Thor 7,467 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Not enough explosions for ya? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Why does every think I need explosions to like a film. It gets old that people here acting as if my film tastes are low rent. I will gladly put my favorite films against anyone's choices without hesitation. Same with my taste is scores. Arrival is a slow ugly looking film with little payoff. It would be better if their are no explosions. I like CE3K far more and it had less explosions, I like E.T. and it has less explosions. Both films are both better told far better looking and the level of direction is so superior that ther is little comparrison. Btw I too like the Charlie Sheen/Arrival. Always freaked out by the scorpions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,467 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 It was just a joke. You and I depart quite a bit in taste, since I also like films that aren't necessarily driven by narrative and conventions. I love 'slow cinema' in all forms and shapes, be it Tarkovsky, Tarr, Malick or Villeneuve. I like how Villeneuve's ARRIVAL is less about traditional storytelling (although it's pretty straightforward) and more about ideas and feelings; more of a circular movement than a traditional, horizonal one. But at least we agree on the Sheen ARRIVAL, which is a different beast altogether. Great score by Arthur Kempel too, who died way too young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I apologize in that I used my reply to your post to vent as you were not the first today to use the explosion comment towards me. I do admit I am often not a fan of non-linear story telling. I find it is often overused or worse inappropriately used. Im looking at you Michael Clayton. I applaud your differences but Vill. and Malick are not "Joe" directors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 4 hours ago, JoeinAR said: Btw I too like the Charlie Sheen/Arrival. Always freaked out by the scorpions And those backward knees! JoeinAR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 That was so disturbing looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 10 hours ago, Alexcremers said: You mean, because Deckard is thirty years older, it proves he's a replicant? Anyway, you don't need to be worried that BR: 2049 is answering this question (if it is still a question after BR: 2019?). Before he even made the movie, Villeneuve said he didn't want to change the ambiguity surrounding Deckard's origin, and as far as I know, he kept his promise. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,467 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Alexcremers said: Anyway, you don't need to be worried that BR: 2049 is answering this question (if it is still a question after BR: 2019?). Before he even made the movie, Villeneuve said he didn't want to change the ambiguity surrounding Deckard's origin, and as far as I know, he kept his promise. Well, in 2049 he's revealed to have Spoiler a daughter at the end. Can replicants....uhm, replicate? I guess if Rachael can bear a child, so can Deckard...were he a replicant. But still.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Thor said: Well, in 2049 he's revealed to have Hide contents Can replicants....uhm, replicate? Spoiler They can if replicants are based on an accelerated cloning process whereby they don't genetically alter their means of reproduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Spoiler That was a shocker. I mean I know Data created a "daughter" once, but replicants can breed the biological way? Eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 minute ago, The Original said: Hide contents That was a shocker. I mean I know Data created a "daughter" once, but replicants can breed the biological way? Eh? Spoiler Data is not a human clone but a machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Just now, Alexcremers said: Hide contents Data is not a human clone but a machine. Spoiler I thought the replicants were machines too, like Ash/Bishop/Call/David/Walter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 28 minutes ago, The Original said: Hide contents I thought the replicants were machines too, like Ash/Bishop/Call/David/Walter. Spoiler No! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: Hide contents No! Spoiler Oh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,467 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Ha, ha...yes, The Original, I thought the same as you here. Guess I need to read up on replicant definitions.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 It's actually the fault of the movie. At first they were supposed to be androids, like in the book, but it gradually changed into a form of cloning, like Synthetic Biology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Of course Deckard is not a replicant! He never has been, and he never will be. What arrant nonsense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 So Decker impregnated a robot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Tyrell was supposed to be a robot (not a replicant) because the real Tyrell was lying in a cryonic chamber somewhere in his pyramid. Maybe it's here where Scott got the idea from that Deckard is a rep. Maybe that's why the Tyrell/cryosleep scene was scratched. 10 minutes ago, The Original said: So Decker impregnated a robot? Remember, she was different, the first of her kind. Only, she was not ... There was another ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Commander... this is a mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 This is where BR2049 gets so caught up in justifying its own mythology that it comes across as leaning a little too much towards fan-fiction. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 The whole synthetic love angle with his gal being projected on the monster billboard late in the picture was the best thing about it. All the shit with the underground army bogged it down. Ford was great, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Why did he need a holographic woman? Couldn't he get a girlfriend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 A real girlfriend is less realistic and relatable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Ryan Gosling needs a space blow up doll. Ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 50 minutes ago, The Original said: Why did he need a holographic woman? Couldn't he get a girlfriend? People hate him. He's not even allowed to look them in the eye. He's just a slave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Progrethive future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Hey @JoeinAR, what do you think of Society with Billy Warlock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Its in our watchlist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,337 Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Is Strange Magic worth watching (for the score)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,467 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 47 minutes ago, bollemanneke said: Is Strange Magic worth watching (for the score)? Hadn't even heard of the film untill now, but looking it up -- sure, anything scored by Marius de Vries is worth watching for the music. He's one of the good guys. bollemanneke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Strange magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Even in this bastardized form, it's still streets ahead of his new stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Babe: Pig in the City earned a 4 star review from Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel ranked it as his top movie of 1998. It's apparently also one of Tom Waits' favorite movies. I never had any interest because they're talking pig movies for babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 It's at least better than LOTR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Frodo: Hobbit in the Shire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 The Babe movies might pleasantly surprise you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,467 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 3 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Babe: Pig in the City earned a 4 star review from Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel ranked it as his top movie of 1998. It's apparently also one of Tom Waits' favorite movies. I never had any interest because they're talking pig movies for babies. Yes, I had the same issue for a number of years. I have a major issue with live action animals being antropomorphized (which is why I can't stand stuff like HIS DARK MATERIALS, for example), even though I quite enjoyed stuff like LASSIE or SKIPPY or FLIPPER as a kid. But it's George friggin' Miller, so I eventually succumbed, and had to agree with the critics. His oft-mentioned 'dark' approach; the entire mise-en-scene, really, is absolutely brilliant. Should be watched for that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I love talking animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,030 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 You know it's not real, right? On 6/28/2019 at 12:20 AM, Thor said: But at least we agree on the Sheen ARRIVAL, which is a different beast altogether. Great score by Arthur Kempel too, who died way too young. I've gotta see this one. I just read Ebert's review, and he gave 3.5/4 stars. He also compared it to the first MI movie; The movie is as smart as “Mission: Impossible” is dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,393 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I remember I had one of those editions of that book "1000 movies you must see before you die" (or something like that), the one that has Indy on the cover. The first Babe movie were one of those 1000 movies, and I was like "What? A kid's movie with a talking pig is one of the 1000 movies I have to watch before I die?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 I know I adored the first one as a kid. Only saw the second once and was a bit scared of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Babe is a classic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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