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[RumblyTumbly]

Just saw A Quiet Place Part 2.

I liked the first one more, but this one managed to keep the concept fresh and do some neat things to keep the drama high and the addrenaline running.

I always like stuff that works within some kind of limitation, and having a world where everybody has to be as silent as possible makes for some tense situations.

If you liked the first one, you'll probably like this one too.

 

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Last night I watched The Amusement Park on Shudder.

It's a pretty interesting little artifact.

It's an hour long PSA sort of film about the plight of the elderly that George A. Romero was commissioned to make in the early 70's. The story is about an old man who goes to an amusement park, and it turns into a surreal nightmare for him.

It never got released, presumably because the Lutheran group who commissioned it thought it turned out a little too disturbing for their taste, and it was thought to be a lost film for a long time, until a copy was discovered in 2017.

 

[DarkSoulsPhil]

Something a little different. LF suggestions on movies that

1. look amazing in 4k
2. wont make me regret spending the little extra to get something in 4k

There are plenty of movies I know I would like to see (Apocalypto, Lawrence of Arabia) but unsure as to quality and availability. Ordered Dunkirk in 4k and waiting on it.

 

[AnOminous]

Something a little different. LF suggestions on movies that

1. look amazing in 4k
2. wont make me regret spending the little extra to get something in 4k

There are plenty of movies I know I would like to see (Apocalypto, Lawrence of Arabia) but unsure as to quality and availability. Ordered Dunkirk in 4k and waiting on it.

Apocalypto is definitely worth watching. So is Passion, but if you're really into the theology one way or the other it will really piss you off or potentially really satisfy you. I'm in the pissed-off category but a lot of thought went into it. It really can't be ignored in the very short list of overtly religious movies worthy of consideration.

Needless to say, any 4K version of Lawrence of Arabia would be worth watching.

 

[DarkSoulsPhil]

Apocalypto is definitely worth watching. So is Passion, but if you're really into the theology one way or the other it will really piss you off or potentially really satisfy you. I'm in the pissed-off category but a lot of thought went into it. It really can't be ignored in the very short list of overtly religious movies worthy of consideration.

Needless to say, any 4K version of Lawrence of Arabia would be worth watching.

It might have been because I was tired, so I'll rephrase. I have seen both Apocalypto (Stan) and Lawrence of Arabia (both dvd and bluray) before and they are both stunning. I've been struggling to find either on 4K and not sure how Apocalypto would look as I've read it was filmed in a lower quality (I could be wrong). Bluray Apocalypto had a distribution issue that was only fixed last year (with covid not helping distribution of that version).

Havent seen Passion but its on my to watch list. Why do you fit into the pissed off category? Most controversy I've seen around it has been tied to 'muh anti-semitism'

 

[Gaear Grimsrud]

Watched Picture Snatcher from 1933, starring James Cagney.

It's not great, but okay.

You gotta miss when a guy punching an annoying broad in the face could be played for comedy.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Just watch the great autistic but in a good way Thai movie Chocolate (2008 )
The fight scenes were pretty engaging and the characters were actually pretty good

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

It's not technically summer till the 21st this month but since it's after memorial day summer I'd like to recommend the ivan Reitherman classic meatballs. It's up there with The sandlot as the definite movies about summer

I was legit surprised to discover the movie came out in 1979. I could have sworn it was made in like 81 or 82 between blues brothers and caddyshack. but no it actually predates both of them, was just a year after animal house.

Oh and don't let the peppy theme, summer camp setting, and PG rating fool you. This is 1970's PG. and it's still and ivan ritherman/bill murray comedy. It gets as close to showing scantily clad women, and raunchy inuendos as a movie made back then could get without getting slapped with an R rating.

I remember watching the shit out of this movie as a kid. This was as close as a kid could come to watching an R-rated sex comedy, which were rampant back in the early 80's. Of course, being a kid, I was more interested in Bill Murray's antics (this was pretty much a dress rehearsal for his roles in Ghostbusters and Stripes,) and in the subplot with the young runner who trains to win the marathon at the climax of the film. It's sad knowing they'll never make another film like this, where sexuality is playful, nerds are made fun of, and pranks don't involve massive lawsuits or cringy assholes on Youtube.

