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Both in my top 10
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dmac37
Footballguy
Did not really like Donnie Darko, and Memento was good, but not as good as all the hype IMO.I will check out Ravenous.
dmac37
Footballguy
No, I need to check out Lost Highway.Both in my top 10
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hooter311
Footballguy
Lost Highway is my favorite Lynch movie by a very large margin.Both in my top 10
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10
hooter311
Footballguy
It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10
I had to do a 8 page essay on Muholland Drive in college film class and I still have no idea what the movie is about. I know the part with the caveman behind the dumpster was one of the most intense few minutes of film I've seen in life, but thats about it. His films are all about images and subconscious correlations. I do like the fact that his scenes are so much abstract as the work as a whole. If you turned on any Lynch film half way through that you haven't seen it before, it would probably take 10-15 minutes before you realized it was just a mind ####. His mix of images to music is unparrelled.
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10I had to do a 8 page essay on Muholland Drive in college film class and I still have no idea what the movie is about. I know the part with the caveman behind the dumpster was one of the most intense few minutes of film I've seen in life, but thats about it. His films are all about images and subconscious correlations. I do like the fact that his scenes are so much abstract as the work as a whole. If you turned on any Lynch film half way through that you haven't seen it before, it would probably take 10-15 minutes before you realized it was just a mind ####. His mix of images to music is unparrelled.
I never got to write a paper about anything even close to interesting. I could write a 20 page paper right now about that movie, just for ####s and giggles.
hooter311
Footballguy
Well, I didn't quite go to film school, would have been cool though. It was a freshman orientation class at the University of Wisconsin. English 110- Introduction to Film if I remember right. My professor was an extreme left wing openly gay male, he told us on the first day of class. We would watch 2-3 films a week in a classroom with a projector and then spend 3 hours the next day discussing everything. We had to select one of the films each week for a 8 page essay after the discussion, it was great because it counted as a 5 credit English class. The mix of films we watched was very extreme, plenty of good stuff and a couple films I thought were crap. I specifically remember getting an essay back completely covered in red marks. I had suggested that The Usual Suspects was a better film and more appropraite for class than The Sweet Hereafter. The dude took the time to write like a 3 page rebuttal on why The Usual Suspects was complete crap that I never got to respond to. I never forgave him for that.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10I never got to write a paper about anything even close to interesting. I could write a 20 page paper right now about that movie, just for ####s and giggles.
Musesboy
Footballguy
Lynch has definitely changed the way I watch movies.I watched The Shining again last weekend and noticed a few things that made me feel the same way as a Lynch movie.The scene where the kid is riding his bike and the camera is a few inches above the ground is one. The sound of the bike passing over carpet and bare floor was a great effect.Well, I didn't quite go to film school, would have been cool though. It was a freshman orientation class at the University of Wisconsin. English 110- Introduction to Film if I remember right. My professor was an extreme left wing openly gay male, he told us on the first day of class. We would watch 2-3 films a week in a classroom with a projector and then spend 3 hours the next day discussing everything. We had to select one of the films each week for a 8 page essay after the discussion, it was great because it counted as a 5 credit English class. The mix of films we watched was very extreme, plenty of good stuff and a couple films I thought were crap. I specifically remember getting an essay back completely covered in red marks. I had suggested that The Usual Suspects was a better film and more appropraite for class than The Sweet Hereafter. The dude took the time to write like a 3 page rebuttal on why The Usual Suspects was complete crap that I never got to respond to. I never forgave him for that.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10I had to do a 8 page essay on Muholland Drive in college film class and I still have no idea what the movie is about. I know the part with the caveman behind the dumpster was one of the most intense few minutes of film I've seen in life, but thats about it. His films are all about images and subconscious correlations. I do like the fact that his scenes are so much abstract as the work as a whole. If you turned on any Lynch film half way through that you haven't seen it before, it would probably take 10-15 minutes before you realized it was just a mind ####. His mix of images to music is unparrelled.
Saw two pretty good movies this week.
The Savages - really well acted movie. Nice comic moments offset a rather depressing theme of dealing with aging/dying parents.
Into the Wild - I was thoroughly entertained by this true life story of a man that decides to remove himself from society.
The Savages - really well acted movie. Nice comic moments offset a rather depressing theme of dealing with aging/dying parents.
