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[The Juggernaut]

The Hurricane The story of a boxer framed for murder and his battle to get out of prison. I loosely knew the story from the Bob Dylan song. Denzel is Denzel. Nothing special from him in this one. Found myself not really that interested about halfway through, but by the end, I liked it well enough. 2.75/5

Bad Boys Boilerplate Michael Bay/ Jerry Bruckheimer, but sometimes those hit the spot. Fun action flick with some decent laughs. I'd seen it before, but I've never seen the sequel. I'll be adding it to the queue momentarily though. Not to be confused with the early 80's prison flick with Sean Penn, although that was pretty good. 3/5

Equilibrium 1984/Brave New World meets The Matrix/Minority Report. Nothing particularly ground-breaking or original, but a decent Sci-Fi flick. I didn't hate it. Christian Bale is competent. 2.5/5

 

[TylerRoseFan]

Better Off Dead-1985 High school flick. Great show. Many great lines. A must see.

I WANT MY 2 DOLLARS !!!

I'm sorry I blew up your mom....

Charles Emerson Winchester III was underrated in this flick.

I just loved the way he casually rolled w/ the punches. Well played on his part. Also, do you know where I might find an aardvark jacket?

 

[Statorama]

Teeth - If you rent this, you've got 4 scenes of what you want to see. Fast-forward through the rest of the movie, as it's weak even by B-Movie Horror Exploitation standards.

Spiral - Rented due to the recommendation of AICN on the cover. Horrible "oooooh, I just KNOW there's going to be some kind of payoff at the end of this" movies, where the payoff never comes.

Hot Rod - Originally written as a Will Ferrell vehicle, and it shows. If you dig his kind of comedies, this is your cup of tea.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

Martian Child (6.5/10) - Not bad at all for a family movie.

 

[DanFouts]

Diving Bell and Butterfly.....

Wow.....I kept thinking if this was me, no way I have the patience and willpower to communicate that way....pretty incredible....made me appreciate many things....

 

[saintfool]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.watched "prime" with the wife last night. slight comedy with uma thurman playing an older woman involved with a much younger man who happens to be the son of her therapist (meryl streep). wackiness ensues. it had its moments. uma was glorious playing a frisky older (37!) woman.

i re-watched jeunut & caro's "city of lost children" over the weekend on-demand. it is such a fun, imaginative film. jeunet's most famous for the audrey tattou classic "ameilie" but this film and "delicatessen" are startling original films. if you take in "city of lost children" make sure you get the subtitled rather than dubbed version.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.

When the girl says at the end "Don't be silly", what do you think she means?

 

[belljr]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.

When the girl says at the end "Don't be silly", what do you think she means?

Man I haven't seen this movie in years. I know I loved it but can't remember a thing about it

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.

When the girl says at the end "Don't be silly", what do you think she means?

Man I haven't seen this movie in years. I know I loved it but can't remember a thing about it

Could have it's own thread I suppose.

 

[Buddy Ball 2K3]

Rambo - Lots of blood and gore, some pretty graphic scenes showing brutal beatings of people and children - 3/5

The Kite Runner - Was not to sure about getting this one but the wife and I both loved it 4/5

Enchanted - If I was a 10 year old girl I would give this 5/5 but since I am not it gets a 3/5 - Great for the kids though

 

[saintfool]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.

When the girl says at the end "Don't be silly", what do you think she means?

i watched it again last fall for the first time in several years. i had to check out the script online. i think he's in his own version of Hell and reaching out to something good, beautiful and perfect. this almost idealized girl could offer some measure of solace and happiness to him, if she works in his Hollywood. she doesn't though and he is doomed.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

Barton Fink (7/10)- Trippy. I'm sure this movie had an influence on movies like Fight Club and Mulholland Dr. Still not quite sure what to think of it myself.

it's one of my favorites of the coen bros. i don't know that turturro brings much to the table in this but everyone - especially goodman - else does. the script shows a deft, incredibly clever touch.

