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EuroTrip (2004)
The Eurotrip Math Equation
The Eurotrip Math Equation:
Road Trip-Any Sort Of Talented Actors+A mess of nudity(and almost as much male as female for you horny teenage boys)-Anything that made anyone in the packed theatre laugh for more then 10 seconds+a couple poorly constructed Blonde and European Jokes+A 5 minute cameo by Matt Damon (which gives us another reason besides his friendship with Ben Afflek to disrespect him)=A waste Of Your Money and your time during which you wait for an eternity for this mindless garbage that I hopefully just saved you 10 dollars on. I will also encourage you to tell all of your friends not to spend their money on this trash so it will be taken off of the shelves and we can forget this horrific film ever exsisted
Quest (1984)
A Blue-Green Dream...the hero's journey/Excellent!
A child is born, as mist shrouds a cliff dwelling enclave...a tribe of sad but noble people pray that this might be the one, the deliverer... "We all are born, and live, and die in eight days"...maybe your days are ten or twelve years long is all. Nonetheless just blow a few of them off, turn away from the light and see where it gets you...shorter of breath and one day closer to death. The journey here depicted, starting in solemn tones of drab and earth, funneling through Escher and Magritte-inspired mazes of harrowing scale and intensity, is the journey I am on right now, and yes, my wandering movie loving friend it is your little trip as well. You thought you were just doing a tad of light surfing and then the biggest wave raced you toward an early grave. All graves are early. Life is damn short. We only live eight days, remember? Twenty thousand? Hah! That shadow creeping on the wall there, ace, that ticking sound, that night you drank a wee dram too much and the pounding, the clock, the wheel, the big flippin' ball comin' down the chute...well, I digress. Or do I? 8. Thats it. Then its over. Turn it on its side, its a google, it goes on forever! Laugh! Cry. Don't matter, mortal kid. Take it or leave it, number's up its up, all over but the shoutin'...Sinking in sand, fight yer demon self, earthquake, tidal wave, far away across the field the tolling of the iron bell...how bored are you? Not much I trust. See QUEST. Ray knew and tried to tell you.Wished an' hoped he was yer Ray of Light. Which day will be the finest? Maybe today is the best yer gonna see. Have heart, and Carpe Diem, little trout. Catch you on the other side of the gate. I'd love to be involved in making such a lovely film as this one. Only a few days left...I definitely have to start on it this week. One of my favorite films of all TIME.
Robin
The Red Kite (1965)
Another dusty inspiration from Canada's National Film Board.
Summary: The meaning of life is found in between our depression and our glory,today or tomorrow;fleeting.
The protagonist describes himself "the most ordinary of men". He has a an unsettling experience on the way home from work. It troubles him and he seeks an answer, a sign...he has faith-he thinks...his friends are kind,but seem not to share his trouble, but unhelpful, his wife tries to make him feel better,sees their happiness as tied to their success in getting by... he's brought his daughter a red kite and he has promised to fly it with her.
In its simple and realistic depiction of the lives of average folk, and the kinds of questions that haunt us all, this movie says more in 17 minutes than many a long novel or feature length movie. It has more of the feeling of a one-act play, everyone is seen in close-up vignette and condensed, but not without mercy.
The word that might sum up this little beauty is Inspiration. One wonders about the filmmaker, how he must have felt while making, completing this rough gem, and tossing it like a message of hope in a stoppered bottle into the wine-dark sea that was the cynical world of his day...now, 36 years later, if you get to see this flick at all you can't help feeling you found a bit of gold in a rusty can on the sea floor...a nearly lost, near-masterpiece.
The only descriptions I've found of this film were one-liners like "a father is depressed even while flying a kite" or "a depressed father bonds with a kite"...whoever wrote these lines didn't get it...maybe didn't even see it. The cinematographer later became known as a director in his own right..."Red Kite" is another jewel in the dusty crown of the National Film Board of Canada, from the golden age of 16mm films.