the movie thread

vox · 01-30-2006, 04:05 PM

here's another person on the jarmusch fan tip.

and another vote for "stranger than paradise". and of course "dead man" (william blake references! swoon!) and "ghost dog".

i recently rented "red eye" it was a horror movie that was rated pg...and BOY DID IT SHOW! it was totally boring and predictable mcgee and kind of a waste of money. and it made me think rachel mcadams was undeserving of my secret affections, which makes me sad. however, it did feature survivor runner up "colby" in a key role, as some kind of secret service agent/security detail for some obscure v.i.p./politican

on my plate coming up..."crash" and "broken flowers"

BigBadBaldy · 01-30-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by eLeKTRon
Question for TRIBE's film buffs:

anyone seen the film "Stalker", directed by Andrei Tarkovsky?

hit or a miss?

I watched it years ago and it bored me to tears.

eLeKTRon · 01-30-2006, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by BigBadBaldy
I watched it years ago and it bored me to tears.

yeah, I was wondering if it might be three hours of slow-moving bergman-esque nothingness. Perhaps it's one for viewing enhancement via the herbals?

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally posted by eLeKTRon
moving bergman-esque nothingness.

bergman-esque is NEVER nothingness

actually saraband would easily make my top 5 if i could relate to the characters better and if I had seen "scenes from a marriage"

BigBadBaldy · 01-30-2006, 05:05 PM

The imagery is interesting, to be sure. I guess it just depends on how much of an "artistic" experience you're willing to wade through. I'm pretty sure I was coned when I watched it (I was always coned when I watched flicks back then) and it didn't make it any easier to sit through it after the initial interest waned.

Maybe I just didn't get it, though. That's always a possibility. Others think very highly of it, so take my opinion as what it is: just one person's biased view.

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 05:11 PM

for bergman it's the honesty in the dialogue and how his camera captures it...I've seen like half of Solaris but saw it at an age that I couldn't respect it...to be honest, Tarkovsky's work has been slagged by a number of people I know

eLeKTRon · 01-30-2006, 05:12 PM

I was "forced" to watch Bergman in film studies class. It wouldn't surprise me if I watched a couple of the better Bergman flicks now, I would actually enjoy them.

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by eLeKTRon
I was "forced" to watch Bergman in film studies class. It wouldn't surprise me if I watched a couple of the better Bergman flicks now, I would actually enjoy them.

watch the seventh seal if you haven't...that's a film with great imagery!....it's the one with that allegorical chess game against the grim reaper(thank you bill and ted for making it YOUR idea)

vox · 01-30-2006, 05:18 PM

CHEAP SHOTS AT BILL AND/OR TED ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE MOVIE THREAD.

sincerely,
yukmouth

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally posted by vox

yukmouth

after seeing that beef 3 it's now my fav. rapper name

vox · 01-30-2006, 06:26 PM

no way, guy!

yukmouth has officially been added to my growing roster of alter-egos.

vox · 01-30-2006, 06:35 PM

p.s. did you watch the same special on BET that i watched? where yukmouth and the game were supposed to squash the beef by making a tune together? and then yukmouth did his bit and (apparently, i haven't heard the tune myself) was all conciliatory, and THEN, the game puts down his bit and acts like a sissy and slags yukmouth?!?

yukmouth was HAD, guy! it was unreal! he was willing to be the bigger person and put it all down and behind them, and then that little prat the game had to ruin everything. i was so mad at the game.

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally posted by vox

yukmouth was HAD, guy! it was unreal! he was willing to be the bigger person and put it all down and behind them, and then that little prat the game had to ruin everything. i was so mad at the game.

'cuz yuk has no game and knows his role...not big enough to step up to the game

that was the worst installement of BEEF it that indeed was beef 3

rentboy · 01-30-2006, 07:11 PM

back to Jarmusch.

I haven't seen his early pieces...been meaning to grab Down By Law.

I love Ghost Dog. Dead Man wasn't bad (i wasn't in the mood for it at the time, so i need to watch it again)... HATED Coffee and Cigs, aside from 2 skits that provided some relief.

