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Fart City posted:I got into a fun conversation with a buddy at work today, and though I might open it up to the Spook-A-Doodle thread: I actually really love the scene early on where Richard Gere finds himself driving in some town in the middle of nowhere with no memory of how he got there or why. Extremely strong bad dream vibes. But yeah the movie as a whole never lives up to its best scenes.
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Hollismason posted:Yeah I live in Chicago so it was a lot of fun to watch. Like 'I ATE AT THAT RESTAURANT THE WOLF DESTROYED!" This came up in the Halloween Challenge thread but as someone who used to live in eastern Kansas and currently lives in the Salt Lake area it's hard to immerse myself in the mood of Carnival of Souls because it's super obvious to me when they're using Kansas as a stand in for Utah. Also the Saltair being on the wrong side of the valley is jarring but that's a more understandable artistic change. Acht posted:Hmm haven't seen Thoroughbreds yet. Just read the IMDB entry and that seems like my kind of thing. Thoroughbreds is dope but it's a matter of public record that it took me a few hours after watching it the first time for me to click with the movie and love it the way it deserves
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Somebody mentioned Starry Eyes and I agree it's super underrated. Fits nicely into occult horror which is like my favorite thing
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:I actually really love the scene early on where Richard Gere finds himself driving in some town in the middle of nowhere with no memory of how he got there or why. Extremely strong bad dream vibes. But yeah the movie as a whole never lives up to its best scenes. The "real" story of Mothman and Point Pleasant is waaaaay crazier than what they did in the movie, I guess with Richard Gere they figured it had to be a serious drama. I'd like to see someone do a legit Mothman movie with time-traveling aliens who are actually working for the government as Men in Black and Mothman is like a renegade time traveler that's breaking the rules by warning people of the impending disaster.
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Basebf555 posted:The "real" story of Mothman and Point Pleasant is waaaaay crazier than what they did in the movie, I guess with Richard Gere they figured it had to be a serious drama. I'd like to see someone do a legit Mothman movie with time-traveling aliens who are actually working for the government as Men in Black and Mothman is like a renegade time traveler that's breaking the rules by warning people of the impending disaster. Last Podcast On The Left covers this pretty well in their Men In Black three-parter, if anyone wants to know more about just how kooky the whole thing is.
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Hollismason posted:Somebody mentioned Starry Eyes and I agree it's super underrated. Fits nicely into occult horror which is like my favorite thing Thirding this, I really liked it when it came out but I remember reading a lot of negative comments about it. Good to see it getting some praise here. I love occult stuff too so I might be biased.
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Null of Undefined posted:Everything A24 makes is great. Incorrect, A24 is responsible for The Lobster, which is the honest-to-god worst movie I've seen in 10 years. gently caress mumblecore.
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Fart City posted:Last Podcast On The Left covers this pretty well in their Men In Black three-parter, if anyone wants to know more about just how kooky the whole thing is. I cracked up at Henry’s goofy MIB voice, wiping lipstick off and poo poo. I’m way to addicted to that podcast that I feel like a fiend.
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Easy Diff posted:Incorrect, A24 is responsible for The Lobster, which is the honest-to-god worst movie I've seen in 10 years. gently caress mumblecore. What the hell does The Lobster have to do with mumblecore?
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Regarding Starry Eyes, I watched it for the October challenge at my fiancee's behest, and... honestly, I wasn't really hot on it. It felt like the movie just really needed one more pass in the editing room to be truly great; the pacing was a bit flabby at times, especially with the restaurant subplot (which goes on for way longer than it needs to) and the ending (ditto), and the movie has a real habit of kinda being too cute for its own good on the whole. I then went and gave it that final editing pass and tossed it on Vimeo, though I'm phoneposting so I don't have the link handy.
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Easy Diff posted:Incorrect, A24 is responsible for The Lobster, which is the honest-to-god worst movie I've seen in 10 years. gently caress mumblecore. The Lobster is a great movie though. What didn't you like about it? and what FancyMike said, what does 'mumblecore' have to do with anything?
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If anything the Lobster is enunciatecore
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david_a posted:David Lynch’s A Goofy Movie holy poo poo this rules
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Easy Diff posted:Incorrect, A24 is responsible for The Lobster, which is the honest-to-god worst movie I've seen in 10 years. gently caress mumblecore. This is your one bad horror thread opinion. Mumblecore? Really?
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mikeycp posted:holy poo poo this rules
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Here's my bad horror thread opinion: I really liked yellowbrickroad
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Franchescanado posted:This is your one bad horror thread opinion. John Carpenter's The Thing is mumblecore.
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Slumber Party Massacre II is a WILD ride, jesus christ. Is part III any good?
