All I need to say that hasn't been said over and over again is that this movie should have ended 20 seconds earlier. If it had, we would have been left with a haunting feeling wondering what was going to happen rather than the "epilogue" that did our thinking for us. It should have ended just as he was looking around the room, without giving too much away, at Jackson's room. Sounds like the fine addition of a producer to me.
Reviews
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Down to Earth
(2001)
didn't utilize it's "gimmick"
16 June 2002
I figured the whole joke of the movie would be to see some rich white guy acting like Chris Rock, and then see Chris Rock react to people's reactions. Instead you just see Chris Rock being himself and people not understanding him. There are maybe 2 scenes in the entire movie where they use their gimmick. This should have been a lot better.
Bottle Rocket
(1993)
Charming + wonderful beginning
16 June 2002
This is the FIRST Bottle Rocket, not the full length. This version begins after the breakout in th '96 version, and ends after the boys RECAP the bookstore robbery to Bob. This is interesting to watch for hardcore Wes fans, and if Criterion loves us, they will release a DVD including this original on it. Especially worth seeing is the "I bought the gun" scene, where Dignan flips out in a vulgar rage which only Owen Wilson could have executed the way he did.
The Bottle Rocket '96 trailer includes a shot of Anthony breaking into a car to steal a wallet, but the scene is cut from the actual movie. That scene is present in the short version.
The Bottle Rocket '96 trailer includes a shot of Anthony breaking into a car to steal a wallet, but the scene is cut from the actual movie. That scene is present in the short version.
Judy Berlin
(1999)
decent, but not a masterpiece
14 June 2002
i'm getting a little tired of the the whole idea about putting characters who are filmmakers in movies, having them say "i want to make a movie about a boring town" when the movie that they are in is about a boring town. kind of like in those TV shows where the characters say "Something like this only happens in movies, this is real life!"
anyways, the movie is decent. It isn't particularly good or bad, but there was nothing that really did all that much for me. i won't try and dissuade you from seeing it, maybe it WILL do something for you.
has anyone else noticed that all these movies filmed in black and white on modern cameras look like they are stifling things, holding it back? it doesn't look natural, it doesn't look like the way the old black and white movies did. you can almost see in modern black and white movies that the shot is established by someone used to seeing in color. old movies were different in that that was all they knew, composition and lighting were more well thought out.
anyways, the movie is decent. It isn't particularly good or bad, but there was nothing that really did all that much for me. i won't try and dissuade you from seeing it, maybe it WILL do something for you.
has anyone else noticed that all these movies filmed in black and white on modern cameras look like they are stifling things, holding it back? it doesn't look natural, it doesn't look like the way the old black and white movies did. you can almost see in modern black and white movies that the shot is established by someone used to seeing in color. old movies were different in that that was all they knew, composition and lighting were more well thought out.
The Doom Generation
(1995)
the second worst movie ever made.
9 June 2002
Warning: Spoilers
The only thing that puts this movie above "manos" is that there are no 20-minute long shots of panning roadside. nowhere will you find more vapid, meaningless, heavy handed tripe than you will in the doom generation.
spoiler alert:
this movie was so bad, that i did not feel sorry for the protagonist when he was anally raped while having his penis cut off with pruning shears by a band of shirtless neo-nazis while his girlfriend and best friend were wrapped in plastic and beaten.
It is worthwhile to read the back of the box, that is worth a laugh, as it seems to have been written by a major stoner.
3000 Dinars to the man who brings me greg akari's head on a pike.
spoiler alert:
this movie was so bad, that i did not feel sorry for the protagonist when he was anally raped while having his penis cut off with pruning shears by a band of shirtless neo-nazis while his girlfriend and best friend were wrapped in plastic and beaten.
It is worthwhile to read the back of the box, that is worth a laugh, as it seems to have been written by a major stoner.
3000 Dinars to the man who brings me greg akari's head on a pike.
Battleship Potemkin
(1925)
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9 June 2002
Recommended to anyone studying film! This very important movie was one of the first films to use the Intellectual Montage that Eisenstien developed for cinema. Check out the Step Sequence! Breathtaking and horrifying.
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