When the girl says at the end "Don't be silly", what do you think she means?

i watched it again last fall for the first time in several years. i had to check out the script online. i think he's in his own version of Hell and reaching out to something good, beautiful and perfect. this almost idealized girl could offer some measure of solace and happiness to him, if she works in his Hollywood. she doesn't though and he is doomed.

That makes sense. The hardest part of this movie, for me, is discerning which parts are reality and which parts are fanatasy as they seem to be inermingled throughout the film.

 

[saintfool]

That makes sense. The hardest part of this movie, for me, is discerning which parts are reality and which parts are fanatasy as they seem to be inermingled throughout the film.

once he arrives at the hotel, it moves into a kind of Hell. i don't think there is much reality in his world after that point.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

That makes sense. The hardest part of this movie, for me, is discerning which parts are reality and which parts are fanatasy as they seem to be inermingled throughout the film.

once he arrives at the hotel, it moves into a kind of Hell. i don't think there is much reality in his world after that point.

I don't know. It seems like we're dealing with reality when he's talking to the writer Mayhew and his secretary.I would say that everything that occurs in the hotel is fantasy and anything outside reality, but I think it's obviously fantasy when he visits his boss Lipnik as he's lounging by the pool.

 

[saintfool]

That makes sense. The hardest part of this movie, for me, is discerning which parts are reality and which parts are fanatasy as they seem to be inermingled throughout the film.

once he arrives at the hotel, it moves into a kind of Hell. i don't think there is much reality in his world after that point.

I don't know. It seems like we're dealing with reality when he's talking to the writer Mayhew and his secretary.I would say that everything that occurs in the hotel is fantasy and anything outside reality, but I think it's obviously fantasy when he visits his boss Lipnik as he's lounging by the pool.

lipnik can't be real, i think. he keeps changing. he assigns the tasks for barton. makes sure he debases himself. he keeps barton under contract in the end. this is maybe my favorite bit of the film.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

lipnik can't be real, i think. he keeps changing. he assigns the tasks for barton. makes sure he debases himself. he keeps barton under contract in the end.

this is maybe my favorite bit of the film.

(Can't see the youtube at work. But it's because Lipnik keeps changing that it makes me think that we have a mix of reality and fantasy. When he meets with Lipnik at the beginning and the end of the movie, it's real. When he meets Lipnik at the pool, it's fantasy in that it represents the overinflated view that Fink has of himself, having Lipnik grovel at and kiss his feet. He fires the assistant guy (Jon Polito) in this scene, but then he's back working for him again at the end.

 

[belljr]

Saw BrokeDown Palace over the weekend.

Saw it long ago and enjoyed. Before beckinsale became a hottie. I think she was actually 26(real life) in this movie... man she was a late bloomer

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Saw BrokeDown Palace over the weekend.

Saw it long ago and enjoyed. Before beckinsale became a hottie. I think she was actually 26(real life) in this movie... man she was a late bloomer

I remember seeing this back in the day and liking it...may have to check it out again

 

[krista4]

From several days ago...

Touching the Void: Meh. I was pretty excited about this docu-drama because I'm fascinated by climbing, but it was painfully boring, and I turned it off midway through. Incomplete/5

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

 

[Andy Dufresne]

From several days ago...

Touching the Void: Meh. I was pretty excited about this docu-drama because I'm fascinated by climbing, but it was painfully boring, and I turned it off midway through. Incomplete/5

What!?

 

[saintfool]

lipnik can't be real, i think. he keeps changing. he assigns the tasks for barton. makes sure he debases himself. he keeps barton under contract in the end.

this is maybe my favorite bit of the film.

(Can't see the youtube at work. But it's because Lipnik keeps changing that it makes me think that we have a mix of reality and fantasy. When he meets with Lipnik at the beginning and the end of the movie, it's real. When he meets Lipnik at the pool, it's fantasy in that it represents the overinflated view that Fink has of himself, having Lipnik grovel at and kiss his feet. He fires the assistant guy (Jon Polito) in this scene, but then he's back working for him again at the end.

the link is from the end where "madman" mundt snaps and goes after the cops. his initial encounter with lipnik might be real but lipnick is still pretty far from reality. he's controls barton's fate. he's the one who draws him in.

