elvaq Posted February 26, 2015 As far as I remember, that is not a thing that happens in the anime?? I mean, there is no dialogue and you kind of stop paying attention a bit after the amazing opening half-hour so that totally COULD be a thing in that movie... Dang now I want to rewatch the Daft Punk anime. It's good. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted February 26, 2015 As far as I remember, that is not a thing that happens in the anime?? I mean, there is no dialogue and you kind of stop paying attention a bit after the amazing opening half-hour so that totally COULD be a thing in that movie... Dang now I want to rewatch the Daft Punk anime. It's good. It's literally the entire plot of the movie. The Earl de Darkwood's been kidnapping aliens for centuries, disguising them as humans, and brainwashing them; all so that he can sacrifice them after they become award-winners, which will give him control of the universe for some reason. The aliens shown in this sequence are probably supposed to be stand-ins for a young Mozart, Jimi Hendrix, Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin and Robert Plant. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elvaq Posted February 26, 2015 Yeah, whoops. I've just watched the first half way more times than the full thing (since some of it was released separately as the music videos). Not sure if that wacky ass plot really adds to the enjoyment of the thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
melmer Posted February 26, 2015 Watched WHIPLASH tonight. Fucking incredible. I wish I had watched it in a cinema Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoThatLimp Posted February 27, 2015 So excited to hop onto House of Cards after work with my wife and just binge on the new season. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzie Posted February 27, 2015 Theory of Everything is really good, though. Dunno about The Imitation Game, but the former doesn't feel glamorizing, fake or many other negative things that dull biopics normally do. Not all of them fall into the same traps The Malcolm X biopic by Spike Lee was a good one, too, after all. Also liked The Social Network. I seem to have suppressed the memories of all the bad biopics, but yeah, they're plentiful. Chaplin kinda sucked in a typical biopic fashion, didn't it? Hmhmm... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted February 27, 2015 There's a line between "bio-pic" and "based on a true story" that feels like it's blurring, based on how specific a period of time the movie's about. I've often said that Walk Hard is one of the most influential movies of the past decade, because it shamed away that kind of soup to nuts approach to bio-pics that Ray and Walk the Line had. I bet the structure of Spielberg's Lincoln would have been way different if it came out 10 years earlier. They still try to shove a bunch of traditional bio-pic stuff in that movie, but they don't dare show his birth or his young days as a lawyer. Malcolm X is one of the only examples of a birth to death bio-pic that totally works, but that's partly because Malcolm X is one of the few figures in contemporary American history whose life actually had three acts. It doesn't hurt that Spike Lee goes really transgressive places, as far as big-budget studio fare goes. I just saw Gone Girl. Really good dark pot-boiler. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ozzie Posted February 28, 2015 I thought of Walk the Line, actually. I didn't like it either, but honestly I was so distracted by the ill-fitting voice actor that played Johnny Cash in the German version that I wondered if I would have appreciated the movie more in the original form. What I recall now, though, seems mostly to be a sucky biopic to me. Yeah, definitely. Oh, Adventures in Time & Space! Was a terrible biopic, too. Most Doctor Who fans liked it, though. Meh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pabosher Posted February 28, 2015 I think a good example of Oscar bait - that failed - this year was The Judge. Didn't stop me from thoroughly enjoying that movie though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mangela Lansbury Posted February 28, 2015 Theory of Everything is really good, though. Being Oscar bait doesn't mean a movie is bad. Part of making Oscar bait is making a good movie. I haven't seen Theory of Everything, so I can't comment on it beyond that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daveyd Posted February 28, 2015 I'm really behind on my movies. Haven't seen trailers for anything that appeals to me though. There's a few good shows I'm watching right now though: I've been watching "12 Monkeys". I like it. Hard to believe it's on Syfy. Also liking "Better Call Saul". And the 3rd seasons of Vikings just started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 1, 2015 We had a movie party tonight, watched Jurassic Park 1 and 2. It's almost unbelievable that Spielberg was actually the director on both of those. The second one just feels like a sequel almost anyone could have phoned in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick