edit: letterboxd really needs groups so I just post a single link to the MovieGAF letterboxd group. There's a bunch of people in the OP list who might not even post anymore.
Delete them, add Borgnine.
edit: letterboxd really needs groups so I just post a single link to the MovieGAF letterboxd group. There's a bunch of people in the OP list who might not even post anymore.
Delete them, add Borgnine.
Can't wait. Wonder how polarized this one will be.A24 will release A Ghost Story on July 7. Get ready fam. It's a masterpiece.
Well I am hyped.It Comes At Night and A Ghost Story back to back, June and July. And Free Fire in April. A24 is killing it yet again!
Dude, what did you think of The Untamed? Hearing comparisons of Lynchian and Lovecraftian. I'm hyped for that.
IIRC, in the BD behind the scenes, the George Miller said something along the lines of he didn't want to one up the previous chases with something more ridiculous, but wanted to end it on its logical conclusion.Mad Max: Fury Road
I wasn't particularly blown away when I saw this on BD last year, but seeing it a third time with the volume really loud really made it click for me. This is a film that just gets better and better with subsequent rewatches. Although it doesn't really change my feeling that it had peaked a little early. Now the climax isn't bad, but it feels just on-par with, or perhaps less impressive than, the earlier set-pieces. Which were amazing, but having the climax feel a little more distinctive visually would have been much appreciated.
Really climbed its way to one of my favourites of this decade.
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Glad to hear.I thought it was pretty great -- my first film from him. It's definitely both of those, but more melodramatic in some ways. It's a trip though, really enjoyed it.
My friends and I had an argument about Her. I felt the ending was pretty clear, but I guess there must be some interesting opinions here.
Do any of you guys think they jumped off at the end? My friends did and the thought literally didn't cross my mind when I saw it.
Are there any dementia films out there besides The Notebook and Still Alice?
Well?Finally watched Mad Max: Fury Road.
I guess expectations were way too high.
Well?
AmourAre there any dementia films out there besides The Notebook and Still Alice?
Away from Her
Amour
Iris (2001)
The Savages
Wrinkles]
Well?
You are right that Fury Road isn't some amazing film. It's a decent movie, but far from the hype around here on GAF.Well... don't get me wrong. It's good. But after all the praise (especially in this very forum) I expected to be completely mindblown, and unfortunately that wasn't the case.
So, as I said, maybe it would've been better if I saw it without knowing.
Can't wait. Wonder how polarized this one will be.
No, no. That's clearly a post headed in a terrible direction.
Let's leave it there.
Well... don't get me wrong. It's good. But after all the praise (especially in this very forum) I expected to be completely mindblown, and unfortunately that wasn't the case.
So, as I said, maybe it would've been better if I saw it without knowing.
The movie had the best vehicular action cinema could offer, beautifully shot and accompanied by an equally blood pumping score. But the movie is more than the action, it's like a piece of elegant machinery with no redundant parts. Yes, the plot was straight forward, but it showed so much and characterized so many with so very little dialogue, everything came together so well.You are right that Fury Road isn't some amazing film. It's a decent movie, but far from the hype around here on GAF.
My friends and I had an argument about Her. I felt the ending was pretty clear, but I guess there must be some interesting opinions here.
Do any of you guys think they jumped off at the end? My friends did and the thought literally didn't cross my mind when I saw it.
Yes. I loved Prevenge, highly recommended especially if you like dark comedies.In the boxoffice thread, I previously mentioned Prevenge as sounding bad, but Mark Kermode was surprisingly into that one. Only released (for realsies) in the UK though. Seems like a solid dark comedy if Kermode's on board though. Has anyone seen this movie? Messofanego?
Baby will tell you what to do.
I think she already does.
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Prevenge [trailer]
For anyone who's seen Alice Lowe in Sightseers, this might feel like a sequel of her serial killer character who decides to become a mom. There are touches of Zulawski's Possession where motherhood is seen to be an otherworldly horrific affair, but the film never stops being darkly funny and quotable (Children these days are really spoiled, like mummy, I want a PlayStation; mummy, I want you to kill that man). Despite the comedy, the film doesn't skirt on the gruesome, especially with knife slashes to the throat. When the film isn't violently gross, there are gross-out moments and one specifically that I'll just dub a "vomit kiss" which is sure to garner an audible reaction from the audience. However, there are sweet touches like counting the kills inside a baby greeting card. A mention should go out to the memorable synth score by Toydrum. While the film is clearly outlandish, there is an underlying honesty about what a single mother (Alice Lowe was actually pregnant during the filming) must struggle through not just psychologically but also socially and the condescension that can come from others which could drive a mother up the wall, although hopefully not to these extents.
That's a terrible cut, but not even half as bad as the "match to desert sun" cut in Lawrence of Arabia.
Editors really stepped it up in the decades since, especially in the last 10 or so years. What were they thinking back then?
Also unrelated but interesting imo, I learned today that the bone to spaceship matchcut in 2001 is widely acclaimed. I saw the film years ago and saw it mentioned and then I looked it up and recalled that I HATED that cut. Yeah I get its significance, symbolism, narrative purpose, etc etc. But I thought that it was sooooo tacky, it looked really ugly and alienating in the worst ways. Like yeah I get it, but I think it's just the worst.
Ugh, don't remind me about the monkeys.It was just to show how massive in size those monkeys were, back then when the Earth had more oxygen.
Also unrelated but interesting imo, I learned today that the bone to spaceship matchcut in 2001 is widely acclaimed. I saw the film years ago and saw it mentioned and then I looked it up and recalled that I HATED that cut. Yeah I get its significance, symbolism, narrative purpose, etc etc. But I thought that it was sooooo tacky, it looked really ugly and alienating in the worst ways. Like yeah I get it, but I think it's just the worst.
20th Century Women (2016): Mike Mills' followup to his 2010 feature Beginners, which takes a similarly kaleidoscopic filmmaking style, and this time focuses on his mother (and other female influences in his early adulthood). Overall I'd rate this higher than Beginners because it's a more consistent film overall, though I don't think there's anything in it quite as moving as Christopher Plummer's storyline in the earlier film (that film's other plotline, focusing on Ewan Mcgregor's burgeoning romance, wasn't nearly as interesting, despite the actors' charm). At times I wasn't quite sure what to make of Elle Fanning's character, but given the resolution, perhaps that's the point of that particular story. This is the second time in the past week that I've seen Greta Gerwig in a more low-key supporting role (though this film is closer to her quirky indie roots).
Didn't know this was a criterion movie![]()
What a marvelous and unique film. The dialogues when it came to human identity reallymoved me. Absolutely beautiful.
Blood Father enjoyed this. Mel was great and looked wicked with the beard - man what I would give for him to star in a new Mad Max film all grizzled and old.
I'm not Fancy Clown, but I'd put Big Trouble, Prince of Darkness, and In The Mouth Of Madness over EFNY
And I love EFNY so that tells you how great Carpenter is.