A few films recently watched.

  On 6/13/2011 at 9:10 PM, Alcofribas said:

Atop, grace is indeed not a concept confined to Christian theology. are you even trying? I literally encourage you to look up the word in a dictionary. simply, the film reflects upon the nature of things like beauty, mercy, righteousness, severity, etc in the face of chaotic, violent, and indifferent nature. basically, uh, life. it's like any other malick film this regard so don't tell me that you think all of his films are dogmatic Christian exercises going on and on about some fundamentalist concept.

 

and for some one with occult leanings such as yourself you may want to take a glance at the, you know, cabalistic tree of life or pillar of which is called "mercy."

 

come on man, it's cool if you don't like this shit but don't try to lend your opinion weight by claiming the film is offensively dogmatic Christian. it clearly is not.

 

and no, it might not be coherent. and yes, it has lotsa close up, but those are not characteristics of an objectively flawed film.

I know plenty about the Sephirah. More than most, not as much as you perhaps. Thank you for attacking my opinion like it was a weapon against you personally. It was not. Nor was I joking. My connection to the universe involves/needs neither a separation from nature or the approval of any gods.

The film starts with a quote from the Book of Job, "Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation...while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?" Nature vs. Grace is a very Christian debate in my mind. Thinking that nature is in someway evil and needs to be overcome through the GRACE of the Malkuthian divine incarnation of Jesus Christ. Traveling from Malkuth to Tiphareth and obtaining knowledge on compassion through dialogue with the holy guardian angel is the mercy you speak of? I feel that I have traveled this path and that compassion is within myself.

So thanks for the hatred and acting like you know who I am.

My take on this film is my take, and I may enjoy it more if I decide to see it again. I was annoyed by it so this was my first reaction. I would rather watch the Holy Mountain, Inauguration into the Pleasure Dome, Lucifer Rising or Andrei Rublev for extreme depth and spiritual symbolism on film.

I apologize for not being who you think I should be.

93 93/93

oh

Hot Rod

HILARIOUS

Get Him To The Greek 5/10 really had zero expectations for this. Quite entertaining, the amount of drug use surprised me and upped the laughs somewhat. lol @ lars ulrich.

Paul 5/10. compared to their other films 2/10. very weak stuff.

Got around to watching Ikiru. It was marvelous, a breath of fresh air amidst the shite (see above) It might be on the slightly sentimental side, but he pulls it off superbly. Takashi Smimura just has a wonderful face.

Next up is Yojimbo and I can't wait. For me Kurosawa was one of those directors that you'd heard about from alot of film programmes etc. He was a director I'd always put of investigating due to the sheer magnitude of film output and relative obscurity, obtainability etc.

Tree of Life - 9/10 - Made a day trip out of this... figured it would be my first Malick film to see on the big screen so I drove up to LA to do it properly. It's definitely Malick's most ambiguous film, as the title suggests. There is no narrative really and I'm sure the adjectives pretentious, esoteric, and self indulgent will be used sparingly in most of the reviews out there, but I fucking loved it. Never had I experienced a film with such heartbeat and free spirit. I'm at a loss of words really, I can't wait to get a hold of the script. Not a film for everyone... I saw about 5-6 people get up and leave the theater thinking it was a Brad Pitt rather than a Malick film.

Paul - 7/10 - I really enjoyed this... was exactly what I was looking for. Good for you sci-fi buffs out there, although the jokes references stay mostly above ground. Good ol' fashion fun with some great writing.

Henry's Crime - 5/10 - Not sure of the direction in this one. Very disjointed... not that I was expecting much.

Color of Money - 6.5/10 - Continuing on my Paul Newman journey. Newman was great, Scorsese not so much. Although The Hustler is quite the film to follow up from, even if it is only loosely based on it from what I could gather. Stylistically it had a bit of Scorsese in it but was a bit too formulaic. Overall it just seemed like a money making film.

Sinners and Saints - 5/10 - Typical and boring... the gun fights were all the film had and they weren't much.

The Cincinnati Kid - 8/10 - I very much enjoyed this, although I have a certain weakness for poker films. McQueen played the roll well and I loved the ending

Gimme Shelter - How they expected this gig to go well is beyond me, it was far more insane than I expected. I loved the moment where the Stones are trying to get through a song, the Hell's Angels are sat out front with pool cues whilst hippies are full on tripping balls, you can feel the huge tension in the air and awaiting the inevitable eruption of violence then amidst all this a lone stray dog wanders across the stage. 5/5.

omlol at that gif.

exactly how I feel about this thread sometimes

atop, I have no hatred for you or your shitty opinions. *beer*

edit: you're lol

  On 6/14/2011 at 10:03 PM, goffer said:

