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Punkin Spunkin posted:Oh that was me still talking Cosmopolis
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TychoCelchuuu posted:I was saying that if you liked Cosmopolis even though it had artificial and novelistic dialogue because it was coming out of the mouth of robotic rich ghouls, that might not be any help for White Noise, which still has artificial and novelistic dialogue but this time it's not coming out of the mouth of robotic rich ghouls but middle class children. The film's talking about a sort of eighties death drive, isn't it? Soulless consumerism, branded medication, car crashes, etc. etc. So the dialogue makes sense if it's trying to evoke that sense of alienation. I've only watched ten minutes of the film before I got busy suddenly, but it reminds me of stuff like Peter Carey's Bliss, which was doing the same sort of thing.
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Jan 2, 2023 04:56
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I did not like White Noise, but I think the biggest problem is that the trailer portrayed it to be a completely different type of movie. Every remotely interesting scene was in the trailer. The rest of the movie was like a 2 hour version of an insufferable extended dialog segment of a Quarantino or Wes Anderson movie. Except supermarket dance during the end credits. That part ruled.
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Jan 2, 2023 05:45
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I had a great time with Glass Onion but on the whole left me a little cold. it felt like a really talented imitator took over but didn't know how to write a mystery. having the villain essentially be Elon felt cheap and too contemporary. not worth giving up on having a good twist to instead get a cheap dig in. cast was great though. no weak actors. wanted more Bautista.
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Jan 2, 2023 06:05
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Glass Onion: The villain wasn't Elon. He was a composite of a bunch of billionaires. In the time between the movie being written and filmed and when it was released, Elon basically turned himself into the villain. But it's not like the villain was modeled on Elon.
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Jan 2, 2023 07:54
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I watched white noise because a lot of people are talking about it. Its a pretty bad generic horror movie. Dunno why it suddenly got so popular. Not even Micheal Keaton could save it.
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Jan 2, 2023 07:55
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I watched white noise because a lot of people are talking about it. Its a pretty bad generic horror movie. Dunno why it suddenly got so popular. Not even Micheal Keaton could save it. I also thought everyone were suddenly rediscovering a movie from 2005
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Jan 2, 2023 08:03
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Glass Onion: The villain wasn't Elon. He was a composite of a bunch of billionaires. In the time between the movie being written and filmed and when it was released, Elon basically turned himself into the villain. But it's not like the villain was modeled on Elon. thats wild to me because Elon has publicly been that specific guy since 2016. obsessively clout chasing nerd loser has always been his shtick. the widespread recognizance of him as such is the only recent thing. Punkin Spunkin posted:It's Zuckermusk. He's got that Social Network DNA too with the stupid napkin stuff. tbh I cant imagine zuckerberg having fake friends let alone friends. Famethrowa fucked around with this message at 08:19 on Jan 2, 2023 |
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Jan 2, 2023 08:10
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It's Zuckermusk. He's got that Social Network DNA too with the stupid napkin stuff. TychoCelchuuu posted:I was saying that if you liked Cosmopolis even though it had artificial and novelistic dialogue because it was coming out of the mouth of robotic rich ghouls, that might not be any help for White Noise, which still has artificial and novelistic dialogue but this time it's not coming out of the mouth of robotic rich ghouls but middle class children.
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Jan 2, 2023 08:14
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I watched white noise because a lot of people are talking about it. Its a pretty bad generic horror movie. Dunno why it suddenly got so popular. Not even Micheal Keaton could save it. I enjoyed that version of White Noise far more.
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Jan 2, 2023 13:25
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White Noise seems to think it's clever for making the "Hitler was just like Elvis or the Beatles when u think about it" argument
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Jan 2, 2023 14:04
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Is the point of White Noise just "consumerism! so crazy! 80s whoa lol"?
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Jan 2, 2023 16:33
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A lot of it is about fear of death.
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Jan 2, 2023 16:43
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Punkin Spunkin posted:Ahhh right okay. I guess Baumbach is a usual skip for me anyway (though tbf I still haven't seen Frances Ha). Honestly not a big fan of Baumbach's visuals but White Noise is a really big swing for him, it's all meticulous production design and Spielbergian disaster movie stuff. I personally loved it and think that all White Noise haters are just big dumb idiots who are too stupid to understand how dumb they are EDIT: thought that said "visual skip" not "usual skip"
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Jan 2, 2023 19:03
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I’m gonna watch white noise it sounds good / bad
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Jan 2, 2023 19:04
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At its heart it is an adaptation of one of the most unadaptable novels of all time, if you've read the book you will love/hate it for completely different reasons
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Jan 2, 2023 19:07
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A MIRACLE posted:I’m gonna watch white noise it sounds good / bad Kind of have to after nine pages of this
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Jan 2, 2023 19:10
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Ramrod Hotshot posted:Is the point of White Noise just "consumerism! so crazy! 80s whoa lol"? It thinks it's clever for saying that language is memetic. That should tell you the level it's operating on Mostly though it's just boring. Some of it, like I said don Cheadle, is good
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Jan 2, 2023 19:48
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sometimes big obvious messages that people should already know are okay Glass Onion wasn't clever or cerebral about rich people suckin' but it was a good time
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Jan 2, 2023 21:53
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doesn’t have to be It was pretty entertaining though
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Jan 2, 2023 21:55
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mutantIke posted:At its heart it is an adaptation of one of the most unadaptable novels of all time, if you've read the book you will love/hate it for completely different reasons It's basically all 1 or 5 star reviews on RT.
