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Old one is too long already, and 3 years old >>6630
What was the last thing you watched, and what did you think of it?
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No.14902
Assault on precinct 13 (1976)
To me, the richness of this film lays in the abundancy of characters; the amount of different people, different faces and gestures we may see. A sort of social look in the 70's United states.
So indeed, this is a character/dialogue driven movie. Filled with all sorts of emotions and one liners that could smash through the teeth of the elder or the weak of spirit.
Be sure to expect action and suspense. At times so, paradoxically, exquisitely kitsch, that one may only laugh and rejoice.
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No.14904
>>14902
What do other people think of this one? I barely remember the plot but I didn't like the movie very much. The eternally repetitive soundtrack got on my nerves too. Carpenter's music usually sounds like a kid playing with his first synthesizer.
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No.14905
>>14904
Incredibly boring. That's what I remember. Carpenter, what do you want?
>eternally repetitive soundtrack got on my nerves
Have you ever watched film with music so obnoxious, so off-putting, so out of place that it destroyed the film? I've tried to watch Tsar recently and holy mackerel, I didn't get past first half-hour because how horrible the music was.
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No.14907
>>14902
The richness of this film lies*, still i'm messing up with those two verbs.
>>14904
Well, i'm with you on this one. I hate when there's a track that becomes the leitmotiv of certain scenes, or even the movie itself.
I also liked how the movie was structured. With a lot of characters, seemingly unconnected, until a certain event in the middle of the movie connects them all.
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No.14957
>>14486
I just started watching this today. Wow! I need to push myself to watch more of these great films that I know about but procrastinate viewing.
The language is dense and often spoken in verse, which makes me sad that I have to pay close attention to subtitles and can't focus exclusively on the mindblowing images.
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No.14989
>Cleopatra
It was good, don't get why it's so controversial.
>Heathers
The pacing is awkward and the murders are handled too calmly (the 80s wasn't ready to handle with death so casually) but it was far far ahead of its time.
>Dog Soldiers
Soldiers versus werewolves.
>Ginger Snaps trilogy
Fun movie about one of two sisters obsessed with death getting bitten and transforming into a werewolf, third movie is shit and really phoned.
>Evil Dead trilogy
The special effects in the first were good, 2 had some good scenes and Bruce was at his peak, in Army of Darkness it got extremely commercialized that reminds me of something that'd be shown on Cartoon Network with edits and Ash became a dick for no reason.
>Amarcord
Didn't like it. Movie was strung together without anything connecting the scenes and vignettes of the time than a plot which is something that seems to be common with these older movies about nostalgia. The fascist interrogation scene was awkwardly placed into the movie too. That fat bitch was fucking hot.
>Dead Man
Jarmusch made his style of indie film in the confines mainstream Hollywood costume so a lot of it is unarticulated and didn't understand the point of it. The soundtrack is god-tier though.
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No.14996
>The Chekist
Imho way overrated, possibly just for the novelty of being russian, literally just couple of good scenes, but in general made awfully in my honest opinion. (the good scene is attached)
>Damnation
The worst of Bela Tarr so far, too melodramatic as it presses to much on a characters relations, without individually developing them. Still beautifully recorded, but I think recording style is not enough to make a movie great.
>Alexander Nevsky
Welp, it's Eisenstein. Perfectly edited, very simple story but it does not matter. Battle on Ice scene still fucking perfect despite a bit scruffy outfits.
>Mr. Freedom
IDK, why it shows up on so many charts. Is it because it is hard to get? Like seriously, it is a stupid oversimplifying movie which can be shortened to - America is bad, big nations are bad. Symbolism is subtle like a fucking hammer. Do not watch if you respect your time.
>Doroga k zvezdam
Perfect documentary with great style, if you have one hour watch it right now. Everything is exceptionally well made and makes you wish we had such a relation to space travel as Soviets had in the 50s/60s. When space travel was a task of humanity and not rich people.
>The Cranes are Flying
Another great soviet film. Perfect romance, based upon war. Beautiful shots, same guy as Soy Cuba.
