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the wonderful array of characters make this much more enjoyable than many other classic french films of the time.

i mean, i didn't expect to like it, but goodness, i wasn't expecting yet another blockbuster that celebrates genocide. for fuck's sake. i actually felt really fucking sad for the creature when ripley murdered its children.

it isn't what is made explicit that is important in determining the moral value of popular entertainment. in fact, the reproduction of mainstream ideology will always be more invisible than clear-cut evil, which makes it all the more insidious.

i've seen 105 feature films from the half-decade, and her doesn't make mine either.

i thought of praising disney for experimenting, even if it were mostly uninspired. but then this fucking ugly ass white dude appears and starts talking to me. what? THIS IS A NEW CINEMATIC ENTERTAINMENT, he exclaims. there are three types of music: one that tells a definite story, another that doesn't but still produces images, and the last which is music for its own sake. ABSOLUTE MUSIC. toccata and fugue is an example of this last one. look at the title. it doesn't mean anything! so abstract! anyway, someone like norman mclaren makes way better musical interpretation, and this one was released in the same decade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8uktqgKgw0

i haven't watched any of these films since i started watching films seriously, but i'm going to guess nolan, because i suspect TDK is the only one of the six i'd consider even good now. LOTR will probably rub me very badly.

there's nothing better than moral outrage. can't you feel it?

given christmas is a lie sold to children to tell them that their life will be awesome if they only dream big and pray, it's pretty damn easy to be cynical of this syrupy, religious shit, mr. athiest.

can these things stop trying to be so fucking magical? it's hideous.

is there a list of people to come?

hmm, so put me on the list to do a top 50 of the half-decade.

universal soldier: regeneration (2009)

heh heh heh only saw this for john hyams. i'll see his two soon.

and yet, through all that massive list, you forgot werner herzog's new movie [queen of the desert]. tsk tsk.

