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Further proof of Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan.  (The movie's not out yet. The clips just reminded me of that earlier conversation on this thread.)

Superbad

Yeah, it was.

Rocky Balboa

It's always nice to see old friends again, but maybe we're fortunate that we never got to FWWM VI.

What did you think of Jared Harris as Warhol? (I Shot Andy Warhol)

I saw Waitress earlier this week, not the kind of film I would usually see but I have always loved Adrienne Shelly's work in Hal Hartley's films so it seemed fitting.  I enjoyed it. 

Also saw Little Fish.  I always roll my eyes when I hear a film described as gritty, but this was, well...gritty.  Cate Blanchett was - as always - great.

~ 'I will give you my finest hour, the one I spent watching you shower' ~

Jared was appropriately annoying, but not very interesting, imo. Looooove Liliy Taylor.  I'm on a River Phoenix kick right now so I'm rewatching all the old classics.  Dogfight included.

I'll have to check out Waitress, now that it's been confirmed good. 

Knocked Up:

For some reason I've been resisting this one (probably 'cause sex comedies aren't really my thing and I hate birthing scenes), but I actually really liked it. It was great to see Paul Rudd have a big, scene stealing role again... in recent  comedies like Anchorman and 40 Year Old Virgin he played minor, throwaway characters, but here he was given the best, funniest character. He was easily the best thing in a good movie. It was a very, very, funny movie, the funniest one I've seen since Borat. The whole cast was excellent and cast perfectly, and the pacing was just right (amazingly it managed to stay fresh, funny, and oddly moving for its two hour plus running time). Very implausible, but humanizes it's female characters enough to keep from being sexist. Crude but oddly charming.

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

Mulholland Dr.

I really like this movie. One thing I didn't notice from previous viewings is that the MC who introduces Rebekah Del Rio is the owner of the hotel where Adam Kesher stays. See, always something new to discover.

One thing I think about is how the pilot got turned down in '99, while in '04 Lost, another continuing mystery, became a big hit for the same network. So would people have gotten fed up with Mulholland Drive: The Series?
It's probably best that things turned out the way they did.

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I noticed that... but as usually in Mulholland Drive I feel like asking the question... so what?

so we've got the same guy in two situations, nice puzzle to put together, but what's the point of it? 

 

Bobi 1 Kenobi

B. Beware
O. Of
B. BOB 

To me it indicates the limited pool of faces from which Diane's subconscious draws its cast. It's another reward for paying attention. But I guess it's only rewarding if you liked the rest of the movie.

On a related Lynchian note, look what arrived in the mail today:

Closet door not included.

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I can't believe you didn't notice that... I spotted that the first time I saw it.... anyway, I agree that Mulholland Dr. would have gotten kind of old as a series... i.e. run into the same kinds of problems Twin Peaks did somewhere in the middle of it's first season, and that the film as we know it is far more powerful and satisfying than a show would have been... but not because of Lost... actually I think Lost had never been better than it was in season 3. I was only sort of interested in the mystery starting the show, but now am totally intrigued by it. Also the Lost pilot was far more action packed, traditionally exciting, faster paced, and generic for TV than the MD one (at least from what I can figure made up the MD pilot). I love Lost, but it's nowhere near as intellectual and challenging as Mulholland Drive.

Last movies I saw were La Jetee and the The 400 Blows for a class on the French New Wave. Great class, great films... I'm very happy at college. Discussing them was great. I'd never seen anything by either Marker or Truffaut before so it was a new experience... I'm not currently very knowledgeable about French cinema. I highly recommend La Jetee, which was the inspiration for the excellent Twelve Monkeys (which I need to see again)... although the only way to get your hands on the 26 minute film is to get a pricey Criterion Collection DVD... but that also has Sans Soleil on it, which is supposed to be excellent (and which we are also going to watch much later in class). Great poster by the way... I need one of my own.

That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

A bout de souffle

My first excursion into Godard. I followed the story and the dialogue easily enough, and Jean Seberg is very nice to look at. I can't say that it did much more for me than that.

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That god damn trailer's more popular than Uncle's Day in a whorehouse!

I didn't dislike it, but it didn't (400) blow me away. I haven't given up on French cinema.

I have a stack of films here that a new friend I've met at Uni has lent me: Fritz Lang's M, Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs, Breathless, and the 2005 film Brick. I'm sure I'll get to all of them eventually.

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I was counting down the hours 'til your inevitable Tati plug. I don't have Netflix though.

Brick

Marlowe as a high school senior? Surprise, it works.
I can't say any of the plot revelations were shocking-- that's the trouble with following well-known archetypes-- but the film is entertaining enough to take you along for the ride anyway.
Is it just me, or does all-grown-up Joseph Gordon-Levitt now look like Heath Ledger's clone?

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3:10 To Yuma

Come for the Christian Bale/Russel Crowe Scowl-O-Rama, stay for the Alan Tudyk in a comic relief supporting role. Not to mention the random Luke Wilson cameo.
I don't like westerns as a rule, but this was pretty good.

EDIT: Apparently Peter Fonda is in a good portion of this movie, and I didn't recognize him once. Shows how much I pay attention. 

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I'm with you Logic. Big disappointment this one. All these years I yukked it up over the crappy Richard Gere version assuming the original was great. Then I watched the original. Big yawn. And you can have Ms. Seberg too may she rest in peace. See what happens when you fall for Black Panthers and move to France. Or something.

Susan (who just had two glasses of wine and thought she'd check the Gazette before shutting down her laptop for the night)

PS This is funny from the IMDB comments:

TOUT VA BIEN may very well be the most frustrating movie made by the interminably frustrating Jean Luc Godard. Jane Fonda and Yves Montand are the billed stars, but it's Godard's overwrought direction that dominates all. Per usual, he's bashing the bourgeoisie while pretending to stick up for the little man (in this case striking factory workers...makers of sausage no less!)

Overzealous camera work aside (Godard does snag at least one technique from Jerry Lewis...he removes the "fourth wall" of the factory and gives a terrific view of multiple floors at once), this is a pretty lifeless movie. The acting is so-so. Fonda is OK, but Montand barely registers. The factory workers shout a lot.

Yeah, French seen eh ma.   

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

I love Bob Geldolf in The Wall! love the whole film!

has anyone seen the film enduring love? I like the actress, samantha morton, purty good film, purty creepy.

Straw Dogs

I honestly don't know what to think about this movie. So Peckinpah succeeded.
Hey, David Warner as a misunderstood man-child who doesn't know his own strength! Neat?

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