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 |
markjamie
04.28.24 | Anyone seen Infested? (spider-horror). Worth a watch? |
IsisScript80
04.28.24 | 'Redline' (2009 - Blu-ray, owned): Just sheer, unrelenting, uncompromising audiovisual excess. So glad it exists in the world.
'Civil War' (at the moving picture house): Some effective moments that don't coalesce into something wholly successful, unfortunately. It could have been so much more if it wasn't hamstrung by the narrative checklists that repeatedly play out, for the assumed satisfaction of the wider audience. Definitely not bad, though. |
JeetJeet
04.29.24 | Monkey Man - 9/10
Civil War - 7/10
for a movie with as much hype as it does, Civil War isn't that special or crazy or even controversial. Its just a solid war flick with some cool flourishes sprinkled over top of it. |
MillionDead
04.29.24 | Swallow - 8/10
All Quiet on the Western Front - 7.5/10, which it'd probably be higher if I watched it with subtitles that weren't like 10 seconds ahead.
Also, I'm 7 eps deep into Shogun. Monkey Man looks like a p sick action flick. |
AlexKzillion
04.29.24 | great movie weekend
jaws (1975) [4.0] - obviously a classic, but never been able to form much of a personal connection with it.
the favourite (2018) [4.5] - loved this. maybe falls off the rails a little in the last third, but an amazing time nonetheless. laughed very hard.
ex machina (2015) [4.5] - after all the civil war hype i figured i'd finally watch this. its pretty good idk
parasite (2019) [5.0] - actually caught this at a theater. my expectations were pretty high and holy fucking shit
bottoms (2023) [4.3] - caught this in a packed shoebox indie theater. not sure this would hit the same outside that setting but i loved this |
budgie
04.30.24 | i want those alpacas back in the barn by 10 oclock. TEN OCLOCK! |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.30.24 | Parasite is one of the few films I’ve seen that completely surpassed the massive hype. An absolute masterpiece in every single way. The shot of the daughter sitting on the toilet during the flood and lighting up a cigarette is one of my favorite shots of all time.
god I really need to watch that movie again like, yesterday. Might see if it’s in 4K and just buy it rn |
budgie
04.30.24 | i was annoyed w. parasite cause i had the impression it was horror |
Asdfp277
04.30.24 | lol |
rabidfish
04.30.24 | watched Spielberg's "Close Encounters". It's a really interesting movie, its got a few iconic moments. I didn't expect it to have this kinda dire, melancholic and depressing vibe to it, tbh. The main character's plotline is kind of fucked up. Just wish it cut the french guy stuff, not really necessary. 7/10 |
Deathconscious
04.30.24 | The Creator. Not bad, but pretty underwhelming. |
denboy
04.30.24 | budgie lmao, same
i avoided trailers and descriptions because everyone were hyping it already so i knew i wanted to see it
there's a scene at some point two thirds into the movie with the maid(? I can't remember anything) knocking on the door looking bruised or something and i was sitting there going "alright here we go" |
IsisScript80
04.30.24 | "I didn't expect it to have this kinda dire, melancholic and depressing vibe to it, tbh. The main character's plotline is kind of fucked up."
That adds to the film's greatness, really... the darker aspects give it resonance, a bit of danger and a genuine sense of not knowing where it could go. |
Faraudo
05.01.24 | Just watched Civil War, incredible film. |
Egarran
05.01.24 | Can't believe we don't get more UFO movies. Especially these days.
I bet it's part of the cover-up. |
Anthracks
05.01.24 | the creator was one of the worst movies i saw last year.
the beast (2023) - 7/10
the wrestler (2008) - 8/10 |
rabidfish
05.01.24 | geniunely wonder if close encounters is the one and only "high strangeness"-themed blockbuster.
Not counting X-files because that's TV. |
AlexKzillion
05.01.24 | saw the beast last week, 7/10 sounds about right
saw problemista last night. can see why people like it so much but it didn't really work for me. |
Anthracks
05.02.24 | The beast had a lot of good going for it and I thought it had a fairly unique message. Not everything worked and it felt like it was directed by multiple people with how inconsistent it was |
budgie
05.02.24 | someone hook me up with a good movie abt ppl dying on tubi tv? |
BaselineOOO
05.02.24 | Godzilla Minus One (2013) - 2.86/10 dogshit as expected
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) - 3/10 must be a guys movie, I don't feelin it
Messidor (1979) - 6.5/10 good stuff, made in switzerland
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fogza
05.02.24 | Close encounters is a masterpiece. Weird that you only pick up on the darker aspects, I always thought it was quite unique in that it focuses on the wonder of meeting extraterrestrial life |
Egarran
05.02.24 | Indeed, there's a happy ending for our protagonist. "So long, suckers!"
Now Fire in the Sky, there's a dark UFO movie. |
rabidfish
05.02.24 | I mean, it's cool that they met the aliens and there's definitely wonder in it, but it's still kind of dark, I wasn't expecting that. Dude leaves his whole family behind, don't see how that's a "happy" ending. |
lucazade22
05.02.24 | The Promised Land - 8/10 (loved it!)
Talented Mr Ripley - 7/10 (somehow had never seen this. Really enjoyed it) |
Pheromone
05.02.24 | Haru (1996) rulez |
Egarran
05.02.24 | >Dude leaves his whole family behind, don't see how that's a "happy" ending.
lol what that's the dream of all fathers I have met |
protokute
05.02.24 | How you guys feel about the Netflix adaptation of the Ripley story? |
fogza
05.02.24 | How do we know he won't come back? |
gabba
05.02.24 | "lol what that's the dream of all fathers I have met" [2] |
AlexKzillion
05.02.24 | "The beast had a lot of good going for it and I thought it had a fairly unique message. Not everything worked and it felt like it was directed by multiple people with how inconsistent it was"
yeah def agree with this. when it gets to the 2014 timeline and goes full lynch its exhilarating but it was kind of a slog getting there. final scene was also really great.
my top 5 of this year so far is prob:
1) dune part 2 (villeneuve)
2) challengers (guadagnino)
3) how to have sex (manning-walker)
4) civil war (garland)
5) the beast (bonello) |
rabidfish
05.02.24 | I see it as a tragedy of someone who got changed so much by a transcendental experience he gets cut off from his old life and has no other choice but to embrace the weirdness. It is happy in the sense that he moves on, but it never felt like he really had a choice. |
IsisScript80
05.02.24 | ^ IMO, I think it’s a plus that it doesn’t have a cookie-cutter “happy” ending. It’s pure conditioning, especially in mainstream media, to expect everything to be wrapped up in a warm, fluffy bow.
Yes, it does have a tragic element… as far as his family are concerned, he’s a nut-job who abandoned them through no fault of their own, but it reflects some aspect of how fucked up real life can be and how “endings” (happy or not) have collateral fallout. |
KevinKC
05.02.24 | The only way Dune 2 could be a contender for movie of the year would be a movie that only saw the release of Fast'n'Furious sequels. |
rabidfish
05.02.24 | @isis yeah, exactly. A video about the movie I saw completely glosses over that, like it's all about tye wonder of meeting aliens and the struggles of being a creative person and not like, the family literally breaking apart forever |
Egarran
05.02.24 | Well said Isis |
AlexKzillion
05.02.24 | gonna watch close encounters tonight... been meaning to check more spielberg and yall are piquing my interest haha |
Egarran
05.02.24 | Sorry for spoilers. Be sure to see the director's cut. |
Faraudo
05.02.24 | I've always believed that this is the perfect site for overblown snobbery (on which I usually partake), but some of you guys take it to the next level lmao |
Ryus
05.02.24 | no snobbery only elite opinions |
Faraudo
05.02.24 | Elitely shit |
Egarran
05.02.24 | There's just no pleasing that guy. |
Faraudo
05.02.24 | There's this one dingus comparing Dune 2 to the Fast & Furious franchise and I just couldn't take it guys, sorry for taking it out on you |
Futures
05.02.24 | if you ain't watching black and white movies from botswana then foad! |
Ryus
05.02.24 | i dont think thats what he did |
Ryus
05.02.24 | spring breakers - 4/5 very funny and visually amazing
ways of seeing - 5/5 not really a movie but always great |
AlexKzillion
05.02.24 | fast five is like 90% as good as dune 2 you gotta admit |
markjamie
05.02.24 | In fairness, there are quite a few, "Poor Things is only good if you haven't seen the original 1957 performance art piece Saumbite Rueng Kreikr Cheang from the legendary Cambodian director Eav Ponnakar" type comments dotted throughout this thread... |
Ryus
05.02.24 | thats why i like this site |
Ryus
05.02.24 | if i wanted "avengers 2 - 5/5" id go to reddit |
Faraudo
05.02.24 | "In fairness, there are quite a few, "Poor Things is only good if you haven't seen the original 1957 performance art piece Saumbite Rueng Kreikr Cheang from the legendary Cambodian director Eav Ponnakar" type comments dotted throughout this thread..."
Yeah, that's pretty much my point lol
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Egarran
05.02.24 | I think we had a good Close Encounters talk going. |
Faraudo
05.02.24 | Carry on fellas |
Egarran
05.02.24 | I guess it just hurts to be called an overblown snob. |
gabba
05.02.24 | Snobbery is where it’s at. For long I thought snobs are just talking shit, they don’t mean it seriously, just try to appear different. But then I realized they actually mean it, it’s just a different level of enjoyment. Importantly: not “superior”, just different. If you accept there are “growers” in music, you have to accept there are pieces in any art form you initially thought were worth shit, but later you recognized them as true art. After all, there were people investing money in them, and at least some were not after huge payoffs. It’s not necessarily crap that you don’t understand. And believe me, there’s a lot I don’t get, but at least I try. On the other hand (re: Dune 2), if someone talks shit about your little precious, you just have to accept it. It shouldn’t change the way you feel about it, it will still be yours. The discussion about Close Encounters I really enjoyed. I saw it once a long time ago and thought it was overblown crap, and honestly, I didn’t get it. What the hell was Dreyfuss building inside his house and why? But the discussion now made me want to check it again. And that’s what I’m after, open mind with a hint of “snobbery” (aka different opinion). |
budgie
05.02.24 | i cant member the last time ive seen so many words |
gabba
05.02.24 | Don’t read it, just feel it. |
budgie
05.02.24 | im just looking at the block of letters like one of those stereogram books we had in the 90s where you have to unfocus your eyes to see the image |
gabba
05.02.24 | Hint: it’s a butterfly |
budgie
05.02.24 | i dont see it i dont SEE ITTTTTT |
protokute
05.03.24 | if someone could actually answer me instead of just ignoring would be nice for a start |
Faraudo
05.03.24 | Not gonna read all that, I can certainly feel it |
rabidfish
05.03.24 | is Fire in the sky a good movie? or at least a fun watch? kinda want to keep this train going, tbh |
budgie
05.03.24 | lol proto |
fogza
05.03.24 | on close encounters, I always thought there's a point in the movie where it stops being about the characters and just about this momentous event. but i see your point, the scenes of him losing himself are quite heartbreaking. maybe it's the filmmaking and the music but the ending feels hopeful to me, but perhaps i'm just a heartless bastard |
Egarran
05.03.24 | No no it's all the men who stay in toxic relationships who are heartless.
>is Fire in the sky a good movie?
It's a b movie but there is a classic sequence. |
AlexKzillion
05.03.24 | watched close encounters last night. really liked it. think i liked it more than jaws even. reminded me a lot of todd haynes's 'safe'. |
Faraudo
05.03.24 | Watched 30 Days of Night yesterday and I think it's quite good actually, criminally underrated |
Futures
05.03.24 | debating whether or not to drive 40 minutes to see phantom menace in theaters by myself because i'm a huge loser |
Ryus
05.03.24 | seeing le samourai in 4k at my local theater 2nite woooo |
AlexKzillion
05.03.24 | haha i'm planning to see phantom menace tomorrow morning i'm pumped |
gabba
05.03.24 | “30 Days of Night” is decent popcorn horror. As far as I remember, there’s a vampire girl towards the end, with a clearly visible Einstürzende Neubauten logo tattoed on her (arm maybe?), a nice little easter egg. |
budgie
05.04.24 | sicario - quite good
the accountant rather ungood
also rewatched the bay and its still fookin awesome found footage horror is def my fav film genre yus |
nol
05.04.24 | I’m planning an MCU run. If you don’t take them seriously they can be a blast tbh. Iron Man has aged like fine wine, Incredible Hulk has aged like the fruit drawer in my fridge |
denboy
05.04.24 | Why would anyone willingly watch the phantom menace |
gabba
05.04.24 | the final fight with that red faced guy and a double ass saber is fun, I’d just disregard the army full of of sony aibos |
Egarran
05.04.24 | It's a laugh innit |
Scheumke
05.05.24 | The Gentlemen - 8/10 - Such a fun movie. Hugh Grant is really blooming this late in his carreer isn't he. Cool to see an actor reaching his peak 30 years into his carreer. Was highly entertained the whole way through, slighly better then the tv series.
Babylon - 5/10 - I appreciate what they tried here but it was a swing and a miss for me. I was exhausted half an a hour in and this behemoth is unrelenting for the full 3 hours. Every scene for the first half follows the same structure: setting up a scene that slowly escalates into full pandemonium. Second half became a little better but the whole thing felt kinda formless. It also didn't help that all three main characters where deeply unlikable. |
budgie
05.05.24 | dont say innit eggy pleasssde |
fogza
05.05.24 | Saw the fall guy last night, not going to be winning any awards but big fun love letter to stunts |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | “Why would anyone willingly watch the phantom menace“
what’s even funnier is that there’s people that LOVE Episode I and II. Phantom Menace is saved solely by the Darth Maul fight but Attack of the Clones is dogshit through and through. I fucking love Star Wars but ive seen that movie exactly twice. Once when i was a youngin and once right before episode IX came out.
Even when i was a kid I thought that movie sucked. That’s a really bad sign.
And to add to that, I honestly think anyone that thinks the prequels are better than the sequels is drinking the fuckin anti Disney kool aid hard. Revenge of the Sith I can give a pass to, but good lord I and II are fucking terrible. The sequel trilogy ended up being very disappointing imo but they’re objectively more competently made by almost every metric. |
IsisScript80
05.05.24 | ^ Anything the sequel trilogy did that was good, was COMPLETELY undone by the last one--a full-on monstrosity that far and away is the single *worst* piece of dreck to ever have the Star Wars name attached to it. I honestly prefer Episode 2 to it, it's that bad... and that's not anti-Disney Kool Aid talking, that's a working set of eyes and ears... terrible.
Side note: I'm glad that the chat here got some fresh eyes of Close Encounters... the notion the Sput can/is snobbish/elitist can be true at times, but that mindset can be needed in preserving media and art in an age where good stuff is being sidelined, willfully de-platformed and deleted. It's worse than ever, so if "snobbery" leads to things like the Criterion collection for example, it's definitely the lesser evil. |
Egarran
05.05.24 | Your movie analyses are always correct and insightful.
Btw, the snobbery was comparing Dune 2 to Fast and Furious. Figure that out. |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
05.05.24 | rewatches
Speed 9/10 still rad as fuck
Lara Croft Tomb Raider The Cradle of Life 8/10 dumb as hell but usually in thr service of.doing more cool action shit
fixin to rewatch Twister next |
nol
05.05.24 | Iron man 2 was pretty mid. Just a serviceable sequel that introduces war machine, and don cheadle is not good for the role. Really wish we coulda seen Terrence Howard as War Machine. |
nol
05.05.24 | On that note Edward Norton as the Hulk in the MCU coulda worked really well too, but Mark Ruffalo is probably better in the long run |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | Isis I almost agree with you… I really did enjoy Force Awakens and legitimately think that Last Jedi is one of the best in the series… but yeah as much shit talking I do about the prequels, I haven’t watched episode IX since it came out.
But even nearly five years on, I don’t think I can bring myself to say that it’s worse than Attack of the Clones. They’re both fucking disasters but I think that IX is at least entertaining and does have some good moments. Everything around Kylo Ren is great (especially that Han scene), the lightsaber fight is very well done, the core trio remained pretty likable throughout. Attack of the Clones has none of that going for it. Best thing I can say is that Ewan really gave it his all but it wasn’t nearly enough to save that movie.
It’s funny that the prequels and the sequels have the exact opposite issue. Prequels had two terrible movies that are almost kinda redeemed by a decent third movie. The sequels have two good movies to start out, with everything feeling like a complete waste with a terrible third film. |
IsisScript80
05.05.24 | Sweet of you as ever, Ega. :)
And any mustache-twiddling, chin-stroking connoisseur of the audiovisual arts, would find direct comparison between Dune and Fast and Furious... I mean... how could one not? Lol. |
FowlKrietzsche
05.05.24 | Attack of the Clones is also endlessly quoteable and easily the funniest Star Wars movie. Its bad like The Room or Birdemic, IX just bored me a lot. |
AlexKzillion
05.05.24 | saw phantom menace on the big screen yesterday... first time prob since 2015?
was quite interesting to watch now that my taste in movies has expanded far past star wars. it was heartbreakingly apparent just how awful the direction is. literally everyone is a robot besides ian mcdiarmid. also watching on a big screen and not at home... some of the cgi has aged really really badly but i noticed also it seems they touched some things up??? most notably... yoda was cgi, but i could've swore on my dvd yoda is a puppet? did lucas/disney alter the prequels too and i just didn't know??? also just such a weirdly paced movie
i appreciate the podrace a lot more after seeing it in a theater though. honestly the best part of the movie. darth maul also rules. and with how prevalent prequel memes are these days it was a lot of fun to be in a theater full of people completely losing it at shit like "now there are two of them!"
i could never hate on these movies but its like a whole new experience now that i can see the seams so easily |
gabba
05.05.24 | Yoda flying around like a table tennis ball in Attack of the Clones was hilarious, there was a fun factor to it, while episode IX first butchered and than raped the corpse of everything that came before it. Not that I cared about SW’s legacy, but it ended with the dumbest “twist” imaginable. |
nol
05.05.24 | the sequels and the prequels both suck, but both had pretty groundbreaking special effects for their time. Prequels suck because they try too hard, sequels suck because they try too little |
nol
05.05.24 | and yeah OG phantom Yoda is a puppet so if he’s cgi that’s not the original |
nol
05.05.24 | the podrace fucks as hard as the darth maul battle. I mean cmon who didn’t play the podracers game on n64, everyone loves that shit. Compared to the dull ass politics of the rest of the movie, the podrace is definitely a bright spot |
denboy
05.05.24 | I remember laughing out loud in the cinema when the yoda fight happened in attack of the clones, and not in a good way
It’s the second most ridiculous scene i’ve seen in the theater only topped by the rope swinging scene in van helsing |
IsisScript80
05.05.24 | Wildcard--I just saw your post (you may have been writing the same time as me)... I see your point, and to compare them is compare the quality and fine points of actual feces, but... there's something I find fundamentally insulting about the last movie (in a genuine "contempt for the audience" kinda way), that at the very least, wasn't there in 'Attack of the Clones'.
AotC was a BAaaAD, boring-ass movie, but I sense it wasn't actively intended to be... just a complete creative misfire. 'The Rise of Skywalker' felt utterly cynical; nonsense upon nonsense... McGuffin upon McGuffin (that didn't even make sense in its own internal logic)... oh, and Palpatine's back because fuck you.
Abrams completely shit the bed after Rian Johnson attempted to do something different with his divisive film (that I quite liked), but his response was to just make something to completely undermine the whole thing in the most chaotic manner I could imagine.
But yeah, it really does come down to which bad movie is more painful, so ultimately either choice is acceptable really, lol. |
markjamie
05.05.24 | The Last Jedi was magnificent - easy 9/10. Everything else since the original series is pretty forgettable though. Maybe Sith and Rogue One are okay.. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | I completely agree Isis, couldnt have said it better myself. I think Rogue One is fantastic and prolly about as good as Last Jedi. Both are behind only Empire imo
Glad to see Last Jedi getting some love, very unfairly maligned movie when it’s the best of the sequels by a fucking long shot |
Futures
05.05.24 | oh boy relitigating the last jedi lol
i really like half of it with luke, rey and kylo and absolutely hate the finn, poe story. that casino planet scene is so embarrassing. actually like what they did with luke. but it's not as bold as it's given credit for either. it's empire with the throne room scene from rotj. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | Finished Shogun btw, everyone should drop everything and watch it. Literally peak Game of Thrones level of quality just in Japan. The acting, writing, set design etc. just phenomenal stuff. I think the Game of Thrones comparisons are really apt, I haven’t seen a show balance such a large ensemble so well, along with all of the political drama that the first few seasons of GoT nailed.
Best show of the year so far, and it’s not even particularly close. They’ve been pretty adamant about it being a one off but I really think they leave it very open for a second season if they want to go for it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | @futures
I think the Canto Bight stuff is slightly overhated… but yes it is most definitely the weakest part of the film. I disagree about the Poe stuff tho, it also leads to legit the most breathtaking shot of the entire saga when the Laura Dern character busts through the First Order fleet.
Also think it’s probably the best fight in the entire saga as well. That throne room sequence is top notch shit |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | You could hear a fucking pin drop in the theater during that light speed scene. |
Futures
05.05.24 | i did think that was a good moment but it felt unearned. holdo was just an awful character. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | Yeah… just telling Poe the plan could’ve avoided all of that shit lol
I think the rest of the film is strong enough to make up for that and Canto Bight imo. I really really love what they did with Luke. A lot of people were very angry with that but I loved that they didn’t go with an extremely predictable “Master Skywalker” storyline. The scenes between him, Rey, and Kylo are peak Star Wars for me. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | And ngl, especially with Carrie Fisher having just passed, that last scene between Luke and Leia had me sobbing like a little bitch in the theater. Everything on Crait was fucking phenomenal. Except for the Rose-Finn kiss… god every time there’s some kind of peak Star Wars moment in that movie there’s another that’s cringy and stupid.
Idk, again I think the good parts are strong enough to make me look past all of the nonsense |
fogza
05.05.24 | I don't understand how anyone could like any of the sequel trilogy, from the derivative trash of TFA, to the ghastly nonsensical TLJ, to the pathetic ROS. Phantom Menace is not a good movie but it's part of a consistent storyline that might have been sketched out before someone, you know, started filming the movie
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Egarran
05.05.24 | >You could hear a fucking pin drop in the theater
People just stopped talking, it was great. |
budgie
05.05.24 | you know the problem with color out of space? it wasnt filmed in new england
the fuck is that shit |
Futures
05.05.24 | still unbelievable that disney decided to just fucking wing it with the biggest franchise on earth instead of meticulously planning everything out |
fogza
05.05.24 | Although ATOTC is absolutely dire tbf |
Futures
05.05.24 | i hate sand |
KevinKC
05.05.24 | Rian Johnson sacrificed the trilogy for a cheap shot at looking like an audacious and original director.
If there is one movie in the history of cinema that deserved a "scratch that" treatment, it's The Last Jedi.
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Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | …but, like, he kinda already had that reputation. Dude made Brick and Looper, and directed what’s pretty much unanimously considered the best and most bold episode of Breaking Bad.
That take is outrageously cynical ngl. His work is very much mainstream but I think that he is very creative within that bubble. Both of the Knives Out movies are also nice little twists on traditional whodunnit mysteries. I get not liking the movie, but I don’t think your argument holds any water fam
And I still hold the position that they should’ve just got Rian back for episode IX. I don’t think it would’ve been the tidiest finale but it certainly would’ve been better than what JJ shit out |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | @fogza
I literally explained why I like 2/3 of the sequel trilogy. I know your reading comprehension is better than that |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | And yes, them clearly not having a roadmap for the sequels is fucking insane, but that’s abundantly clear to anyone that watched them. That’s literally the one thing that the prequels have over the sequels is that they tell a more cohesive story.
Literally everything else about them is worse. |
fogza
05.05.24 | My faculties short circuit when anyone tries to explain the merits of the sequels. But shogun was good, will agree with you there |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | It was so good right? I think it literally just got better and better as it went on, The Crimson Sky episode is legit some of the best television ive ever seen. And that scene in the last episode with Fuji and Blackthorne on the raft was so heartbreaking. Masterful season of television imo and if they keep it as a miniseries it’ll go down with the likes of True Detective S1 and Band of Brothers. |
fogza
05.05.24 | Never seen BOB but I liked shogun way more than TD. For me the tea scene with buntaro and Mariko was peak acting and scene setting |
budgie
05.05.24 | tsk tsk fogza fogza fogza |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.05.24 | Everything with Mariko was incredible, the show might be an ensemble but it was her story all along imo |
nol
05.05.24 | Last Jedi sucks donkey doo doo |
Storm In A Teacup
05.05.24 | I watched the extended edition of Lord of the Rings trilogy. Loved it. The first was even better than i remembered and the extra pan outs of landscapes are beautiful. |
nol
05.05.24 | Shits all over tradition and introduces a bunch of corny ass characters and bad plot twists to take their place |
nol
05.05.24 | best scene in that movie is holdo dying because she’s dead and can’t be in anymore movies |
nol
05.05.24 | they coulda just ditched the Mary poppins scene and replace holdo with Leia, then the arc would be much more impactful and they wouldn’t have to shoehorn Leia into the next movie |
budgie
05.05.24 | ""best scene in that movie is holdo dying wow thanks 4 th spoilers |
nol
05.06.24 | Its really the only thing to look forward to |
markjamie
05.06.24 | "Shits all over tradition" - YES! Part of the reason it worked so well for me. Loved everything about it. But then Disney got scared by all the sooking from crusty old fans scared of anything that challenges their safe little pre-conceived ideas and the result was the identity-challenged disaster that was The Rise of Skywalker. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | I actually really agree with the switching out Holdo and Leia, but hindsights 20/20, there’s no way they could’ve known we’d lose Carrie Fisher… that’s another thing that does really suck. I doubt it would’ve made the movie a whole lot better but Carrie’s death really fucked them over. She was definitely supposed to be a much bigger part of IX. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | @markjamie
Agreed all fucking day, fan backlash was the biggest reason why IX was the way that it was. I’m not making excuses for fucking Disney or JJ for that matter, they should’ve stuck to their guns with the choices Rian made with The Last Jedi instead of essentially retconning huge swaths of that film.
Ironically, ignoring so much of the most hated episode in the saga ended up creating a film that’s objectively so much worse than TLJ |
nol
05.06.24 | I’m not even against a Star Wars film being totally different, but the last Jedi kinda felt like it hated its fans, and wanted to replace the tradition with Disney schlock and cheap subversion that everyone saw through from the get go. When Kylo says “you’re parents are no one” it’s like okay lol yeah right |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | …I mean that’s legitimately a good twist. Retconning it so she’s a fucking Palpatine was dumb as shit. Bringing the emperor back was already a terrible idea to begin with but making Rey his granddaughter really takes the cake in making it one of the dumbest ideas in the entire series. |
nol
05.06.24 | I think they always intended for snoke to be a teaser for palpatine, and Rey was always intended to be palpatines daughter. That’s why she is so in tune with the dark side. It’s just executed poorly and no one wanted Palpatine to return |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | Yeah I disagree friend.
I think Rian killed off Snoke, and that left them not knowing what the fuck they should do, so instead of creating interesting conflict between someone who is good but struggles with dark side tendencies (Rey) and someone who is the opposite (Kylo), they were like “oh fuck, uh, here’s Palpatine! And Rey’s his granddaughter!”
JJ really went full circle in ripping off ideas from the original trilogy. The difference, for me at least, is that with The Force Awakens it felt like callbacks and some well deserved fan service after the mess that was the prequels, but with The Rise of Skywalker it felt overly safe and hackneyed in hopes of trying to appease a part of the fan base that they’d never win over in the first place. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | Like, I vividly remember walking out of the theater thinking that it was bad. A feeling I not once had with either of the other sequels. I saw Force Awakens in theaters three times and few times since then, and The Last Jedi like five times and a bunch since then… ive seen The Rise of Skywalker exactly once and I really have no desire to watch it again in the near future.
Maybe I’ll give it another shot if they actually go through with this Rey standalone I remember reading about… but yeah, that’s the difference in quality I see between 7 and 8, and then the red headed step child that is 9 |
Egarran
05.06.24 | >Maybe I’ll give it another shot
No you fucking wont. Learn your lesson already. |
denboy
05.06.24 | Yeah seriously, stop watching bad star wars movies |
unclereich
05.06.24 | anyone watch late night with the devil yet, didn't have high expectations but I enjoyed |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | I’m not buying it guys relax lol |
unclereich
05.06.24 | from the moment 7 dropped the sequels were doomed. that thing is a trash heap. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | I liked it a lot when it came out… yeah now I’m not so fond of it. I wouldn’t call it a trash heap but it is what it is |
unclereich
05.06.24 | one of only two movies I walked out of before the credits, bollocks |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | What’s the other one? |
Futures
05.06.24 | challengers- my favorite movie of the year so far. i was intrigued as a former tennis player and hardo but they really delivered almost entirely. period bags, racquets, licensed use of utsa/atp stuff, everything. only small complaints on that side would be zendaya's frame is nowhere near a tennis players which is a tad jarring and the main guy becoming a like 8 time major winner after playing in college and breaking out at like 24 is a bit ridiculous lol. that aside it's an excellent movie with a great soundtrack and some of the best use of editing i've seen in a while. the non-linear format keeps you hooked and builds some good tension. i still don't really buy zendaya as a mom in her 30's and don't fully see her hype but she was good otherwise. josh o'connor i thought was the standout, you just know dudes like him irl. i like that all the characters are very flawed, interesting it keeps flipping your own sense of who you're rooting for. one of the best climax's to a movie i've seen in a while too. 9/10
the fall guy- basically everything an action rom-com popcorn blockbuster should be. very well shot practical action, most comedy hits, good chemistry between the leads, fun meta commentary. love that gosling is doing more comedy. makes me so sad there will never be a sequel to the nice guys. 8/10 |
WretchedCacophony
05.06.24 | Had the misfortune of watching The Outlaws recently with my parents.
Before that I saw Erin Brockovich, which has Julia Roberts lookin fiiiiine |
AlexKzillion
05.06.24 | yessss futures glad you liked challengers so much. more people need to see it
my only knitpick was that wind storm... wtf was that lmao. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.06.24 | Maybe I’ll go watch it. Commercials made it look lame as hell but it’s getting some pretty glowing reviews and yall like it |
Futures
05.06.24 | definitely go see it. i'm also someone who thought the trailers were bad. i thought i wouldn't like it even as a huge tennis fan. it's much more unconventional then it lets on. and lol alex yeah that was a bit much. i get symbolism but that was quite literal haha |
DType
05.06.24 | Funny Games (1997): So i finally decided to watch this film. While it started out decently, and the initial thrill was good, it quickly became such a slug and i was hella bored on the second half, it had potential but i wasn't too impressed overall, 6/10.
Code Unknown (2000): A good start that sums up pretty well what it is about, miscommunication / misunderstanding. The rest of the film felt like an extension of this "message" following the character's motivations while exploring other themes aswell, unfortunately i still didn't find it very engaging the way through, 6/10. |
Ryus
05.06.24 | funny games sucks yeah |
unclereich
05.07.24 | >What’s the other one?
kung pow |
Faraudo
05.07.24 | "Funny Games sucks"
Jesus. |
nol
05.07.24 | Thor - super cheesy but I found it funnier than I remember. Thor interacting with the people of earth when they think he is bat shit insane is hilarious. And then all his Renaissance Fair Friends show up and they’re all like “oh god what have we gotten into.” This movie establishes Loki as well, who is a strong presence in the marvel canon from the get go. This is the first film in the series that feels like a true foreshadowing of the avengers timeline. Overall great movie 7.5/10 |
Hyperion1001
05.07.24 | nol you should spend less time watching comic book garbage and watch a spike Lee movie. |
nol
05.07.24 | Comic books fuck |
nol
05.07.24 | stop spamming me |
Hyperion1001
05.07.24 | nol have you seen any movies directed by John singleton?? |
nol
05.07.24 | you aren’t pots you suck at this |
Egarran
05.07.24 | I watched the Loki tv show and had a somewhat bad time. Season 1 is ok but season 2 just gets worse with every episode until it ends with some nonsensical tragedy. I was watching this to have fun dammit how dare you. It's the old 'we ran out of ideas, better make it super dramatic'. |
Hyperion1001
05.07.24 | what are your thoughts on Melvin van peebles? |
nol
05.07.24 | Stop spamming me |
nol
05.07.24 | I haven’t had a good time with any of the marvel tv shows honestly, I’m nerding out about the comics and video games mostly right now, so I thought I’d do an MCU run to see how far I get before I get bored. Iron Man is great, Thor is great, iron man 2 is mid and Hulk is terrible. |
Egarran
05.07.24 | WandaVision was fun but yeah it also went on for too long. |
DType
05.07.24 | Iron Man is ok, Thor is whatever, Iron Man 2 is eh and Hulk is great |
budgie
05.07.24 | anyone who bought tickets to see a comic book movie perpetuating the disease should be hecatomb'd |
AlexKzillion
05.08.24 | just saw fall guy... nobody can tell me that shit didn't fuck |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.08.24 | I think all of the Thor movies suck tbh… and I haven’t even seen Love and Thunder so evidently there’s a lot of room for my opinion of those movies to sink even further lol.
For the most part, the MCU is just highly enjoyable schlock. There’s a few that go above that but honestly that franchise is hack as fuck |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.08.24 | Iron Man absolutely being among the “good” movies. I also think 3 catches way too much heat and is one of the best MCU movies tbh. Winter Soldier and Civil War were both pretty good too but that’s just off the dome. If I really sat down and thought about it I’d probably confess to really digging at least five more movies from that franchise |
gabba
05.08.24 | The only watchable MCU I've seen was Infinity War, because half of them die in the end. But the hype these movies received a decade ago was simply ridiculous.
There are just a handful of superhero movies I enjoyed, Freaks (2018) comes to mind at first. |
denboy
05.08.24 | I quit halfway through season 1 of loki, around the time where (SPOILERS FOR A SHITTY TV SHOW:) the council was revealed as robots or something and then the main characters jump to "the council is fake" immediately where i was like that's quite the logical leap you're making there, like why wouldn't the real council have decoy robots set up, that would make way more sense |
Egarran
05.08.24 | We watched it for the Loki/Morbius bromance but possibly mostly because she has a crush on Middleston and must watch everything with him *drains beer*
Anyway all the fun was eventually drained in favor if time travel shenanigans which is the WORST plot device. ESP when a GOD is doing it, there can be NO tension *drains another beer* |
nol
05.09.24 | marvel movies are basic but fun, good for binging while stoned at night before bed like a tv show |
nol
05.09.24 | sometimes I wanna watch pretty colors and fall asleep sue me |
nol
05.09.24 | Captain America - super mid, getting bored but the movies I want to revisit are coming up so I’ll stick with it a little while longer |
Faraudo
05.09.24 | I had an Immaculate and Late Night With the Devil double feature last night. Immaculate was better than I expected, completely elevated by Sweeney's performance though, without her it would be average at best. Late Night was awesome, loved the format and found it quite original. The AI stuff is very questionable, but the film is great so I don't believe it deserves to be boycotted. |
Pheromone
05.09.24 | i watched challengers yesterday and it was not very sexy :( |
Faraudo
05.09.24 | Watched Love Lies Bleeding yesterday and it was pretty fucking rad tbh, Rose Glass is an amazing upcoming director |
budgie
05.09.24 | fuuuuuuuuneeeerrrralllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll FART |
AlexKzillion
05.09.24 | love lies bleeding was almost really really good but the ending did not work for me at all
i love saint maud tho |
EoinCofa
05.09.24 | The Holdovers- a Christmas movie but I just watched it, good flick though. Had a Dead Poets Society vibe.
Ungentlemanly Warfare- entertaining, a less-good Inglorious Bastards. |
BaselineOOO
05.10.24 | Abigail (2024) - 2.1/10 One of the worst horrors I've seen. It appears that nowadays, people tend to evaluate the concept behind horror films rather than the actual delivery. Good concept, extremely bland execution.
also rewatched Heat (1995) |
budgie
05.12.24 | last stop in yuma county w. jim cummings & jocelin donahue is great easy 4.5/5 |
budgie
05.12.24 | god damn this movie is gonna b a cult classic |
budgie
05.12.24 | ya best film of the decade so far. delish |
Anthracks
05.13.24 | war for the planet of the apes (2017) - 5/10
3 body problem season 1 (2024) - 3/10 (the decision to turn a cerebral political space opera into hallmark channel sci-fi is baffling beyond belief. the GOT guys truly have no clue what they're doing unless they're following a script exactly) |
Futures
05.13.24 | sweet budgie gonna check that one out for sure
unfrosted- a very bad extended snl skit/super bowl commercial. bill burr as jfk did get some cheap laughs out of me though. not the worst thing ever made but quite bad. 3/10
rise of the planet of the apes- this was a franchise i just missed so i'm binging them rn. solid movie, i know franco had some weird allegations but i always liked him as an actor. caesar of course great character, iconic moment when he speaks. human ceo and the ape handler characters were cartoonishly bad though and the movie just ends abruptly. needed like 20 more minutes at the end. still a good time. 7/10 |
Faraudo
05.13.24 | Challengers was so much fun and probably cemented Zendaya as the next big actress in Hollywood. Trent and Atticus´soundtrack makes the film even better. |
AlexKzillion
05.15.24 | i watched alex garland's 'annihilation' & 'men' the past few nights.
i don't think either are particularly good but i have the upmost respect for the huge swings this guy takes. will prob run through devs in the next couple weeks. |
Pheromone
05.15.24 | i watched the history boys yesterday and it was maybe one of the worst things i have ever seen |
IsisScript80
05.15.24 | "3 body problem season 1 (2024) - 3/10"
Watched one episode of it and thought, "Fuck this!" (was looking forward to it too). Currently going through the 30-episode Chinese adaptation, 'Three-Body' which, while far from perfect is a HELL of a lot better than what I saw happening on Netflix.
"will prob run through devs in the next couple weeks"
Thought 'Devs' was mostly great. Worth doing. |
budgie
05.16.24 | lowlifes was a 2.5 for me. which is more than i expected from a tubi production tbqh tbh tbf. all the different subversion were cute though
i also rewatched the ruins for the 59726208340th time and its as fun as ever
also there is a scifi thriller ish show called dark matter with the cute brunette from labyrinth and its nice |
budgie
05.16.24 | jennifer connelly |
nol
05.16.24 | GOAT last name honestly |
nol
05.16.24 | I fell asleep twice while watching Thor dark world so honestly I think I’m gonna keep going with this MCU run because who doesn’t need an extra sleep aid |
IsisScript80
05.16.24 | ^ That was the nadir of the strong early run. A LOT to compete with that now in terms of shite. |
Hyperion1001
05.16.24 | grave encounters (2011) - fucking stupid as shit 1/10 |
nol
05.17.24 | dr. doom will save the mcu |
budgie
05.17.24 | grave encounters is no masterpiece but a 1/10 is unduly harsh |
BAT
05.17.24 | i remember grave encounters 2 being pretty awful but the first was above average for the found footage subgenre, the only paranormal activity movie i saw was the 4th one and grave encounters is a masterwork compared to that lol. does fall apart towards the end and suffers from the usual inability for suspension of disbelief/chars that are very clearly actors/models on the cheap. rec is probably the best of that era of found footage-boom but most of those movies are pretty silly. |
budgie
05.17.24 | found footage/mockumentary is the best man
cloverfield, butterfly kisses, the bay, savageland, rec, howards mill, lake mungo, the tunnel, trollhunter yum yum so much fun |
BAT
05.17.24 | and last two
The Last Duel(2021) solid but it's biggest strength is also probably its main weakness, goes for a nonlinear narrative where the same stories told thru 3 different perspectives, it's interesting but ultimately as like a singular narrative film feels a bit stitched together and more properly suited for like a miniseries. well made though with some solid performances, ridley scotts certainly done worse but if you watched it without knowing scott was behind it you'd probably think its just some sort of direct to netflix medieval movie. light 7
we need to talk about kevin - i enjoyed it but i'd be lying if i said it wasn't a lite artfilm for people that want to be slightly offput but not fully disturbed. style over substance, for what it lacks in script it makes up for with expressionistic melo-drama. Tilda Swinton definitely elevates the movie into being more than just an edgy experiment. light 8 |
BAT
05.17.24 | and i gotta confess i still need to watch both lake mungo and blackcoats daughter, you recced them to me like 5 years ago and they've been sitting on my watchlist since but haven't been able to sucker any of my movie watchin friends into them.
and found footage movies get better the less mainstream cashgrab they are, if someone has a legit idea they want to explore rather than some studio wants to make a quick horror flick. |
Hyperion1001
05.17.24 | the best ones are rec Blair witch and noroi. beyond that I haven’t seen any others that are worth rewatching. |
BAT
05.17.24 | one cut of the dead is one i have high expectations for. ones i do like generally don't fall into the subgenre and are more oddball mockumentary type stuff, like 'man bites dog' is a pretty wild movie |
budgie
05.17.24 | i was real disappointed with noroi, same with blair witch tbh i dont really love either of them. lake mungo and blackcoat are the shit |
budgie
05.17.24 | need to check the last duel, but every medieval film ive ever seen sucks dick except for like army of darkness. or les visiteurs lol |
BAT
05.17.24 | personally it's not really my cup of tea but i didn't hate it and thought it had some interesting things going for it, but the pacing and lack of action are definitely barriers and if i had like gone back in time to explain the movie to myself i probably wouldn'tve watched it lol. watched it cuz a friend wanted to, because they'd heard it was way better than napoleon. 'it was fine' but not something that like moved me or i'll be watching again anytime soon lol. it's something that adam driver fans will probably hold in high regard, others will probably just get a laugh out of how ben affleck is madeup in it |
budgie
05.17.24 | ugh please dont remind me of napoleon. biggest disappointment since diablo 3 |
BAT
05.17.24 | lmao, i'm sure i'll be subjected to it at some point buuut no way it can be worse than oliver stones alexander...or can it? [and yeah d3 was such a massive downgrade from d2, no idea how that game still got a huge community it was just kind of a one and done for me, also the servers didnt work when i bought it lol] |
gabba
05.17.24 | Trollhunter is a surprisingly well-made found footage flick, I’m a big fan. |
Egarran
05.17.24 | Any found footage UFO movies? Apparently that news clip in Signs scarred a generation of kids (and that was just a silly humanoid) so it should have been a huge inspiration for filmmakers. |
fogza
05.17.24 | I liked chronicle, cool take on the superhero thing with found footage |
Egarran
05.17.24 | Yup that's good. |
AlexKzillion
05.17.24 | close encounters of a third kind is gonna be back in theaters in july lol... saw that and instantly thought of this thread |
budgie
05.17.24 | egarran phoenix forgottten |
Egarran
05.17.24 | I thought you were banned from this thread |
Rowhaus
05.17.24 | "Any found footage UFO movies?"
not a full movie, but V/H/S 2 has a pretty awesome found footage short I'd recommend checking |
Egarran
05.17.24 | At last a rec, thanks Row. |
budgie
05.17.24 | what about... what about me |
Egarran
05.17.24 | You like bad things. |
budgie
05.17.24 | we have like the exact same taste in music |
Faraudo
05.17.24 | Napoleon was a silly little 200 million-dollar film lmao, I liked it for what it is. |
Faraudo
05.17.24 | Recently watched Kiyoshi Kurosawa´s Retribution and I can´t believe how good of a director that man is. It makes me kind of envious, actually. |
markjamie
05.18.24 | Challengers - the soundtrack is the star. Film is definitely NOT for people who love tennis and think it will be about the sport. But it has its moments. Ending is bonkers, but in a good way - 7/10 |
Egarran
05.18.24 | >we have like the exact same taste in music
gtfo you have Nexus Polaris at 4.5 |
KevinKC
05.18.24 | A good "found footage" movie is Barry Levinson's 2012 "The Bay." |
AlexKzillion
05.18.24 | finally watched the iron claw. really liked efron. also as someone who already knew the von erich story i was pretty impressed that they were still able to make an effective and devastatingly sad film while cutting out so many devastatingly sad events. could not recommend the dark side of the ring documentary on them enough |
protokute
05.20.24 | Watched "The Menu" last night. I actually had a good time with it, even though, it could be better, it is fun. |
Scheumke
05.26.24 | Wonka - 4.5/10 - If you're gonna make a movie with a plot so basic that your one last resort is to charm the fuck out of me, you'd better not have it be another reboot of a nostalgic classic.The songs are unimaginative, the jokes don't land and Chalamet tries way to hard to have the same charisma as Wilder, which he doesn't. The ending was unexpectedly touching and the set designs are great. Still better than that shitshow with Depp but man does it still leave a sour aftertaste of the state of hollywood.
American Fiction - 8/10 - Great movie with a lot of laughs. Near the end I was afraid they were gonna botch the landing, but they subverted my expectations
Both deadserious about its subjectmatter as it is making fun of it. That balance was really well struck. |
rabidfish
05.26.24 | Snake Eyes - Fun movie. De Palma has a great way of making every scene visually interesting without going too crazy. The more film noir moments are interesting and the cast is great... Yeah, i like Nic Cage's character, idk, his whole thing with liking being a sleazy cop and just wanting to be mayor of Atlantic City as this big dream. It was funny and he even gets character development. The ending is kind of dumb, tho.
7/10 |
fogza
05.27.24 | Saw furiosa yesterday, some great action sequences, but the strange pacing combined with the thin storyline doesn't work all that well. Hemsworth steals the show a bit, which is a shame. Definitely a step down from Fury Road |
markjamie
05.27.24 | Civil War - not what I expected or hoped for, but solid enough in its execution - 6.5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | Saw The Irishman at the alamo earlier this evening after having not seen it since its release. Idk, there’s definitely a bit of an issue with slowish pacing, but everything that’s happening on screen is always interesting and feels like it’s building toward something: that being the the final hour or so, which, obviously I wasn’t looking at my phone so I can’t gauge it for sure, but starting with the scene where Hoffa awards Frank at the union ceremony, it becomes the finest film Martin Scorsese ever made.
Frankly, there are for sure Scorsese flicks that are more consistently entertaining and more interesting but I think that The Irishman (and to a slightly lesser extent, Killers of the Flower Moon) show a level of maturity and poignancy that he was incapable of during his “golden” era.
Not to diss movies like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, they’re incredible. But imo these past two have just been absolutely unreal. Where he would previously be easily in my top 5, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon make him my personal GOAT.
And that’s not even counting seriously underrated films (specifically within his filmography) such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Bringing Out the Dead, or Silence, the last of which is so, so close to being put up there with his most recent two that I’ve been glazing.
I want to get a fucking Netflix subscription and watch it right this second but unfortunately I have fucking job and watching The Irishman again would put me at damn near 4 AM : (
TLDR: Scorsese goat, his last two are his best yet. |
budgie
05.28.24 | i thought the irishman was parody level bad |
Storm In A Teacup
05.28.24 | I just watched Let It Be |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | yeah budge I just flatly disagree man. I think the only thing that’s “parody levels of bad” is some of the de aging tech. Like the scene where a clearly 80 year old De Niro is supposed to be beating the shit out of the store clerk, but it looks closer to an Alzheimer’s patient trying to figure out a VR headset. But I think it’s a bit of a hack point to be saying that nearly five years on. We all know at this point how bad the de aging can look at times. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | Doesn’t detract from the film even a little tho imo |
fogza
05.28.24 | Let it be was great |
budgie
05.28.24 | the de-aging and the hilarious kicking scene are the only things i remember from the film haha |
Egarran
05.28.24 | Huh I nearly agree with budgie on something. Then again I have an idealistic grudge against gangster movies and their glorification of evil and stupidity, so that may blind me. |
denboy
05.28.24 | that sums up how i felt about goodfellas and scarface |
Egarran
05.28.24 | Spoon me den. |
fogza
05.28.24 | I'm also a bit sick of gangster stuff, and I couldn't finish the wolf of wall street, super gross movie |
BAT
05.28.24 | big fan of scorssese and wolf of wall streets the last one i saw, i like it but it's missing a bit of the retribution aspects that round out goodfellas/casino/etc. it still has that formula but doing like 3 years in jail and becoming a motivational speaker is just an absurd 'punishment' for defrauding tens of thousands of people out of upwards 200mill, that aside its a pretty funny drug movie and decapprios gud. the irishmen i've been meaning to watch since it came out but being 3hours+ makes it hard to get in the mood....and than killers of the flower moons like 4 hours lol.
saw civil war, it was good but their marketing campaign honestly promises more than it can deliver. it's a pretty apolitical movie that boils down to violence is bad and people will fight eachother for the sake of fighting, at most it has some aspects of media journalism in combat zones and the resulting trauma but it's pretty surface level tbh. still an entertaining movie with a bit of style and an intriguing premise, too straightforward and basically feels like a zombie movie without the zombies. like a light 7/10 idk rewatch might bump it higher/lower but if the concept seemed interesting to someone they may as well go watch it, can do much worse |
rabidfish
05.28.24 | Never had an issue with being shown bad people being cool or glorifying violent/antisocial behaviour. Same way being shown good and prosocial behaviour doesn't make me a better person by default. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | @eg
I’m not trying to be a dick, but did you watch it?
It’s nearly the complete opposite of that. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | And I’d argue that Goodfellas and Casino do a similar job of showing that in the end, crime doesn’t pay. The body count gets to be too high and you start losing pieces of your soul. The Irishman is the like, ultimate culmination of that theme. The last hour is one of the most brutal breakdowns of the “glorification” or whatever of the gangster lifestyle |
fogza
05.28.24 | " it still has that formula but doing like 3 years in jail and becoming a motivational speaker is just an absurd 'punishment'"
i guess we can't change the reality of what happened, but damn the movie really starts to grate. it's so repetitive and boring |
fogza
05.28.24 | i never used to mind watching the odd gangster flick but i feel like it's such a played-out genre and often gets more critical heft attached to it, like it's a shortcut to acclaim. |
Ryus
05.28.24 | renoir double feature with rules of the game and grand illusion
both were excellent but the former really blew me away |
gabba
05.28.24 | Watching bad people doing bad stuff is good, relieves stress. That’s why I enjoy slashers too. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | I’d argue that Wolf of Wall Street strikes at that exact same theme too. Yeah it’s all fun and games when you’re just doing tons of blow and fucking models while your wife is at home with the kids and all of that… but in the end you see how truly vapid and empty Jordan’s life is because he made it his entire lifestyle for 20+ years.
Now I’m not glorifying shit. Jordan Belfort is scum of the fucking earth for what he did, and like fogza said, spending 3 years in jail playing tennis and tanning is not the punishment that he deserved but I’d say that also shows how morally bankrupt the justice system is when it comes time to swing the hammer down at the rich. It’s also like literally what ended up happening to the real life man if I’m remembering right. But I think Martin and co. did an amazing job of showing the pitfalls of a life that Jordan lived meanwhile that narcissistic shithead probably saw the movie as a celebration of what he’d done. |
Egarran
05.28.24 | Yeah I saw it. Crime doesn't pay as in watch 3 hours of this moron doing moronic things but he's a real human with real human feelings! I don't see the allure. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.28.24 | that’s your takeaway from what I wrote? |
AlexKzillion
05.28.24 | wolf of wall street goated
i'm prob due for a rewatch but irishman was one of my least fave scorsese films. |
AlexKzillion
05.28.24 | watched don jon and lucy this weekend. both pretty awful. i like scar jo but feel like she is in soooo many bad movies. |
fogza
05.28.24 | Eg summed it up beautifully |
IsisScript80
05.28.24 | Crime dramas in general, whether well done or not, inherently have a cathartic, power fantasy allure to them. Whereby you see charismatic mofos do the kind of shit most of us think about from time to time, but don’t carry out because of fear of reprisals, morals and shit, or mostly (thankfully) just not that way inclined.
It can, and has, been incredibly powerful in cinema… the ubermench mentality of literally taking any and all things at will, being lauded and feared for it is an arresting, escapist notion for many (men especially) who feel trapped in the mundane of “normal” society (the success and arcs of things like ‘Fight Club’ and ‘Breaking Bad’ exemplify this perfectly).
Lower-end examples just glorify and are lazy. There’s been a major over-saturation of the genre that most teenagers/dudes in their early 20s play out watching anything with De Niro or Pacino in it, to the point you just put it aside for a while as it tends to get associated with guys going through a wannabe gangster phase. But what’s good is good… same applies here. |
Egarran
05.28.24 | Even more beautifully summed up.
Another example is Rorschach from Watchmen. He's so cool and I wish I could be cool like him! Romanticizing fascists is still a major trope in our culture.
Sorry wildcard this is just my little hill. I understand how it can be powerful cinema, it's just icky. |
BAT
05.28.24 | Just for clarification I do like wolf of wall street and my main problem with the ending is the movie follows the same formula as goodfellas/casino/etc but the resolution, while realistic for the white collar nature of the crimes, doesn't fit the formulas 'past life abandonment.' I think its fine it broke the mold but considering the movie is 89% dude living like a rockstar: it doesn't really have a lesson jordan learns over the course of the film, no 'maybe this is fucked up' just things just caught up to him. As a movie it kinda feels like 'a² + b² = c¹,' and honestly it's more of a pet peeve but it's something I always felt held it back.
And I love true crime stuff, hating Jordan irl doesn't make wolf a bad movie. Hell the only michael Bay movie I've liked since bad Boys 2 was pain and gain and those dudes killed some people and had it turned into a markymark/the rock comedy
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AlexKzillion
05.28.24 | "considering the movie is 89% dude living like a rockstar: it doesn't really have a lesson jordan learns over the course of the film, no 'maybe this is fucked up' just things just caught up to him."
i always found jordan belfort to be way closer to a jake lamotta (raging bull) than he is a henry hill. neither of those dudes had learned any lessons by the end of those films, shit you can go on belfort's tiktok page and hear him glaze over how awesome the movie is (lol) and how the real life parties were even crazier bro!... reminiscent of how lamotta gleefully trained de niro and consulted on raging bull only to be surprised he comes off "less than favorable" after seeing the final product. belfort was just rich and white collar and charismatic enough to be a high demand public speaker when the dust was settled instead of a bum comedian. |
BAT
05.28.24 | If you want to go down a bizarre rabbit hole look into Henry's post goodfellas life, he got kicked out of witness protection for drugs than became a regular on Howard stern lol. Also Jake loses everyone around him due to his character rather than the hammer being put down, Jordan has a funny tale to share where Jake's a instinctually violent man that drove everyone away from him, by the end the movie feels a bit more like he comes to terms with himself and has some regrets, jordan is more of a well that happens what next.
but yeah raging bull is probably the original prototype for the scorssese formula just minus the major crime aspect, they're stories of rise/falls that are anchored by a deep character study. i like gangs of new york but by contrast leo in that's less of a main draw [bill the butcher obvs steals the show], a fictional character and his main thing thru the movie is revenge. just doesn't have as much personality to analyze outside of being a period piece. the aviator is another good example of the formula |
budgie
05.29.24 | anyone watch tires yet |
Anthracks
05.29.24 | Furiosa: a mad max saga (2024) - 7/10 (just made me wanna watch fury road)
EO (2022) - 7/10 (hell is real and it’s us)
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Scheumke
05.30.24 | The Conjuring - 8/10 - Now I know what the fuss is about. I'm not a horror fan but goddamn did I have a good time watching this. The suspense and pacing are just yumm. I guess I'm just not into the torture porn subgenre of horror (saw, hostel, chainsaw massacre, all that jazz) but really like suspense and supernatural a lot more. Any of the others in this world that are worth watching (I saw this spawned 9 freaking movies already wtf)? |
budgie
05.30.24 | @scheumke, im not a fan of the conjuring universe really but i thought the conjuring II was alright
ouija: origin of evil is solid mike flanagan film kind of in the same corner as conjuring films |
AlexKzillion
05.30.24 | furiosa 7/10 feels right |
Scheumke
05.30.24 | Aight tnx for the req budgie, will put it on the list! |
KevinKC
05.30.24 | Mothers' Instinct: Great. 4/5
Alienoid Part 1&2: Great. 4/5
Civil War: Great. 5/5
Bedazzled (1967): Ok. 3.5/5
Tarot: Ok. 3/5
Dune Part 1&2: Ok. 3.5/5
Sting: Great. 4/5
Godzilla x Kong: Poor. 2.5/5
Thanksgiving: Good. 4/5
Abigail: Poor. 2/5
Godzilla Minus One: Good. 4/5
Coma (1978): Great. 5/5
No Way Up: Good. 3/5
Heartbreakers (2001): Good. 3.5/5
Anyone But You: Awful. 1.5/5
Roadhouse (2024): Great. 5/5
Mean Girls (2004): Great. 4/5
Mean Girls (2024): Awful. 2/5
Argylle: Awful. 2/5
Damsel: Ok. 3/5
Concrete Utopia/Badland Hunters: Great. 4/5
He Went that Way (2023): Ok. 3.5/5 |
widowslaugh123
05.30.24 | The Revenant-8/10
Was good. I have a lot to say but who cares so I’ll just say it was good and I liked it.
Moscow On The Hudson-7/10
Quiet charming movie with Robin Williams playing a Russian saxophonist who defects to America. Some of the comedy has aged badly with the whole homophobic, misogynistic, racist tropes that were par for the course in the 80s. Also the America dick-riding is pretty cringeworthy and only barely bites back at the ironies of American-style “freedom” at the end and I do mean barely. Still it was enjoyable albeit a little long and underwhelming |
budgie
05.30.24 | mean girls 2004 is a stone cold classic |
KevinKC
05.30.24 | The Irishman:
I remember waiting for the reveal that Russel (Pesci) raped Peggy (Paquin) and that's why she never says a word, but it never happens. |
Ryus
05.30.24 | playtime (1967) - 2/5 boring and unfunny
close up (1990) - 4.5/5 liked it even more on rewatch, genius movie |
rabidfish
05.30.24 | Watched Goldeneye again after many many years.
Brosnan was one of the most perfect casting decisions ever made for the franchise. The movie itself is pretty boring, tho. Some cool moments and the humor is so fucking awful it circles around to being funny in a silly way.
6/10. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.31.24 | @kevin
not to trash your idea but im so glad that didn’t happen… I mean my take on it after two whole viewings over the course of five years is that she knew what her dad and Russ were up to from the jump. She knew they were evil people, and she was scared of them.
Thats part of what makes the “Why?” scene so impactful for me. We see a character who has had like maybe five lines of dialogue in three hours finally confront her father.
@rabid
sheesh if you didn’t really care for Goldeneye don’t even bother with the rest of Brosnan’s movies. I could type out exactly what you wrote and that would basically be my thoughts on Die Another Day lmao
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rabidfish
05.31.24 | oh i much prefer the sillier Bond films. The gadgets, the jokes, the unashamed horniness. It's great. My main gripe and why i didn't enjoy it as much is that a lot of it takes place in Russia and it's all drab and grey and not really that ultra-elite aristocratic nor exotic backdrop i want in a Bond movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.31.24 | The Cuba finale tho?
idk I get the criticisms I just completely disagree man, Goldeneye has always been one of my favorite Bond’s. I think it balances the humor and seriousness perfectly. Tomorrow Never Dies was diminishing returns but still good. The World is Not Enough comes close to the silliness of Die Another Day but has a great pair of villains and one of M’s best appearances… and well, you basically already know my thoughts on Die Another Day lol |
KevinKC
05.31.24 | @Wikdcardbitchess.
Clearly her silence is not a random meaningless element. There's a reason for it and linking it to her knowledge of Russel and Frank's criminal activities is the most probable possibility.
I can't remember what element made me think Russel raped her. I think it was a shot of Russel looking at her or one of Peggy's reactions to him. |
Bloma
05.31.24 | Dream Scenario (2023) - 10/10
Really original social/psychological comedy horror drama that has a flow and structure all of its own. Nicholas Cage is a classic and really nails the fragile narcissistic nice guy. Really scared me as the possibility of becoming an outsider is real.
Furiosa (2024) - 0/10
Fury Road is an all-time classic genius masterpiece, but this is a collection of meaningless images and sounds combined together in a particular order. The dialogue is awful, it shows and tells way too much, the characters are nothing, the story is nothing, it is about nothing. The action is boring, the stunts are too obvious, it just doesn't add up to anything. Bit of a shame as I was looking forward to this, but as we've learned, hope is a mistake.
The message of Fury Road was the answers you are seeking are not external but internal, and hoping for some external answer will get you nowhere. The message of this film seems to be that hate is the only thing that keeps you going, and as our good friend Josh Homme once said, anger is good to get your motor going but you don't want to use it as your fuel. |
rabidfish
05.31.24 | the scenes in the big undercover satelite transmission thing were dope, i'll give you that. |
Flugmorph
05.31.24 | just watched just watched Jacob's Ladder. trippy dark ass movie, very 90s in a good, grungy way. PTSD demons from nam type deal. |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.31.24 | alright im hopefully seeing furiosa tomorrow and having watched Fury Road last night, man that movie is even better than I remember. And I very much doubt that it’s a 0/10 lmao |
budgie
05.31.24 | watched slither last night tote classic |
Scheumke
05.31.24 | The Master - 6,5/10 - I have some problems with this movie but at the heart it was a tour the force between Phoenix and Hoffman and goddamn the acting was stupid good. Shame that the entire thing felt both a little directionless and also pointless in the end. Or maybe I'm just too stupid to get it idk but by the end it left me feeling very little. Still a joy to watch these guys go hard af in their craft though. |
Cryptkeeper
05.31.24 | Rewatched Apocalypse Now recently, still an obvious 10/10 movie. Checked out the new Batman movie too, honestly the best you could make a Batman movie, solid 8.5/10, significantly better in all aspects than any of the Nolan movies |
rabidfish
05.31.24 | @scheumke nah man, don't worry. the master is really PTA's less inspired work and anyone who says otherwise is just too focused on the acting to see its obvious flaws. |
Ryus
05.31.24 | the master is second best right behind phantom thread |
CugnoBrasso
05.31.24 | Idk a movie about a giant troll running around Oslo that I found on Netflix. |
rabidfish
06.01.24 | punch drunk love and there will be blood are all timers. Amazing.
phantom thread is aight.
still need to watch boogie nights. |
budgie
06.01.24 | that movie sucked cugno
trollhunter is a 5/5 but troll was ass |
Bloma
06.01.24 | @Wildcardbitchesss
'alright im hopefully seeing furiosa tomorrow and having watched Fury Road last night, man that movie is even better than I remember. And I very much doubt that it’s a 0/10 lmao'
Yeah Fury Road is so damn good, I can't wait to watch it again to cleanse my mind of Furiosa.
For me it's a 0/10, for you it may not be. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.01.24 | ya decided just to say fuck it and go see it tonight, treat myself a little after a long week.
Fury Road is such an incredibly high bar to clear and this movie… isnt like that one at all. Overall, I left the theater very happy. It’s a great movie but it’s so different from Fury Road that im actually kinda glad I read a couple of blurbs here and there so I didn’t exactly go into it expecting another Fury Road. Some thoughts…
-GOAT Chris Hemsworth performance and im not exactly an MCU hater, at least not through Endgame. Chris has been really good in a few of those movies but he really lets loose here and it’s just fantastic.
-Anya is also very good, not surprising, but it felt like she took a backseat in her own film compared to Dementus kinda like how Max felt compared to Furiosa in the last one.
-All of the action scenes were great but the cgi was for sure a little more dodgy or at least more noticeable compared to FR. Also tho, to be fair, I watched that last night on a 60” 4K TV… I just watched Furiosa in IMAX so maybe there’s some off looking effects I just didn’t notice last night.
-Praetorian Jack felt like a less insane Max. Both are clearly badass as fuck, but Jack struck me as having a much calmer demeanor and was more collected in his confrontations with Furiosa compared to Max. Was really surprised he got as much depth and screen time as he did because at first glance he just seems like any number of dollar store action hero types. Enjoyed him a lot
Overall, tentative 8/10 with Fury Road being like a 11/10. Both are just so different in their approach to storytelling. Bloma views that as a negative, I view it as a positive. Not better in any way, just very different.
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.01.24 | I wanna see it again but definitely at a matinee, not paying another $20 for an imax ticket |
nol
06.01.24 | I need to watch furiosa, but why is she not Charlize Theron??? |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.01.24 | It’s supposed to be like 10-15 years before Fury Road.
Honestly, in short… it doesn’t really matter. Anya is amazing as Furiosa just as Tom Hardy is as Max. I wouldn’t really recommend watching any trailers or reading any more about the film than what I’ve already said. The most important thing to know before going into Furiosa imo is that it is a much different film than Fury Road. I think a lot of folks disappointed in this movie were expecting Fury Road 2.0 and this is almost the complete opposite of that. |
CugnoBrasso
06.01.24 | Yahhp Budgie I wasn't big on it, it could have been a fun watch if the visual effects had been worse, but it doesn't even work as a B-movie. I still have to see Troll Hunter, all I know is that it features a Kvelertak song. |
budgie
06.01.24 | oh man you are in for a serious treat. |
Hyperion1001
06.01.24 | cabin fever (2002) - actually enjoyed it. i mean, its bad, but in an entertaining way. why does it have like 15 different endings. either way i had fun. 3/5 |
budgie
06.01.24 | cabin fever remake gets a shitton of hate but i like it more than og |
Hyperion1001
06.01.24 | i was actually trying to watch wrong turn but apparently that shit doesnt exist anywhere which is crazy. cant even rent it. |
budgie
06.01.24 | i can share it via google drive if you like |
Hyperion1001
06.01.24 | ill find it I just try to stream shit before I go surf the seven seas. preciate it tho. |
Scheumke
06.04.24 | "I need to watch furiosa, but why is she not Charlize Theron???"
George Miller apparently said in an interview that he shied away from this because they would've had to do some serious de-aging for that to work, which would draw attention away from the actual acting performance. So he chose a younger actress that could give the same energy. The audience's attention being on "Look how young she looks" vs "look at how badass she is" is an argument I can really get behind tbh. |
AlexKzillion
06.04.24 | been speed running through steven spielberg's filmography. never seen any of his movies besides jaws if you can believe it. just finished the 80s.
s: raiders, last crusade
a: jaws, close encounters
b: duel, sugarland express, e.t., temple of doom
c: the color purple, empire of the sun
d: 1941
f: always
my biggest takeaway from all this is harrison ford is him |
Bloma
06.04.24 | @Wildcardbitchesss
'Overall, tentative 8/10 with Fury Road being like a 11/10. Both are just so different in their approach to storytelling. Bloma views that as a negative, I view it as a positive. Not better in any way, just very different.'
To be honest, I don't care that it's different... if they tried to make it the same as Fury Road there's no way it would have been as good. I just fundamentally didn't like it at all.
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Anthracks
06.05.24 | watched four over the weekend
i saw the tv glow (2024) - 5/10
arcadian (2024) - 7/10
in a violent nature (2024) - 6/10
the first omen (2024) - 2/10 |
AlexKzillion
06.05.24 | damn 5/10 for tv glow??? i absolutely adored that movie
also caught evil does not exist (hamaguchi) over the weekend which also broke into my 2024 top 5 |
fogza
06.05.24 | "To be honest, I don't care that it's different... if they tried to make it the same as Fury Road there's no way it would have been as good. I just fundamentally didn't like it at all."
furiosa has weird pacing and focus, it's ok but it was disappointing |
Ryus
06.05.24 | i saw the tv glow (2024) - 2/5
elevator to the gallows (1958) - 4.5/5 |
AlexKzillion
06.05.24 | yall sleeping on the pink opaque wtf bro |
Winesburgohio
06.05.24 | Furiosa (Miller) (3.5/5) - I went into it with low expectations that were mightily surpassed. the scene where they get ambushed is so exhilarating and it's shot in such a brooding, arresting way. That said it's not free of bloat and I thought the acting was... not good. Plot a bit rote/trite. But I had *audience holds breath simultaneously* fun!
Mahjong (Yang) (4.5) I think this is my favourite of his, even surpassing Yi Yi. The poignance is never undercut by genuine humour and warmth, and on the contrary is probably bolstered by it. My impression is that it's classified as one of his """minor""" works; I simply cannot understand it. T H E C A N O N I S W R O N G etc. |
Anthracks
06.05.24 | i saw the tv glow did some things pretty well and the overall message was good. but it was annoying as FUCK to watch. can't really describe it any other way. wanted to bash in my brains when maddie started speaking in poetry for like 15 minutes near the end |
Scheumke
06.05.24 | Suzume - 7.5/10 - A little lackluster plot and a directionless second half made right by drop dead gorgeous visuals and a killer soundtrack. Also as a European who fell in love with Japan (been there twice, proposed to my gf there, probably going back on honeymoon there) I love all the little typical Japanese things that make it super authentic (down to the beeps the door makes when entering a 7/11).
Robin Williams: Come Inside my Mind - 6.5/10 - wholesome and interesting and sad and very safe.
Fury Road rewatch (seeing Furiosa next week) - 10/10 - we're far enough away from it now that in hindsight we can judge what a fucking marvel it is that this got made. Absolute masterclass in action storytelling and just balls to the wall awesomeness. Hadn't watched it in years but still a high watermark in action movies. Fucking hell is this good. |
AlexKzillion
06.05.24 | "wanted to bash in my brains when maddie started speaking in poetry for like 15 minutes near the end"
haha i literally couldn't breathe during that part it was amazing (and not in a laughing way) |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.05.24 | ya everyone should be able to agree Fury Road is just some of the best shit ever. Even a decade later and it hasnt been topped. |
Anthracks
06.06.24 | I desperately want an XD rerelease of fury road |
budgie
06.06.24 | new alien trailer out. dig the horror vibe. don't dig the english accent |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.06.24 | looks really fucking good imo. Have high hopes for this one |
KevinKC
06.06.24 | Under Paris is really nice if spectators accept to watch beyond the visible CGI. |
gabba
06.06.24 | Alien trailer looks cool, English accent gonna be destroyed, don’t you worry. Love those spiders feeding people with eggs. |
budgie
06.06.24 | free eggs! omg |
Faraudo
06.06.24 | The Exorcist: Believer. It's not as abysmal as some people say it is, but it is pretty shitty nonetheless. Talk about a wasted opportunity and a boring ass horror movie. |
Scheumke
06.08.24 | Hunt for the Wilderpeople - 7.5/10 - Probably better than anything Taika has done with Marvel. Extremely likable characters with great humor. Bit of a tonal mismash going from stupid silly to genuinely sad within minutes but I thought it worked out pretty well in the end. |
Egarran
06.09.24 | Let's hope his Marvel phase was just necessary to ensure financial stability so he can focus on original concepts. |
KevinKC
06.09.24 | Fede Alvarez Evil Dead was a nice return to horror. I suppose the new Alien will be good on that level.
I hope it doesn't spit too much on Prometheus and Covenant. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.09.24 | I’d be willing to bet it’s just gonna completely ignore them. |
protokute
06.09.24 | The Sound of Music - One of the most joyful and beautiful things I ever watched
Memento - What a head fuck |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.09.24 | Decided to watch X and Pearl before Maxxxine comes out… X isn’t quite as good as I remember. Still really fucking quality and a nice throwback to 70’s horror, just didn’t hit me as hard as the first time. But holy shit Pearl is better than I remember. I loved it the first time I saw it and I love it even more now. I know she’s kinda polarizing for some people but Mia Goth is one of the best actors working right now imo. That fucking monologue was devastating and she sold every second of it. And it was like 7 minutes? Absolutely insane.
So excited for Maxxxine. |
Hyperion1001
06.09.24 | yeah x was good but Pearl was excellent. my wife watched it with me and she said “you can tell a woman wrote this.” |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.09.24 | Didn’t even know Mia had writing credits until an hour ago. Fucking insane. |
CugnoBrasso
06.10.24 | Kinds of Kindness is kind of madness. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.10.24 | I’m gonna start going through some of the older movies that I’ve been meaning to watch. First up was Chinatown. Good god did that movie live up to the classic status it has. I thought it was pretty good for the first hour and a half or so but man those final scenes hit so hard, and that ending is fucking brutal. I only ever had the famous final line spoiled for me and god the context it’s said in is just so depressing. Amazing movie.
Gonna watch The Long Good Friday tonight. |
Zac124
06.10.24 | The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) - Absolute classic. A masterpiece. What Scorsese would describe as true cinema. 4.5/5
Alps (2011) - I love Lanthimos style but this was such a step back after Dogtooth. The characters are too distant so when they start to spiral, I just wonder what on earth caused it. Plus, there are many random moments thrown in that just seem so disconnected from the film. Idk, maybe I just didn't understand it. Judging from its premise, people taking up roles of dead people to help the loved ones in their grieving process, it sounds perfect for Lanthimos weird, dark yet hilarious style, but it just went no where with maybe 2 or 3 funny scenes. 2/5
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Ryus
06.10.24 | spongebob movie is a ripper yeah
rewatched bergman's persona and i enjoyed it a shit ton more this time. still felt abstruse but im sure im not alone in feeling that way about it. formally its basically perfect. definitely one of the best looking films ive seen
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Hyperion1001
06.10.24 | late night with the devil (2024) - pretty good. dont care about ai stuff and i thought it was fairly well executed and sticks the landing. the changing perspectives was kind of wonky but overall not bad 3/5
i really want to see in a violent nature but unfortunately they arent allowed to show anything but christian movies where i live so i gotta wait for it to hit on-demand. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.10.24 | It was fine but honestly knowing what I know about it now I’d say just wait for it to come to shudder or whatever streaming service it winds up on. It’s a neat premise but it doesn’t really go as far as I’d hoped with it.
