tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87759222700313879132024-03-14T13:26:38.790+01:00AFFF logUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-47638760921800336162009-05-07T23:45:00.025+02:002009-05-08T01:38:58.151+02:00AFFF 25, the AftermathSo, after nearly 2 weeks, the figures you have finally been waiting for. Please note that the figures does not contain the 2 EFS movies and Symposium.<br /><br />The figures are derived from the scores given by each one for each movie and put in a spreadsheet.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir61UDQSK9yiB3dybw2br2BEpBDBDFxuZXRAtveWs6Veu6J88RduPyAUQ2qJXUc1YZ7cpxVaQsG6ci7kdvvONF9mdDPy2pLT7xrmzDwzS3kC8fl7e4oQdfZlQJVK2PC_de10mhN4hSPqQ/s1600-h/01+-+average+score.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir61UDQSK9yiB3dybw2br2BEpBDBDFxuZXRAtveWs6Veu6J88RduPyAUQ2qJXUc1YZ7cpxVaQsG6ci7kdvvONF9mdDPy2pLT7xrmzDwzS3kC8fl7e4oQdfZlQJVK2PC_de10mhN4hSPqQ/s400/01+-+average+score.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333229854695185298" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0jxKYxwSaz5UZIce2HthkdcsKhUDs-iCHWK3tjpRB7023QFZ3dSEwCxgKWt1pc2R1GPYfsvQkhCAX4MS8KyHCbz_NIjfEAx2DXrNWoaExB6gKpBsbXHHgjWbLKAMQND1CjOqc3IP5HDY/s1600-h/02+-+Average+top+5.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 400px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFueNd8nSs-LTGroHhHLW6_ThuIhKqLR3rZoUOj51ZR7lJDeQwT7JvFJ0FT-DRDKJNHaDPvWHVqKJdtWuqewJDut8uOpJcEOrTj1nm1hXoE9xqdjXJQwz6oWvSropam-FskatybJuKcuk/s400/Joost's+top-bottom+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333228618398562354" border="0" /></a><br /><br />That's it! We've done it! Watching around 50 movies each, a marathon every day. We RULE! :-)<br /><br />Thanks all,<br /><br />This is Geoffrey signing off.<br /><br />Take care<br /><br />Good night<br /><br />Don't watch too many movies! It's not good for your health.<br /><em></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-38690329823029377932009-05-04T23:17:00.003+02:002009-05-05T00:45:42.540+02:00AFFF 25 roundupAs always I tremendously enjoyed the festival. Yes, there were changes, no, not all of them for the better. But between the list containing this year's positive points and those of AFFF's gone by there would be enough overlap to confidently state; again, it was a wonderful festival.<br /><br />So, what were the differences? Visiting the festival with the four of us, though not necessarily all watching the same film at the same time, was a fun experience. Particularly the discussions afterwards and sometimes wildly differing reviews added some wonderful spice. As a footnote, the way we set up the blog this year appealed to me. Previous years' static items started to become a bit of a nuisance; one <span style="font-style:italic;">had</span> to remember a quote, one <span style="font-style:italic;">had</span> to count the bodies and remember the most creative weapons... Fun as it was at the time, I enjoyed the freestyle writing this blog allowed.<br /><br />The lack of anime. Yada yada. I hope this AFFF will be remembered as <span style="font-style:italic;">the</span> AFFF which failed in the anime department, for that assumes they will have learned their lesson next year... Particularly the last two years I have become an avid anime watcher. Mostly series and OVA's, truth be told, but they all guided me to an even better appreciation of the art of not just storytelling and its visual shape in film, but the sometimes deceptively simple animation that can be so extremely effective. Shinshi, reconsider...<br /><br />A shorter NoT, but a more evenly spread programme allowing almost every film to be seen. The shorts, always a big favourite, were less impressive this year, but did contain some tiny diamonds in the rough. <br /><br />Freestyle this may be, some order has to exist. A mini-roundup of my most memorable films. I'll keep it short, this isn't the place to extend my review. My opinion is just one of many: follow links for comparison with the other 3 opinions.<br /><br /><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/martyrs">Martyrs</a>: judging from the last week this might probably be <span style="font-style:italic;">the</span> most memorable film for me. Haunting thoughts and images.<br /><br /><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/from-inside">From Inside</a>. Highly poetic, somewhere deep down inside it struck a sensitive note. I wonder what I'll think of it when I watch it again.<br /><br /><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/let-the-right-one-in">Let the right one in</a>: everything clicked. "I don't like to see blood on a young girl's face" a friend wrote me. Isn't that what good films are about? Seeming contradictions, triggering impressions, conflicting emotions...