The Official Movie Thread

[CiG]

fuck you responding for if you're not interested in discussing ya doofus

Discussing what homo?

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

i guess the only ones i'm indifferent towards are the dead zone, a dangerous method and maps to the stars, the latter two seem to have grown on people over the years though so they probably deserve another shot.

Kinda feel the same about those 3 myself, not because they're bad but they just don't quite resonate. A Dangerous Method is one I need to watch again though.

Still yet to see Spider and M. Butterfly (and Fast Company but not sure how essential that one is).

When Maps came out I thought it to be the best of his since Spider. Since then, A History of Violence has taken the top spot for his post-eXistenZ work, though Maps is secure in a close second. I really love that movie. It's lethally fucking funny ("So how did you get AIDS, Cammi?") and it was refreshing to see an American actress (Moore) really go for it in a way you usually only see European actresses do these days. Wasikowska is great too and that look of her's with the gloves should become a fashion trend. Evan Bird steals it, though. That little shit is hilarious.

Spider is incredible. Fiennes is on par with Irons in Dead Ringers he's so good and he doesn't utter one word throughout the entire movie. It also looks how depression feels. Dear god is that movie dreary.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah i second the rec for spider, super underrated.

 

[CiG]

Cosmopolis for me, though I haven't seen Spider and I prefer Cosmopolis to eXistenZ, so I'll say Cosmopolis is his best since he made Crash.

Evan Bird steals it, though. That little shit is hilarious.

I fucking loved that little twat.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Re: Fast Company. Not sure how "essential" I'd deem it, but contrary to what some might claim, it wasn't a work for hire and was actually in a lot of ways a passion project. Cronenberg is big into racing. The telepods from The Fly were designed after bike motors he had in his garage.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i haven't seen that one.

 

[challenge_everything]

The Invisible Man was pretty disappointing, particularly given how good Whannell's previous film Upgrade was.

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

i haven't seen that one.

It's fine. Basically what you'd expect from a racing/action movie. I've only seen it twice. First was on what I assume was its original VHS release I won on eBay back when I was first getting into Cronenberg and not a lot of his shit was even out on DVD yet. Of course I got it and watched it again when Blue Underground put it out on DVD but haven't found the urge to go back since. It's basically the same thing where I'm a big Friedkin fan but I'm not in any hurry to watch Blue Chips anytime soon.

I'm much more fond of M. Butterfly, his other supposedly "atypical" movie which, when you think about certain things, it really isn't. It's not a stretch to think he was more than a bit interested in the gender bending and identity issues at play.

 

[no country for old wainds]

yeah i was surprised by how much m. butterfly felt of a piece with the likes of dead ringers.

 

[rms]

The Invisible Man was pretty disappointing, particularly given how good Whannell's previous film Upgrade was.

bailed on the cool idea and went gone boy

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Pedro Almodóvar Reteams with Penélope Cruz for Next Feature Madres Paralelas

 

[CiG]

Been a year since I first watched it, time to revisit:

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[RadicalThrasher]

Watching

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[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

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[CiG]

Hyped to see David Ayer's new one.

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Np:

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@CiG , Bill Lustig movie

 

[Krow]

Cool Jason / Maniac Cop rip off movie.

 

[CiG]

Watching:

 

[RadicalThrasher]

Watching:

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Did you like it? One of the better underwater horror flicks imo. Pretty big fan of it.

 

[CiG]

Did you like it? One of the better underwater horror flicks imo. Pretty big fan of it.

Yeah it ruled, thought the ending stunk a bit though.