RobertBurtonTaylor
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The Dark Knight
PG-13
I'm wary of movies that are over hyped, no movie especially sequels can stand up to the expectations of drooling fan(atics). However the Dark Knight successfully gives the fans what they want while at the same time creating an accessible crime drama for those who might not be so keen on watching comic book movies.
The cast was top notch led by Heth Ledger's Joker whose unrelenting performance holds the audience captive from the magic pencil trick to the end of the film. Christian Bale performs well allowing his co-stars to shine.
The movie score is intense creating several minor motives and themes but leaving any hint of romance or high adventure to the way side. The music pushes you to the edge of your seat and beyond.
The special effects were seamless. There were no obvious CGI work to distract the viewer. And the tech and gadgets in the film all seemed plausible with only one exception with the tech presented at the end of the film that stretch the believability and reminded me that this was a comic book movie after all.
The last third of the film could have been cut. The ending I thought took away from the Joker's story. And I didn't quite understand the logic of the final decision that the characters made.
Anyway this was a great movie, critic proof, go watch it again and enjoy.
WALL-E
G
After spending centuries clearing the refuse left behind by humanity the small robot WALL-E develops a warm personality. He spends his days piling up trash while at the same time keeping an eye out for interesting or useful trinkets. His repetitious malaise is disturbed when a craft descends from the smog covered sky and leaves behind a white egg shaped robot which is destined to change his fortunes for ever.
I'm not amazed that Pixar made another great movie. I'm amazed that they made a very good science fiction movie with themes that are relevant. The movie plays with many themes that were used in past sci-fi movies as 2001 and Silent Running. While I think Pixar hit a high note in artistic beauty with Ratatouille, I suppose a refuse riddled planet earth can never compare to an idealized vision of Paris (even if it is from a rat-eyes view.) All the technology seemed believable even if EVE looked like she was developed by Apple and poor WALL-E was a disant clone of a PC (hey PC get the job done even if they don't look pretty.) Anyway the movie has many touching moments as you would expect and I suppose they have given up on creating realistic human characters, after all Brad Bird is now making a live action film underneath the Pixar banner. So I'm not complaining - I don't go to see a Pixar animated movie for realistic humans - anyway great movie (but you didn't need me to tell you that).
The Strangers
R
The trailer basically shows all the most creepy scenes. What is left is a mess of characters doing incredibly stupid things that eventually lead to their demise. If someone comes at me with an axe on my property at night I'm not going to cower in a room and wait for the inevitable...but then again I do live in Texas.
I also could have used some motivation for the killers. One character even asked, "why are you doing this?" the reply "Because you were home." Not good enough. And the closing murder scene was filmed sooo matter-of-factly I heard several people in the audience snicker. When it comes right down to it these killers who obviously spent some time planing elaborate schemes to terrorize the occupants simply huddle around their prey and stab them. I felt some of my humanity slip away when I yawned during the scene. A scene by the way that was filmed so much better by David Fincher in Zodiac (Which is on a whole a genuinely creepy movie-then again Fincher is a genius).
On the bright side this was not torture porn. Hopefully that fad is dying in American horror films.
The film generated nice atmosphere, I simply didn't feel anything for the characters. The killer's masks were somewhat creepy but in the end it is all style over substance.
Kung Fu Panda
PG
An ominous evil lurks over the valley as a fallen son plans his return to the home that rejected him. The only thing that can protect the people is the emergence of the long prophesied DRAGON WARRIOR. Unfortunately the aged master selects a fat, lazy, Panda who "accidentally" falls before him. The Kung Fu warriors must vanquish there prejudice and the Panda must succeed over his self doubt in order for the prophesy to be fulfilled. Fairly standard material from the Dreamworks animation machine. The plot follows along the same lines as Shark Tale, and Shrek. But the art design and color scheme was top notch. I loved being immersed in this world even if the story was pedestrian. Oh yes and Jack Black was not nearly as annoying as I thought he would be - Scadoosh!
