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September 7, 2010
Guest Review: Grizzly Man (2005)
Willing Participant caught this ode to stupidity on The Discovery Channel and wanted to let you know what he thought.

Grizzly Man




This movie is one of the most important movies made in a VERY long time. It provides crucial insight for anyone who wants an overview of the classic liberal agenda and, moreover, the liberal state of mind. The crux of the film is this: Timothy Treadwell films himself in first person over thirteen summers in Alaska "studying" Grizzly bears by intruding on their habitat and trying to become one of them. Ultimately, he and his girlfriend are mauled and eaten by said bears, and the film is made after his death.

The beauty of this film lies in the fact that Hollywood wackos literally all across the world are falling over themselves praising the genius of the film. What they fail to realize, however, is that they have accidentally exposed their master blueprints of misguided self-importance, previously trying to conceal them in tidy packages named activism and advocacy. While Hollywood sees genius in Treadwell's quest to become a member of a species other than his own, the people who realize the emperor is naked see a vain, manic depressive, egomaniac literally traveling to the most remote sections of the earth to run from every problem he's ever had (including, most likely, his sexual orientation).

Furthermore, an astute audience member can easily see the fundamental difference between so-called activists such as these and more level-headed (certainly more humble) conservatives and actual conservationists. Ask any Christian (or reasonable person for that matter) who has seen the awe-inspiring beauty of God's creation in the Rocky Mountains or the Alaskan wilderness. Invariably they will tell you they were humbled at the magnitude and beauty of the scene while thanking God for taking time out to create "little old me", knowing full well what a small part of such a grand scheme they are. Conversely, time after time we are inundated with Treadwell's unending rants about how important he is. So delusional of own importance is Treadwell, that we see him altering stream paths so he can single-handedly save the grizzly population from starvation... completely disregarding whether or not a drought was nature's way of keeping balance.

I urge everyone to see this film. Hollywood liberals have shown us their cards and exposed their truly unhappy souls.


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August 26, 2010
Up There
This short, simple movie reminded me why I love film.

Wonderfully shot and edited, this short film plainly shows the lives of New York billboard painters. This is worth your time, watch below.




I love the journeyman attitudes and the justified pride the men have in their work. In an age of cubicles filled with spreadsheet jockeys who leave the office everyday with no tangible goods to show, it is always comforting to see men still producing works the old fashioned way - through their own grit and talent by hand.




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June 21, 2010
Movie Trailer: The Nature of Existence
This may be the best movie ever made.

It was nice of Ah-ha to give up his quest to obtain the world record in Donkey Kong to spend time dispersing wisdom like this.

When I first saw this I was a tad befuddled - which should be the normal reaction. Then I saw this is from Roger Nygard, who also made Trekkies and I got it. Believe it or not, this actually has a chance of being a brilliant piece of snarky documentary.



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June 6, 2010
Movie Trailer: The Oath
I'm sure they'll follow up with a sympathetic look at a Catholic priest who was wrongly convicted of sexual abuse...wait, no? Hmmm. I wonder why?

Take an exception and paint the whole thing a travesty. This certainly stinks of agitprop to me. Let's see if I'm wrong.

I would be interesting to check the finances of the film. Who paid for this?



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May 22, 2010
Movie Trailer: An Inconvienent Tax
How about getting the Government out of all of aspects of society? Maybe if they weren't babysitting everyone and actually sticking to what they are supposed to be doing we wouldn't need such a ridiculous code.

Better yet, how about dropping the income tax altogether?

I'm interested to see how they handle this and if they can approach the subject without it turning into a propaganda piece.



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May 21, 2010
Movie Trailer: Beetle Queen Conquers Toyko
This is strange, but it does look like it could be interesting. I have to give them credit, the trailer managed to pull me in despite the rather odd topic. I can't place why.




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May 19, 2010
Movie Trailer: Exit Through the Gift Shop
What a lousy ad. So you show some jerk acting like a jerk. Why should we care? Why should we drop ten bucks to watch this?

Graffiti is not an art, its vandalism. You "express yourself" and make someone else cough up for the cleaning bill. If you're an artist you can make it on your own dime. Otherwise you're just a punk.



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May 17, 2010
Movie Trailer: Best Worst Movie
I don't think it would be possible to experience the horror - and I mean actual horror - of sitting through Troll 2 and not want to see this documentary.

Troll 2 is the second worst film ever made.* The fact that he hasn't been burned at the stake by now is a miracle in itself.





