Johnny Canuck3
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siarc said:
What kind of drugs must one take to be able to sit through THAT triple-feature?
What DVD / Video did you watch last night ?
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What kind of drugs must one take to be able to sit through THAT triple-feature?
Johnny Canuck3
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ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
The least funny thing, is eating a dog.
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
The China Syndrome
Never seen it before - top stuff.
Never seen it before - top stuff.
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siarc said:
Doesn't stop him being a cunt. In fact I think it might make him a bigger tosser.
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I watched a French film called 'red siren', I don't know if it came out before Leon but followed some of the same themes. The weird thing was the cast despite being predominantly French always spoke English. I assume the dialogue also was written by a French speaker because it was ridiculous, as was the delivery from the actors who clearly were not fluent. Anyway it was shit.
The Groke
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onemonkey said:Serenity - fucking badly misnamed, given how angry i felt after wasting 2hrs of my life on this shite.. it makes George Lucas look intelligent and deep
naaahh - Serenity is far superior to anything Lucas has touched in the last 20 years...
It is however inferior to the Firefly series. It also makes more sense if you have seen the series.
Did you watch/enjoy Firefly?
onemonkey
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no.. but i did wonder if the film was some hyper-compressed cartoon of something else.. all for the fanboys which seems pretty inexcusable.. nothing was explained, nothing had a purpose, the plot was plodding, the action unexciting, the acting awful..The Groke said:
i'd seriously rate this as worse than ANY of the starwars films.
in fact, it's probably worse than the ewok christmas special
Johnny Canuck3
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Aeon Flux. So-so at best.
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ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
best dvds ever!
i got the cunningham one along with these, has all the aphex twin stuff but has hardly anything on it compared to the other two, his drumming monkey is shit, all is love is superb, very slim though disappointing.
must get the next lot
purves grundy
ambient clown remix
The Human Stain.
Most enjoyable, though I was disappointed not to see Nicole Kidman's tits
Most enjoyable, though I was disappointed not to see Nicole Kidman's tits
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belboid said:
belboid said:
Harsh, boo hoo, where is my mummy?
You are spike jonez and I claim my £5
Why can't I hate spike jonez? He is nob.
Here is my opinion one more time- Gondrey = great, Jonze = Nob.
Coppla is a Hottie but a no talent nob.
Sorry about my contributions to this thread being so tedious, I suggest you skip them.
PS. don't get so het up, it's only peoples opinions on DVDs, just relax.
Reno
The In Kraut
+ various other spittle spraying rants on the subject matter of Spike Jonze and Sophia Coppola.ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I like Spike Jonze's and Sophia Coppola's work and think both are very talented. I don't know either of them personally, so I feel I'm not qualified to comment as to whether he (or she) is a "cunt" (thank god media theory is alive and well !
) Jonze's camera work, editing and feeling for music are exceptional, his video for Bjork's "It's Oh So Quiet" alone shows that. Obviously you have a hotline to Christopher Walken (who didn't just have the idea to dance, but who got cast for being a trained dancer) for claiming that the creative ideas behind the Fatboy Slim promo were his, but to me it strikes me very much in keeping with the rest of Jonze's work and I think it's fantastic. He has a deadpan, low-tech, semi-documentary style that is very consistent and which was extremely well suited in anchoring the surreal Being John Malkovich in some kind of reality and in keeping the whimsy overkill at bay. Comparing him to Gondry is pointless, they are both great, but very different.
I know there has been a major backlash against Coppola since Lost in Translation, but I like her ambient style and I like filmmkakers who have a command over mood and atmosphere. I can't imagine a man making the kind of films she makes and we need more women filmakers to offer a different perspective and sensibility. I'm very much looking forward to her take on Marie Antoinette.
Both are intuitive filmmakers who are very visually literate and whatever their flaws may be, I think their work is consistently interesting.
I agree with Reno - Jonze comes across badly and can be irksome in a lot of ways, but he's inventive, funny and witty.
As for Coppola - i think she's an excellent film-maker, and like Reno says has a definite 'female' approach to her film-making which is fascinating. Lost In Translation was IMO a brilliant, brilliant film. There's a very interesting 'making of' on the DVD where you see Coppola at work, and even the quiet but determined way she gets things done is at odds with the macho image we tend to get presented of a lot of directors, yelling at people whilst wearing combat gear.
As for Coppola - i think she's an excellent film-maker, and like Reno says has a definite 'female' approach to her film-making which is fascinating. Lost In Translation was IMO a brilliant, brilliant film. There's a very interesting 'making of' on the DVD where you see Coppola at work, and even the quiet but determined way she gets things done is at odds with the macho image we tend to get presented of a lot of directors, yelling at people whilst wearing combat gear.
Orang Utan
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I've never seen the appeal of Jonze - I don't like that 'deadpan, low-tech, semi-documentary style' he does in his videos - I like my pop videos to be colourful and visually arresting and his look drab and devoid of creative talent- none of the vids in his DVD are like that and I thought It's Oh So Quiet looked pretty amateurish.
I liked Being John Malkovich to a point but he's yet to prove himself IMO.
I liked Being John Malkovich to a point but he's yet to prove himself IMO.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
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Yeah I'd have to be in the Orang camp here.
To me he has yet to prove any great filmmaking talent. As for Coppla I think LIT is flawed but a good jaunt that only proves that you can point a camera at Murray in a nice location with nice music and no script and still get come away with a half decent result (well done bill). The extra doc on the DVD of LOT even backs this up (warts and all to her credit for allowing it and jonze for shooting it that way, even if it is done quite shitly) it makes Sophia appear as if she has got a clue as to what she is doing. The pre shoot ritual (which I think she explains her dad did too) is painfully embarrassing.
To me he has yet to prove any great filmmaking talent. As for Coppla I think LIT is flawed but a good jaunt that only proves that you can point a camera at Murray in a nice location with nice music and no script and still get come away with a half decent result (well done bill). The extra doc on the DVD of LOT even backs this up (warts and all to her credit for allowing it and jonze for shooting it that way, even if it is done quite shitly) it makes Sophia appear as if she has got a clue as to what she is doing. The pre shoot ritual (which I think she explains her dad did too) is painfully embarrassing.
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Sorry, a bit obvious I know.Reno said:Yes, I think we've established that.
Reno
The In Kraut
I watched Shopgirl last night and it came as a pleasant surprise. It got mostly poor reviews over here and sank almost immediately on release, but this is much closer to something like Lost in Translation or Punch-Drunk Love than to your average romcom. All three films are a mixture of romantic comedy and moody existential drama, featuring comic actors in uncharacteristically serious roles and like Lost... it deals with a romance between a rich older man and a much younger woman and relies heavily on a dreamlike atmosphere (LA's skyscrapers here glitter almost as much as the ones in Lost in Translation's Tokyo).
The film isn't perfect. At times it's almost selfconsciously stylish and I'm not sure about Steve Martin as a romantic lead. He obviously got cast because he also wrote the acclaimed novella this was based on, but unlike Bill Murray or Adam Sandler he's no revelation in a serious romantic role. It's never clear whether his inexpressiveness is due to his character being shallow or an enigma or whether he's just not up to the part. On the other hand he isn't a disaster either and isn't at the centre of the film.
This is one of the rare modern romantic films about a love triangle where it isn't patently obvious from the start who the lead ends up with (Jason Schwarzman is the third side of the triangle and he keeps his slacker klutz just on the right side of annoying). In the end this is Clare Danes' film, who is rather touching as the forlorn heroine and who proves again that she may just be the most undervalued actress working in Hollywood right now.
The film isn't perfect. At times it's almost selfconsciously stylish and I'm not sure about Steve Martin as a romantic lead. He obviously got cast because he also wrote the acclaimed novella this was based on, but unlike Bill Murray or Adam Sandler he's no revelation in a serious romantic role. It's never clear whether his inexpressiveness is due to his character being shallow or an enigma or whether he's just not up to the part. On the other hand he isn't a disaster either and isn't at the centre of the film.
This is one of the rare modern romantic films about a love triangle where it isn't patently obvious from the start who the lead ends up with (Jason Schwarzman is the third side of the triangle and he keeps his slacker klutz just on the right side of annoying). In the end this is Clare Danes' film, who is rather touching as the forlorn heroine and who proves again that she may just be the most undervalued actress working in Hollywood right now.
Johnny Canuck3
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Transformer 2. Good action and chase sequences.
The Astronaut's Wife.
Sofia Coppola is a sort of icon to me, both for what she does and for her personal style. I didn't like Lost In Translation but she does have a good eye.
If I was her I would have waited longer before making a film, because I think she still needs to develop some aspects. I would also have distanced myself earlier from a director boyfriend, because it is a suffocating and competitive situation. There is a faint echo of this trap in Lost In Translation--the emptiness of having to accompany a self-absorbed creative but essentially tedious person.
I've liked her ever since she was in the Godfather. She got slated for that role but she stood up to her judges, and this is one of the reasons why she's great.
Edit--Apparently Marie Antoinette got a terrible reception by the press in Cannes on Tuesday.
Sofia Coppola is a sort of icon to me, both for what she does and for her personal style. I didn't like Lost In Translation but she does have a good eye.
If I was her I would have waited longer before making a film, because I think she still needs to develop some aspects. I would also have distanced myself earlier from a director boyfriend, because it is a suffocating and competitive situation. There is a faint echo of this trap in Lost In Translation--the emptiness of having to accompany a self-absorbed creative but essentially tedious person.
I've liked her ever since she was in the Godfather. She got slated for that role but she stood up to her judges, and this is one of the reasons why she's great.
Edit--Apparently Marie Antoinette got a terrible reception by the press in Cannes on Tuesday.
Reno
The In Kraut
Leica said:
Marie Antoinette is still reviled in France. In keeping with Antonia Fraser's biography on which the film is based Coppola paints a more sympathetic picture, which wouldn't go down that well in Cannes. An early review in The Hollywood Reporter was very postitive.
Anything even slightly challenging, infuriating or controversial can get booed at Cannes, so it doesn't mean that much.
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Leica said:I meant it as a good thing
Still I quite like the fact that the audience in festivals is expressive.
I love going to press screenings for that reason, it's great seeing a shit film getting panned by a very verbal audence and you know everyone is going to write about how shit it is the next day.
In the same way it's nice to see a good film get all the oos and ahhs but not as much fun and bonding as seeing something shit.
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I don't care much for the press, or for people whose critical vocabulary is restricted to the words 'good' and 'shit' for that matter.
Oh and you've twisted my words. I didn't say I 'bonded' with the press reaction at the Marie Antoinette screening or that I got a satisfaction from it. I was saying (to Reno) the opposite in fact, that a bad reception by the press is not a bad sign for the film. The audience in festivals does not consist only of journalists or media people you know.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
bit tricky when you love to comment on everyone elses choices as if you are the supreme arbiter of all things celluloid.
I'd keep your five pounds and put it towards some new glasses if I were you, you need them.
I watched the really rather excellant The Man Without A Past, beautifully shot, witty, touching, and generally ace.
And then a few episodes of bullshit! Amusing, but fish in a barrel come to mind.
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Leica said:
I wasn't twisting your words I was making new ones about me 'bonding'. It had nothing to do with you.
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