HimitsuNotebook:I've been watching loads of movies recently! ^_^
I've watched Blue Velvet, Eraserhead, The Elephant Man (Yeah, I've been working my way through all the David Lynch films), An Education, Carrie and the Dollars Triology (Well, I didn't actually get round to watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly)
Blue Velvet was incredibly disturbing but suspenseful and a damn good film, went up there on my favourites list quite quickly.
I didn't enjoy Eraserhead, I found it dull, slow and uncomfortable to watch. Also, while it was very strange and confusing, it was nowhere near as strange as I'd built it up to be in my head, I wasn't overwhelmed.
The Elephant Man was so sad that I cried until my eyes stung. A very well done film, but too heartbreaking to be able to watch again.
An Education was beautifully shot and had all the components for a film that I would love but the main character irked me a little too much. She reminded me of someone who used to be my best friend in all the worst ways possible. I feel like I'd enjoy the film more on repeat viewings but for now I don't think I liked it.
Carrie was really goofy for the most part. I acknowledge it was made in the 70's but some aspects of it really haven't aged very well. It was genuinely scary when it wanted to be, and had a sympathetic protagonist, but too often ventured into the realms of the goofy. Overall, it was solid.
The Dollars Triology...A Fistful of Dollars was absolutely hilarious for all it's very silly expositional dialogue and bad dubbing, but was very well shot and still really enjoyable. For A Few Dollars More was a much better made film, also very enjoyable. Never really understood why Leone chose to cast Ramon's actor as a different person in this film though...Or for that matter why they cast Lee Van Cleef as the bad guy in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly which I didn't finish because I was tired, it was really jarring...
I like movies! :D
...Sorry, I wrote a mini essay here.
please get out of this thread it is only for discussing shit hollywood blockbusters you don't have to think about and can then say "it was good" because stuff done exploded real good