Whitechapel - At the Movies - Feb 2012 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323328#Comment_323328 2012-02-04T08:20:25-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 Afternoon. I'm a regular in the Book Club, and, as well as books, I'm also something of a film nut. And I just realised we don't have a general film discussion thread. So ... /clicks I realise ...
I realise this might not work too well, what with asynchronous global release windows and such, but all the same, a place to talk about arthouse, multiplex, blockbuster, independent, subtitled, silent, action, horror, cinema in all its aspects and screen ratios. Out of courtesy to those in other countries or who just haven't got around to it yet, let's keep it spoiler free.

To start off - I went to the opening night of Martha Marcy May Marlene yesterday. I went pretty cold, and I've been catching up with the reviews today. Critical reception seems good - I've heard it described as 'enigmatic', 'a psychological thriller', and Mark Kermode called it a horror film that doesn't know it's a horror.

I don't know if I agree with any of those labels. Parts are genuinely horrific. I found it very unsettling, and extremely well done. It's decidedly not a thriller.

The central performance is what has drawn a lot of attention, and Elizabeth Olsen is tremendous. Considering how her character's personality has been shaped by her time with the "family", the blank numbness she uses once she's with her sister is telling - like Martha has almost been wiped away, and she can't find a personality without the family to keep her as Marcy May. I think the way it's shot, all that sunshine and flare and oversaturation, presents such a dreamy quality that fits nicely with the fragmentary ways Martha's memories are revealed. Of course, it contrasts with the nightmarish side of life at the farm.

The ambiguous ending: what did you make of it? I haven't made up my mind yet. Martha seems such an inherently unreliable narrator that the implication that the family has found her at the lakehouse seems like only one of the possible explanations. And would she want to go back to the farm? It's not clear to me that she wouldn't. She's obviously drawn back to it, calling up in the middle of the night.


It's definitely stayed with me, and probably will for a few more days. The last film to unsettle me this much after leaving the theatre was Kill List, which, by the way, I thought was one of the best British films last year.

So - what have you seen lately?]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323343#Comment_323343 2012-02-04T11:17:35-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Jay Kay http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=814 Watched Unforgiven for the first time--really good flick. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323347#Comment_323347 2012-02-04T11:52:38-08:00 2012-02-04T14:21:29-08:00 flecky http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8949 @Osmosis: Good call - i was going to see if there was an old movie review thread to revive or start a new one.I like the sound of what you just saw and i've yet to see Kill List. It's usually just ...
It's usually just superhero adaptations that tend to be discussed (maybe because there seems to have been so many of late) and we all know what the majority of them end-up being like.I'm more interested in what people think about what's on the big-screen on W/C than some bloke going on about current releases for a few minutes after the evening news once a week on TV,for example.

I very rarely go to the cinema nowadays unless it's something special but i know i've missed some good stuff fairly recently.And some bad...

The last thing i went to see was Columbiana(is that what it was called?)and when it started with free-running i was all "Oh,no!"
Anyway,i was so tired i fell asleep.Yeah,pay money to go and sit in an uncomfortable seat and sleep;some film critic i'd make.That was ages ago now i think about it.

I have to admit i'm quite intrigued by the look of Chronicle.Hasn't it just been released?

It would be good to hear 'bout films just come to DVD,as well.

@Jay Kay:Unforgiven.I thoroughly enjoyed that when it came out.It was a special western and there's not many in my opinion.It felt like Clint was playing a bust-up version of most of his western characters.

Speaking of,i was slightly tempted to buy a second-hand copy of Jonah Hex yesterday.Yeah,i know,i've heard people on hear slag it but i've not seen it.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323392#Comment_323392 2012-02-05T02:49:22-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 It felt like Clint was playing a bust-up version of most of his western characters.Yeah, I really liked the idea that Unforgiven Clint was the Man With No Name, thirty years on. All that young man ... It felt like Clint was playing a bust-up version of most of his western characters.Yeah, I really liked the idea that Unforgiven Clint was the Man With No Name, thirty years on. All that young man thrill gone, and just left with the memories, the pain, the weariness.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323393#Comment_323393 2012-02-05T02:51:24-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 Jonah Hex is an awful travesty. Don't bother. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323410#Comment_323410 2012-02-05T10:28:47-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 ScottS http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=370 Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows ..... was ok. I saw it just under a week ago and there are definite holes in my memory about what happened at certain points. I didn't love it, didn't hate it. It ...
On the other hand I saw MONEYBALL... and as much as I hate baseball, and even though I am ambivalent about both Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, I have to say... it was excellent. I really enjoyed it, beginning to end. So that's a thumbs up from me.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323417#Comment_323417 2012-02-05T12:18:25-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Jay Kay http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=814 This is probably the best part of Jonah Hex. You don't need to see the rest. Watched Snatch with my folks for the first time--loved it, both of them had problems figuring out what the fuck ... This is probably the best part of Jonah Hex.

