Bros. being highly enjoyable trash.

[wmgaretjax]

There is not a decent film on that list. I totally forgot about the Wing Commander film.

They are also making a MGS film? That PTA was at least rumored to be a part of. Weird.

[bobert]

I can't wait for the film adapation of The Sims. It will be just like real life.

[Courtney]

Yesterday I watched Night and Day, a 2008 Korean film directed by Sang-soo Hong. It tells the story of a Korean painter exiled to Paris after getting busted for smoking pot. The thing seemed to want to be about alienation in a foreign society, but the characters were so hopeless, so dishonest that it was hard to focus on anything other than the utter failure of humanity to create real relationships -- even within the same culture.

Dude probably reads too much Sartre.

[MissingPerson]

Finally got my copy of Miroir Noir today. Good work, Irish postal system, there are people on space stations who got theirs first. Anyway, I never, ever, ever get tired of listening to this guy.

ZCtTGs0G2TE

[schoolofruckus]

There is not a decent film on that list. I totally forgot about the Wing Commander film.

They are also making a MGS film? That PTA was at least rumored to be a part of. Weird.

I guarantee you that it was Paul W.S. Anderson, not Paul Thomas Anderson. PWSA made the Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil films, among other dubious video game adaptations.

[MissingPerson]

I find it utterly mind boggling that it was possible to make a lame movie version of Resident Evil. Jesus Christ, you just had to film the game.

grargh.

:nono

[schoolofruckus]

Same reason that they made Watchmen into a lame movie. You can't just put a comic or a video game on a moving screen and expect it to work. Some works are only made for one medium.

[MissingPerson]

Something like Silent Hill, like I said, yeah. I don't think that could transfer properly, because so much of what makes that amazing is what the player discovers for themselves.

Resident Evil though, I mean, there's so many cut scenes and set pieces in the game anyway that it always struck me as the perfect game for it. The cinematic element is already there, all you have to do is live-action it. If you can't make a decent fist of that, I dunno...

[BKsaysAction!]

plus on top of that they had an author go in and write books for the resident evil series which i read in junior high. They were spot on what the games were about plus they had more development of the characters. I was hoping they'd base them off of that but well you saw what they did instead. It's like that kevin smith video where he talks about developing superman it's given to some producer who has no clue about the original material and shapes it to his liking.

[wmgaretjax]

I guarantee you that it was Paul W.S. Anderson, not Paul Thomas Anderson. PWSA made the Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil films, among other dubious video game adaptations.

Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_(series)#Film

Doesn't appear to be a part of it anymore. But it was at least confirmed by Konami at some point.

[PotVsKtl]

http://www.cinematical.com/2009/04/08/trailer-premiere-mike-judges-extract/

[schoolofruckus]

Nope. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_(series)#Film

Doesn't appear to be a part of it anymore. But it was at least confirmed by Konami at some point.

I think the guy from Konami was confused then. I have heard of a lot of weird PTA projects - including that fucking Death Race movie that Jason Statham did last year - that were really Paul W.S. Anderson and someone else got them mixed up. Probably out of wishful thinking.

[RedThom]

http://www.cinematical.com/2009/04/08/trailer-premiere-mike-judges-extract/

looks like Mike Judge. Quality.

[wmgaretjax]

I think the guy from Konami was confused then. I have heard of a lot of weird PTA projects - including that fucking Death Race movie that Jason Statham did last year - that were really Paul W.S. Anderson and someone else got them mixed up. Probably out of wishful thinking.

That is entirely possible. And makes a lot more sense...

[KungFuJoe]

Stranglehold may go on to become the first movie based off a video game that's actually good. However, not sure it will count since the video game was based off a movie first. Looking forward to see what becomes of it.

DOA: Dead or Alive was fairly enjoyable crap.

yeah, i can't think of any good movies based off video games.

Off topic. Anyone see The Chaser yet?

[schoolofruckus]

I saw Observe and Report tonight. I liked it, it's pretty goddamn funny - and in a dark, sociopathic, uncomfortable, borderline-tragic kind of way. I think it kind of chickens out at the end a little bit - the sight gag at the climax was definitely unlike anything of its kind (in a good way), but I thought the finale overall was kind of softballed. Slightly. Not enough to compromise the film beyond redemption. There's still definitely something nervy going on here.

