MOVIES!

or being taken to the wicker man

KILLING ME WON'T BRING BACK YOUR PRECIOUS HONEY

FOR JOHNNY RAMONE

I guess I saw the extended. LOL

Still haven't seen "Wicker Man" remake. I keep meaning to, but can't bring myself to pay money for it, even when I saw it at 3.99.

naw, I saw it on cable ... they fade away while breaking his legs.

like many films, this would have been better with Bruce Campbell in the lead.

don't know any others this early.

V brief movie portrayal of "swish" gay man, 1931, @ 1.12:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXBb80VAXm0

Oldest example I've seen, there's probably older, though.

DVD (local library borrow): 'Eastern Promises'. Really enjoyed the holes in the plot, the tiny mysteries scattered throughout, when it could've been annoying...the ILE thread is making want to re-watch, but there isn't the time. The fight in the sauna ws fantastic, wish I had caught this at the cinema at the time. Really liked that Naomi Watts was in this, whatever the merits of her performance -- which now heightens my anticipation for 'Funny Games'.

Cinema: 'Signs of Life'. Herzog's first film -- its all in place, execution not quite there, but oh boy didn't we get some of that later..

VHS: picked up a cheap copy of Rivette's 'Secret Defense' and Haneke's 'Time of the Wolf'. Looking fwd to seeing a cpl more of his this week at the Lumiere.

3:10 to yuma - it was "okay"

the end was wack

3:10 to yuma is a great character in search of a better movie. some kind of adventures of ben wade thing would have been way more fun than bogging it down with christian bale proving his manhood.

tonight i watched the phantom of liberty, which was good and weird and funny.

"3:10 To Yuma" was awesome - except for scenery chewing evil-sidekick guy. Damn good western even though it's a remake.

gone baby gone -- no make sense (and I even read the book)

original ending of "I am legend"

^ possibly worse

what is the original ending of "I am legend"?

yeah, Quintet is pretty much a non-movie in a non-good way.
The Prestige was intriguing, though

http://buzzfeed.com/buzz/I_Am_Legend_Alternate_Ending

california split

noizest movie ever

lol i am legend zombie luv alternate ending really makes u think

california split

noizest movie ever

O T M

seven dwarfs scene so classic

"seven coming at you like a GATLING GUN."

hahaha

I saw it for the first time right after Sideways and lolled @ payne's apparent shameless swiping of the nose bandage. altho I guess it's in Chinatown too.

http://www.road-dog-productions.com/weblog/altman-californiasplit.jpg
http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/041118/122812__sideways_l.jpg

http://www.canoe.com/divertissement/cinema/dossiers/2007/02/17/chinatown.jpg

busted noses: a picture thread

you can't "swipe" a bandaged nose. ppl get their noses bandaged.

3:10 to yuma is a great character in search of a better movie.

Like the 1957 one?

i liked 3:10. it was just a good oater.

delirious

steve buscemi playing usual quasi-sympathetic loser character, michael pitt looking more like cobain than he did in that gus van sant movie. wan stabs at satire.

trouble in paradise
king of kong
knowing me knowing you (complete series; sort of like a movie)

just watched BRIDGE, the documentary about golden gate bridge suicides. basically dude filmed the bridge every day for a year from diff't angles and caught 23 suicides on camera. then he went back and interviewed the families and friends of the suicides, told their story, allowed people to meditate a bit on the process of grief and loss and living with people who have depression and bipolar disorder and scizophrenia

really recommend it to everyone, it was really amazing

sorry, i think that should be THE BRIDGE

Sounds cool! I'll look for it for sure.

Watched the 1st half of Into the Wild at some point last week, felt inspired to go on snow hike yesterday, which was fun, came home last night and watched the second half. ha. I liked it though.

that movie is good, vahid

chameleon street

wow so so good

also lol vantage point wow so so bad

the fountain - ugh
cocksucker's blues (bootleg stones movie) - pretty cool, could be tedious if you're not in the mood but I dug it

michael clayton -- the clooney was good & wilkinson's bipolar was on point, but <3 <3 tilda swinton the most

margot at the wedding -- why do i only like nicole kidman when she plays borderline psycho cunts from hell? pretty great movie

darleeing ltd. -- i despise that fucking luggage

becoming jane -- uh, this was pretty awful, no way around it

you really liked margot at the wedding?

for reals

On Dangerous Ground (whoah. Though I would've preferred borderline psycho cop Robt Ryan to stay in the city and wreak havoc on the "garbage" )
Port Of Shadows (wow. Gabin, Michele Morgan (<3!!), Michel Simon and a li'l dog)
One Wonderful Sunday (sweet)
The Racket (also really great)

The Bank Job - flashy and well-directed but too many loose ends and implausibilities in the plot. the sub-p about the real life radical/criminal "michael x" was strange because I just read a 30 year old book about this guy Guerillas by VS Naipaul. now that would make a great movie in the right hands

"Rope" is the kind of thing people would lose their fucking mind over if some 32-yo director made it any time within the last decade and a half

too bad hitchcock was around way back to pwn every dipshit since him

hahaha otm

chameleon street

wow so so good

YES

I like Rope well enough, but c'mon, Stewart is the least convincing Nietzschean evah, and Dall and Granger are kinda terrible.

the perfect crime!

resaw Zodiac last night. I liked it better this time around, but the ending still sucked buckets.

Heaven Can Wait (Lubitsch)
It Always Rains on Sunday
The Boston Strangler (surprisingly creepy Tony Curtis)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Roman de Gare
Brokeback Mountain
Changing Times
War Made Easy
Under the Same Moon
The Other Boleyn Girl (ugh)
Frownland (even worse)
Never Back Down (the pits)

what were YOU doing watching Boleyn – was it for Eric Bana's sake?

and wtf Brokeback Mountain?

Yeah, Brokeback sucks.