General Movie Thread

[snogrog]

wow. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.

There's really not much more that can be said about that movie.

Saw it in the movie theater. When Cage assaults that old lady, my (embarassingly drunk) friend yelled out "OSCAR!"

Holy moley.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Thanks, Andy.  Cinema is saved!

[yesno]

I hate it when people think I'm pretending to like something just so that people think I'm cool or smart. I mean, I've done that plenty of times, I just don't like it when people *think* I'm doing it when I'm not.

[fletcher munson]

This guy made a comedy in 1994, right?
Lars von Trier's "The Kingdom" - Watch it now on demand!

[Martin]

You know that The Kingdom (Riget) was made in 1994, right?

[Smelodies]

There's another director I don't love so much.  Not that I dislike his movies or anything.  I've just never understood the respect verging on worship some people I have known have shown for both him (and Hitchcock, for that matter).  Whether I am missing something or others see something that isn't there doesn't really matter to me:  I'm lukewarm about both, and that's okay.  I don't need to love everything.  Hell, loving anything is an achievement.

I think so much of Woody's '70s stuff was ahead of its time, and the success of Seinfeld bears that out (not that Larry David's style is identical to Woody's).

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Saw the Stephin Merritt documentary Strange Powers tonight and it made me appreciate them all over again.

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Forgot to mention, the Magnetic Fields movie had interview blurbs from various WFMU people like Monica Lynch.

[effecT]

just watched "You Again"
1.Stop trying to sell us beautiful people as ugly ducklings Hollywood!
2.Not all old people are constantly horny!

[Andy]

But her hair was up and/or she was wearing glasses. Grotesque, right?

[JonFromMaplewood]

Watched "Crazy Heart" last night out of curiosity.  First 80% gets a thumbs up from me.  The last 20% gets five thumbs down from me.

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Watching Jamie Kennedy's movie Heckler. Was happy to see appearances by PFT and Patton Oswalt. Was confused to see appearances by Larry Flynt, John Salley and Chingy.

[Martin]

Watched "Crazy Heart" last night out of curiosity.  First 80% gets a thumbs up from me.  The last 20% gets five thumbs down from me.

Jon, have you seen Tender Mercies? A vastly superior film in my opinion, which deals with a lot of the same themes as Crazy Heart, but is so much gentler and sweeter and more genuine. It's impossible not to compare the two - Robert Duvall plays a drunk country singer who's past his prime and down on his luck, etc...

[effecT]

Watching Jamie Kennedy's movie Heckler. Was happy to see appearances by PFT and Patton Oswalt. Was confused to see appearances by Larry Flynt, John Salley and Chingy.

I still laugh every time when i see the scene where his doctor consoles/patronizes him on "Son of The Mask". Kennedy's face is priceless.

[JonFromMaplewood]

Watched "Crazy Heart" last night out of curiosity.  First 80% gets a thumbs up from me.  The last 20% gets five thumbs down from me.

Jon, have you seen Tender Mercies? A vastly superior film in my opinion, which deals with a lot of the same themes as Crazy Heart, but is so much gentler and sweeter and more genuine. It's impossible not to compare the two - Robert Duvall plays a drunk country singer who's past his prime and down on his luck, etc...

I have not seen it, but it is oddly enough way high in my Netflix cue. I might have to move it to the top. Interesting that Duvall was one of the producers of "Crazy Heart" and played a major role.  Maybe they were trying to do a remake without doing a remake?