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post #1 of 41
7/9/08 at 9:35pm
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I was never a fan of Jeunet to begin with, but...ugh.
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I don't think Aronofsky is untalented, by the way. He certainly has a way with images. I just think he's incredibly overrated and that his films, while stylish, are largely without substance. The Fountain is what really turned me against him. It's trite new age garbage disguised as a profound, meditative Sci-Fi tone-poem.
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(Re: 30 Days of Night) I thought this was ok.
I'm genuinely curious who your favorite films/filmmakers are. The first page of "More Posts" from you is full of things that make my forehead veins throb.
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post #2 of 41
7/9/08 at 11:48pm
30 DAYS OF NIGHT is a heaping pile of shit.
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post #3 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:06am
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30 DAYS OF NIGHT is a heaping pile of shit.
Seconded.
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post #4 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:20am
Oh great. I criticize a Chud sacred cow and I get my own thread. Yay.
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post #5 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:29am
My favorite films? Currently:

Alien, Blade Runner (though I don't care for anything Ridley's done since), This Is Spinal Tap, Videodrome, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Mullholland Drive, Repo Man, Goodfellas, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pan's Labyrinth, Hot Fuzz, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Zardoz, There Will Be Blood, Aguirre: The Wrath Of God, Road House, The Thing.

My favorite directors are David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Kubrick, and Scorcese.
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post #6 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:34am
I completely disagree on the The Fountain thing, but...really? Their own thread?
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post #7 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:37am
I find it odd that my one lukewarm post about 30 Days of Night (which I've only seen once) gets singled out. There's gotta be plenty of better nuggets to work with.
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post #8 of 41
7/10/08 at 2:50am
Maybe if I punched you in the arm people would feel better? I really don't know at this point.
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post #9 of 41
7/10/08 at 3:07am
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Alien, Blade Runner (though I don't care for anything Ridley's done since)
Anything? Yeah, prepare for more attacks. Seriously though, not a bad list.
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Maybe if I punched you in the arm people would feel better? I really don't know at this point.
No need to kill anyone Jake.
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post #10 of 41
7/10/08 at 7:15am
Jake, if you punched him in the arm, we'd be sending his family flowers about now. Of course when you think about it, THAT would be thread-worthy: "The Time Jake Accidentally Killed a Guy for Seeing 30 Days of Night" thread.
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post #11 of 41
7/10/08 at 8:59am
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I completely disagree on the The Fountain thing, but...really? Their own thread?
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post #12 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:25am
Zardoz? You must really like hairy chests and leather.
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post #13 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:36am
The fact that you like Zardoz and 30 Days of Crap and yet shit upon The Fountain or the other Scott projects does qualify you as an Official Tasteless Movie Douchebag. There's no going around it.

Still, stick with the big flying heads.
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post #14 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:39am
That's the thing with sacred cows, if you're going to critiscize one prepare for the fallout.
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post #15 of 41
7/10/08 at 10:16am
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Ah, my mistake.
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post #16 of 41
7/10/08 at 3:06pm
The fact that you like Zardoz and 30 Days of Crap and yet shit upon The Fountain or the other Scott projects does qualify you as an Official Tasteless Movie Douchebag.

What other Scott movies are all that good? Legend? Black Rain?
White Squall? Hannibal? Fucking Gladiator? Kingdom of Heaven was all right I guess. I'd like to see the director's cut. Thelma and Louise was ok. Really though, what else has he done that is as good or memorable as Alien or Blade Runner?

I never said anything about 30 Days of Night except 'it was ok'. That was right after it I saw it and I haven't even felt the need to think about it since, until y'all brought it up.

As for Zardoz, I will not apologize for my fondness of that film.

That's the thing with sacred cows, if you're going to critiscize one prepare for the fallout.

LOL, no kidding. Still, very odd that I get my own thread over it.

Still, stick with the big flying heads.

I will, thank you very much.

Love,

Tasteless Movie Douchebag
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post #17 of 41
7/10/08 at 3:32pm
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What other Scott movies are all that good? Legend? Black Rain?
White Squall? Hannibal? Fucking Gladiator? Kingdom of Heaven was all right I guess. I'd like to see the director's cut.
By any means necessary, do yourself a favor and watch this one yesterday. You won´t be disappointed.
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post #18 of 41
7/10/08 at 8:49pm
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What other Scott movies are all that good? Legend? Black Rain?
White Squall? Hannibal? Fucking Gladiator? Kingdom of Heaven was all right I guess. I'd like to see the director's cut. Thelma and Louise was ok. Really though, what else has he done that is as good or memorable as Alien or Blade Runner?
Nothing *as* good, but Hannibal, Gladiator, and Kingdom of Heaven are all strong enough to keep him a font of viable talent. Secret shame time: I've never seen Black Hawk Down, but I've yet to hear an unkind word about that one.

Also, this should get you started on everyone's collective reasons for Fountain love. Believe it or not, I am genuinely very curious to hear this.

You've got less than 100 posts, and a few very unpopular opinions. They will be challenged. Nothing personal, just business as usual.

