FILM THREAD

[jaredfromsubway]

Robert Pattinson is now Batman

[lil stormy]

I'm only interested if Gilbert Gottfried is Batman.

[Radiation]

Please god no more Batmen and no more Spidermen for at least a decade

[pisswizard]

May 16, 2019 21:09:24 GMT -5 Radiation said:

Please god no more Batmen and no more Spidermen for at least a decade

Comic to film films have become the most lazy shit. Just lift a story arc and throw some CGI at it and youre done.

[jaredfromsubway]

I can back him being cast as Batman, he's been redeeming himself with his past several movies. He just gotta bulk up a bit, but I'm sure he will do.

But yeah, I got superhero movie fatigue at this point. Thanks MCU.

[bentenn]

John Wick 3 is incredible. It really raises the bar. Story kicks as much ass as the actual ass kicking, and it is the best yet.

[𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓]

May 16, 2019 21:17:38 GMT -5 pisswizard said:

May 16, 2019 21:09:24 GMT -5 Radiation said:

Please god no more Batmen and no more Spidermen for at least a decade

Comic to film films have become the most lazy shit. Just lift a story arc and throw some CGI at it and youre done.

Like none of them have been lifted straight from comics tho

[pisswizard]

300, Sin City and Watchmen were all pretty much lifted word for word from the comics and some scenes are basically reproductions of the panels. Super man returns and xmen films are pretty close, not 100 percent but close.

[𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓]

Oh yeah duh I'll give you the first three but the vast majority aren't adaptations

[lil stormy]

It's just a money machine right now and will never end.

[☭ Bob Loblaw ☭]

May 16, 2019 22:19:07 GMT -5 lil stormy said:

It's just a money machine right now and will never end.

They will eventually go the way of the western 

[bentenn]

I'm not fatigued by all comic book movies, just its time for new characters, both MCU and DC - I really liked Aquaman. But leave the Supermen, Bats and Spiders alone. It's time for a MCU Fantastic 4 and X-Men, and I'm excited for Black Widow movie and WW 1984

[I Gave You Power]

May 16, 2019 11:56:38 GMT -5 lil stormy said:

Just watched Southern Comfort (1981). Directed by Walter Hill who directed some classics in the '70s like Hard Times with Charles Bronson, The Warriors, and The Driver with Ryan O'Neal and Bruce Dern. Southern Comfort feels like a '70s movie as well, with some staples of that era like Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe and Fred Ward. It's about a team of National Guards who are on a military exercise in the deep south and are hunted down by a group of angry hillbillies when they fuck with one of the locals. They slowly start to go insane or killed off as they search for the highway out. It's kinda like Deer Hunter meets Deliverance. Great stuff. It's on Prime.

Watched this yesterday because if I trust nothing else, it's your take on 1970s (or 70s-adjacent) movies, and was not disappointed. Killer finish, too, as things got manic and the walls started mentally closing in for those dudes.

Also watched Soylent Green, and that was goddamn fantastic. Heston and Edward G. Robinson were incredibly good together, and you could taste the veneer of filth in NYC through your teeth as you watch.

[jaredfromsubway]

May 16, 2019 21:37:24 GMT -5 bentenn said:

John Wick 3 is incredible. It really raises the bar. Story kicks as much ass as the actual ass kicking, and it is the best yet.

The first 30 minutes is PERFECT

[mazzario]

i only want to see a new batman movie that focus's on the Worlds Greatest Detective side of the character. tired of the stoic ass kicker shtick

[theboobox]

That's what they're saying this Bat-Cullen movie is like. I'm stoked for Rob since he's shed the whole Twilight connection with these indie films and if this is more of a detective movie, he'll do it justice

The local theater did a showing of The Mummy 99 for it's 20th anniversary. CGI is terribly outdated for decomposing Imhotep but still fun. memes aside, it's Brendan Fraser's best movie and it sucks that he got blacklisted from Hollywood/taken to the cleaner's by his ex wife. Rachel Weisz is a booyah hottie too

[ryanakafvckyou]

JOHN WICK 3 TOMORROW FOR ME SO STOKED YESSSS

[bentenn]

Mummy '99 is a legit classic


Also Southern Comfort rules. Hill is the best. Pretty sure the blu ray is on sale right now at Shout! Factory

[lil stormy]

It amazes me that Hill made The Warriors between The Driver and Southern Comfort. It's such a next-level film in terms of choreographed fight scenes, the use of locations, the cinematography  etc.  It's so unlike anything he ever did prior or since. Like he was destined for greatness instead of going on to churn out buddy cop films and other dopey comedies.

May 17, 2019 0:10:55 GMT -5 ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ said:

May 16, 2019 22:19:07 GMT -5 lil stormy said:

It's just a money machine right now and will never end.

They will eventually go the way of the western 

Since Disney bought Marvel i doubt that.
I don't mind comics being adapted for the screen, i just wish they didn't have to ALL be superhero comics. There are so many interesting comics and graphic novels that would make great (with the right director) movies. Burns' "Black Hole", Clowes' "Like a Velvet Glove", Johnson's "Incognegro", Corben's Bloodstar", Jon J Muth's "Moonshadow" etc . etc. I'm especially surprised no studio ever grabbed the rights to Black Hole as it's probably the biggest selling non-superhero comic ever.

