tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post5456614750958926445..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': CrankMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-55091264447277325042008-12-06T01:46:00.000+00:002008-12-06T01:46:00.000+00:00I have not seen "Crank" - interestingly enough, I ...I have not seen "Crank" - interestingly enough, I just saw another post that "Crank 2" is going to be scored by none other than Mike Patton, formerly of the band Faith No More, which is enough to make me want to consider checking out the new film if not just to listen to the music.<BR/><BR/>check it out here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.movieweb.com/news/NE99z9eaKH6obi<BR/><BR/>He also recently scored and released the short film, A PERFECT PLACE, on his label IPECAC, which I highly recommend. It is a humorous "what to do with a dead body" story.JZIDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474407509117601963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-17203991033807533692008-12-04T11:15:00.000+00:002008-12-04T11:15:00.000+00:00And, Ali, Existentialist Man is now on the blogrol...And, Ali, Existentialist Man is now on the blogroll - long may it flourish!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-44632267705569436602008-12-04T09:42:00.000+00:002008-12-04T09:42:00.000+00:00ROFL, sorry I was having a bad day, yesterday! My ...ROFL, sorry I was having a bad day, yesterday! My brother-in-law bought me Crank on DVD as he knew how much I enjoy action movies, but man what a duff film.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for seeing the amusing side of my incoherent rant!<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/><BR/>AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-615239538868856902008-12-03T23:33:00.000+00:002008-12-03T23:33:00.000+00:00Thanks, Ali. A comment more entertaining than the ...Thanks, Ali. A comment more entertaining than the film! Congrats on the new blog by the way.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-78936024096842170382008-12-03T17:05:00.000+00:002008-12-03T17:05:00.000+00:00Martin, I just have to say that basically I found ...Martin, <BR/><BR/>I just have to say that basically I found "Crank" to be completely "W*NK". I stopped watching it after 25 mins, and then fast forwarded to the end. <BR/><BR/>It is tasteless, worthless, brainless, and bizarre to the extreme; in fact it is like a lump of festering and rotting rat manure, left on hot oven-top and vomited on by a large horse with a stomach problem and artifical leg.<BR/><BR/>'CRANK' [aka 'W*NK'] was nonsensensical tripe of the worst kind, in fact I would consider it the worst film I have attempted to watch ever, and totally "W*NK" and worth less than washings of fetid owl who ate three crabs infected with typhoid.<BR/><BR/>In fact just thinking about "C*RANK" makes me shudder at how anyone could have green-lighted such a pile of TO*S.<BR/><BR/>If it was the last film ever made, I send the DVD in a space rocket to the furthest corner of the universe, so if aliens ever found it, they would realise what a completly useless species Mankind is, and you wouldn't mess with such moronic To*sers.<BR/><BR/>That would avert an alien invasion, failing that I'd offer copies to all Bankers [as a Xmas bonus] who helped scupper the world economy, and see if they remain sane after viewing such a dreadfull pile or decay and fetid celluloid.<BR/><BR/>Phew, glad I gor that off my chest<BR/><BR/>AliAli Karimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640079406581573368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-4106165017918339152008-12-03T09:33:00.000+00:002008-12-03T09:33:00.000+00:00Jane, I've read some of John Irving, but not Owen ...Jane, I've read some of John Irving, but not Owen Meany. Will look out for it.<BR/>Maxine and Philip - agreed, it's a variant on the old theme. I too have Wallander and various other goodies awaiting more viewing time. Maybe at Christmas!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-55586813153365258292008-12-03T09:11:00.000+00:002008-12-03T09:11:00.000+00:00The plot of this rang a bell, a rather faint one a...The plot of this rang a bell, a rather faint one at first, but after racking the old brain for a bit I suddenly thought of that fine actor Edmund O'Brien. He starred in a splendid 1950 noir movie called D.O.A., the plot of which turns entirely upon his efforts to find out who has poisoned him with some form of radiation and why. Splendid stuff as I recall and now regarded as something of a classic. I strongly suspect the 1988 remake is not.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-44807413752644920222008-12-03T07:34:00.000+00:002008-12-03T07:34:00.000+00:00Sounds a bit like DOA, as we were discussing the o...Sounds a bit like DOA, as we were discussing the other day! I'm pretty backed-up with my recordings - have yet to watch Wallander and the Devil's Whore (civil war drama with John Simm), and Little Dorrit awaits for when the series has finished....so doubt I will be able to make time for this movie based on your review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-63596674136537618282008-12-03T06:49:00.000+00:002008-12-03T06:49:00.000+00:00A much better use of the same premise (knowing how...A much better use of the same premise (knowing how and when you will die) is "A Prayer For Owen Meany" by one of my favourite writers, John Irving.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01351497943306272385noreply@blogger.com