Rate the last movie you watched

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by buzzard

I'd take a low calibre bullet for you as far as interpersonal respect and admiration goes, but I'd still resent your love of Nolan while hopped up on morphine in recovery.

The ironic thing is that the only reason I'd be in the path of that bullet is that I was trying to prevent Nolan's assassination so that he could make more movies.

[buzzard]

If only he was shot at the wrap party for Following.

[Disco King]

I know liking Nolan is un-post-punk these days because he's big-budget Hollywood and all that, but I think there are rare times when legitimate artistic merit and what's commercially lucrative intersect, and Nolan is one of such creators occupying that intersection.

[buzzard]

We're still talking about the Nolan that did Insomnia, Inception and those awful Batman movies, aren't we?

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by buzzard

If only he was shot at the wrap party for Following.

I really dug how they were able to use sepia to mask some of the uncimematic characteristics brought on by relying entirely on natural lighting, but damn, I had to turn the volume way up to hear any of the dialogue on that one.

Still, it has everything I like in Nolan films: themes about obsession, subjective perception of reality, and a neat twist. 7/10 would go back in time and prevent assassination

[buzzard]

To be fair, I haven't seen the war film with One Direction in it.

There's a chance that's good, right?

[Disco King]

Originally Posted by buzzard

We're still talking about the Nolan that did Insomnia, Inception and those awful Batman movies, aren't we?

Insomnia and Dunkirk are the only two I haven't seen yet. Nothing I've heard about Insomnia has interested me much.

But I maintain that the first two entries of the Batman series are 👌. And I liked Inception, too.

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by Disco King

it has everything I like in Nolan films: themes about obsession, subjective perception of reality, and a neat twist

When run through my forum dispute translator, you're just telling me his one-trick pony act has yet to run thin for you.

[buzzard]

We've discussed The Dark Knight enough by now that it's become like seeing an adult leaving cookies out for Santa.

This is the closest I've gotten to seething outrage.

[FlamingGlobes]

Dunkirk honestly bored me just about to tears.

[FlamingGlobes]

It's worth noting that I'm one of those weirdos who really liked Interstellar a lot.

[Mals Marola]

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

don't you dare pos rep him, elphenor. don't you dare!!

someone's got to make up for all the negs i've been sending

[noyen]

Mandy - too good but sometimes not enough. brilliant Cage. soundtrack bonerific.

[Mals Marola]

aw hell! (del)

[Disco King]

Just saw The VVitch.

I at least went into it having had heard that it isn't really a conventional "horror movie," and that it's marketing as a conventional horror film is probably what soured some audiences on it, so I didn't bring those kinds of expectations to it. But I really don't understand why anybody would be disappointed to find that this isn't a typical horror film, because most typical horror films are awful.

I thought it was pretty good. My interpretation is that withcraft is being used as symbolism for female development and cultural understandings of the female body as "deviant" that are rooted in religion. The imagery of blood being used by witches in Satanic rituals seems to be remniscient of menstruation, and the conflation of blood and lactation in a couple of scenes (the goat lactating blood, the matriarch under the illusion that she is breastfeeding her son when really, a crow is pecking at her breast) seems to me to symbolize a rejection of motherhood, which is the greatest deviation from "proper female bodily function" in some religious spheres, and is synonymous with witchery. The accusations of Thomasin being a witch seem to be manifestations of her family's fears and uncertainty about her coming of age (which is also illustrated by the fact that they discuss marrying her off to another family for money, as she is nearing the age where that is to be expected).

The cinematography was really nice, with frames almost looking like charcoal portraits. The cinematographer also seems quite fond of using dark characters against mostly dark backgrounds, but framing them within a small window of light or bright white space.

I feel as though the descent into paranoia could have been done in a more gradual manner, and the payoff could have been better, but overall, I liked the film.

[FoolofaTook]

Originally Posted by FlamingGlobes

It's worth noting that I'm one of those weirdos who really liked Interstellar a lot.

Interstellar was fine. Arrival was much better tho.

[smashingjj]

Originally Posted by noyen

Mandy - too good but sometimes not enough. brilliant Cage. soundtrack bonerific.

yes. style over substance. that style, though.

[Disco King]

Wow, I can't find any of the movies I've been meaning to watch on Netflix.

Canadian Netflix a shit.

[Disco King]

Any recs?

I'm kind of in the mood for a crime film, noir, or neo-noir right now, but I'm not necessarily set on that.

Also mostly in the mood for something kinda darker, but it doesn't have to be, like, the darkest of dark, most depressing shit in the world. Essentially, I just don't feel like watching a comedy right now, but probably not a Holocaust movie or one of those movies about how human endeavour is pointless, either.

[Disco King]

I mean, human endeavour is pointless, yes, but I don't feel like I've got the energy or time for that sort of movie right now.

[Disco King]

I guess I'll be Touch of Evil tonight.

[Graveflower]

Ex_Machina

masterpiece
Isaac's performance is just a complete masterpiece and on my third viewing it hasn't gotten old at all

all 3 main performances are great but Nathan is like the most entertaining character of the last few years

[noyen]

Originally Posted by smashingjj

yes. style over substance. that style, though.

you said it better. I really love it though. I've watched it 5 times this week. it's one of the prettiest things I've seen.

[noyen]

Originally Posted by Disco King

Any recs?

I'm kind of in the mood for a crime film, noir, or neo-noir right now, but I'm not necessarily set on that.

Also mostly in the mood for something kinda darker, but it doesn't have to be, like, the darkest of dark, most depressing shit in the world. Essentially, I just don't feel like watching a comedy right now, but probably not a Holocaust movie or one of those movies about how human endeavour is pointless, either.

what like la confidential or black dhalia or blade runner 2049....

Naked (Mike Leigh) is my recommendation if you haven't seen it.

[Elvis The Fat Years]

Sicario 2. I'll give it a B. The first one was A+

I didn't like the end of this one. You can tell they decided beforehand that they were going to make a third so they wrote a shitty ending so they could make another movie.

[Graveflower]

i don't wanna watch that

Sicario seemed like such a perfectly resolved story and removing Blunt's character...
like I just don't get why it had to be made
especially without the director and DP
like where is there to really go

you pick up what i'm laying down for you, snapperhead?

[toase]

I saw Woody Allen's Anything Else...

well... it was ok...

[Elvis The Fat Years]

Originally Posted by Graveflower

Ex_Machina

I've wanted to rewatch this for a while. Loved it the first time around but it's not streaming anywhere.

[noyen]

ex machina is great I just ended up buying it.

I watched shot caller tonight it's pure discharge D-

[buzzard]

Originally Posted by Disco King

I'm kind of in the mood for a crime film, noir, or neo-noir right now, but I'm not necessarily set on that.

I would have mentioned it before, but did you ever see Before the Devil Knows You're Dead?

Fits the bill and provides a neat call-back to our thing about non-linear narrative structure.