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Y'all got me jazzed to see the Tom Hanks pirate movie and I find out it's not even streamable (unless you rent it)!
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Also a great portrayal of how a Somali terrorist captain ends up in gitmo. Can't believe he walked into that.
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Parachute posted:Y'all got me jazzed to see the Tom Hanks pirate movie and I find out it's not even streamable (unless you rent it)! The other dope modern piracy movie is tho! (A Hijacking)
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Blind Rasputin posted:Also a great portrayal of how a Somali terrorist captain ends up in gitmo. Can't believe he walked into that. The reveal of them all being like 15-17 is chilling.
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The Best Offer is well shot, well cast, utter dogshit of a movie.
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Jul 20, 2016 22:55
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QNDycDirxA Amazon Prime/Sheen/Quaid THE WRAITH Murdered Ghost Drag Racer 1986 You know what to expect. Also features Clint Howard.
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K. Waste posted:Hell no, The Best Offer is loving good. I loved everything but the pretentious lure and the trap
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Rebirth is supremely entertaining. I'd recommend it to people who like things like Adam Wingard, Creep, The Invitation, The Overnight, stuff like that. The performances on offer are really good, and while I was worried it was about to jump the shark in the third act, the shark-jumping got inverted and it became great again.
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wafflesnsegways posted:Yeah, that scene. I've never seen someone in that state before, in real life or in a movie, but watching it, I instinctively felt like it was real and true-to-life. Also, the corpsman that evaluates Hanks was actually a corpsman in the Navy. Hanks has said in interviews that when they started filming the woman was so nervous that her hands were shaking. So he told her, "Just pretend I'm one of your patients, and give me a real evaluation."
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Junkie Disease posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QNDycDirxA I have the DVD of that with commentary where the director is talking about how weird Randy Quaid is.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I have the DVD of that with commentary where the director is talking about how weird Randy Quaid is. TELL ME MORE
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not to go too far back to Stranger Things chat, but there was some discussion of shows/movies with a similar vibe and I just realized that no one mentioned Beyond the Black Rainbow. Unfortunately, it's not on Netflix, Prime or Hulu, at the moment. gently caress. But check it out if you want a freaky thriller set in the 1980s with a rad soundtrack.
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Finished Stranger Things, and while it is not the best 'quality wise' original from Netflix, it is by far the most I have been entertained by one. Looking forward to season 2. Junkie Disease posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QNDycDirxA I haven't seen this since my dad picked-up it up for rent at our local Mom and Pop VHS rental store. I loved it at the time, but at that stage in my life I would of loved anything as long as it was a genre flick. precision posted:Rebirth is supremely entertaining. I'd recommend it to people who like things like Adam Wingard, Creep, The Invitation, The Overnight, stuff like that. The performances on offer are really good, and while I was worried it was about to jump the shark in the third act, the shark-jumping got inverted and it became great again. Everything you just named I liked, so added to my list. Also I am not sure if it was my mood at the time or exceptions or how much alcohol I had at the time, but I loved The Overnight. I thought it was going to be awful, but instead it was one of my biggest surprises of 2015. Hubbardologist posted:not to go too far back to Stranger Things chat, but there was some discussion of shows/movies with a similar vibe and I just realized that no one mentioned Beyond the Black Rainbow. You can do a trial add-on subscription to Shudder using Amazon Prime, and watch it for free (as long as you cancel in 7 days).
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Junkie Disease posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QNDycDirxA This movie was DOPE AF when I was 11.
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nate fisher posted:Also I am not sure if it was my mood at the time or exceptions or how much alcohol I had at the time, but I loved The Overnight. I thought it was going to be awful, but instead it was one of my biggest surprises of 2015. I didn't think it was gonna be awful, but I was definitely unprepared for just how fantastic it was. I watched it twice, and I feel like watching it with one's significant other is kind of necessary. I was shocked at how little buzz it garnered, it was surely in my top 10 of the year as well.
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It seems like a lot of good movies don't get any buzz these days. I've been shocked and how much great stuff I've seen that I didn't even know existed until it got posted on Netflix. I guess I saw the overnight before it hit streaming but even then I didn't hear anything about it in theaters.
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Call Me Charlie posted:
I disagree, if you have to ignore huge parts of everyday modern life in order for the story to work (no smartphones or social media in 2016? really?) then the world will feel artificial for the sake of the story, rather than picking a time period where the story will work. the poor brother wouldn't use a film camera because it's way more expensive to buy and develop film than to use digital. As for HAM radio, it was really popular in the 80's because there was no internet to chat with randos back then, like 90% of its utility is gone now unless you live out in the sticks. Even the bullying would be anachronistic. You need to have a fully realized world for the trope of an alternate dimension to work, otherwise it just feels like two fantasy worlds in collision. Horror needs to feel like something that can actually imperil the viewer, not something that threatens people from a world you could never identify with In short, the story would have to be drastically different to fit into the modern world. I am glad you enjoyed the series anyway, I did too
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Just saw The Wave was added to Netflix. Pretty entertaining disaster movie, if you don't mind subtitles. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_wave_2016/
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Just saw The Wave was added to Netflix. Pretty entertaining disaster movie, if you don't mind subtitles. drat, I was hoping this would be the German teenage water-polo-themed fascism piece. Still gonna watch it.
