loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | magic horses and cyber punk race cars |
Brabiz
06.22.20 | Martyrs (2008) and Phantom of The Opera (2004). Martyrs is my #5 of all time.. but Phantom was meh. Cool soundtrack tho. Would recommend Martyrs if you have a stomach for that kinda stuff |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | martyrs has a 9% on rotten tomatoes so it’s probably good, they gave the witch a 97% and that’s prob my least favorite movie i’ve ever seen |
budgie
06.22.20 | silence of the lambs & scare package
scare package was awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
Brabiz
06.22.20 | Martyrs has a 61% on RT. You must’ve looked up the remake.
The remake doesn’t exist. |
KManoc1
06.22.20 | Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade. |
MO
06.22.20 | Dr Sleep (terrible) and Terminator |
budgie
06.22.20 | "Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade."
are those two related? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Lol just watched the trailer for scare package, looks great |
EoinCofa
06.22.20 | Ready or Not (2019) good horror flick with some humor
The House of the Devil (2009) great horror flick
|
Rowhaus
06.22.20 | Temple of Doom is one of the best sequels ever.
Last two for me are The Road to El Dorado and Blazing Saddles. |
gryndstone
06.22.20 | Sorry To Bother You (hilarious, great movie that satirizes the corporate ladder and capitalism, to say the least) and uhhh Cabin in the Woods (good horror movie about horror movies) |
rodrigo90
06.22.20 | Matilda and Ghostbusters |
theBoneyKing
06.22.20 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood & A Quiet Place |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Last movie I remember watching was actually Ready or Not for me too. But I'd give it about a 2.5/5. |
GhostB1rd
06.22.20 | Knives Out (great) and some Canadian film about doomsday preppers surviving on some freak's private secluded tundra, do not remember the name and it was not worth watching. |
BAT
06.22.20 | sunshine (2007) and this nonsense https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120353/ |
ArsMoriendi
06.22.20 | In the Mood for Love and Rashomon
I loved Rashoman and thought In the Mood for Love was beautifully shot, but otherwise only okay |
highandtight
06.22.20 | Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! and Lars von Trier's Antichrist. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | That's quite the contrast lmao |
Sharkattack
06.22.20 | Enemy
Lovebirds |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | rashomon is soooo good |
Trundle
06.22.20 | Airplane!
Office Space |
JeetJeet
06.22.20 | La Haine
The Hunt |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | What were your thoughts on The Hunt jeetjeet
I was gonna watch it but then budgie tore it to shreds and I was a bit put off |
budgie
06.22.20 | lmfao |
Uzumaki
06.22.20 | No Mercy
Deep Sea Monster Raiga |
JeetJeet
06.22.20 | @Pots I was thoroughly entertained by how absurd and funny it all was. I can understand the hate for it, but I loved it. |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i watched little fugitives the same day i watched death race 2000, chose them both on a whim |
ramon.
06.22.20 | ITMFL owns
just got round to Orozco, kinda poorly made but an interesting study. pretty brutal stuff. |
BankZZ
06.22.20 | Pulp Fiction, Dead Presidents. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | @jeet that was what i was hoping it would be like. maybe i'll see and decide for myself yet. |
GhostB1rd
06.22.20 | Right wingers mad at the trailer was something unexpected for me. I mean, they were the victims??? |
oltnabrick
06.22.20 | just realized i dont really watch movies lol
but i think the last two i saw were Tokyo Godfathers and The Disaster Artist |
Morningrise767
06.22.20 | I honestly can't remember haha, don't really watch movies too often.
But I think the last 2 I saw were Joker and 50 First Dates LOL |
GhostB1rd
06.22.20 | Shit, I forgot I actually saw Joker more recently than the shitty Canadian movie.
Joker was meh. |
evilford
06.22.20 | Avengers: Endgame and Ford vs Ferrari |
naughtcturnal
06.22.20 | Basic Instinct & Showgirls
Oof |
Divaman
06.22.20 | The Facility and Cargo, tonight, w/my daughter. |
deathofasalesman
06.22.20 | The Color of Pomegranates - trippy visual poem about the life of an Armenian poet, similar to Jodorowsky
Carnival of Souls - independent surreal horror film from the 60s, campy yet thought provoking, love the low budget appeal |
Coast
06.22.20 | Parasite - great, lots of tension
Joker - 2nd time; minimal tension except I quite like the latter scenes when he assumes the full Joker look and persona |
ramon.
06.22.20 | the color of pomegranates is fascinating, surprised to see someone bring it up. gonna chuck carnival on the october camp list. |
evilford
06.22.20 | Almost current on MCU now, just havent seen far from home, not on disney+. Infinity war and Endgame didnt disappoint |
TronaldDump
06.22.20 | Joker is the only recent movie I've watched. |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | a friend told me to watch the color of pomegranates like an hour ago, may have to now |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | oh dam its on criterion, it's about to happen |
Deathconscious
06.22.20 | Princess Mononoke and Under the Skin. |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | princess mononoke is my favorite Ghibli movie for sure and under the skin is... weird, but i think i liked it lol |
FR33L0RD
06.22.20 | Joker (2019) & The Good Liar (2020) |
Sinternet
06.22.20 | "Princess Mononoke and Under the Skin."
two of my alltime faves
dont watch an awful lot but moving in with my mate in september so we plan to get through some
saying that last two i think were mary & max (another all-time fave) and clueless (still super fun + prime alicia silverstone)
i think i'm too much of a sucker for coming-of-age movies |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i don't think i'm ever gonna watch joker it seems like it would ruin my day possibly week |
FR33L0RD
06.22.20 | XD |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | "The Color of Pomegranates - trippy visual poem about the life of an Armenian poet, similar to Jodorowsky"
Have been curious about that as nic jaar did the soundtrack |
botulist
06.22.20 | Caniba, a japanese doc about a cannibal
and Finding Nemo with my nephew |
ArsMoriendi
06.22.20 | Kinda weird how The Joker went from a cooky maniac villain to the literal origin and embodiment of the "we live in a society" meme |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | "Almost current on MCU now, just havent seen far from home"
It's even worse than homecoming somehow |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Under the skin was god tier |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | oof scare package does look really good it's now on my list |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | I'm mad about what u said about the witch btw, boyfriends off |
ramon.
06.22.20 | the witch owns |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | "Kinda weird how The Joker went from a cooky maniac villain to the literal origin and embodiment of the "we live in a society" meme"
yeah i miss who i thought of as the joker my whole life until the last year. even "why so serious" was less annoying. i'd wear a "why so serious" shirt from Walmart every day for a year if it would undo the existence of the new joker movie |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | man fuck the witch, it's like watching the scarlett letter |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Dunno what scarlett letter is but witch is one of the best modern horrors I've ever seen |
budgie
06.22.20 | i rly liked the witch
but i wish there was more HORROR horror in it
suspiria remake was laaaaaaaaaaame |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | its a really terrible book lots of americans have to read in high school english, don't know if that's true anymore tho
i should probably give the witch another chance i only watched it once, just rly not into horror movies usually. don't make me sleep on the couch again |
budgie
06.22.20 | was new joker movie rl bad? i watched |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Suspiria remake was also god tier but I wouldnt ever expect budgie to be able to comprehend its mastery
Joker movie was pretty bad. I wish it warranted the hyperbolic backlash and controversy it stirred but it didnt even deserve that. |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i assume ur correct about that which is one reason i will probably never watch it lol |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | did u guys like hereditary i thought that one was good |
porcupinetheater
06.22.20 | The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales
Next one gonna cap off the Trilogy |
LeddSledd
06.22.20 | Joker was nonsensical, forced, and overly edgy, though it had some cool moments. Agree that it didn't deserve the attention it garnered from the braindead media outlets falling for the Streisand effect once again |
LeddSledd
06.22.20 | Last two were District 9 and Castle in the Sky |
budgie
06.22.20 | i thought hereditary was ok but ppl were/still are goin crazy puttin it at top of every horror list ever idk
it was OK |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | I liked hereditary yes, liked midsommar even more tho |
zakalwe
06.22.20 | Chinatown - Quality
Lighthouse - Amazing performance by Defoe film itself was a bit arsey |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i had like 4 roommates when i watched hereditary and they only talked about how terrifying it was for months, i did not find it to be terrifying, but i enjoyed watching it n thought it was shot extremely well |
LeddSledd
06.22.20 | Lighthouse was cool but yeah it took itself a bit seriously. Really liked the performances though |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Man, zak, I'm shocked! A movie that's primarily burping and farting seems right up your ally |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i haven’t seen midsommar but ppl always describe it as more of like a dark fairytale movie so it’s always on my list |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Not sure how midsommar is a fairytale of any sort at all tbqh, that description might be a bit misleading |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | off the list it goes |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Hahaha well, ur loss |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | the trailer looks good regardless so i’ll probably watch it one day. lighthouse seems like something that i would struggle to pay attention to but it is also deep on my list |
zakalwe
06.22.20 | lol pots |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Lighthouse was definitely a struggle to get through tbh but I... think I liked it??? The performances were v good |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | I thought I'd like it more than I did tbh |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | it’s been extremely hyped up to me by ppl but willem dafoe makes the face so (edit: had to google how to spell his name ) |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | Well if burping and farting doesnt grip you, the feverish masturbation and the aggressive homoerotic tension will. |
porcupinetheater
06.22.20 | Lighthouse is the most erotic movie of the 21st Century. The sexual tension is absolutely bonkers. Need to insult more people's cooking and see what happens |
budgie
06.22.20 | "i haven’t seen midsommar but ppl always describe it as more of like a dark fairytale movie so it’s always on my list"
have you seen the wicker man? |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | interesting lol i’ve never heard lighthouse described as erotic
and no budgie i haven’t!! about to look it up tho |
Sinternet
06.22.20 | original wicker man is best horror ever made |
zakalwe
06.22.20 | Yeah the more I think of the lighthouse the more ridiculous the thing appears to be. Absolute wank but at least it’s something ‘different’ |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | wank? erotic? sexual tension? where is this lighthouse i thought i knew |
Trifolium
06.22.20 | I think they were Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory and Porco Rosso. |
JesperL
06.22.20 | tangerine & the guilty, both fantastic and underrated films |
Wubs
06.22.20 | La Règle du Jeu (1939) & The Triplets of Belleville (2003). Quality stuff from France |
Wubs
06.22.20 | Yeah people seem to rave Lighthouse, guess I'll check it at some point |
deathofasalesman
06.22.20 | did you end up watching the color of pomegranates? it's funny i didn't think anyone would be talking about it. i fell asleep the first time watching it, you should probably be prepared for something you haven't seen before. requires a certain kind of patience to digest because the whole thing is gorgeously shot, written, and acted |
JohnnyoftheWell
06.22.20 | fuck i meant to watch tangerine ages ago
shinjuku swan and liverleaf lol, it has not been a film heavy patch for me |
unclereich
06.22.20 | American beauty and million dollar baby
The former being an 8/10 for me and the latter a 9/10 |
Deathconscious
06.22.20 | "princess mononoke is my favorite Ghibli movie for sure and under the skin is... weird, but i think i liked it lol"
Its only the third Ghibli movie ive seen along with Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies, but i think its my favorite so far. Under the Skin was good but a little boring. |
unclereich
06.22.20 | "martyrs has a 9% on rotten tomatoes so it’s probably good, they gave the witch a 97% and that’s prob my least favorite movie i’ve ever seen"
worst comment ive seen in hours |
Keyblade
06.22.20 | kill bill randomly with my mom the other day and before that cape fear I think but I stopped like halfway |
unclereich
06.22.20 | midsommar is stinky doodoo |
ReturnToRock
06.22.20 | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (for the second time). It's really good if you indulge Tarantino, and accept the fact that there is virtually no story to speak of, and way too many gazing shots of Margot Robbie. 8/10.
Chocolat. Really solid French film about the first black circus performer in Belle Epoque France. Shame they only superficially touch on the real story of Footit and Chocolat, and it's basically used as a framing device for the same old rags-to-riches, too-big-for-his-britches and jilted-partner-tag-team-breakup storylines. Still a worthy watch though. 8/10. |
Intothepit
06.22.20 | Just finished two docs on punk last night, "Punk: Attitude" and "Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies." I saw the former a few years back but couldn't remember it. Both are worth checking out, especially Hated |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | @death grave of the fireflies is sooooo fucked up i’m not watching it again ever but i did love it. spirited away is second fav ghibli probably
“ worst comment ive seen in hours”
ugh i wish it was worse than just ‘hours’
|
AlexKzillion
06.22.20 | Uncut Gems and El Camino: A Breaking Bad movie |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | @pit hell yes i’ll look into those. i watched that stacey peralta bones brigade documentary a few days ago and loved it so much |
unclereich
06.22.20 | im teasing dude but cmon you gotta know the right martyrs movie...and the VVitch is fantastic |
Thalassic
06.22.20 | Watched The Visit and Hostiles this weekend. Liked The Visit better than I expected. Hostiles I liked a whole lot. |
unclereich
06.22.20 | the lodge ended up being pretty good |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | this thread will cause me to try the witch again probably. i will also watch the remake of martyrs, and then the original so that it’s better by comparison. then i’m gonna call my uncle |
unclereich
06.22.20 | just call me instead :D |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | @johnny shinjuku is so gooood |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | ok i’ll call you after i watch all 3 movies bet |
unclereich
06.22.20 | you'll just get drunk and fall asleep again |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | no uncle that’s you that’s why you lost custody |
Jots
06.22.20 | don't really like movies as a medium, but:
this is not a burial, it's a resurrection
last and first men
actually saw the lizzie mcguire movie more recently but it was a repeat viewing so i won't count 8 ] |
TVC15
06.22.20 | Boxing Helena and Don't Look Now
The former was godawful weew |
unclereich
06.22.20 | I used to be that way about movies until I moved out and started living with my m8. he has an 80+ inch tv and a downright insane blu ray collection. I am now a bigger douche about movies than music |
C3llarD00r
06.22.20 | Shadow (2018) and Come and See (1985). Can recommend both but big warning for the 2nd one of these two, it's perhaps the best war movie I have ever seen but excruciating to watch.
I needed some break from movies in general after watching it so its actually been a while since I've seen it. So yeah, high rec but on your own risk. |
TVC15
06.22.20 | Come and See is probably the most harrowing film ever made. Makes most other war movies look like light-hearted comedies |
ZombieParty
06.22.20 | ivan's childhood & moonlight |
C3llarD00r
06.22.20 | @ TVC15 completely agree |
Rowhaus
06.22.20 | Come and See made me physically ill. Great movie. 10/10. |
Jasdevi087
06.22.20 | Sorry to Bother You and Hereditary. Both great but ultimately both are directoral debuts and as such not quite at their full potential (tho having also seen Midsommar i have to say Aster hasn't exactly improved in his lacking departments going forward so far) |
Minushuman24
06.22.20 | Last two movies I watched were Oldboy and the Poughkeepsie Tapes. One great, the other not so much |
bloc
06.22.20 | Furie & Falcon Rising |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
06.22.20 | I just read that Michael Keaton is in talks to play Batman again in the upcoming Flash movie. Just when I thought his career trajectory couldnt possibly get any more ironic rofl |
Josh D.
06.22.20 | I think for first time views, Prisoners and Miller's Crossing. |
rabidfish
06.22.20 | x-men apocalypse. Final rating: 1.5/10
suspiria (2018): final rating: 7.5/10 |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | i rly enjoyed Prisoners when i saw it in uhhh 2015 i think |
Josh D.
06.22.20 | It's very good. |
bloc
06.22.20 | If we had to rate our movies too, both of mine were 5/10 |
tectactoe
06.22.20 | CATFISH (2010) and DA 5 BLOODS (2020). |
Bazman
06.22.20 | Harpoon and The Mule. |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | if i’m rating my two it’d be
into the west (1992)
7/10
death race 2000
8.9/10 |
loveisamixtape
06.22.20 | death race 2000 is one of my favorite ever movies to look at, it’s beautiful. also by far my fav Sylvester Stallone movie |
rellik009
06.22.20 | deadpool and deadpool 2
clean |
Tundra
06.22.20 | godzilla king of the monsters (8/10) and star wars a new hope (10/10) |
bloc
06.22.20 | "also by far my fav Sylvester Stallone movie"
Demolition Man bro |
robertsona
06.22.20 | I think it was the talky french movies the green ray (1986) and the mother and the whore (1973) |
Intothepit
06.22.20 | Just watched What We Do In the Shadows. Fucking hysterical. |
Deathconscious
06.22.20 | Demolition Man and Judge Dredd are very stupid and great. |
bloc
06.22.20 | Speaking of great, what ever happened to Ashley Judd? She was fine as fuck in the late 90s |
LeddSledd
06.22.20 | She got involved in the Weinstein scandal and that's about it, recently at least |
budgie
06.22.20 | "Speaking of great, what ever happened to Ashley Judd? She was fine as fuck in the late 90s"
you should watch bug |
bloc
06.22.20 | I used to watch her movies all the time back in the day. I rewatched Double Jeopardy recently and she was in full form
"I just read that Michael Keaton is in talks to play Batman again in the upcoming Flash movie. Just when I thought his career trajectory couldnt possibly get any more ironic rofl"
Ooh he saw my avatar |
protokute
06.22.20 | The Green Ray is one of my favorite Rohmer films, although I really love almost all of his films, but Green Ray is one of the most relatable films for me.
The last ones I watched were two westerns, For A Few Dollars More, from Sergio Leone, which I really enjoyed, and the other was a Spanish western called Django Kill… If You Live, Shoot!, which I didn't like too much, just watched because I read there was a gay bandit gang, but unfortunately the movie wasn't as interesting. |
DominionMM1
06.22.20 | 2001 and citizen kane |
neekafat
06.22.20 | Before Sunset (10/10) and Malcolm X (9/10) |
tectactoe
06.22.20 | It is not actually one of the last two films I watched, but I still watched it somewhat recently and I need to recommend it:
MODERN ROMANCE by Albert Brooks (1981). It is essentially everything I've ever wanted from a Woody Allen movie (and never quite got), minus Woody Allen. Which is perfect. It's a perfect movie and it surprisingly jumped to the third spot on my all time list (which will be updated in about a week or so).
Also, talking about Rohmer, THE GREEN RAY is fabulous, but THE AVIATOR'S WIFE is otherworldly. Another one of my all time favorites. Also a big fan of CLAIRE'S KNEE, MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S, and PAULINE AT THE BEACH. And if we're talking about underrated and/or overlooked Rohmer films, I'll suggest THE TREE, THE MAYOR, AND THE MEDIATHEQUE (maybe one of the most honest "political" film ever created) as well as the short moral tale, THE BAKERY GIRL OF MONCEAU.
Rohmer is truly one of the all time greats. |
tectactoe
06.22.20 | @neeka - have you seen the entire BEFORE trilogy yet? SUNSET always seems to be the ubiquitous favorite, followed by SUNRISE, but MIDNIGHT has always been my shining star for some reason. The second half of that film is transcendental. |
protokute
06.22.20 | Just love how you can connect with almost every character from Rohmer's films. Everything is just very humane, sincere and relatable in some way or another, the most simplest thing can truly be one of the most beautiful and meaningful for you.
Sometimes it's like hearing to your friends talk about freely and as they are about their beliefs, their ideals, their failures, their love affairs.
Definitely recommend if you guys haven't watched it yet, Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle. When at the beginning they talk about the "blue hour" moment of the day, I think that is one one the best scenes ever filmed. |
protokute
06.22.20 | Also, the Before Trilogy has a very Rohmeristic approach to dialogue, capturing slices of life ( or a night ), sincerity i think. They are also one of my favorite movies too. |
neekafat
06.22.20 | @tectactoe yup I've seen them all! I'm in the middle of rewatching them for a script I'm writing (: Sunset was and is my favorite but I'm looking forward to rewatching Midnight, I remember loving that one too!! |
budgie
06.22.20 | neeka you watch Beast yet? 8D |
loveisamixtape
06.23.20 | learned today that eraserhead is a terrible choice for a morning movie |
FR33L0RD
06.23.20 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) & The Invisible Man (2019) |
bloc
06.23.20 | "Demolition Man and Judge Dredd are very stupid and great."
Agreed, both are amazing. The Dredd character is fuckin badass lol. The newer Dredd movie was pretty solid too |
loveisamixtape
09.07.20 | just watched that fuckin I’m Thinking of Ending Things and it took probably 10 years off of my life, not in a good way |
Josh D.
09.07.20 | Just watched that today too, Toni Collette so good. Intense stuff. |
Emim
09.07.20 | Tall Tale and Surf Ninjas
Been on a nostalgic kick lately. |
bloc
09.07.20 | Belly and Zodiac
Belly was garbage, and Zodiac is a near classic |
Josh D.
09.07.20 | Zodiac number one |
Sinternet
09.07.20 | saw leaving las vegas for the first time the other day, was fantastic |
EoinCofa
09.07.20 | Tenet and The Exorcist (1973) |
loveisamixtape
09.07.20 | man bloc i hated zodiac when I saw it but i also knew then that the implication of the killer was incorrect but also who everyone thought it was for a long time |
TooManyFriends
09.07.20 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things (sucked)
Seven Samurai (ruled) |
loveisamixtape
09.07.20 | i’m thinking of ending things is what people that don’t like/understand david lynch movies think twin peaks is. i was frustrated at how much sense it did not make the whole time, laughed my fuckin Ass off when the janitor dancing scene happened |
Lucman
09.07.20 | Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
09.07.20 | Guns Akimbo and Colour Out of Space |
Ryus
09.07.20 | guns akimbo looks so shitty |
Deathconscious
09.07.20 | Gremlins and Adventures In Babysitting. Had never seen Gremlins, it wasnt the greatest but it was pretty fun. Adventures In Babysitting is something ive loved since i was a kid, its held up really well. Great 80s comedy/night time city adventure movie. |
bloc
09.07.20 | Guns Akimbo was in the style of movies like Wanted and The Hunt, so whatever happened was expected.
"man bloc i hated zodiac when I saw it but i also knew then that the implication of the killer was incorrect but also who everyone thought it was for a long time"
I've seen it before and liked it, but I was totally hooked this time around despite it being really fuckin long. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
09.07.20 | "guns akimbo looks so shitty"
its a movie about a dude with pistols bolted to his hands i don't know what the fuck else you would be expecting |
loveisamixtape
09.07.20 | im going to take his face.... off |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
09.07.20 | Also i lied the last two movies I saw were guns akimbo and the gentlemen
forgot i watched the gentlemen |
Deez
09.07.20 | Watched that new one of netflix by the dude who wrote being John malcovic 'im thinking of ending things' could have been great, enjoyed the feel of it but underwhelmed over all.
Also watched colour out of space which i thought was wack
@POTZ did you like it??
|
loveisamixtape
09.07.20 | we all collectively do not like I'm thinking of ending things I think lol idk how anyone could watch it and be like "this is fucking SICK" |
Deez
09.07.20 | Ok just read thread. Everyone else thought im thinking of ending things was shit too. Great. |
Deez
09.07.20 | Hahah yeah just saw. I liked the tension in the car in the first part of the movie. Thats about it |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
09.07.20 | I liked certain things about Color Out of Space but it was basically a mish mash of annihilation and lovecraft that didn't live up to either |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
09.07.20 | The pacing was poor, some of the story beats required a whole lot of suspension of disbelief, the daughter was the fucking worst and I hope I never see that actresses face again in my entire life, it and it really didn't necessitate a nice cage role, but I liked the basic premise, and some of the visuals and effects. And the mom-son abomination was harrowing. |
Deez
09.07.20 | Yeah the skeleton of it was enough to think it could have been a great film...alas |
loveisamixtape
09.27.20 | i’ve recently watched uncut gems (good but not rly rewatchable) the disaster artist (honestly good) and the social dilemma (water is wet but it’s social media ) |
robertsona
09.27.20 | CITIZEN KANE (rewatch) / THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE |
TheSonomaDude
09.27.20 | The Shining and The Thing. My hundredth and thousandth rewatch of both, respectively. |
sixdegrees
09.27.20 | OG mad max and an indie alien abduction movie that I dont remember the name of lol |
alamo
09.27.20 | the babysitter/leatherface texas chainsaw massacre 3 |
naughtcturnal
09.27.20 | La Haine (amazing)
The Next Karate Kid (uncharted depths of horrible) |
budgie
09.27.20 | "the babysitter"
im sorry |
loveisamixtape
09.27.20 | @celcius prisoners ruuules |
bloc
09.27.20 | Borat
Get Rich Or Die Tryin (man this movie sucked. Also a strangely high amount of male nudity) |
MillionDead
09.27.20 | Hellraiser 2 (nostalgic fun shlock with great practical effects/gore)
The Nightingale (super violent period/revenge drama) |
someone
09.27.20 | Rain (1929, Joris Ivens)
Lake Mungo (2008, Joel Anderson) |
hel9000
09.27.20 | Wendy and Lucy (loved it), then First Cow (liked it) |
loveisamixtape
10.20.20 | just watched gonijiam haunted asylum and it was fun tbh i don’t usually enjoy horror movies that much |
budgie
10.20.20 |
Lake Mungo (2008, Joel Anderson)
bwuhhhh |
SymbolicInTime
10.20.20 | The Invisible Man (1933)
The Mummy (1932)
Both first time watchings, really enjoyed both. Invisible Man a little moreso. |
JoeTex
10.20.20 | planes trains & auto's
enter the dragon |
JesperL
10.20.20 | i watched salt the other day and i don't think i've ever seen a less engaging film ever, just terribly lifeless performances from everyone involved, mediocre ass plot, ugh
triple frontier was some stupid macho bs but at least it had some pretty mountains and good action sequences ig |
Emim
10.20.20 | Master of Disguise and Role Models |
TheAntichrist
10.20.20 | the witch and as above so below. only one of them was good lol |
Hyperion1001
10.20.20 | maniac cop and maniac cop 2.
great acab fun. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.20.20 | Capone and dont remember
Actually kinda liked Capone but I could watch Tom Hardy be incomprehensible forever |
bloc
10.20.20 | Ghostbusters (1984)
Polar (2019) |
porcupinetheater
10.20.20 | Black Christmas
We Need to Talk About Kevin |
naughtcturnal
10.21.20 | original Bob Clarke black Christmas? |
bigguytoo9
10.21.20 | Dragged Across Concrete
House (the 80s horror flick) |
DamnVanne
10.21.20 | Revenge (great film, would recommend)
The Ring (for the hundredth time, still kinda scary) |
ArsMoriendi
10.21.20 | -Knock Off (a cheesy Hong Kong action film starring Jean Claude Van Damme. It was dumb, but fun)
-Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic Party (an idiotic Dinesh D'Souza propaganda film my friends and I hate-watched. It was pretty funny, but also sad that people exist who think it isn't BS)
|
Gyromania
10.21.20 | "martyrs has a 9% on rotten tomatoes so it’s probably good"
it's garbage torture porn tbh |
budgie
10.21.20 | gallophobe |
Colton
10.21.20 | I haven’t watched a movie in at least 2 years |
bigguytoo9
10.21.20 | "the witch and as above so below. only one of them was good lol" and it was 100% NOT, The VVitch. What a joke of a film. I would never watch it again personally. |
budgie
10.21.20 | strangely aggressive opinion |
Gyromania
10.21.20 | The witch is such an amazing movie too. Cinematography alone is superb but how the devil slowly makes the family unravel and descend into madness was perfect. Volume's a bit inconsistent and it's hard to follow without subs at times, but otherwise rly good atmosphere and folklore. Not sure why people salvagely criticize it. Esp when you're propping up as above so below. It's a pretty fun movie too but clearly not in league with the witch |
DamnVanne
10.21.20 | I love both of those movies! You have to shrug off complaints about the witch though. I can see why some people wouldn’t dig it but the atmosphere is superb |
wham49
10.21.20 | Halloween (78)
Fandango=Kostner's first movie with Judd nelson, great buddy movie |
ChoccyPhilly
10.21.20 | Tenet and Saint Maud
Liked Tenet but other than the interesting concept, the characters didnt have much going for it. Trying to rethink on the time converging scenes were really interest and glad I saw it in cinemas,
Saint Maud was fucking fantastic. Bleak, full of dread, atmospheric and surprisingly unnerving and scary at times. Shame it came out at this time as it's quite the recent gem of local British cinema. Go watch it, gang. |
Brabiz
10.21.20 | Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and Harry Potter & The Sorcerer’s Stone. I watched 32 movies the past week because i was off of work sick. It’s was fun |
Deathconscious
10.21.20 | Hereditary. It was good.
Children of Men. I think that was my third or fourth time seeing that movie, i love it.
Next up is Blade Runner Final Cut and 2049. Seen both, but i believe i saw the "director's cut" and not the final cut. |
IsildursBane44
10.21.20 | The Martian and Minority Report (Such an underrated Spielberg film)
I've also been watching through "Nirvanna the Band the Show." Might be the best underground show right now. It's only in Canada so it makes it a little unaccessible, but I found a google drive with everything so I can view it in the states without doing anything. Highly recommend for anybody that likes improv/loose comedy. Super silly and stupid concept with easily lovable characters. |
Minushuman24
10.21.20 | Silent Hill last night and The Night of the Hunter the night prior |
ChoccyPhilly
10.21.20 | @death check Saint Maud if you liked Hereditary. It's in the same vain as that and stuff like Midsommar |
Deathconscious
10.21.20 | I havent seen Midsommar but ive been wanting to pretty badly. If Saint Maud is in the same vein im interested. |
protokute
10.22.20 | I've been watching films on my watch list from oldest to most recents (this way it facilitates for me to decide which film to watch), I'm currently in the 60's, the last ones I watched were La Notte (1961), from Michelangelo Antonioni and Last Year At Marienbad (1961), from Alan Resnais. It was a very curious experience watching the last, very hipnotizing as it pulls you towards the narrative puzzle, the imagery and ornamentations from the chateau are also very nice |
porcupinetheater
10.22.20 | Hell yeah, couple of the best ever made right there |
budgie
10.22.20 | "Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2"
MY MAN |
Divaman
10.23.20 | Been on a James Bond tear. So Goldfinger and Thunderball. |
Intothepit
10.23.20 | Your mom's point, followed by my mom's porn |
combustion07
10.23.20 | Shot Caller (2017): was very pleasantly surprised with this one. Intense movie and I'm a sucker for prisoner/gang related movies.
Pusher III: the final film in the Pusher trilogy. The first is possibly my favorite drug movie of all time. All 3 have different vibes and I enjoy them all. The third follows the mob leader having a bad day and they add depth to the hitman character that I really enjoyed. I'd recommend both. Need to get on watching some horror since it's October but I've been on a crime kick |
bloc
10.24.20 | Wind River
Gone Girl |
robertsona
10.24.20 | Paris, Texas
Body Double |
porcupinetheater
10.24.20 | God Paris, Texas is one of the best ever |
robertsona
10.24.20 | It was a rewatch. I was more impressed with the directing and cinematography this time—it vacillates between utterly spectacular (lighting, the elevated camera angles that emphasize natural majesty, perfect framing and balance between background and foreground) and just really solid. No missteps in that sense. And yet this time I was also more troubled by the sentimentalism of the story, how Clement and Stockwell are jettisoned as soon as Stanton connects with the son...I dunno, feels a bit simple. But it’s definitely a solid 8/10
|
porcupinetheater
10.24.20 | Fair, but something about how lyrical it is makes the shifting parameters of the story work for me. Like the disturbed tranquility walking through the desert at the outset, the way Cooder's slide score seems to slip in and out by chance like a stranger on the street of a small town. The doctor near the beginning who wouldn't feel out of place in an exploitation schlock movie, the would-be doomsday prophet who loses his message because he shouts it off the bridge at cars who can't possibly hear him. The way the two emotional monologues at the end are divided by panes of glass. The slippery nature of the characters feels part and parcel with that for me, really sends the atmosphere somewhere special and lines up with the themes of transience.
Can definitely see an argument that it leans a little too far into sentimentality, but it just works so well for me |
robertsona
10.24.20 | That makes a lot of sense, and the movie is certainly interesting structurally without being a slog: 40 minutes to get to LA, 40 more minutes to leave, 29 minutes total in the peep show. Your reading is legit |
alamo
10.24.20 | alien and kung fu panda |
Deathconscious
10.24.20 | Just picked up The Lighthouse, 1917, and Joker. Have not seen any of them, stoked as fuck. |
Deathconscious
10.26.20 | 1917 did not disappoint, what a gorgeous/terrifying movie. |
loveisamixtape
10.26.20 | i fucking looooove Paris, Texas hell yea |
porcupinetheater
10.28.20 | Just rewatched Harakiri. Always loved, but holy shit the absolute scorn it holds for ideas of honor that it systematically rips to pieces just hit home particularly hard this time. Kobayashi was one of the greats.
Also jammed The Slumber Party Massacre last night, hell yeah |
Josh D.
10.28.20 | can someone recommend me a movie with the vibe of Prisoners or The Invitation, from recent years? The last movie I watched was Saló and I need a palate cleanser from all the coprophaiga et al. |
budgie
10.28.20 | 1BR has a similar set up to The Invitation, 2019 film |
EphemeralEternity
10.28.20 | dumb nad dumber |
Josh D.
10.28.20 | wait, is that the bad netflix movie where they trap people in the apartment complex and make them obedient and live together?
It is lame, if so. |
robertsona
10.28.20 | didn't watch anything in between it and body double but I really liked The Thing (1982) |
maxer
10.28.20 | I just watched The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition) and Strangers on a Train
Watching all the extended LOTR films in the movie theater has been a blast |
robertsona
10.28.20 | I'm a huge hitchcock fan, but I never finished STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Robert Walker is a funny actor (he's great in a movie called THE CLOCK), and I think I turned it off for some external circumstance or another, but it wasn't seeming like a favorite |
budgie
10.28.20 | suck my dick josh |
Josh D.
10.28.20 | no |
maxer
10.28.20 | I really liked Strangers on a Train actually. I should watch more Hitchcock when I have the time |
Josh D.
10.28.20 | speaking of Hitchcock, I watched that ridiculous Ratched show on Netflix and they used the Cape Fear theme in it, and something that was very similar to the Psycho theme. I was very confused. They use Camille Saint-Saens for the title sequence though, that's cool. |
loveisamixtape
10.28.20 | watched Cadaver a couple of nights ago and it was truly so bad lol 1/10 |
IsildursBane44
10.28.20 | Is showing the extended LOTR movies in theaters recently a thing? A theater by my house was doing that and I thought it was something they decided to show individually. |
IsildursBane44
10.28.20 | For those of you talking Hitchcock, being a big fan of North By Northwest, I was intrigued by another Cary Grant suspense film recently. It's called "Charade" and also stars Audrey Hepburn. Really solid film, with some great banter and writing. It's not a Hitchcock movie, but it reminded me of it. Highly recommend checking it out if you have the chance. I watched it on Peacock if anybody was wondering where they can find it. |
Egarran
10.28.20 | The Vast of Night - Very well made UFO movie in Twilight Zone style.
The first 15 minutes of Hocus Pocus (1993) then we couldn't stand the it anymore. Holy fuck that's a bad movie. |
robertsona
10.28.20 | CHARADE is on every streaming service as I remember: it's the movie where they infamously goddamn forgot to put a copyright warning on the credits so it automatically entered the public domain
im not even gonna google to see if this is true but Im like 40% sure it is |
IsildursBane44
10.28.20 | Hahaha That's amazing. Didn't know that. Anyway, great film regardless. |
robertsona
10.28.20 | always meant to see it, but the boys (me and little brother) are having a spooktacular to end october. HAUSU and INLAND EMPIRE are up next from him. idk what to show myself |
IsildursBane44
10.28.20 | So apparently Criterion picked up the film and remastered it, because almost every copy before was in terrible condition. That's pretty cool.
Also, fan fact, Night of the living dead is also open to public domain because of copyright issues. |
robertsona
10.28.20 | night of the living dead was one of my potential choices, never seen it tho |
Flugmorph
10.28.20 | gurren lagann movies
and wicked city |
IsildursBane44
10.28.20 | Me neither. Never really had an urge to check it out. |
Sinternet
10.28.20 | saw aliens again
still like it more than alien tbh |
porcupinetheater
10.28.20 | "they used the Cape Fear theme in it, and something that was very similar to the Psycho theme."
So many Psycho theme rip-offs, what a legend. Great movie, but the Re-animator theme is a Psycho copy paste job, too |
bloc
10.28.20 | Honey I Shrunk The Kids
Lady and the Tramp |
Josh D.
10.28.20 | "So many Psycho theme rip-offs, what a legend. Great movie, but the Re-animator theme is a Psycho copy paste job, too"
I almost didn't notice until the strings hit this really staccato pattern that sounded the same, although I don't think it was the same augmented chords. |
Shuyin
10.28.20 | Watched a great Japanese horror flick today: Noroi, The Curse. Damn that movie was great
And a few days ago I watched Cello, another horror movie but from South Korea, not as good as Noroi but still solid |
Yotimi
10.28.20 | Alien (still great) and Aliens (way worse than I remembered) |
budgie
10.28.20 | "idk what to show myself"
yellowbrickroad & banshee chapter |
Flashmobba
10.28.20 | American Psycho and Little Miss Sunshine, two incredible dark comedies that aren't as different as their titles suggest lmao |
aydross121
10.28.20 | Kadaver
Norwegian(?) horror flick. Pretty bad. 4/10
The Thing (1982)
Somehow my dumb roomates hadn't seen this one before, so yeah they liked it. 9/10
|
aydross121
10.29.20 | "Watched a great Japanese horror flick today: Noroi, The Curse"
Yeah Noroi is pretty good. Although there is too much "crazy-hobo" screentime imo.
Would recommend checking out Pulse(kairo). That one is straight-up a masterpiece imo. |
Shuyin
10.29.20 | Yeah, the tin foil guy was kinda wild but not enough to ruin the movie for me, those last 20 minutes were worth it. I absolutely LOVE Kairo, its one of the best Japanese horror movies I've ever seen |
IsildursBane44
10.29.20 | Just watched Young Frankenstein last night. Gave me a few chuckles. Probably Mel Brooks' most styled film. Love the Black and White choice over color. Great 70's horror comedy/parody. Anyway, go check it out if you haven't. Recommend to any fans of Blazing Saddles!
Plus, who can ever hate Gene Wilder?? |
Muhlysa
10.29.20 | Borat
Dragged across concrete |
Funeralopolis
10.29.20 | Borat 2 - really stupid but honestly hillarious, felt almost more like a special than a movie given how overly contextual it was but very enjoyable.
The Two Popes - pretty enjoyable movie, with some interesting historical context. Definetly felt 'edited' and pretentious at times but walked away with something to think about. 7/10 |
Deathconscious
10.29.20 | Help me decide people, The Lighthouse, Midsommar, or Joker next? Im afraid to watch The Lighthouse now, i built it up so much in my head and i think my expectations might be too high. |
Josh D.
10.29.20 | Haven't seen The Lighthouse, looks too weird for me. So out of the other two, Midsommar. |
smaugman
10.29.20 | borat 2 and the nice guys |
robertsona
10.29.20 | that kurosawa movie PULSE is interesting, and so is CURE, and so is even JOURNEY TO THE SHORE from like 2014 or whatever. but something keeps me from loving them...I think it might be that I want the plot to be outlined a bit stronger so that the images can really resonate, but I do love the images, especially kurosawa's motif of a person whose back is to the camera in the foreground corner beholding something much larger and more mysterious in the background, like the "X" on the wall. |
Funeralopolis
10.29.20 | @deathconscious: I would say Joker because I love that movie. |
robertsona
10.29.20 | oh also rewatched POSSESSION (1981) ln. hahaha what a fuckin blast of a movie whew |
Valkoor952
10.29.20 | midnight in paris and the gentleman |
Yotimi
10.30.20 | Where can you watch Possession? Been looking for that |
robertsona
10.30.20 | Throw me ya email (shoutbox and I can delete it after I get it) |
budgie
10.30.20 | https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/possession-1981
nowhere |
Egarran
10.30.20 | been spamming my email in budgie's shoutbox for years
still not a word ): |
NorthernSkylark
10.30.20 | Tenet +
Im thinking of ending things
Was slightly confused here and there and im gonna watch it again soon |
Divaman
10.30.20 | I feel like I should watch a good horror flick for Halloween, but there's nothing on any of the streaming services that I haven't seen already that inspires me. Maybe Session 9 or The Invitation on Netflix, or The Lords of Salem on Amazon Prime. |
tectactoe
10.30.20 | Last two:
DON'T LOOK NOW (1973) and A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (1991). I unfortunately need to report that the latter is massively underwhelming. Dunno what took me so long to see it, honestly; after being similarly ambivalent to YI YI, I wasn't particularly looking forward to 4+ hours of more Yang being Yang. Turns out my gut feeling was more or less correct. It's... "good", I guess. But wouldn't come close to cracking my Top 50 (or more) of the 90s. |
Egarran
10.30.20 | Don't Look Now is so weird. How that became a movie I will never know. I guess they could sell it on nudity and architecture, two prominent 70's priorities. |
robertsona
10.30.20 | You’re nuts. Both YI YI and ABSD are top 20 |
Divaman
10.30.20 | Joker, deathconscious. |
tectactoe
10.30.20 | I see the greatness that others see in YI YI and ABSD, I just don't respond to that type of greatness on a personal level, I guess. I don't dislike either film, I just don't think either of them are particularly groundbreaking in the ways that I value most. Formless memory plays like ABSD only work for me when bound to something truly Byzantine and temporal (think Tark's MIRROR) or aesthetically and contextually reverberating (like....Davies's LONG DAY CLOSES), not to mention succinct. At such a mammoth length, the intermittent moments of fleeting beauty start to lose meaning. Granted that second point is more visceral than I care to admit, which is why my unenthusiastic response to ABSD is more an admission of fault by my own synapses than Yang or the film itself. |
alamo
10.30.20 | "Help me decide people, The Lighthouse, Midsommar, or Joker next? Im afraid to watch The Lighthouse now, i built it up so much in my head and i think my expectations might be too high."
all three are super underwhelming. lighthouse is the most interesting out of the three though |
robertsona
10.30.20 | found HAUSU (1977) boring. not enough structure? am I going to jail |
tectactoe
10.30.20 | no, HAUSU is indeed mid-tier arthouse horror. |
robertsona
10.30.20 | I'd be interested to see if Obayashi ever works with a more conventional narrative structure, because I do love the illuminated backgrounds and crazy painterly environments and a lot of what he does as a dir. But that was just sort of like one crazy thing after another in a way that didn't please me (these days I guess I'm more about the interaction between a good narrative and the images that convey it [but also exceed it] rather than just cool stuff 2 look at) |
tectactoe
10.30.20 | the film he did a couple years ago (HANAGATAMI) was so enervating for that exact reason. 2.5 hours of repetitive, nonsensical narrative bumbling and a formal assault on the senses to no end. |
protokute
10.30.20 | watched Paths of Glory yesterday night, excellent film indeed, definitely made me feel ashamed of being part of the human race as col. dax said, curious that it was banned by pressure from french military in france after debut, only to come back in 1975..... Also, didn't know Kubrick was already making films in the late 50's. |
tectactoe
10.30.20 | ^Check out THE KILLING, too. |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | Blade Runner (gf hadn't seen it)
Whiplash (neither of us had) |
suppatime
10.30.20 | house of 1000 corpses and borat 2
@Funeralopolis agreed on borat 2, shit was pretty fuckin good but did kinda feel like a special. i thought it worked.
@Deathconscious we started watching the lighthouse last week but turned it off cuz it was slow lmao. still excited to watch it but we had a small group of people and it wasn't the vibe.
midsommar fucking blows, i hate that fucking movie. boring as shit and the plot is given to you from the beginning pretty much. the cinematography is great but everything else sucks so much.
i thought joker was good but not the best film ever made. i can see why people dislike it. |
robertsona
10.30.20 | BLADE RUNNER is great. Very inspiring how Ridley Scott et al. are able to keep the background in constant motion and add ambiance to the plot running in the foreground. The kind of movie where it's fun to shuttle your attention back and forth between different audiovisual elements. |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | It's a wonderful film. Such a visual and sonic feast. I do think the narrative thread is a little limp though. Few too many conveniences, or things happening without much rhyme or reason. Seems to follow a dream logic as much as it does the regular ol' detective kind. Difficult to pinpoint exactly |
Minushuman24
10.30.20 | Just watched the colour out of space last night, and the japanese Pulse. Colour was great fun, and Pulse is actually the best horror film to come out of the early 2000's |
Minushuman24
10.30.20 | Midsommar is amazing wtf |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | The pacing of Blade Runnr is also very odd. For a story set in such a vast and imaginative world, with such ambitious heady ideas, there is an awful lot of farting around in J.F. Sebastian's apartment, or following various tentative leads around the city. A name here, a synthetic snake scale here. One moment it's all trippy and operatic, the next it's muted and small-scale. Heh.
As much as I love this movie, I find it very hard to hold a coherent image of it in my head |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | Midsommar was like a 7/10. Hereditary was much better
Colour out of Space fucking sucked |
Emim
10.30.20 | I watched The Gentlemen for the second time last night. Such a fun movie. |
conesmoke
10.30.20 | Road House and Valyrian and the city of a thousand planes |
robertsona
10.30.20 | "I do think the narrative thread is a little limp though. Few too many conveniences, or things happening without much rhyme or reason. Seems to follow a dream logic as much as it does the regular ol' detective kind. Difficult to pinpoint exactly"
I agree, and I guess that's why I appreciate that there's a lot going on audiovisually so that the collateral damage from the wispy plot isn't so great. Sounds like we're on the same page
almost reminds me of the relationship between plot and atmosphere in the spooky 1943 horror (?) film I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE |
Minushuman24
10.30.20 | Colour out of space is so fun wtf. Its a weird little dumb lovecraft film that loves Carptenter's The Thing, how could I not like it. low 8/10
Midsommar > Hereditary
|
conesmoke
10.30.20 | I liked midsommar a lot more than Hereditary. |
robertsona
10.30.20 | Didn't go for MIDSOMMAR so much: I thought a lot of the dialogue projected the themes/emotions and I didn't take to Aster as a visual artist that much, though he's clearly talented. (My brother loved the bad trip scene but I wasn't a fan.) Haven't seen HEREDITARY. Never been huge on the hyped contemporary horrorish movies though |
Minushuman24
10.30.20 | Oh man, the bad trip scenes were so.... perfect, it really captured the anxiety of a panic attack while high. |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | Midsommar is a better looking film, but with far less interesting characters and themes. Hereditary contains some truly haunting sequences that will be with me for the rest of my life. Can't say anything from Midsommar stuck with me in the same way |
robertsona
10.30.20 | Yeah, that's exactly what my brother said and it's reasonable to me. I think I'm a stodgy old-man viewer who just likes it when you point the camera at things and that's that, without "subjective" effects that simulate/clue the audience into the characters' experience. I would never try to impose my taste on someone else though, and it has its limits. |
polyrhythm
10.30.20 | "Colour out of space is so fun wtf. Its a weird little dumb lovecraft film that loves Carptenter's The Thing, how could I not like it"
Tbf I was in a uniquely bad headspace when I watched it, but I am so unmotivated to ever watch it again. Struggle to recall anything about it that I liked. Actually impressive for a film that batshit to be THAT boring
Also I couldn't help but compare it to Mandy (because of the psychedelic Nick Cage thing)... and that is a freaking amazing movie. Not a flattering comparison at all |
Minushuman24
10.30.20 | Mandy > Colour in every way, agreed.
|
Divaman
10.31.20 | OK, watched Session 9 and Lords of Salem last night. Session 9 was a slow build, but pretty good. Lords of Salem had it's moments, but then got too weird for me. |
bloc
10.31.20 | Midsommar
What We Do In The Shadows |
robertsona
10.31.20 | Couldn’t get into VIDEODROME somehow. The whole thing felt too Thematic or something, and I didn’t find the writing or visuals particularly inspired |
Hyperion1001
10.31.20 | cronenberg's best is Dead Ringers imo. that film is devastating. |
porcupinetheater
10.31.20 | That and Crash, for sure.
Even if Crash still should have been named Auto-Erotic |
MO
10.31.20 | ahh I still gotta go with The Fly hyp |
Rawmeeth38
10.31.20 | Halloween (OG) and Moneyball |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
10.31.20 | i watched new borat |
porcupinetheater
10.31.20 | very nice. |
Javastorm
10.31.20 | Melancholia and The Secret of NIMH |
aydross121
10.31.20 | NIMH is so good. |
Sinternet
11.01.20 | saw borat 2: pretty funny but took a while to get going, the daughter character was very good though and definitely saved from it being as re-hashy as it could have been
also 28 days later for the first time in like ten years, still holds up pretty well and of course the soundtrack is immense |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.01.20 | I just watched come to daddy and spring
Come to daddy was stupid spring was adorable |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.01.20 | Borat 2 was honestly better than I thought it would be |
Space Jester
11.01.20 | I’m Thinking of Ending Things
and
Idle Hands |
LastRites442
11.01.20 | '78 Halloween and '68 Night of the Living Dead.
Some folks nowadays may consider these two a bit slow but they still hold up very well for me. |
LastRites442
11.01.20 | Freaked me out as a kid but now it's hard not to smile through the whole movie from hearing that absolutely badass soundtrack. |
Divaman
11.01.20 | Watched The Invitation tonight. It was OK. |
Divaman
11.01.20 | I'd give it a 6. Maybe a 6.5. |
alamo
11.01.20 | aliens [cool] and the wailing [boring af |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.01.20 | The invitation is the epitome of OK |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.01.20 | Third film in my Halloween binge tonight was Assassination Nation it was stupid but stupid fun |
Divaman
11.01.20 | Great opening to that one, but not much worthwhile after that. It did start Carol Kane's career, though. |
Egarran
11.01.20 | Ah yes, Carol Kane |
Divaman
11.01.20 | My feelings exactly, octagon. |
Divaman
11.01.20 | This was my second favorite Carol Kane film, just because of that classic opening. My second was Scrooged for her portrayal of The Ghost of Christmas Present. |
Deathconscious
11.02.20 | Watched Midsommar and The Lighthouse the last couple days. Midsommar was good, but holy shitwow, somehow The Lighthouse lived up to the crazy expectations i had, i absolutely loved it. |
Wubs
11.02.20 | Lighthouse is next level. No excess fat either. |
porcupinetheater
11.02.20 | All of Willem's fat is right where it needs to be, agreed |
JesperL
11.02.20 | his house was very good, excellent debut |
polyrhythm
11.02.20 | The Lighthouse really didn't wow me tbh. Which I enjoyed it more than I did |
bloc
11.02.20 | The Gentlemen
Borat 2 |
aydross121
11.03.20 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfoU_Z1uVfc
Found this great video about THAT scene in Kairo/Pulse for any fan of the film. |
robertsona
11.03.20 | really didn't like Borat 2. though I wasn't watching so closely |
alamo
11.03.20 | kill your darlings
jennifer's body
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robertsona
11.03.20 | Is JENNIFER'S BODY good? Lots of young people I meet are interested in "reclaiming" this movie, to the point where it almost feels like a silent majority insists it is good. |
alamo
11.03.20 | i liked the invitation although it felt a bit long for a 1h40 movie lol |
alamo
11.03.20 | i liked jennifer's body its goofy and pretty fun tbh id say a 7/10
definitely worth watching its pretty iconic |
robertsona
11.03.20 | ok i will check it
hbd monica vitti, surprised she's still alive. what a...good actress |
Divaman
11.04.20 | I liked Jennifer's Body. I thought the dialogue was crisp, and the characters were well drawn. |
loveisamixtape
11.04.20 | bout to watch whiplash for the third time in my life bc i luv it |
budgie
11.04.20 | jennifers body is a fun movie |
tectactoe
11.05.20 | The Wind (1928) is great. |
Deathconscious
11.05.20 | Watched Silent Hill last night. Seems like the source material (the game) was cool, but it was executed like shit |
bloc
11.08.20 | Watched I'm Thinking of Ending Things last night and it's one of the biggest crocks of shit I've watched in a while |
loveisamixtape
11.08.20 | yeah it's really bad besides some of the acting
finally watched midsommar last night and i rly liked it |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.08.20 | I finally watched Glass last night after putting it off bc of the reviews and most were spot on.
The first hour and a half or so was great but jfc that last act completely ruins it. |
Egarran
11.08.20 | Mulan - Shout out to my buddy for letting me leech on his disney+ so I can catch up on these things. Sweet movie.
Midsommar - Yup I'm all about that shit |
Invaderbryan
11.08.20 | Freaks 1932
A space oddesy |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.08.20 | I feel like I’m the only person I know of that doesn’t like Midsommar. I thought Hereditary was much better. |
robertsona
11.08.20 | MICHAEL CLAYTON: thought it a smart, tight little legal drama, with an unusually good fictional justification or context for the protag’s change in heart (the task of depicting the guy cleaning up after his friend and covering his ass dovetails with the task of depicting his unmasking corruption), even though I wouldn’t say it thrilled me.
INLAND EMPIRE: I dunno, sort of reminded me of the HAUSU problem and I didn’t dig the plot that was there, about the haunted movie, at all. Got sleepy. |
Slex
11.08.20 | Possessor- Maybe just a smidge overrated but still a pretty hypnotic and disturbing movie for sure
His House- I thought this was a spectacular movie personally, newest word of mouth Netflix horror hit except it really really deserves the attention |
bloc
11.08.20 | The main chick in I'm thinking of... Is fine as hell though, I'll give em that |
loveisamixtape
11.08.20 | i've learned recently that i'm a sucker for a24 lighting |
bloc
11.08.20 | Bro all you need to do is film outside in the sun and boom |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.08.20 | "Is JENNIFER'S BODY good? Lots of young people I meet are interested in "reclaiming" this movie, to the point where it almost feels like a silent majority insists it is good."
I know exactly what ur talking about. This has been coming up in my social circles a lot lately and I'm just there like "???" |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.08.20 | Lol that silent hill movie. The scene where pyramid face grips the chick by the titties, twists, and rips all of her skin off |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.08.20 | Grip em and rip em boys |
Deathconscious
11.09.20 | That was one of the few awesome things about Silent Hill.
Watched Interstellar for the second time, its probably a top 10 movie for me. Few movies deliver such an emotional gutpunch, and theres so much eye candy. Yes, the whole "love is quantifiable and is whats gonna save us" thing was stupid, but i can look past it.
Watched another movie for the second time as well, Akira. Felt like i had a better grasp on what was going on this time, but i think im still gonna have to look up an "Akira explained" video or something. But it definitely deserves its status as a hugely influential classic, its great. |
evilford
11.09.20 | Interstellar rules |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.09.20 | What about the scene where the barbed wire shoots up the chicks vagina and then rips out her chest |
Colton
11.09.20 | bout to watch the South Park Pandemic Special thing |
Colton
11.09.20 | it's only 50 minutes which is right around my cutoff |
robertsona
11.09.20 | still thinking a bit about MICHAEL CLAYTON--anyone seen it? Someone just pointed out to me that there's not even a whiff of a romantic love interest in it... |
alamo
11.09.20 | just watched fast and furious 4 and fast 5. 4 sucked an insanely huge cock. fast 5 was cool as an action movie, pretty furious but it was also super disappointing as far as the car and racing stuff. wish the series had kept this vibe: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/45/bd/80/45bd809b9ed9781a3d3e507279cb2323.jpg |
MyNameIsPencil
11.09.20 | I watched the 2018 version of Suspiria last week
i need to see the og but I enjoyed it |
robertsona
11.09.20 | I saw I Am Love and really liked it when it came out (14 years old) but missed Call Me By Your Name and Suspiria by the same director. I watched the original Suspiria but only remember it in a sort of oneiric way by random images and vibes |
MillionDead
11.09.20 | Last two flicks I watched were Scream 3 and Walk Hard: A Dewey Cox Story? Saw Martyrs too recently. Mainly been running the Scream movies for the past couple days. |
MyNameIsPencil
11.09.20 | the remake did a very good job at feeling like a 70's movie with it's editing |
MillionDead
11.09.20 | Talking Suspiria? I haven't seen the original yet (I want to.) but the 2018 version was visually stunning and that ending sequence was visually abrasive in a perfect way. I'd give it about a 6.5/10 though. No sympathetic characters in the coven politics, even though the movie tries to act like there are. The protag and the teacher aren't good people. |
MyNameIsPencil
11.09.20 | I liked the scene where that one girl gets turned into a pretzel lol |
MillionDead
11.09.20 | Oh yeah! The practical effects in that scene are gnarly. I wish practical effects in horror would make a huge comeback. |
alamo
11.09.20 | scream 3 is ok but my least favorite, the fourth movie is awesome though
stan emma roberts |
loveisamixtape
11.09.20 | scream 4 is prob the best scream yea |
iglu
11.09.20 | Last two I saw were:
Buffalo '66
Memories of Murder |
MillionDead
11.09.20 | Oh yeah, Scream 3 SUCKED ASS. Lol I’m banking on the first being the best. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.09.20 | I think I’ll have me some of that cuh-caine |
MyNameIsPencil
11.09.20 | scream 2 sits comfortably as everyone's #3 lol |
EyesWideShut
11.09.20 | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Winter's Bone
I love these western/southern dramas in the fall and winter |
MillionDead
11.09.20 | I’m into westerns for sure. I should write those down, Eyes. I just saw Bone Tomahawk a couple weeks ago. Have you seen it? |
budgie
11.09.20 | scream, scream 4, scream 2, scream 3
but scream 3 is still above average slasher
i have spoken |
LeddSledd
11.09.20 | A Fish Called Wanda - first comedy I've seen in years that had me laughing scene to scene. Acting is great, John Cleese's writing is brilliant, and Jamie Lee Curtis is smokin'. Great movie
The Social Dilemma - really well written and paced, runtime flew by. Acting was really solid, probably the best Andrew Garfield performance I've seen. Can't say I really see all the acclaim around it tho.
@MillionDead bro Bone Tomahawk fucked me up. That scene (you know the one) is the first in a long time to legitimately make me nauseous. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.09.20 | Suspiria remake is a hard 10/10 |
rabidfish
11.09.20 | been plannin on rewatching that again, the dance scenes are a blast. |
unclereich
11.09.20 | suspiria remake is so damn good, the conclusion lost me a little bit, but that is how you craft a remake |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.09.20 | I'd say it's one of my favourite "horror" movies I've ever seen but its just straight up one of my favourite movies I've ever seen
If yall like the dance stuff in that movie check Climax |
Thibs
11.09.20 | Carlito's Way (cheesy but solid story and Pacino...)
Paris, Texas (good performance but found it boring)
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loveisamixtape
11.10.20 | paris texas is in my top 5 of boring movies that i also love |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | Tbh I'd put the lighthouse in that category but I'd get crucified by people on this site |
rabidfish
11.10.20 | oh, i recently rewatched Total Recall. Fun movie, highly recommend. |
Egarran
11.10.20 | Does Bagdad Cafe count? Such a boring and nice movie. |
loveisamixtape
11.10.20 | criterion channel is the good boring movie hub |
porcupinetheater
11.10.20 | Climax was so stressful to sit through lol
One of the best long takes ever period |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | Agreed on both counts
Going into that movie knowing about the like hour long single take is literally just an hour of whispering "bitch, how?" to yourself while you have an anxiety attack |
EyesWideShut
11.10.20 | @Million
Yea mon I love Bone Tomahawk, I hope to age graceful like Kurt Russell |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.10.20 | on Climax
“the film was unrehearsed on-the-spot improvisation by the cast, who were given no lines of dialogue beforehand and had almost complete liberty as to where to take the story and characters. Climax also features unusual editing and cinematography choices, and includes several lengthy long takes, including one lasting over 42 minutes.”
How the fuck have I never heard of this movie. Watching it next for sure |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | ^also none of them are actors. With the sole exception of Sofia boutella they are all various types of dancers who the director chose based off intuition lol. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.10.20 | I didn’t realize it was the same guy that made Enter the Void. Im actually really excited to watch this movie. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | Make sure to come back and share ur thoughts |
Thibs
11.10.20 | Ima check climax as well, shit |
Egarran
11.10.20 | If you like awesome one-takes watch the Russian Ark. It can't get any more jaw-droppingly impressive than that.
The Vast of Night has a really sweet one.
And Birdman of course, but I hear they cheated. Still great. |
unclereich
11.10.20 | runaway train(1985) and 3 days of the condor(1975) |
polyrhythm
11.10.20 | Russian Ark was lit |
DamnVanne
11.10.20 | Watched Kingdom of Heaven again last night- still a masterpiece, still my #1 |
rabidfish
11.10.20 | wth, climax starts with that "based on true events" shit?
lmao ok, i'm in. |
Egarran
11.10.20 | Snowpiercer - I kinda hated most of it but I believe there's a good movie in there. Also they did my girl Tilda Swinton bad.
Treasure Planet - Wth didn't anyone show me this as a kid. Great stuff. |
unclereich
11.10.20 | I know that babies taste best |
loveisamixtape
11.10.20 | avoided watching snowpiercer bc every time i scroll past it it reminds me of polar express |
Deathconscious
11.10.20 | The fuck, Snowpiercer is great. |
loveisamixtape
11.10.20 | i luv both parasite and the host so i'm sure it is. looks like polar express tho |
Clumseee
11.10.20 | Up and Inside Out. Can you guess which one is actually really good and all who say otherwise are wrong and which one is actually pretty boring and overhyped? |
Deathconscious
11.10.20 | Inside Out? I havent seen it, but i thought Up was good. |
loveisamixtape
11.10.20 | its no brave little toaster |
alamo
11.10.20 | climax was improvised???????????????????????????????? |
madrigal30
11.10.20 | green room and blue velvet |
robertsona
11.10.20 | iglu, how did you like Memories of Murder? now that we're on Bong... |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | @Alamo lmao yeah b, pretty much entirely |
rabidfish
11.10.20 | ok, that really was an eye opener.
we need to ban dance troupes. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | LOL |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.10.20 | speak for yourself, I need to join one
that party was LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT |
Deez
11.10.20 | Anyone seen 'saint maud'??
One of the directors is staying in the hotel i work. Well the whole film crew and actors are actually. For a movie called 'the origin'coming out next summer. Commissioned by film4/sony. Its pretty cool watching them all run about. The editor has let us see a few scenes and shit |
rabidfish
11.11.20 | that guy with the beenie is so fucking real man. I KNOW people exactly like that ugh, i hated him, major douchebag.
Props to the blocke playing him, if he's not like that (i hope he isn't), then he nailed exactly the kind of hyper macho, ultra aggressive pos chad character. |
Meridiu5
11.11.20 | tenet and the man who would be king |
Trundle
11.11.20 | Serpico
Inside Man |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.11.20 | I dont remember which dude had a beenie |
rabidfish
11.11.20 | The jacked up dude. The one that kept talking about basically raping everyone. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.11.20 | Yeah Climax is a fucking trip and a half. I felt like it could’ve used a little more plot, you could definitely tell that most if not all of it was improv just from how loose everything felt. Though the movie is about a bunch of people tripping balls, so that was probably intentional. I’ll have to watch it again for sure.
I didn’t know it was A24 going in but I wasn’t at all shocked to see their logo pop up.
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Wildcardbitchesss
11.11.20 | Probably going to watch Possessor tonight. I like a lot of Cronenberg films so I’m sure this will be up my alley. |
naughtcturnal
11.12.20 | Maniac (original with Joe Spinell), Return of the Living Dead |
loveisamixtape
11.12.20 | anyone here seen Dark Days ? so fuckin good |
protokute
11.21.20 | Watched Red Desert and Au Hasard Balthazar yesterday...
Red Desert is a quite interesting take on struggling to get on with a not always warm reality and dealing with our bullshits, as for Balthazar.............. What an innocent me.. I was thinking it would be a cute film set on the countryside with kids and a donkey, but it ended up being one of the most bleak, cruel and cold films I ever watched. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.21.20 | Watched Possessor and it fucking ruled, highly recommended for anyone that’s into arthouse horror/thriller types.
And I realized I haven’t seen every Coen Brothers movie so I think I’ll make my way through them chronologically. Didn’t have a whole lot of love for Blood Simple tbh. |
Egarran
11.21.20 | The Little Mermaid and The Hangover. Not very nice movies, but now I can understand more references... |
Zig
11.21.20 | Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) and Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972).
Both very good films. |
Deathconscious
11.21.20 | Watched Dark City, had been wanting to for a long time since i heard great things about it. It didnt quite live up to the hype but i liked it, its a very cool movie.
Now im going through the Matrix movies again because ive heard that they ripped off of Dark City in some ways. I can see some similarities. Love them anyways. |
Sharenge
11.21.20 | watched Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers yesterday and finishing up Calvary now... it's almost Sunday =X |
bloc
11.21.20 | The Silencing
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, something something |
CaimanJesus
11.21.20 | Slingblade and Shawshank Redemption |
robertsona
11.21.20 | I had to pop out of Sling Blade after 15 minutes. Unbearable |
Ryus
11.21.20 | finally saw "come and see"...my word |
robertsona
11.21.20 | Come and See is pretty extraordinary and yet I couldn’t help but feel a bit manipulated I guess. Which isn’t bad—all movies manipulate (?)—but once in a while it felt over the top I suppose. The frontal view of characters faces is an interesting technique (it’s funny that it reminded me of Ozu, who is like the opposite of Klimov). It’s like my little brother’s fav tho so gotta give it some love |
Ryus
11.21.20 | i can understand that, i didn't get that sense while watching the movie probably because i was so enraptured, but reading up on it afterwards made me feel that way a tiny bit. regardless, the final act is probably one of the most outstanding pieces of cinema ive seen |
robertsona
11.21.20 | I think I started to get bothered when there was that weird shot of the lady with blood coming out of her mouth perfectly placed with the kid in the background (as I recall). It made me want to revisit Persona, an old favorite that has a lot of imagemaking like that. But I feel as if the abstraction of Persona as established by the mise-en-scene et al. from the outset is a better fit for that kind of thing. Wouldn’t be opposed to rewatching CaS though, lots going on there |
Sharenge
11.21.20 | "Sling Blade - Unbearable"
lol wut that movie is pretty damn good, especially considering Billy Bob Thornton wrote, directed and starred in it |
robertsona
11.21.20 | Lots of people like Sling Blade! And I do appreciate a good ol’ auteurist project but uhhhh yeesh idk it was super rough going for me |
Divaman
11.21.20 | The two latest now were Never Say Never Again and A View to a Kill. About to move on to the Timothy Dalton Bond films. |
robertsona
11.21.20 | Been revisiting favs lately. I go back and forth on VERTIGO so much, because it’s a flawed movie (not sure about the timing of the big reveal; The Stagey scene where he can’t stop seeing Novak everywhere; some other Hitchcock/old hollywood stuff) but I’m starting to understand that it really does dive deeper into the neurosis of wanting someone to be someone else than any other movie maybe before or since idk it’s pretty crushing stuff
The density of like 9-10/10 beautiful long shots is amazing too. The forest, the following sequence, the hotel room |
EyesWideShut
11.21.20 | I dig Sling Blade for a good southern drama, who would have thought Dwight Yoakam could be such a bastard! |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.21.20 | Lmfao I just watched A View to a Kill not too long ago. The horse racing stuff is dull as shit but the rest of it is peak 80’s camp and I love it for it. Christopher Walken is fucking incredible. |
Minushuman24
11.21.20 | I watched Life Aquatic for the first time stoned and it made me feel better about life but at the same time really sad. I liked it a lot. |
Sharenge
11.21.20 | I don't remember caring much for Life Aquatic... I guess my favorite Bill Murray movies are Lost in Translation and Groundhog Day |
robertsona
11.21.20 | Never seen Life Aquatic. Jurys sort of out on Anderson for me. I need to rewatch LOST IN TRANSLATION...but I get a sense that Coppola is highly skilled at sketching a diffuse romanticized ambiance but that she’s also a bit limited by the “we’re cool and the rest of the world [those silly Japanese] is not” sensibility that undergirds every interaction |
Ryus
11.21.20 | yea lost in translation is all about the atmosphere. definitely some issues with it |
robertsona
11.21.20 | Maria Speth’s THE DAYS BETWEEN is like LOST IN TRANSLATION without the corrosive viewpoint on humanity/Japan. Really good stuff |
Sharenge
11.21.20 | I don't know why you're looking at the movie through the lens of it being an insult to the Japanese, I didn't take that away from it at all |
robertsona
11.21.20 | It’s not the only framework through which to view the film but she sure stacks a lot of examples of stereotypically odd Japanese behavior against which Johansson/Murray act as Straight Men, without much counterpoint to that dynamic. They’re, like, the only characters proper. Tbh I think it’s fairly cut and dried. But I’m happy to watch again |
Sharenge
11.21.20 | eh I wouldn't bother, it seems to be lost on you |
porcupinetheater
11.21.20 | Kicking off a fuckin' Zulawski run, just polished (pun intended) off Third Part of the Night and The Devil. Third Part's fucking incredible, Dude did not start his career off at a light jog |
Coast
11.21.20 | Cinemas recently reopened
The Comeback Trail - mildly engaging but mostly sub par
Tenet - Complicated and dialogue often unclear but still entertaining |
loveisamixtape
11.22.20 | queens gambit is good tbh |
Deathconscious
11.22.20 | For some reason i thought Parasite was a horror movie, so it was not at all what i was expecting. Didnt live up to the hype but it was good. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.22.20 | Yeah I liked Parasite a lot but I don’t think it’s as good as everyone makes it out to be. You should check out some of Bong Joon Ho’s other movies tho, Memories of Murder is amazing and I dug Snowpiercer too. |
MillionDead
11.22.20 | Snowpiercer was surprisingly awesome. Parasite is pretty much as good as people make it out to be imo. Very dramatic, very suspenseful. Just a great story with a lots of twists and turns, told well. Haven't seen Memories of Murder.
I saw The Big Lebowski for the first time recently lol. And I know it's not a movie, but I'm finally finishing Mr. Robot. Might as well be a movie, crazy production value throughout the whole show. |
loveisamixtape
11.22.20 | parasite is that guy's best movie for sure , definitely did not expect to love it like I did , The Host is also really good
never liked big lebowski tbh but I don't hate it |
Ryus
11.22.20 | i thought snowpiercer was dumb af. memories of a muder is great tho
and yeah million mr robot rules |
loveisamixtape
11.22.20 | scary polar express does look dumb agreed |
Deathconscious
11.22.20 | @wildcard i love Snowpiercer. I believe those are the only two Bong movies ive seen, i need to see more for sure. |
Divaman
11.22.20 | I liked Snowpiercer. You had t turn your brain off, but I liked it. |
MillionDead
11.22.20 | "scary polar express"
"You had t turn your brain off"
What a huge misinterpretation of that movie though. It's like this huge meditation on class and the human condition, with all the last refuges of humanity being trapped on a train with the rich at the front and the poor at the back and them fighting for resources. Parts of it are just action movie/thriller, but there's definitely interest and food for thought there. Not at all a bad flick. Far and away Chris Evans' deepest role too. |
loveisamixtape
11.22.20 | lollll i'll probably watch it one day! like i said, i've yet to not like a movie of his that i've seen. parasite is going to be hard to beat |
Divaman
11.22.20 | On Long Island, every time three snowflakes hit the ground the trains go down. I just couldn't suspend my disbelief enough that the damned thing was still running. |
MillionDead
11.22.20 | Oh, Parasite definitely beats it, but it's well worth a watch. I didn't watch it for a long time cause it seemed like something I wouldn't be interested in too, but it turned out awesome. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.22.20 | Yeah I’m gonna take a hard stance and say Snowpiercer is fucking awesome.
If you take it at face value, of course it’s silly as hell. But it’s obviously really about class struggle. Train to Busan had a similar thing going on. |
MillionDead
11.22.20 | Yeah, seems like Bong is really obsessed with class struggle. To great effect. |
Ryus
11.22.20 | "But it’s obviously really about class struggle."
a little too obvious imo lol. ridiculous movie and not in a good way imo |
MillionDead
11.22.20 | I mean, real life is that obvious sometimes if you care to look. |
Egarran
11.22.20 | Thank you ruys |
protokute
11.22.20 | Watched Snowpiercer a long time ago, I remember I quite liked it and that it made me think of Bioshock. |
Deathconscious
11.22.20 | Snowpiercer is ridiculous and silly, thats part of its charm.
I didnt realize Bong did Okja, i love that one too. So i guess ive seen 3 Bong movies. He's got a great track record in my eyes so far, definitely need to see more. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.22.20 | “Snowpiercer is ridiculous and silly, thats part of its charm.”
And original as fuck. I know it’s based off a comic but still. And yeah, the social commentary is about as subtle as a hammer to the head. It doesn’t really affect my enjoyment of the movie.
And I still really need to watch Okja, I’ve been meaning to for a while |
Egarran
11.22.20 | So how was it original af again?
The metaphor for a class society after apocalypse has been done like, you know, more than three times. |
loveisamixtape
11.23.20 | toot toot |
porcupinetheater
11.23.20 | Yeah, social criticism got so much more complex on Parasite, but Snowpiercer’s fun. The Host does a much better job fitting a pretty complicated social commentary inside a blockbuster type thing. Memories of Murder & Parasite his best though. Mother’s goofy |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.23.20 | I meant as far as action set pieces go. It’s been a minute since I’ve seen it but there are some sequences that still stick out to me.
I wasn’t talking about the class conflict thing being original. |
loveisamixtape
11.23.20 | ya i thought The Host was rly good tbh |
CaimanJesus
11.23.20 | I really liked slingblade, was cool seeing Vic Chesnutt in it too. Unforgiven and Zodiac
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alamo
11.23.20 | Yes bitch |
porcupinetheater
11.23.20 | Damn Caiman, long time no see. Zodiac’s far away the best Fincher thing, so what a comeback |
Egarran
11.23.20 | >there are some sequences that still stick out to me
Which ones? I'm trying to erase Tilda Swinton's part from my mind, so don't mention her. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.23.20 | I wish I could tell you, literally started watching it last night but my fucking Internet cut out about a half hour in. Fucking spectrum.
And I liked Tilda : ( |
CaimanJesus
11.23.20 | Ay sup Porc
I don’t think I saw all of snowpiercer, only about the last half, but it was fun from what I remember |
Divaman
11.23.20 | I loved Train to Busan. |
Sharenge
11.23.20 | about to watch Return of the King for the first time since I saw it in theaters as a kid in an hour or so... I've seen the other two numerous times, especially Fellowship of the Ring
I downloaded Train to Busan a few weeks ago (I keep calling it Last Train to Busan in my head for some reason lol...) but haven't watched it yet
I need to rewatch Parasite too |
Divaman
11.23.20 | I think you'll like Train to Busan. |
MillionDead
11.23.20 | Train to Busan almost made me cry. So I saw The Nice Guys, which was funny enough, and most of the Borat sequel, which was pretty unfortunate. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.23.20 | Oof I loved the new Borat. The abortion clinic scene was pure gold. |
Deathconscious
11.23.20 | @sharenge better be the extended cut. |
Divaman
11.23.20 | Yeah, for an action-oriented zombie flick, Train to Busan is surprisingly sad and touching in the end. |
Divaman
11.23.20 | I love Return of the King, but The Two Towers is my favorite of the trio. |
ReefaJones
11.23.20 | Mirror by Tarkovsky (Don't know wtf I watched)
Birth by Jonathan Glazer (loved it) |
Sharenge
11.23.20 | *starts movie*
*it's over 4 hours long*
yes... I believe this is the extended cut LOOOL man they don't make attention spans like they used to
but yeah I guess I'll be able to better judge after I get through this, but I think Fellowship is destined to be my favorite one |
Ryus
11.23.20 | "I'm trying to erase Tilda Swinton's part from my mind, so don't mention her."
lmao her part was so over-the-top and awful. a damn shame |
robertsona
11.23.20 | MEMORIES OF MURDER
POINT BLANK
both really interesting movies. Point Blank was beautifully directed in this great late-60s/early-70s way with lots to pay attention to in the compositions. didn't love the movie and was very confused but I'd watch it again for sure. same goes for Memories of Murder, which had a lot of interesting shifts in tone. sort of a destabilizing movie |
robertsona
11.23.20 | if anyone's curious what kind of film criticism I was writing when I was 19 I just posted a few excerpts on letterboxd lol https://letterboxd.com/robertsona/films/reviews/ |
claygurnz
11.23.20 | Watched Midnight Cowboy for the 3rd time last night, what a fucking great movie |
Deathconscious
11.23.20 | @ryus Again, your con is my pro. I liked her performance. |
protokute
11.23.20 | @claygurnz
excellent movie and soundtrack |
bloc
11.23.20 | The King of Comedy
Kai Po Che |
CaimanJesus
11.24.20 | Watched Nebraska tonight |
naughtcturnal
11.24.20 | Shivers by Cronenberg and The Painter and the Thief (an amazing documentary from Norway that came out this year that everyone should watch) |
Minushuman24
11.24.20 | Watched Through a Glass Darkly. Shit made me cry a couple times. Beautiful film. |
porcupinetheater
11.24.20 | You seen the other two "trilogy" ones, Minus? |
Minushuman24
11.24.20 | Not yet. This is my first Bergman film, and it was almost perfect. I am preparing myself to watch Winter Light in the near future. |
robertsona
11.24.20 | I didn’t like Winter Light when I watched it—nor even Glass Darkly that much tbh, though more than Winter Light—but I really liked The Silence from that trilogy. Otherwise I also really liked Persona, The Virgin Spring, The Seventh Seal, and Wild Strawberries. I didn’t love Cries and Whispers on a recent watch, but I wonder if that’s that film or my taste changing |
Minushuman24
11.24.20 | I found very little to not fall in love with Glass Darkly. I guess, thematically, I think there is one fairly unnecessary uncomfortable moment in the film.
However it made me want to watch every single one of his films. |
brainmelter
11.24.20 | Recently watched The Sisters Brothers and I’m Thinking of Ending Things. I can’t believe how good the former was and the latter is prob the best movie I’ve seen this year, but that’s not saying much |
porcupinetheater
11.24.20 | Damn Robert, loved Winter Light to the extent its in the best ever conversation. But I was raised Catholic so that probably helps lol. Silence is magnificent, agreed, feels like a warm up for what he was doing in Persona. Whole trilogy's some of his best work |
rabidfish
11.24.20 | the mask: it's definitely not a great movie, and most of it isn't even that funny. Jim Carrey as the mask still holds up nicely tho, and some of the more whacky out there cartoony shit is still fun to watch. The part with all the cops doing the macarena is still funny, imo. I kinda wish this gimmick of introducing cartoon logic into real world was used more. The whole mafia shit is dumb as fuck and takes up too much of the plot, also the technology wasn't really there to begin with. 5/10.
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bloc
11.24.20 | dafuq are you talking about, The Mask is a SSSSAAAMMOOOOOKINNNNNNNNNN classic
|
rabidfish
11.24.20 | i really like the production design, too.
it's a dec movie, and an iconic role for Carrey. Is it good, tho? nah. |
bloc
11.24.20 | Man I wish I had that mask |
Ryus
11.24.20 | i am too stupid for persona i thought it was rather boring |
robertsona
11.24.20 | I was the perfect age for Persona. Had never seen a movie like it |
loveisamixtape
11.24.20 | @robert i wanna see memories of murder so bad this may make me actually do it |
robertsona
11.24.20 | I always like his writing, but Dan Sallitt's little festival writeup for MEMORIES OF MURDER is pretty good. The scene with the guy jerking it is a great example of Bong's visual prowess, his ability to maintain suspense by emphasizing multiple planes of action simultaneously within the frame. The piece of writing in turn makes me want to see more Mizoguchi...
https://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/festival-reports/2003_toronto/ |
ReefaJones
11.24.20 | https://letterboxd.com/Delicate_Gee/ |
Colton
11.24.20 | what is a good movie to watch I don't know any movies |
robertsona
11.24.20 | have any stood out to you in the past? could guide recs |
porcupinetheater
11.24.20 | Czech out Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Also Diamonds of the Night. |
Colton
11.24.20 | alright will do porc thanks
not really tbh robert. the last movie I remember watching is Unforgiven which I liked, but it's not like I'm super into westerns or anything |
Colton
11.24.20 | actually my favourite show is Justified so maybe I kinda am |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.24.20 | The last two movies colton watched are definitely the princess bride and the princess bride |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.24.20 | There is absolutely nothing wrong with that |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.24.20 | Ur the one that assumed it had negative implications. Sounds like someone's a little insecure about their favourite movie |
loveisamixtape
11.25.20 | as u wish |
CaimanJesus
11.25.20 | Sisters brothers was great brainmelter |
tectactoe
11.25.20 | I am also on letterboxd. (Same username.)
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bloc
11.25.20 | Greenland (solid Deep Imact esque end of the world movie)
Legally Blonde (much better than I thought it would be) |
loveisamixtape
11.25.20 | my grandmother was borderline obsessed with reese witherspoon when i was growing up and bc of that i've seen legally blonde more times than i can count. do not like |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | Justified is a pretty great show iirc. I saw the whole thing. |
Egarran
11.25.20 | rec me a movie with smart and happy people doing smart stuff |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | I mean The Martian is super fun. Dude gets stranded on Mars and has to figure out how to go back home on his own. It has an overall positive vibe, I'd say. Nice science montages lol |
Sharenge
11.25.20 | watch Star Trek: The Next Generation |
robertsona
11.25.20 | tbh when I think of "happy and smart" I think of old hollywood screwball comedies which is a hella spotty genre but like His Girl Friday (1940) or The Awful Truth (1937) are about battles of wits that never turn nasty. the characters in the movie The Clock (1945), which I just remembered i like better than either of those, and which is a straight up romance instead of a screwball comedy, seem unusually smart to me. not too many old hollywood takers on this site tho could be barking up the wrong tree
not too many happy movies in my all time faves list either lol |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | Yeah, I like movies that hurt me. Lmao like The Panic in Needle Park. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | Love & Friendship is a witty one from a few years ago based on a Jane Austen novel. maybe one of the lighter Ozu movies, his characters repeat themselves a lot but I feel like they're sorta smart too, even the kids. good question tbh |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | Just watched We Need to Talk About Kevin and You Were Never Really Here after hearing good things about Lynne Ramsay and good god she is an incredible filmmaker. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | You Were Never Really Here lowkey might be Joaquin Phoenix at his best. |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | I've been interested in both for a while now, I should watch 'em soon. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | tilda swinton was just being discussed in the warzone known as the aesop rock thread and I do really want to see KEVIN. swinton whips ass tho |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | She fucking crushes it in We Need to Talk About Kevin.
And get on it Million. At least for me, both films hit the sweet spot in being kinda arthouse while still being accessible. |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | recently watched Good Time, man that movie is so relentlessly unsatisfying |
robertsona
11.25.20 | wasnt a fan of Good Time either, these days those sorta "long journey into the dark night of the soul" type AFTER HOURS ish movies dont really work for me generally. but lots of talent in the filmmaking for sure. Uncut Gems played a little better, although I sort of felt cheated by that movie too somehow |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | I thought Uncut Gems was in the same vein because it followed the same arc of this morally reprehensible dude trying to tie off loose ends and get their big break, but the story was more well-constrcuted and paced and actually had me on my toes for the entirety of its runtime (the ending had my mouth open for like 5 minutes, that was dirty lol).
Good Times started off really strong, and Pattinson's performance is great, but it kind of loses steam and when the plot isn't even close to resolved in the last 15 minutes I got wind of the ending pretty quickly. Everything Pattinson does in the movie just feels awful and I really didn't like his character at all. |
Ryus
11.25.20 | uncut gems was awesome |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Good Time was sick. I love shit like that. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | yeah I dont begrudge anyone liking the safdies theyve got the goods as directors. I love the opening scene to Good Time, perfectly mysterious. lots of good acting between the nonprofessionals and sandler in Uncut Gems. just not my thing |
Sharenge
11.25.20 | which one was the better Oneohtrix, though? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Kind of similar to Too Old To Die Young, lots if shit happens but nothing really happens and its anticlimactic and everyone and everything sucks. Anti-film territory. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | andre bazin has an interesting theory about italian neorealism from the 40s and 50s called the principle of the amalgam where he says that if you put nonprofessionals and professional actors in a scene together they'll help each other out because the actors will help the nonprofessionals through the mechanics of the scene and the nonprofessionals will force the pros to scale back the theatricality a bit and act more realistic and less actorly and while that's a very specific kind of theory I felt it at work in uncut gems to hypnotizing effect |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | I remember my parents hating Uncut Gems because they know so many people like those scummy jewelers from when they lived in the big city that it just left a bad taste in their mouth
but everyone's performance was great in that movie, wouldn't change a thing |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Lol have you seen climax sona? |
robertsona
11.25.20 | almost feel bad for my jewish NYC basketball loving aspiring director friend Ben, seems like they stole that movie out of his subconscious |
robertsona
11.25.20 | never seen a gaspar noe. a bit afraid of Irreversible, I'd say i'm upper 75th percentile squeamish with movies haha |
robertsona
11.25.20 | I guess I mention irreversible cuz thats simultaneously the one I want to see most |
porcupinetheater
11.25.20 | You want some happy feel good movies, you gotta put on some Jacques fucking Tati.
Mon Oncle, M. Hulot's Holiday, Playtime - fogettaboutit |
robertsona
11.25.20 | Tati is a top 10 director for me and Playtime taught me how to live and see
I sense a certain exuberance in a lot of Jean Renoir movies too, sense that he has a kind view of human nature, and that's another top 10er guy imho |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | I remember seeing a clip from "irreversible" where they beat some random guy's head in with a fire extinguisher with scary realism and I'm like "yeah im not watching that" |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | That theory reminded me of climax because there is literally only one real actor in that whole movie yet the performances are visceral af. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | even the parts of twin peaks the return, which my brother was recently watching, with the lil serial killer made my stomach turn (maybe cuz he really turns someone's stomach in one scene. with a knife or whatever. gross) |
robertsona
11.25.20 | I'll check it out! there are some movies with crazy one-off or nonprofessional performances for sure. sort of the best thing |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | You think the fire extinguisher scene was bad wait til you get a load of the rape scene
It makes the fire extinguisher scene pretty rewarding tho in context |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Ok if twin peaks the return made u squirm irreversible will haunt you for the rest of your life and climax will be somewhere in between
Climax is also entirely improved and the non actors are all different styles of dancers so they do kind of have a bit of an inherent predisposition to dramatics and freestyling |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | It also has the craziest long shot of all time. It's about one hour long I believe and it seems to defy the laws of gravity and physics etc |
porcupinetheater
11.25.20 | How is the fire extinguisher scene rewarding? They literally beat the wrong guy to death while the rapist watches from the crowd |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Lol oh yeah I forgot it was the wrong guy
It's been a decade since I seen it.
Massive spoiler |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | Climax was a little much for me. Visually it was fucking insane, I just like movies with a little more plot I guess?
You wouldn't think any of them weren't professional actors though, everyone in the movie was great. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | fav performances
marie riviere (who I got to be in a zoom call with toward the beginning of pandy! cool!) in The Green Ray
edith clever in The Marquise of O (otherwise a challenging film for me) [both rohmer movies--there is no such thing as a bad rohmer performance and there are several fantastic ones, even if i'm somewhat mixed on his oeuvre]
casey affleck in Manchester by the Sea (ditto, but the scene where it comes together and affleck and williams run into each other is fucking nuts as acting goes imho)
jean-pierre leaud in the 400 blows and especially The Mother and the Whore
lee kang-sheng in The River
julianne moore in Safe
novak and, towards the end, Stewart are pretty incredible in Vertigo even if there's some ill-conceived laff lines (that are supposed to be dramatic) toward the end too
jeremie renier and olivier gourmet in whatever dardennes movie (the former is really good in L'Enfant e.g.)
delphine seyrig in Jeanne Dielman (gotta give it up for that bressonian style)
john wayne in The Searchers tbh, even though he plays the same role in every movie
renee falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc (of course)
nina pens rode in Gertrud is really good
shouts to monica vitti (l'avventura), jennifer jones (cluny brown), and paulette goddard (modern times) in reverse order of oldie-ness for being old school hotties too. jane wyman in douglas sirk's movies breaks me. idk yah random but there you go |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Plot is overrated, life is trite and nothing means anything
that's why I like a good non-movie
Seeing giftwrapped,hand tailored stories is nice escapism but I find reality more evocative |
robertsona
11.25.20 | i've come back around to valuing plot a lot, and more than that valuing the relationship between image and narrative. historically have been a Vibes guy tho, lotsa slow contemplative movies in my canon |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | I dont think a strong relationship between image and narrative and having a vague, indecipherable, or barely existent plot are mutually exclusive |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | I love Good Time. Pattison's character was awful and a manipulator and he was the weak link of his own life, but I felt compelled to see what would happen. Still haven't seen Uncut Gems yet. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | In fact in movies like that I think they kind of HAVE to let the imagery do the talking |
robertsona
11.25.20 | yea yea u right
I like movies that lose the plot in really clever or confounding ways. L'Avventura was the first movie I remember watching where I really was like "sometimes I finish a movie and think 'I don't know what to think' in a way that feels oddly coherent to me, but this movie I literally Don't Know What To Think" because of how it treated narrative. and its got monica vitti ohhhh baby. like that one a lot. lots of antonioni movies do something like that but never again quite with that amazing sense of entropy |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | "Plot is overrated" Shit take, Potsy. I mean, I'm a nihilist too, but a good story is near paramount. Doesn't have to be high brow or complex, just good. Even if it's simple. Underwritten movies are usually just an excuse to flash some cool images on screen. Recently saw Only God Forgives and it had some of the best shots I'd seen in recent memory but the most barebones plot with the most useless characters and hardly any dialogue, and what was there was kinda bad. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | I think we'd all agree that a plot that is Bad or rubs you the wrong way is a big minus, maybe pots is more talking about the sort of contemplative experience of watching a movie where you're not being taken from A to B in a conventional way. I thought I had a smarter way to frame this lemem think |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | And I'm not saying a movie can't be more of a visual experience. I love that as a matter of fact, but even that takes good writing. |
Ryus
11.25.20 | plot is almost certainly overrated |
robertsona
11.25.20 | the question gets tricky once you start considering avant and nonnarrative movys tho. News From Home is a favorite of mine, and the "writing" in that movie is just letters from the director's mother |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | I'm one of those "but why?" people, so I prefer a well written movie tbh. And I might be biased, I went to college for a creative writing degree lol |
robertsona
11.25.20 | maybe those movies should be thrown out of court in this argument I guess
anyways the best writing in a movie insofar as I can judge what is Writing and what is Directing or SOmething Else is The Clock (1945) maybe |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | i think the reason i'm so attracted to arthouse kind of film like that is that when you strip away conventional aspects of story-telling you have to compensate if you are going to be able to make and impression. And since that component becomes largely abstract it becomes subject to opinion which makes it inherently divisive. I think a great example is Nicolas Winding Refn. People who love him love him and people that hate him FUCKING HAATE HIM and it boggles their mind why people could possibly enjoy his vapid "style over substance" garbage. He strips his characters of any semblance of personalty or emotion and then expects you to interpret and connect with the subject matter through visuals and aesthetic entirely because all the actual people in his movies are just empty husks to project archetypes onto. So lots of people find his movies extremely shallow/superficial but other people find simple, succinct, and relatable little visual allegories about the human condition |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | million you always interpret shit people say in the least flattering way possible lmao. like you immediately jump to "pots hates plot and thinks it doesn't matter" from that wtf |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | “Recently saw Only God Forgives and it had some of the best shots I'd seen in recent memory but the most barebones plot with the most useless characters and hardly any dialogue”
felt similarly about Valhalla Rising. I’ve yet to watch Neon Demon but I think Drive might be the only Refn movie I actually like. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | having a complex plot =/= well written movie |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | Valhalla Rising is goat af |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | I really wanted to like it man. I think Mads is one of the best actors in the business but the movie just wasn’t for me. |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | I think the shots and visual storytelling are still part of writing and a narrative. Like when you set a scene or describe actions in a book, that's still storytelling, even without dialogue. I've seen great movies/episodes of shows with next to no dialogue, but they're still well written and you have to earn that space.
And I love a lot of Refn's shit, but Only God Forgives had a tripe script, nor sorry to say it. It's not deep, everyone in the movie pretty much sucked. The characters were just cartoonishly ugly in their personalities, some of them lol. You could've had a movie with the same plot be 15 mins long and better for it, but it was bloated af just so they could jerk off to the shots.
Like Drive was awesome and the plot was dead simple, but it HAD something. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | That movie was my intro to Mads and is the reason why he so quickly became one of my favourite current actors lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | You had to have seen The Hunt then right? |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | Seconds (1966) by John Frankenheimer
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) by Spike Jonze |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "I think the shots and visual storytelling are still part of writing and a narrative. Like when you set a scene or describe actions in a book, that's still storytelling, even without dialogue. I've seen great movies/episodes of shows with next to no dialogue, but they're still well written and you have to earn that space."
i don't think anyone is disagreeing with any of this |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "And I love a lot of Refn's shit, but Only God Forgives had a tripe script, nor sorry to say it. It's not deep, everyone in the movie pretty much sucked. The characters were just cartoonishly ugly in their personalities, some of them lol. You could've had a movie with the same plot be 15 mins long and better for it, but it was bloated af just so they could jerk off to the shots."