<br /><br /><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/the-clone-returns-home">The clone returns home</a>: meta-physical questions in slow-motion. <br /><br /><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/stingray-sam">Stingray Sam</a>: wonderful; black-and-white, space cowboy. A little gem.Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-71615270835998243542009-05-03T23:46:00.009+02:002009-05-04T04:36:17.376+02:00AFFF25 / imagine 2009 roundupIt's been a week since the <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=home&catid=home">25th Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival / imagine 2009</a> came to an end. I have seen a record breaking 51 feature films in ten days time. For posterity and/or convenience <a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/joost">all my posts</a> can be found on this blog under the label "joost". But which ones stand out? The following films belong to the best I've seen:<br /><ol><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/clone-returns-home_21.html">The clone returns home</a><br />A slow-paced visually strong philosophical contemplation on cloning, the soul, and what makes us human.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/martyrs_358.html">Martyrs</a><br />A very violent and gruesome film about physical abuse and how to create victims. A study into the strength and the fathomless depths of the human spirit. Difficult to watch, but hard not to recommend. "Handle with care".<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/stingray-sam_5643.html">Stingray Sam</a><br />With a sweet spot for <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243759/">The American Astronaut</a> (screened during the 20th AFFF in 2005), it should come as no surprise that I severely enjoyed Stingray Sam. Cory McAbee transports us to a black and white retro sci-fi world with musical interludes.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/let-right-one-in.html">Let the right one in</a><br />It can be hard to live up to expectation with all the prior buzz and awards. Luckily the film is as good as people say. Great mix of the "coming of teenage" and vampire genres. One of those films where things click - story, cast, cinematography, music.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/fear-me-not_25.html">Fear me not</a><br />Another Scandinavian gem, a psychological portrait of a man in his forties who decides to reassess his life and "change some things". A new untested kind of drug is the catalyst, but not all it what it seems. The "normalness" of the protagonist and how he changes is creepier than other monster and gore films we've seen during this festival.<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/not-quite-hollywood.html">Not quite Hollywood</a><br />What a pleasant surprise to see a whole documentary on how the Australians added a significant chapter to the exploitation genre. Key players reflect upon their adventures and plenty of clips make the whole industry and their achievements come to live. A must-see for lovers of cult films!<br /><br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-sell-dead_8673.html">I sell the dead</a><br />A fluent life story of two grave robbers and their encounters with the dead - and undead. In a way not very special, but the acting and ridiculous situations made this film a guilty pleasure to me.<br /></li></ol>A handful of films deserve an honorable mention:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/edison-and-leo_17.html">Edison and Leo</a> - Canada's first stop-motion film, ever, and what a dark treat.</li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/11-minutes-ago.html">11 minutes ago</a> - Ingenious concept to shoot an entire film in just one day, with an interesting mix of the sci-fi and romantic genre.</li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/eden-lake.html">Eden Lake</a> - Social horror like only the Brits can pull off.</li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/sleep-dealer_6942.html">Sleep dealer</a> - Imaginative story with realistic glimpses and critical remarks on a near future.<br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/from-inside_21.html">From inside</a> - Bleak but wonderfully animated post-apocalyptic film.<br /></li><li><a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/2009/04/tamami-babys-curse.html">Tamami: The Baby's Curse</a> - A really bad film, but I have the sneaky suspicion this will be one of those films that we will refer to in years to come.<br /></li></ul>All and all a reasonably fine edition of the festival. Less glitzy this year due to budget cuts, no big opening film, no big honorary guest (and no career achievement award), no real Night of Terror. And: the festival of no smooth online pre-sale, no passe-partout (€350 worth of tickets, *ouch*), no decent in-house coffee and no pest control (mice!). Also a bit of a let-down: only one real theme ("Anarchy in the UK"), the other one showing sci-fi ("Brave New Worlds") was good but is basically an integral and annual part of the festival anyway.