Spices and piss in film

A sidenote to a previous post about Die Hard 4 and its apparent watering down which will surely be a mistake at the box office. [Did we not learn anything from AvP?] Apparently, regardless of the fact you can get away with one “fuck” in PG-13, the famous one-liner from the Die Hard series has been removed from this chapter. He “says” it, but there is a loud noise that covers up the “fuck”. Thank GOD! Lets get those boys home from Iraq now. As I continually take a shit on this film, early reviews are saying it appears the film was shot for an ‘R’, which is pretty important to note as the “unrated” DVD might actually have something to offer. We’ll see. Early reviews are also very positive. I still won’t go spend money on it.

Something I did spend money on this lat weekend [and would gladly spend again] was Paprika, an incredible anime film from the creator of the Paranoia Agent series [as well as Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers] Satoshi Kon. Paranoia Agent was an awesome, dark as hell series that dealt with personal demons and what people personally feared most. He pushes this style to new heights with Paprika. The film deals with a new invention called the “DC Mini”, which allows you to enter and record someone’s dreams. The technology is not perfect and is just asking to be abused, which it is. The line between reality and dreams is quickly dissolved and honestly, I have a hard time explaining it. This doesn’t mean it’s an incoherent mess as some anime is. To the contrary, it’s actually very accessible. The visual style is gorgeous and begs repeat viewings, which I plan on doing. This is the film Waking Life should have been. Please, go see it. Fuck all these sequels.