I recently watched two films that I'll recommend:

The Prestige(2006) Starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman as rival 19th Century magicians trying to outdo and/or sabotage each other. Being a Christopher Nolan film, it starts with the climax of the movie and then slowly reveals how the film got there via flashbacks and anachronistic story order. Of course, there are many on this board who don't like Christopher Nolan, and this film probably won't change their minds, but the acting of the two main leads and the lengths their characters are willing to go to achieve their goals is compelling, even when things start getting silly (with the introduction of Steampunk Science Wizard, Nikola Tesla. ) Plus, the film is a mystery story, and I'm a sucker for those.

Gods of Egypt (2016) I've heard people complain that there are no more middlebrow/midbudget genre pictures being made anymore -no fun popcorn flicks that you can waste an afternoon with. Well, Gods of Egypt is just such a film, made in the Present Day. What's more, it's a throwback to cornball 90's fantasy like the 1999 Mummy movie, with unapologetically masculine heroes and unashamedly feminine heroines. Also, lots of cheesy CG effects that will make you think you're back in grade school, watching Hercules: the Legendary Journeys while polishing your pog collection. Gerard Butler steals much of the show as Set, the main villain, and Chadwick Boseman proves that he can actually do comedy as Thoth. (A shame we never got to see him branch out into those kinds of roles before his death.) Also, this film set many an SJW's hackles on edge for daring to cast white guys as Egyptian Gods, so that just gives you an extra reason to seek it out.

 

[The Penultimate Warrior]

Pulse (aka Kairo) a 2001 Japanese horror film where ghost start appearing via computers and people being vanishing. Usually, the problem with making films around then-current technology means it dates quickly, such as here we have characters using dial up internet and one needing to ask his teacher how you would save an image. But the central themes of loneliness and isolation in a digital age make it more relevant than ever. Focusses far more on atmosphere than jump scares, has a rather nihilistic tone and won't provide any concrete answers. But the image of an increasingly empty city and people simply deciding not to live and turn to ash, is pretty damn unsettling.

 

[Treyvon Azagthot]

I will confess that I haven't seen this movie yet but the concept of it is very interesting: "My Son The Fanatic" from 1997.

It's a subverts the rebellious teenager flick by reversing the imagery and process of the rebellion. The father, played by the late great Om Puri, is a deppresed but hard working Pakistani immigrant in the UK working as a taxi driver who comes into conflict with his son as he transforms from a normal, soon to be married university student to a fundamentalist Muslim after he learns that his new father-in-law dislikes his family and realizes how far his father has strayed from his Pakistani roots as he due to his near assimilation to western culture.

Most films like this shows the classic tale of the curious child rebelling his parents by going against their conservative/traditionalist views but here however the son rebels by not only returning to them, but by strengthening them to the point of fanatisicm. Om Puri's character is pretty much the teenager in this movie, he has accepted a foreign culture, befriends (and possibly falls in love?) a younger prostitute, lives with a dissapointed wife who acts more like a dissapointed mother than a wife, is argues with his son about his paternal power and presence, one of the few beliefs he retains from his Pakistani roots, and in one scene spends his freetime shirtless in his little mancave listening to western jazz music while drinking alcohol like a jaded teenager.

Again, haven't seen this movie so I do believe that I may be missing more stuff but I do think its a interesting concept that, judging by movie's reception, ended up a success.

For movie that I actually did watch, Shinya Tsukamoto's 1995 Tokyo Fist is an absolutely brilliant movie about a irritated salaryman Tsuda (played by director and writer, Shinya Tsukamoto) trying to win back his wife from his old friend Kojima, a failing semi-pro boxer (played by Koji, Tsukamoto's younger brother)

I won't say much other than its like Raging Bull, its a absolutely amazing movie that, while a boxing movie, is not about boxing but rather an exploration of a person on the verge of violent collapse. In this case, its about two people: a man using the violence of boxing as his pen to vent his frustrations to the world and another man who feels like violence has crippled him as it has become only identity and voice to express his emotions. Easily Tsukamoto's best film with his most well known film "Tetsuo: The Iron Man" as his 2nd best.

 

[Jimmy Hopkins]

Man I’m really excited for this absolute train wreck of a cartoon. Another stereotypical low budget Netflix single animation, but this time: it’s about a crew of all different breed of faggots. Ladies and gentlekikes I present to you the trailer for: Q Force

https://youtu.be/Fk9s-zTbq28

 

[likeacrackado]

The last season of Bosch just dropped. The show isn't perfect and doesn't entirely escape the claws of Amazon Prime original wokeness, but the hot issues are portrayed in a shockingly mature way especially in the earlier seasons. If you're looking for a crime/cop show I highly recommend it. Hope to get the chance sometime to read the books its based off of.