a fantastic article on roger ebert
my old professor e-mailed this. def a hard pic to look at, but a simply awesome read.
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i posted this on twitter and fb earlier, but thought i’d share with you guys, too.
Movies wherein the book was NOT better than the movie
List them.
Inspired by Christina’s comment on the Jesse James movie thread. I can only think of one and some may not agree: Fight Club. The movie was much better than the book with a considerably more satisfying ending.
Are there any others?
Yoostar.
It’s supposted to be like Guitar Hero, but with movie scenes. Sounds fun, but one of you should buy it cause I never will.
A 70 minute review of The Phantom Menace.
A crash course in storytelling and filmmaking (by showing what not to do)
paste's top 50 of the decade
now here’s a list i can get behind. i think i’ve seen almost all of them!
Onion A.V. Club's 50 best Movies of the 00's.
Their music one is up, too, but I’m not ready to look other people’s lists yet.
Drop Everything Movies
As defined by today’s AVclub posting, “drop everything” movies are those flicks that you come across while flicking through channels and instantly drop everything to continue watching.
For me, it’s Ghostbusters, Aliens, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, Commando, and pretty much anything distributed by Cannon Films during the 1980’s.
What are yours?
Zombieland
i just got back from seeing it (with tricia) and it was so goddamn good. the soundtrack was pleasantly surprising (The Doves, really?!), the action was spot-on, and potential spoiler…
Wall Street part Deux
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Anti-Superhero Movie I Want to See #1
I had an idea for something related to an everyman superhero. I told someone, they showed me this. Goddamn Michael Rappaport.
You need to find a copy of Holy Mountain and watch it. You need to do it right now.
If you’re familiar with Alejandro Jodorowski or have seen El Topo, you’ll trust me when I say it is, at once, beautiful, bizarre, confounding, and, well, fucked right the hell up.
Chatting with Mario during a game.
Inspired by the horrible looking movie, Gamer. It’s funnier than you’d think.
