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Not sure why I missed this thread for a couple of days but reading it now and this made me laugh for a solid minute. Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:What's a movie that you saw, enjoyed a lot, thought was good, but never ever ever want to see again? The key word here is “enjoyed”. I can’t think of any film I’ve seen that fits your criteria. I’ve seen plenty of amazing films that were really excellent and I never wanted to see them again, but I did not enjoy them, eg Manchester By The Sea, Son of Saul
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I'm glad you brought up Manchester By The Sea. It made me incredibly sad and I thought it was wonderful and I never want to see it again, but I definitely enjoyed it. I've seen it on different streaming services and never felt any negative things but also have never been tempted to hit play. We probably just have different definitions of enjoyment and that's okay. I think you have a broader definition of enjoyed. To me it's something lighter, more entertaining. I am not sure I ENJOY heavy films but i certainly appreciate them while watching them, and enjoy the appreciation.
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CPL593H posted:I don't follow UK politics too closely. Are they also packing their government full of fascist nutbars? I know they're certainly having a fight with the US over which country can do transphobia the hardest. No, the new government is ostensibly left-ish but in reality very centrist. Better than the last lot though.
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CPL593H posted:John Wick 3 has a bizarre amount of genital trauma. It wasn't really present in the first two movies, but good lord is it all over the third. When I saw it I was wondering what the hell is up with that. Bizarre is a very subjective amount. To someone else it could be insufficient.
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A friend. Who lives in Canada.
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I saw DUNC at home and regretted it so I booked into an awards screening at Warner Brothers to see DUNC 2. I am here now in a 72-seater cinema and there is absolutely no one else here. It’s like a private screening. One more person is meant to attend, but they have not arrived yet.
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Jan 9, 2025 19:30
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FrumpleOrz posted:I saw Dune 2 on opening Friday afternoon and no one else showed up. It kicks rear end to have the whole theater to yourself. Nobody else showed but the security guard sat in the back to watch too. Bloody great. I wouldn’t have minded a few other people but sort-of having the cinema to myself was pretty cool. Nazzadan posted:Dunc 1 and 2 are amazing theater experiences, having that poo poo rumbling around you rules It was loving awesome and I am so glad I saw it in a proper theatre. The sound was amazing. I loved the film itself too. It’s a real spectacle in the best way.
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Jan 9, 2025 22:26
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CPL593H posted:World building is almost always unnecessary bullshit that actually makes stuff shittier and less interesting more often than not. I don't want to know about who mints the coins or the elaborate secret network of assassins. I just want to see Keanu Reeves beat the poo poo out of some guys and shoot a bunch of bad dudes with big guns. Nobody likes these movies because of their rich drama. Don’t forget the genital trauma.
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Jan 9, 2025 23:31
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Gaius Marius posted:World building should never be on the screen or on the page. The author should be the only person with a full working knowledge of the whats and why of the setting and they need to leverage their perfect understanding to make sure everything the viewers see is perfectly cromulent but only as detailed as needed. Yeah Is this the right Nosferatu? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DENnxDXyfm9/?igsh=MTU4cWxtejBtazNkcw==
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Jan 10, 2025 00:40
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Fifteen of Many posted:I liked all the Continental/gold coin/dinner reservations stuff in John Wick because it felt like there was this much larger intriguing underworld that other stories COULD be happening in but it's all just done without exposition. So I guess I get to BUCKLE UP for 2-4. Stalag 17 is good but I prefer Stalags 3, 7 and 12. Have you seen all the preceding films in the series?
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Jan 10, 2025 08:56
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Failed Imagineer posted:Yeah. Nobody understands how anything works So true! I still don’t understand how babies are made.
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Jan 10, 2025 23:46
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CPL593H posted:I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not, but yeah. People largely have no idea how things they use on a daily basis work. Also, in the context of the movie who gives a poo poo how the time machine works? “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
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Jan 11, 2025 00:30
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:underrated! Couldn’t get into it and stopped after about 15 mins. Wife felt similarly.
