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Post by tuigirl on Oct 20, 2024 9:51:15 GMT
Last night I saw Despicable Me 4- fun kids movie, with the usual Minion-mayhem, but it is not doing anything revolutionary different from the other movies in the franchise. These are among the only movies which I watch in the German dub, because the German actor doing Gru is one of my favorites and he is also doing a better job than the English speaking actor (I might be biased).
and I also saw Beasts of the Southern Wild- this was advertised as "fantasy drama". It is set up like the NZ movie "Whale Rider" and features mythical beasts instead of whales. It is filmed with a small handheld camera, so on any bigger screen than my laptop, this would cause SERIOUS motion sickness (I was one of the people never finishing Blair Witch in cinema since I nearly threw up). Besides "Whale Rider", the movie is also quite similar to the budget experimental film "Monsters". Beasts of the Southern Wild is WEIRD. It tries to be profound, but I had a hard time getting the point of these people. So there is a bunch of preppers living in a Florida swamp waiting for the big storm that due to climate change will completely flood and destroy everything. The people do seem to have the option to be save behind a wall and also get medical care, but they prefer to die in their homes. If there is a point to this, it did not click with me.
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Post by Kestrel on Oct 21, 2024 7:30:18 GMT
Neon Genesis Ebangelion Rebuild 3.0 You Can (Not) RedoWell, in true Evangelion fashion, the hero tries to have an epic emotionally-driven anime catharsis, and is instantly chastized and alienated for it.
Just when you think you have a handle on things it pulls the rug out again.
It even has a scene spelling out all the old obscurances of the past, only to present new certainties, then completely undercut those aswell, leaving you with a new swath of mysteries. It's like watching the ending of Twin Peaks: The Return, once again throwing you in at the deep end just as your feet touch the bottom.
Also, it has a major 'middle movie syndrome' feel.
God, I'm kinda glad I'm just now giving these films a run cuz here was a 9 year gap between this one and Part 4.
That's like... a whole Infinity Saga. Hot RodVery daft, and good fun. Yeah, the length of time in-between those movies was crazy. Also, did you hear the news? Anno is gonna be helming the next big Space Battleship Yamato project! I'll be interested to hear what you think of the 4th movie. I haven't watched any of them yet, myself. Honestly, I'm still a bit ****ed up from the TV show (and I guess EoE specifically). That whole finale was nuts -- a deeply uncomfortable thing to watch, yet... impossible to turn your eyes away from. |
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Oct 21, 2024 12:01:07 GMT
Neon Genesis Ebangelion Rebuild 3.0 You Can (Not) RedoWell, in true Evangelion fashion, the hero tries to have an epic emotionally-driven anime catharsis, and is instantly chastized and alienated for it.
Just when you think you have a handle on things it pulls the rug out again.
It even has a scene spelling out all the old obscurances of the past, only to present new certainties, then completely undercut those aswell, leaving you with a new swath of mysteries. It's like watching the ending of Twin Peaks: The Return, once again throwing you in at the deep end just as your feet touch the bottom.
Also, it has a major 'middle movie syndrome' feel.
God, I'm kinda glad I'm just now giving these films a run cuz here was a 9 year gap between this one and Part 4.
That's like... a whole Infinity Saga. Hot RodVery daft, and good fun. Yeah, the length of time in-between those movies was crazy. Also, did you hear the news? Anno is gonna be helming the next big Space Battleship Yamato project! I'll be interested to hear what you think of the 4th movie. I haven't watched any of them yet, myself. Honestly, I'm still a bit ****ed up from the TV show (and I guess EoE specifically). That whole finale was nuts -- a deeply uncomfortable thing to watch, yet... impossible to turn your eyes away from. I wasn't aware no, but based on some of the action sequences in 3.0 that makes a lot of sense. It's weird, when I was watching EoE, I had a weird calm feeling. It is incredible how strange and beautiful the Instrumentality sequence still is. It's not until later that I notice I'm starting to feel a bit more dour than usual. Like it's scratching at something I'd prefer not to disturb. Also, there's a part of "Come Sweet Death" that sounds just like "Hey Jude", and I started thinking about that live performance when lots of people came onto stage to sing the chorus, and I'm like, "is this on purpose?" Then I realize that "Human Instrumentality" doesn't mean instruments in the 'tool' sense, but like all our indiviudal harmonies playing together. It's literally an Orchestrated plan. EDIT: Neon Genesis Ebangelion Rebuild 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a TimeAgain in Evangelion fashion, I don't know if the ending is the most satisfying on a literal level, but I think it leaves you with the right feeling. And it remixes a lot of older stuff in some interesting ways, even if it wasn't as spectacular or mind-melting as EOE. |
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Post by timleschild on Oct 22, 2024 14:02:44 GMT
The old days of movie novelisations. They always have more depth/characterisation and sometimes more scenes not shown in movies. I have a library full of books - a big chunk is horror movies/comicbook movies etc.