Refn himself even hates that movie *shrugs* |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "You had to have seen The Hunt then right?"
nope heard very conflicted opinions on it |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | "million you always interpret shit people say in the least flattering way possible lmao" I just said "Shit take, Potsy" and started ranting. lol My mistake, didn't mean to offend you actually. I just love plot. lol |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | The Hunt will make you feel bad all day it's a real downer lmao. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | Reefa, how did you like the Frankenheimer? I'm interested to see another side of Rock Hudson after so many Douglas Sirk Women's Pictures (that rock) |
Deathconscious
11.25.20 | Drive was good. I couldnt wait for Only God Forgives to be over. I liked Valhalla Rising but i was like 18 when i saw it, so idk what id think of it now. I think those are the only Refn movies ive seen. |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | The Hunt sucked lmao. it thinks it's waaaay more clever than it actually is
"wait so...elite bad?" |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | "Reefa, how did you like the Frankenheimer?"
I thought it was an amazing movie that did age really well. There are some really awesome shots in that movie and the editing is off the chain and trippy at some points. So yeah I'd definitely recommend it. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | i've only seen Drive. loved Drive at the time for sure though, just a good time at da movies |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | @million lol i'm not offended i love you but sometimes i feel like you kind of alter what people say so that you can argue just for the hell of it, and then i feel baited into arguing back and then i'll realize halfway through that i don't even know what / why / how we are even arguing lmao |
robertsona
11.25.20 | dope I'll check out Seconds for sure |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | Only God Forgives is basically taking Ryan Goslings character out of Drive and putting it in Thailand and making him do some cool and violent shit. It's not a really great movie but I still enjoyed it because I am a sucker for Refn's aesthetics |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | I find the general conflicted reception to The Hunt almost hysterically ironic given the content but also have no desire to watch it because of that in fear that my opinion of it will be entirely dictated by my perception of it's divisiveness
kinda like Joker |
robertsona
11.25.20 | i love that interview where refn is on live tv and he's just like "directing is a bit like FUCKING" and personal childhood crush carey mulligan is like Nooooooooooo |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | I'd definitely watch The Hunt. Way better movie than Joker |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | if it offends your ideological alignment it is problematic and thinks it's too smart but if it reinforces it it's a genius satire of the status quo |
robertsona
11.25.20 | i pride myself on being Woke and still having an old ass man's fav movies list. i pride myself on the combination, not either of the individual elements. i contain multitudes |
Deathconscious
11.25.20 | I thought he meant The Hunt with Mads Mikkelson since his name came up earlier. That was a really good one. |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | I mainly thought Joker was fucking boring and the way it dealt with its themes felt really milquetoast to me and has been done much better in the movies that it pretty blatantly draws heavy inspiration from. |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | @Pots: I definitely recall arguing to death about the finer points of a subject that we mostly agree on at least a couple times. lmao I'm a pretty combative human, I think. I'll work on it.
Are we talk 2012 The Hunt or 2020 The Hunt? lol |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | "i contain multitudes" You quoting Dylan? Haha |
robertsona
11.25.20 | walt whitman said I contain Multitudes! |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | Dude, it's one of my greatest shames as poet that I don't really read Whitman, but also, he's not what folks were really teaching when I was in school, and I doubt he will be. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | more like walt Whiteman. get that canon fodder outta here |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | you are unique and multidimensional sona
"I thought he meant The Hunt with Mads Mikkelson since his name came up earlier. That was a really good one."
lol oh, must have been tbh
@million
it's ok you be you fam just forgive me if i on occasion get frustrated and refuse to participate in arguing about nothing lmao |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | agree w/ joker being neither woke nor massively problematic and mostly just being fucking whatever which i imagine is almost exactly how i'd feel about the hunt too and then someone in either polarized camp will call me a dirty fence sitting centrist and i'll be offended and say "im not a centrist" and they will facetiously say something like "nOt AlL nAzI's ArE bAd" |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | @milliondead bro they taught Whitman in my junior and senior years of high school! there is hope for us yet |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | tbh I didn't know the Hunt was that controversial. Looking at reviews it seems to be critically acclaimed |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | ^there are two different The Hunt's being discussed simeutaneously right now lol |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | "more like walt White-man" Lmao honestly kinda. I mean they already fellate William Faulkner to death where I came up. But yeah, there was a lot of current and diverse stuff being taught. If there was just one thing was good about Ole Miss, that English program was LIT.
@Pots: Forgiving you in advance for all the times I'm going to frustrate you lmao |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | oh were we talking about The Hunt with Mikkelsen? my bad |
ReefaJones
11.25.20 | I'm talking about the Hunt with Mikkelsen |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "oh were we talking about The Hunt with Mikkelsen? my bad"
don't worry i also didn't catch that memo |
robertsona
11.25.20 | honestly I loved majoring in english lol what a fun time. just books baby |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | " just books baby"
Shit was so CA$H MONEY. No regrets. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | even when I had to bomb out (like the class that was like yeah we're gonna read ALL of the toni morrison novels) it was fun to hear people smart and silly alike's thoughts on The Power of Literature. fuck I was in my element in college...
def didnt help me with the job search but whatever |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | at least you can now string large words together with carless abandon and pretend it means shit |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.25.20 | No I absolutely meant The Hunt with Mads lmfao. I honestly completely forgot about the one that came out this year. |
robertsona
11.25.20 | i almost suspect the bulk of my college essays are less pretentious than the music writing i've done in the past year or two which is incredible and sad |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | haha yeah it seems obvious that you meant that one in hindsight but here we are |
robertsona
11.25.20 | its ok though im a good person |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "past year or two"
or five |
robertsona
11.25.20 | listen... |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | "carless abandon"
yeah english majors can't afford cars can they |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | yes u are a good person sona you multidimensional nuanced unique glorious vagina white knight you |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | ""carless abandon"
yeah english majors can't afford cars can they"
LOL |
robertsona
11.25.20 | I bet I have the single shittiest-looking car on sputnik among those who have cars ("have"; it's really mostly my little brother's, hate driving) |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | holy shit i just remembered user omahastyles |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | i fucking hate driving too
but it's not so much the driving itself as much as the everyone else driving and the everything i'm driving on |
robertsona
11.25.20 | yeah exactly. you can be as good as possible and make No Mistakes and some asshole can still kill you with their recklessness. no thanks |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | you guys should come to the midwest, you could drive going 90 on a two-lane highway and not see anyone for an hour. shit's fun |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | "yeah exactly. you can be as good as possible and make No Mistakes and some asshole can still kill you with their recklessness. no thanks"
i think a rather substantial portion of my general anxiety disorder is focused entirely on this subject |
robertsona
11.25.20 | the first line in The Mother and the Whore is a guy asking to borrow his neighbor's car and the neighbor says "Sure, but the left turn signal is broken. I have a system for mitigating against that, though: I never make left turns" which is such a throwaway gag-type start to a 3 hour french sex dirge it makes me laff for some reason #drivingjokes |
MillionDead
11.25.20 | Yeah, driving in cities is STRESSFUL. Driving on the highway is great. Love driving through the South and the Midwest. I hear a ton of music when I’m traveling. |
Ryus
11.25.20 | i have never driven before and you are all confirming my fears about it |
robertsona
11.25.20 | yeah listening to music and driving is definitely a great Life Pleasure when you lock in but ughhhhh At What Cost |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | where i live you literally pay a higher insurance premium because (direct quote) "there are so many asian drivers" (this was explained to me by an asian insurance broker) in certain areas
i've always thought that they could probably figure out a better way to phrase that |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | i absolutely loathe driving on highways near cities, though. i had to navigate the I-10 to get to my grandpa's down in New Orleans and i swear to god i had never seen greater disregard for other's and one's own safety in my entire life than in those two days |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.25.20 | yeah city driving is absolute aids and it brings out the absolute worst in humans
certain places are worse than others, like i never minded driving in calgary but the population density is pretty low and since its a rural province people been driving since they were 14 and are generally more experienced and considerate
but in vancouver holy fucking christ
it makes me want to become a traffic patrol officer just so i can make the world a better place by taking away peoples licenses all day every day. |
LeddSledd
11.25.20 | @Pots my dad lived in Hawaii for a few years and he said without a doubt the worst drivers he has ever encountered on the road are old, Asian women. they will literally hit the brakes on a highway turnoff because they're too scared to merge |
robertsona
11.26.20 | new york city driving is crazy too yah. every time |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | You live in the south Sledd?? |
LeddSledd
11.26.20 | @Million South Dakota, actually, but i've taken a road trip down south before to visit some relatives. my entire mom's side is southern so i've been there a few times |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | The reason they are higher risk is because a lot of them come from cities where they never drove and when they immigrate they have zero experience and a lot of money so their entire family, including their teenage sons and daughters, get nice cars and start driving virtually instantaneously with no regard to the rules of the road or what anyone else on the road is doing
my area takes that large demographic of drivers with zero experience and zero peripheral awareness and puts them on congested tiny port city roads with a mix of other various demographics that include the most aggressive, reckless, and irritable drivers on the planet as well
the outcome is.... jarring |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | it's obviously not a race thing, rather a societal thing, but different groups of people from different places do be driving different, same with different age groups. |
LeddSledd
11.26.20 | sounds like the plot to a dystopian film
my state (at least until recently) had a driving age of 14 for your learner's permit so our drivers are generally pretty experienced; the shitty drivers are typically tourists or people trying to drive shitty. gotta be honest, bucking around corners during the snowy winter makes for some pretty fun fishtails |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | you think thats dystopian? check this
on top of all of that, we have not two, but FOUR rush hours
because millions of fucking semi trucks go in and out of vancouver a day seeing as its the big west coast port, and since our geography cock blocked the city planners ability to make a road system that makes any fucking sense at all they have to have an unofficial truck rush hour that isn't at the same time as commute rush hour |
robertsona
11.26.20 | was considering hitting the 'couv to see Christian Marclay's 24 hour art installation The Clock while I was visiting my brother in Seattle
alas, |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | every once in a while we will get a bad snow week and it is literally like the apocalypse
street lamps and cables and trees down over the roads, blackouts, traffic lights out, semi's and city buses sliding down hills sideways, five car 5 mph pileups, 7 minute commutes turned into 2 hours |
Sinternet
11.26.20 | at what point do you turn to cannibalism to survive |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | I'm not sure but I'd say that we really toe that line up here |
unclereich
11.26.20 | I haven't been able to watch anything since I saw coldtons face, pretty sure it's a cursed image |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Rofl |
CaimanJesus
11.26.20 | Re-watched Annihilation tonight. Fuck I love the visual effects and sound design in that movie |
robertsona
11.26.20 | I really liked that movie too. Have you seen any Tarkovsky movies, like Stalker? I thought of those movies when I saw it |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Annihilation was lit
I guess the recipe to make a movie that directly panders to me is equal parts weird dance scenes, striking visuals, vapid characters who suffer lots, and bleak outlooks |
LeddSledd
11.26.20 | not a movie but the show The Boys is probably one of the smartest takes on the superhero genre that I've seen in a while
I like that it portrays superheros as fractured egomaniacs, subject to corporate whims, that hide behind their manufactured image as benevolent caretakers of the world. writing is really smart and realistic which is incredibly refreshing, and it's not afraid to get gory. some of the political commentary in the second season feels somewhat contrived though. |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | i liked the boys tbh |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Boys is gr8 |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | Agreed, I love The Boys. They really flip the superhero genre on its head in the best way possible. Probably more realistic honestly. Last season was superb. |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | i actually prefer the first season but yeah it’s great all around. i binged it in like 2.5 days and i rarely have the attention span to accomplish that |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | First season was definitely better, but the 2nd is freshest on my mind and I applaud them for keeping up the quality for most of it. Homelander feels less intimidating in the 2nd though, for sure. |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | yeah!! homelander was so insanely evil in the first season and it seemed like i was supposed to feel bad for him in the second season. yeah right !! but it’s rly good still
the chess show on netflix is honestly keeping me occupied still tho it good |
naughtcturnal
11.26.20 | yesterday I watched David Lynch's Lost Highway and I am extremely fascinated by what he was trying to pull off with that movie. Watched Videodrome for the first time the day before yesterday. Was cool. |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | I bought my newest jacket cause of Videodrome. Like, I saw the protag's bomber and I was like "I need that shit." |
naughtcturnal
11.26.20 | long live the new jacket! |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | "more like walt Whiteman. get that canon fodder outta here"
Don't come at my mans like that. Homie was having hot June-November sex with Oscar Wilde on the dl, writing poetry about sexy man chests in the 1860s |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | "I guess the recipe to make a movie that directly panders to me is equal parts weird dance scenes, striking visuals, vapid characters who suffer lots, and bleak outlooks"
You seen Beau Travail, Pots? 'Cause you just described it in acute detail |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Lol nope I'm on it |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Lol denis lavant, nice |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | Perf, it's also got copious amounts of men being all "no I'm definitely macho straight" as they gaze longingly at each others biceps.
It's a perfect film
Could watch that bit in Holy Motors where Denis Lavant is playing the accordion for forever and a day and still look forward to seeing it again |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Love me some reluctant homoeroticism, I mean that's 98% of what made the lighthouse great
I actually haven't seen holy motors but have been meaning to forever because I saw that Tokyo anthology where the characters he plays first appeared in and was very much like "wtf" |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | 100%, I'm just disappointed the Lighthouse didn't give rise to using "thrashing the albatross" as a masturbation euphemism.
Still haven't caught Tokyo yet, but that bit in Holy Motors is just as magic as you want it to be |
Egarran
11.26.20 | Holy hell this thread took off.
Good read, I want to add this Lockdown Watch article for fans of Winding Refn:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/may/29/lockdown-watch-nicolas-winding-refn-mike-pence-america |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | i think i may start watching the show Dark today, been putting it off, i hope it's good |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | Loving the gay energy here, can we talk about how HOT Call Me By Your Name was? I mean, it was obviously deep on more levels than being hot but it was definitely sex forward and I found it a positive. 9/10 movie, and I saw it in the last month. |
protokute
11.26.20 | I've been watching a lot of pre-60's films in these last months, and gosh there's homoerotic imagery all over them and i love it. |
protokute
11.26.20 | Also, Call Me By Your Name was a very important movie in my personal sexuality path, and yes, that film is beautiful |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | Near perfect. My only complaint is that it's coming from this super privileged, super rich, super bourgeoise lens that I can hardly relate to, but that's not really important to the narrative at all. I really loved that flick in spite of that little qualm.
"homoerotic imagery all over them and i love it." Weird non sequiter, but did you know Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando fucked? A completely nuts fact. I could only imagine the dialogue lmao. |
LeddSledd
11.26.20 | WHAT? That is truly bizarre |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | Look it up dude! |
LeddSledd
11.26.20 | That sounds like some slanderous rumor that would've gone around then, but damn it's actually true. I didn't even know either of them were gay. |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | I mean, both were probably bi or pan tbh. Like me, I personally MUCH prefer women but I'm not so closed off as to say I can't find anyone on the more male side of the spectrum attractive. It's just pretty rare for me.
But yeah, Pryor has a whole bit about the time he slept with a trans woman I think. Crudely stated, "When I had my first faggot". Super problematic, but you can't go back and change comedy then, I guess. lol |
robertsona
11.26.20 | THE RIVER and MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT are among my favorites in the "gay" category. prob some others I'm forgetting about too. THE RIVER could be claimed to pathologize The Gay Experience if you reached but its real good lol, and the director's gay so I guess I'm off the hook. queen akerman's got some good lesbian stuff too, and quite like THE WATERMELON WOMAN. BLISSFULLY YOURS is a rollicking good time too. I guess thats all I remember now |
protokute
11.26.20 | The Jean Renoir film (The River)?
A bit more mainstream, but one of my favorite gay films are Maurice, Weekend and of course Brokeback Mountain. There's also an excellent French film called Wild Reeds from 1994, that was one of my first encounters with LGBT filmography which I really enjoyed with a lovely setting in the French countryside during the end of the Algerian war and about a love triangle between two classmates, one of them a French-Algerian, and a girl. Just kids discovering love and their sexuality during a post war atmosphere. |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | You guys are giving me a lot of content to munch on, continue. lol |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | "That sounds like some slanderous rumor that would've gone around then, but damn it's actually true."
Pryor's daughter said it isn't true. I think Quincy Jones spread the rumor. Who the fuck knows and who cares though lmao but I heard Brando would fuck anything that walks, women or men |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | I mean, other celebs of the time have discussed it like it was pretty firsthand knowledge. Pryor's daughter is basically the only one to refute it and it's not like any of us are privy to our parents' full sex lives/history. And have you heard Pryor's bits? Man was a freaky mf. I wouldn't put sleeping with dudes past him at all lmao. But yeah, we all agree that Brando might fuck anybody haha. Genius actor/activist though. |
protokute
11.26.20 | lol, heard the same about Brando |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.26.20 | “Fuck you mean I’m drunk motherfucker? Shit, you didn’t say that an hour ago, when you were selling me that shit!”
Goddamnit I love Richard Pryor. |
MillionDead
11.26.20 | [2] Dude was a national treasure |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | Can’t have a conversation about gay movies without dropping in some Fassbinder.
I mean, Fox and his Friends? Veronika Voss? In a Year with 13 Moons? Querelle? The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant??
Rebel Queer cinema to the fucking max |
protokute
11.26.20 | Querelle was definitely an experience, don't know if I liked it tho |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | Yeah Querelle was pretty fucking out there even for Fassbinder. I think watched through the lens of him pretty much intuiting he wasn’t too far from death while making it (or at least knew that he was destroying himself) makes it so much more potent.
Not on the level of Jarman’s Blue, but not too many things are |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Fassbinder looks like hes Jeremy Renner's dad which is unfortunate |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | Holy shit lol |
robertsona
11.26.20 | Yah can’t believe I forgot fassbinder lol, classics all around. Tsai Ming-liang’s The River. Top 10er for me |
protokute
11.26.20 | Ah, makes sense. |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | I am not a fan of most romance movies in general, whether it's a gay romance or not |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | I really loved Portrait of a Lady on Fire though. One of my favorite movies last year |
robertsona
11.26.20 | The River ain’t no romance can tell ya that!! (I go hard for this movie) |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | "The River ain’t no romance can tell ya that!! " The director seems to have an interesting filmography in general. I think I'm gonna check some of his stuff out. never heard of him before |
robertsona
11.26.20 | Yeah he revisits lots of themes (rainwater, sex as a way of combating existential dread/loneliness, urban life in Taipei) in a classic auteurist way. His movies are slow but with wild things happening to counterbalance the contemplative nature of his directorial style: he definitely likes confronting social boundaries and taboos |
robertsona
11.26.20 | Btw guys I have a crazy website where I can download so many obscure movies. Shout box me if you’re interested in my google drive-ing a movie toyou—gave Yotimi POSSESSION (1981) already |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | I'm already on the best website (invite only :P) |
robertsona
11.26.20 | Yah, we might be talking about the same thang. KG? |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | "Yah, we might be talking about the same thang. KG?"
nah the one I'm on only deals in DDL's (mainly Mega and zippyshare) but you can find almost anything there and if you need something you can submit a request and someone will upload it for you super fast |
robertsona
11.26.20 | Oh that’s dope, any site that gives The People random ass movies is cool as shit |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | I just checked and I don't have the privilege of sending out invites. They closed registrations a year or so ago and now only users who have donated can send out invites. It's a very active community though started by users of the old r/megalinks |
protokute
11.26.20 | How does these sites work? I just save films I'm interested to watch in Letterboxd and then I look for torrents on TPB or Kickass |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | Well people just upload stuff. Some of the active uploaders shared some pics with me and they have entire setups with nas servers dedicated entirely to uploading. These guys go deep and are usually uploading 24/7. Why they do it I have no idea. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | Damn reefs you really struck me as the type to enjoy a good gay romance |
ReefaJones
11.26.20 | "Damn reefs you really struck me as the type to enjoy a good gay romance"
Well I do if it is done right. As I said Portrait of a Lady on Fire was one of my favorite films last year |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | i’m currently looking for a movie that will engage me emotionally , scrolling the power streaming services , someone throw me a rec |
someone
11.26.20 | Copy Shop (2001), an Austrian short shot on film that works heavily with experiments with the material it is created on; editing, copying, reshooting, damaging and twisting the celluloid film.
Latvian Coyote (2020), Latvian Documentary about a guy smuggling illegal immigrants into Latvia; a little depressing considering how empty and hopeless the lives of literally everyone involved are, from the smuggler, the immigrants, to the people trying to catch them. Saw it on an online version of Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | wristcutters: a love story |
loveisamixtape
11.26.20 | looking into both @someone @pots honestly tho pots I thought yours was a dry sarcastic reaction to my plea until i googled it lollll it looks good |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.26.20 | dude it's fucking amazing, it'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry, an all time fav |
porcupinetheater
11.26.20 | Hell yeah KG-ers represent. Was trying to be good and work my way into getting invites to give out, but that went dinosaur so just been fucking my ratio to Hell the last several months filling up a hard drive |
ReefaJones
11.27.20 | snahp represent all my homies hate KG |
bigguytoo9
11.27.20 | saw Freaky and Let Him Go recently in theaters. |
loveisamixtape
11.27.20 | tf is KG save me googling |
ReefaJones
11.27.20 | I have no idea but snahp is better though |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.27.20 | Kevin Garnett? Not reading some of the comments above but he was a pretty big part of Uncut Gems. |
porcupinetheater
11.27.20 | Karagarga yo get busy wit it oh wait there’s no invitations now whoops |
ReefaJones
11.27.20 | snahp get busy wit it oh wait there's no invitations now whoops |
tectactoe
11.27.20 | THE RIVER is goat Tsai, agreed. |
ReefaJones
11.27.20 | why has everyone here seen that obscure movie |
porcupinetheater
11.27.20 | Gotta give it to Stray Dogs, but all Tsai is brilliant Tsai. Still gotta catch Days |
tectactoe
11.27.20 | DAYS is upper tier but I agree, the man’s oeuvre is impeccable. Top three for me are THE RIVER, WHAT TIME IS IT THERE, and THE HOLE (with FACE very close behind). He is probably my favorite living filmmaker, honestly. |
porcupinetheater
11.27.20 | Honestly, agreed. Him, Guy Maddin, Claire Denis, and Bela Tarr if you’ll take retirees are probably my big 4 still breathing |
ReefaJones
11.27.20 | The Rider - Chloé Zhao 8.5/10
The Devils - Ken Russel 10/10 |
CaimanJesus
11.27.20 | Nah I haven’t seen stalker although I played some of the game and have been meaning to read roadside picnic |
Sharenge
11.27.20 | dude that is actually a really good game... honestly due for a revisit of the game and the movie |
AnimalsAsSummit
11.28.20 | Royal Space Force and John Wick 3 |
loveisamixtape
11.28.20 | i only watch shows lately , have not wanted to commit to a movie |
MillionDead
11.28.20 | There's a good movie set in the Stalker universe? Also, I rewatched Knives Out with some friends that hadn't seen it before. I wish Rian Johnson would've stuck to shit like that and stayed tf away from Star Wars lol. |
MillionDead
11.28.20 | "have not wanted to commit to a movie" I feel like you binge 2 or 3 episodes of a show and it's like a movie. If anything, movies feel more compact and less of a commitment to me, but I obviously love both too. I've been meaning to go back and watch the first season of True Detective. |
Sharenge
11.28.20 | STALKER the game was loosely inspired by a movie that came decades before (which is apparently based on a novel or short story or something "Roadside Picnic" which I haven't read)... they are each very much their own things
and, unpopular opinion coming through - my favorite True Detective was S2 |
robertsona
11.28.20 | I can't binge shows at all but I can watch really long movies |
MillionDead
11.28.20 | Never watched it tbh. Vince Vaughn and Colin Ferrel were enough to turn me off. And the middling reception. My friend irl says it's still worth watching though! |
loveisamixtape
11.28.20 | finished chess show last night don’t rly know what to start next bc i enjoyed it so much lolll may be time for a movie phase |
protokute
11.28.20 | Watched "Johnny Guitar" and found it quite boring, which surprised me considering reviews averages for the film.
The film has very good-looking western landscapes coupled with an excellent use of colors, and there's also some interesting feminist ideas for the time, but the story itself... zz.... |
robertsona
11.28.20 | JOHNNY GUITAR is pretty good, but I sort of prefer my Westerns “pure” rather than “revisionist”. Tbh all you need is Ford hahah |
Deathconscious
11.28.20 | Saw Mystic River recently, it was ok. Maybe it just wasnt my kind of movie but it seems overrated to me. |
loveisamixtape
11.28.20 | no all u need is back to the future 3 |
Divaman
11.28.20 | Yeah, I agree. |
Divaman
11.28.20 | I was in the mood for a ghost story this week, so I tried to watch I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House. But it was dreadful. I bailed two thirds of the way through. |
Deathconscious
11.28.20 | I just got the Back to the Future trilogy in the mail, gonna have to watch those soon. Always loved those movies. |
loveisamixtape
11.28.20 | god i think the last movie i watched was the invitation and it was sooooo bad |
Divaman
11.28.20 | I loved the first B2TF movie, and the second was OK. I tried to watch the third one this year, though, and it was another one I couldn't get through. |
Deathconscious
11.28.20 | Damn, i love the first two and even though the last one wasnt on the same level i still thought it was a satisfying end to the story. |
loveisamixtape
11.28.20 | they're fun movies tbh besides annoying reoccurring plot details reformatted for whichever world they're in that movie. the third one is definitely my lesser favorite, two is def the darkest one and therefore my favorite |
robertsona
11.28.20 | I haven't seen 2, but I remember 1 and 3 fairly well. 3 is just No |
tectactoe
11.28.20 | I don’t think there’s a single Zemeckis movie I actively enjoy. ROGER RABBIT probably comes closest. |
Egarran
11.28.20 | I'm in a small minority that enjoys Beowulf. |
Deathconscious
11.28.20 | I have never seen such disrespect for Bck2ThaFtr, wtf. |
tectactoe
11.29.20 | As long as we all agree that FORREST GUMP is one of the most overrated movies of all time. Absolute shit. |
robertsona
11.29.20 | yah Forrest Gump is blatantly offensive to my sensibilities
watching The Third Man as part of NOIRVEMBER with the lil bro tonight, havent seen it in years n years |
porcupinetheater
11.29.20 | Forrest Gump is arguably the worst movie ever made big time |
robertsona
11.29.20 | thats a quorum folks |
loveisamixtape
11.29.20 | had 2 watch forest gump in public high school once |
porcupinetheater
11.29.20 | Did you drop out straight after? Realize the educational system had nothing to offer you? |
protokute
11.29.20 | i need to rewatch it, but yeah maybe it is a tad overrated |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
11.29.20 | Not movie but just finished Queens Gambit and enjoyed it
then started Christine (2016) but stopped. I thought it was going to be dark but its... not. So far at least. |
CaimanJesus
11.29.20 | Watched The Artist and Birdman the last two nights. Birdman was more fun butI thought the Artist was the better movie |
riffariffic7
11.29.20 | Let Him Go (9/10) and David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (10/10). |
Egarran
11.29.20 | I like Birdman a lot so I made the mistake of hyping it before I showed it to the female. She was suitably underwhelmed. It was just too hipster new yorky for the poor woman. |
loveisamixtape
11.29.20 | hell ya pots queens gambit rules so much |
ReefaJones
11.29.20 | Sexy Beast by Jonathan Glazer 9/10
First Reformed by Paul Schrader 8/10 |
Shuyin
11.29.20 | In the mood for some modern war movies so: American Sniper and Sicario
I was gonna watch Black Hawk Down too, maybe tonight |
rabidfish
11.29.20 | Charlie and the choco fac. The Burton one. Its fun, i like the aesthetics and the weird awkward performance by Depp and how completely unappealing the oompa loompas are lol really weird movie. The whole father sidestory was unnecesary and long, talking up almost all of the last act of the movie. Ends weak but i enjoyed it. 6/10. |
bloc
11.29.20 | The Guard 6/10
Crazy Dark Times 7/10 |
robertsona
11.29.20 | Birdman helped to define my taste in a negative manner, along with an Iranian movie called Fish & Cat: nominally I'm really into the idea of a long take durationally speaking, but stretched out to the length of the full movie the uncanny effect really bothers me. I also was bothered by a lot of the dialogue etc. in Birdman (and by the obligatory portentous mood of Fish & Cat) but hey I can def see why people would like it, and im sort of a grump
The Third Man (1949): still good at pushing the narrative forward in a gripping way, although I minded a few things this time: the clever conversation between the romanian and the protag following the lecture, the random appearance of welles, the repletion of canted angles (although if there were fewer and they were all linked to psychological states that might bother me more). good movie tho, can see why it was an early favorite. somehow the cross-talking-followed-by-quietude of the ferris wheel scene works wonders |
porcupinetheater
11.29.20 | Can’t stand Innaritu in general. Dude’s movies are as tonally and thematically incoherent as a Christopher Nolan movie, but he gets (a little) more respect from the Art house side because directionless pessimism gets confused for substance. Birdman’s at least a tiny little bit better than the dumpster fire The Revenant was.
Peeped On the Silver Globe last night, no fucking clue. As baffled by that one as I’ve ever been by a movie. |
ReefaJones
11.29.20 | "Can’t stand Innaritu in general. Dude’s movies are as tonally and thematically incoherent as a Christopher Nolan movie, but he gets (a little) more respect from the Art house side because directionless pessimism gets confused for substance. Birdman’s at least a tiny little bit better than the dumpster fire The Revenant was.
Peeped On the Silver Globe last night, no fucking clue. As baffled by that one as I’ve ever been by a movie."
I think you'd enjoy Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky hehe |
porcupinetheater
11.29.20 | Mirror’s like my favorite movie, so you’re bang on the money there lol |
riffariffic7
11.29.20 | The Hidden (9/10) and Deadfall (8/10). Deadfall has Nicolas Cage's craziest, most coked-out performance ever and one of the funniest sequence of scenes in movie history (involving Cage's character of course). The movie's my kind of "so bad it's good", though it's surprisingly well-made in certain areas (the cinematography is really quite good). The Hidden is just amazing; only problem with it is that it maybe goes on for a bit too long. |
ReefaJones
11.29.20 | "Mirror’s like my favorite movie, so you’re bang on the money there lol"
oh i thought you'd hate it lmao. |
porcupinetheater
11.29.20 | Damn lol, I love openly interpretive stuff and ambiguity, just not into movies that mistake cynicism by itself for substance and then indulge it with empty stylistic exercises to underscore their *importance* (term self-applied) |
SitarHero
11.29.20 | American Ninja 2
Gleaming the Cube
Cos they're on YouTube. |
ReefaJones
11.29.20 | 2 girls one cup 7/10
1 guy 1 jar 10/10 |
loveisamixtape
11.29.20 | also on youtube? |
Egarran
11.30.20 | Unfortunately only one of those is fake
>Birdman’s at least a tiny little bit better than the dumpster fire The Revenant was.
I'll take it. Revenant felt like such a waste of time. At least Birdman has some humanity in there. |
Scheumke
11.30.20 | My last two were Onward (6/10) and Hamilton (9/10). |
rabidfish
11.30.20 | Aquaman. Dumb as shit story. Great visuals. Fun movie overall. 6/10 |
Coast
11.30.20 | Electric Dreams - Realised I’d never seen it. Bit boring, strange and main guy annoying in every way. Bonus point for song. 5/10.
Mad Max 2 - Lost count how many times but still love it. 10/10 |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | IMAGES (Altman, 1972) - Love Altman, put this one off for way too long. Not among his all time greats (i.e. NASHVILLE, MCCABE, SHORT CUTS) but still fantastic, a more externally projected revamp of 3 WOMEN in some ways (not thematically, but structurally at least).
IGUANA (Hellman, 1988) - Not bad. Shit production, and I'd never have guessed Hellman were behind this in any capacity. But it says a lot about outcast uprising and the dangers therein. Surprisingly contemporary in that manner. |
Deathconscious
11.30.20 | My girlfriend took a gamble and bought this weird looking Korean anime (i guess technically its not an anime if its not from japan?) at a used DVD store called Satellite Girl and Milk Cow. Its a love story about exactly whats in the title. Shes a satellite that fell to earth, hes a guy who got turned into a cow. And theres a roll of toilet paper who is a wizard that at one point the cow character wipes his ass with. It was weird as fuck which im usually into but some of it was just uncomfortable lol. Amusing but ultimately just ok. The romance was forced, the cow guy was kind of an asshole and unlikeable, and too many things went unexplained and not fleshed out (and not in an "interpret it how you want" kind of way). But we were laughing a lot at all of the crazy things in it, so it wasnt a total bust. |
Zorg
11.30.20 | The Fast and the Furious (2001), yeah it's silly and dated (a real early 2000s time capsule piece) but it's still fun. Nice to see them boosting DVD players instead of saving the world. |
JeetJeet
11.30.20 | 1917: So much better than I expected it to be. 9/10
Tenet: Very cool but extremely flawed movie. I'm just glad Nolan didnt drop another complete dud like Dunkirk. 7.5/10 |
Deathconscious
11.30.20 | You didnt expect 1917 to be good? I had high hopes, i was glad i wasnt disappointed. |
SitarHero
11.30.20 | 1917 is so good even the amateur homages/parodies are great. Watch 2020 if you can.
Also, Fast and the Furious and 2 Fast 2 Furious are low-key classics. Supremely rewatchable films. |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | Man I thought 1917 was a ton of hot air. I am usually not one to warm up to ostentatious oners, though, unless somehow it manages to enforce the narrative rather than combat against it, which is rare. (Only example that comes to mind is RUSSIAN ARK.) Paradoxically, long takes are better when they go unnoticed.
Thought the use of dramatic signposting via music was lame in 1917, too. Not a bad movie per se, but underwhelming given the acclaim. Then again, the only other Mendes movie I've seen is AMERICAN BEAUTY which is garbage, so my expectations should've been more reserved. |
Egarran
11.30.20 | Despite his mounting problems, tectactoe's star continued to rise, like a plastic bag caught in an updraft |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | that movie is the epitome of 'im 14 and this is deep' |
Egarran
11.30.20 | OR I'm a stoner and it is deeper than most other mainstream movies.
But yeah it's easy to ridicule. |
robertsona
11.30.20 | High and Low (1963) was really fun. Sort of reminded me of Parasite in terms of my reaction to it: the setup felt a bit contrived, with Kurosawa doing his usual pointing up of the dramatic elements, so that of COURSE the driver is played by this wimpy obsequious looking guy, and of COURSE he's a widower, and of COURSE it's his only child. Plus, the behavior of Gondo (insofar as the opening scene sets him up as this righteous artiste) felt a bit too cruel in front of everyone, especially when he's like, "Yo, assistant, fire up that 50 million yen check [the ransom for the kid is 30 million, as I recall] and hit Osaka got it?" in the middle of proceedings. (For this reason, and because the insistent reframes and clever blocking distracted me a bit, I started liking the movie more when it got out of the cool apartment.) But the movie gets there, has lots of thrills n spills, is very good in the end. The other movie it reminded me of was Kurosawa's own IKIRU, obsoleting its initial gripper of a story for a group-based storytelling dynamic...but I liked this one much better. |
Deathconscious
11.30.20 | I think its funny when people complain about movies not being deep, or not as deep as they seem to think the movie is trying to be. Its not a factor to me. Its actually kind of cringe tbh, now that i think about it. |
Ryus
11.30.20 | woman in the dunes and last year at marienbad.
woman in the dunes was a rewatch and cemented itself as potentially my favorite film. last year at marienbad was alright...i like the concept and the cinematography is gorgeous but it got pretty repetitive towards the end |
robertsona
11.30.20 | "I hate the mask you wear, your eyes
assuming a depth
they do not possess..." - adrienne rich |
robertsona
11.30.20 | sort of wonder how Last Year at Marienbad would play if it had a conventionally creepy soundtrack instead of BRRRAMPP BRARAMPPP BRARRRRAMMMMMPPP
it's a cool movie though, lots goin on |
MillionDead
11.30.20 | I finally saw Fantastic Mr. Fox last night. Super cute. lol |
Ryus
11.30.20 | the soundtrack was great, for sure. definitely mirrored the circular nature of the film. very eerie |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | Ryus with the big brain takes. WOMAN IN THE DUNES currently sits at my #4 all time; absolutely fantastic film whether you parse it with or without allegory. And LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD remains one of those arthouse films that I keep at arm's length - solid, interesting, worthy of anyone's time, but fails to move or even superficially impress me in such a way that would earn it a spot among the all time greats. I think my score for that was 60/100 (which equates to 3 stars out of 5). Not one of the canonical classics I can bring myself to blindly rubberstamp. |
porcupinetheater
11.30.20 | Damn Marienbad’s great. Like if cinema is basically a depiction of time, space, and memory, Marienbad garbles garbles them and keeps mistaking one for another. Absolutely nothing else like it. Resnais was a fucking master
On the money with Woman in the Dunes, though. Japanese New Wave>>French New Wave |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | Suna No Onna is amazing agreed |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | also how do you distinguish your #4 favorite film from your #5 favorite film lmao that's a little bit silly |
protokute
11.30.20 | this list thread has been the most interesting thing in a while for me here in sputnik, it's really nice seeing people's impression on their most recent watched films |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | "If theoretically forced to only be able to watch X-movie or Y-movie for the rest of time, I would choose..." ad infinitum, all the way from #1 down to whatever.
It's a bit of a lark, sure, and ultimately the difference between my #4 and #5 film is small, but if forced to make a decision between the two, I'm sure I could do it with some amount of confidence. As I have apparently done already. In truth, valuation between e.g. #4 and #5 is much more discrete than, say, the difference between films #88 and #89. The farther away from the top you get, the muddier and more infinitesimal the differences become.
You're telling me you've never made any "Top 10" list of any kind, whether it be music, movies, etc.? It might be silly in theory but it is really not that uncommon of a thing....
(If it helps, I also have a log of every movie I've seen, rated from 1 to 100, which is also a bit of a fool's errand to some extent, but drastically helps when creating lists because I can just generate a template according to the ratings and only have to sort between the films with the same score.) |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | "you're telling me you've never made any "Top 10" list of any kind, whether it be music, movies, etc.? It might be silly in theory but it is really not that uncommon of a thing...." Well I have a lot more than 10 films rated 10/10 so if I were to do a top 10 I'd not rank those as I have done with all my other lists. It's just hard for me to choose between my babies. I don't have a favorite movie or a favorite album because these things change every day. |
robertsona
11.30.20 | rating films can fuck up your brain a bit, as with albums: I try consciously to do it less these days and to have a holistic experience, but def sometimes I'm like "hmmm this feels like a 2.5 right now that latest plot twist could easily raise it to a 3" and its like yikes (even though there's some sense in which we're always doing something /like/ that) |
Deathconscious
11.30.20 | I have a hard time doing a top 10 anything, theres so much good shit out there idk how i could ever pick just 10. |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | "but def sometimes I'm like "hmmm this feels like a 2.5 right now that latest plot twist could easily raise it to a 3" and its like yikes"
not gonna lie I catch myself doing that all the time. It's fucked up lmao |
tectactoe
11.30.20 | I mean of course I agree to some degree - I currently have 42 movies with a 5/5 score (equating to my personal scale of 91-100). I love all forty-two of them immensely, but If someone told me to choose my ten favorites, I think I could do it pretty handily, despite the inevitable heartache of omitting a bunch of still-amazing movies. Like I said, though, this is where my pedantry actually helps a bit - having already rated each movie upon viewing it, I can rely on that as my ephemeral valuation.
So of those 42 movies, I have three 100s, three 99s and three 98s - that takes care of my Top 9, in essence. I can shuffle around between the delineations, but nine-tents of my Top 10 is basically done. Of course choosing which of the four 97s to include in the final spot is a killer - but it is significantly less work than reconstructing the list in its entirety at any given moment.
This system isn't perfect obviously, and while summing a movie up with a single number might seem somewhat reductive, it's really just an intuitive, gut-feeling representation of how well I liked it and how strongly I responded to it, all things considered. Opinions can change over time, of course, but I have found that this is less true - for me at least - when it comes to movies as opposed to music. Music is much more readily and easily digestible. I can listen to six or seven albums during an eight hour work day. I can't do that with movies. And because movies are consumed at a much more infrequent rate, I'm less likely to revisit movies as I am albums, meaning I hold my initial (or most recent, because I *do* occasionally rewatch films) rating with more concreteness. |
porcupinetheater
11.30.20 | Yeah, I stopped rating movies on my Letterboxd, and honestly feels like it’s helped appreciate things more in some small sort of way. Feels so day to day arbitrary that it isn’t worth it. Letterboxd helps letting you catalogue shit without needing to rate it. Would do the same thing with music but Sput doesn’t play that game |
riffariffic7
11.30.20 | The Man Standing Next (10/10) and Near Dark (10/10). |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | "Yeah, I stopped rating movies on my Letterboxd, and honestly feels like it’s helped appreciate things more in some small sort of way. Feels so day to day"
It's just that at the same time I love going onto other peoples profiles and see what they like. I discover a lot of movies that way. If none of the movies were rated, then I wouldn't be able to do that. It's a double edged sword |
porcupinetheater
11.30.20 | No doubt, just what wound up working for me. I ain’t no strict Kantian rater.
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MillionDead
11.30.20 | So I finally started over Uncut Gems and finished it. HOW INSANE |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | being a shiteater and all, I bet you especially enjoyed the colonoscopy opening shot |
MillionDead
11.30.20 | It was great. Wished the camera was my tongue lmao |
Colton
11.30.20 | note to self: don't break your no movies streak with Uncut Gems |
Ryus
11.30.20 | nah you should |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | its awesome agreed |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | soundtrack heavily inspired by Akira |
Ryus
11.30.20 | opn doing the soundtrack is always a good thing |
MillionDead
11.30.20 | Yeah, Colt. The colonoscopy was a minute transition that they spend maybe a few seconds on, to great effect. The movie's really about a shithead in NY with a gambling addiction slowly ruining his life.
"opening shot" ACKTUALLY, the movie opened in Ethopia. But I know your brain doesn't work all the time. |
ReefaJones
11.30.20 | wtf the soundtrack is not on youtube anymore. Fuck them |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.01.20 | Colt should break his "no movies" streak with something a little more his speed like Forrest Gump |
Colton
12.01.20 | too long |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.01.20 | peep Avatar |
SitarHero
12.01.20 | Colton: "TF is Avatar?"
Also Colton: "Why is Avatar a thing when there's Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Also Colton: "I don't watch movies" |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | imagine not breaking your no movies streak with OUT 1 |
porcupinetheater
12.01.20 | Berlin Alexanderplatz, coward |
CaimanJesus
12.01.20 | Gattaca was cool |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | Isn’t BA technically considered a “miniseries” though? (Or whatever the term for those were decades ago.) Same with WORLD ON A WIRE (despite being only two “episodes” and much shorter). I’m not sure BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ has ever been officially screened as a movie i.e., “in one go.” OUT 1 has.
I am being a pedant, I know. |
ReefaJones
12.01.20 | Lady Snowblood by Toshiya Fujita: 7/10
Insiang by Lino Brocka : 4/10 |
robertsona
12.01.20 | Mulholland Drive: really good. Got a few issues mostly with the last third but it’s a great time at da movies |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.01.20 | Bet you couldnt even write a 40 page masters thesis on it |
Minushuman24
12.01.20 | White Light & The Silence. |
robertsona
12.01.20 | Winter Light you mean? How did they hold up to Glass Darkly for you? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.01.20 | You heard what I said |
Colton
12.01.20 | I don't watch that weeb shit. I'll take the James Cameron movie over that any day |
Colton
12.01.20 | SitarHero's favourite movie is 100% Joker |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.01.20 | Indian users ranked
1) sitarhero
2) sandwich bubble
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Minushuman24
12.01.20 | @robertsona
haha yeah, my bad, blank minded. White Light is a near perfect film, I think I loved it more than Glass Darkly, which is already an amazing film. The Silence is definitely the weakest for me. Little emotional investment, but it is still a great film, and the theme's that continued from the last two films are... bleak to say the least, but are beautiful as well. |
Minushuman24
12.01.20 | Through the Glass Darkly: 9
Winter Light: 10
The Silence: 7 |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | I am not at all a big Bergman fan, but THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY is one of the (very) few films of his I enjoy. THE SILENCE is alright, but middling. WINTER LIGHT is uber-meh.
Only other Bergman films I've encountered that I thought were good or better were PERSONA, AUTUMN SONATA, and SUMMER WITH MONIKA. The man is just the exact opposite of what I like about films, idk. |
Egarran
12.01.20 | I recommend the glorious five and a half hours of FANNY AND ALEXANDER |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | Strangely enough (or maybe not), that is one of the, like, five or six Bergman films I actually haven't seen. Probably due to its length and the likelihood that I will dislike it. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE already proved to me that I do not enjoy Bergman in extended episodic form. |
robertsona
12.01.20 | Bergman was my first favie |
Gyromania
12.01.20 | the colour out of space and thin red line were the last 2 i watched |
robertsona
12.01.20 | what did you think of The Thin Red Line, Gyro? That scene of the battle on the hill is an all-time classic for me, a sort of extended directorial magic trick where the magic seems to lie in the natural elements of what is being shot but I do remember being mixed on the sort of slow depletion of coherent story elements, the way it sorta sprawls out. it's good tho, been a while |
Gyromania
12.01.20 | "the magic seems to lie in the natural elements of what is being shot" this sums it up nicely. it seems like a sort of poetic meditation on the horrors of war and the bitter realities of nature. like i have this kneejerk impulse to call it a masterpiece, but then at times it seems a bit self-indulgent. like at several points i found myself thinking "wow, what a fantastic movie that was"... but then it just kept going and going. i think terrence malick is brilliant and oftentimes overlooked because his indulgence and fixation on quiet contemplation. definitely love the way it was shot, scored, and acted, and a lot of the shots from it have lingered in the back of my mind since watching it |
robertsona
12.01.20 | have you seen Days of Heaven? imho dats da best one |
Gyromania
12.01.20 | haven't seen that, a hidden life, or badlands but i've seen everything else. the tree of life was always my favourite. but i know that's a hot take lol |
robertsona
12.01.20 | the first two are really great, and the first five minutes of badlands (and thus of his cinematic career) are nonpareil. but yeah definitely see days of heaven i'd say!! it's shockingly beautiful, thanks in large part to the work of GOAT cinematographer nestor almendros |
EyesWideShut
12.01.20 | Days of Heaven and Badlands bring that warmth 70's Malick only can do. His 2010's movies feel plastic, fixed, like 4K screensavers imo. |
Gyromania
12.01.20 | ight i'm gonna check out days of heaven now. it's one of those classics i've been meaning to get around to for some time anyway and i have piss all to do rn lol. |
Risodo
12.01.20 | Boyz n the Hood and Spider-Man: Homecoming |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | BADLANDS is top tier Malick. DAYS OF HEAVEN is #2. THE TREE OF LIFE and THE THIN RED LINE are tied for a far distant third. Everything else is kinda poop. |
Ryus
12.01.20 | anyone here seen tropical malady? that one is next on my radar, im intrigued
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robertsona
12.01.20 | i haven't seen tropical malady, but I've seen Blissfully Yours (loved it at the time--wonder how the duration aspect would play out now [long ass shot from the back of a driving truck, e.g.]), Syndromes (overrated, got some bonkers shots tho) and Cemetery of Splendour (felt about the same as with Syndromes). really talented director. love a good gay movie tho (see post about The River) and would def be interested to see Malady |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | TROPICAL MALADY is fantastic. I am a big fan of Joe and that one is perhaps my favorite. Actually made the cut for my all time Top 100 by a nose, placing somewhere in the upper 90s. |
Ryus
12.01.20 | sweeet ill check that out next probably.
just saw chungking express–i thought it was evocative and aesthetically gorgeous, particularly the first half. probably a 4/5 for me, it lost me a bit towards the end |
ReefaJones
12.01.20 | "BADLANDS is top tier Malick. DAYS OF HEAVEN is #2. "
what a crazy take. Badlands over Days of Heaven? Sacrilege! |
porcupinetheater
12.01.20 | Days of Heaven could only have been made by someone who grew up in the Bible Belt lol
Thin Red Line's my favorite Malick, exactly because of its unwieldy, beautiful, messiness.
And the fact that Adrien Brody thought he was the protagonist and it was going to be his big break all the way up to the premiere. The first great victim of Editorial Malick'ing |
tectactoe
12.01.20 | Is it though? I feel like there is a pretty formidable camp of people who think he peaked with his debut. A truly crazy take would be like saying KNIGHT OF CUPS or TO THE WONDER is his best lol. |
riffariffic7
12.01.20 | I really enjoyed Knight of Cups, though I'm not surprised that it's so divisive. I watched Badlands and Days of Heaven back-to-back last week and I definitely think Badlands is the better of the two. Days of Heaven suffers because Richard Gere and the female lead are thoroughly unlikable characters. They claim to be brother and sister, yet they're in a relationship (and they keep making out with each other in-public, which makes them incredibly stupid characters as well). How bizarre. Sam Shepard is the best thing about Days of Heaven, but the climax of the film really let me down because it basically devolves into a generic showdown between him and Gere. The cinematography is sensational though; I loved the shot of the plant growing within the dirt, truly spectacular stuff. Overall, I think Days of Heaven is an incredibly overrated film. |
ReefaJones
12.01.20 | As if Malick films all of a sudden are about the Plot lul. It's all about the cinematography |
robertsona
12.01.20 | I love that that dude started as a Heidegger scholar. Rhodesian motherfucker. Would kill to read that thesis/any piece of his academic output lol |
CaimanJesus
12.02.20 | Mississippi Burning tonight |
Deathconscious
12.02.20 | Watched Reservoir Dogs again, great as always. Watching The Thing (John Carpenter one) atm for the first time finally, im loving it. |
robertsona
12.02.20 | The Thing is really good, yeah. Surprised me tbh, didn't sound like my kind of thing. He really knows how to create appealing images. Plus it's Dudes Only. Dudes rock! |
ReefaJones
12.02.20 | Love Carpenter. In the Mouth of Madness might be my favorite. |
robertsona
12.02.20 | def interested to see more of the Carpman after The Thing...everyone seems to have a different favorite though! |
Hyperion1001
12.02.20 | pretty much all carpenter before '95 is essential viewing. easily my favorite director. |
CruelDouglas
12.02.20 | They Live is the best John Carpenter film |
Ryus
12.02.20 | saw the thing on halloween for the first time it was soo good. definitely need to dig into his stuff. |
porcupinetheater
12.02.20 | Damn how’ve of so many of y’all been sleeping on the Carpenter for this long? |
CruelDouglas
12.02.20 | at least 3 |
Deathconscious
12.02.20 | They Live rulez. |
Sharenge
12.02.20 | holy shit yeah, I watched They Live for the first time earlier this year and it really hit the spot def would recommend |
Egarran
12.02.20 | Loved Prince of Darkness when I was a kid, not sure it holds up today. Watch out for the Alice Cooper cameo! |
tectactoe
12.02.20 | Man you guys hop from Bergman to Carpenter - yet another well-revered director that I (mostly) cannot stand. Aside from HALLOWEEN and, like, half of THE THING, I really cannot stand the guy's filmography. I swear I don't have anything against vulgar auterism, either.
Please don't pivot toward Haneke or Cronenberg and make me shamefully explain myself yet again. :'( |
CruelDouglas
12.02.20 | Cronenberg is great, too |
CruelDouglas
12.02.20 | Oh, and Haneke did Funny Games, one of the best movies ever made. Genius. |
tectactoe
12.02.20 | *cries* |
CruelDouglas
12.02.20 | Maybe you can console yourself by watching Marriage Story or something equally trite |
Egarran
12.02.20 | Adam Driver was pretty good in John Oliver's season finale |
tectactoe
12.02.20 | I know you're being cheeky but MARRIAGE STORY was a great movie, and I've no shame in saying that I think Baumbach is an underrated director (MISTRESS AMERICA is probably his best but all of his films are good, at least).
Bergman and Haneke are just too lopsidedly cynical for my tastes, nothing to balance out the misery or dourness, no cathartic release to make the suffering worthwhile. And Cronenberg's body horror sensibilities are just "meh" to me, too, even when they ostensibly represent some thematic posture. There are exceptions, of course. I love PERSONA, I love DEAD RINGERS, I love AMOUR. But each of those could be considered comparative outliers among their respective filmographies. |
Sharenge
12.02.20 | Cronenberg kind of moved away from body horror decades ago - you should check out some of his more recent movies... there are certainly bigger outliers than Dead Ringers, which I would say is still arguably a horror movie and has body horror elements
sucks that I don't imagine we're gonna be getting any more movies from the guy |
tectactoe
12.02.20 | The implication of body horror is there, but aside from the one nightmare sequence as I recall, the film itself is mostly devoid of indulging in it for its own sake. It is much more a psychological horror, if anything. I forgot he directed A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, too, which I also like. I've seen everything before and up to that, nothing after it lol. Got ten minutes into COSMOPOLIS and stopped, but that doesn't really count. |
Sharenge
12.02.20 | yeah, psychological horror is definitely the best way to describe Dead Ringers... I don't even remember the nightmare sequence, but what with the main characters being identical twins who pose as one another as gynecologists... the woman with the 'abnormal' sex organs... the disembowelment bit... definitely in the realm of body horror
I honestly thought all three of his movies with Viggo Mortensen were great... he did two more after A History of Violence and neither of them is body horror.... Eastern Promises he stars alongside Naomi Watts and plays an important character in the Russian mafia in London and in A Dangerous Method he plays Sigmund Freud, although I don't really recall him being the main character - Carl Jung was the focus
As for Cosmopolis, was really altogether something very different and I can understand turning it off ten minutes in... only just watched that earlier this year and I honestly need to rewatch to even begin to make heads or tails of it, but it was certainly intriguing... hell I need to rewatch all of these movies |
Deathconscious
12.02.20 | Adam Driver was great in The Dead Don't Die. |
tectactoe
12.02.20 | Yeah. Movie was a bit shit, though. Jarmusch is losing his touch. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.02.20 | “They Live is the best John Carpenter film”
And it’s message is more relevant now than it was then. Brilliant film. |
ReefaJones
12.02.20 | Videodrome is amazing |
loveisamixtape
12.02.20 | i < 3 videodrome |
EyesWideShut
12.03.20 | Paterson was one of Jarmusch's best, so I wouldn't say he's losing his touch. That zombie flick was just kinda meh from what im told. |
porcupinetheater
12.03.20 | Damn tectac, hating Funny Games is fair play, but The Seventh Continent and The White Ribbon? |
Deathconscious
12.03.20 | Watched Big Trouble In Little China again last night, and then im watching both Escape From movies. Guess im going on a Carpenter/Russell kick. |
Sharenge
12.03.20 | I watched A History of Violence again last night and probably gonna rewatch the other films he did with Viggo soon... guess I'm going on a Cronenberg kick... (apparently there's a nod to him in Escape from New York, look out for it) |
Egarran
12.03.20 | FYI the best Jarmusch is Dead Man |
ReefaJones
12.03.20 | My favorite Jarmusch is Night on Earth |
BAT
12.03.20 | wolf creek 2(better than expected but the tonal opposite of the original movie) and the boys next door(solid early phenelopee spheris movie with young but still coked out charlie sheen) |
tectactoe
12.03.20 | THE SEVENTH CONTINENT is "okay", but yeah I can't stand THE WHITE RIBBON. Not that I have anything against austerity, but Haneke doesn't employ it very well there and coupled with the nonstop cynicism it's just an unenjoyable meat grinder for me. |
Ryus
12.03.20 | just saw the wicker man. fairly obvious ending and wasn't as "horror" as i was expecting/hoping, but i thought it was a delightfully strange movie with the pagan religion being rather well fleshed-out. christopher lee rules too |
Ryus
12.03.20 | also the music was great lol |
Hyperion1001
12.03.20 | watched the china syndrome the other day with my old man and it was really great. the 70's might be my favorite decade for filmmaking, so many great films that really pushed boundaries and didnt devolve into mindless entertainment. |
deathofasalesman
12.04.20 | just got Crash on criterion blu ray, i've been begging for this release for so long. never preordered something so fast in my life. movie is low key a masterpiece |
CaimanJesus
12.04.20 | Watched pain and glory, loved it |
Sharenge
12.06.20 | just watched Sound of Metal... pretty heart-wrenching soul-crushing stuff... should be right up all you music lovers' alley |
loveisamixtape
12.06.20 | watched the original Ghost in the Shell last night again and it’s still possibly the prettiest anime movie that exists. it’s also just a rly good movie |
Sharenge
12.06.20 | I was uncomfortable when she ripped herself apart.... I still need to check the series though |
Coast
12.06.20 | Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 9/10 - Was expecting more Tarantino action first time round but 2nd time was more enjoyable without expectations. Compound scene unnerving and climax good fun. DiCaprio is solid and Pitt’s character infectious.
Meet The Parents 9/10 - Still engaging and uncomfortable. |
porcupinetheater
12.06.20 | Just watched that Aussie horror Next of Kin last night. Was expecting a campy haunted house thing, got a genre hopping psychedelic almost-giallo masterpiece, hot damn |
bloc
12.06.20 | Pain & Gain 8/10
American Psycho 8/10 |
Coast
12.07.20 | Freaky 8/10 - some cheese and clichés but a fun romp. Plenty of thrills, innuendo and decent kills. When Vince Vaughn does the body swap with the school girl both characters are good value.
Meet The Fockers 8/10 - silly fun and the resemblance of Gaylord Focker to his alleged son Jorge is hilarious |
Deathconscious
12.07.20 | Journey to the West, Snowpiercer, True Romance, and Her. Seen all of these before, love em all except Journey to the West. Could have been great but a couple of big flaws kept it from getting there. Disappointing since it came from the same guy who did Kung Fu Hustle. |
Egarran
12.07.20 | Her is really good. There should be more subtle sci-fi movies like that. |
Ryus
12.07.20 | her is awesome yaaaaa |
tectactoe
12.07.20 | Just dropping in to say that as far as bloated, testosterone-driven action films of the aughts go,
BAD BOYS II >>> MIAMI VICE |
Ryus
12.07.20 | literally never seen a western in my life where should i start |
porcupinetheater
12.07.20 | Just go straight for The Wild Bunch. The death of the Western right out the gate |
loveisamixtape
12.07.20 | Paris Texas counts right ??
also i just started that show on hbo called the Undoing and it’s pretty gooood so far |
robertsona
12.07.20 | THE SEARCHERS and RIO BRAVO are my favorite Westerns, but I have old man taste. A lot of people really like UNFORGIVEN... |
Ryus
12.07.20 | yeah my bro loves unforgiven. i was thinking of getting a more historical perspective on the genre so i might even start with something like stagecoach. rio bravo has been on my list too |
robertsona
12.07.20 | couldnt get into the most recent movie I watched, EYES WIDE SHUT: I think kubrick's heavy illumination is really beautiful and I love how he wrangles christmas itself into his aesthetic plan (which relies heavily on heavy illumination/lighting), sort of like those couple of BIRDMAN sequences....
...but I couldn't handle the immediate establishment of dramatic weight through the irritating everyone-flirting-with-everyone dynamic. I can stand nicole kidman's nude body as the first shot maybe (even though I don't love that move) but the first party sequence is painful for me. (kidman is bad in two scenes in a row too imho, drunk at the party and then high in the bedroom.)
I guess there's some interesting stuff going on (is cruise terrified at the prospect of kidman and the military guy fucking, or does he in some way thrill to this suggestion so that he can go off and do his own thing?) and the fundamental concept of a movie that's wholly about sex but in which neither of the main characters engage is sort of clever, but I definitely couldn't grok it as a whole
STAGECOACH rules, great movie and great way to begin to get historical perspective on the genre. you could just watch tons of John Ford tbh |
Ryus
12.07.20 | on a kubrick note, just saw 2001 for the first time. grand in every sense of the word. in terms of aesthetics and visuals, probably the most impressive movie ive ever seen. imperfect imo but astonishing. that end sequence...whew |
robertsona
12.07.20 | 2001 is really great. I like The Shining a ton also, though I sense that if I revisited it I'd like it a tad less. Barry Lyndon less so even though the first shot is e v e r y f r a m e a p a i n t i n g to the max (in a great way) |
ReefaJones
12.07.20 | Barry Lyndon is probably in my top 5 favorite movies. My favorite Kubrick and one of the most beautiful films ever in terms of cinematography |
robertsona
12.07.20 | it's crazy sumptuous for sure. I'm trying to think if I have any more movies "like that" if you like both Days of Heaven and Barry Lyndon (movies that make the [natural] world around you a bit more beautiful haha) |
Deathconscious
12.07.20 | I only just saw 2001 a year or two ago. I love getting to the classics and seeing how what im watching influenced all these newer movies ive seen, its like putting a puzzle together. I remember when i first saw Aliens and realized how much Halo ripped off (or paid homage to?) that movie. |
robertsona
12.07.20 | mes petites amoureuses (same DP as days of heaven)
claire's knee (not my favorite plotline, but ditto)
the searchers (incredible natural beauty)
nostos: il ritorno (abstract approach to Homer's Odyssey but stunning images)
blissfully yours?
maybe murnau's city girl?
those came to mind as movies that make me appreciate natural beauty "more" or at least more consciously |
tectactoe
12.07.20 | Shame about EYES WIDE SHUT, it is definitely my favorite Kube and also one of my favorites of all time.
Kube ranking:
1. EYES WIDE SHUT
2. 2001
3. FULL METAL JACKET
4. PATHS OF GLORY
5. DR. STRANGELOVE
6. BARRY LYNDON
7. THE KILLING
8. LOLITA
9. SPARTACUS
10. THE SHINING
11. KILLER’S KISS
12. FEAR & DESIRE
13. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
I’m pretty much pro on everything from LOLITA upward. Top five are masterful. |
tectactoe
12.07.20 | Not exactly in the same vein as 2001 obviously, but anyone will a sensibility tilted toward visual splendor would do well to check out the back-half of Kieslowski’s filmography if they haven’t already. DEKALOG, VERONIQUÉ, and THREE COLORS at the very least. |
ReefaJones
12.07.20 | Kubrick ranking:
1. Barry Lyndon
2. Dr. Strangelove
3. 2001
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Paths Of Glory
6. The Shining
7. Full Metal Jacket
8. Lolita
The rest I have not seen |
robertsona
12.07.20 | welcome to the quadruple digits everyone |
unclereich
12.07.20 | Stanley Kubrick! one of the greatest directors of all time although not as quite as good as Michael Curtiz the director of the sea hawk |
robertsona
12.07.20 | every time I check TCM I feel like it's a different Michael Curtiz movie. as if he made like 100 movies |
robertsona
12.07.20 | oh he directed 166 movies |
riffariffic7
12.07.20 | Survival Skills (8/10) and Le Kiosque (10/10). |
robertsona
12.07.20 | michael curtiz started off his insanely prolific 1930s by directing a slick six different movies in 1930. thats chad shit |
unclereich
12.07.20 | https://youtu.be/r4qO8OaUY94?t=65 |
ReefaJones
12.07.20 | In a Glass Cage (1986) ‘Tras el cristal’
Directed by Agustí Villaronga
7/10
Ratcatcher (1999)
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
6/10 |
CaimanJesus
12.08.20 | Godfather, Traffic, In the heat of the night, and Total recall |
naughtcturnal
12.08.20 | Just finished watching Parasite for the first time and oh man, what a ride. Already liked all the movies I 've seen from this director (especially The Host), but this surpassed all my expectations even with all the hype. 9/10
Watched "Your Name" last week. Animation, soundtrack story are great. Almost got me crying a couple of times. To me, it was a bit corny towards the beginning, or at least it seemed corny up until a certain event that punched me in the gut and then I realized what kind of movie I was getting myself into. Torn between a 8/10 - 8.5/10 so I'll just go with 8.3. Looking forward to watching Weathering With You in a near future |
loveisamixtape
12.08.20 | yes naught parasite and the host are his two best movies agreed. the host is underrated
can't wait to feel like watching movies again, the last one i accidentally watched was Flesh and Blood a few days ago and it was definitely pretty bad |
CaimanJesus
12.09.20 | A history of violence was good. Couldn’t stand the actor that played the son though, but I think he’s written to be like that |
Sharenge
12.09.20 | "HOW do you FUCK THAT UP!?" |
unclereich
12.09.20 | I watched the believer again and man that movie is a trip. ive seen parasite a number of times now and its still a solid 7.5 for me |
loveisamixtape
12.09.20 | haven’t seen the believer
i just finished watching Baby God and man it’s fucked up |
unclereich
12.09.20 | its hard to find, I had to pirate after it was taken off amazon for a bit. its Gosling's first film and it is stellar |
unclereich
12.09.20 | damn a 5.8? not sure if ill bother |
ian b
12.09.20 | watching Sunshine (Danny Boyle x Alex Garland) again rn, but the last (part of a) movie i saw was like half of Day of the Dead before i turned it off, i can't remember what was before that |
loveisamixtape
12.09.20 | i like gosling tbh my fav movie of his was always place beyond the pines. also prob a top 20 movie for me
yeah i mean baby god is not gonna make u feel good after watching it. it’s a doc that’s been shoved in my face on hbo and i finally just bit. kind of regret |
unclereich
12.09.20 | yea unless its a horror film I typically shy away form sub 6s on imdb |
loveisamixtape
12.09.20 | ugh yea i used to use rating sources as a way of determining the next movie i watched until my criterion phase and every movie i searched would be a 97% / 9/10 lul now i just don’t even look |
unclereich
12.09.20 | for me its been more the the rule than the exception so I use it |
Sharenge
12.09.20 | wow dude I bet you judge albums based on their Sputnikmusic rating too =P |
loveisamixtape
12.09.20 | i used to work sidewalk film festival parties often as a bartender and some of those ppl were so stuck up that it still crosses my mind when watching stuff lolll they were always the worst customers too. the day hail satan dropped was one of my least favorite shifts ever for sure |
unclereich
12.09.20 | not judge just that I watch 100s of movies a month and dont want to waste my time with sub 6s when im looking for recs. I dont really listen to music anymore |
Sharenge
12.09.20 | "I don't really listen to music anymore"
blasphemer! |
unclereich
12.09.20 | i dont like anything i hear
|
Deathconscious
12.09.20 | Hesher. Feels overlooked/underrated to me. That ending gets me. |
rabidfish
12.09.20 | watched the naked lunch. not nearly enough sexual deviancy to be considered a good adaptation of Burroughs' works. It looks nice tho.
6/10. |
riffariffic7
12.11.20 | Mank (6/10) and The Hater (10/10) |
Coast
12.11.20 | Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence 9/10 - powerful POW film, a bit out there + Bowie
LOTR trilogy 10/10 - it still sucks me in |
Sharenge
12.11.20 | just watched Mank a few nights back myself... probably would give it at least an 8/10 though - I really enjoyed hearing Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross do something different from what I've come to expect from their film scores... biggest fault was that it was a bit tough to understand everything for somebody not familiar with history and the time period of Old Hollywood, which is most people
I really need to watch Citizen Kane now... it's funny, did they ever actually mention the film by name? |
Sharenge
12.11.20 | also just rewatched the Lord of the Rings trilogy (first time seeing Return of the King since theaters) but I still think Fellowship blows the other two out of the water |
Deathconscious
12.11.20 | I wouldnt say that, but Fellowship is definitely my favorite. |
loveisamixtape
12.11.20 | i regret to inform all of u that i have just binged and finished the first season of ink master. there is not a single person on that show that i like, i do not know why i kept watching |
porcupinetheater
12.11.20 | Holy shit R.I.P. Kim Ki-Duk, and from fucking Covid.
|
Deathconscious
12.12.20 | Trainspotting and T2 again. First one is hilarious, second one brings the feels. Love em both, but the first one cant be beat. |
hal1ax
12.12.20 | knives out and arrival , i think |
climactic
12.12.20 | just watched blue ruin. was good |
Log S.
12.12.20 | Boyz n the Hood & Poetic Justice |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.12.20 | "knives out and arrival , i think"
arrival was cool! knives out was the most six out of ten movie ever |
Ryus
12.12.20 | i thought like the first half of arrival was pretty cool but then i began to lose interest
knives out was alright yaa |
hal1ax
12.12.20 | yea i rly liked arrival. knives out was fun, i guess, and i enjoyed the humor to an extent. don't rly have any desire to watch it again though. |
heck
12.12.20 | A Clockwork Orange and Freaky |
hal1ax
12.12.20 | i don't usually like those time-distortion tropes seen in a lot of sci-fi, but arrival did it well i think, tying the time manipulation into her cognitive state / change in her perception. twas pretty cool |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
12.12.20 | "was fun, i guess, and i enjoyed the humor to an extent. don't rly have any desire to watch it again though"
The six out of ten mantra |
hal1ax
12.12.20 | ppl keep recommending me mulholland drive so i'm thinking about checking that next. worth? |
Sharenge
12.12.20 | Naomi Watts is pretty |
Egarran
12.12.20 | Arrival was OK until they snuck a bomb on board the UFO.
Can we please have a sci-fi plot that doesn't need stupidity to move forward? |
CruelDouglas
12.13.20 | "Can we please have a sci-fi plot that doesn't need stupidity to move forward?"
You're right, we need more sci-fi that really leans into the -fi elements. Needing stupidity to progress the plot makes them feel way too much like docos. |
alamo
12.13.20 | 1.0 awful this is the best album that i\\\'ve (n)ever heard in my entire life. |
encomium
12.13.20 | Small Axe: Mangrove - fine, but nothing I haven't seen done better. underwhelming given the reviews
Swallow - really good, better than I expected. Haley Bennett is great and I really dig the complexities her character is given |
protokute
12.13.20 | Watched Ozu's "Good Morning" yesterday's afternoon and at night watched "Woman In The Dunes".
Good Morning was a really enjoyable and chill afternoon film session, lovely use of colors and the restricted sense of space from the houses. About "Woman in the Dunes"... damn... one of the most anxiety inducing films I watched in a long time, but really good. |
Egarran
12.13.20 | Only saw one movie, but it was OUTBREAK and it's fun to see the fictional American reaction to a pandemic.
And ginger Kevin Spacey.
Also much delicious helicopter action, which happens to be a movie fetish of mine. |
DDDeftoneDDD
12.13.20 | The Conjuring 1 and Warcraft. Both pretty ok. |
EoinCofa
12.13.20 | We need to talk about Kevin - the most f’d up movie I’ve seen in the last couple years other than “the killing of a sacred deer”. But it was well done.
The Queen’s Gambit (mini series) - Anya was exceptional as usual |
DDDeftoneDDD
12.13.20 | Lol those were the last 2 movies you saw? Tks for the honnesty |
ieatbabies795
12.13.20 | Bacurau (a Brazilian film w/ a little bit of a Tarantino feel, I recommend it)
James & The Giant Peach |
Deathconscious
12.13.20 | The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus, Heath Ledger's last movie, he died before it was finished. Fuckin weird, which means its right up my alley. The characters felt disconnected but i enjoyed it anyways.
The Signal (2007). Always felt like this should have been a cult classic (maybe it is but it doesnt seem like it) since i saw it not too long after it came out. Its a psychological horror/dark comedy split into three parts, each with a different director and tone. |
CaimanJesus
12.15.20 | Watched Lincoln, American History X and The French connection over the weekend, gonna watch boyhood tonight |
porcupinetheater
12.15.20 | Yeah, Signal was a good time, handled the pseudo-anthology set-up well and managed the different tones better than I woulda imagined |
CaimanJesus
12.15.20 | Boyhood was great, crazy how they filmed a movie over 12 years with only a 4 million budget |
Egarran
12.15.20 | Yeah Boyhood is vintage Linklater.
this may scare some people away, but those people are lame |
Pheromone
12.15.20 | I love Linklater and his conceptual lil self - Boyhood isn't one of my favourites of his but oh well!
I watched Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) last night if anyone's seen it? - Japanese Psych Drama about drag queens and it blew my balls off, loved it a lot. |
Deathconscious
12.15.20 | @porcupine glad someones seen it.
Nosferatu. It was cool seeing a part of cinema history and had some really cool shots of Count Orlok, but it was pretty boring.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. This movie was a blast, i see why its a classic. |
riffariffic7
12.16.20 | Boyhood was complete, phony rubbish. I like Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, but that main kid is such an unlikable little putz. If you want something authentic, watch the Up documentary film series instead. Vertigo (10/10) and Call (9/10). |
Faraudo
12.16.20 | Just watched His House (A very cool horror/suspense film) and Run (Formulaic but fun). |
porcupinetheater
12.16.20 | Funeral Parade of Roses is a masterpiece. Have you seen Demons, Phero?
Sister's in town, so we're doing our classic horror and adjacent binges. Just put on StageFright: Aquarius and Bug |
Pheromone
12.16.20 | Nope! It's on my list though, I try and avoid watching films from the same director in quick succession. How does it compare? Funeral Parade has been on my mind for days now.
Have you seen much Edward Yang Porc?
|
porcupinetheater
12.16.20 | Demons and Funeral Parade are so different they might as well be different directors. If Funeral Parade is a joyous phantasmagoria, Demons is absolutely haunted and nailed into a degraded gutter. Only similarity is it’s also pre much a masterpiece. Out of curiosity, why do you like spacing out directors?
And hell yeah, Edward Yang’s one of the best. Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi get their just desserts, but still waiting for people to come around to Terrorizers on that level, too |
porcupinetheater
12.16.20 | "Ecstatic" is probably a better word choice than "joyous" there, but w/e |
Pheromone
12.16.20 | Adore Terrorizers sooo much, hell yeah porc < 3 Have you seen his others?
and basically - It's the same with music really, a lot of directors follow similar patterns (i.e. especially someone like Wes Anderson, Scorsese and even Yang to some degree) so like to wait a while to get ~ultimate~ enjoyment. |
Pheromone
12.16.20 | And hehe I'll give it a go soon then, nothing like something to fuck me up before Christmas
|
porcupinetheater
12.16.20 | I've only seen those 3 + Taipei Story, but the Taiwanese New Wave was just extraordinary, hard to even fathom Yang, Hou, and Tsai all operating out of the same place at the same time. |
porcupinetheater
12.16.20 | And interesting! Find myself running through filmographies quite a bit, tbh. Not as much as with music, movies feel like they take more investment than albums, so a little more susceptible to mood shifts, but really enjoy seeing how people mutate their styles and approach as they develop. Fuck, I love people (and you specif, Phero, ofc) < 3
Have fun with Demons! A breezy romp for the ages! |
Pheromone
12.16.20 | Porc 🥰 🥰 I've wanted to watch Mahjong for ages because the idea of Yang doing comedy makes me a bit too excited.
I do love how everyone tackles art differently - I'm so particular with my film selection where often whatever is next on my list doesn't get watched and I'll instead spend way too long trying to decide what's right. I'm a lot less rigid with music tho. ENJOY YOUR HORROR BINGE ! |
Deathconscious
12.16.20 | Blues Brothers. It was very ok. This will probably get me some hate, but i really dont get the hype. |
loveisamixtape
02.03.21 | anyone here watched the oa ? |
JeetJeet
02.04.21 | The OA is cool. First season is a very mixed bag but the 2nd season was good and it looked like they were gonna go somewhere really interesting with the 3rd season. |
JeetJeet
02.04.21 | The last couple of movies I've watched
Black Bear: Awesome movie. Aubrey Plaza kills her role. 8/10
Shithouse: Cool little indie comedy/romance flick. 7.5/10
The Call: Incredible foreign time travel movie with great effects. Its on netflix too so go peep it if you can. 8.5/10
Better Watch Out: Garbage, but kinda entertaining in the "so bad its funny" way. 4/10
Wonder Woman 1984: Ass. There's nothing positive I can say about this one. 3/10
Death to 2020: This was kinda dumb but I kinda liked it tho. 6/10
Sound of Metal: Loved this one. 9/10
Spontaneous: Funny well done rom-com. The ending could've been written a little better but its still a good flick. 7.5/10
The Little Things: Very boring. A gigantic waste of an excellent cast. 5/10 |
Sharenge
02.04.21 | only one I've seen of them was Sound of Metal and yeah that was a good movie... pretty crushing though =( |
loveisamixtape
02.04.21 | @yeet yeah i def binged the entire first season in less than 24 hours and am about to begin the second, i’m def into it. already mad that they cancelled it |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.04.21 | Just watched Alien 3 and it’s not nearly as shitty as I remember. Then again I watched the Assembly Cut this time so that probably has a lot to do with it. |
EyesWideShut
02.04.21 | Alien 3 got Dillon who was a real one |
EyesWideShut
02.04.21 | Watched Blue Velvet for that Roy Orbison scene
Then watched Swans documentary, first half was solid showing them grow up with Sonic Youth. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.04.21 | FUCK THAT SHIT
PABST. BLUE. RIBBON! |
evilford
02.04.21 | Last two movies I watched now are the same as when I originally posted on this list |
Divaman
02.04.21 | Watched Mission Impossible: Fallout last night. It was passable. The last one I remember watching before that was The Lodge. But there could have been one or two in between (which shows you how much of an impression they made on me.) |
EyesWideShut
02.04.21 | I digged The Lodge up until the last act, felt like a generic Euro/horror twist. Wish they would have left it completely open. |
Sharenge
02.04.21 | just watched Ringu...
I'm so scared right now |
Divaman
02.04.21 | Yeah, I kind of agree about The Lodge. I liked it best when I wasn't really sure what (out of several possibilities) was happening. |
Egarran
02.04.21 | Kinda wanna watch WW1984 so I can fully join all the gleeful hate towards it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.04.21 | Do it. Possibly the worst movie I’ve ever sat all the way through |
Emim
02.04.21 | Austin Powers and Get Smart |
Deathconscious
02.04.21 | Re-watched The Master and There Will Be Blood. Waiting for Inherent Vice in the mail since its the same director + Phoenix. Love those movies. |
MO
02.04.21 | The death of me (terrible) and JFK (masterpiece) |
BigPleb
02.04.21 | Dead Zone (Decent)
Bad Lieutenant (Bleak but decent) |
RadioSuicide
02.04.21 | Bone Tomahawk - incredible cinematography, well executed plot, fantastic acting all around, especially from Kurt Russell, and enough cannibalistic gore to keep the blood pumpin
The Hustler - excellent, generally don't like dated movies but this one is a real treat, especially as a bit of a pocket billiards player myself |
Deez
02.04.21 | I saw the devil
And let the last one in (original)
Both dope |
MO
02.04.21 | "The Call: Incredible foreign time travel movie with great effects. Its on netflix too so go peep it if you can."
yea checked this out and it was very good, intriguing but a little predictable. |
BigPleb
02.04.21 | @Deez I Saw the Devil is great ye, tough watch but gripping as hell. |
Deez
02.05.21 | A right ol rampage pleb!
|
EoinCofa
02.05.21 | Mank (flipping snooze-fest)
Palm Springs (decent) |
unclereich
02.05.21 | Beverly Hills ninja(1997)
The professor(2018) |
MO
02.05.21 | rip farley |
unclereich
02.05.21 | Definitely not as funny as I remembered it but it’s classic Farley |
Krpa
02.05.21 | Saint Maud - solid psychological thriller
Quo Vadis, Aida? - amazing war drama |
Clumseee
02.05.21 | The Wolf of Snow Hollow and The Vast of Night.
Both terrific. Wolf of Snow Hollow especially is one of the best movies I've watched in awhile. |
Sharenge
02.05.21 | is there a woof? |
rellik009
02.05.21 | Kung Fu Hustle and Once Upon A Time In China
Both hilarious B-series fun. |
Sharenge
02.05.21 | thought you meant Big Trouble in Little China for a second |
MillionDead
02.05.21 | I think my last two were Ali G Indahouse and the new The Invisible Man. Lmao very different. The latter was awesome, though I felt it lost steam by the end. Masterclass in anxiety though. |
conesmoke
02.05.21 | He died with a falafel in his hand, and the nugget |
combustion07
02.05.21 | Just finished Possessor. Wild flick from Cronenbergs son. Dug the concept and funky little world he built quite a bit. Interesting mind on that guy.
Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College- stupid fun. Really enjoyed the cheese filled dialogue from the students and the outlandish plot. Probably my favorite in the series although I do also enjoy the first one quite a bit.
The Unnamable- cool HP Lovecraft horror flick with some nice effects. I know that's 3 but I wanted to show this one a little love too |
MillionDead
02.05.21 | Hahaha I actually saw Ghoulies III in December, I think! Funny shit, truly. |
combustion07
02.05.21 | Pure cinema of the highest degree, agreed lol |
Coast
02.05.21 | Lost in Translation 8/10 - Bill Murray should’ve humoured the quirky masseuse. Scarlett adorable. Their final embrace is perfect.
Vertigo 10/10 - This classic is so refreshing. The attention to detail, beautiful aesthetics, intrigue and melancholy are captivating. |
fogza
02.05.21 | Once upon a time in Hollywood, which was drivel, and From Russia with Love. Which wasn't good, but I don't hold it against it as it's pure franchise nonsense, and I chose to watch it knowing what I was gonna get for my trouble. |
pollastrerostit
02.05.21 | Vertigo is so good yeah, the tension, the buildup..
Wasn't a big fan of Once upon a time in Hollywood
Last I watched was Arrival and I totally loved it
|
protokute
02.05.21 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, don't know if I totally dig the narrative choices, but what an absolutely delightful film, specially considering the time it was filmed (1927). And Loves of a Blonde, one of the first films from Milos Forman, which I quite liked. |
Deez
02.05.21 | Ayre Vertigo is superb
Arrival I loved too |
protokute
02.05.21 | Yeah, Arrival is dope, don't remember the ending anymore tho :( |
pollastrerostit
02.05.21 | Maybe you actually haven't seen it yet (?) |
Hyperion1001
02.05.21 | i desperately need some good horror recommendations. disclaimer though, ive seen just about every good horror flick that's ever been made, so i'm at the point where the only things left are total trash. now, i dont mind some good trash, but unfortunately entertaining trash is a lot harder to come by than boring trash that just sucks.
pls help. |
JeetJeet
02.05.21 | Hyper peep The Wailing if you havent already. |
JeetJeet
02.05.21 | also Possessor is worth a watch too but thats more sci-fi body horror than traditional spooky horror. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.05.21 | Hereditary is one that’s pretty obvious but if you haven’t seen it def check it out
And yeah Possessor is fucking dope |
Krpa
02.05.21 | Second The Wailing, it's awesome and one of my favorites ever. Also check out: Cure (1997), In a Glass Cage, Noroi, Okaruto, The Piper, Soul/Roh, Hounds of Love, The Inerasable, I Remember You, Villmark, In the Shadow, Hagazussa. Got more recommendations if you're interested. |
protokute
02.05.21 | Nope, it's just been a long time, and I have memory problems |
porcupinetheater
02.05.21 | Just watched the first two Female Prisoner: Scorpion movies, wild. Arthouse exploitation and Meiko Kaji bein' a fucking badass |
Hyperion1001
02.05.21 | sweet, thanks guys. ive seen the wailing and hereditary, possessor is on my list but i wanna make sure i get the uncut version. just watched noroi too and it was awesome. will check out those other recs for sure. cheers! |
loveisamixtape
02.06.21 | watching the show Dark and it’s so good ugh i’m so sad that it’s probably almost over |
combustion07
02.06.21 | Check your shoutbox Hyperion! I shouted in there and wanna be a horror nerd with ya and attempt to wreck ya up n down |
naughtcturnal
02.06.21 | Ringu (good movie with great atmosphere)
Ringu 2 (not a really good movie) |
EyesWideShut
02.06.21 | @Hyperion & Combustion
Yall ever seen this Australian flick called Wake in Fright ? Like a psychological breakdown in the sweltering heat of The Outback.. One of my favs and got Donald Pleasance in it too. And you could never turn down a pint in Australia either. |
porcupinetheater
02.06.21 | Wake in Fright is so chill, it's like David Lynch doing a Don Coscarelli in the Outback |
EyesWideShut
02.06.21 | haha I never thought of it like that but solid comparison |
porcupinetheater
02.06.21 | Oh shit hol' up I got Wake in Fright mixed up with Next of Kin! Glad the point still sort of translates if you squint though lmao R.I.P. 'Roos |
Hyperion1001
02.06.21 | "Yall ever seen this Australian flick called Wake in Fright ?"
nope, but i just watched this australian flick called Next of Kin and it was unbelievably good, so this is going on my watchlist asap. tbh the majority the australian films ive seen are really great. |
Hyperion1001
02.06.21 | oh man i didnt even see porcupines last post lmao, yeah Next of Kin rules the school. |
Deathconscious
02.06.21 | Ive gotta watch the Lighthouse again, that movie got my rocks off so hard. |
Shuyin
02.07.21 | I watched Casino (1995) and Apocalypse Now (Redux), I was going to watch Silence (2016) but the audio of the DVD is completely fucked |
Deathconscious
02.08.21 | Filth with James McAvoy, movie's a masterpiece as far as im concerned.
Escape From LA. Always a dumb good time. |
Egarran
02.08.21 | Is Apocalypse Now still in the Top 5 of movies? I remember the redux taking forever, but eh, more of a good thing and such. |
protokute
02.08.21 | Apocalypse Now is wild, don't know if it's on top 5 though, but definitely one of my faves |
rellik009
02.08.21 | Asterix et Obelix: Mission Cléopâtre, and Akira
both bestest movies |
Shuyin
02.08.21 | Redux only added 2 new scenes, I don't know if they break the pacing of movie because I never saw the original cut, it's definitely one of my favourite movies tho, wild ride |
Egarran
02.08.21 | They don't make 'em like that nowadays no sir
*spits* |
Deathconscious
02.12.21 | Perfect Blue. Glad i got to this one.
In Bruges, for the fourth or fifth time. |
EyesWideShut
02.14.21 | I felt like getting some fresh air and kinda cozy so I did a double feature of Paris, Texas and The Straight Story.
Paris, Texas is a clossic and one of top 5 films oat but The Straight Story has turned into my fav Lynch film. Those cross fade shots are god level so Criterion better get on that blu soon. |
Egarran
02.14.21 | Correct.
You ever seen Bagdad Cafe? It's got those wholesome vibes. |
EoinCofa
02.16.21 | The Departed
American Psycho |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | Blade Runner Final Cut lol never seen it before
And Wonder Woman 84
84 was a solid Spiderman 3 out of five |
budgie
02.16.21 | "Wonder Woman 84 "
i tried to watch that but damn that gadot chick is the worst actor lol. |
Storm In A Teacup
02.16.21 | I have no idea what movies I've seen lately but I know someone watching The Bachelorette, or the Bachelor, or Love Island and it's not me. |
naughtcturnal
02.16.21 | Ichi the Killer (one of the goriest and trashiest movies I've seen in a while and I loved every second of it)
Also subscribed to Arrow Video and watched Deadly Manor and it was pretty awful but still enjoyable |
Ryus
02.16.21 | "Ichi the Killer"
nice i just saw "audition" as my first miike and holy shit |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | @budgie you didn't miss much unless u really need to see the "The Room" of comic book movies |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | Ichi the killer is fuucked. |
Sinternet
02.16.21 | 'Blade Runner Final Cut lol never seen it before'
bruh |
Sinternet
02.16.21 | trying to think of the last movie i watched and i think it was perfect blue which is just 11/10 |
budgie
02.16.21 | @pots sure i dont likwecomic movies anyway just wanted to check out wonder woman 1984 cause 80s is cool. but it didnt deliver there either
also thought it was hilarious they had to call it WW84 because otherwise it would be WW2 lmao. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | Yeah they missed all the good parts of 80s movie swag and only included the bad parts lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.16.21 | WW 1984 might actually be the worst movie I’ve seen through to the end. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.16.21 | I watched the Running Man for the first time since I was a kid and god Arnold really can’t act outside of a terminator movie lol
Still some solid 80’s cheese |
budgie
02.16.21 | WW 1984 might actually be the worst movie I’ve seen through to the end.
check out the gingerdead man |
rockarollacola
02.16.21 | Hobgoblins and Hobgoblins 2 |
naughtcturnal
02.16.21 | @Ryus: was planning on watching Audition next and then One Missed Call. Can't wait as I've heard only good things about Audition |
loveisamixtape
02.16.21 | sippin on the OA kool aid after finishing the last episode and learning its cancelled. wtf Netflix. 17 seasons of riverdale and u cancel the oa |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | Tbf the first season of the OA is one of the stupidest things I've ever seen
But season 2 did really get dec |
fogza
02.16.21 | I dunno how anyone gets through the first season of the OA. I'd rather OD |
Storm In A Teacup
02.16.21 | tried watching this show called the 4,000 but when it got to the scene with the wife not being picked up by the remarried husband we turned it off because the acting was so horrible and that was a completely unbelievable reaction by the husband to the situation. |
loveisamixtape
02.16.21 | lol fogza and yes season two much better by a lot agreed. the fact that i made it to season two was shocking by the end of season one, but i def am mad that there is nothing after the rose window reveal / hap - Steve interaction. did he get punched ? does he keep the mullet ? do i like steve ?? |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
02.16.21 | @fogza it was a fucking struggle man let me tell you |
loveisamixtape
02.16.21 | i’m almost done with Dark and it is becoming one of my most fav shows ever now and for some reason i only watch shows lately |
Colton
02.16.21 | why would I watch tv when I can watch people speedrun Super Mario 64 on twitch |
fogza
02.16.21 | I salute you two for having the bravery to make it through to the other side. I was that soldier in the war movie who tells everyone to go on without me. |
loveisamixtape
02.16.21 | it def gets weirder in s2 but you’re used to it and the story becomes more interesting. the editing / cinematography is great tbh. the theory about oa just hallucinating everything is my fav one |
Egarran
02.16.21 | Saw The Queen's Gambit. It's about a traumatized drug addict who is good at chess. We can all in some way relate to that these days.
It's mediocre and predictable, but passable entertainment, esp if you dig the 60s look and/or have a crush on Anya. |
Shuyin
02.16.21 | Going back to the worst movie we've seen, my pick is a Japanese horror movie called Ghost Train because it's absolutely awful in every single way
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819839/ |
Deathconscious
02.16.21 | "the theory about oa just hallucinating everything is my fav one"
I hate these theories. They were actually dead the whole time, or it was all a dream, or they were just schizophrenic, all of those things could lazily explain any weird/fantastical story. Boring explanations. |
loveisamixtape
02.16.21 | i actually agree for pretty much any other context than the OA lol |
naughtcturnal
02.18.21 | Just finished original japanese version of Dark Water by Hideo Nakata (Ringu). The ending had me bawling 😭 |
Shuyin
02.18.21 | The first half of that movie was really good! I want to rewatch both Dark Water another Japanese horror movie called Loft
This one: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443231/ |
naughtcturnal
02.19.21 | @Shuyin: I've personally been on a binge of japanese and korean cinema lately and I will def have to check that one out |
Supercoolguy64
02.19.21 | Saw case 39 it was kinda funny ngl |
Shuyin
02.19.21 | Korean cinema is the absolute best, last week I rewatched The Chaser and Memories of Murder, two of my favourite movies ever. If you can, check one called Breathless, you won't regret it!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1373120/ |
EyesWideShut
02.20.21 | Under The Skin, which was my fav film of the last decade. Abstract, candid, seductive, hypnotic, cosmic horror. Scar Jo at her best.
Road to Perdition, Tom Hanks and Paul Newman were great but I always loved the color palette of this film. Those warm earth tones of green. |
Deathconscious
02.20.21 | Anybody seen Shirkers? Possibly my favorite documentary ever. |
Egarran
02.20.21 | Damn that sounds good. Will check out.
I doubt it can beat Wild Wild Country though. |
Krpa
04.10.21 | Night in Paradise. Solid Korean gangster thriller from the director of New World. Really bloody but satisfying film. |
cordwainerbird
04.10.21 | "Scar Jo at her best"
so she was somewhat tolerable |
cordwainerbird
04.10.21 | "why would I watch tv when I can watch people speedrun Super Mario 64 on twitch"
amen!! |
loveisamixtape
04.10.21 | here we go again |
porcupinetheater
04.10.21 | Just watched Loveless fuck me up. Great movie, feel v bad |
Deathconscious
04.10.21 | Amelie |
EoinCofa
04.10.21 | Amelie is fantastic.
I just saw Nobody. |
alamo
04.11.21 | watched portrait of a lady on fire the other day
suchj
a
great
fucking
movie |
Divaman
04.11.21 | I watched The Accountant this week. Not a great film, but I checked my brain at the door and it was OK. |
Emim
04.11.21 | Accountant is dumb fun for sure, but I enjoyed all the performances and wouldn't mind a sequel eventually.
Last one I watched was Airplane! and it's a banger start to finish. Leslie Nielsen is a delight. |
Supercoolguy64
04.11.21 | Just watched this crappy ww2 movie called battle of the bulge: wonderland. Looked like some YouTube movie made in someone’s backyard lol |
Veldin
04.11.21 | Tourist Trap (1979) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) |
Deathconscious
04.11.21 | Seven Psychopaths. Liked it better the second time. |
Emim
04.11.21 | Love that movie.
"You shot him in the back!"