Into the Wild - I was thoroughly entertained by this true life story of a man that decides to remove himself from society.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
For me, one of my favorite moments in that movie is the singer on stage singing a song, then falling down unconcious while the singing we assumed she was singing continues.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Now, I love The Sweet Hereafter. But your professor is an idiot. The Usual Suspects is one of my all-time favorites.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Well, I didn't quite go to film school, would have been cool though. It was a freshman orientation class at the University of Wisconsin. English 110- Introduction to Film if I remember right. My professor was an extreme left wing openly gay male, he told us on the first day of class. We would watch 2-3 films a week in a classroom with a projector and then spend 3 hours the next day discussing everything. We had to select one of the films each week for a 8 page essay after the discussion, it was great because it counted as a 5 credit English class. The mix of films we watched was very extreme, plenty of good stuff and a couple films I thought were crap. I specifically remember getting an essay back completely covered in red marks. I had suggested that The Usual Suspects was a better film and more appropraite for class than The Sweet Hereafter. The dude took the time to write like a 3 page rebuttal on why The Usual Suspects was complete crap that I never got to respond to. I never forgave him for that.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I expect in on my desk Monday at 9am.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10
SmoovySmoov
The Way of the Samurai
I expect in on my desk Monday at 9am.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10I had to do a 8 page essay on Muholland Drive in college film class and I still have no idea what the movie is about. I know the part with the caveman behind the dumpster was one of the most intense few minutes of film I've seen in life, but thats about it. His films are all about images and subconscious correlations. I do like the fact that his scenes are so much abstract as the work as a whole. If you turned on any Lynch film half way through that you haven't seen it before, it would probably take 10-15 minutes before you realized it was just a mind ####. His mix of images to music is unparrelled.
I never got to write a paper about anything even close to interesting. I could write a 20 page paper right now about that movie, just for ####s and giggles.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Continued my trend of terrible movies last night by watching Drillbit Taylor. This movie was supremely unfunny. Does Apatow's wife really have to be in all the movies he's associated with too?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Holy #### does your avatar rule.I expect in on my desk Monday at 9am.I wish I had gone to film school.It's funny: David Lynch movies are confusing, hard to watch, sometimes flawed, etc. But he is such a brilliant artist, I am compelled to watch them. He's kind of like really good Death Metal. His craft is all about making you feel uncomfortable. To put it another way, I like pleasure mixed with pain.Both in my top 10I had to do a 8 page essay on Muholland Drive in college film class and I still have no idea what the movie is about. I know the part with the caveman behind the dumpster was one of the most intense few minutes of film I've seen in life, but thats about it. His films are all about images and subconscious correlations. I do like the fact that his scenes are so much abstract as the work as a whole. If you turned on any Lynch film half way through that you haven't seen it before, it would probably take 10-15 minutes before you realized it was just a mind ####. His mix of images to music is unparrelled.
SkyRattlers
Anti-aliai
Resident Evil : Extinction - 3/10
Just your classic no effort sequel. Mila is still hot and she's improved her fighting skills but you just aren't given any reason to care in this flick.
Just your classic no effort sequel. Mila is still hot and she's improved her fighting skills but you just aren't given any reason to care in this flick.
SKribbles
Footballguy
You're expectations must have been waaay to high. I went into this movie expecting some good special effects, lots of fighting and people dying. I enjoyed it.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I am staging a coup and removing you as boss of the FBG Film Club.KarmaPolice said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I think TV Funhouse is a better example of Smigel's comedy.
hooter311
Footballguy
I don't think so, 3/10 was generous for this movie. When you borrow shots from The Birds to make a zombie moving, you are reaching in a bad way. I went in knowing what to expect and it was terrible. I can't think of one quality scene in it, the series should have ended with the first one which was a quality effort.
Encyclopedia Brown
Footballguy
Life After Tomorrow
A movie about the adult lives of all the girls who played in the Broadway version of "Annie" in the late 1970's.
It was sad to see how these girls, uber-famous as 10-12 year olds were "retired", and washed up before they reached high school.
None of these girls had a Dana Plato/Adam Rich/Danny Bonaduce kind of flame-out, but instead returned to anonymity, with all their Hollywood dreams defused. That seems sadder in a way.
Now, they are all in their late 30's, soccer moms, secretaries, schoolteachers. It was depressing to see these 37 year old women speaking about their life highlight which occurred when they were nine years old.
