jubilee was pretty great, if a little long. it was nice to find out where the quote "if the music's loud enough we won't hear the world ending" or whatever came from.
taco crawls are definitely intense!luckyhossSeptember 23 2013, 18:37:35 UTC
Yes, It's a Disaster definitely felt a little limp. I think I just was confused about the multiple celebrity-studded comedic end of the world movies coming out. Guess I'll see the James Franco one too just to see if it's funny?
I was surprised that Dr. Moreau was almost a good movie! Sure, some of the appeal came from it just being so campy and absurd, but I found much of it really entertaining and legitimately kind of an ironically good movie! I was learning lots of funny facts about the making of the movie, like apparently the tiny guy was not even in the script, Brando just wanted a Mini Me. I love the scene when Brando is being a blow-hard at the dinner table and the small guy is just banging around and fussing, and Brando just does an aside and goes, "Hey, stop that!" and it seems totally ab-libbed. And David Thewlis? And crazy Kilmer?! Fairuza Balk is definitely the weak link in the acting in that movie, though.
I wasn't so sure about Only God Forgives. I liked Drive well enough but this seemed like that amped up x 10
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Re: taco crawls are definitely intense!cut_deadSeptember 25 2013, 04:35:59 UTC
This is the End has maybe two funny moments. The rest of it is a very painful experience.
I need to get around to watching The Island of Dr. Moreau some day. I keep associating it with old South Park.
I've had trouble articulating my hatred for Only God Forgives, and it isn't really for the reasons most people criticize it for. Ultimately, I felt the film tried too hard in a way that was particularly obnoxious. It's not like Drive didn't have its affected moments, but in the context of the film it somehow worked. In Only God Forgives, its attempts at artiness (especially with all the symbolist) are maximum wank. When it tries to be OTT/campy via Kristin Scott Thomas, it comes off more like misogynist caricature, and also seemed like a sincere attempt at edgy/offensive bad taste. For the most part, I wasn't too put off by the violence, but it's funny what Refn chooses to show and what he doesn't. Somehow (the main notable exception) he felt it was important to have a torture scene where everything is shown in graphic detail.
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-My favourite bit of trivia about The Island of Dr. Moreau: Val Kilmer was apparently such a douchebag that Marlon Brando chucked his cell phone.
-What did you think of Only God Forgives?
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I was surprised that Dr. Moreau was almost a good movie! Sure, some of the appeal came from it just being so campy and absurd, but I found much of it really entertaining and legitimately kind of an ironically good movie! I was learning lots of funny facts about the making of the movie, like apparently the tiny guy was not even in the script, Brando just wanted a Mini Me. I love the scene when Brando is being a blow-hard at the dinner table and the small guy is just banging around and fussing, and Brando just does an aside and goes, "Hey, stop that!" and it seems totally ab-libbed. And David Thewlis? And crazy Kilmer?! Fairuza Balk is definitely the weak link in the acting in that movie, though.
I wasn't so sure about Only God Forgives. I liked Drive well enough but this seemed like that amped up x 10 ( ... )
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I need to get around to watching The Island of Dr. Moreau some day. I keep associating it with old South Park.
I've had trouble articulating my hatred for Only God Forgives, and it isn't really for the reasons most people criticize it for. Ultimately, I felt the film tried too hard in a way that was particularly obnoxious. It's not like Drive didn't have its affected moments, but in the context of the film it somehow worked. In Only God Forgives, its attempts at artiness (especially with all the symbolist) are maximum wank. When it tries to be OTT/campy via Kristin Scott Thomas, it comes off more like misogynist caricature, and also seemed like a sincere attempt at edgy/offensive bad taste. For the most part, I wasn't too put off by the violence, but it's funny what Refn chooses to show and what he doesn't. Somehow (the main notable exception) he felt it was important to have a torture scene where everything is shown in graphic detail.
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