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Catfish. A strange title.. and yet it fits as soon as you finish the film.

I can’t tell yet whether I think this movie is brilliant or not. It is undoubtedly a product of an intelligent mind, but what kind of mind that is, that’s a different story. I can’t really give much insight into the movie itself, as that would absolutely spoil any sort of response for those of you who choose to see it.

I’ve watched a lot of movies, at least for someone of my current position in life, and I have to say that Catfish is probably one of the most unique stories of this generation. It stands, if nothing else, as a product of the current time period and all of its dominating characteristics. The more I think about it… the more interested I become.

More words to come in time.. I’m sure. But for now, I’m almost speechless.

Recommendation: See It

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El Topo. I’ve never been a big fan of the western genre, but lately I’ve managed to find a couple of them that I can get in to. Albeit, all of those entries are either really violent and fucked up or they’re just down-right weird. This film falls into the later category, but dips into the first as well. El Topo tells the story of a gun-fighter traveling through the desert on his search for enlightenment. But in order to do so, he must defeat a series of crazed outlaws and four master gun-men. His journey is a weird one, as El Topo is pretty much a surrealist take on the Mexi-Western film. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, El Topo’s journey has him encountering a strange cast of characters who provide a colorful contrast to the blank endless desert of the film’s setting. I’m not one for the so-called “classic” cult films, as most of them come carrying far too much hype for me to enjoy. This one however, I had never even heard of before a few weeks ago and the concept was right up my alley, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. El Topo is a film that stands right next to its 70’s era film brethren and holds its head up high. The violence is just as good as any of the major heavyweights of the time and the characters the same. That being said, it can be a bit of a rough-watch for anyone not a fan of art-house pictures. El Topo is full of philosophy spouting villains, chocked full of life lessons, stuffed with ridiculous violence, and doubles as an art-house masturbatory experience to boot! El Topo is for everyone!

El Topo.

I’ve never been a big fan of the western genre, but lately I’ve managed to find a couple of them that I can get in to. Albeit, all of those entries are either really violent and fucked up or they’re just down-right weird. This film falls into the later category, but dips into the first as well.

El Topo tells the story of a gun-fighter traveling through the desert on his search for enlightenment. But in order to do so, he must defeat a series of crazed outlaws and four master gun-men. His journey is a weird one, as El Topo is pretty much a surrealist take on the Mexi-Western film. Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, El Topo’s journey has him encountering a strange cast of characters who provide a colorful contrast to the blank endless desert of the film’s setting.

I’m not one for the so-called “classic” cult films, as most of them come carrying far too much hype for me to enjoy. This one however, I had never even heard of before a few weeks ago and the concept was right up my alley, and let me tell you, I was not disappointed.

El Topo is a film that stands right next to its 70’s era film brethren and holds its head up high. The violence is just as good as any of the major heavyweights of the time and the characters the same. That being said, it can be a bit of a rough-watch for anyone not a fan of art-house pictures.

El Topo is full of philosophy spouting villains, chocked full of life lessons, stuffed with ridiculous violence, and doubles as an art-house masturbatory experience to boot!

El Topo is for everyone!

Silent-God does takes a bath?

Silent-God does takes a bath?

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Tetsuo: The Iron Man is like chaos committed to film. It’s like a wave of violence from the land of the rising sun and accepted by my brain. I will be forever changed because of it.. Changed for the better. If you’ve ever heard the band Big Black.. This movie is like the film equivalent.

Tetsuo: The Iron Man is like chaos committed to film. It’s like a wave of violence from the land of the rising sun and accepted by my brain. I will be forever changed because of it..

Changed for the better.

If you’ve ever heard the band Big Black.. This movie is like the film equivalent.

