BitTorrent Super Sunday: A Look at the Past Week’s Top DVD-Rips

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1. JosefStalin - April 20, 2008 at 6:13 pm

   I have a girlfriend who’s nice but not quite on my intellectual level. So I saw some of these films at the cinema with her (at her request).

   Cloverfield for example. It was alright but I forgot about it immediately upon leaving the theater. A perfect example of this throwaway culture that Hollywood has contributed so much to.

   Also saw Beowulf with her…I Am Legend…and probably some other crap. All instantly forgetable Hollywood action blockbusters.

   I try to take her to the art house cinema. See some independant and foreign films. She reluctantly agrees. Saw Princess (Danish or something violent animated film about porn…quite good) Elizabeth the Golden Age (boring anti-Catholic pro-Protestant England crap which could have been a good springboard for discussion at least) and most recently Grindhouse (good and different but not the masterpiece that the dorks on the internet claim).

   Anyway she fell asleep during all of them. I also take her to the legitimate (Glengary Glen Ross and Cabaret) and again she falls asleep. Cabaret isnt so legitimate by the way but she was clearly very bored with all of the dialogue in Glengary Glen Ross and I didnt want her falling asleep again. Anyway this is particularly outrageous because these tickets are like £30-45 each.

   So should I still go out with this girl? Im thinking no. Also we’ve been dating for like five months and…not much going on outside of the cinema either if you follow my meaning. And Im 29 so…its not normal. Shes in her early 20s.

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2. soulxtc - April 20, 2008 at 6:51 pm

   @Joseh
   I totally agree about the current Hollywood throw away crap. Watched Chinatown again the other day for like the 6th time and it was amazing how good cinema was in the 1970’s. I mean it was a brilliant movie….unpredictable witty and just plain fun to watch. I mean Im not the old 33 but why is that weve “advanced 30+years and movies have gotten almost unwatchable?

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3. MrGrieves138 - April 21, 2008 at 9:48 am

   I disagree with the sentiment that we’re living in the time of disposable cinema. We’ve ALWAYS had terrible cinema at the forefront of popular culture because it unfortunately sells and sells well.

   One thing that is very different now from then is that there are a lot more options than there were 30 years ago. There are more made-for-TV movies more theatres more films produced more straight-to-video films more independent films there’s just more of everything. Unfortunately the crap sells better than the quality always has. So with much more media there is much more crap. Also in that there is more quality work as well. I think it just seems like there’s more crap than before because it has increased by sheer proportion. I also believe that quality films have increased in number by sheer proportion. I saw some of the best movies I’ve seen in years just this past year. Like Spider-Man 3… Just kidding. No Country For Old Men IS one of the most incredibly crafted films I’ve ever seen and time will tell on that one how brilliant it really is. Maybe in twenty years I can complain about their films and how good my era was by showing them movies like No Country For Old Men A History of Violence There Will Be Blood etc. And those are just recent mainstream films we won’t even go into the independent cinema.

   You want an example of sheer crap from the 70s?–CALIGOLA anyone? That came out the same years as The Deer Hunter.

   Your witness.

   Menken said it perfectly in that no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American culture. Always has been true and it always will.

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4. bobhss - April 21, 2008 at 7:30 pm

   lol do you have any other gals lined up? If so why not ditch the current girl and move on to another with better movie tastes.

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