Idk I guess im not really sure what I expected from it. It was a good but I think it was a victim of its own marketing. It is gruesome as all hell tho so if you’re just looking for a gorey good time it’s got you there. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.10.24 | As far as horror goes I’m really stoked for Maxxxine and that Longlegs movie, I found out really recently that it’s the same guy that made Blackcoats Daughter and I loved that movie |
Scheumke
06.11.24 | Moonrise Kingdom - 7/10 - Only the third Wes Anderson movie I've seen (after Grand Budapest Hotel and Mr. Fox), but already I felt a little tired at the beginning at seeing all the same trademarks. The further the movie went the better it got though, and overall I really liked the story, it was a good movie. The camera/colour usage especially had a great sense of nostalgia, in the same vein as ROOT the board game or the artwork of August Burns Red's Found in Far Away Places, which is an aesthetic I really dig.
Maybe this just went straight over my head, but I couldn't really tell in what way his gimmicky way of cinematography actually enhanced or attributed to the storytelling. With Fantastic Mr. Fox it really worked because you could show things in a way that wouldn't work otherwise (the underground scenes for example), but here it just felt a little tacked on, style over substance if you will. |
unclereich
06.11.24 | cube(1997): wanted to like this but other than David Hewlett i really hated the performances of the two leads. 2.5/5
pin(1988): similar to Anthony Hopkin's Magic(1978) but a little more creepy and another terrific performance by Hewlett, an underrated horror gem. 4/5 |
protokute
06.11.24 | brazilian portuguese spongebob dub >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> english spongebob |
Hyperion1001
06.11.24 | "found out really recently that it’s the same guy that made Blackcoats Daughter and I loved that movie"
anthony perkins son actually. and yeah longlegs looks awesome. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.11.24 | Yeah I found that out around the same time too! Very cool. |
Hyperion1001
06.12.24 | in a violent nature (2024) - turns out it actually showing somewhat near me and im glad i saw it in theaters. absolutely brutal kills and an interesting take on the genre. didnt 100% accomplish what it was trying to do but i respect the approach and there was enough good for me to mostly overlook the misses. biased 4/5. |
Scheumke
06.12.24 | Nope - 7/10 - I was listening to a podcast about this movie afterward and I freely admit this was too clever for my little brain. There were a lot of subtle callbacks, theme's, messages and hints that went completely over my head, but were a lot of fun to pick apart in hindsight. A movie I respect more than that I actually enjoyed at the moment (not that I didn't have a good time with it, but I can see people 9 or 10ing this and that certainly wasn't the case for me). |
fogza
06.12.24 | "pin(1988): similar to Anthony Hopkin's Magic(1978) but a little more creepy and another terrific performance by Hewlett, an underrated horror gem. 4/5"
When I was a kid and we went to the video rental store, I saw this movie on the shelves and I had nightmares about it. Never seen the movie though |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.24 | I felt the same way about Nope, but it really just isn’t as entertaining or as interesting as Get Out imo. Peele’s very talented but I don’t think he’ll ever top that movie.
Watched The Thing (1982) and uh, The Thing (2011) last night. John Carpenter’s holds up, still love it. First time seeing the prequel, and yeah, pretty meh. The actors were fine and it was kinda neat how they used the language barrier as sort of its own threat, but man the special effects just do not hold up all that well. I know that’s really just beating a dead horse but the original has aged much better and it’s 30 years older. There were also just too many instances where it was aping the original to the point where it felt like it was trying to be a remake and forgot about being a prequel. Wasn’t terrible but I don’t really have any desire to watch it again. |
Hyperion1001
06.12.24 | nope is peele’s best. wildly creative and nearly perfectly executed. i honestly wasn’t a peele believer until I saw that one. |
budgie
06.12.24 | it hurts my lil bird spirit to see nope called clever |
Hyperion1001
06.12.24 | idk budgie man, the camera thing was one of the best executed setup/payoffs ive seen. |
budgie
06.12.24 | if you shove 100 long form metaphors into a film one of them is bound to be good i guess |
Scheumke
06.12.24 | Well listening to that podcast deconstruct all the things it had to say that I completely missed felt pretty clever to me dont know what to tell you brother. Also I'm just pretty simple minded when watching movies so there's that lol |
gabba
06.12.24 | Nope was great, loved the creative depiction of the alien and the cowboy setting, was really entertaining. Much better than Us, looking forward to what Jordan Peele does next. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.24 | Oh yeah it was fine, and I liked Us too for the record. It’s just he set the bar so high with Get Out and neither Us or Nope came close to clearing it imo.
Had the day off and watched the Raid movies. Goddamnit I would do some awful, unforgivable things to get a third Raid movie. Love the first one as just a balls to the wall action flick but the second is just on another level. The way they one up all the set pieces from the first and add so much drama, it’s absolutely insane how good that movie turned out… I need more Iko Uwais in my life. |
neekafat
06.12.24 | Children of Men and Amores Perros
Woof what a combo. Had never seen the latter before |
budgie
06.12.24 | " looking forward to what Jordan Peele does next.
he produced two seasons of twilight zone and im guessing he allowed himself a fair amount of creative input because they were very...... you know |
Anthracks
06.12.24 | Us was so fucking bad.
get out and nope are both good though |
budgie
06.12.24 | yeah i thought us was very poor |
protokute
06.13.24 | Was really not a fan of Nope, the idea was kind of interesting but overall it felt so overproduced and with so much bs, that I couldn't care about anything.
Also didn't like Us, but at least it was fun sometimes. |
budgie
06.13.24 | anyone seen this french shark movie not requin its on netflix |
budgie
06.13.24 | the shark in paris movie kinda suuuuuuuuuuuuucks |
Egarran
06.13.24 | >Children of Men
Looove that movie. 10/10 |
denboy
06.13.24 | that scene (you know which one) is one of the best scenes in cinema history |
Egarran
06.13.24 | All the long takes are the best but yes that scene is iconic. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.17.24 | Watched Love Lies Bleeding again and it really might be my favorite film of the year. A certain thing that happens near the end still doesn’t totally work for me but that doesn’t stop the other 95% of the movie from being fucking amazing.
Also find it really interesting that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson both got totally trashed for the first half of their careers because of those fucking Twilight movies but both have gone on to do some really interesting things on the indie circuit and obviously Robert was great in Batman even if I didn’t love the movie all that much. Both are some of the best young actors working and I don’t think anyone would’ve predicted that a decade ago. |
budgie
06.17.24 | i LOVE kristen stewart |
rabidfish
06.17.24 | - Mr. Turner. Movie about the painter. Good biopic. A bit long. The costumes and performances are pretty good. 7/10.
- Mario movie. Actually, kind of fun. Bunch of cool references. Had a great time with my lil cousin. 7/10. |
gabba
06.17.24 | Krtisten Stewart -> Personal Shopper is amazing, a movie with so many layers |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.18.24 | Never heard of it, I’ll add it to the list |
budgie
06.18.24 | yeah personal shopper is very sweet indeed. also fucking LOVE underwater |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.18.24 | Watched Crimes of the Future. Idk if I was just too stupid or what but I found some parts of it very interesting but some parts of it very boring. Bummer, because I was totally on board for like the first 45 mins or so but it just kinda lost me after that. Good ending, the middle just kinda sagged a little. |
Sharenge
06.18.24 | you will eat the plastic |
Mort.
06.21.24 | i am watching Barbie right now
the precocious teenage daughter is so fucking annoying and not in a funny way, its impeding my enjoyment of this film |
Ryus
06.21.24 | crimes of the future fuckin rocks yo |
AlexKzillion
06.21.24 | i saw midsommar director's cut in imax last night and it was so fucking awesome honestly
a24 has been throwing a lot of movies back in theaters in imax that have no real reason for being shown in that format (hereditary, uncut gems, ex machina, some others)... but midsommar really really worked. i've never seen the og so i have no idea if the director's cut was "better" or not but i quite enjoyed myself. |
Rowhaus
06.21.24 | counting the days 'til Longlegs comes out |
Faraudo
06.21.24 | Will probably be one of my favorite movies this year, can't wait for it |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.21.24 | Already got my ticket for that and Maxxxine, fucking stoked for both |
Faraudo
06.21.24 | ">Children of Men"
I would say it is the best film helmed by a Mexican director ever
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Egarran
06.21.24 | Very subtle Mexican touches in that movie. |
gabba
06.21.24 | that one + Y tu mamá también
Cuarón rules |
Faraudo
06.22.24 | Agreed, all three "main" Mexican directors have amazing films, but Cuaron's ceiling is a bit higher in my opinion. I recently watched Iñárritu's Amores Perros for the first time and that's a stone-cold classic too. Del Toro has Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone, both of which are classics in their own right. |
rabidfish
06.22.24 | Hellboy 1 and 2 >>> Devil backbone and Pan. |
denboy
06.22.24 | Challengers
10/10
Jfc |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.23.24 | Damn I really need to watch that one I guess.
Been binging some QT movies since I just bought a bunch on 4k. The Kill Bill movies weren’t among them but it’s been years since I watched them so I popped em in and it had me wishing QT had done a little more with action. The Crazy 88 fight is tight but I really love the fight between Beatrix and Elle in the trailer. Idk where he goes next but I’m glad it seems like he isn’t going forward with the film critic idea.
Anyways, hope Uma comes back for one more QT film. It’s wild to me that she’s played two of the most iconic Tarantino characters but she hasn’t been in any of his flicks in 20 years. |
rabidfish
06.23.24 | L.A. Confidential. Fun movie, it's not as dark as I expected tbh. very cynical, yes, but it's not as nihilistic as most noires usually are, it even got a relatively happy ending. Kim Basinger is so beautiful here, too.
7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.23.24 | Even when she played absolute white trash in 8 mile she was still fine as hell. Love Kim. I feel like the last thing I saw her in was probably Nice Guys? So shit probably damn near ten years ago now |
budgie
06.23.24 | wasnt that brittany murphy |
budgie
06.23.24 | (rip) |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.23.24 | she was in it too yeah but Kim played his mother lmao |
budgie
06.23.24 | ooooh no kidding, yeah she really nails the white trash thing |
gabba
06.23.24 | Winona Ryder is prime white trash too. |
denboy
06.24.24 | Furiosa
I guess they had to make the movie 80% CGI to make sure Anya Taylor-Joy's face looked normal for once |
budgie
06.24.24 | LOL |
Rowhaus
06.24.24 | Anya is gorgeous breh. Those wideset prey eyes are incredible. Great actress too. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.24.24 | I’ve never agreed more with rowhaus on anything ever. Anya is fuckin beautiful man tf lmao |
budgie
06.24.24 | yeah shes beautiful in like a body horror praying mantis kind of way |
AlexKzillion
06.24.24 | saw bikeriders saturday
imagine goodfellas and challengers had a baby that wasn't as good as either but still quite good nonetheless |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.24.24 | all time bad take |
Egarran
06.24.24 | >yeah shes beautiful in like a body horror praying mantis kind of way
Keep going |
Deathconscious
06.25.24 | Oppenheimer didnt feel like it was 3 hours long. Very solid movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | Still haven’t seen it. I was working when all my friends could get together to see it in IMAX : /
I guess I should just rent it at some point |
rabidfish
06.25.24 | oppenheimer is great! probably my 3rd favorite Nolan movie.
Anya is beautiful in a very particular way, but she IS gorgeous c'mon now. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | yeah she has a strange looking face for sure, but she totally makes it work and she’s legit one of the best young actresses on the planet.
Furiosa is one of the most celebrated characters in like the last decade of film and Anya effortlessly slips into the role. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | calling her ugly god… I don’t usually say this kinda shit but I’d love to see some pics of the girls yall are fuckin if Anya is that ugly |
Klekticist
06.25.24 | how does this have so many comments |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | I mean this is just the default place I go to talk about movies that my friends haven’t seen. |
Gavierra
06.25.24 | Silence ~ one of the most thought-provoking movies I’ve seen in a while, as well as my first introduction to Scorsese’s work. Plus it’s the first time I’ve seen Adam Driver in a movie that isn’t dogshit
John Carter ~ total misfire as the first entry of what could’ve been a solid space opera franchise, but I still enjoy it a lot. Even if the original book’s concepts and ideas have been turned into a cliche by the hundreds of sci-fi stories that it inspired |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | If you’ve seen any of my posts it’s probably not a surprise that I’m saying this but I highly recommend checking out The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon next, especially since Silence is your first Scorsese flick.
All three have that slower more methodical pace going on and I think all three exhibit a level of growth and maturity as a filmmaker that just isnt there in a lot of his earlier works. You should for sure watch a bunch of his older movies, dude hasn’t made a bad film that I’ve seen at least. So despite all three being very different on the surface I think they all have a similar vibe if that makes sense. |
denboy
06.25.24 | lmao i didn't call her ugly
"yeah shes beautiful in like a body horror praying mantis kind of way"
budgie gets it |
denboy
06.25.24 | it does creep me out that she probably looks the way she does because of buccal fat removal
because that shit is fucked up |
Scheumke
06.25.24 | The Iron Claw - 9/10 - Fucking loved it. I've always seen Zac Efron as the Justin Bieber of Hollywood (which is totally on me) but goddamn did this change my opinion of him. That ending absolutely broke me. "I used to be a brother too", I was in tears.
To think the actual events might've even been more horrifying and they toned some things down is crazy. I fully cared about the characters and what happened to them which is the most important thing to land with a movie like this. So, so good. |
denboy
06.25.24 | We did a marathon, all of them watched for the first time
Mad Max: 5/10 barely coherent, very clunky, kinda entertaining
Mad Max 2: 7/10 plot and dialogue pretty clunky but makes up for it with style
Mad Max 3: 6/10 plot back to being incoherent
Mad Max 4: 8/10 I think it came off a little worse for having watched the other 3 movies beforehand, like the cheese from initial trilogy rubbed off on it a little bit
Furiosa: 7.5/10 This seems to be much closer to what the movies in the initial trilogy tried to accomplish, and it almost nails it, I still think there's some incoherent plot points and hammy acting that crept in, and it's half an hour too long |
denboy
06.25.24 | also it's kinda hard to care about a 30 minute car battle scene when both sides are the baddies |
rabidfish
06.25.24 | watched the fire within, the Herzog documentary about the vulcanologist couple that died in the 90's. It's probably some of the best IRL footage of volcanos i've ever seen. Strickingly beautiful and alien. Wish there was more information about their lives, maybe some interviews?, but i understand the angle of the documentary, and it works for what it wants to do.
8/10 |
YoYoMancuso
06.25.24 | Currently reading Tarkovsky's book "Sculpting In Time" and rewatching some of my favorite films of his. He's a bit overtly religious (although you could tell that from any of his films) but peering into the mental processes behind his creativity is fascinating |
fogza
06.25.24 | Kinda taken aback at den's mad max takes, like no way is mad max 3 better than the original movie. Mad Max 2 is the best of all the movies but fury road is amazing too. The original mad max is far better than furiosa. |
denboy
06.25.24 | the original is literally unwatchable unless you enjoy it in a campy b movie kinda way,
and as a campy b movie, mad max 3 is way more entertaining |
denboy
06.25.24 | watching them awkwardly bungie jump around in the thunderdome was hilarious |
denboy
06.25.24 | Furiosa being better than mad max 2 is not something I feel super strongly about, but every movie in the original trilogy has parts where they go incoherent and fall apart completely as movies, including mad max 2
Furiosa at least manages to get the basics of film making right |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.25.24 | Fury Road > Furiosa > Road Warrior >>>>>> og >>>>>>>>>> Thunderdome. The only thing that Thunderdome has going for it is Tina Turner. She’s incredible and the rest of the movie is fucking terrible |
IsisScript80
06.25.24 | "Fury Road' IMO, was the apotheosis of Mad Max... when budget and effects fully matched the vision. 'Road Warrior' is behind it, but still fully realised. Yet to to 'Furiosa', so can't comment on that. The original is a raw, low budget indie film and kinda what you get if you want to make a post-apocalyptic movie with the spare cash found in your jeans. 'Beyond Thunderdome' just sucked and had full-on franchise vibes.
Side note: I'm sure every commenter here is more physically atthractive than Anya Taylor-Joy. Oh yes. |
budgie
06.25.24 | there are few people more beautiful than me |
fogza
06.25.24 | "Furiosa at least manages to get the basics of film making right"
I think there's plenty of problems with furiosa, tbf. Like pacing, focus, balance. Some nice sequences though |
budgie
06.25.24 | fogza is one of them |
fogza
06.25.24 | 😏 |
budgie
06.25.24 | one of the people less beautiful |
fogza
06.25.24 | I'm mid looking but I grow on you |
Egarran
06.25.24 | I'm waiting for the fogza at Wimbledon pics. |
Gavierra
06.26.24 | Haven’t seen Irishman or Killers of the Flower Moon but I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, so I’ll definitely check it out next
But I can tell Scorsese was super invested in Silence given that he described it as a passion project compared to his other movies. It didn’t have the same feel as Taxi Driver or Raging Bull at all |
AlexKzillion
06.26.24 | need to rewatch silence one day yeah. iirc he was trying to get that movie made since the 90s.
finally watched 'we're all going to the world's fair' (2021) last night and between that and tv glow i feel like jane schoenbrun is easily one of the hottest up and coming filmmakers today. was maybe a little too slow at points for me but like idk if i've ever seen a movie that captures what it truly feels like to be on the internet as a lonely teenager. |
YoYoMancuso
06.26.24 | I've had some complaints about the acting and dialogue in both of Jane's films but the atmosphere they create is unlike any filmmaker I've watched before |
Deathconscious
06.27.24 | Havent seen Furiosa yet, but im bummed that it bombed. We probably wont be getting any more Mad Max. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.27.24 | Hopefully word of mouth gets it some decent blu ray sales. But honestly man, as much as I want more, I’m just happy we got this. I didn’t think this movie would ever see the light of day. |
denboy
06.27.24 | ngl i really want that tom hardy focused mad max movie
but yeah, i guess that's not happening |
IsisScript80
06.27.24 | I'm personally, absolutely fine to not have more Mad Max (I'll see Furiosa, but no rush).
Fucking franchise fatigue is a thing that plagues studio filmmaking. MM would just go on course to join Star Wars/MCU/Harry Potter/Hunger Games/Alien/Whatever in just chucking out shit to diminishing returns.
What made Fury Road special was how fresh, unique and focused in its vision it was, prior to the tired crap of Thunderdome (when it was being threatened to be run into the ground the first time). Doing more of the same--as by its nature, it's an exceptionally straightforward narrative--will only diminish interest and lessen its successes. |
artiswar
06.27.24 | Watched Megalomaniac, a weird art-house Belgian horror. Absolutely disturbing and pure nightmare fuel but very good if you're into that sort of thing. Acting was phenomenal. It's not a slasher but it involves serial killers. Highly recommend at least watching the trailer. Definitely kept me up for a night or two and occupied my mind space. If you like French extremity or A24 stuff, I highly recommend. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.27.24 | @isis
The funny part about that though, is that Fury Road is easily the least original when it comes to story, people just don’t really talk about it because it’s perfect in every fucking way. But I don’t think that we should sit here and say that there’s no similarities between Fury Road and Road Warrior.
Idk, as long as George Miller is around (which yeah, it won’t be forever) I’m fine with more Mad Max. He clearly knows what he’s doing. But the second he’s gone they should bury that franchise along with him. I literally can’t think of a single filmmaker that I would want making these films aside from the man himself |
IsisScript80
06.27.24 | ^ Yeah, I agree totally in regards to Fury Road being unoriginal in terms of story. As I said earlier, it was the true unrestrained (in terms of budget, time, FX, etc.) manifestation of the Mad Max vision... to me, it was close to a remake of Road Warrior, with as close of a 1:1 match to what George Miller saw in his head, but technology couldn't deliver at the time. That's why it was so awesome and very much deserving of its place.
Thing is though, because of the nature of time and exposure, I highly doubt *anything* made in this franchise could match the "WOW" of seeing Fury Road (or specifically it's trailer) like it did in 2015... part of the reason I haven't rushed to see the new one, unlike back then when I had my face melted.
"as long as George Miller is around (which yeah, it won’t be forever) I’m fine with more Mad Max. He clearly knows what he’s doing. But the second he’s gone they should bury that franchise along with him."
I *would* agree with this in essence, but I think everyone knows that that ISN'T the way Hollywood works, unfortunately. Execs and investors see money, they'll rinse a fucking thing dry.
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AlexKzillion
06.27.24 | yorgos... kinds of kindness... freaky shit! |
KevinKC
06.28.24 | I liked Fury Road, I thought it was a good movie and it was agreable to see the Mad Max universe again.
Furiosa was a good surprise. I'm sad it flopped and I hope the blue ray sell very well.
Also, both movies work very well together. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.28.24 | Ya I saw Furiosa in imax and went straight home and watched Fury Road in 4k. I would pay a pathetic amount for an IMAX double feature with a three minute potty break in between. Its such a good prequel that I honestly think you could watch Furiosa first and then Fury Road and not miss out on anything.
Actually now I’m really curious if anyone has done that. |
Anthracks
07.01.24 | a quiet place: day one (2024) - 3/10 (decision to make this a hallmark movie weird as fuck?)
kinds of kindness (2024) - 7/10 (would've been better broken up as three different viewing experiences) |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.01.24 | Even the first quiet place was mid at best. Idk how that franchise took off like it did |
KevinKC
07.01.24 | The movie was good (enough), had a lot of trendy elements in it at the time. Not a movie that was going to strongly split its audience like Civil War for example. Plus woke points for the critics. |
budgie
07.01.24 | it was popular cuz a listers were involved. pretty fuckin average horror film. 2018 wasnt exceptional though. some fun ones from that year: extracurricular, pledge, unsane, the night sitter, BUTTERFLY KISSES, monster party, haunting on fraternity row, cloverfield paradox, await further instructions, the night eats the world, secret santa, aniara, yes halloween, i'd put them all above quiet place |
markjamie
07.01.24 | I thought it was very effective in the cinema. I remember being unable to eat my popcorn for most of the film because of the long sequences where there was no soundtrack whatsoever. |
budgie
07.01.24 | ya
sorry if my post was negative it's just my opinion™ and my opinions are bad |
markjamie
07.01.24 | Furiosa was ace. If Fury Road is 9.5 then Furiosa is 8.5 at least. I love that these movies exist. |
artiswar
07.01.24 | Unsane was one of the shittiest movies I've ever seen budgie, shame on you |
budgie
07.01.24 | no way dudes that movie was supa dupa fun |
Egarran
07.01.24 | >my opinions are bad
Very correct opinion though. |
WretchedCacophony
07.01.24 | Just watched 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest' and it was awesome. It's amazing how far a good script and amazing acting can carry a movie. Before that, some shitty alligators killing people in during a hurricane movie... 'Crawl' absolute garbage |
artiswar
07.01.24 | I was surprised how lame Crawl was. CG alligators lol. Just watch Deep Blue Sea at that point |
WretchedCacophony
07.01.24 | Deep Blue Sea was cool but I saw it when I was like 13. Not a movie I'd feel the need to watch again lol. Kinda want to watch Birdemic to see how campy it really is as that's literally about ravenous birds killing people |
artiswar
07.01.24 | I was more just making a joke about how lame CGI creatures are in scary movies.
That said, Deep Blue Sea is so bad it's good |
KevinKC
07.02.24 | to @budgie about a quiet place.
Sure, the movie was popular because of Emily Blunt's presence.
But it made more than 300 millions with a budget of 17 millions. It's huge and cannot only be explained with a famous actress.
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widowslaugh123
07.02.24 | Everything Everywhere All at once-9/10
Scream-8/10 |
Deathconscious
07.03.24 | Rewatched Burn After Reading after like 10 years probably. It has its moments. Not one of the best Coen movies though. |
rabidfish
07.03.24 | Burn After Reading is funny as hell. Brad Pitt is perfect in it. So is Malcovich. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.03.24 | the closest scene lmao
I love how incompetent everyone in that film is. That’s almost a Coen trope at this point but it’s taken to new levels of hilarity in that movie. |
gabba
07.03.24 | Let’s not forget about Clooney and his lil diy surprise. The movie’s so much fun! |
AlexKzillion
07.03.24 | saw both 'janet planet' and 'maxxxine' a couple days ago. was excited for both and kinda got let down by both. will prob give the former a rewatch at some point tho
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artiswar
07.03.24 | I didn't really like the first movie but I kinda liked Pearl. Am I going to be disappointed by it |
AlexKzillion
07.03.24 | it's not terrible or anything but solidly my least fave of the trilogy. a solid 3/5. all the performances are great but the scope of the movie was way too big for its own good. |
KevinKC
07.03.24 | I liked The Dry and Force of Nature (its sequel) a lot.
Beverly Hills Cop 4 was good enough. How do you make an action movie only with old people ?
The Fall Guy was good enough too. Also, something tells me that everything is just a stageplay organized to bring back the two leads together. Giving confidence back to the stuntman and make the director accept that he loves doing stunts. There's no murder everything is fake. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.04.24 | @alex
Completely agree. Mia Goth as usual is phenomenal but there’s so many characters and it feels as though the film just used them as filler for its body count rather than making them interesting. Only one death upset me, and it was a great scene, but I didn’t give a shit about the rest and the “twist” (if you can really call it that) was insanely predictable.
Like if you had someone watch X and gave them just the premise of a sequel you’d be able to guess who the killer is. It has a message but the message doesn’t feel as urgent after watching a lot of nothing.
There were some good parts for sure, but this is so far behind what I expected. X and Pearl are two of my favorite horror movies of the last decade. I’m going to forget this movie the second Longlegs comes out. |
AlexKzillion
07.05.24 | https://letterboxd.com/alexkzillion/list/2024/
2024 ranked so far what am i missing |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.05.24 | Damn I really should’ve went to see Challengers. It looked kinda lame to me so I just completely ignored it, then by the time I saw how much praise it was getting it must’ve already left theaters. I guess I’ll check when it comes to streaming.
Agree with Dune being the best film of the year but damn, did you not like Love Lies Bleeding? It’s probably my number 2 of the year lol |
Anthracks
07.07.24 | Drive away dolls (2024) - 4/10
Problemista (2023) - 4/10
Maxxxine (2024) - 6/10 |
Hyperion1001
07.07.24 | demon knight (1995) - people have been telling me this is good for years and ive seen it twice now and it still mostly sucks. it’s hard to even articulate why because there’s just nothing there. 2/5. |
Egarran
07.07.24 | The City Of Lost Children
I was slightly nervous to rewatch this because I was very fond of it way back and I feared it had turned into a bloated 90's mess, but thankfully that was not the case at all. Well ok it is a bloated 90's mess but in the best possible way. Every scene is fascinating. 95/100 |
Anthracks
07.07.24 | maxxxine started like it was gonna be a classic... then fizzled so hard after the first half hour. the last hour or so totally abandoned the ideology of the entire trilogy up until that point |
KevinKC
07.07.24 | In French, The City of Lost Children suffers enormously from Ron Perlman's performance. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.07.24 | Maxxxine’s third act is a complete mess. I feel like I need to see it again just to fully process what in the actual fuck happened and what Ty was thinking/what his intention was. I got a Alamo pass so I can see it again for like $2 so I guess I’ll try to find time to squeeze it in this week.
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Wildcardbitchesss
07.07.24 | Hopefully Longlegs lives up to the hype. I was so excited for two horror heaters two weeks in a row : / |
Egarran
07.07.24 | Good thing Perlman has no long monologues. There is that one about being a whale catcher until he hears them sing... we're too cynical for that shit now. |
Anthracks
07.07.24 | the last third or so really was so questionable. such a shame. first half = 8/10... second half = 2/10 |
artiswar
07.07.24 | weird, it has high critic and audience scores so far |
Anthracks
07.07.24 | seems like it's getting pretty panned from early reactions on RYM / LB...? the last half is really really fucking stupid and there's no justifying how bad it is.
i also hope longlegs is good, but if not at least i still have terrifier 3 to look forward to which is pretty much my most anticipated movie of the year along with nosferatu |
Hyperion1001
07.07.24 | those terrifier movies are complete dogshit |
artiswar
07.07.24 | @anthracks it's got like 75% on rotten tomatoes, audience and critic. I only watched Terrifier 2 and thought it was way too long and the characters were annoying. However a lot of the slasher stuff was fun, I wish they played more with the dream imagery. That one dream sequence was easily the highlight of the movie. Also the little girl was creepy as fuck. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.07.24 | 75 seems about right. fwiw I gave it a 3.5 on letterboxd.
I was really digging it for about an hour but like I said, that last act is kind of trainwreck. And the identity of the killer is abundantly clear from like the first 5 mins. I hate that it was *that* predictable, they give you so many little clues that I thought it had to have been a red herring... but nope
Still a fun flick for the most part but its so much weaker than X and especially Pearl imo |
artiswar
07.07.24 | I might skip it then. I didn't really like X, but Pearl struck a chord with me. Nothing amazing, but definitely memorable |
Anthracks
07.07.24 | You’re crazy terrifier is so close to being the best slasher franchise of all time and we are only two movies in |
artiswar
07.07.24 | it's probably too mean-spirited for less hardcore slasher watchers |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.08.24 | that’s a bold claim, if we’re just talking consistency Scream will be hard to beat.
But I mean, we’re two movies deep and I wouldn’t put it even in the same ballpark as the original Halloween. So Terrifier might be more consistent long term but it’s never going to reach that level of quality.
Those movies also just aren’t scary. Like don’t get me wrong, I was already laughing when he just went ham on that girl in the bedroom and left her for dead, then nearly pissed myself laughing when he came back with salt and vinegar, but none of that shit ain’t is scary or really even tense imo. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.08.24 | And art yeah I’d give it a skip. Tonally, it feels like it’s trying to be a combo of X and Pearl but it’s weaker than both. |
Anthracks
07.09.24 | terrifier is a comedy above all so that makes complete sense. i also don't rate horror movies based on how scared they make me feel... if i did that then every single one would be a 1/10.
godzilla x kong: the new empire (2024) - 3/10
who's afraid of virginia woolf? (1966) - 8/10 |
Deathconscious
07.10.24 | Evil Dead Rising. It was fun enough, had its moments, but i think the 2013 reboot was better. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.10.24 | Loved that one. I know it’s a flaming hot take but it’s my favorite Evil Dead tbh |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.10.24 | And @anthracks
Scary probably isn’t the right word. Yeah, we’re grown ass adults. Figuring out how to budget properly is scarier to me than most horror movies. Idk there’s no urgency to Terrifier because I don’t really care about any of the characters art is dicing up. Compare that to something like even Scream. All of those movies are “scarier” because I actually care about the characters and most don’t feel like they’re just there to pad a body count. |
Anthracks
07.10.24 | idk man. i wouldn't rate a single scream movie above a 6 or a 7 and most of them are pretty bad |
BAT
07.10.24 | the terrifier movies are solid throwbacks, 2nd one in particular reminded me of the dreamlike atmosphere of the elm street movies. i think they fit well alongside the 'grindhouse' revival movies like planet terror/hobo with a shotgun/etc. looking forward to the third one.
annnnnd while the original scream isn't my favorite wes craven movie i'd argue it's his most polished/balanced effort. as a franchise it's also surprisingly consistent quality-wise: premise is up to taste but they're all well shot/produced movies. the worst screams are better than the worst halloweens |
bellovddd
07.10.24 | Scream 1 is a classic.
Just watched a movie called Butt Boy. Wild. |
Anthracks
07.10.24 | i think the scream franchise relies way too heavily on the plot twists which have become parodies of themselves and make subsequent viewings very boring. halloween sequels get too caught up in the exposition. terrifier works so well as a beacon of the slasher genre because it is just a straight up kill reel with a dab of mythology (which hopefully they continue to tastefully add in small increments). it takes a lot of the tropes and subtly turns them on their head, and the killer is probably the most formidable in slasher history in terms of sheer ruthlessness and invincibility. art is essentially the amalgamation of every great slasher icon and i hope the series continues to thrive. |
BAT
07.10.24 | true true. performance-wise [forgot actors name] deserves bonus points for incorporating all the mime-technique into the role, it's amazing how quickly they established an icon.
and yeah my least favorite parts of the later scream sequels always the reveal twist lol, idk if they can come up with something even more pathetic than the twist in 6 |
Anthracks
07.10.24 | yeah the fact that art is so iconic after two movies is insane. when i went to salem for halloween last year, he was probably the most common specific outfit inspiration. it'll be interesting to see how they keep his character evolving and engaging without overdoing it, which is always the challenge with these movies. |
FurtherDown
07.10.24 | I watched Threads (1984) recently and it genuinely fucked me up. One of the most depressive things I've ever saw, up there with Funny Games and stuff like that. Recommended, but only if you want to completely ruin your day or life. Experiencing this in the current political climate in Europe is a new level of horror.
My other recent watch is Save the Green Planet (2003), Korean genre bending at its finest. It went into kinda different direction than I thought, but it stays in my head for sure. I'm very interested in what Yorgos does with this.
Also, hope Longlegs lives up to the hype #2 |
Anthracks
07.10.24 | haven't seen threads but just looked up the director's body of work... how do you drop a movie like threads (having only read the synopsis and your post), then spend the rest of your career making some of the most generic looking movies of all time lol. maybe it fucked him up? |
FurtherDown
07.10.24 | Yeah it's weird. Making generic ass movies is probably better for your mental health lol. |
Deathconscious
07.10.24 | I fucking love Save the Green Planet. I randomly picked it up at a thrift store because it looked weird, and it was, but i didnt expect it to be that good. |
SomeCallMeTim
07.10.24 | Finally got around to watching "The Zone of Interest", and actually ended up watching it twice. First time around I genuinely thought it was a snooze and didn't quite understand the acclaim for it aside from the pretty remarkable cinematography - until the very end with the cuts between modern-day Auschwitz and Hoss gagging. That scene was pretty provoking and after finishing the film more and more scenes began to circle in my head until I decided to watch it again, after which I can easily say it's one of the most haunting nazi / WWII films I've ever seen, second only to "Come And See" probably.
"Conspiracy" is another great movie that demonstrates just how evil yet real these people were |
BAT
07.10.24 | threads is excellent, highly recommended one of the bleakest movies of all time. it's a stark contrast from the american anti-nuke movie 'the day after;' while both freaked their respective countries out on initial airing the day after still has a glimmer of hope/optimism, things are bad buuut if people stick together yadyada. threads has none of that.
a great companion piece to threads is the cartoon 'when the wind blows,' which has a lot of the same themes but on a more micro scale/confined to a single house. |
Faraudo
07.11.24 | Saw Evil Does Not Exist and came to the conclusion that Ryusuke Hamaguchi is one of the best directors working today. Also saw Monkey Man and it was incredibly fun, Dev Patel will become an awesome director if he keeps going. |
JeetJeet
07.11.24 | Rewatched X. Still a pretty awesome slasher flick. So much fucking better than Pearl which is pretty much just carried by Mia Goth's performance.
Also saw The Bikeriders and its pretty fucking great. Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy steal the show. 8/10 movie |
AlexKzillion
07.11.24 | yeah i quite liked the bikeriders too. surprised at the lukewarm response that movie got
evil does not exist is also excellent will likely go through hamaguchi's filmography in the next couple months |
robertsona
07.11.24 | Gertrud (top 15?) and Rio bravo (just so excellent—the pleasure is in the length and flow of the scenes) |
JeetJeet
07.12.24 | Just got back from seeing Longlegs. Have no fear, it fucking SLAPS. Shit is just unsettling from the get go and stays that way. Very disturbing creepy ass movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | Ok jeet hell yeah, seeing it tomorrow night : D
If you’ve seen it how would you compare it to Blackcoats Daughter? I really liked the cold and foreboding atmosphere of that film |
JeetJeet
07.12.24 | "If you’ve seen it how would you compare it to Blackcoats Daughter? I really liked the cold and foreboding atmosphere of that film"
Its better imo. Every second of this flick just feels dreadful, like you're not supposed to be watching it. Also Nic Cage is just unhinged in this and its something you really just gotta witness. |
artiswar
07.12.24 | No way it's better than Blackcoat's Daughter, I refuse to buy into the hype of a horror movie in 2024 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | alright I’m not as pessimistic as art on this one the hype train is full steam ahead rn
I can’t fucking wait |
JeetJeet
07.12.24 | It is tho. Oz Perk made Blackcoats daughter anyway its not like he cant just easily top it. He did. And this is coming from someone who ALWAYS is tough on horror flicks. We finally got a fucking banger on our hands. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | Yeah after Maxxxine being pretty disappointing I’m really needing this one to be a banger
I was so stoked to have two great horror movies back to back this month but oh well |
artiswar
07.12.24 | But Blackcoat is like... maybe the most atmospheric horror movie I've ever seen, his followup didn't top it, and Nick Cage is hit-and-miss to say the least. Plus I'm severely jaded with the genre.
I just don't want to get hurt again |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | Nah I have complete faith in 2024 nic, he’s been on fire for a few years now. |
JeetJeet
07.12.24 | "I was so stoked to have two great horror movies back to back this month but oh well"
This, Cuckoo, and the new Alien movie look like they're gonna pick up the ball that Maxxxine dropped
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Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | tho I haven’t seen the follow up to blackcoats daughter, but just taking a quick glance it seems like everyone agrees Longlegs is better than that. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | Hell yeah dude Alien looks so fucking sick. That single trailer sold me so quick.
And I’m glad to see Blackcoats Daughter getting love here, I only know one other person that’s seen it and it’s legitimately one of my favorite horror movies ever. |
artiswar
07.12.24 | the thing about the followup to Blackcoat is it's not really a horror movie so it's hard to compare probably |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | Oh yeah I barely know anything about it, I can’t even remember the name I just know it’s wordy.
And art here’s something I haven’t seen anyone mention, Maika seems really selective with what horror movies she’s in, I don’t see her starring in a disappointing horror flick after batting 1000 in her career so far.
Even the sequel to It Follows has me interested solely because she’s in it. And i was completely against the idea of a sequel to that |
artiswar
07.12.24 | I only remember her from It Follows and The Guest. It Follows was incredible for the first half, then fell into goofy tropes towards the end. The Guest was enjoyable but not horror. Was she in anything else good? |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.12.24 | She was phenomenal in Watcher, which I think is maybe not her best movie but one of her best roles. The entire movie is in Romania and she doesn’t speak the language, so she really sells the isolation and confusion that someone would have in that situation.
Villains is more of a comedy but I would say horror-comedy. She’s great in that. Significant Other is probably the closest she has to a miss but it’s still well above average. But I also love It Follows so your mileage may vary. |
Christbait
07.12.24 | Watched Nosferatu the Vampyr (1979) last night. Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Fantastic fucking film. Eerie, melodramatic, expressionistic...just an excellent film all around. Kinski consumes himself in the role of Dracula and does so without his massive ego interfering. He is both dangerous and pathetic. Plus there is an amazing homage to Murnau's film when Dracula enters Jonathan's bedroom where he is lit in black and white and then moves closer to the bed and into color. Really amazing scene. |
Anthracks
07.13.24 | monkey man was awful in every way. i gave it a 3/10 |
artiswar
07.13.24 | Only seen Nosferatu from 1922, gotta watch the Herzog one |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.24 | Alright Longlegs… was phenomenal. But I really feel like I need to watch it again so I can fully wrap my head around it. Firstly, while he’s fucking incredible while he’s in it, Nic Cage is largely absent from the majority of the film. Honestly, he really only has like 2 maybe 3 scenes to shine and that’s being generous.
But, this isn’t about Nic, im all about comparing it to Blackcoats Daughter. I think Blackcoats Daughter is the better film by a decent stretch but that doesn’t make this movie bad, decent, or even good… it was fucking great. With a third act that really just fucking blows your mind. So yeah, slow burn, creepy atmosphere, really well shot and directed, just didn’t stick the landing quite as well as Blackcoats Daughter imo. Still tho, im most definitely going to be seeing it again and I can’t wait.
4.5/5 for me |
Sharenge
07.13.24 | what's the Blackcoats Daughter doesn't look like I can pirate the Longlegs yet so maybe I check that in the meantime |
artiswar
07.13.24 | I would go into it blind. It's a love-or-hate type movie. It's all about the unsettling atmosphere and not being sure what exactly is going on, just that something is very wrong |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.24 | [2]
Absolutely blind. Literally look up nothing about it before you watch it. It’s very much a slow burn but like art said it’s that sense that knowing something is very wrong and when the curtain drops it’s honestly fucking devastating |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.24 | I think you’ll dig it sharenge, it’s very allegorical |
artiswar
07.13.24 | I think it's budgie's favourite movie too lol
I think he turned me onto it, but I can't remember |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.24 | I think budge hates a lot of good movies but I always feel like when he digs something I know it’ll be good |
Anthracks
07.13.24 | I gave Longlegs a 7/10 |
Gameofmetal
07.14.24 | I really loved Longlegs, but it walks a lot of those uncanny lines between the terrifying, the bizarre, the hilarious so I expect it'll be divisive. Nic Cage specifically is gonna be a big miss for some and a huge hit for others. |
Anthracks
07.14.24 | it just kept being so close to being a great film but never really got there for me. the film was technically morbid, yes, but it also felt like a Goosebumps book at the same time |
Gameofmetal
07.14.24 | Glad to see some love for Blackcoat, as others have said it's a really cold, atmospheric picture with I think the most heart shattering closing image in horror. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.24 | For sure, Emma Roberts was flexing some serious acting chops that I didn’t know she had. |
zaruyache
07.14.24 | longlegs was cool. |
artiswar
07.14.24 | Still refuse to watch Longlegs, I'm just not buying that it's actually good.
Blackcoat isn't even that great of a movie, it's just very cold, eerie and disorienting upon first watch, and upon rewatch certain scenes are way creepier when you have a better idea of what's going on. It really hits a unique spot, and I never knew Emma Roberts had a good performance in her, but her final scene really goes to a dark place that recontextualizes a large chunk of the movie. A really unique art-house A24 film that fucks with your head the whole time unless you are hyper paying attention to everything. It's a really slow burn but it pushed my buttons all the way through, a high recommend |
Anthracks
07.14.24 | Well, when you have that much of a prejudgment for a movie yeah it will probably hamper your enjoyment even further. I always go in to every movie with as close to zero expectations and read / watch nothing about them. |
Gameofmetal
07.14.24 | yea i muted the word on twitter to avoid commentary before I watched, you need to go in blind. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.15.24 | Monkey Man was fucking sick and im at the point where im just like fuck it give Dev Patel all the money in the world and let him make whatever the fuck he wants.
He’s been my top pick for the next Bond for years now and this movie only proves my point further. |
Anthracks
07.16.24 | mindblowing to me that people are enjoying monkey man. fast & furious tier script and really poorly directed. the story is incredibly generic and the action isn't even engaging. just had nothing going for it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | Oh dude I thought the action was great, looking into it this movie sounds like it was hell to make. Evidently had some equipment malfunctioned so what you’re seeing was filmed on gopros and iPhones. The camera work was for sure a little shaky during those scenes but it’s no where near the level of the Bourne movies and (I’m not saying you specifically anthracks) those get a pass. I thought it was very well choreographed.
I don’t really agree about the script and saying that it’s F&F quality is a big stretch imo, plus the performances are far ahead of any of those flicks. I think as a pure revenge flick it’s damn good. I also really liked that they didn’t force a romance in there. The female lead is capable in her own way, and saves his ass multiple times. Glad she wasn’t just thrown in there for sex appeal despite literally being a prostitute.
I think script wise it’s far more minimal than something like F&F, it doesn’t treat the audience like they’re children and go overboard with exposition.
As far as action films go, what do you like Anthracks? I imagine if you hated this you probably don’t care for the John Wick movies? |
budgie
07.16.24 | "Blackcoat isn't even that great of a movie
i will sacrifice you |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | lol there he is
Yeah I’m gonna have to disagree with ya chief, Blackcoats Daughter is incredible. Did you see Longlegs budgie? |
budgie
07.16.24 | not yet man, i only have three 4/5s for this entire 2020s decade so far, out of 192 films, i feel my horror love slipping away, grown out of the zeitgeist or something
will get around to it sometime |
BAT
07.16.24 | budgie i finally got around to blackcoats daughter, and it was pretty good. oddly reminds me hella of late 90s early 00s j-horror. excellent cast aswell |
artiswar
07.16.24 | what are your 3 movies budgie? I've also become really disillusioned with modern horror lately and it's made me grumpy.
Blackcoat is a great arthouse film, it's just very thin. Whole plot can be summarized in like 2 sentences. It's a great mood piece though, I come back to it every winter |
budgie
07.16.24 | hell yea bat!
art: broadcast signal intrusion (2021), the passenger (2023), last stop in yuma county (2024), seen any? (candyland, windfall, no exit, blood relatives, howard's mill, wolf of snow hollow, come true, slaxxx, werewolves within, 12 hour shift, it cuts deep, for some less popular 3.5s from 2020+) |
budgie
07.16.24 | maybe i don't know what arthouse means but i never thought of blackcoat as arthouse, it's so viscous and extremely deliberate, i think of arthouse as being abstract for abstractions sake |
fogza
07.16.24 | Monkey man was fairly solid for a revenge action flick. Definitely a bit shaky at points but pretty watchable for what it was. |
IsisScript80
07.16.24 | Got around to watching 'The Green Knight', and found it strangely captivating. In terms of plot, script and performance it's far from a masterpiece (mostly perfunctory in each), but the ambiance, mise-en-scene and sheer atmosphere were kinda mesmeric. Truly stayed with me.
Re-watched '30 Days of Night', having seen it once years ago and having very-little-to-no memory of it. I can see why now... totally standard vampire horror flick, lacking anything to make it stand out. The Barrow setting is truly the star, but even that could have been made more of. Very average movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | Green Knight rules ya, I’ve always liked 30 Days of Night and I think it’s because there’s been such a lack of mainstream vampire movies that go that far with it. The overhead shot of the town just getting torn apart is sick. I agree for the most part, nothing particularly memorable about it aside from that. Just a fun little vampire flick. |
budgie
07.16.24 | dude i rewatched midnight mass for the third time couple weeks ago, there's an episode like that, i don't want to say anymore in case you haven't seen it but that episode is a pure fucking mastercraft of horror. the entire show is so close to a 5/5 for me but some of the dialogue gets too theater-kidsy |
gabba
07.16.24 | Hill House was the only horror show I saw on netflix, which got quite terrible by the finale. Does Midnight Mass operate on the same level of overwritten messiness, or is it really better? |
budgie
07.16.24 | same director, writer, and shares a lot of the cast gabba. so the overwritten theader-kidsy messiness signature is there but it's minimized and much more elegant. not nearly as much chronologic alinearity and character perspective hopping. i didn't like the hill house finale either |
artiswar
07.16.24 | Whoever recommended Monkey Man, thanks, that was a good one.
Will check Midnight Mass, and possibly House Of Usher if I'm in the mood. Also thanks for the suggestions budgie. Gonna try 12 Hour Shift first as it's directed by Brea Grant, that's a name I haven't heard in a loooooong time. Like way back in the day when she was nobody she had a public email address and we traded emails for a while just geeking out about stupid shit. Haven't talked to her in forever but she was one of the most down-to-earth LA people I ever interacted with. Just a real ass bitch and hardcore nerd, glad she's directing now |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | I really need to get Netflix and just binge all of those shows man. Haven’t seen Hill House, Usher, or Midnight Mass |
artiswar
07.16.24 | None of those shows seemed appealing to me but I've heard enough hype to at least give them a shot at this point. Also I semi-trust budgie's taste in horror |
budgie
07.16.24 | flanagan has a pretty consistently solid filmography but usher i couldnt stick with, it's not super horror either, i think i only saw two episodes and it was like. eccentric family drama with some supernatural aspect
netflix also has marianne and black spot, awesome french horror/thriller shows |
budgie
07.16.24 | also art that's fuckin rad, i have (had) no idea who brea grant is but that film is super cool and seemed to go super under the radar |
gabba
07.16.24 | Re: Flanagan, he’s a mixed bag to me, I enjoyed Hush, but Oculus was stupid. Will check Midnight Mass though. As for Black Spot, I stopped watching after e02, had the feeling it’s wasting my life. But I’ve spent some time today tracking down many of budgie’s recs I haven’t seen/heard of. Based on the trailers, I’m really excited about broadcast… and howard’s mill. |
budgie
07.16.24 | the gorgeous shots of the rainy vosges kept me hooked on black spot its so cozy looking. theres a cool thematic development later in the season that makes the story pretty unique but yeah it doesnt start of terribly compelling thats for sure |
Egarran
07.16.24 | Art it helps some of the Midnight Mass dialogue if you get high first. |
gabba
07.16.24 | Any mass is better when stoned. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | I’ve been meaning to watch I’m Thinking of Ending Things too, Flanagan really likes his Netflix releases |
protokute
07.16.24 | will try Midnight Mass tonight |
budgie
07.16.24 | is flanagan involved with i'm thinking of ending things? i don't see his name anywhere
but the lead girl jessie buckley, i saw her in another thriller-ish film and her acting scared the fuck out of me. on par with uh mackenzie davis in always shine
i forgot the other other other flanagan show midnight club. couldn't get too far into it cause wtf, who wants to watch a show about YA kids with terminal cancer talking about mortality no spank you very much |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.16.24 | Oh shit I could’ve swore he directed but no it’s Kaufman duh
Still really wanna see it and have just been putting all of them off because I don’t have Netflix |
Faraudo
07.17.24 | Midnight Mass is probably the best Netflix original show imo |
Hyperion1001
07.17.24 | nah thats american vandal |
Anthracks
07.17.24 | no i love the john wick movies. monkey man is just trash lol.
i just watched Touch (2024)... thought it was a fantastic tender film. teared up a few times which almost never happens to me. wasn't even really much sadder than anything... maybe it was how bittersweet and simplistic and earnest it was, which really appeals to me these days. |
butt.
07.17.24 | Maxxxine was fairly solid but not quite worth the wait. Seeing longlegs Thursday, stokeddddd |
budgie
07.17.24 | BUTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
gabba
07.17.24 | Jessie Buckley was also amazing in S4 of Fargo, she can be really creepy, hope to see more from her. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is the mindfuck movie you’d expect from Kaufman, on my rewatch list because I was too dumb to fully grasp it. |
budgie
07.17.24 | check beast if you haven't, she's feral in it, and neekafat also really really loves that movie |
denboy
07.17.24 | Midnight Mass is perfect |
denboy
07.17.24 | I get the theaterkid comment but the dialog is just so well crafted that it's a plus in my book |
denboy
07.17.24 | House of Usher is not what i would call 'good', but I did watch all of it and was decently entertained |
Anthracks
07.17.24 | All of the Flanagan shows except midnight mass are really bad. Dude is somehow just as bad at writing endings as Stephen king is. MM is like a 7/10. House of usher was one of the worst shows I’ve ever seen like ultra cringe wannabe succession. Midnight club was nearly as bad as well. |
JeetJeet
07.17.24 | The first season of Hill House is good, and Midnight Mass is excellent. 2nd season of Hill House was dogshit tho and kinda put me off on Flanagan's work for a bit. |
JeetJeet
07.17.24 | also I watched Godzilla x Kong the New Empire or whatever the fuck its called
Very dumb movie but I kinda liked it. Idk what to rate it cus I know its trash yet I was entertained. |
budgie
07.17.24 | theres a second season of hill house?? wtf |
Anthracks
07.17.24 | not technically. it's a (very loose) adaptation of henry james' the turn of the screw called the haunting of bly manor. it's slightly better than hill house (imo) but still not very good |
Ryus
07.17.24 | jaws - 3.5/5 love the first part but once they get on the boat i stop caring
seven samurai - 4.5/5 saw the 4k restoration in theaters and it was magical |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.17.24 | damn that sounds awesome Ryus.
I’m glad to have a theater that’s consistently showing older movies around me. I’ve been meaning to watch more John Carpenter flicks (I was honestly shocked at how many I haven’t seen) and they’re showing Starman next week. Never even heard of it before I looked at the list but I’m excited to see it |
Ryus
07.17.24 | sweet yeah its amazing i live like a 5 min walk from one of the best independent theaters in the country. theyre doing a double feature of the wicker man and midsommar outside in the woods this weekend. gonna fckin rule. never seen midsommar but wicker man is one of my favorites |
Shamus248
07.17.24 | The Bikeriders on Sunday - great movie
Despicable Me 4 yesterday - yikes |
Gameofmetal
07.17.24 | "not what i would call 'good', but I did watch all of it and was decently entertained"
I think you liked it man lol, I'm guilty of this kind of beating around the bush in the past too but it's dumb actually.
RE: Flanagan, I think he makes pretty sterile horror for the most part, but I don't hate what he does either. Hill House really overrated, Bly Manor decent, Midnight Mass great except for the horrible monologues, House of Usher extremely fun. His Stephen King adaptations are his best shit for sure. |
YoYoMancuso
07.17.24 | there's no way the bikeriders is actually good |
Shamus248
07.17.24 | It is. It's got some issues, and we learn little about the 3 main stars (Butler, Comer, Hardy) and *nothing* about the other characters, but it's a pretty entertaining drama
Butler's performance isn't bone deep like Elvis but it's definitely the highlight |
budgie
07.17.24 | that jaws 3.5 makes u literally a bad person |
Ryus
07.17.24 | 3.5 is good tho
|
fogza
07.17.24 | Midnight mass is unforgettable loved that one |
budgie
07.17.24 | 'jaws is a reference 5 anything less is *~*-heresy-*~* |
artiswar
07.17.24 | Sharks are my most primal fear and I thought Jaws sucked. The opening scene was utterly terrifying but the rest of the film didn't live up to it at all. Wasn't scary enough. Shark movies are very hit-or-miss in general but there are way more terrifying ones like The Reef or Open Water. Even The Shallows and 47 Metres are way scarier |
budgie
07.17.24 | dude agree sharks are fuckin the scariest thing. iwas out past the break one mornin when i was in hs and a dolphin popped up like a couple feet away from me and it was the 2nd scariest moment of my life |
Ryus
07.17.24 | i mean ya its not scary but that doesnt rly affect my enjoyment of it. i do really like the first half but once it turns into an action movie i lose interest |
artiswar
07.17.24 | say what you want about Open Water (pretty shitty movie honestly), but when they're in a thunderstorm in the middle of the night and every time the lightning flashes you see sharks circling them, there is literally nothing scarier that's ever been committed to film. I've had recurring nightmares about that ever since I first saw that. I'm glad you didn't get raped by that dolphin budgie |
Egarran
07.17.24 | budgie, what was the scariest? |
budgie
07.17.24 | iiii wwwaaaas hiking alone way out in the pyrenees super far away from civilization and a wild boar screamed right outside my tent at 1am sounds like a witch go youtube wild boar screams |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.17.24 | sharks scare the living shit out of me and I live in fucking Missouri lmao |
IsisScript80
07.17.24 | 'Jaws' is an all-time, fucking classic movie.
Are sharks scary...? Yes, but personally, I feel they're easily avoidable if I, a land creature, don't go near water in the vicinity of where they're meant to be. Bears on the other hand... the times I was in Alberta--fuck me! Closest I've felt to being a prey animal. |
budgie
07.17.24 | bears are tricky cause they dont look scary but i seen that movie backcountry i know whats up |
Gameofmetal
07.17.24 | I liked Bikeriders, it's yet another Scorsese style toxic masculinity movie but the performances are good. |
Egarran
07.18.24 | >go youtube wild boar screams
https://youtu.be/t-UcO_hnApE?si=KmXEoquKkBTijveW
Hmm I don't know what witches you are familiar with, would they happen to have been some kind of boar priestesses who were good at imitating boar sounds? |
denboy
07.18.24 | 'I think you liked it man lol, I'm guilty of this kind of beating around the bush in the past too but it's dumb actually.'
u w8 mate
I meant exactly what I wrote
I could rant about why that show is trash for hours, so as I said, it's not a good show
Still don't regret watching it |
budgie
07.18.24 | i just have a cooler imagination than U |
robertsona
07.18.24 | fell asleep 15 minutes into GANJA & HESS--great movie, though. |
Winesburgohio
07.20.24 | there was a time where I could've said the last two films i'd seen were Ganja & Hess and Jess + Moss, nicely contiguous
fuck i really really really hope that Seven Samurai restoration makes its way to NZ, still perfect after all these years |
AlexKzillion
07.20.24 | "there's no way the bikeriders is actually good"
i think the movie's biggest issue / cause of the lukewarm response is that it just isn't as good as the classic movies its so blatantly taking influence from. also think its maybe hurt a bit by challengers (a similar, better, more "successful" movie) being released only couple months before. solid 4/5 tho |
Anthracks
07.22.24 | orion and the dark (2024) - 4/10
love lies bleeding (2024) - 3/10 |
rabidfish
07.23.24 | watched the gods of times square by Richard Sandler. It's very good. |
AlexKzillion
07.23.24 | twisters (7/10) - just as good as the og i'd say
longlegs (8/10) - that some scary shit ngl |
Faraudo
07.24.24 | Distributors suck ass here in Mexico, we're getting Longlegs until August 29th or some shit like that. |
budgie
07.24.24 | it's HD streaming on hurawatch n stuff |
Faraudo
07.24.24 | @Anthracks my guy do you like anything?
@Budgie Yeah, I want to catch this one in theaters tbh |
KevinKC
07.24.24 | I saw the last Indiana Jones movie. |
NudeTayne
07.24.24 | backdoor sluts 4 & 5 |
Anthracks
07.24.24 | considering well over 60% of the movies that i've watched i have rated at 6/10 or higher, i'd say yes i like plenty of things. |
JeetJeet
07.24.24 | A Quiet Place Day One: 9/10. Best film in the franchise pretty easily. |
SomeCallMeTim
07.26.24 | Hardcore Never Dies - 2023 Dutch film taking place in the 90s about an aspiring pianist who gets wrapped into the gabber scene by his brother. Pretty great crime/drama/action flick, and what I enjoyed most about it is it introduced me to gabber music and the scene as a whole which I was not aware of prior but I am pretty fascinated by now. Couldn't imagine being as loaded as most of these people were at those raves
Burn After Reading - Had seen it before, but loved it much more this time around. Not the Coen Brothers' best work but possibly their funniest
watched both on the plane back from the Netherlands |
AlexKzillion
07.26.24 | "I saw the last Indiana Jones movie."
the last crusade right? |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.26.24 | Burn After Reading is prob a top 5 Coen movie for me. That closet scene is maybe the hardest I’ve ever laughed at a movie |
SomeCallMeTim
07.26.24 | Agreed, The closet scene and the Tuchman Marsh scene are two of the funniest scenes in any film |
SomeCallMeTim
07.26.24 | oh yeah, also watched Lost In Translation last night. Wanted to enjoy that movie a lot more than I did while watching, though it feels like one of those movies that will stew in my head for a while and occasionally will think back to scenes that really stuck with me. Some of the script regarding the disconnect between the spouses felt a little forced, even if it's meant to be relatable. Great soundtrack, nonetheless |
Ryus
07.26.24 | stagecoach - 4/5 very cool, quite funny at times, and the shootout is unreal
|
robertsona
07.28.24 | GOATed shootout is at the end of MY DARLING CLEMENTINE. It’s on YouTube |
Anthracks
07.28.24 | oddity (2024) - 7/10
deadpool & wolverine (2024) - 6/10 |
Ryus
07.28.24 | longlegs 3/5 - i really liked the first part but theres a lot about it that felt pretty silly. totally overexplained the killings as well and nic cage is fun but kind of tonally inconsistent with the rest of the movie. there are also just way too many horror tropes stuffed in there that dont feel cohesive at all |
Ryus
07.28.24 | cannot fckin wait for nosferatu. looks amazing |
AlexKzillion
07.29.24 | the man who fell to earth (1976) [3.5] - some really awesome directing and a great performance from bowie here. vibes are off the charts. the screenplay is almost unintelligible tho.
the last picture show (1971) [4.5] - terribly real film about growing up in a dying small town. |
Rowhaus
07.29.24 | THERE SHE IIISSSSSSS!!!
THE ALMOST BIRTHDAY GIRL!!!
:D |
BaselineOOO
07.29.24 | I started to watch pink films, nothing truly impressive so far |
lucazade22
07.29.24 | Love lies bleeding (4/10)
Civil war (4/10)
Wasn't impressed by either film tbh |
Shamus248
07.30.24 | Longlegs - 6/10
Deadpool & Wolverine - 7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.30.24 | fuckin adored Love Lies Bleeding. Probably my favorite of the year behind Dune |
SomeCallMeTim
07.30.24 | Finally got around to Dream Scenario. 9/10, easily the best Nicholas Cage movie I’ve seen |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.30.24 | love some of the horror elements. He’s genuinely creepy in Molly’s dream, and fucking terrifying in his own |
Faraudo
07.30.24 | Deadpool & Wolverine won't change cinema forever, but I've got to say that it's been a while since I had this much fun with a superhero movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.30.24 | My cousin is a huge marvel fan and seeing his dorky little smile will make it worth it.
Admittedly I’m kinda excited for it too. The first two were fun |
ParoXysm
07.30.24 | Die Hard (rules) and Hudson Hawk (sucks) |
Scheumke
07.30.24 | Love Lies Bleeding - 8/10 - Loved this man I'm with you Wildcard, don't know if the last five minutes landed for me but the rest sure as hell did! This was style AND substance coming together quite well and I had no idea where the story was going to go.
Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - 4/10 - Boy Guy Ritchy is so hit or miss, loved the Gentlemleman and quite enjoyed the TV series, but this was soooo bland. Henry Cavill is always charming af but his character was boring and got outshined by Alon Ritchson. There was no tention whatsoever and for fucks' sake Hollywood, it's 2024, hire some fucking extras that actually speak German instead of having non natives doing abysmal impressions of Germans. I find that kinda shit unforgivable at this point.
Challengers - 7.5/10 - This was so fun man. I'm very lukewarm about Zendaya but she sold this one. Everything is Tennis. I like how this actually felt like a real life retelling yet I don't believe it was based on true events. |
AlexKzillion
07.30.24 | "Finally got around to Dream Scenario. 9/10, easily the best Nicholas Cage movie I’ve seen"
damn this one completely lost me in the second half |
lucazade22
07.30.24 | I really enjoyed Dream Scenario! Fun movie |
BAT
07.30.24 | deadpool & wolverine : brother dragged me to this. nooot the hugest fan of marvelverse, haven't even bothered to watch the 2nd movie buuut: this was 'fine.' it's clearly geared towards deadpool fans and as someone who also thought the first movie was just 'fine,' they'll probably like it. people who outright hate comic book movies or ryan renyolds shouldn't waste their time just so they can rant about the death of 'true cinema.' it's like an anti-porn activist getting angry about a porn they watched, no shit.
three billboards outside ebbing, missouri : this was pretty good but i do think the final act goes a little too far off the rails, doesn't feel like a proper A+B=C cause the characters actions just don't lineup with their established values. the cast is excellent though and it's surprisingly fun considering it's bleak storyline. writed/directed by the in bruges dude, it's way more grounded and lacks the tarantino-ness of that movie. |
budgie
07.30.24 | dude that ebbing, missouri film i really liked. always forgot the name lmao. was a good double feature with uh wind river |
budgie
07.30.24 | definitely wind river, not mystic river, which sucked ass |
gabba
07.30.24 | “damn this one completely lost me in the second half”
Had the same with Dream Scenario, promising start turned into a didactic metoo tale. Disappointing. |
unclereich
07.30.24 | longlegs sucked |
Ryus
07.30.24 | i didnt see any trailers or anything before seeing it so i had no idea what it was going to be about
so i liked the first part since i thought it was gna be a police procedural but then they solved the mystery in like 2 seconds and it got stupid lol |
unclereich
07.30.24 | same I have abstained from trailers for a while now; I had no idea Cage was even in it. it just didn't stick the landing for me at all and devolved into a really predictable, if not formulaic slog there at the end. total bummer because the lead's acting was great and a lot of the imagery was top tier. I even enjoyed cage and also loved the dolls and the baphomet in the background but the story was a mess. maybe I'm just being too harsh because the first half was so good. |
unclereich
07.30.24 | also did it not feel exactly like sinister both in story and execution? |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.31.24 | Idk I loved it and the only thing that felt predictable was (SPOILERS EVEN THO YOU SEE IT COMING LITERALLY 15 MINS INTO THE FILM) was that her boss/partner would end up possessed. Like the second that daughter said she was having a birthday party I knew where that was headed. I thought Alicia Witt really nailed the desperate mother role. Probably her best performance.
My biggest “complaint” is that I wanted more Cage. He’s only really in like 2 scenes aside from a couple of brief shots of the character. Overall loved it |
AlexKzillion
07.31.24 | (also spoilers) yeah they telegraphed that ending with the partner's kid so hard. also when they showed the bug crawling out from the basement door that wouldn't open at her mom's house
still thought the first 2/3s of the film up until cage leaves was really great. i dug how while the satan shit was ultimately real, cage's character was just some loser ultimately while the "real" horror was the depths the mother went to "protect" her daughter. didn't exactly nail that landing but didn't ruin it either |
BAT
07.31.24 | @budg yeah i had to look up the movie name cause i could remember was 3 billboards lol, and wind river is also veery good haven't seen that in a while
and i'll probably save longlegs for some fall halloween marathons, unless it like drops on streaming tomorrow. i've tried to avoid any expectations going into it but i can already tell that they put out to many 'scariest thing in years' marketing for it to actually live up to the hype, i just want something good idk |
Shamus248
07.31.24 | Deadpool has issues. I liked the approx. 6 seconds of stunning SFX we got with Evans' Human Torch, before they killed him off like when Wanda turned John Krasinski into spaghetti. I know it's a raunchy comedy, but I wish the cameos we got could have had more dignity, rather than dying or their fates being left unknown
Wolverine is also kinda a sad alcoholic joke for much of it. Got a drink in his hand in almost every scene, but his seriousness and backstory (and Hugh's superb acting) help ground the movie a bit.
Longlegs was frustrating. Lead actress was great, i wish we'd seen more Cage |
gabba
07.31.24 | Finally saw Blackcoat’s Daughter, a fresh take on possession/worship, really liked it. Now I have an idea how it feels when even the devil ghosts you. |
budgie
08.01.24 | 😍 |
budgie
08.01.24 | anyone see the jyllenhaal murder crime court drama bla bla? it was vury vury good. |
budgie
08.01.24 | ughhh why are free illegal streaming sites so slooow. UGHHHHHHHHHH |
unclereich
08.02.24 | deadpool has to be up there for worst film of the year holy shit that was bad |
artiswar
08.02.24 | "Now I have an idea how it feels when even the devil ghosts you." lmao |
NexCeleris
08.02.24 | Glad you liked Presumed Innocent, budgie, but I found it very disappointing. It was a 90-minute plot bloated to more than six hours by adding daily-soap level family drama, dream sequences and sex flashbacks. Sarsgaard's, Camp's and Gyllenhaal's performances were the show's only saving grace. |
NexCeleris
08.02.24 | 2024 shows have been disappointing in general. Constellation and Dark Matter were mid, True Detective S4 was laughably bad. Shogun, Ripley and, to a lesser extent, John Sugar are the only good ones I've seen. |
denboy
08.02.24 | we really need an active tv thread |
artiswar
08.02.24 | I really enjoyed Yellowjackets this year up until literally the last 5 minutes when the show doused itself in kerosene and lit itself on fire inexplicably. I won't be returning for S3 |
AlexKzillion
08.02.24 | saw m night's trap yesterday
he is such a good director and comes up with really cool ideas for movies but goddamn i wish he didn't insist on writing everything all by himself. great josh hartnett performance. |
artiswar
08.02.24 | wait, Josh Harnett is still alive?? Classic M Night twist! |
protokute
08.02.24 | waitin on that tv thread
also, the last The Bear season was really disappointing |
denboy
08.02.24 | 'he is such a good director'
is he tho |
artiswar
08.02.24 | someone make a TV thread. We have to talk about House Of The Dragon. Last episode was fire. |
AlexKzillion
08.02.24 | m night the director is very good but is consistently cannibalized by m night the screenwriter yes (especially since he began self-funding all his movies) |
artiswar
08.02.24 | still waiting for the twist where the movie is good |
budgie
08.02.24 | yeah art i really dug yellowjackets season 1 until the ending then couldnt finish first episode of season 2 |
artiswar
08.02.24 | season 2 was really cool. Spoiler alert, but who cares, the show sucks anyway... I thought they were turning Lottie into the villain of the show based on the finale of S1, but the way they used her was actually kind of cool. She was actually an interesting character in S2. The ending was so poorly executed I wanted to kill myself and I will never watch the next season (if there is one). The ending was so stupid I was actually shocked |
KevinKC
08.02.24 | I enjoyed Yellowjackets season 1&2 and I know I was disappointed by the ending of season 2 but I never truly care about endings.
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artiswar
08.02.24 | wtfff endings are the most important part. I try to be forgiving but the ending was so dumb it physically hurt |
KevinKC
08.02.24 | Ha ha ha. I don't know what to say. I obviously wouldn't say that endings are unimportant, but very often, it's not the important part for me. And I won't say something as trite as "it's not the destination it's the journey that matters." It's just that if you like Yellowjackets and disliked the ending, just dismiss it. Forget it. The story is still great. |
Anthracks
08.06.24 | lisa frankenstein (2024) - 6/10
suitable flesh (2023) - 4/10
watched first two seasons of the bear which is one of the worst tv shows i've ever seen. the praise literally blows my mind it's so bad. |
Scheumke
08.06.24 | Yeah the endings are so important to me man. They can leave such fucking bitter aftertastes that the entire serie gets retroactively worse (GoT, Dexter) or can sement the series as all time favorites (Dark, Breaking Bad). It's not the only important part ofcourse, but I have honestly strayed away from starting series if I see that last episodes have abysmal ratings. It's probably bullshit, but it is the way my mind works. |
AlexKzillion
08.06.24 | bodies bodies bodies (2022) [3.4] - fun movie and love love love rachel sennott and pete davidson is hilarious here and thought it was shot well. kinda gave me a headache otherwise.
glengarry glen ross (1992) [3.0] - another movie with a lot of great (albeit mostly similar) performances, but also thought the movie was a annoyingly unsubtle in its messaging and the direction pretty static. |
denboy
08.06.24 | "the direction pretty static."
I think it was going for a "Theater" vibe as a nod to it being based on a theater play, so it's deliberately static and theater-set like
That doesn't make it good mind you, it also didn't work for me, but I interpreted it as a considered artistic choice |
KevinKC
08.06.24 | Coffy 1973. Jack Hill, Pam Grier.
I was agreeably surprised by this movie. It's flawed and it looks like they didn't have a lot of money to make it, but it also has a lot of things going for it. |
Scheumke
08.06.24 | Dream Scenario - 6/10 - O boy where to even start with this one I'm so conflicted. Nic Cage is amazing in this and one of the few I've seen where I see his character instead of seeing Nic Cage. The central plot theme is fucking interesting and mysterious and I absolutely adored the first 45 minutes of this movie. And then it just goes waaaay of into the deep end. The movie has no interest in exploring this crazy interesting mystery which it just did a magnificent job setting up, everyone starts acting irrational to the point of it being intelligence insulting to both the characters and the audience and the whole thing ended very unsatisfying for me. On the whole really highs highs and really low lows. |
AlexKzillion
08.07.24 | @scheumke that was also my exact take
"I think it was going for a "Theater" vibe as a nod to it being based on a theater play, so it's deliberately static and theater-set like"
the pretty singular setting didn't bother me as much as the constant camera cuts every time someone opened their mouth. the scene where harris and arkin are talking at the bar and it cuts back and forth what felt like 90 times in 30 seconds was particularly awful imo and after that scene i just could not un-notice it doing that. maybe that's more of an editing issue idk still not entirely sure how to talk about a lot of the more technical aspects of movies |
AlexKzillion
08.07.24 | also watched kingdom of the crystal skull yesterday and yeah there's some stupid shit and some bad cgi but overall indiana jones is spielberg in his bag and its hard for me to hate on that too hard. dude has done muchhhh worse |
KevinKC
08.08.24 | I'm watching Dream Scenario because of you guys.
If it's bad I'll complain in mildly annoying words. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.08.24 | it’s good man, nic cage has seriously been on such a roll for the last five years or so |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.08.24 | Haven’t been watching anything but I’m seeing Cuckoo Friday and Didi on Sunday. Really have high hopes for both |
KevinKC
08.08.24 | So, I've watched Dream Scenario. It's a great movie and very relevant in 2024. Actually, I've been waiting for a movie on that topic for more than a decade.
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Scheumke
08.10.24 | MI Dead Reconing pt.1 - 6/10 - Overlong with more than the usual stupid character decisions and internal working that are completely illogical. Yet it still remains its charm for me and the stunts are the best in the industry. MI Rating for me would be: Rogue Nation - 3 - Fallout - 1 - Ghost Protocol -
- DR pt1 - 2.
The Land Before Time - 6.5/10 - Hadn't seen it in decades and wanted to see if it still holds up. It did mostly! Animation style is one I absolutely love and is so much more raw and viceral, closer to Fantasia than anything Disney did since. I wasn't as invested in it as I remembered myself being, but nevertheless a fun time reliving a childhood favorite. |
NexCeleris
08.10.24 | The Changeling (1980) - 7/10. Super picky when it comes to horror and not a fan of the haunted house trope at all, but this one was skillfully executed and very tasteful in its light horror elements. Great atmosphere throughout and the somewhat outlandish murder mystery plot elevated it significantly. Convincing performance by Scott.