 

[saintfool]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

 

[Andy Dufresne]

the link is from the end where "madman" mundt snaps and goes after the cops.

That is pretty cool. John Goodman is an underrated actor.That scene is interesting in that it works on a couple levels. One as Charlie as Barton's "Id" acting out his violent tendencies and two as a thinly veiled anti-anti-Jew statement (the cops were German & Italian).

 

[saintfool]

the link is from the end where "madman" mundt snaps and goes after the cops.

That is pretty cool. John Goodman is an underrated actor.That scene is interesting in that it works on a couple levels. One as Charlie as Barton's "Id" acting out his violent tendencies and two as a thinly veiled anti-anti-Jew statement (the cops were German & Italian).

my favorite thing about the mundt character is when they start showing the different pictures of charlie. each of them showing the rage, madness, etc within him. "madman" mundt indeed!

 

[krista4]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

I kept thinking of that one while watching it, but I actually liked this movie even better.

 

[saintfool]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

I kept thinking of that one while watching it, but I actually liked this movie even better.

added to queue.

 

[Nate]

Watched There Will Be Blood; excellent movie obviously. I seriously don't know if there's a consistently better actor alive than Daniel Day Lewis. Don't think it was better than No Country, but it was damn close.

 

[jdoggydogg]

From several days ago...

Touching the Void: Meh. I was pretty excited about this docu-drama because I'm fascinated by climbing, but it was painfully boring, and I turned it off midway through. Incomplete/5

What!?

I remember liking it

 

[jdoggydogg]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

Good flick. Earl Morris rocks.

 

[jdoggydogg]

District B13

Fun popcorn flick. French action movie with lots of good martial arts in the free running style that's popular in Europe. Silly plot and bad acting, but some excellent stunts.

 

[krista4]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

Good flick. Earl Morris rocks.

So does Errol.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

Good flick. Earl Morris rocks.

So does Errol.

Okay, miss smarty pants know it all.

 

[krista4]

Protagonist: Watched this after turning off Touching the Void, and it reminded me why documentaries are so often much more enjoyable for me than fiction. This is an absolute fascinating movie, interweaving the stories of four very different men--a German terrorist, a bank robber, a martial-arts expert, and a "formerly gay" Evangelist preacher. I can't express strongly enough how compelling each of these stories was, and the way they are put together to show the similarities among the four is just fantastic. The only reason that I wouldn't give this one a bazillion stars is that the director uses an incredibly annoying device between the "acts"--these little puppets that seem to be representing a Greek chorus. We just fast-forwarded over those each time. Otherwise, one of the best documentaries I've seen in a very long time, much in the style of an Errol Morris film. 5/5

sounds little like "fast, cheap and out of control"...

Good flick. Earl Morris rocks.

So does Errol.

Okay, miss smarty pants know it all.

Now go put Protagonist at the top of your queue.

 

[Patrick Bateman]

Finally got around to "The Station Agent".

I quite liked it. Solid acting.

 

[MotivationalPoster]

Finally got around to "The Station Agent".I quite liked it. Solid acting.

is this the one with the midget that lives in an old train station...

 

[jdoggydogg]

Finally got around to "The Station Agent".I quite liked it. Solid acting.

Same here. I hate to repeat myself, but it's refreshing to see a movie about friendship. So many movies are about romantic love. Kind of like the way that "You Can Count on Me" was about a brother and sister. Nice to see other kinds of relationships explored.

 

[krista4]

Finally got around to "The Station Agent".I quite liked it. Solid acting.

Same here. I hate to repeat myself, but it's refreshing to see a movie about friendship. So many movies are about romantic love. Kind of like the way that "You Can Count on Me" was about a brother and sister. Nice to see other kinds of relationships explored.

