A few films recently watched.

just watched PI again for the maniest of times. i didn't find it quite as depressing this time again. highly recommended and it's soundtrack is pretty good too.

  On 6/25/2010 at 2:42 AM, Awepittance said:

  On 6/23/2010 at 1:24 AM, data said:

Micmacs à tire-larigot

 

not as good as amélie, still though - 8/10

 

where do you rate Amelie next to Delicatessen and City of Lost children?

i haven't seen either of those yet, loved "a very long engagement" though.

Why would you think Amélie is nauseating? Because it's cheesy or something? I think Amélie is by far his best film. The visual fluency in that movie along with the atmosphere, music and cute ideas make me smile every time.

Anyway I just watched something on the other end of the spectrum. Rosetta by the Dardenne brothers. Which is another depressing character-study you could describe as Dogme95. But like many Dardenne films, it is incredibly strong. Some lovely allegories as well.

Still, I'm gonna wash away this bitter taste with Ta'm e guilass/Taste of Cherry.

Amelie is great. it's one to own in my opinion.

  On 6/26/2010 at 3:30 AM, gaarg said:

Finally seen Koyaanisqatsi.

 

10/10 - amazing visual/audio experience.

watched this yesterday, the time lapse footage is great

  On 6/27/2010 at 12:47 AM, Ego said:

Why would you think Amélie is nauseating? Because it's cheesy or something? I think Amélie is by far his best film. The visual fluency in that movie along with the atmosphere, music and cute ideas make me smile every time.

 

Anyway I just watched something on the other end of the spectrum. Rosetta by the Dardenne brothers. Which is another depressing character-study you could describe as Dogme95. But like many Dardenne films, it is incredibly strong. Some lovely allegories as well.

 

Still, I'm gonna wash away this bitter taste with Ta'm e guilass/Taste of Cherry.

Indeed, the soundtrack is sweet and that parisian atmosphere is incredibly well portraited.

There is a funny part where amélie is trying to guess how many couples are reaching orgasm. Pretty funny movie.

alien 4 is jeunet's best film.

no but seriously, when i watched amelie i looooved it but i was young and probably in a strange mind-state, because when i reflect on it, it seems like the kind of movie that would irritate the hell out of me.

city of lost children is the only other jeunet i've seen.

my feeling about jeunet is that his films have brilliant visuals and interesting ideas but his sense of humor as a director--the physicality of the humor and way he films and directs it--don't really jive well with the rest of the pieces. there's something very flamboyant and cartoony about it. i've only seen the trailer for very long engagement, but even then that's how it seemed to be. i can only assume that it deals with serious war themes, but then there's a shot where the camera is up in the sky looking straight down as someone gets blown up by some explosive and flies all CGishly straight up to the camera, right up to the camera so we can see his face going like "eeeeyowzah mon dieu j'ai mal a la tete," and then back down. like, wtf dude.

Alien 4 sucks ass....

cept for some of the visuals

Micmacs rules!

Alien 4 is ....

the expendables trailer on tv keep giving me boners

I like bon0rz

pride was yesterday

grown ups 6/10

I'll see anything with Kevin James in. and I'll see anything with Rob Schneider in. so this is like a dreamteam movie. felt very improvised and wasn't good for it. some laughs. didnt help that the cinema was mostly empty on opening night.

and i still haven't seen micmacs :( this week though

Black Sheep (not the one with the fat dude):

/10

Also,

Caught a screening of White Material (Dir. Claire Denis) at the LA Film Festival this weekend. I'm having a hard time putting a number to it: the film is somewhat messy, deliberately so, but was also powerful and very upsetting. I might need another viewing to sort it out, although the narrative is not especially complex.

[lengthy, rambling, unproofed, but mostly spoiler free discussion:]

i liked Black Sheep, wasn't so great but entertaining at least

what i've watched recently:

Stroszek - really outstanding. i watched this alone. messages are conveyed very affectively. i'm not really a film guy but i probably appreciate this more than i do a lot of the stuff i've seen

Paranormal Activity - 7/10; not bad relative to a lot of the stuff that has been coming out. some of the things that were tried were kind of blatant at times. it's ultimately a cookie cutter "haunting" movie but it's done well. entertaining, at best. maybe the fact that i was both listening to it with Rifftrax as well as with friends took something away from it.

Plan 9 from Outer Space - not the MST3K riff, but still not nearly as bad as all the hype makes it seem, though still bad. relative to what came out in that time period though, it's just OK. Manos would have been really awful in comparison if we hadn't watched it with MST3K.

Session 9 - 9/10; really good. this and Jacob's Ladder have a similar tone that I like. also the tape effects were used well

I can't even sit through the MST3K'd Manos.

Stroszek.... really need to watch it. I've seen most of Herzogs movies, but I've heard great things about stroszek.

the girl with the dragon tattoo

michael jackson's this is it

bright star

onegin

  On 6/29/2010 at 3:07 AM, troon said:

the girl with the dragon tattoo

was it good? was thinkin bout watchin it, pretty mixed reviews

i was joking when i said that alien 4 was jeunet's best, just incase you guys didn't read it that way.

gone baby gone: 3/5

i needed to get me some more casey affleck and mmmmm-MMM! he didn't disappoint. the moral problem presented felt almost as contrived and the plot did, but i still appreciated what it brought to the table.

I thought you were serious about it and was shocked at your crazy opinions!

same

  On 6/26/2010 at 1:16 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 6/26/2010 at 1:03 AM, The Overlook said:

  On 6/26/2010 at 12:47 AM, ruiagnelo said:

Doesn't really count as film, but i have been watching The Twilight Zone and i am quite addicted to it already. Each story is a wonder of the human imagination and it has a science fiction feeling that i haven't seen for a while in shows brought by the same period.

Yep, absolutely classic.

 

Watched 20/156 episodes so far. Still a lot remaining

If you haven't already seen, you might like Night Gallery too, and maybe The Outer Limits

If you enjoy Jean Pierre Jeune films (city of lost children, delicatessen, amelie...) his latest movie is really good ,n his own way. Quirky characters, quirky machines, original plans :) The movie is called "micmacs". It is a comedy with a surreal touch!

micmacs