General Movie Thread

[Martin]

Watched LITTLE MURDERS for the first time tonight and LOVED IT. I'd heard it was pitch-black, but it was way more anarchic than I expected. Brilliant work from Jules Feiffer and Alan Arkin, and Elliott Gould is at least as good here as in The Long Goodbye. The Donald Sutherland scene was great too.

I subsequently learned that Jean-Luc Godard was strongly interested in directing it, but that fell apart (luckily, in my opinion) when he refused to attend any meetings about the film.  Gould quoted him as saying "If my wife and child wanted me to say I loved them, I'd tell them to go fuck themselves."

That's great, glad you liked it.

[Sarah]

I've got to watch Little Murders again.  I saw it when it first came out and didn't like it much, but I didn't like anchovies back then, either.

[jbissell]

Just watched Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, and I'm pretty sure it's some kind of masterpiece.

Saw this and Mike Leigh's Another Year over the weekend and loved them both.

[buffcoat]

Moon was good, although I was disappointed by the total lack of David Bowie.

[Joe Rogaine]

Watched LITTLE MURDERS for the first time tonight and LOVED IT. I'd heard it was pitch-black, but it was way more anarchic than I expected. Brilliant work from Jules Feiffer and Alan Arkin, and Elliott Gould is at least as good here as in The Long Goodbye. The Donald Sutherland scene was great too.

I subsequently learned that Jean-Luc Godard was strongly interested in directing it, but that fell apart (luckily, in my opinion) when he refused to attend any meetings about the film.  Gould quoted him as saying "If my wife and child wanted me to say I loved them, I'd tell them to go fuck themselves."

I really like Little Murders too. Wasn't Godard supposed to direct Bonnie and Clyde too, i think he even shot some scenes?

[dave from knoxville]

Moon was good, although I was disappointed by the total lack of David Bowie.

He was the voice of Kevin Spacey.

[cavorting with nudists]

Speaking of which, I had kind of a Kevin-Spacey-in-"American-Beauty" moment last night. I'd been doing the respectable thing for too long! The Man can't keep me down any more! Still a rebel!

I went to see Drive Angry Shot in 3D.

Let me put it this way: There is one very good reason to see this movie. For the rest of your life, every movie you see will seem like a masterpiece.

[Pidgeon]

Speaking of which, I had kind of a Kevin-Spacey-in-"American-Beauty" moment last night. I'd been doing the respectable thing for too long! The Man can't keep me down any more! Still a rebel!

I went to see Drive Angry Shot in 3D.

Let me put it this way: There is one very good reason to see this movie. For the rest of your life, every movie you see will seem like a masterpiece.

Is it just bad, or boring too?

[cavorting with nudists]

Well...as an action movie, it's boring. As a nearly bottomless conundrum, it kept my interest as an object of speculative inquiry.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Speaking of which, I had kind of a Kevin-Spacey-in-"American-Beauty" moment last night. I'd been doing the respectable thing for too long! The Man can't keep me down any more! Still a rebel!

I went to see Drive Angry Shot in 3D.

Let me put it this way: There is one very good reason to see this movie. For the rest of your life, every movie you see will seem like a masterpiece.

It always bothered me about 'American Beauty' that the story is 'he rebels, then HE DIES!' (spoiler alert). It implies an extra level of hopelessness as to one's ability to change their life, when actually people do manage to do that sometimes. That wasn't the story they were trying to tell, though, I know.

Good suggestion on Drive Angry 3D. It might have helped me to appreciate the 'How Did This Get Made?' episode about it more if I'd seen it before. I still have time to check out 'Battlefield Earth' on Netflix, which I bet will have the same effect you mention.

[cavorting with nudists]

Listen, I enjoyed that "How Did This Get Made" episode; in fact it was what made me vulnerable to the impulse to go see the thing.  But no one should see the movie so they can better appreciate the jeering, derisive commentary on the movie.

In any case, I now have a suggestion for a Best Show guest: Nic Cage's agent. That would be an awesome interview. Or alternatively, maybe Ted Leo could write a song about Nic Cage's agent, sort of like that Mojo Nixon song about Shane MacGowan's dentist.

[Pidgeon]

I wasn't that interested in Drive Angry 3D at first, but am I to understand that Nic Cage literally breaks out of hell in this?

[cavorting with nudists]

Oh ho ho hooo! That's just the beginning, Chief!

[Wes]

I wasn't that interested in Drive Angry 3D at first, but am I to understand that Nic Cage literally breaks out of hell in this?

I was also surprised to learn about this after seeing it mentioned casually in a write-up of the movie, and was/am baffled that it wasn't a part of the ads. How do you leave that detail out? I also continue to think that the movie should have been called That Cult Kidnapped My Daughter.

[Steve of Bloomington]

...3D