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Post by bentenn on Jun 26, 2019 17:11:43 GMT -5
that looks funny/good
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Post by w on Jun 26, 2019 17:15:14 GMT -5
Saw Dead Dont Die last night and it was okay. It had The kind of self reflexive genre play we’ve come to love from Jarmusch. The ensemble cast of Jarmusch regulars and some newbies carry this film well. When it goes full on we live in a society at the end it kind of loses me. it’s probably one of the worst looking Jarmusch films(some of the choices are mind boggling [the out of focus stuff don’t work at all]) and this one overall slots near the bottom of his filmography. Decently funny
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jun 27, 2019 0:06:10 GMT -5
Stuber was fun. Very violent and consistently funny. Some of the action scenes look kinda choppy and Iko Uwais could've been better utilized, but I'm sure that was due to a limited budget.
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on Jun 27, 2019 20:16:45 GMT -5
B&N Criterion sale starts tomorrow, you fucking nerds
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Post by regrettabletattoos on Jun 28, 2019 6:40:52 GMT -5
Haven't been in this thread for a minute, but I've seen some really, really great stuff recently. Film is great, right? Film is my favourite thing. CAIRO STATION (1958) - had this on Youtube in lieu of a DVD/rep screening after it was prominently featured in Godard's The Image Book (which I saw in fucking IMAX, whole other story). Loved this. A pretty bonkers, overstuffed, busy busy B&W One Crazy Day movie about the workers that populate a train station, including a disabled newspaper seller that loses his mind through desire for the Egyptian Marilyn. Incredible shifts of tone, use of shadows, sense of humour, and fully 3D, complicated characters with evil and purity in their heart. Youssef Chahine's movies are being rediscovered atm, so peep it if they come to your city. MINDING THE GAP (2018) - everyone's probably talked about this enough, but I spent a long time not sure of the praise for this, until I was whirlpooled into its emotional core. Really broke me. Beautiful film. TOY STORY 2 (1999) - was convinced this was a masterpiece and probably the best Pixar film, and I think that the studio's writers and filmmakers have gotten more and more sophisticated since this. A little disappointed that this isn't as great, but a terrific sequel. Moves like gangbusters. Real damn shame Lasseter is a creep. EX LIBRIS (2017) - was working from home and just kinda let this roll in the background. It's one of those huge things that you can float in and out of at home, so I treated it like an art installation or something. Thought it's terrific - wonderfully observed, careful about the many different functions that the NY public library plays in communities, and the struggle of it as both a private and public institution/analog shifting to digital means. Fascinated that of all the performances that dot the movie (classical music, lectures, philosophers, spoken word), the only one Frederick Wiseman allows audience applause to seep into is an ASL depiction of the Declaration of Independence. That's a choice I can't stop thinking about. Also, saw this on Kanopy, which means I was somehow adding to the story of the whole analog/digital library tug-of-war in the movie, funny that. THE HEROIC TRIO (1993) - Johnnie To is the best and I want to swallow his movies whole. From his earlier, dumber phase: this is fucking nuts, I don't want to say too much. It's Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui and Maggie Chung in the most gloriously fake superhero/crime/martial arts blend. Get high like my fiancee did beforehand and just take it in. Also saw a couple of Claire Denis mid-length films that were great, and wen't to a screening of this 60s Korean melodrama called MOTHER AND A GUEST that is on the Korean Film Archive's Youtube o-count and which I also loved. It's been a very good month. I am just hungry at work and can't concentrate on anything but lunch
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on Jun 28, 2019 14:27:08 GMT -5
Chatted with the Barnes N Noble dude about movies for a bit and he threw in an extra 30% off B)
picked up The Before Trilogy, Night Of The Living Dead and The New World.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 15:11:42 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, but I enjoy all of NWR's movies. It loses serious steam after episode 8. I'm only 2 episodes in. I generally am a NWR fan, but one quirk of his that I feel like he has taken too far in this is the looooong-ass pauses and blank stares his characters have before they speak during dialogue scenes. Miles Tellers' character is probably the worst offender. Hey muchacho, your boss is asking you about a murder you witnessed, maybe don't stare like a silent robot for 5 straight seconds before answering. Watched the first episode and dig it so far.
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jun 28, 2019 21:42:30 GMT -5
B&N Criterion sale starts tomorrow, you fucking nerds
wake me up when it's one of their online flash sales
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jun 30, 2019 2:32:57 GMT -5
The Fall of the American Empire is an interesting misfire. The attempt to blend low-key comedy, violent hard edged crime drama, and social commentary piece is pretty messy.
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Post by ryanakafvckyou on Jun 30, 2019 10:50:08 GMT -5
Has anyone watched that Robert Rodriquez Battle Angel movie? It got pretty good reviews but flopped HARD, I take it. I might check it out today.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 10:53:10 GMT -5
Saw it. Didn't like it at all.
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Post by 𝕄𝔼👁𝕎𝔽𝕌ℕℂ𝕋𝕀👁ℕ on Jun 30, 2019 14:07:30 GMT -5
Has anyone watched that Robert Rodriquez Battle Angel movie? It got pretty good reviews but flopped HARD, I take it. I might check it out today. Didn't even want to watch it but was bored and wen't and looooved it. Pretty silly and corny at points but the sick parts are soooooo sick
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Post by 𝕄𝔼👁𝕎𝔽𝕌ℕℂ𝕋𝕀👁ℕ on Jun 30, 2019 14:09:07 GMT -5
Saw it. Didn't like it at all.