That said - don't believe any of the South By Southwest reviews about it being a new generation Taxi Driver. It's just a pretty-successful comedy that's more fucked up than most.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I just finished watching Jodorowsky's "Fando Y Lis". I can't remember if it's been discussed here before, but here's a brief synopsis which I found online and thought was really good:


Billed as a Panic film, Jodorowsky’s first feature Fando & Lis was a loose adaptation of a play by Arrabal, which Jodorowsky had directed in Paris. True to Artaud’s precepts, Jodorowsky based the film solely on his recollection of the play in order to avoid following the text too closely. It premiered at the Acapulco Film Festival in 1968, soon after the massacre of peaceful demonstrators by the police in Mexico City. In the resulting tense climate, the blasphemous provocations of Fando & Lis proved too much for the audience and a riot broke out in the auditorium, forcing Jodorowsky to flee the theatre. The film was subsequently banned in Mexico.

Forty years later Fando & Lis is still as inflammatory as cinema can get. It’s a scream, a punch in the guts, an eye-gouging journey through what looks like nothing less than the lowest circles of Dante’s Inferno. On a quest to find the mythical paradisiacal city of Tar, the splenetic Fando pushes his paralysed lover Lis on a four-wheel cart through a hellish world of derelict towns and barren mountains peopled by decomposing corpses, mad priests and drag queens. Bodies writhe in mud before standing up, as if emerging from the primal matter, staring at Fando and Lis like dead-eyed zombies. Jarring sounds add to the disquieting images: buzzing flies convey the stench of the rotting corpses, percussive instruments beat as loud as a panicked heart. Going round and round in the wasteland, the lovers are unable to find a way out of their nightmares, mere puppets whose strings are pulled by a cruel god-like puppeteer not unlike the one played by Jodorowsky himself in a scene from Lis’ past.

On their way to Tar, Fando and Lis come across a group of sophisticated ladies and gents drinking cocktails and playing jazz amid the rubble of a razed town. While the dapper men mock Lis’ infirmity the ladies take Fando as their sexual play thing and thoroughly humiliate him. Later a mob of towering, sullen women armed with watermelons play bowling with Fando as the pin. A crowd of sinister worshippers gather around Lis’ coffin and cut off pieces of her flesh, which they consume in a blasphemous parody of the Catholic host. A herd of drag queens carry a protesting Fando away and dress him up as a woman. Jodorowsky’s world is full of predatory packs of people that mass around exceptional individuals, wanting a piece of them - literally in Lis’ case - demanding miracles, expecting to be fulfilled or enlightened. Animal noises - or the sound of clicking scissors in the coffin scene - heighten the sense of menace. Idolisation doesn’t go without aggression and the parody of the Catholic ritual is not vacuous provocation but the revelation of its disturbing nature: what the host truly is about is nothing less than the cannibalistic consumption of the saint/saviour/master’s body to partake of its god-like quality. But while the character of Lis already announces Jodorowsky’s later preoccupations with the messianic individual in El Topo and The Holy Mountain, here the threatening gangs want less a guru than a sexual toy, an object they can play with, possess and destroy.

As in El Topo and Santa Sangre Freudian neuroses are played out in grandiloquent, baroque excess. In the desolate mountains Fando is force-fed by his dying mother, a formidable figure who is more drag queen diva than homely matriarch. Elsewhere he is assaulted by lewd, toothless old hags, one of which crushes peaches in her hands when he refuses her sexual advances. Terrorized by mother-like figures, Fando takes it out on the helpless Lis. As passive as a doll she gets dragged this way and that way, positioned and played with according to his whims. In a scene that echoes the violence to which she is subjected a man cuts an obscene hole into a doll before placing a snake inside. Misogynistic, Jodorowsky? Most definitely, at least here: in Fando Y Lis women are either castrating old witches or whimpering, impotent victims. But what makes it bearable is that Fando himself is a rather pathetic example of the male species. Traumatized by an overbearing mother, humiliated by the cocktail ladies, femininized by the drag queens, he is screwed-up, confused, insecure and as whiny and needy as Lis is.

