hj2k_x
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If you are a true Bond fan, and liked the classics, then its definitely one for you!
Highflyer_GP
Honorary Master
Well if he can even pull off half a Sean Connery then I'd say it's worth it!
What?? Where is the Brattle Theatre?? His new movie "Inland Empire"?? Here? In South Africa? Where??? I want!!!
:L:
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Also are there any eddie izzard fans out there?? The man is a LEGEND. I have heard rumours that he is coming here to SA on tour. Anybody heard anything??
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Anyone seen pulse? Is it rubbish? It looked it in the previews...and the holiday??
IanC
Expert Member
The FHM review of pulse wasn't exactly favourable.
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
That reminds me- must get the new FHM. Is it cool? 32 bucks is lank for a magazine if u ask me...
LoneGunman
Expert Member
sorry folks, Brattle Theatre is about two miles away from me here, as I sit in Boston Massachusetts, USA. So no Lynch on African continent..
Yeah, I've seen it. Not exactly great horror. The Ring and The Grudge were better than Pulse.
Although I watched the Japanese version of Pulse before I watched the remade American version. That could have spoilt it for me.
:L:
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Watched The Holiday and it was quite decent. Nice feel-good fair for the holidays 
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Just watched Eragon. Was really looking forward to it cos i have always loved dragons and have yet so see an even half-decent dragon movie sin ce dragonheart...
Must say i was fairly disappointed with this one. Looked a LOT like LOTR for large parts and none of the characters really did anything for me, specially not the dragon...
Still it is a trilogy, and the 1st movie in a trilogy usually sucks, so they have two more tries to do better
Must say i was fairly disappointed with this one. Looked a LOT like LOTR for large parts and none of the characters really did anything for me, specially not the dragon...
Still it is a trilogy, and the 1st movie in a trilogy usually sucks, so they have two more tries to do better
LoneGunman
Expert Member
Went to see David Lynch's 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night.
wrote this letter to a local paper here in Boston, we'll see if they print it
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An Open Letter to David Lynch, from a fan.
Dear David.
I went to see 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night. Usually a three hour film has a three hour storyline, whereas yours had maybe 20 minutes of story in total. What on earth were you thinking?
Yes its shot on digital video. So what? You've forgotten 'content' and decided to cash in your awesome cinema pedigree with a bizarre focus only on 'Form' ? You've made a truly bad derivative student art movie. Lots of (and I mean LOTS) of shots of Laura Dern walking down corridors with a worried/scared/horrified look on her face, and endless supposedly 'meaningful' conversations, do not make tension, interest or even a decent cinematic narrative.
I 'get' that supposedly the central reality is that its 'the thoughts of a woman in trouble' - in this case some Polish hooker. And yes, there's that arbitrary side plot of two people filming a Hollywood movie, and the ones' husband is jealous, and maybe there's a murder. And yes, the time duality thing is interesting. I don't need a 'linear' storytelling form in order to appreciate quality cinema - however, I DO need something more than what smells like a burned out artists' laundry list, disguised as a deep artistic creation.
People began leaving the cinema eventually, as the hours trudged by, and endless scenes signifying nothing, kept appearing, which just kept completely defusing any dramatic tension you might have established initially. (Unless you meant to establish boredom by hours of 'meaningful' and 'portentous' dialogue).
David - I don't know if you've been surrounded by too many people who have been telling you that your every idle thought and foible is of great value, and thus causing you to lose what every artist needs - namely - a good objective perspective on your own creative output, but because I love you and your previous work, I'm taking the time to succintly and sadly fulfil this critical function that seems to have failed you when you perhaps needed it the most.
Listen to me David, I'm not willing to delude myself and try to pretend that what I saw was somehow meaningful or even 'good'. I don't care that you are boring your audience, I do care that you are deluding yourself perhaps, into having made a badly conceived piece of work, and are lowering artistic standards by attempting to make your audience have to pretend to themselves that their justified boredom was somehow 'good' or 'not there'.
You are better than what you have created here.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is the Emperor Who Is Wearing No Clothes. It is a three hour trudging and tedious art-student's digital video masturbatory exercise, with mixed in moments from the much more coherent short film(s) 'Rabbits'.
The public should be warned - its NOT 'Wild At Heart' or 'Eraserhead' or 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Drive' - each of which were truly great stories and even better Cinema. I would suggest that the public should not be fooled by any PR, or any prior goodwill that they justifiably have towards David Lynch, given his cinematic pedigree.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is 'disturbing' - not because of its unique vision or storyline or narrative style - but because its so incredibly badly made, so utterly pretentious, narratively boring and incoherent, visually plodding, banal and badly edited, by a director who used to be so damn good.
Withdraw this mess from cinema's and edit it down by at least a third, and tighten up your editing while you're at it. I was embaressed for you, David.
with love
(name)
Somerville
wrote this letter to a local paper here in Boston, we'll see if they print it
--------
An Open Letter to David Lynch, from a fan.
Dear David.
I went to see 'INLAND EMPIRE' last night. Usually a three hour film has a three hour storyline, whereas yours had maybe 20 minutes of story in total. What on earth were you thinking?
