Directed by Guy Ritchie…biggest names being Brad Pitt and Benicio del Toro. The plot, similarily to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is huge mess of people and confusion…in a good way. It’s good, and it’s a style that he makes work.
There are people searching for the monster of a diamond…and people stealing it off of each other, along with a series of rigged boxing matches with a participant that isn’t exactly willing to win and lose when he is supposed to.
Brad Pitt plays Mickey…the gypsy boxer who has a mind of his own. Definitely my favourite character by far…They joke in the film about them having an accent that is not understandable…it not being English or Irish, but seemingly a combination of them both, mixed with pure gibberish. However, I found myself understanding him quite easily…and I’ve come to the conclusion, that his accent sounds extremely similar to that of a Newfie! I know a few people, a friends family actually, that come from Newfoundland and that’s exactly what they sound like. Anyway, off track.
I was actually a little disappointed by how similar I found it to be to Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels…
Some of the same actors were used, some of the characters were extremely similar, the plot was a similar tangled web of murders and stealing.
It was still good. I just would have liked more to see something a little different from the director…because I really enjoyed Lock Stock…
The short, witty comments almost make this movie for me. I laughed non stop…
It was good…I’m going to stop, cause Im not even going to attempt to begin to loosely describe the plot.
8/10
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Gummo
So, as much as I have tried…there really isn’t much to the plot of this movie. To sum it up, I guess you could say its primarily about a group of kids living in a small down, pretty much destroyed by a prior tornado. Everyone is living in trailers, killing, torturing, and selling cats for meat. That’s actually a huge part of the movie. The torturing, drowning, and killing of cats by these kids.
The movie is just really really strange.
I’m not entirely sure what the point of it was, or what I was supposed to get out of it.
At first glance I would have said that it’s trying to depict life in a trailer park kinda atmosphere? But I’m not sure if that’s realistic…I just…I don’t really know.
I did like a lot of the characters!
I thought the three sisters were probably the most likable characters…they were cute…naïve…
The bunny boy was also kinda funny.
I liked the scene where the…I would venture to say mentally disabled? Person shaves off her eyebrows…
And the mother of the funny looking kid.
There were a couple of really random scenes that just kinda disturbed me…and surprisingly it was none of the ones involving cats lol.
At one point, this kid is taking a bath…in filthy water, and his mother brings him spagetti and milk to eat while he’s having a bath…
So, he’s eating…and she’s shampooing his hair…and she goes to the door to buy a chocolate bar off of some kid…gives it to him. He drops it…in the water…and then eats it, while soggy chocolate stuff drips out the side of his mouth…and then the scene just continues…
I don’t know, I think I’ll always remember that scene…I just found that really gross…
And the random bacon taped to the wall…
There is just a lot of random shit :P
Anyway, recommendation wise, I think I would definitely recommend people to watch it…I think a lot of people will hate it…
I think its one of those movies that people either love or hate…no real grey area…
Actually…I feel kinda grey about it though :P Uhhh…I think it just needs to marinate…
I’m trying to figure out if it was stupid stupid…or stupid genius :P
I’m not sure.
But it’s so different, and SO strange…I’d recommend it for sure.
6.7/10
The movie is just really really strange.
I’m not entirely sure what the point of it was, or what I was supposed to get out of it.
At first glance I would have said that it’s trying to depict life in a trailer park kinda atmosphere? But I’m not sure if that’s realistic…I just…I don’t really know.
I did like a lot of the characters!
I thought the three sisters were probably the most likable characters…they were cute…naïve…
The bunny boy was also kinda funny.
I liked the scene where the…I would venture to say mentally disabled? Person shaves off her eyebrows…
And the mother of the funny looking kid.
There were a couple of really random scenes that just kinda disturbed me…and surprisingly it was none of the ones involving cats lol.
At one point, this kid is taking a bath…in filthy water, and his mother brings him spagetti and milk to eat while he’s having a bath…
So, he’s eating…and she’s shampooing his hair…and she goes to the door to buy a chocolate bar off of some kid…gives it to him. He drops it…in the water…and then eats it, while soggy chocolate stuff drips out the side of his mouth…and then the scene just continues…
I don’t know, I think I’ll always remember that scene…I just found that really gross…
And the random bacon taped to the wall…
There is just a lot of random shit :P
Anyway, recommendation wise, I think I would definitely recommend people to watch it…I think a lot of people will hate it…
I think its one of those movies that people either love or hate…no real grey area…
Actually…I feel kinda grey about it though :P Uhhh…I think it just needs to marinate…
I’m trying to figure out if it was stupid stupid…or stupid genius :P
I’m not sure.
