I remember you asked again about this a couple of weeks ago Steve and I was just listening to Anderson's interview with Marc Maron, and Maron asked him what There Will Be Blood was about. Anderson said it's about family, Daniel and his boy. He goes into more detail but at no point mentions money or religion, which I think is pretty interesting. Worth listening to if you get the chance, Maron asks him to explain each of his films.
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Okay, so I watched a really shitty, straight to DVD Nicholas Cage movie, and I did plan on ripping the shit out of it on here until I realised that one of the characters was played by Antony Yelchin (Who had recently died). All I will say now is do not watch this movie.
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Give us a review when you are done watching Time Lapse, Coherence and Primer.
Will check The Quiet Earth. The Hidden is a true hidden gem, one of my favourite 80's movies.
2 more added to my list, both look pretty decent.
You will absolutely love the Hidden, I recommend watching it asap.
As a matter of fact I need to watch it again tonight.
Now I have to rewatch it as well! Been a while really.
The Quiet Earth is not an amazing film, but it's pretty good, and it's my type of film. Desolation, apocalypse, weirdness...
The Quiet Earth is not an amazing film, but it's pretty good, and it's my type of film. Desolation, apocalypse, weirdness...
Last night I watched a film called Coherence, a sci fi flick you've probably never heard of. Nice ideas and I enjoyed it. Personally I thought it lacked the tightness of some of the others mentioned, mainly in the exposition. Triangle, Primer, Time Crimes, Time Lapse being the pinnacle of that indie conceptual scifi stuff.
I actually reckon The Quiet Earth is a borderline masterpiece. Just about the finest depiction of desolation caught on film.
I actually reckon The Quiet Earth is a borderline masterpiece. Just about the finest depiction of desolation caught on film.
Read some posts a page or so back, we are discussing Coherence quite a lot
Agree on the other mentions you have though, with Primer being my favourite.
What I love about Coherence is all the clues, plus the dialogue and whole setting. They really just met up one night and decided to make a movie, without scriptet dialogue etc , and it shows. The dialogue, setting, acting and everything makes it genuinely feel like a bunch of friends meeting up a night and weird shit happening.
One of the few movies I have watched that made me google it and read up a whole lot on the clues and how to interpret etc. after watching it.
Read some posts a page or so back, we are discussing Coherence quite a lot
Yeah I was fooling.
Mirror Image, A Most Unusual Camera, Shadow Play, Walking Distance are Twilight Zone episodes in a similar vein.
Hah I was actually sat on my balcony in Barcelona high on amphetamines when I watched it simultaneously with you, I think I watched 20 minutes before I gave up.
Unbelievable Jeff
Read some posts a page or so back, we are discussing Coherence quite a lot
Agree on the other mentions you have though, with Primer being my favourite.
What I love about Coherence is all the clues, plus the dialogue and whole setting. They really just met up one night and decided to make a movie, without scriptet dialogue etc , and it shows. The dialogue, setting, acting and everything makes it genuinely feel like a bunch of friends meeting up a night and weird shit happening.
One of the few movies I have watched that made me google it and read up a whole lot on the clues and how to interpret etc. after watching it.
To be fair, it took the director twelve months to lock down the outline so everything was pretty tight before it got anywhere near the actors.
Oh, okay. But wasn't the dialogue largely unscripted? A movie as complex on the clues and whatnot as Coherence must be scripted, but I thought the dialogue was mostly improvised.
Yes, the actors were given the outline for the scene and what their character knew, wanted etc, but all the dialogue was unscripted ... as far as I'm aware it was done in chronological order too and the actors given the outline only for that scene, so that the actors kind of learned what was happening the same way that the audience did! So still smart nonetheless, but I think a lot of praise has to go to the writer/director who spent a loooong time bringing together the complex story.
Outland is a total High Noon ripoff and even has shotguns. Who the feck makes a space shootout film and uses shotguns instead of lazer guns?Blimey. That's the last thing I expected, mate.
Cheers for that info.
Interesting how ideas are projected onto art. He talks about Plainview's job in respect to how it affected his relationship with his son, how men back then had these jobs that took them away from their families. And I guess if you view Eli through that lens too, it's interesting how his religion affects his family and other families within the community.
Yeah its pretty bad....those two popped into my head for some reason when I read the post.
I watched Creep yesterday, gotta say I didn't really enjoy it. For a moment it seemed to take an interesting turn when they were drinking whiskey but that ultimately let to nothing, apart from that it didn't really build any tension. 3/10
Is that in the undergrounds?
Nope, playing mostly in the woods. 6.2 on IMDB seems a tad high.
