Michael wrote:Over the weekend I saw "Up in the Air" and loved it. It hit so many of the right buttons. All the little business travel details and locations were spot on.
Also on Sunday I watched "Red Rock West". IMO the whole movie was a letdown; everything was predictable and cheesy.
Yep, I know. Those were some great movie reviews.
I enjoyed "Up in the Air" as well...as I am a frequent traveler.
I watched "Avatar" this weekend, I guess it may have been more impressive in 3D...the storyline wasn't anything new, though. I'm glad I rented it, but I'll never own it.
User:The Third Man above might be happy to know that the wife and I watched "Mulholland Dr." on cable last night.
That movie still kicks ass. What an intricate narrative; what a rare example of a movie that rewards close, careful viewing. And it has two of the best lesbian sex scenes ever, to boot. (Although the second one goes south in a hurry.)
Vidor wrote:User:The Third Man above might be happy to know that the wife and I watched "Mulholland Dr." on cable last night.
That movie still kicks ass. What an intricate narrative; what a rare example of a movie that rewards close, careful viewing. And it has two of the best lesbian sex scenes ever, to boot. (Although the second one goes south in a hurry.)
Mulholland Drive is incredible. I'm eagerly awaiting a blu-ray announcement - should be out before the year is up, somebody on twitter mentioned they were filming a feature for it or something along those lines.
Couple films mentioned on this page that I just watched recently so I feel compelled to comment. I just watched the Twin Peaks series for the first time this year and really liked it a lot and felt the need to check out more Lynch (other than Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Wild At Heart or The Straight Story, which I'd already seen) and after tolerating about half of Inland Empire we rented Mulholland Dr. I liked it far better than Inland but I can't quite say I loved it. If I had to rate it I'd say somewhere between 3-1/2 to 4 stars out of 5. Better than most films I've seen from this decade but nothing made that much of an impression on me. It was definitely worth discussing afterward, however, which most films are not. I wanted it to be more memorable. The Twin Peaks movie and pilot, which was left out of the DVD set, are next.
Up In The Air. Thought I'd like this because I'm typically a fan of Clooney, really liked Vera in the film Dummy and just watched them and the film being nominated for numerous awards. But after 1-1/2 of watching, I hated them both. A lot. And, naturally, didn't care for the film at all. Oh, and I hated Anna Kendrick's character too. It may have a lot to do with my contempt for business and pushy, career-minded-only people but I can't help it. I didn't enjoy myself at all.
I did watch a much more enjoyable, if not great, film staring George Clooney last night; Burn After Reading from the Coen Brothers. Without getting into the plot, John Malkovich was great, as was Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. This film came and went a couple years ago without me ever having heard of it. It's far from their best, and may not even be in the upper half of the best Coen Brothers films, but it was still entertaining from beginning to end. **** out of *****
The Third Man wrote:Mulholland Drive is incredible. I'm eagerly awaiting a blu-ray announcement - should be out before the year is up, somebody on twitter mentioned they were filming a feature for it or something along those lines.
Maybe Lynch will let them put chapters on the discs now. For some reason he doesn't like them on DVDs. This is a real pain when your disc from Netflix gets stuck and you're trying to get back to roughly the same spot.
He never has before so he probably won't start now.
Love that movie, love love love that movie--so trippy. And especially amazing given its origin: the first 2/3 or so was shot for ABC as a pilot that the network rejected, and after they did so, Lynch went back and filmed the last portion, and in doing so put an entirely new spin on events.
Also, Watts and Harring melt the screen with combined extreme hotness. Lord.
The Third Man wrote:Mulholland Drive is incredible. I'm eagerly awaiting a blu-ray announcement - should be out before the year is up, somebody on twitter mentioned they were filming a feature for it or something along those lines.
Maybe Lynch will let them put chapters on the discs now. For some reason he doesn't like them on DVDs. This is a real pain when your disc from Netflix gets stuck and you're trying to get back to roughly the same spot.
Exact thing happened to us. It was a rental (which, naturally, was beat to [expletive]) and froze up at a few different points and there was no way to go back to the menu, jump to a later chapter and rewind as close as possible to where it froze up. Almost prohibited us from finishing the film.
I'll say it. I don't get David Lynch. I don't get him at all. I want to. I wish I could be a big fan. I don't hate him. I just don't "get" his films. And I absolutely go bonkers for some other equally esoteric directors like Luis Buñuel or Alain Resnais or Guy Maddin. Even Alejandro Jodorowsky. But not Lynch.
Richie Allen wrote:
I did watch a much more enjoyable, if not great, film staring George Clooney last night; Burn After Reading from the Coen Brothers. Without getting into the plot, John Malkovich was great, as was Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins. This film came and went a couple years ago without me ever having heard of it. It's far from their best, and may not even be in the upper half of the best Coen Brothers films, but it was still entertaining from beginning to end. **** out of *****
I believe this is the movie that prompted Thrill to create the immortal "/erection" tag.
