Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 36

Ghoulish Delight · 06-07-2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

I think it is because I want to be part of the conversation not a spectator to the conversation.

I think one of the reasons I enjoyed Waking Life so much is that the three of us watching it actually paused it in the middle and had a half hour long conversation of our own before continuing. So even though I didn't agree with everything the movie said, I appreciated it for touching off a great conversation.

Not Afraid · 06-07-2006, 11:14 AM

I really liked "Andre" when I first saw it years ago. I was enthralled by the conversation and wished that my own friends would converse in this manner. Since that time, I've gotten a little bored with the "watching people talk" flms. I find that I DO have more interesting conversations with my friends than what's going on in these films. Both Mind Walk and Waking Life both left me rather unfulfilled and I wonder if Andre would be the same for me if I saw it again now.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 11:24 AM

That was one problem I had, it really isn't a conversation until the last 30 minutes or so. Until then it is just Andre talking while Wally Shawn says "really" and "what happened then" and nervously chuckles. Until then it was a monologue of a hippie's wet dream of adventure travel.

Once Wallace Shawn worked up the gumption to participate I had no problem staying awake but that first 1:15 to 1:30 was where I kept zonking out.

I haven't seen Mindwalk in a decade and the first time I saw it was in a social setting and Fritjof Capra was there to talk about it afterwards (even at the ripe age of 17 I recognized him as a pseudo-intellectual twerp, but the discussion was interesting).

mousepod · 06-07-2006, 01:18 PM

I liked Andy Kaufman's "My Breakfast With Blassie". I was never a pro-wrestling fan, but I enjoyed it anyway. And it was funnier than "Andre".

Gemini Cricket · 06-07-2006, 01:40 PM

The big problem I had with 'Waking Life' was the animation. It made me nauseous. I left halfway through it to puke. (No joke.) I thought the movie itself was just okay. I found it to be pretentious.

mousepod · 06-07-2006, 01:57 PM

Back to Kill Bill for a second:

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Nearly two years after the final installment hit theaters, director Quentin Tarantino is finally going back to kill more Bill. Digital Spy reports that QT will release a merged version of both Kill Bill films to cinemas. "I want to cut the whole movie together like one big epic with an intermission in the middle like a 60s film," explained the effusive director. "It'll be coming out in theatres. I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do the big supplementary DVD package." Work on the extended cut, tentatively known as Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, is set to begin shortly with a theatrical release through The Weinstein Company in late 2006.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 02:54 PM

Well good. I'll pay to go see that. Sadly, innerSpaceman will have to pass since he only sees the original theatrical versions of movies and anything else is an abomination (if I'm recalling correctly which I may not be).

Matterhorn Fan · 06-07-2006, 04:22 PM

Is this why the DVD of Kill Bill 1 was so inexpensive?

(I presume #2 was the same price, but I never watched more than 10 minutes of the first, so never bought #2.)

BarTopDancer · 06-07-2006, 05:43 PM

It's movie related and 06-06-06 related.

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innerSpaceman · 06-07-2006, 07:01 PM

I don't see what about Kill Bill combined is an abomination. It sounds as if it's the two movies run back-to-back, with an intermission in between.

This 'Whole-Bloody-Affair" DVD, on the other hand, sounds like changes afoot. I'm still more excited about that than the cinema re-release of movies I could watch right now if I were so inclined. As I've said above, I'm dying to get my hands on the international verion of KB I, and the expanded DVD may have that as one of the options.

We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm hopeful and optimistic and excited.

Thanks for the news, mousepod.

06-07-2006, 11:14 AM	#352
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I really liked "Andre" when I first saw it years ago. I was enthralled by the conversation and wished that my own friends would converse in this manner. Since that time, I've gotten a little bored with the "watching people talk" flms. I find that I DO have more interesting conversations with my friends than what's going on in these films. Both Mind Walk and Waking Life both left me rather unfulfilled and I wonder if Andre would be the same for me if I saw it again now.
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06-07-2006, 11:24 AM	#353
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	That was one problem I had, it really isn't a conversation until the last 30 minutes or so. Until then it is just Andre talking while Wally Shawn says "really" and "what happened then" and nervously chuckles. Until then it was a monologue of a hippie's wet dream of adventure travel. Once Wallace Shawn worked up the gumption to participate I had no problem staying awake but that first 1:15 to 1:30 was where I kept zonking out. I haven't seen Mindwalk in a decade and the first time I saw it was in a social setting and Fritjof Capra was there to talk about it afterwards (even at the ripe age of 17 I recognized him as a pseudo-intellectual twerp, but the discussion was interesting).
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06-07-2006, 01:18 PM	#354
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I liked Andy Kaufman's "My Breakfast With Blassie". I was never a pro-wrestling fan, but I enjoyed it anyway. And it was funnier than "Andre". __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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06-07-2006, 01:40 PM	#355
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	The big problem I had with 'Waking Life' was the animation. It made me nauseous. I left halfway through it to puke. (No joke.) I thought the movie itself was just okay. I found it to be pretentious.
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06-07-2006, 02:54 PM	#357
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well good. I'll pay to go see that. Sadly, innerSpaceman will have to pass since he only sees the original theatrical versions of movies and anything else is an abomination (if I'm recalling correctly which I may not be).
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06-07-2006, 04:22 PM	#358
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Is this why the DVD of Kill Bill 1 was so inexpensive? (I presume #2 was the same price, but I never watched more than 10 minutes of the first, so never bought #2.)
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06-07-2006, 05:43 PM	#359
BarTopDancer Prepping... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here, there, everywhere Posts: 11,405	It's movie related and 06-06-06 related. Baby Damien __________________ Spork is the new MacGyver Postcards From My Edge
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06-07-2006, 07:01 PM	#360
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't see what about Kill Bill combined is an abomination. It sounds as if it's the two movies run back-to-back, with an intermission in between. This 'Whole-Bloody-Affair" DVD, on the other hand, sounds like changes afoot. I'm still more excited about that than the cinema re-release of movies I could watch right now if I were so inclined. As I've said above, I'm dying to get my hands on the international verion of KB I, and the expanded DVD may have that as one of the options. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm hopeful and optimistic and excited. Thanks for the news, mousepod.
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