Schoolio's Movie Corner

[wmgaretjax]

new Haneke! yes!

[bmack86]

What did y'all think of Frost/Nixon and the Reader? I'm late to the game, I know, but I just watched both, and damn if Frank Lagnella didn't make me feel for Richard Nixon on some level. As an outraged liberal, i didn't think that possible.

[PotVsKtl]

Enter the Void

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http://chud.com/articles/content_images/24/enterthevoid3.jpg

http://www.soudainlevide.com/presse/

[Young blood]

Is it a strip club? because in the last picture, I see a Friday night.

[schoolofruckus]

What did y'all think of Frost/Nixon and the Reader? I'm late to the game, I know, but I just watched both, and damn if Frank Lagnella didn't make me feel for Richard Nixon on some level. As an outraged liberal, i didn't think that possible.

I think I put both of those films on my "Oscar-beggars I have no interest in seeing" list at the end of '08. I'm sure Langella is good on Frost/Nixon, and it might even be an entry in the competant adult entertainment section of the Ron Howard video store (as opposed to the rank sentimentalism and commercially shameless sections). But after Cinderella Man, I swore I was done watching his work unless he casts Vincent Gallo in something. And as for The Reader.....as much as I love Winslet, I have made similar vows about never again in regards to Weinstein-produced films about the Holocaust (again, unless they star Gallo).

Enter the Void

http://chud.com/articles/content_images/24/enterthevoid1.jpg
http://chud.com/articles/content_images/24/enterthevoid3.jpg

http://www.soudainlevide.com/presse/

The visions described in the script are inspired partly by the accounts of people who have had near-death experiences, who describe a tunnel of light, seeing their lives flashing past them and ‘astral’ visions, and partly by similar hallucinatory experiences obtained by consuming DMT, the molecule which the brain sometimes secretes at the moment of death and which, in small doses, enables us to dream at night.
The film should sometimes scare the audience, make it cry and, as much as possible, hypnotise it.
In recent years, films with labyrinthine structures have proved the audience’s ability to follow storylines in the form of a puzzle, and its desire to move away from linear narration.
But a complex form where the content does not move the spectator in any way would only amount to mathematic virtuosity. Whereas this film is above all a melodrama: the universal melodrama of a young man who, after the brutal death of his parents, promises that he will protect his little sister no matter what and who, sensing that he himself is dying, fights desperately to keep his promise. A film where the life of one person is linked to the love he has for another human being.

This movie is going to be fucking MINDBLOWING.

[AlecEiffel]

Halloween 2 trailer. Looks better than the first one and could be an interesting movie, but I don't understand why this is called Halloween. yBjtmtwmwww

[iv3rdawG]

Anyone else looking forward to Moon? Hopefully Rockwell starts getting the recognition that he deserves.

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http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4435/moonbwf.jpg

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/474/rockwellmoon1.jpg

[wmgaretjax]

huh... could be interesting.

[Down Rodeo]

Yeah, Moon looks good. I'm surprised I hadn't heard about it.

[schoolofruckus]

I think Moon looks good. The director is one of David Bowie's sons.

[schoolofruckus]

Los Angeles residents:

Don't forget to check out Silent Light tonight at LACMA, unless you went last night. It's playing at 7:30. I'll be there.

Silent Light (Stellet Licht)

http://lacma.org/MungoBlobs/833/744/SILENTLITEmn2.jpg

April 24 - April 25

One of the most critically acclaimed films of the last year, Carlos Reygadas’s spellbinding third feature is set in rural Mexico where a small, agrarian Mennonite community who speak a medieval form of German (Plautdietsch), are suffering from a crisis of faith. An immersive, sensual, and ultimately haunting experience, Silent Light recalls the redemptive dramas of Carl Theodor Dreyer, though the film’s extraordinary widescreen images and hypnotic rhythms are unmistakably Reygadas’s own. “I was amazed by Silent Light—the setting, the language, the delicacy of the interactions between the people on screen, the drama of redemption. And most of all by Carlos Reygadas’s extraordinarily rich sense of cinema, evident in every frame. A surprising picture, and a very moving one as well.”—Martin Scorsese.

The resolution on this trailer is downright shit, and it guards the film's visual splendor more than maybe it should, but it's the only one with English subtitles.

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[Down Rodeo]

I watched Bela Tarr's Damnation this weekend. I agree that it was good, although not near the masterpiece that Werckmeister Harmonies is. I loved the pervasive atmosphere of dread & hopelessness that Tarr created (the sets & lighting were superb as well), but it lacked the awesome metaphysical weight of WH. Now one of these days I'll work up the courage to watch Satantango...

[wmgaretjax]

That's pretty much my view of it too. Satantango is on the level of Werckmeister Harmonies. You really should give it a shot (in one sitting if possible... But you could break it in half pretty naturally).

[Gonshman]

I haven't seen a movie in theaters in such a long time. I'm out of the loop

[BKsaysAction!]

I saw the Soloist today. Excellent movie, some people may hate but this is the best jamie foxx has done and i have yet to see a bad Robert Downey Jr movie since his comeback. The cinematography is excelent.

Reading Schoolio's list at Cannes i saw that Park Chan-wook has a new movie coming out and it looks Incredible. See for yourself.
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[wmgaretjax]

fuck off and die.

[BKsaysAction!]

wow i hit a nerve. Harsh words but nothing to back it up.

[roberto73]

Jamie Foxx raped Jared's sister.

[BKsaysAction!]

damn thats good enough for me.

[sbessiso]

Movies I've seen the past couple days

The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor- I liked it. but im a fan of the series.

Step Brothers- Really fucking funny. There was a lot of laugh out loud moments for me

Wanted- Wow! This movie gets hated on a lot but I LOVED IT. Its a brainless action movie but it has so much style and flair and gore and violence. I thought it was really great

Hellboy II:The Golden Army- Del Toro is a genius. His vision and creativity is unmatched in this day I think. Its such a shame that the movie pretty much bombed because it deserved to be a monster hit. But thats the way it goes :(

Jumper- Dumb. Lame. Stupid. Even for me. Although I do enjoy it when Samuel L. Jackson has freaky hair in a movie

[amyzzz]

Maybe it goes without saying, Salah, but Hellboy II is astonishing on psychedelics. The story is a little lightweight but the visuals in that movie are so gorgeous and frightening.

[AlecEiffel]

I saw EARTH this weekend. It was cool to see on the big screen, but most of it was just stuff taken from BBC's Planet Earth with a James Earl Jones narration slapped over it.

Also, I learned that because of global warming polar Bears are good guys even though they are desperate to eat seals yet starving wolves trying to eat caribou are bad guys. Just listen to the score.

[lmntz4]

I watched The Unbearable Lightness of Being over the weekend. Initially, I found it a little difficult to get into, and wasn't even sure I'd continue, but after half an hour or so, I was immersed.

It was very interesting to observe Daniel Day-Lewis portraying such a passive, restrained character. And both Lena Olin and Juliette Binoche gave mesmerizing performances.

[amyzzz]

Good to know. I already have Planet Earth on blu ray.

[AlecEiffel]

There is something to be said about seeing some of that stuff on a big screen. It's really a fantastic experience. But if that doesn't matter to you then you really aren't missing anything, it is a watered down version and, obviously, at an hour and a half you don't even nick the surface of Planet Earth.

[sbessiso]

Maybe it goes without saying, Salah, but Hellboy II is astonishing on psychedelics. The story is a little lightweight but the visuals in that movie are so gorgeous and frightening.

Wow. Whats funny is that never crossed my mind once. And it ALWAYS does. Those visuals were just so breathtaking I couldnt think about anything else

[WastedTime]

I feel like I already know the answer but, has anyone seen 8 1/2 ?

That is easily the best movie I have seen in a while.

[MissingPerson]

Hellboy II keeps, for some reason, setting up a trip to Giant's Causeway. Giant's Causeway is a naturally dramatic, cinematic landscape. It's a volcanic rockshore that grew into all sorts of weird, geometric shapes, and it's kind of looks like a beach in Mordor, so I thought, cool, that's going to be a naturally spectacular backdrop for the ensuing action.

And then they get there, and uh, they've just gone to a field with a bit of rocks in it. Fair enough if you don't want to bother actually going to the real location, but then why did they bother doing all the setup to a particular and instantly recognisable real-world place for no reason at all?

Has no bearing on the plot. They might as well have just said "Uh, we need to go to a field. Oh look! Here we are! A field." Saved a lot of bother.

Weird.

