movies

[Transmogrified Tiger]

GGR is some great stuff, although I think it's hurt by the Baldwin scene being the peak of the movie in the first 15 minutes.

[heyzeus]

GGR is some great stuff, although I think it's hurt by the Baldwin scene being the peak of the movie in the first 15 minutes.

No doubt that was a peak, and has to go on the list of most memorable vignettes in film history.

A: Always
B: Be
C: Closing

But to me, the real peak of the movie was after Jack Lemon's character closes his big sale, and he royally tells off Kevin Spacey. It's so well acted, so bitter and triumphant...and the whole thing then plays out like a perfectly executed Shakespearean tragedy. Great movie.

Last night I watched The Corporation. It was about an hour too long, repetitive, and its blatant biases took away from what could've been an interesting documentary subject. Oh well.

[cardinalkarp]

The wife is out of the country, so it's netflix binge time. Yesterday, I watched:

1. The Warriors: Out of curiosity. It's really, really boring (kinda surprising) and poorly acted (not surprising)

2. Winter's Bone: So very, very good. It's rare that a movie has such a fully formed world and aesthetic. Do you ever see the sun in this movie? Every thing is masked in browns and greys. Winter's Bone does for the Ozarks what Deliverance did for the Georgia Appalachians. Just without the buttrape.

3. The Paper Chase. I'm a lawyer, this is the law school movie that every law professor reared in the 60s/70s raves about. I had a professor much like Kingfield, so those scenes were enjoyable. The movie itself is trite and inconsequential though, with the kind of melodrama that you seem to only really find in 70s movies.

So, heyzeus...watched the Winters Bone due to your recommendation and wow...I'm sorry but it was pretty boring. If it wasn't for the fact it took place in SE MO & showed just how backwoods some of those methheads are I wouldve shut it off. Terribly depressing and made me never want to even venture to that part of the state.

[heyzeus]

The wife is out of the country, so it's netflix binge time. Yesterday, I watched:

1. The Warriors: Out of curiosity. It's really, really boring (kinda surprising) and poorly acted (not surprising)

2. Winter's Bone: So very, very good. It's rare that a movie has such a fully formed world and aesthetic. Do you ever see the sun in this movie? Every thing is masked in browns and greys. Winter's Bone does for the Ozarks what Deliverance did for the Georgia Appalachians. Just without the buttrape.

3. The Paper Chase. I'm a lawyer, this is the law school movie that every law professor reared in the 60s/70s raves about. I had a professor much like Kingfield, so those scenes were enjoyable. The movie itself is trite and inconsequential though, with the kind of melodrama that you seem to only really find in 70s movies.

So, heyzeus...watched the Winters Bone due to your recommendation and wow...I'm sorry but it was pretty boring. If it wasn't for the fact it took place in SE MO & showed just how backwoods some of those methheads are I wouldve shut it off. Terribly depressing and made me never want to even venture to that part of the state.

It's not my fault you can't handle film depictions of bleak reality. Embrace the darkness. Life is futile. Cook some meth.

[cardinalkarp]

Nothing against SE MO but my wife travels down that way for work and says that's just the way things are down there when you get to those really small towns. It's hard to believe that's really the way life is for some. Like I said, depressing. Although you can't help but feel sorry for those stuck in that kind of a situation. When they cast that movie do they say "only methheads please apply". Seriously, those people were able to play the part spot on.

[Swirls]

Watched the new Tron movie earlier this afternoon. Totally kickass. And Olivia Wilde is [expletive] uberhot in it.

[Icy Monster]

1. The Warriors: Out of curiosity. It's really, really boring (kinda surprising) and poorly acted (not surprising)

I too found this movie really boring. Loved the video game a lot so I was disappointed when I watched it. The guy from Dexter was good, everyone else sucked. I don't get how that's a cult flick now.

2. Winter's Bone: So very, very good. It's rare that a movie has such a fully formed world and aesthetic. Do you ever see the sun in this movie? Every thing is masked in browns and greys. Winter's Bone does for the Ozarks what Deliverance did for the Georgia Appalachians. Just without the buttrape.

Dying to see it!

[jim]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0964517/

Maybe the best movie I've ever seen.

[Freed Roger]

Nothing against SE MO but my wife travels down that way for work and says that's just the way things are down there when you get to those really small towns. It's hard to believe that's really the way life is for some. Like I said, depressing. Although you can't help but feel sorry for those stuck in that kind of a situation. When they cast that movie do they say "only methheads please apply". Seriously, those people were able to play the part spot on.

Shame on you Karp for not taking pride in your state's heritage. We should be proud to have places where people are free to cook crank and haven't completely succumbed to Walmartization.

...and actually I believe the setting is more towards SC to SW MO - Towards ICE's neck of the woods.

Winters Bone isn't for every body with its starkness. I enjoyed the book, though it paints even a more detailed and drearier picture than the movie - you still have that unique heroine (not be confused with heroin) rising above it all.

[The Third Man]

Plus you have Pacino in a wonderful role, right before he fell off the cliff and started playing the same obnoxious yelling buffoon in every movie.

This isn't quite fair. You've still got stuff like Angels in America, The Merchant of Venice, You Don't Know Jack, Donnie Brasco, Heat (okay he's wild in that, but he's playing a coked-up cop so I think it's unfair to knock him for that), Carlito's Way all after that. Pacino still brings it here and there.