I got the Tron novelisation as a new release too.. I was 7..!
Yes I think a lot get written quite early on with the script given to the author prior to the film being made so they can get released at the same time. So some script changes happen along the way. |
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Post by Kestrel on Oct 22, 2024 16:55:21 GMT
It is incredible how strange and beautiful the Instrumentality sequence still is. It's not until later that I notice I'm starting to feel a bit more dour than usual. Like it's scratching at something I'd prefer not to disturb. Also, there's a part of "Come Sweet Death" that sounds just like "Hey Jude", and I started thinking about that live performance when lots of people came onto stage to sing the chorus, and I'm like, "is this on purpose?" Then I realize that "Human Instrumentality" doesn't mean instruments in the 'tool' sense, but like all our indiviudal harmonies playing together. It's literally an Orchestrated plan. Yeah, that whole sequence is incredible. And so much of the music is just... completely perfect. I can't count the number of times I've listened to the OP theme, or watched various clips and remixes and the like on YouTube; and Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring has been playing on a loop in my head, nonstop, every day of my life since watching EoE. I really ought to watch the movies soon. (Also, iirc, Anno also did some storyboards for 2199 -- just the intro though, I think.) |
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Oct 23, 2024 18:06:36 GMT
My Dinner with Andre
Very captivating performances.
The time flew past but I didn't want it to end.
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Post by sherlock on Oct 25, 2024 7:20:57 GMT
The Wild Robot
A very very sweet story, and the animation is gorgeous to look at.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Oct 28, 2024 14:30:32 GMT
The 51st State
Brewster's Millions
Rising Sun
Megalopolis
Well.........that certainly was.......a movie. Visually and Musically stunning, but the film meanders so much and feels that so much was cut.
Transformers One
This is brilliant and so much fun. whoever did the original trailers needs to be punched because they did not advertise this properly
SPOOKY Season Watchalong:
1. Halloween III: Season of the Witch
2. Pontypool
3. Land of the Dead
4. The Burning
5. Creepshow
6. Curfew
7. Stephen King's Sleepwalkers
8. Attack the Block
9. Q The Winged Serpent
10. Pet Semetary (1989)
11. Pet Semetary 2
12. Prey
13. Trick 'r Treat
14. The Mist (Black and White Version)
15. Paranormal Activity
16. Knock at the Cabin
17. Beetlejuice
18. The Slayer
19. Dust Devil: The Final Cut
20. The Last Exorcism
21. Firestarter (1984)
22. Werewolf By Night in Colour
23. Dead and Buried
24. Transmutations (aka Clive Barker's Underworld)
25. The Company of Wolves
26. Burnt Offerings
27. Zombie: Dawn of the Dead The Argento Cut
28. Near Dark
29. The Mutilator
30. Ripper: Letters from Hell
31. The Lost Boys
and as an extra
32. Within the Rock
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 28, 2024 19:12:45 GMT
"Terrifier 3".. Unrated in USA, currently smashing all sorts of records, 1 is the the highest box office for an unrated movie in USA. Here in the cinemas its rated R which is 18 years old +. If you are at all squeamish- these 3 movies are not for you.  |
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Oct 28, 2024 21:03:36 GMT
It's been years since I've seen this film, but I must have seen it 30 times, since it was one of the 3 films that my GreatGrandmother owned. The others were Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which we also watched a bunch, and Easter Parade, which we did not. We tried it once, and after 20 minutes of silent indifference, Granny broke the silence with "God, we did watch some shit back in the day didn't we." |
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 3, 2024 9:00:29 GMT
I am on 1 weeks Annual Leave at work- just a randumb week I chose: "Mazes And Monsters" the 2nd movie Tom Hanks starred in, 1st was a cheesy 80's slasher Low Budget horror. It's a made-for-tv- movie about the "dangers of Dungeons & Dragons".. so cheesily bad.. "Salems Lot" remake - I aim aiming for 1-3 horror movies per day this week .. |
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Post by christmastrenzalore on Nov 3, 2024 22:33:35 GMT
Blue Beetle
I wanted to like this more, but I dunno.