I loved this movie. It was my third favorite movie of 2003.

 

[jdoggydogg]

Finally got around to "The Station Agent".I quite liked it. Solid acting.

Same here. I hate to repeat myself, but it's refreshing to see a movie about friendship. So many movies are about romantic love. Kind of like the way that "You Can Count on Me" was about a brother and sister. Nice to see other kinds of relationships explored.

I loved this movie. It was my third favorite movie of 2003.

There was a very ironic headline about the actor in The Station Agent (Peter Dinklage) when that film was released.Here's a movie where his diminutive stature isn't a big deal in the movie. There'a a couple of scenes where his height is mentioned, but mostly, he's just another actor in a movie. That was very cool. But the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article about Peter Dinklage, and there was a ####ing pun in the headline about his height. Not neccessarily an offensive pun. But I thought it was really lame. He must feel like a black quarterback that gets asked about his skin color constantly. Can we please discuss the work and leave the obvious alone for once?

 

[KarmaPolice]

Today I watched a Ryan Gosling doubleheader and put in The Believer and Half Nelson.

Did a hell of a job in both movies - one about a neo-nazi and one about a crack addict teacher. Really liked both movies, but IMO both of the endings left something to be desired. Still would recommend both of them to others....

 

[NCCommish]

Just finished A History of Violence. Really liked it.

 

[El Floppo]

jesus christo... I don't remember if I wrote up Charlie Wilson's War and Golden Compass which we watched while on vacation. The former was an interesting piece of history I knew nothing about it, but not a very interesting movie ultimately- more of a 50minute HBO movie than a full cinematic release. The latter... I'm a sucker for the genre, but this was god-awful. The writing was a complete mess- an example, I guess, of taking a book and trying way too hard to fit everything from it into the movie. Plot happened so fast and without character development, it all became meaningless.

 

[El Floppo]

District B13

Fun popcorn flick. French action movie with lots of good martial arts in the free running style that's popular in Europe. Silly plot and bad acting, but some excellent stunts.

Whoa... I think I caught some of this while working late one night- fun/bad movie that was the perfect background for late-night work.

 

[El Floppo]

Foolishly turned on My Dinner with Andre late the other night before going to bed... pushed my bedtime back the 40 minutes that were left of the movie.... and I'm still paying for it. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and loved it. Have seen pieces of it since, but not for 10 years at least. Can't explain it... but despite being annoyed by both Wally and Andre, I can't get enough of watching them talk- feel completely inspired by the insight (however goofy) and overall pursuit of life by both of them. And strangely, this is the first time I realized that Louis Malle directed. Love this movie. Does anybody know how much of it is written and how much improvised (if any)? The performances come off so relaxed and intimiate- just guessed that there might have been some Mike Leigh style improv at least.

 

[El Floppo]

Just finished A History of Violence. Really liked it.

Me too.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Foolishly turned on My Dinner with Andre late the other night before going to bed... pushed my bedtime back the 40 minutes that were left of the movie.... and I'm still paying for it. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and loved it. Have seen pieces of it since, but not for 10 years at least. Can't explain it... but despite being annoyed by both Wally and Andre, I can't get enough of watching them talk- feel completely inspired by the insight (however goofy) and overall pursuit of life by both of them. And strangely, this is the first time I realized that Louis Malle directed. Love this movie. Does anybody know how much of it is written and how much improvised (if any)? The performances come off so relaxed and intimiate- just guessed that there might have been some Mike Leigh style improv at least.

From what I understand there were a ton of recorded conversations between Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory to create the "script" and their conversations had actually been acted out in both NY and London on stage before Malle filmed it

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Foolishly turned on My Dinner with Andre late the other night before going to bed... pushed my bedtime back the 40 minutes that were left of the movie.... and I'm still paying for it. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and loved it. Have seen pieces of it since, but not for 10 years at least. Can't explain it... but despite being annoyed by both Wally and Andre, I can't get enough of watching them talk- feel completely inspired by the insight (however goofy) and overall pursuit of life by both of them. And strangely, this is the first time I realized that Louis Malle directed. Love this movie. Does anybody know how much of it is written and how much improvised (if any)? The performances come off so relaxed and intimiate- just guessed that there might have been some Mike Leigh style improv at least.

