|
Maybe I’m crazy but I think the new Amazon LotR series could stand to reduce the number of slowmo zoom in shots of hobbits crying or hugging each other by 10% from the movies
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:34
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 00:27 |
|
|
I knew Jay would like Titane (pronounced Tit-AHN), and it's not a bad movie, but there's a lot of work the viewer must do to enjoy it. This type of movie calls for some anchor to reality to wrap the weird stuff around, and Titane had very little in that aspect. Just non-stop absurdity and half-hinted themes with barely anything in the movie to point you in some direction, so you're left actively thinking about the movie for a full hour after you watch it trying to derive some sort of meaning beyond a word cloud of 'identity, trauma, delusion, intimacy, family'. However, the fact that it kept me thinking about it rather than dismissing it out of hand as artsy nonsense must mean there is some underlying artistry I can't quite describe with words. Maybe the concept of loving a car is what makes it stand out.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:39
|
|
|
i completely loving forgot that Old existed and i saw it in the theater lmao
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:39
|
|
|
I can't believe they glossed over the scooter chase in Boba, it really was so strange.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:43
|
|
|
I finished Archive 81 last night, thought it was pretty good? There are a bunch of questions left at the end though but other than where'd Samuel go at the end? I'm not sure there are intended to be answers or if it was just being spooky (e.g. when Dan is looking at the video of Melody in the market and the lady walks up to the camera and says to get out or whatever, how does that work? Is she also in the Otherworld or is that just spooky demon power in the tape? Did Dan's house burn down because there was another attempted summoning there that night, or did his Dad burn it down because he heard him play the piano tune? Oh maybe it was his sister who played the tune when he went to walk the dog and did a summoning... Now I remember the CEO said it was burned down by anti-demon people but... I dunno about that. Etc etc. It was enjoyable in any case and seemed well put together; honestly with 'spooky' stuff like this I think the most important thing is pacing, to keep things moving at the speed where you get what's going on but don't have too much time to think holes in it. The actress who played Jess was really good, she was also in Midnight Mass I think? I've never seen Saw but all the streaming James Wan-associated stuff has been enjoyable, I think the most important reason being the pacing is just right where you get what is happening but can't spend too much time thinking holes in stuff. Mozi fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Jan 20, 2022 |
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:47
|
|
|
Mike's favorite Wes Anderson movie is Darjeeling Limited  The Independence Day 2 of Wes Anderson movies
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 15:49
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:Mike's favorite Wes Anderson movie is Darjeeling Limited I felt embarassed in theater watching that film, like I let someone trick me into listening to their awful self insert novel.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:02
|
|
|
I often get Darjeeling Limited mixed up with Southland Tales, I've seen neither but it's probably because both are ensembles that are misfires by the directors (probably the latter more so than the former)
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:02
|
|
|
Mokelumne Trekka posted:I often get Darjeeling Limited mixed up with Southland Tales, That is hilarious
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:04
|
|
|
oh man that Empty Man movie looks dope as gently caress im gonna watch it right now
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:05
|
|
|
Mokelumne Trekka posted:I often get Darjeeling Limited mixed up with Southland Tales, I've seen neither but it's probably because both are ensembles that are misfires by the directors (probably the latter more so than the former) This is impressive. Southland Tales is a messy film and very stupid, while Darjeeling Limited is a very clear story that makes me feel bad for participating in the act of watching it by way of implied association.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:07
|
|
|
I liked Rushmore (though I think it's appeal is to young aspirational men and burned out older men and maybe people wrestling with both of those things... i.e. I don't know many women who like it) and Bottle Rocket and Fantastic Mr. Fox but I haven't seen Wes Anderson's last few movies. I will probably watch the Budapest Hotel eventually I just have him in the Tim Burton okay-dude-I-get-it bucket.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:19
|
|
|
Grand Budapest is maybe his best ever. I was fairly fed up with his stuff after Moonrise Kingdom but Grand Budapest is really excellent.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:21
|
|
|
I feel bad for wes when he gets mentioned in the same breath as tim burton. Yeah he has a very strong and sometimes arguably approaching obnoxious style, but the films are so much better. French dispatch, however, I can't go to bat for. The rare wes misfire, made me want to fold but in a sad way
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:23
|
|
|
i haven’t seen it myself but moonrise kingdom might be my dad’s most favoritist movie of his
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:23
|
|
|
Didn’t like Isle of Dogs either, thought that was super weak. Haven’t seen French Dispatch yet.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:25
|
|
|
Grand Budapest is definitely my favouriteNo Mods No Masters posted:I feel bad for wes when he gets mentioned in the same breath as tim burton. Yeah he has a very strong and sometimes arguably approaching obnoxious style, but the films are so much better.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:36
|
|
|
I'm pretty sure tim burton just stopped caring and hell, same.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:38
|
|
|
Quantum of Phallus posted:Didn’t like Isle of Dogs either, thought that was super weak. Yeah, that and Darjeeling Limited are about neck-and-neck for his weakest in my mind, but Isle of Dogs squandered more opportunity.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:42
|
|
|
moonrise kingdom is.... fine... the stuff with the adults is way better than the stuff with the kids tho grand budapest does own tho... isle of dogs was so bad... mr fox owns... i used to really love the dudes stuf but life aquatic was the last one where i felt like way into his shtick
