Movie Talk (New Films, Old Films... doesn't matter) (39 Viewers)

[Ocelot]

Anyone seen that new weird as shit looking film, Ten Years in the Sun?

It's showing at Victoria Film Festival in February. Looks rather unusual...

That movie looks so bad & pseudo-intellectual judging from the trailer

Also not really suitable for epileptics if that intro is anything to go by.

 

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[Klin]

WTF was that?

 

[Post Ironic]

That movie looks so bad & pseudo-intellectual judging from the trailer

Also not really suitable for epileptics if that intro is anything to go by.

Experimental films like that really don't do well with trailers. It's a 148 minute film, supposed to be a sort film noir, sci-fi type post-apocalyptic experimental film, with non-linear narrative and demanding a lot from the audience. Total immersion, ya know. Every review I've read seems to suggest it's quite the film and the Iranian director (Ireland based) is super highly regarded in the experimental film community. A couple of my friends at Vancouver Film School put me onto his work a few years ago. Super interesting stuff.

I suppose it depends on what one is looking for in a film. Experimental film has its place. Have you seen any of Chris Marker's work? Criterion just released La Jetee on blu-ray, alongside Sans Soleil. The first is especially incredible, but again, not something most would find worth watching. I suppose there could be a debate on the value of cinema that appeals to such a small minority, but it does appeal to that minority, so it at least holds some worth in that regard.

Experimental stuff is super hit-or-miss for me. Some of it, Chris Marker's La Jetee, Svankmajer's Dimensions of Dialogue, Rashidi's Tenebrous City and Ill-Lighted Mortals, David Lynch's Inland Empire, Merhige's Begotten, Cocteau's Blood of a Poet... etc are incredible films... Many others, not so much. That's why I'm interested to see this one.

 

[GordoDeCentral]

@acmilan id be more ashamed if i were a sheep

 

[Stevie]

Really enjoyed The Martian. Everytime i watch Matt Damon i feel like i know him. He seems like such a cool down to earth guy.

 

[acmilan]

@acmilan id be more ashamed if i were a sheep

how'd you be able to tell the difference then? either way, no matter how you grade it, shame is shame ... and you should be ashamed of yourself ...


Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! ...

 

[Klin]

how'd you be able to tell the difference then? either way, no matter how you grade it, shame is shame ... and you should be ashamed of yourself ...


Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! Shame! ...

You would know.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Inside Out was great.

One of my favorite movies from last year.

Bing Bong

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I have seen about half the movie, great cinematography, but just couldn't pass my bs detector I'm also aware this could be just my personal bias

It's definitely your bias.

 

[Völler]

One of my favorite movies from last year.

Bing Bong

Bing Bong is, no kidding, a really, really great character. Animated movies usually have those kind of goofy characters exclusively for comic relief, but here he represented much more than that.

 

[Klin]

Bing Bong is, no kidding, a really, really great character. Animated movies usually have those kind of goofy characters exclusively for comic relief, but here he represented much more than that.

Why is The Martian considered as a comedy? The Big Short too.

 

[Völler]

Why is The Martian considered as a comedy? The Big Short too.

The comedy category is always weaker than the drama category at the Globes, so the studios lobby to get their films into the comedy category. Fox distributed both The Revenant and The Martian and ended up winning both prices because of this. They should just drop the distinction between dramas and comedies imo.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Bing Bong is, no kidding, a really, really great character. Animated movies usually have those kind of goofy characters exclusively for comic relief, but here he represented much more than that.

I agree. That's why I like him. Even Sadness' character was much more than what she seemed: the opposite of Joy.

 

[Klin]

The comedy category is always weaker than the drama category at the Globes, so the studios lobby to get their films into the comedy category. Fox distributed both The Revenant and The Martian and ended up winning both prices because of this. They should just drop the distinction between dramas and comedies imo.

I see. It was so random to see freaking Spy nominated with The Martian and The Big Short.

Ridley Scott felt it too when he went up for his award.

 

[Nzoric]

Ignore X's hang up and just watch it, Mad Max is an amazingly thrilling action movie. That he is not the main character in this movie doesnt make it any less entertaining.

Probably the worst movie I watched this year.

 

[Osman]

You need to watch more movies.

 

[Nzoric]

That I cant deny, but from the bunch it was definitely the worst. Second from the bottom being star wars.

 

[acmilan]

You would know.

bitch, you supposed to have my back

 

[Klin]

bitch, you supposed to have my back

How can I?

 

[rndmlgnd]

Downloaded Sicario, but haven't watched it yet. Is it any good?