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by **speelyei** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:39 pm

I watched that film, Surfwise. It was one of the more interesting surf related films I've seen.

by **montana** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:50 am

The Lives of Others was good. If there is a German film aesthetic (didn't they pretty much invent cinema?) and you appreciate it, maybe you would also like The Edukators.

by **speelyei** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:32 pm

"On the Beach", 1959, Gregory Peck, Anthony Perkins, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire. A US Nuclear submarine docks in Australia after nuclear war wipes out the entire population of the United States. Knowing that weather patterns will bring fatal doses of radioactive fallout to Australia, they prep the populace for the coming catastrophe and send the USS Sawtooth back to the US on a mission to discover the source of a strange radio signal originating near San Diego.

by **montana** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:18 pm

Strange radio signal from somewhere near San Diego? That would be XERB, Baby, with Wolfman Jack at the controls. AWOOOOOOO!

In the movie I think it was Seattle, tho'.

by **speelyei** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:08 am

that's what it said in the review, but we just watched the movie night before last. Maybe I heard wrong, but i don't think so... the dude walked through oil refineries to get to the transmitter.

by **montana** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:54 am

Didn't a Coke bottle play a role in the mystery radio signal? If it was Seattle it would have been a coffee cup, I guess.

by **speelyei** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:30 am

aww man, you're giving away the whole plot!!

by **montana** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:18 am

Oops, I hope not.

In the postmodern, deconstructivist sense, the empty coffee cup as an allegorical device could arguably substitute for the Coke bottle drained of its caffeinated content. The shuttered window, the winds of change, the meaningless, automoronic communication originating from the military/industrial homeland, the voyagers at sea, submerged in their steely sarcophagus, the sacrificial native son, it's all still there for the close observer.

Except for full frontal nudity, unfortunately.

by **speelyei** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:43 pm

yes but plenty of @ss patting for all. It sounds like you watch movies the same way I do...

I was surprised at how contemporary a lot of shots an components of that movie were. But I kept hinking it was gonna be over, and it wasn't. And the loud score that would blast to accentuate points was effective at making me jump to attention, but it also got tiresome, immediately.

by **montana** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:38 pm

It's been awhile, but yeah, definitely not a Frankie and Annette romp. Gina Lollabridgida was hot (she was the love interest, right?).

Up periscope.

by **grizldoldfk** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:59 pm

momma's boy, starring that napoleon dynamite guy, is stupid.

by **Doc** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:58 am

Laid up...
Here's the list:
American Gangster...pretty good...Denzel Washington vs. Russel Crowe...
Deep Water...interesting...documentary of round the world yacht race & tragedy
Revolver...hard to follow on vicodin...Guy Ritchie film...dealing with the enemy & the ego & how they are one and the same
Into The Wild...mix of idealism & idiocy

Doc

by **grizldoldfk** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:55 am

american gangster came in the netflix so i stayed up past bedtime to finish it off at 12:30. given the loss of sleep, i still only give it a low "b". maybe a high "c".

by WC » Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:20 am

the making of imax-extreme summer-
eh...recycled mostly but some nice footage here and there
windsurfing, surfing and rock climbing

the tru meaning of pictures: shelby lee adams appalachia-
about a guy who takes photos of "hillbillys"
excellent documentry, see it, netflix has it
very good

49 up
brit documentry following buncha folks every 7 years of their life
they are 49 now, interesting but not too exciting
ok i guess, tiresome at times

by nm » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:45 pm

re-watched (for the umpteenth time) - Twelve Angry Men

still just as good as the first time....

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