Elephant & Last days

static-harmony · 03.23.2006, 05:48 PM

I watched two movies of him,Last Days and Elephant I thought elephant was cool, Last days I thought was kind of boring. what do u think?

Laila · 03.23.2006, 05:53 PM

last days sucked. i don't know what elephant is.

HaydenAsche · 03.23.2006, 05:54 PM

Over-hyped trash.

chabib · 03.23.2006, 05:57 PM

gus van sant should only be allowed to make volkswagon commercials for hipster TV stations.

HaydenAsche · 03.23.2006, 06:00 PM

I think Chris has just had the most brilliant idea ever EXCEPT that they have to be foreign so I don't have to watch them.

IntoTheGroovey · 03.23.2006, 06:00 PM

I hear nothing but bad shit about Last Days. If it's anything like Elephant I doubt I could take it.

Laila · 03.23.2006, 06:08 PM

hey chabib what did kim think of the movie? was she like devestated about the horrible reviews? why was she even in that movie in the first place. i thought she believed kurt was murdered?

static-harmony · 03.23.2006, 06:09 PM

Well what I can remember of last days is...just the ending and the scene with kim. other than that the movie seems vague.

finding nobody · 03.23.2006, 08:00 PM

i heard that two guys will just start randomly making out in alot of his movies.

blots · 03.23.2006, 09:36 PM

I really thought Last Days was beautiful, but a lot of people pretty much hate it. I haven't seen Elephant. My only advice would be to not expect a Kurt Cobain biopic when watching Last Days...I know that's how the studio advertised it, but that was just to sell it. His movies get compared to paintings, so if that doesn't scare you off you might give it a try. It will resonate with some people, but most can't stand it... Keep in mind also that there are a lot of reasons a person might not like a movie, but it really isn't a movie for everybody.

blots · 03.23.2006, 10:17 PM

I'm not sure of a review, maybe it's not as widespread a comment as I thought, I could only find one on Imdb that compared his shots to a renaissance painting. I tried a google search...I guess it's something I just heard and figured it was common because it made sense to me.

The reason I mentioned it was because to me his movies have a certain quality as a whole, all these individual shots that add up to a certain picture or sentiment or feeling. There's no necessarily obvious message to it, it's just something that either moves you or it doesn't. The way he'll have minutes just observing people in bed with somebody shoveling in the background, it's an image that hits the mind and emotion a certain way. When you see something in a painting, you often sort of just stare at it for awhile, sometimes focussing on an individual small detail, or moving around the painting in that sort of silence. When I was watching Last Days, I sort of just got lost in the movie, outside of time, every thing around it stopped, like floating or being in a dream. I guess to me it means a movie that strikes you more by the visual imagery and by the way each individual part has an emotional reaction that affects the whole perception of the movie, rather than a movie which really makes your mind think, it sort of makes your mind dance or flow. A movie that has a much more visual impact than it does in words. Some movies give me a real flurry of wordy sort of thoughts, which can be really amazing, but this one was different in the sense that it didn't really translate to word. Sorry if this explanation sucks, I can't really say exactly what I got out of it, but that's how it made me feel.

I don't think that everybody should necessarily like the movie, or that those who didn't it was through some fault of their own... It just had an effect on me I guess. The only reason I responded to the thread was because I didn't want people to just write it off.

static-harmony · 03.23.2006, 10:24 PM

yeah in last days and elephant guys start making out.

Inhuman · 03.23.2006, 10:39 PM

I've only seen Elephant, and it was amazing. I haven't seen Last Days, but from what I've heard is it's terrible.

static-harmony · 03.23.2006, 10:41 PM

Yeah I thought elephant was good, I just like violence,but most people hate it.

Inhuman · 03.23.2006, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by static-harmony

Yeah I thought elephant was good, I just like violence,but most people hate it.

I find violence interesting in a movie, but uneccesary in reality. I just saw "The Hills Have Eyes" and I found that it was all based on shock value from the violence, but some parts of it were pretty cool to watch.

screamingskull · 03.24.2006, 05:30 AM

i havent seen elephant or last days but i really want to, just havent got around to it yet.
ive seen Drugstore cowboy though, didn't think it was anything special.

