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Film Thread.
I thought a trio of themed threads about other entertainment media might be good. If you're not interested, please just ignore the thread and pick some threads that interest you from here: http://celephais.net/board/view_all_threads.php

Anyway, discuss films...
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Neon Genesis Evangelion 
I just finished watching the last 6 episodes today. I was highly amazed by the ending, the entire show in fact was not at all what I thought it would be like. Total class.

26 episodes of psychological anime sci-fi robot battle goodness I must say. Althought I think FLCL is a better Gainax production, (only because it's more humorous) Evangelion is a great watch. I got the Perfect Edition for about $75, which I think was highly worth it.
To compare, I got all 3 DVDs of FLCL for about $55.

7 thumbs up. Gainax r0x hardcore. 
 
Koyaanisqatsi

Best watched in an atmospheric setting on a big screen...

It's just a silent artfilm-documentary consisting of slow-motion pictures of landscapes and technological stuff and then fast-motion (or what's it called, where people move like ants) pictures of people working etc., all with accompanying music. It's a bit hard to describe.

It just depicts the total craziness of modern society without actually saying a word, just being this patient onlooker.

It was photographed between 1975 and 1982, direction is by Godfrey Reggio and music is by Philip Glass.

http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php

(had to google with: french movie rocket people slow-motion still music... :) )
I haven't seen the other parts of the trilogy. 
Bambuz 
that sounds a lot like Baraka. Have you seen that? How do they compare? 
Nitin 
xact same idea as baraka.

however the qatsi films are actually a trio of 3. each with a theme, I've only seen the war themed one so far.

comparatively if you liked one, you'll like the other. amazing visuals of our planet & it's people, i'd say the qatsi films music is better suited for it's presentation... of course they were assembled post baraka success. 
Baraka 
Hmm, gotta watch that.
http://www.spiritofbaraka.com/
Says it's almost ten years younger than Koyaanisqatsi (the first, original) though, and the shots show it's a bit human-centered, which I'm not that interested of. I liked Koyaanisqatsi's "cold pondering observer"-style a lot. Raising a silent question.


Btw I also watched Winged Migration - I liked it too, maybe it was a tad long - there were so many perfect end-scenes where the birds vanish into the distance.

I think these kinds of films have to be looked with the right kind of friends for the feeling and on a big screen for the photography to really have effect. If you have friends who are patient enough for something with no miniguns, muscles, tits or teenagers.


In winged migration, that iceberg breaking up was quite majestic, and the gooses in the desert were funny. :) When you look at birds you never kind of think of what they have experienced in their life already.


btw you know the Koyaanisqatsi movie is quite old the moment you see assembly line work at an electronics factory and the workers are white. 
Fyi 
baraka has tits. 
...sqatsi 
I attended one party where the visuals from the movies popped up everywhere (sync'd), from a whole wall projection to a couple of 64cm TVs to several strategically placed LCDs. The sountracks where "piped" through the place via several sets of speakers at a level that was clear but not intrusive. Excellent party experience. 
Party? 
oh come on. 
Err... 
Why the scowl friend? 
HHGTTG 
I really enjoyed it. You could accuse it of being disjointed and fairly pointless, but the same charges apply to all the other incarnations of HHGTTG just as well.

I'd very carefully avoided reading any reviews of it before going to see it, which probably helped :) 
"HHGTTG" Makes Me Think Of DNA Palindromes 
Except "H" isn't a nucleotide. 
..So Primitive They Thought Novelty Ringtones Were A Pretty Neat Idea 
HHGTTG fans will also be glad to know that the new and final part of the radio show is being broadcast now by the BBC. If you visit the radio section of the BBC website you can listen to the first episode, and the rest are on at 6:30pm each Tuesday. Of course, I don't think making a Radio Thread will be all that sucessful, but if you're a fan of Douglas Adams, you'll probably enjoy this show. 
RPG: 
i had the same reaction to GATTACA. 
DNA & RPG 
Coincidentally enough, DNA were Douglas ( Noel ) Adams' initials. He was born in Cambridge in 1952, so one of his stock jokes used to be that he was DNA in Cambridge 9 months before Watson and Crick made their discovery. 
Eureka 
This is the most useless forum ever. 
Some Stuff I Saw 
All About My Mother - I'd never seen an Almodovar film before but judging by this, he's a man in complete control. The direction is outstanding, the acting is outstanding. Whilst the script isnt as outstanding, it's still very good and interesting. Probably not for all tastes, I'd still highly recommend this to anyone who's interested in good cinema.