"Of course I shot him in the back, I was aiming for his spine." |
Egarran
04.11.21 | Yeah, shooting people in the back seems preferable, but for some reason it breaks the murderer honor code. |
protokute
04.11.21 | "Dumbo" and "Guardian Angel: Variações", a film about Antônio Variações, the portuguese folk synth-pop gay symbol artist from Lisboa |
naughtcturnal
04.14.21 | watched Wolfcop yesterday and really enjoyed it and it had a few good laughs. Some of which were in the gory scenes.
just watched Dario Argento’s “Tenebrae” and really enjoyed its abundance of plot twists and some of the death scenes were pretty cool as per with most of his movies from that period. Started the movie not really liking it and finished it really entertained. I’ll probably be watching it again sometime soon |
Deathconscious
04.14.21 | Natural Born Killers. Didnt finish it. I didnt turn it off intending not to watch the rest, but i was tired enough to go to bed and then decided the next day i didnt really care if i saw the rest. Theres a good movie in there i think, but the camerawork and editing were fucking obnoxious. |
SIIMBOLIC
04.14.21 | ^ I tried watching the directors cut stoned and was like nah thanks mate after 15 mins |
Deathconscious
04.14.21 | Maybe thats the problem, thats the version i was watching. Usually the director's cut is the better cut. |
Shuyin
04.14.21 | Watched Joker (2019) and The Crow (1994), both awesome movies. I love Phoenix portrayal of the Joker on the last 30 minutes of the movie, spot on. The Crow always leaves me a bit sad because of Brandon but I love every single shot from that film, RIP |
EyesWideShut
04.14.21 | @deathcon
The camera work and editing is what makes NBK so good imo. Total gonzo filmmaking pure excess while being on amphetamines. I can see why a lot of people would hate it tho.
U-Turn is an underrated Stone flick, feels like he was literally hungover from making NBK. |
bloc
04.14.21 | Godzilla vs. Kong (2021, you know what this is about already)
Raat Akeli Hai (2020, Hindi version of Knives Out but much more on the serious side) |
bloc
04.14.21 | Agreed Seven Pyschopaths is excellent, I try to watch all of Sam Rockwell's movies |
Egarran
04.14.21 | Ooh so Galaxy Quest is coming up? |
JeetJeet
04.14.21 | I keep forgetting this list is a thing.
Malcolm & Marie: 8.5/10. Zendaya and JDW both killed it.
I Care A Lot: 7/10. Goddamn almost EVERY character in this flick is unlikable but the ending made sitting through this worth it.
Synchronic: 7/10. Decent lil time-travel flick, but I feel like they could've done way more with the story.
The New Romantic: 6/10. Nothing special about this flick. Only watched it cus the girl I was with was watching it at the time.
Cherry: 5/10. This movie kinda sucked. Tom Holland gives a good performance but this shit is written terribly. Probably the worst movie about addiction I've ever seen
Mayhem: 7.5/10. This was way better than I thought it would be. Just a dumb action banger set in an office where a virus that turns everyone into violent psychos. Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving are great in this.
Zack Snyder's Justice League: 8/10. Zack Snyder of all people managed to pull an awesome comic book movie out of his ass. This shit felt big and grand and managed to make me give a shit about Cyborg.
The Kid Detective: 9.5/10. I cannot stress how much I loved this one, and never expected it to be so funny. Shit made me laugh out loud multiple times and any movie that makes me do that automatically gets extra points from me. However while this movie is funny, it takes a dark turn, and the ending is a gutpunch. Highly recommend this one.
I'm Your Woman: 6.5/10. Wanted to like this more than I did. Its not bad, but the pacing is so slow and you really feel the runtime of this movie.
Godzilla v. Kong: 7.5/10. This movie is SO fucking DUMB but I'd be lying if I said I didnt enjoy watching it. I have complaints, but ultimately who cares, this shit was a banger. |
Egarran
04.14.21 | Damn that JL score. I'm still dealing with the trauma of those 4 hours. But I can talk to nerds and that"s important in my business. I give it a generous 4/10.
Granted I didn't see its first incarnation and that seems important. |
Deez
04.24.21 | The wailing (2016) Korean Flick/Horror Dope af 8/10
Black Bear (2020) shite |
loveisamixtape
04.24.21 | i watched pan’s labyrinth for the first time last night and thought it was duuuuumb af but had really nice cinematography |
Deez
04.24.21 | I really enjoyed Pans Labyrinth but also find it super overrated but yeah...beautiful
|
loveisamixtape
04.24.21 | the shots and editing are insane tbh however did not super vibe with the movie. i did appreciate how it was like a fairy tale movie that got just randomly extremely dark at times, but didn't care about any of the characters. my partner rly liked it though |
DocSportello
04.24.21 | Spaceship Earth (2020): a decent documentary on the Synergists, a group of DIY bohemians who were behind the 1991 Biosphere 2 experiment. Sad how the germ of a good idea fell into the hands of a pretentious cult. The documentary itself was aight. 7/10 |
FabiusPictor202
04.24.21 | Kong Vs GodZilla, and the new Mortal Kombat movie. Without exaggeration, Kong vs Godzilla is one of the worst movies ive ever seen. MK was also pretty fucking awful and disappointing. it would have been nice if at least one piece of plot or dialogue made sense, but nothing did. the fighting was wack and they put the best parts in the trailer. avoid. |
Deathconscious
04.25.21 | Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Bummer that it didnt get a sequel. |
naughtcturnal
04.25.21 | I just watched Heavy Metal for the first time since my pre-teenage years and it brought back some interesting and some good memories. Love this film
The French Connection which a friend gave me as a birthday gift while describing it as a “big dick movie”. Absolutely loved it. The chase scene near the end was fantastic. One of my favorite Friedkin films |
loveisamixtape
04.25.21 | oooh yeah i still need to check heavy metal |
MillionDead
04.26.21 | My last two were Solaris and Jojo Rabbit. Enjoyed the latter a good bit more than the former. Best Scar Jo performance in my opinion. And Rebel Wilson didn’t even suck, which is a surprise. Also just watched 2001 before those, and that one never stops being transcendent. |
Deathconscious
04.26.21 | Jojo Rabbit is great, liked it better the second time i saw it.
Just watched Mad Max: Fury Road for the second time. Nothing out there like it, so fucking insane. And i just learned that the prequel is actually in production, last i heard it sounded like it might not even happen, im so happy. |
Egarran
04.26.21 | I have to watch Fury Road again, I didn't love it as much as everyone else and I don't like that at all.
Finally got around to watch Cast Away. It's a fine movie, if extremely silly, but most importantly I now get all the references in Mighty Boosh's Milky Joe episode. |
fogza
04.26.21 | I watched the Wolf of Snow Hollow and the Kid Detective. They actually have lots of similarities and they're both pretty good, but the Kid Detective was probably the better of the two. |
Egarran
05.06.21 | The Abyss for the Nth time. Love that silly movie.
Which logically leads to Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I'm not sure it aged as well. But who cares, this means something. |
Shuyin
05.06.21 | I rewatched 2 DBZ movies for that sweet nostalgia, The World's Strongest and Wrath of the Dragon. I'll go for Coolers Revenge and Sleeping princess next, those movies are so much fun |
FabiusPictor202
05.06.21 | backdoor sluts 9 and 10 |
Slugboiiii
05.06.21 | Weathering With You - not as good as Your Name but still excellent. Soundtrack is top tier, visually it's amazing and the characters are fantastic as well.
Starship Troopers - good dumb fun |
fogza
05.07.21 | The abyss rules, as does close encounters, which I think holds up awesomely 👽 |
budgie
05.07.21 | i rly liked wolf of snow hollow foggy |
fogza
05.07.21 | Budgie! My favourite arb scene was when he flips out by the payphone |
Egarran
05.07.21 | True fogza, it just occurred to me that aliens in both movies cause a lot of unnecessary problems, and are frankly very inconsiderate.
Abyss: Whoops we crashed a nuclear sub, have fun with that you silly monkeys.
CE3K: We'll just be scary as fuck and abduct and hypnotize people and I don't know, put this huge ship in the desert LOL no actually you are like ants to us. |
fogza
05.07.21 | Well that's ONE way of looking at it... |
Deathconscious
06.05.21 | Oldboy for the second time. Still great.
Next ones coming up, Memories of Murder, Tenet, The Wretched, none of which ive seen. Especially stoked for Memories of Murder. |
Deez
06.05.21 | Memories of murder is superb. Have you seen the wailing? (Korean) so dope |
Egarran
06.05.21 | Dreamwork's Sinbad. Laaaame
Bo Burnham: Inside.
Man relatably loses mind under lockdown.
Sputnik seems to have a weird lack of Burnham fans, but the dude is a depressed creative genius, and everyone here should be able to relate to at least parts of that. |
protokute
06.05.21 | It's been a while, but the last two movies I watched were Jan Švankmajer's take on Alice, which was pretty dope and an amazing show of stop-motion skills from him; and the other one was Goodfellas, which I wanted to see after finishing The Sopranos, and it was.... pretty good, but not the masterpiece and groundbreaking film I was expecting after seeing people opinions about the film. |
Egarran
06.05.21 | Generally I don't think gangster movies age well. There is an admiration for these evil psychos that feels slightly wrong in these woke times. |
Meridiu5
06.05.21 | Spiral was BLM propaganda
Movies are sad these days |
protokute
06.05.21 | I kind of agree, Eg!
With Sopranos is the same thing, although I loved the series, the amazing actors on it and what they portrayed, it's a bit off-putting and kind of disturbing seeing some people glorifying some of the characters from it, when they were straight pieces of shit as humans. Can say the same for Mad Men, another series I enjoy, and how much people have Don Draper as an example and symbol of masculinity, specially in the marketing, entrepreneurship niches and alpha propaganda bs, when the man, although a very smart and creative person, was also clearly very sexist, misogynistic and a narcissistic asshole. |
Ryus
06.05.21 | "Bo Burnham: Inside."
never seen anything by him before but i turned this off after 15 minutes, it was absolutely horrid |
combustion07
06.05.21 | Psycho Goreman
Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door |
Deathconscious
06.05.21 | "Spiral was BLM propaganda
Movies are sad these days"
Lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.05.21 | I’m not reading the context but if anyone thinks that Spiral was BLM propaganda you’re legit mentally ill.
I enjoyed the movie enough but it had the most mild criticism of american policing possible.
Anyways I got high as shit and watched all three Jackass movies last night and it was incredible. |
protokute
06.05.21 | that seems like an interesting thing to do stoned |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.05.21 | you misspelled “awesome thing to do stoned.” |
Egarran
06.05.21 | >never seen anything by him before but i turned this off after 15 minutes, it was absolutely horrid
Yup that's all I get when I rec this. I live in some weird bubble. Outside of it he gets 5/5 everywhere. |
budgie
06.05.21 | COUNTERSPELL |
budgie
06.05.21 | "Psycho Goreman"
loved that |
Sharenge
06.05.21 | friend of mine had me put on The Strange Thing About the Johnsons the other day... I guess because he thinks Hereditary and Midsommar are the greatest things since sliced bread and now he's an Ari Aster dick-rider
I know the following word choice will cause many to have half an aneurysm, but I thought it was fucking retarded |
Egarran
06.05.21 | well it takes one to know one lol rekt |
budgie
06.05.21 | fukkkin rekts |
Divaman
06.06.21 | Watched "Bumblebee" last night. It was pretty formulaic, but at least it told a personal story, making it instantly the most relatable Transformer film. |
LeddSledd
06.07.21 | The Scent of Green Papaya - pretty loose and lacking in any sort of plot structure, but the atmosphere from the visuals and music is gorgeous and the actions of the characters are oddly humane despite stilted acting and occasional lack of any dialogue. sublime look into a Vietnamese slice of life
Mitchells vs the Machines - super enjoyable animated movie. funny, poignant, and, despite being riddled with tropes, the plot and writing was very fresh and genuine. plus it includes a Sigor Ros song for about 30 seconds for no reason |
Deathconscious
06.07.21 | So yeah, Memories of Murder was pretty great. |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | tried to watch dodgeball the other day and forgot how much i hate vince Vaughn |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | last movie i enjoyed watching was paris Texas for like, the 4th or 5th time ever lol |
Ryus
06.07.21 | "So yeah, Memories of Murder was pretty great."
great movie yeh |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | i watched that one once and liked it
been into podcasts lately idk what happened 2 me |
Deathconscious
06.07.21 | Which ones? |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | really really into Blowback rn, the second season in particular which is ongoing. first season also amazing |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | other than that though, true anon's JFK storyline is interesting in a weird way to me rn, you're wrong about's recap of the DC snipers, swindled in general, podcast about list |
Chambered79
06.07.21 | lighthouse and birdman |
Let
06.07.21 | Cemetary Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) - bizarre horror comedy that takes place in a graveyard where people come to life after seven days. Main character is like an Ash Williams who is less of a chad and listen to a lot of The Smiths. Pretty good.
Onibaba - B&W movie set in a Japanese Civil War hundreds of years ago. Empty, rabid sexual shit, survival, and some really great cinematography
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sixdegrees
06.07.21 | La Chinoise
Conan the Barbarian
Both kino |
JeetJeet
06.07.21 | NOBODY - 8.5/10. Movie kicks ass. Odenkirk kicks ass. Delivers everything that you want in an action movie.
Mortal Kombat - 7/10. Yeah I know people hate this, but I had fun with it so fuck it idc.
Leon the Professional - 8/10. It felt weird watching this but I did enjoy Gary Oldman's character.
Another Round - 9.5./10. Absolutely loved this one. Some really funny moments in this movie and some real moments that tug at your feels too.
Those Who Wish Me Dead - 6/10. I really wish this was better than it was.
Shiva Baby - 7/10. Kinda overrated. Whitest movie I've watched all year.
Army of the Dead - 4/10. This shit is awful. Of course Zack Snyder follows up a great Justice League movie with an absolutely trash ass zombie flick. Dude is the definition of hit-or-miss.
Riders of Justice - 9.5/10. Mads Mikkelson is great at playing a badass. Also I dare you to watch this movie and not laugh or fall in love with at least one of the characters. You cant.
Boss Level - 6.5/10. This was decent. I prolly shoulda watched it high. Watch this one when you're zooted you might like it better.
Wrath of Man - 8.5/10. This movie is a banger. The less you know about it, the better so just dont watch the trailer. Jason Statham does what he does best in it.
Cruella - 6/10. This did not need to be 2 hours and 30+ minutes long.
Unhinged - 6.5/10. Nice lil popcorn flick, nothing more or less.
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budgie
06.07.21 | jesus how did you finish cruella |
JeetJeet
06.07.21 | I didnt even wanna watch it but I lost a bet to a girl I'm seeing so I had to sit through it. I wanted to watch Spiral! |
sixdegrees
06.07.21 | How many puppies does she kill in the film |
loveisamixtape
06.07.21 | "Both kino"
lol felt. i think i liked conan when I saw it but haven't seen the other one
and dang jeet i haven't seen... any of those |
budgie
06.07.21 | first conan film is a fukkkn classic |
Deathconscious
06.07.21 | Wasnt Nobody directed by the same guy who did John Wick? Doesnt give me high hopes. |
JeetJeet
06.08.21 | John Wick is awesome and so is Nobody so if you skip out on Nobody thats an L for you. |
Deathconscious
06.08.21 | If the story is as nonexistent and the characters are as bland and paper thin as John Wick, ill be happy to take that "L".
The only thing that gives me mild interest is Bob Odenkirk. |
EyesWideShut
06.08.21 | Bringing Out the Dead, underrated Marty Scorsese flick. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory all from the back of an ambulance speeding the New York minute. |
Lucman
06.08.21 | Birds of Prey....blah blah blah Harley Quinn - bad
Pan's Labyrinth - amazing. |
Faraudo
06.08.21 | Just watched The King of Comedy for the first time, it probably is Scorsese's best film. Also watched Wong Kar Wai's 2046, I liked it, but I wasn't in love with it like with some of his other classics. |
Faraudo
06.08.21 | "If the story is as nonexistent and the characters are as bland and paper thin as John Wick, ill be happy to take that "L".
Why would you watch a John Wick film for the story lmao |
LeddSledd
06.08.21 | I watch porn for the plot
also Cruella sounds god-awful, Disney really really sucks now |
fogza
06.08.21 | Funny I also watched Birds of Prey recently (together with Army of Dead), both were absolutely awful. I also finally got round to seeing Parasite, it was good but not nearly as good (or bad) as I expected, more a 7 out of 10. |
Lucman
06.08.21 | Army of Dead looks awful lol. I love Parasite but I also don't think it's quite a classic. |
Deathconscious
06.08.21 | @faraudo if youre going to have nothing but action as the draw for a movie, it had better be really good action, and its just not. |
EyesWideShut
06.08.21 | @Faraudo I wouldn't say The King of Comedy is my fav Marty but his 80's run was A1. |
Deathconscious
06.13.21 | Watched The Wretched 2019. It was passable. There were some good things about it but pretty forgettable overall.
Also the original Japanese The Grudge was pretty disappointing. |
Rawmeeth38
06.15.21 | Just watched The Empty Man. Came out last year and guess it went under the radar. It was great though. Really weird and interesting movie. |
Trebor.
06.15.21 | Cruella - 4/10
Spiral - 4/10
yikes |
heck
06.15.21 | the original Fright Night and Class of 1984 |
budgie
06.15.21 | nice heck og fright night is classic |
Egarran
06.15.21 | Why in the unholy fuck are people watching Cruella? I saw Beauty and the Beast remastered (yes partner obligations, end me) and it was the worst thing I have ever seen.
But I learned my lesson, man. |
DocSportello
06.15.21 | Spaceship Earth (2020): great documentary on the Biosphere 2 fiasco, pairs very nicely with weed, too, if that's your thing - 8/10
Soul (2020): aesthetically my favorite Pixar movie since Up, but the second half does injustice to the film's gripping premise. instead of addressing existential questions begged perforce by said premise, or even just answering some plot cruxes, the feel-good ending cheapens that premise, and the more you think about the ending in light of the movie's ambition the hollower the experience of having watched it - 6/10 |
protokute
06.20.21 | Gosh, I didn't know how tremendously horrible Lynch's Dune was. |
bloc
06.20.21 | Watched Wrath Of Man last night and loved it. |
anarchistfish
06.20.21 | Aeroplane and LA confidential. Also Fury Road the best film of the decade |
Deathconscious
06.21.21 | Im betting the new Dune movie will be a lot better. |
BaselineOOO
06.21.21 | Wayne's World - trash
Homunculus (live action adaptation of my favorite manga) - trash |
fogza
06.21.21 | "Gosh, I didn't know how tremendously horrible Lynch's Dune was."
It was heavily flawed but I love that movie |
Divaman
06.22.21 | I watched the new Conjuring film this afternoon. |
FabiusPictor202
06.22.21 | just watched The Lighthouse, was super nutty but cool and trve |
bloc
06.23.21 | Watched Nobody yesterday and honestly wasn't that impressed |
EoinCofa
06.23.21 | Just binged KATLA on Netflix. Damn doppelgängers! |
Egarran
06.23.21 | I couldn't finish Nobody.
Diva was new Conjuring any good? |
Hyperion1001
06.23.21 | just watched:
butcher, baker, nightmare maker - batshit insane 80's horror thats super depressing and difficult to watch, but still decent
curtains - seen it before, liked it more the first time. fairly obvious the producers fucked it up with reshoots. |
combustion07
06.24.21 | Kindergarten Cop, Cop Land. And Butcher Baker is a gem! |
Divaman
06.24.21 | It wasn't quite as good as the first two Conjuring films, but it's better than the other films in the extended Conjuring universe. It's decent. Empty calories, though. |
Divaman
06.24.21 | What I really liked that I binge watched over the last couple of days, though, is the first season of True Detective. |
budgie
06.24.21 | new conjuring was trash |
Deathconscious
06.24.21 | Boogie Nights. Pretty good. |
alamo
06.24.21 | mortal kombat, sooooooo bad but still dont regret watching for some visuals & the loved ones, some really fun carrie meets texas chainsaw |
budgie
06.24.21 | the loved ones is IMO one of the best horrors of 21st c |
Trebor.
06.24.21 | I just watched Hush on netflix. It was pretty good |
combustion07
06.24.21 | Agreed on The Loved Ones being one of the best recent horrors! Amazing. His follow up The Devil's Candy is pretty solid too, couldn't be more different in tone and slow burn style but worth a watch. Australian horror rarely disappoints tbh.
Just watched Love Object again and then Queen of Black Magic. Love Object is such an underrated gem about a man going mad with a very life like sex doll. Might sound stupid on paper but it's actually a very surreal, creepy ride. Queen of Black Magic is an extremely fun and kind of wacky occult horror journey. It's Indonesian if I recall correctly and has some insane practical effects. If you track down the Mondo Macabro release I highly recommend watching the special effects featurette on the DVD. It will increase your respect for the gruesome moments tenfold seeing the living conditions and limitations the gory goods were made under. If anyone watches it and enjoys I also recommend checking out Mystics in Bali, Lady Terminator and Alucarda also |
EyesWideShut
06.24.21 | Threw on 80's horror flick Brain Damage for some fun. Great flick but what a sexy fucking ending credits tune !!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQJqfyhU1gg |
combustion07
06.24.21 | Brain Damage is so damn fun! Hennenlotter is one of the greats. Might be my favorite of his but its so hard to choose just one |
Divaman
06.24.21 | Finally got around to Boogie Nights last year. It was good. |
Divaman
07.06.21 | Watched Wonder Woman 1984 last night. Holy crap did that suck. |
rabidfish
07.06.21 | Tried watching Luca, got way too bored, took a nap. It's cute and shit, but it was too boring and unengaging for me |
Egarran
07.06.21 | Maybe all the exciting stuff happened while you were napping |
Colton
07.06.21 | last time I watched a movie was christmas 2018, really gotta get back into them |
DocSportello
07.06.21 | Nathan for You: Finding Frances – 8/10
The Grand Budapest Hotel: 10/10 |
Hyperion1001
07.06.21 | creepshow - great 8/10
the deadly spawn - also great 7/10 |
bloc
07.06.21 | Freaks 7/10
Fear Of Rain 5/10 |
loveisamixtape
07.07.21 | anyone see any good docs lately? in one of my moods. not super picky about topics as long as it’s not awful or average true crime |
loveisamixtape
07.07.21 | tryin to watch something in the same category as class action park Tbh |
Lucman
07.07.21 | In my recent movie history:
Saw 1-6. Ehhh.
Midsommar. Amazing. |
Egarran
07.07.21 | Yesterday I was binging mysteries on youtube, mostly Strange But True Stories.
They're totally documentaries.
For example, did you know that cryptid sightings are often accompanied by UFO phenomena? Very fascinating.
But I think Wild Wild Country was the last doc I saw and it's going to be very hard to top that. |
chemicalmarriage
07.07.21 | Freaks 2/10
What Dreams May Come 9/10 |
Piglet
07.07.21 | lone survivor - has op special forces being badasses so yeh automatic fakn yeh the boiz im down for this shit. but yeh actually deserving of high praise. with the source material i don't think it was ever destined to be a bad movie. You can't not be emotionally invested in the situation the guy was put through. better executed than the likes of black hawk down as well. not to mention it has a natural arc with some degree of closure for the protagonist. incredible survival story all things considered. 8/10.
13 hours - wot a complete basket of peasant asshatery this was lol, just pure fucking trash. Me and me mate whose got more forgiving taste than me could not stand this shit. The cheesy writing and the cheesy acting are the worst offenders ive seen in a while, with the depth and personality of plasterboard. everything about it just reeked try-hard murican hollywoodisms and yet people call it authentic. w0t? authentic in being shit. and yeah im only now reading that it's directed by michael bay and it couldn't make more sense. the man just appeals to american sensibilities and by that i mean having infantile characters and infantile writing. And crucially, every fkn scene and scenario is boring, laden with exposition you dont give a shit about and even when you eventually do get to the action you're hoping the good guys die so you don't have to put up with any more of their trash acting. yeah fuck off 3/10, never again, gets a couple extra points for being somewhat historically accurate and for some pretty cinematography c: |
Egarran
07.07.21 | Director: "But it made you FEEL something. Worth it." |
Storm In A Teacup
07.07.21 | Watched Spiderman Far From Home and Star wars rise of Skywalker at parents |
fogza
07.07.21 | piglet isn't messing around |
bloc
07.07.21 | chemicalmarriage, you little copycat |
Deathconscious
09.27.21 | Saw The Green Knight today, and just wow. |
R4zor3dge
09.27.21 | I saw Pulp Fiction for the first time and Far from Home. I dig the order in which Pulp Fictions narrative was told. |
Egarran
09.27.21 | Whiplash - Evil movie. I kept waiting for a chance to cheer for someone, but nope, they're all stupid.
Dune - Ehhh nice spaceship porn, but otherwise mediocre. It lacks soul. Gonna watch part 2 though. |
evilford
09.27.21 | Rise of Skywalker was a fucking hot mess. Terrible movie. |
BaselineOOO
09.27.21 | All About Eve - great movie, wholesome
Free Guy - disgusting dogshit |
Deathconscious
09.27.21 | @egarran dont tell me that about Dune, ive been fapping in anticipation since i heard it was being made. I still have to wait till October 22nd to see it. |
Egarran
09.27.21 | Everbody hyped it too much before I saw it, so I'm just trying to lower your expectations.
Wear earplugs, it's a Hans Zimmer soundtrack. BWAAAAOOOMM |
loveisamixtape
09.27.21 | man i love whiplash |
Feather
09.27.21 | Not a movie, but popping in this thread to warn people to not buy into the hype and don't bother watching the TV show Manifest. It is a simpler and cornier version of Lost.
I am about to finish season 3 :/ |
Drifter
09.27.21 | Om Shanti Om and Do The Right Thing |
Storm In A Teacup
09.27.21 | Mayo Clinic and Spiderman Far From Home |
Storm In A Teacup
09.27.21 | Also have started the 6th season of Lucifer but it gets so cheesy i have to take a break every 15 to 20 minutes |
someone
09.27.21 | The Vast of Night - fantastic indie sci-fi about a radio show discovering alien presence on Earth
Pontypool - similar concept, a radio show realising some kind of apocalypse is happening outside. this film also has a very unique understanding of what a zombie can be, although the delivery of that concept is a little hamfisted at times and unclear at others. |
loveisamixtape
09.28.21 | both of those sound cool @someone
also feature this |
Egarran
09.28.21 | >The Vast of Night
Yes! That was a great little movie with a few fantastic one-takes. Loved the Twilight Zone vibes. |
someone
09.28.21 | Love how it plays with pacing. There's a great dynamic one-take scene followed by nothing but a character listening to the radio. And the pace is not lost. |
Egarran
09.28.21 | So many phone connections |
loveisamixtape
09.29.21 | just watched Mandy for the first time. one of my favorite movies i’ve seen in like a year it’s so good |
loveisamixtape
09.29.21 | if anyone hasn’t watched that and does watch it, either wear headphones or crank the volume, adds a whole lot |
Divaman
09.29.21 | I watched about 20 minutes of Malignant tonight. Does that count? |
loveisamixtape
09.29.21 | it does not. i think the next movie i watch will be The Vast of Night it looks awesome |
someone
09.30.21 | really is too |
loveisamixtape
09.30.21 | i’m in Nicolas cage mode since watching Mandy, bout to watch wild at heart again. and then the vast of night |
Egarran
09.30.21 | I should watch Mandy. Everyone seems to love it. |
robertsona
09.30.21 | where is the friend's home? (abbas kiarostami)
the death of mr. lazarescu (cristi puiu) |
Hyperion1001
09.30.21 | just watched malignant.
god damn james wan. ive liked exactly zero films hes had a hand in, until now. what a wild ride.
go into it completely blind and youll enjoy it even more. seriously, its fucking nuts. |
Deathconscious
10.01.21 | Finally watched Looper. I wanted to see it way back when it came out and somehow never did. It didnt disappoint. It had flaws, but it was thoroughly entertaining. |
combustion07
10.01.21 | Buffalo 66: first time viewing and I went into it blind. I was blown away by this one and by the end I really feel like it kind of changed my whole mindset about how I'm looking at my life situation currently and it's honestly very, very rare that a film can make me do that. I could see this being a love it or hate it flick but I most definitely loved it. Excited to check out some of the directors other work.
The Day of the Beast: awesome flick where a priest is trying to sin as much as he can so that he can gain the trust of the devil on Christmas to discover where the antichrist will be born that evening so that he can kill it and save the world! He teams up with a metalhead and a phony occultist from a TV show in hopes to snuff out evil incarnate and it's all around just a solid, fun time.
I also watched two more so. . Dead Man's Shoes: bleak, nicely made revenge flick about a man getting vengeance on some druggies who put his mentally retarded brother through hell while he was away in the military. This one is low budget but very well made. Had seen it long ago but I was too young for it to fully resonate with me at the time. Highly recommended if you want a revenge story with some teeth to it
Grand Theft Parsons: another blind watch starring Johnny Knoxville and Michael Shannon. The film is based on the events after musician Gram Parsons death. His road manager hijacked his body so that he could burn it in the desert as he requested and he uses Shannon for his hearse so that he can make the request a reality. Shannon's character was what really made this movie for me. The movie isn't mind-blowing or anything but I had a good time with it and I'm very glad I watched it thus leading me to discovering Parsons music. Which is awesome imo
All of these are up to stream on Tubi currently |
loveisamixtape
10.24.21 | about to go see Dune in theaters, first time I’ve been to a movie at a theater in like 10 years, no expectations |
rabidfish
10.24.21 | Watched SALT with Angelina Jolie. It's dumb and kinda basic but nothing offensively bad. I liked it. 6/10 |
Meridiu5
10.25.21 | Dunc was so good. Momoa stole the show |
EoinCofa
10.25.21 | Finally watched Train to Busan, might be my favorite zombie movie.
Binged the rest of Haunting of Hill House. |
zaruyache
10.25.21 | saw Dune and The Last Duel yesterday. The theater only had two people working tickets so it took 45 mins to get into the latter movie and I don't think it was worth it lmao. Dune was fantastic tho. |
loveisamixtape
10.25.21 | yeah dune was sick. i’ll def be watching the sequels |
Deathconscious
10.25.21 | Seeing Dune next week, wanted to go when there would be less people. I have high hopes. |
zaruyache
10.25.21 | it's all beige and brown and grey and looks fantastic bc deni villeneuve and his team make real movies. |
EyesWideShut
10.25.21 | Peeped Titane, french body horror flick about The Immaculate Conception from a Cadillac. Might get more attention because of its take on gender but its was a solidly entertaining film |
bloc
10.25.21 | Jolt 5/10
Copshop 6/10 |
JeetJeet
10.25.21 | V/H/S/94 - Absolute assery. Straight up dookie water. Had one really good segment and the rest were either mid or just straight up awful. 2/10
Halloween Kills - Trash, but entertaining on some level. Better than the last Halloween movie but still
bad. I need them to either step it up or stop rebooting these movies. 5/10
Promising Young Woman - Solid movie and I guess I can see why it got hyped but I'm not that huge of a fan. Some real great performances tho. 7/10
Dune - Incredible. The first sci-fi classic of the 2020s decade. I'm praying that we'll get a part 2. 9.5/10 |
twlight
10.25.21 | Halloween (2018) - really enjoyed it
Fight Club - Classic |
someone
10.25.21 | real shame what the V/H/S series has turned into
guess it was always bound to happen |
Rowhaus
10.25.21 | The cult short from V/H/S 2 was incredible |
widowslaugh123
11.02.21 | The Game: I can see people hating the ending but I actually liked it! A weird implausible twist that somehow works. A riches to rags story by David Fincher. Michael Douglas Probably the the best “Scrooge” ever in this 90s version of A Christmas Carol.
8.5
Prisoners: This was pretty good. I liked the ending. Always a big gyllenhal fan and Jackman was surprisingly solid af. This is the second Denis Villenueve I’ve seen after enemy and I definitely want to see more. Although I did like enemy more this but that might be cuz the subject matter of this is so shitty (child abduction, torture)
8.2 |
Divaman
11.02.21 | I watched the Snyder cut of Justice League the other night. That was as long as two movies. |
rellik009
11.02.21 | Dune: well it's a long part 1 for sure
Halloween Kills: atmosphere and gore, not much else. |
Divaman
11.02.21 | >atmosphere and gore, not much else.
That's really all I need. |
zaruyache
11.03.21 | saw Soho and Antlers this weekend. Endorsing the former and notsomuch the latter, needed moar wendigo. |
Divaman
11.03.21 | Yeah, Soho was good? |
zaruyache
11.03.21 | some of the spooky phantom bits were kinda goofy but the 3rd act twists went hard lmao. straight women posting W's fire |
Deathconscious
11.03.21 | I have mixed feelings about Dune. Visually it's stunning. But two and a half hours was not enough time to properly explain the world and flesh out the characters. I realize that being a movie its not going to have as much detail as a book, but i feel like another half hour could have helped with this. Also that rendition of the Baron sucked. And there were a few unintentionally funny parts. But overall i still liked it, ill be seeing the second one. |
conesmoke
11.03.21 | Watched the 1982 poltergeist last night. Good movie but the character of the teenage daughter seemed redundant |
BaselineOOO
11.03.21 | rewatched Only Yesterday (1991) - best Takahata movie - 3.6/5
Dune - I hate that Hollywood is all about nepotism and shitty actors now - 1.3/5 |
someone
11.03.21 | The Witch (2015)
I absolutely adore New England spooky folk and gothic tales, so this was a bullseye for my tastes. FFO: Apostle, Gretel and Hansel, The Village
Underwater (2020)
A goo throwaway horror-ish thriller about a workers' team trapped in an exploding station at the bottom of Mariana's Trench. A little wonky in places and the editing was sometimes jarring, TJ Miller is annoying as always, but the setting, the thrills and the visuals are fantastic. Although it is far from a proper horror film, it had moments where I genuinely was on the edge of my seat. Maybe had 20th Century and Disney had at least a semblance of interest in the production and gave the authors the budget, time and PR they needed, this would've been a new classic. Seriously. |
Divaman
11.03.21 | I really liked The Witch. |
someone
11.03.21 | then check Apostle, it's also on Netflix
made by the Raid guy (who also made the best V/H/S segment) |
someone
11.03.21 | oh and Nightingale (2018) |
Coast
11.04.21 | Halloween Kills - so schmaltzy and terrible dialogue but Michael looks awesome and very gory, brutal kills. |
JesperL
11.04.21 | stalker & nomadland lol |
naughtcturnal
11.04.21 | Finally saw Onibaba and was not disappointed. Might watch the Criterions secial features tonight
Also saw Never Say Never Again. “Unofficial” Thunderball remake with an older Sean Connery. It was alright. |
JeetJeet
11.05.21 | Titane - 8/10. Very weird but awesome movie
Censor - 6/10. Wish they did more with this flick but its just boring.
The Voyeurs - 5/10. Laughably bad twists in the final 20 minutes. |
Divaman
11.05.21 | I watched the new Mortal Kombat tonight. It was OK, but no better than that. The 1995 film was better. |
Divaman
11.06.21 | I watched the new Godzilla vs. Kong movie tonight. It made the new Mortal Kombat look like Shakespeare. Unimaginably wretched until you finally get some decent monster on monster action in the last 20 minutes or so. The human characters on the Kong side were boring, and the ones on the Godzilla side were actively annoying. C'mon guys. All you had to do was come up with a half decent reason to get get G and K together and then get out of the way. |
BaselineOOO
11.06.21 | A Matter of Life and Death / Stairway to Heaven (1946) - unfocused, low IQ, cringe movie, highly overrated, I wish it was better... |
rabidfish
11.06.21 | watched Heat again last night. Amazing movie, the only problem i find is the epilogue, it goes on a bit too long. But otherwise it's an amazing movie, and the soundtrack is FIRE. |
Egarran
11.06.21 | Malignant
Good fun, although at first I took it seriously - which was a mistake. |
Divaman
11.06.21 | Gee, I only made it through about 20 minutes of that one. |
Egarran
11.06.21 | I saw that. But it definitely goes places. |
jagride
11.06.21 | probably shouldn't be but i'm tentatively stoked for mann's new hbo thing
watched killing of a chinese bookie '76 last night . just aesthetically the grimy melancholic vibe and gauzy lighting is total catnip to me. i sampled cosmo's pep talk at the end in a song a few years ago |
Divaman
11.07.21 | I finally watched Dune tonight. In spite of some casting missteps and a slow pace in the last 40 minutes or so, I liked it. (Although it won't really be a complete thing until we see Part II.) |
Divaman
11.07.21 | Re/Malignant - it will probably be back on HBO Max in about 6 months. Maybe I'll give it another shot then. |
bloc
11.08.21 | Kate 5/10
Dune (2021) 7/10 |
Egarran
12.18.21 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Ben Stiller is a nerd who is forced to take on the world. Eh. 6/10
JoJo Rabbit - Young nazi fanatic learns that life has nuances. Was doubtful at first (not really since I love all Waititi's movies, but it's a difficult concept), but at the end I def had a lump in my throat.
Also, it could be a Wes Anderson film. 7/10
|
zakalwe
12.18.21 | Green Knight - Utter shite
Dune - Magnificent |
BaselineOOO
12.18.21 | The Long Goodbye 1973 - 7/10 my second favorite Robert Altman movie
The Rainmaker 1997 - 4/10 boring but well made |
Divaman
12.19.21 | I saw a little horror film called In the Earth on Hulu last week. It wasn't bad. |
Parallels
12.19.21 | Christmas with the Kranks 1/10
Deck the Halls 0/10
I'm pretty sure I was just subjected to the worst two Christmas movies ever made. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.21 | why in gods name would you subject yourself to that?
Just watched the Matrix trilogy before seeing 4 next week.
First one is still a masterpiece, second is A LOT better than I remember, Resurrections first hour or so are phenomenal but that last fight scene is just so fucking ridiculous, and I didn’t find too much of the Zion stuff to be all that interesting. They kill off a lot of characters but they’re just characters that I didn’t give a shit about. Trinitys death made me a little misty eyed, but like I said that last fight scene is so fucking stupid that I kinda checked out by the time Neo died. Oh and Ian Bliss is fucking incredible as Bane. He was channeling Hugo Weaving’s mannerisms, vocal patterns, just everything about that character is perfect.
Still excited for Resurrections. |
protokute
12.19.21 | Another Round (2020) : Awesome acting, and interesting idea for a film, the last segment of the film left me scratching my head a bit though...
Shiva Baby (2020) : Also pretty cool idea for a film, but somehow I didn't feel engaged at all, zoned out through most of it |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.21 | Watching another round today lol |
Divaman
12.19.21 | >Still excited for Resurrections.
I'm not. I've got a bad feeling about this one. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.21 | Idk. It can’t be any worse than Revolutions right?
Even if it’s shit I’m pretty the action will at least look great in IMAX |
Ryus
12.19.21 | licorice pizza was great. probably my least favorite PTA ive seen but still solid |
protokute
12.19.21 | I'm eager for watching Licorice Pizza, but unfortunately I'm going to have to wait for a torrent |
Ryus
12.19.21 | luckily i could see it in theaters in limited release. theater was empty. great experience |
Divaman
12.19.21 | >It can’t be any worse than Revolutions right?
Um, no comment? I mean I hope it won't be, but... |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.21 | yeah this is what i actually needed to hear. i really need to tone down my hype for this movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.21 | And watched Another Round, not nearly as good as The Hunt, but Mads is legit one of the best actors on the planet |
porcupinetheater
12.19.21 | Peeped me some quiet things lately, just wrapped up 35 Shots of Rum & The Naked Island |
JeetJeet
12.20.21 | "And watched Another Round, not nearly as good as The Hunt, but Mads is legit one of the best actors on the planet"
Have you seen Riders of Justice? Its pretty fucking awesome and has Mads in it. |
Divaman
12.20.21 | I watched The Haunting of Borley Manor tonight. I was somewhat interested, but a lot of the acting was horrible, and not all that much happens, so I think most of you would hate it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.20.21 | I’ll add it to the list Jeet. Thanks |
HelloJoe
12.20.21 | I watched Wrath of Man. I didn't like it at all. Not my kind of movie. Pasty masculinity with a sprinkling of homophobia. A bunch of miserable unlikeable people killing one another. Boring. Bad dialogue, bad action set pieces... no honor among thieves. No personality among thieves either, it would seem.
I dunno man. Not vibing with it the same way many others did. Feels like a dated movie from the 90s. Worst movie I've seen in a while.
Also watched The Last Duel. That was quite good. Enjoyed that one. Built up pretty high to a tense climax with a great payoff. |
porcupinetheater
12.20.21 | Also not a movie but just finally finished Squid Game, what a total dumpster fire that whole ending is
And lol thanks for the warning Joe, sounds like Guy Ritchie's dipping in to his usual bag of tricks |
fogza
12.20.21 | Squid games does have a lame ending, that's for sure |
HelloJoe
12.20.21 | @Porcupinetheater.
There are a lot of people who enjoy the movie. I'm sure if you like shlocky 90s action films you might like it. I doubt anyone sitting down to watch this has any notion it's anything but a dumb gritty crime flick. Sadly this one is Jason Statham without any of the whit or snappy one-liners. It's just so dirge. Not in a sleek noir way either more in a - this movie smells like Lynx kind of way.
Boring and brooding men brood at one another and then get shot. They also exchange some terrible dialogue in some pretty poor acting along the way. |
Egarran
12.20.21 | Seems a lot of shows and movies are being centered around shooting people in the head.
It's what the plebs want, apparently. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.20.21 | Squid Game really was fantastic but yeah you’re right, goddamn what a horrible ending.
Episode 6 nearly moved me to tears but they just shat all over that with the ending |
Divaman
12.20.21 | >Boring and brooding men brood at one another and then get shot.
That gave me a smile. Never saw the movie, but great review. |
someone
12.20.21 | Road to Perdition
good mafia drama, but has those very 2000s actor drama vibes. cannot take Tom Hanks as a badass, doesnt work. but still watchable. mafia flicks is my unguilty pleasure |
Pheromone
12.20.21 | clueless
sexy paul rudd |
Divaman
12.20.21 | >Tom Hanks as a badass
Really? Oh my God. Glad I've never seen this one. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.20.21 | Yeah looks like I’ll have to add it to the list.
Surprised I haven’t already seen it. I watch a lot of movies and that one really just slipped passed me I guess |
HelloJoe
12.20.21 | @Divaman
I watched it (Wrath of Man) on Amazon Prime if it strikes your curiosity. Personally, there are more interesting things to do with 2 hours than listen to insecure men call each other poopy pants. Yes, that's actually in the movie. |
Josh D.
12.20.21 | Paycheck and Fracture, both not great |
Divaman
12.20.21 | Thanks Joe. Think I'm gonna trust you and pass. |
maxer
12.21.21 | Watched Mission Impossible - Fallout. Really enjoyed it. It's been a while since an action movie actually made me smile while watching it. |
Egarran
12.21.21 | Good to hear. Despite my best intentions, I really liked Ghost Protocol. |
gschwen
12.21.21 | Last couple:
Ron's Gone Wrong 5/10 - Same studio that did Ice Age, but after the Disney acquisition. It was cute, occasionally funny, sometimes tear-jerking, but hand-waves the reality of being a loser and the immense impact of bullying.
Passing 6/10 - This movie explores race relations in 1920s NYC from the point of view of a wealthy black family. Its dialogue and execution is done well, Tessa Thompson is worth the price of admission alone, but the movie does drag a little.
Tick Tick Boom! 7/10 - Andrew Garfield carries the movie on his back; it is a showcase of his talent, but LMM certainly earns some credit for the new arrangement of Larson's autobiographical musical.
The Dig 4/10 - Kind of a snoozer, the trailer would satisfice all of the intrigue this movie has to offer. Lily James' story arc is weirdly out of place; seems to exist only to move everything along but is total filler. |
Deathconscious
12.21.21 | Jeepers Creepers. Its fun.
Started The Host but havent finished it, probably will tonight. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.21.21 | dude the mission impossible franchise is dumb fun at its finest
3-Fallout are some of the best action movies out there |
naughtcturnal
12.21.21 | Watched Perfect Blue and it has quickly become one of my favorite animated films of all time.
Also watched Jennifer’s Body. It was… okay. |
Emim
12.21.21 | Spider-Man twice |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.22.21 | No Way Home was actually really good, and I don’t think that’s just nostalgia talking |
Divaman
12.22.21 | I kind of liked Jennifer's Body. |
HelloJoe
12.22.21 | Yeah, I heard it was a pretty interesting film but I haven't seen it yet. The same screenwriter as Juno if I remember correctly. |
Divaman
12.22.21 | Yep. |
Emim
12.22.21 | "No Way Home was actually really good, and I don’t think that’s just nostalgia talking"
I'll refrain from any spoilers, but on a re-watch it definitely suffered from some pacing issues. That front half drags on. The performances were really good though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.22.21 | I’ll definitely have to give it a rewatch but the performances were fantastic. Literally everyone was top notch. |
Ryus
12.23.21 | birdman. not good. iñarritu continues to suck
treasure of the sierra madre. very good |
Coast
12.23.21 | An American Werewolf in London - good gory effects for ‘81, quirky, love the bedlam in the final 10 mins (8.5/10)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre ‘74 - raw, low on gore, good atmosphere and hysteria (8/10) |
porcupinetheater
12.23.21 | Based Ryus
Iñarritu one of the worst of all time, nothing but pompous histrionics and disingenuous tryhard misanthropy |
zaruyache
12.23.21 | new spiderman - idk silly
new matrix - idk also silly |
MO
12.23.21 | New matrix looks awful and seems like they're just jerking off to the first movie and rehashing old scenes
Heard the new Spiderman was solid but I'm skeptical of marvel and di$ney now |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.23.21 | I think most marvel movies are pretty fucking corny but yeah the new Spider-Man is great. Willem Dafoe is fucking wild in this movie. 20 years on and he hasn’t lost a step
I know it’ll probably suck but I’m seeing Matrix tomorrow, but it should at the very least be entertaining in IMAX
It’s sitting at 69% on Rotten Tomatoes, so slightly worse than Reloaded but much better than Revolutions. I can live with that |
Egarran
12.23.21 | Birdman was the first Iñarritu I liked. Then I tried showing it to the female, and she couldn't stand it. DNF 30%
So I accept this may be a me thing. I can confirm that The Revenant is terrible tho. |
protokute
12.23.21 | The Revenant has some beautiful sceneries, a shame, the whole film might be one of the most boring I ever watched.
I liked Birdman quite a lot tho |
dbizzles
12.23.21 | Blood Simple and Matrix: Revolutions
I hadn't seen any of the first 3 Coen Bro movies so I figured I'd better start. Blood Simple fucking owned. |
Divaman
12.23.21 | I liked Birdman, except for that annoying drum soundtrack. |
Ryus
12.23.21 | the soundtrack was easily the best part |
loveisamixtape
12.23.21 | watched the OG matrix for the first time in like 15 years last night. why is everything in the movie green |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.23.21 | Just saw Resurrections
What a fucking weird movie. There’s so much I loved and so much I hated. I’ll give it another watch on HBO Max |
Divaman
12.23.21 | Watch it one for me. Think I'm gonna pass. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.23.21 | You’re not missing much |
JeetJeet
12.23.21 | Rewatched all the Matrix movies.
OG Matrix: 10/10. Sci-fi perfection. Still amazing after all these years
Matrix Reloaded: 9/10. Still awesome. Forgot how great that cliffhanger ending was.
Matrix Revolutions: Ass. 5/10.
The Animatrix: Never saw this one before but it was pretty fuckin dope. Most of the stories were great. 8/10
ANNNNND Matrix Resurrections: I dont fuckin know/10. The first 30 or 40 so minutes of the movie are genuinely awesome, and then it kinda just goes off the rails and every 5 minutes something cool happens and then is immediately followed up by something really fucking stupid. |
grannypantys
12.24.21 | New matrix movie blows.
The worst part of the movie is the not the stupid plot, lame fight scenes, constant flashbacks, unlikeable characters, or bad acting. It was the dialogue. Line after stupid line get dropped like a piano falling on your head. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.24.21 | Alright. Some spoilers ahead but nothing major
The good:
Neo and Trinity obv, though we didn’t get enough Trinity imo
Bugs actually kicked ass, hope to see more of her if the story continues
Actually enjoyed NPH and the new Smith even though I really missed Weaving
New Morpheus was totally unnecessary but I like Yahya Abdul-Mateen II so w/e
Swarm was a neat idea
Motorcycle chase scene was actually really engaging
Showing how Neo and Trinity were “resurrected” was visually very interesting and kind of gruesome
The Bad:
Literally almost everything else
I hate the ‘meta’ tone
I hate the constant flashbacks, I mean for fucks sake it felt like every scene had one. It’d be 10x more impactful if we had only one or two.
Literally everyone besides Bugs is completely forgettable.
Naobi, holy shit did they turn a complete 180 on her character. I get it’s been a long ass time and people change but goddamn she sucked in this movie.
Biggest sin of all: bad action sequences, the martial arts scenes were either cut so badly you can barely tell what’s going on, and the ones that are intelligible are ripped straight from one of the three preceding films.
4/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.24.21 | Oh and the idea that the original Matrix trilogy was a game developed by Mr. Anderson is fucking stupid and should’ve been thrown in the dumpster before it ever even got into the writers room. |
chemicalmarriage
12.24.21 | Home alone
How the grinch stole christmas
Both 10/10 |
Deathconscious
12.24.21 | The Host was disappointing, considering the praise i heard for it and the people involved in making the movie. |
samwise2000
12.24.21 | Dune and Midnight in Paris, both really good |
Meridiu5
12.25.21 | Oh and the idea that the original Matrix trilogy was a game developed by Mr. Anderson is fucking stupid and should’ve been thrown in the dumpster before it ever even got into the writers room.
I thought this was the only part of the movie that did work. It mirrored the first movie in that it was a complete mind-f. And Neil Patrick Harris.
If it wasn’t for the bad script and acting it could have been a classic. |
EoinCofa
12.25.21 | Last Christmas - sappy dud but good George Michael soundtrack
Don’t Look Up - all-star cast, some funny moments; a bit of an accurate description of American politics and societal narcissism
|
Hyperion1001
12.25.21 | tried to watch Batman Returns cause Christmas but god damn comic book shit is just so fucking stupid man I cannot tolerate it. |
EyesWideShut
12.26.21 | The Penguin used to creep me out haha |
gschwen
12.26.21 | The Power of the Dog 7/10 - Slow burn, but ultimately becomes a very subtle thriller. The thing I’m not sure of is whether it’s so subtle that anyone but the most engaged watchers can tell what’s actually occurred by the end of the movie. Benedict’s cowboy accent is distracting. |
tectactoe
12.26.21 | Went on a six month movie hiatus. (Birth of our second child + extra busy at work = what little "free time" I had was spent watching sports and/or attempting to catch up on sleep; needed the mental break tbh.) But finally started watching 'em again last week after my wife and I finished the cooking network show(s) we were watching intermittently. Scores and brief thoughts of the movies I've seen this month, willing to expand on anything if interested:
• PIG (Sarnofsky, 2021): [B+] A film that did nothing but subvert every expectation I ended up forming; what I thought was going to be another lame revenge flick (à la MANDY) turned out to be one of the most tender films in recent memory.
• OLD (Shyamalan, 2021): [C-] Conceptually it's great up until the "big reveal" ending, which follows Hollywood's strange obligation to give the audience an explanation for everything. Shyamalan needs to stop writing/adapting his own scripts.
• BERGMAN ISLAND (Hansen-Løve, 2021): [D+] A neo-amalgam of Ingmar Bergman, Woody Allen, and Hong Sang-soo. I only really love one of those directors; the resulting cocktail is as fruitless as it is boring.
• GHOST WORLD (Zwigoff, 2001): [B-] Unconventional as far as coming-of-age / teen movies go, but still hamstrung by a romance that needn't be the centrifuge; i.e., too much focus on the estranged Buschemi and Birch coupling, not enough on the dissolution of Birch's friendship with Johannson.
• ANNETTE (Carax, 2021): [B+] Like every other Carax movie I've seen, absolutely riveting from a technical and conceptual perspective, but completely absent any sort of emotional or sentimental depth. That approach works for a bare-bones composition like HOLY MOTORS, but hurts a bit here, where the narrative is intended to carry weight. Still, what a vision.
• HEATHERS (Lehmann, 1989): [C-] Registers on a similar level as e.g. AMERICAN PSYCHO = satire that's so blatantly obvious but not necessarily incisive, clever, or even humorous. A surprisingly sterile affair aside from one little observation.
• ANOTHER ROUND (Vinterberg, 2020): [B] Was not a fan of THE HUNT, but Vinterberg wins me over here (along with an amazing Mikkelsen performance). His wisest decision was *not* letting this turn into a didactic PSA against alcohol - the ending is muddled, at best, which is a perfect way to conclude. |
JeetJeet
12.26.21 | Dont Look Up: 8/10. Hilarious movie. A little too long and could've used some trimming but the movie made me and my girl laugh a lot so that's really all I wanted out of this.
Till Death: 6.5/10. Nice lil horror/thriller on netflix. Megan Fox does her thing, and uh...yeah I guess that's about it. Nothing too special about this one but it'll be a cool movie to put on when you got nothing better to watch.
Killing Them Softly: 9/10. Literally every character in this movie KILLS their role. Brad Pitt is a badass in this. Ben Mehndolson(prolly fucked up his last name) plays the junkie role perfectly. So many hilarious moments in this movie, and Pitt's speech at the end is perfect. Regret not seeing this movie sooner. |
JeetJeet
12.26.21 | @tect congrats on the kid bro! |
Egarran
12.26.21 | Grats on the kid!
As a Dane I don't get the Mikkelsen hype. Dude spends most of time in the movies just pensively sweating in a corner. That's just the Danish way of life, man.
But I guess he does it really well. |
tectactoe
12.26.21 | Thanks dudes. Second kid is way “easier” in that you kinda know what to expect and therefore don’t stress about every little thing. On the other hand, though, having two kids at once seems like more than double the work of just having one kid, which is weird/unexpected. I think mom and I are just perpetually tired 🥱 😆 |
widowslaugh123
12.26.21 | Bruised: pretty good mma movie that’s not about mma at all actually. 7.3
Darkest hour: Gary Oldman is a pretty good Churchill but meh. 6.0 |
Divaman
12.26.21 | Watched two of my favorite holiday films in the last two days, Scrooged and Pocketful of Miracles. |
porcupinetheater
12.26.21 | Been on a sort of noir kick, just peeped
Scarlet Street - Tonally something felt wonky, doesn’t really nail the balance between camp/aggression/moroseness/misanthropy to bring it all home, but still wild how good Lang was with sound considering how integral he was to the silent era
Pickup on South Street tho, hot damn. If Sam Fuller had made 95% of the classic Hollywoods, the world would be a better place. Motherfucker was straight dynamism |
Egarran
12.26.21 | >camp/aggression/moroseness/misanthropy
Such a beautiful set of words.
You seen Sweet Smell of Success yet? I think Tec rec'd that, is good. |
porcupinetheater
12.26.21 | Sweet Smell of Success got onna the best screenplays ever done seed jaja 5/5 ahrd
Cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river |
TheAntichrist
12.26.21 | nice objectivity loveisamixtape |
Supercoolguy64
12.26.21 | Last night I watched final destination 1 and 3. First one was way better |
tectactoe
12.26.21 | Yes SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is an all timer for me, somewhere among my Top 30 or maybe even Top 20. Fantastic screenplay, and both Curtis and Lancaster are phenomenal. Such a sharp film. Glad you liked it Egarran. |
Ryus
12.26.21 | masque of the red death - 4.5/5 lovely weird film with a great performance from vincent prince |
robertsona
12.26.21 | Ryus check Gertrud (1964) |
protokute
12.26.21 | @tec
Just watched Jon Favreau's "Chef" last night, and saw your review on Letterbox and you touched on the exact topics that were making me feel off about the film... yea the cooking scenes are pretty good, but overall the film just feels... off, unweighted and meaningless. |
Hyperion1001
12.27.21 | masque is probably the best of the price/corman AIP collabs, but definitely dont skip the others. pit and the pendulum, the haunted palace, house of usher, and tomb of ligeia are all awesome. |
Coast
12.27.21 | The Chaser - Korean serial killer film. Cop turned Pimp in a race against time to find one of his missing girls. Bit quirky, wtf police force, ultimately gripping and entertaining 8.5/10
Dune - felt so tame and generic following the above film. First half is pretty sterile. Fortunately picks up as the action and deaths kick in. Mother’s demonic sounding voice to escape capture in the dragonfly chopper was a highlight. I found the villains in the original more unnerving and engaging despite the pedigree of the Harkonnen actors in the new one. 7/10 |
Ryus
01.03.22 | noted @sona @hype
the french dispatch - 3/5 way too overstuffed and self-parodic, the first story was good tho and some nice visual moments as always. my least favorite of his i've seen
eraserhead - 5/5 the best |
loveisamixtape
01.03.22 | eraserhead rocks but his best movie still is mulholland drive
just watched fire walk with me (again) still a 4.8/5 |
z00sh
01.03.22 | The Apartment - 8/10 Probably my favorite romantic comedy.
Love Exposure - 10/10 Phenomenal from start to finish. It's 4 hours long but everything flows together so perfectly. |
z00sh
01.03.22 | eraserhead rocks but his best movie still is mulholland drive [2] |
Egarran
01.03.22 | eraserhead filters bitches |
CottonSalad
01.03.22 | watched Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-Den the other night - gorgeous stuff |
Egarran
01.03.22 | Jungle Cruise: Not sure why we saw this Disney commercial. I'm pretty sure the female has a crush on The Rock. Anyway, very similar to POTC, except that one was a lot better. 6/10
Don't Look Up: This one really creates opinions. I believe back in the day we said 'triggers bitches'. At least one friend got depressed after seeing this.
It's way too long so I saw it over two days, which was a good idea.
Nice black and timely comedy. 7/10. |
Flugmorph
01.03.22 | the hidden fortress
very good
and
1917
very hmmmmmmm niceeeee yes very niiiiiiiice |
Egarran
01.03.22 | I have no problems with extinction-level apocalypses, but I don't think I dare watch 1917. How traumatizing is it? |
gschwen
01.03.22 | 1917 is tame for a war movie |
rabidfish
01.03.22 | the torn curtain, by hitchcock
as a regular cold war flick it fails miserably, but as a parody of those kinda movies it's actually kinda genius. Sadly the ending feels like this idea wasn't really taken seriously, so we got a lame movie with an interesting idea underneath.
6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.03.22 | Just watched Fargo again after binging the first three seasons of the show
The Coen’s are just the best man |
protokute
01.03.22 | Is it worth getting through those weird first episodes of Fargo? I think I watched those three first episodes a couple of times already, but I always feel uninterested on keeping on, even though I liked the pilot. |
tectactoe
01.03.22 | @proto: Nice. I’m not totally against a lack of dramaturgy or even a tangible narrative, but that film really offers nothing else to ruminate on, and imo doesn’t supplement with enough superficial joy to compensate. (Compared to, say, MAGIC MIKE XXL, which I love.) |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.03.22 | Absolutely imo. The show peaks in season 2 for sure, but S1 and S3 are both still really strong. I’ve heard mixed things about the fourth season so I haven’t really bothered with it yet.
If you aren’t really invested by the fifth episode I would say maybe this isn’t your kind of show? Idk I liked it the whole way through. |
tectactoe
01.03.22 | • THE WOMAN WHO RAN (Hong, 2020): [B+] Typical Hong affair, but even less confrontational than his usual MO; a pervasively feminist feature - all the drama comes from men who are, not coincidentally, shown only from behind. Final shot resonates strongly, esp. in the wake of a post-Covid world. (Well, not even 'post', ey.)
• IN FRONT OF YOUR FACE (Hong, 2021): [B] Wasn't totally loving this, until the 'big reveal' wherein everything before hand is recontextualized wonderfully. Then when it seems like things will nevertheless devolve into Hong's usual text of male perversion/self-delusion, the penultimate scene undermines that perfectly.
• BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR (Greenbaum, 2021): [D-] Hated nearly every second of this bloated, bargin-bin SNL sketch. Not at all my type of "humor." I think I laughed maybe twice, both times thanks to Wiig (as the horny heroine, not the disaffected villain). Lame with a capital L.
• MEMORIA (Weerasethakul, 2021): [A-] Quite literally *one scene* away from a straight A grade, as well as my favorite Joe film. (That title still goes to TROPICAL MALADY FOR NOW.) If you've seen the movie - you'll know the scene to which I'm referring. The (literal and figurative) money shot. It's twenty seconds that undermines everything the film had been working toward. A mesmerizing film regardless; so much bravura elsewhere that I can repress the one troublesome section from my memory. But wow, it was close to perfection.
• CUL-DE-SAC (Polanski, 1966): [B] Not as good as the previous year's REPULSION, but an interesting mix of psychosexual themes and black comedy, plus a lot of breathtaking architecture. A very vivid depiction of cuckold by proxy.
• ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE (Jarmusch, 2013): [B] Excellent, up until the one dramatic element comes into play and forces a 'plot' onto what was previously a beautifully aimless ode to the reasons we get out of bed in the morning. |
Flugmorph
01.03.22 | "I have no problems with extinction-level apocalypses, but I don't think I dare watch 1917. How traumatizing is it?"
its an immersive and intense experience but not something you would put on the list of top 10 most shocking war movies or whatever. |
Egarran
01.03.22 | Ok thanks. Also I would like to see that top 10. |
someone
03.15.22 | SPOILERS? kinda
The Power of the Dog (2021) - Did not see it going in the direction it did. Really thought this was going to be a father figure - son figure drama. Well, at least it didn't go all soft-porn on us or show anything explicit.
True Grit (2010) - I cannot understand them half the time. Legit had to watch this thing with subtitles. Jeff Bridges was especially jarring to hear. Other than that it was a nicely dialogued piece with some stupid-luck moments that didn't make much sense, as well as a pace of character development very true to the old spaghetti westerns, in that most characters sort of stayed the same. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.15.22 | Did a little double feature with Silence of the Lambs and Prisoners yesterday.
Not a hot take or anything but I think Denis Villeneuve might be my favorite working director. Still haven’t seen Dune tho |
EoinCofa
03.17.22 | Old Henry
Formula 1: Drive to Survive (Netflix series, season 4)
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Egarran
03.17.22 | Oh man I could watch Rush again. |
fogza
03.17.22 | Premium Rush |
ItsTheSquirrel
03.17.22 | Watched The Lighthouse in a theater, I think I'm ready to call it my favourite horror movie. So excited for The Northman |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.17.22 | Watched Mandy last night. What a beautifully fucked up movie. |
JeetJeet
03.17.22 | The Lost Daughter - 2/10. Boring trash. So dull and none of the characters are interesting so you're just left with a milquetoast drama with a very unlikable main character.
Red Notice - 6/10. Honestly this is trash, but its the type of enjoyable trash that you watch with friends while you're drinking and smoking on a chill saturday. And thats really all I expected from a movie starring Rock, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot.
Summit of The Gods - 7.5/10. Great animated documentary style film about a mountain climber dude. Idk I'm underselling it, but its dope.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) - 4/10. Hot garbage. Hilariously bad. Stay far away from this unless you want to laugh at how awful it is.
Kimi - 7.5/10. Zoe Kravitz is great in this. Soderbergh makes another great thriller that hinges on paranoia.
Mainstream - 7/10. I can see people loving this or completely hating it. I'm kind of in the middle but I was still entertained so I'm gonna just give it a 7.
Scream 2022 - 8/10. This is a fucking banger. Much better movie than I expected it to be. Very meta, great use of past characters, funny, and has some real good twists and kills in it.
Softness of Bodies - 7/10. Interesting little indie drama that kinda takes a weird turn near the end. Only watched this because Dasha Nekrasova was in it. Its cool.
The Batman - 10/10. My movie of the year so far. Its everything I've wanted a Batman movie to be. I cant say enough good things about it. Just go see it.
Copshop - 7.5/10. This is like a dollar menu Guy Ritchie movie but its still pretty fun. Gerard Butler is great in roles like these where he can be a smartass charasmatic bad guy.
Antlers - 6.5/10. This movie moves slower than a turtle stuck in quicksand. Its decent at best.
After Yang - 7.5/10. Very beautiful slowburn sci-fi drama. If you've seen Colombus then you know Kogonada is great at giving you very intimate moments between characters that feel so real and beautifully written, and this movie puts a neat little twist on that formula by involving an android, and examining how that android has an effect on the rest of the character's lives.
Spiderman No Way Home - 6.5/10. This movie is pretty much everything I hate about the superhero genre nowadays, complete with stupid cheesy moments and a bunch of fanservice moments and cameos. With that being said, fuck it man, I still enjoyed it. |
gryndstone
03.17.22 | The Batman (2022). Robert Pattinsons take on young, secluded eccentric billionaire is surprisingly fresh!! Though I think the movie probably could've been 30 minutes shorter, I will say that in between flashy and fun action scenes, a very good mystery unfolds and the grand finale is a real work of art. Paul Dano as the Riddler genuinely steals the show, incredible performance from so many actors |
budgie
03.17.22 | tcm 2022 was the best horror movie in a long time |
budgie
03.17.22 | looking at my schedule, it was the best horror movie since...........werewolves within
which came out in '21
so not a long long time
but a long time |
ChrimzonCanine
03.17.22 | Turning Red and Halloween (the good one) |
someone
04.05.22 | gonna watch The French Connection and Capote soon |
madrigal30
04.05.22 | Sorry to Bother You and True Grit |
Divaman
04.05.22 | Death on the Nile and Halloween Kills. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.05.22 | X and The Batman
Kid Cudi hangs dong |
twlight
04.05.22 | Bram Stokers Dracula
- starts out amazing and dissolves into an incoherent mess of editing
Star Wars ep3
|
SitarHero
04.05.22 | Finally saw The Batman. Not bad. Batman is finally cool again, even if Bruce Wayne seems like he grew up listening to way too much My Chemical Romance. But [MILD SPOILER ALERT] Batman was kiiiind of low key useless. World's greatest detective didn't solve or prevent a damn thing. It's kind of the Raiders of the Lost Ark of Batman movies. |
Coast
04.05.22 | The Batman - liked the dark aesthetics, solid action, Pattinson suited up well but I just didn’t feel emotionally invested in the film as with Joker. Acting, script and characters lacking at times. It went for a horror/serial killer angle and seemed to try to emulate the likes of Seven without the fear, dread and graphic nature. 6.5/10
X - decent horror with some new takes, enjoyed most characters, and it borrows components of TCM 74. Soundtrack at times extracted me too far from a horror vibe. It just wasn’t that scary and the kills were quite predictable and could’ve been more graphic. Old couple were creepy but played by younger actors, the make up reduced authenticity. 6.5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.05.22 | Alright big spoilers for new Batman
I thought the twist that riddler thought Batman was working with him the whole time was fucking brilliant and really elevated the film. The scene where Paul Dano keeps yelling Bruce Wayne is so tense. Other than that, it was fine. Couple of really good action sequences (the car chase and Batman in the dark hallway were top tier), the casting is top notch, and I really dug the ending. Joker reveal was ehhh, they’re gonna have to really take him in a radically different direction and execute it flawlessly. Otherwise you’ll just have endless comparisons to Ledger, or even worse, Jared Leto. I mean when that scene was on I audibly went “oh come on.” We don’t need another Joker. Batman has such a diverse rogues gallery and we keep coming back to the fucking Joker. We’ve had more different takes on Joker in the last 20 years than we’ve had Batmans
it’s a weird movie where it has me more excited for what’s to come than what we just got. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.05.22 | My only complaint about X is the gore. This was marketed as way more graphic than it actually was.
9/10 |
Coast
04.05.22 | Reviews for X and Batman had me expecting more explicitly violent films but then TCM 74 isn’t gory. The grimy evil atmosphere is captivating. X and Batman are great visually but the don’t care factor was too prevalent. Yes good plot twists in Batman, will see how I feel with both films in future. Riddler and Joker jail scene was terrible. Another reboot also hurts Batman. Partly why I don’t like the latest Spiderman films but also feel too kiddy rather than young adult. |
ReturnToRock
04.07.22 | Semi-Pro and Against the Ropes.
Two radically different sports films, from around the same time period.
Semi-Pro would be much better without the blatant cues for Will Ferrell to go on an extended (and invariably unfunny) adlib tangent/rant. When the focus is away from him, it's a watchable and surprisingly heart-warming sports comedy (based on real events) where the main star is kind of a square peg. 5/10.
Against the Ropes has all the subtlety of a 10 ton anvil putting its message across, to the point where some scenes appear to be a parody of the cliches/tropes of this kind of film (they're not; they're played seriously.) Meg Ryan codifies 'empowered tomboy' by wearing a succession of midriff-baring tops and having the kind of repartee that would land her in Actual Big Trouble in Real Life, but which in Movieland just helps her win every argument and come across as smart and sassy. Omar Epps is likable and the story is gripping enough to make up for these flaws, and it definitely does NOT deserve the 12% (!!) it holds on Rotten Tomatoes (by comparison, The Tuxedo has like 20-something percent - what the heck?!) but it is definitely a watch once/watch every so often on a lazy afternoon type of flick. 6/10. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.07.22 | Coherence - I watched the first 20 mins or so of this movie years ago but turned it off because I hated all of the characters. But god damn, what a great movie. I’m really glad I gave it another shot. High concept but shoe string budget sci fi you should definitely watch. Starts slow but when it gets going it doesn’t stop. |
porcupinetheater
04.07.22 | Just double featured Tampopo and Dead Sushi
Knew I was getting Japanese cuisine genre filmmaking
Did not know both had scenes featuring snogging seshes with raw egg yolk
5/5 |
Ryus
04.07.22 | coherence is cool, yeah.
mulholland dr - 5/5 goated
bombshell - 0/5 woated |
Egarran
04.07.22 | Love Coherence. I want way more of those Twilight Zone-like movies. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.07.22 | Seriously man. What a mind fuck of a movie. I’ve read Primer is similar so that’s next on the list. |
porcupinetheater
04.07.22 | Coherence is rad, but can't stand Primer
Concept is cool and w/e but totally hate movies that forget film is a visual medium. If you want to get across the density of ideas, write a book. Easier to engage directly, and jump back to hold several ideas in place at once than the more propulsive linearity of a movie. Plus you get to sidestep that whole pesky visual-storytelling thing. Amazing how well Upstream Color works as a follow-up, considering. basically the polar opposite into an entirely visual space |
robertsona
04.07.22 | I was gonna say that Primer is cool but doesnt give you much "aesthetically" |
zaruyache
04.08.22 | Coherence ruleees.
I just finished The French Dispatch and it's fine. Probably his most "just fine" film I've seen, but idk I don't need much more than that from Wes |
Egarran
04.08.22 | Watching Primer is like doing homework |
tectactoe
04.08.22 | Coherence > Primer. (Coherence is among my Top 5 films of its respective decade, fwiw.)
Both movies rule but for different reasons. PRIMER is straight-up hard sci-fi and for that I respect the hell out of it and its refusal to totally hold the audience's hand. Where COHERENCE excels, for me, is how cleanly its scientific conceit dovetails with the thematic implications without devolving into a schmaltzy or bone-headed lecture. You can even choose to ignore the thematic undercurrent completely and it doesn't change anything - that's how clandestinely it's integrated. The subtext should remain "sub", after all. |
tectactoe
04.08.22 | Last two movies: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION and ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS by Sirk. Hadn't seen either in forever. Still prefer the former, even with all its ham-fisted symbolism. Appreciate the sentiment of the latter but Sirk's expressionism often borders on "too soap opera" for me. |
Anthracks
04.08.22 | power of the dog and everything everywhere all at once - both were a 6/10 |
combustion07
04.08.22 | Down to Earth: early 2000's Chris Rock comedy that I loved when I was young. Still holds up imo. Just turn your brain off kinda fun that era had a lot of. Head of State is another one from around this time I plan to revisit.
Get the Gringo: Mel Gibson in a Mexican prison. I actually enjoyed this quite a bit more than I expected to. Probably the most recent thing I've seen Gibson in also. Despite his controversy and whatnot I've always enjoyed him since I first saw Mad Max way wayyy back |
porcupinetheater
04.08.22 | Need to watch more Sirk, only ever seen Heaven Allows after I started getting really into Fassbinder
That shot of Jane Wyman’s reflection death mask staring out from the brand new TV set is what movies was made for. (Also was she smiling in that shot? Can’t remember, it’s been ages) |
Egarran
04.08.22 | Love Chris Rock in Dogma.
And Gibson is one of those annoying artists who are awesome assholes. |
JeetJeet
04.08.22 | "Head of State is another one from around this time I plan to revisit."
That movie is a hood classic. One of my favorite comedies ever. |
tectactoe
04.08.22 | 'That shot of Jane Wyman’s reflection death mask staring out from the brand new TV set is what movies was made for. (Also was she smiling in that shot? Can’t remember, it’s been ages)'
Nope, total look of desperation on her face. Though the melodrama is a little too sopping wet sometimes, people underestimate Sirk's visual prowess here, too. When Kirby first asks her to marry him, the screen is illuminated in a fiery orange glow from the off-screen fireplace that he fixed up (much to her delight). As she realizes the gravity and potential implications of this engagement, though, she walks over toward the window and Sirk reframes the shot as she hesitantly rebuffs him, the frame now tinted with the cold and snowy blue from outside. Impeccable stuff.
I always wonder if the fake snow in these old 40/50/60s films is made of asbestos lol. |
protokute
04.09.22 | Coherence and Tampopo
Was meaning to watch Coherence for a while, decided to give it a go after seeing you guys talking about it. Really wasn't expecting to have such a pleasant and heady experience with the film, really, really interesting.
As for Tampopo, yes, it's amazing and pretty unique. Some pretty disturbing but interesting (?) erotic stuff with food. |
TheGreatQ
04.09.22 | The Killer Eye (1999) which was notable for having the gayest heterosexual sex scene I’ve ever seen, and The Batman |
bloc
04.09.22 | Drishyam (2015) 9/10
Lord Of War (2005) 9/10 |
Egarran
04.09.22 | And then maybe later
We'll get hot by the refrigerator
In the kitchen next to the pantry
You think that might be what you fancy?
In the buff being rude
Doin' stuff with the food
Getting lewd with his food
We heard that's what you are into |
SitarHero
04.09.22 | "Drishyam (2015) 9/10"
WTF! You watched a Malayalam film? |
IsisScript80
04.09.22 | ‘Power of the Dog’ and ‘West Side Story’ (2021).
The former is a GOOD movie (not the great one it oh-so-wants to be), and the latter is actually pretty fantastic, and further testament to just how genuinely masterful Spielberg is as a director (plus obviously, everyone involved in its—quite lavish—production). |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.09.22 | Yeah Spielberg gets a lot of shit nowadays but when he hits it he REALLY hits it |
porcupinetheater
04.09.22 | Agreed, just a shame he hasn’t hit since the 70s |
IsisScript80
04.09.22 | ^ Reeeeeeally though…?! ‘Schindler’s List’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ’ET’, ‘Jurassic Park’ ‘Indiana Jones’, ‘Minority Report’, aforementioned ‘West Side Story’…? Seriously “No hit since the 70s”… smh.
@ItsTheSquirrel—Absolutely. It became fashionable to dogpile on him some time ago because of his perceived inclination towards schmalz, but bandwagoning aside, his actual ability behind the camera is phenomenal. |
porcupinetheater
04.09.22 | Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan are tonedeaf melodrama trying to Hollywood-ize human pain and construct easily digestible meaning in places where it doesn’t exist. Hate ‘em both.
ET’s decent and Raiders is fun, guess he still had some residual good stuff from the 70s, but Raiders ain’t Jaws and ET ain’t Close Encounters. Jurassic Park gets the benefit of a lot of nostalgia goggles, ahead of its time effects, and a good score to cover up an iffy movie. Ain’t seen Minority Report. |
Krpa
04.09.22 | Bull and The Sadness. Bull was solid, if a bit unsatisfying in the end. The Sadness was wild though. A very entertaining, well made gorefest. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.09.22 | “The Sadness was wild though. A very entertaining, well made gorefest.”
I’m intrigued. |
Tunaboy45
04.09.22 | Drive My Car
Twelve Monkeys
Excellent stuff |
Krpa
04.09.22 | Wildcard do check it out if you like gory horror films. I can't call it pleasant, but it delivered in spades. It's only on German Amazon for the moment, unfortunately. |
zaruyache
04.09.22 | how do you not like saving private ryan :| |
Ryus
04.09.22 | saving private ryan is awful fs |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.09.22 | @Krpa yeah I’m seeing that. I’ll definitely watch it the first chance I get. Been on a real horror fix lately. |
porcupinetheater
04.09.22 | I get people loving Schindler's List. Can't stand it for what it is does tonally with its subject matter and the way it approaches telling that story, but I can see it.
Will never understanding going to bat for SPR. Everything that isn't the Normandy sequence is cloying war-flavored-schmaltz clown shoes |
bloc
04.10.22 | "WTF! You watched a Malayalam film?"
Haha no, this one is the Hindi version with Ajay Devgn |
rufinthefury
04.10.22 | Last two actual films I watched were The Wolf Warrior (a hilarious Chinese military propaganda movie) and I rewatched Singham not too long ago so I could show off the fun insanity of Indian film making to my friends.
But in reality the last two movies I watched were the first two Bleach anime movies lol |
budgie
04.10.22 | "Saving Private Ryan is tonedeaf melodrama trying to Hollywood-ize human pain and construct easily digestible meaning in places where it doesn’t exist."
that's the problem with war films right, they need to be huge productions if they're involving and using real war assets (the tiger in fury probably wasn't within the budget of indie filmmakers), and huge production films are usually lowest common denominator stuff. i like dunkirk though, ju87 bombs should have been 1000x more frequent thats my only annoyance really. el alamein is prob my fav ww2 film check it out |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.10.22 | Idc Fury was cool |
budgie
04.10.22 | fury was a great popcorn movie fosho but the last stand scene was too hollywood imo |
protokute
04.10.22 | I actually like Saving Private Ryan??? Should I feel bad about myself?? |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.10.22 | nah it’s not a terrible movie it’s just really fucking overrated imo |
Tunaboy45
04.10.22 | I do like Saving Private Ryan in spite of the overt jingoism |
chemicalmarriage
04.10.22 | How many of you have been to war? |
DDDeftoneDDD
04.10.22 | Lords of Metal, fun stuff m/ |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.10.22 | “How many of you have been to war?”
Have you ever heard of Vietnam? |
budgie
04.10.22 | i also was in nam |
Deathconscious
04.10.22 | LOTR, again, after finishing the books. I honestly think a lot of the changes they made were warranted. |
IsisScript80
04.13.22 | @porcupinetheater—I believe that the criticisms made at Spielberg’s war films, could apply to the whole genre in general; turning anything as horrific as real-life war into an easy-to-digest, three-act narrative is inherently shaky ground, and I get more your disdain for SPR—as I believe these criticisms are more valid with that over Schindler’s, but I still believe that they are very effective and powerful in what they do right, i.e. humanise the experience as much as possible, and make the viewer empathise with situations that they’re lucky enough to have never lived firsthand, and have it kind of contextualise it in a way that’s difficult to in text books alone. Is it emotionally manipulative? Probably, but compelling and an objective, unbiased telling of ANYTHING vaguely emotive is basically non-existent (and even if it did exist, there’d still be others calling bullshit).
Last films watched: ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ (2018), ‘The Warriors’ (1979) |
tectactoe
04.13.22 | films that use inherently tragic real-life events as their main emotional (or, even worse, suspenseful) cantilever always feel a bit chickenshit imo. SCHINDLER'S LIST, THE PIANIST, POLYTECHNIQUE, etc -- of those films, SCHINDLER'S LIST feels slightly less gooey simply because the story is focused on the Gentile, but it still takes a handful of cheap stabs at sentimentality. it'd be like someone telling you a shitty joke and then tickling you - "but you laughed!! you obviously thought it was funny!!" |
tectactoe
04.13.22 | Spielberg's last good film, chronologically speaking, was... CLOSE ENCOUNTERS lol. |
Egarran
04.13.22 | > tragic real-life events as their main emotional (or, even worse, suspenseful) cantilever always feel a bit chickenshit
So all war movies too? I think I agree, actually. |
dedex
04.13.22 | Dallas' Buyers Club and Prisoners
I had a good time watching those |
IsisScript80
04.13.22 | @tectactoe—Is it possible to make a film that deals with the horrors of war on civilians—something that is highly emotive by default, and not have anything in it that could be accused of being sentimental by some?
IMO, it’s the better general narrative than the recruitment propaganda ads I’ve been seeing (several times per performance!!!) by the army/Air Force before the start of every screening at the cinema recently, whereby they frame it as some kind of video game ‘Call of Duty’-esque experience (but with exotic travel and chicks), as a means to sell the role of a soldier’s life being a good one. If the overriding takeaway to mass audiences that war has human consequence, then the former I think is preferable. |
Ryus
04.13.22 | "Is it possible to make a film that deals with the horrors of war on civilians—something that is highly emotive by default, and not have anything in it that could be accused of being sentimental by some?"
come and see |
tectactoe
04.13.22 | 'So all war movies too? I think I agree, actually.'
Depends on what the focus of the film is, to a large extent. If the entire point is "war is awful and tragic" then typically, yes, the film is shit, esp. when the director uses war as a catalyst for sentimentality.
This is partially why I think Kubrick was a great war-film director. His sensibilities are far too sterile to get caught in the bathetic pitfalls of most other war movies. FULL METAL JACKET, for example, isn't so much "look how tragic war is!" as it is, "look how fucked up war is, but also look how fucked up our *preparation* for war is, and ultimately there is no possible preparation for something as fucked up as war anyway!" and he examines that in the most clinical way possible. No scenes of mothers falling down and weeping on their front porch here. Even PATHS OF GLORY, which is more internally focused, never relies on cheap tactics for emotive power. (Hell there's only one 'war' scene in the whole film lol.)
"Is it possible to make a film that deals with the horrors of war on civilians—something that is highly emotive by default, and not have anything in it that could be accused of being sentimental by some?"
COME AND SEE and APOCALYPSE NOW immediately come to mind, far more crazed and dismal than tacky and/or sentimental imo. I'm sure there are others, but most of the "war films" that I enjoy only really use the war as, like, a tertiary plot element for some *other* central character development. |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.13.22 | Watched 'Hunt for the Wilderpeople' and 'The Perfume of the Lady in Black'. The former was fun and quite emotional but with clunky execution in places. Basically what you'd expect from a Taika Waititi film. The latter is a giallo-esque horror film that was a mix of the boring talking scene that often hinder "normal" giallo films and really great psychological horror bits that made me genuinely tense up while watching. Not sure if any of it had any deeper meaning but hey not everything needs to. Also the score was amazing, reminded me of stuff like 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'. |
IsisScript80
04.15.22 | I find the whole philosophies and motivations behind the making of war films to be a bit of a rabbithole. Interesting takes though, even if I believe that some of the films (the ones I’ve seen at least) are inherently made to fulfil different purposes. Anyway, I’ll take a look at ‘Come and See’… thanks for the rec, it looks quite something. |
naughtcturnal
04.15.22 | Last Night in Soho and Sword of Doom. Both were excellent, especially Sword of Doom |
porcupinetheater
04.15.22 | Come and See [∞]
The Ascent is also excellent as far as WWII movies go. Also quite like Thin Red Line for a lot of its more abstracted existentialisms and diminishment of the people involved. Ditto its sense of aimlessness (even if it approaches the line of sentimentality more than I'd like).
And I see what you're saying about the potential for generative empathy, but that almost by necessity takes the form of casting protagonists and antagonists to allow the story to make sense as a constructed narrative, which is A) disingenuous if you're trying to tap into an empathy for a real life situation anyway, and B) turns very quickly into jingoistic propaganda. Like even how in WWII where we seem to have settled on a historical read for the necessity of the war, with an associative moral righteousness that feels shaky when you factor in the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima. It's not just that the movies are sap, it's that they're hypocritical at best and cagey agitprop for the military industrial complex at worst. |
Egarran
04.15.22 | >cagey agitprop for the military industrial complex
so like foreign policy amirite |
porcupinetheater
04.15.22 | Steven Spielberg is a false flag psyop |
Ryus
04.15.22 | the ascent rules ahrd |
JeetJeet
04.16.22 | Licorice Pizza - 5/10. Complete midpack.
House on The Bayou - 5/10. Ehhh this shit just gets really dumb towards the end.
The Adam Project - 3/10. Please stop paying Ryan Reynolds to play himself in movies.
Fresh - 7.5/10. Very enjoyable movie. Sebastian Stan is great in it. Some genuinely humorous moments in here too.
Windfall - 6/10. Kinda mid tbh.
The Worst Person in The World - 9/10. Amazing movie.
X - 9/10. Best horror film of this year so far. |
Divaman
04.16.22 | We Need to Do Something and Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. |
budgie
04.16.22 | just finished X and i thought it was lame booo
gonna check out this new horror the sadness |
combustion07
04.16.22 | Sometimes They Come Back: fun little Stephen King adaptation. Hadn't seen it since I was a kid and I'd say it still holds up. Planning on watching the sequel as well soon since they're both on Tubi currently. Don't think I ever got to see that one.
House: another one that I hadn't watched since I was young. Quirky movie from Steven Miner featuring the dude from Cheers as the neighbor. Fun little comedic horror flick that reminds me of Evil Dead 2 at times. I dig it. Another one where the first two installments are on Tubi so I'll be tackled it's sequel soon also
Checked out another two prior which were Riding the Bullet and Constantine. More revisits for me. Constantine was better the second time around imo and it made me kinda wanna check out the series they did recently. Bullet was fun also mainly for the wild, nearly constant imagination sequences. Garris is probably the best when it comes to King adaptations imo. Arquette was fun in it also |
zaruyache
04.16.22 | just saw Everything Everywhere and it ruled. Also saw a neat trailer for the next Alex Garland movie that's just titled MEN and it looks great too, but I'm more interested in the weenies who will inevitably whinge about the misandry of it. |
porcupinetheater
04.16.22 | Is Alex Garland Hawks? |
Egarran
04.16.22 | Alas, all this time he was just hyping his movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.16.22 | Studio 666
ugh, the kills were funny but goddamn what a slog. Idk what I expected really.
Hopefully seeing Everything Everywhere tonight or tomorrow |
loveisamixtape
04.16.22 | funny games (remake) - 6.8/10. good movie but i also hated it
john carpenter’s “the fog” - 6/10. definitely fun but not v good, the score is awesome |
Egarran
04.16.22 | >Everything Everywhere
My psychonaut friends are hyping this just a bit too much. Hope someone can lower my expectations. |
budgie
04.16.22 | the fog is classiiiiiiiiic |
Divaman
04.16.22 | But the remake is godawful. |
porcupinetheater
04.16.22 | Yeah remake is piss but og is just Carpenter channeling Bava and it’s a blast |
zaruyache
04.17.22 | "My psychonaut friends are hyping this just a bit too much. Hope someone can lower my expectations."
ok it's great but really only starts going hard in the second half, tho it also has Data from The Goonies as a grownup dorky dad so that's worth the hype bc cool dork dad |
combustion07
04.17.22 | I saw the remake of The Fog in the theater when I was pretty young prior to even knowing about the original. I absolutely hated it and my standards for film were pretty low, especially back then lol I hated it so much I actually avoided the original for a very long time. So long it might have actually been the last Carpenter film I saw. I love it though. Agreed on him channeling Bava pretty strongly there. For me The Fog has the strongest atmosphere I'm Carpenter's catalogue along with Prince of Darkness. In the Mouth of Madness isn't lacking in that area either |
EoinCofa
04.19.22 | Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 3/5
The Night House - 2/5 |
Divaman
04.19.22 | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Batman. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.22 | I’m sorry but those fantastic beast movies look like complete dogshit |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.19.22 | I've seen the first one, and the plot twist where they reveal who's gonna play Grindelwald is one of the funniest movie moments ever |
Krpa
04.19.22 | People who love war films: watch The Human Condition trilogy. It's absolutely amazing and its second part was probably an inspiration for Full Metal Jacket. All three films have incredible cumulative power and, if seen as one film, it might be my favorite war drama along the likes of Apocalypse Now, Nobi, Tae guk gi and a few more. |
budgie
04.19.22 | hey ive seen tae guk gi
i remember that movie
ending very sad
😢 |
bloc
04.19.22 | "I've seen the first one, and the plot twist where they reveal who's gonna play Grindelwald is one of the funniest movie moments ever"
Is there a reason why that scene is so notorious? I've seen this same sentiment many times before |
someone
04.19.22 | i bailed on most my watchlist and just binged the first 15 series of the Simpsons |
someone
04.19.22 | The Worst Person in the World (2021, Joachim Trier) - Hilarious as well as very depressing look at a personality that I identify with way more than I should. Every time the film gets sentimental, there is potential it becomes sappy, but it maintains its dry cynical realism to a degree where even the most mundane and the most emotional moments carry heavy uncomfortable undertones. I came away being bizarrely entertained with some funny realistic portraits of the 21st century life, while also heavily saddened by most everything it showed. |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.19.22 | "Is there a reason why that scene is so notorious? I've seen this same sentiment many times before"
Spoilers but the villain in this movie was played by Colin Farrell who did a good enough job. But then in the very last scene they reveal that he was wearing a magic mask or whatever, and when they pull it off it's fucking blonde Johnny Depp and then the movie just ends. It's just a very badly done scene |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.22 | Honestly man fuck Harry Potter for kicking off all this young adult movie bullshit. I’m ignorant as fuck so excuse me but they all seem like shallow garbage.
Also wizards are fucking lame. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.22 | And yes Colin Farrell is fantastic no matter what horrible movie he’s in, and it pains me that Mads Mikkelson’s talents are being wasted on this nonsense, but I guess he needed another payday, the Doctor Strange money must not have been enough |
Egarran
04.19.22 | He can't turn those psycho roles down. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.22 | And that’s totally cool, idk if you’re talking about Farrell or Mads but they’re both incredible actors. |
Anthracks
04.20.22 | Pitfall (1962) and fantastic beasts 3 |
protokute
04.21.22 | Son Of The White Mare (1981) : One of the most beautiful and far out stuff in animated films, the story is a bit eh though and feels like it's only there to fill the narrative for the cool fractals and trippy stuff.
Dallas Buyers Club (2013): I don't know... I finished the movie with a bad aftertaste
|
Wildcardbitchesss
04.22.22 | Did you get aids |
protokute
04.22.22 | i'm on pre exposure :)
kiddin, i'm not |
Nipple
04.22.22 | Kindergarten Cop and Domino |
Deathconscious
04.25.22 | Everything Everywhere All At Once was hilarious and poignant. One of the most visually stunning movies ive ever seen. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.25.22 | Im watching Halloween Kills right now but it’s hard to pay attention. Kind of feels much worse than the last one. Lots and lots of really dreadful acting and mass stupidity. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.25.22 | Big John little John are the showstoppers tho |
botulist
04.25.22 | update: watched the green knight, which was only alright.
and divine carcass, which was pretty fucking lovely. |
JeetJeet
04.25.22 | "Big John little John are the showstoppers tho"
The best part of that whole movie lol |
Deathconscious
04.25.22 | "watched the green knight, which was only alright."
Wrong. |
GhandhiLion
04.25.22 | Killer Bean Forever and Come and See |
LeddSledd
04.25.22 | ^ watching both back to back causes the brain to kino overdose |
Space Jester
04.25.22 | Everything Everywhere All At Once and Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Both 10/10 |
LeddSledd
04.25.22 | just watched Spun, so hilariously dark and manic |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.25.22 | I miss Britney Murphy |
Rowan5215
04.25.22 | pots you watching russian doll s2? so much good tv came out this month I'm struggling to keep up lmao |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
04.25.22 | Planning on it, I’m struggling to keep up too, especially since it’s event season for my partners business and she is away a lot. Not allowed to watch anything good without her 🙄 |
IsisScript80
04.25.22 | protokute: "Son Of The White Mare (1981) : One of the most beautiful and far out stuff in animated films, the story is a bit eh though and feels like it's only there to fill the narrative for the cool fractals and trippy stuff."
That's been on my backlog of films to see for ages... looks beautiful, and your assessment lines up to my expectations.
Last two films I've watched have also been on the backlog, and have somehow never seen thus far: 'In Bruges' (2008) and 'The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
The former was decent, albeit quite contrived. It is eclipsed in every sense, by the writer/director Martin McDonagh later work 'Three Billboards...' which perfected everything I felt he was going for in this (also further contextualises where his personal sensibilities lie).
WoWS was a movie that until now never appealed... I hadn't enjoyed Scorsese's "recent" output (the amount I've seen anyway) to anywhere near the same degree as his older works, but this i found myself highly entertained by... it had the energy of something like ' Goodfellas' (not as good of a movie as that, though), and amusingly highlights how easily a reframing of pure capitalism fits so comfortably alongside the mob structure of older works (although yet to see 'The Irishman'... damn 3+ hour movies everywhere, lol). Loved Leo's performance too. |
Rowan5215
04.25.22 | @pots fair enough lol, if it's any consolation I'm a couple eps in and not sure if I love it or hate it so far. definitely a left turn from s1 which is nearly perfect imo |
Egarran
04.25.22 | >I’m struggling to keep up too
Well you can skip Moon Knight. Otoh I would love to see you eviscerate that shit. |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.25.22 | Just saw The Northman at a theater, felt like it was a step down from The Lighthouse but still great. It was even more ridiculous than the previously mentioned film, but didn't have as strong of a mood so some of the weirder scenes didn't really work for me. Skarsgård was perfect though |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.25.22 | I still gotta see that and Everything Everywhere. I got most of Wednesday off, maybe ill do a little double feature |
Deathconscious
04.25.22 | The Northman more ridiculous than The Lighthouse? Thats hard to believe. |
ItsTheSquirrel
04.25.22 | Right in the beginning there's a scene where Ethan Hawke and the main character crawl around on all fours playing dogs in their underwear as Willem Dafoe watches, also in his underwear but also wearing a leather mask, and then the two have to burp or fart to prove that they're humans |
JeetJeet
04.25.22 | "The Northman more ridiculous than The Lighthouse?"
