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Jim Jarmusch movies are always a good time. Some might argue slow, but you just have to sit back relax and enjoy every frame. I haven’t scene Mystery Train yet even though i have a copy back in the vaults somewhere, really looking forward to finding it now…
I just watched the Late Shift, which is an cable movie version of the book trying to portray the post Carson Tonight show maddness. I am a Dave Letterman fan and he told me that the movie was a waste of time and i shouldn’t bother seeing it, but it was on and i was bored and looking to watch a film and so i gave it a glance. I see where he gets mad, the guy that played him was a bit over the top but so is Dave sort of in a cool sort of way not as dorky as they made him. The story was interesting. I hate Jay Leno and this changed nothing. I am too young to appreciate Johnny Carson, but he had class and will certianly be missed…
Think you will enjoy Mystery Train
Recently saw a Swedish Movie ‘Songs From The Second Floor’, it was very pleasing, heres a bit about the movie from rottentomatoes.com…
SYNOPSIS
In this surreal Swedish film from director Roy Andersson, a toxic green light colors each scene, setting the story in a bleak post modern world. The economy is failing, as is the stability of the human psyche, and even as the story relies heavily on order and structure, rooting itself in organized settings–the train station, the board room table, the hospital, the business conference–the action and dialogue strays into a nonsensical, backwards, impossible place. Darkly comic and relentlessly bizarre, SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR is like a Fellini film in slow motion, or a David Lynch film drained of color, or an abstract Monty Python comedy. Structured around the ominous statement "Beloved is the one who sits down" by the poet Cesar Vallejo, the movie is organized into vaguely related vignettes, all occurring in adjacent locations at almost the same point in time, and occasionally overlapping. The characters in Andersson’s film wear business suits. They are sickly pale, and very puffy and unhealthy looking. They wander aimlessly but with instinctive purpose, perpetually suffering bad luck, and following daily routines that often end in gruesome injury, drunkenness, death, or just plain weirdness. A badly burned man who has just set his office building on fire rides the subway expressionless, while all the other passengers sing opera loudly and in unison. A failed crucifix salesman angrily unloads a truck full of Jesuses at the dump, flinging the crosses into a giant ghastly pile. A young girl is selected by a group of executives to be sacrificed, and at a ceremony attended by clergymen, businessmen, and hundreds of other officials, she is pushed off a cliff. This artistic, visually engrossing, and conceptually awe-inspiring film competed at Cannes in 2001.
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…at last the final Matrix film has made it to cable televison and i even took the time to watch it. I remember back in the summer of 1999 going to see the first film twice and being so enamered with the darn thing. Thanks to Jar Jar Binks it had the power to stand up to the mighty jedi in that god forsakken summer of discontent. Years latter the final Matrix trickles out and did it even make a sound? It was alright, dug the second more and the first most but it was cool to see an end, sort of, and i guess all is well, but only those who care really will care about this film, still looking forward to Star Wars III in may…
Watched this last nite, very pleasing, bizarre, over the top & fun…
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synopsis from rottentomatoes.com…
In THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, an imaginative fantasy from the creators of DELICATESSEN, a prematurely aging mad scientist named Krank (Daniel Emilfork) kidnaps children so he can steal their dreams. However, Krank runs into trouble when his henchmen grab Denrée (Joseph Lucien), a little boy whose adopted brother, One (Ron Perelman), is a circus strongman. One desperately tries to find Denrée and begs for help from Miette (Judith Vittet), a 9-year-old girl who heads up a gang of orphans. Together, One and Miette finally find Krank’s castle, meeting along the way the lost identical brother–the original–of the three clones (each played by Dominique Pinon) who serve as Krank’s assistants.
French directors Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet once again prove their technical prowess with this dark fairy tale, which features outstanding performances from its youthful cast (most notably Vittet). As is the case with DELICATESSEN, however, their genius in constructing a highly artificial, beautiful, believable world threatens to overshadow the story. But even the fantastic sets cannot compare to the bizarre spectacles that Jeunet and Caro dream up. In one unforgettable scene, a pair of evil Siamese twin sisters prepare dinner, their four arms working perfectly in sync–one holding vegetables for another to chop while a third stirs the soup and a fourth scratches their collective itches. Frequent David Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti creates the chilling, circusy musical score that adds to the film’s magic.
