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Check this out: Michel Gondry sweded his own trailer!

first!!!! i hope! by deaddonjon	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:23:51 PM
haha gondry is awesome. he is truly a genius. we actually studied him in film class.
Ain't It Old News... by JackIsLost	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:24:34 PM
Saw this 2 weeks ago on CHUD
this one's BETTTAAA! by Loosejerk	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:29:18 PM
The Amanda Show FTW!
Freakin' Fuh-KNEE!!! by Rakafraker	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:30:01 PM
Lame. I know. That was pretty entertaining, though. I hope not more than the actual movie. Love the accent, too. I'm still chuckling!
GONDRY!!!!! by Stevie Grant	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:30:08 PM

was better at music videos... by Stevie Grant	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:31:09 PM

Gondry yelling in English... by Stevie Grant	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:33:10 PM
sounds like someone yelling in German. What part of France is he from?
how very meta by Reynard Muldrake	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:35:19 PM
my head exploded.
Awesome! Video no longer available! by IAmJack'sUserID	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:40:36 PM
That IS very minimalist!
Video just loaded for me by Stevie Grant	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:46:25 PM

Maybe I'm just special by Stevie Grant	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:47:07 PM

Better than the movie by Pipple	Feb 22nd, 2008 09:49:36 PM
I just know it. I don't have to pay 12 dollars of my hard earned money then sit in through 30 minutes of pre-movie commericals for bullshit tv shows to know it.
Love Gondry, Hate damn French accent by mistergreen	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:05:40 PM
true.
you people have no sense of fun. by RustyStardust	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:12:40 PM
the movie would've been better with the original casting of dave chapelle. but, still, i don't know how people can be so pissy about a movie that's about the joy of handmade art. it's a diy movie with it's heart in the right place. but, all that aside, the fats waller movie-in-the-movie was amazing. there are some truly low tech genius innovations. and, that fats waller stuff is gold. truly worth the price of the movie...
i love Gondry...but this movie is 15 years too late. by future help	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:13:13 PM
Bjork.
oh, and that trailer is great. by RustyStardust	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:13:42 PM
love it! those xerox faces are brilliant...
Reminds me of High School by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:20:16 PM
and all those bad "movies" we had to film for class.
I don't care if this movie sucks... by El Mamerro	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:29:12 PM
Michel Gondry deserves to have money thrown at him for being fucking awesome overall. I'd gladly suffer through a few missteps to catch a couple of moments of sheer brilliance. Go pay and watch this movie.
Old News by Thunderbolt Ross	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:30:01 PM
Someone had to say it - I saw this a least a week ago on myspace.
Wow, that was hilarious by Freakemovie	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:33:01 PM
Be Kind Rewind isn't exactly a perfect movie, but you've gotta admire this guy's spirit.
Looks like some local news channel did that by skywalkerfamily	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:34:43 PM
Plenty stupid.
Some of the swedes on Youtube are great by JoeSixPack	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:47:06 PM
Check 'em out. I think a few of them were done for a Be Kind Rewind contest.
Gondry is fucking awesome! by Proman1984	Feb 22nd, 2008 10:54:05 PM
And Human Nature was his best film!
Gondry... by Redbox	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:13:45 PM
Has more heart, soul and creativity in his work than many folks who are sensitized to media can take. I don't think people really understand how much conditioning a viewer of a certain genre or era of media undergoes. We expect and want the sugar sweet roller coaster we are promised and we can't always taste the subtlety of daring artists. People complain when comfortably "qwirky" becomes unclear, unexpected and avant-garde. They say the artist has lost his meaning or way. What they mean is, "This is not what I expected or wanted. I am lost. I am feeble. I'm a big douche."
That was fucked...fucking foreign directors by Riley Martin	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:29:29 PM
FUCK em
i know i'm retarded by drstinkfinger	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:33:31 PM
but what the hell is a swede? big swede hanson?
Hey jack is lost and thunderbolt ross... by Ommadawn1959	Feb 22nd, 2008 11:56:20 PM
Ha. Thunderbolt Ross. That name just screams guy on guy sex. Botha yez lay off the hatin', ya dickly, dickish, dickertonians of dicklessville. And something about dicks!
Hey, wasn't this around weeks ago?? by superduper3000	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:17:07 AM
Wasn't this floating around online a few weeks ago? Still fun stuff, though. Anyone see his Paul McCartney video (with Natalie Portman)? Fun stuff! http://tinyurl.com/3bum5x
The hell with freedom fries by kafka07	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:56:23 AM
I want my french fries
Congratulation AICN!! by random dude	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:13:13 AM
A new record?! This one is a fucking month old.
Man.. by Tourist	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:24:53 AM
...I love Gondry. I love the people that got together for this film, and I love the idea. Too bad it didn't work. But this desperate attempt to push sweded into the geek lexicon and try and re-brand back yard fan flicks is really, really annoying. You failed, move on. Quickly, so no one realises.
well put by DeadPanWalking	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:37:24 AM
