just finished watching man bites dog. i've heard about it for some time now but kinda put it off cause i'm not a big fan of uber realistic violence. with that stated the movie came up on my netflix queue and it came... so i watched... and i gotta say, it blew me away.

it's very disturbing - the premise of the movie is simple. it's about a mock-documentary where the producer is also the main star whose also a serial killer who kills for profit. the film crew follows him as he shows how to kill, how to dispose, how to find victims with money. the film crew starts out being just a fly on the wall but slowly becomes part of the film.

the movie is very interesting, it's well done, it's very disturbing but i gotta say it's pretty darn good. note : it's got a shit ton of violence so if you're squeamish avoid this movie, but if you're okay knowing that it's all fake then do check this movie out.

also note - the guys who made this film were all film students who decided to make this movie on the cheap. it's also a great example of how ingenuity can allow you to make something great on a budget.

just finished watching this 2 1/2 hr movie about the history of thailand - it's fantastic with some amazing fight sequences.

think LOTR type action except with real peeps and elephants! it's pretty bad ass. + the characters, plots, drama, etc... is also fantastic.

if you've got the time to kill - i would highly recommend this movie.

today seemed like the day of bad movies - even though i had such high hopes for all of them. this movie was no exception. it has jodie foster and vincent d'onofrio - how bad could it be right?

well - it wasn't bad, but by no means was it good.

what's the movie about? some really really bored kids - who are just dumbasses. that's the whole movie.

okay - i had heard this movie was bad... but that didn't capture how utterly crappy this movie is. i actually feel asleep towards the end cause it was just so boring. there was nothing funny about this movie. any humorous bits you've already seen in the trailer... and even that wasn't that funny.

the premise. a monk wrestles to help feed the homeless kids.

do not - i repeat do not watch this movie - if you don't, i just saved you 92 minutes of your life.

how very disappointing. it seemed like a promising / interesting movie but sadly it turned out to be crap....

the premise of the movie is simple. it's after WWI in germany and an art dealer (MAX) befriends a young artist - by the name of Hitler. yes - you read correctly. the movie explores / suggests that Hitler's artistic side with Max's influence + political propaganda from the army lead to Hitler's vision of the 'New Germany.'

sadly the movie doesn't explore deeper into this theme and just seems to graze it - and to my great disappointment john cusack seemed blah in this movie - he seemed to be just the same ol same ol.

this movie will disgust you. it's a look into why we fight - more specifically looking at the iraq war. it's disgusting. i say this in the sense that it makes a connection between war in general and money - more specifically military spending / contracts.

it looks at this question from the stance of history, a solider, a father whose two sons died in 9/11, etc... it's very sad, very disturbing and it will enlighten you to things you may or may not have know.

i for one didn't know many things presented in this movie. such as :
1. during the first 6 months of the iraq war 50 'smart' bombs was used - every one of them missed their target. these 'smart' bombs were touted as being 99% accurate.
2. during the 50's iran was pissed off at the british for taking oil from iran and not giving iran it's share. the british spoke with the u.s. - u.s. went to war with iran and replaced the government - there was a revolt which put the Ayatollah in power. the u.s. government put sadam into power in iraq - iraq goes to war with iran... i won't go on but you get the idea.

there are many many many more things which i didn't know bout but i won't go into it here.

this movie is very eye opening and very disturbing. watch this with that thought in mind. if you every joined a rally against bush, the war, or any other policy you might want to watch this movie. if you're thinking of joining the army - you might want to watch this movie.

additional links :
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/why_we_fight/
http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/whywefight/trailer/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Fight
http://www.sonyclassics.com/whywefight/

additional note :
during the gulf war 7% of bombs used were 'precision bombs' - there was 3,700 civilian casualties.

during the iraq war 63% of bombs used were 'precision bombs' - there was 6,000 civilian casualties in the first month.

finally saw scarface. and to my surprise i loved it.

i say surprised cause it's an old classic - and some classics are better when it was first released but now it's not so good. for example - all the rocky movies. when i saw it when it first came out i thought it was the greatest movie out there - and i still have fond memories of them - until of course you watch it again and you think... this sucks! wasn't it better then this?

likewise scarface is a classic - a lot of people love it and everyone makes references from it on a daily basis (still). so i was a bit tentative about watching it. i wondered if this classic would still hold today - some 25 years later.

after having watched it i was very happy. the story is great, the pacing is great, the characters are great. it's a typical mobster story - with the main character's rise and fall. i was also impressed with the voilence, language, etc... it all helped me believe in this world and the movie.

it's a classic that still works - watch it if you haven't so you can finally get the references of 'say hello to my little friend' - 'pelican pelican' - ' money, power, respect' and much more.

saw this movie yesterday - it was good, but i already knew too much about the movie (cause so many of my friends saw it and was discussing it when it was in theaters).

overall - it won't tell you nothing new, but it does give additional info which adds to what you already knew. it's kinda like when they had the whole 'there is now scientific proof which links smoking to lung cancer.' everybody knew that smoking is bad, but you just didn't know how bad.

likewise you know that polution is bad - you just find out just how bad in this movie.

if you're gonna watch this movie - might i suggest you watch it with "Who Killed the Electric Car."
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saw this movie on sunday at cinerama with a few friends. a great reset in the 007 franchise, much like batman and superman.

i think it was a gamble (imho) changing the james bond franchise from a suave martini sipping guy with every known gadget in the world and hawt women with silly names (which everybody recognizes as a bond film) to this hard hitting ruff around the edges james bond. i personally think the gamble was a good one. this updated bond is great.

some highlights which i really enjoyed :
1. james bond gets hurt. sweet! you mean when you fight someone you get cuts and scratches. for most of the movie james bond is bloodied and scratched up (including his face)
2. he uses his physical abilities to fight enemies not gadgets.
3. smart bond girls minus the silly names
4. realistic villains - who don't want to take over the world.

overall a great movie. i'd recommend it.
some minor down sides (these are really nit-picking mind you).
1. the bugger is 2 1/2 hours long. i woulda been happy with just 2.
2. there are some cheesy lines (imho) which seemed silly to me - but whatever, compared to all the other great dialog it's forgivable.
3. the poker sequence was cheesy (and that's only cause i play / watch a lot of hold'em)