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No.14997
>>14996
Forgot about the file.
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No.15005
Lawrence of Arabia
The visuals are amazing, even more so when you consider that it was made in 1962. I was blown away by the movies scope and editing, the transition where he blows out the match in the first 15 minutes made me double take. The pacing was well done, my only complaint has to be that I wasn't too fond of Lawrence himself, this is a personal thing he was just too narcissistic which was kind of the point. All in all it's pretty fantastic, would recommend
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No.15007
>>14996
>The chekist
Watched it with my mom. She almost left me to watch it by myself. She couldn't stand the execution scenes. Although one may argue there were too many of them; i think the reason for it was the monotonous repetition of it that gave the idea of the dehumanization of the CCCP.
The scene you attached (as far as i can remember), is easily one of the best of the movie.
I loved the last scene though.
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No.15008
Buta to gunkan (1961) Pigs and battleships
A look into the post war Japan; the yakuzas; and the american intervention of Japan.
I'll never get tired of the depiction of japan's nightlife. The bands playing; the prostitution; the pianist's excitement: almost in a trance playing while the people are laughing, drinking, and shouting. One may see paralelisms in this depiction of japan's night life in Akira kurosawa's Ikiru, or The drunken angel.
It has a very clearly juxtaposition all throughout the movie about the "noble" way of living and the ignominious way of living. But in the end, we may only see the protagonist as a mere victim. A very immature mind who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. We may draw comparisons between him and his girlfriend, the former with worrying detachment of the joys of life, and the latter with a very vital way of living (almost idealistic one may think).
The scene with the pigs is a sublime metaphor.
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No.15011
>>15007
It may be cause I am slavshit, the shocking aspect of the movie is superlative for me, and for many people violence is something so distant that extremes of it seem just nauseating.
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No.15013
I just watched mulholland drive for the second time (first time it went over my head and left no impression, barely remember anything from first watch except the winkie scene at the beginning)
I liked it
what film should I watch next? I want something with a similar vibe and lives up to its greatness?
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No.15014
>>15013
Well you could watch another one by David lynch. Particularly i'd recommend Lost highway (my personal favorite with Wild at heart, although the latter isn't as similar to mulholland drive as the former).
If you are looking for the "oniric" characteristic of it, Tarkovsky is a very interesting director in this matter.
>>15011
That's where we differ i think.
>(...) Violence is something so distant that extremes of it seem just nauseating.
To me, the monotonous tone of the violence caused quite the contrary of these "nauseating" feel you describe. The monotonous manner of treating violence in this film drove you so far away of the real emotions that death and violence convey; that one felt nothing about it. This "to feel nothing" is what i think makes the movie a very fine piece of cinematography.
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No.15015
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>15013
A great proto-Lynch "dream thriller" is La belle captive by Alain Robbe-Grillet. It seems like David Lynch was inspired by this film.
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No.15017
I watched Seul Contre Tous for the 2nd time and it left me bored, as terrible as it may sound. There is no shock value in hearing the same garbage pessimistic views a second time and it leaves you untouched if you're used to it. If all this played out 20 to 30 years later, the butcher would have been posting his rants and rumbling on the internet.
The film is still great, the cuts are fantastic and the sound effects get me every single time.
It's a weird thing, watching an infamous movie like this and going "oh right, now comes part where he punches the baby in the womb, great". I think this is a weak point in most films that try to be shocking, you just don't give a damn if you've seen it before.
On the other hand, the film I watched right afterwards, Man bites Dog, had a huge effect on me. I can't deny that seeing the crew getting used to the murders and later on joining in felt like a rather unsubtle kick at myself and my lack of reaction towards Seul Contre Tous.
I love this film, it's funny but can turn absolutely disgusting in not even a few seconds.
My favorite scene was in the hideout when they meet the other filmcrew.
What leaves me thinking are the birds that frequently appear in the film. I feel like they would function as the complete opposite of what would be understood as remarkable or newsworthy, birds being the most uninteresting animal in a city with thousands of people. But Ben is fixated upon them, going so far as to write poems or looking at them during a firefight.
