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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on
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= DRAG ME TO HELL --- Pretty good horror flick. Sam Raimi was allegedly going back to his basics of scare & plot tactics with this release and he did a decent job.
= THE INTERNATIONAL --- Good global espionage piece with european banks controlling the debt and sales of weapons to both sides in war worldwide. Some parts went a bit past me but I dug the challenging intrigue. Great shoot-out scene in the Guggenheim Museum.
Saw parts of 'The Informant', will check the rest.
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on -
i love the little girl.
and i didn't even think or care to know about lee pace till that movie. too bad he's not working as much as he maybe should.
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Permalink Reply by Golem_3 on -
Life During Wartime
okay,....... let me make this crystal clear,..you have to had watched his previous films. I wouldn't suggest you watch this IF you're not familiar with Todd Solondz' work. And, god, certainly don't choose this film to be your starting point with Solondz.
This film is a sequel to Happiness. But, don't expect any familiar faces. Solondz picked a whole new cast to portray each character.
Again, we're in a restaurant in the opening scene. This time, its a Black man playing Phillip Seymore Hoffman's character. He's Joy's husband. Though, I really shouldn't have, but I laughed so hard at the close of this scene. This is for dark-comedy lovers, indeed. If you're gonna complain about that fact, then stay the fuck away from this movie. Its more dark than it is comedy, so you really gotta tolerate subtlety.
anyway, so get this- remember Jon Lovitz' character, Andy? This time, its played by Paul (Pee-Wee Herman) Reubens. Yeah, go ahead & laugh. But his emotional depth is so raw it bleeds. He only has 2 scenes, but he aces them like the fuckin star I always knew he was.
Ally Sheedy (as Helen) is only around for a few minutes, in what seems like one long take. So don't dwell too much on her character (because Solondz doesn't).
Bill (played by Ciarán Hinds) gets released from prison, after serving time for molesting that boy. Insanely, the creepiest character for the duration of the story. But its really his interaction with people that allows us to get mentally-warped. His dialogue is never too wordy, but just enough to leave us twisted.
His son, Timmy, is the one who's got all the words. This kid is a live ticking time-bomb. But in an honest, innocent way. Try not to obsess over the fact that not many 12 year-olds talk with such complexity.
He expresses to his mother, Trish (played by Allison Janney), his fears about being gay AND becoming a pedophile.
Their first scene (in the kitchen) together is a hoot.
Joy, played by Shirley Henderson, is one messed-up woman. She can't get a break. Her dead ex-lover, Andy, keeps haunting her. All the while she's being tormented by her own grief & guilt from people regarding her relationship with her perverted husband.
Cinematography....... eye-poppingly orgasmic. Colors in full bloom. The story doesn't drag, its more of a pacing (that fools you into thinking its slow).
Not as shocking as his previous films. But all the elements are still true to form.
Forgiveness is the permeating theme, but I don't take it as a didactic command.
my favorite lines: "mom. Do baby carrots feel pain?"/ (post-sex, smoking a cigarette) "fuck family. fuck my kids." /(post-sex, Bill stealing money out of the older woman's purse) she says "its okay. I understand. It was a lot of work. I'm old."
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^^^ Ha, I intend to see this sometime but I had to respectfully skip much of your review on the spoiler tip (even if you didn't). Solondz makes some interesting films and I expect no less. I dug Dollhouse and Storytelling. Read a recent interview where he actually came off less cynical than his work or image presents him. I also ain't paying 10 bucks for parking in the city and 10 to see this at the one theater it's showing now.
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Permalink Reply by Ahmad Radheyyan on -
I'm in the middle of watching half the movies in my movie collection (currently focused on Broken Flowers and Sleeper)
The last movie I watched in theaters was The Other Guys, which had it's moments, but - I feel like it could have been better if it was more condensed.
I'm a huge fan of PTA (fuck the haters) and Magnolia is one of my favorite movies of all time. Plenty of emotional candor and heartbreak, which is imminent in Crazy Eights and There Will Be Blood. I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen his other classics (Punch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights, etc.) but I'll get around to it someday!
Anyway, if you guys want a GREAT site for film-watching and discovery check out mubi.com. Haven't been disappointed by their movie collection.
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Permalink Reply by lyfenlyn on -
His second effort 'Fear, Anxiety & Depression' was brilliant though deeply Woody Allen influenced. Not in a bad way tho. I loved the punk chick he was madly in love with though she was as Sam L Jackson has written into all of his contracts REPUGNANT. Dollhouse was good, Happiness was good, Pallindromes was bizarre. I won it in a contest.
Daoud said:^^^ Ha, I intend to see this sometime but I had to respectfully skip much of your review on the spoiler tip (even if you didn't). Solondz makes some interesting films and I expect no less. I dug Dollhouse and Storytelling. Read a recent interview where he actually came off less cynical than his work or image presents him. I also ain't paying 10 bucks for parking in the city and 10 to see this at the one theater it's showing now.
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Permalink Reply by lyfenlyn on
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Debating wether I want to go see Scott Pilgrim after school today or wait till my day off.
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Permalink Reply by LesYpersound on
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I really liked Magnolia too, but Punch Drunk Love is far from a "classic" and Boogie Nights was...alright.
Ahmad Radheyyan said:I'm in the middle of watching half the movies in my movie collection (currently focused on Broken Flowers and Sleeper)
The last movie I watched in theaters was The Other Guys, which had it's moments, but - I feel like it could have been better if it was more condensed.
I'm a huge fan of PTA (fuck the haters) and Magnolia is one of my favorite movies of all time. Plenty of emotional candor and heartbreak, which is imminent in Crazy Eights and There Will Be Blood. I'm a bit surprised I haven't seen his other classics (Punch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights, etc.) but I'll get around to it someday!
Anyway, if you guys want a GREAT site for film-watching and discovery check out mubi.com. Haven't been disappointed by their movie collection.
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Metropolis
an anime
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Solaris 1972, the Russian version
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