“So far, so good…” La Haine is one of the better products of my somewhat recent love affair with Netflix. I used to work at a Hollywood Video and I loved it because of the availability of the world of film to me. Netflix is almost better. If it was free, I would probably explode. La Haine is a french film that gives us a short glimpse into the lives of a few young men, all of different cultural heritages, as they live their lives as jobless / hopeless youths in a modern France. Taking place in a France plagued by social upheaval, with riots happening weekly and tensions rising steadily between the new generation and the old establishment. I’ve never seen a foreign movie capture the essence of American youth so vividly. While the film is definitely about the harsh realities of a modern France versus the romantic dreamscape of a country often portrayed in film, there’s a special meaning for an American audience, as a lot of parallels can be drawn between the two. Films about disenfranchised young men doing nothing with their lives are almost a genre of their own in American film and it’s nice to see a foreign take on the subject. Filmed in a harsh black-and-white style that emphasizes the bleak outlook of each of our main characters’ lives, director Matthieu Kassovitz speaks clearly of his major influence. New York City. From Martin Scorcese to Hip-Hop, La Haine is the urban American youth epidemic filtered through the lense of a French film-maker and applied to the social landscape of his own country. If you’re a young person who knows anything about the type of misery a modern powerhouse of a civilization can create, La Haine is for you.

“So far, so good…”

La Haine is one of the better products of my somewhat recent love affair with Netflix. I used to work at a Hollywood Video and I loved it because of the availability of the world of film to me. Netflix is almost better. If it was free, I would probably explode.

La Haine is a french film that gives us a short glimpse into the lives of a few young men, all of different cultural heritages, as they live their lives as jobless / hopeless youths in a modern France. Taking place in a France plagued by social upheaval, with riots happening weekly and tensions rising steadily between the new generation and the old establishment.

I’ve never seen a foreign movie capture the essence of American youth so vividly. While the film is definitely about the harsh realities of a modern France versus the romantic dreamscape of a country often portrayed in film, there’s a special meaning for an American audience, as a lot of parallels can be drawn between the two. Films about disenfranchised young men doing nothing with their lives are almost a genre of their own in American film and it’s nice to see a foreign take on the subject.

Filmed in a harsh black-and-white style that emphasizes the bleak outlook of each of our main characters’ lives, director Matthieu Kassovitz speaks clearly of his major influence. New York City. From Martin Scorcese to Hip-Hop, La Haine is the urban American youth epidemic filtered through the lense of a French film-maker and applied to the social landscape of his own country.

If you’re a young person who knows anything about the type of misery a modern powerhouse of a civilization can create, La Haine is for you.

This post, and this whole blog isn’t going to be so much about me “reviewing” movies, but just me expressing how much I enjoy or dislike certain titles. I’m not the right guy to review films. I’m just not that well versed in what exactly makes a perfect movie. I don’t know the names of the world’s most legendary cinematographers or editors. I just know what I like. I like The Social Network. David Fincher has never failed me. He’s one of the few constants in my life. School will be easy, girls will be complicated, and David Fincher makes movies that I love. In fact, this movie is pretty much a checklist of things that I love to see in a movie. It has sharp dialogue full of pop-culture references, it’s incredibly smart, it’s about socially retarded human beings, it’s shot beautifully, etc. The Social Network is the Hollywood retelling of the founding of social networking giant Facebook. Why do we need a movie about Facebook? The damn thing is less than ten years old. I could walk down to the junior high school in my neighborhood and most of the kids there could describe life before Facebook to me. So why is it neccesary? Because it gave us David Fincher + Aaron Sorkin. Fincher loves making a good story. Sorkin is a god of dialogue. Put them together and you have guys who could craft a modern epic out of a goddamned phone book. Go see The Social Network.. or I’ll delete you from my friends list.

This post, and this whole blog isn’t going to be so much about me “reviewing” movies, but just me expressing how much I enjoy or dislike certain titles. I’m not the right guy to review films. I’m just not that well versed in what exactly makes a perfect movie. I don’t know the names of the world’s most legendary cinematographers or editors. I just know what I like.

I like The Social Network.

David Fincher has never failed me. He’s one of the few constants in my life. School will be easy, girls will be complicated, and David Fincher makes movies that I love. In fact, this movie is pretty much a checklist of things that I love to see in a movie. It has sharp dialogue full of pop-culture references, it’s incredibly smart, it’s about socially retarded human beings, it’s shot beautifully, etc.

The Social Network is the Hollywood retelling of the founding of social networking giant Facebook. Why do we need a movie about Facebook? The damn thing is less than ten years old. I could walk down to the junior high school in my neighborhood and most of the kids there could describe life before Facebook to me. So why is it neccesary?

Because it gave us David Fincher + Aaron Sorkin. Fincher loves making a good story. Sorkin is a god of dialogue. Put them together and you have guys who could craft a modern epic out of a goddamned phone book.


Go see The Social Network.. or I’ll delete you from my friends list.

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