movies

[MrSaigon]

Are there directors anywhere that deserve more benefits of a doubt than the Coens given their dexterity?

I'm all in on this one. Read Dylan's book and see if you don't get a little excited about this movie.

[Cole Burns]

If John Goodman doesn't appear in a movie, is it really a Coens Bros movie?

[jim]

Beasts of the Southern Wilderness. Rented it last night, thumbs up. The little kid actor was incredible.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beasts_ ... hern_wild/

[stlouie_lipp]

Trailer for "At Any Price". This was filmed here in DeKalb. The production company rented space at my friend's building. It was kind of fun seeing all the movie set "stuff". Glad to see it is getting good early reviews.

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[go birds]

I watched Killer Joe last night. What a weird movie. I don't know if i liked it or not.

[Gashouse]

I finally watched Dark Knight Rises this weekend. Anne Hathaway and Catwoman was definitely the highlight, and that has nothing to do with her in the costume. The character and her acting were good. The rest of the movie was kind of flat and boring and way too long. The plot development was too slow for a movie where I expect more special effects visual candy. Some of the acting was outright horrible - like when the one chick (I already forget the character's name - but the kid who had climbed out of the prison) died at the end.

[pioneer98]

I recognize I was one of the handful of people that loved the movie Cloud Atlas. I watched it again this weekend with my brother who got his hands on it. The second time I picked up on something which changed the movie around entirely for me. Spoilers are below.

[SHOW]

Maybe the others that saw this movie picked up on this idea the first time, and I’m just slow. During the climax of the movie, Sonmi is asked about death and if she believes in an afterlife. She says she believes “Death is only a door”. Right as she is saying that, they switched to the Adam Ewing story, and he is opening a door to be reunited with his wife. This begs the question: was Adam Ewing actually dead, and we are seeing him open the door to his afterlife? Ewing was the one poisoned on the boat. Maybe he actually died on the boat, and his version of heaven was to be healed, reunite with his wife, tell his father-in-law to piss off and to become an abolitionist? That wouldn’t be a bad Heaven, huh?

“Doors” were used as symbolism throughout the movie. Luisa Ray, Zachry and Sonmi all had near-death experiences, too, and then had strange and very good things happen to them afterwards, just like Adam Ewing. I’d say those 4 characters all could have died in what was presented as a "near death" experience, and that everything in the movie after those incidents is actually their afterlife. There are a lot of supporting details for this interpretation. One would be that a 2nd copy of the report Luisa Ray was after magically appeared after the first was destroyed. Another is that Sonmi’s friend who died during their escape magically became alive again, and helped her escape a 2nd time. There are many other clues I could list, too.

The Cavendish story and the musician story might fit into this, too, but I might need to watch it a 3rd time to find the clues in those. The Cavendish one definitely has potential, though.

[TimeForGuinness]

Argo was awesome

[TheoSqua]

Joe Posnanski's 7,000+ word rant on Trouble With The Curve:
http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2013/0 ... curve.html

[ghostrunner]

One of these days, I want to discuss Clint the director on here. I don't think there's a more uneven career out there. He runs the gamut, quality-wise.