What have you watched recently?

Been watching Smiling Friends.

pretty awesome

watched Possession (1981). I just love how uncompromising this is. https://archive.org/details/posses…ip.x264.aacetrg

As I age and survey the artwork I really like, this uncompromising aspect seems to be a huge common denominator, much more so than any other factor (aesthetic, political, budgetary, etc). The actors say this film took them to the brink of insanity and I can very easily believe them, there is just no pull back in the performances.

There are so many things I would personally change or do differently with a film like this, but unlike most films, changing anything would feel pointless here. The director’s bizarre intentions and decisions are actually the only consistent through line to the piece itself. Much like David Lynch’s work, I wouldn’t know how to change it to make it *better*, without ultimately moving it in a more focused and conventional direction. I came away pretty impressed.

The views of Cold War Berlin are pretty astounding as well, the environments and scenery are really remarkably stark and cold and beautiful. The metaphors are at once pretty surface level (divorce, the Berlin Wall) but also not completely articulable (the whole supernatural aspect).

Unfortunately, sound mixing is so bad that subtitles are kind of a must. I feel like I missed a good 30% of the dialogue, and the dialogue is surprisingly good and well written, so it is really a pity how hard it can be to hear the lines.

I would recommend this very highly to people who like Lynch, but there are also really strong Cronenberg vibes.

I recently watched "Once upon a time in America" and "American Gangster". Two gangster movies which I really enjoyed. Once upon a time in America is 4 hours long though.

really good detective film, and another Kurosawa movie. Beginning to notice a trend in the hilariously brutal deadpan way he ends his films… kind of feels like a door slamming shut and hitting you in the face with a cold pie at the same time. for me, his endings kind of steal the show with these painfully accurate views of human folly and make it challenging to discuss much else about the films. I guess his definition of a great ending was simply something haunting.

Really can’t recommend Righteous Gemstones enough

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On 2/20/2022 at 2:45 AM, FMPONE said: really good detective film, and another Kurosawa movie.

Judging from your enthusiastic review, I might check it out later

Was kinda nostalgic so I watched some gameplay of Wolfenstein Enemy Territory I miss thing like Day Of Defeat.

Hold on a minute... did anyone else notice something here?

hmm

The Batman. It was so good !

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hmm

@FMPONE @Thrik lawyer up ?

Netflix is on a roll recently pumping out con-men docs, Bad Vegan is good too

Haven't say this yet but in 4th March, I watched the new Batman movie by Matt Reeves and it was a fucking masterpiece!

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9 hours ago, ThunderKeil said: Started watching the Netflix Castlevania series

mediocre animation

terrible dialogue

poor voice acting

it's like someone grew up watching badly dubbed anime & tried to recreate it from memory

Vampire Hunter D is really cool if you want something that fits in that same mold.

Severance is a pretty good show. I think the season ends soon, so you're not too late. Nice mood, nice theme and an interesting plot. The people working at this company, have chosen to completely isolate their memories when they step in and out of the workplace. So they don't know what they do at work, and at work, they don't know who they are at home.

OK, nevermind my introduction. Just watch it. I think it's pretty awesome.

Watched Memories of Murder, which I thought was one of the better films I've ever seen. I heard that this was the first "masterpiece" from the director of Parasite, and I honestly think that seems like a very fair statement because I loved Parasite but this seems easily as good or better.

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and Bringing out the Dead, which Nicholas Cage said was one of his best films. I thought it was non-essential Scorcese, just OK. very atmospheric and well-paced as he usually is capable of, but otherwise pretty forgettable. And Cage seemed pretty much Cage, nothing exceptional.

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Barry is back at HBO Max. Think it might be the best show you can watch right now.

Godthumb by the godfather of parody films - Steve Oedekerk. His film Kung Pow is the most memorable film from my childhood and I was amazed when I found out that this guy had made a bunch of other spoof films where he puts his face on thumbs.

The Batman

I’ve finally watched it 2 weeks ago, before they’d remove it from cinema.

TLDR: I quite liked it, but I was expecting much more - 7/10.

I feel for the runtime they could have done something more. What bugs me the most is that Riddler’s endgame was pretty rubbish, the consequences of his threat are laughable… I mean, Tyler Durden in Fight Club had way bigger aspirations!

I’m not sure how much I’ve missed by not seeing it in IMAX, hopefully I can see it again now that is coming on streaming and enjoy more, since I seen it on the crappiest tiny cinema screen of the multiplex, and was also super tired.