Films Recently Watched

Long legs.

Decent enough thriller but suffers from trying to be 'artsy'.

Rebel Ridge - Jeremy Saulnier is back, baby. this shit rocks. 
I remember Green Room coming so close to giving me a panic attack in the theatre. This one had me coiled up the whole time.

  On 9/5/2024 at 11:47 PM, GORDO said:

Long legs.

Decent enough thriller but suffers from trying to be 'artsy'.

Had potential, didn't deliver

Not good. 

i thought this was good- bordering on great, but slightly uneven (of sorts) at parts. possibly on purpose.

The Boy and the Heron

This was legitimately stunning to look at in parts. Visually it was great throughout but there were quite a few backgrounds that warranted their own art exhibits. It kinda struck me in a similar way Jodorowsky’s La Danza De La Realidad did, both films by venerable visionaries that were semi-autobiographical in nature with childhood’s trauma and wonder woven into a dreamlike spectacle that’s heavily steeped in symbolism throughout. I’ll rewatch it again soon and try to analyze it more later but on first watch I caught myself trying to tease meaning out of certain scenes but found it just distracted me from the beautiful adventure on screen. Time to go watch all his other films now I guess.

  On 9/8/2024 at 1:34 AM, Nebraska said:

i thought this was good- bordering on great, but slightly uneven (of sorts) at parts. possibly on purpose.

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I quite enjoyed that flick, very lanthimos, personally don't think there's too much point delving too deep into it, it's surrealism, like watching Lynch or some such, I just enjoyed it for for being mad and different, I'm sure there are scholar's who will tell you it's about power and control or the modern human condition of madness, I like to just enjoy flicks like that for being a bit mad, I think you could get bogged down in deeper meaning but like most art it's supposed to make you think and emote, no right or wrong just something that stirs the loins, like listening to a great singer in a language that you can't understand. That futile exercise of trying to explain why you like how something looks, sounds, tastes or smells through words

Did anyone see the new Alien - Romulus yet?  

I'm debating if I should see it big screen before it's too late or just wait for it to come out streaming.  

I personally loved Prometheus and Covenant, and the old ones as well.

So is it worth it to spend the money and time for the theater?

  On 9/9/2024 at 6:33 PM, lyst said:

Did anyone see the new Alien - Romulus yet?  

I'm debating if I should see it big screen before it's too late or just wait for it to come out streaming.  

I personally loved Prometheus and Covenant, and the old ones as well.

So is it worth it to spend the money and time for the theater?

Yeah it’s a fun romp. I think you’d like it if you enjoyed Prometheus and Covenant

Saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" for the first time on Saturday. There was a 70mm showing about 90 minutes away and I decided to bite the bullet. I think I had always been "saving" that movie for a special occasion and it definitely lived up to it. Can't stop thinking about it tbh

Was on a plane for a few hours so watched some films. Nothing particularly engaging.

One of them was the much talked about "Civil War" from Alex Garland. Thought it was quite weak actually. The political backdrop was...not explained at all? Ron Burgundy was a fascist? The Western Forces are depicted as "rebels" but somehow have an infrastructure and logistics to equip a modern military force.

Character development - non-existent. Kirsten Dunst's character as the wizened veteran with a superficial two-minute backstory. The kid photographer* going from innocent to hard-boiled through the course of the movie because of...seeing some people get killed? The magical african-american friend did the standard, and Pablo Escobar may as well not have been in the movie.

Sure the one scene with Meth Damon was "intense" but, one scene doesn't make a movie.

5/10 - interesting story potential, terrible execution.

*Who the fuck shoots on film anymore beyond artists? I've known a few photojournalists (they do tend to be insane) and they were all using digital even back in 2015.

