January 2011
39 posts
'Enter The Void'
• by Gaspar Noe
• plot: a drug-dealing foreigner in Tokyo is killed by cops during a bust, and his spirit lives on to not only revisit the past which led him to that point, but to then witness his life after his death
• theme: reincarnation, light as the womb and ethereal, darkness as the world in reality
• How did they shoot this?
• I’m amazed
• the main protagonist is kind of a blah...
[BEER MONGER] – Sierra Nevada Torpedo
• softer than Flying Dog Raging Bitch
• 7.3%ABV
• Love it, a tiny bit more than FDRB
'Vertigo'
• psychological thriller con films sure have come a long way
• how did they do all those camera tricks?
• loved the trippy nightmare scenes
• hasn’t aged well at all, but I’m sure at its time it was the shit.
[BEER MONGER] Acme IPA
• too sweet for an IPA; do not want.
Screenwriting Tip #521
I once tried sublimating a dialogue scene into an action-packed visual symphony. The results filled me with great shame.
screenwritingtips:
You might think this scene of two characters talking is interesting enough, but trust me, it would be a lot more interesting if they also did something. Give them some action to play and the dialogue will pop even more.
[BEER MONGER] – Flying Dog 'Raging Bitch': Belgian...
ABV: 8.3%
IBU: 60
Specialty Malts: 60L Crystals (for sweet medium caramel flavor + deep golden to red color)
Hops: Warrior, Columbus, Amarillo
Process: El Diablo style yeast, dry-hopped for Amarillos
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Honestly, I have no idea what all that means. All I saw was: 1) IPA; 2) 8.3% ABV; and 3) ‘Raging Bitch’.
I might not like the graphics – like Ren & Stimpy meets Scary...
Screenwriting Tip #519
I can attest to this.
screenwritingtips:
Taking writing work that you don’t want to do is the quickest and best way to extinguish your enjoyment of writing.
Screenwriting Tip #518
Interesting.
screenwritingtips:
Writing can be massively therapeutic. Just make sure to edit those angrily-written scenes so the antagonist isn’t so obviously your annoying boss, neighbor or housemate.
'I'm Still Here'
• Joaquix Phoenix’s faux public meltdown.
• Even if hoax, it was a tragic and painful spectacle of watching someone weaned on public affection to try to be honest about himself through publicly destroying himself.
• One moment in particular gave away that the rap pursuit was false, but besides that, it was an interesting examination of public self-destruction; no one wants to see it...
'Exit Through The Gift Shop'
• never thought I’d appreciate Banksy so much.
• it hits too close to home, makes my stomach bubble with bile and ache from the laughs.
• excellent commentary on the hype machine and it’s bumblefuck participants, even if the film is true-to-life or not.
• I love how Thierry used titles and other people’s reputations, along with other people’s labor and skillsets, and...
eyeonspringfield:
Screenwriting Tip #510
I like it. I like it a lot.
screenwritingtips:
“I’ve been working on this script for two years” isn’t a boast; it’s a cry for help. If you can’t finish a project, put it away and start one that you can finish.
'The Chaser'
• an ousted cop-turned-pimp falls back into unofficial police duty when a serial killer picks off his girls.
• broke man wants money, impotent killer wants power, and justice system wants to avoid public outrage.
• the rules don’t serve the people, and in fact, serve the criminal.
• hard-boiled chase film.
• if Se7en went down in Korea, it would be this, and I mean this as a complete...
'Southpark: Awesom-O [Season 8, Ep 2]'
• Game: Cartmann tries to play another trick on Butters by pretending to be his servile robot friend.
• which ends up backfiring, because Cartmann finds out Butters has an incriminating tape that he will release if Cartmann plays one more trick on Butters.
• so Cartmann’s mission changes from fucking with Butters to finding the tape
• but ends up having to play along being Butters’...
'Mother'
• plot: a neo noir murder mystery dark comedy set in an eerie rundown small town, or man v society, in which all forces seem pitted against the individual.
• theme: a mother smothers her son in the name of ‘love’.
• Bong Joon Ho is master of small-town detective narratives while peppering in comedic moments.
• perfectly casted
• the ending is fantastic, hilarious chilling, sad,...
'The Cove'
• the survival game playing out on many different levels
• young whipper snapper starts off training dolphins for the sake of mass entertainment, has a change of heart when dolphin dies in captivity, spends the next chapter of his life ridden with guilt and trying to undo the crime he feels he played a part in, and targets one of the last remaining dolphin exploiters by trying to get them to stop...
'The Informant!'
• If ‘The Social Network’ were a comedy, it would be this.
• A slow build with an oddly likable protagonist (which seems to work due to the narration – he peppers in interesting and odd trivia (which he uses as distraction from the egregious and rampant vomit of lies he hurls out all the damn time) which make us find this guy sort of interesting, that with every fun and saucy tidbit...
'Arrested Development' Done
• The creators took horrific human impulses and stuffed them into such lovable characters.
• A lot of the relationships feel grounded in reality and pushed to extreme limits.
• Why are they so likable? Because they all enjoy being so terrible? Not like glowering evil masterminds who are aware of their evil-doing, but like oblivious children who are just having fun by drawing on your walls with...