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Jan 2, 2023 23:02
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Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever
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Jan 2, 2023 23:52
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Medullah posted:Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever
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Jan 2, 2023 23:59
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Medullah posted:Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever Lmao omg Queue a producer plot explanation like with the midnight club
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Jan 3, 2023 00:39
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I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. Any recs for good stuff on paramount plus other than Top Gun? So far I’ve seen Smile (great) and a few eps of Tulsa King (love sly but everything else seems kinda weak).
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Jan 3, 2023 04:43
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Medullah posted:Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever You’d think the dark guys would have more sway than that. I remember dark being one of the bigger, earlier viral hits, to the point where it’s still talked about at times for it’s craziness. 1899 kinda sucked tho, and I’m not shocked if the numbers were bad. It was a huge drag to get through.
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Jan 3, 2023 04:59
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Starks posted:I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. The Lost City is a fun one
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Jan 3, 2023 05:00
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Medullah posted:Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever It was also one of the first shows to use 'the volume', which makes me think it was still pretty expensive to produce. 'The ocean behind you' can be handled pretty well by a green screen, surprised they went to all that effort when most of the series was inside the cabins of the ship anyway.
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Jan 3, 2023 05:06
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mutantIke posted:At its heart it is an adaptation of one of the most unadaptable novels of all time, if you've read the book you will love/hate it for completely different reasons I hated the book and the movie for the same reason. They're part of the grand tradition of American intellectual 'comedies' that consist only of people talking repetitively and past each other while various miserable things happen to them. Stanley Elkin is the paradigmatic author of this type but you can also see it in the Joseph Heller novels people don't bother with. There's only been one good one and that's William Gaddis's J.R. and even the comedy there is hard to read.
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Jan 3, 2023 05:19
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Starks posted:I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. Inkmaster
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Starks posted:I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. The new Beavis and Butt-Head is fun.
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Jan 3, 2023 06:19
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Starks posted:I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. If you watched it back in the day, The Real World Homecoming is good. So far they've had the casts of the original New York, LA, and New Orleans. Danny Roberts from NOLA is an incredible guy. Also, Drag Race All Stars Season 7 is incredible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48gIglLsgzk
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Starks posted:I actually liked the ending of 1899, hated all the flashback stuff though. It felt like there was a lot of filler in the middle parts. Lower decks grabbed me and didn’t let go. Love it
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frogbs posted:It was also one of the first shows to use 'the volume' What does this mean
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Jan 3, 2023 14:01
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They explain what the volume is in this article https://techcrunch.com/2020/02/20/how-the-mandalorian-and-ilm-invisibly-reinvented-film-and-tv-production/amp/
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Jan 3, 2023 14:09
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Interesting. Like those old Cave VR videos.
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Tiny Timbs posted:What does this mean It's really cool. It was used extensively on The Mandalorian and Thor Love and Thunder.
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Jan 3, 2023 14:28
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The Grey posted:
Much of the dialog is pulled verbatim from what many believe to be the finest novel of one the greatest living American authors (although critics are mixed on his post-90s work), so it's not really fair to compare it to the work of filmmakers who weren't even active when the book was released in 1985. I think the main issue with the film is that the source material is now old as gently caress, so a lot of criticism of academia and once-bold and provocative cultural satire is not nearly as fresh 37 years later. We've seen 10,000 iterations of the 1980s crass consumerism thing. The movie has plenty of visual panache, though, especially for a Baumbach, and you can tell a lot of thought and care were put into props and set design. Overall, I quite enjoyed it but the 3rd act doesn't really work. I wish someone had adapted Libra instead.
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Rental Sting posted:Much of the dialog is pulled verbatim from what many believe to be the finest novel of one the greatest living American authors The funny thing is I think he would be very much against this sentiment, this appeal to popularism Edit: actually I'm certain he would be
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The Menu is now out on HBO Max (not in my region though...), it's supposed to be good
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