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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 4th week of July DVDs: Robots, Psychedelic Asian Erotica, Jazz, Spaced, Earth, Mummies & More!
Hey folks, Harry here with the very first article written in the history of Ain't It Cool News from my Desk! I am so jazzed, that after 11 years, I finally have a Desk. You may be shocked to know that essentially - for the past 12 years, I've been writing from atop a wooden TV tray, a bedside nightstand or a dining room table. (of course that all symbolizes my battle with obesity) Ahem. Well now I have a gorgeous 1930's Walnut & Oak carved desk that is just a joy to write from. So much so, I want to do more writing. It feels like what I should be doing at this desk. Anyways - enough of that and on to this week's DVD COLUMN - which has some pretty fun stuff. As always the titles and the images are linked to Amazon where you can learn more on the respective title - or if you wish, you could purchase them - where a small percentage of your purchase goes to support this column and its relentless enthusiasm for the home video universe. Here ya go, I hope you enjoy...
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
SPACED: THE COMPLETE SERIES
It’s pretty much the greatest fucking thing ever. If you only know Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg from HOT FUZZ & SHAUN OF THE DEAD… well… You re in for a treat. Now – if you’ve already got that amazing UK SPACED box set and an all region player… and you’ve already seen my amazing appearance on that documentary about modern appreciation of SPACED – then you’re probably scratching your ass and fingering your nostrils wondering why you should bother with this set. Wouldn’t it just be a double dip for you? Well, yes… and no. You see – this set is even better than what the UK got. (Sorry Brits, but tis true.) In addition to everything on that set – there’s all new commentaries recorded with crazy guests that espouse from whence their passion for this show came from. Folks like Kevin Smith, Quentin Tarantino, Matt Stone, Diablo Cody, Bill Hader and the great fucking PATTON OSWALT – and you really should hear his commentary work on here! For all you geeks about to attend SPACED-NUMB-A-THON – this is the perfect keepsake to get signed at the event – and it will be available for sale there as well!
THE MUMMY (Blu Ray)
The very first foreign set visit I ever did was to the set of THE MUMMY – back in 1998. Oddly enough, I wasn’t a fan of the film. I liked aspects – but really wanted the tone to be straighter – for the film to actually have atmosphere – and for there to actually be tension and something to be creeped out about. Basically, I didn’t get Stephen Sommers. Since writing that review, I have come to enjoy THE MUMMY for what it is. A lite fantasy adventure comedy with a passing glance at horror. Do I wish it was something more? Absolutely – but I enjoyed ILM’s work along with the make-up work that was done. And everything about the Mummy’s story and romance, I like. And I really adore Rachel Weisz and most of Brendan Frasier… but the comic sidekick stuff wears a bit thin for me. That said, it is carmel coated eye fluff that I set the tone for the next one, which I actually preferred. The Blu Ray is gorgeous – filled with extras and a neat look at this third Mummy coming very soon. Because I’m a Universal Monster movie maven – it’s there on the shelf next to all the classics, oddly – it’ll never get played as much as those.
THE MUMMY RETURNS (Blu Ray)
THE MUMMY RETURNS unlocked my appreciation for the 2lbs of sugar coated Frosted Flake monster flicks of Stephen Sommers. In this film, I could suddenly see that thus far in Stephen’s career he’s made enormous budgeted Doug McClure Edgar Rice Burroughs adventure films – only campier and far more lushly produced. About the time the greater glory of Pygmy Mummies arrive on the scene and you have a flying AirShip right out of some frenzied AIP Vincent Price fantasy… well… I couldn’t have been more delighted… Except for the apocalyptically awful and painfully embarrassing vfx on the Scorpion King at the end. WHAT THE FUCK? Seriously – one of the worst visuals ever conceived in the history of ILM. I know a lot of people that shit on the little kid, but I loved this character. I love that he is smart, brave and filled with nerve. He isn’t played like some wimpy screaming ninny. He feels like an Encyclopedia Brown or Hardy Boys character. A kid empowerment character if I’ve ever seen one. – That said – this brings me to a whole other subject. You know – The Classic Universal Horror films were huge hits for kids back in the day. From little tykes to teenagers and on up. Universal was the Anti-Disney – and kids ate up these monsters. There were rules. Ways to kill the monsters… Little monster poems to learn, weapons that would take them out – and heroes and grown up characters to aspire to be. And if a kid came across a monster – sometimes they wound up dead. Because they didn’t know these rules. But mainly – they were adult starring endeavors. They were played straight, but just didn’t splash blood all over the place. Didn’t gore it up. And these early films essentially founded UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. With the MUMMY series they went kiddish. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with THE WOLF MAN when they head far more adult. That said, I’m anxious to see what a new director has done to the Mummy series.
