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Don't forget Scanners & Shivers (a personal fave)

Edit: also check out Antiviral by his son(?). Far more Cronenberg than new Cronenberg.

Thanks! Will check them out :)

I'm currently making my way thru Cronenberg's 70s output, the stuff I'm least familiar with.

Scanners, first and foremost.

but yeah, like, all of it. I agree with Gocab that stuff after Eastern Promises has been more hit and miss. and I also agree with Spiral that Antiviral is great. big hopes for Cronenberg Jr.

edit: one underrated lower-key movie of his that is definitely also worth seeing is Spider with Ralph Fiennes.

No one likes The Brood?

I does.

Waching Videodrome now.

Bought it a bunch of years ago but never watched it.

Naked Lunch and eXistenz are underrated IMO

Don't understand the love for Scanners, the film is so clunky imo and best gore effect is wasted in the first act

Scanners is fun but is nowhere near his best, basically if Ironside wasn't in it then it would be pretty bloody awful. The Brood is wonderful. 

Scanners is black plastic treasure. Personally I'm less a fan of Videodrome than most; sure it's cryptic & edgy, but on the whole it just doesn't deliver (like Cosmopolis, come to think of it).

  On 8/16/2016 at 4:13 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Naked Lunch and eXistenz are is underrated IMO

Caught the last showing at a local theater of The Lobster & was entirely satisfied, even as a profoundly unsociable individual who often fails to grok narratives around romantic connections & deep friendships.

4 compulsory lapdances / 5

I don't understand the love for Scanners either, I find it very boring.

Haven't watched it for years and years though, maybe a rewatch is in place.

Videodrome was so-so.

Totally opposite side here. Love Scanners, always been meh over The Brood.

The Arrival looks really interesting... or maybe I'm just interested in whatever Denis Villeneuve makes

Definitely looking forward to that

only ever saw scanners when I was a teenager, so not sure how it holds up. didn't think it was much more than a fun movie with head explosions at the time though.

not seen the brood for some reason, downloading that now.

Crank - First viewing, this is the peak cinematic achievement of our century.

wait until you see crank 2

  On 8/16/2016 at 10:44 PM, Squee said:

The Arrival looks really interesting... or maybe I'm just interested in whatever Denis Villeneuve makes

Looks so great!! I had no idea he was going SCI-FI next <3

the short story it's based on is very good. whole collection is very good. i wonder how close it will be. 

Man I really need to watch Crank 2

  On 8/16/2016 at 11:41 PM, caze said:

only ever saw scanners when I was a teenager, so not sure how it holds up. didn't think it was much more than a fun movie with head explosions at the time though.

 

not seen the brood for some reason, downloading that now.

yeah I was the same about Scanners. Watching it now though you realise how complex and non-conventional the plot is.

While to me The Brood is just another horror movie with people getting mysteriously bumped off before a slightly unconventional reveal.

  On 8/17/2016 at 7:05 AM, kichiguy said:

 

  On 8/16/2016 at 10:44 PM, Squee said:

The Arrival looks really interesting... or maybe I'm just interested in whatever Denis Villeneuve makes

 

Looks so great!! I had no idea he was going SCI-FI next <3

 

Does look interesting. The shortness of the trailer is a benefit in not showing you the whole movie.

edit: This is a much longer trailer than the one I saw. The short one was more mysterious. But I enjoy Villenueve, loved Prisoners.

  On 8/17/2016 at 1:28 PM, olo said:

 

  On 8/17/2016 at 7:05 AM, kichiguy said:

 

  On 8/16/2016 at 10:44 PM, Squee said:

The Arrival looks really interesting... or maybe I'm just interested in whatever Denis Villeneuve makes

 

Looks so great!! I had no idea he was going SCI-FI next

 

 

Does look interesting. The shortness of the trailer is a benefit in not showing you the whole movie.

 

edit: This is a much longer trailer than the one I saw. The short one was more mysterious. But I enjoy Villenueve, loved Prisoners.

 

Prisoners was super solid right until

  On 8/17/2016 at 2:11 PM, Squee said:

 

  On 8/17/2016 at 1:28 PM, olo said:

 

  On 8/17/2016 at 7:05 AM, kichiguy said:

 

  On 8/16/2016 at 10:44 PM, Squee said:

The Arrival looks really interesting... or maybe I'm just interested in whatever Denis Villeneuve makes

 

Looks so great!! I had no idea he was going SCI-FI next <3

 

 

Does look interesting. The shortness of the trailer is a benefit in not showing you the whole movie.

 

edit: This is a much longer trailer than the one I saw. The short one was more mysterious. But I enjoy Villenueve, loved Prisoners.

 

 

Prisoners was super solid right until

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the old lady turned out to be the one behind it all... THAT weak old lady? Punch her in the face and get it over with. Also, I thought it was going to be a bit more cryptic.

 

 

Not sure what you mean by cryptic, but I thought the ending was just right.