Well put Redbox.
French by Don Lockwood	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:52:42 AM
Is he real French or one of those fake French Canadian poseurs?
This SITE sucks suck sucks... by JimCurry	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:55:45 AM
any chance of UPDATING this fucking site with regularity? one or two stories every 12 hours doesn't count...
Gondry is overated by hiperaktiv	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:02:29 AM
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind sucked badly. I do like his music videos though.
Aint it Someone's Home Movies! by skywalkerfamily	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:18:35 AM
Dude.
I'm completely drunk... by hamslime	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:59:10 AM
...but I think Gondry directing a David Lynch script would be awesome in the truest sense of the word "awesome". I'm gonna pass out now and have wonderful dreams about that.
That was pretty funny. by TattooedBillionaire	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:02:53 AM
I want to see this movie, despite the mixed reviews. I love "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
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freaking awesome by drave117	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:28:42 AM
Best movie about the creative spirit since The Wizard of Speed and Time.
This was up on CHUD weeks ago by Mr Stonky	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:56:42 AM
Sheesh! I thought you people running AICN were living on the cutting edge of the movie world...
Be Kind Rewind was a Great film. by warp11	Feb 23rd, 2008 07:05:05 AM
I like how it portrayed Blockbuster and ever other movie outlet which has tried to dumb down it's movie selections over the past decade. Thank goodness for netflix. Also the idea of people making their own films and being creative, only to have the movie companies try to shut them down seemed relevant. Great film.
Here's a deal for you talkbackers by Red Shirt	Feb 23rd, 2008 08:11:19 AM
You go see this movie, and I'll...drink...your...milkshak e!
Frenchie's accent by Red Shirt	Feb 23rd, 2008 08:14:57 AM
My gawd, did Gondry's first AD just spend the whole movie translating for the leads? Jeesh. Can you understand the words that are coming out of his mouth? Because I certainly can't.
Loved Sunshine and The Science of Sleep. by rbatty024	Feb 23rd, 2008 09:21:13 AM
I will have to see this even if it isn't as well reviewed like his last two films.
Pretentious is one of those words that has lost its meaning. by rbatty024	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:04:06 AM
When people use it as a shorthand, without explaining why something is pretentious, it usually means they don't understand the art or the artist. Eternal Sunshine is one of the few recent Hollywood love stories that doesn't talk down to its audience (the other is High Fidelity). The ending leaves open the possibility that the two characters are not made for each other and their relationship might end the same way it did before they erased their memories. Science of Sleep is a rumination on the joys and dangers of perpetual childhood. The imagination and wonder of our younger years and the inability to have complex adult relationships. I found it to be a complex character study. Visually, Gondry is unique and I think if we are to brand any unique artist as pretentious, then we can look forward to a long line of 80's cartoon adaptations.
Gondry is a hack by Luscious.868	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:36:49 AM
Deal with it.
Further ... by Luscious.868	Feb 23rd, 2008 10:50:18 AM
Just because you don't like something doesn't mean you don't "get it". People who make that charge are fucking idiots. It's perfectly possible to understand a film and think it's pretentious bull shit. And no, it isn't necessary to explain why you think something is pretentious. Nobody owes you an explanation. One person can believe something is pretentious crap another can believe it's a masterpiece. That's the beauty of film. To each his own.
Hack is another word that has lost its meaning by Vern	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:13:30 PM
because I could understand why somebody would not like Gondry's movies, but to accuse him of being a director-for-hire without a style of vision of his own doesn't make any sense at all.
Skywalker/Warp11 by Vern	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:23:22 PM
Hey Skywalker I don't mean to pick on you again but I gotta ask... you made two of your one sentence snipes here so far, one comparing it to a "local news team" the other to a "home movie." My question is, do you know the premise of the trailer? Do you know what the movie is about? Do you understand why your complaints make no god damn sense and a normal person would not type those things? You're a real mystery to me man, the master of one sentence, cruel hearted riddles. Warp11: Glad you enjoyed the movie, I thought it was pretty flawed but I enjoyed those aspects too. I also kind of like that even though the Blockbuster-type store is sort of the bad guy in all honesty the Be Kind Rewind store sucks worse in most ways. So the deck is not stacked too much. Their store really would fail due to its poor selection but it's shown that the way to "improve" in a business sense is not to make a great store but to follow stupid corporate ideas. I also want to say since you mentioned it that Netflix is the new Blockbuster. They went into the hole to monopolize the business and put many real life independent video stores out of business. And unlike a Be Kind Rewind they don't carry VHS so you're not gonna get anything that's not available on DVD or requires an import or anything, and regardless of that they take out the neighborhood, the community, the coming in with your friends to pick out movies, all things glorified in the movie. So I will have to come out pro BE KIND REWIND, anti-Netflix.
so how long by livahd	Feb 23rd, 2008 12:51:51 PM
until the new youtube trend is everyone sweding every movie ever made. swede. i like that word.
Yeah, like 4 weeks old by Aethyrr	Feb 23rd, 2008 01:57:15 PM

