Serious Movie Discussion - Page 70

BayAreaGuy · 06-06-2008, 07:26 PM

Conan is a really funny guy, but it's lol how he stretches out like 5 jokes over 10 minutes for his monalogue. lol

blackthorne · 06-06-2008, 07:48 PM

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Requiem For A Dream - Transitions/Cuts were awesome. The best I've ever seen. It was Raw and just...fresh? GREAT CAST. Aronofsky's stuff is amazing and always seem to be spiritual, but this was his best work period.

Aronofsky's stuff is overrated to me.

Requiem for a Dream is just a stale plot, and limited story filtered through Aronosky jerking off with his camera. The actors all do a great job, but there's nothing 'revolutionary' going on like many claim. Plus the film pedals the same "drugs are bad" message that so many other lame films have already covered in a more interesting way.

Pi was just terrible (the universe holds a pattern!), and The Fountain was like Requiem, only instead of Aronofsky jerking off with the camera, he was jerking off his ****** too. I enjoyed a lot of the visuals but they mostly just distract from a storyline that is unecessarily vague, and often just flat out silly.

Three Gun Fish · 06-06-2008, 07:52 PM

THE FOUNTAIN works on an imagery level. Narratively speaking, it's too poetic for most Western audiences.

HuntersCreed · 06-06-2008, 08:43 PM

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THE FOUNTAIN works on an imagery level. Narratively speaking, it's too poetic for most Western audiences.

I understood The Fountain to a point. I think the biggest problem was that it didn't leave enough lingering curiosity to compel the viewer to find out what the hell was really going on. It was a very beautifully done film none the less.

JSN · 06-06-2008, 09:47 PM

the fountain was absolutely brilliant. gorgeous movie, and the way it functioned led to so many logical comclusions that all worked. was he accepting mortality? was he immortal because his atoms reconstituted into new life? is this good? bad? neutral?

yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes.

it's such a spiritual movie where you can take any of several things away from it and be correct in your interpretation.

X The Dude X · 06-07-2008, 12:16 AM

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1) Kimmel
2) Ferguson
3) Conan
4) Leno
5) Letterman

That's my list of favorites in order. I just don't see too much appeal in Leno.

Leno is the top dog in my book, but I've been watching him for so many years now and I've seen him do his standup gig live and have met him a few times, so I'm biased. But he's a cool cat.

I'll catch shit for this, but I actually like Carson Daly's show. Not so much him though he has grown on me over the past few years, but I like the writers on it, they have funny skits and they usually book cool B-list celebrities and good musical acts.

But I hate that they're replacing Conan with fucking Jimmy Fallon. That guy sucks so bad! I'll never watch Late Night again once he takes over.

X The Dude X · 06-07-2008, 12:33 AM

But I do like Kimmel as well, he's really improved his show as of late. They do some damn funny skits on there too. And Cousin Sal is always good for a laugh.

HuntersCreed · 06-07-2008, 12:44 AM

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But I do like Kimmel as well, he's really improved his show as of late. They do some damn funny skits on there too. And Cousin Sal is always good for a laugh.

Cousin Sal is classic. He and Rowdy Roddy Pipper fought some guy tonight on WWE. I'm about to go watch it. I haven't watched wrestling in a long time.

X The Dude X · 06-07-2008, 12:57 AM

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Cousin Sal is classic. He and Rowdy Roddy Pipper fought some guy tonight on WWE. I'm about to go watch it. I haven't watched wrestling in a long time.

LOL, what the hell? Cousin Sal teaming up with Piper, that's nuts! WTF is Piper still doing in there, he's pretty old and beaten up by now. I haven't watched wrestling in such a long time, Beniot was still alive with gold around his waist last time I remember watching.

HuntersCreed · 06-07-2008, 01:09 AM

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LOL, what the hell? Cousin Sal teaming up with Piper, that's nuts! WTF is Piper still doing in there, he's pretty old and beaten up by now. I haven't watched wrestling in such a long time, Beniot was still alive with gold around his waist last time I remember watching.

I stopped watching before Benoit. Roddy was Cousin Sal's childhood idol of sorts. Cousin Sal was doing some Kimmel skit at a restaurant during his birthday, and Piper showed up. Cousin Sal was all excited, because he'd never gotten to meet his childhood idol. The next thing you know this guy Santino shows up and starts talking shit and smacks Cousin Sal. Then Piper stepped in and smacked the shit out of Santino. Then Cousin Sal comes through w/ the birthday cake and nails Santino in the face. Santino wasn't happy w/ Sal. Pipper wasn't happy that Santino was picking on Sal. That's when Pipper set up a match for Pipper and Sal to fight Santino tonight.

Santino also showed up on Kimmel last night in the audience and raised hell. Kimmel goes, "How did that guy get in here? and who put a cordless mic on him?" Then he commented on Santino's Jordache jeans on as he walked out.

I'm a Kimmel fan. I don't miss a show.