365 films done! am i the only one who's completed this? if so, i think i should be honoured in the title. it only includes features i hadn't seen before, too. journey to the centre of the earth (2008) manderlay (2005) the tenant (1976) a serious man (2009) fellini satyricon (1969) modern times (1936) shadows (1959) mr. hulot's holiday (1953) the thin blue line (1988) mr. freedom (1969) the cranes are flying (1957) an education (2009) walkabout (1971) come and see (1985) toy story 3 (2010) a taste of cherry (1997) vivre sa vie (1962) i vitelloni (1953) straw dogs (1971) kes (1969) kanal (1957) the red and the white (1967) shoah (1985) the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie (1972) naked (1993) true grit (2010) beeswax (2009) ikiru (1952) the godfather (1972) orpheus (1950) suicide club (2002) wild at heart (1990) bellissima (1951) the holy mountain (1973) the big sleep (1946) raging bull (1980) red desert (1964) charulata (1964) cosmopolis (2012) the hawks and the sparrows (1966) raise the red lantern (1991) se7en (1995) dillinger is dead (1969) loves of a blonde (1965) the godfather II (1974) suspiria (1977) pulp fiction (1994) the lovely bones (2009) the thin red line (1998) brazil (1985) au hasard balthazar (1966) pigsty (1969) one flew over the cuckoo's nest (1975) mccabe & mrs miller (1971) sweet movie (1974) jeanne dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles (1975) 12 monkeys (1995) oedipus rex (1967) minnie and moskovitz (1971) yi yi (2000) sanjuro (1962) five dedicated to ozu (2003) the terminal (2004) koyaanisqatsi (1982) the young girls of rochefort (1967) the hobbit: the desolation of smaug (2013) Z (1969) la pointe-courte (1954) annie hall (1977) duck soup (1933) the perks of being a wallflower (2012) fat girl (2001) throne of blood (1957) drive (2011) ghost in the shell (1995) moonrise kingdom (2012) mamma roma (1962) the passion of anna (1969) à nos amours (1983) the straight story (1999) early summer (1951) the kingdom (1994) abc africa (2001) sansho the bailiff (1954) the blues brothers (1980) upstream color (2013) the act of killing (2013) only god forgives (2013) the railway man (2013) out of the past (1947) donnie darko (2001) the cat's meow (2001) permanent vacation (1980) the naked kiss (1964) the firemen's ball (1967) the day i became a woman (2000) last resort (2000) hour of the wolf (1968) happy-go-lucky (2008) juliet of the spirits (1965) where the wild things are (2009) another year (2010) blue is the warmest color (2013) rango (2011) the wild bunch (1969) ivan's childhood (1962) vagabond (1985) devils on the doorstep (2000) beau travail (1999) sherlock holmes (2009) cleo from 5 to 7 (1962) yojimbo (1961) in a lonely place (1950) le notti bianche (1957) the circle (2000) sherlock holmes: a game of shadows (2011) miss representation (2011) j'ai tué ma mère (2009) the grand budapest hotel (2014) paul (2011) the great gatsby (2013) stroszek (1977) M*A*S*H (1970) spring breakers (2013) being john malkovich (1999) synecdoche, new york (2008) all about my mother (1999) amour (2012) das boot (1981) the power of nightmares: the rise of the politics of fear (2004) lost in translation (2003) rushmore (1998) the master (2012) the wind will carry us (1999) cloud atlas (2012) eternity and a day (1998) 50/50 (2011) faust (2011) the fountain (2006) grizzly man (2005) dead ringers (1988) summer (1986) magnolia (1999) the war on democracy (2007) our idiot brother (2011) two lovers (2009) koch brothers exposed (2012) week end (1967) the limits of control (2009) the ascent (1977) pitfall (1962) pickpocket (1959) the turin horse (2011) high and low (1963) dodes'ka-den (1970) band of outsiders (1964) l'âge d'or (1930) woman in the dunes (1964) daisies (1966) the gleaners & I (2000) soigne ta droite (1987) tomorrow we move (2004) the face of another (1966) what a girl wants (2003) vera drake (2004) the white diamond (2004) tabu (2012) celine and julie go boating (1974) the cabin in the woods (2012) flowers of shanghai (1998) wings (1966) two-lane blacktop (1971) the devils (1971) scum (1979) what we do in the shadows (2014) hidden (2005) humain, trop humain (1974) the river (1997) casque d'or (1952) place de la republique (1974) le pont du nord (1981) la captive (2000) all about eve (1950) nymphomaniac (2014) ...and the pursuit of happiness (1986) uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives (2010) the illusionist (2010) once upon a time in anatolia (2011) the beautiful troublemaker (1991) her (2013) troll 2 (1990) inside llewyn davis (2013) calcutta (1969) 12 years a slave (2013) earth (1930) 36 fillette (1988) signs of life (1968) the gleaners & i: two years later (2002) the taking of power by louis XIV (1966) manhattan (1979) shock corridor (1963) the secret life of words (2005) the chronicle of anna magdalena bach (1968) goodfellas (1990) nostalgia for the light (2010) one hour with you (1932) mouchette (1967) sicilia! (1999) god's country (1986) el topo (1970) heart of glass (1976) divertimento (1991) fando