Movie Tab II

I still haven't seen Jaws

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The Death of Empedocles (1987) - -
Letters from a Dead Man (1986) -
Basic Training (1971) -
My Own Private Idaho (1991) - +

Shorts:

More (1998) -
The Pearl (1929) -
Neighbours (1952) -
Balance (1989) -



And a surprise for all David Lynch fans - A NEW SHORT FROM THE MASTER! :

Obviously Lynch read my tutorial on hippie filmmaking.

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Look, I'm not judging you - after all, I'm posting here myself, but maybe, just maybe, if you spent less time here and more time watching films, maybe, and I stress, maybe your taste would be of some value. Just a thought, ya know.

Oh David Lynch, please please please make a new movie!

I saw that yesterday! AHHHH maybe it's a teaser for a new movie? After reading up on Ronnie Rocket, a project that he's wished to do ever since Eraserhead, I wouldn't be surprised if he's finally going through with it. Here's some more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Rocket

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"Puns are the highest form of literature." -Alfred Hitchcock

Two Against The World (1932) with Neil Hamilton (known by some of us as Commisioner Gordon in the Batman TV series) and Candice Bennett.

REWATCH The Crow Brandon Lee in the infamous movie where he was killed on set. I had read the original comics when it was published here in Michigan under Dark Horse and met O'Barr, the creator, and knew the sad inspiration behind creating the comic.
I had seen this somewhere around 10 times in the theater and who knows how many times since then.

Seriously, WTF?!

The Good, The Bad and The Weird (2008) -
Contempt (1963) -
Perfume: The Story of Murderer (2006) -
The Shop on Main Street (1965) -
Ucieczka z kina "Wolność" (1990) -
Pictures of the Old World (1972) -
The Hole (1998) -
Found Memories (2011) -
The Day He Arrives (2011) -
A City of Sadness (1989) - + A DISAPPOINTMENT BADGE
Dealer (2004) - + SLOWLY DESCENDING INTO NIHIL TARR INSPIRED BADGE
Fando and Lis (1968) - + SERIOUS MINDTUGGLER BADGE

I still think that your one is better!

Actually, you have already seem Jaws, since most blockbuster movies made after 1975 follow the formula defined in Jaws. The difference is that instead of a shark you get maybe a twister, the end of the world, the hulk or a giant alien spaceship.

Also Piranhas, orcas, anacondas, and grizzly bears. To stick to the horror genre.

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Fear and Loathing in MoFo... The Gunslinger 45's Top 50 Favorite Films

In the 10 Ring: Gunslinger45's reviews

And I think that you can make even better film!

Happiness (1998)

I've seen quite a few dark and grim movies but this has to be the grimmest. It's a series of interconnected plot threads in a web of New Jersey surburbanites, the most prominent of which is paedophilic father Bill (Dylan Baker), who attempts to drug his son's friends.

It's a well-acted film, particularly from Dylan Baker and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, as Allen, a creepy obscene phone-caller, and the paedophilia story works. The film's billed as a black comedy but it's too grim to be funny. Happiness in some respects reminds me of Your Friends and Neighbors, although that actually was a dark comedy. There's one blackly comic moment where Bill goes out to buy a porno mag which turns out to be a children's magazine for boys and if you like body fluid, there's plenty of that around, but Solondz is not satirical enough to bring it to the level of biting satire. Neil LaBute has been described as misanthropic but Solondz really takes misanthropy to a new level.

The acting's good all round. The women have less to do then the men but Camryn Manheim as Kristina, the overweight woman who loves Allen, is very touching and the most sympathetic out of a bunch of relatively unsympathetic people. The dynamic between Hoffman and Manheim is very touching and gives the film a quiet humanity.

Really, the title of the film should have been Sex, because that's actually what the characters are looking for. The film feels a little self-indulgent at times, particularly with the heavy-handed irony in naming the lead woman Joy, as if Solondz likes to wallow about in the deepest stickiest pits of hell. The concept of happiness is therefore never really explored, so the title just seems like a bit of snark.

The film's worth a watch, although some of it is unspeakably grim, but some of the plot threads and other characters are a bit limp.

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You cannot have it both ways. A dancer who relies upon the doubtful comforts of human love can never be a great dancer. Never. (The Red Shoes, 1948)

It always puzzled me to see that it's listed as a comedy/comedy drama depending on where it's listed, but I personally don't see a lot of comedic elements to it.

It is a well made movie though - albeit hard to watch in places... occasionally disturbing depending on the fortitude of one's grounding and moral fiber. I just found myself wanting to take a shower after seeing it.

The movie as a whole reminds me ever so slightly of American Beauty and Lester describing his marriage.... "Our marriage is just for show. A commercial for how normal we are when we're anything but."

Yeah, Lester... that's it in a nutshell.

I think Happiness is very, very funny indeed and one of my favourite things about it is its surprising ability to switch seamlessly from light to pitch-black funny, to shocking, to dramatic, to touching. I think it's a superb film. Or maybe I'm just a sicko.

I second your opinion. Happiness is HILARIOUS! Even the pedo scenes were funny, while still holding their disturbing effect. Great movie!

Then again, I'm a HUGE fan of dark humor.

There are some blackly comic moments but it doesn't have that satirical edge, or at least, only in flashes. Solondz doesn't have targets he wants to skewer; he just wants to show you some grim stuff. I would also say that the only fleshed-out (no pun intended) thread is the paedophile one and that the central sisters are all fairly dull ciphers.

It's a good film but undermined by Solondz's insistence of wallowing in grim. The fact that at moments it is moving seems to be more to do with the actors than the script.

If you are, I'm hoping you'll have seen Your Friends and Neighbors or In The Company of Men?

I like dark humor, and therefore was excited to watch Happiness. For me it was a huge dissapointment, and while I understand why some people love it, I was so over-hyped it crashed for me. I laughed a couple times at the beginning, but ended up turning it off, due to sheer boredom. Ill try to finish it one day, but right now I'm not counting down to that day. But yes it has a pretty large fan basis on this forum.

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I've seen In the Company of Men a few days ago (I liked it) and I'll add Your Friends and Neighbors to my watchlist. Thanks for the recommendation!