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No.15018
>>15014
already watched most lynch and tarkovskys work, but I do plan on rewatching lost highway since its the same case with mulholland drive
>>15015
will check this out, thanks
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No.15019
>>15015
>Alain Robbe-Grillet
I already watched eden and after and didn't think of it much, will I like the one you mentioned?
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No.15020
>>15018
Luis Buñuel is another director that deals a lot with the oniric. Mostly his french era. You could check out Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie, Or Belle the jour.
>>15017
>C'est arrive pres de chez vous
Fantastic movie. I watched it a while ago; when my interest for cinema was just arising. I remember to bust out laughing in the scene where he gets in the old woman apartment.
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No.15023
>>15019
>already watched eden and after and didn't think of it much,, will I like the one you mentioned?
With that in mind I can't guarantee it, but it's closer to the style of David Lynch than any of Robbe-Grillet's other films. And I will clarify the film is like 1990s David Lynch, technically not "proto-Lynch" because Lynch was well into his career by 1983.
L'éden et après is a different kind of film. Mundane elements of daily life are randomly blended together to create alternate fantasy stories. I thought some of the mathematics lecture near the beginning hinted at the film's structure. The professor talks about vectors and basis in a space, and he also mentions combining a sum of images. This got me thinking of breaking down a situation into discrete elements, then recombining some of those elements to create something new.
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No.15025
>>14989
>amarcord
I don't like Fellini, I don't really care about Fellini at all, but still don't know why exactly though, main reasons are these I think:
1) Neorealism; reality stripped of reality, unpoetic dreg, numbing chore, what's the point?
2) His films are autobiographical and honest, he speaks only what he thinks; I don't care, he's but he, boring, moreover he cares more about what he says than how he says it (both things are the same imo), and when he does the opposite, which doesn't happen often, it's convoluted kitsch shit, always something serving something without self-serving, his flicks doesn't live its own life, being just fads of its age and his worthless tedious ego. I also think he chooses what to show but never really creates what's shown at all, he doesn't nuance, he's not creative, he doesn't paint, he just forcefeeds the camera images which are all so ugly and unbearably real they seem unreal to me, copies devoid of music, merely nitpicking, collaging, exaggerating and trivializing the reality available to all, then concealing that sad state of himself with form. Wasn't he a commie or fascist?
3) sentimentalism
4) I think he's italian godtard, so fuckin' self-important self-injecting prick it's disgusting Many directors are, I still don't know why, enlighten me, somebody?
5) Jung: Buñuel laughed at him as Jung was genuinly scared after seeing Un Chien Andalou by his own retarded system of nails and crosses.
6) He doesn't choose form and then picks the word, he has only one form, film, and he searches for the word, for his own little truth, or picks one that makes him able to convey his shitty thoughts, his nature, for which he then chooses subform he thinks is best, the form he deems necessary to show what he can show, his narcistic and obssesive necessity, and when he doesn't, he's pseud puritan. Fellini doesn't even think his creation is him, as if showing his name on the start and being created by him wasn't enough.
Help me finding out, share your personas.
>soundtrack is god-tier though
I like his soundtracks very much, although sometimes it feels like they were partly created apart from the film or doesn't fit very well (so he's hit-or-miss for me) like in the limits of control, where boris is often redundant, as much as redundant he's hamfisted, out of place, for literally no reason and only rarely he's right on the spot, where he belongs. Only lovers left live has great soundtrack tho, pretty much always suiting the scene, either perfectly creating the mood, forcing and extending what's shown, sometimes painting its own imagery, serving as both background noise and as the main feature. Great use of music, really. Another film, animation worth a mention, has great music too, and that's Krysař; drony and hissy, music accompanies the image nicely and ranges from tenseful guitar to melancholic, sardonic flute.
>>14996
>chekist
never heard of it
>karhozat
I had it on disk for like a year and couldn't get to watch it, safely deleted now, thanks.
