I've seen the odd bit here and there and have it recorded on Sky box. Is it near unwatchable?
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Nah wouldn't say so, for as weird as it is I'd argue it's reasonably easy to follow for the most part, and it's only an hour and a half anyway. It's more just ridiculously disturbing and weird more than anything else. Long time since I've felt so uneasy watching a film. I kind of liked it though. I think. But I'll almost certainly never watch it again.
Kind of sounds up my street. Sounds like Antichrist- interesting, but not really a reapeat viewing film.
If you like disturbing stuff, I've been meaning to watch Bad Boy Bubby forever.
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/bad_boy_bubby/
Bad Boy Bubby is one of the most fecked up movies I've ever seen.
Probably tops Wake in Fright, even - the Aussie's are just great are producing this kinda stuff.
Probably tops Wake in Fright, even - the Aussie's are just great are producing this kinda stuff.
straight on my to watch list.
A friend gave me her Netflix password yonks ago. Not sure she remembers tbh, but this might screw up her viewing suggestions.The Hollow One
While searching for her missing father, an emotionally damaged woman confronts her tragic past and a shadowy figure with sinister intentions. Maybe I wasn't paying attention but none of this movie made any sense to me. Too much jumping forward in time and stupid flashbacks. The 'monster' looked ridiculous, like something out of the 90s Power Rangers. Bored from the start to the finish. Some good cinematography though, that was nice 3/10
While searching for her missing father, an emotionally damaged woman confronts her tragic past and a shadowy figure with sinister intentions. Maybe I wasn't paying attention but none of this movie made any sense to me. Too much jumping forward in time and stupid flashbacks. The 'monster' looked ridiculous, like something out of the 90s Power Rangers. Bored from the start to the finish. Some good cinematography though, that was nice 3/10
Wind River - 5.8375 / 10
Understated melodramatic shitshow. I had high hopes for this one as the Rockies, Native American life, and oilfield trash are all familiar things to me personally. But it didn't have any time to breathe, and some of the action sequences are cringe-worthy.
It was redeemed by the duality of the Natives and the oilfield workers both being forced into living outside of their natural homes, and how it turned them against their nature. That needed more exposition. As did Jeremy Renner's gun...wicked cool. I'm not even a gun guy but I need one of those now.
Understated melodramatic shitshow. I had high hopes for this one as the Rockies, Native American life, and oilfield trash are all familiar things to me personally. But it didn't have any time to breathe, and some of the action sequences are cringe-worthy.
It was redeemed by the duality of the Natives and the oilfield workers both being forced into living outside of their natural homes, and how it turned them against their nature. That needed more exposition. As did Jeremy Renner's gun...wicked cool. I'm not even a gun guy but I need one of those now.
Its in my top ten favourite movies of all time, wonderfully fcuked up plot and very thought provoking. Brilliant.
I actually know a guy who watched this with his Mother when he was 21. That's even more fcuked up than the movie itself
Room was just a poor man's Bad Boy Bubby. Speaking of Rooms...
The Disaster Artist - the compelling true story of the making of The Room, from James Franco and Friends. Tommy Wiseau is inherently fascinating and Franco does a good job playing him and there are plenty of laughs in this. I haven't seen any of Franco's other directorial work and it's supposedly terrible. This film is full of poor staging, wigs, makeup, distracting cameos, too many title cards and yet still a lot of fun. Franco the actor saves Franco the director. Dave is terrible.
It was an advance screening and my God, The Room fans are nerdier than Star Wars geeks. Greg Sestero was on hand for a Q and A and looks fairly dead behind the eyes, so I bought a couple of books from him. At least he's made something of himself.
The Disaster Artist - the compelling true story of the making of The Room, from James Franco and Friends. Tommy Wiseau is inherently fascinating and Franco does a good job playing him and there are plenty of laughs in this. I haven't seen any of Franco's other directorial work and it's supposedly terrible. This film is full of poor staging, wigs, makeup, distracting cameos, too many title cards and yet still a lot of fun. Franco the actor saves Franco the director. Dave is terrible.
It was an advance screening and my God, The Room fans are nerdier than Star Wars geeks. Greg Sestero was on hand for a Q and A and looks fairly dead behind the eyes, so I bought a couple of books from him. At least he's made something of himself.
Voice From The Stone
Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother. Pretty dull thriller/mystery that's super slow and tumescent. The cinematography is great and the film sets up its premise quite well but doesn't really go anywhere from there. Emilia Clarke was completely miscast in this but at least you get to see her baps. The twist(s) were telegraphed waaay too much so leave no impact. Had potential but wasted it 4.5/10
Set in 1950s Tuscany, Voice from the Stone is the haunting and suspenseful story of Verena, a solemn nurse drawn to aid a young boy who has fallen silent since the sudden passing of his mother. Pretty dull thriller/mystery that's super slow and tumescent. The cinematography is great and the film sets up its premise quite well but doesn't really go anywhere from there. Emilia Clarke was completely miscast in this but at least you get to see her baps. The twist(s) were telegraphed waaay too much so leave no impact. Had potential but wasted it 4.5/10
Is Stalker worth the time (161 mins) spent watching?
100%
Cheers.
PS It's available online, should anyone else like to see it:
PS It's available online, should anyone else like to see it:
I'd never been to Scotland when I first saw it but I loved it. And it has aged decently as well.
Part 2 is OK but doesn't quite nail the landing in the second half of the film.
It is a case of, "you had to be there in the 90's and watched it in a theatre when it first released"
On the Bowery - Alcoholics, bums and workers in mid 50's New York. The blu ray rip of this is absolutely stellar. I wasn't really paying much attention to the forced story and instead had my eyes focused squarely on the locations and the battered faces of the people in it. It was like something out of the Bukowski universe, you could almost feel and smell those bar counters/tables.