Anyway, actual Giant's Causeway:

http://api.ning.com/files/ZPxj0RDWVDcOOG7dMaLvSKcaABzg5aTTYZmeofng9U4Bs0Ps-xIhHC21jxaqV3ecce-PCx8LHPtYQJVeZlKF0ZC45NOy2dGF/thegiantscauseway.jpg

[BKsaysAction!]

Crazy.

[Down Rodeo]

I feel like I already know the answer but, has anyone seen 8 1/2 ?

That is easily the best movie I have seen in a while.

Yes, there has been many a Fellini discussion in here. Good to see you're watching some great films. Try La Dolce Vita if you haven't seen it yet.

[wmgaretjax]

damn thats good enough for me.

next time maybe you'll be a little more sensitive.

[PotVsKtl]

Sterling Hayden may very well have been possessed by a lesser demon during the filming of The Long Goodbye.

[PotVsKtl]

New Antichrist trailer:

http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/the-second-trailer-for-von-triers-antichrist-even-creepier-than-the-first/

I don't know if this one is any more reassuring than the first if you got a bad impression out of that.

[wmgaretjax]

i like the second more... shows too much of the film though.

[schoolofruckus]

I think this movie is going to be fucking awesome. Sure, it looks like a conventional horror movie, but Lars is versatile - and commercially untethered - enough that he can do it his way and turn it into something great.

[caco0283]

http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=13227&count=0

After the first "Terminator Salvation" trailer appeared online and everyone got the chance to see The Harvester, the biggest robot in the "Terminator" franchise, "Transformers" director Michael Bay accused the film of stealing his robots. "Salvation" director McG quickly replied by saying that Bay doesn't own the rights to big robots.

The arguments kept escalating, until one day both McG and Bay separately said that they have spoken to each other and worked everything out. They left it up to the fans to decide which robots are better and which film deserves their money.

Now, with just under a month before "Salvation" hits theaters, McG tells Details magazine that there's only one real way to put an end to this argument. "Michael Bay has a big cock," he says. "But I'd like to believe mine is bigger. If he's up for it, we can both reveal ourselves on the Spartacus steps at Universal and put the question to rest."

And now we wait for Bay's response.

[AlecEiffel]

The major difference is that we'll probably be able to understand what the robots are doing, which robot is which and the difference between robot head and robot ass in Terminator.

I'm not one of those guys with a passionate hatred for Michael Bay, but the action sequences in Transformers were such incomprehensible, headache inducing clusterfucks.

[amyzzz]

The Terminator series is so much better than the one Transformers movie. Heck, 5 minutes of any Terminator movie is better than Transformers.

[wmgaretjax]

Sure, it looks like a conventional horror movie, but Lars is versatile - and commercially untethered - enough that he can do it his way and turn it into something great.

If anything. Element of Crime totally proved that this statement will most likely be true. I'm always excited to see what he's done, and I'm almost always wary of his next film. I love that about him.

[Down Rodeo]

I watched The Son by the Dardennes last night, and the damn thing might be as great as or possibly better than L'Enfant. For such a unique and "boring" style, these guys sure know how to draw you into a film. Count me thrilled to see their new one this year (assuming it gets a US release by then).

[iv3rdawG]

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1926/thegirlfriendexperience.jpg

Trailer for Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience:

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=84421047&sdm=web&pt=rd

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[vogina]

Speaking of Transformers: the newest trailer bootleg that was released tonight in a world premier of the original screening in certain cities..

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x94qbb_transformers-2-bootleg-trailer_auto

[indietron]

Speaking of Transformers: the newest trailer bootleg that was released tonight in a world premier of the original screening in certain cities..

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x94qbb_transformers-2-bootleg-trailer_auto

Thank you SO much for this. Looks awesome!!

[schoolofruckus]

I watched The Son by the Dardennes last night, and the damn thing might be as great as or possibly better than L'Enfant. For such a unique and "boring" style, these guys sure know how to draw you into a film. Count me thrilled to see their new one this year (assuming it gets a US release by then).

It will. It comes out in LA/NY on 7/31. Sony Pictures Classics is releasing, so there's no reason to doubt the release will be delayed in any significant way.

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1926/thegirlfriendexperience.jpg

Trailer for Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience:

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=84421047&sdm=web&pt=rd

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I can't wait to see this. If it's anywhere near as good as Bubble, it's going to be an excellent change of pace this summer.

[KungFuJoe]

Still haven't seen Bubble. I'll need to rent that soon. Definitely interested in The Girlfriend Experience.

The latest Sono Sion film Love Exposure is playing at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival this Monday night. I'm expecting 4 hrs of awesome. Hope it is.

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[vogina]

Thank you SO much for this. Looks awesome!!

no problem indietron.

[Monklish]

So Sasha Grey might end up being the first legitimate conversion from porn star to real star.

Traci Lords doesn't count, naturally.

Well, I think we can all agree that she deserves it. It's a place in history that by all rights belongs to a chick who gets facefucked in every scene.

[bmack86]

I saw Sasha Grey at Throbbing Gristle's set at Coachella.

[stinkbutt]

I can't believe this is real

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Gary Oldman as a dwarf

[iv3rdawG]

Zemeckis Developing Roger Rabbit Sequel?
Source: MTV
April 30, 2009

MTV caught up with director Robert Zemeckis, who told the site he is interested in revisiting Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We received the following:

Talk of a "Roger Rabbit" sequel has been going on since the film originally hit theaters, but now it appears closer than ever. Speaking to MTV News this week, director Robert Zemeckis confirmed that he's been "buzzing" about bringing his twittery character back to the bigscreen.

"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability—the digital tools, performance capture—I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit,'" he told us.

[chairmenmeow47]

a sequel would be so lame, that movie was perfect on it's own.

i cannot WAIT FOR TERMINATOR SALVIATION! i saw the trailer during lost last night. i don't care how cheesy it is, i <3 those evil, metal grins so much.

[AlecEiffel]

Zemeckis Developing Roger Rabbit Sequel?
Source: MTV
April 30, 2009

MTV caught up with director Robert Zemeckis, who told the site he is interested in revisiting Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We received the following:

Talk of a "Roger Rabbit" sequel has been going on since the film originally hit theaters, but now it appears closer than ever. Speaking to MTV News this week, director Robert Zemeckis confirmed that he's been "buzzing" about bringing his twittery character back to the bigscreen.

"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability—the digital tools, performance capture—I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit,'" he told us.

Ain't happening.

[wmgaretjax]

The largely negative reviews for The Limits of Control have left me very, very excited.

[iv3rdawG]

Taking Woodstock trailer:

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http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=84562700&sdm=web&pt=rd

[SoulDischarge]

The largely negative reviews for The Limits of Control have left me very, very excited.

Ha.

In other news, I finally got around to watching Jules & Jim. I can see why certain pseudo-Lotharios from film school are obsessed with it. It is a pretty charming movie though.

[schoolofruckus]

Taking Woodstock trailer:

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http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?sid=84562700&sdm=web&pt=rd


Hmmm.....I don't know about this. It could be merely the trailer-cutting strategy that's too cute by half, or it could be the film itself. But this doesn't look as promising as it should.

The largely negative reviews for The Limits of Control have left me very, very excited.

Anything that Rex Reed hates can't possibly be all bad.

Zemeckis Developing Roger Rabbit Sequel?
Source: MTV
April 30, 2009

MTV caught up with director Robert Zemeckis, who told the site he is interested in revisiting Who Framed Roger Rabbit. We received the following:

Talk of a "Roger Rabbit" sequel has been going on since the film originally hit theaters, but now it appears closer than ever. Speaking to MTV News this week, director Robert Zemeckis confirmed that he's been "buzzing" about bringing his twittery character back to the bigscreen.

"I'll tell you what is buzzing around in my head now that we have the ability—the digital tools, performance capture—I'm starting to think about 'Roger Rabbit,'" he told us.

This will be an abortion if it ever actually gets made.

[Young blood]

I dig that woodstock trailer. I would like it to have its dark aspects but, ill see it.

[schoolofruckus]

I'm pretty certain I'm still going to see it. I just think the trailer looks a little too comical. "Oh look they paid in cash LOLZ!!!" A movie about Woodstock should be celebratory and jubilant, no doubt. But it should also evoke at least some sense of awe for what a seminal undertaking it was, and in that light, the trailer looks a bit too inside-joke. Here's hoping I'm reading it wrong.

