The Official Movie Thread

[CiG]

Which Get Carter?

 

[challenge_everything]

Original of course

 

[CiG]

You think loving Get Carter is such a lowbrow thing to do that it disproves you being called pretentious?

 

[challenge_everything]

No. More that I could understand being called pretentious if I was hating on these types of movies in general. You know my tastes. I just think it's a shit example of the style.

 

[CiG]

You should rewatch John Wick and actually finish it.

 

[challenge_everything]

Life's too short; I haven't seen enough Bela Tarr movies yet

 

[CiG]

He's an open-borders cuck, watch Wick instead.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'm not someone who thinks action movies should be held to a lower standard where writing is concerned. There are few things I love more than an action movie with good writing (a rare thing) and I would absolutely count John Wick in that category. The plot isn't just an excuse to string together gorgeously choreographed action sequences, it also does a fantastic job establishing John Wick's in-universe legend status and building up this fantastical world where assassins organize in secret societies and operate on codes of honor. I've also seen a decent number of action movies, including many of the ones explicitly cited as influences by the makers of John Wick, and nothing about that movie strikes me as particularly derivative.

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

 

[CiG]

Yasss. #woke

 

[RadicalThrasher]

A little later

Spoiler

 

[RadicalThrasher]

@CiG , for some reason i thought of you when i saw this. Almost bought it but just couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger









EDIT: .....WTF Willow!

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

I'm not someone who thinks action movies should be held to a lower standard where writing is concerned. There are few things I love more than an action movie with good writing (a rare thing) and I would absolutely count John Wick in that category. The plot isn't just an excuse to string together gorgeously choreographed action sequences, it also does a fantastic job establishing John Wick's in-universe legend status and building up this fantastical world where assassins organize in secret societies and operate on codes of honor. I've also seen a decent number of action movies, including many of the ones explicitly cited as influences by the makers of John Wick, and nothing about that movie strikes me as particularly derivative.

i agree
the world-building in John Wick really is done a whole lot better than most "action-movies"
the world-building is the reason everyone loves the MCU movies

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

Spoiler

 

[Einherjar86]

Quite a fine row of sleek horror films coming out lately. I recently watched The Hole in the Ground for the first time, which, while not as well-conceived as films like Mandy, The Void, The Endless, The Ritual, etc., was still visually pleasing and mildly disturbing on some fronts (although more than a bit derivative).

I'm really excited for a couple films that A24 is putting out--specifically, Midsommar (Ari Aster) and The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers). Also saw the trailer for The Lodge, which looks promising (although I'm always skeptical when studios load their trailers with shit like "game-changing horror"). I'm remaining hopeful because Goodnight Mommy was solid:

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

Spoiler

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

@CiG , for some reason i thought of you when i saw this. Almost bought it but just couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger

Macha Magall is a smoke show. Hottest Nazi ever.

 

[challenge_everything]

Quite a fine row of sleek horror films coming out lately. I recently watched The Hole in the Ground for the first time, which, while not as well-conceived as films like Mandy, The Void, The Endless, The Ritual, etc., was still visually pleasing and mildly disturbing on some fronts (although more than a bit derivative).

I'm really excited for a couple films that A24 is putting out--specifically, Midsommar (Ari Aster) and The Lighthouse (Robert Eggers). Also saw the trailer for The Lodge, which looks promising (although I'm always skeptical when studios load their trailers with shit like "game-changing horror"). I'm remaining hopeful because Goodnight Mommy was solid:

I'm excited about The Lighthouse too. Eggers' previous film The Witch was brilliant (albeit with some flaws).

An early 5 star review from Peter Bradshaw too
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...attinson-shines-in-sublime-maritime-nightmare

 

[CiG]

Last time I watched this was on VHS, it's been ages... I think this is the last movie I need to rewatch before I will feel good finalizing my 1983 list.

 

[no country for old wainds]

^i need to see that.

and yeah i'm very hyped for the lighthouse.