tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53070258778509821552024-03-19T00:48:55.331-04:00The Public EnemyThe Adventures of MovieDan82MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-88600502750691560872008-09-05T19:27:00.002-04:002008-09-05T19:35:01.545-04:001953<span style="font-size:85%;">1.</span> <strong>Shane</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(George Stevens)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2.</span> <strong>Pickup on South Street</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Samuel Fuller)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">3.</span> <strong>Niagara</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Henry Hathaway)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4.</span> <strong>Roman Holiday</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(William Wyler)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">5.</span> <strong>Ugetsu</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Kenji Mizoguchi)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6.</span> <strong>Stalag 17</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Billy Wilder)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">7.</span> <strong>From Here to Eternity </strong><span style="font-size:78%;">(Fred Zinnemann)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8.</span> <strong>Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Jacques Tati)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9.</span> <strong>Julius Caesar </strong><span style="font-size:78%;">(Joseph L. Mankiewicz)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">10.</span> <strong>I Vietlloni</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Federico Fellini)</span>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-20393210353913271702008-09-04T21:13:00.002-04:002008-09-04T21:17:30.746-04:00VitajexHere is one of the most stunning sequences I’ve ever seen in a motion picture... the Vitajex commercial from Elia Kazan’s <em>A Face in the Crowd</em>. It’s a film I’ve been thinking about more and more as the political season rolls on.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lZ4nqphP21k&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lZ4nqphP21k&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-56461282734033460892008-09-04T15:26:00.005-04:002008-09-04T16:59:01.891-04:002005<span style="font-size:85%;">1.</span> <strong>Batman Begins</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Christopher Nolan)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">2.</span> <strong>Brokeback Mountain</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Ang Lee)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">3.</span> <strong>Grizzly Man</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Werner Herzog)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4.</span> <strong>A History of Violence</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(David Cronenberg)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">5.</span> <strong>No Direction Home</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Martin Scorsese) </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6.</span> <strong>Good Night, and Good Luck</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(George Clooney)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">7.</span> <strong>Caché</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Michael Haneke)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8.</span> <strong>Sin City</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Frank Miller & Robert Rodriguez)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9.</span> <strong>L'Enfant</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne)<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">10.</span> <strong>Munich</strong> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Steven Spielberg)</span> </span><br /><br /><p>I'm pretty sure I'm missing something.</p><br /></span>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-29398917560321090132008-09-04T15:01:00.003-04:002008-09-04T15:24:02.230-04:002002<span style="font-size:85%;">1.</span> <strong>City of God</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Fernando Meirelles)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">2.</span> <strong>Signs</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(M. Night Shyamalan)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">3.</span> <strong>Gangs of New York</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Martin Scorsese)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4.</span> <strong>Punch-Drunk Love</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Paul Thomas Anderson)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">5.</span> <strong>The Bourne Identity</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Doug Liman)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6.</span> <strong>The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Peter Jackson)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">7.</span> <strong>Road to Perdition</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Sam Mendes)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8.</span> <strong>The Pianist</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Roman Polanski)</span><br /><div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">9.</span> <strong>Minority Report</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Steven Spielberg)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">10.