Sounds awesome. |
Deathconscious
04.25.22 | Agreed, but judging by the trailer and what ive been hearing about it, it seems like it was meant to be more accessible.
@squirrel good to know, im glad its got some weirdness. |
alamo
04.25.22 | just watched power of the dog am i the only one that kinda hated it |
Rowan5215
04.25.22 | "you can skip Moon Knight"
incorrect |
botulist
04.25.22 | "just watched power of the dog am i the only one that kinda hated it"
you aren't. hollywood has well and truly mired itself in its warped perception of a good movie. stern scenery, stilted dialogue, intense staring and no actual quality in sight. |
Egarran
04.25.22 | >incorrect
I really struggled through ep. 2. Are you saying there is a vast improvement after that? |
Ryus
04.25.22 | who's excited for the new cronenberg |
bloc
04.25.22 | Level 16 (2018) 4/10
The Power Of The Dog (2021) 9/10 |
alamo
04.25.22 | maybe i'm just dumb but the movie begins showing the two guys have lived together for 25 years and sleep in the same bed implying they're in a relationship or at least the movie is going to be about them ok but then the blonde one goes away for the second half of the movie???????????????? |
IsisScript80
04.25.22 | ^ You mean the characters played by Benedict Cumberbatch and Jesse Plemons…? They’re BROTHERS in the movie.
It’s okay to hate the movie, but an understanding of the bare minimum is needed for an informed opinion. |
alamo
04.25.22 | LOL i thought that was just an old manner of speaking like how kirsten dunst also calls him a brother bc they look nothing alike. that kinda makes the whole thing even worse to me though because there's even less motivation for him to hate kirsten's character so much |
IsisScript80
04.25.22 | ^ Possessiveness and jealousy towards the one person on the planet that can put up with you is fine motivation for a character.
Also, I know several full-siblings in real life who look nothing alike; not a deal-breaker. The only time I’ve really groaned at that was when QT got his buddy Robert Rodriguez to cast him as hot-‘90s George Clooney’s bro in ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’. |
Anthracks
04.27.22 | The Northman and kuroneko |
Divaman
04.29.22 | The King's Man (pretty wretched)
My Spy (I'd like to pretend that I hated it, but it was actually more amusing than I'd like to admit to). |
JeetJeet
04.29.22 | "who's excited for the new cronenberg"
Yezzirrrr |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.29.22 | Possessor was great, excited to see what the older Cronenberg comes up with |
Rowan5215
04.30.22 | X was mid, already forgot most of it
Northman was tight. Eggers worst film but it's still like an 8/10, dude is wildly good |
protokute
04.30.22 | Thinking of going to a cinema tonight, it will be my first time here in São Paulo and also my first time since watching Joker in 2019 |
DominionMM1
04.30.22 | five easy pieces (had never seen it all the way through) and 3 ninjas: high noon at mega mountain (hadnt seen it since i saw it in the theater). both 5/5. |
budgie
04.30.22 | just looked up some photos of the northman and imdb and props to costume for having what looks like some accurate vendel era armor pieces
i dont think im gonna watch it still tho so fucking sick of viking this viking that |
naughtcturnal
04.30.22 | viking metalllll |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.30.22 | Why not watch it budgie?
Not an Eggers fan? |
budgie
04.30.22 | idk what eggers is but i made it pretty clear i thought im sick of viking shiot makes me puke |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.01.22 | lmfao fair enough I guess |
Anthracks
05.02.22 | Viking and samurai are two things that absolutely never get old |
tectactoe
05.02.22 | • THE BLACK WATCH (Ford, 1929) - terrible.
• FOURTEEN (Sallitt, 2019) - quite good. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.02.22 | Is 13 Assassins technically a samurai movie?
That literally might be the only one I’ve seen but it was kick ass. |
deathofasalesman
05.02.22 | - The Northman (2022): Just epic. I love being transported to another time, another world. The violence got a little gratuitous, like did we really need that many close-ups of beheaded torsos? Otherwise I couldn't take my eyes off the screen, I didn't want to miss any details. There's a lot I could say about this but just see for yourself.
- Boiling Point (1990): Watched this free on Tubi. It's a Japanese film about the Yakuza but it's very dry, slow, no music, and there's no hero. Things just sort of happen as you follow the characters around. Cinematography is the highlight of the film. In a weird way, I really like this and look forward to seeing it again. |
protokute
05.02.22 | wondering when The Northman will hit the cine here in Brazil |
someone
05.02.22 | not a movie, but i really liked the miniseries 7 Lives of Lea
i mostly hate these teenage drama series and i hate the trend of setting them into some fake-ass crime plot, but this time travel-tinged lil piece was a solid ride with surprisingly intense moments |
protokute
05.02.22 | as for tv shows, I've been watching Better Things and My Brilliant Friend |
rabidfish
05.02.22 | i watched memento again last night. I like this Nolan better, the one who isn't taking stuff 100% seriously all the time and can really appretiate the dumb stuff thats part of his plot-twists and stuff while never taking away the impact of the reveal or the weight of the story. Def his most fun movie. |
porcupinetheater
05.02.22 | Back down another Italian genre-cinema spiral
Just watched The House By the Cemetery and The Possessed. Former's not my favorite Fulci, tries too hard to actually disseminate a plot which usually got Fulci falling on his face in any instance other than The Psychic, would've loved another The Beyond type thing with just endless, inexplicable psych gore freakouts.
The Possessed was dope though, whole thing is shot through with a sort of half-dream twilight, never quite clear where the lines between reality/imagination/paranoia/fever dream actually divide |
ReturnToRock
05.02.22 | Last three, because I have things to say on all of them.
Dunkirk - Nolan is usually hit and miss with me, but this might now be my favourite film of his, mainly because it's neither pretentious nor 5 hours long. Visually stunning and incredibly compelling. I also like how it manages to make well-known actors look, act and come across as the everymen they are meant to be (I only recognised Cumberbatch and Eddie Redmayne because they're pretty unmistakable, and even then it took me a while with Redmayne.) Between this and the somewhat similar 1917, I liked this one better. I can see why it did well at the Oscars. 8.5/10.
Alice Through the Looking Glass - Better than the first (which is admittedly not a hard bar to clear at all) mainly because I went in with the knowledge that Burton would be making up his own lore (literally the only thing left over from the book are the chess players near the beginning.) With that said, this standard family-matters story could have been told with any set of characters, and did not necessitate either the Alice IP tie-in or Johnny Depp in white makeup. There are worse one-off watches, but you don't need to see it. 6/10
American Wedding. I remember not liking it much when I was the right age (probably because it was the most mature of the three films up to that point, in the actual sense of the word) but I enjoyed it thoroughly 20 years later. The gross-out humour jars somewhat with the overall more serious tone of the story, but the dialogue is often on point, and the characters grow quite naturally, and in some pleasingly unexpected directions. Sean William Scott, in particular, puts on an absolute masterclass in character work (this is very much Stifler's movie. And yes, him eating the dogshit truffle is still funny.) If you are a fan of the American Pie franchise, you could do worse than to watch its last unironically good entry. 7/10 |
combustion07
05.03.22 | 2 sets of 2!
8MM: love me some Nick Cage and had somehow never seen this one. Amazing, dark film with a lot of familiar faces and great performances. Seeing anyounger Tony Soprano in particular surprised me. Cool journey into the dark corners of taboo pornography as Cage tries to find his way into the snuff scene to solve a case an old rich widow hired him on for. The final act really made me love this one. From the writer of Seven also and based on the tone of the film this was no surprise. 9/10
Premium Rush: not something I'd typically watch but I fell asleep with Tubi on and this autoplayed as I was waking up. Flick about a bicycle courier service in NY. Main dude has to deliver an envelope with a ticket in it that has Michael Shannon going into batshit mode trying to get it from him at all costs. Shannon gives a great performance as always and the movie has some really cool chase scenes that were well done. Not something I'd watch again but it was a fun little time killer. 6/10 |
combustion07
05.03.22 | Batch 2!
Lord of Illusions: Clive Barker flick based around illusionists and Magick! I'm a huge fan of Clive Barker as an author and as a director. His short stories from the books of blood series are phenomenal and his book Hellbound Heart became one of my top 3 horror films, Hellraiser. That being said Lord of Illusions was one of his weaker offerings imo. It's not bad by any means but some of the effects pulled me out of it a bit and it had some issues in the pacing department for me. Still a fun little movie though, just not up to par with some of his other movies that I hold near and dear.
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag: a dark comedy starring Joe Pesci alongside David Spade and some other folks. Pesci plays his typical mob guy role and the film starts with him getting on a plane next to an average Joe going to meet his girlfriends parents for the first time. They end up getting their bags switched and as you can guess from the title Pescis bag had 8 severed heads in it that he was supposed to deliver to his boss and dark hilarity ensues as he attempts to get his bag back at all costs! This one was really solid, turn of your brain kinda fun and the writer/director also wrote What About Bob? And Honey, I Shrunk the Kids which were both childhood staples of mine that are due for a revisit. Good stuff. 8/10 |
ReturnToRock
05.03.22 | I own Lord of Illusions, and I know I saw it once when I was (much) younger, back when I first got the DVD.
...so why can I not remember a single thing about it? |
combustion07
05.03.22 | I imagine a month or two down the line that amnesia will be the same case for me. It's been less than a week since I sat down and watched it and I've already forgotten a good portion. It's not bad or anything but most definitely forgettable compared to the other stuff Barkers name is attached to |
Flugmorph
05.05.22 | finally watched spiderverse recently, instantly became one of my fav movies ever. |
bloc
05.05.22 | Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 10/10 Loved it even more after all these years |
rabidfish
05.07.22 | watched dr. strangelove. It was pretty good, a bit slow, but it's still funny and relevant. The only thing i didn't like and that was a bit outdated was, funnily enought, dr. strangelove himself. The voice is annoying and the hand thing really gimmicky and unfunny. A bit cringy, tbh.
6.5/10 |
butt.
05.07.22 | Everything Everywhere and Everything Everywhere. I’ve seen it 3 times now |
budgie
05.07.22 | there must be a lot of zombies in it to deserve a triple watch |
zaruyache
05.07.22 | no but there are hotdog fingers and talking rocks, which are objectively better
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someone
05.07.22 | Last series of Peaky Blinders was weird, but I liked it. Although it somehow felt even more like a transition series that 5. Makes sense that they're making a movie. |
naughtcturnal
05.08.22 | Watched Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “The Decameron”. Loved it
Re-watched Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. Still love it |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | not a movie but man these last three episodes of Barry have been fucking dark.
The show went from jet black comedy to, idk, something else. There’s definitely some humor in it but goddamn it’s tense otherwise. Bill Hader (and Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, and Henry Winkler) is acting his ass off.
This show is fucking incredible, and totally worth that ridiculous wait. |
budgie
05.09.22 | Re-watched Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. Still love it
wathcing this now for tyhe firsaat time. gods damn the acting |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | you mean Barry or silent night deadly night lol |
budgie
05.09.22 | silent night deadly night
i couldsnt handle the acting to switched to trhe so far classy & highbrow THE JACK IN A BOX: AWAKENING |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.09.22 | wathcing this now for tyhe firsaat time. gods damn the acting |
Emim
05.09.22 | I need to watch Barry, heard nothing but good things about it. |
budgie
05.09.22 | ther jack in a box:L awakeningf so far is p good cnat lie |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | dude seriously Barry is fucking incredible. ronny/lily is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.
The whole show is great but that episode is just something else man |
rabidfish
05.09.22 | rewatched gone girl. I don't think i've seen such perfect casting for the main characters. They both too good. Excellent movie.
8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | alien 3 doesn’t count, aside from that Fincher is one of my favorite filmmakers. |
someone
05.09.22 | goddamn i didn't even know Barry had new series |
Rowan5215
05.09.22 | barry is the most underrated show on TV, came out the gate with a near-perfect season and just keeps getting better |
Pheromone
05.09.22 | dr strangelove is such a classic damn
anyone seen monster the anime |
Meridiu5
05.09.22 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Jim Carey's greatest role yet |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | “barry is the most underrated show on TV, came out the gate with a near-perfect season and just keeps getting better”
I mean it’s won mad awards but I know like three people that watch it. It’s honestly probably my favorite show that’s still going |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | @ someone
I’ve watched the first three episodes this season but I’m probably gonna wait until the season is over. Episodes are less than a half hour and waiting a week is fucking unbearable |
ItsTheSquirrel
05.09.22 | New season of Undone just dropped too, haven't watched it yet but season 1 was great. Not quite on par with Kate Purdy's work on Bojack Horseman but what is |
pjquinones747
05.09.22 | The Batman and Joker. Not even intentionally. Definitely makes for an interesting 1-2 punch. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | I really gotta watch Bojack
I’ve heard nothing but good things about it, animation just really puts me off most of the time, It took me years to even watch Rick and Morty |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | What’d you think of Batman?
I’m not even sure I liked it, I think I need to see it again.
Joker was cool but derivative as fuck. |
pjquinones747
05.09.22 | Batman was good, took me two watches to really digest it. It was nothing spectacular to me but I prefer this style even with its long-windedness to whatever they were trying to do just a few years ago. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | Yeah that’s kind of how I feel towards it. Too long but still very competently made.
Riddler was very good but I’m not feeling the Joker. I think I mentioned it earlier in this thread but we don’t need any more adaptions of the joker. We’ve had so many Jokers |
pjquinones747
05.09.22 | I actually really enjoyed Joaquin Phoenix's interpretation as an origin story, but i'm afraid his character doesn't portray how deranged and unpredictable Joker is supposed to be when vs. Batman. I suppose that can be attributed to the fact that it is an ORIGIN story and he becomes more sinister after the events of the movie but the bottom line is I just can't see a film where Pattinson's Batman and Phoenix's Joker face off and to be fair i'd rather have more villain variety anyways. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.09.22 | I think remember hearing that it wasn’t even supposed to be a joker movie, some exec just saw the script and told Todd Phillips to make it one.
Makes sense. They made a fucking billion dollars off of something that was probably pretty cheap to shoot |
protokute
05.09.22 | The Beaver Trilogy ( + Part IV) and a documentary on Tupperware. |
Coast
05.10.22 | Everything Everywhere All At Once 6.5/10 - I was onboard early with the slick pacing and I liked the family and enjoyed the Chinese language having studied mandarin. This has high ratings and I can see people enjoying the ride but ultimately the plot and vibe felt like a kid’s fantasy film (not for me) despite the contrasting moments of blood, language and real and improvised dildos effectively. Also dialogue was generic, the humour fell flat and it got overly sentimental. It is creative, an interesting concept and I really like Michelle Yeoh but I just didn’t feel the tension or thrills. Don’t know how one of the human races evolved let alone built a civilisation with sausage fingers.
The Hunt (2012 Denmark/Sweden) 8/10 - A small town film with a kindergarten teacher falsely accused of sexual abuse. Mads Mikkelsen is gripping as always in a nightmare claustrophobic scenario in which a whole town turns on him. Authentic and tense. |
Hyperion1001
05.10.22 | watched species last night. for a movie with as many good actors and seemingly decent budget, it’s kind of unbelievable how boring it is. |
someone
05.10.22 | i wanted to watch The Hunt but opted out
i fear it'll be too uncomfortable for my stomach |
Rowan5215
05.10.22 | "New season of Undone just dropped too, haven't watched it yet but season 1 was great"
it's definitely an adjustment from s1 lol but it's just as good once it really gets going. episode 5 absolutely destroyed me, Time's Arrow tier stuff |
Coast
05.10.22 | Yeah Species was very boring.
The Hunt has some intense violence but mainly uncomfortable on a psychological level and the film’s main premise could be triggering. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.10.22 | The Hunt is legit one of my favorite movies.
Mads is a treasure |
someone
05.11.22 | on a side note, listened to that Delfonics album that loveisamixtape featured at the top of the thread and it's absolute fire |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.17.22 | Halloween Kills - probably 0/5
Gretel and Hansel - fell asleep but seemed cool
Raw - honestly close to a 5/5
Titane - 4/5
Beyond the Black Rainbow - 4/5, need to watch again, came off as all style no substance with terrible b movie acting at first so I zoned out a bit but it all makes sense in the end and has a lot of really compelling ideas and themes and a lot to think about
Mandy - 3.5/5, don’t see anyone discussing how this seems to literally take place in the same “movie-verse” as beyond the black rainbow and that’s one of the most interesting things about it
Revenge - like 1.5/5 I guess. Budgie-tier filth. |
Deez
05.17.22 | Batman was dope, Joker bit felt too forced and not needed but I like the more detective-y Batman.
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Deathconscious
05.17.22 | The Northman was good, but Eggers' worst. Hoping to see Men this weekend. |
Deez
05.17.22 | Oh damn, Was looking forward to that too |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.17.22 | Can’t wait to see both Men and Northman |
combustion07
05.17.22 | Killer Joe- checked this one out on Tubi after being meaning to give it a watch since it dropped. I was pleasantly surprised with it and it was much darker than I was anticipating it to be. The dark humor really hit with me and the scene with the K fry C was fantastic. I watched this one having a movie night with my parents and that previously mentioned dinner scene was awkward in the most fantastic way lol. Heads up also, for some reason this one was censored in terms of the language on Tubi. First time I encountered that and I thought it was strange. I suppose maybe it was from a TV showing of it? Odd though considering some of the pretty damn dark moments that seemed to be fully intact. 8/10
The Dare: another random Tubi horror watch. 4 people trapped in a basement turned makeshift torture chamber being held captive by some masked madman who clearly has some mental issues going on. I enjoyed the flashback scenes showing the child being raised by an extremely odd man who forced the child to stab him in order to "let the evil out of him". All in all though only about 20-25% of this one worked for me. The rest was very predictable and cookie cutter for this kind of "strangers trapped together" affair. It wasn't bad by any means, but nothing too exciting that left me feeling glad I watched. 4/10 |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.19.22 | Let the Corpses Tan - 3/5
Border - 3.5/5 finally some proper troll representation |
CaliggyJack
05.19.22 | Uncharted-Fun little adventure movie, Holland and Wahlberg were perfectly fine in their roles. 3.8/5
Northman-Pretty cool, though it feels really self indulgent. I miss when Historical Epics were more emotional and grandiose I guess. Stuff like Patriot and Gladiator. 4.2/5 |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.19.22 | I can tell you with 1000% certainty from a trailer alone that uncharted is a 2/5 at best |
CaliggyJack
05.19.22 | Ah come on it was fun.
Just a fun little adventure movie. |
Deathconscious
05.19.22 | Gladiator is overrated as hell, and The Patriot is pure American propaganda cringe. |
IsisScript80
05.19.22 | "I can tell you with 1000% certainty from a trailer alone that uncharted is a 2/5 at best"
Yeah, the trailer didn't illicit A SINGLE fleeting, flicker of excitement or interest; it looked formulaic, dull, without tension and completely by the numbers. Nothing I've heard about since seems to suggest otherwise, and that alone is mildly depressing when you're aware of just how many frickin' millions are thrown at the wall to make this shit. |
CaliggyJack
05.19.22 | @Death boy am I glad I'm not a cynical as u |
BaselineOOO
05.19.22 | The Northman (2022) - Cringe. His previous movies were excellent though, I'll keep an eye on him. [3/10]
The Portrait of a Lady (1996) - Excellent adaptation of a deeply flawed novel. Second best Jane Campion film after her masterpiece, Bright Star. [5/10]
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Deathconscious
05.19.22 | Im cynical because i didnt like two movies? Oh. |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.19.22 | He’s not cynical you are just simple 😂 |
CaliggyJack
05.19.22 | Nah yer cynical who tf doesn't enjoy gladiator |
JeetJeet
05.19.22 | The Harder They Fall - 8/10. Dont like westerns but this shit was pretty enjoyable
Belle - 8.5/10. Great animation and a pretty emotionally resonant message to boot.
The Northman - 9.5/10. This was just straight up fucking heat all the way through. Eggers' 3rd classic in a row.
On The Count of Three - 10/10. An amazing dark comedy centered around depression and suicide. A lot of hilarious moments and a few huge gut-punch moments too
Everything Everywhere All At Once - 8.5/10. Really fun movie with a nice lil wholesome message inside it, told in a completely batshit way. |
Divaman
05.23.22 | Watched Venom: Let There Be Carnage Tonight. It was kind of crappy, but still kind of enjoyable.
Felt like it copied a bit from The Frighteners, though. |
Emim
05.23.22 | "Gladiator is overrated as hell, and The Patriot is pure American propaganda cringe."
Lol |
someone
05.23.22 | Black Hawk Down is so aggressively 2000s, it makes me cringe. Such a bombastically bloated film making war a popcorn spectacle. I know that most major war film are exactly like that, but not in such a blunt Disney-like PG style. Horrid film |
Egarran
05.23.22 | Have you also seen American Sniper? |
someone
05.23.22 | not in full. was mostly similarly annoyed
feels like BHD for the uberserious grim modern day trends. maximally disingenuous films those are. at least Zero Dark Thirty was more focused on the central character and her growing obsession, gradually consuming and guiding her (though that film also didn't handle this character arc too well, as it in the end felt like a action-packed reenactment of a bunch of historical events) |
Egarran
05.23.22 | I try to stay away from those movies and it seems to be a good strategy. Are you also going to see the new Top Gun? |
tectactoe
05.23.22 | • AMOUR (Haneke, 2012) — Rarely a Haneke fan, which is why it took me so long to get around to this, despite the acclaim. It's really good, though, and I give the man credit for staving off his cynicism long enough to at least establish what appears to be a relationship built on legitimate love and trust, making the ending all the more heartbreaking, yet somehow *almost* understandable.
• FRANCE (Dumont, 2021) — Starts off as a somewhat middling satire on mass media and journalism (as if we needed another one of those), but slowly transitions into something a bit more Cubist, an abstract portrait of inescapable depression and being at the mercy of your public image forevermore. Then, in the final half hour, Dumont goes full-Dumont, and I'm not entirely sure how to feel about it...but I think I liked it? Seydoux is the lifeblood. |
ItsTheSquirrel
05.23.22 | I've only seen Funny Games '97 by Haneke and thought it was the most up its own ass movie I've ever seen. Which is a shame because I really like his directing style, but the script was so on the nose that it sometimes felt like Haneke personally walked on camera and started lecturing me |
someone
05.23.22 | "Are you also going to see the new Top Gun?"
didn't bother with the first one, bailing on the new one. not my style at all |
Lord(e)Po)))ts
05.23.22 | You KNOW caliggy will be seeing new top gun |
Deathconscious
05.24.22 | Lol |
Divaman
05.25.22 | Watched Dunkirk last night. It was OK, or it didn't blow me away. |
Ryus
06.15.22 | crimes of the future (2022) and trouble in paradise (1932). i thought crimes of the future was excellent, surprisingly funny and wonderfully weird. just saw shop around the corner (1940) recently and i think i enjoyed it a bit more than trouble in paradise but lubitsch is always amazing |
mindleviticus
06.15.22 | Jacob's Ladder (1990) and Boys n the Hood (1991). The former was decent wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, but the latter was excellent and made me tear up |
bloc
06.15.22 | Top Gun Maverick, 10/10
Scream 4, 6/10 |
Clumseee
06.15.22 | MEN - 4/10. Garland's dialogue is always so bad. Thought this one was a bit goofy. Some beautiful shots early on. Some disturbing ones later on. Annihilation > ExMachina > Men
SHALLOW HAL - 4/10. When she breaks the chair for the second time I laughed!
THE SWITCH - 2/10. Idk why I watched this, so forgettable.
TOP GUN MAVERICK - 7/10. Saw it in 4d. Pretty fun. Good movie.
HUSTLE - 5/10 About as generic as sports movies get. Such a Netflix release lol. |
Divaman
06.15.22 | Watched Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. OK, but nothing great. Kind of cookie-cutter characters. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.15.22 | Crimes of the Future was dope |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.15.22 | Haven’t really watched any other movies but I binged the third season of Barry and goddamn it’s just the best show on TV right now. Legit have no idea where they’re gonna take it in season 4 but I’m stoked for it |
JeetJeet
06.15.22 | Barry is good yea |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.15.22 | 50-50 with Cristobal😏 |
twlight
06.15.22 | avatar 2 |
Ryus
06.15.22 | crimes of the future was really kind of lovely and tender in a funny way. i know people feel like the ending was undercooked but i loved that final scene a lot. |
twlight
06.15.22 | need to watch that
honestly "The Northman" fucking sucked
artsy farty for the sake of it, i walked out of the theatre |
JoeTex
06.15.22 | death on the nile. turrible
ice pirates. classic |
Egarran
06.15.22 | A Quiet Place. Overhyped and stupid.
Currently watching The Orville. Pretty sweet homage to Star Trek NG. |
SIMBOLIC
06.15.22 | Interceptor and mad max fury road.
Interceptor was fun b movie crap until they went for a liberal cliche speedrun. I mean how do you use “mansplaining” in a movie unironically and expect to be taken seriously. Disappointing cause I was having fun |
Anthracks
06.15.22 | northman and artsy fartsy? weird take tbh. it's literally an action movie set to hamlet
if it counts i'm bingeing dark on netflix (probably the first decent netflix show i've seen) and come and see |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.15.22 | Ya Northman is probably Eggers most mainstream movie tbh
Dude’s batting 3/3 tho, quickly becoming one of my favorite directors |
Cimnele
06.15.22 | cable guy and me myself and irene, double feature while depressed in a hotel room
terrible experience, irene in particular is a 0 star film that made me feel like shit even more than the fucked up lock on the room door |
Anthracks
06.15.22 | there's a line in that movie where jim carrey says "why am i peeing like i just had sex?" and it frequently comes in to my head and it makes absolutely zero sense to me. whoever wrote that line must have a crazy dick |
protokute
06.18.22 | Watched Supermarket Woman (1996) from the same director of Tampopo, and gosh what a beautiful and fun film, with so much charisma from all the cast, Nobuko Miyamoto might just be my new diva, love her so much |
Divaman
06.18.22 | >Nobuko Miyamoto might just be my new diva
: O ! I've been replaced! |
loveisamixtape
06.18.22 | beyond the black rainbow (8/10) - i like Mandy slightly more but yea learning i’m a sucker for shit like this
paprika (9.5) - goddamn |
EoinCofa
06.19.22 | Licorice Pizza - great cast, Alana Haim was spectacular
No Time To Die - 2nd best Craig 007 (after Casino Royale)
Really enjoyed both movies
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.19.22 | Loved No Time To Die.
It’s my third favorite Craig film after Casino Royale and Skyfall. I love all three of them tho. |
gryndstone
06.19.22 | Bad Guys, fun animated film but was pretty by the numbers, one extra half point for the inchresting animation style, 7.5
Batman Movie w/Robert Pattinson, normally if i see a movie with a runtime of 180 minutes i just don't watch it but no one told me so i went in pleasantly surprised at the pacing of the whole thing, really fun action scenes, love how the whole thing comes together, pattinson as moody emo batman was actually a treat, 9/10
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JeetJeet
06.19.22 | @Love Beyond The Black Rainbow is awesome yea. Cant wait for that guy's next movie. Paprika is insanely good too man, might be my favorite animated movie ever. |
Deathconscious
06.19.22 | Blue Velvet. It was dumb as hell. Disappointing because i had heard so many good things about it. Dennis Hopper was easily the best part of it, when he was on the screen i was fully invested. |
Ryus
06.19.22 | wtf adolf |
Ryus
06.19.22 | watch mulholland drive tho |
Veldin
06.20.22 | Crimes of the Future in theaters and streamed The Northman. Gonna watch Mad God with my friend this week |
Divaman
06.20.22 | Watched the New Mutants tonight. Definitely not a great film, or even a great superhero film, but it was actually better than expected, and much better than its 20th Century Fox cohort, Dark Phoenix. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.20.22 | PABST. BLUE. RIBBON. |
Deathconscious
06.20.22 | Lol the obvious beer advertisements made me laugh.
I will watch Mulholland Drive. |
naughtcturnal
06.20.22 | new mutants was aight. could’ve been pretty awesome if it weren’t for studio meddling |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.20.22 | Mulholland Drive makes Blue Velvet look like… something normal. It’s batshit insane is what I’m trying to say.
And I love it. |
Divaman
06.20.22 | >new mutants was aight. could’ve been pretty awesome if it weren’t for studio meddling
I agree. |
Deathconscious
06.20.22 | @wildcard thats my kinda movie. |
loveisamixtape
06.20.22 | blue velvet possibly least favorite lynch creation but i still like it, and even own it |
budgie
06.20.22 | i saw donnie darko was p cool. |
Egarran
06.20.22 | Surprised you never saw that before. It's sweet. |
budgie
06.20.22 | it's sad dude. i was fuckin sad. v sad. sad movie. sad sad sad |
Egarran
06.20.22 | You're breaking my heart budgie |
TheSonomaDude
06.20.22 | I just saw The Thing (1982) for a 40th anniversery screening in the cinema, first time ever watching it on the big screen. it was a packed house. |
Ryus
06.20.22 | nice best movie ever |
DocSportello
06.20.22 | Everything Everywhere All at Once: was dragged to this film by a friend, had zero interest in seeing it, but damn it was kinda great, if a little too cluttered. It's very much a screed against Gen Z nihilism but the critique is arguably too enamored with its artifice. I can see it suffering a "Road Not Taken"-tier legacy of misapprehension
Navalny: amazing documentary film, I am now legit praying for this man to become president of Russia |
budgie
06.20.22 | isn't navalny a hypernationalist scumbag |
DocSportello
06.20.22 | They address that in the film. Ask him about his appearances at nationalist rallies in the early 2010s, ask him if he is okay with the fact that he has fans on the far-right. His answer was a candid yes, he is okay with it because he needs as many people as he can that agree with him on basic things like disrupting the present authoritarian corruption of the country, but he personally does not seem to embody or embrace hypernationalist ideals. He sees himself as a universally likeable guy "my superpower is that I can talk to practically anybody", an opportunist who isn't afraid to find common ground with questionable people, and that's not inherently a bad thing in my opinion when you're trying to topple the fucking Kremlin. At any rate, Navalny in the 2020s is a bit of a goofball who would likely do more good than harm for the rehabilitation of a fractured country. Watch the film and decide for yourself, eh? |
rabidfish
06.20.22 | i watched 'the game' by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas. Fun movie, feels like an edgier Hitchcock thriller. It's also kinda dreamy? and has this sort of upsetting ending, there's definitely more to it than it lets on at first glance. |
budgie
06.20.22 | i try not to get my politics from documentaries :/
"Navalny soon found a new ideological niche. In the late 2000s, he declared himself a nationalist. He participated in the far-right Russian Marches, waged war on “illegal immigration,” and even launched campaign “Stop Feeding the Caucasus” directed against government subsidies to poor, ethnic minority-populated autonomous regions in the south of the country. It was a time when right-wing sentiments were widespread, and urban youth sympathized with ultra-right groups almost en masse. It seemed to Navalny that this wind would fill his sails — and partly, it worked."
https://jacobin.com/2021/01/alexei-navalny-russia-protests-putin |
Egarran
06.20.22 | Being poisoned and almost dying also kinda filled his sails |
DocSportello
06.20.22 | I try not to get my politics from online journalism. Different strokes, I guess
This documentary swayed me only because Navalny himself was at the very center. You can learn more about a person from listening to them answering uncomfortable questions, I think, than you can from freelance-writer-playing-armchair-politics. The truth is that situations are in flux, people are in flux, and quotations are dead on arrival
But is Navalny *my* politician? Hell no. Dark times, dark pragmatics |
budgie
06.20.22 | you're justifying a psycho just because the opponent is more psycho |
DocSportello
06.20.22 | Nah. If that's your takeaway from what I've been saying, I can only assume that 1) you were never interested in entertaining my *impression* from the outset, and 2) you like twisting people's words to fit your righteous persona. C'mon, budgie. Has anybody ever told you this is a great way to alienate yourself from people? |
Divaman
06.21.22 | Watched Oblivion tonight. Not a bad flick. |
budgie
06.21.22 | what in the double asshole fuck are you talking abt |
Ryus
06.21.22 | “Navalny: amazing documentary film, I am now legit praying for this man to become president of Russia”
bruh |
budgie
06.21.22 | THANK YOU thought i was insane |
pizzamachine
06.21.22 | 🍿 |
Divaman
06.21.22 | Oblivion. It's a movie. With Tom Cruise. |
pizzamachine
06.21.22 | Correct. |
robertsona
06.21.22 | Last two were a rewatch of Late Marriage (2001, whew, SO good) and Abel Ferrara’s the funeral (1997) where I got to meet Abel in a really weird way. Good movie |
Ryus
06.21.22 | late marriage is wonderful |
naughtcturnal
06.21.22 | watched star wars episode VIII and IX for the first time yesterday. Got me pumped to binge everything Star Wars-related and dive back into KOTOR lol.
I wanna watch X and Everything, Everywhere all at Once next |
Hyperion1001
06.21.22 | the fugitive - great thriller with amazing Chicago set pieces and an immaculate script. very engaging.
hard target - one of the best American action movies I’ve ever seen. making van Damme into a French-Cajun is a stroke of genius. the final set piece is better than any American action movie I’ve seen in years. not surprising though, John woo also directed the greatest action movie of all time in Hard Boiled. gonna check out face/off next. |
Deathconscious
06.21.22 | I really love how Oblivion looks, but other than that, eh. |
combustion07
06.21.22 | Watched a buncha shit!
House on Haunted Hill: rewatched on Tubi since I hadn't seen it since I was but a wee lad! Still holds up decent imo. Combs was great in it. 7/10
Stay Alive: another one I hadn't seen since it's release. Fairly cool flick with Malcolm in it! I like the video game idea. Some moments are kind of eh but for me it works more often than it doesn't. 7/10
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combustion07
06.21.22 | The Sadness: majorly hyped up maximum gory level zombie/infection style flick from Asia! It held up to the hype for me and the nasty moments were plentiful and beautifully done. Love the way it played out start to finish and the sexual violence aspect was well done and something I honestly haven't really seen done from what I can recall in the history of the genre. 9/10
Clash of the Titans (newer one): these normally aren't my kind of movies. This one worked for me though. Made me really want to go back and check out the original though. 7/10 |
combustion07
06.21.22 | Con Air: part of a Cage binge I went on that also included Deadfall, Face Off, and Gone in 60 Seconds. I love all of them honestly and Deadfall might just be my favorite Cage performance of all time due to its sheet ridiculousness lol. Love his character in Con Air though and it brought the nostalgia big time! 9/10
Fallen: serial killer flick that was new to me featuring Denzel and John Goodman plus Mr. Tony Soprano. Had a slight Seven vibe to it. I enjoyed it for what it was but I wasn't quite as into it as I had expected to be honestly. 7/10 |
Egarran
06.21.22 | An AI recently wrote some amazing Nic Cage poetry:
"My patron saint is Nicholas Cage The Inflatable Human Torso. This holy man is almost three hundred years old and still oozing divine venom. His devotees include Spork The Houdini Porker, Spider Jesus, The Incredible Human Bass Guitarist, The Holy Ghost, David Fucking Schwarzenegger, and a 1980’s Wiener dog that only he can see. His voice is almost three octaves above sea level. But goddamn—this guy has serious balls. Three hundred years old, and he’s still bringing the heat. He is also the father of Laser God and the captain of his Jenga team. His exploits include the assassination of God, divine TOXICITY, Resolving the Mysteries Of Ancient Times, exploiting the Demise of Hercules, deflecting HONY’s unethical SEO tactics, and committing acts of unparalleled masochism. Words cannot describe the brilliance and erudition of holy men like Nick The Inflatable Human Torso (cage). But the one and only time I had the honor of meeting him, he leaned over and whispered in my ear: ‘Super Human expects more nostrils. Where the nostrils at?’" |
hobblepot
06.21.22 | Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Attack
Evangelion 2.22 |
Coast
06.22.22 | THE SADNESS (2021) - it's a great ride and the gore is full on and realistic. Depraved semi-conscious zombies is a good take. Heavily influenced by but nowhere near as scary or emotive as its predecessors 28 Days and Train to Busan. It pretty much reproduces the eye socket scene from A Serbian Film and the fire extinguisher scene from Irreversible. 7.5/10
TUFF TURF (1985) - last saw this 80s flick as a kid. Released between Karate Kid and Ferris Bueller's Day Off and is basically a combo of the two. James Spader is good and it's as 80s as you get. Downey Jr. a small role. The finale isn't well executed. Marianne Faithful's 'Love Hates' is a great song. 6.5/10 |
combustion07
06.22.22 | Glad you dug The Sadness coast! Definitely caught the Serbian Film vibe from the eye scene. I know a Serbian Film is pretty love it or hate it but personally I loved the hell out of it and depressing endings always hit the spot for me. Need to revisit Irreversible as well. Check out Angst if you haven't. Great serial killer flick that Noe helped bring back to light!
The Endless: great little cult/time bending flick from the duo that brought Resolution. I loved the paranoid vibes this one gave off and it honestly seems like one that I want to revisit immediately to piece together the little things I missed first time around. 9/10
Re-Animator: gave this one a rewatch with my mom because I've long ago tainted my family with my odd tastes in the realms of horror/exploitation. When Yuzna is in top form he's damn near unbeatable. This one and From Beyond are Combs at his finest and also the top tier when it comes to Lovecraft adaptations. Still just as enjoyable as it was when I first discovered when I was 10 or 11 and really starting to dive into genre films. I still prefer From Beyond by a hair but they're both classics for me easily. 9.5/10 |
combustion07
06.22.22 | Also Turf Turf sounds very up my alley! It streaming anywhere rn? Side note I went to school with a kid name James Spader and he got popped a few years back for downloading cp on his college wifi. He was one of the only other metalheads in my classes and we would talk death metal but he always had a creepy vibe so we never really clicked outside of school lol |
Coast
06.22.22 | Yeah I also thought A Serbian Film was really well made, a total thrill ride and then that ending. Irreversible is probably still the most disturbing film I've seen with the rectum club scene, fire extinguisher bashing and then the rape. The serene ending is still pretty emotional and the whole movie just stuck in my mind. I know there's much more depraved underground films out there but Irreversible is so authentic.
That school friend memory might give James Spader's Tuff Turf some extra spice. It's not a comedy nor any karate but familiar 80s vibes and plot and Ferris Bueller seemed to adopt some scenes from it. I last saw it on video hire cassette as a kid and before I'd probably even heard of metal and haven't seen it on tv, dvd or any streaming since. You'd have to buy a copy online but I was finally able to rewatch it on youtube. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.22 | how the hell do I watch the Sadness?
I’ve been hearing such good things about it |
Scheumke
06.22.22 | Been on a run with my girl watching some of the classics that either or both has never seen:
Princess Bride - 7,5 - Old school fantasy is fun and this has some problems but at the same time was very fun and had a lot of character. Inconcievable!
Fight Club - 8 - Somehow never watched this. Everything worked but I got the twist spoiled beforehand and I'm pretty sure I would've enjoyed it more if I hadn't known. Also Meat Loaf with titties and Jared Leto getting his face smashed in bring it up half a point at least.
Terminator 1 - 7 - Enjoyed it as an sci-fy action flick with a bit of a story in it. Not as good as I hoped it would be (felt like it was the godfather of 80's B action movies and did we really need three different car chases?). Will def watch the second one. Also, I honestly thought the 'I'll be back' would be a bigger moment in the movie, but it's just a general one liner in the movie.
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Scheumke
06.22.22 | Last new movies we've watched:
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore - 2,5 - What a disaster of a movie. The story is absolutely dreadful and makes zero sense, cheap tricks to get an emotion out of you, it was just stupid and aimless from front to back. As a Harry Potter fan I'm disgusted by this one. The visuals are the only reason it got higher than a 1.
Uncharted – 6,5 – Was entertained. Played the games and I think it captured the spirit of it. They tried some fun things and the actors where having fun making it, which is always a big plus for me. Not a very good movie, but I found it far less egregious than the reviews make it out to be.
Baby Driver – 8,2 – Loved it. Everything just worked really well in this one.
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.22 | oof man Terminatior is a classic.
and there’s more car chases in T2 lol |
Scheumke
06.22.22 | Nice! Looking forward to it because I enjoyed it. Was just not wow'ed but it was a fun movie nonetheless :). Doctor Strange is on Disney+ since today so gonna watch that one tonight. |
combustion07
06.22.22 | Shudder for The Sadness sir! |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.22 | well looks like I’ll finally have to cave in and get it. Thanks
There’s more than a few movies on there I’ve been meaning to watch anyways |
EyesWideShut
06.24.22 | Seen an underrated 80's flick called Miracle Mile about a guy who picks up a payphone by accident and hears a nuclear attack is coming. Wide spread panic ensues in an awesome neon 80's California setting. Would recommend! |
combustion07
06.25.22 | Alligator: fun ass, well done creature feature/animal attack flick from 1980! Recall seeing bits and pieces of this when I was young and I'd always wanted to go back so once I saw it on Shudder I was pretty excited to say the least. Well worth a watch if it sounds like it may be up your alley. The alligator looked great imo and the love interest worked well along with some of the really fun side characters. 8/10
Only God Forgives: Nicolas Winding Refn has been one of my favorite Directors ever since I first discovered the Pusher trilogy, which of any of you haven't seen I cannot recommend it enough. They are easily among the best of the best when it comes to crime/drug related films. I'm also a big fan of Drive and Bronson. This one however was quite the chore at times to get through for me. Goslings whole stoic/stone face demeanor worked for me in Drive but here it really just bothered me in a big way. The fact that a number of the other characters had a similar vibe didn't help at all either. The sheer amount of moments of drawn out silence and staring drove me up a fucking wall lol. I will say that the way it was shot, the set designs and interesting lighting was really nice to look at. That wasn't quite enough to pull it into enjoyable territory for me though. I know a lot of people love this one, I truly wanted to also but I didn't sadly. I'll give it some points for a few cool moments and the artsy fartsy lighting that I dug. 4/10
Going to see Black Phone this weekend and I'm pumped for it! |
loveisamixtape
06.27.22 | chungking express: 9/10, amazing movie, my type of night time thing for sure
house(1977): 7.5/10, what the fuck is going on, but i like it |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.27.22 | Alright yeah the sadness is fucking disgusting and I loved every second of it. Glad I finally got to watch it.
And watched the Many Saints of Newark again before starting the Sopranos. What a godawful movie. They’re saying they want to make a sequel, just fucking leave it alone. |
EyesWideShut
06.29.22 | The Addiction: A different take on a vampire film from Abel Ferrara that deals a lot with philosophy and shot in a beautiful urban NYC in B&W. Awesome cast too.
The Northman: This one didn't really do much for me and is easily Egg's worst imo. The pacing felt off but really bothered me was how anti-climactic the ending felt. |
Hyperion1001
06.29.22 | hmm guess my last post didn’t post.
anyways, watched Blackhat the other day and it ruled. Michael Mann can do no wrong. probably the best cyber thriller I’ve ever seen. Nolan wishes he could make movies anywhere near as good as this. |
JeetJeet
07.03.22 | Crush - 6.5/10. Lil dumb teen romance movie. My girl made me watch this but tbh its not bad at all, just has some really corny dialogue at times.
Dr. Strange 2 Multiverse of Madness - 4/10. Shit is trash. The first half of the movie is laughably bad. The CGI and visuals are CONSTANTLY going between looking cool to looking so fucking stupid and fake. Lately Marvel movies have been looking so bland and dull but this one has trippy visuals so I guess that makes it more tolerable than the other shit they've been putting out. Wanda is a good villain too. Everything else about this though...straight up ass.
Ambulance - 6.5/10. This movie is way too long, but its more bearable than a lot of Michael Bay's other dumbass popcorn flicks. He does some neat camerawork here and the 2 leads sell this just enough so that it doesn't make you wanna turn it off halfway through. Decent movie, watch it with your friends on movie night when yall are drinking it'll be a fun time I guess.
Men - 9/10. This movie is fucking gross. I love it.
Crimes of the Future - 9/10. This movie is fucking gross. I love it [2] |
trilo
07.03.22 | The Night House: the premise wasn't all that interesting but i was pleasantly surprised by how this one turned out. some really creative camera work & visuals, and i liked that the movie takes a while to reveal itself. not as spooky as i was hoping and the ending is a little abrupt but the director is def on my radar now. 7.5/10
The Curse of La Llorona: gf wanted to watch this because it was a spooky story from her childhood. this shit was complete trash. no redeeming qualities. somehow worse than my expectations lmao 0/10
Last Night in Soho: not a huge edgar wright fan but this was surprisingly solid. good visuals and acting with a nice slow burn of mystery. starts to fall off the rails in the last 45 or so min and gets really repetitive but overall enjoyed this one. prob like a 7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.03.22 | oof La Llorona is fucking rough man. I got dragged to see that in theaters.
Watched Tommy Boy last night. Chris Farley was a god. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.03.22 | And Jeet I’m honestly just pretending that everything after endgame doesn’t exist.
I don’t even really like the MCU that much but that was the perfect ending. They should’ve just left well enough alone but of course $$$ |
Divaman
07.03.22 | I'm with you, Wildcard. Endgame was the perfect finishing point. |
Deez
07.03.22 | Also watched Garlands 'Men'
Shite. Like a shit episode of league of gentlemen |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.03.22 | Damn that’s sad to hear. I’m still gonna watch it.
Say what you want about A24 but their films are always at least interesting. Hereditary still haunts me to this day. |
Deez
07.03.22 | Fking LOVE hereditary man and yeah generally like A24 stuff. Just found it a bit dumb, Ending was visually cool. Usually love Alex GArland too.
The Hotel I work took in a film crew last year for 2 months apparently working on a film that will be with A24. Was the same guy who co produced St Maude. No one 'famous' in it like. Some dude who was a Dothraki for a few episodes in GOT. Was kinda cool watching then all coming in and out every day. BUt yeah hopefully that one will be dope. No idea when itll be out 2023 I imagine. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.03.22 | That’s cool as fuck. Like I said A24 can be a bit hit or miss for me but I respect that they’re putting out films that really push the boundaries. |
Deez
07.03.22 | Yeah same, for sure. It will be called ' The Origin' Fk knows what it was about I think its like Pre neatndathals or some shit washing up on land, some kinda of monster picking them off, was all in their own made up language too. Could be great or shite, lets see. The few bits I saw them editing looked pretty cool. |
Rowan5215
08.06.22 | prey fucking RIPS |
Slex
08.06.22 | I am super pumped to watch Prey, Sandman first tho
|
Rowan5215
08.06.22 | I watched Prey first cos I had a feeling it would whip ass and I was right. best Predator film and it's not close
apparently Sandman is pretty much a one for one translation of the first volume which sounds... whelming. like I can just read the comics again instead lol. I'll give it a shot tho |
Slex
08.06.22 | The first vol of Sandman is definitely one of the weakest ones yeah but I am really enjoying the show a lot more than I expected |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.06.22 | actually binged all of the predator movies leading up to Prey.
Haven’t seen it in years but the original is still a classic.
Never saw 2, but man that movie sucks. I honestly have no idea why a lot of people seem like they’ve come around on it.
Predators is fine and The Predator is dogshit.
Prey I actually really liked. A lot of the CGI was very noticeable, I was really disappointed we didn’t get more practical effects, and the plot was very predictable. Aside from that though it’s easily the best since the first. Great setting, and the lead brother and sister are really likable.
I read Dan Tratchenburg wants to do more in different time periods and I hope he does. |
IsisScript80
08.06.22 | "The first vol of Sandman is definitely one of the weakest ones yeah but I am really enjoying the show a lot more than I expected"
I've yet to see any of it yet (probably going to start tonight), but yeah, the first volume of the comics series is the weakest (but still great). If the show's compelling at this stage, it's a good sign as it would only be due to get better. |
Hyperion1001
08.07.22 | reporting that prey is great. probably the best predator sequel to date, even though I do like predator 2. |
combustion07
08.07.22 | Ohhhhhh I didn't know Prey was out already! Excited to check it out!
Night House: nice little horror flick that had a solid slow burn going on and did a great job building tension and keeping me guessing. One of those symbolic type horror films that seems to drop to much acclaim every year or two these days. I enjoyed it quite a bit and wouldn't mind revisiting again knowing the full scope of it. 8.5/10
Mac and Me: always heard about this being one of the worst films ever made along with the Paul Rudd running joke of him playing the clip of the wheelchair cliff drop on Conan O'Brien every time he's supposed to play a clip from his upcoming films. I had the good excuse of a weekend trip with my sister's kids and my parents at the lake of the Ozarks to pull this one out and enjoy the mass quantities of cheese! It was a big hit with the kids and honestly although it may be loaded with cheesiness and ripping off ET pretty hard I loved every second of it. 10/10 for enjoyment factor all day. Doesn't deserve it in terms of quality of whatever but it's all about fun with this kind of junk. The scene where they break out in song and dance at the McDonald's was lovely lol |
Rowan5215
08.07.22 | Predator 2 whips ass wtf. it's better than 1 honestly
and yeah the Sandman comics really don't get good until Death's first issue, I'm slightly sceptical that they could make a decent season of tv outta those first few. gonna peep it tonight tho |
combustion07
08.07.22 | Agree on Predator 2 being awesome. Idk what was said about it here but always loved that one. Remember it used to get hated on by many too which I never understood tbh |
Rowan5215
08.07.22 | the movie that dared to ask what if Danny Glover and Bill Paxton, for two hours, and aliens are there too. genius filmmaking honestly |
combustion07
08.07.22 | I'd argue it is pure cinema at its finest! |
AffableMartyr
08.07.22 | Want to watch Pig and Elvis this week |
Egarran
08.07.22 | Now I don't want to overhype it, but I'm very relieved and kind of astounded that Sandman turned out to be good. |
bloc
08.07.22 | Watched The Gray Man yesterday, fun as hell movie |
Anthracks
08.08.22 | watched Nope which is peele's best (7/10) and bullet train which was incredibly bad
also, to hop on the topic of Men i actually really liked that movie. the hate is honestly baffling to me. |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.22 | Everything Everywhere All At Once
Little Miss Sunshine |
Rowan5215
08.08.22 | thought the first 2 eps of Sandman were truly wildly bad but its def improving. the casting for Johanna, lucifer and john dee is so tight, makes up for dream being the most boring lead i've ever seen |
Mort.
08.08.22 | saw the last james bond which was extremely mediocre (ramis malek character is fucking ridiculous omg what a joke) and then Nobody with bobby odenkirk which was a generic hyper violence john wick wannabe and was like a 7/10 |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.22 | Anybody seen Bullet Train yet? |
Mort.
08.08.22 | anthracks a few comments up from you |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.22 | rip, thanks. Only on my second cup of coffee.
but fuk, was hoping that would at least be halfway decent. May wait until its streaming |
Mort.
08.08.22 | the kermode and mayo review on youtube certainly didnt make it sound very appealing. looks like a silly action flick with bad attempts at humour |
Anthracks
08.08.22 | i've never seen humor that fell so flat as bullet train. they legit make a running joke throughout the whole movie (possibly over 25 times) and it's not even funny the first time. and that's probably just an eighth of the "jokes." atrocious in almost every way and just gets worse as it goes along |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.22 | "i've never seen humor that fell so flat as bullet train."
Don't watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent then |
Anthracks
08.08.22 | i have no intention of watching that |
Mort.
08.08.22 | but it has kate beckingsale and michael sheens nepotism baby in it! and massive meme man nicholas cage/coppola ! |
Josh D.
08.08.22 | Hm, I think over the last couple weekends it's
First Blood (first time)
Ex Machina (like 5th time) |
rabidfish
08.08.22 | watched the lighthouse recently. It was weird, and when it ended i felt like i just woke up from a dream. Since i was a kid i didn't feel like that after watching a movie, so it did something right! 8/10
I also watched that awful ryan gossling movie by the russian brothers. It's soooo fucking bad. Just plain shit. 2/10 |
rabidfish
08.08.22 | @rowan have you read the comics? because the first arcs of the comics are pretty boring until it starts to pick up. |
Mort.
08.08.22 | god i dont know why you even bothered with that. looks hysterically bad
and theyre making a sequal and spin off |
rabidfish
08.08.22 | i like dumb action movies, and tbf SOME action sequences were kinda dope. But man the dialog is just TOO stupid. and thinks its funny, too. |
SomeCallMeTim
08.08.22 | The Lighthouse was awesome and so was The Witch |
Josh D.
08.08.22 | BLACK PHILLIP BLACK PHILLIP |
JeetJeet
08.08.22 | Cha Cha Real Smooth - 7/10. Solid romance flick nothing more or less.
Dope - 4/10. This shit is awful. Feels like a movie about black people written by white teenagers.
Lamb - 8/10. I love how weird this was. The trailers make this movie look like its a horror flick but its the opposite. Also the ending made my jaw drop, its so absurdly awesome.
Prey - 7.5/10. Best Predator media I've seen in ages. I'm glad this movie finally washed the bad taste of Predator 2018 out of my mouth. |
bloc
08.08.22 | "Don't watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent then"
Hoo boy that shit sucked yeah. I was expecting much better.
Also watched Prey yesterday, and I liked it but it wasn't as good as I was hoping. It's one of the better Predator movies overall though, perhaps #3 after the Arian Brody one |
hobblepot
08.08.22 | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (78) and Prey |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.08.22 | Finally watched the Green Knight. Sick movie. I don’t love every A24 flick but damn I’m glad they’re around. |
DamnVanne
08.10.22 | Since October I’ve been going almost weekly to this theater in Seattle that plays whatever the fuck they want and it’s awesome. Last 2 movies I’ve seen, both at my spot, are Akira and The Goonies. Akira is obviously still bananas and Goonies is pretty funny still. I immediately recognized Data as the husband/father in Everything Everywhere Always or whatever it’s called |
Sharenge
08.10.22 | 1922 and The Nature of the Beast |
Faraudo
08.10.22 | Just watched The Sadness and it definitely left an impression, and Prey was pretty fucking cool. |
Sharenge
08.10.22 | I thought Prey was meh
yeah, I said it |
Sharenge
08.10.22 | I was cool with The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent |
BaselineOOO
08.10.22 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) - 3.5/10
A Wedding (1978) - 7.3/10
Friday (1995) - 3.3/10
Prey (2022) - 2.8/10
Sense and Sensibility (1995) - 6.9/10
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - 1.4/10
Elevator to the Gallows (1958) - 4.8/10
Nashville (1975) - 7/10
The Lacemaker - La Dentellière (1977) - 5.6/10
Two-Lane Blacktop (1971) - 6.5/10 |
Sharenge
08.10.22 | you thought Prey way shit |
BaselineOOO
08.10.22 | The two protagonists lacked the credibility and stamina to fit the role of hunters, they acted too much like zoomers. Too bad, cause the native American setting was a refreshing idea for the series. |
ReiniEden
08.10.22 | Cold Eyes (Korean movie)
and a rewatch of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe since it was years since I've seen it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.10.22 | how did they act too much like zoomers |
BaselineOOO
08.10.22 | They were physically weak and tried to make jokes in inappropriate moments (in life or death situations) - "but I'm smarter than a beaver". Not to mention that in recent years Hollywood movies hire only crappy young actors, so they were probably both in the movie due to nepotism. |
FreakMachine
08.10.22 | A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Halloween (2018) |
FreakMachine
08.10.22 | "and a rewatch of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe since it was years since I've seen it."
Literally dug my copy out yesterday to watch again |
MillionDead
08.10.22 | Last two things I saw were Bullet Train and King Richard. Some friends invited me to see Bullet Train at the theater, I honestly thought it was a waste of money. Was just kinda dumb and fluff filled, didn’t really care about anything happening.
King Richard was a lot better, I got really invested in the Williams sisters’ growth and Will Smith did a great job in his role as their ingenious but very flawed dad.
Last thing I saw that I really loved was a Norwegian film called The Worst Person in the World. Wasn’t perfect but the cinematography was just grand and I enjoyed the themes and performances across most of the movie. |
Faraudo
08.10.22 | King Richard is not "a lot better" than Bullet Train lmao. Bullet Train is pure escapism and an overall fun time, King Richard is a Hallmark Channel-level biopic. As formulaic, Oscar baity as they can get these days. |
MillionDead
08.10.22 | I’m just saying Bullet Train was like 5.5/10 for me (humor that didn’t land, campy and ridiculous plot, silly fight scenes that I didn’t like) and King Richard was like 7.5/10. Idk I’m not saying my opinion is law. King Richard was kind of feel good on all level of me having been a black youth and also a longtime fan of the Williams sisters. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.10.22 | Baseline I think that’s a little bit of a reach man. |
BaselineOOO
08.10.22 | I simplify all my thoughts to gain free time to watch quality movies. Hence why I'm too lazy to explain why I dislike every shit movie, my bad. Theoretically I could waste my time and write an essay about why this is the 3rd best Predator movie, but nah. |
Mort.
08.10.22 | baseline being based here
the vast majority of hollwood cinema is complete by the numbers trash
in fact, the vast majority of art is trash |
Egarran
08.10.22 | Arh Danish cinema is only like 55% trash |
Faraudo
08.11.22 | Basedline |
Rowan5215
08.11.22 | saw Nope and it was fucking great. just an excellent cinema experience in all regards
great year for movies so far |
loveisamixtape
08.16.22 | just saw nope in theaters about 3 days ago and thought it was amazing. the gordy scene will haunt me forever, i’m not into horror stuff usually but that legitimately has made me rethink my hesitance to watch movies that are considered horror |
combustion07
08.16.22 | Prey: watched this after realizing it dropped via this thread! I had a lot of fun with this one and it's definitely my favorite in this series since the original 2. Loved the setting and the idea of dropping the predator in with a Native American tribe. I've got a bunch of Cherokee blood in my veins so I'm pretty into anything involving Natives in general so I might be a bit bias here tbh. I've got a friend that I work with who is very much against the whole "woke" movement and he likes to bitch and moan anytime there's a strong female character in anything and we had a discussion today at work about this film where he was adamant about how much it sucked and that the movie was just an excuse to push some feminist agenda. Deep into the conversation he mentioned that he hasn't even seen the movie and was just basing his rant on the trailer, movie summary and some reviews he had read. I wanted to punch him in his mouth lol. This was mostly me on a soapbox rather than speaking on the actual movie, sorry. It was a nice, fun watch. 8/10
God Told Me To...: Horror flick from the legend Larry Cohen! Always been a huge fan of his filmography whether it be him tackling horror or his amazing entries into the blaxploitation genre! Killings start happening in mass by perpetrators that stick around the crime scenes to let everyone know that "God told me to". Interesting plot all around and the execution is far more interesting to say the least. This is probably one of the strangest films I've ever seen and I'm ashamed that it took me so long to finally check it out. I think I've owned the DVD for like a decade but it took me blindly clicking on Shudder to actually give it a shot. 9/10 |
Pheromone
08.16.22 | watched your name again last night aw |
Mort.
08.16.22 | sometimes i forget you love anime |
Pheromone
08.16.22 | hardly anymore - i dabble
i dabble |
combustion07
08.16.22 | Man I hope Nope is still at my local theater this weekend. Excited to check it out but it somehow slipped my mind that it had come out already. I loved Us and have a good feeling about it being up my alley |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.16.22 | bodies bodies bodies was very fun |
robertsona
08.16.22 | Thought Nope was boring myself |
Coast
08.17.22 | Nope 6.5/10 - Quite liked it, some great moments and ideas but something missing. Didn’t get too engaged with characters. Only real tension with chimp scene. Alien entity a bit meh. Didn’t like Us but Get Out was much more engaging, unnerving and a great climax. |
Minortimbo12
08.17.22 | Took me a while to scroll and post a comment |
Deathconscious
08.24.22 | Kiki's Delivery Service. It was the most chill movie ever, with the usual Ghibli charm of course. |
FreakMachine
08.24.22 | The Batman and Saw III. I adore Amanda so much m/ |
AnimalsAsSummit
08.24.22 | The Legend Of Zu - 2001 version (one of the greatest movies ever)
House of Flying Daggers - fucking sick as always |
rabidfish
08.26.22 | Finally watched midsommar.
We gotta nuke the swedes, like... Asap. |
Egarran
08.26.22 | I saw Doctor Strange in the MOM and had a pretty bad time. It generally looks great, but everything else is lame.
Probably my bottom Marvel movie now. |
IsisScript80
08.26.22 | "Nope 6.5/10 - Quite liked it, some great moments and ideas but something missing. Didn’t get too engaged with characters. Only real tension with chimp scene. Alien entity a bit meh."
I saw it, and tend to agree with the majority of this summary, including rating. I thought Daniel Kaluuya was great and really watchable. It was overlong, and relied on style and (undoubted) directorial flair to compensate for an overall thin plot. Enjoyable and well executed, but somewhat style over content. |
rabidfish
08.26.22 | @egarran best MCU movie, and that's by a LOT. |
Egarran
08.26.22 | It's good to know there's an audience for it. What did you like? |
IsisScript80
08.26.22 | "best MCU movie, and that's by a LOT."
I've just got second degree burns from the hotness of your take. |
rabidfish
08.26.22 | it's visually engaging, fun and has great memorable moments and scenes.
every other mcu movie is rather bland in comparison.
Idgaf about the story or characters or continuity or any of that stuff. |
Egarran
08.26.22 | Never got the fun parts.
But some of the set pieces reminded me of Diablo and that's a good thing. |
rabidfish
08.26.22 | how is a zomibe wizard wearing a cloak made out of the chained spirits of vengance from hell not the funnest thing in the world? How dead inside are you? |
IsisScript80
08.26.22 | ^ Yeah, the very much Sam Raimi parts (like that) were definitely highlights. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.22 | No Way Home is the besT MCU movie and I will not accept any other opinions.
Anyways, just finished The Wailing. For a movie that’s 2.5+ hours it really did not feel like it. Loved it. |
rabidfish
08.27.22 | i just watched the 7th seal. Wasn't expecting all the comedy in it. Really fun and easy to watch. No wonder it's a classic, a lot of killer performances and dialogues. |
Egarran
08.27.22 | yeah ok zombie strange was ok I GUESS
but it was all just so convenient and vapid*
*more than other MCU movies |
rabidfish
08.29.22 | Time Bandits.
its a great kids movie. Bunch of dirty little men beat the shit out of a kid then drag him along against his will through time while robbin people blind and doing absolutely nothing productive or important. They are angels of god and at the end they meet him and the kid learns about free will. Also, a dog explodes for no reason lmao fucking classic. |
Deez
08.29.22 | had a rare day off so watch Silence.Leaving las Vegas and Apocalypse now Redux
Also that Anthony Bourdain doco on netflix, got drunk. Solid day. |
Deathconscious
08.29.22 | Saw the 70s Carrie movie for the first time. The prom scene where she kills everyone was so good, that actress was terrifying. |
STIGMATIZED
08.29.22 | Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.29.22 | damn why do you hate yourself |
EoinCofa
12.28.22 | Marcel The Shell With Shoes On - great original film
Confess, Fletch |
Josh D.
12.28.22 | Glass Onion (cartoonish, atrocious)
Carol (ladies doing sex) |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.28.22 | Glass Onion (cartoonish, hilarious)
All jokes aside I thought it was a lot weaker than the first one, the first act hits a climax and then we’re thrown into a like 45 minute flashback sequence that just grinds the movie to a halt, but then it finishes solidly. And I could watch Daniel Craig being gay as hell and doing his best foghorn leghorn impression until the end of time. 8/10
And Avatar 2, I was on a fuck load of edibles so I don’t remember a lick of the plot but watched it in IMAX 3D and it’s visually probably the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen in film. 10/10 experience, movie is probably meh at best, go see it in 3D or don’t watch it at all. |
robertsona
12.28.22 | Two old-favorite/top-20s:
The Mother and the Whore (1973), which is what I’m calling my favorite movie these days, and Safe (1995), which was directed by the same guy as Carol (>>>>>, tho) |
fogza
12.28.22 | Amsterdam, absolute hogwash |
CugnoBrasso
12.28.22 | Stalker, Where the Crowdads Sing (total dogshit) |
Hyperion1001
12.28.22 | barbarian: interesting set pieces, absolute dogshit writing. truly some of the dumbest characters ive ever seen in a horror movie, so much so that its impossible to overlook. 2/5
nope: self-indulgent, annoying characters, terrible day-for-night shots, cool alien thing, great setup/payoff with the camera. typical jordan peele. half good, half bad. 3/5 |
Egarran
12.28.22 | Watching Avatar 2 on shrooms is a whole thing:
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/avatar-the-way-of-water-shrooms-drugs-tripping-james-cameron-kate-winslet-1234648898/
https://www.reddit.com/r/shrooms/comments/zmyspy/avatar_2_on_shrooms/ |
protokute
12.28.22 | i love the relationship people seem to have with cinema and shrooms lol
Don't know if I would be willing to spend 3 hours of a psychedelic experience watching a movie, specially on a high dose, considering how suggestive of an experience it can be, even though I understand how visually interesting of an experience it can be to watch a film on psychedelics (I watched Son Of The White Mare on acid once and wow.)
I was so so frustrated with Nope when I watched it, it had a lot of potential to be a very dope and interesting film, but it just felt really undeveloped and messy for me |
Josh D.
12.28.22 | My only real problem with Nope was that it's revealed that aliens are real and they're just trying to catch it on film. Sure, it's a bit of a new approach to alien movies, but for some reason the mystery being revealed so early made the rest of the movie less interesting to me, watching them set up cameras and shit. Enjoyed it mostly overall though. |
BaselineOOO
12.28.22 | Avatar 2 - 8.1/10; Outstanding. Surpassed my expectations in every way.
The Banshees of Inisherin - 3.2/10; Decent Colin Farrell performance and good cinematography, but everything else is idiotic trash.
I also rewatched Fanny and Alexander by Ingmar Bergman for Christmas, the theatrical version - 6.9/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.28.22 | Never really cared for Blood Simple tbh. Easily my least favorite coen bros film. Tho I haven’t seen Buster Scruggs or Inside Llewyn Davis yet |
Josh D.
12.28.22 | Buster Scruggs is 5 unrelated vignettes, most of them enjoyable. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.28.22 | I’ll watch it eventually but I know how well regarded Inside Llewyn Davis is so I’ll probably end up watching that first.
And not a hot take at all, but god damn what a filmography the Coen’s have.
No Country For Old Men and The Big Lebowski are both probably in my top 10 favorite films. |
Josh D.
12.28.22 | Yeah I suppose I need to get on Llewyn Davis too eventually. |
Egarran
12.28.22 | I wasn't a fan. But if you're Dylan fans you should love it. |
Anthracks
12.28.22 | Akira kurosawa’s dreams and glass onion both were ok |
markjamie
12.28.22 | Barbarian (surprisingly great - 8/10) and Tár (surprisingly boring - 6/10). |
Sharenge
12.28.22 | hmm I enjoyed Banshees of Inisherin quite a bit
also a fan of Inside Llewyn Davis but it's fairly depressing and really a downer of a film... bleak like |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.29.22 | sounds right up my alley |
loveisamixtape
12.29.22 | nearly 2k comments jeez |
IsisScript80
12.29.22 | 'Inside Llewyn Davis' is great...
Last film watched was, unsurprisingly, 'Glass Onion'. Very entertained through most of it... not as good as the first one, and very much undermines itself with the ending, which I thought was very cheap. But as modern franchises go, it's one of the very few I'd actively look forward to seeing more of.
Before that: 'Death Race: 2000'. First time seeing it. Massively enjoyable in an awful/awesome sense. '70s sci-fi just does something... |
robertsona
12.29.22 | I'm genuinely kinda scared to see Tar. |
loveisamixtape
12.29.22 | @isis ay death race is technically the first movie in this whole thread, luv it |
Emim
12.29.22 | Top Gun twice |
IsisScript80
12.29.22 | @loveisamixtape--Ha! That passed me by, but yeah, almost 2000 posts ago... nice one! :) |
markjamie
12.30.22 | Just saw The Banshees Of Inisherin - best film I have seen this year. Very funny. But very black - 9/10 |
Tunaboy45
12.30.22 | Muppet Christmas Carol
Hector |
Josh D.
12.30.22 | The two movies I turned off this year and haven't/won't go back to are Glass Onion and Maverick. Pure hog shit. |
Josh D.
12.30.22 | It’s not a take, it’s my opinion of the movie. Just over the top, bar scenes ridiculous, the rehashing of characters. Within minutes where he’s about to attempt the speed thing and they’re like “you don’t have to do this” and he responds “I know what happens to everyone if I don’t” and it cuts to their hopeful faces with strings swelling…nauseating. |
EoinCofa
12.30.22 | Yeah, Glass Onion sucked |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.22 | Damn, did you guys that hate Glass Onion also hate Knives Out?
It’s a weaker film for sure but I still had a really good time with it |
Dryden
12.30.22 | The last 2 movies I saw Martyrs and I Stand Alone |
EoinCofa
12.30.22 | I really enjoyed Knives Out. I was really looking forward to and let down by Glass Onion. |
Josh D.
12.30.22 | KO is fine, yaeh |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.22 | Forgot to mention Everything Everywhere At Once
Jesus Christ there has never been a film that had me so on board in the first hour or so, like the film had me wrapped around its fucking finger, and then totally lose me in the last half to the point where I don’t even care.
Like I’m supposed to be laughing that the evil IRS bitch is fuckin juuling with Michelle Yeoh? What a strange film, and not in good way. |
Josh D.
12.30.22 | Yeah it lost me too. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.22 | I will say short round killed it. Easily the star of that movie, he carried that fuckin thing on his shoulders. |
IsisScript80
12.30.22 | "Like I’m supposed to be laughing that the evil IRS bitch is fuckin juuling with Michelle Yeoh?"
?
Odd thing to focus on: Yeah maybe, but no, not really... would be my answer to that.
It's an action sci-fi comedy drama, but that scene (and much of what comes in the latter half) forms the underlying dramatic point of the movie. It's not solely for comedic effect. |
Kompys2000
12.30.22 | EEAAO has a shitton of jokes and a slightly-above-average hit rate and if you rank the top 10 reasons why it's good the comedic value should be no higher than #6 |
markjamie
12.31.22 | Watching Everything Everywhere All At Once was like listening to two 12-year-old boys with ADHD tell me about their weird dream for 140 minutes - at the same time. It was an extremely inventive and ultimately a good film, but it was a chore at times - definitely overrated - 6.5/10
Glass Onion was heaps of fun - 7.5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.31.22 | There’s so much to like about it. Ultimately, all of the actors were fantastic. Jamie Lee Curtis was legitimately terrifying there for a minute. The rock scene was beautiful. All of the action was extremely well done (until they got to the “peace solves all problems” bullshit near the end), when it switched from full to wide screen during that first action sequence in the office it blew my fucking mind.
But the movie just goes on and on and on. The takes mildly funny jokes and beats you over the head with them. Like there shouldn’t have been entire hotdog finger and ratatouille subplots when they were barely funny throwaway gags in the first place, and those aren’t the only ones they’re just the ones that stick out to me most. Cutting out all of that bullshit shaves like 30 mins off of a movie that’s like 2.5 hours long.
And what exactly is the message of the movie? That you should just love your fucked up homophobic mother that calls you fat? Just because she’s you’re mother?
Idk, I guess I went in expecting something completely different from what I got. When the movie first started I got vibes like it was a quirkier version of Parasite. But what I ended up getting is an absolute mess of a film that is still somehow incredibly well made. In the hands of a lesser director this film would be absolute dogshit.
Like I said, the first 45 mins - hour were fucking phenomenal. The film just falls apart after that. |
Sharenge
12.31.22 | yoooooo my muppets christmas carol homies I see you |
IsisScript80
12.31.22 | It was possibly too long... I'm not sure where I'd personally cut it down, but I felt the duration, and that's the only fault I possibly found with it.
"And what exactly is the message of the movie? That you should just love your fucked up homophobic mother that calls you fat? Just because she’s you’re mother?"
No. Context: Yeoh's character is bitter and beaten down by life because that specific version of her has taken every seemingly wrong decision in detriment of her dreams and ambition. She goes on a (quite literal) hero's journey (in a manner almost subverting the OTT self-seriousness of something like 'The Matrix'), and the true meaning is derived from the antagonist's motivation (gained from acquired knowledge), vs. the same knowledge about... well... everything, inverted.
I realise the above isn't the most straightforward way of putting it, but I tried to phrase it in a way that would make sense to someone who's seen it, but not be too spoiler-y. Probably failed on both counts, but the question was asked. |
markjamie
12.31.22 | Yeoh should get every award there is - holding that film together as well as she did was an incredible achievement. I honestly don't think any other actor could have done it. |
Parallels
12.31.22 | Avatar 1: Pocahontas in Space
Avatar 2: Raising Kids Sucks |
combustion07
12.31.22 | Gotta couple sets of two!
Memento: 9/10
I loved this one! The way this is spliced together to almost put you in the position of the main character with his inability to create new memories is perfect. Had me on the edge of my seat start to finish.
Carlitos Way; 10/10
Top tier Al Pacino! Everyone killed it in their roles and when it comes to these crime kinda flicks it's definitely one of the greatest. Can't go wrong with De Palma in general.
El Camino Christmas: 7/10
Watched this one on Christmas with the family! Was pleasantly surprised with it. Went in not expecting much but it ended up being pretty fun throughout and fairly dark at times also. Would recommend for something kind of light hearted on a rainy/snowy day.
Black Christmas OG: 10/10
One of my all time favorite slashers! Normally watch this damn near every Christmas Eve. Had the pleasure of showing it to my niece and nephew this year! My niece is getting super into horror at a young age and I've been having a blast showing her some of the greatest! She loved this one and I can tell already she's gonna have amazing taste! |
unclereich
01.01.23 | the whale: 7.5/10
glass onion: 5/10 |
Parallels
01.02.23 | i liked glass onion |
BaselineOOO
01.02.23 | Everything Everywhere All At Once is actually Rick & Morty but for even dumber humans. They only hired Asian actors so they could call all negative reviews racist. These two directors are clueless, you can tell from their interviews that their creations are to cinema what Black Midi is to music - farts in the wind.
Anyway, I've watched these two German movies Lucy (2006) - 5.5/10; Yella (2007) - 5.1/10. They belong to Berliner Schule, which I think is the best European film movement of the last 30 years. The movies were average, but cozy and memorable.
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protokute
01.02.23 | ^ boring |
someone
01.02.23 | watched Avatar 2 and All Quiet on the Western Front. i'm developing some uncomfortable interest in how film and media depict death and suffering. |
loveisamixtape
01.02.23 | wings of desire (8/10) and white light black rain (8/10) |
GhandhiLion
01.02.23 | Brightburn (5) and Glass Onion (5.5) |
MoM
01.02.23 | Hustle & Flow
Stitches |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.02.23 | I’m not that cynical about it the whole Asian thing Baseline, in fact I thought it was one of the best executed parts of the film. The constant switch between Chinese and broken English was skillful as hell.
Plus, half the action is martial arts, it makes sense for it to be Asian centric.
Having said that, the movie is still mid as hell. |
loveisamixtape
01.02.23 | i liked it 🤷🏻♂️ |
Hyperion1001
01.02.23 | this place rules
Andrew Callaghan is probably the most insightful voice on American culture making content right now. Great doc. |
demigod!
01.02.23 | i watched the greasy strangler last night with some friends
It was definitely very greasy. |
FreakMachine
01.02.23 | West Side Story Remake - My favorite film ever
Hellraiser reboot - Absolutely awesome reimagining where the Cenobites are actually a growing threat throughout.
Currently revisiting the Artemis Fowl movie from 2020, based on one of my favorite books as a child. I remember thinking it was atrocious at launch, and 10 minutes into it this time my opinion definitely remains the same. |
Scheumke
01.02.23 | Been catching up on some classics I've either somehow never seen or haven't seen in two decades:
Marry Poppins - 9,5/10 film oozes charm still
Wizard of Oz - 8/10 fun and cozy and classic
Indiana Jones: Raiders - 7/10 Harrison steals it, but a little overrated imho
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - 9/10 loved every minute of it
Taken - 6,5/10 We just wanted a dumb cool movie, this scratched that itch
Glass Onion - 7,5/10 bit dumber than the first but just as fun |
CugnoBrasso
01.02.23 | I just saw Eraserhead for the first time and holy shit, what an experience! Absolutely loved it! |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.03.23 | Huh yeah new Hellraiser is dope as fuck |
combustion07
01.03.23 | Annihilation: 9/10: I loved this movie. Very interesting shit. Don't have much to say outside of that that would be anything more than me just saying it in other terms but yeah.
Django Unchained: 9/10 love this one also. Actually my first time seeing it in it's entirety also even though I'm a big Tarantino fan. The 2 hours and 45 minutes flew by in a way that's pretty hard to achieve imo |
FreakMachine
01.03.23 | "Huh yeah new Hellraiser is dope as fuck" - Yes it is, Jamie Clayton is an absolute revelation and I adore her |
Hyperion1001
01.03.23 | evil dead trap 2 - the best giallo not made in Italy. truly makes no sense, but is a gorgeous impressionist run of truly weird cinema. |
rabidfish
01.03.23 | i watched the sting (1973). Very fun movie, love the Redford-Newman duo, very charismatic, but the whole cast were great. It's a 70's heist movie so it's kinda cute how there's only 2 big twists, both of which a trained viewer from the 2020's can see coming a mile away. Heist movies now need like... 10 twists, 6 red herrings, 3 double-crossings and 2 false endings MINIMUM. |
Hyperion1001
01.03.23 | “That reminds me, I have watch Evil Dead Trap 2. The first is so good”
the first one is definitely better but if you have an inclination towards Italian horror and fever dream horror it’s amazing. some of the best cinematography I’ve seen in a jhorror film. |
combustion07
01.03.23 | Man good call on Evil Dead Trap 2! Underrated film and agree on those Italian fever dream vibes! Both rule in their own ways for me |
unclereich
01.04.23 | violent night:7/10
i was told im supposed to hate this movie but it was so refreshing to watch something that was truly fun after the letdown that was glass onion.
the menu:8/10
one of my favs of 2022. idk how Ralph Fiennes doesn't have an Oscar.
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MoM
01.04.23 | ^ I really enjoyed both of those too, especially loved The Menu. Good shit |
combustion07
01.04.23 | Good to see something positive on Violent Night! Hoping to go see it and The Old Way this weekend back to back if my free time plays out correctly |
MoM
01.04.23 | Whoa, a western with Nic Cage? I’m stoked to eventually check that out! I hope you enjoy the movies! |
loveisamixtape
01.04.23 | just watched The Menu and it was so fuckin good lol |
CugnoBrasso
01.04.23 | My comment number is also the year I'm living. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.23 | Stoked to see the Menu, saw that it’s on HBO.
Finished watching The Sopranos (again), so I decided to give Many Saints another shot.
I’m now convinced that the sudden cut to black in the show is Tony offing himself when he realized what a piece of shit that movie was gonna be |
robertsona
01.04.23 | I'm very highly recommending SAFE (1995) on Tubi. It's streaming service that's not only free you DON'T EVEN HAVE TO LOG IN. fantastic film |
Sharenge
01.04.23 | I want to defend The Many Saints of Newark, but it's hard lol sad they goofed that shit so badly... unfortunately the redeeming qualities just aren't really enough to save it |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.23 | The redeeming qualities begin and end with the acting Alessandro Nivola and Ray Liotta (Big RIP) absolutely crush it. Vera Farmiga was pitch perfect as a young Livia. Michael Gandolfini had enormous shoes to fill and knocked it out of the fuckin park. Wish Jon Bernthal was in it more because he’s a great fucking actor too. And who could forget JOEY COCKSUCKIN DIAZ.
The guys that played Paulie and Silvio get shit on a lot for acting like caricatures, but those characters were literally caricatures to begin with, so they were fine.
Corey Stoll nailed young Junior but he’s such an unlikeable prick, and that plot twist with him near the end, ugh. Just terrible writing all around. |
Sharenge
01.05.23 | The Menu was yummy |
ConcubinaryCode
01.05.23 | Two movies I watched were Glengarry Glen Rose which was actually a pretty cool movie and reminded me a lot of selling life insurance to people for commissions and a lot of that lifestyle is conveyed through the movie. It helps that the dialogue and characters feel so genuine and on point. It nails the sense of anxieties you have so well and there's a lot of little touches throughout that are really nice. Star studded cast too and there's no real weak deliveries.
I also watched The Professional (the US cut) I enjoyed it a lot even if the way Natalie Portman dressed and her lines were very sussy wussy and unbelievable to me. She was terrific as a character otherwise though. I guess Leon made the writer rewrite the script so he was more a father figure and he plays that role really well and the ending scene is very touching. Both are solid 3.5/5 |
unclereich
01.05.23 | as a frequent user of IMDb I feel like the menu is underrated. lots of 2022 schlock is rated above a 7.5, could easily see the menu as a 7.7+ |
protokute
01.05.23 | I'm pretty obsessed with Werner Herzog stuff at the moment |
fogza
01.05.23 | Saw the Menu yesterday, started strong but didn't stick the landing |
MoM
01.05.23 | ^ I liked the lamb course 🤌 |
fogza
01.05.23 | lamb course was a highlight true true |
BaselineOOO
01.07.23 | The Menu (2022): 1.8/10 - Absolute trash, just like any modern horror that uses cheap shock value to create tension and conflates fluky conceptual ideas with capitalism critique of average IQ. The directing and all actors sucked so that didn't help either.
rewatched Love Streams (1984): 6.4/10 |
loveisamixtape
01.07.23 | crazy menu take but that’s life baybee |
Hyperion1001
01.07.23 | in her defense it does look like insufferable garbage. |
unclereich
01.07.23 | horror movie lol |
combustion07
01.07.23 | Man I absolutely love Leon the Professional! I'm about to check out Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia after the game tonight and I'm excited to finally see it. I've heard great things |
BaselineOOO
01.08.23 | @unclerich: Some people see it as a satire, black comedy. I see it as a dumb horror movie that has nothing to say. To each his own.
Take into consideration that 81% of the movies I rated are 1-2 stars out of 5. I take cinema very seriously. https://rateyourmusic.com/~I0000days |
combustion07
01.08.23 | Sleepers: 9/10 man this was a heavy movie for me. Star studded cast and packed with great performances. The long run time flew by for me and I really enjoyed this one. Brad Pitt in particular surprised me here. Definitely worth a watch
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia: 8/10 this was one odd flick! Definitely much different than I had expected going in and also a sleazier affair than I was anticipating. Absolutely loved the dialog here and the complete oddball cast of characters. Unique is the best word I can conjure to put to it
And a third for good measure! The Dentist: 7.5/10
I love Brian Yuzna movies! Dude definitely had a major vibe going throughout his filmography in the 90's and this one is no different. A total descent into madness that is far from subtle. |
MoM
01.08.23 | ^ aw shit. I didn’t know Sleepers had a movie. Picked up the book a couple years back at the thrift store not knowing what it was about and it was a good read, albeit very heavy. Might check, but damn |
combustion07
01.08.23 | Yessir! It's got De Niro, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, etc... Huge cast and really amazing movie despite it's subject matter. I'll have to track a copy down and give the book a read asap |
someone
01.08.23 | saw two Netflix rom films that are great examples of modern retelling of classical literature
Lady Chatterley's Lover surprised me with its portrayal of sex. still somewhat meek (it's Netflix, after all), but I mostly expected it to be a bland and straightforward dude-fucking-girl scenario, whereas it actually explores a variety of ways, even down to some early 20th century version of no-toy bdsm. so that's cool.
Persuasion drops off in the third act and becomes silly, but it generally is really funny. i like how the early 19th century setting is treated more like a gimmick. a few lines made me genuinely laugh out loud ("his first playlist" for example). these characters might as well have started using phones and talked about the internet and it wouldn't be out of place. that may be a downside to some, as in 'if you are making an adaptation of an 19th century novel, make it believably 18th century'. but why, right? it doesn't take itself too seriously, why being a snob and making a dry film? |
CugnoBrasso
01.08.23 | Probably doesn't count but I just binge-watched Xavier: Renegade Angel today. Should have done it sooner, a show made right for me! |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.09.23 | You guys are giving me too many movie recommendations while I’m still rewatching the sopranos
And I have seen Leon, can confirm it’s kick ass. Fuck whatever anyone else says, Natalie Portman is a prodigy and she kicked it off with that film. The scene where she’s begging Leon to open the door is burned into my memory |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.09.23 | Also, she’s phenomenal in Annihilation. Honestly one of my favorite films |
BaselineOOO
01.09.23 | Top Gun Maverick (2022): 5.8/10 - Very well made, I really enjoyed my time with it! The directing style was insufferably Hollywood but in the good way. Good to see that Tom Cruise can still carry a blockbuster.
rewatched Lost Highway(1997): 7.2/10 - With this, I am done rewatching Lynch's full-length filmography and this one felt like his most masculine and rigid work. Extremely good but cinematographically inconsistent; there are parts of this which I consider peak Lynch. |
markjamie
01.09.23 | Watched Menu because of all the recommendations here. Highly entertaining and very funny. Great final shot too - 7.5/10
Top Gun Maverick was bland, uninvolving and formulaic to be honest. I could predict the entire plot as soon as I saw Goose's son was in Top Gun and salty at Maverick. Absolutely zero surprises. Expected more because of the high praise I've seen all year. Don't get it at all - 4/10 |
BaselineOOO
01.09.23 | Predictable doesn't necessarily mean it is bad. When something becomes too predictable to you it means you're an adult and that you have a deep understanding of life and its intricacies! (For me all movies ever made are predictable even before the very first microsecond of their unfolding.)
The greatest directors won't stain their art to impress pretentious teenagers, they value the elementary aspects of life, that is why James Cameron will be remembered in history as a giant of cinema but an "auteur" like Lars von Trier a hack.
What people refuse to understand is that there's a steep difference between true unpredictability and meaningless bullshit. Seeing the unforeseeable makes you no great human or sage, you've just trained yourself to accept absurdity... our ego thrives on separating us from the moment. |
Sharenge
01.09.23 | I think you just shot your opinions on film in the foot by calling Lars von Trier a "hack" (or, if you're going to split hairs, even just saying that he will be remembered as such) in defense of Top Gun Maverick and James Cameron |
BaselineOOO
01.09.23 | Not really, I'm a highly respected cinephile that stopped parroting a long time ago the black or white mantra of: "hate the financially successful and acclaimed Hollywood director, applaud the art-house director that has nothing to say because we tell you it's cool." With that said, Melancholia is objectively a masterpiece. The potential is there for von Trier, I'm not gonna lie, it just sucks - the fact that all his other movies are abysmal. |
naughtcturnal
01.09.23 | Watched Terrifier 2. Fucking loved it! Usually okay with gory movies but this one had me squinting all the way through. Some of the grossest screnes and sfx i’ve ever seen in any movie that definitely give The Sadness a run for its money. |
IsisScript80
01.09.23 | "I'm a highly respected cinephile"
Respected by whom exactly? |
Egarran
01.09.23 | omg stop taking his bait |
markjamie
01.09.23 | "Predictable doesn't necessarily mean it is bad." True; there are predictable films that excel in enough other areas that they can still be considered good films, but predictability is generally an indication of poor writing, and it is definitely not a positive attribute. |
rabidfish
01.09.23 | i watched uccellacci e uccellini by Pasolini.
sort of surreal comedy about a father, a son and a talking bird who is very passionate about Communism. Life and death, youth and old age, religion and sex, the struggle and pains of life, and its most beatiful, simple moments. Very funny at times, and always nice to look at! Also pokes fun at leftist intelectuals which feels very present even today, that crow would totally be on Reddit.com |
Sharenge
01.09.23 | it also goes hand in hand with 'boring' which is also not a positive
and if his films are any indication, you probably don't wanna fuck that guy (and he probably doesn't wanna fuck you) |
claygurnz
01.09.23 | My last two movies watched were Get Out (8.5/10) and Knives Out : Glass Onion (5/10). Loved the first Knives Out so was pretty disappointed with the sequel. |
Hyperion1001
01.09.23 | “omg stop taking his bait”
it’s not bait which is why she literally always gets you guys going. it’s very entertaining tbh.
also she’s right. lars von trier is an immature hack who makes dogshit films and will be remembered only as the cinematic embodiment of an edgelord. |
GhandhiLion
01.09.23 | I'm inclined to agree but I've only seen Antichrist lol |
GhandhiLion
01.09.23 | I should check out Europa |
Egarran
01.09.23 | >she literally always gets you guys going
Well, von trier always gets you guys going. So I guess there's an audience for all edgelords.
I'm just saying life would be better if people ignored them all. |
BaselineOOO
01.09.23 | If Lars von Trier will direct another film like Melancholia (or that is 30% as good), I will suck his cock I swear. But the thing is, he can't. Melancholia was a fluke, it's so good, like something directed by Kubrick post-EYES WIDE SHUT.
Also Europa is kind of alright, everything else by him is dreadful.
If you want an interesting director you should check out the work of Andrzej Zulawski. |
ItsTheSquirrel
01.09.23 | I've seen just Antichrist and Dancer in the Dark by von Trier and absolutely hated both. They're garbage on a film making level (partly intentionally but just because something is a choice doesn't mean it's a good one), but even worse is that the writing feels like it was done by a 13 year old edgelord whose pretending like he has anything of substance to say. At least something like Tarantino is honest about being just empty bullshit |
Egarran
01.09.23 | I like that Charlotte Gainsbourg won both Cannes Best Actress and Fangoria's Chainsaw Award for Antichrist.
It shows the wide scope of Von Trier's art.
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Devastator
01.09.23 | Re-watched The Batman recently and also watched the new All Quiet on the Western Front. |
Sharenge
01.09.23 | hmm might be time to finally break my long stretch of deliberately avoiding Antichrist...
...yyeeahh... gonna be fun |
markjamie
01.09.23 | I really enjoyed Dancer in the Dark, Melancholia, Breaking the Waves and Dogville. I completely understand why some hate his output, but I can happily say I have never been bored by one of his films. Each to their own, I guess. |
Kompys2000
01.10.23 | Watched Borat 2 the other night, honestly adored it. Phenomenal performances, consistent focus, and the way it all builds to that Giuliani scene is brilliant. 9/10 |
naughtcturnal
01.10.23 | Will never forget Willem Dafoe’s throbbing veiny cock penetrating Charlotte Gainsbourg in slowmo in the shower |
alamo
01.10.23 | just watched the menu and its sooooo good |
Sharenge
01.10.23 | lol when the first dish is served and I still haven't figured it out yet... |
unclereich
01.13.23 | the pale blue eye (6/10)
really wanted this to be better. story was bland and a chore to get through. didn't think the end made up for it in any meaningful way.
powder (7/10)
definitely underrated. despite some borderline camp and some inconsistent storytelling the lead actor's performance is so compelling it makes for a truly great film. a shame the director is a sicko. |
Egarran
01.14.23 | Thanks guys for rec'ing The Menu. Was sweet. I really like that kind of tight, intimate movie.
As a Dane I can relate to the foodie obsession. *The Nordic Kitchen* is big here since people got Michelin stars for it. |
heck
01.14.23 | saw Plane, was hot garbage
then I saw the original Friday the 13th in a theater last night and that was a fun experience |
MoM
01.14.23 | Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. Been on a depressing/bleak movie kick the past few days and threw on something fun for a change of pace |
denboy
01.16.23 | Watched The Glass Onion.
Honestly was enjoying myself quite a bit, until the last half hour or so where the movie completely loses the plot and falls to pieces.