ROBOT CHICKEN: STAR WARS
FUCKING AWESOME STUFF! This is fan-fucking-tastic – and worth every penny for its precious 23 minutes of stop-motion goodness. You know you want it. I just wish it was in BluRay.
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While it isn’t a hair on the ass of THE STING or even last week’s fantastic THE BANK JOB – I’m still a sucker for pretty much all movies that deal with cheating casinos out of great deals of money – and that this is a true story is all the better. Nice cast does fine work, but frankly the execution is all a bit ho-hum. However, they do kinda make counting cards make sense, and I’ve never been able to make sense of it before. Of course if I were to try to apply this to some form of gambling… I’d lose every possession I have… and I really like my Tiki Room thing I bought at Disneyland.
VAMPYR – Criterion Collection
If you wish to see the exact opposite approach to the supernatural from Sommers – look no further than this exquisite offering from Criterion. Carl Theodor Dreyer’s VAMPYR! If you don’t know Dreyer’s work – if I may – Seek out THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC and DAY OF WRATH! PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC is literally one of the single most brilliant movies ever made. Seriously. It will humble you. That said – VAMPYR is also brilliant work by this brilliant director. This is literally one of the greatest vampire stories ever crafted for film. It is a dream and a nightmare with imagery unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Criterion has done an amazing job with this two disc set and if you love the CARMILLA legend, you’ll go nuts for this rendition!
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
Great film, but I have a great story about the artwork you see above. My freshman year in College – I was flirting with this older gal – she was 5 years my senior – and I was just 18. She offered to invite me over to her place for the “best hotdogs I’d ever eat.” Well, though my hot dog was wanting to be consumed, my stomach was intrigued. Her place was a scant few blocks from campus and hanging upon her wall in the living room was this poster. Things progressed, she put a blindfold on me – and I let the fun commence, but the entire fuckign time – I couldn’t stop thinking about what sort of woman has a KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN poster on her wall. That said – it was pretty awesome sex in my first college affair. That said – at the time I saw the poster, I hadn’t actually seen the film. Since then I discovered what an amazing film this was. Completely worth of its Oscar attention and very erotic. It’s nice to have this in my collection!
Earth: The Biography (Blu Ray)
God Bless the BBC… they bring us SPACED and EARTH on the same Tuesday! And this one is in BluRay – and sweet Jesus does it take advantage. The only thing they get wrong is the whole interior of the Earth part – which is obviously one of those crackpot theories…. We all know there’s a lost world with Dinosaurs and giant geodes in there… either that or it’s just solid black gold, Texas tea, OIL it is! All kidding aside, this BBC documentary is very much an exploration of how the history of Earth’s climate has created the Earth as we know it today. It’s 230 minutes of brilliance. And there’s imagery that will blow your mind.
HIGH AND LOW – Criterion Collection
Here’s Film Noir / Detective fiction done… Akira Kurosawa style. This is an adaptation (kinda) of McBain’s fantastic KING’S RANSOM novel with Toshiro Mifune as our lead character. If you only know Kurosawa’s SAMURAI stories – then you’re in for quite a treat – he was equally astonishingly amazing at work like this! And Mifune in a McBain story is just a treat, the likes of which is very hard to communicate. As usual – Criterion knocks it out of the park – with documentarys, archival interviews, essays and much more!
