Rouge's Journal du cinema

[Mikadzuki]

Hey Justine,

I checked out your lovely little site and saw that you had bookmarked Nathaniel's Film Experience blog in the sidebar. Do you read TFE? If so, that's awesome! I've read it for five years and it's the second first site I visit in the morning after all the TLC/YMDB/JimmyBox sites.

And I agree with Simon that Kill Bill Vol. 2 is an improvement over Vol. 1.

[Philosophe_rouge]

Hey Justine,

I checked out your lovely little site and saw that you had bookmarked Nathaniel's Film Experience blog in the sidebar. Do you read TFE? If so, that's awesome! I've read it for five years and it's the second first site I visit in the morning after all the TLC/YMDB/JimmyBox sites.

And I agree with Simon that Kill Bill Vol. 2 is an improvement over Vol. 1.

I read it fairly regular, probably once every two days. It's really good stuff

some snob I am...the only one of those I've seen is Kill Bill Vol. 2. Haha, back in the day I probably watched that at least 10 times

I haven't seen any of them, so I'm worse off

i'm jealous of deux jours a tuer!

I have top hat on my dvr i think, so I will be watching it soon too.

I hopeit's good, I'm seeing it tonight. Will have a review fo sho.

For a great courtroom scene at least, The Lady from Shanghai. Frisco Jenny, for that matter.

Damn, I can't even remember the one in The Lady from Shanghai.

I wish I could plan out my movie-viewing week. It would change numerous times in the matter of a day, so I can't even bother. It would save me a lot of time trying to decide what to watch though...

There are always a few spontaneous ones, but these are my rentals, if I don't see them I feel like I wasted my money!

i have the movies I'm going to see for the next 3 years mapped out...plus a little room for spontaneity when new things pop up. i am going to be busy...

You are INSANE!

[Ally]

i'm jealous of deux jours a tuer!

I have top hat on my dvr i think, so I will be watching it soon too.

I hopeit's good, I'm seeing it tonight. Will have a review fo sho.

i have the movies I'm going to see for the next 3 years mapped out...plus a little room for spontaneity when new things pop up. i am going to be busy...

You are INSANE!

Merci!

and ...so they tell me

[Ben]

Did you fake a heart attack?

[Philosophe_rouge]

No, but I SAW IT! !! I'm going to try and write a review of it for Twitch, though words don't seem right for it. Suffice to say it's one of the best and strangest film experinces I've ever had, an incredibly engaging, funny and surprisingly tender and sweet film.

[Simon M.]

[G.M.]

...

[warthog]

I must see this...it's next on my pre-release obsession list...

[roujin]

same here. . .

[Philosophe_rouge]

I'm not saying if I slept with anyone to get where I am today...

[warthog]

[Ally]

u, baby face, u

[Simon M.]

i'm so confused.

[Ben]

Yay!!! We're talking about the greatness that is Love Exposure. Justine saw it at Montreal's Fantasia Fest as she is covering that fest for Twitch as did Dustin and I for the New York Asian Film Fest.

[Simon M.]

the fuck is Twitch...

[Philosophe_rouge]

I'm going to try and write a review for Love Exposure, but it seems so futile!!! I'm soooo tired today, I'll probably get to it tomorrow. I've also started a review of Grace, and sent a pretty poor review of Dream.... but the film doesn't really deserve much better anyway.

[Ben]

Yup, Dream pretty much sucked. It was my first Kim film and I don't plan on revisiting him anytime soon. I'm very keen to hear about Grace though! The trailer and concept were interesting at least.

Simon: Twitch is probably the best site around for coverage of world/genre cinema and just strange little movies. http://www.twitchfilm.net

[Philosophe_rouge]

I liked the other Kim I've seen, and reading up on it, it seems to be a real departure for him. I think Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring is beautiful, and SOOOO different than Dream.

Grace is good, not great. It has some amazing scenes and focuses appropriately on psychological rather than shock/gore horror, but it has some silly scenes and a pretty poor ending. Considering it's a feature debut, and was shot in 17 days, it shows a HUGE amount of potential. The writer/director Paul Solet is definetely someone to look out for.

[Ben]

Yes, that is pretty much what I've heard about Grace. Still sounds like it will be worth a watch if it ever comes my way.

The Bow was one of the only films that ever seemed to intrigue me from Kim, Spring, Summer Blah Blah Blah and 3-Iron were others I knew about before but they never seemed to catch me in a "I might watch thus..." way.

Now I am off to read your Dream review at Twitch.

[Philosophe_rouge]

It's definetely worth seeing!

For those lazy people, review of Dream;

Review of Dream (Kim Ki-Duk)

[dustin]

nice. I agree. I read an interview he gave after Spring, Summer... He said he didn't know anything about Buddhism. He was making things up. I still love that movie though. Beautiful.

[Philosophe_rouge]

nice. I agree. I read an interview he gave after Spring, Summer... He said he didn't know anything about Buddhism. He was making things up. I still love that movie though. Beautiful.

That's pretty awesome

[sardis]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965) 8

A NFB documentary on Montreal's own Leonard Cohen, preceeding the style of Don't Look Back by a few years, the film feels fresh and modern, though is somewhat hampered by overwrought narration and convention. The portrait of Cohen (much like tht of Dylan) offers something of a hypocritical portrait of an artist, though Cohen seems graceful and warm, whereas Dylan was confrontational and cruel. It's worth recommending if you're a fan of his work.

Johnny Guitar (1954) 9

Battling out Bigger than Life as my favourite Nicholas Ray film, Johnny Guitar is an unconventional western about unconventional people. The battle mirrors contemporary politics, as a large group confronts and attacks a minority they not only cannot begin to understand, but pigeon-hole innnaccurately, effectively pushing them into crime and violence. The use of colour cinematography is astonishing.

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (2008) 3

Sometimes I wonder why I waste my time seeing such terrible films, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is so completley uninspired on every level. I can imagine kids enjoying it, and parents being happy that it manages to be so completely innoffensive in any way. It's so bland. I also don't get 3-D, it's cool for maybe 3 minutes but it's just not that impressive. It mostly looks bad. At least the glasses are kinda badass. Ugh. One of the worst I've seen this year, and I've seen some crappy films.

The Dark Knight (2008) 9

Nolan takes the opportunity to use the Superhero film as an essay on a variety of ideas and notions about his world. He struggles with politics of justice and corruption, while also painting extremely complex character portraits. The film is gorgeous to look at, surprising and hangs on with you for a few days. I can't wait to see it again, hopefully this time in IMAX.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) 8+

Rewatched Kill Bill Vol. 1, I wasn't a fan the first time I saw it, but this time I have to say I fell for it's stylistic indulgence. The first half in particular had me completely enthralled. I loved the episodic madness of it, that was somewhat abandoned in the final half, to my chagrin. Still, I'm now excited to see Kill Bill Vol.2.

You seem to have went through a time warp beginning with this post.

[Doormouse]

Compliments on "Kill Bill", "The Dark Knight", and "Journey To The Center Of Earth", which I walked out of off, not out of disgust though, I was just tired and it was 3 dollar theater we only went to cus they had free and convienent parking, but I didnt feel I was missing anything.

I keep putting off Johnny Guitar, I think I'll check out it this weekend. I've been wanting to watch some good early color and technicolor films.