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Me and my roommate just finished Detention. It's ridiculous and we both liked it a lot. Go in blind.
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Detention is one of my favorite films, and I've taught it as the final film in a film history course a few times. Students are equally boggled and enchanted by it (basically the response that we've seen in the thread here.) It is also on of Steven Shaviro's favorite films (he's a pretty big film theorist and philosopher) and if you liked the movie you might like this essay that he published to his blog. It is spoiler heavy/needs you to be familiar with the film to make sense, so I recommend reading it after you see the movie.
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Sep 7, 2014 21:52
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Franchescanado posted:Me and my roommate just finished Detention. It's ridiculous and we both liked it a lot. Go in blind. Holy poo poo you were right. This film is great.
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Sep 8, 2014 04:14
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You know, I think I might go ahead and give Detention a shot.
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Sep 8, 2014 05:25
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Yeah, I also just checked it out today, and then followed it up with a whole school-movie triple feature with Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and School of Rock. poo poo's dope.
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Sep 8, 2014 05:43
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A Simple Plan 
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Sep 8, 2014 14:43
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I checked out Detention yesterday. It was great and worth a watch, but don't let the thread overhype it. It's like Scream directed by someone on speed and hallucinogens with a pop-culture reference obsession. I'm not sure how it would hold up to repeat viewings. Part of the joy of it was just wondering what ridiculous story would pop up next. For some reason, the whole "TV-hand" backstory for the jock was the best and most absurd part for me. Then again, I'm an old dusty 29 year old. I wasn't sure if the movie's target audience was current high schoolers or people in their 20s and 30s. Edit: vvvv It's very similar to John Dies at the End, which is good and bad. Worth watching once but the story is more about absurdity than good film. LogisticEarth fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 15:25
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Detention was bad. But then, the whole super-postmodern clever winking film thing has always irked me. Y'all can keep your Tarantino and your John Dies at the End.
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Sep 8, 2014 15:31
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LogisticEarth posted:It's like Scream directed by someone on speed and hallucinogens with a pop-culture reference obsession. More appropriately, if Scream and Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim had a baby, it would be Detention.
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Sep 8, 2014 16:26
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While I enjoyed staring at Detention with my eyeballs, I'm at a loss for what numerical rating to give it. It seems to defy any kind of standard grading scale. I kind of think I'd like to watch it on shrooms or E though.
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Sep 8, 2014 16:45
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Anonymous Robot posted:Detention was bad. But then, the whole super-postmodern clever winking film thing has always irked me. Y'all can keep your Tarantino and your John Dies at the End. I haven't watched Detention yet, but John Dies at the End is loving GARBAGE.
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Sep 8, 2014 17:07
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I couldn't get past the first 15 or 20 minutes of Detention. Is that enough of a chance or should I give it another shot? I didn't like John Dies At The End either.
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Sep 8, 2014 17:18
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Don't compare Detention to John Dies at the End because the former is good and the latter sucks rear end. However, it's completely acceptable to hate Detention because the style of the thing is similar to Scream and Scott Pilgrim.
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Sep 8, 2014 18:05
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Zwabu posted:Re: Let The Right One In - The ending scene was the most  I've ever felt about a movie's ending, because the blond kid is no longer alone, even though he still appears to be (if you don't know what's in his box).
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Sep 8, 2014 18:05
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King Vidiot posted:While I enjoyed staring at Detention with my eyeballs, I'm at a loss for what numerical rating to give it. It seems to defy any kind of standard grading scale. It was pretty awesome while  . I'll probably watch it sober later, just to see if it holds up.
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Sep 8, 2014 18:09
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flesh dance posted:I've never watched it but there's one on Netflix called Degenerate Art, which I remember because every single time it pops up I instantly assume it's a doc on this and get super excited, then disappointed. Also Bob Snodgrass is a really genuinely good person on and off camera.
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Sep 8, 2014 18:13
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Have you guys ever seen Akira? it's on Hulu Plus without commercials. $100 million dollar budget in 1987 for an animated movie. Still holds up. Also it's basically Chronicle but with more science.
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Sep 8, 2014 18:40
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coyo7e posted:Since they were both prepubescent kids I took the entire thing about being a buddy movie, not a romance. The blond kid is the saddest lonely bullied kid in the world and the entire thing is a test over seeing is friendship being stronger than differences. I mean, his fate is to become the middle aged weirdo-slave that Eli ditches for him so it's not like there's a happy ending in store for him. DeimosRising fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 19:49
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Five minutes into detention, already has the best soundtrack of any movie.
