Tales from Cinematic Motions

[dieblucasdie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoM0yBHyqn4

curse ye new page

[jebreject]

Yeah, that shit is pretty ridiculous. I mean, I definitely have sympathy for Moore on this one--'cause all of the movies have been pretty terrible (V being I think the best of the lot, but still utterly perverting the original work)--but dude can be pretty silly about it too.

[dieblucasdie]

"Watchmen Babies" heh

The League movie was the most incomprehensible thing I've ever seen.

[DCDave]

The League movie is best if you don't watch it when you watch it but you do something else and then every once in a while there's a part where Hyde does something rad.

[girl]

I Netflixed The Last Temptation of Christ, so I've been watching it while I wait for the replacement Oz disc (which should be here tomorrow). I remember that there was a huge controversy when it came out, and I remember renting it and watching with some friends ages ago and thinking "what's with all the controversy?!", but that's all I remembered about it. On this viewing, I'm thinking exactly the same thing. It does follow the Harry Dean Stanton rule. The score is extremely 80s. On the whole, though, I liked it as much as I remember liking it all those years ago.

[Lindsay With An A]

Saw No Country For Old Men tonight and I really have nothing new to say about it, just that I have been unable to concentrate on anything else for the rest of the night because I can't for one second stop thinking about this movie. Way better than Fargo, I say.

Also, anyone around these parts seen I'm Not There yet? I saw it for the second time this weekend. I didn't really like it the first time I saw it, and then somehow I think it just took me two watches to decide that it was a masterpiece. Most of my friends loved it as well, but I've heard a lot of mixed things online.

[jebreject]

Justin H. saw it, I think. I really really want to.

[Black Amnesia of Heaven]

À bout de souffle (Breathless) pretty much knocked me off my feet.  It was my first Godard and I've already queued up several of his other films (which I realize are of varying quality but I'm interested nonetheless) just because I liked it so much.  The way he juxtaposed odd, somewhat insignificant jump-cuts with the gritty, handheld feel of the footage made the whole film feel dreamlike, which, in turn, made it utterly blissful to watch.

[hannah]

posted about ncfom a few pages ago

[elpollodiablo]

I also saw No Country last night. It was pretty much flawless in my estimation; it fulfilled all of my expectations and then some. The only disappointment was that, having read the novel, I deprived myself of all the suspense in what would have been an otherwise really suspenseful film. The Coens followed the novel scene by scene, almost line by line. The anticipation for me was in seeing which aspects of the book they'd chosen to dwell on, and their adaptation actually made a few things on the page more resonant (which I think is the best one can hope for in a film adaptation of a great novel).

The Coens gave it such a light touch, it was almost unrecognizable as one of their films. The cinematography, the lack of music (but all that howling wind!), the refusal to allow levity to deflate the mood of the picture. There were amusing bits, for sure; I mean, I heard people chuckling. But there was none of that Coen irreverence that you might be expecting. This is a bleak, bleak film.

The final scene is pitch fucking perfect. I will see this movie again and again over the years, I'm sure, and in that regard it will be much like every other Coen flick. I think they're back on top of their game, and I hope this signals a new direction for them.

[das kranke Tier]

I Netflixed The Last Temptation of Christ, so I've been watching it while I wait for the replacement Oz disc (which should be here tomorrow). I remember that there was a huge controversy when it came out, and I remember renting it and watching with some friends ages ago and thinking "what's with all the controversy?!", but that's all I remembered about it. On this viewing, I'm thinking exactly the same thing. It does follow the Harry Dean Stanton rule. The score is extremely 80s. On the whole, though, I liked it as much as I remember liking it all those years ago.

The soundtrack, Peter Gabriel's Passion is way intense (as '80s as it is)!  I think it was controversial due to the Kazantzakis' (which will forever make me think of Achewood when I see the name) take on the whole bag (i.e., Jesus' initial desire to be free from his "burden", the relationship with Judas Iscariot, Magdalene, Satan's little deal during the crucifixion, etc.).

It's a great movie!

[nonotyet]

ok who saw that Waitress movie?
and what is the point of Netflix if there are Very Long Waits for movies?
I am hateful

[elpollodiablo]

There is no point to Netflix. It is asinine.

[das kranke Tier]

...except for the absolutely fucking massive selection of shit that's damn near impossible to find elsewhere

[elpollodiablo]

Unless you live near a decent indie video store or have internet access.

[das kranke Tier]

But when one keeps hours like myself, it's generally extremely difficult to make it to such places before they close for the day.

[elpollodiablo]

Well NUTS to you DENNIS


Really doe, I felt like I was wasting my money with Netflix, mainly for the reason that nny mentioned above. Especially when it comes to watching a TV series, Netflix kinda sucks.

[nonotyet]

So far I have only had trouble with getting this Waitress movie, the second half of the last season of the Sopranos, and Knocked Up.
Wait, that is a lot of things.

[YojimboMonkey]

netflix has been great for me so far, I haven't really had a long wait for anything, I send something there, they get it the very next day and ship something else out the same day which I get the day after that.  I mean, the turnaround has been very quick for me.  The only times I've had problems have been with sending things out from my apartment building and I think that has more to do with my local mail service and/or neighbors than it has to do with netflix.

[das kranke Tier]

Yeah, the turnaround time is great, I've always got shit to watch w/out having to try and hustle my ass to the video store, and I haven't had the misfortune (sorry, Chris) of getting any damaged discs or anything.

I can understand about TV series being a drag.  I haven't attempted any yet, but I actually do have I, Claudius queued

[DCDave]

Netflix offered me money to go back.

[elpollodiablo]

Has anyone tried the Netflix download service? Cuz that's a lot more appealing to me. I like the idea of finding a movie, setting it up to download, going for a short walk and coming back to watch the bitch.

Oh wait that's bittorrent

[das kranke Tier]

Nah, but I've watched movies at work using that "watch instantly" option

[YojimboMonkey]

I've been watching some of their watch instantly stuff.  Only works in IE (or I should say does not work in Firefox), which sucks, and has DRM out the wazoo, but works very well given those limitations.  Selection's not great either, or at least compared to their DVD selection, which of course is vast.

[Andrew_TSKS]

i'm really not into the idea of downloading movies and watching them on the computer, and around here the blockbuster charges $4.55 per rental, while the indie store charges $3.50 and wants them back the next day. so for me, netflix seems fucking ideal. i'm planning to join and get the two-at-once plan, which is $12.99 a month. at that rate, if i get 6 movies in a month (and i will certainly get more), i'll save a good bit of money over what i'd spend at blockbuster, and even a little bit over what i'd spend at the indie place. also, i can take a day or a week to send them back, depending on my own schedule, and i will certainly be able to find at least a few things that neither the indie place nor blockbuster have. so yeah, i don't see what's so bad about it.