I was okay with Mulholland Drive, but I felt like it was essentially the same as Lost Highway, and I liked that more. Not because it was any saner or more accessible, but it was much creepier. I don't think anybody can give me the serious heebie-jeebies like Lynch.
Man, just ascend already.
Willow ,'Chosen'
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Strega - Nov 09, 2008 6:49:22 pm PST #8573 of 10000
Laga - Nov 09, 2008 6:57:12 pm PST #8574 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I can still freak my brother out by making a squeaky squeaky noise around poultry.
P.M. Marc - Nov 09, 2008 7:17:07 pm PST #8575 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I'm with Strega. Lost Highway was much, much creepier.
You know, I saw Pineapple Express. It left me with conflicting desires to a: slap all of them, hard, except maybe the James Franco character, who wouldn't get slapped quite as hard, because he reminded me of old college buddies; b: write essays about masculinity as portrayed in the movie; and c: find where they keep the deranged threesome slash for it.
I think I hated the movie. Maybe. I'm not sure.
Barb - Nov 10, 2008 2:26:47 am PST #8576 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
You know, I saw Pineapple Express. It left me with conflicting desires to a: slap all of them, hard, except maybe the James Franco character, who wouldn't get slapped quite as hard, because he reminded me of old college buddies; b: write essays about masculinity as portrayed in the movie; and c: find where they keep the deranged threesome slash for it.
I love how Plei's brain works.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2008 3:19:16 am PST #8577 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I missed Pineapple Express, but I really wanted to see it because the director mentioned Tango & Cash as one of the primary inspirations.
lisah - Nov 10, 2008 6:17:18 am PST #8578 of 10000
Punishingly Intricate
I hated MD. Thought it was pretentious and self-indulgent, even if it does have some achingly powerful moments.
This is exactly how I felt about it. A lot of it felt like showoffy film school stuff to me.
I saw Happy Go Lucky on Saturday night. I loved it! But I can see how it wouldn't appeal to everyone. The couple sitting next to me walked out.
P.M. Marc - Nov 10, 2008 6:30:05 am PST #8579 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Frank, that is hilarious. One of the things I told my long-suffering work friend was that it was the most overtly homoerotic/homoaffectionate film I had ever seen, narrowly eclipsing Tango & Cash. Which I had made him watch last summer.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2008 6:54:36 am PST #8580 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I always wonder how conscious the makers/cast of Tango & Cash were about that. Then I remember they put Kurt Russell in a dress.
Of course, the movie is ten times funnier if Stallone wasn't in on the joke...
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 10, 2008 7:15:50 am PST #8581 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Charlton Heston of our generation, eh?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 10, 2008 7:40:48 am PST #8582 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Charlton Heston of our generation, eh?
Exactly the story I was thinking of.