Agreed. Though "I'm on a Boat" is still pretty sweet. And having grown up during Color Me Badd, Dick in a Box kept me entertained a lot. Actually the "No Questions"/NWA one with Portman was pretty good too. And I like "to the ground"... so scratch that. They're pretty funny 50% of the time, which has to be an SNL record.
I always found more of the appeal of of Lonely Island about 50/50, half of the appeal in their lyrics/subject matter/humour and the other half in their production.
The production to We're Back, Lazy Sunday, Santana DVX, Trouble on Dookie Island have some really sweet jazzy beats which sometimes I feel kinda get wasted on these guys, but they sound good on the production even if they rap for the lulz so to speak, so I forgive them somewhat.
so I dunno how I'm just watching this given it came out over half a year ago, but given the LaBeouf-dong, I really hope I'm not the only person that thought this was breathtakingly beautiful
I had no idea LaBeouf was gonna be in that until now, but that's cool. I still need to watch a Lars von Trier movie. I have Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, and Melancholia all queued up.
Melancholia is probably the best it if those IMO, but alot off people would make the case for Dogville. Speaking off the dude I've been meaning to watch The Idiots but haven't found a good download for it
Dogville (and Manderlay) are the more impressive movies. However it's criminal Kirsten Dunst did not win awards for Melancholia.
Antichrist is beautifully shot but somewhat horrifically misogynistic. That said i do recall trying to defend it somewhat to my wife (a women's studies minor) after seeing it the first time.
I haven't seen Dancer since its release and that would have been right around the time I started paying attention to non-Hollywood film. I should revisit.
@Clyde No, he means that since Kevin Smith's Dogma, any and all of von Trier's attempts to explore the human condition have seemed trite in comparison.
I'm sure some good art came out of Dogme 95, but I'm just against the strictness and rigidity of it, from a personal standpoint. (and it's not like Lars Von Trier or Harmony Korine didn't take liberties and exceptions when it came to the rules anyway)
@Clyde Establishing limits to foster creativity isn't "forcing" anything. If anything, it usually lubricates the process of creating something. I mean, I'm not crazy about formalism, but you have to put a story in a box before you can call it a story, and the box can be as much of a choice as the story.
Just Because a Film Depicts Clitoral Mutilation Doesn't Automatically Mean It's Misogynistic: An Analysis of Gender Roles in the Films of Lars Von Trier, A Treatise by Steve Jones
I'd have to rewatch it to discuss in detail, it's been a few years and I saw it in a week I watched 20+ other movies. I believe there exists a just argument for that position, but damned if ill remember it.
I think it stemmed from the self hatred shit over the death. To e fair, defoe's character is very controlling. I remember there being a very real dynamic portrayed between the two, but I think with further discussion with my wife it became obvious the film was slanted heavily from a male perspective.
Couple that with themes from Manderlay and it felt like a pattern.
Anyhoo, if it comes up on a movie of the week club thing, I'll watch it again and make notes. :p
This is actually adorable??? I'm glad Thom Yorke is taking his dancing to the next level with a duet. It's only a matter of time before he releases a video with legions of people dancing like this.
This is the new style. So You Think You Can Dance will catch on soon.