#sean penn
Charlize Theron: Hollywood’s Humble Heroine
With a starring role in this month’s ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War,’ the actress opens up about motherhood (for the second time), making peace with her past (relationship with Sean Penn and otherwise) and finding personal strength in fear and weakness.
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Licorie Pizza X Punch Drunk Love
My Love For PTA knows no bounds.
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The real Chris McCandless (Alexander Supertramp) and actor Emile Hirsch in Sean Penn’s 2007 film Into the Wild.
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The Game (1997)
Cinematography: Harris Savides
Cast: Michael Douglas (Nicholas), Sean Penn (Conrad), James Rebhorn (Jim), Deborah Kara Unger (Christine/Claire), Peter Donat (Samuel Sutherland)
Directed by: David Fincher (Se7en, Alien3)
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“Maybe some day you forget what it’s like to be human and maybe then, it’s ok.”
Mystic River (2003, Clint Eastwood)
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CINEMATIC PAINTINGS:
Into the Wild (2007), Dir. Sean Penn
• Cinematography By: Mary Claire Hannan
[12/08/20]
21 Grams (2003)
Directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Doomsy’s Rating: 21/100
21 Grams is one of the most irritating, self-important films I’ve seen in a long time, and the depressing fact remains, its near-universal laudatory plaudits are baffling to me. What on earth were the critics smoking giving this abysmal trainwreck such high marks? Jesus Christ, watching this I was suddenly reminded what a masterpiece Pulp Fiction was that so many films (including this one) started copping the nonlinear narrative bullshit just for the sake of obfuscating very simple stories under the guise of being “cool”.
Where do we begin here? Well, we start with gruff, miserable-looking Sean Penn as some kind of pathetic failed academic whose stupidly earnest attempts at explaining the universe in numbers are haphazardly thrown into this toilet-paper script. He needs a heart transplant and his self-righteous, borderline wife Mary (Charlotte Gainsbourg, warming up for similar roles in Lars von Trier’s AntichristandMelancholia)wants his sperm so she can raise his kid after he’s dead. Great noble sacrifices, Typhoid Mary? Any of this ringing the bells of cinematic misogyny? Of course, but hold Andrea Dworkin’s beer, because the real sexism of the piece comes from Naomi Watts’ histrionic banshee role as a grieving wife whose sole purpose in the film is to be unhinged and shout at Penn’s character. In fact, every single woman depicted herein shouts at men and manipulates them, then abandons them. Wow. Such a revolutionary concept!
Riding into this inane, trite affair with an admittedly-beautiful hairline is Benicio Del Toro as a born-again Christian (oh god, here we go…) with a tortured past and a penchant for child abuse (condoned by the story, no less). His arc, so laughably contrived and misguided, seems to be “oh, religion bad, now go die because you suck”. Adding into this blockbuster film is the atrocious visual style, with the colors saturated to such an extreme level that I thought my television was malfunctioning. Turns out it’s not, and I was really being subjected to such a noisy, shouty experience under the pretense of “art”. Inarritu can frankly eat my fuck with such a boring piece of shit. “What is the weight of life,” Penn’s character snoringly muses in voiceover near the end of the film. Yawn. This director should strongly consider the weight of his own talent (or lack thereof) because Terrence Malick he’s fucking not.
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Gangster Squad (2013) dir. Ruben Fleischer
“ Two things you can’t take back on this job, kid. Bullets out of your gun, and words out of your mouth. “
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) dir. Amy Heckerling
“ First of all Rat, you never let on how much you like a girl. “Oh, Debbie. Hi.” Two, you always call the shots. “Kiss me. You won’t regret it.” Now three, act like wherever you are, that’s the place to be. “Isn’t this great?” Four, when ordering food, you find out what she wants, then order for the both of you. It’s a classy move. “Now, the lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice.” And five, now this is the most important, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.”
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Milk(2008) dir. by Gus Van Sant.
- Length: Too long.
- Diego Luna is adorable.
- Sean Penn deserved that oscar.
6.0
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