Post: #126

Jumping in early... Just have to say "primer" is a terrible fucking movie, I'm sorry but I can never take someone serious that suggests that. My brother is a so called movie 'expert', he suggested this movie to me last year, it was literally the worst movie I have ever seen.

I WATCHED IT TWICE to try to relate, no....just no.

Post: #127

25th hour, fan fucking tastic movie... one of my favorite scenes in any film. when he described all the different new yorkers...Edward Nortan is a master in dialogue.

Post: #128

(10-23-2015 04:36 AM)Thaitanium Wrote:  I saw 'Only god forgives' being mentioned in this thread. I guess you either hate it or love it. I loved it, an absolute mindfuck, also because you get to see some gritty Bangkok scenes. Great use of colours and sound. Wondering how you guys feel about this one?

It's one of my all time favourites. Have yet to meet anyone in day to day life that actually likes it. I'd just been in Bangkok prior to watching and it captured the city beautifully.

To avoid spoilers I'll just say that it's very low on dialogue and forces you to really think about the imagery. There are strong links to the Old Testament, Oedipus and Hamlet. In Refn's words he was trying to deconstruct a classic martial arts movie [Think kick boxer] albeit a very slow, unconventional, gritty version.

In regards to the colours; that's actually due to some issue with Refn's vision. I believe I read that he is partially colour blind and can only see the intense red's, pink's and oranges clearly.

Post: #129

Eraser head!!

Has to be the weirdest and one of the most disturbing films I've seen.

Post: #130

I saw Coherence recommended in the other movie thread too. I gave it a watch a week or two ago and really liked it. As I've seen previously suggested though, don't look it up before you watch it. If you like that I'd recommend watching a movie called Triangle.

I also watched The Drop a couple days ago. I like movies with Tom Hardy so I was surprised I had never heard of it. Solid watch.

Watch the Drop with a girl you're trying to bang, watch Coherence by yourself.

Post: #131

(10-26-2015 02:59 AM)Biz Wrote:  Jumping in early... Just have to say "primer" is a terrible fucking movie, I'm sorry but I can never take someone serious that suggests that. My brother is a so called movie 'expert', he suggested this movie to me last year, it was literally the worst movie I have ever seen.

I WATCHED IT TWICE to try to relate, no....just no.

Then you ought to WATCH IT A THIRD TIME!!!

To each his own. I really liked it, and the director's later piece, Upstream Color. Some really good red/blue pill choices as well as an excellent treatment of something movies constantly take a lazy path on (time travel). Will post more thoughts later in November per LeBeau's direction.

Post: #132

(10-26-2015 08:11 AM)Rush87 Wrote:  

(10-23-2015 04:36 AM)Thaitanium Wrote:  I saw 'Only god forgives' being mentioned in this thread. I guess you either hate it or love it. I loved it, an absolute mindfuck, also because you get to see some gritty Bangkok scenes. Great use of colours and sound. Wondering how you guys feel about this one?

It's one of my all time favourites. Have yet to meet anyone in day to day life that actually likes it. I'd just been in Bangkok prior to watching and it captured the city beautifully.

To avoid spoilers I'll just say that it's very low on dialogue and forces you to really think about the imagery. There are strong links to the Old Testament, Oedipus and Hamlet. In Refn's words he was trying to deconstruct a classic martial arts movie [Think kick boxer] albeit a very slow, unconventional, gritty version.

In regards to the colours; that's actually due to some issue with Refn's vision. I believe I read that he is partially colour blind and can only see the intense red's, pink's and oranges clearly.

I really liked it too, but yeah not many people do. None of the people I saw it with did. I did catch the Oedipus references, that crazy mother haha.

Interesting to read about his colours and vision, I did not know that. Thanks. I found the vivid colours in the movie very well done.

Post: #133

(10-26-2015 07:37 PM)Engineer Wrote:  

(10-26-2015 02:59 AM)Biz Wrote:  Jumping in early... Just have to say "primer" is a terrible fucking movie, I'm sorry but I can never take someone serious that suggests that. My brother is a so called movie 'expert', he suggested this movie to me last year, it was literally the worst movie I have ever seen.

I WATCHED IT TWICE to try to relate, no....just no.

Then you ought to WATCH IT A THIRD TIME!!!

