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standard coen brothers stuff...which is great:)

agree

the book is wonderful...the trailer is rather underwhelming though~

actually, I'd only agree with Steven Lisberger due to Tron's cult status.American Psycho is Mary Harron's only wild release film, helping its cult building.Her other works are strictly personal cinema projects, which have enjoyed their share of critical praises.As for TESB and RotJ, I don't think that the directors had enough power over the production to call them the directors' hits.not all directors have decisive power over a movie project; "director's vision" is privilege in studios system, not a norm. Many directors are assigned to do the directing job only, which I'd think is the case for TESB and RotJ.

considering the magnitude of critical and commercial success, Costner is winning so far in this thread.

Welles certainly not. Citizen Kane is his most celebrated work no doubt, but he's been considered as among the most important auteurs not because of just one film. All Welles works now are on the "critically acclaimed" list: Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, The Trial, Othello, Chimes at Midnight, Touch of Evil, and even down to Mr. Arkadin and F for Fakes. Welles is a purely personal cinema stylist and not an one hit wonder; it's just that Citizen Kane has been singled out of his body of works due to a variety of reasons.

Coppola tells a Heart of Darkness story with AN, Vietnam war is simply its narrative setting/scene; Herzog tells the same story through Aquire: The Wrath of God with a different setting. Godfather 1&2 (I renounce the third one) is an innocence/American dream lost story; Mafia is again, simply its narrative setting. Welles did this story with Citizen Kane. all movies are fake/illusions. you like some fakes and dislike others...that's all.

not sure about society, I don't generalize based on my own sentiment.the movie I find (or remember most vividly) most insulting and repulsive is The Life Of David Gale.

TH:AUJ's small Sat bump is in line with FotR and TTT (or generally that's how it works during the Christmas week); next week we may see whether TH:AUJ is indeed a Saturday movie.just few days from OD, all of a sudden my 145-150m prediction seems too generous for LM~~"DU looks to be able to soar past my expectation (around IB's final gross).

Yojimbo is one of Kurosawa's popular action flicks, known to almost anyone who's interested in classic world cinema.A Separation and The Celebration are typical indie films and enough people have seen world wide, through limited theatrical releases, indie movie channels and DVD/Blu-ray rentals.Imdb top 250 is a popularity contest like all Internet polls for sure, but since it's world wide web, people from all over the world are voting, non Hollywood mainstream movies are bound to be in there.

let's say TH:AUJ is indeed a Saturday movie just like LotR OT, the huge Saturday jump should come after Christmas week and late into its run. FotR and TTT saw very minor Sat increases, and RotK actually decreased.

I think this sort of threads are created due to Internet dis of TDKR...which is more a reaction to Nolanties than to the film itself.

TDKR is my favorite superhero movie (SM2 was once in that position)for the Nolan trilogy I'd rank them TDKR - BB - TDK.TDK is a great crime flick with an ott villain. The white knight / dark knight theme is a detour from BB and TDKR's exploration of "fear." The naive resolution of Joker's last mindfucking plot (convicts vs ordinary citizens) is the worst part of the trilogy.BB and TDKR are closely connected, narrative wise and thematically. Fear, from conquering to embracing it; foes, from Ra's to Talia Al Ghul; storm, from Batman's vigilantism to Talia's total annihilation; pearls, from Martha Wayne to Selina Kyle, from the tragic beginning of Batman to the peaceful exfiltration of Bruce Wayne... I prefer TDKR over BB mainly because a perfect finale is just more satisfying than a perfect beginning...plus a decent portrayal of Selina Kyle / Catwoman (and her beating out Talia as Batman's love interest...well, this is purely personal bias:) )

neither a straight sequel nor a huntsman spin-off is a good idea~

my problem with KK is its excessiveness of everything, acting, cinematography, editing, and music, everything. When everything is magnified to extreme, the film becomes blend and monotonous. I just couldn't watch it again~as for Inception, I think Nolan deliberately makes the narrative convoluting, which is unnecessary because the concepts he tries to express aren't really complicated. also, the action sequences, especially those involving gunfights, almost put me to sleep~lastly, it may seem to be a nitpick, but I do really think that Nolan creates an unimaginative narrative out of a subject matter that's imagination itself -- dream. we're already in the dream, where everything can be symbolic of anything else yet he comes up with the safe box metaphor... a physical safe locking away our secrets...like secret documents...in the dream?? seriously?

both KK and Inception are those "watching once is too many" films for me, but I personally actually dislike Inception... ever since after showing Paprika to my students, they told me how much Paprika was like Inception >"<

I don't understand why people have brought True Grit up when talking about DU (here and there for a while). True Grit is a modest, mild Coen Brothers work; PG-13 aside, it's uplifting to the point that the Coen touch is so very fuzzy...therefore the incredible leg as it reached out to GA. DU, however, looks to be, as always, 100% QT.

also QT has his cult following which may contribute to a high OD. DU's final gross should be about the same as that of IB. It looks to get good wom, but by the nature of QT's works, the good wom won't help DU reach out much wider than IB did.

four male leads with distinct characters should do the trick.

the controversy isn't over the n-word but the over-use of the word. some think it's just fine, but some think it's over-used.

about the n-word discussion. haven't seen DU (it won't be released where I'm for a quite a while), but I think QT has always deliberately being politically incorrect. the time period of DU's story simply gives QT over abundance (or more than usual) of chances for political incorrecting.

good Christmas Day!Les looks to have a better run than my 145-150m US DoM prediction. didn't see that it becomes a family choice~~" DU could reach the neighborhood of IB's final gross.TH1 keeps it less than ringers' expectation run, and it's good for the climate of these forums.

even though Nolan's career is still young, I don't think he can be at all compared to Spielberg and the other visionaries from the late 60s to early 70s, Coppola, Scorsese, and Altman. (Lucas was once very promising with a TXH1138, American Graffiti and SW start)this bunch worked from indie to mainstream but never just stayed there. They all have mediocre or plain bad works, but they've explored a wide variety of themes and forms, taking risks at many turns.

I absolutely love good classic musicals, like Singing' in the Rain level of good: dancing, singing and quality storytelling.that time is long gone.

exactly, QT is purely personal cinema stylist. He follows his mood making movies, IB strikes wider than his cult following, DU may do again, then he might throw you another Jackie Brown or Grindhouse. two mojo demigods showdown is fine (PJ seems to be fallen from the second coming status now), but directors of indie or personal cinema are better left out of the battle.