y lis (1968) the burmese harp (1929) the wages of fear (1953) safety last! (1923) entranced earth (1967) la notte (1961) antonio gaudi (1984) va savoir (2001) consider all risks (1960) senso (1954) anatomy of hell (2004) the milk of sorrow (2009) sullivan's travels (1941) the king of comedy (1983) les cousins (1959) the dark horse (2014) it's such a beautiful day (2012) at berkeley (2013) shut up! (2003) the punk singer (2013) boyhood (2014) frozen (2013) rain of the children (2008) field punishment no 1 (2014) sex+money: a national search for human worth (2011) bamako (2006) general idi amin dada (1974) les enfants terribles (1950) fish tank (2009) brave (2012) prometheus (2012) morvern callar (2002) you the living (2007) attenberg (2010) looking for langston (1989) the watermelon woman (1996) once were warriors (1994) irreversible (2002) meet the robinsons (2007) gone girl (2014) dead man (1995) moolaadé (2004) journey to italy (1954) the tin drum (1979) the earrings of madame de... (1953) women on the verge of a nervous breakdown (1988) it's a wonderful life (1946) limelight (1952) hearts and minds (1974) house (1977) ghostbusters (1984) performance (1970) before the rain (1994) touki bouki (1973) johnny guitar (1954) frances ha (2013) monster house (2006) pride (2014) the band wagon (1953) encounters at the end of the world (2008) 35 shots of rum (2008) rocco and his brothers (1960) night of the living dead (1968) killer of sheep (1977) starship troopers (1997) finding vivian maier (2013) big trouble in little china (1986) trash humpers (2009) all that heaven allows (1955) jubilee (1978) father's little dividend (1951) memories of underdevelopment (1968) eyes without a face (1960) all things were now overtaken by silence (2010) knife in the water (1962) my brother's wedding (1983) in a year of 13 moons (1978) murmur of the heart (1971) gang of four (1988) yugodivas (2001) summer children (1965) bring me the head of alfredo garcia (1974) beat the devil (1953) do the right thing (1989) iron island (2005) threads (1984) harakiri (1962) la ronde (1950) opening night (1977) the pleasure of being robbed (2008) interstellar (2014) after the wedding (2006) fail-safe (1964) profit motive and the whispering wind (2007) death in venice (1971) the wild one (1953) waking life (2001) short cuts (1993) meet john doe (1941) paris belongs to us (1960) léa (2011) husbands and wives (1992) frankenweenie (2012) easy rider (1969) a star is born (1937) the free will (2006) russian ark (2002) seven samurai (1954) mur murs (1981) queen of diamonds (1991) in the realm of the senses (1976) the hunt (2012) amarcord (1973) let the right one in (2008) fear me not (2008) underground (1995) a farewell to arms (1932) withnail & i (1987) von trier's 100 eyes (2000) life is beautiful (1997) trapped (1949) the kingdom II (1997) the passenger (1975) love on the ground (1984) french cancan (1954) shoot the piano player (1960) letter from an unknown woman (1948) i served the king of england (2006) santa sagnre (1989) when father was away on business (1985) haxan: witchcraft throughout the ages (1922) that day (2003) children of paradise (1945) werckmeister harmonies (2000) keane (2004) the scarlet empress (1934) the exorcist (1973) the hunchback of notre dame (1923) my uncle antoine (1971) days of being wild (1990) titicut follies (1967) laura (1944) happiness (1965) young mr lincoln (1939) top secret (1998) down by law (1986) zvenigora (1928) bonnie and clyde (1967) milou in may (1990) rampage (2006) screaming masterpiece (2005) volcano (2011) following (1998) and i've also seen [a christmas carol] (2009) and [standard operating procedure] (2008), bringing my total to date up to 367.

or had a gun. actually, it would probably work much better if you had a gun instead of a goofy mask.

we might agree LOTR is jackson's best work, which is a bunch of supremely racist monarchy fetishism. so, uh, nolan.

yet another person who doesn't understand what the word 'pretentious' means. this movie obviously isn't going for deeper meaning, so how the shit can it be pretentious?

i watch tv occasionally

the movie became far less funny and vicious after the suicide song, especially once they traveled to wherever. became too goofy.

the comedy in this movie is the sort of comedy where you laugh at the attempt at comedy rather than the actual comedy. it's very well shot and put together, but this is pretty amateur stuff, an overly 'and all the pieces come together, wooooaaahhh!' sort of thing with hilarious acting. only 69 minutes though. and on youtube. 4.0

some of these scores are bound to fall upon rewatch. 8.0 inception 7.3 memento 6.8 the dark knight 6.5 the prestige 5.5 interstellar 5.3 batman begins 5.3 the dark knight rises 4.0 following 3.5 doodlebug

indeed.

woody allen's [scenes from a marriage]. 80

a complete destruction of samurai mythology and film, and a humanist portrayal of poverty. definitely in the same class as kurosawa. the use of quick zoom and jarring sound was incredible. 94