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[jekylljuice]

Ten Minutes Older - The Trumpet

This is one half of an anthology of short films, each based in some way around the subject of time, and each with a ten minute running time - the fairly straightforward idea being that the viewer will be exactly ten minutes older by the end of each segment. I was drawn to it chiefly because one such contribution, entitled "Int. Trailer. Night", was directed by one of my favourite film-makers, Jim Jarmusch, though I have to say that the stand-out piece for me was Wim Wenders' "Twelve Miles to Trona", starring none other than Charles Esten, of Whose Line Is It Anyway? fame (the US version, in which he is creditted as "Chip"). Here, he plays a character struggling to drive across an isolated Californian highway to the nearest emergency room after accidentially overdosing on an unknown hallucinogenic. It's a visually beautiful and emotionally very tense little piece. Also brilliant was Victor Erice's "Lifeline", set in the Spanish countryside in the early 40s. Filmed in black and white and with very little dialogue, it's a very haunting and well-made short which combines idyllic glimpses of a local family enjoying a peaceful day with imagery indicating the constant threat of death and destruction which hangs over them at all times, ultimately manifesting itself in a very immediate threat to the life of the baby, who is slowly bleeding.

The second half of the anthology is "The Cello", which I hope to be able to see really soon.

[jekylljuice]

Badda bing badda boom! Ten Minutes Older - The Cello

I've gotta admit that this was a slightly less satisfactory collection than The Trumpet. Bernardo Bertolucci's "Histoire d'eaux" and Jiri Menzel's "One Moment" were by far the strongest contributions, the former being a simple fable effectively told, and the latter a montage film in celebration of Czech actor Rudolf Hrusinsky, with whom I'm not particularly familiar, but which I found to be beautifully made and pretty affecting nonetheless. The other pieces were a lot more hit-and-miss. Volker Schlondorff's "The Enlightenment" sported a pretty intriguing concept - a voyage around a trailer park and a commentary upon human weaknesses from the perspective of a philosophical mosquito who clearly knows his Augustinus - but in practice played out rather unpleasantly and heavy-handedly, instead of getting under your skin parhaps as hauntingly as it could have done. And I'm not quite sure what to make of Michael Radford's "Addicted to the Stars" (starring Daniel Craig), which is interesting chiefly for being the sole science fiction story of the two anthologies. All in all, a weaker companion piece to the largely excellent Trumpet, but still more than worth the watch, thanks in no small part to Bertolucci and Menzel, and I wouldn't mind seeing another installment some time in the future.

[Medikor]

The Simpsons Movie. I finally sat down and watched this and I was thoroughly impressed. It's almost a shame that the series is still going because this movie would have been an excellent send-off.
What really surprised me was the quality of the voice acting, it was so much better than what they've been churning out lately. I actually was holding back tears during Marge's very touching scene midway through.

[some guy you dont know]

wakko's wish.

havent seen it in a while, great movie. i really love the ending.

[Mac-a-lacka]

Barnyard.

Pretty funny movie.

[Ridureyu]

Originally Posted by jekylljuice

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Trust me, the ending is better in the book. it's just too metaphysical to translate to the screen with the budget/special effects they had.

[jekylljuice]

Originally Posted by Ridureyu

Trust me, the ending is better in the book. it's just too metaphysical to translate to the screen with the budget/special effects they had.

Thanks, I thought that might be the case. Like I say, I'm not familiar with the book, but I do intend to read it some time.

[Invader Bloo]

The Dark Knight

I saw this on Sunday & I must say....Wow. Awesome movie. Heath Ledger as The Joker was great, I definately think he deserves the Oscar. Every scene he was in was great & alot of times funny. He stole the show, like Jack Nicholson did in 1989. Maybe it's the Joker curse, every Batman movie with him in it will automatically become a Joker movie. My only complaints were it felt too short (Indiana Jones & Iron Man had the same problem, yes I know all 3 movies were over 2 hours long) & Two-Face felt wasted like Venom in Spider-Man 3. I think they should of ended his story Spoiler Below

Joker handing him the gun in the hospital. I feel the same way for Venom, except it should have ended with him attaching to the symbiote before the end credits role.

The Dark Knight has replaced Iron Man as my favorite comic book movie. Though at of the whole year I liked Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull more (it'd probably behind TDK & IM, if I wasn't such a big Indy fan). I'm in awe of it & I really can't wait for the DVD. But I think I had a better time watching Indy. This year is the best comic book movie year ever, I still haven't seen TIH or Hellboy 2, but I'll catch them on DVD. I hope the next couple years have comic book movies just as good as this year's. *Crosses fingers for Wolverine*

[taranchula]

I finally got around to seeing The Dark Knight as well today, and I pretty much have to agree with everyone else and say that it is one of the best movies of the year.

The look, the tone, the acting, the dialogue, the music everything was woven together well in a superb Gothic tapestry.

Hopefully they'll be able to beat the superhero Three-quell curse and create another winner for part three.

Don't know if anyone posted this already but here is TDK trailer acted out by a group of kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy673zWHUOw&eurl

[Invader Bloo]

Yeah, I've seen that. That kid does a pretty good Joker laugh.