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SomeCallMeTim
01.17.23 | just watched Come and See, a Soviet war film from 85. I typically don't like war movies that much but this has to be the greatest war movie I've ever seen. Easily the best portrayal of the horrors of the holocaust, the only others I think of coming this close are Schindler's List and The Pianist. It's all free on Youtube, and it looks like the channel that posted it, Mosfilm, is the official film studio and was involved with a number of other Soviet classics, like Stalker and Solaris. I saw that Stalker is on that page for free too so definitely watching that next |
Sharenge
01.17.23 | oooo Stalker have a nice trip stay safe enjoy the Zone |
SomeCallMeTim
01.17.23 | lol thanks, yeah I've definitely been going down a rabbit hole of trippy movies lately. A few months back I was binging Jorodowsky films, one of his movies made me abruptly stop that tho lol |
Sharenge
01.17.23 | I watched the documentary on Jodorowsky's Dune when that dropped and then checked El Topo afterwards... don't think I ever watched The Holy Mountain... should revisit
tried to watch Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio last night and called it quits before the halfway point
about to fucking watch Antichrist since I said I would a week ago even though I know I don't want to fucking watch this movie... at least Dafoe =\ |
SomeCallMeTim
01.17.23 | I second that you should very much not watch Antichrist |
Sharenge
01.17.23 | stupid acorns |
SomeCallMeTim
01.17.23 | ooo yeah also watched The Menu twice recently and as others have said yeah it rules. BaselineOOO, idk try watching it a second time? First time I watched it I went back and forth between really enjoying and disliking it for some of the reasons you mentioned. Second time I watched it almost every reason I disliked it was gone and I picked up on a lot of things I didn't the first time, partly due to knowing the plot already. Can't agree with you less about the acting though, particularly Ralph Fiennes (and at this point I'll probably watch anything Anya Taylor-Joy is in) |
Sharenge
01.17.23 | woah what a coincidence... just finished up Antichrist and "dedicated to Andrei Tarkovsky" at the end - didn't know that |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.17.23 | Come and See is incredible. |
DoofDoof
01.17.23 | 'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery' which was an ok follow up to Knives Out
Then 'The Banshees of Inisherin' which is an instant cult classic (comedy? sort of) to file with Withnail and I, In Bruges, etc. Really surprised me how good it was. |
fogza
01.17.23 | Watched Green Room as I've been meaning to see it, very effective survival horror movie. Actually way better than it needed to be |
Sharenge
01.17.23 | that guy's previous film, Blue Ruin, is also great - if you haven't seen it and liked Green Room, worth a check |
fogza
01.17.23 | Will give it a try if I come across it. I didn't like Hold the dark so I had a weird mixture of low and high expectations |
Nomos2
01.17.23 | wow The Menu really shoulda been a 41min episode of a show. Started strong, showed its cards, and then stuck around without doing anything new. |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.18.23 | Feeling lucky. Last movies I saw were Avatar 2 and Shin Ultraman; both in theaters, both baller. Visually awesome. Really great time for movies imo. The tide is turning. |
SomeCallMeTim
01.18.23 | Does avatar have a semi decent plot? If so maybe I’ll go see it |
Anthracks
01.18.23 | kagemusha which was like a 5/10. pretty beautifully shot, but kurosawa is probably my most overrated director ever. the 3 hours here feels like 5 hours - everything is just so unnecessarily glacially paced but i have this criticism with most of his movies. there's rarely more than what's on the surface.
and skinamarink which was wonderful and incredibly immersive |
gryndstone
01.18.23 | i watched puss in boots the last wish two times in a row |
Sharenge
01.18.23 | that good, huh? |
markjamie
01.19.23 | Just watched Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio and really enjoyed it. May not be perfect, but it clicked with me and where I am in my life right now. As long as there is that much inventiveness in cinema, we're in a good place - 8/10
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Anthracks
01.20.23 | loved gdt pinocchio because he reminded me of my cat |
combustion07
01.20.23 | I love Green Room and Blue Ruin! Also highly recommend checking out his earlier flick Murder Party. It's a goofy horror comedy that I blindly rented from Blockbuster when it came out and it's so damn fun it's become a tradition that I watch it every year around Halloween. Amazing filmmaker |
AnusNballs
01.20.23 | Holy hell @ this thread.
Terrifier 2 7/10
The Hills Have Eyes 7/10 |
combustion07
01.20.23 | Just finished my first playthrough of Red Dead 2 and since starting it I've fallen into a major western binge.
The Old Way: 7/10 Nicolas Cage stars in his first western. I've seen many comparisons calling this anblend of Unforgiven and True Grit. I can definitely see why watching. Nothing mind-blowing but the daughter in the film is really what made this one worth watching. She was great and I dug the almost character study vibe it has going at times.
Concrete Cowboy: 7/10 based on a true story of a group of black cowboys who had a stable in Philly. It's got the kid from Stranger Things and Method Man also. Got recommended this but apparently the person gave me the wrong title and was recommending another film starring the same guy who played the dad in this. This was basically a hood, coming of age movie with horses in it. I enjoyed it for what it was overall.
The Hateful Eight Extended Version: 9/10 really enjoyed this one! I'd bought the theatrical version when it came out and threw it on with friends upon release but everyone was drunk and we didn't really watch it. Seeing this I'm very curious what hour plus they possibly could have cut out and will go back to watch the other cut soon to compare. Awesome whodunit style western though and Jackson's performance in particular really shined here.
Kill or be Killed: 7/10 low budget western that follows a group of outlaws after busting their buddy out of prison railroad detail. They make a journey to the west coast trying to retrieve some hidden riches and stumble upon trouble with a murderous psychopath on the way. An interesting entry in the genre that has a twist to it I can't say that I've seen done before. Also with the low budget they did an awesome job making the setting and era seem believable.
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Sharenge
01.20.23 | hmm I rec any of the following you haven't seen
The Man with No Name 'trilogy'
The Wild Bunch
No Country for Old Men
Old Henry
still haven't gotten around to RDRII... need to do that 100%'d the fuck out of the original |
combustion07
01.20.23 | Love the No Name flicks and No Country for Old Men. Haven't seen Wild Bunch of Old Henry but they both look great. Apparently Wild Bunch is on HBO and I love the stuff from Peckinpah that I've seen so hoping I can find the time to check it out after work tonight. I've also been wanting to rewatch No Country. Easily one of the best villains in movie history imo.
Definitely try out RDR2. I loved the first one and enjoyed the second even more. It's insane the level of detail they poured into that game fr |
protokute
01.20.23 | My PC can't handle it that well, but I really wish I could play it :--( |
protokute
01.20.23 | I really like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West is amazing (my second favorite, after The Good, The Bad and The Ugly) |
Mort.
01.20.23 | baseline's menu take is accurate |
fogza
01.20.23 | I liked the aspects of the Menu that made fun of the chef as a deity culture but the other elements didn't work for me. |
Egarran
01.20.23 | Yeah they nailed foodie obsession. |
unclereich
01.20.23 | baseline is the chris chan of sputnik |
SomeCallMeTim
01.20.23 | no that's Skele |
SomeCallMeTim
01.20.23 | watching Stalker later, pumped |
BaselineOOO
01.20.23 | You can compare me how much you want with various trolls from this website, but the fact remains that my taste in all arts is splendid and anybody who denies that is probably just an angsty metalhead. Just because I have strong opinions while people have "gray" ones and open up their butt holes for any mediocre fantasy like The Menu, doesn't mean that I am a troll. I'm just a particularly strong and independent mind and I recommend you should do better at trying to hide your jealousy about it.
Ghost World (2001) rewatched 3rd time: cute and amazing! 6.5/10
Aftersun (2022): buttery smooth and not bad at all but overly sentimental, like Terrence Mallick directs a Sean Baker movie - 5.1/10
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Mort.
01.20.23 | im not that interested in aftersun for exactly that reason, looks very sentinmental
watched White Noise (2022) the other day and thought it was incredibly fine but got a bit lazy towards the end. like a 6-7/10 |
protokute
01.20.23 | gosh how arrogant can you be |
unclereich
01.20.23 | 🥱 🥱 |
Mort.
01.20.23 | tbh on an art discussion website i sort of respect anyone who is so whole heartedly determined to stick by their guns when deriding what they perceive as mediocrity |
wojodta
01.20.23 | Just saw Aftersun and yeah I think it's overrated. Didn't like the ending. I was expecting some super sad and emotional ending, but it just kinda ends suddenly. I thought Roma did this type of movie much better. |
protokute
01.20.23 | yeah, but you don't need to remind everyone every time you make an argument of what a man of good and well respected taste you are |
Mort.
01.20.23 | Baseline is not a man |
protokute
01.20.23 | Sorry, woman* |
BaselineOOO
01.20.23 | I think you are just mean spirited. I'd gladly debate why my opinions are the way they are with you if you ask me too, but no, you call me a troll and compare me with some who-knows-who psychopath that got banned from this site. Most users who engaged into conversations with me actually start to like me, but there is nothing I can do for you if you choose to insult me in comments that are not even addressed at me. You made me feel sad tbh. |
IsisScript80
01.20.23 | ^ If you are genuinely concerned with how you come across, and are honestly confounded as to why people think you were/are a troll, you need to take a step back, and objectively analyze your online persona with the same level of scrutiny you (very often) proudly use on others' media output.
FWIW, I don't *think* you're a troll, but that in itself leads me to other assumptions, based purely on your posting behaviour. |
Egarran
01.20.23 | Yeah, it's classic troll gaslighting |
Mort.
01.20.23 | i genuinely dont think baseline is a troll |
porcupinetheater
01.21.23 | God that’s a terrifying thought |
AnusNballs
01.21.23 | “My taste in all arts is splendid”
lol |
BaselineOOO
01.21.23 | Jerichow (2008) - 6.6/10 - So good! Christian Petzold is such an amazing director.
"The dishonorably discharged Afghanistan veteran Thomas returns to his home village of Jerichow. Ali, a local Turkish-German businessman, owner of a snack-bar chain, hires him as a driver. That's when Thomas meets Laura, his Turkish boss's young and attractive wife. A classic love triangle is born, unfolding in desolate northeast Germany, where thick forests suddenly end on cliffs overlooking the Baltic Sea." |
Rowan5215
01.22.23 | Banshees of Inisherin is absolutely fucking amazing |
markjamie
01.22.23 | Agreed. Best movie I saw in 2022. Funny, dark and truly original. |
loveisamixtape
01.22.23 | ima start deleting comments and manipulating the context of ur pointless argument if you don’t CHILL
anyway i watched napoleon dynamite for the first time in like 10 years yesterday and lemme just say. for a movie with no plot at all it’s pretty good still and i love the idaho vibes |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.22.23 | Avatar 2 was fucking lit. Masterpiece. |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.22.23 | Miles Qualritch Recombinant is a badass movie villian. He’s just a psycho. It’s badass stuff. Entire movie looks like Halo. Yeah. |
Colton
01.22.23 | baseline is one of the best trolls on the site |
porcupinetheater
01.22.23 | “Entire movie looks like Halo.”
“Masterpiece.” |
Egarran
01.22.23 | Ooh I wanna see Colton's troll ranking |
rabidfish
01.23.23 | Goodfellas. Fun movie. Liked the part where they whack that guy. |
loveisamixtape
01.23.23 | one of the best scenes in goodfellas imo. guy had it coming |
BaselineOOO
01.23.23 | "Miles Qualritch Recombinant is a badass movie villian. He’s just a psycho. It’s badass stuff."
Yes. I was surprised by just how more imposing he came across in Avatar 2. Exceptional performance. |
Thibs
01.24.23 | Finally got around to watching Bone Tomahawk. Worth the painful/lengthy ride. 8/10 |
someone
01.24.23 | hey so why are the tree people blue and the sea people green?
checkmate avatar fans |
Mort.
01.24.23 | oh shit they got new people in avatar? madness |
someone
01.24.23 | New skins got released |
naughtcturnal
01.24.23 | Watched The Menu and that shit was wild
Been playing Monster Hunter Rise for a while and am now eatching the Monster Hunter movie. So far it blows |
combustion07
01.24.23 | Moar westerns!!!
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs: 8.5/10
Coen Brothers anthology in a western style. I absolutely loved most of the stories here and the dark theme running throughout them really landed well each time imo. The Buster Scruggs story kicked things off really well with it's goofy ass vibe. The second part with Franco had me cracking up the entire time. The story with the girl who's brother passes was amazing as well. The only part that I felt was a bit lesser was the final story but even then it was quite good.
In a Valley of Violence: 8/10
Ti West directing Ethan Hawke in a revenge style western. I'm a big fan of Ti West and was shocked when I stumbled across this on Netflix because I had no idea this existed. This one was great though and I really enjoyed the music in it especially. Hawke does great in his role and the main villain here reminded me a lot of Christian Bales character in The Machinist. When this one ramps up it does in a big way.
I also checked out that limited western series on Netflix called Godless. Thought it was really well done and the first episode going through that town that was burnt to a crisp really did an amazing job setting the tone for the series imo. There's definitely a plethora of dark themes going in this series and a lot going on but I feel like it really all came together in the end.
Dolemite Is My Name: 8/10
I'm a huge fan of the original Dolemite Rudy Ray Moore flicks. Took me awhile to get around to this because I was unsure of how Murphy would pull off the role. This came out pretty damn solid though and I really dug the beginning with him developing the character and the whole section where he's filming and pitching his ideas. Fun stuff. Really made me want to go back and revisit the original films too which I'll be doing soon! I really love the old school blaxploitation films and it might be time for me to do another binge of them. Anyone here into them I highly recommend Black Caeser and Trouble Man. Those are probably my two favorites in the genre |
Zac124
01.24.23 | Rabid (1977) - ok. Not as batshit insane as Cronenberg's other works so there is little to save it from the wooden acting and one dimensional characters. The mall Santa bit was funny though so 3/5.
Licorice Pizza (2021) - Not only was the main relationship slightly problematic, they are also both quite unlikeable so I could just not connect with this at all despite the top tier cinematography and solid performances. 2.5/5 |
Egarran
01.25.23 | We finished extended LOTR! Obv the best thing ever 5/5 |
combustion07
01.25.23 | I rewatched Rabid last year and I agree on it definitely not being one of Cronenbergs best. Still have a soft spot for it though but I'm just a sucker for his films in general. Videodrome will forever reign supreme for me though. NEW FLESH AND ALL THAT JAZZ |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.25.23 | Anyone else hype asf for Transformers? And fucking John Wick?! We are getting really spoiled here :DD |
Zac124
01.25.23 | @combustion07 Have only seen 5 of his films so far but The Fly and Videodrome are so fucking good. Some of the best horror films out there imo. |
neekafat
01.25.23 | Skinamarink (2/5) and The Wonder (4/5) |
Ryus
01.25.23 | skinamarink ruled |
neekafat
01.25.23 | lol |
neekafat
01.25.23 | maybe if he had hired an editor it would rule |
Ryus
01.25.23 | -hypernormalisation: good but dubious in some areas. like curtis' style as well as his general thesis even if it isnt anything particularly new. interested in seeing some of his other films now
-2001 a space odyssey in theaters which obv was incredible 5/5 |
Hyperion1001
01.25.23 | bodies bodies bodies - not bad, felt like it was trying too hard though 3/5
puppet master - bad, but endearing 2/5
puppet master II - bad, but less so! kind of 2/5 |
combustion07
01.25.23 | Zac124: definitely check out Dead Ringers, Scanners and The Brood if you haven't seen them. I love Existenz too |
markjamie
01.26.23 | Triangle of Sadness. Extremely entertaining and I really had no idea where it was going for a long time. But after this and Menu, I'm unlikely to try fine dining any time soon... 7.5/10 |
Scheumke
01.26.23 | Avatar 2 - Probably the most frustrating and tiring film I've ever seen. Visually the most beautiful film I remember seeing. It feels like it was made by two different directors though, one who knew exactly why I'm watching and one who doesn't have a clue. The world building was fantastic, they really take their time to show all the intricacies of the new culture and world and showcase some of the most breathtakingly beautiful pictures I've seen. I want to give the movie a 9/10 at those points.
Then literally everytime a redneck comes into the picture I want to give the movie a 2/10. Almost literally moustache-twirling villains with 0 redeeming qualities using every dirty trick to make me feel hate and rage towards them. There was a particular (20/30 minute!!) scene where I was close to literally walking out of the cinema, something I've never done before. Also the first hour of the movie is beat for beat the same as the first movie.
In short, second act is amazing, first is the same as the first movie and the third is horrible. Dialogues are a joke, plotholes are enormous, ending is frustrating. Visually gorgeous. 5/10 |
BaselineOOO
01.26.23 | @markjamie: The drinking scene in Triangle of Sadness was hilarious. Too bad the last third was hit or miss, but mostly miss. Make sure to watch Östlund's other movies, Force Majeure is very good.
@Scheumke: I'm curious, what kind of dialogue would you engage yourself in with your tribe/social circle if a technologically advanced alien species came to Earth and wanted to vaporize you? The Na'vi is not an intellectual species, so the context is not very sophisticated, why are your expectations so high of Avatar's dialogue? The writing is simple, yes, but miles better than anything Marvel made ever since the first Iron Man. |
SomeCallMeTim
01.26.23 | The first Avatar movie was so bad I can't bring myself to even watch the second despite the significant hype. The visuals are indeed great, but in general I don't like CGI special effects so that's like 90% of the allure of these movies lost on me |
AnimalsAsSummit
01.26.23 | Thankfully my biggest thing w movies is the visuals and style so Avatar 2 is a flat out 10/10 for me |
Scheumke
01.26.23 | @base I'm not necessarily talking about the contact between humans and Na'vi thats bothering me, but the dialogue in general between humans mostly. Particularly when the military guys are talking to each other it felt super cringe-worthy.
"miles better than anything Marvel made ever since the first Iron Man." Strongly dissagree but that's alright. Marvel isn't high prose by any sense, but it never made me actively dislike the movie I'm watching. Somehow it really rubbed me the wrong way here. *edit, in combination with a couple of other things that I mentioned that really made the hairs on my neck stand up in the wrong way. |
BigTuna
01.26.23 | Whenever I come across a character like Qualritch and I'm frustrated, I remember this Charles Baudelaire quote and it helps me allow space for simplistic villains.
"Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art." |
Hyperion1001
01.26.23 | puppet master III - the best one so far. die nazi scum! 2.5/5 |
robertsona
01.26.23 | seeing either Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) or Sullivan's Travels on Sunday with my 67-year-old film critic friend. He last saw Make Way for Tomorrow, a favorite of his, in 2002, and Sullivan's in 1987. Should be interesting. Cute lil friend coming too yeehaw |
FreakMachine
01.27.23 | Scream 5 - Was really good, that "welcome to Act 3" moment was badass, and it had Jenna Ortega in it so it gets a pos from me.
Man Of Steel - Solid enough, probably the best DCEU movie to date |
combustion07
01.27.23 | Puppet Master III is probably my favorite tbh. Fun stuff. When it comes to Full Moon I dig Trancers, Subspecies and the stupidity of Gingerdead Man the most. Need to revisit Dollman and Demonic Toys also |
twlight
01.27.23 | Predator
Rambo First Blood
needed some 80's testosterone injected into my brain
both those movies kick ass |
combustion07
01.28.23 | Man I love First Blood! Definitely gonna revisit the og trilogy soon! I went back and watched Predator 2 when Prey dropped but I still need to hit the first one again. Agreed on the being dope testosterone shots tho |
FreakMachine
01.28.23 | "Man I love First Blood! Definitely gonna revisit the og trilogy soon! I went back and watched Predator 2 when Prey dropped but I still need to hit the first one again. Agreed on the being dope testosterone shots tho"
Still need to watch Prey |
Anthracks
01.28.23 | evil dead (2013) and infinity pool
really enjoyed both |
combustion07
01.28.23 | Prey was a pretty cool return to the formula of the original 2 imo. Definitely my favorite sequel beyond those two. I'm a bit bias though because I love Native American stuff in general. Check it out though |
FreakMachine
01.28.23 | @Anthracks - Evil Dead 2013 is my personal favorite of the bunch. Can't wait for the new one.
@combustion07 - That isn't really sellign it to me to be honest, given the 2nd is widely regarded as a huge formula departure and a bad movie :( And I personally have no real love for the first either, it was just a solid 80s movie. I did watch and adore the Hellraiser reboot though, Jamie clayton was incredible |
combustion07
01.28.23 | @Freak: when I say return to the formula of the original two I mean in the sense that it takes the approach of picking a subegenre of film that could be a typical movie of it's style but just simply inserting a Predator into it. First being war, second being urban/drug wars, Prey being a Native American style flick. When you say the second was a huge formula departure I honestly have no idea what you mean by that aside from the "formula" I just described. Because honestly outside of that I don't know what other formula the Predator movies had in the first two. What formula departure are you referring to between the first and second? Also the second is kind of a bad movie but it's a bad movie in a sense that I enjoy
Also enjoyed the Hellraiser reboot. One of the best in the series so far outside of the first two imo |
Rowan5215
01.28.23 | Prey is the best Predator movie lol, also Predator 2 whips ass |
combustion07
01.28.23 | Fuck yeah it does! I'm guessing when he says bad he is referring to the goofiness but I don't see what's not to enjoy. Then again when it comes to my movie taste I love the greats and some artsy stuff but on the flip side I enjoy goofy, cheesy, sleazy and sometimes outright bad stuff just as much, if not more than the greats/ "pure cinema" lol.
And you might be right about Prey being the best. I need to revisit the first to say for sure tho |
FreakMachine
01.28.23 | @combustion07 I meant the formula of macho jungle people being picked off, which P2 is defininitely the black sheep of.
I wasn't saying bad myself, I'm saying it's a pretty unliked movie by every metric I can find online
I wasn't saying that from my own perspective, it's a series I have very little interest in tbh |
Rowan5215
01.28.23 | honestly P2 is my second favourite in the series mostly because it does buck that trend. also good movies are Bill Paxton's specialty |
Hyperion1001
01.28.23 | “Prey is the best Predator movie lol”
it’s decent but come on man. |
EyesWideShut
01.28.23 | The Hearbreak Kid (OG of course)
Inherent Vice |
combustion07
01.28.23 | I always moreso looked at it like it stuck with the trend of warfare but put it in an urban jungle rather than an actual jungle. Which to me was a pretty cool twist on it tbh. I still haven't watched the one that came before Prey though so I can't do an outright ranking of the series quite yet. For me though Alien series>Predator series. Both are fun as hell though. Them first two Alien flicks just can't be topped though. Atmosphere out the damn wazoo |
Parallels
01.28.23 | Just watched King of New York, that was better than I expected.
Christopher Walken plays a drug lord that is released from prison, and wants to ascend from the stains on his money and use his empire for the public by building hospitals and public infrastructure. The police and rival empires clash against him even harder than when he was just selfishly in the business. Likes to use dark and slow build-ups with realistic dialogue before catching you off guard with sudden, impactful moments. Also has Lawrence Fishburne, David Caruso, Wesley Snipes, Giancarlo Esposito, Victor Argo, and Steve Buscemi. |
FreakMachine
01.28.23 | Just rewatched Scream 5, decent movie, the "welcome to act 3" reveal was badass, and it has my' lovely Jenna Ortega |
combustion07
01.28.23 | King of New York is a stone cold classic. I love Walken so much.
I really need to check out Scream 5. Was just reading an article on it in one of my Fangorias earlier while I pooped. Fun series all around. Has some weak links for sure but when it works it does in spades imo |
Parallels
01.28.23 | I need to check out the Scream series in general. I've never seen a single one of them... |
combustion07
01.29.23 | Do yourself a favor and definitely check the first one! |
unclereich
01.29.23 | Prey is a solid 4/10 good flick |
Titan
01.29.23 | John Wick Chapter 2
John Wick Chapter 3 |
Rowan5215
01.29.23 | "it’s decent but come on man"
lol it's not even a competition for me. most of that franchise is not good and Dan Trachtenberg made a really fucking good movie from it. easily 1st place |
Purpl3Spartan
01.29.23 | John wick chapter 2
John wick chapter 3 (2)
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markjamie
01.29.23 | Prey is easily the "best" in the franchise but the original is the most entertaining in a braindead pure enjoyment popcorn kind of way... |
Parallels
01.29.23 | real flexing is enjoying predator 2
danny glover gave that role 110% and owned it |
gryndstone
01.29.23 | Infinity pool (7/10 - leads were EXCELLENT and there were quite a few memorable scenes, but I feel like the script could've been tighter. Also I'm all for gratuitous trippy drug sex scenes but this one didn't feel earned)
Everything everywhere all at once (9/10 - NEED to watch this again to figure out my feelings again on this, but it's such a smart innovative emotional FUN watch that it's hard not to recommend this to everyone. Yeoh, Quan and co act their ASSES off too. I get the hype now |
markjamie
01.29.23 | Everything Everywhere AAO is definitely not for everyone. I'd probs give it 7/10, but mainly for its innovation and Yeoh's incredible performance. I only made it through 80 minutes first time watching it until a friend convinced me to go again. I'm glad I did, but for me, it was more a film to admire and respect than it was one to enjoy. I found some of the humour kind of 14-year-old boyish too. Loved all the Jamie Lee Curtis scenes though. |
Ryus
01.29.23 | yeah i found it painfully unfunny. really detracted from the stuff i liked about it |
Hyperion1001
01.29.23 | you all are insane. i cannot even comprehend how someone can think a zoomer remake is anywhere even in the same realm as a McTiernan directed arnold vehicle.
there are bad opinions and then there are opinions that are just objectively wrong, and thats one of them. |
Parallels
01.29.23 | >you all are insane.
im on sputnikmusic, so yeah, that checks out |
Deathconscious
01.30.23 | All Quiet on the Western Front.
It was aight. Just another war movie, i wont remember it. |
combustion07
01.30.23 | You watch the 70's All Quiet or the remake? I haven't seen the new one yet but we watched the 70's one in high school and I remember really enjoying it even though I'm not big on war movies |
unclereich
01.30.23 | Rlm reviewed prey favorably so other people had to pretend to like it. It’s like when fantano has a cute contrarian take on a shit album people suddenly have to act like they enjoy it. |
combustion07
01.30.23 | What's rlm? I'm weird when it comes to movies. I don't watch trailers or read any reviews. Music I'm down to get hype for but with movies I feel like reviews and trailers kinda taint them. Especially trailers frequently having spoilers. I hate that shit. It was especially bad for horror years back. If I remember right I stopped with the trailers a little over a decade ago at this point |
someone
01.30.23 | rlm is RedLetterMedia, a bunch of film junkies that do not take themselves or their opinions seriously to such an extent that people watching them take their takes dead serious.
one of the best movies-related youtube channel, honestly. but leave your objectivity or professional reviewing expectations at the door. that, i guess, is part of what makes them appealing, the ability to be 'with the folk' and just rant or banter about clichés, opinions, tidbits etc |
combustion07
01.30.23 | I'll have to check em out! I'm more of a movie nerd than I am a music nerd tbh always wished there was a site like sput for movies but I'll just keep wishing. I had a YouTube channel I started when I was like 12 dedicated to reviewing and talking about horror and exploitation movies. I actually continued with it off and on until a few years ago when I went to post a new video and realized I'd been locked out of my account due to not using the email I'd created it with for like a decade plus making it inactive and causing me to not be able to confirm it was my account. Tempted to make another so I can nerd out once again outside of this thread! |
Rowan5215
01.30.23 | lol what's zoomer about Prey, its one of the most solid throwback horrors in a minute? shit coulda come out in the 90s without much changing
also put nostalgia aside lol, og predator is not a very good movie |
combustion07
01.30.23 | Back to it!
Dark Star: 8/10
John Carpenter's debut in the form of super low budget scifi humor! This was my one blind spot when it comes to Carpenter flicks. I had an extremely good time seeing him at his roots. The film is goofy as hell and it just gets better with each scene soaking in all of the strange tactics used to achieve the look and setting of the film. The humor isn't for everyone I suppose but I had a blast with it.
My Alien Girlfriend: 6.5/10
A man who hosts a massive Star Wars/SciFi themed YouTube show/podcast is coming up on his wedding and as his wife leaves for her bachelorette party he hears a loud bang outside of his house. Upon going outside he discovers a hole from some kind of crash landing.Flash forward a bit and he now has a pretty alien lady that he must assist on getting home. This hits all of the marks expected from the typical "clean slate alien learns how to human" flicks. It's pretty low budget and the acting isn't the greatest but it had a charm to it that kept me going with it throughout. I wish I could hit it with a higher rating because it had a ton of potential but it never really took those steps necessary to fully realize any of those moments it could have reached it's peaks at. Worth a watch in a rainy day kind of situations or if you're just looking for something light to watch in general. Basically it's a real "middle of the road" experience
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FreakMachine
01.30.23 | "I need to check out the Scream series in general. I've never seen a single one of them.."
Watch the original just for that creepy as heck opening scene, and watch the newest one just because Jenna |
fogza
01.30.23 | "Prey is the best Predator movie lol"
huh what? |
fogza
01.30.23 | "also put nostalgia aside lol, og predator is not a very good movie"
disagree, the original predator was iconic, prey is just an interesting-ish sequel. |
robertsona
01.30.23 | King of New York I like a lot too: it's basically just a bunch of scenes, but they're good scenes. soundtrack composer a legend too wont say more tho :X
Ferrara is a great director. Always good instincts with the little things |
unclereich
01.30.23 | King of New York I found pretty disappointing, but maybe my expectations were too high. I just felt the acting was campy from the non Walken characters. (6.4/10)
Bad Lieutenant however is absolutely incredible. I watched them back to back over summer; intense night to say the least. (8/10) |
deathofasalesman
01.30.23 | I watch bad movies every Sunday. Last two I watched are:
"King of the Mountain" (1981) - Best part of this nearly plotless affair is Dennis Hopper's performance as a washed-up racer who rambles nonsense and drinks constantly (especially when he's driving). Wouldn't really recommend this
"Phantom Driver" (2009) - Basically it's "Christine" but with a racecar. Story is obviously ridiculous but the practical gore effects are really cool. The scenes that don't involve car-murder are totally forgettable but I would recommend this for a fun, gory romp |
combustion07
01.30.23 | I'm shocked with my rabid horror fandom and affinity for bad movies that I've never even heard of Phantom Driver! I'll have to see if it's streaming anywhere.
On Ferrara, he's got to be one of my all time favorite directors when he's hitting. Dudes filmography up to The Addiction is damn near flawless. Bad Lieutenant is one of the greatest films ever made and Ms. 45 is also fucking amazing. He did my favorite version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers too. Driller Killer also has a nice charm to it in a nasty, super gritty kinda way |
combustion07
01.30.23 | Anyone here who hasn't should check out the Bad Lieutenant with Nicolas Cage also. Man that movie is glorious lol |
deathofasalesman
01.30.23 | It's streaming on Tubi! which is free and don't need an account. Just use an adblock to get rid of the ad breaks
Speaking of Ferrara, lots of his early stuff is on Tubi as well like Driller Killer |
combustion07
01.30.23 | Will do! I love Tubi. Honestly I use it more than any of the streaming services that I pay for. Their selection for horror and cult films especially is insane and the have a decent amount of oddball stuff that was hard to find before. Seen many things on there over the past few years that never even got a dvd treatment lol
Is there anyway to get an ad blocker going on a Roku or an Xbox? |
deathofasalesman
01.30.23 | Looks like it's been made impossible these days for Roku or Xbox to use adblock :(
People mention something called PiHole but looks tricky to use and isn't guaranteed to work |
Storm In A Teacup
01.30.23 | I watched Girl, Interrupted for the first time and wow some really great performances in that movie. Might be the best performance I've seen so far from Angelina Jolie and Brittany Murphy. |
Storm In A Teacup
01.30.23 | Brittany Murphy would have been an amazing Harley Quinn. |
combustion07
01.30.23 | My ex showed me Girl, Interrupted a few years back and she had absolute trash taste in movies but I was shocked how good it was lol. Agree though they both acted their asses off in that one.
That's a bummer about the adblocker. It's cool though I just keep dealing with them. I'll get my Phantom Driver on tonight after work |
deathofasalesman
01.30.23 | Awesome have fun with it. If you're looking for a REALLY good bad movie, I recently discovered MosquitoMan and had a total blast. It would be great with friends and brews |
combustion07
01.30.23 | Lmao it's great you bring it up I actually just blind bought that on DVD like a month ago. I haven't got to watch it yet but it looks amazing lol just the still images they chose for the back alone have me highly intrigued |
Sharenge
01.30.23 | original Bad Lieutenant blows the Nic Cage one out of the water but then again they were two distinctly different movies iirc |
combustion07
01.30.23 | Oh no doubt the original is by far superior. To me it's weird to even compare them name aside though because the Cage one is just some wild Cage shit that's borderline bonkers while the original is some extremely well done, gritty, sleazy shit from the bowels of the nasty side of cinema. As much as I love Cage Kietel in that is shitting on everyone |
Sevengill
01.30.23 | The Help, and George of the Jungle
it's been a weird weekend |
unclereich
01.30.23 | "My ex showed me Girl, Interrupted a few years back and she had absolute trash taste in movies but I was shocked how good it was lol. Agree though they both acted their asses off in that one."[2]
lol this is exactly how I saw it |
deathofasalesman
01.30.23 | No way you got the DVD combustion, that's a solid pick. I watched it blind and was very impressed by it. Also made me laugh out loud multiple times |
combustion07
01.30.23 | I do indeed got that DVD! Lol I'm serious as hell about my B-Movies and horror in general! I had around 3000 horror DVDs a few years back. I sold most of my collection but I'm getting back into against my better judgement. |
Storm In A Teacup
01.31.23 | Yeah I never would have watched Girl, Interrupted if my lady didn’t pick it out. |
unclereich
01.31.23 | ive been getting into collecting 4k stuff now, 3000 dvds is damn impressive |
Storm In A Teacup
01.31.23 | 😳😳😳 |
EyesWideShut
01.31.23 | @combustion broski you ever seen Cockfighter with Warren Oates ? Bout a man who's entire existence revolves around winning and finding the best cock. Harry Dean Stanton is his rival so you know its good. |
combustion07
01.31.23 | @unclereich: yessir! It took forever to get that many and I was buying like a mad man at times lol. I started buying them around 2005 or 2006. I'm gonna try to just stick to stuff that I know I love and will rewatch enough to warrant it this go around though |
combustion07
01.31.23 | And also I have heard of Cockfighter but I've never actually seen it. I'll bump it to the top of the list now that you mention it though. Seems like a blast |
Donchivo
01.31.23 | Haha Space Jam 2 with my son (less terrible than one might think) and Cyberpunk (the 1990 documentary). Funny outdated futurist design but some cool thoughts discussed. |
BigTuna
02.02.23 | Watched The Batman (2022), TAR (2022), and The Worst Person in the World (2021) over the last three days. Three for three. TAR felt inaccessible for the first 30 minutes and then unfolded into something unforgettable. |
Mort.
02.02.23 | watched Men (2022) and thought it was brilliant, enjoyed reading the braindead takes of it online ('thinks its smarter than is','lazy attempt at feminism','misogynistic/misandrist'). lotta people going into it with their own preconceptions and pretentions |
Hyperion1001
02.02.23 | the worst decision you could ever possibly make is reading the reviews for anything in Letterboxd.
that site is proof that handing out liberal arts degrees to basically anyone was a huge mistake. |
Mort.
02.02.23 | i just went there and read some reviews, braindead takes abound, love it
goodreads has a similar problem tbh
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EyesWideShut
02.03.23 | Over The Edge
Drugstore Cowboy
Yea needed a Matt Dillon fix |
combustion07
02.03.23 | Been meaning to check out Men and TAR. Heard very mixed things on Men but it seems like something I'll dig. Normally I end up liking those real divisive flicks.
Drugstore Cowboy is a good flick. The end of that one hit me pretty hard tbh |
protokute
02.03.23 | Close (2022) and Buffalo '66 (1998) |
combustion07
02.03.23 | Buffalo 66 is one of my favorite movies of all time. Never seen another like it and would kill to be able to see it for the first time again |
protokute
02.03.23 | It's an interesting film for sure, was a bit weirded out in the beginning, but the second part of the film won me over. |
EyesWideShut
02.03.23 | Love Buffalo 66, probably the best american film debut of the 90's. Right down to the stock its shot on. |
Egarran
02.04.23 | The Hobbit - fuuuck it's even worse than I remembered.
It Follows - At last I got around to this effective little horror. I like movies that make you scan the entire frame for clues.
Also the friendship of the characters was refreshing. Even if they weren't too bright.
Spoilers: When she saw that boat from the beach I thought 'of course! She has figured out how to get away from this. Live on a boat!'
Then I read some reviews. Turns out my innocent little mind didn't think of what really happened (she fucked everyone on that boat and they were quickly killed). |
MoM
02.04.23 | Cure (1997) - good movie. Enjoyed it quite a bit and there’s a monkey.
Wild Strawberries (1957) - also very good! As Pusha T once said, “night, night, nigga” |
eekseeker
02.04.23 | Rings - A decent popcorn movie but nothing else.
Bodied - A who's who in battle rap that sucked |
markjamie
02.04.23 | The Hobbit trilogy isn't that bad. If you put aside Alfrid Lickspittle and that ridiculous elf/dwarf romance it's decent enough and has many memorable scenes. |
Thibs
02.06.23 | The Menu - Highly entertaining. Great concept and acting. Didn't perfectly achieve its potential but solid nonetheless
Everything Everywhere All At Once - These mental leap flicks aren't usually my thing but it was well executed fun |
Egarran
02.06.23 | >The Hobbit trilogy isn't that bad
It's great that you think that. Meanwhile I feel that giving it 1 out of 10 is generous.
>Everything Everywhere All At Once
Also just saw that. It's what the world needs. |
combustion07
02.06.23 | Knock at the Cabin: 7.5/10 I'm a fan of a decent portion of Shyamalan's movies. He lost me when Lady in the Water came out. I rented it and from what I recall it was one of my least favorite viewing experiences of my life. He brought things back with The Visit though and also being producer on Devil which I enjoyed. This one had an interesting concept and was based on a highly regarded book Cabin at the End of the World. I haven't read the book but the movie convinced me I need to especially after hearing the ending was changed in a significant way. Batista did an awesome job in his role and same with Ron of Harry Potter fame. Really dig the idea behind this one and not gonna dive too deep into it because I don't want to spoil it for anyone planning on checking it out.
Dog Soldiers: 9/10 revisited this one realizing it was on Tubi. Aside from The Howling, Late Phases and Werewolf in London this is up there as one of the best werewolf flicks. Love the banter between the characters and the hulking werewolf design. Fun stuff all around.
Black Bird: 9/10 got a free 3 months of Apple TV and decided to start with this show. Based on a true story of a serial killer that targeted young girls in the Midwest named Larry Hall. A man caught with cocaine takes a plea deal expecting to be out within 4 years and ends up getting 10. The FBI approaches him and offers him freedom in exchange for transferring to a maximum security prison for the criminally insane in Springfield Missouri. Once there he must befriend Larry Hall and manipulate him into revealing the location of bodies of his victims in order to prevent him from winning his appeal and becoming a free man again. What made this show so amazing for me was the portrayal of Larry Hall. The actor did an outstanding job with that role and by the end I was damn near convinced the actor was that way in his day to day life. Crazy stuff with some chilling moments. Ray Liotta also gave a great performance as the main characters dad who's nearing the end of his life and is struggling with his brain deteriorating. Definitely recommend checking this out.
If anyone wants to point me in the direction of good shows or movies to check out while I have apple these next few months I'd appreciate it. So far I know I'm going to watch Servant as well |
Zac124
02.06.23 | Drifting Home (2022) - Great animation but characters are beyond annoying and the third act felt largely anti-climatic due to a lack of satisfying answers to the mystery. 2/5
Flee (2021) - One of the best documentaries I have watched. The story told is simply soul destroying. The animation could have been more expressive though with the characters emotion but when it gets abstract it is superb. 4/5
Amsterdam (2022) - An all star cast and solid cinematography could not have saved this dull script and it didn't. 2/5
Dogtooth (2009) - What the actual fuck did I watch? But yeah, this is excellent at being creepy and getting under your skin. It was too slow at times and there are some rather questionable scenes too. 3.5/5 |
combustion07
02.06.23 | Haven't seen Dogtooth since it came out but I remember it sticking with me quite awhile after watching it. Need to check it out again |
Sharenge
02.06.23 | >hulking werewolf design
weren't they pretty fucking scrawny though? like just really tall
I mean they weren't like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-tier scrawny but pretty scrawn
>needed a Matt Dillon fix
might I direct you to The House That Jack Built thank me later =) |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.23 | “ An all star cast and solid cinematography could not have saved this dull script and it didn't”
@ every David O Russell movie |
Thibs
02.07.23 | @combustion Severance |
combustion07
02.07.23 | "weren't they pretty fucking scrawny though? like just really tall
I mean they weren't like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban-tier scrawny but pretty scrawn"
Yeah I guess hulking was the wrong term to use since they were more tall than anything. Still really dug the design though. Another favorite for werewolves is Bad Moon. Fucking love the dog aspect of that one. Company of Wolves and Wolfen are pretty cool too. The Howling has gotta be my favorite overall though. Love the vibe in that one
Will definitely check Severance too! Black Bird set the bar high for my expectations of the Apple stuff so hopefully that trend continues |
Rowan5215
02.07.23 | Knock at the Cabin was dope, Bautista absolutely killed that shit |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.23 | Well shit I might have to check it out. M Night has been pretty consistently missing the mark for me since Split (is it just Old and Glass? Idk both were horrible), but the trailer was intriguing and I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. |
Rowan5215
02.07.23 | I liked Glass a lot honestly but yeah Old was... a bit of a miss. Cabin is probably his cleanest movie since Split lol, just really great performances from the whole cast, a nice digestible runtime and (almost) no head-scratching bullshit. just a solid ass thriller |
combustion07
02.07.23 | Agreed on Cabin. Bautista surprised the shit out of me with his performance. Need to check out more stuff he's been in |
fogza
02.07.23 | Bautista is a good actor, I think he has stolen the show in a few movies. best thing about blade runner 2049 |
fogza
02.07.23 | but I can't bring myself to watch any more stuff from Shyamalan |
combustion07
02.07.23 | Damn I had no idea he was in Blade Runner 2049! Need to watch it. Just revisited the original recently and listened to the audiobook last year. What was the nail in the coffin for M night for you? |
fogza
02.07.23 | Lady in the water was one of the worst things I've ever seen |
fogza
02.07.23 | Yeah he's in it right at the start, only in the movie for a few minutes, but I was like damn, I wish the movie was about that guy and not the quest for Ryan Gosling's usb drive girlfriend |
Rowan5215
02.07.23 | LITW is fr the worst film I've ever seen lol. shame to write off his later period stuff because of it tho, he made a pretty strong comeback when he stopped doing big budget stuff |
fogza
02.07.23 | it left a really bad taste in my mouth, rowan, like really bad. didn't like the last airbender, glass or after earth either tbh so i did try some of his later output. i think he's just a very childish filmmaker now |
Rowan5215
02.07.23 | Glass is good imo, never seen Airbender or After Earth and pretty certain I'm not missing anything. Visit, Split and Cabin are all genuinely great so that's enough for me |
fogza
02.07.23 | yeah personally i couldn't finish split but maybe that's because james mcavoy is a nicholas cage level ham covered in marmite, you either can deal with the taste or you can't |
combustion07
02.07.23 | Can't argue with the Lady in the Water hate. From what I remember it is one of the only films I've seen that actually made me angry while watching, and not in that actor/actress is killing their role of playing an asshole kind of way either ala religious fanatic lady in The Mist. I've thought about going back just to look back on why it hit me that way but I don't think I'm quite ready yet |
fogza
02.07.23 | LITW would make the shortlist of biggest own goal digs at criticism in history |
denboy
02.07.23 | I'm of the opinion that shamalaya has never made a good movie.
I was entertained by split and glass, but they were also pretty dumb. Rewatched unbreakable and that one does not hold up at all |
Egarran
02.07.23 | 6. sense, Signs and Devil were fine imo
I also liked split but i suspect my taylor-joy crush played a part there |
denboy
02.07.23 | I still can't get over the water+alien thing in Signs
Yet to see Devil, but I agree 6. sense is fine, but to me fine < good |
denboy
02.07.23 | ann taylor joy is a different kind of fine if you know what i mean |
Hyperion1001
02.10.23 | skinamarink (2022) - wow, what a film. absolutely no reason for it to be 100 minutes long but when it works it really works. hauntological and abstract but genuinely unsettling. 4/5 |
Sharenge
02.10.23 | lol might have to rewatch Lady in the Water after seeing all the hate - haven't seen it since I was a kid when it came out... don't recall it being that atrocious |
YoYoMancuso
02.10.23 | Paddington. Paddington 2. Fuckin paradigm shift, man |
combustion07
02.10.23 | Went ahead and started Severance after it being recommended here. Loving this show so far an interested to see where it's going. I'm on episode 5 right now. Also absolutely addicted to that main piano theme running through it.
Also started Servant. Went into this one knowing nothing about it aside from it being from M Night. This one has definitely sucked me in also and I'm shocked by the quality of these Apple shows so far. Hopefully as it gets deeper into the plot it doesn't lose itself because so far I'm on the edge of my seat every episode. Really impressed with the girl who's playing the nanny character and also the Harry Potter guy.
Someone was cool enough to send me the link to see Skinamarink and I really need to sit down and check it out. Everything I've heard about it so far has me hype |
Faraudo
02.10.23 | Just watched Nine Days, fucking hell man that was devastating, but top notch.
@Hyperion Skinamarink is insane lmao, should be like 20 minutes shorter, but it's probably one of the most effective horror films I´ve seen in quite some time. |
Egarran
02.10.23 | >Paddington. Paddington 2.
Quality. |
Mort.
02.10.23 | watched old and sin city
old is incredibly mediocre, and it would seem m night cant ride dialogue
sin city was fine. pulpy pulpy pulp pulp |
combustion07
02.10.23 | I've yet to see Old or Sin City. Been almost clicking on Sin City every time I've been picking something to watch but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Love Rodriguez though so I need to finally do it. Old seems like an interesting concept but idk just haven't been motivated enough to actually check it out yet |
Thibs
02.10.23 | Sin City is all kinds of fun |
Mort.
02.10.23 | yeah sin city is very fun. completely surface, fireworks, pulp. But its completely trying to be that in a very self aware and fun way. still hard to have any lasting impact tho
just watched Paddington (2014). absolute fire. makes me proud to be english |
JeetJeet
02.10.23 | "Also started Servant. Went into this one knowing nothing about it aside from it being from M Night."
Best thing and the only good thing he's made since Split. I'm on the 3rd season and its phenomenal. |
combustion07
02.10.23 | Glad to hear it holds up on later seasons! Was a little worried it would derail after awhile but so far so good |
markjamie
02.11.23 | Combustion - the finale of Severance was some of the most gripping TV I have ever seen, and I wasn't even into the show as much as most. |
EyesWideShut
02.12.23 | The Witch (2015)
Belly (1998) |
rockarollacola
02.12.23 | The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II |
combustion07
02.12.23 | I finished Severance and definitely agree on that finale! Awesome stuff. Also helped me to realize that Ben Stiller also directed The Cable Guy which I've always loved.
I'm on the third episode of the second season of Servant now and this is definitely going in directions I didn't see coming. Great stuff. I've always been more of a movie guy rather than shows but these Apple originals have been a nice wormhole so far |
fogza
02.13.23 | Watched the French Connection last night and it was stellar |
Deathconscious
02.15.23 | Event Horizon. its kinda dumb, but fun. |
Egarran
02.15.23 | Hell is only a word. The reality is much, much worse. |
Anthracks
02.18.23 | Winnie the Pooh: blood and honey and ant-man and the wasp: quantumania
Blood and honey was better of the two |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.18.23 | Where were going, we won’t need eyes to see.
That blood and honey movie would be way cooler (and more expensive ig) if it was actual cartoon Winnie murdering those teens.
Watched the Menu. Not at all what I expected but I enjoyed it. Gonna have to watch it again knowing that it’s a pitch black comedy and not at all a horror movie. |
Mort.
02.18.23 | just watched paddington 2, was perfect, 10/10
and event horizon is a great idea with mediocre execution
love the samples from it on zao's liberate te ex inferis tho |
Anthracks
02.18.23 | blood and honey was honestly one of the best times i've had in a theater. everything purposely makes the least amount of sense possible, it's hilarious. the swimming pool scene had me laughing out loud and that's just rare |
SomeCallMeTim
02.18.23 | I’m sure I’ll watch Blood and Honey at some point. Everyone is saying they don’t want their childhood ruined, I grew up with Pooh and could care less, it’s an unrelated movie. I think it’s hilarious this came out a year after Pooh became public domain
Also going to see Antman tonight, kinda wish I wasn’t tho |
MoM
02.19.23 | The Help - 4/5 i always enjoy this one. Bitch ate some shit.
Infinity Pool - 2/5 how the fuck is this so boring? Goddamn |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.23 | Disappointed to see so many people trashing Infinity Pool, I thought Possessor was great. |
MoM
02.19.23 | I was disappointed as well! Possessor is one of my favorites of the last decade, but this was not it for me. Hopefully you like it more if you watch it! |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.23 | Oh I’ll definitely be watching it but my expectations are a lot lower than they were pre release. |
Anthracks
02.19.23 | Infinity Pool is awesome. The story is used to make very strong commentary. Almost 100% of the people that I’ve seen disappointed are because they expected something totally different, which is absolutely not the film’s fault. |
MoM
02.19.23 | I hadn’t even read the synopsis beforehand, so i didn’t expect anything, just hoped for something entertaining. |
Jash
02.19.23 | Triangle of Sadness and Bones and All
ToS was 10/10, BaA was 7/10
So stoked to watch Infinity Pool this weekend |
SomeCallMeTim
02.19.23 | Just saw antman, I swear each mcu movie aims to be worse than the last |
MO
02.19.23 | marvel movies have been shit since infinity war, even before that they were spotty |
unclereich
02.19.23 | 123
fuck marvel |
budgie
02.19.23 | the menu was one of the worst films ive ever seen, almost as shitty as the house that jack built |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.23 | I like the house that jack built too lol |
Anthracks
02.19.23 | I think hoping for something entertaining is the wrong expectation, lol |
Egarran
02.19.23 | I think by now we can conclude that budgie's taste in movies is questionable bordering on neurotic |
MoM
02.19.23 | Hey, if hoping for a movie to not be boring is the wrong expectation, then i don’t know why watch 🤷 |
oresttt
02.19.23 | Watching the Bond films in order atm, so For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. Somewhat meh, but far from the worst Bond movies. 007 doing the Tarzan yell in Octopussy, however, has to be one of the most absurd (worst) Bond scenes ever haha. |
DType
02.19.23 | Our Friend (2019)
Fallen Angels (1995) |
EyesWideShut
02.19.23 | A Field in England (2013)
Backdraft (1991) |
budgie
02.19.23 | EGARRAN NOOOOOOOOO DONT LOSE FAITH IN US |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.23 | I fucking love the Bond movies but most of the Roger Moore ones are rough man. Aside from The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only I haven’t seen any of them in years.
A View to A Kill is entertaining as hell solely because of Walken tho, he puts on such an insane performance |
Hyperion1001
02.19.23 | scary movie (2000) - oh boy this has aged terribly. 75% of the jokes are just homophobia and transphobia, with a healthy dose of the “r” word. probably a good thing we don’t make movies like this anymore.
I laughed, but I also felt very bad about it. |
budgie
02.19.23 | scary movie didn't age terribly, it was horrible trash in 2000 too 😋 |
BAT
02.19.23 | Lol, I'd still put the Wayne's scary movies over the zuckers anyday but it's surprising just how financially successful those movies were back in the day, even by current standards they were pretty hard-R/fucked up. Definitely a product of their time, I do have some nostalgia for it cause sm(and scream/last summer) are some of the first r-rated movies I saw as a kid. Buut it does have some lazy jokes like the gym coach that they take way to far.
Been years since I've posted in this thread but last two movies : 'I, Tonya' and rewatched 'Ebola syndrome.'
-A friend put on Tonya on a whim and I was pretty surprised how good it was considering my lack of interest in figure skating. Unlike most sports movies it leans into family/personal dysfunction while maintaining a black comedy tone. surprisingly funny considering all the depressing shit going on. Excellent performances by margrot robbie and allison janney prolly the best sports movie I've seen since 'goon.'
Ebola Sydromes slightly more fucked up than I remembered, pretty sure the current edition is a bit more gnarlier than the one I saw over a decade ago. Similar to 'bunman the untold story' but with an even more psychopathic main char and slightly more 'comedic.' explicitness aside it has a lot of plot similarities to 60s splatter movies, but with the bad taste turned up to 11. Not for everyone but if you're interested in fucked up poor taste old school exploitative foreign stuff it's pretty solid, definitely not a first date flick.
Anyone use icheckmovies? Been mostly keeping up with my checks unless it's something I rewatched or something I forgot to mark off. Used to do letterboxed but got lazy/backlogged so just been doing icm for the past year or two : https://www.icheckmovies.com/profiles/tabv/ |
climactic
02.19.23 | memories of murder - very good
side effects - meh |
zaruyache
02.20.23 | just saw ant-man and idk why people hate it, it's a normal marvel movie except its jokes mostly worked. |
LastRites442
02.21.23 | Twilight Zone The Movie, forever marred by the death of Vic Morrow & two child actors but the film is still enjoyable & I really love the 3rd & 4th segments in particular.
Trancers, silly & schlocky low budget 80s Sci-fi action but there's clearly passion behind the performances here both in front of & behind the camera plus some cool ideas & concepts |
rabidfish
02.21.23 | Lupin III: the first
- fun, nice animation. It's a bit too much of nothing plot-wise, which was expected, but the action and the characters didn't make up for the bland plot. Some nice moments, but nothing more. 6/10.
|
KnewUser
02.21.23 | Holy comments 😱 y'all be watching watching movies. I'm not really a movie person, but I watched these two while I was at work. The new top gun movie which was unbelievably delicious. I'm gonna blame it on the planes. Also watched a cheech and chong movie for the first time and I hated that it made me laugh. |
zaruyache
02.21.23 | why they are american treasures. |
combustion07
02.21.23 | Up in Smoke is a classic!!!
Only watched one this weekend but returned to a classic!
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: 8/10
Always had a soft spot for this one! Goofy fun vampire flick. Great performances all around and especially love Merrick. Worth a watch. It's on HBOmax for anyone interested. Considering checking out the show also since I missed it back in the day |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.21.23 | Alright I’m just gonna come out and say it.
I haven’t seen Quantomania, I don’t plan to until I can rent it, but the first two ant man movies are better than any other marvel flicks that have multiple entries.
Thor is dogshit, I like the character but the only halfway decent one is Ragnarok, and even then I didn’t like it much. Iron Man 1 and 3 were great, 2 was fucking terrible. Cap’s first movie was mid at best, Winter Solider kicked ass, but Civil War was basically an avengers movie in all but name. Guardians 1 was fine, the second fucking sucks. Spider-Man homecoming was good, Far from Home was fucking god awful, and No Way Home was good based solely on nostalgia.
Ant Man 1 and 2 are legit good movies. Like I said I’m not gonna waste $50 seeing it in theaters with the gf but I have high hopes for it, comparatively speaking. |
combustion07
02.21.23 | I feel lucky to have the theater I do in town. I can go see something for $30 for two people including popcorn and drinks. If I hit it matinee it's like $25 |
unclereich
02.21.23 | hyp laughed at those disgusting jokes in that awful film. please cancel him |
combustion07
02.21.23 | What movie we cancelling hyp for?!? |
unclereich
02.21.23 | I cant even say it bro it's too offensive |
budgie
02.21.23 | don't look under the bed |
unclereich
02.21.23 | what's next? he still watches the end of ace ventura?! |
zaruyache
02.21.23 | wow boooooooooooooooooo |
BAT
02.21.23 | when nature calls > av
last two :
the railway man - solid but the attempts to make the story more cinematic/narrative driven kinda take from the reality of the story, well acted/shot tho.
elephant - hadn't watched this since i was like 12 and honestly thought it held up pretty well, it iss more of an art film than a narrative and consists of like 70% of people just walking down hallways. i feel like it captured the fever-dreamness of a highschool nightmare tho |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | Alright I’m sorry but if you get offended by that joke then just stay in your room and don’t leave for a little, think things through.
Yes, it’s a little tasteless (and homophobic, and transphobic) by today’s standards. But the reveal is hysterical and all the cops throwing up was just the cherry on top.
The point I’m trying to make is that it very much was a product of its time and I don’t think the joke is mean-spirited.
Now, having said all that. Just watched banshees of inisherin and had myself a good little cry. Phenomenal film, maybe even better than In Bruges.
Also watched Pearl, loved X, loved this one. Mia Goth is a already a legend and she hasn’t even hit 30 yet. Can’t wait to see her career really take off. |
Hyperion1001
02.22.23 | “I don’t think the joke is mean-spirited”
uhh the punchline literally results in a whole gang of men vomiting and scraping their tongues in disgust when it’s revealed that she’s a trans woman. they react like they were just forced to eat actual human shit.
i dont think it’s possible to be more mean-spirited save them actually lynching her. |
combustion07
02.22.23 | I'll never not love the Ace Ventura flicks! When I was young I used to steal people's camcorders and do talking butt videos lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | It’s a goofball comedy. I already admitted that it’s offensive by todays standards but I’m sure if you went up to Jim Carrey and asked if he hated trans folk he’d probably say no.
Again, the film came out like 30 years ago, times were different.
And even then, I’m pretty sure she wasn’t actually trans, it was just a really contrived way for that kicker to get his/her revenge. The movie clearly doesn’t have the slightest idea on trans issues, it’s just a dumb joke that’s kinda hamfisted |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | I quite respect the man but old Jim Carrey movie humour is absolutely dreadful and not funny at all |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | I’d agree aside from the first Ace movie and Dumb and Dumber |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | i don’t think I could bare to sit through either of those as an adult |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | You know what, to be fair I haven’t seen either since I was like 18 or 19 so maybe you’re right.
Don’t ruin my childhood! |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Honestly tho most of the big comedy classics of the 90s hold up terribly as an adult |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Haha sorry
I’d say us 90s babies had more than enough iconic television to make up for it |
CPtMorgan
02.22.23 | Lord Of The Rings Return Of The King - As good as it's always been
X-men (original one) - Ditto. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | I think Happy Gilmore and Tommy Boy hold up, and to a lesser extent Black Sheep.
But every other Adam Sandler movie is dogshit and there’s maybe 1 or 2 gags in Beverly Hills Ninja |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Oh god I hate Adam Sandler movies even more than Jim Carrey movies but the critical difference is that I do not respect Adam Sandler
BUT
I somehow have managed to evade all of his actually respected films my entire life |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | I don’t know your taste but Uncut Gems is real fuckin good |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | But yes, the other two popular Sandler movies in the 90’s (I’m thinking Billy Madison and Waterboy) are absolute trash. |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Haven’t seen Uncut Gems, haven’t seen Punchdrunk Love, haven’t seen Happy Gilmore or Billy Madison.. |
Ryus
02.22.23 | uncut gems and punch drunk love both slap |
IsisScript80
02.22.23 | ^ Slap they do, and his performances are great in them. |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | I will probably never watch either of them tbh. I do have an interest in peeping uncut gems but I just know it will never happen. There’s too many moves I’d rather see and I barely have time to watch movies to begin with because I’m too busy watching real housewives. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | That’s a solid excuse, I should be watching that instead of the sopranos for the 15th time |
combustion07
02.22.23 | For me a lot of the 90's comedies hold up but a good chunk of them might be due to nostalgia more than anything else. Dirty Work is my favorite comedy of all time. I love it endlessly. For Carey I still enjoy The Cable Guy, Me, Myself and Irene and Liar Liar along with the Ace movies although it's been awhile for those.
On the note of the offensive nature of Ace I tend to agree that it's just goofy and not mean spirited. I'm one of those people that for myself at least nothing is off limits in humor although I prefer my humor not so mean spirited for the most part |
climactic
02.22.23 | dude watch uncut gems its great. and oneohtrix did the music |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Nostalgia goggles are real. I kinda wonder what id think of zoolander and rat race if I watched them today |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | And mystery men too
@clim ok I promise I will try |
combustion07
02.22.23 | Also I second you should watch Uncut Gems. It's a gem! One of the only movies I can truly say made me very uncomfortable watching and had me feeling like I was on the verge of an anxiety attack. Will probably never watch again but it's an experience I recommend. Extremely well made |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | I have a similar view with humor. If it makes me laugh then it’s fine. But if it’s dumbass Steven Crowder type “humor” that is meant more to offend rather than make people laugh is when it crosses the line for me |
combustion07
02.22.23 | Nostalgia googles hit me stupid hard though lol especially as I get older it's ridiculous |
climactic
02.22.23 | actually watched rat race kind of recently and it kinda holds up for a dumb early 2000s comedy. john cleese, john lovitz and cuba gooding jr are pretty funny in it |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | If uncut gems is on prime or crave I will put in a 30% effort to view it within the next 3 years I promise
If it is on Netflix there is a 0% chance I will ever see it unless they scrap their password sharing nonsense
|
combustion07
02.22.23 | I put on Ray Race when I was going to bed a few weeks ago and have been meaning to pay it a full revisit. My sister had it on vhs back in the day so I saw it quite a bit when I was younger |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | @clim such a ridiculous cast it could go either way. Like on one hand you’ve got Cleese capable of single handedly holding it up and on the other you have fucking mr bean capable of ruining everything
You know what other 90s comedies I fucking hate?
Everything by Kevin smith
Holy fuck do I hate Kevin smith movies |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | @combustion that movie was my fav comedy as a kid, I watched it about 13 times lol |
combustion07
02.22.23 | I wanna say Uncut Gems is on Paramount but it might be on another too not sure. I basically get Netflix for a single month when something comes out I wanna see then I scrap it again. Meant to get rid of it this check but I was too late to cancel this time around. I pay for Netflix, Peacock and HBO though. Then I'm logged into friends and families accounts for Hulu with live TV, Disney Plus, and Paramount. Got a free trial for Apple for 3 months but I'm just gonna binge what I wanna see and cancel it once that's up. Honestly out of everything I use Tubi the most which is free and it makes me wonder why I pay for any of it tbh lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | Oh Pots, you hate Clerks??
One of my favorite comedies ever |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | I’ve never tried out Tubi but again I’m watching real housewives rn so there is very little that could pull my attention away from Hayu until the next season of Fuckboy Island comes out
I kept trying to get into the Last of Us and genuinely felt it was well done but like at the same time feel like it’s super overrated and really don’t give a fuck |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | No comment on Clerks, barely remember it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | Man I think that’s harsher than just trashing it lol |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Hahaha sorry
It’s probably better. The rest of his movies I vividly remember hating with a passion |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | I don’t hate all of them but there’s definitely a drop in quality through most of his movies.
Cop Out is the only one that’s really fucking bad but I like all three Clerks more movies, Mallrats is fine. Dogma and Jay & Silent Bob have their moments Red State is decent enough too but that might just be my undying love for John Goodman |
unclereich
02.22.23 | clerks 3 was garbagino
watched bronx tale for the 500th time easiest 10/10 on planet earth |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Don’t forget Chasing Amy 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Is clerks 3 the one with his dumpy ass kid literally named Harley Quinn in it?
If so I have not seen that one |
robertsona
02.22.23 | clerx is good all told. It was kinda "replaced" by movies I now think are better but it's a good low-budget b&w slacker comedy thing. pretty good dialogue for his standards, reasonably scaled for how outlandish a lot of the shit they say is |
unclereich
02.22.23 | clerks 1 and even 2 are fine. 3 should have never been made |
combustion07
02.22.23 | For Kevin Smith I enjoy Clerks and Mallrats. Clerks 2 is solid also. Apparently I've seen Red State according to IMDb but I don't remember anything about it. I keep forgetting Clerks 3 is a thing but I am interested in seeing it. Hoping it's better than the Jay and Silent Bob reboot because man that was ass from what I recall. One of those by the book complete rehash comedies where everything is done again but significantly less funny.
And nice Pots you gotta be the only person I've ever heard claim Rat Race as their favorite movie for any period in life lol. I am excited to rewatch it. Highly recommend Tubi especially for certain genres too. |
z00sh
02.22.23 | mad max: fury road and harakiri. 7.0 and 8.0 respectively |
unclereich
02.22.23 | rat race is fucking awesome, but road trip> |
PotsyTater
02.22.23 | Dude they go to a smash mouth concert |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | John Cleese balances it out. |
combustion07
02.22.23 | Lmao I forgot about the Smash Mouth! It don't get no better!
Cheers on the Fury Road too! Glad I got to see that one in theaters initially. Definitely towards the top of fun theater experiences |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.23 | Yeah Fury Road was fucking killer on the big screen. Have high hopes for the Furiosa prequel |
Egarran
02.22.23 | Re classic comedies I just re-watched Tootsie (1982). It holds up fine and has many good lines, but what made the biggest impression was that early 80's NY technicolor look of it. It feels so genuine and tangible compared to the sterile green screen I'm used to now.
I just saw a list of 1982 movies, holy fuck it was a good year and I want to watch them all in HD.
What I'm saying is, I want a Mad Max movie in post WW3 New York filmed only in Technicolor, with practical effects. |
Mort.
02.22.23 | just watched The Wrestler (2008)
hmmm a past his prime hair metal wrestler with a thing for a stripper really didnt appeal to me but you know what it was pretty decent |
combustion07
02.22.23 | Damn Egarran I'm all for greenlighting your Mad Max flick |
DocSportello
02.22.23 | elvis was very good |
EyesWideShut
02.23.23 | Ali (2001)
Take Shelter (2011)
Both really good |
PotsyTater
02.23.23 | Take shelter has been on my list for aggggess |
EyesWideShut
02.23.23 | Definitely worth a watch, Michael Shannon knows how to play that role with the best of em. |
BAT
02.23.23 | worst thing about rat race is that baha men theme song w/ those opening credits. mad mad mad world is obvious better but rat race is solid enough. take shelters worth a watch, kind of a slow burn and not for everybody but excellent shannon performance.
and kevin smith was an inspiration for me growing up, unntill about zack and miri. hate to be of the opinion that he hasn't made anything good since becoming a pothead, buuut thats kinda how i feel about it. clerks&dogma are great though |
combustion07
02.23.23 | I always forget Kevin Smith made Zack and Miri. I actually really dig that one. Will never forget my first time watching it high as hell with my friend and doubling back at the shit/anal scene because we realized in that split second there was a piece of corn in it and we died laughing lol. The pothead lifestyle does seem to have had an effect on his filmmaking though agreed |
BAT
02.23.23 | i'd watched most of his 'evening with' q&a stuff and during his netflix 'specials' he'd purposely point out seth rogan as making him a pothead and the box office failure of zack and miri as his inspiration to become a 'day smoker.' since than he believes it makes him more creative, whiich i don't think is the right attitude for any potsmoker shits supposed to help you relax not really improve any sort of craft. cop out was average but lacked the smith feel, red state was an interesting concept but ultimately boils down to like an hour of people peaking out a window and shouting across rooms at eachother. haven't seen tusk/yoga but i've got reboot/clerks3 on hand just havent gotten around to it. i do think zack&miri annd clerks 2 are pretty solid movies tho9 |
Egarran
02.23.23 | Ha I watched Clerks on shrooms and it was really poignant. Something about reality being a random construct and life is what you make it etc.
Now I'm glad it wasn't Zack and Miri. |
denboy
02.24.23 | Original Clerks still holds up
+1 on kevin smith losing it once he started smoking daily, although Tusk worked surprisingly well for a movie that was basically written in the span of a podcast episode |
PotsyTater
02.24.23 | “ Definitely worth a watch, Michael Shannon knows how to play that role with the best of em.”
Hell yeah, I’m a huge Michael Shannon simp. Have you seen My Son My Son What Have Ye Done? |
PotsyTater
02.24.23 | I had no idea he did Zach and Miri either. I hate that movie. |
Hyperion1001
02.24.23 | Kevin smith might be the worst filmmaker of all time honestly. tusk is still to this day the worst movie I’ve ever seen. |
deathofasalesman
02.24.23 | watched more bad movies last couple weeks, here they are:
Raptor Island: horrible, horrible CGI makes this highly enjoyable. the raptors basically eat an entire human body, bones and all, in a couple bites off screen. turns out there's a giant volcano that somehow... created dinosaurs? i wasn't paying attention to the story but it somehow boils down to that. i would definitely watch this drunk with friends while you talk over it because theres nothing to really focus on besides how bad it all is
Larva: this movie takes itself entirely too seriously. what's even worse is the glaringly bad color grading that is so orange you would think someone poured sunny d over the screen. i played around and changed it to black and white in my settings and it made everything loook 100x better. it's not even that gross for a movie about little slugs so that was disappointing
Consensus: Watch Raptor Island, avoid Larva |
Sharenge
02.25.23 | lolol four horsemens of the apocalypse |
unclereich
02.26.23 | The revenant sucks ass |
Egarran
02.26.23 | Yeah it was average and filled with annoying persons |
robertsona
02.26.23 | Last one I saw was the 1988 movie La Lectrice with some friends—didnt like it. Before that, the original 1975 Stepford Wives, of which there doesn’t exist an original copy because the movie was somehow taken hostage by the pharmaceuticals company Bristol-Myers Squibb |
combustion07
02.27.23 | Cocaine Bear: 9/10 I had a blast with this one! Blows my mind this was directed by Elizabeth Banks also. Every character was awesome and the comedic elements worked extremely well. Hoping this one does well and maybe we can see a Renaissance of nature gone wild and just quirky flicks in general hitting theaters.
LA Confidential: 9/10 awesome little police style flick! Went on a little marathon of classics in this category this weekend and this one was my favorite of the few I watched. Awesome knowing where Rolo Tomassi comes from and Crowe and Spacey give great performances.
Cop Land: 8.5/10 all star cast police corruption flick where the department fakes Rapaports death after a shooting incident. This one was a really different role for Stallone and I enjoyed every minute of it. Had heard about the film for years and it's crazy I just got around to it. The scene with Stallone walking the block with the shotgun is iconic for sure.
The Negotiator: 7.5/10 another police corruption flick starring Samuel L Jackson and Kevin Spacey. Both of them kill it in their roles. It kept me on the edge of my seat although the overall plot felt pretty formulaic. It was saved by the stars though and overall a solid watch. Made me want to watch Cadillac Man again which I will probably do next weekend |
budgie
02.27.23 | zombeavers & black sheep are fun |
combustion07
02.27.23 | I fucking loved Black Sheep but haven't seen it since it came out. Don't remember Zombeavers but been meaning to rewatch it. My dad told me he heard an interview with the writer of Cocaine Bear or something and apparently their dad did Anaconda. Thought that was kinda cool. Love flicks like the ones you mentioned, Alligator, Grizzly, Lake Placid, Killer Crocodile, Crawl, etc |
budgie
02.27.23 | dude i rewatched lake placid sometime this past year and was blown away at how good it was lol, as a horror comedy anyway. i remember crawl being a bit of a letdown from aja
that stupid shark-in-a-supermarket flick was fun, called bait? maybe
also omg. the piranha film from early 2010s. perfect |
combustion07
02.27.23 | The Piranha flick is definitely great! I enjoyed Crawl but between the two Piranha is the superior Aja killer water critter movie lol. Lake Placid is way better than it has the right to be imo. I highly recommend Alligator also if you haven't seen it. It's a bit more serious than the others mentioned but fun and the creature in it is badass for the time period. The sequel isn't nearly as good but still well worth a watch |
markjamie
03.03.23 | Cocaine Bear - really, really enjoyed it. Exactly the right balance between cheesy and exciting. It actually reminded me of a perverse Goonies in places - 7.5/10 |
combustion07
03.03.23 | I dig the Goonies comparison! I'm so happy to see how well it's being received by everyone I've encountered. I don't pay attention to box office stats and all of that but man hopefully it does well enough that we get more fun, goofy shit like it on a big scale. Also hoping to see more from Banks in the genre and I need to go back and see what she has done prior |
BaselineOOO
03.03.23 | Paddington 2: 5.4/10
Knock at the Cabin: 1.5/10 |
Mort.
03.03.23 | paddington 2 is a 9 you heathen
but i might just think that cos it made me feel all warm and fuzzy and british
|
Egarran
03.03.23 | No a 9 is indeed the correct rating |
BaselineOOO
03.03.23 | Paddington 2 was the first British movie I've seen that didn't felt British enough. It was very cozy and warm though. Happy-Go-Lucky still remains the ultimate good vibe British movie though |
Sharenge
03.05.23 | so Paddington 2 seems to be the one the gets all the attention and acclaim... what makes it so superior to the first one?
asking for a friend |
Egarran
03.05.23 | It can do more because the universe has been established.
They're both good but it's rare to see such a good sequel.
|
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.23 | Been watching a shit load of John Carpenter movies lately and I always flip flopped on whether I like The Thing or Halloween most.
But honestly, They Live really might be my favorite. First saw it when I was real young so I didn’t get the themes of the film, I just thought it was a fun 80’s action movie.
But man, the movie just has it all. That 80’s cheese, badass and often hysterical dialogue, that incredible fight scene. And fucking flawless politics. |
unclereich
03.06.23 | the fistfight scene in they live is so fucking funny and just so unnecessarily long |
Hyperion1001
03.06.23 | watch zizek talk about it. Makes it even better. |
unclereich
03.06.23 | I have! I’m obsessed with that movie 😂 |
Hyperion1001
03.06.23 | its in my top 10 easily.
theres like 3 carpenter in my top 10 honestly. hes just the best. |
Sharenge
03.06.23 | watched it for the first time in the year of our lord 2020 and it was love at first watch |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.06.23 | Also possibly the best role as a wrestler turned actor?
And I don’t think I’m letting my love for Always Sunny comes into this at all, I genuinely think he’s brilliant as Da Maniac in that show. One of the most memorable side characters and he was only in two episodes. |
combustion07
03.06.23 | Nice to see the They Live love here! Definitely top tier Carpenter. Also loved Piper in the cheesefest Hell Comes to Frogtown.
Small Town Crime: 8/10 fun little ex cop getting into private detective work film! Really dug the overall vibe here and the pimp along with every other character. Fun stuff that gets a little dark at times.
Doppelganger: 7.5/10 cheesy ass B-Movie from 93 starring a young Drew Barrymore. The acting is pretty hilarious at times but I had a blast with it nonetheless. Creature effects in it were surprisingly good and kinda reminded me of Hellraiser.
Mikey: 8/10 goofy killer kid film that had me cracking up. A family adopts a young boy who has a naughty habit of killing off his whole family before getting placed with another. I had fun with this also
When a Stranger Calls OG: 8.5/10 one of the better serial killer flicks. The phone call sections remind me of Black Christmas quite a bit. Pretty old school on terms of it's execution but great stuff all around. |
fogza
03.06.23 | "Happy-Go-Lucky still remains the ultimate good vibe British movie though"
that was such an irritating movie, although marsan was amazing in it |
Zac124
03.06.23 | They Live is simply incredible. “I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum” is one of the greatest pieces of dialogue in cinema. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.06.23 | with almost anything else, I’d say that’s hyperbole but yeah, that’s one of the best lines in all of cinema. And the way he’s trying to sneak away and then stumbles into an upper class bank is so fucking funny. And you can see it on Piper’s face, even before he says the line. He’s just like “eh fuck it, I’ve gone this far might as well go the whole mile.”
I wish he had been in more shit. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.06.23 | “Momma don’t like tattle tales.”
I love it. |
claygurnz
03.06.23 | Watched The Whale the other night. I appreciated the performances etc but I don't think I ever need to see that movie again. |
Hyperion1001
03.07.23 | cobra (1986) - excessively violent, with a deliriously incompetent script, and morally repugnant in just about every way. maybe the most potent crystallization of Reagan era christo-fascist authoritarianism. what better way to solve poverty and crime than murdering everyone in sight with cold, remorseless nihilism?
but god damn does it look great lmao. exactly what I sign up for with a cannon production. 3/5 |
Egarran
03.07.23 | >what better way to solve poverty and crime than murdering everyone
Seems that was a popular plot device for decades. |
combustion07
03.07.23 | I bought a Cannon 5 movie collection with Cobra in it and I've been meaning to pop it in. Been at least a decade since I first saw it but I remember really digging it. The pack also has Over the Top, He-Man, Hitman and Bloodsport. Out of the others I've only seen Bloodsport and Over the Top so I'm excited to see what kinda cheesy goodness is in store for me especially with He Man lol |
Zac124
03.07.23 | Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - The last 20 minutes saves this film. The rest of the film is the definition of ok. 3/5
Demons 2 (1986): Some really fun special effects and horror but the setting is way less interesting than the first film and the dialogue and acting are still awful. 3/5 |
combustion07
03.08.23 | Demons 2 is a fun ass sequel! Watch The Church aka Demons 3 next. Agreed on the setting of the first being superior. The cover art for the StarMaker VHS release of Demons might be my favorite movie cover of all time.
https://mattmulcahey.wordpress.com/2013/11/04/the-100-greatest-vhs-horror-covers-part-i/demons-1/
Check out that beauty!!! |
Zac124
03.08.23 | I didn't know there was a third one. I definitely need to check that one out then. Recently been in an Italian horror film mood and the Demons films has only fuelled this mood. |
combustion07
03.08.23 | It's one of those very loosely titled as a sequel Italian flicks that has practically no tie to the first two outside of title but it's a pretty fun flick either way. Dude who made it also made Stagefright and Cemetery Man which I also highly recommend while you're on your Italian kick. Cemetery Man is one of my all time favorites and Stagefright is the best slasher imo |
robertsona
03.08.23 | days of heaven -- in some sense a limited movie, but maybe the most visually beautiful one ever made.
anomalisa -- hated it, but a jared favorite. posted this in the animal collective discord:
"Essentially, and this is a very prescriptive take, a doomed concept. Separates people into the haves and have nots of intellect and reality. Sure it’s a criticism of the guy, made clear (too clear?) that it’s a projection, but the movie divides our sympathies after its first two thirds with an easy bait and switch because of how easily the concept/hook, which I think is inherently dumb and lame and that a movie could only deploy it and be good by dropping it at some point entirely, stacks the deck. (I’m not a fan of time travel or multiverse movies for similar but less severe reasons.) oh, he’s a traveling customer service public speaker and his revelation/breakdown comes in the midst of plodding dialogue and everything is clinical and nyeh. I was checking my watch as soon as he called the old classmate and she picked up as Tom Noonan: alright, let’s get this lady out of here already. Lame. 1/5" |
Rowan5215
03.08.23 | fucking love Anomalisa. no way it deserves being reviewed in an Animal Collective discord |
Hyperion1001
03.08.23 | i definitely dont consider the church to be a demons sequel. naming things as sequels to sell on a marquee even if it was entirely unrelated was standard practice for italian exploitation.
however, if you DO consider it a sequel, then it is absolutely the best one in the series. ive always thought michele soavi was the best director to come out of the italian horror scene, even over the big names like argento and fulci.
if you can track down a copy (you might just have to download it, its been out of print for years), cemetery man is probably the best horror film to come out of italy. |
ArsMoriendi
03.08.23 | Days of Heaven
and a rewatch of Anomalisa |
combustion07
03.08.23 | Hell yeah Hyp I'm glad to see some Soavi love! Have you seen his other flicks The Sect? Was only available on laserdisc until a few years back when it got a blu release. Soavi is definitely 2nd for me next to Fulci. He might even hit above Fulci if he'd released a few more films of that caliber |
BAT
03.08.23 | i've been on a argento kick and still havent picked up/seen the church yet, big fan of stage fright tho. cemetery man i saw way back when 'fear.net' was a tv channel, been considering picking it up but looks like i've either gotta import the south korean dvd or the euro shameless blu ray[if anyone knows whether its region free lemme kno, i've got a few shameless' that work on my us ps4]. also haven't seen the sect but seems fairly easy to acquire. also someone mentioned mikey and it's hilarious watching that movie alongside 'blank check', i'd say it's a better slasher than 'the good son' but culkins great in that
last two i've seen : rewatched saving private ryan for the *nth time and still love it, rip tom sizemore. haven't seen band of brothers yet but the group i watched it with says its way better than spr soo might have to watch it sometime.
and caught 'clemency', which had some great performances but honestly lacked some depth in terms of theme exploration. you'll know pretty much exactly how it ends halfway through the first act, but it's a bit more cut&dry than the typical death penalty drama. main difference from other movies of its type is the main character is the warden of a prison and it's mainly focused on how executions effect her personal life/relationships/mental state. some solid camera work aswell but overall uneven, there's plenty of death row docs that encapsulate the topic with a bit more complexity[werner herzogs are a good start]. 'Good' but not really a crowd pleaser, a bit oscar baity but solid watch nonetheless
and for a bonus i watched 'jared from subway: catching a monster' annnd it was pretty much just another Investigated Discovery crime show/doc, materials presented in the most formulaic/dateline-esque way they could've. my main takeaway from it is the fbi had years of records on him and didn't do shit, a frustrating case overall |
combustion07
03.08.23 | I sold off my gigantic collection a few years back and only held onto a few things and I've kicked myself big time for letting Cemetery Man go. I wanna say I've seen some people say the Shameless release worked on their players but I've also seen some say it didn't. I know at least one person who owns it though I'll see if I can hit them up to confirm one way or another.
On the note of the Argento kick I went back and rewatched Phenomena recently and have been meaning to dive into more again. Think I'll probably hit Opera or Tenebrae next. Also need to revisit The Good Son and Blank Check lmao |
budgie
03.08.23 | cemetery man best sex scene all time |
budgie
03.08.23 | bat if you like ww2 flicks look for EL ALAMEIN, the ~2004 italian production. i can't find it anymore but i remember loving it |
BAT
03.08.23 | i thinnnk the main caveat with shameless while they're region all they're encoded with pal coloring or something like that so on certain tv/players it'll raise flags, not sure if its a disc-to-disc basis tho. oddly enough i've got a handful of region-b discs that work in my players[arrow releases mainly] but then a few others just give the wrong region warning. i doo have a pc blu ray player as a backup but prefer the flexibility of region free discs just incase something breaks down. and phenomena/80s argento rules, hadn't seen a lot of them since i was like 13-14 so it's been fun watching them on my new tv&restored. got the suspiria 4k and looks theater quality, arrows reissued most of the classic argento on 4k but oddly enough Opera seems to be the hardest to find on blu/4k. still rockin my anchorbay dvd thoo
and cool cool budgie i'll add it to my watchlist, one thing i've recently acquired is 'come and see' but haven't set aside time to watch it yet. also think you recced it way back but i'm planning to pick up coraline my next check cuz its like ten bucks atm |
budgie
03.08.23 | oh yeah coraline scratches the tim burton itch real good if you like that style. and the score is really beautiful |
Mort.
03.08.23 | just watched Dawn of the dead (2004)
fails as a horror film, fails as an action film
incredibly mediocre and un-noteworthy.
5/10 |
MillionDead
03.08.23 | Yeah, Dawn of the Dead 04 is just one of those 2000's ass movies.
The Hunt with Mads Mikklesen was really good. Then I started Tokyo! but I haven't really gotten into it yet. ADHD brain probably made me get into something else and forget about it.
Been thinking of getting into Gaspar Noe's stuff. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.08.23 | Damn I think that remake is one of the few that totally improves on the original. Rare Zack Snyder W |
Ryus
03.08.23 | rewatched wild at heart in theaters. it was marvelous, as expected |
EyesWideShut
03.09.23 | All That Jazz (1979) So much more than just a "Jazzy" dance film, Bob Fosse was wild and on a lot of everything |
denboy
03.09.23 | barbarian
watching this without knowing anything about it was wild |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.23 | Do you have the common take that the first half is better than the second?
Jw because I totally do and I feel like that’s everyone’s complaint about the movie.
Still loved it, just wish we would’ve spent a little more time with Keith and Tess, that was some good tension. |
denboy
03.09.23 | I think if it was not for the "whiplash", it would be a less interesting movie, but I do agree the tension in the beginning was great
I also really enjoyed how much of the backstory was implied instead of explicit, really well done
Reading afterwards that the movie was based on the idea of 'a woman who meets a guy and keeps ignoring escalating red flags' made me very happy because rarely has a movie made me go 'jfc why would you do that?!?!' that many times in a row |
Mort.
03.12.23 | Lock stock and two smoking barrels (1998) 7/10
Guy ritchie has made the same film several times now. this is one of the better times he made it. still not as good as Snatch. |
budgie
03.12.23 | yall trippin dawn of the dead remake is fucking amazing |
MoM
03.12.23 | ^ i like the part with the zombie baby
Shit had me fucked up |
Zac124
03.12.23 | Dave Made a Maze (2017) - Dave made a carboard maze in his living room and he gets lost in it. His friends go in to rescue him. This is probably one of the most creative films ever as the set is all made of carboard. The film is just so fantastical. The comedy was a bit eh though. 4/5
Decision to Leave (2022) - Finally watched this and it is incredible just like every other Park Chan-wook film. Probably the most invested I have been in a film all year. Cannot wait to rewatch just like the rest of his films. Oh, and this film is visually stunning. This was snubbed hard for best picture nom this year. I will never forgive the academy. 4.5/5 |
Mort.
03.12.23 | dawn of the dead remake is fucking goofy as hell and the acting is pretty meh. i am so incredibly confused as to how such a boring unimaginative mediocre trope filled film is so beloved |
budgie
03.12.23 | who cares about tropes or how imaginative something is about a fuckin zombie movie? it's fast zombies eating people it's awesome popcorn media put your film school diploma down |
Mort.
03.12.23 | yeah and as far as all those things go its a really shitty one
and i dont have a high school diploma because im not a shit eating yankie dipshit
also barely any people get fucking eaten in that film loool. jesus christ budgie try and be dumber
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Mort.
03.12.23 | whats the fucking point of this thread if popcorn media should just be mindlessly consumed?
wait, lemme go into every pop thread and go 'guys its just awesome fun music' |
Mort.
03.12.23 | fucking americans and their dribbling shithead takes
if i wanted a fun popcorn zombie flick id watch shaun of the dead, which is actually entertaining and more horrific than the dawn of the dead remake |
budgie
03.12.23 | daddy chill |
Mort.
03.12.23 | daddy what the fuck is that? whose daddy?
and yes apologies i did just go overboard my bad
brain jumps from 1 to a 100 sometimes |
Ryus
03.12.23 | 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 |
Mort.
03.12.23 | i pledge allegiance |
Mort.
03.12.23 | i love all of you and respect your opinions |
Egarran
03.12.23 | Let's compromise: Both Dawn of the Dead movies are good and worth seeing. |
Mort.
03.12.23 | i actually havent seen the original |
unclereich
03.12.23 | hot fuzz sucks ass |
markjamie
03.12.23 | My interest is piqued and I am going to watch the 2004 Dawn of the Dead today. Haven't seen the original so I'll take it on its merits. |
Hyperion1001
03.12.23 | its zack snyder so ofc its bad |
Ryus
03.12.23 | city lights–first chaplin, ruled
to be or not to be–third lubitsch after "shop around the corner" and "trouble in paradise" and probably my least favorite of the three. still a solid film but "trouble in paradise" is an all time fave |
Sharenge
03.12.23 | Night of the Living Dead > |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.23 | mort dawn of the dead remake is killer youre tripping man
That opening scene is enough evidence that Zack Snyder is a competent filmmaker, he just needs tighter scripts and an editor to reign his ass in |
markjamie
03.13.23 | Just finished Dawn of the Dead 2004
The good: the opening 10 minutes, the final 25 (including the credits), the visual style, quite a few inventive and exciting moments and not-too-bad characterisation
The less good: didn't really have a lot to say or do more than entertain and sometimes thrill, not really any scenes that will stay with me I would imagine, some effects that were a little clunky
Overall: best Zack Snyder film I've seen, definitely above average zombie flick with a lot of style and some genuine excitement, but lacks any elements that make it truly memorable... maybe 6.5/10 give or take half a point over time... (I have never seen the original so no idea how it compares)
One thing though... surely the characters had seen zombie films on TV - why was it such a revelation that you become zombified by being bitten by a zombie? |
MisogynysticTryhard
03.13.23 | I seen Dawn of the Dead in theaters as a 12 year old. Movie haunted my dreams for years. |
MisogynysticTryhard
03.13.23 | Ending was definitely great. If we got a sequel of equal quality, I’d be hyped as fuck. |
budgie
03.13.23 | yeah look at all the zombie productions this century, dawn remake has to be #2 after 28 days later. though the first season of black summer was fuckin rad |
robertsona
03.13.23 | Ryus check “angel” a real grower and my fav Lubitsch. Look up my friend Dan Sallitt’s piece on Lubitsch’s approach to comedic acting too, def interesting. I saw “trouble in paradise” on 35mm once, very magical |
unclereich
03.13.23 | angel heart> |
markjamie
03.13.23 | 28 Days Later was by far my favourite, but I liked World War Z too - will never forget that Israel wall scene... |
fogza
03.13.23 | "hot fuzz sucks ass"
possibly worst take of the month |
unclereich
03.13.23 | Blows[2] |
budgie
03.13.23 | i didnt really want to say it but i think hot fuzz and shaun of the dead are dreadful |
denboy
03.13.23 | You guys are the worst
@Zac right on, decision to leave was fantastic |
fogza
03.13.23 | "i didnt really want to say it but i think hot fuzz and shaun of the dead are dreadful"
you should have fought the impulse a bit harder budgie my guy |
unclereich
03.13.23 | All my homies hate Edgar wright |
fogza
03.13.23 | tbf scott pilgrim is overrated and baby driver is awful but can't touch the first two cornetto films, sorry |
Egarran
03.13.23 | Accurate review, markjamie.
Hot Fuzz is great and Timothy Dalton deserved an oscar.
The worst recent zombie movie is Train to Busan. |
IsisScript80
03.13.23 | "All my homies hate Edgar wright"
Strange common ground for homies. And yes, 'Hot Fuzz' is great. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.23 | Damn I disagree with a lot of the last few comments lol
Baby Driver was fine, Scott Pilgrim is incredible, and Hot Fuzz and Train to Busan are both great. The only bad part about Train to Busan is that cornball death scene near the end with that truly shitty orchestral soundtrack |
Mort.
03.13.23 | hot fuzz is one of the greatest comedies of all time and i truly dont understand how you couldnt like it
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Mort.
03.13.23 | wait is this how it feels to be a dawn of the dead remake fan |
denboy
03.13.23 | mort nailing it |
Mort.
03.13.23 | denboy is your 2002 join date accurate? damn |
denboy
03.13.23 | when I joined, the site was called mxtabs and the outrage of the day was that limp bizkit had open auditions for new guitarists, and told them to bring their own riffs so they could steal them |
Mort.
03.13.23 | ah yes, ive heard mysterious tales of the sites origins as a guitar tabs forums
and honestly, thats a genius move by limp bizkit |
fogza
03.13.23 | "hot fuzz is one of the greatest comedies of all time and i truly dont understand how you couldnt like it"
[2] |
Egarran
03.13.23 | Always feels good to be on Mort's team. |
BaselineOOO
03.13.23 | even a troll like me loves Hot Fuzz, don't be ridiculous |
budgie
03.13.23 | i bet you guys like queen too |
Vinnymcscoop
03.13.23 | ^Ye, that band is good
Last two movies I watched was Cocaine Bear and Pulp Fiction |
Egarran
03.13.23 | I liked EEAAO so my friend recommended Minari (2020) - a Sundance hipster hit about a Korean family trying to start a farm in Arkansas in the 80s. These movies have NOTHING in common (ok maybe there is something about Asian family dynamics) and I was pretty bored for two hours.
So I had to lie to him and say it was nice. Never feels good. |
BaselineOOO
03.13.23 | Egarran I recommend you this movie You Can Count on Me (2000), it's very cozy and cute, I wish we could watch it together somehow |
Egarran
03.13.23 | "A film about ordinary people, living ordinary lives."
Man you know I hate those movies but sigh OK let's hang out |
CugnoBrasso
03.13.23 | EEAAO was fantastic, Swiss Army Man was great too. |
Mort.
03.13.23 | just watched Bone Tomahawk (2015) 7/10
genuinely pants shittingly scary imo towards the end. deffo a bit bloated tho, could probably have had like 15-20 mins shaved off. really lags at some points |
budgie
03.14.23 | what annoyed me with bone tomahawk, maybe more than it should have, was how stupid the set for the cave sequences was. like, the cleanest, most geometrically perfect jail cell carved into a dirt wall. also patrick wilson, i can't stand him either
sound design was cool though. those boomy footsteps |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.14.23 | Really didn’t care for EEAAO, Michelle Yeoh (sp?) is fantastic, and so is short round (sorry can’t remember his name) but it just goes on and on for too damn long. You could chop a solid half hour off of it and it would be fine.
And Jamie Lee Curtis getting the Oscar is so fuckin stupid. If you’re going to give it to her, give it to her for Halloween Ends. I know that wouldn’t happen in a million years but her performance was really nothing special. |
budgie
03.14.23 | my phone pooped a notification at me that said ppl are made at jamie lee curtis. what did OG scream queen do? |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.14.23 | Idk, only thing I can think of is comparing that shitshow of a film Halloween Kills to the BLM movement but that was a while ago. |
markjamie
03.14.23 | Wildcard you summed up my feelings about EEAAO nearly perfectly. Yeoh thoroughly deserved her award, but the film is way too long. Quan and Curtis were great, but others were better last year. |
denboy
03.14.23 | The Banshees of Inisherin
.. it was.. fine? got a good handful of laughs out of me, but the story itself felt oddly empty |
combustion07
03.14.23 | "Last two movies I watched was Cocaine Bear and Pulp Fiction"
What'd you think of Cocaine Bear? I'm interested in seeing how the sputfolk felt about this one.
Burn After Reading: 9/10 second watch for me but it's been at least a decade. Forgot how much I love this one. Has a truly jarring moment that worked so, so well imo. The scenes with the CIA guys discussing the situation from the office are hysterical. Pretty damn strong Coen Brothers flick. That said they've all been solid from the ones that I have seen.
The Sasquatch Gang: 8/10 super stupid fun. Justin Long and his buddy Kern absolutely made this movie for me. My rating may be a bit generous but man this is just some obnoxious turn off your brain fun and it hit the right spot this weekend.
Also planning on seeing Scream 6 sometime this weekend hopefully. Been hearing bad things from friends but I heard it's set in New York and I straight up love Jason Takes Manhattan which is also very hated so I'm hoping this will be another situation like that for me.
On the TV not binged the available episodes of Shrinking and it's not normally my kinda show but I'm enjoying it a ton. The whole theme of grief and coping with trauma works well for me and idk his name but I love the Shawn Character here.