You don't need to see the rest.

Watched Snatch with my folks for the first time--loved it, both of them had problems figuring out what the fuck anyone was saying.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323424#Comment_323424 2012-02-05T14:14:08-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 I wanted to see something lightweight yesterday, and took in Mission Impossible III: Ghost Protocol. This is the kind of movie that I thoroughly enjoy watching in a theater, and that afterwards I ... Mission Impossible III: Ghost Protocol.

This is the kind of movie that I thoroughly enjoy watching in a theater, and that afterwards I kind of forget about, and neither want to nor need to see again. I guess I'd lump the Die Hard movies in that category.

I enjoyed Moneyball as well. I don't think it's the blockbuster it's made out to be, but it is a well done look at a world I know nothing about.

I need to hunt up Unforgiven. It is run often enough on cable . . . I'd like to catch it when it airs on one of the HD channels.

Hugo was great fun; a caring-ly made movie. Saw it in 2D, and don't think I missed anything.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323453#Comment_323453 2012-02-05T22:17:34-08:00 2012-02-05T22:19:48-08:00 city creed http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530 Definitely give a shout for Kill List - wonderful transition between modes. Properly disturbing. Also saw recently and really liked: 13 Assassins - magnificent samurai morality tale. The Fall - ... Kill List - wonderful transition between modes. Properly disturbing.

Also saw recently and really liked:
13 Assassins - magnificent samurai morality tale.
The Fall - swoon. Never saw this until now, an amazingly well-told fantasy adventure story with real heart.
The Guard - Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle as an Irish copper and an FBI agent, from the writer/director of In Bruges - so good.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323494#Comment_323494 2012-02-06T11:08:04-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 Oh! Yeah, The Guard was wonderful. Gleeson's character was fascinating and complex. The Guard was wonderful. Gleeson's character was fascinating and complex.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323500#Comment_323500 2012-02-06T11:58:24-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RenThing http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=155 While it wasn't in February, last movies I watched were District B13 and District 13:Ultimatimum. Tl:DR version - Good action flicks if you're the type who likes lots of stunts and acrobatics ... District B13 and District 13:Ultimatimum.

Tl:DR version - Good action flicks if you're the type who likes lots of stunts and acrobatics plus decent enough acting. Longer review here. ]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323504#Comment_323504 2012-02-06T13:34:40-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 I caught an early showing of Cronenberg's newest A Dangerous Method and liked it so much, I gave it a write up on my blog. Due to Cronenberg, I rewatched his 2002 Spider and enjoyed it all the ... A Dangerous Method and liked it so much, I gave it a write up on my blog.

Due to Cronenberg, I rewatched his 2002 Spider and enjoyed it all the more for the noticeable difference in his age as a director. Anyone else a Cronenberg junkie?

I recently saw Tangled for the first time and I have to say that I just love that too - it's villains are exceptionally, unashamedly musical-theatre [so film-musicals, I suppose] and the composition is brilliant, not to mention too much about the horse.

On another Disney related note, I saw their Atlantis for the first time and it was a really enjoyable, well-made animation. I can't say that it blew me away or that it would win any awards [don't quote me on that as I haven't checked] but it was definitely enjoyable. It's sequel however was terrible and I may never let my nieces persuade me to watch another sequel ever again.

@ScottS - I saw Sherlock Holmes 2 [as I think of it] and loved it. I do however, dress in something akin to this everyday. [I'm the one on the right. The man. Yes, I'm sure.]

I saw War Horse the other day and cried my chest out of its proper location. Dammit does Speilberg know how to wring humans like oversized, tear-filled, cloths. I could see every moment where he was going to pull on my strings and yet I couldn't help it - there was a moment where I was breathless with the heaving of crying and I was thankful, thankful that I'd stopped breathing for a moment because I didn't have to try and keep it quiet. Had I been in the cinema on my own, I'm sure an usher would have run in asking if there was a fire. It probably doesn't help that the same thing happened when I saw it on the stage for the first time...and I was on a date. Yeah - fuck you very much, War Horse. All the same, I'd go see it again for the staggering expanse of the filmmaking world they found in their locations.

So erm...yes, I may be with you on the film buff thing there, Osmosis. Even if I am currently living back in the middle of nowhere Wales, I'm still a buff.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323509#Comment_323509 2012-02-06T14:21:31-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 @Ben: Mike Mignola was the storyboard artist on Atlantis, and his designs are very apparent in places like the underwater cavern with the carved stones. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323510#Comment_323510 2012-02-06T14:22:53-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 You've always been a buff, Ben ... Good to see you back around these parts. I'm quite excited to see A Dangerous Method. Intelligent Life recently did a recap of Michael Fassbender's career to ...
I'm quite excited to see A Dangerous Method. Intelligent Life recently did a recap of Michael Fassbender's career to date, saying Shame was a movie purporting to be about sex, but really about psychology, with ADM of course a movie purporting to be about psychology, but really about sex.