[Radiation]

May 17, 2019 14:31:46 GMT -5 lil stormy said:

It amazes me that Hill made The Warriors between The Driver and Southern Comfort. It's such a next-level film in terms of choreographed fight scenes, the use of locations, the cinematography  etc.  It's so unlike anything he ever did prior or since. Like he was destined for greatness instead of going on to churn out buddy cop films and other dopey comedies.

May 17, 2019 0:10:55 GMT -5 ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ said:

They will eventually go the way of the western 

Since Disney bought Marvel i doubt that.
I don't mind comics being adapted for the screen, i just wish they didn't have to ALL be superhero comics. There are so many interesting comics and graphic novels that would make great (with the right director) movies. Burns' "Black Hole", Clowes' "Like a Velvet Glove", Johnson's "Incognegro", Corben's Bloodstar", Jon J Muth's "Moonshadow" etc . etc. I'm especially surprised no studio ever grabbed the rights to Black Hole as it's probably the biggest selling non-superhero comic ever.

Cause mfers wanna see Cap'n American sexy fight boom wow

[jaredfromsubway]

I would love to see a Black Hole movie. I remember David Fincher was supposed to do one at one point, but that didn't work out.

[lil stormy]

May 17, 2019 14:48:56 GMT -5 jaredfromsubway said:

I would love to see a Black Hole movie. I remember David Fincher was supposed to do one at one point, but that didn't work out.

Had no idea. That would have been perfect.

[jaredfromsubway]

May 17, 2019 14:59:45 GMT -5 lil stormy said:

May 17, 2019 14:48:56 GMT -5 jaredfromsubway said:

I would love to see a Black Hole movie. I remember David Fincher was supposed to do one at one point, but that didn't work out.

Had no idea. That would have been perfect.

I remember some film student made a sizzle reel where they filmed a couple scenes from Black Hole, it actually looked promising, but I'm sure it had something to do with getting the rights for it.

[guttertech]

speaking of comic book movies, I watched Bava's Danger: Diabolik earlier and it was a lot of fun. respect to the hero blowing up a bunch of tax offices.

[jaredfromsubway]

May 17, 2019 15:49:50 GMT -5 guttertech said:

speaking of comic book movies, I watched Bava's Danger: Diabolik earlier and it was a lot of fun. respect to the hero blowing up a bunch of tax offices.

I remember seeing that movie cause the Beastie Boys video to Body Movin paid homage to it. Cool movie.

[refill]

I keep laughing about this since reading The Black Dahlia. In the afterword, James Ellroy drippinis a ton of crazy praise on Brian De Palma:

DePalma’s films circumscribe worlds of obsession. They are rigorously and suffocatingly formed. No outer world exists during their time frame. Colors flare oddly. Movement arrests you. You forfeit control and see only what he wants you to see. He manipulates you in the sole name of passion. He understands relinquishment. The filmgoer needs to succumb. His films are authoritative. He controls response firmly. His hold tightens as his stories veer into chaos. He stands and falls, coheres and decoheres, succeeds and errs behind passion. He was the ideal artist to film The Black Dahlia.

He then goes on to praise all of the actors. I didn't recall the film being very well received, so I was looking at the wiki and found this:

The Black Dahlia was adapted for a 2006 film of the same name by director Brian De Palma. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Josh Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart, it was a critical and commercial failure, with the consensus being that it had been poorly made and acted. It was criticized as sometimes appearing incoherent [1]. The latter fault may have been caused by De Palma's drastic editing of the finished product, which initially ran for three hours and he eventually cut down to two.

In conclusion, James Ellroy is an actual crazy person.

[pisswizard]

May 17, 2019 15:49:50 GMT -5 guttertech said:

speaking of comic book movies, I watched Bava's Danger: Diabolik earlier and it was a lot of fun. respect to the hero blowing up a bunch of tax offices.

I just saw a recent Diabolik comic that someone brought back from Titaly. Art looked awesome. 

[oithepunx]

Vinny The Chin

[ryanakafvckyou]

Holy hell, John Wick 3 was so great.

[lil stormy]

Watched a couple really good movies on Prime over the past couple days. Love discovering stuff like this i never even knew about.

The Klansman (1974) Lee Marvin plays a sheriff in a small town in the South. OJ Simpson plays a vigilante who kills klansmen at rallies with a shotgun. The plot is about a black guy wrongly accused of rape and the racial tension that grows as outsiders come in to investigate. Kinda like Mississippi Burning. Great ending with extended action scenes. Solid.

The Domino Principal (1977) Gene Hackman plays an inmate who gets released on the condition he'll assassinate someone for a shady Gov. organization. Hackman is excellent as always. I have yet to see him in a bad role.

Also watched the Susperia remake. Thought it was awful. All the tongue in cheek campiness, cool Argento colors/lighting, Goblin soundtrack etc. that made the original so unique and fun is missing here, and all that's left is a mess.