Multiple Cinegasms

[alistarr*]

well, i disagree but i don't really disagree enough to argue. suffice to say that it spoke to me quite a lot.

[Greg Nog]

re: live free or die hard (which i have not seen), i am really interested in the sort of progression from john-mcclane-as-regular-guy-hero to john-mclane-super-hero-action-star, and it seems that in this case the transformation is complete.  y/n

The weird thing is that the movie bends over backwards to make him seem like he's still just a regular guy; there's very very very little mention of his previous exploits.  It's kind of bizarre.

[das kranke Tier]

I totally forgot how badass Das Boot is! 

Also, Friends Forever was pretty entertaining.  I think Jeb or Andrew posted something about it a while back...

[elpollodiablo]

I'm glad at least most of the folks up ins had my back on the Babel-hate. Seems like whenever I see one of these overhyped effete mainstream-indie films (Little Miss Sunshine, Stranger Than Fiction, Babel, &c) and end up hating it everyone's all ready to be like "BACKLASH" when really they just aren't very good. Babel was truly a horrendous pile of shit, though. I'd put it on the same shelf with Crash.

[nonotyet]

But Crash was a sensitive and nuanced discussion of race relations in America that no one has had the courage to ever have before! Ever!

[jebreject]

I totally forgot how badass Das Boot is! 

Also, Friends Forever was pretty entertaining.  I think Jeb or Andrew posted something about it a while back...

that was me!  yeah!

[das kranke Tier]

I thought so.  Those guys are pretty fuckin' crazy!

[girl]

O gods, I just saw Live Free Or Die Hard.

There is the longest fucking essay just waiting to be written about this film.

In fact, I think I'm going to try to get a bootleg DVD off the street and work on that.

Holy fuck, I have never seen a movie that screamed "Fertile Territory For Critical Analysis" like this one did.


Oh and also it was pretty kick-ass.

You can watch it again here.

[girl]

I totally forgot how badass Das Boot is! 

Yes!  Based on my taste in film, I shouldn't like this movie, but I'm crazy in love with it.

[Greg Nog]

Oh crap!  Thank you, girl!

[slow west vultures]

re: live free or die hard (which i have not seen), i am really interested in the sort of progression from john-mcclane-as-regular-guy-hero to john-mclane-super-hero-action-star, and it seems that in this case the transformation is complete.  y/n

well the only attempt at the movie having a message were the conversations he had with justin longs computer nerd character as all this chaos was going on about  was 'look what hell you hackers hath wrought - these are just regular people going about their ordinary lives.  anarchy is not cool'  that and the recurring ccr 'fortunate son' motif. 

[WhereTheSlimeLive]

I just watched Little Children.  The movie was wonderful and scarey at times.  I thought that Narrator voice was kinda awkward, but by the end of it I liked it and felt it fit.  I always kinda like it when i am thinking about what the main point of the movie is, and then there is a moment in the movie which clearly states the point...and it was exactly what I was thinking.  I was never very good at that in highschool english, so i take pride of tha kind of stuff when I can get it. 

[auto-da-fey]

About a decade ago, I saw House of Exorcism, which is this abysmal movie released after The Exorcist. It combines a wretched imitation of that film with atmospheric flashback scenes that came from Mario Bava's Lisa and the Devil, which didn't find a U.S. distributor in its intact form. I was captivated by those scenes and have wanted to see Lisa ever since, but I only got around to it tonight. It remains a striking film, tapping into powerful dreamlike currents that don't so much resist narrative as disregard it; with little sex or even the violence for which he was known, Bava was operating with supreme confidence here, relying on mood and aura. Nothing could live up to a decade of anticipation, but this has a trancelike quality that makes me want to watch it again, maybe alone at 2am some night.

[das kranke Tier]

I watched Tigerland last night...

I'm still trying to figure out why.

[girl]

I watched Tigerland last night...

I'm still trying to figure out why.

Unrequited love for Colin Farrell?   

The online copy of Live Free or Die Hard is a surprisingly good copy.  I fell asleep like half way through it, but I'm watching the end of it again right now. 

[elpollodiablo]

Hey girl. Hook a brother up.

[YojimboMonkey]

Goddamn dude.  She linked it earlier on this very page. 

[elpollodiablo]

Man I just skim these pages for mention of my name or pies

[girl]

Psst, pollo, pies!
 
edit: pro-tip, the Stage6 copies are sort of awesome, because when they finish buffering, you can save the movie. 

[das kranke Tier]

I watched Tigerland last night...

I'm still trying to figure out why.

Unrequited love for Colin Farrell?   

You weren't supposed to bring that up around here...
 

[Andrew_TSKS]

About a decade ago, I saw House of Exorcism, which is this abysmal movie released after The Exorcist. It combines a wretched imitation of that film with atmospheric flashback scenes that came from Mario Bava's Lisa and the Devil, which didn't find a U.S. distributor in its intact form. I was captivated by those scenes and have wanted to see Lisa ever since, but I only got around to it tonight. It remains a striking film, tapping into powerful dreamlike currents that don't so much resist narrative as disregard it; with little sex or even the violence for which he was known, Bava was operating with supreme confidence here, relying on mood and aura. Nothing could live up to a decade of anticipation, but this has a trancelike quality that makes me want to watch it again, maybe alone at 2am some night.

oh whoa, i've read about that whole thing in an issue of "rue morgue". i'm interested in this as well. i think bava's brilliant.

[YojimboMonkey]

Maybe it's the fact that I'm just starting this noir kick.  Maybe it's all the Campari and gin talking.  But goddamn if Lauren Bacall in The Big Sleep isn't the most gorgeous specimen of womanhood I've seen in an age.

[girl]

No, your judgment is not in any way impaired, she's flat out gorgeous.

I saw Libeled Lady today.  I enjoyed it quite a lot more than I expected to.  I thought it would be one of those "wacky" 30s comedies, but it was really excellent--well-rounded characters, great acting from all four leads, what's not to like?!  (Was it blucas who told me about this one?  Thanks!) 

[YojimboMonkey]

Chris, I may have mentioned this before, but you're damn good people.  I like you.

To the booze thread!

[Ah_Pook]

i saw transformers and it kicked really intensely large amounts of asses. so excellent.