To each his own. I really liked it, and the director's later piece, Upstream Color. Some really good red/blue pill choices as well as an excellent treatment of something movies constantly take a lazy path on (time travel). Will post more thoughts later in November per LeBeau's direction.

HA!

The second time was brutal, definitely couldn't do it a third time.

Post: #134

I'm watching "Waking Life" right now. This is a very interesting experience so far. I'm only about 20 minutes into it and I'm glad LeBeau recommended it.

Even though I'm not normally a fan of this type of animation (the shifting nature of it irritates my eyes), the vignettes have some profound observations.

It's movies like this that make me appreciate new and strange experiences.

Post: #135

I saw 'Spectre' today.

Absolutely awful.

Post: #136

I finished "Waking Life." It was on the honorable mention list for November.

I ended up liking it less than I thought I would. I do think that it's worth watching, and I'm glad I saw it. You've got some interesting little snippets of philosophy here, told with a a sense of style, and the director was not afraid to take chances. So for this he should be commended.

On the other hand, there were some things that I thought detracted from the overall experience.

For one thing, I personally do not enjoy this type of animation, and the more the movie went on, the more it grated on me. I also question whether it was even necessary to animate this film. It didn't seem to add anything to the overall experience. These are discussions rooted in real life, and it just didn't seem to be a good idea to overlay it with animation.

In fact, I think animation is very hard to pull off successfully outside of cartoons. There have been only a few examples that I thought were successes: the film "Heavy Metal" (from the early 1980s, which I don't think is even available now due to ownership issues), and Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers", a movie that I was not crazy about but still showed brilliant use of animation at times.

Feature animation films are hard to pull off.

The other criticism I had was that there was no attempt to bind the different little discussions into something like a coherent whole. There was an unfinished quality to the movie that came across to me; I'm not certain what themes the director was trying to impart to us.

Maybe these criticisms are just particular to me. Despite my comments here, I still think the movie is worth watching, and I would recommend it with the qualifications I note here.

Post: #137

I will put in my 2 cents about other movies recommended in October before starting with the November movies.

I have seen three movies by Nicolas Winding Refn. Drive, Valhalla Rising and Only God Forgives. I liked Drive , did not like Valhalla Rising and loved Only God Forgives

   

Shot in Red Light with lot of red and black frames. I loved how the movie forced me form opinions about characters and from what my feeble mind can deduce. Good and Bad were at war, Characters were cut either from good or the bad cloth. Souls were good or bad.

I could help but root for Ryan Gosling's character and kept on wishing for him to Man up and take control. loved the Oedipal angle.

There were Red pill lessons all along the movie, One big one for me was Never submit to a women even if she is your Mother.

Post: #138

^^^

Maybe I need to see "Only God Forgives" again. I saw it and did not like it at all, despite liking all of Refn's previous movies. And I mean all of them, even the little-known ones like "Fear X."

I just thought the scenes and story were all over the place...but, sometimes decent movies can catch you on a bad day and your opinion can change.

I think I'll give it another try, and see if my opinion changes.

Post: #139

The Snowtown Murders:

Post: #140

^^^

I'm glad you saw it, man. That's one disturbing movie, but incredibly well done...

Post: #141

Quote:25th hour, fan fucking tastic movie... one of my favorite scenes in any film. when he described all the different new yorkers...Edward Nortan is a master in dialogue.

YEP! It was also the first movie to be filmed in NYC post 9/11. David Benioff is vastly underrated, IMO. I thoroughly enjoyed every book he has written.

Post: #142

(10-29-2015 10:36 AM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:  ^^^

Maybe I need to see "Only God Forgives" again. I saw it and did not like it at all, despite liking all of Refn's previous movies. And I mean all of them, even the little-known ones like "Fear X."

I just thought the scenes and story were all over the place...but, sometimes decent movies can catch you on a bad day and your opinion can change.

I think I'll give it another try, and see if my opinion changes.

You should. Turn up the volume, and darken the room. I was really impressed by the vivid coulours and sounds. I do have a thing for Bkk though so maybe I am biased

Post: #143

I finally got around to watching Babadook and Event Horizon just in time for Halloween. I was really impressed with Babadook because it doesn't fit the standard horror movie sequence and has many twists and turns. Event Horizon is a great flick that combines horror with Sci-Fi.