THE PERFECT STORM (Blu Ray)
A landmark film in terms of visual effects and an ok film, otherwise. Without the programming work that went into making the truly awesome ocean nightmare of the film – the far superior MASTER & COMMANDER’s effects might not have been as solid. That said – I really love the visual effects and on BluRay I have to admit – I drooled at the natural systems recreated with pixels here. And the cast here was just fantastic – remember it was more than just Clooney and Wahlberg, but John C Reilly, Diane Lane, William Fichtner, John Hawkes, Karen Allen, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Ironside. And they all did a very nice job. I still enjoy this film.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (Blu Ray)
Remember when this was the best horror had to offer in the dark days of the late 90s? That said, I so preferred this to the sickeningly self-aware SCREAM series. It’s still fun – I like that its basically just the old man with the hook campfire story. Besides – I still remember staring the entire movie at Jennifer Love Hewitt’s chest, which by the way stretches her shirt material so lovely in Blu Ray!
BLUES IN THE NIGHT
Long before Elia Kazan became an amazing director to either stand and applaud or sit and look satisfied for condemning someone whose shoes you’ve never had to walk in… He was an actor in films like this and CITY FOR CONQUEST – now Elia isn’t the star, but it is a very interesting experience to see one of the best actors’ directors actually act. He’s not bad. This is a very early Jazzy Film Noir from Anatole Litvak, who went on to direct one of the greatest Noirs in SORRY WRONG NUMBER (brilliant fucking movie) – This was one of his highlights before joining Capra’s Propaganda Unit during WWII. Alongside Elia Kazan – you’ll find folks like Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson and Wallace Ford (love that guy) – What I really love here is all the Johnny Mercer tunes performed by Priscilla Lane and William Gillespie. The music is a true jewel – but when added to the early-proto-noir story – well it comes out smiling!
BIRD (2 Disc Special Edition)
Here we have in many ways, what I consider to be Clint Eastwood’s most heartfelt directorial effort. BIRD. Clint is an exceptionally passionate aficionado of Jazz and in particular the brilliant talent of Charlie Parker – and I remember marveling at Forest Whitaker’s performance as Charlie. When Forrest won his Academy Award, at last, it was this and GHOST DOG that I was cheering for – hoping that people would rediscover both of those works – cuz.. well Forrest was now an Academy Award winning actor! Picking this up for a mere $11 is a deal! Clint has done a great job with this Special Edition.
MASTERS OF HORROR: Season Two Box Set
Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of this series. Watching some of my favorite directors be given solid scripts with micro-budgets and nationalized casting decisions… well it makes for films that just are not masters of horror. That said, it’s pretty much the only game in town for anthology horror – and in this case – HOLY SHIT – WHAT AWESOME PACKAGING! I might need to pick one of these up – cuz that skull… that’s an accurate representation of Moriarty’s skull’s interior! You see – he really doesn’t have a brain, but a multi-dvd player in his skull. If you look carefully through Drew’s comb-over – you’ll see the slot that you insert new discs into. For real – when you see Drew and Comic Con – check it out – just mess with his hair and put in TWINS – funniest thing ever is to see him talking back and forth as Schwarzeneggar and DeVito. Seriously.
HELP ME EROS
I literally know nothing about this title other than the cover. Which is obviously genius. And the tagline, “Sink Into A World Of Erotic And Psychedelic Pleasures….” Man, do they know me, they even put an ellipse in there just for me. So I’d feel all cozy.
Daft Punk’s ELECTROMA
Experimental & Awesome. Imagine a feature length Daft Punk music video – devoid of dialogue, filled with not their album music, but rather what I would call their sonics – where everyone, everywhere is robotic. The imagery evokes Kubrick and is an experiential piece. Not directly plot orientated – but the sort of thing to put on and FEEL. There is a strong possibility that if you’re not into challenging art cinema that you’ll hate this violently. However, if a Kubrickian Robotic Silent Dialogue-less Experience sounds like something you’d be into… man, you’ll be into this. As Bruce Lee said, “Don’t Think, Feeeeeel” - Personally I found it be a revelation. But then my consciousness has been expanded by the Krell Device.
