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World Trade Center = United 93 remade as The Towering Inferno.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link

you've been waiting to drop that one, admit it

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:40 (seventeen years ago) link

I mean, really, Armond White: "[Stone] chooses to enlighten us about American character. Avoiding action-movie exploitation and specious docu-drama engenders absolute respect" is bilge.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:44 (seventeen years ago) link

well i wouldn't go that far. but i thought wtc was way better than it had any right to be, all things considered. i mean given that it's an incredibly sappy disaster movie. directed by oliver stone. about 9/11.

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Boondock Saints is pretty amusing for being a retarded vigilante fantasy flick.

― elmo albatross (allocryptic), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 20:52 (seventeen years ago) link

Stone is neuteured without paranoid histori-political horseshit.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I think I'd almost prefer a neutered Stone to an overly priapic (sic) Stone.

― David RER (Frank Fiore), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah would you prefer alexander??

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link

just don't be such an auteur ho and pretend somebody else directed it for a second

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link

i love how armond white is oh so concerned with the 'absolute respect' when his hero oliver has proven he has no second thoughts about going after most-definitely innocent people who can't defend themselves anymore in order to prove his point (cf: clay shaw in 'jfk'). obv the fictional character of shaw is almost hilarious enough to forgive this.

― deep space nine (deep space nine), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Any time I've been prompted to explain why Boondock Saints is wretched I usually am at a loss for words and throw my hands in the air and walk away.

― mh (mike h.), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link

oh give it a shot anyway.

i sort of want to watch it w/roomie now, for the EXPERIENCE

― grbchv! (gbx), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:02 (seventeen years ago) link

It has absolutely ruined discount DVD bin shopping with its overwhelming omnipresence. I am tempted to buy thousands of copies just to destroy them and return balance to the discount bin.

― Dragons (per the previous FAQ answer) (nklshs), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:05 (seventeen years ago) link

you do NOT want to watch boondock saints. i'm serious about this.

― deep space nine (deep space nine), Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:13 (seventeen years ago) link

The Science of Sleep. Here it is, what I wrote on my listology entry: "creativity as passive-agressiveness, ugly-beautiful leading femme so as not to distract from directorial preciousness ... my companion noted this was essentially Amelie With a Dick, but since that dick is attached to Gael García Bernal, who I've never before thought was charismatic like this, I allowed myself to hit the snooze alarm a couple times, at least early on."

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link

Did I mention I hate Amelie?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link

me too

― hank s1ockli (hanks1ockli), Thursday, 14 December 2006 05:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I remember having a thread on old-ILX about that, I think.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 14 December 2006 05:42 (seventeen years ago) link

http://img.hottopic.com/is/image/HotTopic/204390_hi?$product$

― chaki (chaki), Thursday, 14 December 2006 08:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I had an ex boyfriend who wanted to get a Boondock Saints-related tattoo. I should have dumped him immediately.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:10 (seventeen years ago) link

^^^^ just another reason we need a confessions thread. get it out there, ppl.

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:11 (seventeen years ago) link

THEY LIVE - oh rowdy roddy piper, I wuv u.

― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:24 (seventeen years ago) link

It Was Night in Rome (Rossellini)

The Science of Sleep >>>> Amelie With a Dick

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 December 2006 14:33 (seventeen years ago) link

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a51/TRAVISISADISASTER/ameliepic.jpg

― jw (ex machina), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:25 (seventeen years ago) link

hahahahahahahaha

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 14 December 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

oh that's awesome

― grbchv! (gbx), Thursday, 14 December 2006 16:52 (seventeen years ago) link

saw Kaspar Hauser at BAM tonight with Mike Sniper, Arturo & Aaron.

― ian (orion), Friday, 15 December 2006 04:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Finally saw Volver. The sheer pleasure of watching Almodovar unravel and tie (unconvincingly) the narrative outweighed the sense that this was simply ridiculous stuff. I don't know why Penelope Cruz is getting all the raves. She's fine, but every scene with Carmen Maura' big eyes and generous cheekbones in closeup warmed me.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I liked the hairdressing sister best, but Penelope is on a different sort of plane.

The Rise of Louis XIV
All That Jazz

― DrM (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link

'L'Armeé des Ombres' wins the 2006 New York Film Critics Circle Award for best foreign film, 37 years after it was made.

― Michael White (Miguelito), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:50 (seventeen years ago) link

the white diamond - omg potent! herzog brings the strange, compassion, exploitation, absurdity, all that. and as usual just a beautiful movie.

― jhoshea (jhoshea), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:53 (seventeen years ago) link

just watched this the othet nite. awesome:

http://www.granadamovieposters.com/photos/scorpioinsert.jpeg

― scott seward (121212), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

burt lancaster disguised as a black priest = classic

― scott seward (121212), Friday, 15 December 2006 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link

brokeback mountain

― latebloomer's mayan name is tapir ballz (clonefeed), Friday, 15 December 2006 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

http://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/images/mts2_196176_fanseelamb_brokebackcollage.jpg

― scott seward (121212), Friday, 15 December 2006 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha awesome

― latebloomer's mayan name is tapir ballz (clonefeed), Friday, 15 December 2006 15:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Lancaster AND Delon?!? Teh SEXEE!

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

the white diamond - omg potent! herzog brings the strange, compassion, exploitation, absurdity, all that. and as usual just a beautiful movie.

yes, this movie was a treat

― v (sleep), Friday, 15 December 2006 18:48 (seventeen years ago) link

It wasn't as satisfying or creepy as Grizzly Man. The last third was quite dull.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:41 (seventeen years ago) link

I liked it considerably more than GM.

Can a Michael Winner film be 'awesome'?

― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Looking forward to White Diamond (in queue), I am a sucker for anything ft. an airship.

What other Herzog would you guys recommend? All I've seen so far are Grizzly Man and Incident At Loch Ness, which I am told aren't exactly representative.

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Friday, 15 December 2006 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Aguirre

― dmr (dmr), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Lessons of Darkness

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link

and I guess Fitzcarraldo but if you've already seen Aguirre it can seem sort of redundant (imo)

― dmr (dmr), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:08 (seventeen years ago) link

My Best Fiend isn't such a bad place to start, being a mix of Kinskisms and Herzog's commentary.

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Fitzcarraldo = movie about pursuing yr dreams and the power of faith
Aguirre = movie about slow death at the hands of a tyrannical madman

Don't quite see the redundancy there. You can't even say that Kinski's performances are even remotely similar.

Definitely start with one of those, and if Kinski's not your cup of tea try Stroszek or Kaspar Hauser.

I love Herzog as a filmmaker, but Herzog as a personality can be tough to take sometimes. I couldn't finish watching My Best Fiend because of him.

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

conversely, Herzog the man has an archetypical "good father" resonance in our household. Largely due to his voice-over talents and hi-jinks like this: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/02/werner_herzog_s.html

― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:33 (seventeen years ago) link

In classic Herzog fashion, the 63 year old director stated "Someone is shooting at us. We must go." The interview continued, however, as Herzog's pants became stained with blood. Herzog commented, "It was not a significant bullet. I am not afraid."

― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link

but Herzog as a personality can be tough to take sometimes.

He seems cool, I'd hang with him

I watched

Fear of a Black Hat (uh this has aged terribly)
Baller Blockin' (UH...)

― amon (amon), Friday, 15 December 2006 21:59 (seventeen years ago) link

conversely, Herzog the man has an archetypical "good father" resonance in our household.

Yeah, that's why I say "sometimes". Sometimes he's patronly, other times he's just patronizing.

― Nu-Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 15 December 2006 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link

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