Faster - coulda been a Statham flick and i must agree the opening intro is badass. 5/10
alternative: lee marvin's point blank or mel gibson's payback

Let Me in - the shithead bully looks awfully like jgl @ tommy 8/10
alternative: tony scott's the hunger

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Added on February 21, 2011, 11:08 am

can a cover art be anymore shittier than this?!!!

I know the bluray rip of Black Swan is out, I just watched it again last night, but I really suggest watching it in a cinema. I know there probably isn't a big hall anywhere in the country showing this, but you can catch it in GSC Pavilion- small hall, but the screen is pretty big, and unlike all other GSC/TGV cinemas I've been to, the Pavilion GSC has excellent picture and sound quality. The picture isn't dim.

Watch it in a cinema not because it loses its effectiveness on a small screen (I can assure you it's still every bit as powerful at home), but because Black Swan is one of the finest cinematic experiences I've ever had. From the mesmerizing opening dance sequence filled with foreboding blackness, to the jaw-dropping, head-spinning, soul-crushing final 30 minutes, this film will grip you like no other... provided you give in, provided you are willing to... lose yourself in it.

The following may contain small spoilers, and I recommend not reading until you have watched it.

The plot isn't that much and could be called perfunctory, but what Aronofsky does, how his darting, stalking camera pulls you right alongside Nina and right into her psyche... what he does with human flesh and skin looking so vulnerable to being violated in a very evil manner... and the insane images that manifests all about the film... my god. A long as you're not occupied trying to discern what is real what is not, and accept that it is the intention of the director to keep things blurred, to make Nina's experience yours, it is impossible to turn away from it.

And I can assure you, when the finale finally reaches its climax, you will be so utterly transfixed by what is happening that I could set fire to your dog next to you and you wouldn't move. I was watching this last night and the music (which is f***ing brilliant) was so loud that my mom was yelling for me to turn it down, and I didn't move a muscle. In a way, Requiem for A Dream has a similar effect, but while that finale was singularly bleak and destructive, Black Swan's finale moves in two opposite, incongruous directions simultaneously. You know it's going to be a crushing ending, but you also feel... glad for her. It is STUNNING.

Yeap. A masterpiece.

Sorry if I hyped it up too much, but that's how I feel.

watched (and re-watched) some of the 90s last night (and nights before)

Leon: The Professional [1994]
fancy 13 year old Natalie Portman?    damn, she's very talented (and proven today). the girl have odd love relationship with cold looking hitman (Jean Reno) and looking for vengeance against corrupted policeman (Gary Oldman).
love it, very good movie. never heard about this until recently.

The Silence of the Lambs [1991]
watched it in my teen days, and im really appreciate it this time. Anthony Hopkins was awesome.
shame the sequels /prequel are totally disappointing.

The Usual Suspects [1995]
re-watched it. its good for 2nd time. always like Kevin Spacey as antagonist /villain.

The Big Lebowski [1998]
it supposed to be a comedy. its OK at few times, but im not really enjoy it.

HOP is a kids' show. Dont watch it unless a hot chick asks you to.