Fando and Lis are a deviant, perverted version of the classic lovers. They can’t live without each other, so much so that Fando ends up handcuffing Lis and chaining her to the cart. They love each other until death parts them, that is… well, you’ll have to see what happens - needless to say it’s brutal and ferocious. ‘And when I wanted to separate myself from her I realised we formed one body with two heads’, reads the title of part 4. In Fando Y Lis love is a monstrous two-headed creature, a grotesque body formed by two needy, incomplete people, incapable of living apart but resenting the confines of this unnatural togetherness and wanting to strike out at their conjoined twin. In later Jodorowsky films the freakish nature of people’s dependency on each other will become literal: in Santa Sangre a son unites his body to that of his armless mother to become a glamorous mime artist while in El Topo a legless man on the back of an armless man makes one fully functioning sidekick.

Ultimately it is its Dionysiac quality that makes Fando Y Lis such a compelling experience: the sensory assault of the film, the savage violence it depicts, the sardonic bursts of hilarity are all an unleashing of primal instincts, a celebration of destructive excess, a cathartic release of explosive energy. Ignore all descriptions of Jodorowsky’s work as psychedelic ‘head trip’. There is no druggy vagueness here but a crap-cutting, exhilarating viciousness that makes the film timeless. Jodorowsky has been unfavourably compared to Luis Buñuel and yet (oh sacrilege!) the latter’s much admired half-polite satires of the bourgeoisie are nowhere near as vital or violently surreal as Jodorowsky’s imaginings. And it is probably because of his supreme disrespect for any kind of facile world view - any political, religious or plain sentimental simplification of the world - that Jodorowsky has been made to linger in the cult ghetto while less radical artists were given full honours. Forty years later Fando Y Lis remains a triumph of lacerating audacity, a hysterical tale of fucked-up revolt that still pulses with dark life now. Conjuring dangerously potent visions, Jodorowsky throws you head first into the bottomless pit of grotesque pain that is life and makes you laugh all the way like a hyena. Enjoy.


I thought the film was excellent, and a lot of the motifs definitely seemed to lead the way for later films like Lynch's "Eraserhead". Definitely worth seeing.

[wmgaretjax]

That's one of the few Jodorowsky films I haven't seen. I'll definitely have to seek it out.

[PotVsKtl]

http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/one-word-for-the-new-thirst-trailer-brilliant/

[schoolofruckus]

That definitely looks like it could be awesome. Being someone who is somewhat predisposed to not liking vampire movies (I still have yet to see if Let the Right One In can break the curse), I'm inclined to not get my hopes up that it will be on par with Park's first three films. But I'm excited to see it anyway.

I also saw that The Man From London finally got its IFC release date. For those of you who aren't inclined to drop $20 on the DVD (and who have Time Warner cable or whatever other cable services provide VOD), it's playing on-demand beginning May 27th. Personally, I'd rather see it on the DVD that is hopefully arriving at my house today, as the last VOD film I saw - Alexander the Last - was far too reduced (letterboxed on all sides even though both the frame and my TV are 16 x 9).

[wmgaretjax]

Let the Right One In is great Gabe, and you should definitely see it.

I'm very excited to see The Man From London again...

[schoolofruckus]

Yeah, I know. It looked awesome. Vampires are just a harder sell to me than most other film subjects, for reasons I don't even properly understand.

I also saw that Antonioni's Zabriskie Point is getting a DVD release from Warner Home Video on May 25th! This excites me greatly.

Lastly, I'm going to check out a John Cassavetes double-header at the New Beverly tonight - Minnie and Moskowitz (which I've never seen) and Love Streams (which I saw once on VHS a while back). I'm super excited, since neither are on DVD yet. After this, I will only have to catch up with Gloria in terms of my Cassavetes completionism (well, at least in terms of the films that weren't largely studio-botched).

