Self-Quote: Introspection

Talking much is thinking less.

T-SHIRT

Team Edward? No! Team Jacob? Hell no!
I choose Team Bela!

(I miss the time where vampires weren't fagots and werewolves weren't underwear models)

WORST MOVIE IN A DECADE

I was trying to make a post about the great movies I saw in 2011 (a very short list), but I turned up to write about the worst movie I saw in the last years.

AUGUST RUSH (2007)

There is only a word to describe this movie: obscene.

The story is so implausible that is kind of embarrassing to tell it here. An eleven years old “orphan”, separated by his mother at birth, turn up to be a gratuitous musical genius - because his parents (whom he never knew) are musicians, of course. And no matter how big the world is, how their lives are different, in the end, in some beautiful moment, the three will be “magically” drawn together.

Instant true love, the power of music… Even Disney's Cinderella isn't so naive. But this movie is not only naive, it's dangerous. It makes us think no matter the way we live our lives, no matter what we do, there is a wonderful path written for us.

And there is another lesson underneath: significant people are born that way.
That's really a comforting though, isn't? “I'm an ordinary person because I was not born a genius”.

Bullshit! We are all born dumb. Genius is earned. Get up your lazy ass and start learning something.

I think the boy's father is the cello. That explains a lot.

“Study and practice are for suckers. I was born ready!”

“I never saw that kid before, but somehow I know he IS our son”

10 Great Movie Opening Titles

Opening titles are a combination of visual and music at the service of the movie. Sometimes they are a piece of art themselves. Here is a list of some of the greatest:

1- WATCHMEN


2- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY


3- ZOMBIELAND


4- LORD OF WAR


5- CASSINO ROYALE (2006)


6- AMERICAN PSYCHO


7- SPIDERMAN 2


8- FIGHT CLUB


9- GHOST IN THE SHELL


10- JUNO


I'm very indecisive to put here links for the Youtube, as these are constantly being taken down. Just do a quick search there with the name of the movie and the words “intro”, “opening credits” or “opening titles” and here you go.

Other honorable mentions: Shrek, Eurotrip.

Donnie Darko – Ten Years Later

With the Blu-Ray of Donnie Darko in my hands I though “Wow, let's see this beauty now in Director's Cut and high definition”.

After a couple of minutes I just found out that Richard Kelly not only made some terrible movies recently (Southland Tales – one of the worst movies I ever saw and The Box – which is plainly bad) but managed to ruin his masterpiece. With lots of horrible new special effects, unnecessary mystic mumble jumble (has he convinced himself that there is truth in the crazy things of the movie?) and even a changed sound track (which was just perfect), this Director's Cut managed to transform an otherwise fantastic movie into a pile of crap.

Was the hand of the producers heavy enough to restrain a wild director before or is the genius losing his mind over time? I don't know!

After 1 hour of torture, I had to switch the movie to the old good Theater Version. Thanks God! The original movie is still great! I'm still terrified by the bunny Frank. The final song Mad World still brings me to tears. And I still fall in love with Jena Malone.

So here is the tip: watch Donnie Darko. It's beautiful. But stay away of this Director's Cut. And you, Richard, keep your hands out of this wonderful movie.

Ahh teenager love...

The world is going to end.

The sinister look of Donnie... oh my, is that Seth Rogen?