You know, I can tell everyone's going to hate this, and probably with fair reason, but I can tell I'm probably gonna love it (or at least watch it for a few episodes with the intention of loving it), 'cause it's basically Alias 2.0. And like with Alias and Fringe, that Abrams crazy shit that actually makes no sense and sometimes makes me cringe with embarrassment totally will endear me to it. The first step is admitting you have a problem.
Between this song and 'I And Love And You' I think I've found a reason to go out and spend some money! Starting to really like these guys. #stereogumonvideogum
Ugh, yeah, agreed. I'm usually one to fall all over period love stories, but even I couldn't stomach this, turned it off halfway. I don't mind Joseph Fiennes actually, but seriously, Gwyneth? Which person in Hollywood ever thought it was a good idea to cast her in anything?
I guess some people are really against this, but I still think eXistenZ should be a contender, if for nothing else but to just help us non-believers understand it better! Plus it'd give Gabe a chance to use that Jude Law .gif again, and who doesn't want that?
Despite all the interminableness, I got really excited when you could totally tell it was filmed in Canada because of the Delicate Art Of Parking and Pontypool movie posters in the cinema they went to.
Despite the fact that I'm seriously dubious about some positions of some albums, somehow this still is the best BEST list I've seen; so refreshing to see no Animal Collective or Grizzly Bear! #minoritygum
Though seriously, Twilight Sad's Forget The Night Ahead instead of Fourteen Autumns And Fifteen Winters? I love both these albums, but NME, come on, first one's so much better.
I'm wrestling with the pride of my city being mentioned on VGum, and the horror of how it has happened.
Man, I thought I found Ottawa boring; could Joe be more exhausted by his suburban home and the weight of the giant brim of his hat?
Ugh, YES, what the fuck was up with those gloves? Every week I try to watch a full episode of this to have something to laugh at on Vgum, and every week I end up getting bored 15 minutes in or something ridiculous happens and I end up shutting it off in disgust. Somehow among all the ludicrous stuff in this episode, that's the thing that tipped me over the edge?
I only watched about 30 minutes before switching to watch repeats of Friends, so I guess I thought it was pretty boring? But I didn't really not like it either, I just thought watching Chandler and Monica get married again would be a better use of my semi-attention. There really isn't much to watch on Tuesday! Which means I'll probably end up watching V for at least another couple weeks.
And can I just say fucking fantastic recap?
Lol, well if makes you feel better it would seem I'm rather in the minority! I just thought it so ridiculous (and I'm usually one to eat that shit up!), that I had to pause nearly every scene to go look it up to see if this was supposed to be actually serious or not. The organic tech slayed me. And the fucking dog at the end? Genius! If there's one thing eXistenZ did well was give my family comedy material for days. I'm sorry Cronenberg fans!
Is there any Videogum etiquette on how many times you should nominate a film? Wait. What am I talking about? We're all monsters here!
Gabe, please do eXistenZ. I will even mail you my copy I bought on a whim that time because I'd just gotten my discount from work and it said Callum Keith Rennie was in it and I'd totally just fallen in love after watching Hard Core Logo #needlessdetail
It's also ridiculously .gif worthy.
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I went to see it with two of my best friends, one of whom was completely unfamiliar with the book (deprived childhood?!), and coming out of the movie, none of us knew what to say, just silently got into my car and drove away. People keep saying it's a beautifully shot movie, and I guess it was! But somehow I totally didn't notice? Because crying and loving and happiness.
So, Jonze and Eggers, great job! In The Night Kitchen next please???
While it is quite entertaining in it's terribleness, eXistenZ is definitely one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and that's after I sat through all of Silk.
Yes, second State of Play! Also on a John Simm note, the British Life On Mars , because Phillip Glenister!
Having just come off a West Wing marathon, I have to disagree with basically everyone on The West Wing though: season 6 and 7 were great! Some parts of it are a bit too much The Josh Show, but I love Josh so it's OK.
Gabe, besides another nomination for Silk, because unbearable movie is unbearable, I need, need you to review eXistenZ ("CAPITAL X, CAPITAL Z" as Christopher Eccleston informs us). Not because it's The Worst Movie Of All Time (although, could be! I don't know what the fuck is going on enough to figure out if it's The Worst or not!), but because it's definitely Very Bad.
worst revelation? The writers of this terrible/confounding script were the same guys who wrote Star Trek (which while having a mildly confusing plot was ultimately was pretty good!). Is Michael Bay something like a black hole for talent?
I feel compelled to nominate Silk again, cause you know, awful movie is awful.
But I also absolutely NEED to suggest eXistenZ, for so many, many reasons. I bought it thinking it would either be really awesome or really horrible. Surprise! It was the latter! It has a bunch of actors in it too: Jude Law, Ian Holm, Willem Defoe, Callum Keith Rennie, Christopher Eccleston, etc. But it's like, the worst episode of Doctor Who ever.
Man, I thought I found Ottawa boring; could Joe be more exhausted by his suburban home and the weight of the giant brim of his hat?
And can I just say fucking fantastic recap?
with 8 tweets, I have basically tweeted as much as I have ever commented on Vgum, but as a loyal and constant lurker (stalker?) I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS.