A few films recently watched.

[TiffanyHalderman]

campy is probably the wrong term, I should have said cheesy or silly. I could not stand starbuck from the first episode and I quit watching around when they landed on that planet.

[Guest disparaissant]

fair enough but i still can't see it as being cheesier or sillier than tng or x-files. if you only saw up until new caprica, you missed a hell of a lot of hopelessness, though.

[baph]

If you stop watching BSG about halfway through Season 4 it's the most delightfully bleak ending evar.

[Guest disparaissant]

If you stop watching BSG about halfway through Season 4 it's the most delightfully bleak ending evar.

that's where i like to pretend the show ends.

[baph]

Me too. I have yet to purchase Season 4.5 and complete my household BSG collection, even though my gf is a supa-fan and is all: Y U NO BUY BSG FOR BY BIRTHDAY?

 

Actually, though, I thought Caprica (Series) was doing an admirable job of filing in the God-shaped plot hole that brought BSG down in the end. For me, anyway. Caprica started a little silly but it was going a bit pleasantly hard-SF/cyberpunk near the end and exploring the idea of Cylon God as Cylon AI. It didn't have a chance to explore that fully, but it was clearly a goal.

 

edit: I feel like I've made this post nearly verbatim before so sorry if I'm solo jazzing.

[Guest disparaissant]

Me too. I have yet to purchase Season 4.5 and complete my household BSG collection, even though my gf is a supa-fan and is all: Y U NO BUY BSG FOR BY BIRTHDAY?

 

Actually, though, I thought Caprica (Series) was doing an admirable job of filing in the God-shaped plot hole that brought BSG down in the end. For me, anyway. Caprica started a little silly but it was going a bit pleasantly hard-SF/cyberpunk near the end and exploring the idea of Cylon God as Cylon AI. It didn't have a chance to explore that fully, but it was clearly a goal.

 

edit: I feel like I've made this post nearly verbatim before so sorry if I'm solo jazzing.

i watched caprica up until patton oswalt showed up. that was a bit too much, couldn't suspend disbelief anymore. had a hard enough time with lance the heroin addict and his daughter ann "mayoneggs" veal, haha. i'll probably give it another go if i get bored enough.

[essines]

Absolutely. I think zaphod and myself, possibly others, have also expressed sheer delight and a bit of amazement at the DC of Kingdom of Heaven.

Next up: Paths of Glory, Straw Dogs.

/hi5

 

Now there's a double feature!

I am so down with this. Straw Dogs is fantastic. Not going to bother elaborating, but it is a fine film.

[cruising for burgers]

rosso come il cielo - 8/10

[lumpenprol]

A Serbian Film - this was the cut version I presume, as watmm had spoiled the "baby fucking" for me, but it ended up not happening on mine. Anyway it was a stupid fucking film, they had a pretty strong idea and they threw it all away.

 

Notes on how not to make a film:

- do not show the climax of the film in flashbacks. It robs it of all vitality. Clearly they thought all the degrading scenes were getting a bit "same-y", so they tried to mix up the time frame a bit, but fucked it up in the process.

- if you're going to start making a psychological portrait of someone, don't give up partway through. The filmmaker was an interesting guy, but it seemed like they just decided to stop trying to explain why he was doing what he was doing.

- gradually increase the scale of the shocks you give the audience. If you stick a baby fucking midway through your film, everything after will be anticlimactic...

- don't pull your punches. I was surprised that for a shock film it was actually rather tame. It had a typical ass kickin' finale, rather than the harrowing, uncompromising punch to the gut I was expecting.

 

In summary: go see Animal Kingdom instead, much more shocking and nerve wracking.

[keltoi]

If you stick a baby fucking midway through your film, everything after will be anticlimactic...

 

lol i don't think i'm going to let you live this one down lump.

[Guest Blue Peter Cheat]

Elite Squad 2: 7/10

(Enjoyable & fairly intelligent but there was something missing...)

 

Waste Land: 8/10

(A little too knowingly sentimental & not critical enough however)

 

My Joy: 8/10

(Bleak)

[lumpenprol]

If you stick a baby fucking midway through your film, everything after will be anticlimactic...

 

lol i don't think i'm going to let you live this one down lump.

funny thing is I didn't even see it as my version didn't have it - I had my remote in hand, ready to stop if it got too revolting, and then nothing happened. I guess in the safe version, they have the in-movie director spell everything out for you: "Don't you get it? Newborn porn!" he shouts, and that's it.

[awesomeperson]

Elite Squad 2 - Dunn liek it, should have been more like the first one but I guess they felt guilty and chickened out and tried to be all but it ended up looking like a high production Miami Vice episode. First one is still class though.

[lumpenprol]

ok so after turning it off prematurely and dissing it before, I decided to give the king's speech another chance. Made it through to the end, actually a good film despite the fact that it was clear Oscar bait. Heartening for those of us with a fear of public speaking. 8.5/10

[cruising for burgers]

Elite Squad 2 - Dunn liek it, should have been more like the first one but I guess they felt guilty and chickened out and tried to be all but it ended up looking like a high production Miami Vice episode. First one is still class though.

[kokoon]

Adaptation - 3/10: no comment

 

À bout de souffle (Breathless) - 8.5/10: great!!!

[Guest disparaissant]

Adaptation - 3/10: no comment

a score that low on a movie that isn't that bad... i'm curious and kind of want a comment :P

[Guest the anonymous forumite]

Adaptation - 3/10: no comment

a score that low on a movie that isn't that bad... i'm curious and kind of want a comment :P

 

Yep, me too. Absolutely loved Adaptation.

 

Also, Elite Squad: 8.5

[TiffanyHalderman]

adaptation: 8/10 one of my favorite films

[Terpentintollwut]

What's Adaption? No spoilers please

 

edit: +at

[Guest disparaissant]

adaptation is one of like i dunno, three good nic cage films (all i can think of otherwise is leaving las vegas and raising arizona) written by charlie kaufman (being john malkovich, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind) and directed by spike jonze. pretty good stuff, imo, genuinely surprised to see someone dislike it as much as kokoon seems to have.

 

i'm watching the x-files currently. again. thanks to haldermaniac mentioning it off-hand. weirdly, i can draw a parallel to bsg - just watched "fire," which guest stars the guy who played baltar's lawyer on BSG. and then the episode right after that is "beyond the sea," the one with brad dourif, who calls scully "starbuck."

 

edit: and now mulder mentions that he wants boggs to summon up the spirit of jimi hendrix to play "all along the watchtower." utterly convinced the writers of BSG were watching season one of the x-files when they wrote the last season.

[sneaksta303]

adaptation is one of like i dunno, three good nic cage films (all i can think of otherwise is leaving las vegas and raising arizona)

 

What about Wild at Heart?

 

 

Adaptation is excellent.

[GORDO]

BSG plays like Alias in space and its good reputation it's only held toghether by the few good ideas in the first bunch of episodes. you take that out and there's nothing left.

 

Machete is just dumb fun, very very dumb, but still fun. everything about it is meant as a joke.

[beerwolf]

Suspiria.

 

Been meaning to watch this for eons. It has dated badly but that seems to make it even more creepy, the soundtrack is enough to freak you out.

 

8/10

[beerwolf]

Double post