no fútbol this weekend so i watched t1 & t2, plus this shit:



it's a terrible movie 40years after it came out but it's watchable mostly for camp value. the acting is awful, but it was very well shot for an indie before indies were big, so you get some nice landscape and helicopter shots of some forest

the way they tried to rip off jaws is good for many laughs (i mean just look at the center panel of the poster and compare)



the grizzly of course doesn't fully appear until 55 minutes in to the movie. sounds familiar?

also extra lols for taking you back to an america with zero brown people--1976! the bicentennial.

still without the ironic look it makes for acceptable mindless entertainment while trying not to get out of bed hangover on a weekend morning, or maybe coked up and unable to sleep at 5am (i imagine).

roger corman did this type of thing much better, but this was the highest grossing indie film the year it came out, so it's something.

Goodnight Mommie. It didn't get rave reviews, but I think it was pretty good, nice slow burn and really good acting by the twin brothers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kXpUaQpXMA

Not a film but we binged the season 2 of Narcos. Good stuff!

i
wATCHED
fRANK..
and?

Months and momnths and momths ago i
watched
the
danny dyer zombi film ekhhhh. it's not fukin called that.
and?

moths and moths and fluffers of prepubescent GOTH caterpillars ago i watched a film in my head where it was found through research that acting was full of repetition (like fucking ridiculous monotonous amounts) just like any wank meagre office or construction job and thus was found to be a trigger in any subconscious hatred of socializing arts. well paid jobs - and?

I haven't even really thought about watching this. Not sure why. Maybe we'll give it a go based on your recommendation.

Lately we've been watching the BBC adaptation of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell on Netflix. In very small increments. Stretching it out.

It's an excellent adaptation of the book (which was one of those rare pop culture phenom bestsellers that actually earned its hype). I feel like they're speeding through the story a bit more than they need to, and puffing up the action and visuals a bit. Still pretty damn impressive.

Wow. "Climax of terror." That's subtle.

the funniest part for me was that in order to save money from showing actual gore and decapitation (effects cost money) they resorted to artsy soviet montage to "signify" the killings. so this was perhaps educational. and i keep wondering about the hidden meaning of the bear changing colors--sometimes his paws were black and sometimes they were brown. a college student could write a paper on that.

no matter, this weekend i have the real JAWS lined up to clean my eyes with good craft.

watched JAWS yesterday-- fucking masterpiece of american entertainment. EVERY FUCKING SHOT IS GREAT. EDITING IS SUPERB. JOHN WILLIAMS MUSIC IS GENIUS. after watching extras with spielberg interview realized that the man manipulates emotions like the king of psychopaths. his cast didn't hurt that enterprise one bit.

later caught a french biopic of RENOIR. the cinematography wa GORGEOUS and the girl at the center of it was beautiful, but the fucking music was excessive and overly intrustive, especially early in the movie-- plays like a cheap-shot documentary with a music bed. on top of that, no real discernible story-- more like-- this happens, this happens, this happens, more shit happens, the end. great period reconstruction though and the colors were amazing, so when renoir goes "la peau, la peau..." you DO get it.

Southside with You, perfect date movie, esp if you and your sig other are lefties

since moving to the US here's my recent in theaters watch list in reverse chronological order:
The Disappointments Room
Mechanic Resurrection
Don't Breathe
Disorder
Indignation
Kubo and the Two Strings
Neither Heaven Nor Earth
Hell or High Water
Suicide Squad
Bad Moms
Cafe Society
Ghostbusters
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tarzan
Swiss Army Man
The Purge Election Year
Warcraft
The Neon Demon
Les Cowboys
Independence Day Resurgence
The Shallows
The Conjuring 2
A Bigger Splash
Bang Gang

So that's about it that I've seen since mid June in theaters. Most were really bad!

at the hypothetical rate of $20 per visit you already have enough for a new small 4K monitor

i'd go for a samsung 50" 4K UHD though, and some good bookshelf speakers, if you live alone. you're almost there.

you're not by chance another face of jico are you? i have a hard time keeping track of the many many names.

As soon as I moved to the US I bought a subscription to moviepass. It's 50 (used to be 40) a month and you get entry to one movie in theaters a day. So after 3-4 movies a month the cost is already covered.

Just got back from seeing Complete Unknown. Really bad!

wow, thats crazy. i'd only do that at e street cinema in dc though. great little place that specializes in NEW foreign and (big) indie films

https://www.landmarktheatres.com/was...-street-cinema

what city/ metro are you in?

https://www.moviepass.com/register/map?zip=20004
These are the eligible theaters near that one you mentioned.


I'm living in Los Angeles right now so it's also more expensive here. Looks like it's 45 a month over there and they offer other rates too. Interesting to see them experiment with the system.

2 movies/month is 18
3 is 28
unltd is 45

It's too bad landmark isn't part of that system.

oh hell, la has some legendary film venues & institutions. namely:

http://www.americancinemathequecalendar.com/calendar

they'll do everything from hollywood classics to a silent guy maddin movie with a live orchestra

i havent spent much time in la really but the cinematheque + egyptian theatre are known everywhere, plus you're in the film capital of the world so if you dig a little you'll find infinite venues.

and yeah l.a. is expensive. that's how phoenix az got so big.

eta: i dont live in dc anymore! and i have t gone to a movie theatre in ages. it's all bluray and a flatscreen and an onkyo amp for me now,

I stopped reading that book about 100 pages in. I found it boring and like a weak-sauce version of a Neil Gaiman or an Alan Moore novel. Tried watching the show on the netflix and my wife and I got bored bu the end of the first hour. Just not my cup of tea I guess...

watched this fucking nightmare of a shitshow late on Saturday night. The only decent bits are Nicolas Cage's reactions and adlibs....