>scruffy outfits
You know, some people, like me, take great pleasure in costumes and by extension appearance, as it's vital part of any play, film or opera, of everything, especially historical pieces, because sparkling halo of the past weighs more than crown of thorns of now, so I think it's half-assed shit. You can more easily show and make actors say and wear pretty much whatever however you want because it's history, why choose medieval setting when you then make armors from cardboard, swords from bronze and mitres from plastic? They sure are above amateur costumes, nevertheless, they're horrible. still looks better than post-80s commie/capitalist fairy tale film
Also, film is tactile, for weak-minded sensation without volition, invading and hypnotic. I didn't like it. Way too fuckin' ugly for something concrete.
>perfectly edited
Yes, but for what purpose? It sure wasn't enough to hide buckets as helmets.
>Mr. Freedom
>why it shows up on so many charts
>stupid oversimplifying movie
"critics" and redditors
>Doroga k zvezdam
I sure don't miss the soviet scientism, but it has its magic now it's thankfully dead.
>The Cranes are Flying
>beautiful shots
Yes.
>>15017
>>15020
Did any of you watched it or put on backlog after seeing it mentioned in 250 list thread?
>favorite scene
I like the scene where they walk in the "low-cost housing project". He reminds me of me self all too much, with his played vigour and morbid sarcasm, for the very first time in film. I wouldn't care any less if he were saying that smokers should be tortured.
>>15005
>too fond of Lawrence himself, this is a personal thing he was just too narcissistic which was kind of the point
Either he failed hard as a director or it was intended.
>>15015
>Robbe-Grillet
Him I can recommend, but I ran out of breath, so fuck it.
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No.15027
>>15025
>Did any of you watched it or put on backlog after seeing it mentioned in 250 list thread?
Not in my case. Around 2014 an anon on /tv/ recommended me the movie.
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No.15029
I don't know if this is true but
<According by some Czech sites Mulholland Drive was inspired by this movie
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No.15030
About a woman who got raped by a bunch of guys and gets revenge. Real fucked up movie you should watch it if you have not already.
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No.15035
L'ange (1982)
Probably unlike anything you've ever seen. Indeed a very unique film.
A study and experimentation of lighting; montage; and movement. The movie felt more like an aesthetic experience so it is difficult to find words to talk about it.
Some of the first scenes felt as if they took a lot of influence from the romantic era of painting; take for example Francisco Goya. Towards the end a lot of sequences felt as if they took a lot of influence from german expressionism (I'm not talking about paintigns here but about cinema).
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No.15037
>>15035
His influences for L'ange are interesting. The woman with the pitcher looks like something from the Dutch masters, and the staircase at the end reminded me of Murnau's Faust (or German expressionism like you say). Some of the other scenes are based on works from Albrecht Dürer and Lars Bo.
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No.15038
>>15025
I get your view of Alexander Nevsky, it is a film that is greatly limited by its very cheap costumes and low style. But, the sequencing is pretty much basis for majority of battle scenes in cinema, and I think there are of course better battle scenes, but they do follow similar methodologies. Still, would be much nicer if it were not for the fucking buckets as helmets and set which is visibly tiny.
Also yeah, internet opinions are so often so trash and people think they are somehow more influential if they watched a BIG NUMBER of films. I do not even hold a count, cause I know I will forget bad films usually.
Ok, some next films I watched:
>On Body and Soul
Very, very romantic. Ildiko Enyedi is imho one of the most underappreciated directors, she can pretty much portray both sides of gendered emotion, and imho one of the best portrayals of love in modern cinema. Also On Body and Soul is literally autistic gf kino so what's to ask of more. As in any Enyedi, the editing and composition pretty much produce very slight magical realism, imagine if Wojciech Has decided to make films that are more grounded in reality -> you have Enyedi's style.
>Electric Dragon 80.000 V
Very simple film, but with great audiovisuals. Within its low budget it manages to push for experimental style and unique experience. It is also quite short so it keeps its focus very well. If you enjoyed Tetsuo, I am pretty sure you will enjoy Electric Dragon.