Napoleon Dynamite - This is a movie that's self consciously quirky and thinks its funnier than it really is. It follows a current trend where filmmakers think that just having strange people in strange situations doing strange things is automatically funny. It does have its share of laughs but overall it's still not up to scratch IMHO. 
More Stuff 
Laura - I liked this quite a bit although I think it falls well short of the 'great' category. IMHO, the absurd plot which is a bit too convulted and silly in parts detracts from the film but the style and script do serve it well. As does the presence of Gene Tierney.


To Have and Have Not - Quite good as long as you can ignore the 'Casablanca' hangover and some hokey sidekick antics. Bogart and Bacall do a much better job together here than in Key Largo and whenever they're on screen, the movie works well.


The Apartment - Probably doesnt work as well as it did back when it was released. The first hour or so is quite good with some nice Wilder dialogue and Lemmon in top form but after the hour mark, the movie comes to a bit of a halt and never really reaches the same heights as before. That's not to say its a bad film in the second half, it's actually quite well made and acted the whole way through, but the two halfs are drastically different in pacing and IMHO dont quite fit. Still, well worth watching because of some great lines. 
Meet The Fokkers 
Just rented it and watched it, but I have never seen Meet the Parents. Man, oh, man this is a funny movie. Be warned, if you have a glass eye, Dustin Hoffman will rip it right out of the socker with all the laughter he'll get out of you. Man. I'm still crying.

Ben Stiller, the older and more bulked up he gets, the more he looks like his mother O'Mara than his dad Jerry Stiller, so the schmeil comedy bit of his is getting a bit worn.

And there is only one word for Barbra Streisand in this movie: Hot! 
Headthump 
whilst by no means a great film, meet the parents is better than meet the fockers. SO if you liked the sequel, the first ont is marginally better. 
 
Bought Koyaanisqatsi today. Came in a nice double pack along with Powaqqatsi. Will be watching them <bal>soon</bal>.

I do have a feeling that I'll probably like them, since I'm such a sucker for cinematography, and music. All this "acting" is just an annoyance in some movies. 
I Have Seen Two Films Recently... 
Robots - decent idea executed poorly, in a distinctive but subjective style. Okay so the plot is ultra-basic, it's laden with cliches, and were it anything other than an animation it would barely flesh out a 1/2 hour TV episode - but all of that is well compensated for by bags of style and plenty of sharp wit that appeals to adults whilst the cuteness appeals to children, right? Right? No, not really. Whilst other animations spice up the cartoon with adult wit, this throws in a load of mercilessly cheesy pop-media references that lack any sort of comedic bite or philosophical insight. The style of the film I sometimes found similarly weak, but in this area I do admit it's a matter of taste and the cutesy look is perhaps the point. Nevertheless I found the grimy undercity to show the appeal this film could have had. At any rate, the cheesyness and lack of depth is the main issue, and as such this film is strictly paddling in the shallow end.

Kingdom Of Heaven - I do like medieval stuff and thus had a positive expectation of an intriguing medieval spectacle. What I got instead was an incoherent mismash of toiletry adverts and pop-video snippets bound together by the insubstantial glue of a series of non-sequitors. Deep moral issues and crucial plot links were glossed over with minimal explanation and even less sense, whilst arbitrary posturing and random cheesey atmospherics were drawn out to irritating lengths. This was a film that was simultaneously too long and far too short. In fact, it was the way off the mark. Why the makers chose to make it into a series of adverts for Eau De Wandering Aimlessly Along The Sand and Random Mysterious Stare Conditioner For Faggots, instead of a gripping exploration of religion, politics and morality against a backdrop of brutal conflict in a new world, I don't know. Having said all that, some of the LOTR rip-off battlescenes were pretty good, and it got better enough towards the end to keep my arse in the seat. 
Star Wars Episode III 
First post! Hah!

Wraps up the prequels in a satisfying way and has some of the most attractive renders known to man. And that's really all you need to know. You may not fall in love with it, but you won't leave angy. 
Star Wars Episode III 
Second post! Hah!

Wraps up the prequels in a satisfying way and has some of the most attractive renders known to man. And that's really all you need to know. You may not fall in love with it, but you won't leave angy.

P.S. I fucking hate star wars and I can't wait until George Lucas dies from his bloated neck syndrome. 
Star Wars Episode III 
A good film, rather tragical for its genre.

but I haven't watched episodes 4,5,6 from the beginning till the end. Only partialy.. 
Czg 
I don't get it, you want to explain that? 
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