Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
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"When I Saw You" a film set in 1967 in Jordan largely in a Palestinian refugee camp in the immediate aftermath of the six days war. It is seen largely through the eyes of a little Palestinian boy - and is a moving film that makes it clear how radicalisation can happen in the light of hopelessness.
When I Saw You - Trailer - YouTube
I remember the first time I saw A Bout de Souffle in the early 1970s when I was soaking up as much cinema as I could. Not long into the film I predicted the end, and spent most of the time wondering how this amateurish crap had ever reached the screen. A jerk with a gun who kills people because he doesn't care, who walks around for most of the film with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, who has sex with a plain looking American who fulfills the stereotype of the American in Paris who wants a good time and maybe a little danger...yawn. A Bout de Souffle is not the worst film ever made, I don't know what is (but anything by Michael Powell will do), but it does have a claim to be one, while the man who made it, Godard is the sort of man who drops his pants, ejects a turd into your lap, and has the cheek(s) to call it a 'film'. Indeed, the logical conclusion is that the work of this turditeur amounts to little more than a bucket of shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Prospero
It is worth noting that Godard was an amateur when he shot A Bout de Souffle, and actually lost control of the filming on the streets of Paris (see the link at the end of this critique) and in the process turned a film which is made up of a collage of other films -because Godard is a man without a single original idea- and turned what was supposed to be an homage to Bogart and the golden age of Hollywood, into a one-dimensional farce.
Philip French has described how important Godard was to him and his generation in the early 1960s, but while he dismisses most of Godard's later work, French refuses to confront the juvenile politics of Godard, and perhaps crucially, because it is on display throughout A Bout de Souffle, Godard's inept, offensive stereotyping of women -Godard may have been an admirer of Ophuls, but you won't find in any of Godard's films a sensitive depiction of women comparable to I Signora di Tutti (1934), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), or Lola Montes (1955).
You can read the article by French here-
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010...rench-new-wave
Godard did not just betray women, by depicting women as creatures of men's desire with no lives of any importance unless lived in reference to men, he inadvertently registered his own 'bourgeois' origins as the son of a wealthy Franco-Swiss banking family, while posing as a revolutionary without having any real clue as to what this meant, least of all in cinema in the age in which he lived. He made films which like the wholesale theft of American films in A Bout de Souffle, stole from Vertov and Eisenstein and justified it with the slogan There is only one way to be an intellectual revolutionary, and that is to give up being an intellectual.
An example of his juvenile mind at work can be found in the British films he made, One Plus One (aka Sympathy for the Devil) (1968) and British Sounds (aka See You at the Mao) (1969); these embarrassing, rambling sequences of sloganeering and political posturing, are supposedly enlivened by the footage in One Plus One of the Rolling Stones recording their song Sympathy for the Devil -noticeably slower than the final cut which came out on the album Beggar's Banquet.
Indeed, Godard deliberately left out the final cut and when invited to see the UK premiere at the National Film Theatre London in late 1968, discovered that the producer Ian Quarrier had changed the ending, playing the whole of the final cut over the crane shot -and set about him, punching him in the face and stomach. Mike, the house manager for many years in those days, grabbed hold of Godard and literally thew him out of the building, one of most necessary acts of devotion to cinema to have happened in the UK in the last 50 years. I believe Godard never returned to the UK, one can only hope he never does.
Godard is a fraud, his films are incoherent splices of other people's films masquerading as a critique of the 'bourgeoisie' -Godard even once described himself as 'a thorn in the side of the bourgeoisie' and took to waving red flags, smoking cuban cigars and being generally obnoxious. He became the darling of the pseudo-Marxist left which in spite of its serious devotion to radical cinema was quite happy to jump ship in the 1980s when Derrida and deconstruction took over film criticism, producing reviews of Disney in prose that would have confused Hegel. Weekend (1967) ends with the famous caption Fin du cinema which would have been appropriate for this turditeur has it read Fin du Cinema Godard, yet he went on to prove he was a Man with a Movie Camera with Nothing to Say in unadulterated crap like Tout va Bien (1972), Numero Deux (1975), Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) and others.
Many people think revolution is a con, Jean-Luc Godard may just be the proof that they are right.
Further reading
A general study -The Films of Jean-Luc Godard, Wheeler Dixon
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2...0Dixon&f=false
An account of the making of A Bout de Souffle
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_a...reathless.html
Godard's telegrams to the British Film Institute in 1968, just to prove what a pretentious jerk he was -
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/godards-telegram
^^ cliff notes: stravos doesn't like jean-luc godard.
godard's response (minus the cigarette hanging out of his mouth):
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Of Godard, I know I began watching Masculin Feminin, and Weekend, but since I couldn't tell you how they ended, I'm not sure I made it to the ending.
I know I watched Pierrot le Fou all of the way to the end because it had a fairly remarkable ending. I don't disagree with Stavros' criticism about the treatment of women in his film. Seems like a bit of a misogynist. Nevertheless, I don't think I have quite the antipathy for his films as Senor Stavros seems to have. Back in my film enthusiast days in the late 80's and early 90's, I was told he was a must see. I saw a few films and moved on.