>Trouble in Paradise
Well, it's Ernst Lubitsch. Zizek was quite right in seeing it as transgression comedy as it reverses the change of roles and it shows how upper classes are limiting in comaprison to criminal life. Not really great cinematographically, but well it's pre-code comedy, not really focused on that as Soviet Montage styles still were not (quite) dominant in Western Cinema.
>Guilty Hands
tbh just watched it because Kay Francis was fucking beautiful (and I literally don't find any of gals now even attractive). Not really that good as a film, but still enjoyable in its pre-code transgressions and show of the cultural changes of the 1930s.
>3 on a Match
If you see a pattern, you are fucking right. Even more 30s beauties to just improve my life. Again, the same transgression, the same style, the same levels of enjoyment. tbh watching most of pre-code movies is like watching TV show as style and skill is quite consistent. Let's not idealise early cinema.
>In Brugge
I know, that is more mainstream, was not my choice, but my brother is more pressuring to family. As comfortable film as it is, transgressions as acceptable as they can be, and the film is OK just to say. A good benchmark imho of what should be considered AVERAGE.
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No.15046
>>15038
> is a film that is greatly limited by its very cheap costumes and low style.
True, that organ looked like it might fall apart if someone sneezed on it. The sinister organist is a memorable character, but I wondered why the organ was there in the first place. I guess it was to underscore the religious drive (thus anti-Soviet) of the advancing army. Instead of battle horns they march to a church organ.
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No.15082
>>14487
>If you have never read the original play by Imre Madách, then I would suggest you do so before watching this movie.
That is good advice. I watched it without reading, but it's hard to pay attention to both the words and the images because of the richness of both.
Is there any particular reason why you read the play first? It's an uncommon text as you say.
I didn't read your review either until now, but I want to praise the effort you put into it. You provided a sharp analysis of the concepts at hand.
My first exposure to this material was through András Jeles's Angyali üdvözlet (1984) which was difficult to follow lacking knowledge of the source. I'm going to return to that film with a better understanding.
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No.15257
Hok hau fung wan (1988)School on fire
First of all i gotta thank this anon >>15052 for spreading the word about this film.
It is a film which depicts juvenile delinquency in Hong Kong. All throughout the movie there's a clear juxstaposition between violence and education.
The movie deals with prostitution; drug consumerism; and the likes.
It also deals with the corruption of the educational institution and that of the police. Particularly in the corruption of the authority of each of these institutions.
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No.15258
>>15257
Geez, how did i miss that uncensored upload. Thanks for the link, Ringo was certainly a very interesting director but he just kept returning to the run n gun movies.
No doubt School On Fire is among his best along with City and Prison.
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No.15259
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No.15260
>>15259
What's wrong? that's the word for it unless you want him to explain the topic layers blending in certain ways that... somebody invented that expression to save us time.
A shame some bad (soy)beans in the sack apply it wrong or simply overuse it but what can we do.
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No.15262
>>15260
Like, I know, but god, it's in every film review I ever read at least three times, by far the most commonly used word by them. I'm sick of it. I'm sure one can say it differently.
>save us time
You are already posting here. Me: loading /film/ takes almost half a minute, loading thread takes half a minute, then I have to write and then solve the ridiculous captcha which I have to solve like three times because despite, I assure you, solving it perfectly, it forces me to do few other ones. Yeah, I don't know why, but it sucks.
And look, writing synopsis with reddit spacing is waste of time, whether you save 5 seconds by saying something simplier doesn't matter.
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No.15265
>>15262
>then solve the ridiculous captcha which I have to solve like three times because despite, I assure you, solving it perfectly, it forces me to do few other ones
You too? I thought I was going blind yesterday.
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No.15269
>>15262
Well that's the argie's style, while i'm always cautious about anyone using that spacing his content is always inline and he doesn't strike me as a bad apple at all, he's writes the solid basics and it's not rambling about anything else.
Also why do you read popular film reviews if you know it will get you flustered? and very well knowing that these days most "professional" reviewers only use that pseudo-journalistic tag to whine about trivialities and getting away with it. Just stick with us buddy :^)
>>15265
Yeah happened to me last week too.
