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03-09-13

Good lord, that's like a month's supply for me on a good month.

Used Future

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03-09-13

Originally Posted by Sexy Celebrity

Good lord, that's like a month's supply for me on a good month.

*tuts* I thought you knew Sexy; Mark is really a robot with a photographic memory who watches all his movies on fast forward.

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donniedarko

Survivor 3 Champ

03-09-13

My past week, in movie watching, a pretty good one too.

Tampopo (1985)

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Hotel Monterey and La Chambre (short) (Both 1972)

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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas (2008)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Yes this is the first time I've seen Forrest Gump, and the best picture winner is certainly enjoyable. I found though that the most famous parts, were the least significant from my eyes. I don't care for the two famous quotes at the beginning, or really the war scenes, I thought the political parts were the most enjoyable. The D.C. visit most notably, also the ping pong sequence is a whole lot of fun. I didn't find it emotionally strong, but I did laugh quite a bit. The greatest overall theme of this film was the social and historical references, those brought true laughs. I felt that it got somewhat repetitive towards the last fourty minutes, but overall entertaining

Rewatch: La Haine (1995)

Raising Arizona (1987)

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A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Rubber Johnny (Short) (2005)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

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Miller's Crossing (1990)

Miller's Crossing is the second best Coen Brothers film I've seen, following True Grit. It's comparable to The Godfather in style, but it's no cheap rip off, if anything it's better. I found the plot much thicker, and the dialogue was rich. But really much like the reason I love True Grit is the technical surroundings. The production design, makeup, costume, it's all brilliantly laid out. I especially saw this when Caspar's nephew came to visit. As I mentioned the screenplay is genuine, and there were plenty of twists. Great scenery and a more than unique plot, great film.

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Yeah, there's no body mutilation in it

meatwadsprite

Nice to meat you.

03-10-13

An interesting look into some theories about the symbolism laced in Kubrick's The Shining as well as some of his other films. Something I've heard a lot when people talk about Kubrick's movies, that the symbolism interwoven is what the movie is really about. The theories are very intriguing ramblings of people who have completely over-analyzed it.

Although I still firmly disagree that The Shining is "about" indians or the holocaust. Kubrick has a very meticulous style and likely did litter his movie with all sorts of intentional stuff like this.

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donniedarko

Survivor 3 Champ

03-10-13

Watched two romances yesterday. The write ups were gonna be a little longer but firefox crashed in the middle my second one. It's a piece of ****, from now on only chrome.

Ali: Fear Eats The Soul

This is my introduction to Fassbinder and I will be watching more of his films. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul revolves around a romance between an elderly widow and an Arab foreign worker. It's filmed and set in Germany. Much like interracial marriages were looked at in the US it was frowned upon. The story is simplistic, the film never moves out of a realistic view point. While the ideas were depressing I never actually felt any emotion. I don't know why, the acting was genuine enough, and the story had me gripped. Even during the family meeting I didn't feel anything, emotionally I wasn't present. While I liked what the ending thirty minutes did, I don't think it was executed perfectly. It was to sudden, I wouldn't have minded an additional thirty minutes of footage to make it more evened out. This is still a phenomenal film considering how little it revolves around. Tension was always boiling, and the story had me gripped. You don't have to be adventurous to enjoy this, so I recommend it to everyone.

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As Good as it Gets

As Good as it Gets revolves around three individuals in Manhattan. Melvin (played by Jack Nicholson) a writer who suffers from OCD and puts on an ugly attitude in the morning. Carol (played by Helen Hunt) a Manhattan waitress who has an ill son and has her mother living with her. And Simon (played by Kinnear, who you might know from television) who is a gay painter who has recently been robbed and beaten. Evidently enough they all come together, in none other than a road trip. This is the main problem of this film, it's all so obvious. Just from the opening fifteen minutes and the poster I knew where this was heading. Nicholson and Hunt won Oscars for there performance, and as expected they do there jobs well. The screenplay has plenty of good quotes that are shot at you one after another. I still had many questions about Melvin after this was done though. Was he always like this, is Carol his first love, why does he have a need to act mean? None of these are answered, and while I understand why many find this touching, I didn't get enough out of it. I'm sure romance fans are on there knees when they watch this, but it felt predictable for me.

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linespalsy

style over substance

03-10-13

As Good as it Gets and Miller's Crossing are the first ratings I've agreed with you on since Cube.

honeykid

MoFo Whisperer

03-10-13

Originally Posted by donniedarko

I still had many questions about Melvin after this was done though. Was he always like this, is Carol his first love, why does he have a need to act mean?

He's Jack Nicholson being Grumpy Jack. That's all the explaination needed for this p.o.s.

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