Movies

I went and saw Scorcese's latest flick "The Departed" the other day and was pleasently surprised. Not only was Mr DiCaprio not a weasel but Mr Scorcese kept up with his beautifully predictable killing.

Other movies to note recently are Shichinin No Samurai: A lovely grainy rip brought me the oldest Japanese movie i have ever watched. It doesn't quite deserve its rating on IMDB but i guess not many in the top 100 do. Namely oh and. I'm not saying that they weren't good in their time or that i didn't enjoy them... i actually didn't like Casablanca at all... but cult status is sometimes too powerful.

I finally got round to watching Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il aka The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly recently as well. Worth the watch if you haven't seen it but don't go and buy it unless you want to have Eastwood's babies.

Irreversible has got to be one of the most disturbing yet moving films i have seen in some time. Not since Fight Club or Boys Don't Cry, maybe even Requiem For a Dream. The aforementioned movies however are like small fluffy rabbits compared to Irreversible.

I think it was the graphic violence involving a fire extinguisher, or maybe the 8min long rape scene. No, i think it was the lucidly haphazard cinematography that did it.