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Archive for December, 2006

His Girl Friday (1940) imdb rt mrqe bad link
she’s oooooold

Posted on December 30th, 2006
liked it

watched this while recovering from food poisioning so i had trouble keeping up with the pace.  eventually i decided to just go with it and not try and figure out what was funny about every line and gesture.  i’d like to go back and watch in a better state someday, cause what i got was […]

Black Gold (2006) imdb rt metacritic mrqe bad link
the price of coffee

Posted on December 20th, 2006
liked it

this is a good intro to coffee farming and coffee industry, but could have been much more. mostly i struggled with the pace and flow. they made the choice of intertitles and no talking heads and the film really suffers as this incredibly compelling and urgent issue feels anything but. it felt […]

Fury (1936) imdb rt mrqe bad link
this looks bad, rainbow

Posted on December 12th, 2006
**ooo

the main plot point of mob violence was interesting, but outside of that i don’t understand why this got 4 stars from my onscreen channel guide.  the main character was so perfectly good, then afterwards completely mean with no trace of good.  a lot of how they set up that the couple was in love […]

Lust for Life (1956) imdb yahoo rt mrqe bad link
van gogh crazy

Posted on December 11th, 2006
liked it

this had some real great shots at times, then all the interiors were done on soundstages and looked awful. i really liked the beginning they had a bunch of scenes in a row (the mission’s board, the train, and the coal mine) that started wide with vvg’s head very small, but brighter than everything […]

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953) imdb yahoo rt mrqe bad link
VERY atomic

Posted on December 5th, 2006
liked it

this was tough to get through but had a couple big redeeming moments.  the non-piano musicians in green sequence was one.  especially the part with those guys tethered to the beard while they choke the other guy - some kind of weird bondage imagery there.  then the end when he’s foiling dr. t’s plan and […]

The Great Dictator (1940) imdb rt mrqe bad link
dictator

Posted on December 5th, 2006
liked it

i was really shocked when they had a joke of one of hynkel’s generals running in and saying ‘we’ve just discovered the most wonderful, the most marvelous poisinous gas. it will kill everybody.’  there are conflicting reports of how much was known of the atrocities at the time but i couldn’t believe they’d even come […]