The Official Movie Thread

[Slayed Necros]

Any good?

I had mixed feelings but it's well worth a look.

 

[Einherjar86]

That's definitely up there too. Alien³ would be my favourite Fincher if the animated xenomorph didn't look so dodgy, I know it's petty but every time it yanks me out of the movie experience.

Mine goes something like:

1. Zodiac
2. Alien³
3. Fight Club
4. Se7en
5. Gone Girl
6. Panic Room
7. The Game

Need to rewatch The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and the rest I haven't seen yet.

This is fun.

1. Seven
2. Zodiac
3. Alien 3
4. The Game
5. Fight Club
6. Panic Room

Fincher has a fascinating career, I think. Alien 3 through Panic Room were grainy and harsh. Zodiac is a brilliant transition in which his earlier harshness is melded with a sense of dark humor, plus a slightly noticeable sheen—i.e. the graininess fell away.

By the time he got to The Social Network, he’d achieved a new style—sleek, stylish, and satirical. I like his later films less than his older work.

 

[CiG]

How do you rate the others?

 

[challenge_everything]

1. Fight Club
2. Zodiac
3. Se7en
4. The Social Network
5. Gone Girl
6. The Game
7. Panic Room
8. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

I actually haven't seen Alien 3

 

[Einherjar86]

How do you rate the others?

That’s a good question, and I’d have to think about it. I don’t dislike The Social Network or Gone Girl, but they feel so mainstream and polished to me. Less substance, more surface. But I still enjoy them, if that makes sense. Off the cuff, I’d probably rank them:

Gone Girl
Social Network
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Benjamin Button (I’m really not a fan of this one, although my memory is foggy)

 

[CiG]

I actually haven't seen Alien 3

 

[Einherjar86]

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Gods he was a fucking warrior in that movie.

 

[challenge_everything]

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I know, I know, putting it on my watchlist now.

Even more embarrassing given the first Alien is one of my favourite movies.

 

[CiG]

Gods he was a fucking warrior in that movie.

Yeah man he fucking rules in it, definitely my favourite character. Honestly Charles S. Dutton is underrated as hell.

I know, I know, putting it on my watchlist now.

Even more embarrassing given the first Alien is one of my favourite movies.

To add to that, it's also much more in the same spirit as the first one. A dark, oppressive and gritty horror.

 

[Einherjar86]

Yeah man he fucking rules in it, definitely my favourite character. Honestly Charles S. Dutton is underrated as hell.

Nerd alert: I saw that movie when I was probably 8 or 9, and definitely memorized his “call to arms” speech.

“Are you gonna go on your feet? Or on your fuckin knees...”

To add to that, it's also much more in the same spirit as the first one. A dark, oppressive and gritty horror.

Agree. Aliens is great, but a different beast than the first and third installments.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

it's also much more in the same spirit as the first one.

Lol, are you being serious here?

 

[CiG]

Lol, are you being serious here?

Yes.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Agree. Aliens is great, but a different beast than the first and third installments.

Aliens has much more in common with Alien 3 than it does the with first one. Its far from being as dark or gritty and doesnt even come close in just about every other aspect. In essence its still pretty much an action movie.

 

[CiG]

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Which part of that statement is funny to you? I think its hilarious that you actually think its anywhere near as "dark or gritty" or in any way comparable to the first one outside of it being in the same franchise and having some horror elements.

 

[Einherjar86]

Aliens has much more in common with Alien 3 than it does the with first one. Its far from being as dark or gritty and doesnt even come close in just about every other aspect. In essence its still pretty much an action movie.

I don’t understand why you think this.

Alien 3 hearkens back to the original, what with the prisoners trying to coerce the xenomorph through tunnels and corner it, their lack of heavy firepower, and the fact that they’re up against only one xenomorph. I see Aliens as the outlier in that trilogy. The feelings of isolation, claustrophobia, and horror seem way more visceral in the first and third movies than in the second. Aliens is like a war movie in which the soldiers discover the enemy has more resources than they anticipated.

 

[CiG]

^

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

I don’t understand why you think this.

Alien 3 hearkens back to the original, what with the prisoners trying to coerce the xenomorph through tunnels and corner it, their lack of heavy firepower, and the fact that they’re up against only one xenomorph. I see Aliens as the outlier in that trilogy. The feelings of isolation, claustrophobia, and horror seem way more visceral in the first and third movies than in the second. Aliens is like a war movie in which the soldiers discover the enemy has more resources than they anticipated.

you dont see that why i think that Aliens and Alien 3 are basically action orientated movies while the first one wasn't? Are you really going to try and argue this? And for the third time, it is in no way as dark or gritty as the first one. That's pretty much a fact and anyone who implies it is should never talk about those movies again. Those are the two things i said and to be honest they're not even debatable.

All three movies are different, but i'll just go ahead and say it again ... Alien 3 is closer to Aliens than it is to the first one.

oh and lulz @ "alien in da tunnelz .. looks like da first one"

 

[Einherjar86]

No evidence, no details. Great.

That's pretty much a fact and anyone who implies it is should never talk about those movies again.

That’s the go-to comment for someone who doesn’t have a fucking argument. Go home son.

Those are the two things i said and to be hoenst they're not even debatable.

Saying something isn’t debatable is the loser’s retreat.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

^

im asking you again, which part of them both being action movies(one more so than the other obviously) and not being anywhere near as dark or gritty as the first one is funny to you?