movies

[go birds]

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is awesome

[go birds]

i just watched the most Terrence Malick movie ever called Upstream Color.

i dunno wtf i just watched but the whole time i just sat there telling myself that i should turn it off. But i didnt. It kept reeling me back in.

If anyone has seen this, please tell what the hell it was about.

I was drunk btw.

Also, btw, i [expletive] hate terrence malick

[The Third Man]

Also, btw, i [expletive] hate terrence malick

THEN YOU'LL GET NO EXPLANATION FROM ME.

(Nah I'd be happy to discuss Upstream Color. Later. When my hangover is gone. Oh my god everything hurts.)

[Cole Burns]

I loved Primer (by Upstream's Shane Caruth). But when I went searching for thoughtful dialog on it, I could only find blog after blog trying to intricately explain each and every timeline as if that was the point of the film. No one ever figured out that both characters were the same person. No one. Even though they had almost the same exact name (AARON ABRAM). There are so many layers to that movie that just get pushed aside as people try to figure out the plot.

[ghostrunner]

Dang, man. Spoilers.

[thrill]

I don't know if that's a spoiler because its probably not true and definitely never covered in any obvious plot point.

[Cole Burns]

Dang, man. Spoilers.

Spoilers? On a movie that's nearly 10 years old? Plus, I didn't spoil it. I said that they are "almost" the exact same person. The fact that they're names are the same is a subtext that the writer/director/lead is trying to point out. It's like spoiling Psycho by saying he has "mommy issues." Plus, I don't know if it's even possible to spoil Primer. The plot is so thin & thick at the same time. I could tell you the final scene and it still wouldn't spoil it for you.

Now, Memento - that's a movie you don't want spoiled. Even though the final scene is the last scene but really the midpoint scene of the whole movie.

[docellis]

Watched Primer this afternoon. Head still swirling.

[ghostrunner]

Dang, man. Spoilers.

Spoilers? On a movie that's nearly 10 years old? Plus, I didn't spoil it. I said that they are "almost" the exact same person. The fact that they're names are the same is a subtext that the writer/director/lead is trying to point out. It's like spoiling Psycho by saying he has "mommy issues." Plus, I don't know if it's even possible to spoil Primer. The plot is so thin & thick at the same time. I could tell you the final scene and it still wouldn't spoil it for you.

Now, Memento - that's a movie you don't want spoiled. Even though the final scene is the last scene but really the midpoint scene of the whole movie.

Sorry. Thought you meant the other one.

[JL21]

Hilarious spoof of the pitch meeting for The Lone Ranger.

http://www.film.com/movies/columns/the- ... ch-meeting

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: Well, in this era of reboots, remakes, sequels, and franchises, I feel that one iconic character has been overlooked. Fortunately, it happens to be an iconic character that my company has the rights to make a movie about!
DISNEY EXEC. #1: Superman?
DISNEY EXEC. #2: Gentle Ben?
DISNEY EXEC. #3: Mrs. Garrett from “The Facts of Life”?
DISNEY EXEC. #1: Richard Nixon?
DISNEY EXEC. #3: Mrs. Garrett from “Diff’rent Strokes”?
JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: No, no… Think older, further back in pop culture…

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: Think about it: what beloved character from American fiction have people been CLAMORING to see a movie about?
DISNEY EXEC. #1: The Lone Ranger!
JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: Bingo!
DISNEY EXEC. #2: Of course! It’s obvious!
DISNEY EXEC. #3: Why, just last week my great-grandmother mentioned how she’d like to see a Lone Ranger movie, as long as it’s a talkie and doesn’t have any “ethnic types.”
DISNEY EXEC. #1: I can hardly walk down the street without some 90-year-old man urging me to make more films based on characters from 1930s radio.