That’s all for this week – next week we’ll be looking at: Scorsese’s SHINE A LIGHT, DARK CITY (BluRay), THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (BluRay), HAROLD & KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY, CAFÉ METROPOLE, GIRLS DORMITORY, JOHNNY APOLLO, DAYTIME WIFE, LUCK OF THE IRISH, I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU, THAT WONDERFUL URGE, LOVE IS NEWS, THIS ABOVE ALL, SECOND HONEYMOON, FREAKAZOID 1st Season, LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE, DOOMSDAY, THE LOST BOYS (BluRay), TOP GUN (BluRay), PATRIOT GAMES (Blu Ray), CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER (BluRay), TINY TOON ADVENTURES, SUM OF ALL FEARS (BluRay), NEVER BACK DOWN, TAI CHI MASTER, WAR GAMES, INGLORIOUS BASTARDS, DEVIL HUNTER, CANNIBAL TERROR, OUTFOXED: RUPERT MURDOCH’S WAR ON JOURNALISM, DADDY DARLING, HAIR EXTENSIONS and much more!
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I love Spaced too.
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Does anyone know whether the music clearance issues got resolved? Or did some of the songs and cues have to be replaced on the U.S. release?
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Oddly often.
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on Blu Ray? WHY? It's meant to be a lo-fi experience. Paying premium to see it in a super high-res isn't on my list of wants.
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Sounds amazing.....Where's the review for the desk Harry? We need pics!
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Jul 22, 2008 3:59:16 AM CDT
early 20's hewitt, she was something
by the guy who slept through everything.
smoking, I mean the definition of smoking HOT. She couldn't act with a shit, but those breasticles made up for it. Did movies come out this week?
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I actually think Perfect Storm is a terrific film that captures the essence of man vs. nature and the bizarre but admirable spirit that motivates men to risk injury and death to fish in the Grand Banks. Keep in mind that this film predates shows like The Deadliest Catch and was really one of the first widespread glimpses into a unique profession. It also has an incredibly talented cast and the effects work holds up well. Wolfgang Peterson doesn’t seem to get much respect these days but honestly, I’ve loved just about everything he’s done. However, the retail price on the Blueray version of Perfect Storm needs to come down.
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I certainly thought the Star Wars Robot Chicken spoof was leagues funnier than Blue Harvest.
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Having sex with your hand isn't getting laid
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I still can't believe you prefer the vastly inferior MUMMY RETURNS to Sommers' "original."
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...makes it the best of the two.
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Just look at the Mummy & Batman Begins BluRay packaging. Blue and brown don't match! When Dances With Wolves, Casablanca, and Lawrence of Arabia come out on BluRay their packaging will look like crap as well.
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is the first step toward unfeeling corporate evil of shadowy offices.
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When all signs pointed toward the poetic finale being that she was a MAN, baby. Blindfolded and the best hotdog ever huh?
And you should seriously know better about Mummy 2. If you recall it wasn't ILM's fault that the Rock was so laughably videogame bad. Blame the bright fucking spark of a suit that decreed it HAD to be released on the exact anniversary of the first one. ILMers knew full well there wasn't enough time, and I'll defend them on this particular one 'til kingdom come. As I recall the balloon was a solid mass too, no physics for looking like it was properly inflated etc. That's just from memory though. Both films are pretty damn shitty though. Just don't blame ILM for those particular effects. -
once had a very similar situation where i couldnt stop thinking "what kind of girl has a dvd collection that ONLY consists of disney films and American Pie?"
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No Harry, that's not odd; it's a bad movie..suprise! Paying a set visit doesn't make it a good movie..sad but true. I'm glad to hear it's your first working day out of bed, anyway, it's anyway, not anyways.
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I thought the third one, with its James Ellroy-esque secret sex theatres and a mildly creepy Lance Henriksen, was underrated. Last Summer had some atmosphere, but was crippled by some bad scenes (like when the killer decides to wave hello at Gellar in the middle of a parade) and way too many stupid, stupid jump scares. Oh, and who enjoyed the pointless funeral scene at the end of The Perfect Storm? That's what I thought.
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I had the chance to see it last year, even interviewed the director. Great film, funny and totally crazy. Beautiful phography. But really insane. And sexy.
