Someone on the GeeksOn forum reminded me that I had watched CQ a few weeks ago. I failed to meticulously record it here. Anyone who enjoys watching Jeremy Davies do that Jeremy Davies thing should check out “CQ”. He does it for the *whole movie*! Go into it knowing nothing about the movie for maximum potency.
1. The Fountain
2. Blade Runner
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Batman Begins
5. Ghostbusters
6. Barton Fink
7. Old Boy
8. CQ
9. Iron Man
10. The Fall
Tarsem’s “The Cell” was a gorgeous but irreparably flawed film. I gave him a second chance with his latest work, “The Fall.” It evoked the delightful and self-aware storytelling of The Princess Bride and combined it with a palette of color and cinematography you might see in an Ang Lee film. The little girl seemed to have wandered in from a Guillermo del Toro movie and was awkwardly wonderful. Apparently, Lee Pace (Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies) is best suited to surreal projects and he really shone here. Now I will definitely have to go back and revisit Pushing Daisies.
1. The Fountain
2. Blade Runner
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Batman Begins
5. Ghostbusters
6. Barton Fink
7. Old Boy
8. Iron Man
9. The Fall
10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
It looks like the default RSS feed from my site does not include images. So if you read this via a feed reader, you won’t be able to see the Dream Job webcomic (or any other images or photos). I’ll see if there is some kind of plugin I can use to remedy that.
Just watched Blade Runner: The Final Cut in hi def. It was like seeing it for the first time. I wanted to just lean out and lick the rain off the Tyrell Corporation building.
1. The Fountain
2. Blade Runner
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Batman Begins
5. Ghostbusters
6. Barton Fink
7. Old Boy
7. Iron Man
9. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
10. District B-13
Dream Job is a web comic by Andre Monserrat.
It appears here each Monday, starting June 9th.
Another winner rescued from the spam filter. This piece is entitled “Colored Day”.
Tired? The world is grey? Can’t see sunshine?
Take this [link removed]
(Girlfriends not attached!)
Watched The Fountain in glorious HD. I saw so many more connections this time around. Like following the threads of an intricate tapestry. My experience of reality is much like this film. I’m wired to experience it completely.
1. The Fountain
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Batman Begins
4. Ghostbusters
5. Barton Fink
6. Old Boy
7. Iron Man
8. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
9. District B-13
10. Cradle Will Rock
The other night, Nick and I had the opportunity to be on one of our favorite podcasts, Jordan, Jesse GO! They have an occasional segment with John Hodgman (The Daily Show, “PC” in the Mac commercials, Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, etc.) where people present complaints and he issues a judgment.
Nick has been goading me to grow a gigantic beard and I have refused, so he called up the show and requested for Judge Hodgman to resolve it.
Here is a link to the show. Our bit starts at around 21:30. The show is saturated with profanity, in case that bothers you, though our segment is pretty clean.
I really enjoyed this movie, but I can understand why some people will hate it. I don’t think a lot of people will consider that when Lucas and Spielberg shift the era in which the story is told, they will also shift the genre to the pulp stories of that time. I think it is too much to expect from today’s audience that they will be familiar with the genre.
To me, it was textbook pulp adventure, blending a lot of familiar themes and stories to give it a classic feel. I think anyone who has made up their mind about what an Indiana Jones movie must be about will be hugely disappointed. But if you take it in context, it is a classic pulp adventure story.
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Batman Begins
3. Ghostbusters
4. Barton Fink
5. Old Boy
6. Iron Man
7. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
8. District B-13
9. Cradle Will Rock
10. My Left Foot
