My favorites are The Ring and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but for very different reasons. The Ring gave me nightmare’s for weeks, but The Exorcism of Emily Rose both scared me and moved me.
I don’t know how they do it, but sometimes filmakers seem to find just the right pieces, put together in just the right order, to make a film seem almost perfect. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of these films for me. I think Gondry and Kaufman pull off something in this film that many director/writer pairs aren’t able to do: they makes characters that seem realistic. By realistic, I mean that sometimes you like the protagonists, but sometimes you can’t stand them, but this doesn’t make the film any less enjoyable. It makes the movie more easy to identify with instead of less. Clementine at her best is passionate, exciting, and loving, and at her worst, she’s shrill, scared, and spiteful. Joel is sweet, insightful, and honest, but he can be insecure, secretive, and passive-aggressive. I love that I can clearly see these qualities in ES’s characters, but Kaufman’s straight-forward dialogue and Gondry’s imagination and eye for beauty really make the story surrounding these people truly special. The sequence beginning with the rainstorm in Joel’s living room is one of the most lovely and memorable I’ve ever seen. I really enjoyed Science of Sleep as well, and the protagonist Stephane shares many qualities with Joel, but the pieces just don’t fit together like they do in Eternal Sunshine.
I live in kind of a small Southern town, so everyone hates every Jim Jarmusch movie I try to get them to watch. My boyfriend couldn’t understand why I wanted to watch Dead Man almost every day, and he hated Ghost Dog even more. I don’t like Broken Flowers that much, but I do watch it on occasion.
I’m not sure I understand what this thread is for, but I couldn’t help but agree with the Fight Club/Palahniuk thing. I think Palahniuk is more about poking fun at deep moral issues in society.
The only movie I’ve ever walked out on was the first Kill BIll. I started seeing it in NYC with my mom on a trip and there just seemed like so many better things we could be doing with our time. I almost walked out of No Country For Old Men and Be Kind Rewind. I stop watching DVD’s quite easily though, including Catch Me If You Can, There Will Be Blood, Eyes Wide Shut, and Amores Perros (couldn’t handle the dogfighting.)
I hate Quentin Tarantino, There Will Be Blood (what was up with that obnoxious “music?”), Leonardo DiCaprio movies, and movies adapted from books where all they do is crank up the amount of SEX and cast terrible actors that don’t fit the part at all (ahem, COLD MOUNTAIN).
I love Dead Man, Fight Club, and most Chuck Palahniuk books (although Choke does look pretty horrific in the previews).
I am ambivalent toward Kevin Smith. Isn’t he the coroner guy in Daredevil or is that someone else?
I’m Miranda from North Carolina. I got interested in film more seriously when I took a film class in college in Atlanta (I have a degree in English lit. and now I’m training to be a Medical Laboratory Technologist, go figure). Cache and Picnic at Hanging Rock totally blew my mind. Not to mention I had a music professor from Shreveport that played Stranger Than Paradise for us in class and now Jim Jarmusch is probably my favorite director. Now that I’m back in NC and have too much free time, I watch and talk about movies here and milk Netflix for all it’s worth.
I try very hard to keep an open mind about movies, but I don’t get this one at all. I can’t seem to find anything of value in it except that it came the closest of any movie I’ve ever seen to making me throw up. Can someone enlighten me on what I was supposed to get out of this?
Yeah, I admit that I haven’t seen that many French films, although the shock factor thing reminds me of Cache. The part about wanting to throw up was just my physical reaction to the end (the sex thing doesn’t bother me that much). I get that this movie, among the others, “pushes the envelope,” but I’m not quite sure why. Or maybe what envelope it’s pushing. What was the point of putting that scene at the end? What is the director (I’m assuming she wrote the screenplay?) trying to tell us by ending the story of these two girls in that way?
Is the music in There Will Be Blood supposed to completely distract from the film? That’s what I got from it, it just seemed excessively blaring and harsh.
That does seem excessive to have more than one film by one director, especially if it’s Tarantino. But I think the “style” images were a really cool idea, regardless!
The economical and practical aspect is crucial for me when watching movies. I live in a pretty small, southern town, so there’s really no way to see a lot of great films in theatres, but I try to make it when they do come along. I never have to worry about the theatre being too crowded because no one around here watches that stuff. I actually watch DVD’s primarily on my laptop, and it works really well for me. I can put on headphones, get as close to the screen as I want, and not bother anyone else in my house (there are kids here a lot of the time that can’t be seeing most of what I watch.) Basically I have no choice other than to watch DVD’s mostly on my laptop, and I enjoy it.
I had another question though that relates to this. I wanted to know how people watch their movies in terms of how much they want to know about a film before they see it. Do you research a lot so you know what’s going on ahead of time, or do you try to read as little as possible so no one else can tell you what you should be seeing instead of making your own opinions? Or is it somewhere in between?
I personally try to avoid getting too much information about a movie before I see it, partly out of a fear of spoilers and partly because I’m afraid if someone of influence tells me something is good or bad, I will be swayed by them and not make my own judgement.