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I guess writing for them has rubbed off on Harry (no pun intended... oh who am I kidding?)
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The desk seems to bringing out better writing. This was a good posting this week.
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Jul 22, 2008 6:19:13 AM CDT
"Dear Penthouse, I know she only had one arm but................
by stuntcock mike
Nice to see Harry bring the smut every week.
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Penthouse sent me 22 dvds this week. Jesus. It's enough to make a guy hurt himself.
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Hi Harry
Living in England I don't usually read the reviews of films posted on your site until after I've seen them, which can be months later in some cases. As Wall-e opened here this week I took my son to see it on Sunday. Excellent film, straight from Pixar's top drawer. When I returned from the cinema I went to AICN to read the reviews and having found Mori's and Quint's posts couldn't find yours, even though I'm sure I saw one up a while ago. Can you please let me have the article number so I can read your review.
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Fucking hell. Do none of you lot remember the state of Horror before Scream? It was a genuinly good, original satire with a few great scares. Last Summer was a low rent Scream knock off. The fact that it is to blame for all teh shitey postmodern crap we got for yonks afterwards and parodied in garbage like Scary Movie does not diminish it. Having said that, it hasn't aged well, although we do need something Scream-esque to clear horror out again.
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Usually I'm not a fan of Robot Chicken. It's pretty funny sometimes, but more than two or three laughs per episode usually don't happen. Then I accidently turned on the Star Wars Special when it was on TV and I was seriously laughing from the beginning to the end! I can't remember one single unfunny piece! I wish every episode of Robot Chicken would be like this. Or at least every second. One per season would already be a huge improvement.
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Impale your tasteless carcass on a rusty spike immediately...it's fucking genius and been available on the rest of the planet a LONG time.
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Sounds like they want you back Harry!
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...now I have more desks than rooms to put them in. My subconscious probably believes that the more desks I have the more I will be like J.R.R. Tolkien. Help.
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I cant bellive you like LAST SUMMER more than SCREAM Harry. As Lost Lav said it was poor knock off. Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich were great and Neve Campbell has at least talent.
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it's about the chair...
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And what about the music in the new Spaced DVDs? Last I heard, people weren't sure if they got all the original stuff in.
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...but 'Vampyr' for me is one of the great disappointing film experience. The first time I saw it I got incredibly high, prepared to have my mind blown - and then I feel asleep because my pot head weighed too much. Thinking it was a case of indulgence, I rewatched the film later after I stopped smoking; it still didn't involve me. And I can see how it could to do so for many; those tremendous dream images are some of the great inspired horror moments: a shadow digging a grave... BACKWARDS!! But it just seemed like ideas with no overall strong connective tissue. It sort of like an extended version of "Un Chien Andelou." It is audacious and visionary filmmaking but it just didn't work for me and I really wanted it to. But my experience with that film helps me be more forgiving when others appreciate the artistic qualities of a film that I deeply adore and cherish but their reception is overall lukewarm. Always wished I liked that movie more. On the flipside "High Low" has the watermark of the greatest of all thrillers. And some of Kurosawa's most stunning photography; his use of the thriller as a framework for social commentary is enlightening. The use of the fact of the magnate's shoe factory and legacy as a theme about one's connection to the world around him and the comparison of the shoes of the characters throughout are so well observed. Also, the reveal of the kidnapper is so against our genre expectations. The humility of that film gets me everytime: "Ikiru" meets "Speed." And I recommend "Bird" for the lush photography alone. One of my favourites even if its lighter elements seem very distant from its vision of an erratic genious. ('Albino Red' is still a really funny stand-alone moment even if it doesn't work as part of the whole in my opinion.) The beautiful way language just purrs out of Whitaker.
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...when I saw "The Passion of Joan of Arc." "WOWZA!" indeed!
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HAH! Also, there's no WAY Harry got laid in college ...he had to be too tired from getting laid in highschool!
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How much weight have you lost? I'm down 52 lbs and counting, thanks for the tips with the diet, they really work
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Egheaumaen, A friend of mine works for BBC America and told me that nearly all of the music issues were resolved but she still said their official response was "no comment." The MSRP also jumped up to $60 about a month and half ago, I assume it was because of the music rights.
