General Movie Thread

[Denim Gremlin]

I'm watching Sam Seder's comedy time capsule Who's The Caboose.  It's actually pretty funny and super interesting to see so many great comedians 15 years ago.  Jon Benjamin is particularly good.

Edit- Oh, and it's available on Netflix streaming. Cheapos unite!

weird, I just watched that tonight, but i had to take a break in the middle because it was bumming me out. not that i live in that version of Los Angeles at all but knowing it's out there gives me the creeps

[Hugman 3.0]

I'm watching Sam Seder's comedy time capsule Who's The Caboose.  It's actually pretty funny and super interesting to see so many great comedians 15 years ago.  Jon Benjamin is particularly good.

Edit- Oh, and it's available on Netflix streaming. Cheapos unite!

weird, I just watched that tonight, but i had to take a break in the middle because it was bumming me out. not that i live in that version of Los Angeles at all but knowing it's out there gives me the creeps

Ha! I did the same thing! Turned it off with 40 minutes left because I couldn't take it all at once. It was giving me showbiz anxiety.

[JonFromMaplewood]

I just watched the Paul & Linda McCartney doc Wingspan.  I love Paul, but it was really bad.

[Paul DeLouisiana]

All work and no play makes this guy a freaking psycho.

http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/802

[Matt]

All work and no play makes this guy a freaking psycho.

http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/802

First the Illuminati/EYES WIDE SHUT nonsense, and now this. What is it about Kubrick that attracts such complete wackaloons?

[Denim Gremlin]

All work and no play makes this guy a freaking psycho.

http://www.mstrmnd.com/log/802

First the Illuminati/EYES WIDE SHUT nonsense, and now this. What is it about Kubrick that attracts such complete wackaloons?

i think you answered your own question.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Finally got around to watching The Girlfriend Experience last night.  I was not a fan while I was watching it, and found myself really annoyed with the stunt casting of a porn star in the central role, but the long-term impact was positive.  I was obsessing about it on my commute to work today, trying to figure out what on earth Soderbergh was trying to communicate with the final shot of the film (I do not want to spoil it, but to those who have seen it, a reminder is that it involves Sasha Grey and a jeweler who is a little "quick on the draw").  Was he just saying "Hey, this is awkward reality behind the fanstasy?"

Anyway, I am not steeped in film history or film crit, but FWIW, I thought it was worth a watch.  I would love to hear the thoughts of those with more refined palates.

[wood and iron]

I watched Kagemusha last night. I thought it was pretty brilliant. A little lengthy (I'm automatically suspect of movies over 2 and half hours) but I felt like by the end it earned the length as I was that much more invested in the characters and plot. And some of those shots where we never see the battle but just flashes of red and blue silhouetting the warlords...amazing.

[crumbum]

F for Fake. It took me quite a while to get hold of the editing rhythm, but once I was on board I stayed there.

[Chris L]

Finally got around to watching The Girlfriend Experience last night.  I was not a fan while I was watching it, and found myself really annoyed with the stunt casting of a porn star in the central role, but the long-term impact was positive.  I was obsessing about it on my commute to work today, trying to figure out what on earth Soderbergh was trying to communicate with the final shot of the film (I do not want to spoil it, but to those who have seen it, a reminder is that it involves Sasha Grey and a jeweler who is a little "quick on the draw").  Was he just saying "Hey, this is awkward reality behind the fanstasy?"

Anyway, I am not steeped in film history or film crit, but FWIW, I thought it was worth a watch.  I would love to hear the thoughts of those with more refined palates.

At the very least, The Girlfriend Experience is a fairly vivid time capsule of September 2008. I'm sure there's a significant point to the jeweler in the last scene being staunchly pro-Israel and pro-McCain, but I'm not quite sure what Soderbergh was getting at either.

BTW, that was film critic Glenn Kenny as "The Erotic Connoisseur." I believe after watching himself in this film he decided to lose a lot of weight.

[Denim Gremlin]

Meek's Cutoff - Trailer

I really excited to see Meek's Cutoff. I've been championing Kelly Reichardt as the best filmmaker no ones heard of ever since I stumbled across Old Joy playing at Film Forum. 

I'm glad to see she's getting a chance to move out of the "mumble-core" world and doing something more cinematic.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Finally got around to watching The Girlfriend Experience last night.  I was not a fan while I was watching it, and found myself really annoyed with the stunt casting of a porn star in the central role, but the long-term impact was positive.  I was obsessing about it on my commute to work today, trying to figure out what on earth Soderbergh was trying to communicate with the final shot of the film (I do not want to spoil it, but to those who have seen it, a reminder is that it involves Sasha Grey and a jeweler who is a little "quick on the draw").  Was he just saying "Hey, this is awkward reality behind the fanstasy?"

Anyway, I am not steeped in film history or film crit, but FWIW, I thought it was worth a watch.  I would love to hear the thoughts of those with more refined palates.

At the very least, The Girlfriend Experience is a fairly vivid time capsule of September 2008. I'm sure there's a significant point to the jeweler in the last scene being staunchly pro-Israel and pro-McCain, but I'm not quite sure what Soderbergh was getting at either.

BTW, that was film critic Glenn Kenny as "The Erotic Connoisseur." I believe after watching himself in this film he decided to lose a lot of weight.

"The Erotic Connoisseur" may have been the single most unpleasant character ever created in film.

[Steve of Bloomington]

My daughter watched 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua II', and I caught some of that.

[Hugman 3.0]

I just watched The Killer Inside Me.  If you like Casey Affleck, as I do, you'll probably like it. That is, if you can stomach watching a man beat a woman to death with his hands, which I barely could.  It also got me to thinking about how wrong it is that realistic portrayals of sex get an NC-17 rating while brutally realistic portrayals of violence are just fine with an R.  This country is sick.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Finally got around to watching The Girlfriend Experience last night.  I was not a fan while I was watching it, and found myself really annoyed with the stunt casting of a porn star in the central role, but the long-term impact was positive.  I was obsessing about it on my commute to work today, trying to figure out what on earth Soderbergh was trying to communicate with the final shot of the film (I do not want to spoil it, but to those who have seen it, a reminder is that it involves Sasha Grey and a jeweler who is a little "quick on the draw").  Was he just saying "Hey, this is awkward reality behind the fanstasy?"

Anyway, I am not steeped in film history or film crit, but FWIW, I thought it was worth a watch.  I would love to hear the thoughts of those with more refined palates.

At the very least, The Girlfriend Experience is a fairly vivid time capsule of September 2008. I'm sure there's a significant point to the jeweler in the last scene being staunchly pro-Israel and pro-McCain, but I'm not quite sure what Soderbergh was getting at either.

BTW, that was film critic Glenn Kenny as "The Erotic Connoisseur." I believe after watching himself in this film he decided to lose a lot of weight.

"The Erotic Connoisseur" may have been the single most unpleasant character ever created in film.

This is the first thing I've ever read that convinced me to see this movie.

Also, I like to think that this was a response to the above:

My daughter watched 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua II', and I caught some of that.