Maleficent. N id watch that shit again.
I usually have a pretty low opinion about almost anything that comes out of Hollywood.
And Flight (2012) was no exception.
total cliche "omg look at the perils of alcohol" hollywood crap.
One of my favorite pro wrestling documentaries.
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dayum. didn't bret hart die? and what was his finishing move? the sharpshooter? i remember people being put in a sharpshooter and agonizing in pain for the ref to throw the match. i think one person was jake "the snake" roberts whose own move the ddt was something you didn't want to find yourself on the recieving end of, then bret hart gets out of it and puts the snake in the sharpshooter and it's game (set?): match
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11uQO1ECsJg
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this movie is pretty much a laundry list of political incorrectness, with laughs for pedophilia and transsexualism, but more so, it's a great fashion advertisement for early 80s righteousness
p.s. major crush on judy here. wouldn't mind doing a sleepaway in her vagina: permanently
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And there was I thinking breathless was an intriguing piece of cinema history. Now I know.
Bad Grandpa :)
Totally irrelevant, but that is a very nice new avatar, Libs.Quote:
Originally Posted by LibertyHarkness
I just watched the Lego movie ... definitely wouldn't have paid to see it.
The new X-Men Movie
:p I think she means the movie.Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
Planning on re-watching Fight Club. Watched it years ago. But kinda curious to see it again.
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Originally Posted by sukumvit boy
I think he meant that his own comment about her avatar was irrelevant to the topic of conversation, not that her post was irrelevant.
I think irrelevancy is largely irelevant... except when its not . erm
Correct. Your pedantry is much appreciated. :D ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by maxpower
Would have loved to sit with ya watching that one Liberty. One of the best movies EVER!!! I especially like the Dirty Old Grampa. He was hilarious lol "I'm a free man now, I can't be having that little cock block hanging around" lolQuote:
Originally Posted by LibertyHarkness
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i went into this film with very low expectations and the film still managed to disappoint mainly because of terrible jokes, a tired and cliche plot and kevin hart. wendi convey is head-damagingly gorgeous though
Death at a Funeral , 2007 British comedy . Brilliant!
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this movie struck me as an x-files type without scully with 2 cops investigating supernaturally themed crimes. so it's basically, cops meets the exorcism of emily rose with the guy from the soup cracking jokes every time something happens
i can't even being to imagine what they were thinking
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I realise this is not for everyone and also that it is a complicated literary (Cormac McCarthy) adaptation to bring to the screen but this will seriously fuck with your head so be warned. This will certainly not be everyone's cup of tea as it is a very profound essay on how we treat those who live willingly/unwillingly outside our social boundaries. Do you stand in shit or avoid it? It took up all my powers of endurance to stick with it and scared the bollix out of me. But in strange way I'm glad I got through it because in retrospect, it makes you think and examine yourself for shortcomings of your own.
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this film tried to be nerdy and interesting but it didn't have the einsteins to pull off the dialogue to really sell the story, so instead what came out is this: everyone has unique eyes. nobody else can have the same kind of eyes like yours. so why did we just find someone with the same eyes as my ex?
this sort of "complex" subject (at least the fantasy of it) is usually pulled off as a paradox. in this case, it's pulled off as a pseudo romance story
i like the brit marling babe though. i'd totally make her pregnant
started the night with:-
22 jump street ( only cause i am a Channing Tatum fan ) i couldn't stand 20 minutes into the movie,Jonah Hill never fails to disappoint me, so just like the first movie i left.
in TAJ-MALL cinema's, they do follow ups to any person leaving the movie theater during the show, asking why and whats not.
i was amazed that they decided to give me another go, for another movie.
my choices were :-
edge of tomorrow ( already seen it 2 times )
blended ( adam sandler ?! ...no thank you ! )
so i watched (( edge of tomorrow )) and i have to say
it was still fun to watch, special effects were done neatly, maintaining some level of logic flow with the plot was decent.
and i am a huge fan of tom anyway.
you are my hero for today ! i saw the trailer, and it got a decent amount of blood and anger in it. ( i hope it have more than what they shown in the trailer ).Quote:
Originally Posted by emmettray
it reminds me of a movie called
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKJeFZ3Dbco
"Here Comes the Navy" (1934)
This eighty year old pic starred James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, the battleship U.S.S. Arizona and the dirigible U.S.S. Macon. Mostly silly stuff.
the last movie a cute boy took me to? the avengers
the last move i saw on my computer was actually uwe bolls "rampage" lol
i need to go out on more dates >.<
True Detective (2014)
Although this is a tv series, I bought the box set and watched it as two movies spread over two days.
I did not know much the show before watching it, and at least one can say that these days so much money is spent making these programmes/films that they recruit fine actors (down to the smaller roles), have high production values, and take on challenging themes.