Finished up Last of Us also and had a good time with it. I got totally burnt out on zombie stuff when the flood of subpar movies and shows happened. I've taken a step back from the genre (aside from revisiting the classics) for many years now though and I'm glad I gave this a chance. The season finale was a ton to cram into one episode with it's runtime but they pulled it off. Excited to see where it goes season two even though my coworker spoiled the shit out of something for me tonight while we talked about the last episode. I swear that dude will recommend shows and movies constantly and spoil the shit out of them in the same breath
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MoM
03.14.23 | “ love Jason Takes Manhattan”
Yessss |
Mort.
03.14.23 | 'banshees of inersherin
.. it was.. fine? got a good handful of laughs out of me, but the story itself felt oddly empty'
personally its that banality or emptiness that makes the film endearing. manages to make a lot out of nothing. shame it got overlooked the oscars |
Rowan5215
03.14.23 | Scream 6 was fucking great lol |
BaselineOOO
03.14.23 | rewatched Dawn of the Dead (2004) - Still brutal! My favorite zombie movie, maybe after Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore is its Italian title) if anyone heard of that movie.
Ambulance (2022) - Extremely enjoyable movie, I love Michael Bay, he's been on fire lately. He's a guilty pleasure of mine, but he's subjectively up there with directors such as Tarkovsky and Bergman in my books, just in a different way. |
Hyperion1001
03.14.23 | cemetery man is probably the best horror movie to come out of Italy yeah. i wish it would get a reprint sometime soon. |
combustion07
03.14.23 | Man I love the fact that Cemetery Man has been getting brought up here recently! Definitely a favorite of mine and I really can't think of another film that had a vibe quite like that one |
markjamie
03.15.23 | Banshees was robbed... |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.15.23 | Just saw Scream 6 and it’s probably my favorite of the sequels behind 4. They can pump these movies out forever as long as they’re this good. |
Zac124
03.15.23 | I am surprised that Banshees didn't at least win best supporting actress. Kerry Condon is definitely the highlight of those noms at least. I'd be at least more ok with her losing if Stephanie Hsu won because at least had a role that had more of an impact on me than Jamie Lee Curtis (She was good but she wasn't a character that stuck to me as much a the rest of the main cast of EEAAO). |
Mort.
03.15.23 | EEAAO is a very 2022 film. incredibly trendy and current
Banshees feels like a good film that could have come out in literally any decade.
even tho i much prefer banshees im not surprised EEAAO cleaned house. its too much of a phenomenon in a way banshees isnt
thats my armchair bullshit take |
Zac124
03.16.23 | Yeah, EEAAO definitely deserved it's oscars but I just think Supporting Actress was one of more questionable ones, even though I prefer it to Banshees. |
Zac124
03.18.23 | Dark Glasses (2022) - An entertaining yet still a very clunky film. The main characters are extremely likeable making the last 30 minutes an intense ride just as a slasher should be. Pacing could have been a lot better though. 3.5/5
Brazil (1985) - I did not expect that ending. I keep forgetting how dark Terry Gilliam films are but this was still an oddly funny satire, but yeah that ending. 4.5/5 |
Clumseee
03.21.23 | Also saw Scream 6, and I thought it was probably the funniest yet with some of the best set pieces in the series and some good heart to boot. 5 was a big letdown for me so I was thrilled with this one.
1 > 2 > 4 > 6 > 3 > 5 |
Christbait
03.21.23 | Banshees of Inisherin.
I really enjoyed it. Colin Farrell is so good in it. Brendan Gleeson was great too but good god if his character wasn't the actual annoying one. Neurotic as all hell.
Mulholland Drive
Nice cerebral film that didn't quite live up to expectations. I had never watched it and received the Criterion copy of it for Christmas. Has some tense moments and the relatively nonlinear storyline is good, but it felt overly long and seemed rather light on the weirdness factor. |
Donchivo
03.22.23 | I just watched Texas chainsaw massacre & the empire strikes back, two masterpieces and trailblazers for their respective genres. Also two movies that take time to build up an atmosphere and to tell a story, very unlike recent star wars and most newer slasher flicks. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.23 | Watched Evil Dead 2013 last week and Evil Dead Rise today.
Overall, I think as far a pure horror goes, 2013 is one of the best of all time, and once it gets going it doesn’t fucking stop.
Everything else about Rise is better. I found the characters to be more sympathetic, the dynamic between the two sisters is far more interesting considering they don’t completely spell out every little grievance that they have. And man, those kids could fucking act.
Though I don’t really see how this movie is much gorier than 2013. Aside from one particular scene in Rise, I found 2013 overall to be much gorier.
The deadite(s) I felt also had better lines and were overall more menacing.
All in all Evil Dead 2013: 4/5
Rise: 4.5/5
Hopefully we get some sequels sooner rather than later. I’m totally down for similar scenarios just with totally different settings. This movie felt alot more claustrophobic |
DType
04.19.23 | Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway, very confusing but intriguing films, there's always a feel of threat and mystery on Lynch direction and i really like it |
Sharenge
04.19.23 | I need to do some Lynch revisiting soon |
DType
04.19.23 | "hot fuzz sucks ass"
"possibly worst take of the month"
Worst take of the century prob |
Ryus
04.19.23 | star wars episode 4 – 2.5/5 it was ok i have no interest in watching anything else star wars related though
the elephant man – 4/5, one of the few lynch films i havent seen and it was excellent, emotionally affecting with a tinge of the surrealism we all love |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.23 | Ryus that isn’t the only Star Wars you’ve seen right?
Most people would say at least watch the originals. Empire is basically perfect to me, and RotJ is better than a New Hope imo.
Rogue One is also totally worth watching. And I’ve heard very good things about Andor. |
Ryus
04.19.23 | "Ryus that isn’t the only Star Wars you’ve seen right?"
it is, ive seen it once before a long time ago but didnt really remember it. tbh i just think the franchise isnt for me. |
Slex
04.19.23 | Shows count right
I've been watching Swarm and Barry |
Mort.
04.19.23 | watched Army of Darkness (1992) absolute ridiculous trash that is like a 6/10 for being ridiculous on purpose |
DType
04.19.23 | I also watched Event Horizon very recently, i was surprised at the end how good it actually turned out to be since it was panned upon release by critics |
Slex
04.19.23 | Wow bold take mort |
Mort.
04.19.23 | event horizon is a weird one. i love that film but it could be so much better. the general atmosphere and concept is great, execution is maybe a bit flawed
and im assuming youre being sarcastic slex, please let me know how im supposed to feel about that film thanks |
IsisScript80
04.19.23 | "event horizon is a weird one. i love that film but it could be so much better. the general atmosphere and concept is great, execution is maybe a bit flawed"
I don't love it, but agree with the general take.
'Army of Darkness' was an intentional, somewhat more general wider audience-focused comedy. I lol'd hard at it when I saw it as a kid, but it pales to what went before it. |
DType
04.19.23 | "event horizon is a weird one. i love that film but it could be so much better. the general atmosphere and concept is great, execution is maybe a bit flawed"
Yeh, i feel pretty much the same way about it
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Wildcardbitchesss
04.19.23 | Those first two episodes of Barry tore me up. Only 6 more to go : / |
Egarran
04.19.23 | That teeth filing really activated my mirror neurons :( |
Faraudo
04.20.23 | Just watched The Batman (2022) for the fifth time and it's such a phenomenal movie. Also revisited Evil Dead (2013) to get ready for Rise, and it's one of the few remakes that is on level with the original. |
DType
04.20.23 | The Batman is the best Batman movie since The Dark Knight imo |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.20.23 | not saying much imo.
Idk these movies take themselves way too seriously. I like James Gunn’s Suicide Squad more than both tbh |
Mort.
04.20.23 | watched the original dawn of the dead (1978)
do not understand its acclaim. 6/10 |
Egarran
04.20.23 | Dude, it has an anti-capitalist subtext while being a consumerist fantasy. |
Mort.
04.20.23 | yeah i get that
i just dont think its particularly compelling or insightful or entertaining
|
Mort.
04.20.23 | by no means is it a bad film. its just not a brilliant film imo
will be watching his other films tho, interested in seeing night of the living dead |
Hyperion1001
04.20.23 | monkey shines (1988) - Romero is a master. it would be so easy to fuck up a concept like this and he does it in a way that is not only sincere but unsettling as hell.
horror express (1972) - whoever wrote this script was absolutely zoinked out of their minds. glowing eyes are always fucking cool though. |
Egarran
04.20.23 | Not sure there are there any brilliant zombie films. |
Ryus
04.20.23 | night of the living dead |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.20.23 | 28 Days Later (infected, zombie, whatever)
Dawn of the Dead 04
Planet Terror
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Hyperion1001
04.20.23 | day of the dead and 28 days later are the best ones. |
DType
04.20.23 | I have to revisit 28 Days Later anytime soon, i was really scared of that film as a kid back then |
Egarran
04.20.23 | Yeah Planet Terror is up there |
unclereich
04.20.23 | I ended up taking the nap of a lifetime during inland empire |
Rowan5215
04.21.23 | night of the living dead is the greatest film ever made. yikes tho the dawn slander in here, mort did you accidentally watch the argento cut |
Anthracks
04.22.23 | recently saw two really terrible movies (lucy and evil dead rise)
and two pretty good movies (suzume and kill, baby... kill) |
Mort.
04.22.23 | 'night of the living dead is the greatest film ever made. yikes tho the dawn slander in here, mort did you accidentally watch the argento cut'
it was the extended cut |
Rowan5215
04.22.23 | fair, while there's some good stuff about the extended it's also basically an unfinished workprint they made for Cannes, a lot of the stuff it includes is not super necessary
I'd watch the theatrical cut if you can, that's Romero's definitive version of it and easily the best one |
Egarran
04.22.23 | Basically it's not allowed to dislike Dawn of the Dead. |
Anthracks
04.22.23 | in my experiences a different cut can make me appreciate a film more, but has never made me enjoy a film i didn't like |
denboy
04.22.23 | I remember watching donnie darko, the directors cut, and really dislking it
then finding out that 90% of the stuff I hated was added in the directors cut |
denboy
04.22.23 | no idea if I would have liked it if I hadn't watched the directors cut though |
Mort.
04.22.23 | donnie darko is one of those films that doesnt need an explanation and is made much worse by attempting to decipher it/providing answers |
widowslaugh123
04.22.23 | Donnie darko just sucks
Never got the hype for it |
IsisScript80
04.22.23 | Never seen the director's cut of 'Donnie Darko', but if adding "explanations" to the events was part of it, it would be one if those rare events of meddlers being right, and the creative vision behind it being derpily off-base. |
Mort.
04.22.23 | 'Kelly made various alterations to create the director's cut. Many of the deleted scenes that had previously been included as bonus features on the film's DVD were added, which increased the runtime by twenty minutes. Kelly also superimposed text from the in-universe book The Philosophy of Time Travel, providing an explanation for some of the more ambiguous elements of the film's plot. '
'Critical reception to Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut was initially positive: review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a rating of 91% based on 43 reviews, while Metacritic awarded a score of 88 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim". Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, describing it as "alive, original and exciting". Retrospective reviews have been more negative, with reviewers criticizing the new soundtrack and the plot's lack of ambiguity.' |
IsisScript80
04.22.23 | ^ Cool info. I do recall the DVD extras, and dismissed them as being a vaguely amusing diversion... absolutely irrelevant to enjoying the movie. The fact that the director took that seriously enough to want that back in the main narrative is kinda ridiculous... the complete opposite of something like a David Lynch approach that embraces ambiguity and dreamlike surrealism as a strength, opposed to nonsense explanation that mean nothing to anyone. |
Slex
04.22.23 | @Mort Army of Darkness is widely considered one of the best sequels ever made, ya can feel how ya want lol, just saying giving it a 6/10 is out of the norm |
henryChinaski
04.22.23 | damn, need to watch some movies again. I've gotten so used to watching shows.. |
Mort.
04.22.23 | '@Mort Army of Darkness is widely considered one of the best sequels ever made, ya can feel how ya want lol, just saying giving it a 6/10 is out of the norm'
it has a 7.4 on imdb, a 59% on metacritic and roger ebert gave it a 2/4
i fail to see how its widely considered one of the best sequels ever made or how my rating of 6/10 is somehow out of the norm. its an incredibly middling film |
Hyperion1001
04.22.23 | the original evil dead is raimi’s best film and they get progressively worse from there.
i recently rewatched army of darkness and also found it quite annoying.
drag me to hell is great though. |
denboy
04.22.23 | One of the added scenes in Donnie Darko directors cut, was a restaurant scene with the parents talking about something that had nothing to do with anything, and then suddenly some cgi effect shows up
That scene made me mad while watching it because it was so dumb and irrelevant
And yeah the added text from the book was ridiculous
I should probably watch the original cut some day just to see if I actually enjoy it |
Slex
04.22.23 | I stand corrected then tbh, I always thought it was a beloved movie lol oops
Good take Hyperion, Drag Me To Hell is one of my faves of his |
Rowan5215
04.22.23 | wild mort takes all week in here, Army of Darkness whips. Evil Dead 2 is obviously Raimi's best tho and it's not close |
Thalassic
04.22.23 | OG Evil Dead >>>>>>>>> Evil Dead 2
Don't get me wrong, I like Evil Dead 2 a lot (even if just for how insanely imaginative it is) but the original is just such a magic combination of weirdly comedic, creepy, dusty, splatterific and campy |
Slex
04.22.23 | Whichever one that has the scene where lady gets stabbed in the ankle with a pencil is his best, that movie traumatized me when I was like 6 lol |
Egarran
04.22.23 | Btw I recommend Bruce Campbell's autobiography - If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.22.23 | Would it be blasphemous to say that I think I might like Evil Dead Rise the most?
That shit rocked |
Anthracks
04.22.23 | ooof rise was one of the worst movies i've seen in a while
saw beau is afraid today which was great & reminded me of some great postmodern authors. not everything worked for me but it was great to see a movie of this nature in a theater |
Purpl3Spartan
04.22.23 | Just watched Whiplash, pretty good movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.23 | do you like the evil dead movies anthracks or is this your first?
And I’m stoked for Beau is Afraid. Seeing it on Tuesday. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.23 | And whiplash fucking rules. One the most intense movies I’ve ever seen and literally no one is in any kind of danger. Really hard to pull that kind of tension off. |
Anthracks
04.23.23 | I’ve seen every evil dead movie and have liked all of them until this one, even the reboot |
loveisamixtape
05.10.23 | three colors: blue (1993) — soooooo good man. 9/10. maybe a 10 who knows. i was so in the mood for it
stand by me (1986) — arguably peak oregon-core and a classic technically. 7.8/10 |
IsisScript80
05.10.23 | 'Guardians of the Galaxy 3' at the cinema, and 'Men' at home.
Guardians 3 was overlong and uneven (almost to be expected at this point), but very effective in what it does well--which is most things. Goes hard too, and I don't believe gratuitously. Probably be the last MCU film I can foresee being considered "good" for quite some time, I think.
'Men' was only semi-successful. I can't quite pin down why this is the case, but something about it just didn't quite seem to hit home about it. Felt like a thematic overreach, but still kinda enjoyed it. Dug its general atmosphere. I hadn't seen any Alex Garland films since 'Ex Machina' and this was heavily disappointing in that regard--not a patch on it. |
rabidfish
05.10.23 | Nope: Fun movie about hunting an alien. Very much like Shark with a running theme of showbiz vs nature. Didn't like the sis of the MC, she had a good chemistry with the protagonist, but her interactions with the rest of the "crew" felt a bit off to me. Good music throughout. 6.5/10.
Vortex (by Gaspar Noé): Just sad. TOO real. Depression. Misanthropy/10. |
unclereich
05.10.23 | The seventh seal(1957)- 5/5. Im finding a lot films from this era aren’t worthy of the outlandish praise heaped onto them but this one certainly is. Every single scene, if paused at the right time, could be a work of art.
The Jesus revolution(2022)-2/5. Didn’t have super high hopes for this but the 7.2 on imdb piqued my interest. Most of the performances are very good and I’d even say the first half of the film is pretty great. It doesn’t suffer from being preachy like one would expect, it’s just boring and lacks any real direction towards the end. It’s supposed to be a compelling time in history I guess, though the film made it seem it was anything but. Perhaps a documentary would have been better suited to tell this story. |
loveisamixtape
05.11.23 | the seventh seal rocks hell yea
so does Nope |
unclereich
05.11.23 | Nice to see you commenting today buddy hope all is well |
DType
05.11.23 | I watched Les Diaboliques (1955) last weekend, it drags a lil bit but the end is a good pay off, solid film |
Parallels
05.12.23 | deepwater horizon
thank you for smoking
both were excellent |
Parallels
05.12.23 | @unclereich i saw Jesus Revolution too and was hoping they would delve into more of the drama in that latter half. It felt rather floaty in tone towards the end. I felt it could have benefited a lot from exploring the increasing disagreements between Chuck and Lonnie and where they differed regarding theatrics and callings, as well as showing Lonnie's fallout with the Church regarding his sexual life, and his take on it. |
JeetJeet
05.13.23 | John Wick 4 - 10/10 perfect action flick
Scream 6 - 4/10 dogshit ass movie and a huge step down from the previous one which was actually fun. |
Anthracks
05.14.23 | little mermaid which was good
guardians of the galaxy 3 which was shockingly good
"Im finding a lot films from this era aren’t worthy of the outlandish praise heaped onto them"
most films need to be viewed and understood within the context of their release. many things that seem trivial or commonplace to us now, especially for cinephiles, were much more groundbreaking and jarring 70 years ago or depending on the societal pressures of the time |
unclereich
05.14.23 | yea I mean that goes without saying. Context is the ultimate gatekeeper in the vein of critiquing older films - especially old classics. I just find it really special when a classic stands the test of time and doesn’t require ~context~. That’s all. |
denboy
05.16.23 | Beau is afraid
so close to a classic, but he completely flops the landing
he spends two and a half hours "showing" and then for some unknown reason 30 minutes "telling"
There's literally half an hour of exposition that could have been cut and it wouldn't have changed the movie. |
denboy
05.16.23 | seriously
just have him go from the Elaine scene to the boat scene and leave everything implied and it's a masterpiece
still, 7/10, just for the theater scene alone
also, i went in blind, knew nothing about the movie other than Joaquin Phoenix was in it, what a trip |
Thibs
05.17.23 | Barbarian, quite fun horror ride. keeps you interested, decent performances
Banshees, mostly deserving of the praise received. great acting and scenery. good story |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.17.23 | Got They Live in 4K so I watched that again. Really might be my favorite John Carpenter flick |
Donchivo
05.18.23 | I had a long flight and enjoyed the hell out of re-watching back to the future and groundhog day. Teenage me loved hem and they did stand the test of time! |
deathofasalesman
05.18.23 | guardians of the galaxy 3 was pretty awesome. i would safely call it the best marvel movie since spiderman 2. i pretty much dislike all new marvel/dc stuff and didn't really care that much about guardians 2 but this latest one is james gunn's opus imo
later the same night i watched UPGRADE for the first time and that was a total blast. i love how it's a simple story with simple characters, but the thematic elements, world-building, and the dynamic cinematography take it a step further. i wouldn't necessarily call it an "important" film, perhaps "timely" is a safer term, but the ideas in this movie had me thinking a lot about the social implications of AI |
budgie
05.18.23 | if u give Nope higher than a 2/10 u forfeit ur right to critique film |
unclereich
05.18.23 | but exuma |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.18.23 | Haven’t seen it budgie, do you like Get Out or Us? |
budgie
05.18.23 | get out was solid |
budgie
05.18.23 | us had one of the most egregiously awkward exposition dumps ever idk why this guy is called a film genius |
Pheromone
05.18.23 | get out was good i kind of hated us
watched Do The Right Thing FINALLY a few days ago - i really enjoyed it when i watched but didn't really really enjoy it you feel
it's stuck with me a lot since then however |
IsisScript80
05.18.23 | ^ 'Do the Right Thing' is an incredible film.
"us had one of the most egregiously awkward exposition dumps ever idk why this guy is called a film genius"
'Us' is awkward, yeah... I still enjoyed it for just how off-the-wall it is. I like the auteur aspect of it; it had an imagination that I felt was lacking in his latest film, and maybe a sign of diminishing returns on his shtick. |
robertsona
05.18.23 | One Week (1920) and College (1927), both buster keaton movies |
Zac124
05.18.23 | The Italian Job (1969) - Awesome car chase at the end, other than that it was boring and laughs were very few and far between. 2.5/5
Silence (2016) - God tier acting. God tier direction. God tier cinematography. The religious themes are built upon amazingly leading to a genuinely chilling third act with one of the my favourite final shots. 4.5/5 |
MoM
05.18.23 | “ idk why this guy is called a film genius”
My reaction with all the hella praised directors in horror of the last decade. Hella mediocre all around |
IsisScript80
05.18.23 | ^ I don't think Jordan Peele is a genius, nor do I think he's mediocre. He exists in a general "good/talented" sphere, without any real hyperbolic extremes. |
Deathconscious
05.18.23 | Antichrist from 2009. There were some cool ideas in it, but it ended up feeling like hornyposting under the guise of an arthouse film, it was kinda dumb. |
Rowhaus
05.18.23 | "John Wick 4 - 10/10 perfect action flick"
Yeah Wick 4 was insane although I was bittersweet on the ending. I hope they do one more movie. |
naughtcturnal
05.19.23 | Watched Pearl. It was really good and Mia Goths performance is batshit crazy and left me on my ass on several occasions throughout.
Also watched Deadstream which was a pretty good horror/black comedy found footage film. Gave me a few good chuckles |
budgie
05.19.23 | if i could kill anyone in history i would probably pick mia goth
JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMES
|
unclereich
05.19.23 | mia goth is a babe fr |
Pheromone
05.19.23 | mia goth interviews make me wanna scrape my ears off |
Ryus
05.19.23 | paris texas - 5/5 beautiful film probably in my top 10
buffalo 66 - gloriously insufferable 4/5 |
Cuban Pete
05.19.23 | A Zed & Two Noughts and Guardians of the Galaxy 3 |
budgie
05.19.23 | "mia goth is a babe fr"
dude shes everything awful about the human species in one package
blonde
british
scratchy voice
no eyebrow |
naughtcturnal
05.19.23 | idk I only knew her from Nymphomaniac and Suspiria remake but her performance in Pearl is really intense…
Haven’t really watched any of her interviews or anything |
unclereich
05.19.23 | budgie describing Florence Pugh perfectly |
Koris
05.19.23 | Reservoir Dogs and The Super Mario Bros Movie. What a contrast! |
budgie
05.20.23 | @uncle i had anna taylor lovej in the chamber too. hate her most of all |
rabidfish
05.20.23 | yo what's so bad with nope? i thought it was a fun little movie. |
PotsyTater
05.20.23 | Mia Goth and Anna Taylor “Lovej” are both incredible actresses and extremely beautiful and cool people agreed Samara Weaving is the worst actress of all time also agreed |
unclereich
05.20.23 | Mia and Anya* are queens and incredible in everything they’ve been in. Total babes |
budgie
05.20.23 | shes a mantid wearing human skin just you wait |
Storm In A Teacup
05.20.23 | I saw Guardians of the Galaxy 3, three nights in a row. It is maybe my favorite marvel movie that presents real life abrupt tragedies combined with people getting their unexpected happy ending that fits them. |
IsisScript80
05.23.23 | ^ Yeah, I can't foresee there being anything like it again coming from the Disney conveyor belt. Quite an achievement, really... all three films. |
BaselineOOO
05.24.23 | Dungeons and Dragons - quite alright actually
Super Mario Bros - complete trash |
Egarran
05.24.23 | Daring today, aren't we? |
robertsona
05.24.23 | Gotta watch a movie soon. Find my wife go to pf changs |
porcupinetheater
05.24.23 | Tried Shiva Baby last night couldn't make it halfway
So tired of these modern movies that don't have a single visual idea in their head and just throw together some grad school script with shot reverse shot, a bunch of filler words for "authenticity" and a soundtrack just discordant enough to scan artistic without putting anyone off by making an actual artistic choice. 2020s are the death of cinema stg |
deathofasalesman
05.24.23 | watched Cure (1997) for the third time and i think it's my favorite film ever |
protokute
05.24.23 | the same thing happened with me when watching Shiva Baby |
Egarran
05.24.23 | the same thing happened with me when watching Cannonball Run |
robertsona
05.24.23 | Cure is cool. I wrote something I liked about Kurosawa and his classic framing of a character, back to the camera, withholding some supernatural or freaky event, when I was 18, but it seems to be lost now. I have a bit of trouble with his movies but he's very distinctive and...freaky |
unclereich
05.25.23 | Punch Drunk Love(2002) PTA's second best film: 4/5
Light Sleeper(1992) Insanely underrated, enjoyed it as much as Taxi Driver: 4.5/5 |
BaselineOOO
05.25.23 | Cure is a legendary Japanese movie which I love! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there are only 3 other great movies that have a similar atmosphere - Ringu 1998, Dark Water 2002, and Audition 1999. |
robertsona
05.25.23 | Well, other K. Kurosawa movies certainly have a similar vibe |
BaselineOOO
05.25.23 | Yeah, I guess, I just don't like them very much. Pulse is kind of alright from Kurosawa, but it's nowhere near as good as Cure. I have yet to watch Retribution though!
If any of you like dark psychological Japanese movies of this era, I highly recommend Shinya Tsukamoto's Vital (2004). Also, Gakuryu Ishii's Angel Dust (1994) - I think this is the one that spawned most twisted movies of the late 90s in Japan. Both of these two are very eerie and well-made. |
budgie
05.25.23 | ofc baseline is a weeb |
Pheromone
05.25.23 | watched the graduate recently lmao that film is wild and yikes but sticks with you n pacino is gd n i fancy everyone in it |
Egarran
05.25.23 | The soundtrack is pretty good too. |
Sharenge
05.26.23 | Avatar 2 (2022) - watched with my dad cus he really likes the first one and wanted to see it... was meh as I expected but I guess it was nice to look at
Lonely Are the Brave (1962) - meant to check this out some time ago and put it off for a long time... threw it on last night browsing through my download collection looking for something random to put on... not exactly what I was expecting (as a 'western', don't think I realized how 'modern' the setting was) but thoroughly enjoyed it... might be my first Kirk Douglas film - trying to think what else I would've seen with him |
Sharenge
05.26.23 | on the horizon are perhaps Dancer in the Dark, Gummo... also considering a rewatch of East of Eden and maybe the other two James Dean films but I remember liking East of Eden the best and Giant the least... but after 5 or 10 years go by chances aren't bad that I could have a different ranking if I rewatch them
some Lynch rewatches could be in order as well... then again, never did Twin Peaks so that's an option... |
deathofasalesman
05.26.23 | you guys are asking about similar movies to Cure I would say firstly Memories of Murder (south korean tho). it's also a perfect film currently my #1 with Cure at a tight tight second |
DominionMM1
05.26.23 | “watched the graduate recently lmao that film is wild and yikes but sticks with you n pacino is gd n i fancy everyone in it“
uh either you’re confusing pacino with dustin hoffman or I’m just really confused |
Parallels
05.26.23 | >Gummo
now there is an art film |
Pheromone
05.26.23 | HAHA yeah sorry in the midst of a pacino vs de niro who is the most sexy debate whilst i was writing that |
MoM
05.26.23 | “Cure… Ringu 1998, Dark Water 2002, and Audition 1999… Pulse”
These are all great, ay! Pulse has some excellent moments, but the movie as a whole doesn’t live up to those particular moments for me, unfortunately, though i still like it. Totally gonna look into Vital and Angel Dust |
naughtcturnal
05.27.23 | that moment in dark water where the girl revisits the old apartment later on had me in tears |
rabidfish
05.29.23 | watched Moonage Daydream. It's pretty good but there's a lot of stuff that repeats and feels meandering. could've been a tight 90 min. movie instead of a decent 140 min. one.
7/10 |
Hyperion1001
05.29.23 | infernal affairs (2002) - better than the departed. tony leung is one the greatest living actors, and Andy lau plays the perfect foil. Hong Kong films are just plain better than anything hollywood has ever produced. 4.5/5 near perfect film. |
Sharenge
05.29.23 | still meaning to check that - was a fan of The Departed when I saw it as a kid... believe it's kind of grown off me a bit but yeah been meaning to check the original since then but never gotten around to it... just crossed my mind not long ago actually that I've still yet to get around to that... |
Hyperion1001
05.29.23 | it’s streaming in the criterion app, you can get a 7 day trial and watch the whole trilogy. |
BaselineOOO
05.29.23 | "Hong Kong films are just plain better than anything hollywood has ever produced."
Hong Kong cinema is entertaining but lolno. Only Japanese cinema in its obscurest, most artistic corners can compare to Hollywood, but even then it's still not quite close, objectively. You probably just got bored of American movies because you grew up with them and take them for granted?
I recommend the following movie to reignite your love with Hollywood : Last Action Hero (1993) |
Hyperion1001
05.29.23 | nah I have a minor in film studies with my bachelors and I just got tired of Hollywood insurance industry filmmaking that takes no risks and does nothing but pander to lowest common denominator laymen who mistake critical thoughts for headaches.
there are great American films obviously, but I find the sensibilities of foreign films to just resonate with me much more than American consumerism.
i do agree that Japanese film is also amazing. im currently watching all the takeshi kitano films and I have yet to see one that isn’t exceptional. |
MoM
05.29.23 | Always looking for some good film recs if you happen to have any, Hyp. Would definitely be interested in some Chinese film, having almost no experience with the bulk of it |
Hyperion1001
05.29.23 | im at the gym rn but I’ll throw together a list of some of my favorites when I get back to the house. any specific genre you gravitate towards or do you just want good stuff? |
budgie
05.29.23 | “Cure… Ringu 1998, Dark Water 2002, and … Pulse”
those were o-k but the americans remakes were great |
90m80s
05.29.23 | Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu is worth seeing |
MoM
05.29.23 | I’ve got a leaning toward horror and drama, but any goods regardless of genre are much appreciated. 🙏 Thank you! |
BaselineOOO
05.29.23 | "There are great American films obviously, but I find the sensibilities of foreign films to just resonate with me much more than American consumerism."
I usually like your arguments but not this one. American cinema is so much more than consumerism and braindead entertainment. Here's a couple of my favorite American movies, all from amazing directors:
3 Women (1977)
Safe (1995)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
The Bed You Sleep In (1993)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
The Master (2012)
And then there's James Benning and Frederick Wiseman who are the very best direct cinema and structural film directors in the world. |
BAT
05.29.23 | When it comes to like 1935-1970 I do generally prefer 'foreign' cinema over the Hollywood stuff. My main gripe is how limiting the Hollywood production code was, films could hint at certain subjects but couldn't cross a line into actual depiction. A couple did, and they usually got ignored until rediscovery around the tape Era.
As for modern movies : most of the stuff that's stuck with me over the past decade were foreign and the only American stuff I got around to seeing were comic book movies, which do fall under the popcorn entertainment banner. Reason I think A24 has gotten so much acclaim is they don't adhere to the usual studio/mass consumption formula. Yet they'll be considered indie flicks regardless of how many Oscar's they pick up.
I also think the joker vs parasite best picture debate is relevant to the topic. Imo parasite did a good job with how class structure/poverty would lead to eventual chaos. Joker it comes across more he's doomed and destined for chaos, it's a bit more on the nose with its thematics.
And last two I watched were donnie brasco and I stand alone |
Egarran
05.29.23 | I believe in going into movies blind so apart from 'yay sci-fi!' I didn't know anything about The Tomorrow War when I started it. I made it halfway through. Ho.ly.fuck it's bad. |
budgie
05.29.23 | the tomorrow war was hilarious garbage i forgot i saw it until now |
Egarran
05.29.23 | Reading reactions to it is fun though. And apparently it got even worse after I turned it off. |
Hyperion1001
05.29.23 | maybe a better way of saying what I mean is that I’m bored with American films because I’ve seen all of the good ones. i wont back down from my opinion that post-2010 Hollywood cinema is nearly 100% garbage but a majority of my favorite films are American.
my top 5 directors are:
John carpenter
David Cronenberg
Michael Mann
Takashi miike
Rainer Werner fassbinder
so the majority did most of their work in Hollywood.
I haven’t seen a truly “great” American produced film in more than a decade though so that’s why I’m probably sour. it might just be that im old and jaded now but who knows. |
robertsona
05.29.23 | top directors sure
two favorites:
edward yang
chantal akerman
next tier:
jean renoir
f.w. murnau
carl dreyer
jean eustache
jacques tati
hayao miyazaki
alfred hitchcock
the dardenne brothers
tsai ming-liang
seems about right |
unclereich
05.29.23 | Jean Reno> |
Egarran
05.29.23 | Kubrick tho |
Storm In A Teacup
05.29.23 | Got a free trial on paramount+ a d watched the first 4 episodes of Picard season 3. Might as well be two movies considering the budget and the high quality work all around. |
Zac124
05.29.23 | Park Chan-wook as well. |
Storm In A Teacup
05.29.23 | So far the season is like a 4.7/5 but I think it will become a 4.9/5 with time if not a 5 |
BAT
05.29.23 | john carp / scorssese / satoshi kon / kubrick / ralph bakshi and idk theres too many :
dario argento, robert rodriguez, paul thomas anderson, walter hill, kurosawa, fincher, aronofsky, lynch, tarantino, john woo, park chan-wook, miike, de palma, verohoven, james cameron, gary sherman, fulci, coen bros, abel ferrara, bergman, romero, wes craven, nicolas roeg, miyazaki, friedkin, haneke, kim jee-woon, cronenberg, etc. even directors like uwe boll i've got an appreciation for just to see how they strengthened their craft over time[the secret to uwe boll is watch with the commentary tracks] |
Sharenge
05.30.23 | damn I didn't realize the Gummo soundtrack was gonna rip fucking titties |
LastRites442
06.08.23 | rewatched 2022's The Batman & 2019's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on premium cable & realized how Chris Chan-esque Paul Dano's Riddler really is in terms of feeling like he's deep on the spectrum & how practically everyone in OUATIH totally knocks it out of the park with their role.
As for modern American cinema sucking, that's definitely the case for about 80-90% of what comes out but I think the aforementioned two movies I wrote about are both great & neither are even 5 years old yet, can't forget to also mention how Ari Aster & Robert Eggers are two modern American directors that are completely killing it right now. |
DType
06.08.23 | John Wick 2 and 3
I wasn't a big fan of the first movie, i thought it was ok, but Chapter 2 was so much better, i really enjoyed it, great plot, great action scenes that don't overstay their welcome, and an excellent soundtrack
Chapter 3 was dumbed down with out of place humor and most action scenes are way too long, i was numbed down near half the movie, and oh boy the ending, this one really goes off the rails with super hero John, it was poorly handled. On the bright side, i really like the first half of the film, specially the orphan part |
robertsona
06.08.23 | Somehow forgot Ozu and Ford |
90m80s
06.08.23 | Butterfly Kisses and Avatar 2 |
budgie
06.08.23 | butterfly kisses SO GOOD |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.09.23 | new spider man was suprisngly good. spider punk had me laughing my ass off at points. |
90m80s
06.09.23 | kinda wanna see it but might wait til i can stream |
BaselineOOO
06.09.23 | Relevant directors in my opinion:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Shunji Iwai
Robert Altman
Yoji Yamada
James Cameron
Mike Leigh
Billy Wilder
Gakuryu Ishii
Ingmar Bergman
Kanji Nakajima
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Eugene Green
Takeshi Kitano
Kaneto Shindo
Eric Rohmer
David Lynch
Frederick Wiseman
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Hayao Miyazaki
Andrei Tarkovsky
Kei Kumai
Carld Theodor Dreyer
James Benning
Andrzej Zulawski
Bela Tarr
Edward Yang
Roman Polanski
Probably missed a couple. |
BAT
06.10.23 | nice list gotta look deeper into some of those. i personally forgot to give werner herzog a shoutout but he's a legend.
movies past week or so : eastern promises, zootopia, mother!, moana, and pokemon mewtwo strikes back evolution |
Sharenge
06.10.23 | lol I should revisit some Pokemon some time... Eastern Promises is a good one!
Gummo followed by The Beach Bum were my last two... would rec both
downloading Master Gardener atm but probably gonna watch The Card Counter first since I haven't gotten around to that one yet.. would def recommend the first film in this loose "trilogy" First Reformed... liked that one a lot |
JeetJeet
06.14.23 | Avatar 2 - 7.5/10. Amazing visuals, overly long, but still was a good time.
Beau is Afraid - What the FUCK?!?/10. Masterpiece |
rabidfish
06.14.23 | watched dead man (1995) by Jarmusch. Fun movie. Very pretty overall, and there's a lot of stuff going on under the surface, quite open for an esoteric/spiritual reading. 7.5/10.
And no, not the dumb "he was in purgatory all along!" kinda bull. i fucking hate that shit. |
SomeCallMeTim
06.14.23 | beavis and but thead do america |
SixtyNineFourTwenty
06.14.23 | The sequel to The Town That Dreaded Sundown and Smile. The former was terrible, and the latter was decent. |
CugnoBrasso
06.19.23 | Has anybody seen 'An Elephant Sitting Still'? |
denboy
06.23.23 | Watched Asteroid City wednesday and had a thoroughly good time
Watched Cronenbergs Crash yesterday to celebrate the two year anniversary of me being hit by a car
What an absolute snooze-fest |
Egarran
06.23.23 | How did you get hit? |
Pheromone
06.23.23 | watched lost in translation that fucking sucked |
MoM
06.23.23 | ^ yeah, can’t say i was too big a fan of that one either. Definitely expected more from all the years of hype |
Sharenge
06.23.23 | it's so good tho |
denboy
06.23.23 | @egg
classic right turn accident, lost two teeth, cracked a cheekbone, had to eat liquid food for two weeks but otherwise fine. I rate it 7/10 |
markjamie
06.24.23 | Lost in Translation is one of the best films of its decade. Pure class. |
MoM
06.24.23 | Excited to see Asteroid City! Looks like it’ll be fun! |
Anthracks
06.25.23 | Past Lives 9/10
Asteroid City 8/10 |
Ryus
06.25.23 | love “lost in translation” great film |
Storm In A Teacup
06.25.23 | Watched Good Will Hunting for the first time. It was enjoyable to see Robin Williams. |
Anthracks
06.26.23 | asteroid city was my first wes anderson. is his style always so pynchonian? |
Storm In A Teacup
06.26.23 | I want to see that movie. |
MoM
06.26.23 | Anthracks, yes, his movies have a style to them like a trademark so they are all like that
I fucking love it |
bellovddd
06.26.23 | teenager mutant ninja turtles - the secret of the ooze. Just rewatched it. glorious in how cheesy it is. |
MillionDead
06.26.23 | Across the Spider-verse and fucking Transformers? Across the Spiderverse was pretty fun.
I started Deadwood and watched all of season 2 of The Bear, but that's TV. |
Ryus
06.26.23 | lesgoooo hows deadwood |
MillionDead
06.26.23 | Only 4 eps in but I'm very much digging the seedy scheming, strategizing, and politics around the town already. |
Anthracks
06.26.23 | the absurdist comedy and postmodern structuring, even the names of the characters and dialogue reminded me heavily of pynchon
deadwood is the best tv show ever made and might never be surpassed even in its permanently unfinished state. |
Ryus
06.26.23 | twin peaks and deadwood are very firmly my 1 and 2 for very different reasons |
Anthracks
06.26.23 | Twin peaks is my number 2. The return is prolly the single greatest tv season ever, but I can’t ignore season 2 even despite the bureaucracy behind it |
MyNameIsPencil
06.26.23 | Twin Peaks is high on my watch list, first I wanna finish Oz tho |
MillionDead
06.26.23 | I still haven't seen Twin Peaks apart from maybe a couple episodes with friends. My David Lynch experience is limited to pretty much just Blue Velvet. |
Ryus
06.26.23 | despite s2's flaws that show is very near and dear to my heart. and yeah the return is the best thing ever as ive said many times here lol
@milliondead wtf damn you seem like youd be a big david lynch guy |
Sharenge
06.26.23 | don't know if Deadwood can be said to be in a "permanently unfinished state" since the film that released a few years back... obviously would have been ideal and more satisfying if they'd continued it with another season in a more reasonable timeframe (so much time passed between the end of season 3 and when that film released that all the actors are noticeably aged) and yeah it still leaves a bit to be desired, but still
def one of my favorite series despite it's cancellation |
Anthracks
06.26.23 | The deadwood movie has almost no relation to what season 4 would have been. Milch has stated this. It’s essentially an official fan fiction / alternative ending. |
MillionDead
06.26.23 | @Ryus: Well, I loved Blue Velvet. I really enjoy surreal stuff like that. Like, I enjoy the few Cronenberg movies I've seen. I just keep forgetting to watch more Lynch. |
Ryus
06.26.23 | check eraserhead/mulholland dr/twin peaks you will not regret it! |
Sharenge
06.26.23 | no The Straight Story/Lost Highway/Inland Empire |
Ryus
06.26.23 | those are all good too |
Ryus
06.26.23 | https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1037980&listid=199467 |
Egarran
06.26.23 | Damn Den, I'm glad you didn't die or had to amputate. We need some anti-car movies. For the title I suggest Slow and Calm. |
PotsyTater
06.27.23 | Just watched French dispatch and curious what people here thought of it |
Ryus
06.27.23 | i liked the first segment a decent bit but it was pretty overstuffed and im kinda tired of his schtick. pretty sure the grand budapest hotel was the best he could do while pushing his trademark style to his limits |
PotsyTater
06.27.23 | ~exactly~ how I feel
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PotsyTater
06.27.23 | Amazing cast as usual which makes it extra painful that I’m feeling fatigued on him |
Scheumke
06.27.23 | - Dungeons and Dragons - Honor Among Thieves: 8/10. this was a very charming and fun movie that was laugh out loud funny at multiple points. They managed to capture the feel of a D&D campaign while still making it work as a movie.
- Jaws 8/10. Had never seen it, I know sue me. I had a great time with it and it holds up pretty well after all these years. I liked the fact that you hardly see any shark at all until the last couple of minutes. It maybe could've been 15 minutes shorter but that might just be me having less patience for the flow of a 48 year old movie. |
MoM
06.27.23 | @Potsy,
I like The French Dispatch! Wasn’t my favorite Wes Anderson, but i really enjoyed it. I don’t particular thoughts on that one, but i enjoyed it |
CugnoBrasso
06.27.23 | Just finished watching 'Tear along the dotted line' and I really enjoyed it.
Avatar 2 was crap just like the first one. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.28.23 | got around to watching Infinity Pool, the first hour flew by but at a certain point the movie just got very predictable. Mia Goth also just completely carried every scene she was in. Still enjoyed it but it was nearly as good as Possessor imo |
PotsyTater
06.28.23 | I just spent a lot of French dispatch being like “oh yeah this is definitely another Wes Anderson movie” interspersed with moments of “oh yeah this scene is why we’d Anderson is a genius”
It was good but hmm idk just think he’s at a point he needs to pull out some surprises |
IsisScript80
06.28.23 | "...but it was pretty overstuffed and im kinda tired of his schtick."
Yeah, pretty much. 'The French Dispatch' is on the kinda sharp end of auteur cinema--great that it can be made... just no-one about that can reel him in.
It was the kind of film he wanted to make, audience be damned. Very good technically (a given... now A.I. memed to shit), and actually a very well written script, but even with all that, I had fuck-all investment in ANYTHING that was happening on-screen, and IIRC, it was only 90 minutes, but felt a lot longer. Didn't dig.
Like a fair amount of his other stuff though. His animated films are very good-to-great too. His style transfers amazingly well to that medium.
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Rowhaus
06.28.23 | Holy shit imagine seeing Jaws for the first time again. I'm envious of you Scheumke lol |
protokute
06.28.23 | The only Wes Anderson film I really dig is The Grand Budapest Hotel, the others... I don't know, it's like there's everything there that I would love in a film, but then it somehow turns out to be, just, off, and strangely uncomfortably off |
Ryus
06.28.23 | the royal tenenbaums will always be my favorite wes anderson, still unmistakably wes, but far less twee than his newer stuff. his most heartfelt too imo |
claygurnz
06.28.23 | Went to see Asteroid City yesterday and thought it was painfully dull and average. My favourite Wes Anderson is Royal Tenenbaums same as Ryus. To be honest I find his films a bit hit or miss, I've seen Grand Budapest twice and while I think it's pretty good I don't think it's anything amazing. |
CugnoBrasso
06.29.23 | I watched The Lighthouse yesterday and I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. Loved the scenes and the illumination, but overall not all that great. |
Egarran
06.29.23 | Something In The Dirt
Weird low budget meta/intertextual hyper-american corona-core about... conspiracy theories? Movie gets better the more reviews I read. |
Storm In A Teacup
06.29.23 | I want to watch Twin Peaks cuz I heard Robert Knepper was part of the main cast. |
MoM
06.29.23 | ^ he’s in 6 episodes of The Return/season 3 |
MoM
06.29.23 | And my favorite Wes Anderson could be Tenenbaums one day, Moonrise another, Mr. Fox, Aquatic, etc. all depending on the day and how i feel. I love his aesthetics and camera-work, writing, and the rest of his shtick, so his movies always get my interest. I have to watch Rushmore again, it’s been years, so that might be my least favorite at the moment, though could change |
denboy
06.29.23 | Rushmore definitely my least favorite. Only Wes I didn’t really enjoy
Still haven’t watched the French dispatch though |
Egarran
06.29.23 | But how do you feel about the name Knepper? |
denboy
06.29.23 | My brain is so Americanized at this point that it took me over a minute |
climactic
06.30.23 | Annihilation & Under the Skin. good double feature |
AnimalForce1
06.30.23 | The two Spider-Verse movies |
SomeCallMeTim
06.30.23 | the grandfather from little miss sunshine just passed away, maybe i'll watch that later this evening |
BaselineOOO
06.30.23 | Secret Défense (1998) - One of the best French movies ever. Some of the fastest 3 hours in cinema. I'm floored.
Smile (2022) - I wish contemporary horrors had better endings. Nowadays they're just predictable and very negative.
Fresh (2022) - How is this a horror? I'd fking volunteer to be Sebastian Stan's piece of disposable meat. LOL < 3
Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022) - Amazing ending, but hit n' miss Slavic humor.
The Murder Case of Hana & Alice (2015) - One of the best movies about teenage friendship. I was so touched! |
CugnoBrasso
06.30.23 | Finished watching 'An Elephant Sitting Still' a couple of hours ago. I liked it overall but I have mixed feelings. It kind of reminded me of the Werckmeister Harmonies by Béla Tarr: both movies feature a main character whose main goal is to see a giant animal, both are extremely slow and depressing, both deal with the meaninglessness of life, both have a sparse and beautiful soundtrack. Some scenes were truly beautiful, but man, FOUR HOURS. |
Zac124
06.30.23 | A History of Violence (2005) - Solid Cronenberg film with superb acting from the two main leads and the brother. Absolutely loved it when Cronenberg leaned towards his body horror side here (like the final act) but it had some plot points that either annoyed me or went no where that interesting. 3.5/5
Hunger (2023) - It is like a mixture between Whiplash and The Menu in terms of plot but without the sharp and energetic dialogue of Whiplash and the well executed social critique in The Menu due the films dialogue laying it on really bloody thick at some points. Still, the performances here are good and the story has some really interesting moments even though the ending felt a bit anti-climatic. It was overall fine but will probably never think about again. 3/5 |
BaselineOOO
07.01.23 | CugnoBrasso stop watching depressing movies you might get depressed! |
sneakers
07.01.23 | rewatched training day the other day, still holds up, denzel's character is TUFF |
sneakers
07.01.23 | Colton
07.06.21
[Report this Post] last time I watched a movie was christmas 2018, really gotta get back into them |
CugnoBrasso
07.01.23 | Baseline that's the idea |
BAT
07.01.23 | modern super mario bros - it's fine but same old formulaic cartoon-fantasy structure that's been repeated since shrek. the animation work is pretty great though and overall it's just nostalgia-tinted lighthearted fun. now i don't consider this a high-bar(nor would it be among my goto choices) but this will make most 'best video game adaptations' lists for the next decade or so.
fate/stay night heavens field i - i know nothing of this series buuut was pretty good overall. probably not a good start for newcomers cuz the rules of combat don't have much explanation, but just some fun anime shenanigans. has a 'dark fantasy' edge akin to something out of a shin megami tensei game[or even clive barkers weaveworld.] |
gryndstone
07.01.23 | Julie & Julia, probably the lowest stakes food movie I've seen in my life |
MoM
07.01.23 | I love that movie. I have two copies. |
Hyperion1001
07.01.23 | evil dead rises 1.5/5 - well made from a basic craft perspective but mostly bad everywhere else. standard amusement park horror, unlikable nothing characters, suspect effects, no narrative whatsoever. actually the more I think about it, the more I dislike it. very glad I didn’t waste money on this. |
Egarran
07.01.23 | Time = money.
*mic drop* |
naughtcturnal
07.03.23 | AVP Requiem: This movie fucking sucks. Total disgrace to both franchises. It’s basically a (really bad) 2000s nonsensical teen dramedy slasher bullshit with terrible cinematography, writing and acting, laughably ugly versions of the xenomorph and the predator murdering teens in an american pie- type film. 0.5/50
Super Mario Bros.: Very fun watch! Loved the colorful animation and seeing locations from the mushroom kingdom animated on the big screen was really cool. Got a couple of good chuckles out of me with Jack Blacks’ singing and that caged blue star thingy. Lots of the humor felt straight out of a minions movie and kinda flat for me. Overall 7/10 |
Invaderbryan
07.03.23 | Hacksaw Ridge and Click |
BAT
07.03.23 | i saw avp2 in theaters opening day... on christmas. movies so darkly lit you can't tell whats happening, and the acting is asylum-level.
i watched click when i was like 14 baked off my ass, thought it was depressing but in hindsight it's so over the top i'd probably find the melo-drama funnier than the jokes. |
naughtcturnal
07.04.23 | movie’s darkly lit cause they’re trying to hide how shit it is |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.04.23 | Seeing Astroid City tomorrow so I’ve been watching a couple of Wes Anderson films.
Completely just didn’t know that he made Rushmore. Always loved that movie. |
Anthracks
07.07.23 | stalker (1979), which i can't believe is so well-loved. not only is it insanely boring but the messaging is inane religious proselytizing. it actually felt like i was watching propaganda. it's also a really awful adaptation of a glorious book.
reality (2023) |
SomeCallMeTim
07.07.23 | hahaha Anthracks. I had a very similar sentiment on Stalker when I first watched it. If anything, I do think the love for it is much more on the cinematography than the incredibly drawn out story / message. As I was watching it I was like "god, when will this be over", but ever since my mind wanders back to scenes in that movie often, and I'm at a point where I feel like I need to rewatch it with a bit of patience. Robertsona I think spieled to me at one point on why it is such a good movie too.
My favorite part of the movie was at the very end when I heard the sample that Stars of the Lid used lol, I went nuts |
BaselineOOO
07.07.23 | Andrei Tarkovsky as a person is kind of an idiot that happens to be objectively a better director than whoever your favorite director is, Anthracks. Like most Orthodox Christians, the way he interprets religion is traditionalistic and boring. Christianity is an intergalactic religion and Russians have the stupid habit of bringing it down to Earth, at mud-level. Stalker might not be an amazing movie about religion, but it is one of the best buddy-genre movies. |
SomeCallMeTim
07.07.23 | what |
Ryus
07.07.23 | just get into a habit of ignoring him hes a weak troll
asteroid city - 3.5/5 definitely liked it more than the french dispatch
double indemnity - 5/5 forever and always
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BaselineOOO
07.07.23 | Ryus what's your favorite Billy Wilder movie? |
Ryus
07.07.23 | double indemnity for sure, probably one of my top 3 movies ever. sunset boulevard is probably second. i actually havent seen some like it hot before. |
BaselineOOO
07.07.23 | Cool! For me Sunset is 1st and Double Indemnity a close 2nd. I suggest you watch his late comedies too, One, Two, Three if you haven't already, it's hilarious. The Fortune Cookie is quite good as well. |
rabidfish
07.07.23 | Re watched Tenet recently. And yes the dialogs are kinda stupid, the woman character is kind of badly written and that last battle in dessert town makes no sense. But that shit is fun. I like the mc too. Actor got critized for being wooden but I dunno. I like his vibe. Dude had to be relentless killing machine energy at times and just a chill dude at others. Also that last scene with the "we both work for me" lol why anyone would take that shit 100% seriously. Action scenes and concept carry all the movie, they're so much fun. best Nolan since TDK |
Anthracks
07.07.23 | i tuned out when you brought up objectivity in art tbh |
Hyperion1001
07.07.23 | Nolan makes movies for people who would do anything to have an IQ above 90 |
SomeCallMeTim
07.07.23 | I've been so turned off by Christopher Nolan lately tbh, which is sad he used to be a favorite of mine. Memento is one of my favorites |
vult
07.07.23 | Caught Whiplash a few weeks ago finally, adored it.
Caught Spiderverse 2 a few weeks ago, adored it. |
IsisScript80
07.07.23 | "best Nolan since TDK"
Ooooh, nonononono...
Worst Nolan since Big Bang. |
rabidfish
07.07.23 | nah
yall take that shit waaaaay too seriously
it's a fun action movie lol it's good. |
rabidfish
07.07.23 | Interstellar tho, that shit fucking suuuuuuckksssss
fuck that movie, trash trash trash. |
Ryus
07.07.23 | memento is the only nolan i like |
rabidfish
07.07.23 | Once you stop hating on the idea of this uber-intelectual making "smart blockbusters" and just start seeing his movies just as cool looking with some interesting ideas you really start having a blast. Some of his stuff is just straight up ASS, tho. And the """fans""" (aka perpetual 15 year olds) take a lot away from the enjoyment.
I think dude's alright. he might be an evil wizard, but it's fine. |
izakaya
07.07.23 | finally watched A Serious Man after having it on my watchlist for ages. initially a bit let down after all the hype but fuck me one of those films I like more and more the more I let it settle afterwards |
henryChinaski
07.08.23 | a friend forced me to watch The Flash. It was really bad, Ezra Miller is a great actor tho.
Also, finally watched Dune. The 155 minute run time always put me off, but it's a pretty good movie, loved the atmosphere. Now I actually wanna see part 2. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.23 | Got a free week of showtime so we watched X and Pearl.
Mia Goth is just insane. I’ll watch her in anything at this point. |
bellovddd
07.12.23 | I was a big fan of X. Pearl was a pretty decent follow up. I am also a fan of Mia Goth but really disappointed with how Infinity Pool came out. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.23 | I was a little disappointed in Infinity Pool too, especially considering how much I loved Possessor. But I don’t think any of it is Mia’s fault. She put that movie on her shoulders. |
BaselineOOO
07.12.23 | Guardians of the Galaxy volume 3
Almost amazing. If the villain was better it could've been one of the best sci-fi movies ever. |
IsisScript80
07.12.23 | ^ The villain was great... one of the few genuinely "evil" presences in recent superhero films. |
mindleviticus
07.13.23 | The penguins of madagascar
KOWALSKI brief movie review. It was a decent movie, skipper. |
Ryus
07.13.23 | mulholland dr in theaters, 35mm
as wonderful as ever 5/5 |
SomeCallMeTim
07.13.23 | I've been meaning to watch Mulholland Drive for like a year at this point |
Ryus
07.14.23 | it is perfect
but also the 2nd best lynch film and 3rd best lynch project overall |
bellovddd
07.14.23 | mulholland drive is a fantastic movie. Lynch is my second all time fav director behind David Cronenberg!
Anyone who watch Infinity Pool, did you like it? I had a very bad reaction to it in every way. really disappointing. |
sneakers
07.14.23 | I watched the whale last night, was really good, really happy for brendan frazier |
bellovddd
07.14.23 | still haven't given that one a go yet. I was worried it would be a bit to over dramatic. |
sneakers
07.14.23 | it's dramatic yeah but its ARTTTT MANNNNNN |
bellovddd
07.14.23 | fAAAAAAAAARTTTTTT |
chemicalmarriage
07.14.23 | Fartistic |
BaselineOOO
07.14.23 | "it is perfect
but also the 2nd best lynch film and 3rd best lynch project overall"
I agree, The Straight Story is his magnum opus for sure. |
Ryus
07.14.23 | 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
lol ya the straight story is great tho |
nearly746
07.14.23 | West Side Story Remake (my favorite movie)
Scream VI (Just for Jenna Ortega).
Both good movies, although Scream 6s third act is atrocious. Also watched Evil Dead Rise recently and that was awesome and really well shot |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.19.23 | Mid-sion Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1
They did a certain character so dirty that it took me out of the entire film. Villain sucked, AI stuff was interesting but it felt like they didn’t do enough with it. Haley Atwell’s character is such an enormous dumbass too. Tom Cruise has to drag her out of a shit show she caused like five times before she realizes how inept she is.
Other than that, the action was fun. Liked all of the angled close ups they used, really felt like the first one in that way. Idk, hope part 2 can pull it all together because this felt like such a massive step down from Rogue Nation and Fallout |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.19.23 | Watched Live Free or Die Hard on Sunday too. Easily my third favorite in the series behind 1 and 3. Timothy Olyphant is great, Justin Long was a nice side kick, Bruce Willis just being Bruce Willis. Lot of good set pieces. Much better than I remembered. |
bellovddd
07.19.23 | I think Bruce's best acting (in the series) is in Live Free or Die Hard. Him and Justin Long actually play off really well with each other. Alan Rickman in 1 is still my fav movie villain dude was so damn good i wanted him to lol. |
Faraudo
07.19.23 | Just watched the latest Insidious film, and it is exactly what you would expect, its ok. |
bellovddd
07.19.23 | oh man the first insidious was good because it was basically a remake of Poltergeist. The second one was ridiculous when Lin shaye started karate fighting with ghosts. lol i jumped ship after that one lol |
unclereich
07.19.23 | finally got done with Paul Thomas Anderson's entire catalog and I gotta say there will be blood is really the only one worth rewatching. |
IsisScript80
07.19.23 | ^ His best I'm sure, but disagree... 'Magnolia' 'Punch-Drunk Love' and 'Boogie Nights' are great. |
Kompys2000
07.19.23 | Just saw RESERVOIR DOGS for the first time the other day! I was on my phone for a bunch of it but had a solid time, good use of flashbacks. Also young Michael Madsen can kinda get it 🥵 |
Ryus
07.19.23 | "finally got done with Paul Thomas Anderson's entire catalog and I gotta say there will be blood is really the only one worth rewatching."
phantom thread is def my fave by him, seen it like 10 times now. gorgeous film |
bellovddd
07.20.23 | boogie nights is such a good movie. |
unclereich
07.20.23 | he has other good movies but none I feel the need to return to. boogie nights was the big let down for me, didn't enjoy it. while punch drunk love was the surprise, probably top 3 PTA. licorice pizza wasn't great but didn't hate it like a lot of folks did. |
bellovddd
07.20.23 | damn boogies nights is my fav from him! |
unclereich
07.20.23 | to be fair I abhor Mark Wahlberg |
bellovddd
07.20.23 | i do now yes. but back then i didn't really know who he was. Burt Reynolds and Heather Graham (not just for obvious reasons) I really enjoyed in it. And i'm a big Tom Jane fan! |
unclereich
07.20.23 | Thomas Jane is great in the mist |
bellovddd
07.20.23 | also loved him in the punisher - although the movie wasn't great (except for the russian fight scene lol) he was awesome. |
DominionMM1
07.20.23 | i just want my kids back |
Invaderbryan
07.20.23 | I saw interstellar, very boring didn’t see the hype about it |
rabidfish
07.20.23 | there's a lot of people who secretly hate science fiction and praise the boring crap movies that come out so the genre keeps getting worse and dies out. |
Hyperion1001
07.20.23 | there’s great sci-fi Nolan just makes generally bad movies. |
rabidfish
07.20.23 | i like Nolan's movies for the most part, but god damn he does NOT get science fiction at ALL. |
SomeCallMeTim
07.20.23 | Just watched Bottlerocket for the first time, early Wes Anderson is so different from everything he's really known for |
widowslaugh123
07.20.23 | Platoon-better than I expected. Pretty great actually. Need to watch again sometime.
Blood simple-early coen brothers that was actually pretty sick. |
Ryus
07.20.23 | blood simple slapz |
widowslaugh123
07.20.23 | The southern murderer guy Visser was so unsettling for some reason |
SomeCallMeTim
07.26.23 | Just watched Bottle Rocket and Rushmore. Both are great, Bottle Rocket is so unlike anything Wes Anderson has done. Honestly having a hard time getting into his latest movies because they are just.. too much. Both Bottle Rocket and Rushmore were hilarious and Bottle Rocket was adorable |
MoM
07.26.23 | I don’t know why Nolan doesn’t put his ego aside and just get a writer! He has some neat ideas, but he sucks at writing! And i agree, he doesn’t get scifi at all. I feel like I’ve been waiting for someone to put it that way and didn’t know it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.26.23 | I thought he was fine through inception but after that he goes from great to mid and back again like every other movie.
Interstellar sucked, Dunkirk was fine, Tenet sucked, haven’t seen Oppenheimer yet. |
CugnoBrasso
07.26.23 | I watched "I don't feel at home in this world anymore" yesterday, and the antagonist was Jesus Lizards' David Yow! Also, loved the movie! |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.26.23 | been meaning to watch that forever but I don’t have Netflix.
I think I’ve only seen him in Green Room and Blue Ruin but Macon Blair is fantastic. |
Zac124
07.26.23 | Broker (2022) - It is impossible for Song Kang-ho in a bad film. The script is a little sloppy but it is weirdly wholesome and has amazing performances. 4/5.
The Lobster (2015) - Weird film. Not as weird as Dogtooth though. That would be impressive. But yeah, despite it being really dark, it is so fucking funny, especially the first half. My interest did kinda wane in the last half but the first half is insanely strong. 4/5. |
rabidfish
07.27.23 | watched "in the loop" (2009). Funny movie. Didn't watch the original show (in the thick of it) so i was kinda lost with some of the character's dynamics, but overall you can totally go in blind. Some of the humor can be a bit much as Capaldi goes on a very insipred homophobic, mysoginistic and misanthropic tirade against the world. I personally feel it's completely on character for a jaded and very seedy public server that just literally hates everybody.
7/10 |
SomeCallMeTim
07.27.23 | Barbie is the best movie ever |
Rawmeeth38
07.27.23 | Heat - fantastic.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish - even better. |
bellovddd
07.27.23 | just rewatched jaws. shits amazing still. |
unclereich
07.28.23 | interstellar is great |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.30.23 | Just got out of Talk to Me. Really solid flick. The main actress is incredible, not nearly as scary as some people are making it out to be but the last 15 mins or so are gonna stick with me for a long time. That ending is incredible. |
rabidfish
07.30.23 | watched "Confess, Fletch" with Jon Hamm and Agent Cooper.
It's terrible. Humorless piece of trash and the murder mystery aspect of it is probably the worst i've seen in my life.
2/10 |
bloc
08.01.23 | Omg yes I hated Confess, Fletch. It was so unfunny and stupid.
Last two movies I watched were Green Street Hooligans (8/10) and I See You (8/10). I See You is so underrated imo, really good thriller from the last few years and one of my favourites. |
unclereich
08.01.23 | damn wild you liked Talk to Me? definitely am interested now. |
MoM
08.01.23 | “ the last 15 mins or so are gonna stick with me for a long time. That ending is incredible.”
Okay, this has me super interested. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | big fan of I See You - forgot all about helen hunt |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | Yeah it’s very good. Definitely one of the better horror movies I’ve seen this year.
But hey I also really liked Halloween Ends so there’s that. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | damn you were the one to like halloween ends ey lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | lol it’s honestly probably my favorite behind the original. I do think Kills sucked tho. But 2018 and Ends are solid imo |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | the original is my all time favorite movie so i'm pretty harsh on the new ones. I didn't like what they did with them at all. I was happy to see Laurie back but didn't like the direction it went in.
Haunt from 2019 is a fun little slasher if you haven't seen it. |
MoM
08.01.23 | “I do think Kills sucked tho. But 2018 and Ends are solid imo”
I’m okay with this cause i feel the same way! Goddamn did Kills feel like crappy filler
I enjoyed Haunt too. Really dug the ending |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | ye Haunt was a really good surprise when I watched it. Was not expecting it to go where it went and ye the ending ws a nice button on it all. Very entertaining watch.
Halloween Kills is the worst halloween movie there is, was such a shitshow.
EVIL DIES TONIGHT lol |
unclereich
08.01.23 | kills is the more enjoyable watch for me while ends is probably the better film overall. I gave both sub 5 scores on imdb. im pretty obsessed with the original so I was very harsh towards the new trilogy |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | I hated every time they went back to the original movie and tried to add shit in. was so bad. |
MoM
08.01.23 | Could totally understand being harsh toward the newer ones, especially with the love for the original that a lot of us have (shit, i enjoy all the movies to some degree. Even Resurrection).
I will give it to Kills on the actual kills. There were some fun deaths for sure and i probably wouldn’t be so harsh on it overall if it weren’t for every scene in the hospital |
Ryus
08.01.23 | i saw in the mouth of madness. it was great. carpenter is the man |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | Carpenter is my all time fav director. In the mouth of madness is a great watch.
Resurrection lol - YOU DEEP FRIED MOTHER FUCKER lol. |
Ryus
08.01.23 | ive only seen that one, halloween, and the thing. halloween and the thing are two of my all time faves.
which should i see next? |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | Halloween and The Thing are his two best movies IMO. I would go Escape From New York and They Live as his next two best. I also loved Vampires with James Woods cause his such a badass in that movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | They Live |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum
also one of the greatest fight scenes EVER in They Live. |
unclereich
08.01.23 | "I hated every time they went back to the original movie and tried to add shit in. was so bad."
I loved the mask they used during the flashback. That's the only thing throughout the new trilogy they nailed: the mask. halloween 2 and 4 suck in large part because how shitty the masks look. it just immediately takes you out of the film, h20 as well. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | h20 they used a CGI mask for some of it and damn its bad. you would think the mask would be the easiest thing to get right lol |
SomeCallMeTim
08.01.23 | We watchin peewee tonight |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | peewees big adventure is good shit. RIP to the legend. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | ya the mask in Halloween Kills might actually be the best one out of them all. I remember how excited I was for that movie just based on how badass Michael looked fighting those firefighters |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | oh man the kung fu fight scene against the firefighters cracked me up hard lol. so random. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | i thought the mask in Zombies remake looked great. always looked really fucking angry |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | I actually love RZ’s Halloween 2. I think that movie is really under appreciated |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.01.23 | And Haunt is on Hulu, I think I’ll give it a shot tomorrow night |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | h2 was pretty good. I like the fact he changed it up a bit.
Nice ye give it a go, I really enjoyed it! |
unclereich
08.01.23 | "ya the mask in Halloween Kills might actually be the best one out of them all"
I tend to agree, though the H40 mask(2018 film) was actually met with a ton of criticism by fans. for those that dont know there is a rabid group of folks like myself that collect Michael Myers masks and obsess over their features and nuances.
"h20 they used a CGI mask for some of it and damn its bad. you would think the mask would be the easiest thing to get right lol"
each movie outside of the first two and last three have very stupid reasons as to why the masks changed. basically every director wanted their own unique flavor or take on the mask and it always seemed to fail miserably. as many know the original mask was simply a 1975 Captain Kirk mask. the on set mask for the first two films is the same mask but the person playing Michael is different and had a bigger head in the second film which is why the mask looks so absurd. not a fan of h2 at all. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | they originally wanted to go with just a clown mask which I'm pretty happy they didn't. clowns are creepy but the Kirk mask is something else.
Ye H2 he looks like a bobble head lol |
Faraudo
08.01.23 | Just saw Holy Spider (2022) and it was pretty grim, to say the least. |
Faraudo
08.01.23 | Seeing some Halloween Ends love over here, nice. |
bellovddd
08.01.23 | holy spider sounds intense as hell. |
BAT
08.02.23 | rewatched demons and saw felidae. never notice how much tarantino lifted from demons for from dusk til dawn. felidaes pretty good 90s 'animation for adults,' fairly fucked up but not as disturbing as its rep suggests.
i liked oppenheimer. was good but overhyped, i feel like they could've accomplished the same movie with about a twentieth of the budget. all nolans technical wizardy just made this 1940s period piece look like a comic book movie with no action scenes. still excellent performances and it's nice to see a big non-comic book movie, ultimately destined to become a 'school movie.' |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.02.23 | “Seeing some Halloween Ends love over here, nice.”
it really gets way too much hate. If you ignore the marketing and realize that Laurie V Michael is a very small part of the movie, idk how you can hate it.
It’s well made, all of the actors kill it, the soundtrack is fucking killer, and it really went for something different. I respect that.
But I get peoples frustration. It’s not at all the movie that was advertised |
unclereich
08.02.23 | it isn't a good film regardless, it being different than the others doesn't change that fact. I think it could have been better as the first installment, but I still have yet to see a compelling defense for it other than "it's different". |
bellovddd
08.03.23 | halloween ends takes a big shit on Michael Myers I feel. if they wanted to make a movie about that Corey guy - just do it, don't make it a halloween movie. |
BAT
08.03.23 | Ends just felt like Christine without the car. My main gripe with it is the daughters disregard of obvious redflags and lack of chemistry. Halloween kills I didn't like upon first watch but gave it a last Halloween and it works much better as a comedy. Honestly that whole trilogy works better as a comedy than horror |
bellovddd
08.03.23 | Christine without the car
spot on lol. |
Hyperion1001
08.03.23 | they cloned tyrone (2023) - well, it finally happened. netflix put out a good movie. it has some problems for sure but overall i had a good time 3.5/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.03.23 | I thought The Harder They Fall was a good time. But I think that might just be because of how good the cast was. |
bellovddd
08.03.23 | Idris is becoming one of my favourite actors lately. dudes amazing in everything his in. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.03.23 | Yep, even if the movie is shit you can still expect him to be the best part of it.
I still hear people going on about wanting him as the new Bond but the guy is too old, he’d be a great villain tho |
bellovddd
08.03.23 | yep he would make a great bond villain. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.04.23 | Been on a horror binge lately. Watched The Blackcoat’s Daughter yesterday, phenomenal. Real slow burn but the lead actress is so good. Emma Roberts has a pretty understated performance but she really shows off her acting chops at the end.
Really heartbreaking story wrapped in a possession/slasher film.
Did a little double feature and watched X and Pearl on Wednesday. Mia Goth is just fucking incredible. One of the best actresses working imo |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | On a mission to watch all the Coen brothers movies I missed
Burn After Reading: holy hell this is the smartest script about the absolute dumbest people. George Clooney and John Malkovich are amazing, but god damn Brad Pitt was just on another level here. I’m serious the man should’ve been nominated for an Oscar (and be actually did for Benjamin Button that year, but I never really cared for that movie), the scene between him and Clooney is somehow incredibly intense and funny as fuck at the same time, culminating one of the biggest “HOLY SHIT” moments I’ve seen in movie in a long time. Extremely funny and I’m definitely gonna have to give it another watch soon.
The Man Who Wasn’t There: noir at its absolute finest. Admittedly, I really only picked this one because I love James Gandolfini, and this really only further cements him as the greatest actor of all time imo. Billy Bob Thornton gives a very subdued performance (even by his usual standard) but the film is written so perfectly for him that I can’t really picture anyone else as Ed. Frances McDormand is great too, which is totally expected, especially in a Coen film. She really might be my favorite actress of all time and I haven’t even seen half of her films.
Even though neither are quite as good as my favorites (No Country for Old Men, Lebowski, and Fargo) they’re all around two great films that I probably should’ve seen years ago. |
bellovddd
08.21.23 | The Man Who Wasn’t There is so damn good. Gandolfini is perfect |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | Still have to watch:
Raising Arizona
Miller’s Crossing (really excited to watch this one, my film buff buddy said it’s his favorite Coen bros movie.)
Barton Fink
Hudsucker Proxy
O Brother Where Art Thou?
Intolerable Cruelty
Ladykillers
A Serious Man
Inside Llewyn Davis (saw this right when it came out but I think I was way too young to appreciate it)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | It really is man, I’ve always loved the Coens but I guess I never realized how many movies of theirs I missed. From what I’ve read, Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers seem to be their weakest, even though pretty much everyone agrees that they’re still good movies. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | I really gotta watch Blood Simple again too, everyone seems to love it but I was pretty meh on it. But I know Coen bros movies usually are better on rewatch |
MoM
08.21.23 | “ Really heartbreaking story wrapped in a possession/slasher film.”
Agreed!
Whole comment i agree with! Kiernan, Lucy, and Emma were all amazing in that movie! |
CugnoBrasso
08.21.23 | 'Things heard and seen' was a sublimating pile of dodo shit |
Egarran
08.21.23 | What a list. Wish I could join you in your Cohen binge. |
denboy
08.21.23 | I'm ashamed at how many of their movies I haven't watched |
denboy
08.21.23 | I've seen 9 of their movies, and yet that's not close to enough |
IsisScript80
08.21.23 | “Miller’s Crossing (really excited to watch this one, my film buff buddy said it’s his favorite Coen bros movie.)”
It’s great, but far from my favourite of theirs. From the list, you’ve got some fucking awesome films ahead of you. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | what would you say is their best isis?
I’m sure I’ll like all of them, but I doubt any of the ones I have left will top No Country for Old Men or Big Lebowski, I can’t even pick between the two. They’re both perfect. |
CugnoBrasso
08.21.23 | I remember lending my Big Lebowski bluray to a girl I had a crush on and she never gave it back. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | And I love that I really don’t know shit about any of their movies that I have left aside from Raising Arizona, which I vaguely remember watching with my dad but that had to have been close to 20 years ago.
I’m going in completely blind with almost all of these films |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | That’s very unchill of her.
I remember watching No Country for Old Men with this girl I was fucking because she had a huge crush on Javier Bardem. By the time Anton kills that cop she was ready for me to turn it off lmfao |
CugnoBrasso
08.21.23 | Yahhp not based at all, and last time I checked she lived in the Philippines so only da Jeezus knows where my bluray is. |
IsisScript80
08.21.23 | @Wildcard… I haven’t seen everything of theirs for one reason or another; in general, no matter if I’m a fan of someone (music and films alike), if I don’t fancy something, or reckon it’ll be kinda crap beforehand, I probably won’t bother with it in lieu of something else that I might like, but I have seen most of their stuff, and I can say that from what you have coming up, ‘Barton Fink’ and ‘O Brother Where Art Thou’ are masterpieces (soundtrack on the latter is like a serious cultural reference point). ‘A Serious Man’ and ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ are fantastic and really help cement their ongoing mastery of balancing humour and profound melancholy.
In terms of topping ‘No Country for Old Men’ or ‘The Big Lebowski’, probably not… but I wouldn’t necessarily regard those as lesser movies (I mean, ‘Fargo’, their ‘True Grit’ remake/adaptation, ‘Burn After Reading’, ‘The Man Who Wasn’t There’… functionally perfect, IMO). Incredible hit rate and I couldn’t actually pick a fave… just what you’re in the mood for at that given time. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | Yeah their variety is definitely unmatched. There’s a movie for literally any mood you’re in and I’ve only seen half of them lol |
protokute
08.21.23 | Yeah, I also need to get around to a lot of the Coen brothers movies |
SomeCallMeTim
08.21.23 | Mulholland Drive
bruh |
MoM
08.21.23 | Bruh [2]
Also Inland Empire
And Lost Highway
Bruh [3] |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | Never saw it, but I’m way behind on Lynch. I’ve only seen the first two seasons of Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me, Eraserhead, and Blue Velvet. |
AlexKzillion
08.21.23 | i watched american gangster, the departed, and good will hunting all for the first time on various flights the last few weeks... maybe i should watch more movies |
MoM
08.21.23 | @wildcard
Yo, i highly recommend at least season 3 of Twin Peaks |
Ryus
08.21.23 | greatest piece of art on planet earth ^ |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | I fully intend on it, but I think I might rewatch the first two seasons first. Plus isn’t it on showtime or something? I’ll probably wait until I have a lot of free time and try to binge it during whatever free trial they have |
Ryus
08.21.23 | yea its on showtime |
JeetJeet
08.21.23 | Watched Across the Spiderverse last weekend and its very easily the best spiderman movie ever made |
MillionDead
08.21.23 | That title still goes to Spiderman 2 if you ask me, but it's probably the best thing since Spider-man 2. I think the last movies I watched were Talk to Me and Amadeus? Amadeus was surprisingly modernly executed for a film from 84 or whenever it was. |
MoM
08.21.23 | Agreed with spider-man 2. That whole trilogy for me, really |
DType
08.21.23 | Let The Right One In (2008)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
Some of the very few vampire films that you can take any seriously, highly recommended |
MillionDead
08.21.23 | Let the Right One In is pretty in there. I like that movie a lot. Haven't seen the latter film but the premise is enough to have me sold. Vampires, werewolves, and sci-fi are super out of vogue in the modern horror landscape and it's sad. It think there's a lot of unexplored room for grounded, semi-realistic terror in those areas. |
MoM
08.21.23 | I think so too! I would love a modern Frankenstein or Mummy movie as well! Bring back the creature feature! |
DType
08.21.23 | "Let the Right One In is pretty in there. I like that movie a lot. Haven't seen the latter film but the premise is enough to have me sold. Vampires, werewolves, and sci-fi are super out of vogue in the modern horror landscape and it's sad. It think there's a lot of unexplored room for grounded, semi-realistic terror in those areas."
I love me some vampire too, The Addiction (1995) is another good one |
Azazzel
08.21.23 | >would love a modern Frankenstein or Mummy movie
DC has been trying for years to get a 'Dark Universe' going but they are incompetent and keep changing horses mid stream
at least we're getting a Robert Egger's 'Nosferatu' that should be incredible |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.21.23 | 30 Days of Night is pretty sick too |
bellovddd
08.21.23 | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night - strong recommend on that one really good stuff. |
Egarran
08.21.23 | Also Midnight Mass fits the bill. |
bellovddd
08.21.23 | midnight mass was wild. I didn't know what to expect |
Azazzel
08.21.23 | I got some bones to pick with Midnight Mass but I think we can all agree the sound design and music were outstanding. That liturgical procession through the town to Holy God We Praise Thy Name and the rendition of Nearer My God To Three were powerful. Those harmonies, dios mio. |
IsisScript80
08.21.23 | Regardless of genre, ‘Let the Right One In’ is a glorious movie… and DEFINITELY the greatest thing I’ve ever seen that has the word “vampire” attached as a descriptor. Park Chan-wook’s ‘Thirst’ I’ve seen once, and I recall it being a very stylish and superior example of the genre. |
DType
08.21.23 | I have yet to watch Thirst, it was already listed so, anytime soon |
Ryus
08.25.23 | oldboy kinda sucks wow |
bellovddd
08.25.23 | which oldboy did you watch cause the original is great?
|
Ryus
08.25.23 | the original
it has a lot of park chan wooks style, he's clearly a great director, but i kinda fucking hate movies like that plot-wise. doesn't really have anything the things that i like in his other films in terms of the story, wonderful camerawork and style but so hollow |
Ryus
08.25.23 | i have little patience nowadays for movies that mainly elicit a "wtf" reaction from me. not what i look for |
bellovddd
08.25.23 | ah i enjoyed the plot but im a sucker for this shit.
have you seen I Saw the Devil - has the same actor that was in oldboy and DAMN is it great. |
Deez
08.25.23 | watched Oppenheimer the IMAX was dope but had just done a 6hr us journey after a night shift and very nearly passed out. Managed to sort my head out tho.
|
Nikkolae
08.25.23 | watched Talk To Me the other day and it was fun, first time in a while i watched a scary movie in a theater, before that it was Lamb and that was cool as shit too |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.25.23 | literally just watched Oldboy for the first time in the theater and idk I thought it was great. It was never going to live up to the hype I’ve been hearing about it for years but I liked it a lot. Even having the twist spoiled for me years ago I still found it shocking. |
Ryus
08.25.23 | i also saw sunset boulevard again and it slapped as always |
IsisScript80
08.25.23 | ‘Oldboy’, purely as a film, is great… the problem I have with it, exclusively, is the octopus scene. I have a MASSIVE issue with animal cruelty, especially in the name of entertainment. |
DType
08.25.23 | "have you seen I Saw the Devil - has the same actor that was in oldboy and DAMN is it great."
I Saw The Devil is great, it has some interesting comedy moments on it but overall has a very serious tone and it's depressing as fuck
|
DocSportello
09.03.23 | https://youtu.be/DFS3oFD5MGk?si=GHgJGOVXhZ98f-7a
Yay a lost movie is no longer lost!
Yay a lost movie is no longer lost!
yay a lost movie is no longer lost!
Yay a lost movie is no longer lost! |
Emim
09.03.23 | "Watched Across the Spiderverse last weekend and its very easily the best spiderman movie ever made"
First one is better, I think, but we're also only watching one half of the two movies. New one was incredible though, and I really hope they stick the landing. |
SomeCallMeTim
09.08.23 | I Saw The Devil
incredibly violent revenge movie, overall an awesome film |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.23 | slight spoilers for I Saw The Devil, I guess:
I liked it a lot, but at a certain point you just have to call the main character out for being a fucking idiot. He pushed it too far and made things so much worse by fuckin around with the killer for too long. The first couple of times were funny, after that just get your vengeance and be done with it.
Okay Major Spoilers now:
I get that the point of the film was to show that he had become just as awful as the person he hated, but it’s done in such a convoluted way that by the end of the movie I did not feel bad for him at all. |
SomeCallMeTim
09.08.23 | I agree with you 100% |
MoM
09.08.23 | I agree as well. And in the main character’s game, other people are brought into it, further highlighting your point of them being alike/mirrors, and the suffering and pain and destruction is scattered all over. It’s frustrating to watch, though it does a lot of things really well. Also depends on how you feel about the MC’s game.
I enjoyed the movie, but i just wanted dude to die.
|
bellovddd
09.08.23 | the fact that no one wins is what I love about it. its just an intense movie that has no happy resolution whatsoever. I loved it! The cannibal house scene was wild. |
MoM
09.08.23 | Oh, dude, i totally forgot about that cannibal shit. Some wild ass shit. There’s some crazy ass shit happening all over behind closed doors and that shit just reminds of that shit. Shit shit shit
|
PotsyTater
09.09.23 | Just watched the first half of beau is afraid but didn’t realize it was 42 hours long so had to stop and go to bed but so far I love it. It has a claustrophobic perpetual unease similar to MOTHER! but through the lens of crippling anxiety in which the inherent ridiculousness of the loop of catastrophic expectations is as adjacently apparent as it is to many of those like myself who do suffer from anxiety disorders. I hope it holds up to the end. The comedic component to this is very valuable and relatable to me. |
claygurnz
09.09.23 | Watched The Fly and Dead Ringers recently, getting into Cronenberg films. |
bellovddd
09.09.23 | Cronenberg is my favourite director. check out The Brood - shits wild. |
protokute
09.11.23 | Howard's End (1992) and...... All That Jazz (1979)
Wow! |
bellovddd
09.14.23 | just finished the autopsy of jane doe. Pretty damn good. some suspenseful moments and great performances from Brain Cox and Emile Hirsch |
dbizzles
09.15.23 | yes, hey, it's dbizz here on dbizz friday are you having a good friday?
Watched Taxi Driver last Saturday and In the Mouth of Madness last night. |
JeetJeet
09.15.23 | Watched Talk To Me a few days ago. It was pretty awesome despite not being scary at all to me. 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.15.23 | Yeah I wish I had found it more frightening. I had a friend tell me it was scarier than Hereditary and she knows that movie scared the shit out of me.
I guess the scenes with self harm (not gonna say any more since it’s still new) were a little distressing, and the ending scenes were pretty tense. But nothing that really got to me like with Hereditary. |
Log S.
09.20.23 | Homicide (1991) & Barry Lyndon |
bellovddd
09.20.23 | just finished a Norwegian slasher called Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey). Pretty damn good and creepy! |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.11.23 | It’s October so I’m obv watching a shit ton of horror movies, watched Evil Dead Rise again on a flight, still think it’s incredible. Keep making them forever.
Watched Saw X too, movie is shockingly good. Like, probably best in the series. I watched Saw 1-3 to kinda refresh my memory and the first is not nearly as good as I remember. Weak acting all around, and super simple premise that’s stretched out further than it can handle. Still had a good time, but man I remember thinking it was one of my favorite horror movies ever. Saw 2 is much better imo and really sets the formula for the series in motion. More traps, more victims, more twists, more gore. Saw 3 is fine too, the John-Amanda parts are great, the central game is okay. Everything else is mid.
And that’s what makes Saw X so great. It focuses up on John and Amanda, makes you root for them by putting them up against probably the most vile people in the entire series. The traps were pretty vicious too, the first one in the “game” I’d consider one of the best, had me squirming in my seat. |
Faraudo
10.12.23 | Recently watched Possession (1981) for the first time and I wasn´t expecting it to be as deranged and fucked up lmao, but I can definitely see why it is regarded as one of the most influential horror films ever made, it is so, so good. Just finished The Dead Center a couple of minutes ago too, and its a fine little indie horror sidequest, not particularly memorable, but still solid. |
DType
10.12.23 | Damn, so glad you watched Possession, one of my favorite absurdist films
I watched Goodfellas for the first time like two days ago, pretty enjoyable
Also watched Memories of Murder, a very thrilling film, it was pretty good |
MoM
10.12.23 | ^ Yoooo, great movies in these comments.
The Nun 2 - Some really eerie moments that are actually kind of beautiful in a way (like the nun disappearing into the wall as a face in the rot; the magazine stand; roasted priest). The rest is standard, but enjoyable if you’re looking for what it is.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines - fleshes out the lore a bit more, but doesn’t really offer much else. Feels weirdly paced with it all being a series of necessary moments with nothing in between to let things settle or breathe or even build tension. Like watching a series of jumpscares with no buildups
Hella interested in The Jester |
SomeCallMeTim
10.12.23 | had a 6+ hour plane ride recently and the plane had all the Godfathers so I watched parts 1 and 2. Had only seen part 1 before, first time watching it I wasn't nearly as impressed as I had been with Goodfellas or The Sopranos if that's even a valid comparison, after watching on the plane I love it. Wasn't as hooked on part 2 but hoping I just need to re-watch it.
People really didn't know how to act like they were dying or being shot in the 70s lol |
Egarran
10.12.23 | Time has not been very kind to the Godfather movies. Those people used to be cool, now they just look like evil morons. |
EoinCofa
10.13.23 | 2 of the cheesiest & lamest horror flicks; yet both evoked amusement:
Totally Killer
The Lost Boys
|
VaruunZealot
10.13.23 | Saw and Saw II. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.13.23 | Damn man hard disagree. The first Godfather did take a rewatch to grow on me but I always loved Part 2 |
MoM
10.13.23 | We just got done watching
It Lives Inside - Really liked this one! I’ve no complaints and had some touching moments and a gnarly creature feature.
And
The Jester - enjoyed this low-budget horror flick. The Jester has some definite Art the Clown influence, but acts in the opposite direction in regard to his intentions, though not without violence at times. A family drama with a morally-grey silent clown. Would love to see more with a bigger budget |
IsisScript80
10.13.23 | Tim: “Had only seen part 1 before, first time watching it I wasn't nearly as impressed as I had been with Goodfellas or The Sopranos if that's even a valid comparison, after watching on the plane I love it. Wasn't as hooked on part 2 but hoping I just need to re-watch it.”
Those two came way later. Part 1’s great-to-fantastic, 2’s incredible, and 3’s dog-shite. Definitely give a re-watch, IMO.
Ega: “Those people used to be cool, now they just look like evil morons.”
Morons to varying degrees (can’t really say that Michael’s really a moron, TBH), but always a bit cool definitely more evil than not. Part 2 consolidates that, even with the initial good intentions. This was always the case with those movies.
Last 2 films: ‘Snowpiercer’ (2013) and ‘The Suicide Squad’ (2021).
Missed both of these… ‘Snowpiercer’ was an odd one. Quite flawed, but there’s something about it that I found very captivating. Much of it comes down to Bong Jon-ho, who gleefully leans into the weirdness once the brilliant Tilda Swindon turns up (wasn’t going too well up until that point), but ultimately, there was something quite vibrant and original happening that resonated with me after watching it. Has cult viewing vibes that I reckon I’ll go back to, down the years.
‘The Suicide Squad’, I felt compelled to watch as it was on my watchlist and was about to be delisted from my streaming service… decent enough for what it was: James Gunn doing DC with more swearing. Overlong again… more superhero fatigue, but probably the best non-Bat DC film by default? (Gave up watching most of them in the last decade, TBH… so much dreck).
The genre’s such a thing unto itself now, I find it hard to even judge them on usual filmmaking metrics, these days. |
denboy
10.13.23 | "Those people used to be cool, now they just look like evil morons."
That's how I felt when I watched Goodfellas for the first time a couple of years back
I found none of the characters likeable in the slightest, so I didn't enjoy the movie at all |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.20.23 | Killers of the Flower Moon - Really really dug it. It’s 3.5 hours and it feels like it, but I also can’t think of anything I would cut.
De Niro and Leo are at the top of their game, and even then Lily Gladstone is the standout. She just fucking crushes it. Every second she’s not on the screen I was just waiting for her to show up again.
Its also really fucking bleak. If you know some of the specifics of the real life story, you’d know that but I didn’t really look into it much until after the movie. It’s so insane how long these people got away with literal mass murder.
Great movie but I have no desire to watch it again any time soon, but I might end up doing it while it’s still fresh. It throws a lot at you so by the end of the movie a couple of things didn’t quite add up, but that’s probably me just not remembering everything that happens. |
BaselineOOO
10.20.23 | Exotica (1994) - it tries too hard 2/10
Uncut Gems (2019) - pretty good 5/10
Die Freunde der Freunde (2002) - silly but a masterpiece, like any modern German movie 10/10 |
Mort.
10.20.23 | possum (2018)
john wick 4 (2023)
possum good and unsettling
john wick 4 boring and had awful dialogue and silly scenes then super duper serious scenes dumb film |
DType
10.20.23 | While enjoyable, JW films are very overrated imo, 2 is pretty good tho |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.20.23 | I think the third is the only overrated one. 1 and 2 were awesome, 3 was okay, 4 really course corrected.
I know they’re gonna keep making them, whether it be that Continental series or this Ballerina movie, but I really appreciate a definitive end to the main story. |
Hyperion1001
10.20.23 | ill be long in the cold hard ground before I watch a 3.5 hour movie. |
Mort.
10.20.23 | I’m watching Papillon (the original) right now
Seems like a good film, reviews on Wikipedia are all weirdly negative yet the IMDb average is pretty high
Weird |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.20.23 | “ill be long in the cold hard ground before I watch a 3.5 hour movie.”
you’re missing some good ass movies amigo |
DType
10.20.23 | Agreed, like Drive My Car |
MoM
10.20.23 | “ ill be long in the cold hard ground before I watch a 3.5 hour movie.”
There are some movies i enjoy that are this long, but i get why someone wouldn’t want to watch them for that reason alone. The Irishman is one that comes to mind where i was disappointed in the length, though i liked the ending |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.20.23 | I usually like a shorter movie but I don’t mind something that’s 3+ hours if it feels earned.
Drive My Car definitely earns that run time. I’d say Scorsese’s last four films all earn it too.
Also don’t really see what the big deal is with a longer film in the age of streaming. People will scoff at a 3.5 hour movie (literally me) and then watch whatever show they’re binging for six hours. When I started to see it like that I stopped caring about a long runtime |
denboy
10.28.23 | Watched blackberry
7/10
solid flick, and an example of bucking the current annoying trend of making unnecessarily long movies |
IsisScript80
10.28.23 | “People will scoff at a 3.5 hour movie (literally me) and then watch whatever show they’re binging for six hours.”
That’s a formatting thing; the episodic nature of a TV series means it’s very easily digestible and retains your interest until its (end of say, 1 hour) resolution, with enough in place to keep you wanting more.
Long films are paced differently and don’t have the natural resting points a TV series does… if you marathon a show, it’s by choice… a long film requires endurance for a single sitting. |
budgie
10.28.23 | i watched there will be blood and it reaffirmed ciarin hinds as my fav actor even though ive only seen him in 3 things now |
fogza
10.28.23 | For spooky season I finally watched the original halloween, and finally watched the Exorcist. Halloween seemed like a movie that might have lost its power with time, Exorcist was a really exceptional movie |
ShapeOfJizzToCum
10.28.23 | Halloween is very of its time but still enjoyable, The Exorcist definitely feels more timeless, accurate assessment. |
budgie
10.28.23 | i am total opposite foggy, exorcist watches aged but halloween is stone cold classic never gets old |
MoM
10.28.23 | Little Women - All around fantastic. Cast, performances, writing, cinematography, all of it. I’ve got no complaints.
