tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post4734366536405274850..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: Question for the ReadershipBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-76102625141301100012008-12-27T12:10:00.000-05:002008-12-27T12:10:00.000-05:00Also seeking reasoning for Walter's declaration th...Also seeking reasoning for Walter's declaration that Alan Moore is an asshole. Dude seems to get attacked over not taking to any adaptation of his work to film - given the shoddy treatment of League and From Hell, I can't blame him - and the fact that he's attacked his own awful-but-celebrated garbage <I>The Killing Joke</I> puts him in my favor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-56939748607834774232008-12-25T10:19:00.000-05:002008-12-25T10:19:00.000-05:00For those who have seen Synecdoche, New York - li...For those who have seen <I>Synecdoche, New York</I> - life imitates art: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7799708.stmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-78282845551727655782008-12-24T21:50:00.000-05:002008-12-24T21:50:00.000-05:00I thought the teaser trailer for "The Spirit" look...I thought the teaser trailer for "The Spirit" looked like a "Grindhouse" fake trailer without the sense of irony-thanks for confirming my worst fears and preventing me from wasting money on finding out for myself Walter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-3822217012973118792008-12-24T21:39:00.000-05:002008-12-24T21:39:00.000-05:00From W.C. The Spirit review:that asshole Alan Moor...From W.C. The Spirit review:<BR/><BR/><I>that asshole Alan Moore</I><BR/><BR/>If by "asshole" you mean "best human being currently drawing breath," then I concur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-50943207136442702772008-12-20T18:30:00.000-05:002008-12-20T18:30:00.000-05:00LOL @ Walter's long, brillo-scrub, hot shower. Ree...LOL @ Walter's long, brillo-scrub, hot shower. Reed is an easy target, we know, but sometimes it is necessary to get into the mind of the enemy.<BR/><BR/>Saw "Seven Pounds" last night, and I figured Walter would exact pounds of flesh for this one. I bought it, thought, only for the Dawson character (frankly this may not have anything to do with this movie, per se). Smith was ok, with some pretty dougla_1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05703466227595965810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-47081071804222447212008-12-20T07:20:00.000-05:002008-12-20T07:20:00.000-05:00Did you really expect different from The Spirit?Un...Did you really expect different from The Spirit?<BR/><BR/>Unless you mean the Top10 list, because that would surprise me greatly.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178910224548079394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-75093562822411706462008-12-20T07:11:00.000-05:002008-12-20T07:11:00.000-05:00For my money, the best sentence of the year:"A cla...For my money, the best sentence of the year:<BR/><BR/>"A classic in the bizarre sub-genre of Super Duper Magic Negro-as-martyr, Seven Pounds joins such wonderful pills as The Green Mile in propagating the strange notion that in order to restore order in a world in which he's murdered a minivan full of white people, America's second-favourite black guy needs to turn himself into an organ buffet."Kyle Puetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08753135630515610343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-86245100160308611532008-12-19T23:33:00.000-05:002008-12-19T23:33:00.000-05:00No - that's my read, too:which, given her conditio...No - that's my read, too:<BR/><BR/><I>which, given her condition, seems like an invitation for Ben to add another pound to his levy of flesh. </I><BR/><BR/>I'm just being an asshole about the Oscar thing.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-85577666781530347462008-12-19T20:05:00.000-05:002008-12-19T20:05:00.000-05:00OK, I'm perfectly willing to come off as an idiot ...OK, I'm perfectly willing to come off as an idiot here, but while watching "Seven Pounds" (and this is only because I didn't have to pay for it) I thought the title was in reference to Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" where a pound of flesh was given as atonement for a sin. So being the sacrificer and due to a past ill action, Smith's character metaphysically gave a pound to each of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-36664016669928093992008-12-19T19:47:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:47:00.000-05:00Is that right? I don't remember jellyfish in Hulk...Is that right? I don't remember jellyfish in Hulk!<BR/><BR/>Wow.<BR/><BR/>Just keep getting older.<BR/><BR/>Saw <I>The Spirit</I> this morning, too, and let's just say one of my lists is going to have to make some room.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-10541470116911863252008-12-19T19:27:00.000-05:002008-12-19T19:27:00.000-05:00Technically, Ang Lee's Hulk would be the second-mo...Technically, Ang Lee's Hulk would be the second-most recent picture to feature allegorical jellyfish of doom. There's probably a connection to be analyzed there, but that would mean watching Seven Pounds after Mr. Chaw already went through the difficulty of doing that for us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-26012310114635001572008-12-19T16:45:00.000-05:002008-12-19T16:45:00.000-05:00Wait... so what you're saying is that Will Smith k...Wait... so what you're saying is that Will Smith kills himself so that his organs can go to the seven others?<BR/><BR/>No, let me rephrase. Please don't tell me that Will Smith kills himself so that his organs can to go the seven others.