Society aka Dark Society (1989) - 6/10. Despite it's rather unconventional plot, this was a textbook 80s flick with all the pros and cons that come with that. The practical effects in the final act were great, albeit inferior to e.g. Buechler's work in From Beyond. The metaphors weren't that effective imo, but it's a pretty unique watch in its own right. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.10.24 | Cuckoo was fine. Hunter Schafer is incredible tho and carries every scene she’s in, and I’m gay as fuck for Dan Steven’s and he’s good too. |
KevinKC
08.11.24 | When someone thinks it sounds cool to be vulgar. |
denboy
08.12.24 | bodies bodies bodies
what a dumb movie
but to its credit it seems to be aware that it's a dumb movie
after watching it I said "I bet it has a 6.2 on imdb", nailed it |
Anthracks
08.13.24 | challengers (2024) - 6/10
kingdom of the planet of the apes (2024) - 4/10 |
budgie
08.13.24 | i expected to fucking hate bodies bodies bodies cuz pop culture make me puke but it was actually fuckin great |
denboy
08.13.24 | you gave it 3/5 |
Egarran
08.13.24 | Love The Changeling. |
CugnoBrasso
08.14.24 | I'm attending the Locarno Film Festival, if anyone has ever heard of that. Saw some pretty weird stuff. |
AlexKzillion
08.14.24 | the adventures of tintin (spielberg, 2011) [4.0] - the real indiana jones legasequel
the conversation (coppola, 1974) [5.0] - actually one the greatest things i've ever seen. just absolutely perfect in every way. sound design was out of this world. glad i got to see this in a theater. |
NexCeleris
08.14.24 | The Conversation is one of my favorite 70s paranoia thrillers. Say about Nixon what you want, but the guy passively inspired screenwriters and filmmakers to make some of the best suspense flicks. While the ideas for The Conversation were in fact conceived way before Watergate, it's right in line with other classic material from the era. Must-watch for sure. |
budgie
08.14.24 | you gave it 3/5
ya thats a proper rating
i do rate conservatively
900 horrors on letterboxd only 6 fives |
denboy
08.14.24 | fuckin great and 3/5 seems incongruent no matter how conservative you are but i'm not here to tell you how to live your life |
budgie
08.14.24 | yeah, dont |
AlexKzillion
08.14.24 | budgie what's your lb do i have you |
budgie
08.14.24 | it is carnute
i think from sput i just have minushuman and pheromone |
JeetJeet
08.14.24 | Saw Cuckoo this weekend. Its a banger. 8/10 |
Faraudo
08.14.24 | Anthracks be like
"2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) - 6/10"
Any other film - 4/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.14.24 | A buddy of mine told me to watch the conversation after I watched (and loved) Chinatown so I guess I should get on it |
denboy
08.14.24 | Alien: Romulus
They nailed it |
Faraudo
08.14.24 | Yesssssssssssss! Can't wait for tomorrow |
NexCeleris
08.14.24 | Coma (1978) - 6/10. Felt like an extended episode of Diagnosis Murder with some cringeworthy men-know-best scenes. Geneviève Bujold's performance was solid. Mostly forgettable 70s suspense with little in the way of tension. Would have been more in the 5 - 5.5 range, really, but the score by Goldsmith was excellent and carried some of the scenes.
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - 4.5/10. Hasn't aged well and the supporting cast's acting was too wooden for the most part, almost like a stage play. Story beats were aight, the set designs fantastic, the emotional moments forced. Script had the characters take their sweet time, even working in pep talks. Illogical and immersion-breaking. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.14.24 | Went on a date and we watched Didi. I was exhausted from working the night before and fell asleep. Embarrassing as hell and I want to kill myself. Anyways the half of the movie that I did see was really good so idk go check it out
Stoked for Alien, but it’s prob gonna have to wait until Sunday. I’ve read the third act is fucking insane which checks out because the third act in Evil Dead 2013 was batshit too. Very excited to finally have a good alien movie |
KevinKC
08.15.24 | I don't think falling asleep on a date (during a movie) is embarrassing. Any woman worth of interest will find it cute. |
KevinKC
08.15.24 | I loved Prometheus and liked Covenant a lot. They deserved a third one. |
AlexKzillion
08.15.24 | gonna see alien and cuckoo back to back saturday morning hopefully
saw didi last week. thought it was quite good. i hope its the start of many more late 00s period pieces
also yeah i've def fallen asleep during movie dates before, especially during quieter stuff like didi. if they got offended by that they prob aren't worth your time anyways |
AlexKzillion
08.15.24 | also hard rip to gena rowlands. watched many of her movies while going through cassavettes filmography earlier this year. love streams, opening night, a women under the influence, even minnie and moskowitz are all all-time performances. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.15.24 | oh no she thought it was hilarious. I just get in my head way too much |
Faraudo
08.15.24 | Some people are complaining about Romulus being "similar" to the first films but then they get angry for how different Prometheus and Covenant are. Sci-fi fans are tremendously stupid sometimes. |
Egarran
08.15.24 | >I loved Prometheus and liked Covenant a lot.
Bot confirmed. |
Scheumke
08.15.24 | Before Sunrise - 8/10 - If there's a genre I usually don't have any interest in it's purely romantic movies. It's not a romcom, not a romantic drama or history piece, but just a romantic movie about two people spending one day and night together. And yet it completely worked. The main characters just felt so believable and human and their connection felt more real than any movie I've seen recently. Don't know if this warrented a trilogy but the ratings are damn high so who knows, I might watch the other two as well. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.15.24 | If Romulus is just the “Prey” of the Alien franchise I will be happy.
I’m seeing that the consensus is that it’s good, just give Fede the reigns |
Egarran
08.15.24 | Scheumke, you should do a Linklater run. |
AlexKzillion
08.16.24 | before sunset is even better imo
before midnight is also very good but is certainly not as light as the first two lmao |
budgie
08.16.24 | the movie after mdinivht is very fu n2 : ) |
protokute
08.16.24 | If you liked the Before trilogy, definitely give some of Eric Rohmer's films a try. |
KevinKC
08.16.24 | >I loved Prometheus and liked Covenant a lot.
@egarran "Bot confirmed."
Nope. Just an adult.
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Wildcardbitchesss
08.16.24 | They’re not bad imo, just disappointing.
Tbh Alien is probably one of the better long running horror series. First two are classics obv, Assembly Cut of 3 is fine. Resurrection is a complete mess but it’s a lot of fun at least. And yah Prometheus and Covenant are okay. Just nothing but mid movies for 35 years. There isn’t an Alien movie that I feel like is truly terrible like pretty much every legacy horror franchise.
Scream and Evil Dead are the only two that I think have been consistently good and even those have the most insanely long gaps between them. It’s so hard to believe Fede’s Evil Dead was over a decade ago. |
Shamus248
08.16.24 | saw Deadpool a 3rd time on Tuesday
just watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet) and it fucking CRUSHED me |
budgie
08.16.24 | first 4 scream are great. 5 & 6 fuckin suck dirty white trash smegma coated gutter dick. best franchise is evil dead now, even though to my taste rise was just ok |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.16.24 | budge what if I told u that I think Rise is the best of them lol |
budgie
08.16.24 | i dont think thats weird. what i do think is weird is you not liking burzum what the shmuck is that ????? |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.16.24 | oh boy here we go lmfao |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.16.24 | If I could create a new account I would name it Count whatever the fuck his stage name is in honor of our special boy |
budgie
08.16.24 | ITS JSUT UNNNBOOWLEVIABLE |
Egarran
08.16.24 | Liking Covenant is unfathomable. It transforms a cosmic horror into the product of a sad android, which is a horrible crime against all fiction.
Also, more practical, put on a mask when visiting a foreign planet. |
Faraudo
08.17.24 | I just watched Alien Romulus at an IMAX theater and it was phenomenal. Packed theater, great stuff. The final act is insane in the best possible way. |
Faraudo
08.17.24 | Edge of your seat, nightmarish shit. Probably my second favorite in the franchise after the original Alien. Sorry Aliens (1986)! |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.24 | DAMN! that has me really excited. As I’ve gotten older the I’ve really started to prefer the original. Same with Terminator.
Wow im really stoked to see it now. Gotta wait til tomorrow tho : ( |
KevinKC
08.17.24 | "As I’ve gotten older I’ve really started to prefer the original. Same with Terminator."
Finally, someone is saying it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.24 | Don’t get me wrong. I still very much love Aliens but a throwback to the more minimalist (I guess?) style of alien is what im wanting more than anything. |
Anthracks
08.17.24 | punch-drunk love (2002) - 8/10
invasion of the body snatchers (1956) - 5/10 |
budgie
08.17.24 | that is a hilarious double feature anthrax |
NexCeleris
08.17.24 | Yeah, '78 Body Snatchers is the way to go. |
KevinKC
08.17.24 | My position towards Alien is that I like suspense more than action. I don't wish to see the xenomorph all over the place. That's also why I enjoyed Prometheus and Covenant.
Also, I prefer when the people confronted to the xenomorph aren't soldiers and they have to defend themselves with tools and wit.
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mouldypigeon
08.17.24 | Romulus was dreadful as an Alien movie
As a scifi horror it was passable. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.24 | BOOO im on the hype train dont kill it for me |
JeetJeet
08.17.24 | Alien Romulus - 9/10
Honestly the only thing I can complain about is some CGI here & there, but all is forgiven for how batshit crazy this gets. |
KevinKC
08.17.24 | I saw 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers with Donald Sutherland this year. |
budgie
08.18.24 | i jus watched 28 weeks later for the 10th time and its fuckin amzing i fuckin love this movie so fuckin goddamn much fuck its the fuckin best for sure top 5 zombies fucking i will eat the brains of ppl who shittalk 28 weeks its da BEST 🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️ |
DominionMM1
08.18.24 | just rewatched jaws for like the 100th time and it still blows me away. pretty amazing that all the production issues actually made the film way better than it otherwise would’ve been. |
KevinKC
08.18.24 | @Budgie I was about to contradict you for the joke, but It's not funny.
Yeah. 28 Weeks Later is very good. |
budgie
08.18.24 | yuh jaws is stone cold. jaws 2 fuckin kills too |
DominionMM1
08.18.24 | yeah jaws 2 definitely has no business being as good as it is |
KevinKC
08.19.24 | Alien Romulus is the best movie you get when you let moronic fans bully you into trying to satisfy them.
It's not a bad movie but it's often too close to a stroll in an Alien theme park.
A sequel to Covenant by Ridley Scott would have been ten times more interesting than this.
Also, the violence was surprisingly very tamed. The franchise will not survive this for more than one movie. |
Faraudo
08.19.24 | It just passed 100 million in its debut weekend, I'm pretty sure the franchise will be fine lmao.
Also, people who say that it doesn't deal with Prometheus/Covenant stuff, did you watch the movie? Like, did you take a shit for the last 30 minutes or what happened? |
KevinKC
08.19.24 | @Faraudo You're answering two things I didn't say.
by "survive" I didn't necessarily mean "make money". I'm saying organic horror is a core dimension of the franchise. If you tone down the graphic level, directors will be even less capable of finding new things to put in the movies. The xenomorph is really losing in impact too.
I noticed how Romulus didn't disavow Prometheus and Covenant, but it doesn't make it the sequel that Covenant should have had. It's a (welcome) nod to these movies, not a step further in what they were building.
Rain and Andy/Evil Andy are also really close to Dani and David/Walter in Covenant.
Still, we got a third Alien 1 remake instead of a continuation of the story.
Anyway, I'm not saying Romulus is bad. It's not. And it's better than average in my opinion. But it's a dead end artistically speaking.
Romulus II will be the spiritual sequel to Covenant.
They'll need to bring new elements in the next movie and give it an original plot otherwise the franchise might be dead. That's what happened with Alien 4. |
mouldypigeon
08.19.24 | The problem isn't the lack of violence. The body horror elements are still there. It's the reliance on cheap jump scares, OTT music, gimmicky set pieces like the anti-gravity blood. Romulus is the trashy teen horror of the Alien franchise. It's a fun movie but it doesn't work as an Alien film. And yeah the xenomorphs are pathetic in it too. |
denboy
08.19.24 | KevinKC you have objectively bad taste tho
obviously someone who loves alien covenant and prometheus would hate romulus |
KevinKC
08.19.24 | I don't hate Romulus. It's ok.
I'm just saying a sequel to Covenant would have been far more interesting.
@mouldypigeon your points are valid but the lack of violence goes with the "teen movie" aspect. |
gabba
08.19.24 | @budgie so you like 28 weeks more than 28 days? I was slightly disappointed by the sequel after the blow 28 days delivered to my brain. Watched it only once though when it came out, maybe need to re-check. |
denboy
08.19.24 | I'm surprised you have an issue with the violence being tame in romulus and not prometheus and covenant, i remember prometheus feeling pretty disneyfied (and i literally remember nothing from covenant except that the last 45 minutes of the movie was just alien 1 but worse) |
mouldypigeon
08.19.24 | Covenant gave us a back burster, chest burster, jaw burster... I wouldn't call it tame. |
Egarran
08.19.24 | The violence in Covenant was mostly your movie standards being brutally raped. |
protokute
08.19.24 | Monster (2023) — Lovely, surprising and engaging, touched on a lot of very different themes. I really liked how it kept developing and playing with our expectations with each perspective change, and I'm always a bit susceptible to films about kids making the best as they can of their lives, exploring, creating their own worlds, connecting in the most sincere way. There were a few minor things on the plot that fell a bit glossed over in relation to the overall resolution, but it didn't bother me too much.
Blow Out (1981) — Was really intrigued by the premise at first, but as it developed I liked it less and less, culminating in a very lackluster ending act. Wasn't too much into the acting too. |
NexCeleris
08.19.24 | Love Blow Out. Depending on what you liked about the premise, you could check F/X (1986) or The Conversation (1974). The former feels less serious than Blow Out, but is also more fun. The latter is as serious as it gets. |
protokute
08.19.24 | I also didn't like The Conversation 🙃 |
Gameofmetal
08.19.24 | Enjoyed Alien: Romulus a lot in spite of the irritating callbacks and thin characters, overall pretty well shot and executed flick with a putrid final beastie.
Cuckoo was also quite fun and wacky and frantic, but I fear it probably makes too little sense even for me who enjoys horror not making complete sense. |
Gameofmetal
08.19.24 | "It's the reliance on cheap jump scares"
This is not a movie that abused false jump scares and even the real ones aren't that numerous, not sure what you're talking about. |
mouldypigeon
08.19.24 | I did not mention false/real/abuse btw, I said "cheap" and what I meant was that they were too clearly telegraphed and forcibly inserted to be frightening. They are definitely numerous too, but not by the standards of any other Alvarez movie. |
Rowhaus
08.19.24 | Romulus was solid. The script played it a bit too safe imo, but the execution was impeccable. I would agree there are a bit too many jumpscares, the deepfake android was bizarre, and some of the callbacks were somewhat gratuitous. The pros far outweighed the cons tho. Loved the big zero-g sequence. Made me wanna play Dead Space. |
Gameofmetal
08.19.24 | What makes them cheap? There's one toward the end I thought was really great.
I like the zero grav trick, but on the flip side do not like it turning into Aliens all of sudden blasting through like 15 aliens easily. |
AlexKzillion
08.19.24 | saw a free screening of godzilla vs mechagodzilla and taxi driver back to back yesterday lol |
Egarran
08.19.24 | "Someday a kaiju will come and wash all this scum off the streets." |
mouldypigeon
08.19.24 | @Gameofmetal I find it cheap if I can see the jump scare coming, feel it's winds y'know... shot lingers a bit too long on that empty space, or that awkward angle which is conveniently obfuscating a large part of the bg. The original was pretty masterful in those aspects. In honesty though I feel that if I managed my expectations better I might have enjoyed Romulus more. I tried to go in as blind as possible, no trailers, I usually don't do this as I'm simply too curious.
All I heard was that it was trying to be much closer to the original in tone. Well it certainly wasn't that lmao. I will probably rewatch Romulus at some point and have a blast, like I did with Prometheus (a hot mess that even an amazing cast could not save, but respect the ambition of it) and Covenant (first half of this I love). |
KevinKC
08.19.24 | I was lucky enough not to watch any Romulus trailer, they spoil every death of the movie. |
denboy
08.20.24 | I decided to avoid trailers and reading up on movies as much as possible 10+ years ago and the only time I regretted it was when I watched Parasite and sat for 2 hours wondering when the monsters would show up |
Egarran
08.20.24 | Wildly agreed, trailers ruin movies and when they come up I close my eyes and sing a song.
Also they can be kind of evil, like the latest Crow trailer, it just starts with some gruesome imagery to catch you unaware. They know kids will see this, right?
I blame capitalism. |
Deathconscious
08.20.24 | Watched Furiosa last night, it was pretty fantastic. Not as good as Fury Road, but i didnt expect it to be. I didnt like how fake/green screened everything looked, made the action less intense, but other than that i dont really have any complaints. Gonna watch Fury Road and Road Warrior again now. Tempted to try out that Mad Max video game even though a lot of people seem to think it's very middle-of-the-road (get it?). |
AlexKzillion
08.20.24 | cranked out devs these past couple days. honestly think its prob the worst "prestige tv" i've ever watched. gorgeous to look at, amazing score... but some absolutely awful acting from a lot of the main characters and a plot that just feels way too far up its own ass.
my alex garland (as director) ranking is pretty solidly:
ex machina > civil war >>>>>>> annihaltion > men > devs i think |
Deathconscious
08.20.24 | Oh and also, hot take: i finished The Sopranos and it's not very good. Hugely overrated, moments of straight up terrible writing sprinkled throughout the show. I was glad to be done with it and wished i dropped out halfway before i felt like i needed to finish it when i got further in. |
JeetJeet
08.20.24 | I think you might be the first person I've ever seen just shit on the Sopranos like that. |
NexCeleris
08.20.24 | Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot. |
Gameofmetal
08.21.24 | The Mad Max game is fun! Furiosa is absolutely as good as Fury Road, sure it's got some more obvious fx stuff but it's used in such an inimitable, thrilling way in tandem with practical stuff and incredible mythic storytelling and imagery. The Stowaway scene had me whispering "what the fuck" on repeat in the theater. Summarizing it as fake green screen stuff does it a disservice I feel. |
Anthracks
08.21.24 | Alien: kidz bop I mean Romulus (2024) - 4/10… some decently cool bits but adolescent saves the world is my leeeeeeast favorite trope of all time |
Ryus
08.21.24 | sopranos is one of like 3 shows that actually takes full advantage of television as a medium of storytelling and character development
shit like breaking bad where everything is contingent on plot development and cliffhangers comes nowhere close |
NexCeleris
08.21.24 | Damn, Anthracks and Ryus with the sensible takes. |
Anthracks
08.21.24 | It’s so hard to not lose respect for people that don’t see what’s great about the sopranos, but I’ll let it be |
Ryus
08.21.24 | yea only other dramas that come close are deadwood and mad men |
markjamie
08.21.24 | Sopranos and Breaking Bad are equally as good for different reasons and the two best American TV dramas of all time by quite some margin.
Saying that in Breaking Bad "everything is contingent on plot development and cliffhangers" ignores some of the best character arcs ever written for the medium. |
Anthracks
08.21.24 | Breaking bad is a 6/10 at best and owes everything it is to shows like the sopranos. Seasons 2 and 3 are outright terrible from what I remember (watched it as it aired) |
Egarran
08.21.24 | That is certainly an opinion. |
Ryus
08.21.24 | rewatch breaking bad and rewatch sopranos and tell me which one you get more out of
i loved breaking bad when i was younger but the characters are like 1/10 as interesting as a lot of other shows |
Faraudo
08.21.24 | Anthracks: I like a lot of stuff.
Also Anthracks: Gives BB a 6 and has never given anything other than 6s and 4s |
NexCeleris
08.21.24 | It's a 7.5 for me, but doesn't hold a candle to Sopranos despite the clearly visible and openly communicated inspiration. Breaking Bad had great character development early on and some characters like Hank had interesting arcs, but the show degenerated into mere spectacle porn in later seasons - something which the Sopranos never had any need to do. |
budgie
08.21.24 | watched abigail last night - some really cool things about it but i can't get with the lead, she was awful in scream and she was awful here, i don't get how she is getting these huge final girl bills when she is such an uncompelling actor. she from hollywood royalty or something?
also the writing was rough, felt like every bit of dialogue was an awkward exposition dump trying to cover up plotholes.
lotta good but a lotta bad. durand and the blonde were standouts
even so horror has been pretty bum lately so it was real nice to enjoy somethin new |
NexCeleris
08.21.24 | Alien: Romulus (2024) - 6/10. Statements along the lines of "better than Aliens" (which I'm not the biggest fan of myself, but is towering over all Alien and not-quite-Alien movies that came after it), can be attributed to recency bias and the relief of it not being another Covenant-level dud at best.
Looking at all the praise that movie gets, I can't help but wonder whether the internet is predominantly populated by guys in their early 20s who grew up with dross like Marvel movies. Yes, it has some *good* atmosphere in the build-up act and is visually pleasing, but the protagonists are insufferable and the final act is severely overhyped. Fede has done a great job and all, and it's a passable, at times exciting sci-fi horror flick, but the second coming of the franchise many make it out to be it is not. Better than Covenant and the neverending stream of awful contemporary horror movies served up by Blum and co, sure, but that's a pretty low bar. |
Faraudo
08.22.24 | Well, I'm not in my early 20's and I loved Romulus. |
Deathconscious
08.22.24 | Sopranos cant end an episode. Some awkward and straight up nonsensical editing choices. Anthony's random concern for the environment made zero sense for his character, like the writers threw a dart at some character traits and went with whatever it landed on. Sometimes things happen that end up going nowhere. Melfi's rape happens and then is never addressed again outside of that one episode (something Breaking Bad never would have done, all of the traumas the characters endured had lasting consequences, absolutely pathetic example of writing tbh for a supposed "prestige" show). And a lot of the therapy sessions are basically the same scene.
Melfi: whats up?
Tony: i did something bad.
Melfi: hmm, that is bad. Maybe you shouldnt do that.
Tony: well fuck you this whole therapy thing is dumb!!
Repeat like 20 times. It got a little old.
But yeah, i could keep going. |
KevinKC
08.22.24 | I've just rewatched Covenant.
Each time I see this movie I understand the coherence behind one of the few gripes I had against it when I saw it in theater.
There was about 7 things that bothered me in the movie when I saw it the first time, I'm down to 3.
Seriously people. The three best movies of the franchise are Alien, Prometheus and Covenant by far.
Aliens is one of the most overrated movie in history. Alien 3, 4 and Romulus aren't that good in the first place. They're ok, but there's nothing exactly memorable in them, nothing strongly original or ambitious.
Covenant is not the movie I wanted to see when I entered the theater room. But it's a very good movie nonetheless and it's undeniable that Covenant 2 would have been ten times more interesting and relevant than Romulus. |
budgie
08.22.24 | im gonna pop in here real quick and say cloverfield paradox is underrated and super fun and doesnt deserve the hate
budgie out |
AlexKzillion
08.22.24 | saw romulus tonight... it def felt very 'alien: the force awakens' at points (and maybe this would bother me more if i'd seen more than just the first two) but overall had a great time. i like cailee spaeny in everything i see her in, but david jonsson really knocked it out the park. reanimating ian holm was such a weird and annoying unforced error tho. 7/10 |
markjamie
08.22.24 | Ryus, I re-watch both every 18 months or so. Honestly can't separate them in terms of overall quality. Love both. |
protokute
08.22.24 | @Ryus.
Breaking Bad. |
lucazade22
08.22.24 | I watched Airplane! for the first time yesterday. Very funny, easy to see how it has such a cult following. (7/10)
In my dig through the IMDb top 250 I also watched Cool Hand Luke, which I thought was fine (5/10) |
Ryus
08.22.24 | dam i tried watching breaking bad again and got absolutely nothing out of it the second time around |
Hyperion1001
08.22.24 | breaking bad is Midwest escapism for fathers that are very close to annihilating their families. |
Anthracks
08.22.24 | Faraudo: Giving something a 6 means I liked it…
Also I’m literally in here defending 10/10 show The Sopranos, so what you even talkin about. Not liking what you like is not the same as not liking anything. Deadwood, Twin Peaks, Sopranos, Wire, Succession, Mad Men, all 10/10 shows. |
Anthracks
08.22.24 | Deathcon… no offense but clearly the entire purpose(s) of the Melfi arc were lost on you. Also, keep in mind nearly every single thing Tony says is a way of guilt-tripping people’s affection toward him, which causes him to lash out when it doesn’t work (like with Mel fi in later seasons when she stops getting a high from backseat quarterbacking his mob decisions and mostly unconsciously helping him take over the mob). Aka he doesn’t actually give a shit about the environment. He doesn’t give a shit about anything if it doesn’t meet his end. Except maybe capicola. He learned how to deal with emotions from livia after all, and we see AJ adopting the same traits in the least fulfilling way (for Tony) by the end of the show, which is sort of a checkmate by AJ to his dad. There really isn’t a more complex and subtly executed family dynamic on tv anywhere
Melfi doesn’t address the rape because she knows that it would now become Tony’s, as he maniacally takes ownership over everything possible (he’s like the embodiment of a philosophically totalitarian force), and it’s something that is hers to deal with and hers alone. This is a major awakening for her character and initiates her defiance against his manipulative personality, which sends him on a slow descent over the course of several seasons. |
Deathconscious
08.22.24 | Nah, i understood the purpose, its just that the writing on this show feels really inorganic sometimes. She develops a drinking habit just from having Tony as a patient, but the rape happens and you never see the ripple effects past the one episode. Im not complaining because she didnt tell Tony, that has nothing to do with it. But anyways, im not "shitting" on the show despite what it might look like, i didnt hate it, just sharing why i dont get the hype for it. |
Deathconscious
08.22.24 | On a separate note, Dream Scenario was really solid. One of Cage's best performances imo. |
Gameofmetal
08.22.24 | Sopranos is great, innovative television but does get an amusing pass for some filler episodes and bizarre editing and divergences here and there. |
Anthracks
08.22.24 | It literally invented modern TV, so yes there are still remnants of what television used to be before the show changed everything |
Scheumke
08.22.24 | Godzilla Minus One - 9/10 - Easily my favorite monster movie I've ever seen. Probably because it's not a movie about the monster, it's a movie about people, living with survivors guilt and being a coward at a place and time where I can think of no better point in history when being a coward was the right choice to make. It's emotional and the acting is superb imo.
Yeah some of the shots were a little iffy maybe and the design of Godzilla might at points be a little cartoonesk but it isn't about that so I dont care. Was absolutely enraptured by it, this is how you do a monster movie. The metaphorical ones are so much better than the literal ones. |
budgie
08.22.24 | but cloverfield |
NexCeleris
08.22.24 | A 9 for Godzilla is very generous. It was definitely better than the recent American installments (not that hard obv), but nowhere near a cinematic masterpiece imo. More in the 5-6 range for me.
If you enjoy humans = monsters parables and tales of cowardice set in the 40s and want some actual great acting, check The Zone of Interest (artsy) or Come and See (much better, but not really a recommended watch). |
Sharenge
08.22.24 | but muh honor |
FurtherDown
08.23.24 | So Longlegs was pretty cool right? Slightly different from what I expected from Cage, which is good of course. In the end, the film was not that much built around his performance, but it was stellar. |
budgie
08.23.24 | i think come and see is the most overrated movie oat |
KevinKC
08.23.24 | Ah ah ah ah. I agree that Come and See is overrated. If we're talking about idi i smotri. I wouldn't say it's a bad movie, but there's no reason for the status it holds beyond how some men think they sound and look like when they talk about it. |
budgie
08.23.24 | ya dude not a bad film at all but so often i see ppl act like it's the most brutal, shocking, film that no horror movie can touch. but it's just a raw war drama 🤷♀️ |
KevinKC
08.23.24 | Yeah, you've talked to the same people as I did :).
"Ppl act like it's the most brutal, shocking film that no horror movie can touch." That's exactly what happened to me. The guy who suggested it to me was obsessed with suggesting movies that were particularly tough as if violent meant "good", "true" or "realistic". I was very surprised not to find Come and see too hard on the audience. Anyway, I did not regret seeing it at all, I was just a bit unsettled by how it had been presented to me. |
NexCeleris
08.24.24 | It's not even close to being the most shocking movie ever, although it (along with Threads) may have been among the most disturbing ones around the time it came out, save for actual splatter and exploitation flicks in the vein of Men Behind the Sun or the Guinea Pig series. Definitely wouldn't call it overrated in the true sense of the word, because it's still a very good movie and portrays the horrors of war from a fairly unique perspective. Come and See, no matter how manly you are or pretend to be, does not make for a good time unless you're an actual psychopath, which is what makes it hard to recommend (as opposed to it being particularly brutal).
Mentioned it because I felt that it was a lot more effective in its depiction of cowardice and human abysses than a shallow, purely entertainment-focused product like Godzilla Minus One, which mostly used it as a vehicle to save on action scenes in order to relieve the ridiculously small fx team. The latter also isn't exactly a prime example of the "human monsters" trope in my book. |
budgie
08.24.24 | ya nex i was really just commenting on the people in the past who have insisted to me its better horror than any horror genre film, not your mention of it |
Hyperion1001
08.24.24 | crimson peak (2015) - unbelievable. pure art. I wish I was a beautiful ghostly woman running through a dilapidated gothic mansion in a flowing nightgown chasing down a harlot with a meat cleaver 4.5/5 |
NexCeleris
08.24.24 | Thanks for providing some peace of mind, budg. Didn't really feel addressed by what you and Kev said tho. I do, however, disagree with the notion that it's an overrated movie. 8/10 for me. |
KevinKC
08.24.24 | Yeah, thank you for not taking offense at what I said. I wasn't aiming at someone in the chat.
I averted my eyes and cut the sound quite a few times when I saw Men Behind the Sun, but I really appreciated how the movie took care of really displaying the alienated motivations of the Japanese military. This movie taught me that human beings can inflict absolutely anything to other human beings (of any age or sex), not necessarily out of sadism (even though there clearly are sadists amongst the japanese leaders), but when catastrophic conditions are met. |
NexCeleris
08.24.24 | Yeah, Men Behind the Sun is pretty disgusting. It's far from being the most extreme at this point, which is worrying in itself, but one of those movies I wouldn't recommend to people I'd like to stay friends with unless they're actively hunting for those kinda images.
Longlegs (2024) - 6/10. Finally got to see this last night and was mildly disappointed. It started out fantastic and then gradually descended into mid territory. The supernatural stuff was fine, but felt like Perkins could have done so much more with it script-wise. Glad I waited for the small-screen release. One of the better Cage performances in recent memory, though, which is not nothing.
R.I.P.D. (2013) - 3.5/10. Wasn't my pick and I had low expectations going in, which made it less disappointing than Longlegs. That said, it's just such a dull movie with little in the way of nuance. The one-liners sucked, the CGI looked dated even by early 2010s standards and the action sequences were edited terribly. I know who won't get to pick movies in the foreseeable future.
Looking forward to seeing The Substance and Blink Twice. |
Anthracks
08.25.24 | Sing Sing (2023) - 10/10 |
rabidfish
08.25.24 | Hunt of Red October - 7/10
Fun movie. Good memorable moments throughout. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.25.24 | Just gonna say that every bad thing said about the sopranos is wrong. Frankly im depressed and ashamed. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.25.24 | And it completely shits on breaking bad, and I like breaking bad lol
The real conversation should be comparing it to Better Call Saul because frankly that’s a much better series than breaking bad and im gonna stop pretending that they’re even anywhere near the same level of quality. |
Ryus
08.26.24 | still not even close tbh
the thin blue line 4/5 - some things about the presentation kind of annoyed me but obviously super interesting and terrifying
my dinner with andre 4.5/5 - yeah this ruled. my brother hated andre waxing poetic for basically the entire first half of the movie but i thought it was fascinating the entire time. |
lucazade22
08.26.24 | Watched a couple of 2005 films for the first time recently:
Munich - enjoyable, albeit slightly overlong (6/10)
A history of violence - solid movie, I prefer Eastern Promises though (6/10) |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.24 | Watched alien Romulus again and liked it much more on a second viewing.
light spoilers I guess. The callbacks were just fucking obnoxious. There was absolutely zero reason for the fucked up android on the Romulus to be Ash. Or the deep faked cgi dead actor. Andy saying “Get away from her, you bitch” got a laugh in the theater but I fucking groaned. The worst one to me though was not-Ash saying “I can’t lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies.” It’s such an amazing line in the original and have it just fucking no reason booted into this movie legitimately pissed me off and took me out of the film. Everyone aside from Rain and Andy (maybe Tyler too, I liked him) were also just completely forgettable and I saw them as nothing more than cannon fodder.
That sounds like a lot of complaints for a movie that I enjoyed lol. Visually, it’s fucking stunning. I did like how it kinda ties back to almost all of the other films in some small way but is its own thing. I said that I would be happy if this was essentially just the “Prey” of the Alien franchise and that’s almost exactly how I view it. Now fully give the reins to Fede and let him really go off the rails with the next one plz
Solid 7/10 |
MetalMarcJK
08.26.24 | The Ballad Of Lefty Brown
A Fistful Of Dollars |
MillionDead
08.26.24 | Longlegs and Strange Darling, both were cool. Strange Darling could be a near classic though, where Longlegs was more of a mood piece that could have had more narrative intrigue. I love how Darling unrepentantly fucks with your expectations. Insane cinematography too. Wonderfully and thought provokingly fucked up all around.
"'Get away from her, you bitch' got a laugh in the theater but I fucking groaned" Fucking same, I thought that bit was stupid and didn't fit. The one girl whose whole purpose was to be pregnant and a liability consistently made me mad. I'd give Romulus a solid 7/10 though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.24 | Oh damn I didn’t even know Strange Darling was out! There weren’t any showtimes at my usual theater. I’ll def have to see that this week.
btw, idk if you’ve played The Last of Us million, but pregnant girl whose name is escaping me will be playing Dina in the second season. I thought she was just fine in the movie, honestly pretty damn good, just given next to nothing to work with. The scene with her at the locked door and the reveal near the end shows that she’s got some chops |
KevinKC
08.26.24 | Romulus is just a lowest common denominator movie. Covenant and Prometheus are stellar in comparison and the franchise is in a very dire spot right now artistically speaking because of it. But, hey, with a movie that trite and unambitious, they sure are going to make maney. |
MillionDead
08.26.24 | I will say that the characters genuinely made so many stupid decisions that it was distracting. My life depends on me being quiet? Lemme answer my radio at full volume! |
AlexKzillion
08.26.24 | big weekend
cuckoo [2.5] - hunter schafer and dan stevens put in some solid performances in an otherwise annoying and nonsensical movie.
sing sing [4.0] - feels like the first proper best picture contender to come out this year. the reveal in the end credits is pretty jawdropping. sometimes oscar bait can be really good!
dogville [5.0] - don't even want to attempt to explain why i liked this except that i never want to see it again. |
budgie
08.27.24 | grtudge 2019 - honestly not bad but the jump scares and generic ghost appearances really cheapened it would have been pretty sound otherwise 3/5
tarot 2024 - poo 2/5 |
Asdfp277
08.27.24 | 13 going on 30 & joker |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.28.24 | All alone in a late showing for Strange Darling. Very excited for this one.
It’s been forever since I’ve been completely alone in a theater |
KevinKC
08.28.24 | If there was an Oscar for best sleep inducing film, Longlegs would be the 2024 winner.
Also, it was horrendous. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.28.24 | BOOOO
Strange Darling was phenomenal but man, there’s one scene where the film just falls off a cliff. Thankfully it was near the end and recovered nicely. Anyone’s that’s seen it probably knows what im talking about. Main girl was great, we’ve gotten some really good horror performances this year. |
budgie
08.28.24 | i watched evil dead riase last night & thought of U wildcord |
IsisScript80
08.30.24 | "Romulus is just a lowest common denominator movie."
No kidding... just saw it at the cinema after naively fostering the slightest bit of cautious optimism in order to pay for a ticket.
Was unfounded. Fucking lame. |
AlexKzillion
08.30.24 | watched EEAAO this morning after not liking swiss army man and finding death of dick long pretty mid and yeah i just do not vibe with the daniels-duo's style of humor at all. like i don't know if i've ever laughed less at a film that was clearly trying to be funny and feel like it just absolutely ruins what might've been pretty decent films. nearly all my lb friends have this rated in the 4.0-5.0 range and i'm just kinda dumbfounded. think the wachowskis pulled that concept off a lot better with cloud atlas |
Asdfp277
08.30.24 | secret life of pets 2 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.30.24 | EEAAO is so fucking overhyped. Agreed not a good movie at all, which sucks because I feel like the first 30-45 mins were very good |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.30.24 | Did you like it budge |
budgie
08.30.24 | i liked it less than the first time lol. 😌 maybe i was just in a critical mood |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.30.24 | I just adore it man. Alyssa Sutherland is just absolutely ruthless as the mom and she fucking kills it every time she’s on screen. By far the best deadite in the entire franchise imo
Again tho it is my favorite of the bunch so im a little biased toward her |
IsisScript80
08.30.24 | Humour is the most subjective thing of all, but I adore EEAAO and always will. |
KevinKC
08.30.24 | Acronyms. |
gabba
08.30.24 | Had to look up EEAAO, found it on IMDB, now I know LOL. |
Egarran
08.30.24 | Pretty perfect movie. |
protokute
08.30.24 | Linda Linda Linda (2005) — Hard not to like a film about Japanese girls (and a South Korean one) in a middle school band training for a rock show. The ending is quite cathartic, but I wish I could connect more with the girls. I think it lacked the humor, charm, and writing of something like Swing Girls, which I adored.
The Haunting (1963) — Really liked this, specially considering its age. Loved the atmosphere, the trippiness, really dig the pareidolic effect that they were able to evoke with windows, wallpapers, lamps, doors, arcs. The sexual tension is also quite nice.
|
protokute
08.30.24 | C'mon guys, EEAAO is a damn lot of fun |
KevinKC
08.30.24 | @Gabba
You're making fun of my annoyance at acronyms but your point is invalid.
EEAAO isn't the same as IMDB or LOL. And you know it. You actually consolidated my point by admitting that you had to look up EEAAO whereas nobody will have to look for IMDB or LOL.
Anyway.
Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. |
protokute
08.30.24 | The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover might be one of the weirdest and most unique films I ever watched |
NexCeleris
08.30.24 | It's also a really good one. |
AlexKzillion
08.30.24 | EEAAO is an extremely common acronym is film circles lmao |
gabba
08.30.24 | TCTTHW&HL is a fantastic movie, Greenaway’s best imo.
I’m using the acronym because it is trivial from the context.
Otherwise, I wasn’t making fun of your annoyance KevinKC, I actually completely agreed, had no clue what EEAAO stood for. I just wanted to point out the absurdity of the situation, and relieve my own annoyance about it. There was definitely no validity to it. |
budgie
08.30.24 | ur mom is an extremely common acronym in film circles |
gabba
08.30.24 | Of *certain* film circles, yes. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.31.24 | Nah it’s sucks. I haven’t seen it since it came out so maybe im completely off base but the whole message of the film being “oh you might literally want to fucking kill yourself over your mother’s resentment of you being queer, but you should just accept that about her and move on! Because of, love, or something.”
Idk the film is fucking exhausting too. They just throw so much shit at you and half of it sticks but the other half is just “oh look at how random this is, isn’t this hilarious?!?” case in point, lesbian hot dog fingers, the raccoon ratatouille bullshit etc. cut out most of that nonsense and you have a lean sub 2 hour movie that hits a lot harder emotionally. I’m honestly so shocked that it’s not even 2.5 hours, it feels like 3
Oh and the laundromat is saved for some reason, I guess because Jamie Lee Curtis and Michelle Yeoh are laughing over a dumb vape? For every good idea that movie has there’s two stupid ones. Which makes it very frustrating because I was completely on board with the first act. Things just got real dumb real fast and it fell off a fucking cliff
That fucking rock scene admittedly got me right in the feels. And it did without a single line of dialogue but still somehow got the character’s point’s across perfectly. More of that and less “oh look at how whacky we are isn’t this fun??”
2/5 at best |
bigguytoo9
08.31.24 | The Northman
The Long Riders |
IsisScript80
08.31.24 | Wildcard, I know we discussed this before, but that isn't really the point of [multiverse-based acronym film].
Maybe give it a rewatch? |
budgie
08.31.24 | if someone says a film sucks, is exhausting, and feels like 3hrs long, i don't think they need to rewatch it |
IsisScript80
08.31.24 | Lol. Fair point.
The film does get talked about a fuck-load in here though, since it got released (polarised to the extreme). Everyone may as well become experts on the subject, for the amount of times it's referred to. |
budgie
08.31.24 | well i know im not going to watch it bc there are no zombies in it and who the fuck watches movies without zombies |
IsisScript80
08.31.24 | Completely understandable. |
Egarran
08.31.24 | Did you know wildcard didn't like Midsommar either??
*audience gasps*
I adored EEAAO and should see it again, there are so many details and twists and turns in that movie I probably missed one or two things. |
markjamie
08.31.24 | EEAAO is just tiresome. Good movie for the first hour but the other 23 hours start to grate a bit... Yeoh is brilliant though. Don't get the fuss over Short Round. |
Egarran
08.31.24 | Tiresome, as in mentally exhausting? |
markjamie
08.31.24 | Yeah I guess... sort of like someone telling you about their dream for 3 hours. |
denboy
08.31.24 | only thing i really disliked about acronym movie was that the ending is stretched out 20 minutes too long, which does ding it at least a full point in my book |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.31.24 | woah hey now I liked midsommar a hell of a lot more than Everything Everywhere all at Once but maybe I’d be as annoyed with it if people literally never shut up about it (and im not talking about this thread specifically)
I just know more than a few people that think it’s the greatest thing ever and aside from that first hour or so I think it kinda sucks and for a second there that opinion was like, I insulted your dead father while simultaneously having sex with your mother or something |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.31.24 | And budgie I do not remember enough of the random shit that got thrown at you in the movie but it may have zombies, I truly do not remember |
Ryus
08.31.24 | eeaao is annoying and unfunny yeah
challengers 4/5 very fun |
budgie
08.31.24 | omg ryus how could u not like eeiieeiioo ur such a socially undeveloped underground dwelling humanoid |
JeetJeet
08.31.24 | Kinds of Kindness - 7/10. Best thing Yorgos has done since The Lobster
Trap - 4/10. Complete dogshit and the worst movie I've seen all year so far |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.31.24 | Thats disappointing because wow who would’ve thought that m night would be the kind of guy to come up with a brilliant idea for a movie only to fuck it up
I’ll still watch eventually because I’m glad to see Josh Hartnett get some work but man what a let down it’s been to see people trash it |
budgie
09.01.24 | borderlands was not great i was not paying attn for the second half of the film. bummer 2/5
trap was super awesome until the third act which was super unawesome. prob 3/5 because hartnetts character was a lot of fun and there was a cool stylization to the film. but that last act was clunky as hell |
Anthracks
09.01.24 | between the temples (2024) - 7/10
amelie (2001) - 6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.02.24 | Strange Darling was tight, I don’t wanna say more but people should watch it |
Faraudo
09.02.24 | I finally saw Longlegs, it turned out to be the exact kind of film I wanted. The atmosphere and the vibes are all on fucking point |
BaselineOOO
09.02.24 | Trap (2024) - Josh Hartnett was divine and the movie was better than Shyamalan's last two, but still heavily flawed - 5.1/10
Longlegs (2024) - dogshit - 1.6/10 |
MillionDead
09.02.24 | Cool to see Strange Darling getting love. I just went to see Inside Out 2 out of sheer boredom last night and it was just so fucking mid. Just a cash grab that didn't need to be made, it was so redundant and unnecessary compared to the first. |
IsisScript80
09.02.24 | ^ Haven't seen it, but it's been clear for some time that Disney has irrevocably fucked Pixar (like it does basically everything). |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.02.24 | Yeah I kinda came to that realization when I saw Incredibles 2. movie was beyond mid. Sure it looked great but it felt fucking soulless.
That really might’ve been the first movie to make me see how so many parent companies just see it as a money making operation and not an outlet for artistic expression. |
Deathconscious
09.02.24 | Ice Age. Liked it as a kid but found it to be really mediocre as an adult.
101 Dalmatians. Still great.
A Goofy Movie. Total masterpiece.
Alien. Probably my favorite horror movie along with The Lighthouse. |
MillionDead
09.02.24 | I liked Incredibles 2 but it definitely wasn't a classic like the first. It used to be that even a megacorp like Disney believed in a certain degree of quality as means of selling a product but now they just spit out whatever tripe because they're too big to fail and their fan-drones lap it up. Sure they've had duds even decades ago, but there's no incentive to put in the effort at all anymore. Disney pretty much fucked up superheroes for me too, it's a cruel media landscape. |
KevinKC
09.03.24 | Borderlands was fine.
I don't know all the fuss about this movie. The last ten minutes were dull but the 1h20min before were good entertainment/action/adventure. |
denboy
09.03.24 | you have the most amazing takes |
KevinKC
09.03.24 | I just expected a lot worse. It's not a great movie, but it wasn't bad.
It made 31 millions with a budget of 120 so, I really expected a horrendous carnage. It was just nothing special. I've seen worse movies being celebrated. |
Egarran
09.03.24 | The hate for Borderlands is just liberal virtue signaling. |
AlexKzillion
09.03.24 | "trap was super awesome until the third act which was super unawesome. prob 3/5 because hartnetts character was a lot of fun and there was a cool stylization to the film. but that last act was clunky as hell"
this was my exact take yeah. once they leave the arena it devolves into something almost unwatchable but the first hour+ is some of the best work of m night's career. 3/5 and one of the most frustrating films to come out this year. |
Scheumke
09.03.24 | Rocketman - 6,5/10 - Eggsy did a pretty good job which was quite corny at times but it helped that he a pretty great backcatalog of songs to work with. I was entertained throughout but it didn't stay with me all that much. |
KevinKC
09.03.24 | "The hate for Borderlands is just liberal virtue signaling."
I don't understand. The movie ticked quite a few liberal boxes I believe. There even is a woman with unnaturally colored hair !
And Jack Black was the comic relief as SpoungeBob SquareRobot. |
denboy
09.03.24 | "I don't understand"
that much is clear |
KevinKC
09.03.24 | (yawn) |
Anthracks
09.04.24 | as above, so below (2014) - 2/10
jeepers creepers (2001) - 2/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.04.24 | @alex
Well that actually makes me wanna watch it. I’ll probably wait til streaming tho, unless there’s maybe a matinee in the next couple of days |
Winesburgohio
09.04.24 | all u recalcitrants discussing shit-ass blockbusters when you could be exposing yourself to cinema like Bresson's "The Devil, Probably" (rewatch, 8/10, his least "economical" and most despairing project that *doesn't* make facile assertions about purported nobility in suffering - it's just suffering all the way down here. also not misery porn! quite stylish) or perhaps Jason Wright's "Finding Jesus" (11/10) |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.04.24 | Wow dude you seem like loads of fun |
Ryus
09.04.24 | wines have u seen my dinner with andre |
AlexKzillion
09.04.24 | saw 2001: a space odyssey in 70mm... i had some pretty lofty expectations for this and it completely surpassed them. 10/10
also saw blink twice (2024) yesterday which was okay i guess??? very heavy handed with its themes and has a very dumb ending, but is an overall decently fun time? 6/10 |
Feather
09.04.24 | Has anyone here ever watched the youtube series Marble Hornets? Watched the first 2 'seasons' the last couple days and they create such a good creepy atmosphere. |
Gameofmetal
09.04.24 | Blink Twice - fun, kind of in the Emerald Fennel camp of social commentary which maybe you should not think about too hard.
Strange Darling - very fun and twisty art thriller, however there's a lot of text and subtext that is troubling to me about it. Can't risk discussing it though without ruining the main twist which would absolutely ruin the whole movie. Excellent performances, Willa Fitzgerald is tremendous. Coils up like a spring and lets it rip multiple times throughout. |
Egarran
09.04.24 | > 2001: a space odyssey in 70mm
The most beautiful sentence in the English language. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.04.24 | @game
Regarding Strange Darling, I thought about that too at first, but my immediate reaction was “damn that was a good ass movie.”
Like you said, even bringing up the themes or whatever will completely spoil it but I fucking loved it despite that |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.04.24 | And completely agree about the Willa Fitzgerald angle. There’s no chance of it happening but she should seriously have some Oscar buzz. She was fucking incredible in that movie. Kyle Gallner was great too. |
Zac124
09.04.24 | Rewatched Lord of the Rings. Still my favourite films of all time. |
Winesburgohio
09.05.24 | @ryus i haven't and until two seconds ago i had it confused with "guess who's coming to dinner", i'll cheqq if you think it's good
i'm teasing! i like a good blockbuster as much as anyone and possibly more, although they have been shit lately. furiosa was the last one i loved |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.05.24 | Oh thank god, because I thought that was the most pretentious thing I’ve ever read on this site.
And yeah, Furiosa was fucking sweet. Totally worthy follow up to Fury Road even if it doesn’t quite reach that movie’s quality |
denboy
09.05.24 | wine thanks for introducing me to finding jesus, 10/10 |
Hyperion1001
09.08.24 | love lies bleeding (2024) - one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. truly dogshit. the result of a coke binge where you can’t that all your ideas are bad 0.5/5 |
budgie
09.08.24 | ""Kyle Gallner
love this guy. you gotta watch the passenger. hes awesome |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | @hyperion all time bad opinion, one of the best films of the year ez |
Hyperion1001
09.08.24 | there is no way a person capable of abstract thought could think that was good. horribly written, terrible characters, bad direction, heavy handed and hamfisted. just awful. |
budgie
09.08.24 | ok now im interested wheres it streamin boyos |
budgie
09.08.24 | ok ed helms pronounced the ae diphthong correctly i think that's the second time i've ever seen that in cinema first being ciaran hinds. off to a good start |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | There’s no zombies budge but I rented it on Apple TV |
budgie
09.08.24 | kristen stewart counts for like 100,000 zombies dood i love her
|
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | yeah I think you literally brought her up to me and I went on a little mini Kristen Stewart kick. I watched that, Crimes of the Future, and Personal Shopper all in a weekend |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | I’d legitimately be shocked if you didn’t at least like it |
budgie
09.08.24 | have you seen underwater
has the best reveal in cinema history
she's in it with that one french guy from la haine |
budgie
09.08.24 | dude if this turns out to be a she-hulk origin movie i swear im never talking to you again i fuckin hate superheros |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | Underwater was the next weekend. Yeah that movie turned out to be… a lot better than I thought.
And lmfao are you watching it now?? it’s not far off from a she hulk origin story haha |
budgie
09.08.24 | ya watching on web.netmovies.to
the cinematography is gorgeous might rewatch later on with a proper 4k file
score is also nice
|
budgie
09.08.24 | also there's a cute budgie 😊 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | very Tarantino inspired without feeling like one of those QT ripoffs from the naughts. Has its own voice with that distinct style. And yeah man it’s fucking gorgeous all the way thru
Idk I don’t think I know Hyperion too well but I don’t think I’ve disagreed with a film take more this entire year. For sure a top 5 for me maybe even top 3 if I sat down and gamed it out. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | Yeah just taking a quick peek at my letterboxd for the year and id put it firmly behind Dune Part 2 (which is just far and away my favorite of the year) and probably Furiosa. So yeah number 3 on the year for me
If you dig that you should also check out Strange Darling. It also feels pretty QT inspired but with its own unique twist. Both are top 5 of the year for me. |
budgie
09.08.24 | interesting. i hate tarantino movies and this doesnt remind me of his stuff at all. tarantino films are so obnoxiously stylistic, with editing and dialogue, in everyway possible. this film is pretty elegant, minimal, understated. it does have that gritty americana vibe that tarantino plays with often though i get that
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budgie
09.08.24 | whats yo letterboxd im gonna look to see if youve seen last stop at yuma county and/or the passenger and yell at you accordingly |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | Maybe more of the sudden bursts of violence and natural sounding but still very entertaining dialogue.
I think that’s why I dig these two movies so much, and not something like fucking Boondock Saints or something. They very much have their own identities but with little flourishes that remind me of Quentin |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | https://letterboxd.com/deadbeathero/
Much like music on here, I don’t rate EVERYTHING that I’ve seen. Usually just stuff that had a strong impact on me or something that I felt was either underhyped or overrated. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | Okay somehow Yuma slipped by me, that immediately looks intriguing, might have to fire that up tonight. And I know some folks that have been hyping up Passenger so that’s on the list. |
budgie
09.08.24 | oh yeah man, the passenger with kyle gallner, and yuma with jim cummings, put them on your shortlist. yuma is my fav film in yeeeears. and actually that one does have a tarantino thing going on hahaha. |
budgie
09.08.24 | 1.5 for malignant hahaha i gave it even lower i think but nice work |
budgie
09.08.24 | blue ruin, prisoners, three billboards, nice |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | Okay I literally know nothing of Yuma. the gf is coming over tomorrow so I guess we’ll have something to watch.
Blue Ruin would honestly be number 5 on my profile if you could have that many. I’ve shown so many people Green Room and most of them loved it but hardly any have ended up checking out Blue Ruin. Maybe Green Room was just too miserable for them and they don’t want something even more depressing : P |
budgie
09.08.24 | have you seen murder party? same director has green room & blue ruin. it's my fav. it's very different though. pure horror comedy |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.08.24 | I’ve been meaning to watch it forever, that and Hold the Dark (tho I’ve heard less good things about that one) |
gabba
09.08.24 | I liked Love Lies Bleeding, had similar vibes to Candy Land, an entertaining mindfuck flick.
Blue Ruin is among my fave small-time revenge movies, it’s perfect. Have you all seen Animal Kingdom? That’s another one. |
Hyperion1001
09.08.24 | idk guys the final scene had some of the most cringeworthy dialogue I’ve ever seen I literally laughed out loud when her and Ed Harris were talking to each other.
and the cinematography wasn’t even good it was clearly all post processed. there were several times where I could easily tell a location shot was just in some warehouse on a backlot. |
budgie
09.08.24 | candy land 😍 i will give animal kingdom a look see |
budgie
09.08.24 | hyp if you want ham fisted i dare you to watch black summer 2019 or lucky 2020 |
unclereich
09.08.24 | love lies bleeding is fucking terrible |
budgie
09.08.24 | u r obviously a transphobe |
unclereich
09.08.24 | big if true |
budgie
09.09.24 | did ya watch yuma wildbutt |
AlexKzillion
09.09.24 | watched all of martin mcdonagh's films the last few weeks
in bruges > banshees > 7 psychopaths >>>>>> three billboards
kinda dumbfounded at how beloved three billboards is. lots of great performances but like if you just sit and think about it for five minutes the whole thing unravels. horribly tone deaf and almost insulting to the viewer at points |
Winesburgohio
09.09.24 | oh man have u seen Calvary? best of the brothers by some distance just imo |
denboy
09.09.24 | May December
I really really enjoyed this, but I can't really articulate why.
The acting is phenomenal
The ending is hilarious, but not in a laugh out loud kind of way
I've absolutely loved the last 10 movies or so I've watched so I got concerned that I was losing any sense of taste, so to double check we watched twilight
and oh my god, what an impressive display of absolute incompetence
the kristen stewart bobble-head acting was something else |
AlexKzillion
09.09.24 | oh damn i didn't even realize there was a brother, might have to check then |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.09.24 | oh Alex what?
I think I’d put In Bruges ahead of Billboards but that’s a damn fine film imo |
AlexKzillion
09.09.24 | idk man i had soooo many problems with that film
- the scene where frances mcdormand talks to the cgi deer is awful
- the flashback scene where mcdormand screams "i hope you get raped!" at her daughter was totally necessary
- literally everything involving peter dinklage's character and the ex-husband's gf
- sam rockwell is a the most racist homphobic pos you'll ever meet the entire film and then reads woody herralson's letter and all the sudden... isn't anymore?
- every conversation herralson has with his wife made my skin crawl despite clearly being intended as heartwarming and funny. dude just leaves his two daughters alone in the middle of a field so he can go fuck his wife behind the bushes (just like any normal police commissioner would), when all the town can talk about is the potentially still at large murder-rapist
- of course the only two black people in the town's sole purpose in the movie is to help mcdormand (even after getting wrongfully detained), and of course they end up together at the end of the movie.
i just ultimately found the film to have absolutely nothing constructive to say about anything while also being completely unfunny. all mcdonagh's films walk that very fine line and its impressive that he's done that successfully 3/4 times. dude gets great performances from everyone and saves it from being a real turd but his writing completely fails it imo. |
Scheumke
09.09.24 | Banshees is still easily my favorite film I've seen this year. It ticked all my boxes. Haven't seen any of McDonagh's other films yet but In Bruges has been on my watchlist for a while. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | lmfao budge I’m 20 mins into Yuma and this is Tarantino as fuck why don’t you like him?? |
KevinKC
09.10.24 | @AlexKzillion.
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri is a far more complex movie than it appears to be. I think that it is worth it to give it a chance.
for example: Bill Willoughby leaves his daughter alone in a field when there's a killer/rapist at large.
This could be terrible writing. Or maybe, it is meant to stick out so that we question ourselves: is there truly a risk ? Is there a killer/rapist ? After all, it's Bill who lead the investigation, he might know something we don't. The movie is telling us something.
Jason Dixon stops being racist suddenly. Or maybe, he never was and there's a real reason behind his violent behaviors.
Mildred's "I hope you get raped" is cringe because we perceive it as a very clumsy and forced way of insisting on the tragic dimension of the story. But it can be perceived as something else. Like the literal reason why everything happened. |
budgie
09.10.24 | its amazin wildbutt isnt it???? |
EoinCofa
09.10.24 | baby reindeer - seriously wtf?! So-called-victim was self-absorbed brought it all on himself
1408 - cool flick |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | budge, I’m gonna be completely honest, I really did like it, but man it’s literally just Reservoir Dogs 2024 lmfao |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | I will say that the sheriff character got more depth and showed a lot more acting chops than I expected tho |
budgie
09.10.24 | how dare u |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | @alex
Yknow it’s been a minute so maybe I’ll give it another watch keeping that in mind but I’ve seen it twice man and I just think it’s fucking jaw dropping. I love that movie |
Asdfp277
09.10.24 | shrek 2 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | budge I’m sorry man I love you but that was straight up Tarantino as fuck lmfao
3.5/5 |
budgie
09.10.24 | i gave it a 4.5 and watched it like 4 times, i just love it. and it has a bunch of horror movie actors. so fun
now on to murder party & the passenger
|
Wildcardbitchesss
09.10.24 | Seeing Richard Brake was nice! It seems (at least from what I’ve seen) he can’t shake being the villain in literally everything but he’s always great. I’m also a Rob Zombie Halloween 2 apologist so there’s that.
Tho it would be nice if we got to see him in a leading role, I don’t think I’ve seen a single film where he’s lead? |
budgie
09.10.24 | & jim cummings (wolf of snow hollow) & jocalin donahue (house of the devil) & gene jones (the sacrament) & barbara crampton (reanimator) & alex essoe (starry eyes). fuck! all star horror cast. fuck i want more |
Deathconscious
09.14.24 | Civil War. Solid movie, but Garland has done a lot better. |
budgie
09.15.24 | is it just me or does yellowstone suck, am i missing something, i got the impression it was a hyped up show |
unclereich
09.15.24 | No better example of a boomer show in history. It stinks. I always think of Carlin when I see cowboy related media. “Getting pretty tired of these guys walking around in cowboy hats and cowboy boots. You ever see these jack-offs? Can't we kill some of these motherfuckers?“
|
budgie
09.15.24 | thanks
don't get how it's from the same dude who wrote wind river, which was killer |
Anthracks
09.15.24 | wise guy: david chase and the sopranos (2024) - 8/10
good one (2024) - 7/10 |
butt.
09.16.24 | I watched wind river not realizing who the director was and within 10 minutes I turned to my wife and was like "wow is this basically just like a feature film version of yellowstone??" and then after seeing another 3-4 mutual actors between the two I looked it up and was like ok yup that makes sense |
omgbecky
09.16.24 | Omg, Civil War was not the movie that I thought it was going to be. Watched it in theater & felt so bamboozled at the end. The movie really stuck with me. The more I thought of it, the more I grew to like it.
I watched a hint of 1408 the other night at work and I got hooked. |
KevinKC
09.16.24 | I liked Civil War a lot. |
budgie
09.16.24 | 1408 is super fun. i love horror where the environment is playing tricks on you |
loveisamixtape
09.16.24 | 4800 comments is crazy |
omgbecky
09.16.24 | Have any of you guys watched Cube? |
budgie
09.16.24 | quite a while back i dont remember much other than that i was entertained |
unclereich
09.16.24 | Cube is very overrated imo the acting is so bad |
loveisamixtape
09.16.24 | i watched Cube recently actually and i liked it. saw the twist coming from a mile away but i mean. not a painful watch
my most recent two are:
Grizzly Man - herzog documentary about timothy treadwell. very good and oddly haunting
10 cloverfield lane - it was alright, i love john goodman often so |
budgie
09.16.24 | alright?
10 cloverfield lane
alright???
that is a masterpiece
also if you havent, goodman is in a religious thriller called red state, super excellent film, seems to fly under the radar |
protokute
09.16.24 | The Apartment (1960) - It's okay. And too long.
Out of The Blue (1980) - A very peculiar, but intriguing film directed by Dennis Hopper. Linda Manz acting on this was one of the most moving performances I've seen in a while. |
WretchedCacophony
09.16.24 | "also if you havent, goodman is in a religious thriller called red state, super excellent film, seems to fly under the radar"
just from the title I had to wince and assume it would be quite bad. based on imdb I imagine it must be pretty cringe. I can imagine why it flies under the radar
Recently watched Star Wars episode IV again and found it underwhelming. Battle scenes where the characters are under fire, without cover, for more than a second irk me. It's impossible to have so many blasters miss
Also watched White Chicks for the first time... it's quite bad :D |
budgie
09.16.24 | "
just from the title I had to wince and assume it would be quite bad. based on imdb I imagine it must be pretty cringe. I can imagine why it flies under the radar"
if you think it must suck because it sounds like a liberal hit piece or something, it's not. it's basically waco siege but horrorified |
WretchedCacophony
09.16.24 | It sounds interesting enough to check out as a horror movie but the concept of "othering" a group is annoying, justified or otherwise. Plenty of that going on all the time especially now with Haitian's in Ohio. Funny how we can't seem to get past that. |
CugnoBrasso
09.16.24 | No movies lately but fap sessions galore!!! :D!! |
budgie
09.16.24 | believe me when i say the only othering is "red" in the title, it's about a crazy religious cult who fights against the police, there's no topical politics or culture war or highminded statements or whatever, it also was filmed in 2010 or so which was well before the country split into bipartisanship. it's just an excellent religious thriller with john goodman
WATCH IT
|
Hyperion1001
09.16.24 | red state is directed by Kevin smith who is the worst director of all time so there is no chance it is even remotely watchable. |
budgie
09.16.24 | see? it's great |
Egarran
09.16.24 | >just from the title I had to wince
Doesn't take a lot, does it? Definitely a creepy movie. |
gabba
09.16.24 | Kevin Smith made a movie where Alanis Morissette plays god, how cool is that? |
Ryus
09.16.24 | lawrence of arabia in theaters in 70mm. absolutely gorgeous, but everything after the intermission is pretty messy. mostly great though, loved parts of it 4/5 |
KevinKC
09.16.24 | Red State was fine. |
butt.
09.17.24 | Just got back from Speak No Evil. So damn good. James McAvoy is unreal |
KevinKC
09.17.24 | I disliked Speak No Evil's trailer but thought it still could totally be a great movie. I hope it is. |
Anthracks
09.18.24 | The little girl who lives down the lane (1976) - 4/10
Abigail (2024) - 2/10 |
protokute
09.18.24 | Been looking forward to watching They Live from John Carpenter for a while, I watched it last night… and I hated it. :( |
Egarran
09.18.24 | You need to back to your formative years and watch it. |
WretchedCacophony
09.18.24 | Anyone seen Reservoir Dogs? Been wanting to watch it again for a while. Pretty badass and fairly grisly movie |
gabba
09.18.24 | I will never forget Mr. Pink, the only pro in the gang. I can relate to that. |
Egarran
09.18.24 | Here I am, stuck in the middle with you. |
KevinKC
09.18.24 | Mars Express is good. |
Hyperion1001
09.19.24 | mortuary (2005) - tobe hooper cannot make a good film to save his life. im fully convinced Texas chainsaw was an accident. 1/5 |
Deathconscious
09.19.24 | Watched the Toy Story trilogy, probably for the first time as an adult. First one is a stone cold classic, third one is a perfect ending and has the biggest feels. Actually found the second one to be lacking. Never seen the fourth one and idk if i can be bothered to watch it. Idk where they could go from the third one, and it has such a strong ending that they probably should have left it be. |
Klekticist
09.19.24 | cabaret and something idr |
KevinKC
09.19.24 | Everything Everywhere all at Once Oscarized for best movie 2022 must be one of the most ridiculous best movies of Oscars history.
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KevinKC
09.19.24 | The Fabelmans is quite good. |
Egarran
09.20.24 | Which best movie oscars were deserved? |
WretchedCacophony
09.20.24 | "Watched the Toy Story trilogy"
yo this is good idea. I don't remember much at all from the movies (and don't remember anything from the second one) but I did play a Toy Story PC game 20 years ago I really enjoyed lol |
JoylessBastard
09.20.24 | Half Nelson and Requiem for a Dream - the addiction double up. |
WretchedCacophony
09.20.24 | Requiem for a Dream is a dope movie. Can't imagine why my friends didn't feel happy at the end though ): |
KevinKC
09.21.24 | "Which best movie oscars were deserved?"
There's no impartial "best picture" and in that sense, the Oscar can never be literally "deserved."
But I expect the winner of the Oscar for best picture and the nominated movies to be at least serious, good, interesting, to have substance.
Everything Everywhere All at Once was not a good movie. I understand that there are things to talk about in it. Sure. A bit as if in the next Mission:Impossible movie, there was a scene where Ethan Hunt would be seen running naked in a chicken factory while pursued by purple horses. This would attract attention, but it wouldn't make for a good scene or a good movie. |
budgie
09.21.24 | damn i didnt give anything above a 2.5 for 2024. sad year for horror but i still havent seen longlegs |
Egarran
09.21.24 | Kevin, which best movie oscars were deserved? I believe it's a fair question. |
markjamie
09.21.24 | Recently, Parasite and Moonlight were deserved I think. |
BaselineOOO
09.21.24 | Rojo no Ruka / Kyrie no Uta (2023) - 10/10
No Hard Feelings (2023) - 3/10
Blue Collar (1978) - 6/10
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budgie
09.21.24 | thats 3 movies dummy |
gabba
09.21.24 | Fatal Attraction (1987) - dumb thriller with Michael Douglas and Glenn Close, 2/10
Chungking Express (1994) - weird, but lovely arthouse movie from Hong Kong, 7/10 |
denboy
09.22.24 | i couldn't get into chunking express because I'm so racist I didn't realise it switched characters until it was way too late |
gabba
09.22.24 | Ha, indeed, it is far less obvious than in Lost Highway for example. But maybe it’s the police uniform and not your cross-face bias. |
denboy
09.22.24 | It's a shame because it's way up my alley, and I did enjoy the third story. I really should rewatch it |
gabba
09.22.24 | There’s no third story in the movie as far as I saw it, lol. But this adds to the beauty of it. |
BaselineOOO
09.22.24 | Fallen Angels was much better and cuter than Chunking Express. This was my opinion 10 years ago when I've watched some Wong Kar-wai movies tho |
gabba
09.22.24 | Still need to watch that one, has been on my list for a while. |
denboy
09.22.24 | lol how fitting i would misremember that, it's been ages though
putting fallen angels on the list |
DType
09.22.24 | Mother (2009): it was ok ish at the beginning, then sort of intriguing then it dragged a hecking lot, i was far too bored to care anymore so i didn't finished it.
Parasite (2019): I finally decided to watch it and it didn't disappoint, the praise is totally justified, fantastic film, i was entertained all the way through, 8.5/10 |
Egarran
09.22.24 | A very deserved best picture oscar. |
zaruyache
09.23.24 | I saw The Substance yesterday and boyo boy it actually made my stomach a little queasy but it rocked so hard. Demi Moore queen forever. |
protokute
09.23.24 | 13 going on 30 almost made me cry last night, great movie |
Egarran
09.23.24 | From laughter? |
AlexKzillion
09.23.24 | the substance (2024) 8/10 - this is absolutely as disgusting as advertised. almost wanted to walk out during the last half hour. its a long movie and i was begging for it to be over at points but in the best way possible. there's a few cinemasins type plot holes but thought the sheer audaciousness more than made up for it. the sound design is also pretty great. i will never subject myself to this again.
whiplash (2014) 9/10 - 10th anniversary screening. being the drummer of my own high school jazz band, i had been recommended this movie dozens of times so kinda couldn't miss it. my experience wasn't anywhere near as intense as this but it really put into perspective how difficult and anxiety inducing being a jazz band drummer actually was. you're completely on your own and your charts are more or less up to your own interpretation unlike the rest of the band. there's nowhere to hide as you're by far the loudest instrument. really great ending here, jk simmons knocks it out of the park. |
denboy
09.23.24 | alex i think you'll appreciate this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r3QX3gCpy4
or even better, the version where it's edited with the movie
https://vimeo.com/377436342 |
protokute
09.23.24 | @Egarran
No... But I also sincerely laughed like I haven't in a while |
Egarran
09.23.24 | Sounds good. Any kind of movie crying is nice. |
KevinKC
09.23.24 | "Kevin, which best movie oscars were deserved? I believe it's a fair question."
I liked The Shape of Water. but look at the ten nominees of that year:
Darkest Hours, Dunkerque, Pentagon Papers, Phantom Thread, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Call me by your Name.
Great movies.
(There also was Get Out but it's very overrated) |
Egarran
09.24.24 | Agreed, most of those movies were better than The Shape of Water. |
WretchedCacophony
09.24.24 | "the substance (2024) 8/10 - this is absolutely as disgusting as advertised"
yeah there's no way I could watch this movie without waking up on the floor :/ |
gabba
09.24.24 | I hated the one-dimensional characters and the didactic storytelling of The Shape of Water, it was an extremely dumb choice for the best picture award imo. Call Me..., Get Out, Phantom Thread and Three Billboards... were all far better movies. |
DType
09.24.24 | Get Out was aight imo, not bad, just fine |
AlexKzillion
09.24.24 | got invited to an advanced screening for 'a different man' (schimberg) last night. great great film broke into my top 5 of the year. |
zakalwe
09.24.24 | Has there been a decent comedy in the last ten years? |
Hyperion1001
09.24.24 | no. |
gabba
09.24.24 | There’s Something About Mary is probably the last comedy I saw (around its release) that I’d re-watch. |
FurtherDown
09.24.24 | I hated Substance tbh.. liked the concept and the third act was quite delicious but overall it was like an overly long episode of Black Mirror without any surprises... and while criticizing showbiz exploiting actors it felt too much like a commercial, the aggresive visual style was quite unappealing for me... Kinds of Kindness and Longlegs are far more interesting in every way. |
KevinKC
09.24.24 | "Has there been a decent comedy in the last ten years?"
I thought No Hard Feelings was good and funny.
"Get Out was aight imo, not bad, just fine" Well, I think it was overrated but it's not a movie I would call bad either.
"I hated the one-dimensional characters and the didactic storytelling of The Shape of Water"
Well. I don't know how to answer that because I think Elisa Esposito the good hearted mute is actually selfish and evil, so I don't perceive the movie as truly one-dimensional. |
protokute
09.24.24 | Wild Tales (2014) is a great comedy. |
zakalwe
09.24.24 | I’ll give it a go |
budgie
09.24.24 | @zak
slaxxx (2020) black friday (2021) werewolves within (2021) cursed friends (2022) the night sitter (2018) tone-deaf (2019) extra ordinary (2019) housebound (2014) the bar (2017) burying the ex (2014) small town killers (2017) satanic panic (2019) aquaslash (2019) zombeavers (2014) and of course the highly underrated haunting on fraternity row (2018) |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.24.24 | they’re obvious but come on guys those 21 Jump Street movies were hilarious. The moment Ice Cube realizes Jonah Hill is fucking his daughter is one of the funniest fucking things I’ve ever seen in a movie |
budgie
09.24.24 | i think those are older than a decade huh |
KevinKC
09.25.24 | 21 Jumper street movies felt like oasis.
Spy, Ghostbusters 2015 (All negative aspects aside, it had good jokes), The Heat, Deadpool 1&2, Bullet Train.
Also, I loved Roadhouse, this year.
I thought it was a wonderful movie.
I mean. Image turning an action movie with ridiculous premises where a bouncer also has a degree in philosophy... into a real philosophy essay about the role of violence in the structure of society and its difficult relationship with morality. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.25.24 | … fuck |
budgie
09.25.24 | yeah right dude
i would have appreciated the early 2010s more if i knew the world would fall into constant unending decline after 2014 or so |
gabba
09.25.24 | the world has always been in constant decline, or at least since the police academy movies came out
Wild Tales was a good one indeed, especially the car chasing episode
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Wildcardbitchesss
09.27.24 | Full spoilers for Bad Lieutenant:
I honestly don’t know how I feel about it. My first two thoughts leaving the theater was 1. “Damn Harvey Keitel carried the fuck out of that movie” and 2. “I never want to watch it again.”
But sitting on it for a couple of hours now, maybe making me uncomfortable as fuck was the point? I dunno. I fully understand the whole Catholicism angle, he essentially died for the sins of the rapists after the nun’s monologue. I just feel like there were so many scenes that just draaaaaaaaggged. Like the traffic stop scene, I’m glad they didn’t go any further with it, because it was disgusting enough as it is, but did it really need to go on for what felt like 10 minutes? And just the endless scenes of him shooting up? It really felt like this movie has so many needless shots of just nothing happening.
