Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[HardcoreRetro]

So I've been gradually building my knowledge base on Indian film. I'm not gonna lie, its actually kinda tough to get into 'Indian Film' because there's no one Indian cinema industry, there's actually dozens of them, stratified by language, artistic ambition and financial resources. Even people I know who speak an Indian language have a limited perspective ('That guy's movies? I dunno, he's only in Tamil films, right?').

My longwinded point being is that I see a fair number of films that I take something from, but I can't actually easilly reccomend to most people. But the pleasingly nasty thriller Nh10 is a notable exception. Its got a compact running time, minimally intrusive songs, and a simple (and rightiously angry) premise. A couple of well meaning but basically flawed yuppies attempt to intervene in an honor killing, and then shit gets grim. Its a well made thriller that nimbly leaps over many of the traps that much other Indian, and even Asian cinema falls into that makes it a bit impenetrable. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for any outside the mainstream thriller that's even a bit clever, as my previous post may attest to. The same director/actor combo have another film out this summer, so I've got something to see in July and then derail this thread away from a Marvel film. Huzzah!

Does this also add in musical numbers for no apparant reason? I remember watching one Indian film which was like 2 hours normal action-thriller and 1 hour of added musical numbers.

[Assimilate]

Loving the reviews dunking on Mute.

“More than fifteen years of gestation clearly did nothing for Mute, by far his worst film to date, and easily one of the worst in recent memory, period ... at the very least, serves to make The Cloverfield Paradox no longer Netflix’s worst high-profile sci-fi misfire this month.”

 

i was looking forward to this

[Tasty]

Holy shit haha.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Does this also add in musical numbers for no apparant reason? I remember watching one Indian film which was like 2 hours normal action-thriller and 1 hour of added musical numbers.

There's songs, but they're brief and occur in the background while the characters are doing not exactly critical yet still narratively essential things (a song plays while the couple is driving through the countryside, for example).

Its not unlike what many an 80's film would do back when film soundtracks where a bigger deal and cramming songs into the periphy made for a good selling point. Stallone films did this a lot (Rocky III, Rocky IV, Over the Top, Cobra).

[BobFromPikeCreek]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mute

5% 

[Tasty]

Damn yo.

[HardcoreRetro]

I HATE the music in this trailer but I wanna watch this

If only it didn't have that absolute piece of shit actor in it.

[Great Rumbler]

“More than fifteen years of gestation clearly did nothing for Mute, by far his worst film to date, and easily one of the worst in recent memory, period ... at the very least, serves to make The Cloverfield Paradox no longer Netflix’s worst high-profile sci-fi misfire this month.”

[Great Rumbler]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mute

5% 

Dang. Guess I'll finish watching Altered Carbon instead.

[toku]

I'll give Mute a shot

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before rewatching altered carbon

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[toku]

[paprikastaude]

I almost didn't make it through the first episode of Altered Carbon because is was so hamfisted (I had to skip through the ending and took a week-long break after half of it)   Maybe it would have been bearable if Bladerunner 2 didn't come out only a few months ago.

[ToxicAdam]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mute

5% 

"It's like watching a magician spend several minutes on elaborate flourishes and then drawing your card from a deck of one."

[BlueTsunami]

Watched the entirety of Boogie Nights last night. Can't believe a movie that long could keep me that entertained. Biggest take away being Mark Wahlbergs performance. He seemed to be in his habitat being this eminently innocent doofus and I loved watching every minute of it. Paul Thomas Anderson somehow made someone losing this innocence funny as fuck. Can't believe I waited till now to watch it.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

The scene in Alfred Molina's house is still imo one of the best of all time.

[chronovore]

Watched the entirety of Boogie Nights last night. Can't believe a movie that long could keep me that entertained. Biggest take away being Mark Wahlbergs performance. He seemed to be in his habitat being this eminently innocent doofus and I loved watching every minute of it. Paul Thomas Anderson somehow made someone losing this innocence funny as fuck. Can't believe I waited till now to watch it.

Oddly, I re-watched Boogie Nights last night as well.

[BlueTsunami]

The scene in Alfred Molina's house is still imo one of the best of all time.

