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| Apr 25th, 2010 12:13 AM | |||||
| Fathom Zero | All I can say is that Paul Newman's my boy! | ||||
| Apr 24th, 2010 10:34 PM | |||||
| Kitsa |
Even that was pretty straightforward. All of the symbolism was of the heavy-handed variety, or at least the vast majority of it was. One thing that got me was how very much Tim Robbins looked and sounded exactly like the character Bill Paxton plays in Big Love. They could be twins. And the building reminded me I haven't played Grim Fandango in forever. During some stretches, I felt like I was watching a high school play. And yes, I realize that the whole caricature-y period feel was on purpose. Some funny parts, though. "You know...for kids!" |
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| Apr 24th, 2010 10:26 PM | |||||
| Fathom Zero | I don't think there are many nuances to it. It's pretty straightforward, except for near the end when time's stopped. | ||||
| Apr 24th, 2010 10:24 PM | |||||
| Kitsa |
Ok, just watched Hudsucker Proxy tonight. Still don't know what to think. I feel like I've been dragged through a mini-ordeal. Can't really say more without danger of someone going all YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES on me. |
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| Apr 15th, 2010 08:50 PM | |||||
| Kitsa |
I'm waiting for my damn video store to get it in because Netflix suspended my account for DVDs I returned not reaching them. Someone somewhere (allegedly) must have a nice effing collection of Asian extreme and documentary DVDs 
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| Apr 15th, 2010 04:50 PM | |||||
| Zomboid |
CHRISTMAS! 
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| Apr 15th, 2010 03:32 PM | |||||
| Mockery |
Burn After Reading was a fun movie. It's not their best, but I still like it a lot and the characters were almost all fantastic. Hell, I've watched it more than once just because I love seeing John Malkovich get increasingly angry throughout the film: "Oh, yes. I know very well what you represent. You represent the idiocy of today. You're in league with that moronic woman. You are part of a league of morons. Oh, yes. You see, you're one of the morons I've been fighting my whole life. My whole fucking life. But guess what? Today, I win." Fucking priceless. Also, to those of you who still haven't seen their film, "The Hudsucker Proxy"... what the hell are you waiting for!? |
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| Apr 15th, 2010 07:06 AM | |||||
| Pentegarn | I'm with you Milpool. I liked Burn After Reading. I thought it was a clever showing of people too stupid to know what they were getting themselves into getting in way over their head, and hilarity ensued. | ||||
| Apr 14th, 2010 09:34 PM | |||||
| Esuohlim |
Like I said before, I favor characters over plot. I like how the characters interacted with each other, and I like how the characters' interactions with one another mostly stemmed from complete misunderstandings and because of it shitty things happened that didn't need to happen. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say most people who didn't like the movie found it pointless plotwise, and you're right. But it wasn't about the plot for me. |
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| Apr 14th, 2010 03:25 PM | |||||
| Dimnos | It was a joke genius. Its more a question of what parts he thought were good. Perhaps he could explain a scene he enjoyed in a way that I could understand WHY he liked it where as I did not. Not that it would change my mind into liking it. I was really looking forward to this but when I finally watched it the movie was a huge let down. Although I will admit lots of the actors in it did a great job on their characters; but sadly it still sucked. | ||||
| Apr 14th, 2010 03:07 PM | |||||
| Supafly345 |
Well I thought the scene in the car where Pitt was pitifully trying to act cool and spy-serious to Malkovitch was the best, a perfect scene illustrating this movie as one of Pitts best performances. But being an idiot and asking for someone to prove how a movie is good is retarded, and I think you know that. You don't like it, and nobody can explain it into being good stupid. |
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| Apr 14th, 2010 02:17 PM | |||||
| Dimnos |
How was it good? What part(s)? In what way? I WANT TO KNOW!
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| Apr 14th, 2010 01:56 PM | |||||
| Esuohlim | Burn After Reading was good, y'all are dumb | ||||
| Apr 14th, 2010 12:47 PM | |||||
| Dimnos |
Wow. I forgot all about that one.
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| Apr 14th, 2010 11:44 AM | |||||
| Tadao | Other than Valley Girl | ||||
| Apr 14th, 2010 10:44 AM | |||||
| Dimnos |
Quote:
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| Apr 14th, 2010 10:38 AM | |||||
| Dimnos |
Aside from the mild joy that short scene provided I thought that movie was worthless. 
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| Apr 14th, 2010 09:02 AM | |||||
| Kitsa |
I am not ashamed to say that the one scene in Burn After Reading
made me jump. |
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| Apr 13th, 2010 04:58 PM | |||||
| The Leader | I think sometimes anticlimactic endings are best. It's like they punch you in the face and you never get the satisfaction of hitting them back. It makes you want more. | ||||
| Apr 13th, 2010 04:56 PM | |||||
| Kitsunexus |
The Big Lebowski is one of my favorite movies ever. I'm not so crazy about it that I'd go to Lebowski-fest or anything, but still, I love that movie. Fargo was IMO an OK movie that was carried along by good acting, a few awesome setpiece moments (the woodchipper, yo), and a great sense of atmosphere. No Country for Old Men was an exceptional movie based on a shitty book. Fucking awesome to the core. One of the most tension-filled movies ever, and it is just a MASTERPIECE when it comes to the cinematographic aspects. The book is shit, though. Burn After Reading was shit. The Ladykillers has a few funny moments, but the flow of the movie is glacial. I've never really sat down to watch O, Brother Where Art Thou because that time period and location bores me to tears. The Hudsucker Proxy is one of the funniest fucking movies that will ever be made, everything about that movie is just spot-on awesome. Barton Fink is fucking KICKASS. I've never seen Blood Simple or Raising Arizona or Miller's Crossing, though I fully intend to. The one thing that I've noticed about Coen Brothers films is that they like to end anticlimactically (IMO). I dunno whether it's because they suck at writing the endings or that I just suck at trying to understand them (most likely the latter). |
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| Apr 13th, 2010 02:39 PM | |||||
| Supafly345 |
I started writing stuff on why I liked burn after reading, despite it not being one of the Coen's best, but most of it has been covered already. I actually enjoyed rolling my eyes at them going to the russian embassy. I would consider it a 'miss' on the coens infamous record of jagged hit or misses, a miss meaning I definitely know it isn't for everyone, but I enjoyed it. And I'm sorry for not catching this thread when it was fresh, because there is almost no excuse for not liking No Country for Old Men, unless you aren't into the genre or whatever meaning you don't like it just as I wouldn't like the best chick flick ever made. |
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| Apr 12th, 2010 03:48 PM | |||||
| Esuohlim | I'm more about characters than plot, anyway. It's probably why I liked it. | ||||
| Apr 12th, 2010 12:44 PM | |||||
| Fathom Zero | I saw a blurb about it where somebody sad it was the anti-spy movie, where nothing was accomplished and everything ends badly. That's a pretty good description, I think. | ||||
| Apr 12th, 2010 12:33 PM | |||||
| Esuohlim |
Well for Burn After Reading I had appreciation for how all the misunderstandings rendered all the characters' actions and motives completely pointless, I guess 
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| Apr 12th, 2010 11:59 AM | |||||
| Fathom Zero |
Burn After Reading is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. At least it ended in a semi-cool way. It would be a better short story. |
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