Shutter Island was fucking terrible. Plot twist was predictable as all hell but imo what really condemned the movie was DiCaprio's acting, which seemingly has about as much range as a wooden plank. That and the bizarre musical score. I dunno. I really wanted to like that movie, like REALLY WANTED TO, but alas...

i was just in the middle of a movie experience when the subtitles went nuts and i tried to find some other ones on the internet but none of them fit and it made the movie impossible to watch and understand. i am really annoyed!!! i hate this!!!

Jamie in VLC you can set an offset for subtitles so unless the subtitles are just all broken themselves you should be able to sync em up

Don't give up.

i was trying that mark, for like 45 minutes. i couldn't figure it out. the delay sometimes made the subtitles disappear or made them all run into each other.

i think i want the subtitle file to begin 1 minute 22 seconds into the file.

i was really enjoying it too.

hey. you know what? i'm gonna get another copy. i'm not giving up, i'm just taking the longer, safer way.

sorry i just remembered that i deleted all the movie files about 10 minutes ago because i was angry. i should cool my beans right on down.

its too late

you have no more beans

they've all been deleted

Shutter Island:

HATED the first half of the movie. I swear it was shot, scored, and written by High School freshmen.

The last half was better, even though EVERYONE in the theater "guessed" how the story would unravel, 18 minutes into it. But, it was better. I dunno. Overall, I wouldn't ever watch it again.

Shutter Island is alright. I would recommend it. Despite its predictable ending, it was thoughtfully executed. I think Leonardo's performance is outstanding.

The other night I watched Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. There are maybe 3 really good "interviews" in the film. Other than that it was pretty incoherent. Some parts of the dialog gave a fair sample of Wallace's writing abilities, but it is in no way a fair reflection of his work!

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. Yep.

it's the only halfway decent street fighter movie out there

Tokyo Gore Police, and I hope they do a sequel soon. I was smiling from the part wherethe medical freak whore re-grew her lower torso in a new and interesting configuration all the way through the end of the movie. The part with the big bad guy jet propelling on blood from his steroid injected leg stumps was another high point. The use of integrated commercials reminded me of Robocop and added some extra flavor to the mix. It wasn't exactly what I'd expected (I found it in a search for 'Cyberpunk Movies'), but for some just plain stupid fun, it was great.

I also watched The Man Who Wasn't There and Memento recently. TMWWT was new to me, and I enjoyed it, even though it was insanely predictable. The thing that struck me about Memento this time was that I kept seeing other actors playing the lead role in my head. The first time I guess I was too caught up in "woo, parallel narrative, nice, lets see where it goes" to notice. I felt somewhat vindicated when an article I saw online (so its veracity is, admittedly, somewhat suspect) stated that the two actors I kept seeing in the role were at one point either cast or at least considered, namely Brad Pitt and Aaron Eckhart.

I've also been working through Ergo Proxy. I saw it mentioned on a Deus Ex board (a poster had asked for films that were similar to Deus Ex), and figured I'd give it a try. I haven't finished it yet, so I'm not sure what I think of the whole, but it is enjoyable enough. It is a little funny to me that the first animated series I've come across that provides a handy glossary of its psychological/religious/mythical symbolism is one where I'm familiar with just about everything they bring up anyway.

Just finished the Rocky Collection.. do I need to describe it. But  I really like it, watched it only with the knowledge of it being about a boxer who strives hard, and oh was I entertained to the end. Incredible is just an overused term but.. incredible!

medicine for melancholy. i only heard about it a couple of hours ago and it sounded kind of interesting so i got it. anyway, it was okay. i dunno, neither of the characters were really that likable they were pretty superficial and pretentious. the film was about two black people who have a one night stand and the guy has an issue with thinking the woman acts white, essentially, while he identifies himself as indie, punk, whatever. that is the interesting part of the film, but you know all those really stark minimalist precious romances you see (usually starring artistic white americans) - this film is exactly one of those outside of the black theme. it's probably an interesting idea in itself, taking something like that and putting black americans in it, but the way the movie was made it seemed more like the film maker didn't think that these kinds of films i am talking about are total bullshit and i do. like i think i was supposed to think these two people were cool and they weren't. wyatt cenac (from the daily show) was the male lead and he isn't a very good actor, i don't think. maybe i'm taking that from the daily show, where everyone is bad at acting including him. the woman, who i don't know, was better than him. i might just be saying that because she was beautiful. i probably am. forget i said anything.

anyway yeah it felt like i'd seen this exact film before because, apart from the black identity theme, i absolutely have. two disillusioned, disconnected hot young people meet in that big lonely city, get to know each other over 1 day, everything is awkward, everything is bleak, everything is beautiful. the movie ends in that matter of fact way.

i dunno. like i don't have anything against what the film said, more just how it said it. it did give me a little perspective on something i hadn't thought of before, and watching a film is always SOMETHING so yeah it was okay but yes i do think it was a bit lame.

The other night I watched Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. There are maybe 3 really good "interviews" in the film. Other than that it was pretty incoherent. Some parts of the dialog gave a fair sample of Wallace's writing abilities, but it is in no way a fair reflection of his work!

oh yeah, i forgot about this. this is directed by John Krasinski, right? I'm not sure if i give a flying hoobastank what he's got to say but i guess i am interested in a david foster wallace adaptation even though i made it about what 60 pages into infinite jest on my most valiant attempt before succumbing to the thickness in my right hand (i'll do it one day. definitely!). i remember thinking the trailer looked bad. very JOKEY or whatever, in a predictable way. i haven't read the book so i didn't really have any right to expectations but i thought the book was gonna be like a series of interviews with Charlie 'The Black Hole' Sheen

i'll probably see it soon now that it's out.

I watched two movie`s yesterday , and the day before , just one .

what movies did you watch. tell me all about it.