R Posted March 1, 2015 If I recall an interview I read correctly, Spielberg was totally exhausted after Schindler's List and took a long break. He wasn't sure what to follow it with, and decided Jurassic Park 2 would be a nice and easy way back. So yeah, it seems like "potential to just phone it in" was high on the list of selling points for Spielberg to do this. I still think there's a couple of sequences in it, like the truck over the cliff and the raptors in the tall grass, that are really well done and exciting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 1, 2015 I remember a review at the time (probably Empire) saying it had two Spielbergian sequences in it, one featuring glass and one featuring grass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tegan Posted March 1, 2015 The Lost World isn't so much a bad movie as it is a nearly equal balance of good movie and bad movie. Also, when I was working at Blockbuster, it was kind of a beloved film among some of the staff for the scene where a Blockbuster gets destroyed during the San Diego bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn Posted March 1, 2015 I don't think I would call the movie bad, it just lacks the attention to detail and the level of craft one expects from a Spielberg movie. Which, if it was because he was looking for a lightweigh project after Schindler's List, that makes a lot of sense. The San Diego sequence was my favorite part of it, as it felt pretty fresh compared to the rest of the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 1, 2015 Agent Carter: Even considering regular tv tropes, for some reason I find it more than usually grating that the good guys never EVER just shoot whenever they get the drop on the villains, even when right before, they tell each other how super dangerous they are. One's a Russian super soldier femme fatale, the other a crazy sneaky mind control specialist. Yet every single time, Carter or the SSR agents are like: 'freeze!' 'stop, or I'll shoot!'. It made me seriously wish that they'd be killed. Every single agent that underestimated them and didn't shoot while knowing what they were up against; they didn't deserve to win. I liked watching Agent Carter, but fuck that show for its insulting tension building in this regard. Lazy bullshit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonCole Posted March 1, 2015 Agent Carter: When Silva (and then two other SSR agents) didn't shoot Dottie on sight literally seconds after Jack told the group that she's incredibly deadly and practically unstoppable, I definitely headdesked. Also when Peggy went up to the apartment where the rifle was automatically firing as a red herring, I similarly didn't buy the fact that she wouldn't have figured out that Dottie would never have missed especially granted her target was totally stationary. That said, I was able to mostly look past that stuff and I really enjoyed the crap out of Agent Carter. I particularly appreciated how they focused on how women are treated both through Peggy being able to act with impunity for most of the season without being noticed and with Dottie mercilessly killing everyone, even a competing male assassin. I know the ratings for the series were lukewarm, but I really hope they keep it going in some form. I could really go for a miniseries-type approach, with a fast-forward to Peggy being over Rogers and being her own woman. They could show her playing a part in the foundation of SHIELD in its modern form, which would be pretty great. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roderick Posted March 2, 2015 A yearly Agent Carter mini series is something I'd definitely like. I also liked the show for those reasons, and the chemistry between Peggy and Jarvis! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
atte Posted March 2, 2015 Oh wow, Citizenfour available now in full for free! https://thoughtmaybe.com/citizenfour/ Here's a trailer: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elvaq Posted March 2, 2015 Nnnnnice! That's a cool thing to do. There is also a great 24-minute short on Stephen Kim, another of the people charged under the Espionage Act. Produced by Laura Poitras, director of Citizenfour https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/18/the-surrender/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavku Posted March 4, 2015 I've been working my way through episodes of The Director's Chair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyUwvNGsKV4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben X Posted March 4, 2015 Ah, so this is Robert Rodriguez interviewing directors? Is it any good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
syntheticgerbil Posted March 4, 2015 Rumor is that Robert Rodriguez is bald under that hat that is glued to his head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gavku Posted March 4, 2015 Ben so far I've watched the John Carpenter, Quentin, and Del Toro ones and dug them all. Its great that he has an association with all these guys, seems to make the interviews way more relaxed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
