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Pogue Mahone said:
:lol: Jesus. I made the same decision with that GdT short by yer man who made Mandy we were discussing recently. Twas a rollercoaster ride but worth it in the end. Despite the face melting. Might try again for this film. Sure what could go wrong?
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NOO
Its requiem for a dream territory yuck. Its already trippy enough.
 
Cheimoon said:
I think it's really well made, and the way everything hangs together is very, very neat. I just don't think it has that 'something extra' that makes it truly great; in particular, I think it's themes are too obvious, and the story is explained too much towards the end.

Still a good film though, just not great.
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Agreed.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Might try again for this film. Sure what could go wrong?
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Good luck, you’ll have to tell me how it goes if you go through with it. It’s basically the face melting scene for 90 minutes, tbh it did me remind me of the animation parts of Pink Floyd The Wall. Even though the director is American, it has a kind of grim British dystopia.

The first time I got about 20 minutes in and decided it was best to leave the film to later and instead go and pet the dog.
 
Oh if anyone is interested in other horror animations - The Wolf House(Film about girl escaping a Nazi community in Pinochet chile, is a great watch.



The full film is up on YouTube for free.
 
Rooney in Paris said:
It becomes a little bit "style over substance" as it goes on, but it's definitely wonderfully creative. It's horribly depressing though. Rarely watched something so bleak, had to put on Grave of the Fireflies followed by Come and See to cheer myself up.
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Hacksaw Ridge
Can a war movie based on real events and people be more cheesy and cringeworthy than this? Couldn't take it anymore and had to skip thru the last 30 mins or so.

3/10
 
Roosney said:
Hacksaw Ridge
Can a war movie based on real events and people be more cheesy and cringeworthy than this? Couldn't take it anymore and had to skip thru the last 30 mins or so.

3/10
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I hated it too. Couldn't understand how anyone rated it
 
I finally watched Sea of Trees last night, a film that's been on my list for quite some time. It's a wonderfully understated drama, with a foray into the survival genre, that deals with death, mourning, hope and love, not necessarily the most joyful film ever but a great watch and some excellent performances by the three main actors - Matthew McConaughey, Naomi Watts and Ken Watanabe. Beautiful film that stirred up some things inside. Gus van Sant is great with this kind of stuff.
 
Decision to Leave (2022)
Park Chan-wook's latest film. The director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden has created another absolutely brilliant and beautiful film with impeccable acting from the cast and truly gorgeous cinematography. This is the type of movie that really shows why you don't need any CGI to captivate an audience. I'm a huge fan of all his movies, probably one of my absolute favorite directors of all time and this does not disappoint. It's got more of a Hitchcock vibe than Oldboy, The Handmaiden, or Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (all movies I love) and he pulls it off like only a true master of the artform can. Old Alfred would be ecstatic to see a film like this. Echoes of Vertigo while still being a completely original and innovative film. It does have nonlinear out of chronological order sequences so you have to pay attention, it's not the kind of Hollywood flick you can put on and multitask or browse your social media during but there is so much here in plot, theme, and character candy here that the film doesn't even need its stunning cinematography but adding that to the mix just makes this one of my favorites. On par with the best films I've ever seen.
10/10

With Broker and a few others I'm excited about in my queue, I'm already re-evaluating my earlier disappointment in 2022.
 
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Nicolas Cage on a hardcore mission. Was surprised to learn it was made by Joel Schumacher, script by the guy who wrote Se7en. Gritty movie and I liked it a lot. Wonder what @Dirty Schwein thinks about it.

8.5/10
 
weetee said:
What's the consensus on Us? I liked Get Out a lot but Us was a mess.
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Get Out had a couple of great images/sequences but other than that I thought it was a mess. Started out like a Twilight Zone parody, Black Mirror lite, then became a farce at the end. The ending particularly egregious because it was a reshoot tacking a completely different ending onto a ridiculous story. It is one of the most overrated movies in recent memory and I’m not watching anything else by him if Get Out is the high water mark.
 
The Bad Batch.

Some post apocalypse cannibals in the desert thing. Interesting cast. Pointless film with cruelty and depravity aplenty. Shit directing, shit writing. Makes you wonder why anyone thought this script should be turned into a movie, why actors signed on. Pointless, stupid, faux-edgy, trash. Maybe the second half redeems the first but I shut it off after 40 minutes, desperately waiting for it to turn the corner.

