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I Before E posted:You may want to read some other Google results about Richard Stanley Well, poo poo, that sucks.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Hot Tip: Godzilla and Skull Island are fantastic, but skip the next two in the series and watch Rampage instead. I enjoyed Godzilla vs. Kong -- it evokes a lot of of Showa and Heisei-era silliness.
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Anonymous Robot posted:Well, poo poo, that sucks. Plus he took €600 from me to write a treatment and then vanished!
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May 2, 2021 18:07
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Godzilla 2014 and Kong skull island were not good!!!
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May 2, 2021 19:03
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I disagree more than you’ll ever know!!!
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The Klowner posted:Godzilla 2014 and Kong skull island were not good!!! Let's settle on Go2014 being ok and Kong being very good.
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May 2, 2021 19:17
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I know the complaints about G14 (though I disagree with them), but what's the prob with Skull Island? Perfectly straightforward adventure/horror film where soldiers get attacked by giant insects and a more-giant ape. The two main characters are a little flat maybe (though Brie Larson with 70s hair is a Look) but when you've got John C. Reilly and Sam Jackson who cares?
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The Klowner posted:Godzilla 2014 and Kong skull island were not good!!! The Bad Opinion Haver has logges on
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Maxwell Lord posted:I know the complaints about G14 (though I disagree with them), but what's the prob with Skull Island? Perfectly straightforward adventure/horror film where soldiers get attacked by giant insects and a more-giant ape. The two main characters are a little flat maybe (though Brie Larson with 70s hair is a Look) but when you've got John C. Reilly and Sam Jackson who cares? It does suffer from a lot of the same faults that modern big budget franchise films have: too much exposition, too many bad quips, and a pervasive sexlessness. Now Skull Island is unquestionably on a whole other level of quality than, say, Jurassic World, but the flaws are present.
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I just watched watched Poltergeist for the first time in many years, and I can’t overstate what a masterpiece it is. A near-flawless movie. I’ve never been moved to tears by a horror film in my life, but this nearly did it like three times. Maybe that says more about my current emotional state than it does about the movie. But I tell you, the pacing is incredible. I watched the movie many times as a kid, but that last 30 minutes completely caught me by surprise. Stunning poo poo. The only time a horror movie affected me so much was probably Hereditary, but gently caress Hereditary. It’s a great film but ultimately an exercise in pure cruelty. Poltergeist has heart. It’s a depiction of love. Maybe Hereditary is a depiction of love, too, but it’s so sadomasochistic and stripped to the bone it doesn’t feel right just to mention the two in the same post. But they’re unquestionably linked. Halfway through the movie I was thinking “wow, so scary and not a drop of blood!” And then a horrible, grisly facial trauma. Now, am I talking about Hereditary or Poltergeist?  I’m remembering Tobe Hooper is of course the Texas Chainsaw guy (none of which I’ve seen, and I’ll fix that), so that gets me hoping that Ari Aster might some day find it in himself as an artist to depict something less nihilistic. Or maybe not. Maybe he doesn’t need to. Maybe Poltergeist put it best when Craig T throws the TV out of the motel room: don’t look for hope in a screen. Because that’s not what lives in there.
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Schwarzwald posted:It does suffer from a lot of the same faults that modern big budget franchise films have: too much exposition, too many bad quips, and a pervasive sexlessness. Why the hell do you need sex in a Godzilla movie. And you know drat well I’m not talking about Godzilla having sex
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CelticPredator posted:Why the hell do you need sex in a Godzilla movie. You’re telling me that if a giant lizard showed up destroying you whole town, you wouldn’t at least try to get one last boink in?
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CelticPredator posted:you need sex in a Godzilla movie.
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Kong: Skull Island is the best movie written by the dude who starred in Leprechaun 3. OSCAR NOMINATED, BABY. caligulamprey fucked around with this message at 23:06 on May 2, 2021 |
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TrixRabbi posted:Pink Narcissus I saw this a couple years back and I can't remember much about it. Carly Gay Dead Son posted:All movies are pretty gay when you think about it. NOT GAY ENOUGH. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is one of the greatest horror films of all time and is an essential film regardless of genre. So you need to see that poo poo like yesterday. Ari Aster needs therapy.
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May 2, 2021 23:05
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Shin Godzilla is part of the In the Loop cinematic universe.
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I liked Godzilla ‘14, loved Skull Island. I felt like King of Monsters was trying to be smart when being dumb is the only smart way to go. Godzilla vs. Kong was just the right amount of dumb for me and I really enjoyed it. How can you not love a movie where the monkey has a hero’s journey?
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CelticPredator posted:Why the hell do you need sex in a Godzilla movie. Serious answer: Skull Island, like Jurassic Park, is about the ecology of an island out-of-time. Part of that is communicating how the monster animals live, eat, and breed. Jurassic Park, for all that it's a family feature, is not only not shy on the breeding part, but it makes it a huge, fundamental part of the film. There's a whole conversation about the ethics of cloning, a subplot where Wayne Knight steals the Dino DNA, the revelation that life... finds a way, and the big exciting climax is rescuing the children. I'm not saying Skull Island needs to be Jurassic Park, but it's remarkably how the film is positively chaste despite being an ostensibly less family friendly film. We don't see any monster eggs or monster children, and the closest thing to a parental behavior is found in rapacious Skulleaters. As for the humans, Jing Tian and Corey Hawkins smile at each other at one point. John C. Reilly's male companion of however many years has dead for years, and when Reilly finally goes back home to his wife he watches television. Brie Larson and James Conrad become friends, maybe? I ain't saying I need to see kong dong, but the complete absence of any sensuality is very notable.