The Guard made me snort a fizzy drink out my nose.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323511#Comment_323511 2012-02-06T14:38:50-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 tedcroland http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2106 I get to try out some philosophy of film lectures on the Sonoma State philosophy club this semester, in preparation for co-teaching a class on the subject with my thesis adviser in the fall. I don't ... Taxidermia, Being There, Moon, Something by Lars von Trier, and Cemetary Man (Dellamorte Dellamore), with a few others on my mind.

If anyone has suggestions, I'm open to them. I want to try and work on getting a thesis around Wes Anderson films, but they're not cerebral enough to sink my teeth in too hard, from a philosophical perspective.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323516#Comment_323516 2012-02-06T16:39:44-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 @Tedcroland - Peter Greenaway's work stands up pretty robustly to philosophical dissection, and Greenaway was Wes Anderson's muse. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323532#Comment_323532 2012-02-07T02:43:59-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Gordon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275 @Osmosis I watched Martha Marcy May Marlene last night and couldn't agree more that it's a haunting, often horrific film made all the more so by the beautiful way it's shot. The non-linear ...
I watched Martha Marcy May Marlene last night and couldn't agree more that it's a haunting, often horrific film made all the more so by the beautiful way it's shot. The non-linear structure is a great way of getting you into the head of Martha - just like her and her fractured psyche you can never be sure when and where you are and what's around the corner. Brilliant stuff.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323555#Comment_323555 2012-02-07T08:19:38-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 "@Ben: Mike Mignola was the storyboard artist on Atlantis, and his designs are very apparent in places like the underwater cavern with the carved stones." Mignola only did concept design ... "@Ben: Mike Mignola was the storyboard artist on Atlantis, and his designs are very apparent in places like the underwater cavern with the carved stones."

Mignola only did concept design for Atlantis. I don't think he's ever done story boarding that was used for a film. I think that Atlantis would have at least looked a lot better if they just went with a more Mignola-ish design sensibility. Atlantis looked like it was designed by committee. None of those characters looked like they belonged in the same film. Sad.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323567#Comment_323567 2012-02-07T10:52:22-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 emonster http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8075 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was virtually unwatchable, confusing, muted, and so flatly, subtle that it had no pulse, the first time I watched it. The second time I watched it, it is the best film I ... The second time I watched it, it is the best film I saw all year. It is an amazing film. Not only is Oldman spot on and quietly perfect, but the rest of the cast is just as good.
I watched the 7-part television version after seeing the new film. Poor Alec Guinness had his career high performance trampled. To be fair, he didn't stand a chance. The George Smiley in 1979 was not in a big budget film. While there were flashbacks, much of the story had to be explained. George Smiley in 1979 was a blabbermouth. Subtlety was not an option for him.

Also Drive just hit DVD. It is a fantastic film as well. Super contrasting tones. Very quiet scenes. Very violent scenes. Very tense scenes. Worth your time.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323574#Comment_323574 2012-02-07T11:34:01-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 @Osmosis - thanks for the welcome back, sir. good to see you too. @Greasemonkey & William - I had no idea that Mignola was involved [even at concept stage] but did find some of the scenes ...
@Greasemonkey & William - I had no idea that Mignola was involved [even at concept stage] but did find some of the scenes impressive. The characters were a bit of a hodge podge and unfortunate racial stereotyping but, perhaps due to the beauty of the animation in the first 10 minutes, I just sorta went with it. Like I said, not winning any awards but enjoyable.

@emonster Drive - yes]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323578#Comment_323578 2012-02-07T12:35:37-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 Mignola's style suited the film amazingly well when they used it. Didn't realise he was only involved at the concept stage, though. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323582#Comment_323582 2012-02-07T13:08:54-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 @ Greasemonkey - There was a script book that had some of Mignola's concept art in it, as well as other artists like John Watkiss, but it's hardly complete. I was visiting a freind over at Disney ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=323967#Comment_323967 2012-02-11T12:32:42-08:00 2012-02-11T12:36:02-08:00 thinwhiteduke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4585 Feb is a bit of a dumping ground at the theaters, but I will say that the absolute best film I saw in 2011 and probably years hits DVD in the US on Feb 14th. It's called TAKE SHELTER. It's written ...
Here's the synopsis so you get a feel as to what it's about.

Curtis LaForche (Michael Shannon) lives in a small Ohio town with his loving wife (Jessica Chastain) and hearing-impaired daughter (Tova Stewart). Though money is tight, he and his family are very happy. But then, Curtis begins having terrifying dreams about an apocalypse that threatens them all. Rather than confiding in Samantha, he begins building a storm shelter in the backyard, and his strange behavior causes tension in their marriage and the surrounding community.

