Frownland

I haven't seen Snowpiercer. Or The Host for that matter.

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MicShazam

Husbands & Wives (Woody Allen, 1992)



It's not the first time I've mentioned his movies in here, so it's no secret that I'm very into them. I intend to watch all 50+ films, shorts and segments he's made and so far, at more than halfways through, I have yet to watch one that I didn't like at least a little.

Husbands & Wives is pretty much Allen doing what he does best. It's pretty much what you expect from him: A bunch of middle aged New Yorkers talking about relationships and exhibiting various human flaws, going through various relationship shakeups, midlife crises and other things that life throws at you. I'm a sucker for the dialogue in these movies and this one really had some interesting characters.

It's going to be a hard sell for anyone who dislikes Allen (as many do), because it's exactly what you would expect in every way.
I'd say it's one of his better films.

Frownland

I think The Purple Rose of Cairo is my favourite of his. Reflexive films really get me off.

On second thought Zelig might be his best.

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MicShazam

I haven't watched either yet, but I might get Zelig for my birthday in a month.
It has an interesting premise, so I look forward to it.

There's definitely something about a lot of his movies that leave me in a very special mood after I've watched them. I've spent much of this evening listening to music while walking in circles in my apartment, thinking about my life.

Mondo Bungle

It is pretty stupid

But the Japs really know how to tug on my heart strings

That sounds weird and I dunno if I used this expression correctly

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Chula Vista

*cough* South Koreans *cough*

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Mondo Bungle

They're better at it than the Japs

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Chula Vista

Agreed.

The Man From Nowhere
I Saw the Devil
Mother
Internal Affairs
Oldboy
The Wailing
The Good, the Bad, the Weird
The Yellow Sea
The Chaser

All killer.

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on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

djchameleon

I went into Sleight pretty blind beyond a trailer that I had long forgotten about. It ended up surprising me and I can't really talk about it too much without spoiling it. General premise is about a street magician that is taking vare of his younger sister because their parents died. He also hustles at night for a drug dealer. It is always fun to see Dule Hill in an aggressive role like this. It goes against the goofy character he played on Psych for years.

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Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.

Frownland

Japan wins solely on the momentum of Tetsuo and Kurosawa (of course).

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