<br /><br />On the plus side:<br />10 out of 10 days bright and sunny weather,<br />9 short nights causing a nice festival blur,<br />8 cans of red bull to mix with the vodka to keep our Eyes Wide Open,<br />7 deadly sins seen in plenty of the films,<br />6 (,04) average score for a film,<br />5 films a day,<br />4 festival freaks who were crazy enough to see practically all films,<br />3 doors down the street a fantastic coffee place,<br />2 talk-of-the-day selfmade T-shirts, and<br />1 magnum size air bed in a spacious apartment.<br /><br />On that note I'd like to thank my hosts for letting me crash at their new humble abode!<br /><br />AFFF25 / imagine 2009 - FADE OUT.Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-54702931389944166122009-04-26T22:52:00.003+02:002009-05-03T23:53:46.063+02:00Impressions day 10<em></em>The AFFF is over :-(.<br /><br />I haven't been updating the blog for some days and I am away that I have to do some work.<br /><br />As for the last day, I have seen the best and the worst movie of the Imagine festival. The first one was Fear Me Not. That is indeed the best of the festival for me. I only wished that there wasn't abnother movie so quickly. The worst is indeed the Butcher. The movie concerns about torturing in a slaughterhouse and that's what the story is about.<br /><br />Overal, the AFFF 25 was a good one. I have taken a holiday for the first time. Though it was definately worth it, I don't know if I will do it again next year. We will have to see ;-)<br /><br />So today, one day after AFFF , what have I done? Well, very little :-). Some loundry and that's it.<br /><br />I'm going to make the statistics as requested and start with that tomorrow :-).<br /><br />It was very fun to be with Hans, Joost and Herman, that definately increased the fun factor, so thank you all!<br /><br />Bye!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-85239564697865394292009-04-26T03:38:00.004+02:002009-05-03T23:35:45.351+02:00Impressions day 10Time flew by today, compared to other days we actually had to hurry to get from one film to another or to quickly grab some food. We also managed to be late for the first time during this festival, on the very last film that was shown! And with no less than almost thirty minutes!<br />I had devised a genius plan to make sure that we would see the closing film and ceremony in the same room as where we would see our last film of the festival. This masterplan failed due to the minor detail that <span style="font-style: italic;">The Butcher</span> turned out to be shown on a different screen after all instead of the same... :-)<br />Luck would have it that this film was already known for having the lowest score voted by the audiences so far, so we really didn't <span style="font-style: italic;">miss</span> anything at all - the remaining fifty minutes were as much torture for us as it was for the people on screen.<br /><br />51 films, 21 shorts, 10 days. Within a couple of days I intend to publish a post on this affflog looking back at the festival, and I will highlight the films that stand out for one reason or the other. But first plenty of hours of sleep and dreams/nightmares to rehash and digest the broad range of films that have bombarded my eyes and ears.Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-68312576341945465572009-04-26T03:28:00.003+02:002009-04-26T03:37:37.380+02:00Impressions day 10Shortly after the first cup of cappuccino I actually used the words "meta-dystopic" and had a clear idea of what I meant. Obviously I was on to something.<br /><br />I'll keep it short. Last day, and time flew by. Got some (ever positive) remarks on our shirts again, one of the best originating from a volunteer who compared the official shirts to garbage-bags with the well-chosen words: "Ze hadden ons net zo goed Koma aan kunnen trekken" (can't be really translated).<br /><br />Good films today, entertaining ones. Weather was awesome, again. <br /><br />The three of us had some wine after the very last film, discussing the film- and music industry and around 2am we had figured out that a) Joost is basically screwed and b) we all keep happily downloading. Of course, there were detailed pro and cons, there were intricate arguments, there were impressive studies showing equally impressive numbers and does anyone want another glass?<br /><br />There will be an overal impression of the whole festival. Soon. In a blog near you.Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-43243918051834237232009-04-25T22:00:00.001+02:002009-04-26T03:28:29.473+02:00The butcher<span style="font-style: italic;">torture-gore-ploitation</span><br />Links: <a href="http://http//www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=94">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=94">imdb</a><br /><br />Nothing to say about this film. Hated it. Fuck the AFFF-description about a "message", this is torture exploitation and I couldn't care less.