The Official Movie Thread

[TechnicalBarbarity]

nothing wrong with going in at the deep end IMO, it's the darkest and most fucked up one but that probably makes it a good starting point for metalheads.

Yea i remember picking up a few of his books after chopping it up with a few of you guys. I think yiu had told me to start with the Borders trilogy, which i have along with NCFOM, Blood Meridian and The Road.

 

[no country for old wainds]

well i'm guessing you've seen the film of NCFOM which makes the book a bit redundant IMO. the road actually feels designed to be a starting point, relatively short and accessible while still having his signature style (and much better than the movie), not his best work though. border trilogy is definitely a fine alternative starting point and great, but it's probably not as immediately striking and different as BM.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

No Country is one of favorites movies of all time. The Road was whatever(i hope the kids not as whiny in the book). I'll probably just jump in with either Blood Meridian or No Country.

 

[CiG]

Watching this...

 

[AbelTim]

If you are looking for a high calibre martial arts film, then look no further. The directorial debut of Aussie stuntman and martial artist Bren Foster, 'Life After Fighting' is a seriously badass experience with a really diabolical villain and some very well choregraphed fight scenes and superior cinematography.

 

[AbelTim]

Just watched the indie gem 'Hammer' from Canadian director Christian Sparkes. It is an 82 minute crime thriller that follows a father trying to save his estranged criminal son from a drug dealer who he has ripped off. A very simple plotline but one that covers redemption, fatherhood and forgiveness. Will Patton flawlessly portrays the desperate father who wants to do what's right but is drawn in different directions. The cinematography is very good and the pace of the film keeps you completely engaged. I recommend this film to anyone who enjoys low budget crime thrillers but ones that are very well made. 7.5/10

 

[AbelTim]

Papa Cronenberg will be proud!

 

[TageRyche]

I saw the movie Shamrock Spitfire the other day. Based on the true story of the youngest wing commander in the history of the RAF. Decent movie but very staid and unadorned performances. Which given the WWII setting and storyline makes sense.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Tonight...

 

[Slammed]

I'm waiting patiently for October when Art comes back in Terrifier 3

 

[CiG]

If you are looking for a high calibre martial arts film, then look no further. The directorial debut of Aussie stuntman and martial artist Bren Foster, 'Life After Fighting' is a seriously badass experience with a really diabolical villain and some very well choregraphed fight scenes and superior cinematography.View attachment 36464

Watched this, pretty awesome. Definitely wouldn't call the cinematography "superior" though. Bren Foster is definitely a savage and the villain/plot is pretty fucking disturbing. Crazy fights and the final act is pretty much nonstop lol.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

NP

 

[WorldObliteration33]

Forgot how fun these films are.

 

[CiG]

Seeing this tonight:

 

[Slammed]

Seeing this tonight:

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Well come on how was it? Don't hold out on me. Tell me how it was. I'm dying to know.
I hope it was woke and that everyone will hate it.

 

[CiG]

Yeah it was weird, Dementus and Immortan Joe were making out for 90% of the film.

 

[Slammed]

Sounds like a real Mad Max story!

 

[Bloopy]

I watched The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal again and reconfirmed that I prefer the latter a bit. Hannibal's over the top highbrow art stuff contrasted with the cartoony violence makes it absurdly hilarious to me. I like how Starling's career going wrong draws her and Lecter back together. I appreciate the mood towards the end of the film and how it has Lecter and Starling caring for each other tastefully rather than butchering their story the way the book did. Bugger what other people wanted from the movie. It's like a romantic black comedy where you're rooting for the serial killer to deal to all the arseholes.

I think it would've helped Silence of the Lambs if we got more Buffalo Bill. Lecter's only loose for the last third of the film, yet Buffalo Bill doesn't get to make any kills for the entire duration. His part of the story feels a bit hollow to me somehow. I guess without his kills or backstory from the book, he's reduced to being even more just a plot device for Lecter's escape and Starling graduating to a real agent.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

 

[CiG]

Watched this last night:


Imagine a slasher depicted (mostly) from the perspective of the killer. The director himself calls it an "ambient slasher" which fits, and I'm surprised it's his first movie.

There's almost no dialogue, there's no soundtrack, though the sound design is amazing (buzzing flies, crunching leaves and twigs, animals etc), it's just a camera slowly following a lumbering freak as he stalks his victims in the woods. The cinematography is patient and legitimately beautiful like a Malick film, with long drawn-out uncut shots, but the gory practical effects violence is unhinged. A really refreshing reinterpretation of the slasher genre.

I also watched this:


Probably Kit Harington's best role to date imo. So far he's had the weakest post-Game of Thrones career of all the stars but this might turn that around. Basically he has his own Shot Caller now. Scoot McNairy is, as always, solid as fuck. Highly recommended to anybody who likes those neo-western/neo-noir crime thrillers with twisty plots that take place in small towns or in bumfuck fly-over-state America.