The Official Movie Thread

[Vegard Pompey]

Nothing in the new Dune approaches the majesty of this scene:



(nor the one where Paul and Stilgar ride the sandworm against a terrible greenscreen as the electric guitars and choir kick in)

it’s in the imdb top 100 atm so i guess it’s going down pretty well.

Yeah but the Americans haven't seen it yet.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i know ehrlich kind of shat on it and he’s usually got his thumb on the zeitgeist like some wannabe movie fantano so maybe you’re right.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

God damn, I'm so excited for Dune!

 

[challenge_everything]

See Annette yet?

Aiming for next week.

 

[no country for old wainds]

rip melvin van peebles

 

[TageRyche]

I saw Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings this past Sunday. I really liked it, a lot more than I thought I would.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Same, might be top 5 MCU for me. Gorgeous, fluid action scenes, great villain, likeable cast overall (I might be in a minority but I actually liked Awkwafina's sidekick/comic relief/love interest character.) The only part that didn't work for me was the CGI monster battle at the end.

 

[TageRyche]

Same, might be top 5 MCU for me. Gorgeous, fluid action scenes, great villain, likeable cast overall (I might be in a minority but I actually liked Awkwafina's sidekick/comic relief/love interest character.) The only part that didn't work for me was the CGI monster battle at the end.

I have never really understood the appeal of Awkwafina's comedy but in this movie I really thought she was fantastic with both halves of her performance.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Just pure action movie fantasia, every gun is loaded with fireworks, shotguns reload to crashes of thunder, JCVD kicks and shoots people interchangeably in melee range, every kick and blow lands with the most comically bone-crunching sound, slo-mo, freeze-frames, wipe transitions that make a "swoosh" sound, Lance Henriksen in top form, pigeons and a phantasmagoric final showdown in a burning warehouse full of Mardi Gras props. I'm so in awe of this thing, probably one of the most movie movies I've ever seen and an instant favorite. I haven't liked the other Hollywood-era Woo films I've seen and I suspect it's because he toned down his style after this one was critically panned (by morons.) This one is just 120% Woo and it's fucking glorious.

 

[no country for old wainds]

i should rewatch that, i feel like that kind of thing must play so much better on a big screen though.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

I'm sure it would, wonder if I could get my student film club to vote it into the spring program It is a fantastic movie on any screen though!

 

[no country for old wainds]

is your film club picking up again now covid's hopefully fucking off?

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Yeah, we're doing screenings at half capacity right now and starting in October we'll be able to have full theaters. We screened Spirited Away two weeks ago, we're doing The Lighthouse tomorrow, and then the rest of the term is Clerks, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Blade Runner 2049, Lars and the Real Girl and Ran, in that order.

 

[Bourbon]

Now watching:

 

[challenge_everything]

Kurosawa/Mifune time

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

Just pure action movie fantasia, every gun is loaded with fireworks, shotguns reload to crashes of thunder, JCVD kicks and shoots people interchangeably in melee range, every kick and blow lands with the most comically bone-crunching sound, slo-mo, freeze-frames, wipe transitions that make a "swoosh" sound, Lance Henriksen in top form, pigeons and a phantasmagoric final showdown in a burning warehouse full of Mardi Gras props. I'm so in awe of this thing, probably one of the most movie movies I've ever seen and an instant favorite. I haven't liked the other Hollywood-era Woo films I've seen and I suspect it's because he toned down his style after this one was critically panned (by morons.) This one is just 120% Woo and it's fucking glorious.

your description of this movie makes me imagine 2 people coming out of the movie, one person going "that was the most horrible movie EVER" and then the other person going "that was the most awesome movie EVER" while talking about the same movie

 

[Blurry_Dreams]

just completely forgot this was happening until just now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(2023_film)

 

[rms]

Watched Old last night...Christ this was bad. Seems like a big direction change from the graphic novel, too. We know the twist is coming and he still misses

And finally got to see Raw...missing alot of the fuss around it other than just purely grotesque in a way that was worth watching. Maybe I'll see it again sometime. Her new one is playing here so that would be nice to sneak out and see some more weird shit

 

[no country for old wainds]

the circle jerk every shyamalan movie gets from a certain sect of people is so insane lol

i just mildly like raw myself but titane looks intriguing. won the palme at cannes too for what it’s worth.

 

[rms]

man those reviews are ridiculous maybe next week I can catch a show of Titane