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Post by dr strangelove on Aug 19, 2024 9:24:06 GMT -5
Cassavetes is a big blindspot for me, need to change that eventually.
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Post by theboobox on Aug 19, 2024 9:29:58 GMT -5
watched Magnolia last night and it still slaps. Everyone knocking their parts out of the park and just an incredibly well shot piece
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Post by Jack Hard on Aug 19, 2024 9:33:07 GMT -5
Weekend watches, all of them not my thing with only one truly sucking: Miami Vice Immaculate Faces Challengers Drive-Away Dolls (sucked) I know Miami Vice has been heavily re-assessed and it gets a lot of love now. I never saw it when it came out. I dont get it. You can explain the advances in digital tech to me all day that Mann used but visually it doesn't look good. Also some straight-up very fake-looking backgrounds. As with Faces, I struggle with Cassavetes, this is my 5th directorial effort by him ive seen. Only one I really loved (A Woman Under the Influence.) Gena Rowlands is great in all of them and if it weren't for her I'd probably be harsher. Hated Miami Vice when it came out. Watched it a month ago or so, and haven't stopped thinking about it. I fucking loved every single thing about it. |
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Post by paulkersey on Aug 19, 2024 9:58:40 GMT -5
Cassavetes is a big blindspot for me, need to change that eventually. The thing with him is there isn't any other director I can think of where I feel this way about them and yet I absolutely must and WANT to finish his filmography. It's very strange. He definitely stirs something up in me. |
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Post by thezman on Aug 19, 2024 13:55:18 GMT -5
Damn I had to leave town for a couple days right after starting that "best horror movies of decades" discussion, loved all the posted lists haha
Saw 'Romulus' twice. The things that work about the movie (the cast, the setting, the horror) worked well! The thing that I disliked soured the entire experience. Not sure how to evaluate totally... like you're eating a p good sandwich and you find a pube in it. Do you keep eating or throw the whole thing away?
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Post by burp on Aug 19, 2024 17:13:32 GMT -5
Cassevetes is such a great name it sounds like someone that people who smoke and have really good hair are really into
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Aug 19, 2024 17:24:05 GMT -5
I'm balding and enjoy most of his work
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Post by keepitreal on Aug 19, 2024 18:32:30 GMT -5
Weekend watches, all of them not my thing with only one truly sucking: Miami Vice Immaculate Faces Challengers Drive-Away Dolls (sucked) I know Miami Vice has been heavily re-assessed and it gets a lot of love now. I never saw it when it came out. I dont get it. You can explain the advances in digital tech to me all day that Mann used but visually it doesn't look good. Also some straight-up very fake-looking backgrounds. As with Faces, I struggle with Cassavetes, this is my 5th directorial effort by him ive seen. Only one I really loved (A Woman Under the Influence.) Gena Rowlands is great in all of them and if it weren't for her I'd probably be harsher. there's a fan edit out there of Miami Vice with a different score and soundtrack, and it fuckin rocks. ("Welcome Back 80s Rescore") |
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Post by paulkersey on Aug 19, 2024 18:36:24 GMT -5
hmm might have to take a gander because I gotta tell ya, it did not bode well to me when the first thing you hear is the Jay-Z/Linkin Park mashup and not only that, that people in a Miami club would be DANCING to it? no thanks. Also closing the whole movie out with Nonpoint's cover of In the Air Tonight cover was ass. Is this a 2004 World Series game on Fox???
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Post by keepitreal on Aug 19, 2024 18:47:34 GMT -5
yeah the og soundtrack is super ass and takes away from the movie bigtime!
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Post by thezman on Aug 20, 2024 14:04:41 GMT -5
Watched 'Oddity' last night... movie had good horror atmosphere but the character decisions/choices had me going "wut" and as a result I couldn't vibe with it. You suspect there's a psycho inside with you... and you get into a tent? what in tarnation |
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Post by mistah like ur post on Aug 20, 2024 17:38:00 GMT -5
Saw My Penguin Friend and it was an all ages packed crowd. Jean Reno is a damn PRO in it. Super adorable yet pretty heavy dealing with loss/grief. I found it a little heavy for children.
I'd go in without knowing anything of the story. I had a lovely time and sure as fuck wasn't gonna see Borderlands.
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Post by crobssssss on Aug 21, 2024 14:10:16 GMT -5
Sing Sing was great. Such an awesome story. Also, the cast was amazing. Really want to check out the book.
