Cahiers du Cinema de Noize

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.

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???

'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.

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.

Volver something of a letdown. I wasn't expecting fireworks, but maybe I was expecting a few more women...?

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.

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"?

The Fountain is a splendid failure, there shd b more movies like it.

Armond White: Sparkle > Dreamgirls

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!

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.

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.

i cried five times, for real.

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.

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.