SO BAD

@ robigator

i watched that jonathan strange show having never read the book. yes it seemed derivative, and definitely owed a lot to gaiman, but for my tastes it made for entertaining tv. and yes that included being frustrated with the characters--a sign that one is involved. what annoyed me was that-- it ended! i wanted it to go on. later i learned about the novel etc.

have you seen the original wicker man? it's creepy and great. perfect for halloween movie season. the original is such a british movie though, i mean, the whole pagan stuff, the idea of nic cage in a hollywood remake of it is laughable from the start. i recall it was a huge fiasco when it came out.

WEINER - Fascinating, even if you think you know the subject.

POPSTAR - I thought it would really suck, but I laughed hard a few times.

LONDON HAS FALLEN - Every Trump supporter's action film of the year, I take it.

MAKE AMERICA GAPE AGAIN - THE DONALD TRUMP ANAL GANGBANG http://www.pornhub.com/view_video.ph...h57d2ef1c34aaa

A bunch of Friday the 13th movies. Anyone else
watch one recently?

I'm a massive Gaiman fan, and I don't think it's Gaiman derivative. Or at least I didn't, when I read it, which was ... ugh... back when it came out. Now, I kinda see the Gaimanisms. But I know a ton of people who tried to read it and put it down. I'm glad I stuck with it. It was my favorite book of whatever fucking year that was.

Original Wicker Man is genuinely creeptastic. I never bothered with the Nick Cage version.

ironically while the nick cage version is mos def a terrible flick i found it better than the original. sure the original was an innovative film but it was technically crap and cheese

Spielberg is a master, indisputably.

pffffffttt!!!!

can't testify about the new one but i think you missed the point of the original wicker man by the width of 2 oceans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzN-54On9o

btw "don't look now" (mentioned there as part of original double feature) is also a great little movie

oh no, i "got it" just fine but i still think it sucks. you did realize, i know its amazing but true, that people can understand art without liking it yes? stop being so damn condescending all the time, its just a handful of us here posting and the whole !@#$! is smarter than everyone routine is played the fuck out.

to be sure the Nick Cage remake is total trash so that should inform you of how highly i think of the original

i didn't say i'm smarter, i just told you pfffffffffffffftttttttttt

and the width of two oceans


okay, but what you think is not as interesting as you think it is. "pffffffttttt" to "crap and cheese". and flying rotten papayas.

as your audience, i'm booing you

i didn't say i'm smarter, i just told you pfffffffffffffftttttttttt

and the width of two oceans


okay, but what you think is not as interesting as you think it is. "pffffffttttt" to "crap and cheese". and flying rotten papayas.

as your audience, i'm booing you

haha whatever you say boss



i respect your criticism of my opinion BUT its not fair for you to assert that just because someone doesn't like a film somehow means they failed to understand it. i understood Wicker Man just fine, i still think it is mos def crap production and cheesy acting.

no worries but i will call it out

crap production and cheesy acting is what b movies are all about-- and b movies can be great not just in spite but because of that-- because someone with no money went and made some shit they wanted regardless of obstacles

mark kermode (is that really mark kermode?) actually makes a point of that in the link in posted-- so many things are wrong with it etc. and yet-- because of it-- he loves it.

b movies have changed civilization, b movies can be fucking great, and the original wicker man is definitely one of the great b movies out there.

cool, i respect your opinion. notice i didn't make snide remarks about your level of comprehension.

as far as my opinion? there are b movies where the crap and cheese are still good enough indeed sometimes its part of the charm. personally i found it too much garbage to save the original Wicker Man which i also found to be sort of incoherent and confused.

realistically i thought wicker man should have been MST3K fodder

my remarks are never snide, they're blunt and direct, i don't camouflage my opinions, i give them both barrels and i'm specific

you really missed why wicker man is great

bad production-- it's a given in a b movie
bad acting-- it's a given in a b movie

scary and and disturbing as fuck in spite of the poverty of means is what you missed by paying too much attention to the poverty of means itself.

since English isn't your native language perhaps sometimes you just honestly don't realize how much of a condescending asshole you can be. have some tact bro, one can be blunt and direct without necessarily being a total prick

i totally "got" and "understood" your favorite movie, and i didn't "miss" anything i just still think it was crap. whateverz..




nope was paying attention just fine.

look, you're entitled to your opinion, but other people are entitled to their opinion about your opinion

just because you make your opinion known in a public space, it doesn't mean you're guaranteed approval from everyone

sorry i thought what you said was crap but... that's my opinion

feel free to disapprove of this, etc., ad infinitum

in the meantime, the movies got lost

again i have no problem with your opinion and i have no problem with your opinion of my opinion. what i don't appreciate is you insisting three times no less that somehow i am misunderstanding or lacked the comprehension skills to "get it" simply because i didn't like it. there is a world of difference.

speaking of comprehension skills i know you are smart enough to know exactly what you were saying and to "get" exactly why it was snide remarks so why not just own up to and say "my bad" and then we can indeed talk about the movie

i didn't say anything about you "lacking comprehension skills"-- this is just you acting like a professional victim because your opinion got shot down

i said you missed the point of the movie. and posted you a link about the merits of the film, especially vs. the new version.

you ignored all that great information and made drama instead. lame!

you could have replied to mark kermode's arguments-- that would have been interesting--but instead here we are tending your fictional wounds.

im not wounded but if you think you can be a bully or an asshole veiled behind pseudo intellectual snobbery well fuck that shit yo

see, you keep talking about me instead of supporting your claims about wicker man with some substance

games & more games

the only one playing games here is you. again, what, you think you can be an asshole and i won't call you on it? ha!

see you keep mistaking this as some kind of pissing contest. i am not in any way trying to convince you to agree with or embrace my opinion. however i do ask that you give me the common human decency of being somewhat polite