SlrSoapbox
Bio: Animation is my absolute passion and it breaks my heart when people mistakenly identify it as a genre or as something only for children. I also enjoy science fiction, fantasy, film noir, and period pieces.
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Now Hear This (1963) - Rated 05 Jan 2009
"Boy, this is weird. It's more of an exploration on the marriage of animation and sound than any sort of traditional narrative, and in that respect, it's quite interesting. I can't see anyone other than an animation buff or film student being interested in this short though, it's a little too abstract for the masses. Maybe that's why it's never televised."
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The Doors (1991) - Rated 04 Jan 2009
"Val Kilmer is excellent, and often uncanny when he fills in for Morrison's vocals. However, the film is overlong, has way too much nudity (speaking as a heterosexual woman here) and is completely and utterly irresponsible. I was extremely relieved to find out that a good portion of the depiction of Morrison was fabricated, because this movie nearly made me hate one of my rock gods. So screw you, Oliver Stone."
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Klimt (2006) - Rated 18 Apr 2009
"If you like boobies, you might want to see this movie. It's got lots of boobies. What it doesn't have, unfortunately, is anything redeemable. It makes absolutely no sense and is ridiculously melodramatic."
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The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941) - Rated 28 Apr 2008
"It's an amusing little story (though I guess I wasn't supposed to find it funny), even though it paints Daniel Webster as some sort of saint when history shows he wasn't. Mr. Scratch is the highlight of this, especially in the ending scene."
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Rated 08 May 2009
"The performances from Hopkins and Foster are easily the core of what is the best horror film ever. You can't help but be riveted by both of them - I wanted to look away from Lecter, but something in Hopkins' performance forced me to look into his cold eyes, which made the creepy sensation of the movie even more effective. Foster as Starling is an amazing heroine as well, who conveys both strength and vulnerability in a sympathetic and extremely believable way."
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) - Rated 22 Jul 2008
"I started watching this all ready to be on Kirby Dick's side, and he blew it. Far too much time was spent on violating the privacy of the ratings board, and not enough emphasizing the inherent problems of the MPAA ratings system. I ended up turning the film off 75% of the way through because I was so tired of Mr. Dick being an immature muckraker instead of representing the filmmakers who were forced to compromise their visions."
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Sita Sings the Blues (2008) - Rated 27 Sep 2009
"I watched this online, completely on a whim, and was very pleasantly surprised. I loved the unscripted discussions of the Ramayana mythology and the cartoony bits with Annette Hanshaw music. The autobiographical portions and the rotoscoped musical sequences should have been dropped as they really drag down the narrative (and in the case of the autobiographical parts, they come across as pathetic). Still, it's a tremendous achievement for just one woman, and it's a lot of fun."
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) - Rated 12 Aug 2009
"Extremely creepy and unusual. Foster and Sheen are great in this. I do agree with Foster that the nude scene was completely unnecessary. I liked how well the sense of loneliness and paranoia is conveyed in the film. The ending shot is chilling, but I did feel kind of unfulfilled because the ending left more questions than answers. Still, I really enjoyed this."
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Slumdog Millionaire (2008) - Rated 29 Jan 2009
"I went into this hoping I would love it, but was very disappointed. Every character is cartoonishly either evil or angelic, and the happy ending just came off as forced in such an otherwise depressing story. The plot holes are unforgivably huge. I also love how professional critics are calling me "soulless" and "dead inside" just because I failed to smile at a contrived ending that solves nothing and sweeps the major social issues under the carpet."
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Duck Amuck (1953) - Rated 24 Mar 2008
"This is probably one of the greatest cartoons ever made. It's just fascinating to look back on this and realize what Chuck Jones was getting at - you can break the fourth wall, change Daffy's appearance, voice, individuality and make him aware that he is a cartoon character, but Daffy still remains Daffy. This is a great cartoon for anyone interested in film production or wishing to consider the abstract nature of what characterization really means."
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