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  Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2)

  by Kelly

  A movie that goes from great to mediocre at a fairly even pace. Fantastic creature design and effects prosthetics, makeup, etc. Tolerable CGI. The irony is that the least interesting (and frankly, just plain shitty) character design is the Golden Army itself; they look totally lame, unless you're looking at hundreds of them at once. Besides that, this is del Toro's same art crew from Pan's Labyrinth so the designs are just jaw dropping and staggeringly original. Jeffrey Tambor is funny as a Papa Bluth-pastiche of himself. Thought Perlman was stiff, but a nice bonus Seth McFarlane of Family Guy fame voices the ectoplasmic doctor.
  Some action/comic cliche lines in the movie. Forced romance that advances the plot (horrible thing to do in a movie). Abe Sapien looked great; loved the Prince villain, though I thought he was very Pinhead derived (maybe it's just all that Hellraiser watching I did). Far better than the first, but suspend your disbelief in the beginning, and your discerning tastes during the last two reels. I don't think non-comic people will get much from this, but "it sucked" to "it was alright".

  Stinger839

  First review in my "MOVIES ALL THE ZOMBIES ARE SEEING" feature I'm doing whilst visiting the northeast and doing a proper "summer at the movies". A movie that went from great to mediocre/annoying at a steady rate. FAR better than the first, though.
  Flixter politics: Just this first one I'm sending to everyone on my list so you know I'm doing this feature; further recommends won't be sent to people who have "Not Interested" marked for any movie I want to recommend whilst on my movie adventure.

  posted 12 days ago
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  Super High Me

  by Kelly

  I've been meaning to write a review about this for a while, but I've been too stoned. When Doug says in his standup, "So I will be smoking pot all day every day for thirty days in a row", I would have heckled in reply, "Welcome to my life!!!"
  A nice blend of stoner humor and serious documentary film-making on the political movement and people affected by the battle for legalization of marijuana in America. I'm a well rounded pothead, so I love this approach of going serious to silly several times in the same reel. ssssssmoke!
  I'm totally high right now, and I love this movie. I woke up yesterday wanting to watch it again, and I wasn't even high then.
  
  I sound daring to say this is innovative. I guess some of the activists in the movie really got to me, esp the guy who opened the first dispensary primarily for AIDS patients and when he talked about his place getting raided, he referenced Stonewall, saying to the state police, "Don't you realize - these people are going to fight back?!" Pulled at my little gay stoned lung pipes.
  But there's hard-hitting stuff for everyone - who doesn't love a blunt paraplegic or a cute honor student with cancer? And since the film is set against the backdrop of the standup comedy profession, you're treated to snippets throughout that prove why Doug should be the #1 pot comic in this year's High Times.

  Stinger839

  I'm recommending this while high. Only two ppl on my friends list have seen this (and ur getting my redundant praise as well). I gave this movie that extra half star because I was stoned when I rated it, and being even more stoned now, I don't disagree.

  posted 20 days ago
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  Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker (Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations)

  by Luis Diego

  The most wonderful documentary ever made... You take the first 20 minutes, and are just magical. Leni Riefenstahl used so many new techniques that seem as "normal stuff" nowadays. She kept aside the olympic activities and focused on giving it a new life as one of the most fascinating works of art. The shadows, textures, movements, camera frames, everything seems so professional and masterfully made. Some of the scenes are sublime, specially the beginning when the statues wake up into moving athletes and the ending scene of the marathon, in which you could almost feel the competitors' fatigue. Wonderful piece of art everyone should watch at least one!

  rojastortu

  Hey, you should really see this!

  posted 55 days ago

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