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7th June 2007, 16:42
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er. . . I need to watch it again, been years. I may actually download it, and see it again, but I remember it being intense, insane, sick and creepy.
Make sure you watch Abre los ojos, though. . .I've just ordered Tesis, on the strength of it. |
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7th June 2007, 16:46
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I was going to rent Open Your Eyes last night but I happened to look it up on imdb and read a comment that basically said that Vanilla Sky was Hollywood's version of this movie. I've already seen Vanilla Sky and it's no fun watching these kind of movies if you already know what's going to happen. Interestingly Penelope Cruz starred in both movies and was topless in both.
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8th June 2007, 00:16
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8th June 2007, 11:28
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I thought Don't Look Now was good(ish), even though, I could've fallen asleep half way through it. The ending was good. . .and weird, and I guess it could be interpreted in many ways. Although, you have to ask yourself. . . WHY?!!!
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 Knocked Up I really didn't expect this to be any good but it was. Refreshingly real and funny. Katherine Heigl looking nice as usual and one of those movies you can watch with your girlfriend without either of you complaining. 7.5/10 |
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Entertainment Weekly's 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever
Most controversial movies: 25 ALADDIN DIRECTED BY RON CLEMENTS AND JOHN MUSKER (1992) THE PLOT You know: the genie-in-the-lamp tale. THE CONTROVERSY The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee balked at a lyric describing the film's Arabian setting as a land ''where they cut off your ear if they don't like your face.'' Result? The studio dubbed out the lyric for subsequent releases. 24 CALIGULA DIRECTED BY TINTO BRASS (1980) THE PLOT This lavishly decadent film depicts the orgy-filBOLD life and death of ancient Rome's most notorious — and clearly psychotic — emperor (Malcolm McDowell). THE CONTROVERSY Described as a ''moral holocaust'' by Variety, the film was first given a very limited theatrical release for fear of prosecution on obscenity grounds. 23 KIDS DIRECTED BY LARRY CLARK (1995) THE PLOT A group of teens (played by, among others, Rosario Dawson and Chloë Sevigny) prowl the streets of NYC in search of sex, booze, drugs, and other high-risk kicks. THE CONTROVERSY Clark's disturbing vision of promiscuous, borderline-sociopathic teens was heralded by some as a much-needed wake-up call about the nation's youth. Others saw prurient exploitation. As a buffer against the furor, Miramax created a new entity, Excalibur Films, to release the pic. 22 DO THE RIGHT THING DIRECTED BY SPIKE LEE (1989) THE PLOT Racial tensions in a Brooklyn neighborhood escalate from amusing to tragic during the course of a single scorching summer day. THE CONTROVERSY While the film was seen by some as a masterpiece (and earned Lee a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nom), others blasted the director as irresponsible, predicting that the film's shocking climax — in which Mookie (Lee) hurls a trashcan through a storefront window, inciting a riot — would evoke similar reactions from urban moviegoers. Thankfully, the film proved to be more of a catalyst for heated debate than a flashpoint for actual violence. 21 BONNIE AND CLYDE DIRECTED BY ARTHUR PENN (1967) THE PLOT Faye Dunaway is Bonnie, a bored Texas girl looking for danger. Warren Beatty is Clyde, a pistol-packing ex-con. They fall in love and kick off an infamous Depression-era crime spree. THE CONTROVERSY Two years before Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, Penn's bloody, slo-mo bullet-riddled finale, where the young lovers bite the dust, sparked an outcry — even tough-guy actor James Garner, no stranger to shoot-outs, called it ''amoral.'' 20 CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST DIRECTED BY RUGGERO DEODATO (1985) THE PLOT This nauseatingly graphic Italian prototype for The Blair Witch Project follows four documentarians filming cannibal tribes in the Amazon. They become lunch. THE CONTROVERSY After its 1980 Milan premiere, the film's print was confiscated by the city's magistrate. Later, Deodato faced life in prison when Italian authorities believed the stars of his film were really killed. The actors finally appeared on TV to prove otherwise. 19 BASIC INSTINCT DIRECTED BY PAUL VERHOEVEN (1992) THE PLOT A trigger-happy detective (Michael Douglas) falls for a bisexual author (Sharon Stone) who's suspected of murdering her male lover with an ice pick. THE CONTROVERSY Gay-rights activists objected to the portrayal of man-hating lesbians before a frame of film was shot and protested through the film's opening. Then there was the film's eye-popping sex, including Sharon Stone's notorious leg-crossing, which contributed to Basic's initial NC-17 rating. 18 I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) DIRECTED BY VILGOT SJÖMAN (1969) THE PLOT Freewheeling Lena experiences the swinging '60s: protesting Vietnam, questioning the class system, and exploring carnal desires. THE CONTROVERSY Before the 1967 Swedish film could open in the U.S., it was seized by customs officials concerned that scenes containing full frontal nudity and simulated sex acts were pornographic. The courts initially deemed the movie obscene, but the verdict was overturned. 17 FREAKS DIRECTED BY TOD BROWNING (1932) THE PLOT For his still-creepy circus noir about a midget who's conned by a greedy temptress, Browning used real sideshow performers. THE CONTROVERSY Audiences fled preview screenings in droves. (One patron claimed the film caused her to miscarry.) Even with a castration scene cut, the National Association of Women found the film ''offensive'' and urged boycotts. It was banned in Atlanta and pulled from distribution; it was forbidden in the U.K. until the early '60s. 16 UNITED 93 DIRECTED BY PAUL GREENGRASS (2006) THE PLOT An ultra-vérité re-creation of the tragic heroism surrounding — and inside — the only hijacked 9/11 flight not to reach its intended target. THE CONTROVERSY Greengrass' virtually-there experience may have been a little too close for comfort for some moviegoers. Even the trailer's suggestion of the movie's content prompted audiences to shout Too soon! One New York City theater pulled the footage from its preview reel after many viewers (one left sobbing) complained. 15 TRIUMPH OF THE WILL DIRECTED BY LENI RIEFENSTAHL (1935) THE PLOT Riefenstahl's notorious documentary of the 1934 Nazi rally at Nuremberg elevates propaganda to seductive Wagnerian grandeur. THE CONTROVERSY While intellectuals still ponder the ethics of admiring so malevolent a masterpiece, others have had more visceral reactions. In the early '40s, director George Stevens was so disturbed by the film that he joined the Army the next day. Protests greeted Riefenstahl (who never shook her Nazi-tainted past) at a 1974 Telluride Film Festival tribute, and the Anti-Defamation League decried a 1975 screening in Atlanta as ''morally insensitive.'' 14 THE WARRIORS DIRECTED BY WALTER HILL (1979) THE PLOT Members of a street gang battle their way through a New York City populated by rival gangs (''Warriors, come out to plaaay!''). THE CONTROVERSY Hill's lurid nightmare of urban warfare was widely condemned for glorifying violence. Reports of criminal incidents where the film was shown — including the stabbing of a teenager in Massachusetts — fueled the outrage, forcing Paramount to temporarily pull its print and TV advertising for the film. 13 THE DA VINCI CODE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD (2006) THE PLOT A professor (Tom Hanks) unearths a 2,000-year-old conspiracy to cover up the marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. THE CONTROVERSY It didn't end up drawing mass pickets or boycotts, but there was much debate while the film was being made. Westminster Abbey wouldn't allow Howard to shoot inside its halls, and some 200 protesters mobbed the set in Lincolnshire, England (although Howard says most were merely ''trying to get autographs''). 12 THE DEER HUNTER DIRECTED BY MICHAEL CIMINO (1978) THE PLOT The Vietnam War shatte |