I also dug Broken Flowers. I was in the mood for it and enjoyed the pacing.

terrawrist III · 01-30-2006, 07:13 PM

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Originally posted by rentboy
back to Jarmusch.

I haven't seen his early pieces...been meaning to grab Down By Law.

I love Ghost Dog. Dead Man wasn't bad (i wasn't in the mood for it at the time, so i need to watch it again)... HATED Coffee and Cigs, aside from 2 skits that provided some relief.

I also dug Broken Flowers. I was in the mood for it and enjoyed the pacing.

watch deadman

air-bag · 01-30-2006, 07:36 PM

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Originally posted by eLeKTRon
anyone seen the film "Stalker", directed by Andrei Tarkovsky?

One of my favorites. Quite different from the book though. It might be hard to understand without sufficient proficiency in russian.

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Originally posted by terrawrist III
watch deadman

Another fav. of mine! (Thanks James)

janiecakes · 01-30-2006, 10:34 PM

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Originally posted by rentboy
I also dug Broken Flowers. I was in the mood for it and enjoyed the pacing.

you're obviously a huge pansy.

kisskiss

rentboy · 01-30-2006, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by janiecakes
you're obviously a huge pansy.

kisskiss

not enough explosions in it petal?

janiecakes · 01-30-2006, 10:41 PM

i suppose this means you'll give me a handjob if i make a movie entirely composed of expressionless faces and awkward silences?

heh.

rentboy · 01-30-2006, 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by janiecakes
i suppose this means you'll give me a handjob if i make a movie entirely composed of expressionless faces and awkward silences?

heh.

i'll give you a handjob if you can work a camera. ya hag!

janiecakes · 01-30-2006, 10:48 PM

fuck!

Flashy_McFlash · 01-31-2006, 08:49 AM

So apparently they cut Katie Holmes sex scene out of 'Thank You For Smoking' (screened at TIFF - the cut version's at Sundance and most likely wide release), supposedly on Jerry MacScientology's request. If anyone was lucky enough to see the TIFF version, it's probably not going to see the light of day, even on DVD.

It was a pretty hot scene too.

defazman · 01-31-2006, 09:41 AM

so I guess I'm stuck masterbating to her topless scene in The Gift

vox · 01-31-2006, 10:29 AM

scientologists don't believe in sex scenes? whaaaa???

so i watched "crash" last night. what a load of self-congratulatory pap. it's main revelation seemed to be: "you mean...BLACK PEOPLE CAN BE RACISTS TOO?!?" followed by: "you mean...IRANIAN PEOPLE CAN BE RACISTS TOO?!?" "whaaaa?!?"

it's basically a very obvious, not very nuanced treatise on race relations that's tailor-made for oprah-style popular liberalism (ie. so people can wring their hands and participate in this weird spectacle).

i suspected it was going to be bad, but as usual, i had to rent it and watch it to see that i was right. don cheadle is trying too hard to be a "serious" actor, especially if it makes him take over-drawn roles like this.

you know what's a FANTASTIC movie about race that doesn't bludgeon the audience over the head? bamboozled. go rent that instead.

vox · 01-31-2006, 10:30 AM

to terrawrist III: the game HAS NO GAME! how could you possibly defend that nonce? according to my insider (aka zorak) he has a tongue ring! what kind of self-respecting member of the bloods would get a TONGUE RING!?!

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01-30-2006, 04:05 PM	#1501
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	here's another person on the jarmusch fan tip. and another vote for "stranger than paradise". and of course "dead man" (william blake references! swoon!) and "ghost dog". i recently rented "red eye" it was a horror movie that was rated pg...and BOY DID IT SHOW! it was totally boring and predictable mcgee and kind of a waste of money. and it made me think rachel mcadams was undeserving of my secret affections, which makes me sad. however, it did feature survivor runner up "colby" in a key role, as some kind of secret service agent/security detail for some obscure v.i.p./politican on my plate coming up..."crash" and "broken flowers"

01-30-2006, 05:05 PM	#1505
BigBadBaldy Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 18,867	The imagery is interesting, to be sure. I guess it just depends on how much of an "artistic" experience you're willing to wade through. I'm pretty sure I was coned when I watched it (I was always coned when I watched flicks back then) and it didn't make it any easier to sit through it after the initial interest waned. Maybe I just didn't get it, though. That's always a possibility. Others think very highly of it, so take my opinion as what it is: just one person's biased view.

