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You misspelled insipid.

I was thinking something delightfully genocidal like Samson or David, but that would work.

 

i'd like to see him tackle exodus

 

i think david has too much subterfuge to get the full effect. like sending a dude to war so you can bang his wife? that just doesn't scream vince vega to me.

 

now moses pontificating about the heinous shit that is about to go down if pharoah don't do right by his peeps and angel of death and shit seems like something he could do.

 

or maybe sam raimi doing the plagues...that might be kinda awesome.

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i'd like to see him tackle exodus

 

i think david has too much subterfuge to get the full effect. like sending a dude to war so you can bang his wife? that just doesn't scream vince vega to me.

 

now moses pontificating about the heinous shit that is about to go down if pharoah don't do right by his peeps and angel of death and shit seems like something he could do.

 

or maybe sam raimi doing the plagues...that might be kinda awesome.

 

Yeah, but they already are having a Moses movie with Bale coming out soon.

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Speaking of upcoming biblical movies, what do y'all think about Aronofsky's upcoming movie 'Noah'? I'm a little skeptical from the trailer, and if it were some lesser director I'd probably scoff at it, but Aronofsky will probably hit a grand slam cuz he's kind of brilliant.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSaJE2rqxU

 

 

 

On a related note I re-watched his 'The Fountain' not that long ago. It's extraordinary. Pretty easily my favorite of his.

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the fountain is EASILY his worst movie.

 

What makes you say that? I think it's visually stunning, just an absolute knockout (and not just in the future scenes), and I also think it's fun, moving at times. quirky, intriguing, and open to wide interpretation and discussion, which is often enjoyable.

 

You should probably watch it again if you really didn't like it, unless you just think that his worst movie is still like an A-.

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I have not seen the movie, so please don't go into specific detail without spoilers. It's a movie I've heard such radically different opinions on, by people who's opinion I value. I really want to see it.

 

My DA List..

 

!) Black Swan. Just a staggeringly good movie. Weird, wonderful and bizarrely erotic.

2)Requiem for a Dream- It's not a movie I'll just put on and watch a bit of it, but few times have I been as moved and disturbed by a movie, particularly one that looked so lush.

3) The Wrestler- I don't think it was spectacular visually, but I don't spectacular, shiny directing would have served the story. I think the style was absolutely perfect for the story. I'm not sure how much of my esteem from this movie is Roarke. I think it's the best acting performance since, god.. raging bull. He's just absolutely perfect.

4) Pi. Honestly, It's been too long since I've seen this movie to properly place it. I remember not being as in love with it at the time, as some of my film nerd friends, but that might just have been me and my development as a viewer.

 

I'm real, real excited about Noah. I absolutely love old hollywood epic movies, particularly the biblical ones and I have wanted a great director to do one for a long time. I MEAN BESIDES MEL GIBSON, AMIRITE, BRV?

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I wouldn't want Gibson to do one either, because it would put an unnecessary cloud over an obviously otherwise spectacular hypothetical movie.

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I have not seen the movie, so please don't go into specific detail without spoilers. It's a movie I've heard such radically different opinions on, by people who's opinion I value. I really want to see it.

 

I'd be interested in your thoughts on The Fountain after you see it.

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What makes you say that? I think it's visually stunning, just an absolute knockout (and not just in the future scenes), and I also think it's fun, moving at times. quirky, intriguing, and open to wide interpretation and discussion, which is often enjoyable.

 

You should probably watch it again if you really didn't like it, unless you just think that his worst movie is still like an A-.

 

it was like a c plus and that was all the cinematography and hugh jackson. the story was ludicrous and the editing terrible. i was pretty disappointed. i mean compared to Black Swan and Requim its garbage, while the wrestler and PI are both much better films.

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it was like a c plus and that was all the cinematography and hugh jackson. the story was ludicrous and the editing terrible. i was pretty disappointed. i mean compared to Black Swan and Requim its garbage, while the wrestler and PI are both much better films.

 

Here's my thoughts:

 

 

The movie seems like a series of allegories. That might not be the perfect word, but the 3 time periods aren't real events. They're all dream-dioramas, until the very ending which I kind of love. Even the present-day scenes are dreams - it's unreasonably unlikely that he would be a master-scientist working on an incredible-breakthrough treatment that would magically save his wife's life. None of it is really happening, he just wishes it could be. The end is the only scene which is set in reality. The entire rest of the film is Jackman's possibly-subconscious or extra-dimensional fantasy dreams about life and death - a visual representation of him dealing with the death of his wife.

 

I'm not trying to say that's how it really is or that that's a particularly valid interpretation, it's just how I saw it.

 

And the cinematography is really wild and unique. I think the scene where his future-orb-spaceship reaches the golden star is probably the most visually beautiful scene I've ever seen. Aranofsky just went for total glitz and glamour and ostentation and completely nailed it, not only in that shot but throughout all 3 periods. It's sort of self-indulgent, but it's so ****ing pretty. What I'm saying is I'd probably give it more than a C+ overall just for the cinematography alone, it's so good, and also you should watch it again.

 

 

Here's an interesting article about how DA created the visual effects. It's almost all organic, almost no CGI. There are some very minor spoilers in the article BigD, but way less than you would get from a 30 second trailer or a review, but if you want to go into the movie totally cold you shouldn't read it. You should watch it soon so I can hear what you think.

 

http://www.awn.com/v...-vfx-petri-dish

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Also, I should watch Pi again. I saw it forever ago and mostly remember that it was kind of disturbing but also interesting and intriguing. Requiem was just disturbing. I almost certainly didn't pick the right setting to watch it in, but I'm also not sure how to feel about a movie that I never want to watch again (although it was certainly exciting and beautiful at times).

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i saw Requiem, Happiness and IN the company of Men all back to back, and I wondered what the **** was going on with american film making ,that it was so nihilistic.and bleak.

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This may come as a surprise to many, but I truly enjoy Mel Gibson's work as a director. His films, whether he stars in them or not, always reflect a passion and heart like few others. His best work comes from behind the camera. It seems to me he really makes the movies for himself first and second for everybody else.

 

I just saw Apocalypto again. Amazing.

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Along with Unbreakable, this is one of the few Superhero/Comic-based movies I've ever truly loved or even mildly liked. I was super biased because I was a fan of the graphic novels, but still. I loved it, and am really looking forward to this.

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Passion is way better than braveheart.

 

The same way Pulp Fiction is way better than Django.

 

You might be right, but Braveheart was made 20 years ago. He was very new to directing, and might have done things differently today. There is no denying his talent. He's a great storyteller.

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