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Quint loves Alan Ball's TOWELHEAD!!!

FIrst? by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch	Jan 23rd, 2008 01:18:36 AM
Hrmmm?
Zomg, third one in almost 24 hours. by GeekyAnimeNerd79Beyotch	Jan 23rd, 2008 01:19:00 AM
Did I just say "ZOMG"?
Good review by 5 by 5	Jan 23rd, 2008 01:45:05 AM
But the movie sounds uninteresting and a bit twisted. I'll pass.
Summer Bishil by Horace Cox	Jan 23rd, 2008 01:47:34 AM
Damn, she's going to be a stunner! And she's almost 20 years old so fuck off. Leave me alone.
Sounds good by red_weed	Jan 23rd, 2008 05:50:21 AM
I could use some new alan ball stuff. Seems like six feet under finished years ago. hmm...
Yeh... looking forward to this by metaluna	Jan 23rd, 2008 06:57:39 AM
a lot.
My favorite film of 2007... by DanielKurland	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:22:08 AM
It is hilarious when it wants to be, it'sabsolutely devastating at other times, and every performance is just incredible. Only saw it once, and it was at the festival, so perhaps my perspective was skewed, but I think I enjoyed it more than American Beauty. Actually upset about the title change though. I know Towelhead was the name of the book, but Nothing is Private is SO much more of a "Ball" title, and it's got a more universal meaning to the various plots in the movie. When is this getting a wide release!?
ALAN BALL by onefatman	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:31:02 AM
is a god amongst men. 6FU is the best show there has ever been on tv (oh shit except sopranos) and the finale actualy made me shed a man-tear or two. I absolutely cannot wait.
pfffffffttttt by johnyaztec	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:41:38 AM
All movies with anything having to do with Houston suck.
johnyaztec by Shut the Fuck up Donny	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:43:59 AM
Does that include "Planet" Houston in Superman II?! Blasphemer!
"Nothing is Private" sounds like a Lifetime Original Movie by Reynard Muldrake	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:57:44 AM
"The Celeste Cunningham Story"
i hated 'american beauty'. by RustyStardust	Jan 23rd, 2008 10:41:52 AM
that was the dumbest piece of over-hyped whitebread angst i had seen until 'crash'. 'look at my flying bag! it's so beautiful...'; that about sums up the whole movie. alan ball is also like haggis in that he's the perfect conduit for wasted, oversimplified upper middle class guilt-style preaching. i'd rather have my eyes poked out than watch another damn thing these two cheezballs put on the screen (except for bond, which is now forever tainted with his stink, but that i'll still watch 'cause i love me some james bond). 'towelhead' is a perfect title 'cause that's what i'll need to watch the film- a towel wrapped over my eyes and ears...
Should he not be asking himself by elab49	Jan 23rd, 2008 10:59:39 AM
Why he keeps returning to middle-aged men and underage girls? Once was an interesting film - again? One trick or rather uncomfortable fetish?
a good title idea by Leafy McPlantsalot	Jan 23rd, 2008 12:32:52 PM
"Jasira and Friends". Sets just the right mood.
Another Anti Soldier Movie by MarkWhittington	Jan 23rd, 2008 12:53:09 PM
So now we have a film depicting an American soldier as a child molester. How quaint.
Quint loved another movie? by AnimalStructure	Jan 23rd, 2008 01:32:01 PM
Come on! You kid! This site and it's ridiculous of ALL movies is getting out of hand. When you love everything your opinion becomes meaningless Quint! Whatever happened to criticism? And yeah, I am sure there will be two acting nominations coming from this film. Care to place a wager on that?
The book by Fineus Fog	Jan 23rd, 2008 02:17:12 PM
was utterly depressing which I think will be more so in terms of cinema. Does the film differ from the book Quint?
AnimalStructure by Garbageman33	Jan 23rd, 2008 05:00:42 PM
You also called me an idiot for predicting Juno would get nominations for actress and original screenplay. How's that working out for you? Ass.
AnimalStructure by eXcommunicated	Jan 23rd, 2008 05:07:16 PM
I just think the staff writers of this site prefer to review movies they like, instead of reviewing movies they hate. I mean, they don't have a publisher, so they don't HAVE to review a movie if they don't want to. They either review a movie they like, which is fun, or, less frequently to be sure, find a movie they enjoy bashing and review that.
bad reviews by Quint	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:27:00 PM
I definitely write negative reviews, but I prefer not to trash reviews of movies that don't have distribution. It's been an unofficial policy here at the site not to harp on movies that don't have distribution. What's the point? I'm not going to warn anybody off of it and why should one person's opinion harm an up and coming filmmaker and his or her chances to make it? Now, if some of the horrible movies I've seen at the fest get picked up you'll see my negative reviews of those. So far I've only hated 2 or 3 movies I've seen and I've been lukewarm on quite a few, like the reviewed Good Dick and Be Kind Rewind. I'm not loving every movie I see, so don't worry. I'm just trying to give attention to those that really have promise or that I really dig.
I love AnimalStructure getting owned by BadMrWonka	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:46:56 PM
by like thre people, including Quint. there are plenty of crappy movie site where they just trash every movie, AS, why don't you go there and leave us all alone.
by James418	Jan 23rd, 2008 07:57:58 PM
I loved the novel. Had no idea Ball was directing a film version. Seems like an ideal choice.
MarkWhittington by Tourist	Jan 23rd, 2008 10:18:48 PM
At least its the truth. Remember how they changed the name of Ewan McGreggors character in Black Hawk Down because his real life counterpart liked to diddle kiddies? This makes up for it.
I like the truth... by AnimalStructure	Jan 23rd, 2008 11:32:39 PM
And the truth is no AICN review is going to hurt or help a movie, period! These sites think they have so much power, they do not. Distributors may take ALL reviews into account as some part of the process, but to say one bad review on AICN is going to doom a film's chances is ludicrous on its face. I'd like to see an honest accounting of what Quint's seen and what he's thought. He chooses to self censor and I appreciate his reasoning, I just think it is flawed and ultimately illogical. And to BadMrWonka, please, just, please. Your shit is so old, and so very tired. Owned? You wish motherfucker.

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