Check this out: Peter Jackson remaking KING KONG! by MartinBlank	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:24:04 PM
AICN: always right on top of the freshest news.
People who hate this movie are mind-dead by colinjbooth	Feb 23rd, 2008 02:57:11 PM
Go hate seriously bad movies, and shut up dissing movies made by fucking amazing directors having a good time with good people. Although i will concede that Mos Def is bloody awful in every film he was in. How about that accent in 16 blocks? Sheesh, Mickey Mouse or what...
Gondry is a visual artist par excellance by DirkD13"	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:34:19 PM
His films are divisive, sure, but just how awesome is his catalogue of music videos? Put it this way, Jonze, Glazer, Cunningham and Fincher have nothing on him when it comes to amazing music vids. I really hope I like (no, love) this film, but I am not a fan of Jack Black.
gondry makes my short list by ENAN	Feb 23rd, 2008 03:43:46 PM
Aronofsky - Fincher - Jonze - PT and Wes - Gondry - Ms. Coppola - Solondz their contributions as directors are unblemished in my eyes. Fountain, Alien 3, Punch Drunk, Life Aquatic, Be Kind, Marie Antoinette, and even Jonze's test shot for Where the Wild Things Are, though squabblepated are all unique, inventive and I dare say masterful pieces of cinema.
Youtube - the motion picture??? by the podosphere	Feb 23rd, 2008 04:40:51 PM
eeks.
funnier than the actual movie by bacci40	Feb 23rd, 2008 05:41:23 PM
hire the french dude
I'm an engima to Vern by skywalkerfamily	Feb 23rd, 2008 06:31:47 PM
Wow.
Vern, good points but.. by warp11	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:21:33 PM
Good point about their having to move to a corporate style model to actually make it. Regarding your second point though about netflix, I disagree. While both my friends and I may not frequent a video store to rent a film, we are "friends" on netflix which all us to see each other's que and to recommend films to one another. So in that way we can not only choose what sort of film(s) we want for our weekly movie night, but in a way I can see virtually visit a video store with some of my friends who live thousands of miles away. I have been able to find many independent films on on netflix, but I am sure that is not their priority. Ahh, heck everything will be streaming in a few years, so who knows what is going to happen. So long as people can stay invested in the films they see, whether through colobratively picking a film, or actually making one, will the movie going experience continue to be communal in nature. Cause when it comes down to it, seeing a film with a good friend(s) who are as into seeing a film as yourself is always better than seeing it solo.
The Remake Stuff Was Funny. The Rest? Not So Much. by LaserPants	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:26:30 PM
And considering the "swedes" only take up about 10 minutes of screen time? I recommend waiting for DVD, or YouTube to snatch the clips. Save yr money.
Just watched it. by hamslime	Feb 23rd, 2008 11:59:53 PM
That gag with the ladder and the camouflage was tits. Also the bit where it's one camera shot where they do 2001: A Space Odyssey and Men in Black reminded me of Gondry's Lucas With the Lid Off video. The end was a bit hokey, but it fit with the tone of the movie. Good stuff I thought.
i sweded by crazy4dragons13	Feb 24th, 2008 12:51:51 PM
in my pants. lisanovas been swedeing for months.
Kind of a clusterfuck, but entertaining and different by TallBoy66	Feb 24th, 2008 03:53:13 PM
The only big complaint that I have was that Jack Black sucked balls (he wasn't dialed up to 11 in this movie, he was at fucking 35), but that's about it.
Skywalker..... by Thorstrongstone	Feb 24th, 2008 07:42:04 PM
You may be an enigma to Vern, but you will always be a douche to me.
Fantastic by Shoun	Feb 25th, 2008 07:07:05 PM
All film makers should aspire to make films of this caliber; full of heart, soul and creativity. This film doesn't need the candy coated polish of a summer blockbuster, it tells a strong story with a natural, down-home feel. It practices what it preaches, that people shouldn't be spoon-fed junk, they should be allowed to share in a unique, creative experience. Michel Gondry is everything Michael Bay isn't, Michael Bay sucks.

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