Movies
This is no way finished but I've started it up to remind me to finish it.
Here's a quick list of movies that I like anyway with a FEW explanations (of the one's that I think make me sound clever)...
The Matrix
- This movie is like my bible! It has everything that I'm into in it. It's got philosophy, computing, sociology, kung fu...In my opinion it's a superb example of 20th century cinema/thinking (Read 'Danse Macabre' - Books). [There will be more written later about this movie but for now I'm just trying to fill out this page a bit with an idea of what it's gonna contain when I get round to working on it properly]
Dark City
- This is a great 'the world isn't real' movie with a great dark look to it. The storyline combines a nature/nurture argument will a kind of Akira twist at the end. I love every 'the world isn't real' movie but the best ones are where you can watch it again and again and try to work out which bits are real and which are the character's dillusion. If you've watched it - did you think about the bit where Bumstead gets reminded about his shoelace by the same cop that he'd reminded about his shoelaces earlier in the movie, doe bumstead's character change?[AGAIN - There will be more written later about this movie. I got stoned one night watching it and was convinced I'd found the secret to reality or something. I wrote it all down on paper and everything and I'm gona write that up as soon as I can sdo you can get a real insight into my crazy stoned mind]
Usual Suspects
- ANOTHER kind of 'the world isn't real' movie (Yes, I know it seems like that's the only kind of movie I watch but have you read my philosophical beliefs?)with (Guy out of seven/usual/american beauty) - who is excellent. I 've tried a bunch of times to work out exactly which bits of the story are real and which are made up but I still don't have it completly - Great Movie!
Seven
- This is not a 'the world isn't real' movie...It's a 'the world is full of shit' movie. If you've read my sociological rantings you'll probably understand why I like it so much. I think one of the reasons I like this movie so much is cause it's kind of like a 'One flew Over The Cukoo's Nest' thing (Which I havn't seen, by-the-way), d'you know what I mean? In a crazy world who are the crazy people?
I just don't think I can continue to live in a place that embraces and nurtures apathy as if it was virtue.
What sick ridiculous puppets we are / and what gross little stage we dance on / What fun we have dancing and fucking / Not a care in the world / Not knowing that we are nothing / We are not what was intended.
Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention.
Another movies with a similar theme is
Fight Club
- Delusional Schitzophrenic *I think, need to look up the word* sees problems with his normal life and coporate ratdom and seeks ascape. Trys to use group theropy until it proves to be no use then starts his own theropy group. This group, the 'fight club' Bond through violence which they use as an escape from their oppresion. Tyler then shows them the connection between their need to fight and their frustration about the system. He appeals to the Dyonisian side in all of us which craves anarchy because of the confines of our position in society. (craving chaos in the systems chains) He leads them to the conclusion that the only aecape from the passive Appolonian, postmodern societies attempts to label our lives etc. is through anarchy and destruction. Tyler appeals to all the members of his group through their innate insecurities about their life in the modern world and their views of the system. He then brings about an uprising based from fight Club members and the group begins their attack on the oppresive system.
This review is continued HERE.
The Thing
- Stephen King rants about this one all the time in 'Dance Macabre' (When I get forms sorted out this will be a skip to my Book list). It's a real who do you trust movie and again I can probably psycho analyse myself a bit and say that I like it so much because I can empathise with the character's paranoia and distrust. Obviously the original can't be beaten but I love the Kurt Russell version, it's just nicer to watch with better special effects and acting.
A Few Good Men(It's an ethics thing)
Crimson Tide(As above)
Akira(It's just fucking brilliant)
Pulp Fiction
Shawshank Redemption
Back to the future(Urgh! I just can't help myself)
Ghostbusters(No apology)
In the Line of Fire
Predator
T1 and T2
Batman(The first one!)
True Lies
Aliens
Contact(I liked touches like the fanatic destroying the shuttle)
To Be continued...
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