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I have no idea why this movie would be compared to Drive except for the soundtrack being synthy. Cause the dude is handsome and violent? There's like a hundred movies with that.
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weekly font posted:I have no idea why this movie would be compared to Drive except for the soundtrack being synthy. Cause the dude is handsome and violent? There's like a hundred movies with that. Synth soundtrack, dude is handsome and violent with a very specific skill set, he ostensibly wants to "protect" a family and is put in a situation where he doesn't really belong. You can argue how similar it is to Drive but you can't deny that Wingard was inspired by it. VV Again, degree doesn't matter. He was definitely inspired at least in part by Drive, so the comparison is fair. King Vidiot fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 16:51
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It's way more inspired by Universal Soldier and the like just with a similar soundtrack to what Wingard used in You're Next.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:14
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e: ^^^ never actually seen that for some reason despite being an 80's teenager, which one is best?weekly font posted:I have no idea why this movie would be compared to Drive except for the soundtrack being synthy. Cause the dude is handsome and violent? There's like a hundred movies with that. 
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Nov 26, 2014 17:18
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Seaside Loafer posted:e: ^^^ never actually seen that for some reason despite being an 80's teenager, which one is best? All of them. e: Actually I think the second one might be kinda crappy.
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Nov 26, 2014 18:12
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Aphra Bane posted:My main problem was that I couldn't tell if the movie was deliberately being goofy or not Let me help you out here: It was
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Nov 26, 2014 21:07
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Oh no.. so at the end when the police is saying they only found two bodies. Where is the third? I mean our boy walks out as a firefighter. That equipment has to have come from somewhere. I found a plothole and now my immersion is ruined 
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Nov 26, 2014 21:46
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Well not really, they found agent broyles and the drama teacher. They aren't actively looking for the presumed missing firefighter because they don't even know about him missing yet. Essentially a bunch of firefighters and EMT's pour into the gym to find/help people, and by that point David's already lurking. Last firefighter inside gets shoved into a dark closet and David walks out. They'll notice the firefighter is missing that night, and David will already be gone.Jst0rm posted:maybe I should ask Simon? You guys give me 3 questions to ask simon and I'll see if he will take a stab at answering them. Not guaranteeing anything but it could be fun. Or not. Whatever. Oh man that would be the most excellent thing. I'm pretty sure you were replying to me, too, because I mentioned Spencer's boss. I assumed that's what happened, that David framed the boss with the beating, it just struck me as much more brutal, when David gives me a 'John Wick', headshot-only, clean and quick vibe. The most burning question I have is really concerning what is going on inside of David's head. We can't learn from the film solely whether the entire Caleb 'promise' story is true, but I think someone posted their back story upthread. So the most important question I have is: Does he consider Luke to be his friend? And if he's comfortable revealing more about David's character, I wonder if David is aware of the extent of his programming, and how he feels about having his hand forced. For example, does David himself know what he signed up for? Does David recognize his programming to kill? My logic is if he already knew he was a psychopath, and escaped after being brainwashed, if he just wants to find civilians to bunk with, his intent on doing the Dexter thing and killing to essentially keep from breaking down mentally. Or if he is a passenger, and when he is cued to kill and kind of watches in third person as he gets to murdrin'. forest spirit fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 22:10
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Shageletic fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Nov 26, 2014 22:10
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weekly font posted:It's way more inspired by Universal Soldier and the like just with a similar soundtrack to what Wingard used in You're Next. I think it reminds of 80s schlock like Maniac Cop combined with, I don't know, ABC Family poured into a noxious mix of good music, nice visuals, and sarcastic brutality. I have a friend marathoning this with Beverly Hills Cop and The Last Boyscout. Interested to hear how that goes, as that kinda fits, weirdly enough. EDIT: Affi posted:Oh no.. Isn't the firefighter the second body? Did someone else get killed. And I do have some other questions, but I almost don't want them to be answered. Don't ruin my interpretation Wingard!
