Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Disco Stu said: It is. The older generation needs to be comforted by fantasies about the importance of traditions and social order. As opposed to fantasies about the importance of unorthodox social disorder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 The old system will fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 43 minutes ago, Quintus said: How patronising they must find you! We’re all destined to switch roles with our parents! 28 minutes ago, Thekthithm said: As opposed to fantasies about the importance of unorthodox social disorder? This describes almost all young adult fiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Rambo: Last Blood. It was actually not bad, certainly better than the reviews would lead you to believe. But then, these movies were never really critic darlings. I suppose it has more to do with politics (both then and now) rather than actual films themselves. I never really read that much into those, except for the very first one, so it is not a problem. The film is exactly what it advertises and it does that well. It's ridiculous, of course, but brief and to the point. And I also thought it was somewhat more emotional and poignant than, say, 2 and 3. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 More emotional than 2? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Just now, Stefancos said: More emotional than 2? Really? I thought it was very cheesy. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Rambo II is a great film! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 It's entertaining, sure. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Haven't they been calling it a Trumpian Mexico fantasy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Quintus said: Haven't they been calling it a Trumpian Mexico fantasy? Haha you can sure read it as a bit of that. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 43 minutes ago, crocodile said: It's entertaining, sure. Karol Its a deep and meaningful film. Cathartic even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I luv wen he blowz shit up!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 You only need the original and even that one isn't essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 It is if you're a Fanbo! John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Cliffhanger is my favourite Stallone movie anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Thekthithm said: It is if you're a Fanbo! Fanbos are just that, Fanbos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Quintus said: Cliffhanger is my favourite Stallone movie anyway. Rambo: First Blood Part II! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Haven't seen a Rambo flick since the second one, and my memory of that is some sort of ludicrous action fantasy whereby Rambo returns to 'Nam and single-handedly refights and wins the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 As I recall, that is after the unfortunate Vietnamese officer has shot at Rambo several times on ground that provided no cover from about 30 feet away and failed to hit him even once. With aim like that, he should've been an Imperial Stormtrooper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,639 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 It To Too many jokes, too many nostalgic callbacks to a movie that was released two fucking years ago. The score was good though. The EDM jump scare music is gone and there are more traditional orchestral suspense gestures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 It Chapter 2 Not as bad as I thought I would be. It's well acted, well directed, has a few good jumpscares and jokes, so it's actually a good time at the movies. I guess the duration is the bigger problem. The movie, like most Stephen King's books (including, of course, It) could have used an editor that cut out some excess. For example, during the second act the movie becomes very episodic and repetitive: one of the Losers goes to a place in Derry, remember being haunted by Pennywise in elaborate setpieces as kids, and then are haunted by Pennywise again as adults on the same place. And the third act is simply neverending, with an enourmous battle with Pennywise that just becomes tiresome at the end, followed by a huge epilogue. You thought Return of the King's finale was huge? Well, think again. On the other hand, the duration works on the film's favor when it allows us to spent more time with the Losers and getting to know them well, so that we may root for them during their confrontation with the Dancing Clown. Wallfisch's score is great! He doesn't score it like your run-of-the-mill Conjuring score, instead, it's more like music for a dark fantasy film, performed by a huge orchestra and even some choir. I don't think I gave the dude that much credit, between this and Shazam, he might be one of the best on RCP right now, along with Powell. 3 red ballons out of 5. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 42 minutes ago, Edmilson said: 3 red ballons out of 5. I'd prefer to use 94 more than you as a metric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Ad Astra Ventured to the cinema for one of my rare out of home viewings evening last. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. I read a few positive comments, and had already been intrigued by the trailers I had seen, but at the end of the day I wasn't overly impressed with the result. Director James Gray employs space drama as a medium for asking philosophical questions about humanity as whole via a single father-son relationship. If one considers the symbolism of the gradually shrinking physical distance between Roy (Brad Pitt) and his father (Tommy Lee Jones) as the former ventures through space to recon with the long lost latter, and how the personal distance between them actually remains the same, if not increases, along the way, it's quite well thought out. I really do want to like it, because before I saw it I had predisposed it as one that'd hit near to the mark, but I never had that moment where I said to myself that this was exceptional, or at least pretty good. If anything it was something contrary to that, a bit of a 'meh' showing. Hoyte van Hoytema, best known for working with Christopher Nolan, is certainly firing on all cylinders when he can, but a great deal of time is spent with the camera almost exclusively on Roy's face, one that always seems not too far off from tears. All in all a bit of a wasted opportunity in a couple of ways, not really reaching the top in a few facets (especially score- even an ounce of memorable music could have aided in uplifting things). 2.5-3 / 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 45 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: 2.5-3 / 5 Dude, you have to decide for something. The best rating system has only 5 different options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Hey, he’s being generous, I gave it a 45754.1356 out of 9985.18472917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 On 9/29/2019 at 5:12 AM, Edmilson said: It Chapter 2 The movie, like most Stephen King's books (including, of course, It) could have used an editor that cut out some excess. For example, during the second act the movie becomes very episodic and repetitive: one of the Losers goes to a place in Derry, remember being haunted by Pennywise in elaborate setpieces as kids, and then are haunted by Pennywise again as adults on the same place. And the third act is simply neverending, with an enourmous battle with Pennywise that just becomes tiresome at the end, followed by a huge epilogue. If anything, they should have included the 'excesses' - i only saw part One - because the book has a much better, more lyrical sense of pace and doesn't shove clown attacks at you in rapid succession. Another important thing: King sets up 'It' as eternal force of evil - like the place was is haunted by some mystic indian curse or something like that - while the film pretty much invites you to think it's