The guy who played the crazy dad on One Tree Hill directed. That's ... surprising.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
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Amy - Apr 09, 2011 11:58:13 am PDT #14024 of 30000
Because books.
Polter-Cow - Apr 09, 2011 12:01:25 pm PDT #14025 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Laga - Apr 09, 2011 12:01:41 pm PDT #14026 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I just watched the trailer for Melancholia and now I can't help wondering if Lars von Trier has been pulling our leg his entire career.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 09, 2011 4:25:15 pm PDT #14027 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just watched the trailer for Melancholia and now I can't help wondering if Lars von Trier has been pulling our leg his entire career.
I'm going to go with a "YES" with this. Which doesn't diminish the fact that he can make a great movie.
R.I.P. Sidney Lumet.
Aw. Sad now.
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2011 5:13:22 am PDT #14028 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Speed Racer. Was that a movie or a candy-colored assault on my senses and/or film itself?
(I think I may have finally ended up kind of liking it by the end, but, seriously, what the living fuck was that.)
Laga - Apr 10, 2011 6:04:22 am PDT #14029 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Sometimes I wish I was a film editor so I could take the theatrical release of Speed Racer and turn it into a damn fine 90 minute flick.
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2011 6:22:32 am PDT #14030 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I mean, it was unlike anything I'd ever seen before, but not always in a good way. Well, usually not in a good way. But it was still pretty fun despite that. It was sort of like Sucker Punch with cars.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 10, 2011 6:50:41 am PDT #14031 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I mean, it was unlike anything I'd ever seen before, but not always in a good way. Well, usually not in a good way. But it was still pretty fun despite that. It was sort of like Sucker Punch with cars.
Plus John Goodman fighting ninjas. That was a keeper there alone.
ETA - I want to see it with a friend who's a car nut and just HAD to see it. We saw it in IMAX. You can't imagine the assault level of that, but I had fun (though it may have been due to audio-visual punch-drunkness).
Polter-Cow - Apr 10, 2011 7:42:57 am PDT #14032 of 30000
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It seemed like a movie that would have been much better in a theater. Or worse.
Plus John Goodman fighting ninjas.
More like a non-ja.
Strega - Apr 10, 2011 9:53:46 pm PDT #14033 of 30000
P-C, are you familiar with the original show? Because that does help with some elements.
I suspect it would have been Too Much For Me on a movie screen, and it is too long, but its excesses seem joyful instead of cynical, and that makes a big difference. I dunno; I think it's the same way I love Crank. The first time I saw it I went back and watched all the races again. Maybe a few times.
Someone said it was an art-house experimental film masquerading as a summer tentpole, which... yeah.