Cloverfield
PG-13
Cloverfield is a monster movie. It opens with a party of vapid New York socialites wishing bon voyage to one of their own, who intends to go to Japan. Our heroes record the entire event on their trusty camcorder which has an ever-enduring battery, night vision, and resistance to all types of military ordnance (unfortunately they did not procure a tripod with this model). An explosion interrupts the party conveniently around the same time our hero's girl friend arrives with another equally insipid twenty-something. The explosions and shrapnel encourages the party to disperse to the streets where they are greeted with the head of the statue of liberty which has been knocked across the city like a beach ball by God-only-knows-what. Our heroes sensibly follow the screaming crowd for a time attempting to escape the mysterious 9/11 like conflagration. They change their minds of course and are slowly widdled down in good old monster movie fashion. Oh yes there is a monster(s)?
In final analysis this movie left me quite shaken...
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
R
Paris stinks. The worst section was the fish monger market and it was there where a infant was born with the most acute almost superhuman sense of smell. He rose slowly through the dregs of the Parisian streets to become an apprentice to a famous yet out-of-fashion perfumer. All along the way leaving a curse with any ill fated person he came in contact with. He learned the ancient art of perfuming but was dissatisfied with merely capturing the scents of roses and wished to capture the glow and charms of a budding young damsel. Now that is where you get in trouble!
I liked the Dustin Hoffman scenes especially when he explains the Egyptian perfumer legend and shows how 17th century perfumes where made. Alan Rickman's performance was also good. But I can only stand so many close ups of flaring nostrils. I think this movie would have been great if it was made in the 30's or 40's in stark black and white staring Peter Lorre and with none of the modern excesses that this film suffers from such as orgies yes that's right full tilt Matrix style orgies.
If you are fan of zombies you might like the final scene which has a zombierific undertones which I thought was Grrrreeeeat!
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CGARCIA19871posted 1 day ago -
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
by Veronique"the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford" is the second cinematic portrait of jesse james by brad pitt after tyrone power took its first helm in late 1930s. pitt's incarnation is apparently roguish to live up to the legendary outlaw's notorious insolence. but the story is not really about jesse james but the coward robert ford's obssessive crush on him. what marvels in "jesse james" is its contrary iconclast to the archetype of western movies.
first of all, westerns usually depicts heoric bravery. however, pitt's jesse james is nothing chivalric but an introvertly hollow man who is secretly weary of his career of crimes, laughing away the asurdity of his revered notoriety. second of all, the story is more on the coward's psychological progression into assissanation than the outlaw's inward state of mind. third of all, the flick has a slumbering pace in the massive pasture with a bunch of boorish men chattering on trivia and profanity. no urgent horse rides while villains emulates each other gallantly to strive for a surviving break. it indulges the audience with some leisure time to observe the starry sky and the grandeur meadow while some hidden dynamite peeps thru jesse james with prophetic perversion while robert ford's fascination with james grows lethal.
most of all, in a testerone-driven gendre as the western, homosexual undertone simmers beneath it as robert ford privately tucks himself into jesse james' clothes, imagining himself as james as if he wanna evaporate right under james' skin, a symbolic form of onanistic lovemaking. then he shot james in the back, privately taking pride in his assassination, brazenly repeating that act in theater as if he wanna violate james over and over, another metaphor of mental necrophilia. it's like demonstrating, if i cannot have you as my own, i would destroy you then trespass you afterwards. besides, in the assassination scene, jesse james seems to have a foresight that he's gonna get killed but clandestinely awaiting it as if he wishes to die.
it is human nature to be drawed by darkness, particularly when it lurks beneath. "the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford" (what a draggy title) has a macabrely lyrical music tone on a wildly barren field under the wide sky which is so bulky that you're gonna be lost in it, then you turn around, some un-detected menace get you from behind.very un-usual tale about jesse james, and also somehow it tries to do the coward some injustice by telling his tale. OR it tries to degrade(or insult) him by depict him as some jesse james starstruck stalker who kills his idol to gratify his petite self-esteem. it's like a courtney love's song called "old age":.... it's ok to kill your idol, then you would have no rival.....
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Gone Baby Gone
by MitsyCasey Affleck is superb as Patrick. Ben Affleck does a great job as director. Very controversial, gutsy, and thought provoking ending. I love this movie.
