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Originally posted by urgeok
i'm the same way ... i'm not a fan of smug formulatic hollywood blockbusters either ...the only thing they may have over the b movies is a really good performance by someone - and i can enjoy that in a 'big movie' and ignore the rest ..
but in any genre i still look for the cream... its a real challenge as you get older and see everything you can get your hands on ... which is why i have a real thing for foreign film ..
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You're right in that respect there are some great preformances in the bigger hollywood films.... people like Sean Penn and Jennifer Connely come to mind but I hate when actors get a break in hollywood then just give shit preformances in lame movies. Russel Crowe is an actor that is a good example of this he gave an amazing preformance in Romper Stomper then went to hollywood and has basically turned to shit. Maybe I'm just being anal but hollywood lacks honesty and gutsy prefermances whereas b-movies just seem more raw and gutsy. Foreign films are excellent I love each country's spin on generic formulas. I really enjoy a lot of the films of the French New Wave period. I'll have to find some copies of a lot of those movies. I've been meaning to watch Man Bites Dog again too.... I was reading a article about it in an old Gorezone mag and thought it was about time I dusted off my old copy of it and rewatch it.