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No.15270
>>15262
The "synopsis" that i write, are written with the mere utility of spreading the word about a movie, and subsequently share or engage in deeper thoughts with another anon who has watched it.
You seem frustrated at something or someone who isn't me. Please engage that person or thing directly, and don't be fooling yourself with all that haughtiness.
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No.15277
>>14379
>One should check this movie if is interested in post w.w.1 american ideology.
This is interesting; how does the movie represent post WW1 American ideology?
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No.15282
>>15269
>popular film reviews
They are not popular. It's because everybody flocks these days so they all use the same words. Hell, review is an impression, give me poetic, give me unique perspective, give me something that will make me see the film in different light, be it light or darkness or purple madness, give me something you actually want to talk about, you have something to say about and it's not primary school 300 words homework, without counting tasteless references. I'm hardly one to judge (if you read the shit about Jarmusch's music, even more so, pathetic at best) as I don't have my way with english, begginer level, really, and, as you can see, I use american one, I think, which isn't english, but whoa, whoa: they all suck hard; some less, some more, but suck. SUCK. Sorry, needed to vent once again. I seriously doubt any of the reviewers writing in english use english every day, yet their names, opinions, mentality and so on always confirms the exact opposite.
>why do you read popular film reviews if you know it will get you flustered?
I wouldn't read them, but sometimes I don't wanna download 20 gigs just so I can seek through if I'll like it, with new films. The reviews are usually good enough for that, unless they are exceptionally vague or written exceptionally bad you can still get picture of it. It's hard when it feels like diving with open mouth and eyes in a fuckin' septic tank, but what can one do? it's not like thread about new releases is alive at all. Whether the reviewer likes it or not doesn't matter of course.
Yes, I made it 300 words on purpose. <300
>>15270
It's waste of time. For me. I didn't say it's some ultimate truth. You don't have to defend or explain yourself.
As an example what's not waste of time imo >>15017 and I have to react on him once again, this time about pigeons, since I think I have maybe too much in common with the protagonist, here goes: they can be seen as messanger of god, as symbol of purity, as of spiritual peace, peace and as bird you release and returns if said bird found land. You never experienced beatiful, majestic white dove sitting right before you, speaking in wordless language, asking questions you don't understand, showing things you can't see, singing songs you can't hear?
They can be also seen as keen omnipresent observer, as uhd surveillence camera of God.
They can be seen as whatever you want to see them, so think before, this is not reddit, you can say what you think, not just that you are thinking, this is place where you'll be judged but not deleted. You are judge as well.
>at something or someone who isn't me
Look, it's by far the most overused word in film "community" by people who want to appear "smart". Now, I'm not saying one should stop doing things because somebody else does them, but in my case the word is ruined. Mere display of my displeasure.
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No.15291
>>15282
Looking back at my commentaries i noticed there's another use of juxtaposition thrown in there >>15008 >It has a very clearly juxtaposition all throughout the movie about the "noble" way of living and the ignominious way of living
I can comprehend you though. It is sort of an annoying word.
>>15277
Well gee, it's been a while since i wrote that.
If i recall correctly two of the characters had been in the w.w.1
But the specificity of the manner in which the "post w.w.1 ideology" is portrayed; that i can't quite remember.
One of the few times i'm engaged, i'm not able to respond. Ahh... Así es la vida.
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No.15355
I watched Lynchs Dune and I dont know what I was expecting but it definitely was not that. Its like halfway through he just gave up and called it a day. Some fx seemed pretty damn good for the time but goddamn its been a while since I seen something that campy and over the top. Sting was great, easily the highlight, Kyle shone through at the end. The makeupon the Baron was hit and miss and could have been better but I can see why Lynch abandoned it. 1.5/4
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No.15564
Best film i've seen this year, but i've seen very few movies this year.
The build up towards the middle of the movie is excellent, i felt like i was about to have a nervous breakdown, because you know shit's gonna go down hard, but when it finally does it is amazing to see. The music, cinematography ad flow of some scenes was amazing, namely the clean up when the rich family is coming back. Also loved the tone shifts.