I will say though, the scene near the end, from Harvey trying to convince her to reveal the identity of the rapists through him literally (okay not *literally*) kissing the feet of Christ was absolutely incredible and made the entire film worth it for me.
A lot of good (maybe not even intentional) dark humor too. This guy whips out his gun more than Frank Reynolds.
Idk, 3/5 maybe? I’m not watching it again so I guess that’s just gonna be my opinion of it forever. Like I’ve seen some gnarly ass movies but this might be the first one where I actually mean it when I say that I’m not going to watch it again.
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Wildcardbitchesss
09.27.24 | Oh and since it’s “last two movies you watched”… Terminator 2 still rules. But the original is still better. I’ll die on that hill. |
Deathconscious
09.27.24 | Ratatouille. Very cozy movie.
Poor Things. Weird and hilarious. |
unclereich
09.27.24 | "I hated Substance tbh.. liked the concept and the third act was quite delicious but overall it was like an overly long episode of Black Mirror without any surprises... and while criticizing showbiz exploiting actors it felt too much like a commercial, the aggresive visual style was quite unappealing for me... Kinds of Kindness and Longlegs are far more interesting in every way."
funny I thought the third act sucked. reminded me of the suspiria remake, just kind of ruined the movie |
Winesburgohio
09.28.24 | i exhort you to all see Megalopolis in order to tell your grandchildren one day that you saw it in theatres. you may love it, hate it, or love and hate it, but you will not regret seeing it.
I thought The Substance was kinda stupid and shallow. New French Extremity was a mistake and we don't need more! that said i am extremely squemish |
denboy
09.28.24 | Thanks for the reminder, it looks like it's only running for one more week around here |
unclereich
09.28.24 | >i exhort you to all see Megalopolis in order to tell your grandchildren one day that you saw it in theatres. you may love it, hate it, or love and hate it, but you will not regret seeing it
id argue the same could be said for substance lol |
Winesburgohio
09.28.24 | yes i agree actually! |
Anthracks
09.28.24 | bram stoker's dracula (1992) - 7/10
marcel the shell with shoes on (2021) - 8/10 |
gabba
09.28.24 | Re-watched Dracula recently, found it disappointing, couldn’t grasp the tension, didn’t care for the characters. Nosferatu is better by miles. |
DadKungFu
09.28.24 | Rewatched Sicario, it's a mostly bad movie
Watched The Devil, Probably, it's a very good movie
New French Extremity was a mistake [2]
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Egarran
09.28.24 | Haven't seen Nosferatu yet. Any other good vampire movies from the last ~10 years? |
zakalwe
09.28.24 | Bram Stokers Dracula 7/10!!!
Christ. |
Egarran
09.28.24 | Christ has no power in this castle. |
gabba
09.28.24 | Arthouse vampire movies from the not so distant past that I really liked:
Byzantium (2012)
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) |
Egarran
09.28.24 | Thanks. For some reason I have Only Lovers on DVD, I should probably watch it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.28.24 | Only one I’ve seen is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night but I’ll second that. Great movie. |
unclereich
09.28.24 | only lovers left alive is brilliant |
Deathconscious
10.01.24 | Doomsday (2008). Saw it when i was a teenager and liked it, watched it again expecting some dumb fun but its not good. |
Faraudo
10.01.24 | How is Sicario a "mostly bad movie" lmao |
KevinKC
10.01.24 | I liked Sicario a lot but I can understand why someone would find it bad. |
KevinKC
10.01.24 | Wolfs was awesome. I really like Jon Watts. |
FurtherDown
10.01.24 | "Arthouse vampire movies from the not so distant past"
Let the right one in (2008) though. Saw it in theatre when I was 13 years old and it traumatized the hell out of me.
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FurtherDown
10.01.24 | And I'm planning to see Thirst (2009) which I will most likely love. |
Winesburgohio
10.01.24 | @DadKungFu nice, i love that movie!!! more and more every rewatch. feel like it's very "prescient" as well as quite personal (...or aspirational)
Derek Jarman retrospective here in WGTN and seeing Blue as it was meant to be screened was really special for sure, and Richard II is a Gay Riot (good thing). Anyone wanting to dip their toes into experimental advised to check. Will probably ask Milo to one of them and then see if he wants to smoke a cigarette behind the bike shed
Kurasawa retrospective in Auckland later this month! 7 films!!!!!!! unmissable |
AlexKzillion
10.01.24 | megalopolis... was............... okay?? maybe pretty good?? not aging so well in my mind two days later |
Winesburgohio
10.02.24 | questions of quality are irrelevant it's all about the SPECTACLE |
Anthracks
10.02.24 | megalopolis (2024) - 6/10
sleep (2023) - 7/10
not everything in megalopolis worked, but i thought it made some really good observations here and there (despite coming on too heavy-handed, made good points despite), was consistently entertaining in addition to that, and i enjoyed the overall optimism of it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.02.24 | Had the day off so I went on a little David Fincher kick.
Finally watched the Killer, thought it was pretty damn good but definitely doesn’t reach his best work imo. Rewatched Gone Girl, still holds up and is probably my favorite of his movies. Next up is Social Network, which I’ve actually never seen but I know a lot of film buffs love it.
Probably not ever gonna watch Mank. I have zero interest in the subject matter and it seems pretentious as all hell. Might watch the Game later if I got time, that and Social Network (and Mank) are the only Fincher flicks I haven’t seen |
gabba
10.02.24 | Gone Girl is great, but I hated Social Network, probably because I wasn’t interested in the story and all the characters were repulsive. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.02.24 | I’m going into it completely expecting that lol |
Gameofmetal
10.02.24 | Megalopolis - utterly terrible movie but about as hysterically funny in places as it is deeply dull in others.
The Substance - the crazy end piece might lumber on a bit too long, maybe the point even, but overall ruled. |
Gameofmetal
10.02.24 | Megalopolis is literally atlas shrugged for ancient liberals lol. |
KevinKC
10.03.24 | Deadpool 3 looked like all the budget went on Hugh Jackman. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.03.24 | *game
goddamn that’s some scathing criticism. I was already on the fence but that literally convinced me to just go see substance this weekend instead |
FurtherDown
10.03.24 | Zodiac > Social Network > rest of Fincher's movies
I'm fine with placing any of them on the top though (haven't seen Alien 3, Mank and Benjamin Button) |
JeetJeet
10.03.24 | Blink Twice - 7.5/10. Really liked this. Channing Tatum gives a really great performance in it, probably his best one idk I don't really watch a lot of shit he's in but it looks like a career highlight for him
The Substance - 10/10 my god this was the most jaw-dropping shit I've seen this year in a theater. Absolute madness. Nobody was at the showing I went to tho so I was literally solo in that bitch just watching this insanity on the big screen, kinda wish there was a crowd with me :( |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.03.24 | Literally have a ticket to see it Saturday night solo and no one else has bought any seats so I’m in the same boat as you chief
Stoked to see it |
JeetJeet
10.03.24 | Wildcard brother you're in for a treat cus that movie is just wildddd |
mindleviticus
10.03.24 | Grave of the Fireflies - 10/10 man I can't tell you how hard I cried after watching this, it's devastating
Inside Out 2 - 8/10 actually really enjoyed it, funnier than the first movie and Anxiety's a super relateable character |
mindleviticus
10.03.24 | oh didn't realize this is a fucking 4 year old list |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.04.24 | eh we’re consistently posting on it man nbd |
Egarran
10.04.24 | How dares a thread being 4 years old, this is unheard of. |
AlexKzillion
10.04.24 | i read all the reviews and spoilers for joker 2 knowing i wasn't gonna see it, only for my date tomorrow night to be like "omg, joker 2 is out, we HAVE to see it" |
Egarran
10.04.24 | The things we do for love. |
4N4LB34D5
10.04.24 | The Substance was absolutely batshit insane!! one of the funnest movie experiences i've had in a while.
also finally got around to seeing Suzume, and i absolutely loved that as well! visuals were stunning, although some of the CGI looked just a liiiiiiittle bit wonky at times. shit had me crying by the end. i'm a big softy when it comes to anime |
AlexKzillion
10.04.24 | the crowd at my viewing of the substance was annoying af for the first hour or so. people talking, going on phones etc etc but at a certain point (prob sue's date night) the movie sorta forced everyone to shut the fuck up and i really have to applaud that |
denboy
10.05.24 | Finally got around to watching Dream Scenario
Good stuff |
gryndstone
10.05.24 | The Substance was so off-the-wall insane, and it really does benefit from seeing on the big screen. Not just for the shock factor of the movie, but the theater was packed and the last act of that movie had people screaming, gagging, laughing - first time I've appreciated actually hearing the reaction of a theatre.
Few days after that, Malignant. Oh my goodness, the 180 that movie does ALSO had me screaming and laughing. What a reveal. More horror movies like this please, for the love of god |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.05.24 | That’s why I just go to the Alamo in my town. It’s twice the distance as our closest AMC but I don’t have to yell at people to shut the fuck up or deal with any of that shit. They will literally kick you out if you’re being disruptive. To me that’s worth the extra drive and you get used to the waiters running in and out, they’re discreet as hell. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.05.24 | Friend hit me up and asked me to see it earlier, which thank fucking god, I wouldn’t want to go to sleep with The Substance being the last thing I watched. I wanna get into it but spoilers
Tentative 8/10… I need time to process that one. |
Winesburgohio
10.07.24 | Ali - Fear Eats the Soul: 11/10. Fassbinder was always fascinated by miracles but tragically seemed unaware that with this movie he created one, and one so potent it merits him full canonisation. One of those rare movies that stumbles on something Real and True about love, in all it's complicated beauty, brutality, terror, transcendence. I cried like 500 times, but laughed as well too.
Not a Film but I'm watching John from Cincinatti and basically it rules that HBO were expecting a show about surfing and instead got David Milch's wordy, symbolism-laden take on territory most similar to The Leftovers (attn: wildcard?) and LOST. uneven but at it's best really, really really good |
AlexKzillion
10.07.24 | decent weekend
the outrun (2024) [6/10]: this feels like it purely exists as a saoirse ronan oscar vehicle, and while her performance is great... this film would have been way way way more effective with a more normal edit.
the wild robot (2024) [8/10]: saw this instead of joker 2 and it turned out to be a banger. liked this quite a bit more than inside out 2 even. lots of people left the theater crying including my date.
gladiator (2000) [9/10]: watched this for the first time this weekend. it totally fucks. think its the first time i've ever truly dug a joaq performance |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.07.24 | you have my attention wine |
Anthracks
10.07.24 | john from cincinnati is about quantum physics mostly fun fact. and ofc science religion binary (john from cincinnati...jesus fuckin christ) |
BAT
10.08.24 | caught a showing of 'tetsuo the iron man' in theaters, perfection |
FurtherDown
10.08.24 | I had a gig with my and my friend's improv noise band in a local jazz cafe once and we wanted to bring some edge to it (we were like 20 or something) so we played Tetsuo from youtube as a back projection. At the time we got to the drill scene, half of the audience left. Sweet memories haha |
Anthracks
10.09.24 | killer klowns from outer space (1988) - 5/10
we need to talk about kevin (2011) - 6/10 |
MillionDead
10.09.24 | Joker 2 4/10. First movie was great but still really overrated, this one just sucked. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.09.24 | yeah first time reviews have successfully put me off watching a movie. Went to see Substance instead and I get the feeling I made the right choice.
And We Need to Talk About Kevin is amazing, Lynne Ramsay is brilliant. You Were Never Really Here is fucking masterful and might be Joaquin’s best performance ever, fuck Joker lol
Really wish she had more movies but this upcoming one sounds promising. |
EoinCofa
10.09.24 | Interview w/a Vampire (TV series) - I could only make it through a few episodes, contrived and lame. Definitely a different interpretation from Anne Rice’s. |
Faraudo
10.09.24 | Just saw Poltergeist (1982) for the first time. The effects look like complete ass, but the film is pretty good and I certainly understand the influence it has on modern horror. |
Gameofmetal
10.09.24 | Don't get what's supposed to be so bad about Joker 2, it's a somewhat failed musical by virtue of only really partially committing but it's a fine movie otherwise. In some ways more biting than the first one.
Interview with a Vampire tv series is fantastic. |
Deathconscious
10.09.24 | Both It movies. First one was fun, the second one i realized halfway that i was just waiting for it to be over. |
Faraudo
10.09.24 | "Don't get what's supposed to be so bad about Joker 2, it's a somewhat failed musical by virtue of only really partially committing but it's a fine movie otherwise. In some ways more biting than the first one."
I think it has to do with the hype that comes from being a sequel to the modern incel bible, because the film itself is in no way, shape or form as shitty as its being portrayed lmao
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Gameofmetal
10.09.24 | unsure that incels upset at being skewered by this anti sequel are the core of this considering letterbox has it at a 2.5 and I think mainstream critics are not hot on it either. Mark Kermode liked it though, thought his review was on point.
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it had a $200 million budget though, whoever is behind this production should be out of the industry today. It's a good looking move, but should have been in the low tens of millions. Filmmaking is so bloated money wise now. |
Faraudo
10.09.24 | I agree; there is no way that fucking Joker 2 was more expensive than Dune 2 lmao |
denboy
10.11.24 | Salems Lot
Incoherent trash |
KevinKC
10.11.24 | I haven't seen Joker 2 but it sounds like a good movie getting stoned for wrong reasons all around. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.11.24 | Damn do I wanna see it or not, pissing off incels sounds like a good time |
denboy
10.11.24 | His three daughters
A 9/10 character study absolutely torpedoed by a completely unnecessary clunker of a scene
Sucked out most of the enjoyment
God damnit |
Winesburgohio
10.12.24 | Broken Arrow - sensitive, pro-American-Indian Western with surprisingly modern sensibilities and a handful of great action set-pieces. a good heart and a good head, definitely a western for people who don't normally like westerns
Seven Samurai - Perfection itself. In cinema, 4k restoration, life: now complete. Perfection itself. A marvel of sustained creativity + ingenuity. Perfection itself |
Sharenge
10.12.24 | woah I liked Mank
woah I liked Bad Lieutenant |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.12.24 | Zone of Interest:
Yall really don’t see the parallel between this shit and what’s happening in Gaza? Shits disgusting. I don’t even know how to rate it. I hated every minute of it. Jonathan Glazer has balls of steel to say what he said. |
Anthracks
10.13.24 | the black phone (2021) - 2/10
terrifier 3 (2024) - 9/10 |
Deathconscious
10.14.24 | Stoked for Terrifier 3. |
IsisScript80
10.14.24 | "I haven't seen Joker 2 but it sounds like a good movie getting stoned for wrong reasons all around"
I haven't seen it either, but as someone who really liked the first one, the reasons I've seen for not liking it do not appear to be the wrong ones at all.
The franchise has become annoyingly politicised, but that doesn't mean it's above potentially being an overlong, pointless, courtroom-focused borefest with songs that add nothing at all (beyond runtime).
Given how bad contemporary franchise entertainment is, these repeated concerns sound very plausible. |
AlexKzillion
10.14.24 | la la land (2016): 8/10. finally watched this. really good no notes.
saturday night (2024): 7/10. fun movie with an awesome ensemble... but also doesn't have anything to really say about anything or anyone??? its far more of a breakneck montage of wacky snl lore than it is say a lorne michaels character study, but it does a good job at that. jk simmons is in this for 90 seconds and completely steals the show |
Hyperion1001
10.14.24 | maxxxine (2024) - didn’t 100% stick the landing but I see what they were going for. Mia goth stole the show as usual. probably worst of the trilogy but definitely not bad. 3/5 |
KevinKC
10.14.24 | @IsisScript80
"I haven't seen it either, but as someone who really liked the first one, the reasons I've seen for not liking it do not appear to be the wrong ones at all.
[...]
Given how bad contemporary franchise entertainment is, these repeated concerns sound very plausible."
That's the right approach to be wrong.
Liking the first one and expecting the second to work the same way, then complain about how the sequel logic is all about money and not quality.
That's how an ambitious movie get stoned. When spectators do not want it to be its own thing. |
IsisScript80
10.14.24 | ^ In this case, I'm simply happy to wait for streaming. I felt so abjectly cheated out of my time and money by that digshit new Alien movie, in the vague hope that it was a "return to form", that I'm just not in a rush to help the cash flow of projects I'm highly dubious about from the get-go.
I ask myself:
- Does everything I like inherently need a sequel/reboot?
- If it does exist, is the premise at least somewhat captivating?
- Does the product that's presented to us seem to justify the (in this case, *extensive*) runtime?
From my perspective, having consciously avoided *most* spoilers, my answer's a "no" to all of the above.
As I said, I'm mildly interested in seeing it when it's not asking me to leave my home and hand over money.
If it's a misunderstood masterpiece, that has only been slated for political or agenda reasons, I'll be happy to admit my suspicions were wrong and give it all the props it deserves. But so far, it simply doesn't compel me enough.
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AlexKzillion
10.14.24 | "I haven't seen Joker 2 but it sounds like a good movie getting stoned for wrong reasons all around"
i have literally not seen one person on the internet nor talk to anyone in real life that saw joker 2 and enjoyed it. i think its safe to say its just a dogshit movie. the nicest thing i've heard anyone say about it is "gaga and gleason are safe". i haven't even heard or read anything about its politics at all. i mostly see people say its simply boring, dumb, and antagonistic towards its audience.
just because a film is ambitious does not mean its inherently good or somehow insulated from certain criticisms. congrats to todd phillips on making an ambitiously bad movie and not just a normal bad movie i guess? i am quite glad to see this new movie is making a lot of people retroactively come around on the first movie also being dogshit. |
Anthracks
10.14.24 | a different man (2024) - 6/10
look back (2024) - 8/10 |
AlexKzillion
10.14.24 | 6/10?????? anthracks nooooo
easily top 5 of the year for me |
KevinKC
10.14.24 | @AlexKzillion. I haven't seen it. It could very well be very bad. I haven't read too much about it because I don't much care but so far, every piece of criticism of it I saw was superficial. I'll see what it's worth when I see it.
I saw The Substance. It's not bad but it also promises a lot more than it delivers. There's not much nuance or depth. At no point is it suggested that beauty isn't everything nor it opens all doors. The movie screenwriter doesn't seem to be aware of the fact that young and beautiful women aren't rare.
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DadKungFu
10.15.24 | 100 days of summer is a bad bad movie what a repellant aesthetic FUCK YOUR IPOD
Profondo Rosso was really harrowing, Dario Argento might have some issues with women or maybe it's just italians that have issues with women |
Winesburgohio
10.15.24 | yea im really looking forward to A Different Man. i'm glad the dude from under the skin got given a meaty role |
oltnabrick
10.15.24 | Beyond the Black Rainbow and Wrong Turn |
Hyperion1001
10.15.24 | wow i just watched wrong turn too sweet
black rainbow is one of my personal favorites |
Hawks
10.15.24 | Wrong Turn is so fucking awesome. Underrated classic.
Just watched good ole Hubie Halloween. One of Sandler's best and definitely his best recently. Somehow very nostalgic for me. Funny and some jump scares. Very goofy yet awesome stuff lol. Watched the always great Halloween II (original) before that. Now watching Salem's Lot original. Watched the newly released remake last night and it sucks HARD. |
Gameofmetal
10.15.24 | "i have literally not seen one person on the internet nor talk to anyone in real life that saw joker 2 and enjoyed it."
im like 5 comments above you buddy lol
"and antagonistic towards its audience"
not a real criticism and it's in fact only antagonistic to the bad fraction that deserve it for romanticizing mental illness |
Anthracks
10.15.24 | a different man is a good concept, but doesn't do anything worthwhile with the concept, nor enough to justify being a 2 hour movie. still good but nothing fantastic |
4N4LB34D5
10.15.24 | yooooooo Look Back was awesome man!! absolutely gorgeous animation. i do wish it were a little bit longer though. when The Thing happens in the latter part of the film, it just sort of comes out of nowhere and wasn't as impactful as i would have liked. maybe that was intentional though, i'm not familiar at all with the manga. regardless, it was a beautiful movie and many tears were jerked |
DType
10.16.24 | Chime (2024): I watched this one out of curiosity because is the same director of my favorite horror film of all time, Cure (1997). Chime takes a few elements from Cure but without enough time to develop them or came with a satisfying conclusion, a very short film that just leaved me indifferent at the end, 5/10
The Substance (2024): I have been delaying this one over and over but today i finally decided to watch, aaaaaand.. it didn't live up to the hype. It started very promising, i loved the semi realistic approach of the first hour and a half, but the last 40 minutes is where it kinda goes downhill for me, what was very intriguing and unique at the beginning just turned into a very on the nose and goofy mess, such a shame, 6/10
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Gameofmetal
10.16.24 | You gotta turn your freak up mate, fkin square.
Evil Dead: liked this way more on this rewatch, obv the acting and story aren't good but too much sauce not to respect a lot.
Terrifier 3: probably the best of the bunch, which isn't saying a lot since the first one is an actively worthless movie. Still generally bad acting, very dry camera work, minimal story, but the kills are a boatload of fun with more laughs and just a slightly trimmed runtime compared to 2. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.16.24 | I Saw the TV Glow was not at all what i expected. One of the more depressing movies I’ve seen in a while. The two leads were phenomenal, and the scene in at the concert was one of the best uses of music I’ve ever seen. |
Anthracks
10.16.24 | Never thought id see someone genuinely complain about the acting in terrifier. I thought it was understood and assumed with splatter movies, especially one that is a hallmark Christmas movie cum splatter kill reel. It’s all part of the charm. I thought they missed some opportunities with the Christmas theme and there were some weird gaps in the narrative, but neither of those things actually detract from the experience. It’s still my new favorite Christmas movie |
Gameofmetal
10.16.24 | It's like a half complaint, I don't really mind it for what it is and Art/Sienna are well performed roles, but just because it's a b movie grindhouse thing by intent doesn't necessarily mean it couldn't have good acting either right? |
Egarran
10.16.24 | BLANKETING FEAR
UNKNOWN TO MAN
DEMONS APPEAR
DEATH THEY COMMAND |
Sharenge
10.16.24 | Once Upon a Time in America was epic and awesome and maybe best Leone and over four hours long wowow guess I won't be watching again any time soon
Wolfs was good for a movie I had nearly zero expectation for |
rabidfish
10.17.24 | Once Upon a Time... is really good, and the ending really feels like a completion of the gangster genre as a whole. |
Anthracks
10.17.24 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) - 5/10
The Favourite (2018) - 9/10 |
BAT
10.18.24 | @furtherdown that's fucking awesome lol, there were a few walkouts at the screening. some old lady made it about 7 mins in.
and checked out 'the substance,' it was good but people trying to hype it up as like a extreme grossout next level cronenberg movie are kinda selling the movie incorrectly. it is a body horror movie but has a lot more themes going on than simply falling apart, the transformation aspects are there but it has more to do with personal issues of aging/body image/fame/etc. it has some aspects you'd see in like a satoshi kon movie |
DominionMM1
10.18.24 | “Once Upon a Time in America was epic and awesome and maybe best Leone”
maybe
but not even close
just rewatched the usual suspects and it’s still incredible |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.19.24 | watched Saturday Night, as someone who is not even remotely familiar with SNL besides knowing Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, and John Belushi and their work, I thought it was great. I can’t really speak to how on point everyone was but those three that I mentioned were fucking phenomenal so I assume pretty much everyone was playing pretty close to their real life counterparts.
Like it’s ridiculous how much those three actors have the exact energy of the three legends they played, Dylan O’Brien doesn’t really look like Dan, but he absolutely nailed the mannerisms. Chevy Chase is a hilarious asshole and that’s pretty much exactly what we get. And the guy they got for Belushi was spot on too, he gets a really heartfelt scene near the end with Gilda Radner, who is someone I only know of because of her marriage to Gene, and the scene ended up being the best in the entire film.
Totally recommend it, especially if you’re into SNL. A lot of the older folks in the crowd were laughing a bit more than us and I gotta assume it’s because we missed some in jokes |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.19.24 | oh and George Carlin. Matthew Rhys fucking crushed it. I didn’t even know it was him until after the movie ended. |
Anthracks
10.19.24 | lonely planet (2024) - 2/10 (extra point for liam hemsworth showing off his body)
smile 2 (2024) - 4/10 (thought it inferior to the first. promising start, but the last hour or so was absolutely atrocious. almost entirely reliant on cheap loud-volume jump scares. the very end was somewhat cool, but more as a teaser than a conclusion.) |
DType
10.19.24 | "just rewatched the usual suspects and it’s still incredible"
Film itself is fine but you can see the outcome from a mile away, i think it's a tad overrated
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protokute
10.19.24 | watched saltburn, one of those rare films where I didn't care for anything or anyone |
Anthracks
10.21.24 | pet sematary (1989) - 4/10
the substance (2024) - 8/10 |
KevinKC
10.21.24 | I challenge anyone to watch The Substance and not feel like eating a few prawns afterwards.
(meaning, this movie will make you want to eat prawns). |
Sharenge
10.21.24 | what's prawns, precious?? |
rabidfish
10.21.24 | Watched Duel (1971) first Spielberg movie. Fun! It's a bit repetitive with it's dynamic shots, but hey for a first film it's incredible.
6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.21.24 | lol The Substance is probably the first movie I’ve ever seen in theaters that actually disgusted me enough to get me to put down my popcorn. Glad I didn’t order a burger or chicken wings or something.
And that scene of him eating that seafood made me never want to eat again. Dennis Quaid was so fucking gross in that movie. |
Sevengill
10.21.24 | it's zombie time here. Night of the Living Dead ('69), The Fog ('80), and my all time fave, Zombi 2. |
Gameofmetal
10.21.24 | Saturday Night - don't have any nostalgia for old SNL but thought this was extremely funny and cool
Maxxxine - technically still watching it but it's fine I guess, I liked the other two more. |
KevinKC
10.21.24 | @sharenge keep your precious for your dog, creep. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.22.24 | Ya I just watched Maxxxine again and it is so fucking disappointing. I loved X, Pearl is legit one of my favorite movies ever, but the “slasher” parts never reached the level of tension in X and Mia Goth just isn’t given as much to work with as she was in Pearl… so this just winds up feeling like a lesser version of both films. Very few likable characters and a weak ass twist made this like a 6/10 max(xxine).
Mia Goth is still great, and it’s an amazing looking movie, idk, if it had been its own thing maybe I would’ve liked it more but as a follow up to two of my favorite horror movies of the last decade it’s just disappointing. |
Krpa
10.22.24 | Alien: Romulus - actually a solid Alien sequel. Back to the basics, simple and fun enough.
The Successor - a cold and twisted french thriller. Very much worth watching. |
gabba
10.22.24 | Late Night with the Devil (2023) - 6/10, until the final act it was fun, but then it went the safe way without anything surprising or shocking. It wasn't even scary. Ghostwatch (1992) did it so-so much better.
Bridge of Spies (2015) - 3/10, I wasn't expecting much, just a decent cold war spy movie, but apart from the first 10 minutes there's little reminiscent of a spy movie. Instead, I got a cheesy tale about patriotism and the importance of taking perspectives, with no tension whatsoever. Next time I'll think thrice before I check a Spielberg/Hanks combo movie. |
rabidfish
10.22.24 | For people who liked the premise of Late Night with the Devil, there is this argentinian movie called Historia de lo Oculto (history of the Occult). Same basic premise of a tv show where occult/dark magic stuff happens. It was clearly inspired by Twin Peaks S3, the atmosphere is really good. |
Deathconscious
10.23.24 | Just watched Maxxxine. Huge disappointment after Pearl. It's definitely the worst of the three, and i only thought X was decent. |
Deathconscious
10.26.24 | Watched the first Joker and Furiosa a second time. While i liked both of these on the first viewing i found i liked both of them better the second time. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.26.24 | Yeah Furiosa rules. I’ll wait til I see Anora, because that movie looks fucking amazing, but I think Furiosa might be my favorite movie of the year. |
markjamie
10.27.24 | Furiosa my favourite too. And Anora looks very promising - great use of Blondie in the trailer. |
Winesburgohio
10.27.24 | @rabid that fucking rocked my cock, so good - remarkable what they were able to fit into a brisk run-time and many ingenious moments, reminded me also of Coherence? shot 4 the rec x |
rabidfish
10.27.24 | @wines glad you enjoyed it, brah. Politics in horror is something that could go horribly bad in the wrong hands, too, so it is even more impressive how they managed to not be cringe about it. |
JeetJeet
10.27.24 | Sanctuary - 7/10. Fun lil movie about a findom and a submissive guy trying to break free from the relationship. Margaret Qualley just eats this movie up
Smile 2 - 7.5/10. Huge improvement over the first one in every way. Naomi Scott is incredible in this. |
Winesburgohio
10.28.24 | i really liked A Different Man, a bona fide tragedy! - and normally I'm not a huuuge fan of sardonic or otherwise black humour. tackled the themes of The Substance with more substance and groundedness. and there's one scene that, and hopefully this doesn't spoil anything, involves an ice-cream truck that made me howl. very good |
EphemeralEternity
10.28.24 | Long legs - 2/10 - made me bust a gut, which is a rather fierce indictment against a film that isn’t supposed to be remotely funny. Started strong then got steadily worse. Can’t understand any of the praise. It’s certainly no Turin horse.
REC 2 - 3/10 - found it on a hard drive that I was clearing out and decided I would watch a few minutes but ended up finishing the whole thing. The first is one of the better found footage horror films (which isn’t really much of an accolade), this was a major step down but when watching it at night with earphones it delivered a few scares.
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4N4LB34D5
10.28.24 | yo Long Legs's marketing was so god damned misleading. that shit was nothing like silence of the lambs, nor was it scary in the slightest. it was a goofy as fuck supernatural thriller, more akin to late night with the devil than SotL. i did have fun watching it once i came to terms with what it actually was, but i would have enjoyed it a lot more if the marketing had properly lubed me up for what was to come. i'd give it like a 6/10 |
KevinKC
10.29.24 | Saw Terrifier 1, 2, 3. I'd like to understand where Art the Clown comes from.
Is it Sienna's father who created him through drawing ? |
EphemeralEternity
10.29.24 | Longlegs was like putting every horror trope into a blender and thinking audiences will slurp it up, which I guess many of them did since it's reviews are pretty strong - I can't understand the praise from the hallowed movie critic pantheon though.
It also played its hand way too early and dumped a whole boat load of exposition on us, after which any horror was gone
Sinister committed a similar crime with the goofy black metal boogeyman |
KevinKC
10.29.24 | I saw longlegs a few months ago. I have no memory of what the movie was about or who was in it.
There was an investigation and euh... a cop got killed at the beginning knocking at a door, and in a car at the end. That's all.
Also, yeah, it wasn't good and that's why I forgot it entirely. |
FurtherDown
10.29.24 | Thirst (2009) and Blue Velvet (1986).
Had great time with both.
Longlegs was good tho. Not as scary as marketing suggested but atmospheric as hell. Style over substance probably, but absolutely worth it. |
Anthracks
10.30.24 | the wild robot (2024) - 7/10
night of the living dead (1968) - 7/10
trap (2024) - 2/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.30.24 | Blue Velvet is probably my second favorite Lynch behind Mulholland Drive. That movie is just fucking perfect in every way. |
BaselineOOO
10.30.24 | The Wild Robot (2024) - 5.2/10
Blue Velvet (1986) - 7/10 |
Gameofmetal
10.30.24 | "Style over substance probably"
style IS substance, lads |
KevinKC
10.30.24 | Not necessarily.
"Style over substance" means something. |
BaselineOOO
10.30.24 | > A24
> "style" |
Gameofmetal
10.30.24 | nah i don't think it means anything, it's just one of those phrases that's been passed around enough that people buy into it automatically. The style of a piece of art is as expressive as any other part of it, period.
"> A24
> "style"
what is this supposed to mean? A24 is just a distributor right? Even though they have the rep for the slow burn horror their actual catalogue is quite diverse. |
Gameofmetal
10.30.24 | If I gotta buy into this phrase then I'm calling the OG Evil Dead style over substance. It has terrible acting, hardly any story, not totally sure but probably pretty minimal subtextual value at a glance, but is absolutely SAUCED up with style. Its whole appeal is doing cool stuff with the camera and practical effects. |
EphemeralEternity
10.31.24 | style over substance is a tired cliche but there are some cases where it definitely applies as it's obvious they invested more into the aesthetic than the narrative/characters and were hoping that would be enough to make for a good film
For example, all of Lynch's work |
BaselineOOO
10.31.24 | The Substance (2024) is all substance. |
Colton
10.31.24 | idk if we talk about tv here but I think Mr Robot season 3 episode 8 might be the most perfect television episode i've ever seen |
JeetJeet
11.01.24 | Mr Robot is just perfect in general |
Deathconscious
11.01.24 | Nightmare on Elm Street 3. Eh. Had some cool stuff in it, but the first one is all you really need.
Trap. Holy shit that was one of the most frustratingly stupid movies ive ever seen. |
Anthracks
11.01.24 | i think it's stupid on purpose to be silly but it's still fucking awful and it doesn't work
speak no evil (2022) - 9/10
halloween II (2009) - 2/10 |
Egarran
11.01.24 | As a Dane it really is my patriotic duty to watch Speak No Evil, it just sounds so unpleasant. |
KevinKC
11.01.24 | Joker 2 feels like Todd Phillips had a gun pointed to his head and was forced to deconstruct his character because it was too problematic.
As a revenge he made a movie that had zero chance to be successful that costed 200 million dollars and that should have cost 50 at most.
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rabidfish
11.01.24 | yea he sure got 'em.
sometimes one can just say "nah, i'm not doing Joker 2. Thanks" and move on with one's life the better for it. |
NudeTayne
11.02.24 | Dragon Ball Super Heroes and Dragon Ball Super Broly |
oltnabrick
11.04.24 | Jacob’s Ladder and Suspiria |
Hyperion1001
11.04.24 | civil war (2024) - really good. everyone whining about it not taking a stance is deluded into thinking that they’re standing on the right side of things. 4/5. |
Gameofmetal
11.04.24 | Don't quite know about that reasoning or even what you mean exactly, but I liked it. The thing that's at odds with it is it seems like the civil war setting is just provocation to get people to see his really good movie about war journalism. |
IsisScript80
11.04.24 | ^ I just thought it was mostly doing pretty well until the highly contrived final act.
Turned a "good" film into a merely okay one. |
protokute
11.05.24 | Assault on Precinct 13 - Another J. Carpenter film that just didn't do it for me, so corny, felt like something out of a scene from a videogame, wasn't invested and didn't care much about anything. There are some other films from him on my watchlist, but I'm not sure if it is worth investing the time for them anymore.
Atonement - What a weird film........ The editing, production feels really off, various scenes lacks any music or atmosphere, the jumps in time, the actually very effective imagery out of nowhere (specially the parts of robbie in the war). Had suggested watching this with my mom, but she hated it, said it was too complicated lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.06.24 | Anora: I’d have to think about it but it might be the best film I’ve seen this year. Mikey Madison will probably get the Oscar considering it already won the Cannes award but she completely deserves it. She owns every single scene she’s in.
Not just that though, the movie balances so many different genres that I don’t even know how to describe it. I think the trailer really sells it short by making it seem like a (maybe edgier) ripoff of a thousand shitty romcoms. But no, it truly is something special and the last 20 minutes or so had me balancing so many different emotions that it just left me speechless. Incredible movie. I wanna see it again tbh |
denboy
11.06.24 | proto, precinct 13 is the worst carpenter film i've seen by a mile |
CugnoBrasso
11.07.24 | The last 30 minutes of The Substance are batshit crazy in the best way possible, fapped multiple times |
unclereich
11.08.24 | send da video |
BaselineOOO
11.10.24 | Blood of Rebirth (2009) - almost as good as On the Silver Globe (1988)!!!
One More Time, One More Chance (1997) [also called Moon and Cabbage] - amazing movie about ghosts, love, creative writing and chilling in the countryside, and yes it's about the legendary song composed by Masayoshi Yamazaki |
protokute
11.10.24 | @Base
Do you know where I can watch/download Tetsuo Shinohara films? |
gabba
11.10.24 | I’ve just seen Saltburn, what an awful, truly awful movie it is. Can’t believe I’ve spent two hours of my life on this. |
protokute
11.11.24 | yes, a truly vapid film |
Gameofmetal
11.11.24 | Can't relate to how offended people are by Saltburn, thought it was fun and not without a bit of meaning. Nothing too profound of course, but stylish and sexy. |
Faraudo
11.11.24 | Its a 6.5/10 lmao, solid and mindless fun. |
Anthracks
11.12.24 | anora (2024) - 9/10
sideways (2004) - 7/10
the penguin (2024) - 3/10 (tired of getting conned into watching buzz shows with video game tier writing) |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.12.24 | Heretic: if r/atheism made a horror movie. It was fine. Hugh Grant was great, the two main girls were fine, nothing too special though imo… really wasn’t a huge fan of the multiple flashbacks that revealed *how* everything happened, when it’s done well it can be a great “oh shit” moment, but if it’s done poorly it comes across as if the director thinks the audience is a bunch of idiots. Heretic does the latter, again, multiple times. Movie was fine, not worth the price of theater tickets tho
3/5
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Egarran
11.12.24 | >(tired of getting conned into watching buzz shows with video game tier writing) [2]
Latest example of this was the US elections. Just so vapid and fat-fetched. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.12.24 | lol nice eg |
Anthracks
11.14.24 | Janet planet (2024) - 5/10
Heretic (2024) - 4/10 |
Deathconscious
11.14.24 | Banshees of Inisherin. Its too early to say since ive only seen it once, but i may love it as much as In Bruges. Final Martin McDonagh film i have yet to see is Three Billboards. Seven Psychopaths is a weird movie for me because ive seen it twice and both times i remembered liking it a lot but couldnt remember hardly anything about it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.14.24 | Anthracks can you elaborate a little on Heretic?
I thought I was being a little harsh but it seems like you liked the film a lot less than I did. |
Anthracks
11.14.24 | The only good thing it had going for it was the concept, but didn’t really do anything interesting with it. The dialogue was almost all cringey because the writers were preaching heavy handed through the characters, and that’s coming from someone who loves to see religious people dunked on. I prefer show don’t tell. The girls would oscillate from being absolute morons to like certifiable geniuses within seconds. The last third in particular was nonsensical and stupid. There just wasn’t anything interesting or good about it in general |
Meridiu5
11.15.24 | splurged on miyazaki classics that i've never seen
Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - 8/10
The Wind Rises (2013) - 6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.15.24 | I think the overly preachy shit was intentional but I completely agree that the last third is fucking terrible. It’s almost like a completely different movie. It had that amazing shot of her navigating the mini house but the rest of it was such a massive step down from the first two thirds. I thought it was pretty good until that last half hour |
rabidfish
11.16.24 | "banshees..." is probably the most depressing film i've watched in recent years. It ends on such a sour note, but not in a nihilistic way, but far worse... Like the movie is saying "yes, this is how life is, try to enjoy it". Beautiful movie, but i try not to think about it too much. |
markjamie
11.16.24 | Terrifier 3: Over it - 3/10
Longlegs: Mildly affecting atmospherical piece, but don't get the love - 5/10
The Substance: Extremely interesting experience - 8.5/10 |
unclereich
11.16.24 | It’s what’s inside(2024)- poor ending and unlikable characters bog this down. 5/10
The edge(1997)- Anthony Hopkins can truly make any movie entertaining. 6/10 |
zaruyache
11.17.24 | just saw Anora and it was really good. 4/5 |
Gameofmetal
11.18.24 | Heretic - load of fun, first time ive loved hugh grant in anything, first half is superior in its excellent tension but didnt think the second half was bad either.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On - absolute perfection, incredibly funny and adorable and moving and i cried a lot |
Anthracks
11.19.24 | memoir of a snail (2024) - 8/10
uzumaki (2024) - 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.20.24 | Gonna have to watch Dune 2 and Anora again to settle this but I think Anora might be the best movie of the year. I really didn’t think anything would come close to Dune 2 but god damn I thought Anora was fucking phenomenal. |
unclereich
11.20.24 | Are you forgetting about the masterpiece that is Wicked?? |
Gameofmetal
11.20.24 | uzumaki fucking sucked, even aside from the notable animation changes from episode to episode it doesn't even slightly justify itself in adaptation. less than two hours of panel for panel copying. |
Hyperion1001
11.20.24 | dog soldiers (2002) - pretty good. good banter, great effects, and decent filmmaking. werewolves are objectively stupid but this made them not lame which is a minor feat. also wtf happened to neil Marshall man. |
Krpa
11.21.24 | Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In - a fairly entertaining crime saga by Hong Kong director Soi Cheang. Not his best film, but entertains you throughout.
The Shadow Strays - another Indonesian bloodfest by Timo Tjahjanto, the director of Killers and The Night Comes for Us. It feels like John Wick by way of Indonesian martial arts action, very unremarkable story-wise, but the fights are well done. Not great, but not bad either. |
TheSonomaDude
11.22.24 | Love seeing this thread always getting bumped. Love you guys
A Real Pain
Anora |
Deathconscious
11.22.24 | War on Everyone. Really disappointing coming from the director/writer of The Guard.
The Hunt (2020). Had some good laughs and the action was entertaining. The political commentary was too "bOtH sIdEz"-y for me though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.22.24 | I think The Hunt was more saying that it’s the wealthy and ultra powerful pitting us against each other, I don’t really think it’s too both sides-y. Sorta like Knives Out.
Knives Out is a much better movie tho imo |
DType
11.22.24 | Napoleon Dynamite (2004): an ok movie, very juvenile humor with some funny parts here and there, not much else to say about it tbh, 6/10
Burning (2018): Decent drama film with an interesting premise, deliberately ambiguous plot, good acting and cinematography, a bit of a slow burner but solid overall, 7/10 |
Deathconscious
11.22.24 | @wild i think that would be a fair analysis if the people being hunted werent entirely made up of right wingers. But yeah, Knives Out is much better. |
NexCeleris
11.22.24 | The Hunt (Jagten, 2012) is amazing, The Hunt (2020) was more like a 5/10.
Also shocked at that 8 for Uzumaki considering the horrible pacing and the questionable drop in animation quality after E1. |
Gameofmetal
11.22.24 | "I think The Hunt was more saying that it’s the wealthy and ultra powerful pitting us against each other, I don’t really think it’s too both sides-y. Sorta like Knives Out."
The Hunt has the politics of South Park, aka a cynical sneering at the act of caring. Knives Out is philosophically progressive. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.22.24 | oh yeah that Hunt is fucking amazing. Straight up one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. Helps that I’m totally gay for Mads |
Deathconscious
11.22.24 | I probably should have included the year lol. Yeah, 2012 The Hunt is great. |
unclereich
11.23.24 | I hate to say it I liked gladiator 2 the story is dumb but I needed a mindless action film. |
Shamus248
11.24.24 | The Wild Robot is the best movie of 2024. if it doesn't win the oscar for best animated feature (and preferably a best picture nom) there is something wrong |
Hawks
11.24.24 | Asian Invasion 47 and Space Nuts 12. |
Krpa
11.24.24 | I, the Executioner - very entertaining Korean action thriller. A sequel to Veteran (2015), it again reunites the same director with Hwang Jung-min, one of Korea's best actors. Anyway, it's intense, funny and pretty interesting story-wise, even if it doesn't exactly fancy itself to be unpredictable. All in all, very good.
Hopeless - another Korean film. Decent crime drama that's constantly downbeat, often coming off as forced. Not great material, but a passable showcase for its debuting director, Kim Chang-hoon. |
BaselineOOO
11.24.24 | Too bad Korean cinema is kind of dead. They used to make great movies, of which my favorite are Cafe Noir (2009) and The Wailing (2016). |
Anthracks
11.24.24 | The Uzumaki hate is boring always the same two talking points. it takes less time to read the entire manga than to watch the anime and it is faithful to the source, so the pacing complaint is bogus. Couldn’t care less about animation quality and didn’t notice a difference. I can see it being annoying to anyone who watched it as the episodes dropped weekly as it should have just been released as a movie, but if you watch in one shot it’s great. Entertaining and unsettling… which is all it needed to be. It’s not like there is much depth to ito’s work. |
NexCeleris
11.24.24 | Don't read mangas, don't care much about Ito, haven't watched much anime beyond the mainstream movies like Akira, GitS, Miyazaki's work etc. Faithful or not, the 2000 live-action adaptation had better pacing despite being shorter. If you didn't notice a drop in quality from the conspiciously detailed first episode to the Attack No. 1 ass faces, facial/running animations and frame count of E2, I don't know what to tell you. Those issues were glaring *despite* watching it on a weekly basis, not because of that. People calling Illud Divinum Insanus the worst MA album is boring, too, because it's so obvious. Doesn't make it less true.
If you enjoyed it, more power to you. Just baffled by your 8 in light of your usually pretty critical ratings is all. |
Hyperion1001
11.24.24 | anime sucks but I enjoyed uzumaki for what it was. I’ve also never read a manga in my life and I definitely never will. |
BaselineOOO
11.24.24 | Haven't seen Uzumaki anime but it's probably better than 99% of all art simply on the basis that the source material is next-level. Animation quality and all that technical talk is just westerners coping from the fact that their best animations are the Lion King, the Iron Giant, Spiderman Into the Stupid-Verse, Coraline and other UGLY pointless creations. |
Anthracks
11.24.24 | sorry i don't count frames when i watch anime. and again i have no idea why you think i'm ultracritical with my ratings when i like most movies i watch, lol.
exhuma (2024) - 7/10
the devil's bath (2024) - 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.24.24 | been meaning to watch devils bath, my film buff buddy told me it’s the bleakest shit he’s seen all year. |
Faraudo
11.25.24 | Just saw Smile 2, that shit was pretty damn good, mainstream horror does not get much better than that. The intro was phenomenal and Naomi Scott delivered the most surprising performance of the year. |
Scheumke
11.25.24 | "I hate to say it I liked gladiator 2 the story is dumb but I needed a mindless action film."
Nah I had the same. It's a competently made big spectacle film of which there aren't enough. I didn't care much that the story is thin, I still had a good time at the cinema. |
rabidfish
11.25.24 | "the long goodbye", the 70's version.
It's a weird interpretation on the classic novel. It's fun, but i wish it took itself more seriously, it's almost like a parody without being a parody. There's a surprise Schwarzenegger appearance. |
Anthracks
11.30.24 | inside out 2 (2024) - 5/10
a real pain (2024) - 7/10 |
BAT
12.01.24 | saw 'red rooms' and it was pretty good but anyone claiming it's got like 'the most evil ending' is selling it wrong. stylistically it has some commonality with something like 'one hour photo,' where it's some unstable individuals personal life becoming unhinged by an unhealthy obsession [it's waaay darker thematically though.] very performance driven and the two lead actresses slay, but very slow burn character study that's not concerned with giving a 'why' someone would behave like this but mostly provides a glimpse/observation. thinkin about an 8 but don't go into it expecting some crazy horror movie cause it's not that |
Winesburgohio
12.01.24 | i *love* The Long Goodbye and it serves as proof that Altman could pan any genre he wanted for gold. the loooooong scene where going down to the store for catfood turns into an Everest ascent. brilliant!
elsewhere: Sciamma's "Water Lilies" is an exquisite portrait of queer sexual coming-of-age that feels so so real, directed with poise and judicious dollops of real tenderness, with an assurance that belies the fact that it was a debut. to what extent are women's desires inevitably mediated by the social imprints and expecations of their bodies? The Answer Will Surprise You
Downfall (2005) is riveting and utterly haunting. I can see why it generated controversy but somehow, despite the material, it manages to be tonally appropriate - I think the spectre of his image *outside of the film* looms large enough that any """humanising""" moments are automatically contextualized, and it doesn't portray his patheticness in a way that is false or well-intentionedly condescending to those who suffered under the horrors he wrought. It's all the more wrenching for it. A thoughtful adaptation of a fascinating - and, ok lets be real i know this is trite cliche but, in terms of understanding our own era, vital - piece of history.
thought sput might like these two in some way shape or form! |
markjamie
12.01.24 | Smile 2 - 7/10 - Surprisingly good with a genuinely affecting central performance by Naomi Scott. |
Krpa
12.02.24 | Conclave - political power plays in Vatican. That just about sums up this pretty entertaining thriller/drama. Directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet On the Western Front), it's obvious from the start that the film is in capable hands. The film isn't particularly complex or well plotted enough to leave a truly lasting impression, though. But it does what it needs to do in its 2-hour runtime, and that is engage the viewer with no dips in pacing. |
Deathconscious
12.06.24 | Dune Part 2 is far and away the better movie. I really dont think the book can be done justice with five hours of screentime, but at least the pacing on this one didnt feel quite as rushed. |
Krpa
12.06.24 | Smile 2 - more of the same with a bit more style, but not at all exceptional. I watched with interest, but I was just about tired of its repetition by the 80-minute mark, and it still had 40 minutes to go. Naomi Scott was pretty good in the main role, have to give her that, and the gore effects were, well, effective. Not really looking forward to the third one if they ever churn it out, though something telles me they will. |
Krpa
12.06.24 | I also saw Juror #2. Clint Eastwood does fine work yet again. He's a capable director even in his nineties, which is remarkable to me. The film itself is an interesting morality play with a solid central idea. It gets you thinking at times, and Nicholas Hoult carried the main role nicely. While the film began with sappy family scenes, it quickly settled into the main plotline and only grew better from there. Recommended for just about anyone who likes courtroom drama/thriller films. |
Egarran
12.06.24 | I still need to see about 1.5 hours of Dune 2 but it hasn't hooked me at all. So joyless and shallow, feels like a chore to finish it. |
markjamie
12.07.24 | Heretic - creepy performance from Grant anchors what is a very entertaining film - 7/10 |
Anthracks
12.08.24 | the dune movies nail the feel of the books pretty much spot on... the book sequels feel even more rigid so it's kind of a staple of herbert's writing. i've always preferred the first half of the book and the first movie. you can feel the reverence denis has for the source material
flow (2024) - 8/10
robot dreams (2024) - 6/10 |
Egarran
12.08.24 | >dune movies nail the feel of the books pretty much spot on
Strongly disagree. The whole philosophical layer is missing. The books have so many poignant quotes about existence, and they are pretty much absent in the movies. They feel dumbed down to me.
Saw a quote I agree with:
"Dune has always been out of the mainstream simply because it was weird and that was its grit. But not anymore. Dune became cool, correct and relatable, got a new logo and a silver foil, everything complex and controversial has been cut out, everything weird toned down, everything surreal turned into realistic, everything absurd into ordinary, and the whole thing has been averaged-" |
Anthracks
12.08.24 | the philosophy is not as prevalent in the first dune book compared with the future ones, which are mostly philosophy. the philosophy shows more in the structure and plot, which is the better way to do it with a movie anyway. that way people who don't care about that stuff don't have to feel like they missed something and it can still remain enjoyable. otherwise we end up with movies like Heretic where everything is explained in the most heavy-handed way possible which is frankly super annoying. it's the medium not the material. |
rabidfish
12.08.24 | the new Dune movies are boring as shit. chalamander or whatever his name is doesn't give a compelling performance. And the attempts at humor make me want to saw my head off with a rusty kitchen knife. |
Hyperion1001
12.08.24 | that Timothy chalamet guy can’t act. he’s like piece of plywood in everything I’ve seen him in.
and yeah those dune movies are soulless and corporate and just not engaging whatsoever. |
fogza
12.08.24 | New dune movies are ok but nothing special. Villeneuve is good a creating visuals but his movies never really work. Flawed as it was, I preferred the lynch one on reflection |
rabidfish
12.08.24 | the Lynch one has a soul |
Hyperion1001
12.08.24 | the reality is that anything produced by the Hollywood corporate machine at this point is pointless drivel designed for the lowest common denominator consumer. i haven’t seen anything I would consider genuinely valuable in well over a decade at this point. |
Egarran
12.08.24 | So many correct takes, thanks guys. |
Anthracks
12.08.24 | i love dune, but we are acting like dune at its core isn't a fun sci-fi romp above all else. yes, it stabs at philosophy, politics, and religion, but it's really not that deep. the main plot point of book 3.... spoilers obv if you plan on reading................. is when a 9 year old boy merges with fish after surviving an assassination attack from a tiger to jump and fly around the desert in order to change the world order. no need to beardstroke over something that is clearly silly entertainment first and foremost. |
Deathconscious
12.08.24 | "and yeah those dune movies are soulless and corporate and just not engaging whatsoever."
Say what you want about the movies, but i dont think you can call them "corporate." This is the same guy who made Blade Runner 2049. This was a passion project for Denis. Im sure there was some corporate fuckery as there will be with pretty much any movie that gets this much funding these days, but i still see the films largely as a pure work of art, despite their flaws. |
fogza
12.08.24 | I almost fell asleep during blade runner 2049 |
gabba
12.08.24 | Villeneuve for me: Prisoners = Enemy > Sicario = Arrival > Blade Runner 2029 > Dune >>> Dune 2
Haven't seen his early movies, but based on this order, they should be the best ones. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.08.24 | “I almost fell asleep during blade runner 2049”
one of the greatest movies of all time tbh, even better than the original.
And on the dune discussion, uh, incorrect imo. I literally just watched both of them back to back today to get ready for the series, and if Dune 3 is as good (or god, even better) than Dune 2 then it will go down as the greatest Sci Fi series of all time.
I really think that with zero hyperbole. Denis is easily my favorite working filmmaker and his fingerprints are all over these two movies. It never once felt like corporate bullshit weighed either of them down for a second… I mean seriously, if they didn’t basically give him carte blanche for the franchise why would they allow him to go into a massive budgetary undertaking for a first film that’s essentially all setup and had absolutely zero guarantee of getting a sequel that’s literally all payoff?
Idk Dune 2 blew me the fuck away in imax and I specifically waited until I got my hands on a huge ass 4K TV to watch it again and I think it’s one of the best blockbuster types ever made, and honestly one of my favorite movies ever. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.08.24 | And if we’re ranking Villeneuve…
1. Dune Part 2
2. Blade Runner 2049 (basically splitting hairs, it’s just as good as Dune Part 2)
3. Prisoners
4. Enemy
5. Sicario
6. Dune
7. Arrival
I consider the top 5 to all be masterpieces, and as for Dune Part 1, Part 2 wouldn’t be nearly as good as it is without all of the worldbuilding and chess pieces the first one moved around. Arrival was the only one I ever found to be underwhelming. Still good, but like, literally not any more than that. 7/10 at best… which, if that’s your worst then I think it’s understandable why he’s so highly regarded.
I absolutely need to check out his earlier flicks but I can’t imagine them topping his later ones |
Meridiu5
12.08.24 | I still need to see about 1.5 hours of Dune 2 but it hasn't hooked me at all. So joyless and shallow, feels like a chore to finish it.
Im the biggest dune fan and I felt the same way. The movie doesn't get interesting until feyd rautha hits the screen, and that's like halfway through. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.08.24 | I mean I disagree big time that it’s shallow but yeah… I can understand it being kinda joyless.
But then you turn around and say that the most despicable character in the movie is the best part of it lol? |
Krpa
12.08.24 | Terrifier 3 - I think it's a step or two back from the second part. This one is shorter and has more (very small) attempts at creating an actual story, but it didn't hold my interest like the previous film. The gore effects are on point, just like Art the clown. Also, the main actress is a cutie. But overall I was borderline disinterested through more than just a few stretches of the film. |
Anthracks
12.08.24 | arrival is definitely my favorite villeneuve film followed by br 2049 (also agree it's better than the first). the cartoonish harkonnen villainy of dune part 2 was my least favorite part by far (e.g. the feyd and beast stuff), but i love all the dissenting non-unanimity of dune takes lol
i'd rank:
1. arrival
2. blade runner 2049
3. dune part 1
4. dune part 2
5. prisoners
haven't seen sicario or enemy yet, though watching sicario this month cause it's streaming. i can't wait for rendezvouz with rama as that is my favorite ever sci-fi novel. |
Krpa
12.08.24 | My fav Villeneuve is the Prisoners-Sicario run. Love them both as straightforward thrillers and interesting examinations of different themes, shot with plenty of style. His sci-fi stuff after that was also good to me until Dune which just isn't my cup of tea. I wish he would go back to more grounded narratives but not expecting it to happen anytime soon. |
Egarran
12.08.24 | I didn't even like Feyd Rautha. He is just your standard spoiled psychopath. No depth whatsoever.
Wildcard, it's wild to read your take, it's like you saw a whole different movie. But we can agree that Arrival is underwhelming, even though I liked it more than Dune. Visually and conceptually it's a lot more interesting.
I hope you have read Dune, it's an amazing book. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.09.24 | I totally intend to… after the third one comes out lol
I’m not a huge reader. I’ll maaaaybe read like 2 or 3 books a year. Maybe I’ll read the actual first Dune book between now and then. But I’m not touching Dune Messiah until after I’ve seen whatever they’re calling the next one. I’d assume it’s just Dune Part 3 but Dune Messiah has a nice ring to it especially with how Part 2 ended.
@anthracks
just judging by your posts itt I feel like you’ll be a fan of Enemy. I’m sure I’ve said it before but that movie opened the floodgates for me when it comes to like, less mainstream and more cerebral(idk if that’s the right word) kinds of films. I guess what I’m trying to say is that is far less straightforward than anything else of his that I’ve seen and has this very dreamlike atmosphere that will leave you thinking about what you just watched for the last 90 mins. I adore Enemy. |
Deathconscious
12.09.24 | Obviously every movie adaptation of a book is going to leave some details out, it just comes with the medium, but its especially true of Dune. There is just sooooo much depth and character building and world building left out of the movies. I think Denis did about as good of a job as is possible trying to compress all of that into two movies, but it really needs to be a series to properly flesh everything out.
And speaking of series, the new Dune series is based off of Dune novels from Frank Herbert's son, so i dont think ill be checking it out. |
IsisScript80
12.09.24 | In whatever sense, I'd be completely loathe to shit on Villeneuve in any way... even if any given movie isn't to your particular taste, he is (and Nolan, TBF) the ONLY director(s) in Hollywood given the range and budget to do quality genre movies to more-or-less their vision--although the fucking studio made completely unrealistic demands for delivery of the Dune sequel, but even then, he delivered a product far better than those demands had any right to be.
He's the visionary Ridley Scott has been claimed to be, but hasn't been since the early '80s. And 'Arrival' is not just my favourite Villeneuve movie, it's one of my all-time favourite films, entirely. |
fogza
12.09.24 | Personally, I don't like Villeneuve's work. Enemy is the only movie he's made which I've seen that I thought was any good. I guess the Dune movies are ok but that's probably just because of the source material. Blade runner 2049 is NOT better than the original |
lucazade22
12.09.24 | You're all skipping Incendies which is his best film! (imo) |
IsisScript80
12.09.24 | ^^ NOTHING's better than the original BR.
Just kinda astonishing that 2049 turned out as good as it did. Sequels by and large, are bullshit franchise cash-ins. Now more than ever. |
Gameofmetal
12.09.24 | Dune 2 is a masterpiece and overall the movies were a bit better than the books, there's not actually much to any depth left on the table. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.09.24 | Yeah I really just don’t see the criticism unless they’re coming from like, book purists. Like I said I just watched them back to back yesterday and it blew my little nips off. Part 2 in particular. Hoping the Alamo near me does an IMAX reshowing of them at some point because I really regret only seeing Part 2 once on a screen that big. |
Egarran
12.09.24 | >overall the movies were a bit better than the books
Nice bait.
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Deathconscious
12.09.24 | That is actually a wild take. |
Asdfp277
12.10.24 | i watched wicked it was fun |
Gameofmetal
12.10.24 | I meant book singular, but yeah the movies were an improvement on a great book. A great deal of its second half is the rebellion being narrated in a room, never gonna like that as much as being there with it as in the movie.
Dune oldheads remain very funny lol. |
Egarran
12.11.24 | What is your favorite quote from Dune 2? |
DadKungFu
12.11.24 | Timotee Chamlet: "And you're a wormy cocksucker. You know that?"
Worm: "OHHHHHH! I'm just tellin' you how you're fuckin' perceived." |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.11.24 | hell fucking yes |
IsisScript80
12.11.24 | "What is your favorite quote from Dune 2?"
Jarvier Bardem: "Ah fuck, Blud...! You see da size o' 'dem fuckin' sand doons...?! 'D'ey're like, fuckin' WAaaYY bigger 'den last time!"
Powerful, powerful stuff. |
AlexKzillion
12.11.24 | my favorite part of dune 2 was austin butler being BALD and A FREAK |
AlexKzillion
12.11.24 | kinda fell off this thread the past month or so tho
so uhhhhh anora... prob need to give it another watch but i was just kinda not that moved by it in the way i hoped. solid solid film though and mikey madison deserves to stroll towards an oscar. some seriously hilarious moments as well. fascinating ending. final result ended up somehow less than the sum of its parts tho imo. 7/10 |
AlexKzillion
12.11.24 | other things i saw in the theater in the past month:
howl's moving castle (miyazaki) [2004] - 8/10
we live in time (crowley) [2024] - 7/10
being john malkovich (jonze) [1999] - 8/10
a real pain (eisenberg) [2024] - 8/10
gladiator ii (scott) [2024] in imax - 6/10
conclave (berger) [2024] - 7/10
pulp fiction (tarantino) [1994] in 35mm - 10/10
interstellar (nolan) [2014] in imax - 9/10 |
Deathconscious
12.12.24 | The Forgiven (2021) was pretty good. Still working on the McDonagh brothers' filmographies. |
Faraudo
12.12.24 | Just saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Chime and its probably the best horror film of 2024, he's the goat |
Faraudo
12.12.24 | So not liking Dune 2 is the latest trend here, huh? |
rabidfish
12.12.24 | part 1 is also boring |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.12.24 | whack
I just watched it again today and ya, it’s still fucking incredible. I’m hearing some mixed things about the series but I’ll probably start it this week. Whole season is only 6 episodes anyways |
IsisScript80
12.12.24 | "So not liking Dune 2 is the latest trend here, huh?"
Well, not as far as I'm concerned. I really dig it and appreciate the rarity these days of a genuinely cinematic piece of genre entertainment with a modicum of depth. |
Egarran
12.12.24 | The first had some great spaceship porn, the second had some great worm porn. |
IsisScript80
12.12.24 | ^ But each are good types of porn, nonetheless. |
Egarran
12.12.24 | Oh definitely. |
Krpa
12.12.24 | @Faraudo
I've also seen Chime, it was some months ago but I still remember it vividly. Cryptic and creepy just like his best stuff, although just a tiny bit too enigmatic for me. Still really, really good.
Recently I've seen Blaga's Lessons and Lake George. The former is a social drama/thriller about a retired teacher who gets mixed up with shady people, and it's quality genre cinema + misery porn all in one. I'm usually not too keen on watching depressing dramas but this one hit the spot.
Lake George is a solid neo-noir which rehashes plot elements from a whole lot of genre films, but adds some soul into it. It nicely conveys a sense of melancholy even though it also has well written comedic scenes. Both Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon were convincing in the main roles, with Whigham easily proving he can carry a film on his back if needed to. As a whole, this wasn't too memorable because of its similarity to many other noirs, but it's still a fun watch. |
Deathconscious
12.13.24 | "So not liking Dune 2 is the latest trend here, huh?"
A lot of people didnt like the first one either, so this isnt really new. |
Faraudo
12.13.24 | You can certainly dislike the first one and like the second one, its not impossible |
Faraudo
12.13.24 | @Krpa
I agree, its more enigmatic than his usual stuff. but the fact that its only 45 minutes long justifies its weirdness I think. I've always said that Kiyoshi is one of the best directors working today and he deserves way more love |
AlexKzillion
12.13.24 | this is like the only place on the internet i've seen mixed opinion on denis's dune movies lmao especially for part 2 |
Deathconscious
12.13.24 | Really? I see it all over the place. |
Faraudo
12.13.24 | "this is like the only place on the internet i've seen mixed opinion on denis's dune movies lmao especially for part 2"
Same, and I spend like half of my day talking about movies lol. Some of our beloved Sputniks here are contrarians
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MillionDead
12.14.24 | I don’t remember what came before but I finally saw The Substance and thought it was great. Awesome body horror sequences and an interesting character portrait. The way it goes completely off the rails towards the end is simultaneously grotesque and hilarious in a way I’ve rarely ever seen. They don’t put any effort at all into explaining the premise though. I guess more exposition would have slowed down an already pretty long movie though. |
Krpa
12.14.24 | @Faraudo
Definitely agree, he's one of my fav Japanese directors working today, together with the likes of SABU, Sion Sono, Koji Shiraishi etc. He understands horror better than most other directors, making even the mundane unsettling. |
Egarran
12.14.24 | Considering the the endlessly quotable book, it's telling that no one has a favourite quote from Dune 2.
Clearly most people who like the movie has not read it. It's just for two different audiences and that is completely fine. |
Anthracks
12.16.24 | the lord of the rings (1978) - 6/10
hellraiser iv: bloodline (1996) - 4/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.16.24 | Watched a little French Canadian movie called Red Rooms. Really good stuff, kinda wild how disturbing it is without showing tons of blood and guts. The lead actresses were amazing too. Don’t really wanna say more, def better to go in blind but I really recommend it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.16.24 | oh and my favorite quote from Dune 2 is prolly just when the lead Bene Gesserit yelps “Abomination!” after Paul uses the voice to command her to sit down.
Shit shook the fuckin theater |
Krpa
12.16.24 | I loved Red Rooms, one of my fave films of that year.
Carry-On - seen this one with the hopes of a good time and I did have it. It's Netflix' latest thriller with a gimmicky setup but it uses it well. The film is marred by its pretty cheesy opening and especially cheesy ending, but inbetween it is a fun piece of work.
Heretic - Hugh Grant carries this fun thriller with good ideas scattered throughout. It doesn't capitalize on some of them, and turns too basic by the time it reaches its last act, but overall it was worth watching. |
FurtherDown
12.16.24 | Saw Heretic too last night, quite fun watch but it fell flat pretty quickly, I was curious where it is heading but the plot kept dissapointing me till the end. Hugh Grant is perfect for the role though, and the two main actresses are compelling too.
I also saw Anora on a pensioner-friendly afternoon screening in a small theatre, which is quite wild. There was just one walkout after half an hour which is far less than expected haha. Loved the film and loved the ending especially. |
Krpa
12.16.24 | Yeah Heretic could have been a better film but at least it offered some fun and injected some spirit into derivative material. Otherwise it's nothing too memorable. |
Krpa
12.17.24 | The Naked Gun - seen it again after a long time, still holds up as a fun parody even if I wasn't all that into it all the time. It has plenty of good moments, though.
Scorched Earth - a stylish German neo-noir, sequel to 2010's In the Shadows. These films are Michael Mann if he worked in a more low-key, minimalist fashion. Both feature the same protagonist, a skilled criminal called Trojan, who takes on a high-risk heist in this equally good sequel. If you're interested in elegant, anti-Hollywood crime thrillers, which play out as if Melville was alive and well in the director's seat in 2024, then by all means check these out. |
IsisScript80
12.17.24 | What's bewildering: I'm starting to see 'Challengers' make its way onto several "Best of 2024" film lists (#1 on the A.V. Club).
That film wasn't even approaching mediocre. Haven't seen that many films made this year, but I saw that and it sucked balls. Best thing about it (the NIN soundtrack) was a complete crutch opposed to integrated enhancement. |
denboy
12.17.24 | challengers was a 10/10 and you have bad taste |
denboy
12.17.24 | To be more serious, I get how it feels like a miss if you don't connect with the characters (because the movie is just that, the characters)
but to call it less than mediocre is insane |
WretchedCacophony
12.17.24 | imdb labels Challengers as a 'Steamy Romance' lol uh might not be for me |
IsisScript80
12.17.24 | "I get how it feels like a miss if you don't connect with the characters (because the movie is just that, the characters)
but to call it less than mediocre is insane"
What can I say? Nah, I didn't connect with the characters (I think the actors are talented, but as characters in this movie, nope). But I also have many issues beyond that (motivations, internal logic, stakes, reason to give a shit in the first place, etc. etc.).
From all I can tell, its supposed success lies in "How hot are you for Zendaya?", and/or "How much do you wanna see these guys have a threesome/variant thereof?", and if it had more going for it in an erotic sense, beyond horny teenager vibes, I'd rate it better. But it didn't, and I don't. |
Gameofmetal
12.17.24 | Challengers was a delight except for the couple scenes where the score drowns out the dialogue. |
MillionDead
12.17.24 | I’ve been told to watch Challengers but I think Zendaya is overrated as fuuuck and I don’t usually give a shit about love triangle movies. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.17.24 | Tbh calling Challengers a love triangle movie is like calling Bones and All a romance movie.
Yeah that’s technically right but there’s a lot more going on. I wasn’t as crazy about it as a lot of folks but it’s solid |
AlexKzillion
12.17.24 | solid three day weekend
the 400 blows (truffant) [1959] - 9/10. beautiful beautiful film.
queer (guadagnino) [2024] - 6/10. daniel craig drops prob my fave male lead performance of the year in what's sort of an overly long mess of a film. of the three guadagnino films i've seen this is easily my least favorite.
beauty and the beast (cocteau) [1946] - 9/10. movies really are magic. |
AlexKzillion
12.17.24 | challengers is to tennis what raging bull is to boxing |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.17.24 | Does Daniel Craig hang dong |
AlexKzillion
12.17.24 | nah but he more than makes up for it |
bellovddd
12.17.24 | home alone 1 & 2. fucking brutal shit right there |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.18.24 | Got the day off tomorrow maybe I’ll go see it.
Anyone who really knows me knows I love Bond and it really feels like Craig is the only actor to break from that and do some really out there stuff, Logan Lucky for example, and to a lesser degree Knives Out, and now this. If you’re telling me that it’s the best performance you’ve seen this year I’m sure I’ll love it just based on that.
And a Trent Reznor + Atticus Ross score? Yeah, count me the fuck in. |
AlexKzillion
12.18.24 | yeah in terms of lead actor performances only thing that comes close to me is colman domingo in sing sing and kieran culkin in a real pain (which is for some reason considered a supporting role in this year's award race. total category fraud). very much feel like those latter two performances are those guys playing the hits, while craig does something i honestly can't believe a guy who played bond for 15 years would sign up for.
imma be honest though i wouldn't see queer thinking you're gonna get a lot of reznor/atticus score. guadagnino makes some rather divisive choices with the soundtrack of this film and imo totally underutilized the score they did. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.18.24 | Awh bummer on the score part, but yeah the main selling point is gay James Bond for me anyways.
I’ll reserve like total final judgement for when I see it but I think it’s very brave of him to take on a role like this, especially when a decent chunk of discourse around Bond these days is reactionaries bitching about just the *idea* of a nonwhite Bond or how they freaked out when “ThEy MaDe JaMeS bOnD a BLACK WOMANNNN!!!” in No Time to Die. |
Hyperion1001
12.18.24 | Longlegs (2024) - finally got around to seeing this. really liked it, i mean i was sick to my stomach the last 30 minutes but i guess i enjoy that. very strong kiyoshi Kurosawa vibes but like in the PNW with a bit of autism rubbed on it. not without fault but sums up to something very effective so I’ll give it a solid 4/5 |
WretchedCacophony
12.18.24 | "home alone 1 & 2. fucking brutal shit right there"
just saw Home Alone 2 for the first time. For a silly 90s movie it's great. Many of the antics are overplayed or are beyond the real of reality but not so much to take away from it.
Also seeing a young Rob Schneider as a bellman is pretty cool |
denboy
12.18.24 | "motivations, internal logic, stakes"
I think they're all there in the movie |
protokute
12.18.24 | Challengers felt like a fine enough horny film, with tennis and competition as a subtext and that was about it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.24 | Queer: waaaaaaay more surreal and dreamlike than I was expecting, Craig acts his fucking ass off and it really might be his best performance of all time but yeah, kinda agree with ya alex. The first hour or so, I was really loving it but it kinda lost me when it reaches chapter 3, then it all started to come together with the epilogue.
I need to sit and think about it for a while, definitely will be giving it another watch when it comes to streaming.
But yeah… it’s probably my least favorite of his that I’ve seen too, I legit had no idea this was the same guy that did Bones and All when I made that comparison, and Suspiria?? Sheesh, he has made some fuckin heaters these last 5-6 years. One of the best working filmmakers imo |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.24 | So Suspiria (Modern Masterpiece and even better than the original imo) > Bones and All > Call Me By Your Name > Challengers > Queer |
AlexKzillion
12.19.24 | "The first hour or so, I was really loving it but it kinda lost me when it reaches chapter 3, then it all started to come together with the epilogue."
yepp this exactly. its electric when they're in the city and kinda grinds to a halt when they leave. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.19.24 | Decided to rewatch Bones and All and god damn that movie just fucking destroys me. Damnit, now that I know it’s the same director I feel like I’m gonna have to watch all of his shit. Challengers and Call Me By Your Name are up on streaming that I have, I might just buy the Suspiria remake. I really love that movie.
I haven’t seen any of Luca Guadagnino‘s films before Call Me By Your Name… I think I’ll have to change that.
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protokute
12.19.24 | So Bones and All is worth watching? |
NorwichScene
12.19.24 | Joker 2 - so bad, I fell asleep and missed the end
Smile 2 - Excellent! |
gabba
12.19.24 | Haven’t seen Bones and All or Challengers, really hated A Bigger Splash (2/10), adored Call Me By Your Name (10/10), and liked Suspiria (7/10). Also couldn’t watch more than 2 episodes from We Are Who We Are, it was terrible. Guadagnino’s work is all over the place for me. |
AlexKzillion
12.19.24 | a bigger splash seems insanely divisive. i follow multiple people on letterboxd that have it in the 4.5-5 range and others that have it rated below a 2 |
denboy
12.19.24 | I'm surprised at how lowly his movies are rated on imdb.
