Jun 22 2008
SOME MOVIES
CONTROL
The Joy Division movie. ZOMG!!! I fast-forwarded through much of it and wound up not finishing it. Instead I listened to Joy Division for three days straight afterwards.
800 BULLETS
Alex de la Iglesia’s mash-up of PAN’S LABYRINTH, CINEMA PARADISO, and Spaghetti Westerns. A monstrous child flees the tyrannical control of his mother and grand-mother by seeking out his grandfather, a man who once worked as Clint Eastwood's stunt double. Reunited, the grandfather initiates the boy into a make-believe world of violence, alcohol, porn, and prostitutes. Mayhem ensues, and there might be twenty minutes too many in this film -- but if you like Spaghetti Westerns and are in the mood for one of those sappy, nostalgic European coming-of-age movies then check this out.
THE FOUNTAIN
I liked this. I am a pretentious hippie.
HAVE SWORD WILL TRAVEL
100% Grade A Shaw Borthers goodness. If you’re in the mood for old-school kung fu with swords and a plot like an Italian Opera as filtered through a viewing of SHANE, then this is the movie for you.
THE NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF
A Spanish horror movie from 1980 that plays like the Halloween episode of CHARLIE'S ANGELS where Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina split up, and Sabrina teams up with a werewolf while Jill and Kelly fall under the spell of a sexy vampire. Special effects are done with slow-mo and guide wires. Needless to say I loved this movie. It’s tasteless beyond description, and the hero looks like the middle brother between Kenny Rogers and Bob Hoskins. This movie shows a mastery of storytelling that you can’t believe it is being used for such pandering ends.
The Joy Division movie. ZOMG!!! I fast-forwarded through much of it and wound up not finishing it. Instead I listened to Joy Division for three days straight afterwards.
800 BULLETS
Alex de la Iglesia’s mash-up of PAN’S LABYRINTH, CINEMA PARADISO, and Spaghetti Westerns. A monstrous child flees the tyrannical control of his mother and grand-mother by seeking out his grandfather, a man who once worked as Clint Eastwood's stunt double. Reunited, the grandfather initiates the boy into a make-believe world of violence, alcohol, porn, and prostitutes. Mayhem ensues, and there might be twenty minutes too many in this film -- but if you like Spaghetti Westerns and are in the mood for one of those sappy, nostalgic European coming-of-age movies then check this out.
THE FOUNTAIN
I liked this. I am a pretentious hippie.
HAVE SWORD WILL TRAVEL
100% Grade A Shaw Borthers goodness. If you’re in the mood for old-school kung fu with swords and a plot like an Italian Opera as filtered through a viewing of SHANE, then this is the movie for you.
THE NIGHT OF THE WEREWOLF
A Spanish horror movie from 1980 that plays like the Halloween episode of CHARLIE'S ANGELS where Jill, Kelly, and Sabrina split up, and Sabrina teams up with a werewolf while Jill and Kelly fall under the spell of a sexy vampire. Special effects are done with slow-mo and guide wires. Needless to say I loved this movie. It’s tasteless beyond description, and the hero looks like the middle brother between Kenny Rogers and Bob Hoskins. This movie shows a mastery of storytelling that you can’t believe it is being used for such pandering ends.
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