I don't mind that it's kinda corny, but it's so fast-paced and all over the place.
It has a bit of a confused family-fun vive, and I never quite made an emotional connection to the story.
Inside Out 2
This might be the best Pixar sequel in terms of building on the themes and rules of the previous film in a meaningful way, with the possible exception of toy Story 2. On the other hand, Toy Story 2 and Inside Out both made me cry, and Inside Out 2 never quite gets there. Maybe that isn't an objective mark of quality, but all the same. Speaking of which:
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
I was not expecting this of all things to make me cry.
Especially when I didn't even like the 3rd film all that much.
But I did love the first 2 films and it's literally been over 10 years since I last saw these characters together.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 4, 2024 0:50:46 GMT
www.imdb.com/title/tt26533869/"The Jester". A low budget horror, a bit of a misguided attempt at replicating "Terrifier".. A euphemism for depression is the theme of this movie..
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Nov 4, 2024 4:05:05 GMT
"Creepshow 1 & 2". It's been easily 35 years since I have seen them.. |
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Post by Kestrel on Nov 5, 2024 13:32:50 GMT
I watched "Do The Right Thing," from 1989. It's a very... interesting movie. The opening was pretty weird and left me feeling a bit cold (it's basically a 4 minute 4 second music video... and it feels extremely of-the-times) but once the joint got going, I warmed up to it pretty quickly. The whole film is basically a series of vignettes following multiple characters around the city on one of the hottest days on record. But, I have to admit, I laughed pretty hard when the heat that was so bad, so terrible, so oppressive... was only 90° F. That's positively cool by today's standards, where we routinely exceed 100°, and the worst days over here will exceed 110° (though, generally, NYC is a bit cooler, being by the coast and all). That certainly got me in the mind of climate change, and then there's the old man whose "crazy theory" is that the polar ice caps are going to melt, raise the sea level, and flood the city. Huh. I don't know that I really have to worry about spoiler tags for a nearly 40-year-old movie, but just in case any of y'all haven't seen this one (and you really ought to): {Spoiler}
So, the crux of the movie is the murder of Radio Rahim by the police, and the ensuing riot. At the time, I gather, this was a pretty extreme depiction of police brutality? The film came out a year or two before Rodney King and the LA Riots, and King survived, and while I'm not so naive as to assume the police were any less racist or brutal then than they are now, public awareness and perception of that violence was... infinitely less. The end result is that the violence in the movie feels... rather tame, compared to the real-life instances of violence we've all seen so many images and videos of, again and again and again, over the past decade.
EDIT: Also, there are some big-name actors in this one. I didn't actually recognize Spike Lee, but he plays the lead; the film opens up with Samuel L. Jackson (he's the radio DJ), who I recognized instantly. Martin Lawrence was also instantly-recognizable in a very small bit-role. But I watched the whole film trying to spot Giancarlo Esposito, after seeing his name in the opening credits, to no avail. But Esposito was playing Buggin' Out, a major character! I couldn't recognize him at all -- the glasses, the haircut, the accent, it's all wildly different.
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 6, 2024 21:24:46 GMT
Tonight, some colleagues and me watched "Venom-the last dance".
I had organized a get together, since I needed some fun escapism and found some like-minded people at work.
I liked the movie.
It was fun, had lots of insane action and transformation scenes and who doesn't like watching monsters biting each other's heads off?
There was also some kind of plot, but that took second row in a movie like that.
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