But it’s so different, and SO strange…I’d recommend it for sure.
6.7/10
The City of Lost Children
So, basically, this crazy scientist guy is stealing children to…harvest their dreams I guess you could say? So, first of all…I guess I should rewind a bit…This man, an incredible inventor guy, had no children, no family…so he decided to create some for himself. He created a wife, five or six sons (I can’t remember) who look identical to him, this giant brain, and basically the most intelligent man on the face of the earth. The thing is, something…I’m not sure if this little fact was omitted or if I just totally missed it…but I’m not sure exactly WHAT it was…anyway. Something put a curse on this little family that he created. His wife was super short, his children fell asleep spontaneously, the brain was prone to migraines, and lastly, the intelligent man, could not dream. SO because of this, he is ageing extremely fast…and attempts to steal children’s dreams so he can finally experience what it is to dream.
The main character One is this big, simple, ‘strong man’ whose little brother is kidnapped by this scientist. He really reminded me of like…Will Ferell on steroids…and like, a good actor :P. Most of the movie is about him going and searching for his brother…
He builds this extremely creepy (in my opinion) relationship with this little girl. She’s helping him find his little brother, actually, she’s the one who ultimately saves him in the end. She is obviously in love with him…you know, little girl crush…but its HIM that just creeped me out insanely ughh… :P It was weird.
I mean they’re so many weird things…these conjoined twins, evil fleas…really strange shit.
It was in French…so, unfortunately, I wasn’t as focused on the overall picture as I would have liked to be…it had a really cool tone to it, and I’d definitely want to watch it again to be able to see more of the visuals…now that I know exactly what’s going on.
It was overall really good (: I liked it…the ending was a bit predictable. All the “bad guys” get blown up, and One, his little brother, and his new little…friend…are all safe and happy :P
It was good though. Unique. I liked it. It actually reminded me of a really fucked up, and good, Golden Compass…the whole child stealing idea :P
7.5/10
The main character One is this big, simple, ‘strong man’ whose little brother is kidnapped by this scientist. He really reminded me of like…Will Ferell on steroids…and like, a good actor :P. Most of the movie is about him going and searching for his brother…
He builds this extremely creepy (in my opinion) relationship with this little girl. She’s helping him find his little brother, actually, she’s the one who ultimately saves him in the end. She is obviously in love with him…you know, little girl crush…but its HIM that just creeped me out insanely ughh… :P It was weird.
I mean they’re so many weird things…these conjoined twins, evil fleas…really strange shit.
It was in French…so, unfortunately, I wasn’t as focused on the overall picture as I would have liked to be…it had a really cool tone to it, and I’d definitely want to watch it again to be able to see more of the visuals…now that I know exactly what’s going on.
It was overall really good (: I liked it…the ending was a bit predictable. All the “bad guys” get blown up, and One, his little brother, and his new little…friend…are all safe and happy :P
It was good though. Unique. I liked it. It actually reminded me of a really fucked up, and good, Golden Compass…the whole child stealing idea :P
7.5/10
The 25th Hour
So, this one is basically about the day before the main character, Monty, played by Edward Norton, goes to jail. He was caught dealing drugs…and was sentenced to 7 years in jail.
Obviously, it starts off in the morning the day before he is set to go to jail. His entire day/night is dedicated to hanging out with his two best friends Jacob and Frank. They go to a club, Jacob, who is a high school teacher, hooks up with one of his students…awkwardly.
There isn’t much to the plot of the movie…we get a little bit of background information on Monty, see him talking with his father, see that he wanted to become a firefighter when he was a kid. It builds up and it keeps building up the entire movie…you feel sorry for him and he grows on you! You really really like this guy by the end of the movie…I mean, the opening scene is him saving a dog who is dying on the side of the street.
Then comes the ending :P I really really loved the ending. I thought it was really smart. When it first started, I was a little disappointed…I was disappointed maybe that that’s what Monty would choose…but also that it seemed like the easy way out…both for the movie and for Money the character…
Then, it REALLY ended…and I really loved it. It was cruel and terrible and you hate to see a character you have grown to love be put through that, but it was beyond effective.
The acting was really good…I love Ed Norton…and Philip Seymour Hoffman was playing Jacob…
One of the scenes that I keep remembering is near the end of the film…Monty confessed that he is terrified of being raped in jail. He’s a good looking guy, he is terrified he is going to get torn apart. He tries to convince his other friend, Frank, to beat him up…really rearrange his face. He has to really antagonize Frank to get him to do it…by threatening Jacob physically. Eventually Frank does give in, and leaves Monty’s face a mess, but is also himself an emotional wreck. That’s how Monty leaves his friends…that was his goodbye…
He walks away from them face bloody and swollen and Jacob is trying to console a hysterical Frank.