Out of the 43 girls who were in the production only Sarah Jessica Parker can claim a big time Hollywood career.
Allison Smith was on "Kate & Alie"; Danielle Brisbois was on "All In Family"; and April Lerman was on the original "Charles In Charge". They are the others with screen credits.
A movie about the adult lives of all the girls who played in the Broadway version of "Annie" in the late 1970's.
It was sad to see how these girls, uber-famous as 10-12 year olds were "retired", and washed up before they reached high school.
None of these girls had a Dana Plato/Adam Rich/Danny Bonaduce kind of flame-out, but instead returned to anonymity, with all their Hollywood dreams defused. That seems sadder in a way.
Now, they are all in their late 30's, soccer moms, secretaries, schoolteachers. It was depressing to see these 37 year old women speaking about their life highlight which occurred when they were nine years old.
Out of the 43 girls who were in the production only Sarah Jessica Parker can claim a big time Hollywood career.
Allison Smith was on "Kate & Alie"; Danielle Brisbois was on "All In Family"; and April Lerman was on the original "Charles In Charge". They are the others with screen credits.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
In my defense over the few days I've been doing things like paying bills, cleaning, etc.. When I do these things I tend to put in crappy movies so I have background noise but I won't get sucked in to actually watching them too closely. Hence the run of uber-crap that I've been watching.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Last night I watched Oh Brother, Where Art Thou.
The Coen Brothers' movies are very polarizing for me. End up loving them or wanting to turn the movie off after a 1/2 hour. I'll put this movie in the latter category, and I had a hard time toughing it out to the end- I was just bored with the movie.
The Coen Brothers' movies are very polarizing for me. End up loving them or wanting to turn the movie off after a 1/2 hour. I'll put this movie in the latter category, and I had a hard time toughing it out to the end- I was just bored with the movie.
krista4
Footballguy
I think this one is even more polarizing than the rest of theirs. And I'm with you on it--just couldn't get into it, despite good music.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
This is why I have 66 episodes of Futurama stored on my DVR
FatMax
Member
Yeah, very polarizing. Oh Brother is in my top ten favorites in the last decade.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I like the movie a lot. But I can see why some would not.FatMax said:
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
The Dark Knight
Outstanding. I will say that Bale's hiss while he is in the suit is a bit annoying. But this is a very good movie. Heath Ledger was just incredible.
Outstanding. I will say that Bale's hiss while he is in the suit is a bit annoying. But this is a very good movie. Heath Ledger was just incredible.
krista4
Footballguy
The Devil and Daniel Johnston: Rewatched this documentary on the musician/crazy person Daniel Johnston. Just as interesting as I thought it was the first time. 4/5
Water: Wow, this was just a beautiful and heartbreaking Indian movie about the treatment of widows based on some ancient Hindu texts. Breathtaking cinematography, very good acting, and a touching story. 4.5/5
Heartbeat Detector: French film about a company psychologist charged with evaluating the mental state of the CEO, but who becomes a bit crazy himself. Kind of a psychological drama/suspense film combined with a Holocaust film. Very interesting, but a bit slow even for this lover of slow movies. Good acting, but just not one of the best movies I've seen lately. 3.5/5
The Shining: I throw this on here just because I happened to watch it again, for the billionth time, last night. It terrifies me no matter how many times I've seen it. Jack Nicholson is amazing in this, too. 5/5
4/5Water: Wow, this was just a beautiful and heartbreaking Indian movie about the treatment of widows based on some ancient Hindu texts. Breathtaking cinematography, very good acting, and a touching story. 4.5/5
Heartbeat Detector: French film about a company psychologist charged with evaluating the mental state of the CEO, but who becomes a bit crazy himself. Kind of a psychological drama/suspense film combined with a Holocaust film. Very interesting, but a bit slow even for this lover of slow movies. Good acting, but just not one of the best movies I've seen lately. 3.5/5
The Shining: I throw this on here just because I happened to watch it again, for the billionth time, last night. It terrifies me no matter how many times I've seen it. Jack Nicholson is amazing in this, too. 5/5
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
I'm no Krista, but these are good foreign comedies:The Dish - AustraliaWow, Krista, how do you find time to watch so many movies? I don't like horror movies at all. Can you recommend a foreign comedy please?The Devil and Daniel Johnston: Rewatched this documentary on the musician/crazy person Daniel Johnston. Just as interesting as I thought it was the first time.
