I saw the brand new Netflix animated movie The Sea Beast yesterday and it was glorious!
This movie can easily be described as epic. The animation was stunning and while the story itself might not be the most original, it was told very well. The scale of the monsters in particular was a sight to behold. You feel how big they are. Highly recommended!
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While I liked some of Fox's X-Men movies, they were all over the place in quality and were terrible at following continuity. I hope the MCU does better with the property once they get introduced.
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The Wind Rises is beautiful, both in its animation and in its storytelling. Glad you liked it.
Watched Thor Love and Thunder, I loved it more than Doctor Strange MOM, and I'm not allowing any of you to be spoiled by me. Try asking me, I dare you. I won't spoil you.
Let me guess, does the good guy win at the end of the movie after 2+ hours of constant quips which removes any underlying tension and emotion from the movie whilst the audience chased pop culture references even if they don't know what the references are or am I thinking of every single Marvel film? ;p
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, let's just leave that unanswered.
@Tremblucay Agreed, it's a really well crafted film. The final scenes were incredibly subtle and was very beautiful at the same time. I loved the scenes where Jiro was talking to Caproni too, the symbolism of his words were perfect, especially at the end. Walking through the once-green field now riddled with felled planes, spoken to by the ghost of his late wife, all with his imaginary hero. Perfect.
@Rambler Yeah, it’s the same with Marvel. People are chasing these pop culture references they don’t know just so they can get the high of excitement from seeing a character they knowingly loved for decades come to life without having to invest decades or their love into it first. It’s also like an odd zeitgeist fandom when your local sports team get to the final or England are playing so every idiot comes out to watch them in the pub.
Not that either Stranger Things or the MCU are bad but its too derivative and palatable at times compared to their influences/source material.
Although saying that I’m just as much as a sucka as I would have seen the new Marvel film already if I didn’t have covid at the moment.
@Rambler That’s, actually what I like about it. I know it sounds odd but I just like how they do it with no shame, it’s not like there hiding it, they want you to know, they loved those movies, they loved those characters and such.
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@Rambler I’m still watching Stranger Things but I lose more interest the more it focuses on the kids than the sci-fi horror and even more with these expendable Russian adult subplots.
My covid is fine, I just don’t want to be one of those ***** who knowingly spreads it. I’ve had the jabs and this actually my second time with covid. First time I got it seeing Ghost and the second time I got it seeing Jack White, both times worth it!
@Rambler The bubble was an idea they had during lockdown and they did a few gigs in the US where everyone in the crowd each had their own bubble so they could socially distance but still be part of a gig. It looked awkward and weird so perfect for a Flaming Lips gigs.
I saw them recently too, great show as always from them and the Nick Cave covers were really cool and unexpected. Did you catch the support band Heartless Bast****s? They really impressed me and I've gotten really into them since.
With every musician having spent two years off everyone has decided to tour this year even the acts that don't tour so it's becoming a mental year of gigs for me.
@Rambler Ah, I've not seen the bubble before. They do rotate their gimmicks like the time before this I saw Wayne fly above the crowd on an unicorn but they didn't have it this time which with any other band it would sound like a made up Spinal Tap joke.
Yeah, they had that the girl with then to play the Nick Cave songs at the London show, that is really cool of them. Foo Fighters did something similar with a girl who challenged Dave Grohl to drum battle and they brought her to a few shows too.
I had a similar reaction to Heartless Bs where it seems familiar but I'm not sure where from. My guess was one of their songs is in a movie or commercial, Revolution in particular I can see being used for an Apple advert.
I don't know Acid Mother's Temple myself but I hope you enjoy them! I've got Prodigy, Gorillaz, Rage Against The Machine, The Cure, Patti Smith, Machine Head, Clutch, Skindred, Alexisonfire, The Interrupters and Bob Vylan (plus someone else I've probably forgotten) lined up for myself. As much I can't complain as there's so many bands I really like touring it's kinda killing my focus towards the smaller DIY club bands at the moment which makes up of the bulk of gigs I go to.
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Some of these choices were very difficult to make.
Quentin Tarantino: Django Unchained
Mike Flanagan: Oculus
Edgar Wright: Hot Fuzz
Guillermo Del Toro: The Shape of Water
Alfonso Cuarón: Gravity
Wes Anderson: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Tomm Moore: Song of the Sea
David Lowery: The Green Knight
Martin McDonagh: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service
Brad Bird: The Iron Giant
Steven Spielberg: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Martin Scorsese: Hugo
Christopher Nolan: Inception
Coen Brothers: Fargo
Taika Waititi: What We Do in the Shadows
Damien Chazelle: Whiplash
Stanley Kubrick: 2001: A Space Odyssey (not his most accessible film, but there's really nothing one can do to prepare oneself for the iconic, visionary weirdness of this film, and it's so important to science-fiction cinema as a whole)
David Lynch: Mulholland Drive (Lynch has crafted more 'accessible' films like The Elephant Man and The Straight Story, but this is the best entry point to the surrealist cinema that defined his reputation as a director)
Hayao Miyazaki: Kiki's Delivery Service
Christopher Nolan: Dunkirk
Martin Scorsese: Taxi Driver
Ridley Scott: Alien
Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park (honestly, most of his best films would be fine starting places, but this one has the benefit of being both a crowd-pleaser and an almost perfect little adventure film)
Quentin Tarantino: Pulp Fiction
Guillermo Del Toro: Pan's Labyrinth
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