I dunno…I thought it was pretty intense.
Oh! Shit!…I almost forgot my favourite part of this movie lol. Even better than the ending I thought…was Monty’s “fuck you” monologue. I thought it was great…
He is in the washroom, and he looks at himself in the mirror…and he’s ranting to himself…saying Fuck You to all the different races and stereo types found in New York…this goes on for like five minutes, him blaming everyone else in New York for his issues and his fuck ups…and then in the end, the Monty in the mirror kind of comes back and says noo…you know what fuck YOU. Basically, your life is yours…and if anyone fucked it up it was you. You had it all…and you fucked it up (:
I really liked it. Done!
7.3/10
Obviously, it starts off in the morning the day before he is set to go to jail. His entire day/night is dedicated to hanging out with his two best friends Jacob and Frank. They go to a club, Jacob, who is a high school teacher, hooks up with one of his students…awkwardly.
There isn’t much to the plot of the movie…we get a little bit of background information on Monty, see him talking with his father, see that he wanted to become a firefighter when he was a kid. It builds up and it keeps building up the entire movie…you feel sorry for him and he grows on you! You really really like this guy by the end of the movie…I mean, the opening scene is him saving a dog who is dying on the side of the street.
Then comes the ending :P I really really loved the ending. I thought it was really smart. When it first started, I was a little disappointed…I was disappointed maybe that that’s what Monty would choose…but also that it seemed like the easy way out…both for the movie and for Money the character…
Then, it REALLY ended…and I really loved it. It was cruel and terrible and you hate to see a character you have grown to love be put through that, but it was beyond effective.
The acting was really good…I love Ed Norton…and Philip Seymour Hoffman was playing Jacob…
One of the scenes that I keep remembering is near the end of the film…Monty confessed that he is terrified of being raped in jail. He’s a good looking guy, he is terrified he is going to get torn apart. He tries to convince his other friend, Frank, to beat him up…really rearrange his face. He has to really antagonize Frank to get him to do it…by threatening Jacob physically. Eventually Frank does give in, and leaves Monty’s face a mess, but is also himself an emotional wreck. That’s how Monty leaves his friends…that was his goodbye…
He walks away from them face bloody and swollen and Jacob is trying to console a hysterical Frank.
I dunno…I thought it was pretty intense.
Oh! Shit!…I almost forgot my favourite part of this movie lol. Even better than the ending I thought…was Monty’s “fuck you” monologue. I thought it was great…
He is in the washroom, and he looks at himself in the mirror…and he’s ranting to himself…saying Fuck You to all the different races and stereo types found in New York…this goes on for like five minutes, him blaming everyone else in New York for his issues and his fuck ups…and then in the end, the Monty in the mirror kind of comes back and says noo…you know what fuck YOU. Basically, your life is yours…and if anyone fucked it up it was you. You had it all…and you fucked it up (:
I really liked it. Done!
7.3/10
Audition
Mkay. So this is like a Korean horror movie…
It starts out with this guy, and his wife passes away. Years later, his son mentions to him that he thinks that his father needs to get out, start dating, perhaps get married again.
So, the man, being a part of the movie industry, sets up an audition for a female lead role that describes what his ideal woman is. Obviously, he finds and falls in love with one of the women who auditioned. The first three quarters of the movie is them building up a relationship basically. We see a little bit into the girls past…which as more and more is revealed to us we find out that she’s had a fucked up childhood…then we figure out that SHE is pretty fucked up as well. It’s a really really slow beginning…they’re building up…and the “climax” is moderately surprising. Because it was advertised as a horror you kinda suspect something is going to happen.
But, when the climax does happen, it wasn’t really…disturbing enough for me :/
I know, I’m probably really fucked up. But I can deal with a really slow build up, but the big BAM better be big and worth it! It just feel short for me a little bit.
My thing is eyeballs…I cannot stannndddd stuff with eyeballs. And in part of her torture…she sticks pins under his eyeballs, and I almost wish they would have shown them getting put in! That would have made me cringe…
But, they didn’t so…ahh well…
One thing that I did love about the movie, and it was really really memorable for me, was what she was saying while she was putting the pins in various areas of his body. Every time she stuck one in she would kinda coo “kikireekireekireeeee…” and it was quite eerie.
Other than that…acting wasn’t fantastic…plot was mehh…wasn’t all that disturbing…
I felt a little bit let down.
5/10
It starts out with this guy, and his wife passes away. Years later, his son mentions to him that he thinks that his father needs to get out, start dating, perhaps get married again.
