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LemonMacPhisto said:Those things slide into your mouth so smooth and effortlessly.
LemonMacPhisto said:Those things slide into your mouth so smooth and effortlessly.
lazarus said:All too easy
Screwtape2 said:I'm watching Star Wars Episode One and I can't tell what was the worse idea: the pod race or Jar-Jar Binks.
Help me out people.
LemonMacPhisto said:
The pod race is at least a thrilling sequence, even if it's a bit too long.
Jar Jar can fucking blow me. If that wasn't a terrible caricature of Rastafarians as the Nemoidians are Chinese and Watto's an Italian or Jew, I don't know what to think anymore.
Screwtape2 said:
I thought it was humorous that Jar-Jar still made an appearence in Episode 2 after all the backlash. Not a terrible movie even with Jar-Jar and Anakin's terrible acting.
lazarus said:You know, I thought there was an original plan to have Jar Jar play the fool, only to redeem himself by sacrificing his life to save the twins or something, but Lucas just relegated him to the sidelines. Which was good in that we didn't have to deal with him by the third film, but lame in that it made his character completely frivolous. At least there could have been a point to him being around in the first place.
As for Darth Maul's appearance, you may have noticed Qui-Gon and Anakin are both running before he shows up, without any explanation as to why. I think there's a deleted scene (which may or may not be on the DVD) where Qui-Gon discovers and destroys one of the probe droids, which causes him to accelerate their return to the ship. It's definitely in the screenplay.
Lancemc said:I started with 2046. It worked out beautifully for me, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it first.
Chunking Express is probably a decent start, but it's fairly light-weight, and not one of my favorites of his (still probably a 9/10 just the same).
Haven't seen Ashes of Time. Waiting for the Redux of that which is supposed to debut at Cannes next month.
I'd say start with Days of Being Wild, his second film, and it's easy to see his career grow from there. Maybe watch In The Mood For Love after that, which leads nicely into 2046. Check out Chunking Express and Fallen Angels somewhere in the middle of that. Fallen Angels is my second favorite of his, and pretty much untouchable in its own ways. Happy Together could fit in anywhere in there, as it's a fairly self-contained project.
lazarus said:
As for Darth Maul's appearance, you may have noticed Qui-Gon and Anakin are both running before he shows up, without any explanation as to why. I think there's a deleted scene (which may or may not be on the DVD) where Qui-Gon discovers and destroys one of the probe droids, which causes him to accelerate their return to the ship. It's definitely in the screenplay.
Screwtape2 said:
It's not on the DVD. Would have made a great scene though.
LemonMacPhisto said:
You're a big Lynch fan, where's a good place to get started? I've already seen Dune, which is weird and awesome in a whole bunch of ways, but think it's time to actually watch his stuff.
Is Blue Velvet or Mulholland Drive good start-off points?
Screwtape2 said:
I think Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is his best work but Blue Velvet is sort of the template of his style: dark, violent and surreal. I'd start there though the pilot episode of Twin Peaks is a good next step. It is two of the best hours in television history.
LemonMacPhisto said:
Alright, thank you. Would this be a good way to do it?:
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
Twin Peaks / TP: Fire Walk with Me
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
Wild at Heart
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Inland Empire
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His various short films and etc...
I'm going to watch this all on my iPod, too, just for him.
LemonMacPhisto said:
Alright, thank you. Would this be a good way to do it?:
Blue Velvet
Mulholland Drive
Twin Peaks / TP: Fire Walk with Me
The Elephant Man
The Straight Story
Wild at Heart
Eraserhead
Lost Highway
Inland Empire
---
His various short films and etc...
I'm going to watch this all on my iPod, too, just for him.
monkeyskin said:
This and your WKW lists are pretty good, like peeps have already said.
And I know that last comment is tongue in cheek but you really are doing most films a disservice by watching them on an iPod. My parents were strict on films I could and couldn't watch before I was 15 and 18 too but it's really better to wait. There's no shortage of other great films to watch in the meantime.