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horrible. maybe i was in a bad mood but it had no plot, what a waste of cool toys and animation time. it really didn't amuse me. argh. i liked the family guy one mutch better.
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Jul 22, 2008 9:32:30 AM CDT
I Like The 'Mummy' Flicks. They Look Better On HD, Though.
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As does everything. Even my mom. 'High and Low' has been out for some time now; is there anything different/better with this version?
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For me it was "Man With A Movie Camera" which every cinetaste I know goes nuts for, and when I watched it I could appreciate how revolutionary the technique was and how the film had been so cleverly put together, but it was also sloooooooooow as anything and the terrible TERRIBLE music made it almost unbearable to watch. I've survived Bela Tarr's "Satantango" and nothing has ever taxed my patience as much as "Man With A Movie Camera". Plus Vertov was a pretentious wanker whose ideas were elaborated on and made great by the later 50's 60's works of the cinema verite' movement.
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I believe was actually pushed back until August.
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Thanks dogstardude.
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... often the brave failures pave the way for later refinement and embellishment. Cultural rebirth is a beautiful thing. (Even if the originator was a wanker.)
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Jul 22, 2008 10:20:19 AM CDT
Fuck the dvd's did you just hear Harry boinked a chick!!!
by samuraiyao
Holy good shit, to whoever the girl is, you have served a great humanitarian effort to get harry's nob wet...
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Jul 22, 2008 10:21:14 AM CDT
I would be more interested in the picture quality...
by iamjack'suserid
...of Spaced and if it's better than the previous set instead of whether or not you have an "amazing appearance" in the doc. And let's actually hear about the Spider-Woman movie, you know -- important details like plot and stuff -- instead of some sexual escapade (most likely fictitious) mentioned solely for ego's sake.
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Sommers threw in all but the kitchen sink in CGI (good, bad and in-between)for the sequel (the same can be said for Van Helsing, which suffered because Returns was a hit). The Mummy was an entertaining B-Movie with a decent budget, and there were good moments from the 3 leads. And any movie is improved by a score from the late master Jerry Goldsmith. But there are those that may forget that The Mummy (Karloff version) was conceived as a horror film, not an Indy-lite pastiche.
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Mifune is great in the first half but I love the second half when the police are tracking the kidnapper. Awesome procedural.
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for allegedly assaulting his mother and sister. Good timing Chris!
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to stop men like him - 'take that mother' KA-POWWWWWW
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I'm assuming there is a buttload of extras on top of the whopping 23 minutes of show I'm paying for...?
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to know he was a rat fuck of a bastard.
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Got one we could see? I think it's always interesting to see the desks of writers and artists.
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My source at BBC America says that they are using the untouched masters for the video on the Spaced discs. Whether or not it's the same as the UK version, I do not know.
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Yesterday was the 4 year mark of his passing...damn, I miss looking forward to new Goldsmith scores. He was brilliant. His Mummy score is great fun and it gets a good LOUD mix in the movie
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Jul 22, 2008 1:28:48 PM CDT
"What kind of a woman has a Kiss of the Spider Woman poster?"
by slder78
The kind that's not a woman Harry! She was a MAN baby!You had sex with a dude. (S)he blindfolded you and you had great sex you say? Dude you got trcked.
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While it's far from a masterpiece (or even really a good movie), it at least has some sense of adventure and imagination--the first one was a dull turd that never really went anywhere.
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Just heard. It's a shame. She was 84 years old. Guess I've got to watch Mannequin tonight. Also Earth the Biography was actually another really good nature documentary series, with this and planet earth the Documentary series is back.
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Thanks. I don't know if it was my friend's TV or the 2004 set, but the quality was pretty awful. Didn't mind too much because the show was fucking hilarious.
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no blindfolded sex romps. i don't think so. i just laid 70000 women at once btw.
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Thanks Harry.
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Hate that movie. HATE IT. And I love Daniel Day Lewis but have forever more hated Juliette Binoche. Man that's some pretentious garbage. Just want to punch the people who made it or slap them with the gritty part of an old 80's style skateboard.