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Air Skwirl posted:It's definitely better than Ladykillers or Intorable Cruelty. No! Ladykillers is absolute dogshit but IC is actually really good and funny. Don’t approach it like a Coen Bros film, think of it as a Ron-com with some CB elements. Uncle Boogeyman posted:it's too good a performance to be an accident; he's not even playing a bad actor so much as he's playing a stock b-movie actor who's horribly miscast. besides, that's more of a Verhoeven thing. Yeah. I was thinking of his “would that it were” scene today, because he’s in the film I’m currently closing. It’s very well done. His performance overall is actually very good.
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FrumpleOrz posted:Intolerable Cruelty is pretty decent. It's a bit of an afterthought in their filmography but as a then-modern take on the old screwball comedies, you can do a whole helluva lot worse. The Ladykillers is so strange. It's like someone attempting to ape the Coens' style without understanding what makes their movies tick but they made it themselves. Totally agree! I’d go farther - I have rewatched IC a few times and it’s really good.
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Coaaab posted:I was being kinda cheeky with that question because I haven't kept up with what Ehrenreich has been up to since then (I forgot he was in Oppenheimer!) but it's nice to hear that he's gonna be good in this next film you're closing on I hope he’s going to be good! I think he’s capable of it (opposite Helen Mirren playing Patricia Highsmith)
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FunkyAl posted:Old Timey Hotel is SO good that it eclipses almost all of the rest of his work, which I really love. French Dispatch doesn’t properly cohere, is emotionally empty, and is style over substance.
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Wolfsheim posted:This also mostly describes Asteroid City, the Netflix shorts, etc I I liked Moonrise Kingdom and was fairly soft on Isle of dogs. Royal 10 bombs (I am dictating this post but I love this so am keeping it) is probably one of my favourite films, and I used to absolutely love Wes Anderson but his recent films have left me cold. Uncle Boogeyman posted:the wild thing about The Ladykillers is despite being complete rear end and the Coen Bros’ second-worst movie (I do not get Intolerable Cruelty apologists, absolutely atrocious picture), it has Tom Hanks’ best performance. You’re wrong, and smelly. therattle fucked around with this message at 10:52 on Jan 12, 2025 |
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trapstar posted:I quite enjoyed a lot of Robert Eggers works lately and am delving into Sean Baker's films. Who do you think the best "New Age" directors are in the present day? How do you define New Age?
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I really loved IV when I saw it(I also love Pynchon) but I haven’t rewatched it. Probably should.
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Sheeit. What a great director. I truly respect a man who can make films as different as Blue Velvet and The Straight Story, and have them both be brilliant.
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Magic Hate Ball posted:Straight Story is really, really good. Yep. One of my all-time favourites.
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trapstar posted:Just watched Anora for the first time and boy that Ani sure is a real live wire! She's feisty! Also Mikey Madison's performance was absolutely fantastic! Yeah, she’s great. The film is excellent.
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I came here to post this. Here’s the IG post with some lovely pictures https://www.instagram.com/p/DE5pC5RyH29/?igsh=eXhuYWJtNml2aGQx
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Wolfsheim posted:it's crazy how good A Real Pain is if you're the exact same kind of emotionally stunted as Jesse Eisenberg I liked it but was slightly underwhelmed. I found the characterisation of the two cousins as polar opposites slightly crude and lacking in nuance.
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trevorreznik posted:Ah yes, one of those gimmicky "long take" experiences with a bunch of oners It’ll never catch on.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Bobby E. Howard is a particularly egregious example. I'm partial to my mom too, but come on dude. I’m partial to your mom too. Although not as partial as she is to me.
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Jesus, that’s a grade-A joke. My son likes Harry Potter, alas, so today we went to the WB HP studio tour. It was very impressive in three respects: 1. It really highlights the incredible craft, skill and artistry that went into making those films, coupling both incredible detail and scale. I’m not a huge fan of the films (or books or JKR) but they are undeniably excellent from a production perspective and some of the techniques and stats are really incredible. 2. They provide an excellent visitor experience (apart from the food). It’s extremely well done and well-run. 3. They are also brilliant at extracting money from visitors. I appreciate that the running cost are probably pretty high but they must make an absolute mint nonetheless. Today they had about 7,000 visitors (peak is about 10k) and tickets are expensive, plus there are all the add-ons: pictures, food, merch (SO MUCH MERCH).
