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hooplala

Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
— Walt Whitman

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.

All of his movies are like that. "Misery porn" is exactly it.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


LMNO

Nigel nailed it.  However, his voice and visual aesthetic are both pretty killer.  Plus, Mrs LMNO is a Film Studies major, which means we kind of have to see these kinds of film.

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.

All of his movies are like that. "Misery porn" is exactly it.

Beats war porn, which has been the staple wanking material for America since 1990 or so.  In any case, why would anyone go watch a movie that makes them feel miserable?  That's why we have JOBS and BILLS and RELATIVES, for Chrissakes.

You People make NO SENSE.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

hooplala

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2012, 06:41:25 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.

All of his movies are like that. "Misery porn" is exactly it.

Beats war porn, which has been the staple wanking material for America since 1990 or so.  In any case, why would anyone go watch a movie that makes them feel miserable?  That's why we have JOBS and BILLS and RELATIVES, for Chrissakes.

You People make NO SENSE.

Because they are empty shells of ennui?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)"
— Walt Whitman

The Good Reverend Roger

Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:42:30 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2012, 06:41:25 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.

All of his movies are like that. "Misery porn" is exactly it.

Beats war porn, which has been the staple wanking material for America since 1990 or so.  In any case, why would anyone go watch a movie that makes them feel miserable?  That's why we have JOBS and BILLS and RELATIVES, for Chrissakes.

You People make NO SENSE.

Because they are empty shells of ennui?

EET EES ALL SO BORRRING!

*holds cig backwards*
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Faust

His Kingdom Hospital show he did with Steven King was quite unique, It falls apart towards the end but for the most part its really entertaining.
Sleepless nights at the chateau

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 02, 2012, 06:41:25 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:16:22 PM
Quote from: Hoopla on October 02, 2012, 06:06:50 PM
Quote from: A Very Hairy Monkey In An Ill-Fitting Tunic on October 02, 2012, 06:01:32 PM
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on October 02, 2012, 12:38:34 PM
Saw the latest Lars Von Trier film, "Melancholia".  Gorgeously shot, odd plot, and surprisingly (for a Lars Von Trier flick, at least) it did not rip my heart out of my chest and toss it in the gutter to rot.

To speak of the story at all would be majory spoilage.  It did however sum up his ethos in a single line: "Life is Evil."

Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.


I loathe Lars von Trier because I think he's a spoiled misery voyeur who packages human meanness and suffering for sale to those who don't have enough of it already in their lives, but I might be willing to tolerate his bullshit for a naked Kirsten Dunst.

I think I've only ever seen one of his movies, Dancer in the Dark, but yeah I would tend to agree based on that one film.  It was like misery porn.

I do like movies about the end of the world, though, so I will give it a try.  Also, Kirsten Dunst naked.

All of his movies are like that. "Misery porn" is exactly it.

Beats war porn, which has been the staple wanking material for America since 1990 or so.  In any case, why would anyone go watch a movie that makes them feel miserable?  That's why we have JOBS and BILLS and RELATIVES, for Chrissakes.

You People make NO SENSE.

:lulz:

My theory is that films like that are for middle-class people who don't really have anything wrong in their lives, so that they may temporarily indulge their inner feelings of self-pity by ain't-it-awfulling about how rotten the world they live in is.

It gives them something to drink about.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Cain

Didn't get to see Looper, thanks to my bank denying me access to all my funds.

Thanks, bankers Obama!

Lenin McCarthy

#669
Watched the Hobbit part 1 last night. I'm satisfied, but it's too drawn out. The original story is simple and straight-forward enough for one or maybe two movies.

Anna Mae Bollocks

#670
I haven't seen any recent movies. The only one I'm considering is the one with the little girl with the monsters in the Lousiana swamps, because I keep getting such great word of mouth on it.

What I've been doing is downloading old stuff. Mostly post-silent but pre-code. Mae West, Bette Davis, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich.
Holy fuck, that old shit is awesome. If you haven't seen Blue Angel but only heard of it (the way I alway did), grab it.  8)

I'm making an exception for Sunset Boulevard. It was made much later but it's hilarious in a Dragnet kind of way. Watched half last night until my laptop battery died and will finish tonight.  :)
Scantily-Clad Inspector of Gigantic and Unnecessary Cashews, Texas Division

LMNO

Those pre-code movies were pretty awesome.  Some fucked-up films, there.

Dildo Argentino

Quote from: Faust on October 02, 2012, 06:45:47 PM
His Kingdom Hospital show he did with Steven King was quite unique, It falls apart towards the end but for the most part its really entertaining.

But Riget, Lars von Trier's original, Danish series about a haunted hospital... is the real deal.

I think misery is something that happens to most everyone, so making films about it is justified.

Trier's THe Idiots was brilliant. And so was Dogville, even though it was about misery (and retribution - the ending would be right up Roger's street) And so was his little act of getting banned from Cannes.

Horror movies, on the other hand... I don't watch those. I have plenty to scare me without ridiculous plot-lines and unrealistic horrors.
Not too keen on rigor, myself - reminds me of mortis

Cain

Watching The Man With The Iron Fists right now.

It's...Tarantino.  And RZA, and Eli Roth?  What else can I say?  Feudal Chinese Kung Fu fights set to a hip-hop track is what you're gonna get, whether you want it or not.

LMNO

I... I kind of want it.