― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Thursday, 28 December 2006 02:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― milo (milo), Thursday, 28 December 2006 05:21 (seventeen years ago) link
― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Thursday, 28 December 2006 05:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 28 December 2006 15:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 28 December 2006 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link
I personally loved Hostel, but probably would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't known going in A) who Eli Roth is, and B) what kind of movies he makes, ie had just assumed it was National Lampoons Amsterdam Vacation and not known it was eventually to become screaming maiming cannibalism fun-time hour.
― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Next: Pirates of Caribbean 2 with fam, Barton Fink, Dog Soldiers
Yeah, going in expecting SUPER HORROR FUN TIME did detract from Hostel, but my main problems were totally unrelated to that (BORING, kind of offensive to my vagina, etc.). Also Cabin Fever was major lulz and this was not funny at all???
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonster), Thursday, 28 December 2006 16:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 28 December 2006 17:04 (seventeen years ago) link
― elmo albatross (allocryptic), Thursday, 28 December 2006 17:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:23 (seventeen years ago) link
'kontroll' - good but not great, it slows down a bit when it starts to focus on the lead dude's half-hearted hunt for the killer and his attempt at romance with the admittedly awesome girl in the bear costume. it reminded me a lot of that weird franke potente slasher film 'creep', which takes place in the london underground.
― bohren un der club of gear (bohren un der club of gear), Thursday, 28 December 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link
I kind of forgot about Talledega Nights. I basically liked 2 parts, Mos Def as a racing fan, and the thing about Jesus singing lead for Skynyrd and dude was hammered drunk in the front row. The rest wasn't exactly UNfunny, but not really funny either.
― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― clotpoll (clotpoll), Thursday, 28 December 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 December 2006 21:05 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Thursday, 28 December 2006 21:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 December 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 December 2006 22:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 28 December 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Thursday, 28 December 2006 23:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 29 December 2006 00:32 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred Soto (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 29 December 2006 00:37 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 29 December 2006 00:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Volver something of a letdown. I wasn't expecting fireworks, but maybe I was expecting a few more women...?
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Friday, 29 December 2006 04:06 (seventeen years ago) link
children of men -- yes, good.
days of being wild -- it's weird watching wong's movies in reverse (as tears go by is the only one i haven't seen yet), seeing his various obsessions germinate. so this kind of felt like in the mood for love for kids. great, of course.
domino -- felt like an extended infomercial for keira knightley, sadly lacking an 800 number. fun for about an hour, but i was real bored by the end.
― tipsy mothra (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 December 2006 05:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 06:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Fucking Netflix! Why don't both discs just come together?! And why did I think I'd be able to "just watch a little of it while I eat my dinner"?
― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Friday, 29 December 2006 06:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― shakey mo jopotatoes (bundgee), Friday, 29 December 2006 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― false cat (sleep), Friday, 29 December 2006 17:51 (seventeen years ago) link
― dmr (dmr), Friday, 29 December 2006 17:52 (seventeen years ago) link
The Fountain is a splendid failure, there shd b more movies like it.
Armond White: Sparkle > Dreamgirls
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 December 2006 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
it was all right. i found it less dull than a lot of others have. maybe it's from reading all that crap about the cold war and trying figure out which characters were surrogates/composites for various historical figures. (crudup=kim philby!).
it was probably a bit too self-serious and dour, though.
Anyone else keep expecting every male cast-member to come out of the closet?
hahahahaha otm!
― latebloomer (clonefeed), Saturday, 30 December 2006 03:41 (seventeen years ago) link
― caitlin oh no (harbl), Saturday, 30 December 2006 03:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Saturday, 30 December 2006 04:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Saturday, 30 December 2006 04:37 (seventeen years ago) link
anyway, i was supposed to watch little miss sunshine tonight and then i just ended up writing an article about my favourite shows of 2006 and now i don't know if i can go through with watching the movie. so maybe i will just keep listening to music and write something about manufactured landscapes.
i also want to see children of men.
― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 04:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Nice coincidence, I watched that one last night too. I wanted to see John, the superprivileged super-snooty guy in that group of three, but he refused to show. He probably realized how badly he was coming across compared to the realer real lives of the others. I hope he shows up in 35-42-49.
― Joe Isuzu's Petals (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 30 December 2006 05:10 (seventeen years ago) link
i cried five times, for real.
― vahid (vahid), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:10 (seventeen years ago) link
It's pretty good, but all men are either rapists or stupid, harmless sods, and all women are full of genius, strength and purity of heart.
― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Saturday, 30 December 2006 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― sexyDancer (sexyDancer), Saturday, 30 December 2006 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Eric, what about Armond's crazy "Bush as America's coach" passage.
Also, while i'm always interested in Sicinski's take, dude gave Borat 3/10.
― Dr M (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 30 December 2006 18:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 19:33 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― a mediocre black-and-white cookie in a cellophane wrapper (hanks1ockli), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 20:43 (seventeen years ago) link
― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Saturday, 30 December 2006 21:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Saturday, 30 December 2006 21:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 21:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― impermanent rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Saturday, 30 December 2006 21:28 (seventeen years ago) link