…the end of Rogue Trader which wasn’t all i had hoped it to be, but then i realized it was true when the this week in history section popped in my head the next day during paper reading time, downfalls are fun but only if they are drunk fueled and involve areas of excess unscene by the faint of heart, anyone can get caught and goto jail…
…I also watched a film called Dangerous Beauty. It was about Victoria Franco, who was a 14th or so century poet in Venice. She was a courtesan which seemed like a good way to make a living. I like learning about poets and being a female artist had to be tough back then. The next day i tried to find some of her stuff in my local library but my library isn’t very good. Old stuff is great. It takes so much to last…
Saw Constantine about a week ago, wasn’t expecting a whole lot but it was fairly entertaining. Keanu’s dialogue could have been lifted from a Mickey Spillane movie, lots of explosions, wicked visuals, scary monsters, bad dialogue, lots of LOL moments. Peter Stromare as Satan…
oh yeah, Mr Stefani was also in the show
Definitely a fun time, would wait for the cheap seats though
…speaking of the cheap seats, did catch a double feature yesterday in dollar theatre land. First was Ocean’s 12 which was fun but not cool and put together well like the first one was, but fun nonetheless. Second was Spanglish, which i had high hopes for when the previews hit. Not a big Adam Sandlar fan but he is alright sometimes, i just thought the scene in the previews where all he wants to do is eat his sandwich was great. I hate when you prepare some food and jsut want to eat then people keep bothering you, the movie did bother me as it never maintained the pace it deserved…
I am looking forward to Constantine. I like good vs. evil movies in general…
did anyone see that ‘supervolcano’ show the other night (well, actually it was on 2 successive nights) …
it was pretty cheesy, but v.entertaining …
as it was on the bbc i’m sure all the american/canadian freaksceners will be seeing it soon if you haven’t done so already …
Supervolcano…I’ll keep an eye out
I watched a cheesy, silly, but fun film, Devil Girl from Mars. Devil Girl appears in a wicked leather outfit with a laser gun, she has very pleasing hypnotic powers, Big boxlike Robot, explosions, things evaporating in thin air…
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heres a pleasing review, definitely recommend it for a funtime
Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
Mars needs men!!, 14 August 2000
Author: Brian Manville (Sterno-2) from Frederick, MD
The War between the Sexes. Other than that Riggs-King tennis match and some jokes floating across the internet, it’s been relatively harmless. Apparently, things didn’t go quite as well on Mars, where men and women began shooting at each other in an all-out war. That is the premise behind DGfM.
Nyah, dominatrix extraordinare, lands in the Scottish highlands to procure men to help repopulate Mars. (This begs an obvious question: At some point, doesn’t mean a dilution of the Martian race, since most offspring from this point will have at least half Terran blood?) Her ship is hit by a meteor, otherwise she would have landed in London, where the pickings would be a lot better.
DGfM introduces us to a truly futuristic concept of a spaceship made of organic metal and powered by reverse atomic explosions. The drawback is the hokey robot, whose arms makes Tom Servo’s look downright authentic. Nyah is shown way too many times thrusting open the patio doors to intimidating music.
In our sex-obsessed world, this movie if made now would focus on men falling all over themselves to get on board to mate with Martian women. As this movie is done, it focuses more on man’s free will and his natural aversion to submit to things more powerful than he than on sex, something that would be lost in any remake.
The cold, calculating Nyah’s desire for breeding stock contrasts nicely with the three examples of human love expressed by those couples in the inn. Another interesting contrast is that of the arrogant scientist, who refuses to believe that which does not fit his worldview, with that of the wide-eyed wonderment of the child, who accepts what he sees on faith and doesn’t question Nyah’s strength or power.
The ending is an imperfect allegory of Christ’s saving work for sinful mankind, but only because of who sacrifices themselves for the benefit of the others. Overall, this is a quality movie that is both thought-provoking as well as entertaining.
Devil Girl from Mars.., the title itself deserves another mention, sadly i haven’t had the pleasure of watching that film yet, but it looks like it can’t miss.
I did watch two films recently. Prozac Nation and He Got Game. Prozac Nation was interestion and a good time. Depression is tricky stuff and they showed that well i think sort of at least. Those drugs are wierd and that is what it is…He Got Game is about basketball and that makes it fun if you like basketball. It is a Spike Lee joint, which is to say it is a Spike Lee movie, which is a good thing in my book. I’ve liked everything i’ve scene from him. He tells you something even if you don’t know it or care it is there and that is refreshing…like a good movie, but not a great movie that’s too much responsiblity, just be fun and keep the popcorn poping…
…been back on a movie watching kick unseen since post highschool girlfriend depression daze, the highlights seem to be…
Spun, last in order of viewing but probably the most enjoyable of the bunch here. It is fun and at the very least reminded me that as bad as my life might seem to be at least i’m no a speed addict…
Eurotrip, thought this would be cheesy and it was but still watchable and actually fun. I need to get to europe before peak oil explodes and all hell breaks loose making travel impossible, hopefully i have a while to raise the money needed but with truth harder to find than REALLY good moives i doubt it will ever happen. The costume dealer from Eyes Wide Shut has a great cameo…
Raising Victor Vargas, part of a love movie network late night double feature i coned myself into watching, this movie was so not right but the backdrop was there inner city kids with nothing to do in the summer but i think they missed the boat. Kids was too good i guess and any movie like it jsut can’t live up and their shallow message has alot to live up against…
Secret Admirer, second part of the doomed double feature actually was more enjoyable. I didn’t movies about letters. No one writes letters anymore. Here they get passed around and all about and it is a bit of a farce witch is fun and the end is good if i remember correctely, for a cheesy 80’s flick…
i think that was it, maybe there was more, but i have to go now so
Mickey Rourke was hilarious in Spun, quite the chef…
Finally checked out Fiends Without A Face, hilarious B movie, very silly, really bad script, nonsense science, mental vampires…real funtime
you can play some clips, check out some screen shots & story line…here
…Eternal Sunshine on the Spotless Mind. It was a fun film. Some great performances. As cool as the story was it isn’t in my mind Mr. Kaufman’s finest script, yet it earned him a much deserved Oscar. Jim Carrey gets credit just for not acting like himself, which must be tough being he got famous for being that crazy jim carrey guy. Big names in small roles like Kristen Dunst and Elijia Wood bring smiles and such. I could never have any bit of memory erased, that is my favorite place to play, even bad memories are fun sometimes, not the best film out there but not a waste of time to be sure…
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