Wow! That looks like a winner. I noticed at least one "Wilhelm scream" in the trailer as well.
I heard 3 or 4 they're all bunched together toward the end
Prodigal_SOB
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Apr 20, 2012 - 9:28am
Proclivities wrote:
Wow! That looks like a winner. I noticed at least one "Wilhelm scream" in the trailer as well.
I think I'll probably be able to miss that one. I think it's one of those that has pretty much all I want to see in the trailer. I was going to post this one as well as one that might actually have some potential but they wouldn't let me embed it so why should I give them any publicity?
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Apr 17, 2012 - 9:23am
hippiechick wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Improbable and ridiculous, with a way overly-precocious pre-teen, whose mother lets him roam around the City of New York all by himself, a year after 9/11 (his father died in one of the towers)
Yeah, well I liked it, if only because I'm vastly intrigued by the thinking of those having Asperger Syndrome.
True, the direction could have been better and your comment is spot on.
hippiechick
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Apr 17, 2012 - 6:55am
Proclivities wrote:
I assumed that film would be awful just from the preview ads. The premise itself almost seemed insulting.
This guy that my companion works with gives him movies to watch; all we have to do is take them back to Redbox, so at least we didn't have to pay.
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Apr 17, 2012 - 6:53am
hippiechick wrote:
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Improbable and ridiculous, with a way overly-precocious pre-teen, whose mother lets him roam around the City of New York all by himself, a year after 9/11 (his father died in one of the towers)
I assumed that film would be awful just from the preview ads. The premise itself almost seemed insulting.
hippiechick
Did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?
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Apr 17, 2012 - 6:25am
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Improbable and ridiculous, with a way overly-precocious pre-teen, whose mother lets him roam around the City of New York all by himself, a year after 9/11 (his father died in one of the towers)
Manbird
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Feb 10, 2012 - 11:20am
Ice Quake. It was so bad it was kind of funny.
Prodigal_SOB
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Feb 10, 2012 - 11:12am
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 10:36am
maryte wrote:
Ah, I misread your initial comment.
The post was from a while ago, too. I now realize the wording in it was somewhat unclear, because I was also a little puzzled by it when I re-read it.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 10:09am
Proclivities wrote:
Yes, they did "The Killing" - the film about a racetrack heist - together. The Thompson/Kubrick project which never panned out was a version of "The Killer Inside Me" - which is about a sociopathic sheriff in Texas. It had been adapted for two different, lousy films.
...and? This looks interesting, but it would take a bit of effort to get ahold of here. What did you like about it?
It's in our stack of as-yet-unwatched in our collection (well over 100 titles in that stack) - {First-World problem}. Seems to be pretty well-regarded on both IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes.
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Yes, they did "The Killing" - the film about a racetrack heist - together. The Thompson/Kubrick project which never panned out was a version of "The Killer Inside Me" - which is about a sociopathic sheriff in Texas. It had been adapted for two different, lousy films.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 9:42am
Proclivities wrote:
That's from a really good (creepy) book by Jim Thompson. Stanley Kubrick had worked with the author on "The Killing" and apparently thought to do a film version, but it never panned out. There's another poor film version with Stacy Keach done in the 1970's.
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 8:54am
highwindows wrote:
Our local Film club is offering a lecture on the film in April. Maybe I'll try that? Certainly a film that subsequently rather haunts your imagination!
It was apparently very controversial when it was released - part of the "new wave" of French cinema. A lot of critics (particularly in the US) panned it, but it had substantial influence for many later directors. I used to play the matchstick game (that they play in the film) in bars for a few years. It's definitely not the sort of film one would watch for "pure entertainment" value.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 8:41am
Proclivities wrote:
I (somewhat) enjoyed that when I saw it (about 20 years ago), but I had read the book (and others by that author) before seeing it. All of his books are dream-like and hard to follow at times. It is a challenge to sit through that film - certainly not for everyone.
Our local Film club is offering a lecture on the film in April. Maybe I'll try that? Certainly a film that subsequently rather haunts your imagination!
Proclivities
There are always a few such people who demand the utmost of life and yet cannot come to terms with its stupidity and crudeness.
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Feb 6, 2012 - 8:08am
highwindows wrote:
Last year in Marienbad
Somewhat against my better judgement watched "Last year at Marienbad" on DVD last night. Allegedly "one of the great, lasting mysteries of modern cinema". A mystery certainly. I simply couldn't work out what the F was going on!! Probably up there with "Mulholland drive" in terms of annoying inscrutability!!
I (somewhat) enjoyed that when I saw it (about 20 years ago), but I had read the book (and others by that author) before seeing it. All of his books are dream-like and hard to follow at times. It is a challenge to sit through that film - certainly not for everyone.
they're all bunched together toward the end
