indieandrew

Member since 3/4/2008, last signed in awhile ago.

Personal statement: Life is the pursuit of beauty, my medium for looking for that beauty is film. if i were a transcendentalist, film would be my nature

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Funny Games

Funny Games
By indieandrew in indieandrew Blog
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"I saw funny games without seeing the original, and without hearing anything about it. i went into the theatre expecting a quasi-good thriller, what i got was so much more. The movie is fantastic, because it works on so many levels. As far as a thriller, it goes against everything you would usually see in a clilche thriller movie. They make a concious choice not to show certain things that most thrillers depend on to keep the audience interested, but Funny Games still manages to keep you on the edge of your seat. the movie reminded me of A Clockwork Orange, with the killers being blaise care-free teens. The true nature of the movie however, is a satire, the film tells the story of a family being tortured and murdered, but tha is not the point. the point is why they are being tortured, and why are you (the audience) paying to see it. The killers often look at the camera and ask the audience questions like "is this enough?" or "you do want plausible plot development do ... " [More]

Re:Chuck Palahniuk
By indieandrew in The Film Library
"Yea choke is an amazing book, one of his most disturbing and twisted books but still exccellant. Ive looked at the imdb page and the cast looks good. " [More]

Chuck Palahniuk
By indieandrew in The Film Library
"I think it would be a safe assumption to say that everyone liked Fight Club (or atleast they would have if they hadnt had the ending ruined by about a million people then watch it be played done over and over again). well Chuck Palahniuk the author of the original book has another one of his novels turned into film. the book is Choke and the cast looks pretty impressive (Same Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke and directed by first time director Clark Gregg, i know it appeared at sundance but i dont know how well it did. i love Chuck Palahniuk and this book was awesome so i hope they didnt screw up one of the most delightfully disturbing books of the past few years. " [More]

Charlie Bartlett

another high school drama
By indieandrew in indieandrew Blog
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"It seems strange to me... i am a high school student, yet almost all of my experiences of "high school" have come through hollywood stereotypes in high school films. i almost think that they should be their own seperate genre, somewhere between drama (for you know somewhere in their someones gunna cry about being a loner or peer preasure or something) comedy (cheap laughs are their bread and butter) and science fiction ( the high school in movies is an alien planet from where ive been) i wonder if at my high school reunion if im going to confuse the stories of my actual high school career with those of the silver screen. i sure hope so, the "average kids" up there live such more interesting lives. With that cynicysm i went into Charlie Bartlett not expecting to hate it, but knowing full well that i wasnt going to get anything spectacular. They story of a rich highschool kid who transfers into public school and searches for his place in the universe of adoles ... " [More]

The Fountain

What art is supposed to look like
By indieandrew in indieandrew Blog
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"I can not say enough about this movie. to call it amazing would be trite and uninformative, it is one of those films that stays with you and you judge not only other films but also the rest of art with. the story line is one that is as simplistic as can be, man fighting against death. it is from this simple start that darren aronofsky makes what in my opinion is his masterpiece. the cinematography is stunning, some of the best i have ever seen. There were scenes when i was just blown away with the scope of aronofsky's vision. the color scheme which unites the three intertwining stories is beautiful. the film is not easy to digest at all, it is deep and with a majority of it being metaphor the average viewer will probably find himself dismayed and confused, i know i was the first time i watched it. but with time i saw the beauty in this film. The Fountain is one of those films that is a joy and also a necessity to talk with people about. after you watch it you should go talk abo ... " [More]

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