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The Ü™

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I just got back from Quantum of Solace, which opened today in the US. It had classic Bond action, but without the gimmicks and gadgets, making it slightly inferior to a classic Bond movie. Not as good as Casino Royale, either. Although I loved how they did the gun barrel sequence in this one. It fit quite well. (Just put it back at the beginning of the film for Bond 23!!!)
 

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Step Brothers is about 1,000 times better than I thought it was going to be. 10/10, one of the best comedies ever IMO.
 
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Quantum of Solace... Highly disappointing. They were obviously attempting to chanel The Bourne Ultimatum with the action sequence editing and in the staging of a certain scene. Didn't pull it off at all. I won't go on, don't want to 'spoil'.
 

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Altered States (1980)

An obscure Science fiction film by cult director Ken Russell which explores western culture's obsession for finding a true intangible self. Actor William Hurt attempts to find his true intangible self via an unknown hallucinogenic drug found in Mexico. He purports that other states of consciousness are as real as everyday reality. Through sensory deprivation methods in conjunction with this unknown drug, he experiences several states of 'being'. Throw in some Nietzschean Will to Power undertones and you've a nice little gem of a film here.

Highly recommended. (I saw it Sober but would like to see it induced)
 

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Quantum of Solace... Highly disappointing. They were obviously attempting to chanel The Bourne Ultimatum with the action sequence editing and in the staging of a certain scene. Didn't pull it off at all. I won't go on, don't want to 'spoil'.
Thanks. I couldn't stand the camera work in Ultimatum, so I won't bother with this one.
 
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The only film I'm really looking forward to possibly seeing is Valkyrie with Tom Cruise, which is about the 1944 plot to kill Hitler. I think it comes out either later this month or next month - don't know off hand.

Of course I also have my doubts of whether to bother. Among my concerns is how they're going to protray the fact that the leader of the plot, Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg, was a practicing Catholic.
 

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I'm watching Fantasia.

My sister owns so many Disney classics, it was hard to choose, but not I gladly settled.
 

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Watched Wall-E on Blu-Ray. Pixar's best movie, hands down. Although it might have made me shed a tear.

I loved the end credits and the pixelated renderings of the characters scrolling up and across the screen.

And I also like Thomas Newman's scores than Randy Newman's.
 

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Yeah, Wall-E rules. I've seen it like five times.

The Incredible Hulk, with Ed Norton: Lame. 6/10. (1 being I'd rather have electrodes attached to my face, 10 being The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.)
 
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I'm watching The Incredibles on NBC. It's in the Pixar Holy Trinity with Ratatouille and Wall-E. They just keep getting better.
 

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I watched waaay too much yesterday. But it was fun.

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I started off with the Japanese horror, Blind Beast. I don't think I'm in to sadomasochism, but I couldn't take my eyes off this film. It climaxes at the characters going blind, thus increasing their sensitivity to sexual stimuli. But they can't get enough as they become desensitised to each new experience, so end up physically harming each other for pleasure. I'd like to say more, but, you know.. family friendly. I was left with a restless yearning for the visceral, how the film describes touch is quite beautiful. It doesn't penetrate the psyche as Japanese horror is famous for, but the philosophical implications of hedonism, artistic obsession, sexual power plays, Oedipal relationships etc. are fascinating.

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Secondly, the big cheese, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I would have liked this a lot more in my mid-teens, but the themes are highly relevant to me, as for the last few days I've been thinking about the potential of man within the frame of mental capacity and the existing ecology. Sadly, it didn't have the meditative impact I craved, but made for fine contemplation.

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Thirdly, a little French rarity titled, Le Chignon d'Olga. It's a reasonably functional family drama (at a push) with the title character -- a young INFP male (who is far too pretty for his own good) -- interacting with those around him. His younger sister is a little insecure, but endearing; his father is a writer of childrens' stories; the younger brother watches Chaplin's, The Circus all day (which the father wisely encourages); and his best friend is a tap dancer. So it does have that continental utopia about it, but it's more realistic than say a blind, kidnapping sadomasochist, or monolith studded planets.

The production is refreshingly competent, with soft jazz at parties, a consciously artistic eye for colour and framing, as well as characters you actually care about as they are so well written and portrayed. I love these little, easy-going romance/dramas. I really do. And I love how all the characters are all so confident; it gives them charisma, whether introverted or not. (Perhaps it's a French thing) - They defy convention, but are mature, polite, and respectful.
 
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