Welcome to CHUD.
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post #19 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:19pm
I've seen you guys make a huge deal about this guy disliking The Fountain, so I'm guessing it's worth a blind buy?
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post #20 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:28pm
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A thousand times yes.
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post #21 of 41
7/10/08 at 9:29pm
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I've seen you guys make a huge deal about this guy disliking The Fountain, so I'm guessing it's worth a blind buy?
Considering that it can easily be found for around 7 bucks, there's no reason not to buy it. Fuck, buy two and give one to a friend.
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post #22 of 41
7/10/08 at 10:51pm
While I can appreciate it for what it is, the end result comes off a tad pretentious for my tastes. Not a bad movie at all. But not one that I need to revisit anytime soon.
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post #23 of 41
7/10/08 at 10:58pm
You guys! Back off! He said he likes Hot Fuzz, the perennial Chud.com classic, isn't that enough?
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post #24 of 41
7/10/08 at 11:07pm
I like how sexymollusk has listed every average Scott movie while conveniently ignoring all the ones he's knocked out of the park (Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut, American Gangster, and hell, Matchstick Men is pretty goddamn good). It stinks of the kind of person who spouts off titles to make them sound like an edgy cinephile.
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post #25 of 41
7/11/08 at 12:10am
I like how sexymollusk has listed every average Scott movie while conveniently ignoring all the ones he's knocked out of the park (Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut, American Gangster, and hell, Matchstick Men is pretty goddamn good).

I'm not a Ridley-hater. Really. I just don't think any of his movies since Blade Runner, including the ones you mentioned, have been as memorable or as groundbreaking, or as good. That said, I am certainly interested in what he'll do with Blood Meridian, when he gets around to making it. And I hope he returns to sci-fi for at least one more movie.


Also, this should get you started on everyone's collective reasons for Fountain love. Believe it or not, I am genuinely very curious to hear this.

I went in wanting to like The Fountain. I had heard and read a lot of good things about it as well as some not-so-good things. The subject matter was up my alley, and despite my ambivalence toward Aronofsky's prior work (I liked Pi ok and thought Requiem For A Dream was well-made but ultimately not saying anything particularly interesting other than "addiction destroys lives") I was prepared to enjoy it. But I didn't, and the visceral reaction I had against the film was unexpected.

However, it's been long enough since I've seen The Fountain that perhaps I should re-watch it. I doubt my opinion will change (my subsequent viewings of Requiem For a Dream didn't alter my mixed reaction to that film), but I've been wrong about movies I hated before.

You've got less than 100 posts, and a few very unpopular opinions. They will be challenged. Nothing personal, just business as usual.

Welcome to CHUD.

So I guess this is the Chud version of a hazing ritual? lol.
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post #26 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:24am
Subsequent viewings of REQUIEM FOR A DREAM? Voluntarily? That's not really a film that is fun to rewatch. It's more interesting to introduce it to people and watch them watch it for the first time.

Also, THE FOUNTAIN is incredible.
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post #27 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:30am
HANNIBAL is a heaping pile of shit.
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post #28 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:32am
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HANNIBAL is a heaping pile of shit.
Seconded.
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post #29 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:33am
He grooves on Roadhouse. That's good enough for me. Show him the fucking handshake and give him the decoder ring. We need the dues.
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post #30 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:54am
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HANNIBAL is a heaping pile of shit.
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Seconded.
Thank fucking God! I was beginning to wonder if I was actually going to have to go back and look at that damn movie again.
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post #31 of 41
7/11/08 at 1:59am
I enjoy Hannibal, sue me. Lecter in Italy was more enticing then American Gangster could hope to be.
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post #32 of 41
7/11/08 at 2:04am
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I enjoy Hannibal, sue me. Lecter in Italy was more enticing then American Gangster could hope to be.
No, it isn't. Although those parts are by far the highlight of that film.
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post #33 of 41
7/11/08 at 2:09am
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I enjoy Hannibal, sue me. Lecter in Italy was more enticing then American Gangster could hope to be.
So, so wrong.
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post #34 of 41
7/11/08 at 2:23am
Hannibal's third act, at least, was far, far superior to the book. The two major faults I assign to the film are 1) making Mason Verger look like something Jim Henson would have made if he went completely fucking psychotic towards the end of his life rather than a badly disfigured person and 2) excising the Margot and Barney storyline from the plot. The latter thing is what gives Lecter his entire motive for doing what he did to Verger and letting him live. Other than those two things, I think Scott not only did what he could given the source material but actually made something better than the source material.
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post #35 of 41
7/11/08 at 2:31am
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Other than those two things, I think Scott not only did what he could given the source material but actually made something better than the source material.
May well be, but still a pile of shit.
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post #36 of 41
7/11/08 at 2:33am
Hannibal is atrocious, save for Ray Liotta eating his own brains.
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post #37 of 41
7/11/08 at 9:09am
I like (parts of) Hannibal, but American Gangster is in a different league.
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post #38 of 41
7/11/08 at 9:57am
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I've seen you guys make a huge deal about this guy disliking The Fountain, so I'm guessing it's worth a blind buy?
I bought two movies that year: The Fountain and Pan's Labyrinth.

So I'd say yeah, it is.
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post #39 of 41
7/11/08 at 10:22am
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Hannibal basically took the one interesting thing about that book and ran with it as far an artistic as he could: The idea of a monster in love.

That makes it fucking interesting.

But, I'd rather take this to another thread.
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post #40 of 41
7/11/08 at 10:31am
New Thread: Justin Clark
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post #41 of 41
7/11/08 at 10:38am
I've got no beef here, just wanted to pop in and say that Black Rain is pretty damn good. Hannibal isn't particularly great, but it's not a heaping pile of shit. I'm going back to bed.
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