  On 9/9/2024 at 5:43 PM, Mattthegoone said:

I quite enjoyed that flick, very lanthimos, personally don't think there's too much point delving too deep into it, it's surrealism, like watching Lynch or some such, I just enjoyed it for for being mad and different, I'm sure there are scholar's who will tell you it's about power and control or the modern human condition of madness, I like to just enjoy flicks like that for being a bit mad, I think you could get bogged down in deeper meaning but like most art it's supposed to make you think and emote, no right or wrong just something that stirs the loins, like listening to a great singer in a language that you can't understand. That futile exercise of trying to explain why you like how something looks, sounds, tastes or smells through words

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Yeah it was a good watch and exactly what I was in the mood for that evening. The sectioning up made it feel kinda short even though its almost 3 hours long and I kinda wished each part was longer, with that pacing and atmosphere they could have easily been great full length films on their own i reckon. It was still pretty neat though, with the same actors playing the parts like a Jesse Plemons & Co. oddball theatre group or sketch show type feel. 

  On 9/9/2024 at 9:44 PM, YEK said:

Yeah it’s a fun romp. I think you’d like it if you enjoyed Prometheus and Covenant

  On 9/9/2024 at 6:33 PM, lyst said:

Did anyone see the new Alien - Romulus yet?  

I'm debating if I should see it big screen before it's too late or just wait for it to come out streaming.  

I personally loved Prometheus and Covenant, and the old ones as well.

So is it worth it to spend the money and time for the theater?

Read the Aliens thread!

  On 9/9/2024 at 9:53 PM, YELLOW said:

Saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" for the first time on Saturday. There was a 70mm showing about 90 minutes away and I decided to bite the bullet. I think I had always been "saving" that movie for a special occasion and it definitely lived up to it. Can't stop thinking about it tbh

It was in my mind for at least a week afterwards.

I watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 7 out of 10. Kinda let me down to be honest. I walked into it thinking it would probably be an 8. 

  On 9/11/2024 at 11:08 PM, YEK said:

I watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. 7 out of 10. Kinda let me down to be honest. I walked into it thinking it would probably be an 8. 

Yeah, it had two too many plot threads. Shame, I was looking forward to it

  On 9/9/2024 at 9:53 PM, YELLOW said:

Saw "2001: A Space Odyssey" for the first time on Saturday. There was a 70mm showing about 90 minutes away and I decided to bite the bullet. I think I had always been "saving" that movie for a special occasion and it definitely lived up to it. Can't stop thinking about it tbh

Nice! Like six years ago when Christopher Nolan oversaw putting out an unrestored 70mm print, I saw it in an imax theater. One of the best movie going experiences I've had.

  On 9/10/2024 at 4:54 AM, chenGOD said:

Was on a plane for a few hours so watched some films. Nothing particularly engaging.

One of them was the much talked about "Civil War" from Alex Garland. Thought it was quite weak actually. The political backdrop was...not explained at all? Ron Burgundy was a fascist? The Western Forces are depicted as "rebels" but somehow have an infrastructure and logistics to equip a modern military force.

Character development - non-existent. Kirsten Dunst's character as the wizened veteran with a superficial two-minute backstory. The kid photographer* going from innocent to hard-boiled through the course of the movie because of...seeing some people get killed? The magical african-american friend did the standard, and Pablo Escobar may as well not have been in the movie.

Sure the one scene with Meth Damon was "intense" but, one scene doesn't make a movie.

5/10 - interesting story potential, terrible execution.

*Who the fuck shoots on film anymore beyond artists? I've known a few photojournalists (they do tend to be insane) and they were all using digital even back in 2015.

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pornography for establishment liberals.

  On 9/12/2024 at 2:17 AM, Auditor said:

Yeah, it had two too many plot threads. Shame, I was looking forward to it

Right? A lot of stupid shit that wasn’t very Beetlejuice like. And the good and weird stuff few and far between. 

  On 9/7/2024 at 6:08 PM, Rubin Farr said:

Not good. 

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Has Emily Blunt in it so can't be too bad 

Incorrect 

  On 9/11/2024 at 9:46 PM, beerwolf said:

Read the Aliens thread!

It literally says "SPOILERS INBOUND" in the title, lol.   Not trying to ruin the experience with that.

  On 9/12/2024 at 12:41 PM, lyst said:

It literally says "SPOILERS INBOUND" in the title, lol.   Not trying to ruin the experience with that.

Of course I forgot! On the whole the general opinion is indeed it's worth going to watch. 

The cat survives at least one movie!

written by shuhei fujisawa, like yoji yamada's trilogy of adaptations from 20 years ago.