rolling movie thread

[avi]

ITT we will post about movies we have seen recently

La Caja 507 (Box 507)
pretty well-made thriller from Spain. good acting, interesting plot. nothing mindblowing, but I enjoyed it. reminded me a bit of "Sexy Beast" both in tone and scenery.

American Beauty
I saw this when it first came out in theatres and really enjoyed it, so i was curious to how it held up. I think it does and even lends itself to a bit more introspection when you know how things are gonna end up. sure, there's a couple tacky 'Hollywood' kind of moments, but whatever. I'm not gonna be a snob about it.

Asphalt Jungle
Classic film noir that I saw at the Paramount Theatre, a huge art-deco landmark in downtown Oakland. Excellent in every way and apparently just issued on DVD.

 

[xfer]

Woyzeck
Not one of Herzog/Kinski's finest. I was confused.

 

[goatschool]

crimson - spanish/french paul naschy crime/brain-transplant melodrama

caja 507 is on my list

 

[goatschool]

hiroku the goblin - 1990 japanese horror. late 80's/early 90s japanese horror does not do it for me. bleh.

weather underground - documentary. good enough.

 

[avi]

I still haven't seen Woyzeck and there really isn't any reason for it.

I have 400 Blows to watch later this week. Never seen it.

 

[Kitty Star]

400 Blows is an amazing film. I loved it.

 

[goatschool]

borei kaibyo yashiki - i almost bought this a few times, but nicheflix comes through. what looks like two movies (one black and white, one color) joined together, which i am always very much into. basically about a vengeful cat spirit woman, although the black and white footage depicts more of a strangulating hag ghost. the color stock (set as a flashback during the feudal era) has a jumping, hissing, white haired lady with cat ears. she manipulates people like puppets (only to lure them in and strangle them), can jump around and teleport. and possess.

there are japanese horror/monster films from the 30s and 40s that i hope aren't lost forever. mia, if you are reading this - do you know anything about this era?

 

[goatschool]

avi, no reason for seeing it, or not having seen it?

i did, too, and have mixed feelings.

 

[avi]

no reason for having not seen it. I always meant to, but somehow never got around to it. I can't really explain it, but I just feel like I missed my chance and am no longer compelled to try.

 

[goatschool]

i'd go along with alex and say don't sweat it. i think i can understand what he was trying for, but yeah.

 

[xfer]

i guess it's decent just to see Kinski with an incredible grief-stricken look on his face as he's forced to leap around and catch cats and get cuckolded, but that's about it.

 

[minxnim]

last night i watched GIA. if angelina jolie hadn't gotten naked it would have been the worst movie i'd ever seen.

 

[xfer]

yeah, that movie should seriously have been made for Cinemax, not HBO, because it's in their classic only-justified-by-boobs style.

 

[minxnim]

and the story of her life was so interesting and they totally blew it.

 

[xfer]

to be fair, angelina jolie is hotter than the real Gia.

 

[Josh Seipp]

the lord of the rings: I watched all three over the last three days and came to the conclusion that I would have chopped about an hour each out of the two towers and the return of the king.

EDITING, PEOPLE

 

[xfer]

!!!

not watching the four-hour extended versions makes me cry inside.

HUORNS!

 

[minxnim]

yea a.j. is wicked hott

 

[goatschool]

you know who else is hot? jewel staite the 21 year old married canadian. and edith scob.

 

[xfer]

there are hot people named "edith"?