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I thought Let The Right One In was good, but not as great as people are claiming. I thought The Lost Boys was way better, for example. One of the main things that put me off Let The Right One In was that the central exposition scene which the whole movie builds up to didn't even really make sense....

*SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ ON IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE*







































In the swimming pool scene, why would the dude holding him under water keep on holding him down whilst all his friends are being murdered by the vampire? That makes no sense.

Anyway it had some cool ideas, and looked nice.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

I just finished watching The Spirit. I thought it couldn't possibly be as bad as all the reviews said, but I was wrong. It was awful, borderline unwatchable. Everyone involved should be ashamed.

[bmack86]

Gabe, if you haven't already seen Let The Right One In, you should probably wait until they release the version with the theatrical subtitles. The subtitles on the DVD really knock it down a notch.

Stef

*Spoilers*








The way I read it was that the kid was quite probably already dead. Either that or in shock and soon to be dead. Oskar doesn't come up out of the water even after the bloody stump of an arm floats down next to him.

[wmgaretjax]

Gus Van Sant says "My next film is Dustin Lance Black's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". It's going to be really funny."

Yay.

[SoulDischarge]

On the topic of Jodorowsky, has anyone actually seen The Rainbow Thief, and if so, is it any good?

[bobert]

Gus Van Sant says "My next film is Dustin Lance Black's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". It's going to be really funny."

Yay.

That's exciting news.

[chairmenmeow47]

OMFG AN ACID TEST MOVIE, AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

i wonder who i'd have to suck off to be a background merry prankster. and i hope they find someone spunky enough to be mountain girl.

[amyzzz]

The merry pranksters piss me off.

[wmgaretjax]

On the topic of Jodorowsky, has anyone actually seen The Rainbow Thief, and if so, is it any good?

Yeah. It's interesting in the context of his other films, it falls short on it's own though... Worth checking out as an interesting failure.

[Down Rodeo]

Speaking of Jodorowsky, how can I watch Santa Sangre? Netflix doesn't carry it, and I don't think I've ever seen it in stores. Is it on Region 1?

[wmgaretjax]

Speaking of Jodorowsky, how can I watch Santa Sangre? Netflix doesn't carry it, and I don't think I've ever seen it in stores. Is it on Region 1?

I have only ever seen imports that are not region 1.

[Down Rodeo]

Son of a bitch...

[schoolofruckus]

Gus Van Sant says "My next film is Dustin Lance Black's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". It's going to be really funny."

Yay.

He had me at "My next film".


i wonder who i'd have to suck off to be a background merry prankster. and i hope they find someone spunky enough to be mountain girl.

I don't know that you offering to suck any of them off is the right way to go about it.

[wmgaretjax]

The more I think about it, the more perfect it is that GvS is doing this film.

[schoolofruckus]

Last night, I had one of the richest, most memorable filmgoing experiences of my life.

As previously stated, Jeff (my Walk editor) and I went to the New Beverly to see a doubleheader of DVD-unpublished John Cassavetes films - Minnie and Moskowitz and Love Streams.

M & M was an utter delight - easily the most overt comedy Cassavetes ever made. Seymour Cassel played a hot-headed free spirit named Moskowitz, who moves from New York to Los Angeles on a whim. Gena Rowlands played Minnie Moore, a museum employee frustrated by her inability to connect with people and find love - least of all with her married-with-children boyfriend (played by the man himself, whose appearance instantly put a gigantic smile on my face...until he soon revealed himself to be playing the heel). The two lost souls meet each other by chance - following a hilariously disastrous date between Minnie and the memorably inconsistent Zelmo (Val Avery) - and begin a passionate, albeit insane, courtship. I loved it. I can't imagine why this film is not available for home viewing, other than the fact that Universal is too busy producing remakes of The Hulk to get around to it.

Love Streams was better on the second viewing than it was on the first. It’s the most (and it would probably not be inaccurate to call it the only) narratively abstract film Cassavetes ever made – utilizing chronological fracturing and dream/fantasy sequences for the first time to explore the damaged psychologies of brother and sister – hedonistic writer Robert Harmon (the man, once again, playing the closest thing to a lead role that he ever gave himself) and heartsick, involuntary divorcee and mother Sarah Lawson (the queen).