<br /><br />Perhaps perhaps perhaps if I had seen this film at another moment in the festival, I would have provided you with something worth reading about, but as the very last film, it was a Big Failure.<br /><br />Rating: 1<br /><br />(we accidently missed the first 20 minutes because we mixed up cinema numbers. Wished we hadn't found out)Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-5709007322811047032009-04-25T21:50:00.005+02:002009-05-05T23:59:48.597+02:00The Butcher<em></em><strong>description</strong>: Husband and wife, porkface, camera's, chainsaw, the big escape, choices.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 1)<br />Is it art, or is it tortureporn? Does the movie have a deeper meaning or was it money thrown away by the producers? You decide! You see everything from a camera put on someones head, most of the time of the vicitims, caught by some butcher wannabe's in a slaughterhause, trying to use all kind of original torture ideas to keep on going on the 2 victims. Would you sacrifice your wife if you cannot take the torturing anymore and have a change of escape?<br /><br />The last movie of the afff festival was also the worst. I was convinced the move Nobody was the worst I saw, until this one. Useless, pointeless, gross, a big f_ck off to this movie.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-17949805039590067162009-04-25T21:50:00.002+02:002009-05-03T23:40:51.195+02:00The butcher<span style="font-style: italic;">S'nuff said</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=94">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=94">imdb</a><br /><br />Hack & slash. Four victims (actually two victims by the time we entered the screening, almost twenty five minutes late because the closing ceremony ran over), three killers, a farm and a series of tools. Over an hour of all kinds of torture, saddism and gore. I guess this one won't win the "Feel good movie of the year" award... Complete and utter rubbish this film, avoid like the bubonic plague.<br /><br />Rating: 1Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-28711838009649456412009-04-25T20:10:00.008+02:002009-05-03T23:36:21.991+02:00A film with me in it<span style="font-style: italic;">What if bad luck happens to slackers, are they able to raise their game?</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=157">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139319/">imdb</a><br /><br />Wacky dark Irish comedy, think <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124198/">Very Bad Things</a>. The series of unfortunate accidents and bodycount increases faster than their ability to cope with the situation, spiraling out of control in no time. Still, true character shows in difficult times, which is exactly what Dylan Moran (Black Books) and Mark Doherty do.<br /><br />Rating: 8Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-9727600559107238772009-04-25T20:10:00.007+02:002009-05-01T23:29:40.171+02:00A Film with me in it<em></em><strong>description</strong>: Losers, movie in the making, brother in wheelchair, rented house, bad condition of house, accidents, death, faking death<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 8)<br />How big is the chance that in an hour, your dog dies because it is killed by a hanging closet, your brother by a lamp, your landlord by a screwdrier, your wife by a pin, a police cop by the window? That al in your house. Is it supernatural? No, what about accidents? Definately! How big is that chance? And if that happens, what would you do? Call 911, call the cops? How would they react to the story?<br /><br />This movie is a very black comedy and very well done. Definately one of the better ones.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-79566967097681041992009-04-25T20:10:00.002+02:002009-04-26T03:22:55.323+02:00A film with me in it<span style="font-style: italic;">What not to do when accidently four people and a dog get killed at your home</span><br />Links; <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=157">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139319/">imdb</a><br /><br />It always works well if a wonderfully entertaining director provides you with quotes like "<span style="font-style: italic;">kings of inertia!</span>", "<span style="font-style: italic;">princes of paralysis</span>" and "<span style="font-style: italic;">their problems are always solved in the pub</span>" beforehand to describe the main characters, adding they are basically Irish archetypes. Or says about one of his actors that you're wondering whether he is "<span style="font-style: italic;">either brilliant or doesn't know his lines</span>"<br /><br />But even without those comments, this would have been a highly entertaining film with pitchblack humor about two Losers who have to deal with a dead brother, dead ex-girlfriend, dead landlord and dead cop inside their home. Shallow Grave-ish, and add some Adaptationesque self-references (one of these days lightning will strike me down for this seemingly endless stream of description-through-reference) and you have a wonderful film with wonderful actors providing wonderful dialogues in a wonderful way. Did I mention the fact that I found it highly entertaining?