In terms of rock music, it would probably have been The Blood Brothers. But they broke up too. Drat. Maybe Isis?
Oh, who'm I kidding, it's still Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Also, don't give short shrift to Andy Falkous's new band Future of the Left - they're pretty groovy. The fire of Mclusky with a more experimental, electronic-flecked sound.
Anyone who answers the question, "What's the weakest offering from The Mars Volta?" with any answer other than Amputechture is wrong. There's no debate, this is not an opinion. This is a fact. Amputecture is ass.
I think it's because it's the kind of film that practically dares you to hate it. Kaufman flummoxes all the usual ways of responding to a film. I'm almost positive I love it, but I might be wrong.
I'm predicting D-, mainly because part of me thinks the film might be nothing more than self-absorbed wankery. The rest of me thinks it's an ambitious, dizzying near-masterpiece wrapped in self-absorbed wankery.
What an asinine thing to say. I will never understand people who think the primary purpose of criticism is to be democratic and objective. The whole act is subjective by its nature.
Also: CHINESE DEMOCRACY WTF. I'm gonna hafta listen to this damn thing at some point, I guess.
The dude above has the right idea -- check out some of the heavy hitters in the Definitive Jux catalog. You want personal, check out he two El-P full-lengths. They are, IMO, unassailable. Also, Absence by Dalek or Audition by P.O.S. might be your thing.
Wait, Lorem ipsum gave a snide, kneejerk-insult answer? Neeeeever woulda thought it.
Seriously, man, the disdain Mr. ipsum oozes upon everything he can is kinda monotonous.
In terms of rock music, it would probably have been The Blood Brothers. But they broke up too. Drat. Maybe Isis?
Oh, who'm I kidding, it's still Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
Also, don't give short shrift to Andy Falkous's new band Future of the Left - they're pretty groovy. The fire of Mclusky with a more experimental, electronic-flecked sound.
Hey, I noticed a typo. You've got Mclusky Do Dallas at 7.5. I know that's really supposed to be 7,000.5. Just thought I'd give you a heads-up. :-)
Um. Oh crap. I entirely forgot about this. I'm an asshole.
#3 = Jesus (The Last Temptation of Christ, The Passion of the Christ and Nicolas Ray's King of Kings)
#4 = Satan (The Devil's Advocate, the Bedazzled remake, The Devil and Max Devlin)
#6 = Henry VIII (A Man for All Seasons, The Private Life of Henry VIII, The Other Boleyn Girl)
#10 = The Hunchback of Notre Dame (the 1939, 1996 and 1923 versions)
#11 = Ebenezer Scrooge
#16 = Ophelia (the 1948, 1996 and 1990 versions of Hamlet)
#17 = Frankenstein's monster (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein, James Whale's Frankenstein)
#18 = Captain Hook
#22 = Tarzan
#23 = Babe Ruth
#24 = Lennie (the 1939, 1992 and 1981 versions of Of Mice and Men)
#25 = Richard Nixon (Frost/Nixon, Nixon, Secret Honor)
#26 = Catwoman (Catwoman, Batman: The Movie, Batman Returns)
What, no Fred Merkle?
Anyone who answers the question, "What's the weakest offering from The Mars Volta?" with any answer other than Amputechture is wrong. There's no debate, this is not an opinion. This is a fact. Amputecture is ass.
I think it's because it's the kind of film that practically dares you to hate it. Kaufman flummoxes all the usual ways of responding to a film. I'm almost positive I love it, but I might be wrong.
I'm predicting D-, mainly because part of me thinks the film might be nothing more than self-absorbed wankery. The rest of me thinks it's an ambitious, dizzying near-masterpiece wrapped in self-absorbed wankery.
Dear AJ,
I had to watch Vampyr three times before it truly clicked. Now it is one of the masterpieces of the cinema in my opinion. Do try it again some time.
Love,
SC
What an asinine thing to say. I will never understand people who think the primary purpose of criticism is to be democratic and objective. The whole act is subjective by its nature.
Also: CHINESE DEMOCRACY WTF. I'm gonna hafta listen to this damn thing at some point, I guess.
You don't remember the postscript, Luke? Sucks for you, donnit.
(The film is entirely faithful in that regard, Critico.)
I can divine a lot about it. Mostly about how many different flavors of suck it will be.
You think that's bad - you should see my wife go off on it. She's damn near apoplectic.
The dude above has the right idea -- check out some of the heavy hitters in the Definitive Jux catalog. You want personal, check out he two El-P full-lengths. They are, IMO, unassailable. Also, Absence by Dalek or Audition by P.O.S. might be your thing.