1:19:22 AM sam?: review time.
1:21:52 AM sam?: my favourite thing we saw was Carts of Darkness. discuss.
1:24:18 AM ashley!: i can’t even remember the movies we saw, there were so many
1:24:44 AM sam?: well, that’s why i helpfully started us off by telling you my favourite.
1:26:19 AM ashley!: my favourite thing we saw was those cult-ish protesters taking over that one screening
1:27:44 AM sam?: the protested movie was called Beyond Our Ken. but my idea was the discussion of the Carts movie.
1:27:50 AM sam?: you also really liked Second Skin.
1:29:31 AM ashley!: was Second Skin the iranian transsexual movie?
1:29:45 AM sam?: no, that was Be Like Others.
1:30:00 AM sam?: Second Skin was about gamerz.
1:30:45 AM ashley!: oh right, yeah that was probably my fave
1:32:42 AM sam?: now tell me what you liked about Carts of Darkness.
1:33:56 AM ashley!: i liked when they raced on the carts. especially when the no-legs director guy did it.
1:34:09 AM ashley!: imagine if he hadn’t survived that? it would have been a whole different movie
1:34:12 AM ashley!: and boring q + a
1:36:42 AM sam?: first of all, he had legs. he was injured in a car crash, and before that, he was a ground-breaking snowboarding filmmaker. you had heard of him!
1:37:30 AM ashley!: i meant it METAPHORICALLY
1:37:38 AM ashley!: no, you’re right. that takes balls.
1:37:53 AM ashley!: his balls were okay, right? only his legs were damaged
1:38:17 AM sam?: we should have asked in the q + a.
1:39:05 AM sam?: maybe too personal. anyway, that dude was the man. his movie was amazing, and he managed to make a movie about homeless people without being heavy-handed or insanely depressing.
1:39:43 AM ashley!: i would put that quote on a movie box. what’s next?
1:40:52 AM sam?: let’s try to each come up with a totally quote-able quote for each movie. first one to get on a poster for a domestic release wins a bottle of 50 at the Lab from the loser.
1:41:54 AM ashley!: you already owe me a bottle of 50 then
1:46:52 AM sam?: first one from this batch.
1:46:55 AM sam?: not all batches.
1:47:26 AM ashley!: fine. keep leading the discussion then, blabbermouth
1:51:16 AM sam?: so, Second Skin.
1:51:18 AM sam?: talk to me.
1:56:16 AM ashley!: those guys like video games a lot. like a lot a lot. i like how they drink 2 litre bottles of coke not just to get caffeinated and stay awake till hour 16 but also so that they have something to piss in at hour 16 instead of leaving the game to go to the bathroom
1:56:20 AM ashley!: forward thinkers. i like that
1:58:22 AM sam?: one time when i worked at camp i drank FOUR 2 litre bottles of coke so that i would stay awake and have a great time.
1:58:40 AM sam?: i guess i love camp like those dudes love video games.
2:00:37 AM ashley!: i’m pretty sure people have died from drinking that many 2 litre bottles of cola before
2:02:34 AM sam?: that’s just how i roll.
2:03:47 AM sam?: back to Second Skin: as a non-gamer, it was awesome to realize how totally insane gamers really are. it was like an episode of Intervention, but with World of Warcraft instead of oxycontin.
2:04:19 AM ashley!: psh, there was already an episode of Intervention with a gamer
2:04:26 AM ashley!: the Second Skin directors are plagiarists
2:04:31 AM ashley!: put that on yer movie box!
2:10:25 AM sam?: my quote: “A balanced look at the oft-maligned world of gamers, Second Skin is equally disturbing and hilarious, offering sympathy for its subjects without fear of criticizing some of their more outlandish behavior.”
2:11:21 AM ashley!: okay, well the publicity people can choose which one they like better. it’s good to have options.
2:13:51 AM sam?: like pizza pops and pizza pockets!
2:18:15 AM sam?: Be Like Others. go.
2:18:58 AM ashley!: i feel like i was more into this movie than you were
2:20:27 AM sam?: did you fall asleep?
2:20:44 AM ashley!: no
2:20:51 AM sam?: then yes.
2:23:27 AM ashley!: what’s not to like about iranian transsexuals being forced to get sex changes?
2:23:47 AM ashley!: a bright family romp
2:27:31 AM sam?: print it.
2:27:50 AM sam?: i just thought the movie was poorly executed. but the story was so insanely compelling.
2:29:09 AM sam?: definitely the darkest thing we saw all week. nothing like an iranian homosexual who’s been forced to have a sex change in order to be able to have sex with the people they want to have sex with because being gay is illegal in iran breaking down and crying because they can’t believe what they’ve done to their body to totally not, not brighten your day.