I have some expanded thoughts on it here is you wish (I do film review blog and film podcast)

I left the theater wowed with a big smile on my face. Has anyone seen TAKE SHELTER?]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324027#Comment_324027 2012-02-12T10:13:51-08:00 2012-02-12T10:14:17-08:00 DistractDelude http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8765 Haven't seen anything new recently, but finally managed to see, The Interrupters. Very hard film to watch, but one I would recommend everyone to see, I just can't praise it enough. It was done by the ... The Interrupters. Very hard film to watch, but one I would recommend everyone to see, I just can't praise it enough. It was done by the same guys who did, Hoop Dreams, and it offers no easy answers to the issues explored, but it has helped to restore some of my faith in humanity.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324029#Comment_324029 2012-02-12T10:22:56-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RobSpalding http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=647 Went to see CHRONICLE and JOURNEY 2 THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND this week. Chronicle is an absolute cracker of a film. It really has no right to be that good. Journey 2 is better than the first and ...
Chronicle is an absolute cracker of a film. It really has no right to be that good.

Journey 2 is better than the first and survives largely on Dwayne Johnson's charisma. The story is actually about father figures and manages to tell it in between big set pieces very well.
Based on how much Dwayne carried this film I have high hopes to GI Joe 2 to be an absolute blast later this year.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324169#Comment_324169 2012-02-13T16:36:00-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Miranda's Eyes http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1443 Over here, our local Independent Film Festival has been bringing an intriguing mix of films from around the world. 4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH finds Abel Ferrara taking his whack at the arty version ...
4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTH finds Abel Ferrara taking his whack at the arty version of the end of the world. Not as visually stunning as MELANCHOLIA, yet it's not as emotionally dark as Von Trier's film. Instead, it gives you a feeling of how ordinary people would react in the face of inescapable doom.

THE COLOR WHEEL manages to transcend that most cliched of indie film set-ups, the road trip taken by two dysfunctional characters, by offering hilariously nasty dialogue and some odd situations.

FINISTERRAE is a surrealist film that will be either this year's version of a cult film or something that will be a chore to sit through despite its relatively brief running time. Briefly, it's about two ghosts who undertake a journey to become mortal, and their encounters with such things as a forest filled with trees with ears.

KILL LIST will probably annoy those who want their genre thrills delivered upfront and quickly. For the rest of us, it's fascinating seeing hired assassination reduced to the level of a traveling salesman job before taking a really abrupt turn.

SNOWTOWN turned out to be one of the most horrifying pictures I saw at the festival, especially since it made me wonder what the camera didn't show. It's based on a true crime spree that happened in the titular Australian town, and is focussed on the relationship between two of the men involved in that spree.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324206#Comment_324206 2012-02-14T02:02:12-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 @Miranda's Eyes - your list there had me intrigued so [on my brunch break] I've just looked at the trailer for FINISTERRAE and maaan does it look odd: here
here]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324219#Comment_324219 2012-02-14T06:49:27-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 I couldn't bring myself to go see Snowtown. The acid bath in Breaking Bad was enough for me. I caught A Dangerous Method last week (and again I only caught up with reviews afterward). I'm quite ... Snowtown. The acid bath in Breaking Bad was enough for me.

I caught A Dangerous Method last week (and again I only caught up with reviews afterward). I'm quite surprised it's getting so many "meh"s? The main criticisms are that it's dull, that it's filled with long, drawn out speeches, and that not a lot happens. I don't know. I found it enthralling. Perhaps inevitably given the topic, most of what drew me in was the subtext -- there's a lot of motive and meaning not captured in the speechifying. It's not perfect -- I felt bad for the actress playing Jung's wife, whose role was to sigh a lot and pop out a baby every so often, Keira Knightley's chin was distracting, and what was the point of Vincent Cassel's character? -- but it is very good. It did not feel very Cronenbergian, and I wonder if this is why some reviewers have been nonplussed by it. It's fertile for pseudointellectual post-screen pub talk at least, which is fine by me!]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324227#Comment_324227 2012-02-14T08:04:17-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 city creed http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4530 Also saw A Dangerous Method last week, I definitely fall on the meh side of the reaction though. It felt more like a bunch of journal entries and letters brought haphazardly to the screen than ... A Dangerous Method last week, I definitely fall on the meh side of the reaction though. It felt more like a bunch of journal entries and letters brought haphazardly to the screen than something that was created with an actual story in mind that would drive the audience through from start to finish.
Did nothing to budge my opinion on Keira Knightley's understanding of acting and I was disappointed that it used such broad strokes to paint Jung and especially Freud without really trying to hold either of them to account over their more problematic utterances. Where was the film's challenge to the damaging assumptions of these two profoundly important and flawed individuals? Where was the analysis of their work? I guess it was there, but it was so flimsy and abject:
Ok, so Jung rationalises his self-indulgence with romantic fantasy and Freud needs to dominate everyone? That's it?