I really felt bad for the rich woman though, she was the only character that wasn't a cunt on some level.
Starting to get quite interested in Korean cinema.
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No.15565
A thread with working images? Maybe there's hope after all. I'm behind on writing reviews but I've seen several in the past few months. I'll try to post some new stuff here, maybe copy it over to julay too.
>>15564
>Best film i've seen this year, but i've seen very few movies this year.
I've only seen a couple 2019 films, and probably less than 30 made in 2010s.
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No.15566
>>15565
>I'll try to post some new stuff here
Please do
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No.15584
>>14252
Finished this last night, enjoyed it quite a bit. Makes me wish Lucas did more sci-fi stuff after Star Wars, he has a good mind for it.
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No.15585
>>15584
I had no idea Lucas did anything else but starwars and indiana jones no?
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No.15611
>Dark Was the Night [2014]
The main plot revolves around an undiscovered apex predator being flushed out of it's natural habitat by a logging company and finding new hunting grounds in a small town. If the movie just focused on this it could have been a cool monster flick or innawoods type of movie, but it doesn't. The film has another plot about a small town sheriff dealing with the death of his son. He hates himself for it but he gets over it and reunites with his wife. That's it, that's his plot. You've seen this plot in countless other movies and worst yet it has nothing to do with the movie's main plot about a monster terrorizing this small town, it's just there to lengthen the movie's running time.
The movie goes for a less is more approach with the monster's screen time, so at most you'll see a leg here, arm there. And even with those small glimpses you can tell the monster is CGI, bad CGI at that. And on top of that the cinematography just makes it painfully obvious when the monster is going to pop up. 'Gee, why is the main character in focus but in a corner next to a big open window?' kind of obvious.
Another major problem with the film is the fact that every character is just boring. We have: Sad family man. Angry farmer. Farmer's daughter [don't touch her!]. Native american man. The preacher. Etc, etc. The very second you can identify the stereotype you've learn all there is to know about the the character on screen.
Everything about this movie has been done before, it's offers nothing new nor does even try to be creative. I read one review claiming this movie flew under the radar and he's right: It went under the radar because it sucks.
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No.15613
>The Lighthouse
All around pretty damn good, watching it felt like what a Swans album would look like, incredible performances by Pattison and Dafoe too.
>The Host
Some times i didn't know whether to laugh or to cry in a good way, expected a gory horror show but it ended up being much more than that, didn't even mind the cheesy ending.
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No.15622
>>15564
>>15613
Watched Parasite and The Lighthouse with my family since my brother wanted to see them. They're among the few vaguely mainstream films I wanted to see from last year. Still might watch Deerskin and Ad Astra.
Parasite played better with our group than The Lighthouse, and personally I enjoyed it more than Memories of Murder (the only other film I've seen from Bong Joon Ho). The Oscar announcement makes Parasite the first Best Picture nominee I've seen since Tree of Life. I'm rooting for it to win because I loathe contemporary Hollywood directors. The yearly moaning about Oscar "diversity" is completely undermined by the fact they ignore world cinema almost completely.
I haven't read many reactions to Parasite. I was wondering if there are subtle aspects of the film that only Koreans fully understand? For example, is there deeper significance to the rich family mocking DPRK propaganda, or to the wife's General Yi reference?
The Lighthouse was a mysterious monochromatic fever dream, a slow burn of stunning imagery and folk terror. Plenty of quotable sea slang too. But I think the salty dialogue is better than the narrative itself -- with all the buildup I was expecting more of a payoff. Looking back, the film mayy be better than I initially felt, and it's interesting to explore the theme of man vs. god.
It's true the acting was very good, although my anti-Oscar bias makes me wary of films that are driven by actors. I think /tv/ anons like this film because they watch all the other crap that's released, so The Lighthouse obviously stands out.
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No.15624
>>15622
>more of a payoff.
I have to agree, but i think that's to intensify the "fever dream" aspect, feels like you're going crazy along with the characters something i love in media in general
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