2:30:08 AM ashley!: right, i was about to break it down for the kids at home but now you’ve spared me
2:31:27 AM ashley!: to further clarify - in iran, homosexuality is punishable by death but sex-change ops are legal and actually result in the switching of your gender on your birth certificate which - BAM - makes your gay-ity legal
2:32:38 AM sam?: good. my quote: “An astoundingly original and compelling story can be found amidst this somewhat muddled film.”
2:34:47 AM ashley!: well i already gave my quote, so
2:37:40 AM sam?: okay. now for the one that gave you massive boners: Beautiful Losers.
2:44:14 AM ashley!: oh shit, this one had harmony korine, mark gonzales, spike jonze, ed templeton, etcetcetc rabbling on about all kinds of good old-fashioned radness like skateboarding, graffiti, music and whatever weird artsy bullshit ties those all together. like the beats only not annoying.
2:44:22 AM ashley!: but just as self-aggrandizing, i guess.
2:45:02 AM ashley!: this movie basically tells you it’s cool and you believe it because you want to fit in
2:45:30 AM ashley!: that’s my quote
2:46:00 AM ashley!: and there was lots of DIY yammering so you obviously liked it
2:46:06 AM sam?: PUNX
2:46:11 AM sam?: that’s my quote.
2:46:15 AM ashley!: man, i had forgotten about that one. that was a good movie.
2:46:23 AM ashley!: there, now that’s my quote: “that was a good movie.”
2:46:44 AM ashley!: i bet that film gets distribution. none of the other ones will.
2:47:07 AM sam?: i think Carts of Darkness will, too.
2:47:43 AM ashley!: maybe. needs more snap pop though.
2:47:53 AM ashley!: that one goes out to aaron zorgel
2:47:53 AM sam?: but this was awesome. i like it when weird, cool people totally know how weird and cool they are and then just make a fuckton of money from being weirder and cooler than assholes like us who are way too boring to be as interesting as we think we are.
2:48:05 AM sam?: i hate aaron zorgel.
2:48:28 AM ashley!: wait, this whole site is predicated on the fact that we think we are cool
2:48:49 AM ashley!: i guess we’re not making a fuckton of money though
2:48:57 AM sam?: i know. but we’re not harmony korine-cool.
2:49:05 AM ashley!: i’m okay with that
2:49:10 AM sam?: if harmony had a webiste, it would be cooler than ours.
2:49:24 AM ashley!: harmony’s website is full of upsidedown crosses
2:49:32 AM sam?: sounds about right.
2:49:34 AM sam?: what about the rad jumping movie. or whatever that shit is called.
2:49:48 AM ashley!: i totally forget the name
2:49:55 AM ashley!: it was probably awe-inspiring
2:51:06 AM sam?: 20 Seconds of Joy.
2:53:44 AM ashley!: hahaha that sounds about right. like shotgunning a beer
2:56:01 AM sam?: except few people smashed into the sides of mountains shotgunning a beer.
2:56:09 AM sam?: fewer, anyway.
2:58:11 AM ashley!: yeah that movie was good because watching footage of anyone jumping off of a mountain is good.
2:59:48 AM sam?: but all the interviews had assholes for audio tracks. it was weird.
3:00:00 AM sam?: but worth it to watch dudes and ladies leap off of mountains in europe.
3:01:52 AM ashley!: and the filmmaker totally scored when the subject crash landed at the end there
3:05:01 AM sam?: way to give away the surprise ending.
3:05:06 AM sam?: she was also tyler durden.
3:05:16 AM sam?: and kaiser soze.
3:11:11 AM ashley!: and rosebud
3:12:43 AM sam?: “Breathtaking visuals guaranteed to strike fear and excitement in the heart of any viewer.”
3:13:21 AM ashley!: “she almost dies at the end”
3:21:05 AM sam?: was that all we saw?
3:28:50 AM ashley!: i think so…
3:29:17 AM sam?: Beyond Our Ken!
3:29:31 AM ashley!: oh right! we’ve come full circle
3:29:38 AM ashley!: that was good because i love cults.
3:30:52 AM sam?: basically, a movie about this fucking insane australian cult that seems innocuous enough but basically involves this dude raping children.
3:31:26 AM sam?: so he died, and then two people from the cult flew to canada to protest the movie and tell everyone what a great, non-child-rapist this child rapist was.
3:33:47 AM ashley!: the kenja people might come after you for that description
3:34:52 AM sam?: sorry: “This horrible film is a brutally inaccurate and unfair portrait of great Australian.”
3:35:00 AM ashley!: hahaha
3:35:30 AM sam?: i hope that ends up on a piece of propaganda in melbourne.
3:35:50 AM ashley!: and the filmmakers can use the opposite quote. the film is pretty mangled actually… but peeps should look up kenja for kicks
4:19:21 AM sam?: i think this process died. i need to do real work.
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