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Anton Sirius wishes THE BRAVE ONE was a B movie and thanks God and/or Satan for Argento's MOTHER OF TEARS!!!

BAM by iamnicksaicnsn	Sep 7th, 2007 12:22:44 PM
Time to actually read this.
Yeah! by SkeletonParty	Sep 7th, 2007 12:22:58 PM
10 days!
So... the Brave One, ey? by iamnicksaicnsn	Sep 7th, 2007 12:25:32 PM
Seems like a renter. But I really really want to support Nicky Katt because he's just a badass. Whether it's cool Sin City/GrindHouse cameos, or Boston Public, it's all about the Katt.
Nicky Katt by ButtfuckZydeco	Sep 7th, 2007 12:30:31 PM
always dug him too. These guys got to know him a little better, and don't (it's a ways down): http://www.buddyhead.com/gossi p/
The Monkey Dies? by Boba Fat	Sep 7th, 2007 12:48:47 PM
Thanks for ruining the whole monkey angle for me. I only go to see films with monkeys in them! I love Argento though. Glad he might have pulled it off with this one and about time too.
Fuck zombies HADDON FIELD HILLBILLIES & HATCHET too! by TORTURE PWN1	Sep 7th, 2007 12:50:54 PM
MOTHER OF TEARS is the REAL horror event!
I wish I weren't such a wuss... by KanekoFan	Sep 7th, 2007 12:51:36 PM
I'm really eager to see something fantastic come from Dario Argento again, and I'm glad MoT is getting such good word of mouth. But, dammit, I have SUCH a hard time with movies in which infants and children are killed. I mean, it has to be really, really key to the plot, theme, or character elements for me to accept it. Sure, a number of my favorite movies do involve dead kids (For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Night of the Living Dead, Jaws, The Untold Story), but when it doesn't feel totally emotionally justified to me, it turns me off completely, and can make it impossible for me to re-watch the movie. I will see MoT, and I'm sure I'll appreciate it, but I hope I don't find myself unable to give it repeat viewings because of my squeamishness.
Lesbian witches by Faust_8	Sep 7th, 2007 01:28:51 PM
Dear diary....jackpot
Good review Anton by skimn	Sep 7th, 2007 01:54:02 PM
That sounds exactly to be the problem with The Brave One. It sounds well intentioned, trying to be an "Important" film about the nature of violence..blah blah blah..when its really is a female Death Wish with better acting.
Fire Alarm went off while I was watching Phantom Menace by Midol Boy	Sep 7th, 2007 02:10:14 PM
It wasn't during a quite, or important moment, though. The movie didn't have any.
Weird, I had a Phantom Menace fire alarm, too by KanekoFan	Sep 7th, 2007 02:27:05 PM
During the opening crawl, at a midnight opening screening, some guy pulled the fire alarm.
Can't wait! by TattooedBillionaire	Sep 7th, 2007 02:35:21 PM
Glad to hear that Dario didn't mess this one up!
Definition of a B movie by KanekoFan	Sep 7th, 2007 03:01:08 PM
If it ain't the second half of a double bill, it ain't a B movie.
Lucas planted the fire alarms to distract you.... by Elgyn6655321	Sep 7th, 2007 03:45:48 PM
....from the horrible, dull movie you were watching.
When the fire alarm go off did it sound like by skimn	Sep 7th, 2007 03:49:08 PM
Wwwwhhhheeeeeeeeee!!!!
SUSPIRIA worst movie EVER by daveinLA	Sep 7th, 2007 04:31:40 PM
To quote the comic book guy. Seriously, caught this over the sumer at Cinespia and I don't think there was one dry eye from all the derisive laughter aimed at this garabage. Truely one of the worst movies I have seen. I was all for it for camp value, but come on I didn't know there were those out there who actualy took this flick seriously.
Responding to Argento movies by KanekoFan	Sep 7th, 2007 04:45:59 PM
It took me three viewings over a period of six years to finally decide that I liked Suspiria. Argento, in general, isn't for everybody, and Suspiria and Inferno in particular were crafted in such esoteric terms, exploring such a narrow avenue of the genre, that most people will never, ever like them. But I've certainly never heard anybody laugh derisively at Suspiria. The visual style and sound design alone are so stunning that I find it hard to believe that even someone who hated the movie couldn't at least admire the technical bravado of it.