The score and cinematography are pretty delicious and I guess it works as a rough primer for the early history of psychoanalysis, but for me anyway it fails as an engaging human story. The one character that the plot seemed to think we should really have been rooting for was played as a bug-eyed cartoon bedlamite for most of the movie and her eventual development into an independent, self-directing woman mainly happened off-screen.
I felt bad for the actress playing Jung's wife, whose role was to sigh a lot and pop out a baby every so often

Ha, yes. The only person in the film who I could feel any real empathy for.
Sorry if you liked it and you feel like I'm crapping on it. I love most all of Cronenberg's other work because he tells confusing, disturbing, difficult stories that nevertheless have something important to say about the human condition. This just felt empty.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324250#Comment_324250 2012-02-14T10:51:25-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 @Osmosis - Snowtown is worth seeing. The cast of real small-town locals is excellent, and the film doesn't deal directly with the torture and the murders most of the time. There's a ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324454#Comment_324454 2012-02-16T14:09:23-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 @ city creed - Ha! Don't apologise, it'd be a dull world if we all agreed on everything :) Where was the analysis of their work?As a character piece, did it need more analysis? I felt it worked ... Where was the analysis of their work?As a character piece, did it need more analysis? I felt it worked better as a study of their opposing views, and how Jung's experience with Sabina influenced his relationship with Freud (although even while in the cinema I thought Freud's character was a bit underdeveloped).
her eventual development into an independent, self-directing woman mainly happened off-screen.
That's a great point.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't think it was perfect - I just don't think it deserves the thumping it's getting in reviews.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324493#Comment_324493 2012-02-17T04:51:09-08:00 2012-02-17T04:51:35-08:00 Foamhead http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8779 Really, does this need a reason? Miss Piggy's BAFTA 2012 Red Carpet Show
Miss Piggy's BAFTA 2012 Red Carpet Show]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324562#Comment_324562 2012-02-18T04:00:20-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 @The Mighty Foamhead - that is amazing. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324595#Comment_324595 2012-02-18T12:21:26-08:00 2012-02-18T12:22:22-08:00 Mercer Finn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5496 Mixed feelings about Chronicle. The found footage conceit didn't work so well, I thought. There weren't very good reasons for the camera being placed just so in a lot of the scenes, which undermines ... Mixed feelings about Chronicle. The found footage conceit didn't work so well, I thought. There weren't very good reasons for the camera being placed just so in a lot of the scenes, which undermines the realistic effect the conceit is supposed to produce. Which is annoying, b/c the film didn't have to do it. It could have kept the style (which is great) without having to explain it, and it would have been fine...

Otherwise, I liked it a lot! Very knowledgeable about the superhero genre (I swear there's a nod to the death of Gwen Stacy in there).]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324596#Comment_324596 2012-02-18T12:35:58-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Greasemonkey http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4625 I fucking hate the found-footage shaky-cam genre. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324599#Comment_324599 2012-02-18T13:03:57-08:00 2012-02-18T13:04:20-08:00 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3196 @Greasemonkey But what about such masterpieces as --- and also --- ...?
But what about such masterpieces as ---

and also ---

...?]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324601#Comment_324601 2012-02-18T14:05:50-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RobSpalding http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=647 Went to GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE today. It's fun. Much more entertaining than the first, which was just dull. Had to see it in 3D because, no 2D option and there are about 8 shots in the ... It's fun. Much more entertaining than the first, which was just dull. Had to see it in 3D because, no 2D option and there are about 8 shots in the whole film that looked 3D, really not worth the extra.
But I did enjoy the film as a pure b-movie action romp. Cage lets loose with the crazy, Idris Elba is great as a drunk monk and there's some fun stuff going on most of the time.
So, er, it's fun I guess is what I am saying.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324603#Comment_324603 2012-02-18T14:11:08-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 Found-footage shaky-cam is annoying, especially because I suffer from simulation sickness... I couldn't even get through Cloverfield because the ones holding the cameras seemed to be suffering from ...
Now, "Chronicle"... That one I could get through just fine, but the reason for cameras being nearby was kinda far-fetched at times. It pulled off the reason for the camerawork at times, but sometimes it takes you out of the movie as much as it pulls you in the other times. That said, I VASTLY prefer that to having to choose between turning it off and barfing.

