Hancock.

I would have loved to have seen the original script filmed. This wasn't awful but it wasn't very good either.

Your link's not working (and good luck making it work with the word "cock" in it) but I see from the URL that you're talking about Hancock. I'm totally with you. It wasn't a bad movie but it could've been a lot better. It would've made for a lot better movie if they pushed the premise further for one thing.

I was disappointed when I heard the reviews for Hancock because the previews looked so sick.

:laughing: **** lynch this is guerilla cinema

I can obviously understand why one would consider any of Van Sants films pretentious. But Drugstore Cowboy was still overall a very powerful film, as was his big hollywood effort Good Will Hunting.

The criticisms you're giving to Drugstore and Elephant applie to MOPO by a very good margin. C'mon, a film about two homosexual male hookers with no linear plot and a lot of pretentious ranting. Not pretentious?

It deserved praise for it's highly original story, great style and Pheonix's performance but. I feel it could have been a much more powerful film but the characters are a bit too eccentric and aloof to connect with, plus I f*cking hate Keanu Reeves.

It's still a good movie but it IS pretentious, way more pretentious than Van Sants other good films.

I've heard Gerry was a bunch of unwatchable self indulgent wank, and having seen Even Cowgirls Get the Blues I'm going to take that warning to heart.

I hate Keanu Reeves too, but all the soliloquies and eccentricity was the Henry IV bit in the middle, that tells Scott's story and Fat Bob or whatever his name was (I was ashamed to be able to recognise Flea on sight here aswell). It all depends on where you stand with that theatrical business I suppose, it definitely felt like two films spliced together. I'll rewatch it soon and see if it loses anything

He's pretty good at playing emotionless people though.

lol. You wonder how the Matrix trilogy might have panned out with a better actor in the lead... He didn't ruin the first film, he was just merely adequate
I am trying to think of a single good Reeves performance.. if anybody gets one don't keep it to yourself!

Bill & Ted duh Lol.

I imagine his earlier acting would be better... or worse, I dunno. The earliest movie I've seen him in is Bill & Ted.

And Parenthood. He's good when he's playing an idiot. Also I thought he was surprisingly good in A Scanner Darkly.

He was also funny as a stoner in I Love You to Death.

Yeah, I thought he was alright in that.

yeaah forgot about the idiotic surfer-dude persona, guess that's how he made his name! A Scanner Darkly I loved initially but it leaves me flat now, mainly down to Reeves n Ryder. It's just better as a read. And some of the monologues in that film... it's dangerously close to the pretense-fest (?) that was 'Waking Life' (had some interesting points to make but went about it entirely the wrong way IMO). Anyway I'll shut up cause we had a Linklater debate only a few pages back

So much Waking Life hate, it's pretentious up the ass, yes. But also a very refreshing, imaginative and thought provoking film I thought.

I loved the animation too, the variety of visual styles used. It reminds me of Ralph Bakshi's use of rotoscoping for American Pop.

I loved Waking Life too.

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No movie can come as close as this one does to perfection.

I watched Gremlins 2 the other day. Classic.

HOW THE HELL IS ERNEST BORGNINE STILL ALIVE

Heh. That is a classic. I watched fairly recently for the first time since it first came out and was amazed to discover that I still liked it.

He is so good in Spongebob Squarepants as mermaid Man. Yes I do like Spongebob Squarepants :finger:

the bob is the only reason i wake up in the morning.

igot into it watching a friend's DVDs, it's brilliant, lots of knowing nods to the adult audience, at it's best reminds you of Ren and Stimpy. The old ones were good but I think the guy who plays spongebob changed at some point, it fell off

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I kept mistaking Russel Crowe's character for Alec Baldwin and I had to cover my eyes a few times, but overall it was exciting, clever, and a really good film.

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Loved the different points of view angle of the movie, and how during each person's story it cut away during the climax, essentially giving the viewer blue balls until the end.

JACK SHEPHERD!?

Yeah, it was really fantastic. I don't understand how it got such a mediocre reception... I think I liked it better than The Dark Knight.

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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)

I am vaguely familiar with Werner Herzog having seen random films now and then to which I can never remember the titles... if they haven't been excellent documentaries they have been real-life dramas with a documentary feel. One of his latest was an excellent POW film with Christian Bale called Rescue Dawn, highly recommended.

Anyhow Aguirre is perhaps his most famous work and I must've caught the ending on TV several times over the years, but what a beautiful film! Beady-eyed Klaus Kinski as the titular crazy bastard is great of course, I love the funny crab shuffle/limp he did - so cute!

The film depicts events that actually took place, a doomed mid-16th Century Spanish expedition to find the legendary riches of El Dorado in the Amazon basin

I don't normally go in-depth at the risk of sounding like a dolt, but the themes addressed in Aguirre were clear and done so in a compelling fashion, all with (what seemed like) great attention to period detail: the folly of the white man and his tireless ambition and greed, Old Europe/Christianity's relentless rape of a peaceful world that was far better off without them... Aguirre is mad but he personifies these ideals in his delusion.

Along the way we're treated to some amazing one-off shots and genuine 'how did they do that?' moments; and as you would expect from a German documentary filmmaker there are no cheap tricks or frills, you are there in the muck with the leeches, humidity and hopelessness. Oh and this one is on youtube as well so get in there!

1972, I had no idea this film was that old... Here's a good video for those who have already seen the film, Aguirre's reputation for it's hellish shoot precedes it.

I thought it was painfully average, but I've seen Little Dieter needs to fly which is one of my all time favorite documentaries and tells the same story only through the eyes of the actual protagonist...

I also preferred El Dorado to Aguirre, it had a much more dreamlike atmosphere and better cinematography...:\

An absolutely brilliant film that just get's better every time you see it.

Ok, could we stop quoting the entire freakin' post, it's unnecessary and annoying to scroll through....:\

There is a quick cursor action on your mouse :rolleyes:

Not really. You have no soul. :confused:

ech.. i'm sure it's not as impeccably good as i remember it being but i genuinely can't think of anything I disliked about RD at the time, likewise with Aguirre which I just watched. It sounds like the movie you prefer has a different outlook, I thought Herzog's gritty (an overused adjective but it fits) style suited the story in this instance. Little Dieter Needs To Fly sounds intriguing though, if anybody has other Herzog recommendations I am all ears. Eyes even.
I've seen: the documentary about pet semetaries (was that him even?), some Brad Dourif sci-fi/ documentary and the ultra-depressing one with the dancing chicken scene that Ian Curtis was apparently very fond of. As you can tell I am a bit clueless in the Werner department

Have you seen Fitzcarraldo?

nope but IMDB has an 8.0 averag for it, i'll seek it out!

Are you talking about Rescue dawn? If so, have you actually seen Little Dieter which it's based on? I can assure you that nothing comes close to hearing the actual man (who is one of the most amazing men I've heard of) tell the story with his own words. So much more powerful than some actor playing it, trust me. I'm not sure why Herzog decided to (re)make the film, my guess is so that he could keep funding his other, more worthy projects.
You should see Grizzly man if you haven't already, my second favorite Herzog film/documentary.

Werner Herzog, yeah!

No, I was talking about Aguirre.

Ok, have you seen El Dorado then or do you just enjoy posting worthless shit with no real insight into the subject matter?http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...wer/unsure.gif