<br /><br />Rating: 8Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-32177869575345592792009-04-25T18:10:00.007+02:002009-05-01T23:18:46.965+02:00Nightmare detective 2<em></em><strong>description</strong>: Traumatised nightmare detective, girl patrenized, 3 girls, 2 death.<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 3,5)<br />Let's pretend you can go into people's dreams/nightmares and solve their nightmares. Sounds like a good story? It could have been a good story, but worked out quite dramatically. Specially when the editing is quite bad, like scenes were missing. Also the music was not very well done, more annoying than creating the sphere.<br />There is a story traumatised girl caused by another girl who feels like she is a victim as well. Then we have a traumatized nightmare detective. Every one seems traumatized or victimized. Too much for me, specially when it is worked out so badly.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-50471877062953659502009-04-25T18:10:00.006+02:002009-04-26T03:38:10.372+02:00Nightmare detective 2Reining in the mare in nightmare<br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=155">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056107/">imdb</a><br /><br />The first film was entertaining enough, this one seemed a bit darker. It cranked up the amount of <a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search?q=SILDGWLBHWSRRW&searchsubmit.x=0&searchsubmit.y=0">SILDGWLBHWSRRW</a>s on the festival which is always a good thing, storyline etc has been worked out well enough, but unfortunately it is drawn out too long in the end. Waking up... after waking up... after waking up... after. Yes. we get it.<br /><br />But, besides all these remarks, a film that isn't ashamed to adher to the good traditions of Asian thriller film. With a beauty of a Freudian Cave by the way.<br /><br />Rating: 7Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-84261349064359629752009-04-25T18:10:00.005+02:002009-05-03T23:40:51.196+02:00Nightmare detective 2<span style="font-style: italic;">Nightmares come back to haunt and kill</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=155">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1056107/">imdb</a><br /><br />Nightmare sequences in films have been done time and time again. This film (just like its predecessor) still manages to not only offer several scary nightmares, but they also adhere to the typicial dream/nightmare logic when it comes to extravagant visuals and (dis)connecting space and time.<br /><br />Also noteworthy: the first (and last) appearance of the genre defining Japanese girl ghost!<br /><br />Rating: 7Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-62748456156399262672009-04-25T17:50:00.002+02:002009-04-26T03:06:07.989+02:00Painted skin<span style="font-style:italic;">All demons need is love, actually.</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=183">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055300/">imdb</a><br />quote: (one demon to another) "<span style="font-style:italic;">act like a man and leave!</span>"<br /><br />Besides the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion:_Day_of_the_Tentacle">Day of the Tentacle</a>"-is music now and then, an Asian spectacle of fighting, roof-jumping and demons. Lots of warm glows, indirect lighting and soft shadows in the beginning, buckets of flawless pale skin with nearly unblinking eyes with the darkest colour of the night in their almond shapes... Hoohah.<br /><br />Not exactly impressive, but entertaining. Slightly curious effect, sorry, storyline, sorry, character arch, sorry... well, a curious effect, as I was saying, that even the demons were head over heels in love. It was all about love, about dying for each other, till the end and beyond, take me, don't kill him, love love love... <br /><br />ah. Well.<br /><br />Rating: 7Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-53070793135586000942009-04-25T15:50:00.003+02:002009-05-01T23:08:09.877+02:00Painted Skin<em></em><strong>description</strong>: <strong></strong>Chinese lovestory, demons, love, swordfighter, gone for 2 years, demon hunter, demon love.<br /><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 7)<br />How deep is your love? Will you love her, even when she is a demon? And what if a demon loves you and wants to take you from your lover? Can you stand the seduction? The Asiatic movie sketses the story of true love. A little bit of melodramatic, but it turns out quite ok. The movie has a love story, sword fighting, demons and more. Not a classic, but nicely done.