Comments on: Arcade Fire Slowly, Wisely Backing Away From New Richard Kelly Movie

By: The Dewd

The Dewd — Mon, 19 May 2008 08:24:14 +0000

Who cares if Kelly was “fratty”? Who says you have to dress and act like an “artiste” in order to be creative? I think this makes me like Kelly even more

By: loudersoft

loudersoft — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:26:47 +0000

@RaptorAvatar: I actually like the movie, I was commenting more on how disjointed it is.

I read a review after seeing it that called it "a mess, but it's a beautiful mess." I think that description is both appropriate and warranted, don't you.

While the story is involving, I often found myself going, "Is this brilliant or awful?" Like Donnie Darko, I laughed at a lot of inappropriate places in the film. After consideration, I really like it even though the story is too all-over-the-place for the average movie goer. It comes across like a comic book brought to life which, after all, is exactly what it is.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:22:52 +0000

@magic1: *frowns* Yeah, he is. You'd think that some of the Bunnymen coolness would have rubbed off on him...

By: magic1

magic1 — Fri, 16 May 2008 08:07:21 +0000

@NeverEnough: Isn't Chris Martin from Coldplay a Bunnymen fan? Not that he's dickish or anything, just dull as dishwater.

By: RaptorAvatar

RaptorAvatar — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:43:03 +0000

@loudersoft: @MayhemintheHood: My favorite movie of 07 by a fucking mile. I own it and have seen it at least 7 times. Also, the plot doesn't make sense until you start to think of it as quantum theory rendered as a film (also, once you realize who everyone is, it gets a lot easier to follow). There are several stories going on at the same time (think Pynchon) and they all are kind of nuts in that they overlap and weave in and out of each other. I don't care how fratty Richard Kelley is, he made a challenging, interesting film that fucking makes my spine esplode at the end.

Also, I kind of ripped him off for the first part of this cartoon I made:

By: MayhemintheHood

MayhemintheHood — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:36:03 +0000

Southland Tales is one of my favorite movies of 2007. I was so reluctant to see it because of all the backlash before it was even released. BUT, I enjoyed it immensely, and i've watched it about 4 times. It has plenty of things wrong, but I look at the ambition of the project as something rad, not bad.

Southland Tales=Repo Man for this decade.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:39:14 +0000

@Audif Jackson Winters III: I have his high school year books and need to scan the photos of Richard Kelly. It pains me that someone so evidently dick-ish is a Bunnymen fan.

By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:59 +0000

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By: Audif Jackson Winters III

Audif Jackson Winters III — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:13 +0000

@NeverEnough: I wouldn't be surprised if that background description of Kelly is accurate. He was in a frat at USC. Even after he made "Donnie Darko", he regularly hung out a Q's in Brentwood, which may be the frattiest bar on the West Side of LA. And, in a coincidence that could only happen in LA, was also the bar that the screenwriter of The Hitcher, Eric Red, drove his SUV into, taking out the front of the bar, and killing a couple people in the process.

By: gofreescout

gofreescout — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:10:06 +0000

"I'm a pimp, and pimps don't commit suicide."

(Sorry)

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:09:34 +0000

@NeverEnough: Okay, that speech story makes me so happy.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:02:30 +0000

@mhale0: Yeah, I saw both versions and almost had a stroke when they replaced "The Killing Moon" with "Never Tear Us Apart". The Bunnymen song was absolutely perfect for the opening scene. Bah!

Sidenote: my husband went to high school with Richard Kelly in Richmond, Va. He swears that he must have ripped off the script because Kelly was a dumb jock with douchey tendencies. Evidently, he ran for senior class president and used the word "omnipotent" in his speech but pronounced it "omni-potent" like it was 2 separate words.

By: mhale0

mhale0 — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:58:26 +0000

@NeverEnough: The original theatrical version of DD was perfect, but have you seen the director's cut? The music Kelly originally wanted to use was not nearly as strong. And thank god for editors...

Southland Tales was really strange and schizo, but on balance I enjoyed it. I mean the Rock, c'mon, that's weird. And the Justin Timberlake lip-synch WAS awesome.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:44:13 +0000

@Ned Raggett: Think so? Did you like Donnie Darko? I loved it and the film's music was PERFECT.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:43:49 +0000

@loudersoft: I did. Visually, it was a striking movie (especially the bit where Justin Timberlake lip-synchs to The Killers) but, Christ, the pplot was an unholy mess.

By: loudersoft

loudersoft — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:34:28 +0000

@NeverEnough: Did you see Southland Tales?

Someone's ADD medication doesn't work anymore.

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:28:07 +0000

@NeverEnough: Actually it might be an improvement.

By: NeverEnough

NeverEnough — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:22:14 +0000

I can’t believe there’s going to be a Donnie Darko sequel without any input from Richard Kelly. How awful is this going to be?

By: Dead Air ummm Dead Air

Dead Air ummm Dead Air — Fri, 16 May 2008 04:17:15 +0000

Mess with the Arcade Fire and you’ll get Arcade Burned.