Comments | monsterofmud: Finally it comes out today!

monsterofmud

Finally it comes out today!

May 09, 2006 08:27

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jaw-dropping cinema, botched marketing, terrence malick, new world, visions

Comments 14

tallwithglasses May 9 2006, 13:39:09 UTC

It was a beautifully composed poem. I think my favorite shot was of a daddy longlegs spider. I hope that you still enjoy it.

monsterofmud May 9 2006, 13:40:55 UTC

I know I will, despite how furious I am I won't be seeing it as it was intended.

tallwithglasses May 9 2006, 13:58:33 UTC

Is there any way to see it on a bigger screen? I mean, if you have to watch it on a small screen, find the biggest small screen you can.

monsterofmud May 9 2006, 14:12:42 UTC

The standard 35mm movie theatre screen is 34 times the size of a 27" television screen. And considering the 35mm screen is already much less than the intended 70mm, that puts my screen at a puny 68 times less than what this film's potential is! So I doubt finding a slightly bigger screen will matter.

All this talk about size mattering is making me feel inadequate.

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cadence1 May 9 2006, 14:38:53 UTC

I am going by Hastings to pick this up when I get off work. I can't wait to see it. :)

detonate_for_me May 9 2006, 15:09:33 UTC

I am, of course, skeptical. Will watching it really be a transcendental experience? Could any movie be more transcendental than "Freddy Got Fingered"?

I think not.

monsterofmud May 9 2006, 15:59:41 UTC

I think the most transcendental film I've ever watched was Nijinsky.

lbangs May 9 2006, 15:10:05 UTC

I'm not on your friends list, but I caught it in the theater, and it is my favorite film from last year.

And still, I can see where many people will hate it.

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

monsterofmud May 9 2006, 15:31:05 UTC

I'm envious!

Some people might hate it? I suppose that might be due to the tone-poem nature?

And oh yeah, I got around to watching The Children of Paradise last week. It was just as good as you advertised!

lbangs May 9 2006, 15:34:49 UTC

Great! I'm glad I'm not the only to like that film!

Yes, I think the slow plot combined with long length turns many off. One guy leaving the theater as I was waiting to go in looked at his girlfriend, laughed, and said, "That was the most boring movie I ever saw!"

Obviously, I can't say the same. :)

Shalom, y'all!

L. Bangs

_the_antihero May 10 2006, 05:49:47 UTC

I saw it. I thought parts of it were good, but parts of it just wear on me. I totally love Terrance Malick, though this one didn't live up to what I wanted it to be.

The Thin Red Line is my favorite film by T.M.

monsterofmud May 10 2006, 13:32:12 UTC

I've now seen it.

I thought it was brilliant, especially in his non-formal use of editing in which he threw visual continuity out the window, but of the five films he's directed, I think Badlands is still my favourite. Although I still have yet to see Lanton Mills (1969).

What parts wore on you?