alien

I had no issue with the pacing of this movie like I do with others. I was completely immersed and actually thought it a bit short. A precursor for an amazing franchise as well as a standalone classic.

For it's time it was amazingly revolutionary. Unfortunately the advances in special effects for the shoddy prequels make the Alien in the stills from the original look like nothing more than a tall Nigerian dude in a latex suit with a cock mask slathered with lubricant. This makes me appreciate the Jaws-esque way in which the Alien gets little screen time to heighten the suspense.

The thing I truly love about this film is the production values, especially the H. R. Giger set designs and concepts. I also tend to judge a film on how in depth and rich their Wikipedia articles are, and this trumps all.

brüno

Watching this made me appreciate the direction and storyline of Borat. From the onset there was a purpose (alluded to in the title itself) which led to the Pamela Anderson hunt.

Here the story is something like being fired from Funkyzeit, then wanting to become famous. This leads to a touch of freedom and bend in the storyline which makes it meander to the whim of a certain joke, rather than jokes fitting into the needs of the Borat storyline. This allows Bruno to jump from Europe to the US, then to the Middle East and Africa, then back to the US again.

Although it is hard to differentiate Bruno's purpose from Borat's when essentially they're going down the same avenues (naive foreigner in the US poking fun at people of the US by putting them in situations to make fools of themselves) without drawing parallels with what Sacha Baron Cohen has already done.

That being said, it is incredibly funny. If it weren't riding off the coat tails of Borat (even referencing it in the subtitle) it would be a hilarious standalone film. But having Borat in the mindset brings about comparisons which deplete the delivery and the punch of the stunts carried out here.

I can't help but feel cheated that the chant of "Bruno" from the trailer was actually a soundbyte of his penis talking from the film. I also feel a little perverted for spotting that connection

twitter wank: june picks

there's never a more popular person on the internet than the person who uploads the latest episode of Top Gear to youtube
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it must be that alanis morissette fans don't lock their doors. there's always dozens of copies of jagged little pill at cash converters
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facebook group idea: "I keep my headphones on when the music has stopped to keep my ears warm"
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facebook group idea: "during the adbreaks when films are on tv, I read the plot synopsis on wikipedia"
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lara bingle isn't hot, she freaks the shit out of me. you could hammer nails with that stone cold stare
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