it's not as good as dead man
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:39 (fourteen years ago) link
doesn't really have anything to do with it tho
sort of like cricket and baseball are entirely different sports
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link
only, with movies
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
the fact is i can get into any boring movie about life and shit if its shot as well as this one was
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i watched like half of this on TV last weekend, no real clue what it was about but it was really pretty
That's how I feel about most Malick.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
max i believe it's about the assassination of jesse james by robert ford, who some say is not the most courageous dude around
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:45 (fourteen years ago) link
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:43 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
me too kinda, i like long slow burn type movies. not every movie has to be as action-packed as star trek, dr morbius!
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Still not sure what's up with the head-on view of the train shot, although the shot with lights coming through the woods before it is pretty great.
― mh, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
this is pretty fkn boring tbhOTM.Also, fucking impossible to work out what anyone was saying half the time.― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:15 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
OTM.
Also, fucking impossible to work out what anyone was saying half the time.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 09:15 (28 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Thirded, if they were trying to explore the relationship between between James and Ford then they did a poor job, which is a shame because the story has so much potential, much scope for drama and tension but it largely failed to exploit this.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
actually as long as this doesn't have a sound track by neil young i think i'll be ok w/it
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
you're in luck, it's by neil diamond
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Nick Cave + Warren Ellis. xp oh now you've made me look boring.
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
not every movie has to be as action-packed as star trek, dr morbius!
hahahahaaaaa
― unicorn poop evaluator (WmC), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
This is one of the great american folk tales, famous in song and penny dreadfuls the films seems like such a missed opportunity.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus christ - why not throw in a couple of will oldham tracks while they're at it
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah it could have been as good as
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/09/Young_guns.jpg/200px-Young_guns.jpg
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:53 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost Especially when there is the fantastic Bruce Springsteen version of the Seegar collected ballad from a few years back.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
now that's a soundtrack right there
xpost
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:54 (fourteen years ago) link
WTF this movie wasn't even boring, there was tons of tension and intrigue.
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah but the movie makers made it the way they wanted to, they didn't view the material in the same way you did--i think a lot of people enjoyed the slanted take on the western, i know i sure did
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Lookit all those dreadful pennies (xxxxpost)
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:55 (fourteen years ago) link
netflix of dead man has been sitting on my desk, staring at me, for three months now. i never seem to be in the right mood :-/
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:56 (fourteen years ago) link
― s1ocki, Tuesday, June 16, 2009 10:47 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
slow "burn" no pun intended
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:57 (fourteen years ago) link
if i wasnt clear--i like to "burn" marijuana cigarettes and watch movies like this
I liked what they were aiming for, I think they went way off target, however I might add it to netflix and re-watch.
― Mornington Crescent (Ed), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i think you mean "rescreen"
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
I like to reburn when I rescreen.
― Bud Huxtable (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
re-burn
xp haha
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
man tombstone was a really great movie
― recurrently posting, in an irregular series (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:06 (fourteen years ago) link
it's also really great pizza
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:11 (fourteen years ago) link
and a really great way to remember who's buried where
great creedence song
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v134/tracerhand/tombstone_tombstone.jpg
do you see what i did there
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link
lol @ andrew g. vajna
― recurrently posting, in an irregular series (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 June 2009 15:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Finally watching it, after my dad mentioned it a while ago. One fucking great movie. I like Brad Pitt's "bad" acting in it. Ben A is just perfect. But most of all I like the cinematography. The way they portray the scenery is just so beautiful
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 1 November 2009 12:52 (fourteen years ago) link
BTW should I read the book?
Just convinced my wife to watch this, and she really liked it, though she wasn't quite as impressed as I was. Sometimes I suspect existential westerns in particular appeal more to guys than gals, at least as far as genre films go, but maybe I'm wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I guess I'm the exception to the rule then? I absolutely love existential westerns (because of the existentialism; not so much the western part). That said, I hated Dead Man so much. Maybe I should try it again?
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
I think what I like most, are American films: from your typical LA film to, well, whatever incorporates/depicts the US.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4&feature=player_embedded
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Monday, 13 December 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
That's some great animation. Possibly the most esoteric satire ever, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 13 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's the actual yogi bear guys who did it
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Monday, 13 December 2010 22:39 (thirteen years ago) link
actually, turns out it's just a guy who saw the trailer and decided to do a parody:
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/12/13/yogi-bear-alternate-ending-booboo-kills-yogi-parody-video-creator-speaks/?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
― a cuter kind of annoying (latebloomer), Monday, 13 December 2010 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=48
― tickle me imo (s1ocki), Monday, 13 December 2010 23:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Is there a thread for Killing Them Softly? The best-directed ideological con of the year. Seriously, I feel like Morbs did script-doctoring on this one, what with all the long ironic interludes of Obama hollowly speechifying amid the killings.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 03:06 (eleven years ago) link
Scoot McNairy, however, has emerged as my #1 new celeb crush of the year. Not bad for someone who looked like Kip Dynamite in his last movie.
― Bobby Ken Doll (Eric H.), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
Dominik is obv is better identifying real-life psycho killers than dramatizing them.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
"America is just a business" seems way less toxic and/or challenging a thesis to me than, say, "There's no place like home."
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link