Jay 37,369 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 What? I never suggested anything of the sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yes, you did, I'm sorry. Read this page again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 What are you on about?All i said was that Ex Machina contained a reference to Blade Runner. I never said that Garland was "going for Blade Runner", whatever that even means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I Nolan it for you, Jay:Steef: I hear Ex Machina is nothing but a poor man's Blade Runner.Jay: Yes, Ex Machina was definitely referencing Blade Runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The word you're looking for is "nihilistic".Don't you mean Nihilanth, the final (yet anti-climactic) boss from Half-Life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Trainspotting (1996)Very interesting film, although I think it's better by its individual moments rather than the sum of its parts. How could anyone take this as a pro-drugs movie is beyond me, but still is quite good. Wonderfully funny and at the same time very dramatic. And McGregor is always great in everything he does, with what I assume is his natural Scottish accent. Still, by the end I felt it was somewhat inconsecuential, like it didn't leave me really thinking that much as I expected it would do.8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 9 - Good, but I didn't like the ending.Snowpiercer - Considerably worse than expected.It's loved, but then again, so is Fury Road. If you want to see a good ol' genuine 7/10 movie, watch Ex Machina.Fury Road was great and had just the right (small) amount of script to hold the action together without getting fake or inappropriately ridiculous. Snowpiercer was crap and suffered from exactly those problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The Third Man - I'd never seen this Carol Reed/Graham Greene classic before, so took the opportunity as my local arthouse cinema is screening a newly-restored version. Wonderfully atmospheric, with a post-WW2 Vienna seemingly rife with black market profiteering, that endlessly hummable zither score and one of cinema history's biggest bastards in Orson Welles' Harry Lime. How was the restoration? This is one of my favorite films.It looked and sounded great . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'm sure you agree that Fury Road is overall better than Snowpiercer, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Oh, yes, definitely.But I also think Snowpiercer is a solid, even if flawed, film, and I don't understand all the flak it gets, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Fury Road is better then everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Fury Road was the most fun I'd had in a movie theater in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Its close though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I watched Cast Away a few weeks ago. What a simple, effective film. I feel like I could easily watch it again already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hansel & Gretel: Witch HuntersI still get a kick out of this. Such a guilty and unpretentious pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I watched Cast Away a few weeks ago. What a simple, effective film. I feel like I could easily watch it again already.It loses a lot of steam when Hanks returns to mainland, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,287 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 That final section has the greatest moment of Hanks' career! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Silvestri's music is *a lot* better than I remembered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 How can you forget it? It's only 8 minutes long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters I still get a kick out of this. Such a guilty and unpretentious pleasure. Yes, I saw it free on TV and it entertained me too. It's way more crazy than I expected. 9 - Good, but I didn't like the ending. Snowpiercer - Considerably worse than expected. It's loved, but then again, so is Fury Road. If you want to see a good ol' genuine 7/10 movie, watch Ex Machina. Fury Road was great and had just the right (small) amount of script to hold the action together without getting fake or inappropriately ridiculous. Snowpiercer was crap and suffered from exactly those problems. Like I said before, I'm not a big fan of Snowpiercer either, but it had a more interesting concept (train wagons as linear micro worlds). Fury Road also has things going against itself. It felt too much like a remake of a movie we've all seen before. It was all about action (nothing else) and the action was sped up and not that mesmerizing, IMO. The old-fashioned orchestral score didn't match the images, and so on, and so on, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Orchestral score??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Absolutely! They went for that old Hollywood epic style and combined it with some heavy percussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Ummm....not really dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Fury Road? Oh yes! Maybe you've seen a different version or you didn't pay attention. The score is very old-skool. All Mad Max movies have old skool scores. It's part of Miller's recipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sure, it's basically a Klaus Badelt/Trevor Rabin score from the early 2000's.But I would not label it as orchestral. Far too much programmed percussion, synth and sampling in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I watched Cast Away a few weeks ago. What a simple, effective film. I feel like I could easily watch it again already.It loses a lot of steam when Hanks returns to mainland, though.I don't think so. Hanks totally nailed the character, before, during and after his adventure. His solitude came across when he was again amongst his loved ones, even his previous relationship which had been broken beyond repair, was more incentive for him to start again, fresh, with a new outlook on life. He knew life had passed him by, and the only way for him was to change gears, set new goals. The strongest shot comes at the end when he's at the crossroads deciding which path in life he wants to continue on. Zemeckis always makes the symbolism to the point and clear in his films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 You make that sound as a good thing.Should symbolism not leave a few things to the imagination?Has a Zemeckis film ever left you wondering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 He leaves a lot to the imagination, no? We don't actually get to see Tom hooking up with that woman, but we can imagine he will.Zemeckis is one of my fave directors. Contact being in my film top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh, you are one if those people. Never mind.I assume you also love Ron Howards films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Trainspotting (1996)Very interesting film, although I think it's better by its individual moments rather than the sum of its parts. How could anyone take this as a pro-drugs movie is beyond me, but still is quite good. Wonderfully funny and at the same time very dramatic. And McGregor is always great in everything he does, with what I assume is his natural Scottish accent. Still, by the end I felt it was somewhat inconsecuential, like it didn't leave me really thinking that much as I expected it would do.8/10A ninties zeitgeist 'cool Britannia' film which is still very watchable 20 years later. It holds up very well. I don't think The Full Monty can make quite the same claim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamTheater 131 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh, you are one if those people. Never mind.I assume you also love Ron Howards films?One of what people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I'm sure you agree that Fury Road is overall better than Snowpiercer, right? I'd never have given it any thought if the question wasn't posed here, but I'd say I probably enjoyed Snowpiercer more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sigh...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sure, it's basically a Klaus Badelt/Trevor Rabin score from the early 2000's.But I would not label it as orchestral. Far too much programmed percussion, synth and sampling in it.Don't forget Bernard Herrmann! And samples or not, it's about what a score tries to evoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sure.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Oh, you are one if those people. Never mind.I assume you also love Ron Howards films?One of what people? First a Johnny, now one of those people, ... you have an identity issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road does not have a classic orchestral score.Maybe the torrent Alex watched was faulty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 You are wrong.Cremers knows best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Not when it comes to Fury Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Cremers is a god among men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 We are not worthy of Him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road does not have a classic orchestral score.Maybe the torrent Alex watched was faultyIt's funny how you super devoted fans, the so-called Millerites, don't hear the old Hermanesque Hollywood in Mad Max: Fury Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Since Holkenborg named him as an inspiration in interviews about the score, you are hardly coming up with anything new Alex.The Herrmann influence doesn't mean Fury Road has a traditional orchestral score though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Millerite? I've never seen any of his films before this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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