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Seriously, does anyone here think Harry didn't do it with a guy based on that?
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The only logical explanations are 1) it was a dude or 2) it was a dare or 3) she was retarded.
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If she had sex with Harry, shouldn't SHE have been wearing the blindfold?
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played at the Rotterdam film fest. We had the posters for this film all over the place. Was funny to see all the kids and parents reactions. And by poster I mean this poster: http://tinyurl.com/57wvs3
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Honestly, carpel tunnel isn't covered by Workmans Comp in that particular situation, I think.
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and for whatever reason people have forgotten Lucille Ball was one of the biggest informers of them all. Loved the Academy Award Show a few years ago when Kazan got an honorary Oscar - Marty Scorsese looked like he was ready at a moments notice to hop off that podium and kick the ass of the people who were booing like the pugnacious miniature Iye-tye kid from Queens he is. Bobby DeNiro, on the other hand, looked like he wanted to slink back behind the curtains.
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it was a turkey dog and not that great. We dated for like 5 months, till she had to move away to Rhode Island, due to her mother passing away.
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And Benny in "the Mummy" is Henry Plainview; the one part of the movie that surprised me (though, the colour is nice towards the end with the plagues). I orginally thought it was the same actor as the Dale character in Mallick's "The Thing Red Line;" but low and behold it was Benny! I'm glad that guy got a shot like that. That he makes that pitable character's murder matter took a lot of skill on both his and Anderson's part, "Huh! (woman laughing, drunken chatter and chair scraps)... money... give me money..."; he exposes the big emptiness that Daniel's been digging on top of and toward all along, like the ground eroding around his feet. His total inability to empathize, to forgive. I love that Anderson likes to take such chances with his actors. I think his films are some of the most bravely acted, especially the last three pictures. ("Boogie Nights" is the one film of his that really hasn't lingered long in my mind, though I really liked it at the time.) And Paltrow in "Hard Eight," she had a great feel for a character whose surface attitude was easy to dislike, "I want my FUCKING MONEY!." She fuckin' shaved her upper lip so that it would appear a little razor burnt throughout the movie. And it is was less an act of condescension than one helping her represent a person living close to the edge and holding on to the one thing that keeps them surviving, in her case her body. And then finding that she couldn't escape that mentality; a great character foil for Sydney. Little things like that.
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didn't season 1 come out not that long ago? Open Channel D!
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You were glowing in your review of it 8 years ago. And I take issue with your comment "A landmark film in terms of visual effects ", the effects just aren't that good. I never once bought they were actually in the ocean. All the waves look completely fake, and it hurts the film bad. You never feel any dread for the characters at all. It's also horribly melodramatic in regards to the Whalberg/Lane romance.
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You've no doubt heard this a million times by now, but I signed up just to add another drop to the bucket:
You are horrible at what you do.
I've been reading this site since it's inception and I absolutely appreciate it for what it is and for the part it has played in the development of the internet into a valid medium. I read the site almost every day and consider it (along with Dark Horizons) the premier source for all things movie and television. I discovered Vern (who I consider one of the best reviewers on or off the internet)via your site, and that alone is enough to make me grateful that you've done what you've done.
But, again, you are horrible.
Nearly everything you've ever written here (moreso in recent years) has been either embarrassing, disgusting or downright dishonest.
That said, I inevitabely end up reading every post you contribute, just to see how epically you will fail to present any coherent ideas and how many times you will reference your own disturbing sexual proclivities. It's like a car wreck. I simply can't look away.
In summation: Great site, but you suck.
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He did a Huck Finn movie with Elijah Wood and a live-action Jungle Book for Disney back in the early 90's.
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Fuck
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..and Betty White, yet she played Bea's mother and was the supposedly the most senior of them. Life imitated art, and took Estelle first. R.I.P Estelle Getty
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just summed up the thoughts of every AICN reader in existence. Bravo.
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Try reading some other posts. Obviously you scan 'em. But nice to see we agree on the logic of Harry's story. It all adds up. Maybe he's just blocked it and focussed on the food/metaphor, ho ho.
