MOVIES!

It still holds up, but I'm not quite sold on the mix of the gorgeous sunlit Southland and tragic juvenile naturalism with the chorus of wacky blue-collar guys led by Paul Schneider (who predictably has gone on to be cast in bigger movies for eccentric flavor).

some silliness, but also some great performances.

I liked that it's "about" drug addicition and manages not to be judgmental or moralizing

and yeah ryan gosling was good in it

about in quotes meaning it's also about other stuff

also, scenes of weeknight debauchery uncomfortably realistic.

(for the most part.)

what I liked most about Half Nelson was how the drug dealer was presented. If I remember correctly, it was also non-judgemental. Like you expect him to be made out to be so evil, but he's like, just being what he is and even in his weird and dysfunctional way, cares for the girl as well.

just like real life

yeah, it was mostly Sundance bullshit aside from Gosling

knocked up - wtf i thought this was supposed to be good
el topo - O_O

I enjoyed both knocked up and el topo

knocked up was OKAY after i lowered my expectations. the whole thing is too forced. also i saw superbad first which is 10x better.

el topo was crazy and awesome

darjeeling limited - the style/aesthetic is fun, and it was occasionally funny, but the characters and plot are hollow. the girl on the train was hottttt

oh apatow didnt direct superbad duh n/m

el topo was so awesome, i have been hesitant to watch holy mtn or anything else on the box, which i bought like two or more months ago! WTF PETE

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WATCH HOLY MOUNTAIN

i like it better than el topo. also soundtrack is soo good.

I saw Sweet Movie a week or two ago and now I have to see WR: Mysteries of the Organism (a movie based on the philosophies of NB fave Wilhelm Reich!!)
Holy Mountain is so righteous! Santa Sangre is great, too!

the other day I saw a reissue of Sleep's Holy Mountain and thought of v1c

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Jodorowsky's commentary tracks on the boxset are priceless.
I need that Sleep record.

sweet movie and that sleep record are awesome and ok ok ill watch holy mountain this week

I saw WR: Mysteries of the Organism a few years ago, I didn't think it was much good at the time.

whos psyched for two-lane blacktop criterion???

WOAH!

sleep tripling odds against my watching Knocked Up in the next 6 months

Sleeper
Scenes from a Marriage
The In-Laws (Falk-Arkin version obv)

darjeeling limited - the style/aesthetic is fun, and it was occasionally funny, but the characters and plot are hollow. the girl on the train was hottttt

otm. girl on train looked very familiar but imdb says no.

the death of mr. lazarescu -- good, sad, unexpectedly funny in parts. made me not want to get sick and die, in romania or anywhere else.

ha i havent seen the in-laws since i was 12.

"at least we tried,

jfk"

Blade Runner Final Cut - didn't notice much difference editing wise from the director's cut but it looked and especially sounded amazing on the big screen

Road to Utopia
Shanghai Noon

Morbs, did u like Shanghai Noon? It may be my fav OW movie!

the sequel was disappointing, they got the date of jack the ripper's rampage wrong. 1888 not 1887, duh.

(fake latebloomer)

(the real lb would think that but not type it)

(oops:-/)

Also Chaplin was WAY WAY WAY too old. By like 7 or 8 years aka shouldn't have been born.

if they had portrayed chaplin as a scrappy little zygote it would've been the greatest film of all time

maybe as owen wilson's sperm?

Shanghai Jizz: The Butterscotch Tramp

I'd seen SN before -- it's OK, better when Chan & Wilson are actually together (bathtub drinking game)

date-checking big-studio escapism, OH YOU KID

(I figured you guys wdn't go on a Hope & Crosby tangent)

Woyzeck
George Washington

Saw Salvador for the first time in 15 years: a right-wing fantasia in left-wing drag, and probably O. Stone's best film.

early Warhol (Kiss, Couch, Haircut #1, Harlot)
The Proposition

has anyone seen control? thinking about going at nyff after work today.

Gone Baby Gone - good + Michelle Monaghan is v. v. pretty
30 Days of Night - not so good + Josh Harnett is v. v. pretty

Hartnett

hairnet

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Michelle Monaghan is v. v. pretty

There seem to be two Michelle Monaghans...

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
ROMAN HOLIDAY

The Son
12:08 East of Bucharest
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
more Warhol (tomorrow) incl Vinyl

how was 12:08?

i wanted to see that.