Aazealh said:Have you read the graphic novel? If not then you should.
No i haven't saw a couple of copies on amazon but i'm flat broke at the moment.
Aazealh said:Have you read the graphic novel? If not then you should.
IncantatioN said:I watched the 3rd movie just so I could be done with finishing the trilogy because honestly it was as bad as the second one. The first one was the best in the trilogy *sigh* oh well, it's being re-made, of course.
Of the Kurosawa titles Criterion's released so far, my favorites are in order: Seven Samurai, Red Beard, Kagemusha, High and Low, Yojimbo, Bad Sleep Well, Ikiru, Drunken Angel, Rashomon.Dar Klink said:Just watched Kurosawa's Yojimbo, up next? Anything by him really, love having Netflix with the ability to order them Criterion blurays.
Walter said:Of the Kurosawa titles Criterion's released so far, my favorites are in order: Seven Samurai, Red Beard, Kagemusha, High and Low, Yojimbo, Bad Sleep Well, Ikiru, Drunken Angel, Rashomon.
Unfortunately my favorite Kurosawa flick, Dersu Uzala, still hasn't been released on Criterion. Though one of their translators confirmed in 2004 that he had completed the work for it. I guess it's a matter of them working out the rights to the film. It was originally funded through the USSR in the 70s, so I bet that's REAL fun to license.
Rashomon never grabbed my interest. I appreciate that it has a floating narrative perspective. But to me that was a gimmick that died early in the film. Ikiru is much the same way for me. I just don't see the same technical brilliance in those movies as I do in his others.NightCrawler said:Ikiru so low on the list? And Rashomon your least favourite? With Dersu Uzala those are my top 3.
Rhombaad said:I watched The Town on Sunday night. It was pretty well made, but I didn't like the ending or the main character all that much.It just felt weird that Affleck's character gets away at the end of the film and winds up spending his days a free man down in Florida. Yeah, he's being hunted and didn't end up getting the girl, but it just felt wrong. He was a criminal who robbed banks and armored cars, as well as somebody who deceived a girl he messed up mentally. He just wasn't a good guy, no matter how hard he tried to be and yet he gets away and is allowed to redeem himself. I dunno, it just didn't sit right with me.
Eluvei said:Exit Through The Gift Shop is pretty great, probably last year's the best documentary, but I guess I didn't like it as much as Nightcrawler. Not even close to being the best movie of 2010 for me.I think it's pretty clearly an elaborate hoax though? I mean, it's plain cartoonish when he becomes Mr. Brainwash.
Proj2501 said:Was this for real.
NightCrawler said:"I'm not there" is a good example on how to make a bad faux-doc. And they tried it. I think Exit's story is just too good for conspiracy theorist to grab on. Just like 9/11The guy is like a Forret Gump type character, completely oblivious to everything. That's what makes it even more believable. The amount of stupid and moronic comments he makes throughout the doc. Specially in his recorded tapes. It's even more amazing when you have such a retarted dude narrating. I totally buy his life story and the way he compulsively films everything. Besides, the trailer for his horrible documentary dates from 2006 (it's online) and Mr. Brainwash has been on the street since 2007. Oh, and Space Invader has special thanks to Pierre (Mr. Brainwash) on his blog from the year 2000. So if it's a hoax, it's waaaaay too elaborate (and i doubt Pierre's on it, even if it's all Banksy manipulation, man it's just too much for that french fool).
But being a hoax or not isn't the point of it anyway. Far from it. It's such an immoral parable of the entertainment industry and the art scene in particular. I believe it's obligatory viewing for everyone interested in trends/hype/pop culture. It's better than most scripted films.
Anyway i think 2010 was a very forgettable year for movies.
NightCrawler said:That scene with him being pushed on the wheelchair putting random bits of paint on large prints just to make each one personal is just hilarious. And when he talks about art to others... is unreal! The guy is as genuine as it gets.
NightCrawler said:Oh and Banksy made the doc, not Thierry. At first it was supposed to be that doc Thierry was trying to make about street artists. But then, since that one was an incoherent mess, Banksy decided to make the doc on Thierry, after all that happened. He had a little bit of trouble getting the tapes from Thierry, but besides that, Mr. Brainwash just loves talking about it all and being openly retarded. In the end, he cashed in and even made that stupid Madonna cover cd which is the same blonde wig shit he pasted in all the portraitsLike i said, the dude is a real life Forrest Gump.
Banksy said that if he wins the Oscar he might personally accept it. I hope he wins. I want to see how he'll reveal himself.
Eluvei said:Oh, yeah I know it's Banksy's film, but for some reason I assumed he'd send Thierry to pick it up. It'll be great to see him there, though. Not sure if the Oscar assholes would give a street artist an award, but I'm hopeful.
IncantatioN said:The Social Network - not too shabby, and I expected a little more seeing as it won a lot of nominations and awards.