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-41764116991729142592009-04-25T15:50:00.002+02:002009-05-03T23:40:51.197+02:00Painted skin<span style="font-style: italic;">First fighting to stay alive, then fighting to sacrifice oneself in the name of love</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=183">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055300/">imdb</a><br /><br />My Manderin is not up to standard, so having decent English subtitles is a prerequisite to understand the film. A shame then that the quality of these subtitles was not too good at times. I am not referring to the occasional typo, but to abbreviated sentences and losing meaning that was present on-screen.<br /><br />Funny to see that they seem to love story-within-a-story constructs, as for the use of flashbacks and memories.<br /><br />It's a bit of a letdown that a lot of the scenes are comical to us Westerners instead of genuinely dramatic, with heavy dialogue and actions that I associate more with Greek tragedies than your run of the mill wire-fu films.<br /><br />Rating: 6Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-48659522463639236912009-04-25T14:10:00.006+02:002009-04-30T00:17:14.230+02:00Strange Girls<em></em><strong>description</strong>: twin white trash girls, autistic, siamese look alike lowerclass neighborhood, black boyfriend, killings, writing a book, behave, one love, old detective, smelly garden<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 6)<br />I'm the only child and in the early days I often wished I had a brother. Wouldn't it be great it I had a twin brother? I often fantasised about it. After seeing this movie, I could perhaps ease the idea of having a twin brother. What if I would end up like those twin girls? The way the story is told, it is not very likely that I ever would, even it I still would live in the same neighborhood in Rotterdam. These wicked girls were partly raised in a mental institution, where they only communicated by letters. It's not that the couldn't, they just refused and pretended they were insane. At some point they were fired from the institution, though still acting the same. They even sneaked out earlier and did some killing.<br /><br />Now, they want to make a good life, by writing a book and selling milions of copies. In the mean time, one of the girls falls in love with a black guy, who mostly cares little except being laid by either one of the girls. When acting like a stereotype black guy from the hood again, things go down the drain and the movie does not get better anymore.<br />Though the natural behaviour in this movie is very unlikely, the two girls acting/walking the same, there are quite some rediculous, but funny scenes (redneck/white trash looking girls and black guys living near eachother and liking as well), so I gave it a 6.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-77201914428638268462009-04-25T14:10:00.004+02:002009-05-03T23:40:51.198+02:00Strange girls<span style="font-style: italic;">Twins handle rejection badly</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=168">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826752/">imdb</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Strange girls</span> at times offers some interesting characterizations of the twins and their unity/duality. Unfortunately the acting was not convincing (with a terrible supporting cast) and so-so camera work. Several scenes were intended to be suspenseful but weren't scary at all - clearly a sign this film was missing the mark.<br /><br />Rating: 4Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-21848548438471879012009-04-25T14:10:00.001+02:002009-04-26T02:58:19.181+02:00Strange girls<span style="font-style:italic;">double trouble</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=168">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0826752/">imdb</a><br /><br />Near-autistic identical twins take matter of life and death into their own hands. Wait, no. It's about the internal struggle of freeing oneself from an impressive twin-bonding and... <br /><br />Okayish, mostly boring. Bad acting, not in a cult-way. Silly film.<br /><br />Rating: 4Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-17595414986629734732009-04-25T12:00:00.005+02:002009-04-29T23:08:38.947+02:00Fear me not<em></em><strong>description</strong>: Father, mother, daughter, rowing, placebo pills, midlife crisis, life is getting a drag, depressed, wanting a change, action in life wanted, cost of family life, do you accept your current life as it is?