Water: Wow, this was just a beautiful and heartbreaking Indian movie about the treatment of widows based on some ancient Hindu texts. Breathtaking cinematography, very good acting, and a touching story. 4.5/5
Heartbeat Detector: French film about a company psychologist charged with evaluating the mental state of the CEO, but who becomes a bit crazy himself. Kind of a psychological drama/suspense film combined with a Holocaust film. Very interesting, but a bit slow even for this lover of slow movies. Good acting, but just not one of the best movies I've seen lately. 3.5/5
The Shining: I throw this on here just because I happened to watch it again, for the billionth time, last night. It terrifies me no matter how many times I've seen it. Jack Nicholson is amazing in this, too. 5/5
The Commitments - Ireland
Shaolin Soccer - Hong Kong
krista4
Footballguy
This is just a GREAT movie!Gee, I just don't watch nearly as many foreign comedies as dramas, or I don't like much the ones I do. Some that are at least a bit comedic and I'd highly recommend:
Son of the Bride (Argentina)
Mostly Martha (don't be fooled by the fact that this was remade into a presumably horrible American movie with Catherine Zeta Jones) (Germany)
Elling (Norway)
Il Postino (Italy)
Monsoon Wedding (India)
Eat Drink Man Woman (Taiwan)
Goodbye, Lenin! (Germany)
Delicatessen (France) (probably not good unless you like dark comedies)
My Life as a Dog (Sweden)
Persepolis (France, animated)
The Triplets of Belleville (France, animated, musical)
The Wedding Banquet (Taiwan)
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Spain)
My second tier would include Italian for Beginners, Mediterraneo, L'Auberge Espanole, Late Marriage, The Dinner Game, Ma Vie En Rose (not the one about Edith Piaf), Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, and Kitchen Stories.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Yeah, The Dish is a good movie.I didn't laugh at Il Postino, My Life as a Dog, or The Triplets of Belleville. I remember hating My Life as a Dog. But I saw it like 20 years ago. Perhaps I'd feel differently now.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Shooter isn't special, and the end is silly. But it's an entertaining aciton flick.
hooter311
Footballguy
It works well as a throwback 80s style over the top action movie. Guilty pleasure.
No krista either but here's a few to add to the list: Kung-Fu Hustle- unique style and story telling combined with some very good performances by the leads and great visual effects. Its a really good flick with some strong humor that will make you laugh out loud.Priscilla Queen of the Desert- Transvestites on a bus looking for love in the Australian outback with a fetish for all things ABBA. Yeah, it's funny.
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels- English film about gang on gang violence gone wrong. :(
Sundays Rule
Footballguy
In the Shadow of the Moon.....amazing doc about the Apollo missions. Fantastic NASA footage accompanied by a beautiful score and some heartfelt interviews with the original Apollo astronauts make this one a moving film.Great stuff here.
jdoggydogg
Footballguy
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels- English film about gang on gang violence gone wrong.
...and Snatch, for that matter.
Sundays Rule
Footballguy
Lock Stock was cool....after that everything Ritchie did was just another version of Lock StockLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels- English film about gang on gang violence gone wrong.
saintfool
Dead sexy
"anchorman: the legend of ron burgundy" last night. that's an awful lot of will ferrell in his "blustery manchild mode" to consume, i think. perhaps too much. the wife and i laughed at times - the news team gang fight was the highlight - but it was pretty "ho-hum". i couldn't help but marvel at how slender and threadbare a plot it was. i think i'll stick to his other work like "stranger than fiction".
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Gone Baby Gone
I liked it pretty good. I thought Casey Afleck was really good in this one (although I did have a bit of a problem with the 'respect' given to him by a few of the criminal elements).
Decent story, decent acting, pretty solid movie. Glad I watched it. Give it a 3.5/5.0.
I liked it pretty good. I thought Casey Afleck was really good in this one (although I did have a bit of a problem with the 'respect' given to him by a few of the criminal elements).
Decent story, decent acting, pretty solid movie. Glad I watched it. Give it a 3.5/5.0.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Would have been better with better casting. I like Hanks, but he was wrong for the role.And I always hate Julia Roberts.
belljr
Footballguy
How much of that was "truth"?I didn't realize it was "based on a true story" but we all know what that could mean..