[Monklish]

You don't think they identified the awe with the Thruway closing? How much time can you really spend in a trailer for a movie about Woodstock explaining what a big deal Woodstock was? Everyone knows it was a big deal. Seems to me the more important part is showing that the movie has an actual story to it beyond what you've already seen in Woodstock: The Movie and 80 million specials about it--the individuals.

[atom heart]

i cannot WAIT FOR TERMINATOR SALVIATION! i saw the trailer during lost last night. i don't care how cheesy it is, i <3 those evil, metal grins so much.

I just watched the end of Terminator again and I have to say, the stop motion Terminator that rises out of the burning truck still scares the hell out of me. While CG is pretty awesome, its facile look makes it way less menacing than that creepy low frame rate robot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxYxlwzQUh4

[schoolofruckus]

You don't think they identified the awe with the Thruway closing? How much time can you really spend in a trailer for a movie about Woodstock explaining what a big deal Woodstock was? Everyone knows it was a big deal. Seems to me the more important part is showing that the movie has an actual story to it beyond what you've already seen in Woodstock: The Movie and 80 million specials about it--the individuals.

I have already stated my thoughts clearly on this.

[vogina]

Sector 9
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Discuss

No really

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splain...esplain to me what this is about
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[Monklish]

I have already stated my thoughts clearly on this.

I don't think they were all that clear, but tev.

[bug on your lip]

i wonder if Randy & his roommates will stumble upon The Girlfriend Experience by accident




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smoke!

[Monklish]

I don't follow, Bug. My roommates are gay. Que? But what's funny is we were just discussing it this morning. I had to explain to them what a sweetheart Sasha is.

[bug on your lip]

i must be pyschic

[corbo]

just finished watching "el norte". what a great movie.
i loved the imagery.

[bobert]

So Sasha Grey might end up being the first legitimate conversion from porn star to real star.

Traci Lords doesn't count, naturally.

Well, I think we can all agree that she deserves it. It's a place in history that by all rights belongs to a chick who gets facefucked in every scene.

Yes, one can only hope that sometime in our lifetime she'll receive an honorary Oscar for her brave cross-over transition and perhaps even be mentioned in the same breath as such other brave thespians as Sidney Poitier and especially Halle Berry (what a brave vessel).

I would kill to see her one-on-one audition video with Soderbergh - you know the man prefers to run his own camera. Bet he probably showed her the ins and outs of mainstream acting, you know what I mean? Bet that's some real award caliber Soderberghamy, am I right? All right I'm done.....

[iv3rdawG]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/2738/basterdpitt2sm.jpg

[schoolofruckus]

I watched I've Loved You So Long this morning. I was really disappointed. The acting is generally stellar across the board - Kristen Scott Thomas is as great as you've heard, but for me, Elsa Zylberstein as her younger sister made an even greater impression. I also loved the story overall. The problem is, nearly everything else in the film is weak. The editing is terrible - both in a cinematic sense as well as the way the story was structured. The acoustic guitar-driven score was shockingly dull; it sounded like the kind of uninspired, sentimental crap you'd expect on the soundtrack to one of Kirk Cameron's shitty Evangelical movies. The photography was drab and ineffective. I'm surprised at how little of this movie worked, as I expected it to be considerably better.

[schoolofruckus]

I never saw Youth Without Youth....but I will definitely be seeing this.

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[wmgaretjax]

I watched I've Loved You So Long this morning. I was really disappointed. The acting is generally stellar across the board - Kristen Scott Thomas is as great as you've heard, but for me, Elsa Zylberstein as her younger sister made an even greater impression. I also loved the story overall. The problem is, nearly everything else in the film is weak. The editing is terrible - both in a cinematic sense as well as the way the story was structured. The acoustic guitar-driven score was shockingly dull; it sounded like the kind of uninspired, sentimental crap you'd expect on the soundtrack to one of Kirk Cameron's shitty Evangelical movies. The photography was drab and ineffective. I'm surprised at how little of this movie worked, as I expected it to be considerably better.

I agree on the score completely... I loved the editing, I enjoyed how awkward it was. I watched the film again with a friend a while back, and I did not enjoy it as much as I originally had (in my defense I was a little drunk the first time). But I still think it was a film worth checking out.

[chairmenmeow47]

i watched the three faces of eve finally over the weekend and man was the "big reveal" ever a disappointment, for fucks sake. joanne woodward was decent though.

[unitedwestand]

just watched cannibal holocost. jesus fucking christ what a fucked up movie that is

[indietron]

I watched Miracle at St. Anna last night and really loved it. Not "the next Saving Private Ryan," but still great

[wmgaretjax]

"the next Saving Private Ryan"

There are few comparisons that will keep me further away from a film.

[indietron]

Thats just what the reviews said. I am in no way comparing it to Saving Private Ryan.

Why don't you like Savign Private Ryan? Fantastic movie IMO

[wmgaretjax]

Thats just what the reviews said. I am in no way comparing it to Saving Private Ryan.

Why don't you like Savign Private Ryan? Fantastic movie IMO

because it's sensationalist drivel.

[schoolofruckus]

It's a definitive argument against flash-forward framing devices and trick endings-for-their-own-sake that anyone who wants to write a screenplay would do well to heed. Among other things.

[chairmenmeow47]

as lame as that ending was, the first half hour of them on the beach is awesome. that shot of them as sitting ducks getting shot in the boat gets me every time, my god i'd be pissed if i were on that boat.

[unitedwestand]

i suggest don't watch this film unless you want to be disturbed and traumatized.
but here it is for those of u that do...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8139367795876917425
--Cannibal Holocaust in its full, uncut form

[schoolofruckus]

It's not a film without merit. The battle scenes are expert, and overall it's a strong movie visually. It's just wildly overrated.

[chairmenmeow47]

i totally agree with that. i just think it's hard to discount the entire film with such an awesome recreation of the battle of normandy. it was such a fucked battle to begin with.

[Down Rodeo]

Anyone here seen Carl Dreyer's Ordet? I watched it last night and was blown away. Seriously one of the most profound films I've ever seen on the topic of religion. A lot of people might have issues with the ending, but it works in the context of the film (plus you have to admire Dreyer's courage for carrying out his vision completely). Recommended if you like very serious films in a Bergmanesque sort of way.

[wmgaretjax]

It's not a film without merit. The battle scenes are expert, and overall it's a strong movie visually. It's just wildly overrated.

Yeah, Spielberg has an incredible DP with awful taste.

And Ordet is my favorite Dreyer film, but everything he's made is worth watching.

[schoolofruckus]

Anyone here seen Carl Dreyer's Ordet? I watched it last night and was blown away. Seriously one of the most profound films I've ever seen on the topic of religion. A lot of people might have issues with the ending, but it works in the context of the film (plus you have to admire Dreyer's courage for carrying out his vision completely). Recommended if you like very serious films in a Bergmanesque sort of way.

I have it in my queue. Apparently, Silent Light is largely an homage to Ordet. I'm hoping that's not some kind of spoiler for people who haven't seen one or the other.

[schoolofruckus]

Yeah, Spielberg has an incredible DP with awful taste.

And Ordet is my favorite Dreyer film, but everything he's made is worth watching.

It's no coincidence that Kaminski's finest hour by a long shot - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - came when he finally took a break from shooting Spielberg.

[Down Rodeo]

Well, that makes me even more anxious to see Silent Light. Any word on whether it might play in Berkeley? I failed to catch it in SF a few weeks back.

[schoolofruckus]

I would keep your eyes glued to the calendars for any film programs your local art museum(s) may offer. Outside of that setting, I don't think Silent Light is going to get any theatrical play in the US.

[PotVsKtl]

I would like to turn Amistad into a person and then axe murder it.

[KungFuJoe]

Just got back from a screening of Sion Sono's Love Exposure. wow. This is the type of film Southland Tales wished it would be. While they probably could have made it even better by trimming back from the 4hr run time & working on the sound design a bit, it's hard not to praise this film for what it was able to accomplish. Though, I can't even begin to try & explain it right now. Good shit.

[wmgaretjax]

just found out my friend's campy, ridiculously satirical zombie movie is playing at siff. should be fun.

[AlecEiffel]

I would like to turn Amistad into a person and then axe murder it.

Oh, come on man. Give us us free!

[wmgaretjax]

yay! Downloading The Man From London now...

[schoolofruckus]

Holy shit, I didn't realize The Limits of Control was out already. I know what I'm doing this weekend.

[wmgaretjax]

Holy shit, I didn't realize The Limits of Control was out already. I know what I'm doing this weekend.

me too!

[schoolofruckus]

It's like they bumped the release up two weeks and didn't tell anybody.