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Nov 26, 2014 22:13
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Affi posted:Oh no.. Well at that point they found 2 bodies inside. I don't think they were expecting a firefighter to be abducted 3 minutes before they had that conversation 
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Nov 26, 2014 22:48
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Affi posted:Oh no.. They haven't found the third body yet. Comedy option: They're sharing the suit. Shageletic posted:Isn't the firefighter the second body? Did someone else get killed. The two bodies are the teacher and Nick Fury.
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Nov 26, 2014 23:19
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WeAreTheRomans posted:Let me help you out here: It was Yeah, like I said, the last 20 minutes or so don't leave much room for doubt. I particularly liked David taking the time to put his mix tape over the speaker system. He wasn't lying when he said he couldn't wait to listen to it 
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Nov 27, 2014 05:46
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Aphra Bane posted:Yeah, like I said, the last 20 minutes or so don't leave much room for doubt. I particularly liked David taking the time to put his mix tape over the speaker system. He wasn't lying when he said he couldn't wait to listen to it Between that and the thumbs up, goddamn. I haven't laughed that hard at a non-comedy movie since SPRING BREAKERS SPOILERS the "Everytime" montage
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My god, I watched this tonight and I couldn't stop grinning / laughing / saying "holy poo poo" under my breath / etc. It was a hell of a ride and I already want to watch it again. I need to own that loving score. "David" is easily one of my favorite characters I've seen in any movie in a long time, up there with Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom and John Wick (also from this year). And that ending sequence in the Halloween maze with strobe lights going off and fog machines filling the floors with fog and scary poo poo popping out and that room full of mirrors....that whole thing was just loving brilliant. I want to rewatch the whole movie again already, but that series of scenes especially. I'd just watch it over and over again and revel in it.
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weekly font posted:All of them. It's bland as hell for the first two thirds, then the screenwriter goes crazy. Highlights include three hulked out hospital interns wrestling shirtless with Goldberg, the flimsiest excuse ever for an action movie to visit a strip club (internet, they need internet) and the moment when they've completely written themselves into a corner with Goldberg. He's survived half a dozen increasingly elaborate deaths, so they just blow him up off screen it's the best and worst of 90s action movies. Mostly the worst. Regeneration is loving amazing though.
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:My god, I watched this tonight and I couldn't stop grinning / laughing / saying "holy poo poo" under my breath / etc. It was a hell of a ride and I already want to watch it again. I need to own that loving score. "David" is easily one of my favorite characters I've seen in any movie in a long time, up there with Nightcrawler's Lou Bloom and John Wick (also from this year). And that ending sequence in the Halloween maze with strobe lights going off and fog machines filling the floors with fog and scary poo poo popping out and that room full of mirrors....that whole thing was just loving brilliant. I want to rewatch the whole movie again already, but that series of scenes especially. I'd just watch it over and over again and revel in it. I especially love not-Nick Fury's slightly exasperated reaction to being stuck in a dry ice filled haunted house disco fighting a superpowered psychopath. He looks like he really hates that his life has become a silly movie.
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You are all racists. He is not, not-Nick Fury. He's motherfucking Agent Broyles. This entire movie takes place in the red-Fringe universe.
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Seaside Loafer posted:e: ^^^ never actually seen that for some reason despite being an 80's teenager, which one is best?
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The moment this movie goes from being badass to transcendantly badass:
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flashy_mcflash posted:The moment this movie goes from being badass to transcendantly badass: There's not really an emotion you can ascribe to that facial expression. Smug?
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speshl guy posted:There's not really an emotion you can ascribe to that facial expression. Smug? Topically, imagine if Han shot first, "this was a boring conversation anyway", and then proceeded to thermally-detonate the Mos Eisley cantina instead of calling for Chewie.
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flashy_mcflash posted:The moment this movie goes from being badass to transcendantly badass: The music was epic right then too
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I guess there's not a whole lot to back up this theory but with the plastic surgeon bit, him being really earnest about knowing the son/being there when he died, and the sister and brother doing background research I was sure the movie was going to pull a twist with David being the brother, coming back to get rid of his family and eliminate "loose ends"
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Penpal posted:Well not really, they found agent broyles and the drama teacher. They aren't actively looking for the presumed missing firefighter because they don't even know about him missing yet. Essentially a bunch of firefighters and EMT's pour into the gym to find/help people, and by that point David's already lurking. Last firefighter inside gets shoved into a dark closet and David walks out. They'll notice the firefighter is missing that night, and David will already be gone. So I'm going to send him this stuff. Is there anything else you guys want? I will only bother him once about this.