REsponding to responding by daveinLA	Sep 7th, 2007 05:07:57 PM
Ok- I Get it- "You just don't get it" which is the response I was expecting. But I assure you the entire crowd was roaring with laughs. The sound design was awful BTW- audio was re-recorded after the shoot which is why all the voices seem just a little "off" which make it all the more hilarious to watch. As for other technical aspects, stabbing a piece of bloody steak (opening murder sequence) and expecting your audience to belive it's a young girl's chest, abdomen, whatever, isn't exactly high tech. What sort of skin disease did she have that make her look like raw meat? Wretched to no plotting or any attempt at logical sequence of events. It did get the laughs though I'll give it that. And the school marm's ability to keep her dentures in while delivering her joker grin dialog was stunning. Simply stunning. A masterpiece for the ages!
I didn't say "you just don't get it" by KanekoFan	Sep 7th, 2007 05:26:12 PM
I'm not nearly that much of a pretentious ass. I don't really think there's that much to "get" in Suspiria. It's an incredibly simplistic movie. It just has a tone and style that are naturally pleasing to some people. And when I speak of its technical aspects, I'm not talking about special effects. I don't usually give a piss one way or the other about technical aspects of special effects. I was talking about lighting, composition, production design, scoring, and sound design. And, for the record, there is a logical sequence of events, it's just delivered sooooo elliptically that the logic is almost undetectable. Like I said, it took me three viewings over six years to decide that I liked that movie, and one of the reasons for that was the frustrating narrative structure. I'm not calling it a perfect movie by any means, I'm just saying that there are aspects of it that will very much appeal to a small segment of the audience.
I'm always curious... by gavdiggity	Sep 7th, 2007 06:17:27 PM
daveinLA- since Suspiria is such a shitty (horror) movie, what would qualify as a good one? Hostel? Saw? Riding the Bus With My Sister? (well, okay... that one IS horrifying)
very racist by CQuest	Sep 7th, 2007 07:40:20 PM
but thats hollywood. the guys on the train, some "mean evil black guys" preyin on white girl.......also the latino guys............the magical black woman who helps the white lead...........zzzz.....so disgusting. same shit, over and over again.
To daveinLA by vintagecrow	Sep 7th, 2007 07:45:30 PM
If you think Suspiria was the worst movie ever, then you haven't seen very many movies =)
If you think Asia's acting is bad... by Blue Meanie 1138	Sep 7th, 2007 08:33:23 PM
..then you haven't seen anything she's directed. Talk about bottom of the barrel Euro Crap. Her only saving grace is a seriously hot body.
Nice Points On B Movies... by skoobyx	Sep 8th, 2007 02:38:53 PM
That's one of the smartest things I've read on here..
Name another movie where a mommy picks up her tot by SuckLeTrou	Sep 8th, 2007 03:00:19 PM
...and for no reason whatsoever tosses him....Andy Warhol's 'Bad', directed by Jed Johnson, starring Perry King, Susan Tyrrell and Carol Baker. And I bet it's not as hysterically funny as it was in Bad when the baby splatters on the sidewalk and sprays all over pedestrians, and then a mother standing nearby grabs her son by the arm and screams "That's what I'm going to do to you if you don't behave!"
Soylentmean by Lutz	Sep 12th, 2007 01:07:30 AM
If you are reading this :P. Mother of Tears still has no American distributer.
Casting Issue by mscott71	Sep 13th, 2007 10:06:38 AM
MoT is worth seeing, but I don't think I'll ever need to watch it again. Asia's bad acting made what could have been a fun movie pretty much unwatchable for me. In fairness, the "few bad apples" Magoo mentioned seemed like the majority of the audience - her performance was just so bad it was funny at inappropriate times.
Great reviews!! by CardPlayer	Sep 21st, 2007 06:40:27 AM
I can't wait to see this film,most of the reviews are good.
Argento's post OPERA films rule!! by CardPlayer	Sep 21st, 2007 06:43:31 AM
TRAUMA,THE CARD PLAYER,THE BLACK CAT,PELTS (tv) are good. THE STENDHAL SYNDROME and JENIFER (tv) are great. Well,THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and SLEEPLESS aren't very good but most of Dario's flicks since OPERA are very watchable.

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