[schoolofruckus]

just found out my friend's campy, ridiculously satirical zombie movie is playing at siff. should be fun.

It wouldn't happen to be called Zombies of Mass Destruction, would it?

[bobert]

It's no coincidence that Kaminski's finest hour by a long shot - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - came when he finally took a break from shooting Spielberg.

Clearly you've never seen Lost Souls.

[wmgaretjax]

It wouldn't happen to be called Zombies of Mass Destruction, would it?

it would be.

[wmgaretjax]

Clearly you've never seen Lost Souls.

hahaha.

[schoolofruckus]

it would be.

That's an awesome coincidence. The Los Angeles Film Fest just released their lineup today, and as I scanned that title I thought there was just the slightest chance it might have been the same movie. Is it good?

hahaha.

x2

[wmgaretjax]

That's an awesome coincidence. The Los Angeles Film Fest just released their lineup today, and as I scanned that title I thought there was just the slightest chance it might have been the same movie. Is it good?

I haven't seen it, but I will be watching it at SIFF. Kevin is a good guy, with great taste in films... The trailer looks silly, but I think that was the goal. I'll let you know what I think.

[wmgaretjax]

Looks like Tetro will be at SIFF as Gallo is attending. Fuck yes.

[schoolofruckus]

You lucky son of a bitch.

[BKsaysAction!]

http://www.precriticas.com/archivos/imagenes/documentos/finde/JCVD.jpg
Actually a really good movie. He should loosen up like this more. then again if you've been making shit movies for 20 years you're bound to get at least one good one.

[unitedwestand]

cant believe people are not talking about the new star trek.
man am i siked to c this movie-probably gonna go c it in regular theaters AND imax.
Star trek on Imax=mindblogging
Any one else siked on this? And nope, i didnt make a thread about it so yall should be happy.
It hasn't gotten a single bad review yet, either

[PotVsKtl]

Super cised bro.

[schoolofruckus]

do u guyz heer dat? unitedusuck be siked 2 c a moo v. a str trk mooooooo V!!!!!


Yeah, I'm glad you didn't start a new thread about this one movie in May, after already starting a thread for all movies in May, when there's already a thread for all movies, period. Bravo. But does your typing voice have to sound like one of the bimbos from "The Hills"?

[unitedwestand]

dude, that is my frigen favorite show.

[vogina]

do u guyz heer dat? unitedusuck be siked 2 c a moo v. a str trk mooooooo V!!!!!


Yeah, I'm glad you didn't start a new thread about this one movie in May, after already starting a thread for all movies in May, when there's already a thread for all movies, period. Bravo. But does your typing voice have to sound like one of the bimbos from "The Hills"?


Yes please..

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hqrJ_kn6c18/Rv1QHHS1r0I/AAAAAAAAAMA/52_DBw2u5MU/s1600/heidi-montag-baywatch-bikini-02.jpg

[Stefinitely Maybe]

On Monday I went to the UK premiere of part 2 of the 20th Century Boys (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Boys) trilogy.

Part 1 was one of my favourite films of the past 12 months - and one of the highest grossing Japanese films of all time- so I was really excited to see part 2. It did not disappoint, although it's not what I was expecting, either.

For those of you who aren't familiar with the material, 20th Century Boys is a Japanese movie trilogy (3rd and final film to be relased this August) based on a series of manga comics. The scope of the plot is massive; spanning several decades and a huge host of characters. Nonetheless, the films follow the comics pretty closely, and do an amazingly good job of doing justice to the story. I don't want to post any spoilers, but the story is a sort of apocalyptic doomsday mystery-action-thriller, about a bunch of a schoolkids who drew a "Book Of Prophecy" when they were little - predicting the end of the world at the hands of an evil corporate religious cult and giant killer robots - and are then horrified to discover, as adults, that somebody found that book and decided to turn it into a reality. They feel sort of responsible for what has happened, and also realise they are the only ones who know exactly what they predicted, so they set about finding this person, and saving the world.

Part 1 of the trilogy is a beautiful film, and I recommend it to everyone. It has a fantastic pace, and introduces the plot and characters really well; plus it ends with the stunning payoff of a giant robot battle on the steets of Tokyo.

Part 2 takes place 15 years after the first, and I thought it would be a lot more action-centered, but it isn't at all. Instead the pace is very similar to that of the first film, beautifully fleshing out each of the characters, and introducing each unfolding stage of the mystery at a steady pace. The centre of the movie involves a stunning sequence where our heroine is transported to a 'virtual alternate universe' known as Friendland, which has to be seen to be believed, and the ending involves an assassination attempt on a leader, which is sort of reminiscent of JFK. There is also an incredible twist, which I am not going to spoil here.

Anyhow, I cannot wait for the final film in the trilogy, and absolutely recommend these films to anyone reading this.

[Down Rodeo]

Did you guys hear about Nick Cave's crazy awesome Gladiator sequel script (http://pitchfork.com/news/35262-nick-caves-rejected-batshit-igladiatori-sequel-script-discovered/)? This site (http://goneelsewhere.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/gladiator-2-script-review/) has the full synopsis, which I didn't finish reading, but from what I saw, this would have been much better than the first Gladiator.

[wmgaretjax]

whoa....

[SoulDischarge]

I can't ever seem to get all the way through The Proposition, and I think a large part of that is due to the dialogue. That shit sounds fine when you're crooning post punk murder ballads but when you have actual people actually speaking it, it sounds downright ridiculous. And get rid of that fucking mustache.

[wmgaretjax]

I really enjoyed that film. I can't tell you why...

The soundtrack was fantastic.

[bobert]

I can't ever seem to get all the way through The Proposition, and I think a large part of that is due to the dialogue. That shit sounds fine when you're crooning post punk murder ballads but when you have actual people actually speaking it, it sounds downright ridiculous. And get rid of that fucking mustache.

First of all, Nick Cave's mustache is a fucking inspiration. How dare you. Second, people from other country's talk differnt dan we do. So when you're writing dialogue for a period film set in another country, it's gonna sound a little funny to the untrained ear. Watch the movie again and try and suspend disbelief - it's worth it. The movie is awesome.

[marooko]

this has probably been posted, but here it is (again if it was).

the stupid begins. and it sucks cause i really liked these movies.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.eonline.com/wolverines-ryan-reynolds-dives-deadpool-spinoff-20090506

[bobert]

the stupid begins. and it sucks cause i really liked these movies.
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.eonline.com/wolverines-ryan-reynolds-dives-deadpool-spinoff-20090506

Yikes. Well, at least they didn't cast Dustin Hoffman, right Schoolio?

[MissingPerson]

The Proposition's a great movie. Everybody looks like they reek.

[BKsaysAction!]

This land will be civilized!

[Down Rodeo]

I really enjoyed that film. I can't tell you why...

The soundtrack was fantastic.

Hey Jared, I assume you also liked the soundtrack to Assassination of Jesse James etc. I think it's an amazing score to an equally amazing film.

Btw, I loved The Proposition as well.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

Why is there no mention of Cory McAbee, the American Astronaut, or Stingray Sam in this thread!?

[wmgaretjax]

things i'll be seeing at siff:
the new kusturica
moon
bronson
atp documentary
no age doing a soundtrack to the bear live
downloading nancy
the clone returns home
cold souls
desert within
zmd
sweet crude
dead girl

things i'll be missing:
the reygadas short
the new greenaway (out of town)
tetro (too expensive)

[AlecEiffel]

no age doing a soundtrack to the bear live


WOW!

[wmgaretjax]

yeah.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

Cory McAbee > Vincent Gallo

There, I said it.

[wmgaretjax]

dammit... looks like I'm gonna spend about $150 on SIFF for Vicky and I... and that's with discounted friend tickets. Damn. I'm really bummed I'm missing the Greenaway film, but both showings are when i'll be down in Big Sur.

[Monklish]

There are few things that don't > Vincent Gallo. Harmony Korine might be one of them, I suppose. Either way, it's a pretty shitty greater than.

[ivankay]

70mm screenings at the Egyptian this weekend! (http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2009/Egyptian/70MM_ET2009.htm#THE%)

Tonight at 7:30, Lawrence of Arabia. If you have only seen this (or any of these) on your tv, do youself a favor and see this big.

Saturday: Double Featue of The Road Warrior and Life Force.

Sunday: 2001

And on Wednesday, Vertigo!

[wmgaretjax]

I can vouch for the 70mm Lawrence of Arabia screenings. Saw it up here in seattle and it was incredible.

