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BERLIN FILM FEST! Mastidon On BE KIND REWIND!

first ! by Se7en	Feb 21st, 2008 05:41:09 AM
yup
yes you were first by christophermoltosante	Feb 21st, 2008 06:12:58 AM
you get a free blowjob
Sweet, RPJ's Ghostbuster song is in!! by Mike_D	Feb 21st, 2008 07:09:00 AM
I cant wait.
Isn't this the guy who liked the Madonna movie? by I Dunno	Feb 21st, 2008 07:33:35 AM

I Dunno by mastidon	Feb 21st, 2008 08:06:11 AM
Yes I am. Have you seen it to comment on it yet? No? Well talk to me when you have. For over all entertainment, I'd take FILTH & WISDOM any day. Lightyears better than BKR ever could be.
There are few opinions in the world that invalidate everything a by dale_cooper	Feb 21st, 2008 08:25:12 AM
But finding "Eternal Sunshine" "pathetic" definitely makes the list.
Damn short subject lines by dale_cooper	Feb 21st, 2008 08:25:51 AM
That was supposed to say "There are few opinions in the world that invalidate everything a person says." Now you can enjoy my snark in full.
dale_cooper by mastidon	Feb 21st, 2008 08:31:23 AM
Fair enough. That is criticism I can accept. I don't know why but it just never worked for me. Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood the various times I tried to watch it. Several people I know whose opinions I value think it's fabulous. Maybe I should try it a fourth time and force myself to watch it all...
I liked "Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind" by Bobo_Vision	Feb 21st, 2008 08:49:43 AM
I thought it was brilliant. But I think most of that credit goes to Charlie Kaufman's script. Gondry's last film, "The Science of Sleep" was so painfully boring that I could not watch the entire movie and had to turn it off before the halfway mark. I try to watch all movies all the way through to give them fair judgment, but some aren't worth it. So I don't know...I might have to wait until DVD to check out "Be Kind Rewind".
Bobo_Vision and Mastidon by dale_cooper	Feb 21st, 2008 09:09:50 AM
First of all, Bobo, you're right. I haven't seen "Be Kind" yet but on the evidence of "Eternal Sunshine" and "The Science of Sleep," Gondry seems to work better with someone writing for him. His direction was exemplary for "Eternal Sunshine" but the same style seemed cloying and overly whimsical attached to his own script. He needs a collaborator with a little more pessimism, or something. Mastidon - my less snarky response is that "Eternal Sunshine" was a really ingenius movie that dragged out career-best performances from Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, and actually had something new to say about love, which is the most tired topic in Hollywood this side of "cops who are new partners sometimes hate each other but then grow to like each other in a faintly homoerotic way." I don't actually think it invalidates your opinions if you didn't like it, but I do strongly urge you to revisit it & make yourself watch the whole thing. The last ten seconds of that movie are very meaningful; it's really the point of the whole thing.
This film is groundbreaking by Spandau Belly	Feb 21st, 2008 09:23:11 AM
I've heard people say to enjoy certain movies you have to "switch your brain off", this is the first movie where you have to "switch your brain off" to even enjoy the trailer seeing as it presents you with a movie that looks like an atomic bomb level insult to intelligence. I love Goundry, especially La Science des Reves and his music videos, but I just don't think he thought this one through.
This asshole lost me at 'Boring and pathetic".. by bob oblaw	Feb 21st, 2008 12:30:27 PM
ETERNAL SUNSHIUNE?!!!! 'BORING AND PATHETIC???!!!!!!....... Mastidon, huh? ok... YOUR NAME HAS BEEN MARKED.
"Boring and pathetic" is not an argument. by grungies	Feb 21st, 2008 12:32:13 PM
It is a conclusion that has to be backed up. Mastidon failed to do so. I'm disregarding this review.
ok, ok.. by bob oblaw	Feb 21st, 2008 12:33:16 PM
"The Science of Sleep" yeah, that was the boring one..
ok, i've calmed down.. by bob oblaw	Feb 21st, 2008 12:33:47 PM

Thank you for your honesty by cinemaniac1979	Feb 21st, 2008 02:52:55 PM
Since you admit you hated Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, we have nothing else to talk about. Oh, and Se7en: Grow up and quit being a douche.
Yeah for Swedes by skywalkerfamily	Feb 21st, 2008 03:20:03 PM
I love the Swedes!
Tom Arnold takes on Time Out critics by bananaz	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:01:54 AM
http://www.timeout.com/film/fe atures/show-feature/4300/tom-a rnold-challenges-time-outs-cri tics.html
bananaz by mastidon	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:16:10 AM
Thanks for that link! I saw many people walk out. I think it was just too tough to watch for them as it is so realistic and shocking.

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