movies

[Freed Roger]

Well, Reese Witherspoon took her clothes off in "Wild", so she probably clinched the Oscar.

Pretty good movie. Made me want to hike the Pacific Coast Trail. Too bad I'm a middle-aged fatty.

I enjoyed the naked Reese Witherspoon and the movie as well. For some reason the constant flashbacks to Laura Dern, as her hippie-happy Mom got on my nerves though.

The trail part of the movie I give a B-. As far as capturing the fear, essence, solitude of such a journey -the book does much better. I'd like to have seen a slightly higher ratio of trail drama to the flashbacks. and more appealing nudity.

Granted I've only backpacked a few days - but I think they nailed that initial part - the mistakes, insecurities, and difficulty finding a rhythm.

[heyzeus]

Watching Django Unchained now. All Tarantino makes now are period revenge fantasies, huh?

[JL21]

I love the bejeezus out of QT films, but that's a pretty valid criticism. I guess Kill Bill wasn't a period film, but it was as revengy as revenge fantasies come.

[lukethedrifter]

QT's film career- and personal freedom- end when he goes back and slaughters every grown up kid that picked on him in jr high school.

[33anda3rd]

The Way of the Gun: Ryan Philippe and Benicio del Toro get into realistic shootout with a bunch of old guys, the Ectomobile shows up and mercifully whisks Juliette Lewis out of the film. Pretty good.

I know you see a LOT of movies, but I'm curious how, at the end of 2014, you find yourself going "I'm gonna check out The Way Of The Gun."

Heavenly Creatures: An obsessive romance shot like a horror film. Legitimately hair-raising, Jackson should go back to making films like this.

+++++
hellz yeah
I walked out of LOTR about an hour of the way in (at my wife's suggestion, which I heartily supported) and don't feel compelled to watch a single frame of anything Jackson's doing now that he's basically Bad George Lucas.

[33anda3rd]

I share JLs love of Tarantino movies, and his point that the criticism is a good one. At this point, QT is basically late-60s Sergio Leone.

[JL21]

I turned on my TV for the first time in the New Year and a Baz Luhrmann movie was on. I feel like throwing my TV out the window and then taking a very long, tearful shower.

[Famous Mortimer]

I know Tarantino loves grindhouse and all that even more than I do, but he's such an incredibly talented guy, I want him to stretch himself a bit. "Django Unchained" was fine, "Inglourious Basterds" was fine, but he's capable of more.

[The Third Man]

I know you see a LOT of movies, but I'm curious how, at the end of 2014, you find yourself going "I'm gonna check out The Way Of The Gun."

Eh, you find yourself sitting around wanting to watch something with guns, and it's right there in the title. Plus I'm a big fan of Outlaw Vern so I browse his reviews and pick up ideas from there occasionally.

I actually really like the LotR movies but [expletive] hell can I not work up any interest in the Hobbit trilogy (?!).

[lukethedrifter]

Saw Gone Girl the other night. Which one was BW?

It definitely wasn't the movie I thought it was going to be. Didn't have any idea that

[SHOW]

it was going to go all Fatal Attraction