[Macros]

Man there's a career that has crashed

[Macros]

Read this. Just read it

[Slow Ben]

Glorious

[worry]

Dean Cain's IMDB page is one of the best sites on the internet.

[Traveller]

QuickTidal, on 03 September 2017 - 09:13 PM, said:

I'm FAIRLY sure you can't like and support THE PHANTOM MENACE for internal consistency...and then piss on PROMETHEUS and COVENANT man.

I don't know, I would. Prometheus and Covenant are a mixed mash of missed opportunities, bad writing and incoherent ideas. They look pretty and I want them to be good, I really do, but the flaws just make them unenjoyable to watch.

The Phantom Menace has it's own obvious flaws, yes, (like aNH does) but it at least succeeds in what it set out to do. The new Alien films just overcomlpicate a franchise which would have stayed good if they'd stuck with claustrophobic/action/horror instead of.. whatever they're meant to be now.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 12 September 2017 - 09:44 AM

[Tsundoku]

Out of curiosity more than anything else, I just read the spoilers for Mother! They confirm my initial impression that this is a movie I will never, ever watch.

You might like it if you're into Terrence Mallick/Lars von Trier et al, but that's just a guess.

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Tsundoku, on 14 September 2017 - 09:03 AM, said:

Out of curiosity more than anything else, I just read the spoilers for Mother! They confirm my initial impression that this is a movie I will never, ever watch.

You might like it if you're into Terrence Mallick/Lars von Trier et al, but that's just a guess.

I've heard it's the best film ever filmed.

[worry]

Mother! looks fantastic but that last trailer I saw (before IT) was pushy as hell. Lots of text and voiceover telling you what to do. Guess it was a throwback to older horror trailers w/ the big push, but it felt off.

[WinterPhoenix]

worry, on 14 September 2017 - 09:01 PM, said:

Mother! looks fantastic but that last trailer I saw (before IT) was pushy as hell. Lots of text and voiceover telling you what to do. Guess it was a throwback to older horror trailers w/ the big push, but it felt off.

Not a fan of horror movies in general, in fact IT was the first such film I have ever watched at the cinema. I saw the trailer for Mother! before the film started same as you though, and damn if the cast isn't pretty damn great. Bardem and Lawrence are usually great and I've always liked Ed Harris. The only Aronofsky film I've seen is Requiem for a Dream, which despite tying Leaving Las Vegas for the most depressing movie I have ever watched is pretty great - even if I never want to watch it again. Can't say I'm likely to watch it at the cinema though, literally only went to see IT because it is one of my favourite books.

[QuickTidal]

WinterPhoenix, on 15 September 2017 - 01:58 PM, said:

worry, on 14 September 2017 - 09:01 PM, said:

Mother! looks fantastic but that last trailer I saw (before IT) was pushy as hell. Lots of text and voiceover telling you what to do. Guess it was a throwback to older horror trailers w/ the big push, but it felt off.

Not a fan of horror movies in general, in fact IT was the first such film I have ever watched at the cinema. I saw the trailer for Mother! before the film started same as you though, and damn if the cast isn't pretty damn great. Bardem and Lawrence are usually great and I've always liked Ed Harris. The only Aronofsky film I've seen is Requiem for a Dream, which despite tying Leaving Las Vegas for the most depressing movie I have ever watched is pretty great - even if I never want to watch it again. Can't say I'm likely to watch it at the cinema though, literally only went to see IT because it is one of my favourite books.

I know the spoilers as well, and have reviews from friends who saw it...

It's EXACTLY what you'd expect from a Darren Aronofsky quasi-horror/existential-treatise-on-life film (starring the director's girlfriend).

The only Aronofsky film I can stomach is THE FOUNTAIN (and I quite liked it for being a lot of pretentious twaddle)...all the rest have left me quite cold.

I will say that I think that this was a natural progression for him...BLACK SWAN played with horror-ish tropes...so I see why he went there...but yeah I have less than zero interest in this film.

[WinterPhoenix]

Don't actually know anything about the movie apart from the trailer I saw in the cinema, so I've no idea what these spoilers would be and how they might affect the film. But yeah while I might watch it somewhere in the future if I happen to see it on TV - and even then literally just because of the cast it has, which is pretty great in my opinion - I pretty much avoid horror films in general and this won't be any different.

Didn't know Jennifer Lawrence was dating Aronofsky, weird.

[worry]

Harry Dean Stanton died, age 91. Legend.

[worry]

What he did in Twin Peaks would have been a swan song for the ages, but then we still have this to look forward to as the real farewell:

[Malankazooie]

There was something about his role in the original Alien that just chewed up the scenery. Gods that movie was so well cast. He had a small role, but like all the others, he just jumped out of the screen at you. RIP indeed.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 15 September 2017 - 10:56 PM, said:

Harry Dean Stanton died, age 91. Legend.

ONE. MAGIC. CHRISTMAS.

RIP

[worry]

Is that Canadian? I've literally never heard of it, but it looks like the kind of thing that should be in the 80s kid canon.

[Tsundoku]

Just watched Transformers: The Last Knight. What a mess. Could have been better if they had a coherent plot. The inconsistencies within it's own ... milieu (?) are astounding.

Thank goodness I didn't pay for it.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 16 September 2017 - 03:45 AM, said:

Is that Canadian? I've literally never heard of it, but it looks like the kind of thing that should be in the 80s kid canon.

It was not exclusively Canadian...but it was shot just north of Toronto. Great film.

[acesn8s]

I started watching The Shooter series on Netflix this weekend. It's pretty good. I've seen the Markie Mark movie, but haven't read the book, and I really appreciate the additional backstory.

[polishgenius]

Someone thought it'd be a good idea to adapt Jeff VanderMeer. This is going to be so strange.