a week in movies (3/18-3/24)

3/18/08-3/24/08

I spent the majority of the week in bed. So did I catch up with movies? Hell no. I was sick.


WOFL 2106 (2006, David O'Reilly, download) - 7
This was some pretty impressive stuff. A small woodland creature is abducted by a UFO. My only complaint is that certain parts reminds me of a lot of gothy art. Asian dude with laser eyes, dead stuffed animal. You get the picture.

Oh! And you can watch it here. and more on his blog.



Barry Lyndon (1975, D. Stanley Kubrick, dvd) - 8
Sometime when I was just beginning to work at the Balboa, a cute girl came in and asked me, "Who's your favorite director?" I hate this question because I don't have an answer. Its a common, and easy question. I should be able to answer it, right? Well, I try to be honest. She was a really cute girl and I didn't want to disappoint her.

So I told her that she'd be bored by my answer.

Sure enough, I was right. Never say Stanley Kubrick.

This should be in the film studies dating manual. Everyone likes Stanley Kubrick. You play this dude's movies at a midnight show and you're rich beyond your wildest dreams.

I still haven't seen a Kubrick movie I didn't like. Though there's still a few more for me to go, including Lolita (1962) and Spartacus (1960).

The film uses only natural light with a special custom-built camera, designed so that every single shot looks like a painting. The storm clouds in the distance are perfectly visible in this tense scene. I mean look!

Tired of never seeing landscapes like this? Rent the movie and you'll have 3 hours worth. Its beautiful. Well, I'm going to go die now, in the Nerdery with all the other Nerds.