I love this film as well, definitely what I would call a 'mindfuck!' I first watched it in about year 11 as we had to study it for Media, and at that point in time I was like what the hell is this?! But now it's definitely a favourite.

Brazil
http://www.movieposter.com/posters/a...n/38/MPW-19401

wow.

what the hell do i say about this movie?


i definately enjoyed the surreality of it, especially in the daydream sequences. one of my favorite scenes was when Sam donned in his angel knight wear fought against the giant samurai, really a part that had me at the edge of my seat. visually fantasitc and how alot of the recurring themes were represented i loved.

something else i really liked was the use of music, and not just of the use of "Aquarela do Brasil"; alot of the other music was really strong and went with the tone of the movie greatly.

at first i had to question Sam Lowry's high strungedness and motives as some sort of mental issue, as some of the things he did "out of love" were very erratic and almost life threatening. it was like when he finally got a hold of Jill that something in him snapped and he just went off the deep end. i also had to question some of Jill's motivation to follow/stay with him in that with Sam's erratic behavior would've driven most other women away in fear.

in all i gotta say that this movie's....odd. definately something that keeps your attention, something beautifully done and greatly inspired, though many parts were just strange, not so much in a good or bad way but in an intriguing way that makes you want to analyze it all further.

favorite line: "Don't fight it son, confess...quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeapordize your credit ratng!"

THE BOOK OF ELI - Denzel Washington. (Washington is one of my fav. actors, I am looking forward at watching this movie)

Birth Of A Nation.
Appropriately stupid tribute to the stupidest people ever.

About forty minutes of Sherlock Holmes, then we walked out of the theater, which I can't honestly remember ever doing. It's not that I had high expectations from a Guy Ritchie film, but I at least expected to be entertained. It takes a particular talent to completely stifle the usually undeniable screen charisma of Jude Law and Downey jr., whose relationship, unlike what I had assumed it would be from the trailer - of a deep and long term friendship, seems more like a casual acquaintance. They have absolutely no chemistry together. And there's a painfully obvious lack of any humor in the film, which is pretty much the only thing that could have made this Snatch (or Lock, stock) 23 tolerable. Also, Downey's English accent is possibly the worst I've ever seen. I honestly would have preferred it had he spoken with his natural American accent, it would have been far less cringe-inducing, authenticity be damned.

In short, a shit film from a shit director who simply refuses to roll over and die already. Serves me right for spending time and money on this.

:applause:

Edit: ^ or whatever it's supposed to be
I've been waiting for someone to say something like this about Guy Ritchie for years.
Well done that man!

Lock Stock was brilliant, Snatch was good. That's about it, I'm yet to see this and I totally forgot that Downey JR is American. I can imagine how awful it must be, I'm like you - don't expect too much. Hopefully I won't be as disappointed as you when I get round to watching it.

http://www.soundonsight.org/wp-conte...rious-man1.jpg
I loved it. Hilarious.

http://story.johnhyperion.net/wp-con...lofcthulhu.jpg

So what if it's black & white and has no speaking parts, it's an incredibly accurate translation from story to screen and still fills me with dread even though I've seen it before and read it a thousand times. That's real horror.