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Subject: Re: Movie Chat Author: John [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 11:13:09 12/08/02 Sun In reply to: Jeff 's message, "Re: Movie Chat" on 20:34:48 12/07/02 Sat Musicals, eh? This is one area where I'm almost totally outside the loop. Generally I despise musicals, with only a few exceptions. I actually own the DVD of Nightmare Before Christmas. It's very fun, has great animation, and I'm a Danny Elfman fan. Other than that, I have great affection for Fred Astair/Ginger Rogers musicals. I can't explain it, but I've seen them all and I go back and watch them again every few years. I discovered them on TV in childhood and they work for me in some surreal cartoony sense. The other musicals you've all mentioned are, in my opinion, the ultimate form of torture and are quite unendurable for me. Why? Who the fuck knows. Mmmmm, David Lynch. A man after my own psychotic heart. One of my favorite filmmakers. I have the M.Drive DVD. I only wish they would release his previous film, Lost Highway. That's my favorite. Jeff wants answers to M.D. What can I say, Jeff? Isn't it totally obvious to any fool what it all means. Truly, it's so elementary that it would be a waste of time to go over it all. Sorry, I couldn't resist tweaking you for a second. If you demand answers you should refrain from watching Lynch's films. I consider them dream-art. They slip off into the irrational world of the subconscious. The images and motifs resonate to create feelings, atmosphere, and evoke emotions. Yes, the ideas can make you think and often frustrate your conscious mind, but this is much like recalling a dream. I think Lynch is right to not explain his films. Sometimes he slips out hints in interviews, but you won't find a director's commentary on his DVDs. If he turned them into puzzle pieces with set solutions they would lose their mystery. I suspect that you think this is a cop out. I'm not hiding the answers, Jeff. There are some things in each of his films that escape me. But not the parts you asked about. Those are obvious. Sorry, one last jab for the road. :-) [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Movie Chat Author: Jeff [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:24:19 12/09/02 Mon As usual John, you are such a prick. :) I want some goddamn answers to that movie!!! Forget Lost Highway - That movie sucked balls! I couldn't figure ANY of it out...it started out cool then made a left turn to the land of mushrooms and Ambien. Lousy fuck. It figures you wouldn't lay it out and give me some answers... [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Movie Chat Author: Ken [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 14:41:02 04/21/03 Mon I know this is an old thread, but what the hell. I figured I'd revive it since I finally got around to seeing some older movies and wanted to comment on them. The Perfect Storm: George Clooney vehicle, a swordboat in this particular instance. I would love to blame Clooney for this, but it seems no one in this film can act, including Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, who I ordinarily don't hate. Diane Lane delivers a pretty solid performance, but the dialogue in this movie is so trite and predictable, it's impossible for any mere actor to rise above it. The film is based on a true story, but you'd never know it from the two-dimensional stock characters and situations festooning the watery thin plot. The ILM special effects steal the show, I'm afraid. A Beautiful Mind: Okay, I was prepared to throw away two and half hours on this one just to watch Jennifer Connelly, who is beautiful, and it did win 4 Oscars after all. But Russell Crowe and (ulp) Ron Howard? {shudder} I have managed to miss (not on purpose) all of Crowe's work and therefore know nothing about him except that he likes to beat up paparazzi. It was Opie that gave me pause, though, as I hated Cocoon and Backdraft and just about everything he has ever done. His direction always seems so self-conscious and heavy-handed and pseudo-epic, like he's trying to outSpielberg Spielberg. In this case, I was very pleasantly surprised. It's a great story, well-dramatized, excellent dialog, beautifully shot, and the casting was spot on, especially Ed Harris as Black Ops Parcher. And Howard finally allows his characters to be real people free from the responsibilities of being superhuman archetypes writ large. He shifts gears kind of rough, but it works somehow, probably because of the unusual subject matter, and he has a light touch when it's called for. Russell Crowe is believable, if not riveting as John Nash. Ed Harris is solid as always. Christopher Plummer is, well, frigging Christopher Plummer! Towers over all of Howard's previous work, in my opinion. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]