1/10
 
Boss Level

Popcorn, time loop fun that's actually pretty great. I bought this months ago on Blu Ray, never watched (I think) and then picked up the 4K disc today on the back of my first viewing. It's a bit cheesy in parts, but the cast are great. Good redemption-y story and for a time travel/loop film there's few maybe no 'but what about/how did that happen' moments.

Solid 8 for me, if you're after that kind of movie.
 
Wing Attack Plan R said:
Get Out had a couple of great images/sequences but other than that I thought it was a mess. Started out like a Twilight Zone parody, Black Mirror lite, then became a farce at the end. The ending particularly egregious because it was a reshoot tacking a completely different ending onto a ridiculous story. It is one of the most overrated movies in recent memory and I’m not watching anything else by him if Get Out is the high water mark.
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I thought it was pretty straightforward with a fresh look. I liked the way it rather naturally mixed horror with comedy, something that is not easy to find in contemporary horror movies imho. I mean it's nothing I'd rave about but also nothing I wouldn't watch a second time though. But to each their own.
 
TheReligion said:
I watched Get Out for the first time a few days ago and thought it was pretty average if I’m honest. Perhaps it’s because it has received so much attention, along with the Director, but yeah I didn’t see anything special.
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I agree with you. It was a very agenda-driven awards year. Silly film.
 
weetee said:
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Nicolas Cage on a hardcore mission. Was surprised to learn it was made by Joel Schumacher, script by the guy who wrote Se7en. Gritty movie and I liked it a lot. Wonder what @Dirty Schwein thinks about it.

8.5/10
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I genuinely love this movie. I think it could have gone a little more in depth but that industry is filth so probably for the best. The scene when Cage first watched the tape and gags always makes me laugh really loud :lol:
 
Dirty Schwein said:
I genuinely love this movie. I think it could have gone a little more in depth but that industry is filth so probably for the best. The scene when Cage first watched the tape and gags always makes me laugh really loud :lol:
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The lawyer was a bit OTT (well, fitted the gang in that way) so gave it a wee bit too early away. Cage is amazing, his interactions with the girl's mother were quite gripping.
 
Sweet Square said:
Honestly had no idea as well.

Reminds of David Fincher Mindhunter where it used CGI pine trees, impossible to tell but used a odd use of it.
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That is strange, I had to Google it. It doesn't even seem necessary.
 
weetee said:
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Nicolas Cage on a hardcore mission. Was surprised to learn it was made by Joel Schumacher, script by the guy who wrote Se7en. Gritty movie and I liked it a lot. Wonder what @Dirty Schwein thinks about it.

8.5/10
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The writer (Andrew Kevin Walker) fell out with Schumacher because he made changes to the script, and disowned the film.

It's a pretty good film though.
 
oneniltothearsenal said:
That is strange, I had to Google it. It doesn't even seem necessary.
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Yeah it's odd. While it's very impressive and impossible to tell, for me at least in a lot of the scenes I prefer the original. The emptiness and disconnection in some parts of america, is one of more interesting/dystopian things about the country(Also I wonder if it's just labour saving costs, cheaper to use CGI than to get set designers and workers to build real sets)



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HookedOnAPhelan said:
The writer (Andrew Kevin Walker) fell out with Schumacher because he made changes to the script, and disowned the film.

It's a pretty good film though.
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I bet Cage's wife originally left him, rendering him completely lost and desolate at last. :wenger:

But nice tidbit, I wonder what was changed, guess the fallout didn't happen over a little detail.
 
weetee said:
I bet Cage's wife originally left him, rendering him completely lost and desolate at last. :wenger:

But nice tidbit, I wonder what was changed, guess the fallout didn't happen over a little detail.
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One major change was that in the original script you never see Machine’s face (and I don’t think he speaks either).

I think the original script is on Walker’s website. Used to be anyway.
 
weetee said:
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Nicolas Cage on a hardcore mission. Was surprised to learn it was made by Joel Schumacher, script by the guy who wrote Se7en. Gritty movie and I liked it a lot. Wonder what @Dirty Schwein thinks about it.

8.5/10
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Thanks a lot for suggesting this one. Just finished watching it. Really good. Loved the Arabic sound tracks used at the beginning of the movie and use of music in general.
 
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