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Uncle Boogeyman posted:i loved it. the fact that my absolute favorite part of the movie lasts like 90 seconds out of 135 odd minutes probably sums up my feelings about the movie as a whole. This was the film with the scared folks in a house? Twilight Zone-esque? edit. Yep. Didn't like it enough to finish it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEceDz1Rodc
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I've seen Coherence. It was pretty good, but I felt like the plot was a little too...circular? There's a delicate balance with these twisty low-budget Twilight Zone-esque movies like this, Primer and Predestination where if you do it wrong you reach a critical mass of 'scenes that recontextualize an earlier scene' and I stop being able to care. Does that make any sense? e: Predestination is a much worse offender, that movie doubles back on itself to a comical degree. Primer's probably the worst of this little 'subgenre' acting-wise but I dunno, I just love the gently caress out of Primer for some reason. It's got a great atmosphere to it that these other ones can't match for me. Slate Action fucked around with this message at 05:53 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Yeah but why am I supposed to give a poo poo about Coulson he's barely even a character His characterization is that he's a comic book fan. He has all of Captain America's baseball cards. Nick Fury even stains one of them with fake blood to trick Captain American into 'Avengers, Assemble!'-ing. X-Ray Pecs posted:Didn't Nick Fury even say that he kinda had to die to teach the Avengers something about learning teamwork or something? The entire subtext of The Avengers is that an Avengers movie is loving stupid and doesn't make any sense, not just because these characters have no real reason to work with each other, but because the state of comic books in general is so cynical and hosed in a desperate effort to keep readers attentions after decades that S.H.I.E.L.D. itself is basically a fascist organization manufacturing super-Nazi technology. The only thing that can rationalize the ultimate assembling of the Avengers under this cynical infrastructure is the almost proverbial death of a fanboy. Let's be clear about how hosed up this is: This fanboy works for an organization that is covertly manufacturing super-Nazi technology in order to police the globe on behalf of the Illuminati. Coulson's being a fan of Captain America, especially after realizing that S.H.I.E.L.D. is basically just the continuation of the forces he and a thousands of other soldiers died trying to stave off, is basically like learning a Nazi is his biggest fan. But he decides that he ultimately sympathizes with Coulson's tragic death because 'he was only following orders.'
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Slate Action posted:I've seen Coherence. It was pretty good, but I felt like the plot was a little too...circular? There's a delicate balance with these twisty claustrophobic movies like this, Primer and Predestination where you reach a critical mass of 'scenes that recontextualize an earlier scene' and I stop being able to care. Does that make any sense? i think it makes sense, but not in this context. if that makes sense. like what you're describing sounds more like, say, why i disliked Run Lola Run than anything i can think of involving this movie. i thought it was like Primer, but good. Maarak posted:This was the film with the scared folks in a house? Twilight Zone-esque? ya. i thought it was like You're Next, but good.
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K. Waste posted:fake blood real blood
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Coherance has been on my short list of movies to get around to seeing but your dissing of good movies in saying that it is good doesn't exactly make me enthusiastic to get around to it.
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axleblaze posted:Coherance has been on my short list of movies to get around to seeing but your dissing of good movies in saying that it is good doesn't exactly make me enthusiastic to get around to it. don't watch good movies (i'm using reverse psychology)
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:ya. i thought it was like You're Next, but good. See, that's weird because You're Next was the loving poo poo.
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Surely it's possible for someone's tastes to be so radically opposed to yours that their recommendations are more useful if you take the opposite of what they say as true, right? That seems to happen a lot around here.
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Baron von Eevl posted:See, that's weird because You're Next was the loving poo poo. yes, You're Next was loving poo poo. the part with Joe Swanburg raving about how much he loves commercials is good though. and The Guest was pretty fun.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:edit: have any of you motherfuckers seen Coherence yet? Now I'm waiting out the months until Two Days, One Night and The Duke of Burgundy hit streaming so I can hear more people talk about how great they are.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:yes, You're Next was loving poo poo. the part with Joe Swanburg raving about how much he loves commercials is good though. and The Guest was pretty fun. I liked You're Next, but The Guest was better in every single way.
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Speaking of You're Next, I watched The ABCs of Death for the first time tonight. Adam Wingard directs one of the segments in that. Overall there were some good ideas in there but it was mostly just really loving bad. Although the final segment directed by the dude who did Tokyo Gore Police was a riot. I have no intention of watching ABCs of Death 2, though.
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TrixRabbi posted:I don't even remember the first scene. Udo Kier is great in it but he's just barely there at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHhNJ586IY No, it's worse.
