SloopJohn

to be honest. musicians shouldn't care about their audience size or dedication, great if they play to millions of people but i don't think it irks the smaller bands, in the slightest, that they don't sell out wembley or make millions from their records because ultimately, one plays music for the pleasure of playing it - anything else is a bonus.

what exactly does being the biggest band in world equate to musically?

Fact not opinion sloop john yes but it does not validate anything about an artist. relativism, as i have said before, is a classic foil for bad arguments to hide behind.

lets not go there again big thompers.

coldplay inspire comatose. they are the beige of music.

but he plays left back for Inter. and may I add superbly. Maicon is picked ahead of Alves for the Brazil NT, what does that tell you about him?

I struggle with Capote. He has incredible talent but his dedication to phonetic dialogue makes his work hard to digest.

so the new sigur ros song is basically a giant animal collective parody.

9.9/10 pffftttt.

in the last few days i've seen Tôkyô Monogatari - Tokyo Story [Yasujiro Ozu - 1953] 8/10 L'Argent - Money [Robert Bresson - 1983] 9/10 Offret - The Sacrifice [Andrei Tarkovsky - 1986] 9/10 Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes - Aguirre: Wrath Of God [Warner Herzog - 1972] 8/10 pretty sweet few days.

maicon and chivu not great players? what the fuck are you talking about.

what about sennas this season against betis for villarreal. that was insane.

ewww?

I think Spain, Portugal, Italy and France are the teams to watch for enjoyment. Spain have the most ridiculous squad (their center mid choice is the best i've ever seen) and should win but they can never play in tournaments so we'll see.

I was little dissapointed by the it. It's certainly good, but by no means is it a classic. I think my problem with surrealist films is that they seem to largely operate on a completely intellectual level, and the excellent ones, which are few and far between, operate slightly on an emotional one. I think this is partially due to the directness of the meaning that has been injected into their various surrealist elements and because this red door symbolizes passion or this dream sequence is a mirror of this specific theme, the mind is ultimately too caught up in decoding the symbolism and meaning rather than experiencing the film. however. the film was beautifully created and an excellent satire. but cinema can offer so much more than these charming, and acute insights that Bunel makes regarding the French upper classes, and that's ultimately what I find disappointing about this film. It was also a tad predictable at times which is the last thing a surrealist film should be.

Charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Le - The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie [Luis Buñuel - 1972] 6.5 / 10

lyrical genius lollerskates.

i recommend seeing blow up. really recommend. now the real question is. when am i going to start watching Sátántangó...

meh not really. I've seen a few Neo Realism films (early Fellini, Bicycle Thieves) but from what I've seen I definitely prefer 60's Italian cinema to it's 50's counterpart. For me the latter works of Visconti, Antonioni etc. appeal much more to what I love about cinema than Neo Realism.

so over the last day i watched... Omohide Poro Poro - Only Yesterday [isao Takahata - 1991] 7/10 Journal D'un Curé De Campagne - Diary Of A Country Priest [Robert Bresson - 1950] 9/10

i'm not even going to dignify that post with a proper reply.