The movie itself, I really liked. Hidden spoiler complaint follows:
The kid didn't have to start changing his voice and roaring like a monster at the end. It would've been far more effective - and maybe scarier - if he'd sounded more like himself.
]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324612#Comment_324612 2012-02-18T16:25:06-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 imaginarypeople http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7661 chronicle may be the closest we get to a live action akira was pretty good despite a few flaws was pretty good despite a few flaws]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324613#Comment_324613 2012-02-18T16:38:27-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 @imaginarypeople: "ANDREEEEW!" "MAAAAATT!" "ANDREEEEW!" "MAAAAAAATT!"
"ANDREEEEW!" "MAAAAATT!" "ANDREEEEW!" "MAAAAAAATT!"
]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324623#Comment_324623 2012-02-18T22:42:58-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 I enjoyed Chronicle a lot. Meta: After seeing the trailers for both, I find myself wanting to see The Three Stooges more than John Carter of Mars.
Meta: After seeing the trailers for both, I find myself wanting to see The Three Stooges more than John Carter of Mars.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324763#Comment_324763 2012-02-20T12:11:29-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Brian Schirmer http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7243 I, too, saw Ghost Rider this weekend. All Marvel bashing notwithstanding, I enjoy me some over-the-top, scenery-chewing Nic Cage. However - and with total respect to @RobSpalding - I found it a ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324771#Comment_324771 2012-02-20T13:28:41-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 Shame. Still processing. Any thoughts? Shame. Still processing. Any thoughts?]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324780#Comment_324780 2012-02-20T13:57:20-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2798 @ Osmosis - I thought "Shame" was one of the best films from last year. Beautiful looking film too. After I saw "Shame", I rented Steve McQueen's "Hunger". Also very ... "Shame" was one of the best films from last year. Beautiful looking film too. After I saw "Shame", I rented Steve McQueen's "Hunger". Also very good.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324783#Comment_324783 2012-02-20T14:15:59-08:00 2012-02-20T14:16:41-08:00 Mercer Finn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5496 @Osmosis Some of mine over here. Didn't really understand why it was called 'Shame'. For me it was a film about loneliness, and, weirdly enough, the traps created by gender roles. Mark Kermode ...
Some of mine over here. Didn't really understand why it was called 'Shame'. For me it was a film about loneliness, and, weirdly enough, the traps created by gender roles.

Mark Kermode thinks its about addiction as self-annihilation, but that's less interesting for me (kinda tired idea, really).

I'm living in Belgium at the moment, where releases are a little messed up. Beginning of January three Michael Fassbender films came out at once: Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method and Shame. Watched all three over two weeks, and BOY is he a good actor. I think I've liked every film I have seen him in, actually.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324810#Comment_324810 2012-02-20T16:37:27-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Soviet Rocket No. 9 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=8855 Saw this with my mother yesterday, VERY GOOD.
]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324849#Comment_324849 2012-02-20T21:30:16-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065 @Mostly Harmless - I am really looking forward to that movie. I am kind of a Miyazaki/Ghibli nerd, and the fact that is based on The Borrowers is pretty cool. I am very glad to hear it is ...
Been catching up a bit here, with so little time I am often behind the curve these days. Just watched Drive, Hanna, and 50/50.

Earlier in the thread @emonster said "Also Drive just hit DVD. It is a fantastic film as well. Super contrasting tones. Very quiet scenes. Very violent scenes. Very tense scenes. Worth your time."
Much like @Ben Gwalchmai, I am going to thoroughly agree. In a way, as the movie developed, it reminded me a bit of Cronenberg in it's tone and ability to build quiet tension, interspersed by brief bits of stark violence. Not at all what i was expecting, and that was a good thing. Definitely worth the watch.

50/50 Was good. Seth Rogen played the character he plays, but did it pretty well. I've enjoyed Levitt a lot lately and I thought he was very good in this. The movie is equal parts funny and touching. Maybe it struck me simply because I've had a couple friends go through "the big C" in the last few years, and some of it seemed oddly familiar.

Hanna was...more European that I thought? I don't know, maybe I just wasn't looking for techno music and action scenes. I love the concept, the Grimm's references, and there are a few great moments. I thought the general coming of age/dicovering the world outside was done pretty well, but for some reason the whole thing left me a little flat, and I can't figure out why.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324942#Comment_324942 2012-02-21T13:17:40-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Osmosis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=866 @Mercer Finn - I've got some spoilerific ideas about why it's called Shame, but I'm away from a computer and don't trust myself to get the hidden tags right. Will get back to you. Shame, but I'm away from a computer and don't trust myself to get the hidden tags right. Will get back to you.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=324962#Comment_324962 2012-02-21T15:55:28-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RobSpalding http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=647 @Brian Schirmer - No need to question my taste, I am the m,an who stops everything to watch Flash Gordon if I ever find it on tv. I love it dearly. Just got back from Man on a Ledge. S'ok. One ...
Just got back from Man on a Ledge. S'ok.
One twist is spoilt by the trailer, the rest of it is, um, competent I think is the best word. Not brilliant, not bad, decent.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325028#Comment_325028 2012-02-22T09:56:57-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 @Mostly Harmless - I too enjoyed Arriety. I liked it enough to see it twice as I was concerned about the gender depictions but the second time I had to see it dubbed in English. It threw me so I saw ... Arriety. I liked it enough to see it twice as I was concerned about the gender depictions but the second time I had to see it dubbed in English. It threw me so I saw it 3 times and my fears were settled with the thought process 'It's good art, it's mostly for kids or teens; stop worrying about it.' :)