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OK, I live in the UK and I just got a Blu-Ray player, they're just under 200 quid here now. All excited I go online to see what is available. AND IT'S ALL EITHER RECENT STUFF, OR TOTAL SHIT!!!!! So, a few good recent films are available - THERE WILL BE BLOOD etc. Otherwise, here's some of the titles they've found fit to release: THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, THE ISLAND, S.W.A.T., AIR FORCE ONE, THE PATRIOT, NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM, STEALTH, UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, FIREWALL, KING ARTHUR, THE 6th DAY, ERAGON, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, THE RECRUIT... I could go on. What is this shit?? Do they think that people who buy Blu-Ray all have dire taste in films. (I just about found THE SEARCHERS and RIO BRAVO, the Kubricks of course, but believe me there's not much else. But, you know, thin pickings, Slim Pickens..) Help me, please.
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check our region free movies web sites. Most of the releases on amazon.com say american only BUT will play in a uk player... try
http://bluray.liesinc.net/ and then just order from amazon.com -
Further films they have decided are right for Blu-Ray while they sit on their back catalogues: THE MARINE, LUCKY NUMBER SLEVIN, PATHFINDER, RONIN, FLYBOYS, FLIGHT PLAN, THE LEGEND OF ZORRO, HOSTAGE, TEARS OF THE SUN, VERTICAL LIMIT, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX...
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Thanks for that - will take a look right away!
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Seriously, we should start some sort of a revolution here. I mean, what sort of twisted fiend launches a new system with such titles as GONE IN 60 SECONDS, NATIONAL TREASURE, CLIFFHANGER, BATMAN AND ROBIN, WE WERE SOLDIERS, I ROBOT, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION, GHOST RIDER, GODZILLA (1998), PEARL HARBOR, FIRST KNIGHT and, wait for it ESCAPE TO freaking ATHENA???? I mean, I'm no genius, but woudn't you kick this thing off with those non-contentions good films that always surface towards the top of people's favourite lists: TEH GODFATHER, CITIZEN KANE, STAR WARS, LORD OF THE RINGS, LAWRENCE OF ARABIA, VERTIGO, JAWS, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST, THE SHAWSHANK REDEPTION. Nothing at all controversial, but the kind of films that people will actually want to see in HD.
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... but even his performance is topped by that of the kidnapper in the final sequence, which is one of the most chilling ever filmed as a character study. Incidentally, the name of the movie in Japanese in Tengoku to Jigoku, or 'Heaven and Hell'(which makes more sense).
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When is someone going to review Dark City on Blu Ray? It comes out next week dammit!!
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I thought the first one was waaaaaaay better than the second. That one was really lame. When I saw it for the first time it was like watching a movie I had seen thousands of times before. Second rate material. The first one is something different, almost a good film.
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I own just about all of the Kurosawa Criterion editions. We need Blu- Ray of them all. Rest of the crap other than Spaced can be flushed.
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But believing that flat-out geeks get hot fetish sex in college is already a stretch, let alone weight challenged gentlemen such as yourself. Sorry if that seems a little cold. I still like your site and your reviews, for whatever that's worth.
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I once went back to a girls room for some of the old in and out and she wanted me to thrash her ass with the horse whip she had hanging above her bed!If she'd had a Fatal Attraction poster on her wall or was trying to get me into her room and I could smell Hotdogs and onions I might not have entered her lair! but aint college days cool.com
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Is still better than any horror movie of recent. It was just brilliant since the posters and trailers made it look like Barrymore was the lead character, when she got hunted down and knocked off I was shocked. Ballsy ad campaign and it paid off.
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Harry says "that said" a lot.
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ya gotta love that freshman year sex with a senior. mmmm... well done, sir!
so SCREAM really did eat itself. but did you like the first one -
as to why so many "sh*tty" recent movies have seen a Blu-Ray release (while many "classic" films have not, yet) is fairly simple: The High-Definition "master" for most recent films is already available. :-/ Give it time; the "classic" film catalogue titles will be released, eventually.
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