01-30-2006, 05:11 PM	#1506
terrawrist III TRIBE Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Dr.Spaceman's office Posts: 25,240	for bergman it's the honesty in the dialogue and how his camera captures it...I've seen like half of Solaris but saw it at an age that I couldn't respect it...to be honest, Tarkovsky's work has been slagged by a number of people I know

01-30-2006, 05:12 PM	#1507
eLeKTRon Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Molly Wood's bush Posts: 1,750	I was "forced" to watch Bergman in film studies class. It wouldn't surprise me if I watched a couple of the better Bergman flicks now, I would actually enjoy them.

01-30-2006, 05:18 PM	#1509
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	CHEAP SHOTS AT BILL AND/OR TED ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE MOVIE THREAD. sincerely, yukmouth

01-30-2006, 06:26 PM	#1511
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	no way, guy! yukmouth has officially been added to my growing roster of alter-egos.

01-30-2006, 06:35 PM	#1512
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	p.s. did you watch the same special on BET that i watched? where yukmouth and the game were supposed to squash the beef by making a tune together? and then yukmouth did his bit and (apparently, i haven't heard the tune myself) was all conciliatory, and THEN, the game puts down his bit and acts like a sissy and slags yukmouth?!? yukmouth was HAD, guy! it was unreal! he was willing to be the bigger person and put it all down and behind them, and then that little prat the game had to ruin everything. i was so mad at the game.

01-30-2006, 07:11 PM	#1514
rentboy TRIBE Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 11,825	back to Jarmusch. I haven't seen his early pieces...been meaning to grab Down By Law. I love Ghost Dog. Dead Man wasn't bad (i wasn't in the mood for it at the time, so i need to watch it again)... HATED Coffee and Cigs, aside from 2 skits that provided some relief. I also dug Broken Flowers. I was in the mood for it and enjoyed the pacing.

01-30-2006, 10:41 PM	#1519
janiecakes TRIBE Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: don't neg me bro Posts: 25,801	i suppose this means you'll give me a handjob if i make a movie entirely composed of expressionless faces and awkward silences? heh.

01-30-2006, 10:48 PM	#1521
janiecakes TRIBE Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: don't neg me bro Posts: 25,801	fuck!

01-31-2006, 08:49 AM	#1522
Flashy_McFlash Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 51,825	So apparently they cut Katie Holmes sex scene out of 'Thank You For Smoking' (screened at TIFF - the cut version's at Sundance and most likely wide release), supposedly on Jerry MacScientology's request. If anyone was lucky enough to see the TIFF version, it's probably not going to see the light of day, even on DVD. It was a pretty hot scene too.

01-31-2006, 09:41 AM	#1523
defazman TRIBE Member Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Mount Lushmore Posts: 13,562	so I guess I'm stuck masterbating to her topless scene in The Gift

01-31-2006, 10:29 AM	#1524
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	scientologists don't believe in sex scenes? whaaaa??? so i watched "crash" last night. what a load of self-congratulatory pap. it's main revelation seemed to be: "you mean...BLACK PEOPLE CAN BE RACISTS TOO?!?" followed by: "you mean...IRANIAN PEOPLE CAN BE RACISTS TOO?!?" "whaaaa?!?" it's basically a very obvious, not very nuanced treatise on race relations that's tailor-made for oprah-style popular liberalism (ie. so people can wring their hands and participate in this weird spectacle). i suspected it was going to be bad, but as usual, i had to rent it and watch it to see that i was right. don cheadle is trying too hard to be a "serious" actor, especially if it makes him take over-drawn roles like this. you know what's a FANTASTIC movie about race that doesn't bludgeon the audience over the head? bamboozled. go rent that instead.

01-31-2006, 10:30 AM	#1525
vox TRIBE Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 5,837	to terrawrist III: the game HAS NO GAME! how could you possibly defend that nonce? according to my insider (aka zorak) he has a tongue ring! what kind of self-respecting member of the bloods would get a TONGUE RING!?!