</span> <strong>Talk to Her</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Pedro Almodovar)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><br /><div>Here is Ramses <a href="http://simplyramses.blogspot.com/2008/09/top-ten-for-2002.html">2002 top ten list</a>.</div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></div></div>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-39576759754282099982008-09-03T14:47:00.003-04:002008-09-03T15:04:50.134-04:001960<span style="font-size:85%;">1.</span> <strong>La Dolce Vita</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Federico Fellini)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">2.</span> <strong>The Apartment</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Billy Wilder)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">3.</span> <strong>Peeping Tom</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Michael Powell)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4.</span> <strong>Psycho</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Alfred Hitchcock)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">5.</span> <strong>L'avventura </strong><span style="font-size:78%;">(Michelangelo Antonioni)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">6.</span> <strong>Breathless</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Jean-Luc Godard)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">7.</span> <strong>The Time Machine</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(George Pal)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8.</span> <strong>The Virgin Spring</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Ingmar Bergman)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">9.</span> <strong>The Magnificent Seven</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(John Sturges)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">10.</span> <strong>Elmer Gantry</strong> <span style="font-size:78%;">(Richard Brooks)</span><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br />I tried chosing a random year to do a top ten. I came up with 1960. I'm sure I'm missing some great titles.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-82432914479740973202008-09-03T14:43:00.002-04:002008-09-03T14:46:18.088-04:00Irvin's Top TenMy friend <a href="http://filmgeekbastard.blogspot.com/">Irvin</a> has decieded to post his top ten starting from 1993 though 2007. Check it <a href="http://filmgeekbastard.blogspot.com/">out</a>.<br /><br />I think I'm going to try a year.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-21504607301893298092008-09-03T14:37:00.000-04:002008-09-03T14:41:21.806-04:00High Times<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cpBzQI_7ez8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cpBzQI_7ez8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-57939423245319105382008-09-02T13:01:00.000-04:002008-09-02T13:05:13.303-04:00Palin TimeAlaska Governor Sarah Palin is far from qualified to be Vice President of the United Sates of America. McCain’s pick for VP is a cynical and insulting choice. It’s hilarious watching GOP foot soldiers on the cable networks bend over backwards defending her.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-21333879118375844452008-04-15T14:17:00.001-04:002008-04-15T14:17:36.889-04:00The ReturnI’m going to start posting again on the old blog pretty soon.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-50098087840294882382008-02-13T12:38:00.002-05:002008-02-13T12:42:23.267-05:00Kon Ichikawa Has DiedJapanese director Kon Ichikawa has passed away at the age of 92. A long life well lived. Check out <em>Tokyo Olympiad</em>, <em>The Burmese Harp</em>, and his masterpiece <em>Fires on the Plain</em> if you haven't seen them yet.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-39649532783518285282008-02-12T12:29:00.000-05:002008-02-12T12:31:03.866-05:00Quick Notes: Lars and CharlieCraig Gillespie's <em>Lars and the Real Girl</em> is a film that could have soared but by the end is only “pretty good” in my opinion. The film is sometimes maddening because you wish they would have fleshed out certain scenes and sequences… play them out for all their worth. Still, the film very much worth seeing.<br /><br />Ryan Gosling continues to prove that he’s one of the best actor’s of his generation with a performance that truly carries the film. Casting any other actor other than Gosling in the role of Lars might have been devastating to the picture. Gosling brings a certain weight and sweetness to the role than could have been turned into a stereotypical lunatic.<br /><br />I also had the opportunity yesterday to watch <em>Charlie Bartlett</em>. The film starts out pretty fine but quickly beings to wallow in sloppy writing and fucking awful characters. The suicide of one particular character is handled so badly that you wonder if the scene wasn’t shot by a child.<br /><br />It can be missed.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-42504364974831923222008-02-11T13:42:00.000-05:002008-02-11T13:47:52.535-05:00Roy Scheider Has Died<a href="http://www.emanuellevy.com/images/photos/aecowsjossn.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 185px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.emanuellevy.com/images/photos/aecowsjossn.jpg" border="0" /></a>One actor I’ve always looked forward seeing in movies, Roy Scheider has passed away from cancer. You’ll of course remember him from <em>The French Connection</em>, <em>All That Jazz</em>, and <em>Jaws</em>.<br /><br />The world seems a little less cooler now.