tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post4939378005355871825..comments2024-02-23T05:17:08.682-05:00Comments on The Film Freak Central Blog: Some linksBill Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-5515233324579337512007-08-30T23:53:00.000-04:002007-08-30T23:53:00.000-04:00Please tell me that our Lord and Savior will do a ...Please tell me that our Lord and Savior will do a Halloween review...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-74504457080841710092007-08-30T21:50:00.000-04:002007-08-30T21:50:00.000-04:00Bon voyage, DVD Journal. They had a great run but ...Bon voyage, DVD Journal. They had a great run but I'd been noticing a decline in quality-control over there (I just randomly clicked on a review of TROG that erroneously claims the DVD is in fullscreen); better to burn out than to fade away, as they say. In a way I envy their newfound liberation from this online purgatory.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-13192959242880308362007-08-30T18:45:00.000-04:002007-08-30T18:45:00.000-04:00Not sure what happened to duPont, but I'm sure goi...Not sure what happened to duPont, but I'm sure going to miss DVD Journal. <BR/><BR/>On a separate note, I've just spent some ill-advised time perusing the IMDB message boards for Cuaron's excellent "Children Of Men", and I was horrified at how often people were slagging it off for being "too dark" and having a "non-existent storyline". And of course, the requisite, "it was sooo gay." While Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-68207658026691145572007-08-30T13:42:00.000-04:002007-08-30T13:42:00.000-04:00Just noticed The DVD Journal is shutting down. No ...Just noticed <A HREF="http://www.dvdjournal.com" REL="nofollow">The DVD Journal</A> is shutting down. No reason given in the long mainpage essay, which spends huge paragraphs praising DVD and then buries the closure notice at the end. <BR/><BR/>Damn, I'll miss those guys. Whatever happend to Alexandra duPont anyway?Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-42121867438598670932007-08-29T22:28:00.000-04:002007-08-29T22:28:00.000-04:00I've watched the first two Mimic movies tonight, a...I've watched the first two Mimic movies tonight, and I was disappointed (but not surprised given their release dates) to discover that only a review for the second is on the site. Given what Walter writes in his review for the second, it's clear that he likes the first a great deal, referring to "surprising depth" and "archetypal resonance." I'd love to read his defense on those grounds. The onlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-4849458343394160592007-08-28T03:18:00.000-04:002007-08-28T03:18:00.000-04:00The HD options are quicktimeI only have a bare-bon...<EM>The HD options are quicktime</EM><BR/><BR/>I only have a bare-bones computer which stalls when I watch HD trailers. So I can choose between good quality and stop-motion films or bad quality. Normal QT would work, wouldn't it?<BR/><BR/>Re: "Just Buried"<BR/>Oliver Whynacht, to a German, reads like Oliver Christmas, because "Weihnacht" is December 24th. Not that his name is any more sensible Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-75682982901234855102007-08-27T23:31:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:31:00.000-04:00From the Travis Rat link:Will need good sound bite...From the Travis Rat link:<BR/><BR/><I>Will need good sound bites for trailer. Maybe at one point son is sad about something stupid and father says, "It's not the end of the world!" Then son gives him ironic look. Love it.</I><BR/><BR/>Hahaha, so genius.<BR/><BR/>I was expecting that <I>Superbad</I> would have received a 4 star rating, for the sole reason that the two dumbest characters were <I>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00879652646989670889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-18682044428666324152007-08-27T23:29:00.000-04:002007-08-27T23:29:00.000-04:00That McSweeney's bit is nigh on hilarious, but not...That McSweeney's bit is nigh on hilarious, but not quite. I've just finished <I>The Road,</I> and it's jazzed me for McCarthy the way his other pieces could not -- and as a consequence, of course, I've been thinking about a film version and just how badly it could be fucked up.<BR/><BR/>I may try <I>No Country</I> next.Jefferson Robbinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356665406917571985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-10024634084020784282007-08-27T17:59:00.000-04:002007-08-27T17:59:00.000-04:00Bill, if you get a chance check out the new Lee My...Bill, if you get a chance check out the new Lee Myung-se and Pang Ho-cheung movies, two guys who are big in Asian film nerd circles but don't seem to have the name recognition of--say--Wong Kar Wai or Kim Ki-duk.<BR/><BR/>I wonder who's presenting Flower Drum Song in the Dialogues series.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586745705845953173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-60460408756339109302007-08-27T15:50:00.000-04:002007-08-27T15:50:00.000-04:00Rewind looks decent, but a part of me is concerned...<I>Rewind</I> looks decent, but a part of me is concerned that it'll just be like a Scary Movie sort of comedy, based mainly on easy references to better films.<BR/><BR/>It seems like the heart is in the right place here, since it's apparently commenting on the whole youtube/film piracy state of affairs, but good comedies in this particular sub-genre are pretty rare.<BR/><BR/>Also, the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-23511347853112642932007-08-27T14:18:00.000-04:002007-08-27T14:18:00.000-04:00"I'm not sure where Be Kind, Rewind looks promisin..."I'm not sure where Be Kind, Rewind looks promising, but that may be an effect of me being not sure why there isn't as of yet a motion for movie trailers to only come out in quicktime format so the video quality might actually not suck."