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RedrocksU2 said:I kept on losing track of who was who......
Oh good, it wasn't just me!
RedrocksU2 said:I kept on losing track of who was who......
Lancemc said:Has anyone seen Funny Games yet? Either the original or the remake? Saw it last night with two friends. Got some interesting reactions. One of them absolutely hated it, the other one hated it until we discussed it and it started to make more sense, and I thought it was fascinating, though obviously purposefully not made to be enjoyable. I may post a fuller review later if anyone wants one.
Zihua said:Still catching up on movies that I'd meant to see long ago...
Underworld (6.5/10)
This movie was sort of fun and stylishly done, although that style was clearly tailored to please the vampire mythos posse: lots of gloomily lit scenes, black leather clothes, gothic looking interiors, etc. I'm not really into the whole vampire mythology thing - weaving a complex storyline behind the vampire culture, dramatising the emotional state of these tortured immortal souls and while we're at it giving the lowdown on who's got a crush on whom and all that. Boring! These guys are much more enjoyable to watch when they're actually scary. Like the crew in 30 Days of Night: they're no-nonsense brutal monsters and they're here to drink your bloooooood. Each to their own though, and Underworld wasn't too shabby if you like that sort of thing. Unfortunately the core premise of the werewolf/vampire hybrid irked me a bit, although I guess maybe it's fickle to accept the reality of the monsters without entertaining that possibility as well. But it somehow reminded me of that synthesised alien queen developing a womb in Alien Resurrection and that really wasn't cool, was it? Also the gun-toting element was that overdone that you could almost forget that these were monsters at war rather than urban gangsters. And those ultra-violet bullets... But it was still good fun, and I might catch the next one eventually.
anitram said:Lust, Caution. 7/10.
Dalton said:
Man, I hate to correct a noob, but the actual answer was:
Kate Beckinsale in leather 11/10
Dalton said:
Man, I hate to correct a noob, but the actual answer was:
Kate Beckinsale in leather 11/10
WinnieThePoo said:well , you can always ask me about immigrant expexperience
better than a movie
corianderstem said:What's the name of that doc about crystal meth?
corianderstem said:He turned into Fergie-Ferg? I'm pretty sure that's not it.
She bugs the ever-lovin' snot out of me, but I will freely admit to digging a couple of her songs.
lazarus said:The Double Life of Veronique (Kieslowski, 1991)
From the director of the Three Colors trilogy. I had seen this a looooong time ago, and finally got around to watching my new Criterion DVD. This is very much in line with the subsequent trilogy, in that Kieslowski maintains almost a god-like presence over his characters, pulling the strings of fate in what would normally seem like plot contrivances.
Irene Jacob (the beautiful, young Ingrid Bergman-resembling) who was the lead in Red, plays two roles here: The Polish girl Weronika, a young student and singer, and then for the remaining hour of the film, her doppelganger Veronique, a French music teacher (she won the Best Actress award at Cannes for this film). There is a moment in the first section where the two cross paths, and both of their lives change drastically after that scene, as the exposed connection seems to send shock waves through each of them.
This film is so unique that it's very difficult to describe because the plot is very simple. It's really about a young woman awakening to the world around her, even if that sounds like an ad for a feminine hygene product. There's a sense of mystery that pervades the final stretch of the film, and if the payoff seems simple, it's still very profound.