Oh man, Dazed and Confused bored the shit out of me that by the end of it I almost lost the will to live. A perfect alternative to the Electric Chair.

Btw isn't a review supposed to explore and state more about why such and such is such and such, rather than saying I didn't like this, this, this and that? The review pretty much contains 3/4th of the plotline only to be pulled out at the last moment with a ':P' and then rounded up with thefindoutforyourself stamp. I'm sure we're all salivating.

Also would you please be obliged to provide a particular reason why you didn't like Before Sunrise/Sunset?

Welcome laddu.

Boring is generally the keyword for all Linklater's films and they all coincidentally fail for me right at the conceptual level except for this film (which happens to be PH Dick's). A movie like Queen for example, despite failing at the conceptual level was executed damn well with some great individual acting performances. Also with BS/S I just didn't feel it - the idea behind two people indulging in improvised chit chat that apparently has most viewers fall in love all over again. So I'm not a fan of this right at the outset anyway.

Review isn't supposed to say why one didn't like the other movies by this/or a director, I'll never get into details of those unless I can afford to do a 3 page thing.

Yeah, I didn't know what Robert Downey Jr. was saying half the time. And the turn that happens to Arctor comes off as way too sudden - almost felt like a Usual Suspects twist. Don't know if that was how P.K Dick intended it.

Don't mind Linklater's other movies, though.

I like some of his movies and my fav has to be School Of Rock which i thought was good fun. As for Scanner i hate Keanu but i thought the movie on the whole was allright. A little boring in parts but i think the payoff at the end makes the movie worth watching.

Oh yeah, School of Rock was fun.

Scanner IMO sucked terribly. It did away with mot of the interesting parts of the book and added a king sized role for the highly aggravating Robert Downey Jr. Woddy Harrelson was pretty damn irritating too. This was another one of thsoe films that i saw several times in a seemingly impossible attempt at completing it. And when I did, it gave me almost no joy. Whattawaste. I thought you were too kind in your review, Sri.

I'll agree School of Rock was fun. It's neither groundbreaking nor inconceivable, but it was fun. Actually I'll place Jim Jarmusch and John Sayles way ahead of Linklater. Sayles has to be the best independent filmmaker in the commercial vein, IMO. I find Linklater another one of these Kevin Smith clones, of whom I'm not a fan except for Chasing Amy. I loathe Clerks and it's sequel. What's so great about two unambitious losers rambling on about how many blowjobs their girlfriends have given?! At times the way they're lauded by the public as these messiahs sent to tackle subjects on urban emotional sagas about losers is too much. Well, if you're a slacker you're bound to have problems - So, quit whining and work hard to make things better. Oh, and don't get me started on Jay and Silent Bob - the fans are as moronic as Rajnikanth's.

But, I thought Before Sunrise/Sunset was really exceptional. Are you sure you never caught yourselves chuckling unaware at times? I found the whole conversations more fun than Clerks and the likes.

I like Clerks actually. It gets worshipped by americans because they've all lived that life at some point in their miserable lives. Still enjoyable..the sequel had a couple of brilliant moments that's all.

And Jarmusch, I'm a big fan of. Not a single clunker so far. Linklater or Kevin Smith are not even in the same league. As for Sayles, I've only seen Piranha and The Howling, I like them but can't comment much without watching more of his films. Maybe we should take it to another thread.

Ah, Sayles was the original do-it-yourself-er even before independent film festivals popped up, hence being the first proper independent filmmaker. Jarmusch is good, I'm not so much into his stuff, but he pales in comparison to Sayles, IMO.

'The Piranha' and 'The Howling' aren't even his films. He just penned the scripts to gain funds, never directed them. One of them is a Joe Dante flick if I'm not mistaken.

From what I've seen of his works, I'd recommend everything, not in any order:-

Return of the Secaucus 7
Lianna
Casa de Los Babys
Matewan
City of Hope
Passion Fish
Lone Star
The Secret of Roan Irish
Baby, It's You
Men with Guns

These are all I've seen, and I love them all, need to see the others. It's hard not to see his unbridled passion and determination shine through everything however flawed (read slight flaws) they might be. I always believed a REAL filmmaker is one who dealt in every aspect of the film's conception, and not hiring someone to do the script which is pretty much 3/4ths of the work done, then direct it more or less and pompusly put &quot;A Film by&quot;, 'cause they're not content with the tag of only &quot;Directed by&quot;. Which is why I can't tolerate Spielberg and Scorcese, and have arguments with a lot of people on why they are so not the greatest filmmakers of this era. This guy has written everyone of his films, and that's no mean feat. His filmography can put to shame any over-enthusiastic studio loving whackjob.<br><br>Post edited by: LadduPrasad, at: 2007/09/06 21:37

They were both directed by Joe Dante actually.

Thanks. I looked up on wiki, I've actually seen Lone Star and Men with Guns, long time ago. I should get to these soon.<br><br>Post edited by: Srikanth Panaman, at: 2007/09/05 14:54