If any of you get the chance to see either of these films in any setting, please do not pass it up.

But what made the night such a pinnacle for me was the unexpected presence of Seymour Cassel himself – who, as I said, played Moskowitz, as well as playing Sarah’s ex-husband in Love Streams (you may also recognize him as having played Max Fischer's father in Rushmore). For those who are less familiar, Cassel was involved in nearly every film that Cassavetes ever made, and he was one of the master’s greatest friends. He appeared after both films to conduct something of a Q & A, although he wasn’t as adept at answering questions as he was at simply telling stories about Cassavetes and offering perspective on what it was like to work with him. He had clearly had a few beforehand too, although I don’t get the sense that he necessarily needed to have his tongue loosened. He talked for nearly an hour at the end; a faithful bunch of about 25 diehards stuck around to hang on every word until the theater kicked us out, and shake his hand when it was over.

I hadn’t planned on going to church this Easter weekend, but that's exactly where I found myself in the wee hours of Good Friday.

[SoulDischarge]

Speaking of Jodorowsky, how can I watch Santa Sangre? Netflix doesn't carry it, and I don't think I've ever seen it in stores. Is it on Region 1?

I had to buy a region 2 import at Amoeba. Then I loaned it to someone I barely knew and never saw it again. Anyway, it's a 2-disc set and well worth your hard-earned recession time money. Definitely a deeply flawed film, but compellingly so. Kind of like everything else he's done.

[PotVsKtl]

Let the Right One In (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Let_the_Right_One_In/70099621)

Netflix streaming, HD, correct subtitles.

[PotVsKtl]

Michael Myers looks like this in the new Halloween 2.

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[Mr.Nipples]

gordons fisherman

[wmgaretjax]

Let the Right One In (http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Let_the_Right_One_In/70099621)

Netflix streaming, HD, correct subtitles.

word. thanks for the tip.

[corbo]

finally saw CHOKE
what a fucking disaster.
and Reckoner plays at the end...really?
what a waste of time

[schoolofruckus]

The Man From London was a very, very difficult film. Probably one of the toughest I've ever watched. Easily Tarr's least straight forward effort. But it's also one of those most deceptively simple films I've ever seen. I walked out slightly disappointed and confused, because it seems like a straight forward film noir at first... Then I actually began to unravel some of the cultural implications. I know that, despite spending almost 3 hours immediately after the film trying to decipher it with friends much smarter than I, I still lack an understanding of some of the linguistic elements of the film. I'm very, very excited to get a chance to see it again.

It's Bela Tarr's best film besides Werckmeister Harmonies in my opinion, and probably his most technically accomplished work.

Oh, and Joe, glad you are still gonna dig into Hsiao Hsien's films. Like I said before, The Puppetmaster is probably my favorite. One of the best films of the 90s.

I has basically the same first reaction to it that you did. Well - I didn't think it was quite that difficult. I can think of less arousing things to sit through than a film that looks this stunning. But in the end I did feel that there was something lacking in terms of substance, so I'm feeling right now like it's the least of the Tarr films I've seen. That's not necessarily an indictment - Werckmeister Harmonies is a masterpiece, and Damnation is great.

That said, I would love to hear your thoughts regarding the subtext.

[wmgaretjax]

Once I watch it again, I'll post an outline of my thoughts. But, I believe (having read quite a bit by László Krasznahorkai before) that he is playing a lot with language. So while the film lacks some kind of epic statement about human nature or something similar that you might expect from a Tarr film, the film seems to be more interested in ambiguity. Tarr keeps most of the themes and character conclusions at arms length, and I found it maddening at first, simply because with him I expect epiphanies and revelations. Instead, this film provides you only with a dark swirling mess, with only subtle hints about the true nature of it's characters. I think that's what I meant by difficult, I will post more when I sit down and see it again.

But god damn, isn't it a gorgeous film? That opening sequence is insane.

[BKsaysAction!]

finally saw CHOKE
what a fucking disaster.
and Reckoner plays at the end...really?
what a waste of time

agreed. They had so much they could do with that movie and they did that. A forgetful comedy. It was too lighthearted for its material.