[schoolofruckus]

I have always wanted to see Lawrence in 70; in fact, I've put off seeing it on DVD because this is how I want to see it. I've also always wanted to see 2001 in 70, but I have at least seen it before.

Unfortunately, I'm out of town and will not be able to see any of this series. Shitkicker.

I watched von Trier's Idioterne the other day. It was hilarious and excellent. The ending was unforgettable.

I watched Two-Lane Blacktop last night, loved that one as well.

[wmgaretjax]

I watched von Trier's Idioterne the other day. It was hilarious and excellent. The ending was unforgettable.


i had a roommate that was consistently irritated with the films I watched. He came home at like 1 in the morning, totally trashed, while I was watching this film.

It just happened to be during the orgy scene and he through his (glass bottle) miller high life at me and stormed off.

[ivankay]

I have always wanted to see Lawrence in 70; in fact, I've put off seeing it on DVD because this is how I want to see it. I've also always wanted to see 2001 in 70, but I have at least seen it before.

Unfortunately, I'm out of town and will not be able to see any of this series. Shitkicker.

The 70mm series will crop up again at the Aero in Santa Monica. (http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2009/Aero/70MM_MAY_Aero_2009.htm#LAWRENCE%20OF%20ARABIA,) No 2001, but some good stuff:

Thursday, May 21: Tommy

Saturday, May 23rd: Double Feature of Vertigo and The Untouchables

Sunday, May 24th: Lawrence of Arabia

Friday May 29th: James Cameron Double Feature of Aliens and The Abyss (sadly SOLD OUT)

[Blinken]

Friday May 29th: James Cameron Double Feature of Aliens and The Abyss (sadly SOLD OUT)

Damn it!!!!! I love The Abyss, and would have gone to that in a heart beat.

[ivankay]

Damn it!!!!! I love The Abyss, and would have gone to that in a heart beat.

i was thinking of taking a chance by getting there early and seeing if someone has too many tickets. i have seen it everytime i've been to the Aero. If it's a fail, get some food and see something else at one of the theaters in the area (Nuart).

[amyzzz]

Wow. The Abyss and Aliens? Wow. Also, VERTIGO.

[bmack86]

There are few things that don't > Vincent Gallo. Harmony Korine might be one of them, I suppose. Either way, it's a pretty shitty greater than.

There are few things that don't better than Vincent Gallo?

[marooko]

I can vouch for the 70mm Lawrence of Arabia screenings. Saw it up here in seattle and it was incredible.

*in a sweedish voice* Lawrence, are you from Arabia? Wheres your scooter, Lawrence. I'm gonna go spoon with your scooter.

[schoolofruckus]

The 70mm series will crop up again at the Aero in Santa Monica. (http://www.americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2009/Aero/70MM_MAY_Aero_2009.htm#LAWRENCE%20OF%20ARABIA,) No 2001, but some good stuff:

Thursday, May 21: Tommy

Saturday, May 23rd: Double Feature of Vertigo and The Untouchables

Sunday, May 24th: Lawrence of Arabia

Friday May 29th: James Cameron Double Feature of Aliens and The Abyss (sadly SOLD OUT)

That's the other thing. I'm out of town for Lawrence then, too. Plus - is the Aero's screen even 70 mm size?

Pissed I missed out on the Cameron double bill.

[schoolofruckus]

i had a roommate that was consistently irritated with the films I watched. He came home at like 1 in the morning, totally trashed, while I was watching this film.

It just happened to be during the orgy scene and he through his (glass bottle) miller high life at me and stormed off.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA AH HA

[iv3rdawG]

Whatever Works trailer:

slevKVMku1E

[indietron]

I dont care what the crap you all say... I saw star trek and it was really great.

I have never watched a single episode of star trek in my life, so i had no idea about any of the details, characters, etc. I was still able to keep up with everything fairly easily though. Id like to know what some actual star trek fans have to say about it. One of my friends is a star trek fanatic, and he loved it.

[indietron]

Also, seeing the new transformers trailer on the big screen was mind-blowing :)

And GI Joe looks TIGHT

[wmgaretjax]

star trek was fun. not a star trek fan really, but the trekkies seemed to dig it (that I went with anyway).

[corbo]

i really enjoyed star trek too.
i think anybody whos not a trekkie can enjoy it.
i think that ice monster chase scene was put in place just for that...
and whats the deal with JJ Abrams implementing time travel here?
is this going to be a recurring theme with his works?
Big monsters and time travel?

[Monklish]

My roomies went to see Star Trek this morning. I declined to go on the grounds that the last five movies I saw in the theatre were all a waste of money and I only stayed til the end of one of them.

When they got back, I asked them to explain the plot. It took about 12 attempts for them to communicate the ridiculous fucking sequence of events between the multiple time travels and black holes.

But they are fucking HARDCORE Trek people, and they said it was fairly enjoyable, which is a hell of a compliment 'cause they were so fucking ready to hate it I couldn't begin to explain.

[corbo]

Whatever Works trailer:

slevKVMku1E

thanks for posting this! hadnt seen it.
i am looking forward to this!
two of my favs. woody allen and larry david
....this cant possibly turn out to be one of his bad movies
*crosses fingers

[wmgaretjax]

When they got back, I asked them to explain the plot. It took about 12 attempts for them to communicate the ridiculous fucking sequence of events between the multiple time travels and black holes.


The plot is not complicated at all. They must be idiots or drunk.

[indietron]

The plot is not complicated at all. They must be idiots or drunk.

Seriously. The black hole/time travel stuff was actually pretty nicely laid out. It made you think, but my no means was it difficult to explain.

[indietron]

Also, Sector 9 looks very interesting. Im looking forward to seeing what its all about

[sbessiso]

YES

h6DmEgtibOg

[ivankay]

That is waaaaay better than the teaser. Now i'm looking forward to it.

[sbessiso]

Ron Clements and John Musker are directing. I thought they were done for. Im going to see this just for the fact that it has their name on it. Just look at their body of work (and Treasure Planet was way underrated imo)

[atom heart]

As much as I heart John Lasseter and what he's done for Pixar/Disney, I hope Disney 2D gets to do something other than throwback material. They need to pepper in more daring stuff like Lilo and Stitch and not just rely on Pixar for more eccentric pieces. I was a little disappointed to see that the style hasn't gone anywhere new.

[whynotsmile99]

wow glad to see disney is brining 2d back. when did this happen?

looks good, i want to see it

[schoolofruckus]

Has anyone seen The Limits of Control yet?

This film has been so under-the-radar that I had no idea how it was even being received. Upon checking Rotten Tomatoes right now, it seems like everyone pretty much hates it apart from the New York snob brigade. Personally, I thought it was terrific. Yes, it's slow as can fucking be - which is the case with nearly every Jim Jarmusch film. And the "plot" - the loner hitman (Isaach de Bankole) moving ever-so-slowly across various Spanish locations as he approaches his mark - doesn't work at face value.

So why do I like it? For starters, there are plenty of technical pleasures to be had - photography by Christopher Doyle, score by Boris. And there's just something to Jarmusch's tone that one either finds enjoyable or not. But these qualities can only go so far. For me, the reason why The Limits of Control is awesome is that it seems to be Jarmusch's answer to The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. SPOILER WARNING - SEE THE FILM BEFORE CONTINUING


By which I mean, Jarmusch is using the conventions of genre pulp to show the artist's struggle against men of commerce and limitation. But where Cosmo Vitelli was acting in self-defense to men who wanted to prey on his weaknesses, Jarmusch's hitman - and the Creole who commissions him in the film's opening scene - are the aggressors, actively seeking the man who looks at their passions as a baseless commodity. The collection of artists who help him at each checkpoint - and each of whom is given time to ruminate on their areas of interest - are comforting presences who give the hitman strength in his quest....just as they are comforting presences to audience members whose attention drifts during the long interludes of waiting.


This is definitely the kind of film that only an established master like Jarmusch can pull off, as I can't imagine anyone who isn't a huge fan of his style having the patience for it. And it's not nearly as great as Bookie. But I think it's got a lot more going for it than most people will give it credit for.

[real talk]

Star Trek is WONDERFUL. It took me a little while after to totally wrap my head around the time travel sequencing re: Old Spock and New Spock but I think I've got it now. And I wasn't drunk so I must just be an idiot.

And GI Joe looks TIGHT
YES! That trailer looked SO EXCITING.

