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mtmerrick:
Just re-watched sherlock holmes. The first one by Robert Downey Jr. Good show. Love everything I've seen him in.
But the bromance in that movie is bordering on excessive. :P
LeeC:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t1a4anQxBA
ackblom12:
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Dat 70's fashion.
Edit: Also, as an interesting side note. Fantasy Horror film from Argentina, The Flaying, is going to make it's American debut on Youtube this October.
pwhodges:
Woyzeck, dir Werner Herzog, Woyzeck played by Klaus Kinski.
Based on an uncompleted play by Georg Büchner, which was also adapted by Alban Berg for his opera Wozzeck.
The play is a study on a simple-minded man's encroaching paranoia and madness, as his superiors treat him as a puppet for their experiments and amusement, and his misstress, and the mother of his child, Marie, is unfaithful to him. He murders Marie, which pushes him over into complete madness, and when trying to hide the knife he drowns in the river. At the end the children are playing when the news reaches the village, and they all run to see, but Marie's child hangs back.
The film is a powerful depiction of jealousy, and the murder is depicted in a startling manner, being acted out (acted, not filmed) in slow motion. The psychological aspects of Woyzeck's treatment by his superiors are far less significant here than in the play, and the significance of the scene with the children is absent, but none the less the film is an excellent work in its own right, and a worthwhile watch. But if you want a true adaptation of the play (as far as is possible, since even the order of the scenes is uncertain), either read the original or watch/listen to Berg's opera, which to my mind is closer to the feeling of the play.
Aimless:
Into Darkness was worth the price of admission. The first two thirds were great, the last a little worse, the ending almost kinda meh. The opening was awesome, woulda been a worthy climax to a lesser movie all on its own :)
To my surprise, I found Chris Pine really growing on me in his portrayal of kirk. Quinto was good but he could have done a better job as Spock, esp. if he didn't have such a babyface. He worked well with Pine. Saldana as Uhura was too grumpy, but I loved her brief exchanges with Spock. Of the side characters, both Sulu and Chekhov were poorly served by both the writers and the actors. Pegg as Scotty was all right, as was Karl Urban as Bones, but both were def. exaggerated. I think some of the problems had to do with there being too little screen time available for doing these characters justice, although it should be said that I really hate seeing Harold try to be serious and menacing whether he's on earth or in space. The actor playing Pike was terrific, of course. Really made the most of all his scenes. Did not like Carol Marcus one bit.
Of all the main actors, Cumberbatch probably had the best monologues, the best action sequences and the greatest skill. His endless exaggerated chewing (look at his mouth and you'll see what I mean) annoyed me a little, but all in all he did a good job of portraying a genetically engineered nazi-like evil mastermind madman megalomaniac. Naturally he wasn't as passionate as his predecessor, and this version's vendetta was nowhere near as engaging, but how could it be? I appreciated the lack of mullet and manboob.
The OTHER villain was all right, though he annoyed me a little. The big bad ship was def. menacing, way better than the Narada from the first movie. The visuals were FANTASTIC, def. did the movie justice and though very distinctive didn't get too distracting.
Saw Wrath of Khan again today and I've gotta say I was surprised by how well it's stood the test of time. Much of it is dated, but the key scenes with Kirk, Spock and McCoy are still really good. I think it does a better job of bringing out the key elements of these characters and how they relate to each other. Nimoy is def. a better Spock.
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