caley Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Watched Ghost in the Shell which I thoroughly enjoyed. Never had much attachment to the anime, always found it rather boring when I saw it in my younger days, but I liked it. I think Scarlett Johansson probably doens't get enough attention for her complete willingness to do some weirder stuff: this one; 'Lucy'; 'Her' and 'Under the Skin'. I mean she could have simply coasted along doing Avengers and rom-coms and made a decent salary, so it's kinda cool that she's willing to go "Action movie based on an anime about robots with human brains?! Sure, why not?!" A Ghost Story which is kind of impossible to explain but also kind of impossible to forget. Not sure I've seen a film in a longtime with such confidence in its singular vision. Like, A LOT of people are going to turn it off after the first 10 minutes or so and complain to their friend about it. Another huge amount are going to watch most/all of it and shout "What the hell?!" are their TV. And then one narrow amount of people are going to see it and love it. I gotta respect that. Amazingly beautiful cinematography in this one. Colossal which was another film that had a pretty amazing sense of what it wanted to be and didn't really shortchange itself in the gran scheme of things. I'm not really going to talk about the plot because if you've managed to avoid it, so far (As I mostly had) then you're much better going in completely blind and being taken wherever the director wants to take you. My only gripe is that the villain, such as it is, kind of turns on a dime really quick from likable guy to hateable monster really quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 The Holy Mountain came in from Amazon today (I have relaxed my utter hatred and brutal grudge with them as regards DVDs. I will still never buy another piece of music from them ever again though). Since it came in I decided to skip going out to see Henry in the theater. That would have been great just to hear and see the reactions from the crowd but the bummer would have been pretty intense. So instead there's Jodo and golden turds and other insanity for the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Atomic Blonde is an 80s sonic bath filled with ice cubes of pure nostalgia. ... ... ... And I dearly wish they had a crossover with John Wick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Had forgotten how wonderfully creepy Alec Guinness looks in the Ladykillers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turk128 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Finally saw Rio Bravo (1959)... holyshit, why did it take me this long to finally see this? Had fantastic characters who I all adored. What surprised the heck out of me was how it felt so ahead of its time. It was aware of itself yet didn't break the 4th wall. Now onto El Dorado (1966 ) and Rio Lobo (1970). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 If anyone is interested 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Watched Gerald's Game on Netflix last night. First of all, it's very good and you should all see it. Second of all, I've been wincing looking at my hand all morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 10 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Watched Gerald's Game on Netflix last night. First of all, it's very good and you should all see it. Second of all, I've been wincing looking at my hand all morning. Was about to post this in the Horror thread. Yes, it is really good. Yes, It is really hard to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Quote So if you feel something is missing – MAKE YOUR OWN LIST. Hey, weren't WE doing that sometime soon? HMMMMMMMMM?! Anyway, the man has impeccable taste, even if it starts off really top-loaded with Universal horrors (and NOTLD being so low is blasphemy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Hey - I haven't received a single ballot YOUR FAULT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 4 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said: Hey, weren't WE doing that sometime soon? HMMMMMMMMM?! Anyway, the man has impeccable taste, even if it starts off really top-loaded with Universal horrors (and NOTLD being so low is blasphemy) It's a chronological listing, fella. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Ah, I read that and my brain did not compute. I'm busy listening to Gauze right now so I blame them for frying my synapses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 1 minute ago, RIPPA said: Hey - I haven't received a single ballot YOUR FAULT! Then mine might be the first. I'm about 75-90% done so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 There's definitely an exposed nipple in the screen cap for The Bird with the Crystal Plummage btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Holy God Ted Danson is so fucking great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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