Movies you've recently watched

[jimmy olsen]

TV not film, but have been watching some episodes of Whale Wars.  I don't like whaling, but watching these incompetent, idiotic hippies makes me pray that the Japanese will send every one of them to an icy grave.  I laughed when their speedboat capsized and three of them fell in to the Antarctic Ocean.

You are not alone...

They should buy some surplus torpedoes from Russia for $5.

Now that would be entertaining television.

[Neil]

Saw The Goods.  Jeremy Piven really is rather funny, and tends to elevate whatever he's in.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched "the Mutant Chronicles" last night. stylish, well acted, good action... weak story. But, entertaining. Thomas Jane and SF stalwart Ron Perlman kick a lot of mutated butts.

sometimes the green screening looked a bit suspect... But I dug the steampunk design of all the post nuked world equipment.

6.9 Coal powered rocket shuttles crashing into buildings outta 10

[Korea]

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

[Duque de Bragança]

Bits of Die Rote Flut a.k.a RED DAWN on a sleepless night on German TV. 
Thank God they did not dub the Spanish and Russian dialog.

[Josquius]

Rosemarys Baby- First time I've ever seen this. I don't get why its so well regarded, its all a bit obvious.

[Darth Wagtaros]

The Goods.  Not Good at all.

[BuddhaRhubarb]

Rosemarys Baby- First time I've ever seen this. I don't get why its so well regarded, its all a bit obvious.

It's camp.

[saskganesh]

Rosemarys Baby- First time I've ever seen this. I don't get why its so well regarded, its all a bit obvious.

pacing and atmosphere and general creepiness. the horror is more suggestive than explicit.

modern satanism also had its revival then, so it was part of the id.

tate's murder by the manson family and the dakota location (where lennon was shot) adds to the legend.

[Ed Anger]

Ratatouille. Not bad.

[Savonarola]

The Last Samurai:  White person goes to Japan and ultimately teaches the Emperor Meiji what it means to be Japanese.  That made me proud to be white.   

[BuddhaRhubarb]

watched a couple of "Trans" themed movies at the Queer filmfest. "Voodoo Woman"  an autobiographical  doc about a closeted trans (who was quite femme too start with) who went to Cuba ostenibly to do a doc about Santoreia or Cuban Voodoo. As a practicing Buddhist monk, she was both open minded and skepytical of all the chicken entrails and whatnot, but via the rituals discovered that she had no course left in life other than to actually live as a woman. The voodoo rituals and exploration of that aspect of Cuba was just as interesting as her own story and they melded together nicely. At the end everyone stayed to hear her talk, as it left you wanting to know more about both aspects of the story.

Apparently it's played on CBC several times already, this doc.

7.2565 Cuban cigars that may or may not be cigars outta 10

Yesterday I watched "The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela" - a slightly fictionalized true story of Raquela Rios - a Phillipino "ladyboy" who wants to get off the street and have a semblance of regular life. Through friends she eventually hooks up with a porno webmaster/total douchbag from NYC who exploits her to make a lot of money (she was paid well also) She also gets a working visa and goes to Iceland where she works in a fish factory, and cleans an old lady's house (very philipno foreign employment) The douchebag flies her over to Paris, where he spends his time deriding France in a very Languish way that made me think the real webmaster guy may have been a poster here.) Eventually she goes back home and ends up back on the streets, and the douchebag heads for Brazil where the "asses are amazing".

Really really well filmed fake doc, starring the actual person all the shit happened to.

9.123 hot trannies gutting fish in Iceland outta 10

[Malthus]

The Last Samurai:  White person goes to Japan and ultimately teaches the Emperor Meiji what it means to be Japanese.  That made me proud to be white.   

What, does he market inflatable girlfriend pillows to Mr. Meiji? 

[Valmy]

The Last Samurai:  White person goes to Japan and ultimately teaches the Emperor Meiji what it means to be Japanese.  That made me proud to be white.  

Never underestimate the might of white!

[Savonarola]

The Last Samurai:  White person goes to Japan and ultimately teaches the Emperor Meiji what it means to be Japanese.  That made me proud to be white.   

What, does he market inflatable girlfriend pillows to Mr. Meiji? 

That would have made for a better movie.