I've only seen Challengers but got the impression that I'd love susperia and bones and all |
gabba
12.19.24 | I found A Bigger Splash’s script completely incoherent and pretentious, saved only by Ralph Fiennes acting from a complete disaster. Haven’t seen La Piscine, the movie on which it is based on, but I’m curious if it offers a different perspective on the story. |
denboy
12.19.24 | "incoherent and pretentious"
sounds like my kinda movie |
SomeCallMeTim
12.20.24 | Koyaanisqatsi. Non-narrative movie free on youtube rn, what a trip. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.21.24 | @proto
Absolutely. I was high as shit the first time I saw it and got bored quickly, glad I gave it another shot after watching Queer. I thought Suspiria was untouchable but I really loved Bones and All this time around. Timothee Chalamet is amazing in it and it might be his best performance (yes including Call Me By Your Name, which I also loved).
It’s a pretty straightforward film but I think it’s all executed so well, gives you two leads doing some pretty heinous shit but you can’t help but root for them. I can’t remember the lead actresses name but she was just as good as Chalamet, I gotta see what else she’s been in.
@denboy
Just judging from what I remember you saying ITT, yes. You should watch them both, I think you’ll really dig Suspiria, Bones and All is a lot more straightforward and honestly, even with its whole cannibalism angle, is a lot more approachable. But I’m not shocked by low IMDB scores, neither are for the faint of heart. I love Call Me By Your Name but I totally get the feeling that he made that, got heaps of praise for it, and decided to get real weird with it after. I think a lot of people were probably expecting a more straightforward romance from Bones and All, and Suspiria is weird even by art house horror standards.
I’m sorry lol, I’m still just kind of shocked that all of those movies were the same director and I’m just now finding out about it. Luca is insanely talented, really excited to watch some of his earlier movies that I missed even if they’re not up to the insane standard I hold him to atm |
unclereich
12.21.24 | Anyone else disappointed with conclave? Loved the acting and seeing the ins and outs of electing a pope but the story felt very predictable and the end didn’t feel worth the already lackluster build up. |
Deathconscious
12.21.24 | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice was very okay, but didnt need to exist. |
AlexKzillion
12.22.24 | "Anyone else disappointed with conclave? Loved the acting and seeing the ins and outs of electing a pope but the story felt very predictable and the end didn’t feel worth the already lackluster build up."
i was quite whelmed by it considering all the oscar hype its getting. fine film with plenty of good performances but like have not thought about it even once since i saw it a month ago. also thought the ending was maybe a bridge too far for me. |
Hyperion1001
12.22.24 | black christmas (1974) - still a classic. the best of the proto slashers. simultaneously comfy and deeply unsettling. the final shot with the phone ringing in silence is peak creepy. poor Bob Clark had some serious Christmas trauma lmao |
AlexKzillion
12.22.24 | a night to remember (baker) [1958] - 7/10. basically titanic without jack and rose. despite titanic being an "original screenplay", james cameron lifted entire shots and scenes from this film. the effects hold up very very well here and the ship looks awesome. this thing follows like 20 different characters at an almost equal rate which was interesting from a historical standpoint but not always the most entertaining thing to watch.
past lives (song) [2023] - 8/10. showed this to my sister. love love love everything about this from a technical perspective and love the three central performances but there's just something missing for me from a writing perspective that i can't quite put my finger on. maybe needed a little more magaro in the second act?
the age of innocence (scorsese) [1993] - 7/10. appropriate double feature with past lives. also a rewatch as i didn't feel like it all really when i watched it last year... and i still feel like there's something about this film that's a bit impenetrable to me. scorsese introduces a lottttt of second and third tier characters in the first 20min of this film via montage (similar to goodfellas / casino) but unlike those films, they're actually somewhat integral to the plot and are talked about at length despite getting very little screentime past that point. lots of people sitting in rooms talking. love love love ddl and winona ryder in this. maybe third time is the charm. |
Hyperion1001
12.25.24 | nosferatu (2024) - a massive success on all accounts. oppressively dark and phantasmal. eggers again correctly clocks the exact tone and pacing needed for this version of the dracula myth, which has always been much more sinister, melancholy, and foreboding than the victorian maximalism of the dracula tale.
to me, eggers is a much more accomplished version what film bros think villeneuve is. his films lack any and all irony and are deathly sincere but in a way that feels analog and human in contrast to villeneuve's films, which are all cold, detached, mechanical, and cynical, and this film is probably the best example of that to date. 8/10 but probably gets better on a second or third watch. |
Sharenge
12.25.24 | lol kind of wish I hadn't asked my (flake) (half-)brother if he'd be interested in going to see it so I could just board out to the theater tonight and enjoy
fuck it might do it anyways |
Anthracks
12.25.24 | Kneecap (2024) - 6/10
Nosferatu (2024) - 8/10 |
Hyperion1001
12.25.24 | @sharenge it definitely feels like a movie that probably gets better each time you watch it so theres no reason you wont want to see it multiple times. |
Sharenge
12.25.24 | haha perfect response thanks might go |
Sharenge
12.25.24 | gotta see my boy Willam! |
Hyperion1001
12.25.24 | hes so good in it, but the depp girl kind of steals the show. shes like a hybrid of winona ryder from the coppola dracula and isabelle adjani from the herzog nosferatu. |
Sharenge
12.26.24 | yeah I mean was a little disappointed no um what's-her-name Anya Taylor-Joy that was in some of his other movies but it's all good
now just to choose what jams I'm gonna jam for my ride |
Anthracks
12.26.24 | the only bad thing about nosferatu was that aaron taylor johnson was completely out of his depth |
Gameofmetal
12.26.24 | Yeah Nosferatu fucking ripped. Was really surprised by a lot of the Orlok design but it makes sense and I got with it as it went. |
SomeCallMeTim
12.26.24 | Carry-On - Same sentiments as krpa above, but want to add that Jason Bateman crushed it as the villain. Also watched it after having just flown into LAX so that was fun
NEEED to see Nosferatu |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.26.24 | Damn maybe I’ll watch that, I had a hard time buying Bateman as some kind of terrorist but it’s getting some good reviews… |
AlexKzillion
12.26.24 | a holiday of cable classics:
wedding crashers (dobkin) [2005] - 7/10. overly long and raunchy in ways that haven't aged the best, but otherwise one of the best bro comedies there is. the five minutes will ferrell takes over the movie are maybe the peak of the genre. isla fisher and bradley cooper also cook extremely hard here.
the other guys (mckay) [2010] - 8/10. its been like 15 years and honestly not sure there has been a movie this funny since. ferrell at his best and mark wahlberg used in all the right ways. amazing cast that all bring their a-game and honestly a better critique of unchecked capitalism than any of mckay's "serious" films.
the family stone (bezucha) [2005] - 4/10. one of the weirdest "family christmas movies" i've ever watched. highly recommended if you ever fantasize about swapping romantic partners with your sibling.
a christmas story (clark) [1983] - 9/10. the goat christmas movie. |
rabidfish
12.27.24 | watched brothers Grimm (2005). It was a mess, but a fun mess, full of small little details and imagery worthy of Gilliam's better ouvre. But yea, the script could've used a lot of work, tbh. 6/10. |
Deathconscious
12.28.24 | "his films lack any and all irony"
The Lighthouse? |
Deathconscious
12.28.24 | Put off Joker 2 for a while because everyone was shitting on it and i was expecting it to be bad, but i really dont get what the big deal is. I thought it was decent. My one big complaint is that the musical aspect was not done well. If youre going to do a musical the songs need to be original songs that give us more insight on the characters or move the plot forward in some way. These sequences were visually stunning, but thats about it. I wouldve rather seen Arthur's interview with the news guy continue, for example, but instead we got another cover song. |
Egarran
12.28.24 | He was referencing Villeneuve, correctly. |
Krpa
12.28.24 | Night Courier - a Saudi-Arabic neo-noir about a lonely man who, strapped for cash, tries to steal alcohol from some gangsters and get away with it. For a country not known for its cinema, this is accomplished work with shades of Taxi Driver, infused with modern sensibilities and an almost dystopian feel.
The Bikeriders - something of a Scorsese-style crime drama about bikers. Great cast and an appealing retro atmosphere lift this above its conventional storyline. I like Nichols' films in general, and this one was also good, but it's not an especially memorable piece overall. |
Deathconscious
12.28.24 | "his films lack any and all irony and are deathly sincere but in a way that feels analog and human in contrast to villeneuve's films"
He's describing Eggers' films in that sentence. |
AlexKzillion
12.28.24 | nosferatu
is
good! |
Krpa
12.28.24 | Ghost Trail - pretty good spy drama about a Syrian refugee tracking his former torturer. It reminded me of Marathon Man, but it is more subdued and overall very low-key for its genre.
The Order - a proper crime thriller about a white supremacist group. I enjoyed Aussie director Kurzel's previous films, and this one, while more straightforward, remains quality genre filmmaking. Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult are rather convincing as the detective and his prey, the titular organization's leader. |
Egarran
12.28.24 | Doh, you're right, D - well in that case I don't understand either. |
DType
12.29.24 | The Isle (2000): strange film with raw violence and sex scenes in it but with also some tenderness in between, both main characters are heavily flawed and at the end i didn't know how to feel about it, sounds crazy but even when i was not a fan of the violence in it i still liked the rest, overall a good film, it kept me interested so that's always good, 7.5/10
Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992): dreadful film, granted, it has some good costumes and makeup in it but everything else was so bad, from the acting to the script, i genuinely laughed at the end, it takes itself too seriously and it's just a glorified goofy soft porn, 4/10 |
Hyperion1001
12.29.24 | bad opinion dracula rules |
gabba
12.29.24 | Rewatched Dracula (1992) recently and indeed, some scenes are ridiculously bad. Interview with the Vampire from that era was better in every way. |
Anthracks
12.30.24 | babygirl (2024) - 8/10
queer (2024) - 8/10 |
AlexKzillion
12.30.24 | solid solid weekend
babygirl (reijn) [2024] - 8/10. a very worthy addition to the 'nicole kidman gets romantically entangled with a much younger man' canon. the plot requires you to suspend your disbelief at points but when the performances and direction are as good as they are its an easily acceptable request.
nosferatu (eggers) [2024] - 8/10. my first eggers film, also never seen the original. i really really liked this. just absolutely stunning to look at for two straight hours and the physicality of lily rose depp's performance is kind of unbelievable. cracked my top 10 of the year. will need to go through the rest soon.
the hurt locker (bigelow) [2008] - 9/10. a suspense masterclass and off the top of my head its prob now my favorite war film?
triangle of sadness (ostlund) [2022] - 7/10. concludes my ostlund deep dive. this thing is brilliant and looks stunning and is hilarious at points but similar to 'the square' its prob 45min too long and has a lot of bullshit mixed in (sometimes quite literally). harris dickenson is a fun actor between this and babygirl and hope to see him in more stuff in the future. |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.24 | About to watch Nosferatu… and if I’m gonna say best war movie ever I’m gonna be the snobby bitch that says it’s gotta be Come and See |
budgie
12.30.24 | round up for 2024 horror?
outside: 3/5
smile 2: 2/5
salem's lot: 3.5/5 (why does the internet hate this this fuggin ruled)
subservience: 2/5
alien romulus: 4.5/5
trap: 2.5/5
a quiet place day 1: 2.5/5
under paris 1.5/5
the strangers chapter 1: 1.5/5
tarot: 1.5/5
humane: 1/5
lowlifes: 2.5/5
abigail: 2.5/5
sting: 2.5/5
no way up 1.5/5
vampire next door 2/5
another standout yeear for horror |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.24 | You watch the Substance budge? |
budgie
12.30.24 | i watched like 5 min until the scene with the guy eating and got super grossed out
|
artiswar
12.30.24 | Everyone is telling me to watch that movie but it looks dumb as fuck to me. Demi Moore is still hot tho |
DType
12.30.24 | The Substance was ok, first half is great, the second not so much |
SomeCallMeTim
12.30.24 | Nosferatu 2024: "You were fortunate in your marriage"
Nosferatu 1922: "Your wife has a lovely neck" |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.24 | somehow it’s one of the grossest scenes in a full blown body horror movie lmao
Nosferatu was great, first half really takes its time but the second half picks up the pace and is just bleak as hell. Everyone is phenomenal but Bill Skarsgard and Willem Dafoe in particular just absolutely crush it.
And it’s one of the most beautiful looking movies I’ve ever seen. The only larger screen showing was at like 10:30 but I’m so glad I waited even if I left the theater at fucking 1 am on a Sunday lol |
WretchedCacophony
12.30.24 | another standout yeear for horror [2]
just like... every year
leaving the movies at 1am is hilarious |
budgie
12.30.24 | the 2010s were drowning in great horror. we were so spoiled |
DocSportello
12.30.24 | finally watched the indiana jones trilogy. fascinating but really crappy movies tbh, indy is a terrible person and abhorrent scientist, was i supposed to be “rooting” for the nazis? God almighty eliminate this white devil. temple of doom the most 3/10 thing imaginable. Fun was had! |
Krpa
12.30.24 | Cloud - Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest is a suspenseful thriller that partly harkens back to his earlier films, namely in the way it builds up dread in its first half. Later it devolves into an action-packed, but standard genre film. There was potential here for something even better.
Vincent Must Die - a very fun Belgian-French black comedy about a guy who suddenly starts being attacked by random people. The concept is pretty interesting and the film doesn't really do much to explain it, but that makes it more intriguing IMO. Some great setpieces here. |
Deathconscious
12.30.24 | Nosferatu, what can i say. Amazing. Eggers ranking for me right now, though i plan on going back and rewatching the other three:
The Lighthouse > Nosferatu > The Witch > The Northman |
Wildcardbitchesss
12.30.24 | I really need to watch Nosferatu again but as of right now my ranking is the same. I could see myself swapping it with the Witch, and the Northman is still quality. You know you’re watching an absolute master at work when his worst movie is still pretty fuckin good. Can’t wait to see what he does next. |
AlexKzillion
12.31.24 | did some 2024 vod catchup on my off day
the apprentice (abbasi) [2024] - 8/10. really unfortunate this got buried due to the election. i completely understand people on both sides having no interest seeing this but its a seriously good film. sebastian stan and jeremy strong put in easily two of my favorite performances of the year, though would def say it loses its momentum as strong sees less and less screentime towards the end. really quite neat how 70s/80s this film looks. breaks into my top 10 of the year.
strange darling [mollner] (2024) - 7/10. been hearing a lot of hype for this since it released and while it was fun and very nice to look at it didn't completely enthrall me like i hoped |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.01.25 | Promising Young Woman was gross and made me feel sad. Great movie but god damn what a downer. |
Anthracks
01.01.25 | my top 10 movies of 2024:
1. Touch
2. Anora
3. Terrifier 3
4. The Substance
5. The Devil's Bath
6. Babygirl
7. Nosferatu
8. Memoir of a Snail
9. Flow
10. Queer
unfortunately no 10/10 movies but there are still a bunch of interesting international films that haven't made it over here yet |
Gameofmetal
01.01.25 | I want to watch Strange Darling again but the scene where the cops enter is so troubling to me, it was an opportunity to avoid thorny gender politics but ended up bringing all the other stuff that would've been excusable into focus so now it feels uncomfortably like a metoo commentary in the worst way. But strictly action and style wise it was awesome, if a little full of itself. |
AlexKzillion
01.01.25 | still waiting to see the brutalist, nickel boys, and red rooms before finalizing my top 10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.01.25 | My top ten is
10. Monkey Man
9. Longlegs
8. Love Lies Bleeding
7. I Saw The TV Glow
6. The Substance
5. Nosferatu
4. Strange Darling
3. Furiosa
2. Dune: Part 2
1. Anora |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.01.25 | Anora, Dune, and Furiosa were all 10/10 films to me and all movies I saw twice in theaters fwiw |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.01.25 | I think that one scene in Strange Darling is a little clunky but not as problematic or whatever as some people think.
I guess I don’t really wanna say more because it is a huge spoiler but I think both cops acted reasonably for the info that they had, or acted realistically rather. Idk it was a small blip for me in an otherwise amazing movie |
Gameofmetal
01.01.25 | I think the guy cop acts extremely unrealistically there and that's the crux of it. |
Anthracks
01.01.25 | i thought strange darling was a 2023 release |
Krpa
01.02.25 | The Devil's Bath - moody and unsettling historical horror-drama. Like Hagazussa, but a bit less artsy and more straightforward. A tad too long IMO, but a good film overall.
Exhuma - a classy and well made Korean horror that is something of a poor man's version of The Wailing. I adore that film and this one is obviously heavily influenced by it. It moves along smoothly even if it never quite becomes scary or intense enough to be really memorable.
Oddity - after seeing Caveat, I was a bit apprehensive about seeing this director's next film. I did, though, and I'm slightly disappointed yet again. Both of them feel like they allow all the tension they somehow manage to muster dissipate by the time the third act rolls around. A handful of creepy scenes carry this one to the end, but just barely. It's not well written enough to work as a classic British horror, nor is it scary enough to get past the basic plot and bland characters. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.02.25 | Strange Darling didn’t get a wide release until this year, idk when I’m thinking of my favorite movies of the year I don’t really think about it running the festival circuit or whatever.
And I’ve been eyeing Devils Bath for a while, definitely really intrigued |
budgie
01.02.25 | anyone watchin silo
its quite nice
|
Hyperion1001
01.02.25 | new years evil (1980) - terrible but like all canon productions it’s always entertaining because it’s like they were made by aliens who had only ever seen movies and never one time interacted with an actual human.
the theme song rules tho. 2/5 |
Faraudo
01.02.25 | Nosferatu rules |
AlexKzillion
01.02.25 | yeah a lot of places (particularly letterboxd) will go purely off the very first festival screening for release year and its kind of annoying. in strange darling's case, it was screened at one single festival that i've personally never even heard of in september 2023. it didn't screen at another festival until july '24, and didn't get a wide release until august '24... nearly an entire calendar year after the first screening.
how to have sex, evil does not exist, the bikeriders, sing sing, and the beast are also listed as "2023" films based on this criteria.
i personally just go off of when the film gets released to the general public |
denboy
01.03.25 | "salem's lot: 3.5/5 (why does the internet hate this this fuggin ruled)"
are you even human |
budgie
01.03.25 | im literally a bird how could i b clearer |
artiswar
01.03.25 | can we finally admit Terrifier 3 was trash? It had like 3-4 great scenes but bringing back Vicky was so fucking stupid and the final kill/scene was tasteless and not scary |
AlexKzillion
01.03.25 | the alexk oscar shortlist (unranked):
director:
denis villeneuve (dune 2)
coralie fargeat (the substance)
jane schoenbrun (i saw the tv glow)
ryusuke hamaguchi (evil does not exist)
yorgos lanthimos (kinds of kindness)
actor:
hitoshi omika (evil does not exist)
sebastian stan (the apprentice)
kieran culkin (a real pain)
colman domingo (sing sing)
daniel craig (queer)
actress:
zendaya (challengers)
lily rose-depp (nosferatu)
nicole kidman (babygirl)
lea seydoux (the beast)
mikey madison (anora)
supporting actor:
austin butler (dune 2)
josh o'conner (challengers)
adam pearson (a different man)
jeremy strong (the apprentice)
clarence maclin (sing sing)
supporting actress:
rebecca ferguson (dune 2)
jody comer (the bikeriders)
joan chen (didi)
aubrey plaza (megalopolis)
ariana grande (wicked) |
Krpa
01.03.25 | Following - a Korean mystery thriller about a realtor who sneaks into people's homes. A total misfire, substituting genuine tension building with endless voiceovers and plot exposition.
The Soul Eater - French small town crime mystery with horror elements. It's directed by Maury and Bustillo, responsible for some of the more known French horror films of the century (Inside, for example). This one is more of a standard investigative thriller that feels like streaming fodder you put on when you don't have anything else to do. It's serviceable and moody, but that's all there is to it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.03.25 | Possession (1981) is playing at the Alamo tonight, I was way too high the first time I saw it so I’m stoked to watch it again |
budgie
01.03.25 | im convinced taht ppl taht like possession dont actually like movies they just like the idea of liking movies
|
Ectier
01.03.25 | St trinians 1 and 2(this one BLEW chunks) was a fun chill time |
unclereich
01.04.25 | Nice list Alex! |
DocSportello
01.04.25 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.25 | I should’ve gotten high again to watch it. I really didn’t like it lmao. And it’s probably the only time I’ve watched one of these art house movies where I walked out feeling like I understood it perfectly fine but it just did nothing for me.
Fucking everyone is overracting, the camerawork is obnoxious, and it was just boring. The chick that plays Anna is a piece of ass tho, during the subway scene I had a stray thought that just went “… I could fix her.” as she’s hip thrusting the air and blood and cum are coming out of every orifice.
I think I could forgive more of all of that if it were actually scary or even a little unsettling but I wouldn’t even call it a horror film, and every scene that even approached that kind of vibe just came across as silly. My friend really hyped it up to me beforehand and walking out I just felt like we watched completely different movies. |
budgie
01.04.25 | im so prroud of u *cries *snifsss |
Sharenge
01.04.25 | "hip thrusting the air and blood and cum are coming out of every orifice"
you sold me - downloading the files now |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.25 | Just look up “subway scene possession”, I’m sure it’ll be the first result to pop. My buddy would not shut the fuck up about it |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.25 | Tbf tho budge I’m pretty sure my friend actually really does love that movie, but I absolutely get what you meant lol, it is a peak “I’m smart and if you don’t like this you’re not” kinda movie.
Fuck all that they’re playing Fury Road on their big screen on Tuesday, an actual killer movie that even the dum dums like me can enjoy. I wish they’d show Furiosa on the big screen again. I’d absolutely drop $40 for that double feature and go into some kind of popcorn and chicken wing induced coma |
Sharenge
01.04.25 | I'm just kidding I've seen the clip... I didn't realize Sam Neill was in this movie though. And, as you pointed out, that chick is pretty fine huh... might actually have to check it some time |
budgie
01.04.25 | she played in the meh family drama netflix miniseries that came out recently dont remember what it was called but uh the guy liev schreiber was in it |
Purpl3Spartan
01.04.25 | That nosferatu movie is pretty baller |
Purpl3Spartan
01.04.25 | Also just a friendly reminder that this legend was the script writer for the challengers movie lmao
https://youtu.be/R_FQU4KzN7A?si=TECzLXI_7vzky-Aw |
Anthracks
01.04.25 | small things like these (2024) - 8/10
cuckoo (2024) - 4/10 |
DType
01.04.25 | "Possession (1981) is playing at the Alamo tonight, I was way too high the first time I saw it so I’m stoked to watch it again"
I love that film, one of my favorites
|
gryndstone
01.04.25 | Losing Ground (1982) 6/10
This was celebrated for being one of the first films directed by an African-American woman, officially seeing a release about a decade ago. While my one viewing almost put me to sleep for a few minutes in the middle, this could hold up stronger on a rewatch. Has a lot to say about agency, the act of creation, personal happiness... Good for fans of indie films.
Big Trouble In Little China (1986) 8/10
Was glued to the screen for this. I love how much the marketing and even the film itself sets up Kurt Russell as the big awesome American hero, only for him to be unprepared entirely for the events of the movie, letting the 'sidekick' be the actual hero of the movie. Also a fan of every disgusting classic Carpenter practical effect that showed up |
Hyperion1001
01.04.25 | big trouble is a contender for best action movie of all time |
Voivod
01.04.25 | Red Desert (1964)
This is a bit tough to follow, if one's comfort zone is Hollywood, but like any Antonioni film, it's highly rewarding in the long run.
If you happen to come across Blow-Up by the same director, don't pass it by.
Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
Its imdb score does not do it justice, this is an excellent film. |
MillionDead
01.04.25 | Finally saw Raging Bull. Took it as a poignant reminder for men to strive for greater emotional intelligence and empathy but it seemed intended to be more of Scorsese’s effort to create a murky character portrait of self destruction. Felt so spent by the end. 9/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.04.25 | Marty is just the goat tbh |
FurtherDown
01.04.25 | I was high watching Possession for the first time too and it was certainly an experience. |
markjamie
01.05.25 | My Top 10 of 2024 (where I live anyway...)
1 Furiosa
2 Anora
3 Evil Does Not Exist
4 Conclave
5 The Seed of the Sacred Fig
6 The Substance
7 Kinds of Kindness
8 La Chimera
9 Wicked
10 Hard Truths |
Deathconscious
01.05.25 | Big Trouble in Little China is one of the funnest movies ever made. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.05.25 | It’s crept up my list of favorite carpenter movies, probably number 4 behind They Live, the Thing, and Halloween. He had such an unbelievable run. |
budgie
01.05.25 | the fog !! |
Faraudo
01.05.25 | My top 10 for 2024 would be something like this:
1: Dune: Part Two
2: Red Rooms
3: Chime
4: Nosferatu
5: The Substance
6: Longlegs
7: A Different Man
8: Smile 2
9: Evil Does Not Exist
10: Exhuma
Still haven't seen Anora, Conclave, A Real Pain and a lot more, so the list will probably change |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.05.25 | Anora is the goated romcom and it’s not even close. It almost feels like cheating just describing it like that |
AlexKzillion
01.06.25 | 6 days into 2025 and i've already been to the theater 4 times lmao
wicked (chu) [2024] - 6/10. lots to like here (the songs, ariana grande, costuming) and lots to dislike (the ugly cinematography, terrible cgi animals, some questionable performances). my gf was pissed when she realized it was a part 1 lmao.
nickel boys (ross) [2024] - 9/10. maybe the best movie of 2024???? ramell ross takes a massive swing here and just knocks it out of the park... unbelievable this was his directorial debut. cannot recommend this one enough.
se7en (fincher) [1995] - 9/10. first time seeing it. i saw the downer ending coming from a mile away and it still destroyed me.
a complete unknown (mangold) [2024] - 7/10. easily one of the better musician biopics i've seen. timothee chalamet seriously kills it as dylan... sings the songs while actually playing the guitar and everything and really had dylan's blank expression rizz locked in. takes place between only 1961-65 which helps focus things a lot. ultimately didn't have a ton to say i feel like but its a great highlight reel of that era of dylan |
AlexKzillion
01.06.25 | "Anora is the goated romcom and it’s not even close. It almost feels like cheating just describing it like that"
nah the goat is jerry maguire for sure |
JeetJeet
01.06.25 | Anora - 10/10. Wasn't expecting this to be as funny as it was but its hilarious, also heartbreaking too
Y2K - 6/10 very stupid but charming lil comedy |
budgie
01.06.25 | WHATS IN THE BOX?????? |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
01.06.25 | Lara Croft tomb raider 7/10
Lara Croft tomb raider cradle of life 8/10
Cinema |
Faraudo
01.06.25 | I want to watch The Brutalist but I'm also tired of condescending stories about some poor jew running away from the war, has anyone around here seen it? |
budgie
01.06.25 | LOL |
Faraudo
01.06.25 | With all due respect lmao |
AlexKzillion
01.06.25 | brutalist opens wide(?) on friday, expecting to see it saturday |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.06.25 | Faraudo in here asking the important questions |
budgie
01.06.25 | id like a proper ww2 film about the 1940 battle of belgium & france
belgians doing their best to hold at eben emael against german paratroopers
french winning the field at the largest armored engagement in history at the time at gembloux where the germans lost a third of their tanks
allies realizing the germans shuttled through a weakly defended position on the meuse and are rushing north to encircle the main armies
de gaulle rushing to try and cut off the spearhead but failing
churchill telling lord gort to deceive the french and belgians and commit to an early retreat to dunkirk
tens of thousands of allied dying at a last stand
would b a great drama
also gotta include a sequence where the dude in the char b1 took out like 12 panzers in one day |
Faraudo
01.06.25 | Here in Mexico, we'll probably get it like 3 days before the Oscars, so do let me know if it's yet another reminder of how much the Jews suffered in WW2. Much appreciated fellas |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.07.25 | Interesting that Robert Eggers made one of the best horror films of the year with Nosferatu and then his half wit brothers made one of the worst with The Front Room.
What a pile of shit, literally. |
Zac124
01.07.25 | Better Man (2024) - Much better than I was expecting and the monkey thing never felt too forced. Enjoyable with humor and emotion. There is one moment here that was absolutely baffling though. 3.5/5
Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron (2024) - Fascinating documentary on film making and coping with loss with art. Miyazaki is such a fascinating man that this could have been 5 hour and I don't think I would be ever get bored. Watch this if you even slightly enjoy Ghibli films. Also, best opening scene of any film ever. 4/5 |
KevinKC
01.07.25 | @Budgie.
I want to see this movie.
Damn. I'm disgusted.
|
Anthracks
01.08.25 | the lord of the rings: the war of the rohirrim (2024) - 6/10
the return of the king (1980) - 3/10 |
Faraudo
01.08.25 | You had me in the first half not gonna lie |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.08.25 | Alright final final final thoughts on Fury Road and Furiosa…
Furiosa is probably the best prequel I can think of, it does nothing but enhance the story and give more backstory for Furiosa, who is undeniably the lead in Fury Road, I don’t give a shit if it’s called Mad Max.
Fury Road is straight up the greatest action film ever made and Furiosa deserves to be up there with the all time icons (Ellen Ripley, John McClane, Sarah Connor, Neo etc… yes she is in that company imo).
I would give my left nut for one last Mad Max film. Furiosa’s story is complete, but I would love one last ride with Max. Ideally with Tom Hardy but any number of actors will do. |
budgie
01.08.25 | artiswar watched this film called naboer and he loved it didnt he |
AlexKzillion
01.08.25 | was snowed in the last few days
shadows (cassavetes) [1958] - 8/10. bought the cassavetes criterion boxset during the flash sale a few months ago. love all these films to death. this one in particular is becoming a bit of a comfort watch though
in the bedroom (field) [2001] - 8/10. like an elevated lifetime movie. wacky cast that all really kill it. so much of what happens on screen is quite benign but the sense of dread this thing exhumes despite not at all being a horror/thriller is really quite something.
zero dark thirty (bigelow) [2012] - 6/10. not nearly as good as the hurt locker. the last half hour is pretty electric/grim but the two hours preceding it are kinda all over the place... even if all the central performances are pretty great?
elvis (luhrmann) [2022] - 6/10. there's a reason why most rollercoasters are only like two minutes long. this thing absolutely fucks for the first hour but by the end i was completely exhausted. austin butler kills it as elvis but tom hanks is legit awful in this. also maybe not the most fully rounded honest portrayal of elvis? this thing is a blast when its cooking tho |
KevinKC
01.10.25 | The First Deadly Sin 1980.
Great movie, very dark. |
BAT
01.11.25 | i feel like twitter hype ruined possession's credibility, when i saw it back in the mid 2000s it was just 'one of the more interesting video nasties,' now people are calling it like a prime example of a pretentious arthouse movie lol. i've always been fond of it but it's not like an essential revolutionary movie that 'true cinema' fans need to see. idk i feel like some of ya'll would like it more if you'd just stumbled into it accidentally while binging 70s/80s eurotrash movies instead of going into it expecting some sort of guarded secret gem of a movie.
latest watches
Interstellar: pretty good, some very questionable storytelling choices but a surprisingly engaging space sci-fi movie despite it's attempts at some sort of density.
Napoleon dc: like most of ridley scotts movies the level of craftsmanship is undeniable, it's a very pretty. buuut also like scotts movies the script is a bit patchwork, my main gripe is they made a concentrated effort to portray napoleon as a bit of a mundane person as an attempt to humanize him. this could work but when 85% of the movie is following napoleon while he looks half asleep: introduces a bit of a pacing problem and makes it a tad harder to get truely engaged with the movie. i thought it was good buuuut idk if i'd openly recommend it |
Krpa
01.11.25 | Farang (2023) - 7/10
French action thriller similar to the likes of The Raid or The Man from Nowhere. Some of the fighting sequences here are among the best I've seen, phenomenally shot and choreographed, even if they're smaller in scale than you might expect. The story is barebones and kinda lazy given it just takes the most obvious paths every time it can. But the film is still a very good time.
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - 6/10
Agree with Alex, it's well acted and gripping at times, but feels kinda hollow. It's not especially compelling beneath the surface level. But it was still alright all things considered, I just don't think I'll remember much of it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.12.25 | @Krpa
Just mentioning the raid has me sold.
Finally watched Wind River and I’ve come to the conclusion that Taylor Sheridan is the most frustrating person working in Hollywood. He’s legitimately a phenomenal writer when he’s on his A game but good god the man has to just fucking stop with the gung ho reactionary and patriotic bullshit that riddles some of his work.
Sicario, Hell or High Water, and now I think Wind River are all some of the best thrillers of the last decade, but god Yellowstone is fucking horrid and ever since that shitshow started his writing has just been mid at best. Those Who Wish Me Dead was fine, but Without Remorse is one of the most generic action movies I’ve ever seen. It’s like he saw how much cash Yellowstone was raking in and just completely stopped giving a fuck. I can’t imagine either of those prequel series being much better, but his worst offense is that Lioness show. I put myself through two seasons of that fucking dogshit when that time could’ve been better spent doing literally anything else. I can’t even bring myself to watch the Sicario sequel
Everything since Wind River has been made exclusively for big fuckin tuff guys that roll coal in their lifted pick ups |
Krpa
01.12.25 | @Wildcard
You'll enjoy Farang then, it's a bit long winded in setup but overall pretty fun.
Also, I agree about Sheridan. I loved Sicario and Hell or High Water, Wind River a bit less but still quality stuff. Since he started churning out all these new series he kinda lost his mojo a bit. I find that he cranks up the melodrama too much, and not one of his series was consistently engaging to me. He's at his best doing serious crime stuff but I'm not sure we'll see anything on the level of Sicario from him again.
Right now I'm watching Landman and I'm wishing he gets back to films. It's not a terrible show but my God, some of these characters are horribly written. |
FurtherDown
01.12.25 | First Reformed (2017) - second watch after some years, strange and captivating movie, slowly crawling into my top 10 and I can't really describe why.. that one scene is transcendental cinema at its absolute best (if you know you know), killer Lustmord soundtrack too
Wallace and Gromit: Venegance Most Fowl (2024) - solid flick, doesn't reach the comedic heights of the old shorts (big childhood favorites of mine) and the last full length feature felt much bigger in terms of plot scope and number of characters, but return of one of the best villians ever is grandiose |
Krpa
01.12.25 | The Contractor (2022) - 6/10
A passable Bourne-style thriller. I saw this because I've seen a few other films by Tarik Saleh (whose The Nile Hilton Incident is one of the better neo-noir films in recent times), and I wanted to check how this one holds up. In short, it's a typical direct-to-VOD release that works for passing the time but not much else.
Number 24 (2024) - 6/10
A Norwegian war drama about Gunnar Sønsteby, a resistance group leader who sabotaged the Nazis during WW2. This aims to be a stirring picture for those who want their war films old-fashioned and straightforward, and generally it works that way. But it also feels too familiar, and only paints its characters in broad strokes, making it only occasionally engaging. |
Hyperion1001
01.13.25 | the beekeeper (2024) - one of the most brazenly stupid movies ive ever seen. the lady fbi agent is the worse actor ive seen on screen in years. all that being said, i can’t help but admire just how sincerely dumb it is. statham is awesome and the kills are hilarious, but every time the fbi agents are on screen you are praying for them to go away. Solid 3 if you have an affinity for trash like me but if you want to watch something with even an ounce of substance then steer way clear lol. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.13.25 | that’s funny because I just watched the original Taken for the first time in probably a decade at least and goddamn was it fucking stupid. Like, in my little mind somewhere I just was like oh yeah Taken it’s one of the best action movies in recent years but no it fucking sucks. I can’t even imagine how bad the sequels are to get reviews that are *that much worse*
I really used to think that it was a masterpiece but fuck me dude it’s a 5/10 at best and most of those points are for just how likable Liam Neeson is… and Famke Janssen is a a fuckin dime, so there’s that I guess |
Faraudo
01.13.25 | Damn I need The Raid 3 so bad |
Deathconscious
01.13.25 | Kinds of Kindness. 3.3/5
Another Round - 4.2/5 |
protokute
01.13.25 | i miss watching a movie that wowed me... |
unclereich
01.13.25 | have you seen the fall |
protokute
01.13.25 | the 2006 one? I haven't.. |
unclereich
01.13.25 | yes, try that one out |
denboy
01.13.25 | the only reason Taken was considered good was because of how fresh it felt at the time, without the novelty it doesn't work at all (which is also why creating the sequels was so dumb) |
Egarran
01.13.25 | Good to see you denboy.
Vigilante movies keep the populace pacified. Illusions of empowerment divert attention from systemic inequalities and institutional failures. |
AlexKzillion
01.13.25 | emilia perez (audiard) [2024] - 3/10. jacques audiard is apparently a really great filmmaker, but you'd never know that watching this. despite the two central performances being pretty solid... this thing is just complete and utter trash. its legit impressive how awful the songs are (this is a musical), none of the actors can sing (not even selena gomez apparently), and this has gotten so much hate from the people of the cultures and experiences it attempts to explore (mexicans and trans people) i feel even a 3/10 is generous. what boggles my mind is this film has the potential to sweep this year's oscars as some sort of "response" to a second trump presidency... which would be a new low for hollywood grandstanding. literally nobody seems to like this film except "the industry".
the brutalist (corbet) [2024] - 8/10. really solid "great american epic". don't think this entirely pulls off everything its gunning for: mainly the second half kinda goes off the rails in a way i'm not sure it needed to... but overall this is a pretty huge achievement. a 3.5hr film (not including the intermission) about architecture and the immigrant experience shot on a type of camera that hasn't been widely used in america for 50 years? 10mil budget and it looks like 100mil? def one of the most essential films of the year even if its prob being a little overrated. |
AlexKzillion
01.13.25 | and with that, my 'final' top 10 of 2024 of the 58 films i watched:
1) dune: part two (villeneuve)
2) nickel boys (ross)
3) challengers (guadagnino)
4) i saw the tv glow (schoenbrun)
5) a different man (schimberg)
6) how to have sex (manning walker)
7) evil does not exist (hamaguchi)
8) kinds of kindness (lanthimos)
9) civil war (garland)
10) the brutalist (corbet) |
gabba
01.13.25 | I saw Challengers the other day and it was such a letdown, couldn't wait for it to end. Had the weird feeling that the ending would save it so I suffered through, even though the final scene was lame af, saw the "twist" coming from a mile. I'm also among those don't getting the hype for Zendaya, her acting wasn't remarkable in anything I've seen from her. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.13.25 | Not a flaming hot take but I thought she was great in Dune 2
“Damn I need The Raid 3 so bad”
fuck yes, goddamn I love those movies |
gabba
01.13.25 | She was okay in Dune 2, but nothing outstanding I’d say.
Oh yesss, those Raid flicks are amazing, more please! |
AlexKzillion
01.13.25 | zendaya cooked in challengers gotta stand on business there. not sure anyone else would be better in that particular role today. |
gryndstone
01.13.25 | Loved Nosferatu, specifically the casting of Count Orlok and Ellen. I can't believe people are saying it was SLOW and BORING?? There was literally something always going on and while not quite 'edge of my seat', I was fully invested in the plot. Great ending shot, disgusting sound effects, and again incredible acting from Skarsgaard and Depp. And Dafoe!! I feel like he was operating on a level that everyone else should've been |
Faraudo
01.13.25 | @Alex At last, some Dune: Part Two love on this thread |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.13.25 | People saying it was boring were surely fans of something like Smile 2 and they can suck my dick from behind my legs |
Egarran
01.13.25 | Bend over, handsome. |
LucretiaMyReflection
01.13.25 | Blow Out and Body Double (it was obviously a Brian De Palma double feature) |
Hyperion1001
01.13.25 | blow out is so awesome. my favorite depalma |
NexCeleris
01.13.25 | Doesn't beat Scarface. It's like a cornier/80s-ified The Conversation, but probably in the top 10% of paranoid thrillers. |
Faraudo
01.14.25 | Not taking any Smile 2 slander tho |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.14.25 | I’m just being an asshole I haven’t seen it lol |
budgie
01.14.25 | smile 2 was dreadful |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.14.25 | budge id suck ur dick for a raid 3 |
ConcubinaryCode
01.14.25 | The acting and dialogue really carried nosferatu. It was actually a pretty effective horror movie as well, I can understand people comparing it to Dracula 92 in terms of story beats but i liked that it didn't try to reinvent the story and honed in on getting the feeling of horror right |
Gameofmetal
01.14.25 | I mean you can probably still be put off by Smile 2 if you just find the jump scare heavy style annoying, but it's WAY more legit than the first one. Well shot, well performed, legit scary. |
LucretiaMyReflection
01.14.25 | Hyperion - I think I agree. For the longest time Dressed To Kill was my favorite, but I think after this most recent rewatch that Blow Out inches it out.
Nex - I like Scarface a lot, but I don't think I'd put it above Blow Out, Dressed To Kill, The Untouchables, and Carrie. Scarface and Phantom of the Paradise might be neck and neck. |
LucretiaMyReflection
01.14.25 | And Nosferatu was a Gothic masterstroke. Absolutely loved it. Eggers just does not miss |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.15.25 | I should probably watch Northman again. I enjoyed it but it’s far and away his weakest… and the only one I’ve seen exactly once |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.15.25 | The Witch, Lighthouse, and Nosferatu are all so close I might as well just call them all number 1 |
budgie
01.15.25 | i rewatched the blob 88 and it is still master peese |
artiswar
01.15.25 | The Witch has a handful of really freaky scenes but it's a miserable experience and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, even if you like elevated horror. It's kind of like... just getting waterboarded.
The Lighthouse is borderline a masterpiece
Nosferatu I skipped cause I had multiple people tell me it was dog-shit |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.15.25 | you should watch nosferatu man tf, it’s amazing. And I’m someone and there’s other someone’s telling you ITT that it rocks. |
Egarran
01.15.25 | I've only heard Nosferatu hype, esp. in here. Shamefully I haven't seen the original. |
IsisScript80
01.15.25 | 'Nosferatu' (2024) was the last thing I saw in the cinema, and whilst I don't think it's a masterpiece, folks saying it's a piece of shit are tasteless, media-illiterate fuckwits.
It's visually gorgeous, atmospheric and creepy in a way that far surpasses almost anything I've seen in the "vampire" genre. It's also Dracula in all but name, and is about as close to the original story as Coppola's "official" adaptation of that same story (which I ultimately, still slightly prefer).
I think it had slight pacing, character issues (aside from some excellent central performances), but very good still (and again, GORGEOUS). 7.5/8 out of 10.
...and 'Excalibur' (1981) again, that I straight-out love and always have done. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.16.25 | The Brutalist will probably fuckin sweep the oscars but it shouldn’t. It looks phenomenal, and the three leads (almost definitely Adrien Brody’s best) are all amazing but god what a blowhard of a movie. it is fucking boring and dull, you can tell the director was just jerking off about how much of a genius he is throughout the entire filmmaking process.
This bitch did NOT need to be 3.5 hours long but thank god for that intermission because my ass was about to fall asleep. Literally did a lap around the theater out in the cold to wake myself up and really nearly decided to leave… but I’m glad I didn’t. The second half of the film is much better but it still suffers from everything I’ve been bitching about just to a lesser degree.
Maybe I’d be more forgiving if it were an hour shorter. Like seriously, just thinking about the plot on the way home I was just dumbfounded at how unnecessarily long this fucking thing is.
5/10 solely for the acting, cinematography, and a few choice scenes that are legitimately great. Felicity Jones final scene is absolutely gonna be her Oscar reel and she really might win it, even tho Mikey Madison and Demi Moore deserve it more. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.16.25 | oh wait Felicity might not even be in the lead actress category… I dunno. If she wins lead tho it would be the most predictable Oscar bullshit scenario I’ve ever seen |
budgie
01.16.25 | *farts |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.16.25 | Very true I did fart during the movie |
FurtherDown
01.16.25 | Saw 28 Days After finally and was pretty much destroyed by it. Given my long-term admiration for Sunshine I don't know why it took me so long, top Boyle/Garland collab. Will be thinking a lot about this. The intro sequence goes unbelievably hard and so does the climax. Stylistically brave, thematically very rich. 9/10 or something. |
AlexKzillion
01.16.25 | @wildcard damn i actually thought the first half was a lot better than the second. was feeling like a five star movie until the 'subtext became the text' in the second half. also thought it was paced extremely well for its length. do agree that it feels a little high on its own supply tho
will say though... based on precursors its looking extremely unlikely felicity jones even gets nominated. mikey and demi's biggest competition is prob karla sofia gascon |
IsisScript80
01.16.25 | FFS, just found out David Lynch died.
Genius. World's got a bit shittier. Rest in peace. |
NexCeleris
01.16.25 | Super hard RIP. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.16.25 | you’ve gotta be fucking kidding me |
artiswar
01.16.25 | good, fuck that derivative hack piece of shit
jk RIP david love you |
SomeCallMeTim
01.16.25 | Lynch marathon time lfg
hard RIP. Mulholland Drive is goat'd |
AlexKzillion
01.16.25 | big big RIP was debating on starting a filmography run for a while and i may need to jump start that now
if you haven't seen it, his cameo in the fabelmans is really quite beautiful. definitely worth checking on youtube |
artiswar
01.16.25 | Still need to watch Mullholand. Lost Highway was a really fucking weird movie that I saw when it came out and left an indelible impression on me |
DType
01.16.25 | I just saw the news, completely unexpected, in the last two years i finally decided to watch some of his films and was quite surprised, he had such a unique style, hard RIP, Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway were my favorites |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.16.25 | Time to start Twin Peaks again. I never got around to the return… get the feeling it’s gonna hit me hard.
Just one of the best to ever do it… and @art, if he had literally only made Mulholland Dr those claims would still be valid, it’s that fucking good |
denboy
01.17.25 | Late Night With The Devil
Loved it, but I would have loved it even if it was just a fake late night episode from the 70ies without the horror stuff so
Pontypool, recommended by a friend after i told her about late night with the devil
Unique movie, basically carried by Stephen McHattie (I should not find his last name as funny as I do, but he wore a cowboy hat for most of the movie so can you blame me) |
protokute
01.17.25 | man, it felt like a relative died. what a great man, David was. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.18.25 | Watched a Serious Man, and damn I don’t know why every time that I watch a less popular Coen flick I expect to be disappointed. They’ve literally never had a miss from what I’ve seen. I don’t think anything by them will ever live up to No Country For Old Men or Big Lebowski but god damn their movies are always a good time and always leave me just in awe.
I think I’m gonna finally watch Miller’s Crossing tomorrow, it’s only that, Intolerable Cruelty, and Ladykillers that I haven’t seen. I’ve been told mixed things about the last two but I do have one film buff friend that thinks Miller’s Crossing is their best movie and another who says that it’s straight up is his favorite movie. Dunno why it’s taken me so long to watch it |
gabba
01.18.25 | I also think Miller’s Crossing is among their top 3, and A Serious Man in their top 5 (along with No Country, The Man Who Wasn’t There & Inside Llewyn Davis). Lebowski only comes after these.
Michael Stuhlbarg was so good in A Serious Man, but also in the 3rd season of Fargo. |
IsisScript80
01.18.25 | 'A Serious Man' is fantastic. I couldn't make a "Top 3/5/whatever" list of Coen movies because their hit-rate is so bizarrely, consistently high, with so many films that are entirely successful in what they set out to do, the exercise feels moot.
I do know though, that as great as 'Miller's Crossing' is, it wouldn't feature as a fave of theirs for me. I just know I prefer a whole heap of their videography (haven't seen 'Intolerable Cruelty' nor 'Ladykillers', BTW, as the clips I've seen seen and general vibe just straight-out don't appeal to me enough to engage time on), but stuff like say, 'Barton Fink' (which doesn't get talked about *as much*) is still fundamentally, flawless and brilliant. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.18.25 | @gabba
Holy shit I didn’t even notice that was Sy!
@Isis
Totally agree, I couldn’t rank out their films if I wanted to either. I just know personally Lebowski and No Country for Old Men are my favorites. Everything else has been *just* below that insanely high bar to clear. They’re maybe not my favorite filmmakers of all time, but if we’re just going by batting average… then yeah they’re hard to beat. |
Deathconscious
01.18.25 | "Nosferatu I skipped cause I had multiple people tell me it was dog-shit"
They have shit taste, dont ever listen to them for movie advice again. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.18.25 | [2]
It’s fucking phenomenal and one of the best movies of the year lol |
Veldin
01.18.25 | Mufasa 5/10 and Nosferatu 10/10 |
protokute
01.19.25 | Watched Dog Soldiers which I just found silly and didn't like it much, and The Wolf Man (1941), that despite some plot/pacing issues, the set design was simply gorgeous and won me over. |
FurtherDown
01.19.25 | Serious Man is top 5 Coens indeed. |
budgie
01.20.25 | what kind of bastard wouldnt like dog soldiers |
Hawks
01.20.25 | Space Nuts 7 and Asian Invasion 42. |
protokute
01.20.25 | me 😚😚 |
artiswar
01.20.25 | I watched Raw Justice. It was really good. 9/10
Also Alien Romulus. Didn't like it. 0.5/10 |
WretchedCacophony
01.20.25 | how can you not like Alien Romulus so much that it's a 0.5? Didn't like it to me = 5/10 lol |
Snake.
01.20.25 | movies I have watched in 2025
mississippi burning
la la land
brokeback mountain
scarface
big fish
green mile
wendy and lucy
wall street
a simple plan
minari
rushmore
inherent vice
gran torino
about schmidt
uncut gems
starman
if beale street could talk
the royal tenenbaums
heat |
IsisScript80
01.20.25 | "how can you not like Alien Romulus so much that it's a 0.5? Didn't like it to me = 5/10 lol"
Not speaking for artiswar, but 0.5/hating 'Romulus' is a reaction that seems very sane to me. To me, it's a 3/10 at best, purely on how it looked and the vaguely hopeful opening minutes that this may be something worthwhile (which IMO, absolutely wasn't). And "5/10" is a number that I consider "average/mediocre", which is a low bar that this fell short of. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.20.25 | Millers Crossing was awesome but absolutely not the best Coen bros movie imo, probably not even top 5 for me either. John Turtorro was absolutely insane tho and I’m surprised *that* scene only happened about halfway through the movie. I’d seen it before so I always figured I had the movie spoiled for me but I was so shocked when I checked and there was still like an hour to go lol. Great flick tho for sure |
IsisScript80
01.20.25 | ^ That aligns with my take on it... albeit it's been a long time since I last saw it. |
budgie
01.20.25 | "Also Alien Romulus. Didn't like it. 0.5/10
nerd ass bitch |
artiswar
01.20.25 | "how can you not like Alien Romulus so much that it's a 0.5?"
I grew up with GOOD movies |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.20.25 | Damn third best alien movie and it’s a .5?? |
artiswar
01.20.25 | feel free to explain why its good. It pissed me off more than 3 and I despised that movie |
SomeCallMeTim
01.20.25 | David Lynch time. Starting with Eraserhead and watching all the films that follow, ending with a full run of Twin Peaks. Never seen Eraserhead full way through so I'm stoked to finally see how he gets the eraser on his head |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.20.25 | Looked good, well acted, thoroughly entertaining if a little redundant.
Idk how it could piss anyone off it’s by far the most inoffensive thing the franchise has ever done lol, if anything it was waaaayyyy too safe. Excited to see what Fede does next, hopefully it has less terrible fanservice callbacks and tries to do something a little different while also not being dogshit |
artiswar
01.20.25 | enjoy Lost Highway |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.20.25 | No tim, you misunderstood. It’s about an eraser that gives good head |
artiswar
01.20.25 | that's what it was really about???? |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.21.25 | See that’s why you didn’t like the new alien art, you fundamentally misunderstand film. |
artiswar
01.21.25 | yes wild. that's exactly why |
lucazade22
01.21.25 | Juror #2 - interesting premise, average movie (5/10)
Wallace & Gromit Vengeance most fowl - great fun (7/10)
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IsisScript80
01.21.25 | "Looked good, well acted, thoroughly entertaining if a little redundant.
Idk how it could piss anyone off it’s by far the most inoffensive thing the franchise has ever done lol"
Oh, it pissed me off big-time, Wildcard.
Looked good: Yes. Well acted: No (with the notable exception of David Jonsson). Thoroughly entertaining: Nnngh.
There is nothing I find more offensive in the medium than a film that shows such outright contempt for the intelligence of its audience. This was a film that felt like a 12-year-old snuck into a screening of the first two Alien movies and was somehow given the right (and extraordinary budget) to make his own fanfic movie.
Any movie that so gleefully wants the audience to mindlessly go; "gWaRp! hE dUn SaYd tHoSe wOrDs ThAt I dUn'D hEaRd In tHaT tHeRe OtHeR mOoVy!!!" every two minutes, in stark contrast to how EARNED those original quotes were in context (e.g. "Get away from her, you BITCH!" was actually a thing that made sense in the scene, not meant to be an in-universe famous utterance, and witnessed by only one other human), has no place in this film, other than to make heathens happy.
I found **Spoilers, I guess** Ian Holm's "appearance" nonsensical (again, dumb callback) and utterly gross, and the supposedly "daring" end boss scene just 'Alien: Resurrection" reheated in the microwave.
I really can't stand this movie. I'm a sucker for a piece of cinema that looks good, so felt lenient towards it for that, but even at its prior worst, the Alien franchise has never insulted the intelligence of its audience to this degree.. it's misses (which are many) have up to that point, been bad decisions done in (what I believe to be) good faith. This feels cynical in ways I've not seen before in this franchise.
So... er... yeah.
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artiswar
01.21.25 | can't wait to read that effort-post when I get home Isis. At least one sane person here lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.21.25 | isis I totally get what you mean but maybe I just have blinders on for it because it’s not fucking terrible like the last 30 years of that franchise. Feel similarly about Prey. Yes, it’s basically just Predator with a fresh coat of paint but everything following the original is just so horrid that I was glad to finally have a movie that didn’t make me wanna gouge my eyes out.
Now, and this applies to both Romulus and Prey, if the next movies are just more of the same shit then I’ll probably feel like you toward them, but I think both kinda had to play it safe to get an audience in the first because nobody was looking forward to a sequel to The Predator or Alien Covenant.
But yes those callbacks are offensively bad, especially the Ian Holm appearance and the awkward ass “get away from her… u bitch” line. But I enjoyed myself with the rest of the movie enough to look past all that. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.21.25 | Scratch that about Prey… Predators was fine. The rest of those movies fucking suck though imo |
artiswar
01.21.25 | Alien Resurrection makes Romulus look like Alien Vs Predator 2 |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.21.25 | … what does that make AvP2 then lmfaooo |
denboy
01.21.25 | I agree the callbacks are really lame, but it's not enough to piss me off
I'm just happy that it didn't look like shiny glossy shit and that the plot crossed the low bar of being vaguely coherent, unlike ridley scotts modern attempts |
denboy
01.21.25 | So basically, Prometheus and Covenant both made me so angry that the relief I felt while watching Romulus made me enjoy the movie despite its flaws |
artiswar
01.21.25 | it's funny you say that because that's a huge part of why modern movies make me angry... The bar has been lowered so much that when a movie is even SLIGHTLY decent, everyone falls over themselves praising it. Like a dehydrated man in a desert |
Krpa
01.21.25 | What You Wish For (2024)
Decent thriller. Nick Stahl is a pretty good actor. I also like the way the plot takes its time before getting to its main thing.
Wolfs (2024)
A crime comedy that basically serves as a vehicle for Pitt and Clooney to argue and play off each other for an hour and a half. It's a mid-level film that doesn't really do much other than kill some time. |
Aerisavion
01.21.25 | Both of mine were in the cinema.
Seven (1995) - Limited rerun, was a lot of fun. Love watching classics on the big screen.
Wolf Man (2025) - Dull, tedious attempt at a horror film. Expected better of Leigh Whannell after Invisible Man, but this film was boring as hell. |
artiswar
01.21.25 | Seven's such a weird movie. I think it's aged poorly. It's classic but it's a tough watch |
Aerisavion
01.21.25 | Definitely feels like a product of its time, just like Fight Club imo. |
BaselineOOO
01.21.25 | Nosferatu 2024 and Nie Wieder Schlafen 1992 |
artiswar
01.21.25 | Fight Club has 2 huge advantages over Seven. It's an adaptation of a book so a story already exists, but more importantly the pacing in that movie is insane. I can gloss over most of the flaws because of how fast everything moves and how engaging it is |
BaselineOOO
01.21.25 | LA Confidential is the best movie (for normies) of the 90s. |
artiswar
01.21.25 | I hated LA Confidential |
AlexKzillion
01.21.25 | extended very sick mlk weekend:
mulholland drive (lynch) [2001] - 9/10. my first lynch. bought the criterion a while back and finally popped in it. am not sure i entirely understood a lot of what was going on but the atmosphere was immaculate and and there was so many wtf moments i couldn't help but be thoroughly entertained.
all we imagine as light (kapadia) [2024] - 7/10. the favorite for best international film at this year's oscars. very slow grounded film about the love lives of two women in india. cinematography is some of the best of the year, performances are really good, but overall i found this a little toooo slow and couldn't quite lock in. will prob rewatch at some point.
he's just not that into you (kwapis) [2009] - 6/10. alright rom com that just has a murderers row of a-listers doing bit parts. only in 2009.
the killer (woo) [1989] - 9/10. i knew the action in this would absolutely fuck but i did not expect this to be a top tier melodrama at the exact same time. feels like heat before heat.
birth (glazer) [2004] - 9/10. watched this about a year ago and think about it as much as any movie i've seen over that time period. the premise is ridiculous but it is played so so so straight. not sure anyone other than jonathon glazer and nicole kidman can pull this off. |
artiswar
01.22.25 | uhhh... I just watched a movie I've never even heard of before and I'm blown away.... I'm still processing... It's called The Ninth Configuration (1980). Ummmm I recommend it highly |
Hyperion1001
01.22.25 | insidious (2010) - rose Byrne can’t act. and James wan can’t keep a consistent tone. plus everything is so ugly and grey. the part in the further with the darth maul demon was kinda cool but it doesn’t make up for the dullness of the rest. those assistant characters are so wildly out of place and distracting and just put a huge magnifying glass on how bad the script is. overall, it’s just poorly directed, acted, and written even if there are some cool ideas from time to time.
so far, malignant is the only James wan film I found worth revisiting. |
Hyperion1001
01.22.25 | also ninth configuration rules. you should watch exorcist 3 next William Peter blatty also directed it. |
budgie
01.22.25 | malignant was fuggin turded |
artiswar
01.22.25 | are you actually gonna make me watch fucking Exorcist 3?? Why do I feel like this is a bad decision? |
BaselineOOO
01.22.25 | How can one go from masterpieces like the The Witch and The Lighthouse to trash like The Northman and Nosferatu. I just don't get it. |
artiswar
01.22.25 | that sweet sweet money |
SomeCallMeTim
01.22.25 | NosferaTWO: Transylvanian Drift |
artiswar
01.22.25 | coming in 2026 |
Egarran
01.22.25 | Exorcist 2 is the real challenge. |
Anthracks
01.22.25 | i mean, all of eggers movies are just retellings of really old stories so like... i can't imagine thinking there's a huge gap in quality among them? like yeah the acting isn't good in nosferatu but who actually gives a shit about that |
artiswar
01.22.25 | I prefer good acting personally. I feel like it helps the movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.22.25 | Nah art exorcist 3 is legit not bad. |
artiswar
01.22.25 | might check it if I find a poor sucker to watch it with |
Faraudo
01.22.25 | I kinda loved Gladiator II tbh |
Aerisavion
01.23.25 | "How can one go from masterpieces like the The Witch and The Lighthouse to trash like The Northman and Nosferatu. I just don't get it."
Calling The Northman/Nosferatu trash is just plain harsh - there are plenty other movies out there infinitely worse. |
AlexKzillion
01.23.25 | oscar best picture noms dropped:
s: dune 2, nickel boys
a: the substance, the brutalist
b: anora, conclave, a complete unknown
c: wicked
d:
f: emilia perez
still not seen: i'm still here
would say this is a farrrrrr weaker set of films than last year |
Aerisavion
01.23.25 | Loved The Substance, Dune Part 2 was good but personally I preferred Part 1.
Hated Wicked. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.23.25 | I feel like the Brutalist is gonna sweep big categories |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.23.25 | Scratch that I’d say it’s a 50/50 for Brutalist or Real Pain for supporting actor, def feel like it’s gonna get Best Picture, Director, Lead actor, Supporting actress… probably won’t get production design, score, or editing.
Only one it deserves is lead actor imo, I didn’t care for the movie but it’s literally Adrien Brody’s best performance. He’s unbelievable in it |
AlexKzillion
01.23.25 | the favorites for the above the line categories, based on the precursors:
picture - conclave, emilia perez, the brutalist prob in that order
director - corbet (brutalist) or audiard (emilia perez). sean baker (anora) has dark horse potential.
actor - adrien brody (brutalist) or ralph fiennes (conclave). timothee chalamet (a complete unknown) is a real dark horse tho and would beat adrien brody's record as the youngest winner.
actress - mikey madison (anora) and demi moore (the substance) are neck and neck... but erivo, gascon, and torres all have dark horse potential. easily the most competitive award.
supporting actor - kieran culkin (a real pain) is a lock
supporting actress - zoe saldana (emilia perez) is a lock
cannot highlight enough a) how much emilia perez sucks and b) how likely it is to sweep these oscars even in the technical awards. the oscars voters are on an entirely different planet with this one. it has a 2.5 average on letterboxd for reference. |
artiswar
01.23.25 | oh man I have to watch A Real Pain |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.23.25 | If I were to update my list it’d probably be my third favorite of the year. It’s really fucking good man. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.23.25 | Damn is Emilia Perez really that bad lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.23.25 | Hope anora comes out of nowhere for Best Picture and Director, idk I’ve seen all of those best actress noms aside from Emilia Perez and feel like it should *easily* be Mikey Madison but would be totally fine with Demi Moore. |
artiswar
01.23.25 | am watching A Real Pain and it is so fucking good 10/10 so far |
budgie
01.23.25 | nobody cares art |
artiswar
01.23.25 | Alex brought it up like 5 comments ago |
artiswar
01.23.25 | that was maybe the best movie rec I've gotten in over 10 years. I was blown away by that movie, thanks Alex! I cried like 3 times. Everyone should watch A Real Pain (2024) |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.24.25 | Oh I watched Incendies last night. Brutal, haunting, amazing… until the last 20 mins or so. probably the most bleak film Villeneuve ever made and threw in a twist that was so beyond stupid that it took me right out of it.
Still very good and totally worth watching but goddamn, that ending fucking blows. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.24.25 | And yeah… Real Pain is amazing. That Oscar better be Kieran’s |
Deathconscious
01.24.25 | Ill be watching it soon, looks good. |
BaselineOOO
01.24.25 | A Real Pain is good-ish, I recommend |
artiswar
01.24.25 | "That Oscar better be Kieran’s" [2] |
AlexKzillion
01.24.25 | what i think is hilarious is that a real pain is pretty much all about kieran culkin's character and every time he's not on screen all the other characters are talking about him or wondering where he is... and the academy considers that a "supporting" performance
same thing with zoe saldana in emilia perez. she easily has the most screen time of anyone in that movie, sings the most songs, and the story is more or less told from her character's perspective... and that also is considered a supporting performance somehow |
artiswar
01.24.25 | yeah it's definitely not a supporting role, he's the star it's his movie. Eisenberg is really good too |
Hyperion1001
01.24.25 | it’s time to reiterate that giving awards for art is fucking stupid. |
artiswar
01.24.25 | I don't know anyone who's taken movie or music awards seriously in a very long time. I think maybe some people still just have nostalgia for the pageantry of it |
Aerisavion
01.24.25 | 'I don't know anyone who's taken movie or music awards seriously in a very long time. I think maybe some people still just have nostalgia for the pageantry of it'
[2] |
AlexKzillion
01.24.25 | i don't think anyone actually takes what wins/gets nominated at the oscars as any objective measure of quality (and especially not this year). only three of this year's best pic noms made my personal top 20.
i do think following the oscar race is very fun though. it borders more on a political campaign than an award show and i barely feel like its any different than passively following the nba on twitter |
WretchedCacophony
01.24.25 | "it’s time to reiterate that giving awards for art is fucking stupid"
nah it's a way to recognize highlights from the year and congratulate people on something that was found moving. The metrics and standards by which this judgment is made are stupid, but the concept is fine. |
AlexKzillion
01.24.25 | to add to that... especially this year i also find it pretty easy to root for people like sean baker, brady corbet, coralie fargeat, and ramell ross... people who made films i really liked but badly struggled to get funding for their films. those people getting nominated or winning oscars brings more eyes to their films which means it should be a lot easier for them to make their next films.
the success of the substance is of particular interest because it was produced by mubi... a streaming platform specializing in international cinema + the avant garde.
that's kinda why i'm not all that broke up about dune 2 / denis villeneuve getting nothing... were already getting messiah no matter what and denis is getting a blank check to make whatever he wants as soon as he's finished |
artiswar
01.24.25 | I read everything you say in a cockney accent |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.24.25 | Yeah I agree that it is kinda dumb but it’s fun for me so idc. As music listeners we’ve also just been so used to the Grammys being complete ass year after year so I think we might kinda forget that the Oscars legit have great films across the board for the most part |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.24.25 | Their biggest flaw I guess is their failure to recognize most horror or action movies aside from minor shit like editing and set design… Toni Collette not getting a nom for Hereditary is absolutely insane. |
artiswar
01.24.25 | everyone I know loved Toni in that role that's enough for me |
AlexKzillion
01.24.25 | "I read everything you say in a cockney accent"
lmao i wish |
AlexKzillion
01.24.25 | the grammys completely suck by comparison because nobody actually benefits from getting nominated or winning. there's no stakes to any of it. all the big awards are essentially reserved for top 40 pop artists who get nominated specifically because they are huge artists and will draw viewers... and anyone with any knowledge or interest in the niche awards (think best metal performance) are completely insulted year after year by how dumb and out of touch their the noms are. |
Aerisavion
01.24.25 | Just saw Presence. Pretty good movie. |
markjamie
01.25.25 | I have absolutely no respect whatsoever for the Grammys; my preteen niece and nephew's musical taste has more credibility... but I still have some respect for the Oscars and Emmys. When films like Moonlight and Parasite can win (and The Boy and the Heron in animated feature), there is hope. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.25.25 | [3]
Yep exactly what I was trying to say. |
Krpa
01.25.25 | Nosferatu (2024)
Pretty good. My fav is still the 1922 version, but Eggers does this story justice. It is visually exquisite and atmospheric, also not too slow for my tastes. Nosferatu himself isn't too creepy, and the mustache + accent combo makes him seem more like Stalin. But oh well.
Sons (2024)
New film by Gustav Möller, director of The Guilty. A prison drama that requires you to suspend your disbelief more than you usually would, but it's an intimate and intense piece of work. Definitely not as satisfying as The Guilty, but a good one still. |
Hyperion1001
01.25.25 | manhunter (1986) - Michael Mann makes movies about determined men with special skills making difficult decisions to accomplish hard tasks and they are all the best movies ever made. this one isn’t my personal favorite but it’s still an absolute banger. 4/5 |
DType
01.26.25 | The Witch (2015) - my first Eggers film, excellent cinematography and perfomance from Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Ineson, while fairly enjoyable i think the pacing and plot was overall mid, not much to say about it besides the good acting and it looks good, 7/10
The Phantom Carriage (1921) - for some reason i was expecting this one to be a spookie old silent film, but i ended up with a tear jerker, what a beautiful film, not only my favorite silent film so far but already one of my favorites of all time, highly recommended, 9/10.
As a side note, the director and lead actor ended up being the main character in one of Bergman's films, Wild Strawberries, Bergman is also one of my favorite directors around, and it sorta comes full circle.
|
Krpa
01.26.25 | The Damned (2024)
This moody horror-drama takes place in an isolated, snowy location and is obviously inspired by folk horror and Eggers' slow, methodical filmmaking style. It's not particularly compelling, unfortunately, but might do the job if you don't mind a slow burn.
The Girl With the Needle (2024)
A grim Danish period drama about a factory worker aho struggles to survive in post-WW1 Copenhagen. But this isn't just misery porn, it's also got another main character who was a monstrous real-life figure and the film's second half deals with a whole another set of issues. Not to spoil anything, but this wasn't an easy watch. Great soundtrack and cinematography, acting-wise it's stellar too. Might be too drawn-out and sluggish to some, and I can understand them. But it's still a worthy candidate for those seeking some dark, nightmarish stuff. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.26.25 | Dtype if you didn’t love the witch idk how you’ll feel watching the rest of his flicks. I feel like that’s the one EVERYBODY loves. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.26.25 | Watched You Were Never Really Here and it’s a fucking shame that Joker gets so much more attention (for very obvious reasons)… Joaquin is amazing in both and they share some similar themes but good god You Were Never Really Here blows Joker out of the fucking water.
I could write an essay about how much I love this movie but to keep it short… I really wish that more movies kinda blurred the line between art house and mainstream this effectively. It’s really such a simple film but god the way it’s executed is just insane. Lynne Ramsay is a fucking masterful filmmaker and it sucks that she hasn’t made more movies.
And goddamn, Joaquin. His best performance of all time. He barely speaks throughout the second half of the film but he’s so easily able to convey exactly what the character is feeling. Shooting from the hip, it’s probably my favorite movie of the last decade. And it’s like 80 minutes, that kinda movie just doesn’t happen often. |
JeetJeet
01.26.25 | Nosferatu - 10/10
Eggers is on a crazy run right now like every fucking movie he makes ends up being the coolest shit ever somehow |
Krpa
01.26.25 | A Serious Man (2009)
This one just didn't click with me. It's my least fav of all Coen bros' films I've seen so far. Not that I thought it was bad, but I struggled to get through it. Some scenes were fun, that's the most positive thing I can say about it. |
Anthracks
01.26.25 | sicario (2015) - 5/10
the brutalist (2024) - 6/10 |
rufinthefury
01.27.25 | I finally watched Beau Is Afraid. My review: Wtf? Best Ari Aster movie |
AlexKzillion
01.27.25 | loved beau
ari aster has a new film coming this year. a """western""" starring joaquin, pedro pascal, emma stone and austin butler. |
denboy
01.27.25 | no idea who austin butler is so i googled him and
apparently michael mann is making Heat 2
wat |
gabba
01.27.25 | Damn, still need to check Beau. Ari Aster and Eggers are peak horror directors of this era, with Jordan Peele close 3rd. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.27.25 | Blink Twice is like the third “feminist” movie that I’ve watched recently that is *almost* there as a great film. The acting is great, set design is perfect, it’s easy on the eyes, entertaining for the most but god it just gets too preachy too much. You can tackle these themes but I’d love it if you didn’t do it with the tact of a fucking sledgehammer. I felt similarly about Fresh and the Barbie movie. All are extremely well made aside from the whack ass writing at some points. Like, treat your audience like they’re not fuckin children.
Promising Young Woman is probably the best of ones that I’ve watched recently and even that one had a scene or two that felt overly preachy… like real people do not talk like that. Luckily it was really only one scene but man that scene was fuckin terrible.
All of them are still worth watching because ultimately I do agree with the message from each but god, some of the writing is just ridiculous |
AlexKzillion
01.27.25 | austin butler is also gonna be patrick bateman in guadagnino's american psycho remake lmao |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.27.25 | Honestly I would normally be so against that movie getting a remake but that’s such a good pick that I might actually watch it |
unclereich
01.27.25 | a different man(2024)- 6/10
a real pain(2024)-5/10
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gabba
01.27.25 | I hated Promising Young Woman, and it has nothing to do with the underlyng message. It’s just that the script is garbage. Tries too hard to be serious & entertaining at the same time, ultimately falling apart. |
unclereich
01.27.25 | I hated it purely for making me watch bo burnham |
rufinthefury
01.27.25 | cant speak to blink twice but wildcard the Barbie movie being as subtle as a sledgehammer is both the point and the joke. the day is saved by reciting basic feminist theory to a bunch of women who wouldnt even be able to relate to the points being made lol. I can't even call it preachy, thats just the gag. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.27.25 | Yeah I didn’t even know who he was before lol, and I thing the genre blends work pretty well generally… and idk I thought the movie was well written aside from the scene with Doc Ock. That was rough |
protokute
01.27.25 | lol no way luca guadagnino is making a remake of american psycho wtf |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.27.25 | oh holdup it’s Luca??? lol it’s gonna be great |
KevinKC
01.27.25 | So... Civil War didn't get any nomination ?
Or Furiosa ?
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unclereich
01.27.25 | oscars are lame but yea more egregious than usual this year. |
budgie
01.27.25 | what kinda nerd watches the fuckin oscars get a grip ppl |
AlexKzillion
01.27.25 | no sound nom for civil war is crazy |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.27.25 | yeah shit you’re right alex |
EoinCofa
01.28.25 | Rewatched KATLA, best slow-burn series I’ve seen, darkest too |
protokute
01.28.25 | i've seen such conflicting opinions about Civil War, but I find it an interesting premise... I will probably watch it someday |
Hyperion1001
01.28.25 | the people who didnt like civil war were just mad it wasnt "john wick kills trump/biden" |
oltnabrick
01.28.25 | Le Vourdalak
Les Chambres Rouges |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.28.25 | Ya Civil War was great. |
budgie
01.28.25 | i watched the first like 10 min i gotta jump back in |
Deathconscious
01.28.25 | A Real Pain was good. Unfortunately I feel like I relate too much to David lol. |
Asdfp277
01.29.25 | i just watched the clue (1985) movie, it was fun ! |
Asdfp277
01.29.25 | added the Emilia Pérez soundtrack under "Clement Ducol and Camille" ! |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.30.25 | Watched The White Lotus S1 and damn it was good. Very very funny and very well acted. Murray Bartlett is fucking insane in that show. Excited to start S2. |
budgie
01.30.25 | i finally st arted watching breaking bad and it is uh pretty good |
gabba
01.30.25 | your ass gonna be flat as a pan by the time you get to the finale, consider that, yolo |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.30.25 | damn budge better late than never lol
It’s not my favorite show but yeah like gabba said it’s easy as fuck to find yourself binging. Shows more addictive than the meth
Watch Better Call Saul next, I honestly like it more. |
Scheumke
01.30.25 | Started a Eggers run:
- The VVitch - 8/10 - Great suspenseful movie with lived in characters (the authentic language helps). I basically enjoyed everything about this movie and I can see myself changing it to a 9/10 as time passes and I think about it more often. Also (minor spoilers) shoutout to the Devil/demon goatvoice at the end, holy shit that was well done.