Yeah the ramping tension was amazing and subverted that hyper masculine get shit done mentality that always works in movies. I bet most half baked stickups work in that same sort of tepid buildup way until the cup fully tips, no going back.

Watched the entirety of Boogie Nights last night. Can't believe a movie that long could keep me that entertained. Biggest take away being Mark Wahlbergs performance. He seemed to be in his habitat being this eminently innocent doofus and I loved watching every minute of it. Paul Thomas Anderson somehow made someone losing this innocence funny as fuck. Can't believe I waited till now to watch it.

Oddly, I re-watched Boogie Nights last night as well.

We on that wavelength 

[ToxicAdam]

PTA will never make a movie as great as that. Perfect casting. Many of those actors right as they were hitting their prime.


I would've watched an entire spin-off movie of Dirk and Reed chasing a music career.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

The scene in Alfred Molina's house is still imo one of the best of all time.

Yeah the ramping tension was amazing and subverted that hyper masculine get shit done mentality that always works in movies. I bet most half baked stickups work in that same sort of tepid buildup way until the cup fully tips, no going back.

Totally. The atmosphere is just perfect. The Chinese kid chucking firecrackers around, the thick smoke, the oppressively loud music while an unhinged Alfred Molina is waving a gun around and holding it to his head. The tension was near unbearable the first time I watched it. So good.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Also, John C Reilly never gets enough credit for how good he is in like everything he's ever done.

[Skullfuckers Anonymous]

The scene in Alfred Molina's house is still imo one of the best of all time.

This oral history article from Grantland is a great read if you're a fan of the movie.
http://grantland.com/features/boogie-nights/

PTA was have firecrackers lit and banging wood together for 3 days when they filmed that scene.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Mute apparently has a brief and very stupid Moon tie in that is just too stupid for me to pass up, so I guess DJ is getting an hour and a half of my time later tonight

[Bebpo]

PTA will never make a movie as great as that. Perfect casting. Many of those actors right as they were hitting their prime.


I would've watched an entire spin-off movie of Dirk and Reed chasing a music career.

Magnolia!

Boogie Nights is probably second fav though. Still need to see Phantom Thread.

[Tasty]

Boogie Nights has been on my list for a while, might be time to fire it up.

[Joe Molotov]

Mute apparently has a brief and very stupid Moon tie in that is just too stupid for me to pass up, so I guess DJ is getting an hour and a half of my time later tonight

2 hours 

“When did torture get this gay?”

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There’s a scene where this guy finds out his friend is a pedophile, and he’s like you’re going to stay the fuck away from my daughter and your gonna stop doing pedophile shit right now or I’m gonna break every bone in your body you piece of shit, then they hug it out, then the first guy gets a phonecall about something he’d be waiting for and he’s like “oh shit, lets celebrate!” and they drive down the road while the pedophile guy sticks his head out of the sunroof and waves his arms around like they’re going to prom.

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[Tasty]

Mute apparently has a brief and very stupid Moon tie in that is just too stupid for me to pass up, so I guess DJ is getting an hour and a half of my time later tonight

2 hours 

“When did torture get this gay?”

spoiler (click to show/hide)

There’s a scene where this guy finds out his friend is a pedophile, and he’s like you’re going to stay the fuck away from my daughter and your gonna stop doing pedophile shit right now or I’m gonna break every bone in your body you piece of shit, then they hug it out, then the first guy gets a phonecall about something he’d be waiting for and he’s like “oh shit, lets celebrate!” and they drive down the road while the pedophile guy sticks his head out of the sunroof and waves his arms around like they’re going to prom.

[close]

[BlueTsunami]

Mute apparently has a brief and very stupid Moon tie in that is just too stupid for me to pass up, so I guess DJ is getting an hour and a half of my time later tonight

2 hours 

“When did torture get this gay?”

spoiler (click to show/hide)

There’s a scene where this guy finds out his friend is a pedophile, and he’s like you’re going to stay the fuck away from my daughter and your gonna stop doing pedophile shit right now or I’m gonna break every bone in your body you piece of shit, then they hug it out, then the first guy gets a phonecall about something he’d be waiting for and he’s like “oh shit, lets celebrate!” and they drive down the road while the pedophile guy sticks his head out of the sunroof and waves his arms around like they’re going to prom.