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Popelmon posted:Slumber Party Massacre II is a WILD ride, jesus christ. Is part III any good? they're all pretty fun iirc
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Arivia posted:Here's my bad horror thread opinion: I really liked yellowbrickroad Meh. Sure you want to use it on that?
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The Lobster isn't mumblecore. Mumblecore Horror is generally defined as being low budget , like Butter on the Latch or The Invitation. If I had to point to a movie that was 100% a mumblecore horror it would be The Invitation. It's almost always has a sense of awkward humor , low budget, normal lighting, and 0 supernatural elements in the film. The Lobster just barely registers as horror , its more a RomCom pitch black comedy than a horror movie. Another one I just watched recently that was actually super good was Beast its on Shudder , people should watch it. Hollismason fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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They Look Like People was pretty mumblecore and good.
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Drunkboxer posted:They Look Like People was pretty mumblecore and good. The “Second Honeymoon” segment of V/H/S is a great example of horror mumblecore.
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Hollismason posted:The Lobster isn't mumblecore. Mumblecore Horror is generally defined as being low budget , like Butter on the Latch or The Invitation. If I had to point to a movie that was 100% a mumblecore horror it would be The Invitation. It's almost always has a sense of awkward humor , low budget, normal lighting, and 0 supernatural elements in the film. If The Invitation is mumblecore then mumblecore owns
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It Follows is mumblecore, right? The one I just watched, Starfish, definitely is https://youtu.be/U5XnW3c8P-Y
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Creep 1 & 2 are both mumblecore horror, as are, let's see... House of the Devil The Innkeepers The Sacrament Krisha Queen of Earth You're Next The Guest It Follows
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mikeycp posted:everybody watch Dream Home by Pang Ho-Cheung right now it rules Will do. K. Waste posted:Queen of Earth Queen of Earth whips rear end.
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Mumblecore is just Dogme 95 for improv students
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K. Waste posted:Creep 1 & 2 are both mumblecore horror, as are, let's see... I agree with most of this but I'm not sure You're Next or The Guest really track to me
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You’ve all made that word lose what little meaning it had to me
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K. Waste posted:Creep 1 & 2 are both mumblecore horror, as are, let's see... I don't agree with that list totally because Mumblecore movies are noted for being rather improvised dialogue wise and I know from reading about it that The Invitation had some improvised scenes. Like one of the few supernatural horror movies that' I'd call mumblecore is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbuU9yiUQUQ Mumblecore is basically Hipster Horror. I propose however a new genre an that is Retro Horror for movies like The Innkeeper, I am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House , I Am a Ghost , House of the Devil , Wolf Cop, etc... Hollismason fucked around with this message at 02:38 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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Hollismason posted:I don't agree with that list totally because Mumblecore movies are noted for being rather improvised dialogue wise and I know from reading about it that The Invitation had some improvised scenes. When I think of Mumblecore, I think of Duplass bros. stuff like Creep or Baghead. editing out the video since the title LIED. Stryder fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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flashy_mcflash posted:I agree with most of this but I'm not sure You're Next or The Guest really track to me Yeah, same. Neither of these align with mumblecore in my opinion.
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Yeah, Wingard basically goes in the exact opposite direction and goes for maximalism rather than minimalism. You're Next and The Guest are both extra as gently caress.
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OK let me explain about The Lobster, and why it's mumblecore (and what mumble, to me, is): 1) It's plodding. The characters talk in an incredibly artificial, obtuse and useless way. Dialog is not there to advance the plot, or build character (the two uses for dialog), but to enhance the mood of the scene. 2) It's flat. It looks like garbage. It's cheap, it's uninterestingly framed and is seemingly designed to frustrate the viewer who is trying to enjoy the movie. I will concede, this is possibly what they were going for. 3) It's nonsensical. Not, "there's a hotel you go to find love or get turned into an animal," that's generic high-concept stuff. Charlie Kaufman throws out three ideas like that before breakfast. But the entire plot - it meanders, exhibits almost no concern for moving forward at a sensible, rising pace but rather in lurches and fits. The entire second half with the Anti-Hotel people is at least as bad. Again, I will concede, this is possibly by design. When I think Mumblecore, I think boring, uninspired dialog matched with aggressively neutral framing and staging. It's a movie that rejects the idea of theatricality, as if *I'm* the rear end in a top hat for wanting to be entertained/spooked/laugh for 90-120 minutes. Anyway The Lobster is the drizzling shits and I'm mad I wasted my afternoon on it. Although I do take it back, I've seen a *few* worse films than The Lobster in the last 10 years: 
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Holy gently caress, Hereditary. I was not prepared for that. I am in a state. Holy gently caress.
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