The Medium (2021) - Pretty good! Got some effectively creepy moments and, though some parts go how you might think they will, it’s well done overall and has some great performances, ending with some ambiguity. The scenes of the last ritual were very cool as well. |
Zac124
10.28.23 | Just watched Titane. Ngl, found it kinda weird. The body horror elements and the family drama plot were individually great but I do not think they meshed well at all and it does not help that the main character does some pretty unforgivable things in the beginning. Her unlikeability just makes the family drama feel kinda hollow as I think the film wants me to empathise with this serial killer. Vincent Lindon was incredible though. 3/5 |
Zac124
10.28.23 | The Medium is so underrated. |
MoM
10.28.23 | Definitely one of the better exorcism films in a while |
Zac124
10.28.23 | Definitely. Probably my favourite too. Still yet to see The Exorcist though. |
deadcrown
10.28.23 | Not a new movie but I watched Whiplash for the first time the other night and it was awesome |
Zac124
10.28.23 | Whiplash is honestly a perfect film. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.28.23 | ugh dude I love the original Halloween. John Carpenter really crafted two of the most perfect horror films with that and The Thing. |
Faraudo
10.29.23 | Just watched Saw X and other than the obvious Saw antics and massive suspension of disbelief it asked of me, I kind of enjoyed it. Like, I believe they genuinely managed to make a movie, you know? And the gore is top notch. |
ItsTheSquirrel
10.29.23 | I love The Thing, it's just behind Alien in scifi horror for me, but for some reason I'm not that into Halloween. I like JLC and the general mood but the slasher sections don't really do anything for me. |
fogza
10.29.23 | The Thing is amazing, easily the best Carpenter movie I've seen. |
Flugmorph
10.29.23 | watched twilight a couple nights ago, liked it a lot. tonight i might watch temors. |
Egarran
10.29.23 | Hope you mean Tremors, the all time classic. |
Faraudo
10.30.23 | Oh man, I just watched When Evil Lurks and I feel like I need an exorcism, unhinged stuff right there. |
SomeCallMeTim
11.02.23 | I just watched Big Trouble in Little China and this is easily the funniest movie I've seen in a long time. Amazingly self-aware 80s action movie |
Zac124
11.02.23 | One of John Carpenters best imo. |
evilford
11.02.23 | Nanny
Green Room
Nanny was v weird. Green Room was alright, honestly expected more story development from an A24 movie but the last line of the movie made it all worth |
evilford
11.02.23 | Oh yeah big trouble rules |
AlexKzillion
11.02.23 | i watched saw x and the departed the last two nights respectively
saw x was fun in the theater but is just not at all my thing
i've been watching all the scorsese feature films in chronological order and really think the departed is at least top 3 up to this point, maybe higher. it has all the low brow bullshitting of goodfellas/wolf but with the manic paranoia of his more out-there stuff like after hours or bringing out the dead. really love how off-kilter the editing and soundtrack is... dude abruptly needledrops gimme shelter like three different times its so stupid but it also really works? on a second watch i think this is comftorably my fave leo performance, can't really see anyone else convincingly playing that character. love the boston-isms, love nicholson throwing coke on his hoes, love flip phones! 5/5, repressed masculinity for the win |
SomeCallMeTim
11.02.23 | The Departed is incredible, minus Marky Mark's presence. Dude is from Boston and somehow finds ways to make a natural accent sound forced, also can't stand his acting |
Hawks
11.02.23 | The Pope's Exorcist
Five Nights at Freddy's
Enjoyed both. Freddy's is so stupid but very entertaining tbh lol. |
Minortimbo12
11.02.23 | Spider-man: Across the Spiderverse
Five Nights at Freddy's
The latter was stupid. The former was amazing |
AlexKzillion
11.02.23 | walhberg rules in the departed and also gave us the other guys... he's okay in my book so long as he doesn't commit anymore hate crimes |
Deathconscious
11.02.23 | Barbarian. The first half was amazing, the second half was stupid. Its like it couldnt decide whether it wanted to be a dumb b movie horror movie or not. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.02.23 | The Departed is scorseses best film and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.
|
Gyromania
11.02.23 | Megan and Resolution |
Faraudo
11.02.23 | Nah Barbarian is awesome |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.02.23 | yeah Barbarian rules but I agree that the first half is better.
First half builds tension masterfully and the second half is just kinda your standard horror movie, but still very well made.
Overall, still pretty fuckin good. But once the curtain is dropped and you really see what’s going on it for sure takes a dip |
Flugmorph
11.02.23 | "Hope you mean Tremors, the all time classic."
yeah, minor typo |
radianteclipse
11.02.23 | Hot Rod. The most underrated 2000s comedy. |
naughtcturnal
11.03.23 | just finished watching Octobre, a film about Quebec’s october crisis of 1970s from the point of view of a cell of the FLQ (quebec liberation front). Good stuff |
Deathconscious
11.03.23 | *Barbarian spoilers*
*Shoots girl, she survives* "omg im so sorry*
*Throws her off roof, she survives* "omg im so sorry."
Was that part meant to be funny? Also, how the fuck did the subterranean dweller lady end up under her??
*Tears arm off with bare hands* Didn't know we were in that kind of movie. Why does this lady have super strength, shes just a regular human.
If they wanted to go all in with the cheesy over the top style id be all down with that, but it didnt feel consistent at all. Also, what was with that dudes night terrors? He wakes her up freaking out in his sleep and then its just never brought up again. Like alright, we couldve gotten some more insight on the character which would have been nice, but i guess not.
And im not a big fan of how they switched gears so jarringly to introduce a new character halfway through the movie. Did they really need to wait that long to do that? It totally fucks up the pacing, which was perfect before that.
"First half builds tension masterfully"
Absolutely. It was set up to become one of my favorite horror movies. Idk what happened, did someone else take over directing and/or writing in the second half? Such a bizarre nosedive. |
Mort.
11.03.23 | 'Also, what was with that dudes night terrors? He wakes her up freaking out in his sleep and then its just never brought up again. Like alright, we couldve gotten some more insight on the character which would have been nice, but i guess not.'
rofl
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denboy
11.03.23 | "And im not a big fan of how they switched gears so jarringly to introduce a new character halfway through the movie"
it's basically the entire point and why it's so much better than your average horror movie |
denboy
11.03.23 | it changes gears when introducing the bad guy too |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.03.23 | I think a lot of that was definitely meant to be funny and most of it landed with me. Justin Long stumbling ass first into a rape tunnel with that fucking measuring tape is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen |
Deathconscious
11.03.23 | "it changes gears when introducing the bad guy too"
Yes, movies change gears, thats fine when its done right.
"Justin Long stumbling ass first into a rape tunnel with that fucking measuring tape is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen"
That was hilarious.
*Finds secret murder/rape room with camera in it*
"Oh fuck yeah, i can get more money for this house." |
Faraudo
11.03.23 | Reading some of the gripes people have with Barbarian helped me reaffirm why I love the movie so much lmao |
SomeCallMeTim
11.09.23 | watching The Untouchables now, damn this movie is hot garb |
MoM
11.10.23 | “ Reading some of the gripes people have with Barbarian helped me reaffirm why I love the movie so much lmao”
[2] |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.10.23 | untouchables ain’t bad but people really overrate it and talk about it like it’s one of the best mob movies ever |
unclereich
11.22.23 | Napoleon was big stinky doodoo |
Faraudo
11.22.23 | Just saw Sanctuary and it certainly is a nice change of pace to the romance/thriller formula, great stuff. I would let Margaret Qualley destroy me tbh |
Thibs
11.23.23 | The Lives of Others (2007) - one of the better foreign films I've ever watched 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.23.23 | Candyman and, uh, Candyman.
Loved both. Glad to finally have watched them. |
denboy
11.23.23 | Watched Talk To Me at the cinema, somehow the theater was half full which came as quite the surprise
Super fun film that was enhanced by the horror aspects instead of relying on them |
denboy
11.23.23 | lol, i just checked the imdb page and right now there's two "continuity goofs" listed from a person who clearly didn't understand what was going on |
unclereich
11.28.23 | Saltburn is movie of the year |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.28.23 | That one looks weird. I don’t really feel the need to go to the theater to see it, but I’m excited to watch it when it comes to streaming!
Finally got a 4K TV this Black Friday. It’s nothing too crazy, but I’m still excited to see how some of these movies look. I already watched Blade Runner and 2049, and Jesus fuckin Christ 2049 is just gorgeous.
Both movies are solid 10/10 best Sci fi movies ever imo |
unclereich
11.28.23 | OLED? |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.28.23 | nah just UHD, feel like it was a pretty good deal tho. 60” UHD for $239. |
Anthracks
12.10.23 | Godzilla minus one which was a 6/10 for its reinvigoration of the old style gz movies
The boy and the heron which was fucking outstanding 10/10 and Miyazaki’s second best |
DType
12.24.23 | Cries and Whispers: really nice, it's about isolation, Bergman has done it again for me, 8/10
Mean Streets: started pretty good, the plot was decent, but by the end i didn't feel it was that impressive overall despite the high praise, it was a fine movie, 7/10 (i hated Johnny so much) |
Azazzel
12.24.23 | @Dtype nice, haven't seen that one but Bergman's great, can't wait for the new todd haynes May December with it's Persona psychodrama. Might throw on Fanny & Alexander over the holidays
@Anthracks glad to catch How Do You Live sub in theaters, yeh it's slightly disjointed in the moment but on reflection and watches it's so dense with rich substance that these confused transient critiques will age like milk. Heron is a fantastic capstone
My other most recent theater flick was Dream Scenario w/ Nic Cage. Very funny surreal Kafka-(ufman)esque black modernity comedy. pretty heady without getting lost in indulgence or too on the nose |
DType
12.24.23 | "I loved Rashoman and thought In the Mood for Love was beautifully shot, but otherwise only okay"
I agree very much with this, In The Mood For Love is another one of those movies for me that doesn't exactly live up to its praise, it's just alright
I highly recommend Comrades: Almost A Love Story. It's a fun, wholesome film that's worth the time
|
DType
12.24.23 | @Azazzel gonna add that one to my list, it's been some time since my last film with Cage in it |
denboy
12.24.23 | Conjuring 3
The Nun
The Nun 2
all in one evening
obviously they were all terrible, but surprisingly The Nun 2 was the least terrible of the three |
Tunaboy45
12.24.23 | Pan's Labyrinth
May December
Both fantastic |
zakalwe
12.24.23 | Napoleon - Shoddily put together bollocks with ridiculous sex scenes.
Can’t recall what I watched before that, nothing memorable obviously.
|
Jash
12.24.23 | My two from last week were Chungking Express and Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Both were fantastic, Chungking for its writing, and Hiroshima for its cinematography |
Azazzel
12.24.23 | fucking love Alain Resnais and Hiroshima, Mon Amour. one of my favorite pure mood movies but also very rich as a text |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.24.23 | Binged the Matrix movies.
The Matrix: 10/10
Forever changed Sci fi at minimum, likely completely changed cinema in general.
Action is insane, special effects even 25 years later still look fantastic, best cast of characters. Apoc and Switch weren’t particularly memorable, but their death scene is devastating. Cypher and Smith are two incredible villains. Tank and Dozer were both far more interesting than Link. Then of course you have the main trio, with Carrie Anne Moss in particular putting in an amazing performance.
It is truly wild how well this movie has aged. People will still be watching it on its hundredth anniversary and wonder how the hell the Wachowski’s pulled it off. Legendary film.
The Matrix Reloaded: 5/10
They really went buck wild with this film (and the next one too). Perfect example of a sequel that does the whole “MORE MORE MORE!” thing and really ends up suffering for it. The opening with Trinity is badass until we get to the scene of her falling in slow mo, which feels like it lasts a fucking half hour. More slow mo doesn’t make it better. More characters: instead of the tight knit crew we have a whole bunch more characters with more dialogue but with nothing to actually say. Just a bunch of pseudo intellectual dialogue. The “we rely on machines, but machines kill us” conversation that Neo has with the counselor is the worst offender by far, but there are way more scenes with characters spouting shit thinking they are way more intelligent than they actually are. Hell, there’s even more Smith’s in this fuckin movie. The fight between Neo and an ever increasing number of Smith’s is just really ridiculous.
But, The Merv is a fun villain, he’s fantastic for the short amount of time that he’s in the film, and The Matrix Reloaded does have the single best action scene in the series. I’m of course talking about the freeway chase. The freeway chase sequence single handedly saves this movie from being a disaster. It’s that well made. The hallway fight with the Smith’s is far better than the first one. All in all, this movie has a few great action set pieces, and Neo, Trinity, and Morpheus are still compelling characters. Decent movie overall. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.24.23 | The Matrix Revolutions: 2/10
Wouldn’t it be cool if we took everything bad about Reloaded, amplified it, and then took everything cool about Reloaded, and told it to fuck off? That’s how we got this dumpster fire.
The movie is peak annoying “intellectual” dialogue, but it’s really coming across like conversations high school stoners have. Neo and Trinity are separated from Morpheus for over half the film. Smith went from intimidating into kind of a joke. And god don’t get me started on that last fight. We have that final fight to thank for a whole ass generation of lazy fight choreography where an actor just stands there looking determined while the vfx guys do all the heavy lifting. So, I guess it is almost as influential as the original, just for all the wrong reasons.
The Merovingian is cool again, everything between Neo and Trinity is great, I enjoyed the hopeless feeling of Neo in that bus station I guess. But this movie is just a sea of dogshit propped up by a few standout moments, and even those feel like they’re good on accident. Bad movie.
The Matrix Resurrections: 7/10
Yes. I really do think that Resurrections is the best Matrix sequel by a pretty good margin. This movie succeeds solely by how meta it is. It has the “dumb people trying to sound smart dialogue”, but the movie is also incredibly self aware about how ridiculous all of this is, which makes for a very entertaining film. Keanu and Carrie are in top form, new “Morpheus” really lives up to Laurence Fishburne’s version of the character, and Bugs is legitimately one of the best characters in the entire franchise. They really could continue making these movies with her and Agent Morpheus as the stars and I’d totally be on board with it.
But man, the flaws in this movie are there, and they really stick out. The most glaring of which is how terrible the action is. The choreography is bad, the shaky camerawork is bad, it’s just really really bad. And any time something cool does happen in one of these action scenes, it’s just a callback to when the original did the exact same thing. And it also runs into the same problem the original sequels had, way too much time outside of the Matrix. IO is at least more interesting and visually appealing than Zion, and there’s no scene as awkward to watch as that fucking rave orgy
Oh, and the Analyst is infinitely better than the Architect. NPH is clearly having alot of fun with the character. Meanwhile Colonel Sanders over there has the charisma and intimidation factor of a hot pile of dog shit.
Very flawed, but very good movie. |
DType
12.24.23 | "My two from last week were Chungking Express and Hiroshima, Mon Amour. Both were fantastic, Chungking for its writing, and Hiroshima for its cinematography"
Maaaan i love Chungking Express, such a nice film, Fallen Angels and Millenium Mambo are also some of my favorites asian films around |
budgie
12.24.23 | since when is there a fourth matrix movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.25.23 | I get why people hate it so much, but watch it again. My first watch, I really fucking hated it. My second watch, I thought it was at least as good as Reloaded. My third watch, which was in the last few days, I realized it really is the best of them aside from the original.
Only franchise I can think of where the first and the last installments are the best. |
budgie
12.25.23 | that was true of scream until a couple years ago 😭 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.25.23 | I actually totally agree with that lol.
The first is a masterpiece and one of the best horror movies ever made. 4 is almost as good. 4 has always been my favorite of the scream sequels |
Deathconscious
12.25.23 | "I really do think that Resurrections is the best Matrix sequel by a pretty good margin"
Holy shit. |
Azazzel
12.25.23 | Scream 4 was sofaking ahead of it's time in the meta irony realm |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.25.23 | Reloaded comes close but I really don’t understand any defense for Revolutions. That movie is fucking terrible. |
cycosynner
12.25.23 | Love, Actually
The Transporter |
DType
12.25.23 | I remember watching the first Transporter on dvd and the second one in theaters with a cousin, they are a fun time |
DocSportello
12.25.23 | The Family Stone - 7/10 (surprise of the season tbh)
It’s a Wonderful Life - 9/10
Ugh I’ve become such a YouTube goblin |
BaselineOOO
12.25.23 | When Evil Lurks (2023) - hyped Argentinean horror, 100% waste of time - 1/10
Kamikaze Taxi (1995) - amazing Japanese movie almost nobody knows about - 7.5/10 |
DocSportello
12.25.23 | also im so sorry but im stoned n a lil loopy n just have to say…godfather II…don’t like it at all. def very well made, it’s a stone cold sportello family classic, but idk. just too grim and structurally convoluted for this sensitive boi. Godfather I fuckin rules tho. All the more for how Coppola wrestled actual human drama out of Puzo’s shitty-ass novel |
DType
12.25.23 | Godfather I is awesome agreed, really liked Vito as a character, i'm currently on a 70's films run so part II is gonna be next anytime soon |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.25.23 | when evil lurks is some good shit, you’re tripping base
And even though I love it, I totally understand that about Godfather Part II. And III isn’t nearly as bad as everyone seems to say it is. It’s solid, it’s just underwhelming coming off the heels of two classics |
markjamie
12.25.23 | Currently watching a chronological edit of the three Godfather films including all the deleted / extra scenes that have been released in various formats in the last 50 years. 603 minutes long and magnificent. |
Anthracks
12.26.23 | a streetcar named desire (1951) and the holdovers (2023) which were both outstanding |
Ryus
12.26.23 | zone of interest was amazing |
Sharenge
12.26.23 | yeah I did my first viewing of III a month or so back after rewatching the first two and I thought it was on par with them and regret having disregarded it previously |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.26.23 | I don’t think it’s anywhere close to the first two, but like, the first two are both 10/10 and some of the best films ever made.
Part III being like a 7/10 and still being a satisfying finish to the saga is enough to make me happy. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.26.23 | plus we got the Silvio line from Part III, sharenge, that might be the best thing about it lol |
Rawmeeth38
12.26.23 | Saltburn - 6.5/10
Aliens 8/10 |
DType
12.27.23 | The Conversation (1974): pretty good! better than i tought it could be, 8/10
The Godfather Part II (1974): excellent film, really good plot, acting, and young Vito was boss af, 8.5/10 |
Azazzel
12.27.23 | Yorgos does it again, Poor Things was incredible in so many aspects, from the Antonio Gaudí inspired storybook architecture and their lavishly rich Victorian interior frames, the deranged experimental score, Emma's insane gradual transformation from tabula-retarda Frankenstein
on her bildungsroman adventure (even a diegetic Goethe rec), the script adaptation being his first overtly political and feminist film -[minor spoiler] did not expect a socialist sex work subplot, but structured in a riotously funny beguiling way that avoids didacticism.[/spoiler]
Laughed so much, well me and a few other people, think the period dialogue alone may have gone over many of the audiences heads. Great visual picture for the theater though
@Ryus nice, I can't wait, except I have been ever since Under the Skin became an instant fav 10 years ago! my local hasn't rotated out anything for like 2 months for some reason but it's finally coming next month along with Fallen Leaves |
DType
12.27.23 | Yorgos has been among my favorite directors recently, i have watched most of his stuff and Dogtooth and The Lobster are the films i liked the most, The Favourite and Poor Things are next for me |
AlexKzillion
12.27.23 | idk how "good" matrix reloaded actually is... but its a perfect example of a movie that just fucks. no other way to describe it idk |
Azazzel
12.27.23 | @Dtype right, I liked Sacred Deer too but it's understandably polarizing. Emma's period performance in The Favourite will make a nice double feature with Poor Things. Should note that while he has a strong auteur style fans would do well to check the films of Peter Greenaway he cribs quite a bit from in content and style as much as from Kubrick - particularly 'The Draughtsman’s Contract' re: The Favourite |
DType
12.27.23 | Sacred Deer was good, a lot of thrill and it has his trademark weirdness, i didn't understand it that much at the end but nothing that a quick googling couldn't fix.
Alps is the only one i didn't like that much tbh, it has an interesting premise, but the execution wasn't very engaging |
zakalwe
12.27.23 | I watched Oppenheimer last night. I thought it was absolutely outstanding. |
Faraudo
12.28.23 | I'm having my yearly Harry Potter marathon for Christmas and I just watched Deathly Hallows Part 1, honestly what a phenomenal film. Not just the best HP film, but an outstanding blockbuster in general. |
gryndstone
12.28.23 | The Holiday. 8/10, first time intentionally watching a romcom. Jack Black>Jude Law, but they could both get it.
Candy Cane Lane. 5/10 but off kilter brand of fun in the vein of Jingle All The Way. lowkey a horror movie. will be watching every year to try and make sense of it |
Anthracks
12.28.23 | poor things which was 10/10 - basically if james joyce wrote frankenstein |
loveisamixtape
12.28.23 | asteroid city - 9/10. only the second wes anderson movie i have ever seen it was epic
christmas vacation: 5.8/10. seen it too many times, bahumbug |
Zac124
12.28.23 | Just watched The Boy and the Heron. Might be Miyazakis best film. 5/5. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.28.23 | Is Poor Things worth watching if I hated Killing of a Sacred Deer? |
Anthracks
12.29.23 | who can tell you but yourself |
outliers
12.29.23 | saw iron claw in theatres last night and really enjoyed it |
MoM
12.29.23 | Miss Shampoo - Very fun. Very goofy with some sentimental parts. Feels kind of anime influenced at times with its humor. I dig it
Thanksgiving - This was okay. Some neat violence that was at times squirm-inducing and at other times, ridiculous and fun. A few good jokes. No likable characters. At all. Ending was ass, but just cause it’s lazy. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
12.29.23 | i saw Iron Claw, it was real good. recommend |
notkanyewest
12.29.23 | I watched "Juice" (3/5) ln but ignoring that bc I don't have a strong take on it...
"Saltburn" (2.5/5, wish it had stuck to cheap thrills and not tried to be a social thriller, Fennell is not a strong enough writer to pull it off)
"Maestro" (4/5, a few incredible scenes-- much more evocative and weird than your garden variety biopic) |
Faraudo
12.29.23 | Just watched Maestro and it sucked balls, I feel like I learned more about Bernstein after a 5 minute Google search tbh. Cooper is obnoxious and the accent is horrible, in spite of a great Carey Mulligan and some great directing from Cooper, this is Oscar-bait mediocrity at its best. |
AlexKzillion
12.29.23 | i would def recommend the von erichs dark side of the ring documentary to those who enjoyed iron claw but maybe aren't huge wrestling fans. can be found on youtube |
LilLioness
12.29.23 | Suspiria (2018) - good
Cobweb - not good |
notkanyewest
12.29.23 | You're not the only one saying this and I accept the movie is flawed, but complaining that Maestro both isn't enough of a paint by numbers biopic of Bernstein and simultaneously calling it Oscar-bait seems lazy. Is basically every movie where a big actor plays another famous person Oscar-bait? |
IsisScript80
12.29.23 | "calling it Oscar-bait seems lazy. Is basically every movie where a big actor plays another famous person Oscar-bait?"
I can't comment on that specific movie because I haven't seen it, and it might be an outlier, but generally in Hollywood... yes, the general pattern is, every movie where a big actor plays another famous person IS Oscar-bait.
The movie industry in Hollywood is wretched. You only have to see the cinema listing to see this. It mainly boils down to soulless, CGI fuck-fests based on brand/I.P. familiarity or... overtly earnest endeavours that often encompass said famous actor playing a showy, but completely fictitious portrayal of a historical figure, to indeed, bait an Oscar.
It's a money-driven enterprise. Investors want payback on the safest, easiest options. Hence this climate.
Side-note: somewhere along the line, years ago (no idea where I saw it, or can link to it), but a skin-crawling letter/email came to light, where an executive/big-wig rammed his tongue so far up Leonardo "Leo" Di Caprio's arse in order to get him to play (I believe it was) Steve Jobs in the biopic (that ultimately went to either Ashton Kutcher or Michael Fassbender--I forget which one of the two biopics that came out at the same time, this was for), but in this letter (which mentioned Oscars, BTW), it perfectly illustrated this mindset. Illuminating and vomit-inducing. |
Ryus
12.29.23 | maestro was fucking terrible yeah |
notkanyewest
12.29.23 | I mean, I guess I'm more partial to the "showy" and "overly earnest endeavours" than most...especially compared to the alternative of the CGI fuckfests? But I think Maestro has a much, much higher quotient of interesting filmmaking than the average "Oscar-bait" movie, if that really is the definition. |
notkanyewest
12.29.23 | If this were last year I'd prob be having the same argument with you people about The Fabelmans |
Ryus
12.29.23 | i didnt like the fabelmans either 😬 except for the lynch cameo |
Hyperion1001
12.29.23 | the only good movie I’ve ever seen is they live directed by john carpenter starring rowdy Roddy Piper |
Faraudo
12.29.23 | I don't generally call films "Oscar bait" but Bradley Cooper just seems thirsty for an Oscar at this point. And I just couldn't bear his forced accent/performance. Also, Fabelmans is like a million miles better than Maestro. |
markjamie
12.30.23 | Just saw The Boy and the Heron. One of his best for sure. He has such an imaginative mind - 9.5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.23 | getting toasted and watching Bond movies from the start. Most of the Connery ones still hold up, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is still underrated as hell. The Roger Moore ones, ugh. Even his best movies I barely like. Excited to get to the more modern Bonds. |
denboy
01.01.24 | watched the black phone
halfway through i'm like "this is extremely stephen king'y"
turns out it's based on a short story written by stephen kings son lmao |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.01.24 | What the fuck even is Barton Fink lol
I thought the movie was okay until like the last 20 mins where the film takes a huge turn and becomes something else entirely.
I haven’t wanted to rewatch a movie so fast in a while. |
henryChinaski
01.01.24 | watched Reptile, great thriller, especially considering it's a netflix production, Benicio del Toro can do no wrong, 8/10
Also saw The Creator. Thought the premise was awesome, but found it to be kinda underwhelming, especially towards the last third of the movie, 6/10 |
Hyperion1001
01.01.24 | Barbie
Turned it off when the Chevy commercial started. |
protokute
01.02.24 | The Nice Guys... eh if only the plot was as interesting as the production
Unhinged... hum... |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.02.24 | Gosling and Crowe fucking carry that movie. I loved it walking out of the theater, definitely less so the second time |
Ryus
01.02.24 | belfast maine by frederick wiseman - magnificent |
Havey
01.02.24 | yeah peak wiseman. that one and welfare |
Azazzel
01.02.24 | took my pops to see Ferrari, the way it was meant to be seen - man did it hit, y,yeah the floor lights by the rail seating..for sure ,-,
@Ryus please don't tell the you know who online types about that one lol Wiseman's great but almost too much of a good thing, I'll watch one every couple years and I'm set |
treos777
01.02.24 | Men which is definitely Garlands worst movie but I really liked it's fucked vibes. And Poor Things which is just incredible and weird. |
Ryus
01.02.24 | "please don't tell the you know who online types about that one"
to whom are you referring
havent seen any other of his films but i saw it in anticipation of seeing his new one about les troigros in theaters this week. having been to belfast maine a number of times it was quite surreal to watch |
EoinCofa
01.02.24 | Barbie - holy shit this sucked; why did so many people flock to the theatres?
Wild Target - superb |
Log S.
01.02.24 | 'cause it was an "event"
Dave Chappelle's new special & Heat |
Deathconscious
01.04.24 | Men runs a clinic on tension building.
Watched The King (2019) for a second time. I wouldnt call it amazing, but i like it a lot. |
AlexKzillion
01.04.24 | i rewatched barbie around christmas and still quite liked it idk. it's like the definition of a 4/5 |
AlexKzillion
01.04.24 | also bradley cooper is totally "going for it" in maestro but i kind of admire the over-the-top sincerity of it, and even then mulligan blows him off the screen. also a good movie imo |
Deathconscious
01.04.24 | Barbie wasnt as funny as i thought it was going to be, but it was still something special. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.24 | It’s usually bullshit when actors direct, write, and star in clear Oscar bait. Like quit trying so fuckin hard.
Seeing Iron Claw this weekend, really excited for that |
AlexKzillion
01.04.24 | don't really understand the criticism of cooper "trying too hard"... especially when he's legitimately good at 2/3 of those things. thought his directing was the best part of the movie besides mulligan, and his acting was slightly overboard but i think it fit considering the character he was playing idk. would love to see him direct something he didn't write, easily maestro's biggest weakness imo |
Anthracks
01.04.24 | rewatched inland empire which was even better the second time around
and saltburn which was terrible |
Ryus
01.04.24 | new wiseman about les troigros was excellent! such a stark contrast in subject matter from belfast, maine but still very enchanting. amazing work from a 90+ yr old dude. |
Deathconscious
01.05.24 | Beau is Afraid. So unhinged, its great. |
Clefairy
01.05.24 | Beau is Afraid was sooo good.
My last two watched were Phantom Thread and Office Space (lmao)
bonus, I saw The Iron Claw on new years day and I cried |
markjamie
01.06.24 | Wonka. Probably the best Wonka film and definitely the funniest. And Chalamet makes the better Willy Wonka by far - not as psychotic as Wilder or weirdly Michael Jackson-ish as Depp - 7.5/10 |
Donchivo
01.06.24 | 'The Lobster' and 'La Jetee', surreal dystopias FTW!!! |
Azazzel
01.06.24 | @Ryus how does he make fine dining compelling for +3 hrs? heard good things about Juliet Binoche in 'The Taste of Things' for 2023 food kino too but that's tender romance food porn
watched the new 4K restoration of 'Life is Cheap But Toilet Paper is Expensive' 1989 Hong-Kong post-noir and loved it. there's a POV chase sequence for like 3 minutes scored to frenetic jazz from the subterranean bowels of urban hell all the way to the blue sky rooftops that is just sublime cinema. Crazy career trajectory for the DP and director too |
efp123
01.06.24 | That latest Elvis movie was actually pretty good |
BaselineOOO
01.07.24 | Labyrinth 1986 - complete waste of time
The Holdovers 2023 - enjoyable Payne movie, great acting
The Night House 2021 - finally a cute modern horror |
IsisScript80
01.07.24 | 'Labrinyth' is essential '80s fantasy. |
BaselineOOO
01.07.24 | 80s fantasy is a joke, stop writing nonsense lol |
IsisScript80
01.07.24 | Your critiques are completely arbitrary at the best of times. Contextually, '80s fantasy brought a lot of imagination and flair... was highly memorable and enriching before going out of fashion, then coming back to a standardized formula... staid, post "epic" (post LOTR) as budgets and CGI increased.
Like anything, I can't argue personal taste, but wilfully ignoring the context that something emerges from--which in itself, was a massive part of the era's defining elements--isn't good criticism. |
BaselineOOO
01.07.24 | It's not criticism, I just don't care about it. 80s fantasy in cinema is objectively goofy and unimaginative in my eyes and no context can change that. So relax and let us disagree without writing nonsense lol |
IsisScript80
01.07.24 | I'm fine with disagreeing, but may I ask: As someone who professes to despise the genre outright, why did you bother putting yourself through the 100 minute runtime, watching one of its most famous exponents?
It would seem like nothing more than a chore to me, and as you say, "a complete waste of time". |
BaselineOOO
01.07.24 | As a filmmaker, I have to watch all relevant movies ever made in order to learn from other people's mistakes vicariously. I'd willingly watch movies I know I won't like, contributing to my continuous learning in the craft. |
IsisScript80
01.07.24 | Indeed...
Fair enough. :) |
Azazzel
01.07.24 | today's discussion made me ctrl+f baseline ITT and lol: definitely not a troll if you've ever talked to other cinephiles who've seen +1000 movies - "the mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions" is extremely true for cinema assuming your ego doesn't recoil and soothe with cope about "pretentiousness". You just won't be able to look at some films and approaches to cinema the same way and you construct your own framework for evaluation rather than uncritically adopting dogma about what's good and why or in order to make digestible the foreign and artistic beyond your comprehension, sometimes ambition and abstraction just amounts to nonsensical or ineffective trite and you've got to be an anti-romantic realist and call a spade a spade- just look at the split between french and american critics over Hitchcock or Orson Welles fiery opinions or contemporary Armond White. That is to say there is definitely an identifiable and consistent throughline to Baseline's opinions and ratings, many of which I agree with |
Ryus
01.07.24 | @azazzel it's less zeroed in on the restaurant itself than you would think. theres a lot of footage of the restaurant's suppliers which is also really interesting. i think fine dining is pretty interesting already so i might be biased but it's quite hypnotic and kind of comforting honestly. |
Azazzel
01.07.24 | best fine dining Chef as artist creator content I've seen was Chef's Table on Netflix. first couple seasons anyways. incredible food porn cinematography and some thought provoking ideas about cuisine |
IsisScript80
01.07.24 | @Azazzel: I agree to a point... again, I look for context, so that way of thinking makes perfect sense when Baseline gave her reason for watching said movies when I asked her (i.e. informing professional practice).
On that framework, I get being reductive. The criteria need not be the same for most, even those whose watching habits begin tickling the balls of "cinephile" status, if it's still predominately, a pastime/interest. |
Deathconscious
01.07.24 | "That latest Elvis movie was actually pretty good"
Watched most of it last night, i dont like all of the fake looking special effects and contemporary music in it, it totally takes me out of that era. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.07.24 | Baz did that in the Great Gatsby too.
The movie itself already wasn’t very good but adding like fuckin Jay-Z to the soundtrack was just kinda weird |
Zac124
01.07.24 | Just watched Paths of Glory (1957). Easily one of the best war films I have ever seen. 4.5/5 |
efp123
01.07.24 | Doja cat song was weird for sure. In general I don’t watch a lot of shows/movies so I’m likely a simp |
unclereich
01.08.24 | I actually liked Gatsby but hated Elvis |
Deathconscious
01.08.24 | "The movie itself already wasn’t very good but adding like fuckin Jay-Z to the soundtrack was just kinda weird"
It can work sometimes like in Django Unchained, but mostly it annoys me. |
denboy
01.08.24 | paths of glory is so good |
markjamie
01.08.24 | Anatomy Of A Fall; thoroughly enjoyable. But if the French trial process is truly like that I'm glad I don't live there - 9/10 |
AlexKzillion
01.08.24 | priscilla >>> elvis
also speaking of music in elvis related movies, i think the decision to not include any of elvis's music in the plethora of needledrops in priscilla was one of the most effective score/soundtrack choices i've ever seen in a movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.08.24 | I generally don’t like biopics but yeah Priscilla is so much better than Elvis. |
Egarran
01.08.24 | Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert > |
BaselineOOO
01.08.24 | Crossbreed Priscilla > |
CugnoBrasso
01.08.24 | Open House on Netflix is probably among the worst movies I've ever seen.
The Boy and the Heron is a masterpiece. Also, the movie directly quoted Dante's Comedy, which is an old Italian poem, and I was surprised to see that Japanese people are familiar with foreign poetry. Definitely a much appreciated wtf-moment. |
Azazzel
01.09.24 | that's a wild assumption to make my dude and one I would be mortified to repeat if I were you *bites tongue
btw they had world-classics anime even back in the 60s https://wikideck.com/World_Masterpiece_Theater |
Storm In A Teacup
01.09.24 | Super 8 and Leave the World Behind. I liked Super 8 more. |
Egarran
01.09.24 | >I was surprised to see that Japanese people are familiar with foreign poetry.
Haha that is indeed the craziest thing you have ever said. |
CugnoBrasso
01.09.24 | Felt wild |
Zac124
01.09.24 | Watched Saltburn. It is clear that Emerald Fennel watched Parasite and thought 'I could do that!' She couldn't. 2/5 |
AlexKzillion
01.10.24 | i rewatched maestro last night to make sure i wasn't crazy and actually nah its not very good. once you get past all the cool shots and music there's nothing really there. doesn't have anything to say about anything
also the more i read about bernstein the more i realize how much cooper kinda botched it. my takeaway from the second viewing was maybe bernstein's life wasn't really movie material but nah cooper just left out like 90% of the interesting stuff he did. maybe cooper felt exploring his communist ties and black panther fundraising would be biting off more than he could chew but he didn't bite off nearly enough in the first place considering his motivations for conducting/composing aren't even really touched on. |
AlexKzillion
01.10.24 | also tried matrix resurrections one last time and actually quite liked it? the action kinda sucks and i don't like recasting hugo weaving's character but i like the way it deconstructs the originals. almost makes me want to re-try the last jedi |
Egarran
01.10.24 | Society Of The Snow on netflix.
The grueling and true story of survivors of a plane crash in the Andes. If you don't know the story, don't read up on it, just watch. Really well made. |
Ryus
01.10.24 | another frederick wiseman--city hall this time. probably my least favorite of the three ive seen now but still engrossing. hes quickly becoming one of my favorite filmmakers |
protokute
01.10.24 | I've been recently digging through the history of Jamaican music, which I like a lot, specially early Dancehall and Rootsteady, and decided to watch the Small Axe episode "Lovers Rock", which is about a a house party in a community of Jamaican immigrants in London during the 80s and it was a blast! Lovely atmosphere, coupled with dope af riddims toasted by the DJs. It's a simple plot, a bit more focused on the romance and interactions of two young girls, but mostly the film is about the party, and it really seems like a perfect slice of a specific space and time.
and also A Perfect Getaway yesterday, as I've been looking for entertaining suspense film, but the film is so.... cheap, almost in a way that made me like how tightly cheap it is, but not really... |
markjamie
01.11.24 | Saltburn has been quite divisive here, but I'm definitely in the YES category. Entertaining, very funny and stylish. Parasite-lite - agreed - but it has it's own voice - 8/10. |
unclereich
01.11.24 | same here I thought it was a significantly better version of parasite |
Krpa
01.11.24 | I thought Saltburn was a poor man's version of Talented Mr. Ripley. All style, precious little substance.
Last 2 films I watched were:
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon - fun premise, mediocre and unimaginative execution.
Monster - Koreeda's affecting mystery drama that deserves to be seen by a wide audience. |
markjamie
01.11.24 | Substance is overrated. Sometimes all movies need to do is entertain in an incredibly stylish way; Kill Bill V1 was 100% style, 0% substance but was still one of the better films I've seen. |
Egarran
01.11.24 | Where exactly is substance overrated? Certainly not in movie production. |
IsisScript80
01.11.24 | Nah, substance isn't rated enough. It's why there's been a plethora of incredibly dull, but expensive productions over the last couple of decades or so that rely on this (before as well, but we're balls-deep in franchise purgatory).
"Sometimes all movies need to do is entertain in an incredibly stylish way"
Zack Snyder hungrily feasts on this mindset. |
Krpa
01.11.24 | Agreed, I'm all for style, beautiful sets, fancy camera angles etc. as long as it's backed up by a quality script that dares more than just rehash an existing story. That said, even if it ends up being unoriginal, it can still tell an effective story if well written. Saltburn wasn't even that IMO, entertaining film to a point, but then it leans too much into shock value and calls it a day. |
gabba
01.11.24 | I’ve recently seen the German 2015 movie Victoria, which is famous for being shot in a single take (> 2hrs). While for this reason it appears to prioritize style over substance, and the first half of the plot definitely suggests so, it actually delivers a powerful 3rd act, even though being over-the-top at times. So I’d say it is a good example for balancing both. |
markjamie
01.11.24 | Nah... I can appreciate an insubstantial film that excels in other areas such as cinematography, score, artistic design, etc. Not every film needs to be a cerebral exercise, some can be appreciated for stylistic achievements alone.
Having said that, the vast majority of my favourite films are substantive.
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IsisScript80
01.11.24 | ^ I believe what you're describing then, are specific examples where style IS substance. I believe there's a difference... if 'Kill Bill' is your main go-to as exemplar, there's waaay more to it than the basic plot suggests, but this is a YMMV thing... probably. |
fogza
01.11.24 | Saltburn was pretty mid |
markjamie
01.11.24 | Kill Bill V1 is my exemplar. It's basically the best example I can think of where there is really no substance to speak of, yet the film is incredible. V2 brings the substance but is the weaker film in my opinion.
Saltburn has a lot of stylistic elements that elevate the film for me (cinematography and use of music mostly) and is a very good film BECAUSE of these elements. There is reasonabe substance in the script - mostly through the humour and dialogue - but I also connected with the ideas more than some here. I guess what I am saying here is that it shouldn't be dismissed merely for being more style over substance when stylistically it was highly noteworthy.
Each to their own though. |
gabba
01.11.24 | Are Danish dogma movies more style or substance? They typically deal with heavy topics, but are still largely constrained by stylistic choices. If I had to choose, I’d prefer a style > substance movie. After all, cinema is (supposed to be) visual art. Having said that, I suffered through Wes Anderson’s The French Dispach, so I tried to focus in style, but failed nevertheless. |
Egarran
01.11.24 | Heh, Dogma movies actively discard style to focus on substance. It was like dogma to those guys.
Have you seen Festen? |
gabba
01.12.24 | Yep, Festen hits hard. But those movies do have a very distinctive style, don’t they? Discarding style is a stylistic decision in itself. |
Azazzel
01.12.24 | Correct. Which, imo, culminated with Von Trier's 'Dogville' 2003 stretching the edict to a formal extreme beyond it's arbitrary limitations and examining the contradictions of artifice therein - cinema vs filmed theater. I have no source for that but the chronology and evolution makes sense to me |
notkanyewest
01.13.24 | Festen is a 5 star movie imo |
Egarran
01.13.24 | After the dogma rules it says:
"Furthermore I swear as a director to refrain from personal taste! I am no longer an artist. I swear to refrain from creating a “work”, as I regard the instant as more important than the whole. My supreme goal is to force the truth out of my characters and settings. I swear to do so by all the means available and at the cost of any good taste and any aesthetic considerations. Thus I make my VOW OF CHASTITY."
I guess this is what I mean by discarding style.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogme_95 |
markjamie
01.15.24 | The Holdovers; extremely well written and acted. Highly enjoyable - 8.5/10 |
loveisamixtape
01.16.24 | saw Poor Things yesterday. 8/10 i really liked it, minus a few aspects |
denboy
01.16.24 | watched Pet Sematary (the original one, apparently there's a 2019 remake) at a tiny cinema that does camp horror mondays, it was a fun experience, but in any other setting it would have been pure torture
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rabidfish
01.16.24 | Saw Friedkin's "Sorcerer". Can't remember the last time I watched such a tense movie. It's also uber-masculine. Not only in story, characters and themes, but in atmosphere, vibes, spirit. Don't understand why it isn't held in higher regard, i wouldn't doubt to put it up there with Apocalipse Now or Taxi Driver as "Best bro-core" |
gabba
01.16.24 | Mark Kermode says the same, he is a huge proponent of the movie, that’s why it is on my list. Good that you mentioned it! |
denboy
01.17.24 | Watched Sideways yesterday
Solid movie
Kinda funny that it received so much critical acclaim though, aside from getting to watch Paul Giamatti in a leading role, there's not that much to it |
fogza
01.17.24 | "Saw Friedkin's "Sorcerer""
I've always wanted to see it, how does it stack up vs The Wages of Fear? |
fogza
01.17.24 | "Kinda funny that it received so much critical acclaim though"
totally, that movie was incredibly overrated |
Egarran
01.17.24 | I am also a Sideways hater. |
rabidfish
01.17.24 | I was going to watch wages of fear later this week actually. But for what I know sorcerer is pretty different in plot, setting and tone, just the premise of a group of men having to transport TNT from point a to point b. |
loveisamixtape
01.17.24 | just finished the season finale of The Curse and man..... |
notkanyewest
01.18.24 | I've been thinking about it a lot. Kinda starting to come around to it being a masterpiece, honestly |
rabidfish
01.18.24 | Ok watched the wage of fear and I'm really pissed off rn. EXCELLENT movie. Could've been a masterpiece. But the last scene, literally last 2 min of the movie ruins it. It's not like it is something crazy dumb or badly written. It is technically good. But God damn does it rub one the wrong way. And everything right before it is like, some of the best cinema Ive ever watched. Sooo sad. Everything else is superb. For a 1953 movie the pacing is unreal.
Obviously in light of this awful last scene I have to give Sorcerer the win. Amazing ending, so much better. |
denboy
01.18.24 | Good to know about The Curse, the first episode was a bit rough to get through, so I need motivation to keep watching
also why don't we have an active tv thread |
Egarran
01.18.24 | Very good question, make one please. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.18.24 | When Evil Lurks - Not as good as it was hyped it up to be. Builds up some cool lore but doesn’t really do anything interesting with it. Pretty tense and really horrific, but nothing special. Terrified is the same director and I liked that one more for sure.
First Blood - Still a classic and definitely my favorite Sly movie |
Azazzel
01.18.24 | also loved The Curse but it's certainly not for everyone, not even a lot of the Nathan fanboys apparently. Just know you're watching for the bizarre and funny intimate character study, wouldn't binge or advise treating it like a mystery box puzzle, seems to have tripped a lot of people up. It may seem like not much is happening plot wise but pay attention and the detailing and insight of the 3 mains steadily builds steam
@Wildcard and yet it was eeeasily above the fray of most genre horror last year |
Ryus
01.18.24 | i have 3 more episodes to go of the curse and yea it rules hard. perfect marriage of fielder and safdie’s sensibilities i think |
Hyperion1001
01.18.24 | haven’t been watching movies because I’ve seen all the old good ones and new movies are like 99% unwatchable garbage but I have been watching the first season of True Detective and it’s so fucking good. MM is unbelievable; I’ve always liked him but this is the best thing I’ve ever seen him do. |
AlexKzillion
01.18.24 | saw american fiction last night... 10/10 movie this hit all the right buttons for me. don't really agree with the criticisms that the b-plots were boring or that there was serious tonal clash. thought it perfectly walks the line between being emotionally resonant and outright hilarious. |
gabba
01.18.24 | The last really good show I watched is the British miniseries “A Spy Among Friends”. It is a slow, old-school spy drama centered around dialogues. Not for those expecting 007-like action, but rather along the lines of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, but with much better character development. |
gryndstone
01.18.24 | Kung Fu Panda - 7/10. Animation being dated shows just a bit, but the fight scenes are phenomenal and the story is pretty tight
This is not a burial, it's a resurrection -8/10. Meditation on grief, colonialism, 'progress'. Slow but beautifully shot |
Ryus
01.21.24 | pather panchali at my local theater. 5/5
also finished the curse and i have mixed feelings about the ending but overall a fantastic show |
protokute
01.21.24 | yes, ryus. I was actually expecting something a bit less far out than the ending we got for The Curse, it's incredibly anxiety-inducing and I loved that intro with Rachel Ray and the scene with Ashbit, but I don't know how I feel about the _rest_. I got the symbolism of it, but it just felt a bit... cheap and frustrating, i might say, considering how much nuance the show had throughout. |
markjamie
01.22.24 | Poor Things; I loved so much about it - the set design, the creativity, the humour, Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo's performances. Only negative is that right now I can't say I had much of an emotional connection to it or that it had anything too interesting to say. But that may change after I've given it time to digest... 8.5/10 |
denboy
01.22.24 | Zone of interest
I think it accomplished exactly what it set out to do, and it might be the most uncomfortable I've felt watching a movie about the holocaust
It suffers a bit from the sparse plot, but not sure if that could have been much different without changing the focus |
rabidfish
01.22.24 | Once upon a time in America. A sad story about bad people being good friends. It's too long, but damn it kinda vibes. Acting and setting alone is worth your time. |
AlexKzillion
01.22.24 | running through todd haynes's filmography rn in lieu of enjoying may december so much. love love love 'safe' and 'far from heaven', and cannot believe something like velvet goldmine exists. will check carol in the next few days.
also watched the joker. awful awful movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | Joker’s fine but anyone that pretends like it’s some masterpiece needs to stfu
Weather is ass so I didn’t have to work, watched Neon Demon and Valhalla Rising this morning and it got me thinking that honestly maybe Drive is just going to be Refn’s best movie. It’s his most accessible for sure (maybe could argue that Bronson is).
I liked Neon Demon a bit, but I thought Valhalla Rising was kinda tedious despite being drop dead gorgeous to look at.
I like it when films can kinda toe the line or whatever between being art house and mainstream and it’s something I think Drive does perfectly. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | I guess I should add that I only meant his English films. I haven’t seen the Pusher movies |
gabba
01.22.24 | I've seen Valhalla Rising some weeks ago, weird movie with stunning visuals, gotta say I'm on the positive side, 6/10. Just started watching Copenhagen Cowboy, has quite a bizarre start (as expected), curious to see how it'll evolve. Reminds me of Neon Demon, both visually and script-wise.
Really liked Drive at first watch, but was a disappointment few years later, didn't have any added value, not even with Gosling's sad face. When God Forgives is quite the opposite imo, a re-watch put many pieces into place. I can see why many hated that movie, to me it had a lot of Lynch's Lost Highway-vibes (LH is much better ofc), and is definitely worth a watch if you want to get both your brains and guts moved.
The Pusher trilogy was my intro to NWR, that's his peak, highly recommended! |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | I totally agree that Only God Forgives is insanely underrated. Even other people I know that like Refn don’t really fuck with that movie. Ryan Gosling is obv like a fuckin A lister but I still don’t think people really give him enough credit. Dude is an incredible actor and consistently is in great projects.
And I never looked them up but just seeing that Mads is in one of those Pusher movies makes me want to watch them. I’ll definitely get around to it soon. |
gabba
01.22.24 | I also have mixed feelings about Gosling (haven't seen Barbie), to me he mostly delivers the same character, sometimes more romantic, sometimes more violent. And this suits him very well for both Drive and ...Forgives.
As for Pusher, Mads has a main role in the 2nd movie, which I found to be the weakest out of the 3, but they are all very close. Kim Bodnia is amazing in the first one. |
Egarran
01.22.24 | Just don't see Bleeder. It's so bleeak. |
fogza
01.22.24 | I don't really get why people like Drive so much, it's just an ok to mid movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | I love it but I also think I’m pretty biased towards it. It came out and me and my little friend group thought it was going to be like Fast and Furious or something.
Blew my young little mind. I hadn’t really seen anything like it before. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | and the soundtrack is absolute fire |
gabba
01.22.24 | I haven't seen Bleeder or Bronson, will wait with bleeder until there's nothing else to see :)
Drive had a lot of charming moments at first, but is just a balloon with a cool soundtrack and the always fantastic Ron Perlman |
WalrusTusk
01.22.24 | Bones and All and Saltburn. Both were meh but Saltburn was better. |
Egarran
01.22.24 | Ohh Bronson is def a good time. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | Yeah Bronson rules man. The older I’ve gotten the more I appreciate filmmakers like Refn. He doesn’t always hit but it’s nice to have guys that are really trying different shit.
Love Drive, love Bronson. Only God Forgives and Neon Demon are great. Valhalla Rising is kinda ehh but maybe it’s because I really went into it expecting something very different. Very excited to check out the Pusher movies. Has anyone watched that Amazon series he did, Too Old to Die Young or something like that?
I’ve heard some mixed things but I feel like that applies to most of his work. Maybe I’ll just watch all of the Pusher films and then watch that. Have a little Nicolas Winding Refn marathon. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.24 | And I’ve heard nothing but good things about Bones and All, it’s not very good? I def still plan on watching it. Timothee Chalemet has a fan for life in me after having seen Call Me By Your Name. I’m not afraid to admit that movie made me sob like a bitch. Great film. |
unclereich
01.23.24 | I had higher expectations for it, to put simply it was just kind of a snooze fest |
BaselineOOO
01.23.24 | The Rocking Horsemen [1992] - 2nd best movie about music I've ever seen
The Quick and the Dead [1995] - lovely stuff, a bit underrated by people with no sense of style |
unclereich
01.23.24 | yea the quick and the dead is brilliant |
markjamie
01.26.24 | Barbie. Did not enjoy it; the humour was too slapstick for me and mostly it just fell flat. Gosling and Robbie were good, and it had some impressive moments here and there and I can see why some like it, but I don't get why this was as popular or well-reviewed as it was - 5.5/10 |
loveisamixtape
01.28.24 | escape from new york (9/10) : idk why but this is probably my favorite john carpenter movie now… perfect length, cool, fun, every shot is eye candy. just bad ass
altered states (7/10) : enjoyed this one too, relationship plot was kinda pointless but aren’t they all!!! am i right!!! |
Egarran
01.29.24 | You saved me. You redeemed me from the pit. I was in it, Emily. I was *in* that ultimate moment of terror that is the beginning of life. It is nothing. Simple, hideous nothing. The final truth of all things is that there is no final Truth. Truth is what's transitory. It's human life that is real. I don't want to frighten you, Emily, but what I'm trying to tell you is that moment of terror is a real and living horror, living and growing within me now, and the only thing that keeps it from devouring me is you. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.29.24 | Escape From New York fucking rules, but I gotta say I think Halloween, The Thing, and They Live are all better.
Carpenter did have a hell of a run in 70’s and 80’s |
loveisamixtape
01.31.24 | really need to rewatch literally all three of those, because it has been a super long time since i have. now that i think about it, i'm not sure i even remember what The Thing is about, even though i am pretty sure i saw it when i was super young
surely have never seen They Live though. i'm pretty sure that's next for me in john carpenter land |
Sharenge
01.31.24 | I wanna watch the new Godzilla but I don't think any of the versions available on the net right now are gonna be good quality so I keep waiting... |
Sharenge
01.31.24 | fuck it let me give this one of the black & white version a shot |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.24 | The Thing is legitimately one of the greatest films ever made. Like on par with Halloween, if not maybe even better.
They Live works as both a satire and pure 80’s cheese. I think it’s fucking brilliant and up there with Carpenter’s best but I know not everyone feels that way.
Talking about those is really making me realize how under appreciated Keith David is. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie where he’s in a leading role but he elevates literally everything he’s in just with that voice and his overall screen presence. |
SomeCallMeTim
02.01.24 | who wanna rec me some Kubrick-esque movies? Watched "Being There" recently as I saw someone label it as such, that was a great movie, I was gleefully happy the whole time |
bellovddd
02.01.24 | watching the wishmaster series again. on number 2. dumb but fun |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.24 | I literally thought One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was Kubrick until I looked it up… so that I guess.
I didn’t much care for it but The Killing of a Sacred Deer is very Kubrick imo. To a much lesser extent, maybe Under the Skin too? I just like that one alot more.
And idk if I’m too off base but I feel like Jordan Peele draws a ton of influence from Kubrick. Especially Get Out. |
loveisamixtape
02.01.24 | event horizon (6.9/10) - the insanely cool set designs save a lot of things i’m not crazy about w/ this but it was a pretty easy watch. character development was kinda wack for everyone except fishburnes character. 1408 mixed w Alien
night of the comet (7.1/10) - silly as fuck but super fun to watch. would be bad if it wasn’t so low budget probably |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.24 | Event Horizon really doesn’t deserve the cult status it has imo. That movie is like the definition of wasted potential. It’s such a cool idea but it only adds up to a handful of creepy scenes and a lot of groan inducing dialogue. The characters range from forgettable to annoying aside from Sam Neill who literally saves the movie.
I saw it once and was really confused why it has the following it does. I think alot of it is that directors cut salt mine fiasco. Ofc I’d love to see that version but the version we actually have is an average at best sci fi horror film. |
IsisScript80
02.01.24 | ^ I believe what you describe is the very definition of *why* a film like that would have a cult status. It's kinda when flaws are readily apparent (my opinion of that movie doesn't differ drastically from yours), but there's enough there to be memorable and would stay with you after you've seen it.
The '90s especially, had a slew of really shitty sci-fi movies (both in story content and SFX) and 'Event Horizon' looks very much a product from that period, but there was something more going on, that makes it something of a cultural touchstone to this day.
It stood out, despite not being entirely successful in any way... and that's an interesting phenomenon.
OT: Got the opportunity to watch 'Poor Things' last night, at last. Absolutely loved it. Haven't seen anything that comes close at the cinema for ages. |
gabba
02.01.24 | I saw Event Horizon once in the 90s, and still remember it for havingna unique atmosphere. So yeah, I agree with Isis, it was quite refreshing at that time. Another sci-fi that comes to mind (totally different vibe) is Gattaca.
I also saw Poor Things yesterday, it was an awesome cinematic experience! Not sure if there’s a lot in there story-wise for me that’d prompt a second watch tho. But visually it was striking, reminded me of early movies by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, The City of Lost Children in particular. |
Hyperion1001
02.02.24 | the florida project (2017)
sean baker makes some wonderful americana. red rocket was harder to appreciate because the main character was just so loathsome and hateable (which i get was the point, but its hard for me to connect with a main character who i just want to see fail).
this one is much sweeter. dafoe is amazing as usual and the kid who played moonee was just wonderful. for a male director, the way he was able to so effortlessly represent girlhood speaks volumes for his strengths as a director. |
markjamie
02.04.24 | Speak No Evil (2022). Weird, unsettling, disturbing, intriguing and ultimately compelling movie that affected me more than most "horror" films I see. What is the harm of being polite and not calling out behaviour that makes us feel uncomfortable? Features one of the most stupid decisions ever made by a character in a film - 8/10 |
Hyperion1001
02.04.24 | talk to me (2023)
it was ok. well done but didn’t really grab me. felt a lil underbaked. |
gabba
02.04.24 | The Souvenir (2019) - pretty average drama, I think it could have made a better impression if I watched it at the cinema and not at home (5/10). I read somewhere that The Souvenir part II (2021) is better, but not sure if I'm interested. |
loveisamixtape
02.04.24 | the incredible sinking man (1957) - 7.8/10
starts of twilight zone vibes and gets super dark… would love to watch at a drive in. love the special fx, creative and fun |
protokute
02.04.24 | All Of Us Strangers (2023) - It's been a real while since a movie moved me as much as this did. Felt catatonic for a few minutes after this ended.
..........and Love Actually (2003) - Look, I'm a sucker for british stuff, I'm not gonna lie, and with so many cool actors on this, I've been meaning a long time to see this, and I did yesterday... On the surface, it might seem like a pleasant enough british christmas rom-com movie. But what a truly weird and messy this thing turned out to be, and problematic..... (yes maybe I sometimes laughed mostly with the Billy stuff and the guy that went to the USA, and yes maybe I liked this more than I would) |
loveisamixtape
02.06.24 | lost highway (IN THEATERS) - 9.2/10 - possibly favorite lynch movie esp in theaters… so weird and nocturnal. mystery man is scary as hell
the hitcher - 7.2/10 - cool desert motel core vibes, also considerably scary and i’m not really a horror movie guy all the time. quite enjoyed this one though |
gabba
02.07.24 | I also think Lost Highway is Lynch’s best feature film, only Twin Peaks (the series) tops it. Saw it at the cinema few times, always discovered new layers. The first act with the dark interiors is very creepy. And what a soundtrack it has! |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
02.07.24 | im not watching movies rn im watching DVD box sets. finished Daria last week watching Xena now. last movie i watched was Airheads, it was pretty good |
LouBreed
02.07.24 | Vengeance: A Love Story (rape and revenge movie with Nick Cage and Don Johnson (who does an amazing job)) and, well, Coco (a Pixar animation with Gael Garcia Bernal) |
idiotican
02.07.24 | Malibu's Most Wanted (2001)
Jamie Kennedy is a gangsta with a rich dad and he goes on a journey to become a real rapper AKA Real culture
Kung Pow Enter the Fist (2002)
someone filmed a comedy kung fu movie specifically to mix with scenes from an older 70s kung fu movie and its dope |
SomeCallMeTim
02.07.24 | Kung Pow is a good time indeed. Not the same dub-over-old-movie vibe, but also a good time are Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer, both by Stephen Chow
Just watched Gozu and it's a hilarious movie yet absolutely fucked movie that will stick in my head for a long time to come |
protokute
02.09.24 | watched Poor Things at the cinema tonight.
visually, one of the most dreamy, surreal, beautiful thing I watched in a long while |
budgie
02.09.24 | "night of the comet (7.1/10) - silly as fuck but super fun to watch. would be bad if it wasn’t so low budget probably"
💙 |
budgie
02.09.24 | "Event Horizon really doesn’t deserve the cult status it has imo. That movie is like the definition of wasted potential. It’s such a cool idea but it only adds up to a handful of creepy scenes and a lot of groan inducing dialogue. The characters range from forgettable to annoying aside from Sam Neill who literally saves the movie."
all the sam neil horrors are overrated imo: event horizon, possession, mouth of madness. lovecraft is cool but cmon |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.09.24 | oh I disagree big time about Possession. That movie fucking rules.
Never heard of Mouth of Madness |
Hyperion1001
02.09.24 | yeah possession and in the mouth of madness rule |
unclereich
02.09.24 | all of the reasons you list in regards to Event Horizon not being worthy of cult following status are the exact reasons it has a cult following |
unclereich
02.09.24 | just scrolled up and isis already beat me to it lol |
unclereich
02.09.24 | peep sunshine if you havent, kind of a similar situation.
Sean baker love is always nice to see, red rocket was incredible just slightly edged out Florida project for me |
loveisamixtape
02.10.24 | starman (8.2/10) - in my john carpenter era. as usual for him in the 80s, all of it looks cool af |
rabidfish
02.10.24 | Poor Things (7/10)
Fun movie, amazing sets and fashion. Reminded me a bit of Terry Gilliam with its aesthetics and acid humor. The camera work was a bit too much for me at times, but it is an overall beautiful movie. I just didn't find its exploration of philosophy, womanhood and humanity in general too deep or compelling. |
CugnoBrasso
02.10.24 | Saw Poor Things yestereday and it was glorious. |
loveisamixtape
02.10.24 | poor things is epic i saw it in theaters like a month ago. some of the coolest set designs i have ever seen in my life |
loveisamixtape
02.10.24 | Stand By Me (8.4/10) - goated oregon landscapes movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.10.24 | Some theaters are doing imax reruns of Dune and GOD DAMN I should’ve seen this movie when it came out. Very excited for number 2 |
Hyperion1001
02.10.24 | dinner in america (2020)
watched it cause of hack frauds and it is really great. simultaneously viscous and venomous but also sweet and endearing. |
CugnoBrasso
02.10.24 | Don't Look Up got on my nerves, I'm afraid I now find myself in a state that you might call a bad mood. |
unclereich
02.10.24 | @hyp I did too last night lol, didn't disappoint |
Hyperion1001
02.11.24 | id love to see the data on how many people watch things like that after they get plugs on big platforms.
some intern at hulu is probably like "why the fuck did this random movie from 2020 just get like a 2000% increase in viewership?" |
markjamie
02.11.24 | Just watched American Fiction and Past Lives. Of the Oscar nominees, just waiting for Zone of Interest to be released in my country (which I have - probably - unrealistically high hopes for). But so far, my Oscar rankings would be:
1 Past Lives 9.0
2 Anatomy of a Fall 9.0
3 The Zone of Interest 8.5
4 The Holdovers 8.5
5 Poor Things 8.5
6 American Fiction 8.0
7 Oppenheimer 7.0
8 Killers of the Flower Moon 7.0
9 Maestro 6.0
10 Barbie 5.5
My favourite film of the year was The Boy and the Heron (9.5) but it wasn't nominated.
What is everyone else's pick? (even though Oppenheimer is a lock)
edit: Zone of Interest added
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Wildcardbitchesss
02.11.24 | Either Anatomy of a Fall or Killers of the Flower Moon
But I haven’t seen Poor Things or The Holdovers. |
AlexKzillion
02.12.24 | still need to see zone of interest, anatomy of a fall, and the holdovers (though knowing its a christmas movie i kinda want to save it for december)
i really like all the other movies to varying degrees besides maestro. oppenheimer is my favorite though and i'm not ashamed to admit it. def nolan's best. also loved loved loved american fiction and feel like i'm way higher on it than most other people. |
Hyperion1001
02.12.24 | door (1988)
Cool little Japanese home invasion/stalker thriller. Very Hitchcockian with awesome cinematography and performances. |
Zac124
02.12.24 | Orion and the Dark (2024) - Charlie Kaufman makes a kids film and it is alright. Still heavily existential and weirdly scary in a few moments but outside of the opening sequence it is your typical concepts become alive film. 3/5
I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (2018) - Never going to watch a film just because of a funny title again. No interesting characters + heavy melodrama + gorgeous animation = A very pleasant looking bore. 2/5 |
AlexKzillion
02.12.24 | last two:
dune (2021) in imax [4.4]: i knew absolutely nothing about the source material going into this and absolutely loved it. basically everything i wish the star wars sequels were. gorgeous gorgeous movie. timothee chalamalaletete is the man. jason mamoa is a man's man.
sibyl (2019) [3.5]: justine triet's film previous to anatomy of a fall. a therapist (previously novelist) starts secretly writing a novel based on the real life struggles of her co-dependent movie star client. big swing that i'm not sure is entirely realized but is entertaining nonetheless. lots of sex scenes. recommended for fans of may december. |
protokute
02.12.24 | Could anyone rec me some good ol' thrillers, in the way of Panic Room (2002)?
That film used to show a lot in national television here in Brazil and I remember watching it a couple of times, it always felt very gripping and engaging in a way that I haven't felt in a long time with suspense films. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.12.24 | I would say like half of Fincher’s other films, but I think Panic Room is more straightforward than something like Gone Girl, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, or even Seven.
Hush by Mike Flanagan maybe? Green Room might be something you’d like too. |
Egarran
02.12.24 | Buried and Hush |
protokute
02.12.24 | Thanks, guys! Actually, not necessary something thematically similar to Panic Room, but any engaging thrillers.
I've watched most of the more well known Fincher's films, and they are very good. Hush looks interesting |
gabba
02.12.24 | "Hush" is a good home invasion movie, def recommend it, but I enjoyed "Don't Breathe" even more. It is full of suspense, could barely watch it at times. And it also has some great wtf moments. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.12.24 | yeah shit I didn’t even think of Dont Breathe, that’s the recommendation you want. Buried is very good too but it’s not a conventional “thriller” at all. |
budgie
02.12.24 | great thrillers that aren't super horrory: super dark times, 10 cloverfield lane, red state, windfall, broadcast signal intrusion, prisoners, extracurricular, the invitation, always shine, the passenger, coherence, blue ruin ! |
protokute
02.12.24 | Thankssssssssssssss ❤️
I absolutely loved Coherence, might be one of my top 3 favorite movies from the last decade |
budgie
02.12.24 | resolution and the endless kind of share the same weird-mindfuck-thriller mood as coherence, fun films |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.12.24 | ugh Coherence is fucking incredible. One of the very few movies I watched and just could not stop thinking about so I watched it again the next day.
I legitimately think it’s a Sci fi classic. |
Deathconscious
02.13.24 | Pearl was a near masterpiece, totally did not expect it to be that good after seeing X, which I felt was decent but didnt have much of an impact on me. |
Deathconscious
02.13.24 | "jason mamoa is a man's man."
I thought it was a decent adaptation, but that part where he gets back up and keeps fighting was so stupid and felt so out of place in this movie, lol. |
gabba
02.13.24 | I'm a sucker for low-budget indie sci-fi flicks like Coherence, Resolution or The Endless. Benson & Moorhead are crafting their movies so wisely, I also loved Spring (2014), which has a completely different vibe, an unconventional love story, really. Still need to check Pearl, X was decent indeed. Mia Goth, what an actress! Infinity Pool was the mindfuck movie of 2023 for me. |
Egarran
02.13.24 | Yes love the Benson & Moorhead movies, they are so original.
Coherence rules [5], reminds me a lot of the old Twilight Zone episodes. |
AlexKzillion
02.13.24 | "I thought it was a decent adaptation, but that part where he gets back up and keeps fighting was so stupid and felt so out of place in this movie, lol."
now that you bring it up i think i agree but pro wrestling has eroded my brain enough to the point i find that sorta trope completely logical in real time lmao |
XyphDryne
02.13.24 | Saw X, which was surprisingly good. Not great, but man, for a 10th installment pretty good. And way better than everything that came after Saw VI.
Columbo, forgot the name of the particular movie. Something from the 70s. Highly enjoyable as always. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.13.24 | Saw X legitimately might be the best in the series lol
Really hope they just keep Tobin Bell as the main character as long as they continue to make these movies. He was great. |
budgie
02.13.24 | someone should make a list of scifi mindfuck stuff - they look like people, unsane, absentia maybe |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.13.24 | I really need to watch They Look Like People, I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. |
GiaNXGX
02.13.24 | The boy and the heron (2024) ghibli
Spiral (2007) psychological thriller |
loveisamixtape
02.19.24 | kiki's delivery service (8/10) - had somehow never seen this until yesterday and really loved it. one of my fav ghiblis
mulholland drive (9.1/10) - saw this in theaters last night because a local theater was randomly playing it.... so good and so loud. he went nuts on this one. didn't realize how much i didn't pay attention to this the first time i saw it like 7 years ago. def one of his best if not his best, i still have a lot of love for lost highway though |
Zac124
02.19.24 | Morbius (2022) - Shit 0.5/5
Past Lives (2023) - Not something that is relatable to me but still destroyed me more than 99% of films do either way. 4.5/5 (A super duper close 5 though). |
DType
02.19.24 | Past Lives is great, i didn't loved it but it was solid |
Zac124
02.19.24 | Yeah, I was expecting to just like it but yeah, its hype is 100% deserved imo. |
markjamie
02.24.24 | The Zone of Interest. Absolutely chilling representation of the Holocaust without actually showing anything. Extremely thought-provoking and interesting film - 8.5/10 |
Deathconscious
02.24.24 | Fool's Paradise. I was really looking forward to this since Charlie Day wrote, directed, and acted in it. But holy shit is it shockingly unfunny. Got about halfway through before i shut it off. |
DType
02.25.24 | Nobody Knows (2004) 7/10
Monster (2023) 7.5/10
Both dramas by Hirokazu Kore-eda, i expected more for some reason but they are still decent
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Anthracks
02.25.24 | all of us strangers (2023) - 6/10
the taste of things (2023) - 10/10 |
protokute
02.25.24 | @anthracks
is there a torrent or any other way to watch The Taste of Things? |
XyphDryne
02.25.24 | Bob Marley - One Love: Disappointing.
+: Scenery, music, decent acting
- : extremely shallow. Don´t wanna spoil here. So I will just say that it was an overall average experience. But the man, legend that he is, deserved much, much more. Oh well...
Columbo - The most dangerous match (this was much more entertaining than Bob Marley :)) |
protokute
02.25.24 | i watched the trailer of that bob marley film on the cinema, and i just knew i would hate it. what a shame. |
Anthracks
02.25.24 | i'm not sure. i watched it in theaters. |
Zac124
02.25.24 | Jackass Forever (2022) - Forget how much cock and ball torture these films have. Probably my least favourite of theirs with their least creative stunts but still really funny and absolutely disgusting. 3.5/5
Aftersun (2022) - That Under Pressure scene. One of the best to ever be filmed. 4.5/5 |
AlexKzillion
02.26.24 | this is me... now (2024) [1.5]: jennifer lopez's new glorified music video. watched this with my mom. the first 10-15 minutes of this is worth checking out if you have prime... we were in tears laughing at the awfulness of it.
also watched 'saw' (2004) and 'soul' (2020) back to back with gf the other night which was really fun. |
Faraudo
02.26.24 | Creepy (2016) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. That man can do no wrong, he should be present in every GOATS of cinema conversation for the past 30 years, but people tend to forget about him. |
Zac124
02.26.24 | Yeah, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is criminally underrated. No horror films get more under my skin than his and it is due to his amazing camerawork and lighting. Have you seen Retribution? Probably my favourite of his. |
zoso33
02.26.24 | Razors Edge, Straight Outta Compton |
DType
02.26.24 | "Creepy (2016) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. That man can do no wrong"
I watched Pulse a few days ago and was very underwhelming tbh, it has good atmosphere and a somewhat interesting premise, but the execution leaved a lot to be desired, the plot had little to no clear explenation and overall felt like it was improvised along the way |
markjamie
03.02.24 | Beau Is Afraid; an hour and a half is all you need to watch, there is really no point watching the whole thing - 6.5/10 |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | I watched part 2 of dune. Genuinely say this: the Lynch version might have a weaker script, worse effects, a shit editing and weird moments that make no sense but it is still a far superior movie on the vibes... This Dune is not only scary, it's hopeless, it's joyless and makes me feel bad. There is nothing good in it, even when there is much to admire and awe at. Villeneuve continues to be my least fave modern director. Nihilistic to a fault. |
evilford
03.05.24 | The Green Room
Priscilla
Both were aight |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.24 | Oh dude I love Green Room. Check out Blue Ruin, same director but personally I think it’s better, maybe you’ll like it more.
Completely disagree about Dune 2, but I do think anyone referring to it as “this generation’s Star Wars” is insane. The two could not be more different |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | It's bad bad bad vibes... Not saying it's bad, it's more like a sad, empty feeling. Exactly the same I felt with the new Bladerunner. Evil movies. I need a slice of cherry pie and good coffee after exposing my soul to that display. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.24 | Oh okay yeah that I completely understand. His movies can be kinda pessimistic. Of his American films I’d say only Arrival *isnt* like that, and even that movie has a very sad theme in the end
Personally I love it. Enemy, Prisoners, Sicario, and Blade Runner 2049 are all some of the best films of the last decade imo |
markjamie
03.05.24 | Can't agree about Dune and Dune 2; both are great. Lynch's Dune is not. |
fogza
03.05.24 | I agree that Villeneuve is massively overrated, the only movie of his that I've seen that worked was Enemies |
fogza
03.05.24 | Watched Anatomy of a Fall, was good but it's a bit overhyped. The kid actor was incredible though |
Egarran
03.05.24 | Great points rabid, completely agree. I don't vibe with that guy. |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | Meme analysis dude said it best imo: Lynch's Dune is like taking a bite out of a jelly filled doughnut, Villeneuve's feels like eating ashes. It's the vibes, idc if one movie is "objectively" better than the other. |
gabba
03.05.24 | I like all of Villeneuve's movies, exactly for reasons mentioned above. Prisoners or Enemy are near-masterpieces, claustrophobic, creepy, just like Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive. So I find it weird that Villeneuve's work has been contrasted to Lynch's in terms of bad vibes/nihilism, you get plenty of that from Lynch too.
When it comes to "visionary indie directors turned mainstream", I prefer Villeneuve to both Nolan or Aronofsky. |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | Of course Lynch also dwells deep into the bad and the hopeless and the nihilist, of course. But there is always joy, even of it is the joy of evil. Villeneuve doesn't do joy. |
FearThyEvil
03.05.24 | It Follows and Nobody for me. Both 8/10 films for me |
gabba
03.05.24 | "Villeneuve doesn't do joy." - well, some of his movies make me think hard, which is what I generally look for at the cinema. But you're right, I can't imagine Villeneuve directing something so heartfelt as Lynch's "The Straight Story". |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | Again it's not about themes or characters or plot or even aesthetics. I mean that lively energetic jo that permeates a piece, a general disposition, a jeu de vivre in art. It's vibes. |
protokute
03.05.24 | no way dune 2 is worse than the Lynch one, that truly might be one of the worst things I ever watched |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | I like the Lynch one and I don't like the new ones. But they are objectively better executed. The fight scenes are attention grabbingThe designs serviceable and interesting. The acting commendable. The production design praise-worthy. |
markjamie
03.05.24 | I far prefer Lynch as a director - especially considering his body of work as a whole. But Dune was not his best effort.
Whereas Villeneuve's Dune is probably his peak so far (maybe Arrival). |
Faraudo
03.05.24 | I love how contrarians like to pretend that Lynch's Dune is good and not a steaming pile of crap. |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | What a simple way to view things u have
I am not pretending |
budgie
03.05.24 | love it follows |
gabba
03.05.24 | me too, "Under the Silver Lake" was also great by the same director |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.24 | It Follows is one of three ost’s I bought on vinyl. That soundtrack is amazing. |
rabidfish
03.05.24 | i just learned that all my favorite things from the 1984 Dune (the voice modules, the rain scene, paul's sister being a little goblin dancing in the rain) i thought were cut out in the new ones aren't actually in the book
lol i think i just don't like Dune |
SomeCallMeTim
03.05.24 | good lord do I wish Jorodowsky got the chance to make his Dune, it would have been phenomenal
Just re-watched a movie called Visitor To A Museum. Absolutely incredible post-apocalyptic film that is in dire need of some restoration. You can find it free on youtube but the video quality is pretty low |
budgie
03.05.24 | lmao wildcard nice. literally same, i own it, jaws, and blackcoat's daughter/
nope i own a 4th actually: coraline |
SomeCallMeTim
03.05.24 | copped the 2001 OST on vinyl at a random vintage shop in Florida last week. Blaring Requiem For Soprano with a glass of shitty wine is a mood and a half |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.24 | I’ll catch shit for this but one of the other ones is the Halloween Kills soundtrack. The movie isn’t as terrible as a lot of people say, at least compared to some of the other sequels.
But that soundtrack is so fucking mean, Unkillable really might be my favorite piece he’s ever made. It’s so sinister |
budgie
03.05.24 | latest trilogy was a blur for me but i thought they were all good popcorn material. better than the dogshit latest scream films anyway
ill have to check the music |
JeetJeet
03.05.24 | Dune Part 2 - 10/10: Easily the coolest movie you'll see in theaters this year. We are witnessing Denis at the top of his game right now and its honestly awe-inspiring |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
03.05.24 | i watched meg 2: the trench and crawl (2019). both were solid 7/10. meg 2 was real fun just like the first. crawl was intense fuck alligators |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.05.24 | @jeet
What did you think of the first Dune? I liked it a lot but I think it’s one of Denis’ weaker movies.
I thought the second improved on it substantially tbh |
JeetJeet
03.06.24 | I love the first Dune too, even moreso after rewatching it in preparation for part 2. It sets everything up perfectly but still stands pretty strongly on its own as it's own movie. |
MillionDead
03.06.24 | Dune 2 is definitely at least a 9/10. Also saw the Beekeeper the next day and that was more of a 9/20. |
Colton
03.06.24 | what were the real last 2 movies you watched million |
AlexKzillion
03.06.24 | dune 2 10/10 agreed |
budgie
03.06.24 | ive been putting off watching dune cause i think deserts are really boring but everybody seems to like it. but why would u make two movies about the desert |
fogza
03.06.24 | "I love how contrarians like to pretend that Lynch's Dune is good and not a steaming pile of crap."
Love the 84 Dune, sure it's got lots of issues but it certainly captures certain aspects of the novels quite well. Got me to read the books for sure |
unclereich
03.06.24 | "I’ll catch shit for this but one of the other ones is the Halloween Kills soundtrack. The movie isn’t as terrible as a lot of people say, at least compared to some of the other sequels.
But that soundtrack is so fucking mean, Unkillable really might be my favorite piece he’s ever made. It’s so sinister"
couldn't agree more |
Scheumke
03.06.24 | "but why would u make two movies about the desert" hahah don't know if trollpost or not (I'm really bad at reading the room in that regard) but that's like asking why anyone would make 8 seasons of television about a chair, or three movies about a ring. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
03.06.24 | if you expand the comments and put #comments in the end of the url it jumps to bottom of this godforsaken page, at least on my mobile browser. if that helps anyone else that's cool |
zaruyache
03.07.24 | i just finished lynch's Dune and boy i'm kind of impressed how they managed to perfectly clusterfuck their way through that whole thing. |
Anthracks
03.07.24 | Dune, part two (2024) - 7/10 (a lot of hollywoodization although still accurate to book for the most part. Harkonnen never felt intimidating in this one because they acted like cartoon / marvel villains. always liked the first half of the book better anyway)
Perfect Days (2023) - 7/10 |
Hyperion1001
03.07.24 | cure (1997)
good god. kurosawa is a master. never seen a film that so effectively portrays the feeling of being stuck in a loop of mundanity while everything around you is coming apart at the seams. nearly perfect.
9/10 |
Faraudo
03.07.24 | Give it a 10 my man, it's Cure. |
Hyperion1001
03.07.24 | i felt like the opening scene with the pipe was a little at odds with how the rest of it unfolded, but it’s a very very minor gripe. |
BaselineOOO
03.07.24 | Poor Things (2024) - Mediocre on all fronts, but I've always had a deep fascination with Yorgos Lanthimos' desperation not to be cliche at all cost in his movies. 3/10
Gosford Park (2001) - Silly screenplay. Altman at not his best. 4/10
|
Scheumke
03.07.24 | Ahh I was really looking forward to Poor Things, pity you didn't enjoy it! What made it mediocre in your eyes Base? |
markjamie
03.07.24 | Don't listen to Baseline - Poor Things was great. Funny, inventive, never boring. Only negative was that it lacked a little depth. Anyway, watch it and decide for yourself. |
denboy
03.07.24 | Baseline generally has the shittiest movie taste of any person on the planet and should be ignored
just ctrl+f his name in this thread for more examples |
BaselineOOO
03.07.24 | No, I mean it is probably quite great if you have perfectly low standards and have never seen a Joao Cesar Monteiro film in your entire life. It's just me who's fucked in the head don't worry, I whole heartedly recommend anyone of any age to watch and enjoy Poor Things.
@denboy: Not really, one of my favorite movies ever is Donnie Darko, which automatically makes my taste in movies at least great. |
protokute
03.07.24 | Even though I'm still not sure how I feel on how well the themes were developed in Poor Things, I found it to be a fun experience with a nice narrative progression that kept me very invested throughout the whole thing. It was also one of the most visually interesting films I watched in a looooong time, dreamy and surreal. |
denboy
03.07.24 | BaselineOOO I hate Donnie Darko :D
But to be fair, I watched the directors cut, and all the stuff I hated was added in
I can't get over that you think Avatar 2 was amazing |
Anthracks
03.07.24 | can you really blame lanthimos for much of what you find uninteresting about poor things when it is an adaptation of a novel? |
fogza
03.07.24 | I thought Donnie Darko was pretty good |
BaselineOOO
03.07.24 | @Anthracks: I don't "blame" anyone, Lanthimos is a beautiful human being, I just happen to disapprove of the things he finds fascinating. It's only natural that he chooses novels that align with his personality for adaptation. So, whether he writes his own material or not is not my concern, as the end result tends to be quite similar. His style feels try-hard with no resonance for me. If it lands with you, then enjoy his work no problem! I've mentioned my deep fascination with him as an auteur, even though I don't personally enjoy his work. |
gabba
03.07.24 | Donnie Darko is among the best movies of the 2000s, Poor Things is fun but not much more, Avatar 1 was so bad that I cancelled my subscription for the rest.
Saw Dune 2 yesterday, wasn't bad, but it drags at times and some dialogues are quite shallow. It was a bit of a rollercoaster ride in terms of engagement, as if I'd want to ride a giant worm that drops me off constantly. The best parts are the ones about political games and intrigue and definitely not the fight scenes (6.5/10). I liked part 1 more, which is probably due to the novelty-factor of the universe, and it didn't help either with the new one that I read the book in the meantime. |
arthropod
03.07.24 | "Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy" (2002) - a comedy about mortuary employee becoming a politic. Describes Polish political scene accurately, given the fact that both real politics and characters of this movie are a bunch of idiots. 10/10
"E=mc²" (2002) - a quasi-criminal comedy, kind of mediocre. The main plot point is pretty interesting, but gets dragged down by cliché dialogues and underdeveloped characters. 6/10 |
Anthracks
03.08.24 | every fight scene / set piece in dune 2 was very underwhelming. not that they're meant to be crazy as the focus is definitely on the politics, but if you're gonna go for it you might as well go all the way |
Faraudo
03.08.24 | This is the only site on which users are so pretentious that they don't like Dune 2 lmao |
Egarran
03.08.24 | It really irks you lmao |
Scheumke
03.08.24 | I just saw RRR... holy fucking shit this was the most fun I've had watching a movie in years, I'm actively giddy at this point. Not versed at all in Indian film but this was amazing. So over the top that it should never work but also so heartfelt and honest that it does. Easy 9/10 |
DType
03.08.24 | I had that one on list already cuz it looks promising, thanks for confirming its quality, gonna watch it as soon as possible |
Faraudo
03.09.24 | "It really irks you lmao"
I've seen people around here calling Akira Kurosawa "overrated" so yeah, it really irks me
|
markjamie
03.09.24 | People like to be edgy and have a unique take. |
Pheromone
03.09.24 | poor things fuckin suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks
|
Pheromone
03.09.24 | I saw someone refer to (it) as a "female version of Frankenstein" which is funny because Frankenstein was written by a (brilliant) woman and this was quite obviously written by a man.
fr letterbox user |
Scheumke
03.09.24 | @DType I could fill an essay with the critisisms I should have about it, but in the end the movie is just SO MUCH FUN that I don't care. At the end I was just like: Yes lets go give me more ridiculous creative fightscenes and wonderful bromance. That a 3 hour movie leaves me wanting more is awesome. |
unclereich
03.09.24 | poor things fuckin suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks
123 |
Egarran
03.09.24 | >I've seen people around
That's your mistake right there. They only exist IN YOUR MIND *dramatic strings*. |
gabba
03.09.24 | >I've seen people around
Didn't you know we're just chatbots? |
DType
03.10.24 | Psycho (1960): 7.5/10, i expected it to be mid but it was actually quite interesting, pretty good overall
The Apartment (1960) 8/10, such a lovely film! really enjoyable comedy drama, very recommended |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.24 | “This is the only site on which users are so pretentious that they don't like Dune 2 lmao”
just saw it again, anyone that’s hating on it is tripping, and to the crowd that earnestly says that 1984 is better… your personality begins and ends at “im a contrarian about literally fucking everything.”
It’s okay to like something that’s popular guys I promise we won’t think less of you. |
gabba
03.10.24 | Dune 2 is not at all bad imo, it is just not THAT good. Could have been much better with a better cut that leaves 20 minutes on the floor.
SPOILER: For example, there’s the scene towards the start where Paul gets rescued by her mother, who suddenly appears from a sand dune with a rock in her hand. This was totally unnecessary and got me out of the flow at once. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.24 | lol I would’ve been fine with it being 20 minutes longer tbh
Bring on Dune 3 |
Hyperion1001
03.10.24 | “ Psycho (1960): 7.5/10, i expected it to be mid”
???? |
Sharenge
03.10.24 | "I watched the directors cut"
ya done goofed |
Sharenge
03.10.24 | I literally downloaded Miami Vice like three times the other day in an active effort to avoid watching the director's cut |
DType
03.10.24 | "????"
My predisposition for things to be overrated most of the time |
fogza
03.10.24 | Saw Poor Things, an icky silly movie that should have concentrated on the comeuppance of the weird comedy duo of Dafoe and Youssef.
Also saw American Fiction, a solid and amusing movie that doesn't maybe get into the heart and guts of the issue but tries fairly gamely and works as a chemistry driven family drama outside of its main angle |
Faraudo
03.10.24 | So now according to Sputnik users, Psycho is "pretty good overall" and a 7/10 lmao, my point stands. |
Egarran
03.10.24 | No one has rated it 7/10 you weirdo. |
Gavierra
03.10.24 | Dune 2 and Belle for me. Loved both, even though the latter has a very flimsy plot and disjointed way of handling characters. The former was super satisfying and left me wanting more. Hope to see Dune Messiah make it to the big screen |
budgie
03.10.24 | "i expected it to be mid"
nothing weird about this position imo, plenty of things are overvalued because of their originality. the exorcist is pretty OK. peeping tom is BAD. psycho is solid though |
Ryus
03.10.24 | dune 2 - 2.5/5 quite mediocre i liked the first one a decent bit more
the departed - 4/5 a ton of fun |
Ryus
03.10.24 | “ just saw it again, anyone that’s hating on it is tripping, and to the crowd that earnestly says that 1984 is better… your personality begins and ends at “im a contrarian about literally fucking everything.””
this take is equally stupid as disliking everything popular
dune 1984 is much better! |
markjamie
03.10.24 | Oscars about to start. Going to sit through 3.5 hours just to watch boring old Oppenheimer win. But the day will be saved if The Boy and the Heron beats the Spider-Verse film. |
Egarran
03.10.24 | Dune 1984 should get a retrospective Oscar. |
markjamie
03.10.24 | And the award for "Only Terrible Film in a Brilliant Director's Career" goes to... |
markjamie
03.10.24 | Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hayao! |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.24 | Hard disagree Ryus. I feel like we generally don’t agree on a lot… BUT I genuinely do think that you have interesting insight to whatever thread we’re both on. That statement was not directed toward you at all. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.24 | I’d really love to hear your reasoning as to why 1984 is better, or even worth watching, other than it’s Lynch and he makes interesting films.
I don’t think it’s better than the new ones (obviously) but I also don’t think it’s as terrible as its reputation makes it out to be. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.24 | I totally see it as a Fincher/Alien 3 situation. Like it’s not terrible, it has a lot of interesting ideas but ultimately it’s much weaker than most everything else in that franchise. |
Slex
03.10.24 | Fuck yeah Miyazaki, love to see it |
Ryus
03.11.24 | oh yeah i didnt think it was directed towards me
but we shall agree to disagree ig |
budgie
03.11.24 | i thought you guys were about to rumble. lame |
markjamie
03.11.24 | I want to rumble with the person who said Poor Things was shit. |
unclereich
03.11.24 | stoked for Oppenheimer winning over shite poor things |
budgie
03.11.24 | i can tell im not going to like poor things |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | I liked it!
Let’s be real tho, Killers of the Flower Moon, Past Lives, Zone of Interest, or Anatomy of a Fall should be getting it. They’re substantially better than the rest imo, though I still haven’t seen the Holdovers. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | wait… she beat out Lily Gladstone? What in the actual fuck |
budgie
03.11.24 | what are any of those things |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | I don’t even know |
markjamie
03.11.24 | Poor Things was ace, and if you think otherwise you have no sense of fun and basically have a sad, sad life. Having said that, Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers and The Zone of Interest were all better films.
Emma Stone did deserve her Oscar though given that Sandra Hüller was never gonna get it.
Oppenheimer was somewhat boring and the very safe choice. |
JeetJeet
03.11.24 | I should peep Poor Things just to see what the hypes about. Love Yorgos even if his last 2 were kinda mid. |
budgie
03.11.24 | watch candyland instead |
fogza
03.11.24 | "Poor Things was ace, and if you think otherwise you have no sense of fun and basically have a sad, sad life."
there's a grain of truth in that as i am a sad bastard. having said that, poor things is crazy lame from the point the characters get to paris. it's also fairly icky before that but it's at least entertaining in a superficial way up until then |
markjamie
03.11.24 | Superficial? Yes. Agreed. It was my only issue with it. But everything else makes up for it: creativity, visual style, humour, Stone and Ruffalo's performances, originality, pure entertainment value...
But no, it didn't move me emotionally or make me think very much. |
fogza
03.11.24 | Yeah but I was bored and nonplussed by the final hour or so. |
denboy
03.11.24 | lol, classic oscars
the most interesting lineup of movies in a long time and they choose to fellate the least interesting one |
markjamie
03.11.24 | Couldn't agree more. |
unclereich
03.11.24 | a lot like the 2020 oscars |
Faraudo
03.11.24 | "wait… she beat out Lily Gladstone? What in the actual fuck"
What a shocker, the actual best actress won the best actress award! The actress who is not the lead actress in her movie (Gladstone) came empty-handed, even though she only appears 1 hour in a 3-and-a-half-hour film, and a third of her appearance consists of lying sick in a bed. Woooooooooow, who would've thought? |
Faraudo
03.11.24 | I'm just glad that Anatomy of a Fall didn't come empty-handed and The Zone of Interest scored 2 awards (winning that sound award was ace), other than that, the Oppenheimer sweep was pretty damn underwhelming. Completely expected, but boring. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | Anthony Hopkins won best actor for Silence of the Lambs so you can take all that snarky know it all bullshit and shove it right back up ur ass boo |
Faraudo
03.11.24 | Same logic applies to Mr. Hopkins, he should've gotten the award for his portrayal as Lecter, but in a supporting role. People just want to seem like they know a lot about cinema because they back a more low-key performance that also fills the inclusivity quota. Emma's performance is better and way more deserving, whether you like it or not. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | Yeah dude I’m really acting like I’m a total cinephile by rooting for an actress in a Scorsese movie. A movie that absolutely dwarfed Poor Things at the box office. Yes you are absolutely correct that’s the reason, I want to be cool and different |
protokute
03.11.24 | decided to give Metro Exodus a try on my new rig, after it being on a discount on Steam. Couldn't get over how cheesy and sloppy the dialogue and the plot is..... |
protokute
03.11.24 | oops wrong list |
Faraudo
03.11.24 | What do box office numbers have to do with the Best Actress race? And yes, I am absolutely correct. Btw, I really liked Gladstone's portrayal in KotFM and wouldn't have minded if she won, but acting like Emma was bad or "average" simply because of preference seems ignorant to me. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | I really don’t like the silent protagonist thing either tbh
The gameplay and world are much better in Exodus but I overall I like 2033 and Last Light more |
Rowhaus
03.11.24 | Fell asleep multiple times trying to watch Dune 2. Absolute rubbish film. If they'd spiced up the script and Chalamet's "acting" it might've been decent. I'm no stranger to slow-burn movies and suspense building, but this felt like an absolute chore to sit through. Rabban and Feyd deserved better.
Kung-Fu Panda 4 was solid, but still a step down from the previous 3. Compared to Dune 2 it might as well have been Citizen Kane. |
gabba
03.11.24 | Lol, a guy sitting next to me at the cinema also started snoring aloud on Dune 2, was funny. Haven't seen any of the panda movies, but is still feels harsh to compare the two; I know I should check it out first....
On the other hot topic atm, the oscars are overrated as everyone already knows.