Tree of Life - 9/10 - Made a day trip out of this... figured it would be my first Malick film to see on the big screen so I drove up to LA to do it properly. It's definitely Malick's most ambiguous film [ambitious?], as the title suggests. There is no narrative really and I'm sure the adjectives pretentious, esoteric, and self indulgent will be used sparingly [liberally?] in most of the reviews out there, but I fucking loved it. Never had I experienced a film with such heartbeat and free spirit. I'm at a loss of words really, I can't wait to get a hold of the script. Not a film for everyone... I saw about 5-6 people get up and leave the theater thinking it was a Brad Pitt rather than a Malick film.

huh? (couldn't resist )

Hanna: This movie was complete and utter shit on a level I haven't seen for a while. Some big name actors - Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, and the funny wee Englishman from In the Loop got tricked into doing this. They all sport the most absurd accents imaginable (well, ok, Eric Bana's German accent is ok, but Blanchett's Southern drawl is unbelievably terrible).

Have you ever seen a film where it seemed like the director and editor (perhaps the same person in this case) were so glaringly incompetent that it destroyed the film? This is a good case study in that regard. It's certainly not the DP's fault, there are some nice looking shots. But the editing and music cues are so jarring and utterly amateurish that you will probably start lolling: no establishing shots, cuts where a character jumps into frame from one side followed by him jumping into the frame from the other side, tracking shots that wobble or move a few inches for no reason...

1/10, unless you're a film student and want to learn what not to do

  On 6/16/2011 at 1:44 AM, lumpenprol said:

Hanna: This movie was complete and utter shit on a level I haven't seen for a while. Some big name actors - Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, and the funny wee Englishman from In the Loop got tricked into doing this. They all sport the most absurd accents imaginable (well, ok, Eric Bana's German accent is ok, but Blanchett's Southern drawl is unbelievably terrible).

 

Have you ever seen a film where it seemed like the director and editor (perhaps the same person in this case) were so glaringly incompetent that it destroyed the film? This is a good case study in that regard. It's certainly not the DP's fault, there are some nice looking shots. But the editing and music cues are so jarring and utterly amateurish that you will probably start lolling: no establishing shots, cuts where a character jumps into frame from one side followed by him jumping into the frame from the other side, tracking shots that wobble or move a few inches for no reason...

 

1/10, unless you're a film student and want to learn what not to do

Lol i wanna see it now! Bluray out yet?

lol, don't know. When you watch it, for the first 15 min or so you'll think it's actually a decent film, but don't be fooled and stick with it til they get to the army base.

I forgot to mention the bizarre plot holes/problems. Characters seem to know where other characters are without explanation. Trained uber-assassins who have killed or disarmed scores of guys in hand-to-hand combat are somehow inexplicably afraid of a short pudgy German in a tiny car, just because he's one of the main bad guys. Elderly women are killed for no rhyme or reason. And my god what is that orange thing on Blanchett's head?

I will say one thing in the film's favor, the locations are uniformly interesting.

  On 6/16/2011 at 2:55 AM, lumpenprol said:

Elderly women are killed for no rhyme or reason.

It does sound mighty tempting.

  On 6/16/2011 at 2:00 AM, kokoon said:

Lol i wanna see it now! Bluray out yet?

Only R5s so far.

Scanners - Hadn't seen this in a long time, but luckily it's recently had a bluray release. Seems like there was a 10-15 year window where this sort of incredible stuff was made, and nothing recent manages to match the atmosphere. While watching it I reminded of this amiga game that I would have to quit due to terror http://lparchive.org/Darkseed/Update%201/

finally saw true grit today. movie was ok but bridges was off the charts fantastic. his opening courtroom scene was mesmerizing.

  On 6/15/2011 at 10:53 PM, Alcofribas said:

omlol at that gif.

 

exactly how I feel about this thread sometimes

 

atop, I have no hatred for you or your shitty opinions. *beer*

 

edit: you're lol

You don't hate my shitty opinions?

flol

Okay Rabelais, a top 5 list of films you love, off the top of your head, what are they?

a quick list of mine:

2001: A Space Odyssey,

Stalker,

The Exorcist,

Blue Velvet,

There Will Be Blood

that's a pretty nice list

thanks lumpy

LOL

My favourite things are better than yours! My taste is superior!

There Will Be Blood? Top 5

BIUTIFUL - very very good. very very sad 9/10

top 5 films? fucking boom, dog:

juno

jacob's ladder

lost in translation

synecdoche

excalibur

in all seriousness your top 5 is awesome, i love all those movies.

or, as sup might say:

youre list of top five moivies is good! i love themn alot.

  On 6/16/2011 at 4:18 PM, Alcofribas said:

top 5 films? fucking boom, dog:

 

juno

 

jacob's ladder

 

lost in translation

 

synecdoche

 

excalibur

wat

haha

facepalms irl

excalibur really seals the deal on that one i think. fucking lush film.

Need to rewatch Jacob's Ladder soon. Brilliant film.