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The Box: A......review?

Posted on November 8, 2009 at 1:19am — 1 Comment

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Familiar Faces, pt. 2

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Familiar Faces, pt. 1

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The Last Watchmen Review You'll Ever Fucking Read.

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What are a couple of your Cold Ones?

Posted on February 26, 2009 at 8:54pm — 22 Comments

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At 11:34pm on November 28, 2009, MDS said…
After the reviews started to come in from St. Anna, I passed on it. I don't know what Spike Lee was trying to do with the movie. I know that it was based on a book, but why couldn't he take a book that was more historical accurate than fiction?
At 12:03am on October 30, 2009, ryante said…
It's a Steve Burg concept art of the Drej aliens in Titan A.E.

Suffice to say, they deviated a little from his original vision, which is much more nightmarish than in the film.
At 5:39pm on October 25, 2009, Jonah said…
sup dude? yeah I've gone AWOL from the site for a long time, life stuff, you know. what'd I miss?
At 6:40am on October 21, 2009, ryante said…
P.S. Nice to see another Pogo enthusiast. "Alice" and "Lost" are my favorites, and "Go Out and Love Someone" is a work of genius.
At 6:32am on October 21, 2009, ryante said…
I'm familiar with DJ Shadow, but I never knew that about Endtroducing. I have to try that some time -- sounds really wild. Thanks for tipping me off.
At 5:51am on October 20, 2009, ryante said…
Thanks for commenting on my neglected blog post. Glad to see another movie score enthusiast. I put the next 5 up -- I combined them with the others into a single blog post. Look for it!
At 9:34pm on October 12, 2009, PvtSnafu said…
http://my.spill.com/profiles/blogs/coming-soon-the-art-of-1001
At 1:48am on October 12, 2009, MDS said…
Oh, I love The Wind that Shakes the Barley.

The only thing is, Michael Collins is really more of a "Mainstream" biopic, and as such it isn't as "hard hitting" as "The Wind" is. Personally, I would recommend that you watch BOTH, but watch Michael Collins first to do two things...

1) Help set-up The Wind. It's important to know the IRA's issues and what causes the civil war between Free Staters and IRA in Ireland.

2) The Wind, goes more into the Protestant/Catholic aspects of the conflict. This alone makes it a more "accurate" movie, but also will cause PROBLEMS in the mainstream. Because of that, Michael Collins is a much better recommended "starter" movie.

Out of the two, I couldn't say which one I enjoy more as they both really are powerful films. For story and accuracy I lean more towards The Wind. But for production values and cast/direction I lean towards Michael Collins. Without a doubt they are great movies, but I'm going to say that Michael Collins gets a 8/10 out of me cause it does make you question yourself after watching, which ironically makes your points of view on Ireland's struggles more firm. The Wind that Shakes the Barley would get a 7/10 from me.

So, it's a really close call.
At 9:58am on August 31, 2009, MDS said…
Remember there's a difference between "Limited" run and "Wide Release". Going by the wide release, 300 came out in '07.
But it DID have a limited run in '06 that was for festivals because of Snyder's wanting to appeal to the "artistic" crowds.
At 8:27am on August 28, 2009, Mostafa said…
Dude, your comment about Mr.Freeze was the best idea I have heard since The Dark Knight came out. It's the most awesome idea yet and would fit in Nolan's universe like a glove. I think it would be a bit diffictult to keep it from being rated R but who knows? Awesome thinking bro.
 
 

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