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yeah I don't understand how he got to bang those hot chicks either. I guess being philip seymour hoffman is pretty awesome
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yeah I don't understand how he got to bang those hot chicks either. I guess being philip seymour hoffman is pretty awesome
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He also got to bang Marisa Tomei in Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. It just goes to show that being a homely but very talented actor has its benefits.
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Einherjar86
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Watching Synecdoche for me felt like standing aside and watching my own life from a distance. Well, other than the obvious differences, like Caden having a lot more sex than me. And being a millionaire. And whatnot. It's not the happiest film as you said, and indeed, my life might not be the happiest, but I think Synecdoche has helped me reflect and develop.
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that's a fun one, you seen the original? i really liked how they updated the ending, i wasn't expecting it and it kind of worked (certainly better than the original ending did). i've come to the belief that russell crowe kind of owns.
did you see the assassination of jesse james? i think it has the modern masterpiece tag written all over it but there's no accounting for taste. i watched them quite close together when they came out and the contrast is pretty startling.
i hated it but not really 'cause of clint (though i gotta say that whilst clint's latter day sentimentality is responsible for the existence of the major classic that is unforgiven and the minor classic that is gran torino, it's also responsible for those films not quite being as great as they could've been), it's that pompous ass paul haggis i can't stand - all his movies are just sentimental middlebrow preaching dressed up in what i like to call 'mainstream grit' (most common property of mainstream grit is what's known as the morgan freeman righteous black man voiceover).
yeah, that guy's my favourite movie critic - he also totally justified my love of finding nemo (which i incidentally rewatched last night) for me
. only like 1% of movie critics are actually worth reading, but there are some gems out there who totally open up new perspectives towards these things.re: synecdoche new york
i find it's too close to home in many ways for me to talk about easily. to me it feels more real than any conventional 'realism' ever does because it externalises a subjective perspective and forces you to share it rather than simply showing you things from the outside and making you a passive viewer - this means that even when the narrative is stretched to near-madness the film retains its pulling power because it feels like the actual experience of falling into madness, rather than simply becoming meaningless through loss of clarity. at least for me. i don't find it forced either, i find virtually every progression totally logical within the mental landscape that kaufman's created.
i think synecdoche new york encapsulates with pinpoint clarity the horror of aging, the recognition that everything is temporary and fleeting, the essential loneliness of that process. it's a relentlessly despairing film, no doubt about that, but only because it's relentlessly true in its revelations of the way that happiness (include creative satisfaction in that) is necessarily built upon delusion and artifice, and that a human life viewed as a whole seems a disturbingly tragic endeavor. when i look at my favourite films--synecdoche new york, mulholland drive, perfect blue, dead ringers, aguirre: the wrath of god, dogville, unforgiven, no country for old men, there will be blood, eyes wide shut, mccabe and mrs miller, treasure of the sierra madre and on and on and on (plus my favourite music and literature)--they're unified by the way they evaporate the thin layer of ice and dive into the ocean of chaos and darkness (though what they do in that ocean may differ - much of metal, for example, romanticises it), to paraphrase herzog's quote about the artificial, evasive nature of civilisation and, by implication, the likes of identity and sanity as well. the dark stuff--or rather, the stuff that comes from a place of darkness, even if it turns it into light--is the only stuff that feels true to me and so is capable of making me feel something.
and let's paraphrase kubrick as well in his belief that art is inherently anti-civilised, because it follows that the most artistic films are those which most completely shatter as many comfortable lies as possible and force the viewer to confront the things they've been avoiding. that's really what we mean when we say 'challenging', 'difficult', etc, it's a matter of dragging us into considering perspectives that for one reason or another we haven't made the step into ourselves. one thing synecdoche new york (along with antichrist, most recently) has suggested to me is that not 'getting' a film is better described as resisting a film (in these particular cases some of the negative reactions seem to have been intensely physical). there are a number of films that i've probably resisted in this way (eraserhead comes to mind as a possible example), but i recognise that 99% of the movies i dislike these days i 'get', or feel as though i get, far too easily - they're taking me to places i know far too well to get excited about. this is why i like to read good film criticism; sometimes it shows me either that there's an entry point for the stuff i've resisted, or that i haven't 'got' a film as easily as i initially thought - that there's something more dangerous lurking under the surface.
and now that i'm back to talking about criticism, it might be appropriate to link to this brilliant charlie kaufman interview, and mention that the DVD includes the interviewer (my aforementioned favourite critic walter chaw) in a special feature wherein a few bright movie bloggers discuss the film.
lol, just stop watching shitty movies man. most of the stuff we rave about on here doesn't indulge in this kind of bullshit. the invention of lying was pretty bad, i agree - most of that other stuff i wouldn't even download. the wrestler is cool but even that's not right among the best stuff the last few years have offered in my opinion. did you see/like no country for old men? sure as hell can't call that ending predictable or hollywood.
ps regarding philip seymour hoffman: SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! shut up; will you SHUT UP SHUT UP! SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUT SHUTUP... SHUT UP!
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The wrestler was okay for what it was. I did see and like No Country For Old Men. That one definitely was not the typical bull shit that come out most of the time.
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if you liked No Country for Old Men, then you'd also probably enjoy the coen brothers' first film, Blood Simple. It's pretty freaking good.
Tom...you're the man. become a film critic
Tom...you're the man. become a film critic
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haha easier said than done. ill prob start a movie blog sometime when my pretentiousness outweighs my laziness.
i love a lot of the less known coen brothers movies; blood simple, the man who wasn't there, miller's crossing, barton fink, even the hudsucker proxy. looking forward to the new one (when it gets released here in like 2020)
i love a lot of the less known coen brothers movies; blood simple, the man who wasn't there, miller's crossing, barton fink, even the hudsucker proxy. looking forward to the new one (when it gets released here in like 2020)
I have not seen the Assn of J J or the orignal 3:10...I will and need to see these espc.original 3:10. Yes, I loved the ending to the modern 3:10 and thought as a whole, the movie delivered / sustained bigtime. Crowe does "kinda own"...I tend to ignore the negativity and stuff that gets flung at him at times and simply like just about all of his work. He was great in 3:10 and in my alltime fave Gladiator-of course!
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Assn of JJ was pretty long and boring, I thought. 3:10 was pretty good, though.
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Food, Inc - Nothing jaw-dropping. Everyone should know our food is shit by now. I eat a lot of organic stuff and buy a lot local anyway so I think part of the impact was lost.
Drag me To Hell - It was okay but not as good as I hoped. The chick actress was hella shitty.
Watched
Food, Inc - Nothing jaw-dropping. Everyone should know our food is shit by now. I eat a lot of organic stuff and buy a lot local anyway so I think part of the impact was lost.
Drag me To Hell - It was okay but not as good as I hoped. The chick actress was hella shitty.
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i don't really see how it's boring, the whole thing just builds and builds with intensity plus it's totally gorgeous. but then i've never equated slowness with boredom, some of the best stories are suited by that kind of languid pace.
rms
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watched the Shining last night, my opinion on it has definitely changed, i used to really hate that movie
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wasnt it that politician chick that he was dating earlier in the movie? its been a minute since ive watched taxi driver
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It happens right after he drops her off at her house...it cuts to him driving on the main strip, suddenly a piercing noise appears and De Niro quickly glances his rear-view mirror and sees something of intense interest and then the credits roll
EDIT: Apparently this is the reason according to Scorcese himself
EDIT: Apparently this is the reason according to Scorcese himself
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