[RotationSlimWang]

This article inspired the short I will be writing and filming in the near future. It is already in premise at least absolutely fucking hilarious. I'm so glad I've finally found something that will be a straight comedy to make. http://bouncewith.me.uk/europe/8027043.htm

Incidentally, for anyone in the LA area who might be interested in throwing in their hat to help crew, act (some auditioning required), or possibly help supply equipment (like a decent HD camera would be nice for starters) to the process, please drop me a line. No pay naturally, but would provide food, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage, and probably some drugs. Also, you'd get to hang out with me.

[PotVsKtl]

Bruckheimer proves he's not just accidentally bad, he legitimately has no creative vision.

UUnoO17ZJgM

[PotVsKtl]

"Great adventure." "Wonderful action."

[schoolofruckus]

I think that qualifies as negative creative vision.

This film is coming out next summer, while Gyllenhaal's other in-production film - David O. Russell's Nailed - will probably never be released. There is no God.

[real talk]

I like the response to what Jake Gyllenhal brings to the film, "He's great looking, he's in great shape...he's young."

[whynotsmile99]

spent some time on Apple trailers

these look fantastic. Soul Power looks is going to be great

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/999/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/soulpower/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/district9/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/burmavj/

[MissingPerson]

Recently moved house, so before cable was set up I only had the local terrestrial channels. This forced me to watch Pride & Prejudice, which I surprised myself by enjoying greatly.

Curse you, ovaries.

[SoulDischarge]

So I got the first disc of that 3-disc Science Is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painleve set that Criterion just released in the mail from Netflix, completely forgetting that Yo La Tengo scored a couple of the films (The Sounds of Science)). The shorts would be pretty stunning on their own, but with the Yo La Tengo score, they're unbelievably gorgeous. Anyone who is a fan of Yo La Tengo, surrealist cinema, or shit that's fun to watch on drugs should check this out.

[wmgaretjax]

i fucking love those films.

[wmgaretjax]

http://unspokenjournal.com/

gonna gets my read on! any of you that were thinking about watching Satantango may have some encouragement...

[Tylerdurden31]

Fa7ck5mcd1o

I'm in

[sbessiso]

omg omg omg "Drag Me To Hell" has started showing TV spots. I didnt realize it was out so soon. IT LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD

Im still bummed that its pg-13 but Im confident itll still rock.

[vogina]

Fa7ck5mcd1o

I'm in

Really.. I couldn't figure out how that airliner blew up.. Then the last second.. Hahaha

[amyzzz]

omg omg omg "Drag Me To Hell" has started showing TV spots. I didnt realize it was out so soon. IT LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD

Im still bummed that its pg-13 but Im confident itll still rock.
I wish it was R too, although The Ring was PG-13, and that movie scared the shit out of me. I had nightmares for 2 full weeks after that one.

[schoolofruckus]

Weren't you the one clamoring for a PG-13 Terminator movie? Why aren't you happy as a pig in shit that you can take your kids to this one?

[suprefan]

Have you gotten to go to a screening of it yet gabe? If so, thumbs up? And does it seem like a DVD release would be for sure rated R?

[stinkbutt]

I know I'm really late on this movie but I just watched Sunshine for the first time last night and I absolutely loved it. That movie is so massive I really need to watch it again on a bigger screen this laptop did it no justice.

[sbessiso]

Oh dude, Sunshine fucking rocks. Yeah a laptop wont do it justice, I saw it in the theater and it was so intense. It freaked me out a little bit but I love those we're trapped in Space type movies. The visuals were incredible as well

[ivankay]

i went to go see the digital projection of Star Trek today. It was the 2nd time i saw the movie and it was even better. Projection looked excellent.

[schoolofruckus]

Have you gotten to go to a screening of it yet gabe? If so, thumbs up? And does it seem like a DVD release would be for sure rated R?

Of Terminator? The WB screening is on Tuesday. I'm planning to go.

[suprefan]

Yeah, alright cool, look forward to the review. See ya Friday or Saturday.

[captncrzy]

I've seriously never been this excited for a movie in my life.

http://movies.yahoo.com/premieres/13468916/standardformat/


The trailer isn't anywhere near as creepy as I was hoping for.

[schoolofruckus]

The cutting on the trailer is fucking terrible, but it's a Dimension release, so that's to be expected. Based on how the footage itself looks - as well as how great The Proposition was - I think this has the potential to be masterful.

[MissingPerson]

Am I the only one really really worried by The Road trailer then?

Fuck knows I love the book, and I was really looking forward to the movie, but it doesn't look nearly as uh... doomy as I hoped.

I feel like everything should look a bit more used up and dead. I mean, that just looks like a bunch of homeless people wandering around Glasgow.

[captncrzy]

I have a feeling they're using Charleze Theron so much in the trailer to get people in to see it....from what I understand, she's only supposed to be on screen for a few minutes.

I wish they hadn't cut it like that-it looks sort of like an adventure movie. In any case, I'll still be seeing it opening day.

[PotVsKtl]

Am I the only one really really worried by The Road

They shoehorned a backstory in. The apocalypse is explained. Fuck The Road movie.

[MissingPerson]

Actually, yes. That's exactly the problem.

The apocalypse is explained.

[schoolofruckus]

Have none of you see The Limits of Control yet?

[wmgaretjax]

Have none of you see The Limits of Control yet?

This weekend.

As far as The Road trailer... visuals look hit and miss... the trailer itself was awful. the backstory addition does not inspire confidence. although, i was in the minority that thought the book was incredibly overrated.

why don't you all just skip this fucking movie and watch Haneke's Time of the Wolf.

[MissingPerson]

Because I don't buy movies online and I cannot fucking find it near me.

[amyzzz]

Have none of you see The Limits of Control yet?
That's actually opening here this weekend.

edit: oh jesus, tilda swinton is in it???

[wmgaretjax]

Because I don't buy movies online and I cannot fucking find it near me.

Do you use torrents? PM me if you do and I can provide you with an invite to something that might help.

[PotVsKtl]

I wasn't exactly blown away by The Road either but I did hope they could make a good film out of it.

[TomAz]

They shoehorned a backstory in. The apocalypse is explained. Fuck The Road movie.

yes. exactly. it ruins it.

I liked the book. but I am a McCarthy fanboy.

[schoolofruckus]

Do you use torrents? PM me if you do and I can provide you with an invite to something that might help.

Or there's this crazy new site called Netflix.

The only Haneke I've seen is the US version of Funny Games. I'm putting Time of the Wolf in my queue.

[SoulDischarge]

Or there's this crazy new site called Netflix.

The only Haneke I've seen is the US version of Funny Games. I'm putting Time of the Wolf in my queue.

The Seventh Continent is worth it for the last 15 minutes alone. The rest is pretty dull to actually sit through though.

[wmgaretjax]

I wasn't exactly blown away by The Road either but I did hope they could make a good film out of it.

One of my biggest complaints is that it was written too cinematically and had all the themes spelled out for a 2nd grader. So I felt with a good, subtle script, it might make a good film. This doesn't bode well...

[whynotsmile99]

eeesh that Road trailer was really, really bad. should hopefully still be great though. i can't believe they keep using the wilhelm scream.
cdbYsoEasio

oh and Bruno (2009)
Rating: R
Rating Reason: Rated R for pervasive strong and crude sexual content, graphic nudity and language.

http://themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bruno-poster.jpg

[wmgaretjax]

the puffy chair was the most eventful mumblecore i've ever seen. it was good. pretty funny and even though the brother character felt a little much, it was genuine.

[schoolofruckus]

I was just reading a movie blog that I frequent, and many of the commenters are saying that the CNN prologue / apocalypse explanation shown in the trailer for The Road is not a part of the actual movie. One of them is Glenn Kenny, who is a known film journalist. So take that for what it's worth.

As I said - based on track records of those in volved, I'm inclined to believe that the trailer is a product of Dimension marketing (think about the kind of films they release; most of them have the word Scream in the title), and that the film will be considerably better.

[captncrzy]

That's good to hear.

I was thinking about it last night, and their "explaination" didn't make sense anyway; the book clearly says that there was an explosion and everything went dark. To try to chalk it up to global warming is just a retarded political statement.

[schoolofruckus]

Here's a quote from the rave review in Esquire magazine (http://www.esquire.com/print-this/the-road-movie-review-0609):

The odd thing is, the start of each trailer includes glimpses of a storm, panicky news footage, little puzzle pieces of the world before it ended. No one — not the director or the myriad producers, not the novelist or the screenwriter — had ever even hinted at how it happened, until this.