- The Lighthouse - 7/10 - I appreciated it more than I enjoyed it. The promethean links in it are fun and felt appropriate, and ofcourse Willem Dafoe is one of the best actors of our time. When I picture a lighthouse keeper I will forever see his face. |
AlexKzillion
01.30.25 | taking an introduction to film course at community college this semester
these are the films were apparently gonna be watching: https://boxd.it/DhkAa$n8dsJT1B9c2H23KN |
AlexKzillion
01.30.25 | top gun maverick (kosinski) [2022] - 8/10
hard truths (leigh) [2024] - 8/10
hard boiled (woo) [1992] - 7/10
walkabout (roeg) [1971] - 8/10
the seventh seal (bergman) [1957] - 8/10
tar (field) [2022] - 8/10
someone rec me some trash please |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.30.25 | Coffee Table. Don’t look it up Alex, just watch it and behold |
budgie
01.30.25 | ugh i fuckin hated nope. enjoy the class tho |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.30.25 | It’s Peele’s weakest fs but I didn’t hate it or anything, just it and Us really disappointing coming off of Get Out |
artiswar
01.30.25 | Peele was a one-hit-wonder with Get Out |
budgie
01.30.25 | agree with art here
us was meh nope was aggressively bad and his twilight zone production was full of very tired boring tropes |
Colton
01.31.25 | who’s watchin Severance |
budgie
01.31.25 | sup colt |
Hyperion1001
01.31.25 | "these are the films were apparently gonna be watching: https://boxd.it/DhkAa$n8dsJT1B9c2H23KN"
two maya deren nice meshes is one of my personal favorites |
AlexKzillion
01.31.25 | nope was a decent 7/10. felt like a better version of m night's signs |
Hyperion1001
01.31.25 | yeah nope is his best film don’t listen to budgie |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.31.25 | Damn I wouldn’t go that far lol, I like all of his movies but Get Out is def his best for me |
Hyperion1001
01.31.25 | I havent seen us and I like get out I just feel like nope was way more creative and weird. plus the camera setup/payoff was masterful. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.31.25 | Honestly I think I like Us more than Nope too but I’ve only seen Nope once, def due for a rewatch |
gabba
01.31.25 | Yeah, Nope’s great, nothing’s better than cowboys and aliens. It’s better than Us, but weaker than Get Out imo. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.31.25 | Ya Get Out is far ahead of both imo, like to the point where I’d call it one of the best films of the last 20 ish years. I fucking love get out |
Hyperion1001
01.31.25 | I think it’s good movie but it just feels a little bit too much like “horror movie for people who don’t like horror”. nope was way more of a swing for the fences with something real weird and I tend to respect that approach a lot more than playing it safe. |
Wildcardbitchesss
01.31.25 | Yeah I kinda get that. Id say it’s for sure the most normie friendly of his movies |
Zac124
01.31.25 | Just watched Incendies (2010) and jesus fucking christ, that ending. 4.5/5 would recommend. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | Damn, I guess you either really love or really hate the ending. Ending felt cheap and shocking just for the sake of it, I really loved it up until the last 20 mins or so |
JokineAugustus
02.01.25 | Incendies was great. I think the last 2 movies I've seen were Demolition and Inland Empire. No clue what to think of Inland Empire. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | Yeah… I’m kinda afraid to start it lol. 3 hours of Lynch off the rails might be too much for me haha. Prob gonna watch Lost Highway next and get around to Inland Empire eventually.
I’m saving Twin Peaks for when I have a lot of free time. I’ve watched the first two seasons and Fire Walk With Me, so The Return is the only thing I haven’t seen from that but I know it’s massive. Buddy of mine said it’s basically 18 hours of Lynch doing whatever the fuck he wants but he (along with some of yall… I get it okay) said that it’s the best thing Lynch ever made so I’m pretty excited for that. |
Deathconscious
02.01.25 | I found The Return very disappointing.
Watched Downfall (2004) for the second time, just as great as I remember it. |
budgie
02.01.25 | nazi |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | got em |
DocSportello
02.01.25 | The Return had a tremendous impact on me and I think about it all the time
Watching Blue Eye Samurai rn, probably my fav fresh animation since Scavengers Reign. Very Tarantino |
DocSportello
02.01.25 | Also huge shoutout to Adam Curtis’s Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Been binging his docs and this one takes the cake imo |
Deathconscious
02.01.25 | Yes, Downfall, the famously pro Nazi film, perfect for a relaxing night of seig heiling. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | Watched Black Swan. I liked it a lot but I think it’s just been so hyped up to me since forever and it just didn’t really live up to those expectations. Probably my least favorite Aronofsky that I’ve seen. |
budgie
02.01.25 | i like dat 1 |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | Yeah it was really good. Aronofsky doesn’t miss, it just wasn’t this 10/10 masterpiece best movie ever that some people make it out to be.
But this was a really interesting read, the whole time I was thinking that this movie is just a “classier” and more psychological version of The Wrestler.
https://collider.com/darren-aronofsky-black-swan-the-wrestler/ |
budgie
02.01.25 | i dont know how to read bro |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.01.25 | Me neither I have my mother type everything out for me |
budgie
02.01.25 | no wonder u seemed so familiar |
budgie
02.01.25 | hehe |
unclereich
02.01.25 | Eden lake (2008) - 1/10
Lake George (2024) - 6.7/10 |
budgie
02.01.25 | 1/10 eden lake ?? how |
gabba
02.01.25 | eden lake is bad agreed, couldn't stand that woman |
budgie
02.01.25 | yeah but like 1/10 bad?
also hows france !! |
gabba
02.01.25 | well, 2.5/10 max for me
vivre en France est un sac mélangé |
budgie
02.01.25 | whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ?? |
denboy
02.01.25 | i too give france 2.5/10 stars |
Scheumke
02.01.25 | Just watched The Substance. 6/10, very interesting movie and easy 7.5/8 out of 10 until the last like half hour. What an interesting idea executed interestingly only to not just stumble on the finish line, but break your leg doing it and losing liters of blood in a gruesome unnessesary gorefest.
Edit* reading what you lot had to say about it I recon it was marketed as a body horror movie, but I didn't get that at all from just watching the trailer. Going into it blind made the last act just stick out like a sore thumb. |
budgie
02.02.25 | im guesing u 2 arent big nature ppl |
IsisScript80
02.02.25 | 'The Dark Crystal' (1982) - Unbelievably (as far as I'm personally concerned), I've somehow never seen this until now. A shame in a way, because I think I'd have loved it, had I watched it as the target demographic. As it stands, watching it as an adult, it had a few story aspects that verged on interesting, but there was little that wasn't tropey as hell, and just not too engaging in a narrative sense. It also felt like--probably very much what it was--a Star Wars hangover. Naturally, by far the most engaging aspect was its visuals and overall design--absolutely magnificent. 6.5/10, taking into account that I'd have loved this, had I seen it first when I should have.
'Presence' (2024) - I felt this was going to be better than it ultimately turned out. Disappointing. Too much exposition and internal logic lapses, and just didn't sustain the creepy atmosphere it needed to be successful. I wanted this to be better, but it seemed stuck beween beong too "arthouse" for mainstream audiences, but too dumb for its seemingly more arthouse aspirations. 5/10 |
Anthracks
02.02.25 | vivre sa vie (1962) - 7/10
hard truths (2024) - 7/10
presence (2024) - 2/10 |
AlexKzillion
02.03.25 | was on letterboxd and noticed babygirl has a 3.0 avg now. swore it had a 3.6+ on there when i saw it last month. is there some sort of controversy i'm missing or does letterboxd just not know ball?
fwiw everyone who i trust (including anthracks) has given it high ratings so i'm thinking its the latter
def been hearing a lot about gen z is very prudish compared to past generations when it comes to movies and does not at all like seeing explicit sexual content and the lb userbase on average skews pretty young. maybe that explains it? |
Hyperion1001
02.03.25 | letterboxd is one of the most embarassing cringe communities on the internet. it’s literally only useful as a database / logger. basically never read reviews if you want to retain sanity. |
AlexKzillion
02.03.25 | i find letterboxd highly depends on what movies you're reading reviews for.
if its like a film in the criterion collection with sub-100k views chances are the reviews are pretty insightful. anything remotely mainstream is usually straight brain rot though. |
DocSportello
02.03.25 | The Spider-Man movie offers us the kinky, fetishistic spectacle of a geeky ordinary young man whom no one notices transformed into a raving metrosexual before our very eyes. Apparently injected with steroids and ecstasy by a gay spider, he admires his new buffed body with widening eyes in the mirror, dresses up in a tight lycra gimp suit and runs around a lot on all fours with his arse in the air, after having set up (Web?) cameras to record his (s)exploits. Peter Parker/Tobey Maguire employs designer drugs, clothes, perverse sexuality, and multimedia technology to get people to look at him as he swings between the billboards and skyscrapers from what appears to be his own hardening jism.
In one memorable bondage/mummification-resonant scene he hangs upside down in his gimp suit while Kirsten Dunst peels off the lower part of his mask to kiss him, before replacing it: a perfect example of the new power dynamic between metrosexual men and women and how metrosexual men have to be the centre of attention. We’re supposed to believe that Tobey is motivated by old-fashioned virtues of social concern and love for Kirsten, but we don’t believe it for a moment. Nor does, in the end, the movie: Kirsten finally offers herself but Tobey declines, realizing that she would come between him and his real love: his metrosexual alter ego in the Day-Glo gimp suit. |
JokineAugustus
02.03.25 | I forgot I watched RV after Inland Empire. Only good thing about it was Robin Williams. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.03.25 | Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, haven’t watched it in years but goddamn I do not remember it being so fast paced, and the little epilogue portion drags just a bit too much. I really feel like that movie would’ve been better as like a 4-6 episode miniseries. I think it’s fantastic but I would’ve loved it if the nazi family got more characterization and we explored the relationship between Craig and Rooney.
Still, what’s here is fucking amazing, just a little clunky in the last half hour or so. 9/10 |
gabba
02.03.25 | The Swedish version with Noomi Rapace is so much better imo. Even in itself, but considering that they made the whole trilogy, it’s just another level.
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wham49
02.03.25 | Trick or Treat (86) and Bev. Hills Cop both on tv |
markjamie
02.05.25 | Wolf Creek - 9/10
Wolf Creek 2 - 7.5/10
I love these films (and the TV series). It helps if you are Australian; the mythos of the Australian outback is a major character in the story and an argument can be made that Mick Taylor is on some level synonymous with it.
The second film doesn't have quite the same "spiritual" feeling, but does contain one of my favourite Australian cinema scenes of all time involving the subversion one of our most iconic symbols - the kangaroo.
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Wildcardbitchesss
02.05.25 | @gabba, I think that Finchers version is better, but the Swedish series is obviously better since Fincher never made any followups, I’d have loved to see more with Rooney and Fincher.
Watched Dragged Across Concrete yesterday and damn do I miss when mainstream films were just straight up fascist. I had fun with it but good god every one in that movie is fucking deplorable aside from literally one guy who should’ve gotten a lot more screen time |
Egarran
02.05.25 | Re: Australian movies, I need to see Picnic At Hanging Rock again. |
protokute
02.05.25 | that one is some trip |
KevinKC
02.05.25 | **** |
markjamie
02.06.25 | Picnic at Hanging Rock is ace. So atmospheric and yeah... trippy. |
denboy
02.06.25 | Nosferatu
not gonna lie, it nearly lost me in the first half hour, but other than that it was great |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.25 | I loved it all the way thru, excited to get it on 4k and turn on some subtitles tho. I didn’t understand a decent chunk of the dialogue but the movie was so beautiful that I didn’t really care. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.25 | Alright I loved Hereditary, thought Midsommar was a step down but still very good if a little self indulgent… should I even bother with Beau is Afraid? It seems even more up its own ass than Midsommar. |
budgie
02.07.25 | i cant stand all the crying in ari aster films |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.25 | Budgieeeee dude Toni collette was insane in hereditary |
budgie
02.07.25 | fasho collette is legit. i was thinkin more about the son in hereditary and the pugh girl in midsommar. sooo muuch CRRRYYYIIIIIIIING
for sure it lends something to the atmosphere of oppressive despair in those films but man oh man it's kind of grating |
Deathconscious
02.07.25 | Shoot 'Em Up. Hasn't held up too well, but it's still kinda fun and has its moments. |
denboy
02.07.25 | Beau is afraid is so far up its own ass it comes out on the other side. It’s an absolutely wild ride and is definitely worth a watch |
Krpa
02.07.25 | I didn't enjoy Beau Is Afraid much. Very self indulgent. The beginning is pretty fun, but it loses itself somewhere along the way and becomes a chore. I still think Hereditary is Aster's best, while Midsommar was good but not quite great. Wicker Man's lesser brother so to speak. |
denboy
02.07.25 | I've never seen Hereditary nor Midsommar, based on what I know about them I'm having a hard time imagining there being much overlap between them and Beau Is Afraid
What's your take on that Krpa? |
Egarran
02.07.25 | You must watch degenerate Swedes movie now. |
AlexKzillion
02.07.25 | yeah would def say beau is quite a bit different than hereditary and midsommar. beau is much less concerned with being a conventional horror film and feels a lot more personal by comparison. its like a three hour anxiety attack and its very understandable how that wouldn't work for others but i kinda loved it. |
Deathconscious
02.07.25 | I don't get the complaint of being self-indulgent. Art is always self-indulgent, unless you're pandering or being forced to do what the executives want you to do. Self-indulgent art is the best kind of art. You could call Nosferatu or The Lighthouse self-indulgent, and they're better for it. |
IsisScript80
02.07.25 | "Self-indulgent art is the best kind of art."
I get the point you're making, however, I fundamentally disagree that it's on principle, "the best kind of art".
The best kind of art, forreal, is the kind that *appears* not to look creatively compromised, but still has a (albeit hard to altogether quantify) resonance to the viewer.
If it's out in the world, it's a dialogue.
An example of this in easy terms, is Quentin Tarantino. His *pure* self indulgence, is something like 'Death Proof'. 'Death Proof' is a movie I saw once, and thought was utter wank (same goes for 'The Hateful Eight', but not to this extreme degree). Both are examples of pure auteurship, but most would consider (e.g.) 'Pulp Fiction' to be the better movie. Because again, the creation of Art to be viewed by an audience (which film is), is a two-way experience. |
Hyperion1001
02.07.25 | I saw hereditary and thought it was great, then I saw Midsommar and thought “well that’s enough of that” |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.07.25 | I mean I guess that’s fair but when I say something is overly self indulgent it just comes across as the writer/director thinking that they’re a genius and their art is far too smart for the peons that go to the theater.
Patton Oswalt has a good bit kinda about that. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ny2w2PJKRH8 |
IsisScript80
02.07.25 | 'Midsommar' was okay... nothing much wrong with it, IMO. But I fail to see what the hype was about... it just felt like a generally more gory 'Wicker Man', but several decades later, with less charm and songs. |
Hyperion1001
02.07.25 | I liked when they smashed that old dudes head with the hammer. |
IsisScript80
02.07.25 | ^ Yeah, that was fun. |
WretchedCacophony
02.07.25 | lmao sounds like a movie I shouldn't watch. Hereditary is haunting and I quite enjoyed it. Though I found the flying and wall crawling part to be strange in hindsight, but it was effective in the moment. |
Krpa
02.07.25 | @denboy
As some might have said, both Hereditary and Midsommar are more conventional takes on horror, with much shorter length and you can more easily box them into a certain genre. I do think you would enjoy those more because, while they're less ambitious, they're much more focused and coherent, not to mention the pacing wasn't "off" like I thought it was in Beau. Basically slow-burn horror films with style, and if that's your thing I would recommend them. Although I would much rather suggest The Wicker Man over Midsommar if you haven't seen it yet, it's like a better version of it. |
Egarran
02.07.25 | I suggest both. |
budgie
02.07.25 | "'Midsommar' was okay... nothing much wrong with it, IMO. But I fail to see what the hype was about... it just felt like a generally more gory 'Wicker Man', but several decades later, with less charm and songs.
i got the impression when it was topical that a lot of people loved the film because they saw it as a girlboss movie. which was and still is bewildering and pretty gross bc it is lightyears from being a girlboss movie. lightyears. it is a girlweak movie. girlpathetic |
IsisScript80
02.07.25 | ^ Ah, I see... yeah, "girlboss" take.
I see why it'd be viewed that way... it's specifically the ending (which obviously, becomes the overriding takeaway for a majority of audiences). |
budgie
02.07.25 | yeah dude. people who walked away from that film thinking she had a triumphant resolution are demented |
rabidfish
02.07.25 | Had a long flight so I watched Civil War. Wasn't expecting much but God damn what a shitty movie omg. It's not only shit, it is also terribly paved, acted and the plot makes no sense. Garland is a hack.
Also watched tenet again, what a great movie, full of little perfect moments. There's a scene where they are talking in a container about the literal end of the world and the blond woman says "also my son" and immediately Robert Pattinson character puts her to sleep lmao now that's a good ass movie. |
protokute
02.08.25 | I don't get the appeal of Hereditary but I really liked Midsommar |
AlexKzillion
02.08.25 | saw companion tonight. pretty alright sci fi-horror-comedy 6/10 and a good time at the theater |
budgie
02.08.25 | oooo scifi horrorrrr shweet
girl in the trailer looks like grimes |
Hyperion1001
02.08.25 | "garland = bad"
"nolan = good"
hack taste detected |
budgie
02.08.25 | damn garland was involved in 28 days, 28 weeks, ex machina, sunshine. only annihilation i think was pretty bleh
28 weeks fkn underrated i love that movie so so much |
AlexKzillion
02.08.25 | civil war > tenet for sure and i'm far from a tenet hater |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | Ya been meaning to watch Companion, prob gonna go on Tuesday night when tickets are half.
Annihilation rules tho budge ur trippin |
Hyperion1001
02.08.25 | isnt he always |
budgie
02.08.25 | waste of a damn life if u aint trippin |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | very good point, I got shrooms and annihilation on 4k I’ll see you on the other side 🫡 |
budgie
02.08.25 | have u seen coherence |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | 5/5 movie is fuckin goated
Excellent idea my friend |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | Alright blast off here we goooooo |
artiswar
02.08.25 | Coherence was gud. Have you heard of The Blair Witch project? it's kind of similar and also low budget |
budgie
02.08.25 | coherence on shrooms would b scary
enjyo annihilation i bet a lot better with some chemical influence
im supposed to watch population zero (2016) & hell house llc #4 tonight |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | should I just go ahead and boot up silent hill 2 |
artiswar
02.08.25 | I did like Annihilation. Wasn't what I expected. Shrooms would have helped probably. |
budgie
02.08.25 | DUDE YES the remake? fuck annihilation play that
it is so fukin immersive |
artiswar
02.08.25 | play Silent Hill 3 on PS2. the best one =] |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | That feels like a bad idea but fuck it after coherence I’ll give it a shot |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | I’ve never played any of them art, aside from PT but I feel like that doesn’t count |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | And I haven’t had a ps2 in about fifteen years lol |
artiswar
02.08.25 | emulate my dude |
artiswar
02.08.25 | everyone says 2 is the best but 3 is my bae for personal reasons |
budgie
02.08.25 | ]my life is so gay cuz im not on shrooms watchin coherence fuck. what am i doing
|
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | Coherence is so fucking tight dude |
artiswar
02.08.25 | I love that movie. Also has Xander from Buffy |
budgie
02.08.25 | art is war more like fart is war |
artiswar
02.08.25 | yeah |
unclereich
02.08.25 | Borgman(2013)- 7/10
Villains (2019)- 6/10 |
rabidfish
02.08.25 | Garland movies are all boring as fuck. Nolan makes fun movies sometimes. |
gabba
02.08.25 | Annihilation was so disappointing that I stopped following Garland's work. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.08.25 | “Garland movies are all boring as fuck. Nolan makes fun movies sometimes.”
did you not have your fidget spinner? |
rabidfish
02.08.25 | Man if you genuinely think civil war is a more enjoyable movie than tenet I just feel sorry for you |
Hyperion1001
02.08.25 | being a fan of nolans dorky bullshit is way more embarrassing brother |
budgie
02.08.25 | stop fighting u little girls |
artiswar
02.08.25 | Nolan sucks. Annihilation was ok |
markjamie
02.09.25 | Both have made films I enjoy but Civil War was disappointing and Oppenheimer was boring as all fuck. |
Asdfp277
02.09.25 | just watched 'the hills have eyes', the original, it was fun! 3.5 |
AlexKzillion
02.09.25 | "Man if you genuinely think civil war is a more enjoyable movie than tenet I just feel sorry for you"
nolan is my dude but nah civil war was on another level, and i feel confident saying that having seen both films in imax in the past year
civil war discourse i find extremely exhausting tho... feel like so much of the "disappointment" around it has more to do with what people thought/hoped it would be from the trailer (especially in an election year) and not what it actually is. feels like a film that will age extremely well 10-20yrs from now. |
Deathconscious
02.10.25 | How are 28 Days Later and Dredd boring?? Garland also has Men which is an amazing film. I liked Civil War well enough, but I think he's done a lot better. As for Nolan, I really love Interstellar and Oppenheimer was an impressive one-and-done film, but everything else of his that I've seen I've enjoyed to some degree but wouldn't exactly sing their praises. |
budgie
02.10.25 | i can get 28 days being boring tbh but i cant understand 28 weeks being boring |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.10.25 | Hot take, memento is Nolan’s best film everyone that disagrees can fuck off |
KevinKC
02.10.25 | Nolan made quite a few good movies.
What makes you say so clearly that Memento is his best ? |
Deathconscious
02.10.25 | 28 Weeks was underwhelming. Stoked for 28 Years, never should have been made without Garland and Boyle. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.10.25 | I like how small scale it is comparatively, it’s story is told in an extremely unique way that doesn’t feel like it’s there just for the sake of it, and it honestly is just one of my favorite thrillers of all time.
Idk I was mostly kidding when I said that but Nolan is massively overhyped to me, and the films of his that I actually love don’t get talked about as much as the Dark Knights, Interstellars, and Oppenheimers.
I think Memento, Prestige, and Inception are his best, and Dark Knight Rises gets way too much hate, it literally might be my favorite Batman movie. |
AlexKzillion
02.12.25 | nolan mount rushmore is prob memento, the prestige, dark knight, and oppenheimer. all 5/5 movies with varying degrees of wincing.
its hitchcock week in my film class so watched a lot of his films for the first time. vertigo is pretty much a perfect film, north by northwest also ruled, and psycho is also pretty great but i thought the final scene where the psychiatrist explains the whole film pretty dumbfounding??? though i guess that was maybe more necessary for audiences in 1960. |
Faraudo
02.12.25 | I'm a simple person, I see a Men (2022) enjoyer and engage. |
FurtherDown
02.12.25 | Sunshine >>> everything else (yeah Men was good too) |
Scheumke
02.13.25 | Nosferatu - 9/10 - Fresh out of the theater right now and holy crap I ate this shit up from the first scene to the last. Does it have flaws, absolutely. Do I care? Fuck no this was awesome |
Deathconscious
02.14.25 | I bet Men is Hawks' favorite movie of all time. |
budgie
02.14.25 | "28 Weeks was underwhelming.
ur underwhelming |
BaselineOOO
02.14.25 | How can I block budgie |
efp123
02.14.25 | You can’t |
budgie
02.14.25 | thats a damn shame |
Anthracks
02.16.25 | i am not your negro (2016) - 8/10 (despite the really poor editing jb is an all time great)
i'm still here (2024) - 8/10 |
unclereich
02.16.25 | payback(1999)-7/10
the gorge(2025)-1/10 |
Tunaboy45
02.16.25 | Have Three:
September 5 (first watch)
Adaptation (first watch)
Blue Velvet (millionth watch) |
budgie
02.19.25 | whajts ever1 opinion on interstellar |
denboy
02.19.25 | imma interstellar deez nutz n yo mouf |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.25 | nah I’m with budgie 28 Weeks rules it’s just that 28 Days is goddamn motherfucking perfect so any follow up would feel weaker.
28 Days - 11/10 possibly the best zombie (infected… whatever) film ever made and one of the best horror movies ever
28 Weeks - prob like 8/10, there’s some really excellent shit in there it’s just not on that same level.
Needless to say, with Boyle and Garland returning I’m so massively fucking hyped for 28 Years and have complete faith that they wouldn’t have planned out 2 more films unless they had some good shit cooked up. Him not directing Bone Temple gives me a little bit of a bad feeling but I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that Danny hand picked the director for that, plus him and Garland are still heavily involved so I have faith. |
AlexKzillion
02.19.25 | bone temple is a hilarious title lmao |
budgie
02.19.25 | i saw the trailer and it kinda didnt look very good. there were hardly any zombinis in it. hope its not a post apocalypse mad max zombies-just-as-background-setting kinda film |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.25 | Idk it looked fire to me man, to the point where I’m avoiding any more trailers like it’s the fucking plague. Def the movie I’m most looking forward to |
loveisamixtape
02.19.25 | y’all r still bumping my thread that is crazy. i deserve an ad revenue check |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.19.25 | best I can offer is about tree fiddy |
Egarran
02.20.25 | Oops wrong thread, I hope people will be sympathetic. |
budgie
02.20.25 | nobody cares sean |
Gameofmetal
02.20.25 | "there were hardly any zombinis in it. hope its not a post apocalypse mad max zombies-just-as-background-setting kinda film"
i mean, i rewatched 28 days later last night and there's not that many infected in it, it's a very openly "men are the real monsters" type zombie movie lol. |
Anthracks
02.22.25 | the incredible hulk (2008) - 1/10
the seed of the sacred fig (2024) - 7/10 |
osmark86
02.22.25 | Bridget Jones (2001)
Ready or Not (2019) |
budgie
02.22.25 | @game yeah thats why after a long time of worshipping 28 days later i finally just accepted the reality that i like 28 weeks later more. more fun zombi action. |
artiswar
02.22.25 | rewatched Hateful 8. Underrated Tarantino imo, insane casting. Also rewatched We Need To Talk About Kevin. Still probably top 10 most uncomfortable movies of all time. It's a good movie but I can't recommend it |
artiswar
02.22.25 | Damn I have to finally check 28 Weeks |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.25 | oh art I got a lot to unpack on both. I legit think Hateful 8 is top 3 Tarantino and it makes me so sad when people say they find it boring or just lower tier QT. I think it’s one of his most finely crafted films and when there isn’t absolutely fucking top notch dialogue there’s the incredible score and the gorgeous vistas in the opening. I think the film takes a dip when everything is revealed, but god probably his most tense film, even counting Reservoir Dogs. Gun to my head I’d say only Basterds and Pulp Fiction are better.
And if you haven’t heard of it already you gotta watch You Were Never Really Here, same director as Kevin, her next film. Less you know the better but it’s one of my favorite movies of all time and possibly Joaquin Phoenix’s best performance. Its some haunting shit, but I’m sure you’d go in expecting that after watching Kevin lol |
Asdfp277
02.22.25 | i watched blue sky (1994), it was ok |
artiswar
02.22.25 | It's bottom 3 Tarantino for me but I also really love a lot about it. Totally get why it's top 3 for you. I love all all his films to some degree. You Were Never Really Here sounds really familiar but I can't remember If I saw it. Will look into that now, thanks |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.22.25 | ofc fam. It’s slow burn but some really incredible visual storytelling and it’s only like 90 mins |
artiswar
02.22.25 | No I ended up not watching that one wildcard. Might check tonight. Thanks for the heads up, I always love some Joaquin |
Hyperion1001
02.22.25 | saw le monke last night
its fun and funny but theres really not much of substance. not that i need a movie to have substance to like it, but i felt like perkins could have done a little more to push it over the edge. and honestly it could have used more gore
solid 3/5 had a good time |
artiswar
02.22.25 | I fucking LOVE Oz Perkins, I didn't even know that movie was a thing. Sucks that it was a letdown |
protokute
02.22.25 | Watched Flow with my friend at the cinema today... found it pretty "eh" apart from that transcending scene. |
Hyperion1001
02.22.25 | dont let the rating fool you i very much had a great time watching it, its just after longlegs it felt kind of, idk, simple?
it really felt like he wanted to take a step back from making heavy shit and just wanted to do a fun gory black comedy and it worked well for what it was. |
artiswar
02.22.25 | Blackcoat's Daughter will always be GOAT |
budgie
02.22.25 | blackcoatys possibly greatest movie all time |
artiswar
02.23.25 | I wouldn't go that far but underrated is putting it mildly |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.23.25 | nah budgie is spot on, top 5 horror flick oat, loved Longlegs, seeing The Monkey tomorrow hopefully |
artiswar
02.23.25 | fair enough. I did rewatch it like 15 times |
budgie
02.23.25 | blackcoats daughter or lake mungo or............................. danton |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.23.25 | It being so underrated is def why I push it so hard. I’m glad Oz is finding success but I’m just like ugh GUYS watch blackcoats daughter |
artiswar
02.23.25 | blackcoat crushes lake mungo, sorry |
budgie
02.23.25 | ud appreciate lake mungo if u werent a sociopath and had emotions |
artiswar
02.23.25 | I do like Mungo just nowhere near as much as Blackcoat. Have you guys seen The Ninth Configuration? That's a fucking movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.23.25 | shit I’ve been meaning to, did you rec it earlier in this thread? Someone must’ve because I def recognize that poster |
artiswar
02.23.25 | Mungo had a few spooky scenes but Blackcoat fucking rattled me to the core |
artiswar
02.23.25 | wildcard are you talking to me or budgie? if to me, yeah I recommended it earlier |
budgie
02.23.25 | 🐹 |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.23.25 | yeah you art, I’ll def have to give it a watch |
artiswar
02.23.25 | I never even heard of that movie and a friend made me watch it with him recently. Holy shit dude. It's like Full Metal Jacket on acid. Absolutely killer film, can't believe I didn't know about it. Must-watch |
Scheumke
02.23.25 | The Wild Robot - 6,5/10 - Pretty great movie that loses me a little in act 3. Should've sticked with the parenting issues instead of wanting to up the ante into full out 'save the world/environment' escalation. Had fun with it though.
Nimona - 7/10 - Really liked this one, but already a couple of days after watching I can't really tell you why.
Argylle - 2/10 - The worst kind of bad movie. Didn't follow its own internal logic, attrociously bad cgi, Henry Cavill is the centrepiece in the marketing but has less then 10 min of screentime, at least 30min too long, the list goes on. Treat yourself by skipping this. This movie was one big plothole with tiny bits of story sprinkled in. Actively hated it. |
rabidfish
02.23.25 | watched Death Atheltic (2023). Documentary about Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, famous for creating the "liberator" 3D gun and being a pioneer in the 3D printer gun debate.
Its an interesting topic and i've seen some videos about the guy so i knew he wasn't just some whacko but had a philosophical backbone to his project but his personality isn't interesting enough to sustain the weight of the whole documentary. I really wish it gave more time to other people, like the engineer guy, for example. Wish it was more about the guns and the ideas, less about the person. 6/10 |
Anthracks
02.23.25 | The monkey (2025) - 6/10 - definitely should have leaned more into the ridiculous. Seemed hesitant to go all the way |
AlexKzillion
02.23.25 | could not be more in agreement^^^. really could've been special if it hit that next gear. |
budgie
02.23.25 | does this mean perkins is a one hit wonder |
Hyperion1001
02.23.25 | no? both blackcoat and longlegs rule |
gryndstone
02.24.25 | Longlegs is just ok. Really cheap jumpscares, didn't like the sense of ambiguity around the case for so long.
My group chat is watching Lynch's filmography and the last two I caught were Wild At Heart (8/10, Nic Cage is great, a Lynch road trip is unforgettable, and seeing so many folks from Twin Peaks for a minute or two is good fun) and Blue Velvet, also an 9/10. Love it as this exploration of adulthood, sexuality, power and control etc etc |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.24.25 | “ no? both blackcoat and longlegs rule”
Correct, and I’m still excited for the monkey, really wanted to go today but it’ll have to wait
And Lynch is the goat of making movies I don’t understand but still love. |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | Longlegs rules, agreed.
Just saw Heretic, I don't know why some people didn't like it, thought it was a fantastic horror/thriller. |
budgie
02.24.25 | speaking of heretic does sophie thatcher remind anyone else of darkbloom era grimes |
budgie
02.24.25 | serioueseseslsly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze1ux7GiW_s
with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr_kX0D3DNA |
budgie
02.24.25 | ok i guess its not as close as it was in my head |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | I can see the resemblance, but Sophie is way hotter (with all due respect) |
markjamie
02.24.25 | Emilia Perez - 8.5/10 I know it's not fashionable to like this but I have never seen a movie like it before and I thoroughly enjoyed it. |
Gameofmetal
02.24.25 | I really liked The Monkey, and I enter pretty primed against horror comedies. Actually decently creepy, really funny, and I appreciated the gore in the sense that even though I knew a lot of kills were coming from the trailers they uniformly ended up being so over the top on screen that they became surprises again.
Its world seems to make very little sense, but in a good way. It's like a bizarre nonsense world.
Ozzy Perkins should be on those dumb new wave of horror meme pictures with Eggers and Peele rather than Aster after that Beau is Afraid garbage. Blackcoat and Longlegs are superb, The Monkey is a rare great horror comedy, Gretel and Hansel is slept on, and Pretty Thing . . . well it's ok. His track record is great. |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | Emilia Perez 8.5/10 lmao please get me the hell out of here before I commit a crime. |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | As a Mexican, I can 100% say that it is one of the most (if not the most) offensive, insulting and insensitive films I have ever seen. I have fiercely campaigned against that abomination since I wasted 2 hours of my life with it and I will continue to do so. |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | I usually avoid sociopolitical discourse around these parts, but do some research regarding the film, its tremendously racist director and the horrible way he decided to portray the literal humanitarian crisis we're CURRENTLY experiencing in my country. |
AlexKzillion
02.24.25 | would honestly love to hear someone earnestly explain what it is they found appealing about that film. despite all the industry support behind it i've seen literally zero individual people truly champion it besides a simple "i really enjoyed it!"
when people like james cameron and greta gerwig are singing its praises i just feel like there has to be something i'm missing. either that or they're just shilling for their friends who worked on it. |
Faraudo
02.24.25 | They find it appealing because romanticizing the suffering of third-world countries with a cute little musical is super sexy for the white folk. Especially when a drug lord (the character of Emilia Perez) who has killed tentatively thousands of people gets magically pardoned (and later sanctified) simply because she transitioned and that automatically turns her into a good person. Lauding Emilia Perez is a sheer act of cowardness and ignorance. Both award shows and the foreign press dropped the ball massively with this one. |
gabba
02.24.25 | James Cameron’s praise is the guarantee it sucks. |
markjamie
02.25.25 | I really enjoyed Emilia Perez because it took risks and tried things I haven't seen before. I thought the acting from the three leads was extremely good, and I absolutely loved the way the dialogue morphed into musical pieces almost organically. I also thought the choreography was extremely impressive. I thought it had a lot of energy and I was always highly entertained. I thought it had a great sense of humour, and its ridiculousness was so over-the-top it made up for some of its insensitivities.
Don't really care what others thought about it - it doesn't affect my own appreciation of what was one of the most inventive films I've seen in ages. I don't think it warranted 13 Oscar noms, but for me, it was easily one of the 10 best films of 2024, and its Best Picture nomination is deserved. And for the record, I would rather watch it 5 more times than ever have to sit through the interminable bore of Oppenheimer ever again.
Anora for the win though.
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budgie
02.25.25 | jesus |
NudeTayne
02.25.25 | I don't know if I mentioned it or not but Backdoor Sluts 9 has some incredible twists |
Faraudo
02.25.25 | " I really enjoyed Emilia Perez because it took risks and tried things I haven't seen before. I thought the acting from the three leads was extremely good, and I absolutely loved the way the dialogue morphed into musical pieces almost organically. I also thought the choreography was extremely impressive. I thought it had a lot of energy and I was always highly entertained. I thought it had a great sense of humour, and its ridiculousness was so over-the-top it made up for some of its insensitivities.
Don't really care what others thought about it - it doesn't affect my own appreciation of what was one of the most inventive films I've seen in ages. I don't think it warranted 13 Oscar noms, but for me, it was easily one of the 10 best films of 2024, and its Best Picture nomination is deserved. And for the record, I would rather watch it 5 more times than ever have to sit through the interminable bore of Oppenheimer ever again"
So you simply don't care about everything I said because the film is inventive, that's just brilliant. You don't care about the blatant racism, ridiculized portrayal of Mexico, or its sheer ignorance, then? How about the fact that the film sanctifies a murderous drug dealer simply because she transitioned? You don't care about any of that? I know people who have been kidnapped, I know people who have lost half of their family due to organized crime, but fucking markjamie enjoyed it because its inventive and "subversive."
You are not worthy of my time and I won't even try to educate a grown ass man. |
markjamie
02.26.25 | No worries. I judge films based on their artistic merit, not their politics or authenticity to subject matter. But each to their own I guess. |
budgie
02.26.25 | faraudo its just a movie bro |
Egarran
02.26.25 | I will certainly see it another light when I eventually stream it from Netflix. |
NudeTayne
02.26.25 | just pirate shit bro lol
I don't get why people pay for streaming services |
AlexKzillion
02.26.25 | "I really enjoyed Emilia Perez because it took risks and tried things I haven't seen before. I thought the acting from the three leads was extremely good, and I absolutely loved the way the dialogue morphed into musical pieces almost organically. I also thought the choreography was extremely impressive. I thought it had a lot of energy and I was always highly entertained. I thought it had a great sense of humour, and its ridiculousness was so over-the-top it made up for some of its insensitivities."
damn well i disagree with nearly all of this. i thought at the most basic level, the film was a musical full of absolutely awful songs... and the way the dialogue morphed into the musical pieces i thought was laugh out loud bad. none of the cast could sing, including selena gomez somehow, and all their vocals were very distractingly pitch corrected to death. the thing i most disagree with is the idea that that film had any sense of humor at all. maybe it just went over my head but that film felt pretty straight to me and at really no point did i think the film was "in" on how ridiculous it was, including the 'penis to vagina' song. |
markjamie
02.26.25 | I don't think it was trying to be a comedy or make jokes, but I absolutely think it was aware of how ridiculous it was, while at the same time committing to the idea it wasn't. It had a "theatre of the absurd" feel to me, and I laughed a lot.
I completely get that it added nothing of value to understanding the problems Mexico faces, or trans issues, and I understand why some passionately hate it, but from a purely cinematic view - I had a great time.
And I disagree hard about the music, while I wouldn't go so far as buy the soundtrack, I would rather listen to the songs here than the ones in say Wicked (which I liked), La La Land or Chicago. Never, ever boring and I loved the awful lyrics. |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | "faraudo its just a movie bro"
I don't give a rat's ass, its disrespectful and insensitive, unlike anything I've ever seen. The director even said (and I quote) that Spanish is a language for "modest third world countries, a language for poor people" and that there isn't a single Mexican actor who's talented enough to star in his racist shit fest, which is why he hired Selena Gomez who can't connect two words in Spanish without sounding like a drunk cartoon character. Those are only a couple of Audiard's remarks.
The equivalent for Americans would be as if a Mexican director did a film about school shootings, only starring non-English speakers, on which a school shooter redeems himself by coming out as a non-binary comedian who's now good because he does charity work, later getting killed and sanctified by stereotypically obese/ignorant rednecks.
Even then, I don't think it would be as offensive.
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Faraudo
02.27.25 | I wouldn't care if the film wasn't getting this much attention and industry accolades. It's just embarrassing. So no, sorry fellas but I'm not going to fold when it comes to this movie. Regardless, I don't want to continue talking about it because I hate to get intense about sociopolitical topics here, so you be you. |
budgie
02.27.25 | "The equivalent for Americans would be as if a Mexican director did a film about school shootings, only starring non-English speakers, on which a school shooter redeems himself by coming out as a non-binary comedian who's now good because he does charity work, later getting killed and sanctified by stereotypically obese/ignorant rednecks.
i love it |
Wildcardbitchesss
02.27.25 | movie looked lame as shit anyways |
BAT
02.27.25 | nosferatu : 8/10, it's just another dracula adaptation but i like dracula. honestly surprised how straightforward/accessible it was as a robert eggers movie but i do think witch/lighthouse are better.
wrong turn remake : 5/10 ehhh i feel like everytime the movie had a good idea it immediately sabatoged itself 20 seconds later, regardless it's still got an element of fun to it. they didn't explore the secret society enough to really warrant the new direction annd just feels less straight forward than the original. was also expecting it to be way more violent buuut its just got like 2 face smashings.
i've got emilia perez dl'd but can't coax anyone into actually watching it even with all the notoriety /polarization it's built up. i'm guessing it isn't worth the attention good or bad |
budgie
02.27.25 | that wrong turn remake was quite poor indeed |
FurtherDown
02.27.25 | Thoughts on Strange Darling? Considering the hype I was a little let down by it, it looks gorgeous and all, fun performances for sure, but the twist doesn't come up as completely satisfying... When there was that line in the beginning "shot entirely on 35 mm" I thought it will be some kind of a satire for pretentious elevated horror / genre-bending flicks of these days, no way they meant it seriously. |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | I really enjoyed that one, its narrative structure made it so much fun. |
unclereich
02.27.25 | i know hackman was 95 but jfc his wife and dog died too!? how awful. hardest rip to easily one of the greatest to ever live! |
fogza
02.27.25 | RIP Hackman, one of my fave actors |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | I just saw The Brutalist, and I'm a bit conflicted. On one hand, it truly is one of the most grandiose, amazing epics of the 21st Century, but on the other, I thought its core speech can get borderline Zionist. Its a bit more difficult than that though, as I don't think its a Jewish pity party or propaganda. Also, the second half is nowhere near as good as the first, but regardless of all that, I thought it's a fantastic movie and a massive achievement. |
AlexKzillion
02.27.25 | only hackman film i've seen is the conversation, which is easily one of my fave films and performances ever. big big r.i.p. |
Scheumke
02.27.25 | Only film (from the top of my head anyway) I've seen from him is The Birdcage lol. Still one of my favorite 90's comedies. RIP |
AlexKzillion
02.27.25 | as for the brutalist... i think the first half is a 5/5 and the second half is like a 3/5.
didn't really feel like the film had anything at all to say about zionism except for the single scene where the niece tells them she's moving her family to israel and brody/jones' characters completely dismiss the idea. film seemed far more interested in the immigrant experience imo. |
Gameofmetal
02.27.25 | The final scene has sparked conversation in that regard, something like his work being repurposed for nationalist designs, being literally voiceless as we last see him while his daughter interprets his career. |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | I'm also a bit on the fence with that scene where everyone starts questioning him about the horrors of the war, but I guess I'm reading too much into it. Regarding the second half, I think its a pity, because the first one is like top 10 films of the 21st century and then it kinda crumbles. Not saying its bad or anything, but its a significant downgrade. Also, I didn't like the epilogue one bit. It feels like the movie should be longer, like we missed a massive chunk after the wife exposes the Van Buren family. |
JeetJeet
02.27.25 | Companion - 7.5/10
Very enjoyable lil banger of a movie |
AlexKzillion
02.27.25 | yeah def agree the epilogue was kind of a weird note to end on
will say the scene where brody and pierce are in those mountains in europe in the second half was truly a sight to behold in 70mm. |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | "will say the scene where brody and pierce are in those mountains in europe in the second half was truly a sight to behold in 70mm."
Absolutely, that's probably the strongest bit from the second half. And I mean, the film is consistently beautiful, regardless of the quality of its narrative.
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Faraudo
02.27.25 | Btw, just saw The Order (2024) and I'm surprised by how it simply went under the radar, because its arguably one of the best thrillers from last year. Also, I'm shocked at how eerily relevant it is. |
Tunaboy45
02.27.25 | Elephant Man (rewatch)
Aftersun (rewatch)
I was not in a good frame of mind when I watched these and I learnt my lesson |
Faraudo
02.27.25 | That is one hell of a double feature lmao |
FurtherDown
02.27.25 | The Order is perfect yeah, Nicolas Hoult was born for this role. And for the one in Fury Road of course. The ending felt a little weird but made much more sense as I was thinking about it afterwards.
My recent catching up with the classics included Wild at Heart and Full Metal Jacket, both fantastic. |
Faraudo
02.28.25 | Yeah, The Order needs more appreciation, it reminded me of Taylor Sheridan's Hell or High Water and Wind River, both fantastic. Haven't watched Wild at Heart, need to get on it asap |
budgie
02.28.25 | looks pretty good and i fuckin loved wind river (hell or high water big MEH) |
budgie
02.28.25 | check out rust creek & prisoners |
Faraudo
02.28.25 | Prisoners is one of my all-time faves, haven't checked out Rust Creek. Will change that real soon |
Deathconscious
02.28.25 | "I judge films based on their artistic merit, not their politics or authenticity to subject matter."
Except those are factors in artistic merit. |
markjamie
02.28.25 | A Real Pain - thoughtful, touching and entertaining little film - 8/10 |
Anthracks
03.02.25 | sense and sensibility (1995) - 8/10
a silent voice (2016) - 3/10 - absolutely blown away by the esteem for this movie. one of the most incohesive movies i've ever seen |
combustion07
03.02.25 | God is a Bullet 8/10: loved this one. Flew by with the long runtime
Dragged Across Concrete 8/10: probably my least favorite of the directors movies but still really good. The scene at the bank was fucked. |
Hyperion1001
03.03.25 | red rooms (2023) - one of those very well made, glad i watched it movies that i never want to see again. sickening and affecting but vital and important. great acting too 4/5 |
Snake.
03.03.25 | 2025 list cont'd
rain man
manchester by the sea
tootsie
the fighter
what's eating gilbert grape
the wrestler
magnolia
the color purple '85
kramer vs. kramer
25th hour
raging bull
all that jazz
true grit
groundhog day
scent of a woman
little big man
dirty harry
monster 2003
just mercy
selma
tombstone
the new world
the hateful 8
jackie brown
wolf of wall street
django unchained
the brutalist
the sting
revolutionary road
there will be blood
august osage county
dead man walking
12 monkeys
affliction
wooly boys
the revenant
narc
runaway train
from dusk till dawn
tremors
tucker and dale vs evil |
budgie
03.03.25 | u need some horror in yo life snakey |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.03.25 | Dragged Across Concrete infuriated me with its insistence on ham fisting the director’s personal politics into it. Made the characters irritating and the dialogue very laughable at times… but I enjoyed it very exploitative kind of way. Def not as good as Brawl in Cell Block 99 and doesn’t even come close to Bone Tomahawk but it was a fun movie.
Completely agree about Red Rooms. It managed to hit me hard and be one of the most disturbing films I’ve seen in a minute despite having almost no blood and guts and shit. Insanely well made movie. |
AlexKzillion
03.03.25 | i know nobody cares here but very happy with how the oscars turned out. anora was like my 5th favorite of the best pic nominees but easily the one i'm happiest to see win out of the actual contenders. mikey over demi was also the right call. sean baker first guy to win four oscars in one night since fucking walt disney. great to see a tried and true independent film get showered in awards on national television. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.03.25 | Agreed with all of that but Anora was literally my favorite film from last year so im kinda stoked for them. I’m a little sad that Demi didn’t get it and the amount of fucking idiots that are saying Mikey winning over her just proves that The Substance had a point are completely missing the point. Mikey didn’t win because she’s younger, if anything going into the night I’d have said the odds were stacked against her. Demi was amazing and I think far more people were pulling for her tbh.
But to put it bluntly, Mikey was just better… |
AlexKzillion
03.03.25 | completely agree. i felt like the substance was way more of a directorial achievement and while moore's performance was great, you could've put a number of different similarly aged former a-list actresses in that role and have gotten a similar result.
anora tho? i'm not sure anyone else today could've done that role at that level
moore still deserves a ton of credit for even doing the substance tho. it's very likely that film doesn't get anywhere near the funding or the audience without her involvement. |
unclereich
03.03.25 | I’m cringe and enjoy the Oscar’s. Was very bummed for wild robot. that was a legit upset and really the only significant one if you are into the betting markets/oscar season momentum.
Hopefully we can put to bed the notion of the Oscar’s being “legacy” awards as Demi/Fiennes/Rossellini not winning is proof legacy doesn’t matter. Their losses IMO were absolutely criminal albeit expected. Anora is fine just doesn’t feel like a 5x Oscar award winning film. |
Faraudo
03.03.25 | Wild Robot is fantastic, but Flow is a once-in-a-lifetime kind of winner. I love underdog stories, so seeing a small team of indie artists from Latvia who used Blender to make an Oscar-winning film was really wholesome. The movie itself is incredible, and I cried for about half of its duration, so I'm more than happy about it. It was a really strong year for that particular category, though. |
Anthracks
03.03.25 | domingo deserved it way more than brody. better film and way better performance. not that brody was bad obv but it felt like acting. |
markjamie
03.03.25 | Yay for Anora. Yay for Mikey Madison. Best Oscar win since Parasite. |
Hyperion1001
03.03.25 | i still gotta watch anora I like Sean baker. |
AlexKzillion
03.03.25 | speaking of parasite.... mickey 17 is finally getting released this week lfgggggg. |
gryndstone
03.03.25 | excited for mickey 17. Disappointed that Emilia Perez won best song and it wasn't for the absolutely ridiculous vaginoplasty song.
David Lynch group watch revealed to me the slow, self-reflective beauty of "The Straight Story", the first movie I've given a 10/10 in quite a while. I was on the edge of tears for half of this movie. I don't know when I became such a big softie.
We also watched Mulholland Drive, which for me was my first rewatch. Knowing how it ends is not only thrilling, but also pretty illuminating. It's a very entertaining 'lynchian' movie on first watch, but a really cool symbolism/puzzle box to solve on rewatch. Maintains 9/10 rating |
Faraudo
03.03.25 | Just saw The Apprentice and both Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong gave the best performances from last year, that shit was intense, almost feeling like a horror movie at times. |
Christbait
03.03.25 | Had a hankering for a brawler/Raid-style movie and watched The Night Comes For Us. Comically gory but it has some really spectacular setpieces. It's on Netflix and has the same actor who starred in both Raid movies (I think both mains in The Night Comes were in The Raid). One certainly out-acts the other, though. 7/10
Also watched Longlegs last week. Great vibes but the story sucks and Cage played the villain all wrong. Nothing menacing about him. 5/10 |
Faraudo
03.03.25 | Night Comes For Us is an underrated banger |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.03.25 | @gryndstone
I think a big part of it is that he’s gone. I went to Alamo drafthouse and they started their preview with like a supercut of all of Lynch’s movies before showing what days they’d be in theaters and I started tearing up.
Got tickets to see Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.03.25 | Eh fuck it bought a ticket for Lost Highway too, they’re not showing Inland Empire at mine so that’ll be the only Lynch I haven’t seen aside from the Return, maybe I’ll get one for Fire Walk With Me too |
Faraudo
03.03.25 | Feeling jelly atm |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.04.25 | Very excited to finally see Wild at Heart and Lost Highway, really wish they were showing Inland Empire but I guess they can’t spare a screen for like three and half hours or however long |
Faraudo
03.04.25 | So, lots of people disliked Presence but I thought it was kinda brilliant. I wasn't sure at first, but the ending was pretty damn haunting. |
unclereich
03.04.25 | inland empire kinda blows |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.04.25 | I feel like I can’t not watch it yknow |
SomeCallMeTim
03.04.25 | Just watched Interstellar again, is great visually but is silly and probably wildly overrated in Nolan's work, which is arguably overrated overall (except Memento which is never not outstanding) |
denboy
03.04.25 | A colleague told me Interstellar was his favourite movie and I lost a little bit of respect for him (luckily he's cool in other ways) |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.04.25 | Interstellar sucks tbh, easily his worst movie. Maybe Tenet idk one of those two |
CottonSalad
03.04.25 | inland empire is amazing agreed |
Christbait
03.04.25 | If we're doing Nolan critiques, Inception's pacing has always bothered me a little bit. It feels like it has a 4th act and the snow fort setpiece is drab and boring when compared to Mombasa and the first 2 dream sequences. Plus having to also rescue Watanabe's character kills the pacing for me. |
rabidfish
03.04.25 | inland empire is good but you have to understand that it's about Lynch having fun with his new digital cameras and fucking around with some friends. |
markjamie
03.04.25 | Honestly, Inland Empire is a slog. Not saying it's bad, just... tiring. |
FurtherDown
03.05.25 | Brick (2005) - fun experiment, little silly at times but overall film noir / high school drama mashup works really well
To Catch a Killer (2023) - very solid thriller, parts Fincher-Villeneuve wannabe but it's tense as hell, great performances, interesting themes, I wonder why critics rejected it so much |
Krpa
03.05.25 | I think To Catch a Killer wasn't received that well because it's the director's wildly less ambitious (and inferior) follow-up to Wild Tales. Also it's not much more than a formulaic cop thriller IMO. But, as it is, I also liked it because I'm easy to please most of time and I agree it definitely isn't bad despite its adherence to a familiar template.
I've seen a couple of films recently too.
The Quiet Ones - 8/10
A very solid Danish heist film. Possibly a bit weaker than the rating suggests, but I'm a sucker for serious and minimalistic genre films in the vein of Melville's works.
Sayuri - 7/10
Fun J-horror that bends a few genres as it switches from your usual haunted-house romp to something more entertaining. Not a classic but worth a watch.
A Normal Family - 7/10
Korean moral drama that centres around two couples whose kids are involved in a nasty incident so they have to find a way to deal with it. A thought provoking film that defies clichés and offers some cery solid performances from a stellar cast. |
FurtherDown
03.05.25 | Yeah probably, I still found it pretty unusual, there were some common genre clichés and unlikely situations but I felt like it's trying to be more society-criticizing-drama that masks itself as a standard cop thriller. The themes and monologues were nothing new and it may fall a little flat in the end, but I expected a standard procedural and got something a bit more which I appreciated. Also, the voice of that-actor-whose-name-is-probably-a-minor-spoiler made it worthwhile alone imho. Didn't know he's in it which made his introduction really fucking cool. |
AlexKzillion
03.05.25 | inception is easily my least fave nolan and really the only one i don't like very much. |
Deathconscious
03.06.25 | Finally watched the last Martin McDonagh film I hadn't seen, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. For me it's In Bruges = Banshees of Inisherin > Seven Psychopaths > Three Billboards. Absolutely love this dude's filmography.
Now I'm going to get to the last Alex Garland film i haven't seen, Ex Machina. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.06.25 | Hell yeah in bruges supremacy
I’d be shocked if you didn’t like Ex Machina especially if you liked Garland’s other flicks |
Deathconscious
03.06.25 | Annihilation was the only one he directed I didn't care much for. I'm expecting to dig it. Also gonna watch Sunshine, though he only wrote that one. |
budgie
03.06.25 | i didnt like annihilation but loved ex machina. really doesnt seem like the two films could have been made by the same director. i guess one is from a book series though huh which explains it |
Scheumke
03.06.25 | Yeah recently watched Annihilation and it didn't really vibe with me either. I enjoyed some of the concepts of it but the executing just wasn't all there. Ex Machina is the far superior film of the two. |
unclereich
03.06.25 | sunshine is so underrated |
FurtherDown
03.06.25 | Sunshine is the best film ever yeah. I learned to love even the last act, which seems to be quite divisive among the audience. |
gryndstone
03.06.25 | David Lynch film extravaganza ended with Inland Empire. What a gordian knot of a film. I'm sure there's a solid answer as to what I just saw, but I know thats sort of beside the point. It reminded me of Eraserhead in that the tension was dialed to the max for almost the entire time. There were a few bits where it lost me and I definitely don't 100% get the plot, but Laura Dern did great as the lead. I also like knowing how this was shot. Of course Lynch would be the kind of guy to get an idea, call up his friends, and then go shooting with a handheld digital camera, probably guerilla style in a lot of cases, with a script he wrote that morning. 8/10
I missed Lost Highway but from what I gathered through a wikipedia synopsis, there's a lot of thematic crossover between Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway and IE. I'll have to make sure to give this trilogy a proper watch in the future. |
gryndstone
03.06.25 | also fuck yeah sunshine. underrated space thriller |
Faraudo
03.07.25 | Sunshine rips |
AlexKzillion
03.07.25 | idk how but my film class lecture last night was a 2.5 hour crash course on bong joon ho and korean cinema as well as a deep dive on parasite and it was really good and it seemed like a very purposeful timely lecture yet the professor had no idea mickey 17 was coming out this week lmao. |
FurtherDown
03.07.25 | Gonna see it today and I'm curious. What's everyone's Bong favorite and why Memories of Murder? |
Krpa
03.08.25 | That's about right, my fav Bong is still Memories of Murder. I'm personally always into crime films and that one was my gateway into Korean cinema, and it holds up great on any rewatch. I'm not too keen on Bong's international works though, I feel like they are entertaining but their sentiments are too broad and they feel much more commercial. Although Snowpiercer was pretty good all things considered. Let us know what you think of Mickey 17. |
FurtherDown
03.08.25 | Yeah, Memories is a special movie. Mother too. But basically I'd rewatch anything from him. Snowpiercer is a blast too.
I enjoyed Mickey 17 quite a lot, it's definitely on a goofy side of Bong's filmography. I see there are people who expected another sharp symbolical thriller like Parasite and are pretty much terrified. It¨s something like Okja set in a Snowpiercer-like setting with a little bit of The Host. I have some conflicting opinions about some parts and choices here and there, not everything lands, but I had a great time with the film. Pattinsons is unsuprisingly awesome, I feel like not every Hollywood actor catches the expressive tone perfected in his Korean movies but Rob excells in it imho. Right now it's like 7/10 but I might go higher after rewatch when I'll know what to expect.
I also hope it won't be a commercial failure, but it probably will. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | Alright my buddy wanted to wait until next weekend to go see Mickey 17 so I watched all of the best picture noms and here’s my (objectively correct) ranking:
10. Emilia Perez
9. A Complete Unknown
8. Wicked
7. The Brutalist
6. Conclave
5. Nickel Boys
4. The Substance
3. I’m Still Here (holy fuck I slept on this one)
2. Dune: Part Two
1. Anora
It is absolutely fucking ludicrous that 8-10 all got noms and A Real Pain didn’t. I didn’t love the Brutalist but I’m not at all shocked that Oscar voters collectively creamed over it. A Real Pain gets nominated it’d probably be behind Dune and ahead of I’m Still Here.
Nickel Boys was a real sleeper hit for me. Great flick. Wicked wasn’t terrible but that just isn’t my kind of shit. Walk Hard killed music biopics and they should’ve stayed dead but I guess I didn’t hate Complete Unknown. Timothee was good but there’s just nothing special about it imo.
Emilia Perez was as stupid as everyone said and I want my two hours back, one of the few times where the anti woke crowd was right, that movie had to have gotten noms for inclusivity alone because there’s nothing else going for it. If they insist on pushing trans representation it should’ve been something that was actually good, like I Saw the TV Glow but no we need the gay musical instead of something that actually might challenge viewers. I mean for fucks sake, fucking Monkey Man is better for trans representation than Emilia Perez. Ugh that movie fucking infuriated me
Conclave was fine but, like the Brutalist, it just screams Oscar bait, and in a weird way I’m glad Ralph Fiennes didn’t win. He was great but it would’ve been the equivalent of Leo winning for The Revenant. A perfectly fine performance but nowhere near him at his best.
Anora deserves every bit of praise that it got, Mikey Madison is going to have an amazing career and I really look forward to what she does next. Dune: Part Two is just a perfect blockbuster. I shit you not, I watched in imax with a buddy of mine and the first words to come out of my mouth after it ended were “That’s the best movie I’ve ever seen.” On second and third watches I see that I was definitely exaggerating but in that moment I meant it. Probably the best theater experience I’ve ever witnessed. That movie deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
Loved Substance but I knew that movie wasn’t winning shit aside from Demi, and even then I still think Mikey Madison was better. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | But even after all the shit talking about the Brutalist… Adrien Brody totally deserved it. He was incredible, as was Felicity who absolutely deserved best supporting actress. The acting across the board is the best thing about that film. |
twlight
03.09.25 | Mickey 17 looks cool. Might have to actually go to a theater |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | Yeah, bummed I gotta wait til next week but I’m stoked as fuck to see it |
budgie
03.09.25 | im gunna wa tch the dead thing and heart eyes
evidently there are like 5 reasonably well produced slashers this year rather chuffed gents rather chuffed *eats pasty |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | heart eyes was surprisingly good budge, you’re def more of a horror guy than me but I feel like if I liked it you’ll probably get a kick out of it |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | …and you have pasty? Can you send me some? |
budgie
03.09.25 | lmao i wouldnt be caught dead eating british food
& yeah i have a pretty low bar for enjoying cheesy slashers so im excited |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.09.25 | hey now my people from the upper peninsula cook it different that shit is fire |
budgie
03.09.25 | i didnt know missouri had peninsulas ! |
Anthracks
03.09.25 | Elemental (2023) - 4/10
Mickey 17 (2025) - 8/10 |
CugnoBrasso
03.09.25 | Mickey 17 is very good but not enough car crashes or boobs. |
Gameofmetal
03.09.25 | I liked Mickey 17 but it is RUFF in the first thirty minutes or so just in terms of the humor not landing at all. The setup through it is fine but the jokes were constantly missing. But after that it's great, especially when there are two Pattinsons on screen. Naomi Ackie is great. Mark Ruffalo is . . . funny. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.25 | the little boot is a peninsula if you use your imagination.
nah my other side is almost entirely Finnish and they all moved to the upper peninsula |
budgie
03.10.25 | im watchin heart eyes rn and man i really really REALLY fuckin hate 2020s culture
TAKE ME BACK TO 2010 |
unclereich
03.10.25 | im probably a hater but mickey 17 looks horrible |
Sharenge
03.10.25 | the original Mad Max and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - pretty good was cool to see where the Fallout franchise took a lot of inspiration from... definitely preferred The Road Warrior though
before that did a revisit of A Boy and His Dog and now checking out one I can't believe I never heard of called Hardware from 1990 |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.10.25 | Road Warrior is the shit but imo Fury Road just made it completely obsolete.
And idk maybe Mickey 17 looks goofy but knowing it’s Bong Joon-Ho along with a bunch of great actors… I dunno im expecting it to be a good time.
And from what I’ve seen that’s pretty much the consensus. A great time, just not a full blown masterpiece like Parasite |
gryndstone
03.10.25 | I watched Transformers: Rise of the Beasts last night. Good popcorn movie. Cool robot designs. Glaring plot holes, but the action was nice. Not enough beasts imo. 5/10 |
Piglet
03.10.25 | dial m for murder and the brutalist
dial m for murder was always my favourite hitchKOCK movie, something about the combination of classy characters and detail orientated plot makes it an effortless watch, an absolutely DELECTABLE chartreuse of a movie 9.5/10. my gf who is decidedly suspicious of older films even loved it
the brutalist was in many ways an oddly calming, slumberous, slow burn. the fact it's centred tastefully on architecture, brutalism and interior decorating and wotnot made it somehow quite PLEASING in terms of aesthetics and cinematography. of course there was also some great acting from guy pearce and adrien brody. but it is too long and therefore gratuitious, and not only for that reason. but otherwise great 8/10 |
denboy
03.10.25 | Anora
Pretty happy I went in almost blind
Good stuff |
AlexKzillion
03.10.25 | still slowly but surely going through the criterion collection in spine order. i've finally made it to 120 days of sodom. gonna try and power through it tonight. |
rabidfish
03.11.25 | watched alice in wonderland (the animated disney one) again after many many years... It is such a bad trip! keeps you in a constant state of stress. Also i can't believe they animated the walrus and carpenter sequence, shit's dark as fuck. Super weird movie, dark and neurotic most of the time. Great for kids. |
budgie
03.12.25 | that walrus sequence fucked me up hard as babby. permanent trauma. i can still feel the residual terror decades later |
Asdfp277
03.12.25 | Just watched The Substance (2024), it was fun! 3.8, definitely worth the watch. Unlike a lot of people, I actually liked the last third of the movie -- the body horror and the excesses felt to me like a homage to the cheesier side of horror as a genre. It didn't delve too much into the 'morality' (philosofical? idk) aspect of it, but I think if it did it might just bog down the movie as opposed to enhance it.
I don't think Demi Moore's performance was particularly stellar, but not due to lack of talent. It's just that the role didn't call for it; she did what she was supposed to do, to make the movie the best it's supposed to be. It makes sense to me she didn't win, it's unfortunate for her but eh. She did do great on that one mirror scene though!
Speaking of best actress, I really like Cynthia Eviro's singing in Wicked (2024), but I don't think her acting was particularly good either -- it was ok at best, kinda cringy at worst. Once I noticed the Debby Ryan smirk early in the movie, I just couldn't ignore it every time she did it lol |
Faraudo
03.12.25 | Just watched Mishima for the first time and holy shit fellas, that was tremendous. All-time classic, still liked First Reformed just a bit more, though. |
Faraudo
03.12.25 | "im probably a hater but mickey 17 looks horrible"
How can a Bong movie "look horrible" lmao
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Anthracks
03.12.25 | Making up your mind on a movie before even seeing a movie is so weird. That’s why I don’t ever watch trailers |
Egarran
03.12.25 | Preach, trailers are evil. It's weird how it has been normalized to know like 5 key scenes about a movie before watching it.
I blame capitalism. |
budgie
03.12.25 | i blame danemarkessisme |
denboy
03.12.25 | Trailers are indeed evil
Remember reading that James Cameron wanted people to think Schwarzenegger was the bad guy for the first 30 minutes of Terminator 2, but the trailer completely ruined it |
rabidfish
03.12.25 | Trailers are the negation of the event of the movie. It precedes it, so that's what happens. Then you have teaser trailers, the trailer of the trailer. I blame God. |
Egarran
03.12.25 | Yeah man, religion and capitalism work together to enslave us in cultural darkness. |
AlexKzillion
03.12.25 | mickey 17 does indeed look horrible based on the trailer but i trust its because they just have zero idea on how to market it to people who don't already know who bong is |
unclereich
03.12.25 | "Making up your mind on a movie before even seeing a movie is so weird. That’s why I don’t ever watch trailers"
i want every movie to be great. great films make life more enjoyable. my mind isnt made and i'll see it when it is available to stream and i hope it's the greatest movie ever. bong is about 50/50 for me and i really didnt enjoy parasite so maybe i will enjoy mickey as it's evidently very different. i just hated the trailer i was forced to see on cable recently. next time a trailer comes on at my family's home or at the cinema ill cover my eyes or leave the room.
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rabidfish
03.13.25 | yeah, you better do that, unc
i'll know |
unclereich
03.13.25 | 🫣🧑🚀💩 |
Faraudo
03.13.25 | I need to ask, how is Bong a 50/50 thing? You don't like Parasite, Memories of Murder, Mother, The Host, Snowpiercer, etc? |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.25 | I really gotta watch Memories of a Murder |
Hyperion1001
03.13.25 | the only one of his movies ive ever seen was the host and i thought it kinda sucked. |
unclereich
03.13.25 | I’ve seen 6 of his movies I’ve enjoyed 3. 3/6 he’s batting .500 which is pretty good in baseball. I find him massively overrated tho. |
Gameofmetal
03.13.25 | watch some of his other stuff hype, The Host is not near his best.
Anora - Amazing. Not an instant favorite of the year but very worthy best picture winner. Insanely funny until it isn't.
American Fiction - Fun. Maybe a little too much going on for any of it to be excellent, but some really funny parts contained in the social satire. |
Krpa
03.13.25 | Officer Black Belt (2024) - 7/10
A predictable, but fun Korean action comedy. Leans a bit too hard on trying to make the protagonist cute (obviously has its aim on younger audiences), but it's well made overall and has plenty of fun action. If you can withstand some eye-rolling scenes, it's not a bad watch.
Heart Eyes (2025) - 2/10
A "horror-comedy" that's neither scary nor funny. A complete waste of time, except if you enjoy constant cringe. |
AlexKzillion
03.13.25 | "Conclave was fine but, like the Brutalist, it just screams Oscar bait, and in a weird way I’m glad Ralph Fiennes didn’t win. He was great but it would’ve been the equivalent of Leo winning for The Revenant. A perfectly fine performance but nowhere near him at his best."
i def agree with this. conclave was perfectly fine 6/10 film that got way more hype than it deserved because it had a lot of well liked actors and was incredibly meme-able. |
Gameofmetal
03.13.25 | Not following with the Revenant jab though, that movie rules and Leo's performance is insane. |
Faraudo
03.13.25 | Yeah, I mean, people often disregard Leo's performance in The Revenant because it's more of a "physical" performance and less of a purely dramatic one. Still, I've always believed that what he did on that movie was genuinely excellent and Oscar-worthy. I would go as far as saying that his performance is quite underrated by audiences, specifically. |
TheManMachine
03.13.25 | anyone on letterboxd? i'm cardXboard if anyone wants to follow for a follow. i'm much more consumed with movies these days than music |
AlexKzillion
03.13.25 | i just followed!
https://letterboxd.com/alexkzillion/ |
Faraudo
03.13.25 | Obvs! https://letterboxd.com/faraudo/ |
AlexKzillion
03.13.25 | haven't seen the revenant but leo winning the oscar for that film has become the textbook "make-up" oscar... but think that has far more to do with the wolf of wallstreet being one of the most iconic films of this century while the revenant just isn't
not the greatest 1-to-1 comparison tho. fiennes winning for conclave would be like if leo finally won for... don't look up? lmao. obviously fine performances but would feel anticlimactic given their past feats. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.13.25 | [2]
I’m not at all saying the Revenant is bad. It’s fine and Leo and Hardy are both fantastic. But at that point in his career that wouldn’t have cracked his top 5 best performances and now it probably wouldn’t even crack his top 10. |
Gameofmetal
03.13.25 | letterboxd.com/gameofmetal/ |
Hyperion1001
03.13.25 | https://letterboxd.com/hyperi0n/ |
budgie
03.14.25 | https://letterboxd.com/carnute/ |
Faraudo
03.14.25 | Following all my sput bros over there |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.14.25 | followed all yall, my handle is deadbeathero
https://letterboxd.com/deadbeathero/ |
Piglet
03.14.25 | ROIGHT IUNNO WOT DIS LETTERBOX FINGO IS BUT OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN SECURED. PACKAGE ACQUIRED. I ADDED ALL U FROOTLOOPS OR SUM SHIT
https://letterboxd.com/CHIEFPIGGUMS/
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unclereich
03.14.25 | imdb> |
AlexKzillion
03.14.25 | imdb has a bunch of great features and desktop layout but the userbase is a bit too hollywood box office leaning for my taste.
(not to say the letterboxd userbase doesn't have its own annoying quirks lmao) |
Hyperion1001
03.14.25 | dead birds (2004) - script has problems, the lead performance isn’t that great, and some of the cgi is real bad but it’s got great vibes and atmosphere and the practical effects are pretty sweet. plus not nearly enough horror is set in the south so it gets extra points for that. ive lived here most of my life and it’s one of the most fucked up, haunted places on earth. we need more southern horror. 3/5 |
NexCeleris
03.14.25 | Found out about Red Rooms by stalking your letterboxd, Hype. Will watch that tonight. Cheers! |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.14.25 | It’s fucking great. If you like Fincher you’ll like Red Rooms |
lucazade22
03.14.25 | Last two films I watched were both brilliant (8/10):
Seed of the sacred fig (probably my fav film of 2024)
Nobody knows (my new fav Koreeda film) |
Gameofmetal
03.14.25 | red rooms is fuckin raw, scary ass shit |
AlexKzillion
03.17.25 | finally caught mickey 17. lots of fun but certainly pretty flawed mostly: think i could've done without mark ruffalo's character entirely... and why even have toni collette in the film if you're not gonna let her cook?
its pretty crazy that the two big blockbusters of 2025 so far (this and captain america brave new world, which i admittedly have no interest in seeing) were both films that 100% expected trump to lose the election and play extremely weird in a political climate where that obviously didn't happen.
also watched shock corridor (1963) last night, 10/10. a journalist fakes his way into a mental institution in order to solve a murder in hopes of winning a pulitizer prize. for fans of shutter island, and especially those who hate the twist. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.17.25 | Mickey 17 is honestly probably the most disappointing film I’ve seen in a while. Having good politics doesn’t suddenly make a movie good. Idk I found that despite having a pretty wild premise the film felt comparatively tame when put up against Snowpiercer and especially Parasite.
3/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.17.25 | and then we watched Parasite and it’s still one of the best movies I’ve ever seen. |
rabidfish
03.17.25 | watched Odd Man Out (1947). An irish revolutionary agonizes on the street after a robbery gone wrong. It's very beautiful. What starts as a heist movie turns quickly into the journey of the soul into the afterlife. The pacing is amazing, the characters are all memorable, the acting, setting and production quality are all superb. It's a classic.
