Red Mosquito

BigRedLedbetter wrote:

theplatypus wrote:Woody Allen is interesting to me in that he's so highly lauded yet only about 10% of his movies are any good. I guess that's what happens when you make a bazillion movies.

Agreed. I like Woody Allen but only own a few of his movies.

To be fair, I think even most of his mid-level stuff is very pleasant, breezy, and entertaining. I think it's definitely more than 10% that's good. I've seen almost every one of his movies, and I would only call eight of them flat-out bad. And his top-tier material is VERY good.

Yeah, I'd agree with that. Exaggerating a bit.

Woody had a really nice run until the 2000s. Now about every third movie is good.

theplatypus wrote:Yeah, I'd agree with that. Exaggerating a bit.

Go exaggerate a bit on the 2000's tournament tie-breaker.

i'll definitely be listening to loathed's podcast on linklater. i think he's one of the most interesting, underrated and best filmmakers from the states. same would go for one on glazer, who i like quite a lot.

Tried watching A Fantastic Fear of Everything, but turned it off after about 40 minutes.

I watched a lot of movies this weekend:
Amores Perros: really stupendous, the only Innaritu I've genuinely liked.
Boxing Gym: by Frederick Wiseman, another great movie
Lifeboat: Hitchcock, has one great moment, otherwise middling
Rain Man: saw it when I was a kid, meh
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: good, not great

Sin City 2. More like The Spirit than Sin City 1 I'm afraid.

I'd like to watch the first again to compare, but this one is less like the comic and just plain ugly. Marv didn't look tough, he just looks stupid. And the strip club is a joke. I thought Hollywood types went to strip clubs all the time? Why are they always so fake in movies? The voiceover is cringe inducing as well.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Did you notice how many times they talked about Sophie before meeting her? It’s like three or four scenes that just repeat each other and add nothing; I got it the first time! That’s just terrible writing, and it makes it boring to watch because they just keep re-feeding me the same plot information I was already given.

I did notice, yes. And it is bad writing.

Soderbergh's Traffic. Another one of those movies I never got around to watching.

Biff Pocoroba wrote:Soderbergh's Traffic. Another one of those movies I never got around to watching.

back to the grind today, though, pal?

theplatypus wrote:VinylGuy, you going to the Mar del Plata film festival this year? I think I'm going immediately after the Music Wins festival. Already looking into hotels.

Creo que voy...seguramente. Tan pronto buscas hotel?

No sé, me entró como ansiedad cuando me di cuenta que coincidía con el MusicWins, entonces me puse a mirar lugares. Igual no reservé nada todavía.

theplatypus wrote:No sé, me entró como ansiedad cuando me di cuenta que coincidía con el MusicWins, entonces me puse a mirar lugares. Igual no reservé nada todavía.

coincide? pero son dos dias nada mas no que se pisan?

Que cortar el queso?

VinylGuy wrote:

theplatypus wrote:No sé, me entró como ansiedad cuando me di cuenta que coincidía con el MusicWins, entonces me puse a mirar lugares. Igual no reservé nada todavía.

coincide? pero son dos dias nada mas no que se pisan?

Si, dos dias. No es gran cosa, pero prefería estar el festival entero.

theplatypus wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

theplatypus wrote:No sé, me entró como ansiedad cuando me di cuenta que coincidía con el MusicWins, entonces me puse a mirar lugares. Igual no reservé nada todavía.

coincide? pero son dos dias nada mas no que se pisan?

Si, dos dias. No es gran cosa, pero prefería estar el festival entero.

Si vamos te entrevisto a vos para la serie de RM.

EN ESPAÑOL.

VinylGuy wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

theplatypus wrote:No sé, me entró como ansiedad cuando me di cuenta que coincidía con el MusicWins, entonces me puse a mirar lugares. Igual no reservé nada todavía.

coincide? pero son dos dias nada mas no que se pisan?

Si, dos dias. No es gran cosa, pero prefería estar el festival entero.

Si vamos te entrevisto a vos para la serie de RM.

EN ESPAÑOL.

WHAT.

The Island. Can't believe I have never seen it before.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:The Island. Can't believe I have never seen it before.

Was it good?