neekafat
10.16.23 | i leave 4 and 5 up to the people |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.16.23 | Ex machina for me |
MoM
10.16.23 | All Time Low’s Alex Garland?!
Also, 2 |
hesperus
10.16.23 | definitely 2 |
Deez
10.16.23 | ex machina just over 2
Men sucked |
DarkSideOfLucca
10.16.23 | I've been avoiding Men since everyone tells me how much of a waste of time it is, but I do fucking love Garland
Honestly Ex Machina and Annihilation are close for me. Never got why Annihilation didn't get super high praise, I remember walking out of that theater being very very satisfied |
budgie
10.16.23 | do jeremy saulnier next |
SomeCallMeTim
10.16.23 | Ex machina easily |
PitchforkArms
10.16.23 | Ugh I thought Annihilation was rubbish. Ex Machina rules tho!
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ramon.
10.16.23 | ex machina > men > annihilation
thought annihilation was a pretty heavy exposition slog, and i felt a little underwhelmed with the way the movie explored the shimmer. got a thorough setup but felt tertiary to other themes and plot lines in the end. think it has the least memorable performances of the three for me as well. visual treat in parts though. |
Sharenge
10.16.23 | are the books worth checking if you didn't care much for the film? |
hesperus
10.16.23 | i could maybe understand a couple of those points, but how the hell is Gina Rodriguez's performance not burned into your skull |
hesperus
10.16.23 | and yes, the books are quite different and definitely worth checking |
Slex
10.16.23 | Ex Machina is so so fucking good but I'm going Annihilation |
PotsyTater
10.16.23 | Uh he didn’t direct dredd so not counting that and devs was shit so
1. Annihilation
2. Men
3. Ex Machina |
PotsyTater
10.16.23 | “ are the books worth checking if you didn't care much for the film?”
Yes. At least the first one. Only read part of the second before losing it.
But the book and the movie are extremely different. All my favourite things from the book don’t happen in the movie and vice versa. Very independent yet complimentary works imo. If you like the ~concept~ of the movie you may like the book. Also it’s not called the fucking shimmer in the book because that’s stupid. |
porcupinetheater
10.16.23 | Annihilation I guess doesn’t suck as hard as the other two, but Alex Garland is not good |
CamiloG
10.16.23 | Ex Machina, brilliant movie, iconic dance scene… |
Jots
10.16.23 | imo ex machina and annihilation are pretty close but both have different issues. idk. will go with ex machina |
Trebor.
10.16.23 | Annihilation by a lot |
PotsyTater
10.16.23 | “ Ex Machina, brilliant movie, iconic dance scene…”
alien blob dance scene >>>>> android dance scene |
neekafat
10.16.23 | "he didn't direct dredd"
give that shit a google friend |
MoM
10.16.23 | Screaming mutated bear dance scene >*♾️ |
Faraudo
10.16.23 | Fuck it imma say Men, I loved that awful thing very much. |
neekafat
10.16.23 | budgie i think you're overestimating the number of people who know who that is lol |
ramon.
10.16.23 | @hesperus might be just me but she almost didn't feel like she existed in the same movie as the rest of the cast haha, kinda got the idea the movie was going for a really dour tone in terms of performances then you've got gina doing gina stuff anytime she's on screen
dynamic performance sure, just didn't feel like she fit in that much so her performance felt like it drew a lot of attention to herself in a way that detracted from the film for me. feel like her character's personality and story more generally could have been depicted a fair bit more subtly while still driving home requisite emotional resonance, and i think that kinda approach woulda been a cool thing to have gina pull off; she's 100% got the talent for it |
YakNips
10.16.23 | ex machina |
Havey
10.16.23 | i have zero interest in seeing any of these movies
so im team men obviously |
Vercetti
10.16.23 | Sunshine |
Zac124
10.16.23 | Only seen Annihilation from him and I hated it, although this was a while ago so my opinions would probably be different now. That bear scene though was awesome. |
Mort.
10.16.23 | Men
(also alex garland is friends with kazuo ishiguro and thats very cool imo) |
Trifolium
10.16.23 | I have only seen Ex Machina. Does that automatically make that my all-Alex Garland? (As in: fave, worst, sexiest, most boring, funniest, scariest, etc.) |
IsisScript80
10.16.23 | I haven't seen 'Annihilation', so I can't comment on that. It'd have to go some to top 'Ex Machina' which I regard as one of the two greatest sci-fi films of the last couple of dacades that I've seen (along with 'Arrival').
'Dredd' was very good for what it was (Edit: as Pots said, didn't direct... write and produced. Forgot that). 'Sunshine' I've seen once and whilst atmospheric, didn't do much for me for reasons I can't remember. 'Devs' (not a film, obvs), flirted with being great, but didn't fully land, IMO... still really dug it. And 'Men' was something like a 6.5/10.
So, barring me finding 'Annihilation' conpletely jaw-droppingly astonishing when I finally watch it, I'd definitely have to go with 'Ex Machina' at this juncture.