<BR/><BR/>The HD options are quicktime.Jeffrey Allen Rydellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929035063658396648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-35064846043548019432007-08-27T13:12:00.000-04:002007-08-27T13:12:00.000-04:00For all you Ratner-haters out there, here's a litt...For all you Ratner-haters out there, here's a little <A HREF="http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/8/24molyneux.html" REL="nofollow"> pick me up </A> from the folks at McSweeney's.tmhooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08519230948522808921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-56460008555402460352007-08-27T11:43:00.000-04:002007-08-27T11:43:00.000-04:00"I hope he manages to see Youth Without Youth."Don..."I hope he manages to see Youth Without Youth."<BR/><BR/>Don't think it's playing, which is disappointing. Nevertheless, really excited about this year's lineup. New Coens, new Rivette, new Cronenberg, new Argento, new Herzog...ay-yi-yi.<BR/><BR/>For what it's worth, saw a superb TIFF flick last night called EL REY DE LA MONTANA, in which a couple of meet-cutes are stalked by snipers in a forest.Bill Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14011398543859221282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-10932418322627226372007-08-27T01:15:00.000-04:002007-08-27T01:15:00.000-04:00Bill is attending TIFF, excellent. I hope he manag...Bill is attending TIFF, excellent. I hope he manages to see Youth Without Youth.<BR/><BR/>Kudos on the Offside review, Travis. It ranks with The Taste of Tea as one of the best ('07 US release date) movies I've seen this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-57911431680843254502007-08-26T17:48:00.000-04:002007-08-26T17:48:00.000-04:00The only part of "Planet Terror" that I really lik...The only part of "Planet Terror" that I really liked was the opening credits sequence with Rose McGowan dancing to that cool theme music. I thought the rest was okay.<BR/><BR/>I'm definitely in the "Death Proof" camp, although I wish there had been a bit less chit chat and more Kurt Russell.<BR/><BR/><BR/>- Dexter MorganAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-71099962915037596452007-08-26T17:17:00.000-04:002007-08-26T17:17:00.000-04:00I don't mind that they're splitting Grindhouse int...I don't mind that they're splitting <I>Grindhouse</I> into two. I love Tarantino's film and have no desire to watch Rodriguez's ever again, so I'd be more upset for having to pay more for the entire set.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-65970115760371538392007-08-26T15:59:00.000-04:002007-08-26T15:59:00.000-04:00I am so PO'd about the Grindhouse split. Weinstei...I am so PO'd about the Grindhouse split. Weinsteins fuck up again!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780573311870868638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-64446175754610405002007-08-26T14:39:00.000-04:002007-08-26T14:39:00.000-04:00I'm not sure where Be Kind, Rewind looks promising...I'm not sure where Be Kind, Rewind looks promising, but that may be an effect of me being not sure why there isn't as of yet a motion for movie trailers to only come out in quicktime format so the video quality might actually not suck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-72780418191883977182007-08-26T14:03:00.000-04:002007-08-26T14:03:00.000-04:00I think I'll reserve judgment until I see the movi...I think I'll reserve judgment until I see the movie, Royce. So in that sense, no, I'm not with you. Yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40159495513363033552007-08-25T22:29:00.000-04:002007-08-25T22:29:00.000-04:00I wish Jean Baudrillard were still alive to see Be...I wish Jean Baudrillard were still alive to see Be Kind Rewind. The fact that its considered acceptable for a so called "art" director to be making a film so steeped in zeitgeist is the ultimate proof that the world we are living in is nothing but a hollow simulacra.<BR/>I want movies about life, not about other movies. Is anyone with me?roycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503600324625229342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-80596200040765783392007-08-25T17:59:00.000-04:002007-08-25T17:59:00.000-04:00Uh, has anyone else taken a look at Jason Statham'...Uh, has anyone else taken a look at Jason Statham's character name in <I>War</I>? Not only is it Jack Crawford, but <I>FBI agent</I> Jack Crawford! Uh, the name rings bells, yes? Like in Jack Crawford from the Hannibal Lecter series! I mean, using the same name isn't necessarily a crime, but having a character with the same name who works at the same place is more than a bit odious! Yet I haven'tAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-51547301630927537992007-08-25T08:55:00.000-04:002007-08-25T08:55:00.000-04:00What blh said. "Let My Love Open the Door" does se...What blh said. "Let My Love Open the Door" does seem to be the most popular trailer song there is.<BR/><BR/>As far a Peter Gabriel goes, "Solsbury Hill" is a popular choice, but that was perfectly punctured by the <I>Shining</I> <A HREF="http://youtube.com/watch?v=sfout_rgPSA&mode=related&search=" REL="nofollow">mock trailer.</A>James Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964207789326645793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-40514723390631158132007-08-24T15:02:00.000-04:002007-08-24T15:02:00.000-04:00Grindhouse was fun, but hardly worthy of getting u...Grindhouse was fun, but hardly worthy of getting upset over a botched DVD release for it. It seems that for most people, the two halves were a love/hate affair, with very few considering the two equals, whereas I just thought they were both pretty good. I really didn't see the love or hate for either of them.<BR/><BR/>I loved Science of Sleep, so I hope Gondry keeps it up with Be Kind Rewind. TheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-34175392152134210072007-08-24T14:50:00.000-04:002007-08-24T14:50:00.000-04:00Why are the trailers for every heartwarming comedy...Why are the trailers for every <I>heartwarming comedy about middle-aged love</I> set to the music of Peter Gabriel or Pete Townshend?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9668842.post-38106896379955640042007-08-24T13:56:00.000-04:002007-08-24T13:56:00.000-04:00Yeah, I'm going to hold out for the full Grindhous...Yeah, I'm going to hold out for the full Grindhouse even it takes years like Kill Bill has. I'll just content myself with BCI's fantastically sleazy Welcome to the Grindhouse series in the meantime.Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586745705845953173noreply@blogger.com