Films Recently Watched

  On 12/6/2023 at 8:26 PM, cruising for burgers said:

La región salvaje

Seems pretty weird I like that! 

It is entertaining with the movies about strange things in the woods! 

Caught The Abyss 4K at the theater, what the Hell did they do to this movie?

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101 hidden gems: the greatest films you’ve never seen

As chosen by Mike Leigh, Benny Safdie, Ngozi Onwurah, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Laura Mulvey, Abel Ferrara, Radu Jude and more.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/lists/101-hidden-gems-greatest-films-youve-never-seen

  On 12/6/2023 at 12:38 AM, cern said:

I think im gonna watch that new version of Evil Dead.. Is it good? 

No, it's a stumbling cheap and overrated mess sadly.

  On 12/8/2023 at 9:05 PM, mlon said:

No, it's a stumbling cheap and overrated mess sadly.

It is too intense and crazy! 

If they could just keep that dark atmospheric vibe and do more of the creepy weird exploring of the book then it would be perfect. 
I don't want it to turn into a zombie gore slasher movie 

  On 12/8/2023 at 10:37 PM, cern said:

I don't want it to turn into a zombie gore slasher movie 

what if it is a gay zombie gore slasher movie?

  On 12/8/2023 at 11:28 PM, cruising for burgers said:

what if it is a gay zombie gore slasher movie?

Yeah if you get bitten by those you will be spamming the forum with more hardcore gay music you like: Taylor Swift, mgmt and Coldplay 

Taylor swift and Coldplay I dig but mgmt is pretty meh...

un-be-liev-a-bleah shice

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12747748/

Was a little bit sick this weekend so watched a bunch of movies. I did an Oppenheimer and American Psycho double feature on Saturday, very nice and fun pairing.

Saw Oppenheimer in theaters and enjoyed it, watched it this time on a laptop, and the sound design and sound mixing were much better (more balanced) surprisingly on the laptop. The musical soundtrack was still not my cup of tea. In the theaters it seemed like the dialogue and soundtrack were sometimes competing for prominence in a way that muddled both. The soundtrack was kind of Hans Zimmer inspired, and there were moments when it worked well (like in the final shot of the movie), but I felt like the soundtrack lent itself at times to cheapening or turning into cliches some of the character interactions; additionally, the film is so dialogue heavy, and Nolan chose to use the soundtrack to try and generate suspense and to highlight the emotions of characters during heated exchanges in a way that seemed amateurish.

Nolan did a lot of interviews when the film came out, and I watched probably most of them and was very struck by his insistence regarding the naive nature of these scientists who created the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer in particular thought that he would have say in how it was used, and other prominent scientists told him that the weapon would be 'the bomb that ended all war, that secured peace' - lmao, the peace bomb!

Anyway, I really liked Oppenheimer overall in spite of the soundtrack missteps. Because I was watching it on a laptop and had control over the playback, I ended up watching this scene multiple times. It reminded me of the pure originality of the earliest filmmakers from around the globe at the advent of film, making up the rules as they went along, and it also made me think of Nolan in the same breath as Lynch and Malick in terms of stylistic exuberance:

  On 12/12/2023 at 12:36 PM, decibal cooper said:

Was a little bit sick this weekend so watched a bunch of movies. I did an Oppenheimer and American Psycho double feature on Saturday, very nice and fun pairing.

Saw Oppenheimer in theaters and enjoyed it, watched it this time on a laptop, and the sound design and sound mixing were much better (more balanced) surprisingly on the laptop. The musical soundtrack was still not my cup of tea. In the theaters it seemed like the dialogue and soundtrack were sometimes competing for prominence in a way that muddled both. The soundtrack was kind of Hans Zimmer inspired, and there were moments when it worked well (like in the final shot of the movie), but I felt like the soundtrack lent itself at times to cheapening or turning into cliches some of the character interactions; additionally, the film is so dialogue heavy, and Nolan chose to use the soundtrack to try and generate suspense and to highlight the emotions of characters during heated exchanges in a way that seemed amateurish.

Nolan did a lot of interviews when the film came out, and I watched probably most of them and was very struck by his insistence regarding the naive nature of these scientists who created the atomic bomb. Oppenheimer in particular thought that he would have say in how it was used, and other prominent scientists told him that the weapon would be 'the bomb that ended all war, that secured peace' - lmao, the peace bomb!

Anyway, I really liked Oppenheimer overall in spite of the soundtrack missteps. Because I was watching it on a laptop and had control over the playback, I ended up watching this scene multiple times. It reminded me of the pure originality of the earliest filmmakers from around the globe at the advent of film, making up the rules as they went along, and it also made me think of Nolan in the same breath as Lynch and Malick in terms of stylistic exuberance:

 

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Did you pick up on the connections to TENET and Interstellar?

  On 12/12/2023 at 12:55 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Did you pick up on the connections to TENET and Interstellar?

had not thought about it, but I have seen both of those - curious what you mean?

  On 12/12/2023 at 1:06 PM, decibal cooper said:

had not thought about it, but I have seen both of those - curious what you mean?

There is a theory that Nolan's 3 films form a loose "physics trilogy"; one set in the past, one in the present, and one in the future. Oppenheimer lays out the prevailing theories and personas involved, and mentions Oppy's theoretical work relating to black holes, that he left to work on the bomb. TENET executes theories related to time travel and causality, and in one scene, discusses Oppenheimer's fear of igniting the atmosphere with an atomic or nuclear explosion. Interstellar displays the effects of Einstein's relativity on human existence, and they mention him in the dialogue.

a fascinating documentary about the discovery of an extinct hominin called homo naledi found in a complex cave system known as the rising cave system @ the cradle of humankind in .za that may (or may not) have buried their dead. 

there's a trailer for this new Alex Garland A24 joint called Civil War which has racked up >1m views in 10 hours. it's giving me all the wrong sorts of vibes, feels very pornographic. idk about making a movie with this subject matter rn and presenting it this way. even the title is so on the nose.

Saw Maestro last night. It was actually incredible. People are going throw all the awards at it, but they are earned. It’s not a traditional biopic, which is a big relief. I normally don’t like Bradley Cooper but he made a hell of a movie. A great movie for musicians to watch, as well. 

Garland's Civil War looks shite. Boo. 1/10. We're doing trailer reviews now, deal with it.

yeah, I really don't like Cradley Booper.

  On 12/14/2023 at 2:10 AM, Silent Member said:

Garland's Civil War looks shite. Boo. 1/10. We're doing trailer reviews now, deal with it.

 it's like someone at A24 said "we have to show people we're not just arthouse wankers, time for something big and dumb". I was reminded of 90s disaster movies.

What movie should I watch next? 

Im in for a Thriller, had it been any good movies at all in this year?

Did u like Barbie? 

Finally watched Aftersun, hit so close to home. Big cry.

  On 12/14/2023 at 2:24 AM, usagi said:

yeah, I really don't like Cradley Booper.

I agree. Something about his brand of leading man is so overconfident, plastic and boring.

Tho I think what work’s about Maestro & A Star Is Born is that his characters in both aren’t necessarily likable. I genuinely liked both quite a lot and couldn’t really stand any of his other films. 

Loved Barbie 

@cern

I think I've watched barbie but can't member shit! good weed indeed!