From what I understand there were a ton of recorded conversations between Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory to create the "script" and their conversations had actually been acted out in both NY and London on stage before Malle filmed it

VERY interesting NYT article about the film:http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...751C0A964948260

Most interesting paragraph:

'My Dinner With Andre'' is fiction, Mr. Shawn stresses, even if it's based on truth. ''Andre is giving a conscious performance as a self-involved, whimsical dilettante, and I'm giving a conscious performance as a terribly obtuse and self-righteous bourgeois.'' Mr. Gregory, too, declares the film a work of imagination, though he is less clear than Mr. Shawn about just what is made up. Asked how he differs from the character in the film, he lapses into an uncharacteristic silence. To meet him after having seen him on the screen is to meet someone who seems utterly familiar. Gracious, self-deprecatory, eager to please, he speaks in carefully rehearsed phrases that echo his preoccupations in the film: ''What I was really trying to find out was 'Who am I?' '' ''I think the film's message is 'Be true to yourself.' '' And his preface to the script, published by Grove, has the same earnest philosophical tone; ''My Dinner With Andre,'' he writes, is dedicated ''to all, artists and otherwise, who are out on the road somewhere wandering, with no destination in sight...''

Whatever the genesis. it views as spontaneous and deconstructionist, and I consider it a true post modern film classicit is amazing how many times I have been sucked in to watching this either on cable or DVD even though I am familiar with so much of the dialogue and ultimately NOTHING HAPPENS (action, or even movement wise)

Just an awesome triumph of the written and spoken word IMO

My Dinner With Andre

 

[jdoggydogg]

Today I watched a Ryan Gosling doubleheader and put in The Believer and Half Nelson.

Did a hell of a job in both movies - one about a neo-nazi and one about a crack addict teacher. Really liked both movies, but IMO both of the endings left something to be desired. Still would recommend both of them to others....

I liked Half Nelson a lot. I can't even remember the ending, but the movie definitely gets better with age.

 

[jdoggydogg]

District B13

Fun popcorn flick. French action movie with lots of good martial arts in the free running style that's popular in Europe. Silly plot and bad acting, but some excellent stunts.

Whoa... I think I caught some of this while working late one night- fun/bad movie that was the perfect background for late-night work.

No doubt

 

[jdoggydogg]

Foolishly turned on My Dinner with Andre late the other night before going to bed... pushed my bedtime back the 40 minutes that were left of the movie.... and I'm still paying for it. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and loved it. Have seen pieces of it since, but not for 10 years at least. Can't explain it... but despite being annoyed by both Wally and Andre, I can't get enough of watching them talk- feel completely inspired by the insight (however goofy) and overall pursuit of life by both of them. And strangely, this is the first time I realized that Louis Malle directed. Love this movie. Does anybody know how much of it is written and how much improvised (if any)? The performances come off so relaxed and intimiate- just guessed that there might have been some Mike Leigh style improv at least.

Good movie. I bet you liked Waking Life.

 

[whoknew]

Foolishly turned on My Dinner with Andre late the other night before going to bed... pushed my bedtime back the 40 minutes that were left of the movie.... and I'm still paying for it. I saw this in the theaters when it first came out and loved it. Have seen pieces of it since, but not for 10 years at least. Can't explain it... but despite being annoyed by both Wally and Andre, I can't get enough of watching them talk- feel completely inspired by the insight (however goofy) and overall pursuit of life by both of them. And strangely, this is the first time I realized that Louis Malle directed. Love this movie. Does anybody know how much of it is written and how much improvised (if any)? The performances come off so relaxed and intimiate- just guessed that there might have been some Mike Leigh style improv at least.

Good movie. I bet you liked Waking Life.

Or Mindwalk.