The Most Beautiful Movies Ever Made

Flavorwire.com made a video titled 135 Shots That Will Restore Your Faith in Cinema, after asking their readers what were “the most beautiful movies ever made.” The result is okay, I guess. I still don’t think that I’m as moved by Terrence Malick films as others are…

There was also some Zhang Yimou and Wong Kar-wai added in there, alongside Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain — which was one of my picks for most iconic movie images. xD

In any case, there was some Noboru Shinoda (and therefore, Shunji Iwai) missing. The Hana & Alice ballet scene [1], just as Love Letter, as well as EVERYTHING on Picnic [1], and every single frame in All About Lily Chou Chou — they’re all perfect. LOL

Posted on July 22, 2012 In Clips, DVD/BR, English, Films, French, Japanese, Sharing, Spanish alfonso cuaron, contemporary classics, darren aronofsky, gorgeousity!, jean pierre jeunet, lars von trier, shunji iwai, wong kar-wai, yu aoi, zhang yimou

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And I will always be there to catch you…

Why do we love musicals??

Why do I love it so much?
What kind of magic is this?
How come I can’t help adore it?
It’s just another musical

Posted on June 13, 2012 In Celebrity, Clips, DVD/BR, English, Films, Fun, Music, Sharing big vocal chops, bjork, contemporary classics, dancer in the dark, lars von trier, musical/choreography, soundtrack

My 13 Most Iconic Movie Images

September 4, 2011 — 6 Comments

Nick, over at Anomalous Material, did his list of 13 Iconic Movie Images (for him). I thought I would share mine here since things have been a little on the weak side lately.

I dunno exactly why 13, but… it suits me fine. It gave me room to include things I wouldn’t have included in the first place. I’m surprised I cut so many from my Top10 Fave Films, but I did manage to squeeze half of them in. LOL I also set myself two rules… no black and whites, or animated films. ;O

So here we go~~~

Tony Takitani

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Are you feeling the new theme?

It has been a long time since I last did anything important to my blog… maybe a little over two years. I really didn’t know what to do while the WordPress coding has changed over the years. It seemed I needed a new theme with new capabilities… though I do think WordPress has begun acting a little too much like Tumblr~~~

There had been some very beautiful new WP themes (some you need to pay for), when I saw Matala I immediately thought “this is the one.” But I needed to change the graphics, as much as the original theme looked nice… I didn’t want to look like all the other blogs that might be using this theme.

So I was playing around Photoshop… without knowing exactly what I wanted, and ended up with this Dogville, Dancer in the Dark, and Memories of Matsuko mash-up — I call it “Suffering Heroines of Cinema” o “Heroinas Sufridas del Cine” in Spanish~ I almost added Amelie in it instead of Matsuko, but felt she was too off against these two Von Trier characters. LOL

I’m not completely feeling this theme, though. How about you?

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The Disgusting Dog Challenge!

December 23, 2010 — 5 Comments

Have been challenged by Joel~

I generally don’t like animals because the smell bothers me, and the licking. I don’t plan to have a photo of a gross dog in here, so cute puppy dog has to do ;P

So let’s start with it, shall we?

In Chinese, English, Fun, Photographs, Sharing bibi chow (zhou bichang), criterion, dexter, glee, joan crawford, lars von trier, mavis fan (fan xiaoxuan), modern family, ryan murphy, yuguo

Cinema Firsts for Top 10 Films

November 18, 2010 — 10 Comments

In honor of Top 10 Films’ 1st anniversary~~~

1. First Film: Enter the Dragon

I figured it must be one of my dad’s favorites, since he’s the one who got the tapes and did the recordings on the Betamax from tv broadcasts…

I literally know the dialog to Enter the Dragon ;P

Continue Reading…

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La plus grande actrice: Nicole Kidman?

September 18, 2010 — 4 Comments

The blog C’est la Gene had an article posted a while back during the release of Nine, titled La Plus Grande Actrice du Monde. That’s a big name to uphold… but you know, in honor of the positives reviews that Kidman’s Rabbit Hole has received, and for getting picked up by Lionsgate for distribution and entering the Award race, I decided to take some time to “translate” and dust off on my French.

In Celebrity, English, Films, French, Photographs, Sharing actress, baz lurhman, cate blanchett, dogville, judi dench, lars von trier, marion cotillard, meryl streep, nicole kidman, penelope cruz, sophia loren, translation

31-Day Movie Meme: Anomalous Edition

September 8, 2010 — 2 Comments

Ahh… I hope I can finish this post in less than 30min. LOL Or sure I’ll be whining with the people at Anomalous Material for posting so many Memes xD

But we’re lazy, so we’re doing a 31-day Meme into one post. Just like we did on the TV Meme… only with more pictures! Because I think that TV Meme needs photos, right?

1. A Sequel that Shouldn’t Have Been Made

You know there should be something wrong when all the sequels went straight to DVD. That’s a sad sad ending for a good cheesy film like Bring it On. The sequels bring so much shame when mentioning Bring it On, which by the way had Kirsten Dunst and Eliza Dushku… and Gabrielle Union. And cheers. I said Brrrr it’s cold in here! There must be some Clovers in the atmosphere~~~ LOL a perfect introduction to setup what the cheese will be about, and a more poppy-end-of-the 90s-rendition of Hey, Mickey!

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Watch 6 Cannes Films for FREE!

March 16, 2010 — Leave a comment

I’m just gonna re-post what I wrote on Facebook xD

WOAHHHH, Stella Artois and The Auteurs are letting us watch 6 films for free. What’s better? They are 6 GREAT FILMS. Doesn’t get much better than that.

– Polanski’s Repulsion this has been changed for
– Walkabout
– Russian Ark
– Lars Von Trier’s Europa
– Hirokazu Koreeda’s Daremo Shiranai (Nobody Knows)
– Tropical Malady
– Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Three Times this has been changed for
– Faust

Just head over there, login and watch.

And remember… if you snooze, you lose.
I’d better watch Tropical Malady before it’s gone like Three Times. xD

In English, Films, Japanese, Sharing film festival, internet, kore-eda, lars von trier, roman polanski, theauteurs.com

Just started this.

My Fake Criterion Collection

Posted on March 14, 2010 In DVD/BR, English, Films, Fun, Graphics, Japanese, Sharing ayumi ito, bjork, contemporary classics, criterion, dancer in the dark, design, donnie darko, fanart, greta garbo, hotaru no haka (graves of the fireflies), jake gyllenhaal, japan, lars von trier, miki nakatani, movie classics, shunji iwai, tetsuya nakashima, yu aoi

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