[schoolofruckus]

That's what happens when you choose a fucking sitcom actor to direct a nihilist social satire.

[Down Rodeo]

Wow, I watched Mike Leigh's Naked today and thought it was incredibly powerful and affecting. It was a terrible film to watch on Easter, seeing as how it's pretty much thoroughly depressing, but it was superbly realized. I'm now going to have to track down his other films very soon. I think I heard about this film on here through Jared...so thanks dude.

[C DUB YA]

Naked is very good.

[C DUB YA]

I saw Observe and Report tonight. I liked it, it's pretty goddamn funny - and in a dark, sociopathic, uncomfortable, borderline-tragic kind of way. I think it kind of chickens out at the end a little bit - the sight gag at the climax was definitely unlike anything of its kind (in a good way), but I thought the finale overall was kind of softballed. Slightly. Not enough to compromise the film beyond redemption. There's still definitely something nervy going on here.

That said - don't believe any of the South By Southwest reviews about it being a new generation Taxi Driver. It's just a pretty-successful comedy that's more fucked up than most.

I saw this Sat. night and agree with what you said - I liked it to.

[wmgaretjax]

Wow, I watched Mike Leigh's Naked today and thought it was incredibly powerful and affecting. It was a terrible film to watch on Easter, seeing as how it's pretty much thoroughly depressing, but it was superbly realized. I'm now going to have to track down his other films very soon. I think I heard about this film on here through Jared...so thanks dude.

Hell yeah. That film is incredible. Mike Leigh can do no wrong. Vera Drake, All or Nothing, Secrets and Lies, Abigail's Party, and his latest Happy Go-Lucky would all make fantastic follow ups to watch. I feel like Happy Go-Lucky would be pretty interesting, only because it's an answer to Naked in a lot of ways.

[corbo]

DOWN RODEO i just noticed your avatar..
i recently saw the third man what a brilliant movie.

[ivankay]

i went to a screening of Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons at the Aero last night. i think that was my favorite time watching both. The end of Ambersons will always be painful, but i was trying to take some consolation in the toned down and robotic performances from Joseph Cotton and Agnes Moorehead. It came off a minor protest in having to shoot it. The screening was pretty much a sell out and i was forced into sitting closer than i'd like. Largest i have seen Kane and the power of the photography was wonderful. Love that movie. i took some pictures for fun (of course not during the movies). i'll try to get a few up for the hell of it.

[ivankay]

Going to the movies yesterday:

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Was hemming and hawing between Anvil: The Story of Anvil and the Orson Welles double feature. The line in front of the Nuart led me to the rarity of seeing Kane and Ambersons in a theater.

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i don't know what this was about. Sounded like Russian and the guy filming acted like a son.

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This is Harry Jaglom. He directed Mr. Welles in a couple of films.

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Got stuck sitting close and to the right. Kane's so awesome, i don't mind. Trailer for some Karl Lagerfeld doc.

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break

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No line for the ladies' bathroom. Film geekdom is still male domintaed.

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Good stuff coming up.

[Down Rodeo]

Hell yeah. That film is incredible. Mike Leigh can do no wrong. Vera Drake, All or Nothing, Secrets and Lies, Abigail's Party, and his latest Happy Go-Lucky would all make fantastic follow ups to watch. I feel like Happy Go-Lucky would be pretty interesting, only because it's an answer to Naked in a lot of ways.

I saw Happy-Go-Lucky last year and loved it - ended up putting it in my top 5 for the year. I think I'll check out Vera Drake and Secrets and Lies next. I'll go for the heavy stuff...By the way, who's in your new avatar?

DOWN RODEO i just noticed your avatar..
i recently saw the third man what a brilliant movie.

Such a true statement. I love Orson Welles' entrance into that film.

[Courtney]

Gus Van Sant says "My next film is Dustin Lance Black's adaptation of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". It's going to be really funny."

Yay.

Oooh. I look forward to this.

[wmgaretjax]

By the way, who's in your new avatar?


The German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen.

[Down Rodeo]

Nice....electronic pioneer.