Hey, you should really see this! Remarkable.
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The Temptress
by Veronique"the temptress" is greta garbo's first american movie which sets off her iconic image of silent vamp in united states. garbo's insoucient manners have some tint of ethereal melancholy which fundamentalizes her tragic diva status, anchored by a thick aura of fatalistic helplessness as lovers're always doomed to aching love without eternality in her screen romances.
garbo plays the tempress who is a dame philandered by her spineless husband to pay debts. then she falls heads over heels in love with a handsome stranger in a flowery garden under the silvery stars. then next day her lover discovers her despicable infidelity as the traded woman, so he departs with loathing hatred. but destiny leads her again to his side and she still captivates everyman under her spell with her striking beauty. however, wherever she arrives, fatal ruin befalls upon men as helen could wreck troy despite her eyes only cast upon one man who despises her.
"the temptress" is a great exemplification of the intimidating empowerment of feminine allure as men fear women's charm since bible depicts dalliah betrays samson, also as adolescent boys scare to be devoured by the virgina vendetta. (pardon.) woman descends as the fault-blamer who catalysizes doom with misogynistic distrust. somehow female remains as the reluctant puppet of karma with irrevalent detachment as men bleeds to vie for her one sensuous regard. inevitably the female's got to commit an extrene masochistic deed to redeem herself and the sacredness of her love to the man as he collapses under her skirt.
garbo shall be the otherworldly incarnation of femme fatale, and her sultriness is never so evident as in "the tempress", clouded with a mythical fable-alike atmosphere as the backset is filled with expressionistic sceneric art. in her state of "silentness", garbo's sensuality is shredded with intense enigma as if you're observing a mythological tale with ideological archetypes.
the essence of woman's genuine fairness is as fragile as flower, you wanna pluck the blossom then after inhaling its fragrance, you secretly wish to tramp it beneath your feet, so transiet so vulnerable. the pinnacle of tragic aesthetism could only be accomplished as the female protagonost selects the path of self-ruin to gratify your appetite for destruction.
melodramaticity, indeed. as wordsworth remarks that poetry is the overflown state of emotions as one smolders in his maxium of sentimentality. (correct me if i quote it wrong). the carthesis is enlightened as the audience escalates into the pitch of drastic plot twists. that was cinema or entertainment in old days, a form of extinguished art.greta garbo never looks so vampish so seductive as the temptress. but it has the most cold and cynical ending among all garbo screen romances.
the dualism of woman as saint/devil is cliched but still preserves a brutal sense of ideological taunt. and this flick has interesting depiction of gender guerrila. BUT woman shall be the one who concedes as flower being plucked and tramped beneath in the society of patriachy.
you might enjoy if you have the patience for silent cinema.posted 10 days ago -
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
by Veroniquebrendan fraser's the mummy franchise is obviously the assailing target for movie snobs, and it's been nominated by razzie award already. but surprisingly, roger ebert gives it praise and affirms that it's the best among the series. "the mummy: tomb of the dragon emperor" is certainly reminiscent of the old hollywood's interpretation of the inscrutable orient which i refer in a positively cheer of camp! (again.) it is permeated with cheese but definitely fun.
one amazing item is that this flick has actually some base of authentic chinese history of the first emperor who unifies the nation and is eager to seek the secret of immortal life since he dreams of world-domination. it IS true. and he did build a mighty grave with millions of soldiers to await his promising future to come. it is an intriguing premise to utilize that to associate with the mummy mythology.
but in the cinematic version, the emperor died of the sorceress' curse becuz he doublecrosses her by murdering her lover. then he and his army turns into statues.
also in the 1940s, brendan frasher's son raids the emperor's grave, then some royalty-crazed milirary man schemes to use his discoveries to ressurect the emperor. later frasher and his wife happen to deliver one secred gold egg (which also happens to be the key to unlock his curse) to shanghai. then the egg is robbed so the emperor lives! surely he's gonna mess around the world and shake it upon his palm!