9/10
also watched Millennium actress (2001) by Satoshi Kon. An actress obsessed with a love that never was. Boring slob. Nothing happens, literally. I understand the metaphor, i really do, but the characters are nothing but excuses for this metaphor, so that really takes away from any engagement or enjoyment one could get out of this movie, really. If you could, congrats.
3/10 |
Gameofmetal
03.17.25 | I think it's a case of twitter overthinking the mickey 17 trump election prediction thing, there's a great deal of elon in the character. It literally only seems that way because Ruffalo went out of his way to do a trump impression. |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.17.25 | That didn’t bother me at all and I actually really enjoyed his performance, but it’s like, you also have Toni fucking Collette, let that woman cook |
Faraudo
03.18.25 | Loved Mickey 17, it might be politically too "on-the-nose" but it is so much fun. It wrapped up production in early 2023 and it was delayed several times, so I'm not entirely sure it is based on "very" recent political issues. |
budgie
03.18.25 | is it as awful as that other jerk off arthouse space bullshit james pattison crap that i watch last year holy shit what a visual disease |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.18.25 | Don’t tell me you’re dissing High Life budge |
Asdfp277
03.18.25 | emilia perez - 2.5
Not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It's still way too long, it tries to tackle a little too many things, e.g. the small jabs at sexism in the law profession seem too random and lead nowhere. Crazy that it's a musical where none of the actors (save for Saldaña) knew how to sing lol. It's too cheesy, seems to be trying to hard to be oscar-bait. The acting is ok, save for Saldaña who did good and Selena who did bad. Speaking of Selena, I have no idea what she's saying most of the time, and when I do understand her dialogue it's funny as shit lol. It's hard to ignore its' dumbest moments and how heavyhanded the lyrics are, especially when talking about gang violence.
Despite everything, it still mostly kept my attention (?). Felt a few emotions a couple of times. The shots were pretty at times (?).
While I don't get why it's so offensive to mexican people, I do think some small... 'interpretations' of life in méxico are funny tho, like filming a commercial for a charity in vhs-quality, people randomly wearing cowboy hats while excavating corpses, Gonzalo randomly wearing one too, etc lol |
budgie
03.18.25 | was that it? oh ya that was it
FUCKING
GARBAGE🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨🦨 |
gabba
03.18.25 | Dead Birds looks great by the trailer, agreed on more need for southern flicks. Anyone seen The Skeleton Key? It’s a good one. |
costofnothing
03.18.25 | Y Tu Mama Tambien and La Primera Carga Al Machete |
Asdfp277
03.18.25 | Me Duele la Pinche Vulva |
Faraudo
03.18.25 | "While I don't get why it's so offensive to mexican people, I do think some small... 'interpretations' of life in méxico are funny tho, like filming a commercial for a charity in vhs-quality, people randomly wearing cowboy hats while excavating corpses, Gonzalo randomly wearing one too, etc lol"
Well yeah, you probably need to be a Mexican to understand why it is "so offensive" to us. Or to have some empathy for the humanitarian crisis we're currently experiencing in our country with cartel-related violence and kidnappings, your call. Either way, I won't argue about this again or try to educate any of you about the subject because frankly, it's pointless. One more thing, we are not overreacting, if you want to see why, just check the fucking news. |
Asdfp277
03.18.25 | "I won't argue about this again or try to educate any of you about the subject" -- literally didn't ask you to. With that being said, I don't see how portraying it on screen is inherently a crime tho (?). |
Faraudo
03.18.25 | Such a thoughtful response, wow. But yeah, you are 100% correct, portraying it on screen is not a crime. Dropping hard facts on the chat. Mexicans must be overreacting, right? Like, most of the white folk are enjoying all the fun and games devised by an ignorant French guy and his alleged vision that glamourizes the ongoing suffering of a nation, so there must be something wrong with them dumbass Mexicans, right? |
Asdfp277
03.18.25 | how is the movie glamourizing it |
Faraudo
03.18.25 | "literally didn't ask you to"
Well no, that's the thing about ignorant people. But whatever, glad you enjoyed some aspects of the film. And yeah you're right again, a glossy musical in which a murderous drug lord gets sanctified by the end only because she had a sex change is in no way a glamourization of narco culture just for you people to enjoy and sing along. |
bach
03.18.25 | Airbud
Airbud (watched it twice) |
budgie
03.18.25 | r u guys still arguiing about that shitty transmexico movie |
Faraudo
03.18.25 | Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in |
budgie
03.18.25 | haha |
budgie
03.18.25 | good gif |
gabba
03.18.25 | Y Tu Mama Tambien [2]
possibly the best road movie there is (without zombies)
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Scheumke
03.18.25 | Just came out of a Anora screening (yay oscars for getting movies back in cinema's here). What a fucking delight 9/10. Laughed my ass off but also very poignient and heartfelt and sad. Amazing movie and on par with Nosferatu for my fav of 2024. |
Faraudo
03.19.25 | Y Tu Mama Tambien is goated |
AlexKzillion
03.20.25 | salo, or 120 days of sodom (pasolini) - [7/10]... very very upsetting film but not quite in the way i was expecting. the memes make you think its gonna be like an even grosser saw film but its a lot more cerebral. also had a lot more to say than i expected. never ever watching this again.
citizen kane (welles) [9/10]... looks like an orson welles lecture next week so thought i'd finally watch this. kinda crazy how modern this feels and can easily understand how this blew people's minds 80 years ago. maybe the greatest screenplay ever? |
mandan
03.20.25 | Ghost and The Three Stooges. 1st one damn good but I prob won't watch again (seen twice) 2nd is awful and might stay as my least fave Farrelly Bros. film. |
Faraudo
03.20.25 | I just watched La Chimera, which is easily one of 2024's best films. |
Gameofmetal
03.20.25 | It's a limited series but Adolescence on Netflix, really raw stuff. Stephen Graham with a kind of perfect performance. |
Anthracks
03.21.25 | la chimera was a 2023 release tho
the apprentice (2024) - 5/10
pootie tang (2001) - 5/10 |
Faraudo
03.21.25 | In Italy and France only, it got a wide release in 2024. |
FurtherDown
03.21.25 | Finally saw Marketa Lazarova, czech 1967 medieval piece. I'm Czech myself so I'm ashamed it took me so long. Anyways, highly recommended, think Andrej Rublev but more raw. Absolute cinema. |
Faraudo
03.21.25 | Not a film, but that Severance finale was incredible. |
Krpa
03.21.25 | I somehow can't get back into Severance's second season. I enjoyed the first one, but after 3 episodes of the new season it just doesn't grip me, and I can't put my finger on why. :/ |
AlexKzillion
03.21.25 | "the apprentice (2024) - 5/10"
this hurts my heart. hilariously ironic the director got thrown out of some industry party for groping someone tho |
budgie
03.23.25 | the first act of the 2005 war of the worlds movie is ssssssssooo fuckin sick |
Anthracks
03.23.25 | I gave Severance S2 a 7/10. Still enjoyable, good atmosphere, well directed, however S2 showed me that they really have no meaning behind any of the symbolism or oddities other than “wouldn’t this be quirky?” The finale didnt do much more than kick the can down the road and thought it was one of the weaker episodes |
Gameofmetal
03.23.25 | Ash - plot not that impressive and it's fairly derivative, but scifi horror is already slim pickings and this one had a lot going for it. Awesome visuals shot through with psychedelia, blasts of body horror, and a sick John Carpenter esque score all over it. |
gabba
03.23.25 | lol, had absolutely no idea FlyLo also made movies, gotta watch |
budgie
03.28.25 | im fuckin watchin the fuckin monkey rn its fuckin awesome fuck |
budgie
03.28.25 | also #6000 bitchesssssssssss suck my dick |
Faraudo
03.28.25 | Speaking about bitches, Amy Adams needs a better agent because Nightbitch is very bad lmao |
budgie
03.28.25 | i saw the trailer and i just assumed the trailer was like an snl skit and not an actual movie trailer |
FurtherDown
03.28.25 | So what do you think about the new PTA trailer? Are we getting another expensive studio-funded sharp vision from a goated director that will bomb at the box office? Hope Leo will attract some audience, also hope it will be as weird as Inherent Vice. |
Anthracks
03.30.25 | The Road (1954) - 8/10
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000) - 10/10 |
Hyperion1001
03.30.25 | a fistful of dollars (1964) - good! Clint rocks. 3.5/5
django (1966) - less good, but still cool! 3/5 |
gabba
03.30.25 | Man, the rage at the hospital in Werkmeister Harmonies hits so hard. Def a 10/10 movie. |
Faraudo
03.30.25 | One Battle After Another will 200% tank at the box office lmao, which is incredibly sad |
Wildcardbitchesss
03.31.25 | yeah it will, I base that on not having heard of it until just now but it absolutely being right up my alley.
We went to a showing of Zodiac, it was sick but that’s like the third Fincher movie I’ve seen with absolutely breakneck pacing… I can’t help but feel like Zodiac and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would’ve been better as like 4-6 part miniseries on HBO or something. He manages to fit so much in 2.5 hours but I really think he could’ve slowed it down and let the characters have a little bit more development.
Still 9/10 loved it, took me way too long to watch it. |
AlexKzillion
03.31.25 | michael clayton (2007) + black bag (2025) this weekend. loved both |
Anthracks
04.01.25 | no other land (2024) - 8/10
moana 2 (2024) - 5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.01.25 | How’d you watch no other land? |
Anthracks
04.01.25 | there's a theater near me that's been playing it for months |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.01.25 | oh that’s sick, I’ve been looking all around in my city. Was hoping after the Oscar win some theater here would get their shit together but I guess living in a red state probably doesn’t help much. |
unclereich
04.01.25 | https://nootherland.com/buy-tickets
sorry to burst your lib bubble |
MillionDead
04.01.25 | The Monkey - 6.5/10
The Organizer (1963) - 9/10
The Organizer is a tragicomedy about a labor strike at an Italian textile factory. It's got so much goddamn heart, pretty sure I cried towards the final 20 mins. All of the characters feel grounded and have great arcs. Does a great job calling out exploitation of workers by the wealthy factory owners in bold, clear terms. Some of the lines are dubbed in despite it being the native Italian dub and this can be a bit distracting in the early scenes (I think this issue smooths over pretty quickly, plus this happens in plenty of older films) but otherwise, it's an incredible film. |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.01.25 | “ https://nootherland.com/buy-tickets
sorry to burst your lib bubble”
alright man you really got me… I guess I’ll drive 300 miles to go see it |
Anthracks
04.02.25 | I mean there is no arguing against the content of no other land nor the current attempt to censor it. Whether or not you want to dispute it being representative of the entirety of the IP conflict is another argument entirely. You will leave that theater fucking pissed off or your heart is broken |
AlexKzillion
04.02.25 | lmao just walked out of no other land ironically. very upsetting film for sure |
unclereich
04.02.25 | Just giving wcb the piss as usual, I hate Missouri just as much as the next guy. Just funny to see that it screened in red lodge, Montana of all places. I don’t suspect anyone here has been there tho. It’s a devastating film, I wish more people could see it. |
WretchedCacophony
04.03.25 | I could see how living in a red state may make seeing a movie from the Palestinian perspective in a theater impossible
But really don't drive the 300 miles just take a Spirit flight for $40 with a 8 hour layover |
AlexKzillion
04.03.25 | i think no other land's near-non existent distribution has way more to do with distributors not finding it to be a profitable endeavor rather than any political reason. like i obsessively look over showtimes at my local amcs everyday for like two years now and i rarely ever see them play any documentaries
the only theater in my entire area that played it was the american film institute which does 90% rep screenings and is non-profit |
unclereich
04.03.25 | Dead end(2004) 6/10
Coherence(2013) 7/10
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CottonSalad
04.03.25 | Flowers of Shanghai - Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1998 - Taiwan)
Shadows in Paradise - Aki Kaurismäki (1986 - Finland)
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Azazzel
04.03.25 | The Shrouds was very good if you're a Cronenberg fan. Would be a perfect tombstone film as it pulls from many of his movies and novel to create a richly familiar but contemporary text. don't want to oversell because it's you know very thematically meshed with wry humorous dialogue not narratively driven, nor gonzo body horror. like a modern Videodrome by way of Lacan and Pynchon with a dash of Crash or Possession. Frederic Jameson would have a field day as his analysis of Videodrome's technology, conspiracy and late capital post-modernism in 'The Geopolitical Aesthetic' all applies to The Shrouds in rhyming new forms.
A lot to chew on and savor but remains funny and immediate throughout. |
rabidfish
04.06.25 | Finally watched Cure (1997).
It's a masterpiece. Probably the most philosophically resonant film I've watched in my life so far. I'd sincerely recommend this one to anyone, it's really well acted, directed and written. But if youre into philosophy, especially semantics and philosophy of language, it's a MUST.
10/10
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Anthracks
04.06.25 | youre dreaming if you think the no other land situation is apolitical lmao
saw The Friend (2024) today and it was a great example of a movie that surpasses the book - 8/10 |
AlexKzillion
04.07.25 | idk there is historically near-zero box office appetite for documentaries that aren't like national geographic shit, music documentaries, or presidential campaign promos.
if anything is sus its the fact that it hasn't been picked up by a streamer. would be an instant #1 netflix documentary |
AlexKzillion
04.07.25 | watched the handmaiden (2016) yesterday. maybe the most off the wall second act of a film i've ever seen loved it loved it loved it |
denboy
04.08.25 | watched the commitments
still holds up |
gryndstone
04.08.25 | Princess Mononoke in big fat 4k IMAX mode. Haven't seen that one in years, and it felt like seeing it as God intended. bumped to 5/5
Intimate COnfessions of A Chinese Courtesan (1972) - Martial arts revenge style flick, but with a heavy focus on a brothel setting that would usually be further in the background in films like this. Made for an uncomfy first half, which was probably the intention. A sapphic villain and her favorite pet victim truly spend their time here on a 'men ain't shit' kind of vibe. 3.5/5 |
Faraudo
04.09.25 | Cure is probably the best film ever made, agreed. |
FurtherDown
04.09.25 | Yeah I need to rewatch Cure as soon as possible, I've seen it once, was floored, second viewing will probably push it to the 5/5 territory. Kairo was cool too. |
Sharenge
04.09.25 | been working my way through a bunch of Takeshi Kitano movies lately
saw him first in Battle Royale way back when before I had any level of familiarity with him or knew who he was... but yeah so far Sonatine has probably been my favorite as far as his own films are concerned (Violent Cop, Brother and Kikujiro are the others I've checked so far - still have to watch Boiling Point, Fireworks and Outrage) |
Shamus248
04.09.25 | Just crossed Dead Poets Society off my bucket list.... one of the best movies i've ever seen. Robin Williams is sublime
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AlexKzillion
04.09.25 | i also caught princess mononoke on a giant imax screen. sensational.
also watched godard's masculin feminin (1966) for class. lots to chew on there. french new wave, its good! |
zaruyache
04.18.25 | I just saw Sinners. Check it this weekend if you can, it absolutely whips. |
Tunaboy45
04.18.25 | Manchester by the Sea, barrel of laughs (and fantastic) |
AlexKzillion
04.18.25 | i'm incredibly excited for both sinners and warfare hoping to see at least one of them this weekend. |
rabidfish
04.18.25 | watched Time Masters (1982) by R. Laloux.
Very fun animated sci-fi movie. With Moebius artstyle. This is everything i want in a sci-fi movie. |
zaruyache
04.19.25 | fuck warfare all my homies hate warfare see Sinners instead if you want c i n e m a |
DType
04.19.25 | I'm really looking forward for Sinners, reviews have been consistently good overall |
Faraudo
04.21.25 | Sinners might be one of the best films of the decade, wow. |
FurtherDown
04.23.25 | Yeah I enjoyed Sinners in cinema a lot too. I may not align with the hype train that much, some parts felt rushed, missed character development and all those explanatory scenes worked against the tension imho, but it is still a blast. That one music sequence, holy shit, that was something special. |
Scheumke
04.24.25 | The Amateur - Perfectly watchable Borne-esque thriller with some headscratching moments. Very mid 6/10. It's also too similar to Mr. Robot (not to unexpected, seeing Rami Malek produced both) which is superior in every sense. |
denboy
04.24.25 | gf and I went into a random cinema with the intention of seeing whatever was up next, ended up seeing Mickey 17 in "4dx"
.... 4dx.. lmao, what a ridiculous concept. On the bright side, at least the random ass violent shaking of the seats kept us awake through the slow scenes, felt like the movie had at least 30 minutes of unnecessary padding. Not even counting the weird drawn out ending |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
04.24.25 | watched Manhunter 5/5 holy shit this movie was cool. it's a new fav
rewatched Big Trouble In Little China 4.5/5 classic
rewatched Wayne's World 4.5/5 schwing
Wayne's World 2 up next. dont think I've seen this one |
oltnabrick
04.25.25 | “As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty” and “Heat” |
Gameofmetal
04.25.25 | Sinners was so good. I mean, I kinda like a weirder horror these days and this one is still firmly mainstream but it takes a lot of surprising swings that all work. |
AlexKzillion
04.26.25 | caught the revenge of the sith re-release last night. prob the film i've seen the most over the course of my life and i gotta say 500 letterboxd logs and 3 months of film class later... jfc the editing in that film is incredibly sloppy. or at the very least, you can really tell they cut whatever it is they initially had down to the bone. the rescue of the chancellor in the opening act feels like something that was initially an hour long cut down to just 20min.
still absolutely love prequel era star wars for the story and world building... but the older i get the more i kinda realize the films they stem from are pretty shoddily made. was getting almost megalopolis vibes at points. on the flipside, the novelization of this film is peak star wars. clone wars is also peak. battlefront 2 and the ROTS video game are peak. and to top it off its maybe the most memeable film ever? but i'm not sure all this legitimately awesome shit that spawned from the film should be legitimate grounds for the full on classic reappraisal this film has gotten (currently 3.9 average on letterboxd). |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.26.25 | Watched Revenge, debut from the woman who directed/wrote The Substance. felt like a modern take on I Spit on Your Grave. Solid revenge thriller but it ain’t got shit on the substance. |
Faraudo
04.27.25 | Just saw Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre and it's so goddamned beautiful. His storytelling is genuine, earnest, and so full of life. The dialogue is super sharp, the characters are all endearing, and the film is incredibly entertaining. |
Anthracks
04.27.25 | (Adjacent) saw two shows on Broadway this weekend
Othello by William Shakespeare (st Denzel Washington & Jake Gyllenhaal) - 6/10
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (st Sarah Snook as all 26 characters) - 10/10… one of my top 10 novels adapted into by far the best Broadway show I’ve seen so far |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.27.25 | seeing sinners in about an hour, have to drive like 45 mins for imax but my buddy told me it’s worth it |
JeetJeet
04.28.25 | saw Sinners last weekend and havent stopped thinking about it since
10/10 |
FurtherDown
04.28.25 | I'm at 8/10 but probably gonna rewatch at some point. I enjoyed the first hour or so the most, it gets imho a little bit messy after that, but both the musical sequences are outstanding (everybody talking about THAT scene but the vapmire dance in the moonlight was so cool also). Such an entertaining movie and I'm happy it's so successful! |
Faraudo
04.28.25 | I loved the second half, it's like what Tarantino would do if he actually had talent |
Tunaboy45
04.28.25 | Sinners was solid, it was also kind of a mess but I enjoyed it nonetheless. |
Tunaboy45
04.28.25 | All of Us Strangers
Altered States |
Gameofmetal
04.28.25 | Azrael - solid but nothing too transformative or surprising. More gore than I expected, didn't overstay its welcome.
Warfare - would say the propaganda accusations have proven mostly unfounded, it's quite bad at being one if that was the intent. Great intense sensory experience, the guns are so fucking loud. |
Hyperion1001
04.28.25 | we talking Michael Mann loud? |
AlexKzillion
04.28.25 | "the guns are so fucking loud."
oh fuck yeah locked in to see warfare after work. the sound design was the best part of civil war glad garland brought that back. |
Gameofmetal
04.28.25 | sorry to say i haven't seen a Mann film in too long so idk |
Faraudo
04.28.25 | I saw Miami Vice a couple of months ago for the first time and it was way better than I expected |
Wildcardbitchesss
04.28.25 | Ya Sinners ruled. I can see people thinking it’s a little messy but god damn some of those set pieces were fucking jaw dropping. I won’t say any more, but Sammie’s guitar playing scene was one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen in a movie |
Gameofmetal
04.28.25 | Im obsessed with the irish dance scene, insanely spooky stuff. |
Anthracks
04.30.25 | companion (2025) - 5/10
conclave (2024) - 6/10 |
AlexKzillion
05.01.25 | "Warfare - would say the propaganda accusations have proven mostly unfounded, it's quite bad at being one if that was the intent."
this is how i felt until the credits, which were quite jarring in contrast to the rest of the film. solid 7/10, felt like a civil war b-side of sorts. hope garland doesn't completely abandon directing after this. sometimes he strikes out but he's never ever boring |
unclereich
05.03.25 | Sinners was the most 7/10 flick ive ever seen. good stuff
The Shoes of the Fisherman(1968)-7.2/10
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protokute
05.04.25 | Hey everyone! Could you guys recommend me some mom-friendly films beyond the usual rom-com 'classics'? I like watching movies with my 66-year-old mom sometimes — kind of a bonding thing — but it’s tricky to find something that’s fun or engaging without being too complex or heavy to follow. |
unclereich
05.05.25 | little miss sunshine comes to mind immediately. my mom loves that one. as good as it gets is a rom/com classic but im surprised how few people I know have seen it. if she hasn't seen that would be first on my list. tough to be fun and engaging without out at least having a romance or comedic element. what are some of her favs? |
budgie
05.05.25 | @proto jean de florette & manon des sources
totally spectacular |
Retter42
05.05.25 | Legally Blonde 1 and 2 |
Josh D.
05.05.25 | The Accountant 2...what a piece of shit
Blue Ruin |
AlexKzillion
05.05.25 | @proto honestly the easiest thing might be to figure out what movie stars she really likes and go from there. i find my parents are far more engaged in the movies we watch, regardless of quality or even genre, when there is an arnold or sjp type a-list star at the center.
most recently i took my mom to see a complete unknown and she absolutely loved it. as many have said in this thread, it sort of fails as a historical document of dylan but is an absolute 10/10 movie star vehicle. |
protokute
05.05.25 | @unclereich
Yeah!! I think she would really like Little Miss Sunshine, and I'd be into watching it again.
@budgie
I recently watched those two and I loved it, specially Jean de Florette, I think my mom would dig it too.
@alex
yup, that is generally how it goes with my mom, too. |
protokute
05.05.25 | I picked Saving Grace (2000) to watch with her yesterday. But she ended up being too sleepy to watch it. But I'll save it for our next film session.
Thx guys |
Gameofmetal
05.05.25 | "this is how i felt until the credits, which were quite jarring in contrast to the rest of the film."
yeah i agree, but in the sense that the credits part is where it actually feels like someone on that production (mendoza) wanted to do soldier propaganda
but the actual movie just isn't like that lol. |
Sharenge
05.07.25 | was rewatching Small Soldiers the other day and realized that the main antagonist's name, Major Chip Hazard, was both a pun and a warning - this seemed entirely lost upon the people I was watching the film with...
also watched another Takeshi Kitano film last night... The Blind Swordsman Zatoichi... good and fun and all and cool to see him try his hand at a swordsman/samurai movie but definitely not my fav of his so far... I'd probably give that to Sonatine and Kikujiro... but yeah it was a little less heavy on the... I guess you could call it fatalism... that a lot of his other works I've seen so far seem to have gotten me accustomed to
in addition to a number of his other films, still need to check Fireworks (Hana-bi) though, which I commonly see hailed as his masterpiece or one of his best movies |
DamnVanne
05.07.25 | As a lifelong Marvel hater I can say that this new Thunderbolts movie was coherent and kinda moving. Ive never recommended one but that was tight |
Faraudo
05.08.25 | Are you guys watching Andor by any chance? I need to discuss it because it might be one of the best TV shows ever. Episodes 8-9 for season 2 left me in absolute shambles. |
AlexKzillion
05.08.25 | sinners - 8/10. felt like the first half of this was honestly a perfect movie
the elephant man - 9/10. local theater is doing an entire lynch filmography run over the next couple months so trying to fill in the gaps. unashamedly loved this don't care that its the most basic bitch film of his |
Gameofmetal
05.10.25 | Yeah Andor is unreal, every episode i just ended up pissed off thinking about how it took 45 years of star wars to get to the really good shit |
klauswagon
05.11.25 | You Can Never Tell (1951) – 10/10
"An ex-army German Shepherd named King inherits a fortune from his eccentric millionaire owner. Should King die, the fortune will pass to the late millionaire's secretary, Ellen (Peggy Dow). Perry Collins (Charles Drake) calls to visit King, ingratiating himself with the story that he remembers King from his army days and that he rescued King from a jeep accident. But Collins has designs on both Ellen and the fortune she will inherit on King's death and when King is found poisoned, King's spirit asks Lion (the leader in the heaven for animals) to send him back to earth to solve his own murder. He returns as Rex Shepard, a private investigator (Dick Powell). Lion also sends Golden Harvest, a racehorse, back to earth as Goldie Harvey (Joyce Holden) to help Rex. Goldie and Rex must solve the case before the full moon or they will have to remain on earth as humans." |
Faraudo
05.11.25 | "Yeah Andor is unreal, every episode i just ended up pissed off thinking about how it took 45 years of star wars to get to the really good shit"
I agree; it is a bit frustrating. However, when discussing the show itself, the writing is top-tier, prestige-TV quality. This applies not only to Star Wars but to TV dramas as a whole.
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Asdfp277
05.13.25 | five nights at freddy's - 2.0 / 5.0
Watched with my mom, it was pretty boring, not charming in any way, not scary, but somehow could be worse. I have to agree with critics: the movie feels lost, it would have been better if it just stuck to a R rating instead of PG-13, and at no point does one care about the added plot of the lost brother lol |
budgie
05.13.25 | they totally dropped the ball with that film trying to humanize the animatronics what a fucking misstep. the nicholas cage trapped-in-building-with-murderous-animatronic-horror film was way better |
Wildcardbitchesss
05.13.25 | Okay for someone that has adored Star Wars for his entire life, and Empire is legit one of my favorite films ever, is Andor really the best Star Wars for a fan like that or is this coming from more casual watchers who’re probably more critical of Star Wars.
Like, I still love Force Awakens and Last Jedi, im a simp for Star Wars. Having said that Rogue One is probably my 3rd favorite and I know nothing about Andor aside from it like, being the guy. So if it’s the vibe of that movie im sure I’ll love it.
I’m gonna watch it regardless I just think it’s kinda fascinating that people are really throwing it up there as prestige television when Star Wars has been on the critical downturn for like the last decade, and actually even longer considering everyone clowned on the prequels until the last few years |
Asdfp277
05.13.25 | the film severely lacked intensity, I guess given a low budget they had to limit the animatronics' screentime, and fill it with something else. That something else being a boring missing brother plotline is... a choice |
unclereich
05.13.25 | >Like, I still love Force Awakens and Last Jedi
have you given an ewok adventure a try yet? |
FurtherDown
05.15.25 | Lars Von Trier's Melancholia rewatch, what a movie holy fucking hell |
AlexKzillion
05.15.25 | if you guys dig andor i highly highly recommend tony gilroy's film michael clayton if you haven't seen it. one of my fave first watches of 2025 so far.
i should prob watch andor myself now that it has ended lmao |
FurtherDown
05.16.25 | Yeah MC has maybe the best Tilda Swinton performance I've seen. |
Sharenge
05.16.25 | maybe my favorite George Cloonguy movie
trying to think of anything else that would be a contender and only thing coming to mind are his Coen Brothers stuff (O Brother Where Art Thou and Burn After Reading?) |
gryndstone
05.21.25 | Final Destination: Bloodlines was...actually really good. It's hard to think of a good spin that isn't retreading ground to put on the franchise's MO, but Bloodlines does a really good job, and they clearly had the budget to do so. Classic Horror verging on black comedy. Love the tattoo guy. There were some gnarly ways to go in this one.
7/10, hiqh quality gross-out tense fun. Definitely watch if you like the other movies, and if you haven't seen them this is a good intro, i think! |
AlexKzillion
05.21.25 | watched mission impossible fallout and dead reckoning the past few days. damn these movies are fun. seeing final reckoning in imax at like 10am saturday lmao
also caught a screening of david lynch's wild at heart. it felt four hours long but i think i liked it??? |
denboy
05.21.25 | i also recently watched wild at heart, i also think it felt four hours long and i thought it was terrible |
Deathconscious
05.26.25 | Civil War was even better the second time. |
denboy
06.02.25 | Went to the cinema and asked for tickets to Wes Andersons new movie, and the guy working there couldn't pronounce the title either
Really good. Upper mid range Wes Anderson movie
Do recommend for anyone who's already a fan |
Egarran
06.02.25 | *The Phoenician Scheme |
denboy
06.02.25 | Dæh Fønæciæn skeeem |
Egarran
06.02.25 | That's pretty good! |
AlexKzillion
06.02.25 | "seeing final reckoning in imax at like 10am saturday lmao"
yeah uhh so this one ended up being kinda ass. felt like a film meant to feed cruise's messiah complex first and foremost. by far the worst of the mcquarrie films and potentially the worst in the franchise period. even if the final hour is pretty rad, the first 90 minutes is mindbogglingly uneventful |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.02.25 | I really did not like Dead Reckoning and from what I’ve read I’m kinda glad I decided to skip this one. I’ll end up watching it eventually but my headcannon is that the series ended with Fallout.
They did Rebecca Ferguson so dirty in Dead Reckoning to the point where I almost walked out of the theater. If they were just gonna essentially replace her with Hayley Atwell only for them to do absolutely nothing with Rebecca then I feel like they just shouldn’t have had her in it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.02.25 | To be clear I’m not some incel that hates Hayley for that, it’s just Ilsa was honestly probably my favorite character in the entire franchise and not only does she have a very unceremonious exit from the series but they just did absolutely nothing interesting with her character. I still feel like she shouldn’t have even been in the last one, I feel like very little would’ve changed and it would’ve made me a lot less unhappy with the film |
vult
06.03.25 | Finally got to watch Hundreds of Beavers. Absolutely marvelous film, easy 10/10
Also saw the new Final Destination movie last week, it was certainly a Final Destination movie, 6/10 for being a slightly above average Final Destination film. |
Anthracks
06.03.25 | the flavor of green tea over rice (1952) - 8/10
lilo & stitch (2002) - 6/10
sonic the hedgehog 3 (2024) - 4/10 |
FurtherDown
06.06.25 | Saw Asteriod City yesterday and it surprised me quite a lot. Its reception in Czechia was mostly negative so I thought it will be another formally brilliant but not very engaging Anderson flick like French Dispatch and kinda forgot to watch it. Now I caught the new one in cinema (it was ok) so I thought I could give AC a try too. And it took me into my mindset circa 10 years ago when I was like Wes is the best director ever. It really brings some of his spark from Life Aquatic or Moonrise Kingdom (I know that one is questionable but it was my first Wes) back. But this time it combines it with some kind of Charlie Kaufman-esque meta stuff and some pretty dark and existential themes. Maybe it's overly pretentious, haven't decided yet, but the watching experience was very very nice.
Also it's interesting how divisive this film is. While some think it's a grand return to form, others see it as a final nail in a coffin of his downfall. I guess everybody wants something different from Wes. Next to the symmetrical compositions and half of Hollywood in cameo roles haha. |
BaselineOOO
06.10.25 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) - pure trash
Until Dawn (2025) - pure trash
Sinners (2025) - trash, but I enjoy watching any movie with vampires
Sorcerer (1977) - awesome but boring for me, dad movie |
AlexKzillion
06.10.25 | saw the phoenician scheme yesterday and didn't really vibe with it. was my first wes film tho so didn't really know what to expect going in |
Deathconscious
06.10.25 | Back into the spaghetti westerns. Once Upon a Time in the West, and then the Dollars "trilogy" and Django (1966 of course). |
rabidfish
06.10.25 | Sorcerer is fucking great. Try watching the original one. It's amazing up until the last 2 minutes, i swear to god it's the worst ending to an amazing film i've even seen. |
MillionDead
06.10.25 | Sinners is a bit overrated but by no means trash.
But my last two were I think Mission Impossible 6/10
and Mickey 17 7/10 |
CottonSalad
06.10.25 | Unknown Pleasures - Jia Zhangke (one of my new favorites, wild)
Kiki's Delivery Service - Miyazaki |
Faraudo
06.10.25 | Mission: Impossible II - 5.5/10. A low point for the franchise, but still incredibly entertaining and very 2000s-coded
The Final Destination (4) - 3/10. Sucks ass, low point for this franchise as well |
Faraudo
06.10.25 | "saw the phoenician scheme yesterday and didn't really vibe with it. was my first wes film tho so didn't really know what to expect going in"
All his films are basically the same: clever-ish characters who speak abnormally fast, pastel colors, 100 A-list actors per movie, etc |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.10.25 | The Tim Robinson movie with Paul Rudd… it’s about exactly what you’d expect from it and doesn’t do anything too crazy. Solid 7/10 |
hotsoap
06.10.25 | Warfare and Blue Velvet. I don't watch movies nearly as much as I wish I did. Blue Velvet was my first foray into David Lynch and I'm eager to dive into more. |
CugnoBrasso
06.10.25 | A stupid light-hearted movie about Switzerland entering into civil war because everybody was forced to speak French after a referendum. Had a lot of fun, I needed that! |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.11.25 | uhhh okay Predator Killer of Killers is fucking insane. If you’re a Predator purist and only like the first one… here ya go. Idk I thought Prey was a great return to form for the franchise but this little animated Hulu movie made that look like child’s play. Almost as good as the Arnie one tbh
10/10 seriously I fucking loved it |
Faraudo
06.12.25 | M: I—The Final Reckoning. I don't know why some people didn't like it; the 2 main action sequences are absolutely out of this world and worth the price of admission. |
AlexKzillion
06.12.25 | ^^^from the point cruise jumps out of the plane into the ocean it rules but everything before that is a complete waste of time. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.25 | Without getting too specific does it actually close out the series or at least Tom Cruise’s tenure? |
AlexKzillion
06.12.25 | the ending perfectly walked the line between conclusively ending the ethan hunt arch while totally leaving the door open enough to do another sequel if he were to change his mind |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.25 | fuck, alright maybe I will go see it. I shouldn’t miss it if it’s Tom’s last go |
Faraudo
06.12.25 | I don't see it as a waste of time, as there is a pretty cool interaction between Hunt and the villain. The rest might be a bit of an homage to Cruise and the rest of the actors/characters, but I think it's well earned. The man has devoted his life to this franchise for 30 years, so it felt deserved, at least for me. And yes, regarding the ending, it's both conclusive and open enough. If we ever get another one, it works; if we don't, it works. |
Faraudo
06.12.25 | And I agree with Killer of Killers, it rocks. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.25 | If that’s the case I hope they just go out and try another actor, Amazon seems to be fumbling on the Bond license, I say let Mission Impossible take a crack at a younger actor taking over maybe with Ethan in a supporting role. |
Faraudo
06.12.25 | That sounds like a cool idea, to use Hunt as a "consultant" of sorts that goes into the action every now and then |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.12.25 | I mean literally just have him head the IMF, like M in bond I guess, yeah that’s pretty much what I was thinking.
Because as much as I personally don’t like Tom Cruise the man is a fucking icon and the series would not be the same without him |
markjamie
06.13.25 | Flow. Maybe in the Top 2 or 3 animated films I've ever seen. Mesmerising. 9.5/10 |
AlexKzillion
06.13.25 | i straight up don't think mission impossible is possible with anyone besides cruise in the way they've been making them
dude goes through an absolutely unbelievable amount of training to do these stunts, plus he apparently is constantly pushing his crews past what they are comfortable with (in terms of his own safety) to get these shots. the amount of professional certifications he has is fucking mindboggling. not only that but he's like the only guy with the pull to fund this stuff.
i just can't see any other actor being that psychopathically dedicated to doing that stuff... and if they were... the studio would stop them. |
Deathconscious
06.13.25 | Speak No Evil was about as good as I was hoping it would be. James MacAvoy continues to blow me away with his performances. |
Faraudo
06.13.25 | Agreed, probably one of the best remakes in recent memory. The characters on the original are unrealistically stupid up to a point at which it becomes infuriating. |
Faraudo
06.13.25 | "Flow. Maybe in the Top 2 or 3 animated films I've ever seen. Mesmerising. 9.5/10"
I ugly cried for like half the movie, probably my favorite animation ever
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markjamie
06.14.25 | And how perfectly did they nail the movement of the cat. |
Deathconscious
06.14.25 | "The characters on the original are unrealistically stupid up to a point at which it becomes infuriating."
There was some of that toward the end of the film [SPOILER] after the whole family saw the photobook and realized what was going on, but then decided to let Paddy replace the wheel and take the time to get their kid's stuffed animal from the roof. That's my only complaint though. |
budgie
06.14.25 | "I ugly cried for like half the movie
[PUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY |
Anthracks
06.22.25 | a nice indian boy (2024) - 3/10
captain america: brave new world (2025) - 1/10 (new worst marvel movie) |
Faraudo
06.22.25 | 28 Years Later: 10/10, easily the best film of the year and one of the best "legacy sequels" ever made. Truly brilliant stuff. |
protokute
06.22.25 | "Queer" and "Civil War", both from last year.
Neither really did it for me… Man, I miss a good, simple film.
Queer at least had an interesting theme and solid leads, but the pacing was all over the place.
Funny how both films struggled with music choices — awkward timing and songs that often felt completely out of place.
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Gameofmetal
06.22.25 | 28 years later was so wacky lol, i loved it |
combustion07
06.22.25 | 28 Years Later- was definitely different than I expected. Really loved it though. Not sure what to rate it honestly. 8.5-9ish/10
Clean- revenge movie. Pretty standard but well done 7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | Wish I liked 28 Years more, I dunno. I’m gonna have to watch it again because like some have said it was very different from what I expected and even from what the trailers presented.
The kid actor was fucking incredible tho, hope we get a lot more of him |
JeetJeet
06.22.25 | I love how absurd 28 Years Later is. Amazing movie. 9/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | Oh yeah I didn’t mind the absurdity of it at all, I guess I’m just more looking forward to how they’re going to follow it up. Thankfully they shot them back to back… Bone Temple is like 6 months away |
AlexKzillion
06.22.25 | are 28 days and weeks required viewing before seeing 28 years? |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | I would say 28 Days for sure just because it’s fucking phenomenal and I do believe it will be relevant for the next one, but just for 28 Years? No. |
budgie
06.22.25 | 28 weeks is required viewing cuz its one of da best zombie movies ever |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | I wouldn’t go that far but it definitely doesn’t get its due. |
budgie
06.22.25 | there arent that many zombie films that actually have outbreak sequences and it probably has the best outbreak sequence
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | That I can agree with. And obv dat opening scene.
Anyways just fuckin watch em both Alex lol |
budgie
06.22.25 | yeah the opening scene too is legendary god damn
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.22.25 | I know it’s a show but holy fuck Andor is good, only on episode 3 but I’ll probably have it finished within the week
“Don’t you wanna fight these bastards for real?” god damn that shit fucking hits |
Deathconscious
06.23.25 | "are 28 days and weeks required viewing before seeing 28 years?"
I haven't seen Years yet so I can't speak from a continuity perspective, but as far as how good they are, you really should watch Days. Weeks is fine but I wouldn't say it's essential. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.23.25 | ^ correct comment imo. I don’t think either are essential viewing if we’re just talking about Years, but 28 Days Later is essential viewing in the sense that it’s one of the best fucking horror movies ever made. Weeks is good with a few moments that come close to Days. We know certain characters from Days will be appearing in the next one, but for this one you can for sure enjoy it as its own thing.
My friend that went with me literally hasn’t seen the original in like 15 years… so middle school, he had a good time with Years |
Faraudo
06.23.25 | Couldn't stop thinking about 28 Years Later, so I watched it again, and it's an absolute belter. I bawled my eyes out like a maniac during the Dr. Kelson sequence. I think it might be Boyle's best film, or at least my favorite of his. It's been years since I've felt compelled to go to the theater twice after just a couple of days of watching something. |
rabidfish
06.23.25 | watched Repo Man. Quite a blast, there's some all time great lines in it, great script, even if it doesn't really make sense.
7.5/10 |
Gameofmetal
06.23.25 | "“Don’t you wanna fight these bastards for real?” god damn that shit fucking hits"
man you aren't even at any of the best parts lmao, you'll get a kick out of it |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.23.25 | I’m beyond stoked man. We just finished episode 5. One week might’ve been a little ambitious, but 2-3 weeks? Yeah I’m gonna have the entire thing watched. I’m glad I waited for it all to be out while somehow managing to avoid spoilers |
Rowhaus
06.24.25 | 28 Years stunk on ice. We waited 18 years for an Attack on Titan Lifetime movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.24.25 | lol that’s a way of putting it
Watched a Real Pain earlier, idk why it got so much acclaim outside of Kieran Culkin, he genuinely was fucking phenomenal and had me tearing up more than once… very competent but pretty unremarkable aside from that. Jessie Eisenberg does his thing and the script is decent too, idk it felt like everyone was blowing their load over it when really the only truly amazing park of it is Kieran.
3/5 |
vult
06.24.25 | mfers in here gotta watch hundreds of beavers - if you have any sort of affection for original, homegrown comedy that pays tribute to classic slapstick / wacky comedy a la chaplin, three stooges, looney tunes, etc, do yourself a favor and watch this movie. 1h40min of straight comedy and it's refreshing that a low budget black and white silent comedy film could be so incredible this day and age.
auto 10/10, have watched it 3 times this year. |
Gameofmetal
06.24.25 | dread it, run from it, rowhaus weak ass bait still arrives. |
Rowhaus
06.24.25 | On a happier note: I also saw Heretic, Speak No Evil, and Gladiator 2. All three of which were solid, with Heretic being my favorite. Hugh Grant fucking killed it. I always saw him as a typecast romcom doofus, but I was pleasantly surprised. |
AlexKzillion
06.24.25 | @wildcard damn i loved that one. i find myself in jesse eisenberg's shoes in quite a few of my friendships so it hit pretty close to home.
also felt like a more dialogue-heavy take on kelly reichardt's 'old joy' which is one of my fave films ever so i was bound to like it. |
Anthracks
06.28.25 | 28 days later (2002) - 5/10
climax (2018) - 9/10 |
Voivod
06.28.25 | Oppenheimer (2023) - saw it three times in a row, within a week, Nolan outdid himself, and the cast followed him through.
The Conversation (1974) - Coppola filmed this between the two first Godfathers, this is beyond awesome, and it deservedly got a Palm d'Or at Cannes.
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FurtherDown
06.28.25 | 28YA is an extraordinary film and deserves every ticket bought. I get some criticism but in today's climate I just admire a blockbuster that takes so many wild swings. Boyle/Garland is a goated duo. Probably tops Sinners as my favorite release of 2025 so far. |
Aerisavion
06.28.25 | I love both 28DL and 28WL as two excellent films within the genre (people really don't give Weeks the chance it deserves, the overall film is solid), but I have to admit 28 Years Later missed the mark for me.
Great cinematography, great soundtrack, good action/violence and decent acting across the board... but ultimately it felt like a movie that wanted to be three different films, and just decided to sandwich those elements together and speedrun multiple plot threads in the most awkwardly rushed manner possible.
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.30.25 | [2]
This one movie could’ve been a trilogy.
Denis Villeneuve is directing Bond 26 and that’s literally a dream come true for me. best director working imo |
Faraudo
06.30.25 | "28YA is an extraordinary film and deserves every ticket bought. I get some criticism but in today's climate I just admire a blockbuster that takes so many wild swings. Boyle/Garland is a goated duo. Probably tops Sinners as my favorite release of 2025 so far."
At least someone around here knows ball
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Wildcardbitchesss
06.30.25 | Does it make sense that I liked pretty much every second of it but it still felt rushed? I completely agree with Aerisavion, like they worded my beef with the movie damn near perfectly.
It’s just so much for a sub 2 hour movie. I literally would’ve been perfectly fine with the film being 30+ mins longer if it meant we had more room to breathe. But I also felt like it just wasn’t quite what I expected and maybe that’s what threw me off. I got the day off maybe I’ll go see it again tomorrow. |
Faraudo
06.30.25 | I understand where you two come from, but wholeheartedly disagree with the vision. I'm about to see it for the third time today and it gets better and better, especially the second half. The problem (for many) is that the film isn't what they expected, which is what I admire the most about it. You rarely see "legacy sequels" or blockbusters that are as creatively uncompromising and risky as this one. I remember this one comment I read the other day with someone complaining about how "sentimental" the film is, which completely blows my mind lmao. |
Wildcardbitchesss
06.30.25 | lol we’re gonna pretend that 28 Days (and weeks!) aren’t sentimental?
wtf is that person smoking. I guess the mother-son plotline is a little more “sentimental” but idk that was the best part of the movie for me and honestly I would’ve loved more of it. I’m for sure going to see it again Wednesday, woke up too late today for the matinee smh |
Gameofmetal
06.30.25 | i dont think there's any problem with tone or objective or anything except for the ending bit, which I dig tbh. Try to imagine it without that and nobody would be talking about it being three films in one. |
Faraudo
07.01.25 | "wtf is that person smoking"
Idk man, I guess I'm expecting audiences to be a bit less stupid lmao.
"Try to imagine it without that and nobody would be talking about it being three films in one"
I saw this other person on Tiktok saying that the ending should've been a post-credits scene and its like damn, Marvel did a number on audiences brains. They don't mind if its a post-credits scene and might even like it, but if its an epilogue (like in the final cut), they lose their shit. |
Anthracks
07.05.25 | 28 weeks later (2007) - 1/10
in the mood for love (2000) - 10/10 |
Sharenge
07.05.25 | watched The Master and rewatched Master Gardener
great movies but you won't like either one of them |
markjamie
07.07.25 | 28 Years Later - Really, really, really enjoyed it. Completely different in tone and style to the first two films, but it may be the best of the three. Never seen a film quite like it before - 8.5/10 |
rabidfish
07.07.25 | Ra path of the sun god. It's on YouTube. Very cool animation about (one of) the Egyptian creation myth and journey of the soul through the underworld. Amazing score. Highly recommend if you're interested in ancient mythology. |
Anthracks
07.07.25 | sinners (2025) - 3/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.07.25 | Watch it again you did something wrong |
Anthracks
07.07.25 | no thank you |
markjamie
07.08.25 | Sinners - boring as all fuck first 75 minutes, way too long, amazing musical scene in the middle, great cinematography, will probably always remember it, but due to sky high expectations I was really disappointed overall - 6/10 |
Faraudo
07.08.25 | "sinners (2025) - 3/10"
Lmao |
markjamie
07.08.25 | Why? I can see why people love it, but I can also see why people find it monotonous, uninvolving, derivative and overrated. I'm right in the middle, but honestly, don't get the fuss.
Agree with you about 28YL though... |
Scheumke
07.08.25 | Time to catch up:
- Nezha (2019) - 8/10 - Damn this was great, but why the fuck is it still completely impossible to watch the second one anywhere? It's one of the biggest grosing movies of all time and there is literally no way to watch it either legally or even illegaly. Maddening.
- Rebel Ridge - 8/10 - Goddamn Aaron Pierre single handedly made this into a great movie
- Mission Impossible Final Reckoning - 5/10 - close to MI2 in being the worst MI movie. They can be guilty pleasures when done well, but this was such a mess.
- Mickey 17 - 6/10 - Some good and interesting parts completely upended by a satirical part that completely misses the mark. Movie doesn't know what it wants to be. Entertaining enough though.
Wicked - 4/10 - Fuck me this was boring. An hour and a half in and literally nothing happened yet but people singing. And then it's still an hour and a half to go. I don't get the hype at all (and I don't mind musicals mind, this was just pointless).
Black Bag - 6.5/10 - Pretty good and a fun idea making a spy movie without any action. Enjoyable but nothing really special.
Sinners - 8.5/10 - What a sexy and gorgeous looking movie. I don't get people that disliked the first hour, that was the best part of the movie for me. It's authentic, stylish and just very well done imo. Favorite movie of the year so far.
28 years later - 6/10 - This movie takes some swings damn. Not all of them land for me (never seen the others, will have to rectify that), but I had a great time at the cinema. When Ralph Fiennes shows up the movie gets instantly better, but there were some really dumb things in there that took me out of it at multiple times. Boots, boots, boots |
Faraudo
07.08.25 | "Agree with you about 28YL though"
Don't give af about Sinners then Mark, as long as you love 28YL lmao. You know ball |
markjamie
07.08.25 | It was awesome. And then I discovered the sequel was filmed straight after and is coming out in January. Can't wait. |
Krpa
07.08.25 | I agree with Mark about Sinners. I disliked it intensely. No negative remarks about musical choices and the dancing sequences, but it wasn't the least bit engaging for me. |
Josh D.
07.08.25 | Two movies this week were A Desert and Friendship.
A Desert: did not match the synopsis I see all over the internet at all, and rather boring.
Friendship: A certified Tim Robinson performance. |
Josh D.
07.08.25 | My take on Sinners is I enjoyed it in the theater, the music stuff and the long one shot in the juke joint, there were some moments. Overall not what I expected and maybe too long. Although, I think every movie is too long. |
rabidfish
07.08.25 | everything the crosses the 90 min mark better be a gosh darn MASTERPIECE otherwise it is way too long... I'm a busy guy, no time to lose on mediocre movies.
*slurps from big gulp cup |
Josh D.
07.08.25 | I don't care about movies, so I lose interest fast. Keep in mind I have watched No Country and There Will Be Blood a dozen times each, so what the fuck do I know |
rabidfish
07.09.25 | Good fucking taste dude |
Anthracks
07.09.25 | Can’t wait for one year from now when everyone rewatches sinners and is like wait why did I like this this is stupid dogshit
Portrait of a lady on Fire (2019) - 9/10 |
markjamie
07.09.25 | Bring Her Back - fascinating from the first minute to the last, but man... were some scenes ever hard to watch - 8/10 |
Anthracks
07.13.25 | heart eyes (2025) - 5/10
familiar touch (2024) - 7/10 |
JeetJeet
07.13.25 | new Superman movie rips unbelievably hard. 10/10 they fucking got it right with him this time |
JeetJeet
07.13.25 | @mark Dudeeeee feel the exact same way about Bring Her Back shit genuinely had me grossed out and I rarely ever feel that way with movies, but I was locked in the whole time |
Josh D.
07.13.25 | Bring Her Back is, how you say, fucked |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.25 | fuck I really need to watch that |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.13.25 | I’m kinda surprised at the reaction it’s gotten, Talk to Me was really good but it was relatively tame for a rated R A24 horror flick, I was kinda expecting the same from this |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.25 | Having watched all of Andor now I really think Rogue One is my favorite Star Wars movie full stop.
I’m so fucking depressed over this rn😭 |
budgie
07.14.25 | id b depressed if i watched an entire star wars tv show too |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.25 | bro I’m telling you it’s absolute fuckin fire. It’s the best Star Wars anything. It’s just a damn good show in general |
budgie
07.14.25 | are there even zombies in the star wars universe !!!!!! 🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️ |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.25 | shit you got me |
Faraudo
07.14.25 | Bring Her Back: I wasn't expecting it to be that fucked up lmao, and I kinda loved it for that. The Philippous are phenomenal directors, and Danny is a great writer. |
AlexKzillion
07.14.25 | "are there even zombies in the star wars universe !!!!!! 🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️🧟♀️"
clone wars |
AlexKzillion
07.14.25 | 28 years later was really solid. dug the iphone cinematography a lot. jodie comer is always a joy to watch
also saw fucking HEAT on the big screen omfg is michael mann the goat idk... |
AlexKzillion
07.14.25 | also in previous weeks saw materialists... which tbh i quite liked even if there is a lot of dumb stuff in it... and also f1 which is an absolute peak imax spectacle but totally skippable otherwise |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.25 | “ also saw fucking HEAT on the big screen omfg is michael mann the goat idk...”
Saw it in a local theater for its 30th anniversary and goddamn it was killer, I already really liked it but see it on a big screen was amazing |
Josh D.
07.14.25 | Can't get tired of that movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.14.25 | Damn near perfect movie tbh |
Josh D.
07.14.25 | "So you saw a guy in the street who's an ex con? Well I am over-fucking-whelmed. What do you want for that, a junior G-man badge?"
When I watch it, that's on a loop in my head for the next day. |
AlexKzillion
07.14.25 | GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT
GIVE ME ALL YOU GOT |
Anthracks
07.16.25 | never let me go (2010) - 5/10
cunk on life (2024) - 6/10 |
Josh D.
07.16.25 | did you say cunk? |
Anthracks
07.20.25 | The Phoenician scheme (2025) - 4/10
Eddington (2025) - 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.20.25 | Seeing Eddington later today, I haven’t even watched any trailers but since it’s Ari Aster I’m definitely expecting more than just some sheriff and mayor having a dispute during covid |
Hyperion1001
07.20.25 | blood simple (1984) - expertly crafted especially for a debut feature but my absolute least favorite plot device is “plot that could have been entirely avoided if the characters had just said a maximum of 10 extra words to each other”. every character acted like they had lead poisoning or something. 3.5/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.20.25 | Pretty easily my least favorite Coen bros of the ones that I’ve seen |
Azazzel
07.20.25 | @Faraudo I get why Megan 2 flopped but I thought Bring Her Back would fare better after the success of Talk to Me, guess it just caught the viral wave or maybe poor marketing and rollout? |
Wildcardbitchesss
07.20.25 | Idk what it was tbh, I loved Talk to Me but just never got around to seeing bring Her Back despite it getting (arguably) even more praise from critics.
People are fuckin broke. That’s my excuse at least. I’m only seeing Eddington because I love Ari Aster and a covid period piece from him sounds properly batshit and seems like something that would be better with a crowd. |
Azazzel
07.20.25 | will also be seeing Eddington at the $5 Tuesday showing, managed to stay in the dark aside from the general expected split impression rumblings - a good sign if anything. a little apprehensive about him going off the genre reservation but I'm curious what he's cooked up |
Gameofmetal
07.20.25 | Eddington was really good, great bounce back after Beau is Afraid. Very carefully steers clear of South Park esque equal offence so that while it takes potshots all over the socio-political spectrum it still has clarity towards what's worse than others. Really good depiction of how the internet was and is frying people's brains. |
Bloma
07.20.25 | Movies I watched on the plane recently:
Rumours (2024) - 4.5/5
Had no idea what it was, was pleasantly surprised. Almost a parody of a parody at points, great soundtrack, and genuinely original. Sags a bit in the middle. Watched it again when I got home.
Saturday Night (2024) - 5/5
Absolutely loved this. Was mesmerised by it from start to finish. Can't wait to watch it again.
Conclave (2024) - 3/5
Was a 5/5 most of the way until some cracks started showing, got a bit too on the nose, and then the ending was a real face palm for me. Loved everything leading up to it though. |
Bloma
07.20.25 | @vult 'Finally got to watch Hundreds of Beavers. Absolutely marvelous film, easy 10/10'
That movie blew me away. It really goes for it. We watched it at xmas, and in the beginning I was afraid I'd chosen a stinker, but by God does it go for it. |
Josh D.
07.20.25 | Today watched The Apprentice. Always wary about Trump-related media for what should be obvious reasons, but it's good. Sebastian Stan is excellent and it's pretty funny in several dark ways.
It made me watch the director's first movie Shelley. It is just plainly boring, the next 40 minutes better be dynamite. |
Anthracks
07.21.25 | bring her back (2025) - 6/10 |
Faraudo
07.23.25 | Watched the Pusher trilogy, incredible stuff |
AlexKzillion
07.26.25 | eddington was... great!
maybe film of the year too so far?? that or sinners |
unclereich
07.27.25 | Happy Gilmore 2 is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Love the original and obviously I wasn’t expecting much but this is bad even for Sandler. Truly awful. |
EyesWideShut
07.30.25 | TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.
4.5/5 |
Anthracks
08.01.25 | One of them days (2025) - 4/10
K-pop demon hunters (2025) - 3/10 |
Josh D.
08.01.25 | 28 Years Later: not very entertaining tbh! They gave the Alpha a huge hog and that's all I remember.
Slums of Beverly Hills: haven't seen it in ages, forgot how funny Krumholtz is in it. |
lucazade22
08.01.25 | The only redeeming part of Happy Gilmore 2 was all the cameos from the famous golfers.4/10
Other movie I've seen recently is Ballad of Wallis Island which I thought was a really cute and funny movie. Definitely recommended. 7/10 |
EyesWideShut
08.02.25 | Yea tbh I thought 28 Years Later was p stupid but I kinda get what Boyle was trying to do by paying tribute to that hyper House of the Dead style zombie horror. He definitely was trolling some of the OG fans of the first film. |
Josh D.
08.03.25 | Still not sure what the message is supposed to be by having someone styled after Jimmy Savile. Pretty weird! |
Anthracks
08.04.25 | phantom thread (2017) - 10/10
together (2025) - 6/10 |
Josh D.
08.04.25 | Watching Together right now. |
Egarran
08.04.25 | Jurassic Park 6/10
Jurassic Park 2 2/10
Jurassic Park 3 5/10
This stuff aged like milk. |
Gameofmetal
08.04.25 | "Still not sure what the message is supposed to be by having someone styled after Jimmy Savile. Pretty weird!"
i think probably some different representations of cultural change, or lack thereof. The Jimmys are stuck with the cultural touchstones they last remember before everything went bad, the islanders are devolving into a rural cult like society, the zombies are auspiciously evolving. |
Anthracks
08.06.25 | until dawn (2025) - 2/10
the ballad of wallis island (2025) - 7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.06.25 | How was together Josh??
I’m gonna try to see it tomorrow. Def seeing Weapons on Sunday and could not be more excited. I haven’t even watched a single trailer, it being the Barbarian guy is enough for me |
budgie
08.06.25 | until dawn - was ok i didnt realize it was about a video game until i read some discussion threads on it. was cool 2.5/5
dangerous animals - fuckin loved it up through the first 2 attacks. like super awesome. third act was super flat and bleh. coulda been great. 2.5/5. |
Voivod
08.07.25 | Four Lions (2010) - the film is the epitome of tragicomedy, really demented stuff in retrospect…
As Tears Go By (1988) - This is the raw, brutal, humble beginning of Wong Kar-wai |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.07.25 | “ until dawn - was ok i didnt realize it was about a video game until i read some discussion threads on it. was cool”
Tbf just judging by the trailer it looks NOTHING like the game. Like not even similar plots. The games tight budge you might like it… there’s zombies |
Slex
08.07.25 | Bring Her Back and new Naked Gun, both fantastic movies |
BigTuna
08.07.25 | The Ballad of Wallis Island is a gem. Great crowd-pleaser that you can safely recommend to anyone. |
rabidfish
08.07.25 | theres a new naked gun? wtf... having to replace Leslie Nielsen is no joke one of the hardest things you could be tasked with. |
Anthracks
08.08.25 | warfare (2025) - 6/10
wolf man (2025) - 3/10 |
Rowan5215
08.08.25 | Weapons was very underwhelming for me, I hope Cregger directs some other people's screenplays at some point because he's great at visuals but not a lot else |
bellovddd
08.08.25 | https://letterboxd.com/bellovddd/list/amityville-movies-ranked/
just finished the rewatch of them all. what a ride |
AlexKzillion
08.08.25 | speaking of letterboxd, i caught godfather 2 last night on the big screen and i went to the reviews and all but one review on the first three pages are about how hot pacino and de niro are lmao wtf |
Hyperion1001
08.08.25 | letterboxd is a nice app for cataloguing but reading the reviews will give you permanent brain damage. one of the most insufferable communities on the internet. |
unclereich
08.08.25 | imdb>all |
Voivod
08.08.25 | La Piscine (1969) - Overrated film of the Nouvelle Vague movement, the only real actor here is Romy Schneider.
Ellio (2025) - Pixar has a habit of dwarfing every previous film it makes with the next one, and this is no exception. |
JeetJeet
08.08.25 | Weapons fucking smacked. 9/10 |
Anthracks
08.09.25 | weapons (2025) - 9/10. pretty much everything worked for me and the most i've been engaged in a horror / mystery thing in a while in a theater (maybe since hereditary). love that it's equally silly and unsettling and both work simultaneously and the balance is done very well. the use of perspective is incredibly effective with the storytelling. definitely disagree with the above comment about the screenplay / writing, as he is significantly better than the vast majority of horror writers and offers his own thing |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.09.25 | Seeing it Sunday!!! |
Josh D.
08.09.25 | I want to go see it, but I just got back from a trip, I'm beyond exhausted.
So instead this weekend has been Me, Myself & Irene (mostly holds up) and The Occupant (2025), which I'm 40 minutes into and itching for something to happen real soon. |
KevinKC
08.09.25 | Scarlett Johanson killed the last Jurassic Park. I don't think I've ever seen an actor shoot a movie in the head like that before. Her performance is horrendous. I've always known she wasn't a great actor, but directors have rarely let her weakness shine so bright. |
Josh D.
08.10.25 | Weapons is fun, I was hoping for more of the investigation stuff cuz right as it got going it focused on other things. |
Sharenge
08.10.25 | I just stick with Lost in Translation when it comes to ScarJo
I guess Her was pretty good haven't watched in a long time... been also thinking about rewatching The Island recently haven't seen that one since I was a kid |
heck
08.10.25 | did a weird ass double feature last night of the new Naked Gun and Weapons. enjoyed both equally for entirely different reasons |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.11.25 | Weapons was rad, not quite as good as Barbarian imo but I had a lot of fun with it |
unclereich
08.11.25 | damn that sucks to hear as barbarian was ass |
budgie
08.11.25 | barb was OK |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.11.25 | boo Barbarian was great… and uh don’t watch weapons I guess you’ll hate that too |
Rowan5215
08.11.25 | they both have some really strong moments and a load of very silly immersion breaking stuff imo, the last 20 minutes or so of Barbarian are absolutely awful. I did like Weapons slightly more so he's definitely improving, I think he's got a strong movie in him somewhere but he's still a ways off it |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.11.25 | I’ll kind of somewhat agree with the people that say that the first act of Barbarian is the best part of the movie… but that’s also some of the best tension building I’ve seen in years, i guess if people don’t like the direction the movie went in after the head bashing I don’t really blame them. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.11.25 | I think in a way maybe having Barbarian kinda spoiled for me worked in its favor, when everybody I knew was saying how insane it gets I was expecting some crazy shit to start happening even tho the first 45 mins or so are pretty tame.
The ending of Weapons is pretty much just pitch black comedy, that was the most fun I’ve had in a theater all year.
What I guess im trying say is that I think it mostly bothers people because of the tonal whiplash, wand that is definitely a part of Barbarian, which I also thought was extremely funny at certain points. So going in I think it helps if people know that there’s gonna be some absurdity even if the first hour or so of Weapons also plays it pretty straight. I guess that’s just gonna be his schtick |
Faraudo
08.11.25 | Weapons was fucking awesome, liked it even more than Barbarian. Regarding the ending, I can't seem to understand why some people are not liking it lmao, its so good. |
Faraudo
08.11.25 | And Bring Her Back, which is deranged. Fantastic year for horror |
Rowan5215
08.11.25 | actually thought the ending of Weapons was great lol it's the middle where it lost me pretty hard, the whole cop subplot had me bored as hell. he's definitely good at the tonal whiplash I just wish he would put in more effort to his plotting or find a collaborator to storyboard or something lol
Bring Her Back on the other hand was fucking fantastic, 1a and 1b with Sinners for me this year |
EphemeralEternity
08.11.25 | Companion. 1/5. Pure dog shit. Like a bad episode of black mirror stretched into a full length film. The characters were completely unlikeable, the plot was derivative, and the humor was lame as hell, laughed at parts that weren't supposed to be funny and silent during parts that were , but the critics ate it up so what do I know?
Bring her back. 4/5. Less terrifying and more disturbing, with probably the most viscerally unsettling scene I have ever witnessed that made the whole cinema recoil. Also thematically disturbing because of it shines a light on a real systemic issue.
I can't believe I used to watch those guys on YT 10 years back. It was clear they had a eye for horror with their ronald mcdonald massacre videos but I never thought they would become top horror directors |
Josh D.
08.11.25 | Barbarian is a big thumbs down for me. Weapons is better, but comparing them seems silly to me. I'm fine with the ending, an unexpected darkly comic turn isn't a bad thing itself, it's about execution.
I saw Companion in theater, I had a fun time. My only nitpick with it is (spoiler) the cheesy way she overcomes Patrick. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.11.25 | I missed Bring Her Back :/
Now that it’s on 4K im really thinking about just buying it. |
budgie
08.11.25 | companion was bad but not 1/5 bad |
budgie
08.11.25 | "28 weeks later (2007) - 1/10" I hope a shark eats u |
arthropod
08.11.25 | meanwhile me missing on all the new movies and casually rewatching Forrest Gump for the 100th time
There's also Zakazane piosenki, never thought I'd be this taken by a WW2 film. Truly a perfect blend of comedy and terror. |
Josh D.
08.11.25 | Patiently waiting for Eddington to hit streaming, or even "streaming". |
oltnabrick
08.12.25 | Friendship and the new War of the Worlds
Idk what anyone involved w War of the Worlds was thinking the whole thing is ad placement it’s amazing |
EphemeralEternity
08.12.25 | I tried watching War of the worlds but I got hit with a 90 minute ad then the credits started rolling? |
Aerisavion
08.12.25 | Currently rewatching the Bond films, so Dr. No and From Russia With Love are mine.
Goldfinger next. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.12.25 | oh now we’re fuckin talking. From Russia With Love was always my favorite of the Connery run and one of my favorite Bond flicks in general. Red Grant is an amazing villain. |
Aerisavion
08.12.25 | I forgot how good the train fight was. Robert Shaw is perfect casting. |
Josh D.
08.12.25 | Jame Bond |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.12.25 | I’m due for a complete rewatch. I probably haven’t seen any of the Roger Moore flicks in at least a few years or so. It’s been a minute since I watched the later Connery ones too but I think there’s a reason for both…
I’ll watch the Daniel Craig ones probably every year tho, Spectre is really the only one I don’t care for. Even almost five years later I still think he had the best run.
“ I forgot how good the train fight was. Robert Shaw is perfect casting.”
The second they step on that train thru the end might be my favorite stretch of any Bond movie. For 1963 I really think the fight choreography was really ahead of its time. |
Aerisavion
08.12.25 | Yeah that's exactly what I've been feeling - haven't seen a lot of them in well over a decade, especially the older classics. Figured a rewatch was finally due, it's been a blast so far.
"For 1963 I really think the fight choreography was really ahead of its time."
100%. The initial conversation with mounting tension between Bond/Grant and the eventual beatdown is excellent. |
gabba
08.12.25 | As a child Moore was my favorite Bond. But when I rewatched some of his movies as an adult, they were utterly disappointing. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.12.25 | Ya that dinner conversation into the fight scene was so expertly executed.
@gabba
Ya, unless you’re a real old head and grew up with Moore as *your* Bond, I’ve felt like the older you get the worse his movies are for you. The Spy Who Loved Me and For Your Eyes Only are his only good ones imo, with Live and Let Die at least being dumb fun. The rest of them are just dumb. Man With the Golden Gun and A View to a Kill at least have great villains but the rest of them are pretty fucking bad. Octopussy and Moonraker were torture for me even when I was a kid, I can’t imagine how much I’d hate them now.
Maybe I’ll blast thru them before summers over and rank them out. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.12.25 | I know OHMSS is long overdue for a rewatch. |
gabba
08.12.25 | Now I remember, it was For Your Eyes Only. As a child my jaw dropped in the theatre, but on rewatch many years later it was just ridiculous. But I agree on A View to a Kill, Grace Jones was great (as always). |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.12.25 | Yeah Grace Jones and Christopher Walken were a killer combo, just wish they were in a better movie lol |
gabba
08.12.25 | Agreed, the movie was bad, but I also have a soft spot for that Duran Duran song. |
Josh D.
08.13.25 | Eddington is not my cup of tea :/ |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | Bummer, we had tickets to see it but some shit came up, I’ll just have to catch it on streaming :/
If nothing else im glad that it seems like someone like Ari has a green light to pretgy much do whatever. Whether you like him or not I don’t think there’s another writer/director doing quite what he’s doing.
Loved Hereditary, Misommar took a while to grow on me but I ended up liking it a lot too. Beau is a fucking mess but it’s a mesmerizing mess… Eddington seems relatively tame for him but like I said I haven’t seen it yet. |
Josh D.
08.13.25 | My thoughts on it don't contain spoilers, but I'd rather let someone go in blind on it. I've been a fan of Aster's, but I have multiple problems with this one. |
budgie
08.13.25 | y'all see dead zone?
|
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | Cronenberg?
Might be my favorite of his tbh. That and The Fly… maybe a History of Violence too, are just a cut above the rest of his films that I’ve seen at least.
I feel like Dead Zone is mad underrated even among his fans. One of the best 80’s movies imo. Started Severance the other day and I love that Christopher Walken has been taking these small but very memorable roles this late. I was ecstatic when he popped up in Dune 2. Not a huge role but he fucking owned it. |
budgie
08.13.25 | Didn't realize waas cronenbooger bht yea that one. I just love semi horror movies where the lead is a troubled detective. Like cemetery man and that Johnny Depp jack the knife film. Walkens char was just so cool |
RVAHC13
08.13.25 | THE ICE IS GONNA BREAK |
Voivod
08.13.25 | Milionari (2014) - textbook but tight Naples gang drama, based on a true story.
Chungking Express (1994) - while I've seen this multiple times, every new screening feels different and more profound: needless to say, that's were Wong Kat Wai started to get acclaim outside of China. |
Devastator
08.13.25 | Watched Weapons this past weekend. Good movie but I think people are going a tad overboard with the praise. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | Ya I didn’t think it was 10/10 BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR but it was solid, some solid tension building and a few good laughs, pretty great performances, pleasant to look at. I enjoyed it but I can think of a few horror movies I liked more this year. Plus I still haven’t even seen Bring Her Back or Together, bummed that I’ll just have to wait for streaming… I was really excited for both of them : / |
budgie
08.13.25 | its prob bc this is easily the worst decade for horror so a good film is like stumbling upon an oasis |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | idk every decade has a lot of fucking dog shit tier horror, I’ve always felt like finding a good one is like looking for a piece of corn in said pile of dog shit |
vult
08.13.25 | watched Happy Gilmore for the first time since high school, still has some funny moments and Carl Weathers is goated, 7/10
watched Twisters, was decent albeit extremely predictable. visually fun movie, annoying ending though. 5.5/10
watched Top Gun Maverick, cool action sequences but my god the writing is so bad, literally buzzwords and inspirational quotes as dialogue. 5/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | we’ve had some really solid horror this decade tho, Substance was amazing, Talk to Me, Evil Dead Rise, X and Pearl, the Dark and Wicked, Titane, Longlegs (fuck off everyone it rocked) |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | @vult I think we really missed the boat on Top Gun, I feel like it probably was incredible in IMAX but ya I really didn’t care for it either |
budgie
08.13.25 | look at your letterbox data and compare what you have for the decades. for my taste is real fuckin depressinf
|
Hyperion1001
08.13.25 | best movie of the year so far is black bag. |
Hawks
08.13.25 | I really enjoyed Asian Invasion 73. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | damn I didn’t even know letterboxd had that feature, I need to do a better job of logging what movies I’ve seen because I am forgetful as fuck man.
Black Bag was another one I wanted to see because it seems like the closest we’re gonna get to Michael Fassbender in a Bond movie. |
budgie
08.13.25 | thats the one ur mom starred in right |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender are both too old to be Bond at this point but I think both could make for great villains or even as M |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.13.25 | Yes my mother was in black bag, her name is Cate |
budgie
08.13.25 | God damnit |
Josh D.
08.13.25 | I saw Black Bag in theaters, my review is 1) pretty fun, a style of thriller I'm a sucker for, and 2) Cate Blanchett: fine wine |
budgie
08.13.25 | Cate Blanchett in borderlands was a day old half empty bud lite used as an ash tray |
Voivod
08.13.25 | The Angels' Share (2012) - excellent - and optimistic for a change - Loach film. |
rabidfish
08.14.25 | watched Batman TAS: the mask of the phantasm... It's boring, with a dumb story, dumb villain and a lame ending. Nowhere close to the show's peak episodes.
5/10. |
budgie
08.14.25 | dude I have an insane Amy of nostalgia for that film |
rabidfish
08.14.25 | i mean, it still looks amazing. The show has such an amazing style. It's stylish as FUCK. And Bruce Wayne as a character is done better than 90% of Batman comics and movies i've watched. |
budgie
08.14.25 | yeah the style is very cool |
AlexKzillion
08.15.25 | did a shin godzilla / weapons double feature last night
left the theater thinking weapons was a 10/10 but may bump that down after sitting with it a bit. idk i was completely bought in the entire runtime and just didn't care to think "why does the town barely seem to care?? / there was zero other cameras?? / the story didn't take over the whole country???". was also about as electric of a theater as i've been in probably since barbie which is maybe coloring my perspective a bit... but all and all yeah it is kinda movie of the year so far.
shin godzilla also fucking ruled and i think is my fave godzilla film of the four or so i've seen?? there was a kid behind me balling his eyes out when godzilla went nuclear lmao |
Josh D.
