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LAMB Chops (4/6 - 4/12)

Fletch
April 16th, 2008 / Coosa Creek Mambo, Fataculture, LAMB Chops, MovieZeal, Movies Blogs, Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob, The Center Seat, Tractor Facts

Mmmm…tasty. Click on the banner to go to the Chop:

MovieZeal gives their review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. Submitted by MovieZeal:

“The film’s blistering power is owed almost entirely to the fact that it avoids politicizing one of the most hot-button issues in the world today.”

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Fataculture rants against the MPAA (every fanboy’s favorite whipping post). Submitted by MovieZeal:

“In addition, all you anti-smoking lobbyists; people who do not want to smoke, do not and those who do, do. Not as if any of you are making the tiniest spec of difference. So stop wasting your time and get your nicotine-stain free hands off my goddamn cinema.”

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Coosa Creek Mambo wonders what’s happened to all the good Asian cinema. Submitted by MovieZeal:

“Maybe it’s time to admit that free-market capitalism doesn’t work for art any more than it works for health care or air travel or any number of other things . . . what about subsidizing art theaters like communities do art galleries?”

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Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob takes an in-depth look at Spirited Away. Submitted by R2D2:

“Believe it or not, Anime as we know it began because of Walt Disney. Japanese animators were impressed with the style of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, so they decided to try and mimic the style.”

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The Center Seat is pissed off and wants you to know about it. Submitted by The Center Seat:

“The only thing I can think of is to raise awareness. So I guess that’s what I’m trying to do. Watch the doc if you get HBO… if you don’t, research the problem”

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Finally, Tractor Facts was unimpressed by Borderland. Submitted by Tractor Facts:

“Unlike the recent set-in-Mexico gore film, The Ruins, you won’t take nary a cheap gooey thrill from Borderland. Its not just punishing in its trauma scenes, but in the exposition that sleeps in between the blood lust.”

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Thanks to all who submitted their Chops, and especially to MovieZeal for submitting some from other sites. Submissions for next week’s Chops (April 13-19) are now being accepted and will be through Tuesday, April 22. The details:

* My email: blogcabins@yahoo.com
* Please send with a subject of “LAMB Chops Submission”
* In the email, provide your site name, the post title, and URL (post URL is preferred, if possible).

LAMB #49 - MovieZeal

Fletch
March 8th, 2008 / MovieZeal, Movies Blogs, new LAMB


URL: http://www.moviezeal.com/

Site Name: MovieZeal

What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?
We love film to a fault, are passionate about it, and will talk to anyone willing to listen for hours on end about it. Our site is an outlet for that - we do reviews of current releases, reviews of classic films, release schedules for whats new on DVD and in the theater, and self-deprecating top ten lists.

What are your blogging goals, personally and/or professionally? In other words, what, if anything, are you trying to get out your blog?
We’d love to use the blog as a springboard into paid writing positions, but we’re perfectly happy just churning out our thoughts to anyone who will listen.

Do you prefer an interactive ‘community’ for your blog or are you the teacher and your readers are the students?
Community all the way. The more people who speak up and tell us we’re full of crap, the more interesting things get, and the more exciting blogging becomes. Of course we also accept unadulterated hero worship, but we’ll take a good flame when we can.

How long have you been movie blogging for, and how frequent do you post updates to your site?
We’ve only been blogging for a month, although we already have 60 posts. I guess that works out to around twice a day, although we’ll see if we can keep up that kind of output.

Name up to three of your favorite movies (and no more).
1. Rear Window
2. Requiem for a Dream
3. The Rundown
(we’re quite eclectic)

How did you hear about the LAMB?
Through Daniel Johnson’s excellent Film Babble Blog.

Any additional comments, or give yourself an interview question that’s not listed above.
What is your biggest filmwatching pet peeve?
People who talk in theaters. I nearly got into a fight with a drunk guy who wouldn’t shut up during Open Range when I asked him nicely, I was cussed out repeatedly by teenage girls during Fracture, and I had to wander all the way across the theater - twice! - to wake up a dude who was snoring during a 70mm screening of Lawrence of Arabia (which, if you’ve never seen on the big screen, you’re missing out).

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