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The part in Skull Island where Shea Whigham tries to heroically sacrifice himself complete with dramatic slow motion only to be immediately swatted aside by the monster is a pretty good joke.
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Schwarzwald posted:Serious answer: Skull Island, like Jurassic Park, is about the ecology of an island out-of-time. Part of that is communicating how the monster animals live, eat, and breed. Roger Ebert lives!
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CPL593H posted:Ari Aster needs therapy. People keep saying this and I don’t get it. Do you mean he should be seeing a therapist instead of making movies? Because in all likelihood, he’s seen a therapist. And, based on my experience, at some point that therapist probably said, “continue to explore your issues with your art.” Besides, and I’m gonna go a little Mr Bibbs here, but box office numbers prove that his psychological hang-ups resonate with millions around the world. Ari Aster may need therapy, but he also is therapy.
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Ari Aster makes fantastic films. He needs to not change.
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Schwarzwald posted:Serious answer: Skull Island, like Jurassic Park, is about the ecology of an island out-of-time. Part of that is communicating how the monster animals live, eat, and breed.  Yeah, like Jurassic Park isn't a horny movie but it's not weirdly sexless either. Malcolm is horny dude and it comes through in (notoriously horny dude) Jeff Goldblum's performance. He wants to gently caress Sattler, he doesn't talk explicitly about wanting to gently caress her, but he clearly does. There's a clear sexual tension between Grant and Sattler too. The movie's not about those three characters wanting to gently caress various combinations of each other, but it's definitely there. It's not a particularly horny movie but it acknowledges romance and sex as aspects of adult relationships. A movie ultimately about "life finding a way" that shies away from life finding a way would be loving weird. Just look at Interstellar.
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Ari Aster has an incredible sense for the portrayal of pain. The juxtaposition of the emotionally raw with the physically and visually macabre is the psychological core of his art. He forces the viewer to confront their biases specifically in relation to their perception of the profane, and question their varying feelings of repulsion to each dimension of the film—both the overt horror on display and the creeping, nigh-imperceptible horror of emotional decay. But yeah the guy definitely has a gore fetish.
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Schwarzwald posted:I ain't saying I need to see kong dong I mean...maybe you aren't but I am
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Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once.
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Skwirl posted:Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once. The DC movies are extremely horny by comparison. You know that Aquaman fucks.
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Skwirl posted:Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once. Hawkeye had kid(s?) too but they just sort of appeared along with his wife and then they disappeared too. It's like finding out that one guy you work with who's all business and never talks about his home life so you assume he goes back to his 1-bedroom and eats a perfectly reasonable microwave dinner actually has a wife and a bunch of kids. It's like weirdly detached. The other weird thing is how often they like to do blatant eye candy shots, especially in Thor, but it's always guys and the characters are all completely sexless. Except for Tony's dad. 
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Legitimately forgot about Hawkeye's kids even though it's the entire basis of his character arc in Endgame.
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If you think Jurassic Park the movie is thirsty, read the script some time. Spielberg toned the horny way down. e: and yeah, Howard Stark in Agent Carter is far and away the horniest part of the MCU.
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Skwirl posted:Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once. This is imo better then the alternative. Give any exec the ability to work sex into a script and more likely than not it will turn into something utterly sexist. You wouldn't want to risk alienating 50% of the audience by experimenting with injecting artistic license into your vacuum-sealed, lab-tested, mass-produced corporate product.
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The Klowner posted:This is imo better then the alternative. Give any exec the ability to work sex into a script and more likely than not it will turn into something utterly sexist. You wouldn't want to risk alienating 50% of the audience by experimenting with injecting artistic license into your vacuum-sealed, lab-tested, mass-produced corporate product. Pretty much. Nobody wants to go back to poo poo like Tomcats.
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Tony fucks in Iron Man 1 but that movie is so different than the rest of the MCU. Banner nearly fucks in Incredible Hulk but stopped, signalling the Macy's sexlessness.
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This whole thread needs to get bonked.
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Skwirl posted:Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once. Starlord starts GotG as a sex-haver but moves into the MCU standard relationship type where the most frequent physical activity partners share is holding hands. Kisses are strictly for dramatic purposes.
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Horny is dead. Bonk it.
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Skwirl posted:Modern blockbusters are all weirdly sex less. Kat Dennings ogling Thor in the first one is about the only scene in the MCU indicating a character even has a sexual identity. There's nothing in them that compares to like, the upside-down in the Raimi Spider-Man flick. Tony Stark's kid in Endgame is pretty much the only indication at least one of the Avengers had sex at least once. I mean there is the bit in Captain America where Peggy Carter cannot help but touch Steve's new muscles.
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Where have you been. Horny has been diverted to TV for years. Anything that isn't PBS is basically softcore porn now.
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