However, by the time we got to the last three or four episodes I was weary of the main storyline which I felt was not thought through. There is an attempt to depict Rusty Cohle (Matthew McConaughey) as a thinker, and Marty Hart (Woody Harelson) as a man of action, not very original, and the use of interviews and flashbacks to events that happened 12 years previously creates some interest and tension. It should also be said that the theme of underage sex is very much part of contemporary issues, particularly in the UK where senior politicians, dead or alive (Cyril Smith, Viscount Tonypandy, and Lord Jenner) have been accused of exploiting their positions of power to abuse children in care.
Here, the problem arises that the key suspect practises a Louisiana version of Voodoo or more properly, Voudon, and that the abduction and sexual abuse of minors is not only integrated into Voudon rituals, but that the Detectives appear to be uncovering a paedophile ring that includes Louisiana politicians and Church leaders. It falls down for me because the key suspect is one of those rural Louisiana yokels whose way of life is so alien to most Americans they may as well be aliens. We have seen this inbred, semi-literate brood in films before, from Deliverance to MUD, and their homes which are crammed from floor to ceiling with 'stuff', their yards scattered with broken down pieces of machinery and other unidentifiable objects, who have ferocious dogs, and seem to greet every stranger by pointing a double-barrelled shotgun at them. They usually live in the middle of a forest miles from a road. The women are obese, sexually uncontrollable and evidently incapable of baking a cherry pie or a loaf of bread. How these sort of people can be associated with leading politicians is beyond me, I never saw the connection, not least because Voudon if it has a connection it is with the Catholic Church whereas the Christians in this film seem to be tent-based revivalists or fundamentalists who would not want to associate with either Voudon or Catholics.
So, incoherent, and a series or film which seems to me to be liberal America depicting that 'other America' as not just weird, but very dangerous, even though most sexual abuse takes place in the home, and by men (for the most part) who look normal and have normal jobs. This box set is on its way to the charity shop, and I won't bother with Series Two.
I quite enjoyed it myself.
You got further than I did Stavros.
I saw "Dr No" a few days ago - nearly 50 years old but I have never seen it before. It established all the cliches which were played out through every subsequent Bond film.
Just finish watching True Romance.
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You can watch it online for free
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A baseball flick called: Sugar. It's quite good. A touching story, too.
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i can't believe how many versions of la femme nikita luc besson has managed to get away, but it's now basically a case of can he make a film that isn't similar to that one..
well, this one ISN'T it. it's basically la femme nikita all over again, except this time she's using (wait for it.....) 100% of her brain. yes, that's right folks. la femme nikita is the einstein of killing. but she needs guns, just like the other versions of herself (huh?) unfortunately, luc besson isn't the einstein of screenwriting, which presents a flaw in his protagonist- who btw does a better job gallivanting around the scottish highland putting random dudes in black sludge to get eaten up and attempting to understand humanity whilst avoiding her alien chaperone
not this
Under the Skin featuring more Scarlett Johannson, hmm..I would say this movie is for late at night with a bit of herb, Scarlett plays an alien seducing guys in Scotland. I don't want to give away any more....?
Red Dawn (The Remake).
Like the original, a bit shite really...But enjoyable shite! :shrug
It's Pat
Pat is a transgender man or woman that through out the entire movie it asks the question "What is Pat?". Pat lives with Chris who is also transgender and meant to be a question mark gender. I consider myself pretty easy going on rating movies. This movie got horrible reviews by other people, but I actually liked it to some degree.
The movie is repetitive and if you're thinking the movie is going to go anywhere else than making fun of Pat's unknown gender you're wrong. I pretty much knew this from the start though and I enjoyed the continuing jokes. A couple things I really liked about this movie is that Pat's gender is never revealed. This is a good thing because if you were to find out Pat's gender Pat wouldn't be Pat. I also liked that this movie is fairly short. The movie is about a hour and a half. Most movies over a hour and a half I get very bored.
Favorite movie quote:
Chris: You know Pat maybe you should find a job.
Pat: I'm exhausted! I had 23 jobs this year, how many did YOU have?
Chris: Just one.
6/10
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The Fault In Our Stars
Dying from terminal cancer, Hazel Grace finds true love that sees her for herself and not her disease. This was a good movie about life and death. Not going to go much into this movie as the plot wasn't super dynamic and I didn't feel I really learned anything new philosophically (or at least not as much as I expected to), but it was a good movie. I still highly recommend it, especially if you haven't cried in a while.
Favorite movie quote:
"There are infinite numbers between 0 and 1. There's .1 and .12 and .112 and an infinite collection of others. Of course, there is a bigger infinite set of numbers between 0 and 2, or between 0 and a million. Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."
8/10
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"Nanking"
Nanking (2007) - IMDb
...watched this on Netflicks.
A retelling of this brutal period during the war, in part, using readings from well known actors to represent the viewpoints of the expatriates that were there at the time, and present day interviews of Chinese survivors and Japanese soldiers.
warning...a bit graphic at times, but necessarily so ( 200,000 people massacred and tens of thousands of young girls and women raped )
It's one of the truly awful times in human history - the atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers in Nanking were truly heinous...but this film also shows, how many were saved by the heroic acts of individuals who showed remarkable strength of spirit in the face of evil.
Very much recommended.