Yes its shot on digital video. So what? You've forgotten 'content' and decided to cash in your awesome cinema pedigree with a bizarre focus only on 'Form' ? You've made a truly bad derivative student art movie. Lots of (and I mean LOTS) of shots of Laura Dern walking down corridors with a worried/scared/horrified look on her face, and endless supposedly 'meaningful' conversations, do not make tension, interest or even a decent cinematic narrative.
I 'get' that supposedly the central reality is that its 'the thoughts of a woman in trouble' - in this case some Polish hooker. And yes, there's that arbitrary side plot of two people filming a Hollywood movie, and the ones' husband is jealous, and maybe there's a murder. And yes, the time duality thing is interesting. I don't need a 'linear' storytelling form in order to appreciate quality cinema - however, I DO need something more than what smells like a burned out artists' laundry list, disguised as a deep artistic creation.
People began leaving the cinema eventually, as the hours trudged by, and endless scenes signifying nothing, kept appearing, which just kept completely defusing any dramatic tension you might have established initially. (Unless you meant to establish boredom by hours of 'meaningful' and 'portentous' dialogue).
David - I don't know if you've been surrounded by too many people who have been telling you that your every idle thought and foible is of great value, and thus causing you to lose what every artist needs - namely - a good objective perspective on your own creative output, but because I love you and your previous work, I'm taking the time to succintly and sadly fulfil this critical function that seems to have failed you when you perhaps needed it the most.
Listen to me David, I'm not willing to delude myself and try to pretend that what I saw was somehow meaningful or even 'good'. I don't care that you are boring your audience, I do care that you are deluding yourself perhaps, into having made a badly conceived piece of work, and are lowering artistic standards by attempting to make your audience have to pretend to themselves that their justified boredom was somehow 'good' or 'not there'.
You are better than what you have created here.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is the Emperor Who Is Wearing No Clothes. It is a three hour trudging and tedious art-student's digital video masturbatory exercise, with mixed in moments from the much more coherent short film(s) 'Rabbits'.
The public should be warned - its NOT 'Wild At Heart' or 'Eraserhead' or 'Blue Velvet' or 'Mulholland Drive' - each of which were truly great stories and even better Cinema. I would suggest that the public should not be fooled by any PR, or any prior goodwill that they justifiably have towards David Lynch, given his cinematic pedigree.
'INLAND EMPIRE' is 'disturbing' - not because of its unique vision or storyline or narrative style - but because its so incredibly badly made, so utterly pretentious, narratively boring and incoherent, visually plodding, banal and badly edited, by a director who used to be so damn good.
Withdraw this mess from cinema's and edit it down by at least a third, and tighten up your editing while you're at it. I was embaressed for you, David.
with love
(name)
Somerville
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hj2k_x
Honorary Master
American Pie 5 - The Naked Mile.
Yes, the made another one, and yes it really really sucks. :|
Yes, the made another one, and yes it really really sucks. :|
Oh WOW!! I'm disappointed now. I was really looking forward to the new David Lynch.
Since Mulholland Drive was so brilliant!! I've watched MD about 13 times. Just a superb piece of cinema.
Oh well...at least we have Twin Peaks Season 2 coming out on DVD on 10 April 2007. YAY!!
:L:
LoneGunman
Expert Member
re INLAND EMPIRE - as ever with movies, dont take someone elses word for it, especially when its in the art field - and especially if you're a Lynch fan - go take a look, and see for yourself.
BUT - dont be afraid you'll miss something good, if you decide that its crap and should be walked out of..
Thats what kept me, and a lot of people sitting there and watching the whole damn three hours - everyone figuring that its somehow bound to get better in some way.. but it didnt.. And afterwards, people trying to persuade themselves that they werent actually bored and tired..
So go see it as a Lynch fan, but be fully warned that if/when boredom sinks in, it pretty much doesnt get better.. the flick is so far from the awesome things like Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, its like chalk and cheese..
BUT - dont be afraid you'll miss something good, if you decide that its crap and should be walked out of..
Thats what kept me, and a lot of people sitting there and watching the whole damn three hours - everyone figuring that its somehow bound to get better in some way.. but it didnt.. And afterwards, people trying to persuade themselves that they werent actually bored and tired..
So go see it as a Lynch fan, but be fully warned that if/when boredom sinks in, it pretty much doesnt get better.. the flick is so far from the awesome things like Mulholland Drive and Blue Velvet, its like chalk and cheese..
As well. One of Daniel Craig's good points as Bond is that he has no recognisable remorse, as far as duty goes. He's not stylish, just brutally efficient.
Casino Royale - one word - boring
Never!
It isn't the most 'Bond' film out there, but it is a good action film.This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
One of Daniel Craig's good points as Bond is that he has no recognisable remorse, as far as duty goes. He's not stylish, just brutally efficient.
Never!
This is what I don't like... the 'hard edged' reinterpretation. Sigh. One other thing that was good was the minimal use of gadgets. No invisible cars, etc. Fantastic
Agreed.
hj2k_x
Honorary Master
Anyone got any news on Eddie Izzard coming to SA? I still cant find anything on the net about it...Hope it was not just a rumour...