[schoolofruckus]

BRING IT THE FUCK ON!!!


I feel that, if this film brings the usual von Trier complexity and depth, it could potentially be no less than the finest horror film ever made.

F-3mWmLAcsY

[wmgaretjax]

i'm skeptical. Looks like a hack genre film... but i'm dying to be proven wrong. hopefully it's just a lame trailer. comes out in may from what I last heard.

[schoolofruckus]

I think the trailer has been cut that way. I have no reason to believe the film itself will end up being that.

[AlecEiffel]

Michael Myers looks like this in the new Halloween 2.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2u8kwua.jpg

I may be way off, but I have a feeling Zombie is ripping off Dee Snider's Strangeland with this one. I bet Michael is "reformed", but something pushes him to put the mask back on. Also, I have a feeling this is going to suck.

[wmgaretjax]

I think the trailer has been cut that way. I have no reason to believe the film itself will end up being that.

either way. i give trier the benefit of the doubt. i have never walked away from one of his films feeling like it wasn't worth my time. there were certainly failures... but always interesting.

[RedThom]

so Terminator Salvation got the PG-13 officially.

No one seems to care so much. A lot of people are stating that the R-Rating in 1992 when T2 came out would be a PG13.

Why does this statement feel incorrect? (oh well I guess I am basing this on franchises dropping in rating usually meaning a compromise in content/quality)

[AlecEiffel]

T2 would still be rated R if it came out today, if I remember correctly there are F bombs all over that movie.

[schoolofruckus]

PG-13 - Not a deal-breaker.

McG - Uhhhhh......

[PotVsKtl]

I bet Michael is "reformed", but something pushes him to put the mask back on.

Zombie said Myers looks like that for 90% of the movie. He's abandoning the mask.

[RedThom]

PG-13 - Not a deal-breaker.

McG - Uhhhhh......

yeah, I agree with you on the McG thing

I mean I was in the auditorium at Con when he said that he had "james cameron's blessing". First red flag... I thought long and heavy on the matter and then I realized that at the end of the day McG is still an industry puppet.

McG, Brett Ratner, Tim Story, and Rob Cohen.

you are all on the creative shitlist

[RedThom]

Zombie said Myers looks like that for 90% of the movie. He's abandoning the mask.

no mask. no Michael.

[Down Rodeo]

That von Trier film looks pretty awesome. Hopefully...

[Courtney]

I'm not gonna lie, the Lars von Trier "Anti-Christ" trailer scared the shit out of me.

[roberto73]

I'm about to start watching a British film called Donkey Punch. I don't think it's unreasonable of me to expect such a movie to feature scintillating dialogue spoken by dynamic and well-rounded characters in fascinating situations. Moreover, I fully expect an epiphanic experience wherein I learn many important things not only about myself, but about the secrets of the universe.

[slipmode]

i thought he quit film making. lars

[PotVsKtl]

Ridley Scott is the Clint Eastwood of Britain.

[BKsaysAction!]

Ridley Scott is the Clint Eastwood of Britain.

I never knew he made a movie with an orangutan.

[wmgaretjax]

I'm about to start watching a British film called Donkey Punch. I don't think it's unreasonable of me to expect such a movie to feature scintillating dialogue spoken by dynamic and well-rounded characters in fascinating situations. Moreover, I fully expect an epiphanic experience wherein I learn many important things not only about myself, but about the secrets of the universe.

heh. i watched that film as a midnight movie at SIFF a couple years back.

the whole experience was an epiphany.

[roberto73]

heh. i watched that film as a midnight movie at SIFF a couple years back.

the whole experience was an epiphany.

The only thing I learned is that Brits sound funny when saying "dirty Sanchez."

[wmgaretjax]

The only thing I learned is that Brits sound funny when saying "dirty Sanchez."

haha.

I'm really curious as to the early steps in the process of that film's creation. how exactly did the bad idea become a serious project for some producer?

[bmack86]

Ridley Scott is the Clint Eastwood of Britain.

Except Clint hasn't ever directed anything as good as Alien, has he? Unforgiven was badass, but nobody gets pulled into the air vents.