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ABC's of Death 2 had a funny opening. Then it was poo poo for like, 90% of the running time. There was one at the end, or maybe it was the end, that was pretty gross with some great gore effects. Like ABC 1, not worth watching.
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CelticPredator posted:I liked You're Next, but The Guest was better in every single way. You're Next feels like someone trying to do a "smart" horror movie and falling very short, The Guest feels like someone trying to do a middle of the road DTV movie and doing really well i've literally only heard overwhelmingly positive things about Paul Morrisey's Dracula/Frankenstein movies before now, but i haven't seen either of them so i can't comment
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:anyone else? Yeah, I really liked it. EDIT: Whoever was repping Black Sea was right. It's really dope. LesterGroans fucked around with this message at 06:33 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Coherence was cool, but it wasn't very good. Like the concept, but The One I Love and strangely +1 kinda did the concept a bit better. Coherence probably sticks the landing better than +1 did. I enjoyed You're Next, but I've grown to like the revolving Swanberg / Ti West crew though it's easy to see why people dislike them. The Guest was slick. Wingard's segments of VHS2 and ABC's of Death 1 were the worst parts of those things, and I haven't seen much else from him yet. The segments of ABCs of Death 2 that are worth seeing are: A, B, M, O, and maybe V and Z. It's pretty bad overall. I can't remember much from it, but I think the ones directed by Japanese people and the one with the cult leader from VHS 2 were worth watching from ABCs of Death 1.
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I have not posted much lately, so here is a quick rundown of topics. -My coworker got caught stealing money and got fired today. Seeing him do it on camera was honestly really depressing because I knew how completely strapped for cash he and has girlfriend were. That being said, he managed to steal $300 JUST TODAY and it has been happening for like two weeks according to the boss, so gently caress him. -Chappie owns bones. I don't understand why people did not like it that much. It is so much better than District 9 and Yolandi was fantastic in it. -Better Call Saul is so much better than I thought it would be. I can't wait for the horrible death spiral that will lead to Saul being Saul from Breaking Bad. -To Pimp a Butterfly is good, but I doubt I will listen to it too much because of it's length and lack of shuffleable songs. That being said, King Kunta is great even though that like 10/10 people hate it. -Jenny Death is pretty good even though everything since Money Store has been meh and completely forgettable. Ex Military is still a stone cold classic and Money Store is real dope. -Mr Wonderful is dope and I don't care. Action Bronson gets too much poo poo. -You're Next is really loving great and so is The Guest, but I love home invasion movies and the faux 80 aesthetic, so I might be bias for both. -YouTube money is really hard to get. -I am jealous of that Squarepusher concert Mr. Flunchy went to. Now for a question: Do I watch A Most Violent Year, The Gunman, or Run All Night this Saturday afternoon. I have not watched a trailer of any of them. Fat Lou fucked around with this message at 08:14 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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Fat Lou posted:Now for a question: Do I watch A Most Violent Year, The Gunman, or Run All Night this Saturday afternoon. I have not watched a trailer of any of them. I really liked A Most Violent Year but it got a pretty lukewarm reception here. Haven't seen the other two.
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Fat Lou posted:-YouTube money is really hard to get. Word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy56zzVAaJc
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LA Beast earns every loving dollar he makes. The man is a national treasure.
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Fat Lou posted:-To Pimp a Butterfly is good, but I doubt I will listen to it too much because of it's length and lack of shuffleable songs. That being said, King Kunta is great even though that like 10/10 people hate it. Even morseo than Good Kid, To Pimp A Butterfly feels like too much of a cohesive piece to take a few songs out of it for my playlist. Probably because of how each track transitions into the next. Glad to hear Jenny Death is pretty good, because I feel the same way about everything that isn't Money Store. Glad to hear the new Bronsolino is dope. I loving love Action Bronson. I haven't seen the other two, but I don't much care for A Most Violent Year. Everything about it in my head flags it as an awesome movie, but in reality it really isn't something I enjoyed even remotely.
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You're a loving rear end in a top hat. I had no idea where the story went when I watched it, because I am not aware of a murder that happened in the US in 1996. Its not something that one can assume everyone would know about. You're not just being an rear end in a top hat, you're exulting in it, so gently caress you, prick. Somebody fucked around with this message at 15:13 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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I just found out a couple dudes I know from high school are extremely famous and have a double platinum album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnZpgKgWwLo It's a weird discovery, I should keep in better touch with people
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therattle posted:You're a loving rear end in a top hat. I had no idea where the story went when I watched it Just saying, I hadn't seen the spoiler from a previous page but considering your stance on spoilers you may want to edit it out of your post because I did see it there.
