Pi was good and interesting, and I loved Requiem for a Dream, but The Fountain was just nonsense. The Wrestler was a very different kind of movie, and I couldn't even see what was so Aronofsky about it except for the occasional editing quirks. There wasn't a lot of narrative thrust, but it was still interesting to watch the guy's life, just as it was. I didn't like the end, though. I guess I was expecting something more uplifting?
I'm eleven hundred and twenty years old! Just gimme a friggin' beer!
Anya ,'Storyteller'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 28, 2009 8:48:54 pm PDT #2684 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
javachik - Jun 28, 2009 10:00:30 pm PDT #2685 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
I loved Requiem too, as much as it was difficult to watch. Ellen Burstyn gave the most acutely egoless performance I've ever seen.
The director whose movies I'll never see again is Lars von Trier.
Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2009 5:48:55 am PDT #2686 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I remember really liking Dancer in the Dark, but I haven't seen anything else.
Jessica - Jun 29, 2009 6:14:48 am PDT #2687 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have such mixed feelings about Von Trier. What he produces is so brilliant and so unlike anything else out that that I have tremendous admiration for him as a filmmaker.
On the other hand, if Nicole Kidman and Emily Watson got together and had him quietly murdered in his bed, I wouldn't shed any tears.
Juliebird - Jun 29, 2009 6:20:07 am PDT #2688 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I made the mistake of watching Dancer in the Dark with my family. So f***ing bleak and depressing. We all just sat there at the end, horrified, and then they all yelled at me for picking it.
"Favorite Things" is not a song I can listen to anymore.
Sophia Brooks - Jun 29, 2009 6:32:58 am PDT #2689 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Every time anyone mentions an unfortunate family viewing experience, I have to tell them that I watched Basic Instinct by accident with my grandma.
Polter-Cow - Jun 29, 2009 6:34:57 am PDT #2690 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I watched Evil Dead with my mom, thinking it was going to be funny like Army of Darkness. We turned it off after a woman got raped by a tree.
Juliebird - Jun 29, 2009 6:35:02 am PDT #2691 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I also made them watch Requiem for a Dream.
Needless to say, I was banned from picking movies
tommyrot - Jun 29, 2009 6:37:31 am PDT #2692 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
A friend of mine recommended Au revoir, les enfants to her conservative Catholic parents. They ended up renting La Cage aux Folles by mistake.
OK, not as bad as watching Basic Instinct with your grandmother, but....
Kathy A - Jun 29, 2009 6:44:32 am PDT #2693 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My mom, sister and I went to a double-feature back in the early '80s. A very strange DF, in that the opening movie was Arthur and the second film was Body Heat. Sitting next to my mom at the age of 15, watching that film, was the most uncomfortable experience I've ever had in the theater.