I’m sort of wondering at this point if the viewer’s gender might influence how they feel about this movie. It definitely draws some pretty distinct lines between the male and female characters, and I find it especially interesting that it is directed by a woman. It makes me ask myself if I would think any differently of this film if I knew that a man directed it. I’m not sure.
I sometimes have a hard time with movies that are described as “unapologetically frank” and “controversial” and that kind of thing because I feel that there is a fine line between being offensive to teach someone something they wouldn’t necessarily want to learn, or show them something they don’t want to see but still need to, and just trying to get a reaction. It’s kind of like the difference between someone speaking loudly to be sure you’ll hear and someone screaming incoherently in your face. I’m leaning towards the latter for this film.
Just finished Agnes Scott College in Atlanta (really Decatur). No film major there, but I imagine you could design one yourself if you like making your life difficult. I did english instead. The one film class I took there was AWESOME, though.
I think I just chose the wrong word there. By “teach” I really meant to tell someone a story of sorts and let them take from it what they will. I guess I meant that I don’t want someone just “showing” me anything, I want something that will be of some value to me.
I’m not sure about the meaning in reference to the story, but that part definitely built up the suspense in anticipation of the ending. I just knew something bad was about to happen, and I kept thinking that would get plowed into by a truck or something. It’s kind of funny because she really got me right when I finally started to relax a little.
Whats the scariest film ever or some of ur favorites over 3 years ago
My favorites are The Ring and The Exorcism of Emily Rose, but for very different reasons. The Ring gave me nightmare’s for weeks, but The Exorcism of Emily Rose both scared me and moved me.
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Your Favorite Michel Gondry Film? over 3 years ago
I don’t know how they do it, but sometimes filmakers seem to find just the right pieces, put together in just the right order, to make a film seem almost perfect. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of these films for me. I think Gondry and Kaufman pull off something in this film that many director/writer pairs aren’t able to do: they makes characters that seem realistic. By realistic, I mean that sometimes you like the protagonists, but sometimes you can’t stand them, but this doesn’t make the film any less enjoyable. It makes the movie more easy to identify with instead of less. Clementine at her best is passionate, exciting, and loving, and at her worst, she’s shrill, scared, and spiteful. Joel is sweet, insightful, and honest, but he can be insecure, secretive, and passive-aggressive. I love that I can clearly see these qualities in ES’s characters, but Kaufman’s straight-forward dialogue and Gondry’s imagination and eye for beauty really make the story surrounding these people truly special. The sequence beginning with the rainstorm in Joel’s living room is one of the most lovely and memorable I’ve ever seen. I really enjoyed Science of Sleep as well, and the protagonist Stephane shares many qualities with Joel, but the pieces just don’t fit together like they do in Eternal Sunshine.
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Movies you hated that everyone else loves over 3 years ago
I can’t stand anything by Quentin Tarantino. As for specific movies, I hated There Will Be Blood.
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Films you love but most people hate. over 3 years ago
I live in kind of a small Southern town, so everyone hates every Jim Jarmusch movie I try to get them to watch. My boyfriend couldn’t understand why I wanted to watch Dead Man almost every day, and he hated Ghost Dog even more. I don’t like Broken Flowers that much, but I do watch it on occasion.
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Francois Ozon over 3 years ago
I saw 5X2 awhile back and it was absolutely heartbreaking. It was beautifully done, but I would never watch it again. I haven’t seen anything else.
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Top Albums of the Year (aka What rocks your ipod) 2008 over 3 years ago
Jenny Lewis “Acid Tongue”
Emiliana Torrini “Me and Armini”
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favorite funniest movie over 3 years ago
Anything Buster Keaton. Our Hospitality had me rolling the entire time.
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Movies people seem to love for all the wrong reasons. over 3 years ago
I’m not sure I understand what this thread is for, but I couldn’t help but agree with the Fight Club/Palahniuk thing. I think Palahniuk is more about poking fun at deep moral issues in society.
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Which Movies Have You Walked Out On? over 3 years ago
The only movie I’ve ever walked out on was the first Kill BIll. I started seeing it in NYC with my mom on a trip and there just seemed like so many better things we could be doing with our time. I almost walked out of No Country For Old Men and Be Kind Rewind. I stop watching DVD’s quite easily though, including Catch Me If You Can, There Will Be Blood, Eyes Wide Shut, and Amores Perros (couldn’t handle the dogfighting.)
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the hate corner over 3 years ago
I hate Quentin Tarantino, There Will Be Blood (what was up with that obnoxious “music?”), Leonardo DiCaprio movies, and movies adapted from books where all they do is crank up the amount of SEX and cast terrible actors that don’t fit the part at all (ahem, COLD MOUNTAIN).
I love Dead Man, Fight Club, and most Chuck Palahniuk books (although Choke does look pretty horrific in the previews).
I am ambivalent toward Kevin Smith. Isn’t he the coroner guy in Daredevil or is that someone else?
