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SCheeseman posted:Also if you watch The Happening as a comedy it's pretty good. The comic timing is so spot on that the idea that it's unintentionally funny, like The Room or something where the all the choices are wrong, doesn't make much sense. I'm pretty sure Shyamalan knew what he was making, I seem to recall an interview where he says as much. Not that it's a masterpiece but it was probably misunderstood, which is still a failing since clearly the movie doesn't convey that it's deadpan comedy well enough. I feel that there's a good, even great idea at the heart of The Happening. The fear of something benign like the wind, the epidemic of suicides ... There's an amazingly creepy film trying to get out but thwarting itself. Maybe it is actually trying to be a comedy - that would explain casting Wahlberg who's completely wrong for the role.
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Shageletic posted:I've read the synopsis elsewhere and it sounds like a really funny mess. Actually that was all bullshit and it was some kind of internal coup. Still dumb.
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It isn't explained where the threat is coming from, but it's implied to be external, not a coup.
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SCheeseman posted:It isn't explained where the threat is coming from, but it's implied to be external, not a coup. This movie wasn't that hard to understand lol. All the external stuff was clearly made out to be a misdirection.
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mcmagic posted:This movie wasn't that hard to understand lol. All the external stuff was clearly made out to be a misdirection. The infighting is a result of that disruption causing social tensions to explode. Whether the source of it is external or internal isn't explained and isn't really the point. You're wrong though, I guess if the movie is at fault of anything it's that it didn't communicate it's ideas well. Maybe Mahershala Ali needed to shout those lines louder.
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People are cunts when the chips are down, news at 10.
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Stegosnaurlax posted:People are cunts when the chips are down, news at 10. Sometimes a movie can be about a thing. Is this thread usually this dumb?
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SCheeseman posted:Sometimes a movie can be about a thing. Is this thread usually this dumb? You've implied i'm dumb or wasn't paying attention or took things too literally 3 times now. All i've done is talk poo poo about a movie. How about the theme of the movie is playing out right here and you are Julia Robert's and i'm the annoying kid who wants to watch friends.
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Stegosnaurlax posted:You've implied i'm dumb or wasn't paying attention or took things too literally 3 times now. All i've done is talk poo poo about a movie. I implied you were inattentive twice, but only dumb once! Sorry, I do regret calling you dumb. It's just, I don't get your take on it. I wanted to understand but a lot of your responses were a little substanceless and that bugged me. I shouldn't have taken it personally, poo poo talk away.
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SCheeseman posted:I implied you were inattentive twice, but only dumb once! Sorry, I do regret calling you dumb. Anyone that has layed out opinions at 2am is a guy on a watch list.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Leave the World Behind is an aggressively stupid movie Produced by the Obamas (notable residents of the Hamptons) is almost like a punchline.
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My wife and I watched end of the world and I came here to make possibly my first post in the thread to ask for all that time in my life back
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Stegosnaurlax posted:Anyone that has layed out opinions at 2am is a guy on a watch list. Late night posting rules
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SCheeseman posted:Also if you watch The Happening as a comedy it's pretty good. The comic timing is so spot on that the idea that it's unintentionally funny, like The Room or something where the all the choices are wrong, doesn't make much sense. I'm pretty sure Shyamalan knew what he was making, I seem to recall an interview where he says as much. Not that it's a masterpiece but it was probably misunderstood, which is still a failing since clearly the movie doesn't convey that it's deadpan comedy well enough. The backlash against Shyamalan has been so extensive that his real strengths as a director throw folks off guard.
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mcmagic posted:Sam Esmail has always been super overrated. It’s an anagram of “Sam’s E-mail”.
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nonathlon posted:I feel that there's a good, even great idea at the heart of The Happening. The fear of something benign like the wind, the epidemic of suicides ... There's an amazingly creepy film trying to get out but thwarting itself. Maybe it is actually trying to be a comedy - that would explain casting Wahlberg who's completely wrong for the role. I personally find something really scary about the types of movies where unpredictable end of the world stuff starts happening and the main characters and the audience are clueless as to what's going on. When the phoenomen is explained, it loses its sting. However, there's something really unsatisfying about never finding out what was happening, and I've noticed that movies that don't explain things fully get roasted on here and other places. Leave the World Behind was nightmarish in every single weapon real and hypothetical being used against the US. Psy-ops, conventional bombs, possibly nukes, Havana Syndrome noises, taking down the networks, etc. and The Happening was scary because there's nothing you can do against nature mysteriously causing people to off themselves. The execution for both movies wasn't my favorite, but the ideas are good. The opening of the Dawn of the Dead remake was equally frightening. Black Summer, too. More weird poo poo and implied reasons, less exposition, please.
