What did you watch today? v 33.0

[The Professor]

Welcome to version 33, the Egg McMuffin of discussions. 

 

The first post in this thread will be # 14,394. 

 

The ghost of George Sanders reminds you to link your films, and that one should feel free to move on if bored. 

[Sock Puppet]

Saw The Hunger Games

 

Perhaps its just me... But... What the hell was all the hype about?

 

It was blatantly (IMO) Logan's Run mates with Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and part of the afterbirth is the scene from The Fifth Element with the Diva Plavalaguna where Ruby Rhod walks into the concert talking about all the "important" people attending.

On sleeping pills... Snore... Yawn...

[Sevorin]

Yeah, Socks, but you're forgetting the intellectual component from The Fifth Element . . .

[Knaldskalle]

I wouldn't mind seeing her multi-pass.

[eviltimes]

[Ando]

Pineapple Express (2008) Dreck. No way Rosie Perez -who plays a corrupt cop in this one - even looked at this shit. A buffoonish twentysomething summons deliverer gets chummy with his pot dealer, witnesses a murder by the dealer's supplier and enlists said dealer in a two hour run from the syndicate. Seth Rogan plays the buffoon and James Franco plays... the other one. I'm still at a loss as to why this movie was made.

[Sevorin]

I'm still at a loss as to why this movie was made

You think money might have had something to do with it?

What I don't get is how these assholes can watch tons of dope go up in smoke without fussing or trying to get high on it.

[Ando]

Or making off with some of it. But the movie isn't about herb - its about lonely white boys. Just wish it was more honest about it - might have actually been funny. Look at how Steve Martin dealt with it in the equally absurd "The Jerk". He put it in high relief and made the most of it, imo.

[Nerves]

Back To God's Country (1919)

5/10 Stars

The first film on this Milestone DVD featuring Nell Shipman is somewhat like the Hazards of Helen series from 1914-1917. Shipman's character has grown up in the Canadian wilderness, meets and falls in love with a government surveyor who happens upon the cabin where she lives with her father. The surveyor has to leave for some reason before they can marry and while he's gone an outlaw posing as a Mountie spies Nell swimming naked in a pool (kind of hot) and manages to ingratiate himself with her father. When the outlaw is alone with Nell he tries to rape her, the father runs to the rescue and in the ensuing struggle the father kills the outlaw's sidekick. The outlaw "arrests" the father and begins to lead him off to civilization to be tried but when they reach a cliff he pushes the father off, killing him. By this time the fiance has returned and helps Nell fish her father out of the river while the outlaw escapes. Later, after they marry, the husband accepts a job that takes him to the arctic regions, along with Nell, but it turns out that the captain of the ship is the outlaw who cripples the husband in a staged accident and plans to murder him and force himself on Nell. It's up to Nell to save the day along with some help from a dog who according to some mystical mumbo-jumbo was destined to play a part in Nell's fate. Kid stuff.

Something New (1920)

4/10 Stars

The second film on the DVD is almost a commercial for the Maxwell automobile. The flimsy plot concerns Nell being captured by Mexican bandits, rescued by her admirer, Bert, in the aforementioned vehicle and their attempt to escape the bandits who ride horses and in real life would easily overtake a 1920 car trying to negotiate off road mountain and desert terrains. The bulk of the film is scene after scene of Bert and Nell overcoming various impasses with the car (which had to be repaired several times during production).

[macroman]

Touching The Void (2003. Docudrama)=Gripping true story of three men whose mountain climbing adventure in the Andes goes horribly awry when a storm hits and one of the men breaks his leg and must navigate his way alone back to base camp.

  One of the best mountain climbing films.  The reenactments are very well done and the film is narrated by the three men.

  4.5 stars.

Oakland A's Vintage World Series Film=For A's fans, an enjoyable highlight film of their four world championship teams.

  4-4.5 stars.

[Sevorin]

Touching The Void - What a story! If you were just hearing it told over a beer it would be terrific. But having the actual participants lay it out makes it really special.

[Ando]

The Wild Child (1970, Truffaut) Surprisingly compelling story of a doctor who personally takes charge of a wastrel in 18th century Paris. Great portrait of the freedom inherent in a child's soul. The argument which considers whether or not the forcible "civilization" of the "natural" man is a beneficial one is less interesting. The actors make this one unforgettable, though the cinematography (Nestor Almendros) is stunning.

[silversye]

I watched All my friends are funeral singers very awesome indie film featuring Angela Bettis as 

a Medium/ psychic with a house full of interesting family members a must watch for anyone into 

flicks that are odd & intensely interesting.