@cjkoger - I too left Hanna feeling it was a little lacking in something. I thought it might have been because the literary references weren't tied up well and didn't tease out from the subtext into the text apart from the obvious bildungsroman motif. It's also possible that all the
action & mid-section techno [which I must admit to quite liking while watching the film]
drained out the ending.

I haven't seen Shame but I'm agreed that Michael Fassbender is an incredibly good actor.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325099#Comment_325099 2012-02-22T23:45:39-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 Saccharine as this looks, I still want to see it: Buck I do manual labour work on farms almost everyday at the moment and a lot of that is with horses. From what I can gleam from the advert, ...
Buck

I do manual labour work on farms almost everyday at the moment and a lot of that is with horses. From what I can gleam from the advert, the man's approach is something I can agree with for all animals: none of them wants to be shouted at or punished into doing something - given the right training, all animals will do what they need.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325155#Comment_325155 2012-02-23T16:34:43-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 I occasionally record, from the THIS movie channel, oddball films that sound interesting. One such was "Lord Love a Duck," a mid-60s film starring Roddy McDowell. He plays a non-conformist ...
I gave up at this point. It was trying to be hip and irreverent in a way that made me feel like I was chewing tin foil. It was like something that dropped out of an alternative universe with different cultural rules. Which I guess might be true.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325160#Comment_325160 2012-02-23T17:06:11-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 vandalhandle http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4586 i also saw ghost rider and hated it, weak story, shite acting, only decent scene involves heavy construction equipment, it's about half way through you can leave the cinema after it and not miss ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325342#Comment_325342 2012-02-25T22:48:24-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 InvincibleM http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3064 Just watched I saw the devil. Yeah, that was pretty messed up.
Yeah, that was pretty messed up.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325402#Comment_325402 2012-02-26T16:59:11-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Koltreg http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=9605 Ended up catching Chronicle and Hugo today. Chronicle was a lot more enjoyable and satisfying that Hugo that felt a bit too rigid. So now I've seen half of the Academy Award films and didn't care for ... I guess I'm not an old enough white guy.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325470#Comment_325470 2012-02-27T09:20:58-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Robson http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=682 ARRIETTY is minor Ghibli, but still a sweet and well-made film. So far, my favorite films of the year are HAYWIRE, THE GREY, PINA, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA.
So far, my favorite films of the year are HAYWIRE, THE GREY, PINA, and ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325489#Comment_325489 2012-02-27T12:31:15-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RobSpalding http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=647 Finally seen ARRIETTY - enjoyed it. Yes, it is a bit slight, but then not every story needs to be as epic and sweeping as Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away. Also saw SUPER last night. I did ...
Also saw SUPER last night. I did enjoy that, Ellen Page's maniacal laugh is quite disturbing.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325493#Comment_325493 2012-02-27T13:06:27-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 StefanJ http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=961 I went to see The Artist on Saturday. A touch too long, but entertaining and well done. Best Picture material? I dunno about that. The Artist on Saturday.

A touch too long, but entertaining and well done. Best Picture material? I dunno about that.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325520#Comment_325520 2012-02-27T16:42:45-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 cjkoger http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7065 I watched Super the other day as well, on a strong recommendation from a friend. Not what i expected. Awesome Nathan Fillian bits. Over all satisfying movie. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325531#Comment_325531 2012-02-27T18:20:55-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 andycon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10109 The Devil's Double was pretty great until I looked it up online and found out that the guy is full of shit and just made it all up. Oh and 2012 and we still make movies with a bunch of Honkey's ...
The Woman by Lucky McKee was pretty great until the very end when it went to bullshit territory. It was really effective in building up a deep sense of dread much like the first half of Martyrs.