<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>(Geoffrey)</strong>: (rating 9,5)<br />This movie came quite close to how I feel sometimes. It does not really matter much how old you are, but you probably thought of it sometimes, less or more often. You have or had dreams of what you wanted to reach in life. At some point you reach a more steady part of your life. That might be if you have a family, but also if you are still single. If you really reached that point, be honest, be very honest and think of whether you are happy with what you have reached and where you currently are. For quite some people that could lead to depressing thoughts and you might want to use prozac or some other anti-depression medicine. The effect might be that you are feeling active again, and pretending you are working your way up again. Making new goals you want to reach, perhaps making your family life more interesting again, more alife.<br /><br />The point is, at what cost? How will your environment react to it? Are they ready for it, will they accept it?<br /><br />That is a little bit of the idea in this movie. It is not a fast movie, but one with lots of dialogs and food for filosophy and psychology. The movie is from the same team who wrote Adam's Apples and it truly the best movie I have seen for the reason I mentioned in the beginning. It comes quite close how I feel (no, I'm not on prozac or anything like that :-)) sometimes. I reached most of my dreams, I have a good job and a reasonable life, though still single. Still I feel it's becoming a drag.<br />As for seeing this movie, I rather have it as last, or more space before the other movie started. You cannot just see it and see another one, pretending it's an average movie on the festival, because it wasn't.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17425126284824739921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-21414326785284332982009-04-25T12:00:00.004+02:002009-05-03T23:40:51.199+02:00Fear me not<span style="font-style: italic;">Lost & found direction in life</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=ssa&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=147">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135922/">imdb</a><br /><br />Psychological portrait of a man's midlife crisis. Slowly but steadily it gets under your skin. Once again a fantastic film from Denmark, with a lot of familiar faces involved; written by Anders Thomas Jensen, acted by Ulrich Thomsen and Paprika Steen, produced by Lars von Trier's / Thomas Vinterberg's Zentropa.<br /><br />Rating: 9Joosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09819904856490509184noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-34627840706201221022009-04-25T12:00:00.001+02:002009-04-26T02:54:39.727+02:00Fear me not<span style="font-style:italic;">while trying to get a grip on his life, a man actually loses it</span><br />Links: <a href="http://www.imaginefilmfestival.nl/index.php?pageid=atotz&catid=titels_vanA_totZ&cntid=147">AFFF</a> / <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135922/">imdb</a><br /><br />The writer of "Adam's Apples" is at it again. A film which is wonderful in its simplicity of setting, its impressive story and good acting. We are presented with a likeable enough character who gets a chance to "put things right" by partaking in a anti-depressive drug test. There isn't a whole lot wrong with his life, it's merely the fact that not he but his wife seems to have everything in control. Slowly though, his choices become more questionable, yet they never copmletely derail. It's a story that gets under your skin by the dark edges of its seemingly simple development.<br /><br />One of the things I scribbled down was "double reversal of taking matters into one's own hand". He wants more control. Starts taking drugs. Feels better. Then it turns out he was in the placebo-group. Which requires him to re-evaluate and take matters "more" into his hands.. .again. The drugs seem to play a complex role: they allow him to finally _act_ in his life yet by their very nature he becomes dependable on them. When he realises he goes too far in his independent lifestyle, he throws them away, yet soon after he misses the seeming independence they provided him with.<br /><br />Rating: 8Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8775922270031387913.post-51123295332692807372009-04-25T03:26:00.002+02:002009-04-25T03:33:14.826+02:00Impressions day 9Film-wise, today went beyond the ordinary with evil stolas, living vampire babies that should've been deadborn and the ever-enjoyable juicy details from dirty Ozzie-minds.<br /><br />Champagne in the park, vodka-redbull in the cinema. Many a ristretto inbetween and funny reactions from the audience, ranging from laughter to the aforementioned gore to two girls seriously telling each other that "<a href="http://affflog.blogspot.com/search/label/seventh-moon">Seventh Moon</a>" really "had its scary moments y'know!" Does that mean we are pregressively hard-to-please? You do keep re-evaluating films in the light of recently viewed ones, but even that can not explain the difference in appreciation. Ah taste, the only thing worth arguing about...Hanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07364420733907348667noreply@blogger.com0