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* - Avatar is the worst movie of all time. Yes, it is worse than Troll 2 - read the review here.


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May 15, 2010
Movie Trailer: 180° South

"It doesn't seem like its worth risking my life!"

Oh c'mon, buck up. What's the worst that could happen?

"Fear of the unknown is the greatest fear of them all."

Well, that and my fear of spiders.

Who is the old guy gaping his soup cooler thinking he's plopping out pearls of wisdom? If he blathers like this through the whole movie it might make it worth seeing. What's more fun than someone offering bromides as advanced thought?*




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* - says the film critic. You may want to take my insults with a grain of salt. Honestly, I review films for crying out loud. What place do I have coming down on anyone?



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May 5, 2010
Movie Trailer: 10 Mountains in 10 Years
I know Alzheimer's and Parkinsons are terrible diseases and people have horrible times coping with them. As someone who has a pacemaker and suffers with heart disease, I would like to see a cure for my aliments before I croak, which is unlikely...the cure part, I'm certain I will eventually croak. I find it irritating when people spout out lines like the guy in this trailer "we can't wait until tomorrow". As if we're all just too lazy to find the cure that sitting up in the attic.

The cure for aliments like Alzheimer's, cancer, Parkinson's or diabetes, whatever, isn't found by climbing rocks and making feel good movies to spread awareness. There are over 26 million people worldwide with Alzheimer's', we know its there. Cures are found by allowing scientists to do work unencumbered by politics and corporate intrusion. By letting the right people follow their leads and hunches. In other words, letting scientists perform science.

Listen, you want a cause that is really going to save lives? How about sparing the 1.8 million people (mostly children) from dying of diarrhea every year. Get out water tablets and proper facilities to all corners of the Earth, THAT is something that can't wait any longer. Instead of wasting resources climbing a mountain and filming it how about taking all of those funds and doing something to fight back the 400 million cases of malaria every year? It is amazing how many mosquito nets one can buy for the price of one self-congratulatory documentary.

Less movies about curing diseases and more work on actually getting it done. Deal? We don't need more awareness. We need the money to go to less bureaucrats and non-profits admins and to more actual scientists who can use it to fund their research.

Just sayin'.




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May 4, 2010
Movie Trailer: Casino Jack and the United States of Money
I am interested to see how they handle this. Given that its Participant Media (An Inconvenient Truth, Chicago 10, Food, Inc., Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, Good Night & Good Luck, North Country) I'm pretty comfortable assuming this won't be a balanced look. For starters, you can't talk about modern political corruption and just stop with the Bush Admin ignoring Obama and the crew he unleashed. It would be like complaining the Great Lakes are wet and ignoring the Atlantic.




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April 24, 2010
Movie Trailer: The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
A great subject for a documentary - if it's on the level.

Given that the trailer drags out ol' Tricky Dick and Kissinger as the villains attempting to hide something, while ignoring the scope of what the Pentagon Papers revealed, indicates this probably is slanted.

The "Pentagon Papers" are actually United States–Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense. 1945-1967...what is it about that span of time? hmm...

President Harry S. Truman 1945-1953
President Dwight D. Eisenhower 1953-1961
President John F. Kennedy 1961-1963
Lyndon B. Johnson 1963-1969

Oh, that's it, for the whole 22 years, 8 were under a Republican administration. 14 years of Democratic control ignored and the thing is hung on Nixon.

I wonder if the film bothers explaining LBJ's flagrant lies and misdirections about Vietnam? What of JFK's involvement in the region? If not, its a crock.




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Directors: Rick Goldsmith and Judith Ehrlich





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April 20, 2010
Brothers at War (2009)
Should I see it?
A mild yes.


If you watch the trailer, you've got the movie.

A less than manly-man brother follows his manly-men brothers into the Iraq war zone. The limp brother, Jake, gets credit for putting himself in danger and having the nerve to go where the story is. His film gets credit for being a real look into the daily life of soldiers on the ground.

The film captures some riveting real-life footage of the Iraq War, all caught first-person. It also provides a portrait of how war impacts the soldiers and their families. Still, it is lacking.

If you have ever talked to a vet about war, provided you're not a vet yourself, you probably have noted a chasm between them and you. The distance of being changed by an experience and hearing about it huge. This film never navigates that chasm. .

The best I can say about the film is that it does manage to avoid being overtly political, which is saying something considering this is about the Iraq War.