I was just wondering how is this award circus reated to being a cinephile? Do cinephiles (I mean, the "true ones") follow the oscars or are they just having a laugh? Is it a celebration of movies, or a celebration of celebrities? The truth is out there, innit?. |
Slex
03.11.24 | Faraudo I've never seen you be this dumb or annoying before and it's pretty disappointing lol, shove that 'inclusivity' bs up yr dumb ass |
arthropod
03.11.24 | "Kung-Fu Panda 4 was solid, but still a step down from the previous 3"
Seems as I predicted, but I'm not sure if I want to watch it anyway. |
Rowhaus
03.11.24 | Black lends as much charisma as he can, and the animation is great, but the Furious Five are desperately missed. Could've been worse but could've been better. |
Slex
03.11.24 | That's disappointing ngl, I was looking forward to KP4 |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.11.24 | “ Faraudo I've never seen you be this dumb or annoying before and it's pretty disappointing lol, shove that 'inclusivity' bs up yr dumb ass”
Srs, usually one of the more reasonable people here but somebody must’ve shit in the corn flakes this morning |
Slex
03.11.24 | I'm just so so so so sick of seeing the Gladstone disrespect lol, especially when it's all the same dumb shit |
unclereich
03.12.24 | if you think otherwise you have no sense of fun and basically have a sad, sad life. |
Hyperion1001
03.12.24 | the hunt for red October (1990) - maybe the best dad movie I’ve ever seen. 8/10 |
markjamie
03.12.24 | Gladstone was good, but Stone was better. Sandra Hüller was best of all though. |
Faraudo
03.12.24 | Sorry guys, all this discourse about Gladstone deserving an award over Emma genuinely managed to piss me off. I know that Gladstone getting it would've meant a lot for inclusivity/diversity and it would've been a massive accomplishment for the Native American community, but that's sort of what happened last year when the award was given to Michelle Yeoh instead of Cate Blanchett (Who 100% deserved it over Yeoh), simply because the Oscars needed to be a bit more "wholesome" to bring the ratings back up. I would've been just as happy if Gladstone won since I genuinely liked her performance, but all of a sudden people are saying that Emma's performance was bad (Which is not, even if you disliked Poor Things) just because the Oscar went to her. |
Faraudo
03.12.24 | "Gladstone was good, but Stone was better. Sandra Hüller was best of all though."
I kind of agree with you man, Sandra was my preferred winner, but I knew she didn't stand a chance against Lily and Emma |
Egarran
03.12.24 | People just want to seem like they know a lot about cinema. |
AlexKzillion
03.12.24 | love emma and poor things but nah gladstone was better.
the only performance in a movie i've seen since kotfm that has moved me like that was... gladstone's performance in certain women |
Faraudo
03.12.24 | Fair enough, at least you're not disregarding Emma's performance lol. But ultimately, it's a matter of preference |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.12.24 | My first comment on Poor Things was literally “I liked it!”
I didn’t disregard Emma’s performance at all, I was just shocked she scooped it up instead of Lily. |
Sharenge
03.12.24 | rewatched Miami Vice (theatrical version)(as I already indicated earlier) and The Walk
Miami Vice p good if I'm being generous I guess otherwise just aight...certainly kind of weak in the storytelling and character development departments, but I guess it gets some style points... don't really see anything ever dethroning Collateral as my favorite Michael Mann movie
The Walk was pretty sick... might watch the documentary version Man on Wire that was released a number of years prior but yeah it's some pretty incredible shit I mean yeah I get it the guy's super trained and skilled and talented and all that but still (also serves as a nice love letter to the Twin Towers)
was cool how it turned out to be a caper/heist film in a sense |
Rowhaus
03.12.24 | Collateral is great, but have you seen Heat? Might be the greatest film ever made tbh |
Sharenge
03.12.24 | guess I'll have to rewatch it some time 'cus it's the one that typically gets cited at me, but it didn't do much for me when I checked it however many years back
granted, Collateral I first saw much earlier when I was a teenager... probably not long after it came out (think my dad rented the DVD), so that's a factor that probably gives it an edge |
JeetJeet
03.12.24 | "don't really see anything ever dethroning Collateral as my favorite Michael Mann movie"
Same tbh. Cruise needs to do more villain roles. |
AlexKzillion
03.12.24 | not gonna make an entire sput list as others have posted way better more comprehensive lists... but now that the oscars have passed my top 10 2023 movies were:
1) oppenheimer
2) american fiction
3) showing up
4) the zone of interest
5) poor things
6) killers of the flower moon
7) the holdovers
8) may december
9) godzilla minus one
10) perfect days
priscilla, past lives, barbie honorable mentions
still badly need to see iron claw and all of us strangers tho |
Faraudo
03.12.24 | "My first comment on Poor Things was literally “I liked it!”
Yes, I wasn't saying that you were the one who disregarded Emma's performance, it's more of a "what people are saying" kinda thing.
Also, May December should've gotten at least a couple of noms lol, it was completely ignored. |
fogza
03.12.24 | Heat is Mann's best film, but Miami Vice was awesome |
Scheumke
03.12.24 | Dune 2: 8,5/10 - Better than the first in almost every way. Was thoroughly entertained throughout.
The Menu: 8/10 - Excellent film with a lot of unexpected moments. The paradoxical nature of its message was very clever, though the ending could've been better imo.
Fantastic Mr. Fox: 9/10 Delightful in every way. Absolutely loved it.
Also we've been rewatching the MI movies, still two to go before I'll rank them. |
AlexKzillion
03.13.24 | i saw dune 2 again, this time with all the criticisms in mind that i've read on here... and i can't say i agree with really any of them lol. especially in regards to paul's motivations to do certain things... nothing about any of it seemed "too sudden" to me. also do not agree that "the vibes are bad" lmao |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.24 | the vibes are very bad but that’s the fucking point
It’s a very bleak ending but Paul is clearly not supposed to be a hero, and from what I know about the source material, he was never meant to be. This ain’t Star Wars |
gabba
03.13.24 | “This ain’t Star Wars” - no, but the main character is a boy fighting in the desert against an empire, discovering super-powers and that he’ closely related to the main villain. |
Sharenge
03.13.24 | I thought he's like The One though sound like a hero to me |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.24 | I think that’s all in the novel which was written well before Star Wars… so what’s your point?
I say this as someone that loves Star Wars btw |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.24 | @sharenge
I don’t want to say any more because you really should see the movie, but yes he is a prophetic “the one” kind of character but there are more than a few twists with that which makes it feel much less tropey than it sounds on paper. |
gabba
03.13.24 | I know the first few books were published before SW, so I didn’t claim it was a SW rip-off, my point was to highlight the similarities, from which we have plenty. |
Sharenge
03.13.24 | lol I read the book m8 been a while though so it takes some jogging for terms like Gom Jabbar and Kwizatz Hadderach and MuadDib to come back to me |
Rowhaus
03.13.24 | Dune is about the middle east. Star Wars is about WWII. Big difference. |
AlexKzillion
03.13.24 | speaking of comparing dune to other preexisting IPs i couldn't help but draw parallels between paul/chani/stilgar and neo/trinity/morpheus, especially when chani does that one thing (are spoilers for this allowed lol feel like everyone's seen this already). the influence on star wars has been stated many times but the matrix almost feels like a more streamlined / "happier" version of the dune story (no idea what happens from here past dune 2 lol but i hear things get worse). |
Faraudo
03.13.24 | Just saw After Yang and I cried for like half of the movie |
gabba
03.13.24 | Interesting, After Yang did nothing to me, didn’t understand why they made it tbh. Happy to see it made others emotional, I dig most movies with Farrell, but not this. |
Faraudo
03.13.24 | I think it's one of those films that can resonate tremendously with some people, but for others might feel irrelevant and I kind of understand why. There's no middle ground for that one |
gabba
03.13.24 | Probably. I’d like to think I’m more of a sentimental type, moved by such movies, but then I need to face the reality of being burnt out. |
IsisScript80
03.14.24 | 'Sing' with my little'un... very good for what it was. Wonderfully vibrant animation, and strangely, quite refreshing in its non-pretentiousness, as it seems rival company Pixar's days of being the western 3D animation standard-bearer are diminishing, as their usual bag of tricks have brought diminishing returns this last decade or so.
And 'Dune: Part Two': Just a great thing. The weight and standard of where these big budget Hollywood jobs SHOULD be. |
rabidfish
03.14.24 | Watched "following", Nolan's first movie apparently. Fun, has that almost amateur feel, but it's obvious even then he had a strong eye for style. The acting is not the best and the script isnt anything special, either, but it has layered time storytelling and a twist at the end. It's fun. |
protokute
03.14.24 | Watched the first Dune last night, will my chances of liking the second increase even if I really didn't vibe with the first that much? |
DoofDoof
03.14.24 | 'Napoleon' - goofy but I enjoyed it, battle scenes were immense, the frozen lake ruled
'Dune part two' - can't imagine what more could be asked really if you're on board after the first film, the 'black and white' fascist rallies footage was maybe a biiiiit heavy handed, we get the idea, Adolf Harkonnens. |
IsisScript80
03.14.24 | "will my chances of liking the second increase even if I really didn't vibe with the first that much?"
IMO, if you weren't into the first one, you're unlikely to be on-board for the second. There's no revamping, it's literally a continuation (as it should be). |
AlexKzillion
03.14.24 | hmm i would def say dune 2 is a little less self-serious. bardem's character adds a lot of comic relief that is pretty much non-existent in the first one |
DocSportello
03.14.24 | dreamt i saw two movies last nite. one was in a cinema, wanna say it was toy story 4 (haven’t actually seen), the other was read to me as a work of translation in some unspecified language in some unspecified bar (total? fabrication?)— totally a film tho in my dream logic. I was naked and embarrassed, it was all a game, my family were ahead. the details are slipping…alas.
Ken Burns — Frank Lloyd Wright 9/10
mostly just watch yt these days 7/10 |
IsisScript80
03.14.24 | "hmm i would def say dune 2 is a little less self-serious. bardem's character adds a lot of comic relief that is pretty much non-existent in the first one"
Hmm... yeah, I wouldn't say "a lot" of comic relief, but yes, it's true that there is *some* levity in this, opposed to none in the first. |
DoofDoof
03.14.24 | I thought both Butler and Bardem added characters that livened up the chemistry in their own way...overall I would say for that and a few other reasons the second film is slightly better than the first.
Both are seriously good though, especially considering the wasteland that is big budget cinema right now - the trailers made me want to stab out my eyes, so much LCD wham bam shite right now. The Kong/Godzilla looked appalling, The Fall Guy trailer was noxious, all the appeal of a ripe turd. |
AlexKzillion
03.14.24 | lmao i might be in the minority on this but i am actually fucking hyped for fall guy
gosling and blunt post-barbenheimer juice in an original big budget action rom-com... no way on earth this can suck there's just no way goddamnit |
Faraudo
03.14.24 | Watched Dune 2 at an IMAX theater and loved it even more the second time around. |
FowlKrietzsche
03.14.24 | Recently watched the Love Has Won documentary about the Mother God cult in Crestone Colorado, it was dark and hilarious and weird and really really fucking dumb |
DoofDoof
03.14.24 | 'lmao i might be in the minority on this but i am actually fucking hyped for fall guy'
there's a chance it will be a good film but the trailer in no way sold it to me |
unclereich
03.15.24 | anatomy of a fall was brilliant 8.5/10 |
protokute
03.16.24 | guys, i watched Dune: Part Two in the theater last night...... and honestly, I'm having a really hard time trying to grasp why the film seems to be so adored. There's nothing that truly wowed me, I agree that Paul's character growth felt very weird, there were some jumps in the story that left me feeling a bit lost and some story plots lacked the nuance that it deserves, none of the potential emotional parts were actually moving, battles were boring and I really don't buy this brutalism mystic sci-fi stuff.... and people are saying this is the contemporary Lord of the Rings......... oh well.. |
rabidfish
03.16.24 | the only cool moment in both of the new Dune movies was the Saurdukar planet, and that's like a 80 sec. scene that really doesn't matter.
I also liked the horned devils of the triangle arena in Geidi Prime.
but yeah, they are boring ah movies.
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protokute
03.16.24 | the film is currently sitting at the Top 9 All-Time highest rated movies in Letterboxd ??????????? |
IsisScript80
03.16.24 | "the film is currently sitting at the Top 9 All-Time highest rated movies in Letterboxd ???????????"
As I said above, I think it's great (like, solid 8-8.5/10) but I think that Letterboxd rating speaks more to the sheer, abyssal lack of decent big budget Hollywood movies, that when one comes around, it gets hyped far beyond its means, purely by contrast from a generational audience starved of quality. |
protokute
03.16.24 | that's sad |
Deathconscious
03.16.24 | Wonka. It was decent, had some fun moments. Probably wouldnt watch it again though. |
Scheumke
03.16.24 | Three Thousand Years of Longing: 7,5/10 I was swept away by the fairytale and enjoyed it a lot. Pacing was pretty great and didn't overstay its welcome. Don't really get the critics of Swinton and Elba not having chemistry. I felt it sure enough.
John Wick 2 - 6,5/10: decent fastfood thats more a study in creative action shots than it is in building suspense. John is basically superman so there are literally no stakes and the only thing I'm looking for are more cool shots. Maybe its meant that way I don't know. Enjoyed it enough for what it was I guess but don't know if I'll watch 3 and 4. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.16.24 | idk seems about right to me.
I see what you guys are saying, and maybe we just are starved for good blockbuster film. But to me Denis was already one of my favorite filmmakers (if not my favorite current one) and his attempts at these huge hundreds of millions of dollar projects have all been hits. I wanna see it again before I say this definitively, but right now it’s very comfortably my second favorite of his behind BR2049.
Though as excited as I am for a Dune Part 3 (which is probably not coming until 2026 at the absolute earliest), part of me hopes that Denis goes back to making more modestly budgeted thrillers. Even though Dune Part 2 and Blade Runner are my favorite films of his, Enemy was really the first movie I ever watched where I finished it and just thought “wow that movie was smarter than I am” and then spent probably another four hours watching YouTube analysis videos and reading theories about what it all meant. Prisoners and Sicario are both incredible too, but man Enemy really blew my mind at the time. It was kinda the gateway for me to start seeking out more experimental and abstract filmmakers. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.16.24 | on continuing John Wick, I’d say it depends on how you felt toward the first film. Because 3 feels like more of two. It doesn’t really move the plot forward, John is essentially at the exact same spot in the end of 3 as he was at the end of 2. It does however have some incredible action sequences which shouldn’t really come as a surprise. Having said all of that, it’s easily my least favorite of the four and by far the one I return to the least.
Chapter 4 on the other hand, feels like a perfect mix of all 3 previous movies. It has the world building and kind of more mysterious vibe of the first one, but still has the batshit action that you’d expect after 2 and 3. There’s one sequence in particular that reminds me of Hotline Miami that just had my jaw on the floor the first time I saw it. The cast is also greatly expanded and they’re all very strong characters, and it has a very satisfying ending that closes the book on the series, but if they really wanted to keep it going I think that they leave it open enough for that.
It’s my favorite film in the series, but I also liked 2 more than the original so your mileage will vary. |
Storm In A Teacup
03.16.24 | Watched Trujillo's Jaco documentary for my dads birthday. That was cool |
fogza
03.17.24 | Saw Dune 2 last night, some great technical skill and Rebecca Ferguson surprised me, big improvement on the first movie from her. Butler was good, rest of the cast made up the numbers. I still find Villeneuve a very boring director, simultaneously everything looks great and expensive, but also drab and colourless. Points for highlighting some plot points, points subtracted for minimising others. Overall, solid but unspectacular, first half of this movie is stronger than the second |
budgie
03.17.24 | fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza fogza ofgza fogza fogza ofgza ofgza ofgzao |
budgie
03.17.24 | do uu belIIEEEVE IN Life after looooove |
fogza
03.17.24 | I can feel something inside me say
Iiiiiiii'm gonna swing from the chandelieeeer |
Pheromone
03.17.24 | watched society of the snow 2 days ago - was about as good as that genre gets for me
watched petite maman yesterday and fuckin hell celine sciamma is just the best doing it |
unclereich
03.18.24 | saw the abyss since it's finally on 4k was very disappointed, story is a mess and the ending is a joke 5/10. |
Egarran
03.18.24 | Awesome movie. |
fogza
03.18.24 | The abyss is great makes me tear up everytime |
AlexKzillion
03.18.24 | love lies bleeding (2024) [3.2] - lesbian noir with some horror elements. good performances all around, but not sure the story fully came together. the ending in particular did not work for me at all. like 99% of people seem more positive on this than i am though
aliens (1986) [4.6] - first time ever seeing this. goddamn this movie looks so good.
damsel (2024) [2.7] - couldn't sleep last night, threw this on. new netflix movie where milly bobbie brown runs around in a cave most of the runtime. the cgi dragon in this actually looks fucking awesome surprisingly. milly tries her best. overall this is kinda undercooked tho. |
rellik009
03.18.24 | dune 2 was a fucking banger movie
also watched nimona, less amazing but still alright overall |
BaselineOOO
03.19.24 | Punch Drunk Love (2002) - A lot worse than I remember. Very close to a complete waste of time. 3/10
Perfect Days (2023) - A bit too melancholic and feminine but that's just Wim Wenders' personality I guess. Still, pretty good and not one wasted moment, but not all landed for me. 6/10
The Suicide Squad (2021) - Enjoyable, not worse than the last Guardians of the Galaxy. 4/10
Ricky Stanicky (2024) - As of now, John Cena is one of my favorite comedy actors, he carried the entire movie but there wasn't much to it other than him. 3/10 |
Faraudo
03.19.24 | My guy basically hates everything |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.19.24 | Not a movie but Fargo Season 5 was great. Big step up from season 4 but weaker than 1-3 imo |
rabidfish
03.19.24 | punch drunk love fucking rocks. Favorite PTA movie, ez. |
Ryus
03.19.24 | its very good
prob third fave after phantom thread and the master |
loveisamixtape
03.19.24 | i've still never seen PDL somehow, it's high up on my priorities though lol.
also if any of u have LB hmu i admittedly love the app |
unclereich
03.20.24 | our op has returned |
protokute
03.20.24 | https://letterboxd.com/protokute/ |
AlexKzillion
03.20.24 | "saw the abyss since it's finally on 4k was very disappointed, story is a mess and the ending is a joke 5/10."
watched this yesterday for the first time an gotta agree, though i think all the underwater stuff makes up for it at least a little bit imo??? like the whole time i was just in awe that a movie like that could be made at all, let alone in the 80s. |
AlexKzillion
03.20.24 | @proto followed
https://letterboxd.com/alexkzillion/
nobody make fun of me i'd only ever seen like 20 movies ever before last summer :( |
Faraudo
03.20.24 | "prob third fave after phantom thread and the master"
What about There Will Be Blood :(
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Faraudo
03.20.24 | Follow me on Letterboxd btw fellas, would love to have ya over there https://letterboxd.com/Faraudo/ |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.20.24 | here’s mine! I literally haven’t followed anyone yet, I’ve really just been using it to track what movies I’ve seen but here!
https://letterboxd.com/deadbeathero/ |
Faraudo
03.20.24 | Noiceeee, I honestly spend an unhealthy amount of time over there |
AlexKzillion
03.20.24 | just followed all you guys |
Faraudo
03.20.24 | Btw have you guys seen the new Alien Romulus teaser? Looks fucking sick. |
Ryus
03.20.24 | there will be blood is also very good. i like all his movies |
gabba
03.20.24 | There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice and Boogie Nights are my favorites, but Phantom Thread is also up there. |
Ryus
03.20.24 | phantom thread has become my favorite and one of my favorite films ever. gorgeous film |
BAT
03.20.24 | caught end of evangelion in the theaters last sunday, definitely wild compared to the old manga ent. dvd like half the audio on the old release is inaudible/theres a crazy amount of detail that's just blurred out. think today's the last day its showing in the US and i'd rec any eva fan out there to do themselves a favor and go see it, it's just as fucked up as i remembered it.
other than that just been watching a lot of dragon ball movies/frieza saga. i'm like years out of date on logging my letterboxd but letterboxd.com/tabv, my icm is a bit more up to date but been slacking lately or rewatching stuff : icheckmovies.com/profiles/tabv/ |
budgie
03.20.24 | Btw have you guys seen the new Alien Romulus teaser? Looks fucking sick.""
oh man. guy who did evil dead 2013 doin an alien film |
BAT
03.20.24 | ^evil dead 2013 was 'solid' but don't breathe was fucking horrendous
sidenote : i liked alien: covenant but it's probably the dumbest movie in the series alongside avp2 |
Sharenge
03.20.24 | it will suck and I will consoom (through piracy, of course)
got a real soft spot for them xenos |
IsisScript80
03.20.24 | “Btw have you guys seen the new Alien Romulus teaser? Looks fucking sick.”
Just saw it… I wouldn’t personally say “fucking sick”; it looks… fine???
By the teaser alone, it scores well for essentially, looking like an Alien movie; a non-gimmicky callback to the ‘79 and ‘86 movies respectively. But in essence, it’s kinda sad that the bar is so low for this franchise, that someone coming in and just mimicking an aesthetic that’s been well established for 45 years is enough to get people salivating. It’s just a bit checkbox-y and formulaic…
We’ll see, I suppose. |
budgie
03.20.24 | god damn bat solid is an understatement, def in my top 5 films of its decade
dont breathe i dont really remember |
Sharenge
03.20.24 | yeah agreed it is sad that the bar is as low as it is but eh I guess that means there is some hope... at least it should be better than Covenant |
Faraudo
03.20.24 | I'm an Alien Covenant enjoyer, so I reserve my opinions lmao |
budgie
03.20.24 | first entry since the original that looks like its trying to be a horror film and not a scifi action thriller, that alone is reason enough to be interested |
BAT
03.20.24 | I mean I'm probably gonna ruffle some feathers with this take but I like the remakes tone more than army of darkness' camp, og evil dead is my favorite of the series and the remakes the closest in mood. I held off on watching it and it's certainly better than I expected, only seen it once and would give it an easy 7. I did import the extended cut last fall but my all region players crapped out, gotta give it a few rewatches before I'm fully set on it |
BAT
03.20.24 | I kinda hated don't breathe tho ngl, I'll still see it in theaters |
Faraudo
03.20.24 | I always get hate for this but Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise are my two favorite Evil Dead films. I love the old films, but the most recent ones are more my kind of jam. |
budgie
03.20.24 | i dont think those are odd opinions, horror community generally loves evil dead 2013, may as well be the best horror remake out there if you don't really count the thing (which i think is overrated anyway), dawn of the dead 2004 is another contender for that spot
i dont really remember how evil dead rise was received but after the adoration for the two latest scream productions which is bewildering to me, and eye rolling junior high drive like the menu being worshipped, i feel like ive grown out of touch with the horror zeitgeist. but i felt evil dead rise was too safe. kid protagonist and all made it seem nonthreatening. whereas evil dead 2013 is like... so mean. |
Hyperion1001
03.21.24 | evil dead 2013 was pretty cool
evil dead rise is pure garbage though |
bellovddd
03.21.24 | Dawn Of the Dead 2004 would prob be the best horror remake. Closely followed by the Texas chainsaw remake. Loved that. |
bellovddd
03.21.24 | i went through the Phantasm series again. Such a fun series |
Faraudo
03.21.24 | Just saw Jonathan Glazer's Birth and that man can do no wrong in my book, such a phenomenal filmmaker. |
efp123
03.24.24 | Vanilla Sky is underrated |
JayEnder
03.24.24 | All you film buffs need to throw some good horror movie recs my way (besides The Thing as I've already watched it like 40 times) |
neekafat
03.24.24 | caertain women and bee movie :C |
neekafat
03.24.24 | @JayEnder you seen Annihilation? or if you want more whack body horror go with 1988 Blob its such a fun ride |
neekafat
03.24.24 | @Hyperion evil dead rise is sooooooo overrated yes
@farudo Birth is great and Sexy Beast is even better |
Tunaboy45
03.24.24 | Late Night With the Devil: excellent film, plays around with the format of found footage in some unique ways and gets progressively more surreal and unsettling. Lake Mungo is one of my favourite films and I got a similar feeling from this, especially towards the end (no surprise, given Joel Anderson was a producer).
Ferrari: very good film, shot with the style you'd expect from Michael Mann and carried by two fantastic lead performances (Cruz was a particular highlight).
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budgie
03.24.24 | @jay you have letterboxd? mine is exclusively horror films if you wanna look thru for film ideas |
Hyperion1001
03.24.24 | dune 2
it was pretty good, better than i expected tbh. zendaya cant really act but it wasnt that distracting. idk villeneuve makes films that i think are technically very good they just dont leave me feeling much of anything.
3.5/5 |
Sharenge
03.24.24 | checked Splendor in the Grass 'cus it got referenced/easter-egged in some other shit I like, was worth it glad I did - don't watch tons of movies from the 60s... was interesting that for a movie as much about sex as it was, I think there was only a single instance of the word 'sex' being used in the entire movie
then did Violent Cop 'cus was interested to check some of Beat Takeshi's movies... feel like Bad Lieutenant was partially inspired by this I don't know maybe it's coincidence... Bad Lieutenant probably the better movie... but yeah had higher hopes for this one, dunno if it's just me or the subs I was using were shitty or what... gonna check Sonatine next maybe it'll be better |
JayEnder
03.24.24 | Thanks for the recs above fellas, will check those out. I'm a noob when it comes to movies and you'd be surprised to find out what I haven't seen lol.
Horror movies have really piqued my interest lately though, looking for some good psychological atmospheric horror and not constant jumpscares and "startling." |
AlexKzillion
03.24.24 | @tunaboy seeing an absolute fuck ton of people up in arms about the use of generative ai in late night with the devil (mainly on lb)... is it actually noticeable/distracting??? |
JeetJeet
03.24.24 | "looking for some good psychological atmospheric horror and not constant jumpscares and "startling."
Watch The Wailing and the Suspiria remake. Both amazing. |
gabba
03.24.24 | Yep, especially The Wailing, and its quasi follow-up The Medium, which is among the scariest, most haunting I’ve ever seen. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.24.24 | @jay
Depends on what you’re looking for. More mainstream or more art house? Horror has been in a really good spot ever since the found footage trend has sorta died off.
The Blackcoats Daughter. It’s a slow burn for sure but it’s a really fascinating film with two separate storylines and when they finally meet up it results in a really wild ending.
If you don’t mind foreign films, I’d highly recommend Demián Rugna’s work. Personally, I liked Terrified more but When Evil Lurks was one of the most acclaimed horror flicks of the last year.
And uh… Evil Dead Rise. People like to trash it, and I really don’t know why. It feels like the perfect combination of Evil Dead 2’s more comedic tendencies and the super dark and serious tone of Evil Dead 2013. It’s my favorite horror film since Hereditary. Once the first possession hits the pace is absolutely breakneck and Alyssa Sutherland puts in an all time performance as the deadite. I’m really ready to call it my favorite Evil Dead flick
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Wildcardbitchesss
03.24.24 | And second or third (whatever) The Wailing. Korean horror has a completely different vibe but if you can get on board with it there’s so many movies that are absolute gold. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.24.24 | Haven’t even heard of The Medium. If it’s anything like The Wailing im sure I’ll love it. |
gabba
03.24.24 | Yeah, The Medium is very similar in atmosphere, the directior of the The Wailing co-wrote this one, and it was directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, also responsible for the original version of Shutter. So I highly recommend it. |
CugnoBrasso
03.24.24 | Dune II: good
Spiderhead on Netflix: walrus shit |
JeetJeet
03.24.24 | "and its quasi follow-up The Medium, which is among the scariest, most haunting I’ve ever seen"
Wait, HUH?!? Didn't know this movie existed til now but I gotta peep ASAP. |
AlexKzillion
03.25.24 | saw immaculate today... the concept is cool and the final act is great but everything getting there was really fucking annoying???
also will say while she's great in white lotus and euphoria this was the first time i've ever liked sydney sweeney in a movie role before. she needs to ditch the rom coms and let her freak flag fly. i never want to see her try and play a regular person ever again |
budgie
03.25.24 | she's in night teeth and nocturne, both fairly fun horrors. nocturne is kind of a rehash of black swan though. night teeth is like a supa fun vampire film makes me think of that vampire masquerades game. vampires doin vampire shit in LA at night. that being said i think she was awful in both films
i should check immaculate at some point but religious horror is the most boring subgenre it's a slog everytime |
Ryus
03.25.24 | continuing my wiseman obsession with titicut follies. obviously very different from his later stuff but still excellent 4/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | “i should check immaculate at some point but religious horror is the most boring subgenre it's a slog everytime”
[2]
Part of why I’ll never understand the love that the original Conjuring gets. Yeah it’s competently made but people gush over it like a thousand other horror movies didn’t do the exact same shit. If I found out that a prototype model of chat GPT was asked to make a horror movie and this is what popped out, I wouldn’t be surprised at all |
Faraudo
03.25.24 | "And uh… Evil Dead Rise. People like to trash it, and I really don’t know why. It feels like the perfect combination of Evil Dead 2’s more comedic tendencies and the super dark and serious tone of Evil Dead 2013. It’s my favorite horror film since Hereditary. Once the first possession hits the pace is absolutely breakneck and Alyssa Sutherland puts in an all time performance as the deadite. I’m really ready to call it my favorite Evil Dead flick"
I second this, glad to see there are genuine connoisseurs out there.
Btw I just saw Mysterious Skin for the first time and I'm tremendously devastated, wow.
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budgie
03.25.24 | i think its time for my annual rewatch of contagion which is basically the 5/5est movie of all time |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | It’s more just that I really don’t understand where the hate comes from. Any complaints I’ve seen usually circle back to it being predictable (which for spoilers sake, I’ll just say I disagree), characters making stupid decisions (also disagree), and poor acting, which is just flat out wrong. Just because they occasionally let the Aussie accent slip through doesn’t mean you should dismiss the performance as a whole. Aside from Sutherland, I thought Beth was fine but I was seriously impressed with the children. That’s some of the best acting from kids I’ve ever seen.
And then you have the admittedly small minority of anti woke morons who think having a trans person in the film means the whole thing is basically a pride parade. The funniest, and most pathetic, part of that argument is that without any knowledge of the actors beforehand, I can guarantee you that almost nobody could guess who the LGBT+ character is considering it’s never even mentioned.
And then you’ll have those same people praise Evil Dead 2013, which just actually does have all of those flaws. Extremely predictable, character completely devoid of any personality (aside from Mia, she rules), and does absolutely nothing to set itself apart from horror remakes that were completely rampant in the late naughts and early 2010’s. And I say that as someone that really enjoys 2013. I just don’t think it makes sense to dunk on Rise but be completely in love with 2013 |
budgie
03.25.24 | there was a trans person in evil dead 2023? well now i really dislike it |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | exactly |
budgie
03.25.24 | im sayin man the fact there was like a 10 year old protagonist made the film feel safe, you know nothings gonna happen to the kid. idk. the tone, vibe, soul of the film, just didn't feel very mean. still above average horror film for sure but nowhere near 2013 to my taste |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | The way I saw it is that I saw a hallway full of people that were there to pad the kill count, when they got offed in the first half hour I was legitimately shocked because I figured they were only there to spare the family without sacrificing the kind of bloodshed you need in an Evil Dead flick.
And like I said, I think this movie is much closer to Raimi’s originals than 2013. Of course it doesn’t feel as mean, I don’t think that’s what it was going for. But there’s absolutely some brutal kills. Staffanie in particular was extremely shocking. |
budgie
03.25.24 | dude i need more horror films in apartment complexes
demons 2 & rec/rec2 are awesome
i will rewatch evil dead rise soon and reassess |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | 1408 is a good one! Watcher is also really great but I’d say that it’s about half apartment half city, but it being a foreign country for the protagonist really adds to the isolation that she feels, more than if she were just trapped in the apartment. Possession 1981, Candyman, and obv Rosemary’s Baby are some older ones. |
budgie
03.25.24 | 1408 is cool, i dig the films where there's an evil that like, betrays your sense of time or what you're seeing, like oculus.
but demons 2, rec 1/2, evil dead rise, all have this trapped-in-an-apartment-complex-with-some-super-evil-possessed-demons thing going on which is a fun setup |
budgie
03.25.24 | the scene in watcher where you realize what's in the bag is fuckin chilling |
Faraudo
03.25.24 | "The way I saw it is that I saw a hallway full of people that were there to pad the kill count, when they got offed in the first half hour I was legitimately shocked because I figured they were only there to spare the family without sacrificing the kind of bloodshed you need in an Evil Dead flick.
And like I said, I think this movie is much closer to Raimi’s originals than 2013. Of course it doesn’t feel as mean, I don’t think that’s what it was going for. But there’s absolutely some brutal kills. Staffanie in particular was extremely shocking."
Slay Wild
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Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | Yeah that scene with the bag chilled me to the fucking bone. You can absolutely tell what’s in that bag but your mind is praying that it’s not the bad bad thing. It really helps that Burn Gorman has such a creepy screen presence. He’s an incredible actor and it’s unfortunate that he hasn’t had too many big opportunities.
And Ya fuck it, Rise is my favorite Evil Dead and one of the best horror movies of the 21st century. |
Faraudo
03.25.24 | Probably one of my favorite theater experiences in recent memory. Everyone was completely on board with the film from beginning to end and had an absolute blast. It's not as "mean" as 2013's Evil Dead, but it doesn't need to be; I wouldn't want the same thing over and over |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.25.24 | Yeah I saw a pre release screening, so definitely nothing but die hards. When the title card reveal happened, everyone applauded. I’m not one to do that, I think clapping at movie is kinda stupid, but I’ll admit I got caught up in the moment and did it too. Really amazing experience. |
budgie
03.25.24 | "I wouldn't want the same thing over and over"
some of us are simple, ok. |
bellovddd
03.25.24 | just finished oculus. gotta be one of the dumbest movies ever. |
budgie
03.25.24 | if you think oculus is dumb wait till you get a load of the outwaters |
bellovddd
03.25.24 | Never heard of it. But god damnit I’m gunna have to see it now |
budgie
03.25.24 | don't put yourself through it man lol |
Scheumke
03.25.24 | Widows - 7/10 Pretty good movie. Straight after watching I would've given it a 8/10 probably but now, a few days later, I'm questioning why I thought that. There's not that much that really stood out to me that I'm still thinking about. It lacked a lot of subtlety. Acting and cinematography were great though.
La La Land - 9/10 Yeah I get the hype this got at release. The fact that Ryan Gossling actually played the piano parts is sick, dude got mad chops. I absolutely loved the ending. Maybe a little too heavy on the montages but goddamn that score is infectious and the pictures are gorgeous. |
protokute
03.25.24 | Cloverfield (2008) - I liked it, felt immersed in it... but could be so much better, characters are a bit eh... but okay. I wished they weren't so explicit with the monster (or if it wasn't so cliche and a bit more frightening)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - I liked this one from Wes Anderson, it is very weird, and the aesthetic is a bit off-putting, but I liked this kind of weirdness, it didn't feel off like some other films of his that I watched (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums) and felt more personal/emotional, daddy Murray giving strong absent depressed daddy vibes. The film felt like a retired and isolated angler fantasy. |
Hyperion1001
03.30.24 | gozu (2003) - what the fuck
4/5 |
budgie
03.30.24 | cloverfield? cliche? it's like the first found footage creature feature! |
Nikkolae
04.01.24 | just checked out Where Evil Lurks and it seems no one has mentioned yet so if ya havent and want a nice horror movie u should defo check it out, its from argentina so u do gotta read some subtitles tho, other than that I havent checked anything out other than finding out there was supposed to be a Uzumaki anime by Adult Swim but it has now been postponed and im super bummed out about it :C |
gabba
04.01.24 | All Of Us Strangers - a very moving piece, I’m somewhat surprised that they still make movies like this (7/10). Following Aftersun, Paul Mescal easily became one of the more exciting actors out there, but Prof. Moriarty (Andrew Scott) steals the show. Seeing him in pyjamas is a treat. |
Storm In A Teacup
04.01.24 | Finally finished Super 8. Decent movie |
budgie
04.01.24 | storm rec me some scifi horror |
Zac124
04.01.24 | Scarface (1983) - I wasn't so invested in the rise of Tony Montana but that fall was glorious to watch. Exciting action, tense sequences and it finally having some emotion. Really happy I have finally seen the final shoot out of the film and why it is so iconic. 3.5/5
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) - Love it whenever Scorsese religious themes take front and center frame in his films and this one is no exception. What this film did with its depiction of Jesus is incredibly interesting. Depicting Jesus as human as well as God, like how he was, just makes the story so much more impactful. Dafoe's perfomance was his best and that entire final act was extremely terrifying yet beautiful. I don't know what my favourite Scorsese film is but either this film or two others is. 4.5/5 (Honestly, the more I think about the film though, the more I want to give it a 5). |
markjamie
04.02.24 | I need to watch The Last Temptation of Christ - may be kind of interesting for an atheist who believes Jesus was a real person who lived and preached, but was in no way divine. Tonight's viewing sorted... |
AlexKzillion
04.02.24 | last temptation rules yeah |
Deathconscious
04.02.24 | Triangle of Sadness. It has its moments but was underwhelming overall. I always got this movie mixed up with The Menu, but i just watched that one as well and it was much, much better. |
budgie
04.02.24 | nah the menu is a hard 1/5 and probably the worst movie in the past decade |
gabba
04.02.24 | I wouldn’t be so harsh with The Menu (4/10), but Triangle of Sadness is much better imo (6/10). |
Sharenge
04.02.24 | I liked it |
PortalofPerfection
04.02.24 | That's a lot of comments.
Unstoppable. Fun movie with Denzel and Chris Pine loosely based on a true story. Kind of reminded me of Speed.
Wind River. Awesome crime drama with fantastic acting and a really interesting story and set of characters. So glad Liz Olsen didn't spiral off into drugland like her siblings because that woman can ACT. |
Ryus
04.02.24 | the third man (1949) in theaters. rules hard 4.5/5 |
Deathconscious
04.03.24 | "nah the menu is a hard 1/5 and probably the worst movie in the past decade"
Hilarious take. |
rabidfish
04.03.24 | rewatched No Country for Old Men again last night. Very good movie, the minimalisitc approach really gives it an almost dreamy vibe while still being firmly "realistic". Bardem is perfect in it. |
unclereich
04.03.24 | The Menu (2022): 1.8/10 - Absolute trash, just like any modern horror that uses cheap shock value to create tension and conflates fluky conceptual ideas with capitalism critique of average IQ. The directing and all actors sucked so that didn't help either. |
budgie
04.03.24 | my man |
BaselineOOO
04.03.24 | Unclereich < 3
All these neo-American quirky horrors ought to be viewed as adversaries to both your spirit and intellect. In some ways, they resemble 80s horror movies, but instead of merely degrading the human body, they degrade human dignity. These films are crafted with the intention of diminishing your cognitive faculties. Now, they can peddle anything to you. They raise a finger, and you burst into laughter. 'Here's the menu! Enjoy!' |
budgie
04.03.24 | rein it in buddy |
KevinKC
04.03.24 | Road House (2024):
Very good philosophical/action/comedy on the acceptability, legitimacy and necessity of primordial violence in the building of a society. |
denboy
04.03.24 | If you watched The Menu expecting a horror movie, I guess I can see how you'd think it was shit
I went into it blind and thought it was an alright comedy |
BaselineOOO
04.03.24 | Yes, strictly as a comedy, it was good, mainly because it was inspired (copy/pasted) by Johan August Strindberg's plays. Still, 1.8/10 |
gabba
04.03.24 | exactly, no way The Menu could be filed under "horror"
it is a satire, but I agree that the execution could have been much better |
BaselineOOO
04.03.24 | Allow me to elucidate: although The Menu may incorporate elements of satire, please discern that, in this case, satire merely serves as a moral tone within the broader framework of horror. The film's essence is steeped in dread, evoking primal fears and unsettling the very core of the viewer's psyche. Genres are in this order: black comedy / horror / satire; You're just focusing on the "satire" aspect of it because it makes you feel a bit smarter. Still, 1.8/10 |
denboy
04.03.24 | "mainly because it was inspired (copy/pasted) by Johan August Strindberg's plays"
lmao |
Egarran
04.03.24 | Some guys will make hating The Menu their whole identity. |
BaselineOOO
04.03.24 | Supremely stupid as it is, at least The Menu makes logical sense. I hate only one movie and it's Million Dollar Hotel (2000). That thing was cringe and lame and useless yet I cannot erase it from my memory. |
Colton
04.03.24 | just watched the matrix last night cause my coworkers were freaking out that i’ve never seen it. first 45 minutes were good and then it devolved into hokey mush. bad movie |
AlexKzillion
04.03.24 | "woah"
- keanu reeves as neo in the matrix (1999) |
Egarran
04.03.24 | Colton, let us know how your coworkers responded to your review. |
Ryus
04.03.24 | yeah i didnt like the matrix either. dont think ive seen an action movie better than like a 3/5. worst genre |
fogza
04.03.24 | I checked out the northman and it was hilariously bad, shakespeare really knew how to improve on things |
Hyperion1001
04.03.24 | hard boiled and predator are probably the only real 5/5 action movies. |
AlexKzillion
04.03.24 | terminator 2????????? |
fogza
04.03.24 | Plenty of great action movies, what would Christmas be without die hard |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | Ryus wtf man lmao
Action Movies that are 5/5 no question
13 Assassins remake, never saw the original
Die Hard
The Raid 2
Seven Samurai
Terminator 1 and 2
Mad Max Fury Road
Heat
Enter the Dragon
Police Story
Aliens
Hot Fuzz (does this count? fuck it I think it does)
Oldboy
Casino Fucking Royale (goated)
The Fugitive
French Connection
and Ill throw in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade but im a Bond fanboy so Sean Connery flicks always have a special place for me.
But I also think The Matrix is the hardest of 5’s so your results will vary |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | Anyways just took some edibles and im gonna watch Mulholland Drive for the first time, wish me luck |
Ryus
04.03.24 | ok i do like seven samurai a lot
seen aliens, oldboy, die hard, some of the indiana jones, dont rly like any of them that much.
enjoy mullholland drive its a classic ahrd |
Rowhaus
04.03.24 | Never cared much for Lynch tbh. His films feel more like a collage of ideas than cohesive stories. He's alluded to this in interviews many times, and while I respect the approach, I don't get much out of it. Admittedly it is amusing to watch people try to make sense out of the randomness lol |
Ryus
04.03.24 | GOAT director agreed
eraserhead is in my top 3 ever |
Rowhaus
04.03.24 | Eraserhead is definitely my favorite of his yeah. Never cared for Twin Peaks, but Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway are all pretty good. He seems like he'd be a great guy to have a conversation with over lunch. I'd order a salad. |
gabba
04.03.24 | and he'd order cherry pie with black coffee
btw, anyone seen Dobermann (1997)? it's a hilarious French action movie |
budgie
04.03.24 | saying hot fuzz is 5/5 is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy |
budgie
04.03.24 | the first pirates film is prob closest action can get to a 5/5 |
AlexKzillion
04.03.24 | fast five more like 5/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | ok grilling me over Hot Fuzz then saying the first pirates movie is a classic is some fightin’ words |
denboy
04.03.24 | budgie get out |
budgie
04.03.24 | it has TALL MAST SHIPS in it you fart sniffers0 on that note master and commander is also way up there as far as action flicks go |
markjamie
04.03.24 | Kill Bill V1, Raiders and Temple of Doom, Crouching Tiger, Aliens, T1 and T2, Fury Road, a Bond film or 3... Heaps of 9/10 or better action films out there. |
Ryus
04.03.24 | didnt like kill bill at all tbh
i do like terminator 1 tho. that one is pretty good |
budgie
04.03.24 | some of the indianapolis jones films are alright but id rather watch the mummy |
Egarran
04.03.24 | Your takes are from another dimension where good and bad are meaningless concepts. |
budgie
04.03.24 |
the further your tastes deviate from mine the further you are from godliness |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | Mulholland Drive was surprisingly pretty straightforward, until the scene with the blue box, shit went way the fuck off the rails after that. I feel like I really need the last 40 minutes or so explained to me. Yeah there’s a lot of weird shit that doesn’t really get explained, it’s Lynch, but I just genuinely did not understand a few key things about that last act. Really good flick but I think of all his movies I’ve seen I’d go with either Eraserhead or Fire Walk With Me. Still haven’t see Inland Empire, The Straight Story, or Wild at Heart. Or Twin Peaks The Return, Ryus i know you’re gonna get on my ass for that lol
and budgie you’re clinically insane lmfao |
gabba
04.03.24 | This guy is pretty spot-on about Mulholland Drive imo, but as he also recommends, you should do your own work first:
https://youtu.be/OiCfHW3N3vo? |
unclereich
04.03.24 | llorando por tu amor |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | I’ll give it a watch but I think I have a decent grasp on what was really going on.
SPOILERS FOR MULHOLLAND DRIVE
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I wasn’t keeping track of time, so I’d guess this probably happens with about 30 or so mins left in the film, but the blue box scene is where the film really gets weird. Immediately after finishing it, and as the movie was going on I guess, I thought that the last act was just showing how Rita/Camilla got into the accident, and that having Naomi Watts’s playing both Betty and Diane was a stylistic choice. Not that the whole first two hours were basically a dream sequence from the POV of a suicidal actress that had her lover killed. So that makes a lot more sense and has a lot less holes in it than what I previously thought.
I feel like Mulholland Drive practically demands a rewatch. I’m not gonna do it now but I will definitely be rewatching it soon. The more I think about it the better it gets. |
gabba
04.03.24 | rules for the rewatch:
"you'll see me one more time if you do good, you'll see me two more times if you do bad"
I was a very-very bad boy, saw it around 4 times |
unclereich
04.03.24 | the invitation(2015): 6/10 feels generous due to some really horrible acting performances but a great story and fun ending saved it.
hell or high water(2016): 7/10 not sure why this got the heaps of praise it did, though it seems every year there is a hype train that inevitably under delivers once you watch it(parasite im looking at you). great performances just a very cookie cutter modern western story. |
Sharenge
04.03.24 | do Inland Empire |
budgie
04.03.24 | do greener grass (2019) |
budgie
04.03.24 | ""the invitation(2015): 6/10 feels generous due to some really horrible acting performances but a great story and fun ending saved it.""
i properly love this one |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | I’m reading that’s even more off the wall batshit. No I need a break, gonna watch the sopranos lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.03.24 | And Hell or High Water is a masterpiece imo, one of the best neo westerns ever made. Taylor Sheridan is a fucking tool but the guy knows how to write a good script |
unclereich
04.04.24 | the way Jeff bridges moves his mouth/lips bothers me |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.04.24 | hes been like that since True Grit at least lol
I love the man but I know what you mean |
unclereich
04.04.24 | haha im glad you see it too. all I remember from that true grit is him slurring and saying SHOT OR KILLED |
fogza
04.04.24 | Jeff bridges morphed into a mealy mouthed cowboy in his late career, I can hardly bear to see him in movies now. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.04.24 | oh I wouldn’t go that far. He’s still a damn good actor and I get excited to see any movie he’s in |
fogza
04.04.24 | I dunno, some highlights from his late career:
Tron Legacy - flat and soulless
True Grit - overrated and unnecessary, almost a parody of his Crazy Heart role
RIPD - one of the worst movies ever made, a parody of his parody Crazy Heart role
The Giver - Dreadful, and once again it smacks of him playing some old timey frontier wise man
Seventh Son - A Nicholas Cage-level movie with zero % of the fun, still playing a hammed up crotchety old timer
Kingsman Golden Circle - A gross pointless movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.04.24 | Disagree about True Grit, I think it’s for sure one of the weaker Coen flicks but still damn good and he was great. And the rest that I’ve seen… well he’s definitely the best part of those movies.
He was great in Bad Times at El Royale, probably one of the stronger MCU villains with Iron Man (not a high bar to clear at all but still), and you very conveniently left out The Old Man which he was really damn good in. |
budgie
04.04.24 | wild baby watch greener grass & candy land |
fogza
04.04.24 | Bad times was a tepid ok but the best thing in that movie was bautista and that's a weird place to be in. Old man had that guy from Locke and Key in so it was unwatchable for that reason. |
fogza
04.04.24 | Agree on iron man though, last performance of his that I've seen that was a credit to his legacy |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.04.24 | I mean, not really. Bautista is honestly a very respectable actor at this stage in his career. Pretty easily the best wrestler turned actor that im aware of. |
fogza
04.04.24 | Fair enough, bautista was the best thing in blade runner 2049 tbh. I just didn't think bad times was a particularly strong movie, although it wasn't terrible either. My point is after crazy heart, I feel bridges has not been in remarkable movies and has coasted performance wise |
denboy
04.04.24 | budgie agree on pirates and master and commander (it's a crime it never turned into the trilogy that was intended) but ragging on hot fuzz is a no go |
Scheumke
04.04.24 | I'm noticing that my favorite action movies are mostly different genre movies with great action in it, but I guess that shit doesn't count.
Ya'll need to get on RRR for a great action movie
Other then that my favorite actual action movies are probably Sicario, Fury Road and The Dark Knight (milquetoast I know but seriously, go watch RRR) |
denboy
04.04.24 | the old man is just bridges impersonating a massachusetts accent by going yauuhp over and over again
maybe it's great if you're from the US or something, I just found it annoying |
Egarran
04.04.24 | Fogza is a movie watcher with respectable and learned takes.
Re: Bridges, I just saw everything wrong with King Kong (blame the algorithm), twas fun, it's an absurd movie: https://youtu.be/If7R0PErTxw?si=uMadi2j5S5sP-Pp- |
unclereich
04.04.24 | Pp-[2] |
IsisScript80
04.04.24 | Loved Coens' 'True Grit' and Bridges in it.
I don't think it's a case of him "losing it" in any way as such, just the majority of roles he takes these days are for less-than-stellar movies. |
fogza
04.04.24 | I see Jeff Bridges now as that cowboy guy who speaks with a drawl in at least half the roles he takes since he was in a movie about a country singer. I'm probably in the minority who didn't like True Grit but really, I just didn't see the point of remaking the original |
IsisScript80
04.04.24 | ^ Yeah, he's definitely fallen into being typecast... not quite as bad though, as someone like Giancarlo Esposito, whose every role I've seen him in, post 2013, has been "Gus Fring with a Different Name". |
AlexKzillion
04.04.24 | "I mean, not really. Bautista is honestly a very respectable actor at this stage in his career. Pretty easily the best wrestler turned actor that im aware of."
bautista in knock at the cabin is the best performance i've ever seen in a bad movie |
Rowhaus
04.04.24 | "Jeff bridges morphed into a mealy mouthed cowboy in his late career, I can hardly bear to see him in movies now."
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man. |
fogza
04.04.24 | Nice |
Scheumke
04.05.24 | L.A. Confidential - 9/10 - What a criminally underappreciated banger. The cast is fantastic and it's so cleverly constructed. This one falls under the "they don't make them like this anymore" category. Absolutely loved it.
Wish - 4,5/10 - Painfully mediocre Disney movie. There are some good things, the watercolour backgrounds and animations are gorgeous and some of the songs are pretty great. The 3d animation is offputting and straight up ugly at points though, and the story and dialogue are some of the worst I've ever seen from Disney. |
Hyperion1001
04.05.24 | repo man (1984) - what a film. “let’s go do some crimes” 4/5 |
Faraudo
04.06.24 | Tokyo Sonata was sooooo good |
BaselineOOO
04.10.24 | Saved (2004) - waste of time, not once funny, not once interesting 1.5/10
The Heartbreak Kid (1972) - great underrated gem, very funny and well-acted 6.5/10 |
DocSportello
04.10.24 | damn the road house remake was really bad, they weren’t kiddin |
Faraudo
04.10.24 | Just saw a Chilean film called The Settlers (2023), quite brutal, but extremely beautiful to look at. |
Futures
04.10.24 | anyone else see monkey man?
what a disappointment that was. decent setup that completely grinds to a halt in the 2nd act and delivers an underwhelming third act. so much shakey cam as well. the political villains are beyond undercooked and the story is just revenge. not enough good action to carry it. decently shot and dev patel shows some promise but damn. let down. |
unclereich
04.10.24 | after the trash heap that was The Green Knight I dont really care to see him in another movie again. granted it wasn't his fault that the director completely botched the telling of the story, but everything ive seen Dev in has disappointed me. what a stupid title for a film as well doesn't he know the real monkey man is a Hey Arnold character? |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.11.24 | Oh dude i couldn’t disagree more, I adored the Green Knight
Im a huge Bond fanboy and would’ve absolutely loved to see Dev in the role, he was my first pick along with Richard Madden. I think he’d be perfect. But Aaron is a great choice too if they decide to go with him.
Have yet to see Monkey Man but I’ll watch anything with him in it. I think he’s one of the best actors of this new generation tbh |
AlexKzillion
04.11.24 | monkey man was a solid 3.5. i thought the action scenes were pretty great and i really liked dev patel. like john wick without the guns. thought there was some really cool shots too. but yeah it really screeches to a halt in the middle and it takes what feels like forever to get any momentum back. the full on flashback scene in particular was super unnecessary that far in. and yeah villains were pretty undercooked but i don't think that hurt the movie too much.
been reading that the movie went through years of production hell which might explain the unevenness a bit. |
unclereich
04.11.24 | I guess with green knight it's one of those times where I snobbishly feel that the source material far exceeds the film adaptation. I highly recommend you give it a read |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.11.24 | I just might! Maybe not having read it gives it an advantage to me. I think it’s legitimately one of the best films of the last few years.
It all seemed really art house for the sake of art house…. but the last fifteen minutes or so shook me to my core and tied the whole thing together beautifully.
Incredible film imo |
unclereich
04.11.24 | certainly a beautiful looking film |
Faraudo
04.11.24 | Green Knight is a fantastic film lmao what the fuck are you talking about |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.11.24 | I wasnt gonna be that blunt but yeah lol, its legitimately one of my favorite films. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.11.24 | we both have it 5’d on Letterboxd lmao |
gabba
04.11.24 | I saw The Green Knight with absolutely no expectations, and it was fantastic, even on a small/shitty laptop. I wish I saw it on the big screen, and will definitely revisit soon. |
KevinKC
04.11.24 | 1978 Coma. Great hospital thriller telling the truth about abortion and hospitals.
2024 Sleeping dogs. Nice neo-noir movie. But Karen Gillan isn't a great actress. |
Egarran
04.11.24 | Spoiled take, but I wish they had done Green Knight with less CGI. It takes me out of the immersion and the mystery. |
fogza
04.11.24 | I did not like The Green Knight, think I would have preferred a little less artiness |
Pheromone
04.11.24 | Watched Monster, was incred. Hirokazu Kore-eda the goat |
protokute
04.11.24 | Anatomy of a Fall — I really liked it, was really gripped throughout and interested to see how it would all resolve, but I think it lacked a tiny bit more emotional punch for me.
The Zone of Interest — Eh... Considering the weight of it all and how sad and disturbing it is, this really didn't move me much, maybe because of the normalcy and indifference portrayed throughout most of the film. I get what they were trying to show but I'm not sure if it was really affecting. |
Scheumke
04.11.24 | The Banshees of Inisherin - 10/10 - Just finished watching it so first reaction, but goddamn did I love this movie. Both laugh out loud funny and heartbreaking and nihilistic and depressing and heartwarming and all of it, all the feels. I fully expect people here will (have) 1/10 it, but to me it just struck me deeply, warts and all. |
markjamie
04.11.24 | Yep - same. Banshees was ace. 9/10 for me. One of a kind film really, but I can see how some hate it. |
rabidfish
04.11.24 | banshees is a very depressing film. I liked it a lot, but it is nihilistc in a gut-punching way. |
gabba
04.11.24 | I don’t see how ppl could hate it, I’ve got no empathy for that. It’s not perfect, but it has a lot of layers for most to find it “valuable” at the least. Apart from the messy psychopath movie, everything Martin McDonagh did was gold. |
gabba
04.12.24 | Certain Women (6/10) - interesting characters, good performances, but no development whatsoever, leads to nowhere essentially (I guess that was the point, but still...)
The Drop (6.5/10) - small-time gangsters suffering, works more as a drama than a thriller. Worth watching for it being Gandolfini's final role alone, but Tom Hardy steals the show imo. But I found it weird that the plot centered around a poor dog (again), since it was released around the same time as the first John Wick movie. Was there something in the air in 2014 that the screenwriters couldn't help sniffing? |
AlexKzillion
04.12.24 | damn bruh certain women is a near masterpiece for me.
caught 'how to have sex' last night. visually stunning. i wanted to throw up when it was over. 4/5 |
DocSportello
04.12.24 | did not find banshees that nihilistic tbh. john synge would be very proud. a loy to the head of films like that babylon mess |
Egarran
04.13.24 | Finally got around to Parasite. Sublime movie. I thought it was going to be some heavy stuff but it's surprisingly entertaining. |
budgie
04.14.24 | "but ragging on hot fuzz is a no go"
you want more? you want more???
shaun of the dead is overrated
2016 cabin fever remake is better than the og
everythin by von trier is contrived garbage that only works on people who are desperate to delude themselves into the fantasy they have an artistic soul |
markjamie
04.14.24 | One of the wrongest posts to ever appear on Sputnik... one of the very wrongest...
EDIT: I just went back and read some of your other posts. This one wasn't so bad comparatively speaking. You have indeed been much wronger. |
budgie
04.14.24 | well i dont mind u disagreeing w me but u could have been a lil bit nicer abt it *cries |
nol
04.14.24 | Dune 2 and Rosemary’s Baby. Dune 2 modern classic, but rosemary’s baby was one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. |
Egarran
04.14.24 | We love you budgie, and your input fills an important niche.
Ohh Rosemary's Baby. Basically we can't get enough satanic cult movies. The very premise makes a movie good. |
gabba
04.14.24 | When I first saw Rosemary's Baby, it was on VHS recorded from TV, and it abruptly ended 5-10 minutes before the credits (due to bad programming of the recorder). So I just found out about the ending weeks later when I could get hand on a normal copy, which actually made the movie even more exciting!
But yeah, haven't seen a decent satanic cult movie in a while, this reminds me to check The Sacrament asap, has been on my list for years. |
Egarran
04.14.24 | I've never seen an Eli Roth movie, maybe I should try that. |
nol
04.14.24 | my take is that the main villain of rosemary’s baby is her husband. What a total piece of shit lol |
nol
04.14.24 | the cult members are incredibly evil yada yada but it was his selfish desire to have a starring role in the moviez that allowed the cult to have their way with rosemary in the first place |
budgie
04.14.24 | the sacrament is great, but i dont think there are many stylistic or thematic parallels with rosemarys baby, satanic or otherwise, it's just a FF based on the jonestown massacre. son (2021) however shares some. satanic panic (2019) is fun, i hated it the first time but it clicked 2nd time. society '88 is fun |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | Eli Roth sucksssss |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | The best thing he ever did was acting in a Tarantino movie |
BAT
04.14.24 | i'll play devils advocate : eli roths not a great writer but as far as technical chops goes his movies generally look pretty good and he does seem to accomplish what he sets out too, despite audiences probably thinking it's shit. like the hostel movies kinda sucked but it's not for lack of trying, cabin fevers a mess but it's at least memorable. i think he's capable, but a borderlands movie just sounds like a bad idea regardless of director. and tbh i hate him in inglorious basterds it would've been way better if adam sandler showed up like he was supposed to, eli roths in-movie sniper movie is pretty good though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | Woah Adam Sandler was originally supposed to be the Bear Jew? I can see that working very well under QT’s direction. |
BAT
04.14.24 | it was written for sandler, hence why the whole scene leading up to his introduction is like this big hoorah audience moment, with eli roth its just kinda like ??. it's not that he even does a bad job in the movie it's just you can tell it's supposed to be someone way more recognizable in the role and kinda loses some impact cuz it's just like one of tarantinos coke buddies |
budgie
04.14.24 | i like eli roth cause ana de armas was sudded up naked in knock knock prob one of the greatest contributions to mankind |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | budgie that’s a solid fucking point |
BAT
04.14.24 | i've still not seen knock knock or green inferno, got the latter on blu ray but if i'm ever in a cannibal mood i just play one of the actual movies lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | And BAT, I can definitely see what you mean by that.
Personally, Inglorious Basterds is my favorite QT film and one of my favorite films of all time, but I would’ve loved to see Adam Sandler chew scenery as the Bear Jew. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | they’re both fucking terrible, but Ana de Armas boobs are a solid contribution to film.
I haven’t seen Thanksgiving but it’s funny that Eli Roth decided to make is “magnum opus” this late in his career. |
BAT
04.14.24 | I think inglorious is tarantinos best movie on a technical level, i kinda jump between what my favorite tarantino is but i probably watch reservoir the most often. finally watched django a few months ago and it was a lot of fun but feel like it's got probably the weakest soundtrack of any tarantino movie, got to get around to hateful eight and america but just been lazy tbh |
BAT
04.14.24 | and i think elis capable of like a ti west resurgence, ti west was pretty low tier in the 2000s to the point he was doing shit like cabin fever 2, now he's probably the highest regarded retro horror director in the scene. haven't seen thanksgiving buuut maybe it's his time to shine |
Anthracks
04.14.24 | civil war (2024) - 6/10
la chimera (2023) - 8/10 |
budgie
04.14.24 | green inferno is totally serviceable if you treat it as a really tasteless horror comedy. but it's certainly not standout. thanksgiving imo was fine. super middle of the road slasher. luckily for eli roth, 2023 was the worst year for horror in decades, so thanksgiving was like top of the pile |
budgie
04.14.24 | "ti west was pretty low tier in the 2000s to the point he was doing shit like cabin fever 2, now he's probably the highest regarded retro horror director in the scene."
dude. innkeeper / house of the devil imo are leagues better than the mia goth miniverse he's doin now but i will concede that's not a popular opinion |
BAT
04.14.24 | my old stoner friends from high school told me green inferno was hysterical sooo yeah thats kinda the most i'm hoping for with it lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | ya highly disagree Budge
But I guess we’ll see how Maxxxine turns out. It’s probably my most anticipated movie of 2024 |
budgie
04.14.24 | JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS |
BAT
04.14.24 | and yeah ti west beeen better than eli / i'd even say cabin fever 2s better than the first, buut he was still kind of like a word of mouth direct-to-video guy i think streaming services definitely built up his fanbase over the years. roth had that tarantino push and to give him some credit he likely pointed tons of young horror fans to the 70s exploitation stuff/had some impact on its preservation and legacy. like i grew up on imdb forums and no one was bringing up torso until roth name dropped it in some interview |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | lol easily the best part of Infinity Pool imo
I find that you’re really on board with Mia Goth or you’re really not. Personally, I think she’s the best actress of this younger generation. She elevates everything she’s in. |
budgie
04.14.24 | i remember hostel was a big deal. think it had some serious theatrical attention and body horror wasn't something most movegoers in the mid 2000's were exposed to. dunno that it aged very well |
budgie
04.14.24 | imdb forums "" oh god that was an awful place |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.14.24 | Hostel just basically did a worse version of Saw 2.
I don’t really see any reason to watch those films when I can just watch Saw. And I wouldn’t really call either “body horror”. Torture porn is definitely a more appropriate moniker for that kind of shit. |
budgie
04.14.24 | sure. what's that early 2000s french film with the chick who just eats herself wtf. dans ma peau
ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh eghghhhh |
BAT
04.14.24 | france/japan definitely had the best 2000s torture movies, hostel definitely coined the term 'torture porn' but honestly most of those movies have little in common/what constitutes as one is up for debate. of that era : hills have eyes remake was probably the best american one outside of the early saw movies,
and yeahhh 2000s internet : imdb forums, gamefaq/spot, newgrounds, ytmnd, myspace, sheezy/deviantart, 'hackers on steroids' era 4chan, megaupload, counter-strike, etc. annnd ofc sput |
budgie
04.14.24 | my buddy still has a zombie server on cs:s that we play on once in a while it's prime gaming still, 20 years later |
Futures
04.14.24 | i miss going to the imdb forums for every movie i watched. just to clear up little details and see some thoughts. nothing really like that now. i guess that's why i like sput too lol |
budgie
04.14.24 | the horror subpage on reddit was pretty fair for the first half of the 2010s but something happened to that website where it got facebookified or somethin and now that subpage is total dogshit |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | oh dreadit? I don’t check it often but I’ll look at the top posts once every month or so and find some good content.
How I found out about Terrified and When Evil Lurks🤷♂️ |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Honestly I’ve found out about a lot of good foreign horror films thru reddit. Just don’t be looking at that shit every day because there truly are some brain dead mfs posting shit there like “I thought Hereditary was overrated”
wow cool man, thanks for pointing out that you dislike a movie that made a hundred million dollars at the box office. Really good insight smh |
budgie
04.15.24 | ya i remember finding out about some cool flicks back then. like they look like people & i am not a serial killer i remember... but the format doesn't work when the userbase explodes, you're just condensing thousands of opinions into 20 visible posts so you just have the lowest common denominator being discussed. shitty format. last times i went there to look up a discussion the peeps were aggressive as hell
anyway im watchin night shift from this year so far its great |
mandan
04.15.24 | Have mostly been watching romances on Prime.
Might get back to the good stuff soon, I've had to do some reestructuring. |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | watched a bunch of shit this weekend
true lies (1994) [3.5]: this movie is fun and ridiculous in all the right ways and i love arnie and jlc and paxton but also feel like the is she/isn't she cheating subplot was maybe a bit cruel and drug out idk james cameron goes boooooooooooom
civil war (2024) in imax [3.7]: not nearly as controversial/politicized as one might expect and its so much better off for it. perfect sound design will prob see this again to get a better read.
the worst ones (2022) [4.5]: loved this. janky director dude attempts to make a movie about impoverished kids by casting actual impoverished kids. very meta and a lot to unpack. thought this was very moving.
kinetta (2005) [1.5]: yorgos lanthimos's solo directorial debut. just completely unintelligible and boring. this ones only for the completionists.
lawrence of arabia (1962) in 70mm [4.9]: not only was this my first time seeing anything in 70mm, it was my first time ever going to an indie theater. place was packed. vibes were off the charts. and ofcourse the movie itself was pretty fucking great. looked absolutely jawdropping for a 62 year old film. very very similar to dune gotta think t.e. lawrence was a big inspiration on those books. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | It’s really disappointing Civil War basically just didn’t acknowledge most of the current issues facing this country. Very entertaining movie, but i expect much more from Alex Garland and A24.
I know this was their attempt at a big budget war film but they could’ve easily inserted some relevant social commentary |
budgie
04.15.24 | is the civil war like fun mindless popcorn action or obnoxious meta nonsense like leave the world behind |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | wouldn't describe civil war as either of those things. especially not the former lmao
my knee jerk reaction leaving civil war was that it kinda reminded me of... the zone of interest??? but like in a lesser quality less subtle more mainstream sorta way??? honestly don't have much basis of comparison lol but it has that same kinda unsettling vibe throughout and deals a lot with desensitization etc. felt like it was a character study more than anything, which as wildcard notes is not really the type of movie most people will want/expect based on the title and the trailers. its really not an action/adventure type movie at all. |
budgie
04.15.24 | ooh it's an a24 production, ok ok. ok ok ok ok ok ok
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Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Alex is pretty spot on
I liked it tho so what the fuck do I know.
I’d say just wait for whatever your streaming service of preference has it and see it then. I would definitely say it’s not worth the $20 apiece IMAX tickets I kicked up |
Scheumke
04.15.24 | Marcel the Shell with Shoes on - 8,5/10 - This one charmed my ass off. The humour landed most of the time and the story, though pretty thin, was heartwarming. The ending was perfect and a bittersweet ending that felt really earned. |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | "I would definitely say it’s not worth the $20 apiece IMAX tickets I kicked up"
damn i wouldn't say it was a dune/oppenheimer tier imax experience but i thought it was worth it. love love love the way the movie sounds in particular. dolby might be the better option if you have the choice though |
gabba
04.15.24 | The trailer of Civil War is awful. It's the same generic trailer we've seen a zillion times for monster/alien invasion movies, only that now the man is the animal (wow!). Grandiose action scenes that you observe through the eyes of few selected characters, including ordinary civilians, but also those closely (politically?) involved so that you can see behind the curtains and understand the grand scheme of things. Maybe there's also some story to it, but as for the trailer, it is an epic fail. |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | i think the trailer absolutely did its job in getting people interested in the movie. it was apparently the biggest opening weekend for any a24 film ever.
that being said i'd say its prob one of the most dishonest movie trailers i've ever seen.
for that reason i feel like most casual moviegoers who expected a popcorn flick that validates their politcal beliefs / "condemns the other side" are going to be pretty disappointed. then in 5-10 years it will get reappraised as actually being good. |
Scheumke
04.15.24 | So, same as with The Green Knight then? That trailer made it look like a fantasy action/adventure movie and had that exact reaction from audiences who didn't know what they were up for. Also A24, maybe a pattern.. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | oh yeah by itself it’s a fine movie. But man releasing it in this political climate would really make you think that they’d address some very real life issues and the film just… doesn’t. not really.
So yeah, in ten years (if Donald Trump isn’t still president) I think you will be proven right alex. People will really come around to this movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Yeah A24 trailers never really are all that honest with what their movies actually are. Which, I mean, that’s how the game is played. The kind of movies they produce and distribute aren’t the type to gross a lot. So if they need to kind of lie to audiences in the form of dishonest marketing to keep doing what they’re doing, I’m totally fine with it. Some of my favorite movies of the last 20 years have been A24 joints |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | yeah i def think its the growing pains of a24 trying to scale up and make "bigger" movies. i think they succeeded in making a really good big-budget (for them) a24 movie. but the audience this movie is trying to expand to doesn't even know what a24 is, and given said budget they prob felt that they'd have to market it in a way that would assure they could have a chance at making their money back.
as mentioned before it had a great opening weekend but could def see it falling off a cliff from here now that the cat is out of the bag. |
budgie
04.15.24 | i appreciate a24 for blackcoat's daughter and green room but everything else is like. ok to good |
AlexKzillion
04.15.24 | haven't seen either of those yet
filtering my lb for a24... lady bird is an all time favorite... first cow, showing up, zone of interest are also all great... also really liked the lobster, saint maud, past lives, priscilla and now civil war. granted nearly all of these were made by already established filmmakers. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Those are two of the best for sure imo but id honestly say that if I like, made a top 100 movies list at least 20 of them would be A24 affiliated lol |
budgie
04.15.24 | life of beth is a good 1 |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Just off the dome you have X, Pearl, Enemy, Uncut Gems, Good Time, High Life, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Saint Maud, The Witch, Love Lies Bleeding, The Monster, and ofc Hereditary. And that’s not even close to all the bangers they have under their belt
A24 don’t miss |
gabba
04.15.24 | Indeed, some of the best movies from the past decade, A24 definitely deserves the credits. Releasing horrors is one thing, but Enemy and The Lobster? Those need balls to invest in. |
Ryus
04.15.24 | a24 releases a lot of mediocre stuff but the lighthouse, uncut gems, and the curse are all amazing |
budgie
04.15.24 | blackcoat: 5/5
life after beth: 3/5
tusk: 2.5/5
ex machina: 3.5/5
the witch: 3.5/5
green room: 4/5
the monster: 2/5
it comes at night: 2/5
first reformed: 3.5/5
hereditary: 3/5
under the silver lake: 3.5/5
midsommar: 3/5
saint maud: 3.5/5
x: 2/5
bodies bodies bodies: 3/5
pearl: 3/5
talk to me: 2.5/5
the death of dick long: 2.5/5
average 3.05, p fair i am probably unduly harsh on their filmography
|
Wildcardbitchesss
04.15.24 | Glad to see Blackcoat getting this kind of love but damn 2/5 for X? I thought it was incredible. |
gabba
04.15.24 | good titties & cool gator for sure |
CugnoBrasso
04.15.24 | Just watched Robot Dreams and it was mid.
Cry Macho by Clint Eastwood was also mid.
I'll probably go see Zone of Interest next week. |
budgie
04.15.24 | the gator bit was so weird, i thought gators in the south like dont attack ppls at all but i looked it up and i was wrong
i was wrong
gators do attack ppls
|
budgie
04.16.24 | watched high life and it was garbage 1/5 a24 rating took a hit |
Scheumke
04.16.24 | Wasn't Everything Everywhere All At Once a A24 movie? That'll kick things right back up budgie |
denboy
04.16.24 | lol i bet budgie hated that |
budgie
04.16.24 | i only watch horror movies ok |
AlexKzillion
04.16.24 | watched titanic for like the 8th time
goat movie i'll be taking zero questions at this time |
denboy
04.16.24 | i only remember the part where some guy falls down and hits the propeller
i saw it at the cinema and laughed out loud when that happened
so out of place |
gryndstone
04.16.24 | Kung fu panda 4 - 5/10. Movie was good for about 40 minutes then fell apart. I just know we're being set up for another 2 movies of awkwafina and I hate that. Jack black and Viola Davis were peak tho.
To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar - 9/10
I want to give it an 8 for being a bit on the predictable side but then I remember John leguizamo as chi chi stealing the show in every scene she's in. Funny movie. |
gryndstone
04.16.24 | Kung fu panda 4 - 5/10. Movie was good for about 40 minutes then fell apart. I just know we're being set up for another 2 movies of awkwafina and I hate that. Jack black and Viola Davis were peak tho.
To Wong Foo, thanks for everything! Julie Newmar - 9/10
I want to give it an 8 for being a bit on the predictable side but then I remember John leguizamo as chi chi stealing the show in every scene she's in. Funny movie. |
protokute
04.16.24 | To Wong Foo is soooo good, one of those cozy and heartwarming films.
we need more of them... |
Futures
04.17.24 | ex machina (rewatch)- one of the best movies of the 21st century. basically perfect small scale intelligent sci-fi. 10/10
civil war- i'm a massive alex garland fan (i saw men opening weekend in a completely empty theater lol) and this was one of my most anticipated of the year. definitely delivered. surprisingly simple and straightforward but brutally effective. feels like a horror movie. haven't heard sound design that great in a while. gunshots are deafening and terrifying as they should sound. super well shot with a nice stylish touch from the journalists cameras. love the route it takes, just holds a simple mirror up and asks how do you feel about this? a ton of the criticism of this movie is laughable wishcasting. phenomenal opening scene, tense standoff scene and final act (og modern warfare 2 vibes lol) with a hell of a last shot. wish there was a touch more character stuff but it's a great movie. 8/10 |
Havey
04.17.24 | i'm a massive alex garland fan |
budgie
04.17.24 | ex mach was good but annihilation was fart. futures you def sold me on civil war though i was gonna ignore it for a decade |
Futures
04.17.24 | u got me harvey epic meme XD |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.17.24 | I know budgie would hate EEAAO because I thought it was aggressively mediocre. There are some truly incredible aspects of that film, but god they really just throw so much shit at you so that you’re just exhausted by the end of the movie, and not in a good way. I also had some huge issues with the ending.
The movie is very competently made, I’ll give them that. In the hands of lesser talent the movie would’ve been a complete disaster instead of just being kind of decent but overrated as hell. |
AlexKzillion
04.17.24 | "(og modern warfare 2 vibes lol)"
lmao i thought this too |
denboy
04.17.24 | only criticism i have of EEAAO is that the ending should be edited down by 20 minutes or so. At some point you're just sitting there going "get on with it already"
annihilation was good* ex mach was fart
*ok also a little bit fart |
gabba
04.17.24 | ex machina is excellent, annihilation was shite, it’s just so messy
the CGI at the end looks terrible, I couldn’t resist but laughing at it, such a let down, story-wise also |
budgie
04.17.24 | ya the end made me laugh too i think it was a weird clunky movie with some good ideas sprinkled on it |
denboy
04.17.24 | I think annihilations ending scene does a much better job describing what it's like to interact with an alien intelligence than ex machina |
budgie
04.17.24 | how many aliens hasve u interacted with exactly |
denboy
04.17.24 | only u budgie |
Egarran
04.17.24 | Color Out Of Space > |
budgie
04.17.24 | im halfway thru the fallout show its nowhere near as bad as i was anticipatin |
denboy
04.17.24 | eg, the insane movie where nicolas cage does a bizarre chandler from friends impersonation? |
rabidfish
04.17.24 | Both annihilation and ex machina are crap. Haaaaate them. Color out of space is much better. |
rabidfish
04.17.24 | Intelligent scifi lol ok dude |
denboy
04.17.24 | but why alpacas
|
budgie
04.21.24 | i finished the fallout show i actually really dugged it
also i noticed rust creek is on netflix its v good i dont think its very well known |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | Just finishing the neo noir version of The Talented Mr Ripley on Netflix and that was incredible, whoever came up with the idea of putting that story to that style deserves a biscuit
Will try Fallout sometime, also want to try Shogun on Disney, heard good things |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.21.24 | “Both annihilation and ex machina are crap”
you know how there’s a horseshoe theory with hardcore right wingers and radical leftists? It’s all bullshit but it’s still a theory.
I have the same theory with dipshits that only watch the most bottom of the barrel dogshit that gets blasted on their commercials while watching cable, and the pseudo intellectuals that think they’re way too smart for something like Annihilation or Ex Machina. They both hate Alex garland films, only the dumbass is likely to enjoy civil war. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.21.24 | anyways, been watching Shogun. I’m only on episode 7 but is it wrong for me to describe it as “Japanese Game of Thrones Without the Dragons”?
it’s really good but I mean come on, the similarities are there. As much as most of us hate GoT (at least the last few seasons), that show has had an immediate and profound impact on all of television |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | The first 4, maybe 5, seasons of GoT are peak television for me so that description doesn’t put me off at all.
Also House of the Dragon as a grimmer, slow dread version of GoT I also think is great and I’m anticipating the new season of that.
The pace at the end of GoT was too fast, the genius of the early seasons of GoT is the feeling that something bad was going to happen was given ample time to fester.
They got rid of that and they killed the show. People are a bit over critical and too fast to bury things though…the worst of GoT is no worse than say, the worst of Twin Peaks in season 2. That show is still fondly remembered for the good shit but GoT is now a pariah. It’s dumb. |
IsisScript80
04.21.24 | GoT, definitely once outside the framework of the books (but somewhat before that, TBH), fell prey to all the excesses, dumb tropes, abandonment of internal logic, would-be fan-service, expectations, etc., and all the trappings of mainstream success—everything it actively stood against in its heyday.
It was a sharp drop-off. Made all the more disappointing by just how good it was beforehand, hence the downbeat feelings towards it felt even today. |
budgie
04.21.24 | why watch GoT when you could watch rome ?! |
Egarran
04.21.24 | Played Fallout 2&3 a lot, not sure about the show. It's well made sure and hey references! but it's basically empty. Vault life was more fascinating than wasteland life. |
budgie
04.21.24 | ya absolutely the overworld set pieces felt really low budget like army of darkness low budget but it didnt really irk me i guess |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.21.24 | Yeah doof I agree, and the Shogun/GoT comparison is literally just me comparing it to like Season 1 or 2 of that show |
rabidfish
04.21.24 | i don't think i'm too smart for them, i like fun and they ain't fun at all. They have this depressing, dull atmosphere. Everything about them feels dead. Annihilation especially. Boring ass movies.
dipshit dumbfucks have better taste in movies than Garland "stans", tbh. |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | budgie - I did watch Rome, it’s good but the best of GoT is definitely better |
gabba
04.21.24 | I like to think of myself as a pseudo-intellectual, who’s too dumb to be smart enough for some movies. Only a real intellectual could convince me otherwise.
This being said, there’s loads of fun in Ex Machina, the plot twists in away I can follow, making me feel smarter. And it also resonates with the nihil inside me. |
budgie
04.21.24 | 👉😖👈la lalalala i cant hear U |
facupm
04.21.24 | damn its veen logn since, i dont remember
watching ripley though right now, its good |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.21.24 | @rabid
Do you like any “slow burn” movies |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | Lead up to the red wedding is definitely in my top five seasons of any show
Rome was good though, definitely in the top three of shows I watched last year and I didn’t resent paying to watch it - that production obviously inspired GoT but zero battle budget hurt it a little bit
The gladiatorial combat scene in it was equally brutal to GoT though |
budgie
04.21.24 | forget battles dude every show could have some nerds wacking eachother, but purefoy as antonius gaming pompey and cicero and brutus oh man oh man the interpersonal drama is just so juicy, and hinds as caesar. too good ahh. all the conspiring and intrigue and indomitable personalities and virility and indignation it's just so compelling |
markjamie
04.21.24 | Never watched Rome, but I'm a history teacher and teach Ancient History to Y12. Is it somewhat true to what we think really happened? Always looking for something to increase engagement... |
gabba
04.21.24 | “all the conspiring and intrigue and indomitable personalities and virility and indignation it's just so compelling” - haven’t seen Rome, but this is exactly I’m expecting from Dune 3. |
budgie
04.21.24 | as far as historical visual media goes its much more toward historicity than ahistoricity. it's not like ridley scott gladiator. it follows caesar immediately from the end of the gallic wars, his friction and various developments against pompey and the senate, and ends with the resolution of the conflict between antonius and augustus. it's respectful to history, there are some convenient simplifications for storytelling, like the assassination taking place in the senate, but for the most part it's excellent. you even have cool details like gallic mercenary cavalry with their la tene celtic style helms. the wardrobe and panoply is all fantastic, the set pieces especially of rome are absolutely incredible and even the set pieces of military camps are very cool. there's a lot of dick and tits and raping slaves and whatnot though so you'd probably want to do some heavy editing
but yeah most of the scenes are the various big players in final days of the republic acting out what actually happened (crossing the rubicon, chasing pompey to greece, pompeys assassination in egypt, etc etc) |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | The script was decent in Rome, little perfunctory at times, but GoT early seasons was way ahead there. Script went to shit later though.
I dunno I got all that from Rome but also GoT,it was a character/relationship driven show,just seeing battles shows the stakes a bit more. They def didn’t show every battle in GoT though, were quite sparing.
Most major events in GoT were directly lifted or a combo of actual historical events and Rome was pretty liberal with the facts so I think the shows are quite comparable early on. The Ides of March in GoT was obviously Jon getting stabbed. |
markjamie
04.21.24 | Thanks Budgie - sounds great actually. I'll make it my homework to watch it and choose a few scenes to show the kids.
GoT - Some of the best TV I've ever seen in my life, and I was still happy up to the end of Season 6 mostly, but then... it wasn't WHAT happened, it was HOW it was told. As said above, way, way, way too rushed and the writing and dialogue deteriorated badly. Can't bring myself to watch even the early seasons any more because it all seems like a betrayal... |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | The actor change in Rome I understand but also has to be one of the most jarring because it also seemed a personality switch to too high a degree, I didn’t get the same vibe from that character at all after the switch |
DoofDoof
04.21.24 | mj - I’ll probably watch GoT up to about season 7 again sometime |
robertsona
04.21.24 | Oh shit coulda used this thread
L’enfant (2005) 4th or 5th viewing amazing as always
La chimera (2024) didn’t like it but girlfriend liked it so much she ordered the poster |
Ryus
04.21.24 | perfect days - 3.5/5 lots i liked and i lot i felt ambivalent about
il posto (1961) - 4/5 very nice |
robertsona
04.21.24 | Btw you can watch L’enfant in great quality with subs by googling like “L’enfant 2005 internet archive” |
robertsona
04.21.24 | Can also watch Tsai ming-liang’s brutal brilliant the river (1997) that way |
AnimalsAsSummit
04.22.24 | Watched Shin Kamen Rider again for the 10th time or something. One of my favorite movies ever. And Legend of Zu (the 2001 film; underrated asf, everyone should check out) |
DType
04.22.24 | Deliver Us (2023): interesting religious horror film, i was entertained throughout but it loses steam on the second half unfortunately, overall it's flawed but fairly enjoyable, 6.5/10
Demons (2024): independent indian drama film about a doomed marriage, it was ok for the most part, good acting and the last scenes have some tension, decent overall, 7/10 |
AlexKzillion
04.22.24 | watched the killing of a sacred deer last night. think it just edges out poor things as my favorite lanthimos film |
Egarran
04.22.24 | So you're saying there are no demons in the movie Demons? There should be a law against that. |
DType
04.22.24 | Ikr |
Futures
04.22.24 | the covenant (2023)- solid simple throwback war/action movie. some nice tense set pieces and two good lead performances. great movie for dads. makes me want to play insurgency sandstorm and suck hard at it. 7/10
the ministry of ungentlemenly warfare- pretty fun but expected a little more. less stylized and not as funny than i thought it would be. good start and end, slows a lot in the middle. some decent action with some fun actors having a good time killing nazis. worth a watch on a lazy afternoon. 6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.24 | that really just looked too much like a “We have Inglorious Basterds at home” kinda movie |
Futures
04.23.24 | kinda but it doesn't take itself very seriously. til schweiger is actually the main bad guy in it lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.24 | Lmao really? That’s so funny. Maybe I’ll give it a watch when it hits a streaming service I have |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.24 | I’m seeing The First Omen tomorrow and the original Alien in theaters on Friday! I’m so stoked to see this movie on the big screen.
The drafthouse near me is also doing a showing of the Irishman next month and i am so excited to finally see it on the big screen. And they’re doing License to Kill! Me and my mother have been going to see Bond movies in theaters since Casino Royale, so almost 20 years… so it’ll be really nice to check another one off the list for us. I love when theaters screen old movies and the Alamo does it all the time.
My biggest hope that probably won’t happen, but it would be so sick if a theater screened like one Bond movie a week before the new one comes out. By far my favorite film franchise. |
Futures
04.23.24 | man that rules. the pain of living in a small town and never getting old movies shown. first omen was solid. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.24 | I’m sorry man that sucks : [
Every time I think of maybe moving to a small town, I think about the seclusion, and I like being left alone. But man there’s just way less shit to do. And I wouldn’t say I live in that big of a city. Like NYC or LA they have waaaay more shit to do |
Futures
04.23.24 | yeah there's definitely benefits but it is pretty empty at times. i'm from wisconsin, i'll probably move back down to the milwaukee area where i grew up sometime. not too big but just enough stuff and short drives to things. i get most new movies here at least. |
AlexKzillion
04.23.24 | caught an early screening of challengers. fucking loved it.
zendaya in this movie is maybe as hot as anyone has ever been in a movie. i'm talking like brendan fraser mummy / margot robbie wolf of wall street hot. idk if this is really an "awards" movie but would not be surprised if she gets a best actress nom. trent reznor soundtrack also slapped hard. the tennis scenes fucked. pretty easily the best non-dune movie of the year so far. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.23.24 | Ya that might be the move man. Milwaukee is only like an hour and a half from Chicago, and it’s not like Milwaukee is a barren wasteland either. You guys have a really solid baseball team (fuck the brewers tho, signed a cardinals fan), and an incredible basketball team with two generational talents on the starting lineup. Plus, from what I see at least, Milwaukee does get some decent tours, and again, it’s only a short drive to Chicago which gets every fucking tour.
Milwaukee honestly sounds kinda lit |
CugnoBrasso
04.23.24 | I wasn't huge on Civil War, not sure what it was trying to convey other than "war bad" |
Nikkolae
04.23.24 | caught The First Omen the other day and i feel i got jebaited cause everybody was saying it was soo good and i thought it was just average, really was hyped for it
flip side is I just watched the ending of FALLOUT and that show was dope, really glad i gave it a shot and super hype for the next season :) |
Zac124
04.23.24 | Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006) - Not as fun as the most other Scooby-Doo films but had a few chuckle worthy moments. 2.5/5
Dancers In the Dark (2000) - Surprised that Bjork could at this fucking well! Like she almost alone sells this film to me. Absolutely devastating though and at times gets too close to being too contrived at times. Still, the emotional beats hit hard. Really hard. 4/5 |
AlexKzillion
04.23.24 | "the original Alien in theaters on Friday!"
seeing that and bottoms back to back on sunday lmao
i moved to just outside dc in january from a medium sized town an hour away. movie culture in a big city is like night and day by comparison. went from having one regal to like a dozen amcs and quite a few indie theaters. literally always something to see, old and new. easily been to the theater more in 2024 than the entire rest of my life combined. i'm sure i'll eventually burn out but feel like i'm catching up on so much shit it's been great |
budgie
04.23.24 | i also am hyped for fallout s2
is it the best video game adaption? i think the first RE film is the best still |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.24.24 | Nice Alex!
Just got out of the First Omen, and I think it’s kind of brilliant how it perfectly sets the stage for the original film, and it also obviously sets itself up for side stories that can act as direct sequels to this film. They really knew what the fuck they were doing with this flick.
HOWEVER, it being so predictable ultimately made it a weaker film. It’s extremely well made but the plot is just so goddamn predictable. There’s some great visuals, the movie is drop dead gorgeous to look at, and some of the body horror is very effective, specifically one scene after a car crash that im not gonna say anything more about because of spoilers.
Solid 3.5/5. Hope they get wild with the sequel, there’s a million different directions they can go with given how this film ends and if it goes the safe route and just ends up being a standard horror sequel I’ll be very disappointed. |
AlexKzillion
04.25.24 | caught hereditary yesterday. not really a horror fan but i found that film genuinely disturbing. towards the end there was a woman in my row crying. never seen anything like that before and kinda don't want to ever again? tho i'm sure i'll watch midsommar one day lol. |
Egarran
04.25.24 | Midsommer is good fun. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.25.24 | Hereditary is genuinely the only movie that really shook me to my core. Incredible film, I have no desire to watch it again any time soon.
Midsommar is tame as hell in comparison imo, but it’s still damn good |
Futures
04.25.24 | ready or not- very fun dark comedy horror. missed this one when the directors scream movie came out but glad i came back to it. really like movies in one setting and this one is great. good group of characters. builds up nicely to a memorable finale. really like samara weaving. 8/10
abigail- thought this was a ton of fun as well. i like radio silence's style and sensibilities. the biggest issue is the first half builds a sort of mystery when if you've seen any marketing you know what it is. i'd love to see someone go in blind. really fun group of characters again especially dan stevens who is just hamming it up having a blast. kevin durand is also really funny in it. some solid kills with mostly practical gore effects and tons of blood. reuses some tricks from ready or not which makes it feel not as fresh. don't love the ending but it was entertaining. rip angus cloud. 7/10 |
budgie
04.25.24 | i fruiting love ready or not |
gabba
04.25.24 | “Ready Or Not” is loads of fun! A similar gem is “You’re Next” (the 2011 movie). |
Futures
04.25.24 | such a fun movie. yes, you're next is awesome. hope wingard goes back to horror soon. the guest is one of my favorite movies of all time. |
gabba
04.25.24 | I love that one too, great 80s vibes! But it’s rather a thriller, innit? |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.25.24 | I’ll third that, You’re Next is awesome, really great subversion of the slasher genre |
Futures
04.25.24 | yeah i suppose, ending is pretty horror and i love the halloween setting. love how the movie unfolds. i had no clue what was going to happen first time i watched it haha |
budgie
04.26.24 | anyone seen humane? worth watchin? |
gabba
04.26.24 | The Rover (2014) - cool post-apocalyptic drama (A24 production), not as good as David Michod’s previous movie “Animal Kingdom”, but has a great atmosphere is you’re in the mood, 7/10. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.27.24 | Alien - Certified Hood Classic, the hardest of 5’s, one of the earliest examples of sci fi horror and it hasn’t been bested in the 45 years since it released. Everything about it is damn near perfect, it features one of the strongest ensembles of characters in film history, practical effects that have aged like fine fucking wine, with pinpoint direction and borderline obsessive attention to detail. It just doesn’t get any better than this.
Here’s to another 45 years of staying on top. |
budgie
04.27.24 |
barbarian - she was raised in a cave with just videos of how to breastfeed and her father trying to breed her. she was doing what she knew, feeding her babies. she also was not aware of her strength. then in the end she sacrifices herself to protect the lead character. like the point of the movie is to empathize with her and see from her perspective who the real barbarians are... white people. cuz all white people are is inbred at this point. all the breeding white americans have done the last few centuries especially with their cousins yet not keeping track of their family trees and who they related to (something that you know most cultures do hence why they dont have concepts of immediate and distant family, your just family) and disowning/killing family members for marrying anyone not also white. im fucking white and i have records of my family fucking and marrying their cousins going all the way back to 1400s europe. and every single couple had 10-25 kids every fucking generation. and that was the norm. and now all these white people out here sensitive to the sun with all kinds of disorders and health problems. my body is all kinds of fucked up including a deformed uterus and every white person i talk to is like oh yeah I have pcos and ms and weak joints and yada yada yada too and how it runs in their family as well but they cant fucking do the math. white people need to stop breeding with each other like jfc. even doctors and scientists noticed the increase in ms amongst white people in the us and dont understand why it so high and yet the answer is right fucking there and nobody wanna admit it. they just wanna diagnose anyone who calls it out as crazy and lock us up |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.27.24 | … that didn’t go in the direction I thought it would. Should I become a white nationalist? We’ve suffered enough guys. |
Scheumke
04.27.24 | The Fall Guy - 6/10 - This was fun. An ode to the stunt performers. The humor was great and landed almost all the time and the entire venue had a great time with it. The stuntwork was also excellent, which of course it needed to be.
It is deeply ironic that a movie about the unsung heroes is literally helmed by one of the biggest movie stars of the last ten years though. It didn't feel like the unsung heroes of this movie ever actually got the spotlight.
Also the needledrops were very overdone. If you don't like KISS, your gonna have a hard time because boy do they butcher I Was Made For Loving You three ways to Sunday. |
AlexKzillion
04.27.24 | i am so ready for fall guy lmao |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.28.24 | Ryan Gosling at least does some of his own stunt work… so that casting isn’t too egregious |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.28.24 | It would’ve been very funny if they made it glaringly obvious when a stunt man is in his place tho
To be clear I haven’t seen the movie so idk if that happens or not |
budgie
04.28.24 | i watched humane and it was BAAAAAAAD 1/5 |