there're several goofs in it, especially its casting. first of all, it is inappropriate for brendan frasher to be the father of a son who looks like his brother and the husband of a wife who looks older than him. second of all, there're times those chinese actors should have talked chinese to each other in some intimate scenes with subtitles but they forget. highly un-natural. third of all, luke ford is absolutely lame as frasher's son, and his chinese stinks! there's no word he utters is recognizable, and the way he flaunts it sucks. and also, he has the worst conversations of interracial flirtations in the film history. "oh, i like guns, but you like knives, so you're not my type" then they kiss?! forth of all, the incarnation of the emperor is apparently an oriental dragon, but the cgi simulates the mid-century flame-spitting dragon.
"tomb of dragon emperor" has every cliche of yellow face stereotype in vintage hollywood times, such as the orient as the villain, dragon-robed chic as the sexually compliant love interest to feast the western hero despite her seeming facade of kung-fu vixen ,and of course the western interference to maintain a better world without eastern egomaniac depotism. but the humorous taunting of brendan frasher and john hannah makes it highly watchable. man fights in chinese battlefield, then he tries to clarify his friendly stance by "could you speak english?" then he starts to shout a name of the sorceress awkwardly to dodge the hostility. this flick has its drawbacks but still a feasible banquet of imaginary journey to the orient with its boyish mischievousness.
roger ebert puts it in a better way:
""Now why did I like this movie? It was just plain dumb fun, is why. It is absurd and preposterous, and proud of it. The heroes maintain their ability to think of banal cliches even in the most strenuous situations. Brendan Fraser continues to play Rick as if he is taking a ride at the Universal Studios Tour""i did have one mighty negative comment when my sis invited me to watch this "what's the point to watch a movie of yellow-face stereotypes played by real asians?"
then, just as the weird reason i liked "good earth", i enjoyed it and its highly imaginary campiness. the jokes work. and it is very creative to associate the mummy with real chinese history in the background. (truely impressive.)
i appreciate it better than mercenary pieces directed asian directors with a pretentious poise of high art that ernestly twists the historical facts, i.e., "crouching tiger anf hidden dragon" or upcoming phony "red cliff"...etc.
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080730/REVIEWS/198380357posted 17 days ago -
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Saw V
by DuncanJigsaw's the new Freddy Kruger, and I mean that as an insult. What was fresh and different is now becoming stale and stagnant. When will this ever END? Seriously, this franchise needs to die. Here's hoping the fifth installment is it's swansong. Something tells me that as long as the franchise makes money, it won't be.
I'll probably wind up renting it out of curiosity. No need to see this on the big screen.Yup...they're makin' a fifth one...Lionsgate is making a fucking FIFTH entry in a franchise that should never have been a franchise to begin with.
It happened to Freddy. It happened to Jason. It happened to Mike Myers. Something original comes along and becomes a hit by hook 'n crook, and BAM!, the studio starts milking it for all it's worth by crankin' out as many sequels- devoid of everything that made the original good it the first place- as they can! Three words, people: Am Not Pleezed!
Oh, by the by, how'd all you guys who gave it a rating already get to see it? According to IMDb, it doesn't come out until October...posted 17 days ago -
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Auntie Mame
by Veroniquethe 1958 "auntine mame" is the pinnacle of rosalind russell's career, and it does jolly rosalind great justice to glitter her comic genius in screwball comedy gendre that had been neglected or underused before. overlooked by most, rosalind russell has uncanny parallel to another classic star katehrine hepburn who was also a screwball diva in the 30s, considering her numberous collaborations with cary grant like "bringing up baby". they share the traits of being tall fair brunette and both funny with their non-stop swift-paced british accents except hepburn had more sharp edginess within her aggressive mannerism which has been constantly mocked in movies like "woman of the year" and "philadelphia story". (after all, we all like to cut a lofy dame down, aren't we?)
mame dennis is an eccentric socialite from the roaring 20s, wallowing in an extravangant life of endless gayety and diversities of styles and interior decors. mame has a stuff-shirted brother who sets up a will to keep her little son from her "bad influence" after he passes away. unfortunately it arrives soon, so auntine mame is ready to open doors for her nephew with mighty enthusiasm.