<br /><br /><em>LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Roy Scheider, a two-time Oscar nominee best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie "Jaws," died Sunday. He was 75.<br /><br />Scheider died at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences hospital in Little Rock, hospital spokesman David Robinson said. The hospital did not release a cause of death.<br /><br />However, hospital spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said Scheider had been treated for multiple myeloma at the hospital's Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy for the past two years.<br /><br />He was nominated for a best-supporting actor Oscar in 1971's "The French Connection" in which he played the police partner of Oscar winner Gene Hackman and for best-actor for 1979's "All That Jazz," the autobiographical Bob Fosse film.<br /><br />However, he was best known for his role in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film, "Jaws," the enduring classic about a killer shark terrorizing beachgoers and well as millions of moviegoers.<br /><br />Widely hailed as the film that launched the era of the Hollywood blockbuster, it was also the first movie to earn $100 million at the box office. Scheider starred with Richard Dreyfuss, who played an oceanographer.<br /><br />"He was a wonderful guy. He was what I call 'a knockaround actor,'" Dreyfuss told The Associated Press on Sunday.<br /><br />"A 'knockaround actor' to me is a compliment that means a professional that lives the life of a professional actor and doesn't' yell and scream at the fates and does his job and does it as well as he can," he said.<br /><br />In 2005, one of Scheider's most famous lines in the movie _ "You're gonna need a bigger boat" _ was voted No. 35 on the American Film Institute's list of best quotes from U.S. movies.<br /><br />That year, some 30 years after "Jaws" premiered, hundreds of movie buffs flocked to Martha's Vineyard, off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts, to celebrate the great white shark.<br /><br />The island's JawsFest '05 also brought back some of the cast and crew, including screenwriter Carl Gottlieb and Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel that inspired Spielberg's classic. Spielberg, Scheider and Dreyfuss were absent.<br /><br />Dreyfuss recalled Sunday a time during the filming of 'Jaws' when Scheider disappeared from the set. As the filming was on hold because of the weather, Scheider "called me up and said, 'You don't know where I am if they call.'<br /><br />"He'd gone to get a tan. He was really very tan-addicted. That was due to a childhood affliction where he was in bed for a long time. For him being tan was being healthy," Dreyfuss said.<br /><br />He added that Scheider "was a pretty civilized human being _ you can't ask for much more than that."<br /><br />Scheider was also politically active. He participated in rallies protesting U.S. military action in Iraq, including a massive New York demonstration in March 2003 that police said drew 125,000 chanting activists.<br /><br />Scheider had a home built for him and his family in 1994 in Sagaponack in the Hamptons, where he was active in community issues. The oceanfront house featured five bedrooms, four fireplaces and various decks and porches.<br /><br />Last summer, Scheider announced that he was selling the home for about $18.75 million to singer-songwriter Billy Joel and was moving to the nearby village of Sag Harbor.</em>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-6639166294598199182008-01-28T12:48:00.000-05:002008-01-28T12:49:23.686-05:00Daniel Day-Lewis: Classy Guy<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sY0fPhgLAcM&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sY0fPhgLAcM&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-79344357263648587802008-01-27T13:25:00.000-05:002008-01-27T13:26:32.140-05:00Ice ColdI love the cold weather of Michigan. It’s my zone, my playground. When I walk outside to get the mail, I feel like the Green Bay Packers playing on Lambeau Field. Don’t get me wrong, I look forward to warm weather in the spring and summer, but you get so used to breathing in ice cold air, it’s becomes a part of your everyday existence.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-58980975007998933742008-01-25T11:33:00.000-05:002008-01-25T11:34:53.586-05:00Casey Shot Jesse JamesHow did Casey Affleck got put into the supporting category during award season for his brilliant work in <em>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</em>? He is clearly the lead in the picture. At least they recognized him anyhow, I guess.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-47851359654482942192008-01-22T21:40:00.000-05:002008-01-22T21:43:12.853-05:00Heath Ledger Has Passed Away<strong>MovieDan82:</strong> So young<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> I know.<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> I'm bummed out right now.<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> depressing<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> He has his whole career ahead of him.<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> the films he would have been in...<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> I know.<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> He's a great actor.<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> unlike other actors who have died, he really did have a strong body of work<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> One of the best of his generation.<br /><strong>Irvin Malcolm:</strong> He might get a posthumous Oscar nomination next year for <em>The Dark Knight</em>.