Atop Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 (edited) What the fuck is this film? is it just bad film? or is it a truly concise criticism of American "culture" put on film? I just vomited a little in my mouth..... I thought about the fact that the Rock was the best part about the film........ I am scared......... I want answers, not just the fact that you hated it or loved it..........! I feel mentally and physically raped after having sat through it.... I, I, I, I, I don't know! and I liked Moby's score! AHHHHHH! Edited November 17, 2007 by Atop Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdust Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 So its out now? its been in production hell for 2 years. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-599265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aces Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 I was really looking forward to this film... Although i have heard a lot about it being a messy and difficult film. I guess i will have to see it for myself. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-599298 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CATS Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 will sasso's in it, i must see it. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-599318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fishtank Posted November 17, 2007 Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 every review i've read of this film is bad and the word incoherent went around a lot Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-599326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 it's not any more incoherent than a Lynch film..... I was just not expecting to see a Lynch/Gilliam style film...... and the sfx were not so good..... bad cgi work... but the story is intriguing enough to make you question it for days (whether or not I loved it or hated it) after having seen it... and a lot of the cinematography is very cool... so someone else see this so I can get a conversation rollin'! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-600459 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted November 19, 2007 Report Share Posted November 19, 2007 Donnie Darko was enough. I don't need to see anymore films by this dude. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-600471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2007 yeah you would hate this....... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-601608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 (edited) i had pretty high hopes (dargis gave it a great review), but alas, i can't say that i liked it. certain moments were brilliant; and i can see the sort of sprawling epic that he was going for, but there were too many bad casting decisions, and then sloppy editing, etc. Edited November 24, 2007 by playbynumbers Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide playbynumbers's signature Hide all signatures vinyl for sale photography! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-602517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 saw it a second time and I love it now..... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-603328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted December 18, 2007 Report Share Posted December 18, 2007 yeah after watching it a second time and pondering the ending, it's my favorite movie of the year. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-617339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 a helpful explanation: http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/20...tales_analysis/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide playbynumbers's signature Hide all signatures vinyl for sale photography! Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-618134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catsonearth Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 so guys, i thought donnie darko was pretty much garbage, but i'm a sucker for sci-fi epics...would i hate this movie? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-618565 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest goodwillsidis Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 about to read the Salon article.. but before I do, I want to give my original take on it: almost walked away from the screen about a dozen times in the first hour... I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Really, really, really bummed by the facile equating of rebels=marxism=counterculture=tattoos/dreads/dyed hair. The visual references to comic books (the sniper is so totally DMZ and Cheri Oteri's baton is obviously homage to Y:the last man) made me think Dickie Kelly is just a comic book nerd who thought his idea for a sprawling epic sci-fi comic could be translated into a movie... But I stuck it out and actually enjoyed the last 45 minutes or so. I got the feeling that this whole thing is a long joke making fun of American movies and the kind of bullshit they commonly expect people to swallow. I mean, it still reeks of unrefined-aspiring-comics-writer fumes, but the sheer insane amount of visual references (hey! that's from a Lynch movie! hey! that's from Tarantino! hey! that's from Coen brothers! hey! that's from Repo man! etc...) makes me think it's supposed to be satire. It just veers a little too close to MAD TV when it should have maybe stuck closer to Mad Magazine's other, far greater heir: Watchmen. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOCfan Posted July 14, 2008 Report Share Posted July 14, 2008 Mirezzi said: Donnie Darko was enough. I don't need to see anymore films by this dude. Really? I love Donnie Darko. I'm curious to see Southland Tales, even if it is a bit of a car crash. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide BOCfan's signature Hide all signatures Reveal hidden contents Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773749 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 Kelly is already working on his next movie, The Box set in the 1970s. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Positive Metal Attitude Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 I think he will get better as time passes and the more films he creates........ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted July 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 The box definitely looks like a more coherent, better film....Richard Matheson when done right, I am legend excluded, can be nice sci fi fantasy mind candy....the Twilight Zone for fuck's sake....yay! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted July 15, 2008 Report Share Posted July 15, 2008 i thought it was much more enjoyable than Darko but not as 'solid' Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-773924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 This was on cable the other night, and I had never heard of it, despite being a donnie darko fil. in fact, I didn't even know it was a robert kelly film till the end credits, which made an interesting afterthought. At any rate, i thought this was "quite good", although i would be interested in seeing the cannes version, which is 25-30 min longer. I'd like to read the prequel graphic novels as well. Sorry for bringing up this old topic, but at least i didn't start a new one right? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sneaksta303's signature Hide all signatures The Dark Tower Cycle Pplz ep The Swarm H.P. Sneakstep's Educational Tours Vol. 1 Branch Acidian - Acid's Done Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-999077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I don't see why anyone would make The Box into a movie? Unless they've changed the ending the ending won't come as a big surprise, and I bet a LOT of people have read The Box. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-999100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I've grown to love his film after many watchings.... the strangest cast ever, like the most fucked up snl movie ever and makes for deep conversation.... and a great story, def for PKD fans..... nd I don't think I have ever seen anything like it before it.... which is hard to do... I thought 'the Box' is an original Richard Kelly screenplay?? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-999132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 yeah, this version of 'the Box' is based on a Richard Matheson story called 'Button Button'... not whatever 'The Box' you guys are speaking of.... http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362478/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Atop's signature Hide all signatures music by ATOPdj mixes by ATOP https://woodbetweenworlds.bandcamp.com/album/777 https://auralcanyonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/once-i-was-as-you-are-now Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/28328-southland-tales/#findComment-999138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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