the title protagonist auntie mame is a larger than life character as you cannot demand realism upon such a cozy heart-warming fair tale. it is a comedy which relies upon its witty lines nourished by its deviant naivete of exaggerated demeanors. and this sort of comedies could merely exist among the 50s (age of innocence despite its fatal mccarthyism) since the cleverly phrased comedy without relishing profanity is no longer popular after the mid 60s, another read-between-the-lines "refined" humor celebrating "santized bohemianism".
the philosophy behind "auntine mame" is more of a hygienic hedonism without the darkness of alcoholism and prosmiscuity as mame exclaims "life is a bandquet, and most suckers are starving to death". and it does pose some anti-bourgeois sign without intruding middle-classed moralisticness. perhaps it casts a positive user-friendly democratic view that everyone should live beyond prejudice to appreciate a lovable cucko-cucko like auntine mame with enormous social acceptance. and my conclusion would be auntie mame is a fruitation of indulgent whims upon childlike innocence.
one praise goes for orry-kelly who designs most clothes for warner bro. from 30s~40s,, also lots of bette davis vehicles like jezebell and little foxes. and rosalind russel does have episodic sections of various dyed hairdos and exotic costumes, and she even dresses herself like a drogn lady with a dragon-headed doorgate which fumes everytime guest rings the bell. that anchors the great idiocyncrasy of auntine mame.
except katherine hepburn, no other actress could deliver those oddball lines so well so proficiently as rosalind russell who is mildly underrated. russell does appear as demure love interest in her 30s mgm days in flicks like "china seas" and "they met in bombay" with, again, clark gable. russel could be competent in most roles hepburn made prestige among 30s~40s. the major distinction would be russell is more feminine and less domineering and invasive than hepburn. thus rosalind russell makes an appropriate goofy adorable auntine mame as every adolescent boy's ideal auntine. an escapic retreatment for childhood dreams."life is a bandquet, and most suckers are starving to death" is the golden line of this flick. and rosalind russell should be appreciated more in the field of screwball comedies.
if you were an angry cynist or you absolutely loathe the delights of musicals (even auntine mame is no musical), stay away from it. if you appreciate classic gendres like screwball comedies or sophistication comeides about "ancient" upper class, you shall be pleased to watch it, rosalind russel deserves more of your credits.posted 19 days ago -
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The Prisoner of Zenda
by Veronique"prisoner of zenda" is an original british swashbuckler with aristocraticly dashing ronald colman as the brave knight who defends the secred throne of a nation; madeleine carroll, the british rose, as the divine love interest; dandy douglas fairbanks jr. and raymond massey form a league of doublecrossing vallainy. the infatuation over this swashbucking tale has been remade four times in cinematic history.
colman impersonates dual roles in this piece, the king to be throned and his identifical double who is merely an english man visiting outlandish nation. the king-to-be has been narcotized before the day he's about to be throned in consecration. so the loyal defenders of the king scheme to have the englishman as temporal substitute during his recovery. but the king's grudgy half brother covets the throne while his mischievous accomplice(fairbanks) drools over his mistress (mary astor). to add up the hardship, the englishman falls head over heels in love with the queen-to-be (carroll)...with all the conditions above, the price of honor and chivalric nobility appears precious. wouldn't that be the whole swashbuckler thing about?
ronald colman has the elegant screen presence as well as his composed charisma in the aristocratic costumes, while madelein carroll luminates the scenes with her striking beauty in the utmost degree, particularly in the cross-staring in the annoitment scene. douglas fairbanks jr. has limited screen time but remain impressive with his naughty mannerism and rascal-alike grinning.
"the prisoner of zenda" has every quintessential element of swashbuckler gendre except the consummation of romance since the queen-to-be selects her destined course of serving her royal house at the cost of her great one true love. the scene madelein bursts into an abrupt change of mind is sheer excellence of good acting. this is an aloof swashbuckler without the reward of his fair woman. perhaps tragic love emphasizes its gallantry for the ultimate swashbuckler without glorious compensation.anyone who has seen hitchcock's 39 steps would notice medeleine carrol who looks absolutely stunning in the "prisoner of zenda"...and ronald colman appears very handsome in his old-fashioned masculinty mixed with suave gentlemanship. of course, douglas fairbanks jr. is as cute as usual with his naughty piratical grin inherited from his father.