For someone who loves the book, for anyone who knows the story going in, this is a moment you hoped would never come. Why remind us of the reductive logic of cause and effect? Before the question can be asked, Weinstein stands up, offers his hand, and says, "Okay, we're going with the first one." He gives no rationale. And so it seems the metonymic references to the national news, to the weather, to presumed military conflicts laid in as a tonally quiet explanation of what is never known in book or movie, for now will stay in the trailer.

On the other side of the planet, at home in Australia, Hillcoat's been hearing about these trailers. "We're so conditioned by postapocalyptic films to be centered on a big event, and they become this high-concept thing. And here there's this total absence, this negation of explanation. We have to stay with that. So yeah. That's gonna be a challenge."

This doesn't necessarily mean the movie will rock, but at least the film itself is not openly committed to shooting itself in the foot.

[Stefinitely Maybe]

Mega Shark v Giant Octopus looks amazing.

I really hope The Road doesn't suck.

Went to see Star Trek a few days and loved it, and I don't even like Star Trek.

[real talk]

What is mumblecore?

[wmgaretjax]

What is mumblecore?

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

[wmgaretjax]

I guess Gilliam is gonna give Quixote another shot? Good for him.

[real talk]

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

That's silly.

[wmgaretjax]

That's silly.

there are some bad films in that list. but there are some good ones too. i saw and enjoyed these:

Dance Party USA (2006)
Quiet City (2007)
Medicine for Melancholy (2009)
Humpday (2009)

[schoolofruckus]

I would add Mutual Appreciation to that list.

I still need to see Medicine for Melancholy, and I'm going to check out Humpday at the LA Film Fest.

[wmgaretjax]

I would add Mutual Appreciation to that list.

I still need to see Medicine for Melancholy, and I'm going to check out Humpday at the LA Film Fest.

Haven't seen the above, but you'll enjoy the other two for sure.

[WastedTime]

today is the 3rd day of Cannes film festival.
Awards come out on the 24th, always check out the winners if your a fan of foreign film.

[wmgaretjax]

Enter the Void was nominated for the Palm d'Or. Although this must be a formality... Given that Noe says he plans to finish the film the day before it screens (22nd).

[vogina]

I saw Angels and Demons last night. I thought it was a good story. It's funny how a movie that is brought up from the life of a novel transcends to the big screen. I have to say that Ron Howard does a very good job in doing that.

The movie...A little lack luster.. The cool secrets and interpretations on the Vatican and Geneva's particle accelerator were also cool.

All in all. A movie I would have enjoyed more at home on my couch on a rainy day.

[schoolofruckus]

Enter the Void was nominated for the Palm d'Or. Although this must be a formality... Given that Noe says he plans to finish the film the day before it screens (22nd).

Yeah, I love that he's taking that liberty. Although that must be the reason why it's only playing the last two days of the festival, when a lot of journalists start taking off.

Don't Palm nominations go to every film that plays In Competition?

[amyzzz]

I signed up to win free passes to see Limits of Control, and to win I had to answer 3 questions, one of which was "What do you like about Jim Jarmusch's directing?" I realized that I hadn't seen any movies by him before, so I just made something up. :/ Any recommendations on what other movies I should see by him?

[Down Rodeo]

I recently watched Stranger Than Paradise and Broken Flowers. Those were my introduction to Jarmusch, and I really enjoyed both.

[paulb]

Broken Flowers was an excellent movie.

[OnlyNonStranger]

I literally just yawned my way through Star Trek and am normally a Star Trek fan.

[KungFuJoe]

I signed up to win free passes to see Limits of Control, and to win I had to answer 3 questions, one of which was "What do you like about Jim Jarmusch's directing?" I realized that I hadn't seen any movies by him before, so I just made something up. :/ Any recommendations on what other movies I should see by him?

Dead Man, Ghost Dog, & Down by Law. Mystery Train & Night on Earth are pretty good too. I'm going to try & catch Limits of Control this weekend. I'm a big fan of Jarmusch, but wasn't too hot on Broken Flowers. With Doyle behind the lens I'm sure I'll find something to love about Limits.

Also, I suggest checking out Blue in the Face which I remember being a funny ensemble improv piece in which Jarmusch has a role, along with Harvey Keitel, Michael J. Fox & Lou Reed.

[wmgaretjax]

I wasn't big on Broken Flowers either... All the ones Joe recommended are great in my book as well.

[sbessiso]

WHAT?

Lightning Media is reinforcing its upcoming distribution slate with a horror-comedy called Diagnosis: Death.

The tone of director Jason Stutter's film is said to be in line with Peter Jackson's early works. The story, co-penned by Stutter and Raybon Kan, concerns two people undergoing a radical treatment for cancer. Locked in a medical facility over a weekend as guinea pigs for a drug trial, they discover the clinic may pose more harm than they could have imagined. The drugs cause hallucinations. Or are they seeing ghosts for real? Struggling with their senses, they must team up to solve a haunting secret.

The Flight of the Conchords Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby and Jemaine Clement star with Raybon Kan, Jessica Grace Smith and Suze Tye.

[whynotsmile99]

I signed up to win free passes to see Limits of Control, and to win I had to answer 3 questions, one of which was "What do you like about Jim Jarmusch's directing?" I realized that I hadn't seen any movies by him before, so I just made something up. :/ Any recommendations on what other movies I should see by him?

Coffee and Cigarettes has some great segments. it's a really fun movie, beautifully shot. White Stripes, Bill Murray, Iggy Pop, 2 members of the Wu Tang Clan, Tom Waits...how can that not be interesting

Down By Law is fantastic. Tom Waits john lurie and Roberto Benigni. EcSxhjH0pwA

I've yet to see Dead Man but it's on my list. Broken Flowers was pretty ehhhh but Murry was great in it. Limits of Control looks great, but man are the critics ripping it apart

[TallGuyCM]

Watched "The Uninvited" tonight. Not the greatest movie, but decent for a good scare/movie to watch while drinking Jim Beam & Coke/plot twist at the end kind of movie.

[SoulDischarge]

Any movie that makes Roberto Benigni not only tolerable, but actually endearing, deserves any fucking award on the table. And Down By Law is that movie.

[schoolofruckus]

Woof.....rough debut for Antichrist.



Antichrist = Fartbomb (http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2009/05/antichrist_fart.php)

I ran right up to the Orange wifi cafe after escaping from Lars von Trier's Antichrist, which had begun at 7:30 pm in the Salle Debussy. I sat down and wrote for a solid hour, so charged by what I'd just seen and what had just happened -- easily one of the biggest debacles in Cannes Film Festival history and the complete meltdown of a major film artist in a way that invites comparison to the sinking of the Titanic -- that I didn't pay attention to the fact that my plug adapter wasn't giving power.

The computer went down and I lost everything. Seven or eight really good paragraphs.

It's now 10:42 pm and the Orange cafe is about to close. It's over and finished and I'm sick of this day. It's been one thing after another today (heat, sweat, lost power cord) and I know when I'm beaten and drained. I'll sit down and write more again tomorrow. But my God, what a screening! What a reaction! Critics howling, hooting, shrieking.

There's no way Antichrist isn't a major career embarassment for costars Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourgh, and a possible career stopper for Von Trier.

It's an out-and-out disaster -- one of the most absurdly on-the-nose, heavy-handed and unintentionally comedic over-the-top calamities I've ever seen in my life. On top of which it's dedicated to the late Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, whose rotted and decomposed body is now quite possibly clawing its way out of the grave to stalk the earth, find an axe and slay Von Trier in his bed.

Here's a portion of Von Trier's "director's confession" from the press book:

"Two years ago I suffered from depression. Everything, no matter what, seems unimportant, trivial. I couldn't work. Six months later, jsut as an exercise, I wrote a script. It was a kind of therapy, but also a search, a test to see if would ever make another film.

"The script was finished and filmed without much enthusiasm, made as it was using about half of my physical and intellectual capacity. Scenes were added for no reason. Images were composed free of logic or dramatic thinking. They often came from dreams I was having at the time, or dreams I'd had earlier in my life.

"In any case I offer no excuses for Antichrist. Other than my absolute belief in the film -- the most important film of my entier career!"

A man whom I've admired and respected for a many years has lost his mind for the time being, or at last lost it while he was writing and shooting the film. I can't fathom how the director of Breaking The Waves and Dancer in the Dark and Dogville could have made something so amateurishly awful. The decent and compassionate thing would be to forget Antichrist and to forgive Von Trier. To put it aside and move on on all fronts.

I know that if I had been in Dafoe or Gainsbourgh's shoes I would have walked off the film. I would have said "go ahead, sue me -- I welcome a lawsuit!" and walked off and walked home proudlyand at peace.