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After watching Boogie Nights and the Colonel prison scene, this reads amazingly

[Bebpo]

Boogie Nights has been on my list for a while, might be time to fire it up.

It's really good.

[Bebpo]

i felt like annihilation has more in common with films like apocalypse now, come and see and stalker than say 2001 and under the skin where the latter are more cerebal and the former are psychological journeys through hell.

eh, AN is like my favorite film of all time (or at least used to be when was emo philosophically depressed teen, probably just top10 now) and Annihilation has absolutely nothing on Apocalypse Now. AN is this amazingly surrealistic journey full of gripping and moments on the journey down the river. Like every scene is amazing in that movie and there's also a lot of character depth.

Like Annihilation doesn't seem that hellish to me. I don't even find it particularly scary. Most of the time it's like walking around the colorful flower land. There's no sense of evil or darkness to it, it's just nature. I think I would've like to see more shit actually happen. But in the end there's just not a ton of stuff there. It felt like there weren't that many scenes in the film and not a ton happens. Idk, I mean I do like Annihilation, but it just really felt like a short story/1 hour TV episode of TZ, and not enough substance for a 2 hour movie. Sorta like how most Walking Sims have a neat concept and are pretty but don't have enough gameplay!

[TEEEPO]

here's a protip: apocalypse now is everyone's favorite film

but if you don't find nature both scary and beautiful, then i don't know what else to tell you. go on more hikes?

[chronovore]

We on that wavelength 

 

[Joe Molotov]

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mute

5% 

Movie is garbage. It feels like it was made as a joke to see if people really will watch any old crap if it’s on Netflix.

[TVC15]

Annihilation - Pretty much loved it. Very different than the book. It’s like Garland read it and basically decided to do his own take on the same scenario. Even the meaning of the title is changed. The scenes in Area X often feel very Stalker-y, and there’s at least one shot that’s a direct homage to it.

I need to see it again. Much like BR2049, I was drawn in enough that I didn’t even notice the length, but thinking back, I think there’s either some fat to be trimmed or there are scenes that I need to see again now that I know everything that’s going on.

[TEEEPO]

i'm still reflecting on what i saw last night and i'm even more in love with annihilation today than i was last night. there are so many little details that need time to be absorbed

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Everything I read about it is so overwhelmingly negative that I kinda want to see it out of morbid curiosity... Netflix always gets its man.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

"Mute is a would-be sci-fi epic whose title serves as an unfortunate guide to how it might be best enjoyed."

Jesus. Even the RT Critical Consensus blurb is straight up savaging this movie

[BlueTsunami]

i'm still reflecting on what i saw last night and i'm even more in love with annihilation today than i was last night. there are so many little details that need time to be absorbed

I keep thinking about the physicist

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how she just surrendered to her scenario, mirroring how peaceful the other humanoid plant growths were just walking, some nearly hand in hand. Accepting their mutation. This in opposition to the ones that died violently, seemingly clinging to the past.

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It definitely grows on you

I dont want to dip into hyperbole but to those that say this film says nothing, to me it almost says everything.

[Momo]

Boogie Nights has been on my list for a while, might be time to fire it up.

You're going to love it, you will hate Mark Wahlberg more when you realise he has the potential to act well though.

[TVC15]

Put me down as someone that thinks Boogie Nights is PTA’s best. It’s not only a legitimately great movie, but it’s also a fun ride that pretty much anyone can enjoy. It’s got depth and works for a very wide audience. I love all of PTA’s stuff (haven’t seen Phantom Thread yet), but he struck the perfect balance here. One of the best casts ever, too. And that fuckin’ soundtrack is Tarantino-level quality.

In addition to the absolutely amazing Alfred Molina scene, this is one of my all time faves, too.



This YT comment sums it up nicely:
“This is probably my favourite movie shot of all time. Every inch of it screams "these people are idiots" and "God I wish I was at this party".”

[BlueTsunami]

I'm watching Magnolia now and its scratching all the spots. I can almost say hes my fav director of all time now, in regards to how he paints his characters and how consistent hes been. In the case or Magnolia its mellodrama but believable, relatable.

[BlueTsunami]

Didn't understand the movie at all I want to rewatch though

Annihilation?

