Serious Movie Discussion XLI

[AnGrYcRoW]

nice guys = best movie in a long time

Good flick but thats a bit over the top

 

[Tamriel Terror]

I just watched American Pyscho for the first time and i have to say that movie is fucking great lol. I have no idea why i haven't seen it before since i love Bale. Bale did a greatttt job i give that shit like 8 or 9/10

 

[Ricky13]

I hope you have a crappy vacation!

Hey thanks man!

And in terms of the story I'd be surprised if this didn't influence Embrace of the Serpent .....

Great fucking movie. Tore me up some....

I didn't get into Stranger Things from episode 1 either.

First person who hasn't told me to fuck off about my opinion on this.

Didn't like it from a storytelling point of view. There's plenty good about it - particularly the 80s "people are inherently decent" characteristions, and some nice performances. It just didn't posses the strong connective tissue of character action that those films functioned on.

In a shitty summer, it was a breath of fresh air though.

But The Get Down, oh yeah. Bring that baby to momma! I gorged on that sumptuous meal of tv.

Shit is RIGHT, no?

 

[Bubzeh]

Dudes, is there a thread / forum for TV shows?

Just watched The Night Of... Wow!

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

Dudes, is there a thread / forum for TV shows?

Just watched The Night Of... Wow!

I believe there's a general TV show thread somewhere, but the more popular ones get their own threads.

http://forums.sherdog.com/threads/the-night-of-hbo.3275009/

 

[Bullitt68]

Fell down the Youtube rabbit hole a few days ago watching Hollywood Reporter Roundtables. Are you guys aware of these?

 

[HUNTERMANIA]

For some unknown reason I thought about The Chronicles of Narnia, realized I hadn't watched any of the newer films, and decided I should watch them. On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe now

 

[europe1]

Are you guys aware of these?

No, but now I really want to see Ridley Scott make a movie about a blue pencil.

For some unknown reason I thought about The Chronicles of Narnia, realized I hadn't watched any of the newer films, and decided I should watch them. On The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe now

No don't! You have so much to live for!

 

[RoryFan]

Fell down the Youtube rabbit hole a few days ago watching Hollywood Reporter Roundtables. Are you guys aware of these?

I watched one not so long ago where Ridley Scott was at the table, all the other directors were lambasting the difficulties of making a movie, it comes to Ridley and he's just like meh this shit is easy =D

fucking og.

 

[RoryFan]

Inside the actors studio is another good one to fall down the rabbit hole on YT

There's a Q&A with Mark Hammill @ the Oxford Union on YT that is definitely worth checking out as well.

 

[europe1]

I watched one not so long ago where Ridley Scott was at the table, all the other directors were lambasting the difficulties of making a movie, it comes to Ridley and he's just like meh this shit is easy =D

Ridley always struck me as someone with a craftsmanlike mentality towards making film. It's very clinical and professional. The others act more like typical artists, filled with anxieties and self-reflection. Ridley is more focused on getting the work done and getting it done as best as he can. He doesn't think in so overt "meta"-terms like the others seem to be, about what's the nature of artistry and the like. Notice how he would often answer questions by telling anecdotal stories rather exploring the issue in more of a philisophical approach.

That's not to say Ridley isn't an artist. He very much is.

 

[HUNTERMANIA]

No don't! You have so much to live for!

lmfao, this post was so on-point. TLTWATW (lion/witch/wardrobe) 2nd half was like literally the worst thing of all times, just wow

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

The Neon Demon seems to have become.. available. I look forward to the SMD consensus on that one

 

[Rimbaud82]

Just watched Lucifer Rising, a short film by Kenneth Anger. I enjoyed it, even though I am not exactly sure what to make of it...Egyptian God's and pagan rites summoning Lucifer, mixed in with all kinds of strange imagery, but it was visually striking and had a great soundtrack to go along with it (which was very important as there is no dialogue). Very psychedelic.

 

[Bubzeh]

Just watched The Sea of Trees. Meh.

 

[europe1]

Egyptian God's and pagan rites summoning Lucifer

I've always found it interesting how neo-pagans so liberally mix The Devil with their Heathen Pantheons. They make him out to be another one of the polytheistic deities rather than a creature with some sort of special, dualistic adversary towards God. A rather vulgar handling of theology. Though I assume that their shared allure to neo-pagans is their status as something anti-christian rather than their unique, independent qualities of their own.

 

[ColombianFist]

I'm looking forward to the end of the month when the Belfast Film Festival will be on, there's quite a few things I plan on seeing but one I am really looking forward to is Embrace the Serpent. Has anyone seen it?

it's a great movie. ciro guerra hasa way to tell things that resemble tarkovsky's film language. It's not for everbody but you enjoy the ride. i also recommend La Sombre del Caminante and Los Viajes de Viento if you can get those you will understand how he tells things

BTW he was my teacher in college and i know some of his tastes in movies.

 

[ColombianFist]

ok this is going to take a while... i'll try to remember some of the movies i liked since i have a film degree:


The shining
Farewell, my concubine
Return of the living dead
Nanouk
Joan of Ark
Metropolis
The cabinet of Dr caligari
Nosferatu
Blade Runner
Everything you always wanted to know about sex
Amadeus
Irreversible
Madame Sata
Whale Rider
Tokyo!
Holy Motors
Old Boy
Shortbus (yes that one)
the Russian Ark
Rear Window
The rope
the idiots
2001: a space odyssey
Ladri di biciclete
Apocalypse now
the godfather saga
Full Metal jacket


and it goes...

notice that there's no nouvelle vague films... i respect godard and the others but i can't stand that style (and i had to watch those as a part of film history course).

 

[Tycho- Taylor's Version]

So I've just been completely obliterated by A Separation. I don't think I've ever seen a film where it felt like so much was at stake in every single scene.

The best part was how difficult it was to really hate any of the characters. I loved how hard they tried to stay honest, but felt like the father sort of contradicted himself by being willing to compromise his integrity for the sake of his daughter but not his wife (who was beautiful).

Those poor children. Some of the shots near the close were just agonizing, and the cliffhanger ending with the two parents waiting on opposite sides of a glass pain was brilliant. To generate and capture so much drama from a series of very relateable circumstances is a display of storytelling craftsmanship I can truly appreciate - and that's without even mentioning that I probably didn't pick up on half of the cultural norms at play. I'm really curious to know what Middle Easterners think of this film in general.

I have chills. I'm sensitive to family drama and this one hit me right in the gut.

 

[Rimbaud82]

I've always found it interesting how neo-pagans so liberally mix The Devil with their Heathen Pantheons. They make him out to be another one of the polytheistic deities rather than a creature with some sort of special, dualistic adversary towards God. A rather vulgar handling of theology. Though I assume that their shared allure to neo-pagans is their status as something anti-christian rather than their unique, independent qualities of their own.

Yeah I think that's the main thing really, and for me it really shows a lot of disrespect for other religion as well as a poor handling of theology as you say. This senses of cinema sheds a lot of light on the film - http://sensesofcinema.com/2015/cteq/lucifer-rising/ It's all from the 'mythology' of Aleister Crowley, I know who he is but hadn't got a clue about his actual ideas.