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Post by thezman on Aug 21, 2024 14:24:46 GMT -5
Sing Sing was great. Such an awesome story. Also, the cast was amazing. Really want to check out the book. Did you cry or what |
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Post by crobssssss on Aug 21, 2024 14:32:01 GMT -5
Sing Sing was great. Such an awesome story. Also, the cast was amazing. Really want to check out the book. Did you cry or what It was a close one! |
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Post by gold soundz on Aug 21, 2024 15:26:08 GMT -5
Watched darkman for the first time last night, super funny and violent. Shit rocked.
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Post by thezman on Aug 21, 2024 15:48:10 GMT -5
Getting close to finishing my David Cronenberg filmography, watched 'Map To The Stars'. While it's cool to see him do his Old Hollywood / New Hollywood typa movie, I'm happy he returned to his own style of sci-fi/horror with 'Crimes Of The Future'. Here's my top 10:
01. The Fly (1986)
02. Videodrome (1983)
03. Crash (1996)
04. Dead Ringers (1988)
05. A History Of Violence (2005)
06. Naked Lunch (1991)
07. Crimes Of The Future (2022)
08. Scanners (1981)
09. Eastern Promises (2007)
10. The Brood (1979)
Honorable Mention: eXistenZ (1999)
I feel like all 11 of these are must watches. I'm due for a 'Cosmopolis' rewatch... (And before anybody asks, 'The Dead Zone' is fine but from what I can recall felt more like a Normal Movie than a Cronenberg Movie. It's been a while--15 years?--so I could definitely be wrong here haha.)
Not sure when 'The Shrouds' is getting released domestically, the wiki just mentions a France release in early 2025.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Aug 21, 2024 15:49:29 GMT -5
Humanist a Dracula Seeking Consenting suicidle Person was pretty good. It's the movie that Lisa Frankenstein wishes it was without the cutesy YA novel bullshit.
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Post by New Fury on Aug 21, 2024 15:53:12 GMT -5
I just seen Alien Romulus last night.
Good film mostly, but holy hell the digital necromancy involved in bringing the late Ian Holm into the film was really fuckin jarring. I don't know if I just saw a raw cut or something but the CGI looked like absolute ass.
The fanservice stuff was uncalled for and took me out of the movie a couple of times, and the pacing in the first act was a drag, but overall I thought it was a good time.
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Post by thezman on Aug 21, 2024 15:58:50 GMT -5
Good film mostly, but holy hell the digital necromancy involved in bringing the late Ian Holm into the film was really fuckin jarring. I don't know if I just saw a raw cut or something but the CGI looked like absolute ass. The fanservice stuff was uncalled for and took me out of the movie a couple of times. I agree exactly. Kinda seems like this is the sentiment... but with the movie being "successful" (box office-wise) I wonder if the execs will learn the "wrong lesson" and Disney will keep peddling this jigsaw piece bullshit. Hard not to be pessimistic about it... I'm wondering with the emphasis on the two ships, the Romulus & Remus, if the original script had both androids (Andy & Rook) played by the same actor. Seems like it's setup thematically? |
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on Aug 21, 2024 16:19:23 GMT -5
I'm wondering with the emphasis on the two ships, the Romulus & Remus, if the original script had both androids (Andy & Rook) played by the same actor. Seems like it's setup thematically? I would have much preferred this tbh |
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Post by MMST3K on Aug 21, 2024 16:58:22 GMT -5
The plot to Shivers has to be one of the most chilling things in all of Cronenberg's movies. Legit gives the shivers.
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Post by solidsnake on Aug 21, 2024 17:25:18 GMT -5
I feel like a jerk but I’m 10 mins into Furiosa and it looks like shit. I’m getting big time Hobbit vibes from some of the cartoonish cgi backdrops. Fury Road did not look anywhere near this awful.
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Post by thezman on Aug 21, 2024 17:34:11 GMT -5
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Post by solidsnake on Aug 21, 2024 17:39:56 GMT -5
The dreamy parts of Furiosa look fine but the regular day time stuff is terrible.
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Post by mistah like ur post on Aug 21, 2024 18:27:51 GMT -5
Sing Sing was great. Such an awesome story. Also, the cast was amazing. Really want to check out the book. So bummed this ain't getting a local screening. |
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Post by crobssssss on Aug 21, 2024 18:54:31 GMT -5
Sing Sing was great. Such an awesome story. Also, the cast was amazing. Really want to check out the book. So bummed this ain't getting a local screening. ☹️. Definitely check it once it gets to digital. |
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Post by 𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 on Aug 21, 2024 23:17:23 GMT -5
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Post by 𝖒𝖊𝖔𝖜𝖋𝖚𝖓𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 on Aug 21, 2024 23:17:59 GMT -5
wait didn't he kill a dude once
maybe he just tried
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Post by theywalkedinline on Aug 21, 2024 23:21:11 GMT -5
My girlfriend watches those Terrifier movies and I have to leave the room.
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