[PotVsKtl]

http://cdn.filmdrunk.uproxx.com-s1.simplecdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/tommy-and-the-cool-mule.jpg

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2009/04/amazing-tommy-and-the-cool-mule

[bmack86]

That's the coolest mule I've seen. I predict that movie does swimmingly in my home town (the Mule capitol of the world)

[bobert]

Ridley Scott is the Clint Eastwood of Britain.

I wasn't aware he'd ever acted in anything.

[wmgaretjax]

I watched "Altered States" last night. I really enjoy that movie... It didn't fit in as well with my marathon of Lovecraft inspired films as I had hoped.

[roberto73]

I officially have a new favorite curse word:

z4t6zNZ-b0A&eurl
Embrace it. Use it. Wear it out. Monkeyfighters.

[atom heart]

I don't even know what the hell he said the second time.

[OnlyNonStranger]

Monday to Friday!

[schoolofruckus]

One of the best Cannes lineups ever?

Opening


UP U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson


Closing


COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY, France, Jan Kounen


In Competition


BRIGHT STAR, Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
SPRING FEVER, China-France, Lou Ye
ANTICHRIST, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
ENTER THE VOID, France, Gaspar Noe
FACE, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
LES HERBES FOLLES, France-Italy, Alain Resnais
IN THE BEGINNING France, Xavier Giannoli
A PROPHET, France, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON, Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
VENGEANCE, Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
VINCERE, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
KINATAY, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
THIRST, South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
BROKEN EMBRACES, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO, Spain, Isabel Coixet
FISH TANK, U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
LOOKING FOR ERIC, U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, U.S., Quentin Tarantino
TAKING WOODSTOCK, U.S., Ang Lee


Out of Competition


THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
THE ARMY OF CRIME, France, Robert Guediguian
AGORA, Spain, Alejandro Amenabar


Midnight Screenings


A TOWN CALLED PANIC, Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
NE TE RETOURNE PAS, France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
DRAG ME TO HELL, U.S., Sam Raimi


Special Screenings


PETITION, China, Zhao Liang
L'EPINE DANS LE COEUR, France, Michel Gondry
MIN YE, France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
JAFFA, Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
MANILA, Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER, U.S., Anne Aghion


Un Certain Regard


SAMSON & DELILAH, Australia, Warwick Thornton
ADRIFT, Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
THE WIND JOURNEYS, Colombia, Ciro Guerra
DEMAIN DES L'AUBE, France, Denis Dercourt
IRENE, France, Alain Cavalier
AIR DOLL, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
INDEPENDENCE, Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
LE PERE DE MES ENFANTS, France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
DOGTOOTH, Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE PERSIAN CATS, Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
EYES WIDE OPEN, Israel, Haim Tabakman
MOTHER, South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
THE SILENT ARMY, Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
TO DIE LIKE A MAN, Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
POLICE, ADJECTIVE, Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE, Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
TALE IN THE DARKNESS Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
TZAR, Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
NYMPH Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
PRECIOUS, U.S., Lee Daniels

[KungFuJoe]

That is some serious competition in there. I'm looking forward to Mother by Bong Joon Ho
d7_T8GHG-Gg

The new Assayas film Summer Hours looks good to. Though that's not at Cannes.

On another note, I watched Ong Bak 2 recently. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It had nothing to do with the first Ong Bak except starring Tony Jaa. He also directs for the first time & I thought he handled it pretty well. Helps he had a decent cinematographer. The films main purpose was showing the range Jaa has as a martial artist. He even throws in a little drunken boxing, perhaps to show he is ready for Drunken Master 3. I wouldn't say Ong Bak 2 was as good as Tom Yum Goong, because it's not as much fun. It takes itself a bit too serious at times & balks on the ending. Setting us up for Ong Bak 3 I suppose. It's still a fun film to watch & a nice departure into new territory for Jaa.

[bmack86]

So, hey guys. Every year, for Mule Days (a giant gathering of mule enthusiasts in my home town) the elementary school classes all make mule heads for a competition. I think I may have convinced my mom to make a cool mule for hers. We just need to figure out a way to get it to speak like Ice T.