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godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
11/25/08

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for me, films need to meet my strict criteria.

1. senseless violence

2. gratuitous sex

3. no discernible plot

i watch movies to be entertained, i don't want to think, i am all about the suspension of reality during the 2 hours i am there
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bosskev
11/25/08

@godwhacker: "...gratuitous sex...i am all about the suspension of reality..."

And gratuitous sex has nothing to do with your reality? So sorry to hear that, godwhacker...

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dry-roasted-peanuts
11/25/08

@godwhacker: You don't watch films, you watch movies. It's kinda like that distinction between nude and nekkid.
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Curves
11/25/08

@dry-roasted-peanuts: Big difference in nude and nekkid. Nude is just not wearing clothes. Nekkid is nude with mal-intent.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/25/08

@godwhacker: My suspension of belief relies solely on good execution of the plot. If there's no real rhyme or reason to the core of the movie's idea, then the gratuitous violence will only be annoying. There's nothing more boring than lots of blood spraying everywhere, guts flying and lots of weaponry discharging all over the place. There's only so much projectile tile bits and squib splatter that I can take before I've come to loathe the filmmaker for thinking that having stuff pop and explode constantly, while cheesy actors pretend to die all over the place, is great product.

As for gratuitous sex....maybe I'm a weirdo, but if it ain't porn, I don't care much for sex scenes in movies unless it's really meaningful to the rest of the story, unless it's Bound, then it's fucking awesome (though that wasn't what I'd consider gratuitous :D )

For some perspective on overwrought violence, compare the Master Shifu v. Tai Lung fight in Kung Fu Panda to the Super Burly Brawl sequence between Neo and Smith in the Matrix Revolutions. It saddens me to the core that Kung Fu Panda's final fight scene was way superior.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/25/08

@Curves: That really depends. There's going nekkid to a fist fight to avoid the opponent being able to grab clothing, and then there's mischievous nekkid, which just involves streaking through your institution of choice.
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Curves
11/25/08

@Kaiser-Machead: You fist fight nekkid?
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Joker10
11/25/08

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Are these all just foreign films?
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bosskev
11/25/08

@Joker10: It depends upon what you mean by "foreign". If you find that intelligent, thoughtful and/or provocactive films that don't cater to a bland mainstream aesthetic are difficult to understand then, yes, their films might as well be described as foreign to you.

Sorry, I'm in a persnickety mood. Apologies.

No, the Criterion Collection DVDs/BDs (and presumably the films it will stream) are not just foreign films, although international filmmakers certainly are well-represented. As Adam says, worth checking out.

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Curves
11/25/08

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Caption for that picture: My plate is empty and she is making me watch chick flicks. This date sucks.
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bosskev
11/25/08

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Cool beans! Just bookmarked the site.
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