The Fountain - A MAF REVIEW -- Possible Spoilers

[Ichirou]

I didn't even know that. My review was just about the movie anyway. :'(

Please read a book on film theory or something.  Try to educate yourself before you start writing reviews.  You shouldn't try reviewing something unless you can offer some insight into what you're reviewing.

I recommend these two books:

How to Read a Film by James Monaco
http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Film-Multimedia-Language/dp/019503869X/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1_rsrsrs0/002-8808577-4808848

The Major Film Theories by J.D. Andrew
http://www.amazon.com/Major-Film-Theories-Introduction-Galaxy/dp/0195019911/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/002-8808577-4808848

If I were to buy both of these books, which one would you suggest I read first?

Read them in the order I mentioned them.  The Major Film Theories is a little old so it's missing some more recent critical theories.  I wish they'd issue some sort of revised edition.

I also recommend Film Art, by Bordwell (I don't remember his first name, sorry).  It was one of the  textbooks for a film, TV & radio class I took back in college, and it was really easy and enjoyable to read.

[MrAngryFace]

PD's Unforgiven review should be a book, so I can burn it.

[Ichirou]

PD should write a book of movie reviews just so we could hold a bonfire and burn all the copies.

[MrAngryFace]

Man that'd be sweet.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm back guys :'(

My next review will be amazing just watch

[TVC15]

I'm back guys :'(

My next review will be amazing just watch

I dare you to review something like Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart.

[Phoenix Dark]

I'm back guys :'(

My next review will be amazing just watch

I dare you to review something like Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart.

What are those movies. Do they have action :'(

[Van Cruncheon]

I'm back guys :'(

My next review will be amazing just watch

no, it probably won't be amazing, but at least it will spur a hilarious dogpile


also, i agree with tvc: watch blue velvet.

[TVC15]

I'm back guys :'(

My next review will be amazing just watch

I dare you to review something like Blue Velvet or Wild at Heart.

What are those movies. Do they have action :'(

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Blue Velvet is one of the most fucked up movies ever made.  It is a psychotic masterpiece.

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Wild at Heart is also super awesome, but you should really watch Blue Velvet first so you don't know what to expect.

[Van Cruncheon]

pd, you're goin' to the country.

[Phoenix Dark]

Is this the movie with Dennis Hopper sniffing something all crazy? I think I've heard of this before

[TVC15]

Is this the movie with Dennis Hopper sniffing something all crazy? I think I've heard of this before

Yes. Watch it, the movie is awesome and crazy.

[cubicle47b]

<3 Sailor.

edit: I fail at youtube links and am too lazy to figure it out right now.

[Phoenix Dark]

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omg ebert am hurted

[Cyanista]

Hi I did not read most of this thread, as it was Michelle posting sadfaces before the end of the FIRST page, but let me say this:

I'm glad I read this review.  If I rented a movie expecting a 1,000 year oddysey and I got some creatively masturbatory look at dealing with death instead I'd be pissed. 

[TVC15]

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omg ebert am hurted

That review is actually one of the bonus features on the DVD

[Phoenix Dark]

Ok I will try to watch this movie as soon as I can

[TVC15]

Watch it tonight!

[Van Cruncheon]

it's one of the most quotable movies of all time, to boot. well, frank booth, at least, is eminently quotable.

between it and the big lebowski, i never need to think of original lines again!

[Phoenix Dark]

Watch it tonight!

I get out of school at 9:10 tonight, so I can't lol. Plus I need to get my own Blockbuster account lol

[Van Cruncheon]

9:30-11:30 is jesus time, billy. be sensitive.

"dear father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, i give thanks for my mother and father who raised and schooled me so that i might make spurious arguments about the admittedly logical but still wonderfully convenient holes in the fossil record so i might take dispute with posters on loopy liberal forums and videogaming internet cesspits. also, please use your holy auspices to foster the spread of big black dick porn. i can't get enough of that shit. science sucks and you rule, lord! amen."

[Phoenix Dark]

You can't watch a two hour movie after 9:00?

The minute I get home I'm turning on the Spurs game.

[Ichirou]

You can't watch a two hour movie after 9:00?

The minute I get home I'm turning on the Spurs game.

Good.  And don't write another "review" until you read up a little bit on film.  In fact, I recommend you stay away from movies entirely until you do, lest you be tempted to gift us with another one of your jewels of prose.

[Mupepe]

I really really loved The Fountain, but the advertising is SO misleading that it actually made the movie harder to understand (because I kept trying to fit the narrative I was seeing into the narrative I was given). Same with Pan's...stupid Hollywood.

I agree except for Pan, I never saw any ads for it, only heard about it from friends so i knew what i was getting into. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Fuck it.

Today we had a test, and since this is spring semester our teacher was going to hold class after the test. I just took it and left. It should be a crime to have to take a test, then have to sit through a lecture. No thanks academia

[ferrarimanf355]

As someone who's a fan of both Pi and Requiem for a Dream, I've gotta check this out.

[Ichirou]

Fuck it.

Today we had a test, and since this is spring semester our teacher was going to hold class after the test. I just took it and left. It should be a crime to have to take a test, then have to sit through a lecture. No thanks academia

Drama queen.