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good stuff in this one, midnight movie suggestion. takes place in 2015

the green knight kicked ass. lush af

Collateral. Thought it was predictable, flat and dull. What a snooze.

  On 8/29/2021 at 6:29 PM, Nebraska said:

this german exorcist rip off is one of the most awkward exorcist rip offs i've come across. it's directed by the guy that did the school girl report films so every moment of "demonic possession" turns up the exploitation meter by 100 but ends up being disappointing like a high school date.

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So it’s the blue balls of Exorcist rip-offs ? lol

Enjoyed The Green Knight. That last twenty minutes when he has the vision of what his decision will mean.

As already said, lush and beautiful cinematography.

Zodiac. With cast and director in mind I should of liked this a lot more than I did. Unlike with music, with films I find it difficult to express the reasons why. I thought the film definitely improved in the last hour, possibly because Jake G started to take centre stage, and I rate him quite high as an actor. But the first half I was struggling not to be bored. A generous 7/10 though more a 6 if I’m honest. 

this is a rather strange yet highly provocative film from tinto brass about an affair betwix the wife of a high ranking fascist official and an ss officer.

brass is (literally) one of the last directors from the italian film renascence (at one point even hailed as 'antonioni of the 70s'). his films look amazing, and feel bigger than they really are. elaborate costumes with great casting and acting- and then the one minor problem. everything is framed and communicated from a sexual perspective which makes his films feel tawdry, ribald, one dimensional and uncomfortable for many. 

personally, i don't mind them, but i'd caution anyone who's not familiar with his work to approach with caution

Contagion

^ I was just watching that.

Don't Breathe 2 looks bad. pity cos I remember really enjoying the first one.

  On 9/5/2021 at 3:20 PM, usagi said:

^ I was just watching that.

Don't Breathe 2 looks bad. pity cos I remember really enjoying the first one.

It's ooookay. It is what it is and you're not bored while watching it.

i had high hopes for this considering it came from the same team that gave us the brilliant robowar, but this is literally a 1:1 copy of rambo first blood part 2 except this time, they just ran around in circles somewhere in the philippines and filmed that. there's a couple of classic lines but i feel like it's more indicative of master bruno mattei excellent direction rather than the much disappointing script. 

https://thechoiceisyours.whatisthematrix.com/

Well god damn I'm such a sucker for this sort of shit but color my HYPED. Great marketing - click on the blue pill or red pill. Video changes each time (and not just the time stamp - a lot of the scenes seem repeated but I've caught at least one new one literally each time I've clicked on this). 

  On 9/7/2021 at 8:09 PM, T3551ER said:

https://thechoiceisyours.whatisthematrix.com/

Well god damn I'm such a sucker for this sort of shit but color my HYPED. Great marketing - click on the blue pill or red pill. Video changes each time (and not just the time stamp - a lot of the scenes seem repeated but I've caught at least one new one literally each time I've clicked on this). 

This legit made me yell awwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaah at the end, thanks for sharing. Is there any word on it being the last movie in the series?

  On 9/7/2021 at 8:29 PM, chronical said:

This legit made me yell awwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaah at the end, thanks for sharing. Is there any word on it being the last movie in the series?

hahah IKR?! No idea - very little has been said/revealed about it up to this point (which is crazy given how long it's been in production and how close to release). Would suspect this would be a one-off though... something about these clips feels awfully "final" to me... 

  On 9/7/2021 at 8:46 PM, T3551ER said:

hahah IKR?! No idea - very little has been said/revealed about it up to this point (which is crazy given how long it's been in production and how close to release). Would suspect this would be a one-off though... something about these clips feels awfully "final" to me... 

I still can't stop watching this, genius idea with the time. I clicked the blue pill and my doorbell rang, neighbor lost his cat he says, while my printer started printing tax papers..

And you're right, this does feel like a big finale of sorts. Matrix always had a special place mang

i absolutely fuck with some new matrix

  On 9/7/2021 at 8:46 PM, T3551ER said:

something about these clips feels awfully "final"  deja vu to me... 

good marketing. clips look a little too much like bits from the old Matrix movies but i mean, it is the same series obv. sure there'll be much more to it. 

personally i didn't hate the last two films, curious to see where they take this one.

spoilerish!!!

Heaven's Gate (1980)

Curious piece of cinema that has quite a star lineup, set at the end of 19th century in Wyoming, with a rather confusing story line. It's almost 4 hours long! While I love long films, some scenes take too long to establish, or are just overall pointless. There's like 30 min intro showing a college graduation ceremony of the main character and his school mate. It's not a pointless scene though: it establishes one of the corner stones of the story line and moral, but it's way too long. Or a 5 min fiddler on roller skates... The main grudge I have against the otherwise intriguing story is that it is supposed to be based on real historical events but takes so much liberty at changing it, only the character names remain truly authentic, which is quite weird and pointless tbh, and kind of twists the moral behind it. Also, when I read about the real events that this movie was supposed to depict after watching, the liberty taken at the portrayal of characters only makes them shallow, or maybe underdeveloped. Idk really. This film is weird in many ways, but still interesting. I liked the Isabelle Huppert's character and Nat, portrayed by Walken. But the director didn't do a very good job developing him, or giving him enough of story. I still think it's worth a watch though, it's kind of inspiring in a weird, convoluted way, lol.

  On 9/8/2021 at 12:47 AM, auxien said:

good marketing. clips look a little too much like bits from the old Matrix movies but i mean, it is the same series obv. sure there'll be much more to it. 

personally i didn't hate the last two films, curious to see where they take this one.

I'm sure this will be one of those wonderful soft reboots, like Ghostbusters 3 or RoboCop.

I guess Keanu will just play John Wick in everything now 

Sounds good

Demonic -

this was sometimes hard to follow as the story seems to be all over the place- but at it's core, it blends a bunch of storylines from blacksploitation films and crams them into one package. it's too bad johnnie hill never appeared in another film because she's a pretty foxy chick, and elsie roman (who plays her partner of sorts) ain't too shabby either.

also: the second to last fight has to be seen to be believed. somehow, i'm not sure the filmmakers knew exactly how or when to end the film