03.23.2006, 05:48 PM	#1
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	I watched two movies of him,Last Days and Elephant I thought elephant was cool, Last days I thought was kind of boring. what do u think? __________________
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03.23.2006, 05:53 PM	#2
Laila the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 958	last days sucked. i don't know what elephant is.
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03.23.2006, 05:54 PM	#3
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Over-hyped trash. __________________ rip
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03.23.2006, 06:00 PM	#5
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I think Chris has just had the most brilliant idea ever EXCEPT that they have to be foreign so I don't have to watch them. __________________ rip
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03.23.2006, 06:00 PM	#6
IntoTheGroovey bad moon rising Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 197	I hear nothing but bad shit about Last Days. If it's anything like Elephant I doubt I could take it. __________________ The owls are not what they seem.
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03.23.2006, 06:08 PM	#7
Laila the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 958	hey chabib what did kim think of the movie? was she like devestated about the horrible reviews? why was she even in that movie in the first place. i thought she believed kurt was murdered?
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03.23.2006, 06:09 PM	#8
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Well what I can remember of last days is...just the ending and the scene with kim. other than that the movie seems vague. __________________
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03.23.2006, 08:00 PM	#9
finding nobody invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 7,275	i heard that two guys will just start randomly making out in alot of his movies.
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03.23.2006, 09:36 PM	#10
blots little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 47	I really thought Last Days was beautiful, but a lot of people pretty much hate it. I haven't seen Elephant. My only advice would be to not expect a Kurt Cobain biopic when watching Last Days...I know that's how the studio advertised it, but that was just to sell it. His movies get compared to paintings, so if that doesn't scare you off you might give it a try. It will resonate with some people, but most can't stand it... Keep in mind also that there are a lot of reasons a person might not like a movie, but it really isn't a movie for everybody.
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03.23.2006, 10:17 PM	#11
blots little trouble girl Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 47	I'm not sure of a review, maybe it's not as widespread a comment as I thought, I could only find one on Imdb that compared his shots to a renaissance painting. I tried a google search...I guess it's something I just heard and figured it was common because it made sense to me. The reason I mentioned it was because to me his movies have a certain quality as a whole, all these individual shots that add up to a certain picture or sentiment or feeling. There's no necessarily obvious message to it, it's just something that either moves you or it doesn't. The way he'll have minutes just observing people in bed with somebody shoveling in the background, it's an image that hits the mind and emotion a certain way. When you see something in a painting, you often sort of just stare at it for awhile, sometimes focussing on an individual small detail, or moving around the painting in that sort of silence. When I was watching Last Days, I sort of just got lost in the movie, outside of time, every thing around it stopped, like floating or being in a dream. I guess to me it means a movie that strikes you more by the visual imagery and by the way each individual part has an emotional reaction that affects the whole perception of the movie, rather than a movie which really makes your mind think, it sort of makes your mind dance or flow. A movie that has a much more visual impact than it does in words. Some movies give me a real flurry of wordy sort of thoughts, which can be really amazing, but this one was different in the sense that it didn't really translate to word. Sorry if this explanation sucks, I can't really say exactly what I got out of it, but that's how it made me feel. I don't think that everybody should necessarily like the movie, or that those who didn't it was through some fault of their own... It just had an effect on me I guess. The only reason I responded to the thread was because I didn't want people to just write it off.
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03.23.2006, 10:24 PM	#12
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	yeah in last days and elephant guys start making out. __________________
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03.23.2006, 10:39 PM	#13
Inhuman invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 5,807	I've only seen Elephant, and it was amazing. I haven't seen Last Days, but from what I've heard is it's terrible. __________________ Inhuman no longer dwells on here. http://about.me/robinbastien
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03.23.2006, 10:41 PM	#14
static-harmony invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: outside L.A Posts: 5,156	Yeah I thought elephant was good, I just like violence,but most people hate it. __________________
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03.24.2006, 05:30 AM	#16
screamingskull invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: england Posts: 5,580	i havent seen elephant or last days but i really want to, just havent got around to it yet. ive seen Drugstore cowboy though, didn't think it was anything special.
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