about a clown in a drainage. In the book, It's many incarnations were manifold and the narrative with the cycle made much more sense. They really should have made a tv series out of 'it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 57 minutes ago, publicist said: If anything, they should have included the 'excesses' They really should have made a tv series out of 'it'. Yes, I felt the same way about Chapter 2. The plot of the film is super thin, stretched out over three hours. Characters appear, reappear, go to places in the same mechanical motions Edmilson was talking about that it felt as if there was a ton of stuff they had to cut or didn't film just so they could wrap it up. If they were going for such a leisurely length, and still cut everything that would've fleshed out characters (all of them) why didn't they just consider making this a series on Netflix. They could've shit out ten seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 From what i remember, King's narrative - while full of clutter, some delightful, some just superfluous - lived by its juxtaposition of past and present and to my never-ending regret, they neither zoned in on the more colourful incarnations of It (the giant bird) nor did they include many good moments that flew off the page as film scene. Instead we get never-ending attacks in the old house and many other familiar situations (form horror movies). While they did understand that it basically is a story of friendship they seem to have lost much of that in the edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,198 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 1 hour ago, publicist said: From what i remember, King's narrative - while full of clutter, some delightful, some just superfluous - lived by its juxtaposition of past and present For what it's worth, from those King stories I've read, the climax often seems to be their weakest point, and yes, the book not only lives and breathes on the juxtaposition of the past and present timelines, but the present draws much of its life from its roots in the past. I haven't seen the new films yet (and the old one only more than 20 years ago, whereas I just finally read the book the other year), but splitting the past and present into two separate films doesn't seem a wise idea to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I've read two Stephen King novels. Salem's Lot - I loved this book, very cool and creepy. Dreamcatcher - One of the worst I've ever read A few classic films based on his work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,534 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I always remember James Mason: You'll enjoy Mr. Barlow...and Mr. Barlow will enjoy you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 I seem to recall the true nature of IT was that it was essentially a Lovecraftian elder god. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 To be honest, while I do think that the movie could have cut out some about 30 minutes of repetitive jumpscares setpieces, I also think that the larger duration was good to develop the characters, their interations to each other. The Losers are charismatic characters, and we root for them. For example, Spoiler Richie and Eddie's arc. I liked their interations evolved during the movie, and I also think that the conclusion of their arc was very touching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, Quintus said: I seem to recall the true nature of IT was that it was essentially a Lovecraftian elder god. Translated into a Looney Tunes character in the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,465 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 56 minutes ago, Quintus said: I seem to recall the true nature of IT was that it was essentially a Lovecraftian elder god. Oh, how I wish that would be the truth on this movie. I'm a Lovecraft fan, and I would love to see some lovecraftian horror on a big budget horror movie (both It movies costed around US$ 100 millions). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Saw Abominable over the weekend. Pretty predictable stuff as far as animated films go, but I enjoyed it a lot more then I expected to. My review. https://herecast.us/983856 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,040 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 10 hours ago, Edmilson said: Oh, how I wish that would be the truth on this movie. I'm a Lovecraft fan, and I would love to see some lovecraftian horror on a big budget horror movie (both It movies costed around US$ 100 millions). I still hold out in vain that someday Del Toro will be able to adapt Mountains of Madness. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted October 4, 2019 Share Posted October 4, 2019 Ready Or Not - comedy-horror in which a new bride is put through WAY more than she expected on her wedding night by her in-laws. Amusing splattery fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Late Night Emma Thompson is great as always. All movies about comedians suffer from the fact that their fake stand up acts are never funny, but I did laugh a few times at the character humor (not the fake jokes) and it was an enjoyable, nice comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Joker - I really enjoyed a lot about this. It's very stylish, has a great little "retro soundtrack", and Phoenix's performance as The Joker is nothing short of remarkable. He manages to convey insanity while not truly"breaking down", or going OOT. Also I thought they did a solid job of laying out the anarchistic "eat the rich" themes, without it ever truly becoming "problematic". However, I do admit that I agree with the criticisms that the characters outside of Arthur aka The Joker are paper-thin for the most part (I guess DeNiro's talk show character has a personality, but we don't see not enough of him anyway). Also there's the issue of trying to center the movie entirely around a "villain". It's often a case of not trying to make him too sympathetic, and not making him too repulsive that it turns off audiences. I'm not sure the movie entirely succeeded in finding a middle ground, but I really need to think it over. - 7 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Joker. It was fine, I suppose. Absolutely nothing new though. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just another DC movie, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Just another movie. Nothing wrong with it as such, you just get a real sense of déjà vu. We've already seen A Clockwork Orange, Taxi Driver, The Dark Knight. Hell, even Watchmen! it's all been done before, and better. This brings nothing new to the table. Joachim Phoenix is really good...but even that's not a surprise. Karol Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 And now they're making a Harley Quinn movie, with Kaley Cuoco. I mean... come on! You just know there's eventually going to be a fucking Alfred standalone movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 This Joker film was supposed to be a standalone but even here they shove in all the references to the Wayne family and such. It actually hurts the film because it starts feeling like a tie-in. I am a comic book person. I was raised on these. And even I don't buy this. The film is "fine". And that's not much. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 On 10/4/2019 at 11:30 PM, Fancyarcher said: Also there's the issue of trying to center the movie entirely around a "villain". Lots of films used to do that. Its like people forgot how the watch tragic heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 But this film is a work of art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 27 minutes ago, Chen G. said: Lots of films used to do that. Its like people forgot how the watch tragic heroes. But is The Joker a tragic hero? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 They are trying to turn him into one for sure. Ironically, or not. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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