"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Dawn of the Dead" (968 hits)
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Submitted by gascs (View user info) at 2004-03-20 10:50:31 EST
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Charlie Kaufman has once again written a memorable, unique screenplay that will have people leaving the theatre thinking, "WTF?"
Joel Barish (Jim Carrey, you may or may not remember him from "Rubberface" in 1983, he hasn't really been doing much since, given his love for vacationing in the jungles of Siberia) is a typical "nice" guy; he keeps to himself, and, not unlike a giraffe, is fearful of human interaction. At a party, he meets up with Clementine Kruczynski (newcomer Kate Winslet, I think that we'll be seeing more from this young lady), who is vibrant and full of energy, the "yin" to Joel's "yang" (God, that was the most clichéd BS I've ever written).
After a tumultuous relationship, Clementine decides, on a whim, to erase her memories of Joel, an act which prompts him to do the same (if you could really do that, I would erase my memories of seeing "House of 1000 Corpses", as well as that time I saw my grandmother on OralOldLadies.com). Most of the movie takes place inside Joel's head during his memory erasure, as he decides he doesn't really want to lose her, and fights to remember.
This movie is quirky, funny, intriguing, and brilliant. It might not be the movie for everyone, but it's definitely worth mentioning.
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Dawn of the Dead
Zombie to-do list:
1. Eat brains
2. Moan a lot
3. Look fucked up
4. MEmnNASmAMmNa UHHhhhuhhh
5. Eat brains
Note to Rob Zombie: this is how you do an homage.
Gone is the subtle, serious horror of Romero's Night of the Living Dead; fortunately, it's been replaced with funny, suspenseful, and action-packed scenes. It plays kind of like a Resident Evil video game, which may or may not be appealing to you. I thought it kicked ass.
This movie jumps right into the action, giving you only about 3 minutes of background and build-up. Anna (played by Canuck Sarah Polley) is a nurse, people start turning into Zombies, and she high-tails it out of her neighborhood. It sounds terse, but it all happens about that fast. She meets up with a few other survivors, and they hide out in the local mall, fighting for survival. Sure, they're stuck in a shopping mall, hiding from hordes of vicious zombies, but think of all the great stuff they can get at Sears!
The oddest thing about this movie is, after we left, I actually had a discussion with my girlfriend about whether or not I would "kill" her if she turned into a zombie. Yes, an actual conversation. I couldn't convince her that the only things on a zombie's mind are "Eat brains" and "MEmnNASmAMmNa UHHhhhuhhh"; she was upset that I would do my duty to humanity and destroy the undead version of her.
I think a milestone in any relationship is when you can come to terms with the fact that your partner would eradicate your living corpse. I think I stole that from a Hallmark card.
User Reviews
Submitted by gascs (user info) at 2004-03-22 07:14:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
go for it.
Submitted by Zeccs (user info) at 2004-03-22 01:26:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"I think a milestone in any relationship is when you can come to terms with the fact that your partner would eradicate your living corpse. I think I stole that from a Hallmark card."
I would like to congradulate you. This line is so good, i would like to incorporate it into my screen play. Do i have permission?
Submitted by Mr.Mustard (user info) at 2004-03-21 21:25:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
hey, if you were a hot dog and you were hungry...
would you eat yourself?
it's a simple question, would you eat yourself?
Submitted by AnnabelLee (user info) at 2004-03-21 14:53:54 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
The only part in Dawn of the Dead that scared me was at the beginning when the little girl (Vivian, maybe?) showed up in their house, because kids freak me the hell out. She was so ominous, just standing there in her bloody nightgown. Other than that, I laughed through the whole movie.
Submitted by DraconianKing (user info) at 2004-03-20 21:45:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Just saw Dawn of the Dead. I thought it was a pretty good action movie but it was not scary at all. My brother thinks the movie had some deep meaning. What the hell. Zombies eating people period. Their attempt at a story line was pointless but it wasn't needed either. Deeper meaning my ass.
Submitted by Zoidberg (user info) at 2004-03-20 16:51:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Dawn was disappointing. Entertaining action flick, so so horror flick.
Fast zombies are hard to do right, should have stuck to slow ones
Submitted by bargled (user info) at 2004-03-20 15:36:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Spotless mind is a great movie.
Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-03-20 13:22:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I thought I was the only one who has seen rubberface.
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2004-03-20 13:07:57 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by IndianOcean (user info) at 2004-03-20 11:31:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
funny =)
Submitted by Razor (user info) at 2004-03-20 11:21:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"I think a milestone in any relationship is when you can come to terms with the fact that your partner would eradicate your living corpse. I think I stole that from a Hallmark card."
Excellent.
Submitted by russizm (user info) at 2004-03-20 11:03:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
erm...
tomato.
Submitted by russizm (user info) at 2004-03-20 11:01:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Nice.
I've had conversations like that:
"Would you eat me if I was a tomatoe?"