<BR/><BR/>So instead of one emotional climax you get seven? Witness how Will's heart makes Rosario healthy! See how Woody sees! and so on?<BR/><BR/>Thank you for Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178910224548079394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-64578942046074818512008-12-19T16:31:00.000-05:002008-12-19T16:31:00.000-05:00It's 8 1/2 pounds. The weight of the oscar statuet...It's 8 1/2 pounds. The weight of the oscar statuette, that is.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178910224548079394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-27621948495808297272008-12-19T11:32:00.000-05:002008-12-19T11:32:00.000-05:00Just a heads-up that Walt's review of SEVEN POUNDS...Just a heads-up that Walt's review of SEVEN POUNDS went online this morning - http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/sevenpounds.htmBill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-68965195176976988612008-12-18T17:36:00.000-05:002008-12-18T17:36:00.000-05:00I know what book you mean and have long considered...I know what book you mean and have long considered it what I call a "piggybank book"? What's that? Well, it's a stupefyingly-awful book that stays on the shelves forever and forever so that you'd have no worry whatsoever about leaving your savings in between the pages with the full confidence that nobody would even take a single glance through the rancid thing.<BR/><BR/>In his '70s review book, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-4009621521285342862008-12-18T12:50:00.000-05:002008-12-18T12:50:00.000-05:00I'm actually just surprised to note that Reed is s...I'm actually just surprised to note that Reed is still ambulatory. I got his book of celeb interviews (Keaton to Travolta or something?) at a library sale the other day for four bits and, y'know what, I need a shower. A good, long, brillo-scrub of a shower.<BR/><BR/>Hot.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-28897909845736040032008-12-18T09:13:00.000-05:002008-12-18T09:13:00.000-05:00Regarding "Benjamin Button", it's interesting to n...Regarding "Benjamin Button", it's interesting to note that Rex Reed has named it the year's best film after having named the previous Pitt/Fincher collaboration, "Fight Club", the worst of its year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-57963265072044647252008-12-18T04:56:00.000-05:002008-12-18T04:56:00.000-05:00Ian: No problem -- who isn't? I realize that there...Ian: No problem -- who isn't? I realize that there are likely some obstacles -- namely, seniority -- that might prevent your choices from joining those of Chambers and Chaw, but I find your criticism so coherently and compellingly articulated (and, to be perfectly honest, many of your ideas, if intellectually stronger, so akin to mine) that, regardless of whether your favorites of 2008 appear on Kyle Puetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08753135630515610343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40168948939607301012008-12-18T03:34:00.000-05:002008-12-18T03:34:00.000-05:00Kyle: I'm still making my way through awards seaso...Kyle: I'm still making my way through awards season, so the answer to that question is up in the air for the time being--but thanks for the vote of confidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-23051286356427645032008-12-18T00:45:00.000-05:002008-12-18T00:45:00.000-05:00Just back from Benjamin Button and this is my ques...Just back from Benjamin Button and this is my question. Why did Fincher feel like he needed to remake Forrest Gump?Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-90399612033444558512008-12-17T13:32:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:32:00.000-05:00CLoverfield rocks ass, Dave. No apologies necessa...CLoverfield rocks ass, Dave. No apologies necessary.Walter_Chawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14314737706201691225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-870245551685526302008-12-17T13:25:00.000-05:002008-12-17T13:25:00.000-05:00Berandor, I'd be any kind of film as long as it's ...Berandor, I'd be any kind of film as long as it's good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-29185154703198517982008-12-17T12:19:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:19:00.000-05:00@jer: Well, it's not completely terrible (although...@jer: Well, it's not completely terrible (although I said that, but hey, a little provocation here and there...). I just find it strange that guys with such an elaborate taste in movies fall for the most usual stuff when it comes to music. And a Best-Of-2008 with 25(!!!) albums? I have a hard time finding three.<BR/>But then again, I already wrote around here that I really liked Cloverfield, so Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-77345182094077703962008-12-17T12:12:00.000-05:002008-12-17T12:12:00.000-05:00I haven't looked at the list yet, but the Portishe...I haven't looked at the list yet, but the Portishead album: fucking brilliant.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01483536218208607543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-8816846562614086402008-12-17T11:21:00.000-05:002008-12-17T11:21:00.000-05:00Dave: Any music list that contains Why? and Wale ...Dave: Any music list that contains Why? and Wale (my #1 and #4 albums of the year, for what it's worth) is alright by me, but yeah--this year's crop of top album lists have been really dully uniform. <BR/><BR/>No real disrespect intended towards Portishead, Fleet Foxes, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, et al. Most of these records just left me lukewarm. (Plenty o' disrespect meant towards jer fairallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16032172895204505671noreply@blogger.com