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hangs head in filmic shame

Did anyone read the "review" of The Machinist in last week's EW? Didn't really discuss the movie, but instead took Bale to task for losing all that weight when there are hungry people in the world.

ita, I saw that. And I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."

The EW Machinist review.

Ah, Lisa Schwartzbaum. Her reviews tend to be oddly issue-focused rather than movie-focused.

I was a little miffed that Lisa Schwarzbaum described my weight as "skeletal."

How tall are you?

I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless. He is looking disturbing, very skeletal, but come the fuck on, lady. You're first world too, and I bet you take all sorts of advantage of your privilege.

How tall are you?

5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.

I think she was on crack, rude, and pointless.

Seriously. It's a movie. He did it for a role. It was the nature of the character. Get over it.

5' 7" or 5' 8". I've never really picked one.

Skeletal is related to height. He's listed at 6'2. On him, the weight is as skeletal as I'm even slightly comfortable considering.

Signed,
Not Seeing The Movie For Reasons Of Discomfort But Doesn't Think That Makes It A Bad Movie.

I don't think that's a fair thing to say at all, let alone without seeing the movie.

In Sean's defence, he didn't call anybody a moron. And I don't think he intended to personally insult anybody by making a generalization on 'mainstream' critics inability to enjoy some thinking movies.

As far as not seeing the movie yet, perhaps he should have used the original's title when putting in his two cents. But it is his understanding that The Grudge was shot so fairly indentically to the original, that I guess he felt comfortable enough to make a judgement call.

Signed, Not Seeing The Movie For Reasons Of Discomfort But Doesn't Think That Makes It A Bad Movie.

Leaning towards that myself. Will probably end up seeing it anyway.

But it is his understanding that The Grudge was shot so fairly indentically to the original, that I guess he felt comfortable enough to make a judgement call.

Dude, if that were all it took, Gus Van Sant's Psycho should have been a masterpiece.

Must. Own. This. MUST, I tell you!

Jilli, you'd freakin' love it (if you don't already).

As far as owning it, get it sent overnight from Facets: [link]

Here's Facets' review:

Guy Maddin (Tales from the Gimli Hospital) brings his unique vision to Bram Stoker's archetypal novel and creates one of the finest cinematic adaptations of the classic vampire tale to date. An ode to silent cinema shot entirely in black and white with injections of red, the film successfully transposes the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's interpretation of Dracula from stage to screen without losing a drop of the dance's eroticism, subtle humor and lush, stylized movement. "Victorian sexuality and melodrama are brought together in a shadow world of expressionistic images and an athletic, almost rabid, choreography" (Bruce Diones, The New Yorker).

And here's a review from High Hat contributor and all around cineaste George Wu: [link]

Dude, if that were all it took, Gus Van Sant's Psycho should have been a masterpiece.

I think you're confusing quality/style with construction in that. And Hitchcock didn't direct the remake of Psyco, Takashi Shimizu did direct the American version of Ju-on.