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Jack Gladney posted:It was only when I watched it again a few nights ago that I realized all of the emphasis on eating and being forced to eat and being deprived of food was probably somebody's fetish that made it into the script. According to the screenwriter in Best Worst Movie. it's the way it is because a lot of her friends were becoming vegetarians and it pissed her off.
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While in broad strokes Upstream Color isn't complicated, and tracks as a parable for recovering from trauma and finding a way to love again, I kind of feel like the "Theif" and the "Gatherer" should've been the same person. At the end, when the Thief has a look because the plants aren't making any more hypnosis powder, it's been so long since we've seen him — and we've been so focused on the Gatherer sound man — I remember going, "Oh yeah. That guy." I think that change would clarify things a lot and keep it more focused.
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I couldn't sleep last night so I checked out Nightcrawler since so many people were saying how good it was on here and drat, it slayed. I thought I might fall back asleep after the first thirty minutes but it was really gripping. Jake plays such a creepy psychopath he really just steals every scene he's in. I love his cool demeanor when dealing with the detectives (D'Angelo's mom from The Wire). Just completely in control like a well seasoned psychopath would be. The direction and cinematography were spot on too, and it reminded me a bit of Drive, although with a less technopop soundtrack.
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The Vosgian Beast posted:According to the screenwriter in Best Worst Movie. it's the way it is because a lot of her friends were becoming vegetarians and it pissed her off. In case anyone hasn't realized it by now, Troll 2 is actually really good and is essentially the wicked low budget Italian answer to Hausu.
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precision posted:Worms. So you don't know either. Got it.
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Upstream Color is a weird movie that doesn't explain all the how, why and what of it's mechanics or whatever you'd call them but it's mostly straightforward and the how, why and what is kind of beside the point anyways.
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The Almighty Johnsons is on Netflix. It's a New Zealand show about a group of brothers that are also Norse gods. Three seasons, no dumb cliffhanger. It's pretty funny and the show is completely aware of how silly the premise is. I liked it Edit: This is not the TV thread... oh well!
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axleblaze posted:Upstream Color is a weird movie that doesn't explain all the how, why and what of it's mechanics or whatever you'd call them but it's mostly straightforward and the how, why and what is kind of beside the point anyways. For as disorienting and as low-exposition as the film itself is, the mechanics do add up in a surprisingly straight-forward way (especially if you read some interviews with Carruth, who, unlike most directors of cryptic movies, will actually sit down to hold your hand and explain his intentions). But, no, figuring out the mechanics, or easily you were able to/claim others should be able to unpack it all is only relevant if you look at a movie like a puzzle to be solved (to paraphrase someone else on here, I believe). Anyway, both his films are great, although I prefer Primer. (Until recently Primer was on HuluPlus and Upstream Color was on Netflix, although it sounds like they're both on Netflix now.)
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K. Waste posted:In case anyone hasn't realized it by now, Troll 2 is actually really good and is essentially the wicked low budget Italian answer to Hausu. It's never boring, which is more than you can say for a lot of "Worst movies ever". Also the actor who plays the dad is one of my favorite bad actors ever.
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Just watched Nightcrawler on the recommendation of the thread. Woah. Really good and the car chase was actually really well done especially with the police scanner dialogue running during the chase, made it come across really nicely.
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K. Waste posted:In case anyone hasn't realized it by now, Troll 2 is actually really good and is essentially the wicked low budget Italian answer to Hausu. I've always thought this, actually. It's kinda batshit and the acting is not great, but it's bizarrely well shot, the effects are actually decent, and the basic concept of goblins that melt you into plant matter with tainted food and then eat you is actually kinda terrifying.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:I've always thought this, actually. It's kinda batshit and the acting is not great, but it's bizarrely well shot, the effects are actually decent, and the basic concept of goblins that melt you into plant matter with tainted food and then eat you is actually kinda terrifying. The way everything plays out in Troll 2 actually benefits from its production being generally lovely. It's a film that's 'dream-like' without being fantastical. It's what a nightmare looks like if you could wake up and remember every single detail, and realize how fake it is. "Vegetarian goblins? Why don't they just grow vegetables?" But that's also what makes the film so dramatically interesting. The compounding nonsense of the film creates nuance. There actually is an answer to the above question. It's basically a surrealist version of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, where the 'famine' of Nilbog represents the industrial and social decline of small towns in the midwest and south.
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Yeah, I remember coming away from it after watching it for the first time and the thing I could compare it to the most readily was The Beyond. I was entirely unsurprised to find out it was Italian.
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Yeah, it's also better than The Beyond. I feel.
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That Works posted:Just watched Nightcrawler on the recommendation of the thread. Woah. Really good and the car chase was actually really well done especially with the police scanner dialogue running during the chase, made it come across really nicely. Yeah Nightcrawler was my favorite movie of last year. So good. Anyone who doesn't watch it while it's just sitting up there for free is a dummy.
