Comments | a_leprechaun: Oh. Em. Gee.

a_leprechaun

Oh. Em. Gee.

Sep 24, 2006 23:33

'aight.

So any of you who may have read my movie reviews in the past know there's almost nothing I don't like. I can find something to appreciate in everything I see.

So when my roommate Jessie told me today that we had to see "The Black Dahlia" because of how terribly, horrifically bad it was, I thought, 'It can't be THAT bad.'But it IS. IT IS ( Read more... )

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note: didn't see this movie either adampb September 25 2006, 05:15:42 UTC

Hell, I think this movie justifies its own existence just BECAUSE it got you to say something bad about something. Bare your claws, dammit! There's no holding back any more ( ... )

Re: note: didn't see this movie either a_leprechaun September 25 2006, 05:23:48 UTC

Hmm. I guess the inside-joke stuff is alright if the rest of the movie is good--or at least makes sense--on its own terms. But it really doesn't work here.

I actually haven't seen any of his other stuff that I know of, but I was surprised to read he'd directed "Scarface". Isn't that regarded as onna them Very Good Movies?

Re: note: didn't see this movie either adampb September 25 2006, 16:53:02 UTC

This response will be lazier than I would like, but RL beckons :( -- we're going to open with quotes from Roger Ebert's re-review of "Scarface" for his "great movies" series.

Brian De Palma's "Scarface" rises or falls with Al Pacino's performance, which is aggressive, over the top, teeth-gnashing, arm-waving, cocaine-snorting, scenery chewing -- and brilliant, some say, while others find it unforgivably flamboyant. What were Pacino's detractors hoping for? Something internal and realistic? Low key? ... "Scarface" is an example of Brian De Palma in overdrive mode. Like Tony Montana, he isn't interested in small gestures and subtle emotions. His best films are expansive, passionate, stylized and cheerfully excessive"'Excessive' comes up a lot in de Palma reviews, as do synonyms. Now. Ebert loves the film and in his love he points out why others may not. Both de Palma's "Scarface" and Howard Hughes' original were controversial in their time, and even today de Palma's holds high rank in most uses of the F-word ( ... )

herod_the_nut September 25 2006, 23:16:01 UTC

I have "Thank You for Smoking" sitting on the floor of my room.

a_leprechaun September 26 2006, 00:02:42 UTC

Yeeha!
Now if only I had some time this week to watch it. :\ Maybe Friday night before going-to-see-showness? Or sometime Wednesday afternoon... Hrm.

gregoryharbin September 26 2006, 00:25:53 UTC

America (The Book) is the greatest thing EVAR.

I have the Shadow Government poster up on the wall over my bed for easy reference. (squee!)

rocknlobster September 26 2006, 03:48:41 UTC

I really need to see "Thank You For Smoking." Josh tells me that it is t3h aw3som3. >D

....also need to read America the book. Yay Jon Stewart! >D