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  On 3/18/2020 at 1:08 AM, brian trageskin said:

doctor sleep - utter shite

 oh really? still haven't seen it yet. tell me whyy!!!!

  On 3/19/2020 at 11:14 PM, MadameChaos said:

 oh really? still haven't seen it yet. tell me whyy!!!!

imagine taking a long dump at your mother-in-law's while singing adele with a blackinese accent, this is the film of it

good stuff

f.i.

  On 3/20/2020 at 7:12 AM, iococoi said:

good stuff

f.i.

 

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One of his books contains one of the most horrible wanking scenes I’ve ever read, and I’ve read A LOT.

the Gallows Pole is the title should you be interested. 

The Platform, 2019, now on Netflix. Relentless. Quite messed up (cannibalism). 94 minutes well spent.

Strangely it's called Hullet (the hole) on Netflix here, I'll check it out. I liked Cube, this looks like something in the same vein.

  On 3/20/2020 at 10:39 PM, Gocab said:

I liked Cube, this looks like something in the same vein.

The basic premise, maybe, but this is much more brutal and bloody.

Sounds good!

I watched godfather part ii yesterday night, kinda liked part i more... i didn't get the hype ( needed more killing ).

this was kinda meh- basically

i don't get how some people supposedly enjoyed this

The Hunt = shit

I watched the first six Star Trek movies with a friend who either hadn't seen them before / since they were in theaters. Largely, my feelings are unchanged about them (I still like the ones I like, and hate V with every fiber of my being). But watching the "Genesis Trilogy" all in one go gave me a greater appreciation for Search for Spock, which I always seemed to doze off during. Anyway, from best to worst:

1. The Voyage Home

2. The Undiscovered Country

3. The Wrath of Khan

4. The Search for Spock

5. The Motion Picture

6. The Final Frontier

I made the executive decision to skip Generations so we started First Contact, and then he admitted he'd never seen the Borg episodes. So I put on The Best of Both Worlds instead, because obviously.

The Platform was ok! Nice premise, but it doesn't go anywhere very interesting imo.

hadn't seen this in years and decided to revisit it whilst in self-quarantine. this is a fantastically heady film that constantly see-saws betwix philosophical questions on the meaning of life (and death), the consequence of space travel/isolation from loved ones and what intelligent extraterrestrial life would actually be like. would we even understand it? one scientist claims man kind is better off with a mirror than looking for alien life-

and this seems to be foreshadowed in the constant frustration in trying to understand why the ocean planet keeps sending visitors from the scientists past- then creating islands. it might be a form of communication- but considering there are still questions man does not understand of himself- he is unable to confidently understand an intelligence that communicates through memories.

one of the scientist says asking questions like what is the meaning of death or how can only explain love should be saved until someone is at the end of their life. "you'll be happier without worrying about such cursed questions"

but kelvin replies "you never know when you'll die. asking those questions reminds one that they're alive"

  On 3/22/2020 at 6:54 PM, Gocab said:

The Platform was ok! Nice premise, but it doesn't go anywhere very interesting imo.

A bit convoluted, yes. Tried to do too much.

I got a bit of a 1970s pretentious comic book vibe from it (think the dystopian material in Heavy Metal magazine and such). Cool, but a bit dated.

Still ... I was entertained.

  On 3/22/2020 at 7:45 PM, Nebraska said:

hadn't seen this in years and decided to revisit it whilst in self-quarantine. this is a fantastically heady film that constantly see-saws betwix philosophical questions on the meaning of life (and death), the consequence of space travel/isolation from loved ones and what intelligent extraterrestrial life would actually be like. would we even understand it? one scientist claims man kind is better off with a mirror than looking for alien life-

and this seems to be foreshadowed in the constant frustration in trying to understand why the ocean planet keeps sending visitors from the scientists past- then creating islands. it might be a form of communication- but considering there are still questions man does not understand of himself- he is unable to confidently understand an intelligence that communicates through memories.

one of the scientist says asking questions like what is the meaning of death or how can only explain love should be saved until someone is at the end of their life. "you'll be happier without worrying about such cursed questions"

but kelvin replies "you never know when you'll die. asking those questions reminds one that they're alive"

 

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the car scene, just one of many dribbles (in a good way)

  On 3/22/2020 at 4:34 PM, Nebraska said:

this was kinda meh-

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basically an abusive husband develops a suit to become invisible so he can continue abusing his wife. he wanted to abuse her that bad. then there is a twist- but it pretty much amounts to what i said.

i don't get how some people supposedly enjoyed this

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That’s a real dick move revealing a major twist in the first sentence. This film is very good, perhaps stick to reviewing porn. 

I’ve inserted spoiler tags to the post 

Nebraska doesn't realize that his reviews are basically entire plots of the movies he's reviewing... :^) 

  On 3/22/2020 at 9:00 PM, Squee said:

I’ve inserted spoiler tags to the post 

Nice one.

Regarding Solyaris, I've always found the film visually impressive (it's Tarkovsky, that goes without saying). With that said, I have a lot of issues with the "sci-fi" aspects of the film:

Still worth a watch.

I think Tarkovsky makes it quite clear that there are more aspects to the human domain than technology and its advance. And that all those domain should be pursued with the same vigour as the technology.
The analogy with his relationship with his father works as a narrative vehicle for this: what good is your success in life when you can't share it (live it) with your closest ones? Ergo: what good are we to ourselves and our environment as a species if we propagate only one aspect of life and completely ignore other?
Rather than saying Tarkovsky is against technology, one should rather say he's against technology being the sole measure of advancement as a species.

And I completely agree with that.

Dang it, in that spoiler I had re-worded it and meant to say "towards" and forgot to remove "against". That looks hilarious now.

  On 3/22/2020 at 10:03 PM, cichlisuite said:

I think Tarkovsky makes it quite clear that there are more aspects to the human domain than technology and its advance. And that all those domain should be pursued with the same vigour as the technology.
The analogy with his relationship with his father works as a narrative vehicle for this: what good is your success in life when you can't share it (live it) with your closest ones? Ergo: what good are we to ourselves and our environment as a species if we propagate only one aspect of life and completely ignore other?
Rather than saying Tarkovsky is against technology, one should rather say he's against technology being the sole measure of advancement as a species.

And I completely agree with that.

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I don't think Solyaris is a clear representation of that message at all. I've always personally seen it as Tarkovsky promoting a Luddite view. I'm not left feeling like he sees much by way of hope or progress in technology. Just a threat that can be provoked.

As far as the relationship with his father, I would counter that the failures in their relationship are on both sides. I think it would be a misread to see it as Kris just being too stubborn rather than a more natural human failure to connect (regardless of philosophy). The scenes between them employ the classic Tarkovsky technique of each character looking away. So it's as much of a failure of the father and his appreciation of nature.