Many will, at the least, find the film interesting in a voyeuristic way. The average Joe, in particular with a leftist press, doesn't get this view often of our soldiers. This said, I don't think the audience takes much away from the movie if they already understand the concept that war pretty much sucks.



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April 7, 2010
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (2009)
Should I see it?
Yes.



What if This is Spinal Tap were real?

Two childhood friends form a band and proceed to rose through the ranks of 80's heavy metal acts. They sported stupid haircuts, played loud, grating music and cut some records. Then their careers came to a screeching halt. Today we find the friends, guitarist Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner (not Rob Reiner, he directed This is Spinal Tap), now middle-aged, working menial jobs and playing gigs in dives. Their best days clearly behind them.

Director Sacha Gervasi could have mocked his subjects quite easily. Reiner and Kudlow certainly give him enough ammo to make them worthy targets. Men of their age, at their current level of success, still clinging to their youthful dreams seem like pathetic middle-aged guys hanging around college bars thinking they're going to score. Gervasi doesn't shy away from how sad these guys are, lost in their delusion. He forms a documentary that is a mix of This is Spinal Tap and The Wrestler; except without all of the humor and without a mopey lummox in spandex.

Gervasi smartly focuses on the lifelong friendship between the men. Each of them feeds the other emotionally and artistically*. It is in their interactions, their shared psychology that Gervasi finds rich ground for his film. The duo aren't great men, but they are interesting ones in a slow-mo car wreck kind of way.


* - term used loosely.

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February 1, 2010
Movie Trailer: The September Issue
Instead of straight-forward, traditional trailers, some productions will release brief clips from their film. My experience has been that these clips are generally boring and hard to grasp the context. This one is a perfect example of what I'm talking about.

All I know is that I really REALLY want to slap this guy, assuming he's serious. To be that deluded is hard to comprehend.




Director: R.J. Cutler (The Perfect Candidate)




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January 26, 2010
Movie Trailer: An Unlikely Weapon
"I told him to quit worrying about it. I said, "who gives a &$%#? Y'know, you took a picture that changed history. And what's wrong with that?""

You might want to ask that of the victims of the Khmer Rouge.

This could be a fascinating documentary provided they dispense with the haughty recollections of the media power-elite and focus on the man's work and the truth behind his shots.




Director: Susan Morgan Cooper
Actors: President Bill Clinton, Eddie Adams, Peter Jennings, Kiefer Sutherland, Peter Arnett and Marc Anthony




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January 20, 2010
Reclaiming the Blade (2008)
Should I see it?
Yes.




This documentary was a surprise.

Daniel McNicoll's simple documentary focuses on the topic of sword fighting. Its not just ren fest losers pretending to be their twelfth-level Paladin wielding their Sword of Power. McNicoll delves into the history and sociology of the sword in Europe. The sword has been a power symbol for centuries and the proper use of the weapon has been a sign of manhood for generations.

The film presents a number of serious modern sword fighters along with interviews with actors who have been trained on the weapon. It also explores the forgotten history of European martial arts.

Like the fantastic documentary Helvetica, I expected this to be a second rate doc but found it to be an enthralling look at a little thought of part of our culture. This is worth putting in the Netflix queue.



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January 10, 2010
Movie Trailer: 45365
From what I have read, this is a well-made documentary on the causal existence of a American town and those who live in it. Handled by someone who is willing to admit that the average life is filled with fascinating events, this could be something special. Hopefully, this won't descend into some leftist claptrap and stick with just letting people be themselves.








Directors: Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross




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January 8, 2010
Movie Trailer: Herb and Dorothy
I'm not sure why someone needs to see the film after seeing the trailer. What is the film going to tell us that isn't explained in the ad? A couple of average folks build a world class art collection. And then..? That's it?





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Director: Megumi Sasaki




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December 26, 2009
Movie Trailer: The Cove
"A cross between Flipper and The Bourne Identity."

Are you freaking kidding me?

Looks more like a cross between wealthy white pissant liberals and their insufferable self-importance.

I'm willing to allow they may make some good points, but I am also willing to bet I will want to punch them in the face the whole time they're doing it. You see, the problem with liberals is not that they don't reveal important things, its that they make it about themselves. Honestly, who gives a darn your personal sissy reasons for what you're doing? Just tell us what the issue is!




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Screenwriter: Mark Monroe
Director: Louie Psihoyos
Actor: Hayden Panettiere (I Love You, Beth Cooper)




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