<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> I wouldn't be surprised at all.<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> his work in <em>Brokeback Mountain</em> will always be legendary<br /><br /><strong>xzackbowerx:</strong> im just kinda in shock<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> I know!<br /><strong>xzackbowerx:</strong> i cried dude<br /><strong>xzackbowerx:</strong> b.c it was like<br /><strong>xzackbowerx:</strong> the joker just died today<br /><br /><strong>MovieWes99:</strong> Heath Ledger is dead<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> I know<br /><strong>MovieDan82:</strong> so shocking<br /><strong>MovieWes99:</strong> yeah<br /><strong>MovieWes99:</strong> can't believe itMovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-4101101031855742382008-01-17T14:50:00.001-05:002008-01-17T14:51:39.169-05:00Your Daily Diablo<a href="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o54/diablocody/marquee.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o54/diablocody/marquee.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-56820723172873074022008-01-17T11:58:00.000-05:002008-01-17T12:16:08.743-05:00Lives of the Super StrongI’m addicted to the new version of <em>American Gladiators</em>. Maybe it’s the campy warriors who defend foam pyramids week after week from villainous challengers hell bent on proving that God was wrong in creating the mighty gladiators that draws me in? <div><br /><div><a href="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/male/image-titan.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/male/image-titan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Titan</strong><br /><br />Lord Titan is easily the strongest of the gladiators. To even consider beating him is a hateful act. Titan only loses when told to by producers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/female/image-crush.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/female/image-crush.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><strong>Crush</strong><br /><br />Undefeated in Joust, this smoking hot ex-cage fighter is only a few months younger that I am. She is also a Myspace friend. </div><div><br /><a href="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/male/image-wolf.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 115px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.gladiatorszone.com/_global/images/international/america/new/male/image-wolf.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /><strong>Wolf</strong><br /><br />In promotional videos we’re told that Wolf has been fighting “men and animals” for his entire life. Rumor has it that before each match, Wolf is repeatedly kicked in the genitals by the other gladiators to charge him up. </div></div>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-51004618034075581872008-01-17T05:53:00.000-05:002008-01-17T05:55:44.777-05:00Run Jason RunCinema is King on the <a href="http://cinemaisking.blogspot.com/2008/01/bourne-series.html">Jason Bourne</a> films.<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">"I felt out of the loop with the Bourne trilogy and all of the people who just love them. I saw the first film when it first came out on dvd and I thought it was just "ok" nothing more and nothing less. I remember that I tried to watch the 2nd film a couple of times on cable and I just couldn't get into it. I just couldn't get why people loved them so much.<br /><br />So, after seeing The Bourne Ultimatum get so many rave reviews and get on so many peoples top ten lists, I became curious in checking them out. I wondered if I really was missing out on things and because of this I got all 3 films and decided to see them all over the course of 2 days. I can now happily jump on the bandwagon who love these films."</span></em>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-5965079139567807362008-01-16T13:09:00.000-05:002008-01-16T14:16:43.390-05:00Hamburger Phone + Juno = LoveAt the beginning of Jason Reitman’s <em>Juno</em> with all of it’s hip dialogue and quirky characters, you smell blood in the water. You’re thinking the film will be crushed by the weight of it all, but something happens as the seconds roll on… it becomes about something. <em>Juno</em> is one of the few films I know of that treats teen pregnancy, or just pregnancy in general in an honest fashion. I know it may be hard to see at first with all of is quirky artifice, but it’s there I tell you.<br /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 495px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.tiff07.ca/images/films2007/707171539101386.jpg" border="0" />While everyone are on their A game in the film, the very best performances are by Ellen “Tiny Dynamo” Page and Jennifer Garner. Poor Garner is overlooked in the reviews I’ve read by Ellen Page, probably rightfully so (she‘s that good!), but she really deserves notice for a bringing alive a character that that we initially don’t like but come to really love as the picture progresses.<br /><br />Ellen Page is on fire in the picture. By the end of the film you want to put her in your pocket and protect her from the cold. Cute as a bug!<br /><br />Page sells Cody’s dialogue with ease. It could have turned into disaster in the hands of another actress with less talent for delivery. There is a fine line between hip and overindulgence. A much harder performance to pull of than Julie Christie’s very good performance in <em>Away from Her</em>.<br /><br />The criticism I’ve often heard about <em>Juno</em> concerns the dialogue by screenwriter Diablo Cody.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>“I am sick of people thinking they know what teenagers are. It's BS. For some reason, everyone now classifies teenagers as the jocks/preps or the social outcasts who are funny because they're quick witted. That's ridiculous! I am a teenager, so I do have a pretty good opinion on this. No one I have ever met talks like that. I wish people would stop writing these awful movies about people they don't understand. You really want to know the best teenager movie I've ever seen is? This is the point where you stop reading because you are going to go nuts over what I am about to say. Seriously, stop reading. You won't be able to handle the truth and will make a crack at my maturity...But the best teenager movie that actually does relate to people is Superbad. Yeah, I know...Superbad, but seriously that is how people talk. And guess what? They wrote that when they were teenagers. So, tell the whores to stop writing awful screen plays and let real writers do the work. I don't want any more crap from people who just don't understand what they're writing about.”</em><br /></span><br />Some viewers point out like this one from IMDB that sixteen year-old girls don’t speak like the character Juno and certainly they’re right, but what they fail to grasp is that <em>Juno</em> obviously takes place in a hyper pop-reality much in the same way Charles Schultz approached his comic strip <em>Peanuts</em>. If you want reality rent a documentary. In no way is Reitman and Cody striving for teenage realism, but they are going for an emotional truth, and a lot of <em>Juno</em> rings true.<br /><br /><em>Juno</em> is one of the best films of 2007 and deserves all of it’s accolades.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JKNV3AU0-Eo&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JKNV3AU0-Eo&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-71440504867872944692008-01-12T11:56:00.000-05:002008-01-12T11:58:29.786-05:00Lunch With David: Saoirse Ronan<object width="500" height="300"><param name="bgcolor" value="#0000000" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.iklipz.com/flashplayer/FLVPlayeriKlipz.swf?configFile=http%3A//www.iklipz.com/flashplayer/servers.xml&streamName=cf74ccf3-beaa-4f2a-80c8-616a3ffe3925&movieID=adebea4c-a86a-4af0-9a1e-1fef810cfef3&photoName=56211c3f-4360-4798-81c9-e5ff86c9f6fb.jpg&isFullScreen=false" allowScriptAccess="always" width="500" height="300" /></object><br /><br />Saoirse Ronan deserves a Best Supporting nomination for her work in <em>Atonement</em>.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-58752511398593846192008-01-09T14:58:00.000-05:002008-01-09T15:04:47.523-05:00Scopitone Rising<em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> plays a lot better for me now than when I originally saw it when it came out. I was inspired to re-watch it because my friend <a href="http://cinemaisking.blogspot.com/">Ramses</a> sent me an interesting article about the film from Senses of Cinema. The other factor that inspired me to revisit <em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> is the hoopla over the release of Paul Thomas Anderson new film <em>There Will Be Blood</em>.<br /><br /><em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> is flawed by it’s very nature. The flights of fancy and whimsical moments in the film still throw me off, though I admittedly enjoy them. It’s also rather strange to see Adam Sandler so vulnerable in a motion picture. It’s still his career best.<br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.timothylive.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/pdl.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 480px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.timothylive.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/pdl.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><p>A worthy film in a great auteur’s filmography. <em>Punch-Drunk Love</em> is the first film where Paul Thomas Anderson has abandoned his homage’s to Robert Altman and Martin Scorsese and announces that he will only be influenced by himself.</p>MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-8275306750432274592008-01-07T17:48:00.001-05:002008-01-07T17:50:19.490-05:00Class ActI’ll admit it, I’m very jealous of my friend Evan right now. He is taking an introduction to cinema class right now at college and gets to watch masterpieces like <em>Stagecoach</em> and <em>Modern Times</em> in a classroom setting.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-85811363438455696182008-01-05T00:30:00.000-05:002008-01-05T00:31:05.750-05:00David Lynch on the iPhone<object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wKiIroiCvZ0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wKiIroiCvZ0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />Maybe the greatest thing I've ever seen.MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5307025877850982155.post-74774227488599058432008-01-04T11:19:00.000-05:002008-01-04T11:24:05.661-05:00End of the Spears<strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Irvin Malcolm:</span></strong> what is she on?<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">MovieDan82:</span></strong> no fucking clue<br /><strong><span style="color:#3333ff;">Irvin Malcolm:</span></strong> I think it's undiagnosed, out of control post-partum depression.<br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">MovieDan82:</span></strong> Joker gas?MovieDan82http://www.blogger.com/profile/13218827810453135251noreply@blogger.com0