So, the man, being a part of the movie industry, sets up an audition for a female lead role that describes what his ideal woman is. Obviously, he finds and falls in love with one of the women who auditioned. The first three quarters of the movie is them building up a relationship basically. We see a little bit into the girls past…which as more and more is revealed to us we find out that she’s had a fucked up childhood…then we figure out that SHE is pretty fucked up as well. It’s a really really slow beginning…they’re building up…and the “climax” is moderately surprising. Because it was advertised as a horror you kinda suspect something is going to happen.
But, when the climax does happen, it wasn’t really…disturbing enough for me :/
I know, I’m probably really fucked up. But I can deal with a really slow build up, but the big BAM better be big and worth it! It just feel short for me a little bit.
My thing is eyeballs…I cannot stannndddd stuff with eyeballs. And in part of her torture…she sticks pins under his eyeballs, and I almost wish they would have shown them getting put in! That would have made me cringe…
But, they didn’t so…ahh well…
One thing that I did love about the movie, and it was really really memorable for me, was what she was saying while she was putting the pins in various areas of his body. Every time she stuck one in she would kinda coo “kikireekireekireeeee…” and it was quite eerie.
Other than that…acting wasn’t fantastic…plot was mehh…wasn’t all that disturbing…
I felt a little bit let down.
5/10
American Psycho
Okay…so, first of all, I have to say that I read the book, American Psycho, a couple weeks before the movie…and I am SO glad I did! I mean, I’m usually glad, but this time, I was REALLY glad.
I loved the book…I thought Bret Easton Ellis was incredibly descriptive, really creative (in the wrongest ways :P) and I just thought it was really well written.
It did lack a plot…it didn’t really go anywhere, but that didn’t even matter, honestly, it wasn’t about that for me. I couldn’t help but laugh every time he would bring up something about killings and it would either be misheard or ignored :P
There was a point where I considered that none of the killings were happening…especially when the fact that the lawyer had lunch with Paul Owens multiple times through his death. But, then it kinda clued in…something else I found amusing…the fact that they were constantly mistaking people for others…something which actually made the book so confusing for me at the beginning.
Now, onto the movie…I’ve been putting this off…cause, I have to say, I was a bit disappointed. It may be sick, but I didn’t think it was near graphic enough.
Also, I don’t think Christian Bale was right at all for the part…I thought he should be more pompous and less monotonous.
Best part of the movie was Willem Dafoe…hands down! That guy was the perfect touch…I loved it.
I mean…I think the conclusion that you are eventually supposed to come down to is…who is crazy? Is it society? Or is it Patrick?
As I said before, I do think that Patrick actually committed the murders, but I’m not sure who is to blame? Society or Patrick? I tend to lean towards society…I do think that Bateman was fucked…but society definitely did not help. I don’t know, I really don’t know lol…
Urghh…so, I was just kinda frustrated by this movie. I still wanted to add more…but I really don’t feel like bitching any more…and a lot of what I have left is just that :/
I’m going to focus on the book…
Book: 9.3/10
Movie: 7.0/10
I loved the book…I thought Bret Easton Ellis was incredibly descriptive, really creative (in the wrongest ways :P) and I just thought it was really well written.
It did lack a plot…it didn’t really go anywhere, but that didn’t even matter, honestly, it wasn’t about that for me. I couldn’t help but laugh every time he would bring up something about killings and it would either be misheard or ignored :P
There was a point where I considered that none of the killings were happening…especially when the fact that the lawyer had lunch with Paul Owens multiple times through his death. But, then it kinda clued in…something else I found amusing…the fact that they were constantly mistaking people for others…something which actually made the book so confusing for me at the beginning.
Now, onto the movie…I’ve been putting this off…cause, I have to say, I was a bit disappointed. It may be sick, but I didn’t think it was near graphic enough.
Also, I don’t think Christian Bale was right at all for the part…I thought he should be more pompous and less monotonous.
Best part of the movie was Willem Dafoe…hands down! That guy was the perfect touch…I loved it.
I mean…I think the conclusion that you are eventually supposed to come down to is…who is crazy? Is it society? Or is it Patrick?
As I said before, I do think that Patrick actually committed the murders, but I’m not sure who is to blame? Society or Patrick? I tend to lean towards society…I do think that Bateman was fucked…but society definitely did not help. I don’t know, I really don’t know lol…
Urghh…so, I was just kinda frustrated by this movie. I still wanted to add more…but I really don’t feel like bitching any more…and a lot of what I have left is just that :/
I’m going to focus on the book…
Book: 9.3/10
Movie: 7.0/10
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