The Official Movie Thread

[CiG]

So I saw this last night:


Pretty interesting and unique. Don't think I've ever seen anything like it, like The Exorcist meets Network or something? Not sure it really measures up to the hype I'm seeing, but I can't help but love seeing Dastmalchian land a leading role people will probably talk about for years to come. He rules.

You do you but I wouldn't ignore anyone outright over a single rating (if I did I would have no country on ignore over his 3/5 rating for Seven Samurai.) I don't think his rating of Red Dawn boils down to political hand-wringing either since his review mentions a bunch of other jingoistic anti-communist films he thought were better.

I meant anything he has to say about Civil War lol. I should've been more clear. He gave Rambo (2008) a 4/5 so he can't be all bad.

 

[rms]

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Having now seen both parts of Villeneuve's adaption, I can honestly say I prefer the 1984 version.

Finally got to see it last night, but how? Lol it's like two different films. Pretty stark to see how much was left out of Lynchs and how it strayed from any thesis from Herbert while not doing anything himself.

 

[rms]

Finally got to see it last night, but how? Lol it's like two different films. Pretty stark to see how much was left out of Lynchs and how it strayed from any thesis from Herbert while not doing anything himself.

That said, I believe Denis has made a nice and entertaining trilogy, but seriously lacking in some under-handed writing to sell the third movie. I don't think the character building justifies a third movie, could have added some chunk of time to this one and made it a two part finale.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Finally got to see it last night, but how? Lol it's like two different films. Pretty stark to see how much was left out of Lynchs and how it strayed from any thesis from Herbert while not doing anything himself.

I thought Villeneuve's second part was such a boringly literal adaptation that I felt like I had seen the whole movie before I actually saw it. Lynch's adaptation was corny, butchered by its producers and misunderstood its source material, but nothing in Villeneuve's version gave me the chills like the shitty greenscreen of Agent Cooper and Big Ed riding the sandworm as the Toto guitars kick in.

This 30-second scene is still better than the entire Villeneuve duology

 

[rms]

Lol, I thought the sand work riding scene was actually cool in Denis version.

I swear I've heard that sleeper bit sampled in a metal song , does it ring a bell for you?

 

[CiG]

I swear I've heard that sleeper bit sampled in a metal song , does it ring a bell for you?

Morgion? nvm lol wrong.

 

[rms]

Morgion? nvm lol wrong.

My head is telling municipal waste or helstar...idk

 

[no country for old wainds]

Morgion? nvm lol wrong.

nah you're right it's on their 'to tame a land' cover, i assume that isn't what rms is referring to though

 

[CiG]

Saw Larry Fessenden's new werewolf movie last night. Very indie as expected but I really liked it, especially as it went on it grew on me.

He definitely captured the tragedy angle of his influences, the whole image of a wolf man skulking through the woods, dealing with the remorse of his brutal acts, destroyed romance, family drama, small town issues etc. Felt the most like Habit to me of anything else he's done. It's pretty graphic too and I don't think I saw any CGI. It's a very stripped back movie which is nice.

Also it has no bearing on the plot but there's a post credits scene where the main character bumps into Alex Breaux's character from Depraved, which means Larry now has his own cinematic universe lol.

I also saw Monkey Man the other day. Pretty awesome debut, but the amateurish camerawork held it back.

 

[CiG]

CiG:
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Due to email issues I had to create a new account: https://letterboxd.com/seanknight/

Bit of a blessing because my old account had too many ratings to fix from my old days of overrating, and unlike RYM I don't think you can do mass editing.

Been using the Letterboxd app more too, it's actually pretty nifty.

 

[no country for old wainds]

you can import ratings from other sites if you do have any elsewhere (imdb, criticker, icheckmovies etc). might even be able to do it from rym if you can export from rym as a csv file, i know there's an export function but i never tried it.

 

[CiG]

Yeah I'll figure something out. My IMDB account is older and even worse. That site sucks for mass editing too.

 

[CiG]

Panos Cosmatos' next movie Flesh of the Gods is a "hedonistic vampire thriller" starring Oscar Isaac and Kristen Stewart.

 

[no country for old wainds]

looks like a @CiG-pilled cannes lineup this year:
- sean baker drama about a sex worker
- new cronenberg horror with australia's finest guy pearce
- new andrea arnold starring barry keoghan as a tattooed punk
- new jia starring zhao tao (i think you liked ash is purest white?)
- new lanthimos
- new schrader
- furiosa screening out of competition

 

[CiG]

That is a pretty sweet line-up. Really looking forward to Baker's new one. Isn't Coppola's new film doing Cannes this year btw?

Anyways last night I finally saw the Dune sequel. Wow, loved it. Sorry @Vegard Pompey but Lynch's doesn't come close for me.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah the new coppola is there too, looks super interesting. absolutely insane cast lol

 

[CiG]

Now we just need Carpenter to return.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Spoiler

 

[Einherjar86]

I'm so jaded about anything Alien these days.

I'm being cautiously optimistic. At least we don't have to worry about Scott fucking things up more than he already has; and Alvarez has chops, so we'll see.

I'm also extremely excited for this. Granted, the marketing campaign could turn out to be better than the actual film... but then, Oz Perkins is a quirky dude, and Nic Cage has been eating the industry for breakfast lately. Again, I'm optimistic.