[BlueDevil50]

I literally just yawned my way through Star Trek and am normally a Star Trek fan.

not a star trek fan at all, but absolutely LOVED this movie. totally forgot simon pegg was in this...

[wmgaretjax]

ouch... ha ha. i would love for the film to be great... but the trailer did not give me any kind of indication that would be true.

on the other end... a musical about fellini with daniel day lewis? huh?

[schoolofruckus]

If that were the whole story, I would be stoked. But it's not. It's a musical about Fellini with Daniel Day-Lewis.....and Kate Hudson and Fergie and from the director of "Chicago". So I'm far from sold. But I'll see it if they tell me to.

I'm very disappointed to read all this immediate hatred for Antichrist, but judging from what Ebert's blog, it may have less to do with the film being terrible and more to do with it just being more than people can take (I'm cropping this because the rest of the entry is rife with spoilers):

There's electricity in the air. Every seat is filled, even the little fold-down seats at the end of every row. It is the first screening of Lars von Trier's "Antichrist," and we are ready for anything. We'd better be. Von Trier's film goes beyond malevolence into the monstrous. Never before have a man and woman inflicted more pain upon each other in a movie. We looked in disbelief. There were piteous groans. Sometimes a voice would cry out, "No!" At certain moments there was nervous laughter. When it was all over, we staggered up the aisles. Manohla Dargis, the merry film critic of The New York Times, could be heard singing "That's Entertainment!"

Whether this is a bad, good or great film is entirely beside the point. It is an audacious spit in the eye of society. It says we harbor an undreamed-of capacity for evil. It transforms a psychological treatment into torture undreamed of in the dungeons of history. Torturers might have been capable of such actions, but they would have lacked the imagination. Von Trier is not so much making a film about violence as making a film to inflict violence upon us, perhaps as a salutary experience. It's been reported that he suffered from depression during and after the film. You can tell. This is the most despairing film I've ever have seen.

I'm pretty sure they said the same shit about Irreversible. If that's the only reason people are freaking out about it, then I'm a lot less worried. But if it's the same level of quality as The Boss of it All, on top of being excruciatingly brutal, then we're in for a rough night when it opens here.

[wmgaretjax]

sounds like Von Trier all right...

[sbessiso]

Holy shit

'Wolverine' was a fucking travesty. I know it got all these terrible reviews but I was hoping for guilty pleasure summer popcorn entertainment but this was just awful from start to finish.The only good thing I can say is Liev Shriber (sp) is awesome as the bad guy, too bad the only he did was run/crawl and scratch things.

Thank god I didnt pay for it, my friend had that workprint that leaked, watching some of the unfinished effects was pretty funny/interesting. The only interesting thing really

I seriously cannot even begin to start on what is just wrong with this movie. It's fucking endless. I'm just :nono ing right now

[wmgaretjax]

Von Trier had this to say in a press conference this morning:

"I am the best film director in the world."

[schoolofruckus]

God, I love him. I really hope this film doesn't suck.

[wmgaretjax]

I've heard a couple other reports that the film is good, and that a lot of the resistance has been to how unbearable the film is... my friend said it was incredibly heavy handed though... but who goes into a Von Trier film expecting otherwise?

[schoolofruckus]

Yeah, the more I read, the less worried I get. Heavy-handed won't ruin it for me as long as it's got some of Von Trier's sadistic sense of humor, which it sounds like it will.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Holy shit

'Wolverine' was a fucking travesty. I know it got all these terrible reviews but I was hoping for guilty pleasure summer popcorn entertainment but this was just awful from start to finish.The only good thing I can say is Liev Shriber (sp) is awesome as the bad guy, too bad the only he did was run/crawl and scratch things.

Thank god I didnt pay for it, my friend had that workprint that leaked, watching some of the unfinished effects was pretty funny/interesting. The only interesting thing really

I seriously cannot even begin to start on what is just wrong with this movie. It's fucking endless. I'm just :nono ing right now

i watched the workprint yesterday as well and I 100% agree with you. i was actually quite shocked at how terrible it really is

The script is just an absolute mess in every way possible. Too many characters, dumb plot devices, twists that make no sense for no reason, some of the most rubbish dialogue i've ever heard, absolutely nonsensical character motivation, no respect for continuity with the other films, etc etc.

Also, the fights are boring, set pieces suck, weird camera angles, unneccessary and distracting trakcing and crane shots

I can't fathom how this was allowed to be made, but i guess once a franchise is successful enough, nobody at the studio level really even gives a shit about how good the product is

[MissingPerson]

Would have been far more interested in the Magneto one that's apparently been ditched now.

[iv3rdawG]

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5141/expendables0516b.jpg

The Expendables starring Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Danny Trejo, Steve Austin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. All other 2009 films GTFO the way.

http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/5799/slyairplane1.jpg

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[sbessiso]

i watched the workprint yesterday as well and I 100% agree with you. i was actually quite shocked at how terrible it really is

The script is just an absolute mess in every way possible. Too many characters, dumb plot devices, twists that make no sense for no reason, some of the most rubbish dialogue i've ever heard, absolutely nonsensical character motivation, no respect for continuity with the other films, etc etc.

Also, the fights are boring, set pieces suck, weird camera angles, unneccessary and distracting trakcing and crane shots

I can't fathom how this was allowed to be made, but i guess once a franchise is successful enough, nobody at the studio level really even gives a shit about how good the product is

I know I know I know I KNOW.

It reminded me of catwoman a little bit. At least in terms of awfulness.

Yes its THAT bad!

[gmoneyak]

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Yeah..this movie is going to own.

[ivankay]

I know I know I know I KNOW.

It reminded me of catwoman a little bit. At least in terms of awfulness.

Yes its THAT bad!

i didn't see the work print. i saw it in a theater and actually liked it. Sure it wasn't on a Dark Knight/Spiderman level, but i sure thought it was better than X-Men 3. One reason i did was the focus was in one place and not scattered into pieces that didn't live up to their potential. It got a bit mushy at points, but i could bear with it. Not fair to criticize the effects on a work print. Effects work goes all the way up to the release date in some cases. i liked the cast (especially Liev Schrieber...great take on Sabertooth). Part of my like for the movie may have to do with my comic book bias. From that perspective, the origin story was done very well (especially liked the montage in the beginning). my feeling for the film might diminish with a second look. Have to wait and see.

[stinkbutt]

I just saw Overnight the documentary about the guy who made Boondock Saints and...



WOW what a fail on his behalf

[stinkbutt]

I think I liked the unfinished version of Wolverine more

[SoulDischarge]

I just saw Overnight the documentary about the guy who made Boondock Saints and...



WOW what a fail on his behalf

Yeah. I watched that awhile ago. It's really good to see a douchebag get what's coming to him.

"Who's that? Jerry Bruckheimer? Con fucking Air!"

[schoolofruckus]

If Overnight had been made in 2010, I have a feeling Troy Duffy would have been bellowing "Who's that? Joel Silver? Sherlock fucking Holmes?"

Jesus teabagging CHRIST this looks terrible. (http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810045845/video/13526202)

[schoolofruckus]

Woof.....looks like Inglourious Basterds had nearly as rough a Cannes debut as Antichrist.

Cannes review: Tarantino's Basterds is an armour-plated turkey
Quentin Tarantino's wartime spaghetti western about a bunch of Nazi-hunting Americans is just Gott-awful

[SFChrissy]

This is a great movie that I just finished watching last night
http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/23/A70-11597

This is another good one...
http://tf.org/images/covers/10thWolffreeavi2006.jpg

my apologies if these have already been mentioned...

[schoolofruckus]

Oh man....this review of Antichrist (http://blog.spout.com/2009/05/20/antichrist-review/) has eliminated whatever worry I had after reading the early reactions. This sounds absolutely insanely awesome. I'm going to be so pissed if they never release the Cannes cut.

[wmgaretjax]

i'm very excited. but i didn't read the whole review because it was spoiling it for me.

[schoolofruckus]

Same here. I skimmed the middle paragraphs and then just scrolled to the end when it got too detailed.

Also, it looks like it's not going to be a terribly long wait for it, because IFC bought it (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003990.html?categoryid=13&ref=ra&cs=1)!!! They also bought Cristian Mungiu's new one as well (Tales From the Golden Age).

[wmgaretjax]

Fuck yes!

[sifa123]

it did not take much attention to get through it and i like that.
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[schoolofruckus]

Are you talking about Antichrist? You can't possibly be at Cannes and just now decided to get on the board and begin posting. Identify yourself, sir.