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Post by paulkersey on Jun 30, 2019 14:56:35 GMT -5
Just received word that NY Public library will discontinue its relationship with Kanopy on July 1st. Un-fucking-believable. [ibr] Came to post. There was a data breach a few months ago. I wonder if that has anything to do with their decision.
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Post by lil stormy on Jun 30, 2019 15:12:18 GMT -5
Recently watched 2 movies I consider near perfect films. 28 Days Later and Children of Men. Almost forgot how great the score is in both. 28 Days Later especially belongs in the soundtracks/scores thread.
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Post by Ian MacFlai on Jun 30, 2019 15:21:17 GMT -5
Just received word that NY Public library will discontinue its relationship with Kanopy on July 1st. Un-fucking-believable. [ibr] Came to post. There was a data breach a few months ago. I wonder if that has anything to do with their decision. I read later that it's because Kanopy charges the libraries a fee per stream. So when you have hundreds of thousands of people streaming stuff, it costs the libraries an insane amount to keep the service going. So Manhattan, Bk, Queens and i think San Francisco all said bye bye. Kanopy is probably gonna have to figure out a new business model.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 15:27:53 GMT -5
i mentioned it in another thread but i gotta go back and rewatch monster's ball. haven't seen it in years. that movie and a history of violence are the only films that really hit me in an intense emotional way.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 15:30:54 GMT -5
also both those movies are the only ones that i've seen that have sex scenes that actually work.
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Post by Ian MacFlai on Jun 30, 2019 15:39:36 GMT -5
Recently watched 2 movies I consider near perfect films. 28 Days Later and Children of Men. Almost forgot how great the score is in both. 28 Days Later especially belongs in the soundtracks/scores thread. Definitely agree with this. Children of Men is one of my all time favorites. Haven't seen 28 Days Later in years, but i remember the opening sequence being a bombshell.
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Post by MMST3K on Jun 30, 2019 16:45:30 GMT -5
Recently watched 2 movies I consider near perfect films. 28 Days Later and Children of Men. Almost forgot how great the score is in both. 28 Days Later especially belongs in the soundtracks/scores thread. I hate that movie its not scary at all and I can't find a reason to care about any of the characters.Its just another zombie movie which makes it hard to take seriously.
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on Jun 30, 2019 16:54:12 GMT -5
top 10 all timer here, my dude fun fact: Kriegshög uses a sample from this movie on their first 7”
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Post by lil stormy on Jun 30, 2019 17:23:09 GMT -5
Recently watched 2 movies I consider near perfect films. 28 Days Later and Children of Men. Almost forgot how great the score is in both. 28 Days Later especially belongs in the soundtracks/scores thread. I hate that movie its not scary at all and I can't find a reason to care about any of the characters.Its just another zombie movie which makes it hard to take seriously. I get you and all, but the only zombie movie that's truly scary is Night of the Living Dead. Everything since is either overly gory (which is not scary), campy, dumb, or just action-like films. I feel like as far as the genre goes, 28 Day Later is WAY at the top along with the original Romero films and some eyetalian stuff. Just my take on a genre i hardly care about. Also i feel like it's far from "just another zombie movie". It's one of the few that i found smart and interesting.
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Post by stephanie on Jun 30, 2019 18:15:06 GMT -5
As far as zombie films go my favorite is probably Day Of The Dead (1985) closely followed by Return Of The Living Dead (1985).
I've never seen either of the 28 Days movies oddly enough.
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Post by lil stormy on Jun 30, 2019 18:39:29 GMT -5
MasterMacheteSquad, did you delete your last post. I was just about to respond.
Anyway, to each his own man. I just loved the way the movie was filmed, the score, the settings (which i thought were amazing), and the plot. It takes a lot from Day of The Dead obviously and adds an almost arthouse feel to it, which i thought worked well. Loved the ending, showing how man can become animal-like without being infected. It just worked for me.
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Post by MMST3K on Jun 30, 2019 18:42:26 GMT -5
I hate that movie its not scary at all and I can't find a reason to care about any of the characters.Its just another zombie movie which makes it hard to take seriously. I get you and all, but the only zombie movie that's truly scary is Night of the Living Dead. Everything since is either overly gory (which is not scary), campy, dumb, or just action-like films. I feel like as far as the genre goes, 28 Day Later is WAY at the top along with the original Romero films and some eyetalian stuff. Just my take on a genre i hardly care about. Also i feel like it's far from "just another zombie movie". It's one of the few that i found smart and interesting. I think when it comes to horror you need to have just enough of a buffer as to where you feel safe (like the slow moving dead and infection) and can escape until some shit goes wrong and you get joe pilato'ed. its not as scary when you have to be a track runner to escape.Plus the rambo ending sucked.
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Post by lil stormy on Jun 30, 2019 19:12:45 GMT -5
I respect that apinion.
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jul 1, 2019 5:01:08 GMT -5
I really liked The Dead Don't Die!
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jul 1, 2019 5:04:32 GMT -5
Saw it. Didn't like it at all. quoting because I REALLY did not like Alita
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jul 1, 2019 8:04:49 GMT -5
Yesterday was wack. One of the laziest 3rd act breaks I've seen in a movie in a very long time.
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Post by briane on Jul 1, 2019 11:45:14 GMT -5
The entire conceit of "Yesterday" seemed a bit crap, to me: "wouldn't it be the fucking WORST if the entire world forgot the Beatles exist??" like, I appreciate some Beatles stuff as much as the next guy, but this is like next level ass-kissy
Maybe those among us that have actually seen the movie that correct this for me if that isn't exactly what the movie is trying to get across, but that's definitely what I got from the trailer
I can't really rag on it for being overly cloying and sentimental, because that's what Richard Curtis does, but still, woof
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