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A film I EPed, Hot Milk, is premiering in Berlin, which I am excited about. I have attended Berlin to do meetings etc but have never actually seen a film at the festival, let alone one I have worked on. Plus the film is actually good!
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I am clearly in the minority here, but I really liked Emelia Perez, and so did my wife. Maybe it’s because I’m old.
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smug n stuff posted:This is super cool, congrats! I’d seen some stuff about the movie, and it sounds really great (big fan of both Fiona Shaw and Emma Mackey, please don’t tell me if they’re awful in real life). Thanks! I have not met them but they were apparently very nice and accommodating on set and they worked for reasonable sums, given that it was a little indie film. I assume I will be meeting them in Berlin and will report back. Coaaab posted:also has vicky krieps and the director herself wrote the screenplay for ida and was head writer for small axe. seems like something worth catching in a theater eventually Indeed. She's better known as a writer (she also wrote, for instance, Ida, which I love, and She Said), and this is her directorial debut. She's done well. Wolfsheim posted:EEAAO is good actually even if it is exhausting and annoying It's not Best Picture good but I enjoyed it a lot. Wolfsheim posted:we really need to shut france out of the film industry until we can figure out what's going on What have they even contributed to the film industry anyway?
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CelticPredator posted:Watch walk hard instead Heartily agreed. Blood Boils posted:It's great but be warned, it will make all music biopics redundant Heartily agreed.
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FreudianSlippers posted:Still wanna see a GG Allin biopic with the exact same tone and structure as Walk The Line or Coalminer's Daughter. Played 100% straight. I think that was the scene where I decided I had to stop watching as I couldn't take it anymore.
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:yeah looking it over, chronological is certainly not the order i went but i feel like it works pretty well It’s one of my favourite films. It’s masterfully done. I am in awe of the director who can make Blue Velvet and The Straight Story. Mordiceius posted:Speaking of recent films - is there anyone out there that actually watched Emilia Pérez? This film looks like complete dogshit and I feel like Hollywood is gaslighting me into thinking that this film should be seen as important. I watched it and really liked it (as did my wife), which is contra to thread opinion. It may be that I knew it was based on an opera and watched it accordingly. That said, I’m old and uncool
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CPL593H posted:Anytime I asked someone who saw Dune if it's any good they always say some variation of "No but you should watch it anyway.". From what I've seen of it it looks super wacky and I'm sure I'll check it out eventually. That’s because they hate you. High Warlord Zog posted:Is there any other producer who has a list of credits as good as Dino De Laurentiis? This is the guy I worked for. Go down the credits list. It’s pretty impressive https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859016/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Or David Heyman https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859016/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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Truspeaker posted:I do, I'm just not particularly familiar with Ellroy. When I looked him up I saw he did LA Confidential, which I have seen, and that reminded me of Leonard's work which I am more familiar with (plus he's had a lot of adaptations!), so I brought him up. Man, I love the film of that. So good. Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Today I realized that I hate Toby Jones. I think he can only act one way. I feel bad for hating such a pleasant and gentle man. Go and take a long hard look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself what kind of person you are, and what kind of person you want to be.
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Hard agree on intermission chat. I also think that cinemas could charge more for much longer films.
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Failed Imagineer posted:If you ask me "how are you enjoying the movie so far?" during an intermission, I will spit hot acid in your face Are you a redwood ant?
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The beekeeper is one of the dumbest films I’ve ever seen, and I thoroughly enjoyed it
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I have a question about Laki Mera* (which I really liked). when the guy is killed at the end in the tunnel collapse, my wife read it as an accident but I read it as the boss woman having him killed for throwing the head of the statue into the lake. How did you read it? PS all they had to do was drop a buoy and find a diver to retrieve it from the bottom of the lake. It would not have been that difficult. * I dictated this post. I think you can guess what the film is!
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