(BTW: Where's Hawks in this? He can legit come here and shout "MEN" from the rooftops). |
CugnoBrasso
10.16.23 | Men |
FurtherDown
10.16.23 | Sunshine. My favorite movie of all time (not the best, but I just love that thing so much.)
Well, I know it doesn't count, then I'll go for Men. Despite some shortcomings it clicked with me the most. Yeah and everybody is overreacting to it. |
CugnoBrasso
10.16.23 | Not really, I was just menposting. Ex Machina, but Annihilation is also cool. |
Egarran
10.16.23 | Ex Machina.
Definitely read Annihilation. The title will even make sense. (But as pots said, ignore the sequels.) |
denboy
10.16.23 | I don't think Garland is a good director, I love his ideas and hate his execution
I did really enjoy the dancing scene in Annihilation though, I thought it was a stunning way of depicting what interacting with an actual alien intelligence would be like, so i'll throw my vote in for that one |
denboy
10.16.23 | ex machina is a bad movie, the acting and writing (dialogue) is trash tier |
denboy
10.16.23 | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470752/quotes
lmao |
Egarran
10.16.23 | You're a sex android aren't you? |
neekafat
10.16.23 | Trash tier mhmm ok |
neekafat
10.16.23 | Annihilation is one of my favorite movies so everyone voting that hasn’t seen that hmmmmmmm |
Faraudo
10.16.23 | Good to see many fellow Men enjoyers here |
neekafat
10.16.23 | Egregious |
PotsyTater
10.16.23 | “ give that shit a google friend”
I did. It was directed by Pete Travis. |
Deathconscious
10.16.23 | I know which one Hawks would rank #1. Still need to see that one. |
IsisScript80
10.16.23 | "ex machina is a bad movie, the acting and writing (dialogue) is trash tier"
I need to stick my head in a fridge for a few minutes in order to escape the hotness of your take.
"Annihilation is one of my favorite movies so everyone voting that hasn’t seen that hmmmmmmm"
I'm perfectly fine if you don't want to count mine as valid for that very reason. I thought I'd just give my response to everything but. |
Faraudo
10.16.23 | Men supremacy |
bigguytoo9
10.17.23 | Where's DREDD????? He basically directed the damn thing himself said Karl Urban. |
neekafat
10.17.23 | Um dredd is 5 |
neekafat
10.17.23 | And has always been there |
mryrtmrnfoxxxy
10.17.23 | there i gave it album art |
neekafat
10.19.23 | "I did. It was directed by Pete Travis."
copy nice i figured you'd dig a little more than read the first answer to "dredd director" but whatever |
neekafat
10.19.23 | updated/thanks for the art (: |
budgie
10.19.23 | i think blue ruin is as good as green room but murder party is A+ |
neekafat
10.19.23 | I haven't seen it to be truthful, but yeah both blue n green fuck |
Trebor.
10.19.23 | I adore Blue Ruin but I thought Murder Party was shit |
budgie
10.19.23 | dw treb not everyone can have good taste |
TalonsOfFire
10.20.23 | I love Alex Garland, Annihilation is his best for me and basically a perfect film. But Ex Machina is a close second. Really curious what his upcoming Civil War will be like. Sunshine is amazing and underrated too, and 28 Days Later is my favorite zombie movie. Would love another Dredd, Karl Urban said he'd be game for it. |
zaruyache
10.20.23 | Maybe Annihilation over Machina by a nose. |
JeetJeet
10.20.23 | Annihilation but Men is gonna be his underrated masterpiece that everyone overlooks |
JeetJeet
10.20.23 | also Devs is awesome you motherfuckers need to watch that show rn |
TalonsOfFire
10.20.23 | I liked Men a lot but it was far from perfect. Devs is excellent yea, loved that one especially for the production design, visuals, and score. |
neekafat
10.20.23 | Ex Machina: 10
Annihilation: 11
Men: 2
i love getting to leave these open until i win (: |
zaruyache
10.21.23 | devs was great except for the ending being kinda silly. |
budgie
10.21.23 | neek put the passenger (2023) and candy land (2022) on your shortlist |
butt.
10.21.23 | Ex Machina
But also, Men is underrated and I would watch that weird shit again anytime |
butt.
10.21.23 | “i think blue ruin is as good as green room but murder party is A+”
What the fuck did my eyes just read |
notkanyewest
10.21.23 | Annihilation (my #1) is great and probably underrated, Ex Machina is great and probably overrated, Men is a noble failure |
budgie
10.21.23 | murder party is peerless you sewer orc |
someone
10.21.23 | shucks i still need to see Devs and Men.
if Dredd really coutns, then Dredd, but otherwise Annihilation |
Gameofmetal
10.26.23 | Dang I shouldn't have missed this one, MEN needed me : (
All three do rule though. |
denboy
10.26.23 | Did not know he had written Sunshine, adored that movie, although mostly for the cinematography more than the plot |