08.15.25 | Atomic Blonde - I guess it's fun, I didn't pay much attention tbh but then again, I can say this about every movie I watch
Dr. No - y'all made me think I should watch every Bond movie in order, because I don't think I've seen a single pre-Brosnan one. Young Sean Connery is a piece of ass, Miss Taro should've been the Bond girl cuz mamma mia, and Bond sometimes seems like a bad spy. I am ready for more antagonistic vixens named things like Steam E. Puss |
AlexKzillion
08.15.25 | top 5 of 2025 so far:
1) weapons (preemptive 10/10)
2) eddington (8/10)
3) sinners (8/10)
4) black bag (8/10)
5) warfare (7/10)
very slow year in comparison to last year... where seven films out of my year end top 10 had already released at this point. feels like were in for a big fall tho |
Aerisavion
08.15.25 | "Dr. No - y'all made me think I should watch every Bond movie in order"
Yoooooooo welcome to the fun, I'm now on Goldfinger. |
Sharenge
08.15.25 | he said steamy puss lol |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.15.25 | aw shit okay fine I’ll join, I’ll literally watch Dr. No tonight. I’m kinda stoked lol it’s been way too long since I went through all of them
“antagonistic vixens named things like Steam E. Puss”
I’m not even kidding, you’re not far off with the names lmao |
Aerisavion
08.15.25 | "My name is Pussy Galore."
"I must be dreaming."
Connery's delivery cracks me up so much, it's as if he can barely contain himself. |
Aerisavion
08.15.25 | "aw shit okay fine I’ll join, I’ll literally watch Dr. No tonight."
Hell yeah, Bond party. |
JeetJeet
08.15.25 | Eddington - 9/10
Laughed so fucking hard through this movie. Parts of it felt like a Coen bros film and parts of it felt like an episode of South Park. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.15.25 | That was kinda the vibe I was getting from the trailer, glad to see some people liked it. I need it to hit streaming asap |
Josh D.
08.15.25 | "I’m not even kidding, you’re not far off with the names lmao"
Austin Powers taught me everything I know about Bond films. |
Josh D.
08.15.25 | I just don't think Eddington had that Ari Aster surreal punch until the very end, so it was like waiting a long time to be underwhlemed tbh |
Josh D.
08.17.25 | Gotta be honest, maybe I just can't have the context of the movies of the time, but after the first 3 Bond movies I struggle to see how this was popular enough to become such a franchise. It's just a sexual deviant getting into judo fights with women and old men and getting trapped constantly. He doesn't even seem like that good of a spy! |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.25 | How far did you get? Because I would say theres a pretty significant drop off in quality after Goldfinger, then it gets good again with On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, then becomes trash again for Diamonds Are Forever and throughout most of Roger Moore’s run. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.25 | Watched Dr. No and From Russia With Love. Dr. No is kinda overrated imo, I’ve always felt that way. Aside from her iconic entrance, Honey Ryder is really not interesting, Dr. No himself is a fine villain but pretty mid tier compared to the rest of them. However the scene between Bond and Dent is fucking masterful and maybe the most cold blooded he is until the Dalton/Craig eras.
“That’s a Smith and Wesson, and you’ve had your six.”
Fucking badass dude |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.17.25 | My love for From Russia With Love only grows each time I see it. Probably my favorite movie of the 60’s and either my second or third favorite Bond flick overall. Red Grant and Rosa Klebb are fucking top tier, everything about SPECTRE is done well to help build Blofeld up, Tatiana is an incredible Bond girl, and Sean Connery is just as good as ever. I fucking adore FRWL… makes me wanna play the old PS2 game now too. |
rabidfish
08.17.25 | Watched the beauty and the beast (1946), the french one. Very good. Love the costumes and set designs. Every interaction between Beauty and Beast is fun, the beast is so theatrical and over the top romantic (old school). It truly is a fairy tale and it holds that logic throughout. The lighting is also top tier.
8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.20.25 | Goldfinger: Used to be my absolute favorite but so much with Pussy Galore has just not aged well both in the sense that it’s been 60 years along with seeing how ridiculous it is the older I get. Still a great film but it wouldn’t crack my top 5
There’s still just so many iconic moments in that film. The ejector seat, Jill covered in gold, everything about the laser scene, “I must be dreaming.”, the fight with Oddjob. Everything about the Fort Knox siege is peak Bond.
9/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.20.25 | So far I’d say
Dr. No: 7/10
From Russia With Love: 10/10
Goldfinger: 9/10
I might do a full ranking list when I’m done but it won’t be for a while, I’ll probably drag my feet watching the Moore flicks considering I really don’t like most of them. |
Hyperion1001
08.20.25 | live and let die rocks tho |
budgie
08.20.25 | shut the fuck up budgie |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.20.25 | I don’t mind Live and Let Die. Great villain, Solitaire is a solid Bond girl, I just don’t like the extremely campy direction they went in during the Moore era.
Live and Let Die is probably my third favorite of the Moore flicks… but that’s not a high bar to clear. Everything below that is hot trash
And don’t talk to budgie like that shithead |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.20.25 | Also I believe that’s the introduction of SHARIFF JAY DUBYA PEPPA who is hands down one of the dumbest fucking characters in franchise history. |
Aerisavion
08.20.25 | Gonna hopefully be watching Thunderball today, the Bond party continues. |
Azazzel
08.22.25 | somebody go see the Spike Lee remake of Kurosawa's 'High and Low' and let me know how it is. can't be much worse than Oldboy but H&L is a perfect film
@Josh agree on Eddington, wasn't absurd enough to be very engaging for me the first 90+ minutes - just felt like, yep, that's what things are like. but I think it'll age pretty well as a record for those that didn't live through this period and I do like the bigger post-modern picture being drawn in sum |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.23.25 | “ Gonna hopefully be watching Thunderball today, the Bond party continues.”
It’s so much worse than I remember it being, easily his worst apart from Diamonds Are Forever… and Never Say Never Again doesn’t count… which is good, because the less said about that pile of shit the better |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.23.25 | Dr No - solid intro to the character and franchise. Honey Ryder’s beach intro is fucking iconic but she is a very boring character aside from that. Every scene with Bond is fucking gold tho, Sean Connery was pretty much goated. 7/10
FRWL - Certified hood classic, one of the best Bond movies of all time. Can’t praise Red Grant and Rosa Klebb any harder, among the best villains in the series even 60 years later 10/10
Goldfinger - Another (slightly less) classic, basically set the template of what a Bond movie should be. The Masterson’s are pretty average in the way of Bond girls but there’s four incredible performances playing four iconic characters at the center of it, back half of the film is considerably stronger than the first. Everything at Fort Knox is peak Bond. 10/10
Thunderball - As mid as it comes, mediocre villain, set the stage for the silliness that is the Roger Moore era, underwater scenes are boring as hell and there’s a shit ton of them, and the editing is choppier than a Deadliest Catch excursion. Fiona Volpe is ahead of her time as a femme fatale tho and she’s one of the best parts of the movie, Domino is a piece of ass but ultimately kinda forgettable. Sean Connery is still excellent. 5/10
You Only Live Twice - batshit insane movie, sometimes in a good way sometimes not. Bond being Asian is perhaps the worst aged aspect of any Bond movie aside from the regular sexual harassment. The little Nellie sequence is dumb, but the volcano raid is awesome, and of course Donald Pleasence. 6/10
Gonna continue onward tomorrow. Very excited to get to OHMSS, very not excited to get to Diamonds Are Forever and pretty much half of the Moore films. |
Aerisavion
08.23.25 | Damn I need to catch up, haven't had a lot of free time and there are many a Bond movie to watch. |
Josh D.
08.23.25 | Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - turned it off at 75 minutes, what a pile of dog shit
There Will Be Blood for the 15th time to wash the taste out of my mouth before baseball started |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.23.25 | I’m glad you got the ball rolling on this, I’ll probably slow down a bit because some of the Moore movies are just a slog for me to get through but I also just watched Craig’s run earlier this year so I don’t really feel like I need to do it again so soon.
That and I’ve seen all of those movies a million times by now, Craig is the best and most consistent Bond by far imo |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.23.25 | Could not be more excited for Denis Villeneuve‘s Bond even if it takes another few years… I was 9 when I saw Casino Royale in theaters, I’ll probably be fucking 30 by the time we get a new Bond😭 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.23.25 | “Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - turned it off at 75 minutes, what a pile of dog shit”
I really didn’t like Dead Reckoning so im glad I skipped this one tbh, the series ends at Fallout for me. MI Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation, and Fallout is one of the most insane runs in the history of film. All three are legit some of the best action films ever made |
Josh D.
08.23.25 | The first hour plus is absolute drivel, sentimental and excessive exposition, the most exciting thing that happens is Ethan jumps out of a plane in to water from like 15 feet up and then divers pick him up. |
Anthracks
08.24.25 | Cloud (2024) - 4/10
Final destination bloodlines (2025) - 2/10 |
KevinKC
08.24.25 | James Bond, Diamonds are Forever, 1971. First Bond movie after the moon landing. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.24.25 | Hot trash, and im not looking forward to watching it.
Legitimately might be the worst in the series. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.24.25 | I think people really let their bias show with the whole “best Bond” debate… Sean is phenomenal in Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Goldfinger. Thunderball is a little shakier but he straight up looks uninterested at times in You Only Live Twice, by Diamonds Are Forever he looks like he actively hates being in the film… which honestly is probably true.
Diamonds Are Forever is unfixable but it should’ve been Roger Moore’s first film. I could at least have fun with Roger, rather than watching Sean meander through that movie.
I’m hoping it’s not as bad as I remember but given how much less I like Thunderball and You Only Live Twice, im afraid that it’s even worse. |
twlight
08.24.25 | Andor was incredible |
budgie
08.24.25 | "Final destination bloodlines (2025) - 2/10
jesus
bloodlines was my fav horror movie in a while |
Josh D.
08.24.25 | Just watched Spotlight, it's great. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.24.25 | I mean Bloodlines is wicked stupid but it was undeniably a lot of fun. That MRI room damn near had me in tears
CGI was necessary for a lot of them but it was very disappointing to see it be pretty much all of the kills. I’m not sure how much of it was practical but almost every kill has that smooth glossy look to it… the grandmothers death especially was really shitty looking for what should’ve been a gnarly scene
I gotta that the premonition in that one is by far the best in the series. The kid escaping to the bottom only to get crushed by the piano got a big laugh out of me. Our theater was weird tho, it was pretty packed but there was maybe 10 other people laughing with me and the rest were playing it pretty straight… this ain’t art house it’s okay to laugh |
Anthracks
08.24.25 | the idea of anyone liking bloodlines is insane to me. easily one of the worst movies i've seen in the last year. i actually gave it a pity point because some of the deaths were so hilariously stupid |
budgie
08.24.25 | "because some of the deaths were so hilariously stupid
....................................................................it's a comedy |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.24.25 | yeah it never took itself too seriously but Bloodlines is the first one that I would openly call a comedy.
Have you seen all of them? If you thought Bloodlines was bad you gotta watch the fourth one. Makes Bloodlines look like some A24 shit. |
twlight
08.25.25 | Jurassic world (the new one. In theaters. It was pretty bad)
Fellowship of the Ring. Man that movie might be the best of the trilogy. Aragorn is so bad ass |
budgie
08.25.25 | fellowship is my fav of the trilogy by far |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.25.25 | Me rn:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RPl5MeXIM8E |
budgie
08.25.25 | dude that dude has the funniest fucking mannerisms in that movie i die |
budgie
08.25.25 | omfg the pillowpants conversation dude omfg |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | PILLOWPANTS PILLOWPANTS
Find me some fucking ambien |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | On Her Majesty’s Secret Service: Dare I say it… it’s got some of the best scenes of the 60’s Bond run, however the second act screeches to a halt and doesn’t pick up again until the third. This is all needed setup but that doesn’t change the fact that it is still a pretty big drop in quality. George Lazenby is criminally underrated among the more casual fans, but I love the critical reappraisal this film has gotten in the last 20 years. Diana Rigg as Tracy is of course phenomenal as well and by far the best Bond girl we’d get for another 40 years. Calling her and Vesper “Bond Girls” feels disrespectful considering how much more there is to their characters than the vast majority of women that have come and gone as 007’s romantic interests. Telly Savalas is honestly my favorite Blofeld as well, and it has the best action set pieces in the series at that point. Amazing movie, and I yearn for a world where Lazenby signed on for one more Bond flick, instead of getting whatever the fuck Diamonds Are Forever is.
Whatever. 9/10… maybe even a 10/10. It worked perfectly as it’s own standalone film. |
Aerisavion
08.26.25 | Damn, I forgot how slow Thunderball can be... |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | bro the underwater segments are fucking brutal, I really remembered liking that movie a lot more |
Aerisavion
08.26.25 | I think when I was a lot younger I was fascinated by all the underwater stuff, but yeah as soon as the camera goes underwater the film's momentum completely drops dead. |
Aerisavion
08.26.25 | The film definitely picks up after the first half an hour though, the cat and mouse between Bond & company is entertaining + the confidence of post-Goldfinger Connery results in some of his best delivery as an entirely self-assured Bond. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | I mean seriously man. It feels like 20+ mins of no dialogue and the action just isn’t very good, especially by today’s standards |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | And those underwater scenes happen like 3 times and one is basically the climax of the film! Like, im sure it was extremely difficult to film but god it just has not aged well. |
Aerisavion
08.26.25 | Volpe is a great foil for Bond though, it's a shame she wasn't featured in the film more.
That exchange in the hotel room between them is cold as fuck. |
Aerisavion
08.26.25 | Also "mind if my friend sits this one out? She's just dead" will never not crack me up. Connery's delivery is perfect. |
Hyperion1001
08.26.25 | of unknown origin (1983) - robocop fights a big ass New York rat. it rocks 3.5/5 |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.26.25 | Volpe is literally the best part of the movie, every scene between her and Bond is gold. |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | "My dear girl, don't flatter yourself. What I did this evening was for King and country. You don't think it gave me any pleasure do you?"
Damn, Connery. At least put the femme fetale in the ground before you bury her. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | When she asks for something to wear and he just gives her a pair of heels lmfao |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | Man, You Only Live Twice really IS batshit insane. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | I always remembered the Bond’s getting really ridiculous during Moore’s run but You Only Live Twice is a fucking cartoon compared to the first 3.
Honestly it’s made me step back from the whole thing, maybe I can have some fun with old Roger. Gonna watch Diamonds Are Forever later and im honestly really thinking of skipping it for now and just getting to Live and Let Die |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | I'm gonna stick with it and watch them all, but yeah You Only Live Twice was a slog to get through and one that really hasn't aged all that well either...
Also, fuck Robbie Williams for permanently scarring my brain with 'Millennium' after multiple decades of daytime radio endlessly playing that song to oblivion. It's all I can hear every time that title theme starts playing. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | Yeah im breaking mine, my gf texted me literally like 15 mins into diamonds are forever so im gonna pop in Goldeneye and not subject her to that nonsense.
Chronological continues tomorrow. |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | Goldeneye is best Bond imo. A fine choice. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | I’m changing my ranking on the fly fuck it… Sean has 2 classics and a couple of good ones and one that’s absolute trash. Pierce has a possible GOAT movie, 2 great ones, and one so dumb it’s good. rn im feeling
1. Craig
2. Brosnan
3. Connery
4. Dalton
5. Lazenby
6. Moore
If only Lazenby (and Dalton for that matter) had been in more films… |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | Honestly I think Pierce deserved a better goodbye than Die Another Day… but the franchise was in dire straits so I understand why they kicked him to the curb |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | If we’re really speaking like logically and without a personal bias, Goldeneye is objectively the best Bond movie. Even Queen Tina is singing the theme.
Personally it’s probably number 2 behind Casino Royale for me, but watching the franchise progress, Goldeneye feels like the culmination of every good aspect of every Bond before Brosnan. You have the comedic aspects of Moore, the suave nature you’d expect from Connery, the more personal and cold blooded appeal of Dalton, and so much of the personality of George Lazenby.
Goldeneye is literally the logical endpoint for the entire franchise. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | And Famke Janssen… good fucking lord. Sean Bean remains probably the best villain in the entire series. Boris is fucking hilarious without overdoing it. Natalya is an excellent (although not quite top tier) Bond girl.
It’s perfect. Aside from that whack soundtrack at times. There’s some very stupid bits. We’re only at the first casino visits but the car ride against Xenia had the worst fucking synth bullshit playing |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | Funny that my favorite 2 Bond flicks are directed by Martin Campbell. It would’ve been cool to have him back on the first film of Bond #7 but I couldn’t have picked anyone better than Denis. |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | I love it. Goldeneye is easily my favourite Bond movie, and Pierce Brosnan will always be my favourite Bond.
Tomorrow Never Dies is a perfect “comfort food” Bond movie that has aged excellently, with an amazing David Arnold score. World Is Not Enough is silly at times, but gets unfairly bashed imo. I like it.
And sure, Die Another Day was absolute garbage - but I remember seeing it in the cinema and having a blast in the face of how ridiculous it all was. |
Aerisavion
08.27.25 | “Boris is fucking hilarious without overdoing it.
Love the man. Alan Cumming was perfect casting. |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | I AM IIIIINNNNNVINCBLE |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | I’ll agree til the day I die that Tomorrow Never Dies is top tier.
Idk how shit was 30 years ago, I wasn’t around, but it doesn’t even feel unrealistic as far as villain motivations go. I’m excited to watch it again, The World is Not Enough is also pretty fucking great, it’s just everything about Christmas that holds me back from giving it full marks…
Also Desmond’s last appearance as Q, which was very fitting looking back.
Brosnan’s first three were excellent tbh |
Wildcardbitchesss
08.27.25 | “They always said the pen was mightier than the sword”
“And thanks to me they were right!”
Even Q shines in this fucking movie. It’s fucking perfect |
Aerisavion
08.28.25 | Going back to You Only Live Twice for a second, what the hell was the point in killing Aki exactly? She was a badass and rescues Bond from near death at least once (twice maybe?).
I get the sacrificial lamb trope was rampant back then for the franchise and Kissy Suzuki is more prominently featured in the book, but Aki was a way more interesting character compared to a character who's name isn't even spoken once in the film... |
Aerisavion
08.28.25 | "Idk how shit was 30 years ago, I wasn’t around, but it doesn’t even feel unrealistic as far as villain motivations go. I’m excited to watch it again, The World is Not Enough is also pretty fucking great, it’s just everything about Christmas that holds me back from giving it full marks…"
Yeah, World Is Not Enough is schlock at times - but it's entertaining and has plenty of redeeming qualities, and it was really nice to see Desmond get his send off.
It's the kind of Bond movie where you can just settle in for two hours and have some fun. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.01.25 | Caught Stealing:
In a way, this is Aronofsky’s weirdest film… by not being weird at all. The whole thing is extremely straightforward to the point that I would’ve never in a million years guessed that it was Darren fucking Aronofsky behind the camera.
Honestly probably my least favorite movie of his for reasons I can’t say without getting into big spoilers… but it’s still a lot of fun. Every actor in this thing is charismatic in their own way and I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen Austin Butler as leading man material but he fucking crushed it. Fun little crime movie, having said that I need Aronofsky to get back to making weird shit. This was a fun detour but I need more Wrestlers and Black Swans in my life asap
7/10 |
budgie
09.01.25 | has anyone seen les valseuses |
AlexKzillion
09.02.25 | caught stealing was completely fine and a good time at the movies.
butler easily has the ability to be a brad pitt level leading man. he's great in everything he's in and solely works with established big name directors... just hasn't quite had the stars align on anything post-elvis. think he has only been the lead in bikeriders and caught stealing + support roles in dune and eddington since then. he's in that post-titanic / pre-scorsese wildnerness leo was briefly in. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.02.25 | I really hope you’re right. He’s been amazing in everything I’ve seen him in, truly was one of my favorite parts of Dune 2 and that’s a movie where there’s a whole lot to love.
Also loved to see Regina King get a decent sized role, im in love with that woman |
Josh D.
09.02.25 | State of Play: pretty cool, kinda like a modern All The President's Men
Scream: don't need to explain |
Anthracks
09.02.25 | thunderbolts* (2025) - 2/10
adaptation. (2002) - 6/10 |
budgie
09.04.25 | i know what u did laster summer 2025 was fufgggggin aawesomeeee |
Gameofmetal
09.04.25 | are you being ironic? that shit was so ass lol. |
Josh D.
09.04.25 | I think every movie should be remade 25 years later and titled the exact same. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.04.25 | A requel to an already shitty slasher series, no shot budgie isnt being ironic, and I know that shit doesn’t have zombies |
budgie
09.05.25 | uh no it was fuckin awesome i loved it |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.05.25 | lmfao love it don’t ever change buddy |
Deathconscious
09.05.25 | Dead Snow. Not as good as I remember it being, but still a decent amount of fun. |
rabidfish
09.08.25 | watched "Hour of the Wolf" (Bergman, 1968). Very cool imagery. A tortured artist and his pregnant wife go to an island to spend some time together. They meet a group of weird people there. A continuous descent into madness and symbolic violence. Need to watch more Bergman. 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.09.25 | Back to fuckin business, I’ve officially decided I’m gonna rank all the bond films. It may take a while but i will get it done.
Diamonds Are Forever: god this movie is such a piece of shit. I’ll talk more on it later but potentially the worst Bond film of them all. Fuck Sean Connery for even coming back. Actually yknow what, respect for coming back only to put on the laziest performance I’ve ever seen. Dude looks hungover and uninterested at best.
2/10
Live and Let Die: I’m just gonna try to have fun with the Moore flicks, there’s two that I remember actually being great so I’m excited to get to those, but I imagine I’ll be hitting the pen hard through old Roger’s run. This is a great introduction to Moore, I love all the blaxploitation style shit going on. And Yaphet Koto, goddamn I love that man. Easy 7/10 |
FurtherDown
09.09.25 | City of God. What a fuckin movie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.09.25 | For a little while there I had no problem calling that my favorite movie. That one’s long due for a rewatch |
Josh D.
09.09.25 | The Naked Gun - better than I expected. I did not have high hopes, but it has some good stuff
No Country For Old Men - I just started the book for the first time, so I rewatched for comparison. Always a treat. |
climactic
09.09.25 | the book is great, was hard for me to not picture the movie the whole time though |
AlexKzillion
09.11.25 | so uhhhhh looks like they are doing early screeners and have lifted the review embargo for the new pta film. pretty much every critic i follow and trust is universally calling it the best film of the decade and an absolute shoe-in for best picture and have seen comparisons to pretty much every classic film you can think of.
very much looking like this will be pta's oppenheimer |
Gameofmetal
09.11.25 | as a resident Cormac McCarthy super fan I will say the No Country book is just worse in every way than the movie. It was already conceived as a screenplay so his prose is a bit leaner than usual. Really great book nonetheless though, obviously has to be to produce such a brilliant adaptation. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.11.25 | glad to hear it, def seeing that in imax |
budgie
09.14.25 | ive been shitting on this decades horror but happy to eat my words, 2025 has been a sick year. finally got around to bring her back and weapons, 4/5 and 4.5/5
easy 3.5 for i know what you did last summer
easy 4 for final destination
still have a handful to watch, the monkey and 28 years
also the show alien romulus so far is like a 5/5 from seeing the first two episodes.
horrors back boys io feel like my spirit has been reignited |
budgie
09.14.25 | longlegs was ass |
tinathefatlard
09.14.25 | Yo mama was ass |
Krpa
09.14.25 | Maldoror (2024) - Belgian police procedural partly based on true events. Director Fabrice du Welz is no stranger to horror so he injects some of those sensibilites into this film as well, but it is much more dull than I ever thought it could be. Begins decently but ends as a bland rehash of familiar themes.
Weapons (2025) - solid horror that's technically well made and has plenty of memorable moments, but still left me feeling just a tiny bit underwhelmed. I felt that after some point it embraces its fun aspect and forgets to be actually suspenseful or intense. Director Cregger definitely has the chops, but I'm still waiting for something outstanding from him. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.14.25 | longlegs rules everyone can suck my dick
Glad you liked weapons tho budge, I still haven’t seen Bring Her Back |
Anthracks
09.21.25 | friendship (2024) - 6/10
clown in a cornfield (2025) - 2/10
the history of sound (2025) - 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.21.25 | As someone that finds Tim Robinson painfully unfunny a lot of the time I actually really enjoyed Friendship. Had a really good time in the theater with that one. |
Josh D.
09.21.25 | Tim Robinson goat |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.21.25 | I don’t hate him but his kind of humor just doesn’t hit right for me a lot of the time, like to the point where I was shocked that I liked Friendship as much as I did. |
budgie
09.22.25 | he cracks me up sometimes, the skits with patti harrison i've seen were legit funny |
twlight
09.22.25 | The pianist is an important film
So is children of men |
naughtcturnal
09.22.25 | Recently watched the uncut Kite OVA. One of the most fucked up movies I’ve ever seen. IYKYK |
markjamie
09.22.25 | Final Destination Bloodlines - not the biggest fan of the series (lost interest after the first few) but this was by far the most enjoyable installment I've seen with some actual genuine tension and extremely entertaining kills - 7/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.22.25 | I highly recommend Final Destination 5… it’s by far the most creative and god damn that ending got me in the theater. Still to this day one of the biggest “oh shit” moments I’ve ever had. |
Josh D.
09.22.25 | Love Lies Bleeding - fairly ridiculous
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Wildcardbitchesss
09.22.25 | Still fairly good tho imo, it’s the best lesbian crime film I’ve seen… so it’s better than whatever the fuck Ethan Coen is doing |
AlexKzillion
09.26.25 | one battle after another lives up to all the hype and then some. unbelievable.
praying it actually makes money because it would be a crime if they never give pta a nolan-sized budget again. prob best film of the 2020s so far. my only other 5 star movies from this decade are oppenheimer and weapons and i think it clears both rather easily. |
AlexKzillion
09.26.25 | "it’s the best lesbian crime film I’ve seen"
bound erasure |
unclereich
09.26.25 | the long walk was a pleasant surprise |
Hyperion1001
09.26.25 | love lies bleeding is one of the worst movies ive ever seen tbh. |
unclereich
09.27.25 | couldn't agree more |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.27.25 | incorrect but that’s fine
One Battle After Another is the best movie of the year tbh, but not quite PTA’s best |
JeetJeet
09.28.25 | Princess Mononoke - 10/10
One Battle After Another - 10/10 |
Voivod
09.28.25 | Kneecap (2024) - excellent, informative biopic
Life Itself (2014) - documentary about film critic Roger Ebert, quite informative as well
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FurtherDown
09.29.25 | @Wildcard very correct One Battle After Another take... great cinema experience, I might go see it once more. |
Wildcardbitchesss
09.29.25 | Yeah I gotta see it again. I can’t even really pick out a standout performance if I wanted to. Gun to my head I’d say Sean Penn deserves a fucking Oscar but Benicio as the sensei is the most throughly entertaining character I’ve seen in a film all year. Also it does not feel like it’s almost three hours. It’s always impressive when a movie that long feels like it’s an hour shorter. It’s so expertly paced imo. |
FurtherDown
09.29.25 | Yeah it somehow connects the energy and style of PTA's earlier films with weirdness and unpredictability of his more recent material. Very funny and very tragic with seamless transitions from one to another. Basically a dream-come-true for any PTA fan that somehow cost maybe more than 150 mil? Special movie. |
Gameofmetal
09.29.25 | Ive struggled to get into PTA's movies but OBAA just blitzed by, felt like the easiest 2 hours somehow. Very impressive, loved it. Also made me want to try some other stuff so I watched Licorice Pizza after and thought it was adorable.
Also The Long Walk a couple weeks ago, which shattered me. Shockingly bleak, but the beating human heart in it is so powerful. |
Rowan5215
09.29.25 | The Long Walk might be my favourite of the year, David Jonsson is an absolutely tremendous actor
One Battle was also really great as someone who hasn't seen a PTA film since The Master. not my best of the year but super fun |
gryndstone
09.29.25 | Rope (Alfred Hitchcock) - Love the way the tension translates in this one. Shout out gay people even if you were evil. 4/5
Beau Travail (Claire Denis) - Male repression and jealousy in the military boil and boil and boil until things quietly bubble and spill over. Setup for a weird and wild, but surprisingly emotional final scene. 4/5 |
Josh D.
10.05.25 | The Long Walk - too silly tbh, and not even the concept, just the execution
OBAA - good, but fuck it I'll say it: a bit long! |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.05.25 | Ya I just disagree man. I think it was pretty much perfect, watched it again today at a matinee and it’s so god damn good.
Haven’t seen The Long Walk but just the premise and having Luke Skywalker being some kind of drill instructor type has me prepared to not take it too seriously. |
Josh D.
10.05.25 | More than anything, it was the beginning. I don't need that much exposition.
The Long Walk is just cheesy as hell. idk if that was the intent, but I wasn't into it. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.05.25 | I think a lot of people do tho… my gf was very confused throughout the whole thing but she’s not really into movies as much. When the budgets that big you kinda gotta dumb (not calling my girlfriend dumb, I love her and she’s much smarter than me, that’s why I can post on music forums all day) it down for people that don’t really watch a shit ton of movies.
Idk man like I said I thought it was pretty much perfect. It was intense when it needed to be, it was fucking hysterical throughout most of it, and I thought it was very poignant and almost clairvoyant considering the current political climate. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.08.25 | Ben Shapiro’s review of One Battle After Another is so goddamned funny, we got a failed screenwriter calling a pretty damn good movie poorly written, meanwhile Ladyballers is his cinematic masterpiece. God damn I hate reactionaries. He says some shit like “this society ran by white Christian nationalists and it’s just ridiculous”
Buddy that is quite literally what is happening but sure man keep trying to sell it to the dumb fucks in your audience that it’s a lie.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Y68-mfTiA
Dumb little twat |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.08.25 | Another argument that he has is that it’s subtle as a brick… ya no shit it’s not subtle, the movie is literally about one step further than what’s actually going on in the real America every fucking day.
uggggghhhhh fucking idiot (who’s also a failed screenwriter and can’t get his doctor wife’s pussy wet at all. Shits dryer than the Sahara) |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.08.25 | Anyways, they were showing Goldeneye at the Alamo for its 30th anniversary and it’s still one of the best action movies ever and a top 3 Bond film. I’m gay for Pierce. |
Anthracks
10.11.25 | one battle after another (2025) - 9/10
superman (2025) - 3/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.16.25 | Anora… again. One of the best movies I’ve ever seen tbh. |
Anthracks
10.16.25 | carrie (1976) - 6/10
carrie (2013) - 2/10 |
budgie
10.16.25 | conjuring movie was ass
carrie og deserves more than 6/10 |
BaselineOOO
10.16.25 | These days, right-wing vloggers are almost as embarrassing as liberals (literally born lame) and that makes Baseline BORED. Shapiro begging for likes is pure cringe. The guy’s not even that dumb irl, but capitalism turned them all into its bitches, clowns on the payroll, like they're all reaching Jon Stewart level of stupidity. |
Christbait
10.16.25 | Since it's spooky season, wife and I have just been going through Halloween classics
Bram Stoker's Dracula: Coppola could have had a genuine classic on his hands if only he hadn't cast Reeves and Ryder. So much about the movie works for how weird it is, but every single scene featuring Reeves or Ryder actively sours the movie. (6/10)
Casper: Hadn't seen this from start to finish in a long time. It's Amblin at its shlockiest as the movie trips over itself trying to be two things it's not. A reflection on grief and loss (especially cause you got a central character who died at 12) could have made for an effective kid movie. Instead we get 3 ghosts who don't shut the fuck up, gross outs, and amusement park rides. Candy with no flavor (4/10) |
rabidfish
10.16.25 | your dracula take is so lame and normie-pilled omg |
BaselineOOO
10.17.25 | La collectionneuse [The Collector] (1967) - rarely do old movies make me laugh out loud - 7/10
Straight Time (1978) - pretty much the poor man's Dog Day Afternoon, still pretty good; young Dustin Hoffman is my husband - 5/10
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Christbait
10.17.25 | I mean if you can't agree when the evidence is right there on the screen then you're either blind or just a contrarian for the sake of it. Give me your take on Coppola's Dracula then, Mr. Hoity-Toity. |
rabidfish
10.17.25 | it's a fun movie with great visual and production design and a unique look and vibe that's unlike anything else. My hot take is that Dracula is goonslop and should be consumed like a goonslop movie. Top-tier aesthetic goonslop, mind you. If bad acting takes you out of it you are not gooning hard enough. |
IsisScript80
10.18.25 | ^ I just happen to unreservedly fucking love that movie... with a character arc that's actually genuinely superior to the written source material. |
ReefaJones
10.18.25 | The Substance - 10/10
Weapons - 7/10 |
Hyperion1001
10.18.25 | Coppola’s Dracula is the best Dracula movie no contest. it’s so good. |
Anthracks
10.19.25 | not movie, but just saw waiting for godot on broadway with keanu reeves and alex winter... just lovely
Cure (1997) - 9/10
The black phone 2 (2025) - 3/10, could have gone in an interesting direction but went full Netflix-core about 30% in |
ReefaJones
10.21.25 |
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover - 8/10
Punch Drunk Love (Rewatch) - 8.5/10
Titane - 7.5/10
Nope - 6/10
Widows - 8/10
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budgie
10.21.25 | whats netflix core lol
i dont think ive seen enough netflix productions to notice a sort of dna signature |
Gameofmetal
10.21.25 | No idea what that means either. Thought Black Phone 2 was better than the first one, could have gone harder but generally a better, weirder sequel. |
Anthracks
10.21.25 | Jacob’s ladder (1990) - 7/10
Gremlins (1984) - 7/10 |
Voivod
10.21.25 | La Camarista (2018) - documentary-esque fiction from Mexico on how average work ethic + soft skills >> hard work ethic + no soft skills. |
AlexKzillion
10.21.25 | recent theater visits:
perfect blue (1997) - 8/10... marvelous
the smashing machine - 6/10... a film that is way less than the sum of its parts.
the mastermind - 8/10... reichardt unsurprisingly does it again! |
ReefaJones
10.23.25 | In The Mood For Love (Rewatch) - 10/10
Spring Breakers - 2/10
The Handmaiden - 9/10
The Ugly Stepsister - 5/10 |
Christbait
10.23.25 | Continuing with my Halloween season films:
Beetlejuice (9/10): continues to be a classic with Burton operating at the top of his game. Only gripe has always been wanting a little bit more scenes of Adam and Barbara pre-death. The world-building is a little too quick in that regard.
Sweeney Todd (7/10): Burton with a massive budget. Beautiful film with an incredibly affecting score. Never saw the stage play (and I learned that Todd is based off a centuries old London urban legend; I had thought it was all a Sondheim creation). There's still some Burton magic, but you can see the creases beginning to form and (aside from Big Eyes, maybe) this is his last decent film before he Flanderized himself. |
BaselineOOO
10.23.25 | The Long Walk (2025) - definitely the all-time worst movie I ever watched - 0.5/10
K-Pax (2001) - a product of its time, lovely - 6/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.23.25 | “The smashing machine - 6/10... a film that is way less than the sum of its parts.”
how fucking disappointing, idk watching the trailers it just struck me as a higher budget “The Wrestler” but having a Safdie brother attached and the rock taking on a dramatic role definitely made me interested… but yeah I just felt so indifferent towards it. Literally just watch the Wrestler instead. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.23.25 | Maybe the Safdie’s are like the Coen’s. Neither of them have really done much good since splitting up, quit trying shit on your own fuckers and get back to business. Idk we’ll see how this Timothee Chalamet joint is before I go talking shit. But it’s weird that they’re both doing sports biopics |
AlexKzillion
10.23.25 | reviews out of nyff are that marty supreme is outstanding + career defining performance from chalamet
i def don't think smashing machine is completely sauceless though, its pretty incredible from a technical perspective and the performances are pretty great, score is also amazing... but it just has nothing to say and kind of lacks any reason to exist besides rock's oscar play and feels hollow as a result. apparently rock has already signed up to be in benny's next film too lmao, something about alligators sounds a lot more eccentric |
ReefaJones
10.23.25 | Adaptation - 10/10 |
Anthracks
10.24.25 | 28 years later (2025) - 1/10, up there as one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen… I feel like I hallucinated the whole thing so surreally horrible |
FurtherDown
10.24.25 | Wow why are you so cruel to one of the best movies of the year |
budgie
10.24.25 | im afraid to watch it
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FurtherDown
10.24.25 | I still need to revisit it tho, but I enjoyed seeing it in cinema quite a bit. |
Christbait
10.24.25 | I only recently watched 28 Days Later and thought it was fantastic. The switch from DV to 35mm at the end threw me for a loop with how incredibly beautiful it becomes. |
Voivod
10.24.25 | Ich Und Kaminski (2015) - wildly uneven film; first half of the movie is as banal as it gets regarding a writer's shenanigans about writing the biography of a famous painter, but the second half is far more interesting because it portrays the human factor of the whole affair. |
Azazzel
10.24.25 | watched 'Cute Devil' from Obayashi the director of 'Hausu' and really liked it. not as surreal or psychedelic as 'Hausu' but definitely has Obayashi's playful touch. a welcome entry in the evil kids genre |
Deathconscious
10.24.25 | The Substance. Insane and disturbing movie that goes more and more off the rails as it goes, I'd rank it up there with some of the best the horror genre has to offer.
Bring Her Back didn't reach those same heights but it was solid. Was hoping they were going to dive into the secret death cult thing more. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.24.25 | Just found out Lynne Ramsay has a new movie coming out next month which has me so stoked because You Were Never Really Here is one of my favorite movies ever, We Need to Talk About Kevin is fucking incredible too. I was literally just thinking about how I wish she was more active and bam I get that on my feed.
Not even gonna read anything about it or watch a trailer. I know it’ll be good. |
markjamie
10.25.25 | Weapons - rarely does a film I've looked forward to so much surpass expectations. This did. Fucking fantastic - 9/10 |
Voivod
10.25.25 | Utøya: July 22 (2018) - Absolutely devastating, gut wrenching stuff……..
https://www.ft.com/content/be85f81c-18f7-4294-850e-dc3a11a420c3 |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.25.25 | huh, I’ve never even heard of that. I’ll give it a watch, I’m always down for shit that will make me sad. |
Josh D.
10.25.25 | Just watched Honey Don't!
That's gonna be a solid thumbs down. |
budgie
10.25.25 | voivod that link sucks dick |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.25.25 | Yeah, I figured. Drive away Dolls was pretty bad so I didn’t have much hope for that one either.
The Coens need to get back together, I need a new Coen bros movie in my life rn |
Anthracks
10.26.25 | Frankenstein (2025) - 5/10, technically follows the story more accurately than usual, but unfortunately completely misses on tone and atmosphere |
Josh D.
10.26.25 | Curious what tone and atmosphere you were expecting. I honestly don't know what to expect, mainly cuz I don't watch GDT movies, but also cuz a good chunk of the book is the wretch explaining his experiences while watching the family and now he wants a woman. That would be a dull section for a movie. |
BaselineOOO
10.26.25 | The Roses (2025) - repulsive stuff, director should quit 1/10
Nothing But a Man (1964) - one of the best movies of the 60s 8/10
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keaton_86
10.26.25 | One battle after another and it was pretty damn good i gotta say. Solid 8.5/10 |
budgie
10.26.25 | i watched the hunger games movies
all pretty much suck ass
how the fuck is jessica lawrence so famous as an actor
she fuckin sucks at acting
its like embarrassing to watch that shit
christ |
Anthracks
10.26.25 | well, i don't like to spoil too much of the experience, but for starters on atmosphere i didn't want the creature to have super powers (other than the self-healing which is alluded in the book but not quite to the same extent) and i didn't want explosions. i can't tell if it's GDT's choice or if the netflix producers were like ya know this is severely lacking in action. the scientist was also portrayed as a screaming moron |
budgie
10.26.25 | shut up bitch lmao jk i didnt mean that |
gabba
10.26.25 | Utøya July 22 is really good indeed. Everything is supposed to happen in real time, hence the length. |
Josh D.
10.26.25 | Bone Lake - one of the dumbest things I've ever watched
Ferrari - was already unsure about it early on, and then the crash where the guy goes flying like a rag doll and I laughed out loud. Kinda stopped paying attention after that |
Faraudo
10.27.25 | "28 years later (2025) - 1/10, up there as one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen… I feel like I hallucinated the whole thing so surreally horrible"
I've read some horrible takes here but this certainly takes the cake |
rufinthefury
10.28.25 | Finally saw One Battle After Another and it lived up to the hype. Hornier than expected. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.28.25 | Best movie of the year so far imo, Die My Love and/or Bugonia are the only two that I know of that might topple it for me |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.28.25 | Cautiously excited for Running Man and the new Predator. Running Man did not need a remake but it looks like it’s going for a completely different vibe and it’s Edgar Wright… so I’m down for it.
And the animated Predator was so fucking good that it got me excited for this Badlands one. Initially I didn’t really care about it |
Faraudo
10.29.25 | Animated Predator ruled, agreed |
RVAHC13
10.29.25 | American Werewolf in London |
CaliggyJack
10.29.25 | My mom and I watched 1970's Julius Caesar with Charlton Heston last night. Great film marred by the actor who plays Brutus completely shitting the bed. 4/5 |
Sharenge
10.29.25 | thought The Long Walk was generally pretty good, particularly for a Stephen King adaptation... kind of surprising it took this fucking long to bring it to the screen considering it's apparently the first book he wrote (just didn't get published until after some others - Carrie is his first published) |
FurtherDown
10.29.25 | I'm a little nervous about Running Man based on the trailers, but I hope Edgar Wright will deliver once again. Several of his films have like the funniest directing I've ever seen, although I didn't care about Baby Driver and Last Night in Soho that much. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.29.25 | I thought Baby Driver was pretty good and I liked a lot of Last Night in Soho, but that one really didn’t tie it all together that well imo, first 2/3 was great but when all the ghosts and shit started appearing I kinda checked out, and I really didn’t like the direction they took with the Diana Rigg character, felt predictable and kinda unearned.
Idk I’m still excited for it, I’ve watched one teaser for it but have mostly avoided trailers.
Did just watch Eddington and goddamn it was one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a while, but tonal whiplash was mentioned earlier in the thread about another movie… this one has an even harder left turn, I guess I should’ve expected it to get pretty violent and kinda insane, it is Ari Aster lol. Still a really good movie, just insanely cynical but I’m kinda into that.
4/5 |
rabidfish
10.29.25 | baby driver is honestly kind of irritating. I don't like how the music is used in that movie at all. Just something about it rubs me the wrong way, i couldn't really explain to you why, tho. Soho nights i don't even remember it, so it was most likely boring as fuck. |
rufinthefury
10.29.25 | Baby Driver is great.
I dont think OBAO is my movie of the year, thats probably still Sinners. Weapons close behind too. |
RVAHC13
10.30.25 | Music-wise Baby Driver is “dude check out my playlist” the movie
As a film it’s very well shot. I remember those chase scenes being very good |
budgie
10.30.25 | what the hell are you guys even talking about |
CaliggyJack
10.30.25 | We need a new thread. Scrolling down this is murder |
rabidfish
10.30.25 | yea yea... i get the same feeling like when i watch Guardians of the Galaxy, it's not immersive at all, it's reference for reference's sake it sucks dick |
RVAHC13
10.30.25 | Feel the same way about the Departed even though I like that movie |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.30.25 | Yeah, I’m in the “Baby Driver was a lot of fun but nothing mind blowing” camp. Idk I guess Edgar Wright hasn’t made a GREAT movie since Scott Pilgrim, but tbh it doesn’t take much to get me excited for a movie these days… I heard they were remaking Running Man, thought to myself “fuck that”, then much later found out it was Edgar Wright and it got me excited.
What can I say, I’m a sucker for a director that’s known to not be an incompetent retard.
I mean shit, it’s why I’ll still get excited over whatever Jordan Peele does next. He hasn’t even come close to topping Get Out, but Us and Nope are still very solid and better than 90% of horror movies.
Having said all of that I’m debating on whether or not I should watch some more Sopranos or finally watch Bring Her Back. |
budgie
10.30.25 | bring her back is fantastic homie. |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.30.25 | Yeah I figured I’d probably like it. I loved Talk to Me and I’ve had plenty of people tell me this is even better… but I’ve also heard it’s pretty hardcore and idk if I want that rn
I went with Sopranos : P |
FurtherDown
10.30.25 | The World's End is amazing though, not the best of the trilogy but still loads of fun. |
budgie
10.30.25 | it's super similar in tone and style to talk to me but i agree with the folks saying it's better. quite a bit better. it's not hardcore, though. just bleak |
Anthracks
10.30.25 | defending 28 years later is so insane lol
satan's little helper (2004) - 5/10
session 9 (2001) - 5/10 |
ReefaJones
10.30.25 | Trois couleurs : Bleu (1993, Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski) - 8/10
Bound (1996, Directed by Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski) - 4/10
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985, Directed by William Friedkin) - 9.5/10
Repo Man (1984, Directed by Alex Cox) - 4/10
After Hours (1985, Directed by Martin Scorsese) - 9/10
Decision to Leave (2022, Directed by Park Chan-wook) - 6/10
Stoker (2013, Directed by Park Chan-wook) - 8/10
The Vanishing (1988 'Spoorloos', Directed by George Sluizer) - 8/10
Don’t Look Now (1973, Directed by Nicolas Roeg) - 4.5/10
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, Directed by Robert Altman) - 8.5/10
3 Women (1977, Directed by Robert Altman) - 9/10
Good Time (2017, Directed by Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie) - 7.5/10
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Wildcardbitchesss
10.30.25 | I’ll probably watch it at least by the end of the weekend… maybe after I get off work Saturday night, a real feel good movie before go to bed and the face the horrors of Sunday |
AlexKzillion
10.30.25 | saw twilight on the big screen last night... low key slapped |
Christbait
10.30.25 | You should look for the Rifftrax for the Twilight series. The first movie, especially. It's by the guys who use to do Mystery Science Theater 3000. |
Faraudo
10.30.25 | "defending 28 years later is so insane lol"
Bashing 28 Years Later is what's really insane behavior ngl
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IsisScript80
10.30.25 | ^ I haven't seen it, so it's kinda tantalizing to see where the true Sputnik film insanity lies... |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.30.25 | It’s a good movie, rating it a 1/10 is fucking batshit |
RVAHC13
10.31.25 | Just saw the new Emma Stone movie Bugonia in the theater on a whim. Didn’t really enjoy it |
Wildcardbitchesss
10.31.25 | well shit I’m going to see it tomorrow
ig I’ll report back |
RVAHC13
10.31.25 | You might like it. Not my kind of film |
Deathconscious
10.31.25 | "The World's End is amazing though, not the best of the trilogy but still loads of fun."
I also felt this way for a long time, but after watching the trilogy again a couple of years ago I think I love all three of them about the same. |
FurtherDown
10.31.25 | Saw Bugonia yesterday and it's amaziiiing, kinda diet pop-friendly Yorgos yeah, but I have no problem with that. Perfect little movie. |
AlexKzillion
10.31.25 | so hyped for bugonia |
Anthracks
11.01.25 | Creature from the black lagoon (1954) - 6/10
Bugonia (2025) - 8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.01.25 | Ya loved Bugonia, I’ve only seen Poor Things once but I’d say it’s about on par with that… gotta say I’m not the biggest fan of Yorgos, like I really hated Killing of a Sacred Dead and didn’t think Lobster was much better so he’s had a pretty incredible turn around for me. Him going in a slightly more mainstream direction was the best thing he could’ve done imo |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.01.25 | Still gotta watch Kinds of Kindness |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.01.25 | I’ve really only seen each of his films once so I guess they’re all due for a rewatch, especially his earlier shit since I know what I’m in for now |
Dedes
11.01.25 | Watched Sinners and Weapons recently
Sinners is a borderline masterpiece imo, idk how the fuck they merged such a bizarre blend of different film genres into one spaghetti western crime syndicate soul music commentary vampire hunter horror but
By the fucking gods they did |
Dedes
11.01.25 | I won't spoil info about Weapons since it's maybe all of a month old but it is also quite good if a little bizarre with its uh, choices of symbolism
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Wildcardbitchesss
11.01.25 | Yeah Sinners is absolutely insane. I’m legitimately never going to forget seeing that movie in IMAX. Movies like that and One Battle After Another are so few and far between but I love it when we get them: killer big budget blockbusters that arent some bullshit sequel or beholden to an IP. Just a couple of ridiculously talented writer/directors letting us get lost in their world for a few hours. My two favorites of the year tbh… those films alone make me feel less pessimistic and cynical about Hollywood. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.01.25 | Weapons was very good too, just not on the level of Sinners or OBAA |
Dedes
11.01.25 | Yeah honestly I feel like that's a fair portion of what also surprised me, that it wasn't just a shallow shell of some niche with no personality that 80 percent of big time cinema tends to be
It actually gives me a smidge of faith |
Voivod
11.02.25 | Days of Being Wild (1990) - The cinema of Wong Kar Wai is like the Chinese version of Nouvelle Wague, this is still within his formative period, apart from being the film that introducing Tony Leung into Wai's universe. |
budgie
11.02.25 | finally watched 28 years later
really wish i hadnt
what the fucking shit was that stupid fucking shit fucking worst movie ive ever seen in my life
-5000000
murder everyone involved in that production
awful
fucking horrible
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Wildcardbitchesss
11.02.25 | bro it has fuckin zombies what more do you want |
budgie
11.02.25 | i think im gonna end our friendship over this |
RVAHC13
11.02.25 | After 11 seasons of the walking dead I’m good on zombies for a bit |
budgie
11.02.25 | there arent really any serious zombie productions anymore man it sucks. best movie genre by far
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RVAHC13
11.02.25 | Original Dawn of the Dead and the 68’ NotLD are still my favorites. White Zombie starring Bela Lugosi is also a classic |
budgie
11.02.25 | return will always be my #1 |
RVAHC13
11.02.25 | That one’s great too, definitely in my top 5 |
budgie
11.02.25 | SEND MORE COPS |
ReefaJones
11.03.25 | The Long Goodbye (1973, Directed by Robert Altman) - 9/10
The Player (1992, Directed by Robert Altman) - 9.5/10
Onibaba (1964, Directed by Kaneto Shindō) - 4/10
Ms .45 (1981, Directed by Abel Ferrara) - 7/10
Spotlight ( 2015, Directed by Tom McCarthy) - 8/10 |
EphemeralEternity
11.03.25 | Just saw Frankenstein
Overall quite solid, aesthetically pleasing (besides one or two scenes where it appears as if they blew through the CGI budget), heartfelt (maybe a little too much in making the monster a bit too humane) and engaging throughout (albeit a bit rushed in the second half with some hasty character transitions that suffered), and great performances all round
But I couldn't help but see Jacob Elordi's face... if I hadn't know who the actor was beforehand this wouldn't have been an issue but it was a bit distracting
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Voivod
11.03.25 | Sorry We Missed You (2019) - Every Ken Loach movie is worth watching, period.
https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/be-angry-ken-loach-on-sorry-we-missed-you |
4N4LB34D5
11.03.25 | i saw the chainsaw man movie four times in imax because i'm a sick fuck. what a fun ass movie |
AlexKzillion
11.04.25 | springsteen: deliver me from nowhere - 5/10. appreciate the attempt at doing something a little different / artsy in the music biopic space but this fell pretty flat. i do really dig the bruce mythology tho so maybe a little higher on this than i should be
if i had legs, i would kick you - 7/10. some great performances and pretty hilarious at points. a two hour anxiety attack for better or worse... makes uncut gems feel calm by comparison. would maybe avoid if you are a parent. |
Azazzel
11.04.25 | Frankenchrist was great. Yeah it's got a lot of del Toro's typical flaws and indulgences but it looks fantastic and is one of the more faithful adaptations (bookies will surely still complain about changes) while still making his own personal film; you can see the throughline of this Frankenstein in all his other works with the themes of fatherhood, the "other" and his lapsed Catholicism. |
EphemeralEternity
11.05.25 | Yeah I guess taking on a classic work of literature (written by an 18 year old no less) is always going to draw the ire of purists because it's not really possible to make a perfect replica at least while leaving some room for the director to impart some of their own style, but I do feel that some parts were far too heavy handed... there was no need to explicitly remind audiences that victor was the monster, that almost felt condescending
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Wildcardbitchesss
11.05.25 | Watched The Irishman again… I was already about to make the bold claim anyways but now I’m certain of it, it’s Scorsese’s best film. And I’ll make an even bolder claim, he’s better now than he was in his “classic” era(s). No disrespect to his older works. Even if you dont count ANY movies he’s made this fucking century he’d still be one of the best to ever do it… but
Wolf of Wall Street - Silence - The Irishman - Killers of the Flower Moon is the hottest streak of his entire career and it really shows just how versatile he is. Tbh Killers of the Flower Moon really might be my second favorite so in my eyes the man is literally currently at his peak.
I’m really hoping we get AT LEAST two more films out of the guy, he’s fucking ancient at this point but goddamn he’s just the GOAT. I’ll watch whatever he wants to make. |
KevinKC
11.05.25 | Gifted 10/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.05.25 | Chris Evans in a dramatic role eh? I’ve always thought he was a good actor but he’s damned to an eternity of just being known as Cap, which sucks because he was phenomenal in Knives Out. I’ve met plenty of trust fund assholes in my life and he played that part to perfection. He was also damn good in Snowpiercer and of course Scott Pilgrim even if it’s not a massive role. I’m struggling to think of many more movies he’s been in… |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.05.25 | And he seems like a good guy from what I’ve seen of his personal life. I think I remember reading that he’s pretty progressive, which I guess shouldn’t shock me considering he killed nazis and Snowpiercer being an open allegory for class war, and obviously has the whole climate crisis as a backdrop. But hey there’s been plenty of reactionary morons that have starred in left leaning films. |
FurtherDown
11.05.25 | he is awesome in Sunshine too! one scene towards the end is especially heartbreaking (if you know you know) |
Azazzel
11.05.25 | @EE sure, I groaned occasionally (hammy Oscar Isaac, running with crows but he wanted fairytale there) though it does have more going on than 'monster good, man bad', it's not a fatal flaw, there's lots of great dialogue as well and book quotes. |
AlexKzillion
11.05.25 | it was just an accident - 9/10. this year's palme d'or winner. about as well put together a film and great of an ending as you'll see all year |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.05.25 | I’ll def give it a watch. Palm d’or has been pretty spot on for a while now. Anora ended up being my favorite film from last year, Anatomy of a Fall was incredible, and obv Parasite and Titane were amazing… I can’t remember too many more but I’ve liked the last few a lot |
NudeTayne
11.06.25 | Petscop (5 hours and 8 minutes) and FF13 cutscene movie (around 9 hours) |
gabba
11.06.25 | Saw Anora the other day and it bored me to death, I almost feel asleep. The idea was good but they could have left around 30 minutes of film on the floor. The "search in the city scene" was overly long, started like fun, became a chore. Ending was moving, but again, there were too many slow scenes there. |
AlexKzillion
11.06.25 | need to give anora another watch soon... especially after falling in love with the florida project
finally catching bugonia tonight, so hyped |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.06.25 | Those searching the city scenes are so goddamn funny tho man, different strokes |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.06.25 | Seeing Die My Love tonight and could not be more stoked, Lynne Ramsay is one of my favorite directors. Probably gonna see Predator tomorrow. |
Faraudo
11.07.25 | Just watched Limbo (2021), and it instantly became one of my favorite thrillers. It really is something else. Incredibly grim, though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.07.25 | Okay Die My Love is nothing like Lynne Ramsay’s other films so… it was fine. The whole thing is a metaphor and if I had known that going in I feel like I would’ve enjoyed it more. |
budgie
11.07.25 | 28 years later was so bad i might literally kill myself over it |
NudeTayne
11.07.25 | can't wait for avengers doomsday |
AlexKzillion
11.07.25 | bugonia... was... good! prob my least favorite of yorgos's english films but still top 10 of the year so far. reminded me a lot of eddington actually haha |
RVAHC13
11.07.25 | budgie have you seen Braindead? |
ReefaJones
11.07.25 | I Saw The TV Glow (2024, Directed by Jane Schoenbrun) - 2/10
Mickey 17 (2025, Directed by Bong Joon Ho) - 5/10 |
gabba
11.07.25 | Eraserhead (rewatch) - has its moments but is a bit overrated imo (7/10). And now I know the source of Amon Tobin’s “just like regular chickens” line.
Ringu - disappointingly slow and incoherent. A rare case when the hollywood remake is superior, that one at least scared the sht out of me (3.5/10). |
gabba
11.07.25 | Never heard of Limbo, looks cool, thanks for pointing it out @Faraudo! |
Anthracks
11.08.25 | sorry, baby (2025) - 6/10
dog man (2025) - 3/10 |
Josh D.
11.08.25 | Just finished Frankenstein. I still think it's funny to do a movie of that scale and not be more faithful to the text. But an adaptation like this of Moby Dick would be cool. |
rabidfish
11.08.25 | Watched Sherlock Jr., the old silent film. Wish more movies were like it. Very very good and funny and cool. |
protokute
11.09.25 | anyone watched pluribus? one of the most intriguing shows I have seen in quite a while.
not sure how i feel yet on the humor, but everything else got me pretty interested |
Voivod
11.09.25 | Naked Lunch (1991) - Wonderfully fucked up stuff, the 7/10 average at IMDb dubs it as underrated.
Long before watching the movie, I started reading the book but never went past its first 10 pages; if I had finished it, I would have realised sooner than later that I read William Burroughs' autobiography. |
ReefaJones
11.09.25 | IMDB's user base tends to lean more casual and normie than other sites. Cronenberg is way too weird for most of those people.
RYM surprisingly is pretty good when it comes to movies. I think I might prefer it to Letterboxd |
widowslaugh123
11.09.25 | Punchline- 5/10 decent movie but for a film about stand up comedy the jokes are lame af. Sally Fields does an excellent job tho
Training Day- 6/10 kind of a weird movie script wise. Denzel is a good actor obvs but the pacing felt weird because the film has a repetitive sort of structure without a lot of payoff. |
unclereich
11.09.25 | i would still put imdb at number 1 for movie rating. furthermore naked lunch isn't a great example if you're going to criticize imdb lol 6.9 vs a 73% RT, 3.8 LB, and 3.55 RYM is pretty negligible |
ReefaJones
11.09.25 | I was talking in general lol I haven't even seen Naked Lunch yet. IMDB tends to massively overrate the typical Film Bro staples like Shawshank Redemption, Schindlers List, The Dark Knight etc. and anything that's a little bit more difficult to digest gets underrated there. |
ReefaJones
11.10.25 | Godzilla Minus One (2023, Directed by Takashi Yamazaki) - 6/10
Exotica (1994, Directed by Atom Egoyan) - 9/10
Raise The Red Lantern (1991, Directed by Zhang Yimou) - 8.5/10
Made In Hong Kong (1997, Directed by Fruit Chan) - 8/10
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975, Directed by Peter Weir) - 10/10 |
AlexKzillion
11.10.25 | blue moon... pretty good! linklater in before trilogy-mode. don't need any prior knowledge about the subject matter to enjoy it |
AlexKzillion
11.10.25 | my top 10 of 2025 prior to the oscar heavy hitters releasing:
1) one battle after another (anderson)
2) weapons (cregger)
3) it was just an accident (panahi)
4) eddington (aster)
5) the mastermind (reichardt)
6) sinners (coogler)
7) bugonia (lanthimos)
8) black bag (soderberg)
9) warfare (garland)
10) blue moon (linklater) |
Christbait
11.10.25 | Frankenstein (2025) - still processing my feelings on this one a little bit. I honestly think it is a great companion piece to Crimson Peak. I liked Elordi as the monster and he has a fantastic arc, but I sort of felt parts of the ending were unearned. There's a lot of conflicting ideas about the human condition and our inherent ability to be good, but that message is marred by the amount of abuse and suffering the creation experiences during the film. |
rabidfish
11.10.25 | The thing about Frankenstein is that, ultimately, being a "modern Prometheus" is bad. Making a golem is bad. Desecrating the dead is bad. Don't do it. |
Faraudo
11.10.25 | "anyone watched pluribus? one of the most intriguing shows I have seen in quite a while."
Vince cooked again
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Christbait
11.10.25 | "The thing about Frankenstein is that, ultimately, being a "modern Prometheus" is bad. Making a golem is bad. Desecrating the dead is bad. Don't do it."
What's the line? "Only monsters play God." So far the best interpretation I've seen of Frankenstein and his creation was in Penny Dreadful. Granted it takes a lot of liberties with both characters (including turning the creation into a poet-spouting romantic named Caliban who loses his edge by the end of season 1), but god damn does it actually create 2 very sympathetic and complicated characters whose outcomes feel earned. |
Josh D.
11.11.25 | Do not collect bones from charnel houses and disturb with profane fingers the tremendous secrets of the human frame. |
Voivod
11.15.25 | Polydroso (2023) - the film navigates boldly through the difficult situation of a daughter saying goodbye to her terminally ill mother; however several scenes and actor performances throughout, are either completely out of place or they could be written/acted with much more conviction. |
Anthracks
11.15.25 | Die my love (2025) - 7/10
Materialists (2025) - 3/10 |
ReefaJones
11.16.25 | High and Low (1963 天国と地獄, Directed by Akira Kurosawa) - 10/10
Joint Security Area (2000, Directed by Park Chan-wook) - 7/10
Possession (1981, Directed by Andrzej Żuławski) - 9/10
La Cérémonie (1995, Directed by Claude Chabrol) - 8/10
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Hyperion1001
11.16.25 | that new Nolan Odysseus movie looks like it’s gonna be complete dogshit.
I mean he’s a hack director anyways but the press photos look like a tubi movie. |
gabba
11.16.25 | it looks terrible lol, like a cheap video game |
Asdfp277
11.16.25 | need to watch emilia perez again tbh |
Deathconscious
11.16.25 | I thought Mickey 17 was really great until they shifted away focus from the cloning/multiples stuff to the creatures. Still thoroughly enjoyed it though. |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.16.25 | Yeah, there’s a version of that movie that is almost on par with Parasite, so many weird decisions made with that story. Idk if the book is the same way but the direction they went in just was not as interesting as what the film was set up and marketed as imo
I still liked it too but tbh coming off of Parasite, and with such fun and insane premise, and that fucking cast… Mickey 17 is probably my biggest disappointment of the year
Die My Love: with time to sit on it, I feel like I need to see it again but I also feel like it’s also a disappointment. Idk maybe I’ll like it more on rewatch but aside from the performances there was just no point where I ever thought to myself “damn this is fucking brilliant” which is pretty much how I felt about her last two movies.
Arronofsky coming out with the most straightforward and mainstream friendly movie he’s ever made wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card either but I enjoyed Caught Stealing.
2025 was hit or miss for me, I have some catching up to do for sure but damn this year was much weaker than last year imo. I also wouldnt have thought two huge budget blockbusters (One Battle After Another and Sinners) would’ve wound up my favorite films of the year. 2025 all around was just kind of a weird year for film at least for me |
Anthracks
11.16.25 | Keeper (2025) - 5/10
It was just an accident (2025) - 8/10 |
AlexKzillion
11.16.25 | yeah its def been a year of super hyped films kinda disappointing whether quality or boxoffice or both. feel like really only sinners, weapons, and one battle really "delivered" on that front. i'll throw superman a bone too even though i didn't see it.
mickey 17 already mentioned but there was also the monkey earlier in the year, which had a lot of hype after longlegs and was not really what most people expected
"the final mission impossible" film also kinda disappointed even if it made decent money
the smashing machine made shockingly little money and wasn't super well liked. margot robbie's first post-barbie film was also completely panned, as was after the hunt. phoenician scheme seems like a minor wes anderson work in the grand scheme. i liked materialists a lot but i'm kind of in the minority there, frankenstein and house of dynamite also seem rather divisive. haven't seen running man yet but people seem pretty lukewarm on it.
a big part is most of the films released this year were made during + effected by the most recent strikes which threw productions all out of whack and surely effected the quality of a lot of films. think things will most likely smooth out next year.
all that being said, the end of the seems absolutely loaded. hamnet, sentimental value, train dreams, jay kelly, the secret agent, wake up dead man, is this thing on, testament of ann lee, no other choice, marty fucking supreme... also avatar and wicked if yall are down with that. incredibly excited for avatar personally. |
Christbait
11.17.25 | White Christmas - 8.5/10 ("the "Choreography" number should have been cut)
A Christmas Story - 10/10 (pretty much a perfect holiday film)
Two great holiday classics. |
Josh D.
11.18.25 | I watched Re-Animator the other day. Good, fun, cheesy body horror stuff with basically a remixed Psycho score that had me laughing. |
FurtherDown
11.18.25 | I really wanted to like and defend Running Man but it's really not easy. Still fun time though. I think all the last three Edgar Wright movies kinda fall apart in the last act. Baby Driver is probably the most well made of the three but all of his previous movies are far better. |
budgie
11.18.25 | arcadian 3/5
rule of jenny pen 3/5 |
Hyperion1001
11.18.25 | Edgar wright is a nick frost/simon pegg merchant. |
Retter42
11.19.25 | Freaky Friday
Freakier Friday
I hope they make a Freakiest Friday |
protokute
11.21.25 | After feeling frustrated with a few Carpenter movies, I thought that maybe his stuff might not have been for me (besides The Thing), but then I watched Escape From New York a few days ago, which is obviously silly, but found it to have such a cool mood, overall a simply fun af movie which we seem to be lacking these days |
Josh D.
11.21.25 | Watched Boogie Nights last night because it had been a while. PTA the goat. |
Voivod
11.24.25 | Love & Mercy (2014) - Began watching this without a semblance of synopsis at hand… Brian Wilson (RIP) rose above his manipulators better late than never…! I need to listen to Pet Sounds asap! Paul Dano is a beast herein and in every movie he has been in. |
RVAHC13
11.24.25 | Paul Dano is excellent in that
Just rewatched two of my favorite Hong Kong films
Hard Boiled (1992) and House of Flying Daggers (2004) |
Anthracks
11.24.25 | hedda (2025) - 1/10, i'd rather watch someone take a shit on ibsen's grave
satantango (1994) - 10/10, didn't love the change to the hallucination scene but still exquisite |
Christbait
11.24.25 | Jingle All the Way: 7.5/10, I didn't watch this growing up but it is a great little Christmas film with an absolutely hilarious scene-stealing performance from Phil Hartman (RIP)
Fantastic Four: First Steps: 6/10, lots of potential and a fucking beautiful mid-modern aesthetic tarnished by rushed world-building and some very convenient plot contrivances. Galactus felt completely neutered and, as with all Marvel fare, the movie has no actual stakes. Pedro Pascal felt like a bit of a miscast having seen his performance. Everyone else was pretty solid. |
Asdfp277
11.25.25 | wicked 2 was fun, 3.8, definitely better than the original |
AlexKzillion
11.25.25 | sentimental value last night, absolutely adored it |
Josh D.
11.26.25 | Bugonia is fun.
MadS left me with a lot of questions. |
Rowan5215
11.27.25 | new Knives Out rocked might be my favourite of the 3 |
Sharenge
11.29.25 | got about 20-30 minutes left in One Battle After Another but yeah probably gonna be a borderline 'hated it' |
Sharenge
11.29.25 | damn didn't know there was a third Knives Out might have to look into that |
BaselineOOO
11.29.25 | We lost PTA. He sunk to Lanthimos levels of mediocrity.
At least Sentimental Value didn't disappoint! What a wonderful movie... |
AlexKzillion
11.29.25 | a house of dynamite... more like a house of ass |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.29.25 | New Knives Out is very good but I would def say it’s not my favorite.
Knives Out > Wake Up Dead Man > Glass Onion
It’s gonna be really hard to top the original for me, it’s just a damn good (and funny) film with by far the best ensemble of the three. The two sequels have great casts but someone always ends up feeling sidelined, the original was not like that at all imo, that said, they’re reliably entertaining and very well made so I hope Rian and Daniel keep doing them as long as they want.
And as a massive Bond fan (especially Craig’s run) there’s a very sweet Easter egg in this one that warmed my cold dead heart.
8/10 |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.29.25 | Having said all of that I appreciate how different all three are… as much as I like the original I think a case could be made for all three considering how different they all are. I mean, they feel very similar, having all been written and directed by Rian, but all three definitely have their own flair and I love that. The second is pretty easily the weakest but this one comes close to the first for me. |
Josh D.
11.29.25 | Glass Onion is one of the biggest piles of shit I've ever seen, and y'all have the gall to defame PTA smh |
Wildcardbitchesss
11.29.25 | I like Glass Onion but OBAA is the best movie of the year, I think it’s kinda crazy that anyone hates it. Idk there’s nothing to hate about it lmao |
Anthracks
11.30.25 | sentimental value (2025) - 7/10
millennium actress (2001) - 7/10 |
AlexKzillion
12.01.25 | finally watched del toro's frankenstein, not a fan. the cgi and cinematography reminded me a lot of wicked tbh
really need to watch the og one day |
protokute
12.01.25 | despite having to accept that Hawkins seems to exist in a bubbl, I admit that I found the new season of Stranger Things really fun, comfy goodness
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Anthracks
12.04.25 | chungking express (1994) - 8/10
a month in the country (1987) - 6/10 |
Voivod
12.06.25 | A Better Man (2025) - four-episode TV series from Norway that is as a whole, the best possible comment on gender bias. |
RVAHC13
12.06.25 | I love Chungking Express so much
Just watched Rental Family, actually really enjoyed it. It’s rare a new movie makes me feel good after watching it but Brendan Fraser did a great job |
DoofDoof
12.06.25 | Train Dreams - it's sad
Borderlands - it's bad |
Josh D.
12.06.25 | Just watched Fear and Loathing cuz if I've ever watched it all, I don't remember much. I guess it's fun if you're 17 and smoke weed and think that's cool. |
unclereich
12.06.25 | lol well said |
Josh D.
12.07.25 | Christopher Meloni is excellent in a small role, as expected. |
Asdfp277
12.07.25 | rewatched the first fnaf movie, still p. bad tbh |
Anthracks
12.07.25 | Hamnet (2025) - 5/10 |
Asdfp277
12.07.25 | 6666th comment |
Larkinhill
12.07.25 | Really looking forward to Hamnet.
I’ll drop my last 4:
The Brutalist: A
A Real Pain: C+
The Smashing Machine: B-
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: B+ |
Larkinhill
12.07.25 | The first fnaf movie is god awful. D-. Don’t have much interest in watching the second, I’ve actually heard it’s even worse. Which means it would be an F. |
Larkinhill
12.07.25 | Train Dreams - it's sad
Great fucking movie though.
Train Dreams, Frankenstein, Roofman, One Battle After Another, Bugonia, Weapons, Bring Her Back and The Long Walk are the best films of the year.
Sinners was good too, but a tier below.
Word is that Marty Supreme is a fucking phenomenal movie so I have a feeling it’ll join my other favorites.
Haven’t seen Hamnet or Wake Up Dead Man yet. |
Larkinhill
12.07.25 | “need to watch emilia perez again tbh“
But….WHY. Why not watch something good? |
ReefaJones
12.07.25 | Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014, Directed by David Zellner) - 7/10
Bugonia (2025, Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos) - 8/10
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024, Directed by George Miller) - 8/10
Starship Troopers (1997, Directed by Paul Verhoeven) - 7/10
Vagabond 1985, Directed by Agnès Varda - 8.5/10
Eddington (2025, Directed by Ari Aster) - 7.5/10
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989, Directed by Patrick Tam) - 8/10
Suzhou River (2000, Directed by Lou Ye) - 7/10
Big Trouble in Little China (1986, Directed by John Carpenter) - 6/10
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025, Directed by Mary Bronstein) - 8/10
Ran (1985, Directed by Akira Kurosawa) - 10/10
Au Revoir les Enfants (1987, Directed by Louis Malle) - 7.5/10
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015, Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon) - 6/10 |
Josh D.
12.07.25 | Watching The Wolf of Wall Street cuz it's been a while, can't believe it's 12 years old already. |
Voivod
12.07.25 | Life of Chuck (2024) - fantastic story and excellent production, although I equally fancy the old Steven King "b" movies. |
AlexKzillion
12.08.25 | saw hamnet wednesday... quite liked it. shot by the same guy who did zone of interest so it looks absolutely phenomenal, also really liked all the folklore witchery stuff. some of the best child performances you could ever ask for as well. only real downside was some of the marvel-esque "yeah if you somehow haven't noticed yet, paul mescal's character is shakespeare!" writing. breaks into my top 10
also finally watched nouvelle vague today. essentially the avengers for anyone who ever took a film class in college. an authentic feeling tribute to french new wave very much in the classic linklater "hang out" mode. maybe slightly hollow and i prefer blue moon but still a joy to watch |
Asdfp277
12.08.25 | "But….WHY. Why not watch something good?"
too much responsability u-u |
unclereich
12.08.25 | “Eddington was really good, great bounce back after Beau is Afraid. Very carefully steers clear of South Park esque equal offence so that while it takes potshots all over the socio-political spectrum it still has clarity towards what's worse than others”
You must be LOVING this season of South Park. |
wildinferno2010
12.08.25 | Saw a double screening of Suspiria and Possession last week. Boy, that was a trippy movie sesh lol
New movies - Bugonia, a couple weeks ago. Will probs watch the new Knives Out this week |
Deathconscious
12.08.25 | I thought Eddington was pretty disingenuous (or braindead) and spineless. |
unclereich
12.08.25 | I genuinely couldn’t believe how bad it was. I’m also at the point where I do not want to see anymore of Joaquin Phoenix |
DoofDoof
12.08.25 | 'Train Dreams - it's sad
Great fucking movie though.'
Agreed, my film of the year so far - but admittedly I haven't caught too much so far. |
unclereich
12.08.25 | Thank you for mentioning it. Just finished it. One of the best movies I’ve seen in a while. |
AlexKzillion
12.09.25 | no other choice... pretty great! |