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A Bucket of Blood
by Veronique"a bucket of blood" is an occult flick made by enlongating one episode of "twight light zone".
the story begins with a nobody with an absurd artisitc ambition to gain himself some respects from the beatnik artists in local cafe, then he achieves that by casting clay on real corpses that means he's got to continue murdering people to maintain his status of genius. then his final work would be himself hung around a rope.
if you always feel the twight light zone episode is not long enough to linger, "a bucket of blood" would be a good passing time entertainment. one sentence to term rod serlying's eccentric beings under his wondrous creations: the vain peculiar struggles made by petite people whose lives are demeaned by their charater flaws, so their seek another dimension to escape their miserable existence of insignificance, the twight zone. you witness an odd mercy bestowed upon those people while the audience secretly emphasize with them, indulging in such soothing morbidity where its popularity prospers. hopefully my term would be adequate.if you enjoy twight light zone, you might like this. if you prefer conciseness, you could avoid this and watch the short episode of twight zone instead. make your own choice.
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The Good Earth
by Veronique"the good earth" is the earliest massive hollywood productions for oriental epic in exclusion of fu manchu series. it has great ambition to interpret the national spirit of china, its farming business under a bunch of stagy performances from caucasion yellow-face. and the issue has no relevance of its chinese authenticness but how old america views china.
it is a story about wang lung the farmer(paul muni), who marries a slavegirl in the big house named o-lan. and together they strive for their rocky future with mettle with their conventional chinese virtues. they've been thru harvest prosperity, drought, famine and the revolution of republic china as well as wang's illict affair with courtesan lotus.
mostly it depicts the condescending perspect of man's derogatory viewpoint on women which is actually true in ancient china, and women are merely usable products who help men to plow the rice fields and bring them extensions. without that, a woman could be considered worthless, and the dichotomy of benevolent saint and malevolent siren reflects on the two major female characters: o-lan, the slavegirl turning to the farmer's wife; lotus, the insidious temptress who drains men's wealth. eventually the conclusion would be good woman is like earth which provides everything with endless flourishments.
the earliest chinese star then anna may wong was keen to obtain the role of virtuous o-lan to alter her dreary image of malicious sirens in a bunch of negative orient-themed movies where she has to die "a thousand times" in the end. but the studio refuses to grant her that becuz of the racial segregation principle then: a caucasion male cannot make love or pair licitly with a oriental female on screen (so asian women are neither mistresses or villainy on screen), even as roles of yellow face. even the temptress lotus goes down to another actress with approved ethnicity despite the role lotus is literarily inspired by the oriental femme fatale image in wong's early silent pictures.
the point of making "the good earth" itself is a campy articce, so why bother to use a real chinese or not since the story won't present the real china anyway? as for anna may wong, she is thorough america-nourished american except her ethnicity, and she doesn't even conform to the corny chinese virtues of obediency or dependency on man anyway, further more she has never been with a chinese man for all her life at all. so in exclusion of her chinese outlook, there's not really any that much of traditional chineseness in her. so it won't be really a shame or a pity for her abscence as o-lan in this piece, but she would probably make an adequate lotus.
the title song for "the good earth" would be "the jasmine song" which has nothing to do with farming but a common folk song praising the beauty of jasmine flower in spite of its melodius smoothness. and in the scene of new infant birth, it's accompanied with the song celebrating the feng-yang drum which is my father's regional folk song in old china. so it would be highly phony to deem "the good earth" as a chinese epic, and even pearl s. buck who writes the original novel might have some bias for china. but it does bare some worthwhile process of collecting crops from the rice fields which i have never paid attention before. and the photography has its contrived oriental aesthetism under the helm of four directors, including victor fleming from "gone with the wind".
