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BFC posted:A lot of the most well known movies that have come out were controversial to one degree or another but I'd say Get Out is a safe bet for a wildly accepted incredible movie. Ari Aster has only made hits. The John Wick movies are juggernauts. Knives Out managed to turn people completely against Rian Johnson, for good reasons and otherwise, in his favor. No one but some hardcore book fans complain about the Martian... yeah anything else that's super well regarded across the board I haven't seen. I recognize every example you've given but I just completely blanked on everything except Mad Max for some reason. If I'd thought about it more I probably could've remembered Parasite even though I kinda tuned out 40 minutes in. I did like John Wick 1 and the Martian though. Those are the only ones I've seen myself though.
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Mar 23, 2021 07:06
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McCloud posted:The big kickass moment of the first half of Iron man one is him going to the middle east and blowing up some terrorists, the MCU loves its drones and BP was a big sloppy to the CIA You could've stuck a "Join Today!" recruitment tagline under the scene in Captain Marvel where she's cycling outfit colours and settles on the "Air Force-esque" ones.
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Mar 23, 2021 07:25
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On a totally different tack, I recently found the channel Journey to the Microcosmos It's all informative, chill, bite-sized videos of microscopic life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBmzwM76V0o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ygty9HxhFK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kux1j1ccsgg LazyMaybe fucked around with this message at 07:51 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 07:37
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RareAcumen posted:When's the last time a movie was fantastic? I don't see many so I'm still assuming that's Mad Max: Fury Road. Every year has a bunch of fantastic movies. Personally, First Cow was my fave from last year. Incredible *and* Snyder recommends it as a double feature with Justice League 
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Mar 23, 2021 08:23
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RareAcumen posted:When's the last time a movie was fantastic? I don't see many so I'm still assuming that's Mad Max: Fury Road. Knives Out is fantastic and it only came out a little over a year ago.
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Mar 23, 2021 08:30
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RareAcumen posted:When's the last time a movie was fantastic? I don't see many so I'm still assuming that's Mad Max: Fury Road. Hot Fuzz. ...I also don't see many movies.
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Mar 23, 2021 10:18
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I have never had before, nor have I had since, an experience like seeing Pacific Rim in IMAX. I love Pacific Rim in all its campy glory, and IMAX made it feel like these huge machines and monsters were really towering over me, and every thundering step they took and impactful blow in the film shook the seats with the deep rumbling. It was incredible. I would definitely see it if it ever was shown in a local IMAX again.
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Mar 23, 2021 10:30
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Green room is a cool film. Films not getting universal acclaim is probably down in part to personal taste, but also because nothing is the hegemonic cultural product like superhero films are; everyone's going to have seen it, and they're rarely complex enough for people to be intimidated out of putting forward their own opinions. Mad Max is similar to a lot of superhero films in that the spectacle is front and centre, even if its not the only thing that makes it good, and its easier to discuss your enjoyment of the spectacle than it is to grasp at some of the more ephemeral qualites that make a film entertaining. The White Tiger is also a pretty good movie. Vagabong fucked around with this message at 11:07 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 10:31
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Yeah, you had Knives Out and Parasite in 2019/2020, both pretty drat good movies. If you want a hipster indication, try hunting down Bacurau for some Northern Brazilian dystopian class horror? Kinda hard to define it, honestly, but it got screwed over by the national academy and didn't even get on the shortlist for Best Foreign Movie in 2020. Also, I have a bit of a hot Snyder take: one of his flaws as a movie director is being real bad at editing down his vision for the format. I didn't think BvS Ultimate Edition salvaged that movie, it continues being cynical to a fault, "Martha" is still one of the dumbest conflict resolutions in movie history, and that's not even going into the character assassination of one Lex Luthor. However, it does make the movie better in terms of overall structure and storytelling, it feels more..."complete". Thing is, do you need three hours+ to tell a superhero story? Is everything you have to say so essential that if it doesn't make it to the big screen, you have this trainwreck of a movie? You REALLY have to sell me on that, and BvS didn't do it...I assume neither would JL, but that's just assumptions because that one was also butchered by Joss Whedon. "oh but marvel does it" my darling, marvel doing it shouldn't be an indicative of a good thing, quite the opposite, really
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Mar 23, 2021 10:52
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Alaois posted:yeah thats quinton reviews alright He's very, very hit and miss about these sorts of things and that's probably one of the weaker episodes in terms of subject matter, specially given how that intro hyped that. Maybe I'm spoiled by stuff like Whang or WavyWebSurf or the videos he did previously, but it just felt like a "Did you know Chills exist?" video.
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Mar 23, 2021 11:58
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All this time and all this hype and all this evangelising from his fans and it's still a medicore superhero blockbuster, just with baby's first art film filter and 2 and a half hours too longer. Holy poo poo it feels like my brain is being warped inside out seeing people spaff themselves silly over it. Kunster posted:He's very, very hit and miss about these sorts of things and that's probably one of the weaker episodes in terms of subject matter, specially given how that intro hyped that. Maybe I'm spoiled by stuff like Whang or WavyWebSurf or the videos he did previously, but it just felt like a "Did you know Chills exist?" video. Deffo a weaker episode from Quentin but holy hell Chills is just a singularity of punchability.
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Mar 23, 2021 12:45
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art film filter
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Mar 23, 2021 12:50
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SteelMentor posted:All this time and all this hype and all this evangelising from his fans and it's still a medicore superhero blockbuster, just with baby's first art film filter and 2 and a half hours too longer. I didn’t expect the movie to be a masterpiece, the real justice (ha) for me was watching a version of the movie that wasn’t an incompetent, racist, and sexist hack job.
