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JUL 19, 2008 10:26 PM
JUL 19, 2008 10:31 PM
TAFKASP
Oakland, CA
June 2003
JUL 19, 2008 10:42 PM
Cassiel said:
Anything by Tarantino or Rodriguez and 'Eternal Sunshine,' 'Amelie,' and 'Boondock Saints' are overrated.
I've always felt Rodriguez was underrated.
To-may-toe, to-ma-toe, I suppose.
At least you and I can probably agree on the film I'm currently watching, Control. 
JUL 19, 2008 11:06 PM
JUL 20, 2008 01:21 AM
scylis said:
Mocha said:
scylis said:
AaronB said:
scylis said:
vanillaKnight said:
I don't like how Garden State is so popular.
Sarsgaard was the best from that movie.
Zach tried to hard to be depressed.
Portman well she was just Portman cute as always. 
no, Braff's character tried hard to have any sort of emotion at all, period. that was the point. he was so heavily medicated, he didn't really feel anything. that basic idea speaks to a lot of the people that would call SG a home.
I agree, I think Zach did an awesome job in the roll, and I really liked the movie.
that and dude knows how to pick music for his movie.
correct me if i'm wrong, but didnt he write the movie based on the music, not the other way around?
from what i've read, it sounds like both were happening at the same time. so neither, i guess. all i know is that even if i didn't like the movie (and i love it), the soundtrack is good enough to stand alone as its own entity.
That record has a permanent spot on my iPod which is pretty rare seeing as I only have a 4gig nano at the moment.
JUL 20, 2008 01:21 AM
JUL 20, 2008 09:36 AM
Cassiel said:
SuperCrunch said:
AceT said:
Cassiel said:
people in general need to watch better-quality films, and a wide variety as well.
Or else?
You will be bludgeoned with a VHS until you comply.
All your tastes are belong to us.
I do have a degree in film. And I will unabashedly admit that I can be pretentious snob. 
That being said, I feel that 'Requiem For A Dream' and 'Donnie Darko' are shit films. Anything by Tarantino or Rodriguez and 'Eternal Sunshine,' 'Amelie,' and 'Boondock Saints' are overrated. Same goes for 'American Beauty'
I do rather like VHS. There's a sort-of sweet quality to it.
Everyone's gotta be a snob about something. I'm an art snob, so no harm no foul.
Although I quite like Donnie Darko....
you bastard!!!
JUL 20, 2008 11:01 AM
SuperCrunch said:
Cassiel said:
SuperCrunch said:
AceT said:
Cassiel said:
people in general need to watch better-quality films, and a wide variety as well.
Or else?
You will be bludgeoned with a VHS until you comply.
All your tastes are belong to us.
I do have a degree in film. And I will unabashedly admit that I can be pretentious snob.
That being said, I feel that 'Requiem For A Dream' and 'Donnie Darko' are shit films. Anything by Tarantino or Rodriguez and 'Eternal Sunshine,' 'Amelie,' and 'Boondock Saints' are overrated. Same goes for 'American Beauty'
I do rather like VHS. There's a sort-of sweet quality to it.
Everyone's gotta be a snob about something. I'm an art snob, so no harm no foul.
Although I quite like Donnie Darko....
you bastard!!!
'Donnie Darko' is a pretentious little film that tries to be something greater than what it actually is. It's David Lynch for younger viewers if Lynch was a coward and wanted to play it safe.
Oh yeah, and the "Director's Cut," yeah, just add some passages from a fake book and you've made something profound. 
JUL 20, 2008 11:22 AM
JUL 20, 2008 11:25 AM
Cassiel said:
SuperCrunch said:
Cassiel said:
SuperCrunch said:
AceT said:
Cassiel said:
people in general need to watch better-quality films, and a wide variety as well.
Or else?
You will be bludgeoned with a VHS until you comply.
All your tastes are belong to us.
I do have a degree in film. And I will unabashedly admit that I can be pretentious snob.
That being said, I feel that 'Requiem For A Dream' and 'Donnie Darko' are shit films. Anything by Tarantino or Rodriguez and 'Eternal Sunshine,' 'Amelie,' and 'Boondock Saints' are overrated. Same goes for 'American Beauty'
I do rather like VHS. There's a sort-of sweet quality to it.
Everyone's gotta be a snob about something. I'm an art snob, so no harm no foul.
Although I quite like Donnie Darko....
you bastard!!!
'Donnie Darko' is a pretentious little film that tries to be something greater than what it actually is. It's David Lynch for younger viewers if Lynch was a coward and wanted to play it safe.
Oh yeah, and the "Director's Cut," yeah, just add some passages from a fake book and you've made something profound.
I hated the Director's Cut honestly and preferred the enigmatic feel of the original.
As for the whole David Lynch thang... I don't know anything about him and I don't think I've seen anything of his. But then again I'm not a big "film" buff. So its hard for me to defend Donnie Darko based off of that.
Cassiel
Aurora, CO
September 2004
JUL 19, 2008 10:21 PM