so allow me to put it this way, the pleasure of "good earth" would be the brass flatulency of vintage caucasion hollywood's eccentric perception on "the inscrutable orient". ABSOLUTE CAMP!for me, watching "good earth" might be like watching charlie chen, sometimes you just have a deviant curiosity to watch how others perceive chinese as if you were an outsider without relevance. perhaps this outsider spirit is totally against zen which is to view things from the inward toward the outward, but i'm doing the opposite as an escapic fun.
in a nutshell, worth watching for its apparent FAKENESS. a A CAMP.posted 28 days ago -
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The Dark Knight
by Amanda
Batman has always been my favourite superhero ever since the first time I heard about him because he his human with no powers, also he is much more questionable than any other superhero. The story of the film is about Batman, Lieutenant James Gordon, and new district attorney Harvey Dent beginning to succeed in rounding up the criminals that plague Gotham City. They are unexpectedly challenged when a mysterious criminal mastermind known as the Joker appears in Gotham. Batman's struggle against the Joker becomes deeply personal, forcing him to "confront everything he believes" and to improve his technology (which introduces the recreation of the Batcycle, known as the Batpod and the Batsuit was redesigned) to stop the madman's campaign of destruction. During the course of the film, a love triangle develops between Bruce Wayne, Dent and Rachel Dawes.
There are now six Batman films and I must say that The Dark Knight is the best out of all of them. The title is good because that is what Batman actually is. It has been 3 years for the adventure to continue from Batman Begins but that entire wait was worth it. Gotham city is very Gothic looking and is very haunting and visionary. The whole movie is charged with pulse-pounding suspense, ingenious special effects and riveting performances from a first-rate cast especially from Heath Ledger who gave an Oscar nomination performance for best supporting-actor. It is a shame that he can't see his terrific work on-screen, he Joker was the best beaten up Cesar Romero and Jack Nicholson ones, pit that Heath Ledger dies too soon. The cinematography is excellent which is made so dark & sinister that really did suit the mood for the film. Usually sequels don't turn out to be better than the original but The Dark Knight is one of those rare sequels that surpasses the original like The Godfather 2. I also really liked the poster where the building is on fire in a Bat symbol & Batman is standing in front of it. Christopher Nolan is a brilliant director and his film Memento is one of my most favourite films. He hasn't made 10 movies yet and 3 of them are already on the IMDb top 250. Overall The Dark Knight is the kind of movie that will make the audience cheer in the end instead of throwing fruit & vegetables on the screen.Hey, you should really see this!
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The Dark Knight Quiz (Revised)posted 29 days ago -
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Guess what, Heath Ledger fans? We've got one more new movie to look forward to with Ledger in it!
posted 30 days ago -
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The Dark Knight
by JamesTwo words. HOLY BATSHIT!!!! What a mind-blowing movie! I wanted to get up and do a touchdown dance or something celebratory after watching this monster of a film. Forget the tired premise that summer blockbusters can't be Oscar worthy. That never stopped Gladiator (summer movie remember!). The Dark Knight my friends is a genuine masterpiece of cinematic excellence and if it doesn't get a nod for Best Picture would be one of the greatest travesties in Oscar history. Christopher Nolan's image of Batman is a 1,000,000 light years ahead of Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher's now-obsolete Batman films. Fantastic camera work, awe-inspiring writing by Nolan and master screenwriter David S. Goyer and superb acting performances by everyone involved. And Heath Ledger, OH MY FREAKING GOD! It was equally exhilirating and disturbing watching his portrayal of The Joker but at the same time made me very, very sad knowing he would never act again. No one truly knew how great a talent Heath Ledger was, not until you see him in this film. Trust me, they should just give him the Best Supporting Actor Oscar now. No one will ever come close. Ledger's Joker carried a film that was already strong. He just made it stronger. From the moment he makes his presence known Ledger has you and he never lets go until the ending credits. I'm going to see it again tomorrow. Worth several viewings just to watch Ledger. Rest in peace Heath. Thank you for giving us this treat before leaving us. We will cherish it.
Yeah everyone's going to see it. But see it knowing this is NOT your usual summer blockbuster glam. A genuine candidate for Best Picture. It's that good.
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