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halsadick wrote:

I just saw "Fear and Trembling" on DVD.  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A8 … p;v=glance  It's about a Belgian woman who goes to live in Tokyo and takes a job as an intern at a Japanese Mega-Corporation.  Basically it's the story of how a naive foreigner gets the crap kicked out of her by corporate Japan.

I liked the movie.  It was very interesting to watch how each mistake she makes (mistakes that no Japanese would ever have made) drops her down one more rung on the "respect ladder" (and she didn't have much respect to start out with).  By the end, her career is in the toilet, and I do mean that literally.  Supposedly based on a true story.  Worth watching.

Disclaimer:  I don't normally watch R-rated movies.  This movie was unrated (it being a French film), so I took a chance.  In case you don't like nudity in movies, there is one scene in the film that is not for you.  Also, in case you don't like seeing David Bowie buried in the ground up to his neck, this movie is not for you.

David Bowie buried in the ground up to his neck, eh? I may have to check this one out.

I haven't had much time to watch stuff lately, which sucks, because for some reason I really want to see the Ice Harvest. Didn't that come out?

fuck me santa fuck me santa fuck me santa. Hmm, I need to rent a santa suit bad.

I have an irrational prejudice against Billy Bob Thornton and I have no idea where it comes from.  Probably from Sling Blade because I also have an irrational prejudice against the mentally challenged.  But I keep hearing how funny that movie is so maybe I'll check it out.

Saw Donnie Brasco last night but everyone already knows it's good so not much else to say about that.  Except that if I ever become an actor I'll just watch a movie with a role similar to the one I'm playing before I shoot, because I can't seem to help but emulate characters on screen after seeing a movie.  If anyone else does this please tell me I'm not alone.

I didn't know they made a movie, is it good.

I saw Good Night and Good Luck and it was good.  I saw King Kong twice and it was awesome.

I really enjoyed king kong and Jack Black was pretty good as Carl Denham. But it was very apperant that it was Jack Black Playing a character. The hummor of JB and all that showed in his preformance in some parts.

Also.. King Kong Looked Real... Wow.

Man, I was really pumped about King Kong before up to the release, but for some reason now that its out, I could care less.

Broken Flowers was kinda interesting.  It has a lot of quiet moments and not much happens.  But the movie nerd in me liked it.

Somewhat.  Not like Wes Anderson quirky though, more subtle.

Yeah i know. i was hopeing that after the uhmmm thing happened witht he black dude they'd eventually tell more of the little honkeys story. but they didn't i was like WTF? there was nothing to prove! They should have killed the honkey down the line. like explaine that the got jaundice on the boat and died on the way back to the  states cayuse he really wasn't in the last half of the movie.

Man I'm watchin lots of movies lately.

I saw Shopgirl.  It's a Steve Martin movie based on a novella written by Steve Martin, which I had read a few years ago.  But just so you know, it's not a Steve Martin comedy.  I mean, it has funny moments, but it's not a comedy at all.  It's about love, and stuff.  I really liked it, but I liked the book too so no surprise.  I just love the way Steve Martin writes.  It's like poetry.  Or something gay like that.