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the hate corner over 3 years ago
Haha, excuse me…
the “forensic assistant” in Daredevil. Talk about another movie I hate…
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New to The Auteurs? You Belong Here over 3 years ago
I’m Miranda from North Carolina. I got interested in film more seriously when I took a film class in college in Atlanta (I have a degree in English lit. and now I’m training to be a Medical Laboratory Technologist, go figure). Cache and Picnic at Hanging Rock totally blew my mind. Not to mention I had a music professor from Shreveport that played Stranger Than Paradise for us in class and now Jim Jarmusch is probably my favorite director. Now that I’m back in NC and have too much free time, I watch and talk about movies here and milk Netflix for all it’s worth.
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I try very hard to keep an open mind about movies, but I don’t get this one at all. I can’t seem to find anything of value in it except that it came the closest of any movie I’ve ever seen to making me throw up. Can someone enlighten me on what I was supposed to get out of this?
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
Yeah, I admit that I haven’t seen that many French films, although the shock factor thing reminds me of Cache. The part about wanting to throw up was just my physical reaction to the end (the sex thing doesn’t bother me that much). I get that this movie, among the others, “pushes the envelope,” but I’m not quite sure why. Or maybe what envelope it’s pushing. What was the point of putting that scene at the end? What is the director (I’m assuming she wrote the screenplay?) trying to tell us by ending the story of these two girls in that way?
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the hate corner over 3 years ago
Is the music in There Will Be Blood supposed to completely distract from the film? That’s what I got from it, it just seemed excessively blaring and harsh.
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Age / Level of education? (An informal poll) over 3 years ago
22, just finished my BA in english lit. now what?
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Age / Level of education? (An informal poll) over 3 years ago
22, just finished my BA in english lit. now what?
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ROM COMS - Let's Do This over 3 years ago
Oh come on, High Fidelity is hilarious. I mean, look at Tim Robbins in that movie.
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I guess that makes sense, and it’s strange because both girls insist they weren’t raped. I think I understand a little more now, thanks!
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Favorite Films In Which the Heroes Die over 3 years ago
It’s kind of obvious, but, “Dead Man.”
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the movies in My Style / Profile Images over 3 years ago
You can tell that three is definitely Barton Fink if you look up screencaps of the movie. Still working on the second to last one.
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the movies in My Style / Profile Images over 3 years ago
That does seem excessive to have more than one film by one director, especially if it’s Tarantino. But I think the “style” images were a really cool idea, regardless!
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Favorite Films In Which the Heroes Die over 3 years ago
It took me a minute to get that one. Oh, Liv Tyler. She tries.
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How Do You Watch Films? over 3 years ago
The economical and practical aspect is crucial for me when watching movies. I live in a pretty small, southern town, so there’s really no way to see a lot of great films in theatres, but I try to make it when they do come along. I never have to worry about the theatre being too crowded because no one around here watches that stuff. I actually watch DVD’s primarily on my laptop, and it works really well for me. I can put on headphones, get as close to the screen as I want, and not bother anyone else in my house (there are kids here a lot of the time that can’t be seeing most of what I watch.) Basically I have no choice other than to watch DVD’s mostly on my laptop, and I enjoy it.
I had another question though that relates to this. I wanted to know how people watch their movies in terms of how much they want to know about a film before they see it. Do you research a lot so you know what’s going on ahead of time, or do you try to read as little as possible so no one else can tell you what you should be seeing instead of making your own opinions? Or is it somewhere in between?
I personally try to avoid getting too much information about a movie before I see it, partly out of a fear of spoilers and partly because I’m afraid if someone of influence tells me something is good or bad, I will be swayed by them and not make my own judgement.
Great topic!
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I’m sort of wondering at this point if the viewer’s gender might influence how they feel about this movie. It definitely draws some pretty distinct lines between the male and female characters, and I find it especially interesting that it is directed by a woman. It makes me ask myself if I would think any differently of this film if I knew that a man directed it. I’m not sure.
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I sometimes have a hard time with movies that are described as “unapologetically frank” and “controversial” and that kind of thing because I feel that there is a fine line between being offensive to teach someone something they wouldn’t necessarily want to learn, or show them something they don’t want to see but still need to, and just trying to get a reaction. It’s kind of like the difference between someone speaking loudly to be sure you’ll hear and someone screaming incoherently in your face. I’m leaning towards the latter for this film.
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College film-lovers, unite! over 3 years ago
Just finished Agnes Scott College in Atlanta (really Decatur). No film major there, but I imagine you could design one yourself if you like making your life difficult. I did english instead. The one film class I took there was AWESOME, though.
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I think I just chose the wrong word there. By “teach” I really meant to tell someone a story of sorts and let them take from it what they will. I guess I meant that I don’t want someone just “showing” me anything, I want something that will be of some value to me.
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
And thanks a lot for the input, everyone, this has been really helpful!
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Does anyone get 'Fat Girl'? over 3 years ago
I’m not sure about the meaning in reference to the story, but that part definitely built up the suspense in anticipation of the ending. I just knew something bad was about to happen, and I kept thinking that would get plowed into by a truck or something. It’s kind of funny because she really got me right when I finally started to relax a little.
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