There's two films called Creep. One on the underground and the other about two guys who on the internet
There is a film that has been discussed here, about some guys that get followed and tortured by some neo-nazis or something, I think it came out last year or this year.
Anyone know which film I am thinking about? It is a horror I think.
Edit: Aha! found it. It is called "Green Room"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4062536/?ref_=nv_sr_1
After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.
What can possibly go wrong? Not available at the usual sources yet though
Edit 2: Holeeh-shit, look at these ratings:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_room_2016/?search=green
Anyone know which film I am thinking about? It is a horror I think.
Edit: Aha! found it. It is called "Green Room"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4062536/?ref_=nv_sr_1
After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.
What can possibly go wrong? Not available at the usual sources yet though
Edit 2: Holeeh-shit, look at these ratings:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_room_2016/?search=green
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How's the underground one?
I sort of enjoyed it but I was much younger (I think I saw it 10 years ago) and I used The Underground a lot at that time so a little bias there. It's decent, nothing too special but not awful either.
I looked for this yesterday in my usual places, but could not find it.There is a film that has been discussed here, about some guys that get followed and tortured by some neo-nazis or something, I think it came out last year or this year.
Anyone know which film I am thinking about? It is a horror I think.
Edit: Aha! found it. It is called "Green Room"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4062536/?ref_=nv_sr_1
After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.
What can possibly go wrong? Not available at the usual sources yet though
Edit 2: Holeeh-shit, look at these ratings:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_room_2016/?search=green
Sure it will be soon.
Same here, I saw it when it came out I think and thought it was quite good, but don't know how it would hold up if re-watched now.
I watched it not long ago, I thought it was decent.
Creep
Trapped in a London subway station, a woman who's being pursued by a potential attacker heads into the unknown labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city's streets.
British low budget horror, that was pretty good, set in the creepy backdrop of disused London Underground stations, music was good , acting was OK.
there was blood and gore, bit of a twist with a strange ending.
Worth watching, well I thought so.
6/10
Its a tremendous film, possibly the best released this year, and a good chance to see one of Anton Yelchin's final lead performancesThere is a film that has been discussed here, about some guys that get followed and tortured by some neo-nazis or something, I think it came out last year or this year.
Anyone know which film I am thinking about? It is a horror I think.
Edit: Aha! found it. It is called "Green Room"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4062536/?ref_=nv_sr_1
After witnessing a murder, a punk rock band is forced into a vicious fight for survival against a group of maniacal skinheads.
What can possibly go wrong? Not available at the usual sources yet though
Edit 2: Holeeh-shit, look at these ratings:
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_room_2016/?search=green
Watch Timecrimes (crono crimenes), you will like it.Thanks, seen Enemy Mine and Coherence.
Coherence was fecking brilliant. When I read the "synopsis" of the movie after I had seen it I understood just how many clues I had missed. Also that Swedish actress
I love those time travel movies, there are a few gems out there.
Edit: A lesser known SciFi gem is Arrival starring Charlie Sheen as an astronomer who discovers signs of alien life and then an alien conspiracy.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115571/
I have seen it, liked it a lot. Even though I was massively annoyed at the main character since there were literally 10x scenarios he could have pulled off that wouldn't lead him towards such a catastrophic scenario and endgame.
It would have been an smart character but a pretty shit film though.
Weekend 2011 is such a wonderful film. 8.5/10 for me
Point Break (2015) - with better actors this film would have been so much better. Still not a patch on the original. 4/10
Just watched Deadpool and thought it was hilarious, also watched The legend of Barney Thomson (Robert Carlisle) which I enjoyed too, Emma Thompson (didn't realise it was her to start with) was great.
Watched the new Independence day (well the sequel). It was as corny / cheesy as expected. Not that it was a bad thing. Obviously the first one has a lot of nostalgia value to it, and if you liked that I think you will like this although a lot of things borrowed (not many new things).
I see a lot of people disappointed by it, but I was confused as to what they were expecting. Some of the effects looked wicked on the big screen. The acting wasnt great, but then I thought that about the original as well.
I guess it depends on your expectations.
I see a lot of people disappointed by it, but I was confused as to what they were expecting. Some of the effects looked wicked on the big screen. The acting wasnt great, but then I thought that about the original as well.
I guess it depends on your expectations.
What's your favourite angry young man/alienation film? I'm watching Five Easy Pieces yet again. I think I've always identified with Bobby Dupea. That end scene is just devastating.
The Last Picture Show is a close second.
The Last Picture Show is a close second.
Taxi Driver?