[BlueTsunami]

Magnolia

Lmao, I'm sitting through it now and the threads haven't made themselves clear yet. About over a third of the way through. Thats just me spitting impressions.

Also, I'm very surprised by how subued PTA is in Phantom Thread. I'm almost literally working backwards on his body of work. Phantom Thread is a hateful whisper in comparison.

[TVC15]

Magnolia

I like the movie, but it’s toward the bottom of the list. I’ve never heard a satisfying read on how the climax of the movie ties together all the themes explored (and there are a bunch) in the individual stories. The best I’ve heard is the equivalent of “shit happens.” I’m wondering if PTA’s head got a little too big at this point. Still, it has amazing performances and a couple of great Aimee Mann songs. It also looks great and is impeccably edited.

[BlueTsunami]

I may speaking out of turn here but the threads of Magnolia feel like the pains of life, choices you've made but Cruise is that Ego. Whatever it is you've turned into when you're asked to account for your past.

[BlueTsunami]

The middle lawyer scene is as real as it gets in Magnolia

[Assimilate]

I can't believe i just watched Mute. I'm such a sucker for scifi that i put myself through that.....it may be one of the worst movies i've ever seen and could have ended Alexanders' Skarsgard recent ascension to stardom after Big Little Lies.

This movie just sank the directors career as well.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Fuck ya'll now I have to watch boogie nights again. Is Phantom Thread any good? I'm still too scared to watch Inherent Vice despite loving PTA and Joaquin

[HardcoreRetro]

Watched Call Me By Your Name.

I'm honestly having a hard time understanding what other people see in this. The relationship between the two characters seems more about lust than actual love. 

Maybe it's the cinematography and nice scenery that people like. That's the part I like.

[Quaker]

His name is Michael Stuhlbarg.

[TVC15]

Call Me By Your Name should get a Razzie for being a male lgbt-themed movie that has the audacity to show a girl’s titties but gives us no dudes hanging dong.

[TEEEPO]

them titties though

[HardcoreRetro]

I was planning on giving Shape of Water a 6/10 on imdb. But then I subtracted a point cause they didn't show the fish dick. If they showed it it'd have gotten a 7/10 instead.

[Great Rumbler]

i felt like annihilation has more in common with films like apocalypse now, come and see and stalker than say 2001 and under the skin where the latter are more cerebal and the former are psychological journeys through hell.

Along with those movies, and some others mentioned, it reminded me a bit of The Fountain, as well, in that "explores ideas but doesn't hand out all the answers" kind of scifi/trippyness. Anyway, I loved it. The weirdness, the meticulous pace, the steady descent into madness, the visuals, even the soundtrack and sound effects. It's the kind of movie that comes along maybe once every few years that you can't believe a major studio dropped so much money on and allowed into theaters, because it absolutely does not have mainstream appeal in the slightest.

[TEEEPO]

https://slate.com/culture/2018/02/annihilation-co-composer-ben-salisbury-explains-the-musical-cue-from-the-alien.html

 
them 4 notes though

[paprikastaude]

Source Code - how to ruin your story in the last 120 seconds.

[seagrams hotsauce]

Kinda like Moon!

[paprikastaude]

I didn't mind Moon, but this was Blade Runner theatrical cut-tier. Let's scrap the rules we've established in this movie prior so we can have all the schmalz!

[Freyj]

Call Me By Your Name should get a Razzie for being a male lgbt-themed movie that has the audacity to show a girl’s titties but gives us no dudes hanging dong.

I’ve seen it twice and I’m pretty sure there’s at least one dong.

[Corporal]

My Asia trip continues. Watched Attack the gas station. What an amazing movie. Makes me want to have a horrible childhood and subsequently rage against society. But only if all is forgiven in the end. Too much of a chicken otherwise. We should have recreational gas stations everywhere to allow our youth to integrate into society better.



Plan for tonight: Shaolin Soccer.

[TVC15]

Call Me By Your Name should get a Razzie for being a male lgbt-themed movie that has the audacity to show a girl’s titties but gives us no dudes hanging dong.

I’ve seen it twice and I’m pretty sure there’s at least one dong.

If there is, it’s like on the edge of the screen for a second or something. My eyes were peeled. Such a disappointment of a movie.