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Mar 23, 2021 12:53
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Dias posted:Yeah, you had Knives Out and Parasite in 2019/2020, both pretty drat good movies. If you want a hipster indication, try hunting down Bacurau for some Northern Brazilian dystopian class horror? Kinda hard to define it, honestly, but it got screwed over by the national academy and didn't even get on the shortlist for Best Foreign Movie in 2020. And Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems and like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. 2019 was a fuckin' great year for movies. e: Like that's not even including more niche things that I loved like the Farewell and Waves. fancy stats fucked around with this message at 13:24 on Mar 23, 2021 |
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Mar 23, 2021 13:01
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Hollywood felt like it was ready assembled from Tarantinos bag of tropes, with no real commentary.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:05
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fancy stats posted:And Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems and like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. I've been thinking a lot about 2019 movies lately and it might just be the best year of the last decade for movies. There's also Little Women and Marriage Story to throw on the pile, among countless others!
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Mar 23, 2021 13:08
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The Lighthouse, Midsommar, The Irishman, El Camino rule. poo poo that I loved that no one else does, Godzilla KOTM, It chapter 2, Glass. I enjoyed 2019.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:22
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Hollywood felt like it was ready assembled from Tarantinos bag of tropes, with no real commentary. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has some absolutely spectacular moments of writing and acting in it. It also has a 2 minute segment that was just looking at sharon tate's bare feet in a movie theater.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:23
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I completely forgot about my favorite anxiety attack movie Uncut Gems. I feel dirty. e; also Tarantino is on my no-go list so while I saw his last movie I struggle to have strong opinions about it without feeling sad about Uma Thurman.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:24
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has some absolutely spectacular moments of writing and acting in it. It also has a 2 minute segment that was just looking at sharon tate's bare feet in a movie theater. Not the best part but watching Brad Pitt explode some faces was pretty great.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:25
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BFC posted:I completely forgot about my favorite anxiety attack movie Uncut Gems. I feel dirty. Uncut Gems is real good but mother! is my favourite anxiety attack film.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:26
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CelticPredator posted:The Lighthouse, Midsommar, The Irishman, El Camino rule. In before The Irishman is called 'more of Marty's mobster propaganda.'
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Mar 23, 2021 13:27
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josh04 posted:Uncut Gems is real good but mother! is my favourite anxiety attack film.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:29
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CelticPredator posted:Not the best part but watching Brad Pitt explode some faces was pretty great. It also makes the whole film feel extra gross since the whole scenario is a big what if about saving her. Reverent but also we gotta get the director's fetish on there.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:48
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If I had a fetish and I was a movie director I would just not force my fetish on an unconsenting audience.  I love Tarantino but it's the worst part of his movies. 
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Mar 23, 2021 13:53
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I have some unfortunate news for you about art
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Mar 23, 2021 13:55
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has some absolutely spectacular moments of writing and acting in it. It also has a 2 minute segment that was just looking at sharon tate's bare feet in a movie theater. I couldn't help but loudly groan and slap my forehead, and as a result had to explain to my girlfriend Tarantino's whole foot thing.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:56
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I watched it with someone who didn't know about the the Sharon Tate murders, so the whole thing was weirdly incoherent for them.
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Mar 23, 2021 13:58
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BFC posted:I have some unfortunate news for you about art I know a good chunk, even most, art is horny but it doesn't have to be gosh damnit
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Mar 23, 2021 14:01
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I'm more considering exactly how you would even make it clear up front that a party has the chance to consent to an interpretable experience in a blunt enough way without just straight up stating the possible fetishes contained in the work. Actually imagine if a movie started with "Content Warning: The director has X fetishes" That might actually be very funny.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:05
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Rated NC 17 for feet
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Mar 23, 2021 14:07
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Might not be quite as good as the other movies listed but Train to Busan was like the perfect zombie movie.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:09
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It's fantastic actually and they should probably stop making zombie movies now that they've peaked with it.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:10
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But anyway, before people start clowning on me, I wasn't saying Tarintino having feet fetish poo poo in movies was like, akin to flashing someone lol Unconsenting was a bad word choice. Unsuspecting may be better? Altho everyone who watches A tino flick by now probably expects that kind of thing too so lol
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Mar 23, 2021 14:11
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Tarantino's feet thing is at least better than David Cage's pee thing. So he's not the creepiest auteur Sony gives money too at least.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:12
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McCloud posted:The big kickass moment of the first half of Iron man one is him going to the middle east and blowing up some terrorists, the MCU loves its drones and BP was a big sloppy to the CIA
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Mar 23, 2021 14:17
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Are you gonna stop watching all media or what? Media is gonna be made by corporations. But it’s possible that sometimes they’re good.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:22
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fancy stats posted:And Portrait of a Lady on Fire, The Lighthouse, Uncut Gems and like Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. Oh, poo poo, 2020 was so long I forgot about Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse; plus I heard great things about Portrait of a Lady on Fire. Dawgstar posted:In before The Irishman is called 'more of Marty's mobster propaganda.' Marty's fans are still tight that I called his ~auteur movies~ about the mob "cool white criminal flicks", heehee.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:22
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No Marty’s movies are tight actually.
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Mar 23, 2021 14:23
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CelticPredator posted:No Martys movies are tight actually. They sure make you tight since you're supposed to hold your piss throughout all of The Irishman! 
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Mar 23, 2021 14:28
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