So is Django Unchained the first major film that shows a black person's penis?
I enjoyed the movie. It did drag at parts. In a lot of films I thing that the creators try a little too hard to extend and add something interesting. When it may have just been better off had the more simple ending would have been more successful.
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy
saw django unchained as well. haven't been to the theater in ages. found it very entertaining and was impressed with the way it managed to get certain ideas across without being the least bit preachy. want to see it again, mostly because there is so much going on, it is difficult to take it all in in one sitting. also, it never really dragged for me, but did have to take a quick break around tarantino's appearance.
"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
Any Given Sunday beats it on time and maybe quantity (NFL lockeroom scene), but I don't know that it wins. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul won some awards ate Canne in 1974. The title character (played by director Fassbinder's lover) has a memorable shower scene that may win on quality.Originally Posted by Rocky Hillian
sudo open the pod bay doors, HAL.
ha, didn't even notice. maybe it was when i went to the restroom. not likely to have given it much thought even if i had noticed.
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"It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia."
So what are you saying? Heh
Lincoln Fight Club...
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"Republicans in East Tennessee live in a government compound of national and state forests, land grant universities, nuclear research labs, and TVA lakes and dams, while pretending to be coonskin cappers guarding the mountain passes to stop socialism." - (Commenter from Oregon discussing the Tennessee Governors contest in the NYT) (hat tip to Hank IV)
Blown away. Now I want to take a road trip to Terrebonne Parish.
Lincoln Fight Club...
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"Republicans in East Tennessee live in a government compound of national and state forests, land grant universities, nuclear research labs, and TVA lakes and dams, while pretending to be coonskin cappers guarding the mountain passes to stop socialism." - (Commenter from Oregon discussing the Tennessee Governors contest in the NYT) (hat tip to Hank IV)
No one was wearing an Omega wristwatch?
Lincoln Fight Club...
Listen online: KEXP 90.3 Seattle - Kexp.org
"Republicans in East Tennessee live in a government compound of national and state forests, land grant universities, nuclear research labs, and TVA lakes and dams, while pretending to be coonskin cappers guarding the mountain passes to stop socialism." - (Commenter from Oregon discussing the Tennessee Governors contest in the NYT) (hat tip to Hank IV)
finally saw django unchained: liked it a lot, much better than basterds, which i found terminally dull, but i'm now at least willing to give it another three hours of my life. as for django, i like its brazenness—nobody with any conventional taste or sense of propriety would ever have dared try a revenge fantasy/exploitation homage about slavery. i still think QT's pretty clumsy as a filmmaker, in part because he trades on enthusiasm over conventional technique, in part because he became so influential and powerful so quickly that there's nobody—an editor, a producer, a studio exec—in a position to rein him in. but i suspect that his clumsiness and audacity are too closely linked for him to give up one without losing the other.
also watched beasts of the southern wild, which sure wasn't subtle. still forming thoughts about it, didn't love or hate it, maybe a little too spike jonze-y for my taste—lots of stylistic echoes of the lackluster where the wild things are.
at least he's not writing about metal this week
django unchained - best tarantino since jackie brown for me. sam jackson and christophe waltz are terrific. i've got hang-ups, but they're more about film craft than sociopolitical gripes.
mama - surprisingly well-built spook story. the end gets goofy (as they tend to in this kind of flick) and there are some massive plot holes and contrivances, but mostly good, jump-scare fun. the 2 little girls are incredible.
Not getting to the flicks as much as I'd like lately (weird for winter), but I decided to spend my time on Promised Land a week ago. I have always liked Gus Van Zant, been kind of whatever about Matt Damon (I respect him more as a writer than as an actor), but when I read Damon had teamed up with Jim from The Office (aka John Krasinski) to write a screenplay based on a Dave Eggers story, I was intrigued. I was at home on a Sunday, glanced at the clock, saw I had 20 minutes to get to the next showing at DTW, and went. What the hell. Why not.
It's gotten mediocre reviews but I thought it was a pretty sensitive examination of the stakes involved on either side of the fracking issue. Potential economic boost for a community, risk of environmental disaster. Nice twist near the end. And how can Frances McDormand ever disappoint? She could make you murmur drill, baby, drill.
It's not a work of cinematic art. It's just a good story. And lately I'm more interested in the latter. Because efforts at the former seem to fail more and more often.
To see: Amour, which I think has already left DTW. Dommage.
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