Son of the White Mare - Gorgeous psychedelic animation based on Hungarian folklore, was like a more colourful and fluid version of The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
Baby Face - This is probably the most pre-code pre-code Hollywood film I've ever seen, the entire premise being that the main character uses sex to get ahead in life. Very enjoyable stuff (anything with Barbara Stanwyck in it usually is).
I've also been on a silent film binge lately, watched some really good ones like Diary of a Lost Girl, The Wind, Visages d'enfants, Une femme a passé and Jenseits der Straße.
Son of the White Mare - Gorgeous psychedelic animation based on Hungarian folklore, was like a more colourful and fluid version of The Adventures of Prince Achmed.
Baby Face - This is probably the most pre-code pre-code Hollywood film I've ever seen, the entire premise being that the main character uses sex to get ahead in life. Very enjoyable stuff (anything with Barbara Stanwyck in it usually is).
I've also been on a silent film binge lately, watched some really good ones like Diary of a Lost Girl, The Wind, Visages d'enfants, Une femme a passé and Jenseits der Straße.
Honestly how do you guys watch movies that old? I wanna try some of Hitchcock's films like Vertigo, Dial M For Murder etc but aren't they extremely slow movies compared to movies today?
You get used to it. Watch a few old movies and you'll also see how easy it is to adapt to more deliberate pacing.
What do you mean, slow?
It was movies like Baby Face that led to the introduction of the code.
I'm always struck by how marked the transition is from pre-code to post-code. Even though the same cinematic technology is employed, Hollywood movies of the early thirties have a very different look and texture to the films of a few years later.
Once the code was in place, screen life was always slightly cosmeticized. It became the distinctive style of the Hollywood Golden Age. The dirt under the fingernails of America wasn't shown again until the 60s.
Stalker
I saw this movie about six months a go and it blew my mind. It was the most hypnotic, transcendent film I have ever seen, a film that made me feel emotions and feelings in a way that no other film has managed to. It was a completely immersive and mystifying experience watching this film and completely in-comparable to anything I have seen before. Its also one of the most personal films I have experienced, it stripped down my minds logical defences and explored a state of id that I had never knew even existed. Words can't describe the emotions I felt when watching this film and even if they could, I would be reluctant to want to share such feelings with anybody else. It really is that good.
If I had to describe the feeling it gave me, it would be like lying in bed having a fever dream whilst a storm raged outside. That sort of fuzzy, out of body vulnerability that you feel just listening to the water hit against your window as your overheated mind distorts reality around you.
10/10
I saw this movie about six months a go and it blew my mind. It was the most hypnotic, transcendent film I have ever seen, a film that made me feel emotions and feelings in a way that no other film has managed to. It was a completely immersive and mystifying experience watching this film and completely in-comparable to anything I have seen before. Its also one of the most personal films I have experienced, it stripped down my minds logical defences and explored a state of id that I had never knew even existed. Words can't describe the emotions I felt when watching this film and even if they could, I would be reluctant to want to share such feelings with anybody else. It really is that good.
If I had to describe the feeling it gave me, it would be like lying in bed having a fever dream whilst a storm raged outside. That sort of fuzzy, out of body vulnerability that you feel just listening to the water hit against your window as your overheated mind distorts reality around you.
10/10
Nilsson and Peyroteo just creamed themselves.
Yes! But don't feel bad if after watching it you think it was a bit boring, I liked it a lot(The tunnel is just brilliant) but it's at times really slow and well honestly a bit dull.
Yes! But don't feel bad if after watching it you think it was a bit boring, I liked it a lot(The tunnel is just brilliant) but it's at times really slow and well honestly a bit dull.
That's great.
I think one of the biggest differences after 1934 is the portrayal of women. It would take decades before you saw strong female characters like that again.
Stalker is definitely one of the greatest movies ever made. Which makes it even more impressive that it isn’t even Tarkovsky‘s best one.
The Hays code, introduced in 1934, in which Hollywood voluntarily accepted certain moral guidelines regulating the content of motion pictures. It determined what could be shown on screen for the next quarter of a century, and wasn't fully abandoned until the late sixties. For instance, men and women, even husband and wife, could not be shown sharing a bed. It was named after Will Hays, a prominent American politician, who was appointed by the studios to take charge of the system.
Sounds like you had decent mushrooms.
Thanks!
YES
I watched Battle of the Sexes today.
Not a big tennis fan, some years I catch a bit of Wimbledon on TV yet enjoyed this movie.
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction and this seems to be one of those stories.
I normally enjoy violent thrillers yet enjoyed this personal interest story and good to see a lot of British involvement via Emma Stone, Andrea Riseborough and Danny Boyle.
Liked Steve Carell playing the Bobby Riggs character.
I'd give it a 4/5
Not a big tennis fan, some years I catch a bit of Wimbledon on TV yet enjoyed this movie.
Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction and this seems to be one of those stories.
I normally enjoy violent thrillers yet enjoyed this personal interest story and good to see a lot of British involvement via Emma Stone, Andrea Riseborough and Danny Boyle.
Liked Steve Carell playing the Bobby Riggs character.
I'd give it a 4/5
I used to think that, I would never watch an old film, but because of this thread , I watch some and never looked back.
You will not regret watching the films you listed, they are classic and I have watched them all a number of times.
Dial M is has good as any modern murder mystery
Also watch Casablanca, I only watched it for the first time a couple of years ago , it blew me away.
The original Psycho is great, as is The Birds. Both well-paced and brilliant watches, irrespective of being old, god forbid.
Maybe it helps that I grew up watching old Hammer horror and 1950s/60s sci-fi movies as a kid.