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:46
|
|
|
Wes Anderson's oeuvre makes a lot more sense if you imagine a kid in Houston who visits the periodicals section of the library every day and has all these elaborate day-dreams about what he's reading in back issues of The New Yorker and Boy's Life and such. Hell, even the narration in his movies sounds like someone reading an article out loud. In that sense, The French Dispatch may be the most Wes Anderson movie of all time.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:52
|
|
|
Quantum of Phallus posted:Didn’t like Isle of Dogs either, thought that was super weak. Haven’t seen French Dispatch yet. Same, Fantastic Mr Fox was by far the superior animated Anderson film. Love that one. Michael Gambon just slays.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:56
|
|
|
reignofevil posted:I'm pretty sure tim burton just stopped caring and hell, same. I can kind of feel Tim Burton's frustration. Dude is nearly at John Waters-levels of camp, but so few people seem to recognize it and end up taking his aesthetic seriously.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 16:58
|
|
|
is one of those people tim burton
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:03
|
|
|
Didn’t see them but Big Eyes and Ms Peregrines School were supposedly decent.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:04
|
|
|
i knew this woman who had married a friend of mine and then later was my roommate in new orleans who swears she went to high school with wes anderson (this is definitely true) and that he had such a bad crush on her that he made the character that gwynny p plays in tenenbaums i guess thats supposed to be her (this is v debatablly true lmao)
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:04
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:Mike's favorite Wes Anderson movie is Darjeeling Limited Oh yeah I hate that movie. Love Budapest and Moonrise though. edit, I am trying to think how much I like a Wes Anderson movie is inverse proportion to the amount of Owen Wilson in it? stephenthinkpad fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jan 20, 2022 |
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:05
|
|
|
precision posted:oh man that Empty Man movie looks dope as gently caress im gonna watch it right now I watched it around Halloween and it did nothing for me. Felt very clichéd if anything. The next day I watched Saint Maud and was much more satisfied. Titane loving rules Cacator fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Jan 20, 2022 |
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:07
|
|
|
I had no idea there was a BBC version of this CBS "Ghosts" show that looks like loving garbage in all the commercials. The BBC version looks so much better.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:09
|
|
|
stephenthinkpad posted:Oh yeah I hate that movie. imo his movie quality is proportinate to how much of the script owen wilson wrote wilson wrote most of bottle rocket, rushmore and tenenbaums
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:11
|
|
|
precision posted:i knew this woman who had married a friend of mine and then later was my roommate in new orleans who swears she went to high school with wes anderson (this is definitely true) and that he had such a bad crush on her that he made the character that gwynny p plays in tenenbaums i guess thats supposed to be her (this is v debatablly true lmao) lmao what's she like irl?
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:12
|
|
|
He's bad. Now, Paul W.S. Anderson on the other hand
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:14
|
|
|
French Dispatch is meh. I think he must work with a lot of production people to create those stagy symmetrical sets, he probably make French Dispatch to keep them employed. The beautiful sets were the few things I enjoyed the most in that movie.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:16
|
|
|
Sounds like this lady should not have hosed a car
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:16
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:Sounds like this lady should not have hosed a car Are we talking about cameron diaz again
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:21
|
|
|
Milo and POTUS posted:Are we talking about cameron diaz again lol
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:23
|
|
|
PostNouveau posted:Sounds like this lady should not have hosed a car It was an in for a penny in for a pound kind of situation.
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 17:28
|
|
|
Wes is a good film maker who creates art I cannot stand. Edit: I also hate Wizard of Oz so I know my opinions are trash for most
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 18:06
|
|
|
poisonpill posted:lmao what's she like irl? unsound
|
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 18:06
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 7, 2024 00:27 |
|
|
Mozi posted:I finished Archive 81 last night, thought it was pretty good? There are a bunch of questions left at the end though but other than where'd Samuel go at the end? I'm not sure there are intended to be answers or if it was just being spooky (e.g. when Dan is looking at the video of Melody in the market and the lady walks up to the camera and says to get out or whatever, how does that work? Is she also in the Otherworld or is that just spooky demon power in the tape? Did Dan's house burn down because there was another attempted summoning there that night, or did his Dad burn it down because he heard him play the piano tune? Oh maybe it was his sister who played the tune when he went to walk the dog and did a summoning... Now I remember the CEO said it was burned down by anti-demon people but... I dunno about that. Etc etc. It was enjoyable in any case and seemed well put together; honestly with 'spooky' stuff like this I think the most important thing is pacing, to keep things moving at the speed where you get what's going on but don't have too much time to think holes in it. The actress who played Jess was really good, she was also in Midnight Mass I think? Agreed, on the spoiler stuff his dad took the tapes to a storage facility and that's where they wound up for the last 30 years right? the house went up in flames minutes after he found out the kids had watched the tapes, when did he take them to the storage facility? living dad much??? also the ending scenes with the blue CGI looked exactly like Doctor Who (2005) quality lol Personally, I enjoyed it more than either Haunting series and almost as much as Midnight Mass, but it pulled its punches too much. e: also the 2 lead actors are not great AARD VARKMAN fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Jan 20, 2022 |
|
#
?
Jan 20, 2022 18:11
|
|
