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[flipp525]

7th Heaven (1927; Frank Borzage) 8/10

Young love blooms in the sewers of Paris, then World War I comes along. A bit silly and sentimental at times, but marvelously done.

The stairway shot = amazing.

I love that film. Gorgeous performances and masterfully photographed.

[Big Magilla]

Yes, the stairway tracking shot is amazing as are the performances of Gaynor and Farrell.

Now I want to see this movie just for a damn stairway shot.

It's not just any stairway shot. It's a seemingly continuous tracking shot up seven flights of stairs.

[Zahveed]

Yes, the stairway tracking shot is amazing as are the performances of Gaynor and Farrell.

Now I want to see this movie just for a damn stairway shot.

[Precious Doll]

Gardens of the Night (2008) Damian Harris 7/10

Good Dick (2008) Marianna Palka 4/10

Glen and Randa (1971) Jim McBride 4/10

The Man From London (2007) Bela Tarr 6/10

Quiet Chaos (2008) Antonio Luigi Grimaldi 4/10

My Year Without Sex (2009) Sarah Watt 4/10



Edited By Precious Doll on 1243158878

[Big Magilla]

Yes, the stairway tracking shot is amazing as are the performances of Gaynor and Farrell.

[The Original BJ]

7th Heaven (1927; Frank Borzage) 8/10

Young love blooms in the sewers of Paris, then World War I comes along. A bit silly and sentimental at times, but marvelously done.

The stairway shot = amazing.

[Penelope]

7th Heaven (1927; Frank Borzage) 8/10

Young love blooms in the sewers of Paris, then World War I comes along. A bit silly and sentimental at times, but marvelously done.

[Hustler]

Fuera de Carta (Spain/2008) First Feature, directed by Nacho Velilla 2/10
OMG! what a crap! If Almodovar had seen this, he would have died inmediately.



Edited By Hustler on 1243125979

[Sabin]

"I am such a clever movie. Don't you just love how clever I am? You can tell a lot of thought went into me and you should be grateful. So clever am I."

But a lot of thought did go into Memento. Memento is right to think that about itself. Memento makes a very good point about Memento.

Although I can never watch the movie again for the first time, I did not feel overwhelmed by its self-satisfaction. If anything, Irreversible announces itself as a clever film.

[Eric]

That within such an astonishing structural gimmick, Gasper Noe has nothing left to say is embarrassing. Recall what Memento ultimately says about Leonard and how he impacts his condition.

It says, if memory serves, "I am such a clever movie. Don't you just love how clever I am? You can tell a lot of thought went into me and you should be grateful. So clever am I."

Irreversible, in contrast, is just strongly intuitive.

[Sabin]

Irreversible (Noe) - 7/10
The operative thesis is "There are no bad deeds. Just deeds." Because we do not know the context, we can only judge what happens in Irreversible by its visual moment-to-moment experience. We do not know which man is Alex's husband even. I would posit that by ending in a state of idyllicism, Irreversible short-changes its own morality by placing a counter-ellipses of heterosexual eden on the other end. The true masterpiece moves further down the story to the ellipses past the exhaustion to when boyfriend and girlfriend pass out in each other's arms after exchanging niceties that evaporate upon declaration. As it is, Irreversible is a brazen gesture that falls short of great moviemaking.

How the fuck did I write this last night?

When I'm not drunk off my ass, I'd be more inclined to give it...I don't know actually. I love treatises on memory even if this isn't one. The problem with Irreversible is that it's gauche to "begin" a movie in a state of heterosexual hope and "end" in sexually confused death. I read a review that likens The Rectum to a place of confused sexuality rather than a gay club, and this a preferred interpretation. Certainty --> Confusion. But is life a straight line from certainty to confusion? I don't believe so. Only a dimestore provocateur like Noe would, even if he happens to be right. I wanted more from Noe and Irreversible, another fifteen minutes. There is a laziness to his work in the final half, but the first half while an endurance test is pretty interesting as the audience is forced to interpret the meaning of deeds beyond morality. Beyond liking Irreversible for fear of endorsing it, it has merit. A lot of merit. But it's makes a grossly negligent statement in its final moments. That within such an astonishing structural gimmick, Gasper Noe has nothing left to say is embarrassing. Recall what Memento ultimately says about Leonard and how he impacts his condition.



Edited By Sabin on 1243104285

[mlrg]

L'Histoire d'Adele H. (1975) - François Truffaut

7.5/10

Stunning performance by Isabele Adjani, who deserved the oscar for this. Overall a good film.

[Franz Ferdinand]

JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri) 7/10

An unusual quasi-docu-drama wherein the real Jean-Claude Van Damme is caught in a robbery in Brussels, and his celebrity is exploited for leverage for the robbers. A great performance from Van Damme, definitely a worthwhile movie.

Star Trek (JJ Abrams) 8/10

I have never been into any of the Star Trek series/movies, so I suppose I am the major demographic for this movie - I have a negligible knowledge of Trek lore, but I had a blast, it was a good up-standing movie of its own, even though the time travel (which Abrams seems to be all over these days) can get you lost (bad pun).

Terminator Salvation (McG) 3/10

I suppose you can't expect greatness from a series written off after a campy third installment, which is directed by the man who brought us "Charlie's Angels" and "The O.C." Visually and technically it is fantastic, but the story is weak, the acting questionable, and it is as serious as a heart attack - any lighter moments seen in T2 or T3 are eradicated for a self-important tone epitomized by Bale's black hole of a performance. Not the movie to see with conjunctivitis, that's for sure.

[Sabin]

Irreversible (Noe) - 7/10
The operative thesis is "There are no bad deeds. Just deeds." Because we do not know the context, we can only judge what happens in Irreversible by its visual moment-to-moment experience. We do not know which man is Alex's husband even. I would posit that by ending in a state of idyllicism, Irreversible short-changes its own morality by placing a counter-ellipses of heterosexual eden on the other end. The true masterpiece moves further down the story to the ellipses past the exhaustion to when boyfriend and girlfriend pass out in each other's arms after exchanging niceties that evaporate upon declaration. As it is, Irreversible is a brazen gesture that falls short of great moviemaking.

[Sabin]

I'll probably check out Woman on the Beach next. Turning Gate is turning out to be impossible to find.