tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post116309845075831221..comments2024-01-02T23:07:56.666+00:00Comments on mainlymovies: Doubly defloweredtim rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11893294970751318226noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163382430222870012006-11-13T01:47:00.000+00:002006-11-13T01:47:00.000+00:00The end of Crank is indeed buried treasure. If it...The end of <I>Crank</I> is indeed buried treasure. If it were still playing anywhere in Chicago, I'd be sure to catch it again.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen anything twice yet in 2006, partly because I have loved so few films that I'm scared to revisit the ones I did love (or almost love), for fear that they won't hold up. But I have <I>Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story</I> checked out for another viewing (a 2006 release in the US, at least), and I'll have to see <I>Shortbus</I> again for an essay I was just hired to write. More to report there later.NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163336963216253252006-11-12T13:09:00.000+00:002006-11-12T13:09:00.000+00:00Count me in as a Hartnett convert, particularly af...Count me in as a Hartnett convert, particularly after his amusingly blithe turn in "Lucky Number Slevin", the first time he appeared to demonstrate any sense of humour on screen. (I suspect being shacked up with Scarlett Johansson may have something to do with it, actually. If getting to rest one's head on those pillows every night doesn't make a man happy, nothing will.) <BR/><BR/>As we've discussed elsewhere, I'm entirely with you on "The Black Dahlia", which seemed to me the right kind of disreputable, from its opening slew of production credits for long-forgotten video companies onwards.<BR/><BR/>On the subject of seeing films twice, I've just started to watch some of the Films of the Year contenders all over again, just to see if they stand up to further scrutiny. I did pay to see "Crank" again, bizarrely enough, and while its gloriously trashy adrenalised pleasures don't quite hold up second time around, staying to the end of the credits did allow me to see a computerised version of the film, with a pixellated Jason Statham smashing seven bells out of people. One for Statham completists, there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163261111183962052006-11-11T16:05:00.000+00:002006-11-11T16:05:00.000+00:00i definitely want to see this again. I gave it a B...i definitely want to see this again. I gave it a B- and felt <A HREF="http://www.thefilmexperience.net/Reviews/blackdahlia.html" REL="nofollow">all lopsided about it</A>... but i love pieces of it more than some of the A- films so a revisit is definitely in order.<BR/><BR/>plus i just saw CARRIE again and christalmighty i lurve that movie.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163124779408528082006-11-10T02:12:00.000+00:002006-11-10T02:12:00.000+00:00I used to do an end of year movie list with all ki...I used to do an end of year movie list with all kinds of wierd awards, one of my favorites of which was MOST BRILLIANT FAILURE. And at this point, especially with the appreciations you & Nick have logged, I suspect <I>Dahlia</I> would be snag that title this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163104167538393642006-11-09T20:29:00.000+00:002006-11-09T20:29:00.000+00:00The Departed was just so good that I had to see it...The Departed was just so good that I had to see it twice in two weeks .. and it was definitely just as good or better the second time!Reel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163100979512658492006-11-09T19:36:00.000+00:002006-11-09T19:36:00.000+00:00And thanks for yours! That's all beautifully put a...And thanks for yours! That's all beautifully put and it's kind of you to comment. I think we should start an official Josh-in-<I>Black</I>-<I>Dahlia</I> fan club. Two members as of now and hopefully rising. I should also say I think it's twice the film Scorsese's <I>Departed</I> is, but now I'm just getting shirty.tim rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893294970751318226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15193298.post-1163099915880605472006-11-09T19:18:00.000+00:002006-11-09T19:18:00.000+00:00Tim... I'm no critic so I was delighted to see som...Tim... I'm no critic so I was delighted to see someone manage to put into acceptable English what I've felt about this film since my three required viewings. Yes, two is probably sufficient for most but as the first hardly registered more than just light and sound, I don't really count that sitting. A sitting which afterwards actually made it difficult to drive home; the lights of other cars seemed to be blinding after the muted sepia tones of De Palma's work.<BR/>And as for Hartnett, it's a relief to know someone else appreciated his subtle underplaying after the bombardment of reality acting we're now subjected to. Isn't it always considered harder for an actor to do less rather than more? If so this was award nominated work... if not award winning. <BR/>Thanks again for a insightful review. <BR/>Jocasta.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com