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sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
Saw it in the theater and really liked it. Absolutely brutal and really intense. I appreciate as well that the setting is not well tread ground in cinema, and they did a lot to make things feel more accurate. It's interesting that they chose Oregon as a setting as well, because there's KKK history there and the underground punk/metal scene in the Pacific Northwest crosses into a lot of white supremacist stuff like national socialist black metal and skinhead punks. The setting felt real to me, which helped a long way toward the believability.

One minor criticism: Sam's death wasn't made very clear - it was almost blink and you miss it. It was also the second time a dog killed someone, so they'd already hit that note. I thought with her body getting loaded into the truck after not clearly showing her death, she was going to get up later and try to crash the truck. Though to be fair I do like how sudden everything happens - one mistake and you're done.

Loki_XLII posted:

This movie loving owns. I love how almost everything attempted has something go wrong.
Yeah, between this and Blue Ruin, the director is great at using real life awkwardness - your best laid plans can always fail because you can never quite plan on how people will react to you and how others will screw up.

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sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

ruddiger posted:

This movie having no full punk songs except for Nazi Punks gently caress Off is the punkest thing about this movie.

Being played to a crowd of nazi punks no less.

who end up loving their set in the end.

I love the little bit where the big scary dude is like "What was the name of your second to last song? That was really loving hardcore, man."

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

Retarded_Clown_ posted:

Blue Ruin, Green Room, what's next this guy is gonna do a remake of Red October? :v:

Pattern recognition logic tells me his next should be called Red Rule.

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
Really sad, I liked him a lot and I was hoping he'd have a bright future.

It's pretty horrifying too. Apparently he got out of his car to go to his brick pillar mailbox, and his car rolled down his inclined driveway and pinned him. :gonk:

sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames
It confuses me why Pat sticks his whole arm out to give Darcy the gun instead of just tossing it or sliding it out on the floor. It seems like a plot contrivance to do a gore effect.

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sticklefifer
Nov 11, 2003

by VideoGames

chalk posted:

What I like about this film, and Blue Ruin, is people being unfamiliar with firearms:

It's a great way to build the tension, knowing that a gun in the hands of the protagonist is not a guaranteed win, and is about as likely to escalate the danger as to help.

What I really like about both films is that the people in it are realistically awkward. When poo poo gets real in life nobody becomes an instant action hero, and revenge is never clean. Their best laid plans go to poo poo immediately because nobody acts the way you think they will.

Dick Valentine posted:

He doesn't. The gun is grabbed by a red lacer and Pat refuses to let go, so his arm is pulled out the door and hacked up until he releases it.
He puts it out enough that they can grab it though, is what I'm saying. Tossing or kicking it out is a much smarter idea. Though I guess that goes along with my above point of everyone being realistically awkward.

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