Sonic Youth Gossip - >>the last movie you watched

I like both Herzog, and Cameron. The thing is though, Cameron hasn't made anything worth watching since T2, while Herzog appears to still be at the top of his game.

The two couldn't possibly be more different in style, and it's quite provocative that they are being pitted against each other. Herzog's greatest strength is the realism that he brings to his films, even when capturing the most extraordinary events; and Cameron's Avatar looks like a goddamn video game.

EDIT: Yeah, I know I'm late...as usual.

EVOLghost

11.25.2009 09:45 PM

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to davenotdead again.

good pick on the movie and thanks for sharing.

atsonicpark

11.26.2009 05:34 AM

mind game - 8/10

Keeping It Simple

11.26.2009 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by chairman of the bored

keeping it simple has to be a troll...no way can someone think fleet foxes is the best band of the decade and herzog a "contrived" filmmaker among every other terrible opinion/assertion he's aired...i think its safe to ignore this person from now on

So when you slag off James Cameron and Fleet Foxes you're not being a troll? Way to go with the brazen hypocrisy.

shabbray2.0

11.26.2009 08:31 AM

hollywoodland

narf. it didnt catch the noir atmosphre I was looking for
6/10

Keeping It Simple

11.26.2009 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%!

you're crazy projectin', i don't give a shit. matter of fact i like rob lots though we often disagree on a lot of things, atsonicpark same thing (he likes fata morgana, i fall asleep to it, he also likes gory shit i dislike).

you're the one bringing on the twattery by making ad-hominems against people who disagree with you instead of arguing your point. but if you must know, no, my ego doesn't get bruised when people disagree with me-- it grows even more fabulous in the realization of its rarity and exquisiteness--- haa ha ha haa. (that was a joke-- just in case you didn't get it).

but seriously, why are you so in need of other people's agreement? the fun of discussion is to see other people's points of view and making yours. don't get butthurt just cuz i hate your idol's work. you should thank me for showing you a perception of the universe that's never occurred to you-- that james cameron is indeed a hammy fuck with a lot of money.

i gotta go do some food shopping so i'll reply later if you retort here.

Are you and the other Herzog fanboys normally this volatile, throwing apoplectic fits whenever someone has the "temerity" to criticise the man you laughably deify?

Keeping It Simple

11.26.2009 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by shabbray2.0

hollywoodland

narf. it didnt catch the noir atmosphre I was looking for
6/10

Maybe Herzog should've directed it, eh? :D

fugazifan

11.26.2009 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

Are you and the other Herzog fanboys normally this volatile, throwing apoplectic fits whenever someone has the "temerity" to criticise the man you laughably deify?

well the thing is you didnt really critisize, you said that you never saw any of his films but based on some quote you know that you will not like it. thts not really critisizing, is it?

fugazifan

11.26.2009 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by !@#$%

i have THE HOUR OF THE WOLF ready to be watched. needs a good time slot cuz it starts very slow and i could snooze. max von sydow and liv ullman with here strange eyebrows (actually both of them have strange eyebrows).

FANNY AND ALEXANDER rules fucking supreme. the loooong version. it's like, time flies when you're watching it. also, WINTER LIGHT has some amazing cinematographer by sven nykvist and it's actually a pretty cool story.

there's a collection out there of his early stuff and he was great from day 1.
check out TORMENT. he didn't direct though he wrote the screenplay and was AD and it's pretty good considering the primitive look & sound.

this is also to ASP
i love bergman. i have seen six of his films

seventh seal, persona, virgin spring, wild strawberries
the magician
and
silence.
all are amazing but that is kind of the order of my favorites, the first row being a tie.
i was going to take out cries and whispers for the weekend, but im taking onibaba and tout va bien instead.
i really doubt tha i will have the time to see scenes from a marriage and fanny & alexander in the near future. but i definitely need to see more bergman...

viewtiful_alan

11.26.2009 12:14 PM

7.5/10

5.5/10

8/10

shabbray2.0

11.26.2009 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Keeping It Simple

Maybe Herzog should've directed it, eh? :D

love herzogs work.
another suggestion: polanski
hahaha, after chinatown it must have been ace!

EVOLghost

11.26.2009 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

mind game - 8/10

all I gotta say is wtf?

what happened and what didn't happen.

otherwse....entertaining!

The Earl Of Slander

11.26.2009 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

i really doubt tha i will have the time to see scenes from a marriage and fanny & alexander in the near future. but i definitely need to see more bergman...

Related to this, yeah, Bergman rules, but I've only had the chance to watch 2 or 3 of his "classics". My university library however has a good chunk of them in stock, including the full 5 hour versions of both Fanny and Scenes, and seeing as I actually have a lot of free time right now, I was planning to put aside the time to watch the full version of at least one of them. My question is, which? (Note that Scenes has the benefit of being the Criterion edition, while Fanny is only the reportedly kind of rough Artificial Eye version, although seeing as I'll be watching them on my tiny TV in my uni bedroom, I guess it doesn't really matter too much about audio/video quality...)

Keeping It Simple

11.26.2009 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by fugazifan

well the thing is you didnt really critisize, you said that you never saw any of his films but based on some quote you know that you will not like it. thts not really critisizing, is it?

Herzog and other directors of his ilk don't appeal to me. I just intuitively know I won't enjoy watching their movies as much as a narrow circle of pseud cineastes.

It's interesting to read about "Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans", especially Abel Ferrara's angry reaction to it. He's quoted as saying "As far as remakes go, … I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they're all in the same streetcar, and it blows up."

The Earl Of Slander

11.26.2009 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by atsonicpark

And Nicolas Cage in a crazy performance.

Yeah! One of the main reasons I'm anticipating this so much (Herzog aside) is that I hope it's a return to Cage as an actor I love, as opposed to a sign that you should probably read the reviews very carefully before you watch a movie. To quote Ebert in his review of Bad Lieutenant (which has made me even more psyched for it): "He's a fearless actor. He doesn't care if you think he goes over the top. If a film calls for it, he will crawl to the top hand over hand with bleeding fingernails." And therein' lie the genius of his great performances, like in, say, Raising Arizona.

Dr. Eugene Felikson

11.27.2009 03:51 AM

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