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Sep 8, 2014 19:51
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DeimosRising posted:I mean, his fat is to become the middle aged weirdo-slave that Eli ditches for him so it's not like there's a happy ending in store for him. There's an argument here that goes something like "Would you rather have a happy life or a happy ending?" I mean for me the ending was still pretty
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Sep 8, 2014 19:55
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Have you guys ever seen Akira? it's on Hulu Plus without commercials. $100 million dollar budget in 1987 for an animated movie. Still holds up. Akira will always hold up.
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Sep 8, 2014 19:57
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Short Penguin posted:Akira will always hold up. Seriously greate
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Sep 8, 2014 20:08
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Watched Devils on the Doorstep last night, and would recommend it. Extremely dark comedy with lots of Shakespearean mix-ups.
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Sep 8, 2014 20:20
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Just finished up A Band Called Death which was a really solid documentary about an unknown all black protopunk band from Detroit in the 70's. Pretty moving and interesting, I highly recommend.
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Sep 8, 2014 20:25
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It's rare when a writer/artist is asked to direct his own movie on his work and in japan it tends to work. That vs the league of extraordinary gentlemen
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Sep 8, 2014 20:40
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DeimosRising posted:I mean, his fat is to become the middle aged weirdo-slave that Eli ditches for him so it's not like there's a happy ending in store for him. If it helps, in the novel it's explicit that that is not what happens. I prefer the bleaker interpretation though. Raskolnikov2089 fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Sep 8, 2014 |
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Sep 8, 2014 20:50
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:If it helps, in the novel it's explicit that that is not what happens. I prefer the bleaker interpretation though. Isn't that actually from a followup short story the Lindqvist wrote specifically because the book and film make it seem like that's what's going on? He may not have intended it, but it makes much more sense thematically, narratively, and even in terms of plot. I should note I haven't read the short story.
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Sep 8, 2014 21:11
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King Vidiot posted:While I enjoyed staring at Detention with my eyeballs, I'm at a loss for what numerical rating to give it. It seems to defy any kind of standard grading scale. That's exactly how I felt about it. Also I must be the only person who loved John Dies At The End. I wouldn't watch it again but I really enjoyed it.
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Sep 8, 2014 23:02
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Detention: wtf did I just watch and/or enjoy?
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Sep 8, 2014 23:55
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So much contention about Detention.
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Sep 8, 2014 23:56
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LogisticEarth posted:So much contention about Detention. The constant mentions have retention of everybody's attention if that was the intention
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Sep 9, 2014 00:01
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I loved John Dies At The End, so I fired up Detention today with the intention of half watching it. Enjoyed the hell out of it.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:05
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fenix down posted:Watched Devils on the Doorstep last night, and would recommend it. Extremely dark comedy with lots of Shakespearean mix-ups. Seriously, everybody watch Devils on the Doorstep. It's one the best films made in the last 20 years.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:10
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It was Movie of the Month here a while ago, too.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:19
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:If it helps, in the novel it's explicit that that is not what happens. I prefer the bleaker interpretation though. I'm not sure how it could not be, according to most of the "standard" vampire mythology doesn't the vampire's human familiar stay human and thus mortal? So that any true love between the two is ultimately tragic? The old David Bowie/Catherine Deneuve "The Hunger" had one of the best takes on this.
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Sep 9, 2014 00:28
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Nroo posted:Seriously, everybody watch Devils on the Doorstep. It's one the best films made in the last 20 years. Yeah, I freakin love Devils On The Doorstep.
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Sep 9, 2014 01:38
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After letting Detention digest for a couple hours I've decided that it's a hard movie to recommend but I'm excited about doing a rewatch. I'm also really glad that I saw every minute of Gord on screen, loved that guy 
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Sep 9, 2014 02:02
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Detention was really loving weird. That being said, it was pretty good, and also kinda poo poo at the same time. I went into it blind, and while I don't feel like I wasted my time or anything, I don't feel like praising it from the rooftops. I guess it really depends on what kinda mood you are in for what kinda movie you want to watch, because if you aren't in a "batshit crazy" mood the movie is gonna suck balls. If you go into it thinking "Yep, this is gonna be weird", then it's pretty good. JDATE was kinda shittacular. The best part of the movie was Doug Jones, being as creepy as only he can be.
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Sep 9, 2014 02:57
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32MB OF ESRAM posted:Have you guys ever seen Akira? it's on Hulu Plus without commercials. $100 million dollar budget in 1987 for an animated movie. Still holds up. Akira is my favorite movie of all time.
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Kunzelman posted:Detention is one of my favorite films, and I've taught it as the final film in a film history course a few times. Students are equally boggled and enchanted by it (basically the response that we've seen in the thread here.) This is really cool
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