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OK here is Simon's response to the questions posed:quote:Hey, Jeff. This is sort of tough to just outright explain, and of course elements of the film are intentionally left up to viewer interpretation. But since I do want all the SA goons who are presumably watching our independent film in a fully legal, high resolution manner to enjoy it, I'll do my best to reply to all this... So there you go. Thanks for legally watching the guest
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Man, the author may be dead but at least he's a kickass zombie.
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Mr. Flunchy posted:Man, the author may be dead but at least he's a kickass zombie. hah. Are you talking about contracted?
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Jst0rm posted:hah. Are you talking about contracted?
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WeAreTheRomans posted:He's talking about the concept of "death of the author" in literary and media analysis, which is fun as intellectual masturbation, but nowhere near as satisfying as an author or director giving a thoughtful, in depth interpretation of where they're at. Cool stuff. I get it now thanks. I know how to make guns sound good and don't know much about 1967 French literary critics
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Simon Barrett's twitter is really really good, that's just a tip for everyone.
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That's super cool, thank you for getting in touch with him!
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I'm not too good at them there vocabulistics, but I will say that thanks to this thread I watched both "You're Next" and "The Guest" and holy poo poo, those are both excellent films. I'm still giggling at that pre-grenade toss face.
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flashy_mcflash posted:The moment this movie goes from being badass to transcendantly badass: Just caught this movie, loved it. And holy poo poo, that face and the perfect Boys-2-Men type music playing over it.' meristem posted:Psycho exasperation. "Now, I'm really pissed off by all the things that happened to me in my life today, beyond even pretending to care for the niceties. This just in, you got in my way, this is what you get. drat it, what a relief to get that off my chest. Now, smile!" That captures it perfectly. Hughmoris fucked around with this message at 04:04 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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Just watched this. I thought it was pretty rough in a few aspects: the girl isn't a very good actress, the cinematography is only good, the parts with the military are kinda silly, and overall it could all be a bit more polished. But on the whole I really liked it. I have all the love in the world for 1.5 hour films that don't outstay their welcome. Awesome music too. I'm just waiting for some trashy film to pick up on this synth trend and butcher it totally. Not yet. Just a question to those who have watched it: how do you sell this movie without spoiling it? "Captain America gone rogue" reveals the superhero angle. So far I've just been saying "Captain America meets Only God Forgives/Drive", but that's not very helpful or appealing anyway.
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I told my friend it was a film about being a young goth girl in Alabama
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Vegetable posted:I'm just waiting for some trashy film to pick up on this synth trend and butcher it totally. Not yet. This already happened extensively in the 80s after John Carpenter was a thing. Vegetable posted:Just a question to those who have watched it: how do you sell this movie without spoiling it?
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WeAreTheRomans posted:This already happened extensively in the 80s after John Carpenter was a thing. Hugh Bonneville as Samuel Trautman.
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Vegetable posted:Just watched this. I thought it was pretty rough in a few aspects: the girl isn't a very good actress, the cinematography is only good, the parts with the military are kinda silly, and overall it could all be a bit more polished. But on the whole I really liked it. I have all the love in the world for 1.5 hour films that don't outstay their welcome. Awesome music too. I'm just waiting for some trashy film to pick up on this synth trend and butcher it totally. Not yet. Sell it as uplifting. After a US soldier dies, his family gets a visit from his best friend--who might not be what he seems! Bonus points if you can not-so-subtly imply he's an angel.
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Vegetable posted:Just a question to those who have watched it: how do you sell this movie without spoiling it? "Captain America gone rogue" reveals the superhero angle. So far I've just been saying "Captain America meets Only God Forgives/Drive", but that's not very helpful or appealing anyway. Alternatively, this: Coffee And Pie posted:After a US soldier dies, his family gets a visit from his best friend.
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