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Filthy Hans posted:I disagree, if you have to ignore huge parts of everyday modern life in order for the story to work (no smartphones or social media in 2016? really?) then the world will feel artificial for the sake of the story, rather than picking a time period where the story will work. the poor brother wouldn't use a film camera because it's way more expensive to buy and develop film than to use digital. As for HAM radio, it was really popular in the 80's because there was no internet to chat with randos back then, like 90% of its utility is gone now unless you live out in the sticks. Even the bullying would be anachronistic. The worst part about modern shows is when they feel like they have to shoehorn social media or smartphones into the story. Stranger Things takes place in a small rural town so you can ignore those things (for the most part) without it sticking out. Would anybody watching seriously go 'why didn't they organize a campaign to #FindWill' or 'why isn't the national media swarming this town in bumfuck Indiana because a kid went missing?' or 'why didn't they mention if nancy is a whore or Jonathan/Joyce's public meltdown was trending on ~*fffffartz*~' if the story was nearly identical except set in recent time? My point was more it wouldn't take much tweaking to bring it out of the 80s. D&D and ham radios are still things dorks enjoy. There's a subset of teenagers that still listen to The Clash and watch Evil Dead. Bullying's still universal to relate to. Instead of name dropping Reagan and the commies, do Obama and the terrorists. Have Joyce work at a thrift store instead of a mom & pop general store. The school's seen better days so it still has an old darkroom and Jonathan's the only one who uses it for its intended purpose. The girl runs into him developing the creepshots when she tries to sneak her boyfriend in to make out. [i doubt the average person realizes that it costs more to take pictures on film now] The science teacher finds an ancient ham radio from the 70s in a storage room and the dork kids are hyped to use it because they're dorks. Lucas' brother was in Iraq instead of Vietnam. Etc. I guess they couldn't have Toto Africa on the radio but that isn't much of a loss. Like look at a show like Twin Peaks. Aesthetically, it's basically set in the 50s but they didn't have to make it take place in the 50s. David Lynch just did what he wanted and people accepted it. Call Me Charlie fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jul 24, 2016 |
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Call Me Charlie posted:
I see what you mean, although I think Twin Peaks is a bad example because the setting was 30 years earlier than production and Stranger Things' setting is also 30 years earlier than production. I like a lot of movies either made or set in a time before the internet or even cell phones because it nicely simplifies the stories and eliminates a whole host of plot holes but that in no ways means there's not a ton of good stuff in a modern setting. Filthy Hans fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jul 24, 2016 |
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Twin Peaks wasn't set in the past, it just had a few characters with 50s-ish haircuts, and other 50s aesthetic flourishes.
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It was set in a small town, which is the same thing as setting it 50 years ago without needing to explain what modern style characters are doing there.
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Call Me Charlie posted:I guess they couldn't have Toto Africa on the radio but that isn't much of a loss. gently caress you yes it would be 
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Just watched A Hijacking and drat. There's practically no score, and it's not about big dramatic moments, just the day-by-day psychological torture of being held captive by pirates. Excellent movie. I gotta watch A War next.
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Movies with no score own.
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Is the Sherlock olde timey special good? I've seen the rest of the episodes but I really didn't like season 3. Is it better than that?
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Fighting is up on american netflix now. I posted about it a couple weeks back I think.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Movies with no score own. I just watched The Deer Hunter and I definitely think it'd be better without a score, or at least much less of a score
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Really? I love the score to that movie. Heaven's Gate has got a bunch of great pieces, too.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Really? I love the score to that movie. Heaven's Gate has got a bunch of great pieces, too. It's not bad in and of itself, I could even see listening to it on its own, but I feel like it's often used in an annoyingly leading way. The best moments sonically are the ones that use diagetic music (the Russian songs at the post-wedding dance, Frankie Valli, the Chopin piece the guy plays on the piano before the hard cut to Vietnam, God Bless America at the end) or the ones with no music at all (much of the hunting & Vietnam scenes where you really get to hear that gorgeous sound design)
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Call Me Charlie posted:The worst part about modern shows is when they feel like they have to shoehorn social media or smartphones into the story. Stranger Things takes place in a small rural town so you can ignore those things (for the most part) without it sticking out. Would anybody watching seriously go 'why didn't they organize a campaign to #FindWill' or 'why isn't the national media swarming this town in bumfuck Indiana because a kid went missing?' or 'why didn't they mention if nancy is a whore or Jonathan/Joyce's public meltdown was trending on ~*fffffartz*~' if the story was nearly identical except set in recent time? Think of it this way: The creators were drawing from their own childhood, which is fitting in a show that's a homage to Stephen King's It and Stand By Me.
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Warm und Fuzzy posted:Think of it this way: The creators were drawing from their own childhood, which is fitting in a show that's a homage to Stephen King's It and Stand By Me. Yeah, why do people hate the 80s so much? If the story is good, who cares what decade it's set in.
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Dirk Squarejaw posted:Yeah, why do people hate the 80s so much? If the story is good, who cares what decade it's set in. Yeah. I'm only two episodes in, but for what it's worth the show looks fantastic. The 80s aesthetic might be a little threadbare at this point, but they really nailed it.
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Sarchasm posted:Yeah. I'm only two episodes in, but for what it's worth the show looks fantastic. The 80s aesthetic might be a little threadbare at this point, but they really nailed it. To be honest, I think they did a great job at not overdoing the 80's aesthetic. The way they handled it, it felt more like it was made in the 80's and costuming just went to the store down the street. It's pretty easy for a nostalgic setting to get over done, and they really nailed it.
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Mustang The Chosen Ones/Las Elegidas Both very, very good.
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I caught Chasing Tyson today and can strongly recommend it. The best 30 for 30 I've seen in a long while, probably since the first run (excluding the OJ miniseries). Does something a lot of these docs should do, running contemporary interviews over archive footage without ever cutting to talking heads. You've got all this great film, you should make the most of it.
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