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axleblaze posted:Coherance has been on my short list of movies to get around to seeing but your dissing of good movies in saying that it is good doesn't exactly make me enthusiastic to get around to it. Here's the warning: When people say Coherence is like Primer, they're not referring to Primer the film. They're referring to primer-chart.jpg No joke there. The director's process of the creation of the film was to spend a year charting the all the plot fuckery. The filming was based on the chart, but otherwise improvised. It's acinematic, and doesn't establish the kind of strong tone and unambiguous imagery that kept Primer afloat. He recommends watching it about 3-4 times to really 'get it'. You won't.
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Fat Lou posted:LA Beast earns every loving dollar he makes. The man is a national treasure. I don't disagree. Have a good day!  SuperMechagodzilla posted:He recommends watching it about 3-4 times to really 'get it'. I think the only other phrase that'll turn me off from seeing a movie is "You have to see it in IMAX!" wyoming fucked around with this message at 10:37 on Mar 20, 2015 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Just saying, I hadn't seen the spoiler from a previous page but considering your stance on spoilers you may want to edit it out of your post because I did see it there. Well, I quoted his post which had the spoiler; it seemed like the damage had been done already. I know I got all het up but it's such a dick move. It's a bit like saying "You might find this name for you offensive but I don't or shouldn't, so I'll just keep on using it, kike." (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Slate Action posted:I've seen Coherence. It was pretty good, but I felt like the plot was a little too...circular? There's a delicate balance with these twisty low-budget Twilight Zone-esque movies like this, Primer and Predestination where if you do it wrong you reach a critical mass of 'scenes that recontextualize an earlier scene' and I stop being able to care. Does that make any sense? I think with Primer, the sequences and consequences and actions are definitely meant to be opaque, and confusing, you're supposed to get completely lost along with the characters because of this uncontrollable destructive reality that they've created and the facets of which they've hidden from each other. Puzzling it out feels like you're approaching it as a math problem rather than a story. Predestination isn't anything like that, the plot just involves paradox.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Here's the warning: Noted for posterity: it is possible for a film to be too obtuse for SMG.
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Hodgepodge posted:Noted for posterity: it is possible for a film to be too obtuse for SMG. Balderdash.
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K. Waste posted:The entire subtext of The Avengers is that an Avengers movie is loving stupid and doesn't make any sense, not just because these characters have no real reason to work with each other, but because the state of comic books in general is so cynical and hosed in a desperate effort to keep readers attentions after decades that S.H.I.E.L.D. itself is basically a fascist organization manufacturing super-Nazi technology. The only thing that can rationalize the ultimate assembling of the Avengers under this cynical infrastructure is the almost proverbial death of a fanboy. I took more offense at the idea that he had to die for The Avengers, which includes a goddamn god, to all work together. We are inferior to Marvel characters, and we must sacrifice ourselves to make earth's saviors stop whining like pissbabies.
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axleblaze posted:Coherance has been on my short list of movies to get around to seeing but your dissing of good movies in saying that it is good doesn't exactly make me enthusiastic to get around to it. Coherence is solid but it ain't no Run Lola Run or Primer.
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Skywalker OG posted:The Guest was slick. Wingard's segments of VHS2 and ABC's of Death 1 were the worst parts of those things, and I haven't seen much else from him yet. It's baffling to me that someone could make it through ABCs of Death and consider Wingard's segment the worst part. It wasn't great mind you but it was still somehow better than most of the segments in there, which is more depressing than anything else. I think out of all the Director's I had actually heard of going into the movie, he certainly came out the best. Also you have seen the majority of Wingard's movies. Assuming you have also seen the original V/H/S I think you've seen the same amount that most people have seen.
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I finally watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes because I wanted to watch the new one from last year, and wow that is a hella solid movie. They got some crazy characterization out of CGI apes with almost no dialogue.
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therattle posted:Well, I quoted his post which had the spoiler; it seemed like the damage had been done already. I know I got all het up but it's such a dick move. It's a bit like saying "You might find this name for you offensive but I don't or shouldn't, so I'll just keep on using it, kike." let the record show, that i may have spoiled a true story, but i am not an anti semite. love that you went there, though.
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Mahlertov Cocktail posted:I finally watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes because I wanted to watch the new one from last year, and wow that is a hella solid movie. They got some crazy characterization out of CGI apes with almost no dialogue. Dawn is also pretty good. The solid characterization is still there, and we see how ape society continues to grow, along with their growing enmity with the humans.
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LoonShia posted:Dawn is also pretty good. The solid characterization is still there, and we see how ape society continues to grow, along with their growing enmity with the humans. Sounds good, I think I'm gonna watch it today to distract myself from applying for internships.
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