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LifeLynx posted:The opening of the Dawn of the Dead remake was equally frightening. Black Summer, too. More weird poo poo and implied reasons, less exposition, please. Still one of my favorite scenes in a zombie movie (hell, might be my favorite). The Johnny Cash music, the camera work, just the general "we're hosed" feeling. So good.
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I really like this guy's YT channel, and thought this was a fun take on The Happening. Watch his other Shyamalan videos, too, to learn that there are no aliens in Signs and there is no twist in The Sixth Sense. Not saying I agree with any of it, but it's fun to rewatch films he's talked about with his ideas in mind. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c-VoJF9-5E My GoT-brained friend went apoplectic over this one lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp0wLfVe7Xo
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Here is what is cool about Leave the World Behind https://decider.com/2023/12/08/leave-the-world-behind-easter-eggs-paintings-change/ And that's it
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Watched Squid Game Challenge. The big problem with this show, and what assuredly was for budget reasons, is that they forgot what really made the original drama compelling: seeing the competitors in their real lives. The game show replaces those scenes with confessional interviews in a blank room. We see these people talking about their tattoos, or their families, or their hobbies in an empty room by themselves, instead of, ya know, actually seeing the tattoos and families and hobbies! It's the most boring and lazy storytelling possible. Instead of building affinity for certain contestants, it only makes them all sound even more full of poo poo and narcissistic than most reality contestants already sound. I don't care who wins because I don't feel like I know any of them and they all seem fake as hell. The show was stupid and not worth the watch.
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Counterpoint: What made Squid Game compelling is the crush of capitalism that forced each and every person into playing games of chance to the death. They kind of flush most of this away, but at a certain point (the marble game, I think) all of the contestants realize how hosed this whole game is. That was pretty entertaining. It doesn't even attempt to capture real life stories until the very end, at which point I don't care to hear their life stories. That said it is not a good show.
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A MIRACLE posted:is anyone watching The Curse I've watched the first episode. I've bounced off Nathan Fielder's other stuff, but this is pretty good. I'm interesting in seeing where exactly it's going because I couldn't even give a good guess after the first episode.
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1glitch0 posted:I've watched the first episode. I've bounced off Nathan Fielder's other stuff, but this is pretty good. I'm interesting in seeing where exactly it's going because I couldn't even give a good guess after the first episode. I'm loving it, but as we talked about in this thread or another, you have to be okay with Cringe because holy poo poo is it the cringiest.
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A MIRACLE posted:is anyone watching The Curse Yeah, it rules. I was curious to see how Nathan would do in an entirely scripted series, especially when he's up against Emma Stone. Turns out he's pretty good at playing a condescending passive-aggressive freak.
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A MIRACLE posted:is anyone watching The Curse More than anything I've been caught off guard by Benny Safdie, both for his character and the performance. I was ready for the insane awkwardness of Nathan and Emma (and she's killin it of course) but Dougie has kinda become my favorite part of the show
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I only just finished episode one of The Curse. It is, for lack of a better word, wild. It almost feels like watching a horror movie. The immediate viewing is deeply unpleasant, but then reflecting on it after is interesting and hilarious.
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graventy posted:Counterpoint: What made Squid Game compelling is the crush of capitalism that forced each and every person into playing games of chance to the death. They kind of flush most of this away, but at a certain point (the marble game, I think) all of the contestants realize how hosed this whole game is. That was pretty entertaining. Mr.Beast ruined squid game, netflix compounded it. They watered it down to the point of it being cheesy now. I want to see greedy/desperate people eat it in creative ways. I hope the oiriginal show gets stuck in dev hell and never comes out.
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The Puppy Bowl posted:I only just finished episode one of The Curse. It is, for lack of a better word, wild. It almost feels like watching a horror movie. The immediate viewing is deeply unpleasant, but then reflecting on it after is interesting and hilarious. I watched the latest episode (5) this afternoon and that had to have been the most uncomfortable hour of TV I have seen. Emma Stone is really incredible in this show.
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https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1734377146334736872?s=46 Now nobody can watch the Watchmen
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Steve Yun posted:https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1734377146334736872?s=46 I'm going to fill my plex with hbo shows i'm not even going to watch.
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Inspector Hound posted:Why are they removing actual HBO shows? So they can rent them to Netflix/Tubi/etc
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