Post: #144

Enter the Void:

   

Another Weird, out of the ordinary movie but kept my interest level high throughout the movie, I liked the slow but sure build up by the producer in the beginning of the movie tying the out of body experience and exponentially increasing it by out of body experience one would feel at death.

other themes in the movie.

1. Tripping on Hallucinogens

2. Oeidipal Angle.

3. Incestuous thoughts.

May be I am sick but my pervert side kept wishing for the main character to have a sex scene with his sister

Great sex scene of the sister with the boyfriend which the brother watches hovering over them.

Sex, Drugs, violence, Tokyo at Night while tripping what more entertainment can one ask from a movie.

I need to look up The Tibetan Book of the Dead or better just buy and read it.

Post: #145

A young presidential candidate pushes through a crowd of supporters in a barrio in Tijuana, apparently unaware as the barrel of a gun is placed at his right temple. Before anyone can react, the gunman pulls the trigger, exploding the skull. As the candidate falls, a second bullet rips into his body.

But the March 23, 1994, assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a few months before he was expected to be elected, has never been solved to the satisfaction of many Mexicans, despite a six-year government investigation that concluded it was the work of a lone gunman.

The case has spawned a dizzying array of conspiracy theories and speculation over possible plotters, from cutthroat drug traffickers to members of Colosio's Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled Mexico at the time. Some historians view the Colosio slaying as the blow that would propel the party, known as the PRI, to defeat in 2000 after seven decades of virtually unchallenged rule. The film stitches lingering suspicions about the killing into a political whodunit and in a lot of ways is the Mexico's version of JFK.

It was an interesting glimpse into Mexican politics and intrigues:... a subject I know nothing about. It was actually pretty well done in terms of production, acting, score, editing and cinematography. Overall I enjoyed the film and would recommend watching it. Thanks QC!

Post: #146

^^^^

LOL.....

I'm just imagining Lothario watching "Enter the Void" and tripping out...lolololllllllllll.....

Glad you liked it, man...

@PapayaT:

Glad you liked that movie also. For me it was a good way to find out about something we in the US know far too little about: Mexican politics.

Post: #147

Watched Gone Girl recently. It attempts to create a situation pitting a 'misogynist jerk' against a strong 'feminist'. It's based on a novel written by a feminist but it's directed by David Fincher: Responsible for Fight Club and Seven.

Through various exerts from the novel you get a sense that whilst the feminist lead does some really fucked up shit, it's justified because he's a misogynist. In the movie however: Some of those themes are still present, however, the male is deemed to be of higher character in the end [Potentially lower if you frequent the Roosh V forum - You be the judge]. The movie is very well presented and I would expect nothing less coming from such a high calibre director.

At a basic level: The film does hold a lot of red pill truths. We see the bitter female denigrating male ideals of what is attractive, We see absolute contempt for the beta orbiter played by Neil Patrick Harris, We see just how psychotic a feminist can get when she doesn't get her own way, and ultimately: We see the consequences of a man's actions when he doesn't spot the red flags in a potential LTR.



Gone Girl: Would Recommend [With one caveat: It can make you a little angry lol].

Post: #148

(10-30-2015 05:03 PM)Rush87 Wrote:  Watched Gone Girl recently.

To help with organization, I would advise forum members to use the search function if they're going to be posting about movies that aren't part of any formal monthly list in this thread.

For example, I was considering discussing "A Most Violent Year" but then I ran a search and saw that it already had it's own thread here:

/thread-44546.html

And a similar thing happened with "Gone Girl" so I added my post there:

/thread-41240...pid1125407

Post: #149

I'm a little late to this, but I have seen Only God Forgives a while ago.

I can't recall why or where I saw it, but I do remember that I instantly went on to recommend this movie to my close friends despite the fact that I am rarely wanting to recommend movies to anyone due to the fact that I am not to particular when it comes to watching them.

This movie however was amazing on several counts and I would hands down recommend it to anyone who was looking for a movie to watch.

Post: #150

I just ordered a used/like-new copy of Brotherhood of The Wolf from Amazon for $.01. It's not on Netflix, library or anywhere else I could find. I remember seeing this in the theater when it came out and it is great...but I never saw it come out on video, and looked for it before. Must be a distribution rights issue. Anyone in the states find it anywhere other than Amazon?