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AKMoose posted:But, no, figuring out the mechanics, or easily you were able to/claim others should be able to unpack it all is only relevant if you look at a movie like a puzzle to be solved Yaws posted:So you don't know either. Got it. Guys. Dudes. All I was saying is that the film was far less confusing and abstract than I remembered it being. Seriously. That's it. Not that I had become a 20th Level Film Analyst between then and now. I agree that Primer is slightly the better film. Interestingly enough, rewatching that one was more confusing than the first time I watched it. That video that breaks it down made me realize that so much actually happens.
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Jun 14, 2015 23:00
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Upstream Color is a way better movie than Primer, and I liked Primer.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:Upstream Color is a way better movie than Primer, and I liked Primer. I wholly agree with this statement, and yet still feel comfortable saying that I enjoy Primer more than UC.
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wafflesnsegways posted:Shane Carruth is interesting because he's not really interested in ambiguity or obfuscation. He wants you to pay close attention to his movies, but he also wants them to be clear and fully understood. I can't speak to Upstream Color, but I have seen Primer, and if his intention was to make movies without a lot of ambiguity or obfuscation, he is one of the shittiest film makers in history.
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Some of the best cinematography I've seen this year so far is in a quirky, independent romantic comedy with just the right mixture of sardonic wit and dramatic creativity called The Dramatics: A Comedy. It's basically a meta-parody of Fifty Shades of Grey, with its being about a couple whose relationship is strained when one of them gets the lead role in a high profile sadomasochistic erotic book adaptation. It's basically a good version of what Starry Eyes miserably fails at. edit: Dramatics, not Dramatists. K. Waste fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea2x2tXlwg So you're saying this was good and had some of the best cinematography in this year so far?
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Fayez Butts posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea2x2tXlwg You know how certain music can be used to give footage a completely different tone then how it's presented in context? This is a really unfortunate example of that. And, yeah, the cinematography is really quite good.
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The Blacklist is aggressively stupid and the fact that Netflix paid $2 million an episode for its streaming rights should in no way be taken as a sign of quality.
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Erebus posted:The Blacklist is aggressively stupid and the fact that Netflix paid $2 million an episode for its streaming rights should in no way be taken as a sign of quality. It's also aggressively bad and should be avoided at all costs, even $2million.
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Counterpoint: James Spader makes literal garbage watchable.
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The Blacklist is no worse than CSI or any show like that, and Spader is very good in it. It's a pretty inoffensive thing to bother hating.Fayez Butts posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ea2x2tXlwg What's wrong with that trailer? Looks decent to me.
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The Blacklist is no better or worse than the rest of the garbage that's on TV nowadays, but at least its main guy hams it up enough to make the odd episode enjoyable, like that guy off the mentalist.
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Erebus posted:The Blacklist is aggressively stupid and the fact that Netflix paid $2 million an episode for its streaming rights should in no way be taken as a sign of quality. Didn't they also get Gotham for some ridiculous amount before the pilot aired?
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Tentative good news:quote:People increasingly watch Netflix via mobile apps, and on their TVs. But the company decided to show some love today to those who watch its programming on their computers: It unveiled the first major update to its web site in four years — one that no longer depends as much on its slow carousels.
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are there any cute/interesting/badass animal docs that arent immediately obvious (like blue planet and stuff)? i read up about manatees today* and now i'm in a documentary mood *they can expand their lungs and diaphragm down the entire length of their body cavity!! 
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Hahaha.
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Thanks to you that said to watch Peep Show. Is there anything else out there like Trailer Park Boys / Peep Show?
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A Spider Covets posted:are there any cute/interesting/badass animal docs that arent immediately obvious (like blue planet and stuff)? There's a relatively cute British show called Freaks and Creeps that's about weird-looking animals (I guess the host makes the call on what counts as weird).
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Jun 16, 2015 01:33
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Bill Nye the Science Guy is way more hyperbolic than I remember. Way too many super-excited kids and quick cuts to Bill dressed up as something.
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Daedra posted:Thanks to you that said to watch Peep Show. Is there anything else out there like Trailer Park Boys / Peep Show? If you like cringe humor, Parks and Rec is great. It's just not as mean as peep show.
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Jun 16, 2015 01:57
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I must be in the minority here because I was surprised how good and fun the Blacklist is./
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Daedra posted:Thanks to you that said to watch Peep Show. Is there anything else out there like Trailer Park Boys / Peep Show? Those could not possibly be more opposite styles of humor, given that Trailer Park Boys is one of the least mean-spirited shows I've ever seen and Peep Show is one of the most.  Parks and Rec is a good recommendation for stuff like TPB. Always Sunny is like Peep Show, but quite a bit sillier.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Counterpoint: James Spader makes literal garbage watchable. It is only fitting; he turns watchable stuff to garbage.
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I think you're mistaking the cause of that stuff being garbage, frankly.
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I see Netflix recently added Plan B: True. Are there any other skateboarding videos on there or is this a new thing for them?
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