Essential Killing as well as Burke and Hare are next up tonight]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325558#Comment_325558 2012-02-28T04:10:52-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 manglr http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6038 For anyone who enjoyed 'The Artist', I'd heartily recommend 'OSS 117' by the same director/actor team. totally different movies...but it's one of the funniest comedies I've seen in years. Start ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325568#Comment_325568 2012-02-28T06:45:25-08:00 2012-02-28T06:45:35-08:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 @andycon - let me know what you think of Burke & Hare, I'd be intrigued to know. I saw it last year. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325574#Comment_325574 2012-02-28T09:27:06-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 manglr http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6038 FWIW, I thought Burke and Hare was a bit of a disappointment all things considered. Nice talent involved, but the script was a bit toothless. A nice rental, but nothing to write home about. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325593#Comment_325593 2012-02-28T14:13:20-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Ben Gwalchmai http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3030 Glad you agree: I saw it at the cinema and went in hoping it would be good. You know how you go to a theatre to see a play and, sometimes, if you go in and you can tell everyone's happy then it ...
You know how you go to a theatre to see a play and, sometimes, if you go in and you can tell everyone's happy then it turns out to be a great show? Well I went into Burke & Hare with that mentality and came out just a bit 'meh'. I thought Serkis and Pegg were practically left out to dry by the poor direction. If they'd hammered the clunkiness out of it and cut its length down then it could have been better but as it was, twas a shame.

Everyone else in the cinema was as non-responsive as I was so I wasn't sure if it was the crowd or the film - glad to see we're on the same page.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325595#Comment_325595 2012-02-28T15:05:38-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 RobSpalding http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=647 You may like I Sell The Dead - I saw it thinking it was a Burke & Hare type story, set in similar circumstances, but, well, there's more to it. If you can, see it without learning more. If you can, see it without learning more.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325652#Comment_325652 2012-02-29T08:30:29-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 manglr http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6038 Concur on I Sell the Dead - lower budget, but a bit more fun. (And hey Ron Pearlman is always worth watching.) At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325670#Comment_325670 2012-02-29T12:21:27-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Gordon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275 Immortals: never has shite looked so beautiful. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325679#Comment_325679 2012-02-29T13:57:49-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 lucien http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7742 @ gordon - yeah, but mickey rourke kicked ass in that.... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325705#Comment_325705 2012-02-29T19:49:34-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75 So I need to see Prometheus now. NEED.
]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325706#Comment_325706 2012-02-29T20:29:09-08:00 2012-02-29T20:38:35-08:00 thinwhiteduke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4585 Director Tony Kaye hasn't had a film released since he basically disowned AMERICAN HISTORY X in 1998. Finally 14 years later we have DETACHMENT, which I believe to be the first great film of 2012. ...
Adrien Brody gives his best performance in a long time and other actors give strong and sometimes surprising turns in small parts. (Lucy Liu, James Caan)

In just two films Tony Kaye has proven to be a true artist and someone whose work I will continue to greatly anticipate. I really hope we don't have to wait 14 more years for another film.

The trailer is below and at least here in the US you can see this film on iTunes or many ondemand outlets. Do check it out.



My Film Blog and Podcast]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325757#Comment_325757 2012-03-01T18:16:02-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 magnusisasillyname http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10358 @thinwhiteduke - Thank you so so much for that. I just watched Detachment and I am a bit blown away to say the least. Beautifully shot and acted, scripted to perfection, it's a movie that makes ... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325799#Comment_325799 2012-03-02T10:32:17-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Gordon http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=10275 @ lucien - but even the mighty Mickey couldn't pull off some of the daft helmets forced on him. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325816#Comment_325816 2012-03-02T14:46:17-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 lucien http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7742 @gordon - yeah, the helmets were bunk, but still rourke was the only thing worth watching...i thought the movie was utter crap except for his performance.... At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325834#Comment_325834 2012-03-02T19:17:18-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 thinwhiteduke http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4585 @ magnusisasillyname I'm really glad you found DETACHMENT and liked it. It's a beautiful piece of art that really explores a worthy subject. It's really good in all areas. You know, exactly the ...
I'm really glad you found DETACHMENT and liked it. It's a beautiful piece of art that really explores a worthy subject. It's really good in all areas. You know, exactly the type of film that gets almost no theatrical distribution. It's sad, but at least through iTunes etc there is access. I hope it catches on somehow and people learn it exists and get a chance to see it.]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325849#Comment_325849 2012-03-03T01:40:05-08:00 2012-03-03T01:40:47-08:00 Mercer Finn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5496 Looking back rather than forward, but just gathered together a list of my fave films of 2011 over at the blog. Post ends with films I've yet to see and really want to: Margaret (Kenneth ... blog. Post ends with films I've yet to see and really want to:
Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
Young Adult (Jason Reitman)
Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine)

Anyone seen them / like them?]]> At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325857#Comment_325857 2012-03-03T06:54:59-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 twentythoughts http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7347 @Mercer Finn: That movie list actually looks like an interesting list of roles. Especially if they're the only three. I wanna watch the short film about Margaret, a young adult, and a tyrannosaur. At the Movies - Feb 2012 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10477&Focus=325891#Comment_325891 2012-03-03T17:00:47-08:00 2013-05-24T13:33:38-07:00 Mercer Finn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5496 Especially if played by Kenneth Lonergan, Jason Reitman and Paddy Considine