Brotherhood of the Wolf wasn't a good film? I must have watched another one of the same name, then.

I didn't think it was a good film. Actually it struck me as a French sneer at Hollywood-style filmmaking. Like, you want incoherent action-y grand guignol? Check this out!! I'll even throw in some Orientalism and a naked assassin, for free!

I think the only thing missing from the movie was a huge illogical explosion, and then the filmmakers would have had the whole set of Silly Hollywood Set-Pieces.

I adored Brotherhood of the Wolf, in all it's semi-coherent glory.

DH and I saw Sideways last night, and we both loved it. There are a few bits that are a little overwritten, but on the whole, it's a fantastic film. I don't think it's going to get quite the amount of attention that either LiT or American Splendor did last year, but it's in that same vein -- really well-written, really well-acted, very funny and heartfelt. And the NYTimes food section was impressed with how accurate the wine talk was.

I didn't think it was a good film. Actually it struck me as a French sneer at Hollywood-style filmmaking. Like, you want incoherent action-y grand guignol? Check this out!! I'll even throw in some Orientalism and a naked assassin, for free!

Hey, Nutty, we agree on another movie. Just have to mark the occasion.

Brotherhood of the Wolf was awfully pretty. And didn't make a lick of sense. It was like, Peter Greenaway went French and applied a bit of restraint wrt grotesquerie.

Stage Beauty is getting lukewarm-to-bad reviews, which saddens me because the whole genderfuck of a premise sounded really interesting.

Stage Beauty is getting lukewarm-to-bad reviews

Liz Smith seemed to love it in her column this morning. Not that she's a film reviewer or anything...

Have just finished watching Party Monster.

What a ginormous piece of crap. How they could take such interesting and intriguing material and turn it into complete crap is beyond me. Oh wait - it might have something to do with Macauly Culkin and Seth Green running around acting like giant flaming queers. And I mean that in every horrible, stereotypical sense that there is. Michael Alig and James St James *were* giant flaming queers. They were the Club Kids. It's who they were. But MC and SG aren't and couldn't even pretend halfway decently that they were. I wanted to smack them both. Wilmer Valderama was good and they completely wasted Wilson Cruz-who was the MAIN reason I wanted to see it.

Blech. I am so dissapointed.

I saw the documentary on that case a few years ago, and so figured I didn't need to see the adapted version. Glad to hear that was a good decision—I'd prefer to avoid anything that would diminish my affection for Seth.

What can I watch to get it back?

I saw the documentary and read the articles and that's why I wanted to see it. I have not read the book by James St James.

But I have to blame this on acting choices and/or direction. It was a cariacature of these people, not a realistic portrayal, which you NEED TO HAVE IF YOU SAY BASED ON A TRUE STORY in the beginning.

Aimee, if you haven't seen Rat Race, it's an enjoyable film and Seth contributes his share of the goodness. (Double the "enjoyable" part if It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World is one of your favorites.)